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i "'' 'I l t 'THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Dec. U.-Fu-rt jst fo North Carolina: Ram Thuniday and Friday, not much chjnjt in temperature. LSTEAD SEES NOTHING SO F AMBLES LIKELY IMPEACHMENT Statement Is Made Dur ing Testimony on Second of Specifications. GOMPERS DECLARES LABOR HELPS CASE Denies He Has "Hound ed" Burns Since Mc Naraara Affair. WASHIN OTOK Dec. 13 Chairman Volstead declared to night during hearings befqre the House Judiciary Committee on Im peachment charges against Attorney-General Daugherty that, judged by t'49 rhsai'ter of testi mony thus far offered, he did not believe It possible "to make .any thing out of the case." l-"tT'ne statement was made dur pilijlig the taking of testimony on a wmjtond of the Impeachment speci ger Wtions filed by Representative XmJller, Itepubllcan, Minnesota, Kouiat charging a failure by the at- rney-jrenerai 10 rorce compliance fl, y the railroads with the safety liance acts,. Previously the - l: n-fl ng vi oviuonvs uri iie uni 01 me (fourteen s P e c i n c a t ions mat charging Mr. Daugherty had Hjnowingiy appointed to office men who were "untrustworthy, cor rupt and dangerous to' tho lib ortles of the people of the Unjted States." Most of tllP evidence relating to tine cneflnen tlnn hgri to nt with charges against Wm. J. Burns, dl- Ol IIIQ uuimu 111 III'VMJSA' Ion of the Department of Jus te, and h defense of Mr. Bums ? jnciudcd f ney-Gen "fr Samuel f Vncludi'd Mr. BtirnB, Senator John- nf California.; former Attor Cienenal Wlckersham and Samuel Gompers, president of the Ajnerican f ederation ot Iaior Testimony during the three res alons morning, afternoon end night covered a wide range, be ginning with the Oregon land fraud trials In 1905 and running through the arrest and confession f.f the MrNamara brothers in the dynamiting of the Los Angele Times building and events of more fncpnt date Mnm1iar.fi o naTi tr IJhese was the political feud Wii.."f developed between Taft and Roosevelt in 1913 and the nssis'.- ance wntcn the American Federa tion of Labor la rendering Repr,o- lemauve Jtener, Republican, Min- esota. In the presentation of aomn larges against Mr. Daugurtjr. Mr. Burns, whose alleged ac- ivitiea in connection with draw- ng of a Jury for the trial of iVIHard K. Jones, in the Oregon ft aud cases, was the principal sub Mt of the evidence submittal ;tt lit opening of the hearings yea tesuay, was cauea to tne gtaoi by Palul Howland. personaj-'ittwify for iif. Daugherty. He; ffuc omy denied in general and u consid erable detail that there wa any thing Improper In his conduct as J Government agent In Oregon un er Francis J. Henry, but asseit , d that President Taft in granting a pardon to Jones had been "de ' telved" and that Jones hid "paid f" the pardon. Senator Johnson a Character Witness for Burns. . Senator Johnson preceded Mr. - j Burns to the stand, being intro yduced by Mr. Howland as a char acter witness for the investigation i bureau director. Senator Johnson ; declared he had known Mr. Burns h intimately during the graft prote- rn j ... . . - ciuions in fian ranclsco after tne -tlrA ff anA UnA .. 1 kl. ... w nnu ll.u UIJC'U ll appointment to his present poaTI 'f by Mr. Daugherty. He added t'liaif be had observed Mr. Burns under? m'PftSlirA Anil linrlfal flra'l In Ik.M .aai an Fraiicisco investigation and nd commended him to the attor-'y-ceneral as a man of Integrity and possessing the qualifications essential to the office to which he aspired. In his testimony. Mr. Burns not (COHtlnMrd on Fogt Tim) STATE L J?p Brooks Announces progressive Schemes for' Educational Work. RALEIGH. Dec. 13. By The A ssociated Press) Legislation making it Impossible for tha change In values In a county to af fect the amount of equalization funds to be appropriated from the State for educational purposes and giving the commission of public instruction the power to determine . each year by June 1 the amounts due counties and to notify the va rious ooaras, which will be re quired by law to levy a tax to pro duce any necessary additional funds, will be introduced at the f923 session of the General As sembiy. Dr. E. C. Brooks, commissioner of public Instruction, made this announcement tonight, adding that the proposals had been discussed and approved by county superin tendents at the recent meeting; of me ieacners Assembly In Raleigh. The Legislature also will be ask ed to increase the special, fund used in establishing; high schools in rurai districts or the State. The mount to be requested was not revealed by the commissioner, but Via AtAtAfl tt n.nv.s m k..!l, ...Tl ,.w t .'r, ' 1 1 1 ij nulla up the "union school system" through solldatlon is being developed so to gire each county three or lir accredited institutions of this rating. , This type of school holds the si important, place In North tllna's educational oroaxess. ac- PROPOSE MAINTAIN SCHUO FINANCES jfne; to Commissioner Brooks, v at the end of the year each . jinty will have at least ona. Ap--', xlmtely fto.OOO of the $100. O0 appropriated for establishing such institutions was used during tha present year, ha said. Teach ing of vocational subjects in all ae--lemsiil Us ftoaj ESTABLISHED 1868. STATF PR TO HAVE AIRING Request for Investigation Result of Long Contro versy Come to Crisis. CHIEF JUSTICE FIGURE IN ROW He and Shipman on One Side, Raleigh Printing Concern on the Other. Tt A LEIGH, Dec. 13. Airing of state printing troubles may result from a formal request made this afternoon of the State Printing Commission by Edwards an.! Broughton. local printing house for an investigation of its con tractual relations with the state in the matter of public printing. The request for the lnvstiga tion is the outcome of an extended controversy between Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Ship rr.an and Chief Justice Waltei Clark, on the one side and Edwards nnd Broughton as to reading i roofs on a late volume of Su-1 tin n down a child labor emenil preme Court reports. The reports nient. It is Just a question of go as turned out - by the printlnr j ing through the routine, tftablishment were refused by thj The entire South Is interested in state because of errors in proof, th.s proposed amendment. Some Later efforts of the company to correct the errors by pasting in new page:, proved so unsatisfac tory that the entire work could not be used and steps toward reprinting had to be taken. The printing house, alleging th- slate is bound by contract to real the proof, seeks to bring the con troversy to an issue before th" State Printing Commission. The Chief Justice ia charged by th printing establishment as being tho designated person to read proofs of the Supreme Court reports whil- he contends that his only work is the making of annotations, for which he receives compensation. In this connection, Printing Con missioner Shipman supports him. The cost of the Supreme Coui: records approximated $3,500 and the state's refusal to accept the printing causes the printing com pany to face a loss. The printing commissioner charges B d w a rd nd Broughton sought a supply of state paper without cost for ra trintlng the volume in an effort to retrieve the loss from the unac cepted issue. The commissioner refused to furnish the paper free of charge, but supplied it at cost. It the contoversy gets before the Pin ting- Commission, which Is com posed of several high State offk-lals, including Governor Morrison, an in veathration of printing troubles mir result. Local printing establishment' have been doing the bulk of the State's printing, the cost of which makes up an annual amount euffl- Slent to keep up a first class printing ouse. Companlor in other cities of the Stale have lona; looked On the greet volume of work the State turns over to Raleigh establishments in blgJ i-anipi. win mere is ia.iK or mes o mslde companies aeeklng a share of the business, -, , . : With the State's Printing Commis sioner at outs with the leading local printing house over the class of work n alleges it has turned out and the controversy over the reading of proofs. outside companies wouid nave their best opportunity to place bids for State contracts. WILL 8E CLOSEST PROBE. SHIPMAN DECLARES TtALHTGH. Dec. 13. Assertlnar that his department would bear the closest investigation, M. L,. Shtpman, Com mlssioner of Labor and Printing, to nurht issued a statement, in which he said the demand of Dr. Charles Lee Smith, president of the Edward and Brouchtlng Printing Company for an Investigation of lt printing contract with the state wafl unwar ranted. Inasmuch as no discrepancies existed. Tho demand for the inves titration Involved a reprinting of Hu preme Court reports refused hy the Commissioner of Labor and Printing, and proof reading and annotations by Chfcf Justice Walter Clark, of the Supreme Court. "The department rs perfectly will ing for the correspondence that has passed between the office and con tractor to sneak for itself." said Com missloner Shtpman. "The records of AMERICAN RED ARE REELECTED Harding Points to Organ ization as Evidence of . American Altruism. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Pres ident Harding formally opened the annual meeting qx directors ot tne American Red Cross today with a short address expressing his crrat Ideation over the work of the or conization during the past year. The President predicted that with the awakening of the con science ,of mankind and the pro gress of civilization, there will be less and less for Institutions of charity to do, but added hs re joiced as an American that there is an organization like the Red Cross "ready and willing to serve." The work of the Red Cross, the President declared, was an answer to those jvho have said that Amer ica is doing .nothing for the rest of the world. He asserted that the American Government and people are giving the best that is In us by exerting an influence ev erywhere to protect the interests of humanity. Mr., Harding spoke in the ca pacity as president of the Red Cross, a position he said he was happy to occupy. "How gratified I was one after noon'' some weeks ago," he said, in speaking of the work of Jhe organisation, "when the urgency of the Near East was pressing and 1 was asked to the executive- of fice of the chairman of this or ganization. I said to him: There la urgent need of relief." "What can the Red Cross do? And without Brelimlnary words or without and delay, Mr. Payne said: We are ready to serve." Instantly to tnat aimcuit ana trying situation the American Red Cross made Its Influence and Its OS OFFICIAL THE ASHEYILLE "DEDICATED Lodge Wants Child Labor Amendment To Constitution Represents M a n ufacturing Constituency W It ic h Rivals the South. WARItlMtT.I UTri.tJ ! til AlHITlt.t.a CITUBS ; ' nv h K c. at. i am i ' V'ASllINCrTON. Dec. 13. Sen I ;ilor l,odKe who represents a large iPiiniiftirturing constituency, and ! inn' thnt has rivals in the South, j today started the ball nioviiiK for ! a hlld labor amendment to tho i constitution. He introduced a resolution for the submission of an amendment reading: "Tho Con gress shall have pow-er to prohibit or to regulate the hours of labor in mines, quarries, mills, canneries, workshops, factories of manufac turing establishments of persons under IS years of age and of, women." I It may take several years to have this amendment ratified but the present administration is be-j n;nd it. and will speed it up. I'res Idetit Harding considered I lie mut ter tn hts recent message. The Supreme Court has thrown out two child labor1 laws on the sround that they were unconstitu tional. The only way to fix the law is by amending the constitution. After the States ratified the prohibition and the woman suf frage amendments thev cannot orth Carolinians believe it is aimed at the Southern citton mill operators. TESTIMONY N BEING OFFER ED Kerr Says Defense Would Show Miners Rose in Defense of Homes. MARION. 111., Dec. 13. (By The Associated Press.) Comple tion by the prosecution and de fense of their statements to the jury and the Introduction of the testimony of three witnesses for the state marked the opening to day of the trial of Ave men charg ed with murder in connection with the Herrjji mine killings. Among the spectators which crowded the Williamson County court, house, were Frank Hurrington, president of the Illinois Mine Avprkers' Un ion, and Oral Garrison, secretary to John L. Lewie, president of the International Mine Workers, who took down the proceedings In full. Besides Judge D. T. Hartwell sat the Jury of 13 men In blue and khaki shirts, eleven of them farm ers and one a union miner. Among the iarrx;rs are two former miner.-, The crowd listened in silence as State Attorney Deloa Duty, repeat ed the history of the fatal Herrin riot and outlined the testimony upon whlchvthe state hopes to convict the five defendants. Declaring the only question be fore the Jury was one of murder and that there was no issue in tne case between capital and labor, Mr. Duty told of the efforts to operate the mine of the Southern Illinois Coal Company with non union men and declared these workers had been attacked by. a mob ot between 800 and 1,000 strlkei sympathizers. Mr. Duty said the state would prove thaf during the night pre ceding tie killings, an agreement had been made whereby those In the mine were to lay down their arms and leave the mlnp and also "a man named Hunter, who was presumed to represent Governor Small made arrangements for the men to put up the white flag and leave under the promise cu sain conduct out of tne county. ina killing, he said, of the 20 non-un ion miners followed. A. W. Kerr, ehlef counsel of the Illinois Mine Workers, declared in his statement the defense would show the killing of the non-union men was the result of an -inva sion by armed guards" and that "Williamson County rose in de fense of its homes." adding that "by this act of self-defense it served notice on American gun men and upon those who employ them that this was not a safe community to serfs hived murder ers." . He declared that tne -Illinois Chamber of Commerce is the or ganization that is prosecuting this case. Continuing, Mr. Kerr said: "We will show that the Ave de fendants In this trial had notn lng whatever to do with the kill ing and they were in positions and places at the time which wouiu have been impossible for them to have had anything to do with it. The three witnesses lor tne siaie n.hr. .p.r. heard and nismissea. -practically without cross-examina tion by tne aerense duoiinjn were: Dr. J. F. Black, neaa m me Herrin Hospital: Albert G. Storm, Merrln undertaker, ana winiaiii McCowau, coroner of Williamson County. JJr. Black and Mr. Storm testified regarding the death ot Howard Hoffman, one of the vie tim nf the riots. Dr. Black ex nre.sed the belief that the death of Hoffman .was due to gunshot a nil knife wounds. On cross-exam ihation he said Hoffman had qiea two davs after the wounds naa been sustained and after he bad been treated at the Herrin Hos- nital. Because or, tne aosence vi sev eral or tne state wunemw, iournment until tomorrow was taken. KF.ItR KAYS IEFFND.NTS NOT LINKED WITH CASE MARION, 111.. Dec. 13. (By The Associated Press.) The fes tlmony to show that five men charged with murder in connec tion with Herrin mine killings had r.o part in the rioting but were elsewhere at the time, was prom ised by A. W. Kerr, chief counsel of the Illinois mine workers. In his opening statement to the Jury in the first of the mine riot trials here today. The five men are 0 ard Hoffman, one of tn 10 non-eent (CmHsAA. rml TOlTHE UP-BUILDING SHEvlLE, N. C , THURSDAY CRUSHES SELF Meredith College Sit Near Raleigh, at Method Wins Approval. history'written by big convention Financial Affairs Report ed; Bateman Reports Women's Activities. tSpr-.ct rrrrMifindtfl Tt Alltedl f'li;'ii I WINSTON -WALK M Uec. 1!. Stnnding erect before an audlem e of a thousand people tonight Dr. William Louis 1'otcat completely vanquished all opposition itnd In language that could have been un derstood by any child demonstrat ed his faith in the faith of the Baptist denomination and the teachings of the scriptures. Those who have attacked lr. Poteat and his psltloii have not any further ground for criticism. It was . mountain peak in con vention history when in closing Dr. Poteat called on the Baptist host to come on and follow the cross. This vindication of Wake Korest together with the settlement of Meredith College site this after noon features this as one of the greatest days in Baptist history in North Carolina. There was a keen tenseness, a deep seated feeling of oppression resting upon the convention to night. Kveryhody was expectant yet none could explain exactly his expectation. Something was golns to happen, and everybody felt it, but what was it? The hour struck when the dis cussion of Wake Forest College was to begin. There had been much talk of theories taught which were contrary to the belief of the Baptist people. Memorials had gone forward to trustees and to others, and what would the dis cuRKion bring forth, asked mem bers of the convention. The time came and in his Inimitable way Rev. Dr. R. T. Vann, correspond ing secretary of the Board of Kdu cation, stood before the convention and asked that Rev. T. J. Taylor led the convention in prayer. Dr. Taylor responded, pleading touch Ingly to God that his spirit lead this discussion and dictate all ac tion In the convention., Inception of School Ninety Tears I Ago is Hi-iciiy Mentioned I Dr. Vann then briefly mentioned the birtli 90 years ago In a buggy shed on a farm near Wake Forest ! of the first institution for the high ! er education of young men in ! North Carolina. Those men who brought the child school into the world did most of their work on their knees. They did not live to see the child grow large. . They are now in Heaven clotjhed in white but tonight they look down and can see the glorious full grown institution. Wake Forest. "Now as we discuss Wake For est," said Dr. Vajin "I know you expec to hear one man speak, and I present a man you want to hear, not because he is the president of Wake Forest, but because he is our fellow laborer, who bears In his body the works of the Lord Jesus. I present President Poteat." The house was packed but one could easily have heard a pin drop as President William Louis Poteat stood before the convention. He held in his hand a Testament and said quietly. "I want to read you a little passage from a little book. I commend this little hook to you. It has been tha joy and light of my life. I love this little book. It Is our only authority for our faith and practice. It Is our dear est possession. If ever you hoard anybody flaunt this book, call to our little company at Wake Forest and wo will come to your aid. Mankind Is forever in the making, especially in the young," said Dr. Poteat. "I cannot tell you so much about the old." Then reviewing conditions in the world, Dr. Poteat said, we are eo- (C9ntise ii tw VM TWENTY KILLED. SCORE INJURED IN TEXAS WRECK Passenger Train Side- swpies Switcn Engine it Miles Out of Houston. SHRKVEPORT. La., Dec. It. According to telephone reports from Humble, 20 persons were killed and a score injured in the wreck of a Houston East and Went jxas railway tram near Humoie tonfcstlit. . owing to the darkness and the ceneral excitement about the wreck no official attempt was made to identify the dead and injured at the scene. The first of the in jured were sent in automobiles to Houston. HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 1. Fpwards cf 15 persons were killed and two score injured, many fa tally, when passenger train No. 88 on the Houston East and West Texas railway side-swiped a switch engine in front of the depot at Humble. IT miles from here, a few minutes after 10 o'clock tonight. An unofficial report said the wreck occurred when the passen ger train side-swiped a switch en- Sine in the Humble yards. The dead Include: Conductor Campsey, of Houston, In charge of the train wrecked. News agent On train, unidentified. Four unknown negroes. BRITISH STEAMSHIP a HAS BROKEN IX TWO BAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13 The British tramp steamer, Ortetie. has broken In two after having been aground on a sharp ledge of rocks near Fish Rock. 70 miles North of here, since Monday night, accord ing to a message received today by the Radio Corporation of Amer ica's station here. The skeleton crew of 12 men under Capt. Vln POTEAT I nnnnniTK wvMwm VINDICATES Harper., trans-shipped to the jargCUasions of the future status of salvage steamer Homer OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING, DECEMBER 1 4, Mast Broaden Treaty Harding Is Asked- mm i v- " .s . ! Child Urges Turks Make Concessions To Minority !f 1 i ? a ,:. Good Feeling Could Be Inspired By Protecting Foreigners. AMERICAILLINO TO AID REFUGEES Must Know That Her Funds Are Spent to Bring Permanent Happiness. LAl'SANNE, Dec. 13. fBy The" Associated Press.) Ambassador i Child had a long conference with Iamet Pasha this afternoon, and urged him on humane grounds to make liberal concessions for the protection of the Armenians, the Greeks and other minorities re maining in Turkey. Mr. Child em phasized the good feeling Turkey could Inspire In the outside world by making ample provisions for the protection of foreigners living In Turkey and explained to Ismet the great Interest Americans of all classes have in seeing the dis lodged populations properly cared for and in having guarantees set up that there shall be no further dislodgements. He expressed American disap proval of the Turkish plan for the exchange of (populations in Turkey and Greece and explained to Ismet that tne people oi-inc United States were willing to help the miserable victims of the war, but were anxious to know that their funds would be used to es tablish the unhappy refugees of the Near East in permanent homes, where they might settle down and enjoy permanent peace. Tomorrow Ismet Pasha will ap pear before the sub-commission on minorities and make a further statement regarding Turkeys counter proposals concerning, the Allied scheme for protecting the minorities in Turkish territory. Lord Curxon.' Ambassador Child, and the heads of the other dele gations will attend this session, ss interest Is great In the forthcom ing statement, and Lord Curzon has promised that the principal members would give consideration to what the Turks have to say. While the conference Is badly strained by Ismet pasha's flat, re fusal to consider the Allied plans 9 .v,. .ministration of the af fairs of minorities in Turkey, 4 here are many private comerem.- Ing on between the delegates and .u- i.i.nnn. are that some com promise plan may be wornea uui; whereby the Turns wm i. - ca in the nanai- Ins of the minorities problems') v.-. -wilt not regard the co oAnrAsentatives of the Vll.l w 1 , J , great powers In tnis worn ..- frlngement or iurary elgntja). Ismet la firm In refusing to have the League of Nations undertake this administration and also Insists thst Turkey will not accept arty sort of foreign board, but there are many rumors ot trao.es in air and experienced conference hands do sot predict a break and expect to hear of compromises be ing made within the next few days on both the Straits control snd the clauses for protection of minori ties. ' At the afternoon session of the sub-commission devoted to the study ot the exchange of popula tions the Tarks showed a more conciliatory attitude during the CITIZEN CAROLINA' 1922. CITY COMMISSIONERS TAKE NOTICE BY BILLY BORNE THE DAY IN . WASHINGTON The Senate continued consid eration of the administration shipping bill. . Hearings on the various rural credits proposals were' continued by two Senate committees. Opening the annual meeting of Red Cross directors, Prcsi dent Harding In a brief addresa expressed gratification at tne accomplishments of the organi sation during the year, y Favorable action on a bill which would authorize Federal investigation of the Columbia River basin project was urged by Director of Reclamation Davis, testifying before the House irrigation committee. William J. Burns. Senator Johnson, of California. former Attornoy-General Wlckersham and President Gompers. of the American Federation of Labor, testified against Attorney-General Daugherty. President Harding was un derstood to be planning to 'lay before Congress shortly govern . mental re-organlzatlon plans which call for the consolidation t of the War and Navy Depart , roents and the creation ot a Public Welfare Department. Confirmation of the nomina tion of Pieroe Butler, St. Paul attorney, as as associate Justine of the Supreme Court, was rec ommended by a Senate Judici ary sub-committee after an In quiry into charges filed by Senator-elect Khipstead, Farmer Labnrlto, ef Minnesota. Calling of another Interna tional conference with a view ter limiting construction of smaller war vessels and aircraft was recommended In the an nual 'navy supply bill reported by the House appropriations committee. The measure, tarry ing I2S3.S06.SIS. provided for 8,000 enlisted men. Representative Burton. Re publican, of Ohio, a: member .of the foreign debt commission, declared in an address that tho remedy for European Aondltlons was not in the debt cancellation but in more rational fluoul poli cies, decreased military expen ditures snd more sensible rela tions between nations. SALISBURY TO HAVF NEW LITHKRAX till ItCll 8ALISBCRT, N, C. Dec . 13. A committee has been appointv! t-y the St. John's Lutheran Church here to formulate plans for the building of a new church pn Wcot Innes Street site, recently pur chased at a cost of ja.'i.ooO, -and arrangements are now being cora- pttiea. The Lutheran congregation huic is said to be the largest in the slate. LClIBtRTON OOUPIJ-; ff REST IW OICE GRAVE LUMBERTON. N. C. Dec. 12 Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Britt, who lived near here were buried In the same grave Tuesday afternoon, death having resulted only two hours apart Monday. Pneumonia following influenza was the cause of death, fiurvivtng are five small children, two of whom are seri ously 111 with pneumonia. PRICE FIVE CENTS Or Build Warships; To Renew Negotiations BILL TO D SPLACE SUBSIDY rSLMOR Meanwhile Shipping Measure Is Attacked, Defended in Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The administration shipping bill was held lip before the Senilis today as a measure "for the benefit of tho American farmer, the American business man nnd the American natiou" and on the other hand a a "direct raid on the treasury to pay some people to do what they ought to do without payment." The measure was before the Senate for more than four hours and during that time was praised by Senator Jones, of Washington, chairman of the Commerce Com mittee, and was attacked hy Sen ator Fletcher, of Florida, ranking Democratic member of the same committee. While the discussion proceeded on the floor, foes of the measure and advocates of rural credits legislation further cement ed their alliance designed to dis place the ship bill In favor of the farm measure. Indications became Increasingly aipparent, however, that this move could not be made In the near future, as no rurtl credit bill possessing any consider able degree of support appeared In sight in the Senate committee work rooms. Senator Jones, in concluding his onenltiur stnlement on behalf of the shlpplnb bill, which hbegan yos torduy, appealed for the support by the farmers and by labor. He emhaIzed the national dofenso I possibilities of a firmly established I American mercnani marine ana I declared the German merchant i marine won the war for the Allies, i When Senators expressed surprise at the declaration he presented figures to show thst German ships which were seized in American ports carried 600,000 American soldiers to France, whereas Amer ican ships transported only 248, u0 troops. Senator Fletcher who charged the bill was a "direct raid on the treasury," uuoted Chairman La.sk er. of the Shipping Board, as hav ing said that "It is pure bunk" to charge that tho cost of operating American ships was increased ma terially by the LaFollette seamen's act. The Florida Senator declared the Shipping Board had conducted "obnoxious propaganda" In behalf of the legislation and said that ; Hpeakc-s sent out by the board had "resorted to every possible means to create public opinion in support of this bill without dealing with the fundamental facts regarding it." Senator Fletcher will continue his discussion of the measure to- . morrow and probably will be fol- ; lowed by Senator LaFollette, Re- ; publican, Wisconsin, who wnl in augurate the onslaught of the new progressive bloc on the legislation. PRONOUNCE DEATH OF PHYSICIAN ACCIDENTAL NEW ESRN, N. C. Dec. 13 corone;-'; Jury Investifratlng the death of Dr. Ernest W. Dunn, who 'as found dead from asphyxiation In his spartment her last Frida. today pronounced the C7.se of death as accidental. It :s believed the doctor's dng, who was found dead beside him. discon nected the rubber tube whlrh cop . reeled two gas Jets while the do" or lay asleep 1 WATCH THE LABEL On your sapar. It will tall you whan your subscription avprraa, Rtnaw ftva ear before aspiration, and you won't rim an laaua. If TAKEN CAP BY SURP I SE AT MEN T DEVELO Think it Would Be Diffi- ! cult to Oet Renewed Arms Limiting Session. COMPETITION IS SAID IN PROGRESS Activity Is in Only Direc tion Not Covered by Washington Agreement. WASHINGTON. Dec. II. (Br " : The Associated Press) Bluat JieS 4 tine that the United States cannot jj avoid a new naval program In J swift, cruisers and fleet submarines" j unless treaty limitations are ex- i tended tn such craft, was served by - j the House appropriation bill. A '-, six-line provision place in' the bill . ny the committee requested Presi dent Harding to negotiate with Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy for such an extension of the treaty; limitation of aircraft to be Included. , The committee report said large cruisers and submarine programs) were planned abroad, adding: t "In other words, competition is on again in the single direction to whloh the unratified agreement (the Washington naval treaty) does not extend and tt it be allow ed to go uncheacked, the purse strings again must be relaxed, and this government, like all others, will be constrained to launch a near program to the extent necessary to keep up at least abreast of any of the other powers." President Harding was not con sulted by the committee with re lation to its limitation conference request. The project for negotia tions apparently came as m sur prise even to naval officials. I was originated by Chairman Kelly, of the naval appropriation sub committee. , The chief reason prompting Mr. Kelly. to propose a new naval 'Con ference waa understood te havs been the light cruiser program rsoomtnen. ded by the Navy feneral board. No mention of this la included In the published copies of committee hear lt)s on the bill. The p roe-ram. urged however, as necessary to keep the United Urates Navy en a parity with other navies m em included sit. ' I teen new light; ;cn its within the."' lO.OOfl 'ton alas llmitltton of th. Washington treay and to cost I16J,. The committee also , eliminated 1 from Its published testimony of na- 1 ' val intelligence officers on tbe pro- j gram of construction abroad. . ' Administration officials who were closest to the Washington arms con- 'i ference deliberations, expressed the view tonight that there appeared lit. tie Hkeilhood of success for new na- i gotlatlnnts to limit in accordance with the "n-6.3" or other ratio the aiae of cruiser and submarine fleets, 1 Th conference It was pointed est In prolonged discussions had found no basis nf agreement' possible on these points or as to fighting air.' j craft. French position st the confer enae In opposition to limiting sun- j marine fleets, it was added, brought t a apeclfia reservation by British del t egates of the right to build anti-auh ! marine craft auch as light cruisers i and destroyers without restriction save as to the maximum slse of cruisers, 10,000 tons and limitation of the maximum size of guns they would ' carry to 8-Inch weapons. In addition to the new cruiser pro gram, the committee le known to ! have been Informed of the nrl board's recommendation that a start be made on modernizing the lire-Jutland battleships of the navy, the point being made that Great Britain has already remodeled to a large ex tent to increase gun range and deck protection her caoUal shins tn hA ; i retained under the treaty. The Amer- : lean modernisation project would met in the neighborhood of (60,000,000, It has been estimated. Lacking such re. modeling wbrk. American 14-tnch gun ships would remain out-rangati by other slnilbu- but modernized Brit- ! ish ships by five milea Navy officer have declared. Faced with this double prospect ol "heavy steel expenditures in the 1 near future," Chairman Kelly turned to the precedent of the accepted cap- I Ital ship treaty ratio In search of a ' way to avoid such outlays. , It was claimed by committee friends ot the Kelly proposal that tm saving In capital ship expendlturet '..'. under the arms treaty would be more . than offset In the building of llghte r vessels of a size permitted by ths treaty and that this situation possl, by prevailed as to the other particl patlng nations. The bill will be taken up tomor row and while the disarmament item Is not expected to be reached before ' Friday at the earliest, Mr. Kelly h charge of the bill will explain at tha outset the nature .of the request and , give his reasons for the proposed step. THIRTKKN ARK BURIED: NO OTHERS ARE FOUM CAMAGLEV, Cuba. Dec. 13. fBy The Associated Press.)-The I? men killed In the boiler explo sion of the Estrella Sugar Central. Tuesday, were burled today. It is rot believed any other bodies will 'it- found. 9 flpW' 'A.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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