THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA-
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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NODTH
CAROLINA
It MOTHERS
nrrT it u nni
V LC I HI V.IL3U
Irs. Montgomery, of
HCharlotte, Is Chosen as
State War Mother
OPEN MEETING TO
BE HELD ' TONIGHT
Unanimous Endorsement
Is Giyen Plan for Me
morial Chimes
Electing officers for the coming
year, selecting Wilson aa the nut
meeting place, adopting Important
resolutions and transacting much
business, tne nrst flays sessions of i
tne Bonn vrouna amaion or:child Iabcr.
American War Mothers were most
appropriately concluded by a visit
to the Xenllworth public health
hospital, from, which there had
been received earlier In the day ajSipreme court decision
cordial message of ereetlne-. I
Mrs. Hugh Montgomery, of Char-
'lotta. was elected stats win mnth.
Y, succeeding Mrs. Minnie Fang
.Jalloy, of Ashevllle. and other offi
cers were namea as iouon-s: First
vice-war mother. Mrs. A. A. Mc
Lean, Gastonla: second vtce-preei-".ent.
Mrs. J. H. Wood, Asheville;
treasurer, Mrs. J. A. Hardlson,
Wadesboro: corresponding secre
tary, Mrs. E. IP. Tingley, Charlotte:
recording secretary, Mrs. James
Hartsell, Concord; parliamentarian,
Mrs. R. C. Warren. Gastonla; cus
todian of records. Mrs. J. M. Gud
ger, Ashevllle; auditors, iMrs, W.
M. Allred. High Point, and Mrs.
H. P. Grier. Statesvllle.
Mn. Malloy. retiring state war
mother, was accorded a signal hon
or when the convention voted
unanimously to Invite her to be
the very flrst one to place a me
morial to her departed son along
the Wildcat or Old Hickory high
ways, concerning memorials - for
which the body took action, as
later set forth.
The convention was notable for
a full attendance of delegates, the
liberations being the more inter
ing because of the presenco 0f t
r . rc. niarnev. or wn i Plains, i
r.. tlr.no! wo nnth.r whn innlii
v.nh m, 4h 'n.Mi 'inn in th .
morning and at the noon luncheon j
h.in- t tu. rt.
A beautiful memorial hour ser
vice was held at noon, just preced
ing adjournment for luncheon. The
delegates expect to spend some
time today In visiting Oteen pub
lie health hospital, the command-,
hig officer of which. Colonel Miller. clvitan club8i chamber of Com
haa sent word that he wishes per- merce and municipal authorities. t
sonally to greet the War Mothers. , tndlcatlonl) now point to a ban
whom he greatly admires In thelr uet numberlng. BfVeral hundred
loving oare of the disabled wltn representation from numerous
? f.ri,.-j fw , legion posts In Western North Cr-
Vf1.1 P..h0Vi ollna.- Reservations may be made
At Auditorium Tonight si,.v. up t0 noon todav by telephoning J.
Most Interesting from a public, o. Howard. 995. The invitation In
standpolnt la the concluding gath- dudes all forriier service men.
erlng of the War Mothers at tho whether. members of the legion or
Auditorium toftlght at 8:30 o'clock,
as this will be a gathering open
to all. Hanford MacNider. com
mander of the American Legion,
will deliver an address, as will Mrs.
niirnv national wax mother. The
gathering Is under the auspices of campaign, and will be present at
the War Mothers, American Le- ln,. dinner with his team captains
gion and auxiliary and soldiers jor aj precincts. They will be ac
clubs. The War Mothers spend companied by their team groups.'
practically the entire day Thura- Tne completed program is now
day in visiting Oteen hospital. I announced for the public mass
Introduced in a few appropriate meeting tonight at the auditorium
remarks by Mrs. Malloy, who, as when the'state War Mothers, the
..... .... .Unvr irl her message American Legion and auxiliary and
had been prepared in, the souvenir soldiers' clubs Jointly hold a gath
rVigranr Mayor Gallatin Roberts , ering at which two nationally dis
.Jsterday welcomed the gathering I tinguished speakers are , to , be
io Ashevllle, which, hepolnted out, I heard. " ' '
as a most appropriate place ior,
uch a gathering, in that there ,
were at Ashevllle'a very doors two ,
treat public health hospitals mtn-
r...i-L . v,nrir.rt of disabled
m:n wno in a iaiK ;'
their splendid manhood in servlcs
overseas.
Paying tribute to both the men
who .made the supreme sacrifice
those who returned safely, the
mayor turned his attention to the
mothers, saying, "All honor to the
noble mothers who stayed at horns
and by their prayers encouraged
these men to do their duty. God
bless every one iof them.
introduced In gracious mnner
V Mrs. Malloy. the guest of honor,
Mrs. K. E. Dlgney. who was shown
t have a peculiar attachment to
the Old North State because her
rather was a North Carolin an
; l.i Id the attention of her hearers
. j , v. -r.ii work be
ns sne uresBEu -
,foi thi organisation she heads
Oe whele Is the. welfare of each
untihg ut that the welfare o.
.apter. She expressed the sln
' ft hope that the organization
,,,, i... -ki snnurh and line
enough to laat after we are goim.
1 rged Vr Mothers
'lo Greater Kffort
Urging all war mothers to put
J fnrtn efrnrts to Increase the mem-
hnr.nln In their ChaOtOrS. She SX
pressed surprise that "the mothers
with a sense of pride In their sons
and in what they d'd csn remain
cutside the organlxaHTon.' Organ
ized effort, she asserted,-means so
much more for the disabled men
than individual efforts, no matter
how tireless and enthuslastio the(Hecht Consolvo, who gave her ad
vrorker may be. I dress as Reno. Nev.. and said she
She took occasion to correct a B dlvorcer there May 8 was mar
mistake lnadvettftntly appearing in d here on gaturday to Count
nresn ancnunt regaraing ,me
death of her son, who, while an
iviator in Louisiana, was killed in
flight just before being rderel
oversea.
Mrs. James H. Wood,' Buncombe
war mother, was called upon by
tt.e chair to read , message of
g'eetlng from the boys at Kenil-
a
rth to the convention ana a teie-
jm from Mrs. E. Kate Pegram,
evented by illness from attend
ing.
Presenting the type of service
that may be rendered by war
mothers In caring for the graves
of forrrer service men who might
otnarwiie die unmarked, Mrs. Hugh
Montgome'y, of Charlotte, told of
the way in which that chapter
csrts for roldler . graves. placing
new . decorations each Memorial
day.
In line with thfs messagef Mrs.
James M. Gudger was called upon
to tell or the resolution of petition
filed with officials at Wash
ington asking that a plot of ground
e set ajide- for the burial of pa
tents at the Oteen and Kenil
wortlt pubHo health" hospitali
whose bodies are not sent to their
nimes. The resolution appears
later in this article. Mrs. Gudger
expressed confidence that a fsv-
tCmllaM' o Ht rfM)
WSIliSISIill
lis before hod5b
bom per s Instructed to Call
Conference to Secure
Abolition
WASHINGTON. May 17. A
joint resolution proposing a.i
a.iiendmeia to the constitution
pvovidinr "that congress shall
ti'ive puvifr to regulate through
nut the nited States the employ
ment of persons tinder 13 years o'
SRe,' was introduced today hy
Representative Fitzgerald, republi
can. Ohio. His action followed the
d.'ciMon Monday by the Supreme
court holding ihe child labor act
unccnsti'u'ional.
The eecutive council of the
Americn Federation of Labor to
day instructed President Gompers
to cal' a conference here of or-f-mlzation
interested in child wel
fare foi the purpose of formulat
ing' a campaign looking to the
adopt! j n of a constitutional
amendment which
would abolish
The decision of the council was
'anen. m cording to a statement
Issued Ninight. "after thorough
f onsideratlon pf the United States
on the
child labor .law.
The court, last Monday,
thhl the f'.atute was invalid
held
'The council also decided to set
aside one day. June 14, in the
coming convention of the federa
tion for consideration of the child
lubo- o.uestion.
OF
;T0
BE
Will Visit Oteen and Ken
ilworth; Plan Member
ship Campaign
One of the leading features In
connection with the visit of Com
mander MacMder will be the ban
quet given in his honor at the Bat
,Park hotel at i30 o'clock this
" :"
re lnVltea 10 attend.
Greeted at the station this morn
b " delegation from the Klffln
Rockwell post and by representa-
.IUII1 IIIW V.rCII K1IU ACIUl
worth public health hospitals, the
distinguished guest tonight will
face an audience at the auditorium
in which there will be numbered
many members of civic organiza
,, t,,. i.-i.f.
At the banquet plans will be an
nounced for tlje Klffln Rockwell
membership drive, having as Its
goal 1,000 members within a week.
R. R. Williams Is chairman of the
seated upon tne stage irom ien
right, as viewed by the audience,
there will be the chaplain; Mrs.
Minnie Fagg Malloy. retiring state
. War Mother: Col. Hanford Mac-
.
American Legion: A. H. Vender
hoof, commander of the KlffinJ
Rockwell post; Mrs. R. K. Dlgney.
national War Mother, and Tom
Bird, state commander of the
American. Legion for North Caro
lina. Bov Scouts in sttendanee will no
tify Commander Vanderhoof when
all is in readiness, and the meeting
will then open with the singing of
the "Star Spangled Banner."
Prayer by the chaslaln will fol
lnw.
Commander Vanderhoof will de
liver a word of welcome, after
which the Chamber of Commerce
quartet will sing. The post com
mander will ask Mrs. Malloy to In
troduce Mrs. R. E. Dlgney. na
tional War Mother, who will give
'an address. '
Then will come a solo, "The Star
That Turned to Gold," the national
War Mothers' hymn, sung by Miss
Ophie Morrlss, who will be accom
panied upon the piano by Charles
C. Mackay.
Commander - Vanderhoof will
then Introduce Hanford MacNider,
national legion commander, who
delivers the concluding address of
the program. ,
RENO NKV. DIVORCEE
WEDS ITALIAN MAJOR
x-r-ur vrnv Mv 17. Blanche
Manfredl Carlaggl a major in the
Italian army, . it was learped , to
day. Mrs. Consolvo s former hus
band was said to be a hotel owner
of Baltimore, Richmond and Nor
folk, Va. , .'
She gave her age as 37 years on
the license. Her new husband ssld
he was 32 and a widower. The
count who arrived here only lasi
Saturday has taken passsge for
Italy with h( bride on the Colom
bo, sailing tomorrow.
RENO, May 17. Blanch H.
Consolvo was granted a decree of
divorce in the washoe county dis
trict court here May 1. She said
she had been deserted and aband
oned by Charles H. Consolvo whom
she married October 2, 1902 at
South Mill, N. C.
'"Sof FOCR DEAD
TttrsoN. Arut.. May 17. A tele-
ctaphli report received here to-
oay by tne eoumeni ...v. ...
Mex'co declared that the Pajo
mine, near Rossrlo Slnalao Is in
flames srd that the bodies of four
,r,.r. have been removed, i n
U i. ... r ha nMaat and
HEAD
LEGION
HERE TODAY
BANOUETTED
UrgesT'In Mexico. r "' wide "and if-mHtt-ten
jo END THEIR 75
11 I mil n n I II T
I INN II K III V
II LL U II U II I 11
Expect Campaign Reach
its Culmination in 1924;
Half Paid in
MULLINS IS AGAIN
CONVENTION HEAD
Women Are Made Eligi
ble to Places on Con
vention Committees
JACKSONVIIX.B. May 17 (By
the Associated Press. ) The South
ern Baptist convention has raised
more than IJ5.000.0ti0 of its $7i.
000.000 fund for enlarging its work
and its members pledged them
selves here late today to puah for
ward to completion of the fund in
1924. -v
More than $10,000,000 in cash
was collected in the 12 months
since the last convention, which
speakers pointed out had been ac
complished despite the general bus
iness depression. The ministerial
relief and annuity fund has passed
the million dollar, mark and Its
goal was set at ten million through
adoption of the committee report.
After the morning session had
been given over to organization
and election of officers. Including
re-election of Dr. E. Y. Mulllna. of
Louisville, president, and all others
except the vice-president, for which
new men were chosen, the conven
tion turned to its financial program
during the convention, and also
received an Invitation to meet next
year at Hot Springs. Ark. Tonight
the annual convention sermon was
delivered by the Rev. Dr. S. J.
Porter, of Oklahoma City, who
pleaded for a return to normalcy
in religion.
SlimVi norma, lev." he declared,
"can only be found In recognition t
of the atonement ot Christ as tne
basis for salvation from sin. The
futility of man-made schemes for
removing the penalties of sin and
bringing peace to the troubled con
science Is evident on every hand.
The Cross Is the center of divine
normalcy, the point of equipoise
for the universe.''
The first session of the Women's
Missionary union, an auxiliary of
the convention, also was held to
night, with reports ot its officers
showing increased growth. Wo
men who already have been recog
nized aa full members of the con
vention itself today were graniea
privileges of committee member
ship. ,' . . r. . . :
Woman s Societies lo
Reach Goal In 138
The goal of 100,000 societies in
the Woman's Missionary union will
be reached bv Us fiftieth anniver
sary in 1933. If its recent jfrowth la
'continued, members of the organi
sation were told by Mies Kathleen
ilallory, corresponding secretary.
There already are more than 20,
000 local societies represented in
the union, the secretary said, and
women in Baptist colleges of the
south have 2.649 mission study
classes, another report showed.
The union has pledged 322,000,
000 towards the convention's .&
000,000 fund snd already has raised
more than $3,000,000 of that in
cash.. ' . .
. MUch other business was trans
acted during the first day orthe
sixty-sixth annual session which
was marked by a refuaal ot the
members to consider a proposal
for triennial meetings with an en
larged executive: committee meet
ing annually. It referred to com
mittees proposals to extend the
closing of the $76,000,000 fund un
til November 1. 1924, from May ,
1924, and to act In co-operation
with th. KArthern Baptist conven
tion in drawing up a statement of
Baptist principles and in aynenron-ir.lna-
certain church campaigns.
The" $76,000,000 five-year cam
paign Is for the purpose 01 turiner
ing the work now done in foreign
mi..inni home missions, state mls-
Phriatian education, hos-
nitol. nmhanages and ministerial
relief and the resort of the con"
servation commission in charge of
It was adopted and tne commission
ordered continued another year.
Women Made Eligible
rvtmmttteeahtpa.
Th. rnmmittee on commiueoa
annnnnced With Dr. J. L
Gross, of Louisville, as chairman,
and was instructed In a resolution
adopted to make no discrimination
..v in .nnnlntlnr committees.
This means that women who al
ready have been admitted to full
membership in the convention now
fill committee positions.
The four vice-presidents were
elected as follows:
Rev. Mr. R.. M. Inlow. of Sa
dalia, Mo.; W. W. Gaines, of At
lanta, Oa.; Rev. J. J'' Taylor, of
Leaksvllle, N. C and Rev. W. D.
Nowlln, of Greenville, Ky. Mr.
Gaines is an attorney. ;'
George W. Norton, of Louisville,
treasurer, and' Dr. W. P. Harvey,
of Harrodsburg. Ky., auditor, were
re-elected and the convention then
began the first contest over officers.
Three names were put for the
two positions of recording secre
tary Dr. H. C. Moore, of Nash
ville'; Q. 8. Burnett, of Macon. Oa..
were nominated to succeed them
selves, while th name of A. S.
Barnes, of Montgomery, Ala., also
was placed In nominstlon. The
convention voted by ballot and Dr.
Moore and Mr. Barnes were re
elected. ,-
CAMERON WIU SPEAK
V AT BCIE'S CREEK
aMiTi anaats
nri imi'iM.a orrnaa
(BY n. o. lariAT)
WASHINGTON, May 17. W. J.
Cameron, editor of Henry Fords
paper, the Dearborn Independent,
was here today on his way to
Bute's Creek academy, where he
will deliver the principal address.
Hs will stop at Raleigh on his way
down. F. Hunter Creeh will ac
company him.
ttixktv ARE INJURED ' ''
- IN TEXAS TORNADO
ROBSTOWN, Texas, May 17.
Twenty persons were injured, two
probably fatally and property loss
Of aOOUt IBUW.UBO was suiiaroa
when a tornado struck Agudulc.
is miles west of here and sweat
southeastward to Bishop, It miles
south of Robitown today. The
twister rut a path two t Ave
Lives Of Chicago's
Police Threatened;
Vill Guard Buildings
CHICAGO. May 17. Death" m-tlen came to the county jail
threats sent to police officials, the where an extra police detail is on
announcement that three labor I guard in anticipation of a possible
leaders would have to' stay in jail attempt to rescue labor leaders
and steps to place armed guards,heM there.
about every building . under con- In a speech today Captain West
structlon In Chicago were develop- brook told members of the Lion's
menta today in the police war on
labor terrorists.
The placing of guards with or
ders to "shoot to kill" about
building projects followed a fire
started by bombers last night aa
the latest act of violence In a cam
paign against the Landla
wage1
award.
"Big Tim" Murphy, Fred Mader,
president of the building trades
council, and "Con": Shea. were
checked at tne outset or a move guard we will put a shotgun or a
for freedom today when Justice rifle snd a commission that will
Kickham Scanlon of the criminal . give him the authority to shoot to
court, rejected a defense motion kill at the first sign of invasion of
for assignment and Immediate, the property under his guardian
hearing of their trial on charges ship." he said.
of having slain a patrolman. I Hubert E. Crowe, atate's attor-
The death threats were receiv
ed by Chief of Police Charles Fltz
morrls and Captain Wesley West
brook, warden of the Cook courts
ty Jail, The chief received his ln
the mall at his home where a uni
formed policeman is on duty day
and night, while a second officer
has been appointed aa his person-
al body guard. The threat to the
REV. E. A. PEW
TO
Episcopalians Plan $75,
000 Church and Home
at Chapel Hill
f' TAiaOBfltfaR KOTSl
- riTixa Mara scaaao
ItY BBOCK BtRILlY)
RALEIGH. May 17. Rev. E. A
n.-i.i. . ....,;,. . -I
rh..i.. . M f "ni"n. j
v,.?'.'vl"''. "--iu o'nop co-
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VoJr,hr
North Carolina at tonight's session
of the diocesan convention.. 8ix
ballots were necessary.
The bishop coadjutor will have
supervision over the convocation of.
Charlotte, and upon the retirement
of Biehop Joseph Cheshire will as
sume tot the bishopric of the dio
cese. , . . . .
A doxen prominent clergymen
were nominated or received votes
.1-1 1 . . ... .
n" '
'"I nn tuincwi imu imiivncu uuwn
to the Rev. Mr.. Penick, Rev, S. S.
Host, ot Durham.' : KeV.. Wyman
Brown, of Baltimore, Rev. Alfred
Jl. Berkeley, of New Orleans, and
Rv. Fred Drane. On the last bal
lot. Mr. Penick received 32 bal
lots from the clergymen, with 30
necessary to elect, and 24 ballots.
from the nsrishes. with IX nr-.a-
sary to elect
ti. d -i i
mil xviuvk m ircvimicu aa
one ot the ablest and
clergymen In the diocese of North 1
r'arniin. h. j... h..n
DIOCESE
CHOOSES
BISHOP
8t. Peter's church.-Charlotte, fori1"" and recommendations. The
the past four years. He is active . "P"" brought out some Interesting
litthe social as well as the religious fact about the Sunday school work
lif. f r-hriof. .a i. ,.i .w. of the denomination. The district
most nromln.nt m.mh.r. of tha.has 33 Sunday schools d a total'
Rotary club of that city.
. . . . . , . ..
Of interest during today s
ston or rne lestn annual conven-
tlon was th announcement or an
anonymous gift of $60,000 towards
the erection of a parish house at
Chapel Hill. Th gift was depend
ent upon th raising by the diocese
of $26,000, the aggregate amount
of $75,000 to be used ln the erec
tion of a new church edifice and
parish house at the university.
Eight thousand dollars hsd been
raised by Chapel Hill Episcopalians
toward this fund "and delegates to
the convention from St. Peter's
church of Charlotte furnished tho
remainder through a subscription
of $10,000 and agreeing to under
write the $7,000 necessary to make
up the $26,000.
The gift comes as th result of
Bishop Cheshire's appeal last night
for a stronger organiratlon among I
. -Cmtim4 aa fart Taru )
TO
'A1 OANCt TO&CTHC
mi....
WA 1 ' ) '";'i '. rTPTPkTTIT1
t CJ wtw not fusunmci the hoop sxjpr? "I liifrMSJinilli'
sssaw" " m sjsi ,r., -AJSJ rTTrr
club that "the respectable element
In the labor unions of Chicago
must repudiate their criminal lead
ers or lose the support of those
who are in favor of the union
cause,"
Declaring he had received
threats "to burn Chicago." Chief
FitzmoiTis announced that he
would put on one or more watch-1
men on each building under con
struction. ''In the hands of each
ney, announced tonight after . a
conference with Chief i.Fitxmorrla
that four more indictments would
be miiiMfti this week in connec
tion with the slaying of two pa
trolmen by bombers last . week.
Eight labor leaders already are
under indictment in connection
with the slaying of one ot these
officers.
TO SUPPORT LI
T
Many Ashevillians Are on
Program of Henderson
ville Conference
fSfiwIal CtrrtitMtmn, Tl iittrUU CINms)
HENDERSONVlLLE, May 17.
Committee on temperance and re
form ot the Ashevllle district Meth-
"Mm
ool conference at the
fternoon
..a on todav
Braantii tuua.v iiicociiieu a reuoii
Chr'atian cittien.
presented a report
to vote for candidates In the June
primaries who would obey and see
that law la enforced."
The committee also commended
many newspapers of the state who
were "persistently reflecting the
law-abiding sentiment of the peo
ple and which support, editorially
and otherwise, the majesty ot the
state."
The second session began We4-
r " " Bcwim
needay morning at oclock. Th
nr. f.iit an '
lore feast, an institution, is old as
Methodism Itself, was . the flrst
event of the program. Rev. W. H
Thomas conducted ths feast.
' Words of gratitude were ex
pressed to the citizens of Hendtr-
sonville for their courteous treat
ment and hearty reception of ti e
aeiegates. itev. rar.K ssner. pastor
I L' the local church, perfected the
'arrangements for the conference.
. I . Livn I. .11.. iiiniiiimi VI I
lne Sunday school comm tee. pre-
f;seniea nis report, inciuaing nnn-
METHODISTS
ENFORCED
of 8,9o4 members. Several schools
have a larger number of members
es-i1han the church membership. Try-
mnA n.ij, .. u.mrlav arhnnl.
more than twice as large aa the
church membership. - Thirteen
schools has 360 names jn the cra
il roll and six schools hav more
than 860 in the home departments.
Following Is the renort in part:
Recommend Teacher
Training Classe '
"We recommend the following:
"First. That each achool work
toward the standard , of efficiency
as adopted bv our church.
"Second. That teacher training
classes he organized In all schools.
"Third. That each school have a
workers' council.
"Fourth. That all 'one-room
schools' consider the addition of
rooms for departments.
Fiflh. That all schools strive to
mail their Sunday school memher-
(Cafiaa4 aa Pop 7w
REGULATING THE
BjTBILLY BORNE
' . ' i
T
E
MADE HOMELESS
60,000 Are Now Seriously
AM a J fa. aT . sV
Anectea or Maae nome-
less in Region
HAMBURG BREAK toI
kill live stocki
State Prison inundated,
ana rnsoners Are ,e-
moved to Safety
NEW ORLEANS, May 177
Probably 6,000 homeless refugees
will be added to the 60.000 al-
"".dV mad"' homeless or otherwise
seriously affected by the foods as
a result of the breaks in the levee I
on Bayou Ues Glaize', near llam-1
burg. I-, according to estimates
made today by Red Cross work-'
.-. Tfutav'a hr.a If lhrrpaaea 1 he j
total area flooded to more thani
6.500 square miles In lyouislana
and Mississippi.
A, total of 42,000 people are now
being fed and clothed by flood re
lief agencies in the two states, acr!
cording to these officials, SJ.nuo in
Louisiana and 19,000 in Missis
sippi. It Is expected that at least
2,000 persons who will be affect
ed by the Hamburg crevasse, will
be added to this roll. ,
The loss of livestock in the aref
being flooded by ths Hamburg
break will be very great as resi
dents of that section did not antici
pate a flood and but little time was
given for thli removal o live
stock. Thousands of acres of
sugar cane ln Avertlles, St, Mar
tin, St. Landry and lberls parishes
have either been flooded or will be
within the next two days by ths
water from Bayou. des Ulair.es and
the Red river through the-break
In the levee near Hamburg, now
about 900 feet wide.
Reports from the affected area
today stated the water had reach
ed and Inundated the towns of
Moreauvllle and Plauchevllle and
Is gradually rising around the
town of Melville, which Is expect
ed to go under after early tomor
row. At the present rate It Is expect
ed Palmetto will be Inundated by
Friday.
The flood at Melville was report
ed rising at the rate of six inches
an hour.
TORCF.D TO MOVE 1.000 ,
CONVICTS TO 8AFE POINT 1
BATON ROUGE. La., May 17.
The state penitentiary farms at
Angola, on the east aide of the
Mississippi river, will be flooded
as a result of a break In the levee
at Bob's Bayou, a tributary ot the
Mississippi. The water la spread
ing rapidly over th whole place
on which It located' the enormous
sugar refiner operated by ' th
stst.
Boats are being sent from her
to transport the convicts number
ing about 1,000 to places of safe
ty. A number, including the sick,
will be brought to the receiving
station here and others will be dis
tributed In camps along the river.
The, state farm at Angola Includes
about 3,000 acres, virtually ail of
which Is now under cultivation'.
The ; surrounding country was al-
ready flooded and th state farm
was the only atrip still above wa
ter. .
The damage from th break will
not extend beyond the penitentiary
farms, It was stated.
ARK NKARINti AGREEMENT
ON THE SYRIAN MAN DATE
-
GENEVA. May 17. fBy the As-j
soclated Press.) The United
States and France are about to
reach an agreement on the
French mandate for Syria accc" '
ing fti Information reaching th
secretariat of th league ot na
tions, It la understood the Amer
ican government's approval Is sub
ject to certain conditions, which
apparently will be met.
FLOOD WARNINGS Ot'T
OX THE l-OWER SALl'DA
WASHINGTON, May 17. Flood
warnings have been Issued for the
lower Saluda river, of South
Carolina. ,
DANCE
HU1DS
I
FLOOD
REGION
Hague Conference
Is Now A r ranged,
Will Bar Germany
- - - - - - . - - .r
PAR CLEARANCE
ARGUED BEFORE
HIGH TRIBUNAL
Morrison -d'lacv 0(T to
., York tnSian, 6.000
State Bonds
Tiaaoaovos sorar.
cnTiTa rmi aila4t!
fV MOCK SinglM')
UAl.r.HiH. May 17. Four houi
,Wl,re ,pt ,mlav ln the argument
.for(, ' the Supreme court of the
,,i..y ,.. l ose, brought by -nn
sl.,(e imrks against the Federal
i ,erve honk of Richmond. The
c.se mm up from I'nion county
Sn ti.ri nr rnnrt.
Attorneys Alex Smith and John
mi u..n.i
.1. Parker appeared for the state
ranks, while 11. U. .oniinr ani.
M. !. Wallace argued for the ie
serve ivttem, The decision by thvj
S.ipremc court of the state, which
ui hardlv expected before adjourn
ment o' the Sluing session, will
t-ike tne rase on to the United i
St.ites Supreme court as noi.i
si.lcs have announced the inten
tljn of going to , the highest trib
unal. Governor Morrison and Stale
Tieasun r iJicy left todsy for Now
Vork tr. i.ut their signatures to six
thousand rtate bonds recently sold
to New York bond companies.
Each bond Is of one thousand do!
lata denomination, ,
NO DECISION IN
DEBATE STAGED
E
Immense and Strongly
Partisan Gathering Hears
Verbal Battle
RALEIGH, N. C, May 17. A
Divine and a scientist, both pro
fessed Christians, met In combat
t.t state college this afternoon and
1 store a crowd that jammed Pul
n hall ftught for 90, minutes over
diverging contentions as to the
origin of man and the evolution of
matter.
Who won. the scribes at th
ring side would notvntur to say.
The fight was hot, and both
rlalmo. ctory, with support from
their is.'vlsans liberal and en
thusiastic. But what the greet
uudlenrtv composed of state col
leg students and Raleigh church
goers, glisned from the heated and
ridiculing discussion ot rellglou
snd scientific contentions Is too
(ilfllcult of estimate, in th ab
sence o" a capable superior to sit
In Judgment.
A rea' tight It was; a minister of
the gorpel and an instructor of
juth pilled against each other.
On the one side was Rev. W, B.
Kvley, D. D., pastor of he First
Dnp.lat church of Minneapolis,
author of numerous text books on
religious subjects and a recognized
authority on Bible. On the op
posing sine was i)r. z. r, Metcair,
professor of xoology and entom
kL".Bl Blntf. ri"1"r "I !l,.'ntl"
Mmfn". !:ltlonal nA world wlde
Ft pmlnt nc. - -
"Resolved, That Evolution la a
remonstrated Fact." was the
, question and if, perhaps, neither
ltruck any too close to th sub-
ject, both gave to their audience
a mass of contentions snd declar
ations thn' were, to say the least,
highly illuminating. ,
Aiiidcnn. Intercut lug As
Debate luelf
The auillenc was almost as In
teresting, wllhln Itself as the die
russion. Most of It was on hand
a half ii'iir before the advertised
h mr for Ihe contest to begin, seek
ing assurance of a seat and full
view of the whole affair. Many
were ttTned away, while scores,
pushed Into the doorways, occu
pied - emergency seat" In th aisles
or lined the walls. The hall teats.
1 1.600; there must have been ,uu
or more v.lthln the building.
The uproar of applause which fell
u.ion bolh speakers when they
mounted ?he platform and at Inter-
Ivals during their speeches, was
deaily divided between State col-
llege students and Raleigh people,
tne lormer. with exceptions, wild
ly suppc.rtlng their professor, and
the latter, with exceptions, heaping
words o" cheer and approbation
upon the minister.
R. K McMillan acted as referee,
srd John A. Park and W. T. Bost
were tl. ie keepers.
nr. Metcair, leading with Ills
ER
OL
JTIOjM
ntflrmatlve arguments prefaced hlej"nould he broadened in the way h
flr:rtinns with he ' assertion
tnat he Is a Christian, belongs to
t'hrls',;n church; yet has "ac
cepted In Its entirety the fact of
r --mutton and I have found nnth
il In evclutlon to shake mv faiili
i'i the fundamentals of the Chrls
tl.'in re! gion."
Itatst Was In Prepared
Manuscript Form
The rst of his argument he save
from a prepared manuscript. Each
'speaker had 30 minutes, with Dr.
Metralf 10 minute rejoinder and
another five minute rejoinder, fol
lowing Dr. Riley's 16 mlnutts of
rebuttal iirgument. Dr. Riley had
;io manuscript, debating on ths
s'jnject as presented in the afflrma-
itive argument.
Dr. Mt tcalf was Intensely serious
inroughout his main nreaentatlon
find in his rejoinders, at times ap
parently becoming a little heated
'over a pi;nt or two. Dr. Riley re
sort d. frequently to ridicule.
- Dr. Metcsif offered as evidence
that rehglous leaders hav sought
to thwart the efforts of scientists
by declaring that Martin. Luther
warned against the theories of
sc'entlsis in his day who held that
th earth revolved rather than the
sun &nd noon. Religious leaders.
isald he. later ridiculed Harvev's
f'sroverv of the circulation-of Ihe
-od and the classification f
. ... . .... . ,, . ,n lull' III 111.
plants sr.d animals. Thev sl.o rtia.
'ountea Darwin. With these
declarations he exc'almed:
"We should not shut out th
Chr;stlan:iy." In refutlnr tbaa
--trftaftnaca1 ea Tu)
iriinnnrill TDIIPC
LUnuTLHIl IIIUUL
TO EXTEND OVER
EIGHT MONTHS
Is Arranged to Continue
Four Months After
The Hague Meeting
MAY END" GENOA -.V.
SESSION FRIDAY
..tan..
JJTenCn AUeUuaUCQ &b
Hague Not Assured De
spite Questioning
(iENOA, May 17. (By The As-
goclated Press.)
Th Hague has
been definitely selected as the
meeting place for the experts who
will further examine the Russian ;
problem, It was announced tonight.
Arrangements for The Hague con
ference In June were practically
completed with today's acceptance
by the Russians of the proposals
submitted to them, which have
been amended so as to provide that
a truce between the various powers
will continue for a maximum of
eight months.
A meeting of the full political
commission of the conference will
be held tomorrow morning and tht
final plenary session probably b
on Friday. Premier Lloyd George
hopes to start for England Friday
afternoon. '
The process verbal relating to
the Lloyd George plan for dual
commissions to meet at The Hague
which was presented to the Rus
sians on Monday last was adopted
with an annex. With the amend
ments carried todsy by the sub
commission U will be sent to th
Washington government, probably
with a letter of the secretary ot
the Genoa conference which Is
likely to be considered tomorrow
at a meeting ot th full political
commission.
A second Important amendment
to the document provides that th
truce Will continue to operate (or a
perlodof four months after ad
journment ot Th Hague meeting.
This Mtension Is considered a vic
tory for Mr. Lloyd George because
it provides more time for the con
summation of the permanent nort
aggrestlon pact Into which he
hopes $he truce will be merged.
After a conference with Mr.'
Lloyd Oeorg. M. Barthou and M.
Jaspar snnounccd that the French
and Belgian delegations approved
today's proceedings, but must re
fer th whol matter to their home
government for ratification. When
asked tonight whether France ln
tended to participate In The Hague
meeting, the French spokesman
answered that It was too early to
say. . ' .
M. Tchltcherin, the Russian for
eign minister, said ha thought the
frontier truce proposed should in
clude the allied soviet republics,
declaring he would take It In that
sense. He desired lo have tne truce
broadened, ln order to Include ag
gression by bands. Referring to the
bands of General Wrangel, former
antl-bolthevllt leader In touth Ru
sla, now ln the Batkans, he asked
lhat they be removed to more dist
ant countries.
The Russians signified their ac
ceptance with the modifications as
stated this morning's session of
the political sub-commission of the
conference, to which the Russian,
representatives were admitted. No
decisions were reached at this ses
sion but the atmosphere was ap
parently more mysterious than
that of yesterday.
M. Tchltcherin read a statement
saying the appointment of two
commissions would perpetuate the
Genoa method and lead to sepa
rate meetings, but he would ac
cept the proposal to participate In
the commission. He repeated hit .
protest' against the exclusion ot
Germany, pointing out that ths
queation ot credlta, which was not
covered by the treaty of Rappallo
between Russia and Germany,
would be discussed at The Hague.
M. Tchltcherin said the Russians
would prefer Stockholm or Riga as
a meeting place, but were ready
to go to Rome or !.ondon. He wel
comed the proposed truce, he said.
but expressed the view that it
uutuneu.
M. Tchltoherln concluded by r
serving the right to' suggest rer. -tain
amendments to the proposals.
FEELER KENT Ol'T BY '
FRENCH BEFORE BID COME
WASHINGTON, May 17.
French sources at Genoa prior to
issuance by the economlo confer
ence of an Invitation to the Unit,
ed States to participate in The
Hague meeting, sent a "feeler" to
develop the American attitude to
ward such participation, ll was
learned today.
The American reply, It was ex
plained, was sympathetic in char
acter, hut was not an acceptance,
although apparently construed at
Genoa as forecasting participation
by the United States. This, it was
said, was the only explanation that
could be assigned in official quar
ters here to the confusion In Euro
pean capitals which hat followed
American declination of the formal
Invitation,
The French proposal was of a
general nature and fixed no time
or place for the tuggested eco
nomic commlslson to meet. The
Amerlctn reply crossed on the
cables the formal Invitation to The
Hague meeting and the result, It
I , . . ... ...
I ' "am today, evioentiy was myi
the American sympathetic annua
toward the original French sug-.
gestlon wa construed In some
quarters abroad aa Indicating ac
ceptance of th invitation to The
Hague. '.