t
THE WEATHER
r for North and South Carolina! null
. change In temperature; ahowara Mon.
p ly and Tuesday.
WIN DEMANDS
THE ASHEVIILLE CITIZEN
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN .'NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
jSHEVlLLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WATCH THiJ LAuiCL
On yaur papar. It will tall you whan
yaur aubaorlptlon explrea. Rantw flva
Says bafora aspiration, and you won't
mfaa an laaua.
RETRACTION OF
J
REASON CHARGE
tJnless That and Apdlogy
VI Are Made, He Will
V Take Legal Action.
DENIES HIS STAND '
? HURTFUL TO STATE
Hearing Resumes Here
Today With Cross Exam
'.j ination of Henderson.
i RALEIQH. Oct. 15. James 8
orimn, attornay for tha Slate
Traffic Association, announced her
today that ha had aent telegrams
e J . L uranam, vica-prealdent
swid traffic manager of tha R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, aid
his employers demanding: a re
traction and apology for charge
triad before the Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing In
.Ashevllle yesterday that hla ac
. tlon In regard to flght rates had
; beert treasonable to the best In
terests of North Carolina shippers.
He also announced unless both
were forthcoming he would take
;uon against Mr. Graham.
Mr. Griffin denied that his stand
n rates was detrimental to the
tat and asserted that A. J. Max
well, Corporation Commissioner.
had accepted a compromise with
'the railroads which he declared
would be against the Interests of
the general public but advanta
geous to the interests represented
ry tir uranam.
'"VkXAMINE STUART
AND HENDERSON TODAY
Cross-examination of T. M. Hen
deraon. Traffic Manager of the
Nashville Traffic League, will be
started at tha opening of the hear
ings of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, at the Battery Park
Hotel tola morning and will prob
ably be completed with the morn
lng session.
Ex-Governor II. C Stuart, of
Virginia, representing the interests
of the Virginia Shippers' Associa
tion; will take the stand beginning
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and
great weight will probably be at
tached to his testimony by virtue
of his wide experience In traffic
matters.
He was at one time appointed I
tmerce Commission by President
Wilson, but declined the appoint-
ment. - ' '
A" number of representatives of
: rinla shipping interests are ex-
i i ited to be present and . . lake
the proceedings.
Indications are that T. J. Ryan,
(resenting the Southern Traffic
Qynkue, will take the stand aX the
toning - of .he session- Tuesday
REFORMER SUED
FOR CRUSADING
AGAINST BOOKS
Successor to Late Anthony
Conutock it Sued by Boni
And LiverighU
w
FICIALS AWAIT
THER
OBEOFM
RDER
The charges of the North Caro
lina Traffic Association that the
Corporation Commission did not
.represent the Interest of Shippers
In the state and the consequent
statement signed by representa
. tlves of the largest shipping Inter
ests of the State, rallying to the
support of tha Commission, was
the outstanding feature of the
hearings of the past week and is
being discussed with Indications of
wide interest.
STAGE SE
CONVENTION
FOR
OF
pANISELUBS
District Governor Ready
for Meeting With Trus
tees Today.
With the arrival last night of
W. B. Merrimon, of Greensbaro,
i District Governor and a number of
District Trustees, the stage Is set
for the opening- of the District
Convention of Kiwanla Clubs, with
an informal gathering at the Bat-
". tery Park Hotel tonight. -Several
hundred delegates from
, all parts of North and South caro.
, Una are expected to be In attend
nnoe and a meeting of the District
Trustees will be held this morning,
-District Governor Merrimon. Tore
Fading.
international President George
lYj-ffRoas and Jules Braxll, Kiwanla
I ?ijtr!lner, are scheduled to ar-
rise this morning and will be mat
si tne station oy me. necepuon
Committee, headed by Robert F.
Moody. Chairman.
Indications are that the Ashe-
vtlle convention, which Is tha first
ever held in this city, although tha
Ashevllle Kiwanla Club was the
.first organized In the Carolinas,
will be one of the most successful
and -largely attended In the his
tory of Kiwanls in the two states,
At least 60 Kiwanians and la
dies, accompanied by a band, are
expected from Greensboro, the
home of the present District Gov.
ernor, and are-scheduled to ar
rive during the afternoon. '
.Business details of the conven
tion centers In tha election of the'
next District ' Governor and ' the
selection of next meeting place,
which will probably be In the East
ern part of North Carolina. Al
though it Is generally believed
that C&rleston, South Carolina,
will make a strong effort to land
the 1923 spring session.
However, the subject of mak
ing the convention an' annual af
fair, is widely discussed and set
tlement of this point may be a
feature of the present session.
, The distinguished visitors . ex-
f Vcted for the convention. In ad
tn to Klwajiians Ross and Bra
s'1! ape as follows: Mrs. George H.
lB7s. Fred C. W. Parker, Inter
"f tional Secretary; Elwood -Tur-International
Trusts; W. B.
k wrrlmon, District Governor of the
Parollnas; John H. Moss, District
j fvernor of Milwaukee; Wiley H.
twlft, of Greensboro; j. Thomas
Arnold, International .Trustee, and
others. ,
. The committee chairmen ' in
charge of arranging for tbe lw..
day session. October 17 and II.
with a special program tonrght.
are aa follows: Clarence) Sawyer.
ICnw I r
Job 8. Sumner.
John 8. 'Sumner, of New York.
head of the Society for the Sup
pression of Vice and Successor to
the late Anthony Comstock, Is de
fendant In a $66,000 auit brought
by Boni and LIverlght. publishers,
Miss Mary H. Mark, librarian, and
Thomas Seltzer, another publisher.
The suit Is based on his activities
against the circulation of books
which he considered "not nice."
HARDING
RACKING
MONDELL'SRACE
FORAMEN ATE
Thinks Recent Congress
Successful in Facing
Post Wat Troubles.
wiisikstox I eraa.ii
TBB SBT!Ll.a crriEas
ir . I. c. jatj
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. Preai
dent Harding's letter to Malorltv
leader, Mondell, who Is running
for the Senate against Senator
Hendricks In Wyoming, Is Interest
ing to political atuaents here. In
one jof his books the late Col.
Theodore Roosevelt literally roast
ed Mr. AlorvdelU He said that the
'people's Interests :. could not jbe
irosreu witns mm.T ....
Mr. Mondell has not Changed
but the President gives ' him a
boost to help -him with his cam
paign, The contest in -Wyoming
is close, and hard fought. Senator
Kendrlcks Is popular and he is a
clever fighter.
Intimation from the White
House that President Harding
would ask for changes in the Vol
stead - prohibition act has stirred
up the drys, and some of - the
leaders will try to block and such
action.
Expect Decision to Be
Made Today Who Is to
Conduct Investigation.
LEADS ARE WORKED
IN OTHER CITIES
State. Troopers Believe
Bodies Placed in Orch
ard After Death.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
15. The local authorities engaged
in the investigation of the month
old slaying of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Rhlnehardt Mills, were practically
Idle today, awaiting the order of
Supreme Court Justice Parker, of
Newark, which will decide whether,
the case is to continue in their
hands or be put in charge of
State Attorney General MeCran.
If Justice Parker's order which
Is expected tomorrow, places the
Investigation in the hands of the
State authorities, the. leads which
have been uncovered will be taken
up by the State prosecutor's men.
Tbe Investigation of the State
troopers has been largely inde
pendent of that being conducted
by the local authorities and far
Lmore secretive.
nione of tne trio of troopers was
in town today, but they were said
to be following clues In other cit
ies of the State. Their theory, in
the main, is that the couple were
not killed on the Somerset Coun
ty, farm, where the bodies were
found. They also attach Import
ance to the clue, that when the
bodies were discovered, the rec
tor's eyes had been carefully
closed, while those of Mrs. Mills
bad been left open.' '
The local authorities wlro have
expressed skepticism about the
statement of Mrs. Hall that she
had never heard any gosslo
garding her husband and the
choir singer, are seeking an ex
planatlon, it was said, of certain
statements as appearing in the
letters found with the bodies.
. In one of these letters, believed
to have been written by Mrs. Mills,
the statement occurred, "Charlotte
talks."
Mrs. Hall was seen outside her
home for the first time In several
days, today. She worked in . her
garden for two hours, but at the
appearance of newspapermen v, In
the street, she left her work and
hurried into the house. - Inquiries
there a moment later elicited the
statement that Mrs. Hall was "in
disposed and could not be seen.
Somerset County Prosecutor
Strieker spent the day at hla home
In Dal. N. J. - Asked Uiara about
the xiected order-ef Justloe i'Sr
ker. ha said he would welcome
the turning ovaf of the case to the
State authorities. Prosecutor Busk-
man, of Middlesex County, -, also
was out of town today.
Countless tourists continued to
visit and Inspect the Phillips farm
Automobile of eery description
and bearing the license plates of
many eastern and far western
states have been seen recently on
the rustic lane which' leads into
the farm and near which the bod
ies of Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills wt-re
Legionnaires Are Ready
To Open Convention In
The Crescent City Today
This Year's Gathering Looks lake Big Political Con
vention With Large; Number of Women
Present for Auxiliary's Session.
i t
LUMBER
IN
NEW ORLHANS. Oct. 16 (By
The Associated Press) Soldiers.
.. II .. .1 In -
ago. members of the American Le
gion,' were gathered here tonight
(or their fourth annual conven
tion, which begins tomorrow and
continues for five days.
Last year's American Legion
convention In Kansas City, with
Marshsl Koch, Admiral Beatty, of
England, General Dlas of Italy,
and General Jacques of Belgium,
as distinguished guests was a com
bination of pageant and reunion
on a gigantic scale. This year's
gathering in New Orleans will
bear more of the earmarks of a
political convention.
What the legion's future policy
will be on adjusted compensation;
what, if ,any, criticism will be
leveled at the Administration in
Washington because or the defeat
of the compensation measure dur
ing the last session of Congress
when President Harding's veto
was sustained, were of course out
standing questions.
Colonel R. O. Forbea head of
the veteran's bureau, , is hers and
esence already has brought
tha charge from William K. Dea-
gan. head of the New lork con
ventlin delegation and a candidate
for national rommarider to succeed
Hanftrd MacNIder, that Forbes
was Sera to influence the conven
tion sit the Instance of the Re
publican Administration In Wash
ington, a charge sharply denied
by Ftrbes, who said he was sttend
ing aith a staff of speclsllata to
co-oMFrate with the Legion on
prob ems having to do with the
disabled men.
Cotimlttee meetings went for
ward today , with completion of
tbe reDorta of commissions ap
pointed by tha legion to deal -with
hospta llxatlon, legislation a a d
A m t r 1 canisatlon. rehabilitation
slmilir topics having to do with
veteran welfare work.
A aotlceable feature of the con-
ventlan was the large number of
wonun who came with their
soldier relatives to participate in
the tonventlon of the American
Legion auxiliary, the women a
organisation which meets at the
same: time.
T
GIVES BOND IN
44 YEAR OLD CASE
Keeps His Identity From
the Police Almost for
Half a Century.
SEES KINSMEN IN
BLADEN COUNTY
Fire Of Undetermined Origin
Causes $40,000 Loss To Pack
Square Clothing Firm Sunday
BIG TE
GATR
MPERANCE
SPEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. Presi
dent Harding, in a letter to Rep
resentative Mondell, of Wyoming,
Republican leader of the House,
expresses his. belief that the gen-
eral results of the accomplish
ments of the Republican Sixty-
sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses,
''have been so helpful to American
welfare thai they will not fail to
appeal to theVAmerlcan people.
The President in his letter
which was made public tonight at
the White House further declares
that "few Congresses hav been
called upon for bucn arduous serv
ice as has been exacted from the
Sixty-aeventh."
"I earn addressing you," the ex
ecutive's letter said, "in testimony
of my appreciation of the great
public service of the present Hons
o Representatives ana of your
self as its majority leader, it is
an acknowledgement which I re
cord in this manner with the more
satisfaction because of warm per
sonal sentiment for yourself, as
well as high esteem of your per
formance in one ox the most try i
lng posts under our. Govern
ment.
"Few Congresses have been
called UDOn for such arduous serv
ice as has been exacted from the
Sixty-seventh. It has been in ap
proximately continuous, sitting
from tha day. lu came into exist
ence. In the realm of achieve
ment. Its -record Is notable. I doubt
If nv nnna-ress in our history hss
accomplished so impressive a vol
ume or work, toucning so wiue
ranee of national interest.'-
Thinks Government Scheme
Eonal tn the Stress.
"One must dissent from the too
prevalent idea that your plan of
rnnffrnasional Government is noti
nmvinff miAi tn tne axrain ot meat wiun mil l ywir
Umes. The most astute student I Tonight Mrs. Maude B. Perkins,
hiatnrv. rnmnarlni tne' legisia-1 special secretary 01 young peoples
tive record of the reconstruction work from Syracuse, N. Y., spoke
fniinwin the Civil War to a large audience Of the import-
. e the nerlod following I ance of training the younger gen-
the World War, must realise inai
ERING HELD
CER SUNDAY
Union Services Held for
Annual Meeting Tich-
enor Wins Medal.
rsMfel CarrnsmsVara TU AthttlU Ciluw)
- SPENCER, Oct. 15 The annual
state convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union now
In session In Spencer featured Its
first day with the annual sermon
by Rev. Samuel Hayworth pastor
of the Friends Church at Hign
Point. He spoke before a large
audience of delegates from all
parts of Norht Carolina and home
people, all churches In Spencer
Joining in the service. His subject
was the development of character ttroyed. officials are at a loss to
uy 1 determine the cause of the fire,
ergy and will power. The address b t maic-Hon. point to the flames
Estimate Loss on Feath
erstone Building at Ap
proximately $6,000. I
FIREMAN IS HURT, !
LEG IS FRACTURED
Manager of Trivers
Clothes Says Temporary
Quarters to Be Secured.
Fire of unknown origin, start
ing in the Featherstone Building,
Southwset Pack Square, shortly
afler 4 o'clock yesterday morning,
resulted In damage to tha stock of
the firm of Trivers', Clothe, esti
mated at afound (40,000 and dam
age to the bu(!ding declared to be
about IM00.. j f
" Wtftle- answering thi call and At
tempting to get on a fire truck,
E. E. McDowell a member of the
Department, missed his footing
and the wheel passed over his leg.
resulting In a compound fracture
He was reported last night as rest
ing well at a local hospital.
The entire stock of clothes of
Trivers' was damaged . by smoke.
fire and water and practically
every garment suffered the effects
of the fire.
J. M. Cooper, manager, stated
last night that an exnert adiuster
for the Trivers' chain of s Lores
will arrive, during the next few
days and arrangements will be
made to open in temporary quar
ters with a new stock, until re
pairs to the Featherstone Build
ing are completed.
Both the building and contents
are fully covered by insurance, it
was learned yesterday.'
The building Is owned by C. E.
Featherstone and Walter Dermid
and, it is understood, repairs will-
be started within the next few
days.
The Athens Cafe, operated by
Peter C hackles, was damaged by
smoke and the smoke pouring In
this building awoke persons living
on the upper floors, who immedi
ately called for - help. The cafe
was, however, open for business
Sunday as usual.
It was stated yesterday that
members of the Police Department
answered the cries for succor be
lieving them to be a call for po
lice assistance, discovered the fire
and sent In the alarm.
Tne entire tnree noors or tne
building were severely damaged
by smoke and water and the rear
part of tha lower floor was de-
PROR
OFF
CER
IS RELEASED
BOND OF
Arrest . Follows Salisbury
Shooting Which Physi
cians Think Fatal.
( tfrUl CuTiMMftw, T AtltttUlt CilUn)
SALISBURY, Oct.. 15.H. H.
Cheatham, prohibition enforce
ment officer, connected with the
Norfolk headquarters, was arrested
today by Sheriff J. H. Krider and
released on 12.090 bond., Doug
Dunham, white) "man, who : Was
shot lasf Tilghr-py aTFT Chetharui
la desperately wounded, Tha puffol
ball passed entirely through Dun
ham's body piercing the liver and,
affecting the spinal -cord. He -'is
paralyzed from the hips down and
physicians think his wound will
prove fatal.
Dunham's statement of the
shooting was taken today. He
claims that he was In the rear
room of the Jake Brown store.
where he is employed, getting ker
osene for a negro woman when the
officer pushed open the door lead
ing from the front room and fired
at him without a word. He fell
and called for help.
Cheatham claims that hla pistol
Case Comes up in Robe
son Superior Court at
' November Term.
LfMnnRTO.V. "x- CVi. 15 -After
wamlerlnx ovrr tbe country and
kaeplng hU lilriitity from the iiollrn
for 44 jrr. Jmiruli H. Kemp, ar
rested at St. .Augustine. Kla.. last
m Jill, 1 churn i-ci wih the killing of
Danlfl K. McNeill near Ketl HprlnRi
on AuKnsit 15, 187J. and brougt here
for trial. 1 now at liberty under
14.000 bond and Li visiting his broth
era and piMpm In Bladen t'ounly.
whom be had not seen In almost half
a century
Kemp's brother, a wealthy lumber
manufacturer of Ocal.i, Kla.. came to
Lumberton last week and arranged
the bond. ( ounsel for tbe aged de
fendant seeking ball appeared before
JudKS w . M. Iiond, holding court
here, and Solicitor S 11. McLean
agreed to releaae Kemp under 14.000
bond. The rase Is scheduled to ba
tried at tbe November term of Kobe
aon County Superior Court.
The Robeson County grand Jury, In
November. 1870, returned a true bill
against Kemp, charging murder, but
the fact that he mis been admitted
to ball Is taken here to mean that ha
will not be tried for murder In the
flrit degree.
Kemp does not deny that he killed
McNeill, according -to Sheriff Lewis,
but claims self-defense. lie declarea
he shot McNeill when tU latter
threatened him with an axe arter
they had quarreled. The only living
witness of the killing, It la aald, la a
brother of McNeill.
Shortly after the killing. Kemp vis
Ited his old home In Bladen County,
where he spent several weeks. He
then left the State and nothing had
been heard from him by relatives. It
la said, until news of hla arrest at
Bt. Augustine. Kla.. reached here sev
eral weeks ago. Since leaving North
Carolina. Kemp had lived In several
States, Including Florida and Texas,
where a went under the name of d.
W. English. Under this name he was
married and reared a family. Ha
told Sheriff Lewis he was divorced
from his wife several years ago.
Kemp's arrest was the result of a
conversation he had with a atranger
a man from the Red Bprlnga aee
tlon whom he met In Florida. He
Is said to have Indicated unusual
familiarity with the details In con
nection with the killing of McNeill
and this aroused the euspeclons of
the atranarer. Tha matter wss ra-
iorted to tne local auinormes. wnoae
Lloyd George Speech
No Halt To Revolt In
Conservative Circles
TURKISH SEIZE iDIPDrPCDTHlll
YOUNG WOMEN IN U0 II LULT I iUls
REFVGEEGROlPm LONDON FO
Smyrna Declared No Place
For the Near East Con
ference to Be Held.
00
Investigation ended with Kemp's ar
rest 111 Bt. Augustine.
8RRI.5WA
FIRSI INTEREST
ON DEBMODAY
Treasury's New Offering
Is Oversubscribed by
Billion Dollars.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15. The
Britons will make the first pay-
... - (,.. . I. . I . ITnlt.il
bled E'rvVnfS:; States loan, to the American Oov
leA fl2. the r,??i,romrLn!0u th-e ernment tomorrow when check.
ATHENS. Oct. 15 (By The A
anrluted Press) Turkey's sugges
tion that the Near Kaat peace con
ference be held at Smyrna should
be rejected once for all by the
powers If they have any consider
ation for the health of their dele
gates In the opinion of American
relief workers, some of whom
have arrived in Athena from
Hmyrn.i with strange skin mala
dies requiring medical treatment.
They report sanitary conditions
In Smyrna aa unspeakable with
the bodies of horses and other
snlniu.s and of some of the
Smyrna residents who were killed
In the disaster still In the streets.
Harry Ellsworth Boyde, of Pitta
burgh, Pa., auditor of the interna
tional committee of the Y. M. C. A.
in Turkey arrived here yesterdsy
sfter escorting- 700 refugee to
Mhylene aboard the United States
Shipping Board Steamer Casey.
Mr. Boyde said to The Asaoclat
ed Press correspondent toduy:
"The 700 refugees Just taken
from Mltylene were the lsjit to be
taken out of Smyrna. The condi
tion was terrifying. These people
were actually bein devoured alive
by files. It is so throughout
Smyrna for the files, thriving on
the decomposed matter lying
about have multiplied by millions.
"No girls between the ages of It
and 25 were found in our bsnd of
refugees; they have been taken by
tne Turks. '
BRIT SH
PREMIE
FRENGR IN ROLE
OF PEACEMAKER,
IT IS REVEALED
had a marked affect on the con
vention.
A contest for gold medal featur
ed the afternoon session. The
contestants were Phlllls and Athe
nla Thomas of Guilford liollege
and Marth Tlchenor of Salisbury.
The latter was adjudged winner
and was presented a gold medal
by John L- Rendleman of c Sails
bury. The contest wast In harge
of Mrs. O. C. Godfrey of Bpenoer
and the medal bad been handed
down from year to year for more
being caused from the 'heating
plant in tha oaaement, by
the manner in which the floor was
eaten away over the boiler.
The larger- part of the damage
was cause by smoke and water.
It is asserted, and the entire stock
Is practically a mass of ruins.
An effort was made to get suits
and overcoats being held for par
ties to safety, but this could not
be accomplished on account of
the heavy smoke. 1
Two years ago a small fire oc
curred in the ssme building mak
ing this the second Are for the
Trivers' firm in Ashevllle, but the
first was only to a comparatively
small extent.
rear room, following Dunham
who had, passed Into the rear
room and slammed the door In his
face. There is an offset in the
floor between the two rooms.
Cheatham accompanied by Dep
uty Marshals was armed with war
wants or capiases for both Brown
and Dunham and also a search
4 warrant. He repprts thst they
found a small Quantity of liquor.
Cheatham is the officer who has
been here several weeks getting
up evidence against alleged whls
key dealers. He passed as a deal
er in Guernsey cattle and mingled
with drinking men In a number of
liquor parties, In this way getting
evidence to be used in Federal
Court, which convenes here Octo
ber 23.
T. C. Caudlll. North Wllkesboro
citizen, got In a peck of trouble
here early today.e Among th
.charges against him are driving a
car while intoxicated, trespassing
on the Southern Railway right of
way, carrying a pistol, having liq
uor in hla possession, resisting an
officer. A woman, who was rid
lng with him, was also put under
bond. Caudlll gave bond this at
ternoon and will be tried Wed
nesday. When arrested Caudlll
was- drlvlnar ud and down the
Southern's track near the passen
ger station.
w kav anna far toward lessen
lng partisan, factional, personal
nrf .Actional strife in ine law
making .process. Whoever will
compare the turbulerlt period of
legislative and political history
from the close of the Civil War
to the end or presiaent nay
Administration with the record
made since . the armistice, four
years ago, must agren wunui
Judgment. He will find. In the
earlier period such convulsions aa
marked the Impeachment of one
President, anNjmbittered national
electidn contesfX ana a prevalent
conflidt beweenv Legislative and
Executive Branches. Contrast with
that Whowinr the business-like
fashion la whMl the 7th Congress
has addressed Itseir to us nuge
task, ought to Inspire ua with the
conviction nowaaays are
Monday and Tuesday will be de
voted to routine business.
NORTH CAROLINIANS WIT.T,
BE lli CANNING CONTEST
ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 1. Undei
the auspices of state agricultural
colleges and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, canning
club teams from South Carolina,
North Carolina, Maryland. Florida.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia
win meet here ia a sectional can
ning demonstration contest .Octo
ber 1.-18 to select two teams to
participate In the national contest
at the International Livestock Ex
position in Chicago.
Botn tne nrst and second win
ning teams of the sectional con
tests win be allowed to partici
pate In the national meet at which
meal two teams will be selected for an
SATS REFCGEES TOTAL
CONSTANTINOPLE Oct. 1 5.
(By The Associated Press.) Ref
ugees In the Near East, according
to estimates by Dr. Frldt, of Nan-
sen, who represents the Interna
tional Red Cross and the League
of Nations in the relief efforts.
will reach a million, and one of
their principal needs will be win
ter clothing. Dr. Nansen, who
has Just left Constantinople for
visits to Adrlanople, Sofia and
Athens, Is planning a world-wide
appeal for a, quarter of a million
dollars to be Administered by the
Nansen committee. -
STYVVR.M winvnirji nrr
FROM TAMPA TO MOBILE
quit fortunately as - may be expected.-
' . .
"If R be urgea ma w cannot
falrlv com Dare the conditions 01
one ' generation wlih those of an
other then let there be a com-
narison of the progress whlcn oor
country hss been making since the
armistice, with thst of any other
eight-weeks visit to Franca where
WA8H3NGTON. Oct. UjE-Tha dis
turbance ever tha Fa stern Gulf of
they- will demonstrate canning I Mexico was aparently central tonight
methods under the direction of I aome distance south of Appalachlcola
the American Canning Commit-1 moving siowiy nortnwarfl. tne ea-
tee for Devastated Fmnce and I i,ur"" announce". iorm w..
the French Ministry of Agrlcul- J" T" ?V&r distu
tore. All expense, of the national JJJ i, K&J'Sr
and European teams will ba paid ,h B0rth western section of the Car-
under arrangements completed by thbean rVa. It was expected to nova
tbe directors of the contests. northward or nert b west ward.
KITOCEfiRFTTL TEST OP
NEW DIRIGIBLE BALLOON
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 15. Suc
cessful teat of a new dirigible bal
loon, designed, it was said, to re
place the captive observation bal
loons of the late war, was con
ducted at Wilbur Wright Field,
Saturday by Churles Brannlgan,
test pilot of Akron and Ensign
Charles Bauch, U. 8. N., it was
announced here today.
j Under the teat the balloon, 500
feet In the air and attached to a
motor truck, was pulled to va
rious points on the field. The bal
loon was then- cut looae from the
truck and under its own power it
cruised about, later coming back
to the truck where a drag ripe
waa picked ud and the ship was
towed back ' to lta moorings.
srPERINTFJTDENT OF NEW
BAPTIST HOSPITAI NAME
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.'Oct 15
Announcement was made here to
dav that Rev. O. T. Lumokln. pastor
of the First Baptist Church in Hur
folk. Va., haa accepted the position
of Superintendent of the New Baptist
hospital In thia city-. Mr. Lumpkii
was here m faw days ago In confer
ence with the hospital committee,
relative to tha- matter, and hla ac
ceptance la received bare with much
aetleraction. For rive years he wai
pastor of the Brown Memorial Bap
tist church In Wlnstoa-Salem, going
from bare to Oxford, N. C. and
thence to Suffolk. The hoapltal ov
which he Is to preside. Is aa exceed
ingly handsome building- of atnna.
brick and reinforced concreta. and la
expected to be completed at aa early
date. Dr. Lumpkin takes charge 01
tbe Institution January 1, 1KJ.
and certificates totalling 150,000,
000 will be paid to the Federal
Reserue Bunk hero for the general
account of the treasurer or in
United 8Stea by J. P. Morgan and
Company acting as British agents,
The British war loans or ap
proximately four and a half billion
dollars have been for some time
the center of discussion regarding
the payment to this country by
her' war allies of war loans of
more than eleven billions of dol
lars. f A British commmisslon with
power 10 negotiate leriiia iui m
payment of the Piitlsh loan
expected to arrive Here soon.
Previous payments to the United
States by the British oovernment
had been for the amount of pur
chases of silver amounting to sev
eral hundred millions of dollars
made during the war for the pur
oose of stabilising the silver cur
rencles of India and other British
colonies.
For several month, the British
Government has been sending gold
to this country and also buying
dollar exchange In anticipation of
the first interest payment on the
war loans. J. P. Morgan ana com
pany, estimated tha gold snip
ments at between 25 and 30 mil
lions of dollars. This gold was
turned over to the sub-treasury
here and after the amount had
been determined by assay the pro
reeds were turned over to the
Mnra-an Arm in the form of i
cheek drawn on the Federal Re
serve Banks. Dollar runas were
also accumulated In member
banks of the Federal Reserve sys
tem, about ten checks drawn on
the various depositaries of the
British Interest fund as well as a
quantity of United (States treasury
certincates mstunng oimuir
making an exact 150.000.000 will
make up the first Interest payment.
NEW TREASURY OFFERING
WKLIj OVER-Kl BfcC'KIBI-aJ
WASHINGTON. Oct. li. The
treasury's new offering of 1500,-
000.000 of 4 1-4 per cent su-year
bonds has been over-subscribed
approximately !.000,000,000 It
was announced today by Secretary
Mellon. Books for cash offering.
closed at noon yesterday.
SubscrlDtiona for which 4 1-4
per cent Victory notes or Decern
her 15 Tieaanrv Certificates are
tendered In Daymen, will be re
ceived and allotments will be made
In full until October 21.
Subscriptions received to date
according to reports In hsnd, were
said to aggregate more than II,
550,000,000, of which about 11,
400.000,000 represented cash sub
scriptions. Of the cash subscrip
tions, more than $325,000,000 were
in amounts not exceeding $10.
00 for any one subscriber, and
these have been allotted In full,
leaving only $115,000,000 or
thereabouts, to be . distributed
among tha Ave other classes as
follows:
Subscriptions for more than
$10,040, but not exceeding $50,000.
. . . ' . II salieee - Tawl
Greeks Adopt Measures
for the Orderly Evacua
rv tion of Thrace. t
cuyea rresa.j An jnspirpd note
Issued today- in answer , to Mr.
Lloyd George's Manchester Speech
and, British newspaper comment
places France In the role of peace
maker la the recent Turkish crisis
"at Great Britain's request." It
calls attention to the British dec
laration that France abandoned
Great Britain at Chanak and that
peace was saved only by Britain's
resolute stand, and says:
"The Turks, flushed with victory
were marching on the Straits when
General Harington, according to
his own admission, did not have
sufficient forces to stop tha ad
vance. The unconclllatory atti
tude shown by Downing Street,
notably In It. appeal tor the mili
tary co-operation of the dominions
and tha Balkan allies was not of
a nature to calm the Nationalist
leaders .
"It was In these circumstance
that on September 20, Lord Cur-
son came to Paris to confer with
M. Polncare, The Minister of
Foreign- Affairs asked the Frencn
Commlaaioner to exercise his in
fluence with the Angora govern
ment to check the advance Upon
the Straits and it was with this ob
ject, with Lord Curson's full ap
proval and M. Franklin-Boullon.
proceeded on his mission to Kemal
Pasha.
The allies at the same time,
upon M. Polncare s demand, de
cidedto give Thrace to the Turks
as evidence of their good inten
tions. The chief of the Angora
government, having confidence n
the assurance of the French dele
gate brought to him, agreed to
cease all military enterprises.
"It seems, then, well established
that the Intervention of the French
government had a decisive influ
ence upon the maintenance of
peace."
GREEKS LAY PLAN TO
QVIT THRACE IN ORDER
ATHENS, Oct. J5. (By the As-
soclsted Press.) The government
has adopted measures for the or
derly evacuation of eastern Thrace
by the Greek army and civilians
to prevent acts of violence against
the Turkish population. It has
requisitioned all steamers at Pi
raeus and ordered them to Dedog
hatch and Rodoato.
M. MarCllly, the French Minis
ter, has Informed the Li reek gov
ernment that the allies will do ev
erything possible to fac:lltate the
evacuation without disorder. He
gave the government the Impres-
ion that the allies were ready to
extend the time limit fcr the with
drawal of the Greeks if this was
necessary.
M. Canellopoulos. - temporarily
acting foreign minister today vis
Ited Jefferson Caffrey, die Amer
ican charge d'affaires and express
ed the thsnks of the government
to the. American people tor their
id to refugees.
Dissolution of Parliament
Is Expected Early This
week by Some.
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stillwithheld
Assertion Made He Will
Be Deposed by No
vember Elections.
LONDON, Oct. 15.--By tHe As.
MnMln. A Tl.. r. I . 1
.uviuiru . ,7M. 1 1C 111 I CI ajiuya
George returned to London today.
He met with a hearty , roceptlon
from crowds of admirer and had
a long conference with Winston
Churchill, Secretary for. the colo-
n'"- 'i
Mr. Churchill will be in charge
of the Irish debate when Parlla
ment takes the matter of ratifica
tion of the new Irish constitution
snd aa the, necessity of securing '
ratification '. -before December 4
makes this task a weighty one Id
connection with any possible early
appeal to the country. It la as
sumed the whole subject was)
threshed over.
The Premier' speech at Man
chester Saturday leaves political
circles completely at a loss to
prognosticate the next political
movement. It la generally sup.
posed titers will be an early disso
lution, although this supposition
does not arise from anything- tha
Premier said at Manchester, but
from a general review of all the
factors in the existing situation
and above all from the conviction
that the speeches of the Prime
Minister and of Mr. Chamberlain
from which so - much waa ex
pected, have In point of fact left
things Just as they were before,
and have done nothing whatever ,
to arrest th progress of the re
volt In th oonaervatlve rank and
file against tbe continuance o( '
Lloyd George's leadership.
y Gnvrrnitlewt Fullar ' '
suxwrwa -Tw.Uiutav. , V.;., 1
-If th Prim Minister has any
definite plan he successfully con
oealed' them from hi Manchester
audience. His apology, aa many
describing hla speech has not
served to turn away th sharp
edge of criticism lately levelled at
his Near East policy. 3. L. Gar
vin, n the Sunday Observer, pen
ned one of th most scathing In
dictment of that policy yet seen,
pointing out how, owing to the
existence within the cabinet of two
diametrically opposed policies. It
had been impossible to pursue a
poller leaning towards
and declaring that th Government
in fact had fallen between stools.
Asserting that the Government
had spent between 20,000,000 and
$0,000,000 pounds sterllna- In war
preparations, only to bring Turkey
back Into Europe In a more firmly
established position than befor
1$14, he says: .
Of ' all VI WSr- .iailnnn.. a
have won In the NearEaat In tha-
great war, not one asset remains
while th loss of our moral repute
Is unparalleled. In our relations '
with the Moslem world. To an
tagonize simultaneously Russia,
t -iwnitssM m "Jff- riM
ARMIS
TWO NEGROES JAILED
FOR SAFEKEEPING
RALEIGH. N. C, Oct. 15 Charged
llh whlDlnx a farmer in Franklin
County and attacking his wife. Willie
Harria and George vvaoaeii, totn ne
groes, were brought to the Wake For.
est County Jail today for safe keep,
ing. Franklin County officials were
fearful that threats or lynching might
be carried out If the negroes were
allowed to remain In tha Loulsburg
Jail. , - -.
TWO ARK KILLED IN
A HEAD-ON COLLISION
KAST ST. LOUIS. Oct. 15 (By Te
Associated Prasat Two persons were
Hied, one seriously Injured when -two
trains of tbe 1-ak. Erie and Western
railroad collided head on near Kan-
kin, suburb, this morning. ,
ICE-KEPT
BERLINERS FROM
ATTACKjy AIR
By Permission, Inside Se-
crets or Plan to Wreck
Capital Told. ,
CLEVELAND. 0., Oct. 1!. Tha
story of how the signing of the
Armistice saved Berlin from an
aerial attack waa related here to
day, with the permission of the
Oovernment. for the first time by
Leater H. Bartlow and Glenn L. -Martin,
Inventors of a device for
a long range attack. Only a few
persons are said to have known
the secret, so closely was it guard- '
ed.
The basis of the Idea was the:
combining of the flying torpedo,
built principally along the lines of
the dual motored bombing plane,
with a small plane of the scout
type but. carrying a Urge fuel
tank, Mr. Bartlow said. In flying
to the objective, the two nlan.
were to have been a single unit,
the smaller plane's engine draw,
lng Its fuel from the torpedo
plane's, tank, leaving its own fuel
supply intact, for the return flight.
The range was limited only tn
the distance the smaller plane
could travel, in bringing the pilot
back to the American base, Mr.
Martin explained. -
"If the war had continued,'
Cleveland would have contributed
two Inventions which would have
ended It speedily," declared Bene- '
diet Crowell, former Assistant See- '
retary of War.
One would have been this flying
torpedo and the other the deadly
gas which was developed in v the
"mousetrap."
"Our scheme to blow to atoms
the - German capital 700 mile
from the battle lines waa so slm-
pie that General 15. O. Squler. '
American ranking general of the
air forces, was skeptical." Mr.
Bartlow said. "When he was con
vinced of its practicability. hia
greatest fear was that the Ger
mans mQit hit upon tha aame '
idea and put Into effect before he
could get the necessary equipment
acsosa th Atlantic."