North Carolina Newspapers

...-. r7.t ' ' ' , ' . '' . . ' ...in 1 - rrr- THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" THE WEATHER WAaHINOTON. Oot. . riwm Jer North Carolina! Palp Mensayi Tuesday unasttled, peebably ehewsrsi somewhat csslsr In Intsrioe Tuesday. ; WATCH THE LABEL On ysue aP'. It will ted yen whn yeur eubsorlptlen) entires. Renew five aye before eiplratlen, and yen wen't mlis an Issue. - ESTABLISHED' 186& ASHE VILLE, N.C.7 MONDAY MORNjtjOCTbBER23, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS GONSERVATIVESTO NAME BQfJAR LI PAR TY H E A D TO D A Y 'This Authorixes Him to Accept Mandate to Form New Government. , churchill"soon to issue statement Observer Decries Lloyd ' George's Peace Ministry : but Praises Him. , : LONDON. Oct. It. (By The At- ociatea rrtrna Titer was no Sunday for Andrew Bonar Law to day nor at the headquarters of the political organisations In London . Several party leaders conferred ith Bonar Law at hla realdence. while the political offices were flll- mA. wllh -. I a ii . mil. iniiiuT). ul yBnmmem discussing the situation which re malna complex beyond the mem ory or the oldest members. The conservatives of both houses will meet tomorrow to elect Mr. . Bonar I -aw leader of the party, ur wnnii ne win oe in a posi tion to accept the king's mandate to form a government.. This will be -anieetlr.g of. the . Unionist party; all the. members I are ires to attend, Including .those who supported Austen Chitnber laln at the Carlton Club meeting. There Is great interest In how many of .this faction will appear and thereby enroll themselves in the regular organixatlon. The coalitionist unionists who supported Mr. Chamberlain are organising- a dinner, for tomoxrow night, at which their future will be considers). A striking- innovation is reported by the Daily Express which says the Prince of Wales was with the King wnen Mr. j.ioyu i.eorge ot tered his resignation, for tha pur pose or eauoaung tne prince in .' the business of his future office this in contrast with the treatment cf tha king's father by Queen Vic toria, who barred him from all part In public affairs, even when he was a mlddle-aaed man. V The most important announce lent of the week-end is that Regi- ft rot the exchequer, will preside at ' the conservative meeting to be .4 held in the city of London,' . 1 Spencer Churchill Has .5 '-, i Manifests forthcoming. , .. . ? Winston Spencer Cflurchtll. sec retary ol the colonies in tne loya Oeora-e cabinet, who has taken no Dart in the Dolltlcal crisis owlnc ' to illness, has telegraphed the . president of the liberal associations of Dundee, hia constituency, prom f , lslng to Issue a political manifesto Vieoen, In his telegramv Mr.' Chur- JTrthiU stated briefly that fctav ponti cs' car-viewpoint had not been chang- ta. Dy recent events. -.-.'."I am chairman of the national iberal council," the message said, "and I propose to stand as liberal and a free trader, but 1 snail asK the electors to - authorize to co operate . freely ; with the ''..sober minded and progressive conserva tives. in defending the liberal and central elements of this realm and its wide empire against tha dan gerous attacks now about to be levelled noon thent by the Social 1st and Communist forces, as well as the almost equally serious men ace of downright reaction irom the onDoslte onarter. . ! shall anneal to tha Liberals and the Conservatives of Dundee to stand . -. shoulder to 1 snouiaer against the labor and communist candidates. ; - - " V Lloyd George Leaves forvHta With the departure of Mr. Lloyd SE ANNOYED OVER NAMING TOLBERT Given Recess Appoint ment Under Fire 01 -Junior Senator. '; - T WAMHMTOS " tss MHSn.LS orai tmr tt. a. a. BRYANT) M'AfimvnTON. Oct.. 22. Presl- . . . TU.I v auc fiaraing nsi rxicu dcl.iui . afi Knnth rnrnHna bv riving Joe albert, the Republican leader of wa stata a recess appointment msrshal. For months the noted Palmetto delegate ierder has been NATO R DIAL t annrinv fl fnwn (ha junior Heua- "Old Man Joe Tolbert" is knowp throughout the nation by newspa permen whp attend national con ventions as a relic of the disUnt past. He is the boss o black and tan organisation that makes the most of Presidential election years. Heretofore the O. O. P. manipulator has been satisfied, to round uto delegates and conduct campaigns but nsy he aspires to erve as United States Marsnai. ne was nqminayted for the Job by the President but the Senate did not confirm him. The matter was in the hands of a committee. The recess appointment came as a sur prise to( the oDDonents of the old partisan: Allegations that Joseph w. Tolbert, who is Republican .Na tional Committeeman for South Carolina, la dlaauallflad. by. reason 1 of a previous conviction 'on a , charge of embezzlement, from tak- Ing the official oath and holding I the position of Marshal have been made by u. 8. Senator Nathaniel B. Dial in a formal protest which he has lodged with Judge Watkins -of the U. 8. District Court of the Western District of South Carp 'a . - 1 1 ' Tolbert's appointment by Presi it Harding ram while the Ju ary Committee of the Senate, ugh a sub-committee of three Ka members-, was investigating " charges against the Repub- committeeman. Pending, the Y"e of this Investigation, tne :ry Committee had taken no " on the original nnmlnation. "or IXal opoeed Tolberts cos-i V and was (nwrmental is ( atwet t the Iniulry Into bl irw rw rl I. S. Destroyer Flotilla Now In Constantinople Seven to Leave for Potts of ' Duty at Aegean Sta tion Tuesday. . CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. Si. (Br The Associated Press.) The American destroyer flotll.a which soiled from Norfolk, Oc tober i. to protect American In terests in the Near East, ar rived here today under com mand nf Captain C. M. Toser Ths-IS ships steamed up at 1 o'clock In tha morning but ow ing to the congestion at be Bosphorus naval anchorages were unable to anchor together. 81 1 of them therefore, took up stations at ihe usual American ancho;nge at the foot of the Yildls palace hill, while tha others continued on their course were reviewed by Read Admlr.vi Bristol rrom the Scorpion, and andchorrd oft Burkoa, five miles above the city. Pour hundred sailors, had shore leave toda and Constan tinople was delighted to find many old friends among them, as four of the 11 destroyers were , here few months ago. Seven of the destroyers will leave Tuesday for the Aegean stations. The remainder will be assign!..! to their duties a da or two later. OTTOMAN DEBT IS REPUDIATED; LEL GREEKS PAY Exodus of Refugees rtl F 1 .T dhows increased disor der in Past Two Days. LONDON, Oct. Si. Angora na tionalista lx their .repudiation of the Ottoman goverment's debt. suggest that since Greece wss act ing for the powers and was re sponsible for most of the devasta tion in Asia Minor, the whole of this debt should be transferred to the shoajLders of Greece and that Turkey would waive any further Indemnity from Greece, aays a Reuter- dispatch from Constantino ple. It is also proposed, the dis patch adds, to make reulatlons controlling foreign business houses. A dispatch to tne London Times from Constantinople, October 20, said the Angora government. In a note' to the Ottoman public debt administration and the Ottoman bank, had declared that all con cessions, treaties, contracts and de crees of the Sultan' since MarcJi IS,' 120, were regarded by the Kaa&lists as null and void. , ... " JADRIANOPLE, TOct. J2. (By The Associated Press.) The exo dus of. Refugees throughout the territory occupied by French de tachments has shown Increased disorder In the past 48 hours. The moving columns are repeatedly blocked by the ' frantic " efforts of the refugees to accelerate the pace as well as by new Columns arriv ing from side roads or across the fields. 1 "1 The Situation hag seriously a 'firmed the French high com mand, which has only S.500 troops tor the entire area. The French thirn the Greeks with being the fiimary cause of the panic among the relugces, alleging . me uraei command issued orders, to the pop ulation to evacuate - within ten days, a period which is now draw ins- to a close. - v .""..'..' The evacuation of such lai-ga numbers in ten days over the single artery to Khrgateh was a I.hysical ImpoasiDiuty ana tne ae parture cf the people has not yet been half completed. The. Greok governor-seneral ' was dlsmfssed yesterday because he failed to hold the exodus in check, .- , -p ' A French official declared: "The governor-general has. incurred a ttrlble responsibility because more Ueaths will be caused by the pre cipitate flight than by any other thing." The governor-general explained that he was . trying with all hj! p.wer to control the exodus and keep. H orderly but was helples psninst the overwhelming mass. The Associated Press correspond ent, talking, with many of the refu gees at vaclous points throughout the district, . found ' exaggerated Rtories current everywhere of the activities of the copiitadjls and of bandits ond also a universal feel t.ig against remaining in the coun try until the arrival of the Turkish gendarmerie. . : ... - 'V HERRIN GRAND JURY . , n WILL RESUME TODAT ' - MARION. III., Oct. 22.The special grand jury which investigated the Herrln mine killing and returned Sse indictments before recessing a montn ago Is to resume its deliberations to morrow. . Local attorneys are questioning the legality of the jury's reconvening, and Judge D. T. Hartwell. of the Wil liamson county iircun v-ourt, nn tonight there was some doubt as to ,th legality of the body's scheduled .proceedings this-week. Dslos Duty, State's attorney, de clared he did not believe the jurye wnrlc- this week would be irrea-ular and that be intended to resume pin tnvestigauoa. Dutr said perjury cases and new Indictments are expected to occupy the Jury attention. mrS. vanderbilt will open palmetto fair :''- COLUMBIA. S. C Oct. 22. Wit rir crian wesfther Indicated by the official forecaster, the annual South Carolina State Fair, will be opened h.i inimrraw at noon by Mrs, Edith Vanderbilt, of Biltmore. N. C, presi dent of the Nona uroum u exhibits were In place Saturday night, according to officials, who declare the attendance thla year is expected to beat all records. Mrs. vancerDiii ana xmm vwnwi v.nrf.-hiu. her dsucnter, will ot quests st dinner tomorrow night of . ,i nriiwM. ft U Oovsmor ma mia. . - - - - Six former Governors of South Csr ollna snd their wires naye oeen in vited to meet ins guewv v uwnw ifmrvey. v SO KII-ljn SATTRDAT 1 rrvrmv. Oct. 22. A dinpatch teths Central News from Bachareet says iwirmns were aiiim caiura.j "nira 11 Xrsbana. injuria is --.-- TRADE BARRIERS BEREPQRTED BY C0MMI55IQN International Commission to Give Observations . to Two Congresses. WILL HOLD DEBTS MUST BE PAID "Moratorium" and "Amortisation" Key Words of Adjustment BCrtLINOTON, N. C. Oct. 2J. Colonel K. L. Williamson of thU place, who was appointed by Gov ernor Morrison of this Hlplr. to represen: North Carolina on the International Trade Commission, Assembled by the Southern Com mercial Congress, has returm-d with the Commission to, the Unit ed States after an extensive tour rt Inspection In Great Ilrltain, l-Vance. Pelgli-Si. Holland, Ger many. Switzerland u'nd Italy. A comprehensive report is being pre I tired bv.the Commission for pre sentation to the annual convention of the Southern Commercial Con gress to be held in Chicago Novem ber 20-23 und for presentation to the Congress of the United States In December. The American Com mission assembled by the South ern Commercial Congress In 1(13 submittej a report on which was bnsed tho Federal Farm l.oan Adt and tho' Commission will in the piesent report submit clear-cut rec ommendations. It is said, the re sults of lirst hand observations' on the fundamental problems in th i international relations that react) n barriers to .direct trade and financial intercourse. As a preliminary atatement the commission has authoribed a brief announcement of conclusions 011 Ihe fundamental problems that each country hai found to be th3 absolute barrier that must be re moved before the minor questions will admit of solution. Part, of the ktatement adopted unanimously by ihe Commimlon and given out for publication here - follows: "Notwithstanding the treaty of Versailles and the low economic status of European nations, Eu rope is nxre nearly on the ver&e of military conflict than at any pe riod' immediately preceding the World War. ', . '"11 "The Belgium compromise Is purely temporary and unless some solution of the problems Is reached prior to the expiration of the six months period, the condition of Eu rope will bo infinitely worse." ,; ; The report says that, -It, a- set tlement H reached, and a settle ment must be reached if the peace of the world Is to -bo restored and guaranteed thenrtwo basic consid erations must be,: understood and accepted: vis 41) America cannot cancel the debts of. the nations but all nationr. must ultimately- pay their obligations, with, dignity and honor. (2) The World War is ena ed and while hate and anger are still in tho hearts of many, the settlement between nations former-' ly bengge-ent, must be on a basis of mutual respect and consldera-1 tlon."- '' -,''.. '.'- ,.. . i The preliminary report further says that two words contain the J solution of the world s problems In the. International- settlements lr. this hour of unhapp and chaotic uncertainty." Tnese words are. sa the Commission "moratorium" snd "amortization. " .Continuing the report says: "Let no nation ask for its debts t.s be forgiven but only for time and patient conaideratior. The former allies must pay Xhit United S ates." IS FLAYS AKEIil DY DAUG BEB-Tl Says Canton Speech Puts Him in Class of "Irre sponsible Agitators." ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Sam uel Oompers, president, of the American Federation of Labor de clared in a statement- today that Attorney-General Daugnerty w de fense at Canton, Ohio,, last night, of the ' u.i.? of the injunction in he railroad shopmen s strike was a "flamboyant tirade" which makes it fitting to classify Mr. Daugherty as one of those 'irresponsible agi Uitorej" ' -, ' ' The .niorney-generai s aaaress. the labor leaders asserted, waj marked by "partisan bias, untruth, exaggerated statement and dtsplny of heated, temper." . : "Mr. Daugherty s cnaracteriza- tion of tha strike and the strikers Is- so filled with hatred, exaggera tion and calumny that every think ing person will understand it for what it is," declared Mr. Gompers The official who presides over th in hj. Intrestel Anlv In an imnarw uai examination of tne irui.i. The Nottorney-general made a number of statements, Mr. Oomp ers continued, which were "abso lute faUelioods." adding that he had "deliberate! y" neglected to sav "that th workers agreed to accept he pronwal submitted bv the r resident" and dismissed "the in sulting refusal, of the railroad members, with a ''totally inade quate description' of their conduct. This he said, was "about as far removed from an impartial presen tation or the tacts as anything could wait be." -. FRIDAY, OCTOBER f.7 MAVI DAT IS COJTXTRT WASHINGTON. Oct. 22 October 2? will be given nation-wide observ ance as "Navy Day" under plana an nounced tonight by ths Navy Depart ment. Selection of the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt as tha name-day of the Navy M susgested by the Navy League ef.the United States. Twenty -one Governors, mayors of fnant of the principal cities and more jhxn .7 college and universities bsve endorsed the plan snd reported prepa rations for local ebservano. The Navy will hold "open hontV at all shore stations snd en vessels in port. Including every slip near noofa to snnrs t arrive by mda. If GOMP PDSITIO NEWBRITISH PREMIER WILL FACE MANY GRAVE PROBLEMS ' 1 ''ww11;; ..." i. f i. 't - : iJ ,i - - l" - ;' Si",; .,''. i AT f if';ip';.a.,- Vl . vf'.-J-ivfiTrr-'na isbsniisi til ississssaslSBllsBsafrtslssssBlMffr'- - saflaaaad - r- Andrew Bonar Law. : ' -, y AndriV Bonar Law( iaking up tha British premienhlp laid down J)y David Lloyd George, faces, many jrav questions. Tha British ar debU, including thus dua tha United States,, alone firesentl a problem, Tha Russian policy it still undecided. ..." -?.' f SEC OFF EG U I ML Expert Indictments WB6 Asiced Toaay iTobe Carried to New York. - NEW BRUNSWICK. N. Jf., Oct, 22.--A few hours before the care fully guarded evidence gathered In the five weeks since the murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and the choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor Rhlnehardt Mills, was scheduled to be presented to the grand Jury of Somerset County, sitting tomor row at Somervllle, official confir mation that the case would come before that body was lacking. None of the officials would con firm the, reported existence of an eye witness upon whose testimony the case for the grand jury was believed to be based. Despite in formation that two indictments would be asked, presumably for a man a.nd a woman, na prepara tions for . the presentation of the case wve noticeable today. Prose cutor BeSunan played golf. ' Two telegrams, which have been seized by the authorities have widened the locale of the investi gation to New' York city it was learned today. : The" messages were said to have been filed in New York August. 14, by the minister, were to Henry 8tevens and to a woman in New York whose name has not been made public. The message,, to the, woman advised her. it was said, that the Rev. Hall would be at her apartment on tho night the telegram was sent.,: The other to Mr..' Stevens, a brother of Mrs Hall, was said to have noti fied him that . the jnirilster would not return home the next day. Officials today refused to make public the result of the examina tion of Mrs. Addison Clarke, who has been identified as the i'Mihnle" mentioned in - Mrs. Mills' letter. Nor would ' they- reveal whether the pistol and the knife used-ti the murder were In the possession of the investigators, as had been reported.- -' ' -"-: '- George- D Totten. SometNt County-detective,-todaj questioned three witnesses, one of them.s he saidhas never been examined. He announced that this witness when brought to the Phillips farm, had pointed out several points about the-ramshaoked" dwelling -which had been-hitherto nnnotjeed. He denied that any of those question ed was the reported "e'e witness' of the murder. . ' - "CONFERENCE SUNDAY" 18 ; OBSERVED AT MONROE MONROE. N. C, Oct. i "Confer nc Sunday was celroraiea nrt today bv-the Western North Caro lina Conference. Method!t Episcopal iChnron, South.- with the ordination of rjw 01 ministers euxiuie i order of deacon, another class to tat 1 order of elder, the annual memorial service and the love feast, which was the first service of the iT , Bishop Collins Denny, at Richmond, assisted by several -members of the conference, conducted the ceremonies. , ,,r.r.nni m.mh.ri alM delivered aermons In the several churches here. Rev. O. T. Howe, boon nor 01 me churcb. preached, tonight m central church. , , Comment amonjr varlons delegatea tonight Indicated that ths selection of Wlnsto-8aiem as the sent meet ing place was sattsfsctory. The last conference In that city wss neio in 1919. The conference love feat was con ducted by the Rev. H. M. Blair, of Greensboro. The tnsmorisl service wss held this afternoon and memoirs were read of the four eon Terence members who have died sines ths last n.etlns. Opinion pre v lied tonight that the eleos of the saws protabtv will be preacneei aerire sooa teavvrew. CLOAKS PLANS BITIQN NAVY GS1LL BE t fj CIVEN OUT TODAY Esect Work to Bff Done? in 3-Mile Zone ' Except Where Contact Is Made.: ' WASHINGTON. .Oct." 22. Ocean steamers which sailed from for eign porta today for the United States raced the necessity Of care fully computing the amount of al coholic beverages on board agninct the " mileage shown by - the ship's daily-log.. The last stein and de canter must be emptied heforo the ship crosses the- three-mile line marking the accepted limit of American maritime jurisdiction under an interpretation or tne pro hibition laws which became effec tive at 12:01 o'clock this morning. Fleets of nine companies are temporarily exempt from opera tion of the law by reason of in junction proceedings pending be fore Federal Judge Hand in. New York and will be permitted to enter with their wet goods safely sealed under tha system which prevailed before Attorney Oencral Daughej-ry ruled that the 18th amendment : and the Volstead act applied to American "territory as a wnoie and not only to tne con tinental terra ftrma. The nine "exempt" lines include two American companies the In, ternationat Mercantile Marina Company and the United Ameri can Line and seven registered under '-foreign flags the Cunard Anchor, White Star, French, In ternational ' Navigation," Holland- UAmerlca, Scandinavian-American and the Royal Steam Packet. They nave sought permanent lnlunc tions against - the enforcement .of the law on the ground that Mr, Daugherty went further than the authors or the statute and amend ment intended, - or if ' he did not err In this -respect; then (the act ItseK was illegaL in scope. All other, ships come 'within the law's meaning- set -forth by the Attorney General and approved by president Harding.- Administra tion . officials , did not- foresee an immediate ' contingency - arising from a violation, by some foreign ship. Bermuda, ' the nearest for eign port of regular call, Is 4S hour. from New York while the Trans-Atlantic liners- require from five to eight days to complete thtir voyage. It was considered prob able therefore that a weak n'sht elapse . before the enforcement agents ' would be called .upon, to apply .the - new " restriction in a specific-case. -. i Meanwhile - officials here were confident that the forthcoming de cision of Judge Hand "might serve to- tmeporarlly clear the atmos phere... "' - Secretary Mellon is expected to give approval tomorrow to regula tions formulated by tti Prohibi tion. Bureau for guidance -of cus toms and prohibition authorities along the coasts'. The regulations are- expected to nmjt . thp, activitBi of the dry navy to the three-mile sons except In cases of ships which have Ille gally established contact with the shore, while themseU-es ontslde the zone. . - . . ' . .. FAMOCS ADMIRAL OF BRITISH NAVY DEAD LONDON. Oct, ST. r.. Admiral Sir Algernon - DeHorsey, died at Gowes today. . . -s - . Admiral DeHorsey had been deputy governor of the Isle of Wlcht sums 1912. lie virti years old. He was senior naval .officer during - the Ja maica Insurrection of J861 and the Fenian raids en the Lakes of Canada In He was -commodore of Ike British fleet In ths West Indies from li;t t" '. During his command la the Paejfie bis flagship, the "hah, ens-aged the Peruvian rehel trea clad Huaarar and forced It to surrssdsr te the reruviaa authort-.iea. I 00 ELS NAMED AMONG SPONSORS IN NEARJAST JID Harding Announces Com mittee for All Home and ' Island Territory. OFFICIAL MESSAGE POINTS OUT NEED Co-ordinating Committee Bringing Concerted Action of Forces. WASHINGTON, Oct.. 22 Ap- nclntment by President Harding of a commttee of suonsers, repres enting -svery slate, territory and Insular possession of the Union, to aid In tho extension of near east relief was announced tonight at tne White HiHixe. The President In appointing these snunsers. the White House announcement said. Informed them that he Ceslred them "to co-op-ernte with the American Red Crosi ond the Niar East Relief and with the co-ordinating committee made rp of thi heads of the organiza tions In'ei-oated In relief work In tl e Near Laat of which Mr. Will Hays is chairman. In making known to all of our countrymen the area: call which has come out of the Near East to the heart of the American people. "Mors than a half million suffering human beings, the majority women and children, are dependent' on the benevo lence ot America" the Presi dent's massage further said. ' The Ked Cross and Near East relief committee, working In harmony and supported by all benevolent organisations, are responding to the call. The co ncerted ordlnating committee is helping develop the money raising campaign and brli.ging . into concerted action all the forces p'.ralble. You will not be burdened with details but the association of your name will be great Influence in . their work In your commun ity." Governjbrs, of the various states. lorritorles and Insular possessions have beo-i selected as ex-offlcio members cf the committee on which mora than ISO private cltl-sens- havo been named, The list includes:. Henry W. Anderson, Richmond, Vs.. Eugene R. Black Atlanta; Seymour Carroll, Green ville, S. C : Judge A. J. Cobb. Ath ens, Oa., Josephus Daniels,, Raleigh N. C; E. B, Douglas. Miami. Fla.: John E. Edgerton, Lebanon Tenn.; rr . 8. a. I die man. Jacksonville. Fla.; Rev, W. H. Johnson, Shelby villa, Tenn.; R. G. Rhett, Charles ton, S C. t Oliver 3. Sands. Rich- MELLONET ASIDE ACT OF CONGRESS, CHARGED WASHINGTON, ' Oct. tZ Secretary Mellon was charged today by Hep. resentatlve Frear, Republican, Win consin, with overthrowing the action of Congress by his ruling that section 220 of the revenue law designed to reach large surpluses accumulated by corporations to prevent the payment of individual surtaxes was not appli cable in the case of the projected 400 per cent stock of the Standard OH Company of New Jersey. THREE ARE HELD FOR TRIAL IN fJS CASE Jones Boys Under Bond of $500 Tucker Held on Conspiracy Charge. (Snetil Ctrnrmi'mf Tkt Jisnlll KiMmJ TAYLORSVILLE, -Oct. 22. With ?. L. Jenkina, Mrs. Jenkins, and Mid Minnie . Jones featuring as witnesses in the Jenkins kidnap ting case, the preliminary hear ing set for October 12, and con tinued until October Zl, got und or way at ' 1 o'clock Saturday after noon, with Magistrate H. C. Payne presiding and A. A; Whltener, of Hickory prosecuting attorney. Tho Jones woman taking stand first corroborated her story of the as sault case as presented to the court in which Jenkins was sentenced to two years on chain-gang In Greens boro, ah 3 stated tnat, coincident to the assault, here in Taylorsvltlo, on night of September 14, she was warned by the masked men, name ly F. A. Tucker, Dan and MacK Jones, who she Identified today, as supposed members of the Ku Rlux K.an, to fop her war of living that they knw everything and further O' dered her to leave the State, for she had seen Jenkins the laat time. On cross- examination, the Jonet woman stited that she was slap ped three i.mes by theses men, who. she alleges were over IS years of are and v.ere drinking. I pon be lli,-? askod how long she hsd been l.vlng with Jenkins, said she had known h'.m since November 11, and hat lived together in Rich mond, Danville, Washington, Roa 1 oke, Cleveland, and Greensboro, .11 man ond wife.- Although she d.'i know that Jenkins had a llv- l.i g wife, she admitted to writing Jenkins in making appointment.- tl at If he failed to comply with her wishes, she would come to him. Before Ttetnsr asked the oueatlon. she said fche never had to go to him. And did you not threaten to burn his home, or did you aver threaten Mrs. Jenkins' life," the defense ques tioned. Jenkins wss put on the sttnd and tried to limit his tory in few words ss possible. He seemed to weigh the matter and finally, testified that Tucker hsd bought the bolt of cloth to be used In making the robes and brought tt to Mrs. Jenkina to u.ke up, that Tncker wss aware of the exlstfhg relations between be an Minnie Jones. The prisoner was brought here this afternoon in cos. tody of a deputy sheriff from Guil ford County. Arguments hy counsel were beard after the evidence given snd magistrate Payne ordered the Jones boys held under f0e bond each T. L. Tncker was held trader toe bows, charged with eeaaplraer. Thut eases will s tried seat Febnuu-r. The trial was aiieaded ay a large iM roasuawd ala DAN Fifteen Are Dead In New York Fire, Mosi Of Victims Childrei S rdSAY PYOOMAI Will Be Constructed I, Will Connect Lee Highway With Charlottet At lanta and Florida. KLKIN. N. C. Oct. 22. A re suit of the good roads rally which lasted two daya and was attenaea by Governors E. Lee Trlnkle, of Virginia, and Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina, state engineers, members of the. two State High way Commissions and delegations of citlsens from a score " Caro lina and Virginia cities la "(e as surance of a hard surl.ue road through Carroll County to the North Carolina line on the part of Vlrainla and a concrete road from the Hne to Mount Airy tvhlonj wltfc. Charlotte. Winston-Salem and other important cities. This remaining link will, connect the Lee Highway at Jackson's Ferry with Charlotte, Atlanta and Flor ida cities along a rout that is destined to become ens ot the most important and popular high ways through "the Sout'u Both Governor Trlnkle and Gov-, ernor Morrison delivered addresses at a mass meeting held at Mount Airy. Other speakers, represent ing Virginia were: Representative Murray Hooker, of Stuart; Major I. Walker Truxton, of Norfolk! Judge D. W. Bolen and W. D. Tompkins, of HillaviUe. LYMAN ABBOTT, TDEOLOG All AIID AUTHORJ DEAD Suffered Severe Attack of Bronchitis, Never Fully ; Recovered. NEW YORK, Oot t2.-Dr,, Ly. man Abbott, editor-lnshlef. ot the Outlook, with which he had. been assoHtuSd nearly49 years; clergy man? laWyef; iUhof.jtd successor to Hen.i W.d ii 1, -r of' Plymouth ftufch, Broof - v aA died today. He wotHd have Tiesa 87 next December. When ths snd cams his four ions and two daugh ters were at the bedside. Dr. Abbott suffered a severs at tack of' bronchitis at his country home In Cornwall-on-the Hudson last Summer, from -which he never fully recovered. He - returned to his city horns two weeks ago. ; Dr. Lyman Abbott, edttor-tn chief et The Outlook sines 1887. when It was known as The Chris tian Union was born In Roxbury, Maes., December 18, 18885. Grid uatlng from New York University in 186S, he took a law -course and practiced for several years with his brothers. Then, feeling called to the ministry, he studied theol ogy under his uncle, John Stephens Cabot and after being oraainea in I860 was pastor at Terre Haute, Ind., until 1885, when ha took up hla residence in New York as sec retary of the Freedman's commis sion also becoming pastor ot the New England Church there.. In 1869 ho tesigned nts pastorate for Journalism and after editorial work on several of the country' leading religious publications be came associate editor of The Chrls- tlon Union IThe Outlook) . wltn Henry Ward Beecher, succeeding to the chief editorsnip upon tne rdeath of Mr. Beecher in 1887. In the course of the lost SO years more than 20 volumes on religious and legal topics have been writ ten bv him and he had come to be known as an active partisan xm social and industrial reforms and a leader In religious and theologi cal movements. . 0 0 NAL TRIBUT 0 COL. W. A. Delegations of Masons, and One From Asheville Bar at Funeral. fsXrfel CT'et9n4mc. Tht jitwlH CINml HENDERSON VILLE; Oct. 22. The hundreds who passed beforo the body of Colonel W. A. Smith as it lay In state in the Courthouse here this afternoon, paid , mute tribute to the spirit and life work of one of the foremost of West ern North Carolina's pioneer res idents. V . In addition to the hundreds who cams from all sections ot the re gion for a last look and a silent goodbye, special delegations from Masonic bodies outside Henderson ville, and one from the Buncombe County Bar Association, were in attendance. -- ' The funeral service .was from the Uendersonville Baptist Church, Rtf, Mr. Bomar, the pastor, offi ciating, assisted by tho Presbyter ian pastor. Burial In Oakdale Cemet-iry was under the direction of Masonic bodies, of which order the de ceased was a member. i'alltxarera were from the local post ot the American Legion. Colonel Smith die-d st ths age tf tt. Owing to his advanced age. he was not allowed to serve In the World War. Ilia son. II. M. Smith was killed la action In France, aad ths Henderson He Pot is sained la ths son s memory. UiREDS SM CAUSED FIRE TENEMENT ZO I Number of Dead ' Art Found in Beds, Without Chance of Escaping, j OCCUPANTS SECOND FLOOft NOT HUE1 Young Mechanic Helpe .Is Hero, Saving Near- , ly 20 Lives. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Fiftee. tersons. most of them children lest their 1 ves early today in a nr believed by city officials to be th work fa pyromaniac. The flame swept with murderous euddenne from cellar to attic of a five-stor brick tenement at Lexington Avs nue and 110th Street In ths thick!, populated Saat Side, v The blase apparently started 1. baby carriage under the stairs ths lower ball under almost iden tlcal circumstances as the reoet Incendiary fire In an upper Wes Side . apartment house which re suited In teven deaths So quick 1 old ths f'ames ahoot through tli. building that a number of tin cand werj found In bed. burned o. suffocated without the slightest op portunlty to escape . . - Nathan Silver and four of h children wefs among ths victim Mr. and Mrs. i Abraham Matllsk and Sidney and Catherine Sugsr- rian .bro'.nsr ana sister 01 juj- Matilsky also perished. Shortly after 1 o'clock this morn ing City Marshal Joseph Lazaru- while on nit way horns saw smok ismlng from the hallway of tl building. He ran to the next cor ner and turned In an alarm. When he returned the whole building, tin ground floor of which is occu pied by stores, was a mass of flame kind exit bv ths stairways was cm. off. Most of the persons On the second-floor succeeded In making their wr down the firs escape-. but those on tne tipper noors n 1 tiit. battle through smoke and flani- pouring out of ths windows. X ievi'i al tensn perohed on r : per i story windows tnieatene.i 1 Jump- but wer prevailed npmt i firemen to ' remain . until laddei could be raised. While the firemen were at work on ths second floor and preparing to fight their way to ths ens above the. third floor collapsed, but not before a warning roar had tent the firemen to safety, Hrrolo Woak " - Accomplished By Youth Nearly a soore of persona ewe their Uvea to 17-year-old James O'Connell. a mechanics helper, who was eating at a restaurant In the vicinity when he heard a woman ery for help. Run ning to the street he saw the woman leaning out the window on the sec ond floor , of ths burning tenement with two small childrsn by her side. The young man clambered on the sill of a store window, Jumped and caught a swinging sign and pulled himself up to the window. He led. the three frightened tenants down ths fire escape to the street, then raced back and rescued the woman'a 18 months old baby who was asleep in a crib... Later he went to the roof of an adjoining building and bv throwing a board over the, alley apace made it possible for a number of v tenants who seemingly had been cut off from escape on the roof to cross ' in safety. . William Conners 12, who lives with his mother across the street from the burned building also rescued a num ber of people from the third iloor. Including Mrs. Silver. He was badly burned when a guat of flames burn ed the clothing from his back as the was walking own the fire escape with a woman In -his arms. Assistant District Attorney Hennls. ' one of the first officials to visit tha scene while the blase was In progress noted the marked similarity between today's fire and that in the West Hide apartment house several weeks ago when seven persons wars burned to death. At that time. In a doorway next to ths building burned a tenant re ported that Just before the fire, he had discovered a biasing baby car riage in the hall. He extingtshed It, and as he did so, saw a man, un known to him. come from the pass-, age to the cellar. He queaeloned the stranger and the latter answered: 'I Juat thought there might be a fire so I came to aee" then he die appeared. Another Man Saved Lives Of 1t Police tsy. The chsrred frameof a baby oar. of the building where the fifteen Persons lost their lives. strokkach. who Is recovering in ths hospital from the effects of smoke bears a notation rk. -i.-- v. - ' of the heroes of the fire? ill. J,1ott,," ys. It Is signed bv Patrolman Cash, who . !; ..... .oout' .'foday!0k-C', "ld "-' iTHT.UN IS Rl'XG DOWN , w WvSSlAN KKVOLT VLADIVOSTOK. Octf .'--( Bv Th. Associated Press.) The cur tain has been rung down on the' 01 tne Russian rejrohi tion. Those who defended this last outpost of onnositinK .k- soviets are departing a few hun- ""11 persons nsve been killed and the people are slttinr bark waiv ing for their new rulers, the sov- let leaders of ths Far Eastern i:e-' Pudiic or cnita government, as I:. Is called, to arrive. White guards of ths Vladivostok, government fought -desperately from October . the day they came .' in contact with tho soviet force at Spassk. until nearly two weeki , aisr, wnen tne reds utterly de, ; feated them and forced them u cross the Manchurian frontier, t The men who bore ths brunt ' the fighting were soldiers who h retreated from the Volga, River ' his last st.-onghojd of the wh uards. Vladlvostog sent Rsoaral Ti4 ( rlrh oslr 114 mea In rp'.f te u . call for relm'irretsenis .