r
THE WEATHER
WAtHINOTON. Oot. 11. roraaaat
for North Carolina! Fair Thursday
an Friday: enoler In North mniin
Thursday night. ,
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
sk.
'the
and
ME REDUCTIONS
fAY RESULT FROIW
ESTABLISHED 186a
DEDICATED TO THE .UNBUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
RESENT HEARING
lorporation Commission
n Fight for Level With
Virginia Cities.
UULS TO STATE
p C. F. A. TERRITORY
Wease Not Justified.
Says North Carolina
Expert in Testimony.
Specific proposal., on which
ktea from Central Freight .Assocl-
lon and Buffalo-Pittsburgh ter-
torlea to North Carolina should
revised, refleetlnr outstanding
ductlona i present rates, will be
resented at the hearings of the
nterstate Commerce Commission
afore the case of the North Cam-
ina Corporation Commission Is
ompleted, It was learned yester-
. . . ..
nay ana in me opinion of mem
ers completely justified.
I The Corporation Commission
launched its fight In the effort to
Jhave rates to North Carolina cities
Jmade with relation to the level of
liates applying over trunk linns' to
Virginia cities, rather than on the
tiigher level applying generally
jrfer Southeastern lines, yesterday
Vtfternoon and will continue the
presentation of testimony this
morning.
Joseph B. Eastman, member of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, in charge of the investi
gation of class rates In Southern
territory, is presiding at the hear
ings, having arrived from Wash
ington yesterday and is assisted bv
'Alexander Forward, of Virginia R
I ludson Burr, of Florida and
frames A. Perry, of Georgia?. reD-
resenting the State Commissions
called upon to have representa
tives act in an advisory capacity.
C. J. Rlxey, representing the
carriers, is one of the most active
attorneys present for the hearings
and is closely watching all testi
mony presented by the witnesses.
Although carriers represent that
rates to the entire Southeast will
be lower than existing combination
rates, under proposals made aMhe
hearings already held, rates from
central Frcurnt Association, Cin
cinnati and Louisville and Buffalo-
Pittsburgh territory points to
points in North Carolina will ex
ceed combination of local rates on
Virginia gateways, which are much
lower than .via circuitous routes,
according to testimony Introduced
by the Corporation Commission.
A. J. Maxwell of the Corpora
tion Commission Is acting as ex
aminer for the North Carolina body
arid testimony Is being introduced
a. wombie. rate expert. -E.
Clark, Washington attorney and
Koh loss Declares Wets
Have Inning In Illicit
Traffic In North State
Cunard and Anchor r Steamship Lines Seek Injunction j Asheville "chapters Are
to Prevent Seizure of Ships or Liquor th, w liT
HEV 1LLE, jjtjU RSDA Y MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1922.
U. 0. C. ELECTION
FEATURES TODAY
AT WIL
MINGTON
on Board, 'on the High Seas.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. Pro
hibition Director Kohless has star
tled. Washington prohibitionists
and drinkers with another one of
his essays oh moonshine. He draws
a frightful picture of the contents
of Tar Heel booze. His descrip
tions la so vivid and frank that it
cannot be printed. The significant
feature of the report to Commis
sioner Haynes is that it indicates
plainly that the "Wets'' are hav
ing a real inning in the sia-te.
Barring the matter that cannot
be used In the public prints here
Is the Kohless blast against (he
rum interest of the ataie:
"We are not troubled with mak
ers of home brew and very little
bonded whiskey reached this state,
our main violations being the mak
ing of moonshine.
This Industry prospers on ac
count of the swampy and moun
tainous nature of the country, al
though the operations of moon
shiners have been lessened to a
great extent by the strict methods
cf enforcement employed by my
agents and the heavy penalties
imposed by both State and Fed
eral Courts.
"Chemical preparations, such as
hair tonics. Jamaica ginger and
several others, are procurable to
come extent, although the drug
stores In thin State are behind the
enforcement of the law as a gen
eral rule and refuse to sell any of
those preparations unless they are
satisned that the same will not be
utilized for beverage purposes.
Those few drug stores which con
tinue to sell these preparations In
violntton of the law are being In
vestigated and action will be taken
against thorn as soon as the
charges are proved. Several per
sons have become dangerously 111
from drinking- denatured alcohol.
necessitating hoRpltal treatment.
One man was sent to the Keeley
Institute In Greensboro and after
his return to his home has become
paralyzed from drinking the
poison. It has been found that
grocery stores and cold drink
stands are the largest dispensers
of these concoctions and a great
many of euch merchants have been
convicted and severe penalties Im
posed. 'Considerable difficulty is also
experienced with persons who sell
alcohol denatured by kerosene,
pyridine and wood alcohol, the ad
dition of which does not make th
alcohol poisonous enough to cause
Instantaneous death, but the con
tmued drinking of which causes
total blindness, paralysis and other
serious complications.
"The var'ious ections of th
State have their own particula
ICnntlnufd an Page TwJ
Leading in Point of Be
stowal of Crosses.
DIXIE VINDICATED
IS PAGEANT GIVEN
Asheville Chapter Among
Three Gaining Larg
est Number.
LOVE AT FIRST
SIGHT ENDS IN j
PLIGHTED TROTH1
: Wealthy Sam ton County '
farmer Wed and Takes I
Wife to the Farm. . I
PRICE FIV
ARMOUR
A
WATCH LABEL , ,:
on your paper, ftontw your sub
scription five days before expiration.
TO GIVE DATA
M'DOWELl FA
IS I1MAUGU
ON WEDNESDAY
TE
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Bickett Guests; Extend
Rutherfordton Dates
CAMPAIGNERS TO
REDOUB
i i
t t.9f.
1
rmor member of the fnterstMA.
;mmerce Commission, lsflt chstg j
f the legal end of the State case.
nbrease Not Justified -''. i -W
Assert) Wombie .
In answer to a question asked by
Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Wombie asserted
that the rates proposed by the'
carriers are not Justified and from
Cincinnati and Louisville would In
IBptHtt Ctrrmtmitnct TU A$mUll CUUin)
MARION. Oct. 11. Marion and
McDowell Counties were today-
hosts to Mrs. George W. Vender
'jilt and Mrs. T. W. Bickett, the
occasion being the formal opening
of the McDowell County Pair
Weather conditions were Ideal and
the largest crowd ever assembled
in Marion began to gather with
sunrise. The crowds mingled un
tl 10:45 at night enoying the en
tertainment, the many local show
and attractions and the; fine, Ex
hibits Of every class mat a-e on
the grounds. .
i Mrs. Vanderbilt an 4 -Miss Cor
nelia. Vahderbilt roritarod from
Asheville and were met t the
Marlanna HoteVb'y -the recep.ion
committee- coarpoaed of. McDowell
Couny and Marlon's most substan
tial business men and most charm
ing women.
Thrparade ehowed In every de
talr' glowing color schemes gave
levldence of fhe co-operation that
crease rates to zone one In NorthJ'has been the-Jceynote of the fair
association organization through
Carolina, 39.7 per cent, and iiA
per cent to the Eastern end o--the
zone, using as a basis, rates of
1914. plus uniform Increases grant
ed by the Interstate , Commerce
Commission. s
It is apparent fom the testi
mony of the Corporation Mommis-
xion that fromO to 0 per cent of
' the hiuls into North Carolina are
in Centra, freight Association ter
ritory air compared with about 10
per cent in the Southeastern ter
ritory and for this reason it Is held
that North Carolina ratea should
vonly be revised with relation to
he level of rates of these trunk
rtnes to Virginia city gateways.
LL "The rates do not reflect the Pol
s', or inirlative of any carrier or
set of carriers, they are submit
ted for review and determination
1 y the Interstate Commerce Com
mission under compulsion of exist
ing law," cited one of the exhibits
of." the Corporaton Commission.
riuotlng an extract from- a letter of
A. J. Maxwell, commissioner. June,
H, 1922, signed by vice-president
fir Atiantr. woaai umv .iv.,vn.
Company, Carolina, CUnchfield ani
Ohio Railway, Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company, iNorfolk and
Western Railway Company, Sea
Loard Air Line Railway Company
nnd Southern Railway Company.
This was referred to as the basis
emDloved iv carriers In construct
ing proposed rates, Cincinnati , to
North Carolina nolnts
Wuotlng from brief njea py
CArolina Railway Line,' February
11916. In support of fourth sec-
lion 'applications, emphasizing the
tontroHInii Influence of trunk lino
rates to Virginia cities on wester.i
rates to North Carolina polntSjAtr.
Worn hU lead: "While the Caro
lina lines have absolutely no con
trol over the adjustment of rates
from the west to Virginia cities.
this adjustment, owing to the ex-
trtme low level of rates or pro
portion of rate accepted by the
trunK lines from tne onto Kiver
and points In Central Freight As
aoclation territory to the Virginia
cities, exercises an absolutely con
trolling nnd dominating influence
upon tho rates to the destination
ti-rritory nere unaer consideration
1 srllent Adjustments
em Thee Routes
Dating from the earliest stable
adjustment, the rates from all ter
ritory north ef the Potomac River
and on the north of the Ohio River
to points in Carolina territory have
been made, and logically so, by
tho routts through Virginia cities
because or the measure of these
rates has been and la controlled by
th abnormally low -rate applying
to the Virginia cities.
'This Is true with ' respect to
rates from the Ohio River cross -
tigs, polr.ts In Central Freight As-
pclation. Trunk Line and Buffalo-
tsburgh territories, and was an
tabllshed fact many year before
e Southern Railway was organ -
ed and before there waa any
ractical route via Asheville."
M A system that Is declared by
nLflclala to be one of the most far
4 J reaching and one that Would prao
Ftlcally revolutionize the preseut
I method it compiling rates, wa In
f troduced at the-morning session by
1. L. . Tlllery. representing . the
, Ilr.ard Cypress Company, of
WJjulalohla
out. The parade moved up Mai
Street three minutes anead
time headed by the chief marshal
and a mounted escort. Mrs. van
derbllt and thfc reception commit
tee took their places on the pavll
Ion in the fair ground where be
fore a large and enthusiastic crowd
Roy. V?.- Giles- dfssed as a .prince
of tne Louis ouneenin penou
and representing -McDowell Coun
ty delivered the welcome address
and lntroaucea miss Mary nua
Kins who was dressed as a prln
cess of the colonial penoa wno in
turn Introduced Mrs. Vanderbilt,
who delivered an address that was
received enthusiastically.
Mrs. T. W. Bickett and Mrs.
Vanderbilt were entertained , by
the Woman's Club of .Marion at
luncheon at one o'clock where
covers weje laid for mlnety guests
The luncheon was in many r.
specta the most unique ever given
here. All songs used were local
and bouquets that were presented
ta Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Bic.k
ett were grown in McDowell coun
tv. Mrs. D. F. Giles, toastmlstress,
presided with charm and dignity in
presenting the 'two honor guests
to the club. Both Mrs. vanaer
bilt's jyid Mis. Bickett' responses
were delightful.
The McDowell County Fair Is
replete with attraction this year.
Every sort of midway attraction
from a fortune teller to a wild am
mal show, including minstrel and
vaudeville shows, lunch stands and
other attraction are being oper
ated with greatest succngn all by
local people. The Baptist Church
la giving a-, show that la attract
ing greWl talk of it. The Clinch
field School is giving a mtnstrol
that Is unusual. The Daughters
of the Confederacy and many oth
er local organizations have strong
attraction.
From a vnanclal standpoint the
success of th fair Is already as
sured with two more day to run
two day having passed and not
a single arrest having been made
for anything, not a man on the
fair ground ha been seen under
the Influence of whiskey. The
people are almost as enthusiastic
about their fair a they are about
their two-r harming guests oi to
day. .. . . . -
MIDWAY CIXSES PAIR
PATRONS WANT MONET
GRENSVaRO, Oct. 11. A
crowd of about two hundred peo
ple tonight stormed the office of
the Cerlral Carolina r air Asso
ciatlon on the fair ground here
and demanded their money back
because of a disagreement between
the fair officials and carnival man
ager, resulting in the closing
down' of the midway. It was nec
essary to send for Sheriff Stafford
to res owe order.
The fair officials shut down, the
concessions at which there was
an, element of cnance, commonly
known as gambling joint, with
prize won upon the turn of wheel
and the carnival people In retalia
tion -closed every, show on th
ground, then disgruntled people
rushed to th fair association of
fice and shouting that they, hod
. . . ... LCmlUmud m rti rnl ,
F THEIR
EFFORT J DRIVE
Real Contest Is in Senate ;
All Democrats m Caju
v tal Hopeful.
Twenty thousand five hundred
J fifty-nine dollars, yosted as the ro
suit oi tne second aay of' tne
Community neirf campaign for
195,000 brought the total collected
aince Tuesday morning to $43,891.
This figure, though a dlsappoint-
mentto the workers, as well as the
officials, did not. discourage the
canvassers who pledged themselves
af.' the luncheon yesterday In the
Masonic Temple -when the reports
were read to redouble thir effort
and bring In amounts ,toay'fhat
won in-nf rttt:... s -.- -i .. ; J '
"The. total is below our iikm.
tations," declared Chairman Sam
iiurton when the reports had been
tabulated, "but every campaign
has an off day Today must have
been ours and ' I am sure that if
we aa put our shoulders to the
(wheel this afternoon and tomor
row morning, we will have a total
when it comes time to report that
win mane up the difference. So
we're off now as we adjourn for a
big day with every division, team,
nd. man puTttng into his solicita
tion the best that is In him.".
Several of the teams did not
make report and Mr. Burton ad
monished the generals to see that
their captain had their team ln
tact and all on hand today so that
a full showing would be made.
Kntnumastlo Is
Wednesday Gathering.
Despite the falling off in sub
scription the meeting was en
thusiastic in every respect with the
divisions and their teams cheer
ing those who made the best show
ing and challenging them to do
better the next day.
One of the most encnuras-lnir
signs of the progress of the cam
paign was reported to the chest
headquarters in the disnnaltlnn nf
smaii givers to do their bit. It was
the dollars added to what the
teams got that helped the total
mightily a year ago and the same
tnmg mis year Inspires confidence
into the campaign organization. ,
Among the firms in the citv thai
the Industrial commiitsn ronnpt.
a having subscribed 100 per cent
were me following: Walker'
.urug store, Austin-Vesev Com.
pany. Price and Steadman, Barbae
and Clark, and Dunham' Music
nuiiTC. n,acn nr th hn. r.Aia.
a 100 per cent playcard.
It waa also announced at chest
headquarters that the colored peo
ple had contributed fl,600 to the
I. m. l. campaign, which Is a
large share of the sum thev aim
io raise.
Are) Iiooklna: For
Big Itemilta Today.
witn energies of all of the work
ers Dent toward makinr rnorf
showing It Is expected that the to-
toi toaay will puah the collections
wen toward the mmi nr las nnn
me campaign organization has
been Impressed with the fact that
this year's drive Is for approxi
mately 120,000 more than v..
. V. . 1 . . . . "
"" wiit nave to work the
harder because of this, but confi
dence Is expressed on all sides that
Asheville will prove the slogan was
well adopted Ashevill. h m
Tiri.v. ii . ' - -"J
...in a. neari.
Yesterday's ficrurea aa
th board in the luncheon hall of
niZn ' F, xem,pl?, " - follow:
Division A, E. C. Greene, Oeneral
"I nf- ' iptin Chester Brown,
I1.5W: Team No. 2. Capuin A. t;
Barnett. Il.OflO: Tm ---..-
John a Llnder, f50: earn No. 4. K.
i "I""10"- : Team No. i. Cap-
.0SJ.6O. . "-'
Division B. .T. A flnnAm n.i
'..vpLain uan urn, wiw:
Team No. 2, Ottls Orren. $770; Team
no. . u. a. riiias, 9S0; Team No. 4.
Captain Louis Well. $735: Team No.
5, Ca-ptin I. J. Vldinla U Si. Total.
Division C. George W. Wright, Gen
eralTeam No. l. Captain Floyd
Byram. no report: Team No. I. CaD-
taln J. M. MoConnell. $1,057; Teanvf
.-.w. , vpism tt. a. nursey, no re
port: Team No. 4. Oanfaln Kmnir
Gudger. ;0; Team No. 4, Captain S.
r-minwn. i otai, iz.Zol.
Division D. Maraia tttamr. Jr. .
General Team No. 1. Captain Lock
wood BonnetL l-t- Tun Xo. 1 13.
O. fiheppard, $3l; Team Xo. 2. Cap
tain Phil Zagtir, $4IM); Team No. 4.
Captain Julius Lovltrh. $714: Tram
(By MRS. U K. 11SHU1.)
(Staff RrpraNrntntlve)
WILMINOTON. Oct. 11. The
first business session of the con
vention of United Daughters nf
the Confederacy thia mornlna- m-n.
rl-nwilon with r-annrra tf .itvla..-
in her annual report, the ' presl
dont, Mrs. Thomas W, Wilson, of
astonla, shows progress along all
lines. Great applause swept over
the house when she announced
that North Carolina, has for the
second successive time won iht
silver loving cup over all the other
states of the Union for gaining the
largest number of new members
between the ages of If and 25
years. Mrs. Witaon urged the
chapters to greater etfort nr this
year as a third triumph will give
the cup to this division perman
ently. '
Other lines of work in which th
North Carolina Daughters have- e
celled other states was In winpfng
the medal far the best essa on
the Confedrate Navy, this being
won bv the New Bern mPter'
which wsaalso awarded' th prize
for theWst essay on ftoace. The
children's auxiliary .also eartHed
off three prizes offered by the gen
eral division, namely the Ricks
banner and the-' Bettls Marriott
Whitehead and Thempo Battle
Marriott prizes'.'
Three new chapter have '
organized Jn the division this year
these being at Rockingham, Fair
mont and Hookerton. 683 new
meiTilvrs nave Deen nun "
the year. North Carolina now has
iio'"chantra carrying a member-
shin of 6.625.
Th i-harlotl chapter won me m
- . . . nr.
ln ..ffprpH ItV Mrs. Lf. x.
ok Moreheart City, state regictrar, lof
gaining the largest numu-r
members, having gained 43. Aslie
.,mA r.nuf.r wa fimnnt three gain-
Ins: largest numbers, having gained.
H which was a tie with- Hmmgion
who also gained 45. Sixty-four of
th. .-imiitprs have re-reglstered tne
aulhorlzed triple application and are
now, perfect In registration.: Both of
the Asheville chapter are apioYg
those perfect in registration. ,
Asheville chanters led -6e state
. Kir hsv for several years .in
the number of crosses of: honor Jo-
stoWM, having bestowed la ,i during
tha velr. -,-. v .1 i ,
mi.. Kaf McKlnnon. moinncs or
the faculty of 'the history-department,
at St. Mary s' college, luweign, u
Introduced to. the convention as one
who had spent El year trying to
teach correct history. The auendld
i,.arhlne service Miss McKlnnon las
rendered the state was recognised ty
an ovation from the daughters.
This evening's program Is "being
devoted to. the work of ths cliil-lren
chapters ofVtho state. The best three
reports sent In from 61 chapters were
from the Robert E. Lee chapter, of
Asheville. the Charlotte and Wades-
boro chapters, the Charlotte chapter
Cntint4 t r0. 7tt
GOLD.SBORO, N. '.. Oct. 11
Several months ago II. T. Koine
gay, age r.6. and a wealthy Samp
son County farmer, advertised in
a matrimonial journal lor a life
companion. Today he met Miss
Catherine. Ileartlls. 45.- of Wash
ington. D. i' in Goldaboru and
after a brief conference and a
checking up of correspondence
claims of qualifications for the re
spective role they were to play the
pair made their way to the county
courthouse where the necessary
papers were pbtained and were
married. It -was a case of "love at
first sight." both the bride and th
bridegroom expressing thomseK
as entirely satisfied with lr
"drsw." '
Thev will have no hory'00"
Instead, the couple left tClgn V'r
the Sampson County fr,m.
bridegroom where tb w)
be initiated Into thma.l'r'" ?
aUKiu inr nil
m& Aether Coal Strike
E DATA ON In Ann Unavoidable
, r- v- -
If Conditions Hold
N E inLECTTOFSlREGENOtRIKE'S
u ic cnrpin Tin
HldurLUULH
Declares HeBeeves
Present Mark? Condi
tions BeneFarmer-
GIVES Hllt PLACE
TO $,iL ALL YEAR
May,fiot Always Get
pe Entitled, But Con
. ditions Stablized.
the barnyard" n '?unl ' '
of growing cottoirrtobHl- 0 ani1 ,h
makliiK of but
RAHMFfilS BEING
DHAi
ADARD
5T
NEW JERSEY
ES
NGREAS
OIL OF
MAY
HARES
Meeting Called for No
vember 8 to Consider Big
Financial Program.
' NEW IORK, Oct. 11 Follow
ing the lead of other Standard Oil
companies, Chairman A. C. Bed
ford, chairman of the Standard
Oil of New Jersey, announced to
day that a special stockholders'
n-eeting has been called for No
vember 8 to act upon a proposal
of the dllectors to Increase the
authorized capital stock of the
company from $110,000,000 to
$625,000,000 and declare a stock
dividend for each share of com
mon stock now outstanding.
The par value of the new shares
will be Z5, the same as at present.
The director also explained that
they felt the shareholders should
he advised that. In view of the
requirement of the company, for
capital Investment, they have no
purpose to increase the aggregate
amount of dlvdend disbursements
at the pi-f-sent time.
When tlii new financing ha-j
been completed there will be $500,-
000,000 par value common stock
outstanding. The balance of the
proposed Increase will be held In
the treasury to meet such need of
the compiny aa may arise in tli
future, It wa stated.
Mr. Bedford declared that I
through the 2J year since lH9i
It ha been tha policy of the com
pany to reinvest In It business all
proms remaining after the dis
bursemeni of dividends and since
It 11 theri has been no chanr in
-no reguiuur rate of dividend then
established. ......
The steadily ' Increasing dhmro-
portion between the comnanv'a is-
suea capital and Its net assets
prompted the directors to take
such action.
The Standard OH rnmnin. nf
jeraey is parent company of
tne so-called Standard Oil trust
which wa dissolved bv a decre"
of the United ' State Supreme
Court in 1S11 into its $$ Indivdual
companies. Since the dissolution,
the aggravate quoted value of the
stocks of h various comoaniaj
naa incread approximately $J.-
000.000.000.
; Th Standard Oil of New York
which recently declared a 200 per
cent stock dividend had a com
mon stock capitalization of $75
t'OO.OOO with a aurplu of $17.-
909.000. In common with ths
ether Standard Oil companies t-f
New Jersey. Indiana! rllfornU
t.nd Kentucky, n reduced th par
value of Its share from $10$ to
It.
NTQ DUAL
DEATH MYSTERY
Man Who Citizens Think
"Framed" Hayes At
tacked by Angry Mob.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
11. (By The Associated Press)
Officials handling the Hall-Mill
murder mystery drew a close veil
of secrecy about themselves today,
evading the army of newspaper
men who camped on their trail.
Through th Inevitable "leaks"
however, came circumstantial re
ports that most of the day's ac
tivities tended to draw more snarp
ly into the spot light Nicholas
Bahmer, saloon keeper, who was
Jailed last nignt on a staiuiury
charge by his daughter. Pearl, 15,
also in jail on a charge of incor
rigibility. Bahmer' record was checked
and re-checked and his story of
his whereabout on, the night of
the slaying of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall, and hi choir leader,'
Mrs. Eleanor Relnhardt Mills, was
gone oyer with a fine-tooth comb.
Attempt also were made In ques
tion him further,, but Jail 'attend
ants : reported ' he was ao badly
shattered of nerve as a result of
deprivation of alcoholic stimulant,
that he -wa unable to talk Colie-P"
ently. i'
Pearl Say Bahmer f '
Threatened Her Life. ' v
Bahmer' daughter has told the
authorities, , in one of her many
statements, ' that Bahmer had
threatened to cut both her own
throat and that of Raymond
Schneider, her sweetheart, on the
night that the minister and choir-
ster were slain and the latter'
throat wa slashed. Bahmer de
nied this, but admitted he was
looking for Schneider that night
with a. pistol. He said, however,
that h was at home In bed when
the murders were committed. His
pistol, be idded, was of .45 calibre
while that with which the slayings
were committed was a .32.
While the authorities were check
ing up new leads, and re-checklng
the story told by Schneider, on
which 19-year-old Clifford Hayes
has been arrested for thn mimlera
citizens of New Brunswick forged
ahead with plans for a "tag day"
Saturday to raise a "Hayes Justice
l,.. lnry onen,y express the
belief that Haves waa "framed"
Timothy M. Preiffer, counsel for
rranoes stevena Hall th.
Blaln clergyman's widow, was much
hi oviumce aDout the courthouse
today. He sought interviews -with
s-everal official who are working
on the case, but declined to mak.
an ,Btatement to newspapermen.
The drive to raise funds for
Hayes defense gained itnn.tn.
when Mayor Morrison e-r.,r.,i
fiPPr?V.1 of the 'endorsement- of
commission and announced he
""u'u " a proclamation tomor
row calling upon the citizens of
New Brunswick to aid the commit
tee backing the Hayes fund.
Hayes la a war veteran, and It
ZtT. """ouncea by the fund com
mittee that approval of the ef
fort In hla heh.lf h.H
fhlV6d rom Amerca,n Legion posts
The Middlesex County prosecu
iur aeniea tonight that a basket
ma . ciooa stains figured in
rry investigation. Il
w. aiory originated with per
son who had seen a basket which
it nuea with chicken feath
ro and jn which a chicken hat
11 was learned tonlhf h.t t..
.lUiiiou.ie or Kalph V. M. Gors
a vestryman In the slain
rector church, waa hn.n.j .
Sunday, the day after he wa ques-
i" "uiuoruies in regard
to hi movement on the night ol
tne muraera. According to Mr.
Qorsilne the car burst into flames
wiiiie nis cnauneur waa driving on
one of the roads lesding Into New
Brunswick and was towed to a
garage here..
uorsline was questioned after
the rumor that there had been
a couple on the Phillip farm who
had witnessed th double shoot
ing. In. recounting hi movements
that night he said he left the Y.
M. C. A. shortly after 10 o'clock
and that ho met a member of th
choir a she waa leaving a motion
picture theatre. H said that he
drove her to her home and then
returned to hi own. Thi story is
said to have been corroborated by
the young woman, Katherlne Ras
tall. Ktrby Reamed Br
Patrolman Pome.
Frank P. Klrby. a .Middlesex
County . detective, credited with
having obtained the
I UH1CAOO. Oct. 11.-- (Hv The
Associated Press. )-J. Ogilen Arm
our, meal packer and canltillat
declined today for Ihe present at
least - to reveal to the Federal
Trade Commission the extent of his
speculations In wheat nnd corn
during the period from July 15,
1920. to May .11. 11I2:'.
Mr. Aimotir will appear aca.'n
Friday morning, after conferring
with his attorneys and tell the
commission whether lie will or
will not give It the flpures nought.
Admitting that he h id been in
the market, "occasionally." ai a
speculator during tho i"rlod un
der Investigation, Mr. Arinoti- de
clined to name his broker or re
veal the lump sum of his long or
short lines on any given d;iys.
"I cannot answer that "ff-liand,
and I do not know how ll-ni can
Interest this commission." he re
plied when victor Murdork, vice
chairman, pressed him for the fig
ures. Mr. Armour defended specula
tion in grain and the marketing
machinery which makes It possible
because the farmer Is afforded an
opportunity to sell his produce on
any day of the year In an open
market. The producer does not al
ways get the price he l entitled
to. he admitted, hut on the aver
age, he said, the farmer does bene
fit by the systen:.
Ills views on the speculative market'
were brought out by Mr. Murdock,
who recalle.l hi acquaintance with
I. T. Armour, founder of l Ar
mour fortunes snd father of the
present head of the firm. It was P.
D. Armour who broke the great Joe
Lslter wlipot corner In 1J97. Lelter
had 40,000,000 bunhels of wheat pur
chased, and a delivery day ap
proached the elder Armour was
000,000 bu.he!s short, with no wheat
In the market. He runhed Ice-breafc-ing
tugs to the mralts of Mscklnsc
and the Soo and kept the channels
open while his freighters brought
down the grain from Dulilth. When
the day for settlement came. Armour
not only met his own short sales,
hut from the seemingly bottomless
pits of his great grain elevators
poured another ,noo,fiX bushels into
the market and broke, the corner.
"Thirty years sgo." Mr. Murdock
recalled to the younger .Armour, "I
was a newypaper.. reporter . here In
ChliUso and it ws's part of my duty
rf eait ji your fafiier every week.
Hj lr4.i i mW-vek knowledge of
grim : And produce1 market. Hlnc
those days you have taken his place
and aro Intsrmted in ins development
of this great middle western nasin
Do vou believe, from your own ooser.
vstlon, tntr tne speculative pwn ui
the future larkct Trlves the producer
a anuare dealr
Mr. Armour weighed the question
fur a moment and then said:
"On the average, J think it docs,
because the farmer has a- place to
his wheat every day in the year.
He may not always get the price he
should, the prile lie is entitled to.
hut I think it nss staniiizea conai
n-ina. Without the speculative fu
ture market, no trader would buy
wheat until he -had It nold. and you
know that sometimes you havo to
carry wheat a long time before you
can sell II."
FOR BRITONS ARE
BEING FORECAST
Political Situation Raised
to White Heat by Min
isterial Program.
LONDON, Oct. 11. (By The
Associated Press) Th announce
ment In the ministerial organs that
a general election was a practical
certainty before Christmas and
that Prime Minister Lloyd George
would open the campaign with a
fighting speech in Manchester on
Saturday, ha all but wept the
Near Eastern situation from the
position of prominence In the
newspapers and has raised the
political temperature to white heat
with startling rapidity.
The government opponent,
particularly the labor party, was
delighted with the prospects of a
fight at the polls, and tne cam
paign machinery of all the parties
has already put on full speed in
preparation for the atruggle.
Thus far th premier has not In
dicated, publicly what line he pro
pose taking and the newspaper
this afternoon were filled with
speculation on this point. Some of
the writer express the opinion that
he will attempt to continue the
coalition, while other think be
will return to party politics and
make a stand with one of th es
tablished organisation. In some
quarter, furthermore, it 1 main
tained that Lloyd George will
emulate Roosevelt and form a new
progressive party which would
more closely represent his view
than any of the old factions.
The prime minister, however, Is
slttolng tight for the moment and
the only thing apparent, according
to his close friends, Is that he Is
full of fight and ha no Intention
of surrendtng without a atruggle.
COST ESTIMATED
NEAR 10 BILLION
Mining Congress Would
Have Deadlocked Dis-
putes Settled Judicially. .
HEREIN MASSACRE
RESULT DECRIED
Bradley Says it Should
Have Ignited Public
Indignation. s
AIRS; DE BOUCHEL
TO CONT HUE HER
FIGHT. FOR NAME
ALLIES' HEROES
PAY HOMAGE AT
UNKNOWN
STOMB
Are Received by Harding;
Resume Journey to new
Orleans Meeting.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. .
froup of th elect among the
Allies' heroes passed through
Washing on late today, paid trib
utr to the Unknown Soldier, were
received by President Harding in
the White House and left tonight
on their special train for New Or
leans, where, Friday, as delegates
they will begin the annual con
vention of th Federation of In-
ter-Allleil Veterans prior to that
of the American Legion, October
1 to 20.
The delegates, representing Brit
ish, French, Belgian, Italian, Ru
manian, Czecho-Slotitkla, Serbian,
and American war ' veteran' or
ganization were greeted upon their
arrival from New York shortly be
fore 6 o'clock by a reception com
mittee representing the District of
Columbia department of the Amer
ican Legion, the Army, Marine
Corps and Navy. . They were wel
corned bv Captain Watson B. Mli
li-r. department commander and
Cnarle Betrand, member of the
French chamber of deputies and
n.-esident of the federation re
ponded briefly.
The party then was taken to
Arlington National Cemetery
where, as M. Bert rand expreased
it, they performed their "first
duty" on - American soil at th?
umb of the Unknown Soldier.
The delegates were guests of the
American - Legion at dinner And
afterward were received in the
Blue Room of the White House
by President Harding.
Her'1 Attofney.3Sreit
She win nave vindiva
tion in Affair. 1
l:RliV m-XXVKRY FOR
BRXMMITT EXPECTED
RALEIGH. Oct. 11. D. O
Brummitt. of Oxford, f o r m e r
speaker of the House of Represen
tative. I reported at Rex llos-
-ltal tonitht' as resting well fol
lowing a serious operation. Mr.
Prummltt became ill while making
a political address here lost night.
Despite hi illness he made a for
mal conclusion and did not
siatemeat know hla condltm. A man who
from . k.ii sl.i,-.i4.- on st ugnt a physician for him thought
which Clifford Hsyes. If year old,ln wa uffring from only a tem
waa charged with the murder of;Pora,T liment. At the time of
th Rov. v.AwrnrA wh.ei.r Mali l.l removal to the hospital, how-
wctne a h. irni...i r-.... ever, considerable concern waa fell
St. John the Evangelist, and hi ?op nlm but today hi early recov-
tCMMaaal as rtf raJ "mo fiprcito.
ATLANTA. Ott., Oct. ll.--Mrs.
Oneilma DeHauchel announced to
night that sh would return to
her home at New Orleans tomor
row and continue the fight to ob
tain the names of the person
whom she said Asa U. Candler.
Br., Atlanta capitalist, told her
brought him reports reflecting ott
her and caused him to break hla
engagement to marry her.
Mrs. DeBauchel has "done all
she could do here," said a formal
statement issued tonight by her
attorney, Hsrry. Gamble, of New
Orleans, who stated that he would
nccompany his client back to New
Orleans on an evening train to
morrow. . Hhe ha stated ner case
and we fed most grateful for the
splendid response of the woman
hood and manhood of ueorgia,"
the statement read.
"The press has been four-square
to this stranger within their gates,
the itement continued. "This
Anglo-Saxon spirit of aggressive
sympathy for the under dog ha
never been more vigorously dis
played.
The rase Is now In the hands
of Mrs. DeBauchel's legal advisers.
Vindication she will have. It is
now for them to find the most ef
fective way to accomplish it."
Mr. Gamble discounted a state
ment made in Los Angeles today
by Wilbur Legette relative to the
case. "It may be added," his
statement asserted, "that the dl-
pateh from Ixis Angeles saying
that a man there asserts that he
I the traveling salesman claimed
bv the Candler to be defaming
Mrs. DeBauchfl and that It la not
true presents mere Intrusion on
his 'part, however well lntenaea.
He has not been named, and no
person elsewhere than In Atlanta
ha been claimed to b making
these infamous renections on .
DeBouchel." ,
Kmnlovment of local counsc:
will be dtclded on Jater, probably
fter he ins had time to go over
the whole situation with his client
fter thev reach New Orleans, air.
Gamble said.
Mr. DeBouchel again reforre-I
to efforts rhe said she had made
to obtain from Mr. Candler the
names pf the person whom h
said he told her had brought re
ports to him about her. She had
communicated with him by letter.
telephone end telegraph, she as
serted, and said that he had re
fused to rive -her the information
Finally, she added.' she had coma
to Atlanta In person on her own
motion in an effort to obtain the
Informatffion, which, up to now,
si e had been unable to do.
. In the course of her conversa
tion with newspapermen. In the
presence of her attorney, Mr. D
louchel referred to copie of let-
oi rs which she said she had kept
In writlns to Mr. Candler. He,-
rounsel. Mr. Gamble, declined.
however to allow her to make the
letters public at this time. Inti
mating that he was keeping them
It, reserve for possible future use.
Mi's. DoBouchel, In announcing
her Intention to leave Atlanta for
New Orleun. said that she blamed
the Candler family more than sh-)
did Mr. Csndler for the present
situation. "What Mr Candler needj
is backbone." she declared, adding
hat she waa sorry for him. fine
niteratfd her -belief that -Mr.
Candler still loved her., 8ho said.
however, that no reconciliation wa
now possible, and that she wa
problems confronting , the J
ous coal Industry. .
CLEVEIiAND, Ohio, Oct. 11.
(By, The Associated Pre.,
Warning that another coal atrlke I
inevitable April 1, 133. unleaa cer
tain condition are removed;
sharp divergence of opinion, be
tween Union and Non-Union oper
a tor over labor policies, and a
manufacturer telling the mining; in
dustry "to organise It household
for self-examination, self-exproo-slon
and self-government," marked
the third day' session of the
American Mining Congress which
wa devoted to an Intensive atudy
of the
bituminous
A resolution wa introduced ask- '
Ing. th congress to declare a It
principle: ;
"That all dispute directly af- ..
fecting the public interests, which
may not be settled by mutual
agreement, shall b determined by
Judicial process. ,. ., p
"That an act. In combination
with other, whoch would be un
lawful If don by an Individual, .
hall on th part of those who take
part collectively or individually, ail
of whom shall be liable to dam
ages to the party injured thereby.
'That every agreement, in order, ,
determination or conclusion by two
or more .. person which, if car' .
rled out, would b in restraint of
trade. Increase th coat Or restrict -
the production of an article of
commerce, to publlo injury, ahall
ho declared unlawful and that each
and every parson, organisation- or
combination guilty anouia t prop-
erlg, penalised."
Jti.loo recommended that a
committee on Industrial co-pper
tlon be created to Investigate plans -
to end industrial atrlfe, either by -mediation
and solution or arbitra
tion and recommend to the board
of director of the oongrea aueho
nlans a its 'investigation ahall
show to be advisable.
Resolution condemning what
termed the paternalistic atti
tude of the Government, deploring
th entrance of Government into
private business enterprise, and
urging industrial co-operation bo,
tween labor and capital a a mean
of increasing production, ug
msntlng prosperity and lowering
price, were placed, before the
resolution committee, which later
1 to make a report to the general
conference.
Cost of Strike Put at
Near Two Billion.
The recent strike in the coal In
due try caused a total low of
10. 000,000. J. O. Bradley, of
Dundon, W. V., former president .
of the NatlonaJ Coal Association,
declared today In an address bo?
fore Congress.
According : to Mr. Bradley the
loss in wage by the United Mine .
Wprker of America as estimated
by the American Educational As
sociation wa $450,000,000; the
loss to the railroad over J00.
000.000: the loss to the public in
the cost of fuel $400,000,000, and
the loss to' th -mine operator
$40,000 000.
If every family m America,
were to pay $43 it would barely
cover this los," Mr. Bradley said-
'Th price of the struggle which
has Just been gone through is -an
enorumous one. It Is at least -to
be hoped that It has had It lea-
son from wnicn botn aide may
profit. It also 1 hoped above all
things that the public has learned
that it too has a responsibility for
the outcome sf the conflict.
Idle) Men Willing to Work .
Entire Time).
"At any time throughout th
strike there were enough men
willing to work at the rate of
wages paid at those mines which
continued operation to have re
placed those who threw down their
shovels and would have kept the
wheels of Industry turning and
saved this billion dollar loss. But
because the other 110.000,000 peo
ple of the country were not suffi
ciently aroused to .the situstlon to
" (CnHaat aa raft rax)
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
Alexander Forward
"Western North Carolina 1 an
attractive country . and the pro
gress of Asheville la particularly
noted by the visitor," declared
Alexander Forward, member of
the Virginia State Corporation
Commission, who la in Asheville
for the rate investigation of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. Forward is acting in an ad
visory capacity with Joseph B.
Eastman. Commissioner In charge
of the investigation and will prob
ably be in the city until early in
November.
The Virginia Commissioner la
confident that the results of tha
present Investigation of Southern -
territory, which Is considering all
class rates wilt have a decided ef
fect on the future intrestate rate
situation.
Mr. Vorward Is fond of the ,
determined to obtain vindication, sec I Ion,
mountain country and I planning!
to take several hike while in this