THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
' WAiHINOTON, 8pt. 11. North
and South Carallna: Cloudy probably
rain Wadnaaday ajjrl Thursday; no
change In temperctur.
WATCH LABEL
i
On yeur paper. Ranaw your auk.
aerlptlon five daya bfor aspiration,
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"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA-
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Republican Tariff
Measure Passes And
Goes To President
ELD REVENUE
Of I
OF FOUR
JILL
Dl
UNDRED
ER YEAR
Half
of It From Laces.
Sugar, Tobacco and
Raw wool.
IS DEPARTURE IN
AMERICAN TARIFF
Work on Bill Started
Nearly Eighteen
Months Ago.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 Final
irgislntive action on the tariff bill
of 1922 was taken today with
adoption of the conference report
by the Senate. The measure now
goes 0 president Harding and
will become effective the day aft
er he signs It. I'nder the law
he haa ten daya In which to at
tach his signature.
The Senate vote was 43 to 28
and came exactly one year, eight
months and thirteen days after
work was started on what will be
the- first Republican protective
Ull 111. Ill W 111 11C7H1 tj ICII JVU.C
Five Kepubllcans voted against
the conference report and two
Democrats supported it. These Re
publicans, Cameron. Cummins and
Lenroot, who voted for the bill as
amended in the Senate opposed It
In the form It came from confer
ence. The roll call follows:
Brandegee, Buraum, Cupper, Colt,
Curtis, Dillingham, Dul'ont, Edge,
Krnst, France, Frellnghuysen,
Gooding,' Hale, Harreld, Jones,
(Washington) Kellogg, McCor
mlck. McCumber, McLean, Me-
Nary, Moses, Nelson, New, New
berry, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie,
Pepper, Phipps, Rawson, Reed
(Pennsylvania) Bhortridge, Smoot,
Stanfield. Sterling, Sutherland,
Townsend. Wadsworth, Warren
and Watson, (Indiana.) 41.
Democrats Broussard and
rtansdell 2.
Total 43.
Against adoption:
Republicans Borah, Cameron,
Cummins, LaFollette and Lenroot 5.
Democrats Ashurst, Dial. Fletcher,
Gerry, Glass, Harrison, Heflln, Hitch
rook, King, McKellar, Myers, - Reed
(Missouri,) Robinson, Sheppard,
Shields, Simmons, Smith, Stanley,
Kwanson, Trrammell, Underwood.
Walsh, (Massachusetts) and Williams
-23.
Total 2.
Treasury experts estimate that the
new act will yield about 40O,00,00O
a year In revenue, one-half from
these four sources; sugar $87,000,0(10;
raw wool $63,000,000: tobacco $35r,000,
000 and laces and embroideries, $15,
000,000. Joseph H. McCoy, actuary of the
treasury, figures that In actual op
rratlon the effective equivalent ad
valorem will average itllghtly below
thoso In the famous Tayne-Aldrlch
Act.
Soma Rate Practically
Prohibitive
l In making their estimates, the ex
pert ssav thev have calculated that
some of the new duties, particularly
those relating to cutlery will be In
operative because they are so high
as to be practically prohibitive,
while others. Including most of those
In the agricultural schedule, will be
Inoperative because of an absence
"f Imports of the commodities .liey
Rates In some of the schedules are
Jdeclared to be the hleiio.n In tlie his-
tnrv of American tariffs, while those
in other schedules are estimated to
be lower than in any other protective
act. In the highest class are placed
sugar, raw wool, silk, laces and erfi
brolderies. cutlery, agricultural pro
ducts and provisions, and dyes, syn
thetic chemicals, niediclnals and other
products of coal tar.
The flnx, hem" and Jute schedule Is
estimated at only slightly more than
that of the- existing Democratic law.
while the cotton schedule is described
by experts as the lowest in any
previous protective tariff.
This bill marks a distinct departure
In American tariff making, in tnat
the President Is given broad author
ity over taxes at the customs honses.
l.'pon Investigation, he may Increase
or decrease any rate In the bill by
50 per cent should that be necessary
to equalize the difference In the cost
of production at home and abroad.
Ten Thousand Dead,
55,000 Missing As
Result Of Massacre
COLUMBIA. S. C, Sept 19
Casualties at Syrna were esti
mated at 10,000 dead, with 65.
000 unaccounted for as a result
of the Turkish massacre nnd
succeeding fire last week. In a
telegram received today by I).
Cameron Italston. State rhnlr
mnn of the Near East Relief,
from New York headquarter.
All American women and In
mate of tho American orphan
age for Armenians were remov
ed safely, ihe telegram from
John W. Mace, of -the head
quarters staff, said.
T LEADERS
END
AT BLUE RIDGE
CON
Daniel Carter Beard
Plant Ivy on Lawn
of Courthouse.
to
TO EXTEND WORK
IN NEW SECTIONS
CLARK RECEIVES
CALL TO CHURCH
NASHVILLE
PASHA'S SPOKESMAN. SEES
BLOODLESS SETTLEMENT
Is Wanted by One of the
Largest Episcopal
Churches in South.
Rev. Willis O. Clark, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, has re
ceived a call to become rector of
Christ Church, Nashville. Tenn,
according to word received by The
Citizen yesterday. Rev. Mr. Clark
has. been rector of Trinity for the
past seven years and under his
leadership the church has grown
to a considerable extent.
' In the absence of the Trinity
rector, who la on hla way home
from the Episcopal General Con
ference, which was held In Port
land. Oregon, nothing could be
learned as to his attitude regard
ing the call and an announcement
s expected upon his arrival In
Asheville.
Officials of Trinity Church have
not been advised in regard to the
call as it is understood that It was
;?celved while he was In attend
ance at the General Conference,
wiiejf prominent Tennesree church
men approached him on the sub
ject. , -
Christ Church is one of the larg
est and most powerful in the
Southern Episcopal Church, hav--ing
a membership of over 1,441
and two assistant rectors.
Rev. Mr. Clark Is one of the
best beloved member of the Ashe
ville ministry and has 'been un
usually active In religious circles
of the city. His popularity among
laymen was recently shown when
he was elected president of the
Asheville Rotary Club, of which he
Is an active member.
ADOPT COAT OF ARMS
FOR EPISCOPAL CHl'RCH
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 19.
Raffles, gambling and gambling
devices are repugnant to God's
law and should not be tolerated
in the church, according to a reso
lution adopted today by the
House of Deputies of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in general
session here. ...
The House of Bishops adopted
a coat of arms for the church to
be used on all stationery and offi
cial document. A flag with a
Red Cross on white field was ap
proved also by the bishops. Tho
design of the coat of arms show
on a silver field a plain cross In
red surrounded by a border in
blue charged with stars in silver,
all surmounted by a mitre..
The bishops concurred In a res
olution adopted by the deputies
referring to -a committee the mat
ter of the common communion
cup.
The nrohibition question was
Injected into the general conven
tion today. Deploring the growing
tendency to Ignore the prohibi
tion laws a resolution presented to
the House of Deputies by Rev. .
F. Weld,' of Los Angeles, asked
that the church usa us jnnuence
for the proper enforcement of the
law.
nvn XMRT-nT, WHICH
ENDED LIVES OF TWO
National Vice-President
Cites Plan of Future
Extensions.
B. J. I.F.IPEK
j (Staff 4'orivi.pomlent)
I BLl'E It I DUB, Sept. 19. With
j the close tonight of was what ac
! knowledged by all leaders of the
I Boy Scout movement aa one of the
most successful and Inapirlng bl
ennlal .sessions of Scout Executives
ever held in the United States,
practically all of the 450 delegates.
to the Blue Ridge conference left
for their homes at midnight on two
special trains leaving from Black
Mountain for New York and West
ern points.
Announcement of a plan where-
I by Scouting may be brought to tho
majority of the 700 communities
which do not have the organiza
tion, came as thehigh point in the
closing session last night when, fol
lowing a day crowded with lec
tures and group studies, the execu
tives gathered at thair final dinner
to hear Mortimer L. Schlff, Vice
President and Chairman of the
National Field Committee, In a
thought-compelling address. Daniel
Carter Beard. National Scout Com
missioner, added greatly to the eve
ning by an inspirational address
pleading for the development of
rojjust. upstanding men through
outdoor training.
Telegram of Sympathy
To President
The sending of messages to
President Harding expressed hope
for the speedy recovery of Mrs
Harding and to Sir Robert Baden-
Powell. Chief Scout of the World
at London, wishing him long con
tinued health and happiness fea
tured the closing session.
The telegram to Mr. Harding
read :
"The Scout executives and tho
Boy Scouts of America wish to ex
press their deep gratitude for the
improved condition of Mr. Hard
ing and their slncerest wishes for
her certain early and complete re
covery of health."
"Over 400 Scout executives," the
cablegram to Sir Robert read,
"send ou greetings by cable and
they express their debt of grati
tude to you for having made the
service of ScoutindJ possible to
them and the world-wide -brotherhood
of boys4 and are deeply mov
ed to express their slncerest
wishes for your long" continued
health and happiness."
Asheville Is to be visited Wednes
day by the famous Scout Leader
and man of the great outdoors
when Mr. Beard will appear as a
guest of the Asheville Council at an
Ivy planting ceremony upon the
Buncombe County CouvrTiouse lawn
at 1 o'clock In the afternoon. Me
will deliver a brief address at the
Daniel Boone Trail marker, near
which the ivy Is to be planted.
Scout Masters of all troops are re
quested to call Scouts out in uni
form for this occasion.
Following the big gathering to
night will come a meeting of Boy
Scout Field men, about 25 in num
ber, to be held at Grove Park Inn.
Dr. George J. Fisher Deputy Chief
scout commissioner, will preside at
tne sessions of the field men. It Is
believed that discussion relative to
the establishment of regional train
ing center for Scout Masters ma?
pe taken up at this conference.
Sounding a note of International
ism that placed the final session
of the Blue Ridge Biennial upon a
high plane and was the more ap
propriate by reason of the presence
of Captain Francis Gidney, repre
senting Boy Scout head of Eng
land, and M. J. Guerln-Deajardin,
of France, Mr. Schlff entered a
stirring protest against the present
day tendency of over-taxation, of
excessive legislation and of the at
titude of many Americana in hold
ing aloof from struggling Europe.
Both Captain Gidney .and M.
Guerln-Desjardln were called upon
to voice their feeling with regard
Ctntirnvd trim ttgt Onr)
Fire Does For The Turks
What Sword Failed To Do
Cradle of Christianity Soon Depopulated of Chris
tians as Result of Smyrna Fire and Famine
Says Relief Work Too Big for
Private Agencies.
SMYRNA. Sept. 19 (Hy Til"
Associated Pies.) Klre has ac
( ompllshe I for the Turks what tuu
sword Tailed to do. As.a Minor,
the cradle of Christianity, will
soon be depopulated of Christian.
Many of those In Smyrna who
wt-re' riot snatched from death by
American .and other rescuers arj
disappearing Into the hills, sonn
oluntarily. many by force. OtheiJ
are dyln of exhaustion, rrigni oi
exposure on the shattered ston-
water from of the benigthed city.
The onl cry American corres-
nondcnU hear Is. "Won l America
come and save u?''
Mustupha Kernel's order per
mitting American and allied ships
o enter the harbor to evacuat
tho vtctl'r. has relieved the an
ruish of both refugees and relief
workers, but every day' delay in
the arrival of vessel mean th'
death of many.
l.ess tnnn 50.000 Christian re
mained huddled on the quay or it
concentration camp out of tho
original ,150.000 and the worst
fears are entertained for those
who wecj taken forcibly Into the
Interior. The Turkish edict has
aVine forih "Christianity must bo
stamped out in Asia."
DOE
BLAIR
ROW
DEI REVIVED BY
FRIENDS OF DOVER
The lacl of food and clot hint: L
and unspeakable sanitary romli
l on nr-.i adding , to the horroi .
and the j eople are obliged to cmi
die tlesh f animal killed In Hu
rtle days ago. The American blue
jacket have ransacked the ahum
:: the harbor for condensed mill
for the tarnished bable and have
given their coat to women.
Thp nlffhta are hitter cold nii(!
he h!iI e-.-ina: fnaltivea take refill! ' !
I,i Ihe c"!l.us of smouldering ruins.
it hern liuve burrowed Into th"
en rlh like animals of the wilil
Mothers hi hitler anguish an 1
o.spalr .rr thrusting their babes
Into the sea.
The combination of w ar, mas..i
rre, fire, drowning and famine
disease has visited scourge and
hi.voc upon Innocent and dpfenut--Us
Christian women and chil
dren. One must go back to pagan
limes to P.nd a counterpart to th-'
rrign of fury, tire and fnmlii
vhich la'A this great shrine of
Christian ty n ashes.
Discharged From Treas
ury Department, Men
Appeal to Congress.
NEW STORY ABOUT
BLAIR'S SELECTION
Letters Pertaining to Mrs.
Blair's Taxes Are
Missing.
ma Allium nuiii
M V HATt
Harding Sets Forth
Reasons For Vetoing
Soldiers Bonus Bill
ENGLAND MODIFIES HFIl
BELLIGERENT ATTriTRI'
PARIS. Sept. 19 (By The As
sociated Press.) The calling of i
CtUtmt4 f,N T
Shopmen On Southern Return
To Work After Strike Which
Lasted Through Eighty Days
JEWELL CHARGES
SHOP STB
K
0
RAIL EXECUTIVES
Head of Strikers Answers
Injunction Bill With
Affidavit.
t
CHICAGO, Sept. 19. (By The
Associated Press) Responsibility
for the railroad shop crafts strike
was charged to the Association of
Railway Executives by Bert H.
Jewell, head of tne utriKers, m
answering Attorney -General Daugh
erty a injunction bill today.
Mr. Jewell did not appear before
Judge Wllkerson in person, but his
attorneys read Into the record a
28-page affidavit .In which Mr
Jewell recited the causes which he
maintains brought on the strike,
detalledthe history of th various
unsuccessful peace conference
which preceded the 'agreement
reached with some roads here Inst
week, and dclared the union lead
ers had never contended violence.
He declared that since August
20 when strikers accepted Presi
dent (Harding's second peace pro
posal the railway executives have
maintained a lock out against
them.
"To all intents and purposes."
Donald R. Rlchberg. attorney for
the defense said. Interrupting the
reading of the affidavit, "the strike
ended August 2 when the men told
the President they accepted his
plan of settlement.. .A.fter that it
wa a lock out."
Mr. Jewell said he had been ad
clsed that the railroads had no lo
cal right, under the rules of the
United States Railroad Labor
Board, to deny hla men their
former seniority rjghts when they
resumea worK
Men Begin Work In the
Spencer Shops On
Tuesday Night..
REACH AGREEMENT
NEW YORKCENTRAL
Return to Asheville Shops
Expected to Begin
Today.
fSjMrtif Vmi9w4fntt Tkt AthniU CHlrn
SPENCER, Sept. 19. The shop
men's strike on the Southern ha
ended. The lrt shift of striking
employes returned to duty in the
shops at (I o'clock this aflernoon
and the second shift at 11 o'clock
tonighi. while those on the regu
lar shift is to return to their re
specllve Jobs Wednesday morning.
Southern officials in spencer to
night etated that the former em
ployea who have been on strike
since July 1 "will be taken back
strictly acctfdlng to the Chicago
agreement."
i The same official explained that
most of the strikers, perhaps a
many a ninety pec cent of them,
will be given their Job wltUln the
next 24 hour and that all will bo
re-employed by the end of thirty
days in accordance with the Chi
cago plan. He further explained
that ome of the non-union men.
as many as choose to remain in
the service for the present, will
be retained, also In accordance
with the agreement. The number
of new employes to remain In
Spencer la not known tonight a
many are packing up preparatory
to leaving for their homes or
places of employment on the oth
er roads. i
The pickets which have' been
conspicuous around the shops for
nearly Viree months were remov.
ed this afternoon and there have
been no disturbance as between
strikers and non-union men In
making the change In the shops
tonight. Both sides appear to be
living up to the Jewell plan that
there shall be no prejudice be
I S) II
WASHINGTON. l. C..' Sept. 19,
Friends of Elmer Dover revived
the Dover-Uluir controversy today.
Two men let out of the Treasury
Department appealed to member
of Congress to save the country
from SeiTetury Mellon and In-
tcrnul Revenue Commissioner Hlulr.
The appenl. It was stated, doe not
worry Messrs Mellon anil Hlulr.
and will not be taken up by Con
gress. Recently a story to the effect
that Secretary .Mellon formerly
knew Mr Hlulr had him In his em
ploy In Pittsburgh, and sent him to
North Carollnn to make sotuo in
vestigations Into the bunking busi
ness for him. This wus Informal
ly hut emphatically denied by Mr.
Mellon toiluy. He said that he Imil
decided to take former Governor
Hooper, of Tennessee, a Internal
Revenue Commlloner, nnd had a
date to go to the White House to
tell the President to name him.
but without hla knowledge Mr,
Harding had nominated Mr. Hoop
er to head the Railway Labor
Board. He then saw Mr. Blair, and
lined him. lie dispatched a man
to Winston-Salem to check us on
Mr. Blair. Twelve good men. dem
ocrats nnd republicans, said he was
nil right. The selection followed.
Thl story has never been told be
fore. Make Allegations
About Collci'tloiis.
A. D. Sumner, formerly deputy
commissioner of Internal revenue,
and Walter J. Gahey, recently u
pendd from the Income tax unit,
''pending an Investigation of
charge to be preferred" against
him, addressed the communications
to members of Congress making
allegation In regard to the collec
Hon of taxes.
'During my term of office as
deputy commissioner having charge
of the accounts unit," Mr. Sumner
wrote Representative Burton E
Sweet (republican Iowa), "I was
never able to secure a satisfactory
report from th present head of the
income tax unit, is. cU, liateson
A few days after I took office 1
asked Mr. Bateson for a list of he
claims and an estimate thereon as
to the amount of money necessary
to pay refund Illegally collected,
and he could give no figure ex
cept In gross as to the amount if
money necessary. He pressed me
with the argument to use my influ
ence with 'the committee of Con
gress for an Indefinite appropria
tion to which I was unalterably op
posed. The argument that Bateson
made to me was that he was not
interested whether Congress appro
prlated the money or not, for the
claimant were tho constituents of
the Congressmen a.nd Senators and
they should be principally Inter
ested ,ln appropriating money for
refunds.
Fahey's communication, In the
form of an affidavit, declared that
he was transferred from the ac
counts units oi the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue to a position in the
Claim Control Section noon after
the removal of "certain official
which was the culmination' of a
controversy commonly known as
the Dover-Blair episode."
In the adjustment of the refund
of Mrs. Adelaide C. Blair, of Wins
ton-Salem, the affiant said he re
Serious Damage By
Typhoon Sweeping
Over Philippines
MANILA. Sept. l (By Th A
suclHtsil Press.)---Serious damage la
liellved to liavs resulted from a
typhomi which has swept over Ihe
Philippines for the last 34 hours.
All telegraph wires ars down In
the nurih and It probably will b
sevsral days before riatall are re
ceived. Tho typhoon traveled westward
anil, according to the Weather
liureaii. has aubslded.
EACE RES
ERVERS
1
i!
ON Q
TO RAISE
FOR C0M1NITY
CHEST IS IEAR
Four New Organizations
Are Admitted Make
Burton Chairman.
TeJef.nae.utt.0ne?','. Preceded jtween men in the service and men j duced said refund by approximate
i affidavit with the introduction I r...nin ,h.ir termer tnhs 1 1.. nu . .u.
he affidavit with the introduction
of 89 Injunctions obtained by va
rious railroads against strikers on
their lines. They contended, that
these local injunctions gave suf
ficient guarantee against violence.
Assistant Attorney-General Grim
objected that the government had
the right to ask Injunctions to
prevent the destruction of Inter
state Commerce and interruption
in the delivery of the mails.
returning to their former Jobs.
All of the sixty odd foremen who
have been on strike returned to
duty this morning.
WESTEKX ROADS TO
PIiAN NEW CONTRACTS
.CLEVELAND, Sept. 19 (By
The Associated Press.) Confer
ences with managers of practically
every road West of the Mississippi
-r4Hi4 m r rial
PARIS, Sept. 19. (By TJhe Asso
ciated Press) A bloodless settle
ment of the crisis in the Near East
wrcn me critisn iiuub .nnvinj
HiinumwuiK iiuiii ....... i.. .......
of the Dardanelles was predicted
by Ahmed Ferid Bey, principal
spokesman for Mustapha Kamla
Pasha, in Europe, in the course of
a statement to The Associated
Press today.
"Commonsene will win out In
England despite the apparent
belligerency of the British govern
ment," said Ferid. "British sot-
diers will soon follow their French
nnd Italian brothers in arms to the
European side of the Straits.
"Our troops," he continued, "are
proceeding to occupy all of Asla
Minor up to the Asiatic side of the
Dardanelles. We will occupy Cha
nak, where the British troop are
stationed and If they fire upon
us, which we doubt very much, the
responsibility for the .Inevitable
bloodshed will le on British
shoulder."
' Ahmed Ferid Bey asseHed that
Turkey wanted the people of the
t'nited State to, .know that she
keenly strives for peace. He said
dial. uuijr n .vub . . . . . .
from the British army or navy
would induce Turkey to clash with
REACH AGREEMENT OX
NEW YORK CENTRAIi
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Sep..
to iRv Th Associated Press.)
Discovery of the pistol with whlci
the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hail,
rector of the Church of St. John
the Evangelist, and his young
oi.olrl leader. Mrs. Eleanor Reln-
hardt Mill. . were slain, brought j
the Investigation or tne myaienouj
double sxturder near its close to
night. '
While officials of Middlesex and
Somerset Counties, who are. co
operating on the case, refused to
repeat earlier optimistic predic
tions ot-srn arrest within a giver
rme. it was learned that the cus
todian of the small county Jail at
Somerville. Somerset County, had
been lnsti ucted to prepare for the
eceipt of at least one prisoner.'
County Detective David, of Mid
dlesex, , who found the pistol a
Mack autrmatic refused to i.y
ahere he had gotten It, or whom
he 'suspected of being it owner.
LOOK WHAT OLD DOC STORK BROUGHT
' BY BILLY BORNE. ' v
NT5W TOR. Sept.
of the New York Central line to
night that a settlement on tne
basis of the Baltimore agreement
had been reached with the strik
ing shopmen througboMtthe en
tire system.
SCHEME TO ELECT HEARST
DELEGATES IS FAILURE
ALBANY, N. Y.. Sept, Inde
pendent candidate made scant
headway in today's State primary
election. In nearly all instances
successful candidates for nomina
tion to Congress. State Senate and
Assembly had the endorsement of
the regular party organisation.
William L. Ward, of West Ches
ter, and William Barnes of Albany,
veteran Republican leaders In their
respective counties, successfully
withstood' the assaults against their
Candidates by Independents.
The movement In Albany and
1. Officials I Erie Counties to elect to the Demo
cratic State convention delegates
pledged to the nomination of Wil
laim Randolph Hearst In opposl,
tlon to the slate named by the par
ty organizations In each County
failed. 1 ;
' ...
ly $3,000 and that said adjustment
wa hiade during the month of
August. The claim for refund in
thl matter was something over
$12,000. Shortly after hi activi
ties in this matter charges of in
fflclency were preferred against
him by -.1. R. Brelsfnrd, his su
perior. That upon taking the Issue
up wllh Mr. Sherwood, a division
chief who was superior to ald
Brelsford, the charge of Ineffici
ency could not bo and were not
sustained on hi record of effici
ency and accuracy in the state
ment of claims sending against the
! government.
Hhe Mrs. Blair referred to Is the
Lwlfe ofihe.Joternal Revenue Com
' missioner. In his affidavit Fancy
say that no "specific charges of
any nature have been made against
him." The Intelligence unit ques
tioned him about certain, papers.
He complains effort to "Intimidate
him by threat, srofanlty, and im
proper language for the purpose
of coercing him Into complete ac
cord with a program which he be
lieve to be Illegal and crooked."
Secretary Mellon and Commis
sioner Blair would not discuss the
matter for publication. They have
been investigating activities of cer
tain treasury employes, or ex-em
ployes with a view to prosecuting
them for an alleged conspiracy. It
was stated at the treasury today
that one or more men who had
Ninety-five thousand dollars wa
fixed a the budget for Community
Chest to be raised In the coming
tnmnnlgn. October I to 14. Inclus
ive, and Sam Burton accepted
chairmanship of the drive, at
meeting of the board of governor
held in the Gloria Cafe last night
The budget represents an in
crease of 110,000 over last year
and Includes four more organisa
tions In its llt. The new organlxa
lions provided for are the Bqy
Scout, Red Cross, Y. W. C. A, and
the Traveler' Aid Association.
Th ground work of thl year'
campaign was carefully laid and
will in a general way follow that
of last year In the organization
wlii generals and. captain. It was
decided, however, to cut the num
ber of persons on the teams to five
and a cgptaln Instead of ten ami a
captain a last year, In detail the
ilrive will he different, especially In
regard to expenditure which it ha
been found from experience tan be
cut and every sffort will be made
to knee thl a . low a possible
For--on thing only -one -circular
will be printed: other item or tnis
nature will tlo be reduced.- It
was the opinion of the governors
that thl year's expenditure would
be lower because the community is
familiar with the movement and
has seen It successfully operated,
obviating the need of an educa
tional campaign as wa necessary
before.
It was decided that the two ne
gro institutions, the colored Y. W.
C. A. and th colored x . W. I.,
would be handled through-the
chest on the bast of dollar for
dollar. The negroea will canvass
their own race and what they ral
will be paid out through the cheat
In the amount, hat they obtain.
Although these organisations were
included In last year' budget, no
money wa paid out to them be
cause they had raised nothing
themselves.
Mr. Burton In accepting the posi
tion pledged hi , every effort to
push the drive acroas successfully,
Me deolared frankly in a few re
masks that last year he had been
skeptical of the chest, although he
had worked for It. lie said that
he had been absolutely converted
to this method of handling charity
and that now he 1 for It heart and
soul.
Among those present were John
II. Cathey, president; A. Hi Vah
derhoof, vice-president; H. R. Gru-
ver. secretary-treasurer; Messrs.
Burton and Edward; R. H. Mo-
Duffle, repreentlng the Chamber
of Commerce; Morris Llplnsky,
representing the Merchants' Asso
ciation; the Clvitan Club, the Ro
tary Club and the Klwanls Club
wero represented ,by the officer
PRIORITY MOVEMENT
LIST IS INCREASED
FUNDS, HE SAY
Claims It Would Wipe
Out Past Accomplish
ments on Economy Plan.
REVIEWS PREVIOUS
AID FOR VETERANS
Objects to Failure of
Congress to Provide
Financing Plan. .
WASHINGTON, Sept. li. Pres
ident Harding vetoed the soldiers'
bonus bill today. Informing Con
gress In written measag that
while he w In accord with "the
avowed purpoies" of the measurs
ho did not subscribe to Its provl-
lotit
WASHINGTON, Sept. If. The
Interstate Commerce Commission,
today Issued s new service 'order
coverings preferential shipments
eastward from the Mississippi and
adding mine supplies, . medicines,
fertilizers, seeds, new print paper
and petroleum to the list of com
modities 1 to be given priority
movement.
The order effective at midnight
September 20 also permits use of
open top cars, after the discharge
of coal carried In them, for trans
portation of road and building
construction material, ore, and
mine supplies.
The new order cancels and
supercede service order 23, and
puts all conl slpmenta into the
priority clas. Use of open top
cars for commodities other than.
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- - ...... , .uri in ri iiii. iru unuri l 1 1 f uiiiia,
been extracting' letters from the de-! only when their destination I In
The Executive s action was
garded generally in Washington a
making Improbable a bonus for
the World War Veteran, at least
for soma time to come, as It P'
peered to be almost certain that
the veto would be auatained by the
Senate.
A vote In the House wa plan
ned for tomorrow with Senate
action to follow later In the day
or on Thursday. .
Mr. Harding set forth a .num
ber of 'reasons for returning the
bill to the House without hi apr
provai. These Included:
Failure of Congress to provide
a mean of financing.
That inevitably the bonus would
mean Increased taxation.
That the legislation would Wipe
out everything thus far accom
plished to reduce Government ex
penditure wherever possible.
That a peace bestowal on the
x-servlce men was "a perversion
of public furtds" and up(rested
"that future defense I to be In
spired by compensation rather
than consciousness of duty to flag
and country. ;
That to add one sixth of the
totnl sum of the puhllo debt (or
distribution among less thsa , '
000.000 of 110,000.000 people
would undermine confidence on
whloh the nation's credit wa bull
and "eatablih the precedent of
distributing public funds whenever
the proposal and the member af- ,
fecled make It seem politically
appealing to do so."
That the 110,000,000,000 of ma
turing publlo debt In the next sit
year would be dlftVult to meet '
without adding the convocation
of added borrowings on account
of a bonus.
That the adjusted service certifi
cate plan of payment, with tha
bank and -Governments loan -pro-Vision,
wa little leas than a
certified Inability of the Govern
ment to pay and Invited "a prac
tice of sacrificial barter" by tho
veterans.
That th bonus would not dl- .
mlnlh the later obligation In ths
way of pensions to the world war
veterans. . . , I
Expenditure Certain
In Coming Years.
Asserting that thl obligation
would "cost more billions that I ,
venture to suggest," the President ;
declared that "a rational financial
policy today la necessary to maks
the nation ready for the expen
diture which I certain to be re
quired In the coming years."
Mr.' Harding also called atten
tion to the sums now being ex
pended for the care of the diseas
ed, disabled or dependent aod as
serted that the total cost of this
work, insurance liability added,
probably would exceed $25,000. -000,000.
A to the Immediate and ultl- ,
mate cost of the bonum Mr. Hard- '
Ing said thl was not. definitely
known. Treasury estimates) based -on
what seemed the most likely
exercise of the options, he con',
tlnued, figured the direct cost at
$785,000,000 for the first four :
yean and a total cost In excess of
$4,000,000,000. He added tha.t no
estimate of "the larger indlreot ;
cost" ever had been made. r
The veto message was transmit
ted to tha House by a White
House messenger and Its reading;
by a clerk was begun seven min
ute afte.r It delivery at :10 p.
m. There was a full attendance
of member, many of whom Had
returned to the Capital to vote on
the question of overriding the veto.
There waiNbrlef discussion of
the bonu In the Senate while the
CnMmi4 as Pigt rl
partment In violation of the law
had been Identified, and will be
proceeded against. Secretary Mel
lon declared there was nothing In
the Intimidation, that Mr. Blair
had been given- -larger refund
that the was entitled to. He ex
plained that James W. Cannon,
who was a large mill owner, re
turned his taxes and his children'
returned theirs. The government
children psid taxes was a. gift of
held that property on which the
their father, and, therefore, the
taxes on It should have been re
turned by him, and not them.
When the . treasury decision was
called to the attention of Mr. Can
non he promtly paid tha amount
levied against him. which wa
nearly a million dollar,
the direction In which the cars
are destined for coal loading.
OITLLVKS PEACE CRl'SADE
MASONIC .JURISDICTIONS
taxes paid by the sons snd daugh
ters were refunded. Mrs. Blair
being one of the children got her
shsre. This was Just a matter of
routine.
Secretary Mellon said today that
certain letters relating to Mr.
Blair's Income taxes had been tak
en from' the treasury and the man
who had taken them had been
spotted.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 19.
A crusade for world peace In co
operation with Masonic Jurisdic
tions of the United States and 20
Supreme Council of Europe,
South America and Africa was
outlines here today by Sovereign
Grand Commander Leon M. Ab
bott In his allocation delivered at
the opening of the Supreme Coun
cil of the Northern Masonic Jur
isdiction United States of America,
Aneient -Accepted Scottish Rite.
Mr. Abbott reported 10.72 Mas-
snd theions took the 22nd degree in the
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction dur
ing the peat yesr Increasing the
totsl U 218,201. Fourteenth de
gree Mesons In this Jurisdiction to
talled 230,704, Mr. Abbott de
clared. -
A letter from President Harding
expressing regret at his Inability
to be present tonight to receive
his 3 3rd degree was also read by
Mr. Abbott.
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
E. St. Elmo Lewis
"The growth of Asheville haa
been such that I can hardly rec
ognize a single .landmark after
an absence of 25 years." K. St.
Elmo Lewis, merchandising coun
sel, of New York, declared to a
representative of The Cltlsen. Mr.
Iwl attended the Conference of
Scout Executive at Blue Ridge
and during the session evidenced
hi lntetysi in the future of th
Land of the Sky by "boosting" at
every opportunity.
The New York 'business man.
who Is widely known as an inter
esting lecturer on the subject of
efficiency, may spend a few days
in Asheville before returning to
his home city.
Mr. Iewis is New York manag
er of the Campbelt-Ewsld Com
pany, Detroit. New York and Chi- .
cago. Advertising Agents, and
Merchandising Counsel.
A an author he has written a
number of books on business. In
cluding "Financial Advertising,'
"The Credit Man and Hit .Work,"'
and "Creative Salesmanship.' . -