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AYDLETT IS NAMED U. S. ATTUKWiSi fUK EASTERN DISTRICT Bess City Man Appointed Upon Recommendation of Both . Overman and Simmon BARREN DECLINES A ' SECOND NOMINATION Incumbent, His Appointment Never Confirmed, . Refuses To Cause Embarrassment (Special to The Star.) - v: Washington, Jan. 10. E. F. Aydlett, of Elizabeth City, upon the recommen dation of Senator Simmons and Sena tor Overman, has i- been5 appointed United States attorney for- the Eastern district of North Carolina , to 5 succeed T. D. "Warren, who has. been serving under a recess appointment, i Mr. Aydlett was formerly president of the North Carolina Bar - associa tion. He is in the prime of life and is one of the most distinguished ; lawyers (n the state. .' . '. .. i -.- -. ;' There were other ' well " equipped flemocrats in the state who aspired to this place, but - the senators - who had man agreeu uuxi oxla .jruawv ueca-uae of his merits, in conjunction with 'the font ffiaf tViA "RM rwt- rAnervAaalAmol 1a . j urmm A.jTla.A' i 1 r trict has had scant recognition - In "the distribution of federal .: patronage In jomparison with; the other districts. Mr. Warren,' whose -V nomination was not acted upon by the senate, de clined to Le the cause of continued, complications or embarrassment, and under date of December 28. 1319, wrote from New Bern, to Attorney t General Palmer as follows: . ' . "I wish to thank ycu ' for. your favor of the 22nd Inst., notifying , me that you would shortly.; send, to; the wWte house your - recommendation that my name be sent to the? senate agal as United States attorney for the Eastern district of North Carolina. I appreciate this - very vmutfh. but- I feel under the circumstances x ougnt w aecme a recommendation. - itsrietiy my reasons- are as follows: ' The Pres ident nominated me for United States attorney last' February, but the . ses sion of the senate expired on the fourth of .March without action on . Early in April- I was given presidential appointment and under this I Dei.ormed the duties of the oi- Jce until the senate adjourned in -? No vember. Hy. name was - sent - to the lenate by the President in May. 1919, but the senate adjourned without tak ing action. Since the ' senate ad journed without taking action on my nomination I - hc-ve . been acting as United States attorney-under, appoint ment from the district Judge. "I am advised by those who are in a position to know that the' senate as now constituted will not confirm my appointment, "and' I am unwilling that the matter should be held In further suspense, and the important office of United States attorney be handicapped and embarrassed" for ' what might seem an effort on my part jto advance my own personal interest, , t ' ? "The charges preferred .against roe by the state republican executive com mittee are political In their 1 nature. They are. preferred for partisan ad vantage and ill be considered in th senate by the republicans from this standpoint." - . ' COOK EMPLOYED AS DRAFTSMAN, CHARGE Souse Committee Hears Scath ing Testimony .Regarding . . Muscle Shoals Plant New York. Jan. 10.-AllPP-a.tfona of 'aste and extravae-nnrA In th tin Mr!. Jg of a $62,000,000 air nitrate plant for government at Muscle Shoals. Ala., 'we ! made today in testimony before house COTmnitto 1nviHirgtnir - nditures in the war department. "Em- l r ' "ii iae joD, gamDiea ana 5ei "loose moral tone", it was testi- Jhe Plar-t was built for the govern inv the American Cyanamld icomp- y to produce nitrate for war ex sives by the company's German pro ess and is now idle, r . v PntCcordins to testimony today, ' the jnpaay paid ?12.000 for the, distribu tor articles to newspapers describe s the plant. Under its contract with ; government the company - would iVer1Ve. royalties if the government Chai d Perate- the- i?lant; -and said i7 tn J,Granara- of the committee, eov d hen Proposed t.. have the MainmeTnt make fertilizer, there. ficer ,v J" Farley, an ordnance of inJ ?was Rationed at the plant iinrr v construction, testified of hi eiV. , makerB asleep in-boilers Pterin ;r4nB iai m a field telling Ne8.'hft Baq"arterB - some em- tug k8. """ WBre extravagant, nav t lZl fioor8- Once he found con;;:08 "lng wheel barrows ltoov I0Ur feet. He told of a kfaf s employed as a draftsman. Ftor a as an enKineer and a "movie" CanH mechanic. N officVr ; Moberl7 another, ord Vtncer. describee! his diseoverv, b eoverSS18 a r"uIt o which Fllift1 had been defrauded rd two 'ri mney. was restored rneart77" ,rt sentenced -to two Deny Seat . r t - : To Berger Socialist Againf Barred Prom Congress By ; Large Vote Washington, Jan. lO.-ivictor Ber ger, Milwaukee socialist. re-elected from the Fifth Win.u - sional district after ha hn hAAn I' 5f,!i' J16111611 in the house. . "be,. day by a vote of 228 to 6. v?- v nouse acted In a little Tw 2, ma.u o.u : nour atter merger presented mmaeii to DO SWOm Iti. Phairmsn Dalllnger. of the elections : sommitte. which held Berger ineligible the first time, presented a resolution barring Berger,. and reviewed the reasons why merger was excluded at the speciaU session, representatives ,Mann. repub lican, Illinois ; Voight, republican. Wis consin, -and "Sherwood, democrat, Ohio, supported Berger's right, to a seat. "This is a representative form of government, Mr, Mahn said, ''and this we must maintain inviolate If the peo ple desire it. Berger was elected by the people of "Wisconsin. They have a right to be represented. . Request for a. hearing on Henry H. Bodenstab's right to the seat denied Berger has been made before Chairman Dalllnger. Bodenstab, a republican, was defeated by Berger by a "majority of 4,806 votes in the special election. The committee previously held Joseph H. Carney,. Berger's opponent in the first election, "to be ineligible, ' Chair man' Dalllnger -said today that at the time of, his first el efetlon Berger was only - under 'indictment Under - the es- poinage act, out tnat ne naa been convicted - before the second election took place. ,. This' he . added, would strengthen Bodenstab's case. - SO-GALLED DIVISION . AMONG DEMOCRATS CAUSES NO ALARM Carolina Committeeman Dis v counts Republican Jubilation W;:"r I:, Oyer,' "Opinion (Special to The 8t,r) Washington, Jan.' I6.lt Is the view of most of the leading democrats here that the so-called spilt between -President Wilson and W."" J. Bryan Is "not as serious as the republicans attempt to make it. appear and that there was such', unanimity, of sentiment, and pur pose "on" the part of the Jacksbn day diners that the exploitation , on the part, of the republicans of the Wilson Bryan differences does hot give the democratic leaders ; any serious con cern, i i, '.' . . . ' "' " - . - , . -: - Hon. A W. McLean natlona-l 'com mitteeman from North Carolina, in stating his view of the situation like wise states the vlewaJ of : other lead ing democrats, xoaay . Mr.' McLean said: - - '' - . : . : ' , , "I do not regard the difference of opinion between. President'. Wilson and Mr. Bryan in ; respect- to the- nature, of reservations of the treaty - and .league of nations as 'serious." As a matter of fact, the. republican papers are greatly exaggerating the matter with the hope of causing a serious division in demo cratic ranks. I do not think this ef fort . Will succeed. r The sentiment among the 1,500 persons '. who attended the Jacksott day banquet ; from all parts -,of -the country was well nigh unanimous In support of President Wilson's position. Those who approved Mr. Bryan's position were very small in number. "Ail , democrats realize that; President Wilson Is the leader of the party and there. Is no disposition at the present, time - to , encourage ' a di vided' leadership. The banquet afford ed abundant evidence that he national democratic party at the present time Is enthusiastic ; and r confident of its pVslflon". The banquet :was the great est event of the kind ever staged by any .pirty. ; - J r . SEIZING - PRIVATE ' FORTUNES " Vienna. - Jan. 1 10. It is expected ,by the Austrian . government that twelve billion : crowns will be realized fr.om the partial confiscation? i of private fortunes. This amount will be used In payment for food and raw materials purchased in foreign countries. ' ; . Dr. Reusch. minister ; of finance, reporting- on the financial situation f to the National Assembly today, said he hoped eoon to obtain a, . loan of. 30, 000,000 crowns; from "Hollands - - - r Sterling BUh Aimed At Radicals, V Pdsse$;Sehai& ' Washington, Jan.'; 10. An antl-sedl-tlon ,biU prescribing severe for ; acts v or. propaganda advocating overthrow of the governmenr.byi force orvlolence; was. passed by the , senate today without a record vote. The meas ure now goes to the house. . Maximum penalties fixed in the Mil are a fine of ?5.000 and flve years 1m JrlsonmetttT applying to All acts or cir culation of literature in furtherance o? forcible Overthrow govern ment The bill a also bars f rom the mills any, matter advocating force or aprlndPal attacks - op the bill was aimed at the mall exclusion section, wSch opponents declared would con Il .r,orrRhin nower i on the lor vv..- . postmaster 7 . -1, hill - i a 4.Aotaa n T Infl measure, no we ver, "" eh-ts v o GLASS ADVOCATES -BIG LOAN TO AID STARVING EUROPE Proposes Sum of ' $150,000,000 Ford Relief In Austria And Poland ' .V irfhineton. Jan. 10. Loans aerere r .g , $150,000,000 for food relief ;' In countries and' Armenia - to prevent a general; ' disintegration - of politic political cohesion in western .Europe, were, pro posed to congress today , by. Secretary Glass, who ' said it might, be : necessary J to Increase this amount, to '$200,000,000 after -the full situation in Europe had been' assessed. - The secretary reviewed, at length conditions In - the suffering ? countries, particularly Austria and Poland,, and said" Great Britain, France1' and Italy were" assisting in relieving distress in Austria - through a $48,000,000 - loan,". and that England, would continue to lend aid by furnishing ships for trans- portatlng 'supplies and such supplies as j possioxe irom tne vmiea imgaom. Reviewing the situation In - Austria. f rom Capt. -, George.- H. Livermore, of Mr. Glass" said suffering was so great . Winchester, Mass.,, formerly operations that the chancellor, Dr. Renner. had 0fflcer of the 167th ; field artillery bri declared that a complete breakdown gade of the1- 2nd (negro) division. Ir. must occur by the end of January un- Fuller explained that he made the let les assistance was given from the out- J ter" public ; in '. view , of . statements - re side. , . : ; .-; " ; 1 V - ' 1 enllv made before. the. inTesti era tine- What the effect of a general social breakdown. In , Austria ; would be, of burne, commanding, the artillery divi course, only can be conjectured" wrote Blon of the '92nd division, about which Mr. Glass. "That It would be confined to" Austria,' however, seems highly im probable and 'if it should spread to. Ger many, Poland, and possibly all Europe, the result would oe no less man a gen- eral- disintegration of political cohesion lnt western Europe, k Such an even would be fraught with" the most -eerl- ous consequences for the United States ana would certainly leave m us wage severe suffering . and thousand of deaths among the poorer classes.':. ;Referrlng. to Poland,". Mr. . Glass 4said the 'failure of the government- there properlyto ration its' adult population already, had caused demonstrations by the "reds" in ..Warsaw. - . -. -, I - 'v tJnder the treasury.' department plan the loans would : be advanced : by the grain corporation, out,; of the ;'bUHpn dollar wheat guaranty fund,, and wouiaMhink was 'made a day of clebyitlon b- used to "establish credlts;inv this Uhf account of a "f aisVre'pfyt,f zJ country, on the basis, of S7O.O0U.OOO .for Austria.' ?5Q.0QIs,04 s tor JPoland,,. f ZSr 000,000 foVi-other " European" "countries aid1 11.000,000 for:" Armenia '; : Soma , form of ' securities would tje obtained from the (orelgn countries be fore the loans would be made. Assist-' ant Secretary Davis explained, that the countries interested now are consider ing such, security from Austria as" her national forests,, tobacco monopoly and water power sites.. . .' PREDICTS RECORD TIME ; IN COMPLETING CENSUS Director Rogers Is Encouraged ., By Reports , ' ' :'?,:;;rr 'Washington I f Janf iO.-fCompletlon of the 1920 -' census j in record breaking time - was predicted tonight by Direc tor Sam 'Xui Rogers, who,'sald.that;less than 100 of the 87,000 enumeration districts had reported J ; inability "to start- canvassing because of ... unf avor able'' weather. Many'' reported hearty co-operation by the public. , - "7'The social . 'reds' . have not given the census ; enumerators any difficulty" so far as the bureau Is advised,, he. con tinued. "On the contrary ; the super visors of many of our ."large cities have reported that enumeration work - n tne, districts commonly disposed to be inhabited largely by 'reds', ' la ; pro gresslng swiftly and -wlth .the mini mum of. difficulty. ; r .' ; v ' To help, hasten the census work the public ! wa,s: asked . to familiarize Itself with census questions before the enum erators call. ' - . ' . - NORFOLK WATER FAMINE DISMEMBERS NAVAL BASE Officers and, Men : Moved " To Portsmouth Station ? Portsmouth, Va., Jaji. 10. Norfolk's water shortage has become eo - acute that t.a government order has-been is sued for the - transfer of 3,000 sailors and naval officers -from the naval operating base : on ; Hampton Rhodes. Which la dependent on Norfolk's water supply. Portsmouth will get ; 2,300 the mO being distributed at the naval hospital,' marine ba.Tacks, he battle ship South ' Carolina, ' the , naval . rifle range at Virginia . Beach and the am munition '-'depot !..barraclrB.! at - St. Jullens Creek, 350 men- eahi ' - ; HouseU amendment by Senator Borah, republi can, Idaho, accepted by the senate," per sons against' whom this clause is In voked can appeal to federal courts. The bill prohibits persons from ad vocating or advising by speech, writ ing or printing, the. forcible overthrow of the; United States. ' orv all govern ment or by physical Injury to persons or property. .. It also, would penalize at tempts or acts hindering execution of laws, or federal agenta in their , duties. Another section prohibits display of flags, banners or emblems Intended to symbolize advocacy -. of force against the government. X ' : : , ; Aliens ' violating the act would be subject to deportation !" and permanent excluslon"'after serving the imprison ment provided. ?'' The bill, , drawn by Senator Sterling. I republican.' South . Dakota., has been heralded - as a - measure against 1 7reds" PERSHING DEITIES . AMERICAN TROOPS WERE SACRIFICED A. . E. F. Commander j Declares' V Foch Ordered General At-' ; - tack on AitxnislicefDay Washington Jan. 10.--Charge made. before a house, war- investigating "com mittee that, American lives were need lessly wasted on armistice-day are de nied ina letter, from General Pershing. made public today by " Representative Puller, republican, . of Massachusetts. ; ,r . General Pershing! says the American forces were' -acting under, general : In structions Issued py Marshal Foch to all allied commanders on November 9, 1918. and. that .orders for -attacks were -withdrawn as, soon as possible after he : was advised of the 'signing; of the armistice. He also says statements that. American troops . were ordered to the ; attack - while , French divisions , re mained stationary: are "wholly erron eous." , - , 'Reply .to Captain Llvermore " ; i The. general's letter is dateed: Novem ber 21..1919. and I. In reply-to charges . contained . In a letter to , Mr. Fuller committee bv? Brigadier General Sher- much , of the controversy resrardinc: armistice day losses ha centered : .Theletter follows:',!, ri -?v ff "I had no knowledge before i atm November 11 " that the ' armistice had been1 signed 'and- that - firing was to (cease at XI a. ni.i November IJ ' 1 j xhe armistice,' effective at XX m. ml (November 11 was not signed- until 5 a. Nevemher -H, hence the Infor matlon which Captain' Livermore states he- received about midnight of Novem ber, a.10 waa: only -;a rumor although that rumor proved fo be correct. , 4r "l"For several days prior to November 11. false; rumors of the signing- of an armwuce ' were prevalent in all the armies."' You, may recairthat at least one of .these rumors even reached! th IJnltedj States., and that November 1 7, I -All vm i et?ok f&tt&i 49- "ctifrrM vember 9 the; following; telegram Va ujr me ironv jxarsoa4 trocaU ;:VVThe enemy; disorganized by onr.r peated - attacks. Is withdrawing,' along toe wnoie irpnt, ; it '.is . Important to maintain and hasten; our action. I !at peal to the energy and initiative of the commanaers-in-cnier and their armies to secure decisive ' results. x"All of the allied commanders J re ceived similar telegrams from Marshal Foch., ';::-'-J,':iA.:'. '.i . . f Firing Cntlied General Vi "Neither - British'' nor, .French head quarters ordered firing to cease prior to the going'lnto .-effect, of the armis tice; that is. at 11 a., m.,r November 11. and In general, firing . by all the allies and , by the ;' enemy ; continued on ; the whole , front , from " Switzerland to the sea until. that hour.- In places the fir ing died away, prior - to ' 11 . a.'i m.. . and In' a few -places firing continued until after that'hour. . - , ; C "The - 92nd ' division.1,, astride the Mo selle, attacked at .- 7- a. : m . November 0, and at 5-a. m-, November-11, ad Vanced a short distance, but the troops had" retired to cover - In :. the face of repeated heavy .fire when the-, com mander : of 'the attacking brigade - re ceived 7 information at -7;1J8 a. ta that an armistice-would1 be effective at 11 ant, '.jyThe"- brigade Commander reports thft he ordered 'air firing . stopped by 10:45 a. m," and that the firing was stopped. " The" casualty records - show, that on November -11 the 92nd division lost seventeen killed, and 286 wounded, of whom ninety-nine were gassed. The casualty "records of the marines show that their losses on- November .11-were nine killednd 172 -wounded," t ., ; ; - PURPOSES SAME. ; r BRYAN ASSERTS Commoner v Talks: Of . Treaty Views 5 Chicago, ' Jan. ip. William Jennings Bryan told, reporters today that he and President Wilson "agree in purpose." -; "We both' .want Immediate ratifica tion -of the peace treaty and a speedy establishment of the league of na tions,'.' he. said. "-"It Is simply a. dif ference of opinion' over a method and not a - purpose. t ' vc---;-,w v ; 1 '"There Is , no, reason why - advocacy of a compromise - should' be interpreted as opposition to the! President. 1 Mr. Wilson is ah - official -and :.hls , . recom mendations travel by their own weight, ""The constitution' gives the President the right, to make recommendations to s.-It;gives congress thlevhight disregard 4 these '-recommendations just as it, empowers congress to pass laws and "the President to vote them Mr. Bryan said -eighty-six "-'. senators favor, ratification of the treaty.., but difter as ioreseryatlons. " He advocated a compromise ;o . as to keep'the treaty from becoming a pampalgn Issue.- add Ing: , -.' V. ; v "- ' ."-' f -. ' ; "If the republicans insist upon '' res ervations that - the democrats cannot accept, then the democrats ; will be In a good position 'to take It as an issue before the" people."' ' r't -r.-.- ''Zf": RESTRAIXIXG SUIT FILED I pToston Jan. 10. Suit .to -restrain the federal authorities' in this district from enforcing the . Volstead - prohibi tion enforcement act, on the ground that it' has not . been . legally; adopted, was filed In -the federal district court today on behalf of George D, ,D-mp sey, of the wholesale-liquor firm of P; Dempsey & Co.. of this city - Judge Anderson' set next Monday as the date for the hearing .';. Majority Has -New Plan For "I A Compromise Republicans Submit Counter Proposal to Reservations "Sub mitted by Democratic Fac tion. . Washington, Jan. . 10. Efforts to break the senile peace treaty dead lock and keep the treaty out of the nnltflinl ,.. . -.vvK4 , wiujuaicn . were "8.iv9.tiam1 a step- today: when'-republican senators,! advocating ratification,1 ' drew up a counter proposal to the set of com promise reservations admitted to them early, in the week by a group of dem ocrats. - - I f-The v republican proposal, to which Its sponsors said Senator ; Lodge, of Massachusetts, the party leader, had given tentative assent, was under stood, to deal only with some of the collateral issues in -the - reservation controversy, leaving to future nego tlatlon the; . troublesome., questions of article lOand ; equality; if ? voting power In the league of nations. " ' " ' - Some of the democratic Suggestions were said . to . have been: accepted, in cluding, a ' change in the . republican .reservation " program ' ot last ses slon so that' the senate qualifications would not have to ' be accepted : affirmatively bjrv the othferpowers. ? Agreement to these ., changes, ' however, ; was - under stood . to be conditional on certain concessions by . democrats In regard to i other ; reservations. . - --f . ; ; ' .Submission t of ; the counter , proposal to the democrats came after the sen ate adjourned at the end of a day f which had kept- the . chamber an d cloak rooms alive'' with treaty . talk. Not once , was the ' subject mentioned on the floor, but . it was .the burden of many -private conferences . among senators 6n .both sides." . . 1 ' CHARGES FRAUDS IN INDIAN LANDS Sale orthlessDieeds, W?.js:hington4 Jan., lOu-Offlclals Cfxhel Indian bureau eaid today-they had'rn formation that more. thaw $300,000, and possiDiy as mucnjas. i,uyv.VMWn aiLa been paid by, the public for worthies deeds .to ; Indian 'lands being, "sold by promoters wh had no 'valid title. - llepresentatlve -Haydenv democrat, of Arizona, bro;nght;$hei matte.rto the attention "of congress in . a .t- speech cfiarglng that ten - bogus - deeds had been, filed in the ; county . recorder's ofiTce, at Tucson, Arl2ona, : on Indian lands in Pima, county,-.- Arizona,, by Robert M. Martin, of liOS Angeles, . who was said to be,-selling an. interest ln the- lands at 50 cents an acre. , The lands, .Hayden said.v are claimed by the. heirs- of Colonel Robert r'M. liunter on sixteen pretended - deeds, purported: to have been' made Decem ber 8,'1880,'!vconveylng- an-undivided one half interest In 2,600,000 acres. ,. "The supreme court has ' held : "f Mr. Hayden added, that the" Papago - In dians had occupied these lands from time , immemorial .and that " the ' secrer tary- of the Interior . should, not, be (al lowed to depose of. them under the phb lic land laws; ,; ' .. MUCH MARRIED GIRL HAS RUDE AWAKENING Didn't Know: Law Limited Sup ' ply of Hubbies , r v New Vork, Jan. 10. Protesting that she did not know it was Illegal to have more than one husband '.at: a time. Mrs.- Edna teslie, 23 'years old.V ; was arraigned -in : Brooklyn today t on the charge of having had four, in the last seven I years. - She " admitted . that ' all of them were, alive and. that, she never troubled . herself - to 4 get m -dlverce. John Leslie, who owns a tfrelght boat, was the last of the " line and she de clared she loved him befltpof all. "I never; thought I'd see any of my former ; husbands again," . the young woman told the court, "and - did not think it was ..against the law to marry so" many men I'm sorry, if I : have broken the law." Mrs. Leslie was held in Jl.OOOibail on a charge of bigamy. GOVERNOR YAGER OF PORTO RICO VERY ILL Condition Is Critical, Family And . Officials Advised . v , San Juan, P. R., Jan. ; 10. Oovernur Tager - Is: critically s ill, following a severe ; intestinal hemorrhage which his" physicians announce was the re suit of4 a complication of diseases from which he has been suffering for sev eral , months. A bulletin Issued by the doctors this " morning says:. "Governor Yager's condition is seri ous. He slept for - several hours dur ing the night and "his pulse ., showed some improvement .this morning. - Ab solute repose Is - Imperative" , Last night -i the governor's ; condition was such that Mrs. Tager - and the members of his family who, are . In the United States "were advlsed-' The heads of government departments wre also notified..., ' r:;4 t ii-H niTT V-rrt "PROMOTE WOOU a - - ' is' INTRODUCED IN HOUSE Washington, Jan. 10. Promotion of Maj.-Gen. .Ieonard Wood-, to. the rank of lieutenant general, because of; his "meritorious . service to the "govern ment in,' wars in .which;, the United States has . been . a belligerent" " was proposed In .a bill Introduced today by Representative ' Dyer, republican.'. Mis souri - TREA TY IS RATIFIED; ALLIES NOW AT PEACE PROPOSED BLANKET ; INCREASE IN NAVY PAY RECQENDED ; , v.,. 4:,-.., j. - . 1 House Naval Committee Ap proves Bill Giving Advances ' To Officers and Men " ADMIRALS AND RECRITTTS v ONLY GRADES EXCLUDED Thirty to . Fifty Per Cent In- crease for . Men j $240 And , Up for Officers v , Washington, : Jan. 10. The house , ommittee voted. , unanimously today to recommendincrease of thirty ll .! "111 in the pay of enlisted menln the navy, and advances rang ing from $240 to f840 a year for offi- , xuvery man m the navy, except recruits and admirals. . would share in the increase. ' , - . . v . - MjRepre$entatlv Kelly. 1 republican. Michigan, ;who headed a sub-committee to work out the schedule, will in troduce the .bill, Monday and ask toi consideration under a nAiii ,nu . hasten action, because of the expeciea wwjuon oy some house leaders, ": Costa Government Rt The proposed increases would cost thft , PAVamm.n, ' m X. A. i m Ann . year, it was estimated, and be made retroactive under the bill the first of this year and extend to July 1, when the new appropriation for the ' navy becomes effective. - No decision as to the- Period - beyond July over which the "M1M''M wy uiu Srppjy. .was made by the i committee. ;.?.-' . Qfflcers resignations and failure nf thousands of men td re-enllst because of lucrative positions - available in commercial, shipping prompted the de cision committeemen. 'said. The high cusi,: orv uying-' ma de-. It, -impossibles keen men in servicer he added, "and ioes of ; personnel will - leave-: v nnexpehded about,: ? 70,000.000 to the pay fund : ro the current fiscal -year. The Kelley bill.' would . authorize Increases to he paid from this balance. J t ? i ) ' . t1 Schedule' of Decrease . - For enlisted t men, the committee proposes a monthly , rate of base pay as follows: ' v . , - "tlhief petty officers with acting ap pointments $99r permanentS' 8126; petty '"Officers -first class f 84; second class $72; third class $60; non-rated men, 'first class $54; second class $48; men, third class $38. v, " Base pay of firemen would be $60, first class; $54 second class, and $48, third class; cabin stewards' and cooks $TA a ' month; wardroom and steerage ward and cooks $72; warrant' omcers, tejwaijds and cooks, $60; mess at tendants. $42 first; $46 second class and $32 third? class, v ' v The increases ' for officers ;would ue captains $600; lieutenant ' command ers $840;.' lieutenants $720; lieutenants Junior grade $600; ensigns $240; com missioned warrant officers $480, ; and warrant officers $240. . The committee alsovoted to author ized $56,000 a year for civilian Instruc tors at Annapolis, the amount of in dividual increases being left to ' the navy department. , ( FORMER- SOLDIER ROUTS s - :- HIGHWAYMAN ?jWITH GUN - T . " 5v,-4-- '-; Hoboken, . N. J,.. Jan. 10. A bandit was mortally: Wounded in'West .Hobo ken today in a street battle with Sid ney Westheim'er, 20 years old, 1 whp served In France and who had Just drawn, $1,500 from a .bank for, his em ployer's weeklyLpayroll.. When west himer . was stooned near Tyler Parkl by two armed men, -who demanded the money, he drew ; his revolver and be gan" shooting. ' One of the . highway men" returned the fire. The ex-soldier was wounded in the right hand and hia heavy belt- : deflected another -bullet. The other, bandit fled. SWEDISH , STRIKE SPREADING Stockhaim, -Jan, :10. The - strike of mechanical engineers- is spreading throughout the. country, 70 per cent; of the ; workers being idle. " ; ? Ironworkers and employes in "paper and wood , pulp mills also ' threaten '- a general - strike after: January 15i The employes In these Industries - contem plate countering the movement ; with a general" lockout.;;;" j- i vV'.'' Baker Says Members of Cabinet- Should Have Seats In Congress New York, Jan. 10 Secretary of War Baker today , declared himself for "some radical changes' In the admin istration of the government, including the seating of cabinet members, either In the senate or the house of repre sentatives. He was addressing a meet ing - of "mothers, wives and sisters" called : by the New York League for political education. -5 i "I believe there should be some rad ical changes in, the relations between' the executive ' and the . legislative branches of - our government, Mr. Baker said. "I believe members of the cabinet ahould have seats In one or the other house, and should be present to defendthe policies of their depart ments. . ' ;:'.;." V''-'".'Ji" "They should have the right to an swer questions asked of them. No head of a department should have questions fl-red at him and then have his depart ment sacrificed on the . floor . of either United States Now. Orilyy . Belligerent Still At War Wit.h Central Powers. LITTLE CEREMONY- . - ,- ;. German Envoys Handed Lett e r Containing Terms of ; Treaty By ClemenceaUi Paris, Jan.. 10. (By The Associated Press) Ratifications of the treaty of Versailles ' were exchanged, and peace between Germany, France, - Great Brit ain, and the other allied and associated powers with the exception of the United States, became effective at 4:1 o'clock this' .af ternoon,4. There - were eleventh hour rumors t of a further postponement, nut .these proved to be groundless. ',-r :.i'"1 : .- j. .' 'The outstanding comment tonight vu iu, wfemgny is mi 11 leaves me United States the only power which was actively at. war with Germany, not . now on a peace basis. v , Following the ; exchange of ratifica tions Premier Clemenceau handed to - T7. TT T 1 J Lm man peace delegation a letter contain- 1 11 j . iut iur ueciarauons: :.- . -. ''' . Text of Declaration t-;-. ' been authorized" by, the supreme coun cil to assure . the German delegation that the lnter-allied commission ' on control,' ahd the commission on repara tions will , conform with -the greatest care to - the statements. In the note of iecemDer, , relative to. safe guarding the vital economic interests of Qer-' Mutiny. - -- v . .- "Second The'wexOerta' bf" thft Lllfiifl and , associated , powers believing that part of the Information on which they founded their demands for. 400,0 00 tops of floating docks, floating cranes, tuira and dredeers maV have -beh Innrm. th.- have. cmmltted anVerror as.con cerns 80.0QQ tons; of floating docks at Hamburg." ".:.':' ' ' ..--.. "Itr the investigation ' to . which the lnter-allied commission on control will : proceed shall show that there has real ly; been an' error .the ; allied and asso. cia.ievi powers, win jae preparea to re duce their fdeminds proportionally in a manner to lower them to 300,000 tons in round numbers, and even below that If the necessity of such reduction shall ; hA Hamnn fetrn tetA Viv onnvnnln- ormi ments. But . most complete (facilities should be accorded ty authorized., al lied and associated representatives to enable them to make, all necessary . In quiries, with" a yiewv to -verifying the German assertions before any reduction , from the original demands of, the pro- ; cocoi can oe aenniteiy admitted by the allied and associated powers. Not Crime of War. '."Third The allied and associated governments, with' reference to the last paragraph of the letter which oon- tains their reply, do not consider that , the sole act ' of : sinking the . German ships at - Scapa Flow constitutes .' crime of war -for" which Individual, punishment will be exacted in conform ity with article 22$ bf the peace treaty. "On the other hand, the allied and associated Dowers wish, to Doint out tnac wunoui losing eigne or tne vital economic interests bf Germany" they have presented . a , demand for 400,000 tons on the . Inventory established by them. German experts have furnish ed ; details ' which ,we will verify and which' give a- smaller figure. Conse quently . there- will eventually be de- ducted from the 400,000 tons of float ing 'docks, cranes, tugs and dredgers claimed by the allies, : -a.-: tonnage of noauns oucsb, wnicn auer verincation, , we will recognize as having been in-eitide'dron'the"hter"-ained Ihvehtbry by mistake and which consequently does tot exist. (Nevertheless such' deduction shall 'hot exceed 125,000 tons. . The allied and associated powers add that the 192,000 Hons proposed by' the German' government of .'which a'; list' was handed over during the delib-. orations of the technical 'commissions must be delivered immediately. . For the-balance of the tonnage, as shall be determined by the commission on re parations a delay will be allowed the German government which cannot , ex ceed thlrtv months for deliver? nf ihu total amount." '. . " i '.ii-'Iiy' . (Signed) "CLEMENCEAU." -V. house without the head of that de partment: being""presentto put in ills defense, p, ''!.- ;r :- i- ; ,. , "The writers of the constitution tried to ;aim between the ' king of the olden days and! the mob. jThey provided for both, They -made the - President re sponsible for' the ; government v of the nation, but gave him'little power. They conferred - on congress'v great powers, but . no.j responsibility.;-. "I am; not speaking how of President Wilson's administration only. The same thing has happened .in every adminis tration, even in that of President Mc Kinley, when Ihe . strong personal friendship between 'the President and Senator Hahna," leader of the senate, made: harmony Vas nearly possible as It ever has been irt our government. In every administration 'notably in that of Mr. Roosevelt, there has been a clash between the' executive and leg islative branches. ' v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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