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ftp? i - j - The Weather Complete Service - of the Associated Press . Fair Thursday, colder in interior and at night on the coast; Friday fair, colder m east portion, FOUNDED . ,;- ' . . - '" 1 .- ' ', ' 11 " 1 ' - . . ' " VOL. CHI No. 296. SWEEPING CHANGES MADE IN DIOCESAlf EDUCATIONAL WORK Commissions Abolished and Mat ' ter Placed In Hands of An Executive Council - BISHOP DARST WILL ' . " HEAD NEW DEPARTMENT Action Will Amount to -Virtual Reorganization of East-Carolina Diocese ; (Special to The Star) ? Fayetteville Jan. 21.- The "Eplsco aal council for the diocese of Eastern Carolina at its afternoon session-here today took one of the most important steps of its recent history when . the various commissions for religious edu cations, social service, etc., were abol ished, and such matters placed In the hands of an executive . council - with the bishop at its head. .' !: v;' This action amounts " to complete re-organization of the diocese, and Is done in the interest or centralization of authority. With thta-l action the name of the diocesan body . was changed from council to convention. The first executive council v,: was elected as follows: , . ; , Bi:shop, Thomas C. Darst; clerical rrerabers, Rev. D. G. McKennon 7 N"u Bern, Archer Boogher Fayetteville,' Howard Al!g-ood Grifton, J. HJ Jibbony Goldsboro, "VV. H. Milton .Wilmington, j. X. Bynum Belhaven; laymen, B. -Y. Hurske Fayetteville, W. . CLamlT-Wil. liamston, George B. Elliot and . George Eountree Wilmington,, . Prank .Wood Edenton, John G. Bragaw .Washington ; laywomen, Mrs. James G. Staton; Wil liamston, Mrs. W. M. McMillan Wil mington, and Mrs. W. A. Graham,' Rev. W. R. Noe and Thomas D. Meares, treasurer, ex-omclo members. Other action taken at the afternoon session included the decision to establish a summer school for the clergy at Beau fort. V "; The convention adjourned " tonight after an evening mission meeting- at which Bishop Darst related , to the leaiing mission at Richmond. George Peschau, Wilmington spoke on lThe Opportunity of the Layman." . Mrs. A. Waddell, Wilmington, on "Wo man's Work in the Diocese," and.Miffl Frances Withers, New TorK, on "The Church League of Service." In telling of the Hickson mission, which has so stirred the church, the bishop spoke along the same lines as in hie WliiTiinp-tAh arMroea nf Sun. day, declaring his faith in Mr. HickVI son s power. CHICAGO GRAND JURY IS BUSY Indicts 37 For Radical Tendencies Chicago, Jan. 21. The sneeial crand Jury which has been investigating red activities in -Cook count V tod av . re turned indictments ae-ainst Wllliftm Tt Lloydmillionaire socialist.' and thirty-seven other alleged members of tne communist party. The, return -was made before Robert E. Crowe, chief justice of the criminal court. - . - Others indicted InH Vagakecht, national executive secre tary, and the followine member of ne national exerutix-. rnnmHtM the communist labor party! on i e. Kattereld, Alexander j Bilan, Max Beacht, Edward Undgren and Ja"k Carney. - John Reed. dttrr nf tvi. xri-o. Labor; Harrv Rhinmari o t. tr ", oi ine state executive committee. na bagar Owens, state secretary, Three of those indicted are women, ine most prominent of whom is'Mar- ear-i t-revey, of Cleveland, who was a delegate to the national convention the communist labor party, held; Those nampH !n h '..i barged with conspiracy to overthrow Z suyernment. The indictments are c outgrowth of raids .of . agents-of h; 8 .,eve- twenty-four hours before iLn!tlon"wide round-up of reds was "inched. More than v ann nnli rajiicais were taken in the" round-up 'wynes men. ; . . - Pr!3, L1yd. Charles Baker and Mrs. "evey, the.. '9tt i..ii.r are tr.e best Vnn-m-r. t .u . ti-j serl . ire residnt of Evaneton, is law t"atarrns cfN the . communist 11!- H r w. hiLMi"nd"up in whlch he proclaimed ""nSelf as the ....itu " SE FLEW THE COOP . ' '' ' WHEN IN CHARLOTTE Charlotte. .t, 01 '-..'I'LLl!.--. t'ving- hp.r now,- -r . .. JZ ' 1. -ring the costurna cf an B.iHa.tor. city , r escai,e last week from ;the held l?011 ere' where she was being bin at a. -Iiaree of heating ,a : board , - "tn notei. . ' - ; r . ft. Vfttt ' her her oman who. aceompanied she sairi v 10 a aeiennon neme. DeLL vr comPanion-wa not.Jeane ton but Helen Wiley, of , Morgan--br'akin The prlsoner escaped' by Bndin , a-.wnaow ana oe- reported escape.-. -Later '.Bho'a wanted by ...the police in to on a charge -of K failure Jarii hill nxrvsii. . 1. told . pollce spectacular , stories of eirna.:... flurW the , --.iiii-es ac . . . --J ctn ii v M 1 rii in M ru nf , war. T - . ,v SSl v?IA AT ELLIS . ISLAND Tin.. ork Jan. 2;. Deaths from lis... . OillS isinnna linn. Tin. thfe weriay, Aotale1 twenty-two and pltai S ,400 Patents Jnl the bos-altho,fe-n J-:s mstly ' from "measles. have-influenza and Sum Too Large, Says Cummings - . . V- . .- . ... .. ,.- ...... . '..vt. v - mvo ruic ioi oeeiyj n ing to Raise $20,000,000 For Campaign Fund During Com- ing Election. cJSjfnSw Jan- ' Chairman ?omit the d6mcratic national committee today made publlo a letter to the editors of the New York Tribune denying; statements in that news paper, that the committee f planned to raise 120,000,000 for this year's presi dential campaign. , -. - ". "At no time and under no circum stances" : said Mr. Cummings, "has the chairman of,, the democratic national committee or anyone else authorized to speak, for5 th financial, department of the committee to raise $20,000,000 for this - year's presidential campaign. Such a fund could not be raised and could not .be properly used if raised. Our purposes have been plain. We seek only enough contribution to enable us to conduct a- legitimate campaign- and present bur case adeauatelyy. It is .very likely that : effective campaign work will be more expensive this year; man, uurjng any previous year, in pur political history. , This will be due not only to the higher cost of printing;, distribution . and clearlcal assistance, but also because of the, enormous in crease in the voting population, grow ing out of the granting o auffrase to women. I see nothing improper in financing, the campaign of a political party through popular 'subscriptions. Surely it is far bettef than to attempt such work through the contributions of a few." . , -" .. -'".'v- FAIR -A.VIATRIX BAFFLES POLICE Woman May be Missing Jeanne Anna de Kay New York, Jan. 21 A young woman garbed as an "a viator was being held at a police station - here tonight while p'u? jled police sought to . determine whether she is Jeanne Anna v DeKay. missing protege of Jane Adamst of Hull House, Chicago, . '-. h ' , The : elrt fitst eress descrintion joX-i bobbed and the word Helen," la tat tooed on her- arm. . Under questioning, todays police said she first declared. she knew Miss DeKay then said she was Miss DeKay, ,? and tonight - denied it. Newspaper men who talked . with ner toia ine eame sxory. one nrsi gave ner ' name as Jeanne De Xonge. Belgian I The young ; woman, was arrested r Monday because she was wearing men's merely happened- Q come-out in- her uniform. She showed such a knowledge of airplanes that Police Chief Beavera freed her.. .Yesterday eha was arrested again and a blanket charge -of "als ordef ly conduct" was docketed against her, as the result of her appering in . the lobby of a hotel in men's attire. To day they started to lnTestlgate wheth er she was Miss De Kay and communi cated with i Chicago authorities. The young woman will be held pending def inite identification, it was said. POLICE COMMISSIONER IS KILLED AT DUBLIN ; Shot to Death' On a Majn Thor- r ' - ' . f oughf are i 1 - Dublin, Jan. 2I-Hy,'theAesociated Press) Assistant Commissioner of To lice Redmond was shot and killed this evening In Harcourt street," one of Dublin's' main . thoroughfares. " : When assailed Mr. - Redmond en deavored to draw his- own pistol, but was unable to-do so before he was shot down. ' -' . Mr. Redmond' recently wai brought to Dublin from Belfast where he had been a .pueeessiui. consiaDie, , o,.boisi. in co-ordinating the puoarr police, ana , to secure increased efnciency - in tne i detective department. Sevevral police men have ;been killed recently but no arrests have been made. . ..'.", .. -.- ; .:;.....'. : ' .'. '.:"",;, MAJOR TOMLINSON, OF HIGH POINT,. IS DEAD Prominent As Manufacturer And Scholar - Durham, N. C, January . 22. Major Finley Tomlinson,. president of the Tomlinson . Chair . company, of High Point, N. C. since its organiasa-. tion , and for .- forty years . a pleading manufacturer and scholar of prth Carolina died here this afternoon , at 1:15 o'clock. His death was due . to old age and Bright's disease. Ho was 50 years of age.- -;, .-""",.' Oweii Aitacis Graham Bill as a Violation" of the Constitution Washington, Jan. Y it. The Graham anti-sedition. bill.- .pending in - the house, was attacked 4 by Senator Owen, democrat, Oklahoma.- in an address here tonight before the National Pop--ular, Government ; league. Of whlcrvne is president- Senator Owen said; the measure extended aro vrnwieri -er - beyond ail- reasonable inhibitions, violated the spirit Ofjthe constitution and placed In the office of the pos master-general powefs - which; should hot ' be intrusted to any "bureau clerk.V ' ' . J "Such arbitrary power would as suredly be abused," , said Senator Owea, "and liberty of - speech be under an ever: dangerous menace.', 1 have .too ..i.'.uk in th, fnmmnn sen! ana Sican people W telieVe eiVr-that t .v m urma . - 11u.uuv.vuv v nATTTJTTVTDl? y vjuiiimiJLiiiD A DAMPER ON HARLESTON DREAM Sees No Urgent Qr Pressing Need For Big Drydock At ; Palmetto Metropolis : Washingtont.- Jan., 21, No - urgent need exists for the. construction, at Charleston, S. C, navy- yard atv pre sent of a large drydock and enormous expendit.uree - for the', dredging of a channel - in order - to permit- capital ships to enter the dock, , according: to the report of the' senate sub-committee which recently visited " the yard, submitted to the full oommittee. today by Chairman -Ball. The only basis - up on which the Improvement 'was author ized was under the ;war emergency, acording to the report. . "After considering all the, testimony" the report said, "your committee is of the opinion that the work on Charles ton harbor should not be v continued at present for, these reasons: ; ' '. "No expenditures should be made un til the navy commission appointed un der the actof . congress and ffor estab lishing naval yard or naval . stations has made its finar report. The cost of this drydock at present time together with the, necessary dredging would be in thfr neighborhod of . JSO.QOO.OOO. K "There seems to e no urgent need for'thi'- improvement at '. Charleston. The. yard has, never been utilized to its full capacity, nor haa tho present dry dock, been utilised to take, charge ships of ita capacity. "The yard was : orlirinalSy intended for the repair of small craft and it iM the recommendation of your committee that. ; it should be - continued at pre sent as such. To make it an economi cal yard, your committee "was im L pressed with the need for additional "The only authority or basis upon, which" "we can find 4hat this larga project was approved was as a War measure arid in discussions , of. the house when the approppriation?; - f or the work were. under consideration by that body on April 2, 118, said' pro ject was defended on that ground. . - i "According to the report, testimony furnished the committee. at Charleston showed that if the improvements were .made expenditure of; 2.08t),vo .aadi fint. 'The" reoort io 'saia mat (. ras also estimated, that the dredging would cost 8,000;000 while 15,000,000 woud be ce qui red annually to maintain .the channel..-,:;- '-Z'v : 4 TtmriTT A- XTDTIfCD DUTOil AWbVVilirC '':;.;, NEARLY READY . . . mi .. ' r-vr' i Fans this weeK -; ' .". v -. :- ; -' The Hague, Jan 21.-(By The As sociated Press.)-The reply , of" s; the Dutch ; government to the .demand of the allies that the forme? German em? peror should be given up to them-for trial will be forwarded some time this week t6 the Dutch ; ministers at Paris for communication, to the allies. Al though Holland ts determined to stick plosely to diplomatic precedent, and not publish or,; intimate the .text' of : the reply until it is delivered, there is ap- ! ra Hntl v . Tift n nan a t tVA tirpfipnt timA to make any change in the prediction of the Dutch -newspapers 'that " the Dutch government will decline v to ac cede to the., demand. ' - The Associated" Press was- informed today "by a high official that the for met German emperor had not been con sulted about the reply, nor had he been eves officially Informed of the demand for his extradition. WELXS PRESIDING AT ' ' A ' -IttO VIE MAGNATE'S SESSION Charlotte. 'Jan. 21.-Percy W. Wells! president of 'the. Howard-Wells Amuse ment company of Wilmington, pre- lded Vtonight at Uhe - first: session- at 'the ; first: session, of tneN0rth - Carolina Motion Plctu ra Exhibitors' .league . of which hi ii Sessions will continue through Thursday. . HELD FOR MURDER. jiacon, G&., Jan. 21 Mrs. M. E. Marsh died this afternoon from bullet wounds received ; yesterday when she. and her daughter, -Mrs.7 Martha Phillips were shot -while ' seated in. an automobile. The "rcharge of murder; was placed against-E. L Smith, former soldier who was arrested Immediately after the shooting. : ' ' 1 - -' NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED London,- dan., .21. -An official, dis patch from- Prague says , negotiations between ' C?echo-Slovakia and Austria have been 'successfully concluded and that - there - is - to be unrestricted com merce, between the countries.. . .. . ; -. their- opinions - about , their govern ment or their- patriotism -Itself can be overthrown by a handful of extreme thebrists1. -r.i w '-i .;"'' f -Ml am unwilling under the guise of curbing thia, handful of agitators, to destroy the established, liberties of this American- people to disCuss. theircon stltutionv and . laws, to criticise their government and elected and1 appointed servants with no .fears of. penitenti aries, arrest, fines and cruel and un usual punishments hanging'. 'over them. - 'Ninety pef , cent of- the talk about danger c a bolshevik revolution in this .country is nonsense. -. It is high time to discount hysteria and return to normal thinking. Moreover, : I ; be lieve the time has come, to'liberate all inere political ' prisoners as -all Euro-j pean nations have done. - mum 3mNGTON, N.;C THURSDAY MORNINGi JANUARY 22, 1920. BLAZE AT KINSTON IS ALMOST FATAL " ' " - ' - M- ''-' ' x (Special to Tke Star.) v , Klnston.-Jan. 21. Six families were made homeless and ; three, persons had narrow escapes - froni, .death; when three' frame dwellings ' in East , Klnston ' burned ; early to- day. ; A !eonfusion - of alarms' "de-1 layed the firemen except one com pany and a high wind threatened . to - spread the flames, S., J. L. Weatherington'.v dropped his. ' wife and daughterfrom.a second-story window into, the; arms of waiting ; men, and leaped : "out himself, hia hair beginning- to blaze. The dam age was '' in - excess of $10,000. President Sends Name of Eliza beth City Man to Senate For Conilrmation Sor , y.. :y. . (Special to Tbe Star.) ; ' "', , . Washington, Jan. 31. president .Wil son sent today to the senile the nom ination of E. y. !Ayett:e'"0nited States attorney for the eastern, district of North Carolina to succeed T. D. War ren. ;- It is- expected that the nomina tion will : be ; confirmed, . -; . - Wr. Ayilett Is asking that his head quarters be authorized to be located at A Elizabeth City,where he lives. A :. -R'S. Montgomery has resigned; the fpostmastershlp' at JteidsTille North Jteidsrille Carolina, to take effect as soon as nis successor, can be appointed,,- There are f our-applicant for the place already in the field, namely C-J H Fetzer, ". W. B, Anderson,' R: .Ellinton and' C. Hi Hardy, Jr. 'iThe selection is;to be made under the civil service rule, and com-- peuttve examination, will be held -rate the applicants, when the one malt-; ing the best rating - will be Certified to the postofffce department or appoint ment? ' It is a; presidential . appoint ment; and 'paya i about ; ?,T0Q.f:Mr, Montgomery is anxious . to retire and asks that his. successor be appointed and installed by February 1. ,v'4 Four, appointments to i tht? naval academy at Annapolis by "represents tive-Brinson- are ?S' follows. .-Prmcir norxer, uoiasDoro,- alternate. jj.; Whorter;. Charles Andrew pess,:; PikO ville.' Exajalnattok forentrnce. totUe academy will beheld elthfir .the third Wednesday JnFebruary or the .third Wednesdays'ln AprlLv i ? 'Bids on, the rivef' mail xoute . f rom Morehead Clty. to Ocracoke,; in.. Cart eret county,; have heen onend ..by tho post -office" department,.- and rthey are as follows: : W. G.. Willis,; 12,840; Val entine Taylor, J3, 000; M. S. 2e, $4,949, The right is reserved to reject any of bids although-it 's probable hat-.the lowest bid- will get this - contractc-V ' MiHGIERSENDt:; GROUP SESSIONS Delegates to Pan-Americaiv"Gpn ' ferehce Discuss-. Various ; National Problems - Washingfcri,':' Jan. 21 -Delegates to the " Pair-American .financial 1 congress completed today their ' intensive study of particular national ': problems - as carried -in group sessions with -American business men actingi as advisers, and tonight , they were the . guests of Secretary of State Lansing at an. offi cial reception ', at the Pan-American unions .. The groups wiUJ report ;tomor row- to the congress as a whole in two general -sessions, f . iS&'-t r"--J '"Xj - The. group conferences 5 in a number -of. -.cases - adopted- resolutions v recom mending -to-. American banker- the granting ' of. loans to "?South American republics. , - Dr. - Louis JBorja, - financial minister: of, Ecuador, obalped adopi tion by his national- group - of -a -plan for- the 'refunding of the . entire in ternal and external debt of the coun try, involving 150,000.000 and for .the Supplying of V -surplus to - beus.ed. Jn railroad :construeiion-i-i -v: Nlcauraguaa delegate ; asked - fop a loan of five; million dollars to' complete railroad lines -now under construction, and the -Bolivian Representatives, In addition -to a loan, asked Yesterday for railroads, ". -'. suggested that - further financing be - attempted by ' " United States bankers for sanftary and trans portation improvements- within the country. ' e,,t-:r - . .-: . - : ' The .Cuban . delegation' reported un paralleled prosperity within the island, a-favorable trade -balance :of ;$200,000, 000 in 1919 and a national budget of expenses less than the tetalj raised' by taxation. " . ' j' , . " ; . A' number of v commercial reeonv. mendatione weredecidedtiponN by the Brazilian, groun .including, elimination of custom taxes on. commercial trav elers' samples extension;of parcels post and the establishment of ;; im--proved ; communicationsiby : -wireless and . cable' . .:- -e 'v- j. - -.- . .v--' - The Dominicanrepublic ( committee recommehded rv that i'f tifegotiations bf opened 'for a .: ?l,O00,00O-r loan-' fror United States .sources, to be- secure -i bya Jlen,;onrcu8toma reyenuer anCjex? pended .on : internal improvements f Developments', within ' the v-country justify- the; step, "the group - asserted. t ?? ': FIRE AT-. COLLEGE "rATAirH' Damorest, Oa.,- Jan., 21.--Miss -Flor-ence- Weeks, . of "Atlanta,: was ' fatally burned and half dozen-other, girls re? ceived injuries when the r Mary f J. Green Hall , of Piedmont College here was destroyed by fire of undetermin ed origin, early today.- feventy-elght girls and - six jteachers-; were . in - the building .and many had '., jiarrow. es capes. . The property was valued ' at AotTTISIIAMED DISTRICT ATTORNEY NAYALAWARDROW IS HOT! DEBATEiiipATE Controversy Twice $ eacnea Tne Floor Washington;: -JanK Slhenvat decorations awari edhrby ersy- twice reached the floor of the senate to-aay,eachtJme'bringing-forth bitter debate, -while, the., investigating eub ?mn7.ttie 01tlnued its Inquiry with Maj. Gen, George Barn'ett. command ant of th,e marine corps and Rear Ad miral ArW Gran.t, wat-time com mander of the first battleship division m Atlantic .fleet, as witnesses. . The controversy first reached the senate when Senator Walsh, demo crat, Montana, introduced, a resolu tion criticising Admiral William S. Sims for recent testimony before the sub-committee, in which "instructions of -the most confidential nattfre"' Uhe senator said, "were laid before the world." After ' sharp ' debate, on : ob jection of . Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, republican leader, the resolution- went, overj. (:, .j li -yvt V Later the , dispute- bobbed up . when Senator . Hitchcock of v" Nebraska, act ing democratic leader, ; aided by Sen ator Pittman, of. Nevada, democratic member of the investigating commit tee, conducted, a. Buccassful filibuster against the Resolutions of r Senator Hale, of .Mainel chairman of the com mittee, to allow the committee to em ploy cQjunej. After ' the two demo cratic senators - had spoken for some time, Chairman Hale, interrupted the debate to say "J;tiat. as. it was evident rthat a filibueter was in progress he would withdraw ' his motion for - im txiedlate vote. .His resolution, there upon went over to' bo called up later. T probably tomorrow. Pending further action by the- sen ate on his resolution. Chairman Haie adjourned hearings : of the sub-com-' mittee late in the. day;:until Friday, when Rear Admiral Austin M.-Knight, head of the board which;'-passed on medal recommendations, before their -submission , to Secretary? Danlela will be heard. -,v . V'v- .i-45-;' -.vz v . - Gen,, . Barnetty ia' his testimony br fere, the - sub-committee, " took issue with "AdmlrM'Sims, saying, there -..was no need for promulgation -by - Seer-; iarV - X)TST8-'or ; a definite-'polley. 4oti . naval and ' medal - awards as Admiral Sims . has contended. The- aci- author-izing;- defeoratlone, the v marine corps wmmandant heldi 'was sufficiently" ex plicit to -guide commanding officers in selecting- men" to . be rewarded. Although- he expressed .regret": to the naval, .secretary.;-. that MU of hi rec ommendations wetenot' favorably , re ceived,1 " General Bartte tt ' told ' the com- Slttee he , accepted the reply of Mr. aniels that the line had to be drawn somewhere to uphold the value of the decorations. ,'- -' ? ; -' ; ' .Declaring . that Thomas TA. Edison, contrary, to ' popular- belief had "little to .do" with the perfection'; of sub marine detecting devices - during the r war, - Rear Aamirai . urant : 101a , xne committee that- two young ofneers on his staff, Commander C.-S. McDowell and Lieut. Commander Miles Llbbey, were, largely responsible for: the suc cessful development, of the apparatus. -The admiral said .that he . recom mended both officers for-iiavy crosses, but thatthey did not ', receive the awards. : v ';'' "- J MEXICO REPORTS ARRESTS .Washington, Jan. 21. Mexican auth orities in the Tampico district have re ported the captUTe of the persons sus pected of the murder'of P.: J. Rooney, and Earl - Bowles, - Amejfican citizens, and of two probable; accomplices, ac cording to Information furnished the. American - embassy at Mexico City by the- Mexican " foreign., office In a- note dated -Jan. 17. . - - ' " '' -Advising the atate'department" bf this today . the embassy said - the MexlcarH authorities- reported that a careiui in vestigation-. was ; continuing. , PREGIPITA1 SOCIALIS TS CALLED TOOLS ! OF AN "INVISIBLE At Trial of Ousted Assemblymen; Martin Little- v -I ton unarges irary is in :T' V Enemies of the ' Albany; N T., f Jan. .21. Investiga tion of the loyalty of the five sus pended socialists as assemblymen was asserted at their- trial today before the assembly judiciary committee, to involve the question as to whether. nMoiufR can "hypocritically) I mas- niK.ra.ti a as a political party; strike " - v T,. ' m iT ' . f - Q m A 1 lianas , wlin every 6"w f revolution, '.and still mane v simpie American people - believe tney are not eworfieriemles . of . their country- and ready to overthrow it." - t - - This assertion was made by Martin V7. Littleton, associate , - counseV " f or the 'Committee - - - ...... "f Taking the floor at the height of a wordy battle, Mr. Littleton declared the investigation will not prove a tempest in 'a teapot." V . ..', - He charged that; 'Trotsky and Lenine are attempting" installation In America of the -soviet 'form;-of govern ment,1 and that before the waves of public' t pinion - ralsedby ; this course, Xave subsided "this country will un derstand ithat:; this so-called political party ie 'the agent and ; co-consplra-tor wlth'the dark forces of the in visible - iplre whose object is forcible destruction of constitutional govern ment, in America." - ' '."" '- ' , opposing a motion - that charges against the five -.socialists be dis missed,: Mr Littleton v declared that "the representation with reference to :what these.- five men did and-what they prof ess and -engaged - to do. -nnt" a " nlalnlv" asanything lean that they, 'gave7 their aUegiance Would Combine Railway Lines Proposal Submitted to Congress Calls for Ten Major Competi tive Trunk Lines In United States. : -J ;';-; -,-;-:; I. ' Washington, Jan. 21. Consolida tion of Nthe nearly 160 major railroad lines of the - country Into fourteen injun competitive - systems wes pro posed in ! a statement -submitted to day by John E. Oldman, of Boston, vice president of the Investment Workers' aesoclatlon to the confer ence committee' of v' the senate and house attempting to ' harmonize , dif ferences ' between the Cummlna ' and Each railroad bills. . The ' pan '- proposed by . Oldham, which in its basic principles had been approved f y - the chamber of commerce - of the- United States con templated t consolidation of the Penn sylvania system- and the New York, New Haven 4b . "Hartford Into a single system;; Boston and Maine, Maine Central and anumber of smaller "iines into another system; . the vErier. Le high yalley, Wabash; Pere .Marauette and several smaller.; lines into a sys tem, and the Baltimore & Ohio, Ches apeake & Ohio, : Philadelphia & Read ing. Norfolk & -Western. 'and some small lines into still another system.- Among the other ten systems pro posed are: - V ' - Coast Line-Louisville and Nashville system of the Atlantic Coast Line in cluding "Louisville " and- Nashville; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis; Charleston and" Western Carolina; Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis, and Georgia; and these independent roads: Norfolk and-Southern; Chicago, Terre Haute and Southwestern, and Tennessee Central; total mileage, IS, 447: earnings per mile 19,248. Illinois Central,- Seaboard system; the Illinois Central,- including Tazoo- and Mississippi, and-Central of Georgia and these-independent lines; Seaboard Air Line;, Atlanta Birmingham and Atlan tic: ..Atlantic and Western' Pacific; Western of' Alabama, ' and Georgia Southern andf Florida;,, total Mileage. I238I; earning, perj'mlio 110,226. , r EDWARDS WONT GET 1 THE I0NER VOTE ..V .-. Kel)SanAttacKs NWnJeriey'a - " .Governor at 2orfoD . Norfolk,' Va. Jaii'2I.-i-In an address today under the auspices -of the "Anti- Saloon ' Leasue, William - j: ' Bryan; announced.' his opposition? to- Governor Edwards, of New Jersey as the-nomi nee of the democratic; party for the presidency. V '."'-,-" ;'r- ''.; 'Edwards- has - picked out - my own state. Nebraska, to launch" his cam paign in," Mr. Bryan went-on,- ' but if Nebraskka Instructs for Edwards I'll never be a; delegate to the-national convention", he declared. "I see that the democratic ; national chairman, Cummings,- attended ' "the Edward's campaign ; bahoiuet " in New Jersey last , night,", following his at-' tack on overnor Edwards., r "If - that; ia Cummings attitude, he'll never be chairman of the democratic committee again if I can help it." SEMENOFF SAYS HE'S THE .. ' ; SUPREME RULER OF SIBERIA Harbin,' Manchuria, Saturday? - Jan. 17. General ' SemenOtf, commanderr in-chief of the all-Russian armies, has issued a - proclamation declaring ; that' he has-assumed the supreme rulershlp of Siberia. According-' , to General SemenofTs , representatives - here, his assumption . of supreme ; power- is .only temporary .and is due to the fact that the whereahouts - of Admiral ; Kolchak is unknown. . . ; - - ' The i proclamation -r is addressed to all commands of, the Cossacks, and the garrison commanders of General - Hor vath, head of the all-xvussian forces in eastern Siberia. . ''. -;.',-' 99 jueague vviwi oworn Government wholly and solely to an alien, and in visible empire known as the "Inter nationale" - f . ;. Mr. Littleton declared that socialist legislators could be .ruled by aliens paying party dues,and that "they are the hired agents of a group of aliens, r,omft to carrv ont' th skna nf th . . . .. . higher agents as far as they; can in the councils of a - free government. : "Mr. Hillquit .'said yesterday 'that 'what may ' be treason : today ' may be law of the land tomorrow - It will be the law if traitors, write the law." This "brought sharp, objection from Mr. Hillquit, chief counsel for the de fense, who declared Mr. Littleton's reactionary, - "nn-Amerlcan statement evoked applause in-this house to the ever-lasting shame of those who par ticipated." -''---; ; "Did I make "any misstatement?" demanded Littleton. i , "No," said Mr? Hillquit. . "The state ment, "was absolutely- correct, . but what. I object is the inference." ' Mr.: Hillquit then named men fam ous in history who' had held views opposed; to the majority and added:: "There are always initlatlsts, al ways pioneers, and at first their ideas shock,, those whom they strike. ; ;We are' preaching economic freedom. It may sound tral trous. to you, but.it is our right.". ;'-. . . The second . day . brought denfal , of three - mdre preliminary , motions by the ' defense, bringing; tthe total over- ruled to six. EMPIRE WHOLE ..NUMBER 30,060. COMRESS OBSERVES THRIFT WEEK; CUTS MANY EXPENDITURES - , ,' . '- f - . " ', Wave of Economy Hits ; Both Houses and Solons Use The -; Paring ?odfe '''-ti BOTH PARTIES UNITE IN ELIMINATING "PORK1 Diplomatic and Consular Service, And Ajrnericanization Bill Hardest Hit Washington, Jan. 21. Congress held ' ita "thrift week celebration" today, a wave of economy sweeping both , the -senate and. house., The net result was: " Decision by the house .public build ings committee not to recommend pas- . . sage at this session of ; a public build- .' Ings bill." .:;.: ,;;.'". .ty:.t Reduction by the house foreign af- . . falri committee of the" annual dlplo-v ? matio and consular service bill to ?8,- '; 843,088, which is- S8.085.125 less than the , state department request, and Si,- -032,074 less than was appropriated for the present fiscal year ;-, ;''-. Elimination by the senate of an ap propriation of . $42,500,000 from the t Americanization bill, and substitution I therefor of an appropriation of . S 6,- 500,000 restricted to use until the end of the 1921 fiscal year, instead of an - expenditure over four years as the i larger appropriation contemplated. ! Both Faeilona Unite, - Democrats and republicans for the 1 moat part joined 'forces in the slash- 1 ing away at appropriations, the vote to ' . eliminate - . customary "porky" piblio buildings ; bill being - unanimous. The . ! reduction in the Americanization bill , " ' appropriation was reported jointly by j Senators McCumberi republican. North- ' J Dakota and Dial, democrat, South Car. ' j olina. ;.. .; . : f-; -, ;', ; .V'.';.;; The North : Dakota1 senator told his .-".' j colleagues ; that 'according to- careful I estimates the government would start , the fiscal, year beginning July 1 with a .deficit of v. three . million, dollars; '5 1 -' Shoaid:' expendcareifot- the ar:;,Ve"i..tf kept wlthih.,the conservative estimate : of six billion . dollars the senate then ' ' might be provided for but-there would V be nothing, left to take care , of the left over deficit. ; .'. . .. ,. " .' , "We have gone' mad on. tne question '. of; conceiving new questions that will reach ' Into the federal treasury'.' .said , Senator - McCumber, . referring t to '.- the y." Americanization bill, which is designed ; to educate .illiterates and .Americanize foreign-born citizens.. ' ' ; ; .; -:' "The only thins that. will stop It will be when we get tothe end of the rope t and have to. bond the country to meet ' expenses." -' v-5 . '.'- ' . .r , . ; . v. - '' .. . .. What Dial Thinks. ' ':':'-- Senator Dial : said the tax- payers of ;; the United Spates were "getting tired" ; of -being overburdened. -' In cutting ' down appropriations in the diplomatie and ' consular ' service bill the house committee denied Secre-'; tary Lansing's request for Increases in the salaries of ambassadors and min- :' isters. The ' only increases ' granted : over present expenditures 'were a flat r. ? J1.000 advance injealary. to. secretaries ; ' .' of embassies and' legation and. an ad- V ditlonal . Item ofj $250,000 for passport , control bringlnt' the total .'for . that purpose up to, 9441,431.' .... . ; ' . - , The drastic cut in appropriations for river and, harbor improvements order- ;'." ed by the House rivers and harbors V", committee In paring down the annual ' appropriation bill - for ' . that purpose . c i from iS42,900,000 tOj. f 12,400,000, ' con tinned to arouse members of -the. House and minority members of tho commit tee today began-the drafting of a new r bill which would appropriate ,125,000,- '. 000. 1 The new bill which will be offered as a substitute, for the majority's' meas- ' ... ure will, specify Improvements to be v made Instead of leaving expenditure ' to the , war department . as provided in ' . that reported to the house. ! - MEXICO'S EFFORTS TO t BLOCK PROBE ARE NOTED Senate Committee Takes Cogr- ' nizance of Affair " ; -; "' - ' - jy ;. : San 'Antonio,' Texas, TJan. fll-Cog. ' nizance was taken by the senate sub committee, investigating -the Mexican situation, today of the official effort being made by Mexico to prevent th taking of testimony, when there wa Inserted, in . the . record ", the Mexicen ' consul's , Instructions f rorar . the . for- elgn offlce. That was- followed, by, a , request to Henry Forres, who had Justi , testified, to report , to . the committee t any refusal by a, Mexican counsul to ; vise his passport.- -,, , -Two witnesses today, p. .'u' Turner and W. B. Hinckley.,, testified concern-i ing raids , In ; the. lower Rio Grande . valley in . 1915,' said to have been con ducted. In accordance- with ' the . "Plan of' San Diego." .-;' -- r -.'- yt'-'l' SUPERIOR CO t'RT. JTJDGJi ' v - - -PREVENTS 'A LYNCIIIXQ ' Macon1, GaV. Jan, 2 1. Deputies from the Wilkinson county sheriffs .office ; arriving here today with Jim Denson, ' 18 year old negro under death sen- ' tence for an, attack upon a 72 year-old j white woman, near Tomsboro on Janu ; --y ary .8,. told how1 Judge J.; H.r Park" of the Ocmulgee . clrcult'superior court prevented lynching of the negro, i Judge Park convened ."a special term of court. at Irwlnton to try the negro; but before allowing the sheriff to take . . the prisoner? to i that -. town for J trial," " .... from the jail in this city, he exacted ; a promise from he citizens that they. -would; permit, the flaw-, to take its course. .Two witnesses were- heard A-jury -convicted Denson-yesterday In, , a few minutesand tfte court sentenced him to hang on-Friday, For ,. ...; 1: 'M'l ,V..H!! - ' ' ' c 0'li y Jn , ; '.- r V;'i li ;iir - tt f '. ; 'i;
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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