THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
. THE "WEATHER
WAtHINOTON, Nov. ft. Tars easts
North and otti Carolina: fair and
warmer THuraaayi Frlv unssttltd
and wsrmar, probably rain.
EUROPEAN EVENTS
Which arc now having 'doeldad of
fset on affairs In thla country era
reported fully In Tho Cltlton hy Ita
Aaoociatod Press Dispatches,
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FILIBUSTER AGAINST DYER BILL GOING STRONG
OBTH CHi
EAGHERS HEAR
NEEDED
-FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE"
BILLY BORNE
Proerram of Educational
land Constructive Planss-
j Outlined by Warren.
RETIREMENT ACT
J URGED BY HIM
President's Annual Ad
dress Is Offered; Capt.
i Cathey Honored.
, kVi LEIGH, Nov. 29. (By The
I. . . v
tAttsoriatea rr.i z-mmnxa uy ine
V-t-neral assembly of a teachers
Retirement act, with a, sufficient
j-enslon appropriation; a concen
trated campaign next year for the
Improvement of elementary ooun
jljRr schools, and appointment of a
tJWnmlttea to confer on change in
,i thj certification and other school
lavls. were the most Important
' rtKAnrtmendatlons made to the
)urth Carolina Teachers' Assem
bly tonight by Jule B. Warren,
secretary-treasurer.
"The time has come, it pee mil
o me, when the public of North'
(parollna should give serious con
tirieratlon to a retirement law for
teachers grown old In the service
if the state," said Mr. Warren.
ho added that a favorable stand
Fn the question by the assembly
tvould be inatrumental In mould
ing public opinion In favor of such
i law.
"At the last session of the gen
ral assembly, a retirement law
for judges, grown old in the serv
os, was passed. . The. argument
tttered in favor of such leaisla-
lon was that the judges' salaries
ere not aurncieiit to enacle them
In gave a competence for tt.eir de
lining yea-. . '
I "I beLnve tha. j L.W, he
Inserted, "but -with how much
iforce does this same ancuhient
ipply to the teacher, who has iv
n the best years of her lite to
the service- of the state on a sal
iry that will not average twenty
live per cent of that paid a Judge.
"The 1921 sesWon of the legis
lature made ai annual appropria
tion of millloa dollars for the
feoldiers who fought in the cause
thut was lost. The confederate
toran served hla day and gefl-
ition. miui He . earned the
tude of , a peopld Jn. d tight
i, cause 4ht we beHeved Jtwt
responded, t fe , call -of the
s and; enjoyed tile trlorr that
icin irom eucn patriotic service1.
. glory , In theact that the state
4 now able to appropriate a mil
ion dollars for them in their de
fining years. '
I "But with equal force and all
.he -emphasis of my helmr I als.
ielieve that the teachers of North
iarolln are just as truly, just hk
patriotically serving this day and
I , CmUMKtf oa Two
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Fight Still On As Holiday Recess Taken;
Many Republicans Not For Bill At Heart;
Shipping Bill Passes House, Margin Small
' - " " M. '
ONLY 24 VOTESl Conferences Tor
Be Held Behind Closed Door
Senator LaFollette Declares
TO S
ARE W H
DY PASSES
PROGRESS
n..T7Ttu r i Names of 13 Senators and 26 Representatives Con-
.J!inai UOUnt in Bllter rar- T,crt,-.,1 With Mnvmert TVo.flXaA.-i. rina lUTootlnr.
tisan Fight Recorded
at 208 to 184.
i
nected With Movement Disclosed; One Meeting
to Be Open ; Seats for 800.
Revolt Among Turks
Violent Fighting In
Government Is Set
Breaks Oat,
West Thrace;
Up At Xanthi
HE.T.P0'S
future mm
MSS MEET U
iVill Suspend Operation
This Morning; weaver
ville Peonle to Act.
h.. 4 E. T. ROAD'S
Service on the Asheville and
Bast Tennessee Railroad will be
uspended this morning by 8.
Rternberg, whose Offer of $19,000
or the electric line was connrmea
py Judge Henry P. Lane, of Su
perior Court, yesterday and future
operation will depend upon the
butcome of a mass meeting to be
leld at Weavervllle. Friday night
fet 7:30 o'clock, being called by W.
sprinkle. -
Mrt Sternberg will be present at
he mass meeting and has offered
o sell the line to a company, now
VtVoces of formation, .for -120,-
rfowever, it was stated yesterday
a liability Insurance is now be
ig prranged for, railroad by Mr.
.torn berg and it will probably be
ilaoed in operation from Grace to
iVeaverville as soon as this is ar
m. lired. which will not be for sev
eral days, as it la believed that
jhe company composed of Weaver-
uie resmenta will be formea ioi-
wlng the mass meeting.
The meeting will be herd In the
lgh School building and Rev. Dr.
J. unandler. associate rector or
entral Methodist Church will be
ihe principal speaker, oresenting
jhe situation Involved by the sale
ef the railroad to the residents of
JVeaverville and community. .
I The main purpose of the meet
ing will be to ascertain the gen
eral opinion of the residents aa to
(he railroad and whether they de
iire to keep -the line from being
funked, to make plans to eliminate
u competition, to decide upon a
ka.me for the new corporation and
p give those Interested .an op
portunity to express their, senti
fients. I Holmes Bryson, former president
f the Asheville Merchants' Asso
ation, Joe Johnson and J. K.
fulgham are among those Inter-
r'r the new company.
The line will operate from
f race to Weavervllle, Instead of
p t-apa square over the lines of
T Asnevtiie Power and Light
tnpany, should it be purchased
Uhe new company, it was staged
Jterday. ,.
fine proposal Is t (Khan go rout
s'- . io serve the manutac
P!nu along the French
lL 'T- mlng Into Aahe-
1 nIlr B,u"ville Hill and this
ii" pbl .discussed at the
,.T,WevvllI llne x been
Jnll. ?CwVejr lh" UnlB States
Aeteta tft ?Kht bjr Ptofflce of
to truck, pending floai negotal
CHICAGO, Nov. it. (By , The
Associated Press.) Oeorges
Clemenceau, touring the United
States in an effort to forge closer
bonds between this country and
France, tonight dictated the fol
lowing. Thanksgiving, message: '
"Deeply touched by the kind re
ception granted me and the atten
tion given to the delivery of my
message there is much I am thank
ful for." , , ; ,
The former war premier, who
delivered the fourth of a series of
addresses here yesterday, spent to
day relaxing- and seeing the sights.
He leaves tomorrow for spring
field, 111., where he will visit the
Tomb of Abraham Lincoln, and
deliver a short eulogistic address.
From there he will go to St. Louis
for the fifth formal address of his
.series.
The Tiger's program for the day,
worked out by himself, started with
a visit to one of Chicago biggest
THANKSGIVING
MESSAGE ISStlEP
r r CLEtra
Deeply Touched, He Says,
by His Kind Recep
tion in America.
Military Works on Some
Greeks Islands to Be Re
moved by Greeks.
TURKS WOULD KEEP
I AJERIOAiy SCHOOLS
America' Position on
Near Eastern Oil Ques
tions Is Made Clear.
XiONIDON; Nov. 29. (By The
Associated Press.) It Is reported
here that a Turkish revolt, accom
panied by violent fighting at some
places, 'has broken out In Western
Thrace. , .
The correspondent of the Times
at Constantinople telegraphs that
he hears the insurgents are masters
of the situation and that an armed
band of 5,000 having machine
guns is marching toward Dedeg
hatch and demanding the holding
of a plebiscite.
A dispatch to the Daily Express
from Constantinople described the
situation as dramatic and chaotic
It adds that not only are the Turks
reported to have revolted, but that
Bands of Bulgarians and Mace
donians have crossed he frontiers.
Xanthi, Oumuldjlna and Dedeag
hatch are said to be three of the
centers in revolt. The Turkish
revolutionaries are declared to
have seized Xanthi and established
their own government there.
' There has been fighting at Oum
uldjlna between revolutionaries
BATTER f PARK
H LL EXCAVAT Of!
CONTfJCT LET
abbatoir. and packing plants, and Greek". The ' attack med .t
cording to Turkish newspaper the
inhabitants aupported the. attack
ing party and tried to exterminate
the troops f occupation. The re
norts received in Constantinople,
according to' dispatches admittedly
are confused. The British intelli-
Armour's, and ended with a visit
to the Auditorium, where as the
guest of Mrs. -Potter Palmer, his
Chicago hostess, he heard Rlrasky-
Korsakofra Russian fantasy, the
"Snow Maiden," sung in French, ,
He received an ovation as he ap
peared in the Potter Palmer box.
which was draped with the French
Trt-Color, and The - Stars and
Stripes. It was a veritable spree
for the Tiger, who usually retires
at 8. .
After the first act, Edouard
Cotreull, French basso sung the
Marseillaise and Cyrna Van Gor
don, The Star Spangled Banner.
Between abbatoir and opera
Clemenceau sandwiched 'visits to
the Chicago Art Institute, the
Anderson Galleries and the Field
Museum of Natural History,
Entering the art Institute he
proved his knowledge of art by
picking out the prize Corot of the
collection and heading straight tor
It. standing for several minutes ia
silent admiration
Before Ricardo Canals painting
of a' group of Spanish dancing
girls, he paused long enough tr
say:
"I saw It In Spain. It is horribly
vulgar." , .
The exhibit before which be
stppped longest was a small statre
of tho Buddha. "Poor Buddha," he
exclaimed, "he did not tell the
people he was a god. He only said
he was a man. , But when be died
they insisted on making a god out
of. him."
- A portrait of Edouard Manett
French artiat. next attracted him.
"Isn't that Just like him." he
commented. "I know him
There was a man of wit. He Is so
real I can almost see him ef.ire
m At the' Anderson galleries he
trwiH oefore FromenWer's paint
ing of Arab Cavalry in foni
"Ah. those are the Turks."
"The Field museum exhibit of
slicked thhK . . ....
two mounted. flghUngehjphantf
When I was in Africa tht
was a troop at least 45 of t en
that looked me in the face Just
111.. Kat
"'r., h. skeleton of
aUID UV4VIS)
W. Vm
UU1V wuo.aw. . .
-h th.re'a a akeleton. Always
Biggest of Its Kind in
Asheville History, Is
Around $250,000.
contract for the excavating of
xxiiiory t-ara tiui, moving over a
half million cubic yards of dirt,
the largest contract of Its kind
ever awarded In Asheville. wa
given yesterday to Julian .A.
vvooacocK and Clyde S. Reed, by
n.. ii. maione, representing E. W.
Grove, at a figure named as round
a quarter of a million dollars.
It was stated that excavating ;f
the site fcr the new Bon Alarche
building will be completed within
ten days and the steam shovel now
being used will be taken to a point
ofn Otis street and the cutting away
of a large part of the hill will be
started, with a second .hovel t
arrive about December 15 and two
others at a later date, making a
total of four steam shovels to be
in use by early spring.
Proposals submitted by Messrs.
Woodcock and Reed call for 600
working days, or approximately
two years to complete the project,
but additional equipment will bo
used to finish the work at an
earlier date If necessary, it was
stated yesterday.
At least 135 head of atnlr
about 60 wagons will be used lo
remove the dirt, which wiir be used
to fill ravines on Coxe Rtraot.
ine nignest point of the hill at
gence officials at Dedeaghatch i the pyeaent time is around 80 feet.
i fui w lie ix liih Fxruvriino' tea et-im.
be
telegraphing Tuesday, did :
mention a revolt.
. It is reported the Orient Express
has been derailed bfctween Adrlan
ople and Luleburgas, either by the
blowing up of bridges or cutting
the line.- , .
LAUSANNE. Nov. tt. (By The
Associated Press) Turkey s am
biUon to have a demilitarized xone
marked along her frontiers was
partially realized today, aa far as
it concerns the string of Greek
islands stretching along the coast
of Asia Minor in the Aegean.
The teraltorial commission of the
Near East conference adopted the
report of it sub-committee, which
recommended that important meas
ures of demilitarization be carried
out in these Islands in the interest
of genera peace in the Near East
Ismet Pasha, the chief Turkish
delegate, was not quite satisfied
with the report. : He claimed that
all the military works on the in
land should be removed and en
tered reservations on the minute
of the meeting
The second outstanding decision
20
juWS LEFT
SHOPPING
pieted the highest oolnt ahnva
Haywood Street will be 25 feet.
mailing a sraae or not more than
five per cent on any part of the
niu. une aeepest cut will De 63
feet, which Is near the present
cattery rarx notei.
Jamison Brothers, of High
foint, were tne next highest bid
der for the contract and it is
considered significant tor Ashe
ville that the largest contract of
its Kind ever let in the city should
so to local contractors.
Mr. Woodcock Is owner of The
Citizens Transfer Company and Is
one of the most progressive bus-
ness men of the city, having re
cently erected the Castanea build
Ing on Haywood Street, as evidence
of hia faith in the future of the
city, .' ; ,
Mr. Reed. President of the Ashe.
ville Construction Company, has
supervised In the construction of
many miles of hard surface and
improved hlghwavs in Western
North Carolina and hia Arm is
recognized as one of the most suc
cessful in this section. Mr. Reed
has been in business In Asheville
for at least 16 year.
A IX ORTH CAROMJTA
... MKMIJEK3 OPPOSE BILL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. All
thr North Carolina members of th
house here voted against passage
of the ship subsidy bill today
Representative C 1 a u de Kitch.n
who was absent, was palrea
asalnst it with Representative Bur
roughs, of New Hampshire, who
was for It - - -
RALEIGH IS SCENE
OF $50,000 FIRE
RALEIGH, Nov. . Fire de
stroyed the storeroom and supply
shop of the Dillon Supply Com
pany, near the Union Station early
today, the loss being estimated at
approximately $60,000 by the con
cern's officials. The origin of the
fire 1 not know. The loss was
aid to be covered hy insurance.
Amendment to Enforce
i Prohibition on Ameri-
can Ships not Passed.
I WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The
Administration a h I P l 1 n ft bill,
around which was wagvd the'mOKt
bitter piiriiflAn fight of the present
Consrofw, was pamel today by the
House witli 24 votes to spore. The
tlnal count was SOS to 184.
Hlxty-nine Republicans broke
away from their party organiza
tion and nnpnsed the bill, while
four Democrats supported It.
There never was much doubt
about the result, but the margin
by whlrh It went through waa
much lower than estimates public
ly given by most of the leaders, It
was, however. Just about what
they figured on privately.
I In the face of threats to delay.
if not prevent Its passage by the
Senate the measure will go Mon
day to the Benate Committee
which plans to accept It as passed
by the House nd tnke the fight
to the floor next week.
The usual motion to recommit
for tjie purpose of striking out the
provision rel.ting to tax exemp
tions and direct compensation,'
waa made by " Representative
Hardy; Texas, ranking Democrat)
of-the Merchant Marine Commit
tee whirh framed It and defeated
215 to 1.T3. v. , - , .v .
Chairman Grnonn S,f tha Mar.
chant r Marine' Committee; ' and
representative Edmonds, : Penn
sylvania, ranking Republican, who
shouldered the fight through the
House, declared tonight that de
spite amendments the measure
would pave the way for putting
tne American nag at a high place
on the seas. The general view on
Dotn siaes was that bad an at
tempt been made to ' pass it a
framed It would have been swept
tn nvfrvhfflmlnv Afat
Mondell's Rpeprh and Passage
Occasion of Slionta.
There was a shout of approval
On the Republican side when the
final "vote was announced but It
waa not half so hearty as that
given Representative Mondell. Wy
oming, the Republican leader.
who, in a closing address pleaded
earnestly with his party to stand
behind the President and give tho
bill a sweeping majority. Mr. Mon
dell had the last word, and every
one of the 204 Republicans who
voted for It got up and cheered.
The House, In the last stage of
tne Dattie. defeated an amend
ment by Representative Lanham.
Democrat, Texas, decided to give
the measure what he declared was
its proper n.ime. Mr. Lanham
wanted to change the title of mer.
chant marine act to the ship sub
sidy act of 1923, asserting that he
naa put forward the proposal In
the "final hope that a spade may
oe cauea ty its proper name."
As passed by the House no line
was left In the bill relating to the
subject of liquor selling on Amer
ican ships.
Mr. Edmonds prohibition
amendment went out on a demand
: . . WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. (By
USUAL MOTION TO The Associated Prc)In an-
RECOMMIT l AIIiS l nouncing today the program for
the progressive conference here
next Friday and Sat unlay with the
names of IS Senators and 26 Rep
reHentatlves listed as Intending to
participate. Senator LaFollette,
Republican, Wlnconsln, who with
Representative Huddleston. Demo
crat, Alabama, called the confer
ence and stated that Friday's ses
sion of the Cnngreaelonal conferees
would be "behind closed doors."
The Saturday eesnion' of national
Progressives Is to be public with
accommodations for 800.
Senators and Senators-elect in
the list given out by Senator La
Kollette's office Include eight Re
publicans, four Democrats and one
Farmer - Laborite, Senator - Elect
Hhlpntead, of Minnesota. The Re
publicans listed are: Borah, Idaho;
Rrookhart, Iowa; Capper. Kansas;
France? Maryland; Frasler and
Ladd. North Dakota; LaFollette,
Wisconsin, and Norrls, Nebraska.
The Democrats are Senator-Elect
Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana,
and Senators Axtiurst, Arizona;
Owen, Oklahomo, and Bheppard,
Texas.
The senatorial list as originally
announced Included the name of
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massa
chusetts, but he demanded that It
bo withdrawn, declnring he was
not in sympathy with any move
ment to form a new "bloc" in Con
grens. Nineteen ' Itenuhlirans and mpm
Democratic reprMrnutlveS and rep.
resentattves-eluct announced as con-
tereee were;
Kepublicans: Berk, Browne, Coon.
er, trear, Lambert, Nelson, Peavey,
Schneider and Volgt, of Wlscnnnin;
mii Ko, r ciinovivnina; james. Allow.
an; Keller. Minnesota; Klnx. II II
nol; Knight, Ohio; Laguard'a, New
vorn; Kelrt, Illinois: Schall, Mlnnrs.
ma; Sinclair, North Dakota, and
Woodruff. Michigan.
Democrats Collins, Mississippi
Hiiddlraton, Alabama; McSwaln and
Uigan, South Carolina; Mansfield,
i, menu, iglr iora ana i nomas,
Oklahoma.
A few of the congressional confer.
eea wno will meet Friday morning In
the Senate agriculture committee
room, are rnemuurs-eleot of ths next
congress, out moot are now serving.
The announcement of the plan for
seorci conferences or the Senators
and Representatives said:
"In order that there mtv h roll
and free discussion upon the Import,
ant subjects of legislation which wilt
be taken up for consideration the
conference will meet behind closed
doors. Any statement which Sena,
tors or Representatives may care to
maks to the press will be given out
after the deliberations of the confer,
eiics are concluded." 1
Till COLLECTION
ROM
OADSTO
Britons Scrap No More
Ships Till Others Act
BE PERMITTED
Order Issued Which Pro
vjdes Collection of Un
disputed Tax Claims.
ffSwM Cmr-pmiimx r AHuMUt CUatn)
GREENSBORO, Nov. it. Ord
ers permitting the State of North
Carolina to proceed with the col-
ection of ad valorem axes for
ltJ2 agains tthe Southern. Sea
board. Atlantic Coast Line, Atlan
tic and Yadkin, and Norfolk South
ern Railroads were sent here from
Raleigh today, following the sign
Ing jf the orders by Jud- James
E. Boyd. Western North Carolina
Federal restrict Court. Ths orders
had been previously signed by
Judge H. G. Connor, of Eastern
North Carolina Federal District
and Judge Edmund Waddill,
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. !
ter In the tax controversy between
That constitutes another chsp
the State and. the railroads. The
Order admits the collection of
taxes admitted a fair by the rail
roads and leave the question of
the amounts in dispute, said by the
road to be discriminatory and ex
cessive, to final disposition by the
united State Supreme Court.
Appeal from a. ruling of the
three-Judge court, denying prayer
for an injunction against the as
sessment of the 1928 taxes. Is now
awaiting action by the hlirliest
court. The question of the 1921
taxes is also before the court.
About one milHoa dollars will thus
become available to the counties.1
school district and municipalities.
Commons Told England
Glad to Lead the Way to
Prove Good Faith.
POWERS NOT YET
BOUND TO ACTION
Washington not Officially
Informed Any Ships
scrappea Yet.
LONDON, Nov. 29 (By The As
sociated Press) Great Britain will
scrap no more war ship under th
Washington disarmament treaty
until the other nations have taken
action and scrapped their quota,
aeoording to Eyres Monsell, finan
cial secretary to the admiralty.
Asked who ' had ratified the
treaty,- Commander Monsell re
plied: "The treaty of Washington has
been ratified by the United States.
Japan and this country, but not yet
uy r ranee ana Italy
"Eight British canltal h1n. ran.
dered useless .for war purposes,"
he added, 'Already have been sold
to and removed by ship breaking
firms for breaking up. Six more
have been rendered lnoanabla nf
war risk or service and two more
will have been similarly dealt with
by the end of next month.
"So far a It known the United
States and Japan have not dis
posed of shins excent nnsalhlv oh.
eolete ships that have been dis
posed or in ordinary course.
I Would BOlnt however h.
unui ine treaty has been ratified
by all the sowers, none, nf th.
are bound to dispose of uch vessels."
Asked whether thla aia
" serious situation. In that
uir.i ft! ii i t, nan .r u.n . ..
.ht ""-' rgT" J'"r
whereas the United States and France
sell Spiled: "nnd.r Mon
-t'LX.wtnlnll 1". rtrht that this
J.i.u ' '"V"'" sere tne lead in good
r.i?,.thtvW9 """""fl b ths first
country to show our Intention In
spirit and letter to carry out this
great treaty for the limitation of
To another question he snldr
Noi!r tnt Great Britain a Inten
nons nave been shown, we under
stand that -no more ships will be
dealt with until tb other countries
FlaVVsl Dnarl
Governor Frees '
Rich Communist
And Associates
LESS
IDE IN SENATE
ON SECOND DAY
Democratic Obstruction
Program Is Most Scien
tific Ever Staged.
RECALLS BIG DRIVE
HELD BACK IN '91
Now Appears Lynching
Bill Not to Be Passed
This Session.
t.ry
ik''
Washington. Nov. 29. (By the
r... -rw-1 rweunor tne Unit
ea eimies or .any other country
signatory to the Washington naval
limitation conference has beerun the
scrapping of warships provided for
in ireaty. so rar as the Wash-
Ins-ton Government Is aware. It was
said today at the Navy Department
that the only aaoect of the treat
already brought into fores was tht
suspension of new capital ship con
struction In the United States and
Japan. Great Britain had no ships
actually under construction.
REAR ADMIRAL SMITH
AISO LEAVES GREECE
LONDON, Nov. 29. Advices re-
aived In London from semi-official
urcee ln Athena give the report
published by the newspaper that
the head of the British naval mis
sion. Rear Admiral Aubrey Smith,
has departed,' leaving his aid ln
charge. The British minister, - F.
O. Findley. left the secretary . of
the legation in charge
BILL WOVLD PROVIDE
PITNEra RETIREMENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. . 29. Tha
Senate bill authorising retirement
of Associate Justice Pitney, of the
Supremo Court because of III
health waa reported today by the
House Judiciary Committee.
WASinNOTON'. Nov. 29. De
termination of Senato Republicans
to wage "a finish fight" in behalf
of the Dyer antl-lynchlng bill
failed today to weaken Democratic
Senators in their filibuster against
the measure and the Senate ad
journed over , the Thanksgiving
holiday with no end to the HUbui
ter In eight. m
Appeals, arguments, .criticism
and counter-tactics were employed
by the Republicans in an endeavor
to break through th Democrat!
obstruction. All, however, went for
naught and Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, who. as the party
leader, pressed over th Repub
lican caucus yesterday at which a
resolution .vu nammA ...
Senate session on Thanksgiving day
n uoucasary to DreaK tne filibuster,
ended a five-hour session with a
motion to adjourn until Friday.
Th adjournment " found tw
Senate with less accomplished In
n' nuurs rooav uu in vaster.'
day' four-hour ession. at which,.
nepuonoan yesterday ucceeded
In getting approved th Journal of
tne previous day proceeding but .
today th reading of the Journal:
was nareiy completed and Senator
Harrison, of Mississippi, at the tnl
M tha aaaalyall. Lf ,.,f ... . . ... JLM..
a flosen araeadment to the -
louraa.1 IT natuun, n .nnH..,.
the filibuster.
SrtmtJJIo Tactic Aro
Wonder of Onlookers
Senator on both the Democratic
and Republican aide yesterday
commented on the scientific way lu
which the Democratlo leader con
ducted th filibuster. These Sena
tors after tOdava seaainn rfranlrlv
declared that "more and mora
the wonder grew," and Senator
Curtis, of Kansas, the Republican
whip, asserted on the floor that
Congress had seen no filibuster so
complete since tha famous fore
bill was talked to death in 1591.
Senator Willis, of Ohio, one of th
strongest Republican advocates of
the anti-lynchlng bill, went even
further In a speech late ln the day
and said, "the parliamentary bis-
tory of this country discloses noth
ing to approach the situation which,
now exists in the Senate."
The determination of th Dem
ocrats to continue obstruction tin
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COUN
N
fS FIGHT
LITERACY IS
ICR LY PRAISED
Mrs. Morris Reports Aid
From Large Number of
Organizations.
fay THB AWOOUrmO MBSSt
The campaign against illiteracy In
Buncombe County has made great .
progresasince 1919, more than 1,604
pupils having been lnstruced dur
ing this period, according to a re
port prepared by Mrs. Elizabeth;
C. Morris, director.
Funds for promoting the work
have been obtained from the State,
county and city boarda of publlo
Instruction, the Community Chest
and private Individual, it was
stated. The amount of the county
and city appropriations for 1922-23
totals 17,030, one-half from each.
The present enrollment is mora
than 300 a month ln one school
home near Chicago. lor toreiiriwre, IOur ior negroeaana
. , ,, . , . nine for rural white people. Con
Lloyd's six-associate cam from k- kJ.
the prison with their leader but -d by the Business and Professional
.i.trmtiMjr mm. mson I Women's C ub. the T. M. C. A. and
JOLIBT. III.. Nov. 29. William
Bros Lloyd, wealthy communist
leader, and six associates serving
sentences of from on to five years
in Jollet penitentiary for violation
of the Illinois antl-syndlcallsm law,
were released from prison tonight
at 10:40 . o'clock. .-The papers
signed by Governor Bmali and
commuting tho sentence were re
ceived at the prison at 10:30
o'clock and Lloyd and his asso
ciates were freed Immediately.
Lloyd hurried to an automobile
and was driven away a few mo
ments after leaving "the peniten
tiary, it was intimated at the
prison that he was bound for hla
did not
... V ii " . ... vsaiii viuu, Mio Aa. W. V A aim
wapPar,nt.ly wre w,ti- the Asheville Cotton Mill, it, was
cut knowledge of the governor r I m -
The city of Asheville has taken
a great interest in the work, said
intention of commutln tha 'sen
fences of the men as a short time
before arrival of the paper free
ing the men it was stated at the
prison that they had heard nothlna-
of the governor's action.
63IALL IX ACCORD WITH
DISSENTING JUSTICE
Mm. Morris in giving th following
statement:
"The present administration ap
propriation, $7,080, waa secured,
when the presidents of the Civltan.
Rotary and Ktwanla Clubs, th
Chamber of Commerce, the Mer
chants' Association and the Com
munity Chest asked for a Joint
meeting of the cout.ty and city
boards of public instruction and
SPRINGFIELD. ITU. Nov. 29.- -
(By The Associated Press.) Sen-
iflorti vflT-0y(1 "!d submitted a budget of IS.500 eaclt
slxasaoclates. serving sentences ln.-n- mmllit achoola.
joiiet priscn and the Cook County w nnM4bllUMl
Jf.ll for violation of the state anti-1 "TL
syndicalism law, today were com-
muted to expire at once bv Gov
ernor Len Small.
BORNE BCRYMSEB CO.
DKC'LARi.S A DIATDEND
NEW YORK, Nov. J. The
Borne Bcrymser Company, a sub-
sidtary of the Standard Oil Com
pany of A ear jersey, today de
clared a stork difridend of 400 per At least 2 volunteers from taw
wni paijraoi 10 stocanoraera ot c bur. bee ana nun nave c.iia
record, December t. . --ir,"'4 , . 1
Good Sum.
"The Federation of Women's
-lub"s ha given 1209 for book,
glasses and other urgent need;
the D. A. R., $76.00 for books-, tha
Nurses' Association, 116.00; Ash
Till Chsiter, U. IX C, $19.00 -
The secretary of the Associat
ed Charities ha been of consistent
and Valuable help from the begin
ning. Th business college has
done much typographical ' work.
the skeleton. TheySlve me
shudder."
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