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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZ2 THE WEATHER WATCH THE LABEL On your papor. It will toll you when your ouboorlptlon aaptrae. Rmiw five daya before expiration, and you won't irnaa an leeue. . , WAIHINOTON, Oct. 14. For.ca.t for North Carolina: Showers Tuee day) Wednesday mostly cloudy and considerably eoolor. nrnirA-trn To thf i tp.ri tit niNf. OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHF.VII I F N r TI JPSnAY MORNING.-OCTOBER 17, 1922. PRICE HVE CENTS ESTABLISHED 186a IT7 r Tr f Elaborate For State Fair In Raleigh Best Ever V-'t I i I - s mrs. Idem BRAVES I: TO L SCHEDULE Battles With the Muddy Roads into Night to Keep Engagements. 'MILITARY DAY" IS TO BE BIG EVENT JormaUy Open Tar Heel I ia's Sixty-Seventh An X nual Exhibit Today. .- ci-rua xawa aetata tABBOROVaM BOTBl, Bt BROCK MARKLtX) RALEIGH. Oct. 16. If the ele ents miss success in their assault r f I the stater fair as completely ka they did In last nigrht'a attack en the fair s lady president, today down pour and tomorrow's cloudy outlook will be inconsequential handicaps for the 6"eh annual Tar Heel exhibit. It 'wasn't the fault of the ele 4inents but the pluck- of the mta resa of BUtmore that brought nlff blue Packard through from ..Asheville to Raleigh with old Jupiter Pluviua contending every inch of "the way. t The weather man is not very optimistic over the outlook especially for tomorrow's big open ing event, but Mrs. George W iVanderhllt's Paul Revere ride last .night and ner day of nonest-io goodness activity has set an ex nmple for fair patrons that ought to cause complete ignorance of a : dan-vp atmosphere or a wet street The Vanderbllt car with Mrs ?VanderblIt Miss Cornelia and '-party of friends left Asheville early -yesterday- morning expecting to i -each Ralehfh sometime after dark '. last night. Beyond Greensboro the continual down pour had begun to ' tell on the roads and the big car ."niisi 4 forward under Handicaps. i It Was a fight with mud and slush 7 tnd detours all the way irom Greensboro to Kaieign out me orders of Mrs. Vanderbllt were for the machine to push on through . .(Onsboro's O. Henry Hotel and dozen other comfortable look ri hostelrles along the way of e-red a relief from & mean night but the President of the ota. .Vail- hl n tnh awaltlns: her in alelgh and he watf fletermm to get here. And she did. It was almost S o'clock to the minute when the mud bespattered ti-in ir rolled bit in front of tne iYarborough Hofel ana Mrs. van Jderbllt got to her room for a rest r - r - it SPMSU TO T? AT F.mirs HIGH SCHOOIi STUDENTS Her first engagement of the morning waa at the Raleigtf High School, and the hour was 9 o'clock. The students there were expecting her. They were not airappu"""" despite the weary night ride or the steady trickling of slow rolling rain drops that beat on the drain pipes. This engagement over, she Annnnil a raincoat, took the wheel of a roadster and went direct to the fair grounds, where she ana Miss Cornelia did the work of car penters in arranging the BUtmore jTxhibit. . 'T'TShe'lI be up again early In the Jigfirnina- and ready to join the t nartv that will welcome General f Pershing to the city. He will get I 'i i fhere at o'clock aboard hia pri vate car. and the committee -will meet him about 8:80. Forty or fifty will be guests of Governor Morrison at 9 o'clock, when break fast in honor o" the General and Mrs. Vanderbllt,, will be served at tho Mansion. From then on It will be a day of enuaual activity, Mrs. Vanderbllt. General Persh Inar. Governor Morrison and of ficials of the Fair Association and tne State will lead the parade that will form at the Southern. end of ravetteville Street and march to I the fair grounds for the opening addresses. The Fair president, tne ijgineral and 'the Governor will do , Ji honors that will formally open V w fair. . it A barbeque will be served on the : I rounds. If Jupiter Pluvius lets up I ton enough, -and the afternoon Wwill be given over b-y the official f party to the entertainment of the -military chieftain. He will leave -about 6:30 o'clock for New Orleans r -to attend the American ,,- Legion s .Convention. Preparations for Opening f tio Forward. .... : Despite today's .downpour of rain "preparation for tomorrow have gone forward without interruption A battery of artillery from Camp uragg and a military band from he Camp is encamped at the fair grounds and'several companies of National Guardsmen are expected in tonight or early tomorrow morning. ,' r Th only discouraging outlook for :ne wnoie wceK la the weather and Mrs. Vanderbllt has set the paca that . expected to nut down this hand! tup ,as ons unworthy of more '.Has Taaalng consideration. Tho exhibits re bigger, better and more elaboratj han any previous fair, and military y" tomorrow is expected tp attract Aahevllle people who have arrived era tonight to attend tho State Fair, included Mr a. Vanderbllt and Mias Adams. C. P. Waddoll. Mrs. D. . Vttsfgan, Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Wheeler, VJ and Mrs. Charles A. Webb, A. K7Rees, W. Ti Aaby, Mrs. W. T. I Mason, Dr. and Mrs. T. P. Cheea wrough. Otto Buaeck, and Mas Vrobn. C. E. Miller, County Agent, d Mrs. Letts Clement. Home Dem onstration Agent for Buncombe; F. I ti Pfrtn- of Canton. 4s In charge of I he live stock exhibit. Mr. Podon formerly waa connected with tho t-tate Department of Agriculture. The University is to have- as unique xrilblt. A mlnlatur community named, Tarheelia has ben construct- "v lt. of the field agents of j nlversity KitenaJon Division. I itMSnai rm Tmi T Exhibits R. B.Sams Becomes : Divisional Chief of Prohi. Department Madison County Man Has Long Record of Service - for Government. WAintwoTOK acaa&u Ttfa ARHBTIL1.0 OITUBK tir H. . a. im-AST) WASIUNOTON. Dot. 1. It was announced today R. B. Sams had boon appointed by Prohibi tion Commissioner Hnynes, "as divisional chief for the area com posing North Carolin. and certain counties In Virginia." It was added, "Mr. Sams has been In the Internal Revenue Serv ice since 189S In various capaci ties and la considered well equip pod for his new office." Mr. Sams is a (Madison County man, but has spent much of his time about Greensboro. Recently hi served as Internal'. Revenue Aaent In the Tax Division, In New Jersey. He is now beinfe transfer red to his old stamping grounds, where "he Is well known. Inspector Makes Report to Commissioners on First Survey. Eight or ten Asheville firms, who In the past few days are said to have . grossly violated ' the smoke ordinance, will be given final warn Ing this morning and unless they comply wilbP the law prosecutions will follow - Immediate fy in the police court. ' This was the firm statement of Commissioner R. L. Fitzpatrick, of public safety, Monday. It is the opinion of the city officials that enough has been said for an bust ness men of the city to regulate their, furnaces o as to comply with the law. One week ago, John Oolvin was named by the. Com mlssloner to make a so-called '"amok survey" and to secure tan gible data on the subject. Mr. Col ldn wiU serve as smoke inspector anor wtn reguiariy jnaprni. un vm- umes of smoke emanating irom tne large furnaces in the city. The law stipulates the length of time, that heavv black smoke can be permitted to escape from the big chimneys. The ordinance was n.uH aeveral veara ago. Recently .resolutions were passed by the) Buncombe .County Medical Society to the effect the ordinance was not enforced and the city offi cials had been "lax"- m carrying put the provisions of it. This was followed by Similar rraumuuiu various civic organizations. In filing his first report Mr. Col in arlvea the names of the alleged vinlntnra and recommence iph .m. .otlon be taken. The firms. however, will be given a chanre-to redeem themselves so to speak by adhering to tne provisions v law In the future. , nrivm imTiTinw SYSTEM - "--- -.. . WILMINGTON, N. C, Oct. 1. nrnl.rt .n T. inn's C1UD XOnign'. started a movement to (abolish bv legislative action, xne present im. tion system used-in the assignment of Superior Court Judges in North Carolina In an effort to relieve the congestion of civil dockets. The. Lions propose w nave . Annrjl assembly enact a law that will prohibit Judges from sit ting In any district, except uiui from-which they are elected. , mnmnnnnn W1T.T, NOT TAKB CUT WITHOUT PROTEST TmmmT. Oct H. The United Brotherhood of Maintenance, of Way Employes and itanway nnop Mirortr. will not accept the two cents an hour wane Increase awarded by tho labor ivunl Saturday without a protest, according to Frank Finnson, spokes man IUT ItlO " now In session here. A new request for an lwcrtase of at least t cents n hour la being drafted by tho con vention Finnson said tonight. Tho nmr waara reauest Will be laid before the labor board by the broth- erhooa s new omcers, w.no jiruuuj will be Installed tomorrow, .it was stated. ' ". Cannot Adequately FINAL WARNING S 5IVEN V QLATORS SMQKEDRDtNANGE Military Policy Under the Reduced ADDroDriations, .... a a ' vh. Associated Press.) rne un shaken opinion Pt Secretary Weeks and his military advisers thst the ration's nillltary policy cannot be adequately sustained with a regu lar arm yof less than IS.000 offi cers and 160000 men was again laid before President Harding to day by the, war secretary who wits accompanied on his visit to the White House by General Pershing. The conference concerned esti mates suVnttted by the War De partment for the coming year call ing for total appropriations ot 1329. 187, 6f -as compared wim urrenf appropriations oi ",- 981.121. The army budget, how ever, still must be approved by tha budget director. Tha war secretary made H plain that he had not changed In his be lief that thepresent army of 11.- 000- officers and 115,000 men could ot fulfill all of the missions pre scribed by the national defense act. but Mr. Weeks has officially ex pressed the Judgment of the War Denartment that only the moot urgent reasons for national con- omy would warrant continuing the army at that reduced size. S' TARIFF SPEECH POPU Order Large Number to Be Printed for Distri bution Soon. TRIBUTE TO WILSON ON ARMISTICE DAY Frank A. Hampton Says New York Democrats Are United. WOHIWOTOM BURBIO TSK HBt11.1B OlTlltBW I BY H. t V. BHVJLST) WASHINGTON, Uct. -1 The soeech of Senator Slmmtins nn the tariff conference report Is proving to be the most popular campaign document with tho Democrats of the whole country. From every quarter the Democratic Senatorial Committee and the National Dem ocratic Committee are receiving calls for It. The demand has grown so great that the Democratic National Com mittee has been forced to order a large number of these speeches printed In pamphlet form and It is said that the edition printed has already been exhausted. One Democratic leader from Illinois wrote as follows: "Senator Simmons' speech on the tariff - conference report delivered in the Sedate on the 18th of Sep tember Is such a masterful exposi tion of the question that we must place It in the hands of all our campaign speakers. How many copies can you furnish. Wo want all we can get.;' - Another , Democratic leader writes: It Is a great speech. Senator Simmons possesses the faculty of making his thoughts and language clear to an unusual degree. I pre sume it is because he is not satis fled ' until it is clear to himself. The arrangement of his speech Is his position. Then when he comes to specific Illustrations- found In the action of the conferees the reader must continue to follow him and applaud. When he comes to the bill Itself It was Indeed skill ful to open with wool and the Senator's arrangement of that schedule la not only strong but at tractive, drawing- the reader along with him. It was a great speech and it must play a considerable part in the campaign." The calls for Senator Simmons' speech have actually exceeded in numbers the Icall for all other campaign documents cobined as respects the demands made of the Democratic Campaign Committee, from every section of the country. To Make Pilgrimage to Wilson's Home. Thousands of admirers and fol lowers of ; Woodrow .Wilson will again make a, pilgrimage, lo the former! President' . home on Ar mistice Day. according to J' w Copeland, former Charlotte news paper man, wno is in the State In the interest of the Democratic Na tional Committee. Mr. -Copeland was a member of the committee mat promoted last Armistice Day'-i pilgrimage, and he sava both men and women of Washington are ar ranging ior another gathering to pay triouia to Wilson and Ujeals. Mr. Copeland is in North Cam una to seek financial assistance for tho National Committee, which nas undertaken vigorous cam palgns In the State and Congres sional Districts where Republican members of the House and Senate are up for re-election. "The in difference of Democrats In Demo cratic States Is the only discourag ing element entering into the cam palgn, while a shortage of funds has greatly handicapped the party organization in its work." Mr. Copeland said. He explained that the Republicans can get what money they need from a few Cor porations, while the Democrats must depend on popular subscrlp tlon. Frank A. Hampton, Secretary and Treasurer of the Democratic Senatorial Committee, has return ed from. New York and Jersey City where he conferred with the Dem ocratic leaders of the New Kny land and Middle Atlantic States. New York Democrats v United. Says Hampton. Mr. Hamilton said: "I find that Conditions In New York could scarce ly be better. The Democrats ot tnai State can always win when they are united and have on their fighting clothes. They ars united in this campaign with a splendid confidence and determination that mm tie mo reel exceedingly good. Dr. Royal a. cope land,. our candidate for the (Senate from New York. Is a wonder. He Is man of tho lirst order of anility, dynamic. , forceful and breathinr a confidence and an indomitable nirht- Ing spirit that have put every ngnt-Ine- Democrat In New York city an In the upntate on his tiptoes in this campaign." - Mr. Hampton said: "It Is remark able1 that wherever one goes ho finds a North Carolinian in Changs wnen ituittitMO rm mj Sustain Nation's Reiterates Weektw The -principal item Tn the esti mates - submitted comes under support of the regular army" at $212,707,179, as compared with $il3. 411.512 for the current year. Included In that item, however, Is the pay.' tubslstence and clothlnc for every branch of the army. The estimates provided for maintenance of the national guard snd various training corps at the expense of the regular estuabllsh -ment In order to keep within the budget Bat res. For the guard tctal of $11.91 9.021 Is proposed sgalnst $21,816,000 this year: for the organized reserves S2,6!8,10 with no exact comparable figure: for the reserve officers training corps 14,401.000 aa compared with 13.100,100 this, rear: for civllla i military training camps $1.971, ISO as compares with 11,100,000. These ngurea. with the smaller Items nvike ue military budget for next year -of I1&9.421.K& a compared with f2sr.s&(.igl tluav year. The aon-mllltary items. In cluding rivet- and harbor work, reaches a total Of $to.l9.!7S as compared with $79. 719. 401 In ear rent appropriations. SIMON N TH E CAMPAIGN Unionists to Meet to Determine Fate of Coalition Plan Feverish Activity Takes Place in English Politi cal Circles. LONDON, Oct. 1. (By The As Koclnted Press) This has been a day of feverish activity in. Down ing Street, the chief development being a summons to the I'nlonlst members of the cabinet and 360 I'nlonlst members-of the House of Commons to a conference at the Carlton Club on October 19 to de cide whether o break Up the coali tion or stand by Premier Lloyd George. Mr. Chamberlain, as party lead er, will preside at the meeting, the result of which the Prime Minister will await before deciding on his linn of artlon. Mr. Chamberlain will ask for vote of confidence and on this will depend his remaining In office and the ensuing general election. Participation of Mr. Winston Churchill, the Colonial secretary, In the campaign, has. been sud denly cut short by atv attack of gaRtrltla which has - obliged him to cancel all publla engagements. Prior to Mr. Chamberlain's consul tation, the premier held a "war council" with the members of hla caDinet. including Mr. Chamber Iain, after which he departed for t-iieiuers Louri. KIHiSFROlU OVER CAROLINA ARRIVE FOR MEET International Officials of luwams Club Are Here for Convention. HJwanlans from all nart. nt h. Carolina -started . tn srriv In Asheville yesterday afternoon and last night, In preparation for the District Convention and from pres ent indications several hundred will be In attendance during the iu-iiHy session, , uctoDer 17 and 18. : , .- V; ' . The convention will 'be formally unbii mis momma- at in nwu at the Battery Park Hotel, R. H. MoDuffle, President of the Ashe ville Club, presiding, who will al so can tne convention to order. Ueoree H. Rons. International President: Elwood J. Turner and .1. Thomas Arnold, International Trustees and Fred C. W. Parker, international Secretary, were the distinguished visitors to arrive yes terday, ready to take part In the two-uay session. KIwanlans and ladles gathered at the Battery Park Hotel last night at 8 o'clock and enjoyed a excellent program. . featuring the famous Klwanis entartainetv Julas4 Hrasil, who clearly demonstrated his ability as an entertainer, Mrs. Brazil shares the honors with her husband and her song, "Coming Thru the Rye," will stand as one ot the features of the con vention. The work of Mr. Brazil and the manner In which he handled the opening night session will be a subject ot ravorable dis cussion during the gathering ot KIwanlans. , A meeting of the District Trus tees, District Governor W. B. Morr.mon, presiding, was held yes terday morning at 10 o'clock and timong the business matters dis cuosed was that of whether the District Conventions shall be an nual or semi-annual affairs. The arrival of Jhe Greensboro delegates, approximately 40 strong, accompanied by ladles and the Kl wanis band, was a feature of yes terday afternoon and the music of the Greensboro aggregation will be one Of the Interesting features of the convention. Rev. Dr. R. J. Bateman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Is scheduled to open the . convention with the invocatlon'thls morning at 10 o'clock, after which the Inter national officers and other distin guished guests will be introduced. Mayor Gallatin Roberts will ex tend the address of welcome and will be followed withvaddresses ot welcome from the following-: R. R. Williams, vice-president, A'l-evillc Klwanis Club; Rev. Willis G. Clark, president Asheville Rotary Club, George H. Wright, president Asheville CIvltan Club. Signs were displayed through out the city yesterday welcoming the KIwanlans to AshevITle and an Interesting part of the welcome, ons that has attracted wide atten tion, is the part the Rotary Club Is taking in extending the wel come. Cards In various windows and automobile signs are being hv members of the Rotary Club to show their interest in the Klwanis District Convention, come will be made by W. B. Mer- Kesponse to the address oi wei- rlmnn. District Governor, alter which the International-president will deliver his address. A luncheon at 1 o'ciock. group nnnfarenoea. automobllo riue ana inniirht ars the other fea- u.iiHuc . -e - - - turcs arranged lor tne nrtt ujr v. the convention. IT- MOTHERS CONGRESS . AT JOHNSON OT JOHNSON CITT. Oct. 18 -Two hundred leading women from all parts of Tennessee are ' In Johnson City ready for the opening of the eleventh annual meeting of the Mnthara Cona-rea. Parent-Teach- era Associations of the state. The three day session begins to morrow :nornlng, when tne aeie- gates will be welcomed oy tne cisvor and presidents of various civic rlubs and the congress for mally organized. Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, state president, of Nash ville and other state officers,'' ar rived today and after having been he dinner guests of Mrs. S. 11. Carr, president of the local, cen tral council, hold an Informal pre liminary nesting tonight. OHRLOTTt TO BOLD Aiivwun i.n Minbaiii CHARLOTTE, Oct- 1. At the rro7ar meeting of the Charlotte Automotive Trades Association to day. It was voted to hold the an nual automobile show the week of February In the Madc-in-Caro- linaa HatL STUART LAUNCHES RATE F1GH EXPERTS North Carolinians Make no Move to Retract Charges Against Griffin. HEAR TESTIMONY FOR TENNESSEE Maxwell Asserts Griffin in Testimony Argued for Present . Rate Level. ' -No move to retract statements charging J. 8. Griffin snd M. It. Unman with conduct not to the bent Interests of the shippers of the State, was msde today by rep resentatives eresent m the hear ings of the Interstate Commerce Commission, although telegrams from the former had been received by those making the charges, with the exception of a letter to Mr. Grilfln, which In no way glvis In dication of being a retract Umi or on unnlaev. i A. J. Maxwell, member of the Corporation Commission. when asked for a statement In regard to the attorney for the North Cro Hn Traffic Association, declared that he did not "deem It necessary o enter a denial any more than he would have to deny robbing a bank or wrecking a train." - "Tne Corporation Commission, ' he ald, "has never made any sort of a compromise In an Important adjustment of Interstate rates, without submission to the highest executive officer In the State, and would not do so now." "No compromise of any kind In this case has ever been thought of." he continued, "and the nearest approach to an agreement with (he carriers that has so far de velripcd In these hearings, with re spect to rates In North Carolina points, 'was the sworn testimony of M. R. Beaman, under examination- by Mr. Griffin, that the ship pers of the State are satisfied with the present level and relations of the interstate freight rates, wmcn fighting to have reduced 48 cents the Corporation Commission is per hundred pounds, first class, and corresponding reductions In all other classes, and which we ex pect to win, not by compromise, but by Just decision and order of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, on the testimony and exhibits which Mr. Griffin endeavored lo have stricken from the records." Mr. Maxwell further stated that the hoped to fllnd time during tha present week to 'prepare a state ment, not controversal, but to ex plain In language of the business man not familiar with the techni calities of rate questions. Just what the Corporation Commission Is undertaking to accomplish In the ot proceeding. , ,.r Urlfnn. ". Signed by J. L. Graham, J, T. Ryan and W. B. Crelghton. ,the fol lowing letter was today forwarded to J. S. Griffin, attorney for the North . Carolina Train Associa tion: "Your telegram, a oarrled In the newspaper today. Is inac curate In assuming that any repre sentation was made to the Inter state Commerce Commission by repreaenatlves of the North Cam- Una shippers other than approval of the course of the Corporation Commission In this case, and lr authority to represent the shippers of the States in this proceeding. which you had formally chal lenged, and which we formally re butted for those we represent. as io comment through the press, we intended our interview to mean that, in our onlnlnn vonr action misrepresented the- real in terests of the, shippers of the state f i a wnoic. . Moreover, that you had pursued a COlirne untairnnl.l to the interests of all such shippers when you' began formally before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion to flght the efforts of the Cor poration commission to secure s large and Just reduction In the Im portant frchedule of freight ratej between North Carolina and the tral Western States, and -car- your onnnnltlnn tn tha of challenging the right of the Corporation Commission to partici pate in the proceeding, and to Im peach the testimony of their wlt r ess, W. a Womble, and moved to strike from the record their whole series of exhibits which lormed n logical ant we think convincing demonstrate.. .v. Just right of all the ahinnera r.t !S t0 a reduction of more than 40 cents per hundred pound lira; ciass freight, and cor- irsponaina- reductions on other ;,'" ana an equal reduction In tne relationship of these rates irom ins central States to Nor'.h Carolina with those to Virginia cities. Such an adjustment would be of great benefit to all shipper n iiiw bums including those you vwiiwu iu represent. it wai, and Is, our purpose tn nana sqjarelv back nr the Put poratlon Commission In the fight they are making for all tha inni of the state, and to call sharply Co the a.tontion of the shippers of ne state mat wnue you are claim ing to represent their Interests you have turnod a gun on those who r.re ngnthig for the entire state, end during the time they are fight ing that battle, and before the tribunal that Is to determine fur ?cars to rome these Issues of vita! Importance to everybody In the state. Resent Any Effort To Block Work. , "If yottr personal grievance against the Corporation Commlb sion Is of uch extent that you can not co-operate with the commls lnn and others who are making With theun the real flght for a Just level, and relationship x rates for .el the shippers of the state In this hearing., you should st least not try to block and besmirch the ef forts of tnose who are doing so. "This Is obvlouslv the time of all times for the people of the state, retrardlesa of personal dif- rences, to stand back of tha state authorities In their intensive fight tor just reauctions in these freight rate adjustments, which are to be made on the testimony presented In this proceeding, and not on newspaper statements. Those who not only fall to co-operate st such a time but try o thwart the ef forts of those who are doing the real ftgh:.ng. should expect o re- VRG England Plan To Search New World's Airplane Record Is Set as Aviator Makes Greatest Speed Ever Attained by Human MOl'N'T CLKMK.VP. Ml.li. Ort. Id (lly Thn AFSovlatot I'rs Traveling nt a greater pee, than any human being -,ei- before atl.ihn-I, .ltitin nnt It. L. Mauithnn. I'lilti-il Sliltf Al'inv pilot toilay Net a new world's airplane speod recoril by covering a tine kllo uutr course at the rate of .' miles an hour. The record waa made dur ing offi'-ial government teta of speed planes that participated tn I he national air races at SeltlnilRfl Field last week and World War Veterans Leave The Cares Of Business And Enjoy 4 'Fighting The War Over Again Impromptu Reunions Day's Feature at Ameri con Legion Convention. CHEER THE STATUE OF "OLD HICKORY" Welfare of The Disabled Veterans Chief Inter est of the Legion. V i . NEW ORLEANS, Oct. H (By Th Associated Press) r- World War Veterans here to attend the fourth annual convention of the American Legion laid aside the cares of business tonight to In dulge In reunions to be "bud dies'' again and to fight the war over again verbally. They had heard theU national commander, Hanford MacNIder, reaffirm at the first business ses sion of the convention this morn ing the determination of the Le gion to make the welfare of the disabled veterans Its chief Inter est. They also had listened to the report of their rehabilitation com mittee, which -charged that th; government's handllne of the dis abled veterans front the time the-l trhEiliww fw,ta .Mimed iwrw tm present, nsd peen a series ot "tragic, mistakes, aolltlcs, alibis and- blunder" and heard a defense by Colonel C. K. Forbes, of the Veterans' Bureau. The lighter side of tne meeting now appealed to them. They held no sessions during the afternoon the veteran spending the' rest of jhe day and far Into the night In Impromptu reunions In the hotel lobbies, on the sidewalks, or where ever they met, as the strains of ".Mademoiselle from Armentlors" The lady who hadn't been kissed for 60 years) drifted through the music of dozens of bands army, navy and civilian. Others Jorneyed to the historic Jackson Square, In the lieart of the French quarter where they at tended a fete in honor of the visit ing veterans. The delegates from Belgium, France, Great Britain,! RumanlaJ-ttTly, Serbia and Czecho slovakia also were guests at the entertainment held on the spot where Jackson mustered his forces to fight back the British when he won the Battle of New Orleans In 1815. The "buddies" eager to give ex pression to their sentiments, re peatedly cheered the bronze equcs- traln statue of "Old Hickory. Various athletic events In which Legionnaires from the different State departments took part, fea tured the afternoon's set pro gram and a boxing exhibition drew the attention of many veterans to night. - The great navy planes from Pen- sacola, here as a part of the naval program flew over the city this afternoon. French Representative Renews Fledire. At today's business session of thfe convention, Charles Bertrand, pres-H iaent or tne mter-Ailled Veterans Federation and an officer of the French Legion of Honor, gave re newed .pledges of fraternity and friendship from ths nations asso elated with the United States in the world conflict. Something. of a flurry was caus ed at the morning session, when oeo. F, Berry, of Tennessee, a na tlonal vice-commander of the Le glon, asserted In a speech that the action of the United States Dis trict Attorney here In obtaining an Injunction closing a number of the soft soft parlors and the. duration of the Legion conven tion "was a gratuitous affront to the Legion." . Leglonharles, Mr. Berry asserted, were- frineds and guardians of law and order and had shown It by their war service, Request for a ten million dollar ap propriation to equip hospitals now be ing conatructed and to build addi tional hoapltala fur neuro-peychiatrlc patients is contained In tha report of the American Legion's Commission ror renanuitatton. to be laid before the legion by Colonel A. A. Sprague head of the rehabilitation commis sion. Tha report criticises tho gov ernment achievements to date. 1 "Tho story of hospital construction y the government up to date" de- clarea tha report, "Judging by actual results Is a traced? for tha sick discredit to the sovernment ami ani -affront to the American Legion. There is not a redeeming feature In It; politics, promises, plana, failure to prepare anything but alibis in ad vance, rod tape, and contentions, con spired to defeat Ihe actual providing for needed beds. "It Is sincerely heped." tho report continues, "that this nation will benefit by the mistakes, the coma times hideous errors of the past four years, that thera will he a decisive awakening of the public consctenre that will .represent the wrongs bere recited and carry on the program IC'o- e rst ihtj Refects American Extend Right To Vessels Off Shore waa cli'i-tric'iUv tlni'-'d 'y offi cers from McO-Mik Kh-ll. Aeronautical engineer anil navy officers who witnessed tlm fllsht were astounded. Vhe demonstration, they de clareil. proved that there was no limit to the speed that might !' uttalned In the air. Ueutennnt Maughan made the record-breaking flight' in the same place with which he w.m the I'ulltxer trophy race Saturday. The machine Is a Curtis army biplane, powered with a Cutiiaa 400 hornepownr engine. "Flying Governor" In Burning. Plane Has Narrow Escape HONOLULU, Oct. 1. (By The Associated Press.) - Gov ernor R. Wallace Farrlngton "obeyed Instructions" from a couple of young naval lleuten ints and clambered out on an in airplane wing an uncomfort able distance above Pearl Har sor. yesterday while the two ufTlcers fought a flt'O In the plane's cockpit that eventually drove 'them to a forced landing a soant five minutes before the gusolin tank exploded. , Nobody was hurt, an ending to the hazardous night that the governor ascribe entirely to the a It 111 and coolness of the two naval airmen, Lieutenants W. 8. Haotor and J. M. Farrell. Gov ernor Farrlngton who 4.s known as "the flying governor" from employs airplane for'ojqulck 'the frequency with which he trips, told his story to The As tocluted. press tod.iv, '. .. ... j 30 THREE CI BE' Officials Red Bus Line Purchase Property , in Hendersonville. Deal for the purchase of the vacant lo.t on Fourth Avenue next to the Hendersonville Post- office from George Stephens, ' of Asheville. has been coneumated and officials of the Red Bus Line, the new owners, announced Mon day their Intentions to construct a large bus terminal and apartment house on the site In the early Spring. The purchase price for the property was approximately $20, 000 and the terminal will cost about- 960,000. Recently a lot conveniently lo cated in Itlaclo Mountain was pur chased for the purpose of erect ing a terminal at that place, said W. H. Andrews, general manager of the bus line, and negotiations are now under way for the acquire ment ot a tract for a big terminal in Asheville. - - Work on the Hendersonville pro ject will be begun just as soon as Winter has passed and building operations can be carried on suc cessfully. The structure will be four stories In height and will be thoroughly equipped with, modern conveniences on the ground floor will be waiting rooms, soda foun tain and a station, fashioned after many In operation In Western dies, where bus lines have proven quite popular and! successful In re cent yeirs. The lot on which the building will be placed, Is 49 by 149, feet. Cnttmti m faa Two) STEM HP1SI!! FIESiTO CONSTRUCTED International Good Faith Would Be Undermined by Repudiation of , Loans Made to Allies, Says Hoover i OELDO." Ohio, Oct. 1. Repu diation of the loans made by the United States to th Allied and associated nations during the war would undermine the whole fab ric of international good faith, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, a member of the Allied Debt Com mission, declared tonight In an addreas here. He added he tild not believe any public ojclnl. eith er In the United States or ai.y other country, could or should ap prove their cancellation. These loars are in fact debts owing to our tax payers. Mr. Hoover said. "They were made at the urgent request of the borrow ers snd under their solemn assur ance of repayment. , TJie loans were individual to esch ' nation. They have no relation to other na tions or to other debts. The Amer ican tax payer did not participate In reparations and acquire no ter ritory or any other benefits under the treaty as did our debtors. There is no question as to the moral or contractual obligation. "With -the exception of soius minor amounts, perhaps, five per cent. I am convinced these debts can be repair in some reasonable period of time, without realization of the oft-expressed undue attain IKEPROPQSALIII EFFORT T0.CHECK FLOWtlOUOfi British Do Not Regarl. Outbreak of Smuggling as Permanent. OWNERS FOREIGN SHIPS MADE REPLY Open Legal Battle Over Right to Enter U. S. Ports With Liquor. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Brlt-' ish rejection of the American pro posal for a treaty to extend the right of search of vessels up to IS miles oft vfiore was contained In a note handed to Secretary Hughes , ilday by Ambassador Geddes. The communication was In reply to Mr. Hughes' notsof,. June 29, set ting out itltficulties encountered by American prohibition enforcement cithers In checking the Illicit flow of intoxicants Into the United States. -.. : Secretary Hughes made publla lib correspondence with the am-, bassador without comment. There was noth.ng to Indicate any fur ther step to -extend the right of search for American prohibition -olTlcnrs btyond the three mile limit. ' Action of the cabinet re cently In tipprovlng the abandon ment ot f uch search presumably rccause or possible International difficulties coupled with the Brit ish reply of today appeared to in dicate that operations would con tinue to be confined within recog nized territorial waters. The American note dealt par ticularly with smuggling operations from the British possessions In waters ad;acent to the America t Coast and suggested "methods by which the existing extremely un fortunate condtlons might be reme died. Among these was a pro posal for careful supervision of registries- and clearance papers granted to suspected vessels and "an international arrangement be-' ' tween the United States and Great Britain under which the authori ties of each-, nation would be au-. thorlaed lo. exorcise beyond the' three mlie'llimlt,,: ot territorial waters a measure Of control over v vessels belonging to the other." , There was appended an inquiry, As to whether the British govern ment was, disposed to agree to thi reciprocal right of search up- to' 12 mile from shore which, it wss pointed out would imply no Jncor-, venlnence to the legitimate trade between Nassau and Halifax, pass ing at no point within four league . f American shores. Take Steps to Prevent Illegal Practice) s, - v - W -v 1 t. in reply Ambassador ' Geddes voiiiiou uuiiinai m government had already token stsps before Mr, P-tighes' n ite'was received to pre vent tne practice as to registry is suance and clearance papers to which attention had been drawn. These steps had been supple mented since then, he added, and thn i British government "hoped that the -noasures taken will prove successful in preventing any breeches !n the local law." Wlti '; relation to the proposed treaty, however,, he said: "HI Majesty's government had consistently opposed any extension (f the limit of territorial waters such aa that now auMeated. Thv Wfel that the outbreak of smug gling whl-'h has led to ths proposal ; can not oe regarded as a perma nent condition, but as one which w.'ll no doubt be suppressed by tho limited States authorities "within the not distant future. "While, itheref ore they are de. elrous of' assisting the United Stales Government to the best ot their ability In the suppression of the traffic and In the prevention of the abuse of the British flag by those engaged In It, they do not feel that they can propery acqui esce. In order to meet a temporary emergency, In the abandonment of . a principle to which they attach great importance." The American note was quite long and pointed out that British territories apparently "are made basis of operations tn flagrant vio lation of a constitutionally and , CMttmw m Va r on the debtor countries or the threat of a flood... of goods from debtor countries In such quantity as would endanger employment "f the factories and workmen ot ths United States. "The proposals for further post ponement for payment of interest for a certain number of years arise from the belief that certain coun tries cannot physically make these payments at the present time with out undua strain or that postpon ement of Interest would contribute . to general economic stability and the more rapid recovery of these) countries In which everyone would benefit. The British do not r.iaxe claims for such assistance flora , us and are arranging their pay ments. "The proposition narrows Itself to debtors ot) ths continent. Onr annual payments from the whole of our continental debtors would amount to a total of about $3u0. 000.000 per year tor interest and amortisation. The debts o-nlt'tng the possible five per cent, that is hopeless of collection. It will be found that respective annual pay ments due to ua from different, countries vary n their burden . upon them from two to IS per rent of their governmental In come. .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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