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THE WEATHER AhvNH nd vicinity Showers w,Br)tdyi highest tmprtur, 5J; lowest, M. L - s -, n- ddr: methodist bishops crose-n by convention ickey, Beauchamps, Hay and Dobbs warned To Pick One More. BISHOPSIkEMORIAL IS SET FOR SUNDAY Stress Laid by Committee on Need of Rome Mis sionary Work. '- ;.HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 16. tBy The Associated Press) After liking five ballots which resulted in the election of four of the five bijhop to he named at this time, tfis nineteenth quadrennial confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, recessed this even ing until tomorrow when the next ballot will be taken. These men wire elected bishops it today's session: Dr. J. k. wetry. jrimn, ua.; Vr. W. K. uchamp, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr 1 K. Hay, Houston, Tex., and TJr. H. M. Dobbs, Anniston, Ala. Doctors Dickey and Beauchamp ven. .er on the second ballot re itlvfog 19 and 209 votes, respec tively. Dr. Hay was elected on the third ballot with 191 votes, while Dr. Dobbs wont the fourth with 25C mtes. The. first and fifth ballots were jeclared "no elections" as none of He candidates received the requir ti majority of 189 votes. The fifth ballot was not com pleted until this evening. Dr. H. A. Boaz, president of Southern Meth ilfh with 143 votes and O. K. God odiit university, Dallas, Tex., was hifh was 143 votes and O. E. Gpd jird, of Nashville, was second with ;0. Dr. Goddard Is home mission KWttary. The election of Dr. Dcbbs was a surprise to the large lumber of workers who had been active in the support of others H!i friends said they had made no active, campaign In his behalf and I bishop-elect tonight declared It h:s election was entirely a -Jprlse to mm lie is pastor of We First Methodist church of An niston. Dr. Dickey has been in church educational work many years and formerly was president of Emory university, at Atlanta. Dr. Beauchamp acted as direc tor of the missionary ccntennary and hss long been a figure In the church. Dr Hay also has been prominent in the work of the church many years and is pastor of the First Methodist church, of Houston. ' Tuesday's Session Are Longest ot Meeting). Today's sessions were the most lengthy the conference has ye", held, the body meeting both in the forenoon and In the afternoon."; It apparently was the desire of the body to elect all of the five bishops today If possible. The fifth ballot was taken with the understanding that the result would not be an nounced Until tomorrow. However, the delegates insisted upon wait ing for the report of the tellers and It was almost dark when the final count was announced. ' Hopes of officials that the body might reach adjournment Friday or Saturday of this week were dis sipated when the conference voted to hold the memorial services for deceased bishops next Sunday aft ernoon Instead of Friday afternoon !The TfTint The decision, officials said, will w adjournment over into next t Mission Work In West Stressed. Asserting that there is a wide field for home missionary work before the Methodist Episcopal church. South, a special commit tee In a report to the conference made public today, recommends that especial attention be given to extending the church's work in the west during the next quadrennlum The report says: "We point to the fact that In the I FEARED RSN E W LEVEE Ml U T (kt More Towns Will Tie Flooded Vast Cane Fields Inundated. HAMBURG, La., May 16. Th4 I'ftak in the protection levee on Bayou d Glaises, near here, which occurred early today, has widened to 300 feet and backwater from the bayou and the Red river is Weeping - southward - through- th; hreHK Into Louisiana's sugar cane belt In' Averilles, Tointe Coupee, St. Landi-v, St. Martin and Iber-. vi!le parishes, where it 1s feared UMnld damage will result. J DAMAGE Water pouring1 through tneifcv tnf Bethlehem Steel corporation hn?ak ;u the levee which was built ; aDDroved by both boards of In preven backwater from the Jd rher ftoodlnar the Atchafalaya rhr basin, tonight was spreading through tne southern portion of Averilles parish, reaching points 'inlch have so far been lmmunii I'-'om tho disastrous floods In the northern portion of the parish and are pushing on towards the south- perishes intensifying noou (iitions In. the Atchafalaya riurh of which was already j ir viiter from the Ferrlday nevassc. " At least eight towns may b undated as a result of the break J're, . tho towns ' of Melville, n.iucheville, Big Cane, Rosa. Pal-h-flto. Udensburg. Elba and Krotz 'trirgs being in the path of the i'si-aplnp waters. Stages above all 1'revious high records for th? Airhafalnya river between Slmmes "''t and Melville were predicted ''V the weather bureau today. h!ch caused Intensive activity on f ie pa i 0f the government and J' ve o'Pc &ls to be renewed. Ir. ''olnte Coupee parish along the f,:,pr mie than J.700 men began J:e task ot raising the levees one '""t foi a stretch of U miles. i eat damage Is expected to re- jult. frm today' break In ,the fk Tirh .mint tn Assumot oti. - ... uu..&. . ... r . k.. . ESTABLISHED 1 8687 Spectacular Chicago Fire Viewed As Defying Police Who Wouk End Labor War Police Declare Rapidly Spreading Blaze but Another Step, in Campaign of Terrorism Against Award by Former Judge Landis. CHICAGO, May 16. Open defiance of the efforts of the police to cheek an outbreak of labor warfare which has ter rorized the city for two months, was seen tonight in a spectacular fire which par tially destroyed a 70-apart-mont building under con struction at "in Sheridan road In the heart of a weal thy residence district. Starting at several points on the first floor, the flames spread rapidly through the tuOO.OOO structure and practi cally all fire fighting appara tus in the northern section of . the city was called before It was brought under control with half the building in ruins. Workmen on the structure were employed under the Lan dis wase award, and police declared that the fire was but FOUR ARE 111 ,15 E Tier Collapses Near Mar lin, Texas, With 30 Peo ple Who Are Hurt. MA RUN. Tex.. May 1. Four persons are known to have been drowned and 15 others are missing as a result of the rollapse of the Marlln-Belton bridge over the Brazos river, five miles west of here, late today. The west tier of the bridge crashed down while about 30 persons, including many women, were standing there watch ing repair work on an abutment which had been damaged during the recent flood. Two of the four bodies recovered have been Identified as those of Mrs. Kd Mosely, of Beaumont, and Mrs. Goldberg, of Marlin. Rescue parties, hurriedh gath ered, dragged many of the strug gling persons from the water be fore they-went down. Boats and rnfts quickly thrown together aid ed in I he work. Several of those rescued had drifted to the falls, three miles south of the accident, before they cre taken from the water. Those rescued were all In a more or lees serious condition. Mayor K. M. Stailworth. who was among those who Went down, was rescued several miles down stream; A smali automobile occupied by s child went down with the bridge. I The child had rot been touna to night. TBJI; FOR MURDER OP ARNETTE IS BEGUN COLUMBIA. S. C, May 16. Frank M. Jeffords, Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece were placed on trial In the Richland court of gen eral sessions here today charged with the murder of J. C. Arnette one week ago, v Adjournment was taken at 6:30 o'clock this evening with Sherilf T. A. Heise, one of the principal witnesses for the prosecution .in the stand. The trial will be re sumed at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow mornbig when Sheriff Heise will be crom examined by attorneys for th defendants. The three men are being tried, as they wxre 0 MISSING if CRASH Indicted, together. A motion byitons lasted but half an hour and attorneys for Jeffords for a sepa rate trial for this defendant was denied by Judge W. H, Townsend presiding. FPISCOPATi niOCFSiAX SESSION IS CONVENE!) RALEIGH. May 1. W 1 1 n close to 200 delegates in attendance the 106lh annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of North Caro lina Won convened today In th? Church of the Good Shepherd. Hishop Joseph Blount Ches shire's annual address tonight, i sermon this morning by Rev. Al fred 1. Lawrenre, of the Chapel Kill Episcopal church and various reports on affairs within the dio cese were the principal events of the opening day's program. The Episcopal church's nation wide campaign was presented this iHerno.m by Rev. Benjamin T. Kemerer, of New Tork. The re port of treasurer J. Renwlcl; Wijkej, of Charlotte, showed $74. 437.21 laid on the apportionment to the Carolina diocese of 181,860. BIG STEETi MERGER APPROVED BY BOARDS . NEW TORK, May 1 Purchase of the Lackawanna Steel company directors today, and representatives of alx other large independent steel companies held the first of several meetincs to arrange terms with Kuhn, Loeb and company, bank ers, in the face of the federal trade commission's request for Informs, tlon concerning both deals before thev are consummated. The BethlehemiLackawanna deal, which must be ratinea ry special meetlnM 0f stockholders to be held In.,nives the Issuance of J3S, 108 500 in new capital tock by the Bethlehem company, equal to the par value of the Lackawanna stock outstanding. , . . BVCKINGHAM.WHJi APPEA CHARGES MEMPHIS, May IS. Miles G. BucklnghamrMemphls clubman and head of a lrB Insurance agency here, planned tonight to appear voluntarily tomorrow In circuit court at Canton. Miss., to answer to charge of murder, a sequel to the fatal wounding of his wife, Mrs. Lorraine Harris Buckingham. The latter died In a lackson. Miss., nospuai igsx wen 'of a buuet wound which ,lrkingham contends was due to HUCK" lV."' .-i nt . ni. UIK ' A arnnpniHi uibmi.ib" " - n i' tol. THE ASHEVILLE "DEDICATED 1 another step in a campaign of terrorism directed against the award which was made bv former Jiulfte Landis sitting as mediator in a wage dispute between the building trades workers and contractors. The award was accepted by the contractors, but has been ac tively opposed by several of the unions which were dis satisfied with Its terms. The fire followed several days of quiet during which the Police have been checking up much evidence seized last week in raids on union head quarters, the arrest of more than 150 labor leaders and the indictment of eight, in cluding Fred Mader, presl-. dent of the building trades council, in connection with the slaying of two patrolmen by . CwiHnnfd at Pag TwiT PERU AND CHILE E II THEIR Bolivian Reiteration of Plea of Interests Dis turbing Factor. WASHINGTON, May 15. (By the Associated Press.) The Chilean-Peruvian conference, which began its course here yesterday amid general declarations of optimism.- encountered signs of Un pleasant sailing today soon after the two delegations came together for their first exeeulive meeting. Most prominent anion these de velopments was a decision under stood to have been reached bv the Chileans to bring the bitterly tfe- wnicu question of the validity of me ireaty of A neon to a sharp issue at th. very outset ot the regotiations. Another disturbing element was a reiterated plea by Bolivia that her rights and interests, as well as those of Chile and Peru, must be considered in any settlement de signed to remove causes for unrest In South America. A third much discussed feature of the situation, generally Inter preted in diplomatic circles as an evidencp of the unusual caution with which Peru and Chile are proceeding was" an agreement be tween the two delegations that whenever a decision is reached on any single Usueit Is to be em bodied immediately. In a formal j "protocol" duly certified and aign- ed by both maes. j The purpose ot Chile to bring at once the real issue of the con ference to the surface, may result, in the opinion of diplomatic ob servers, in determining in the very near future whether the Washing ton negotiations are to be a suc cess or a failure. f Neither the. Chilean nor Peru vian delegates would comment on the new move by Bolivia. It was recalled, however, that when Bo livia formally sought to partici pate in a proposed arbitration of the Chilean-Peruvian troubles last December she was told by the Chilean government that there kerned0 VeSted B0"Vlan "h,S COn'' icnieu. . i Today's first executive session of the Chilean anH Peruvian delees- ended without either side haying mentioned any of the major is sues before the conference. OCEAN GREYHOIVD BREAKS MAIOI.N VOYAGE RECORDS NEW TORK. May 1. The Ma jestic, n aramoth new Morvlch ot ihu seas, warped Into pier at 4:35 this afti.rnoon after a trip from England, during which she broke ull existing records for maiden voyages on the Atlantic. Sir Lertram Hayes, her skipper, who went to her bridge in succes sive steps from cabin boy in the White fetar line service, had not tried to put 'the Majestic at top speed during the voyage. For two days she had "loafed'' then speed ing up as she ran into smoother si.s she drove along t a 25.50 knot pace, hitting It up to 2 on the last leg from Fire Island -to Ainlrosj Lightship. - TWO VACANCIES EXIST ON WAR FINANCE BODY . WASHINGTON May i6. Ex piration of the terms of oclce of Angus W. McLean, of Lumberton, N. :.. and Dwight F. Davis, of St. Louis, tonight created two vacan cies on the board of directors of the war finance corporation. - At the,White House It was said that no 'successor to Mr. McLean has yet been selected, while the pos sible reappointment of Mr. Davis was suggested in official circles. Mr. McLean Is returning to North Carolina to organize a Joint stock bank. DEATH OF RICHMOND WOMAN IS ACCIDENTAL CHICAGO. May 1 That the death of Miss Fannie Grasswith, of Richmond, Va was accidental, was the belief expressed today by the coroner's Jury which investi gated the finding of her body yes terday in a room she had been oc cupying. The testimony Indicated a rubber tube had slipped from a gas outlet while she was sleeping. Her body will be returned to Rich mond. . . .. TAKE STEPS TO AVOID COAL PRICE ADVANCE WASHINGTON, May Steps are being taken by the government to forestall tendencies toward rising; prices ot bituminous coal at the mines, It was said today at-the White House. Secretary of Com merce Hoover hss the matter of investigation snd action in his ehtrge te wss seMi ' ' CAUTIOUSLY niDirv MuLLI TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHEVILLE "NrcTWEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1922. ' HOLD PUT CHILD 0 Hi ON IN CONSTITUTION Is Next Move to Be Made by the Promoters of Law Held Illegal. pomerenfTstates CHANGE IS DISTANT I Children's Bureau's Stat-! us Not Changed by Su preme Court Action. WASHINGTON r!Bn TBI AHt!I.IS CIT1I1X lY II. t. V. BKYtST) WASHINGTON, May 16. A movement was started by govern ment officials and labor organiza tion leaders today to provide a child labor law to take the place of that declared unconstitutional by the supreme court vesterday Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, who fought for the last bill, said the only way to do it Is by constitu tional amendment. He thinks the republicans will make a move in that direction soon. Southern sen ators will oppose any further ac tion to regulate the employment of children in the various states bv national legislation Congress is at the end of Its row in this matter. There is but one other way. the constitutional route. The republican party Is pledged to that. Behind the movement to re strict child labor bv federal con trol are the New England rnttnn mills, officials of the Children's bu I reau. the American Federation of ! Labor, the Woman's Trade union and otner powerful organizations in the north and east. Senator Pomerene, who led the fight In the senate for the last law. predicted today that It would be a long time before a federal amend ment could be ratified. He doubts the. ability of those friendly to the cause to have it done at all. The emes, he said, would have to act because of the pressure of public sentiment. As a tax measure, treasury officials said today, the child labor law was a failure. Al though it had been In operation about two years. It has yielded but $50,000, and that will have to be paid back, and the cost of the en forcement has ran up to more than $200,000. The records of the de partment show that - collections would have amounted to a great deal more If all the levies made had been good. Senator Overman added tndav What In operation the law was a farce and a nuisance. "Why," he declared, "many manufacturers were hauled up, under the pro visions of the law and put to great expense when they were guilty of no violations I was opposed to authorizing the commissioner of! I nternal revenue to send people In- tot the mines, quarries, mills, can neries, workshops and manufactur ing establishments of the country on Inspection tours." The decision of the supreme court does not effect the children's bureau, for it hd nothing to do with the enforcement of the law. which came under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of internal revenue. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the children's bureau, gave the press this statement: "Of course, the elimination of that law will rssult In the increase ofch!ld labor throughout the na tion. A constitutional amendment seems to be the only safe way to regulate the employment of chil dren. Our bureau Is not directly affected hy the court decision, for we had nothing to do with the en forcement of the law. We now have authority to Investigate and report on child labor, but that is as far W'e can go. W. w. William?,, democrat, tor- commissioner of internal Yev.- nue. said he was not surprised nt the opinion of the court, but he added that wh4e In operation the law was effective; It stopped the employment of children under the age limits provided for. Mr. Wll- j Hams enforced the law for a year j-soon after It was enacted. BILL FOR E Gets by Senate and Is ' Sent' to the President for His Approval. WASHINGTON, May l.The house bill providing 8500,000 ad ditional for the department . of Justice for prosecution of fradu lent war contracts, was passed to day by the senate and now goes to President Harding" for- approval. There was no opposition and lit tle discussion of the bill which was urged by the President snd Attorney-General Daugherty. lp on receipt from the house the' measure promptly wss given unani mous approval by the senate ap propriations committee and . was put through the senate by unani mous consent. Senator King, democrat, Utah, said that the department of Justice had not brought prosecutions un der the anti-trust law as vigorous ly as he would 4iave desired and he hoped the additional appropria tions would, bring- commenuuraie results. Reorganization of the depart ment of Justice to provlda a sepa rate bureau for prosecution of war fraud cases Is under way. The bu reau probably will be established outside of the department, it v as aald. In order that Its work mlifiit be expedited as much as possi ble. BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEFEATED ON MOTION LONDON, May !. (Bv the As sociated Press.) The government I was defeate In the, house of-com nion this, evening by a vote of 151 tot 148 on a motion for adjourn ment Introduced during consider ation ot the teachers' superannua tion bill, designed to give effect to some ot the recommendations) of the economy committee, headed by HOUSE IR ERAUD PROB MONEY ENACTED America May Yet Join Officials Indicate Genoa Or Hague May Bring Developments SHE WAS A "HUMDINGER" IN GRANDFATHER'S TIME HIS YMMYBS0.. I y 'Hr i3r T ill llflr i.vj TAR HEELIA OPEN 'oBBMt ONOUESTINA HULL. I IIIUU IUUIIIII National War Mot her 'BrinCS MeSSagC TO ASK Federal Charter. "We are doing a mother's work i for our sick and disabled men In a way as nearly like that In which a real mother would bring love I and comfort to a son as conditions permit." j That, in the words of Mrs. R. i E. Digney, national War Mother of the United States, Is the mis sion of the great organization she heads, the North Carolina division of which opens its annual con vention in Asheville this morning In the Masonic temple at 10 o'clock. '' (living her initial message to the people and particularly the former service m-w o this sec tion to a representative of The Cit izen last evenint. Mrs, Dlgney, who reached the city Tuesday morning and is now a guest at j bsauf hW surrounding. In ,tnese worriv ... II 1. f.. n t.lkllta til these words: i wain in si iw irn ju hut i lovo your beautiful North Carolina snd Asheville In which I've nevii been before. I think it is airt of, tne neatity spots ot tne country; In fact the view from my window at the Inn appeals to me as noth ing I've ever seen before. In Its beauty and restfulness." . Discussing the alms and hopes I of the American War Mothers, I Mrs. Dlgney paused to lay stress upon one particular point, saying: "Because perhaps It has not been fully understood before, I wish to emphasize the fact that the War Mothers as an organization, have no interest in party politics. Leg islation . which affects the ex-service man Is of deep interest to us because that Is one of the ways In which we are trying to aid him." In all their labor of love, she declared, "many are finding that we are receiving more than we are giving, for the spirit of these brave boys makes one ashamed to think of self. "Those of us who wear that pre clous insignia which tells the story pf a son who will never return, j 6ii ay mese Doy in uioir uneiius, often under such unfair condi tions, and realize that our own boys bore not the hardest part." She lost her only son In France. He was a first lieutenant In the aviation corps "But these disabled boys believe for they say so. that the- War Mothers are their best friends for after all no one understands a boy as the mother of a boy." The visit of the convention to Otcen Thursday has been design ed to carry out this spirit, As a large percentage of the ex pected delegates had arrived yes terday, a good attendance upon the first meeting this morning is likely, Mrs. Dlgney was met at tne station ana escorted 10 neri hotel by Mrs. T. K. Malloy, state war mother, and Mrs. J. H. Wood, Buncombe county war mother. The opening session, at which Mayor Roberts will deliver the ad- ; dress ot welcome, Is open to the public, as is the memorial hour from 12 to 1 o'clock. Business matters and other important mat ters wilt-be brought before the convention at 2:10 o'clock In pri- vate session The various por tlons ot the program, as already announced, will be carried out, a precedent being set In the lack of entertainment features through a desire to cover a much ground ss possible in the convention while the sessions continue. Following the convention. Mrs. in If fUmii mMtJwi CITIZEN PRICE Is Id the U. S. Army and ' Reistercd From Black Mountain ' f WAIHIKQTOX SflimkU VKI AaNBril.LS ClTlKSN . KY K. V. HVAT) WASHINGTON. May Among fher member of the class of 1881 of the naval acad emy Mho will go tn Japan on the Steamship Henderson to be the guest of Ad ml rat I'rlu, of the Japanese navy. Is Major Zcbulon B. Vance, son of the lata Senator Vance. Major Vaaee registered from Black Mountain. He Is now In the Vnlted (States army. . DISTRICT CHURCH IETNCOPENSIN HEIIDERSONVILLE Asheville District . Metho- a i a - - alStS lOntlllUe SeSSlOnQ Tf rpv.,,.,i iniO IflUrSClay. Spin Cnrtnmitw,, t Atn4Ht CMtnt HENDKRSONVILLE. Mav 16. Hendersonvllhj , Methodists - were hosts to the Asheville Methodist iilMtr Ur fnn fat-Ann. . ternoon. Itev. Frank sn.r n..fi." of the church, was alert to his responsibility and under his direc tion ine arrangements were oar- riea out perfectly The commit of J. F. Byer tee was composed and CM. Gurley. . U R. Gelg-er has charge of the committee at th passenger sta tion which welcomes the delctate? and directs them to the church. V. S. Wetmur has charge of the transportation arrangements. , Promptly at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Rev. W. H. Willis, pre siding elder, opened the' conference- He mad a strong appeal to the members to heln make the conference a real spiritual force The conference will continue throne't Thursday noon. rresiaing turner Announces. Committees Tne DreyiHimr eMaf .nnnn. the committees for the conference. number of the niftnihera halna Asheville residents. The commit tees are as follows: incense and Recommendations t Dr. D. Atkins, ,1, H. Bradley and J, M. Folger. District Conference' Records H. P Kikes, J. L, Reynold", W. II. Glllesnle, H. I Cappa, F. A. Wal ton, W. H. Poole and H, D. Bishop. Public Worship Frank Slier. W. 8. Miller, Charles Hozzoll and Ray mond Browning Spiritual Slate of Church P. L. Shore. R. Brasley, S. H. Hil liard, ,T. H. Weaver, F. J.. Bates, J. A. Wilde and H. M. Weir. Revivals B. r, Realrs. H. M. Williams, A. J. Hums, Mis J. N. Gill, C, E. Chambers. U R. Chew nlng and A. H. Felnfet. Temperance and Reforms J. 0. Curtis. J. Q. W. Hollowav. J. W. t Duckett. C. R. Perry, V. 8. Smith, Miss Minnie Lvda and Mrs. R, X. Bessly. Christian Literature W. B. fitarnes. J. O. Cox. J. W. Morgan, W. S. Berg-e, F. 8. Wetmur, Mrs. B. J, Alexander and Mies Kena Murphy. Sunday Schools E..L. Brown, G B. Holderby. L. B. Rogers, Welch t Galloway, .1. E. Whltaker, Miss;. Brittaln. Edwards Heads Kpworth Committee Epworth League W.' W. Ed wards, O. F. Tate, 'Miss Gertrude u.auKv va. " J hiiu mi i a, nuu i i.i i i mwiilliwHwiiS m rn Imll By BILLY BORNE ' i I FIVE CENTS. In Aid To Russia; Change Looked For; IRE S UNDETERMINED Muddle of Interpretation of Minutes of the . Central Body Following pleas from James F. Burrett, president of the State Fed eration of Labor, and Dr. H. Q. Alexander, former president of the State Farmer's Union, and at pres ent a member of that union's exec utive committee, who were appoint ed by their respective executive committees to present the farmer labor questionnaire, before the Cen tral Labor Union last night that tho Central rescind It action as re ported in the press In refusing to endorse the questionnaire, on mo tion .of V B. Hayes, the follow ing was carried: . "That the Cen tral Laborx Union take no further action and let the record of two weeks ago stand." -r Mtv- Barrett, who came to Asheville to defend the questionnaire, appeared satis fled at this action; as he had en deavored to have the minutes read. -The whole affair regarding the action of the Central Labor union Is In n muddle snd will not be fully clarified unless the Central body takes further action at some future meeting. Mr. Barrett as serted, following adjournment of the session last night, that he will present next Tuesday night. He will remain In the city several days, while Dr. Alexander returns to Charlotte this morning. Notwithstanding the argument over tho Intrepretatlon of the min ute record of the meeting of May 2. the fact remains that the senti ment ot some officials of the Cen tral in Asheville are against the questionnaire. However, before Is definitely established whether or not the Central has endorsed, re fused to endorse or simply taken no action on the questionnaire, It must be thrashed out on the floor during another session, Aecorilng to the minutes of the secretary of the Central Labor U'llon, on the night of May 2, ac tion on lliat night Is recorded as fallows. "The labor questionnaire was (Hi cussed hut no. favorable nation wa taken on same toward erdorsommt by the Central Labor union. Following this meeting a report slating that the Asheville Central Ijabor union had refused to en dorse the labor questionnaire was -published by the state dailies and the Asheville-Advocate. To this report Mr. Barrett took exception snd Issued n scsthlnr statement, denouncing W. W. Warren, presi dent of the Central body, for run ning for constable. Previously the state president had attempted to persuade the local president to withdraw from the race In answer to Mr. Barrett's de nunciation of Mr.1 Warren, the Cen tral Labor union paraed resolutions deploring the attack on Mr. War ren and resolving that no further action be taken After the discussions had pro - (tressed at some length last night snd explanation had been made on the floor .-regarding Mr. Barrett's rtatus Iri the Central Labor union, It being argued that he was not a member, having been absent it a stipulated number of sessions, reading of the minutes of May 3 I was called tor. This aroused the question of Interpretation. It ap peared that some of the members believed they had voted against the adoption of the questionnaire, while Mr. Barrett argued that sim ply no action had teen (ken and that nrertt reports were wrong, On this theory, he will appear before the body at the next meet ing and seek" a solution that will correct the Impression . over the state that the home town Central of the state president of the labor federation has renounced the vital PAGES 0 TODAY E IS TAKEN ON BY NOTE Further A p p e a 1 s Will Probably Be Made by Genoa Conference. FRENCH ANXIOUS TO CLOSE MEETING Powers Will Shun Ques tion of Oalician and Li thunian Boundaries WASHINGTON, May !. There were Intimations today that admin istration officials expected early duvelopmtnts In Genoa or perhaps later at The Hague which might clarify the . Russian situation suf ficiently to permit American par ticipation in some international project deslgflned to restore Russia to productivity. On what Informa tion that feeling might be based was not Indicated. It was evident, howevor, that the exchange of cabled notes with the Genoa con ference group yesterday was re garded as having moved matters at least a step forward so far as Rus sia Is concerned.' The only authorized statement going beyond the terms of Secre tary Hughes' note declining- the In vitation to The Hague, waa that obtained during the day at the White House, that the note did not close the door to future conversa tions oi the subject. In the light of that statement, Mr. Hughes' as sertion In the not to Genoa, of the willingness of th United States government "to glv serious at tention to any proposals Issuing from th Genoa conference or any later conference" took on added significance.' . , . Secretary Hoover, speaking last night before ; the International Chamber of Commerce here, treat ed th conditions h regarded as pre cedent to the recovery ' of Russia productivity. and correlated with th exchange of messages between Genoa -and Washington, this out line from an administration official appeared to. bring out sharply the things ; which Secretary Hughes might regard as necessary "within Russia herself to restore her to a trading bast with the world. FURTHER APPEALS FROM ' GENOA MAY BE MADE GENOA. May, If. (By The As sociated Preas) Further appeals probsbly will be made to the Uni ted States by the allied powers in nn endeavor to induce that country to take pare In th meeting of the commission of experts at The Hague on June 15. Th lnvltinff powers, England, Japan, Frnc.' Italy and Belgium, held a meeting this afternoon to consider the mat ter further. Th French delegates are anxi ous to . have the (.losing plenary lemtMM i nil JV! Sum Is Divided Among Fifty Counties From Building Fund. emiix Nira soistit Iioor iotk. It MOCK URILBYI RALEIGH, May 18. The state hoard of education announced to 'ay the loan of one million dollars ot 50 counties from the five mll hon dollar special building fund. .; Is the first loan to be made following the recent validation bv the supreme court of the five mil lion dollar bond issue authorized by th 1921 seeslon of the general assembly. The first million Is loaned almost exclusively for the erection of high school buildings tin rural districts. Only 840.000 ot the entire amount will bo used In a city school, and this goes to the Wilmington high .cnooi. WntCh IS . h h .i hnnl UJB e" counIV- The state board recenny made appropriations for. me purpose ot maintaining at least one elandard high school for the rural districts of each county In the slate, and with these loans It Is now possible to supply adequate buildings The courts validated the bonds In April, and on th 27th of that month State Treasury Lacv was successful In selling 81.000,000 worth of these bonds at 4', per cent. The first loans. Superin tendent Brooks announced, have been made to those counties that had gone ahead with their building programs as advised bv the state board of education over vmi Airn following the passage of the bond ;1""" bv tle ceneral assembly. Each countv of th ntnt. will be given a chancy t0 borrow Its pro rata of the 15,000,000; that Is, Dr, Brooks explained. It may bor row the same per cent of this fund that the school population of th county bears to the state popula. tlon. ; The remainder of the 15.. 000.000 fund will be loaned during the summer and early tall. Dr. Brooks advises counties to con tinue their building programs with the assurance now that this money will be available. The following counties ' r among those receiving loans: Al leghany $20,000: Averv $18,000; Buncombe $15,000; Caldwell 830, 000; Catawba $25,000; Cltfy 8J.000:. Cleveland $8,000; Hender- son $3,000; Iredell $45.00:' Lin- K"'" $37,000; Rutherford $S,00: Watauga $16,000, and Tancey $:i, NEIISICNIEICANC AM MILLION DOLLARS OF SCHOOL MONEY LOANED IN STATE i X I II If ICmHmit m rut