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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN " DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ' THE WEATHER North Carolina! Generally fair Fri day and Saturday. South Carollnai Cloudy Iff norh and probably ehewero In aouth portion Friday and Saturday. WATCH LABEL On your paper, Renew your auk acrlptlen flvo days bforo exslratten, and Iniura not missing an leave. ESTABLISHED 1668. jMdikyjCXR'Pjy MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 JVfiW Lrtsts In (wprmnn Reparations Program Verniers NowFaciwi COOLING IT OFF BY BILLY BORNE. SGOU XECUTIVE p BELGIUM'S STAPJIl FIRST C NOT DIPLOMATIC: MAYRES SSTERNDEPNfl Germans Refuse to Fay 100,000,000 Gold Marks Due as Guarantee. "FRENCH CABINET'S - POLICY STIFFENS Military Action Not Ex pected unless Proposed , Parley Breaks Down. - PARIS, 8ept. 14. (By the Asso elated Press.) The newly devel oped crisis in the reparations question became so acute tonight upon, receipt of Berlin adviceB that Germany had categorically refused to five up the 100.000.000 gold marks demanded by Belgium as a guarantee of the six months note issued on account of repara tions, that the members of the , commission decided the situation has gone beyond their control and requires the Immediate attention of the Allied Premiers, k Sir John Bradbury, British I member of the Commission,' is " proceeding; to London to lay the - matter in detail before Premier ' Lloyd George, while M. Polncare has assumed command of the French side of the negotiations. The Italian and the .Belgian Pre miers aiso are nanaung inje situa- tlon for their countries. Belgium's .request for the depos- ltiaflf gold not later than tomorrow, instead of being merely a diplo matic maneuver to permit further aiscussion as at first indicated, now appears to be a stern demand with the - full backing of -the French and Belgian Government. After1 the meeting today of the French Cabinet, it was authorita tively stated that official notifica tion of Germanya refusal to de liver the gold would be followed by the laying of the matter before the reparations commission by Belgium and a French demand for a Declaration of the Germans', vol untary default. 1 An official communique Issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs respecting the meeting be tween M. Polncare and M. Dubois of the reparations commission at Kamhoulllet, says: "Tho Cabinet council through the Premier gave definite Instruc tions to M. Dubois concerning the .French attitude in the event of Germany's failure to comply with the reparations commission's de cision of August 31." M. Dubois, who is President of the Commission, will exercise his right to cast the deciding vote In the event that-Great Britain ana Italy oppose such declaration, as is probable. The members of the Cabinet took a very critical view of .the situation and gave explicit instructions to M. Dubois to de mand action by the Commission inleas the gold id .deposited. The refusal of Germany to pay the 1,500,000 pounds due tomor row as Dart payment of her pri- . vate pre-war debts to Allied na tionals, nas servea to sunen me attitude of the Cabinet. The re cent London conference reduced the payments due in August and ) September irom ,uuu,uuu to "100,000 pounds. Germany lias paid 600,000 and was required to '- pay tne Daianco tomorrow. ni v?tisii in tin itiV has caused deeD resentment In the French Cabinet, which feels that Germany could easily meet the payment. French- policy Is being directed toward a formal assertion from the Commission of Germany's vol- urUary'default; it is reliably stat ed that France will then request an immediate conference of the Allied powers to consider the rep arations situation and an effort will be made to reach an agree ment with Great Britain on the Frenoh debt ahd also a definite settlement of the reparations ques tions. No military measures would te taken unless the conference broke down. ' The British differ strongly with the French In the present crisis and believe that Germenj's off or should be accepted. They .con tend that the Commission, never contempiaiea idm ximS,... actually .demand gold, such pro vision being put Into the decision simply for use as a last resort. Despite the very serious turn of events the uerman aeies""" Paris remains calm and optimis tic. When informed that the Cab inet had decided upon a stern pol icy, one German official said: "They always decide on stern measures. However, we have re fused the gold and shall continue to refuse Itr But I think that some compromise will be effected as the Allies do not want, to pre cipitate trouble at this time. NNOR RAFTSMEN UMFWDRK TH TONIGHT Continued Peace Between Roads and Two Brother hoods in Prospect. GOVERNMENT WILL SPEED RAIL CASE LLabor Will Attempt to rrove,Kaiiroads Forced Strike on Union. CHICAGO. BeDt. 14. Rv Th Associated Press.) With negotia tions reparted under way with sev eral railways in an effort to nhtnin immediate ratification of the peace agreement adopted by the general poucy committee of the striking was expressed . by Union leaders snop crafts yesterday, the hone vonignt mat tne men would be back at work at several points tomor row. The Chlcaero and Northwestern led tno way in the parleys which W. H, Flnley, president of the road, said would be a "mere form ality." He added that he expected his men to begin to return to work tomorrow. Next in line was trie Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, B. B. Geer, vice-president, declar ing at the close of a meeting with the system chairmen that it was hoped that soma 16,000 men would be back at their Jobs by tomqrrow night over the entire system. in the case of the Rock Island, committee of shlpmen, called upon J. E. Gorman,' president of the road, in an effort to persuade him from the stand he had an nounced earlier in the day when be said it was unnecessary for his road to negotiate as it had 76 per cent or its usual shop forces at work. The conference continued for four and a half hours, at the end of which time. Mr. Gorman told the Associated Press: , "I told them I could aot accept, think that covers it and there la nothing mors . that can be said at this time." ; ? "-.. Meanwhile the executive council of the shop crafts met at a north side hotel to make arrangements ror tne separate negotiations. None of the leaders would discuss the situation in detail, the general opinion seeming to be voiced by B. M. Jewell, strike leader, who said: . There s been too much publicity already. We won't have anything more to say tot several days." TT? rr1 -1 TE TRAINING PITS WILL BE SET UP Three or Four to Be Es tablished in Different Parts of Country. CAPTAIN GIDNEY IS ACTIVE FIGURE Sea Scouting Is Discussed -Group Meetings Are Conducted. Fourteen Americans In Fire-Swept Smyrna Are Reported Missing TURKS TERRORIZE lirHF.HT IIOLLOWAY Klaff t'orrtwpondent. BU'K R1DOK. Sept. 14. The recommendation of the Nadolol I'ommlitslon on Train ing that there tie established by the Hoy Scouts of America, three or four trnlnlng centers for Smut Executives In differ ent parte of. the country, hna been approved by the Confer ence, the recommendations be in a part of the report made Wednesday mottling, It waa learned today. What steps the National Council will take to carry out the recommendations have not been announced and some form of action may be outlined he fore the end of the eight-day session. DEFER OPENING VE -OF. G TVS V, TRICK BV THAI MAN CONTINUED PEACE WITH . BROTHERHOODS IN SIGHT NEW YORK. Bept. : 14. Con tinued-peace between the railroads and at least two of the big four brotherhoods which . . man their trains seemed In sure prospect to night when it was announced that practically agreed to renew their the New Tork Central Lines had present arrangements with the trainmen and conductors. This announcement, coming from W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, was followed by the report that the Pennsylvania, Brie, Lacka wanna ahd other Eastern trunk lines also were ready to continue the waste scales, working conai tions and rules under which the trainmen and conductors are now emnloved. " Chieftains of these two brother hoods and officials of the IS roads maklnr ud the New York Central System probafty will sign the re newal agreements tomorrow, mr. Lee -said. The only undertermlned question tonight, he explained, was wnetner tne new agreement wuuiu hm tor one year or two. ' The agreements In prospect win automatically remove the United States Labor Board the task of de cldlna- upon the pay and working conditions for trainmen. When the brotherhoods and the eastern car riers several months ago failed to reach agreements, the matter was put beforethe board, but now the trainmen ana', conductors soem about to settle the matter them selves with the separate roads. Mr. Leo said tonight he did not know what plans for settling the wage question had been mad by the other two big oroinernoous. tne engineers arid the firemen and englnemen. ' GOVERNMENT TO REST IN SUIT BT Wtm MMV CHICAGO. Sept..i4.-!-TtBv The Associated Press. TheNUOvern- ment today speeded ' up Its vase agajnst the striking ran craita in am effort to complete the evidence In support of Attorney-General Daugherty's injunction bill by Saturday noon. j. - While two assistant attorney- general and Blackburn Esterllne, assistant solicitor-general, worked BV TRAIN MAN relays reading additional affi- MEJCTS QUICK DEATH daTit, of violence during tha pro gress of the strike, tne derense nounced it would seek to show the SALISBURY, sept, it. win acn ery, a white man whoso homo was at High Point, was siruc oy mrain bound passenger train No. 31, at Lake, a flag atatlon near Lexington this morning and almost Instantly killed. The body was brought on to Salis bury and this evening was sent to High Point where Zaehery la said to have a daughter. It is said the man was welkin along the track whan truck by tne locomotive. Hie head was crushed, a leg broken and ho vas otherwise bruised. NOX-CNION MEN STILL - WORKING AT SPENCER rSpartal Crrmiliifl m rterai C.1lM XPENCER. Sept. 14. Strikers are tin on picket duty and non-union n'on are Mill busy In ne southern Railway Shops txre tonight pending a settlement of the strike. Strike leaders hava responded to the rail for a conference In Washington Sat urday and a settlement Is expected by Monday. 1 railroad executives were In a con splracy to force a strtk in an ef fort to wreck the Unions. r 'The Government has sought to ihow presumption of a conspiracy among the shopmen to carry out acts of violence," attorneys for ths defense ' said. "Wo will show a strong ppVsumptlon that certVin rail executives were In conspiracy to destroy ths unions. "Wo will show they first sought to bring on a strike and then did everything In their power to pro vent peace." Evidence which the Unions could not produce heretofore be cause it might hurt their peace ne gotiations with Daniel Willard and other rail presidents, can now be brought forward. It was said. If the Government completes Its raso by Saturday noon, four -davs UBLIC SGROOLS Montford, Ashland Park Avenue, Murray mil, , Orange St. Affected. Opening of five city schools, ac commodating about 2,600 pupils was ordered deferred indefinitely by the City School Board yesterday as the buildings are now without plumbing and new equipment can not be installed until it arrives, the delay attributed to tho slow moving of freight caused by the railway strike. Just when these schools will be opened " is not known, but-the students will, be required to resume their studies at tha earliest possible moment. The schools that will not open next Monday morning are Mont ford, Orange, Ashland, Murray Hill and Park Avenue. Thoso to begin sessions next Monday morn ing are: Asluwilla High School, West Ashevllle and all the colored schools including Buffalo Street, Livingston, Hill Street.' Colored pupils attending Catholic Hill will resume their studies Monday under the system employed last year until the new Stevens-Lee High School is finished. Decision to defer the opening or tne nvo schools Came after a lengthy dis cussion. Additions and new plumbing fix tures for the buildings were au thorised by tho Bchool Board after favorable action was taken by th Rotary,' Kiwanis, Clvitan Clubs, and Parent-Teacher Asso ciation and other civic organisa tions recommended that' the im provements be made as speedily aa possible. Pursuant to the re- : Quests, bids were called for last Juno and the contracts let in July. Z. V. Creasman Company has the contract for the plumbing and some time ago ths eld worn out fixtures were removed from the building. VThe company waa no tified that the eqtlpmsnt waa shipped from the factory on Au gust 8,. but nothing more has been heard. . ' Mayor Roberts was instructed by th Board to send a communi cation to Mr. Creasman asking him to make' every possible effort to seouro tho fixtures. It was Sug gested that he might employ ths services of a special agent to trace the shipment, it being understood that only one car load is needed at the present time.. Commission er Sheriill was of the opinion that the Board should demand that Mr. Creasman do something. He said that supplies to be used for the new water mains had oten neia up and tha firms with ths contract had aeaV a man to Chattanooga to trace tho shipment and found the same on a side track in the rail-' way yards. However, It was the belief of the Board that the body was without authority to take such a drastio step, but would request Mr. Creasman to. rush the Job to completion. When the meeting first opened Suoerintendent W. ,. L. Brooker stated to, the board that he did not deem it wise to open a portion of tha grammar schools on Mon day amd let the others remain closed. He said the schools had the same curriculum and that the records - would become compli cated. ' . ... R. H. McDuffio mado tho mo tion that the high school open next Monday and tho colored schools open also. This was op posed strongly by the Mayor, who said h edid not believe it could be mado plain to patrons why ths col ored schools had been openo.l and West Ashevllle schools remain closed. The Mayor said he believe ed that eight and a half months of school was sufficient lor the average child.-" Superintendent Johnson. of School Construction, reported that a certain portion of tho roof of tho West Ashevllle School Build ing leaked badly and that If re pairs were not made, tho building would bo damaged and tho walls endangered during tho rains and snows of the coming winter. Ho was authorised to secure sn eoU mate on the cost of the work. Mr. Johnson said it appeared to him that a man or a group of men should be employed at all times to look sfter school repairs, elating thst repairs tha last few ---ICaiMaMi Mi tttt raw BQY SCOUTS MY ERECT MOR AL FOR ROOSEVELT All Would Furnish Logs for Permanent Cabin at Oyster Bay. EPISCOPALIANS TO TAKE ACTION ON HSKEDSOCIETIES Church Gathering in Uni son Over International Narcotic Meet. It has been suggested that the Boy Scouts of American erect a permanent memorial cabin, replica of the house occupied by Theodore Roosevelt during his life as a South Dakota ranchman, at Oyster -Bay, logs for ths lodge to bo contributed by Scout Troops all over tho coun try, It was learned at ths Scout Executive Conference yesterday.1.' This project is now being worked out In co-operation with Herman Hagedorn, of . the. Roosevelt ' Me morial Association. Scout officials have said of Roosevelt: "With each succeed ing year since the death of our be loved Chief Scout citUan we feel more keenly the loss of hla lead ership aad vital sympathy in the criuae or m;rc vi boyhood. Wo r.avu endiv.tTj in everv uav w;ihin ou- pt.v-ir to Keep his mem o:y a living hup, ration and exnm- While Pru-.l'iit of tho Unlrud States, Roosevelt was Honorary t'nudent of Hie Boy Remits of Anxrlca a-U lii.'i,iii.i i-i: tne me ad a ker-n i.cn. i-, !iu dovi-lua- ir J t of th E-Jout ortan Untie, n and ni.d the un.v-j tii admlralwn if the ucys or Aiuv.l . Each year, 1- U slated, with a Bi eater de-,i Scr.uts liavo observ er! the bir ':) of Itoosevplt and hut.drds of pA'r'.otl'i und nioiiim lal addresses have been hel.l. t rcea I.lttited and cabin d vditut lu.l In the name or Theodora Roosevelt. CONFEREES REACH NEW AGREEMENT ON TAR FF BILL Leaders Hope to Have Measure Ready for Sig nature by Week End. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. A second agreement on ths adminis tration tariff bill was rekched to night by the Republican conferees and It waa the hope of majority leaders In the House and Senate to have the measure ready for Presi dent Harding by the end of -his week or early in tha next week. In accord with th .mpMMd direction of the House, the con ferees eliminated tho dye embargo licensing provision, which they previously . had reinserted in the bill, and the 1 1-3 cents a pound duty on potash. In lieu of the em bargo, the managers increased the rates proposed on dyes and syn thetic chemicals and medicines. the products of coal tar. For the first two years ths duties would bo 7 cents a pound and 66 per cent ad valorem on intermedi ates' and 7 cents a pound and 60 per cent on the flnshed products, while alter two years they would trs 7 cents a pound and 40 per cent on tno intermediates and 7 cents a pound and' 46 per cent on tho finished product. In all cases ths ad valorsms would bo based on American valuation, that Is the wholesale selling price in ' the American market. The conferees were In session for more than threo hours with ths dye duties as the stumbling block. Representative Garner of Texas, ths Democratic leader in tho tariff fight on whoso motion tho House yesterday sent fhelll back to con ference for further amendment. was invited la Just befors the con- lerees concluded their session. It waa said afterwards that It was tho understanding that tha Democrats would not undertake to delay un necessrlly final acion by tho Housa. It Is the plan of majority Wad ers to call tho conference report up In the Houss tomorrow. Lead ers declared tharo waa no question about tho adoption ef tha eonfor- rORTLAND, Ore., Sept 14. Resolutions denouncing "certain societies whose members are se cret, disguised and masked" and deploring war between nations and between groups within a nation, were presented today to tho House of Deputies of the Protestant Epla copal Church in general confer ence here. Both were put upon the calendar of the house. , , Rev. Dr. John D. Wing, f Sa vannah, Ga presented tha resolu tionrwhich charged "certain secret organizations" with appealing to religious prejudices , and racial antipathy and the resolution against -war was offered by Rav, Dr. Charles L. Comph, of Newark, N.J. . , : The House of Bishops voted to omit the rubric in the burial of fice which In effect provided that services should not be said over the remains of unbaptised of ex communicated persons or suicides The House of Deputies said pray ers for the recovery of Mrs. Hard ing, wife of the President, and adopted a resolution approving the movement Tor a great national ca thedral at Washington, D. C. The House of Bishops adopted a resolution the deputies had agreed to - on favoring an International conference for tho suppression of w SlMf! trirnc. cnairmnn J. Ran dolph. Anderson,' of Savannah, Gu.. of the committee on dispatch of business, said adjournment of the convention would be possible be fore .Friday, September Z'l. The House of Deputies eoncurrsd in the action of the House of Bishops in eliminating from the marriage eceremony of the Episco palian Church ths word "obey" said by the bride, and the words "With my worldly goods I three en dow," said by. the bridegroom. i There was a debate over the elimination of the word "obey" but no discussion on the bridegroom's pledge as to property. The House of Bishops also adopt ed a change In the divorce canon of tha-church proposed by Bishop C, M. Brent, of Western New York, which makes the church law explicit In forbidding the members to marry any divorced person ex cept as has been the rule, where a divorce haa been granted on tne grounds of Infidelity. The present canon merely forbids clergymen 'o perform the marriage ceremony for divorced persons. If ths amendment enacted by the bishops today Is approved by the House of Deputies It will go into effect next January. Members of the executive board of the Women's Auxlllsry of the Protestant Episcopal Church chos en by secret ballot were announced today. They Include as a member at large Mrs. Loaring-Clark,, or Tennenee. .Representatives of the eight provinces of the church on the executive board also were chosen. They Include: Province No. 4, Miss Margaret Weed. Florida. The national council of the Daughters of the King elected Mrs Felix G. Ewlng. or Cedar HID. Tenn., president: Mr". A. A. Blrnev. Washington. D. C first vice-president, and Mrs. Charles H. Arndt. Germantown. Pa., treasurer. BLUE RIDGE. Sent. 14. Eng land, France and America, bound together In gseparable bonds through the Boy Scouts of the three nations, with several hun- jdred thousand manly youths, phy jslcally fit and beaming with the determination to radlatp tho Scout iw, was pictured at tne second Biennial Conference of Scout Ex ecutives today. Blue Ridge, where the finest or ators have appeared and thou sands visit eacn summer, was nev er a more touching ocens than when the 600 Scout Executives this morning in turn sang "God Savs The King," "Tho Marseillaise" and "The Star Spangled Banner Captain Francis Gldnsy, of Chlng- iora, cssex, tngiana; j. Al. (Jus rln-uejardins. of France, and John J. Stiles, of the Dominion of Canada, marched through the assembly aisle to the platform. An added touch came from James E. West, Chief Scout Ex ecutive, deeply moved, who stitted that Just a few months ago, In Paris, he had witnessed a similar scene with It nations taking part, instead of the' three represented nere. Captain Gldnt-y Arrives From England. Captain , Uldney arrived today snd from the time of his arrival Until ths completion of Jhe day's prugram, was one or ins most ac tlve figures at the conference. Report of the National Commls. slon on Sea Scouting, the resume or tne past 34 hours of the con ference by Dr. George J. Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Kxeoutlve and addresses by E. St. Elmo Lewis, and Dr. Herman H. Horjie, wera the outstanding business features of the session today, tha third of the eight-day program. The program opened with the Training School period, Lome W. Barclay, Director Department of Education, presiding. "Organiza tion of a Council," led by A. A. Schuck, Chairman of the National Finance Commission, was tha sub ject under discussion. Charles H. Mills, led the Good Morning sing and this has proved an invaluable part of the con ference plan. "Conscience for Service," was the subject of Dr. Herman H. Horne. In his mornlne address and he stressed an Important part of the Scout service and wag greeted wun marked interest. Dr. Fisher's Resume Features. The resume by Dr. Fisher, do pictlng the activities of the con ference, jrlvlng the Executives an lnaiyht of the true meaning of tho prevlofc sessions In brief, was re celved with interest. Dr, Fisher said in part: "Tho meaning of service to the leader in Meriting Is contact with me ooy, witn tne man, and with uoa. "The need for a universal nro gram of training- whereby every scoutmaster unaer a council a Juris diction might be expected to se cure at least a minimum training in essentials. ine irtal council has a respon- siDiiity tor training not only its scoutmasters and Junior officers. but also its supervisory and ad visory officers and committees, as well aa tho community, at largo to an Intelligent conception of scouting alms and methods and tneir relation (hereby. i raining courses must be Interest Ing to be efficient. "The truest troop discipline la i FEDERAL "DRV AGENTS FINED AT GREENSBORO la Second Suifin Which I)e cision Goes Against Jenninga. itfrui riv r iiktuu cum a) OKEKNNHOKO, Sept. 14 Four hundred dollars each waa awarde late today to Felix Spaugh and John L. Junes, young men, by Federal Court Jury here nsalnat It. t:. Jennings. Federal Prohibition Agent Amos Hedge. J. 8. Hiimiiy, deputised as u Federal agent and YV. A. Fletcher, state deputy, 1100 against each of the four In each suit. The plaintiffs asked for 1 10, 000 each. All the persons In the case are Winston -Salem people Spaugh and Jonea aued because of alleged abuse at the hands of the defendants on the night of last October 1 S3, on the Wlnston-etalem Ulemmonavllle Road In Forsyth uounty, at Muddy Creek Bridge. They complained that a roue waa stretched across (he road and that iney were snot at by one of de fendants, who were Instituting I liquor search. The defendants an pealed to the United States Circuit Court. Jennings, against whom romuineil vera ict or 1200 waa found yesterday In favor of H. B, Vuncannon and tha letter's wife, on a similar charge, today gave notice of appeal In that case. ROTARY DUCAT FOR YO OS ART W FUND UG MEN goon working program. id SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN HANGS HERSELF IN CELL ANDERSON, 8. C, Sept. 14. Mrs. Bessie Bates: IS, of William it on. hanged herself In a cell there late today, after havlns been arrested on a charge of fighting, according to word'recelved here tonkrht. The woman, who resided In a milt village on the edce of Wllllamston, used a shaot. from her cot and at tended It lo the celling nf the jct. officers said. ' H. O. Hardin." coroner, investigated her death and decided an Inquest was unnecessary. PRATER OF BOCTH FOR , ACTION GPES ON RECORD WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Acting Chairman McKensle. of the House Military Committee. ' put Into The Congressional Record today tho text of a prayer signed by iM.eoe rtil- sens of the Southern States urging Congress to act speedily on Henry Ford a offer for teeae 8boala nitrate plant. "There should be mora out-of-door aaeetinga in connection with training iwunwi jnr ocouimasiera - l no new oorreaoonaence courses are good. 4ut must not tie nermltted to iaas me place or numan contact course. There haa been verr unanimous sentiment in tnis conference tor train Ing -courses for Scout executives. It was agreed that more attention ahoiud be given to the training of tne patrol leaaers. "Week end camps have been round eirective ror patrol leaders. "Poot-seasoa camp training courses nf one week duration for Scoutmasters hava been round mocessful in a num ber of places. lt wsa recommended that there be established certain minimum stand ards of training which shall be re quired of all who enter the Scout exec utlveship. "The recommendation that there 1bo established three or four training renters for Scout executives In dif ferent parts ot the country waa ap proved. "There haa been reiterated In the conference front time to time the suggestion that tome plan for the honorable discharge of Scouts shall be used in the troops. Boys should not be permitted to drop out promiscu ously, bat In an orderly manner. "There Is a requeet from one or the population groups that enaMr atkm bo given by the national council to some form or grading Scout execu tlvea with reference to planning defi nite reading and training courses for B. D. Shaw, chairman of the Na tional Commission on Turnover, and I w . k. wyite. enairman or tno isa- of the Muocle 1 1 tonal Commission on Olffea Records, ICi ii Minis' ea r Tm Gather With Scout Lead ers at Blue Ridge .To night ror Meeting. A Revolving Education Loan Fund, through voluntary contrl buttons from members and others Who desire to contrlbuto, will bo created .by ths Ashevllle Rotary Club, for . the purpose of aiding worthy young men to secure col lege training, this decision being made by a unanimous vote at th weekly meeting yesterday. . Action followed a resolution of fered by members of a special com mittee, consisting of Solon H, Bry, sn, W. L. Brooker, Dr. Clyde , Cotton and Wsllacs B. Davis. Tha resolution read by Rotartan Bryan follows: ' r "Whereas, There sirs frequently worthy young men In our midst who are ambitious for college and university training and cannot realise the object of their ambition because of lack of funds with which to defray the necessary and required expenses, and , "Whereas, It has long been re garded as a good Investment to as sist young men of this type to-l realize their ambition by providing the necessary funds for them: Be It Resolved, bv tho Rotary Club of Ashevllle, That a com mittee of three or mora bo ap pointed by the president to do vise plans and methods for crest ing a Revolving Educational Loan Fund through voluntary contrlbu- tions rrom its memoers ana any others who may desire to) con tribute to this fund, for the pur pose of lending assistance as sug gested above." Dr. George J. Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Executive, addressed the meeting, featured by the pres ence of at least It Scout Execu tives, members of Rotary, and made a deolded Impression and raised the Interest in tho Boy Scout movement to a high extent. He Pictured the activities of the Rov Scouts, ths ouronses, their kind deeds and declared that In ths words of Jane Addams, "America will bo safe" when pleasures are more attractive than vices." "fllvs ma a million Rov Scouts and the future of America will be safe." he declared, and outlined to the Rotarlana some of the train ing methods used In Scouting. . The meeting adjourned to meet at Blue Ridge this evening st 7 o'clock, at which tims atleost 260 Rotarlana attending the ejeout Executive Conference, will meet with Ashevllle members. The Ashe vllle members will meet In front of the Masonla Temple at o'clock and It la expected that tha entire membership will make the trip to Blue Ridge. A large number of visiting ko- tarlsns. Including a number of Florldlans. were present st the regular meeting yesterday. IS.OOO TONS OF COAL ON ROAD FTMl POWER HUMS eiTtssff sswe sussao T4SSOftnDas limb I Si BROCK tAHKLtri RALEIGH, Bept. 14. If a short age of coal forces the Southern Power Company to rut off power for North Carolina plants one day each week the fault will be neith er that of the company or of the Governmental agejiclea striving to supply ths siate with fuel, ac cording to a statement this after noon from Slate Fuel Distributor R. O. Self. A report received by Mr. Self states the Southern Pow er Company has In transit at this time 18,000 tons of coal. Ho haa ordered more than fifty cars forrt m company, placing ma oraers In accordance with tho capacity of ths mines to supply prompt ship ments. Much ol the Southern Company's coaL. ho said, is held up with other thousands of tons at Knoxvllle and Roanoke where congestion of t raffia and tha poor condition of railway rolling atock has delayed delivery indefinitely. Mr. Self's opinion Is that ths coal situation la this ststs could bo taken cars of if tho railroads could make deliveries. Their rolling stock has reached such a low atate ef repair, however, aa to make delivery a natter of groat dlffloulty. PDPILLATI REFUGEES F AS LEE American W o ma n De clares Turkish Officer Set Fire to the City. ; ' FIRE IS REPORTED'' BEYONpjpONTROE" Harbor of Mudania Filled With Floating Bodies City Is Hungry. 5 WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Fourteen Americans are mlsaing In tho flre-awept sections of the city pf Smyrna, tha State Department was advised tonight In a cablegram from Rear-Admiral Bristol, acting American commissioner at ' Con stantinople. ., j Admiral Bristol said Ms lnform-t ation cams from Captain Arthur Hepburn, chief of staff of tho ' American destroyer fleet at Smyrna who reported that tho fire, a tart ine- about 1 o'clock Wednesday after-' noon In tha Armenian quarter, had practically obliterated tho entire European Quarter of the city and ! atlll was raging. The missing Americans were all naturalised cJtlisns, tha dispatch said, adding that all native Amort- cans listed with tha authorities had been accounted for,, .. .. All warships of ths various powers in tho port of Smyrna aro crowded with refugees, Captain i-mpuurn repurieo, ana snips were constantly leaving for nearby ports . loaded with fugitives. Ths Ameri can destroyer flotilla was taking sn active part In tha work, he aald. tho Simpson having sailed with a large party for Athena, th Egsall with 400 for Salonika and another for Piraeus with 400, Among thoso on the lost ship ths name c which was garbled In transmission s wore students lind employes of the American banovolsnt organisations at Smyrna and tha staffs of sev eral American commercial houses. Earlier dispatches from, Admiral Bristol had desorlhed tha condU Hons sf refugees in Smyrna aa "ap palling." no placed the total there at not less than 100,000. . v -:a.L- TURKISH IRREGULARS , FIRING ON roPUJjACB SMYRNA, Bept. 14. (By The Associated Preaa.) The Turkish irregulars who aro In control of ths city aro firing upon and terror. Islng ths population. Sir Harry Lamb, tha British high commissioner, left aboard the British battleship Iron Duke. Tho British marines aro withdrawing, leaving ths protection of the city to ths French, Italians and Na tionalist Guards and Amerloaa Blue jackets. : , ;' .'.-. A ' fire off- serious knrolDortions broke out . today. Tho Greek and Armenian quarters have been de stroysa ana tns nro spreading to other areas,. SMYRNA IM INt PAVtn CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. (By The Associated Press.) Smyrna Is burning. Tho population Is In a panic, Tha cause of tho Aro is not yet known. Ail the it rallied Americans In Smyrna ha 'beea evacuated to ; Athens acV wanted by George llorton, the! cerleanv consul-general on boari 4 torpedo boat de stroyer BlmpV J Scores of bLvruings In tha Euro 1 pean section of the city have been destroyed, including tho American , consulate. American marines and Allied soldiers formed a fire brig ade but the conflagration is beyond their control. The property dam- j age is estimated into millions. The I-fire originated In the Armenian quarter and spread rapidly. American sub chaaer No. has arrived here with reporta of the pppalllng situation at Mudania. where the harbor is full of bodies of refugees who stampeded when tho .last vessel departed before the Turkish occupation. Fifty thousand refugees without food or water lined the waterfront; for miles In the broiling sun with; ' arms uplifted, pleading to be taken off. Those brought hers included 16 Americanised Greeks and a Mr.' CmMawS 9t Tflj w E HAVE ' : " ITH US TODAY S. T. DORSETT Mr. and Mrs. 8. T. Dorsett, of Washington. D. C, are in tho City for a few days eu route to Bre vard, where they .will visit '. Mrs. -Dorsett's father, Mr. John M. Thrash. Mr. Dorsett formerly resided M Ashevllle and waa for several years teller In the First National Bank. He later was connected with M. V, Moore and Company- Ho moved to Spencer about IS years ago and engaged In the mercantile busl ness with his brother, where ha made a big success. Ho theij . moved to Washington and entered ths real estate business. There ha purchased about 76 acres of land) in the suburbs of the City and de, veloped it under the name of "Po toniac Heights." Mr. Dorsett hs disposed of a greater part ef his) holdings at a considerable profit.' Ho still haa on hand about 16 tl' lots and is sn officer in a Build-. ing and Loan Association In the. Canitol City. It lo very gratifying to Mr. Dor. sett's many friends here to shake, his hand again. He maintains hls asms genial cordiality and Is Ihor-T oughly enjoying himself, calling, upon his old friends. Ashevllle t alwsys glad to greet him.