North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER North Caroline Mottiy cloudy Mn. diy and Tuesday., probably local thundershowert, . little change. In temperature. j r PAGES I Ztoday DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1 8687 ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRAGEDY NEARL Y ONE HUNDRED PERISH IN SEA America Would Join r Economic If Politics Barred OFFICIAL CIRCLES FORECAST POLICY Willing to Work Out Plans for LoansJJnder Stated Conditions. Refined scope of meetings needed Confidence in Payment of German Reparations Is Master Key. WASHINGTON, May 21. Par ticipation cf the United tSatcs in sronomic councils abroad when ihe governments of Europe are ready to eliminate political ques tions from their discussions of world rehabilitation was forecast in official circles. . The American government, ac cording to officials In close touch with the administration would he Killing to join -with' other nations to work out loans for restoring the International commercial equilib rium If American representatives 1 uld journey abroad convinced t political subjects would be red from any conference they attended. Some officials express the belief lhat if the governments of Kurope would invite, this country to a con ference which diflnitoly confined the scope of its proposed delibera tions to the solution of economic problems, the Invitation would re ceive a much more cordial recep tion than has been accorded the numerous requests for American representation a the series of council. held alVrnad in the past three years. While the problems to be solved In healing the world's war wounds are many, government economists maintain that the basic questions to be answered are fewBalancing the budgets by European govern ments accompanied by deflation of bloated currencies is of vital Im portance, according to government experts. Armament reduction Is urged as an economy measure and to restore confidence in the permanency of peace and the unliklihood of in lerruptlon to renewed commercial enterprise. Fixation of the war debts of the nations and the terms of German reparations upon a basis so de fined as to instill a confidence that - '. i :-...;,.-,i I payments ot interest, ami pi will he made as they fall due is, ii master kev to tne summon, m a' opinion of experts, who nlso nt.ent the establishment of the gold standard is imperative. MKMOHIM; IS HF.I D FOR DFU BAPTIST I.l'.ADKTl .1 ACK SON VI l.LK. Fin. May 21. I By the Associated Press.) Me morial services in honor of the Rev. Dr. I. B.' Gambrcll, "the grand old man of Southern Bap tists." and the Rev. J. B. Hutson. of Richmond. Va.. were conducted here today and attended by mes hengera and visitors to the South ern Baptist convention. Dr. C.ambrell. who died at his; home In Dallas, last summer short ly after completing four terms as president of the convention, had hern one of the leading figures In Baptist work for many years .-mil a regular attendant upon the con ventions until 111 health and i,ge made It Impossible for him to go to the 1921 gathering in cnaua- oga. The year between now snd the V nsas Citv meeting will Me marK- 'fi also by intensive efforts to for ward the $75,000,010 campaign fund for Baptist activities and leaders will hold a conference in Nashville June 20 and 21 to give added impetus to the movement which the convention voted will come to a close in December, 1324. 5IF.X rXDER SEXTEXCF, . SPEND "MOODY" SUNDAY COLUMBIA, S. C., May 21. Frank M. Jeffords, Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece, convicted slayer ot John C Arnette, eper.t their first day in the state penitentiary today in moodv silence, all visibly affected by the strain. Jeffords and Harrison,' under sentence to die June 15, are being kept in the death house, while Treece, btin tiing a life sentence, 1 confined in the regular :eU house. SSENGF.lt AUTOMOBILE oi TPi T i li'RF.SEI Q WASHINGTON, May 21. :Pro ction of passenger automobiles in April amounted to IUD.dZI, an Increase of 30 per cent over pro duction In March, according to a report issued today by the depart ment of commerce. Truck produc tion totalled 21,944 machines,, as compared with 19.4411 in March. In both classes ,the output waithey may be the more easily ex the highest tor any one of the ploited and In order that they may preceding 10 months. (be less able to command proper TWO AMERICAN WOMEN ON BOARD ARE MISSING LONDON. May 21. (By the Associated Press.) Two American women. Mm. M. L. Sibley and Miss V. M. Bowers, were on board the steamer Egypt and are mlss - Ing, according to the reninsula and Oriental lines here. Their boms addresses are not known to Councils Plans to Hold Down Coal Price Carried Further Hoover Issues General Call For Conference of I,o00 Operators WASHINGTON. May 21. Ad- ministration plans for holding I down soft coal prices were carried 1 a step further today when Secre llary Hoover issued a general call fur a conference, of all the 1,500 '. ouit operators w"hose mines' " are still producing. The conference is to he held in Washington. May 31. -The ' jVcrators will be asked to approve and put into effect, the scheme of creating district com mitters to receive and allocate all orders during the duration of the strike and with co-operation from a Washington committee to pre vent coal going into hands of the speculators and middlemen who may unduly enhance prices. Fifty operators controlling the bulk of present non-union and open shop production last week pledged themselves to support the plan using the Garfield prices of the war time fuel administration a.s a general basis from which to set up fair price standards. This would establish mine prices of bituminous in a range ol from 2 to ii per ton. FOR FIGHT WITH Move Goes From West to East and Will Soon Strike Washington. WAiutlNfiToM si nne IKS AftHIVlLIB CIT1ZEX (BY II. h. C. HRH-ST) WASHINGTON, May 21. -It has been plainly evident here for. some time that union labor would be reduced a peg or two if employers could bring It about. The rail roads, the steel mill.', the cotton mills and other great industries want to get back to a "before the war basis. They have found It difficult. The United States Cham ber of Commerce, a most power ful organization of captains of industry, has set its hand to help in that work. It proposes to erect here a large bunding a national headquarters on the "open shop" plan. That purpose, already an nounced, has riled Samuel i,omp- .-a hoa.t of tho union forces of The .... .... nation. He has taken tne mai ler up with the Chamber of Com merce officials and is now ready for a scrap, T&ie controversy nere will be' part of the nation-wide row now being waged between union labor organizations and employers from Seattle to Florida. In the Pacific coast states the "open shup" signs hang from many places of busi ness. Where the "union card" used to appear in letters bold the "open shop" welcome now shines. In many places like Portland, Spokane and Seattle, merchants have found that the "union card" hurt their business. The fight is moving east. The Chamber of Commerce will take the lead here. Mr. Gnmpers is determined that the national capital shall not take a backward step in that direction. Hence, the sign of flying fur. There is a clearing ot decks for a finished fight over the employ ment of union labor. The leaders of these two great organizations of laborers and employers of labor have been, sparring for some time and the opportunity is now at hand to test out the "open shop" plan. Elliot H. Goodwin an nounced that the policy of. his or ganization in constructing a na tional headquarters here will be to employ non-union as well as union workmen. No sooner had he said It than did Mr. Gompers call upon him to state his exact purpose. AnU-1'nion Shop Is Heal Meaning, Said. "No one can analyze the term i .Ui .uv.-,,. u.i- j-i. ."' .i...," ." " .u.. : to the conclusion that In reality it Is the anti-union shop that Is meant." said Mr. Gompers today, commenting on the plans of the Chamber of Commerce. "The I'nited States Chamber of Com merce took Its present . position because It is opposed to the trade union movement and any state ment to the contrary is pure sophistry. I "The United States Chamber of 'Commerce is an organisation of iiiitunctqrn ana empiujeie. n in an organization of men who live by makjpg profit. "I think no one will be deceived about the I'nited States Chamber of Commerce and Its relation to the questions involving wage earn ers. It is animated by a desire to render the workers as nearly helpless as possible In order that ; wages, proper worKing connmons and proper hours ot labor.' "The United States Chamber of Commerce may rest assured,'' Mr. Gompers warned, "that the trade union movement will use every far. legitimate and honorable means to see to It that union work lprs are . employed upon the new j building In Washington In order that the conditions of work on that building, the standard of COM ERS READY OPEN SHOP MEN I VMMlPershing Asks Support WRECKS HOME OF GEORGIA MAYOR Rigid Investigation Fol lows Columbus Outrage, No Clues Found. EARLIER RECEIVED THREATS BY MAIL Unknown Parties At tempt to Secure Dismis sal of City Manager. COLUMBUS. Ga., May 21. Di rected by the chief of police and county officials, a rigid Investiga tion i under way here following a- bomb explosion which wrecked the front of Mayor J. Homer Dimon's residence and shattered windows within the block early this morning, but at a late hour tonight no arrests had been made. The attempt on the mayor's life was attributed . by city officials In unknown persons who recently have addressed threatening lettars to Mr. Dlmon and city manager H. Gordon Hinkel. These letters were In opposition to the commission form of government now in effect here and declared that unless Mayor Dlmon discharged the city manager both would be killed. A small piei e of cotton gun wadding used in the bomb and these communications are the clues upon which Inves.igators are work ing to apprehend the guilty parties. "Evidently the bomb wis placed on the front porch of my tesidence by some one who had something against me," said Mayor Dlmon to night. "I was asleep this morr.lng when the explosion occurred, hut did not get up. noi thinking that It had occurred In my own home. I heard Ihe breaking glass but thought it was display windows nearby. Soon I heard many Voices of persons in front of my home and went out to investigate," ' On April 21, City, "anager Hinkle was attacked by three un known men and struck over the head with a blunt instrument, let ters threatening his life unless, he left the city were received by Hinkle previous to the attack. On April 23, Ma; $r Dlmon received an anonymous ( letter threatening both his lire and that of Hinkle unless the latter was discharged. .Several other similar communi cations were received. The city commission offered a reward of $2,000 for arrest and evidence to convict Hinkle's assailants while the city, county and local newspa per, offered $2,500 for arrest and evidence to convict authors of the anonymous letters. SOUTrTERX METHODIST BISHOPS ARK ORDAINED HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 21. i By The Associated Press.) The Methodist Kpiseopal rhurch. South, through ihij general conference, honored fie of its leaders here to day by making them bishops snd howed in reverent memory ot nve bishops who died during the last four'' years. Urging the ancient Angellcan ritual, the college of bishops, led by Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, C,a., senior member, per formed the ceremonies by which James E. Dickey. Griffin, Ga.; W. B. Beauchamp, Nashville, Tenn.; Sam R. Hay, Houston, Texas; Hoyt M. Dobbs, Annlston, Ala. and Hiram A. Boaz, Dallas, Texas, were ordained in the highest offices within the bestowal of the church. The memorial services for de ceased bishops was held this after noon with Bishops Candler and Wni. B. Murrah. of Memphis In charge. These bishops have died within the last uuadrennium: Joseph S. Key, Elijah E. Iloss, Henry C. Morrison. Walter R, Iambuth and James H. McCoy. Eulogies by the colleagues of the five men were read and their life w orks (were reviewed. COTTON MA X V I'APITREI IS IV SESSION. SATURDAY WASHINGTON, May 21. The 26th annual convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association will meet here this week, Friday and Saturday. Many North Carolina men will be -here as onlookers or participants. Prominent among those expected are: Stuart W. Cramer. Winston Salem, and C. E. Hutchison, Rob ert "M." Miller, of Charlotte; Htm- uel F. Paterson, of Roanoke; J. II. i Separk, Gastonia; Thomas Clarke Rockingham; Bernard N. Cone, Greensboro; W, A Krwin, Durham; Arthur Draper. Charlotte VIRGINIA'S HISTORICAL PAGEANT OPENS TOXIGHT RICHMOND. Vs., May 21. Virginia's historical pageant, in preparation for two years, will be gin here tomorrow night on a great outdoor stage In a. 4fl-acre amphitheatre. It will continue through the week. Its purpose is to depict actual, though sometimes j disputed facts regarding the pene tration of English civilisation into America, from the time of Good Queen Bess and Raleigh and his London company's charter, down tl rough colonial, revolutionary days to those ot the war between the states. SECTION FOREMAN IR KILLED IX DERAILMENT GREENVILLE. S, c.. May 21. Arthur McDonald, railway section foreman, was killed it 5:30 o'clock this afternoon between Belton and Anderson when the motor car on '. which he was riding lefL lh9ralU. , way tracks. His skull was frac tured when the car overturned, death resulting Instantly, "three others on the- car with McDonald suffered only painful bruises, lumping when the car began to Of People For Scheme For Defense Of Nation Disclaims Militarism Sayingno One Who Fought in;Tus Pown. Without Ex- Past War Hopes for AnotherGuest of Re serve Officers and Mrs. Vanderbilt. " Disclaiming the desires or view- here ',) , ati h a final glimpse of point of a militarist. General John':AmM !' war hero, who chatted .1. Pershing. rommandr of 'the j pleasantlv from the rear platform American military establishment steps with Mrs. VanderhiU and in a public address delivered at friend" turning the reserve officers the Imperial theatre Sunday after- ami oi her organisations of the city I he men who "saved the allies from noon at 12:30 o'clock, called upon defeat," to rally in the support of the reserve corps, upon which, in the future, the nation will depend tut tne main line or uetense in case of war. He ascribed victory in the world war as due largely to the in tervention of Almighty God. " Greeted by crowds that thronged ! Patton avenue and other princlp.il uptown business thoroughfares for hours before his appearance, the chieftain came to the theatre di rectly from . the Biltmore Ivou.-se where he had been the guest of Mrs. Geo. W. Vanderbilt at break fast. Following the public appearance at the Imperial, during which he was the recipient of an enthusi astic ovation that lasted for several minutes, General Pershing was es corted out to the Biltmore Forest as the guest of the Reserve Offi cers' association of Western North Carolina.- Due to the sudden down pour, plans for holding an open air buffet luncheon were abandoned at the last minute, the spacious new home of B, S. Colburn being usdd I at his request for the distinguished visitor and the accompanying party. Upon the conclusion of an en joyable luncheon served In most Informal style, a number of the party escorted the guest of honor to his private car at the Asheville station where he found S. J. Mul vaney, division superintendent and ,1. H. Wood, division passenger agent, both ready to be of any pos sible service to General Pershing j u. mrinun. oi ns party, a large number of people also gathered Motive Behind The Hague Bid Is To Borrow American Money England Is Playing France Off Until Germany Is Able to Meet Her as Foe Once More French Position Is Strong. BY FKANK H. SIMOXDS. WASHINGTON, May 20. No American can have "any misunder standing as to the meaning of the appeal of Europe that we go to The Hague conference, the apr',-.l which has just been rejected. Eu rope believes, perhaps accurately, that no real reconstruction In Its stricken area is possible unless we fake a hand. The whole problem turns on vast loans and we are the only people who can supply the funds. tin addition the British are fager at all times and under all circum stances to have us back In Europe because they believe that If we are present in any international con ference our representatives will. It the main, stand with theirs.... The French, on the contrary, are mov?l to invite us to come to a Russian conference because they know that in soviet questions we en'vrciin much the same views as do they. All the manoeure in Europe is for the American supeort. If t!i British can get it, then they can dominate Europe, impose their ideas upon the French and at least start that economic reconstruction they hope for. The French In the present Russian case believe that we should stand with them and that thus they would be able to win back lost ground in the United States and temporarily separate Britain and the United States. But underneath the political Is the financial. Russia may be per P: "twz tmz $ out of . -r?7 rrTHSf li : , before the train pulled out tor Knuxvitle about 3:30 o'clock. j Accompanying General Pershing! 'to the Tennessee city were Ueu-j I tenant Colonel J. M. Houston and OiCNCfitAL' ffl JO H N J . PEftSmNO-jfr O. n. Cole, both of the 81st divi sion staff: Major George C. Mar shall aide to the general; and Major G. G. Reinlger, head of the local reserve officers organization, the latter accompanied by his wife. Dedicate 117th Infantry Monument Today Arriving at Knoxville around 7 0-c k last night, (he general was ir,, . r, r suaded to agree to certain things If she Is offered a huge loan. If the United States Is at Ihe confer ence we may be persuaded to find the money. Then there is Ger many. She cannot pay France un less she gets an international loan. But It must again be the I'nited States which finds t lie funds. If we agree, then Germany can pay France for a few years and thu postpone any French military oper ntlon in the Ruhr. All of the smaller states v.tild like us back In Kurope becnise their position is niBde de.1icra'clv uncomfortable because of the Anglo-French row. Now they are condemned to take sides anil In reality their own interests do no; bind them completely to either great power. ir we were repte- sented in an International confer-' ence. tf we consented permanently to share In European deliberations, then the smaller states believe that we might protect them against both British and French policies and also restrain the efforts of the two nations which are today strug gling for the control of the Euro pean continent. After all the real fact In Europe today is the battle between the Brllish and the Frerivh. British control of Europe has been crumb ling for many months. At Genoa r p i . r, I ' -At .F,.y- 'A..-;.jlj,; -- y-1 j It broke down completely and j womannood wouia tie mai Keu by France emerged In n stronger pon-hhe highest Ideals, lofty patrlnt tlon than she has occupied since! I"'", notable Inspirations and greal imiiiH i r? jvi ! good to our common country." HAMLET UP-TO-DATE i By BILLY BORNE Em REJECTING BID planation Invitation to Dedicatory Affair. HIS NAME IS CUT FROM SPEECHES Woman's Party Feels Equal to Go Forward Without Men Present. viintMilni !iir TH( .Htl H CITUKN 1 l It ('. SKI 1ST) WASHINGTON. Msv 21.- Pres ident Harding Is in bad with the National Woman's parly.'' -Mhw! Alice Paul and her plckels are mad with him. December 2.1 he. prom ised to attend the ceremonies to day dedicating the watch t iwer the party's headquarters hive and at the last moment, thriMgh fear of the antts, or the N'lona;j League of Women Voters, or for' somM other reason, backed out. I Decent word Tie could not he there, and every reference, to him was cut out of th pe 'lies and no mention of hlin was hurled In the cornerstone. The atmosphere about the watch tower, which was formerly used t'i Jail Confederate prisoners, among them being Captain Ssin Ashe, tit Raleigh, was blue with heat. There were suppressed comments and speculations and Miss Paul said: "We Invited the President as the head of the nation and would have been mighty glad to have had him present. I am not interested why he did not come. It Is over now. I feel we are quite able to go forward whether hal any man present or not." This Is for the public, bul in pri vate what some of tho old pick ets are saying would not du to print in North Carolina. The Alice Paul celebrants hlnk that some ot their old rivals did the work. "This waa one of the things Ihe President could not refer ' to Daugherty," said n lrnU woman tonight. "Last week, a robin con tested wun a Jy bird for a cer tain fork in a white house Tec, and somebody asked hn Presi dent what to do about it, mid ho said 'refer It to Daughorty.' " ,.. UtrtltJUaruUiijwajtepttfwt.tea on the program by Mrs. Charles A. Taylor and Aire, Uoodvvtn D. Kllaworth, both of"' when lesHe here now. Mrs. Ellsworth car.ied a banner. RESIDENT EXPIiAIXS AIlHENt'E IiY IvETTER WASHINGTON. May 21. The headquarters of the national wo man's parly was formally dedicated today with the laying of the cor nerstone of their new building which is to be constructed opposite the capltol of the United States. A crowd of several thousand peo ple, including a number of notable men and women of this and other nations, took part In the cere monies. To music furnished by the Ma rine band, the purple, white and ' vallitur Uorinn,. i.t iha nut!,, mil w... man's party 'Wis formally raised and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, of New York, their president, declared the purpose of the occasion were "to acclaim the acceptance Into poll! '''"-I ' "fe cf an organized body of women and to lav tne corner stone of the first woman's political parliament in the world." President Harding had accepted an invitation to attend, but at the last moment found thai he was unable to do so, and expressed his regret In a letter. "I share with you and your as- sociatM a rejoicing in the enfran-, cnisement oi tne women oi tne United ' States," the President wrote, "and I very truly wish that the larger opportunity of American HARDING IM S PARTI 111 . , L Mia a British And French Ships Collide During Fog Off Ushant Isle Peninsula and Oriental Liner Rammed Amidships. Sinking in Twenty Minutes Some Thrown Overboard, Others Go Down. Indian Sailors Declared to Seize Lifeboats, Passen gers Being Left to Shift for Themselves Freighter Reaches Port. BREST, France, May 21. (By lie Associated Pre) Nearly one hundred persons perished last night when tho Peninsular and Oriental line steamer Eeypt sank off the Island of Ushant after a collision with Seine. The Egypt sailed from London for Bombay, Friday, with 44 passengers and a crew of 290. A roll call on board the Seine after the disaster showed that at least fifteen of the passengers and eighty of the crew of the Egypt were missing. The collision occurred during a dense fog within 22 miles the Armen lighthouse. The dinner gong was about to be sounded on board the Egypt, many of the passengers and most of the crew were on deck. The shock threw several persons into the sea; o.hers jumped and a number went down with tho ship, which sank in 20 minutes. The Egypt was rammed amid ship on the port side. The Seine, badly damaged, reached Brest today with 29 rescued passengers, more than 200 of the crew, and the bodiea of twenty dead. The captain of the Egypt is among the saved. When the collision occurred there was a rolling sea, some of those rescued charge that the Indian sailors on board the Egypt tc to the lifeboats immediately the vessels crashed, so that a '.vge number of the passengers and crew had to shift for themselves. SMALL BOATS PICK UP VICTIMS Those who' Jumped Into the sea and could swim scrambled about for lilts of wreckage to which they might cling. Many of these were rescued. They floated about In the fog after Ihe Egypt went down, calling for help. The' sound of their voices directed members of the crew of the Seine in small beats who were patrollng the sea, picking no both living and dead. Victims Dot h Dead and Alive Are Picked l'p In aome Instances the rescue crews came upon persons clinging to bits ot debris who let go and sank Just as aid for them wii at hand. The small boats on numer ous occasions sought vainly In the fog to locate persons lifting cries of distress through Ihe fog. Among the known missing are the doctor and chief engineer of the Egypt. The Egypt was a vessel of 8,000 tons. The Seine was bound for Havre when the disaster occurred. Captain IeBarsic. of the Seine, in describing the disaster, said: "I whs at my post on the upper bridge Saturday evening at 7 o'clock, 15 miles from Armen light. The sea was calm, with a slight swell. The fog was very dense. I was listening for fog horns and proceeding at the slow speed of five knots. "In less time than it takes to tell, a great steamer emerged from the fug. It struck my ship and tore away the forward works and moved on at great speed. I LAKE RESORT IS BEING PLANNED 1 Business . Men Behind Plan for 300-Acre Lake And New Hotel. (.'j,"'! inrtipn4ntt. Tit Jlhtt-fltf Ctttjm) FRANKLIN, May 21 Several local business men are busy pre paring plans for. a big lake anl summer residence section on Rab bit Creek, about three miles east of Franklin. The site of the pro posed iam is a place where the creek runs between two hills, and 40-foot dam built here would cover about 300 acres with water, making a lake about a mile and a quarter long with an average v.ldlh of half a mile. The loca tion is an Ideal one for a develop ment', of til's sort, and the shores of 1 lie lake would offer many fine building sites. Options have been secured on all land necessary for the devel opment of the enterprise, and sur veys will be made at once and ae tail limps prepared. As soon as i ihis preliminary work Is done, the! matter ot financing the project will-be taken up. The promoters, anllelpate no trouble In securing tne necessary backing as soon as they can get the proposition on paper in good shape. The tentative plans cail for a 40 fnot dam, which will make a lake Ihe size mentioned above, around which would be built a first class automobile road. A suitable site would be Kelected on the lake shore for a high class tourist hotel and a company formed to build it. This hotel would be equipped with al! -modern, conveniences, and v.'ould cater to high class tourist trade. Boating, swimming, golf and other inducements would be oTered, in addition to the magnifi cent climate of this section, and it is believed that hundreds ot tourists would flock here every yesr. The company would also sell building lots on the lake shore, and If the experience of other places where lakes are available Is to be taken as a guide. It would not he long before the section would be dotted with . beautiful ln" """ 1-""'" rifl in f nn..ti,..i. MEAR FRANKLI --I,C0Ahitil4 m f TuoJ the French freight steamer mediately ordered our engines r versed. , "I saw nothing further. But then I began to hear cries ot hor-, ror that told me of rataatrophe. I went In search of the atrk-ken vessel in the fog and darkness. I found her In 20 minutes. Cries ami Wills Came From Wrecked Ship "She lay on her port side, ready to turn over. Water was pouring into a long, deep tear In her aid plate. Criea and walls of despair were to be heard coming from the steamer. Passenger were seen rtmnlng about on tha decks, as the steamer waa ibout to go under, "I saw a man throw -himself Into the sea. with two little children In his arma. The shipwrecked Vpeo ple In the sea clung to floating de bris. I had all my lifeboats low ered. It was particularly perilous work, for we were on the main path ot vessels going from the open sea to the English ohannel. 1 stayed at the scene of the wreck until 20 minutes after H "O'clock Saturday night." It was said lata tonight that there might be mora survivors of the disaster, since the steamer Cap Iracon was nine mile away at the time of the collision and hurried to the spot and may have picked up some of those lo the water who were missed by the small boats ot the Heine. Il was alsq learned late tonight that the Seine brought In four bod ies and that the tugs Vaillante and t'annonlere landed 22. 'UNKriOWN' DEAD SOLDIER STORY Associated Press Report Wins for Author High Recognition. NEW yOKK. May 21. The "Unknown Soldier" stories written last November by Klrke L. Simp son of the Washington staff of The Associated Press, when Amer ica's symbolic hero was brought back from France and laid to rest In the Arlington national ceme tery, were the best example ot a reporter's work during the lat year, a Pulitzer prize has decided. Columbia university announced to day that .Mr. Simpson hjid been awarded the Pulitzer prlzo for the best work by a reporter, the tests being "strut accuracy, tprsene,j the accomplishment of some publio" good commanding publij attention and respect." Mr. Simpson's stories published throughout the country on Novesn-.' bee !, ID and II. evoked such widespread appreciation from newspaper and Individals and such importunate inquiry ns to w ho had written them that The Associated Press departed from Its usual rul of anonymity and in a nose to editors gave the Information.' It later reprinted the entire series in ,i seeclal 'supplement ot th Strvic Bulletin, and also granted request for permission to use some of. the stories in reading textbooks for public schools. Mr. Simpson began his newspa per work on the Paciflr .-oast and entered the service of The Asso ciated Press at San Franci.vi in 190S. He was tranferred to Wa.th ington in 1913. OTHER PRIZES AWARDED; -ONE TO SOUTH CAROUMAN NEW iORK, May 21. Edwin A. Arlington Robinson's "Collecte I Poems,'' won the $1,000 prlxe for the best volume of verse publish ed during the year. The Arllnstii ceremonies for America's "Un known Soldier" last November pro vided the material from which were written the priae winning newspaper stories and the prize winning editorial ot the year. Kirke L. Simpson of the Wash ington staff of The Assoc'ated Press, for his stories on the return uf ill ii "yuli imam sols IS PRIZE WINNER "thrTBffipafijC