E CITIZEN
-THE WEATHER
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TODAY
Psreeattt North and south Carolina
art) cloudy Thursday and Fridays
probably leoal thunder ehtwerei gan
tt vrabf winds.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1863.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STATE LAUNCHES FIGHT ON FREIGHT RATES
THErASH
EVIEL
EFFORTS TO END
dUL MI Slit
ARE BEING IDE
Hoover Sends Statement
to Senate Regarding
Federal Activities. ,
WOULD KEEP DOWN
COST TO PUBLIC
Hope? Senators Will Stop
Any Advance of Fre
Strike Supplies. ,
WASHINGTON, June 7 Efforts
of the government to bring- opera'
Ar and mlnen 1 together . with a
w to settling the coal. strike now
J progress, were disclosed for the
first time today by Secretary
Hoover in a statement Rent to the
senate In compliance with a reso
lution of Inquiry Introduced re
cently by Senator Walsh, demo
crat. Massachusetts. v -
. "Quite Informally and repeated
ly," Mr. Hoover statement said,
'suggestion aa to propositions on
which the disputant might well
confer and hope for a settlement
have bean made through the de
partment of labor and this depart'
ment or both, but thua far these
suggestions have been without re
sult,"' , .,,.',.:-':
. The secretary prefaced his state.
ment with the declaration that the
efforts had been made despite his
belief that "governmental agencies
nave no legal autnority to term!'
nate or Intervene In the strike." :
Measureable auccem has been
obtained, however, Mr. Hoover
added,- in the government's effort
prevent price increases reault
V from the industry's tie-UD
.rough informal conferences with
tne operators. He made the same
point clear In a telegram sent
from Youngstown, O.; today to the
coal section of the commerce de
partment, in connection with press
report mat senators Borah, re
publican, Idaho, and Walsh, dem
ocrat, Massachusetts, had held
conferences with a delegation of
retail coal dealers with a view to
"restraining" coal prices. . -
"If4 Congress will provide a . bet
ter emergency method," said the
telegram, "I will indeed be. glad
If they , would do so, as the ad
ministration has no power but per
suasion and the willingness of the
majority of the 'operators to co
operate, in .the. meantime, 'aa
many, rataliers- -have upward-- of
3D days supply on hand of pre
strike eoal, much of it from dls-
triets of short rail haul. I hope
the senators will get the retailers
to comply with my request that
the retailers do not mark up the
price of. this Coal to the publics".
The report sent by Mr. Hoover
to the senate, answering the que
tlon as to the department's Infor
mation on "the present supply of
mined bituminous coal" said:' -
"As there has been considerable
industrial recovery from the situ
ation of 1921 and leas activity than
1920," Mr. - Hoover added), "our
rough guess Is that the total con
sumption from April 1 to June
Iwas about 65,000,000 tons. Upon
s data the stocks of coal remain
on hand, week ending June 4
ould be about 82,000,000 tons
and in addition coal In transit may
amount to J0, 000, 000 tons.
START DRIVE TO
PUT FARM AGENT
IN EVERY COUNTY
Ashe, Henderson and Mc
Dowell Counties to
. Have Agents.
A campaign hai been lnaugu
rated by the state extension de
partment, co-operating with the
department of agriculture, to put a
Tin agent - In every county in
eatern North Carolina. H
ty farm agent for Buncombe, 'was
detailed to seek establishment or
such an office in Ashe county. Mr,
Prof fltt returned -yesterday from
Ashe, after discussing the matter
with the county ; commissioners
there. They appropriated 11,500
per annum-for the work. The
states makes up the rest of the
agenfs alarv.'- . -v".--
Henderson county will also have
an agent by July 1. Mr. prormt
believes, and attention is now be
lug directed to Haywood courrfy,
None of the three have: had regu
lar full-time . agents. . McDowell
county Monday appropriated th
necessary funds for the establish
ment there of a farm agent. :
Sir. Proffltt believes that before
the end of the year practically ev
ery county in Western North Car
olina will have a farm agent, and
many of them home agents. At
Present there are several which
have never had agents. '
-HJQ LIOCOR CARE TO BE
J HEARD IN ASHEVILLE
RICHMOND. June 7. Appeal
was . made todav to ' the United
8tates circuit' court of appeala by
Antonio T. Carrosea, of Baltimore,
for relief from a forfeiture decree
of the district court at Baltimore,
tinder Which 600 cases Of assorted
liquors, valued at $50,000, would
be seised by the government. The
case is expected to be argued at
me July term of the court In Ashe
vtlle, N. V.
JAP CABINET JRIaS
" ; ; NOT TO AFFECT TREATY
TOEIO, June' 7 AfBy the Asso
elated Press,)- The treaties and
agreements signed at the Wash
ington arms conference, in which
Japan was a nartv. will not be af
fected hv tha ratilnri r(ij It was
decided today by the privy counclL
American Cotton Exchange
Is Convicted Of Bucketing
Charge In New York Courts
NEW YOB.K, June 7. The
American cotton exchange was
convicted of ' a charge pf
bucketing orders by a supreme
court Jury late today. The
jurors deliberated Just one
hour. - ."..
Sentence will be pronounced
tomorrow morning. Justice
Marcus announoed. After sen
tence has been passed on the
exchange, directors of the or
ganization, who have been In
dicted on . charges growing out
of the alleged bucketing prac
tices, will be arraigned for
trial. ,
Wi are under Indictment,
including the vice-president of
the exchange, Randolph Rose,
end the secretary, O. W. Pratt,
'The four other defendants.
FELONY CHARGED
T ALLEGED
Action against 37 by Jury
in California Involves
. Grand Goblin. -
LOS ANGELES. Cal. June 7i
Three high officials and 14 alleged
members of the Ku Klux Klan
were Indicted by the Lea Angeles
county grand. Jury today on five
counts of felony charges in con
nection with a raid on Inglewpod,
near here, April JJ last. .
The klan officers were William
S. Cobuxn. grand goblin of the Pa
cific domain and supreme attorney
ot tne order: O. W. Price, k m
kleagle for the state of California,
and N. A. Baker, tkleagle or. or
ganiser for the county of Los An
geles. - ',
Baker is under arrest here, while
Coburn and Price are understood
to be In the east, :
Six other persons were Indicted,
each as ''John Doe.'1 : The charges
are false imprisonment, two counts;
Kidnaping, two counts; and as
sault with Intent to commit mur
der, one count, . ...
Although the three officials have
been suspended, according to word
from! Atlanta, headquarters of the
klan, they have continued to func
tion here and have beert recognised
by kiansmen as having possession
of all the authority of their offices.
' Ball wa fixed roe each of the
defendants. In the amount of f 1,000
except in the ' case ' .of Nathan A.
Baker: self-admitted leader In the
raid. In whose Case it was set at
110.000. He is in custody In the
psycopathic ward ot the county
hospital owing to a mental break
down. 4 -n'-.v ;
An attorney for the kiansmen an
nounced , that the other indicted
kiansmen would appear, In the su
perior-court here tomorrow, and
In view -of this no warrants were
issued. , The attorney afterward ex
plained that the appearances' to
morrow would not, so far .as he
knew, include Coburn and Price
and that Baker's condition would
probably make it impossible for
the kleagle to appear. y
Walter Mosher and Ruegg are!
under 110.000 ball on complaints)
charging assault with intent to
commit murder,- filed In the town
ship court soon after the raid." It
was stated at the district vftttor-
ners omce tnese complaints proo-
ably would be dismissed. - , '
COBURS QUITS POST
IN FACiriO IHJMAIlf
ATLANTA Ga., June 7.W11.
liam 6, Coburn. Atlanta attorney
and one of the three high officials,
.u. rr.. tri,.- vi.. .m.j ia. i
day in Los Angeles, has given up
his connection witn the kian's Pa
cific 'domain and returned here to
resume . his law practice, it was
stated tonight by local kiansmen.
He will retain his connection with
the klan locally, it was added. ; ,
A statement! was Issued at klan
headquarters late tonight stating
that "whila it may be possible that
some members of the klan were In
the raiding party (at Inglewood),
it is equally true tnat those in tne
raiding ' party ' were , members of
other fraternal orders as well," and
adding Its belief that an effort was
being made to "discredit" the klan.
The klan is opposed -to lawless
ness, the statement declared, and
added that G. W. Price, one of the
officials . indicted, had convinced
imperial oflicers here he had no
part In the affair. Previously it
had been stated by the kian' that
Mr. Coburn was not Involved . ,
TRAMMELIS CLAIMS
ARE , NOT DISPUTED
"JACKSONVILLE, Kla.. June 7
There seemed to be no disposition
among politicians tonight to dis
pute the claim of Senator Park
Trammell that he had been renom
inated over former Governor Al
bert W. Gilchrist, of Punta Gorda,
in yesterday's democratic primary
bv a majority of 10,000.
NewsDaser tabulations on , In
complete returns lndlcatsd the sen
ator had won by a three to, one
majority. ' These 1 tabulations also
left no doubt as to any of the three
cornered congressional officers, to
which the three incumbents were
returned by substantial marglna.
KELLY AND BRTNDLE GO
OS STAND WEDNESDAY
RALEIGH. June 7 N". C. Kelly,
ot Banford; and Eddie Brindle, of
Norfolk, Va., charged' with inter
state traffic in stolen automobiles,
knowing them to have been stolen,
went on the stand in their owri be
half in United States district ccmrt
hers today. Tomorrow the case
will probably go to the Jury. .
Frank iMoran, important govern
ment witness, and one of the de
fendants acquitted when C. J. Kel
ly and others were eonvlcted in
December, yesterday failed to ap
nur when called as a witness.
forfeiting $1,800 bond A. capias
was issued for hi arrest.
AbAINS
MEMBERS HENDERSON
members of the board of dl-:
rectors, are: A. T. Jennings.
Martin Ooulko, Edwin L. Pat
ton and Raymond Palmer;
There are k two indictments.
One of them, under which the
exchange today was convicted,
charges the six directors with
having "crossed sales by mak
ing contracts on the basis of
the market quotation without
intending to buy any cotton."
The other indictment was re
turned against Patton and Jen
nings, accusing them of "per
mitting and inducing the
bucketing or orders. In that
on October' S, 1(21, they made
a contract between themselves
to purchase 190 bales of cot
ton at the market quotation
without any Intention of mk
Ing a purchase or delivery."
L
TO
Commisioners to play
"Hands Off" on Road
to Buncombe.
HKNDBRSOOrVILLB, June T. The
county commissioners In meeting here
Tuesday decided to cancel all propos
als to Improve and hard-surface the
state hlghway'from Hsndersonvills to
the Buncombe county line.
The decision was reached after the
board had solicited and received the
professional advice of their attorneys.
J. E. shlpman and Judge Frank Car
ter, as to the "powers, duties and
legal position of the board In respect
of the pending proposals to Improve
any part or link of the state high
way." . '- " , '!
The advice of the attorneys, which
Was made, In-writing, was based on
provision of the public law and upon
a clear statement of the policy of the
state hlshway commission In a let
ter to W. A Smith, attorney, of Jhte
e'tn y.- -
'According to a provision contained'
In the Public Laws of mi, the at
torneys stated, the county eommla
sioners have no 'right to relocate, re
eon'truet or improve any part or link
of the state highway system.
TJiey raoognise hewaver, It was
stiied, that the action erf the board
nwiwmn in inerr prvpqsm io Duua
a hard-surface road from the rjreen- !
vllle county Una to the Buncombe
county Una had been based on the be
lie that they were acting within
their rights and powers, In perfect ac
cord with the stats highway commls
alon. This belief was strengthened by
a recent visit of the chairman of the
board and one of the' board's attor
neys to Chairman Page of the atate
highway commission, to ask the com
mission to locate the Henderson coun
ty road and decide what type of hard-,
surface road should be built. The re
quest was refused point-blank by Mr.
Page, it la stated, and because of
the hands-aff policy thus shown, the
commissioners .felt free to decide
tnese matters for themselves, a oon-;
struetion which seemed to be confirm
ed In the attitude of Commissioner
MCBee during his recent visit to Hen
dersonvllle. .1
But contrary to this policy, a recent
communication from , th- Chairman
Page to W. A. Smith, counsel for
one of the contending lections In ref
erence to the location of the road to
the Buncombe county , line, the atate
highway commission, the attorneya
stated made It plain that the county
commissioners would be given no free
hand at all, but that the commission
Would retain its full powers in refer
ence to the road In question. ' '
The--action of the board was de
"''"'
heretofore made
cisive, ordering that all Drooosltlnns
In reference In the
matter be dismissed "as subject mat
ters entirely outside the lurbutlntinn
and authority" of the board.
Kilgo Is Better;
Will Soon Be Back
In Charlotte Home
FalrfaxsHarrlon Sends Pri
vate Car to Carry Bishop
On the Trip
MEMPHIS, Tenn., ' June --7. A
slight improvement in the condi
tion of Bishop John C. - Kilgo of
the Methodist Episcopal, church,
South, who la 111 at a hospital here
wis reported by his physicians to
Bight. - ---,--'".
If this Improvement continues,
dn effort will be made to take him
to his home in Charlotte, N. C. to
morrow night it, was sald.i. The
private car of Fairfax Harrison,
president of the Southern railway
hjis been sent here for the trip
and Bishop Kilgo wllL.'b accom
panied by his physician. Dr. P. F.
Turner, and .trained- nurses.-
PLEADS NOT GCIITY OP
PASSING BAD CHECKS
WASHINGTON,
June 7.-
-An-
otf W
Durbln, - chairman of The Ohio
of he
state democratic committee. Plead
ed not guilty today to a charge of
passing ' worthless Checks -on a
Washington hotel. He waived pre-
llmlnary examination and was held
tor action of the grand Jury on
bond of 11.000. ... A, requisition also
was presented by police authorities
of Cleveland, who told the court
similar charges . had been filed
against vourbln at Cleveland,
Durbln, when taken into custody
Saturday, asserted his arrest came
a short while after he had given
Senator Watson, of Georgia, infor
mation involving high officials of
the department ot Justice In al
leged Illegal withdrawals of liquor
from bond. William .J. Burns.
bead of the bureau of Investigation
of the department of -Justice, de
nled any connection existed with
ths arrest and giving of Informa
tion1, to Senator Watson. It-was
stated the arrest had been made
solely oo complaint of the hotel. .
CANCEL
PROPRSA
SURFACE
ROAD
SENATE Fill
BODYRECEDING
f ROM ITS RATES
Norris and Simmons Re
new Assault on Admin
istration Measude. ,
"GRATUITIES" BY
THOUSAND CHARGED
Harrison Says Adminis
tration Leaders ,Try
to Becloud Issue.
WASHINGTON. June 7. Whlie
tne finance committee majority
continued today to recede from
some o ' the tariff rates originally
recommended to the senate, the
administration measure cam In
for renewed - assaults f Am both
slues of the chamber,
Fropoted duties on fire arms,
which finally, were approved, led
to a discussion of wide range.
Smator King, democrat, Utah, de
clared that the tariff measure air
ready was Being usea as a means
of advancing prices In this coun
try. He read from published re
ports thai the American Woolen
mills had made a second advance
In prices and predicted, that these
:alsts would be extended to other
commodates. Including boots.
ihoes arjd cotton.
The l,".ih senator asserted that
had the bill contained fair rates
tiHbed oil the difference in the cost
of production at h o m e and
abroad It would have been passed
in a month. He argued that this
was not the basis of the measure
charging that- It was designed to
enable American producers to put
up tneir prices. -
Senator Norris, republicanNo
biaka, discussing the duties pro'
posed tm rhotguns, said the lde
wus to put up a high tariff wail
behind which American gun manu
facturers could advance prices
suiBclently to take care; of , their
ioi ses it Invading the -markets of
the world and driving foreign pro
ducers out of business In their own
countries, He asserted that this
not onlyv was true with reference
to shotguns, but also with refer
Mia to newing machines, . paints,
steel products and many other
things included In the bill. ,
The Nebraska beqator's speech
was declared by Senator Simmons.
North Carolina, the democratic
leader in the tariff fight, to be 'an
indictmeit of ths bill and an in
diBtment of , the principle oi-pro
Vsotlon kr aDDlled- her.", Mr
.r - irnmons added that he looked for
ouier., inocpenaent SCtlor(" ,in the
nirr e i-.niihiy.n ...in I......
Prt of republican" senator before
tile consideration of the tariff bill
naa enaea. - .--,. ' -,.. ;i
At'acking the bill generally the
North Carolina senator, charged
that it carried a "gratuity" and a
fsut'sldj " In every line for the
"3,000 or 4 000 trusts and monopT
In i ho United States. Ser.i'
t r Hefiln, democrat. Alabama, nt
tacked the measure along similar
lines. y 'i ;. i
Breaking into the general AIs
cusslon.v fienaor Harrison, 1 denio
craii Mlrslsslppl,' charged that ad
ministration leaders were trying to
becloud "the real issue'' by bring
ing In lde issues" referring es
pecially to the exception taken by
Senator Watson, republican, In
dian , to addresses delivered by
the British and Italian ambassa
dors. ,. . ... .
Suppor'.lng the-rates on shotguns
ai.d rifles, Senator McCumber, re
publican. North Dakota,' said tre
war left 80,000,000 arms m Europe
and that he had no doubt the
Europeans would be willing to sell
them i in this country at greatly
reduced prices.
RICKENBACKEH i?NDS
FIRST LEG OF FLIGHT
DETROIT, Mich., June T-. Cap
tain Eddie Rlckenbacker, Ameri
mPlted the first "lap
ot his flight from Mitchell IM to
San Francisco when he landed at
Packard field here at 7:J3 o'clock
tonight. ' Rlckenbacker n1an 4
leave hers at J-p, m. tomorrow tor
Chicago.
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JUDGE ROYD STIRS
ANTI-SAL
Wheeler Says the Judge
Always Opposed to Pro
hibition Laws. x
HATNES DECLARES
FAITH IN KOHLOSS
Wheeler Says Agents Do
More Than Judges
Who Score Them.
iiinmii itiiatv
vss iiniTiixi orrnss
tY H. fl. C. MtLSTl
WASHINGTON, June 7. Judge
James 10. Boyd, in his frank and
vigorous change to the grand Jury
on prohibition enforcement, said
some things that aroused the drys
here.. ' .
Wayne B.' Wheeler, attorney for
the Anti-Saloon league, said he
was not surprised at Judge Boyd's
statements, for he has always been
opposed to prohibition laws, Roy
A. Haynes, prohibition commis
sioner, is under the impression
that It.' A. Kohloss has an Ideal
organisation, from which no wrong
Is expected. . Those who get their
regular "stocks" from the boot
Jeggers thst infest the house office
and senate office buildings and
peddle a good brand of North Car
olina corn liquor are Inclined to
aide with Judge Boyd, snd believe
that one of the apparent weak
nessea of the average prohibitionist
is that he goes blind after having
his pet law passed.
The papers here published that
Jtidge Boyd declared that the "en
forcement -of the prohibition law
In North Carolina is some instanoes
Is entrusted to men- utterly 'unfit
for the position,"' and . described
some of the rum chasers as "in
competents.' i-. ..-;;.,. .v;,,: ..
. "I have recently looked over the
situation In North Carolina," said
Mr. Wheeler, "I found, that. With
the exception of a few bang-overs,
Mr. Kohloss has high-grade men.
It may be that some sub-agents
are bad, but, as a rule, the prohibi
tion agents are dolr mora than
the judges who criticise them.
Ask Judge E. T. Webb if you want
to get accurate Information about
the, effect of nation-wide prohibi
tion in North Carolina." : .
Commissions Haynes declared:
"t have a -verv. high regard for
fttr.- Kohloasr and I do not believe
the situation In the state had. Koh
loss seems to have a good staff.".
tt la said here that political fac
tions In the republican ' party' in
the ststs have been knocking Koh
loss, trying to Interfere with his
work. s ,
Mr. Haynes said be does not
want to have any dispute with
Judgs Boyd. . -
North Carolinians' who , travel
this way Complain that It is -more
difficult to get "safe and sound
booze" her than. it. Is, "back
home." That would Indicate a very
loose condition In North Carolina,
for the fellow who is onto the
ropes here, knows that John Bar
leycorn Is very easy to get If you
have the proper introduction.
Judge Boyd has a great many
backer for his "charges." i
SENATOR JAMES REED
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
CARUTHERSVILLE. Mo.," June
7.- United States Senator James
R. Reed became suddenly ill here
tonight while making a speech In
his campaign for the democratic
nomination for the United States
senate. Mr. Reed, hardly able to
talk when he began his speech,
the second ot the day, was taken
to a hotel and several physician
volunteered their services.
Physician who attended him at
his hotel later announced the at
- tack was caused by gastrltitls and
Mr. Reed himself declared : he
would be able to resume his cam
paign tomorrow, put the attending
pnystcians aceiarea tnis oountrui
OONISTS
CHARGE
NT
ARE DOGS AND DOGS
-n amm' .y" HXt
Maxwell Quits Advisory Post;
Vill Not Be Party To Advance;
Says No Equity In Proposals
Rail Presidents Say No Talk
Of Strike Among Union Men
As Strike Ballot Is Ordered
Declare Movement is Inspired by Leaders, Recalling
Wages Have More Purchasing Power
" Than at End of 1917.
CHICAGO, June 7. Declaring
that there Is no talk ot a strike
among the railway workers, the
presidents of six Chicago roads to
night issued a joint statement
charging that all threats of a
walk-out were being inspired by
union leaders.
The ststement, which wan sign
ed by H. R. Byram, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and . St. Paul; Hale
Hole Holden, of the Burlington;
W. R. Klnley, of the Northwestern;
J. E. Gorman, Rock Island; O, H.
Markham, Illinois Central, and 8.
M. Felton Chicago Great Western,
follows in parti
"Threats of a strike, made by
leadera of the railroad labor
unions, are appearing with .such
frequency that the time seems op
portune of questioning the Sound
ness of their talk,' There is a very
good reason tor doubting whether
the men themselves,-that is the
railroad ; employes, really are tn
sympathy - with reslstanca to in
decisions of the United States
railroad board. -
"The truth Is that the men have
been expecting a reduction in their
wages and nave made, or ars man
Ing preparations to meet the new
scale. There II no talk or a strike
among the men. The distributing
statement read by the publlo are
prepared by leaders of the unions,
whose viewpoint has - been dis
torted by months of effort before
Many Workers Are Needed To
Cover Thoroughly Big Field
, ; In Citizen's Aatq Competition
GASTONIA MAN
ON COMMISSION
TO STUDY EAST
Rev. G. R.GiUesple, Assist
ant Pastor of, Presbyterian
1 1 Church. Goes to Europe
- . . , . i ...
(tmt Cmmtn4nM. T Atlmtf CitUm)
OASTONIA, June J. -Rev. 0. R. Oil
letple, ssslstant pastor of ths First
Presbyterian church, pastor In charge
of the Armstrong Memorial church,
county chairman of ! Near East Be
lief campaign the past winter, leaves
frlday. June I. tor New York, whence
he sails Monday with the United
States commission on th Near Kast
as the representative from . North
Carolina on the eommlaelon. The del
egation from the United States goes
to study conditions as they exist in
the faralne-atrleken sections at the
east. ' '' ' -
The party will visit Armenia. Rus.
la, Syria and Assyria on thstr mis
sion. The Itinerary will doubtless In
olude other points of Interest. The
party landa at Conatantlnople. Ths
tour lasts two months.
Mr. Gillespie was at Davidson !
Isge attending Synod's conference for
young people when news reached him
from Raleigh and Richmond that he
had been aeleoted as the state reprs
sentatlve on the United States com
mi..in Ma returned to Gastonla tO-
a tn make oreuaratlons , for ths
trip. ' " ' .
the board to resist the inevitable
downward trend of wages. The
employes, on the other hand, are
In the main sincerely Interested in
taking care ot their own jobs and
homes, and few employes In any
industry have more good reasons
for doing so. ,
B. M. Jewell, spokesman for
these railroad labor unions, has
severely criticised the decision of
the railroad labor board awarding
the reduction in wages o( shop
employes. ' Jewell says the decis
ion will causa employes to believe
the board is 'not an Impartial
court created to help the railroads
carry out tfielr labor polity.' He
attacks the-wage award also on the
ground that proposed scales are
lower than the minimum required
to support the average family ac
cording to American standard.
"The publlo should not overlook
the fact that In deciding the pro
posed wages of , these employes,
maintenance ot way and shop, -the
labor board - which Is a govern
ment body, said after the reduc
tlon made under this decision
these employes en the railroads
will still be receiving, aa a rule, a
wage In excess of that paid to
similar employe in other Indus
tries. Ths board held in its opin
ion that, 'measured by the present
cost of living ths average hourly
wages of machinists, for Instance,
Early Entrants Will Gain
Great Advantage in
Ten Week Contest.
NOMINATIONS ARE
NOW ROLLING IN
Six Automobiles and $1,-
000 in Cash Prizes stir
Folks to Action. :
A 'goodly number of wide-awake
people have already sent in their
nomination coupons and In som
Instances have, begun lining up
their friends to their support. The
response given th ."Circulation
Drive" hi gratifying indeed, but of
course we ars not easily satisfied.
We realise 1 and appreciate the
fact that, In order to reach many
new reader quickly we must hav
a good number of "lieutenants" in
the field. We must hav many
active worker so that th field can
bs covered thoroughly in the short
time allotted the "Drive." We
want fou to Join In the competi
tion and make a winning race.
Ot course, w will not be able to
give sveryon who enters, an au
tomobile, but we have ten good
one and there are valuable prizes
galore In the Hat. '
Attention Is Called to
Bplondld Prise List.
That Cadillac Touring car gets
blarxer and bettkr ths longer we
thin of It, the fact that the-win
ner mny navs nis or ner cnoio oi
ths big srtstocratlo aeven-pasen
ger touring csr or the four-pasan-
ger "Sportster" Is a very attractive
feature. Rtudebaker Special Six,
Liberty Special Six. the Willys-
Knight, the Hupmoblle and the
Chevrolet Touring car in fact, the
very best car on ths Amerlc.io
market today arc represented. Six
up-to-date, reputable motor cars
are offered In txchanga tor a lit
tie effort during one s spare .time
within the next few weeks." All
that Is required 1 that they show
a determination to win by getting
Into action quickly and getting
their friends to pay thel stipscrlp-
tlons tn The Ashevllle Cltls-sn.
Present Is Very Best
Tlrnn In Enter. '
The fact that the "Drive" has
been widely advertised makes the
present the very best time to get
In good and strong and begin a
winning race. "A ground floor"
start will be a great advantage in
the "Circulation Drive," and one
must not hesitate too long before
making a decision. Don't wait un
til you see someone else enjoying
the car you have been wishing for
and then regret not getting Into
the rare. Thr lit nlnntv-nf mnin
In the ranks for many more names
and you will enjoy competing with
such a representative class of
folks. Among others, the "Drive
Headquarters" received three nom
ination blanks r yesterday which
were accompanied by requests for
receipt books immedlstely. One
of th enthusiastic aspirants sent
in one of the opportunity coupons,
stating that she had already se
cured a year's subscription to The
Cltlsen and requested a receipt
book posthaste. Thlt lady's indus
try will doubtless he rewarded
bounteously. The wife of a prom
inent business man In one ot the
nearby towns sent In her member
ship coupon stating that she
thought she could win the Stude
Bkr:"T" navcalwlj4i -"wanted
'CwHswd ff fj
1814 RATE FIGHT
Proposal Would Violate
Every Order Made on 7
Carolina Rates.
ENGAGE COUNSEL TO
REPRESENT STATE
Maxwell Says Newly Pro
posed Rates Most ' 'Bru
tal" Planned. -
.." TaiaosMMs som
eiTiiiit sswa snSAS
(If OCI MMUtl
RALEIGH. June T. -Charglnx
that proposals for rats Increases
and changes now before ths south
ern rate investigation in -Atlanta -are
ths most brutal ever submitted1
by an association of railroads, Air
len J. Maxwell, of the North, Car
olina corporation commission, an- .
nounced today his retirement from
the advisory board sitting with In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Joseph B. Eastman In the conduct
of the Inquiry, and the completion
of plans on ths part of ths North
Carolina commission for ths great
est flght It has ever waged to frus
trate attempts to stills commerce
tn this stats with higher rates. Mr.
Maxwell , returned this morning
from Washington, where yesterday
hs retained as counsel for his com- ,
mission the firm of Clark and La
Rae, regarded aa the strongest legal
firm engaged exclusively in prac
tice before ths interstate commerce
commission. The preparation of
the state's defense will be begun at
one by th corporation commis
sion and Its attorneya Mr. Clark
was for many years chairman of
the Interstate commerce commis
sion and Mr. LaiHae has had ex
tensive experience a chief attorney
examiner tor ths commission.
While chairman of the commission, ,
MV. Clark had charge of th ea
Involving the 111 adjustment ot
Interstate rate from th west to
North Carolina, which was ap
proved by the commission , and
which, as a necessary part of their
schema, ths carriers are allege
now to be seeking to upset. In a
letter to Mr. Kastmani formally
retiring from hi assootat capac
ity, Mr. Maxwell explains fully th
state's position In th Investigation,
going Into the proposals before th
board ot inquiry. . ,. ' .......
Spend ThrM Year On '
rroiwatxt Schedule ' ' ;' '.
; Th railroads hav spent thres
years in working out the adjust
ments they now propose before
Commissioner Eastman and com-,
mlttee cf experts have spent a
long, time ' in the preparation ot
data and exhibit. Mr., Maxwell
chsrgea. . . ; '
Despite this elaborate prepara
tion ot ths case, the North Caro- -Una
corporation commissioner be- -lleves
ths state can win out and
that ths carriers will bs unable ta
"get away" with ths proposat for
large advance in- rates to North
Carolina points when there Is such
widespread demand for lower rates,
- Mr. Maxwell has conferred with v
Governor Morrison on the state'
poeltion and the executive is en
thusiastic over plans o ths com
mission for the big fight, heartily
agreeing to the retention of th
ablest counsel obtainable and the
withdrawal of the commissioner
from th Inquiry!. , , ;lV
Will Give All Tims to ;
Preparing Cuae '-'-:' ;;-'v",
Mr. Maxwells retirement gives
him an opportunity, which ho pro
poses to utilize, to give practically
hi entire time to th preparation -for
and presentation of the defen
sive side of th case, the trial of
which - will run through many
months and may not reach final,
conclusion for several years.
The North Carolina commission
er was on ot five members ot
southern state corporation hodles
asked to lt with Mr. Eastman in
an associate or advisory capacity,
Mr. Maxwell was unable to remain,
on the board as a neutral with th ,
threatening ...rate Injustice., facing
th state. -
Text Of 1tr From . v
Maxwell To Eaatmen
June I. MIS. .
"Hon. Joseph B, Eastman,
"Commissioner In Charge of L C. C.
investigation,
"Docket 134S4, , ; . . , .
"Atlanta, Oa.
"Dear Mr. Eastman:
"As Indicated to you before leav-
Ing Atlanta. I find myself so thor
oughly out of sympathy with The
pronosala of the carriers for read
justment of the rates to Carolina
territory In this general Investiga
tion of rates In the southeast thst
I have, after serious thought end
with much reluctance, decided that
In Justice to yourself and the Inter
state commerce commission and as
sociate state commissioners, to the
carriers and to myself, as well as
ths Interests of the shippers of
North Carolina, I should not under.
take to carry out a pret.ir.sa t.t Judi
cial sttitude. even In associate or
advisory capacity. In the considera
tion of these proposals.
"In my judgment, . th proposals
with respect particularly to the
North Carolina territory an the most
brutal ever submitted to your com
mission by an association of rail
roads. I refer to th general pro
posal of the associated railway to
Ignore -the relation of short line
trunk line rates thst apply through
numerous gateways Just beyond th
northern border of the state, and
that have controlled the adjustment
to North Carolina lor it years.
Which the order of the cemmlseioa
for this Investigation stipulates shall
he continued, and to build up rates
to all Carolina territory through and
over southeastern gateways, and r-
ter particularly to th proposal nec-
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