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;y. . , -1' ... ?;- : .. -.- : The Weather Fair Wednesday and Thursday, 'ex--cept probably; aho-tvers Thursday ex treme west portion, - , SIMS AND PITTMAir TttVRRRALfiLASHRS 111 iiw"'" "" j HEARINGS Cross Examination Of Naval. Of ficer Has Now Been -Concluded: ADMIRAL CRITICIZED V . FOR BRITISH LEANINGS ft Jwnmittee Attempts To Place " Responsibility For Alleged Naval Failures. Washington, March 23. Cross exami nation of Rear Admiral Sims was con cluded today by the senats committee investigating his criticisms of the. navy department's methods of conducting the war.. - v .-; - T r, Admiral Sims was charged by Sena tor Pittman, democrat, Nevada, with a desire to "turn over the whole' Ameri can navy to the British during th war regardless ol protection of the coasts of the United States," and with having "favored the French or British policy, certainly not the American policy, of tending untrained troops to France. Sims Roundly Scored. "The testimony before this 'commit tee proves to my satisfaction! that you relied very largely on th British ad miralty for your opinions 'and "recom mendations," declared Pittman: . "You talked freely to Americans abroad dur ing the war of your belief 'that the American expeditionary force's trans-. port system had broken down, and on November 9, 1918, you stilL thought General Pershing's "supply ! arrange ments behind the Argonne front had broken and you never expected, him to succeed there." . - : ji " "That is the veriest kind of rot." re torted the Admiral. "No -officer of my experience, not to say, record, vwould allow himself to be governed by. any such policies." ; : - The hearing today was j! confined largely to technical questions regarding the placing of responsibility for alleged failure to adopt the convoy system' ear lier in the war. Senator Pittman as serted that the blame did not rest en tirely with the United States f and as serted that Admiral Sims had .been !hot headed" in charging the. murder xt 508,000 men to the- navydepartntenf because of the alleged lack- of ; prompt co-operation by the United States, . Frequent Verbal Clashes. ;,'-,cV' Frequent verbal clashes . between Senator Pittman and the 'witness en - livened the hearing for the spectators. At one point the senator shook his fin ger at the officer. - ). ;';.:.''-;. "Don't shake your finger at 'me, ad monished the admiral. "It won't do '. any good." ' y.fvju-v-..., , "You are not on the bridge of a ship" retorted the senator. We will follow senate proceedure, not navy methods, :' here." :,' . , "Well, you don't need to use police court methods," replied Admiral Sims. Captain Horace Lanning, assistant chief of the bureau of navigation dur ing the war, and for a time acting head of the board, is expected to testify to morrow. .- U ' , ?; - - Bliss Eaters ' Dealall'"'! ; ' Tlje controversy started by Rear Admiral Simn' criticism of the navy flepartmenfs conduct or its war ac tivities was broatlAnritftnio.Vi htr entry-of the war department ' to deny vt ine admiral's statements re garding the land forces. ' ' ' ' ' . rnZ"1 Tasker Bli". American, rep "sentative in the supreme war eoun nir not only denied categorically that .8 naQ recommended the brigading of nil. states troops with foreign amies as testified by Admiral Sims, Ju dec ared "the truth is exactly the General Bliss made . his denial In a m tfL ecretary Baker, who trans orli ,'t' t0lher with a copy of the sh 7 rder essisning. General Per- ng to command the forces overseas. UTry Danels. and he. in turn. th on t0 Chairman Hale of the tem !i naval "ub-committee, : at-rttte dje time making all the correspond ence public. , i . r? only at no tlm "d I make any commendation for the .brigading of arnfvan, troPs with the British w. General Bliss said,- "but the t ! 3U ectly the reverse: The only Admi , I1 ever came in contact with f mirai Sims in Europe were while miwin "London with the American beta n ( he s-caed House mission) ber in,,the 8th and , 22nd of Novem th.'i During that entire time AiS ' ,ea of brigading or amalgamating ha , f n troPs with foreign armies heL V as far as I know, entered the such a any one' nor did r ver ' Wake mendation6811011' much recom- Ge fc,n Beame Settled : mme Z said he 'told the su- J rl 1 ar councll that such ! a thing ?can , f nent amalgama.tlon of Amerl wouMnLs wlt,i the British or French ntimenV. 'wable'to American officer m rhich led ' the Presiding "thi, Cle"ienceau, to declare that was v, 1 was settled," and nothing heard thereafter on . the i subject. tomm9 ei'eral Pershing's b orders 1 as Sit?der-in-chlef of th "-American Provid ri ary orc8 " was speciflcaily to onPCr.thr American troops ; wer Rear a ! 83 individual units, ' day rLAdmiral Sims' statement -Mon-recor0Cninsr General' Bliss',. alleged on .vation was "d i discus, fectiv e adniiral of the most ef State, f manner in ' which 1 tho Unit ed the !,ices abroad . could haye aided e allied cause. . ... . H -: . - read"01" Pittman, democrat' Nevada, Admiral an. unslned letter found In can t rlSims fiI urging that Ar r Britain,: , Posing through Great force, beTIbrigaded with the British rcea. British "6 CallArt . t h r rtftwiment Part "waanaja" . and said It was the tr.1 organized effort to prevent 'artnv ""on f a separate American ENLIVEN -iiriilijj; , ... - FARHERS.TOIJAKE DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT WILSON " M "- . Perishable Foodstuffs Rotting on - Seaboard on Account Long shoremen's Strike. New .York. March 2S.---The only so lution of the strike of 8.000 longshore men engaged in coastwise traffic is fa. direct, appeal to the white house," R. IL Sauires,' of , the nation ar wage adjustment .commission. announced toniKht- - The announcement followed receipt of telegrams from; the Charleston, S. C, chamber of y commerce - "and ' from planters and farmers In ; other south ern districts demanding information of steps taken1 to settle the Itrike by arbitration. . The text of the telegrams were not oiscxosea, Dut Mr. Saufre said they urged that an appeal be made to President Wilson unless there was an Indication' of a speedy adjustment of the situation by the wage , commis sion ' - ' Planters Are In DUtrew. Planters in the districts K about Charleston, - Hampton . Roads, Va.; Jacksonville, Fla. and New . Orleans have .hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of perishable foodstuffs on sea board and Inland" piers awaiting ship ment 'to New 'York, according to the telegrams.. Further delay of - these shipments, they . said, would cause "a very serious situation." v ' y. .These foodstuffs represent' 1 the year's work of the , farmers and the spring's supply for a .number ot Sea board and inland cities, Mr. Squires said, and producers and consumers must depend upon coastwise steam ships to move them. , '-' Strike . lea"56rs, who are demanding that . the 'strikers be L granted wage Increases and shorter hours, today as serted the coastwise steamship man agers " association Mhas persistently refused, to enter Into any scheme look ing toward settlement with the longr shoremen using the .commission as an arbitration machine." . r;. ; v E.' R. Richardson, chairman of, the steamship managers' ' association, 'said coastwise companies have lost $50,000 dajly since, the strike was called ten days ago. Rather than meet the pres ent; situation '.through arbitration he declared, "ther coastwise , companies win -stand; par: even? if forced ,t6;Sus pend operations altogether." " " X - Manager Wlli. Stand .Pat. . . - The.f managitra maintain wage tn- creases cannot ifs. be , granted : unless if eight rates, 4re-'raisedand that ieyen then the wage Increase could '.not be made- retroactive. J The. longshoremen favor Increased, freight rates, but de mapd a retroactive - wage Increase. V Mr.'Sauires announced that the na tional wag i adjustment commission toraorrbw f would issue a 'statement outlining the ""position of. the commis sion in ' the dispute. Incorporated In the statement, he . said, f will ?be Vln formation regarding the position taken by the longshoremen - and- the coast wise managers association." Ninety-nine ships operated in coast wise trade have been ; made idle hr the strike and a large number . of men employed In the offices of the steam ship companies-have been thrown out cf work, Mr. Richardson said. . . ..7 ' ' . 100 NON-STOP FLIGHT " Charleston. ' S.'- C, March -23. Three naval seaplanes arrived at the Charles ton r navy -yard " this afternoon from Eockaway Beach, 5 Long-: Island, '. iNew York, without ' a stop. ; The' first 'of ficiallyarrived at 4:45 o'clock. They will leave tomorrow , morning for P.en sacola by way of Jacksonville;: WOIiIAH'S FREEDOM Mrs. Innes Re-arrested Immedi ately After Her Release . ; From State Farnu - Macpn. Ga., March 23. Mrs. Ida May Innes, who. with he.r husband, Victor B. Innes, , was tried and acquitted of the charge - of murder , of the Welms sisters In San Antonio - six years ago, spent tonight In the county Jail here'. She was unable. to furnish $5,ooo bond after she obtained a continuance , of her hearing before United States Com missioners Martin. ; following ; her re arrest on a charge of using the mails to 'defraud.'-; ' ; ' ' " She had 'just 'completed - a three-year term at the. state farm on a charge of larceny from the Nelms sisters. Her husband is-serving a seven-year term. The hearing is set for Jtrriaay, morning. , Mrs. Innes' son by ' a f ormer : mar riage arrived .here. Monday ' night; to take his mother back, to his home In Portland, ': Ore: He was present when .he was ;re arrest as -she . stepped from'' the state farm. ; "I wanted' to. see my children before I die,"j said Mrs. Innes. . a-;' Poctors state that Mrs. Innes,,. by her long confinement in prison, two years at flan Antonio; two years in Atlanta and three - years at the state . h contracted tuberculosis. She VERY SHORT LIVED says 'she has six children residing Jn Portland, the -youngest ten years or age. ; ;'-'. --;. V'':'. '.."'-t " --''j;;;;; y-ict'l.-'-- VHOLESALEJ GROCERS t WILL ' 1 s " REOPEN C03IPLAINT ,V '" "- - . - t i -- r. ", ,, . ' ; ChicagoMarch 2 Dissatisfaction with the recent; government , decree, limiting the .business activities of "the bit five" packers, ;the .national whole sale grocers association announced to day that its case against the packers and railroads would be reopened be fore the interstate commerce commis- rearing is to be held in Chi- Mzi'L.-.-nlcs ilarch'26. - WILVHNGTON, N. PRESIDENT STOPS . CONTROL OF FUEL OTMIMNING Operators Are Told That Profi- K teering. WiU Not Be . ' ' . , Tolerated. - , . ORDEREP.TO NEGOTIATE WORKING AGREEMENT Bituminous . Situation Is Re stored To Status Existing Prior To November !. ' Washington, March - 23.WIth : ; a warning against profiteering, President Wilson - today ordered abandonment of government control over( bituminous coal prices and asked miners and oper ators to, negotiate a- new working agreement on the basis of the majority report of, the coal strike settlement commission Price Control Terminates. The President ordered ' termination of price control on April 1, when the working- agreement becomes effective. This will' permit at least partial ab sorption in coal .prices of the increase in miners wages, established at twenty- seven , per cent-; by . the commission's majority w report The increase in wages, the commission estimated, will entail an added annual cost of 1200,000,- 000 and Includes the fourteen per cent. Increase awarded the miners in settling the recent strike. The operators, however, were re minded by the President that unrea sonable prices7 must not result from the relinquishment of price control and the addition of increased wages to their expenses. , r ,- ' -; - The date of the jofnt conference of operators, and miners , to formulate a hew wage agreement had not been Bet tonight, John I Lewis, president of the "United Mine Workers of America while -awaiting a 'conference with'Offl cers of his union on the matter, issued a statement, saying 4 that the miners, were ready and willing to participate in .a meeting-, with the operators. -;, :. ' . 'v t - i J ' Majority Award Binding. , - i v . The . majority and.. minority reports of the coal commission also were made public : at the white -'.house, and both ware Included , ty the President n hla letter to the operators2 and miners. Not withstanding the Jack of unanlmftyoia the commission's findings the President) aid lt..was, to be- assumed that the two' groups - would r regard vtho ;; inaiority award-as 1 bl nding.;--;The minority; re port would be laid-before them; he said, for . their guidance .In, . reaching;, an agfeemeht. l-f 'V'-X''j:-'X'3 The . President, in'' rescinding 'control over prices,- restored-the fuel situation SOt far as bituminouyis concerned to the status existing prior ' to N6vembef 1, when the bituminous miners' went", out In a nation-wide- strike. C The' executive order, however,; does hot' affect 'the tidewater- coaV exchange, . which'-5 was re established February 25, und I': which i .1 1 ii i rd. r. Akit i jl i:uai. . . - DEFEAT OF TREATY I 3 ; TOLD . TO PREACHERS Up -To President: To -Decide To r Accept' Reservations. '. : Springfield, Mass.-, March 23. Sena tor Lodge, in a telegram to the Hamp- jMSn Association, tof Congregational min l Isiers:here today, in reply, to.one -from the asscfciafXpMtlci sing senators for failure to ratify the'"peace treaty, said: Reserva'tlons -were ; placed - upon the treaty which a. decisive majority of the senate felt were necessary for the pro tection of the independence, the sover eignty and the peace . of the United States. i The President's followers in the senate, under his direction, refused to ratify the treaty with those reserva tions. The treaty.; can be ratified-with those reservations, ; but not - without them, and It is for the President to de termine whether he is ready to accept them in order that the , treaty may- be ratified.. 'J': v ''U -V 'V;.';a-. K' 'r'-' STATE PRINTERS ASK INCREASE ON CONTRACT Have To Pay More For Labor ' : And For Material ' ? v (Speclal'to The Star.),; ; ; Raleigh, March 23. Raleigh con cerns, who V have the contract, for the state printing, "have asked for a con ference . with the printing commission for the purpose of getting an increase on" the contract because ;of "jumps In the prices paid printers for their, work. All -contracts for state printing carry the prdvision ' that -the printing, con cerns may ask for an increase on-the contracts', prbvided there is an Increase in the pay of printers-of .-as much as ten per cent, in - all , th states ; of the ' southeastern . territory. Several months .ago ' the printers' gave notice that they would ask for this increase, NAVAL APPROPRIATION i A'"- BILL GOES TO THE SENATE Washington, March . 23. The naval aooropriation bill; carrying approxi mately ' $425,000,000, passed the house today without a roll call and now goes to - thV senate; 1 It : includes ; provisions aggregating ,1104,000,000 . to carry on construction' of ; new -ships authorized in the 1916 three-year program and for an enlisted personnel averaging 125,000 in - the navy andi.20,000 in the marine rnrns. - There was no provision for new construction In addition to vessels already authorized and contracts for which have been awarded. 5 w NOMINATION CONFIRMED - Washington, - March 23. The : senate late today confirmed the nomination of William Martin Williams, of Alabama, to be collector of internal revenue, vice Daniel C. -Roper.; resigned; " ; " i ? ;: : .ftp - . .-W C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1920 WOODfitEADING; lot , Eius second; j SOUTH DAKOTA -. ; . Johnson Is Closely Pressing Uli ; nois Governor; For Second V ' "Position.,, Sioux Falls, S.1 D., "March 2a.--The contest between General Wood, Senator Hiram Johnson. Governor ' Frank O. Lowden. of Illinois-, and Senator MUes Polndexter for the republican presiden tial' indorsement' at the South ' Dakota primary election today became one of fluctuating successes tonight so far as the first hree were concerned. Returns from 234 out of 1740 precincts showed Wood ', leading Lowden by '1332 - votes and Johnson closely pressing the Illi nois governor for second place. The returns', showed only scattered . votes for Polndexter. -' . . ; Returns ; from the 234 of 1740 state precincts In thirty-five of : sixty-four counties, gave, waoa iu.o; Jjowaen 9,- 041; Johnson 8,943. . - , The returns Included most of the pre cincts In all 'the leading cities of the state except Huron. General Wood carried Sioux . Falls City by seventy-seven votes over John son. Aberdeen went to Lowden, over wood, Dy .twenty-live votes. :in Mine haha ..county, utside of Sioux Fallsi Johnson had a lead of several hundred votes. The California senator polled a tremendous vote in Lincoln county, getting 1064 out of about 1,600 ballots Johnson was leading in , Yankton on the face of incomplete returns. i- Scattering returns for United States senator and governor showed leads for Peter. Norpeck and W. H.f McMaster, republican candidates, endorsed by the state . convention 'at Pierre December 2nd. f - i NEW YORK GIANTS ' ENTER TRAINING Second String Will Be At Rocky Mourit - J:v ' (Special to The Star.) , Rocky Mount, March 23.. Announcer ment of the selectioh of Rocky Moupt and the ,locilVball lot fori the second training campr' of Jtbe-New York Giants waav received inhia city, t"day from, Sana bioafc-nagei-feG raw had- completed training, arrangements and, ;ma.de . hotel reservations for: sev enteen players here. ;; i i'V '-L' V;:- yi These players , are" "to drawn 'from lils second : string, . now in training at San Antonloand after arriving here March- 31 will ..train until, about Aprtvlo,il.iAUV:;f''ii;:V' It Is understood that these players will be "l sent ;north ' from the Texas training camp under the?, tutelage of one or. more of .the' older heads of the Giants club,. In . all probability Chlfisty Mathewson. ' -.They will continue thejr training here until April lO' and "will probably go ' to ' New York' - to, " rejoin the' Giant regulars, on April 1L - NEYOJPJNANTS mm. AFTER 'RENT HOGS? Legislation To Curb Profiteering . In "The Legislature." " . Albany, N; .Y., March 23 The hear ing .before, a legislative committee ac corded New. York ' landlords - and tenants , on ' legislation "'designed -; to curb rent "profiteering wound-up to nigh . with a racket equaled only .by that heard at, a. world series game tied in the ninth., : . - f ' ; Charges and counter charges, hisses' and cheers, cat Calls and frantic i clap ping :of hands mingled - with cries of "Put him - out" as opposing factions clashed in debate -before the ; special joint - legislative committee consider ing the proposed relief measure.' . V Landlords and'tehants, about a hun dred to; ;a" side, - who arrived here at noon from New. 'York, faced each f oth er 'across the assembly chamber and if seemed t times 'as if only : the fact that could;' not get ; at -'. one . an other prevented them from coming to blOWS.. ' - ;:i,-;;;V"'j- .' ' W "-''-V'-.; . ':-"i-l' . . Municipal court justices .from . all parts, of New York, denounced ."specu lative .landlords' who raised rents as "rent hogs." . , .. DAYLIGHT SAVING -LAW WILL AFFECT BUSINESS New York Legislature Has Re- fused To Repeal Bill. " . -r . w' V -. '. ' '. - '"'"" New York, March . 23. Operation of the state - daylight saying law, - which becomes .effective at. 2 a. m. next Sun day, through the refusal of ,th legisla ture;; today ..to . repeal, the bill, ,is ex pected , materially - to affect business hours and conditions In stock and. trade markets throughout the countrvi Of ficials of the stockv- cotton, and other exchanges here, .together with aU lo cal banks, announced that. they would operate .Under -the new "time schedule, which makes -i "official New. York time" twp hours ahead,, of Chicago, instead of -. one, i with :a corresponding increase of the. standard -time , in other sections of the country. : . - - i - - 'fff -' " ' '- - 1 - - '''-- vf.ff f.f. WILLIAM HOHE3I20LLERN ' CONTINUES- TO SAW WOOD --y.-nL--'.iJ 1 i. . ' ;"'-'--';, v - Ameropgen.' March 23. For the sec ond time- former Emperor-William. - of Germany, was - deprived .of the cus tomary religious services at' Bentinick castle 'Sunday.- Because of - the' ' new restrictions the German, minister from, Zeist. who-usually presided at the ser vices at Bentinick castle, was unable to enter. Today the former emperor renewed iwlth energy hlsl wood sawing operations, sticking " at his task--for four hours. . V f ( t. .- a.. -Us iqo AMERICAN LEGION : : PREPARES TO FIGHT : ; FOR SERVICE LIEU Has Agreed-upon Drastic Bill ,For Procurement Of Sol- - dier Relief. ; NASHVILLE POSTOFFICE 1 BONE OF CONTENTION AUegred . Discriinination Will Be Taken Direct To President 'Wilson." - (Special to Tne Star. ';: ' ; "Washington, March 231 At the con ference of the national executive com mlttee of the American legion,' which is being held In Washington; steps have, been taken tot safeguarding the ex-service men in their rights at the hands i of the federal government' ana for the procurement of relief for them through the enactment of ' equitable laws. " - . A tentative , bill .was agreed upon providing, for land settlement, voca tional training, home loan and adjust ment of compensation at the rate of SL50 ,a' day. v A committee from the legion will appear berore tne ways and (means, committee Wednesday to urge a bill of this character. The most drastic measures . taken . at the conference were those-looking to the proper enforcement of the civil service laws ' and.r observance of the soldiers preference law, v' '. " . - Resolutions ' Adopted. ' r? 'Inspired i ln-their action by what they term is : discriminatory treatment against a - soldier for postmaster at Nashville, Tenn., they passed resolu tions unanimously, calling fbr the re-: moval of the postmaster at that place;; It "is; pointed out" "that the civil serv ice commissioncertifled, the' name : or an ex-service man as .the highest qualified -eHgible for the' position, but that the postmaster general, in viola tion of law,-, regulation, and . executive order not ,niy . failed, to submit to the President, the highes t certified eligible, but on : the .contrary submitted tnere for : the name of another applicant hot entitled . to the benefits of the soldiers', preference -law . s'-j-;-a ; It ii furtherpointed; out Hhat two requests tor- a hearing ; in this ,case were made 'upon the postmaster gen- erLy officials -vof the" American fl foh, -the ; first of which" was: . ignored f nd., the second denied and Immediately- f ollowihg a -request or a ; hearihg the j irominatioij . was1 rushed; through the j senate V within . twehty-fouV' hours; j which Is iwlthout"? precedent where a contest has; developed. , - The resolution' declared thai the ac tion; , of ;the postmaster- general- Is ir regular and Illegal ; and .that' It ; constitutes- an - 'act and ' establishes ;a precedent most discriminatory against ex-servicemen "and women. 4 t- r. ' ' Rectify an' Injustice:.; '; ' ; .' That-the President i most earnestly requested to rectify 'this injustice and discrimination by declaring vacant the effice of postmaster,, at Nashville and by d irectlng - that the; name o f th e highest eligible, as determined by the civil- service' commission, ' be forthwith . submitted - ' for fconflrmatlon - Is re quested. ' - :; 3 v. J':,: :: It is furthermore asked in the reso Iu tlons" that" congressman" take such action as may .be. necessary-to secure for ex-service men and women the benefits now provided 'for, them Jin law regulation' and executive 6rder. ; Tsot 'only ' the American legion-" but their friend's are- aroused over .the treatment ; that" his been accorded ' ex peryice men in matters of .this "charac ter. ; 1 There ;; are - numerous - similar cases throghont the country,-' but the Nashville -case - has , been . selected as attest and a relentless and bitter fight is '"anticipated.'-'.-'"----.'"-.''-. ..-v..,., ", ,.; It "is expected; that .' action in con gress 'will at once be taken to de termine ' whether the soldiers'.; prefer ence law and the executive order re lating to" the appointment of ex-service men and vwomen to oificfe shall be adhered to or be regarded as meas ures of deception. ' - ; HUGHES INTERPRETS 4 SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN Says Reading Of . State Consti tutions Will .Not Interfere. New -York, - March - 23 Claims - of anti-sufCraglsts that the ; Anthony amendment to the constitution, if rati fied, would be ; Ineffective In states where state constitutions . restrict suf frage to "male" citizens until such con stitutions ;had .been amended, are : er roneous, ? according? to an opinion ob tained from Charles E. Hughes.former justice of the United States supreme court, by the National American Woman Suffrage, association. r Judge Hughes also advised the association that in his opinion -claims that In ' any case : would confer only the right-to vote for sena tors and : representatives was equally erroneous.- - TERMINATE SPANISH ; STRIKE. Madrid,, March 23. The government, in 'order to terminate ; the railroad strike; proposed tonight to ; guarantee the increase In wages demanded by the men, and It Is considered highly prob able that the railroaders will return to wor ktomorrow. 1 Tne government has promised the companies , to. do every- 'WlJrT' sage of the "bill providing for increas ed raxes. ' V CORK' POLlCB'IIfVOlVED. - ' Cork,' March 23. An . Inquest 'was opened today . Into the assasslnaupn of Lord 4 Mayor , ; .MacCurtaln, who, was killed In his home here early last Sat-; nrday-.mqrning.:. Jlr.-'- Lynch., attorney for the next of kin of Mayor MacCur f aln, said evidence would-be adduced tending '.to,. show; that the police' are concerned in the murder. 7 A " " il'liRIGT : C01I6RESSHA1I HAY. HAVE OPPOSITION Republicans Consider Putting r Candidate In Field Against . - Major Stedrnan. ' - v f Soeefal to The Stnr.) ' r Raleigh; March 23 That there will PS opposition to Major Charles M. Sted rnan, congressman from the. Imperial Fifth district. Is the rumor that .teaches Raleigh from well authenti cated sources, which say that former District . Attorney A.- E. Holton, : of Winston-SaIemt- has been : agreed on as "the - man to run against the con federate veteran." v ' It Is said - that Mr. Hilton's name was agreed on at the state convention by .a. number of the republicans from the - fifth district, -and that a, special effort will be made In the coming, elec tion to eliminate Major Stedrnan, who has represented ;Ee district in con gress for ten. years. , Has Some Strona Point. . . The former district attorney is a fighter, is strongs for the Income tax amendment and la not opposed to the principle of revaluation, it Is said. He also makes a special appeal to. tne la bor element In both parties. It is be lieved that he ' will raake a special effort to poll; the 'labor vote In' the fifth district - which' embraces the big manufacturinsr. centers of High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Dur ham. The labor unions are Btrof)g in all. of these' places, or rather the labor element is strong, and the union lead ers are exerting every effort to, get the laUST people lined up for the un ions . Mr ' Holton ran against James A. Gray , for the . state . senate last year, and made a special appeal In his at tacks' on the big ' tobacco 'companies.' Senator ; Gray defeated hlnl: by about 00 --votes, lfTcreasing the average dem ocratic majority in the County by over 100 per ' cent. That was before the days; when the tobacco workers were thoroughly 'organized . in . the Twin City, and it Is the hopes of Mr. Holton, his r friends and ;the members of or ganized labor; who; are opposed to . the democrats, that it will be iossible to more- strictly line up "the. labor unions against Major. Stedrnan k than they were lined up against Senator Gray. Helton; la strongs Man .? - ; Republicans, it is said," believer thft Miv-Holton; Is ;the . strongest " man v t i,a. . th district., and that If there is- any ana repuDucans in .. .pi xvt one of. the most' '.active fights in, the fifth"' district - thatit ' has ' witnessed since - the days pf ' democratic turmoil when John Motley : Mprehea'd rode into congress for one term on the dissatis faction aroused over: the Brooks-Holt scrap. ;:,; ,..;.,;- -;,. ' .. ;. , ;.. FIGHTING IS HEAVY . ON THE POLISH FRONT Bolsheviki Advance Countered And Enemy Driven Back. ? Warsaw, March 1 23. Extremely heavy '; fighting is reported ; on the Polish .front.; A' communlcation Issued today announced that after the great est' .artillery "preparation 'yet. experi enced the bolshevik infantry advanced in columns against the bridge-head' at Zwlehel, Raided, by tanks ahd armored motor cars. :- "After. ai-.sharp engage ment, the Polish troops launched .. a counter attack, ' with..'; bayonets and hand grenades, driving the enemy far from the Polish line,", said the com munication. .. v-;Vi.:",i,--."-,., i-; f, '.;'..-: NEW PEACE TREATY . v " . ' apaBssssssssssw sssss 1 ' . Flood Declares Knox Resolution ' A nullity Because , Of Im- . possible Conditions. Richmond, Va., March- 23. Congress man H. D. Flood, called -here to par ticipate In the West Virginia debt case, stated tonight that as soon as ..lie re turns to. Washington he ; will offer a resolution Instructing, President ,,W11 son to write a new peace treaty. Mr, Flood ; said that this resolution will ask the President i: declare the United States at peace with all powera -Declare Country at Peace. .The preamble of the proposed reso lution reads; - ."The President be and Is hereby re attested and 'authorized to enter .Into negotiations with the government of Germany and ;her allies, and with the powers associated with the United States in ; the European - war with a vipw to concluding, a? settlement of all controversies ; between " tne unite a States and Germany and her allies and to conclude, by and .with. the. advice and consent of ; the senate, any and' all international acts or; agreements nec essary to reach a 1 definite adjustment with all the powers engaged In the Eu ropean war in respect of any questions or controversies ; relating to the; con flict." y - : Knox Resolution Nullity. Referring to the Knox resolution, Mr. Flood declared that It "Imposed conditions ; Germany cannot fullfill .be cause indemnities and reparations can ed fp in the treaty of Versailles were tavaUable, when-three of the high' con tractlns Darties had ratified the treaty. Four have now ratified. It would mean that this rcountry would have to deal not 'only with Germany, but -with the allied and associated powers in respect to these Indemnities and, reparations; therefore the Knox ' resolution-; i'-. a nullity.'' ' ' V - i , Technically," Mr. Flood said, "this country is at peace with Germany,; fol lowing the lifting of the embargo last July, after which trade relations were resumed, ' - ASK PRESIDENT FOR Complete Service Of The Associated Press WHOLE NIBIBER 30,122. GERIJ AN LEADERS . IN RECENT REVOLT -AREDNDER ARREST , - . J t No Definite News Is Available As To Whereabouts of . ' - ;Kapp. DECREE OF ABOLITION tF ALL COURTS JIARTIAL Insurgents Save Captured The Palace In The Town Of Schleswig. Berlin, March 23. Major Gen eral Von Luettwitz, the military commander in the Kapp revolt, has been arrested, it is officially announced. Admiral Von Trotha, chief of the admiralty, has also been arrested. There is no defi nite news 7 of Kapp's where abouts.. It is supposed he is on his estate in east Prussia. . j Soon after his return to Ber lin, President Ebert ordered the imperial court at Leipsic to bring action against the- leaders of the revolution, including Kapp Von Luettwitz, Von Jagow, and Admiral Trotha, ; t ; Courts Martial Abolished 1 Berlin, March 23. President Ebert today decreed the v abolition of drum head court martial, 'expressine ; confi dence that order would -not be further disturbed. Order has not yet been re established at Nordhausen, r Saxony, and the situatfon at Sonderhausen and Koburg. is worse. The demand for dis armament of volunteers in those places having' been rejected; -The extremists have armed themselveSi ; " ' - ". -' v -';' (Duplication Of ." Ilussla;.?,:- ;;" .Rotterdam, , March . 23. The condi tions in ,the - Rhine provinces.'." where virtually , every town., Is In- the 'hands ng a oupljcatlon of the conaltloss pre- -?. . - Dortmund, the first aten:'folioi Dortmund, the first step" folktng the; proclamation or soviet republics . was the opehlrig.'of 'prisons ajnd freeing not only" political' prisoners,, but also com mon prisoners. Coming) closely upon s the heels of this order was an invlta- . tlon to the bourgeiosle to surrender . all firearms. - Emphasis was laid on this by; an. announcement that failure, to comply . would entail prosecution by the revolutionary: tribunal. ' ' The correspondent.; says . that , .the; hardest tasks of a ; soviet government would be to. maintain .ratioplngi ( that failure .in this respect would not be ; Improbable , , owing -, to the . existing scarcity ,of foodstuffs .and that a com promise with Berlin' would be neces- . sary. ,' ; ";;:; '' .' - . " Town, of Sehleswlg. Cautured "' J Berlin, March 2 3 Insurgents hae captured the. palace, in the town of Sehleswlg, capital cf. the province ot ; Schleswig-Holstein," V" according ,. to4 a1" dispatch received here. 'A self-styled committee "of faction " Is" In control , .';, Sehleswlg,.' th : dispatch ; says, y, A 4. j Regular Are Beselged Copenhagen, March. 23. Regarding the situation at Wesel. a special Berlin , dispatch says that six thousand regu- lars within , the ..fortress are beselged , by 25,1)0(1 spartacans.j The troops ara. . using he'ary guns. ' ' ' - ';:' y';'. . ' : ' : 'Masters .Situation ' ' , '-' Berlin, March 23. Latest dispatches from Halle says that after very stub- , born fighting the troops are master;of the situation. ; v The workmen retired to the environs of Halle. u Passenger traffic to Berlin was resumed today.: - " GRIFFIN MADE MEMBER f STATE BOARD EXAMINERS Is One Of Best Known Educators : '- ..." i In North Carolina. : I ; v -.; ' t (Special to The Star.) - ' Ralf igh, March 21T The ; board o re education today named L.C. Griffin.-of Shelby, a member of, the state board of examiners, - to fill one of the - two vacancies on the board, that has. ex isted . for some time. Mr. Griffin is a" well known educational leader '. . of Cleveland county, and he comes to the state board . with the , recommendation of Dr.' E. C. Brooks, superintendent of education, and - many other' endorse ments of ills . ability, and- qualifica tions. 'His appointment is effective im- mediately -' '4' '.,;. s V ';; ,.; "i;.;: ;. Ji PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE " T,; jfROYAt ORDER OF SCOTLAND Washington, March 23. Provincial , grand lodg-e ; apartments of the Royal Order of Scotland, ;one of the highest ; Masonic' bodies," were announced hure ; today by Geerge E. Corson, grand mas ter for the province , "of .-the ;; United States, t John ,L, -Thomas, - New . York, ; was named deputy grand master; Ster- ling Kerr, Washington, secretary; Le. , roy "A. Goddard, ; Chicago, treasurer Perry ; W-Weldner, Los Angeles, senior ' grand . warden.. '.Thomas . R. ' Morrow,, Kansas City, junior' grand;, warden and' Canon William T. .Snyder, - Wash lngton,;chaplain.-'-':f';::.-- ::A;-; ; ? ITALIAN SHOT; TO DEATH. ' Birmingham, . March 1 23. Paschal Firrone, an Italian, was shot" to death and the body thrown from a rapidly moving automobile.. near, the end - of Norwood boulevard, tonight. Several, automobilists ; saw 'the; body ' , thrown j cut, but the car was going so rapidly I it' escaped.""". - ' '. ," ' J
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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