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PAGES TODAY . . . . ONE SECTION I , . ,-4- -UJHi AY t. IU ' ' " - i ' -- - nTTT ,rrvmmAT - --L.- " .- - - - .". 'a y., invl JxLU LCjN XJN Ctt MARCH 8. 1017 WFTOT.T J" IT YT RC!P ,ft oo r ficialsfoMeMt ACTION AGAINST u-BUA i MWACE SOON Arming of Merchantmen and Con voying Them by Warships v Among Possibilities DEFY EXISTING STATUTES; Ships Passing Through ' Danger Zone May be Placed Under, Government Control EXTRA SESSION IS CERTAIN Time of Calling It:Now Seems to be the Only Question Washington, March 7.-New ac tion by President Wilson :in the Dext few dayil in the situation re sulting froin the . German unre stricted submarine campaign was forecast confidently today in ad ministration quarters.: : If ' the form of the action has been deter rained upon it was not revealed. The possibilities, are the arming of American merchantmen by the government in spite of " old stat utes construed by some officials to prohibit such action; the ' convoy ing of the vessels by warships; the immediate calling of an extra session of Congress, and the plac ing of American ships desiring to pass through the danger zone un der government control. Extra Session Believed Nearer. Reports conveyed to the President during the dajy that the prospects are excellent for prompt and favorable ac tion on his suggestion for a revision of the Senate rules so that, action can be secured on an armed neutrality res olution were believed to. hring'the call ,ing of an extra session nearer. While some officials? notably those the State Department, have advised the President that he s has full . power to arm merchantmen r without congres sional action, others feel that such a Bf-P would be stretching the law. It is pointed out, however, that any re strictions surrounding" the arming of vessels do not apply to supplying con voys. The best judgment -of the Navy Department has been against convoy Hn.5r Slrateal reasons, but it was considered possible that if -no other Sted.fUnd thiS co" . might be Thinks Nation Baeka 'Him; me President was understood to feel In no f ying" up of 'American vessels. mnnC i "a"ul De allowed to continue much longer. He also believes that the et;'Y j1 behind him in: advocating Ss end 'American ' lives -and Mr Wiison was f6rced to retire to upture By China is l : Expected Immediately Peking, March 4. (Delayed) The wdiate breaking off of relations with Germany is expected here and 8 ?nerally Predicted that China will join the Entente. i This belief is due to the fact that dispatches from Tien Tsin say that Tuan Chi Jul, who resigned March 4 and left for Tien, Tsin has decided to return to-the capital immediate ly and resume the premiership, it its understood that President Li Tsi Yuan has Agreed to give the com Imttee full power to form the for eign policy. - y The cabinet is known to favor the severing , of relations witv, . .and parliament is showing a disno- ,u. lo iouow the leadership of Tuan Chi Jul rather than that of the president. . j WAY TO EARLY IS CLEARED MODIFY fOFSEBATE Dem 3 Vote Unanimously and OTmblicans Vote 30 to 2 , : . for Proposed Change BUILD; NAVY SHIPS AT TEH PER GENT HAY BE REPORTEb TODAY LaFollette and Gronna, Who Help ed to Kill Armed Neutrality, Absent From Caucus LEADER OF REBELS STAFF CUBAN AIID HIS ft i nrimrin bIUHhUI HOUSE OF COMMONS THROWN INTO :AN UPROAR OVER THE IRISH HOME RULE QUESTION Taken Prisoner by Government Commander in Santa Clara and Camaguey Provinces NEWS IS CHEERED WILDLY Shipbuilders Enter Agreement! to Accept Government Contracts at Loss in Profit i AS A "PATRIOTIC DUTY- Virtually All Larger Plants Represented At . Conference With Secretary Daniels To Expedite Construction. ms room early this afternoon by a cod. jut previously he conferred with Secre- and inss abut the German-crisis 1 with senators about cloture. Demon? fRepresentative, Kitchin.-. the tZT? ,leader of. the House, left to iu ?day h5s Parting information sion of r!fgUCS Was that an extra later ii of grs would be called not chin 1, he middle of May- ;Mr. Kit ferennT this Pdlction after -a con- Sh .W,t5- President Wilson,; al- ty for "jcuiucr was auinori- ntn Statement yesterday that an JO uniiKeiy Derore "the flrst of June or the last of May. FEDERAL Jl RY TO TAKE UP KRMAN ; SPY CONSPIRACY C'rman c,"lt and Hindu Physician MaT r$e Further Implicated JUcek-' farch- 7. Department of 5rsent tfC.!a-ln thls City"-expect to "Borrow. i Pederal Krand jury to man sn ence cncerning the Ger Jt was consPiracy in this country. flocum0i!"ned today that important ffom wll a arrived- by messenger un?. fu,rther connect Tr. Ernest Chandr A. ,erman chemist, and Dr. (ian Ju-h!ra.berty. a Hindu physi the Germa Von Igel attache of lunt vnB assy- who sailed witfc 4?ain,, J1, Be.rnstorff after indictment iismi. ' im ln this country had been "ospn - - ' ' Dr. rl: ".ere il. a n r? Tb . "1 t i t0 the Zy. ed Tues!ayt and., according wUed r, confessed that they had 1,lvade Inrtl" directlon-of.Von Isei to ay of fV.d.la with-a military force. by 25 .disclsed that on February led i' fu ,nna an3 Dr. Chakraberty lte stvil COURty clerk's office here fler the nil, certlf5cates to operate un- the o?S ?f,the "Orlentar Society? to Oriental Kitchen". . nr.ii',. to bi v monthly magrajine .which a ?wn as the "Oriental Be totio. !ents o the Department of '"Pation- ' ed. out that similar oc- !?ies had w , Part' of the- Gman toonLaen foa.to be ruses for aUen?te W hUt attraiSa- Washington, March 7. American shipbuilders engaged oh government work, entered. -.into an agceementwith' Secretrr Daniels today to accept hew contracts at a flat rate Of ten per cent.' net profit, and pledged co-operation to the fullest extent of their ability in rushing' to completion the navy's con-1 struction program. r 1 ' Virtually all of the larger plants in the country were represented in the conference. The builders, who have been netting from twenty, to thirty per cent, on merchant steamers, said they were willing to turn to government con tracts at. ten per cent, as a patriotic duty, and the Secretyy on his part agreed to protect them from undue loss. As a result, for the present at least, the government will not consider exercis ing the authority given by Congress to commandeer plants. j v The next step of the department will be to call upon builders not engaged in government work to undertake such tasks as they are equipped to carry out. For the most part this will consist 'of building submarine chasers and pos sibly some destroyers. An understand ing fc,isp will be sought to prevent yards doing private worK irom drawing men from those with navy contracts. The companies represented today will furnish Secretary Daniels not later than Monday with schedules of all com mercial work in- their yards or for which they, have contracted. Details of the capitalization of each concern, its fixed chareres. material contracts, nlans of plates and yards showing possibil ityof enlargement and number of em ployes will . be included.. A definite statement of the amount or kind of ad ditional government work that could be undertaken with an estimate of what might be accomplished in a year's time also w411 be- submitted by each build er. ' . r 'Secretary Daniels said the list of subjects to be covered, in the state ments had been worked out with the in-tention-of supplying-all- information a prospective purchaser of the plants would require. It will be valuable in determining the wisest way of plac ing contracts for new -ships and would be essential should it prove necessary in- the end to take over' any establish ment. . ' .f The department is i in correspondence with steel makers and other manufac turers who supply material for navy ships. Similar assurances of co-operation are expected from them. ..Mr. Dan iels said he hoped to interfere with com merce ship biulding just as little as pos sible, but that nothing would be allow ed ""to stand in the way of ; supplying the .navy ;with ships and. munitions as rapmiy as is possiDie Washington, March 7. Democrats and Republicans of the Senate in con ference today cleared the way for ear ly modification of Senate procedure so as to make filibusters such as defeat ed the armed neutrality bill impossible in the future. The Democrats . voted unanimously to support, a rule under , which de bate could be limited by a two-thirds vote, and the,. Republicans voted 30 to 2 in support of-the same' change. The rule was recommended by. a conference committee, of ten, five from each party. The resolution embodying the pro posed rule probably , will be reported to the Senate tomorrow by Majority tieader Martin with a view to pressing it for' prompt adoption. .A' : . t LaFollette : and Gronna Absehlt '.L Senators LaFollette and Gronna, publicans, who were amonghe twelve who failed to sign the manifesto ap proving the armed neutrality bill, did not attend their party caucus. - How much ' significance' is to be attached to that fact neither Republican nor Democratic-leaders could foretell tonight, although" the Democrats had a distinct impression5 that the .appearance of the rule "would be the' signal' for speeches by these two- senators oh armed' neu trality. There, were a few Democrats who had views, different from 'the large majority but .while they maycontri Capture is Said to fiave Been Made After Bloody Battle Last ing Several Hours Havana, March 7. The news that ex Presldent Jose L. Gomez, leader of the rebels, and his entire staff were prison ers in the hands of Colonel 'Collazo, commander of the , government forces operating near the dividing Jine be tween Santa Clara and Camaguey prov inces, was announced ' this afternoon. It set the crowds about the presidential palace cheering ""wildly. ' 1 . - . .". ShortlyJ before 4 'o'clock this aftern noon Secretary Montero " appeared on the palace balcony and read a message from Secretary "of the' Interior Heyta, who has been in charge of the cam paign in Santa Clara province, saying that Colonel Collazo -had reported the capture of Gomez and his staff in fTam aguey province. i The men were 6aid to have been cap tured after a battle lasting several hours in which many are believed to have been killed or wounded. Machine guns -played a prominent part in the rebel defeat. . Having received word that a erable force under personal command of General Gomez and Colonel Figuroa were in the ; neighborhood of ArrOyo Blanca, Colonel Collazo with eiorht r.nv- airy squadrons, one battalion of infan try and militia, set out to-flank the reb els, coming in contact with' them near Place tas. - -. v , XJoionel ConsueKra in Santa Clara riis posed his forces to -prevent the. rebels Resolution of Nationalists Precipi- j vaics une oi snieresi es- j sions in Months LLOYD-GEORGE IS ASSAILED WAS CONSTRUCTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE He is Forced to Declare the Policy of the Cabinetf To'wards Self-Government NATIONALISTS WITHDRAW Redmond and His Adherents Con fer Outside the House bute - a- few speochea,, pij:.aubject J0t Uyadingy wuiSes xiu me ruiwmo pxuMiRgea p r nignx westward. Liast night he concen- position is expected. In the Democratic caucus there were more than fortv senators and with the thirty Republicans 'who - voted for the change "this- makes1 about eight more than, two-thirdg : of the -Senate: Seyeral-'jenators . of . both, parties are aosen irom wasntnston or in, so tnat the- proportion of those - liere - for the cnange is overwneimmg. Senators Sherman, of, Illinois, , and trance, or Maryland, were. the two Re publicans wh cast -the neg'ative votes Senator " Sherman declared the iTtfiniih- licans would be put in . the position of acceding, to it because of the demand by; President Wilson in his public state ment on the defeat of the neutrality bill, and in his conference today with Democratic members of the conference (Continued on Fage Ten) Another element of thV sneedinsr nn program is the task of securing labor. Samuel Gomjpers", president oi the Am erican jp eaeranon oi iaDor ana a mem ber of. ; the National Defense ' Council awvisory commission, has -called a la bor conference in this connection. . All of, the conferences and other pre liminary measures are preparatory to the issuing by President Wilson of a proclamation declaring that a. Nation al emergency exists wlrtch requires the use of the unusual, powers granted him by Congress to hasten naval construc tion, ; After that step has been taken the emergency fund of more than $100,-' 0vv,OOO "provided for , the . purpose will he available to pay for high speed con struction, and the department will be in a position to require any ship build er or manufacturer to begin at once on work'asslgned to Him. - SUPREME COURT AGAIN 0PE1IS HARVESTER SUIT Gregory Presents Reasons for Seeking Disintegration Declares That IT the "Trust" Is Not DIa- ' . solved Government Control and Fosslbly, Ownership Will Most likely Follow. Washington, March 7. In reargu- ment before the Supreme Court today of the Federal dissolution suit against the International Harvester Company, At torney General Gregory personally pre sented the government's reasons . for seeking disintegration of the so-called of the plants 4 trust. He declared that if the intent of Congress to prohibit undue concentra tion of capital and restraint of compe tition were not carried out, government control if not ownership in all likeli hood would follow, with its evils and dangers. ' , ! . ' The hearings will be concluded by J. P Wilson, chief counsel for the defend ants.: - '. 'X-.. - - Such "colossal combinations" o (Capi tal, enjoying preponderent control of an industry -even if "good" combina-. tions are illegal and h,arnf ul, the at tornev general arcrued.- He nnlntsi tn evidence that the defendant controls between 77 and 85 per cent, of the har vest -machinery ; trade, asserting that one "dummy" and .six "office boys" formed the huge combination.; This re ferred to the transfer of constituent corporations assets to William C' Lane, for subsequent tranSfer.to the New Jer sey, corporation. , . ' n " ; . Uane, the dummy," sail Mr. Gregory "offered to transfer the . subsidiaries. The office boys -gravely asked for time to consider, he next day these six of fice boys said the proposition 'looked good' to them .and accepted. : . . Tt , "George W. Perkins (formerly of J. V:- Mnrean and flnmnanvl uraa tha ntin child who ld them by the. hand- , ; "J. P. Morgan and Company waved the -magic wano and received $3,500,- 000 for promotion services to make le gal what was illegal." - 1 ' There was conscious wrong-doing in (Continued von Page Ten), London, March 7. The presentation by ..the. Irish nationalists in the house of comons this evening of a resolution calling for the immediate application of the home , rule 'statute to Ireland prfcipitated one of .the most bitter ses sions in months and threw the home rule, question back' into its" old posi tion of uncertainty. The resolution forced the government into ,a; declaration of policy towards self-government, namely, that any part of Ireland that wished home rule could have- it, but that no coercion would be employed to compel Ulster to accept. At the same 'time, the proposal drew from the Ulsterites the ultimatum that they would not accept, which coupled with the government's pronouncement, effectually crushed all hopes for a speedy settlement. . .Premier Faces Embarrassment The' nationalists tonight, headed by their leader, John Redrnond, were in ference, having withdrawn in a body from the hopse of commons, and Mr. Lloyd-George was facing his flrst em barrassing situation since he assumed the premiership. , For. more 'than an hour before tho nationalists left the house, the premier had faced a ; whirlwind . of .angry cen- sur irom tne nationalist quarter. Leaders in Senate and House Give Estimate of the Work of Session Just Closed BIG ADVANCE IN EDUCATION ! Great Improvement In' Finance, Reve nue, Fisheries, Charitable Work, . Health and' Edncatlnn.i System Wrought. FIFTEEN MEASURES URGED BY BICKETT ENACTED INTO LAW 1917 Legislature Adjourns ine Die at 3 O'clock With "Cor poral's Guard" Present LAST BILL NUMBERED 1,215 Continuous 4 Session of 63 Days T?1 J.J TXT A 1 an mm mm' xinaeu wunoui jrinai Action on a Number of Bills trated his forces' near Placetas ready. ior tne expected battle. At 10 -o'clock the battle opened, Collazo's force made a frontal .attack, while Consuegra at tacked the rebel -right flank, his ma chine gun fire causirig . them .1 to give way. , . - No other details of the actual opera tions have been given out except that the rebels are still being. pursued. Immediately following the news of Gomez's 'capture an unconfirmed report spread that Rigoberto Fernandez in Santiago De Cuba had offered to" sur reder if allowed to come under the am nesty decree offered by President Meno cal a f e wdays ago. . ; General Pino Guerra, a prominent rebel leader and his brother, "Ramon, - are reported to have given themselves up to Colonel Carrillo in Pinar Del Rio. VILLA TROOPS DRAW : HEARER THE BORDER Battle Expected at San Martin Ranch Last Night or Today ' Carranza Forces Under . Mnrgnla and Gonzales Leave Juarez With Col- -umn of Cavalry and Mount ed Machine Gnu. Juarez, March 7. General Jose Car los Murgia and General; PaBlo Gonzales left today for the San Martin .ranch, 50 miles southeast of Juarez, with a col umn of cavalry and with machine guns mounted in automobiles. A battle with Villa forces in the vicinity of the San Martin ranch is expected tonight or to morrow: One hundred and flftv cava.1 rvm Pn left Juarez yesterday for the San Mar tin ranch. General Murguia and Gener al Gonzales took one hundred men tr day and another column of 20 planned to leave Juarez tonight to re inforce the expedition. Two hundred and fifty men will join these tronns at outposts along the Rio Grande and Gen eral Murguia is expected to have 700 men wnen ne reacnes me rendezvous of the Villa troops.' .''' ' : 1 - which a at his seat 'because he'cbuld'iiot ttiaVa himself heard. -He was called a "turn coat" on the home - rule question, - and one nationalist exclaimed: "Hangman Carson! He. is only fit to be a, hangman, not first lord of the ad miralty. ,' . ; ; ' The nationalist resolution was intro duced by T. R O'Cqnnor, -who asserted that the manner .in which the govern ment has handled, the. Irish rebellion had transformed a. friendly people into one -with bitter .hatred against Eng land; , He pleaded that home rule should be: put v into operation imme diately for the sake of Ireland and the Interests Of England, the empire and the allies. . . 'Tribute to President Wilson At one point in his address he paid tribute to the. President, of the United (Continued on Page Ten). GERMAN-MEXICAN PLOT IS FURTHER EXPLAINED Overseas News Agency Makes Public Official Statement. Says That By U. S. Acquiring the Zim merman n Note "It Seem That Treason Has Been Committed on American Territory" MACHINE GUN COMPANY IS V DISPATCHED TO.FOftT HANCOCK El Paso. Texas: March ?. A manMna gun company of the ThirtyThlrd M-in-: igan infantry ' Haff been sent to , Fort nancocK, Texas, to protect that town from a nossible Villa raid. In aHAitinn a company of infantry and .a troop of tuontmuea on fage Two.) WILMINGTON ENGINEERS v TO START HOME MARCH 12 San Benito,. Texas,1 March. 7. The Third Tennessee , Infantry left 'here late today for Nashville to be rnus- -J lei eo out ew aaiea iur aepartures announced today include::. Squadron of the First -Virginia, cavalry at Brownsville, March 13; A. and B. companies, North Carolina engin eers, at EI Paso, March 12. Berlin, March, 7 (via Sayville) The Overseas News Agency ' - today made public the following official statement concerning Germany s plan to have Mexico engage, in war with . the United States if the United States should not remain neutral after the declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare . by Germany: .. . "The decision to begin the unrestrict ed submarine war February 1 having been taken, an eventual conflict with America had to be considered by rea son of its previous attitude. The facts have proven that the surmise was Jus tified, for the American government, immediately after our notification con cerning the barred zone, broke off di plomatic relations and, moreover, re quested other neutral nations to join in this course of action. In anticipa-' tion of this possibility It was not only the right but also the duty of the gov ernment to take measures in time to counter balance of an additional; ally on the side of our enemies . ."The imperial minister to Mexico was therefore instructed about the" middle ;of . January to offer an alliance to the Mexican government and to , arrange the details, in case that the United States should: declare ..war against us. The minister was expressly charged by. Instruction to take no steps with the Mexican government before he had obtained the absolute certainty , that war had been declared -by the United - r"It is not known by what means the American . government acquired knowl edge1 of the: instructions transmitted by secret ways ; to Mexico. . It seems that treason and treason it probably is has ., been - committed on American territory." ' (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. , c, : ' March 7. Speaker Murphy said this afternoon of the work of this General Assembly, that of all the sessions of which he had any knowledge! and he had served in seven, none had anything like equalled this one in progressivearid constructive leg. lsiation. The treatment given the State institutions in preparing; for their ade quate enlargement and equipment through the three million dollar bond issue was progressive and constructive to a degree, as was the modernization of the State's accounting system, the educational legislation and the advance ment ot health conservation. He was especially gratified to have had the honor of . being the presiding officer of the House for such a tremen dously potential session as this has proven to be. Senator Holderness, of Edgecombe, who was chairman of the joint finance committtee; said , that the handling of the appropriations factor of this ses sion had impressed on him the far reaching achievements .of the session, especially ds. to the provision for char itable , institutions,, the educational wJr otJe State.and the advancement of thj&rhji4lfc -orkitnirhOTlt --tKr State. Thbond' issue for .permarient improvements had enabled the commit tee to provide liberallv ance and for, education and the health work.- -v -i " - . - - . - There was a isnecfa.r arvf th.t -.sj! 515,000 that -would be used in co-operative - work 1 with ;th voT-oi I i V CI U- I ieni ana tne.Kaeicefeller fund for sani tary inspections-throughout the State mat. wouia be.- far-reaching in effect, the funds to be augmented hv ...,L " "-J Appropriations and private donations. The general health work received $37- w. lucre is a ?ii,ooo appropriation for inspection of school children, and $15,000 for special quarantine control. Indeed, ; the ateope of the whole health and educational endeavor of the State is greatly strengthened by the appropria tions work of the session. Big Advance for Education. Chairman Oates, of the jQint commit tee on education, declared that nrnhahw no Legislature in this State has ever enactea tne -volume and type of legis lation for the furtherance of education that will prove as progressive and con structive as has this session. ' The ap propriation of $50,000 for the elimina tion of illiteracy is in itself a tremen dous advance. This will be used In paying teachers for teaching adult il literates. This work will represent an expenditure of $100,000 within the next two years and practically means the wiping out or adult illiteracy in the State within that time, .. Another great advance was the rais ing of the compulsory school attend ance age from 12 to 14 years. This is to be effective next September and makes the State -regulations conform with the Federal factory inspection regulations. - Another far-reaching measure is the provision ror a constitutional amend ment that will assure to every county in the State six instead of four months minimum school -term. This must be ratified by the people at the next gen eral election.- . For High Schools. The Provision Of $100,000 for airline the high schools in the State and the creation of the $500,000 fund from the three million dollars bond sale as an additional loan fund -, for building school houses are other far-reaching measures that Chairman Oates is espe cially pleased with. It means, he says, that within six years or less time, with the accrued Interest on loans, the State loan fund will amount to two million dollars and be a stupendous factor in the educational progress of - the State. , -Then there! Is the creation of an edu cational commission of , five members to include business men and educators, to investigate educational needs of the State and the laws of this and other states as to education: and reniirt with recommendations to the next Assembly. i.ne scope or the work of this commis sion will include all: chases of Rnni control and administration.' t-xt hnnv adoption or publication and ; supply- to the children of the State and a system of pensions for teachers. Finally there Is the teacher certifica tion act that will sta.nrta.rr1 1 7.a tha too " - w b V. I L f ng- profession and put it on a footing! I , . - T , ww v UlOlO wim omer professions, senator Oates I tance that the House had not killed this really regards this as really the mostiPartic ular bill. It allowed four cents (By W. J. MARTIN). Raleigh, N. C, Maich 7! The gavels of President Gardner in the Senate and Speaker Walter Murphy in the House sounded the sine die adjournment of the North . Carolina . General Assembly for 1917 at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The morning trains" had carried the great majority of the members of tho two houses to their homes and there . was little more than the traditional "corporal's guard" present for the fin al closing, ceremonies. No legislation of -consequence had been allowed to get through during the morning, as the Senate and-House patiently waited for the enrolled bills to ratify them. The last one was num ber 1,215. There were fifteen measures that were advocated by Governor Bickett in his inaugural address that have been made into law. by. this Legislature. They are: Bicket Measures Enacted. Constitutional amendment for six months schools. - Amendment exempting from taxation notes and mortgages for farm homes to $3,000. Crop lien modification. , Teaching, .basic .. principles of good, farming' in aXilr " , Encouragtjme'nt of better sanitation in country homes, with expert assis tance free of cost. Making the rural schoo 1 hrttiSA a social center. Medical Inspection of children- Incorporation of .rural communities. Reform in medical advertisements. Provision for State-wide road im- . provement. Absentee voting. Creation' of State commission to in vestigate and recommend as to State taxing system. Consolidated management of State hospitals. Purchasing agent for certain institu tions. Limiting time of chain gang sen tences, prison reform and modern quar- ters for prisoners at the State farm. FUA Bill Adjusted. The Senate convened at 11 o'clock and principally 'marked time" for an hour when there was recess to 2 o'clock, when the final batch of hill - pected to be ready for ratification. mere was a reDort nf nriinitmunt all-differences in the fish bill between me two houses and the report was adopted so that the bill r.Olllrl ha flnoll.r enrolled for ratification. There was offered hv Senator Pniinnt. : a bill 'to restore to the mayor of Kin ston his judicial powers. This- wna passed and sent to the House. J-he House convened at 10 o'clock Representative Matthowa n D il. 'brought UD his bill for nrnhlhUln sale of wine in Bertie, Bladen and xaemora counties, and procured Its passage in spite of effort of Represen tative Doughton to have the measure reconsidered. It had to go to the Sen ate and was hot passed there, so that the bill failed after all. Ward Health Bill Fails. Representative Ward strove to pro- " cure the passage of a pet health bill of his, saying that he would not mind being considered a crank on health matters. The biir he was pressing would enable the State to obtain a spe cial Federal fund and he wanted it passed." . ' -. . Representative Hay, of Macon, was opposed to the whole business and blocked a vote by insisting that he would demand a roll call that would show no quorum . Then came a move on the part of Matthews, of Bertie, to call up and pass the newspaper legal advertising rate bill that has had such rough sailing all through the session. The legisffltors would need defense at the hands of the" newspapers in many criticisms that would be passed and he felt that It was' due the newspapers to give them this needed relief from Inadequate compen sation f or. service mo3t necessarily ren dered and at little cost to those for whom the service is rendered, Representative Ray thought that the bill had been sufficiently killed already and decently buried. He did not propose to let this new bill or readjusted sched-, ule of rates pass when there had been1 no time for consideration. Mr. Matthews came back with" insis- important educational legislation of the session." .. ; : ' . - Improved . Revenue Law. - Senator Gray of Forsyth, although one of the youngest members of the Legislature, filled the responsible posi tion of chairman of . the Senate commit tee on finance. He said today that the special effort of' the joint finance com mittee was to frame - and readjust the revenue law to make it more nearly fit the present conditions, make subject to . ivonunuea on .rage , two) for flrst, insertion, and two cents for subsequent -insertions per line. The proponents of the original fbill : had withdrawn it. He insistedlithat ' Mr. Ray had favored this amended bill.. Mr. Ray gave notice that he' would demand roll call If the bill came to a vote. ... : ; .-. Matthews proposed to call his "blufT and it looked like the ballot would pro ceed, but at the; urgent insistence of Mr. Doughton that no end of trouble -4' . . - - ....
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