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5J THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ' THE WEATHER YAHIN0yTON. Nev. 1T. -eon " Nsrlfc CareMssi Ckxidy and JJmt tufsyi )" tal (how. POPULAR COMICS '. tnsludlne "Polly. as Her al." ''Bringing U rather" as "Mutt and Jeff" add the bit ef humer early In the Say. )oy them en the dally comics pat in The Asfteville Citiien. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. HEVJLiJE; N. C, SATURDAY MORNING .NOVEMBER 1 8, 1 922. " PRICE FIVE CENTS 5: & e CAN By (imiiEfi i i KIDWAPPEE IIESE - BJWDITS foreigners Advised to . flee to Safety by Re spective Consuls. MISSIONARY SEIZED WHILE IN HIS HOME Zoo Says All Efforts Made by Government : for Release. ! PEKING. Nov. 17 By Th A Assoclated Praasl George Olaf Holm. an American member of the Lntheran mission, has been kidnaped by bandits In Honan ravine. Th powerful bandit army M growing bolder and It sp arently dominates the entire province. A doceti towna have been , been auckad and burned and the InhabllanU forced to fire. I P wards of 100 Americana In the danger son are greatly alarmed, according to the American Consul at Hankow. Mr. Holm la the third American missionary to ba carried off by the Honan bandlta who axa also hold ing Anton Lundangen and Relnar niirgh-Breen, together with the latter five-year-old aon. Holm was born In Norway, hut is i naturalised American citizen. A body of armed bandlta enter ed the Holm residence at Chen Tang, eelied the missionary In the presence1 of hla wife and two sons and marched him off Into the country. So far aa known here all the kidnapped missionaries are aafe and unharmed and are permitted imt communicate with their families. II Reports from Iio Nan indicate Th. Turks Charging Missionaries With Opposing Them Ml'SA.VNK. Nov. IT. - i Py The AnocUied press i- Charges that American mlraiijiiarirs In Turkey are carrying on a cam paign against (he inlerrsia uf Turkey, are contains, I in a formal sUteinent Issued tonight by Hie Turkish dele-:)! inn to the peace conference. Thf matemont Is on the subject of capitula tions, which are denounced aa gross injustice to Turkey mid aa strangling Turkeys develop nient. The statement charges for eigners, including Americans, with conducting aclioola In Tur key which foater the spirit of strife between Turk. Greek and Armenians. It explains the sys tem of capitulations and adds that economic development be ing the basis of progress, all Turkish progress in the direction of civilization la rendered Im possible by the system. FEARIMG TRIAL TURKISH sura CHASED INTO HIS BURROW BY BILLY BORNE s BE r at the bandit activities aro be coming more aerloua. Foreigners Are Advised to Fins to U&nkow. Foreigner! In the unprotected communities have been advised by their consults to flee to Hankow and floors of missionaries already have arrived there. Hundreds, how ever, still are scattered throughout the more remote dlstriots, includ lng approximately 800 Americans. The head of the Lutheran mis slon at Kwang Chow reports that bandits armed with machine guns are looting; the cities In that sec tton and are robbing; the mkwions. " The Chinese foreign office, re' plying to the Joint not from the American, British, French, Italian and Swedlst ministers demanding action, announced today it had ap pealed to General Wu Pel-Fu. mil lltary power of North Chins, to at tempt to conciliate the badits -'General Wellington Koo, for eign minister, said the government yem making every effort to ob' rfiin the-release of the captives. I'n explained that he bandits are ...fining t&wtt ."it firt to inirca tne geverament -to incor j ptat them in the Chinese army. rjf-fwft- 1v .... j . . . .. . 1 . i i.i had been urged to disband unrteo- cesary troops by a resolution adopted by the powers ' at the Washington conference. EAMSHIP PARIS E 'TIGER' IN U. S. WATERS Distinguished Company of Americana will Meet French Statesman. THIRD KIDNAPPING TOLD OP IS LETTER HOMK ST. PAUL Minn., Not. 17. The ibduction of Anton Lundeen. missionary of the Augustana nynoa ot me eweaisn iutneran Church, and C. A. Forsberg, an other missionary, by Chinese ban dlta In the province of Honan on October IS, was described in a let ter received by Miss Lydi Buck lund. of St. Paul. Mrs. Lundeen' sister, and made publlo today. Mrs. Lundeen wrote that be tween 1 and S o'clock In the morn lng they were awakened by shoot- ivmttm s ross iwj r-PACK N6 -MERRER 1EF0R FOR; E HARDING DISPOSITION Sees no Objection Tinder Law, in view or more , Strict Regulations. WASHINGTON. Not. 1 7. Pres ident Harding will make the final decision for the government on the proposal tha-t Armour and . . ' v i ... . . . v. . . . . V Company, another of the ''big flve" lftjhieago packers. H was lndlcat Jt . VM today in high administration rAMes. The President already has dLscussed tne matter witn a. m dVn Armour and will go over it In detail with Secretary Wallace as soon as the experts of the depart ment of Agriculture have complet ed their study of the plan. The Executive eras represented as being of the opinion on the basis of the information Jtow in hla possession that there Would bo no objection at law to the .pro- nnMA onnanlldalion in VleW of the stricter government regulations of tha packing industry provided for in th packers and stock yards control act. . t fiacretarr Wallace said today there would bo no definite decision for several days. Tha experts were understood to have asked for information supplemental to that ortrinBiiv furnished by Mr. Ar- mbur. This was presented by F. E. White, vice-president, and rhiriM ir. Faulkner, Jr., chlei i tnr Armour and Company. Among other things under con sideration it was understood wss the probable effect or the ipwwj ed merger opn the snhsidlary .orporailons of tha two principal companies ' ' , - The administration officers said that favotabte decision by the ivsrnment on r. Ani. - -" sal would not necessarily set a soedeat govemsr.out approval of nsolidatlon of the corioraUons ..s.. una. of lndostry. such as i. nrniinsad in the case V ft several of the so-called Jndo Toendent" steel corr.iny. It was ..ni.i.4 ouite a different situation was rT "'"' "r FLEES CAPITAL Caliph and Son and Six of Staff on Way to Isle of Malta. . RETURN WILL BE OFFICIALLY ASKED Says He Has Not Abdi cated Ancora Urged to Elect New Caliph. CO.VSTANTIN'OPXJ.. Nov. 17 Ry The Associated Preae.l Fear ful lest the Turkish Nationalists should carry out the edict of (he grent national assembly of Turkey and aelse him and bring him to trial, the Bui tan of Turkey. Mo hammed VI. n the early hours of this morning fled the Tlldis kiosk, ' took refuge on board the Drlttsli ' Dreadnaught Malaya and tonight, I In company with his youngest son. Prince Erlocrul Effffendt la on his way to .Malta. The fight of the Sultan was al most precipitate, but nevertheless I before his departure he announced merely wss leaving Constantinople for safety. The Pultan had requested Ueu-. tensnt-Oenersi Hsrington, com mander ot the British forces last Wednesday to afford him the means of getting away and ar rangements were made for him to have asylum on the dreadnaught The trip from the palace to the quay was effected without the fiul tan being seen by any of the guards about the palace. An automobile which had been drawn up at a side entrance to the palace whisked him to the quay, where a barge from the battleship was. waiting. NEW TORK. Nov. 17. (By The Associated Press.) Tha steanvsAlp Paris entered American waters to night brlnirlng Georges Clemen- ceau, war-time premier of France, and her most picturesque rltisen, on a great political adventure. A private cltisen. past the age when ordinary men xo camnalgn- ing. Clemenoeau comes st 81 to Inn this Mohammed and his son stump the United States In behalf I an(j six - members of the palace of his beloved France. alaff were Immediately transferred His campaign will Include d- to the Malaya, which pointed its dresses In New Tork. Boston. Chi- nose out through the Dardanelles cago, St. Louis. Washington and land Into the Mediterranean on the Philadelphia and visits to Lincoln si way to Malta tomb at SDiingfield. 111., and to it la reported here that the An Baltimore and Annapolis. gora government will make formal The Tiger planned to spend the I representation to Great Britain for night on board the Paris at Quar- the return of the Buitsn to tns antlne. risln with the dawn, as Kemalists, pointing out hat only la hla custom, to await uati 1 ma p-eai iinuuimi wriiiuij, -.u.- tlon committee selected to wel- key has authority to direct the come him to tho land he) last vis- Sultan's movements and declaring lied half a century ago ( that he must face trial as ordered frt.i. r... tu hv Col. by tne government 1 1 1 ' " I.,.." " 1 T . !- . 1- - V.H-1Ut osel E. M. House, a personal ivaiei urn friend of Clemenoeau, will go governor, nas sent, a m.. iu riewn the bay. tomorrow morning mjo uiaiug - i. ki .kni-H the munlclnal cation of the great national as- . . ann mm st nmo t io scivcl k h.w v ivi . w. the Battery, The committee witl The most likely candidate for ,. .j. i Wench I th calinhata la considered to be koU.A i, Wnahinirton: llob-1 Abdul MedoiDO. eousln of the But ' i .1 IMDnDIlT Forward Steps Taken For State Fair; New Uplift Laws Planned WOMEN OF STATElMRS. OPPOSE NATIONAL RE-ELECTEl GREAT API Invited to Oo Ahead With Plans for Making Fair State-Wide. 1 CURRENT DEFICIT DECLARED OFFSET Mrs. Vanderbilt Pledges to Keen Institution Forging Ahead. (PARTY S PROGRAM SHIP SUBSIDY TO BE VOTED UPON BY NOVEMBER 29 tan, and ferone. ' 1 ' " ' t ;. Faartface Derails of the Plans ' m. utu H. i-ym. at tiuitaava lurnt. Fish Arm-1 Aithonah the Sultan wrote to Lieutenant General Harington, on Wednesday evening, stating that he considered bU life in danger and would like British protection, he did not proposo to leave 101 .ri U'nndi Bliss, assistant sscrs ii.rr' at' Mint. ' wpresvtttlris; t overnment, and Frank,! PolK. a eorsra .W. ' Wlokersha; Kahn ana Hamilton strong, representing m touncu foreign relations under the aus pices of which the Tiger will make Ills jew.ora rte v. antlne- Mttvor Htlburt and other palace before Friday and arrange- ... in uii-nms ths for. nianti were made accordingly. mer premier at City Hall. Then This morning a car in rhlch were he will drive up a, gaily bedeckei the acting dragoman oi mo r.i ,. .a . ih hnma of I iti Mnhiusv. ' and Oeneral liar- Charleg Dana Gibson on Eat 7Srd ington's aide, drew up at the side Street. The Qlbsctis have turned entrance to the sultanVpalace. .... hn-no nwr la htm for the I ahnrtiv afterward, while the a. . A sr. h la to stsv in NewJ,-r WAji beinor changed, the Sul- York. I tan. with BIS son, rnn - " leffendl, and six mraowi i tf. . C CONSIDERS n palace ataff slipped quieuy inio PKOUKAYM. vtv nam the car and drove to TtTRMlTNiGiHAal. Ala.. Nov. J 7. After hearing U-utxon Borgmm, , . I in . tnlna for tcarV- lng th hlstdry of the Confederacy on Btone aounuun, delegates to the convention of the ttm if n rtanvntArs oi tne ujn"- eracy decided today that they could not officially tans pari in una e '"" undertaking this year. At their session yesterday the organisation voted not to assume further financial obligations until present projects are compiewra. Cnnfinnr will complete ui Tj.iv.i-.nn tiavIs monument at Fair' . within the next year If a, report and recommendation of the Davis monument qoihuuu read beforo ths annual convention here today is aaopiea. The) committee recommenaea taken from the fini.r to raise 180.000. remainder FORMER HEAD OF WA DEPARTM GALLED BEY EN ND esent projects are coraiii.. , , m The United Daughters of the General LUK6 E. WnglW Dies After Illness oi Several Months. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Nov It.- Ceneral I.uk. B. Wright, former secretary of war and -overnr .j.nrl n tha IVnillPPines, uiou " of several hi. home here at 7:10 o'clock to- I iup -V t , . . . I HlHIiV shaft. The obelUk is now 21 feet ueneral Wright, who had been high and work has been stopped promlnent in the professional artrt for lack of funds. When com- business life of Memphis for more li... oi.. .mni-ijil will stand Sftl Itv,.-, hKif a century, felt several p . ri"-".... . -.a h.rf- he. In fail 1t 1 : u. K..i.h vor more than a week M 000 TO BE RAISED he had been only semi-conscious - vrmfD mTTiVTim I ..i liU Anm s tiail rtAArl BXDWlOi mnmantanlv for three days. KINGS MWUNTAJNT. N. C, Nov. Hlai wife, who was a daughter J..i rtarlntta .is the I Kinl nanhaal Bemmes, of Unlimited Amendment Is Provided for in Enact- ment of Measure; WASIUNWOS. Nov. 17. Plsns for piloting the-ship subsidy bill through Congress got under way today with an agreement by Re publican leaders to unlimited amendment of the measure In the House, but with ' the stipulation that a final vote shall be had No vember 'it. At the same time Chairman Leaker, of the Shipping Board., predicted that It would be enacted into law. The agreement for a vote in the House was reached St a confer enea attended -tj Speaker Uillett, Representative H.fudelL Republi can floor leader. Chairman -Campbell, of the rules eommlttee,' and members of ths merchant marine and the steering committee. Chairman Campbell suggested and leaders present agreed that such I a rula presented under which the bill would be taken up for gen eral debate next Thursday, Three full days would be given over to general discussion and then the measure would be taken up item by item with three days for amendment before a final vote. Chairman Campbell said the agreement for the open rule would ellmlnata the question of referring the measure to a party conference and would give the House the op portunity to frame tne sort of merchant marine measure It want ed to pass. Thee wss said, to be vigorous opposition in the Republi can ranks to an attempt to give the bill right of way jnder a rule which would prevent other than committee amendments. Democratlo leaders predicted a flood of amendments Would be of fered. Including a provision sponsored-by the dry element barring liquor on American ships. Notwithstanding signs of an impending House fight, the Senate is regarded by advocates of tiu measure as the most dangerous point. No rule limiting debate Is possible there and a number of Re publican leaders State Near East Aid Meeting WiU Be Held In Oreensboro otetsss its atSMfj T4Soaeaa srat, (, timrg HKMLsit RALEIGH. Nov. 17,Ths an nual asnte convention of the Near East Relief In North Car olina was announced hare today for Oreensboro, IXcember X. The conference was originally scheduled for this place but postponement of the Raleigh campaign until January 14 and other developments caused it to ba thought that the change was advisable. v NORTHWEST RAIL MERGER SCHEME nniiprviMincn 'PL I HO LAflUII HARDING- LETTE i.b n r v n i t. PROHIBITIONISTS Leading Railroaders Voice Objections to Proposed Program. WASHINGTON, Nov. , 17, Ten tatlve proposals of the Interstate Commerce Commission for consol idation of railroads In the north west were put under critical light at a hearing today where officials or three roads constituting the "Hill group," the Northern l'aclno, Great Northern and Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy, began offering testimony. uenerai consolidation of railroads as authorised by the transportation acts, . nas been planned by the commission to bring sbout a separation of the Great Northern from the other two lines named and its Inclusion instead In a major railroad system along with the Chicago. Milwau kee and St. Paul and the Iron Ore carrying lines entering Puluth in northwestern Minnesota. Walker V. Hlnea. leading off for the Htll group, challenged the de sirability of the suggested spilt in present railroad associations, both from the point of view of public welfare and of financial stability from roads themselves. Hale Holderi. President of tha haveex pressed i Burlington, followed, and in a de next Dlace lor w "r. tn Confederate Navy: hla son, " . .'17 .. i.j iHSO.ooO for ,mM. and two daughters, Mrs. ana V r-;ii. thi u Watklns and Mrs. M. R Its wora t.utharan Palmer, of New York, were with close. - .At.A ta. federaU veteran, serving with dis- Among i r.y a... v. i. wi,h .he flftv-fourtn day. one -provme.. "n inf.ntr and later lolnod enlist onehundredyoung m- i-V,. battery, .n artillety unit. follow tne min - . ihhmM & Democrat In nolitlo .ought the ' hr firt appointed to federal women to aid i")'ln,yK efflce by President McKinley. who U was also decided to begin work . h,m . member of the among the negroes ot w ""V",' ? PhUipplne commission. Lateralis branch of home missions- In which b vice governor and that the Synod has not hereioioro gone -ov.rnor.renerai , of the islands extensively. " . .. He resigned the latter position ir. ti.i.-.iim ware ot the opinion I,... . i.. ,mkua4iw ta v.. h. uiailsni were) the oest m I TM,ri. tha ha event the history of ths organisation and I . Tok0 he handled a number of lauded the wiao Broy i tiellcate t Ituationa arising irxjm California s . protesx againn mm "ooen door" aa It applied to Japanese immigration. u. Ml7n mm mhsaaailor to FIGHT 18 COXCLCDED U.come secretary of war in Presi- dent Roosevelt s cabinet. ATter nia resignati-m he spent several months n world travel, arterwara return .i..L, financial ana muwionur programs which wars worked out, BITTEB HIGHWAY ROTOE nDTrviRnitn Kov. 17 Bring ing to an end a comm.... in to hla homo In Merapnie tm conslderabls length and bitterness, umin,. the practice of law. mm member of the Btate nign- i General Wright was of Scotch way Commission, meeting this art-1 pa.rentaga.' being the son of Judge ernoon. npneia . .i"a v.. i Arcnioaio rigni. tor many ynn Fifth District Commissioner, inuhlef Justice of the Tennessee Ba the matter or tne route oi ipreme court, in aoaition o in Greensboro - Randleman Highway. I federal offices he . held. General mnnntiit regulation or i" i witn tne eaxrepuon ,miu wr. "m""" i lacking induslry waa provided by!ehsngv Backing Mr. Co : were ettorney-general of Tennessee. w. where there was no such rg- Frank Pag, chairman; A. lmrlrg tht yellow fsver epidemtc uilti i? th. .fael and various Doughton. of Alleghany, and W. of 1I7. h. remained In Memphis ,.fcT tt-il -V i.n.inM. - 1 c wukacsana. ef Charlott. land directed relief work. doubt whether the legislation can tailed analysis of traffla and route conditions, aeciarea tne commis sion proposal unsuitable and built up In disregard of the necessity of maintaining a north and south route through the west from the Gulf of Mexico. v . Commissioner Halt, presiding, prefaced the hearing by declaring that the commission plan consti tuted no prejudgment of the situa tion, but instead an estimate of the situation and basis for dissolu tion. H. K. Byram, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul, also followed the testimony as did representatives of the com munities and state publlo service commissions located In the terri tory. , - be disposed of by March 3, in which case It would die. . The Democrats already have declared individually, and through their organization in the last campaign almost solidly against the measure and a large number of Republi cans have' made open declarations of war against It, The senate Commerce commit tee is expected to report the bill nromDtly. . consiaeraDie amend ment is expected In the fienate Committee. President Harding. It was reit erated today at ths White House, will stand solidly behind the ef fort for prompt enactment ana the statement by Chairman Las kar said the tax payer hod been getting "the biggest Hns of hum bug and bunaum mat couia do possibly handed out" at the hands of opponents of the measure. Mr. Leaker said that In the fis cal year, before the present ship ping board came Into office that of 1920, the operating loss was be tween $ 160,000,000 and $200,000, 000. Mr. Lasker sold that notwith standing the enco made by the present board, tne smarts of the board wers "dis couraged because we are wearing out the ships in operating mem. Mr. Lasker said tnat u tne pro visions of ths bill successfully In spire and insure private operation the loss of ths shipping board would be wiped out. irAWT wtTIKRAIj COCTtT ALLIES BIXMTK. TCRK NAVAL. PREPARATION'S CmtMfmlmm TM AlmmM CWmm) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Sena- ator Overman will introduce and press a bill to have terms of the Federal Court held at Fayetteville. Ha thinks that the request for such action will be granted. - H. McD. Robinson, a prominent law- year ot Fayetteville, took the mat ter up with Mr. overman. The postoffloa department has ordered the poatofflce closed at Stag, CoL Ben ham Cameron's of fice. Senator Overman has asked Postmaster Oeneral Work to recall CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 17. (By the Associated Press.) An at tempt by the Kemalists to run the interned Turkish destroyer AkhTV sar, disguised as a merchantman, out of the Golden Horn, past the allied eontroy, was frustrated last night. The Kemalists succeeded in get ting ap steam on the Akhlssar on which they had - built a. super structure,, and started from ths slip where the destroyer had been Interned since the great war. Be fore proceeding far the Akhlssar was bailed by . the allied control forces. ..The Kemalists on board replied, declaring their . craft a merchantman, but the disguise was too faulty to deceive the pa trols, one of which boarded the craft and ordered her to return to her anchorage. - The allies now hare prohibited repairs the Kemalists were pro posing to make on other Interned Turkish warships. .better saying Booze issue Would Not Stay Down Meets Objection. . i . . WAasitteraa scrub vas Asssrtt.s cnruss fy . g. t . -i jjvri , , WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 Presi. dent Harding is in bad with ths prohibitionists.. Hla letter to Mrs. Corinns Roosevelt Roblnson, the late Colonel Roosevelt's sister, say lng (hat tha boose issue would not stay down, hs oitd Wayne B. Wheeler, o the Anti-8alooa League, and others on that aide of tUe fence. ' .. i C'ln urn. ths Whit.' House f g ricil hotoody vwlW glynt 111 W--;;- .tars4ijiSBssissV4iw llbU ia not kbow any newspapermen r"rj rni wnnn ane referred to iu ne .freemen is like the boy the oalf ran over, ha has nothing to say. . It was announced at tha White nouse tnat there had been no change In tha President's attitude. There was some doubt as to what that meant, but a search of ths Congressional Record shows how Mr. Harding felt when the prohibi tion amendment was up for con sideration in 1(17 while he was in the Senate. . President Harding, it was stated at the White House today, has not been giving his views on prohibi tion In letters to oneons. He has taken cognisance of - sxpreaslons of hostility In certain quarters. He has written persons who asked him If the wet and dry Issue could not be taken out ot politics, and stated his sincere belief that It waa there to stay fdr many years to come. Harding as a Senator Was Active During Debate. Mr.' Harding, as Senator, took a very active part in the debate on the resolution to submit the Eigh teenth Amerdment to the States for ratification or rejection. He expressed hla views candidly and elaborately on the day the vote was taken.' He announced that he was opposed to prohibition, but tnougnt tne amendment should be submitted to get It out of Con gress. Mr. Harding proposed an amend ment to limit the time for the ratification of the proposed amend ment. Speaking on It he said: "I have offered the amendment as representing the judgment of a number of Senators with a view to placing a limitation on the pendency of the proposed amend ment to the Constitution. I do it because that policy is Involved In my consent to support the pend ing iwiaoiuuon. - - "I am so much in earnest about It that It I could have my way I would Insist on llmKIng to ons vote or expression, on the part of each State Legislature. That would be a rather drastic procedure. "The thought I have in mind la ths elimination of this unending prohibition contest in the halls of Congress. At ths same time I am In sympathy with the opposltlon-to the resolution sbout the unfairness of adopting a Federal amendment under the provisions of the Con stitution on a question relating to personal liberty,-and If there were any other method of submitting an amendment I should be very glad to employ it. ' So Prohibitionist But I a Tcmiierance Alan. "I am. not a prohibitionist and never have pretended to be. I do AMID LAUSE Draw up Own Legislative Scheme, Turning Down Blanket Amendment. SPECIAL MEASURES WILL BE SOUGHT Would Also Strengthen Good Laws Already Enacted by This State. RAI.K1GH. N. C Nov. 17. The Woman's Legislative Council, rep resenting five state-wide organisa tions of women today went on rec ord In opposition to blanket amendment sought by the National Woman's Party and drew up a leg islates program on the women of the State. Mrs. Palmer Jerman of Raleigh eloctnd persldent of the cutirll, issued a statement, following the meeting ot the council in which were - expressed the view Of the organisation. . "The Council." the ststement read, "appreciating the fact that the laws now existing In North Carolina protsct woman, does not approve of ths blanket amendment proposed by tha National Woman s party, put will continue to work for speclflo measures to strengthen the good laws already existing.". Ths action ot tha North Carolina organisation was token in view of the advice that representatives of the National Woman's Party will be in R!Bgh during the session ot the General Assembly i sup port of tha party's platform. . The council in session for the larger artro' the afternoon at the Peacock Alley Tea Room went on record for the removal of the dts aualirtcatlona of women concerning equal guardianship by both parents of the . property and' person of child rent a declarative statement that; womaj are aUiftbls; for Jury uwl.jki a.,, rt. . 1 tit r' lMUS.llfVrft.- l.t ' own behalf la ease VT tadiulW j art for abduction r seduction. Revlsai of the present laws aa to tne aae of consent. ? Modification of ths present elec tion law to secure privacy lit vot ing, ..'-' , ..- . .( , , . Revision of Stat prohibition taw to conform to tn national taw. The question of the attitude of tha women to a tight lor state censor- shin ot moving ploures was left to a committee to dc appointoa oy me nresldont. Other matters to which the women gave their endorsement are: - . Strengthening of ths primary law- ' . . Enlargement of ths publlo wel fare department. ' - Educational program- ot ..tha pulilio school, i Hgih way commission legislation. Officers in addlton to Mrs. Jer man elected todsy were: Miss Fronde Kennedy. Durham, first vice-president: Miss Louis Alexander, ... Greensboro, second vice-president; Miss Clara Cox, High Point, third vice-president; Miss . Gertrude Well, Ooldsboro, secretary and Mrs. Charles Doak, Ralegh, treasurer. The organisations represented Included tha Stale Federation of Women's Clubs the Htate Federa tion of Business and Professional! uajrimBN rr t rim s-n vaanr- im nnstr jasis. v - - --- ar- - iccorn fta rnvnritiav n . . rotation, th Women's Christian nd thelncumltii P0"?"" Temperance irnlon and the League PSSt? a1p??.r: of Women Voters. '; ; I UmZf m ila wi IULEIUH. N. C Nov. I7.--A spurt of opposition over nsw poli clea of ths State Fair was over whelmed by an enthusiastic ma jority at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Agricultural So ritw tnd.iv and Mrs. George w- Vanderbilt was slectsd president lor a third term by acclamation; Her orde.- against gambling games on the midway and her program for tha enlargement and develop ment of the fair were given the society's endorsement and sh was invited to go ahead with her plans . for making the event state-wide in It (cope. , . Frank furonach, of RalalgH. a member of the society for years, and champion of th element which apparently cannot realise ' that the fklr In more man a Wak County exhibition, aought to rally ths opposition but the applause ot the great majority ot those pres ent when any one arose to counter his attacks discouraged him. He soon left the .room and Governor Morrison, praising tha work of the tilr organisation for the past year snd advocating the eontlnuanoa of tht policies tn force, moved the re-election ot Mrs. Vanderbilt by t acclamation. The 75 or so pres ent applauded aa they rose to their ' feet. --. . ,v :;."'.-' '.'-. - " Tha principal objection to Mrs Vanderbilt' policies as registered bv, Mr. Stronach, waa tb elimina tion ef certain features of th mid way. A IJ4.4IJ.07 deficit, reported oy th trooaurer, waa attributed bv Mr. Stronach to th loss of revenue- in space rental on these feature. .'ti .was later shown that sn tnoreaee , ef.tha fi cotirlj cf .. around tl,ft4 ,ijsat iui UVIIUIfc., .. I. X'. if; .. .... .-... -....a "People don't com to tb fair to flower gardens, they coini to. be humbugged." i Mr. stronac!i declared. "W do not want , t.t make a Sunday School affair our of it." . ... .-, Secretary of 8tat 3, Bryan Grimes, who presided ever tho meeting, answered Mr. Stronach s attack and his remarks were greeted by round after round at applauso. ... I hava no brief for th man agement,'' he said, "but I believe th peopla of North Carolina hava got their money'a worth this year. Industrially and agriculturally It , wa th greatest fair-North Caro lina na secr nad. Nlnetv-nina d cent of tha people approve th fa-r . Management's cutting off nmhllnir ... Joints even If It brought an indebt- eaneas ot (wnty-iour or twantv flv thousand dollar. "North Carelina ahonM ' hold, of and connect the fair with the' agricultural : department so that tha sat may have the grant exhibition she is entitled to." Oovernor Morrison's th re-election of Ifr. Vanderhll- was seconded by Gsneral Julian 8.' Carr. General Carr had h.n in quiring diligently Intn th. -.1 ni wherefore of the, deficit and some had listed him with the op. position. But he put himself on ' II! IS FEDERAL COIITROLISTATE'S TOBACCO DVEH RESDUnGES COAL JTTDGE WEBB RKIITIVJ , KLMBHELIS SENTENCE CHARLOTTE, Nov. 117. The It-year- sentence Imposed upon Charles B. Klmbrell yesterday att ar he had submitted to a plea of acond dearrea murder in ennnae- tb order. Th order Is effective I on with the killing of John W. ea the 21th. Stag was a postoffloe , Skldmore. a road superintendent long befor th postmaster-general was reduced today to 16 years by aorn. it was mere in nevoiu-i judge- James L. Webb. Th Judge Jgave no reason 'or hi action. tlonary tlma. claim to b a temperance man do not approach the question from a moral viewpoint because I am unable to see it aa a great moral question. I can remember very distinctly; when I was a boy, dur lng the early days of a hardy rural dtisenahlp In Ohio some of ths most moral people in the Btate boasted they had a Jug of whiskey In ths fence - corner during the harvest time. I am not saying that I favor that. I only cite It a an Instance- that It la not alwaya In variably a moral laaue. "I do not think the prohibition amendment win ba effective. Tou cannot mak any law stronger than th publlo sentiment which sees to it enforcement.. ."Ever sine I have been in pub lie life in a email way I have seen men continually measured by the wet and dry yardstick and th submission of this amendment Is going to mesjiur every candidate for public office by th wet and Cmums rf ravi Pershing Outlines Flans Contemplated oy tne War Department. NEW TORK, Nov. 17. National defense plans of the War Depart ment contemplate governmental control of the entire resources- of the country under "an efficiency council or board of control," Gen eral Pershing announced hese to night, speaking at Madison Square Harden bernr The Mercnanta As sociation of New York. "According to these plans." Gen eral Pershing snld, "the Industrial and manufacturing Institutions. agriculture . 'and transportation would bs undar governmental con trol, while the personnel pertain ing to an ot tnem would be mus tered into the service as are those that are called to the colors. An efficiency council or board of con trol conforming to our exporienc in the war, would then be placed In charge of all resources with authority to make such disposition of them as would best promote the success of the nation In war.' "The Initial organization and the system to be adepted should soon be In such tangible form that the personnel could b selected and organised In readiness to take ud their dutlees when needed. It is the duty of the Wsr De partment to study ths general needs of the country In both men snd material to meat th exigen cies of war. The conclusions plac certain oDiigauorui upon tne armyi personnel In addition to It duty a an arm of the administration icn i ii o rmtt Tmj ) ira his IA1 EAISECAIWS Official Data Shows It Has Grown 47 Per Cent in Past 12 Years. writs saws somBAB BAuesocea atfrst fr HtOCf HHALtt) RALEIGH. Nov. 17. The an nual value of mat tifactured toba. . '.:0.!!oauc, ln oi-th Carolina f ( i 122 is 1214. 330,8411. an increase of 47 per cent In twelve fan Labor Commfrslonpr M. L. Ship man, flndd from figure ho has gathered for ills new year hook. He is listing tho tobacco industrv separately from the mlsvelUntct groups of manufacturing enter prise ror the first time and th information he has gathered is In teresting. Fifteen tobacco manufacturl!. plants navo a value of JU,lli,. o4. . Then- yoorly pay roll in 114. c27.l The v aires of 9.lii male employes on a dully average rang.! irom i!.l to 1.7l and of t.gft; women. I4.U7 to 1.4. Hie report on this Industry reads as follows: "Thl industry Is one ot tl mos.j Important of the mlscellaneo-.H group. Measured by the vain oif : plants, value- f th finished pro-f ducts, numbor employed In operj , atlona and amount of outlay U :. elarii and wajrcs. It ranaa i . nd among tho industries ef thl State, for wh!?n figures are s present shown ararutely. In theif particulars, it h exceeded onur b the cotton g-iods Industry. To ! two combined represent mora ths forty per cent of the total val( of all manufactured product rej
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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