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The .Weather Kaln Saturday,, colder extreme west portion; Sunday unsettled, ---probably' rain. . . , i .... ' ,r VOL. CHI. No. 298; (HDING. SEDITION BILLS ARGUED PRO AND CON IN HOUSE publicans and Democrats Join In Opposing and Defending -The Measure C CHARGE PALMER WITH EVADING THE ISSUE Representative Rodenburg Says Attorney General Has Plain Case of Cold Feet r - Washington, Jan., 23.AttarCkSv on pending anti-sedition", bills not only continued today before' the house, rules committee, but spread ? to the floor o the house. Republicans and -democrats joining in opposition to the ; measures which were in turn defended byojem iers of both parties. - " wv ' l Republican members of the'- rules committee at the resumption of hear ings on the Sterling and Graham bills, charged that Attorney General - palmer had evaded the issue , after asking to he permitted to present the need for ziditional legislation y "V prosecute radicals. Representative . Bojlanburg,. of Illinois, a republican member of the committee, after charging that v the Attorney General had developed a plain case of cold feet," 'announced that tomorrow he would offer motion requesting Mr. Palmer to appear ' be? fore the committee. .' -' . The Attorney General in a. statement later in the day denied that .he ever had promised his support for either the Sterling, or the Graham bills, and said that the measure introduced by Representative Dave, democrat, Ohio, embodied his ideas on such legislation. . Brown and Huddleattt Attack Attacks on the bills in. ' the house. Tere made by Representative Browne, republican, 'Wisconsin and Huddleston. democrat, Alabama, the latter declar-1 wg tnai 'industrial uarest 'might be converted into political unrestiby such measures." . Representative. 'Burke re publican, Pennsylvania, broke into the debate to say that the Pennsylvania state law relating "strictly to s'edition" had been used during srlkes to Prohibit fiven two or three workers meeting in halL" . . . ,;. . : . "The forces in the housef a voripg the Hwar vwere led by RepreSisiitaiive Husted, republican, 'New York, wiw,- lowever, obiected to the first two sec lions of the Graham bill, and Repre sentative Blanton, democrat, Texas, vho declared the republican steerine committee had favored the proposed seditions bills until they were ormosftri by organized labor "and 'Mr: Gompers came in wun a veiled threat to the republican party Jr". ........... "The biggest autocracy in this coun try," he. said :is .that .which .stopped this bill.' He added that if members of congress would vote their own judg ment they would" pass' the" measure" and "let Mr; Gompers go to hell." In testimony before thVruIeS fcorrt- mittee, John D. Moore, of New York, said that the-democrats could capital ize for campaign purposes if the re- puuucan-coniroiiea congress nassed the pending bill, as "nobodv wnntn aA- umonaj legislation. ' swinbourne Hale, iormer army officer, told the com mittee the Graham bill was "filled with Jokerh" while Alfred Beckmann. of Cincinnati, former assistant attorney general in charge of sedition cases, as serted that the proposed legislation would be a worst evil than the acts might prosecute. Fays Menace-i' Great - "There are no cases except very re mote ones," he said,' "which cannot 'be Punished under .existing, statutes.. And the menace from these cases is not dangerous enough- to add- legislation which would be a thrust at the; free dom of American citizens. ' 'Suppres sion increases rebellion. In countries where suppression is the' greatest,' rev olutions are the: freest.". . Hundreds of letters and telegrams Protesting against-the bills- including a letter from John L. Lewis, acting President of the - United Mfne' Wdrk- ws of America, have .been rjsce,iyed.by "wniitii ampoeil or the rules com mittee, it was- announced.- . .... C Hearings by the committees are ex pected to be concluded" to-morrow with Burke Cock ran, of New York, appearing behalf of the provi'sfonai ifish "re Public. " CLIXTON BRAI1VARD INED -Vw York. Jan. 23.CIinton T. Brain r ana the publishing- house of Har fL Brot-her. Pf .which. he is; .pxcsiT en. were found guilty today-In-the VnVl 0f Seeiai sessions-of. publishing n immoral book. Sentence was de terred for a week. . ' Bramard, who is a member of the raoramary . grand - jury ' investigate an overshadowing crime": declar- "e nad nothine to do wit h the nub. "JUqn .of the book and -that it was 'mpossibie for him to. read all the. vol mes Put out by his company.' FIRR AT LAX G LEY FIELb. ; ' J0o e Stiniated at more than $25, kar i8 Con today to a PQrtion-of the tt Tacks of the photographic -division ertn,!?iey aviatln field. - Tne-rrjen tut. at messwhen the fire broke v , . the flames bad mkde such head Vt at lt was impossible to save any Ibi ; e buUdipg. The more valu been Eaved equipment4 eaid fto,-have lSktfW,BR8 8IGN BRIDtVELIi Port Mount Jan. 23. Al Bridweli, YhV1, 9- has. been signed to' teagu! t-the local club of the Virginia here tf,H; 8ason. H was announced nflenJ, y" Bri,lwell formerly was an Later Lt0hn tl!he New-York Giants, lanta cluh ,t pennant inning At last yer f the Southern league, and M the ian,aged the Houston -club ker in Mar n U He will report . " f " T " 11 ' " ' ' I I . " -T- To Try For Englishman Will Use N A ivrVIcin e TV TL. m cbouth Pole .ijonaon, Jan, 23, (By The V elated- PressWDr. John' l7- commanaer or the British lrpi? . .,BU UU wnica w v J tf& v ui. a. uve , years'i' ot explpratlon in, the JAntarctl A an attempt will be made to L the told The Associated P jw 5!!: accompush tKjt etentious . x ne . Diane ' we r f &c J &. n-t u . said Dr. Cop.ia being siecially con structed and will be to designedthat It can land on' th Im-w skjds. Three men will make the dash tor the pole from -the top of f5e great ice barrier , at the Bay of Whales. 1 "From ih starting point it will- be a continuous. climb," sflrcVvthe plane will !hve to cross a mountain "range with peaks 11,000 feet high. The pilot will i Capt. G. H: Wllklns, who par ticipated ; fh the. flight between Eng land and Australia. 7 -. ' ;.; "The r plane will be fitted' with a patent sledge attachment v which will be used-to carry' provisions and equip ment, if, anything happens to prevent the Journey being? continued in the air. : With a full I load ahd ; crew the airplane will weigh 12,600 pounds. Its speed ; will : average ninety-three miles an hour5. ; V ; 'Of the three men in" the plane one will be the pilot, the second the havi gator - and "wireless operator and the third .myself. I will be tthe observer, and my duties will be to chart a lid photograph the country over, which we. pass.". ': . , . ' .--.v. . v - 1 . . . NEGRQES PROTEST ' . AT EXTRADITION HmiriYi ' T?iAra T xiqHqv1 Tcj I -.vm -.cv Held In. Kansas f Tbpeka, Kan; Jan. 23. Robert . Hill, a. negro. Vwanted In "Arkansas in con nection ; ;wltrv;; the - race disturbances at Blaine ; last, fall., will' be. arrested on a" federal warrant charging Im personation - of ; a government . officer. If Governor Allen; refuses to' honor ah Arkansas requisition for " Hill, United States District.. Attorney, Rob ertson J notified local authorities tonight- : .-..T, 'rr'iV ' :zThe "requisition, sign ed'bythe. gov wnor. oi 'ArKaasas is now h inw way -here.: Hill, who is the alleged presi dent "of the Progressive "farmers and Householders"5' Union.V the . negro .yor ganization , declared responsible for the Elaine disturbance was arrested here Tuesday. -'- ' : . Attorney- ? Robertson ' ald the : gov ernment would- proceed under an In dictment returned against. ? Hill t Little Rock. -If Uhe federal warrant is served, he stated, Hill will be taken back to Arkansas." " I ' :J ' .'. 1 r ; The campaign to- prevent .Hill's ex tradition today grew to national pro portions. Telegramswere received by 'Governor v Allen from-' societies - of colored people throughout'; the United States,, protesting against, the return of the prisoner to Arkansas. . . . - Habeas corpus proceedings were itun or tniii? until . tomorrow- mornlner on motion of Hill's attof- neys, TO CONNECT TRUNK LINES Railroad Proposed As Clearing1 House New Tork, Jan. .23. A v $20,000,000 connecting railroad, to act as a clear ing ";house for tr6 freight f cars of half a. dozen roads entering or pass ing -through the port ef New ! York from both " sides : of the HudsotfTiver, Is proposed1 by the New York andNew Jersey . port commission. The road is to link up. trunk lines terminating on the New. Jersey- shore and those" on the New York - side of the, Hudson at PieTtrrontriN. T. . V--' The scheme is said to be' part oi a general' plan of changes to "enable the port-of New -'York, to hold and vfticiii; tats the handling'" of commerce pass ing through : here, for- which. Boston, Philadelphia ' and . southern ports are reaching-: Railroad -men . are- said to be agreed that - the ; connection - will save the trunk lines money far in excess of X interest on Its . .coat and operating ' expenses. : -v.- N . ; "The proposed railroad -will ---extend from Piermont, near Nyack, .N., Y., tq Eli'iabeth," K J.v on - Newark Bay. It wiU . Intercept,1 six r brancher of the Erie railroad. . the West Shore rail road, the .Delaware, - Lackawanna and Western and its subsidiary the Morris D v.nv railroadA the Lehigh val ley railroad, the . Pennsylvania, rail road,, the ' Central railroad otTe New :Jerseyand OhioraiJrOad. ? - m ; ,lt will be " f orty-flve miles in length, double tracked, and attach Junction with an existing railroad will be a railroad 'yard for the exchange of freight cars. It is proposed that each existing railroad take a : proportion-; ate share of the capital stock, of the proposed connecting, road. , Each t oad will deliver to te-connecting railroad carst originating on its lines and des tined for point-: upon other lines. The New York- Central wHl have - only; car-float .connecJioxiUwith , the .,Vvro posed jf oadAj.; -Jr t-v-'Il ' ' BITTERS GO 'tTNDEtt DAN -v; ' i Columbia, . Gz:Ja.nr 2S.-A bill . to regulate the' salt of narcotics and bitters- containing more than 1; per cent alcohol, whiclvjnay be used as. a bev erage, was inttodu-ced in the house of representatives ' ot: SOuth Carolina general assembly today. Sales are to be made only on prescriptions from reputable physicians. -Violations, would be punished by fines of from $100 to $600, or Imprisonment from three months to -one- year- for the- first 1 of fense -- - ' - WILMINGTON, N. DISAGREEING WITH PALMER, DISTRICT Kane Deddtts Prosecution1 Of Dodgers More Impor- . . U.6.Than' Raiding Bteds Pfcelphia, - Jan. -23.; 'Declaring the ifunishment of "nrunitipn manu facturers 'seeking to", dodge payment of taxes, fraudulent contractors, - who during ithe -Var have- grown rich, and corrupt , government -i - agents us.lng their; offlces for illicit gain," ,is inln iteljrmore important that the pursuit of radicals." Francis Fisher Kane, United; J States attorney ' for .eastern Pennsylvania, has resigned. :j ' y Mr. Kane quit the government serv ice; he said, as a matter of principle, He also sent a letter to- Attorney General Palmer outlining his views. on the treatment .. of so-called radicals. He protested against the contemplated communist part'yraids, but .the attor-ney-generai wrote he was" too late. :- H ' No Question of Policy ; r r Mr. ' Kane . disagrees with Mr. Pal mer's statement and says there does not seem r to be "any question of policy involved ' in the4 raids. , "As I read the manifestos.f the communist party."- hewrotei- "it does not expressly stand' for the overthrow of this4- government by force and it is surely -a, nuestion : of policy, not. one of 1 law, whether, the department of justice should 'take the; initiative: "and cause raids against the alien members of the party.- "It ; is one .thing t&- debar an alien into ; this country , by. t administrative methods, but. it la, quite another - to deprive a man. who has been in" the country a long time, and who -perhaps has a wife' and children, here, of what constitutional rlirhts. -Tt lhAi .r.',..t. -.M- nnMr- fi be attempting to repress a , political party, It has , a platform 'most of which is highly objectionable - to v you and me. So much .1 grant you; but tt calls itself a political par(y and holds opent meetings, and discussions. ! Con sequently, we ought notto raid it un less we are ; absolutely t compelled - to do so In order to. enforce the law, for by, such methods we -will drive . under ground and make dangerous what was not dangerous before. "Is it necessary to -protect vUr American workingmjen and the vast number of .steadyr law 1 abldin; fTeign3bey5kmW-;froin tnsutn nufcnceof-: a nanciyi o iu.nsiu and" Russian Jews - fn love with the soviet .. form of . gover nra eht t T , ray mind,, such- protection is entirely un.- necessary.- :".- ' j : , " J l Tax Dodgers z IV nmeroiw -'. ; "Munitions manufacturers and- many other, 'person's, made ..'rich. by'k the. .war ar seeking tb dodge the payment of their taxes. ''"- The ' enforcement o'f -' the law' against them 'is 'of ''prime ' Impor tanceX There, are also rfrauduiefttjbonr . x . , ti..' ' grown rich, and -there ..are,: as ,,you know,. ..corrupt ;:. government ..:: agenra using their offices for -illicit gainfThe punishment or, tnese people -is innntte ly more important than the pursuit f . PALMER APPROVES ACTION : T Washington; Jan. 23.- Attorney Gen eral Palmer, replying tonight to a let ter from Francis, F. Kane, announcing his ""resignation ' as U. . S."- Attorney f orreastern Pennsylvania, on raccount oX a disagreement with the 'policy of t neMjepartmentof Justice," charged the attorney with an "apparent -miscon- ;.-eption of the duties of the department of" .'justice . in the enforcement) of ? the laws as written". For, that, reason Mr Palmer wrote Attorney Kane ...that . ft e xvxa "bound to say that your resigna ticn seems , to' me to be quits the pro per step for youto take -COTTON ASSOCIATION PRAISED New Orleans, Jan. 23. "The south's greatest forward movement"; was the pharaetfirlzation given the formation of the American - do'tton . 'association and its proposed; program -of t;onstruc tive methods ;for . the "Agricultural sand industrial1- south by - state -and -national officers of the association at a. con ference . ' here tonight. Plana -were made to' launch , a membership "drive February l.C-vWi?t.- i-?-H-T--" v-Among , the speakers were .United States Senator Ransdell and J. 'S. Wanamaker, -president , of . the . a'ssocia tion. . . ; ' ' CORPORAL BALL CONVICTED Asheville,T N. C. Jan., 2$. Corporal Ball, of the. local recruiting office' of the regular.. army,; who ; pleaded ' guilty of murder in the second degree ? in superior "Court I today-, .was- sentenced to f ifteen years In the state" prison at hard labor. - Ball was fcharged with the murder of his cousin W. F. McKInnish an 'ex-sallor In the residential section of the-city. . v.'"-'. -'" " - i SAILS UNDER SEALED ORDERS San Francisco.f Jan:., '23.-.The: army transport' Mount Vernon, formerly -the German liner Kronprinzessm ceciue sailed 7 from' here today under" sealed, orders that "were, to be opened when she was four miles oft shore. Members of the ere W were said to have reported that the vessels' destination was Vladi v' TYPHOID ON, STEAMER.'., ;. :z Newport News, Jan. zs. mve sea men from" the Japanese steafmer Taibu Maru,. were taken oft today when that ship- reached pOtt suffering from, what nhysiciana diagnosed as typhoid-fever. The men. have peen sent .to a hospital at Norfolk and guaras nave, been post ed on the vessel ;toc see that ' no one drinks any water aboard thshlp." v . 1 . -.:'.- '" 'i . - .. r 'f- KOLCHAK; A PRISONER. London, Saturday; Jan. 24.-Confrrm ing the report that4 Aamirai-Koichak former head of the Omsk governmejif in Russia is a prisoner ot tne revoiu tionists lat, Irkutsk, the - pally Mail's Harbin correspondent In a despatch dated CThursday says the indications are-that he will 'be tried and -this his OT01MRESIGNS ljife is In danger. - C, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1920i B05AH A11D HIRAIiI ;THRpIiii(IIfc GOMPROLIISE? PLAN Ultimatum Against Bi-Partisan Conference Efforts Is Served ." "On Leader Lodge - - r - j, - " ' " ' - i ' t " : .' -ww - t v ' . ' - , Washington,; Jan.'.28.-r-Protest .byc a large r groups of influential- republican senators against 'further.-compromise on reservations to the peace tteat gave the compromise 1 negotiationaa severe - setback, "aodl senators ' de- clared, involved further solidarity"" of the republican , party not only in. .the enatet. but in the nation. - - , Bight : republican r senators. haded by-i Senators -Johnson, of , Calif ornfa. and Borah, of Idaho, and claiming to represent-other, .senators,, called - Jter publican- Leader" Lodge " Into . confer-; ence and delivered what was declared to be an . ultimatum against proposed compromises of the" Informal biwpar tisan..twmmittee; of senate, leaders, - Some of. the : senators in . the con f erence with "Senator Lodge, - declared that the. reception -of ;the ; protests would affect tha : republican leader ship and unity in the senates-while one, Senator Sherman, pf Illinois, stated after , the conference - that The would leave the ;jrej3ublican party and joini a third, party If the repuVliean . . The "conference with Senator Lodge., which lasted nearly three hours, pre-; vented the scheduled session, of the bi-partisan committee. This commit- tee ; will meet-again ' tomorrow, -out with' the "compromise prospects thrown into confusion , by todays develop menta. . . Democrats - Interested In the compromise negotiations : tonight .ex pressed concern over the turn of e Vents and at the resultant posaibUlty cr success-; . . - - The movement of - protest against "compromising the Lodge reservations i was5 almost c.oincwent witn a visit to the senate by former Fresiaent Tart, whej jconiulted with several mild Tes ervation republicans, including . Bena-; tors McCumber,' of North Dakota; Mo nary, of Oregon; Kellogg, of Minne sota, and Colt.' of Rhode Island. Mr. Taft urged, compromise strongly and during his visit -eeiarea tnai a com promise "on the. Lodge- reservation ,to Article iw ,'oi, inesovett(ii,. fvuw not ktticthe v treaty i, because-ne as-r serted. other prvlsti: wouia maise for -world peacav 1 - r-'-Vrcsort meiy to 'Article lft. - . I,-)., Ipromlee. Jwa. V ut'-ini. "r.Sv by i senator VAsnurst, aemocrav -vri-4ena. ln . favor. : of ilmtnedlata ratiea- tton.: iMr . Ashurf 1 1 charges, - bother e-publieanS- and . demrats, .with delay ing" ratification-' by r 'playing ' ; poiittcs "whila" the world.'waits for. action. Sentiment . Is 'rising, the : senator de clared,. for an: independent, presiden tial ' candldater . because pf the senate q?1 A; 'Vr - v '; r': JEANNE :ANNB. DEAY: 1' .;,?;t. PLAIN: ISS ,1YLJB Atlanta; i-Gi'j Jan. 2 8 --After Soltoe received a" telegram here t today fteni Fairmont ' W Vairsstyinir: "Take" care J of Helen' Wyllej letter explaining -wiU follow," tbe young, woman rfheld here, while " she claimed to be the missing. Jeanne Anne D Kay, ot Chicago, as- serted. according, to tne police. thaU-T" : "T ' i v : ' 4 she really Is , Helen vWylie, tf Eikfns.aVf Tiarthe the I measure - had been W. .Va. The telegram was; signed by Thomas Davis, but the girl here re fused to say what relation, he Dore to I her.- She was -arrested -recently 'charg ed ; with -"disorderly . ftouct'J.. while masquar:4inV'"ln H'i ho'teT in.'ay'iator's.J attire, ana gave. ner nmo as jeanne De Longe,elgIan (Wldowifa French soldier. Later she claimed , to : be Miss ) " 1 I ... I1 1 FEAR SPREAD OF. i liFi'IPIDEMIC Declare . Carranza . Government Never Co-ojperatetl In Riinf unlrigfPown Raiders - 1 Washittgtonil Jar4:2'f.-r'Fj5ar'that- Int fluenza now prevalefitTit Camps- Grant, Custer, and Dodge and at Fort Sheri dan may- spread 'to vother camps " and stations expressed - In the weekly army ' health report t issued today bJ Surgepn-'penet'al .Ireland. :,r.:; -r ' : During th;week ending vTan.: there was a .'xnarked.. increase: Mn. the numberoifnfl'uenzacaees, the rnumber being reported as 397 In ; comparison with.ll thJ! monia ai? incriease!M ifi'ewercasesf. influenza, t hdweycr; ;were ? reported amon g th e American: forces in German j? than ; in the . previous week,' ..--V - Surgeon "General Ireland expresses, the belief, that neither . the death rate nor .the Ineffective' rats resulting: from the two- diseases' will reach the. high levelsoffjn8 Near 'CEWeMieIab-TfvwYorU' - - New-:Tork,X:ifan S'-e-flnfluenza In New ; YoVk - IsOf as.t jtpproachlng ' the epidemic" Stage. . Health Qommissjoner Copeland " stated today: Js -i : :j ':';' X' '';.': -V r: L;r Clonf ' Mepiifai Tkentrs .SCk- "Memphis -TennJan M-rfWItb the appearance ln. . Memphis "of. ' several -cases ot -Spanish : Influenza ' in mil form, the city .board of health,, in joint sessions - with the city, commission., to4 day ordered all theaters: and similar places of amusement closed after, to j night anT;requested fthat ' churches and lodges .also suspend services .and; .aneoting yr' "vJ f; -', i-'.';'i.- r' A'-i meeting tomorrow, it , was - an-r houneeLv; i ; hwIH be determine d LAns anti-saloon league VmeetlngSuh-j day at which1 Wiinam.Ji'Kryanwas scheduled" to "speak and other -public gathering--were- ordered-' postponed- r : MMwwMaHwi . JVXAN HANGS HBISELF " ' - '- s :i Statesville,." Jan-, v 23.-WiU v Li Poston facing trial next week on charge -of having- killed his neigh bor Otho Morrow, last October, waa found dead In his cell ; here early: today when Jail attendants went tp, give him breakfasts v t " ' 1 Poston; had - hanked himself t the cell; door during the night, -according - to -of f icials.' He I was L jears old. and had a wifefand four children. . - - ;', .' ' The widow of Otho Morrow had instituted a-, civil ; action! agamst Poston- t recover $10,000,: for.: the dfatti of -her husband .. v HIDDEN ASSASSIM l,.,L. Mills and Wife Killed By " Shots From Ambush, hile Returning From jChurch Lenoir City, Tenn.,' Jan. 23. IX L. J Mills and his Wife were shot and HUK ed fronf ambush here tonight and thelr daughter,- Mrs. Tom Phillips and one of -her children, barely escaped' with' their lives. Tom Phillips the husband.' fs being sought toy a posse asvthe al leged slayer, ; :.. ':v;-v'-f ;: -X't; -S" : Phillips and his wife had, been sepa rated for several ' months ;;.' and Mrs. Phillips hadbeen living: with her pa rejnts. j They had . been to church and were returning home when the: assail ant opened Are from behind a house with' a shotgun, :. One .charge of the shot, :peiietra(edrthe"side of Mr. Mills, killing him Instantly.- -Another - en tered Mrs. -Mills' breast and she fell to the ground mortally wounded Mr. Mills, was .'carrying one of the Phillips children When ? he received -the fatal shot, but the child ..escaped uninjured. Alter Mr. ana Mrs. . Aims - naa laiien xo the .'pavement. ' the -1 a'ssasin opened fire on Mrs. Phillips, ,fi.ring..two shots, but neither struck .her. 1 -. , - ' "V Neighbors were ' attracted: by the shots and rushed. to- the- scene where the : hys terical dau ghter - of the slain couple" told the story of : the i assault- Officers were notified and a posse com-. posed of officers and Irate cltisena was hastily formed and is now. scouring tb(H countryside for - Phillips. : Officers inl Knoxvllle and ther nearby towns' Mifl cities rere informed to be on. the look out for the- alleged murderer.' v -Phillips ts aboutJ3P years Of age. five f er.te .ihchea talr and isLtb61ievedtoJ IRISH QUESTION r BEING DELAYED Is Charge of : Repre-; : senMGohnelly -1 - - ; - "-. . ' Washington. Jan. 23. Republicans In ' congress were j accused "today by He'presentative Conrnally ' democrat; Texas, - of flaying; politics lh ;the con-, sideration of a bill proposing diplo matic recognition -of -the provisional Irish republic" . :- ) . '.- j VWhy ' don't-. you report the' bin and pass It, " or do your duty and 'kill it, ao- the Irish people; know where you at&xv&TJ asked-, the democrat member, tA .s.aln o- ttitt rtvtilHta.ri side of the nending before " a committee controlled by -the republicans sincelast :May,,'Mr. COnnally -sala: serious consiaeration was not being given it,but"that the l(J0mmltt dld not act finally , because It would . ."disillusion" American. .yo i- ers" sympathetic to ;thellrlsh cause. - Mr. ; Connally accused Edward De Valera, whom' he described as the "ad vertised president, of, the - Irish' repub lic' of bejng hostile-to' the success, of Great .Britain-, in", ttfev world wan, and added, that, his presence jind; actions, in this' country "place-, uain .an. embar rassing position." ; ' " ..- v -" '' ; The British,' Mr. Connally-. added, will - never : permit Ireland's separation from the TBritish empire, because i to do so would iet-the island "located on I rthe veryi flank of . the British iempire" become the ; prey of every achemlngl nation in Kuropej . . - ; - ? Ll?S;OLDMASStV;-'::.t4 HEARS LAST TATTOO . .. ., ' ; Capt. Thomas HrOTopp Dies At l Atlanta1 Soldiers Home f - Atlanta, Ga., t Jan. 23. Capt. 1 homaS M. TPP' died, at the Confederate' sol diers' home here' today at the age - of W s'..,:';b:iL :..;:;- - f' -J It was for love of the .Id Confed erate soldier - that Bill Yopp.ex-slave, has t for the past .tefit -years annually collected dimes -and, bought each JnT mate of the "home a Christinas presf nt.'O'-' ' V: '-'- ; ,,'fXen-cent tBfir was at the bedside when his former master did, for just three days . ago. theV trustees of the home gave the old negro -,a lifetime Job there. " - 't :':'4 :f ';-: : Captain Topp was born Inl Laurens county, Georgia, .- of a-- distinguished Georgia family, and served through; out the Civil . waK with-; Bill Topp. as his body servant. SWIMMING RECORDS BROKEN : ' -New tHaveh,. Conn.i Jan.;. 23. The In-i terfeolieglate swimming records .Were! brekeri. bby Tale - swimmers V in: the meet with Pennsylvania .here, tonight Lerring P. Thurston, off ; Honolulu swjiin-'the 50 yard eventln.24 -.5 sec p'nde-breaking the record 'of 25- seconds (heldby Edwin Binney, of Tale. R. H: Meagnerm of ; Chicago,1' made - the. - 75; f ootPlunge n -3-5 seconds breaking hia own' record of 47-4-5 .seconds made lm tnVcblumbia meet a week ago. , s i-J'j ' -.- ;' :" ' ".' ' " ; V .NURSES' . DAY. SCKDAY. :il'H ' f 'ChicagOi Jan. -23. 3overnorsupf twenty-one -states :. have issued ' procla-i niatlons setting -aside Sunday, . January L25, asnurses' day. Jn honor , of . the wo-'. 4raerJcanoldiers4n-:urope-anaat i home.: SHOOTS DOWHTO .... -J ., t. . ' - .. -. . - . ' . . . . '. ' 1 - l i l i in. J " ' .. , j -r - . l ' "'J- , .'"',1.'. HOLLAND REFUSES TO DELIVER EM EMPEROR UTIN-AUERICA1IS ' . Would Pay . Debt to Europe By Means of r ix)aiis : Froia ' . ; American Government Washington, . Jan 23.Recommen- dation that proposed .relief for EuroDe irom .the United States 'be. furnished iurugn me meaium of loans- to South and Central American coun tries, the proceeds : of which be used to pay the debt of thou countries to Europe In the form -of foodstuffs and other necessities, was t-onBiaerea tonight by many delegates w pe secona Pan-American Financial wngress as the outstanding conclu sion ef the. ConeTRss. vhlih oinUii sessions today.. ' - j ; v Tne European relief recommends tion. presented to7 the .J conB-rwra" hiv jw lu Tfijedas: was embodied in v eighteen res6lutions giving . the conclusion reached at . the week's Ljaeeting. Dr. Tejedas and other dele gates ' pointed out that .as", Eurbpe aciea as tne financier of Latln-Amer if a before the-: wary many of the south am republics were Indebted to many European nations needing relief, and were in a position' to pay those debts with the needed commodities. ' The United States, it was asserted, would confer a double" benefit by allowing the Latin-American countries to act jis , Intermediaries -in propbsed : relief measures. The existing rates would worki to the;- advantage' of all coh-i cerned, pr. Tejedas ; said, and at least one billion dollars cpuld be ' made Immediately ' available-to Europe through the .plan. - . v: - . . -' The. congress at the Closing session heard addresses by "W.- P. G. Harding, governor of : the federal reserve board and by Dr. Enrique Martinez Sobral, f -the - Mexican - delegation. In - bid difig the delegates farewell, Secretary of - the ' Treasury Glass .declared: - - t - The congress, I . feel sure, has ac centuated the . sentiment or common purpose and - strengthened the - bonds f ' So-operation':T)etween the Ameri can' republics::, tt "ha.. tendered - ir im affeetlOnridfbTunlt 'the'nT In-Service to - each -ether, to humanity , and to the WorM.-.-. ' . -' PLANS SOLUTION OFNAVAL AWARDS Legislation ' To Differ : entiate,' Is Suggested : Washington ' Jan. i 23. Legislation designed - to differentiate sharply be tween 'decorations awarded naval of ficers . and mea,' f or,'rneritorlous r and distinguished" service' and' for""valor" was , proposed today by Rear Admiral Austin Knight, senior member of the "board that ' passed recently on .medal recommendations, to the senate ; sub-committee investigating decora tion' awards. V One reason for the' ex isting, controverss, Admiral -Wright asserted, lay' in -'the fact ' that there . was. -no medal1 available : . except the congressional medal of honor, -awarded only- 4n -very exceptional cases for. acts of extreme ; heroism. - , v Admiral Knight took ; issue ; 1 with Secretary Dahlela': t contention that commanding-, officers of ships ' sunk and , seriotrsly. damaged by the" enemy "should receive" the ".-distinguished : sen vice ; medal, -whenever their con dutf; was meritorious..-. f - - Rear -Admirals ..Charles. J. -BadgeU former . : commander-in-chief i.-:of the Atlantic fleet, and De Witt C. Coff man. former, commander .of V the sec ond battleship, forbe 0f -the NAtlantlc fleet,-., whose testimony ciosea . tno in vestigation' with: the exception of the hearing .'.of Secretary Daniels, who probably-., will ..appear Tuesday, said that In their - opinion the 'morale of the navy, would not be i permanently affeoted; adversely; by the present controversy.-. ' ' : -" r ' . - 4 . . - " 1 ' . ' I ; f AMENDMENT AIMS TO ' ' , - i REDUCE ILLITERACY Washington,- ; Jan.. . 23. Aliens and citizens alike between the ages of 16 and 21 years of age; who are illiter ate, would be compelled to attend biass ed of instruction 20ft hours yearly un. der an amendment to the " Kenyon Americanization bill adopted today b ': As originally drafted the bill would have affected persons of -American birth between' those ages, but all aliens between 16 aiid 45 years of age. Modi fication was thought advisable to avoid conflict "with treaties existing between the United States and various foreign countries. T,. y ; ' , " " V- WILDE AND -SHAJIKEY AGAIN . V Milwaukee, .Wis; Jan. 23. Arrange A ments have practically been closed for a return - boxing' match between Jimmy Wilde; Cyweight champion of England, and Jack .Sharkey, .New York bantam, the affair to take place In London prob ably in ; May, Dave Hughes, backer .of Wilde, announced today. Sharkey was given a newspaper decision over Wilde in. tleir recent meeting 'In Milwaukee. COURTING SOVIET -METHODS -Washington. Jan.. 23. jn ; a review of, new r-hsjses ; of the labor' problem resulting from the war. -JVIllIam. H. Taft. In an address before members of the-National Geographic society, f to day exrjssed ; the conviction that labor rorgl.nlzatibns,v.ven; though op-? posed ' to bolshe ylsm - were unwittingly courting, sovietmethods by an' attempt to subordinate the welfare, of all other .classes - to - that- of -manual -industrial labor. WHOLE NUMBER 30,062. Dutch Government Sets Foijth' That It Cannot ; Be Governed by- The Ternis 'of The Treaty. KAISER A REFUGEE "K ' ". ' 1 - T( . ' A k mm , ' iNuuiing- inlaws oi in a Ti ITTJ. J. TT.' ; Surrender To The Al lied Powers. - . tana, jn,. ic me aemana f0t the entente powers that Holland deliver up to-tlem -former Emperor ."William " or oermanjr. that he may be tried "for a supreme offense against Internation al morality and : the. sanctity of treat- les" has been refused by Holland. in a note delivered this afternoon to the fn.nlo'n jtna r....ii - ... wfcuvs., j r .iic; vuivu. mm ister, Holland takes the ground that the Dutch government is, not a party', to -the peace treaty .. which condemned ' William Hohenzollern and that it can not recognize as an international flulv the necessity to associate- itself with , ' this act of high international policy of the powers." v l . . ; It declares also that the constituent laws of.the kingdom and the traditions of the country always , a ground .of refuge - for - the ' vanquished in Inter, uo..vua,. ivumtia, -TY-iii -.uut permit uie government to defer to the wishes of . the'entente bwithdrefwing from the former emperor the benefit -of Its laws '. and traditions., The declaration is made K inat tne people or the Netherlands can not betray the faith of those who have v confided themselves in Holland's free institutions. - ' - . I r, : 1" - fans, .jan. zj. me uuico minister delivered Holland's reply to the allied demand for extradition -of thA fnrmpr - German cmperbr . to the ; foreign offjes at 5:30 p. m... .:, ,.;..: , - London, Jan. 23. Holland's reply tto the entente demand for. the extradl- -tion of Emperor Willia m , declares she , r4aniH!i.i be bound -by - the - peace .treo y; - I to wbicli-she Is not a party,. it Is learn- uon jior iraaiuon. permit, or ner accMi- . ?ng to . the demand of the allied: pow-' ers. th note sets forth. '''.' ''.';.. - The national .honor," the reply, de- ' clares does, not, permit . the betrayal of the " confidence of those Who . en- , trusted, themselves to Holland and her free, institutions. , ' Following is the reply of The Neth erlands government to; the' ententes . - i ext . or oe, "By verbal note dated Jahuary 15,7 1920, given to the,envoy of the queen j ttl. jra.iia, nits iuwcib, ixiniing iu ai - tide 227 ' of the. treaty" of Versailles,' demand that -the1 government of Hol land give Inter their , hands William -of Hohenzollern, former - emperor ?-pf Germany, so that he may be tried. ' -"Supporting-his , demand tljey oh- ; serve that If the former1 emperor had remained in -Germany the German government would, -under the terms of article 228 of th trftatv of near. hava been obliged to deliver him. , ' . ' -' in citing as premeditated violations ui, in lci aauuiiAi . ii wxiiva, b wcy tin . n. systematic disregard to the most sac-!: red-rules of the ricrhts of man. a num ber of acts committed during, the wir by German authority, the powers place the responsibility,, at .least morally,' upon the former emperor. : -"They express the opinion that Hol land would not fulfill her-international duty, if she. refused rtoassocjate her self with them within the limit of her ability, to pursue, or at least not to Impede the .punishment of crimes com mitred. ? .; . "They emphasize the special charac. . ter of their demands, which contem plate not a Juridicial-accusation, but an act of. .high , international policy uia, mey mase an appeal, xo-noiianu;s-. respectofi law and love of Justice- not to cover, with her moral authority vio lation: by Germany, ' of " thfi essential -principles of the solidarity of nations. "Theraueen :has - the : honor to oU- ' serve, first, that -i obligations y whhih for Germany could have resulted from article .228, . Of the treaty ;f-. peace, . cannot server to. determine the duty if Holland which is not a party to the ; treaty. , '-, ; :.; ';'. " ". . - ' '.- . , . "The. government, of 'the 'queen, moved by r Imprescriptible reasons, cannot view the question?' raised by the' demands of " the powers except from the -point of view of Its own, duty. - It was absolutely unconnected with: the origin of the war, and hfis maintained, ' and not without' difficulty, ita neutrality to the end.r It finds it self, then, - face to i face -with facts of ; the war in - a position different from that of the powers - '. s -, . "Itirejects with'energy all suspicion of wishing to cover with-its sovereign right and its moral authority viola tions of the essential principles of the solidarity of nations; but it cannot -recognize an international duty to associate Itself with, this act of high . international policy of. the powers, i - "If In the future there " should be instituted by the eocUtyof nations ah internal , jurisdiction: -competent . jo Judge, in - case of war . deeds qualified as crimes and submitted to its Juris diction - by statute 'ante-dating . the OiWV0 vvmuuvvvuf v . vt w v a v& w - lit ivi Holland to associate herself with the new regime., -- .".-..''...:' .- -'"-. ';-.. -:- ' . ; ;. ' Laws of. Nation Govern ' "The government of i the queen' carr not admit . in - the . present case any other dutythan that -Imposed .upon It by the' laws of the kingdom - and "na tional tradition. : . , v , "Now; neither the constituent laws of the kingdom. Which are based upon the principles of law-universally recognized, -snor a respectable secular' tradition which has made this country always a ground of -refuge for the vanquished. In-international "Conflicts, CContinued On Pag Tn "
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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