North Carolina Newspapers

n k - r THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Dac $0 Forcst lor North Carolina! nain Sundsy n. probably Monday, warmer Sun. y .fresh St Shifting winds. THE SUNDAY CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' ESTABLISHED 1868. .HYJVE,N.C.,J5UNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1922. PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c L 28 PAGES TODAY Grove Planning New Development Calling V 0? nnn ni MILE OF PAV THE JUMPING-OFF PLACE BY BILLY BORNE GOING ON id OF GROVE TH phi i it; Kimberly Avenue Scene of Large Improvement in Three Mile Loop. WIRES WILL BE PUT UNDERGROUND Canterbury Road, Just Opened to Be Scene of J.2 New Residences. rp F D GRQlVTfl SH INDUS OF! BEING PROMOTED Shipman Reports Total Valuation of Year's Output $2,034,430,42. STATE HAS ONE OF LARGEST SOUNDS Great Success of Present Fishing Laws Pointed to by Official. t Extension of- Kimberly Avenue, asking- a loop of at Iran three -miles, intersecting- with the road to the top of Sunset 'Mountain, trie rear ot urove 1'arlc inn. ren resenting an investment including I grading and paving- of approxi -ieteiy xauu.ouu. over a period o several years is one ot me plans of development to be carried ou by K. IV. Grove, It was learned yesterday. Kimberly. Avenue is now being pared and. Improved irom the In tersectlon of ISveiyn I'lace tor distance of about one. mile, north and approximately 173,000 la be ins; expended on this link, with future extensions to be made as the demand for property increases. short street, running lor ap proximately one city block, will be opened at once, running west. about three-fourths of a mile from fijvelyn Place. This street will also be paved and improved along with Kim Deny Avenue. The avenue, when extended, will run north, almost to the Meacham property, circle east, passing over P easant Mountain ana join in road to Sunset Mountain a short dlHtafice up. the mountain. Loop Will Oommund An V (excellent Scenic View The looo will command anex- cellent scenic view, in addition to -nrovtdina an automobile boule- ..Li n.i nnen mi valuable resi dential section, which It la tlieplan .ofVAf &' Grove- to make among the most attractive in me oouin. That section ot Kimberly Avenue now being opened lves indication ot being unusually active In Teal residences wilf be erected in the - Aitnra tnfiuniiiaT (J tie iu w IlVtll a,iv"--'e . . . erected to L- B. Jackson., at a cost at around $2tt,uuu. wmcn k..n started. 1 number of valuable lots have already been sold and residence. will be starteo cany Year It is estimated that a build ing; program representing at least $0,000 will be under way by t eu ruary and other sections of tie venue will be opened as rapidly as the property, is em,aniei-.it From Kvelyn Place for a dist ancTof at least on i along the property of the ASI cviiie country -Club, the "property is be ing developed only on one side .of i h? avenuo" and this site commands a ideal view of the Country Club property. -Grove Park and Sunset Mountain. . n Kimberly Avenue will be one ot the most completely planned streeU Jl.l.Tte "Such Kxperta estimate ""v . 7 a Hollar has been niunorea i"""""1" - -- - f,h invested In residences n the north em section ot me U1U-V ""'" past year. Including, the home o, Fred Oates. wuy. 'uUtimnnt Kad..!f , tso.000 each: an by W. B. Campbell, near the Rudd the are home, and numerous other vaiu able residences. . . Those erecting homes in " .I-- r,r the city norLnern n ... . w - , taking plana for perman-1 nences. conuuev V" h ille (.ntll exnanslon of AsHevi will be IB this dlrecUon. - Kdwln Place ha. also ? signs of activity during the year, and the attractlva home of Jj Rloe ii one of the many erected on Ji. beautiful thoroughfare during With th. openly of Ca m Iload, adjoining Grova P " Ateermarle- Park. 1h. X. denUal street is added to the W with a total of Jd"mo be . dense to be erected, two to be started at an early date. This property will be developed along fines of Old English "h"eunry6 by the Albemarle park Company. Canterbury Road ha. " been graded and opened and wm make a valuable addition to the 1 northern section of tlie city, by Joining Albemarle Park with the more recently . developed Jroye Park, marking, according to tnose interested, a new era in the devel opment of both sections. The road will enter Grove Park from Oak Road, not far from the Charlotte Street Intersection, ana will curve, entering the Albemarle development at a higher level and with the English style homes will make an unusually attractive resi dential section. The residence, will represent ln . vestment, of approximately $10,009 each and will be modern and well appointed In every detail. PROHIBITION OFFICERS JHOVEJ TO HENDERSONVllJlit, iUAJJUran, Dec. 30. (By the Associated Press.) In the ocean bordering Counties of North Caro lina, which hold Albermarle Sound, one of the largest coastal bodies of clear water in the world, and ITamUeo, with its low, desolate eurrounding sand hills, the fishing Industry Is being rapidly develop ed, this year, total valuation of nsh and oyster yields amounting to I2.034.4J0.42. according to the annual report of M. L. Shipman, Commissioner of Labor and Print ing. The Commissioner's review, which wm completed tonight. As serts this industry now ranks as one of the most important in the State, and In the coastal region ts ot greater value than any other branch of . trade. ''There are few States having as large a population so entirely de pendent on the fisheries for a live lihood," reads the report "and there are few sections In which the facilities for prosecuting the industry are more favopsfole., The nsnerlea. therefore, pos sess a great economic interest to the state, and a proper knowledge of the extent, condition, and needs of the industry becomes of consid erable importance. to the citizen. of the commonwealth. The sta tistical data, herewith presented, secured in collaboration Mth Cap tain John A. owon, ji isneriea Commissioner, covers th-convraer- cial fishery interest of tQ State for the year l31-l;3r ending ; last Xovepfber 80. , ' ... 'Yield - of food 'flsh.v 38.S87 nounds.,' valued at 1694.320.72: shrimfl . 1,160.824 pounds, valued at . t58,0ll.2O; "oysters, 800,000 bushels, valued at 1125,000; clams, 41,157 bushels, valued at 183,814; escallops, 188,596 gallons, valued at $416,707; soft crabs. 65,434 dozen,, valued at $48,879; crab moat, 8,886 gallons, valued at (5, 779. , . .... . , Tatal valuation of food, flsh and shell fish, $1,430,146.42. Num ber Menhaden taken, 301,438,000. the value of these being $604,000. Total valuation of yield for the period covered. $2,034,430.43. Value ot boats employed in me Industry, $3. 181,547. 50: nets, $661, 450; other apparatus, 418,678. Total valuation of property, $3, 859.573.60. . Industry Is Being Rapidly Developed. ' , The industry is being -rapidly developed in a systematic way, under the direction of a Fishei-ies Commission Board composed of Ave members appointed by the Governor for a term of f Mi years. Fisheries Commissioner, ;elect- d by this Board, together with two assistants, is chargod with the duty of enforcing the laws, rules and regulations governing the activities of fishermen of everyl A comnrehensjlve law "relating ena to ine wranKuns oi ioo tn the activities or an person, en- inres ) mu ii British To Offer Whole New Settlement Scheme Bonar Law Goes to Paris Monday With New Rep aration Proposals. COMPRISES UTMOST NATION CAN YIELD Provides for Penalizing i. Germans Out of 2,500,- ,";.. OOQ.000 Pounds. ; . . . j . ' LONDON, Dec. $0. .(By The Associated Press.) Since th. ad journment o(f th. Allied premier.' meeting here on Pccmbec II in order to avoid an open, breti S tween Great Rrltrin fa on i the subject ot reparations, there ha. been a flood ef -rumors and report concerning th. solu tion ot the deadlock tkat Prime Minister linear Law was likely to propose when the Allied r'pi-tn-tative. resumed their u.aeoimlon in Paris. v - Included today, however, was an authoritative statement forthcom ing from official circles. Thl. was to the effAct that the British pre mier would go to Paris next Mon day armed with a new plan for a final and' complete settlement of the whole question of Germany's vvar obligation. '; Immediately after the London breakdown, Downing Strut' hopes were that tne Tecn aiuiuae would change, but the latt fort nisrht has shown the triiid of French official opinion to be away from, instead ot towara, ine ora ish, with the result that "Mr. Bo nar law yesterday presented : to his cabinet a plan which it lo stated comprise, the utmost limit of British concessions. . v lii Its broad principles the plan i. said to be asIollowa: ' First Any reparations program agreed upon in Paris must be a final one wlilch will put a definite Germans Opposing Restoration If It Means Paying Debt Charge Made by France In 1 Response to Hughes; Recovery Is Seen, BOOSTING TOUR TO FLORIDA IS BEING PLANNED Effort to Get Tourists to Return This Way Part of New Year Program. ; , Ctmtinmtd m ff f SALUDA LOOK !-iii "nnWlXOTON, N. C, Dec. 0. -A.11 nrohibltlnn enfnrrement of ficer. In Kui.m Kr.nh Carolina liave been transferred .to the estern District, It wh learned re tonight. C U Cotton, chief the Wilmrtngton office, left to Jht for Hendersonvllle where he " have headquarters. A total , 20 officer, are affected. Failure of citlsen. In th. final o co-operate with dry agent. Js J ? th8 reason ot the order, a oral official mid- FORI 0 TO BIG OOVEMENTS Preparing to Spend $90, 000 for Added Water Sup ply and Paved Streets. RslIUv and th. City Council are now busy with expert, 'and figures endeavoring to reacn an as to the cost of enlarging the present water system, adding al most a new system, the tearing up of the present water mains and laving iron piping through the town, and also putting in about three miles of paved streets. It will be several day. yet be fore the estimate la completed, and at that tjme the Council will Jer cide as to what course will be pur sued to finance the project. The present plans call for an issue of around $90,000 in city long term bond.. The Mayor .tates that i i. nnur in the town of Sa luda a little over a million dollars worth ot taxaDio Vr,, that the city is indebted only about $20 000 for the bonds for the pres ent' water system and concrete sidewalks. . Mr. uaiiey siaicu - - -......i. i. nnt held, the town of Mute win in all Probability ap peal to tne oiaio i. permission to lssu. the bond, cov- erlnr the neeaea . ISiler retire, s. Mayor next June. J5d h. , anxlou. to have thew .mconf before rtA;W.gforthe rfhTt if the people are of M a bond election: they will .his debt on the town. it will mean an Increase tie UiS but It will place S- .cuts, with, the other re rt tiwM . nd will give it .ome SWSntt' in the way of indue. mem. for tourist. W com. h.re. CITY P Bl ANNING LL FOB STATE LL BE PARIS. Dec. 30-. .(By The As sociated Press. )-v.France has Tnade an Intensive stuJxf Ihe repara tions question idtythe lest four years and is convinced that Ger many duaa not want to restore her financial, stability if such a step means payment in full or a reason able war indemnity". Such lathe authoritative, t h o u gh ; unofficial comment on the speech , of the A merican secretary of state at New Haven last night, y WASHINGTON. ' Dec. 30. Ger rln industry is pulling away from wht appeared a few weeks ago to oe tne brink or chaos and trim in the economic tide in that country la dm, according, to Opln Ions expressed by some official. here on this parts of Information received relating to shipbuilding ana to Dacco growing in uermany. Reports to the department ot conmerca disclosed what was be. lieved to be a rapid recovery irt the shipbuilding business with Ger many restoring her merchant fleet at a rate that, a few months aso, appeared as impossible. . For the tobacco growing Industry, Germany produced v.J4U,uou pounds in xzz, an increase of more than 13 per cent over last yean, output. TION DRAWN Mayor Roberts Announces Committees wm Act at an Early Date. A State-wid. City Planning bill to be placed before th. General Assembly will be drawn at a meet lnir of the legislative and. executive committees of the North Carolina Municipal Association' and otners Interested which will be held with in the next 10 days. Mayor traiiatm Roberts, president of the associa tion, stated yesterday. This measure to be placed before the lew makers of the Btate will change the City Planning lw which now applies to only Bun combe, New Hanover and wake Counties and make it State-Wide in its application. - The measure would make It legal for any town or city in the State to employ an expert city planner and appoint a city Ian- nlng commission which could work in co-operation with the city com mlasionera to the end that the city might be lmprovtd commercially, and with a view to- beauty at the same time, always considering th. necessity in any respect as a aim ply will provide that where any towp or city in th. fitate desire. to adopt tne city planning commis sion method for systeraatio and far-sighted improvement, it may do so legally and the commission appointed will have a legal stand ing. , - AshevUI. wa. th. first city In th. State to adopt city planning and this city, pioneer work In this Une in North Carolina has aroused much Interest over th. State, while Asheville ha. been widely adver tised and commended upon y rea son of th. adoption of city plan ning. The Asheville City Planning Commission . co-operating with the Municipal Association in aeek- EXTRAD THE GRAY CASE IS DISALLOWED First Time on Record Gov ernor Has Declined to Grant Extradition, wtif!Xrroy iciBto , TBI Bn.l. CJTUS8 r HI i. A. I-. Sl' ivrf WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Agents of th. Psatoffloe Depart ment for three weak have been investigating th. eon duct of Rlng bim School at Mcfcane. Complaints against its activities war. made by two Washlngtoniana, R. M, Treglx, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and J. 'S. Abbott. They complained that they had been defrauded of $800 tuition advanced. PiCTl-RED KCTHOOLS AS HE WANTED, NOT WHAT HE IT AD - ViTlHlf HlWf StSBAO TASBOKOC4S HOT ML ' ssorc uuun RALEIGH. Dec. 80. William Bingham Gray, wanted at Mum fordsville, Ky., to answer charges of obtaining money under false pretenses through his solicitation ot students for the Bingham School at Mebane, got his freedom today when Governor Morrison refused tS allow his return to Ken tucky following a hearing on the request for extradition. ' While finding that the young man had been perhaps too elabo rate in his description at "a splen did foobball team, large park grounds, hundreds of student, uni formed and 2$ instructor.," the Governor said he did not believe he was playing the part ot the thief -in his solicitation of promi nent Mumfordsvllle fathers to .end their . on. to Mebane. To .end him back to Kentucky to face trial on th. fraud charge would doutrtlera ruin an otherwise promlnlng career, th. Governor said, expressing th. belief that in aoting. merely a. the agent of hi. fathen Colonel . Prerton Lewis Gray, he was aetlng under th. in fluence of hi. father who was striving for the return of a school like the on. conducted at Meeani until IS year, ago, had advertised his hopes, rather than actualities. Young Gray led bis class when be was in his father', school and last term he led the flrat year law class at the University of Virginia. He .pent . year at Tale before go- Believing that It the thousand. of motor tourist, now wlnterina in -4 Florida only knew what th. Land of the Sky has to offer, a large percentage) of them would return north via the 1 beautiful scenio highway, of the- Western North Carolina mountains, the Asheville Chamber ot Commerce (a making pian. to .end down into th. land ef eratyrea, sunshine and flowers a motor party irom tne tuounv&in aiexropous. ' . Thl. aggregation, according t plana now being formulated, would be a, party of missionaries, armed with' booklet, of Asheville and th surrounding territory,. to gether with films showing not nly the scenic route they themselv. had traversed to reach Florida, but also some of the attractive point, -easily reached , over good highways, making side trips : of desirable lengths. : . ; Looking into the year 191$, which holds forth abundant prom ise, the secretary of the chamber, Frank L. Whitman, at th. request of The Citizen, ha. touched upon other projects in , view far the tra.de hnriv which has ffrnwn atAArl- 1 1 ir In tnn nm I- rmnmn vmm it.A Will Push Hotel Project. , - In line with the tourist possi bilities mentioned, he aee. . th. necessity ot adequate hotel facllU tlea, being convinced that ."our tourist, are limited only by the number that- we can entertain." It is therefor, th. policy ot the chamber to devote a. much time a. necessary to complete th. plans of the George Vanderbllt Hotel promoters and to throw the full force of the trade organisation Into that one proposition until it i. an assured success. Our tourist season this y.af, the secretary feel, confident, "will without a doubt he the largest In our history." He. stresses the need ot additional entertainment In this, connection plans will be made to secure th. services of band to supply Asheville with music during the, aeason. tnfor matlon regarding a glider contest is also being sought with a view to staging such a sport during July and August. While emphasis I. laid upon many projects, attention is called by the secretary te the true re la tion of the Chamber of Commerce to other civic organizations. "We want the chamber to become clearing house for all civta or sanitations of Asheville," he de clared, "offering them the full facilities of thl office, assisting In working out their problems, since it Is certain that all are working to a common end. and tpe Cham oer or Commerce being the daddy organlation, has a clerical force sufficient to handle all detail, to advantage in working out prob lems for the advancement of the. city. Zoning- and Parking Considered. Outstanding among the projects to ne bandied is that of additional hotel facilities, city sonlng and parking questions, and the smoke nuisance, - . One of the nroiected possibilities. says the Secretary Is thi talillsh ment of a radio broadcasthff station, of sufficient power to place Ashe fllle and the Land of the 'ky in touch with the trading centers of the nation, since this la raoMlr be, coming one of the best forms of civic advertisement. Attention will likewise be given to securing new Industries at points contiguous to the metropolis, devel opment of additional water powers, Improved train service, advancement of farming communities nearby and the Introduction of more' purebred cattle, swine and poultry. ' la connection with the plan to tour Florida, the Secretary points out thaat ail work in this direction will b den. n co-etxrstlon with tlie Ashevlll. Motor Club, nf whleh K. Buckner to gaoretarv. and which haa outlined,, plan to mark .the hlrhwarS leading front Florida to Asheville as on means of inducing motorists to teas itus scenic rout upon the return north. Whereat in the pest many hav . ShlDiMd . thlr eura down mmA back by water. It is boned theee tourists may also- be induced to re turn by motor . through the moun tain. . . Booster 'trad. trip. r. -net pew. tensisi. a i fisU WITH CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD U. S, CHARGE Harding Asks Millions iiiitii nnunnininu To Bring U. S. Navy To Par With Powers SENATE PASSES NAVAL FINANCING BILL, RECESSES Former Assistant Secre tary and Six Other For mer Officials Indicted. FIRST RESULT OF WAR FRAUD PROBE Alleged to Unlawfully De lay Administration of Laws and Regulations. WASHINGTON. Deo. 0. Bene. diet Crowe!!, former Assistant Sec retary of War and six other wan- tlni former official, of the War Department, wer. charged today In an Indictment returned bv a special Federal grand Jury here, with conspiracy to defraud the government and with delaying and dwfaatlug th. administration of law.. Seven defendant, were said by th. Jury to have participated un lawfully In th. award ot contract, l.t by th. government during the war, 'and after th. armistice, in volving expenditure, totalling hun dred, or minions of dollars, and in which om. of their number had a pecuniary interest. Those named as conspirator. wua -air. vrow,eu were: William A. Starrett, ot New lork, engineer and architect, .aid to have been a member of th. firms of Starrett and Van VIeck and th. Thompson Starrett Company Inc., and later assoclat.d with tn. George A. Fuller Company, gen r.l contractors. He waa chairman of the War Department. Com mittee on emergency construction, connected with the Council of N tional Defense. Morton C. Tuttle. of Boston, aald to be general manager of the Abarthaw Construction Company, and formerly a member ot t'h. Emergency Conatructlon Commit. Clunon. w. Lundoff, or Cleve land. Ohio, said to be vice-presi dent and general manager of th. Crow.ll-Lundoft-Littl. Comp.ny, and general manager of th. Cleve land Construction Company, lit also wm a member of the Bmer- aenev Construction Committee, Clair Foster, reported to live in Canada, and formerly associated with the Thompson Starrett and the George 1 A. Fuller companies, and also. with th. Emergency ton structlon Committee. John H MaUlbbona. ot Balti more, and Chicago, aaid to have rpreflied a bonding eompany issulijl ijnrts fj contwtor., and aiuMMiUm during th wf wUb the construction commute, s James A- M ears, of Boston, and Springfield. Mass.. former general manager ot Fred T. Ley and Com pany, inc., general contractors to whom th. first contract for con struction of a : National Army Cantonment wa. awarded. H was secretary to the construction com mittee in th. Ware Department, during Hi. war. Indictment. First of Kind to . Follow Investigation The Indictment was th. flrat ot its kind to b. returned a. a result of investigation of war fraud cases Initiated by Attorney-General Daugherty. Othera are expected to follow completion of evidence by Department ;of Justice' agonts, which i said to b. rapidly ap proaching the stage for jury con sideration. After identifying th. detendanta the indictment reiterated at length the emergency situation brought about by war and th. stress un der'which the government labored, particularly emphasising th. im portance of the construction pro grsm out of which grew the great army cantonments, nuga port terminals, warehouse, and hos pitals. ' ' Bach of the aeven defendants, the indictment asserted, "conceived the fraudulent scheme and plan ot : getting control, for their own gain, -.ICMtiaM t fttm feel RIG LEGISLATIVE TS TAR HEEL SOL Discussion of Outcome Is Main Topic With .Van guard of the Lawmakers. LITTLE INTEREST IN SPEAKER FIGHT Morrison Declares . He Will Divulge Nothing on State Fleet Plan. RALEIGH. Dec. 80. (By Th. Associated Press.) On th. ev of the second general assembly of his administration. Governor Cameron Morrison I. ready to introduce early in the session an even great r legislative program than his first, and among the advance guard of North Carolina lawmak er. in Raleigh tonight (be prob able fat. these measure, will meet la th. chief subject of discussion . Taking tn. position that prac tically every promise (n hi. plat- lorjn na. oeen carried out, the governor now . I. organlxina hia force, to pass the .tat. shipping Una corporation bill . and other closely alligned measures. Im prov.ment of fisheries In the .tat. and a further bond lssu. to pro mot. th. present highway con structlon program sr. .aid to be among th. other bill, he will urge for enactment. Governor Morrison told Th. As sociated Press be will not reveal th details ot hi. proposal to es tablish a atate-owned .hipping lin. until the measure embodying it la resented for passage. Bri.fly, ownver, the ahlpa would be con trolled by a corporation commis sion, "composed of such men as now make up th. highway com mission," operating under author ity oxed by the assembly, he .aid. A committee cf experts to In vestigate th. plan and alt condi tion relating -to it and then to reach a deriMi a. Million Added to Appro priation for Reserve ; Training Purposes. ship biuTnext . on senate slate Modernization of ' Navy Would Require Expen diture of$6,500.000 WASHINGTON, Dec, $. v In order to keen th. first tin of the American Navy on a par with th. aea force, ef ' th. other great powers, President Harding asked Congress today tor a special ap propriation of $(.600,000 a. a be ginning on a battleship moderni sation program. v The pis n behind th reauest marks a change of doIIct directly ' from th. Washington arm. con ference, and was described by Sac- : retary Den.y in a letter aocom- : phnying the President's recom mendation as of major and vital Importance in national defense. ) Before th. conference It had been f the practice to build pew .hips rather than modernise old ones, a policy which no longer can b. fol lowed because of th. construction limitation. Imposed by th. naval limitation treaty. - , Secretary Denby reported that . detailed atudy ot th. problem had been made by naval officers. and that th. $$,(00,000 ask.d for would make it possible to begin work on 1$ vessels. Ultimately be estimated the program would cost total of $30,000,000. No detailed information a. to what .hip. will b. affected b; the first appropriation or what work will be don. on Them, waa given to Congres. by Mr- Denby, or made available at th. Navy De partment. It 1 known, how.vci. Mlm. in general, th. tentative rla would b silli!i opera tioi? tor wju pment of all of ttio 1 1 favored by th. executive, accord Ing to hi. statements. Should this body decide In favor of th. line, it was stated, th. governors measure would givo it authority to. proceed with organisation, Th. success Governor Kltchln met with in th. first session of th. assembly ot hi. administration and hi. failure to control th. second and th. similar experience ef Governor Blrkett were, discussed by aom. ot th. legislators in rela tion to the manner in which th. Morrison program will be receiv ed. The governor, it waa declar ed. will not meet with the aam uccess h. achieved two years ago with hi. highway construction legislation Conversely, other senators and representative, maintained that Governor Morrison now is more popular than two years ago at the first session and that hi. program i. constructive and "perfectly sat. as drawn, for adoption. Little interest is being shown In th. .election of the house speaker and president pro-tem of the sen ate. John O. Dawson, of ICinston, unopposed. Is expected to be nom- nated lor tne- speagersnip Dy tne Democrat, at a caucua scheduled for Tuesday evening, while the upper house nomination will be between W. L. Long, of Halifax, and A. A. Hicks, of Granville. The sixteen Republican, of th. assem- .ttwwHWM m rt J WINS CAPPER MEASURE TREASURY DEPARMNTOKA, Is Approved Over Rival Credits Bill Backed by Secretary Wallace. WASHINGTON. Dec. 80. The endorsement and aupport of th. Treasury Department waa given to day to the capper Agricultural Credlta bill as against its principal rival, th Anderson-Lenroot credit measure, which recently was In troduced In the Senate and House with the backing of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and other Government officials. Secretary Mellon in testimony presented at closing bearings to day of the Senate Banking Com mittee on Farm credits legislation and in a letter sent to Senator Mc Lean of Connecticut, th. commit tee chairman came out in aupport of the Capper Bill, with minor modifications, and with an amend ment to extend for nine month. after next Jun 90, the farm loan power, of th. War Flnanc. Cor poration. Support was given the Anderaon- Lenroot Bill on the other hand by Secretaries Hoover and Wallace, appearing before the committee behind it. closed doors. Secretary Wallace was understood to have urged tht committee to report th. Anderson-Lenroot bill on the ground that it was mora nearly adequate to th. need, of th. farmer than the Capper Bill. Mr. Hoover who, testimony was said to have r laud more generally to th. need of agricultural credit than to de tail, of it extension, appeared to favor th. Andereon-oVenroot meas ure, which would set up Farm! Credlta Department, in th exist-' Ing Federal Lavad Bank, with an authorised government-furnished capitalisation ef $$0,000.00$ for th. IS bank. With- th. view ef LCilit m si rwa BANK CLOSES AT W LMINGTON: TO PAY.l PER CENT Commercial National Bank Officials Refused Chance to Re-open. . WILMINGTON. Dec. $0. Thom as E. cooper. ' president ot tne Commercial National Bank, whloh. Wa. closed by W, R Folger, Fed eral bank . examiner, on Instruc tion, from the comptroller of the currency this morning, tonight de clared that all depositor, would be paid 100 per cent. "The public had a. much notice of the closing s. the officer, and directors," Mr, Cooper sulci. Mr. Folger would make no state ment whatever regarding closing the bank. Federal officials say they are abl. to protect all depositors in full. When the bank was flrat cloaed today, offlclala offered to rats, suf ficient funds to satisfy any de mands if. allowed an hour, which request, Mr. Cooper said, was re fused. Th. Commercial Bank, of which Lieutenant Governor W. B. Coop er is chairman of the board, and Thomas K. Cooper president, was formerly known as the. American Bank and Trust Company, chang ing its name six months ago when it became a national bank. . Charles. E. Bethea la vice-president, Horace Cooper, cashier, and S. D. Plttman. assistant cashier. The last statement ot the bank published showed capital and sur plus of $380,000, and resource, of $$,000,000. InCh gun tfhlp. of th fleet wlti deck protection against aircraft bomb., and high angl. lira, "blis ter" protection against torpedo at tack and modernisation ot th mam batteries to give them a range now usabl. with aircraft, .potting. ' British (hip. of the same general type have already been brought up to data In tht. way as a result of lesson, learned In the war. The work was begun la British navy yard, during th. war, and a .pa cific provision permitting It to be completed if mora, than 8,000 ton waa added thereby to th displace ment ot each ehlp waa Included. In Jhe naval treaty. '-'.: Th. new .hips which th. United State, waa building, and haa agreed to scrap under th. treaty were equipped with all, th. device, while It now become, necessary to the Older craft. Th. new ship, would have main batteries with a rang of 84,000 yards,; and the Interior sonstructlon of th. hulls waa cal culated to ro.lnlmiz. th. danger from torpedo .attack,- " ' The old 14 inch gun ahlpa which are to b. retained under th. 1 treaty were deaigned and built be- 1 for. aircraft .potting; made effect- j Ive gunfire beyond the limit of vision from- th. .hip. They war also built before the great war ! proved the effectiveness of sub-" marine attack with torpedoes. 1 It is doubtful that th. moderni sation program will - Include any of th. 12-inch gun ship., of the American navy which becaui. of their lighter gun. and lighter aide armor are not regarded by naval expert, a. ship, ot th. first lin. of battle. There are ale such .hip now in the active fleet and two of them, the North Dakota and the Delaware, wilt be .crapped when the new lt-inch gun ahlpa, th. West Virginia and Colorado are commissioned. Th. British have disposed already of virtually ail of their 12 -Inch gun battle craft. , SLATER OF POLISH 'PRESIDENT SENTENCED WARSAW. Deo. 80. (By the Associated Presn.) Nieuwadom akl wa. aentenced to death today With- the view, ef for the assassination of President arwowle SENATE EXACTS WAVAJj APPROPRIATION MJJASCRJD WASHINGTON. Deo. $0. After the calming ot th. Senate', three day. storm through withdrawal by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, of his amendment proposing a world', economio conference, th. Senate today pasaed $326,000,000 naval appropriation bill and ad journed over New Year", day." De bate on the Borah amendment was not resumed today and th. bill wa. also passed without a men tion of the House provision re questing the President to negoti ate with the principal naval pow ers for further armament limita tion. This provision, remaining in the bill, will go to the President and will not come before the Sen ate and House conferee.. It re quests the President to negotiate with Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy with a view to agree ments limiting vessel, under 10,000 . tuns and aircraft not covered by the arm. oonference treaties. Threatened effort, to extend the House provision did not ma terialise after the fiury over tbe Borah amendment. Senator King. Democrat, Utah, did not offer his amendment proposing a land and sea armament limitation confer ence. After paaaag. ot th. naval Mil the administration shipping bill wa. brought up again and placed In position for resumption of de bate when the Senate meets again next Wednesday. Protracted speeches today on extraneous sub jects resulted In a charge of fili bustering by Senator Smoot, Re publican, Utah. The epeech mak ing (topped oon aftar Sanator 8 m o o t's - amendment. Senator Jones, Republican. Washington, te chant of th. .hipping bill, gave nottc that next .Wednesday be would calf up his resolution to re- icmumt m m re;