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mu"n A OTTTTll TTT T iOTmTr7,T71TVT THE WEATHER North and South Carolina: Partly cloudy weather with local thunder, ahowsrs Tueaday and Wednesday. HP A G E S TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" I ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1922. PRICE RVE CENTS. o: CE 0 O; CONDUCT SURVEY AGREE TO GOMPLYi QF CONDITIONS WITH OLD TERMS! CON STATE FARMS ON POWER PLANT! To Study Means for the Elimination or the Ten- . ancy System. PERSON CASE TO GO TO SUPREME COURT Governor Calls Attention to Citizens Training ; Camps. smtas rmo V ' TARftOIOrna surai. RALEIGH. May iz. -A survey of economic and aoclal condition on 1,000 North Carolina farms will be made by a apecial commission appointed by the state board of agriculture, to determine the meth. ods of living; ef farm tenants, pos- lblllties as to their improvements md available ways and means of eliminating- the tenancy system. ' The commission, which will have $2,400 to expend tit- this work, Is composed of Dr Clarence Poe and C, C. Wright, from the state board of agriculture; Dr. JS. C. Branson, of the department of social science at' the university; B. F. Brown, of the state division of the markets B. C. LIndeman, of the North Car olina College for Women, and Carl C. Taylor, of the department of agricultural economics at State college'. ' Families In the Eastern, the Tiedmont and the Western sections of the state will be selected for study bv the commission.- It will investigate their .methods' of liv ing, the reasons for farm tenancy, possibilities of the purchase of farms by this class and ways and means of effecting purchases and providing for payments. The Investigation will commence June 1 and finding will be con tained in a special report to be is- ued in ine Lati. u. v.. Cimmer ian, of the department ot agri cultural economics at the State college, will be In, charge of the. survey. -Mandamus Hearing , 1 Is Continued. - v Colonel Willis Person and Attorney-General Manning were both ready for hearing of the colonel's writ of mandamus against the state tax commission to force the iiDiin nf atnolfi And hnnds for taxation, but Judge Calvert, before. whom tne hearing was scneauieu for today, failed to show up. "I believe he's trying to dodge me," said Colonel Person, who Is anxious for the hearing to come on and let the case go to the aunreme court as a boosting point for his congressional campaign. Judge Calvert, who was delay ed in Chatham county t clear the docket of last week's court ses sion, Is expected to be- tn the city tomorrow, at which time hearing on the writ will come up. Regardless of thu judges decis ion, the case will be carried to the Supreme court as both the con gressional candidate and the state tax commissioner, want a final de cision; . Delegations from several high way districts off the state are ex pected here tomorrow and Wed nesday for the meeting of the start highway commission.. While no matters of ' unusual Interest are cheduled for this sitting or tne nmmi.iinn msd matters ' from PhAVM n Tonmintnn1c are liable to be presented by Interested dele gations, it was said. Friday the rommlsslon will award contracts for nearly three million dollars of highway construction work in the nine districts. The graduation class of Oxford SCHEMERS CHEAT IN SALE OF E "Joke of Wall Street" Is Source of Fraud by the . Bucket Shops.v vtrtx- vnnv Mow 22. Bucket shop keepers and wild cat schem ers have been- filling 'their money pockets for the lastelght years, it was learned in Wall street to day, by playing on the gullibility of wealth-ln-hurry-seeking Ameri cans with worthless railroad se curities." : - Derrff warnings sent broadcast bv financiers and large banking 1 n s 1 1 1 U t i ons, small - Investors t.iroughuut the country have been vlotimiz.-d through the purchase of four pet- cent gold certificate bonds of the old Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company. The company which defaulted eight years in the payment ot Interest on an 1S7. 000,000 issue of the bonds ar.d passed out to be re placed by the present, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific company. The bonds, of the old company, which h.nvo come to be known as "tq Joke of Wall street," found their v ay into the hands of the r.nh.imAva nmJt titinlrnt- ShOn 'keen er. Through the bucket shop they Ihave btyr. . sold at' $13 and $ 15 'each iiuitft an inducement when t is takf.n into consideration mai t.ielr oriEinal face value waa 11. 00 and the schemers have used tnem a "collateral" in booming unlawful corporation. Officials of the present Chicago. Rod, I.-,land and Pacific declared today that they had been trying iu run down the- source of a boom .( the worthless securities thai started a month ago. Many small banks throughout the country had nt times riald "honest to goodness" money on the coupons, they said. New Yorkers, as well as personr i.l other parts ot the country, have been victimized. 8everal days ago a negro washerwoman appeared at the oAV of the railroad with three $.0 coupons clipped from th) worthless bonds. v They had been given her, she s.ild, In payment for a washing T.fit nT lrnsr atandlnr.'Scinw "wf h bonds s!c ari sstd tn have been ied here in bootlegging transitions. MANY IRTHL SSBONDS Inform Committee of Pro posal but Hold Name of ' ,Those Bidding. PREFER POWER FOR PUBLIC GENERALLY Hoke Smith Sees in' It Great Influence to Pre serve Peace. WASHINGTON, May 22. A:i offer to comply with terms of the Tontrac: negotiated between the war department and the Alabama T'owtr company when its plant a'. Gorgas was enlarged to supply power for the nitrate plants at Muwle Shoals, Ala., during the wat hag been made to Secretary Weeks by representatives of the company here. The offer is con Kintd in a proposal to pay J2, iOO.000 for .the government's in terest In the plant, railroad and transmission line from Uorgas to Muscle Shoals. Notici that the proposal had been received was given the senate agri'Ultu' al committee today by Secretary Weeks, after examina tion nt' tilirh T. f"nnnor rtf Vow Vork, civilian' engineer adviser tad the war department; P. M. Dow ney, vice-president of the Pacific Gas and Electric company, ot San Franciwo: and the delivery of "a" statement from the department of arkultuie outlining the position of that department win. respect to the vaiious proposals for develop ment of '.he Muscle Shoals nitrate and power proje4.s. The secretary's letter to Chair man Nonis was read to the com mittee but beyond advising the senatorn that the proposal had been received it did not name the ompanv. Representatives of th-v corporation explained, however, that the c ffer was made pursuant to the terms of the contract giv ing then: the exclusive purchase rifchls on the Gorgas plant in the eve.it 1. was disposed of by the government. Power Company's Move flighty Important Senators said later ihey regard ed the move of the power company as highly Important in its effect upon investigations being made in cjiigress of Muscle Shoals matters. Mr. Cooper attacked the Ford proposal again today, testifying lis ticceptar.es for 100 years would result Is i a net loss to the govern ment of $1,435,000,000. It w-s costing the government 2,00 a Say. he said, to keep up various .projects connected wltn the dam in their unfinished stages. The war secretary advised the senate agriculture committee by leuer today of receipt of the of ler. "I think I should Inform vou.' the letter read, "that I have an otfer of $2,500,000 for the Gorgas power p ant, (he interest which the government has In the railroad v.em. there, and the transmission line frrm- the Gorgas power plant to Muscle Shoals. You will doubt less wish to bring this to the at tention f your committee." ' Senator Norris Invited attention to the communication at the con clusion of the examination of Hugh I t. obper, consulting engi neer to tne war department on Uiniscio Shoals projects. j.ocai representatives of tn? power company admitted they had made he uffer to Secretary Week Informal:, pursuant to the con tract executed with the war de pnrtment when the Gorgas plant was enlarged at the government's request to rupRly ower for he ni tivitf. plants at Muscle Shoals. Under the contract negotiated he tween the power company and the war department, exclusive purchase rights on the power plant have been claimed by representatives of power companies In arguments before the house, military committee, and Attor ney General Daugherty. The fact that Mr. Ford Included the Gorgas plant among the proper- ties He would gain control over in te event congstss accepted his pro posal, haa been recognised by con gressional committees and govern ment officials as presenting ont of the most difficult problems In con nectlon with the disposition of; Muscle Shoals to private Interests, Spokesmen before congressional com mittees, appearing for Mr. Ford, have oonteided that control over the Gorgas plant was essential to the acceptaance of the Ford offer and have refused on several ocaslons tu.town of 5,000 Inhabitants or less agree to the elimination of that unit, j where either church Is already at rower company representatives ex- plalned today that the new otfer was made entirely apart from that which proposed development of th power projects at Muscle Shoals, Including the completion of the Wilson dam. P. M. Downey, vice-president of the Pacific) Gas and Electrio company, Ran Francisco, Cal., was examined by the committee when Mr, Cooper concluded his statement. -Mr. Downsy said he had beenasked by Secretary Hoover to Investigate and report upon the Muscle Shoals mX hPoerTor 'd'e'relong .aa .k.. . shoals. He added that after a visit to the properties, he reported It was his opinion "that the power should bs supplied to the publio generally rather than to an Individual locally situated." It also was his opinion, the witness added, that It would "be a mistake to accept the Ford offer In the form it waa made." Dr. Klchard C Tolmam of the ag ricultural department, presented a statement to Chairman Norris ex plaining the Interest the department had iln Muscle Shoals. Continuous Operation v Is Thus -Sought v. "The main Interest of the depart ment ot agriculture In the nitrate plants," ths statement said, "is to secure their operation for the pro. ductloh of nitrogen for fertiliser pur poses, and the department looks with favor upon any practical proposal which will Insure the continuous operation of the plants for thla pur- Dose." i . At the time Secretary Wallace thorlsed Mr. Tolman to make the statement' endorsing the Ford pro posal to the house committee on milllary affairs, the statement con tinued, "the Ford proposal was the only one under -consideration and it waa assumes that congress, in fail- !ng to pass the Wadsworth bill, had , sembly that a r commendation would definitely decided against, the opera- be made for the creation of a Presby tlon of the plants by a government 1 terlan foundation or trust with two owned corporation, '.directors from each synod for the "Since then," the statement add- purpose of seeking large sums by be ad, "the situation haa been modified quest to be administered for church by the presentation of other offers cause as directed by the donor, for the completion or operation of the Foundations of the kind, he said, properties n questlnn and eWbvTwer being established throrhotrt the the introduction of two bills for the I country bv religious end civic bodies creation of governmental or qu.i'i- and urged Its establishment as soon CImMsmS m P TtV as pomible. 1 ' ' l AS Southern Presbyterians to Recommend Action in Lower Courts. CHARLESTON, W. Va.j May 22. In adopting a report of the committee on bills and overtures today the Southern Presbyterian general assembly held that the as sembly may devise plans for carry ing out work committed to it by the constitution and may recom mend action to lower 'courts, but it has no authority to order lower courts as to how money shall be taken up or expended. Alson, up on the recommendation of the committee on overture from the Presbytery or Albemarle, urging that the assembly meet bl-ennlally instead ot annually was not com plied with. The committee further reported in the negative regarding an overture of the Presbytery of Meridian,- calling for a change tn the basis ot membership in the as sembly from "4,000 to 8,000 com municants. Three overtures from the synod of Virginia and the Presbyteries of Winchester and Montgomery, asking that a bu reau of vacancy and supply be created were referred to an ad interim committee. ..', Apart from consideration of tha stewardship committee report to day, the assembly adopted resolu tions of comity between the South ern Presbyterian church and .the Associated Reformed Presbyter ian church, and between the Fres terian Churches in the United States of America and the Pres byterian Church in the United States. The resolution on the former stated that when presby teries belonging to the twq churches over-lap they will, en deavor through comity commit t av to nT-yent their mutual , w,"as, PT!:"A J!' iV.J ,1 efforts from Interfering. Also, it waa suggested to encourage the grouping of weak churches .be longing to one denomination, nin able to support a minister and capable of being grouped with like weak churches of other denomina Hons. , , Would Settle All ( Cases Locally. . It was proposed further that in , worn, ine tnner win not ciuer without conference or agreement, and that the supreme judlciatorles will recommend to members that when members of one denomina tion move into a community where there Is no church of their own, they can join, for the time being, fhe church of the other, . -. j In the action touching on the comity, and - co-operation- of the Presbyterian churches, U. 8. A., In 'ft, TTrilto SttA 'th i- I two assemblies urge their respec- tive presbyteries and synods to make , every effort to settle all cases of comity locally before ap pealing io comity committees of the assemblies and" urged the plan for co-operation among the home mission agencies of the council of reformed churches by which these agencies shall endeavor to do together wherever practicable, mission work they are now doing separately. - v. ; The report recommended fttrther that permanent committee , on comity should be appointed or else the powers of such committee be given to. the executive committee of the home missions or to a sub committee thereof, tn order that a permanent and continuing policy may be adopted and prompt action obtained whenever necessary. . With the exception of one, all items If the stewardship committee's re- RODS Ml au-IP,t were referred to the committee without discussion. The exception OObudrst referred to the proposed 175,01 to defray expenses ot conducting the assembly, but after extensive debate the recommendation was adopted. j jjelvin, of Memphla, Term., chairman ' th nmniit.. un ,m th SAME OLD GAME By BILLY BORNE Order Favorable Report on Weaver Bill For Indians VAIRISSTOS Sl-kltO tbs tsani.Le ciTisas fff . . BMKTt WASHINGTON. May 22. Tha sub-committee which has been considering the Weaver bill to allot the Indian lands of Swain county to the eastern band ot CheroMes haa ordered a favorable report to the full committee, which has been called for an early date. r, This measure provides for di viding up the lands which hive been held tn common and the distribution of money held. Fif. ty thousand acres and $150,009 are involved. . Thte legislation Is scheduled to pass if the congress ever finds time to seriously, consider it. i i..-'.',ii.j.v.i !::.:-:J::J -.v.;.' Witnesses Declare Ex change Depended Large ly on Other Reports. - NEW YORK, May 22. Wit nesses called today in the prosecu tion v of the American cotton ex change on trial on a charge of maintaining a bucket shop, testi fied that many of the sales record ed on the exchange were fictitious and ssid that the organisation de pended largely on figures from the Liverpool and New York cotton exchanges for Us own quotations. With the placing ot Charles G. Hcaly, secretary of the clearing house of the exchange on the wit ness stand, Assistant district At torney Wltner told tha court that he would seek to prove that the exchange had been making a con stant practice since January, 1921 ot executing cotton orders with out any cotton exchanging hands. Mr. Healy, under examination by M. ..Witner, asserted that 'there were 15 members of the clearing house, all of whom were mem bers of the exchange itself. These men, he said, virtually made up the group of active traders- on the exchange floor. AH.'other trader were In the south or so far away,, lie said, thnt they never traded. Through Mr. Hegleys question ing the assistant district attorney brought out that brokers of the American exchange were Invari ably paired. In their deals on the floor. Alleged Instancos were en tered in tha record. .' The clear ing house,- it was pointed out, got its fee on these transactions, while the 'client in the south paid $5 margin on each contract. Mi. Mealey admitted that he had seen the trading sheets of the New York cotton - exchange and had never found Its transactions toll ducted in such a manner. When Samuel Landecker. a partner In the cotton brokerage firm of Ormsbee and Landecker, took the stand he waa asked by the' prosecuting attorney: "Suppose in these so-called fictitious sales your customers had asked for a delivery of the cotton what would you have done." . ' ? i "I would not ' know where to start to look for it," admitted the witness. "Fortunately my custo mers didn't ask lor it."., Landecker will be recalled to the stand when the trial Is resum ed tomorrow.- . ,. GIANT OAS U'ELTi AGAIV BURSTS I.VTO t LAMES , Tr.r.nnn inn ... Tne giant Murphy gas well located eignt mnes norm or tnts city, which ui ugh t fire last Monday nivht u n A vf I nn, lmhA IihI Wednesday, began to blaze again mis aiiernoon ana tonignt is iignt ing .up- the country for miles around with, .the flames from the 300-foot vlde crater shooting up ward $00 feet in the air. Three men were standing near the welLhen Jt ignited either by friction oi spontaneous combus tion ar.d two were painfully tamed before they could escape. IN FICTITIOUS SALES 00 1 BLACKMAIL LEVY utuunu FROMMIRu Millionaire Confesses to the Slaying of For . mer Sailor. WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., Mav 22. -Blackmail levies totalling $25, 000 were forced from Walter 8j Ward, of New Rochelle, million aire son of the head of the. Ward Baking company, of New York, before he shot and killed- Clar ence Peters, a former sailor, of Haverhill, Mass., It was declared tonight following his confession and arrest today. ' This, with the announcement-of! Sheriff Werner that he expected to have under arrest within 24 hours two alleged accomplices of Peters In the blackmail plot, was fhe newest development tonight In the case. The shooting, accord ing to Ward, occurred after Peters and his two alleged accomplices hid threatened to kill him, his wife tonight iollowlng his confession not pay an additional levy of $76, 000. After surrendering himself to Sheriff Werner, Ward, who is 81 years old, is alleged to have de clared that Peters, whom he had known several years, and two com panions known to him only as "Charlie Ross" arjd "Jack," had been blackmailing him ' for the past six weeks. He said they had forced . from him various sUms. Sheriff Werner said tonight these totalled approximately $25,000. Last Tuesday, Ward is said to have declared, he met Peters by appoint ment on ths Port Chester road near New Rochelle. This follow ed the receipt of a letter and num erous telephone calls for ths trio, demanding the final payment. Went to "Quiet Plaee To Talk Things Over." Ward, according to the officiate, agreed to accompany Peters to a "luiet place to talk things over." Ward drove Peters In his motor car to a spot near the Kenslco reservoir.- where they were met, he declared, by the two men known to htm as "Ross" and "Jaek." An argument arose, and Peters is said to have shot Ward, who said he returned the fire. The former sailor fell, and his com panions, according to Ward, open ed fire on htm. He answered their fire, he told the sheriff, until they fled, leaving Peters' body lying in the grass by the roadside. After his confession, Ward wae taken before District Attorney Weeks and released on $10-,q00 ball, which he furnished in cash. He refused to make any statement at hia home at New Rochelle to night. s ' Sheriff Werner said tonight that he had seen the letter demanding $76,000 from Ward and that while he believed the story told, by the confessed slayer he thought he should have come to him. for aid. The police say they had one re quest from Ward for aid In rid ding, himself of the men. Peters body was Identified but few days ago when It was claimed by an uncle' from Haverhill. It had lain unidentified for three days. Ward told the. authorities he believed Peters to be only wounded and that when he learn ed he had died he had called his attorneys and fold them the sUry. DENY BOLIVIA'S REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE SEAT WASHINGTON, May 23. (By The Associated Press.) Bolivia's Ancon conference here, was denied request for a seat In the treaty of consideration today by Chilean and Peruvian delegates, :. Without wasting words the Chil ean delegation notified the Bolivian legation in a brief memorandum that it did not even feel disposed to forward the Bolivian note to its government at Santiago. The Peruvians sent to the lega tion a more extended explanation of their position but. insisted that the Instructions ot the delegation did not empower it to comply with the Bolivian request. What would be the next step In ths controversy wss uncertain to night .although Bolivian spokesmen in dicated that they ware not' conlai.t to aocept today's verdict as final. There wss no evidence that Presi dent Harding should h bs asked to Intervene, would be disposed to take anv other attitude than that set eeetri"T4!4e4i'fatiie Dniiolss request (or participation sent to mm soon after the conference was called In January. BAPTISTS WARN lAGAINSTIBRULE FROM ANY SOURCE Request President to Take Steps Against Turkish Atrocities. MOVIE CENSORSHIP URGEDOF STATES Disapprove Race Tracks, the Modern Dance, and Gambling. JACKSONVILLE. Fla., May 22. (L.y the Associated Press.) Mobrule was' denounced al th" closing session of the Southern Ha.ptist convention here today both by speakers and In the adoption of the report of Its commission on social service which declared that everv person charged with crime is entitled to a fair trial and thai sny other procedure is mob rule anil if adopted generally will ulti mately undermine and overthrow everything we hold dear." "We cannot too strongly urge upon on pastors and churches t:i importance of not becoming alijed with or giving approval and support to any movement or or ganization which violates or tends to violate these sacred and funda mental principles" continued the vtiport. Tnere was no specific ref erence tc any organization either it the 'report or In debate, ' The report requested of Presi dent Hcrrhng that the government co-operate in taking steps against Turkish nrocitlea In the near east, polnling gut that Great Hrltaln re quested such co-operation from o'ner countries. Race tracks, gambling, tha modern dance,- vio lation of the Sabbath and appro priation of public funds for sec tarian Institutions came In for ex pressions of disapproval In the re piprt, which also asked a strict censorship In each state,, for mo lion pictures -and voiced the hope that Wll H. Hays will "exerclss what is supposed to be his great power fo- a thorough clean up in the whole picture business." William Jennings Bryan was in vited to iddress the convention In K .in saw City next year and Dr. S3. Y. Muillns, . president of the con vention was named to head ths delegation to the Stockholm Ban tlst conference In July, 1923. The convention also Instructed Its com mittee on hospitals to report next year what, Is being . done toward rrlig.ou , training ot student nurses !l Bri?i"t hospitals. I- xteiid Thanks to the Associated Press - Other resolutions stated "we ex presa pii appreciation of full re pons -jn the ., convention . sent throughout the country by the general news agency and that the especial tlianVs of the body he ex tended to the Associated Press " . These resolutions and one -1e-preuiting the hissing of a speaker at one of 'he sessions were adopt ed preceding the social service env.nlss.on's report. Debate on that was lengthy and during It the Rev. Dr, J. J. Taylor, Leaksvllle. N. C. a vice-president of the con vention, delivered an address against "mob rule" In general and the recent burning of negroes. Cungrewman W. D. Upshaw, Georgia, and other speakers, joined In (.peaking against lawless out breaks without going into specific instances. "There Is no good In the motion picture," declared the Rev, W. E, Hunt,- Somerset, Ky., who, witll other messengers, sought to amend the report in order "to register disapproval of the motion pic-t-ires as such and not to deal with reform," hut A. J. Barton, Alex andria, La., chairman of. the com mission, and others, successfully registered their efforts. Delegates and visitors were leaving on all trains today and to night, the departures starting ever - before final - adjournment wnicn cr.ine- shortly after noon. I.nrorccini nt tlis Task Of Pmlilhltlqnlsts r.morcemenc or ins law is now 'he main task of prohibitionists, declared the report of the social service com. mission of ths Honthem Baptist con vention made publio here today. It also denounced the modern dance, race track gambling and violation of the sabbath and urxed that Runi'sts demand strict censorship for motion pictures. Under the head of law enforcement, ths commission said: "It can not help. It can only hurt for Individuals to take the enforce ment of law and tha administration of justice Into their own hands. To do so would be a double crime, a crime agalnii the Individual sought io punisneu ana a crime against society snd government as a whole unoer me principle or in'ght to formulate plans for sppre- American government every man charged with crime Is guaranteed a fair trial, in open court by a jury of his peers, with the right of call ing witnesses to his defense and hav ing all the facts duly snd jurtlcally .considered. Any other procedure Is moo- rule, and r i adopted' generally will ultimately undermine and over throw everything we hold dear. Public meetings mav he called, in many Instances ought to be called, and every cltlsen should siand ou openly for fundamental American principles. Your commission feels." the re - .... . - . port continued, "that we can not too strongly urge upon our pastors and churches ths Importance of not be coming allied with or giving approval and support to sny movement or or ganization that violates or tends to violate these sacred and fundamental principles." Referring to the appointment of Will H. Hays as head of the Motion Picture Producers association,.' the wklnh I. nnn nt tViA Snnl mat. ir. hpforo the last business session of the convention, expressed the hope' that Mr, Hays 'IwllI exercise what is supposed to be.hls great power for a thorough cleanup In the whole pic ture business." Ths committee expressed approval of the banning of ths "Fatty" Ar- buckle pictures and declared "much mors Is needed. It will take a Hood of sunlight to punry tne region, "We hope Mr. Hays and the pro- ducera will keep up the work." con tinued the report. "Regardless of what they do we must demand ths enactment of laws for strict censor- :"'p " :r . ":; : t.t: to h cor?unwd bv the nubile exhibl.; tlon of the eternal triangle ana otner dtsnlavs of Indecency and lust." 'In our last annual report speaking of the modern dance and Its Increas ing prevalence following the war, we said: "Another groas and growing evil dance. OTot "the most aericus ariH menacing by-products of the world cmMum rtf r)is Find Pitchblende From Which Radium Discovery Was Made Gold Produced in Xorth Car' olina From 1799 to 1920 Worth $23,629,580 VAftNlgOTOM SrSil.'I tss Anncvu.i.s mull I SI H. B. C. Kl.l. ri WASHINGTON. Mav 22. W. S. Blacknter. of Salisbury, thinks he has found the valuable pitchblende fioni which Mine. Curie made her wonderful radium discovery. He has sent a sample to Senator Over man, who turned it over to the geological survey and asked for an analysis. The sample comes from Mr. fllacknicr's place, and if he Is right his forlune Is made. An announcement from the geo- logical survey says the value of the gold produced in North Carolina during the period from 17'J9 to 1920 was $23, 29, 580. The . deep mines worked In 1921 were the Pee Doe. near Ashhoro: the Rich Cog, In Montgomery county; the .ylvanla property, near Ruther fordion. The placer gold mined in 1921 came from the Brlndletown mines. In Burke county; the Third Creek, in Rowan; the UlKgeratalT. in UulherCord. and theTJnlon, Mont gomery and Cabarrus. OF LAKE J Methodists to Liquidate Certain Obligations as First Step. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 22. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, In session here since May t, ad journed today tn meet again May . 1S28. In a city to be chosen later. ' The conference, which brought together approximately 400 dele gates, many from far away mis sion fields, ended with devotional services led by Bishop Warren- A. Candler and Dr. Frank N. Parker, both of Atlanta, Ga, , . Although there was a close race against time, the conference, in a two-hour business session, con cluded consideration of all im portant matters pending before It, A sifting committee late last week had revised the calendar, and only those retarded as necessary were alated for action. y , A quantity of routine matters did not get to the floor In the final hour, having either been thrown but by the sifting committee or havlng railed to receive. lavoraoie action In committee, Among the matters disposed of today were the following: Creation ot boards ot Uinlor stew ards who? would sit with senior stewards and assist In local church management, but who would have no right to vote. Refusal to hsve the church, through its board of lay activities, take the management ot the prop erties of-the Southern assembly at Junaluska, N. C, until certain financial obligations of the asaem blv have been liquidated. Reference to the hospital com mission of a proposal to erect a large tuberculosis hospital In the west, ' .. Tabling of a resolution to permit retirement ot bishops at the age of 70 and the perfecting of legislation for the operation of local Sunday schools and Epworth leagues un der the new statutes revising the general Sunday school and Ep worth league boards. mayor "a no crrr manageii Gfc.I' ANONVMOl'S LETTER COLUMBUS, Ga.. May 23. An anonvmrus letter and a postcard signed "K.K.K." referring to the 'jomb exioslon nt the home of Mayor J Homer Dlmon early Bun dav morning as "our last warning" in'd demnnding that "you and ilinkle at once," were received by the mayor today. Hlnkle re ferred to 1" tne letter is city man ager II Gordon Hlnkle, who was attacked n month ago on. one of the principal streets o'f this clt In at. anonymous letter received by the mayor at that time the resignation of the mayor and city manager w ere demanded. Rewards totalling 110,000 were of fered today by the city and county commissioners for evidence to con vict the person or persons guilty of Placing the explosive on Mayor , Mmnn's porch Sunday, snd a mass J meeting has been called for Tuesday hendlnr the bomb blotters. The test of the letter received by th mayor today read. "We asked you to fire that and you did not do It. Tou see what we are going to do to yon. We will get you both If you don't fir him at n. - This Is one last -warn-Ing. It will be too late for you when you find out who we are. ; Act at once." Tlis following was contained on tht pontal card: i mis waa merely a warning, we I will get you next time. Damn your 1 $10,000. Yon ; may offer, a million dol 1 ... nrl atlll nnl mmt US Vmi, a m lars snd still not get us. You and Hlnkle must go and go at once. Xhli Is your last warning." (Hlgned) "K. K. K." tn a "tatement lesued tonight by Ir. W. F. Whitehead, a reputed leader- Of the Ku Klux Klan. denied that the kisn had any knowledge of the postcard received by the mayor to day, and said that local onranlsstloni utand nquarely behind the officials for law and order. DISCHARGE BCRCH .ll'RY WITHOUT ANY VERDICT LOS ANGELES. May 22. The Burch Jury was discharged today without reaching a verdict. ' The Jury Is the second to dis agree on the guilt or innocence of ' Arthur C. Burch. In connection ;wlth the slaying of J. Relton Ken- nedy, I-os Angeles broker, for whoss death Madalynne Obenchaln also has been tried -with a Jury disagreement end campbell-doughtov CONTEST DURING WEEK WASHINGTON. D. C, May !. The Cam pbell-Doughton contest case may be wound up In the house this week. It locks now as If ' . " ' . .lv"r. it would be taken up and disposed .11" I"Ughtr)lT wMHw tnld tliir I his seat, after a lot oi partisan gun coughed up. CHURCH REFUSES CflNRTOL ALUSKft THICKEST FOG IN YEARS THE CAUSE OF CATASTROPHE Order to Reverse Engines Came Too Late 100 Perish in Sea. OPERATOFOF RADIO PERISHED AT KEY Lascars Prevented the Women From Reach ing Life Boats. BREST. May' 22. (By the A- soclated Press.) -The thickest fof in years around the Finisterre L'shant light alone was responsible , for the catastrophe to the British steamship Egypt, according to Captain LeBarslo. commanding ot fleer of the freight steamer Seine, In his report to the ministry of merchant marine. The Seine rammed the Kgypt Saturday night and nearly 10 persons lost their lives in the dis aster. Among them were two Americans, Mrs. M. L. Sibley and Miss V, M. Boyer. missionaries on their way to lndla S "The fog was so thick," says the report, "that the captain on the bridge was unable to see the bow ot his ship On Saturday at 4:20 p. m., the fog became so thick I gave orders to slow down, to 56 revolutions a minute, thus main taining an average speed ot six knots. When at 7 o'clock I heard a fog horn quite close and imme diately a huge bulk appeared at right angles crossing our bow, I gave orders to reverse the engines. But too late a tremendous crash occurred, my shin striking tha Mother amidships. - "The fog whistle was sounded no" I finally succeeded In catching sight of a great liner, which was listing badly to starboard. At 7:40 the ship, which later was Identified as the Egypt, went down by the stern. "I ordered all the boaU lowered and scoured the sea tor hours pirklng up several dead and also many in whom life was not ex tinct. I hove up about 11:50 and returned to Brest." The disaster " occurred ' few i(ic iiuin ureen nuGM wnera mo Dmmmond Castle waa wrecked in June 1898 with a loss of $47 lives. A heavy fog st)ll hangs over the shores of Finisterre, making the worK oi tne searching parties dim- cult. When the vessels came together' those aboard the Egypt did not realtea at first the extent of the damage caused by the ; little freighter Seine. It was soma m!n- utes before the liner began, to keel over and then the passengers dash. ed In great alarm from the din ing room to the deck. Captain Collyer urged them to be calm and ordered out the boats, for whicn there was a rush. The Lascars, It is asserted, used clubs In an at tempt to get possession of the boats, but the officers drew their revolvers and drove them away., ONE COXGREGATIOVAIJST - MISSIONARY LOSES LIFE TO LB DO, Ohio, May 22. Mrs. Minnie L. Sibley, reported missing alter tne urtueti eiteamshlp Egypt went down Saturday night off the Island of Ushant near the French coaat, was a Congregational! mls tremely reticent. He met Captain Bombay,, India, after a year' fur lough spent in Toledo, "- Mrs. Sibley was a widow . and made her home in Toledo with a siter, Mrs. Evelyn C. Woodruff. She left here April 4 and sailed May 4 from Boston. WOULD HAVE SAVED WOMEN .HUT FOR THE NATIVES ' LONDON, May St. "If It had not been for the Lascars and na tives rushing for tha boats, all ths women would have been aaved," This declaration la made in - a respondent 'of the Evening News at Brest by Joseph Duff, a Scotchman, Captain Chipman Arrives and Will Open His Offices at Once. Captain Albert D. Chlpmart, V: B. A..- arrived in Ashevllle-yes- terday and will establish head quarters oc tne sustn reserve cav- , airy in this city.- Captain Chipm.tn came here from Texas where he was In command of the Fifth reirl- ment of the First cavalry division With him are Mrs. Chlpman and small daughter and they will make their home at 128 Haywood street. The 309th cavalry will be one of the regiments ot the organized re serve and will draw Its officers and enlisted men from t lie states of North and South- Carolina and Tennessee, accepting thoe whom are eligible. , Captain Chlpman will select his officer at once and after accepting a offli'lent number nt officers. hV transfer from other branches 'it admission, begin the enlisting n't' men in the states Included lit the S09th cavalry's plan of organlw tlon. - , ' With Captain Chlpman will be sta tioned a sergeant major and co-poral clerk In Asheville, for the present,' and since he is under a four year de tail with the organised reserve it : Is probable that headquarters for th regiment will remain In Aahe.vlln Ir-finltelV. Tnis regiment Is not under a dlvU Inn mm the new tables of army or ganixatlon make the cavalry a dlvU slon unto Itself, which forma a par of the army and general neaoquar. ters troops. ' - - Captain Chlpman recently returned from Germany where h was with 4k A n.o.l... f .r, ' Mint turn,. Il i w arrival In Ashevllle was accorde-t a warm welcome by the large number of reerve officers ami various in. n Identified "with thsnfWn'mriltsrv establishment under ths recent .nn of organisation. i MAKES ASHEVILLE READOUARTERS OF RESERVE CAVALRY
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