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GALA CONCERT IS
AT 6:30 O'CLOCK
.Mayor Roberts Formally
Opens Station G. I. Ste
phens Installed.
The Ashevllle Citizen today an
nounces the installation of a Radio
phone Broadcasting Station, work
on which has bean going forward
lor tnree weeks and tests over a
period of two weeks having; proved
that the range of the station is
greater than was anticipated. This
will be the flrst radio broadcasting
elation installed by any newspaper
in North Carolina and was prompt
ed largely by the evident need of a
station in this section of the. State.
The Citizen's station will enable
the World War Veterans at oteen
and Kenilworth hospitals and the
many who are unable to leave, their
itiruiva i. ii.m v.jiii.cih try mil
i unown - artists tnree times each
'week and various items ch eve
ning aunng ine wch. naaio nets
Information of special benefit to
those living in the rural sections,
as is furnished by the government,
twill be breadcasted.
The Citizen's Radiophone Broad
asting Station will be known as
Station W. F. A. J." and will
operate on a 360 meter wave
length. A sacred concert will be
given this afternoon between; the
hours of 3 and 4 o clock and a
Gala Opening Concert will ie
broadcasted tonight beginning . at
8:30 o clock. Hours for. the con
certs to be given each Tuesday and
Thursday will probaMjv, be differ
ent from those observed today,
since the Sunday hours have been
arranged in tm effort to not con
flict with religious services and in
as much as some of the artists
vho are giving of theirtime and
talent in this effort to 'advertise
Ashevllle, appear In the various
churches for the evening services.
' Q. I. Stevens, designing and con-'
etructing radio engineer, who wasj
the first manufacturer of radio in-i
struments in- the South and who
began the study of radio and its
mysteries In u, has supervised
the Installation of the station and
will have charge of Its Operation.
When Mr. Stevens located in Ashe
vllle there was only one radio re-
celvfag-1g'etrtn"J'Tne city ;andslnrg
that time a large number of re-
TURKS BOMBARD
Ai CALVARYME1M
CAPTURE SMYRNA
Kemalist Terms Include
Holdings of Greek Army
as Hostage.
CERTAIN WAR
MATERIAL ASKED
Greek Fleet Sailed From
Smyrna Friday U. S.
Detachments Land.
PARIS, Sept. 9. By the Asso
ciated Press.) The second divi
sion of the Turkish cavalry occu
pied Smyrna today, according to
aavices received by the French
ministry of marine from Smyrna. .
Everything passed oft calmly.
the advices stated, the behavior
of the Turkish troops being per-
iectiy correct.
WHO'S WHO ? . '
BY BILLY BORNE.
LOCKHART MADE
NEW HEAD STATE
LE GIOISfN ARES
LONDON, Sept. 9. A wireless I
dispatch from .Smyrna reports the
surrenaer or tne town to the
Turks, according to a Constanti
nople dispatch- to the Exchange
jeiegrapn company.
SMYRNA IS BOMBARDED
BV TILE NATIONALISTS
ATHENS, Sept. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.)- Smyrna is being
bombarded by the Turkish Na
tionalists. Nine airplanes from
the Greek naval base there arriv
ed here this morning, the airmen
telling of their departure from the
City under artillery Are.
As they left the Smyrna air-
come a shell dropped the tenth
plane which wn Just leaving the
ground. The plane was unable to
continue and the ay ia tors were ig
norant of the date of their com
rades.
celvlng sets have been erected and
purchased but today will marK tne
first complete concerts to be ateoacr
casted from Ashevllle. In his k
of Installing The Citizen Radio
phone Broadcasting Station Mr.
Stevens has had the hearty co
operation and support of Dr. Mc
Lean, of tne statr at nenuwortn
Hospital, Dr. McLean realizing the
neflt to be derived ,for. nia pa-
enta.
An Ammco Reproducing Piano
of the highest grade has been fur
nlahed without charge hy Dun
ham's Music House, as has a high
quality Sonora Phonograph by me
Phonograph Shop!' Burton Furni
ture Store has assisted in furnish-
the studio In The Citizen"?
ldlng on Hftywood street, a
rdlal invitation to the publc to
lUaitllWfW OT raw wwt
GREEK FLEET DEPARTS
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SMFRNA, Sept. 8. (6:55 p. m.,
by the Associated Press.) The
Greek fleet left Smyrna harber
this afternoon. The Greek com
missioner of police planned to em
bark tonight.
The Allies probably will occupy1
the town tomorrow!- Allied and
American detachments were land
ed at noon asdaiivtHBap!' war
ships for the protection of the for
eign population.
Naturalized Americans have
been Instructed to leave the town.
Turkish Nationalist vanguards
have been reported 15 miles from
the City. , i
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Rocky Mount Chosen for
1923 Convention City
by Department.
GENERAL SAWYER
IS CONDEMNED
Wilson Is Sent Felicita
tion Oteen Echo Re
tains Status.
Electrical Workers
Obtain Restraining
Order At Washington
1SS.N0 MINERS
MONUMENT. PLAN
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Literary Clubiof ,U. S.
Will Have opponumty
to Contribute.
ARMISTICE TERMS OF
KFJM AL1STS . DR ASTIC
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 9.
(By the Associated. Press. ) Kem
alist armistice terms, according to
newspapers, Include the surrender
of the Greek army as a hostage,
the delivery of certain war mater
ial, the Turkish occupation of the
Anatolian ports, the Immediate
evacuation of Thrace and the re
construction of l devastated
by th9 Greeks.
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LOCAL REGIONAL
BOY SCOUT BODYi
MEETS TUESDAY
Noon Conference at Grove
Park Inn Precedes Mon-
treat Sessions.
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TV,, annual meetina of thS RO
gtonal Committee composed of
presidents of all the Scout Coun
cils in tnj Bixin ntsiuii, vu.wH'
vnrth Curollna. South Caro
l;na, Georgia and rioriaa win
meet Tuetday at-noon at Grove
Park Inn o consider matters per
nlnlng to the scout movement In
this region. Cameron MacRae, ot
Ashevllle, a member of the -con.
miittec, is In charge of the ar
rangements for the meetings.
There will be about 21 mem-
ters present. The main businesi
cf the mooting will be transacted
in the afternoop. The member)
will take supper at the Inn after
which they will motor to Blue
R dge, where they will attend the
Second Biennial Conference of
Scout Executives that meets therj
from Tuesday, September la to
TumHiv. Rentember 19.
This committee la in charge of
cr.iit work In hls region. E. B.
Dnua-las. of Miami, Fla.. is the
chairman of the committee. He
la nnw at Grove Park Inn.
Beside the chairman the other
members of the committee are:
Cameron MacKae, or Asnevnie
Alhert S. Adams, of Atlanta. Gt
Pust President of International
Rotarv Clubs: . Roger W. Davis
Charlotte: W. A. Hewitt, of
Greensboro: Dr. Baxter Moore,
Orlotte. J. ,C. Whitaker, Wln--Salem,
manager ot the R. J.
nolds Tobacco Company.
George B. Tripp, Spartanburg. S.
C; Major E. E. Raines, Charles
ton. S. C; Christy Bennet
Charleston, 6. C; Mel Williams,
of Atlanta,- Oa., member of the
National Executive Board of Boy
Prouts of America; George Watts
Atlanta: Rayton Jacob, Macon,
a.; Henry strachan, of savannah:
C. W. Coleman. La Grange, Ga.;
Home "Dimon, Columbus. Ga.;
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KIDNAPPINC 8 0 Y
Court Tells Strikers Their
Crime Heinous, Rank
. ing WfthTMEurder.s
"Rights and liberties of citizens
of North Carolina must be pro
tected and the Constitutions of the
State and Nation must be upheld,"
said Judge Henry P. Lane, presid
ing over the Superior Court, Sat
urday, when R. G. KoOntz E. R.
("Red") Henderson and Frank
Briggs, striking railway employes,
were hailed into court to receive
their sentences as a result of their
conviction ot tne charge or Kid
napping and assaulting Sam Harris,
youthful employe ot the Southern
Railway.' ' :
' In ordering the men rent to the
State's prison at Raleigh to serve
seven years each at hard labor In
stripes. Judge Lane spoke to them,
remarking that the crime of which
they had been convicted was orfe
of the worst offenses, ranking with
the most heinous offenses. Not only
had the convicted men kidnapped
a helpless, fatherless and mother
less boy, said the court, out tney
had aggravated the crime by beatr
Ing him with long switches.
Attention of Judge Lane was
called by Attprney J. Scroop Styles
that the convicted men had fam
ilies, but it was the opinion ot the
presiding JJOdge that he could not
overlook- the offense which they
wec adjudged guilty.
On convening Saturday, the-
court room was crowded' with hun
d reds of spectators 'and Judge
Lane ordered them to have seats,
Before the sentences were an
nounced. Attorney Thomas 8. Rol
lins, who appeared in behalf of the
Southern Railway Company and
Mr. Styles, of the defense, spoke.
Mr. Rollins attacked some of the
testimony offered by wltneses for
the defendants and Introduced
conies Of The Citizen of Sunday
morning, August S. which naa oeen
referred to during the progress of
th trial. .
Your honor, I want to call your
attention to the papers on the
morning after the kidnapping,"
said Mr. Rollins. "When I cross
examined a number of witness" s
they said they had recalled the
places where the defendants wre
at -the time of the crime, be.'Mi
the next morning they read In the
papers that the kidnapping t ok
claceUntween 11:10 and 11:10
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Literary clubs throughout th
United States will be given an op
portunity to participate In raising
funds for a monument to O. Henry
(William Sidney Porter) famous
author and short story Writer, It
was announced yesterday, on the
eve of the celebration pf his birth
anniversary, September 11.
The movement to raise funds
with which to erect a monument
to the memory of O. Henry will be
launched at the district meeting of
the Federation of Women's Clubs,
at Waynesville, October 19. -
Mrs. Porter placed a market
at the grave last week and has an
nounced her intention of placing
a monument at a later date. O.
Henry Is burled at Riverside Ceme
tery and the fact tnat ne spent
considerable time In Asheville and
is at rest in the hills he loved, has
led all Asheville to become proud
of the famous author and to an
nually observe his birth- anniver
sary." " . . :
O. Henry was born at Greens
boro In 1862 and died June S, 1910,
after lifetime, of-varied activities
that fitted him in every manner, i
with a string of adventures to draw
upon for the short storlss that
have passed through the years as
among the best in the literary art.
Dr. Archibald Henderson, former
president of the , North -Carolina
Historical Society,- will come to
Ashevllle for the celebration and
will take part In the program ar
ranged, making a three-minute ad
dress at the Pack and Imperial
theatres, Monday night.
Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Charles
Malcolm Piatt will also make tTiree
minute addresses at the FackThe
atre at 8:30 o'clock and the Im
perial at 9:J0 o'clock.
"Alias Jimmy Valentine," a stage:
success from O. Henry's "Retrieved
Reformation." will be presented
at the Pack by the Pack Players,
durlnar the entire week.
In keeping with the program
started last year, the southern En
terprises will present pictures from
O. Henry stories, Monday and
Tuesday at three moving picture
houses as follows: Princes, "Tne
Ghost of a Chance," from "Sixes
nnri Sevens:" ImDerlal. "Guardian
of the Accolade." from "Roads-of
Destiny," Strand: '"The Day Re
suntent." from "Strictly Business.'
The famous author started his
career in Texas, although born' in
North Carolina, receiving his
academic training: In the former
State and later spending eoml time
on a cattle ranch before entering
his Journalistic field as j-eporter on
The Houston Post.
Shortly afterward ha purchased
Brann's Iconoclast, which he con
verted Into a ten-page weekly, fur
nishing most of the copy. He re
named the magazine the Rolling
Stone, but soon abandoned ths ven
ture and left for South. Africa,
This trip, in later yeans, proved
an excellent mine from which was
drawn some of his best stories. He
started in the business ef raising
bananas on a large seals and wnan
Lthls venture proved unsuccessful
ne reiurnea to. eui ana Becurra
employment as a druggist's clerk.
His literary work was started in
earnest when he moved to New Or
leans, but he remained In compar
ative obscurity until he removed to
New York In 1901, where he start
ed his career as an author of short.
stories and became one of ths moat
popular In America. His fame to
day rests mainly on stories of New
York life, from the home of the
millionaire to the East Side slums.
Opening Week Dedicated To
Greater Asheville Through
Greater Commerce Chamber
Mrs. Harding No
Worse is Message
From White House
-'t. . t' r '
President Deeply Apprecia
tive of Call From Mr,
and Mrs. WUson.
Business and Professional
Men Active for Big
Program Ahead.
OPENING PAGEANT i
"MONDAY EVENING
WASHINGTON, Sept r 9; The
condition of, Mrs. Harding at 11
o'clork tonight was said by sec
retary Christian to be about the
same as when the official bulletin
was Issued earlier in the evening.
"The most encouraging thing,"
he declared, "la that Mrs. Harding
is no worse."
Chairman Lasker of the ship
ping board, was a late caller at
the White House and - said Dr.
George T. Harding, the President's
brother, and one of the consult
ing physicians, had ' told him he
was "not without hope" for the
recovery of Mrs. Harding.
President Harding was still st
the hedslde. He had been creat-
lv cheered. It was declared, by the
visit .to the White House during
the day or former 1'resiaent wn
ann and Mrs. Wilson. They had
been "most gracious" and the
President- was-deeply apprecia
tive of their words, it was aaasa.
Among he late callers tonight
at the executive mansion were
Senator and Mrs. New, of Indiana.
RinrafsTTo
R01RF0IPFR
WITH BJJJLD ING
Launch Movement for
Personal Service at j
Assembly. ;
Financial Canvass Will
Be Inaugurated By Teams
Tuesday Morning.7-
A Greater Ashevllle through a
Greater Chamber of Commerce,
both made possible through the
willingness of public-spirited citi
zens to generously render service i
'm1?!1' oomnumtv ,' tne a'm ,f the service and Is now practicing
, ffpTi'll rmrojiMiilntrf TM Ailti Wi Cllitrn I
OKICICNUIiOHO, Sept. 9 .
Crowding the day with varied ac
tivities, (he North Carolina de
pnrtnient of the American 1-eglon.
late tfils afternoon ' brought its
convention to an end. nrfter the
elec.lim of nfTlcers. Ihe foi-nitila-
tlon of policies bv mean of rose
lutloin, t lie singing of n miiKnlfl
cent parade anil the transaction ot
a mass ot buslnes.
James A. Lnrkhart. of Char
lotte. was elected commander of
the department on the first ballot.
defeating Dr. E. A. ioi'ketl. of
Wlnston-Sajem. and I. T. Mann
of High Point. The vole was:
Lockhnrt, 124; Ixirkett, 63; Mann,
16
The three vice commanders
elected are: Joe Eastman, of
Waynesville; Tom, Daniels, ot
Newborn: T. It. Marh, of Halls
bury. P. B. Henley, of Uoxbc.ro,
was a No nominated but the three
highest- get the three vlce-rom-
mandornhips. The vote was: Marsh,
174:..Eastmfln, 170; Daniels, 164;
He!ev, 94. Bob Denny, of
Greensboro, was elected adjutant
bv acclamation.
( ale K. Burgess la Head.
National Committeeman.
For national committeeman.
Cale K. Purges,' of Raleigh, was
elected over William O. Smith, of
Raleigh. 139; Smith, 69. Mr.
Smith was named alternate na
tional committeeman by acclama
tion. v .
For chaplain' Rev. Anthony
Parshly, of Clinton, was elecied.
Others placed In nomination were
Kev. R. k. t.rlflbon, or Wlnston-
Salem, and Hev. F. H. Scatter-
good, of Rocky Mount. While the.
balloting was proceeding It was
seen that Mr. Parshly was lead-
til far In the front and ths names
of the others were dlthdrawn and
the nomination was ErtwAi munis.
For historian Charles Sloane, of
Otecn. was chosen by acclamation.
as was Ma lor .Matt Alton, df
Goldsboro. for Judge sdvo"ate.
The new State Commander has
a distinguished war record. Mr.
Lockhart entered the first officers'
training, camp at Oglethorpe In
1917. was commlsnlor.od a Second
Lieutenant and attached to the
Fourth Army Corps. He served
Isj-soros-ot- the hottest-fighting in
the Argonne and was twice wound
ed. He was awarded the Dls.ln
gulshed War Cross for Gallantry
In Action.
He was a resident of Wadea
boro when he volunteered hut
moved to Charlotte when he left
officials and the coming week will
be dedicated to .this task, with
business and professional men
busy at work to Insure success of
the comprehensive program out
lined. .
The festive part of the program
will be on Monday evening with
the pageant, All For Ashevllle
which will be presented on the
spacious lawn of the Battery Park
Hotel, "The Greater Asheville
Dinner," at 6:30 o'clock, will fol
low the beautiful and timely pa
geant and several hundred citi
zens will gather around -th fes
tive board. . -
Actual work to Insurs the finan
cial part of the program will be
started Tuesday morning at 9:80
o'clock when the teams, led by
Captains, will begin s canvass of
the business and professional In
terests of the City, asking support
for the Greater Chamber of Com
merce program.
The large stage on Battery
Park Hill has been completed and
only a final rehearsal ot three
lew there.
Woman's Auxiliary of the
Legion la Ttnsy.
While the . Legionnaires were
nusy so was tne woman s Auxil
iary of the Legion. They elected
officers Just before adjournment
!nls this afternoon. They took a
stand for the next year by the
adoptions of numerous resolutions
and pranged through a great deal
of business.
.New officers of the auxiliary are:
President, Mrs. .1. K. ' Norflcet,
of WInaton-Salem; first vice-president.
Mrer-Charles D. Benbow, of
Ortcnshoro! second vice-president,
Mrs. Robert Redwood, of Ashe
ville: ..chanlnln, Mrs. W. P.
Baughm, of Washington; national
commltleewomnn, Mrs. E. W.
Burt. Salisbury. The secretarr-
traaurer will be appointed by the
nrealdnnt. Mrs. F. 8. Snrulll was
elected first vice-president but was
unable to serve ana Mrs, uonnow
wah named by acclamation for
that ofllce.
The convention chose KocKy
central figures, "America," "Ashe- Mount as the next convention city,
ADMINISTRAT
TO ANSWER
SINS COX STATES
Home From Europe, He
Says U. S. Prosperity
is First Problem.
REPARATIONS SOLE
QUESTION ABROAD
Points Out American
Failure to Stabilize Eu
rope Without Cost.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9. (Bv The
Associated Press. ) Re-eslahllsh.
ment of prosperity In the United
State must be given first place In
ine fnougnts or Americans and
must be the preface of , discussion
of the entrance of this country
Into iOurnpean affairs and Into the
league of Nations, declared James
M. Cox, former governor of Ohio,
and Democratic candidate for the
presidency at the last election, on
his return from Europe today on
the Paris. Mr. CoX went abroad
lo study old world political and
economic conditions.
Discussing the issues In the con.
gresslonal elections this fill I, Mi'
Cox snld that the International Is
sue would be "the failure of the
Administration both in the moral
and unselfish i view, on the one
hand, and the practical and selfish
view on the other, to participate
In the affairs of the world. Butt
he lidded, the matter of Govern
mental association to promote
peuce must, yield to the matter
of establishing economic order In
this country. '
Mr, Cox said that, for ths mo
ment, there wss nothing pressing
in the question of the League of
Nations Iri Kurope, ne declared,
reparations and not ths league Is
the Important nneation now.
; "Reparations,? Mr. Cox declsr
ed, "la the one question In Kurope
today, and America holds ths key
to the reparations situation. Jf a
decision la not reached. Germany
will collapse and With her will go
Austria. And, if Germany col
lapses, France will get nothing and
will be left in a vesy bad sltua-
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E JOBS BY
PACT
Inauguration of a movement by
the Spilman Assoclattsn to erect
a ' Urge building - at RIdgecres'..
probably an auditorium, In honor
of Dr." B. W. 8pllme.il, founder ol
the Southern Baptist Assembly.
featured the closing sessions dur
ing the past week.
- Simultaneously, was ths launch :
in ot a' mevement to organize the
Personal Service" Division of tl.t
Southern 'Baptist1 Assembly, with
the object cf securing funds and
workers or ths maintenance of a
"Good-Will Center" at RIdgecrest.
providing such . activities" as -will
tit-emote ths physical, mental, so
cial and -spiritual uplift of the
community.
Ths plans of ths promoters In
clude a kindergarten for ths smal
ler children, an adult school for
illiterates, a boy's club to dlrec:
the energy of the youths, cooking
end - sewing classes for women
with ths final feature a "cheer-all"
club for women, to Infuse In their
lives new hopss and interests. Two
trained Christian .workers of ex
perience re' considering (he . cail
to this' work. , .
Rev. Dr. R. jr. Batsman, pastor
of the First Baptist Church; Dr
J. L. Spalding. Miss Annie Logan
end Mrs. Kluts, have been asked
to represent Ashevllle tin tho
hoard of directors . for the new
organization. t.
Mrs. B. H. Blanton. of Charlotte.
and Mrs. W. V. Powell, of RIdge
crest, hsve been named president
nd secretary, respectively and tii
project w 11 bs supported by vol
untary ""r.;ribut;on
ville" and "North Carolina" sched
uled for Monday morning, la nec
essary before everything will be
pronounced as InVeadiness for the
pageant which will be started
promptly at 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Reuben Robertson, the pa
geant committee, regrets to an
nounce, will be unable to take
part as ''America," because of sud
den Illness, i although she has se
cured her costume and had train
ed faithfully for the part. Miss
Ida Hamilton will take the part as
"America." .
"North Carolina" will be repre
sented by Mrs, 3. .Scroop Styles
and " Miss Katherlne . Erwln will
take ths part a- "Asheville," the
third member ef the central trio.
Miss Hannah Weaver
To-PoTtiay Part.
The "Greater" Ashevllle Cham
ber of Commerce" will be portrsy
ed by Miss Hannah Weaver, the
daughter of Representative and
Mrs. Zebulon Weaver and her at
tendants will be Miss Anna Kath
arine Davis and Miss Marion Cox.
Two trumpeters In green velvot
and silver costumes will also at
tend Miss Weaver and she will car
ry a handsome bouauet of flowers
to- oe presented by the President
and Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce
"Civic Virtue," an allegorical
figure, with sword and -scales of
Justice, will be portrayed by -Miss
Inez nessier and Miss Louise Cos
ton, In Shakespearean Tobes of red
and gold will represent Drama.
A special 'cello - number to
O'Msra's "There - Is No Death,'.'
has' been written by Carl Behr,
'cellist, and will be sung by Mrs.
Kstherme Wooster. Mr. Behr
playing the 'cello. - Other musical
numbers will Include: Gounod's
"Ava Maria;" Grieg's 'fMornlng;'
Handel's "Largo" and the "Trau
meri" by 8chumann. The Munic
ipal Band, under the direction of
Joseph DeNardo, will also contrib
ute a number f spirited selec
tions. As previously announced,' the
official program was placed In- ths
hands of the printers Fridsy eve-
to be held the second Wednesday
snd Thursday In September, 1923.
That action was taken this morn
ing. -Following came the parade,
through Elm Street, the main ar
tery of the' city. Representative
Jeffers' ssaech drev the legion
naires next, but the convention
found lime In the morning to en
dorse action In favor of adjusted
compensation for former service
men to demand that the disabled
In Oteen and Kenilworth hospitals
be followed to vote In all elections
and to decide to seek better In
struction . for the children In the
schools In respect for the flag.
Refuse, to Assess Mem tiers
For Oteen l-bo.
Other high lights In the pro
gram included a sharp fight over a
resolution which the majority of
the legionnaires thought was aim
ed at the raliroan men now on
etrlke and organized labor In gen
eral; the refuaal to assess mem
bers of ths legion for subscription
to the Oteen Echo; denunciation
of Brigadier Oenesal Sawyer, chief
of co-ordination of hospitalization
work; a resolution expressing ad
miration of any sympathy for for
mer President Wilson: a demand
that the nursse broke down In
rare ot ths disabled be cared for
and that those caring for them re;
ceivs higher pay.
Ths convention was extreme In
expressing Its contempt for Brig
adier General Sawyer. He wai
denounced bv Dan Kollenga, of
Hamlet aa having failed in hla
duty, as being unfit, a being out
of sympathy with the plans to
help the disabled. The oonventlon
roared its spproval of the fierce
condemnation of Sawyer.
Mr. Hollenga. who ia retiring
National Committeeman, brought
in the-Teport vof the resolution
committee and after It waa dis
posed of he suggested ths one
aimed at General Sawyer. He told
how he was appointed by Presi
dent Harding as his personal
physician and then msde chief of
co-ordination of hospitillzatlon
work.
"1 wsnt the convention to con-
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'At the fall elections, the Ad
ministration will have to answer
for Its sins of omission and com
mission. While the paramount Is
sue will be a internal one, the
amnestic ana iBieriiaiionai ques
tions can not really toe separated.
The economic unit Is the world
not any one country A part of
It Is close to collapse. America had
a chance, without Involvements of
any kind, to end ths deadlock,
stabilize ' Europe and create a
market for our farms and facto
rles. Declining prices in America's
products Is largely due to the re
jection ot this opportunity.''
Mr.- Cox said that he favored
suspension of payment of the Inter-allied
war debts. The Balfour
statement, ho added, was badly re
ceived in England and did not ex
press ths feelings of the people.
"England wants to pay us what
she owes," "Iflr. Cox went on. "I
should not be surprised if, when
she does It, she then proposes that
all the remaining obligations to
the United States and England be
cancelled.
"The league needs no defend
ers. Ths United States will be
come a member of It, of course,
That Is as certain ss the coming
of day. We Will come in, not only
as a matter of duty and service,
but of self-Interest as well. We
will enter with a well formed and
understanding public opinion and
then the league will cease to be a
Rail Executive Declares
Last Meeting' Is Held
in Strike Parley.
RAIL CHIEFS AND
UNIONS MARK TIME
Motion v Entered to Dis
miss Chicago Federal
Injunction Suit.'
.WILKESBARRE. pa.. Sept. ."
The anthracits wage agreement
sending the miners back to work
at once after more than1 five
months of Idleness was ratified
by the trl-dlstrlct-convention of'
the hard coal diggers tonight
Under, the agreement - 166.000
mtne workers return to work, at
the rats ot wage! they received
when they suspsnded mining on
March II. The nw contract will
be In effect until August tl next
year, when a hew arrangement is
to be negotiated "in the light" of
a report to bo made by a commis
sion which both aides recommend
ed be created by Congress to In
vestigate every phase of ths an
thracite Industry,
.The peacs pact was ratified by
a vlve vocs vote. -- Immediately
after the ratification a motion was
unaplmously adopted, lifting ths
suspension at once and the men .
will be permitted to return to
work on Monday. As soon as ths
convention adjourned leaders of
the United Mine Workers immedi
ately mads preparations to have '
the formal contract alrnod by both -
aides at Scranton on Monday.
wnan tne man return to work
the suspension will have lasted
16S days, ens day less than ths
great strike of 1801 which contin
ued from May 1 to October 11, In
clusive. The suspension which
was never officially designated ss
a strlks by the Union, was free
from serious disorder. None of
the coat companies made any at
tempt to mine coal,- but employed
men to keep the mines free from
water and gas.
It la expected full production
will not be obtained for several
weeks. '
"Germany. I waa told by Preal-
dent Ebe will enter the league
the day the United States does.
but she will not, for the present
CtflfieorS . rn Tml
R1T ISSUED
LIE COUNTY
N
DEATH MYSTERY
Solicitor Makes Investiga
tion of Smith Homicide
on Saturday.
llfrUl rrrem4MF V iltflHUt CiCm)
MORO ANTON, Sept. 9. It ap
pears today that ths slayer of
Ouray Smith, whose mutilated
body was found Tuesday afternoon
on the doorway of hla uncle's
home eight miles from Morgnnton,
may be brousht (o trial and the
mystery that has surrounded the
tragedy may yet be cleared. Solic
itor R. L. Huffman, who ' came
home yesterday from- Newton
where he has been engaged In
Catawba County Court,-.-has - been
Investigating the affair, and, al
though he declires to make any
statement whatever as to evidence
thst hsa developed, it Is known!
that, aa a result of his Investiga
tions, a warrant has been issued
for the arrest of Plato Spratt, a
young man who lives four miles
from the Smith home end it is un
derstood that other arrests may
bs made within" the next twenty
fcur house. Solicitor Huffman will
return to Newton tomorrow. He
stated that the - preliminary trial
will not be held until after he has
completed Catawba Court, the lat
!er part ef next week.. .'.
TEMPORARY HKHTRAmmO ;
OKDKH FOR KLKtTRICIAJf 8
WASHINGTON Sept. 9.--A
temporasy order restraining Unltad
States Marshal E. C. Snyder front
Interfering with meetings of the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers and from do
ing anything In opposition to the
prosecution of the railroad shop
craft strlks In excess ot the scops
of the injunction granted by the
Government In Chicago, was the
net result of the legal attack .,
launched by the. electrical work
ers' organization against ths Chi
cago-writ. ' - . ,. -
Justice Bailey, of the Sunrema
Court of the District of Columbia.
who Issued the order refused to
impose a similar restraint on
United States Attorney Peyton
Gordon, named aa co-defendant
by the Union, but announced that
his decision In this regard waa
without prejudice to a renewal of
the petition after next Monday
when the Chicago order expires.
Hearing on the restraining or
der directed a-'"St Marshal Bny
der was scheduled for September
IS when Justice, Bailey will take
Up the Government's motion to
dismiss the petition seeking per
manent injunction order slong the
sams lines as that covered by to- .
day's decision.
Neither the Department of Jus
tics nor labor officials would
comment publicly on Justice Ball- .
ey 'a findings, but unofficially they,
were Interpreted as constituting a
virtual defeat for the Union In
view -of the practical afflrlmatlon
of the Chicago order. '
Government officials today stnl
professed themselves to be without
definite information aa to the pro-
grasa or scope of the negotiations
reported to be In nrorreaa looking
IVBWWMI OT rW4 T1MJ
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
C. B. AT KIN
C. B. Atkln, of Knoxville. head
of ths C. B. Atkltf Company, larg
eat mantel manufacturing estab
lishment In the world, and of other
furniture manufacturing establish
ments in that city, as well as an
extensive property holder there. Is
In Asheville, the flrst Uxne In J6
years, a gut cf Grove Park Inn.
lie Is deeply Impressed with the
magnitude of the growth ot the
city since he saw It a quarter of
a - Century ag", when lie passed
through briefly, en rouie to and
from the mpu stains where he en
Joyed a Ashing trip.
The owner of three hotels la
Knoxville, a frequent visitor In
the -Esst, and having mads several
extended tours of Kurope In the
past few years hs Is qualified to
apeak, and says that the Grove
Park Inn Is the finest hotel he
hss yet seen.
Mr. Atkln is astounded wits
the growth of Ashevllle, and de
clares that it has ths appaaranca
of a city of 10. 09 Instead f the
figure st which ths Government
census places the population.
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