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, r I The Weather - -. - Forecast for North Carolina: " Fair Sunday, warmer west portion; Mon day fair, warmer. PAGES TODAY TWO SECTIONS J .DI867 VOL. CHI. No. 355. WILMfON, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MA&CH 21, 1920. WHOLE NUMBER 30,119. 32 n i r 1 itTtrt iiii i i 't-iih" ii-fln.r-T-TfiTii i v -v SWBERRY GUILTY; GETS 2-YEARiTERM ' $10,000 FINE The Law. - riFCLARES INTENTION TO REMAIN IN SENATE Pis Brother And Fifteen Cam paign Managers Also Are Convicted. Grand Rapids, "Mich., March 20.-Truman H. . Newberry, junior United : States senator from Michigan, was today con noted by a jury of having con ppired criminally in 1918 to vio late the election laws.j ge was sentenced by Judge Clarence W. Session to two years' imprisonment j and fined $10,000, released on bond pend ing an appeal and at once issued B statement declaring his inten tion to r&ain his seat in the up per house unless that body, de cides otherwise, or tne supreme court upholds his conviction. Sharing the fate of tha sena tor were his brother John S. Newberry and niteen campaign managers, including ! Frederick Cody, New York, and ! Paul H. KingDetroit. Both these men received the limit sentence with their chief. . . ' Charles A. Floyd. Detrott, was also F?ntenced to two years in the peniten tiary, but he was fined only half as much as Newberry. The j brother was fined $10,000 and was one of four who '( not sentenced to Leavenworth. Tho 'lightest sentence went ta GeorA S. Ladd. of Sturbridge, Mas., and he as fined J 1.000. j . - The jury was ready with Its verdict it 11:12 a. m, Less than half an hour i-yer they had been discharged -by the cocrt after freeing sixty eight , of the eitrhty-flve defendants. There was a brief respite for luncheon, then the sen ator and hia sixteen associates were brought into court again. News of the convictions had been spread around the city and the room was-Jammed. ;, Ranged In Crecnt. Ordered to a stand before the bar, th men ranged themselves in a cres re!f, the senator on the left and his K-nther next. .-.!.-..-- The stir of ranging the! men before 'he bar died away to absolute stillness, "i quiet tones. Judge Session asked If any of the men wished to say anything b'fore sentence was pronounced. They stood mute. Then the , court, in even "i'e. read the time honored formula of sentence. i : "Truman H. N " la the judgement of the court that m be confined in the penitentiary at Leavenworth for the full time and pe riod of two years and be fined $10,000," Baid the judge. .. . , No one stirred as theaudience caught we words that showed the Judge had pressed the principal defendant the heaviest sentence allowed j by the law. h s"ccefling sentence to prison or crire7 was reeived in stoical sll- Immediatcly after the sentences had L" Jsed- Fra C. Dailey. of In- Enl , ' s?eciaJ assistant attorney th. Ji 1 and chle; Prosecutor, wiped ,aI "!.ate cln by moving the dlsmis thi en of the 135 respondents to ntest 'CtT?6 Wh had " nf pi He a,so moved the discharge " Elmer E. White, of Travers Citv. lin.as ?iven a severance because of o dnn ff T n . -fx - i 2m . " Lracior wh went to South ,'' 1 0,1 business before govern """i omcial s coma serve him with a v ftn ant. -,r,,t.: ,Tlm F AppeaU trniw7, aa'3 were granted the at to rZf !r the convicted men In which turned! an aPPeal- Then court ad- tioi116 Jurors "a-id they had agreed rule hm ,ss thelr deliberations the S ;.not J'Oin good after they: had mm l teased from service. Several -as Vat , e defene testimony, itself vrA r'. responsible , for . the ad f,temenf 'l Particulany King's Cment On the anii . Viol hp wberry a New , York that 000. "v1 would cost- at least $60, It Wa -i-. i ... . . - thin airn learned that in view of ters Kf ' uuy ana the numerous let erg n King and Newberry Intro 'I VJ.lueand inrn a . Z. .19 Sn the ll-.r-n-i j.m A n. " "v-v, uiieni, in ib caw Tiad av?-"leraay that a conspiracy thev .V. "'1: wth this as a basis "e s? T. t0 hallot on whether all ston,r. .Ienaants were sruilty and ftr this ri to thr' a-li day Friday wfl.ropLosU,on- Early today this b,;t wnc chan&ed to ten to , two but temnt L I" majority agreed not to at- ne votl V lct the minor defendants, It Tva8 ?n , y was take on Newberry, 10 nothing. for guilt. H Pa.. March 20.-Method. If w - "niia rrinrr .. . - r in appaiung state oi 'isti,: ar"i of indifference to the hbPPr r ri8lon,"- declared to "ie reii;H,reveale'1 investigations of lhft kmfr? ed'lcation association. In 'ng the Vanl and British armies dur 9t8temp11t , war- wee outlined In a tln of L Principles at the conven association her today. BERUN BELIEVES WORST NOW OYER; FOOD ARRIVING Dispisition of Strikers To Nego tiate Causes More Hopeful ' Feeling. . ' v Berlin, J March ; 20. (By the Asso ciated Press.) There was a hopeful feeling tonight that the worst was over. - - - - - . The belief wa chiefly due to the disposition of the strikers to negoti ate. , - Some trains moved in and out of Berlin today. Food supplies continue to arrive and so far as. could be as certained the majority of the people of BerUn, even the poorest, now are getting sufficient to eat. v-. ... A tour - by the correspondent over the greater part of the city. Including some of the suburban sections and portions of north Berlin, where the workmen live, revealed the fact that the food shops were faily well stocked and selling at prices relatively rea sonable. . , Push carts heaped high with vegeta bles and fruits were traversing the streets of the poorest quarters Un molested." Talks with people of various occu pations revealed ignorance, eveh among the most intelligent, of the latest political developments. Some of the Bernners, It. was found, were Just learning that the Kapp . regime has passed. Combats Continue. Berne, March 20. Combats are con tinuing in the Rhineland mining dis tricts. Armed .bands of strikers and communists, Viih hand grenades and steel helmets, are patrolling the coun try. The Reichswehr is sending ar mored trains against them. Fighting of a most violent nature is reported at Essen and Gelsenkirchen, but , details . are unknown here as telegraphic and telephonic communi cations with this district have been cut. : The workers are forming a red army at Aschereslenben and Quedlinburg, lespectively thirty-three and thirty one v miles southwest of Magdenburg. In these -towns sharp encounters oc curred between troops and spartacans and many v persons were killed ' or wounded.. .... ... . , Fighting . -. recommenced, at , lieipsio yesterday ; after - the ; failure of ne gotiations. ! The workers put up bar ricades and it 13 reported that hun dreds have been killed or wounded. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE SUED AS INSOLVENT Atlanta Creditor Says Drive For I Funds Has Failed. Atlanta, Ga, March 20. Wedd and Vary company,1 printers, filed suit for 14,609.68 against the anti-saloon league of America here today, alleging the or ganization is insolvent and asked a hearing in, superior court with a view 4m m vatalvAtianln Non-navment of bills for Drintinar was said to be the cause for. the suit. The petition, names as defendants the anti-saloon league of America, which also trade as the International an tt-saloon league of America and as the anti-saloon league of Georgia," and Ave Individuals connected with the league's activities here. The etition asserts mat tne recent "drive" for funds conducted by the leatrue was a failure In Georgia and j other states. Bills for printing sud- mitted run back to last November. RAIL WAGE COMMITTEES TO MEET AGAIN MONDAY. Washington. March 20.--Conferences between the representatives of the rail road corporations and union employes, looking to the formation of the railroad board of adjustment, will oe resumea here Monday. The two committees. In trusted with the wage controversy when federal control ceased, have held only one session. Representatives of the corporations were not prepared to continue the work at that time and the meeting wa,s ad journed until data desired by corpor ation could be assembled. EXCHANGE RATES FIXED. -Washington, March 20. Rates of for ien exchange fixed "by the treasury department for army accounting pur poses during the Marcnie wai penoa were announced today, as follows: sterlinsr"S3.75 to the pound; French francs 13.50 to the dollar;Belglan francs 13.00 and Lire 18.00. . Senate's Decfardtion For Irish Argues Wart In The Opinion Liverpool) March 20. The pally Post, commenting editorially on the action of the United States senate in adopting a new treaty reservation ex pressing sympathy for the aspirations of the Irish people and dearing the hope that , Ireland would have a gov ernment of. its own choosing In the near future, says: ' "The American senate has surely overstepped the. bounds of good sense, to say nothing of good taste, in adopt- in g a reservation w "77 on Ireland.. It has a much as said it wiU welcome the emergence of Ire land ipto-full independence. That i hardly' neighborly. Moreover, it Am an eSmple of th. kind o interna ional n,"!i's;: emergence win wpivu.-. - . - , i.-fnii -Independence. . meddling whicn tne BCn S - condemn Jn the , covenant of the Icaarue of ntions. "All sensible Britons kfaow. ; of cAurai: that auch reteryaUon are not TIE-DP 0WqS'S COALiiiT MONTH Indiana Operator Believes Delay Will Bring Strike Of Miners. Indianapolis, Ind., March 20. Possibility of another tie-up of the nation's coal industry begin ning April 1, was declared to ex ist as a result of the. govern ment's prosecution of operators and miners for alleged violation of the Lever act, in a statement issued tonight by E. D. Logsdon, of Indianapolis. Mr. Logsdon is one of five coal operators arrested today by fed eral officials and one of the 125, men operators or miners, in dicted by a federal jury here for alleged conspiracy to enhance the price of coal. Mr. Ijogisdon's statement" declares, that, according to information received by the . operators, the government is proceeding on the'hypothesis that Joint wage conferences, are and have been illegal and that this theory forms the basis for a part, at least, of the charges against the coal men. If this is true, he said, it is probable that conferences to establish a new wage scale effective April 1, will be postponed until 'after that date'' and possibly indefinitely . and that miners will refuse to work after April 1 when the present contract expires unless a new scale is agreed upon. Continuing, the statement asserts that the government action is incon sistent, with, a -statement given out by President Wilson yesterday when he urged operators and miners to get to gether under the majority. report of the commission which investigated the coal situation. The President, in this statement in effect, gave sanction to the idea of collective bargaining in the coal industry, Mr. Logsdon said. Fed-J eral officials tonignt asserted that they had authorized no statement as to the theory on which the government is pro ceeding in its prosecution of the miners and operators and declare they would not divulge "the charges against those Indicted until all of them have been arrested.- V ' . ; It was stated by the marshal's office that capiases for the arrest of all the fif ty-one, Indiana men . under indict ment, now are in-the hands of officers. CORK'S LORD MAYOR ' VICTIM OF ASSAULT Mystery Surrounds His Death v Early Saturday. Dublin, March 20. No light could be shed here tonight upon the mystery, surrounding . the murder early this morning of Thomag . McCurtain, lord mayor of Cork. ) Mr. McCurtain was popular with all parties and was not known to have any enemies. The mystery is considered greater, because it is the first' assassi nation of a Sinn Feiner in the long list of recent crimes in Ireland. . Public bodies throughout Ijeland are adopting resolutions of condolence. TEN PAINFULLY BURNED BY TONGUE OF FLAMB New York, March 20.- Ten firemen were painfully burned today . by a tongue of flame which shot sixty feet across the street into their fire hose following an explosion in a button fac tory opposite. The fire' fighters quickly pushed their apparatus into the street and fought the flames for two hours before" the fire was under control. The Are was caused by the ignition of celluloid used In button manufacture. DEADLOCK CONTINUES. Settlement of , Underwood-Hi tchcock Contest Deferred. Washington, March. 20. No effort to break the deadlock, between - Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and - Senator Underwood, of Alabama, for the dem ocratic leadership of tiie senate is ex pected for another two weeks, the two candidates having agreed to abandon their plan for' a democratic caucus as soon as the treaty debate was ended. The change . is undera.ood to have been made to permit Senator Hitchcock who conducted the administration fight for the treaty to go away for a rest. He left 'today to spend ten days at Augusta, Ga. During his absence Senator Underwood is expected to act as leader. Taste Of English Paper r sei to be taken quite seriously. They are, In fact, mere concessions to the Irish extremists in the United States; the senate " has long shown a quick, re sponsiveness to -7 ish 'pull.'- None the less, they have an undoubted element At : danger. Unhappuy there are hys - terical patriots among us who may be easily worked ' up by certain inter ested writers and r speakers to resent ment f American Interference with purely British affairs." This Is a fact that the senators -would do well to remember, especially at the moment when it is of vital importance to the world that Anglo-American, relations should be most p'diaL - "At the same "lime the senate's un fortunate tesolutibn ought to warn our , own government of the serious consequences further 'shilly-shallying' with the Irish question is likely to entail. Truly the Irish question Is .international. r " GOMPERS ASSAILS CONFERENCE PLM FOR RESTORATION Declares That Organized Labor Has Provided All Needed Machinery. . CONFERENCE METHODS INFERIOR, HE FINDS Views Shop Unit Suggestion As Holding Menace For The Workers. Washington, March 20. -(By the Associated Press.) Recommendations by President Wilson's conference for me seuiement oi industrial unrest were attacked today by Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Feder ation of Labor.' The labor leader, in a prepared statement, said the machinery for ad Justing disputes between employes an4 employers, which has for years been in existence in practically every or ganized industry in the United States, is superior to the machinery now sug gested by the industrial confrnc both in point of simplicity ad in point 01 enecuveness. "The conference," sa:d Mr. GomrjerR. "has devised a mass of mach!nrv to be made effective by law. composed of national industrial board and local and regional conferences and board of inquiry. 7The whole situation in this respect may be summed up as fol lows: "Tried and tested macninery for con dilation and arbitration between em ployers and employes, exists wherever employes are organized "This .machinery functions nerfectlv wherever employers forsake the spirit of dominance and trie . attitude of autocracy. "Through the use or this machinery it has been found possible to main tain industrial peace with no stoppage of work of any kind ror periods rang ing from ten to forty years. No .ma chinery devised by the g-overnnient or any of its agencies, 'coulti achieve re sults superior to th results achieved by machinery which has long been in operation in our industrial life 1 - t. Organisation Essential "In industries wher the employes are vi6t orgranized. no machinery of any kind, whether supervised by gov ernmental agencies or otherwise, can produce industrial Justice.' "Organization of the workers is the fact upon which must be predicated the existence on '-any machinery for the settlement of disputes or the ex tension of principles o?-democracy in Industry. . "Surely no Intelligent agency can .hope to achieve progress in Anerican Industry without organization of the workers. .With organization of the workers, no structure or machinery need be thrust upon it rrom the out side. Organization brings with it ma chinery which is both adequate and practical the re'sult of experience shorn of any fantasies of pure theory. , "The report of the industrial con ference merits criticTsm of a very seri ous nature in connection with the em phasis which it pIsces on what it terms 'employe representation, under which general term it groups tTiose distinctly local shop organizations known as shop committees, shop councils, works councils and representative govern ment industry. It lsto be feared that the commission views industry from the viewpoint"of the single shop and builds .its machinery, on the theory that disputes are to be settled shop by shop. If such a viewpoint Is to be actually carried Into operation it will be most disastrous. Menace To WoTlterw Organization with independent shop units of the employes is1 a menace to the members for the reason that it organizes .them away fr.om each other and puts 'them; in a position where shop may be played against shop. Not onlythe welfare of the workers, but the - best economy for the nation de mands that industry, insofar,, as pos sible, .-be viewed in a . national light and that the workers be -united intp organizations covering whole indus tries as is ,now the case , with 120 na tional and international trade unions. "There can .' be n objection to the closest relations of a co-operative na ture -between .employe and. employer in the shop, but these relations must never take on such 'a form as to separate the' workers In that shop from the rest of their fellow work ers in the Industry. "It seems to be conviction of the commission "that these so-called shop organizations are a kind of substitute for unions. That certainly Is the Idea which prevails ip the mind of a num ber of - employers and it is the idea which they would give much to see made operative in a wider field. . "The-report of the commission points out that Va number of trade union leaders regard "shop representation as a subtle weapon directed against the union,' but concludes that" occasional misuse of employe representation and the consequent hesitancy of organized labor to endorse it officially, are based on a misconception of the possible and desirable relations between the union and the "shop committee. This is -not the case! The trade union movement, as a ' whole. Is opposed to what are known as 'shop committees,, and 'shop organizations.' because they are i ' " - real interests ; of tne workers,' Dut rpadllv lend themselves, to the de- siens of .employers ,'hosfile to trade unionism nd are. In fstct, almost with out exception, .creatures or employers. .: Only Effective .System 1 "The commission speaks as though employe representation were some thing apart from trade union organiza tion, and found no place In the labor, movement.. The - fact Is that the trade' unfons afford to the workers the only bona fide and effective system of rep resentation v known . in : American v in dustry. Through the . : trade . union - 1 ' i . -(Continued onPage Two.) - Wilmingi on- To Railroad Eagerly Backed By Citizens Of Sampson (Special to The Star.) f Clinton, March 20. Enthusiastic adoption of a resolution en dorsing, the construction of a railroad from Raleigh I to Wilming ton, via Clinton, a state system creased appropriation for the state departments of health and cuuuttiua leaiureu a mass meeung oi z,uuu or more Sampson county people held in the courthouse here today under the aus pices of the North Carolina Landowners' association, the speakers at which included prominent state Jeaders. " f The resolution was prepared by a committee composed of Maj. George E. Butler, chairman; A. McL. Graham, Ol J. Peterson anJ W. W. CasteeVand was read by Mr. Graham at trie conclusion oi tne speaking. There was not &uch a railroad has long been talk-1 ed by Sampson county people, but the movement seemed to take somewhat of a concrete form today. Dr. George M. Cooper, of the state board of health, and a native of Samp son county, who was one df the speak ers, explained the need of the orooosed road and expressed the opinion that-j witn a little effort at this ime it could be a reality. He said a citizen of Clin ton, previous to the meeting, had in formed him that he would take-$50,000 stock in the road. W. B. Cooper, of Wilmington, promptly announced' he would take that amount of stock. It is the general opinion here that at least $1,000,000 eoiftd be raised in Sampson county for this purpose. Demonstration Worlc. ! An important elapse in the resolu tion adopted was one urging that no backward step be taken by the county in the discontinuance of the farm and home demonstration work. This was prompted, it is presumed, by the county commissioners at their last meeting frowning upon the work and threaten ing. to discontinue it in-the county. It is said 'that the commissioners oppose further appropriations for this purpose and have issued a call .to the people to appear at the April meeting and let their wishes be known regarding the matter. .. :. . . It would be presumed from the sen timent expressed at ;the meeting today that the people will not tolerate , the suspension of ' demonstration work in Sampson. Every reference of the speakers in 'defense Of the work, and every utterance in condemnation of the movement' to do. away with it mejt with prolonged applause. " ' v The jnoeting ..was--opened-, at- 10i39 o'clock with a prayer by Rev. G. M. Matthews, and was closed, with a bar becue dinner and a. ditch-blowing dem onstration, the latter being -under the direction of J. L. Dunn, of DuPont Pow der company. The attendance was un usually good- The. court house vwas taxed to its capacity and not more than half the people could get it in the building, it was stated.; Mayor-Henry A: Grady, presided, and the" address of welcome was made, by Maj..-' George B. Butler. ' ' Dan T. Gray chief, North Carolina 6C Pussyfooter Invades Paris Tells 'Em That Prohibition Is Best Thing Of Xll, But Re ceives Rather Cold Recep tion. - Paris. March 20. William E. (Pussy foot) Johnson has inaugurated a pro hibition campaign in this country. He addressed a Paris audience for the first time on prohibition this evening, un der the auspices of the "Blue Cross Society." Thi3 society advocates absolute pro hibition, as compared with the anti alcoholic league of France and a newly organized group of sixty deputies of the French chamber, who repudiate the "heavier" alcoholic drinks, but ad vocate wines and beer. "Prohibition in America," said Mr. Johnson. Vis the most beneficial meas ure ever adopted. The Jails are emp tied, the banks are full of money and the people are happy. I have no ad vice to give to France,' but if the coun try wants to achieve real liberty let it adopt total, and absolute prohibition." Mr. Johnson spoke to a rather small audience,, composed for the most, part of women, and his words were received silently and without enthusiasm or criticism. Mr. Johnson has just re turned from six weeks in Northern Af rica, four hundred miles south of Con stantf ne, Algeria, where he was or dered by his physicians after his ner vous breakdown in London- ALLEGED ABSCONDER OVERLOOKS 61 CENTS Is Charged With Swindle Involv ; ing $75,000. ' Toledo, O., March 20. Police con tinuing the search for Frank B. Law rence, head of the Central Motor Sales company, who is alleged to have ab sconded leaving a long trail of victims in a $75,000 swindle, claimed today to have discovered that in a bank where Lawrence said he had an" account of $78,000 only sixtyone cents remained on the books in his favor. ' A criminal warrant for Lawrence's : arrest was sworn out yesteraay Dy one I of his victims. Lawrence, who came here from Chicago several months ago and established an office for the sale and purchase of used motor cars, trans acted business with promissory notes which- have been foun worthless, the tfuthori ties say. . - -NAVAL" WRESTLERS WIN. "i Annapolis, -,Md., . March 20. By de feating Yale today! 26 to 5 points, tak ing six but of seven - bouts, the naval academy wrestling team brought to a close a tooat successful season. , The victory was1 the seventh they have reg istered. " V ' : . - Raleigh of hard-surfaced roads and in a dissenting voice. animal industry division!, was the first speaker. He confined j his remarks principally to livestock land farm life, making an extremely interesting talk. Mrs. Jane S. McKimmoin. state home demonstration agent, spoke on "The Home" with particular reference to the need for teaching home economics in the schools and otherwise making home life more attractive. Prof. L. C. Brogdon, of the state board of educa tion, made a"strong appeal for the ex pansion of the educational facilities of the state, pointing to consolidation of schools as one of the Ibest mediums through which to accomplish this. Mrs. Johnson Speaks " Mrs.' Clarence Johnsoh, of Raleigh, state director of child jwelfare work, told of the .work of. h;er department and of the good she expects to result. JJr. ueorge M. Cooper, ! of the state board of health, devotedj the first half of his address to health and the latter to what he termed as j his "hobby" Raleigh-Clinton-Wilmington railroad. . W. A. McGirt, president of the North Carolina Good-Roads association and vice president of the Landowners' association, spoke briefly on good roads f Kv a fcevv Qf offiHfll anrl mp and explained the objeci of the Land-U UfcJy OX "-CiaiS and meS owners' association. Hei declared that t SengerS from the Senate, in pur- ' it is essential that we build good roads, ! suance of an Order Arlonfpri Inqf t hat we improve health jconditions. in- ! . OfUcI; auOpuCQ . laSb crease educational faciKties - if North night alter a IOUrth VOte Ori rati- - C!a,?liria..w to 'keep with otner fication had failed to muster the ' states. "We are going. to have to pay! ... A- , . f for these things, but we must have I llcccaoirv iwu-miras. them," he declared, and j the statementl 11 was . delivered to Secretary Tu met with enthusiastic-applause. Mr. i multy, who receipted for it In the McGirt. urged Sampson to stand behind f. beads of the state department and give them their full co-operation in the im portant work they are jdoing. The concluding- addresses were by E. . W. Gaither, district farm demon stration agent, and Harry G. Newman, director of community organization, state board of public- welfare, each of whom explained the work of their de partments, j The meeting was arranged; by the North Carolina Landowiers' associa tion with the co-operation of R. T. Melvin, county agent; Mrjs. W. B. Lamb, home demonstration agent, and a com mittee of citizens. Scientific Bible Study Demanded If Not Taught Scientifically, It Deserves Relegation To In- ferior Position, Says Professor , Coburn. I Pittsburgh, March 20,-4Bible teachers must be free to reach now conclusions concerning Bible history and interpre tation, said Professor C. m. Coburn, of Allegheny college, addressing the re ligious education association conven tion here today. , 'He declared that unless the Bible is taught scientifically,' it jwell deserves to be relegated to an Inferior position. The Bible teacher mustl be delivered from "theological dogmatism," said Professor Coburn. , '"It lis far better" he. added, "to reach wrong conlusiois than to reach right conclusions with- out the privilege of free jresearch." Dr. T. W. Galloway, secretary of so cial hygiene, international Y. M. C. AJ, addressed the convention tonight on "sev education in the seminary course." OPPOSES CONTROL OF LIVESTOCK TRADERS Proposed Law Declared To Be Un-American. I Washington, March 20. 'Govern mental control of livestock traders accounts and prices would be un- American and Unnecessary, the house agricultural committee was told today by Charles E. Day, representing com mission men in the Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and other western stock yards. Control of the traders Is pro posed in the pending packer regula- "tory bill. j The traders, Mr. Day said, added a necessary speculative influence to the market. j T. Davis Hill and Howjard R. Smith, both Independent packers! at Baltimore, asked the committee to m m - withhold ap proval of legislation Invo Ving any sort of federal, regulation of the industry. Mr. Hill said there wjas no 'justifi cation for any theory that the regula tion would help the small packer. Re lating his experience as j a competitor of the "big five" Mr. Sjmith said he had no knowledge of attempts by the larger packers to establish a monop oly. CARPENTIER VS. I MOHAT Canton, 0, March 20. That Bob Moha, Milwaukee, will bf the first op ponent on American sop. of Georges Carpentier,' Frenchman," irho holds the European heavyweight championship, was the statement made here today by - Vincent Moha, brother and mana ger of Bob.' TREATY AGAIN IN WILSON'S KEEPING; FUTURE UNCERTAIN Generally Felt He Will Await Outcome Of Political Fight. WHATEVER HIS COURSE, DELAY IS INEVITABLE Tinkham Offers Resolution De claring State Of Peace Wth,Germany. ' Washington, D. C, March -20. After a troubled eight months' sojourn in the senate, the treaty with Germany was back in the . keeping of President Wilson to night with a note appended say ing that ratification had been re fused. , What the President's next move would be remained con jectural. White house officials declined to comment. The general feeling of officials elsewhere about the capital however, was that Mr. Wilson probably would let the treaty lie on his desk while the bitter con troversy it has raised is fought out in the political campaign. The tr eaty was taken back, to i the white house earlv in the dav name of the President Scarcely had the bulky document. - the bone of senate contertlon miroush." -many weeks of stormy debate and C negotiations, passed physically, out of the capitol building when some of the senators who worked for ratiflca tion begai a movement to recall it and ' try once more for a compromise. Mild reservation republicans and compro mise democrats 'discussed the possi bilities of such an effort without de cision, however, and the prediction of leaders on both sides was that no proposal ,for' another reconsideration ever would take serious form. The unsettled state of senate opin ion, nevertheless had ,the effect of blowing up the plans for the republl- -can leaders for passage of a declara tion of peace and it was decided after many conferences that the resolution " for that purpose probably would not '.' be urged before late next week. Prevl ously the purpose had been to bring it up Monday and press it for early ac tion. . Influenced by House. In making this' decision the ma jority managers in the senate are un derstood to have been influenced in part by undetermined factors in the -house which also would have to act on a peace resolution and whole leaders balked at a similar pf oposal last De cember. Most of the ranking mem bers of the house foreign affairs com-; : mittee, in whose . hands the peace resolution would fall,, were out of V town and had not informed their as- ... sociates of their attitude. During the day 'the senate was not in session, but the question of a peace declaration was raiseflKln- the house ' by Representative TinSfham, republi can, Massachusetts, who introduced & . declaratory resolution 1 and had It re- ferred without debate to the foreign , affairs-committee. In its general pro visions it follows the resolution of Senator Knox, republican, Pennsyl vania, which is backed by the republl can senate leaders. Both provide for repeal of the declaration of war, for.-, certain settlements with Germany and for a declaration of international policy. . " ' ' Until some . affirmative actloi Is taken by congress or the President to end the war status, legally, the tech nical position of the country remains," officials say, just what it was the day -after the armistice was signed. War legislation continues In force and Un der the war department interpretation ' of the situation the President retains his war powers as commander-in- chief to keep American troops ' at whatever .posts in Germany he . thinks necessary to enforce , the armistice ' terms. . ' ': :. :. -,. : ' President's Position.. r The President has expressed eni- . phatic disapproval cf securing a tech nical peace staus , by any method ex cept ratification! of the treaty. Sena tors generally do -jiot believe he has altered that position, and the republi can senate leaders confidently expect, -that if they pass a peace resolution' be will veto It. They hope, however, , to secure enough democratic support to repass it In. both, houses by the : necessary two-thirds' majority. - . .. Senate officials who;ha.ve had physl- '' cal custody of the treaty since July . 10, when President Wilson- himself ,1 carried ,lt Into ;the ienate -chamber," lest no time today in obeying: the man- y date to return It- to the. white house. Accompanied ihy several , messengers, George A. Sairidersoneecretary of the 6enate, took It to the executive offices v bright and early ; thii "morning and had to wait nearly an hour before Mr. Tummlty -Appeared to receipt for it. The big volume, wrapped la brown paper and bound. up with red tape. At first was taken -into the office of Ru . . . , (Continued, on Page Two,), , '.: Li A r Hi mm MM ; ' V
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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