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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Jan, 1l-FKti . for North Carolina: Generally fair I ritiay Jrllj Saturdays cooler. A CRITICAL sHuetlan lias savsl. eptd In Franca. permeny anal in Near tact. THe Cltlian aar. He complete reperte dally, and you ehou'd not mm an Itaua. "DEDICATED TOTHE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1 923. ESTABLISHED 1868. PRICE FIVE CENTS SA YS VIRGINIA IS FIGHTING STA TE SHIP LINE BILL O 11 TV If TV if i-m T i-i rr r-. r ' c & i can Mass Meeting 1 o uiscuss r orm Jr Uty government Governor Supports His Appeal Experts; Opposed Proposed Amendment To City Charter Is Submitted To Public NEWT GRAY WAS MEMBER OF BAND BIG MINE OWNER FEDERAL CONTRO SUGGEST SPECIAL ELECTION JO GET WILL OE PEOPLE Representatives of.Vari : ous Civic Organiza tions at Meet. WOULD CUTCITY . INTO SIX WARDS iClect Mayor, Six. Alder -' men Who Would Pick Commissioners. Election of a mayor and six aldermen, -who In turn shall plert three commissioners and a city secretary-treasurer; division of the city Into at wards and. a call for special election on the fourth Tuesday In March to deride w nether the voters of the City of Asheville are In favor of such a form of city government Is con tained In a proposed amendment (o the charter of the city, which will be placed before voters at a mass meeting- on Friday night, Jan nary 28, to decide whether such an amendment, subject to change, ar.all be advocated before the Gen eral Assembly. As the outcome of a session of "1 business men. Tuesday night, the proposed amendment to the cily charter, providing for a fur. (her step along the lines of the commission form of municipal gov ernment, was placed before a meet ing of at least 150 invited repre sentatives of various Asheville or ganizations, at the Battery Park Hotel last night, with both men and w-otnen joining In the discus. Kton of the merits and demerits of the form of government proposed, and sentiment divided as to the possible jpntfcoma. ., - -i WVVanre BroVn. eho aresidcri at the session namsit W-alfc'si Sowing! oommuieo 10 arrange ror tne mass meeting, which will be held at the f'ojjnty Courthouse: P. M. Bur iteTJ chairman; John A. Goode, C Qli Worley. Mrs. Charles Mal ' f'fm Piatt, Frank 8. Smith and Wallace Wright. (Among the speakera who will probably be asked to discuss the liroposed amendment will he D. Hiden Ramsey. R. R. Williams, George Stephens and others. Business and Professional Men In Discussion Dr. E. B. Glenn, John A. Goode, H. J. Olive. Wallace Wright, Mrs. rharlcs Malcolm Piatt, Miss Mae tones. C. O. Worley. Frank S. fimlth, Charles E. Waddell. Thomas Wadley Raoul. Dr. Charles Hart well Cocke and others discussed the proposed amendment' at the meeting last mgnt and among the changes advocated by those favor ing the r.'easure. are the combining of the office of Commissioner of Finance and Secretary-Treasurer; paying higher salaries to the com missioners and numerous other de tails which those fostering the amendment assert would neces sarily be brought Into the question before the Buncombe Countv dele gation :n the General Assembly would he asked to advocate the measure. Several expressed opposition to changing the present form of gov ernment, but stated, however, that I hey are willing for the voters of the City of Asheville to be given an opportunity to decide whether they want any changes In tho mu nicipal government. Pc I.. Fitzpatriok. Commissioner oJUPubllc Safety, was the only city r'HC'i! present at the meeting and attentively listened to the discus sion of the present city govern ment, taking no' part In the meet ing, despite assertions that vast improvement can be made. Among those attending the meet ing were the following: Harry E. Grtiver. W. Vance Brown, R. L. Fltapatrlck, .Wallace Wright, James McKay," Hubert C. Jarvls, Plott Boyd. Dr. M. A. Griffin, Thomas W. Bird. W. Randall Harris, Frank L. Whitman, Charles G. Lee, Dr. Charles Hart well Cooke, Wilbur Devendorf, .1. H. i MoConnell, W. H. Lord. James E. Rice, 11. J- Olive, Junius O. Adam. Thomas Wadley Raoul, Arnold H. Vanderhoof. Clarence E. Blackstock, A- W. Allen, Lovell Rhoades, Holmes Bryson. N. Buckner, Henry Atkin, C. G. Wor lv, M. A. ErsKlne, Charles E. w'aririell. Miss Mae Jones, . Mrs. Charles Malcolm Piatt. Dr. A. W. CatWav. J. T. Henry, Dr. Carl V. R-Aiiolds, Frank S. Smith. Clar ence Sawyer. W. M. Smathers. John A. Goode. J. Frazer Glenn. William M. Redwood. Merril P. Galliher, Dan W. Hill. Marcus Sterne, Jr., Eugene Sawyer, and Robert Hoffman. Women After Good Government t Mrs. Piatt was greeted with ap plause when she declared ttlat the women of Asheville are In the light for good government, and ' e. . .I, u . 111 nOl STop unm laiey si w.c Nothing Is Yet . Heard From the Thomas ville Man ST. PETERSBURG, Fla Jan. is. The whereabouts of J. W. Peacock, who escaped last year from the criminally Insane de pa rtinentj.of lh North Oaro'lna State Penitentiary and who ar rived here Wednesday after be ing declared sane at Arcadia, Fla.. were unknown tonight. While Dr. Peacock said he was looking over Florida with a view to finding a city In which to practice medicine, lie has nut been heard of since yesterday. The police have no warrant for his arrest. Peacock was commlted to the criminally insane department of the prison after being tried for tho killing of the chief of police of Thomasville, N. C. MOTHER KILLED 0 Gl y SMITH. THE NOW STATES Mary Collins, in Alleged Confession, Tells Story of Death of Cousin. WITNESS STATES One Member of Hooded; Band Is Identified In vestigation Proceeds. SOME PROGRESS IS MADE IN HEARING Way Two Men Were Kidnaped Is Told of by Number of Witnesses. (ir tub i&tocttTto rnr.tn) BASTROP, La,. Jan. IS. Test I tnony as to the Identity of at least one member of the masked hHnri which on August 24 kidnaped Watt Daniel, T. F. Richard and several other, was offered today at the open hearing being conducted here by the State of Louisiana Into the activities of hooded men in More house Parish. Fred Euhankn, a forenoon wit ness, testified that he was held up by masked men on the Rastrop Mcr Rouge Highway that evening and that he recognised Newt Gray as a member of the party. Much of the testimony, both yesterday and today, centered about Grav and certain questions put to him while on I he stand Tuesday and Wednesday drew from his counsel the objection that they bordered on the "third degree" variety. A newspaper dispatch Wednes day said that Gray was one of four men who would be identified as members of the kidnaping band. He was recalled to the stand at the opening of court, but his at torney objected to his testifying further on the ground that he 'had been placed in a suspicious light as a result of the newspaper article. The court overruled tho objection, but permitted Gray to leave the stand to consult further with hjs counsel. ' Rufus Eubanks today testified that he had been asked by Gray i to drive Gray'a family L CHILD LABOR IS FOUGHT Of MINT With Testimony Sale Railroad From Stock 7. f t''t e.- f 'r TIm lcnoli army In now In ohargr of Minnow' grout industrial centers. ENGLAND WOULD HAVE U. S. MAKE DEBT REDUCTION Delegation of North and South Carolina Citizens in Washington City. LONG LEADS FIGHT BEFORE COMMITTEE Says North Carolina Is Capable of Taking Care of Its Children. WAPIUVOTON, .Un. 1 5 Oppo f;ii'"i to the siitimianion hv t'on i.. the Sl.iics to,- ratification "f a ' 1 1 1 1 d labor iMM'ndniciil M the l' ' ie .il Constitution hns voiced to. '!' by Kepre.sentatlvos of the M itej of North hioI South C.irnllii;i "I'l'oarlng before ih senate Judi Cluiy Stih-Cvmionten which Is con altering the mlije.-t. Headed by l. Long, president pi o iontpore or Hie st.ite Srnaie lie Norlh Carnlinn delegation con- t"il of Mrs. K II Johnson, com State Urged To Appropriate $10,000,000 For Railroads To Redeem The "Lost Provinces" BUSINESS MEN OF STATE CATHE MORG ANTON, Jan. 18.-r A night's mediation over her "con fession" yesterday afternoon that she killed Cray Smith in defense of her honor evidently caused Mary Collins to decide to tell what i now believed to be near the whole truth about the affair and early this morning having sent for Solic itor Huffman she admitted to him that the first story wan told in an effort to shield her mother, Mrs. Rosalie Collins, who. Bile now says hi. her coualn. - ? Orasttd" out of the machine about Germany's Request for Moratorium Not to Be Heard for Another Week. v r;;a ttiovitTKo rusttj PAFilS. Jan. 18. -Formal dis cussion of Geimanys request for a moratorium, which was t have tgun tomorrow by the reparations commission has been postponed for a few days and it now scema probable that Initial consideration i of the juestion will not come up until next week. Among the most Important reasons advanced for thin delay la the reliably reported effort on the part of Italy to ar- home as range a compromise between Paris Gray wanted to stay in Bastrop to hir.ri Berlin, with Italy as mediator attend to some business. Eubank of the present difference. i; m i;nm n r jn ix i n- der the , .fTic l.i I . h i 1 1 . 1 1 ,,r "report of special ooiiiiiiisiii ii .polnte, by the t;,, e nor to I ill e.l lu.i t , llie nil - Vlsablll'.y of Ihe .11 1 e ..f aluiK III the Ninth 'iii'olliiii K hIioh.1, anil Ihe Atlantic ami Niili farolina Itallroad. and Hi" iiim ) im'Ht of Ihe proi 'M of ill, h In , erKllll rallrn.ii- In extern N.nth t'uro linn. T i.1. Hvi ! . of .lie County toda' leinirteil to t lie( f.eliei nl As semlil an a inenil'i t of the com nilMsion The report nd'!se,i Hgainat the sale of ihe sli" k It i out a I tie(i in fortnaih'ti of peer.il meeting loi,i b the . ..mnilssten at Nmili Wilkes Imrii. .stntewil( ii nd oilier points ssloner of iml.li, welfare and along lnch railroads were pro liiirniaii of the Slue Child Wcl- pose. I to ho constructed, nnesii fare t'ommision. Hint K. F. Carter, gated these route,, ami recehed h'Kislatlve officer of the ( hlld Wei- propoan ions f,,r their constriii-f.n-e t 'oinmission. liiMiii liarl ofitlon. A tlirougli railroad ronnee. Charlotte, edilor of Hie Sotilhein Ins central North ('arolliia. with said he was thoroughly familiar wlrh the gear shift on Gray's auto mobile and that Grav drove the machine out on the Bastrop High Although Italy approved the French policy of economic seizure in Ihe Ruhr Valley, it la now clear that Premier Mussolini does not win tifmt possible. (ftinsiderable dicu"lon resulted en line quetlon a to whether those prjenent at the meeting should go on record a favoring an amend ment to the garter of tha City of Asheville, to change the present form of gov-jnment. But It was Anally voted to place it before a mass meeting without voicing (avny of opposition. ; General interest h"s heen shown Mrs. ColUns, who Is also in Jail baa not been allowed to converse with her daughter and although she knows of Mary's taking all the blame upon herself in the story told yesterday she doe not know the turn that the affairs has taken and still maintains her own In nocence. Interviewed tonight Solicitor Huffman, who has given much time to olvlng the mystery con nected with the alleged murder of young Smith, said that the whole matter i turning out as he expect ed and he is of the opinion that he Ib nearer the truth today than at any time since the tragedy oc curred last September. With other evidence he believe he can cor roborate practically every detail what the girl says In a aigned statement which she is said to have given today. There are probably a few details yet to come out and these may be furnished when Mrs. Collins I questioned by the solicitor. Mary Collins' story today is that when her mother, brother and uncle left for Glen Alpine soon after dinner on the day of the tragedy, ehe and Irene Smith had started to the field to continue fodder pulling. With "Wait a few minute" Uray Smith had detained her while his sister went on to the field. Possibly thinking' all the other members of the family were afely out of the way. after closing and latching the door, he began making Improper proposal to her, he ald. When ahe refused to ac cede to hie wishes he tried to force her. She declares that It wa then that she cut him, having succeed ing In getting hold of hi kntfe. Whether attracted by the girl' crleg or possibly led back by a mother's Intuition. Mr. Collins re turned. Mary say aha aw her pass tha window and said "There came mama." By that time her mother was kicking on the door and Uray released her to go and unlatch the door. She ran away and did not see the killing. She heard the shot and when she look ed back a she was nearlng the field she saw her mother running toward the straw stack where the gun wa later found, according to her story. Accounting for the blood on the sklrte, she says that when she cut I'ray he grabbed the old shirt to staunch the flow of blood and was holding it to hi throat when her mother came back. Isalh Smith and Mrs. Colling' son, Guy, were examined asrain to day by Solicitor Huffman and both declared that .Mrs. Collins did not go back after they started to Glen Alpine. Evidently the family nao agreed on a policy of silence, but they did not take Into account that Mary's absence (he had been at Mountain Island for several months) mlght causa her to con fess what she knew when ahe found circumstantial evidence wind ing around her. The girl main way himseir and turned it over to; approve uf the extensive military mm fc or aooui iuu yarq.s trout whera. Daniel, Richard. W. C. An drews. "Tot" Davenport and J. L. Daniel were kidnaped. He said half an hour before the kidnaping occurred and that ho drove back to 'Bastrop, to pick up Gray's fam ily and took them home. Fred Eubanks, who testified that he had known Gray well for more than four year and resided within half mile of Gray's home, told of being held up on the Bastrop High way near where Ruftis Eubanks said he had dropped Gray. Another lldonlifies Newt Gray. Asked how the men " dress ed, he said they wore black hoods. Asked whether he was able to identify any member of the party, he said that he knew one man. having recognized him by his clothing. He named Newt Gray as the man. Rufus Euban'is, recalled at the afternoon session and questioned concerning his drive from Bastrop, said ho passed Tom Higglnbotha m's car on the highway and that Hig ginbotham was alone. Both Gray and Tom Jttgglnbotham previously had testified that Gray was In Hig ginbotham's car at that time en route to William Higginbotham's home. Dean Ashcraft, field manager of the Southern Carbon Company at Spyker, in the course of his testi mony, made the first statement tending to establish an alibi for T. Jeff Burnett, former Morehouse deputy sheriff, now under arrest on a charge of murder In connec tion with the deaths or oaniei a no Richard. Ashcraft wa a hoarder at the home of Burnett at Spyker. Burnett, he said, attended the baseball game and barbecue in Bastrop on August 24 and return ed to Spyker before 7 o'clock that evening. Burnett wa to relieve a watchman at the Carbon plant for the night and when Ashcraft saw him, Burnett had donned his work ing clothing. The worKing rioinea are kept In the bath house, he said, and the fact that Burnett had them on wa proof that he had al ready been to the plant. F1XAL VOTE OX CAPPER BILL TO BE MWh, operations which the French de dare were mads necessary by the German policy of passive iubis-tance. Italy l?a requested that an change in condition In South Caro Italian nlnn vet nnrevenled he rim. t '"'a should go to Columbia, rather cussed at the same time as the than come to Washington. French Plan, when the commission ."Statements matie before the sub M xnie nu Hi-tin, was also present. The South Carolina delegation con sisted of A. II. Gilbert. Jr. chief Inspector of Ihe Department of Agriculture, commerce IndUNlrlea, and G. 11. Lucas, a Stale factory inspector. Tho America n Conetiintlonal League Was also heard in opposi tion through the chairman of its oxeculiw committee, Everett I'. Wheeler, of New York. Insisting (hat the Federal Constitution should leave to the States the man agement of tnelr own local affairs, Mr. Wheeler asserted that the re cent Supreme Court decision had determined that tha regulation of child labor was on that character. Conditions In the various States are different, he declared, which made it unwise for the Federal Government to attempt to impose a national standard In such meas ure. Mill Owner. Deny barges Advocates of changes in child lahoi' conditions in North Carolina should, he declared, direct their muris -ai naoeign, ana to oui.a'i I the mt'Mle west, and which would redeem the "lost provinces''- Ashe. Watauga. Yadkin. and Wilkes Counties Hie report set forth. would gieatlv ehauge frelslit rale, ami save 4 I,, 4 1 hours in the t raiispoi tat ion ,,f rirlijlit from middle western points to points in this M He Itersnse the Interstate Commerce Commission must alee consent for new lines 1 1 1 I.e . onst riict ed only atier investigation ltnws 111 it such lines will pay, the report sa.s. it Is ileetlied unwise to put a second ary bran-ii line through these counties, which would have to he dependent upon what local busi ness it could handle for lis revenue. The state therefore, according to the icport must look forward to "the construction of a gauntlet Iliat would ultimately ip-ieo up a trunk Hue nililwav between Vir ginia ilties and the krioxville Ashevttle snteway." Ilccnmntcml Stale lliillil The report recommended that the stale construct one or niur of three proposed routes, or a route that would constitute a trunk Hue from Ihe middle west into North I rwniwfi rt Tw l TO Gentian Mine Directors May Be Tried By Court Martial; England Asked To Mediate OIN IN REQUEST Secretary Rocky Mount unamoer Brings Charges Against Va. Merchants. HEARING ADJOURNS UNTIL THIS P. M. Much Evidence Presented to Show Advantage of Line to the State. (Mr T itIOCIITID FM) HA LEIGH, Jan. U. Charge I hut merchants and business men In the Stata of Virginia were, rais ing a $100,000 fund to combat the Administration's ship line pro ponal examination of witnesses by Governor Cameron Morrison to present the feasibility of tha hill and speeches hy representative takes up the question of granting a moratorium and France ia be lieved to have consented to this. England, it is pointed out ill ou thnritathc quarters, would look with in'crist on Italian Intervcn" ticn in Hie present situation, but would be strongly inclined to re main out of any possible compro mise arising from it on the ground that a compromise would not solve a problem which needs drastic treatment. committee that the mills if North Hlld South Carolina were intention ally violating the child labor laws of those States were vehemently denied hy the representatives of the two State. It was their unanimous testimony that the laws were being enforced and that the mill owners -were actively and sympathetically co-operating with the State officers to that end- The ub-committee was told that in South Carolina '-',44.1 permits have On the other Tiaml. certain ' s,l Issued children between 14 reparation experts have been work-jnd 1 Vars of age to work, while Ing on a plan during the last twoi'n North Carolina the number la weeks which It is hoped may pae ,ued to children between 13 and 16 the way for an allied settlement, "as ,283, in the latter State boys Including Great Britain on the 1 1 years of age being permitted to whole; question of reparation. (work under certain conditions. Ona of these experts gave an Questions by the sub-committee outline In The Associated Press .developed the opinion on the part this evening. of State representatives that Fed- "1 feel that the real chance of eral control in such matters would an allied accord on reparations result In State's slacking in their lies in tie consideration of this interest In such matters and would Reports to the Times Is to Effect Germans Are En Route to England. MINERS REFUSE TO PRODUCE THE COAL Italian Soldiers Will Not Replace Those of the - . Ufitates."; "V I.ONDOK. .in. 1.1. The tier man Government i sending a confidential mission to Njndon to request the British Government to mediate between France and Ger many, say ;i dispatch lo The Times from Ksseti. ITALY NOT KEtMrriVriMJ WITH FRENCH, DECLAHED ( Tilt ADHnCUT"! Pti's) WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. The Italian Government, it was slated t 1 1 1 srh t in well informed circles In reference to certain published re ports, is not negotiating will! the French Government with the view of sending troops to the Ithlne lund In place of the American troopa recently withdrawn. In the same circles denial was also made of published reports thai Italv was contemplating sending a high commissioner lo Cohlonr.. MINK DIRECTORS CALLED BEIeortE FRENCH OFFICERS ESSEN. Jan. 18. Five proml- nian." s.Ud he. "The ririti.h r.r.rD. have the effect of ret .-Hi n ihe aireciors appeared oe- tiona plan fixed the total German raising of the standards by" the , ZZl olV "Z," lnoemnity at about 37, 000,000,0001 States. At present, in North Ca.-o-gold mark. The French needs Una, there Is a movement afoot, have been roughly fixed at about it was atated, which probably 25 or 2 billion, leaving 11 billlonl would result In legislation, nrohlb- ror Great Britain. Belgium and iting a child from working until nmiinrt en rnge itmti demy today and after reiteration of their refusal to aid In tho de Ilverv of coal were advised to hold themselves In readiness to appear before a military court. They were British to Leave Todav: Atrreement Not Yet Reached WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Discussions botween the Amer ican and British debt coiumii slojia were adjourned today but with an understanding that the peijutlatlqna for Ike refu,u,on7 v'viu . ciiMini IIUI. .! debt to the .United State would be continue through the British embussy here after the arrival of the British mission at London at the end fit next week. . Upon the conclusion of the final Joint session of the com-' mlssloner. an official spokes man voiced the expectation that the consultations which the British group are to have with their cabinet Immediately after they reach London, would pave the way for an agreement In principal In lime for action by the American Congress at the present session, which ends on March 3. It was agreed that unless there could be an under standing within that time a re funding arrangement could not heroine operative under one year. FEDERAL AID FOR B ARKANSAS "I Have Just Beun To Fight" Congressman Upshaw's Words Regard To Prohibition Law t "In the word of John Paul'inent officer, r gave them my Jones when he was once asked if sacred pledge that I would r.ot. " wining to surrender, let, To do this, would defeat iustiie. om wonting untu u.rr splndler. of the Uuerrv mines r"" 'lT.n..ta.n. f .h. 1C ....I... ' tain that she had never discussed the tragedy with her mother. This afternoon site talked again freely to a newspaper correspond ent and expressed the hope that her "mother would tell the truth." She reiterated that her thought In taking the blame upon herself yes terday ws the hope of saving her moiner. "I made up my fbry In about three minutes," she told Miss Cobb, "but I knew ss I told It that maybe It would be better to tell the truth. I could not slees last night and thl morning I decided I must tell Solicitor Huffmsn all I knew. You CffMiMi4 e sf TV. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Ar rangement for a final vote tomorrow- on the Capper bill, the first of the farm credits measures t be taken up. were made by the Senate late todav after another day of gen eral discussion. In view or tne ae lay on the bill, which was sched uled to pa lat Monday, leaders today obtained unanimous consent to close the debate tomorrow at 2 o'clock and vote, expected to be almost if not entirely unanimous in due to follow. All attempts to amend the bill were resisted auecensfully today The Senate rejected 46 to 21 a rider by Senator Dial. South Caro lina, designed to amend the cotton futures trading law and. by a vote of 48 to 11, an amendment by Senator Fletcher. Florida, propoa Ing private management of farm landbanks when Federal capital ia in a minority. rne state like he did, 'I hat. Just begun the fight.' " this was the as sertion of Representative W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia, last night when asked by a representative of The Citizen If he intended to cease his campaign against the drinking of liquor by public offi cials in Washington. "Just so long as I live I am go ing to wgo a rucless fight and 1 have the as surance of large temperance bod ies that before another p r e s 1- denltal election they will EXTENSION SERVICK MEN TO MEET FEBRVARY 5 WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 Direc tors of the extension services qf the department of agriculture in the Southern states will meet Feb ruary i and ( at Memphis in con nection with the annusl meeting of the Association of Southern Agri cultural Workers. The Govern ment's txteneion .workers will dl- cus agricultural condition and problema pertaining to their work throughout the South forth such strong efforts that no c a n d i d a t". of either part, will dare to make a race unless he make pledge that he will per sonally live up to every amend ment to our Con stltu 1 1 o n and above all that he will not violate the volatead amendment." "On January 18, I addressed a large body of W. C. T. U. s In Brooklyn, N. T.. who were cele brating America's second Fourth of July, that is the anniversary of the advent of national orohibltion. The movement to prohibit drink ing by public officials is spread ing fast and in fact It has become nation-wide. The prohibition forces sre pledging themselves lor dry public officials. Asked if lie was In a position to- disclose the names of the at taches to foreign embassies who he charged had violated the pro hibition; act, Mr. L pshaw replied. "No, I cannot. , I hve turned over the names to tha federal enf.nce- " Utile did I think, v hen I made n address of IS minutes i-i Congress that I would receive such a great amount nf publicity. What I talked about every one in Washington knew. I did not think it right to turn over the names of my colleagues in Con gress that I know drink liquor." "On the front page of a New rork daily last Sunday 1 noticed i little box, which bur . Wash ngton date line. It stated that rrlers had been Issued at the Vhite House prohibiting any of he officials , there from keeping; I'juor in their desks. I hive D il tl rude no charges against the pres ent that he has violated lh act prsonally, but 1 am aware of Ihe ft that cabinet menil-rs have bfn renorted to hive taken drinks vi a number of occasions. M have Just dispatched a tele, giim lo Governor Ptnchit. of Pennsylvania, commending him fol his statement that his State wild be iiry. the Governor would beilry; the mansion drv. and the ofrjlals. dry during his ndminls tr.ion." B I'nshaVr. who renresnts the Flat Congressional District of oefgla. came to Asheville on a h't visit to his familv her and will leave for Washington today. ruewir. la the telegram which he (ent last night to Governor Pinhot: ""cept my heartiest congratu latlas to you snd' Mrs. Pinchot. the Kate of Pennsylvania and the entH country on your inspiring Inautiral declare Hon promising persbal and official sobriety dur ing tour administration. If all Govtior and other high officials will lollow your wholesome ex empt It will prove a national God-lnd to the yoiyh of Amer lea, die Coal Company, Wuestenhoef fer. of the Essen Mine Association, and two others named Kesten and Offe They were informed they would not he arrested at sresent. but must keep within reach. A policeman was arrested todav for not saluting a French officer. FRENCH ARK SECURING COAfj CARGOES IN RCHR r tw jaaoCMrso esi ESSEN. Jn. 18. Reports reach ing F.ssen today show that the oc cupying forces were obtaining at least part or the rtiel for which they came. In addition to the 120 cats of coal held up at the limit of Hie occupational zone. 14 barge loads were aeired at Dulsbcrg, and sent to Mannheim. FINGER PRINTS FAIL TO BRING BERGIKLL TO LIGHT .IACKSONVILLM. Flu..' Jan. 18. Repm ts received today from Wash ington were to the effect that the finger print of Albert Hoertsell. one of the "suspicious characters" taken from the German steamer Dentsrhfeld m-hen she arrived yes terday from Hamburg, do not tally with Hiose of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader. No report has been received yet on Ernest Thrioknw. the other member of the Deutsehfeld'e crew detained by De part merit of Justice agents, Both men s ill are detained, however. TO BE WITHDRAWN 0 0 United States Govern ment Makes it Plain That States Must Comply. itr thi tuocuriD rnsu) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. An ultimatum from the Federal Gov ernment to the Ptste of Arkansas cutting off all Federal aid funds for the oullding of public roads until alleged Irregularities within that state are remedied, was laid down at Little Rock today. It la the first time uch drastic action has been taken by the government In .connection with its extensive program of assisting the United States In constructing the vast 1,1.1. ,( v . Vlt. n, nt tho -nllrltrV llld is Interpreted' as Indicating the dev . million of dollars, .. i..i . .v.. tw.n..in,..i of I eon tl nu ed. "while j..i. .n,,r. i in. i.i ihut all itelhas expended nothing.' i. ....I,. ,.,. , ih.i. rm. I only State In the I'nlon. .....n.ihiiiiie. under the Federa 1 1 "erted, which has a broad area on of several commercial ornnlsa Hons from various points In the State developed here late today at the Joint aesslon Of the House and Senate committee on. water commerce which had before them tne nip line bill, The Virginia lobby fund charges were made by N. T. Cham bliss, secretary of the Slate Association of Commercial Secretarieg and the Chamber of Commerce of Kooky Mount. After the measure was read by the clerk, Oovernor Morrison ad dressed .briefly the crowded cham ber and packed gaJlery. stressing the Important points of the mea sure and declaring that ft was not his Intention, or the Intention of the council of State to take way the power of th legisla ture or to do anything; that would be unconstitutional In the proviso tons of the fclll. 'There ts no intention .In,, thin . J M'Ltv 4elesKe stir legislative ' J Shorlty anybody," the Gorerner eeunoll ef Statn had conferred with legal authorities In it fram- ' Ing and that themesaur was not. In any sense, unconstitutional. He said hsre seems' to be some who think that the Governor does not wish the General Assembly to look Into this measure, "We don't v; want the enactment of the bill unless in the Judgment of thi body It Is for the welfare of the State," the Governor added. The bill, he said, desired to pro vide two things the development of port facilities and the develop- ment of a steamship line. He wanted the legislature to look Into the whole subject for the State of North Carolina, he as- ' serted, end decide what ought to be done about It, Many Experts Preiaeot. Collier Cobb, prorsssor of geol ogy of North Carolina University; J. Hyde Pratt. State geologist; W. O. Wonible, corporation commis sion rate expert, and J. A. Nel son. State fish commissioner, were examined by Oovernor Mor rison through a series of questions and answers which tended to show the possibilities ot the ship line project. C. C. Chadburn, chairman ef the port committee, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce! Mr. Chambliss. H. I.. Smith, of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, and H. T. Scott, of the Chamber of Commerce, of Wilson, spoke In behalf of the bill. The Governor, in his prellml nsry epeech. stated that -what he had In mind was a matter for . the utmost consideration of tha entire legislature and the people of the 8t,te did not wish for the steamer II qe proposal unless ths body approved of It. He said he desired to show that North Caro lina was unsurpassed with few exceptions In ths republic when It csme to waterways and that North Carolina wa the only State on the seaboard which was not spending money to glsvelop the natural waterway. Other States have expended the Governor while North Carolina- It la the he as highway ad lo which they have agreed Henry c. Wallace, Secretary of the seaboard that has no basic freight rate point within Its bord, era. Water commerce. 'he declared could be established If it was de- RODENBACGH IM ELECTED MANAGER FIORIDA ROAD JACKSONVILLE. FI..' Jan. 18 Announcement was made here toniglit of the appointment of H. N. Modenbaugh chief engineer of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, since July 1. 1H20. s general manager of the railway, effective as of yesterday. MAYOR f'MTE IS NATIVE OK CTJNTON. THIS STATE " CHARfVPTE. ln. 1. J. L Clnte.' mavor of Harrison, Ark., who has refused to resign hi of fice here as demsnded by a citi zen committee Inquiring- 'nto the outbreak following a strike. 1 a rative of Clinton, N. C.. It was learned here today. Agriculture, and administrator rtTMn and was recognised to ha the Government s public roads jiKi v,i. ii.ii,., world." Referring to rates snd rate-making, he declared, the Interatata Commerce Commlsison were not cut throats snd that North Caro lina commerce could secure a good rates as sny other State. There i no reason why North Car olina should be chained down by heavy freight rates, he continued, when the development of her natural waterways would entirely solve the rate problem. "We are not getting what others are getting In this respect." ha concluded, "because we are behind the times." The Governor then bad a map ot the State's waterways brought to the speaker stand and called upon Dr. Cobb, as the first witness for the administration. Profoeeor Cobb Teetlftr The first question the State Ex ecutive put to the geologist was concerning the mileage of the see board. Mr, Cobb asserts that It totaled lit ml lea. "How does this corrmare wttH other Atlantic Rates. In the matter ' iCtaMMM a nw rw funds, after conference with Thomas II. MarDonald. chief of the l.ureati of Public Roads, sent a let ter, wiilon was made public here, to Thomas C. MV-Rse. Oovernor of Arkansas, stating that for the last two years numerous complaints had be?ii received Involving the manner of financing the road dis tricts of Arkansas, the expenditure of funds resulting from uch finan cing, and the placing of assess ment on the land within such districts to meet the requirements thereof. The principal difficulty, Mr. Wallace declared. He In the State law providing for the build ing of highways, and In the Inade quate financial support given the Stat Highway department. Recommendations and stipula tions, fulfillment of which prob ably will require action by the Arkansas legislature, were laid down by Secretary Wallace, who declared they "are to be met be fore the State receives any addi tional Federal aid on any "project rind before further agreements will be entered Into" between the Fed- rsl Government and the State of Arkansas. X
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Jan. 19, 1923, edition 1
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