THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER 32 PAGES TODAY WAIHINOTON, Oet. 14. Forwent NartS and oulh Carolina! gnawers . tunsay and probably Monday; littlf etianss in temperature. A. I Dedicated to the up-building of western north Carolina- Jf established i86a ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1922. PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c. hLLOYD GEORGE DEFENDS NEAR EAST POLICY i i .GOES NTO THE RECORD Claim Beaman and Griffin Introduce Nothing to Help Shippers.' DECLARE CARRIERS' PLANS "SMASHED" Womble's Grilling View ed as Indicating He Scored Victory. Characterizing th efforts of M. R. Beaman and J". 8. Griffin, of the North Carolina Traffic Association, to have a large portion 'of the tes timony of the North, Carolina Cor poration Commission stricken from the records ef the rate Investiga tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission aa treasonable to the interests of the shippers of North Carolina, several large organisa tions, representing thousand) of shipper in tle State and hun dred of millions of dollars In bus iness Interests, yesterday rallied to the support of the Corporation Commission.' The move on the part of rep resentatives of large shipping In terests and powerful business or ganization to support the Cor poration ". Commission, resulted from the motion of J. S. Griffin, Attorney for the Traffic Associa tion, to have the testimony 6f W. G. Womble, State Commission rate expert, stricken from the recosda, Friday morning during the cross examination of the former, charg ing at the same time, that he did not represent vthe shippers of the State, at least not the 520 mem bers of the Traffic A-ssociatlon. Mr. Womble: was on .the stand for three days,' during his pre sentation of testimony and cross--iinin.itlnn. and the eomnrehen- ive testimony Introduced and (V m-illln- manner of his cross-ex amination on the part 'of Attor neys for the carriers. i declared to be an indication of victori' for the North Carolina Interests.;!, , Signed by J. I Graham, J. T. Ryan. W. C. Creighton, R. M. Pound, George W. Forrester and George B. Daniels, the following statement waa yesterday morning placed jn the records of the Inter state Commerce Commission: . , r "Inasmuch as the authority of the North Carolina Corporation Commission to appear In this pro ceeding and represent the Inter ests of North Carolina shippers has been challenged, the reprcsen t itlvt'a of North Carolina ah'ppers mending nnd participating in this hearing a9k permission to put m tti the records, this statement, that the position taken by .the Corpora tion Commission to defeat the ef fort .-of the carriers to impose un justifiable increased rates to North Carolina shippers and the effort of the Corporation Oommirsion and its representatives to secure a proper reduction in present rates from the Central rToigm ",": Holding Concern Fdrmed for Coca Cola Corporaion ATLANTA, Qa.. Oct. 14. Thomas K. Glenn, member of the organising committee, an nounced here tonight that a holding company had been formed to retain control of the Coca-Cola company, a $25,000, 000, corporation,-in the south. The new company, according to the announcement, will be com posed "of representatives of BOUtU'er interests controlling mors)' than 250,000 of the 500, 000 - shares pf the company's stock. Stock in the holding compan, Mr. Glenn stated, will be ex changed for the voting trust certificates held by the Coca Cola stockholders on an even basis. ' The original Coca-Cola Com pany, founded by Asa G. Can dler, Sr., and members of his family, were purchased In Au gust, 1919, by a syndicate of. financial interests for approxi mately $25,000,000. Of this sum the Candler family received about $15,000,000 cash, taking for the balance the entire issue of preferred stock, valued at $19,000,000. PORT CITIES IN EXPORT FREIGH RATESJET1ED Wilmington Made Head quarters for 'South At lantic forts J5oay. OF DEMOCRATS Sunday Conference Be tween Harding and Wood Forced by Situation. HAMPTONDECLARES REVOLT ISjGAINING Heflin, at Winston-Salem, Predicts Next President a Democrat. Tilt ilHKTII.1 I rlllllX fiv ii. t. c. ir WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 4. The campaign on the Republicans is so determined that President Hard ing and F.i presentatlve William II Wood, chairman of the Republican Congressional Commit tee, will have a conference tomorrow, Sun day. Mr. Wood abused the Democrats tcduy. He said that they defeated McKinley by misrepresenting the tariff bill that bore his name, but predicted they would not succeed in their itmpalgn this year. He declared that a reaction had set in. In Ohlu, Mr. Wood admitted, the campaign Is very spirited. H-? said the Democrat are staying away from national issues and dis cussing and featuring state prob lems. They are denouncing Re publican tax laws. Mr. Wood will tell the President that the tariff Ik the lsstn and .that, the Republi cans have the beat of It in clote slates. While Mr. Wood Is making a re port to the President on his recen; visit to Ohio, Illinois. Indiana and New York, Col. BJ. E. Brlttain, Di rector of Publicity for the Demo cratic Senatorial Committee, as serts that Democrats are making real headway on the tariff argu ment. He quotes Frank A. Hamp ton, secretary of the committee, who is n-jW in. New York, as fol lows: Great Democratic Victory in new lork Forecast incapacity of the Republican ad ministration promises a great Democratic majority in New York. vonterencea nere convince me K UN F ROM TWO STATES TO STAGE MEETING Complete P r o g r a m f or District Gathering t A iiltAinlla Kiwaniana from Nona ana ouin Una are preparing to march roi the city and the vanguard wiu arrive Monday afternoon and eve ning, with hundreds tp follow from all parts Of the two- piaies, pre pared to Join with Ahevlll mem bers in one of the most successful district conventions of Carolina .Kiwaniana ever neia, uciooer ii and 18. George H. Ross, of Toronto, Canada. -International President, Jules Brazil, famous Kiwanls en tertainer, are expected to arrive Monday from across the "cobweb line" and the inimitable Jules la scheduled to have charge of the "glad hand" party at the Battery I'ark Hotel Monday evening. Members of the Asheville Club, each on an important committee, have been uailring In their efforts to give their guests something to talk about tnd are planning to make the gathering one that will attract nation-wide Interest In the ranks of Kiwanls. An Interesting program ha been arranged for the convention and has been announced aa follows: Monday night, October 'It, In formal reception at the Battery Park Hotel, featuring the introduc tion of Jules Braiil, nationally known Kiwanls entertainer. Welcome from representative of the various business) interests of the city will be extended at the opening of. the morning session Tuesday and the response' by W. fR. Merrimon. District Oovernor. nd an sddreea of the International President will be an interesting feature. , The complete program f6r the convention-follows: Monday,. October 1 Conven tion Hall, Battery Park Hotel. 8 tCjuHs m rf Tn ing with especial-vigoflth impoa tance "of maintaining present ex port freight rate schedules from the middle west, the South Atlan tic Ports Association, in annual meeting today decided upon Wil mington as headquarters tor ensu ing year and elected Herbert . A. Lynch, president, and Louis T. Moore, secretary, to succeed H. P. Adair and A. V. 8nell of Jackson ville, Fla. Messrs, Lynch ana Moore, secretary, to succeed H. P. Wilmington Chamber of Com merce. Albert" J. Stowe, secretary of the. Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, will continue to serve the organization as. director of publicity. . ' 1 . The responsibility of Interior cities with regard to ports In their States was dwelt upon at consid erable lene-th bv representatives at the mae-lng representing the port cities of Jacksonville Bruns wick, Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington. Reports were render ed bringing out recent develop ment in the South. Atlantic Coas tal highway, an Important route which the Association is actively pushing to stimulate travel via the coastal cities. 5 Matthew Hale, of Washington, D. C, president of the South At lantic States Association, was ask ed to visit several important cities in the . Carolinas, Georgia and Florida to place before their com mercial interests the tremendous Importance of supporting to great est extent, the ports in their fight to maintain favorable rates from mid-west territory. Action was taken contemplating the affiliation Attempted Theft of Letters From Candler Alleged NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 14. Attempted theft of 30 letters aid to have been written by Asa (I. Candler. Sr., to Mrs. Onezima da Bouchel from the ottice of Harold Molse. associate counsel for Mra. de Uouchel, was revealed today by her at torney. The letters were recovered, Molse said, "when he grappled with a man as he was In the act of running out of Ihe law yer's office with the package containing them. "It happened two days ago." said Molse, "hut I didn't say anything about it because it sounded so much like a fairy tale." Molse said the package had just been returned by registered mail when a man apparently about 30 years old entered the ottice and after mumbling a re mark about a detective agency, seised the letters and fled. "I grabbed him and knocked him down," Moiae said, "and he left In a hurry." MAINTENANC E OF WAY MEN GIVEN WAGE INCREASE Raises Wage Bill of Rail roads by an Estimat ed $22,125,000. CHICAGO," Oct. 14. The wage bill of the nation's railroads was Increased an estimated $23,125, 000 by a decision of the United States Railroad Labor Board to day granting Increased pay of two cents an hour to over 450,000 maintenance of Way Employes. Efforts to Expunge Testimony Termed, Treason to Shipper STATEMENT FROM TGHAI RMANWdOD IS 1 GROWING ABUSIVE rour of nine grotutf f the .n. ni. BOOZE-ON-SHIPS MEINOPERATIVE ANOTHER WEEK Time of Application to Foreign Ships Is Ex tended by Haynes. FOREIGN EMBASSY STOCKS DISCUSSED j Liquor on American Ships j Sailing Home After Mid i night Is Barred. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. For j elgn shipping today was given an j other week of exemption from ap I plication of Attorney General Daugherty's liquor transportation j ruling. Prohibition Commissioner I Ifavne after a conference with ' President Harding announced that! regulations based upon the Attor- j ney General's ruling that liquor cannot legally be brought within American territorial waters would not be applied to foreign ships leaving their home po-t before next Saturday. This announce ment countermanded a previous one made by the prohibition en forcement authorities of the Gov ernment making the application to all foreign veasels leaving tlioTv home ports after today. The extension 'first. was Inter preted to apply also to American privately owned vessels' but Inquiry at the offices f the 'prohibition unit brought forth, the explanation that only foreign craft were to bo given the additional week of grace. Accordingly, all American private ly owned shins leaving foreign ports after midnight tonight will he held to have violated the pro hibition enforcement act if they attempt to bring liquor, either seal- ed or unsealed, within the three Two New 'Leads' In Dual Murder Mystery Found NKW niCI'.VSWICK. N. J., Oct. 14. While steps were be. ing taken hy the prosecutors of Middlesex siid Somerset Coun ties today to I urn oYerhe en tire Itiveatlautien of the double slaying month ago of Rev. Edward Wheeler ll.ill end Mrs. Mica nor Hhlnelmidt Milla. to th .Attorney General's, stuff. County Detective Tutten said that the two latest "leads" In the case hud been laken from private InvestiKators. The first of these leads Is said to have been pin forward by Julius Union, a private de tective, retained by Charlotte .Mills. daiiKhter of the sluin wo man. Union's theory that the lector and Ihe rhulr singer were seiri'd separately and car lied In two automobiles to the Si.mersi't County orchard where their bodies were found. Is re ceiving consideration. Detective To! ten said. Totlen declined to divulge the .second lead, hut said thst It had been turned up bv "four men whom I have had working fur three weeks and working so quietly thst no one but myself has known of their work." flings Himself Upon People He Has Never Betrayed, He States Leaves Empire in Dark as to What Course He Will Pursue Declares England Has Kept Faith With Those Looking for Protection. To Those Who Decry Nearness Which He Has Come to War in Asia Minor He Says England Could Not Lose Great War Prize. United Brotherhood nance of Way Employes anHhop Workers are affected by the raise, the largest single croup Vfcpjng common laborers.' The decision HH ... i I . 1 M . . "The revolt against the Fordney- U he classes ert- fenm h. McCumbcr tariff and the complete ret cfi "8s iV tl tlt ir.e.n.iv , ,h c,ii, .V ent. to 85 cent to ' 25 to 7 cents. Chairman Ben W", Hooper, In a statement following the decision Another angle of the situation resulting from the Attorney Gen. eral's ruling the matter of re plenishment of foreign embassy and legation slocks was discussed today by legal officials of the pro hibition unit and Indications war again given that the situation could be met without embarrass ment to the diplomatic represen tatives here of other nations.. WORLD'SRECOROS IN FLKING4RE SMASHED! RAGE ' t Haunted by Fears for wire, Unconscious, Win ner Speeds Through Air. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Oct 14. (By The Associated Press.) Unconscious at times, due" to the terrific speed at which he rushed through the heavens, and duiing his conscious moments haunted by .ears lor the condition of hla wife, who momentarily expects to be come a mother. Lieutenant II. L. Matighan, an army aviator flying an 'urmy-Curtiss high speed pur suit plane, won the Pulitzer trophy aerial race here today. He traveled the 1(0 mile course at an average speed of 204 miles an hour. The race, run In three flights saying -that- Senator Gerry tonr danger. Senator uerry is certain to be re elected to Jhe Vnl(d States Senate from Rhode Island and there 1s nothing to the story tnat ne is in danger of being de feated, except a bit of Republican balderdash. "In New Jersey the 'conditions arev particularly good for the Democrats. Governor Edwards, Democratic candidate for the Sen ate, is riding on a landslide that foretells ihe defeat of Senator Fre llnghuysen. who has the personal and political support of President Harding. ''In New York the Democratic candidate for the Senate, Dr. Royal S. Copeland. has Senator Calder on the run, and the betting edds heretofore favoring the Re publicans have now gone to even money with Democratic odds JuBt aneaa. , "Democratic leaders from New York and New England are most enthusiastic over' the outlook. They find that there is a general feeling among the people that the Harding administration and the Republican majority, in the Con gress has fallen down; that its failure to function for the best in terests of the country is causlnsr a revolt that means it is to be driven from 'power." Hard Drive to Put Over. Mrs. Patterson The Republicans are Koine- to make a hard drive for Mrs. Lind say Patterson, congressional candi date in tre fifth district. Thev wl!l send Leslie M. Shaw, ex-secretary or me treasury to speak for her Former Senator Butler, who has of nth., lmnnrl.nl onostal cltlea oenaior til in the Association. - I 5f n -V,1? .?ule! thl campaign, will .'w iu .nrs. j-atiersorn in the Association In attendance from ' the porta, were: Jacksonville, George' H. Baldwin, A. V. Sneli and Albert J. 8towe: Fred G. Ward. Bruns wick; E. B. Walker, Savannah; J. M. Whitsltt, Charleston, S. C, and Messrs. Lynch and Moore, of Wil mington, N. C, The visitors were entertained at luncheon by the Chamber fif Com merce. YOUNGEST OF COMPANY COMMANDERS IS DEAD WILMINGTON. Ott4. John D. Kerr, prominent lawyer of Sampson County, who held the distinction of being the youngest company commander In the South ern Army during the War Between the States, died at his home at Kerr, near here, today. He was T5 years -of age. Captain Kerr commanded an In fantry unit at the age of 17. In early life he was a newspaper man, and was for some time on the local staff of the Wilmington Star. 3,600 PAID OCT TO GUARD BOOZE CARGO WILMINGTON. Oct. 14. The United States Government has naid out SI. 600 to guard the whis-i key cargo of the alleged rum-runri ning schooner Message oi reset since it was stored in the custom house here last January. Three guards are employed to watch the store room, lpe men working on eight-hour shifts and are paid at the rate of $120 a month. The cargo is valued at 150,000. CLEVELAND AIR SERVICE MAN jmvtl ut-Alll HONOLULU. Oct. 14. (By The Associated Press ) First Lieuten ant Earl H. Manzelman. of Cleve land. Ohio, United States Armv Air Servkc, stationed at Lsfke Field, was Instantly killed this aft ernoon anj Edgar Hodgson, pri vate,, waa seriously Injured when t.ielr plane fell over Kilpap Gulch. tn- wages foV -this ami -other groups of "wqrkmen and .not only pro muuiicbu cnanga in living costs. The maintenance of " way ofllcera In presenting the case to the booro. several weeks ago demanded a virtual minimum wage of 47 cents an hour. V ' The public group today was aug mented after a ten-day deadlock by W. L. Menlmen. of the labor group, and Samuel Higgina, of the railroad group, these two making the necessary five to make the public group proposal effective. Chairman Hooper said that actual decision would be presented to the brotherhood Monday, the award not yet having been formally handed down. Today's decision was a direct outgrowth of the July wage cuts and the rail strikes and threaten ed strikes which followed. When the shop crafts strike was declar ed, the Maintenance of Way Em ployes were also on the verge of walking out but K. Grable. head of the organization, withheld ac tion pending an appeal to the La bor Board for a revision of wages. In this appeal Grable asked a virtual minimum of 47 cents an hour. In- making the decision public. Chairman Hooper explained that about 13,000 Maintenance of Way Employes, on roads In the extreme South will still receive from 17 to 23 cents an hour, they having sign ed agreements with . the carriers to this effect and not being affect ed by today's ruling. According to figures complied by the railroads' and submitted to the board during hearings,, a plu HTV- r?- ' --r -'-f T - Jralei. with sensational suppprt callfv r ahniit 119 AAA tpnolrman T "Every man and Woman In th( CR nf Mnt nf thA rftHn or Fifth District," said Mr Butler to- now receiving between 25 and 3 Ha V v"lrnrlitrai ihat VTm- 1 a. a. I " " . ' n..Ww .. i Awn. rauvrsun cenm an nour, ran An1 will laswa i ' . --s ' hi i if ioj en is oi mat great district in Congress more efficiently than the- present incumoeni nas or can. It is an outstanding fact and is too plain for argument. Mrs. Patterson is ny nature, ability, education and experience -superbly equipped to serve her district. In fact, before sne bas finished one term, the womanhood of our State and the whole country will be proud of sucn a oriniant and distinguished Representative In Congress. Democrats here today predict that the extraordinary effort for Mrs. Patterson and against Major Stedman would help the latter. Mr. Butler said the State should send Republicans from other dis tricts but was especially interested In the Fifth. - r- of the yearly output of the North Carolina's 197 furniture factories has reached $30,288,701, or aa In crease of 170 per cent within the past decade, according to statis tics made .public today by Com missloner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman. Increases of 99 per cent in capital invested and of 238 per cent In the total amount of wages -also have been made during the past ten years. The capital invested amounts to $8,525,102, while the plant value is $8,384,530. The' yearly payroll has reached 50,467.614. Ten years ago 83 factories were capitalized at approximately ' three - and a quarter million dollars had plants worth nearly a million less than that amount, a payroll slightly in excess of a million and a half and a yearly output worth between eleven and twelve pillion dollars. . Eight thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven persons 'are em ployed in the manufacture of fur niture, 274 of them being women and 89 children, according to Commissioner Shopman's figures. High Point is the center of the furniture Industry in North Caro lina, but Davidson, Caldwell and Guilford. Counties share In the leadership. IREDELL RURAL ROUTE WILL BE EXTENDED (Sptttal CtrrrP0ime9 Th9 Aihntilt CitiMtm) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Rep resentative Daughton has the promise that the rural route fronrl Dunlap.t Iredell County, win be extended. 8. L. Miller, secretary to Mr. Daughton, has gone home for the campaign. G. O. P. PARTY RECORD IS SCORED BY HEFLIN WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Oct. 14-: In his address here tonight in behalf of the Democratic cam paign. Senator Thomas J. Heflin, of Alabama,, scored the Republi can party on Its record in tariff legislation, in the handling of cur rency problems, the farm loan sys tem, shipping board 'affairs, and the Newberry case. He predicted that Democrats would win the house in November, 1922. and would elect the Presi dent in 1924. The Senator paid high tributes to Senator Simmons and Overman and Representative Charles M. Stedman, of North Car olina, asserting that they stood as types of highest citizenship, whom Carolinians should delight to honor. " Speaking of the South, Mr. Hef lin asserted that its ideals and its true Americanism entitled it to leadersship, and he declared that In view of the endeavors wt the Republican Congress to pssa the antl-lynchifig bill, he would rather have his right sin cut off than vote the Republican ticket in the South., '".'' Inter-A Hied Veterans Mast Enforce Principles, They Say American Legion Members J5egin Arriving at New Orleans, Scene of Approaching Annual con , vention, in Force, Saturday. NW ORLEANS. La., Oct? 14. Where diplomacy has failed, 15. 000.000 war veterans of the Allied Nations must succeed in enforce ment of the principles upon which they achieved their victory the Allied War aims, was the senti ment of a communique framed at the opening session of the third annual convention of the Inter- Allled Veterans' Federation here today. . . ! , "The communique, writing ; and adoption of which occupied nearly the entire day a session, was art- dressed both to the Allied Nations and their officials and said that the growth of distrust, disunion and disaster, Arhich have since overtaken clyTJlzatlon; have-been due primarily to recreancy to the pledges in the Allied War Aims. Speaking for "those who fought the last war and who would be called upon to fight the next," the message directed -itself in behalf Of restoration , of world peace, or der and well-being. The veterans said they had earned in war the right to speak in peace and that they had realized that govern ments under the party . political system had entirely failed in their duty to state economic facts. They favored education to the point of view that, for at least the present generation, the world must be pre pared to be poorer and have a much simpler standard of livingl - a r mn. TT7?a -.. TiTZT. C jadlrtea. rmulteel ,t:,a .crr:rvj zr. '. .; 'T.i. fma"Tn f w0"" record, official and unofficial for 50, 100 and ZOO kilometer courses. - Lieutenant L. J. Maitland.i pil oting a sister ship to that of Maug- nan, was second in the Pulitzer competitions, but his honors in that respect were overshadowed by the terrlffc speed he attained on the lap of 50 kilometers. He cov ered the distance at the rate of 218.1 miles an hour, faster than anyone ever flew in a race. Kors the 100 kilometer course during the race he averaged 207.8 miles an hour, another world record. Seven fliers, two of them United States Navy entries, the remainder representatives of the army, srat tered the world's record for 200 kilometers or more when they ex ceeded 178.7 miles an hour. The mark established September 24 in France by, Kitsch. Lieutenant Maughan had the best speed for the distance, a rate of 208 miles an hour, his average speed for the entire 156 miles course. Lieutenant H. J. Brow, In a Curtisa Navy racer, won third place In the Pul itzer competition, going the 180 miles at an average speed of 193.2 miles an hour. Maltland's speed for the entire course was at the rate of 203 miles an hour. The race was unmarred by serious accident. One plane, the navy "mystery ship," piloted by Lieutenant L. H- Sand erson, of the marine corps waa forced out of-the race during the fourth lap by engine trouble. Sanderson plunged with hla plane into Lake St. Clair, over which a part of the course extended, but escaped unhurt Captain St. Clair Street landed his vervllle-Sperry between two trees a mile from self ridge Field. He was not hurt but a wing was torn off the plane. When he brought his piano to earth, Lieutenant Maughan was so exhausted that he loaned against the ship for several minutes until he revived. Major General Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Service. Rear Admiral W. A. Mof fett. Chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics and Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, rushed to him. Msjor Oenural Patrick patted the lieutenant on ,the head "trhd Secretary Denby was so overcome he burst into tears. "All the time during the race I was thinking about a telegram I had been expecting, Announcing the birth of a child to Mrs. Maug- j han," - the winning airman said, when he was able to talk. "I was lost four times in the haza and was stunned more or less at each of the 15 Jurns. My worst mo menta, however, were at one turn when I lost confidence and then became unconscious On the straightway I came to. Another trouble I had was my feet going to sleep." . The terrific speed also told on Lieutenant Maltland. i MANCHESTER, England. Oct. 14. (By The Associated Press.) Premier Lloyd George dealt with llie crisis which Near Eastern events have fcrced upon the gov ernment In a characteristic and powerful speech In the city of hU birth this afternno'n'? While he snoke as liberal to liberal and chose a city remote from the capl lal for ataslna his oration, accord lug to the lig custom of British statesmen, he was not speaking primarily to Manchester but to Great Britain and the empire The M'lme minister's speech was evidently more carefully preparea than is usual with him. It was personally a defense ,of the gov ernment's policy but It tvas the sort of defense Mr. Lloyd George likes, because it gave him plenty of opportunity for his favorite strategy of "offensive defense," which, with him, means dealing, hard blows at hla critics and go ing into personalltes so sharp that they shook the old fashioned con ventional statesmen What the country awaited most curlosly was Information about the future; it wanted to know wnicn of the various policies open be fore the prime minister resigna tlon, a general election or sitting tight he plana to follow, but no 1 aht waa thrown upon that point he left himself free to' take what ever direction events may indi cate. Ha declared that no one could welcome his retirement; more than himself, but followed this with the great dramatic passage. "I cast myself upon the people, because I have never . betrayed them." ' Approving shout Ring In Hall Over Statement. , ' The halt rang with approving shouts and h added that he would loyally any alternative il.e great v.ar and which had coat us so much In life and treasure. ' "Aa to i.preading the war Into, Europe. ou have only got to think what would have happened If the Turk, flushed with victory, with no army to resist him, had crossed tne Hosphorus, passed Into Thrace and occupied Cor.atantl nople. Do you think he would have stopped In eastern Europe ho wou'd have stopped htm from going into western Thrace and possibly passing luto SalonlklT You know what that would have meant war. And the war of 1914 be gan in he Balkans. "I think, It !waa right that be fore the Turkish army should have Icen allowed to cross ,lnto Europe with the flush of victory, with the blood of Smyrna on its hands, it should have had time to cool, and tliat we thould have guarantees that they would give protection to shield these people. 1 am told It was n.t our business. I am sorry to say that liberals had been pleading that it wag none of our business to Interfere between the Turks and their victims. What business is it of Britain's? waa the question: if the Turk Insists leavq him; alone. Let him cross the straits; let him cross to Constan tinople a free road and a-fairway to the Shambles. . That was rot the old liberal policy. It was not the iiollcy certainly, that l' was brought uo In. ' I waa not taught In my youth that English men. Scotchmen and . Walchma.t should every morning repeat rever- enuy me utany Of the cynic: am I try brothel's keeper? That Great Britain should face the world wit,. the brand of Cain upon her brow. ' , Particular Stress Is Laid ns ' French Near East Poller - ' The - prime mlnlat.e i.nii,,,.j hi lengthy ' defense of the gov ernment's Near Eastern policy, by iw.v, jrmm -awwnv - -rw .. .i .'.': . .-" z.. coupled with hard snd zealous work tou repair the destruction of real wealth. LEGIONNAIRES BEGIN TO ARRIVE IV FORCE NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14. The American Legion started arriving here in force today for the annual convention which begina Monday. Every train arriving in the city Drought hundred of visitors, witn them came the first view of the novel features States have adopt ed to establish their Identity. . All hotels became the scenes of big reunions when buddies began to meet and fight the war over again. The national headquarters became the meccaof the arrlvalsv It was estimated tonight "that about a fourth offha -Legionnaires had reached the city, although no big delegations hud arrived. Approx imately 100,000 Legionnaires are expected, according to the reports of the leaders of various States who are already here. State headquarters have begun: blossoming forth in rapid succes sion. Washington .. delegates brought forth head pieces on the order of tam-o'shanter with feathers. The Kansas delegates appeared with tne corn flower prominently dis played.. Mtssourlans are wearing big blue streamers with the name of their State and a badge with a miniature "mule attached. The "40 SALISBURY MAN SHOT IS CRITICALLY INJURED SALISBURY. Oct. 14. H. xi. Cheatham, revenue officer con nected with the Federal Prohibi tion offica at Norfolk, early to night shot and seriously injured Doug Dunham, a white man at fake Brown's suburban store, where Dunham is employed. The officer's nistol is said to have been accldentaly discharged while he and several Deputy Marshals were at Brown's place to serve' some papers. Dunham was taken to a local hoapltsl where it is said he is tarred without giving awsy th MrT TJoyd "V ", '"t -bseeh- f the eorr . wMiidUlMK uomi4to be known a his Tac to (h wall" Is seldom' a mere speech; it Is generally a thrilling entertainment. Today' was no exception; all the atmosphere was friendly and con genial; the small audience in the dining room or tne iterorm uiuo responded swiftly to every point Before the premier rose,- small pulpit structure waa placed on the table In front of him, and on this spread a stack of notea. But one on his feet he seldom bothered with these, so. his sentences had all the effect of SDOntanelty. Con siderably stouter than .when he took control of the government seven years ago, and hale mucn whiter, the Welsh statesman seems to have frown serious with years of responsibility; but all tne oia fire was there. In the hall where Gladstone had often spoken he poured ridicule on the great com moner' aon. Lord Gladatone. who Is one of the leaders of the liberal revolt against the coalition. Of him he said: "I know the diffi culty of any man without ade quate gifts who has to carry through life a great name. He has actually excommunicated ua from the liberal party. Well, the papacy is not a hereditary office What service has he rendered lib eralism? I know of none, except one he is the lest living emooai m.nt of the liberal doctrine that ability Is not hereditary." Some of his strongest points in aeiense oi the eovernnient's Near Eastern desllngs were that the Turks had slaughtered since 1914 a million and a half Armenian and half a million Greeks; that to give way to them now would be sacrifice the greater part of tne victory won over Turkey in me great. -r th.f "am I mv brother's keeper' has never beep, a doctrine of the liberal party. Early General Klectlon Not Thought to Be Program. The impression mas on most of his audience was th tne premier does not propose to have an early general election, par of the press charring that an election before lh pnnM rvatlva party cdWentlon In November would be a political trick. He spoke tnrougnour aa liberal, making appeala to liberal principles and tradiuona. -From today's display of form it N safe to predict tnat u a gen- .taction enmea. tne weisn giant, despite his seven years of overwhelming laoors, wuum readv to carry on a whirlwind mm. lirn. ' . . . . , . . Prime MlnlBier ioya ueuise addressed the greater part of hU speech to the Rerorm eague ciuo here to vigorous defense of the governments near eastern poucy. He laid ttreas at the outset of the need of "keeping open the straits rf Dardanelhs. "It is not necessary," said Mr. I.lovd George, "to point out the imnortance of securing the straits i KBinst a repetition of what hap-1 pened in 1914. That prolonged the war Jor two years and it very pearly brought upon the cauae of the Allies. lrreparaDie uisaaier. But aside from that H is the only road to the fairway of the Black fra where you've gat the raw mat-rial you need, surplus food in time of peace In normal time such a no other part of Europe cc-uld su'ply, and of the commerce that part of the world one-third had slwavs been in British ships. Vital to Kten One of Biggest of World War Prise "Vital to you. vital to humanity, we could net have had theae straps r-'Bunpos, we hadjfolhtwed meik-yibehtncf-Yanc;,,V h- -jntinued. "pie Kemaust wourd-nWe.bAin ' Cbanpk. The next ttilnsj that woui.i hav happened would hav been th crossing of the Straits. Gain poll wa held by a very weak Sene galese battalion with orders that they were not to' fir 6n th Turks, Both sides of th Straits would have been In Kemallst hands. :: . "Do you think you would have got them out? ' You would have gone to the peace conference and said! Will you please get away from Chanak and Gallipot! ?" v "And Kemal would have said: 'No. we will guarantee th Straits to you.' ' "Our critics say: ' Why didn't you hav an understanding with your Allies?' We did, and only a few weeks ago we received am es tate from the French government that If th Greek or the Turk In vaded the neutral zone they would hiva tn ha resisted bv force. But, alas, we accepted that, and thought thev meant it. how were we m - liev that It was Intended for only one side?" Dealing with the re cent criticism bv Lord Grey on TWO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HEAHD J ADDRESSES HERE Murphy and Reynolds Are warmly Applauded Daniels Coining. immediately following a Demo- ciatic Ra'.ly at the Courthouae ad- dtessed bv waiter juurpny, .i resentativ from Rowan County in th. Nortii Carolina Uenerai As sembly, and R. R. Reynolds, prom inent attorney of Asheville, last night came the announcement from Democratic hearquartera tot Buncombe that Joaephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, will speak a: n mass meeting to be held under the auspices of tin Buncombe County Democratic Commimti.ee at the Courthouse, C-ctober 20. Representative Democrats to-onr the coun-y gathered at the court house lasl night and hesrd en thusiastic addresses by Messrs. Miirnhv tnd Reynolds. Opening the meeting, Edward N. Wright, who presided. Introduced R- !- Keynolds. ,wno iner ouiunin. manv of the national and state is sues before the voter in the an proachint elections, praised the record of the Democratic party in the Tiatlun state and county "An era of prosperity which was . undreamed of has dawned upon this great stste under Democratic lule," said MV. Reynolds. - "The up-bullding of the state's resource and the creation of the affair of government." he declared. "People of this county ow their protection and largely their- pros perity to the just and efficient ad- ' ministration of the affairs of the government under which we di rect I v maintain our citizenship and the Democratic ticket placed In the field for the fall elections wa' rarts tho support of every law abiding citizen who loves hla or rer county state and nation," said seriously Injjured. th bullet having biggest important prize we hsdMr, Reynolds, and he waa given entered his liver. ' ' 'won by .he victory over Turkey In , it.ww m rw J

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