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f If THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 .-Foracaat far North Carolian: Fair and warm, r Friday; Saturday howtr arH) mild. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OK WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1923. PRICE FIVE CENTS AN wnasuall: carp ef eerraeBene" J nta In vary town In Waster ( Nerth Carolina and erlnxlpel jit- Ua treuhou tha atat furnlah The , Cltlien't raadara with tha atate awa. RUHR SITUATION IS DESCRIBED AS CRITICAL 15 is HOUSE SUPPORTS THE COMMITTEE: DAUGHERTY WINS Hearing Into Masked Band Activities Ends With WarmArguments KLAW IS CHARGEDIMERCHANTS A S K BEING THE FOB PASSAGE OF OF CHIME GARNISHMENT ACT I WASHINGTON, .Ian 2? TntroBfinratirm Hlnoa Aflnr. flmrarr,nya Clsli G Vi i i House, by a vote of 204 lo uiivuwuuuu viuotomrei j uuiwuvi o uuaic M u X jj t proved tonight the P E Weygand Heads French Troops n C.prmanv J ni i n n nnnnr I-ITMI -.ULUU S PHUPtHIT FOR IMPROVING WITH CAUSE Volstead Attacks Keller Charging Latter Has Been "Insolent." MR. UNTERMYER IS ALSO ASSAILED Split in Party Lines on Vote to Give Attorney General Clean Bill Health Long Period of Excite-! ment Coco's Statement.1 "MISSING" WITNESS SAW BAND'S TRUCK Line Bill Goes to Appro priation Committee. FIGHT IS STARTED -The I 7 ai.- ' action uf Kfl I Judiciary i omnilttee In giving At I lorney iiener.il Daugherty a clean (hill of health nn the impeachment 1 charges brought against hlni hy (Representative Keller, Repnbli- .,--., M, n-Ohn... o ,-rtll .-,11 IN UPPER BRANCH"""1 l,v practically a unanimous ( vole ii adopted also a resolution AWrney General Says Senator Giles, Leader in'S:n;::r;in':( trX Evidence Will Be Turned i Senate, Loses First Move : ""- '' iy"- " K,ll,r , Over to Grand Jury. isr tub iksncuir.D riit-n BASTROP, La.. .Ian. -The opn hearing conducted by the SHIP of Louisiana, into ihf cini Against Bill. i m r tasoin iED ruin : RALEIGH. N. C. Jan. 25.- Rep resentatives of lb" Merchants' As scotation of North Carolina from ations of masked m-n in the Tar I"'01'' -ft " in 1 1" State "h. which Attorney -General A. v. Coco lias charactered ;is the ' Morehouse atrocities," ended to da. after having been In session continuously mi January ;. Scoria of witnesses testified rnn- i erntng floggings, deportations, appeared h'l" today before two House committees in favor of the The two otes were regarded I. having thr effect of closing the in ,i'.i'iit. The question of whether the House has the constitutional power to conippl a member to testify before Its committees wa left undpciiloH This Issiip was raised in ihf nidf.t of th Judlr- circulation of warnings by llante committee." kidnaping?, and thp, spiriting away of Watt OanlPl and T- F. Richard on Auk ust 24. of whom no trac was found until their hodips floated to thp surfac from the dppths of Iake I.a.FotirchP. on ppoembt-r 22. The pntlrn hparing icvolvrd around the disappparanco of nanlPl and Richard, and virtually cyprv witness was rjiiPfltioned to his or her knowledge surround ing the clrcumstancps of their kid naping. Until todaj-. no witness had tes tified who had knowledge of the "vis- amendments, aftpr hearing thot,p in favor of the garnishment law, postponed further hearing until next Thursday when opponents of the measure will be heard. House Judiciary committee No. 1. failed Id report on the i.,, hi bill, but a sun-committee was ap pointed, for the HPcond time, lo draw a substitute, which would be constitutional. The sub-oommi!tee as1 appointed for this purpose at the last meeting drew a suustinne phi aid reported today, but said they were unable to make it constitu tional. Tim s.nate Agricultural f'om- moveraenU of the kidnapers after mittec favorably reported the hi i proposed garnishment law and the i larv committee hearings when Mr legislation which would make it a, . Keller refused to respond to a misdemeanor to draw a bad check subpoena served on him a.fter his in payment of indebtedness. j dramatic- withdrawal froni further Th committer on constitutional i participation in the proceeding. The committee. in Us report, took the position that the House could punish Mr. Keller hy Imprls oumeru or otherwise until he did testify, the term of imprisonment, however. pot (o etend heyomj tllia vcptlioll Of O.ryi -- made no ... ...inienilation on the suh.te, t. nor did the House take direct action upon U. l'rei"c-fltMl hy Pobat". Th House otes 1 ere preceded bv three hours of spirited debate, featured bv attacks upon and a defense of Mr. Keller and by as sault upon Samuel t ntermyer. of Vow York: Jackson H. Ralston, rfanBp V. r '4 I pry- r f - J Asheville Country Club Holds up Swimming j Pool Project. ASK CITY HEADS TO HEAR FACTS Many Hold Opinion Club, Property Should Not j Be in Incorporation. 111! Resistance, Thus Far Passive, Is Expected To Become Active With French Ready To Meet Situation y Observer Boyden Instructed FAMOUS FRENCH' Not To Express Any Opinion HERDYii In Respect To Reparations jq fl(;j0J j , Fur- ASIIIMITON. .Ian. ther informal ion llh t epai d in the administration policy toward the I'tpiiiatlon -sill u,-a it 3 tX Jam., probb'ni lielori- the laid l'crisioit to ieiuest the city iiiniiitssimici-j for a hcaritiK. b tio'. action is taken has beeo iiiohed b the hoard of governorf or Mm .sin-lll" Country Club to). hoing a disijusioii of reports that ihe property Is included in plan i.m the extension of Ihe ioriuirilt linns of the city. I r pi ese nta 1 1 t from the hoard oi governors uill tireenl 'he c.ly 'ininissioiicri vlth facts and tig in. s concerning the Asheville Coiiiiii-y Clnh and Its value as an H.oet in the ciM and also the rea noiis wbv tlie property should not bo included in the annexation plan. It vvas also decided by Ihe hoard ut governors of the Country Club thai all plans for i m pro enients to the . Iul buildings nd grounds be held up pending the settlement of the iiupstlnii of annexation. Hids for the construction of participate in the reparations rlis &wininnng pool were opened but-ousHlons. a'-cepiain e of any bid wlll ont be Tiscus-ing the unofficial repre lnade until pending uurstiona are 'Mentation with the reparation corn- settled iinnnl economic conference, an noiinced that lie planned lo renew the suggestion booh by Ihe Intro duction of a resolution requesrin a? v fOviKr ' I u ll reiaiionn ;omnilttee of the Senate today hv Mr. Hushes In the form of let ters ami docu ments bill there was no indica tion that as a result the (father ing s t o r m on Kliroliean uues 1 1. me had been quieted In his letters. Mr Hughes! reiterated thai the A merlca n government, did not intend to they were seen at Collinston. eight 1 to authorize, the State of North if fhlsi city, who was Represent - night of I Carolina lo co-operate with the i1a nf here the i..i,.t il n.hen the hooded ca pt -! cotton ( om mission, which Is now era released three other men taken 'composed of all the cotlon growing with Daniel and Richard and ob-i state of the South. talned a aupply of gasoline for While the Senate debated dls- thelr ca.ai ' -.' W position of the State-owned snip 1 Ann .Tnnea. of Moseile, Miss., tha only witness at the conclud ing session, testified that his car wfis disabled on the highway about ("ffVee-quarters of a mile from Lake lAFotirche, "sometime In August." and that during the night one mall fnurina- car. and a small truck containing masked men and nlnu hill bv virtue of tavorul report, of Ihe Water Commerce Committee, the good roada bill, with Its three cent gasoline tax, and its threatened amendments, failed to come before the House, when a. meeting of the trustees of the University of North Carolina, at 11:30. In the office of the Gov- made necessary early aa- f the lower branon. iwn others wno apai"i " rinner nassed him. bound to-i inurnment ward the lake. Sometime later the j TnB ship bill, after a motion by cars returned from the lake and I senator CtilCs to submit the meas he said there seemed to he no , ur ,,, pidnted prisoners. It has been pstablished that Pan ic and Richard were placed In a 4 --Continufi as root TrnJ OPPOSITION WILL BE VOICED TO PROPOSED m "fiolise'BiU VWuld Aflfect Standing of Nurses on State Examining Board. committer to be ap- i by the I'residpnt of the . n , ,.n.i, ar u ropnn nien I n. ? and confer wl'.h the fiovernor thereon, failed- to pass, was sent to the Senate Appropriations Com mittee for - further consideration by unanimous vote. The House committee on game laws met tonight to consider pro- posed .lulls to regulate and nx huning seasons and to preserve tha game resources oi ne . Three measures Introduced tn he Senate tonay ptuwuo nt of the laws regulat ing building and loan a"'"'1""?; the sale of insurance In North Carolina and the .statute under which Morris Plan rompn les are e Unwed totf-hange to Morris I Ian r:"i,. BerS.tor O. K. Mendenhall introduced all three hills by quest. live Kellers counsel anci nis asso ciate, John H. ahey. of Hoston, and Samuel Hompers. president of the American Federation of I,aW. " Referring to letters writ ten by Mr. Untermi-er rega.roirm t the impeachment cnarges, woicm were made a part of the minority report filed by Representative Thomas. Democrat. Kentucky, Representative r;oodyknnt. Re publican. West Virginia, charged that these documents had been dragged In to besmirch the judic iary committee. He added that he did not then have time lo discus Mr. Unlermyrr's "record'' fully, but that, he would do so in an ex tension of hta remark in the Con gressional Record. Cenrral Weygand. Mars ha I KoK-p right-hand roan, regarded '"responsible for 111 lf-l of tile Worl',I 'ratoR-y that won the lee,, 'chosen h repcHed to nave ernment lo succeed ' iepera I 1 'e goutte In 'Oiriinnnd of the r'reii'h troop.s in I lie Ruhr district. TWO REPORTS ARE MADE BY SPECIAL minslon through Roland S Roy- dei, as an onsen er. Mr Hiighea declared tlh reference lo "ques tions arising from time to time in which thla government and tie cit izens have an immediate Interest," that "these purposes have been left iniislde thte city .served by the contact with tna IhU i'i,;ir,. t'u.u''? t -vr,.,"'" which we have been preaent arrangemenls. Shortly after the foreign rela- 1'ocl Thai rriiorta .should lie l-ll Out. The consensus of opinion found anions business men Interviewed by representatives of The Citizen yesierdav was that the properly should be limlls and or ine Ascnv(lflln)cnt maintaining a greai assd for the city and one BOARD OF INQUIRY re- DR. PlOY GR-NT REPLIES TO BISHOP MANNING NKAV YORK. Jan. 25. Dr. Tcrcy Sttekney urant of the itowmi" Rev. rector Episcopal Ascension, whose State-wide interest promises to develop In the bill Introduced lo the House of Representatives aa House Bill No- 220, which would elkange the representation on the ate Examining Board for Nurses, i'kmg away from the nurses the 3tMrol of the hoard, and a num- Cnurrh of the ber or Asheville nurses anu pojrsn clans claJm that it would reduce the standards of nursine through out North Carolina. Members of the Buncombe County Medical Society and the Nurses' Association of Asheville, w(U hold a Joint session tonight at 7 30 o'clock, the meeting being called by Dr. C. H. Cocke. Presi dent of the Society, at the request of Dr. J. H. Houston, dean of the Nurses' Training School, Blltmofe Hospital; Dr. Chas. C Orr. dean of the Nurses' Training School, French Broad Hospital; Dr. C. P; ,k, f the Nurses -1 iiiuiri , v ' o ii v' ' - - -- y pp lull'' " v Training School. Meriwether Hos-, R!hop r.ore In a. boelj which he n i.i. I,.. tj r:ienn. l'resiociit i , Vou t rusiiop ,iAoiii'Br Meriwether Hospital, and Dr. commended to the diocese: W. ciinmnv. of French uroao. , Hospital. The proposed bill will be me main topic of discussion on (fSeasu both organizations are expected to on record as opposed ure. Miss Mary P. T.axtou, superin- 'endent of Blltmore Hnspuai. I'resident of the State Examining Hoard for Nurses, and a charter member' of the North Carolina Nurses' Association, states that the !'ill wa9 introduced without knowl edire of the nurses of the State. N'orth. Carolina was one of ina f'mt States torequire the examin ing of nurses, such a bill having been passed in 1903 and an exam ining board composed of three irses and two nhysicians namoa. North Carolina Nurses asso- 6. Inn nln ens-aeed an inspector " in -estigate the nursing sianu arl" and keep up the program 'arted by the State body. The measure introduced In the General Assembly would name on the board, through an amendment tn the original Sill, two nurses, two physician, named by the North Carolina Medical Society, and two member named by the State HosnitsI Association and Chairman Volstead, of the Ju dlclarv eommittea. nlso assailed Mr. I Tntermyer. declaring that ha was "Interested in'' the prosecu tion of the Keller charges despite his denial that, ho had any con nection with their preparation. The chairman devoted much of Inn prepared address, howevei attack on Mr. Keller. Keller Was Lnsoleint." Mr. Volstead charged that Mr. Keller from the first had treated the committee in nn "insolent' manner: that he had written the committee an "Insulting and abu sive letter" and that he "and his henchmen" knew from the first that they did not. have the. evi dence to support the charges. Representative Thomas defend ed Mr. Keller, who is in Florida, recuperating from a recent li nes. He declared that the Min nesota member had shown i.o "ln aolence" but that on the other hand, members of the committee had heckled him and his counsel from the start of the public hear- 'nThere wa a sharp clash between the Kentucky member and Mr. Volstead when Mr. Thomas charged that the chairman had "deleted" the original record of the heaj-lnga. Mr. Volstead vig orously denied the charge but Mr. Thomas Insisted upon It, declaring that at one stage of the hearings the chairman had peremptorily commanded Mr. Keller to ait down, while the official record made it. appear that the command had been a 'mild" request. Interrupting the long deba'' Representative Garrett, of len nessee, the Democratic leader, ask ed whv the House was disregard- pulpit. In one piace im . ""-"j , a ong established precedent the following: " "" aml ar,lnK upon an adverse re port on an impeachment resolu tion. He argued that the report tha committee ended the mai lt is pitiful to see how many and that no ar.tlon should be are anions i" " j taken, but Air. vonwuu - the charges were "solemn on and should be disposed of. There was a split in party lines v. n,nniiiinn to give Mr. Daugherty a clean bill of health . i v. - a i 1 n recent sermons o'"'"' 7 "'L'" fty of Christ brought from Bishop Wm. T. Manning, a l he "recant or resign, tonight re pUed to the bishop with a long fe ter quoting ecclesiastical au thorities for the statements he had made and concluding: h "!f at any time I have seemed to express myself crudely. I sin cerely regret it." Dr Orant neither recanted nor offered to resign his rectorship. His letter watt a ten page plea for en hghtenment and inrty f"r the Trustees Fail to Reach Agreement as to Proposed State Medical College. RALKKSH. Ian If.. After a I long debate which continued until nearly midnight, the trustees of the University of North Carolina I In session here tonight, voted a i motion to appoint a committee to 1 further consider ihe proposed j medical college and receive ativ proposition thereon and report ! hack to a general session of the ' trustees on February lo be held I In Raleigh. The committee under the cltair (inaiiship of Dr. H. W. Chase, presl ; dent of the universitv . will hold its lo an 'dry, meeting tomorrow. Report of the special committee appointed hy c.overnor Cameron .Morrison to Investicate the pro posed medical school atid . minor ity report were read to the hoard of trustees of the university In ses sion here tonight The majority report signed by Dr. Chase, president of the univer sity, urged the itablishment of the college at Ch:rpe Hill, pointed out that an appropriation of $1. 250.0(10 for a Iflit-bed hospital would be needed1, and called into consideration the fact that Ihe present two-year course was a fac tor in favor of the additional es tablishment. Edgar I'harr. representative In the House from Mecklenburg County, presented the minority re port which sought, to show the advantages which would accrue to the Slate as a while hy location of the school at Charlotte. The re port set fmt that because of the clinical advantages owln gto Charlotte's position In a field which reached a wide area of Industrial activity, that city would be the moat logical situation. Low mainte nance funds would be a feature, the report said and natural ad vantages could be offered In the way of a site for the school and hospital facilities. .which annually attracts many via- Hons committee had received the Hoi's to Asheville. communication. Senator Borah. Of the ?9 questioned only four Idaho, who recently proposed that n-re found to be in favor of bring- the United States call an Inlerna- , Ins the property inside the cor-1 I porate limits and four wanted , more time to think about th question before making state ( pients. Those seen were unani- mous In their opinion that the Country club Is of grewt value to the city and that its golf link till I a. need that the rlty 1 well do without. Thorns Wadley Raoul. one ft the founders of the Blltmore, PTr- est Club and Interested in the de : velopnient of Albemarle Park, as a fornr owner of the Manor, aid that in his opinion the sur rounding territory could he an nexed In the city without the Asheville Country Club. Thomas S. Rollins said. "V shun!. I take in much oullynik,' icr rltory hut since the Ashevllh) Country Clnh is not a money mak ing machine, does not even pay interest on Investment, II should nol be taken 111 and any further expense added. 1 am opposed . t-i any scheme for bringing the property in." (or-j Ihe President to call sin h a con. fere nee. Horn 1 1 Will h on. Senator Borah ! Hrst Intended J to put forward formallv this pro posal as an amendment to the lima.1 appropriation bill hut with held It on assertion by adminis tration spokesmen that it would embarrass negotiation then pend ing The Idaho Senator said to dav, however, that he hoped to have his amendment ready by Monday and might offer It as an amendment In pending bill, thereby avoiding any delay through hvln It sent lo tha Sen ate calendar. The Foreign Relation Committee made public the letters received from Secretarv Hughe h"l held a confidential the memorandum sr. companylnt them. I' considered ihejn t brief eslon and will meet again tomorrow to take them up In connection with th pending resolution of Senator RnMiwin, Democrat, Arkansas, proposing that the Pulled State send official rep. resentallv. to the reparation com mission. Secrelry Hughes msda clear to the committee that "It haa not been the policy of thla admlnlh Iratlon t" participate In (he fixing of Ihe amount to be paid hy tier many upon reparation claim. " tlrunlng the statu and work of Mr. Fioyrien aj the unofficial ob. server with th commission Mr. Hughea mm ha had Inatriic.ted him not to express any opinion regarding iomMm4 m Pa rwj Doughboys Leave Europe For Their Homeland: Belgians Jn mi-Bid n Ship Brings Soldiers, Their Wives, Children and the Mothers-in-Law. ST. MIHIEL ON WAY TO SAVANNAH, GA. Unknown Belgian Woman Presents Flowers to Mas ter of the Transport. fi THIS ASfnCUTElt rHEMI "In my Judgment it would be a; ANTWKRP, Jan. 25 -Moving terrible mistake to take In the! slowly down the River Scheldt lo- property of the Asheville Country club, It would cripple and em barrass one of Asheville's greatest assets. Instead of hampering the night nn the way home Hhoard the American transport St. Mlhlel Is the last contingent of the troops who represented the United States club it should he encouraged and ihe World War. SEVERAL CITIES WANT THE STATE fH,Klil WTiBM saws Bnsa.t; TABBOBOC'-.H UuiaL ta BROCE t IKK LEY I RALEIGH. Jan. 2S. Voting to j there should he no attempt to fur- ,.,uc.a .v-.,,, ,,,,. , ,,,rr ,ax inose individual helped," were the Htatenients of It H. Mo Duffle. In discussing Ihe proposed in corporation scheme, B. M. Jones said, "I am not a member of the club but I recognize the tremen rlrus benefits It brings to Ashe ville. It would be a serious blun der to add additional expenses lo the cluh. II would lie. of no bene fit to the club to bring It in the city and if .no benefit can accrue to it by Including it, I am opposed to the plan." George H. Wright, In response to the Interrogation said, "I Just bought a lot facing the Countrv Club property and think II should be Included, with other adjacent territory and incorporated, but the Asheville Country flub should not be brought in." Judge R. M. Wells said. "If the Country Club I In territory need ing Incorporating why not incor porate it and then have the city donate th tax. In no rase should an additional burden be imposed upon the stockholders for It Is an asset to die city and thev receive no profit from it." Dr. C. I,. Minor stated, "The Country club I In the main an at traction to strangers and to set to work and lax the efforts of cltlren who are thus bringing tranger here would be nonsense." "The Asheville Countrv Club Is now advertised as a city asset and since the city has nothing Invested ConhnBa w Pot Ttrn hn In nn hour ministers 01 m' -.. -- - of popular discussion of some vital truth, are proved, by their per plexity of dismay, or by their un ,.., i denunciations, never to -. .honeht at all seriously or 1 - I,rh'iir.,ns voting in the tieg deeply about Tlie mosi iiiuiho. question.!.' " In concluding. Dr. Orant said: "I would say exanimo with St Paul .ht -th- Ixird. i- e.s'the Christ of experience) 1 tne spun . ' . I -1 a an eu?8 Brorl m 'n-nd over the previous year, venture to ana me ra.i-.u..y.. his sentence? 'Where the spirit of the Lord i, there i liberty. And H3 a postscript, Dr. Grant added: "In accordance with the ex ample set hy you, I am giving copies of thla letter to the press. BRITISH DEBT CONTINt ES TO CIJMB. REPORT SHOWS LONDON. Jan. 25. An official announcement mad- today on the atatus of the British national debt on Marrhj 31. 122. howt that the debt on that date totalled T. 742.526,147 poiinda sterling. This Increase 01 i.o,i ative and 10 Democrats in ui Urinative. The Republicans were: Beck, Browne, Cooper. Lampe.-t, John M. Nelson and Volgt. of Wis consin: Howell. Kopp snd Sweet, Might I ; of lowa-. James and Woodruff, of Michigan, and Sinclair. 01 Dakota. The Democrat votitrg In h affirmative were: Bland. Deal. Montague and Woods, tf Virgmia who frofiOnr' 011 Peg 7V Salisbury Merchants Get Lots Of $20 Notes But the Trouble Is That the Money Is No Good SALISBL'R V, Jan. 25. Some ""e note bearing Ihe imprint of one passed this way with a hand 'h Federal Reserve Bank of New full of 120 Federal Reserve note I i "I" wi,h the letter and figure and distributed them among local faltered about on the face business men which was com- ,,h ?.ot' Tlie '"' nm''r Is mendable except that the notes i1,1l,1,' Th P,cture of Gro have proven to be counterfeit 1 "r ' '"T11"1 ani1 ,he Printing on Tonight seven of the bogus notes oiurrea appearance, aVd been exhibited to Sheriff Kri- Blanton of Texas; Byrnes and der by Salisbury and Spencer vlo Dominlc'k of Routh Carolina time who got them from Strang Dupre of Louisiana: Fisher, of j era during. Wednesday and Wed- Tennessee, and Lea, of California. ITALY IS REPORTED TO HAVE RATIFIED TREATY LONDON, Jan. 25. A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says the Italian foreign affairs committee had acted favorably on the Washington naval treaty, which will be discussed by the chamber of deputies February 8. The dispatch adds that ratifica tion of the treaty is certain. the entire bill looking aa though it naa Deen treated in oil. A dla sected bill shows that It la com posed of two sheet of paper past- nesdav nla-ht. In each Instance "ogemer and between them Is the stranger would make a small a layer of lint which ahow purchase usually from a drug I through and give the appearance store or filling station and tender ' loose colored threads euch aa the $20 bill, receiving around $19 are woven Into the genuine bills. In perfectly good change. The bogus Is a fraction shorter The latest operation reported than the genuine bill, wa at 10 o'clock lat night when Thee counterfeits are similar to Mr. Yarhorough. keeper of the j on described in a warning bul Yadkin River toll bridge, got one lelin sent out by th poslofflce de of the notes from three men who partment under date of January were arnfna- north In an automo-1 th. This bulletin also describes a bile 1$10 bogus 'note that is In rlrcula.- marriage book, slgnetd by Chap- The counterfeit is a Federal Re-' tion. -irmi4 - r... iw The troops arrived here thla morning from the Cobtenjs bridge head and embarked on the trans port, which Btarted her voyage for Savannah at fi:20 o'rlork thla aft ernoon. With soldiers lining her rails the transport cast off her lines from the Siberia Dock. The doughboys sang farewell songs and shouted greetings of goodbye, while groups of friends ashore standing In the dim light of the early darkness, waved their Hdleux. The formal ceremony of depar ture took place at 4:40 o'clock, when a company of the Twentv Slxth Belgian Infantry, with lis band, lined up alongside the St. Mlhlel. The hand played the Bel gian and the American national anthems. Minister of War Deveae, accompanied by General Jacques, representing King Albert, and the burgomaster of Antwerp, Dr. Frani van Cauwelaert, boarded the trans port where they were received by the captain of the St. Mlhlel, W. T. Oliver; Col. Walter T. Bates, of the Eighth Infantry, and the Ameri can consul, George S. Messer-: smith. Appropriate speeches were ex changed in the main cabin of the vessel. In his address, M, Deveze expressed Belgium's devotion to the United State. Final cere mony wa one of many attending the farewell of thee, the last of the American soldiers In Europe. The St. Mihlel was decked In of ficial fligs. with the American Jack forward, the efficiency flag of the United States Army Trans port Service ut the main, the Bel gian flag at the foremast and the American flag on the staff aft. Taken From An I'nkirrmn. Among the many tokena of af fection presented the departing soldiers was a most modest one from an unknown woman. Timid ly she left a bouquet of flowers In the bridge cabin of Captain Oliver. It was not In her own name, she said, but on behalf of the humble people of Belgium who never could forget the aid the Americans had rendered during the war-time need. Interest on board ship centered around the wives and children of soldiers who had exercised their constitutional right to marry. Gathering on the poop deck of the St. Mlhlel they formed an attrac tive group. Many of the women were unusually comely. One couple reached the ship only after some tribulation. Prl-1 vat Hals Bailey, of Maine, mar ried a girl Jut before the troop train left Coblenx. Hie bride de rided that ahe did not desire tn proceed to the'l'nlted State Im mediately. Bailey gave her the Governor Orders Troops To Guard Negro Defendant RALB1GH, Jan. 26. Fol lowing request from Solicitor J. A. Powers, of Klnston, Gover nor Morrison tonight, ss a precautionary meaaure. ordered three aquads of the Goldsboro Company of the National Guard to Klnslon to guard James Mil ler, who Is on trial for murder of John Sutton, well known white planter. The verdict of the Jury Is expected tomorrow and It was lesrned here that threats had been current In the Klnslon section against, the negro In the event that he should be acquitted or that a. verdict less than first degree murder be returned. D1LLARD DEMANDS ACTION BY POWER CONCERN IN WEST Representative Says Two Power concerns Should Be Run Out of State. omiBH kiwi aoaaao TAB'oaooas S'srsi f BltOCM liUUl'J RALEIGH, Jan. 25. Repre senting the "sovereign people of the county of Cherokee," in an appeal to the General Aaaembly to rid them of "the octopus that Is In the way" of a great power development. Representative J. H. Dlllard poured out hie own wrath and the evident wrath of his con stituents upon the official heads of the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company st the committee hear ing this afternoon on the hill to repeal the company's charter. The Cherokee Representative made an extraordinarily Interest ing hearing out of a dull and dry subject bv the vlgorousness of his attack and the sharp, unsparing us)aof language. He recited what he declared to be the power company hlatory fnom 1909 when the legislature granted It a charter that "confer red almost every power under the tin except to bury the dead and marry ami divorce the living" to thi day when the good people cf Cherokee were appealing to the General Assembly to rid them of the "ortupua," and let aome com pany get In thjt would really de velop their water power. He wanted the charter repealed and the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company run out of the State and when the . committee auggested that legislation be enacted fore-i do not display their apprehension ing II 10 gel nuny in ueveiopineni VJ2 Strike of Railroad Men in.' Ruhr Section Is De- ? clared Successful. i crowdsInIessen ! ? BECOMINGJUGLIER Fritz Thyssen and His Fellow Industrial Mag- nates Are "Welcomed." j (ST rW 4BOCUTB0 rssxi) All of the elemsnta ualialll cited as contributory causes olj i open war exist in the Ruhr Valley.) I The German populations wrought1 up by the presence of the French., i and Belgians, their hstrad cosn- f tuated hy ihe arrest and convle- , Hon of the Industrial leaders., J have carried out demonstrations) j of a violent nature t various!, , centers of the Ruhr and the oncu-t j pylng forces have placed thalr , machine guns. 7Ss and weapons j of larger calibre t atrtegloj 1 points, for the purpose. If neces-j ssry, of overcoming realatanc that appear to be no longer pas sive, but extremely ctlve. The return of Frits Thyssen th j Duesaeldorf and then to Esse 04 wa made the occasion ot re- . markable demonstrations, n which French os.va.lry and . foott soldiers were called Into otlon.i There was some firing; by the mil!' tary, although the Frepcb ar uo. der order not to use their rifles.; unless, attacked. . - The railroad strike ' la traost complete; the roada ar tied up, for tha present and traffic of lll 1 kinds 1 In m state ot suspension.)'. While the French "are sending ln- J to Ruhr rallwe.j-tnesr end Aiawar an wnw, ana pretn to .have the verlos nubile. 1 serv ice m operation without gTMt loss,' i of time. ,- . . - M. . LeTrooqner. tha French minister of public 'works and Gen era I. Weygand,, Marshal Foch's chief of staff, are on the spot and military measures of a sterner na ture are threatened If the recal citrant spirit of the Germans con-1 tlsue. , ' ,.1, i.i-.j'i.:; While M. LeTrooquer declared' st - I uesseldorf that "France 1 here to stay until she gets com-': plete satisfaction from Germany," j Dr. Herms. the German minister I of finance, In Introducing the bud- ( get in the Reichstag, at Berlin an- j nounced that Oermany was firmly I resolved to resort to every means at her disposal to . fruatrate tha alma of the policy of violence 1 which was being pursued against 1 her. 1 The boatmen on the Rhine have j gone on strike. River traffic la at I a standstill. " , , f ttr thb 4BsonuTto rmest) ESSEN, Jan. 2R Essen la tha trnter of the agitation. Thousands assembled at the railroad station and alan In front of the coal syndi cate offices today and proclaimed Frltx Thyssen as a second Bis marck. Temporarily at least the demnnatrntlons were confined to the singing of patrlntlo songs and tha ahouting of "hochs" Inter mingled with epithets of reproba tion against the French. T:e populace, however, Is in a bad mood and aome small Incidents might set off this powder maga xlne. The French have taken all necessary measures for stern re pression. Bstterles of 75's and lBB's of the SJrd Army Corps sur rounding the city are posted tn commanding positions. Essen hat been divided into inviolable aonea to the French artillery because of the . presence of French ofllclala and citizens In these partcul sections. All the rest of tie city I under the French guns which are capable of destroying It In ease of Serious organized resistance. There waa great jubilation at the station on the arrival of tha train and mighty cheers and pop ular songs greeted them and fol lowed them to their homes and hotels. Th French guards, be lieving themselves menaced, sum moned reinforcements, planted machine guns In the main en 11 area and took poasesslon ol the lobby of the Hotel Kalserhof. which to night, resembles an arsenal, while two companies of French dra goon are guarding the adjacent 1 square. There was another noisy dem onstration In front of the post office but no conflicts. The atmos phere continues electrical, and the temper of the civilian crowds Is more hostile than at any time since the beginning of the occu pation. RrSSIA V PRESS STILL SHOWS SIGNS OF WORRT (By THI A3BOCUTB0 tKBStt MOSCOW, Jan. 25. The Rus sian press continues to warn Po land and the public that Ruaala mhjht be drawn Into a European war If Poland attacks Germany. But higher government officials 1 1 - 5 il work, Mr. Dlllard charged that such legislation wa passed in 1913. "That was the stone you gave my people when they aaked you for bread." he charged. Charging that tha company had allowed it lands to be sold for taxes and that It had been In the receivership. . he asserted that "they were dead aa a mummy ex- ICaaiBw4 Bfff Tarn FRAXCE NOT PLEASED " " WITH NEWSPAPER REPORTS PARTS. Jan. 25. An - official communique says the cabinet to day discussed what measures it should take with reference tn "false nfwa of foreign origin con cerning the Allied action in tha Ruhr. Inquiries in official quarters this trials bi f em r. Nil
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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