North Carolina Newspapers

Vt .L fT THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, June 24.-N0rth and Couth Carolina: Fair Sunday snd probably Monday, n change AMERICAN IBS STAMn IN iLEGTlFIISl - - m - m m mm a a 4- any a iFeieat 01 Move to Becognize So viets Significant. PROPAGANDA DRIVE IS INEFFECTUAL Labor Opposes Blanket Legislation Dealing With Woman's Status. CINCINNATI, June 24 (By The Associated Press) Adoption of a program calling- for a non-partisan political campaign this fall to elect friends of organized labor, and an overwhelming defeat of the radical forces that favored recog nition of the Russian Soviet Gov ernment marked the closing ses sion today of the American Feder- Qlon of Labor Convention. iLabor's political stand was adopt without discussion, including a resolution calling on all union men and women to enter more ac tively into politics with the pur pose of "ultimately controlling the machinery1, of our national govern- mtnVyby Capturing the republican snddemocratlo parties, but the IRyislan question stirred up spirit ed debate that was ended only on account of the narliamentary ma neuvering of yesterday having shut off the flood of oratory. The declaration against the soviet was the third taken by the federation and was a victory for the administration force led by 'Samuel Gompers, who, in a formal statement tonight, declared the ac tion on the Russian question was of "especial significance" because "nrk a single local union has been overlooked by the propagandist! forliovlet brutality and autocracy. The Federation political cam paign, as favored by a committee resort that was adopted, provided at the general conduct of the lpaign should be leftfo the Ex tive Committee of the Federa tion. As a supplement of the re-: port. Was a resolution, Introduced by the Shanee (Okla.) Trades As fembly. which was adopted, call ing for all union men and women in htmmo antlv I n th. nr.ctn(t ' county, state and national conven - - tions of the two big political par Ties. : Mass of Badness Acted Upon Saturday. js!de i from, the political and Russian questions, the convention disposed of a mass of miscellane ous business in a hurried fashion. For the seventeenth time, the clalrii of jurisdiction of the glass workers over the making of molds for glass containers was affirmed by the convention, the decision be ing against the machinists. A promise of financial aid to strik ing textile workers and quarrymen was held out by the Executive Council being "directed to make a general .appeal for voluntary con tributions. .The council also was directed to investigate the patent laws of foreign countries and take such action as it might deem nec essary to stimulate American pro duction under all patents. hy the.doptionof a committee re-! Two congressmen were praised rnrf orhlti aafit hv huff 'tnwflrT- ed a scheme of reactionaries in the house of representatives to appro- Crlate money for the department Sjustice to prosecute, or rather Jsecute., labor and farmers nnder le anti-trust act." -These con-. gressmen were Representative vo lan, republican, California, and Representative Jonnson, Democrat, Kentucky, and the convention vot ed an expression of thanks for their work. Efforts by organized It-bor to, Join hands with the farmers for . mutual benefit was approved y ihe convention In adopting a com mlttee report directing the council to continue to do "what it can to furtherance of such educational work as will acouaint the farmers. with the Issues that not only affect' wage earners, oui mo im un o well." Rlanket Ixwislatlon .Mea inpomiion. , FVet.oTonar.Pcord' in oifcosltlon to "blanket leglsla iio'n"ffor the repeal of laws that discriminate against women. In urging that specific repeals be pro- rnsed wherever any state laws am fninate araln women, the resn Jf.t on said that a general repeal uld Jeopardize labor laws or benefit to women. In adjourning the convention. President Gomners praised its work, referring especially to the rMIan va(n.. 4hm . Rliaillin SOVtet as "fundamental righteous." He also declared that the convention had demonstrated that organized laber stood "100 per cent" In sup port of the Amerlcsn government snd institutions. Supplementing this speech with' a formal' state ment tonight, Mr.- Gompers de-l nU..I 4k. ...... tM ''WUH I l.iCU U1TVI1LIUI1 V.WDDW ...... o. constructive. ' American record of which we are proud," and add ed, "we have sought to do thoee thinsrs which would be of service , . - . . . iiv i 1 u itanur people ana wniun i expand the opportunities snd lib erties of all men women and chil dren." - AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO LONDON GIVES DINNER LONDON. , June 24 (By The Asso- ned Press.) With the Wilson !dy fresh In mind, the police took sffiarifig precautions to guard the ' b. .. member, of omlnent per-J King and Queen, the the Cabinet and other prominent sonnges who attended the American Ambassador s dinner tonight, oroups .ji.vri.muu iu iiicii iti ...... I -r oi ai'guise were aepioyeu hi uuu. M, alleys and obscure corners 'ully S00 sneclal detectlvea patrolled ne streets for radius or several Mocks of the Harvey residence, al most as much an object of interest 1 tIim ' Ison home nearby. Hundreds c curiam i waited out- ""ie to catch a glimpse of the dls- i'tnffiilaVii - moii netentlvas were i tU !, mi When Premier Lloyd Gorge alighted from' his automobile nd the ether members of the cabinet ere similarly safeatiarded. Tea gatHerieg I es utU aftef m"inight, the King and yueen re Mining until the end. which Is un "nal. as the- sovereigns were never nn to remain to auch a latej hour t prevloua dinners. 1 THE .ESTABLISHED 1868. I mmEPUBLlCAN IN LnUUIl rrUTTADDnnr womMMs - oight Staging What is De clared Greatest One Man Filibuster. WASHINGTON. June 24 mile! the one-man fililm rr h Pine. eentatlve Volght. Republican, Wis-. uiiani, at lit going strong In. the house today, telegrams were iv ujrNl nrpuontani in an or the territory east of Kansas to hurry bark to Washington and neip put it down. Uncle Joe Cannon described as me greatest one-man filibuster' of his long fcxnerlence in ennrres. I With 14 roll calls In his belt each requiring from 25 to 80 min utesas his record of yesterday. 3Jr. Volght started early today and added six more straight. He lost on two, once when the chair count ed a quorum and again after a march of the membership down the aisle and the tellers reported one or two more than the neces sary 211. On the second march , , .1 however,, Mr. oight stood by thei tellers, pad and Dencll In hand There was no ,-repeatlng" and the effort of leaders to prevent a'long roll call failed. The Wisconsin member remained on the floor throughout the day. taking men tal account of the number in the chamber. ) Still holding his ground, Mr. volght announced that he hadn't fairly started, that he would keep fighting until the rules) commlt- tee reported his resolution calling, for a congressional Investigation of postortlce appointment to show whether any application had won their Jobs through favoritism. DIES FOLLOWING WEEK'SJLLNESS John D.'s Elder Brother Passes as Mausoleum Is Being Completed. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., June 24. William Rockefeller, who with his olaer oroiner, jonn u., duiii upxne family millions In the oil industry, died today of pneumonia compli cated by a recurrence of kidney trouble, at his country estate over looking the Hudson River from North Tarrytown. He was 81 years old. , To all but relatives and his clos est friends, the end was unexpect ed, for while he lay fighting stub bornly against death behind the guarded gates of his beautiful acres no hint was glven that he. even was Indisposed. Death struck down the aged man of finance Just as his own tomb was nearlng completion. A year ago workmen began building a, pure white granite mausoleum for him on the highest ridge in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, half a mile south of his estate. It Is almost complete now and In a few weeks the bodies of Mr. Rockefeller and 'his wife, who preceded him to the grave, will be placed within the 1250.000 vu.iiw. The two wealthy brokers John TL and William Journeyed last , . .1 t U ! . . V. L.t. A wee tu nm uim n...v... uum i them were born In Richford.i in Tioga county. For three "days they remained there, reviving memories of their boyhood. It was tne ex haustion from this trip, Mr. Rocke feller's doctors saisj, that, weakened hirti Just' before his fatal illness. - The two brothers returned to their estates from Tioga county last frday night. Tired though he was. -n-llllam insisted on motoring to vtw y0rk when important buslnessj matters arose the following day. He I was caugnt in oevj miiin iu .xjtt York and on the trip home that 'evening, and shortly after midnight ,: ,,,1th h. haA ..rIoui Phvslclana were called In be'fore dawn on Sunday. They found Mr. Rockefeller suffering an acute at tack of indigestion. The next day Pre-lstent kidney trouble began m trouble him again and the cold developed Into pneumonia. Gradu ally the oil magnate grew worse, but H along his lndomnitable-spirit fought against the disease, that gripped him more strongly each hour. ,..--. ....... Thursday Mr. into unconsciouH n ....... on he was never in control of his senses. He refused nourishment -CmMmm m f'" TVl 1 ROCKEFELLER Dr. Walter Rathenau, German Minister Is BERLIN. June 24. (By the As sociated Press.)-Dr. Walter Rath enau, German Foreign Minister, and rtrra olnselv identified than any other German with the efforts . .L.Liii,..inn nt Vila rnnn- at tne renauiui"vt " try since the war, was, mim instantly" killed by two. or more unknown assassins while on his way from his residence this morn ing to the foreign office. The Minister was subjected to a veritable hall of bullets, one of them striking him in the throat and passing upward to the brain; while others struck him in va- rlous parts ot tne Doay. - nanu grenades also were thrown, almost reflf)ng th, car ,n which Dr. Ralnenau wag rdlng and Inflicting . . Iniurie. 0n the Minister .. wirth's government i,.. is marshalling the na- . , 1om.nt to the n , nnhlln and organized labor, repre sented in both Socialist parties. Is again first to buckle on the armor, i . tnst as, It did during the Kapp re volt. Announcement i ma mi the government .will establish, ex traordinary courts for the trial of nationalist plotters snd that a sVte ot emergency for Prussia will be proclaimed. k Militaristic Demonstrations Aft, Called TJff.- i All regimental reunions and militaristic demonstrations are to bs postponed. Yet- despite vooif. erous cries, of "long live th Ra- S "DEDICATED IS VOTED BY HOUSE $7,500,000 Measure Sent ' tO Senate for COnCUT- o i J TenCO Saturday. COIN UNAVAILABLE I TILL jEXT OCTOBER TiaryinoraHn lemOtraUC . Spokesmen Urge Early Action on Ford's Offer. WASHINGTON. June 2.4. An appropriation of 17,500,000 for new construction work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. Ala., was authorized today bv the house and eerit to the senate for concurrence. ,...4.. llmll.tU. A... , V. Uliuai 4t JlillllCLWUIl UY Hiw hou.e however, none of the money can be expended prior to next Octoben. As authorised originally by the senate when It attached a provis ion to the army bill' providing for renewal of work on' the dam. the! 7,'500,000 was made available for that use as soon as the bill was signed by the President. House republican leaders endeavored to obtain stralghtout acceptance of the appropriation as approved by the senate but were defeated by a combination of democrataand farm bloc republicans. Final actio.i was taken after Representative Huddleston, Demo crat, Alabama, had pffered an amendment preventing any expen- 1 diture on the dam before Janu . ary 1, 1923, and not the Foro pro I posal -to purchase and lease the P Muscle Shoals properties should been accepted by congress. motion was lost 119 to 132. The nn the substitution offered bv ' Representative James, Republican, Michigan, fixing the effective date as October 1. was adopted, 145 to 105. Two hours debate on the motion proceeded the final voting.- During that time Representative Mondell, nf UTvnmlnw iha Ronnttlli1.!! lfA(l- er, and other majority spokesmen I urged mat ,n nam ds oompieieu. without delay and criticised the Democrats for favoring postpone ment of , work until October and January. ' i "J ed Republicans who favored tne Ford offer, pointed out in reply . that they wanted action by con gress on Henry Ford's, offer, and did not propose' to have that poet noned.' By October, they said. the house would have had an op- , , , . ponuniiy 10 vote " was begun on the dam meanwhile . A . serious compnuiii. urfvn power of eotgress t fljust before final adjournment of this session, probably would result In the inde finite suspension of action on the Detroit manufacturer's offer. Representative Oarrett, - of Ten nessee, the Democratic leader, ap pealed to Mr. Mondell and later to Representative Madden, of Illinois, chalitnan of the appropriations committee, to bring ia the bill fa vorably reported by the military committee providing for the con ditional acceptance of the Ford bid. In each instance he was in formed that It was Imposslole to ffimnlv with ills reqin'si Decauxe of the f v fV10."?,1 or' house and that U 'hs -". ot Huaaiesion Biiicinuiicuu the Democrats would have to shoulder responsibility for delayinir construction work on the dam. . Neither Renubllcans nor Demo crats In the house Interested In tae , Muscle Shoals properties appeared ; .uprelienslve "ir ! " '" cf t.e bcnsie i' th gcxium 'I .'ncurnna In s ..nvnt fix ing October as the effective date. . tne appropriation. WJiH' the senate ...r.n...ri that the .l.ilU-.V Sh-'lllll h made immediate available, they said, there was tvr roaaon. to believe that body .vou.d insist up- on such a proviso. I-OIWYTH SCHOLASTIC M MKKATIOX REPORTED WIN6TON-S ALE M , June 24. The county superintendent's report .sued; today shows there are over nine thousand of school age In Forsyth outside of Winston-Salem, 7,500 white and 1.600 colored. There are J2 rural school houses valued a: $200,000. APPROPR AT ONTO mm DAM ARMY DIRIGIBLE IS ' (correct misleading Impressions as ABLE TO MAKE TRIPj circulated Friday and presumably HAMPTON, Va., June 24 The Army dirigible A-t arrived safely at Langley Field this afternoon having experienced engine trouble which caused a delay In her trip of several hours. Assassinated public," which resounded through the Reichstag chamber st the close of the memorial session to Rathenau today, thoughtful men of all ranks and parties were sil ent but gravely ' apprehensive for', the nation. While the resentment jind parti san feeling has not yet sufficiently cooled to warrant a sure appraisal of the direction in which th po litical effect of Rathenau's assas sination will spread, yet this much ia certain the government Is fac ing a far more precarious situa tion than it did when nationalist bullets struck down Erzberger in the Black-Forest. 10 months ago. Most Tnrbuleta Scenes In Reichstag's History. Never did the RelchaU witness such scenes of turbulence and ex ecrations. Dr. ' Karl HelfTerlch. the Nationalist leader, who had at tacked Dr. Rathenau in a savage speech In the Reichstag yesterday, curled up In his seat far to the - igdt of the house. He appeared to be in a very depressed and somewhat (earful state. President Loebe had difficulty. In getting the session under' way as the radicals swarmed over to the right, threatening Helforrich and other Nationalists w.lo volunteer ed to come to his rescue-. -rtcei!6f-!rtTrwhirnr-eppa down from the government bench In an attempt to pacify the belli cose duties had to give up the task CMNssef en m) UND AYa CITIZEN TO THE UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE. N. G, SUNDAY CHIEF ENGINEER AVERS STATION IS NOT PLANNED T. H. Gatlin Declares Plans Are Not Made Fpr Biltmore. "I have no knowledge of - any dranitiga or speultlcatlons having been made for a new depot at Biltmore," T. H. Gatlin. chief en- glneer of construction for . the southern Railroad, stated to a'rep- resentatlve of The Citizen yester day. Mr. tiatlin continued by stat ing that any comprehensive plans for any. deyelopment oh the. part of the Southern Railroad could be HSUUinH. made known to him and subject ... ... ., . . . ' t.rl 1IID KlLCIlLtUir,- Disclaiming iBjr f - knftwUdge whatsoever of any such plans,- tie continued, by asserting that he had not given any Information with re- igard to such plans to any newspa per or person and any publication of such statements are erroneous. Mr. Gatlin being en route could not be reached Friday night In re gard to current rumors that a new station was 'to be erected at Bilt more and at a late hour it was learned that he would arrive in Ashe vl lie Saturday morning for the express purpose of denying that any statements had been made by him regarding any development at Biltmore or in th. immedia o( Aghfevllle- more or in the immediate vi ty of Asheville. Issues Statement To Tho Citizen He Issued the folfowlng signed statement to a representative of The Citizen; "No drawings or specifications have been made and ir so far as i know there has been no program entertained for a de pot at Biltmore, nor any other de velopment planned by the South ern Railway management in this vicinity. "Any quotations ot me or state ments attrlbtued to me with re gard to depot facilities at Biltmore are totally unauthorized and with out foundation. ' "I have not been approached nor V, . T U.J ant, lao.ia.lnnB i , W reference to the subject and "can 1 only look with amazement upon the effrontry of a newspaper giv ing circulation to any such ru ;.ors when the facts could have been de veloped if pains had been taken to inquire regarding the statements ; before publication. "My presence In Asheville Is to traceable to an interview which never occurred and the assertions made In regard thereto are ab surd." "(Signed) "C APT T. H. GATLIN, "Chief Engineer of Construction, Southern Railway When Interviewed regarding the rumored development, Mr. Gatln requested The Citizen to give pub lication to the sbove statement in regard to the Southern Railway plans tor development. MAT QUIT ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST LONDON. June 14. (fey The As sociated Press.) An Evening News dispatch from Calcutta today ays the Mount Everest ennedltlon may linal be abandoned. The third and attemnt to reach the summit th message says, only aanea iturieeijio the record. Nn further progress Is expectedJss all the explorers are-more or less In capacitated owing to hardships and It Is believed the whole party Is re turning to Darjeellng. ONE KILLED, ONE MAY DIE FROM ACCIDENT KINSTON. June 24. One whit person was killed and five Injure?) late today when a truck laden with negro laborers left the road, 12 miles from here and crashed Into a group of people in the front yard of a country home. Jimmy Hill, 13, was killed and his grandmother, Mrs. Julia Smith, possibly fatally injured. The negroes fled when the driver lost control of th car. - MT AIRY AND BOONE WANT JCLY 4 AIRPLANES WASHINGTON, June 24. Mount Airy wants an airplane for the Fourth of July celebration. W. P. Carter, 8. Porter Graves and D. E. Hoffman have requested It. In wed General Bowley at Camp Bragg to furnish one. Boone on the. other side of the mountain Is expecting one.- 7 V gW ovm fifty -?p -r aX f0 S YMs-ufs SJ.- 0- OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING. JUNE 25. 1922. . WHY NOT? By BILLY BORNE ' EMENT CLOTURE R ULE Smith Appeals for Reduc tion of Tariff on Tex tile Machinery. WASHINGTON, June 24. As charges' and counter-charges of a fillibuster on the tariff bill were hurled back and forth across the senate chamber for three hours' to day Republican leaders put under way their movement to attempt to invoke the present Cloture, rule, operative under a two-thirds vote, to shut off debate on the measure. The petition to put the rule into effect was circulated bV Senator Curtis, of Kansas. Vice-Chairman of the Senate organization, and It had many signers on the majority side during the row as to whether Democrats or Republicans were re sponsible for the dragging along of the tariff legislation, Senator Cur tis declined to say how many Sen ators had signed It, but It was known that the number far ex ceeded the 16 necessary to bring up the question of cloture. Republican leaders would not say when they would present the petition to the Vice-President, but it was not expected that this would be done for several days. The controversy sa to a filibuster which has broken out several times since the tariff bill was called us two months ago, was renewed to day after Senator Townsend, Re publican, Michigan, In a prepared speech, charged that the Demo crats were delaying the bill for political reasons. Senator Sim mons, of North Carolina, the Democratic leader in the fariff fight, entered a sharp denial and the discussion then became gen eral, with charges from the Demo cratic side that the Republicans were filibustering their own bill. The filibuster controversy wore out after three hours and the Sen- "L6 'LP. t!..t.arLV T?' proving over nVotests of Senator Smith, of South Carolina, and Sen ator King, of Utah,- both Demp cratfl, rates of 60 cents ad valorem on knitting, braiding, lace-maklng and Insulating machinery andt 35 per cent ad valorem on other tex tile machinery. Amendments by Senator King to cut the (-ates to 35 per rent and 25 per cent, respectively, were re jected. Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, today In the Senate ap pealed to the Finance Committee majority to reduce the tariff rates on textile machinery, , declaring that the duties on these commodi ties handicapped the United States In competing with the world in finished cotton products. He as serted thst duties were a barrier to American producers as It made It more difficult tor them to obtain the advantages of the genius of the world In Improved machinery. ' The South Carolina Senator In this connection said that machin ery constantly was being changed and that if given a fair opportunity American producers of cotton goods could compete -.i.i. the world in the finest cotton r.rnA. ,.., i.t ,..u (n the lower grades of cotton goods. tie said this country had a nat ural advantage by having the raw material .at the mill .door and that It was "unwise" to nullify that ad vantage by tariff duties on the machinery necessary to produce the goods. Announcing that he proposed to make a fight against the duties proposed in the cotton schedule when that was reached, Kennti.t Smith characterized (he tariff measure as an "lmllsvtlmlnate snd senseless" measure which would burden the American people. Senator Smith arguetl that American mill operatives were far superior to those of any other country and that consequently la bor! cost were not a controlling factor in cotton duties. In this connection he asserted that the Ame'rlcan workers were entitled to divide the profits from the Im proved machinery which It operat ed so successfully. Senator McCumber; Republics n, North Dakota, In charge of the tariff bill, said in reply that it was tin IT spwlg Hzeit instliliieiy th st was Imported In competition with American machinery and -that this was a character not used in the cotton mills In South Carolina. GETS UNDER WAY TO HANDLE m i . i CAROLINA" PRICE CENTRAL AGENCY Would Turn Products Over to Federation Co operative Creamery Plan. - Ultimate establishment of a big co-operaUve creamery, controlled aid ditected by the County Far n.bts Federation, and handling all the milk produced In the county, 'a the direction In Which the dairyemn are pointing, accordli.g to C. E. Miller, County Farm Agent. Meeting yesterday morning at 11 Q clock nt the Chamber of Com merce, th County Dairymen's A soclutlon voted In favor of turn - lng all :oetr marketatxe products ovet to the Farmers Federation for disposal at market prices. The Ft-deratlon will accept the task only when 96 per cent of thti driiiymen In Buncombe h a v 3 signed five year contracts to turn their products over to the Feder ation, but It Is believed, this wl.l Ue accomplished shortly. A committee appointed to can vi.ss the riulrymen and secure sig natures to contrscts was appoint ed yesterday, and will report prog ress next Saturday, meeting at the Phaanhe- nf Pnmmerne In th. and when vote was taken on the p'opos.lion, the 40-odd dairymen present were practically unani mous as In favor of the proposi tion, as propounded by speakeis. Mr Miller sddressed the gather ing and (' C. Proffltt, disirtot Farm Arfent, filing with others. Mr. Piofi;tt ui.'nted out that establish ment of ruch a receiving and dis tributing agency would lend lt sUblllz, the price of milk and iir.V. rr"?U'? ,Hu"C0mbf, uuikj, iNtuie ilia umijiiiou ul dlspwln.i of all his products, sn1 put the industry on a sure footing somtihlng It has not enjoyed In '.he past. ELEVATOR CRUSHES LAD IN CHARLOTTE TO DEATn (Sewiel ronntmittot, rf iikttWt Cilltra) CHAP.LOTTE, Jur.s :4.-iIernian Maesey, son of Noah Mansey, was killed this morning by being crushed by an elevator. He and another boyl were playing near1 the elevator. The Massey boy went under the elevator and while the oilier two were pulling It up It fell, crushing tilm to douth. NO TRACE OF It FROM SCHOONER GLOUCESTER HALIFAX, N. S June 24 Ef forts to locate 1 members nf the crew of the Gloucester schooner Puritan, wrecked on Sable Island Rocks have been unavailing It was reported tonight by the superintend ent of the Sable Island ilf saving station. E00 DLAIRYMEN FAVOR! Japan Announces Her World Po I icy Of No n -Aggressio n TOKIO, June 24. (By The As - Bf-ciated Prem.1 Japan today nt 'I. x I i'oinl . l eeaied l)er pledge to promote world peace talien t the limitation of. I armament conference st Washing- I't " nv declaring 'her final decision In withdraw her troops from Hi- berio and announcing to the world a nolkv of non-aggression, the diplomatic advisory council nt Toklo fixed October 30 as h day when the last Japanese sol di'irs muht he out of the maritime provinces of Siberia, while a for elRii official declaration -4.hat thJ decision was Intended to place Jipan on rerord as a "non-aggies-slve ns'im. stilling to maintain tl.e peai's of the world." The diplomatic advisory coun cli's approval of yesterday's cabi net decision Is said to have been the logU-al outcome of Admiral H.ron Kito's secession to the pre miership. " k'nto, who led the Japanese dele gation to the Washington arms cjnferer.ee, returned to Toklo thoroughly Imbued with the spirit f.f tha. gathering and strongly tn favor of his country adopting a non-sggresslve policy. . Official eilatftmrnt As To Ei ecus! Inn la Made) The ofl.c'al announcement of 6i bfrisn evacuation says; "The Japanese government has decided to withdraw all troops frm tl f- iriS berls by October 0. Suitable niea.,urcj will be taken for the pro tection nf Japanese residents.'' An ofPclal of the foreign office, 7c ON TRAINS 10c. Justice Agent Ends Probe Of Massacre In "Bloody" Williamson DEMONS i SGREETS VERDICT FREEING Slift LL Jury Is Out Over One Hour and a Half in Con- I spiracy Charges. NUMBER OF BALLOTS TAKEN NOT KNOWN Governor Small Issues, Statement Following His Acquittal. WAUKEGAN, His., June 24.' By the Associated Press) Gov ernor Len Small was acquitted to day of conspiracy wlth'IJeutenant Governor Fred E. Sterling, the late Senator Edwin C. Curtis and Vernon Curl? , Grant Park Bank er, to defraud the state of Inter est money on publlo funds, the Jury was out one hour and 35 minutes. How many, ballots they took Is In question, different reports i ranging from two to- nine. Fol lowing announcement of the ver dict 300 spectators were on their feet. Many poured over the rail ing 'and Into the bar sWoaure. Men shouted and whistled while paddj jo' pja 'peqgn( uujom their hands. The Governor, Mrs. Small, his sister, Miss Sue Small and his chll dren. Leslie and Mrs. Jack En" lish, forced their way through the throng and thanked the Jurors one by one, - i While the Jury was deliberating prlvate secretary. It said: "The verdict of 'not guilty Is a result I was always sure would follow In the trial of the case against me, and thus for the res , ,nn fh.t t knew there- was ns auilt. , ..r ,. r. rtlcularly desirous that the people of the State of Illinois should know fully and In detail each and every transaction which was In the hands of the persons who Inspired this prosecution. "The people of Illinois have their answer. "I will return to my ofnaial du ties and If these people who have been seeking to destroy my use fulness will, take the verdict of this Jury as a repudatlon c: their methods I will with the .ieip of God, give to the people of Iltfuols the best administration I am cap able. - "LEN C. SMALL." Fred C. Mortimer, state's sttor ney, entered a motion to continue the case of Vernon Cur.ls, Indict ed with the Governor, until the October term of court, and Judge Edwards granted it. It Is pot slhle that Mr. Curtis may not be tried. ,.,;,;.,.:;,,, .', BAXTER HHKMWEMj IS VICTOR IN KVCITl Kyl'ITY SUIT fSewiet rrrpiUmi, TK Atkwtilt Citliml UltEENSBORO, June 24. Bax ter Shemwell came off Victor In suit of equity brought against him and the Mayes Manufacturing Company and the Mayes Account ing Company, all of Lexington, by W. J. Sheppeid and O. K. How ard of Norfolk, and Ben F. Bar ber of Birmingham, minority aior-KnoKiers in tne companies. if r i. .7 ,yu; V. , 1 .i (rui viiruiiiM r euur&l District Court, today dismissed the suit, the object of which was to have a receiver named for the compan ies. The rase has dragged along tor some time. The complainants charged that Shemwell so manip ulated the sffafrs of the company that he cheated the stockholders out of 1213,000. It came out dur ing the trial that Shemwell for merly President of the concerns, has assigned his Interests to his brother, L. B. Shemwell. 1 .-onimei ting on the decision to quit Liberia nld: It :.as been a matter of regret that vnrintia circumstances pre- : vented Jnvan carrying out her de sire tn withdraw her troons from Snx.i'ia "It i-imi not be, said that politi cal comlliions there have attained full stability, but a change has o,;turreo In the general, conditio!" if the whole of Russia. I'om munlKtlp measures seem to have li'-en modified. The powers have altered their attitude towards litis s.a. as at.etited by the Jnvl'.atlout tn the Kjvlet gevetntnent to at tend tl.e Genoa and The HagU3 conferences and conclusion of non ngttress'Ve and non propagand i esreeminis with Moscow. These ls'teis promise to Improve rela te. nt. between the powers and tha Soviet government. In view of the decisions Japan his decided to carry her original Idea to evacuate Siberia. "Japan believes that with this removal ot the Chita government g causa f oi suspicion,, the Far East ern Republic of SlbV-ria will strive to reach commercial agreement with Tokio." In conclusion the torelgn offka oUcial .leclared: "Jspm also believes that this withdrawal, "together with Japan's roncillatoiv attitude at the Wash- stood by the world as evidence that Jpanls a non-aggressive na- ton, striving to maintain the peace cf 1 he world." Western North Carolina: The Loveliest, Grandest, Richest Area Of Its Size On The Face Of The Globe. TESTIMONY WILL GO DIRECT TO GEN. DAUGHERTY Recommendation M a d e That State Troops Be Demobilized Saturday. MYERS DEPLORES MINE DISORDERS Calls Attention to Limit of Freedom of La boring Man, HERR1N, Ills.. June 24. (By The Associated Press.) An In vestigator for the United States Department of Justice tonight ob tained a statement from Hugh Wills, board member of the Herrln sub district of the United Mine Workers of America In which Mr. Willis gave his version of the events leading up to the killing of more than 20 non-union strip mine workers and guards, Tuesday, June 22. The Department of Justice agent tonight told the Associated Press correspondent that he 'had virtu ally completed an Investigation of the tragedy from all angles. He expects to leave tonight or tomor row. . It la understood that woundsd men undergoing; treatment In the hospitals here have given their version ot the storming of the mine and of the slaughter of their companions and, that the complete report win be transmitted directly 'to Attorney General Daugherty in Washington.' The agent explained that the regulations ot the department ren dered it Impossible for him to dls- dlcatsd that it was satisfactory and complete in detail. Htji the depature of Governor 8in special military eommle s 'rd by Major General Mil- (or bmu and the announce-, li, its recommendation that no troops be sent into Williamson county at the present time and that those National Guard units which already had been mobilized and held in rtsdlness be ordered home, the situation la the coal fields was easier tonight. SENATOR MYKRA BAYfl RIGHTS INTERFERRED WITH WASHINGTON. June J4. The Southern Illinois mine disorders was held up by Senator Myers. Democrat, Moatana, in the Senate today as "proof that there is no free America and a Justifica tion for the assertion that there can be "no-free America so long as American citizens can not work where, when, for whom and at whatever price they choose without , seeking the consent ot an Invisible government, an 'organized mln- orlty." - Senator Myers1" statement regard ing the reason for the men who -ICmMmi rif tihI WE Have With Us Gilbert C White Today r The thing that strikes me about this section," Gilbert C. White consulting engineer, Durham, stat ed in an Interview with a represen tative of The Citizen, "is tne lack ot manufacturing Industrie-." "Ef ficiency should be easily obtained In this section, for a person could do a better day's work than in some other sections," . he contin ued. "Asheville is growing In oopaiar ity with the people of the uUte," he stated. In continuing the en gineer asserted that this city is well advertised and known I throughout the United States, but the people ot North Carolina) are Just beginning to "And" It. The steady progress ot good roads Is attributed by the visitor as being largely responsible for . this and he expressed himself as heartily in accord with the work of building good roads. "Western North Carolina," he asserted, "has an added attraction for visitors when they ran travel while spend inn the summer." Mr. White recently visited Ashe ville and nrnde an inspection of the reservoir. When asked for his uiiuiioii last mgni ne siaiea that the cement is beginning to soften, but It is hard to say as to the condition of the steel, which is the reinforcing of the reservoir. But, he continued," It should not be kept full In its p'-esent condition and should b repaired if it is to be ciiiitinued ki use. As cimsutttmr engineer for the new water development tit IIsn dersonville, Mr. White has been in hat section for the past few days. He expressed the opinion that tin metropolis of Henderson Countv will have one of the best watet supplies and the very best watei from ' the watershed, on " Pisgah. Twenty square miles have been allowed by the government and ten will be developed and used at tne present tins-, lie stated. A Id-Inch main will l run through the Mills River section to a point about ont mile- ilipve Hendersonvllle, it miles, and a reservoir ot five mil lion aallnn rapacity will be erected, Approximator 1415.000 will be spent in developing the water sup ply, he declared. "Asheville should build parks and encourage cltv planning," he this city, "U will be the means ot bringing more people to this sec- tion snd will be a financial asset I to the city. U i r q j 1 1 i . 1 i 1'i