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The Weather, r Wilmingtdn, s Only r Fair Monday and Tuesday, not much; change in temperature. . River stage at Fayetteville yester day at 8 a. m 11.4 feet. J : ; Leased WireAssbciateiSF' -: ; Presi :Newspaper yy- VOL. CVL No. 177. ' WUJVIINGTON, N. C.,, MONDAY MbRraNGPEBRUARY'28: 191215 ' OLDEST DAILY; INt THE STATE. . r .. . ' ' ' "' ' "-" ' 1 "' '-"" - ' ' - 11 T '. 1 - ". - ''''- MANY DEATHS IN RAIL fRECK WHEN TRAIN IS DERAILED AND STRUCK Porter, Indiana, Scene! of On6 of The Worst of Known Rail road Disasters 1 TWO SCORE KILLED - Vew York Central and Michigan J Central Trains In "yVreck; Il XI11CISCCUUI1 PORTER. Ind., Feb. 27. Between 30 ami. 4" persons were reported, killed and an unknown number injured to night when a westbound New York Central train crashed into a derailed eastbound Michigan Central train here, In which railroad officials said may b one of the most disastrous wrecks in history. -. .? ' Michigan Central officials placed 'the number ot dead at more than 30, while onoffic ial reports made the death ; list as high as 50. ' ' . . ,.y. The towerman of the Michigan Cen tral was arrested immediately after the wreck, officials : saying v they be lieved that he had left a switch closed, causing a derailment of the eastbound train. '.. u''" ; It is believed that virtually all of the dead were In two of the Michigan Cen tral coaches which were ' demolished when tha New York Central train hit it. The only dead on the New York Cen tral were on the engine. The engineer of the. Michigan Central Is missing. It was reported that he ; leaped from his pab when he saw. the oncoming New Tork Central train. -The tracks of the no railroads intersect here at a sharp angle, being almost parallel. The Mich igan Central train was believed to have started across the. intersection and . then to have been .derailed,: The tow erman was . blamed by railroad officials for allowing the Michigan ' Central ' train to attempt to cross ahead of the ' westbound train. ; ' . . " . ! A few perso-ns living at this junction point immediately began work of res-.. cue, u5ing lanterns in their search for it. j j !i - r j-.-.. j - .11.. -V-f me oeao ana iajurea. ,; nuei irttins arijved from Michigan City and Chi cago about an, hourj. after the T wreck; carrying -nurses 'and doctors. The vic tims were taken to Gary and to Mich- gan City. :,' ; rV""' '-.;'": BETWKEJT 20 AND 30 ABBi' 7? i REPORTED AS JJEAft-IWIlBCK CHICAGO. ; Feb-. 2T.TTh Ichigan Central railroad- officially' announced tonight that between 30 and 40 per sons had been, killed; in ' a wreck- at Porter, Ind. i , . ' ; " '.-? ' An unknown numiber of persons were Injured, the officials said. Relief trains were sent from here and. from Michigan City, Ind. The wreck oc mrred when train No.-20, on the "Mich igan Central, derailed and collided ith a New York Central ; train. ; The New Tork Central announced that two- men on its train had been killed. r The Michigan Central train left Chl ro at :05 for the east. - Officials for both roads said the cause of the wreck eould not be determined, but ; it was presumed that the , Michigan F Central train eitherran into , a closed switch, t else the rails . spread . as the , two trains were passing each other. " The I'ichi&an Central and- the New York Central use the same tracks out of ihicago. . '." i" Porter, Ind., is a railroad junction Point, 5 miles from Chicago. It is there that the New York Central lines cross those of the Pere Marquette. : The Rarest cities are Gary, and Michigan -ity, Ind. The tracks cross iiuopen rountry and are visible for-considerable distance from either; direction. The Michigan Central number 20 was officially known as the Canadian ex- Wess and was bound from Chicago to wtroit. although It ' carried through roaches for Toronto. ; , New York Central train n 1R1 wa knov,n as Interstate exnress and was tound from Boston to Chicago. Both eje practically solid Pullman trains. ine Michigan Central train left Chl- aeo at 5:05 p; m bound for Toronto. anada. it was cut in half .by the west bound filer, and both engines plonged wn an embankment. . ' - - Both englnemen of the New vYork fUtal train were killed. The en fneer was Claude Johnson, . of Elk lln, ind. Five bodies were ' found ar the debris of the two engines. Fifteen bodies had been , recovered "thin a few hours after the wreck." Tile finin'flirAfY rrt a a an n-Ao ah': 4Ti York Central train were brought jo Lhlcaeo on a snecial train late John H. Gelhart, of Oak Park,;Ill., "e of the New York Central passen '"r, gave a graphic description of the 'k. a:j follows: - 1 - f .. -.. -f The first intimation' we had of the faster came when our train began r1 wk and jump when the emergency vvere suddenly applied. . Vy The next moment the windows were nattered by bits" of wreckage ' -and 7re was a terrific grinding as we Roughed through the other train. Wo- sc'f lying alongside the track. We crowded out of the wreckage 8 best we could. , On all sides were "opie lying on. the ground, some dead niJsome injured. Many of the.bbdies rj badly mangled. , v; - .,: EVPfV Atia vaai ' mS-m " a i - r wa.i tt KXia uaauiii - vuavt 1Tanticallv. flnm arA rlnnH nf t toam shooting from the engines but Yrn auiiinju quicivijr uuuttiiifo. lxcd f thp para a nrl arrvia4 nrlfti rKflA e Passengers helped in , the work of .woverine: the hnril. . . ' ; .fv ; There waa tlttlo haiiIA f at tD4 lurd but w trlAfl tn ttijiVa them Portable until the rescue trains ar- list of identified dead follows: L aude Johnson, engineer of the New central train, Elkhart, In4r - -arl Dftlanrt flmman nf tH- Nmw central train. Elkhart, Ind. rs. Barney Kramaer, Michigan City, Hosenwald, high school teacher -"'chie-an Cltv. !" Peck, traveling ; salesman - of a- - ' - o'clock 28 bodies had been re s (Continued on Page - Two.) ' V 7 SimoiiLakeC entor, j. .v.v.w. '.... Sis- , 1 x .s - , t....r..... -v ' - . -s x.' ". -zi 'a a r - 'r--ti or. jmi xz.. j-sfy'--yAn.j&y . ... irr; a...t ..rr.. '.' . iafegl . my Jy& ' " 1 . ... -1- - .111 1111,1111,1' r 1 ' ! X'-'-'V ..; 'f.-AS; jfv-.,... y.;.rr sVy V..V-t7;A- ' -J- ' " Simon Lake, Inventor, of, the submarine, has perfected a device known as the' salvage submarinejwhiclv'he .. says, -will put the finishing . touches -to his dream of forty years. Mr. Lake's peace submarine will-bamsed ; to fen V cover 'some, of the, untold .treasutes ; of the deep seas.' Plans "to salvage wrecks ' all over1' the worli ;begfnn!ni6r; with the vast, tonnage of sunken coal barges on" the Atlantic coaat, as being made. He re are some of the thiitgSt ) the new "salvage submarine" can - do, according to- Mr. Lake: Salvage sunken coal at - the rate of t(J0 tons aitr -; hour", at a cost of fifty : cents a ton; bring, up precious cargoes of treasure ships sunk three centuries ag o;:inves-.' " ' tlgate the diampnd and gold deposits off the shores of South Africa; pump bouyant material into ; th A Chulls of s sunken ships, and thus raise them to the surface: permit a minute study of; the ; ocean- floor from ,av chaniber; i which .can be opened to the sea, the air - pressure eQualling the water pressure. -The device - Is a- sort 'of a sub - marine workshop- connected rwith the surface: ship by a tube adjustable by means of universal ; joiits?5;nthe .workshop are the tools of. the salvage trade, also ""the mysterious compressed air chamber in wh lch ' f work men ' may breathe freely and keep dry while ures, ana aerricKs ;wnacn nanaie oiner 'water. " r' .'-,": " NORMALCY-WILL MEAN SPOILS SYSTEM AGAIN INSTEAD CIVIL SERVICE Republicans Setting Themselves for Throwing. Out All Dem- ocrtic Employes fei TO HIT 'THE SOUTH Senators Smbot and Warfri Will f Put in a Lick Whenever f -;'Mi:-They : See -a Chance WASHINGTON, Feb. 2T Wilmington was4 first, to ,feel the blighting hand of the onrushing Republicans, After Sena tor Overman had succeeded In putting through the senate the "Wilmington item" for better government property, and service there, the Republicans killed it. . ' : The provision was doomed from "the start, for Senators Smoot, and Warren are going to hit the" south0 whenever they . can. , . Mr.r Overman made a good fight, but . he could not - change the heart of a Smoot or a .Warren in the senate. " v " ,t - The Republican Joy-ride is almost due 1 i Normalcy Harding has virtually completed his cabinet, .and. it i 5ready for inspection..- Democrats are getting ready-to look on , They seea lot of fun ahead. '.'--- m.-V:-: ; The ' Republicans are .not as sure of themselves as " they were immediately after the November election. They now realise that they are: skating, on thin ice, and a little ; swerve to - the right4 or left will land them 1 In a . hole. The cabinet - selected is not i ai good one. Messrs!'; Hughes and 'Hoover arethe shining-lights. .Much-has been said to the detriment of Daugherty, x Mellon, Fall and Hays,-and more will bet added. Republican : leaders ; who 1 speak' ; their sincere convictions think that it is a mistake? to put Daugherty at- the head of the department of Justice. - Demo crats say that It is a Republican show, and they 'have a right to look on and criticise., . - 3 . ' " Senator Simmons has charged the Re publicans with .putting-through a fake tariff ' bill, ' and he believes -that: Sena tor. Penrose and others believe it to be a' fraud. - J,'-;":; f ; J-;vv: 5 . Senator Overman - asserts- that i they are yelling "economy," when they are getting ready to spends more than any other administration ever, did. As a prominent member of. the senate appro priations ' and judiciary committees, he has seen- the' working of the .Rerjubli can" mind. ; ; Senator Smoot'S; talk- about loafing ' employes In the. departments is to pave the way for Spilling air of the Democratic job holders ,under the lvil service so, that th& Q. O. P. can fill them wlth.men and women of its own faith. When the Democrats came in ten years ago It- was said that nine out) of ...ten civil ' service , employes were Republl cans.V. When the Democrats, go out the Republicans -cannot .in.. fairness 'and justice change them 1 with -i packings the, executive i departments -'with their own people, for less than half of; the well paid " ones here are members of f the Donkey-party. , Four- years from .no w three-fourths or , more : of the civil service positions; will . be occupied : by Republicans.-. ' . -- vV4;.:- t-V-. ! :- Already President-elect Harding has. plainly intimated that r the "postofflces will be turned over to Will H. Hays to gratify spoils claims.:' The Democrats carried out their platform promise in the 191 6' campaign in this matter, but the; Republicans, ae pie hungry, - and wilt . slice up 'everything, for . ? their "workers." - With Harry Daugherty and WiinHays' In the cabinet, ; Democratic job-holders will stand more ; show that the proverbial' snow ball;: in the lower regions J BR TBAJGUB IS DEAiD'I'i AUGUSTA,:-Feb.- 2t.- Dr." B. Hammet Teague, a. prominent dentist of ;:Aiken, S. C.,,and for several years commander of Jthe United. Confederate ' Veterans ; of South' Carolina,-; died unexpectedly In Aiken at 7 p.'mf tonight. He was In his 70th-year--. - to Raise Sunken ;Treasures With Submarine K :'fA p -y ' y f ,yT -y T"-y-y ; v- i V .,......... ...'.r. v ' "5: - - ,-- - A - i - , It f- ...1. . '.......jrj. v,,- ,s j . j v v ' ,AliL-'-v:i directing the work of -the huge pump sunn en cargo. Tne salvage . submarine can be suspended to an-, depth of ''r , : - ' ' " -:' ' - ; ' . ' ; v-v J-v;,'' BRimH AND FRENCH PLm Foch, Wilson, Lloyd George and: Briand Confer OverBlilitary; Action and Economic Pressure to Force Cnuihycf SeS , . DemandsDisarmament in Germa kyyy 0r;:Up;Firstrerina !ONDON ..Feb.. 27,- (By 'Asso Press. Oii ' the. virtu anrTra taa ali Ued:-cfereTice witft'h reparations., and , disarmament ,Yb;ue-" tlons, .the two principal, allied military chief; 'Marshal Foch, of. France.' - and Field Marshal- Sir,; JHenry .Wilson,- the British .chief of staff, spent the week end , by invitation with Liloyd-George and Premier Briand, . of ,France; . - f n their "secluslontat Crequers court, ' the new "country 'home of the prime minis ter erf England. - -j- :f ' ; The purpose of the consultation was to i reduce to definite form the various proposals'; for the application of : mili tary and economic pressure sufficient to change :the;mind of Germany, should her government refuse the reparations terms of the allies. While one aspect of the question is a dramatic' warning to Germany that the . invasion of some parts of her ter ritory may follow a refusal e?f compli ance on her part, another is - that - the French government, whicTi would have to supply most of the troops, , desires to be in a. position to ; act suddenly should the .moment, requiring action' arrive. -. ; r - The "general ' plan" considered; of which many collateral features " re quire, examination, is understood ; -to provide for a northward ' movement-by Belgian (troops which would - occupy Doortmund while .the French . would re-occupy Frankfort' and "penetrate the country beyond i- -to ; a considerable depth, possibly as- far as Munich, while a .fleet would , blockade . , the port :of Hamburg. The r declared" objects ' of these movements would be to enforce tne' military clauses of the treaty "and secure the disarmament of the - Bavarians.'-;-'-;-. ,! ,-yvt. " J.'Z r The action. taken would thus ,i be based, not upon the disputed .economic demands,; but upon the violated arnja ment sections of the treaty. In .these circumstances the v allies,'; it,, is pointed out. i would not have to wait until' May 1, the date before which the aUies must Inform? Germany how much she must pay In ' reparations and after which Germany, under the treaty,' may .argue her "case before the -reparations commission.- By - basing their case upon the disarmament demands they could act immediately under: the 'authority oif the . treaty,; the sponsors of the plan argue. ;c;i :-ftr:-f::J 4 The i German - government if has -not been notified;- that 'the principal1 points oh : the program, will i be, 7 disarmament, the nunlshment of war criminals, and reparations.' - Disarmament may be the first subject to "be taken up, and-Major General Von Seecht. the Gerhan ,chle.fT" of-staffand a member; of the-official delegation, Is coming to London to an swer the ' representations under this head. . ' - y '. - ' M. v'T J?t.? .- "'''. '""' ' ; t Among the. forms of economic pres sure which might be applied to Ger many, now under discussion, is the get ting up of anew customs frontier to separate. V occupied 'Germany from the remainder of the empire. - One of the perplexities to the conferees" brought out by this proposition is.the 'question as to what attitude, the American gov ernment would take and what .instruc tion would" be ; sent - to- Major j General Allen, who is both: -the .military com mander of the. American, forces on the Bhine and chief; commissioner; for; civil affairs in - the; district." ;2y... y FRANCE MUST HAVE FORCE i ' ENOUGH ; FOB- EVENTUAjLlTIES I y PARIS, Feb. 27.---In an editorial to day on; the ' subject " of the Xondonj cOnV f erence with the Germans, beginning Marph- lAtheTempsdeolaresi; that ble ' consequences of ra.; rupture, sin ble consequences 'of i' a ? rupture, son cerely'i desires that .-an' agreement ibe reached "with the Germans. -; ; -5 Immediately" opposite, ' this s editorial, the Temps r prints Its: comment orf; the army .budget -voted by the French chamber yesterday In. which ; the news paper says: 1 --- 1 " ''Germany's attitude - forces France, for some time; at least. to b readyfor , which sucks up, the coa.land treas-- afty , fyentuanty, wMchVn-uSf e.-iet f earlesaly-a 'ViiiJ strarraeOTtarhv; un, th t-io-tta nt Fiance as utlihed ; by Jthe treatyi; of Versailles, ito be " tenf orced. Germany; when she signed , the 'treaty, admitted defeat,"but today she is attempting dil atory; tactics. We,niij8t ;have an army strong enought to-cause. -the frights, of France as outlined by the ..treaty .of Versailles, to be"' enforced." '. Germany, when she signed - the -treaty admitred defeat, but . today ..she- Is attempting dilatory tactics. '.r:'.We .Tntist nave , an army strong enough to' make Germany keep "her promises and; make good her word.";. . . GERMAN DELEGATION LEAVES - BKRLIN FOR THE MEETING1 BERLIN, . Febr i37-The eight Ger man delegates to the conference with the allies. . In London, 'headed . by Foreign Minister - Simons and accom panied by a -staff of some 67 secre taries and clerks and a party of seven German newspaper men, .left .'Berlin unostentatiously at noon - today on a special train, - en route -.; to : England. Chancellor Fehrenbach and ; Dr. Simons both appeared1 tS be" in especially good spirits, laughing and joking as the photographers snapped- -.the ; farewell scene. HARDINQ DEPARTS FOR - HIS nOME. IN MARION Will -e Honqred by His Fellow, " A - Citizens. 'Tuesday ;.- . -V v '."i . 'Mi, -.cJi - v ' - V t - r , t" ..yr - - - -j-?-' - y - - ' ", M r ' ST. AUGUSTINE, Fab. "27. -After a five -weekg -visit to Florida President elf ctLahdMrsv Harding, left St. Augus tine tonightfor ' Marian; where they, will be r guests of honor of their -home town until they: go to . Washington' for th' inauguration. "': .Their, train is to reach Marion Tuesday morning,, : and they -will spend most; of Tuesday and Wednesday1, bidding farewell' to ; their neighbors and closing; up their "per sonal affairs for a long . absence. An elaborate; farewell celebration Is to be held -at the famous f rOnt porch of the Har'dirijg ; home. ' ;',';.:' ', :v -U;. -; y :; ' ' Oh the -way .back .to .Ohio the: Presl- dent-elect expects to finish preparation of -. his . inaugural address, about ; -; the onlytask remaining before. he enters the presidency-1 He .will. leave Marion late Wednesday; C reaching the capital the following! afternoon. - - ;' WHEELER SATS .h REPUBLICANS ' , WILL DRY ; OUT THIS r STATE -;':& :';?g.;' ; " y--: .-..is .s:V:-; (Special to The Star) - j f i . WASHINGTON, Feb, 27. Wayne B. Wheeler, general-counsel of " the .anti-saloon-league said today that" the talk of. a let-up" in" the enforcement "of the national prohibitipn In r North Carolina is "pure' hot .aIr.,,..So: longs as'the people favor -a -"dry?; to a "wet" na tion,. : no administration; at . .Washing ton; will,, dare slow.; down - on he wo. forcementtof thef lawr ''he'i declared, vi VMr. WneelersjId'r North:,' Carolina would be ? put- In; good . ' shape ;. in the near future The prohibition p officers are;,settlfigr around,toall of ' the weak placest jj The incoming ; "Republican , ad ministratiohj. will .increase, the '. number of prohibition ' enforcement ! officers In the ' state. That' is -the present - intention- of , ftiose" overlooking ' that sec-i tic 5 of the country. -t - t ;-f jn'iCdbLtoG'B'-OFF'vTb CAPITAL X NORTHAMPTON, Mass;. " Feb.1 27.- ViceS-President-elect Calvin Coolldge will: leave -here" for. Washington at 8:20 a. m."-- tomorrowi iwith V-Mrs." Coolidge. Although there -will - De no formalities in connection - with - his departure, It Is , expected ' that ; thero will be a : large gathering " of residents of his home city at the station to give him a hearty send oft.-";-"----; rf LEGISLATURE TO HAVE' t 1'. , SEVERAbaDIG : BATTLES DURirJG FIL'AL SESSIONS yym Struggles Are J Staged for Movie v y Censorship- and Southern . r;v- ;.-v Power, Charges m yy V v- -r -r-. - .,;; v-- EIGHT M'COIN , BILL 'Si -J- Educational vForcest to" Priesent .Substitute for tHeimproye- ment Program ::Fv::iMr AStar :?-Breau:'!-'. t-.v "I; 'TarlMwongli Hotel -v.;r VBrAtEIGH,' Feb.,'. 27.-Two " of " : the : threlreal, big ; floor fights of the. 1921 general' assembly,, censorship and the ton g bill,' aimed at the Southern Power companyV are ready far : K the st&eincr ' with' the'openinsr-tomo'rrow; morning of ut nnat lap or the session. : The Toad bill' ia out of - the way and , its; friends are rejoicing . Speculation !"' has turned chiefiy to the appointments that will come as a result of the new i administrative body .created . . by ' the bill.. Four- of thenlne . members 'are natned'r in the V biii and " they are the Present " members of the commission. There,' are Ave to' be named, " two . of whom-are of - the minority party. '. Olhf ormation was : given out here " to-day-to the effect tha:.:a: 'citizens' sub--stituter ? bill -opposing , Senator! McCoin's measure, will- be Introduced in- the senate-" and house' -Monday. " The ' McCoin bill Introduced Jn the upper house of the"- legislature - Saturday -night, virtu ally"; tollows" the budgeti; commission's -recommendation ; for' appropriation to be made on the . building nrOeram of the -- state's educational f and charitable institutions AThe -substitute, bill will proyide fpr:aixyerr$20,)00,000: pro- Tk""i "'V i. i i ZL ' the oint,hearing before, the appropria- taaemmitt?e8' Jnaleisl1 -Th7vSi;i-S Ahe i, citizens ; measure will be spon- Long wiU guidei3taeUny'ln;the Beh- te-vofmerSen4tdTiaMalea.ho;; has ledVthecitisenS'-rooVement ln.theM -,AW--"oiv--t-wiii-;. 'United i States by - the aTien . property-: kee at am . -MM a and is still being made, by th v nahnlAfr; Vback home It will be supported by:i .i. . -or.o i ! practically every civic ".organisation "in North .Carolina,' by . many of the more powerful fraternal -orders, and by a le gipn of. Progressive ciUsenB from Cher okee ta;- Currtucki according, to , the proponent ;Qf 'the programvi I The . lines are drawn, for ' the ; battle between, the Southern ; Power company and the giant -COttonP; 'imill - interests fighting for " retention . f . contract rates." Such a lobby as both sides have for ;the. struggle "seldom honors a' legis lature rwith .its .presence. : One - might begin with Aubrey :rL.: i Brooks, , of Greensboro, and run": through ' a long list , of notables, , to - count ; all the folks here , agitating the Long 1 bill. Judge W. P. ; Bynum, , of Greensboro; Maj.- Matt. H. '. Allen, of Goldsboro; . Eugene . S. Parker, Jr of - (iraham; Solicitor , Sam Gattls,-, of, Hillsboro; ex-Judge" ; Craw ford Biggs,; of vRsleigh; ; former v Sena tor Dennis Brummltt, of Oxford, an! a host, of , others, equally' as1 well; known in. the legal life of . thestate.;,And there are quite a '.few politicians here, too, for the cotton, mills. ; ; .;- ; '? ' . .' -, The "opposition begins . witli no less a. magnate than B. N. Duke, himself, who Is' here 'with his staff from Char lotte. . In a legal way, E.; T. ! Cansler. Jr., and 'W. S. O'B. Robinson, of Char lotte, are here and .there - are others interested in - the case of .the power company. w The " bill- has been made ' a special order, for Tuesday. . - V :'i ,;C ; ' There has been an agreement' also to bring the censorship fight on the floor Tuesday . In both branches. It will come, up' in the senate with a" favorable re port and in the house on a minority re port; ' the opponents having strangled It at a special committee "meeting Saturday- afternoon. . They are confident the-:' vote "yesterday oh., a. "motion . to re fer, to the - committee again - indicates that" the hciisewill reject the- bill, by a -' good? majorltyv vConsIderablei f dis cussion ha , attended -. the lobby .nomi nation , of , Col. . Alston ,D. . Watts. Of Statesvllleior chief Censor and. It .has aU - been' of ;.a - serious -vein. Coloned 1 Watts Is declared .to, be ' In-Va- receptive mood; hence it Us. practically, assured .that Governor Morrison ,1s going, to ap point Dr. Archibald Jobnson. secretary of -the North Carolina rallroadt.a place, much desired by the Iredell politician James A. Hartness.r of Statesville,-hfls been here' all the week, and very bocy thinks that r.'he -has been i paving the way for Colonel Watts.. ..Of course, this much desired p'laoe. rcarrying a salary of $7,500. Is'dependentf entirely on the I fate ; of the "bill to censor the: movies, but; there' possibinty .it wuuuecome a law. - No observer of this, i legislature would ; predict its passage, y. but. .: none would '.wager I any odds that, the pres sure back home won't ;f ore'e. it through. Such a prospect, though remote, makes the; lobby gossipr anent, Colonel Watts the most interesting thing fof the rest days; '-.,vir-rv" -c : . ' .'As .chief of the board of censors he wonld. be stationed' in Raleigh and his ear -at all' times -attuned to - the rum? blings1 about tbe .capltol.r'Then.agoin; Dixon .h-as f wonderfully r Impressed 'h folks? here; with the x power of the movie as a- - medium of publicity,, and there is none to gainsay. Colonel Watts foresight. v-;;-";r5jj'-.''-.:r;-V'. r-'i - .irv;r i '.More confounding to those who have criticised- his fight on the road bill- is the -report that a" fight - on the . appro priatlons t bill- -for the; state ? charitable and; educational rj institutions - . will 1 be waged 'by Senator Sumner Burgwyn; of Northampton. Thls time , -the North ampton senator ia practically going, to reverse bs" P.8ltlon of the. entire session- and' fight for a bigger expenditure than a legislative committee . has-'apr proprlated. .Heretofore he has .been the high priest In .the, council of econ omists. Now. he ; enters upon a new role, ope. In which be proposes to chas tise the committe.esfor. penuriousness . , v,. , (Continued on . Page Two.) ; ; I Rigid Enforcement Of Dry Law Agibed y WASHIXGTQN, F,eW 2r 3Iore ; . rigid enforcement at; prohibition la ; o be ' asked . by ; the anti-saloon; 'i&y&;yy$yXfy-y ?yytrc ; la aiatement today the league said Vta next ;ona-res -would be nrgred - to;,.naaa i Mupplemental ;.': for re meat ? act to make 'more f.'ef- , fecttve .iae present -laws. : No new radical yrohlbltlon leglalatlan be prewaed, the atatement said, . al-thonwh- donbtleM s other -measures '-wUl. be; presented. ' i- -f 1 '. , Revlevring, the fight for 'prohibi tion legislation'- during the ; present eimion of wwjrws, the . statement aaidf apprortetfona on . the whole satisfactory to -ta dry. forces had been made la the varloua supply hills.". - .",. 'r':'j ;.y. .;--,..,;- TAKE lALlEN PROPERTY HELD -HERE FOR BASIS iBllERHAN Harding Is - Said to Have Gflven , - . . 1 leniauve Approval . 01? ? USE 400 flIILLIONS Would Enable Central Europe to Buy, Goods and Products of Americans ii'-n-i stafl! -Correnwndeat v of Th afar r.ck"t19 y h WASHINGTON. Peb. 27-ipresldet- J MX UA.V1U LAWRFATE , approval to what may amount' to a ; binion , dollar' credit to.' X3erman and 1 thus enable - the people of central E to, buy "XmeHoan goods ind prod; Vncts of ' which ' they' 'are. in seri on k.?? Hl'llfl h ) w. - . WW mj - UDLU' - " ; reaiiiy ' uviungs ;itr Citizens OI 'uf" inV secnosiovaicia, and- under att amendment to thd "trad- ing with- the '" enemy . aot - passed ' by Congress, the property of those citisens must be returned to :them when they claim it..;; 't:; - V-V ;-"?'' ; y"!-' It Is possible, of course, : with ' 400 million dollars : placed; as assets; in a single conporation; to raise other funds for credit purposes " either through Americans or Germans interested in the finances of a "huge export project Of this kind, but inquiry' here discloses the fact that if the proponents of the idea had tha- notion that a billion dol lars of ; securities were ; available ; for the German credit Such, is; not the case. . Broadly ' speaking,; the approval by Mr. Harding of the plan does not alto gether assure its adoption, for an act of congress will be required before the alien - property custodian can ' release any of the securities or -property which It now "holds. All . the cash belonging to ; Germans is In the United States treasury and by law cannot be Invested In anything else but liberty bonds. The plan, moreover, would require an agreement with ' the German gov ernment .'whereby;.; the owners of the property" would permit -the' Berlin gov ernment to A use the " securities in the United States as a basis of credit and would, renounce all claims against the American government' In connection with the new enterprise.- 'V'-v !-.;' It cannot be said . that banking opin ion is altogether unanimous as to the wisdom of , the scheme, for some au thorities? claim ; it would V be wiser- to turn, back the 400 million dollars to the real' owners sand let; the , Germans ; dq with it as they please, the;theory being that the Germans - will v perhaps 1 find the most effective way to Invest their own securities so that trade will be re vived. There is 'also the suggestion that; if the- German .owners get their assets back, they may be in a position to t borrow .funds - wherewith ': ; to pay American; Arms to " whom they - already Owe ( large sums . of - money ' and stimu late trade that ; way. before ; engaging In' hew j'purchases. , .;. : ,;:.;;5 ; .; 'v While " American- merchants are eager for '' foreign ; markets;;: they are . obvi ously not anxious to; sell to customers that have ; not or " will ; not," pay. v. The whole question as, : to what .--shall be done with thet German property in; the United States cannot be settled alone by congress. The office ,of the. "alien property custodian Is simply ' a - huge trusty": company -which ,-- has .held ... the goods for disposition by congress, c It Is probable that the next secretary .bf state, Mr. Hnghes.will weave' the mat ter into the commercial treaty between the United! States and Germany where by. it is intended to dispose of all ques tions : between the ; United States and Germany growing out of - the war, without taking, over; any of the. obllga tions of the treaty of "Versailles RALPH DE PALMER WINS" - LOS ANGELES. Feb. 27 Ralph De Palma won the fifty-mile -final automo bile race .at ; the Speedway today In 27-minutes and 65 seconds,' an average speed, of 107, 3-10 miles pet hour, said to.be a record for" automobiles of '183 inch displacement,; Tommy Milton was second, Roscoe i Searles , - third, - Jimmy Murphy fourth Jra Vail fifth and Ed die Miller sixth- v . , - !'. CREDIT I. '. FORSYTH FARMER' KILLED X' y:,rA:s-:: r., ... f -:-.:... .;'-;.;yff I : WINSTON-SALEM, Feb-" 27'-When John W'. Miller," a farmer of Forsyth county, failed to make a promised visit to ' a - friend this . morning, ; a' search was instituted 'and a little later 'Miller was found dead at his home, bis body lying on the floor and his head on the hearth, with his skull crushed In three places from blows with a mattock. An empty i pocketbook - lay . near . him. The police ar4 expected to make an arrest soon, , i , K :- st )'';' :'''"-.,.- . . PRUSSIAN MAILED FIST IS KNOCKING. AT DOOISS dlliiteREPitlG; 1 , ' r ...... jr. . Harden Says Whether Monarch 6ta'n;oraU yy ' m'entous Question ': -: ; yyyy - " REVIEWS SITUATION : ; yyy .; ;.!.,- . ,; ; yz ymyy German Spartan' Is Fightings to -y Keep From Being Forever v 'yty--'-M ': Entombed ' . w yyy '-.V ,'.:.;;;-;? ;; ' -' '- '...;. ' ;' i.;''-. ;5v vijf-.-;, ., J-. ,. r, ,.. .-("-; i'-;?.- t-'i'-y. By MAXIMILIAN HARDEK ' y:r' Special Wireless to The Star. Copy -j. J- right, . 1921) ' . -y-iJM ., tHStiULH, wet. 27.rith lowered but , still, clanking .vizorand - With fheavy A U. - mints ' will of Prussia is knocking -;' at " the , wooden door of - the- German ' republic, Will It1 hold or breakT That is- the most - important question confronting the German people today. '.;. ,i 4 i -' .We read today that at the new elec- tlon for the Prussian parliament, five . and one quarter; million voteswhich, is ; more : thanA: one-third of all votes " given 7fell, on -monarchistic; candi dates, , and , of ' the 'three million conr " stitutents of the center Catholic party, and even ' among . the -, badly beaten : Democrats there are . great numbers who long for a reutrn of. old regime. Next to this occurrence; the oscillations of the scales of power moved by thp election i fade to . unimportance and .' ! everyone seems ; indifferent - . to the v! question whether the ' larger national i socialistic middle : class " party,-, which , I washable to assert Itself .against the ; two radical - groups of bolsheviks and mensheviks, will again help the gov ernment bear : its delights ' and its i burdens-'-;-x-'-". y f?&i?i-?'' - In order.-to better" understand :the ' pages of history and study the 'rise oif ; -X '. - Prussian power; .'. r- 'X ' .Old ; Prussia -J was " represented by ; :t ' barracks kept acrupulously cjean by 'tho ;. ' v -most dutiful, and Induetrlrfas military I ; red ..tape - of officialdom - and. fuhctlon.-.v 'y y auy , Buppjiea iWixn; yne neceary ; re-;iv emits. :r.QutM" of "these ; iafracks came. V, Uhe army; which conquered" -Silesia ianf tt'-Cp X- Great vtbQ : right v to ' rank; among, the ' ' " " i foremost--powers -of.-'Europee , r- eejeeoyema-atattrwas tq?aer-l' :' - cure, TSy,-force of arms, . new territory v, ,t ; ; for expansion s and? to . increase -; the ; " wealth of the farmer and merchant in' s ,"rX the; growing country to such ah ex ' ; v tent - that ' the' ruling powers i would , ,' , forever be safe against any attempted rebellion. The state purposed to carry - ; out these means through the, old spirit .: i of patriarchism, embellished , only by V .'; 'yt; practical common sense and; a- domi- iwt'; - ; -hant will, which ; reduces politics as ; Xl 'y',' well, as- independent;: ideas,; into a re-' '; ' r ? , ligion. conceiving the ' monarchy,, and yXX.X the ; state as.. a sacramental unity. ;t ' ; X, U;-. '':'' After , the -t collapse ; of Napoleon a r XXrX'X. new Prussia .: seemed to arise. From - ;;.';' ;. the west, Freitherr -yon Stein, of NmWE; sau, brought mild liberalism and muni- yyxy cipal autonomy and . 'Schafnhorst, of : v- Hanover,- applied the theory. ' of j uni.-. - .:.' .; i.'r': versal . military- service .. at -first pro- v : claimed by Danton as - a ' protection ; .; ' against the - menace of French revolu- - '.. ; tion.) .As a result of these Ideas the v'-iv German people arose and cast off the. " . yoke of the: Bonaparte. Because .ufi- :, ; ': the fact .that victory , did - not bring fiyyyX'. the "expected fruits Scharnhorst hayr "'' -v.;' : -"-:' 4ng died and von: Stein having fallen,.:"' VK' into disgrace the - longing for- -the -'', a;-'-; ' " higher ideals - of the state did not-'r. v '1- reach its goal." vyy-x &xiyyi:??y$)?tifc sffi; Hemmed in by the restrictions of ;i t.H;., B f -the-: old European 4 powers; .;the ;.-:Prus,j: yy sians" again found-themselves . forcediilj -;k to use the sword to- insure the growth " - '- Xi. required by their tremendous .vitality. Barracks, : .which : "once had '. housed mercenary, troops, were rebull t to suit yfly the; requirements of ah; army recruited ; ' from the neoDle." And all the technical ' implements of modern industrial works yXy were placed at the service of .the. Prus-; -V.: ."" start authorities for their, free u6e and'. not., as V proclaimed ignorantly'-.. Dr ' ' -' slanderously, seized by them to be the :m" :, instruments of - a- barbaric ;. will which' it:l strove oniy- to suojugate and . grind as great a mass of the People as pos sible. . A yet the .world knows noth .. ing about this; in large part; jit wishes i to know nothing .and only- the illumi- ' natlng results which will be, found in ? : those territories ; taken ;. from ' 'Prussia and - now;; under .. foreign management j?;:; will bring a realization of the vasthesfe v f: of the work doneby the, . productives ! industry, of ; the YPrussians.v y ;T.v; .j fj . The coal and :; iron district on thefV Moselle river, the Rhine,; the Ruhr, '. an,d the Oder became models of modern - -; mining industries. :. Out -, of . poverty y stricken, ; curty, cnoiera ana . inunger infested districts in upper Silesia ; an EldOrado rose and for : ; the X, eager ' arithmeticians of - the- Paris - supreme : council it; would, be a -profitable; under-t : taking to determine in billions - in the, wealth during a half century of Prus-1; siaa rule in; Alsace-Lorraine, ',-':' tX , The. Slavo-Germanlc ;, Prussian' 'whoj ae . bearer of the coat of. a knight . Of the' -cross was. a christian ; almost, tot 4' his; inmost heart, made his fortune as ; a colonizer t. on Polish"? or Lithuanian, " soil, 1 was , the antecedent of men wh -under stress oj! . war replaced Iron, fori' copper, ; tissue paper, -dipped into s ' " augar solution "for cotton, who made synthetic India . rubber out - of X coal petroleum and theoretically solved the 5 secret of making gold -out of sea water.. For these never-tlrtng. active people,' jaar. minaeuness muse acicnowleaga that their , militaristic. ,;. materialism, enriched the exterior life of those they a, ' conquered by. sword or strategem. . ; 1 ;But everywhere! these Prussians al-c ways felt like conquerors, like masters and ; regarded ,. themselves .as-' superior -v beings in ' comparison to the natives, y r They paid no attention to national in dlviduallsm, did not even - understand ' it: uThey placed men of their own race- ' in all the ' most .; prominent ; positions-' and scolded, aboutvingratitude when-" T, their ; arrogance -and : never-ending ' ; ' mania to create a world - empire was ' ' riuciMO. They- brought upon them-1 ; - (Continued on Fae -Two) v - ,' ; :y: X 1? P J .: V
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