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. Y ; ' v' ;' , i .;- . '' fffrii 1 5 The Weather Fair and somewhat colder Thursday';' A V Complete Service Associated Press Friday ,- - ;:.--::. - f. n Pi 1 M p o J OlTciII. No. 30. ' fpHE LIMlf CRY IN GALIPAIG11 dewberry Adherent Quoted Having Said The Ud Was Entirely Off 3DX0R EXPENDITURES OF HENCHMEN CITED Eighteen Witnesses Are Heard In Trial Of United States Senator r,rand Rapids, Mich., Feb. : 4.-; Eigh wn witnesses appeared ? . at "' today's session of the trial of Senator Truman v0rberry and. 122 co-defendants and n bits of evidence were, considered by the prosecution as important to the in?t)iracy charge. . -v .. '-- Tames Sweinhart, . head of the New YorK bureau of. a Detroit newspaper, 5jid Frederick Cody, a defendants told lira in New York: .'-.'. ; - -: ' - ;S. "The lid is off in Michigan and the 5iy is the limit." ; ". Walter Chappelle, editor of a week ly newspaper at Harrisvllle... Michigan.' testified that , ' Benjamin - ;F. .Reed, deputy state labor inspector and an otiier defendant, had solicited him to become county chairman in the. New berry organization and told him "the treiyht will be paid."' ' One Forty Dollar Man .' Lyle Shanahan, an attorney - from Charlevoix, and one of - the organizers of the committee of ' three which, "had charge of the Newberry campaign' in bis county testinea he haa received 510 from J. P. Harris, chairman 'of the committee and a defendant. f Vf. H. Eichhorn, questioning for the eovemment drew from Shanahanl that he used 5 dollars .of that amount to pay a challenger at the primary polls but had not accounted for the re- mainder. , . . " ' '. ' "Yen understand," said the "witness that Judge Harris did not tell me this ras Newberry money and ;I .was - a Newberry man before the committee as organized." "- , '; .; " l:" Martin W. Littleton, on cross-examination asked if Shanahan considered be had done wrong in accepting the money, bringing a' successful : objec tion from Frank C. Dailey., assistant attorney general. Shanahan testified -that ,i had" spent ?12 to 115 in collecting primary: ttwni' ' tlcphwi that Trn? war- sons crowded his office that evening and that he had the place closed, next .day. - That constituted my expenses in the campaign," he said.. ' - -, - - i c - ' I 4., Wea of the morality of expression re garding "freight." ",- , , The campaign of J. W. Ilelme for the democratic nomination., was , agam brought into the trial by the testi mony of Van A. Loorais, a deputy sheriff, and private d-etctjye from Jacksonville. Loomis said he had ken hired by Charley V. Deland, a de- lenaant, to circulate Heime nominat ing petitions. He admitted receiving 10 for the work anfi said - be had practically filled two petitions, hav ing space for twenty-five names each. Among the witnesse were a num ber of stenographers and typists em Ployed at Newberry campaign . head quarters in Detroit. They named Mmerous defendants ; they had seen about the office; told of belr j paid Jn asn ana some related there was a sh chest in the - vault AY headquart- SAYS ASSEMBLYMAN DEFIED EX-SERVICE MEN Solomon's Defeated Orroonent Testifies Against Him Albany. N. v ttv. 1 t,,iiiiii ht Charles Solomon, one of the five upended socialist ftMmMvmn.-. tried on chrer nt UlnvoHv'hail Jwaicted that the four . million ex ervice men in the United States would unable to check the "socialist revo "tion was given by Wflliam R. Hart, t. 7 roklyn attorney. , who was de list fall assembly by; Solomon if Previously had testified he had ear1 Solomon sav: ; r- f t , ,ution des not. necessarily n bloodshed" and on ; another oc JJB oefined revoltion as 'a sudden .He judi tied a ciary committee today tle- Bin i uiciuuci oootiHuijr "oht urice B1'ch, to strike -out ar, nvn 7 imPssIble" the testimony cat Helen Chevers that Solomon tin.. ?n the American ' flag - in ' war- . 'n the nrunA rt nnl(n nffl MOCRATIC FAMILY ' FIGHT TO BE SETTLED tors Ma7Have ? Another Caucus Soon , . , ,'ashington, Feb. 4 Another meet calied nemocr Mc senators may be e lPafi00i,ln an attempt to break ators nufhiD dea"ock between Sen erwS, c?cock of Nebraska, and Un of Alabama. . - Glass of v? "ation "of Senator toriai ire,n,a' the democratic sen Hen member8nlP complete und the caDieniat0r Hltchcock - returns to oient v0morrow morning a move Vote. be Btarted to have another 15 afte", hcaucuB adjourned' January th til e votet was agreed that call of tV neetln would be by joint toda .VW0 caniilates.' Both sides caiy y ,the situation remains: prae ff Wi- "5eS r11" Senator Smith U8t meft; d,d not . vote at the PoWer eeUne. holding the balance of '"Pportel1,,6 "'tencock and Vn'derwood iers claim his support. GIVEN AS RALLYI1IG G..0. P. C0I.1I.IITTEE OF 171 IS HAVING ITS JOB CHARTED Collection Of Opinions Is Imme diate Task Assigned By Party Heads ..Washington, Feb. 4. Plans for the work of the committee of 171 which, is to formulate recommendations for this year's republican national iplat form, got actively under way today wltbthe return to Washington otWill H. Hays, the party's national chair man after a two month's swing around the circle vf V t ...:i.;f'y-- - The comlpnttee's immediate task as mapped out by t the party ; chiefs is the collection of opinions on more than twenty matters ,ot domestic con- cern. with probablo creation of a num ber of; sub-committees to deal separ ately v. with. - the various , proposed planks. - Foreign - relations .will. be passed over for-the present as a" pos sible factor in lhe campaign, ' the committee waiting on the trend of the peace treaty fight to develop what part of the platform Is to be devoted to that subject. "- - '. Opno.sltion , Renewed v -A conference which took place In the office of Senator Lodge, majority leader of the"senate was marked by a renewal of Opposition to "the com mittee plan ' which developed ' in some quarters when ;)t was .announced seyr erat weeks ago. although it. was said the practicability of the move, was not criticised during the conference there were, some questions asked, which led Senator Watson of Indiana, who - had been selected to head; the .resolutions committee to make' a spirited defense of the project. A similar plan, he told : thi.e conference', had' been ..used ;with success for aJ humber of years In In-, diana.- . ' .". v-i:-".-'..'v'. v ; Meantime it became known that two senators Moses - of New'. s" Hampshire and . McCormick.. of Illlnois-had de--cllned, to serve on 4the committee be cause they found themselves out of sympathy with th?,t method of pre- kparlng - platform recommendations'. Senator Moses is ' the - manager of Washington J headquarters for General Leonard Wood. ; . As outlined the, work! of. the com-mittee-dbes not contemplate thatthe full, membership. 3ha'.Jje. ,ass3nbted at any " stage of ae pre-converition work. '. -.-v-v :; . ' : Subjects ; Considered - r - . " "Among the" "subjects selectedas pos iblarlatfornv material and- on- which QpiniwZ -viill" W7ollecK;d.And" ;tab lated,' ,are ; business rehabilitation, tariff changes., readjustment of foreign and - domestic jeommerce,. postal re-' forms, better labor conditions and a review .of the .'democratic adninlstra- In a statement toi jght regarding his tJp to the Pacific coast Mr. Hays decla-Vd he found a general sentiment, everywhere In favor of i republican success in the campaign and enumer ated the subjects, all of. tbem; of "a democratic .character,- of which he found the - people thinking? - ; ,' RUTH WILt DEMAND ' - SHARE OF HIS PRICE . Los - Angeles, Cal., 7 Feb., 4 .-Outfielder George H. (Babe) Ruth left to day for Boston. Ruth said he would reach Boston Sunday night and would go to New York next Tuesday. to con fer with manager Miller " Hugglns of the New York Americans. n. Ruth insisted" h would not sign a contract to . play ? with the New York team until he receives part of his pur chase" price reported at 1125,000. ; Harry Hellmati, of Detroit, who ar rived toViay said he had signed a 1920 contract. Foreign Exchange Its Most BELIE4V ES OUR EXPORT TRAbE IS THREATENED, : ; -1 -.--iv.-.v , . - ' - Washington, Feb. ; 4.-Declaring theN collapse In' International " ' ex- . change : had "become ' serious. Sena tor Thomas, democrat, Colorado, an nounced in the senate; ; today that he .would i seek J" action ; next week on his resolution . to appoint an In ternational monetary commission -with the purpose of establishing a parity between gold and silver,. " The" present situation, Senator Thomas asserted, was such; as ; to "threaten .the supremacy or possi bly this existence of our ' . export trade." ., -.' . - " , '",.-.;- : ; ' ;, - ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' '- ' '; : ' . . May Cat Mvln Cet ' . New York. Feb. 4. The . demoral ization of foreign exchange - may deal a death blow to the high cost o( living in America, in ;the opin ion, of Percy R. Johnson, president of the Chemical National Bank. . "It will cut down our exports," said Mr. -Johnson today, , "thus throwing large quantities of Amer ican ' goods-1 on the local markets and will In aH probability result In a decrease of prices."; ,, , j ; New Tork, Feb. "4.-rThe most dis astrous1 collapse In this history of the foreign exchange ; " market- In New York, a twenty rfive per cent rate for demand loans, time funds reduced to the. vanishing point and further with drawal: of . government deposits sum marize today's serious disturbance on the stock exchange and the leading commodity 1 market. .. .. . . ? pemand .sterling fell to?3.19a de cline of fourteen cents from yester day's low and -thirty-one cents under last week's final quotation. Translat-ed-lnto the American dollar: the 'pUnd sterling showed a loss of considerab ly "more than thirty-rthree per cent WIOIINCT Says ardrobi ess kos anlriAutumn Food Administrator ? Fineiat - Family ; Might HaverAived vember 23 To Febru jl; 1-& New York, Feb. 1 4.- If a f 5. sly ., des tltute of clothlngV'NoyehY-pffj-JiSr". waiteu utu ireDruary tnf 5. am have saved ?8.81 In getting f ited, ac-j -coraing- to slatistlcs issUSjtoday by Federal ;Food Administrator Williams. ' 'The man's raiment,'inciuding snoes. suit, overcoat, . union suit and socks, how costs only $82.95,. if he buys the 1 cheapest he can . find, against S 8 8.89 November, 2S., Mr. , Williams sald - - . , The ' women's' wardrobe, : Including suit, dress, coat, shoes, union, suit and Stockings, can . be ." bought now for $112.B5... November 23 It cost 1120.90. In children's clothing "there has been an advance in r'price since November 23, an outfllT for the child, nowcostlng $33.88, against $28.40 In 'November; ' ENGLISH LEAN TO . .; N- CONFERENCE PLAN Believed -To Favor International T Financial ileeti To Re-" T store Equilibrium. . London,-Feb. 4. Official Information is forthcoming; on the -cabinet's dls-v cussion of .the; exchange problem; but according to. unofficial jreports-the.gov- ernment faydxs Jthe calMng pf . an In ternational -financial conference, sit ting 'preferably Jn .London. , - . '-...-'r. Parllament-lll: reassemble Tues- f-day next andif the. intentions of the government are not, revealed rin th meantime the' ministers.: will be inter rogated in the usual way, .. . The exchange , problem; is a. closed book for the general .pubitoi owing to its complex working, but the position is becoming .so. grave" tha,t; he,1: "whole! nation la beginning to awaken tQ the seriousness of the ' situation, whiclxls dlsQusse) prominently on the - front pages of Xti "newspapers,, instead of being confined '4o .the . financial - ebU - .Herbert .-.., Asqnith, "former premier, in a spee-ib, at Paisley tonghV re ferred to the "grayityof he' situation. He declared " that the governments of Europe and thevJJnit4 -tatea. should meet In a 'great International economio conference-r 1 rom' whch. nojaation should be excluded -whether allies, ene mies or. neutrals.. Krpv-''-''vi v-i i "-. WILL EXAMINE BOOKS . w . OF NEW YORK BAKERS To Detennine Justice tf Higher --New -York-, Feb. i Examination of the books of New: York bakers by au- drtors of .the . department of 1 justice, now on their way here from Washing ton, wlir determine whether they shall be allowed, to - Increase the price of bread one cent a pound,-Arthur Wll- ' Hams, federal food administrator, an nounced, today: " '" .'" ' . . , - At a recent coiiference the ; bakers told Mr. Williams that the margin of profit was tdo small to permit them to continue selling bread at the present prices. Experiences - Disastrous Collapse from its normal or pre-war price of $4.86 5-8. - -, French, Belgian, and '. Italian remit tances at new low quetations of 1542, t14.?2iand 19rl0 respectively wrej at discounts extending from sixty-eight to seventy-seven per cent or their nor mal : quotation of 5.18 1-8 .Jto the, do! Iar. . Counter movements .which re fleeted these .Ideal conditions included hew high .premiums-, for" bar gold and suver in- tne xonaon marxet ana a higher- quotation for New. York ex change at Canadian points. - . j Bankers and International1 flnancla interests as a whole ; declined to dis cuss the more ominous aspects of-the International credit situation, but eeemed hopeful that the several gov ernmental Investigations ; now under way abroad might' be productive of early results. -- y :r The stock-market was one of almost continuous decline, leaders, sustaining extreme : losses of two to eeventee -points, i with- a few unimportant ral lies In the later dealings. . . , . Espeolal features - of .weakness - In eluded General ., motors, 6tutasw Stude baker, Chandler and- Pierce-Arrow 'Mexican and Pan-American oils, Tex as company. Middle States oil, Cruci ble, 'Republic, Bethlehem and Gulf states " steels. ' Baldwin j. locomotive. WorthlngtOn. pump, American woolen, 'American ..tobacco-- Sumatra tobacco, Lorillard tobacco, -Associated drygoods and the various shipping-nd food shares., - ' - - 1 . , ! Transactions of about r. 1,760,000 shares represented" the largest .total since the "crash of last" November and the twenty-five per cent rate for calJ money represented, the maximum quo tatloir for that form af accommodation since November 12 when as much as twentv-eieht per cent was paid, t : j Bonds of alf descriptions paid toll to ?the day's reversal,; several; of the liberty Issues, both victory: nptes and a .few of the Internatlonar war flota tlons, establishing new low records on a- turnover (par value) of 122,750, 000.' - " ' y - ' " AlITI-SEDITIOij BILL ASSERTS Appeals To Congress For Meas- r';:ufe:Thaiili:Not Washington, FeK4.Additlon$l antl-seditlon legislation, ; simple In .character" and"- gua.rdini; the 'guaran tees.' of tfce. bill of rights but covering the' 'hiatU!1Jft presentstatutory laws,!' Was.; urged v by, Attorney. General Pal mer today ibefore the; house. Judiciary committee. "'-:;- ' "r. Upho.ldinrthe right :of . free speech and . constructive , criticism, the. attor ney general' protestea; against pend ,lng measures' which' he said were "too arasue-na iar reacning ana so search ing that- they 'over-rettched their purr poses. :.-s-. ; ' :: V: .' Lv;' - "More harm than good would come from repressive legislation," he added. "But there" is no existing 'statute adequate""to "meet the present ) situa tion." Mr. Palmer told the committee. "There Is a condition of revolution ary Intent In the country on the part of both aliens and - citizens which Is sufficiently widespread to -merif ser ious 1 consideration of: congress.,; .This revolutionary .J Intent Is - - manifested chiefly by ' threats both written, a-nd spoken by persons who would injure, destroy or -overthrow the,; government by physical force " or ylolenoe.-.. - , "Citizens .rights - should ; always .. be guarded,";" the attorney;, general said, adding that he agreed with those who criticised the Graham-Verllng bill on this - 8To'nU'";x-S-.AVv. y-tf; DAKOTANS FAVOR' Promise !,: To Support ; Choice Of -Party - Fargo, vif: D.Fb4.ii-Korth-rDakota.l democrats at .. their -Btate convention adopted a resolution endorsing- '? tho leadership' f v Wo-odrow Wilson and William 'J". Bryan and pledged- support to the candidate -named at San Fran cisco. -J '. -'A resolution - favoring , Mr. Bryan as the party'a presidential candidate .was returned uy: a committee with the res olution floptd,J - "!."-V " ' "-i.-' TO RESTRIGT.TALK Adoption . Of The New. Cloture Ptorision Is Now Consid- , C ; erelOmprobabie ; f -V Washington," Feb. : 4.-Failure ' gen erally was predicted by- senate f leaders tonight for the- effort to write a new cloture provision . Into the senate rules to Curb - debate on the peace "treaty when It js' renewed next week. ; . ; ;'r " " Although the, rules ' committee will meet tbmorrow to'take up-the sub ject,, ..generally; was .: conceded ; that the tlmeb wa too'vj short - to(" make any change In the rules before the treaty .iscalledup Monday. Senators ..who have opposed , any limitation on' debate were prepared, It" wassatd, -to' fight a cloture . proposal ; at such length that no roll call ' would be reached on it before that; time. - Uhdervthe present plan' of the lead ers to . dispense , with the old cloture restrictions v now clinging to - . the treaty, the "development ;wtts - regard ed as insuring that when. the"treaty comes up unlimited debate, will be In order. It Is ' hoped , on 1 both : ; sides, however, , 4o hasten consideration af much as' possible and to come' to a final-" ratification roll call,.' promptly. Some senaorsj think it can-be reached within ten days.' ' . , . , . Negotiations for agreement, on som of -the reservations t6 be, considered continued dufing thei day and in some quarters f itv "was ' predicted that' the points' of disagreement- quickly would be sifted down' to a fe"w.' propositions once the ' treaty comes 'into.1 the 'open senate. .'.' '' ' " From mother sources; it; was predict ed, however that the republican-lead ers Twouldl Insist on-their original res ervations without: the ; modincationa agreed upon by: the unofficial bi-partisan committee and .that a long, contro versy would.. ensue,, . . .-' NEW YORK IN GRIP v - OF WORST SNOWSTORM Drifts Seriously. Hamper Traffic. In. Metropolis ; New York,, Feb," 4. -New York- city was tonight in the grip of,the -wort ; snowstorm vOt- the winir. - avy wind caused the snow to form drifts. In many cases seriously , Interfering with the - trolley service. i - Many Urolley lines throughout the city were completely, tied up and 'hun dreds of "cars, stalled by Jthe snowdrifts and ice-coated rails-' - . r DOCK WORKERS OS ,. ... ; : , ' . STRIKE AT GALVESTOJf Galveton, Texas, . Feb. ; 4. Betweer six and v seven - hundred, dock - workers' employed - at , ;the Southern Pacific docks here - are out on strike ", today. Information -as to the -nature of thr controverey ' was ' withheld by both officials of -the company and officers of. the. dock r workers'" union, ,". .-.. . .. It was" said that the differences were bein; considered by Van -adjustment committee... . The 'men on strike arc employed In - loading and : . unloading the Morgan line steamships plying be tween Galveston and New-York. IS TOO REPRESSIVE PALMER NEWPORT HEWS IS SSOREKiRICKEii V feluiEPiiii More Than 1,300 School Children JaAre Sict--(Jenerai Clos : ing Ordered ;-v- . 'yy - Newport News. Va. Feb. 4. The In fluenza ; epidemic In Newport News, thought to have abated. is declared tonight by Newport News physicians to be worse than at any time since the;..diaease,; apDearedy hereV-i2y v'-; - raers' issuedv tonight . prosing; the puDuc- scnooas. fifteen teachers and over 1.300 . students 'belnfc: ill today. Official r.epp.3 from four physicians add 365 new cases of the disease tor the last- twenty-four hours and It 1 aid that; the reports of other phy sicians will : bring the total for the iwemy-iour hours-w 800 new cases or-possibly more. " . . ; v ' Physicians say they are unable to answer more than half the calls made upont them while Tiospitals report to night that there is not a single bed available in any local. Institution. . .The local department of health' has' taken ' no action relative to declaring a .general quarantine and the s'chool officials acted on their, own - Initiative In closing educational institutions. - . Better at . Ashertlle ". AsheviUe, Feb;'.4. A'uig decrease In ther number of new. Influenza cases was reported Jtoday when only "ninety seven, were ' recorded bringing . the grand .total to lil73, with seven deaths for the epidemic; .-There are. twelve cases in -the 'emer gency 'hospital" and the situation- ap pearrs to .be under better) control than at -any time since the ' disease first started, here, j s. I f Tsree ute at uoaaoKe, Roanoke, a Va., rFeb. 4. Three - more per&pns died here today from influenza and additional -cases' of the disease have- brought the total to 1,829,, Fifty-three: . persons . are ill ,r withi pneumonia... - -. . HPJie, upcal health . department an-, nounced tonight , that in. a-ddition .to the. fourteen deaths '-which "have oc curred, from influenza' since January 22,s nine persons have died from pneu-. monla ' which followed' Influenza. ' ' - ; I Rock Hill Wants Helpi '. l AsheVlUe, N."c,r Feb. '4. 5 n "a long dt.aC.-lteteWoue ?eSsagi ."receive nexe tonigut bt -Mayor- ixooertsr rror the chairman of the Red-Cross chap-ter-at Rock Hilt S. X an appeal was made for nurses and aids .to ' heup . In the influenza epidemic, which is ald to be raging 'there. -. The Red XJross offlclar declared Hhere are- l400-cases in his oity and the disease is ispread. lng dally. ' No help' could be given here for Ashevllle is struggling with an" epidemic also.5 H;'v?.;.v r'yil ' "'- .... -'" ;' " Mild at Spartanburg.-' .' . Spartanburg. S. C, Feb. 4.-City and county healthCofilcera ' tonight decided on - a quaranteehr' on - account ;.of the Influenza situations1- r- ? k . .-4 . Seventy-four cases were - ; reported during the twenty-f 6ur thours nding tonight, a.total of 400 in all. Nearl? all cases -have been"' mild type and only twelye pneumonia cases reported. v' . ' ';; X:-' " ' . '.' " ' .' "home bun kwg" signs : ; to lead Newport news Newport - News.' Feb: 4. Joe Wall, former first baseman of the Brooklyn baseball club, signed today as. mana ge? of the Newport News club, of the Virginia league for 1920, holds . the world's record for home runs, in a nine-inning game. '"'.. ; In an exhlbiticn game last year be tween the Brooklyn: Independent club, of which. Wall "was .manager, and the Cuban , GiaSts. Wall secured five home rurip out of five, times at bat during the regulation nine innings. . Wall at various times has .been a member of the New York Giants, the Boston Braves and, the Brooklyn -Dodgers. .He' will report to. Newport News son-April l,xand will bring with him a catcher, two . outfielders, and a I Bhortstop 'f ' A New World To L 1 V . 'The geography that the man or woman. of today learned in school is, - now as defunct as the works of Copernicus. . - - v. " The boundaries of old nations have - changed. . New nations have " been created at least half a dozen of them.. n?-. - . - v " At the' same-time evry intelligent American has acquired a new 'and keen interest in EurbDe. He is watching civilization go through, r r'(the greatest and most sensational changes since the fall of Rome,. He reads the European dispatches with no less interest than he gives to . the news of the world series.- T" '-- , v . He getsi down the old Atlas and 'tries ' to follow, the. plays in . this -" mighty game of nations. ' But he cannot. - Conquest, '.revolution and diplomacy have made the -old map a back number. . L.. , -. . - YOU MUST HAVE A NEW MAP a map which shows. Enrope as the " War and the Peace conference have fixed it. ' The MorningStar Information Bureau is able to furnish you such -a map ABSOLUTELY FREE: The treasury -department-co-operates in doing this and its savings division furnishes a smashing book on thrift. - ' This map is. the best you -can get, because: . ; j . .- - - 1 It-was made on the basis of the new treaties. - . 2. . The expert draftsmen of -the United. States Geological Survey drew map printing shop- of the Geological Survey; which Is one of the best in the world, printed it. : 0 . 4. - It is a foot and half wide and two feet long large -enough for ' ' all practical purposes and printed in nine colors.. . , v .- - To get your copy of, this map, address, The Morning Star Informa tion Bureau,' Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing-ton, D. C. Use the attached coupon and enclose a two-cent stamp for return postage. v - . THIS MAP CANNOT BE OBTAINED ANYWHERE ELSE, AND ONLY. . ONE COPY WILL BE SENT TO ANY . INDIVIDUAL. THE MORNING STAR INFORMATION BUREAy - , , - -"' ' Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington,. D. C. Enclosed find a two-jjent stamp, for whichsyou will please send me, entirely free, the map of the New Europe." ' Name Street Address City. r. - 4 ". P 1 , . MURDERS SCHOOL GIRL; NOW SOUGHT BY MOB ; Frankfort. Ky..' Feb., 4 At 11 o'clock tonight a mob of several hundred: men ha surrounded the state prison where;( Will Lockett, negro, charged with' the murder of Geneva Hardman school- girl is confined. - Governor c Morrow has assumed charge of the situation personally. ; ; -.,- . Lexington, Ky., Feb. 4.. -Will Lockett, negro, charged with the murder of eleven year, old Geneva Hardman) a school girl; was rushed to the Kentucky-state penitentiary early tonight for " safekeeping, -shortly after J" he. had been placed In., the Fayette county jail. f - A - mob of angry farmers, coming to th.is city bent on the lynching of the negro, who .has conf essed his .guilt, according to officers, arrived , too late. :.-.- ; y .'-' :; . - Lockett y was arrested late. this afternoon at Dlxonton, fifteen miles from Lexington and six miles from the scene of the crime, by two members of. a posse ' of .400 ' ' men which had been : en his' trail since the body Ct the murdered girl was found at 8 o'clock this morning. CHARGES AGAINST . HUNS -DISCLOSED Demand For Their . Extradition Will Go Directly To Berlin j Government " Paris, Feb. 4. The council of am bassadors, after- Its meeting tonight Issued a statement saying that the de cision pf the allies with regard , to Germans w'hose extradition is demand ed for war crimes.- would be com municated direct to-Berlin. 'If I : i"The list of war criminals . having been'prepenled to Baron tvon Lersher for. transmission by him .to his govern ment, the president of-) the' . German delegation - returned the , list with an intimation to - the ; president - .of .the conference, that he had submitted his resignation to -his ? government and was leaving Paris, . The decision of the. allies will be eammunicated direct to the government, at Berlin.'- - ' '. Although tUft : official list of those rhoee extradition has been demanded has not been ma.de public, thr corres pondent has learned the names of soma I of the ; Germans,"; with. vthe offenses charged tisaintmvtemi', t': : i Taelaectrfid'Agalr Prince "r'Rupprechtr of Bavarra is'' the deportations . from the jLUle district; the Duke f Wurttemburg is charged with massacres -at Namur;- Field "Mar shal , Von. Kiuck with the assassination of hostages at Senlis and the" massa-. ere of civilians' at- lAerschot; Field Marshal Von Mackensen with vthefts and pillages '. In Rumania; Baron Von der Lancken with the murders , of Capt. Charles , Fryatt. the ; British sea captain executed by the-Germans, and Miss-Kdlth Cavell, the; English nurse, who was . executed on the charge of aiding prisoners to escape; Admiral Von Capelle, with the . submarine outrages;- Field Marshal Lima'n von San ders with massacres of Armenians and Syrians; General Stenger. with issuing orders. to take" no prisoners; the Nie meyer brothers with ' cruelties to pris oners at the Holzmlnden camp; Major Von Goerts with cruelties at the Mag debourg 1 camp; ' Lieutenant Rodiger with cruelties at the Ruhleben camp; Gen. Von Cassel, with cruelties at the Doberitz camp; Gen. - Von Manteufel with the sack of Douvain; Lieutenant Werner, Ca"ptain Valtiner, and Captain. Forstner, with' submarine outrages; General Van Tesma with the execution of 112 civilians at . Alio n; Gen. Von Ostrowsky with thepiliage of. Deynze and the execution jof 103 civilians;, and Major ,.Voh i Bulow wita" destruction vac d murders at Aerschot. i ? .STEAMER MISSING -Vy-" London. March ; 4 The - Japanese steamer ,- Argentina Maru, , which left Baltimore, October '31. for Gothenburg, was reported today as , missile. She was last reportedpasBing Cape Henry, November 1. 0 ' y - ' earn .State WHOLE NUMBER 30,074. CONFEREES 1UT OUT AWTI-STRIKE ITEM; : SETTLEMENT HEAR Compulsory Submission Qf Dis- ; puteskQver Wages To Board i w" Is Made Substitute - compromise; breaks legislative deadlock Passage Of Altered Railroad Measure Before March 1 f : Is Now Probable - . Washington, Feb. 3. Casting " , aside the anti-strike provision of the Cummins.bill against which -labor has - Jeveled protests and modifying :Jv the? : rate .making clauses - of .the same measure, senate and house representatives today reached virtually a com plete " agreement on legislation designed to . meet, , conditions growing out of the return of the roads to private control. On the anti-strike provision the joint conference . committee agreed to . substitute - what amounts to compulsory submis sion of wage disputes to a fed eral board . appointed by the w President. : y-J'j---,: A number or minor differences re main to be composed, but these Senator Cummins, of iowa, chairman ' of the senate ; managers,' said ;-would : bo worked out ,hy . himself and Chairman Esch. of the house conferees.." . ... A final report Is anticipated late this week' and' efforts will be made to ex pedite consideration of :the report in -both houses In order to Insure the bill's passage before March 1.'' ' '. T ' ;i ';' ; Breaks The Deadlock s '; 4" - An agreement on: the'. . Esch . bill' passed by the house and the Cummins ' bill . enacted , by the senate, broke a deadioijik- that'lia ":.'il4.wwer-al.. : weeks, due rincipaltyOg.'hbVee'T' conferees' refusal to accept the anti strike provision of the Matter measure. House members ' also have opposed tho- senate ; rate-making section. . In agreeing on labor conditions.- tho i conferees-struck out the clause of the , senate bill which would vlrtually mako- -1 strikes illegal j by penalizing railroad employes or. employers ;for entering into conspiracies rfor, the purpose of interfering with .' interstate commerce and provided in lieu thereof settlement of labor disputes, by boards composed equally of 1 employes ; and employers. ' ; ' The finding of this board must be approved by a federal board appionted by. the President with 'the senate's ap- proval to which appeals must be taken in cases in which agreements are not reached. - While the tsize of the lat ter board has not been definitely fixed. Senator Cummins ' said it 'probably would be of five members. '-' ' Mrist Be Referred V Ali classes of railroad employes, Sen ator Cummins said,' are , to have rep resentation upon : the - lower "'wage boards. Since the government will not be" represented upoh these boards the senator explained "settlement of die- ; putes cannot - be made compulsory by , them.' but it Is compulsory that In the event. of disagreement the "dispute be referred to the federal board for set-, tlement. : .-, '; j .-' ' Under the agreement on the rate making section a return of 5 per cent upon the net railway operating Income Is "guaranteed for a period from eight een months to two years after the bill ;. becomes a .law. The exact period-will . be fixed later. The senate bill pro- ' scribed a" five-year. period.-- Provisionals also made. in the compromise, that with tho . Interstate-? commerce commission s consent one-half -of 1 per cent of the earnings ; may ; be " given to ; railroad earning them and used for Improve ments such as elimination of 4. grade ' crossings. ; Fifty per cent of; the earn ings In excess of the 6 per cent will go to . the railroad producing, the ex cess return while J the other half goes to a railroad contingent .fund, adminis-" tered ;by . the commission for the pur chase of rolling stock and other equip ment to be. rented to. the weaker roads to whom loans from this fund also may. . be made. , , - - .' ... . ; . .. . The bill as compromised further au- thorizes the interstate commerce com mission 'to prescribe .rates which will . yield revenue by which this fixed re- turn may be granted.. - Another Important; section agreed upon by the , conferees . and Which i is ' expected ;to permit much state legisla tion provides that. the interstate com merce commission may,', suspend . or -change rates during the six months' pe riod after the roads are released by the government. . '" , ' G. O. P. NOMINATION IS LEFT TO ASHEVILLE MAN Two - Republican Candidates Re - tire ' From Ractf . 4 Asheville. N. C Feb," 4. Announce ment was made here tonight that two of . the republican candidates for the congressional .nomination in this dis trict had "withdrawn, T. ' J. Harkins, local attorney and Brownlow Jack sonville,' real ,ee. ate' man of Hender eonvllle, leaving L. L. Jenkins, mil lionaire banker and cotton mill owner ef this ' city, ,tO receive, the nomina tion. ' ' - ; ; .- ' . ;' The district convention.. will' be held at Hentlersonville. '"near, here, Satnr day February 7 at 2 o'clock Hi Tii .! ! H i i t i-1 I! X .. .
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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