A
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
WASHINGTON, D.o. 1. Fortcjit
for North Carolina; Fair Saturday
allghtly soelar In Inttrlor; Sunday
cloudy.
EUROPEAN EVENT).
Which art new having a SacMed
faot on affair In tnla country are'
reported fully In Tha Cltlian by Ita
Associated Praaa Dlepatchaa.
Floe.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA'
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1922.
FRFCE FIVE CENTS
Y NE W BERN FIRE LOSS 0 VER TWO MILLION
FORMAL STEPS TAKEN TO IMPEACH DA UGHER TY
1 a
V
Charges Are Filed;
Taft Named Witness
In Plea For Hearing
ALLEGATIONS ON
WHICH HEARINGS
f -4
.1 w-
1 YtJha
FL 1
x -a.
ASKED ARE GIVEN
s
Tge "Fraud and De
ceit" Practiced on Taft
While President.
UBLIC INTEREST
SAID PREJUDICED
Failure to Heed Recom
mendations for Prose,
cution Claimed. .
ANTI-LYNGHINC
B ILL MAY FALL
BY THEJVAYSIDE
Harding Favors Measure
but Is. Silent on Demo
cratic Filibuster.
NOT GRATIFIED AS
TO SHIPPING BILL
Look for Combination of
Democrats and Insur
gents to Defeat It.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
BY BILLY BORNE
STA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Chief
Justice Taft Tag .named today in
a statement to the House Judiciary
Committee, by Representative
Keller, Republican, Minnesota, as
a witness to be called in support
of his demand for the Impeach
ment of Attorney-General Daugh-
erty.
The chief justice was desired to
testify, Mr. Keller wrote. In con
nectlon with his charge, formally
filed, that Attorney-General Daugh
erty had appointed "untrust
worthy,' corrupt and ' dangerous
men," to1 high office, kntfw-ing at
the time that they were men of
such character.
George W. Wlckersham, former
attorney-general, Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Feder
ation of Labor, and Guy O. Roy-
eter, Mr. Gompers' secretary, were
" also mentioned by Mr. Keller as
t other witnesses ha would ask the
committee' to summon as to this
particular allegation.
'-Jlegarding the coromlttrfe re-.
,, j eat that ha git the names of all
iersoos who could testify as to
' any part of the charges- onVhreh
he based a demand for Impeach
fment, Mr. Keller wrote that be
i could not comply except in certain
particulars as he and his advisers
regarded as safe'.
Setting forth 14 specific grounds
for impeachment, Mr. Keller al
leged that Mr. Daugherty prac
ticed "fraud and deceit" on Mi.
Taft while President, to obtain the
release from prison of Charles w.
Morse and that on Mr. Morse's
failure to pay Daugherty' associ
ates In the pardon proceedings
agreed fee, he "prostituted" the
office of attorney-general for "per
sonal revenge'' by securing an In
dictment of Morse.
Writes Volstead He is
Prepared to Prove Charges
In his letter to Chairman Vol
stead, of the Judiciary commit
tee, Mr. Keller said the peclflca,
tlons he enclosed "set out and I
am prepared to prove that the
said Daugherty is guilty of serious
-misconduct in office highly pre
judicial to the public interest; of
gravo abuse cf his dls-mtionary
powers; of wilful and repeated vi
olations of his oath of office and
of high crimes and misdemeanors
In 14 particulars, each one of
which 1b supported by numerous
instances. .. ..
"If any of these 14 specifications
. i . tt nf Tkano'ti.
against tr.e saio. natty
c-fir far. ha aM tO be mOT IH1
n'nrtant than any other," said Mr.
it-aiiA.. 'M. im thttfc arrouD of specif!
cations that relates to the refusal
lCnim4 rwf J'l
waaantsToa bcbbao
tsb aBaarn.La cixuaif
'BY H. s. 0. a.ia.vj
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.. Tnls
morning when the Senate met,
Senator Overman was on hand
with an armful of law books. He
was going to answer the Republi
can argument for the Dyer An tl
Lynchlng bill. But the death of
James R. Mann caused the Sen
ate to adjourn. It looks now as
If the antl-lynchlng bill would fall
iy the wayside. The opposition to
it is so strong and so determined
because of Its attitude toward the
South that it cannot be passed
without u long drawn out fight.
The new session comes Monday.
and then It will be too lata to do
anything with It. The prediction
new is that it will go to some
pigeon hole to rest Indefinitely.
Senator Overman announced
that at some opportune time he
will cite some precedents against
in is measure, and give the court
record on such legiaiaition., H
contends that any such measure.
u enacted, would be unconstitu
tional. .-..--
Weeks Says U. S. Army
Inadequate For Safety
-With- the Dver bill tlod m .nrf
the -shin bandy measure drifting
(omeiauva rocaa or tna Hen.
ate) the Harding- Admliiistrutinn u
very unnappy. v
" The merchant ' marine bill la
President Harding's pet measure.
A combination of Democrats and
Insurgent Republicans will defeat
it outright by a fair vote and count
or a prolonged debate. Thla he.
came known at the capltol todav.
The President thinks that it the
neaaure can be 'brought to a roll
call It will wio but admits that the
rules of the Senate are in the way.
Mr. Hardlnar told caller tndav
that he is more interested in the
pending bill than any other legis
lation before Congress since he
became President. He it deeply
hurt by the fact that certain party
leaders In thi Senate actually be
lieve that the opposition can mus
ter enough votes to defeat it. j
It was conceded by admlnistra-
Further Cuts Would Be
"Inexcusable" Secre
tary of War Reports.
ANNUAL REPORT TO
CONGRESS IS MADE
Declare the Officers' Corps
is JiacKDone of Mili
tary System.
WASHINGTON. Dec. I. The
present authorised regular army
strength or 12,000 officers and
126,000 men is "inadequate for
national safety, and further cuts
would be "inexcusable," Secretary
weeks declared today in his an
nual report to Congress.
"We should seize the first op
portunity to bring the regular
army bacfc to the proportions
wihlch are required," he wrote.
"We cannot ever again make the
mistake of expecting good soldiers
to rise overnight and good officers
to be turned out in quantities in
three months' periods.
"We are making progress, and
any progress is good progress. This
EDUCED RATES
I HEIGHT IN
EFFECT IN STATE
Food Stuffs Mostly In-,
volved Will Save Thou
sands Dollars Yearly.
(Spttfal Ctrtmmdmc Th Jabaflia CIMvm)
GREENSBORO, Dec. 1. An
nouncement was made here Fri
day, of the publication by the ralH Urely janed with the shipping
tlon leaders today that the llne-ua ' Progress Is, however, scant and
in tne donate is discouraging. The
margin figured out by poll-takers
is so narrow that it would require
a show-down to name the winner.
The President hurl tint hm In.
formed of the real situation at al
late hour today. He was confident
at 4 o'clock that the votes for the
measure would out-welgh those
against It. but saw no way to
reach a vote. It would be as dif
ficult to secure cloture as It would
be a vote on the pending bill.
' The danger in the Inside cornea
from the inanre-Ant RAnnhllpnn
led by Senators LaFoIlette and ; system," Mr. Weeks said that se-
not really enough. Any further
cuts would force us to lose what
we have gained, and would ac
cordingly bo inexcusable.
"It has taken time and money
to build what we have. It has
taken blood and money to prove
that we have not, even now, what
we need. We should when prac
ticable add to what we have and
attain to the progress called for
in our defense project under the
terms erf the law."
Declaring the officers' corps "Is
really the backbone of our military
Alleged Figure In
Wall St Explosion
Brought to America
NEW TORK, Dec iwolf Lin
den f eld, who was arrested by De
partment of Justice agents in
Warsaw, because he said he know
who was responsible for the Wall
Street explosion in 1920, but who
later was relea-sed, has been
brought back,1 to this country, It
was learned today. The exact time
of. his arrival, how he was brought
here and his present whereabouts
constitute a mystery as far us any
official announcement from t'ie
Department of Justice Is con
cerned.
Officials admitted he came In
recently but volunteered no further
Information. Detective Sergeant
Clinton Wood, however, who -or
several years prior to the explo
sion worked with Llndenreld ana
knew him and his methods, re
turned 'yesterday , the steamship
Lltuanla from Poland.
Wood who first visited Linden
feld in a Polish prison, wen1, at
once to Washington. According to
local Federal officials he went
alone to make a special report to
William J. Burns, director of h
bureau of investigation of the De
partment of Justice.
NEW PROGRESSIVE
BLOC TAKES ON
0
FIG
AL FORM
Norris, who can Prevent a vote.
Th democrats are ready to speak
and work against the subsidy bill,
but have asserted they would not
iiuouster. on tha othe- hand,
Senators Borah and LaFoIlette
have served notice it cannot parts
mis session
roads of reductions In commodity
or special freight rates, anecung
shippers and Jobbers of North
Carolina, and meaning a saving of
many thousands of dollars yeany
for shippers and consumers.
The new rates, which go Into
, effect next January 1, are tne re
sult of efforts extending over three
years, by the North Carolina Trafflo
Association, to- have discrimina
tions In favor of Virginia cities
jobbera and shippers, over North
t-arouna ones, removed. Announce
ment of the new rates was made
by Charles H. Ireland, of thla city,
president of the North Carolina
TrafTlc, Association.
Some difficulty was experienced
by the association In getting the
railroads tn ntuhliah tha ratea.
I They coveS food products for
the most Dart. Illustrative of the
vinga made In the reductions of
wa a few of them ara quoted:
O canned goods the. reduction
rata la tit it . aiM, fmm
v!t!tilmor8 n1 f"m New
n coffee the reduction la $45
f4 trom Baltimore and f 63
from New York ,
8yUp n(1 molaasea the re
auction Is $41.48 a carload from
V Ci.im.it- wt in raaj
HARDING IN FAVOR OF
ANn-IiYNOHING BHJj
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-Pixil-
dent Harding personally ffcv'j the
enactment or the Dyer at-iynch
Ing bill, it was declare? at the
White House today, although it
was made clear that the execu
tive would make no comment con
cerning the Democratic flllibuster
In the Senate.
The ExecutlVM.-t jytte added, feels
that lynching- e i "very sore spot
on our boaat o. civilisation."
President Harding was not en-
bill as it was passed by the House,
It tw declared'at the White '.-louse
today, but at. this time will not
make known his objections, as to
do so it la felt, would only confuse
the Issues which are to be met
when the measure la taken up In
the Senate. ...
The Executive, It waa declared
had never recommended anythln;
tn rona-reaa in which he had a
more sincere Interest and he felt
It to be Inconceivable that Con
gress, would fall to give the need
ed aid "on tha American merchant
marine when there waa such an
economic loss Involved In the de
struction of the greai ueei ouut
up during the war." .
. The Executive was said to feel
t-hat hra would Be no nam
sledding for the bill- except the
rules of the upper House.' and
that It would be enacted Into law.
FORECASTS H!PJNG
FOB JlaVAi rnxau'ia.'v.
pitA AUO. Calif- Deo. 1.
Tha Republican presidential can-iAt-
1024 "obviously will b
Warren O. Harding," Secretary of
Commerce Herbert C. Hoover, aald
In an Inttrviaw at h'a home hers
today.. . v 1
curlty for the future must rest
upon the foundation of our lead
ership." ,
"Ours Is Best Hull ted
Man In tbe World."
"I do not -belittle the enlisted
man ours is the best In the world."
he continued. "It Is because I
appreciate him that I emphasize
the need for officers to give the
soldier bis best opportunity to
fight for hla country and for his
life.
We must have officers sufficient
BE
METHOD
OSES IN CI
FOR TELEPHONE
Approximately $15,000
for New Equipment un
All Party lanes.
Frame Program Behind
Closed Doors No Third
sj Party Is Planned.
WASHINGTON. Dec" T. Another
official "bloc" in Congress; l
born today when Progreeaivee, He-
publicans and Democrats, railed
into session y Senator DaFollette.
Republican, Wisconsin, and Repre
sentative Muddleston, Democrat,
Alabama, formed a Progressive
bloc for promotion of Progressive
legislation during the present and
next Congress.
About 40 Senators. Representa
tives and members-elect, meeting
behind closed doors in the Senate
agriculture committee room, adopt
ed resolutions, unanimously de
claring their purpose "to drive
special privilege out of control of
government" and "outlining a gen
eral program of liberal leginlA
EELEG
BOARD COND
GTS
CANVASiOF VOTE
Corporation Commission
er Lee'a Majority 84,
811 Adams' 84,778.
INDICATIONS OF
PARTY SPIRIT GOOD
Representative Weaver's
Official Majority
Given as 9,434.
1,800 Made Homeless
As Wind Drives Blaze
Through Area In Town
ELLINGS
'JESS
The standard coda of telephone
numbers used by the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
nanr In cities) hkvinaT 'over 6,000
to handle the great army of theatatlona, will be adotea in Ajne
United State. We have not these
officers now. -
"Our Reserve Officers are - the
first to complain that their pres
ent lack of training is causing
villa, meanlnar that In the future
all party lines will be aesignatea
as J and W, Instead of Individual
numbers, it was announced yea
terday by M. A. Eraklne, general
they gained In the war. Where
la there any training to come
from? Only through the regular
officers. -
In my last annual report I
stated that, with 18,000 officers
. -ICWM as no rawj
w
E HAVE WITH US
W, A. Maclnnesa
them to lose the knowledge that manager. Asheville Telephone and
Teiegrapn company.
Asheville now has 6. 638 tele
phone stations and alngle line
telephones will not be changed by
the new code, it le stated. Equip
ment installed by. the telephone
company to make possible the code
ringing- of party lines represents
an Investment of approximately
61S.000 and means that Asheville
has reached the stage in ita growth
that code signalling of party lines
is -necessary.
It Is nlanned to change the num
bers at the rate of from SO to 40
each week and the booka with the
new coda numbers will go to airess
December 15 and' will be dis
tributed January 1
- However, Mr. Eraklne states,
tha eerVica will not be Interrupted
by the change and persons calling
for the numbers in tne dock now
In use will automatically receive
the new numbers. As an example.
If a subscriber has a telephone an
a party line known aa 4844, the
new coda method will make the
number 4844-J.
Politics was declared to be
banned and it was announced of
ficially that no third party move
ment was contemplated. Republi
cans. Democrats and Farmer-La -borlte
Joined In the conference
which was declared to be bi-partisan
and legislative, but not political.
Organization of the new bloo
which is similar to the unofficial
Senate farm bloc and includes
many of the latter's members, la
to be followed by two open meet
ings tomorrow of Progressives
from all parts of the country. Be
tween 100 and 200 are expected
ror a morning meeting and the
Progressive conference will close
tomorrow night whh a dinner, for
wnicn accommodations lor 800
have been made. The speakers at
tha rflnn.. 1. m onnrMtn. ,4 -..111 4 r.
U4 elude Samuel Untermyer, New
Tork attorney. Senator LaFoIlette
and former Senator Brlstow, of
Kansas.
The' Congressional bloc resolu
tion today pledge members to co
operate In behalf of progressive
legislation, to be brought forth by
committees of the bloc during the
present and next Congress. . A gen
eral program announced Includes
aa aubjecta, agriculture, labor, rail
roads, taxation, shipping, natural
resources, direct primaries, cor
rupt practices act and constitution
al amendments to abolish the elec
toral college and obtain earlier
meetings of Congresses.
oiTiia ftawa smiKiO
Ttaaoaoooa a orai.
I It tllOCK UHtLtV
RALKIUH. Dec. 1. The Bute
Board of Elections gives Corpora
tton Commissioner w. T. Lee
majority of 84.811 and Suprem
Court Justice W. J. Adama 84,778
In its canvaos today of tha general
election vote. The fact that Mr
Lee. on top of the tense primary
campaign he went through, ran 33
votes ahead of Judge Adams la
considered a fine tribute to- th
Corporation Commission Chairman
and an Indication of the healthful
condition of the Democratio party
spirit.
The official vote for the Stats
tloket, as recorded by the Election
board, la 226,803 for Mr. Lea and
104,892 for his Republican oppon
ent. Charles M. Hoover. 226,728 for
Justice Adama and 14 0,SSO for the
for the Republican nominee. Judge
E. W. Timberlake.
The Congressional majorities
were lited as follows: Repreaen
tatlve Stedman, of th Fifth Dla
trict. leading with a majority of
18.814: Repreaentatlve Hailett
Ward, 7, 780r Claude Kitchin, (no
onnosltlon). $.583: Charles L. Ab-
ernathy, 7,178; m. w, rou, ,n;
Hmer L. Lyon. 8.730: w. c. Ham
mer. 7.037: R. L. Douetbton, 7,106,
A. L. Bulwinkle. 29,648.
Th official vote ahows that the
nrnn6d constitutional amend
ment to lncreaae tha pay of legisla
tor lost by 48,448 votes. In fa
vor of the amendment were 73,297
voters and against It 188,786
Forsyth, tha- home or Airs.
I JndMv Patterson, cast the larg
est vote for her opponent. Major
stadman. and tt, cam ; witnm
;"ti " . -'
T nia jorajr. Its vavibrltr" for-uvea
man was .2 and Ai&manc, tne
banner county from a majority
standpoint cava 8.272. Represen
tatlve ' Weaver's official majority
over Ralph Fisher Is 9,434.
The c'uogressman received 87,
126 votes and Fisher 28,192. The
Tenth District cast the largest vote
nf any district in the state, 66,818.
The Fifh District holda second
place with a total vote of 54,074.
Following la the Tenth District
vote by counties:
Counties Weaver
Buncombe 9866
Cherokee 1994
Clav , 960
Graham 7J6
Haywood 4254
Henderson .. .... 2874
Jackson .. .. .. 2798
McDowell 8231
Macon 2889
Polk !
Rutherford 4194
Hwain 1772
Transylvania .. 175
Fisher
6831
2019
936
931
1728
2680
2533
262
1902
1384
if!38
149
1912
Wilson Will Help
Shape Presidential
Campaign Policies
TAMPA. Fla.. Dec. 1. That
former President Wilson, in his
greatly Improved physical condi
tion, purposes to take an active
part in the politics of the Demo
cratic party during the next two
years and to have a share in shap
ing party policies for the next
presidential campaign, Is Indicated
In a personal letter from the form
er President to Frank G. Heaton,
of The Tampa Tribune.
"My pulses are quickened by the
prospect of battle," th former
President's letter said. It follows
In part:
"The task of 1924 Is to ao mohl
lira our intellectual and moral
forcea aa to assure a complete de
feat of the party which Da don
the country so serious a dlaserlv
and to win again for our govern
ment the leadership In th affairs
of th world which th Republi
cans for the time - betna- have de
prived It, and, personally. I feel
confident this can and will be done.
My pulses are quickened by th
prospect of battle. '
t'l think with you that th vot
ers of th country have already
seen how grossly they war misled
and have already turned their
face toward th truth." ,
on
STATE TEACHERS
JAME OFF CERS
FOR ENSUING YEAR
AND BUS
'LACES BURNED
Blaze in Negro Dwelling
Starts While Lumber
Plant in Flames.
DYNAMITE FAILS TO
HALT ITS PROGRESS
Many Too Stunned to Ac
cept Shelter at Homes :
, and Warehouses.
"Western - North Carolina is
beautiful country and It Is a pleas
ure to spend a vacation in this
section," said W. R- Maclnness,
of Montreal, Canada, vlce-presl
dent, of the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, to a representative of The
Cltisen yesterday.
- Mr. Maclnness declared that the
railroads of the United States are
"picking up" rapidly from , tha
year's series of ' strikes and condi
tions are rapidly becoming better.
He stated that Canada aulTared
from the coal strike to a large
extent, but all signs of th coal
strik have passed away and busi
ness la improving. Th Canadian
referred to th large number of
tourist that visit his country and
declared that th number each
year Is increasing, with a large
number of conventions annually.
i
IRISH BILL WTLL BE
PASSED ON MONDAY
LONDON, Dec. 1. (By Th As-4
soclatsd Presa.) -Th Irlah conau
tution bill passed unamended to
day through the committee stag
celv Ita third final reading Mon
day.
.lavaxiTHr. TROOPS ARK
TO IjKAVE SHAVrUNG'
Tnvm rwic. 1. Bv The Aa-
eoclated Press,) Th foreign of
fice announced the signing at 9
o'clock this morning or tne agree
ment between Chink and Japan
concerning Shantung.
The transfer of all Japanese in
terests In the province of Shan
tun will take place at noon, De
cember 8, when all the Japanese
troops will be evacuated.
FIRE AT FORTRESS
MONROE DOES DAMAGE
HAMPTON. Va.. Deo. 1. One
child was burned to death and ten
families were rendered homeless
late today when fire swept through
a section of Battery Anderson at
Fortress Monroe and destroyed five
of the large double barracks used
by non-commissioned officers and
at th fort as residences.
18
DAYS TO
X-MAS
DO VOUQ SHOPPING IACLY
LICE WITH RIO
NS ARE GUAR
FOR GLEMENGEA
Spends Hours of Rest at
Pulitzer Home in 'oi.
Louis Speaks Today.
r
ST. LOUIS, Deo. 1. (By The
Associated Press) St. Louis was
gaily decked out In French and
American flags tonight to do honor
to Georges Clemenceau, Tiger of
Franc, who arrived here thla
moraine on has good will for
Francs tour of America.
For mllea through the bualnoae
section, wher h win riae in i
narada tomorrow prior to nis aa
drens, every trolley wire support
hri hen drsnad from sidewalk to
sidewalk With tne rea. wnue
blue of th two republics he hopes
to weld Closer.
Clemenoeao, resting at th
country hom of Joseph Pulltser,
publisher of The St. Louis Poet
Dispatch, was under heavy guard.
Uniformed policemen, with riot
guns on thslr shoulders, walked
post about the house. Inside two
plain clothes men kept vigil.
Chief of Police O'Brien lneiated
the precautions wer merely the I
usual ories. He declared he did not j
even know of four letters mreai-
enlnar the Tiger which have been
received by Mayor Kiel. The al
most aecretlv manner tn which
Clamancaau waa escorted from his
train to th Pulltser bom also had
no significance, th chief said. It
waa merely Planned so as to re
lieve th aged war premier of the
strain of a big reception.
The' Tiger apent almost tn n-
Ur day In tha Pulltser hom. Mr.
-IcaavMMMie aa rntm ivaj '
Dr. Van Dyke in Address
feptclares- Tat f?ftp:u
icy is Idiotic.
Y: tin naw't scaata "
tusoaocos soaaa
(tt HOCt URKLBX)
RALEIGH. Dec. 1. "North
Carolina Is a grand old stat," be
gan Dr. Henry Van Dyke In his ad
dress to tha teacher' assembly at
tonignva closing aesaion or the an
nual meeting. Five thousand peo
ple, two tnousand or them teach
ers, applauded lustily.
rie caught the spirit of th au
dience which ao enthusiastically
responded to his comment on the
state's growing greatness and went
on:
"North Carolina Is always th
same In one wayi and that la It la
iways changing. The audience
laughed. Then, paraphrasing
Mbnsieur Coue he Changed:
"Day by day In every way, your
State la growing greater and great
er." Thus, ran th introduction to an
address on "Poetry and nature,"
constituting a poet, and student
of nature's tribute to the forward
whirl of a people whom he has
watched through visits to the
State over a period of several
years. He centered his remarks
on the beauties of nature and the
worx or poetry in arousing man
kind's appreciation of them. Kre
quently ha diverted Into comment
particularly pertinent In view of
current developments.
I'm dead against those people
who try to ston the study of th
(jrerman language in our scf ools,
he said, after he had found
German word that expressed his
thought and for which thera waa
no English equivalent. "It was
perfectly good language until th
Potsdam gang got Into power, and
If w knock it out of our schools
w will b silly aaaea, as pur
friends, tha English, say."
H went Stlennets one better
when he declared that "Science
ran never do anything to destroy
religion." - He mada no reference
however, to the "electrical
ard's" recent dlaaasoclatlon of th
work of science and religion by
placing them In entirely different
elements of service to th human
rac.
Apparently, Dr. Van Dyke felt
that science waa seeking to do the
same thing to nature and to po
etry that some ministers nave ac
cused It of doing to religion,
Science, he said, had made Niag
ara Falls nothing but a hug
quantity of HO-2 seeking its own
level, but science could not touch
its beauty or its inspiration.
He read two or three of his own
poems which the big audience evi
dently appreciated. The crowd waa
perhapa the largeat ever gathered
here for a lecture of thla char
acter and Its close attention - to
the speaker's remarks evidenced a
sympathetic perception of such a
subject.
The retiring President of the
Assembly, Dr. C. E. Brewer, pre
sided over the meeting and pre
sented the new officers. Miss Elis
abeth Kelley, of the State Depart
ment of Education, who waa pro
moted from the Vice-Presidency;
Fred Aroher. the new Vice-Presi
dent: and Jule B.v Warren, who
waa re-elected secretary-Treasurer.
Pr-Assembly opposition to
Mr. Warren In some quarters be
cause he was not a teacher at th
time of his appointment 'as Sec
retary, did not materlalls on th
convention floor ana when b was
presented tonight he was heartily
greeted.
Joeephus Daniel Introduced Dr.
Van Dyke, referring to hla service
In th ministry, as a poat, writer.
ICn llimn as fn real '
wiLMiafroTONr, n. a, imo, i.
Mayr Jma H. Cowan, of
Wilmington, tonight tendered
to th mayor of New Bern, th
offer pf provlsiona, nr appa
ratus and other needed necea-
slties. - -
Fir Chief Charlee Schnfbban
lat this afternoon sent a radio
massag to th chief of th
New Bern fir department oft
1ln. v'labl 'apparatus,
should it be needed. Th me,
sag waa dispatched by Donald
MoRa Parsley, who operate
an amateur wireless station,
her. -
NEW BERN, Deo. 1 Wkn In.
terviewed at 10:80 o'olock tonight
Mayor 8. Clark stated that as far
as h Could Judgs 00 residence
and business home had bn total
ly destroyed, approximately 1,8 uo
parson .wer homeless' and tha ta
Ul tlr loss for tha day. Including
the Koper Lumber--Company
ills was I euaj ( $2,OO0,00U.--'
TfcfXW was aomptotely under'
control at midnight tonight.
Th war devastated town of
Belgium and Franc hardlv nr.
aented a mora pitlabl apectacl
of complete destruction aa that
seetion of New Bern tonight which
was swept by tlr throughout th
entlr day. .
Over an area tt a mil or mora
In length and from two to fiv
block In which nothing remain
but row after row of ghostly chim
neys, standing aa vigils in th
midst pf charred timbers, which
almost completely covered th
ground. .
Not a tingl pise of fram work
remains In an unrlght position.'
Everything in th path of th ter.
rlfio fir was swept before it. .
It is a grim and pathetic spae- -taule.
Scores of families lata to
night wer wandering among; th
rulna looking for th sit of their
former homes, trying to see wheth
er the fir god had overlook
anything. Women and children
wer crying and men grazed at th
ruins with hopeless and sullen ex
presslons upon their faoes. In sev
eral piacea the charred timber'
attll burned and the homeless peo- '
pie gathered about these seeking
wsrmth from the cold whloh was
beginning to make Itself felt. In
aplte of the fact that both whites
and blacks had been Informed that
sleeping quarters would be provided
for them, many apparently paid no
heed; they seemed too stunned to
think of anything: but thele homa
and household goods which had
been taken away from them hv th
roaring, crackling Are which spread
terror throughout tha eltv for
mor than nine hours today.
In on of th emntv ferMliu
warehouses ara huddled from twe
to three hundred negro men, wom
en and children. Several o'f th
IMau n m mi
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TODAY
Legislators Name Com
mittee to Attend Obse
quiesService in Chicago
WASHINGTON. Dart. 1 aw.:
oral services for Representatl-
James R. Mann, of Illinois, who
died at bis hom her last nl-ht
will be held tomorrow afternoon
in the hall of the Houe of Rep
resentatives, where he served in
peaceful and stormy days for mora
than a quarter of a century.
There will bl no eulogies by his
associates. The) rites will be con-
ucted by the Rev. James R.
Freeman, rector of Enlnhanv
Eplacopat Church, Washington. : "
which Mr. Mann attended, and Dr. '
J. a her Montgomery, the House
chaplain. Late In (he day, th ;
body. In charge of a congressional - .' '
escort of honor, will b taken to j
hla old home at Chicago for burial ' i I
Monday. j )
The President, th cabinet, th :
Supreme Court, the diploma tt
oorpa and th Senate and Houe , r
have been invited. President Hard. ; f
Ing said he hoped to attend b. '
causa of "to very great rvrnc.! j
personal and official" h had for' 1
th Illinois veteran. Knowing Mr. k
Mann's service, th President fel '
tfaataiat aa Jaa rail