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1 A PAGES 1 TODAY WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, rPS 0 f i ill .... . . - - V . PUBLISHED AT "CHARLOTTE, THE METROPOLIS OF THE CAROLINAS" f- - PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHARLOTTE, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1917. ' FOUNDED 1869 w ' - 1 RESIDENT WILSON PROPOSES WORLD CONCERT OF POWER GO-OPERATIDN OF STOCK EXCHANGE IS PROMISED To Expedite 'Leak' Probe by House Rules Committee. INQUIRY RESUMES TODAY Investigators Reiterate Their De termination to Get at Heart of the Leak Rumors. New York, Jan. 22. Co-operation of leading New York financiers and stock exchange officials in an effort to expedite the "leak" investigation was promised the House Rules Committee tonight when It arrived here from Washington preparatory to resuming its inquiry tomorrow. Transactions on the exchange for the three days beginning December 19 when, rumor has it, persons in posses sion of advance information that President Wilson's peace note was coming, profited greatly, are to be explained by officials of the exchange. The first witness before the com mittee, it was said tonight, probably will be H. O. 8. Noble, president of the exchange. He has not been sub poenaed. Sherman L. Whipple, counsel to the committee, and Representative Patten, a Democratic member of the commit tee, conversant with the stock ex change, were In conference with sev eral prominent Wall Street figures to day. Reiteration of the committee's de termination to "get. to me nearv ui the leak rumors" came light from all sides. Collateral Issues will be ignored until all available Informa tion regarding the so-called "leak" on the note of December 21 and the al leged resultant profits have been ob tained. Indications also are that Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, will be kept In the background for the present, at least. Persons In the confidence of the committee, expressed the view Wat 3ir. Ulwwn mronuj ui u- fled a good deal" and that he would not be recalled to the witness stand soon if at all in' the same connection It was said that Mrs. Ruth Thomason Viscontl, of Washington, whom Lawson says told him "Secretary Tumulty and oth ers" profited by the "leak," probably will not be called here. Among the Important witnesses summoned are J. P. Morgan, Frank A. Vanderlip, Jules S. Bache and Pliny Fisk. Hearing is to begin at 10 a. m. to morrow at the customs house. B'NAI B'RITH CONDEMNS IMMIGRATION MEASURE Richmond, Va., Jan. 22. Resolu tions adopted unanimously by Grand Lodge No. 5, Independent Order of B'Nal B'Rlth, In forty-third annual convention here' today, condem the immigration bill that has been passed by the .United States Senate as "un American" and memorialize members of Congress to oppose its passage In the House. Adoption of the resolution followed a spirited debate In which practically all of the fire was directed against the literacy test. The convention held two business sessions, the secretary and treasurer reporting the order to be in a flour ishing condition in the six Southern States that form the fifth district. Two business meetings tomorrow will conclude the convention. COLLEGE HEAD UPHOLDS ATHLETICS IN SCHOOLS Special to The Observer. Fayetteville. Jan. 22. Dr. Walter W. Moore, president of Union Theo logical Seminary of Richmond, preached In the First Presbyterian Church of this city 'twice yesterday. AFthe morning service, in the course of a Bible story founded on the re volt of Absalom and the two young athletes. Ahimaas and Jonathan, who cept during the discussion of the oil raced to warn David of-his danger, lands question, the door to his of -Dr. Moore advocated athletic train- nee was left open, and visitors were in for young men but deprecated the t treated to the unusual spectacle of length to which it is carried in the 1 a President actively at work In pub- colleges. At night he preached a strong ser mon on the Bible as the Book of Books. SALISBURY FAIR TO BE HELD LATE IN OCTOBER Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Jan. 22. The Peoples fair In Salisbury will be held this year the fourth week In October and not the last of November , as an nounced along with the dates an nounced for the fairs in this section of the State yesterday. William James, secreary of the local fair met with 'the fair secretaries In Greens- boro Saturday but he did not agree to the late date. On the contrary he withdrew his fair from the circuit and it wiTT be held as an Independent fair at about the same date as last year. TWO TRIED FOR INSANITY IN SALISBURY COURT Specral to The Observer. Salisbury, Jan. 22. The county court had before It today two men' charged with insanity. One, a white man from Landis, had shot at a man several times for teasing him, but all- shots were wild. The other, a young negro, was caught peeping In houses era have been sent to the county audi Xn South Churchjjtreet .last n.'Bhtrt,orto be included in the taxable prop The negro was" allowed to go aria " erty forthe'comtng"year. This will Judgment in the white man's case was increase the school revenues for the suspended for 0 days. district by mora than $100, 7 TILLMAN'S COMMENT ON PRESIDENT'S UTTERANCE Washington, D. C Jan. 22. The-", iLartling and the noblest UttC,4,iee that has fallen from human lips since the Declaration of Independence," saM Senator Till man. of South Carolina, today vvut the President's message. "The program he maps out for our country Is a giant's stride In inter national comity, and It took a giant to make 1U. It la the very quintes sence of free, self-government, dis tilled and double-distilled. I could see In my mind's eye the spirit of democracy hovering over his head as he spoke.' "It Is very Utopian," said Senator Overmann. "I have thought for a lone time that It might be a good thing if It could be accomplished." LITTLE FIGHTING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ON ANY WAR FRONT J e Even in Rumania, the Belliger ents Are Virtually at a Stand stillArtillery Duel? in the West. e In an address to the United States Senate, President Wilson has made known the things he considers necessary to a lasting peace at the conclusion of the present war. In outlining his Ideas, the President suggested virtually a world-wide "Monroe Doctrine," in which he said the United States could not withhold Its participation. In none of the war zones is any fighting of great moment In progress. Even in Rumania the belligerents are virtually at a standstill there having been only minor engagements on various sectors. Isolated attacks and counter attacks have taken place In Rus sia, in region of Frledrlchstadt, Baranovltchl and Kovel, without either side attaining any" import ant results. Operations carried out by raid ing parties and reciprocal bom bardments continue to feature the fighting on the Western front. Artillery activity is still quite spirited at various points In the region of Verdun and In the Vosges Mountains near Cha pelotte. A Berlin wireless dispatch says radio distress signals picked up at Rotterdam reported a British transport with 1.800 men on board had struck a mine in the English Channel and wiUT sink- tng. No confirmation of this has been received. PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES ANOTHER NEW CUSTOM Will Co Frequently to Room in Capitol to Discuss Legislation With Members of Congress. Washington, Jan. 22. Determined If possible to have his legislative pro gram completed during the present session of Congress, President' Wll- I son today Inaugurated a new custom of going frequently to his room In the Capitol for detailed discussions of pending bills with members of the Senate and House. He has made ten tative plans for spending at least an hour three times a week at the Capi tol instead of seeing members of Con gress at the White House. The measures on which the Presi dent laid Btress In his talks today were the railroad bills, the vocational education measure, the general leas ing and water power bills, the Porto Rico bill and revenue legislation. A possible hitch was revealed when a group of Western Senators told the President the belief was general that no action on the genera44easing and waterpower bills could be . secured unless the Navy Department com promised in its opposition to the Phe Ian amendment to the leasing meas ure to relieve private operators on oil lands within naval reserves. The President said he was investigating the subject Secretary Daniels has been steadfast in his opposition to the Phelan proposal. Returning, to the White House for lunch after delivering his address" to the Senate on peace, Mr. Wilson went back to the Capitol and bean seeing Senators and Representatives and . delegations in quick succession. Ex- lic. DISTRESS SIGNALED BY BRITISH TRANSPORT Berlin, Jan. 22. Via Sayville. Wireless distress signals froiri a Brit ish transport with 1,800 soldiers on board which had struck a mine and was sinking in the British channel, were received in Rotterdam last night, according to reports from that city, says the Overseas News Agency. GUARDS BEING DRILLED. Rock Hill. S. C. Jan. 22. Cant. Lindsay McFadden, of Company H, I First South Carolina Regiment is holding weekly drills, with the view of getting the company in fine shape I for the inspection, which occurs early in February. A number of recruits have signed up since the company re turned from the border service and ef forts are being made to have the men thoroughly understand their duties be fore inspection. MISSING DOGS UNEARTHED. Rock Hill, S. C. Jan. 22. The trus tees of the Rock Hill school, district j have been taking a census of the dogs and find that mora than 200 canines were not listed for county taxation I last year. The names of all dog own- GERMAN CONSUL GIVEN SENTENCE IN PENITENTIARY Bopp Must Serve Three Years and Pay $10,000 in Fines. LIKE SENTENCES FOR AIDES First Time in History of Country That Foreign Consul Has Been Sentenced to Prison. San Francisco, Jan. 22. For the first time in the history of the Uni ted States a foreign consul general, Franz Bopp, one of three consuls general of Germany In this country, was sentenced today to prison and payment of a fine for violation of American neutrality. Judge Hunt, in the United States District Court, sen tenced Bopp to two years in the Fed eral prison at McNeil's Island, Wash ington; one year in the county Jail, and assessed an aggregate fine of $10,000 against him, the prison and Jail terms to run concurrently. Three of Bopp's aides, Vice Consul E. H. von Schack, Lieut. Gen. Wil helm von Brlncken and C. C. Crow ley, a war-time secret agent, received like sentences. Mrs. Margaret W. Cornell, Crowley's secretary was giv en concurrent prison and Jail sen tences of one year and one day and of one year without flnes.N Bopp and the four others were convicted by a Federal jury on January 11 of con spiring to violate American neutrality by setting afoot a military enterprise against Canada in aid of Germany and of conspiring to violate the Sher man law by dynamiting munitions ships in interstate commerce. The first is a felony for which all except Mra Cornell, received the maximum prison sentence. The second is a misdemeanor and the defendants, ex cept Mrs. Cornell, received the maxi mum sentence. Judge Hunt gava the defense 80 days to perfect an appeal to the Uni ted States Circuit Court of Appeals and ha fixed ball for Bopp and von Schack at $10,000. They had been free since indictments were returned last March, on their recognizance. guaranteed by the German Embassy. The defense, It Is said, will center their appeal upon the military enter prise conspiracy conviction, setting up that Crowley's alleged plans to dynamite munition ships and trains in Canada did not constitute a "mili tary enterprise." 'BLUE SKY' LAWS OF THREE STATES UPHELD - Far-Reaching Decisions by Su preme Court Affects Similar Laws in Many States. Washington, Jan. 22. So-called "blue sky" laws of Ohio, Michigan and Soufji Dakota regulating the sale of securities and designed to bar get-rich-quick schemes, were upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court today in far-reaching decisions af fecting similar laws in twenty-six States. Justice McKehna handed down the opinions of the court to which Jus tice McTteynolds alone dissented. They admit that such statutes may curb and burden legitimate business, para mount to the police power of States to protect their citizens from fraud. Federal Court injunctions suspending enforcement of the laws are dis solved. WITH PUBLICATION OF PRIVATE LETTERS Relating to War Contracts, Wm. J. Burns and Manager for J. P. Morgan Are Charged. New York, Jan. 22. Testimony was Introduced late today at the trial of William J. Burns, a detective, and Martin Egan, publicity manager for J. P. Morgan & Co., charged with publishing private letters relating to war contracts taken from the office of Seymour '& Seymour, patent at torneys, to substantiate charges that "inside" information of the Morgan firm's business with the French and British Governments had reached the German Embassy at Washington. A brief tile on behalf of Burns and Egan involved a Washington lawyer who was characterized as a friend of Count von Bernstorff, German Am bassador, and who Inter in the trial was said to be John Clifton. DEPUTY SHERIFF DIES AT SALu.-..., HOME Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Jan. 22. Rufus P. Rose man, aged 73, died today at his home on South Fulton street For many years, Mr. Roseman was a deputy sheriff and jailer and was well-known throughout the county. For" some time he had lived a retired life. Six children survive. The funeral will be conducted from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and the Interment will be at Chestnut Hill. SALISBURY IN MOVIES. ' Salisbury, Jan. 22. Salisbury is to be shown in moving pictures for the first time, arrangements having been completed and definite announcement made by the Chamber of Commerce. Represenum'esor"thrTEmp!reFnm Company are already . here , to look arter tne taKtng, or the pictures. r NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPEARS BEFORE SENATE TO DISCUSS FOREIGN RELATIONS ft swvv ,- ;, ,-...;. , ,. V J ' Sit " vV 7 PRESIDENT WOO TEXT OF ADDRESS ON AMERICA'S . Utterance Whose Delivery Set Aside Customs and Precedent of a Century,4 anWhfch DrewFfom"5eTia as 'Startling 'Staggering 'Astounding' and 'Noblest Utter ance From Human Lips Since the Declaration of Independ ence.' In his address before the Senate Monday, In which he discussed Amer ica's world relations after the end of the present European war. President Wilson said: "Gentlemen of the Senate On the 18th of December last, I addressed an Identic note to the Governments of the Nations at war requesting them to state more definitely than they had yet been stated by either group of bel ligerents, the terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peace. I spoke on behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neutral Nations like bur own, many of whose most vital Interests the war puts in constant jeopardy. The Central Powers united In a reply which stated merely that they were -ready to meet their antag onists In conference to discuss terms of peace. The Entente Powers have replied much more definitely, and have stated, in general terms, indeed, but with sufficient deflniteness (o im ply details, the arrangements, guaran tees, and acts of reparation which they deem to be the Indispensable con ditions of a satisfactory settlement. We are that much' nearer a definite discussion of peace which shall end the present war. We are that much nearer the discussion of the Interna tional concert which must thereafter hold the world at peace. In every dls cussion of the peace that must end this war. It Is taken for, granted that that peace must be followed by some defi nite concert of power which will make it virtually impossible that any such catastrophe should ever overwhelm us again. Every lover or mankind, ev ery sane and thoughtful man must take that for granted. Common Responsibility. "I have sought this opportunity to address you because I thought that I owed it to you, as the council asso ciated with me in the final determina tion of our international obligations, to disclose to you without reserve the thought and purpose that have been taking form In my mind in regard to mo uuiy vi wui UV..UII.1.UI wiea , i J0-J0 SAYS ... , . , . , , Rain. followed by clear and colder; fair Wednesday. '":'. " rsUsrs--weTTo the little things. It is easier to dodge an elephantthan -a microbe. f 11 U 1 1 1 I I El 3 K 4 f - i 1 . Vk.'-'.j- COPVUIOMT UMOIOWOOO UNDlftWQOO, H..V ROW WILSON. BEFORE SENATE WORLD RELATIONS i days to come when it will be neces sary to lay afresh and upon a new plan the foundations of peace among the Nations. "It is Inconceivable that the people of the United States should play no part in that great enterprise. To take part in such a service will be the op portunity for which they have sought to prepare themselves by the very principles and purposes of their polity and their approved practices of their Government ever since the days when they set up a new Nation In the high auu uuuuiauio uvyv uwi 11. 11UH lit. Ill all that It was and did, show mankind the way to liberty. They cannot, in honor, withhold the service to which they are now about to be challenged. They do not wish to withhold It. But they owe It to themselves and to the other Nations of the world to state the conditions under which they feel free to render it "That service Is nothing less than this: To add their authority and their power to the authority and force of other Nations to guarantee peace and justice throughout the world. Such a settlement cannot now long be post poned. It is right that before it comes this Government should frankly for mulate the conditions upon which It would feel justified in asking our peo ple to approve its formal and solemn adherence to a league for peace. I am here to attempt to state those con ditions. War Must End First "The present war must first be end ed; but we owe it to candor and to a just regard for the opinion of man kind to say that so far as our par ticipation in guarantees of future peace is concerned, It makes a great deal of difference In what way and upon what terms it Is ended. The trea ties and agreements which bring It to an end must embody terms which will create a peace that is worth guaran teeing and preserving, a peace that will win the approval of mankind, not merely a peace that will serve the several Interests and immediate alms of tne Nations engaged.- We shall I have no voice in determining what those terms shall be, but we shall, I feel sure, have a voice In determining whether they shall be made lasting or not try the guarantees of a univer sal covenant; and our judgment upon what Is fundamental and essential as a condition precedent to permanency should be spoken now, not afterwards when it may be too late. "No covenant of co-operative peace An- inrlui!" the peoples of the new world can suffice to keep the ... .a : 4a.it againxt war; and yet there ; Is only one sort of peace that the peo ples or America couia join in guaran teeing. The elements of that peace must be elements that engage the con fidence and satisfy the principles of the American Governments, elements consistent with their political faith and the practical eonvictions which the peoples of America have once for all' embraced and undertaken to de fend. Most Be a Guarantee. -"I do not mean to say that any American Government would throw any obstacle in the way "of any terms of peace the Governments now at war might agree upon, or seek to upset i them when made, whatever they might be. I only take It for granted j that mere terms of peace between the ! belligerents will not satisfy even the belligerents themselves. Mere agree- J ments :nay not maka peace secure. It wn) be absolutely necessary that a ' force be created as a guarantor of the the settlement so much ; 1 (Continued on Page Two.) IKE E DOCTRINE, SAYS IN For First Time in More Than a Century, President Appears Be fore Senate to Discuss the Nation's Foreign Relations, by So Doing Amazing and Bewildering Congress and Foreign Diplo Declares That Lasting Peace in Europe Cannot Be a Peace of Victory for Either Side, and That Peace Must Be Followed by Definite Concert of Powers to Assure the World that Ca tastrophe of War Shall Not Overwhelm It Again Whether United States Shall Enter World Peace League and Thus Abandon Traditional Policy of 'No Entangling Alliances' Is Put Squarely Up to Congress. Washington, Jan. 22. Whether the United States shall enter a world peace league and, as many contend, thereby abandon Its traditional policy of Isolation and no entangling alliances was laid squarely before Congress and the country today by President Wil son in a personal address to the Senate. For the first Ume In more than a hundred years, a President of the United States appeared in the Senate chamber to discuss the Na tion's foreign relations after the manner of Washington, Adams and Madison. The effect was to leave Congress, all official quar ters and the foreign diplomats amazed and bewildered. Imme diately there arose a sharp divis ion of opinion over the propriety as well as the substance of the President's proposal. "Startling," "staggering." "as tounding,' "the noblest utterance that has fallen from human lips since the Declaration of Indepen dence" were among the expres- -laaa f Benatw-. The-President " himself, after hla address, said: "I have said what everybody has been longing for and has thought impossible. Now it ap pears to be possible.. Chief Point of Address. The chief points of the Presi dent's address were: That a lasting peace In Eu rope cannot be peace of victory for either side. . That peace most be foliowea by a definite concert of power to assure the world that no catas trophe of war shall overwhelm it again. m That hi such a concert of pow ers, the United States cannot withhold its participation to guar antee peace and Justice through out the world. And that before a peace as made the United States Govern- ment shoo Id frankly formulate the conditions upon which it M J tnatiflml In aokln- the American people for their formal and solemn adherence. "It la clear to every man who thinks." 'the President told the 8enate. "that there is In this promise no breach In either our traditions and our policy as a Na tion, but a fulfillment rather of all that we have professed or striven for. World Doctrine. "I am proposing, as It were, that the Nations should with one accord, adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world; that no Nation should seek to extend Its policy over any other Nation or people, but that every people should be left free to determine Its own policy, its own way of develop ment, unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid, the little along with the great and powerful. "I am proposing that all Nations henceforth avoid entangling al liances which would draw them into competitions of power, catch them In a net of Intrigue and selfish rivalry, and disturb their own affairs with influence in truded from without. There Is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. When all unite to act In the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common In terest and are free to live their own lives under a common pro tection. "I am proposing Government by the consent of the governed; that freedom of the seas which In international conference after conference representatives of the United States have urged with the eloquence of those who are the convined disciples of liberty; and that moderation of armaments which makes of armies and na vies a power for order merely, not an Instrument of aggression or of selfish violence. ' These are American principles, American policies. We could stand for no others. And they are also the principles and policies of forward-looking men and women everywhere of every modern Na tion, of every enlightened com munity. They are the principles of mankind and must prevail. While the President was speak ing, copies of his address had been forwarded to American dlp plomats in all the belligerent countries for the information of the foreign offices, and were being prepared for " representatives of neutral Governments here. Possible Move for Peace. Back of the fundamental pro posal for some sort of Interna tional sanction for preservation' of the future peace of the world. . now already accepted In principle by both sets of belligerents in their replies to President Wil- Cx,tw vscw wrtj" tw Ity which the Presidea today - openly, expressed. that thereby DOCTRINE I PRESIDENT; III LEAGUE AGAINST 1 may be laid the groundwork upon -which an approach may be made , to an end of the present conflict In public utterances, the Prea- :, ident has hitherto expressed the -conviction that the present was -the last great war in which the United States could be a neutral; that it no longer could remain In the position of being "half in and half out" of world affairs. In referring, to future guaran- . tees of peace today, the President -said: - "The present war must first be ended, but we owe it to candor and to just regard for the opin ion of mankind, to say that so far -as our participation In guarantees . of future peace is concerned,, it ' makes a great deal of d1 "Terence in what wsy and upon what term it is ended. ... "No convenant of co-operative peace that does not Include the ' peoples of the new world can '" . suffice to keep the future safe ,. -against war and yet there Is only one sort of peace that the people of America could Join in guaran teeing. The elements of that peace must be the elements that engage the confidence and satisfy the principles of the America Governments, element consistent . with their political faith and with the practical convictions which the peoples of America hare , once for all embraced and under- . taken to defend." Warning to Old World. From this utterance all the President's hearers drew the com- l moo conclusion that he was hold- lng out to the Old World a warn- ing that if It would command the r potent influence of the new for -the future peace of all, the settle- ment of the war must Involve ' concession and sacrifice, equality of rights, freedom of the seas, and in his own words "Inviolable security of life, of worship and of industrial and social develop . ment to all peoples who have lived hitherto under the power of Governments devoted to , a faith and purpose hostile ' to' their own." He specifically men tioned that the statesmen of all a) the belligerents bar agreed that . there should be "a united, lade- 4 pendent and autonomous Poland." but his words were construed to apply to Alsace-Lorraine, 'Bel- glum, the Balkans. . the Italian portions of Austria and the mixed -nationalities of the Balkans as -well. . Some of the Senators whe dls- agreed with the President openly , referred to this portion of his ad dress as "an attempt to parcel out Europe" and an interference In"i the affairs of the Eastern Hemla- , phere. ; Sent Abroad Week Ago. : President Wilson's address was . sent to American diplomats in . the belligerent countries last-. Monday, two days . before the United States received the note from Minister Balfour, of the . British Foreign Office, topple- -mentlng the Entente reply to his peace note, and on the same day ' that German Foreign Minister Zimmerman declared it was lm- possible for the Central Powers to " openly lay down their terms. The President's address was Intended as an open message to' the world of the conditions under " which he would urge the United States to enter a world federation" to guarantee future peace. There , is nothing in the address or in the Instructions accompanying its presentation that will of itself necessitate an answer, according to the Administration view but " some response nevertheless Is ex- pected from both groups of be I ligerents. Fear of a "leak surrounded the sending of the address abroad with such secrecy as has seldom . - been equalled in the State Depart- -ment. Only President Wilson. Secretary Lansing and the men . who transmitted It are known definitely to have .been aware ' of it Expect Indignation. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing expect the present move will provoke indignation in the . foreign press, much as was tbe ease with the President's original -note, of December IS. , They feel that in a statement ef position as full as the President's, both sides -may feel they have been unjustly attacked and as a result they look for a bitter outburst in tha mora violent 'press.'' ".- . t Officials also expect antagonism in this country to any abandon ment of the traditional policy of American isolation. It has be n felt in the highest quarters for -some time that no such funda mental change in American foe- . sign policy could -be tak (Continued en Pag Two.)
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