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The Weather Partly cloudy Thursday and Frldayi not much change In temperature. CompleteService of The r ; ; Associated Press Q:trNPRti(H IS VBfls VOL. CHI. No. 324. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1920. , 4 WHOLE NUMBER 36,088. f RAIL MEASURE GIYES PROTECTION TO ALL CONCERNED Reorganization Bill is Now in Hands of Senate and -: House. jjj LABOR DISPUTES MUST BE SUBMITTED Neither Wages Nor Rates Can Be Reduced For the Next Six Months. : ; Washington, Feb. 18. Guarantee jgainst any reduction in' wages before next September 1 is given railroad workers in the revised draft of the railroad re-organization bill reported today to the senate and house. Railroad corporations which . are to regain control and operation, of their properties March 1 are safe-guarded Unwise by the comp-mlse measure iinst reductions in taxes and tare : the hands of state commissioners pnir to September 1, tne .bill pro vic ing specifically against any-rate or reduction not approved by the inter jtate commerce commission, the federal regulatory body. , The redrafted reorganizatlonomea ure, will not prohibit advances4 either in wages or rate, in the-opinion of the members of the conference committee subscribing to the majority report, will tend to stabilize conditions in the railroad industry in. so, far is the con ferees deemed advisable. . Railroad Men Confer..' q Before presentation off the confer- J ees report and the Tedrafted measure to the house, where it first was re ceived, the section of the bill relative to wages was interpreted as estab lishing the pay of railroad employes at the level effective when the pro perties are returned. This interpreta tion, which later was found to be er roneous, led to hurried, conferences among- railroad labor ': leaders in Washington, dispatching of labor rep resentatives to the . capitol to 'ascer tain the exact provision of the meas ure, arid the calling of , a conference. or tonight of officials of .the fourteen .ailroad unions, iogether, with SamtMl dent and secretary respectively, -1bf "the American Federation of Labor. ' The labor leaders, on learning that advances in wages was not precluded between March 1 and September 1. un der the bill, generally expressed sat isfaction with the provision ' against any reduction of. pay during, the next six months. . , : , " ' The house fixed Saturday, for con sideration of the report. - The outstanding points of the mas- ureas finally agreed upon are: Commilsory submission of labor' dis putes to a permanent federal board appointed by the President and com posed of nine 1 memberv equally - Gl ided between the employes and em- loyers and the public. No provision made for enforcing the board s decis ion. - Adjustment of rates by the inter- tate commerce commission so as to ield to carriers return of five and one half per cent upon the aggre- ate value of their property, with ' an other hal of one per. cent fotf im provements. . .', " . Distribution of half the net railway perating income- in excess - of -six per cent of the property, value equally between the carriers reserve fund and the federal railroad confinement fund, which will be administered- by the commission for the assistance of eaker roads. ' Government guarantees to railroads against a deficit during the first six aonths after the roads . are turned tack. : :-:: Permissive consolidation of railroads, n accordance with a carriers policy shall give due consideration, among ther things, to the transportation seeds of the country, and the necessity der honest, efficient and economical management, of existing' transporta- n facilities for "enlarging such fa milies in order to nrovide the people of the United States with adequate asportation." Provides for Improvement I This section furthor Tirovides that ing the two years beginning- Marcfc i1' 1920, the commission shall take as -uch fair return a sum equal to five an one half per centum of "such ag nate value, but mav. in , its dis- 'etion, add , thereto a sum not ex- peding one half of one per centum 1 such aggregate value to make pro- ion m whole or in nart for imnrove- nts, betterments" of' eauipment, hich, according- to th acnountinff sys- Fern Prescribed by the commission, are rgable to capital account. ueierminnt4nn . ' o r cry a cm to .... sji. . tile bovov"w 'ue of the property of the carrier 'fate mnlH no- r... a utt tn tha r uJVOCO X 7 J. ..w jmrnission witit ...i.tAn fhat-it t ' sive to the property . investment -vuiu or the carriers only that con- ue"atlon wVilnh - If I. TtHI,4 a nn. per the tte. aw establishing values for nia.kinv , , . ' wu . . Piilit, kVC" ior any year a. ucb y operating income in- excess' of x Per cent of the value of its Drop- one half of such excess goes - tiarriofn ...... . . . x i the -.vio icserve tuna wane iub --v lo ine ieaeral railroad con nt fUnd( whlch ls tQ be U(jed by J,1roart making loans to tor me purchase of trans- Wdb- " "s"1i'1"e"i or iacuities or, kill?1-10 enable the commission to lor more fifflpiAntlw ' f AHarnl 'eativ , bI11, as agreed upon, ;leveti membership from nine to Ky 0m .'10.000 to ?12,000 In annual r'cltte thl Sfion'8 increased , powers vision Wlns: 1 i Unuect;Oii Page Twoj . New York Cops Buy A Steamer For One Dollar Purchased Penobscot 'frrom Gov ernment .With President's Approval. ; , New,Yorkv Feb. t8. The police de partment put through its biggest fi nancial bargain today when it bought the i steamship Penobscot fronV the govern ment for one dollar, Secre tary Daniels' notified Deputy Police v Com missioner Wailis that President- Wil son approved the transaction. . A check for; that amount was sent 'to ; the secretary without delay. The Penobscot, now) at Norfolk navy yard, was built three years ago and cost $400,000. It will take the place of the police boat Patrol, which has seen 20 years of service in New jTork har bor. - .. - ..-.-v.. ' . i . . ' TRI-STATE MEDICOS MEET IN CHARLOTTE uumber of Technical Pipers Were Read by as Many. a Members. "" y.? a hundred physicians Charlotte, N. C Feb. 18. More than s and surgeons of the Carolina and Virginia are. here attending the , annual convention of the Tri-State Medical . ; association, which" convened today for a two days session. " r; .. , . The" annual address by the presi dent, Dr. Robert C. Bryan, of Rich mond, the reading of more than a .dozen technical papers .by as many members, and the adoption of resolutions of re spect for Dr. E. C. Register, of Char lotte, -one of the founders of the or ganization, who died early todays con stituted the day's program. V. - i'??5ltZ'' do?toT8 :tbnightff WvH nd urgecTthe need ol,etri tended a . reptRJn:icirb thoftrernmcr Election of officers for the ensuing year will fake place tomorrow. Dr. William Sharp, of New .York, read, a paper On "Observations Regard ing the Diagnosis of Brain Injuries." Other papers of a technical nature were read by Dr. R. H.- Royster," Ral eigh; Dr. P. ' H. John. Richmond; Dr. W. L. Pepple, Richmond; Dr. Joseph T. McKinney, Roanoke; Dr. Fred M. Hodges, Richmond; Drs. ; Joseph .- A. Elliott. L. C. ;Todd and Dr. Addison Breniser, Charlotte; Dr, . R. li , Payne, Norfolk; Dr. A. P. Jones," Roanoke ;f Dr. X. T. Price, Richmond; ' Dr. , A. J. Crowell, Charlotte; Dr. J. E. Rawls, Suffolk; Dr. Stuart Micheaux. : Rich mond;; Dr. R. Lu Gibbon, Charlotte; Dr. R. N. Duffy, New Bern; Dr. F..R. Hag ner, Washington, D. C.;, Dr. - Beverly R. Tncker, Richmond; Dr. James K. Hall, Richmond ; and . Dr. x T. A. t Wil liams, Washington, D. C. i IS PAID COUNSELOR OF SOVIET BUREAU Says Has Never Received Money, Big or Small, Directly or . ... Indirectly. , ; Albany, N, Feb. 18. Morris Hillquit, socialist leader, who defend ed soviet Russia while testifying as a . witness for the defense at the In vestigation of the . five : suspended socialist assemblymen charged - with disloyalty, ; today denied he was "a paid counselor advocate" of the Rus sian soviet bureau In the United States, or of Martens, the Ru.sian soviet "am bassador." ' - . Never Received Payment -Under verbal cross-fire from Martin Conboy, Mr. Hillquit . admitted, he was counsel, but not "counsellor", for the Russian bureau. He declared," how ever, his appointment had . not . " in fluenced his - testimony, and . asserted he has "never received any payment, big or small from the soviet govern ment or Mr. Martens, direetly. or in directly." ;:'';;;v::'-;. v..: v,-: ""Wasn't a . check , drawn , to your order for $3,000?" asked Mr. Conboy. ; ; "None r f or three ; thousand dollars or three thousand cents." : . v ? "I presume it. "Will be a surprise . to youJf we will produce the check?' "It will ' be '.a' welcome' surprise if you hand it to me." No check was produced, and Mr. Hillauit continued his '' testimony. He said that for the last year he had advised : Mr. Martens r regarding the best ' way to accomplish- his "worthy" mission in this country, and had aided him In organization of.his :omce. Sympathy "With Russia , In direct examination this morning Mr,' Hillquit, in his dual role of chief . . . - . counsel and 'first witness for the dev ' fense,; testmea .. American Bociausts were not bolshevists,'. but , that ther sympathized with soviet ' Russia be cause it was conducting "a great spcial experiment leading to an ideal state." He denied, however, that AJriwirican socialists desired h to introduce the soviet system here and explained his testimony regarding "true" conditions in Russia was introduced only to re fute the -charge that 'Socialists in this country endorsed a state of "chaos and anarchy" . ' HILLOUIT DENIES Bant( Absconder Seefe Safety In Old North State Halifax County, Virgina, Cash- ier, Alleged to Have ; Disap peared. T ., Danville, Va., Feb. 18. A- warrant has been issued by Halifax county au thorities for 'Acting .Cashier. Roscoe Tuck, of the J Citizens' Bank of Vir ginia, that' county, charging embez zlement, following -the discovery by a state bank examiner of a shortage of approximately $40,000. . " V5 , i The bank's ; authorized capital was $25,000,' the .remainder, alleged to have been abstracted, being deposits. ; Im mediately, after discovery . of the dis appearance of the bank's assets, the directors met and agreed to guarantee all deposits, and the bank is declared solvent and wfll continue. ' ;'. : Tuck who has a wife and one child, is said to have crossed the North Caro lina line, since which' time his move ments are unknown. . ..- MILITARY TRAINING REJECTED BY WOMEN League of Nations is 'Endorsed, However, With Adhesion Recommendation. " ' Chicago, Feb- jlS.pThe . League" of Women Voters,;;" successor to the Na tional Suffrage association, . today en dorsed the ' league ot nations, recom mending' '."adhesion of . the United States with the least possible de mand," and rejected .. universal?- mili tary training ' " ' '1" Both , resolutions .were adopted only after prolonged debate. "Speakers who advocated the adoption- of the, league j of nations resolution indicated ;they fayored ; resolutions ...to. safeguard American Interests. . - Opponents . ot universal r . military training declared it would " have a russiahJKing , effect; on the" j conn'tryv strict economy nrese:'.-lri ID the 1 Hurd, of Minneapoifis, advocated adequate military breparedness. r .1 "J The directors of the league chose Maud Wood Park, Boston- permanent chairman of the organization. Mrs. George Gellborn,' St. : Louis, ., ls ' vice chairman; Mrs. , Richard , Ed wards, Peru; Ind.,- treasurer, and Mre. Solon Jacobs, Birmingham, , Ala., secretary. Mrs. Jacobs,' Mrs: Park and.Mrs.. Ed wards were , today, elected directors at large to serve with the seven, regional directors chosen " yesterday. - GHANGE MADE IN : ; "WIN RACE" RULE Fast Horses Thus Given Chance Change Class ' Chicago, Feb. 18. A ehange ln. the 'win race" rule was adopted by the American Trotting association at Its annual meetinghere today. "." TVio rTind riiHnc '"nrnvMaii flof a horse" with ar "win race" be allowed, arhothAT- rnci nr not: twA MonnriR fn each calendar year . until he reduces his time, or wins a race In faster time than the class to which his time allow. ance made him eligible..,. The old rule allowed only one second . for each year. ; ' : ' " . - The rule also declares that a horse winning a race .in faster time than the class to which his time allowance makes' him "eligible shall thereafter be considered '.as having acquired a new "win . race." '-T . .. X "win race" was described as "the fastest time made by a winner either in the first or second position."- NORTH CAROLINA REVENUE SERVICE Plan Adopted to Clear : Up Complications. V. Washington, Feb. 18. Commissioner Roper, after repeated conferences with Senator Overman 1 and Senator Sim mons, has adopted a satisfactory and effective plan in clearing .up the com plications" in the revenue , service In North Carolina. Mr. McLean has with drawn his resignation nd will continue in the service. It is understood that he will be put in charge of the work in which Mr. Boyd was-engaged until the organization is perfected and the new men who have taken positions 'vacated by recent resignations shall have, been trained in their work. Revenue jagent Yellowey with whom there was some dissatisfaction in North Carolina', will not be returned, to the. state. INDIANS FILE SUIT ' j AGAINST GOVERNMENT rClaim ' $5,500,000 Under ! Old Land -Treaties. Washington, Feb. 18. Search of, the f thA white- houSi executive 'ai.vw,v ... 0fnces: for records 'which,, may enable his tribe to collect. ?5,500vOOO from the government vpas berun :"todayrby Chief Grindstone, of ;the-Pitr river In dian tribe, of California. This chief, who has t retained legal k assistance in his efforts, said yttm money ; was , due under treaties Negotiated in 1851 by which the Indfans gave -up . valuable lands but failed to-' receive, the .stipu lated compeptl6n, as f the treaties never were, raUfled., Now they want the old1 documents "as "evidence! In ' a suit against be government, I. N . ' X - M'ADOO DECLINES : TO ENTER PRIMARY IN NATIYE STATE ccept Nomination,' How- V if Came to Him Unsolicited. OF CITIZErtNSHIP HEED CALL TO DUTY Former Secretary Hakes it Plain y He is Not Seeking ' Nomination. t New , York, Feb. 18. William Gibbs McAdoo announced today that he would not permit his name to be used on Presidential 1 primary v ballots . in the various states, and that he advocated the sending of uninstructed delegates to the democratic national conven tion, i The former secretary of the treasury said he believed the highest constructive-leadership can best be obtained if the national interest "is not submerged ki a i contest of indi vidual candidacies." "Personally," " Mr.MeAdoo '. contin ued. ;'I would be delighted if the next national convention might actually be a great democratic j;conferenc where the. utmost freedom of action should prevail and where the motive of high service alone should control." , The obligations of citizenship in a democracy , are . Supreme, he said, and therefore men, should "regard it as the imperative duty of any man to accept a nomination if it should come, to him unsolicited." : V i ; ' . . "I am not seeking the nomination,! the letter read, "and am reluctant to do anything, that would create the appearance of a. candidacy.". Mrl McAdpo's views were expressed in a letter sent to Miller S. Bell, mayor of Milled geville,, 6a., in response to a telegram, saying the citizens of his boyhood home had placed his hame on the presidential preferential, ticket. The letter follows: "Tour, .telegram informing me that the citizens'of Milledgevtlle, have en tered my name in the democratic pri mary of the state of 'Georgia for President of the United States duly-re-ceie4;; i- i:"-;--- f: ' n. . 1 f estation-of e-th4.-oiaidencft of ?;ny friends .who live in the city of my. boyhood. and ' in. the state . of my -nativity. It is indeed an honor to ,be considered by them worthy of : such high station. .. .. 1 ''; ' "I feel, however, that t should can didly state my position. I am not seek ing the" nomination and am reluctant to do anything that would create the appearance . of a candidacy. I cannot help feeling ; that this is peculiarly a time when we should ' fight, for prin ciples, and not for individuals. ' , ; Great Human Problem "The momentous years through which we have just "gone have brought to the fore great human problems which go to the veryroots of our so cial and economical life, and insis tently . demand settlement. The des tiny, of the human race will be, pro foundly affected by the things we do and by the wisdom we show during the next four- years. Patriotism ; and constructive .leadership'- of the highest order are. Necessary, and I am con- yinced we are most likely to se cure them if -the supreme, considera tlo,n of the national interest is. not suDmergea in a coniesi ox maiviauai candidacies for the Presidential "bffice. Therefore,!' should like to see the next " democratic national committee composed . of Untrammeled men and women bound to no particular," candi date and allowed to express their pre ference freely through the abolition of the unit rule. . ; " "While I ! realize that under ,, .the primary "laws instructed ' delegates from- some states . ' are v mandatory, nevertheless I think, it highly desira ble that every effort should be made to send uninstructed delegates from every state - where possible. Person ally, I should be delighted if the next national convention might actually be a great" democratic conference where the utmost freedom of x action should prevail, and where the .motive of high service alone should control. If in such a convention a platform is adopted and'a - candidate is selected representing the great constructive, progressive and spiritual forces of the day, the favorable opinion of the count try would be enlisted at the very out set. The issue would then be sharply drawn .between us - and the forces of standpatisrn . and reaction, which -are already overreaching themselves and claiming with s presumptuous confl 4ence the vlctoxy. in, November next.; 5 "Holding these views you can read-, ily understand why I prefer, "riot to" be entered in. the Georgia primary, and why I musi beg my, friends to with draw my ntme. I cannot 'consistently enter the ; primary in any" state' when it is my earnest conviction Vthat 'the delegates from" every state should ;go to the convention without; instructions save to use their power and .oppor tunity for . the best service of their country. r " - Acknowledge Great Honor : . ; "No , greater honor than . a nomina tion for tJie Presidency can come to any man short of election to the Presi-i denoy itself. In a4 democra;ys like ours the " obligations of, good citizens are supreme, and I sh.ould, -therefore, regard; it as the imperative duty of any . man to accept - r nomirtation if it should come to hinjr unsolicited. ?. I say1 this at the risk of being charged J with harboring a candidacy notwith standingthei explicit s; statements v" in this letter, but I am .sure that on th e whole, J I shall not be misunderstood. "Please, accept my warm thanks for your generous support and, be good enough to", assure' my friends " of , my J sincere gratitude" for the honor they havs don v"" , BITTER EXCHANGE IN NEWBERRY CASE BETWEEN LAWYERS Arguments Arose Over Docu mentary Statements Intro-v duced and Read. , : Grand, Rapids, Mich., Feb. 18, Bit ter exchanges between; attorneys for the government and defense . develop ed today' in the Newberry; elections conspiracy. triaL The argument started when Edward Ridley, government in-j vestigator, who took statements from many defendants, " was under 4 cross examination by Martin W. ' Littleton, of the defense counsel, . on five state ments which had been introduced and read. .; .-;. .:' v-, The statements were made by Guy I Ingalls, city treasurer of Detroit; Dr. - W. H. Smith, Jr.. a dentist,' and head . of the ' state free employment bureau at Muskegon; Bruce Laing, an attorney from Dowagiac, and chair man. I of the Cass county x republican committeer George Carrigan, and John Wagley, a retired : lake captain and farmer from Cross Village. ; ' Fulfilled His Duty ; Wagley said he - received ten dol lars from Will Darling, a'; defendant. He explained that this was given ; to him at the close of the polls in Cross Village after he had "fulfilled his duty as an election inspector" by aiding In dians to mark their ballots All the statements were in affidavit 1 form, and; Clarence Rasey, a juror, asked the court if they were to be re garded as . sworn testimony. Ridley replied that none of the men had been sworn, y Mr. Littleton asked why the phrase "of nay own free will and acf cord" and similar formalities had been adopted for the opening sentences. 1 'The opening -paragraph; was used so that the man. might ..have a" chance to refuse the statement if any threats or promises had been made to him," Ridley said. " V , ".'Phrase Not Correct::: -, notice at the outset of this state ment the phrase i 'being "; duly sworn That was not correct, was it?" ."He was not-' sworn,: no, sir," said Ridley ' - -"That- was - not" correct, ; Was It?" persisted Mr. Littleton. l ,"We object. TheQuestion has, been1 antswered' interposed ' Judge "!.-Eich-horn, of the-prosecution. V' i - - raiay'I not Wki v f myrrtition "an swered ?" asked .Mr. -.Littleton of - the court. - t - "It seems that was a fair' answer," said. Judge Sessions.- ' .. The New . York., attorney-." declared after an exchange with Judge Ses sions:'" ' .''- '""'-r,";---"V7,-'.s-A'".v t-'T- "I take exception Co" the fact jtnat the court will not permit him o make a fair answer and to your honor's re mark about it," , , cj ' .At rthe close of the day, : I. N. Frei berg, a Detroit attorney, testified that in"1918'he had been " interested in the film exchange which, distributed the one-reel feature "Our Navy" 'to some theaters in Michigan. . - .. He said he had collected ,51,000 of the hill from the Newberryommittee, which amount he had "for . personal reasons" deposited "to his own credit. - On cross-examination Mr. Littleton asked if the exchange had. distributed other films gratuitously, .and simul taneously with Judge Eichhorn's ob jection, . the . witness answered, v. , . ; "Tes, sir; the Ford- Weekly."; ' -v The next question also had "Ford" in it, "and Judge Eichhorn requested that the question" be repeated, ; as he did not understand it: I J ' 'I asked him fro.m whom he got' his 1,000 in the Newberry headquarters in ' the" Ford building," explained Mr. Littleton. '. "-- .'-.' ' ' Freiberg could . not 'remember. . r TREATY OF PEACE . 'IN TOTAL ECLIPSE May Not be Taken Up ; For Some Time. Washington," Feb. " 18 -The peace treaty went into eclipse again today in the senate.- With private negotia tions for e compromise already quies cent, the leaders found no one ready to speak on the senate oor, and - .it was agreed that the subject would not be taken up during the day at alt. Debate may ' be . resumed ;.- tomorrow, and the compromise negotiations will be continued, but. many senators be lieve the treaty fight, will not be re vived in earnest for -some time..' to come. . -1 . . ". With the railroad bill and other im portant legislative , business coming up the . controversy over ratification may be permitted to drag , on, it was Indicated today,? without either ' sidd seeking to force -a aecision. POMERENE QUITS NOMINATION RACE Ohio State Primary Law .Might Defeat Him. C'f-: ' - ' -Y -': ;-"- ' :-: Washington, . Feb. i8. Senator Pom erene, democrat,' of Ohio, withdrew to night from the contest for the. demo cratic presidential nomination. Neces sity of devoting his entire attention to important legislation. In the .senate, and the fact that under the Ohio state primary-law a solid delegation would be impossible, which, he said,, virtually wouid .mean ;his: defeat at the San Francisco convention, ..were given by the. Ohio senator as ' his reasons for dropping; out of 4the,.race.-j.t f vy;.'e: : ''. AMBASSADOE sTO ITALY -Washington, Feb. 18. The nomina tion of Robert Underwood; Johnson of New York, to.be ambassador to Italy, was confirmed without opposition to- J cay iuv dcuv.w REPLY OF ALLIES WAS NOT MODIFIED BONAR LAW STATES i ' '- " i Adriatic Situation Still is Charged With Irritating Possibilities. London, Feb. 18. The emphatic de nial, of Andrew Bonar Law, the gov ernment spokesmkh in the , house . of commons, today, that the draft of the reply, to President WHson's note con cerning the Adriatic controversy had been modified as a result of represen tation from Viscount Grey, Lord Rob ert Cecil and Chancellor of" the ; Ex chequer Chamberlain, was the only im portant news development in the Adri atic situation today. , The denial is considered to Illustrate the conflict be tween 'official and unofficial utterances and- to show the anxiety of the Brit ish press for full publicity in the face of what is deemed, a great strain be tween Great ; Britain and the United States. '',..-" - ' ' Defect 1 Machinery. There seems to - be a defect in the supreme- council's machinery, in the opinion of observers here, who assert that' if the council ?-sltting in Paris had organized machinery .to convey its decisions to , Washington - nothing, of the kind has been employed in Lon don. . John W. Davis, American am bassador, has received; no direct ver bal or- written communication from ! council, and I only galmr knowledge i concerning it from : conversations he holds. . : , , ' : ' The belief was expressed in diplo matic and supreme council quarters today - by persons . who., have good knowledge - of .the council's reply to President Wilson that the situation created by President Wilson's not is less charged -with more irritating pos- slbilities than some of the. reports have indicated. In. the first place, it was said, President Wilson's note was not a : curt missive, but a full, detailed explanation of his. viewpoint. The supreme " council's reply, it . was de clared, was equally 'considerate In giv ing details," and was, if anything, lon ger, than the President's message. . .- , Wilson a Distinct , Factor. : ' Apart from the Wilson factor In the situation, there seemed to be in offi cial circles today : a. belief , that- the council . would be: able " to" settle the matter without great' 'difficulty. Much is expected .alprig; this ' line 'from the- kno wn .-moderation of. Premier Nittl, of rta.W-Hn khtfwttocieplortnHe tack launched by r the "Italian - press against, the -United States' and to :hold the, belief .that his .countrymen would be ' better advised to ' attend "to their own economic difficulties than to wor ry , about the Dalmatian' ontroversy, : The new, Serbian: minister 'in London hold the view ' that the' -Italians and Jugo-Slays " can" -reach 'an agreement of the- controversy satisfactory " to themselves. , "'r ' . '' v "v :' ' FATE OF THIRTY . GERMAN PASSENGER LINERS INYOLYED Conflict of Opinion as to Whether or Not Fleet Should be . ' : ' rsoid.--; ' Washington, Feb. 18. Conflicting opinions as to the advisability "of the Immediate sale ' of the ' thirty former German passenger ' liners recently of fered by the shipping: board were pre sented to the senate, commerce commit tee today by members of the board.. - Chairman Payne.teld ' the committee that the reconditioning of the vessels for passenger service . would , Involve an expenditure of more thn 575,000,000, and -offered a -jresoulution, approved by -three of the four members of the board, requesting authority to put the ships on the market. ; '." . . .All bids recently received have been rejected, he stated, , '. . .'. .Vice-Chalrman Stevens,, of the board, on the other- hand, declared that the vessels should - not be - sold at this time, as their true valuation had neve been worked out. , He urged that the vessels be-reconditioned before their sale. ' - - ' - ' Estimates of the yalue . of the ves sels received by the ba.rd, he said, had been made with a depreciation charge of five per cent, while only two and one half, per cent should be thus charged offv He pfaced the value of the fleet at nearly $75,000,000.. Opposing the immediate sale of the liners, because of the uncertainty as to their valuation, Mr. Stevens said the public was entitled to , know whether the fleet : was being , offered at fair prices. ::,More than money was involv ed, , he added, and the ; transfer of the- ships should not be made until it was known, that the best interests of the government were being served. : Commissioner Stevens will be heard again by the c6mmittee i tomorrow, Chairman- Jones stating that in view of the rejection of the bids'by the board, the question of sale - did not call for immediate action by the committee. '- TENTH PRESIDENT FRENCH REPUBLIC Deschanel Takes Oath to Succeed Poincaire. . .. Paris, Feb. 18. Paul Des Chanal to day, became tenth "president . of the. French republic, succeeding Raymond Poincare, who laid aside the robes of office after one of the -most , critical periods "in the history of the country. Th formal transfer from th old to the new regime was registered at the oalace of Elysee this afternoon. '' A , . SUPREME COUNCIL MAKES RESPONSE ON ADRIATIC MATTER Answer Serves ' Apparently to Reopen Whole Subject of . ; 1" Negotiation -v TEXT OF DOCUMENTS J HELD IN CONFERENCE America. Asked to Indicate Prac tical Steps to Secure ; V Settlement, ' C Washington, Feb, . 18. President ' r T : Wilson's ' note to the allied supreme council regarding the Adriatic ques- . ' tion, , which caused something of a stir in xthis as well as the allied coun tries, apparently has served to reopen the whole subject of negotiation. - .' ; The supreme council's reply was re- V celved today at the state department, 1 but was withheld. . London advloea said the note was conciliatory. The state department made no comment on this, but it was pretty, well under- V stood that the entente premier's re ply had at least removed the Adrlatlo question from the status In which It was after the council, communicated . " its settlement to Jugo-Slavla in the form of an ultimatum without the ; United States being .a party to the agreement. . : : ' The Jugo-Slavs were given the op tion of accepting the council's plan ' or submitting .to the carrying out of V the Adriatic provision of the secret , treaty of London, negotiated before the United States entered the war. In this connection It was disclosed today that President Wilson in his note again ' came out . definitely, against the ap plication of this treaty. ; ! Position of tke President. It "also , was ' understood that " the President had taken the position that, regardless of the operation of the , treaty of .Versailles and the league of nations, the United States should be a party to the Adriatic settlement be cause, of its position as a co-bellt- ' A gerent. " ' '-' '",: -' -:,' While the 'premier's reply was bet ing received at the state department, . from Ambassador Dais. a suggestion . i came; from .Europe "that '.the premiers I naa invited tne rvAmerican'government, i thvafe. thatt mUX, held-hat, tho uiiGumi Aunauu ngreemeni . maae at Paris on. December shouid-be carrlefi out, to : .indicate the practical , steps'- , that . could -l)e taken to execute this -agreement" if-It should-be accepted by Italy and Jugo-Slavla. v 1 Under the terms of ; the ' December 9 settlement, t$-which the United States was a party, Flume -was to be erected into a free state' under the league of. nations, and in other respects the gen-. . eral principle of self-determination of the peoples affected was. to be but into' force..- -'.". .;-.;:'''- -1 v ,- .' 'i The seizure of Flume by D'Annuni. zio, it was suggested, - had changed ' conditions in the Adriatic, and the in ability or indisposition of, the Italian government to restore the status quo appeared to place the weight of re sponsibility for doing so upon the en tente powers or the, United States. It was realized that " none of these was willing .to undertake such a move, ana consequently other measures to meet the case were considered, . ... Revamping Old Project, As comment upon this suggestion in volved, a disclosure of some : features of ; the latest note, the state depart-' ment had nothing to say. , An alternative ; suggestion, contem plating the neutralization of the en tire eastern Adriatic shores and wa ters, was said. to be nothing more than , a revamping , of a project made early ,' in the negotiations on the subject, and, which " failed of r approval. . There is reason to believe," however, that th ' genera.1 tendency of the premier's not' is to Invite the United States to come forward iwith :. some solution on the problem; , - " v : '.-'.' At the state department it was said the council's note would receive care ful consideration, making it evident that some time must , elapse before a reply will be ' made. While the de- -partment has decided not to make pub lic the President's communication and the council's reply without the consent of France, "Great Britain and Italy, It was learned from authoritative sources today that - the American ; government looked with favor on the publication of the exchanges and had taken" steps to ascertain the wishes of the other governments in the matter. PrejBdiced Versions Printed. 7 . A factor in the desire of the United , States for puWicity, it was said, was the prejudiced - versions of President WUson's note which were published In the foreign press. " These versions were' said. to have misinterpreted the President's position and, placed the -United States in a wrong light be fore the . peoples . of . the . allied .'coun tries; ,' ' "':. , ;; : " , -;. One : thing of Importance from the American ; viewpoint . which developed ' today was -that sucn decisions as are reached; by the premiers in their Lon don meetings, at., which the. . United States. is not represented, are all sub-. ject - to .. approval . at; subsequent meet- : ings - in Paris, at which an Am'erican representative probably will be pres ent. '-: t .'-.'.v'"r '--.: - ; . - While this representative will not have plenary powers to accept or re jct any decisions reached at the Paris meetings, he will at least be able to quickly refer-, them to the state de- . partment, thus carrying out the under- , standing reached ; in'- Paris ' when , the American peace -commissioners with drewthat thereafter r all questions arising under, the peace treaty and armistice- were ! to' be .referred ' to the various foreign 'offices.', - - - .' WILL SELL CAMP TAYLOR " Washington, Feb. .18. In reaching a virtual agreement on the house bilj providing appropriations for the . fur ther improvement of-.; various army camps, senate and house conferees, In serted a, provision ... requiring , sale jof Camp Taylor, Ky to be made prior ta. next June SO, : ir'i if: ;' IS1 ! :,l i" t. ! I f 1 :-.!.. : :'...if : I ? ? ft 1 . i t I' !';;i-: n
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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