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. ..- - . ! 7' -I FfONEST inen alone invite at-' tention. t In the business: un derworld, identifying marks ttre zealously avoided Kaufman. .eSu VOL. XCIX-KO, 123. FURTHER BY GERMANS ANDVERp French Trenches on Jlill 304 Are; Stormed and Five Hundred Men Made Prisoner - 500 RUSSIANS ALSO TAKEN Turkish First Line Trenches Southwest of Kut-El-Amara ; Captured by British LESS ACTIVITY Itf RUMANIA British Make Successful Raids on Northern French Front Spirited righting has taken place northwest of Verdun on the French front; near Riga on tHe Russian front, and southwest : of Kut-El-Amara in the Mesopotam ia theatre. German forces-have been successful in the operations in the first two regions, - while British troops have taken posi tions from the Turks along the Tigris. ' ." ' French Trenches Stormed. Attacking in force on a front of 1,600 meters against Hill 304, northwest of Verdun, Teuton soldiers stormed French trenches and took- 500 prison. rs. French troops, the latest French communique says, have recaptured most of the trenches. Counter attacks j ty the French failed, as did further attempts to regain the lost' ground, according to Berlin. . , . German troops also gained ground '? Le Morte Homma Ate(, fighting around Hill . 304, Paris states. was in the nature of hand to. hind com bats at times. 500 Russians Captured. West of Riga in the Tirul': swamp region and along the river Aa,. ' the Germans continue .at grips. .'German auacKs, Berlin says, were . successful and additional ground ad 500 prison-i ers were taken Counter attacks by Russian troops were repulsed in both sectors of the battle front, with heavy losses to the attackers along: the Aa. Petrpgrad an nounces that the Russians, after ad vancing more than a inlle in the battle zone, were forced to return: to: their positions under the pressure of the at tacking Germans. - Turkish Trenches Captured. Turkish first tin trnrha nn a rnt oH.lOO yards- were gained by the Brit Jsn in their attacks southwest of Kut el Amara. In addition, London says, soift,olir the old American principles is second line DOSitinns nn K rlvh.h9ti1 of the Tigris were taken. West of the Hai river four counter attacks by Turkish-tropps were repulsed . .with neavy losses. There has been no great activity in Rumania. on the northern portion of lie French front, British troops have tamed out several successful raids. miL MEETTO SEE IF PAPER - PROBLEM CAN BE ADJCSTEI) Publishers and Manufacturers to Study .Trade Commlsaion's Report , Chicago. Jan. 26 Newspaper pub- -ners and newsprint paper manufac to a 31 a conference here today voted bt.i -nt committees to meet immed iJS 3, r ,lel5vfiry to .Congress next Sim. the Federal Trade- Commts- ons report on the print' paper situa the rl T if knowledge gained from lunT points the wav to a ' ad' Puh , f the paper Problem, can v er?' "Presenting the Ameri Hon new'spa,-,er Publishers' -Associa-PS nf eer' that the Present high PaDer ; ,r'"lJ?r has Placed the news tion" Ils-h'ine bsiness i a post a remArt ardous- and mentfdh; that lv r uust be found without de. ivev of thcr hand- representa Ar Prlnt Paper Manufactur ffeaid at,cn' asserted that the'"" in present C.st of Production justified Hrem' ,the Publishers favored an 4 nrie"f , iy both sides to abide - by on m ? Federal Trade Commis a gentlpr, Tllis would have to be Mission I,'6" 8 asreemnt, as the, com at v8-1 , power onIv to investigate, J- Harri, lned by Commissioner W. er Present JSeph E' Davles.-who for thl I." ,ve ln th meeting included fiinni;h7',IISh?rB. Frank, Pf Glass, of Nation- r o or tne Publishers' as and Virt ' ; ' tahlman, of Nashville, lnent mVj,,, aao11- of Chicago. Prom- miti. . ' - 1jdw .;ul 'urers present were P. T. 1 ''Slrierit Of th TnUi-nlA.l tr. I -""ipany; Ala-ron.. o 11, 1-.Li llr?ctor ot the Abitibi (Can 'e'l and f '-.omPany and J. A. Both ttlanufanture Sabbattan," .Canadian ev secretary. leans Jan. 26. Daniel - T. N. C, was ! re-elected Assciaiion V'8 Soutnern Agricultural toiav , '!l ,he concluding" session W. h Dodson, of Louisiana; p-c!r,.,e1 S0ll; President,, and Mont- Place. belted as the JU8 et- - ? ' ' : - -' . ' ' ' ' ' 1 I i 11 .! ii i. ii ii ! i - fM BT A WUUtUU IHHUL Ul OLMNflll LIUIII ULH f" -:iM DnnT io jippiuirn cnnnrp tor nil in UN&Famto: iiuuir ia hoohilcu runuco UK nft u ' - IIU UnFMI IIIIIUniM I r . Hii nu in mi inuiiri 550 Killed On Island Of Bali In Earthquake , London, Jan. 26. Five ; hundred . ana fifty persons were killed in tle earthquake on the Island- of - Bali, accoj-dingr. to an official report re' ceived at The Hague 'and "transmitt ed by Reuters.1 ' :-: " B1J whl?h has a population -of .boutj 70,000. is one of the' Dutch possessions forming the; Dutch East Indies. The island has are area of about 2400 square miles. 1 ' They pelieve There is Nothing in It Inconsistent With the - President's Speech SENATE TAKES . NO ACTION Representative Temple Announce NeW Code-Haa- Been Snnmltted to American Institute of Interna. tlonal Law - Washington, Jan. 26. Democratic Senate : leaders made it ' clear todaV that they ' would not oppose Senator Borah's resolution to reaffirm the MoD: roe Doctrine and; the. principles of Washington iand Jefferson-: advising I against embarrassing. alliances, - but that. before voting for it they would belief that there Is-noth: lag itt Ir intfonsistent with "the world peace proposals enunciated last Mon day in,-President Wilson's address. ;. JJo-action was taken on the Borah resolution today , nor upon Senator Cummfns" proposal to set aside next week for discussion of the President's suggestions. In infdrmal conferences it practically was agreed that nothing woul? ' be ' done untH the return next j week, of Senator Stone, chairman of tne -foreign relations committee, who has been called away from Washing ton on business. . .. ' Wcrold. Join in Paaaing Resolution 'Administration senators hold that both tesolutions should be referred to the ' foreign relations committee for future 'action, but if there is a disposi tion next week to press the Borah re solution and a motion to refer it should fail the Democratic leaders will joifi In passing it -after undertaking t show to the country that reaffirma- not -ar-an counter to irresiaeni . Wil son's ideas. . . . ' . . Today Senator Borah asked Demo cratic leaders , to ' let his Resolution go to a- vote- wiftiout' de'bate but they would, not agree1 because of the desire (Continued, on Page Two) DEMOCRATS OF HOUSE - - - r. - i. - - - . - , .. - - . - ; APPROVE REVENUE Bll , ' :V -if Several State They WU1 Not be Bound by Caucus Action Attacks by Small Group on . Prepared ness ' Expendltnre and on Excess Profits Tax Keep Body in Ses-' Ion Until Near Midnight. Washington, . Jan. 26. Democratic members of th eHouse, in iracus to night, approved by a vote: of 113 to 13 the administration Tevenue bill framed to meet the prospeCtivettreasury deficit near ye-ir. . - -:;t; . . - ' A" small group led by Representative Calloway, of Teas, attacking pr-epar-edness expenditurfes, - ad T' Representa tive Caldwell, of New York, denouncing the "excessprbflts tax feature, made a fight against the bill that kept the cau cus in session 'until 'near Tnidnight. At the, finish the ' following. .members -gave-notice that they would not bo bound by! the caucus actidn:. -. v ' ' : ': Dayis, Texa&i PjBe, North Carolina; Bailey, 'Pennsj-lVanls;" Caldwell, New Vor k ; Burnett, ."VUamaba ; ' Dougho , North Carolina;' Stephens,' Missisaippi; Sherwood:; Ohio; V Taylor, Arkansas Thompsons r Oklahoma, and Thomas, Kentucky. ' ' V-" '- Chairman Kltchin; of the. ways and means committee, submitted the bill with- the explanation that while he'had opposed the military arid naval expen ditures-' vhich made additional revenue necessary. Congress -r was obliged to provide the money ft had authorized to be spent and that unless it Vis done now tan extra 'session would have to, be heldi'. ' . N ' The'; measure is" designed - to raisd r- (Continued on TPagef Two DEMOCRATS FAVOR BORAH'S PROPOSAL iv..- in nil AiirniAP iiw iiiuiii uu I iinui. Ludwig Nissen, of Brooklyn, Amid Hisses, Replies to Denun - ciation of Qerinany SPEECH OftEABS UPROAR Attempts to Defend Invasion of Belgium Before Constructive Patriotism Congress. Washington, Jan.' 26. The Congress of Constructive Patriotism here warf thrown Into an uproar -late today when Ludwig Nissen, a Brooklyn importer, attacked. lihu Root, for his speech at last nighi's . session dfenoucing fier many. Amid hisses and interruptions JNissen declared the address, while it might, have been a great utterance if delivered at: the proper plae, "was ine rankest" outrage ever perpetrated upon an '-American -'"audience on. this particular occasion under, the guise of American, patriotism", . . , Cries of "no" and "sit down" greeted this declaration, and while the chair man tried to restore- orrtur wucan shouted that he simDlv was tyrotKtin'fr lurmns xne- conterence : into, a pro-any propaganda . and went on to say that "no paid Dronaaandrst -r?onlVi possibly havfc snoken niore Jeftetivlv lipr.an JSinglish "propaganda than Senar I tor. Root did Tir 1b'k nlrV( - - w -awv ... - ?I know I will.be deridAd.." Jnn tinued when the hissing, hajir subsided, "and I-, if now what I- am - saying here today will not be renorted bv kh news papers because - the newspajKirs: iwill not print ".a? bit of news that is fav orable to Germany. If they no, - they will lose their financial adverttsemAnts and everyone of them Is subsidised." . The speaker' then . began a defense was iaterru fifed bS a motion t6 :-adi Af ter- the motion. Had been ??rndd the chairman intervened with A nla that Nissen be permitted to finish, anil tne auaience again was quieted. The hissine-' and - intrrtint lnn hrnVi, ' m, afresh, . however, a'.mament later, and continue until the end" of - the''- short address. ; '" ' ; - ' -- - ' "Senator Root, arid ' . Judge- Parker both referred ' to Germany's action as a crimei" said tNissenV "There was no crime,-5; because v there heVef 'twas a guarantee. 'In 1839 England, Prahce, Austria," Prussia- and ' Russia ' entered into an agreement" to VeSpect the neu tralityof Belgium-That 'neutrality was respected up to the time of 1876 when .Emperor Napoleon declared war on Germany. " At that time no less a statesman than William -E. Gladstone, said, as prime d minister f 'England in the Westminister-parliament .that agreement . could . not? 'be- cfcnsidered binding upon ' either ' of the parties to it. :.-' -, . - . , : ... : "What - else- happened,? - .Gentlemen you don't want to-hear the 'truth " ; At this point itavas announced that the t time allotted-, jpv Nissen who had arisen r under - a. ;rule permitting. .- five minute discussions' ' by the -audience, . . .(Continued . on . Page . Six. J - t OF EXPORTS IS URGED James A. Farrell Speaks at Trade Council Banquet Warns Business Men Against, Entering: ' into Agreement. Which Might Re- : .. suit in Perpetuation of Com ; V i .merclal: War ; - CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM . Pittsburg, , Pa., : Jan." 26. -James , A. Farreii-, president-of . the United States Steel Corpora tion,7 in a speech' at 'th banquet of the National. Foreign Trade Council- heli here tonight in cdnnec tion with the fourth annual convention, urged the establishment of a 10-oper-atiye syst em' of. selling m foreig-x craae by. the busin'-eis men. of . AmericVi but advised thsm against entering ip.to.ifi 11 y agreement which might ' result in tiie Drepetuatibn of a commercial war ci the fostsrin.i of hatred engendered by the pres iat strftegle. in Europe. --Speaking... 'on the subject of -, th -. f uture of foreign trade he said in part: "It is a debatable question whether the United States can become a .rem ber of an international league of peace for the prevention of future wars, ut it is not at all doubtful that we can render ariinyajluable service to the es tablishment of lasting accord among the peoples of -the earth-by setting our face against anything that looks Lo; the perpetuation of' commercial '-war. in peace. ' "' .y' -1 c.:. '-"'. . ; . ; "It is difficult - to Tealize the -colossai scale upon which. Europe, will have to borr,ow-to make opd the destruction of war. At least five billion dollars worth .of property will have to, be re placed and the . demands of the work, of reconstruction wfli, be too, (vast to be ipet by private enterprise: v- . w v "Co-operation on 'ther broadest . and :t (Continued on- Page Two) -' ie. - - i v -" - X C, SATURDAY MORNING. JAXTJARV 27. 1 HIT ON BRITISH GOAST Berlin Reports Ships Returned to Their Base Without Sight ing Hostile Craft attack Thursday; night London Says Only One Small Ves. sel Fired Shells and That , Only Few Struck Land An attack on fhe English coast,. near Lowestoft, Th,ursdajr night, reported by London, was carried out by German light sea forces. ; The German shiDsi Berlin says, were able to approach the English coast and to ' return to their base without sighting a hostile vessel; One small vessel, London records, offi cially, fired ' shells; at the coast. Only a few shells reached land and there were no casualties. The damage, is re ported as insignificant. . . . . . BERLIN SAYS NO HOSTILE - : CRAFT SIGHTED BY SHIPS Berlin, via London; Jan. 26 A Ger man official ' communication issued to day tellsof a raid by light German war craft in waters south of Lowestoft. The communication says: . I "During the nih't Sf January ..-2 81-2 6 German light sea forces advanced into nglish waters south of Lowestoft in order to attack hostile patrol boats and outposts .which Chad been formerly re ported there, v . ; v - ' ; i f "During the whole raid not one hos- Ule vessel was sighted. . The fortified locality a short distance southward was illuminated by .rockets and shelled by our torpedo boats. Hits' weffe observed Our sea forces on' the way back did not meetsany adversary and returned safe- ATTACK LASTED ONLY THREE v MINUTES, LONDON REPORTS Lowestoft, England, Jan. "26. A hos tile vessel arrived "off the coast at about 11 o'clock. . The night was very dark and the warship could not be made out from the shore. Before beginning the bombardment she fired two star shells probably for the -purpose of Identifying possible objectives. ' ; The warship then fired a number of shells; several of which exploded but the total damage was . less, than LxlQO. Most of the shells exploded on open ground. " -; "The bombardment lasted only three minutes. There" was no nanic. JURY TO NAME THE MAN WHO POSED AS "OLIVER OSBORNE" Summing Up f Case Against F. D. Saf ford Completed Yesterday. New York, Jan. 26. -Whether Frank. lin D. Safford, " formerly a clerk in a Hlainfleld, N. J., hotel, committed ner- Juryv when -he swore that James TV. Osborne, formerly assistant district 'at torney of New .York county, visited that notei with MU3 Bae' Tanzer - will be submittad to 'a Jury in Federal court to morrow. The summing up by counsel was completed today and , tomorrow Judge Hand is to deliver his, address to the jury. . ; .' "- It -will then be for the jury to deter mine whether the mysterious "Oliver. Osborne," who, Miss Tanzer avers won her affections, was James W." Osborne or Charles H. Wax, who swears it was he who masqueraded under that name. Summing-up the government's case late today William . Rand, Jr., charac terized Wax, the prosecution's chief witness,, as "an idlerr a cheap, fishy fellow with cheap jewelry." - Wax, he said,. was simply used as an exhibit and counsel was very sorry that he had to be called as a witness. . One of the jurors, Gersan Stern, who had interrupted. Mr.. Rand three times, evoked an admonition , frOm . Judge Hand when he raised a question as to tae reputation' of Harold Spielberg, formerly counsel for Miss Tanzer,and referred to matters not in evidence. .The judge declared that he ' was amazed at. Stern's' inquiry, asserting that he seemedto be prepared to decide the guilty or , innocence of ; Safford on things outside of the evidence and warned him that if he did so he would be false to his oath. . . - Rijamin Siade, in summing up "as counsel for 'Safford, .charged that borne had fabricated, the w;hole case to exculpate himself, and that -Osborne, not Wax, was- the notorious "Oliver Os borne." . - " . ,. '. '" ;;: ' I AMERICAN GUARDSMEN AND 1 : : . COWBOYS ENGAGE MEXICANS AH pay , Battle Reported, Forty Miles i- . South of Tucson, ' Arls. '- Tucson,; Atz.'t Jan. .2 6V According to telephone advices from Arixaca, Ariz., about 40-miles south, of Tucson, fighting has been in progress ail day at a place called:?;Stone . House between : Mexican troops and - American guardsmen, re inforced by cowboys; v 1 ; : ;Wheh the cowboys attempted to .drive their cattle from the .boundary line , the Mexicans opened -, fire and the report said .the Americans .retreated ; and were reinforced .by a part of troop B, JJtah cavalry, who returned, the fire. No American casualties had been re ported at 5vp.; m. ,.It is, yot know,n whether vthe Mexicans 'suffered inssis Further reinforcements were sent -from I Arlvaca-late today. - I WOULD HAVE THE PARTIES IN COUNTY A L TERNA TE IN NAMING OF SCHOOL BOARDS New Bill to Solve Knotty Problem Provides for Appointment by Governor -"Open Formula" Bill to be Fought Out in House. Constitutional Convention Proposed by Stubbs. a Pender Free Range Bill Remains Dead. (By W. J. MARTIN). Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 26 Senator pates introduced a bill todyde,0gpeK to solve : the knotty problem of meeting the demand of so many counties to elect their boards of-education. It would have the - majority party; in the State nominate in all the counties in 191S ana the "minority party in each county in 1920 and- the majority party, in the tate again for each county , in the next Dienniai election; -. These nominees would all be appoint ed by , the Governor under the bill. In this way the people would nominate and the Governor appoint and the mi nority party would have representation in tb.eir counties, but the ! dominant factor on all boards: would be Demo cratic as long as the State is Demo cratic! - Senator Oates is chairman of the committee on educationand this is the bill that the administration will hold out. for, if the bill for a State com mission to appoint-should fail. Representative Bowman offered in the House -a bill to .furnish farmers phosphate rock at cost-" ' . -,. - The. Roberts .bill for municipal wo man suffrage -was made a special or der for February 6. .. -. There was long discussion' of the Hoyle . bill for mercy recommendations In jury verdicts for murder that would permit life imprisonment, but it went over-to another day. "Open Formula" Measure " The joint committee on health having voted, for an .unfavorable report on the State Board of "Health i bill . for 'open formula"' on the 1 labels of .proprietary medicines, for which there; was a,, most strenuous hearing- some days ago, and then decided to return Jt. in the House ""without prejudices,"... Representative Page today served notice on the House that lie would tjaim the right to subr ,na minority report 40 support of the mSStpjptetSfngto bring "up-TihV flgbt ori- the floor in this way. No data has been set for the argument and vote, on passage. ' u Representative Harry Stubbs who has, offered a "constitutional .p&iven tioh bill in at least three sessions past, turned in : such a measure' for. this Leg islature today.-, It would .have delegates to - a' constitutional -convention elected at the nex"t State election and be would bar all:. discussion of prohibition from the convention if called. " V To Adopt Cranmer Bill The joint committee on pensions has decided , to adopt the 'pension" bill of Senator Cranmer as the basis for the pension legislation that fhe joint com mittee will recommend. This bill pro vides for increased pension on the basis of advancing the fourth class from $32 to$45;; with the other classes Increased in. proportion, i " ' Both houses now have duplicate bills through Senator Scales and Represen tative Dalton for creating a board of three examiners to examine applicants for law licenses, the examiners to pass on th examination- papers and the .Su preme Court to issue. the licenses as at present. President Brooks, of the bar association, said this evening that he SAW MAN FIRING HQ REM) OF A0I01BILE Heard Woman Cry Out, "Harry, My God, Don't Do That!" R, jf. Ftttman, of Meridian, Miss., Gives " Another Version of the' Killing of ' Mrs. H. J. Spannell and Lieu- ' tenant-Colonel M. C. Butler San Angelo. Texas, Jan. 26. Another version of the killing of Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Butler and Mrs. Crystal Holland Spanell at Alpine, Texas, on the night of July 20, last, was told in district court here today by H. N. Pitt man,, of Meridian Miss.; a state's wit ness in rebuttal at the trial of Harry J. Spanell, who, testifying in his own behalf yesterday said that the shot that killed Mrs. Spanell was fired by Colonel Butler. Spanell is on trial for the kill ing his wife and also is charged with having killed Colonel Butler. Pittman testified that last July he lived near where the shooting occurred. Qn tti night of July 20 he said he heard shots-and saw a man on nis Knees in the front seat of an automobile firing into' the back of the car. A' man and a woman were in the rear seat, he testi fied, and he saw this man and woman fall n the seat, the man falling first, he s4d. -. ; t The automobile which had been run ning slowly, ran. injto a. fence and stop ped. Pittman testified he then saw theiman in the front seat climb on; the runkjhg board and fire several more shots into the rear of the car and heard a man's voice say: ."Crystal, why. did you.-' make me do it?" The man, who "looked like he was staggering, then hurried away. ;The witness was then about 20 feet from' the car , Pittman testified he went to the au . (Continued: on -Pago Two) ; feels sure the bill will pass. No com mittee hearing is yet set. Pender Free Range Bill Dead. The Senate voted, down the Pender county free range bill today when It came up on a minority favorable report signed only by Senator Burnett, of Pen der He made a stand for the measure on the floor, speaking strenuously in its favor, but "the cards were stacked" against 'him- in:the conviction -of sen ators that the free-rance is a menace to the cattle and hog industry and thai Pender is not an exception to. this rule. Judiciary committee No. 1 gave a hearing this afternoon- to a bill design, ed to give any citizen in the State a right to appeal from a ruling of the Corporation Commission and voted more than two to one against the meas ure. It was denominated an effort to write into law the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Clark of the Supreme Court in the noted Anson case-growing out of the contest . over the .passenger station of the Winston-Salem South bound, . the; commission ruling for the location the railroad company -insisted was necessary - and the Supreme Court holding that the ruling of the commis sion was -.final, the party desiring- to appeals having no more inter est in tho case than any other citizen. " ; .New Bills In Senate. . New, bills in the Senate, included: Kelly Protect Qakdale church, Co lumbus, county. Gough Resolution for. a commission to investigate the. advisability of concentrating- the State convicts not on public works at the State farm and vacate the- State -Prison building for other uses. .' . .. -, ; - McLeod Amend the law as to pen sion to Confederate widows. . Gough The-Merchants' - Association "garnishment" , bill, v providing , for a percentage, of garnishment against wages, for, debt in proportion, to wage and : preventing the .sale under execu tion, of pai r.bnal. property that has nof tewi. paid for py, a debior. Proyisibn Ik mariatnm- KnnttihiMnn.i a. ,j?ermlttJng4tI;to;bxisjb DBODls- . ' - . ,-'.. -V-;.-- "... . . . '. '. ... Burnett - Pleads In Vaine r The. Pender county bill - o provide for restoration of . free range :hrough an act to assure construction of a county fence was laid, before the Sen-i ate under a minority report, all the committee except Senator Burnett vot ing, unfavorable report... - ' , Senator Burnett pleaded for. an un prejudiced hearing apd insisted that while most , sections ot Western Caro lina required stock law, Pender was one of the sections in' eastern part of the State that . was not ; adapted - to stock law that had been forced on the county. He pleaded for the bill as a right of lo cal self government so dear to Democ racy. - Senator Holderness argued that free range in Fender would be a menace to the whole' stock ' raising interest of Eastern Carolina, that cattle tick and. hog cholera cannot be controlled in free range territory. Senator Long, for, the committee, said the committee; had given an honest, ver dict against the bill and he stood by this report. , . . . , Harding said, the wishes-of the ma jority in Pender for free rang3 should (Continued on . Page Eight) RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL PHS ROUSE Appropriates $38,000,000 for Old and New Projects A Various Amendments Wee Made to tne Original Measure Vote Was 221 ' to 131, But Was Not Along Party Lines. : ,v Washington, Jan. 26. The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill carrying $38,000,000, including "more than $10,000,D00 for new projects, was passed by the House today by a vote of 2iJ to 131. It now goes to the Sen ate. : . ., ' . -. . ' -' v , . The House' increased the appropria tion for -Norfolk harbor from $270,000 to $360,000 and retained as a continu ing project $1,425,000 for deepening the channels leading to .,the harbor - at Tampa, Fla., to 27 feet. $300,000 of the amount being made available in this bill. - - ; The President, although opposing the proposed public buildings bill now awaiting action in the Senate, has ex pressed his approval of the river and harbors measure in so far as appro, priations for existing projects is con. cerned. - The House struck out a provision to create a commission of cabinet officers and members of the Senate and House committees to investigate ; river : and i harbor improvement, drainage, , recla mation, irrigation' . . and flood ., control problems, .with a view to recommend ing to-Congress next December plans for co-ordinating all such activities. , This-- plan- favored by. the President, was eliminated on .a point of order af ter a? lively parliamentary fight, but another, Jlood control bill is pending In the House. , . , , ii The .vote by vwhich the -biir passed was not along party lines. j ; - WHOLE DUMBER 39,837 SENATE STEERING COMMITTEE CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT Either Extra Session of Congress or Abandonment of Impor tant Bills Threatened DEMOCRATS INHARMONIOUS Threats and Counter Threats Mad in Caucus Over Proposed Legislative Program! - Washington, Jan. 26. Echoes-of lasft night's turbulent j caucus . of Senat Democrats and failure today : 'of the steering committee; to agree on a pro. gram for the few remaining,. weeks of this session, emphasized the serious en tanglement over ; legislation which threatens either ' to' j force an extra ses sion of Congress or abandonment until next winter of several important ad ministration measures.- It became; knowrt today that threats and counter threats followed -in r quick succession in the caucus, when it was proposed . to put certain bills . on th legislative program to the, exclusion of others. . Railroad legislation ' urged by the President was I one . target for at tack, although it Vas generally' re garded that some form of . legislation on this line should be enacted before adjournment.- Some leaders, believe that failure to do sowould furnish the only positive motive for the President to call an. extra session. -The corrupt practices bill was vigor ously opposed by s Southern- senators who declared they 'would not yield to Federal control of elections. They will submit various amendments, but cham pions of the. bill are opposed to th proposed changes and' there; seems lit. tlef prospect, for final action. at : this ses sion if any "other measures .are to bl enacted. - V'.-v . There fs still wide disagreement over water power bills and wffveral Progres. Lslys .Republican bave glyen notice that tbjy will-, talk until March 4 against the Webb bill td permit collective for eign selling' agencies for domestic cor porations, if it is pressed for a vote. The flood control bill " also is in al most hopeless dispute. - Sdfoe administration .leaders said to. night that in their opinion, revenue legislation, some form of railroad labor regulation, a mineral lands' leasing bill and the regular appropriations even, tualjy wpuld constitute, all that could be accomplished before adjournment. If this much can be. done they do not believe the President would call an ex tra session . in view of the uncertainty of organization in j the next House, Differences of opinion oyer; matter of phraseology in j . the railroad labor bill, practically, agreed upon by the Interstate Commerce committee, again delayed final committee action - on the measure vtOday ."and further consldera. -tion was deferred until next week. BAKER REPORTED TO' HAVG . QUIT THE SHIPPING BOARD Is .Understood the President Has Ac . cepted Hfs Resignation - Baltimore, Jan. 26. Bernard R. Bak er Of Baltimore, recently appointed 'a member . of the shipping board and confirmed by - the 1 Senate - only a few days ago, is said to have resigned from that body, according to information believed reliable here tonight. It is understood that the President' has as cepted the resignation, although, no statement has been given, out. . - The reason ' for Mr. Baker's action has not been announced but' it has been reported1 that there were sharp differences of opinion over the organ ization of the new board. Mr. Baker was one of the pioneers in the promotion of merchant marine legislation adopted at the last session of Congress. He served as an expert, adviser upon shipping questions wheti he legislation was being drafted. EMPEROR IS TO CELEBRATE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY TODAY Rulers and Statesmen of Central Pow ers Will Take Part. Berlin, Jan. 26;; (via London). The German emperor's birthday ' tomorrow will be the occasion of the assemblage of rulers and statesmen of the Central Powers at German great headquarters. Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hungary, today joined Emperor William there with . Foreign Minister Czernin 'von Chudenitz. Imperial Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg and Foreign Minis ter Zimmermann have left Berlin for great headquarters. , Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Gen eral von Ludendorf and other high mil. Itary and naval pfficers also., will be present. ' .' ' WILL KING, OF LONG CREEK, . KILLED AS TRAIN HITS AUTO Father Probably Fatally- Injured One ' Negro Killed, Another Hurt ' ' Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 26. Will King, age 22, of Long Ceek, was killed out right, and his father. Word JKing, age 50, was probablyj fatally hurt when the. automobile,- in which they were driving was struck by a Southern Rail way passertger train 'at . Huntersville, near Charlotte, at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Two f negroes,' names unknown, were in rear seats and one was killed the . other - badly hurt, l ; x h - J- t1 ' v. -.' v '';.'' '.-'1 - i, n
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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