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A.SHEVILLE CITIZEN -THE WEATHER WATCH LABEL ? osf WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.Frecat for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday and Thursday- slowly riling tamper atura. "DEDICATED TOTH UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA n your MP" ', lantw yau sub orlptlon flvt day Itafoea sxetratlon, - : : .-'' i , . ; ESTABLISHED 186& ASHEVTLLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1922. PRFCEIVE CENTS THE I Commercial Congress Confers On Foreign ft! Markets For Farmers COTTOM FUTURES CONTRACT LAW IS I ASSAILED BY DIAL Says Wiping Vrooman Out Farm Crop Surplus wouia Be Blessing. WORLD BUSINESS PLATTSBURG GOAL Today Will Be Devoted to a Discussion of Domes tic Problems. CHICAGO. Nov. 21. (By The Associated Press.' A l.nit fn, 1 heaven to wlnn mil th um. - t fur surplus in agricultural crops. V I accumulated during the Industrial J I depression, would have been a I f blessing. Carl Vrooman, former as ?. I HlMtant secretary nf nrrii-nii,1r. declared this evening Aefore the bouthern Commercial Congress, in G I S MAKNG READY FOR fJ E W i SAYS 'TIGER- FEDERAL OR VE AGAINST KU KLUX BEING PLANNED First Step Will Be to Dis charge All Klansmen in Government Jobs. TERRORISM DENIED IN U. S. SENATE Louisiana Governor Told He Will Be Given Help if Needed in State. United States Has Brief Role in Near East Meet Tuesday American Observer A'of to Vote or Act as Members of Commissions. D.S FILESBANK PAPERS IN COURT ULTZ CY The Congress ' devnf eri -oni-i,,'. pension to an agricultural confer ence for the consideration of means of providing a foreign market for the surplus farm crops of the tuiiira Ditties, Addresses ranceri fmm i, ut credit in financing the market ing of the over-prr.ductlon to tho " foreign rxcliango on in lomational marketing. tun aiiernnnn'ii i.Mun . i roWgresa was featured by Senator of the future cotton contract law i" a discussion of Immigration " Europe oy uuido Kosslti, representing the Italian commis sioner on Immigration and Con tgressman Adol:h Sabath, of Illi nois. At tho morning session, ambas sadors, ministers and commercial representativos of several nations addressed the southern business men on trade prospects in foreign lands. Domestic Problem Will' fce Talked Today. -,fT?h V9?uoi TiH devote most -in "-cIoan wlon tomorrow 1" discussion- of domB8tJo b. ;ems.. including t i ... . . . 1 . . 'm ' 'oiiroaas, hf-rhwav Tomorrow .,-, M.T if rtna . Wtl 1 a. . . . " .- ,... lmb annua.! l tnclula) the governors of Ne braska anil Mnrvlan f orm1 f T former secretary of war and Dr -Clarence j. . owens. president, of the Southern rnmn.n.i.1 - Southern Kress. . It Is Commercial Incredible that this, the ) richest nation the world ever saw .If year and a half been beaded down the hill of industrial uriirwm.un, agricultural bankrupt y ana Dusiness paralysis, Mr. rooman said in his address to Americas moat pressing need io set rid of her surpluses. Our "irpmsos can and should be dump, cl abroad at once." A workabl-j plan of credit la the "nly factor between the United Slates and an export trade as large me country can hand e. Em molt AV. Oans, president wf the In ternational Chamber of Commerce Irade Commission, declared, in k punklng before the congress. The United States dollar, he nld. Is the most expensive money in the world today and makes nickel look like a franc' International Business I'latbtburg Planned. Plans for an "International bus iness Plattsburg" to train the bus iness men of America to work to Mether as th famous army camp at Plattshurs- trains future officers. were made public today at the Southern Commercial Congress convention by Dr, Clarence J Owens,' president of the organiza tion. . . ' The proposed business institute would be located In Panama, Dr. Owens said, as a meeting place for industrial leaders of .North and . A South" America. . Vlx .Th nnunt Mtlnn futures con 'ikr-.t law "reverses the laws of Jhimon sense and the customs f :M f merchandising," by permitting ne seller to aeuver ny vim v fan gradesi to the buyers. Senator j jv. B. Dial, or Boutn uaronna, o J f lared today In addressing the con- He urged amendment of the a to give , the purcnaser ngnis co equal to those of the seller. Under the present system, ho said, ma growers suffer because purchasers sell out their hedges rawer man acceDt delivery of' inferior grades and the consequent heavy sales riAnrmui 111. nrtca. Figures to show that in 1920 only 13,840,000 bales of cotton were fcrown In the United States, whil there were contracts sold, for 128.- P07.500 bales1 were cited by Mr. DiaL From August 1. 1920, to July 81, 1821, -the actual number of bales delivered at New Tort was only 267,700 and at New Orleans, 100.(00. ' Not Sold Ftr Right Value;" ' High People Do Not Trade , "Under the present practice," Senator Dial said, "even the low est, grades of cotton are not sold at their value because you hav not brought the right parties v to gether. . ': -r "Furthermore, the price quoted on the exchanges do not reflect the vrlce of the market. For example, on March 23, 1121, March con Met In New Tork were . 86.52. pot 40 cents a pound: on July. epota 48.76, contracts 86.60. the! pleasure of the sellers of the contracts without enlarging the demand. The law of supply r.nd demand is thus hobbled. Who ever puts np the most margins can carry prices hia way. I am not endeavoring to legislate value Into a commodity. This could not be I th, Points Out America's Duty to See Peace Terms Are Enforced. ROUND APPLAUSE -FOR WILSON'S NAME Cries of "Put Him Out" Greet Sole Heckler in New Tork Audience. NEW YOItK, Nov. 21. .By Thcs Associate! Press.) The militarists In Germany ttlready are preparing another war, Oeorges Clemenceau, war premier of France, declared tonight in the first addresu of his American tour. "Don't you read the news papers?" he demanded. "Don't you know' what that means?" Tho Tlser ot France, speaking fervently before a packed house at the Metropolitan Opera House, re viewed the situation in Europe. pointing to a rapprochment of tho Turks and soviet Russia as ominous war clouds In tho meantime, he declar I,udendorft and other German militarists were planning a coup against tho democratic government there. . Describing tbe present as a time of "greatest crisis," he urged that the United States should renew conversations with France and Rngland, which, without definitely committing this country to any set program, would present to German eyes a picture of the three unpleasant folks who faced her In tho war. He said sooner or later America would have to interest herself in the post-war affairs of Europe, be cuuse sin could not continue to be comfortable and wealthy if Europe wan covered witn blood He expressed the hope that tho United Slates might establish a j.lan us sto what was, to be done In carrying out the terms of the ptace treaty and loin, with England and France in imposing it on G"- ninni L Ja was frank in his criticism of America a osi-war nuuuue, ae claring America had, had a larg share In Imposing tho peace term and had a duty to see that they T'ere enforced. Challenging the worth of OeV hrony's signature to a treaty, thi T.ger declared that Jf France had known. In 1918 that reparation i would have been unpaid four years later, .she would have gone on to Berlin. The Tiger received a great bur.it of applaie for the assertion. M. Clemenceau, who protested that he came to America on no of ficial mission but as a private citi zen to present the truth as he saw it, declared that reparations was ftn American idea, because Presi dent Wilson" . had qome forward WAS ti I KOTO M SCSatU TBS AauaVHXB CJTUMX r h. b. a. w.ttsTi . WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The Department of Justice is planning a drive against the Ku Klux Klan that will put it out of business, or confine its operations to the re spective Stateg in which it ope rates. The first move will be to dismiss from the employe of the Federal Government all Klan members. Recently it has come to the knowledge of Kxecutlve of ficers hero that manv men hold ing positions In Washington and .other places are active in the Ku Klux movement. During the re cent campaign some of these per sons participated In Congressional and State and County elections. Tho Klan was non-partisan in its fight for positions. In one South ern State a Democratic candidate was defeated because he was of Jewish extraction.. Representative Clifton N. McArlhur, Republican of Oregon, was defeated by the Ku Klux, and its affiliations in Portland and the nearby country. In Ohio, Indiana, and Kaifsas the Klan was busy and rallied many voters In close districts. , Department of Justice officials believe that they , now have suf ficient ground for going after this aecret organization under Federal statutes. Oovernor Jolui M. Par ker, of Louisiana, left here tonight for his home, with the distinct un- derstanding that if be was unable to stop the outrages of Klanstnen and bring those guilty off crimes to justice the Federal authorities will act.v First he ' will mako an uviSANSE, Nov. 21. (By The .nsHociaiea Press.) The I'nlted States played a brief part In the Nenr Eastern Peaeo Conference to day, Richard Washburn Child, Amerlc-.ui ambassador to Italy, making a declaration before the as sembled dulegateso the position of tho official observers represent ing America. American participation In the conference will consist of joining hi inn uscussions and safeguard ing us far as possible rights '-hich the Unitvd States feels mu.t be protected in the interest of Amer ica and the rest ot tiie world. The American observers will not vote or act as morabers of any of the commissions. Two sessions of the conference were hold today. At the first the organization or three commissions was arranged, the first on political and military, matters, with a Brit ish chairman; the second, on economics, finance and public health, with a French chairman anil the third on capitulations, minority populations and utmllar questions, under an Italan chair man. The afternoon session was de voted largely to n general discussion. I Shows $23,010 Lost b: Those Involved in "Quic! Money" Scheme. SOME INTERESTED GOT MONEY BACK Files List of Those Whose Money Was Involved in Scheme. German Cabinet's Personnel Given; Cuno Chancellor llerr Yon Rosenberg is Nam i ed as Minister of 'Fof eign Affairs. RAIL TAX CASE IS APPEALED TO SUPREMECOURT Will Be Argued Before Highest Tribunal Dur . ing Present Week. WMSIXOTO r,0 .... .. T" ""STitia cit-mx , nr H. M, V. WIST) WASHINGTON. tVov. 21. At. attempt to clean up a tad sitim- torney General Honnlng, Wllli.im tlon there.x but, falling, he will , t uynum and B. S. Aldermi.-. nf have the support of the Depart ment of Justice. . Reported conditions in Louisi ana have causedmuch excitement here. Senator Ransdcll, Demo crat, denied stories printed locally as to the extent of Ku Klux activ ities In his State, but ' SenataH Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, presented to the Senate letters showing that Governor Parker hud indicated several days ago that he would ask for' the assistance of the Department, of Justice hero. , PARKER HAS HAD 3fO PDAN Td-MAP OVJS DRjVE WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Gov ernor Parker, of( Louisiana, left for homo tonight, declaring that he would continue his study of the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana before taking any action. As yet, he said, he had had no opportunity to map out a plan of further action upon his return. The Governor will attend the conference of State Governors at Hot Springs, Va., December 14 and will deliver an address on oit- ixensthlp. While he declared he had not decided what he would say, he Intimated that he might suggest action by the Governors of other States In rcferenco to the Klan. Denial was , mads by Senator Kansdell. Democrat. Louisiana, on with his famous liojnta and the I the floor of the Senate today of armistice represented essentially published reports of crime, law- the American point of view. At lessness and terrorism In Loulsi t .xa... ViriUnn ' ana LI1Q ijii-iiiHUJl u ys uuuiuw r umni -tCm(M( on J" HARNETT COUNTY OUTRAGES SI REMAIN UNSOLV a LL ED Score of Witnesses Exam ined Throw no Light on Situation There. LILLINGTON, N. C, Nov. Not one of a score of witnesses examined by Judge Oliver H. "Al len, In Harnett County Superior Court today in John Doe proceed ings, could throw any light on the ccrsonnet of masked ana rooeu groups of men who, It Is alleged, have committed a number of out rages against Harnett citizens In tbe last few weeks. The Investigation was startea oy the sheriff Monday following al leged threats from members of tho masked mobs against Manly Thorn ton for tle flogging of whom Wal ter West and Leonard Down, well known young farmers of Anderson Creek, have been arrested. 'Solici tor Walter Siler conducted tne in quiry before Judge Allen. p. cannaay, a leaaing xarmer 'a Anderson Creek community, test! fied that 19 automobiles loaaea with a hundred or more men garbed in white regalia gathered at his home at 6 o'clock Sunday Bfternoon and went from there, tJ the home oi jod uainey, across Lower Little River, and flogged him so severely that It was neces sary for Mm to go to a hospital. Cannaay. wno is a jeaaer in school work In the county, testi fied' that he wits utterly surprised when the masked men gathered at his house. He did not know them. I and he did not; know whence, they j came, he said. He stated- that he begged the men to go away, fear ing tnat tne norses or some guesu would become frightened at the regalia. Both Walter West and Leonard Down were examined but neither could furnish the court any Infor mation. - ... Virtual! r ail witnesses agreed that bootlegging on a large scale was rampant In that section of the county. , . ... At the end of me neanng juasre Allen delivered an appeal for the nforcament of the prohibition law He urged the formation of law en forcement leagues, but he con temned the use ot masks for such ana. The. Senator declared that upon 'returning yesterday from a visit to' his home State, where he found conditions normal, he was "shock ed and grieved" to read reports as printed in il Washington report. He said he heard much comment on the Mer Rouge, outrage which had been blamed in some quarters upon Individual members of the Ku Kluc Klan, but contended, the crime, while the worst In Louisi ana In four years, was insignificant as compared ' with . the Chicago race riots of two years ago, the miners' . war in West Virginia a year ago, or the Herrln killings of last summer. Mr- Ranadell said at the outset that the Washington Post, which printed tbe reports as written by one of Its staff correspondents. was "usually conservative ' and continued: Does Not Believe Slander Wilful and Ddibrrato.. -, ."I cannot conceive how such a sweeping libel and extremely dam aging statement in regard to un entire sovereign State not to some community thereof could have been given even ordinary publicity In a reputable newspa per, but when placed on the first page of one of the greatest' Jour nals in America, Issued at the na tion's capital, under headings "so large as to attract universal at tention, it Is utterly incomprehen sible. I cannot believe the Post set out wilfully and deliberately to slander and destroy the g'iod name of Louisiana but unless Im mediate retraction Is made by it In the same conspicuous way that the libel was uttered, the effects are certain to be Host injurious." i no Mar xiouge inciaeDt iicr was referred to In letUrs read Into tii rwcord by Sesator Walsh. Democrat, Matsachuaetts. Onb of the letters, written by Joseph i Morntngstar. of Joseph Mornlngstat and Company, Inc., New York, an(J addressed to th Massachusetts ' Semtor. testtfiad to the war services of Fillmore Watt .Daniel, one of thosi kflled. and asked that inasmuch as Oovernor Parker "admits that justice cannot be se cured through lool authorities,' the matter be called tf the Federal De partment of Justicfc Mr. Mornings n enciuseo a received from Governor Parker, jin which the Louislars, executive stated: "It will be neceSMry to uae all the Influence at Tour cDmmand to get the United States Govirnment to take en interest In this m tter, and for that reason I would ap reciate. your writ ing me at lenrth y ur opinion of this man as a soldier i nd out It In auch shape as I can sent It to Washington with the certain tyT that it will oring results. If these not cosie quKHtiy, ion you oy asKingx with an your con trmnaiioro; Judge Georgo H. Brown, of Raleigh, and TThoniaa D. iirpn, or jsew Bern, represent ing mo mate, and S. R. Pr.'nre, jt Washington, representing the soutneru: uolonel W. B. Rodman, if Norfolk, representing the Nor-folk-Southern; Thomas V. Davis, or wiimington. the Atlantic Coast Line, and Thomas F.' Wright and lurray AJIen, tho Seaboard, are here to argue before the Supreme Court, the Nrth Carolina rail road fax cases)' They will go on (to morrow or nejtt 4r'" - s4. '"t .The bill's a" brought by flver the principal railroads doing busi ness in and through tho State to -cstrain the collection of ad va lorem property taxes for local purposes and the franchise tax for State purposes, Imposed for the year 1921 by the statutes of the State. The taxes complained of are Im posed alike on all railroads doing business ooth within and without the State. - GREEXSBORO HEARS STATE ACTIOX MAY NOT FOLIiOW GREENSBORO. Nov. 21. Judi cial decision as to nie continua tion of the stay restraining A. D, Watts, North Carolina: tax com missioner, from sending down to the. taxing1 authorities of the ooun tles, school districts and munlci- oalifes tho assessments for 1922 against railroad property niaj be unnecessary, depending upon li-hat action the United States Supiome Court takes; It wan intimated here today by Judgo James E. Boyd, it the Western .North Carolina FederHl District. Tho highest court, now In bon- sideratlon of the 1921 tax dispute between tho railroads and the 3tate, may take a hand and order i stay before the date set When the three-Judge court whichl sat in the case here la schedule! to take action, next Monday, Now 27. When the matter came up here about six weeks ago the three urists. Judge Boyd. Judsrn H G. Connor, of the Eastern North Cro lina Federal District; and Jiidgt, Edmund Waddlll, of Kichmonil, fourth Circuit Court of Appale, lCnUmu4 n J fx , As the final episode in the finan cial scheme pradtiood at Kenii Wfrth Hospital, built on the l'on4 foundation ot high interest ana "quick money."- bankruptcy pro ceedings Hied in United States Dis trict Court yesterday by Alvin D. Siultz, former laboralorlan and stlf-slyled agent for physicians, purses, reconstruction aide, former chief of physio-therapy and pa. tionts, showed that 123,010 was lost in the scheme by those in volved. According to the bankruptcy petition, Dr. J. 15. Dewey, with a loss of $5,300 will bo the heaviest loser in the deal, and Dr. J. C. l.'ynes. with 4.800. the ncx heaviest loser. Dr. Ilynes holds wcm-ltles flven by Mr. Stultu to the extent of Jl.fldO, but as if Ih al-1 leged these were given within thi past 00 diys it Is believed they will be included in the assets of Mr. Stints!. The operation of tho ttnancinfi pian .at Kenllwortli Hospital, with several physicians, nurses, patients and monibsrs of the personnel in volved In the, scheme of loanln? money to patients, ordorlies anl v-sltors, through un agent, recelv. 1'ig a reported rate of ten per cent rr month for their money, witn those ashing for the loans paying n still higher rate, nnd the suhae ouont financial crash, was wldelv olscussed throughout tho city, fol lowing publication In The Citizen jesterdoy morning. It is understood that several par ties living in Kenllworth an. v clnlty have been interested In the proposition at various times dur ing, tho past few months, but It la relieved that they were fully-paldT mseiner wjtn interest beforo the downfall of the system. .- Ioane made to patients, odorlles ana waiters, due, at the present nine, according to, tho bankruptcy petition, are 79 in number, amousting to M.243.S4, with those obtaining tho loans scattered to all parts of tho United Slates, many in Government hospitals and oth ers as civilians. Carried on in defiance of orders wsued by Dr. T. H. Payne,- Com manding amner, the scheme has iioen in operation for at leat ra to li months, according to those Interested. It is reported that a number of those taking tho fling in high fin ance regularly received their In terest at the rate of ten per cent fer month, but the closing of the hospital causud tliem to press the sgent'for the capital, resulting in the Inevitable crush, winding un BE KLIN. Nov. 21. (By The As sociated Press.) The new Ger man cabinet has been constituted aa follows: Chancellor WUhelm Cuno. Vice-chancellor and minister of Justice Dr. Carl Heinse. Minister of foreign affairs Herr von Rosenberg. Minister ot the interior Ru dolph Ueer. Minister of finance Andreas Hermes. Minister of economics Johannes Becker. Minister of the treasury Dr. He In rich Albort. Minister of ' transportation General Wilhelm Greener. Minister of posts und telegraphs Herr Htlnol. Minister of food Herman Muel ler. Minister of defense Dr. O Qessler. Minister of labor Dr. Hcinrich Brauns. Opposition Admitted By Harding In Appeal For Merchant Marine PLEA BASED UPDO EASURY WORTH CARO DELEGATION AGAINST IS SUBSIDY FRENCH BROAD MANUFACTURING FIRM IN MERGER Concern Capitalized $430,000 Conveyed . the Martell Mills. at to Merger of nine Southern manu facturing plants, including the French Broad Manufacturing Com pany, of this city, makers of bed spreads, with a capital stock of 1430,000-, became known when a deed was filed Monday with the Register of Deeds, conveying the property nt Owenby to the Marfel Mills, Incorporated, of New York; According to T. J. Bagwell, su perintendent, the merger will not affect the Ashevllle plant for the present, although in the future it will be known as the French Broad plant , of the Martel Mills, Instead of the French Uroad Manu facturing Company. Eight other slants, affected by the merger, which will run Into millions of dollars), are located In South Carolina, Georgia and Ala bama , and alt will bo operated under the name of tho one cor poration. r- O, . Huggins, ot New Tork, is president of the Martel Mills, which manufacture, ta addition to Most All Arc on the Job Smiling Over Prospect of Party Gains. REPUBLICANS FEAR NEW LEGISLATION Representative Weaver will Arrive in Time to Vote on Ships. niisiaoToM aetata turn iihriui oiTtta ff II. . V. BHXANTi WASHINGTON, Nov. tl. The North Carolina delegation, with tho exception of Representatives Ward and Weaver, is here. Mr. Ward is detained on legal busi ness, and Mr. Weaver on account of illness. The Tar Heels are very happy more so than ever before because of the large majorities pulled down by tho Democrats on the Seventh They see but little prospect of constructive legislation suoh as river and hnrbof improve- men Is. public buildings, mn haU'lierlea, and the like, but the prospect of further party gains In the near future keeps tnem smu ing. . ' The Republicans are afraid to nut through any important logls latlon. They got - t he fright of their lives at the polls. Old ob servers here assert that in many years of experience In Washing' ton, they nave not seen stalwart Republicans In such a nervous state. Old Guard leaders admit that they see little hope for . the near future. The ftareback was so sudden, and so strong that they cannot get any encouragement from the actual reports. The tre mendous majorities In the hereto fore doubtful Districts of North Carolina and other Southern States shows that the new voters the women are voting for the Demo- nrftMrt oartv. . SAI J ESIOENT SAYS Gi Proposes to Cut Annual Loss of $50,000,000 Each Year in Half. declareTthree ' , COURSES ARE OPEN i Garrett Says President Fails to Meet Objections to the Measure, v ? baesine-'materlal Ind several other the State Working fo V4 Jbkei products.' , Affected hy the merger are the following plants, which In the fu ture will be known a Individual plants of the. parent corporation French Broad, Ashevllle;1 Palmet to Cotton Mills. Columbia, 8. C Lexington and Red Mills, Lexing ton, S. C; Middleburg Mills, Bates- h J!'"' Prcei"!,.aftknburg: S. C.T A.hcraft Mil..: Florence, Ala., and Martel Manu- filed yesterday. Mr. StuRz, who afserted that he acted as agent for those loaning the money, has resigned his posi tion, two automobiles owned by him are undor mortgage and Hen to be sold as assets and claims exemption for his personal effects. According to reports from Kcn.ll worth, Mr. Stulls was a valued em. ploye of tho institution and trained laboratorlan and became Involved in the scheme to make loans as agent for physicians, members of the personnel, nurses and several patients, with tho final wlnd-us as chronicled in the pe- tion filed in Federal Court, the lia bility side of his ledger greatly in excess of the assets, and these as sets consisting of accounts that are believed by .many to be past the stage of collection, ranging In amounts from 5to $J0O. According to veteran ex-service mon, tne practice or "shaving" checks is an old army game, usual ly handled by one Individual, but seldom has a system been unearth ed on as large scale as .that said to have been practiced at Kenll worth. . Creditors whose claims sre un secured are Hated as follows; T. M. Wright. Kenllworth Hospital, "-ICmflaiiM M J too facturlng Company,- Georgia. BANDIT ARMY WORKS BIO HAVOO IN CHIXA SHANGHAI; Nov. 21. (By The Associated Press) The bandit army of Honan province, 30,000 strong, which has kidnapped a numbor of foreign missionaries re cently, is laying waste a path six miles wldo across the province, burning every city, town and farm houe in its line ot march' and leaving Its -trail strewn with dead bodies, according to a letter re ceived here 'from If. II. Ledgord, an English missionary, who es caped. ";-" MIKS DOROTHY READ AND MIL J. A. THOMAS ARE WEP WABHINGT ON, Nov. 81. James A. Thomas, millionaire brother of Henry E. Thomas, and Mrs. Carrye Thomas Prior, of Charlotte, was quietly married here today to Miss Dorothy Qulncy Hancock Read, a daughter of the lnte Sheridan Read, of the United States Consular Sen-Ice, and cousin oi the former Secretary of State and Mrs. Robert L. Lansing. ' Just before the election. - s prominent North Carolina Repub lican passed through Washington, His answer was; "Woman suffrage has done two things; First multi ply the Democratic majorities In the South, ana the uepumicasj majorities in - rock -ribbed llepub lloan districts in New England and the West." Democratic Congress men from North Carolina are ready tp Join him in that opinion. In the . Eighth District, where farmer Bob Doughton reigns., the majority was 7.800. Dr. Iks Campbell, who chose to make his recent contest the issue, was snowed under for many years to come. Mr, Doughton, who arnv fed here today, would not djscuss his election further than to say that the people had been very good to him. Mr. Doughton thinks that " the Republican leaders of Congress are so badly demoralised over the heavy returns against them, that it will be useless to try to got . ii'MfwNca s rest zwtj MRS oull I mroose v Ton to a-et In tone gresamen and . Seistors. requesting bottom. but that ir matter up with 1 that the taka t the De-iartment ofUuettce to aee that ot only Is the natter pronefl to ina - j .,, , Ml I Wl.l.llll II I .... -I II SMI, ... 11.1,1 'i 1 ; ; ; WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT ' 1 - i i . t ' --- : BY BILLY BORNE . L 1 ffi&l r M m. I 0 l. ISMS tWM , v-sVa 171 . FELTON IS SEATED TUESDAY IN U. S. SENATE Crowd to Greet Her Riv als That Which' Hears President's Message. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Mn. W. H. Felton, of Georgia, took the oath of offlco today as the first woman United States Senator, It was true that her term prob ably wlllUit only for a day, but the ceremony crowned with success the efforts the 87 year old lady had made to "blaze tne patn for Amer Iran womanhood" In the Senate. and it was Indicated that (he would be content to step aside to morrow in favor of Walter P. George, who was elected November 7 as her successor to flit the un expired term of the late Senator Watson, to whose place she was appointed. The seating or Mrs. Felton at tracted a crowd to the Senate which rivalled that which had greeted President Harding a ehort time before where he addressed Congress in Joint session. When (he was directed to pro ceed to the rostrum to take the oath of office her face broke Ints a smile. On the arm of Senator Harris, of Georgia, and lifting her gown daintily, she walked down the renter aisle and up to the vice- president's desk where Benatoi Cummins, of Iowa, President Pro Tempore, Was presiding. As nenator Cummins motioned fhr her to raise her.right hand, she waved hor hand to Mr. Cummins and smiled as if receiving a aaluts. senator itarrie nudged her arm. however, and she then raised It Senator Cummins delivered thri oath and she responded In a low voice and without a trace of ner vousness. The seating of Mrs. Felton had been expected In view of the tacit agreement of the Senate leaders to Interpose no objection in the face of possible technical Drece- cents as . to her status after the election on November 7, of he.- succeesor. The delay in seating Mrs. Felton was due to an address of Senator Walsh. Democrat. Montana, In sup port or tier claim to the Senate seat. He declnnsd her title was clear and granting it should not bo considered a favor or a chlvai- itoua.iet, WASHINGTON, Nor. II. Pres. Ident Harding in an address today to a Joint session of Conrmat nr.. ed speedy enactment of the Ad ministration shipping bill as a means of cutting down present losses through, operation of Oov. ernment ships nnd putting Amer ica at the forefront In the nea.ee triumphs on the sons of the world." ai me very outset of the 80 mlnute speech which : was heard with the olosest attention., the President frankly declared that those standing with him as wall lecognlze that there was "divided opinion and determined opposi tion." It would be helpful In clear ng the atmosphere to start with the recognition ot this foot, ho said, adding that it was no new experience. ... ,., lS, -.,.. . With groat emphasis the Praai. dent challenged 'ererv lnalmi.i . tlon" that the bill was framed for the benefit of "favored Interests" or for the enrichment of the spe cial few at the expense of the pub lic treasury. He declared that first of all he was appealing to a&va the treasury. . ;. ,; . ., Calling attention to the "nn- tillty in tb popular mind' to the word "subsldr," stressed, he said, by the 'Opposition, th President asserted - that - Government Would be a fairer term- than sub sidy in denning what he was seek ing to do for upbuilding of the Amer can merchant marine. - "But oajl It 'subsidy slnoe there at those who prefer to appeal to mistaken prejudice rather th n , ;inke - frank ,. and IngloiU n. went'- he said. . "We mHt call the annual loss of $t$o,ooo,uu. . which We are paying Bow without protest by those who mast abhor, we might aa wall call that a -subsidy. If so, I,, am proposing to cut in half, approximately." Discussing' the problem con front ng Congress, the .President outlined three corrses ot action. The first, he said, was) eonstruc tlve, which embraced passage of the blil; second, obstructive continued ; government operation and attending government losses and third, destructive, involving the sacrifice and scrapping of the merchant fleet. ' 'l have com to urge th con-. structlv alternathra," to re -assert n Ametioan w wUI," h ex claimed,, which brought th first applttvse during- delivory ot th speech. The next applause (rest ed th President' declaration that ne rejoiced that higher standards for labor on American shjps had been established and that merest justice suggested that "when Con- jrress fixes these standards, it is fair to extend government aid in maintaining them until eur shipping lines are so firmly estab- , iisneti tnat they- can face world competition 1 alone." Th Farm 5 Block, including members on the : Democrat lo side, applauded when the President said credit system J under government provision and , control must be promptly and safely broadened to relieve th s(- ncuiiurai ciasees. J '. There was a variety ot comment by members, but for the most pari this followed party lines. Representative Mondell, Wy- i omlng, the Republican leador. said: "I consider the President' mes sage an exceptionally strong and forceful one. I do not recall ever having heard a case more logi cally or convincingly presented. The President's arguments in favor of legislation along th lines pro posed are unanswerable." The views of opponents of th bill were expressed by Repress. tativs Garrett. Tennessee, Demo cratlc leader, who said: , vf "From the standpoint of those who favor the bill the President placed the matter in what I sup pose will be generally regarded as a strong light, or course, from the standpoint of those of us who ' are opposed to th measure, he r did not answer the fundamental - objectless." ' ' Measure Filed In the Ilonse by Green. The shipping bill over which the . Mg fight of the session will begin Thursday, was filed with the .house - by Chairman Greene, of the mer- v chant marine committee a few minutes before the President . reached the capltoL It differed In some respects from the measure Introduced weeks ago and was re- ported without a record vote. To morrow the rules committee is e- -pected to give It right of way and . th program calls for 'action on the special resolution an hout later . by the house. Should the resolution be adopt. ed as is expected, tbe bill will b taken up by the houee Thursday. , Then on November 19 at 4 o'clock it will be put to a final rot and passed or killed. The President In his annual miwuf. to the raa-ular aeaalorn of 'Congress early In December will recommend tne oroaaenissT or credit systems under government provision anl control witha view . to relieving agricultural distress, he told Congress at thj conclusion, of his address. - Hs said that wr.il this Congress end the executive branch ot th government had don much which I J had proven helpful to the farmer I pv I r . . - .. IPiiCnirl m fw Tml- ri
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Nov. 22, 1922, edition 1
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