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1MJE WlITCTUrs-SALEM JOLKINAJj Thursday Morning, January 4, 1917 STANDARDS OF WIDELY. M BUT THERE ARD WHICH HAS ED AND THAT IS IN vr r " ' Fashion Park and Alco Clothes YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THE GARMENTS ARE DEPENDABLE IN EVERY ITEM. WEAR THEM- YOU CAN WEAR NONE BETTER. :4 Cook-Mitchell Co. "The Style Shop" MEASURES MUST BE PASSED BEFORE TENTH OP JANUARY (Continued From Page One.) mical disbursement of funds on Rob eson county; relating to a special bond issue in resiBeboro: provide for the registration of voters absent from the voting places on election day; amend the Hope 'Mills school law. Senate Committee The following committees for the Senate were announced as assigned by Lieutenant Governor elect unruner, in conference with Lieutenant Governor Dughtridge: AaTircutture -Davenport. Holder- Saes, Everett, Gaugh. Brock, Kelly, hie, Barnhardt, Matherson, Transou, BpmwH. I Apprcrpriation Holderness, Gray, 'Dvsrett, Turner, Brenlzer, Bennett, Comfort m jOnderwear rWB BEUEVE FOR THE tlBOFEBSroNMi M A N raSNKER, MERCHANT OR itNYiMANlfmOSE DUTIES KEEP HIM INDOORS A RSRGE PART OF THE TIME Duofold Underwear" WILL GIVE HIM THE UT MOST OF COMFORT AND PROTECTION. LET US EX PLAIN TO YOU THE WHYS Fd WHEREFORES OF TTfl S GRE AT UNDER. WEAR. IT PAYS TO FOLLOW THE ARROW jLiUl- v -J W-.t n . ( '0' ' c5 - lJ fl 5M EE . 1 I I VALUE VARY t I IS ONE NEVER VARI VALUE Bunn, Nelson, Ray, Matheson,' Linn, Gurgwyn and Pollock. . Banking and Currency Harrlll, Gray, Matheson, Johnson, Holdernosa, Pollock, Cameron, Hall. Claims Johnson, Davenport, Rose, Burnett, Kelly, Transou, Ray, Bren lzer, Hall. Rules Linn, McNIder, Allen, Long, of Almance, Gray, Bennett, . Bunn, Gough, Williams. Commerce Barnett, Gough, Ever ett, Transou, Matheson, Bennett, Johnson, Nelson, Deweese. Distribution of Governor's Message Transou, Gough, Bunn, Blue, Thomp son,- Nelson, Matheson, Burnett, Bras well. . - .-... Education Gates, Everett, Long, of Almance, Gough, Turner, Mathe son, Mcnldor, Bunn, Harding, Tuck er, McCoin, Deweese. Corporation Commission Cranjner, Ray, Gray Turner, Lin, B.lue, Scales, Long, of Alamance, McCoin, Gates, Harding. Gough, Jones. Corporation Harding, Long. of Halifax, Bergwyn, Person, Ppllock, Allen. Oatoa, Bunn, Barnhardt, Bren lzer, Cameron, Joyce. Congressional amendments Ben nett, Person, Allen,- Brock, Justice, Long.- of Alamance, McCoin, Polock, Tucker, Williams. - - Constitutional amendments War ren, McNIder, Long, of Halifax, Hard ing, Allen, Jones, Nelson,Johnson, Harrlll, Person, Hall. Counties, cities and towns Bunn, Gough, Allen, Long of Almance Tuck er Tfansou, Thompson, Burgwyn, Parker. First Day In The1 House Alex. Lassiter, principal clerk, rap ped for order In the House at noon and the opening prayer was offered by Rev. Right C. Moore, editor of the; STAND. I0 Biblical Recorder was extremely unlikely that he would Associate Justice W. A. HoK'T as submit to having persons forced up introduced to the memtNjrs and the' on his personal n'aff. He added that administering of the oath ' of office proceeded at once, grauoa of 12 rep resentatives each beinc called, to the speawer's desk at a time to take the oath. Now and again there whs a member who preferred to mertiy af firm with up-raised hail, lnwewd of the usual swearing on the Holy Bltle. Other than this the "bwearlng pro ceeded without special incident an J required more than two hours. Wilson the Patrtacn Representative George WV Wilson of Transylvania Is found to lie the I'atrlach of the House. He first serv ed in the House tn 1875 and has been returned to both the House and the Senate at dlffjnt times since. He talks fluetitiy" of the old carpet bag days and th bond Issues that stirred then and have given as much trouble since. The constitu tional conventions and the stirring election of 1S76 are as but yester day to. him. He talked today of James E. Shepherd and A. C. Avery, Inter .members of the Supreme Court, and Joe Turner as his colleagues in the legislature of 1875. Ihirham Lobby 1 Durham gave the legislature their first atorm of -lobby work through .ii .' i.elrgntlon here to press through the Legislature a local bill to amend the charter, allowing the municipali ty to epend more, money .on the streets. Murphy Nomlnuted With 120 members present, Henry A. Page was recognized to nominate Walter Murphy for Bpeaksr. This he did in a brief and complimentary speech lie was followed by Repre sentative' Frltchard, who for the Re publicans nominated J. R. MeCrary of Davidson as speaker, these fol lowing the caucus nominations of the!" peMlemon last night. In as suring the Democratic members that I the Uepublican minority would in no -sense he an obstructing factor in t-if ioiiisl.ition. Mr. Pritchard told the House that his party had possibly , in the past been, too partisan. He j won applause for a high tribute to North Crrqiinlans without regard to I party who have won eminence In COURT OF INQUIRY CENSURES LONDON SOCIETY WOMAN (Continued from page One) who aided the Cornwall!-Wests' In securing Barrett's transfer. Is censur ed for interfering with his discipline. General W. H. Macktnnon. who was also concerned In the correspondence. Is criticised for Interfering with the affairs of the western command, after he relinquished his command, hut Is not disciplined because he has since retired. The court of lnduiry, which con sisted of Field Marshal Sir William Nicholson, formerly chief of general staff. Major General Lorji Cheylee- more. justice Kir jup mcDwa Atkln and the Right hon. Donald MaeLean, member of parliament for Peebles nd Selkirk, reports regard ing -Mrs. Cornwallls-WesTr Repot of Court of Inquiry "We have no doubt that her In judicious poasting of the power she wielded at the war office which was confirmed to an appreciable extent by the wording of some of Sir John Cowans' letters was calculated to bring him and the administration at the war office In disrepute. We feel obliged to record our opinion that this lady's conduct, as revealed In this case, has, been highly discreditable both in her behavior . toward Second Lieutenant Barrett before his letter I of the 14th of February, In her vindictive attempt to Injure him aft erward and in the untruthful evi dence she gave before us. "It appeared In the evidence that this lady holds positions of some Importance in the country of Denbtg. shire In various associations of a po lice character for assisting; In war work. 'In our opinion It Is to be regret ted that aha should hold such posi tions." The court also Investigated reports that General Owen Thomas, who took a prominent part In the recruit ing In -Wales, was transferred from the command of a Welsh brigade to a lesser command through Mrs. Cornwallls-West's Influence. ' This proved to be unfounded, but due "to an unfortunate sequence of events and the ambiguous wording of cer tain official letters." The report says that Colonel Wynne Edwards reflected on General Thomas, who Is a brigade command er. In a letter to Mrs. Cornwallis West, "with the apparent object to exalting his own qualifications for post of same." Mrs. Cornwallis-West sent the letter to General Cowan's with a postscript which he forward ed to Lieutenant General . Sir Wm, Pitchairn Campbell of the war office, advising him to keep an eye on Ed wards and expressing a high opinion of him. The report calls attention to the fact that it is contrary to the regu lations for a war office official to en ter Into private, correspondence on of ficial matters, fend also says: "Regret Is expressed that a letter sent by Lord French' to the war of fice waa so afhblglously worded as to be capable of misconstruction. In any case, a portion of the letter was ' in the i nature of an adverse report on Brigadier General Owen Thomas and should hav been communicated to that officer at the time. 'It la also regarded as unfortunate that Lord French should have concurred in the terms of the waj; office letter of July 29, to Brigadier Tnomas, wmcn mi ter must have confirmed the Matter's suspicion of sinister Influence." Mrs. Cornwallis-West is the eldest daughter of the Rev. Frederick Fitz patrick and Lady Olivia, who was a daughter of the second marquis of Headfort. She was married In 1872 to Wm. Cornwallis-West, of Ruthin Castle, County Denbigh, who has been lord lieutenant of Denbighshire since 18T2 and is honorary oolonel of the fourth battalion of Royal Welsh Fusilier. Their son, George Frederick, Myd delton, married in 1900 the widow of Lord Randolph Churchill and daughter of Leonard Jerome, of New York. Ladv Randolph Churchill Is the monTer of Winston -Spencer Churchill, formerly first lord of the admiralty.- She. divorced George Cornwallis-West in 1914, whereupon he married Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress. One of the daughters of Wm. Cornwallis-West, Hary Theresa Oliv ia, waa married in 1891 to Prince Hans Helnrlch of Pless. The other, Constance Edwlna, was married to the second Duke of Westminister in 1901. . Field Marshall -Viscount French whose name is mentioned in connec tion with the investigation,, was at one time in command of the British forces in France. He was succeeded in thRt command by General Sir Dougl . Halg. In December, 1915, and appointed commander In chief of the armies Irf the United King dom. . - In the house of lords, In Novem ber, 1915, Lord St. Davids charge'! Incompetence and neglect of work against the British staff In France. He asserted that men had been added to the staff for no military reason and that women, according to the report, had visited the British head quarters in France. He asked wheth er the government defended the presence of women there. Lord Crews, in defending Field Marshal French at the time, said Its he had no hesitation In saying that unless women had business at head quarters they ought not to go there. Lieutenant General Sir John Stev ens Cowans Is a member of the army .council and Is quartermaster general to the forces. Lieutenant General Sir Wm. Pit cairn Campbell Is general officer commander In chief. Southern com mand, to which he was appointed In 1914. public service. Galletln Roberts, In seconding the nomination of Murphy paid him high tribute as a parliamen tarian and predicted splendid service. Representatives Jackson ana Hay more seconded the nomination of Me Crary as speaker. Speaker Murphy announced the following committees: House ConirnItte9 Rules Davenport. Stubbs, Grier, Price of Union and Pearson1. Emergency No. 1 Wfnburne, Grant of New Hanover; Pharr, Dough ton and Pritchard. Emergency No. 2 Pegram,. Grier, Daniels. Clark of Pitt, Haymore. Emergency No. 3 Winston, Rob erts of Buncombe; Ward, Gardner and McBee. The electjon of the subordinate of ficers was taken up and the caucus nominees were elected by. unanimous consent. These are Alex. Lassiter, principal clerk; D P. Billlnger, read ing clerk; J. H. Morlng, sergeant at arms: E. J. ffenjins, assistant sergeant at arms; and O. P. Shell, engrossing clerk. CAPTAIN COCHRAN DIES El Paso, Jan. S. Captain Percy M. Cochran of the quartermaster corps. U. S. A., died at the base hos pital late today of pneumonia. He was a native of Florida and was pro moted from the ranks tn 1898. The doctrine of the survival of the fittest is always sneered at by those who get left,. The Day In Congress (B Tb Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. I. SENATE: Met at noon. Resumed debate on Hitchcock re solution to endorse President Wilson's peace note. Universal military training hearing resumed. Railroad legislative inquiry was continued. Adjourned 6:15 p. m. to noon Thurs day. HOUSE: Met at noon. Representative Adamson failed to obtain unanimous consent for his re solution to continue the Newlands railway Investigating committee an other year. Passed new cotton futures bill. Rules committee was ordered to re port within ten days the Wood re solution to Investigate whether there was a "leak" of advance information on the President's peace note. Adjourned at 6:01 p. m. to noon Thursday. ROSEN-BACKER'S MTH ANNUAL WHITE SALE An event that is looked forward to with pleasant expectations by the women of Winston-Salem and the surrounding country is now "on" at Rosenbacher & Brother's popular de partment store. Many articles pleasing to feminen ity are displayed In great profusion during the 6th annual white sale, which will continue through the month. The prices, as well as the quality of the goods offered, will be of Interest to the ladies of the city. PRESIDENT'S NOTE NOT YET APPROVED BY THE SENATORS (Continued From Page One.) and civilization, expresses the sin cere hope' that peace bewteen the warring Nations of Europe may be oonsumated at an early day." Hitchcock Resolution The Hitchcock resolution would say: "That the Senate approves and strongly indorses the action taken by the President In sending the diplo matic nates of December 18 to the Nations now engaged in war, sug gesting and recommending that these Nations state the terms upon which peace might be discussed. Senator Lodge Insisted today that the HitchcoMk resolution called upon the Senate u endorse all of the Pres ddent's note's, which he contended goes far beyond any proposition merely to bring the belligerents to gether. It would project Congress, he declared, into European politics, overturning a policy of years stand ing and by tnvolvtng the United States In European politics, necessar ily would Involve political interests of the eastern hemisphere with the interests of the western hemisphere in contravention of the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine. "It will be observed that'the Pres ident found it necessary to state that he was embarrassed in making the proposition, as it might appear that he was Influenced by the step taken by Germany but a short time pre vious," said Senator Lodge. Not Associated with German Note "The President said his note'wa In no way associated with the Ger man note. Unfortunately, a different Interpretation had been placed up on the note, both abroad and here at home. Otherwise, It could, hard ly be coming at the moment that it did. "If Mr. Lansing's statement, made a few hours after the President's note waa sent, and in which the dan gerous position of the United States was pointed out, is true, no sound ing out of the belligerents was nec essary. "The next morning, however, a second explanation of the President's note was offered by Mr. Lansing. How far this second explanation went in' explaining the purpose of the President's note I will have to leave to others more Ingenious than myself to figure out." Senator Lodge declared he believ ed that the Lansing statement had some purpose, and declared, If the purpose of the note was to Inform the world that the United States had a direct interest that was bringing this country to the verge ofo war, then the note was justified in form and substafhee. . Senator Lodge will continue his argument tomorrow. Administration officials have stat ed that President Wilson did not seek any action by Congress or de sire the subject debated, but that since it had come up In the Senate naturally he would be disappointed if a movement to endorse his course were defeated. Senator Lodge based his criticism of the German ambassador specifical ly on a signed Christmas message from the ambassador published by a New York German language newspa per. GERMAN PRISONERS IN ALGERIA AND MOROCCO TREATED BADLY (By The Ataocifeied Press.) - Berlin, Jan. 8. Via Sayvllle, Jan. 3. The - condition of German civil and' war prisoners in Morocco and Algeria is 'described in a memorial Issued by the Gerrrtan government on the .sanitary situation in African camps as one of terrible sufferings says the Overseas News Agency, Quoting from the report, the agency says: "In certain camps such as Bou- sada, the prisoners are guarded by4 colored troops with brutality charac teristic of the Senegal negroes.' In the camp at Abomrl, In the French colony of Dahomey, colored and French colonial soldiers brutally tor tured prisoners with the Sjambok and even with thumb screws. 'The German memorial says that the German prisoners were undress ed, compelled to kneel and were whipped by negroes." AUSTRO-HiGARIAN PRESS CONSIDERS REPLY A REFUSAL (By The Associated Press.) Vienna. Jan. 3. via Sayvllle. The Austrian and Hungarian press, al most without exception considers the reply of the .Entente Allies to the peace proposals ' of the Teutonic al lies as a definite refusal of their of fer. The editorials 'assert that the offer of peace was made in good faith and that the Entente has no rigljt to label it as a war maneuver so long as the Entente has not as certained by suitable means that the offer lacked good faith. The Vienna Tageblatt and the Frele Presse two of Austria's -.strong est peace papers, point out that the Entente note merits no other recog nWon than that poseible on the bat tlefield, which view is shared by ths Pester Lloyd and the Azeat of Buda pest, the most Influential Hungarian papers. Journal Want Ads Bring Results. . AVJA1T1FJG REPLY OF THEJfJTEUTE No Further Action Until Reply is Received; Col. ' House Pays Visit to the White House , By The Associsted Press.) Washington, Jan. 8. Coincident with the receipt here today of con fidential advices giving the broad out lines of the Entente reply to Presi dent Wilson's note proposing discus sion of peace terms, Colonel E. M. House, the President's friend and adviser, arri-Jld at the White House. The Colonel's last visit was followed by the dispatch of the President's note. At the same time press dispatches from London told of a speech by Count Julius Andrassy, former pre mier of Hungary, stating that the Central Powers had given or would give President Wilson a statement of their peace terms, and that, the Entente Allies could obtain them from him. . Officials at the White House and the State Department would not dis cuss the visit further than to say no further move on the part of the American government would be de termined until the Entente reply waa received. It was not disclosed whether the Administration consld-.ed that the unfavorable action of the Entente has left the way open for the confi dential exchange of terms between the opposing groups of nations. Both in German and Entente cir cles pessimism over the outlook was expressed. The President, however, was. understood to think that the move already made will be helped ultimately, regardless of the immedi ate consequences. Preliminary information received here Indicates that the Entente note will pay more attention to the Presi dent's suggestion that means be found for preserving peace in the fu ture than did the reply of the Central Powers, which suggested the post ponement of this question until after the present war. Colonel House has kept In .very close touch with all developments in the situation, and is considered by the administration to have a complete knowledge of the many cross cur rents operating for and against peace la th several Nations at war. it generally is expected that after receipt Of the reply of the Entente Allies. President Wilosn Will com. communicate again with both sides. It the terms of the Central Powers already have been made known to President Wilson, it is believed they came through Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. The German embassy here had no information on the subject late tonight. . Several days ago it was stated authoritatively that Germany was ready, , should it be necessary to keep the road to peace open, to make known confidentially the terms of the Central Powers to the President, it also was indicated that Germany fur ther might permit the terms to be transmitted In confidence to the En tente Allies. COUNT TARNOW-TARNQWSKI WILL St FOR II. S. JAN. 13 (By The AnocitMd PrMi.) Washington, Jan. 8- Count Tar-now-Tarnowski.the new Austro-Hun-garian ambassador - to the Uniteii States, arrangements for whose pas sage through the .Entente! blokade were made after much negotiation, will sail from Amsterdam on the Lin er Noordam, January 13. The State Department waa advised today that the diplomat was preparing to start for Washington on that date under the assurances given by both France and Great Britain to the United States that their naval commanders will not disturb him. RUTHERFOROTON COTTON WILL EMPLOYES STRIKE FOR RAISE (By Te Associated Press.) Rutherfordton. N. C, Jan. 8 More than 150 operatives of the Cleghorn Cotton Mills struck here this morn ing for a ten per' cent increase In wages to meet the high cost of living. Tonight only a few of the night force went to work. K. S. Tanner, treas urer of the company said he was willing to pay wages as high as those In any other mill. No other move has been made to settle the differ ences. ..- - ' VILLA SHOOTS SECRETARY FOR ISSUING MANIFESTO m The Associster) Press.) ' El Paso. Jan. 3. Francisco Villa shot Garcia, hie secretary, at Ber mejillo because he drafted and issu ed a manifesto which was sent to the border while Villa held Chihua hua City, according to a Villa parti san here. Garcia, who was said to have been a member of the Industri al Workers of the World, In Califor nia, wrote the manifesto without Vil la's knowledge and when Villa agents - here gent a copy of it to him at Bermejlllo, Villa ordered Garcia ex ecuted at once, according to this same source. ALL CHINESE IN TORREON WERE KILLED BY VILLA TROOPS (By The Associated Press.) Laredo, Texas, Jan. 8. Villa forces killed all of the Chinese and Syrians found in Torreon during their occu pation of that city, according to ad vice received here tonight which also stated that an engagement last ing several hours, in which the loss es on both sides were heavy, preced ed the reoccupation of the city by Carranra troops. , BAIltSfPORTED OPERATING NEAR THE BORDER AT EL PASO (By The Associated Piis.) ' El Paso. Jan-.-S.-r-Assertlons that the Villa bands operating near this part of the border have been smug gling recruits from the American side are contained In a letter received by ! a Villa partisan in El Paso from ! Rodrlsro Quvedo, who, with his broth er has ,bson ranging the hills near Villa, Ahmuda. The letter also lends support to the report current here that another attack on Chihuahua City is pending- Journal Want Ads. bring results. OVERCOATS RAINCOATS , For cold or rainy weather Best Quality ; Prices Right HENRY ROSE COMPANY POLITICAL REDMSI0N OF FRANCE IS LIKELY; OUTGROW PRESENT PLAN (Correspondenca oi tha Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 8. France is likely to come out of the war with a new map, whether her exterior boundaries are cha.-ged or not., Napoleon's organi sation of her 86 departments, dating from 179, has been condemned by nearly all French statesmen as In adequate for modern France. A strong movement that has, since the war, developed into an effective experi ment in the organization of "regional economic consultative committees" may bring about a political redivlsl oi of the country Into something like 18 administrative and legislative "regions." The object is concentration of re gional interests now scattered among the departments, with a decentraliza tion of administrative measures. It would bring the French republic In to closer- analogy with the govern ment of the United States by giving the proposed "Regions" independence as to local regulations and economic problems such as the 86 depart ments have never haa. The man who has directed the movement Is one of the younger men In public life, Jean Hennessy, deputy for the department of Charente and a member of the well known Hen nessy family of southwestern France. He introduced a bill to that end In the Chamber in 1913. It was still unacted upon when the mobilization was ordered, and M. Hennessy Joined his regiment In the interval before the government returned from Bor deaux to Paris, he had earned the French military medal and the Brit ish distinguished service order. With the reassembling of parliament, he came back to push his .project and succeeded in passing a compromise measure for the organization of economic consulting committees . in each of the 19 military regions of France. A committee of the Cham ber has reported that the results of the Experiment are excellent; they have- furnished a forceful argument in favor of M. Hennessy's original proposition. "The task of the French citizens after the war will be a hard one," said M. Hennessy to the Associated Press, "and they mustn't be handi capped by a superannuated system of governmental administration that centralizes the . administrative ma chinery in the capital, despite the 86 departmental divisions, and cramps the economic life of the country.. Heretofore everything has gone to Paris or by way of Paris. All the big railway lines converged upon the capital and left the provincial regions out of touch with each other and withoutadequate direct communica tions with foreign countries. "This centralisation has prevented France from adapting herself to the economic transformation of the epoch. She failed to profit from her Incomparable geographical position and she left a great part of her enor mous natural riches unexploited; her economic institutions are too slow in developing; her waterways are neith er properly developed nor organized; Industrial organization was perfected In only Isolated eases and not general ized; several hundred thousand horse power in natural waterfall was neg lected; argrlculture even did not pro duce the maximum; there was no co-operation between scientists and practical business men; our capital was mostly applied to the develop ment of other countries than our own. "The only cure for that - is the cutting of the red tape that binds those regions to-the capital and pre vents the free play of local initiati ves. N "The interests and occupations of different regions of France are quite as varied as those of the United 8tates; their customs are even more varied; they should have the facili ties far looking after their own Inter ests legislating for themselves and by regrouping politically Into re gions that are homogeneous in their natural resources, occupations and re quirements, left free to pursue their economic development unhindered by the local considerations of other regions that have not the same in teersts. "Of all the great belligerent coun tries, France is the only one In which younger generations will not be ready to repair the losses and replace the social work of those that are dead It will take us at least 20 years to bring our adult population up to that of 1914. This deficit of population. If we are not careful, will weigh neaviiy upon our destiny; all th more so since the war will result In an Increased activity In the entire world. It will not enly transform the political map of continents, but will have upon development of coun tries which are engaged In it, as upon neutral countries. Immense conse quences. -A new world will emerge from the great convulsion. ; "The French must no longer" revel In words; they must act. . The gov ernment and representatives of the states no lbnrer capable of -suDOrvis- Ing the direct-Ion of all the public affairs arising from modern life, and the parliament, overloaded with re sponsibility and at times subservient to particular Interests, must leave what they are no longer able to do to regional assemblies. "It is proposed to reorganize the administration of affairs Into 18 re gions. Their suggested boundaries have been only approximately outlln. ed in a map prepared by M. Vldal de la Blanche, the celebrated geo grapher, but they will probably have cor central points the following cities: Paris, Rouen, Rennes, Lille, Nancy, Nantes, La Rochelle. Bourges, Dijon Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyons, Grenoble, Toulouse, Montpelller, Marseilles and AJacclo." It is proposed to elect the Regional Assemblies by universal suffrage, but In new groups of voters according to their occupations or 'professions. Id that all interests will be represented. In addition to a general group, the foil wing professional groups are pro posed.: Agriculturists and laborers. J merchants and clerks, manufactur ers and mechanics, professional men and oftice holders. 'T Each of these . categories' would have representation in the Regional Assembly proportionate to its voting ' strength and in the professional cat egorles the proportionate represents, tion of the group would be divided between employers and employed. The voter may register either In the general group or In the profes sional group for which his occupa tion makes him eligible. These Regional Councils fould ap proach nearer state legislatures than any bodies heretofore existing in France- They would absorb a con siderable part of the work o( the parliament and have far wider and more effective powers than those of the present General Councils of the 86 departments which correspond to boards of supervisors in New York State, longer and more frequent ses sions. W It is proposed to elect a membe?( of the Regional Assembly for every 20,000 inhabitants or fraction there of; and the members will not be eli gible, as are the members of the General Councils, for seats In parlla- me. "Interior reforms. so vast as those we have In view," concluded M. Hen nessy, "are made easier by momen tous events that come into the life of peoples. The great reform of 170 was effected at the dawn of the revo lution and the laws now governing the departmenta organizations in France were voted at the close of the Franco-Prussian war. This regional legislative and administrative reform In France may come out of the great European conflict." CHINAMAN PAID FINE WHEN ' m, THREATENED WITH DEATH (By Ths Associated Press.) Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 3. When Sam Wong, a Chinese merchant of Can anea, Sonora, refused to pay a fine of $1,000 on the 'Charge. Of conduct ing a gambling house, he' wag march ed to a nearby "Cemetery 'and faced -with a firing squad, according to an' account published there.' Thven Wong paid the "ne- The money, together ' with fines collected from other Chin ese, the account adds, was turned over by the municipal authorities to the officials with the stipulation that It was to be used to purchase sewing machines for the domestic science department. American Tobacco is Released by British (By Tha Associated Prese.) "Washington, Jan. I. Three-quar ters of the $5,000,000 worth of" Amer ican tobacco detained in Denmark and Holland because of alleged fail ure to comply 1 with British trade , agreements, has been released, and. the State Department announced to-? day that it was hoped the balance, to. gKher with a large amount held at the Atlantic seaboard in this country, will soon be allowed to go forward as a result of negotiations now pend ing. All but 60 hogsheads of 2,600 de tained at Copenhagen recently was freed without restriction, as to its destination. Another 600 hogshead is detained at Rotterdam, while a very much larger amount Is held at the Atlantic seaboard In this coun try because of realization that free passage would not be allowed. British commercial officials have complained that American exporters attempted to send Just as much to bacco as possible Into Germany dur ing the time that the British prohi bition of such Importation was be- . Ing suspended to allow the American trade to readjust itself. LUMBERJACK SOUGHT WARMER .CLIMATE BY JOINING MARINES (Special To The lournal.) Duluth, Minn, Jan. 3. Chilled with Icy winds of northern Minne sota, and seeking a more congenial climate, Charles Johnson, a hardly lumberman-iron n'1"! the United States marine corps here today, and was Immediately trans ferred fr training to Mare Island, California. "The lumberjacks can't stand the cold this winter,' said Johnson, while asserting that hundreds of men in ured to the hardships of life in the woods are leaving the lumber camps, owing to the unusual severity of the weather, Johnson requested to be sent with the marines to Santo Domingo or the Philippines as soon as possible, as he Is convinced that a long sojourn near. the equator will be necessary to thoroughly thaw him put. (P The Aasocisted Press.) Richmond, Va Jan. 5. Seventeen Indictments, sixteen for grand larceny and one for forgery4 were returned by a grand Jury In the Hustings Court today against William P. Plzzlni, a widely known real estate operator of this city who was reputed to be wealthy. The grand larceny Indict ments change him with the thteft of $94,600 from W. P. Tuckols of New York and Atlantic City, who is alleg ed to have entrusted Plzzlni with va rious sums of Investment. Last Thurs- . day Tuckols came from New York and demanded a settlement. Pizzinl disap peared and a country-wide search for him was begun. The grand jury is still Investigating his affairs and further ip'tctment are expected.
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