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ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1922.
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overnor Asks for Half j Dr. Shipman Testifies Re -Million
for Develop- garding Killings at
ment of Streams. Herrin Cemetery.
expect no change
in appropriations;
Shipman -Not Preparing
Workmen 's uompensa-
tion Measure.
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BROCK MillS LHi
K.U.kJIGH. Deo. IS. Governor
Morrison returned to the city from
i he Governor's Conference, last
niKht, and today rat with tho Bud
get Commission in its flint meeting.
A ma.s of estimates on the cost uf
operating the various state depart-wients-for
tho next two years faced
- commission and It expects to
upend the next -week or 10 days
digging Into these and defiling on
it recommendations as to appro
priation. The commission was In session
for six weens proceeding the int.:
ular session of tho Legislature,
blil since then Its work has been
"considerably lightened, so that it
expects" to complete its work this
k'.trne in a -week or 10 days.
of the commission, talk haa arisen
of a director of the budget as an
side to the legislative committee.
that seeks . through the biennial
meetings to determine the actual
needs of he various departments
Dnd to fix the appropriations ac
krdinglv. It Is reported that a bill
'ill be introduced at the next ses
sion creating the office of budget
director. The duties of the director
would bo to thoroughly investigate
the demands of tho departments
and thereby gain a more compre
hensive Idea of tho needs of the
department that the Budget Com
mission can get through a study f
the reports and estimates. me
director, through constant associ
ation with the departments, would
advise the budget commission from
first hand .knowledge of inside af
fairs rf the department.
Governor Morrison took up with the
commission his flan for d'Vf'op'nff
the fifth and oyster possib II J
Kastern water, and for estah Wilne
rtstt hatcheries along the Prinr
streams of the-Central and Western
actions. Tho amount he wants for
thi., work is a half million dollars..
The n:an he wishes to undertake
was 'fully outlined. The fisheries pro
gram advanced by Governor Jlwrwm
is not a sectional problem. a he has
frequently announced, and It lays etn
' , , . .u. nmTu.afinn nf same
niu.in uii i'.-. -- - -m
h ill the Central and Western
tresma as much a It does in the
..penlng Inlet in the sanonars sm
sounds that already la worthy ten
rftlliton dollars a year. ..
ienefits of the successful deweloo
lient of the flah and oyster beds,
i ou!d meet the cost of carrying out
part of the program" that help
rem. wnfle a dollar a year license
x for fishing in Inland streams
mild eallv defray the cost of estab
nhing and maintaining hatcherieo
, ons the mland rivers. The Gov-
-nor suggested the dollar llcenao fee
r fishing as a satisfactory means
' meeting hatcheries costs.
What action the -budget commls
on took was not announced this
rening. , Individual members-' were
.ported as very favorable to the
i an. and. their official okay would
t be surprising. , .
No cut In tJie appropriations of the
! spartmcnta Is expected at the hands
tiie commission, but no arpre-
ab'.e increase ln operation costs
iperted to he made. Indications are
nt the commission will maintain
l existing level of expenditures.
'rrrrpos!hg the commission are will
-4r-al, of the House, and R. S- Mc
tpin. L. R. Varser and It. A. Dewar.
f t'.ie last Senate.
Mr. Dewar. the Republican rnem
V of the romm lesion, will not sit In
lb next Senate, as the Democrats
4m out up In his mountain district
w.t election. He was looked upon
t one of the-most progressive Re
bliean members of either House,
Bd the Democrats would have pre
wired "a licking" for some other Re
ablican ln his stead.
On leaving for a bualness trip to
forehead City today. Commissioner
t Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman
fft word that ho had not proopsed
atroduclng a workmen's compensa
lon Hill In the next General Assem
ly. as reported by the labor chlef
alns at their Greensboro meeting
esterday.
sThe extent of Mr. Shlpman's actlv-
in this direction Is the recom
endatlon In his report that such a
cieasure bo passed. Ho haa given no
hought to the preparation of a bill
'd has not Intended getting up ons.
My out tnat will suit mo majority
people will bo entirely satis-
orv to him. He recommends a
corriWnsatlon act as head of the State
eparVn.-nt of Labor, but he leaves the
preparation of the hill to the Legisla
"tlve d"partment of the State or those
who consider themselves proper des
ignatees to draft .one and get It
through
It wan said at his office that the
commissioner had not seen tho press
dispatch from Charlotte reporting a
labor leader aa having understood he
would not be a candidate for re
election two years hence. .His office
staff ssld he .had never been heard
to mention the possibility of his re
tiring from the office. Tho Charlotte
dispatch stated that Charlea G. Wor
ley. editor of tho Ashevllle Advocate,
likely would be a candidate for. lie
place, but It was aald in department
circles ere that he haa been looked
upon as a Republican.
No additional statements were
forthoomlng from Mr. Shipman'a of
fice this morning on tho printing con
troversy with Edwards and Brough
ton. Assistant Commissioner Nichols
said the department was waiting- for
the hearing before the Printing Com
mission when it would have plenty to
say ln defense of its handling of
State printing and against the con
duct of the local printing bouse ln Ita
handling of State work.
The meeting of tho Budget Com
mission may postpone for some time
a meeting at the Printing Commis
sion. Governor- Morrison who is
cj, airman of tho Printing Commls
4n. la of course tied up with the
flget Commission and this work
rtust be cleared before tho contro
versy with the orlntlna house can bo
HANOVER DECMVE8 TO
PAY STREET ASSESSMENT
I uxi rcwirwt . N. c. Dec. js.
The New Hanover board of education
today refused to pay an assessment
of 60O sought by the city govern
ment aa a paving tax for improved
street adjoining a public, school
buUdlnar. Tha board heid that school
are exempt from taxation.
SIX UNARMED IN
5H0TBYMQB
AN EYE-WITNESS
: one defendant is
married in jail
j Women Tell Court of Con-
versations Among Al-
leged Rioters.
MARION. 111.. Dec. 18. (By The
Associate ! Press.) Dr. O. F. 8hip
t.ian toHtlfled today at the trial of
f vi. men in connection with tho
Herrin riot that he had been an
eye-witness of the shooting down
i.f six unarmed men by a mob li
ftont of the Herrin cemetery the
day of the killings.
Two other witnesses, Mr. and
Mrs. fioorge Nelson, testified they
had .seen a. rrowd of armed men
drive 30 or 0 unarmed prisoners
from the "strip" mine, where the
trouble started, past their farm
tieiir the tvine.
Tl. O. Greer, former mayor of
Herrin. also testified he had see:i
tho prisoners brought from the
mine and that there were 48 In the
group escorted by 25 or 30 armed
men. He said there were several
hundred spectators about the mine
and he saw automobiles from Mis
souri. Indiana, Kentucky and other
states.
Dr. Shipman testified he had fol
lowed thvs mob and its bleeding,
pleading captives a mile and a half
through the street of Herrin to
the cemetery, that there had been
a voley of shots and that he saw
the six prisoners drop in the dusty
rrad.
The witness testified a man he
could not Identify stood over the
prostrate victims and emptied the
fontenta of two revolvers Into their
bodies. He swore that Joe Car
raghl, one of the defendants, had
fired Into the prostrate body of
Howard Hoffman, of Huntington,
Ind., ofe ot the 20 non-union men
kr-lled during tho riots, and that
hiood had spurted Into the air as,
the bullet struck.
Oh. mn, men, what ?re you
cVing?" the witness quoted Hoff
man as saying.
"If you have ever said your
prayers, say them now. yon.
for you won't have much longer."
he testified an unidentified leader
of the mob told the prisoners just
before they were shot down.
Namew Four Aa Those
Who Did Shooting
Asked If he could tell who did
the shooting. Dr. Shipman named
Joe Carna-riii and Iva Mann, two
nf the defendants now on trial, and
Percy Hall and Jim Galligan. who
ttnVA W.a RJtn.J 1. . . . 1 .
flot aefendajils In tha .present race. J
fAthe'fianie of Peter Miller. ao-I
i . V 1 LITTIT. IIIUIULCU UUL ' W II D M.rV
Wtber of tho defendant who wis
married - In " the-- Jtii -tonight " to
Anno. Campbell. "18 years' 'old, of
Marion, was brought Into the evi
dence for the first time today.
Hiller waa the fifth and last de
fendant r-ho has been mentioned
tn the testimony as having been
n en with guns during the rioting.
George Nelson, waa the first wit
ness to name Hiller, whom he aaid
he had seen among the crowd at
the mine In the hiorning, but with
out a gun. Dr. Shipman testified
le had seen Hiller that night with
a gun strapped about hlg hodv and
thai Hiller had said .to him that
some of the prisoners had gotten
away and that he was bound hack
to the mine to search for them.
Shipman elso aaid that he had seen
Leva Mann step out of the mii'i
Kt. the cemetery after the shooting,
wave a good about his head and
declare:
"Come on hoys, 'we've got two
mere down here."
Under the longest and severest
cross-examination yet given anv
State's witnesses. Dr. Shipman eald
he had represented coal companies
In "about 100" claims cases In the
past three years. He denied, how
ever, he waa prejudiced against
the miners and said he had repre
sented "three or four miners" in
suits.
Asked why he did not go to pro
tect the six prisoners from the
mob. he replied, "I did not dare."
Remembered Faces Of
Men In The Mob.
Dr. Shipman was then . aaked
whether he had not told attorneys
for the defense that he could not
identify a single man in the mob
and replied that he had not identi
fied the men at the time, but re
membered their faces. He denied
he had told anyone that he was
going to seek a $2,000 reward of-
Con! (no- 9ft ftfft Bmetil
THE DAY IN
WASHINGTON
November erporta, setting a new
high monthly record for 1922,
were estimated at $383,000,000.
Fall aowlngs of- winter wheat
were announced as 48,069.000
acres, or 3.2 per cent less than a
year ago.
President ' Harding discussed
prohibition enforcement with the
Governors of 18 States at a White
House conference.
The Senate continued consider
ation of tire shipping bill in the
face of an effort to have it dis
placed by the Xorrls agriculture
flnanoing measure.
The Central American confer
ence rejeoted a proposal that the
delegates discuss a program look
ing to the political union of the
five Central American Republics.
' Confirmation of the nomination
of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney,
to be an Associate Justice -ot the
Supreme Court was recommended
by the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. Tha House passed the naval ap
propriation bill carrying a rec
ommendation that the President
negotiate with other powers on the
limitation of war craft construc
tion under lOtOOO tons.
Continued refusal of Represen
tative Keller. Republican, Minne
sota, to testify before the House
Judiciary Committee on his im
peachment charges against Attor
ney General Dougherty, led to the
appointment of a sub-committee to
recommend a course of action.
PROVIDE HER
FOUR LOSE LIV
ES
AS TUG FLU
E
E
Rescue Attempt Is Most
Thrilling in History of
Great Lakes.
SAULT STE. MARD3. Mich..
Dec. 18. Four persons lost their
lives when the tug Reliance was
wrecked in a storm on Northern
Lake Superior last Wednesday, it
was learned tonight. A wireless
message from the tug Gray, which,
with the Favorite, went to the res
cue of the 27 persons aboard the
Reliance, said all had been ac
counted for except the four who
were awept from the deck of the
small craft as efforts were being
made to launch life boats in the
high Baaa,r' .
Those drowned were Captain
John MePharaon. of the Booth
,Ffcrtm a paeaetiger on the Re
liance; Ous John, J member of the
crew; an unidentified man. and
Fred Regan, a forester in the em
ploy of the Superior Paper Com
pany. Those rescued included Captain
D. A. Williams, master of the Re
liance. The message mentioned no
other names.
The hardships suffered by the
band during their five days' im
prisonment will, it Is believe, be
come new history of the lakes.
When thex left the sinking tug
none-of the men had food, fuel or
fire arms.
Wreck Is Result Of
Gamble With Fate.
The wrecking of the Reliance,
that occurred off the Lizzard Is
land, was the result of a gamble
with fate on- the part ot those
aboard the tug. After lying to ln
a sheltered cove for three days in
the hope of riding out the storm
that was sweeping the lake. Cap
tain Williams found his supplies ot
food and fuel almost exhausted.
The lake mariners elected to tempt
fate and breast the blizzard rather
than chance death from starvation.
Four house after the anchor had
been hoisted the Reliance was
daahed against the rocks and her
wheel disabled.
The craft filled rapidly. Just
before the wlreleas was put out of
commission the operator flashed, a
single call for help, it was this
call, received here that instigated
one of the most thrilling rescue at
tempts In the history of the lakes.
All those on board took to the
lifeboat as the 'tug began to set
tle beneath their feet. Seven of
the 36 aboard reached safety Sat
urday, night, after a battle against
the waves and a 16-mlle trek over
a white -wilderness. Two others,
Mr. and Mrs. John Harten, cooks,
were left at a wayside station
when the woman became exhaust
ed and had to be carried four
miles through the snow drift.
The rescue tugs had made two
pre vol us attempts to roach the
side of the Reliance but were beat
en back by the gale.
Those - aboard tho Reliance in
cluded the captain, 13 members of
the crew and 22 passengers.
UNITED CLANSMEN PLAN
NO 4'1GHT OF KU KLLX KLAN
RALKIGH, Dec. 18. The United
Clansmen of America, Inc., chartered
by the Secretary o( State today with
out capital, stock and with head
quarters In Raleigh, has no connec
tion with tho Knights of the Ku Klux
KJan and has no fight against that
organisation, Manly K. Carroll, one
oi tho incorporators, declared tonight.
"It w not organized-to taka the
place of any other order," ke con
tinued, "although secret as most fra
ternal orders are it does not attempt
to enforce the laws by tho use of
robes and masks. This order has no
flgh,t against any order because of its
secrecy or because it has for ita re'
galia the robe and mask. But wo do
not believe present . conditions war
rant the public and promiscuous
wearing of robes and helmets for a
great many reasons. If this country
of ours cannot be governed properly
by trie constituted omcers or tno
law then tbo United Clansmen of
America will know how to proceed."
FLUFFT POODLE OCCUPIES
CELL IN JAIL AT WILSON
WILSON, N. C.. Dec 18. A di
minutive, fluffy poodle appropri
ately named "Mia Trlxle," tonight
occupies a cell in the Wilson jail
because neither of two claimants
for the possession of the pup was
willing to put up 1198 Just!fle4
bond pending the hearing ot the
controversy tomorrow. .
CKS
N STORM
WITH PLENTY OF
BY BILLY BORNE
Defer Action Upon
Proposed Union of
Central America
Agree to Conference on This
Subject in 1926; Now
Revising Treaties.
WASHINGTON", Dec. 18 The
Central American conference to
day disposed of the troublesome
question of the proposed union of
Central America by agreeing to
call a conference to consider it in
January, 1926, and proceeded to
work on the revision of the 1907
treaties. A sub-eommitte compos
ed of the heads of the five delega
tions waa appointed to study the
treaty establishing the court of ar
bitration, of Cartago, the proposed
reorganization of which la reported
to have caused some disagreement
among the delegates. The confer
ence then adjourned to await the
sub-committee report.
A motion recommending the
adoption ot a convention looking
to improvement of the condition
of working class in Centrar Amer
ica was made during today's sea
slort by Maximo Zepada, delegate
from Nicaragua, and was iucluded
in tho program for Ukte?-tQnsider-ation.
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DENIERJBBERS
Bandits Obtain $200,000
in Colorado's Most Sen
sational Hold-up.
DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 18.-
Masked bandits, armed with saw-ed-off
shot guns and without re
gard for human life, today fatally
wounded Charles Linton, guard of
the Denver branch of the Kansas
City Federal Reserve Bank, stole
$200,000 ln currency of $5 denom
ination at the doorstep of the
government mint and escaped. The
robbery occupied less than aT min
ute's time. Tonight every high
way ln the State is guarded and
police -and Federal authorities
have dispatched armed squads in
pursuit ot an automobile occupied
by seven men who were seen
sneeding northward shortly after
the robbery. Om of the occu
pants was bleeding profusely ac
cording to the report.
The robbery occurred while the
money was being transferred from
the mint to a Federal Reserve
delivery truck. Fifty packages of
currency, of $4J)0O each waa seized
by the robber. Witnesses differ
as to the" number of men partici
pating ln the hold-up.
Denver police unhesitatingly de
clared the hold-up was the larg
est and the most sensational ever
executed In Colorado.
With sawed -off shotguns, two
of the bandits mobbared the front
door of the mint as they leaped
from their automobile.
Iioad Currency Amid
Rain of Shots.
Fifty government employes sum
money by an alarm bell seized
shotguns and rushed to the doors
and windows of the mint shooting
at the hold-up men who returned
the fire and at the same time
calmly proceeded to load the fifty
packages of currency Into their
own car.
The four members of the Fed
oral Reserve Bank crew employed
In the transfer of the funds. J.
E. Olson. ,-cashieri C. T. Linton.
J. Adams and Wm. Havener had
just left the entrance of the mint
and were walWng toward their
machine standing near the curb
ing when another car containing
the bandits drove up alongside of
the wire enclosed truck.
According to witnesses, two or
three men, carrying guns, leaped from
the car and. with a shout nf "hands
up." opened fire on the reserve bank
employes. '
Guards of tho mint and other in
side employes then rushed out upon
the steps of the Government building
to shoot at tho robbers.
Linton, according to the pence, at
tempted to throw tho money into tho
grilled compartment of tho reserve
truok at the hold-ups' command, and
ha wm shot by tho leader of the
bandits. Linton died without re
gaining consciousness.
Their work of transferring the cur
rency which they had taken from
the guards to their own oar com
pleted, tho bandits re-entered their
automobile amid a rain of bullets
ICmIM tn t9f ri
AMMUNITION
GOVERNORS TALK
WITH PRES
T
TION
Indications for Another
Meeting of State Heads
Next Year,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 Prob
lems of prohibition enforcement
were discussed informally today at
a White House conference between
President Harding, the Federal de
partmental chiefs directly interest
ed in the subject and Governors of
14 States.
There was no statement from
the White House as to the results
of the meeting, but it was Indl
lated the discussion revolved al
most entirely upon the question of
how tha several States could best
co-operate with the Federal a-op-
ernment in executing the terms ot
the prohibition amenrlnlhnt I
was indicated another meeting of
exenuuves mtgnt be called
early In the coming year at which
time the subject would be 'can
vassed more thoroughly.
At the White House luncheon,
during the course of which the
views or the guest were sought on
prohibition, were, in addition to
the President, Vice-President Cool
Idge, Attorney-General Daugherty,
Secretary Mellon, Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes. Governors Cox,
Massachusetts; Ritchie, Maryland:
Trinkle. Virginia: Hartneao, Ver
mont: McCray, Indiana; Kilby, Ala
bama: Hyde, Missouri; Preus, Min
nesota; Olcott, Oregon: Allen, Kan
sas: Morgan, West Virginia; Me
Kelvle, Nebraska: Davis, Idaho,
and Campbell, Arizona.
Haynea Pleased With
Governors' Reports.
"In many cases." Commissioner
Haynes declared after the meeting,
"the reports of the Governors were
of an encouraging nature. Numer
ous instances of lack of co-operation
were pointed out: many in
stances of the inadequacy of Fed
eral forces were suggested.
"There was a preponderance of
an opinion that an earnest official
appeal for reverence of the law
and a cordial support of law en
forcement by trie press would
combine 'to cure the worst condi
tions reported."
According to some of those who
attended, there was no suggestion
raised during the three-hour con
ference which indicated belief that
the aituation might be helped by
loosening the present stringent en
forcement statute. To the con
trary, 'it was said, the prevalent
opinion seemed to have been that
Imposition of more severe fines
and prison terms on conviction of
violators would assist the enforce
ment officials In their work. Other
suggestions, all of which were de
clared later to have been "entirely
Informal," Included a more care
ful selection of prohibition per
sonnel, larger appropriations for
the Federal bureau and education
of the general public to the neces
sity of law reverence.
Governor Allen, of Kansas, said
tonight the conference had Indi
cated clearly that all the Gover
nor present whose States have en
forcement laws were ln entire sym
pathy with rigid enforcement. Gov
ernor Cox, of Massachuaetts one
of the two States lying outside of
this classification was quoted as
of the opinion that "more money
and more honorable men" were
necessary. Since the law was on the
statute books, Mr. Cox held, it must
be enforced.
DEN
PROHIB
Shipman To Present Plan For
State To Enter Peacemaker's
Role In Industrial Disputes
J. P. Morgan and Company Will Not
Consider Loan to Germany Until
The Reparations Question Is Settled
MOW VciRK. Me,. IV--.1,
V. Moijiiin and Company to
night Issued a statement de
claring I hoy had notified the
-German ambassador to this
country "that It wns impossi
ble for us to discuss or con
sider a loan to Germany un
less and until the reparations
question tv.is settled."
This statement was issued,
it waH lonrned, to set at rest
what were described aa "high
ly fantastical stories" which
have been puhlished regarding
the possibility of the potation
-of an International loan to
Germany, estimated as high
as $1,500,000,000.
Dr. otto Wiedfeldt. the Ger
man ambassador, the state
ment says, "called on Mr.
Naval Appropriation Bill For
$325,000,000 and 86,000 Men
Passes the House Late Monday
4.
British Agree To
Assist America . In
War On Smugglers
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.
Formal notification has been
given in a note presented to
the State Department by Sir
Auckland Geddes, British Am
bassador, and made public to
day, that the Canadian govern
ment has Issued instructions to
registrars of shipping liy which
it is hoped to restrict smuggling
of liquor Into the United
States through fraudulent trans
fer ot American vessels to Brit
ish registry.
Under the new instructions,
the note set forth, an applica
tion to register a vessel in Can
ada which has been purchased
from a citizen of the United
States, unless supported by a
certificate under the seal of the
shipping board authorizing
such a transfer, "muat be foi
warded to tho competent de
partment of the. Canadian. gov
ernment for instructions before
any definite steps are taken."
KELLER'S REFUSAL
TOOREYSUBPOEIMA
SETS PRECEDENT
To Investigate Power of
Committee to Compel
Him to Testify.
WASHINGTON, Xec. 18. The
refusal of Representative Keller,
Republican, Minnesota, to respond
to a subpoena requiring him to
give under oath the information
upon which he based Impeachment
charges against Attorney General
Daugherty has created a prece
dent of euch possible far reaching
Importance that fhe House Judic
iary Committee decided today to
refer the whole matter to a sub
committee for Investigation.
. Meajitlma the hearings on the
charge against Mr. Daugherty
will go forward, the committee
summoning such witnesses as It
can find without the aid of Mr.
Keller, who dramatically withdrew
from the proceeding last Thursday
after filing with Chairman Volstead
a statement charging that there
had been a "bare faced" attempt
to "white wash the-Aitorney Gen
eral." At that timi the taking of
testimony on two of, the 14 charges
filed by Mr. Keller had been com
pleted. Chairman Volstead plans to ap
point within a day or two the sub
committee, which in the language
of a formal motion adopted today
by the entire committee is "to
make an Investigation of what
action, if any. should be taken ln
connection with the conduct of
Mr. Keller towards this committee
and towards the House of Repre
sentatives." The sub-committee
will be composed 'of both Demo
crats and Republicans, Mr. Vol
stead said, but it was indicated
that the personnel would depend
largely upon the willingnes of the
members to serve.
Admittedly Mr. Keller's announce
ment that ln refusing to obey the
subpoena he was standing on his
rights as a member of the House,
haa left a majority of the SI lawyers
on the judiciary committee In a quan
dary as to Just, what the power of
the committee and the House Is In
tho premises. The situation is with
out parallel so far as they now ran
determine and since whatever action
Is decided upon will constitute a
guide In tho future there is a dis
position to attack thep roblem with
great care and deliberation.
Tha situation was canvassed fair'y
fully at an executive session today
lasting for more than an hour and a
half, but there was such a divertly
nf opinion that agreement upon a de
finite line of action waa regarded as
hopeless, at least, until a study of
the legal authorities had ahed more
light than thus far haa boon brougti
to bear. From tha start some mem
bers have been In favor of a report
for contempt proceedings before tho
bar of tho House but thus far they
appear to have been In the minority.
On the basis of the Information now
at hand, the members aro fairly con
vinced that Mr. Keller cannot bo
made to appear before tho committee
to testify. Tuey also are of tho opin
ion that tha House cannot enforce
compliance with tha subpoena aa
ouid a court ta a similar cas
Mmgari on Saturday to mnke
inquiry as to the possibility
of undertaking to assist In
floating a large, so-called In
ternational loan to Germany.
In his reply Mr. Morgan ad
verted to the statement he had
made fnlhuving the sittings of
the bankers' committee. Inst
.Inne and in effect told the
ambassador that our position
was exactly the same as it was
then.
"He informed Dr. Wiedfeldt.
that while wo greatly desired
to be of service to the general
situation, nevertheless matters
had manifeatly reached euch
a point that It was not possi
ble for us to discuss or to
consider a loan to Germany
unless asd until tho repara
tions question was settled."
Request Negotiations
With Foreign Powers
i Regarding Warcraft.
PAY TRIBUTE TO
CHAIRMAN KELLEY
Advocates of Agricultural
and Shipping Bills Tight
For Hearing.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. Tho
ncval appropriation bill carrying a
rrr.uest that tha President nego
tiate with foreign powers relative
M limiting construction of war
craft under 10.000 tona was passed
lute today by the House.
The bill which carries a total or
S325.0O0.000 stood up precisely as
framed by Chairman Kelley's sub
commutes and provides for an en
listed naval fbree of 88,000 the
same aa fixed last year.
There was a flurry of talk over
,tbe provisions under which the;
President la asked to negotiate with
OYeat Britain, Franco and Italr,
hut In the end an -effort to ehatig
the language was dropped, ln the
face of overwhelming opposition to
any alternative whatever.
An amendment to strike out tr.e
section, offered by Representative
Logan, Democrat, South Caroline,,
was defeated and finally Repre
sentative Lineborger, Republican,
California, withdrew his amend
ment "suggesting to the President
the desirability of entering Into
tufther negotiations with other
powers as soon as he may deem it
practicable."
lrnposal Remain the
Kelley Amendment
Chairman Butler, of the Naval
Committee, and Representative
Byrnes, South Carolina, rtfnklng
Democrat of tha Kelley sub-committee,
attacked the Lineborger
proposal, Mr.- Byrnes declared
there was nothing sought under
tho amendment "except to placate
the gentleman from California."
"Let it remain the Kelley
amendment," Mr. Butler shouted,
and It did.
Representative Linthicum,
Democrat, Maryland, presented an
amendment requesting the Presi
dent also o negotiate with foreign
nations with a view to forming an
association of nations. It waa
thrown out on a point of order.
Representative Mondell, Wyo
n.ing. the Republican leader, In
supporting the bill's provisions as
to negotiations, declared men were
f,olng over the country "trying to
create the impression that the navy
was being neglected, "and that talk
by those urging great naval ex
pansion was responsible for in
corporating the requeat Into the
raval bill.
Advocating any method of cut
ting down expenditures, Represen
tative Bourke Corkran. Democrat,
New York, asserted the only con
struction to be placed upon the re
cent speech of Mr. Bonar Law was
that Great Britain could not pay
the L'nlted States unless France
paid Great Britain, adding that It
v,as a "confession of bankruptcy."
An amendment by Representa
tive Oliver, of Alabama, Demo
cratic member of the sub-committee,
providing that tha navy's bal
ance from certain sources be held
as a fund lor new construction was
defeated.
Just before the final paragraph
was reached the House halted for
iO minutes to pay tribute to Chair
man Kelley, who retires next
March.
iK-niand to Lay Aside
Shipping Bill
Supporters of the administration
shipping bill and members of an
alliance between opponents of the
measure and proponents of the
Norrls agricultural financing b'fl
ntruggfed for dominance In the
Senate today without definite re
sult. The issue which was before the
Senate throughout a six-hour ses
sion was embodied in the motion
of Senator Norrls. of Nrtiraaka,
chairman of the agriculture com
mittee and a leader in the new
progressive bloc, to lay aside the
ship bill and to take up the Sena
tor's own measure to create a Gov
ernment capitalised agency to buy
and sell farm products. The ques
tion waa the subject of numerous
conferences and aeveral speeches,
Including the maiden address of
Senator Brookhart, Republican,
Iowa.
An attempt was roade soon aft
er the session began to obtain
unanimous consent for a vote on
the motion late tomorrow and ap
peared on the point of success but
a wrangle over detail blocked the
lCHm9t4 m PtS9 T9l
I PROPOSES uw Ta
iESTABL SH STATE
MEDIATION BOARD
Would Refer Controver
sies to Labor Department
and Legalized Board.
OUTLINESVIEWS
IN ANNUAL REPORT
Urges Child Labor Laws
Be Strengthened for
Industrial Safety. ,
(iv r itsociATto mil)
ItAliMOH. JJOC. 1. KOOOfn-
mendatlona that the state enter the
role ot peacemaker in Industrial
disputes through the passage of a
law referring such controversies to
the department of labor and legal
ized boards of mediation, an.l that
the child labor law be strengthen
ed are contained in the annual re
port of M. L. Shipman, commis
sioner of labor and printing, to be
presented to the general assembly.
The commissioner also favors
legislation providing "adequate In
dustrial safety standards" and
means of enforcing them; the pas
sage of a workmen's compensation
act; regular boiler inspection;
passage of an eigh-hour day law,
and continuance and increase of
the employment service bureau ap
propriation. "Aa pointed out In our last re
port," reads the official letter ef
transmittal, "North Carolina has
become one of the leading manu
facturing states of tha Union. It
is also one of the moat dellnquont
In providing and maintaining in
dustrial standards for the protec
tion of worker. The claim will
scarcely be questioned , that tha
preservation of life through all
feasible corrective, preventive and
remedial measures is a bounden
duty ot the state and failure to
meet the obligation a most aeriou
neglect. .
Adequate Industrial -bafety
standard.
"It Is not so much the "question
ot 'how accidents happen' aa It is
of providing mean of eliminating
:hom. Nothing connection with
the study ot industrial aocidenta is
mora Important than , the subject
ot preventlom'--The. department,
therefor doalres . . to gain am1
fihasixe the importance of provide
ng adequate industrial safety
standards and mean of enforcing
the same a a safeguard against
loss ot limb In the . operation of
machinery and in the mechanical
construction and equipment ot in
dustrial plants.
"Differences frequently arise be
tween employers and employes
which cauae discord and unrest;
setting ln motion a train of eco
nomic evils not easily checked and
entallng losses to the communities
affected which are never fully re
couped. Too often, during recent
years, labor disputes have assumed
such proportions and fired the
spirit and temper of both employer,
and employes to such a point as to
render mutual agreement! practi
cally Impossible.
"It is the opinion of this depart
ment mar. wnsn amerences araie
which result, or seem likely to re
sult, in a strike or lockout In anv?
plant or industry, the state may .
properly enter the controversy in
the role of peacemaker. In a num
ber of states, labor disputes, par- ,
tlcularly those of individual work
men, by statutory provision are re
ferred to the department of labor
tor advice and adjustment.
Would Prevent Economic
Loss To Public.
"In others, matters of this char
acter are .bandied by legalized
boards of mediation and concilia
tion. An agency of the character
last named would doubtless often
succeed in Inducing and contending
parties to industrial disputes to
meet and adjust their differences
without serious Inconveniences tn
either, or economic loss to the
public, which inevitably and nec
essarily accompanlei industrial dis
turbances. "The first serious effort that
American governmental units have
made toward giving labor a degree
of security in its Job was the enact
ment of workmen's compensation
laws. North Carolina la one of the .
few stages which have neglected
to provide for protection of tho
of the workers by means of re
lief other than throwing the work
man on his own resources. Work
men's com-pensation should be con
sidered from a humanitarian view
point, quite divorced from the com
mercial consideration. The work
man or their beneficiaries are en
titled to self-respect, and If he feels
that In event of hi being inca
pacitated from earning hi daily
(-bread, they or their dependent are
entitled by right of taw, morally
and legally, to compensation, they
maintain their self respect, their
wives theirs, and aa a result we
have better citizenship and better
protection to property ind life and
a resultant benefit to the general
public.
Tune To Compensate
Injured Workman.
"The time ia past when it is nec
essary to argue the desirability of
legislation providing for the com
pensation, without regard to fault
of workmen Injured at their em
ployments. "Industrial advancement muat
depend upon the continued opera- '
tion and increasing use ot ma
chinery and processes that ara
hazardous. It cannot be otherwise,
mnA aeeMent will InevltAhlv nmlt
from the operation of dangerous
machinery, no matter how careful
those persons are who own or ope
rate them.
"This being true, each Industry
should be responsible for tha risks,
it creates or are Incident to Us
operations, and K is the opinion of
the department that a workable
compensation law would go far la