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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-For.cnt for North Carolina: Fair Thurtday and Friday! warmer Friday. rpHI full leaee wire reeert of Tito ; . I . Asaoolata ree la furnished TKo nknn far Ha rer - f . :; ;J "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ;;: iAD BOMD IS U ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N.C., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1923? PRICE FIVE CENTS s SE AM GO READIMG RUIN CI P! Morrison's Shit) Line LL PASSES THE Bill Given Favorable Report By Commee:FRIENDS IN TEARS AGENTS TROUBLE Baggett Unmasking Bill Comes Up on Special Order Friday. OPTOMETRY BILL PASSED BY SENATE Consolidation East Kings!;: HT- i nr.'ii .... . j-uuiuiucuu wun uity Creates Short Fight. ty THE AS80CIA TLD MUSS I RALEIGH. jan. ;.,. .IjnHritlg .ho administration of the Stat Highway Commission and lighting down heated opposition which reached n climax In the final tilt between Representative Kurgwyn. of Northampton, and Represent!! llvo Bowie, of Ashe. ltcp;csenta (Ivc Ttufua A. DniiRhton. of Allr ehaney, today guided the fifteen million dollar good roads hill through the second reading by a vote of $7 to 14 and the measure wan placed on the calendar for third reading tomorrow. Mr. Rurgwyn after two. bouts had passed in debate, arose to de fend Ma position a gainst the bill predicting an ad valorem tax ' '1 f'l on n people iinde 'tT pvsteni which I heme l.ond WfVe being Issued, and he said h j dlil not want, in n the people taxed further. He laid stress on t'the position of the farmer as to taxation, and asked why the east em part of the state or certain sections thereof, had n"t benefit, ed from the previous bond issue of fifty millions of dollars for t -ood roads. S Mr. Bowie opposed th" stand RALEIGH. Jan. 24. Governor Cameron Morrison's State-owned ship line bill received the favor anie vote of the Senate water commerce committee late today and will be o reported tomorrow. The bill will then be placed upon the calendar and members nf the ommlttee stated tonight that they 1 expected time for debate and vote upon it would he eet by special order. The committee membership la 17 with Senator Chas. u. Harris, of Wake County, as chairman, and all hut two or three were present for the conclusion of the hearing. The voto In favor of the bill was unanimous and It followed the ex amination of a single witness. Rate Clerk W. O. Wunible, of the Slate corporation commission, on the question as to the probable effect of the operation of a State owned ship line as proposed upon freight rates generally in North t a rollna. Today's session of the commit tee hearing was announced as or dered especially to give the oppo sition to the hill an opportunity to be heard before the vote. Pro. ponents of the ship line, headed by Governor Morrison had Intro- undcr ! "need witnesses at two preceding - sessions. AVE EMBASSY LIOUOR.Wp Prenares To Take OverT E; FflAULEIlM CAUSES FEDERAL Hnil-rnnAo An A Ron A AAAitinnnl JIUCIf lUUO IflU UbflU 4AUUIIIVIIUI Troops To The Occupation Area EOPEI partments Are Expected to Take Some Action. Sorrow at Departure of Doughboys. j WOMEN WEEPINO, : WHISKEY IS BEING MEN IN SORROW SOLD IN CAPITAL? Information Se c u r e d Would "Rock City," Man Arrested Says. Major General Issues Communication Thanking People for Kindness. taken by Mr. Burgwyn and state that it was not a question of taxa. tion inasmuch as the law on which .-.the bonds were Issued made them ,ts.T exempt unless held in the wState of North Carolina and that Jthere was practically no chance ''nhitever for taxation recurring ijfni the people of the State by a 'failure pf tho bonds to prcperly ''.function. Two local bills were the only pi her measures to get through she House on third reading in the a ''longest session since the opening ,i "of the General Assembly. ! The Senate passed the bill fos .lered by the optometrical associa tion which provides that an ap plicant for a State license should have at least two years In an op ; tnmetrlcal college and restricted '. prescriptions of glasses or lenses ' to licensed optometrist and ocu lists with certain exceptions. j 5, The bill to Incorporate the 'towns of Kings Mountain and I East Kings Mountain Into . one ri'v was received favorably by the ouse committee ! n ' counties, titles and towns thu nfteraMonM Baggett Bill ll Again Open Investigation Into The Activities Of Masked Band Is To Be Completed Early Today f Fiffort of Senator .Baggett to get ; if unmasking bill again nrore ' thn innate despite unfavorable committee report, provoked a dis cussion of his parliamentary right to' reach the calendar with his ?' measure. Senator R. D. Johnson of Duplin, read from the rules . contending that failure of friends of the bill to file a minority report at the time the committee added, placed tho measure where a two thirds vote was necessary to re ' wove It to the calendar. This con struction of the ru'es was chal- lenged and the chairman ruled that the bill was eligible for cal endar. ' Senator Baggett asked for a special order for the bill Friday at the end of the morning session and this was granted. , .. Senator Everett introduced a bill which - would amend the law Under which stockholders in banks vote by a proxy, providing proxies might continue to be used In election offdirectors ,but for blddlngev?rrlse of such proxies hy-.imcers or employes of the HjSnk. . , The - Jury tax bill ratnerea oy TIenresentatlve Dlllard and Martin which was killed by Representa tive Graham, of Orange, in yesier' div's session, came to lire In a new form today. Mr. Dlllard put lit the same bill with Its aprillca Hon directted to Cherokee and Cutawha. Counties. At the same tlm. Ttenresentatlve Bennett, of Jfiion, announced an amendment foJiaaa Anson county, kit. aiaruu fffW "Washington, f By 'motion of Mr. Dlllard kin siiii nn the calendar. f The bill would exempt criminals f who plead guilty from the 14 jury tag now requtrea. ' After considerable debate, the Same bill -exempting private cor porations from operation of the present law whereunder Judgments-tor labor, clerical services and torts declared are collectible ahead cf mortgages, was passed Jn the Senate. Th wit amending the law re- beting to the dispensation of the Part of Pig's Eye Grafted to Child's; the Boy Now Sees PATTERSON, N. J.. Jan. 24, Dr. Kdward B. Morgan who yesterday grafted portions of a pig's eye to the eye of Alfred Lemanowicz In an effort to re store the 17-year-old boy's eight, today pronounced the operation a success. When the bandage was removed young Lemanowicz declared he could distinguish between light and darkness. . The condition of the eye was healthy, the doctor said. All hemorrhage had stopped and there was no fever. It. will be at least 10 days, however, before the bandage can be permanently dispensed with. It. Morgan said. Missing Witness Causes State to Ask That Hear ing go Over. TROOPS ARE TO BE WITHDRAWN TODAY Governor Parker Serves Notice on Klan Leaders Concerning Threats. OPtN iEETIIilfi TO DISCUSS CHARTER NOT TO BE HELD Committee Says "This Is Not Suitable Time" No 'Further Efforts. With the "-men's relief fund passed Its T'V reading, as aid thai amena sTarteVte law concerning computa, ary. 192b.a widow's dower on the of the Oft.a.1 estate to pay debts, the Cltjr abe committee report, it ot" frned today, will be to em SlJii the superintendents, boards TowrWrol and doctors of State cotitrt table and penal institutions, Prjuiake clerical operations upon ffmtes regarded by them as a menace to society. Sirs. K DAXIFIjS speaks m TO ICE CREAM MAKERS 1 RALEIGH, Jan. 24. Mrs. Jose aheus Daniels, wife of the former Secretary of the Navy, addressed the fifth annual convention of the Nerth Carolina Ice Cream Manu facturers' Association -today at the Kfcond day of their meeting. The reinvention closed its meeting late Ai4ier speakers today Included 8. Is. Preston, of Johnaon City, Tenn. Officers elected for the ensuing year are: - President, C. E. Landreth. o? Winston-Salem; vice president Phil J. Devoto, of Greensboro; secretary-treasurer, A. E. Dixon, of FayeUevlllo. Directors: l A. Corning, Hamlet; John W. Pope. Durham; J. C. Grimes. Ijexlngton; U.H. White, Raleigh, and these.! together with the officers, const!-1 lute the board. , ' ' announcement that the mass meeting to discuss changes In the present form of vgovern ment. scheduled to be held at the city auditorium Friday night, has been called . off, all efforts to Change the existing system of municipal government nave been halted. This means that voters of Ashe vllle will elect a mayor, commis sioner of public works and a com missioner of public safety, on par tisan tickets In the approaching primary and election. The commission form of gov ernment has been in vogue In Ashevllle for only two terms, of four years each, and deserves fur ther trial and should It then prove unsatisfactory, a movement to change the form should be launched In time for all voters to give the proposed new form their most careful consideration, say some of those interested. With the proposals to change the charter of the city of Ashe vllle withdrawn, it is expected that discussion of possible candi dates will be renewed with inter est by voters and within a few weeks announcements of several candidates will be made. Those In charge of arranging the mass meeting for Friday night have issued the following state ment: , "On last Thursday evening a meeting of the directors and rep resentatives oi the various civic clubs and organizations of Ashe vllle was held for the purpose of dlscusslna- a proposed amendment to the charter of the city of Ashe vllle. At that meeting a motion was passed stating that a mass meeting of the citizens of Ashe vllle should be called on Friday evening, January 2. to discuss the Dronosed amenament, ana a committee of five was empowered to arrange for the meeting. "It is the opinion of this com mittee that the form of municipal government as suggested in the proposed amendment would be a forward sten In the history of. city government. Provision Is made in the amendment for the thought of the public mind to be reflected In seven elective officials having full legislative powers but not be ing burdened with administrative affairs, while on the other hand the responsibility for the. admin istration of the business affairs of the city would be placed on three experts who would be free' from political connections. The people of Ashevllle are fully capable of expressing their wishes In - the form of government desired, but ample time should be given for a full discussion and understanding of the subject. It is also the opin ion of this committee - that an an endment to the charter of the city of Ashevllle should not be acted upon too hastily and in view of the short space of time between now and the city election, thej BASTROP. I., Jan. 24 (By The Associated Press.) W i t h troops on duty In Morehouse Par ish in connection with the State's Investigation into the activltes of hooded men . scheduled to depart immediately and wltjj the hearing expected to be concluded tomor row, Ad.lutant-tieneral Toombx ar rived here today with a message from Governor Parker to leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and officials rf the parlh. it was learned oh good authority, that if any of the Htate'a witnesses Were threatened flu anyway between .the conclusion or Jhe hearing and the trial of perso'n who may be indicted by the grand 'jury' to which body the testimony obtained at the invcstl-. gatlon will be presented about March 1 martial law in the parish would be declared immediately. Ueneral Toombs refused to deny or confirm the report declaring that Governor Parker rather than himself should be the one to dis ciws It. The only reference he would make to troops was that the cavalry units on duty at Mer Rouge and Bastrop, and the four automatic rifleman here would re turn home either tomorrow or Fri day.- The hearing which was to have been concluded today after having been in progress since January ft. struck a. snag when the last wit ness summoned, and; regarded as one of the most Important, tele phoned that because of Illness It would be Impossible for him to arrive here before tonight As a consequence the hearing was ad journed to be resumed at t o'clock tomorrow morning, ar. hour earlier than usual, in order that final ad journment might be taken before noon. The absentee is the "mystery , du Rhine !, . . . ... I 'n.na f I witness, wno nas oeen wiaeiy dis cussed here during the last few days. He Is Leon L. Jones, a traveling salesman of Moaelle, Miss, who is expected to testify re garding the last known movements of the hooded kidnapers at Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard, the bodtes of whom were found In Lake LaFourche on December 22. Jones, according to officials was traveling through this section of Louisiana when his automobile broke down the night of August 24 and left him stranded on the Oak Ridge-Lake LaFourche High way near the lake. It was on this date that Daniel and Richard were kidnaped near Bastrop. The Missing Witness : The salesman, It Is said, later told Marshall Mott, a student at the University of Mississippi that while in his disabled car an auto mobile truck containing several masked men and two others who apparently were prisoners passed him bound toward the lake Some time later, it Is said, he will testify the truck with the hooded men but without the prisoners re turned, bound in the direction from whence it came. H. H. Rlordan, general manager in the Monroe district for the Southern Carbon Company. brought Into court the time book kept by Harold Teegerstrom, miss ing timekeeper of the company s plant at Bpyker. who disappeared December 29. payrolls made up by Teegerstrom and cancelled checks paid to employes during the period from August is to xi last. T.' Jeff Burnett former deputy sheriff of Morehouse Parish and an employe of the carbon company, it has been testified by several witnesses, was recognised as one of the hooded men who kidnaped Daniel and Richard. An employe of the Spyker 'plant has testified that Burnett was at work the night of August 24, and It was expected that the time book, payrolls and checks would settle the question. -The time books showed Burnett working and according to the totals It showed he had earned xt&.as during the half month period. The amount earned In that time, ac cording to the payroll, was 162.40. Mr. Rlordan could not explain tne lCmtim4 m Mi TimI ri' rs tssovtiTtD K H R K X B rt E 1 T8T HI N, Jan. 24. The Ih t of the American forces which have been keeping a watch on the llhlne since the signing or the armistice ending the wurld war are homeward bound. The Slars and Stripe were low ered from the famous fortress of Khrenhreiisteln at noon today ami this aftci iionn the troops boarded trains bound for Antwerp, 'where they will embark on the transport St. Mlhiel. which will leave for the I'nllml States tomorrow uftcr nooti. The Klghth Infantry regiment, which formed the principal Amer ican t'luitingeiit, entrained at Ceh lenz In two sections at 4 o'clock. I he men were saluted by all the high Allied officials. The ItHih French Infantry furnished the guard of honor, and It h hand play ed the Ameii.an and French na tional anllicniH as the trains pull ed out. The populace of the city of Coblen., especially the women and girls were at the station to say farewell to departing friends. There was much w ecplijejva mong the women fojk and mutual prom ises between them and the home ward bound soldiers to meet again. Not alone were crowds present at the station, but the railway tracks Imyond for a. mile were lined with friends waving hand kerchiefs and shouting farewells. Some of the townspeople Went to distant suburbs n pay their lant respects while others took tho ordinary trains lo Antwerp to re new there their farewells. Holh tralnloads of 'troops will reach Antwerp tomorrow morning. The ceremony of lowering the flag over the fortress took place on top of "Gross Traverse.' where the Americans and French Ironps had formed, facing the flagstaff, which reared itself a hundred feet above the ramparts. The band struck up "The Star spangiea wanner," as four ser geants, veterans of the seventh machino gun battalion of the Third dlvialon. pulled the halyards and slowly lowered the flag ani folde it with gret dignity, , aM limn msiched off to the head of their comrades. Governor Morrison was not able i All Coblenz Section Is in ' State and Treasury De- members tif the Ueneral Aaaembly who have Indicated they favor tha bill joined In the questioning of Mr. Womb Is. Ilepresentatlve J C. Warren, of Washington. N. C, who has been considered as lead er of the opposition In the House: Senator R. A. Brown, of Colum bus, and others examined the wit ness. Womhle Is Kxamlned. Mr.( Warren asked Mr. Womhle If he' thought the propoaed ship line was a desirable measure for relief and improvement of the State, but the witness, asserting that he had been summoned as a witness Sy both sides, asked to be excused from expressing an opin ion. In answer to questions, he repeatedly stated that his opinion, based upon observation of the methods in use for rate Axing was that the establishment of a low water rate to Wilmington from northern ports would not result in lower through rates to Greens boro, Winston-Salem. Charlotte snd the principal manufacturing centers ef the State generally. The radiation of benefits, he slat ed, in his opinion would be re stricted to 75 or 100 miles of Wilmington. ar TUB iMun itrto rUfii WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 4 Tne supyl'.' nf "embassy" Illinois which polii declare have found their '! inlii the bootleg trade of Wa.sliniKtoii was declared by en force incut officers tonight to have been curtailed as u result of al leged disclosures by John J. jn h, who was arrested in a re ceni raid In his apartment when a quantity of Scotch and rye whis key ami imported champagne were said to have been seized. l'Jticli. in an ntlldavlt. accoi ding to I he police named one legation as a .source of his supplies and they added that they had been promised further information that would "rock the city" and might result in sonic step to reque.Ht the Sl.iic and Treaaury Ie)artinents to curtail the supplies or Intoxi cants icelved through diplomatic permits. Published reports, attri buted to anonymous police sources, however, that some of the liquor seined in. the recent raid had come from the Cuban legation re Milted in a islt to ttw Stale De partment of the legation charge, Dr. Arturo I'adrey Alemldii and H public statement by hliu that lie was In entire Ignorance of any "alleged sejling of liquor" at the legation. At the Stato Department he Is understood th have inquired of Under-Hecf'Mary Phillips, If there was any truth to tho published stories that' Lynch had named the Cuban legation in an affidavit bbIo Greece TURKS REFUSE TO E MAK IN MOSUL MATTER Lord Curzon Prepares to Ask League of Nations to Consider Question. C0UNCIL0F" LEAGUE MEETS ON MONDAY - ' - Now Believed That Re parations Questions Will Be Brought Up. (Br 1IIH ' isVHM'MIt'n PRKttSI LAI SANNK. Jan. 'J4. Great Britain's proposed appeal to the League of Nations againal Turkey, on the igi'iiuiiil thin tlio Turkish altitude on the Mosul question, threatens to disturb International peace, uas Hie subject of a long conference today by Ind Curxon, tho UihInIi foreign secretary, and Sir IJrli! lirunimond, secretary geuerul of the League. Both the Hilt in li and th Turks were holding tenaciously tonight, to their original positions. No com promise appears possible; ono or the other must back down. In the meantime a complete agreement was reached today on the problem of I he exchange of populations, whereby the Turk in Greece will bo moved to Turkey, and the Greeks In Turkey, who ars Ottoman subjects will be sent back Each Cherokee to Have 30 Acres if This Bill Passes WAUfflNOTOM sraSAV tbs aii b 111.1 a ortnaa (v H a c an i ir WASHINGTON. Jan. J4. Favorable reports has been liven by the House Committee on Indian Affairs to Represen tative Weaver's bill to divide Cherokee Indian lands in Swain and adjoining counties among the Individual members of the U'ibea. If passed, and Mr. Weaver thinks the chances are good, it will mean that each on will be entitled to sn average of about 30 acres. There are (.000 acres and about 2,600 full and part blooded Indiana. Th bill would give them full title to the prop erty. The H'Opoeed step is by re quest of the Cherokees them aelves whose council after a pow-wow' advocated It more than a year ago. MIN 1ST PAY TO NES F.AT0HS HFflUY II 4 II I I ; FREIl Frit Thyssen and Five Others Are Fined Ap proximately $20,000. ; CONDITIONS'SAID TO BE IMPROVING French Engineers and Railroad Workers to Be Sent to Ruhr. , one source or tun supplies as a middleman between diplomatic source and bootleggers In the Na tional Capital. He was said to have been told that no such informa tion had been laid before tho de partment officially. There was a brief pause, and then French soldiers broke out the Trl-Color from the flagstaff, tho bunting fluttering gently In the lit BAN KKimKKKNTATIVI-: NOMKWHAT WOHRIKD I BY IMS? AStorUTKD r It USB) WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 Pub lished reports that some of "the embassy liquor" seized In a re cent polite raid here came Crom th Cuban legation resulted today In a visit by the Cuban charge to Hie Stat Department and a pub lic' statement by silm In which be said he was In entire lgnoraiv mf any "alleged selling pf liquor, t the legation. The legation charge. Dr. Arturo r adro y Almeida, Inquired at the department as to the truth of the published stories that his legation Another dash occitred today, between the ftrltlsh and Turks over the men buried in Galllpoli. Th Turks announced that tha ceme teries of the British dead must he mad smaller: they were willing, they said, to discuss the laying out of new cemeteries, elsewhere than in Galllpoli. 1 The British delegates character ized this demand as sn Insult, say ing British forces now occupied Gallipoll. and would continue to occupy it, whatever happened, tin- I til assurances wer received that their soldier dead would remain undisturbed. - ' The Allies have abandoned their demands forJhePmwi of Ahe Lcc.ttr . Tie- s mm r aucta in I eparanoiw phi w jo, 006.000 pounds., i .fi MORE TROOPS TO BE SENT TO T RUHR TERRITO E T President Poincare Calls in Exnerts to Make Com plete Survey. BY TUB USOOUTKO SSSM) P'ARIH, Jan. 24. Premier Poin care Is continuing his dally con ferences with the heads of the technical departments concerned In the occupation of the Ruhr with reference to reinforcement of th contingents already there, which. It Is said In official circles, must necessarily be larger than at first contsnipUtd because of. the Ger man resistance. Official figures plat' th num ber at present in the Ruhr dis trict at about 46,000 troops, 60 French engineers and 12 Itajlan and 12 . Belgian engineers. ,: Th necessity tit concentrating he tech nical forces and guarding tenor In I BY TUB ASSOC UT D rttSBtt ' Conditions In the Ruhr are Im proving for th occupying force Th mine ar In operation! to It per cent of their capacity, th railroad servtme sre reported to b well up to the standard, and In general, there Is les tension evi dent in th industrial town. , , The trial st Mayence of a num ber of industrial leaders. Includ ing Frits Thyssen, has ended with out dramatic incident. The Ger mane Were condemned to the pay ment of a comparatively small fin for disobedience of order. ; Dr. , Rchlutlus, of the state finance, de partment, and Dr. von Ralffeisen, president of the state mines ad ministration, wer condemned to a year Imprisonment each under ' suspension sentence. . France I preparing to talc ovr control of the. railroads, and for emergency purpose Is mobiltxlng her own railroad worker, who will be put Into aervlc In th Ruhr. in ras th German go on trlk. Premier Polncar at Paris, In conference with th heads of hi technical departments, Is prepar ing to send reinforcements to tha occupied territory and at the same Urn the French authorities, hav In mind ' th cutting oft of th Ruhr region from all communica tion with the outsld sections of Oenmany. .. ,-. . ; There ar rumors that Genera! Weygand, Marchal Foch's chief of taff. will be appointed nigh com mlaaloner for the Ruhr. ' Th French president, : M. breeze. Kvery one had stood bare- was named In an affidavit made headed during the simple, hut Im pressive ceremony whether he starred generals or simple soldiers. The crowds swarming the earth, and stone slops of the barracks to view the ceremony strove vainly lo hide their emotions. After. ''retreat" had been sound ed, for the American troops, Major-General Allen, and Colonel William M. TIarfsm his chief of staff, and the French generals, Marty. Mordaeq. Danzelme, DeMetz and Henrys, all old comrades In arms of the Americans, at St. Mlhiel. and elsewhere, inspected the troops. The four American sergeants who lowered their flsg from Khren- breltsteln, were Dewey Kitner, Lester Belbaugh, Charles Ing, and Frank Ehley. by John H. Lynch, described by police officials as a middle man between diplomatic liquor sources and Washington bootleggers. The Cuban official Is understood to have "been told that no such in formation had been laid before the department officially. MAJOR GKNFRAL AIXK.N THANKS Al-li UMOU.ii ty TUB ASSOCIATED SBSSa MAYENCK, Jan. 24 Major- General Allen today sent the fol lowing communication to the Echo Departure of the last detach ments of the American rorces mini Germany evokes unrorgettame as snclations during the great war and exoe'lent comradeship contin ued during our waich on the Rhine "This precious memory will ever remain apart from divergencies and complications which may arise between states. May I then, in the nam of the American force in Germany, and personally, ask the Echo du Rhine to accept our gratitude, our most sincere appre ciation,' for all that has been done to maintain those good relations." General Allen thus far Is with out instructions from Washington, as to the exact length of time he Is to remain In the Rhineland. The time for the official turning over of the American gone has not yet been decided on, but it probably will take place next Saturday, or a few days later. A detachment of about 100 offi cers and men will remain here with General Allen for the final settlement of American affairs. BAPTISTS PLAN GREAT CAMPAIGN THIS XKAU VAWHVTULF. Tenn.. Jan. 24.- Plans for setting up In every local church within the territory of the Southern m-ptlst Convention an edu cational! program that, will acquaint the membership of the churches with the entire missionary, educational and benevolent enterprises fostered by Southern Baptists were Inaugurated here today by the conservation com mission of the 175, 000. Mil campaign as one of th plans for completing tha campaign, which will be concluded In December, 1924. A speaking campaign of 100 denom inational leaders that will touch ev ery section of the varloua States dur ing March and April was also pro vided for. Oasli collections on the campaign to date were reported as I3S.404.068. Dr. L. R. Scarborough, of Fort Worth, general director of the cam paign, and Frank E. Burkhalter, of Nashville, publlolty director, were elected to represent Southern Bap tists at t ne ba ptist world A mane. that meets at Stockholm, Sweden, th last wees in July. MONEY TO MAINTAIN WORK ON FRENCH BROAD WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Al lotment of $2,500 from current river and harbor appropriation funds for maintenance and Im provement work on French Broad River, Tennessee, was annuonoed today by the Army Engineer Corps. RAILROAD WORKERS ARE EN ROUTE TO THE RCHJl PER PTGNAN, France, Jan. 24. Forty railroad workers belonging to the Seventh Field Section left yesterday for Versailles, whence they will be ent Into the Ruhr. . British Statesmen Will Today In Letter To Times, Pay Great Tribute To Late Walter H. Page 'ir rut associatsd PKKSB) i Britain ever had and a far-seeing LONDON. Jan. 24. The Times crusader In th cause of Anglo tomorrow, will publish over the ' American co-operation. titSXT MEKT1N44 OF THE LI 'AG IK IUH'M'IL MONDAY ( TUB UBOVIiTBO rttBRSI GENEVA, Jan. 24. The sgenda for the meeting of tho council or the League of Nations, whlcn will besln in Paris next Monday, Is silent on the question of repara tion and the economic distress of Europe, but HJalmar Branting, who for the first time will repre sent Sweden in the council, has Intimated he Intends to bring up the question. If he does so, and there is nothing to prevent mm. the council may decline to go Into discussion of reparations at any length btfore a report on the ques- t i r... I nr.nui- ntm et flH lllm . " t i J ...... - . - - ' 1.... .nnnpriln. 1 1 - 1, n V. 1 1 1 1 I rtfn- cedure. Certain members of the council, It Is said here on the best author ity, will refuse to give their con sent to any discussion of the occu pation of the Ruhr, which Is held to be an operation duly author ized by th Treaty of Versailles and cannot bo questioned by the coun cil. It is added, however, that it M. Branting wants to put the ques tion of reparations and inter-allled debts and kindred subjects on the agenda for the next meeting of the council there probably will b no opposition. The sum procedure probably will be adopted if Iord Curzon re fers th question of Mosul to the council. If he brings up the sub ject It is thought some members of the council will be appointed to prepare a report on the question for consideration at another regu lar or special meeting of tho council. tn JKutir" oniter commsnd, rt felt, J tiw rrnen, presiaenx, . m. wii. v. by peranes nines -to 4w frrler fsrau.J,, in a "dres t renresen trtit 4V,.i5 ihiugW w "Whiv t Y Wit.)y- iCthe .u of Pat' i .f? Inst' -tl".-.! Hr-t.X& HTM '' I . TrtW"-'!nr Ut rane ' Irs s -i. Foch's rihtef of staff wilt bsTveft rlornffned to) pom--spc-.Uor S'iprem command, with the title or nigh commissioner for the Ruhr. M. - LeTrooquer, minister of public work, who had a consid erable part In .organising the .en gineers, will probably visit the Ruhr for a short period, so. that he can make a first hand report io tne canine, iteperts are-cup-rent that one of the most -con spicuous steel manufacturers Jnl France has been asked to' go toj .ssen. This is taken to . mean that M. Poincare is d,etermlnd if necessary to operate the works there, as well as the mines, if the Germans continue to stand out; Calling nut of a section of th ral road workers on a special mobilization order is only th be ginning of the task of strength ening the technical staff of th Ruhr. It Is expected that other technical men will be summoned as soon as General Weygand and M. LeTrocquer have decided Just wnat is required. The French ublic. which w surprisingly indifferent to the oper ation in the Ruhr at the outset, I now snowing lively interest, due, It Is thought, to .the German resist ance, A great many volunteers are importuning the public works and wsr departments, seeking a chance to do their bit. treaties. signature of foar British prime minister and Viscount Grey, of Fallodon. a tribute to the late Walter Hlnes Page, former Amer ican ambassador to Great Britain. Besides Viscount Grey who was foreign secretary during Mr. Page's ' term of service at the Court of St. James, the signers ar Mr. Bonar Law, th present prime minister, the Earl of Bal four, Herbert S. Asquith and David Lloyd George. Th tribute which takes the form of a letter to the editor of The Time, also contains an ap peal for funds for the erection of a permanent memorial to Mr. Page, the form of which will de pend upon the amount of sub scriptions received. Th letter refer- to the late ambassador as "one of the best friends Great1 "In the difficult period of the war before the United States en tered it," the letter continues, "and when many contentious Issue ln tvltablly arose between the British, end American governments, it was Mr. Page's handling of these is sues, as much as any ether factor, that kept them within the bound cf reason and good temper. "Ther I nothing: in BiltalnJo mark th fact that Mr. page lived here for five year a United State Ambassador and that In- the great crisis he served hi ' own ' country and our and civilisation itself, with noble competence. "We desire to repay that omis sion.. We confidently Invite sub scriptions to perpetuate a name and services that can never be thought of on either side of the Atlantic without deep affection and' gratitude " i CHARGED WITH MURDER OF JIVE PERSONS IN TENN. BFURTOL. Va-Tenn., Jan. 94 Ben Burchfleld, alleged slayer of flv persons whose charred bodies wer found In the ruins of a stora resldence Which was destroyed by flra here on the night of November 2 last, was placed on trial in Circuit Court at Blountvllla, Tenn,, today, on a charge of murder. Little difficulty was experienced In tha selection of the Jury and tho taking of testimony Was besun thia afternoon. Solicitor Collins, son-in-law of J. W. Smith, one of th vic tims, was th first witness for the state. H told of finding the five bodies in the ruins of the burned building, stating that the skull nf each apparently had been crushed witn a blunt instrument. D. ju Heaberlln. chief of police, also de. acribed the wound and told of find ing blood on Burchfleld clothing when he arreated him In Johnson t;ity. tne aay following. Blood-atauined garments, alleged by the State to have been worn by Burchfleld at the tlma of hi arreat were exhibited to th Jury. Burchfleld la charsed with killing his wlf and hr 12 yejr old eon. Charles, J. W. Smith, Mra Smith and their Infant daughter, Ruby, and with burning th house . In which the two families slept. Firemen foftjnd the five bodies when they were called to extlng-ilih the f'.re which deatroyed the building. RAILROAD MEN QITT WORK. AT MIDNIGHT PARIS, Jan. 24. After the ver dict of th court martial in the trial of the German industrialists at Mayence, was announced, says a dispatch to . th Matin from Dueaseldorf, tha workmen' unions In the Ruhr took Important action. The railway men declared a gon eral strike to begin at midnight, but the strike became practically effective on all the Ruhr line be ginning at I o'clock, all trains be ing stopped a they arrived at stations. BELGIANS TO GIVE THE . SOLDIERS LAST FAR K WELL BRIJrJSELB. Jan. 24. The min ister of national defense, M. De vesze plans to go to Antwerp to morrow to salute the departing; troops, In the name of the Belgian army. Inasmuch as MaJ.-Gen. Henry T. Allen, the American command er, is not accompanying his men to Antwerp, it is uncertain wheth er the King and the government will send representatives, but It Is said Lieut. -Gen. Baron Jacques may be present with M. Deves whan tha St. Mlhiel sella at 6 p.m. Regrets ar voiced by the Bros els newspaper today that no op portunlty Is to be given to show Belgaln feelings to the Americans before departure. Beige Inde pendence expresses sorrow that the hope of Brussels inhabitants to see the last phalanx or tne American legions parade before their Unknown Soldier's tomb will not be realized and adds that "they who have not forgotten Hoover, Whitlock and the Ameri can people's eii. will be forced to make their last farewell In thought alone to those who are leaving. SAGAMORE MILLS PLAN TO COME TO THE STATE CHARLOTTE, Jan. 24. Th Sagamore Manufacturing Com pany, mentioned a on of th large Massachusetts textile mills that has decided to start up In North Carolina and Tennessee, al ready have obtained options on two plants of 10,000 splndlea with in 10 miles of Charlotte, accord ing; to a story published today by the Charlotte News. According. to' thia account which said the company had not an nounced any site selected in either Tennessee or North Caro lina, It intention la to transfer its present spindles to Tennessee and to purchase and erect other plants in this State. Lower coat of op eration were given a the reason for the mov A news story carrying th abov facts In more detailed form was published In Th Cltlsen Tuesday morning. -"' BY TUB AMBOCtATBO yMkW r. ' MATENCE. ' Jan.. I4-Th all German industrialists, headed by Frits Thyssen. who wr arrested by th French occupation authori ties in th Ruhr for refusing to oar'ry ' out order ' glvn them - to , Insure reparatlona deliver! ea front . their respeotlve plant, were con victed here today by court-martial. ' In eaoh Instance - fines were Im- nosed In franc. The aggregate amount translated into the Ameri can money was 120.000. Officials here .were unwilling" to night to. comment on the judgment or tne court out permittees mm feeling to spread that It Would serve as further proof of th mild ness with which the French gov errvment la cooductlnfl its opera t tlons In the Ruhr, and be an ex cuse - for stronger meaeure when. or If, further occasion arises a to deal with recalcitrancy. , - SENT TO BE READY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY rr rs associatbo rusts) PARIS, Jan. . 24.r-The ministry of war today issued a communica tion to the effect that five detach merits of railroad worker, eaoh of 750 men, had been sent to th 1 Ruhr, owing to th partial strike , movement on - th German rail ways. "It is not," th communi cation say, "a Question, as stated by some of 1 the newspaper of mobilization ; measure, but of as . embllng the men for a period ol Instruction of limited duration." - MJLLERAND SAYS HIS PEOPLE WANT JCSTICF PARIS. Jan. 24. President Mlk lerand, sneaking today to a dele gation fmm the League of Patriot. headed by Maurice Barrea, which, expressed satisfaction at having a government that "Know what It. want on th Rhine and how It j -ant it ' aald: "You. ar awar that I only agreed to come to th Elyae to maintain and pursue in close col- ' Uboratlon with th member of the-government a national policy which strove to define In Novem ber, 1919, and began to realise In January to September, If 20." -' After remarking that th war. had been a great school of frater nlty and tolerance for Frenchmen, showing clearly what claim Paul Derouledo. (founder of the League of Patriots) had on their admira tion and gratitude, M. Millerand continued: a "Vlctorlou T T Bt n ce demand , from the conquered respect and the application of th treaties; nothing more. She has decided to obtain that. Her tenacity and calm will overcome every resistance. It would be doing too great an honor to the small handful of misled or criminal Individuals who voluntar ily exclude themselves from th communion of Frenchman to be lieve them capable of troubling or compromising our just undertake Ing. I have -confidence in the Arm. ness and th coolness of th Gov ernment Have confidence in vour- selve." ' SENTENCED TO PRISON BCT iflDC.HEST IS SUSPENDED MATENCE. Jan. 24. (Bv Th Associated Press.) Dr. Schultlti. president of the State Finance De partment, and Dr. Von Ralffeisen, president of the State Mine Ad ministration, recently arreated for refusing to obey the orders of th French authorities were today con victed by a court-martial and sen tenced to one year- imprisonment. The sentence, however, was sus pended. : .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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