THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER ,
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ably local showers; tlttlo china in
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HP AGES
TODAY
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA-
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REACTION IN
STATE SAID NOT
PNGlADIf
Forward March of Gov
ernment Not Slackened
by Alarmists.
FIGHT AGAINST EOU
STAGED BY ANTIS
Few Taxes Exist Today
Not Voted for Local
Betterments.
, 9mxMH mi irmn
(SMOiooob lOTlb
(B BROCK BAMLBV)
RALEIGH. May 23. Men of
public Interests coming; to Raleigh
report the state In the throes of
Its greatest fight between "reac
tionlsm and progress" as the so
called "anti-taxers" make war on
the apostles of advancement.
Each one of the 100 counties has
Us organized campaign against
ration, with Us .leaders either
liking a seat in the public coun
ts of the state, or endeavoring to
weild an Influence In the election
of aspirants. In most .of th'e
counties the fight has thus far
been ineffective, and the. next gen
eral assembly is not expected to
suffer through the activity of the
reactionary.
In 12-moriths' building cam
paign in practically every county
has brought the aded figures on
the tax slips and this, it is be
lieved, has been chiefly responsi
ble for th anti-tax uprisings.
Then the state put on its program,
and while it has not caled upon
the pocketbook of the individual
for any increased alowsnces, the
job it has undertaken looks so big
as to make it seem impossible to
put it over without calling heavily
upon the average citizen.
In so far as the state is con
cerned, administration leaders
long ago mapped out their pro
gram for carrying on Improvement
ork, and the citizen Is not suffer-
one whit even though the
ad-building campaigns, the edu
cational and . charitable institu
tions' extension and Increased ap
propriations for deserving work of
the state are being rushed to com
pletion. The only ad valorem tax-Hhe
kind of tax that reaches the small
home-owner- levied in : . North
Carolina except under the author
ity of local law cannot exceed 15
cents on the hundred dollars for
general county purposes and the
tax levied for school purposes.
In 70 counties of the . state not
enough ad valorem tax is levied
tn run the schools and they re
ceive or will receive state aid to
enable them to give the people the
constitutional term of school.
Which shows that the complaint
about taxation Is confined exclu
sively to local special taxes.
Special Taxes Sequel
Improvement Work
And these special taxes came as
the result of improvement work,
tn many cases voted on the peo
ple by themselves. The alarmists
have been crying out against these
increases and calling for greater
economy. Meanwhile, the for
ward march of progressiva govern
ment has not slackened its pace
and the bond papers are flooded
with advertisements for sale- of of
ferings from North Carolina cities
and towns.
The state has one of the lowest
a rai.es in ine union, aim mo
fles and counties line up well in.
comparison with these units else
where. More taxes are being call
ed for, and the people are getting
more in the way of Improvements
and better conditions unaer wnicn
to live than ever before.
The activity of the "antl-faxers'
has -been interesting, despite the
apparent retreat they now are
making before the progressives.
Heriot Clarkcon, of Charlotte,
who Is as much of a philosopher
as he Is a lawyer or church man,
brought to Raleigh with him the
other day the designation of "San
balots" for the "anti-taxers." He
finds a Bible illustration for all
modern day . developments, and
when the fight against continued
progress came' up he found San
balot warning against' the work of
advancement In the Old Testa
ment days Just as the "anti-taxers"
now are.
The fight against Congressman
u is considered one of the best
WHILE BLIZZARD
TIl.NEARS
Witness Declares Men
Fought Private Armies
of Coal Firms.
CHARLBSTOWN, W. Va May
23. (By the Associated Press.)
Question and answer, - comment
and retort crackled across the few
feet that separated witnesses and
r.ross-examlner during the closing
hours of the court session at the
treason trial of William Blizzard
J'avid Fowler, Scranton member
the Pennsylvania . legislature,
nd International representative of
the United Mine Workers of
America In the witness chair lean
ed forward, alert to every' veer
ing of the thrusts of verbal spar-.
of the prosecuting attorney- ' It
wag martial law in Mingo county,
where Fowler had charge of the
union work for a time, that start
ed the Interchange. From that It
turned to the armed march last,
summer, to stop which Fowler had
testified h added his efforts to
those of the district and other in
ternational union officials.
Mr. Belcher asked If : Philip
Murray, international vlce-oresl-
lent of tha union who was assist-
2
TENS
MOMENTS TACNA
El SOAPED
Ing the district officials had not
opposed martial law, enforce
ment ol .which ths sUts.clalma.Uie.
marchers Intended to overthrow.
ICnUmui m f u fm
UNIFORM MILEAGE
FREIGHT SCALE
IS
Declaration Is Made of
Both Interstate and In
trastate Rates.
BARHAM IS HEARD
BY COMMISSIONERS
Would Make Atlanta Piv
otal Point in South
eastern Ratings.
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 23. There
is a growing nee,i for a uniform
mileage scale in the establishment
of freight rates, both interstate and
those within the states. Charles H.
Barham, general freight agent of
the Nashville. Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad, declared today at
the southern class rate investiga
tion being held here by Joseph B.
Eastman, of the interstate rom
meroe ronyiiission.
Mr. Barham, whose testimony
took up all of today's session anil
may last several days, also pro
posed a plan to make Atlanta a
pivotal point in gauging the rates
for the southeast. Ho, went into
many details during the day. and
in answer to questions said the
basic theory in making and apply
ing freight rates is the cost or
servtn,. He also declared inter
state lVlght Is 75 per cent of the
total, futight hauled.
"Ordinarily in making class rates
distance controls only in a limited
way," the witness said? ' "This is
because the effect of distance is
modified by other elements; for
instance, competition from the
standpoint of deliberating the com
petition of one Jobbing center with
another."
A definite mileage system. Mr.
Barham declared. "Is necessary as
a measure of ustlce to the terri
tory and as a measure to promote
good will within the territory."
The system of rate fixing pro
posed by the carriers is to be on
a mileage basis as the fundamental
principle, with a fixed definite per
centage relationship between class
rate; the application of class rates
in all directions, and general com
pliance with Section A of the inter
state commerce commission, the
ruling providing the same rates for
long hauls and short hauls. This
system, together with the definite
rate fixing proposal, will require a
complete revision of rates by
southern carriers.
Mr. BarhanTpointed out that
although the cost of service wfnuld
always be the primary principle
upon whluh rates would be based,
rates could not he gauged entirely
by cost f service, although thus
hould . be the first consideration,
because of considerations In the
territory served. The aim of the
carriers, he said, was to secure an
average rate that would be fair all
along the line. -
He said that a rate fixed by
compromise and averages on the
general scale suggested would mean
many and sharp reductions some
of them as much as 30 per cent,
in the case of the N. C. & St. L.
RATES AXD SCALES
ABE CLOSELY RELATED
WASHINGTON. May' 23. Ad
ministration intervention Into rail
road fate problems, as instanced
recently in President Harding's
dinner conference with carrier'
executives, has disclosed the close
relationship between these and
problems of railroad pay scales
and railroad financing, it was in
dicated today at the white house.
Railroad managements, it was
said, while voicing approval of the
'general proposal that rates be
brought down in tne interest or
general business beterment and
expansion of enterprise, have ta
ken tha opportunity to tell of their
own troubles with wage scales
which they consider too high,
iwlth the financing of new equip
ment and repair of old and the
maintenance and betterment of
their lines. The result is said to
leave President Hording hopeful,
however, that tangible immediate
reductions can be obtained.
Railroad executives were told
by the President and Secretary
Hoover at the Saturday night
cdnference that if they would leave
class rates practically unchanged
at existing levels, they could go
into session with the interstate
I commerce commiiun mm m wm,c
IS
ATHOME
Negotiations Suspended,
But Delegates Optimis
tic of the Outcome.
WASHINGTON. May 23. (By
The Associated Press) Facing a
situation with which they do not
care to deal without complete in
struction the plenipotentiaries of
Chile and Peru have entirely sus
pended their Washington negotia
tions to await Important decisions
of policy understood to be taking
shape in South America. -
Details of the considerations
which have brought the confer
ence to a- standstill are kept in
closest confidence but there is no
disposition in conference circles to
minimize the outstanding charac
ter of the issues which have been
referred to home government of
ficials for advice.
. The course taken by the nego
tiations has led to a revival of
speculations among Latin-Ameri
can diplomatists here over the
possibility that the United States
may come forward with an offer
of direct aid in bringing the two
delegations together.
For their -part, the delegates of
the two countries are continuing
their outward attitude of optlm
ism and are refusing to conceOe
that the continued delay in con
ference progress are due to any
elements ofa crucial jiaturc. On
both' sides "confidence In" a "Una!
agreement .was reiterate! tonight.
GROWING
NEED
0
ARICA
m
BE NG
E ELEGTEB
OF
Launch Movement for
1930 Population of 75,
000 in Asheville.
Election of John A. Goods as
president, adoption of a program
rf suggestions for the ensuing year
and lau.chlng of a movement for
a city of 75,000 population by 1930,
were the outstanding features o'
the annual all-imembers meeting of
;he Mir. hants' association, held
last night in the rooms of the as
sociation on Broadway,
It wa. "announced In The Citizen.
SUmiay, May II, that Mr. Ooode
would be nominated as president
ff the organization to succeed
Holmes K.-yson.
Other officers elected at the
n-ceting .ast night were: F. O. C
Kietchei, vice-president; Miss Anne
Oarrity, secretary, re-elected and
Uobirt Hoffman, treasurer. Curtis
Bynum reported for the nominat
ing committee, whose action was
adopted. John W. Neely offered
a motion that the election of the
ameers nominated be unanimous
and Mr. Bynum he instructed Pi
cist the vote. The motion wa
passe..
Mr. Fryson, retiring president,
has been ill for the past week
and attended the meeting last
night a-iiiwst the aSvice of his
physician. He stated that his de
.lre to nish the association God
speed at the starting of a new venr
n its h.ntory, was the prime mo
t!ve!1n his being present.
Bryson Lands Spirit ,. .
(f All Members
The r tiring president made the
following statement to the mem
bers: ' Our tifsoolatlon has had a suc
cessful year In many respects. This
i-upccss has been due to tlje loyalty
of the members, for you have stood
iiht by us In everything we- un
dertook, srid to the hard work anl
untiring efforts of the directors
snd secretary. No head of any
organltar-on ever had a more true
or faithful body of men support
ing him than I have had this year.
Many times we have differed and
rightly we should, for that is the
oaiy way for different minds to
be of help to any organization." A
lnrgb part of the responsibility of
the meeting last night fefl to Cur
tis Bynum
K. R. Williams, attorney; L. Ed
win Oil I, advertising expert, and
Mrs. Eliit 8. Tuttle, head of the
falesmannhlp school, imade ad
diesses and were accorded much
applause by the members present.
At least 3 00 "gathered round the
festive board" and partook of in
excellent dinner, served under the
direction of Miss Anne Garrity,
sccretarv of the association . John
W. Nee); delivered the invocation,
Mrs. Tuttle Stresses
SulesinniiMhlp
Mrs. Tuttle stressed the Impor
tance rf salesmanship and told the
merchants- they- were - entrusting
heir cepital in the hands of In
experienced help, when they failed
tj have efficient and competent
salesmen and salesladies tn their
storts. She cited the needs of
everv department of a store in
salesmanship and declared an -at-Ir.KliVt,
tiers, with efficient sales
peoi. e ntf.-acted- wide attention.
Mrs. Tuttle urged the merchants
'o support the school of salemnan
ihir and use every effort to have
their eir. lloyes attend.
Miss, Margaret Tra-cy, of the
Young Women's Christian associa
tion, appeared before the . mer
rhanls In the Interest of earlier
closing nouns on Saturday.- 8he
presented a petition signed bv at
least 250 of the leading citizens.
Miss Lawrence, of the same or
ganization, asked the advice of the
association members In regard to
the budget In the community
chest. She stated that the building
now being operated for the young
lacfies of the city is only self-supporting
during a part of ttie year.
Rates charged and operating ex
pense were Quoted, and ahe aaked
tor advice on the plans for keeping
tne building in operation..
Both matters were referred to
the Incoming board of director for
sctlon. It was, pointed out on the
first plea that the Association can
not dictate closing hours, but can
only aid in creating favorable. sen
timent.' ...
Williams' Address Pleases
Merchant Present .
Jlr..Willianuuia. Wa .ddrea.on
PRESIDENT
MERCHANTS
BODY
YEAH, IT'S A HARD LIFE!
By BILLY B6RNE
PLAN BROADER
AGRICULTURAL
WORKUj STATE
Morrison Issues Call For An
nual Meeting of Joint
Committee
CITtZI KIWI BCH4R
TAtioitora HOTOL
It, IROC K BARS LEY )
RALUGH. May 23. Plans for
ment of agriculture's program ars
expected to constitute the chief
t'.ie extenflon of the state depart
topic ot discussion st the annual
meeting .of the Joint committee for
agricultural w o r k next Friday.
Call for lhe meeting was Issued to
day by Governor Morrison as
chairman; ' "
The committee will hear reports
on the' renerar .progress of thu
work during the past year and
ith these as , basis plans a pro-siam-for
future -operation. -. Td
committee s composed of the
lowing! ; 'i : ''' ;-. -
Governor Morrison, chairman:
Or. W. C. Riddlck, Raleigh, presi
dent; W. A.. Graham,.' Raleigh,
commissioner; O. U Clark, Olark
tjn; Jur.us Diggs, . Rockingham:
0. W. Oo'dz, Greensboro; T. T
Thome liorky Mount; A. T. Mc
Callum, Bed Bprings; R. U Wood
ara, Pamlico; C. C. Wright, Hunt
ing Creek: Dr. Clarence Poe.
Raleigh, Dr,. J. I. Foust, Greens
boro. . ...
BE RAISED FOR
E
Total of $53,192.04 Paid
on Subscriptions of '
$83,385.71.
The budget for the next Com
munity Chest drive, to be launched
l-i the fall, will be around 1125,
000, in order to include the Toung
W omen's C h r 1 stian association,
Near East Relief and a special
emergency fund. It was learnel
last night following a meeting of
the boaid of governors.
The special emergency fund, it
!s asserted, will .protect against
more than one drive in the city,
i it will provide a fund to take
care of any emergency drive that
may be deemed necessary, either
foreign or local,
With campaign subscriptions of
the last drive amounting to $83,
3S5.71, a total of $53,192.04 has
been paid In and subscriptions for
t'vo quarters of the year are yet
to be .collected. jThe collectable
subscriptions ancWcash amount to
frt6.67C.F8 and the requirements
if the balance of the year. will
.r.iOunt to $32,585, leaving a credit
to tne emergency fund of 3.991 S3,
if all of the subscriptions are col
lected." ' ,
. The tivu civic- organizations of
tne city, rro'm which representa
tives compose the board of go",
irnors are the Merchant's associa
tion, Chamber of Commerce, Ro
tary. Klwanls and Clvitan clubs.
, The c of conducting, the cam
paign vs three and one-half per
cent of the total amount of sub
srriptions. amounting to $l.t05.70.
The maintenance cost of the chest
amounU to $1,105.,-or one per
cent of ;h total amount raised.
.Tii following resolutions will hi
presentd the organizations and
clubs: "
"Whereas, the Asheville Com
munity Chest, incorporated, a co
operative brganization composed
ot a board of five governors ap
pninted t.t.e each from the flv
dvic organizations of the City o'
Asheville. namely. Chamber of
Commerce, Merchants association
Rotary, Klwanls and Clvitan clubs,
a. Id, , ' . .
"Whereas, the Community Chsst
having been organized September
1". 1921, for the purpose of so
liciting funds for the maintenance
or defied of maintenance- of the
charitable, philanthropic and so
cial nervtcc institutions (n our city
with a vfew thaf there shall be
one and only one campaign each
vcar for the solicitation of such
funds: and,
"Whereas, the Community Chest
having successfully demonstrated
lis pos'ilbllitie through tha cam
paign for funda of October. 1BJ1.
.. well as .thecollcUonii auctt,
s'ibscript.ons to date and tne-tu-
CHEST BUDGET TO
MERbENGY
BLACKMAIL STORY
WARD RELATES
IS
It Develops He Swallow
ed Poison Weeks Ago,
Came Near Dying.
WIJITt" BT.iiva M V '
Walter 8. Ward, wealthy ba-ker'ts
sjn, wii,. yesterday surrendered
himself W.th the statement that
lust weelt 'he had shot in self de
fense, i iarence : feters an x-
viarine, whom he charged with
blackmailing him, nearly died
from prison about six weeks ago.
.' fTht heenm ItnflsH tAH.u u.hn
th. Orvillt, H. Schell stated that
lie ha been summoned to -dhe
fcome of young 'Ward and foifnd
him writhing on the floor with. at:
empty ocltle ot poison beside him.
ii is my personal opinion tnai
the takinir of the nnlson wan nrrt-
ticntal, tir. Kchlel said. "M Ward
li sublet: to very severe headaches
and it Is an easy thing to aet
medicines mixed in the dark. He
had a narrow escape."
Meflnivr.fl wKIIa IK. .nthn.l.
ties sprnt the day checking up ,'n
df tail the etory told by Ward of i
unnlnp pistol fight with three al-
.egea i. men mailers with whom hi
had held a rendezvous, the na
t.tre of the hold which thtv had
noon him and which was alleged
to hnv- letl to a 130.000 navmeni
remained secret
In this connection, It was learned
that shortly before the shooting,
Ward received from his father.
Oeorge . Ward, millionaire head
of the Ward Baking company, then
on the iiner Majestic, a radio read
ing: 'Not one cent for blackmail."
This message replied to. one from
his sor tilling him of additional
l.'mands made on him. .
Young Wife Hnyn Ward ,
lias Her Confidence
' The young wife, seen today at
her hon e In New Rochelle, where
her husband Is police commis
sioner, pro'essed stoutly her con
fluence in him. -
"I hr.ve the utmost confidence
In my nuband. I do, not believe
any woman is mjfd up in the
olickmail scheme." she declared.
She stated that she did not know
until yesterday of the demands
that had been made on her hus
band. She added that she didn't
know of his receiving any more
letters from two men known only
at. Ross" and "Jack" who were
alleged to have been with Peter
when he was shot. '
Searc'i for the two men whicn
proved fruitless in the tenderloin
Ust night was pressed todsv a:
tne Jam'.alea racetrack and other
resort of turfmen.
It Was UnHpratnnJ ha - .1 t.
- -.u m.i UJlfH'K
,7d .. ' mRde on a report that
u . Jsck," representing
themaelves as connected with the
Qulncv stables hH intrnj....j
themselves to young Ward at the
.L L. L1MB ownr ana trainer of
the - stable as M th, - h.,... vi.- j
heard of them and Ward's lawyer
MK'.cMnq ignorance ot whv tl
track ahnulrl hnv. kn ..nn'v..j
The authorities of AVestchester
county admitted that while many
facts tallied, they were at a loss to
determine what .had become of
the pistol with, which Feters, who
hailed from Haverhill, . Mass., .waa
said to, have threatened the victim
of his alleged blackmail plot. Pe
ters was shot In his tracks, but no
gun has come to light, according
to lnvestlgatom.
Authorities Checking
I'D On Story
It became known : tonight that
the authorities are investigating
various Mories concerning Ward's
Immediate paM which they believe
may have a bearing on the events
that led- up to the shooting. One
of the reports being" Investigated
Is that Peters was present with
Ward in the latter' homo last
Tuesday night a few houra before
the shooting at a "poker party," In
which several other men ara said
to have parlcipated.
John Moscowitz. who was asleep
In the garage of Clarence W. Kok
hardt. before whose home Peters'
body waa found, tonight told the
authorities that, he had not heard
any shots Tuesday morning, when
Ward claimed to have had a pis
tol battle with the : three me.
Moecowltz slept 80 yards from the
scene of tbe supposed battle.
Mr. Eckhardt's house, where 10
people were asleep, Is within 204
yards , otLh ace na Xone-haard
any shots. Eckhardt declared that
CmMmh4 m h nnj
BEING
PROBED
nimiMEBlair Turns Tables
GHOOSEMBNTREAT!
FOR NEXT SESSION'
i
Vote to Retain Member
ship in Federal Council
of Churches.
NORTHERN BRANCH
FAVORING UNION
Censorship of Movies Is
Sought by Committee
at Des Moines.
CHAM.ESTOM. W. Va!, Mav 23
. The Sojthern Presbyterian gen
eral assenbly today voted to re
tain mimbershlp in the Federal
Council of the Churches of t'hrUt
In AmencH. hut adopted a .resolu
tion by which it withdraws all fi
nancial suoport from the rnunrll.
Tast year the council was given
$3,000 bv the southern church.
. Monti-tat, N. C. 16 miles from
Asheville, today was chosen as the
12J meeting place of the South
ern Presbyterian general assem
bly. Mon'reat is the summer as
sembly K'runds of the church.
Ti.e Hmahern assemhlv today
roce.yed a second communication
from tin Northern lVesbvterian
aijsemhly in session at Des Moines
regardlrg the rloser relations ac
tion taken by the southern bodv
;.iat Hatu'day and 'reaffirming tin
willingno'-s of the northern or-
Kitnlzatlon to take any steps in the
d.reitlon of actual union of Pres
byterian and reformed churches.
CHARLESTON. W'. Va., May 23.
The action of the assembly in re
straining membership In the coun
cil came through the adoption of
part of , the report of the standing
committee on foreign eorrespond
ence, but a substitute recommen
dation was accepted in rfie matter
of withdrawing financial sup
port. The assembly voted also to re
main a member of the general
council of the Presbyterian and
Reformed churches of America.
In the adoption of the report of
the standing committee on pub
lication and Sabbath school work,
one Item Included' the re-election
for a period of three years of R.
K. Magill, of Richmond, Vs., as
secretary and treasurer of the
executive committee of publica
tion and Sabbath school work, a
position he has filled for the last
two years. IJvely discussion took
place in connection with the adop
tion of the report by which mem
bership in the council was re
tained. The Rev. Albext Sidney Johnson,
Oharlote, N. C, spoke against
membership inhe council, stating
that he did Jt In the Interest of
the "dignity snd honor" of the
church. He cited that some of the
largest evangelical denominations
In the country are not Included lt
tne memnersnip or tne ieaerai
council, among them being the
Southern Baptist convention, the
Evangelical Lutheran church snd
the Protesant Episcopal church.
. ISHVVV TO PASTORS
DES MOINES, l.wa, May 2S.
(By the Associated Press.) Wav
ing a, .fct'er from William "Bill"
Mart, two gun motion picture star,
before 800 Presbyterian commis
sioners of the 134th general as
nembly !iyr today, Hev, Oustav
Kriegleb, of Pasadena, Calif ,
ciurgeii that film Interests were
rltllcullr.g Protestant pastors in
their pictures In retaliation for tha
censorship campaign being con
duett d ughlnst them by. Protes
tant denominations.
"Hart's letter was in reply to one
from th minister, who Is movie
censor on the Pacific coast, pro
testing agsinst a picture In which
a pastor is portrayed as robbing a
stsge coach .In order to complete
t'e construction of a small church.
Hart, who Is author of the soenario
in question, wrote that he admired
"a man brave enough to go ahead
with his good work although It In
volves robbing a stage coach."
Later in the picture, the psstor
: caught by a posse. Hart saves
l.im fr..m hanging b.vt cutting the
rope wnn a snot rrom
Show- m. TnTm which rlrt.ie.
snow- me a mm w nich ridicules
or insuits a latnonc priest or a
Jewish rabbi In this nianer"
shouted Dr. Brlegleb. "Their in
sults are aimed at us." Twice his
speaking time was extended.
: The attack on motion pictures
made by the committee on temper
ance and. moral welfare in its re
port earlier In the day, gave only
a hint of the storm which burst
when Dr. Brlegleb of the sub-committee
on movies, took the plat
form. He described a scene from
one picture In which a woman is
bitten on the breast by a viper.
The hero, undaunted by convention,
tears off her bodice and sucks the
poison from the wound.,; .
. "Why, If the motion picture
men's intentions are moral, did the
director not have the viper bits
the woman on the wrist?" asked
Dry Brlegleb.
Boycott of theatres showing ob
jectionable Alms, and national cen
sorship at the pjnt of produc.lon,
based upon a federal law, were
urged by the resoluthV adopted.
Brlegleb Outlines Scheme
for Censorship
Rev. Brlegleb earlier had pre
sented an outline to he followed
in the censorship of motion pic
tures as follows; , '
Elmlnatlon of women In abbrev
iated costumes.
No scenes'of drinking or smok
ing by men or women, and no
dancing scenes.
Abollltlon of all "triangle" plays
snd scenes dealing with inharmo
nious home life.
A ban on crime or under world
film scenarios.
Elimination of nil death bed
"agony" scenes.
. A boycott by the general assem
bly to be maintained by all con
stituents of .the Presbyterlln
church against all theatres pre
senting "pictures that are sugges
tive and unclean." was recom
mended In the report of a board.
Certain Interests in the motion
picture Industrials, It was charged,
in screen presentations "maJte
light of marriage, woman's vtrtue,
the Lord's day, the 1 8th amend
ment and chastity, thus spreading
a moral blight across Amsrlc and
Striking at the,,y(tal8ptihJtiUon
in suggesting to the youth of the
land ruinous habits."
In Ouster
Dover Is
ANXIETY FELT
FOR SAFETY OF
GENERAL WOOD
He and Family Are Now
Missing 36 Hours, Fol
lowing Typhoon
MAVTl.A. May 24'. (By tha A
miclalfil r'resK) "More than 3S hnur
liavs passed wit lima word from liov
prnor I. moral Leonard A. Wood, wlm
la inlaning with his wife and daugh
ter shnanl lhe yacht Apo, following
a typh.ton.
The utorrn rose an suddenly, the dls-
ftateli asa. that many vesseli nav
Ratlng the open sea were nnabla tn
i-eaiii aajfety hefnt-e It was upon them
and the governor's yaiii one of
many vesnels reported missing.
The piorm was said U have (Inns
cotial.tpraihle damage In snd around
Manila, many persons being Injured.
No deativn were reported.
Army and navy headquarters here
believe General Wood's yarht took
refuge at aome port out of reach uf
radio communication snd suggested
the possibility the Apo 9 radio t
had become disabled.
WASHIXOTOV. May :3.(By Th
Asaorlated Press.) The war depart
ment was lieaelged with Inquiries to
day from friends of J.eonHrd Wood
In tha hope that soma word had
been received of him since him yacht
was raught In a typhoon near tht
Island of Mlndoro, in the Philip
pines, but the department had re
ceived no advices from Manila.
ftome anxiety was etpressed In offi
cial circles, although the hope was
expressed that the yacht had
anchored In a sheltered place and
that no harm had befallen tha governor-general
or his wife and daugh
ter. Witness Says It's a Fine
Thing When Crooks
Can't Stand Together.
NEW YORK, May 23 Samuel
Landecker, a former partner In
the cotton brokerage firm of Ormst
bee and iAndecker, resumsd tne
witness stand today at the oontln
uatlon. of the trial of American
Cotton exchange on the charge of
maintaining a bucketshop, and un
der direct examination how ex
aminations were mads on the floor
of tha exchange by "the crossed
flngoi" method.
He testified that It was custom
ary for a broker to go down to
the ring and announce that. h
I was seeking cotton at a certain
'tftu-ii,. ArwitliA, hrrkbar wnliM
flul'l
cept the order In the usual man
ner, he said, "but with Ma fingers
crossed." This would mean, the
witness testified, that the two'brok
ers would meet later to return the
money paid on the order, while
the only .money changing hands
nermanentlv was the fee paid into
'the clearing house of the exchange
nd the )5 margin paid by the
ent in the south on each such
contract. .
On cross , examination, an at-
tempt was made by counsel for the
exchange to discredit lndecker s
testimony on the ground thut he,
entertained ill feelings for the .
board of directors of the exchange.
He admitted that while he was a
member of the exchange another
broker had made a complaint
against him for one of these al-
leged fictitious transactions and
that the board had ruled against
nim.
"But," added the witness, "It s a
fine thing when a bunch ot crooks
can't stand together when they i
make an agreement."
Meaning yourself one ot the
i "eoks " asked counsel for the ex-
' ,
MORE BUCKETING
DISCLOSURES IN
EXCHANGE TRIAL
"Yes I was among them," ad-1 If necessary to apprehend the per-,
mitted the witness. sons responsible for damaging the
Landecker. before leaving the1 home of J. Homer Dlmon with a
stand told the court that he would I bomb here early Sunday morning,
send to New Orleans for the books! were adopted here tonight at a
of his former brokerage firm. The mass meeting of Columbus cltl
trial will be resumed tomorrow. I xens.
GH1GAG0 J U HQRS!STEL COMPANIES
END PROBE INTO
Financing Additional Po
lice Force Goes to Chi
cago Council.
CHICAGO, May 23. An appro
priation ordinance to p r o vido
tli7.'i,00tl ' pay. for an additional
l.OOti policemen, asked by Chief
o' PolU e Kltismnrrls as ft res'tlt
of-recent outbreaks of crlmo and
l-'.wlesst -tsu was Introduced at a
'.pedal meeting of (he city coun
cil today. The ordinance vs re
ferred the finance committer
wl'h the vromiso of quick scion
Willie the council wns eots'nVr
InK the Increase in th po. ce for?e.
the Braid Jury completel an in
v.stigaticti into bombln'.-s. Intimi
dation, s;iiKglngs and murders ' i
connoct,c:i with which sveral
l.ibor leadt i s are under Indictment.
Tne Inn of the evidence was pre
stnted by Assistant States Attor
ney Foil-hanks, who said thai
pi epilations had been made for
the return of additlnoal . Indlct
mfnis. The will to obtain the freedori
of Freu Mader, presidsrt of th
bi-ildlnf. tiades council and "P.ifc
Tim'' Murphy, head of the gas
workers union, both of whom were
Indicted in connection with the
slaying cf two policemen by
bomber", was held up until tomor
row when Jt came up in court to
day. Tin continuance was grant-
MB
OUTRAGES
ed -fin ,t ha... gtounAjJt4tewnaiut-4Uiornillabls. sUel . ptudualnsj
dlctments involving the defendants
may be returned
Fight And
Now Down
'COMMISSIONER'S
JOB NO LONGER
IS IN JEOPARDY
Harding Appointee to
"Clean up" Division
i Failed of Support.
MELLON BACKING
COMMISSIONER NOW
Reorganization Takes
Place, Two Dover Ap
pointees Losing Jobs.
WASHINGTON. May 23. David
H. Klalr, commissioner of interna
tional revenue, has the kneelork
on Elmer Dover in the row over
appointments, and will throw him.
In fact, it looks as If ha had al
ready downed him. Two months
ago Dover had the better of Blair
and it looked as If he would oust
him as commissioner of Internal
revenue. But there is no doubt
here now about the result of that
controversy. An order Issued by
(he secretary of the treasury todsy
drops two of Dover's Important
appointees to Mr. Blair's bureau.
Some days ago Mr. Blair trans
ferred another of the Dover men
to field work, thereby getting rid
ot him. Dover la on a long Journey
and It has been reported that he
will not resume active duties at
the old stand in the treasury de
partment. Blair will not discuss
the situation, but it Is plain to
those who are conversant with lhe
facts that he Is In the saddle, and
Dover Is two thousand miles
away.
Mr. pover was appointed by
President Harding to "Clean up" ..
the customs and Internal revenue
divisions of the treasury depart
ment, His failure to win the sup
port of Secretary Mellon in his
campaign to cenvert the Internal
revenue bureau into a partisan
camp doomed his program to sura
defeat.-- :
It was announced at the bureau
ot Internal revenue today that "the
tccounts unit and the office of su
pervisor of collectors offices" had
been established and that the du
ties of these two offloes "will here
after be performed in a new unit
to be known as the accounts and
collections unit," with Charles R
Nash, of Minnesota in charge.
The significance of this change
lies In the fact that C. C. Chllds, of
Ohio, and A. p. Bumner, of Iowa,
two Dover men who were at the
head of the accounts units and the
office of the supervisor of collec
tors, respectively, lose their jobs.
Carl Orsyblll whom Dover trans
ferred from his office sevetal
months ago to Mr. Blair's bureau,
as appointment clerk, was given
an assignment In' the flsld service
by the commissioner, thus taking;
him away from the department.
The action taken today and the
(transfer of OrayblU's activities
leaves Blair in ' command, with
Secretary Melon his only superior
officer standing firm at his back.
Dover Is somewhere on the Pacific
; coaat . checking up on old work
and, incidentally, looking over the
renublican fences. -
The Dover-Blair row was fierce
while It lasted and the betting edds
were on Dover, but those who
.0FmA that wlinuii with
out th, Quaker determination of
B,a,r and th) 8cotch.Tr8n pluc)c
.Secretary Mellon.
-? "
eoiiVMnrs citizens
, WAXT BOMBER FOtTNli
I '
ujlumbus, ua., May ia nes-
olutlons announcing themselves
wi 1 nr to bear Increased taxation
EFFECT
MERGER.
PRESS
Eight Company Combine
Expected to Buck
U.S. Steel.
XEW YORK, May Ths
merger of Independent steel com
panies originally planned as a
seven-company amalgamation, hut
temsorarily disrupted by the ah.
sorption of the Lackawana Steel
company by the Bethlehem Stejl
corporation, will now be a six
company 'combination, according
to The New York World.
Describing the merger as an ac
complished fact, the newspaper
states that the Mldvale Steel and
Ordnance company, the Inland
Steel company and the Republic
Iron snd Steel company have come
to terms; tomorrow the Trumbull
Steel company of Warren, O., will
be added, and two days later the
Brier Hill Steel company and the
Steel and Tube Company of Amer
Jca will Join the combine.
It Is probable, The World says,
that; Bethlehem and Iackawana
will Join the group In a few
months, making it an eight-com
pany combination, of Independents '
rival ot the
United States Steal t
DECLARES
corporation.
the "Merchant as a Pioneer, made
(ClHMie4 M tf Trt
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