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I t-tM M- " - ' U' '.- "r ' " " " "Saiar ,m .i. j-k-iA; u- Assocxaiea rress i -; oftTrrSTAL EVENTS . MARINE DISASTER yyiA" '" v" DURING PAST WEEK 111 'NORTH STATE Candidates c.iv5rt Honors v Their uame. . - v n'oOStEKS ARE MAKING 7 CLAIMS FOR FAVORITES Morrison's Is Occasioning mucn Comment. 4 5neclal 0 The Star) I .' ' .iL;.h Marcn o. -- ,iuhju Mf . xu ton cnnirrPRslonal dlsJi .nnt es oi uxc - ----- already countea againw ooert v Piee Gardner's campaign ! mana- rT hit Inst ehueked lin cbg mai. c six t 1 . i J nr i . is ahead m xm morr.r be man son's friends are cJaimmy e na n( the ten congressional -tus- seven tricts tied up the Biscoe man is work- ing serenely on witn assurances 10 these interested enougn 10 enquire his campaign that he is mighty about well la tisfied with tne way nis canai. dacy for the guoernaiunttt io . 10 shapes itself. Mr. lage is not mas claims as to his ability to . . i n n i . .ai- ing qny carry tricts, any 01 tne luilgiraoiuuai utd" in fact has said mighty little his prospects specifically, con about tenting himself with the statement the situation iookb bowu w nun iith this dismissal of the ; claims of other candidates h plugs j along with his lettercwruing campaign ana Hds friends in all partsl of ; the Some laterestlns Event in sei state, Thete-are three or four Interesting snd perhaps signlncant even!in ine(;:.ir u'B wwv "muua politi oi rtovelnnmentS Of tne DaSl I week. Tn the first nla.ee the I claims : f th k Gardner supporters who were ' ere for the meeting of the state dem ocratib executive committee meeting. The Gardner folks made no bones of iow ood they were feeling over th prosptcts. But some of that, class ofu people the cartoonists picture as "al ways taking the joy out of Jife'; count ed thd noses of the members 'of the committee who were here for the democratic convention and came back with ihe report that the majority, p the democrats attending- were . not--going to vote for Max. ' Those anti Gardnjr folks claim that the -apparent fine condition of the Gardner campaign is the result of a noisy minority. Claims, they point out,, are one thing, while votes in the June primary are an entirely different thing. ' , " Cam 3IorrIon' Speech' - J. - ' 1 Another feature of the week's "po litical developments was 'the -speech Cameron Morrison made ""atTChapel Hill. He was the second of . the can didates for governor who appeared before the student body "of - the uni versity. Gardner came first. ' It is certainly interesting, if not significant, that following the Gardner speech the university weekly newspaper.! which is ed ted by the students, came out in an editorial which plainly , and frankly informed the candidates that they urere not interested in the glory that Was Greece and the grandier Wat was Rome type or oratory. They did not want platitudes, but some solid iLshow the amount of revenue to be ob discussion of the ble issues confront ing the state today. The ? Gardner speech may not have inspired this editorial in the student nublication. put partisans of the other two'candl- flates are claiming that ' It ' did. ' That, pwe er, is a matter for the Individ- alt (.figure out for himself,; and is o part of this discussion. I plnst Have Good Platform "t may be said in passing, -however, t it was nnintcr? nut unrTv in 'fTTaT campaign that the folks were ripe fr a candidate who had something to say and was not afraid to say it that the candidate who won this nomi nation would be the man -who was runniig on a platform rather than a charming personality, the-eyer-ready 'mile and the hand-shake. These may "e a Part of the campaign this ' year. s th:y always have been, an4, prob ably always will be, but the folks, it7 v10Be who nave -been out shaking tne biishes, are ready anJ willing "to te !or a fellow who has a definite Proenm on which to work but the Problem, of the state. ' ' r ' 'OW. Cam tnM x n- " renis of tie Charlotte candidate say "gar ling his speech to the Chapel BtUtlPnfa . . " n He gave them' his Was ahcvut tv, vr j. t-i ' the Hie UlLEflBL DrUUlBlII in State inrfr,-,, . V. . I k tail -'v.o., rcturiu ui ; Ration act. He came out flat-foot-Prffram for continuing, the 1 T0W under way the state. He on tl. ks knowr where, he stands ed iv important problem and show wem that he was thinking ahead mm. . f Dresent ork. He. will liave ne jopposition to his program, ' that " . . iii una wirn - i iir - i n not denied ,. i tend ku i. '"lc nim ana wno win 'him in his campaign.' But they ulJerat,fiGd to find that he had -ou. iiuin . me suuuiuer ie tax problem x . I ne criticism r nrl.il.. m, in, iot HUT - UniVPlCfiU.. .-.;. .. . JUMl - on fKi . ai-n- ms aeciaration n0 t-H.- ... T.V-7." "A,n& the fathpi .v me .central autnonty Moieil in . . . It is B.vltn various counties. m n71Z,!d income tax o MHipn - r n Cf nr in ; ne 8urci t vc"ue irom this single edj e care of all the E state Hionki ln P088ibly includlng-the'ad- ... r1 money that : min l 1 ; ying. salaries that choo hLVe11 equipped people In the time the 11- But at the ; present tleS?n: .helping . w oi me less weai- v x. i i . i w i a jm j n a ii nrsm a ' rnuri ii . i lit : sni rni iv in. i 1 1 unt n nil r w n n -nrnvT that thVhoX- fr ' stock tax caae and Tared that stock j reached Wall street :that the Railroad- bhL tax rat in th. ..t.-.v.,.tfl i aivioenas wer . . j . f Continued On Page Two.) ' FOiWilllAi RECENT HURRICANE Many Vessels Have Been Lost At Sea And Others - Damaged. - N6T?i Tofk' March 8. Reports of ma rine disasters reaching her today in dicated that the eale laflt wir v..v !r?"ef,a" l?nge North MtenZo ".uuea.maienany to the shipping A Wllllr wnicn areatly has placed a, beavy . burden v on. insurance companies and owners.', . 1 . 'J.-:' ' Sm SlnUter Keportii Sinister reports received tnAav . eluded one that the tanker Cubadist.1 wm utjfs oyeraue irom Matanias to Baltimore, had failed to respond to wireless calls. Her owners expressed fear that she had met with disaster. xne, schooner Eva. Jt. Douelas staunch vessel, which has-weathered m years past some of the heaviest gales alongthe Atlantic o6ast, had-to be abandoned 180 tnlio. 4.. abandoned 180 Tr.no- 4o rT " May ' 4 The steamer Guilford was- reported fbandoned pit Nantucket with the nAMt ffimril intf A tnoV vn- m Uaw.a4;. '; ing to ther YnV . T v;ment in future collections and also re- The Lake Ellithorpe,-wih a broken propellor, j was anchored dangerously close s to - a . shoal near Sable Island. Calls for assistance, from . this ' ship broughjt-r the Furness line steamer fliapiemore ana.an -attempt win do inade.to tow her to Halifax. The Cape Breton, a collier. abandoned as- a ; wreck on Scutari Island. " '-? ' -l -: . -Many Skips In Distresa;, :, ' - Other, ships reported in distress In cluded the ; Norwegian tanker , HenriV Lord,' ashore itt" Halifax . harbor; the Norfolk Range, at anchor 'near Haii fax with a crippled propellor shaft, T" , , and the Buckhannaon, from Messina to oil" I L ui Jilioi emu. luuiwiwiin.. , ' The steamer . Wisconsin Crjdge, from ,I,S"' '1ialU' ,.Cw . aisaoiea wyew nunw-a pc : leased profits and, therefore, not tax- and in tow, of another ship which an- J obie - . - . ; ....... swered her wireless distress call. , j5" The attempt of congress in thev inr The, Royal Mail steamer Chlgnecto, cpme tax law to tax st(ck diStrihu wWeh sailed from fSt. Johns Saturday, tlong the majority decided, to be un af ternoon for : Halifax, has not ar-j constitutional and not permitted Ty the rived The usual time of the; trip Is Bixtoenth, or income -tax amendment, twenty hours. 4 v n to the federal constitution: Stock ilvia The Sarcoxe. a new shipping board dends. the majority held.' may be taxed steamer, is said to -be leaking and storm damaged 400 miles east of New York. ' - " . -I, ATCAROLINA YARDS Giant Structure , Will Accommo date Ships Of 7,500 Dead- 1 ' weight Tons. . r ' ; Construction of a concrete drydock j tnat win accommoaate &nipn oi sizes up to .7.500 deadweight tons will t be undertaken by the Carolina Bhip yards if investigations now under way tained ? warrants sucn a project, ana the geological' conditions to be en countered are.r not ; tpo T difficult " to handle. . ' - ' ' . ' . 'v ! The total cost of the proposed dry dock will be In the neighborhood of $1,000,000. -1 ' ' : ' -Space sufllcient for Building the dock has been laid off north of the outfit ting pier, During the past week soundings have been made to ' deter mine thecharacter of the grouwd, and to ascertain at what depth the rock formation, known to underlay this sec tion, Is to be 'found. .-,-;' r -X " ' .It is ; expected .that ; the drydock, which will be one of the largest in the South Atlantic district, : will be completed within twelve months. ' Wilmington port interests have long advocated the building of a drydock U a necessary adjunct to the devel opment of the port. . . ' , . - v- ' AHPTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE Chicago, " March : 8. Abolition of the cigarette in America by 1925 is the aim of ' the" International!, Cigarette' League which has been organized as successor to t the AntlcCIgarette Lea gue, It was announced today CONCRETE DRD0G& YILL BE INSTALLED Waf I Street Demoralization Follows Ur oup reme Nev 'Tork. March 6. Wall street ular' feature, gaining thirty points at was thrown into- a statO' of demoralij ter having shown an actual (loss of 1 zation today, . and - manynunuTeas oi ! thousands of v.doliars were iost- arm won within a fw minutes, when news agencies .which- serve tne nnanciai ais- trict misstated the ; decision , of the y During ths violent declines - wnicn followed the misleading report fright ened traders sold almost regardless or ralue. - The -hundreds of thousands of dollars forfeited by, them were captur lolc"":u tosell on 'thV" .t?ength "oi Iti rt InJ fals reports and who the.-flreVana raise feporiB v J?"". were .in ignorance or wnaw was .nap. J '. .: Vlliei lmmv. DU'U wui ,viv .uuw. vi I foene'ral motorswas the star, perfor mer. gaining-15 points-before noon,, re acting -eleven points on reee pt of the erroneous report and then rising brisk ly to 307, a net gain of 42. 1-4 points, r Crucible steel was another spectac- ) r r NOT SUBJECT TO IiNciilxiAf Supreme Court Hands Down Im :M portant Opinion In f giose " ' Decision. '" ''''", - CUT GOVERNMENT OUT jV ; OF IMMENSE REVENUE Stock Dividends . of Generous ' Proportions Expected To'v -Be Declared Soon, V ' Washington.: March ; ' 8. -CorDOTation dividends " distributed in the form of I stock do not constitute "income," and i;uuBijuni7 are not BUDjeci 10 leaerai !om! iXS' 'th(? "Preme court de- w i 3?VlS. . tbe 1916 fed1e, in5e taxleyying taxes on stock dividends were declared unconstitutional. The de aiao nu"ea sxmuar provisions f t?.e1 re8nt law and will involve ""."r.-, Tff" , Large financial interests ' likewise will be affected and numerous stock divi dends of generous proportions afe ex pected to be declared soon. Stoek I No Divididend In . the , majority decision, ' read ; by Justice PitnevJ Chief Justice Whitk and Justlees McKenna, Vandervanter and McReynoids concurred. Of the four dis senting members of the court. Justice xioimes .reaaa Drier opinion in wnicn ne ww joinea py JusticevVay. ana J us- tice Brandeis. delivered a'.lengthy opin ion in which Justice Clark concurred, j In holding; that stock distributions pTare not dividends on - account of no separation ?f. corporate assets being in volved,'.. Justice' --pitney," in behalf? of the "majority, declared that stock shares :.,A ,rttviinr nf n9nr .aifl.,si in undistributed, assets; are,' not x s re- only; after stockholders - realize unon them by sale, in which case the gov eminent may levy Income taxes on such profits. ; l;--:; r: :r-t All four, dissenting 'justices contended thangree nuiow sioek i dividends, holding" .that such dividends re income'-the- same as if in cash. The sixteenth amendment, the minority declared, Cisrti broad enough to justify tax. ' -1 '-'-. v . :'.y'-:--:: ' -, r 'Justices 'Brandels- and. Clark charac terized "the- majority view as "narrow" and " "bizarre,", and said pit - would -permit many - corporations to escape tax ation on a large portion .of what - "is actually their income." 'Declaration of dividends in cash, or in some other me dium, the. two Justices Added, "is whol ly a matter of financial . management," and, therefore, "if 1 a dividend paid in securities represents a- distribution ofs profits congress may.' of " course, tax It as. income."-. j - - ; ;t xne otner aissenting opinion ex The other dissenting opinion pressed the belief that the -word la come .In the ------sixteenth.: amendment should be read, in a sense most obvious to the' common understanding at.the time ' of its adoption. - - Most r people. othpr than lawyers, it was added; sup posed when they, voted, for it that they put at rest, the" question of direct taxes, including levies on 'stock "dividend's, v ODD FELLOWS CONFER -X THE INIATORY DEGREE Banquet Will Be Held In Near . ' Future. JL- mi tw. I sonfer with Jnitiatory , degree ' on number of candidates and a fnll atten- dance rs xnected. TnvJH.rtW- . ing issued or a banf quet to be held- In th lodee room- In thA a. which time short talks will be made Odd Fellows Walker Taylor. Marou, Jacob! and other members with refer- ence to Increasing, the .sphere of use- fnlna and tlvltir thA i - -Later In the spring a concert will be 'V?? ienaL- ff I?., fend!r- In" heldby the - children of the Odd Fel! eating the drivers' intention,of stop, lows' orphanage at Goldsboro. the nro-7pI5?. .r turning.. . , t -y:-. ceeds of which will be devoted to 'the enlargement of the facilities for carin;? for.ltose children otherwise unprovid ed for. , Erroneous Report y rt fsjon points ,." nAn.i.i -J j 5 To" 10 poTnts "over . last wk's" prices ' -. -v- n.nV'ff. : tn mnv.' v.,, merce commission. . Distribution Will Proceed. f::y'y It is rumored in the street that many corporations whose dividend policy tnail remained In obevance nendine the tax ruling will , now proceedo . dis-f tribute . profits gained dui-lng the tlast m ...i -ann.tnAlrhnri s few vears -among stockholders. :M- Cou Dec j merce commission. . y .v - in the case of high priced , stocKh drive. Only '12.3 per cent: of the quotu this . la likely ytOA take the from : of a i of enlistment, had been . obtained, a; splittlng up of shares with "rights" aocording ito announcement ,by the war company! ng the .recapitulation.' ; In department. ; . The drive began Janu other instances it is probable that In- ary 19 and ends March'31. ; Knoxvllle's crea'sed or extra dividends will be "de- j quota is 990. 7 That city's enlistment Is dared, - . - 1 193 or.19.5 percent of its quota. HOSPITAL : V1JJU11 AlVMi x XJLi.IJ.JUXl XSXIXXJX1 X . ? I W If Jill f U 1 JF .A" -V " IVfil, ii INVESTIGATION IS STILLi GOING! ON Mi s Has Been lrwarxieid i b-To Senator Simmons. ' - P.C.--1 iv)- .;..,.---r'v a- tyr t' -erS . f. - q :4ngten, March 8.--In response to jtitorf rora Senator Simmons, re Qh formation about, the pending lnt ; Jkation at . the; Oteen hospital, ai; virticulars . aDout soldier patients be - jield there for court-martial be caiwnafthey r communicatedV with their congressman and senators about condi tions at the hospital, Secretary of War Baker has forwarded to Senator; Sim mons a memorandum prepared , by In spector General Chamberlain. This memorandum , shows that.j Neely has Heen discharged and' that an Order has v mt uivnug mai. no-man .De- iriea. ay court-martiai . tor the . trivial offenses attributed to the patients. .The memorandum is as follows: . ' ? ; -V - Conditions at Oteenj ." . ." ' .' VI. On February 1 6th this office re ceived a memorandum from tho-surgeon general,, stating that numerous com munications had ' been received by .him regarding conditions at Cnited States Army General hospital No. 19,-' Oteeni jm. u., ana requesting that full invest! gation be made by an officer of the in spector: general's department. On the following day. Colonel CC, Kinney left Washington to make this investigation, ana ne is still at Oteen in connection With fuimA' ' ' ' '.' i a ; with samel ' "2. On or about February 27th in quiri.es -were made of - this office ' by members of . congress relative to the delay in dIacnarse of priVate James A Neely, onV of the Pfttienfs at United States Army jGenerai hospital No. 11,1 xn. reply to inquiries from this office, Colonel, Kinney ; reported that private Neely and two other soldiers patients. had -visited wards other .than their own. urging enlisted men to send telegrams to senators " and representatives, re questing that they cause . a civilian' in vestigation. - -Their efforts ' resulted in" the sending of, not less han. fifty-five telegrams.., Because of - these- efforts ! to stir MP trouble, and not because of tele grams which .Private Neely; had sent. Colonel Kinney - requested the " com manding general, southeastern depart ment, to ;delay Neely scdischarge until the matter, could be reported to Wash ington. . Private Neely s . discharge - on surgeon's certihcate :of disapility .had been authorized. ',' , - - , Detention Order Withdrawn - ' S3.; ; OniMarcn l. ,upor?4tiijeiDt of Colon ej iTirff Slttei&axXJ., hjajjftiatj4 he ' was directed . to withdraw vlii jr quest for retention In. tnel"'servir. lwt Private Neely.' ' A. teiegram was sent yesterday , by ; the adjutant , general -to the commanding officer, general ' nos pital No; 18,N directing that no men De tried - by' court-martial for telegrams whiph they may have sent, asking for the : Investigation. "4. .Concerning the .matter of in terviewing' patients by mem&ers -of the American Legion ,: at ' Ashevilie, Colonel Kenney. has been directed to make full i investigation ' and report- "5. Colonel Kinney :. has not - yet completed the- investigation at gen eral hospital No. 19. Pending receipt of report ; of such; investigation, no further action-by the war department appears to, be called for." v "- COUNCIL APPROVES V SEMAPHORE SIGNAL Device To Supplant Hand Sig i nala By Motorists feiven ' . . Endorsement. Ordinances governing .the display of lg"als b3r motorists when, turning ?J"eJ "e etovJlAR thr cara wer9 la" night, amended by 6ity: council so " r?" e eaC,h.anIcal de Vices in lieu of hand signals. ! U Actlo,n wasT " take" .on ot on Councilman-Jr P. Wade following the demonstration of a new semanhore de- !.vi5f; 'JrhlclJ7n1?3 V ' e,lectr,i j switch . on the dash board, - displays a before council last night, the greater part of the sessio being spent in con sideration of more or less unimportant matters. ' ' On request; of -Roy F. Hanaford, manager of Lakeside Park, permission as granted to have the sewer lines extended" to "the resort In time for the opening of the season on March 15. One 1 bid , received by - Councilman. Wade " for " decorating ' the interior of the new city auditorium and was held no for further consideration by the n nance committee together 'with Mr. Wade. This bid. submitted by a local contractor, wsis for $2,041; which in the oDinlott-- of : 1 several . memners ror - th bod v wasa tralfle too ; hi ghr Councilman 'Wade als.o , suggested that in motorizing the street 'depart ment a savings - can be effected oy t standardizing- -the equipment; instead make. ' "i '' '' " K Opening and : extending . of Grace Street Dcyunu j.i-to j. iiilo i-.- w aa up by. councilman vaae, out s deferred until such time as Attorney Ruark will be . able to present" he -cost of the proect to the council... J '. ; -, "v-"-;' ENLISTMENT' DRIVE LAGS. (Special to Tle Star.) Washington, Marcb On February 27. when .fifty-four percent of thr trW,. dana .in thA nresenf rpfmltitijr i time elapsed -in the present recruiting AMENDMENT ARGUED IN SUPREME COURT Rhode Island Characterizes Pro hibition As Invasion ,Of v i-'X States " Rights. '" 'Z -' GOVERNMENTDEFENDS , BASIS LAW ADDITION Kentucky And f-. Massachusetts Apeals, Involving Same . Question Heard Today. ;,s ,' ' - ii t t - : Washington, March 8.-Rhode ; Is land's legal attack on the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution was argued .in supreme court ': today, assailed by the complainant as revo lutionary, and an . invasion, of . states' rights,' and defended by .the govern ment as a legitimate 1 addition to the nation's basic Jaw over - which i the court held no jurisdiction. , i ; . Throngs attended the session of the court- to. hear .the iMlre-umAnta rn rn of the burning questions . of the day. Many persons waited outside; the ! aoors tnrougnout tne morning to oh- tain admittance. Rhode. Island, opened for the epposi- tion, . and '. William L. Frierson,; assist- PARTIALLY ant attorney.; general of ; the Unit!; a "compromise on the keystone' problem States;, replied for ,-. the .jrovernmeilt;;of Article .10 were , pressed toward" a -Other arguments will be heard:tpmor- a- i - x- . row. as well as appeals from Kentucky consit. apparently unaffected s by and Massachusetts involving the same : the - renewed declaration of President question. . :;?' 1 , - H - r, t Wilson against' any material weaken. Constitntional Revolution ' i Mr. Rice -charged, there - was in pro- through amendments." ' " ' ,. .: "1 Bee more ' danger" in the doctrine ' urged' by the government than1- any were . declared by one of . their : spon doctrine urged by the demagogue dur-f sors to have brought . the two .sides ing the world war." . he said. " "The very near ' together, was , given wide rights assured the. people under . the , ly differing interpretations. , But .the Tenth amendment were- never -: in- democratic senators -working for .a tended to be takew away." - compromise continued, their, efforts, Mr. TH are-iied that th nrohihltion iTnendment resnii from a -miscon- ception of the law by congress.- and-fit that-the federal government - had no me conswLULiou tti cuUiueul f yi vviucb. . , -4 , Declaring that, "amendment" meana a correction, ne saia tne terms or tnej ronioition amenaraent . cieariy . utsiae - the . 6urVleir5TT.e -coffistltn J I ."What about the Thirteenth amend ment-' abolishing , slavery T" ' . lnauired Justice Pitney. , .. ' y- y That .was a compromise amendment and, . corrected an error' in . the consti tution," answered Mr.. Rice. -;. -u-; :? y . -: By UnanlmOBS Consent Only .- ; Justice - Brandels asked what, power could . bring, about the conditions im posed by . the Eighteenth- amendment. '.There.' is- no .power , in the . United States,constitution-; to make such ;. a change unless itcc.lde;; done. unanimous consent of the-, states and the people of. the United - Statesr : Mr. Rice said. "There is no' power and there was never intended- to be such power for encroachment by the federal government upon the powers of - the states." - ";. i. . ' - - . '. "Wasn't, slavery supported by the police power of the -states?" Justice McReynoids asked. '-. . "Yes," replfgd-Mr. Rice, "but it was a police power to regulate."- f ; Mr. Rice told the cout-. that the Thirteenth; Fourteenth' ano. Fifteenth amendments -"were . written into the constitution by force," and not with the voluntary assent of the southern states. ' :'. . .ivJ,i -- : " i: y-' .".--v." .-. Assistant Attorney . General Frier sonc argued there 'was nothing revolu tionary, in; the adoption v of ; an amend ment that lays. , down a "fundamental rule of -la w'hat applies to. all states. Tl l;KH K SJ TO PAY GAS; BILLS Attempt To- Secure Re - " bates t'or Service ? Tiirhnm' TJ fl'' Mnrfh R. Prlnr.'trt his departure for New; York in 'com- pany with City ' Attorney S. C. . Cham bersv Mayor M. E. Newsom issued a statement in which , he called upon patrons- of ' the Carolina Power f and Light Company - in , this - city ; to t post pone" payment -of gas bills untll fur tlfer. notice. The action of the mayor came : as a result " of a '.gas shortage through which the city has passed cov eringa period of several months.; The mayor and city attorney -are going to New .York for the purpose of holding conferences with-directors of the com pany. They will demand rebates for the gas consumers in this city, -. FUEL OIL PffE LINE iTtOM HAVRE TO PARIS -- - - French Government Has Sanc 1 tioned Construction , London, March 8. The French gov Vrnment has sanctioned the cnstruc-tioh- Of;, a double ; pipe line' for- all oil between- Havre and Paris; a distance of about 150 miles, It is stated by the American Chamber .. of ' Commerce in London. One of the pipe lines, with an Internal diajmete.rof . ten' inches, is to be used for.' heavy, fueloils, and above It ' will be a smaller i pipe 'line Of four inches for petroleum and motor spirit. Mt, ig anticipated; that 4,500 tons of heavy, , and 1.000 tons- of light oils am" spirit can be pumped through these lines daily thus materially lightening he difficulty of-supplying Paris with coal by facilitating the use of heavy oilK in its place. It Is hoped to . com plete the lines in time for next' winter, j DURHAM HIS OPPOSITION ANY WIN SENATE Mi REDUCES TREATY . TO MAIN ISSUES "' ;i: 'J' : . , 4 . -t. f Negotiations For ' Compromise On Keystone Problem, Presses Toward Conclusion. : " PRESIDENT'S LETTER : ' CAUSES NO COMMENT A' Only, Article 10-and League Vot- ing Power Remain' To Be v V :M':': Settled. 3y-:-r Washington, March' 8. Limiting de kD8tte bJP unanimous consent' the senate moved swiftly today to reduce its fightl over the peace treaty to basic issues. Four more .of the republican reserva- 'tl0ns -ere readopted. two , of them without change, while negotiations for ing of the treaty's provisions.' ' , " Democratg Ptee. to Act; . " . " ' y1"1" , nme wnen ;ne .Article 10 negotiations telling tneir colleagues tney ieu iree to-act since ttte executive naa. not seeni to say he would; .Pcke . try " ua"lc senate noor the last of tQft fourteen, repub-l .Moara.Hnna ATfurtt fhnHA rIHt- . m nA lfta voting ower, were ' swept out . of, the way - ftntl debase, on Uhe. ..votingpower. ,:pro- Fvlsion waabegnn.r Tfie f out adopted related to armaments, . the-., economic boycott, alien property!; and ;the labor section, the later . being -brought to, m. roll-call without a .wdrjj of debate. -Until the voting power - reservation was reached the 'Senate worked under a unanimous 'consent, agreement, . r posed ' by Senator Lodge, of ..Jfa chusetts, the -republican, leader,, limit ing speeches- to -twenty minutes.. Few senators ; spoke, howeTVer.. -", and . none nM the- allotted time.' ; ; Efforts. ;to if M . with tiroloneed op- while ' the :': Article 10 , negotiations reached a-point, it was, said, where tn addition df only a few words stood, in the way -of an . agreement,1 the leadere emphasized that the last" pull might prove the hardest.-and minimized hop that enough, senators, to insure ratifi cation would be" brought into accord. It also was pointed, out that neither Senator Lodge nor. Senator Hitchcock. 'of Nebraska,-.democratic ! leader. - had openly, given assem t.ine "b""" tlons, and that even if a bi-partisan agreement was reached it might not command-a two-third's: vote. . . Little Comment Made. . The letter from President Wilson did not reach senators until Jate in the day, and few caredto mase anypub lic comment on it. K Senator Hitchcock described it as "illuminating;" Senator, Lodge declined to discuss it and Sen ator. Borah,, republican, Jdaho, leader lnnnc1larjie , ODDonenw - v Td the . President had helped insure the treaty's aeieat uj throwing cold water on compromise, t Democratic senators were .quick to however, that' the President did DCwai 4V V V . . nt oil vis a them to vote against-ratin- cation, as- he did last November, nor n.imli, tri nut the treaty- in a' white house pigeon hole If-, it were ratified witbAmOre than ' interpretative . reser yations. vations. In vthat respect - mey con trasted it with his - letter to the No vember democratic caucus. 1 when he suggested that the treaty with the re ; publican reservation be voted, down. DURHAM MODERN ' lENOMARDENGASEi -ENDS IN DIVORCE Husband Returns From War To , Find His Bride The Wife ; 'Of Another Man. , ' . Durham", IT. C, March s8. Mrs. Ida Page Griffin, the central figure in Dur ham's modern Enoch "Arden . case, was today granted ' a 'divorce , from Walter Griffln,.,the husband with" whom she was living when- T., O. Page, her firsl; husband,: believed dead returned from army . service. . ..y . ;- v ; " . ', , Mrs. ' Page, according to . the i evi dence produced in the trial-this after noon, had 4been officially notifledl by army . officers of. her first husband': death: - Some : time later she, mame Griffin.-- Only a few; months ago th first husband returned j to Durham ; t dlalm his wife. He found her living with the; second husband. , v: ' j , t ' Recently Mrs. Griffin,-' through her attorney, - announced her 'intention -of divorcing both husbanfls. 0 . , TO RESERVATIONS Says M6dificatiDri Of Ar v ticle 10 Would GutThe Heart put Of-The v?.League; Mv: x:--iM:W MORAL OBLIGATION Unthinkable That This Countiyv Should -Ig- nbfe Her Pledge To The World. - v-. - OPINION OF-WORLD NullilngAjnehdments - Would Make League Another ! "Scrap. ; Of , Washington,! March" 8. Presi dent Wilson re-stated for demo cratic senators today j his ' oppo sition to any, peace treaty , reser vations which would weaken the full force of article ten or other wise materially impair . the "pro visions of.the league covenant. : Without saying ; specifically what qualification he would tor J would "not accept he wrote in , 3 letter to Senator Hitchcock, the administration, leader, ' that al- . most all of the: reservations he; , had heard suggested ;were ; "in I effect virtual nullification of the treaty articles to which they ap- . plied.. 'V.r'" T." I'!:'-j' " ' M Xy 'i hear of preservationists and mild reservationists the -letter , added,V'but I caqnbt understand. M the difference between a nullifier and mild nullifier."' yiy iX"X';yr Discussing article ten'particu-' larl, (the v President" wrote that r there was "no escaping the moral obligations' which7 are expressed i- in ppsitive terms In this article," inuugii mere cuma De no ODjec- t tion to explaining in an interpre- tation the constitutional meth -ods by which such an obligation v would have . to be fullfilled. The ? twj' iicoxi, ui me covenant, ne reiterated,? would; be imperiled by weakening article ten. President Letter In Fall N The President's letter, written In re sponse tq a request that he confer with . Senator Simmons, jf North Carolina,' in charge for the 1 democratic senate ln current negotiations for a compromise. follows , in full: ' : - "My Dear Senator Hitchcock: I un- y derstand that one -or two of your col-V leagues do me the honor of deslrWg-to know what my views are with refer- ence to article ten-of the league of na tions, and the effect upon the league ..4 Of the adoption of certain proposed reservations-to that article.' I welcome ' the opportunity to throw . any light I i can upon a subject which hag become so singularly beclouded by , mlsappre- henslons and , misinterpretations v of every kind.; - . . . -. . ; yl':,-i--- VTherevis no escaping the rferal ob- - ' ligations which are expressed in posi tive terms in this article of the cov- etant We'won a moral, vifitorv avv . Germany, , far greater even than the military victory won on the field of . battle, because the opinipn of the whole world swung to . our support -and the Support of the nations associated with us in the-great struggle. It did so be- . cause of ourcommon profession and promise that we meant ..to .establish ' ah "organization, of peace Which. should ' -make it certain that the combined . power of ,f ree nations' would ' check -every, invasion of right, and serve .to make peace and justice the more se cure by -affording a definite .tribunal of opinion' to: which"; all must' submit. , and. by which" every international ad- -justment . that cannot be - amicably agreed upon by the ; peoples directly concerned ' shall be- sanctioned. ' .,' -' "This promise and assurance' were written into ' the' preliminaries of the armistice and into the preliminaries of . the. peace- Itself, and constitute one' of the . most sacred obligations ever as- sumed by any nation or body of -na-. tiens. It is unthinkable that America . should set tlie example of ignoring such' a solemn moral, engagements. . . Mast Fnlflll Promisee';' ,: U v:; x"For myself, J feel that" I could' not , look the soldiers of our gallant- armies in the face again if I did. not do every- ' thing in my power to remove every ob-. stacle that lies in the way; of .the adoption- of- this particular article of the covenant, ; because we ' made these pledges to them as well as to the rest ; of the 'world, and. it was tp this cause they .deemed themselves devoted in a spirit of' crusaders. I should be - for- ever unfaithful to them if I do not do my utmost -to fulfill, the high purpose for- which they fought. ? :. y:y . "1 think, - my. dear senator, we . can U dismiss from' our minds the "idea that it Is necessary? to stipulate in connec- ''. tion with article ten the, constitutional : ' .-; '. .:--'--' r-. -V.'- (Continued On. Page Two.) v. ! I. I i : i ill! ' if U'; Ml M !! "L 'I 1 '.. M '! 1 1 fi ' i:
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