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The Mews ami 0 Tb WcatW Tmtl data coaeerstwg fk weather wiW fra found tadas Oa Pan Twv server Best Advertts!n; Medium in -'. North Carolina vbUci. NO. St. RALEIGH, N. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29, 1915. PRICE 5 CENTS r.-- PRESIDENT VETOES IMMIGRATION BILL - ft! GIVES REASON He Declares Sense of Duty mm . ..WV- ft J"l 1 " forces mis Acuon un nt count of Literacy Test MO POLITICAi PARTY HAS WON ON THE ISSUE This, He Says, Leads Him To Believe The American Peo ple Do Not Want The Re strictions Provided in The Bill; Has No Pride of Opin ion and Does Not Wish To Weigh His Judgment As Against Congress; His Mes sage Evokes Applause -On Both Sides' of House;, An other Vote Next Week lUf lis- Amoflllnr i'r, I Washington. TK C.. Jan. 28. Presi dent Wilson vetoed the Immigration hill today because pf the literacy lest foir-admission uf aliens. Ilia message was referred to the House immigra tion committee, whose chulrmu, Rep resentative Uurnett, will move next Thursday that the measure 1m passed rtvr the veto. Much Informal discussion among iiiemhert of the House followed re ceipts of the veto and there were Many who believed the two-lriirds ma jority required to repass the bill .rould not lie preCured. immigration bills cotatn4lu( literacy teste iseeeve toed by President Cleveland and by .resident Taft. but both times failed it re-paa age. Semite leaders Insist trfffe would be uo trouble In repassing (he bill in the jppcr House,. That was done In the raft ad.mlnisttiUiurn .-Uut th- lower House failed to muster a two-thirds najurlly , No lrlde of Opinion. . In bis veto message President Wlt vn told the. House, which originated the bill, that he had no pride of opin ion on the otmtlon and that h whs uut "foolish enotiah to profesj to know li wishes and ideala of America betr er than the body of her chosen rep resentatives know .them." He asked, however, whether the bill rested "Mpon ttte aonanintta and universal as sent and desire of the American peo ple" and pointed out that no political party ever had "avowed a policy of TvMrtctloh in this fundamental mat ter, none to the country on It and li-on com missioned to control Its leg- islatior J I'rcMileul WilsonV message was as It is" with nnuiYeciMl retrr.-i that Hud nivsi u constraint i i y rieur run vKMon'i.. return thU iH. U. m0. Al: Aii l KkuIhi th Mmnikr4Tlun f- AlictiJ n and thV- ' siden e of Vlkim In ih.. I nited States'! without triy siiinsttir-. Nut only do I f eel tt lo be a sertius iiattcr to exercise the p.-i f vale .ii .VAy c.ir. because it involve 'p poslnir the .dnnle ludemeiit of ihe i 'resident to the judxnien'. "if a mi IcMity of both Houses of" the Ocjwiress, n step which no man. wh) . eabr.es l.ii- own liabiUtv to error, -r.p take v. Illiout preut hmitatlon. but also '.e--nus this partlcuHr bill is i- so many ln.poltart rospec'ta adnilrable. wll . -enc iv 'd and desirable. -' ainhir nod ScnM" of Duty. "Its Hiia.'t merit into law would np iiubleclly nhactce he emnlehry and improve the methods of handling the Important branch of the public ser vice to which It relates. Hut candor and a sense of duty with rc aarcl to the rvM'ontill'ility so clearly Imposed upon in by the constitution' In matters of legislation leave me no cholc but to lliCItt. ' 1 ; . "'In two particulars cSfHltal conse- tuem-e. -this bill emtiodlcs a radical lepa-rture fr.im the traditional1 imtl lomi etlabllsfied policy of this country. ;i iiollc y In whlcjt our people have . onCelved tin very, chara 'tcr of their government to lie expressed, the yery mission und spirit of the nnrlmr n respect of its relations 'o the peoples ftt mp wnnci wccuuciM CIO n c''i ' .1 . i seeks to-all hut close entirely the (tatei "3 1 V--;; x-n to those who could find nhwhei -le the right and onportunitv of con stitutional amtHtlon for what they -rncelved to be the natural and in alienable rights of men; and it ex cludes those to whom the opportunity of elementary -ucatlftn have been denied. wiUiclut-re&jard to lheir -har-iicter. their purposes,, or :heir r.atural c'apai-ity. Tho Unlit of tle I'ast. " Kestrictions like these adopted -urlier In our history as n nation, "would very materially have altered the course and cooled the rruman ardors of our politics. The Hitht of political asylum has brouKht to this country many a man of noble char acter and elevated purpose; who was marked as an outlaw in his owji less .fortunate land and who has yet be come ah ornament trr oui'r.cliixenshlp and to our .public councils." ' ' "Ths eljlldren and the compatriots ,.i.T hese illustrious A'mertcan.i must ntand amazed to see the representa tives of their nation now resolved, in the fullness of our national strenxrth and at the maturity of our Wat Insti tutions, to risk vurninn such men back from oar shares 4thout test-oTiiallty or purpcV,""'t't'''TS"dlf!lou!t for me to rel)ev that the full effect otthls fea tures of the hill-was -realized when ft was framed and adopted, and it is Im ntssalble for me to aasent lo it in the form In which it la here cast. ' So Tests of luinestcr. "The literary test and the tests ano rtrstrlctinns which accompany It, coh stlttit and even more radical ' change lu ths policy of the nation. Hitherto. w have generously kept won r doors open to' all oho werw not unfitted by reajson oi uiarsn or iiivpv-h.t "i self-support or such personal records' and antecedents as were likely to make them a menace -to our peace and order, or to the wholesome and essen- -, '. ' ' t ' f (Continued on Page "Ten. I PIGHTF0RsfiT0R5, Senate . Gets Through. With 13 Three Troublesome Measures NOTARIES BILL A LAW Senate Concurs in Bill Relative To Insurance Companies Loans and Votes' Against Ten Years As Minimum Punishment For Embezzling Bank Officers Yesterday was fighting day In the Senate. One of the longest sessions of the present Senate saw the pass age by thai body of three measures which have been thorns in the flesh of peaceable legislation. One was the woman notaries public bill, another was the arbitral court bill, and the third was the hlii rtdatlve to loans by Insurance companies. ' The Ueneral Assembly by the con currence of the Senate In the, Urnine" bill on loans hy insurance compa nies, registered Its vole against an opinion of the Supreme court. It whs fiatly held that premium paid on an Insurance policy, and Interest on a loan for which the policy was re ceived as security is not and shall not be considered as usury. Beantorij llobgond unit White were the chief champions of the bill In the Senate. They were opposed by Sen ators !nTW. MrltarkKvand McMirh ael. The opponents of the measure cited the opinion of the Hupreme court when An Insurance company makes a loan, and requires the bor rower to take (iiit an insurance policy as security nnit at the same (line to pay the legal rate of interest -on the motley vorrdvrftrr "MiM this" Is ' Dsui'y: It was lKjInted out by the advocates of It that-the Insured is getting all tho benefits, of thep remlum In his in surance, and is getting the full value? of his Interest In the money borrow ed. In no way couM the premluin anil the interest be considered as a lump rate of interest. In the end the Senile held with this opinion ami the bill whs passed. - Aulle I'ttlnle- Htit --Again: With a formal ratification by' the Senate today,'- the .woman notaries public bill will become a law. Krivm the time of its Introduction In the Senate. through the committee of that body, into the JSenate again, then over to the House through the samej routine and back to te Henatff fur concurrence In an arnendrruenl. the measure has had routih slpdding. Kv erytime it has aiearcd on the calen dar has been occasion of a wordy de bate. The constitutionalily of it l.i the scrappinf pnlnt. And tiow tile menwtirp will ko cm the statute books, a w omsnvli'l ne apinorrted notary anxl It is up to the Hiipreme Court to say y,Hcth. r It istHiitutu.iial r not. Senator Ward yeaterday opposed the bill irf the Hcniit.e, In the very bc irinnlitt: -the Senator from I'mvcn has 1 nlven evide nce of his opposition. He cased It all on constitutional grounds Al lennth he announced his willing ness to withdraw his opposition to the bill and yesterday stated that he had even Kone so far as to lobby for the measure when It was before thr iiouae. But there was an amend ment added In that body. With this it came bak to the Senate. Henator Ward considered that the amendment queered the bill and threw his weitjlit against It. The whole fight was wag' d over tin question cif whether the term "notary public" "means an office or merely a position and a place If It is an ollice. then' the bill would aftiiiVarviReonstr luticnat on its face, since only a male citizen Is ellslbb' to onlce under the constitution. However, If It la a place thin the way Is open to the appoint ment of a woman as notary without affecting any constitutional provision?. The i amendment proposed in the Senate' directed at this, very point, setting nut. after the provisions of the bill. that the position of nutary public is "a place of trusi and profit and not an office." In the end Senator 'Ward moved that the "Senate do not concur In the House amendment." I The Senate be came a liit confused When the negative form of- th motion was put.- . This meant saying "aye'' for "no" and "no" for '"-n'." and liny w c re not used irr It. Hut when this was straightened out t-h vote came good and strong, thirteen for the motion and twenty five against. immediately Senutor Hnbgond of liuilford oflcred the mo tion lor concurrence and it was car ried ' rhlirnl Court. Senator Na.-n s bill for the estab lishment of aripHtalJ.cu.urls-wa an other long fought over jneasure that passed the Senate yesterday. AttetJ going to committee and returning to the same following a brief fight on the floor the bill came out yesterday with an urncndmtml that obviated much of Vhw opposition. The measure calls for the establish ment of, an arbitral cimrt In thass counties desiring such;; to be1 com posed of the clerk of the court, and -two others, one to be appointed by each party to the arbitration. Ths amendment called for the naming of a third party tn take the place of ths clerk-if the duties of that'ollicer are such that he cannot devote time' to the arbitration. . Senator Mcleod offered an amend ment to geV-ltobeson excepted from Lheprouubna of the bill. Sjenatyr Speight also tried lo Ret the same fot Bertie and Northhampton. Uut the Senate was agalnet amendments and enthusiastically votd them down. Now its up to the' House! 1 luiuhnM-nt of JKminoyees. To tii the minimum punishment of ha ik officers guilty of embezzlement atTen years in the Staff? prison was another-measure that brought out all the scrapping iSBHiea of the Senate yesterday Senior McMlrhael was the author of th Mil. Right man-furrjr-dine battle for his measure. Thirty minutes of ftrvld oratory he devoted to earnest harangue against what he termed. "J.he kid gloved-, biled shirt criminal." He criticised light sentences' to men guilty of embezzle meot. declaring that he had known easts in whlciVa negro 'wha sold three pints of liquor received more punish- " (Cotrtlaite.d on Pace Ten.) .7 . ''? v- . ... nr nn in i nil ',i unman f r; at .. REPLIES TO ROOT America Has The Right To Buy Ships From Anyone Who Will Sell DOCTRINE CENTUiY OLD British Cqurts Have Mantamed The Principle; Other Nations Bought American Marine During Civil War ana" United States Has Not Lost Privi lege To Do Likewise IBT lire AiMrUttd Praw l Washington. D. C, Jan. 18. Sen ate Democrats today returned the fire of Republicans who for two weeks have been assailing the government ship purchase bill. 'Senator Walsh, in an elaborate ar gument, replying to Senator Itoot's prediction that international difficul ties would result leom the measure, quoted prize court decisions. StaevDe partment records, and legal authori ties of many nations to show that the bill,) proposals were within Interna tional rights. "There may , be valid arguments against the pending bill founded upon considerations of domestic policy," de clared Senator Wash, "but there are no evils attendant upon It, so fax as our. foreign- relations'-are ewieerned. that have thus far been pointed out, even If the shipping board should con clude to test, by purchase of one or more of the belligerent vessels In our ports, the question a t-ct whether the Declaration of London has forever foreclosed us from farther maintain ing our historic altitude concerning the rights of neutrals to purchase the veHsesf of nations at jyarv" , .Klglit of Transfer Maintained. Senator Walsh tjeclared the onsy -thing Uiet rmwt be prtreed -nrioVr -Irt-tematlbnat law to free the cotton ship Dacia from danger of condemnation by a arize court was that her trans fer from tiernian to American owner ship was made In good faith. The right of marine transfer In wur time had been maintained repeatedly by Brit ish courts, he asserted, arid strenu ously supported by the I'nited Ktlft at all times. He added that irtepa tr Root- now held that It had been abandoned by this government, the Senator had been derelict In his duty when Secretarv of State In not point ing out to the country In connection with the Declaration of ljihdon that ho vital a surrender had been made "It is idle, however." he continued. 'to delude .nui-selevs lnm the notion xnu4 mr -quefi-ien one tree rmirt, doubt. It Is understood an Intimation alreedy has come to the S"tato Depart, ment from Some source that acquisi tion uf any of the Ho-called interned ships.' Would be regarded as 'appar ently unlawful ' Hut What, of It 7 Are we to liUiBiidon- our historic attitude upon this question mmply because some or all of the Warring nations may exhibit souie dlsfiosilioh to dis pute it; are we to decline to put the question to. the test merely because ef a vaxu apprehension ?" - Question Has Kefore Arisen. Henator Walsh referred to the pur chase of the steamer St. Harlainpy from It ii ssl an citizens by Huston mer chants during the Crimean war. A warning that French cruisers would seize the ship had bee n disregarded, he said, and the vessel was not mo lested, "Hut suppose sjia had heen cap tured." hev added. ""What reason .la there to suppose that such an Inci dent Would have Involved us In war with " France? If redress were not ob tainable throukh diplomatic chancels, this government doubtless would have demanded that the controversy be ar bltratecj. Before an arbitral tribunal the controverted legal question would have been fought nut and an nuthori tatlve decision of law upon the point obtained. ' " "Such undoubtedly would be the general course should the Dacla be captured." Senator Walsh cited the sale of some (ion American register ships to neutral citizens during the f'ivll War. "We lost our merchant murine be cause when we were at war other na- iions at peace with us could buy them, t Is now asserted that- by some hrll lant feat of diplomacy we are de iiivrd of the right, to buy their ships htii .ihey -are-at war.". . , The HritlKli Are Vuotcl. The Senator quoted at length from the records of British courts and ad miralty Instructions to British naval officers to show tha4 (treat. Britain always has held that a bona fide tranfer of an enemy ship to a neu tral flasc In war ,tmc was recognlr.ed! He quoted an English ruling which s4Vj - - "There have been esses of mer chant vessels driven into pftrls out of which they could not escape and there sold. In which after much dis cussion nnd some hesitation of opin ion, the validity of the purchase has been sustained. " France alone of the great commer cial notions. Senator Walsh saw, hs held dlfferonTly; but, tteo alfWude of France has been vigorously . assailed by the other powers. . . Senator WalsiV read an opinion by Attorney Oeneral - Corning, of the Ij-nited States. inlnj. maintaining the right of a tie'ViTraf' to purchase a merchant vessel during war frqm a citizen of either of the belligerents, and quoted former Secretaries of State and Supreme Oonrt decisions in ths case of the llenlto Estanger during the Spsnlsh-AmerlrSD war. to show that declaration had heen the Ameri can dcwtrine for over a' hundred years. at- is idle to assert," trie Speaker continued, "that the Declaration, of Ixindon, so contemptuously treated by the allies, can be appealed to hy them in justification of any course the may take. In the- present war. or even that It can Justly -have any persuas ive force In the ultimate determina tion of our' right to purchases the In terned ships." -After- Senator Walsh concluded, Senator Sherman continued the He publican attack on the bill. He sug gested that fhe government to In the milling business and start a sheep ranch to relieve the situation result ing from high flour and, wool prices. "Food and clothing are infinitely more important to the people than transportation over the sea,", he in sisted. ' , SKlFORD r Panama Canal Will Be Opened On-TlratCate Is Cause To Prevent- : , TAR J EELS FIRST AGAIN This Important News Is First Given Out To the Delegation; Couldn't Be Neutral in" a Real Fourth'of July Speech and Not Talk Through His Hat Second Reason (W. K. YtXVEUTON.) Washington. D. C Jan. 2. -President Wilson will be unable to make an address at Uuflford liatlle Ground on the occasion of ths unveiling of a monument of Uen. ia-.namei cjietde, July 4, as that Is the new date set for the formal opening of the I'unama Canal. The President "las another reason for not attending the celebra tion In his official capacity,, which Is doubtless sufficient, but the conflict- inf engagement Is the principal one. North Carolina First Again. The Tar Heels 'who called at the White House this morning have every reason to feel proud of their recep tion, for m. addition to the cordial greeting they received from tho Pres ident, they were treated to a piece of exclusive news Which the newspaper men have been trying to get hold of for severs I days, It had been" known that a 'change In the date of opening the canal would be necessary, but no body knew when It was lo be. The President's statement to the . Morth Carolinians was ths first inkling of the new date, Members of the Cabinet were cau tioned lo conference yesterday to say. nothing about the date for openTnii the canal and each one of them has since feH tn.tr importance of carrying a secret which the public wished very much to know. Not until this afternoon when the Washington papers came out with the story promi nently displayed did ths visaing Tar Heels know with what delicate con sideration thefhief Executive had treated them. ' - Isn't Talk Through His Hat, The President said that for him to make a (speech a the "July Tourtn oc casion In view of the present Kuiropesn conflict would not be (exactly neutral If he should really say anything lie would be forced to say something or talk through his hat. He explained that he never likes to talk through hli hat and he did not feel it would be wise to make a speeer In which he really said something) pcrtlndnl to ths celebration. 'I lie White House Visitors, Representative Stedman was spokesman for the W'hlte'House visi tors These included both the Norrh Carolina Senators, Secretary Daniels, llcoresenlatlves liltchln, tiudgtr Webb and Houghton, uf North Caro lina; and Saunders, of Virginia; A. M. Scales. It. C. Vaughn. J. I Uithani. 1,. J Hrandt, XV. M . Itldenhour, itev. Melton Clark, Paul Srhe irk and C. . Wright, of tireensboro; Presi dent K. K. tiraham and Dr. (leorge Howe, of the (diversity of North Car olina: Postmaster Ktho l.unsfers. H. -'. Itrawley and Charles C. Thomas, of Durham . Thomas W. Davis, of Wilmington. Secretary of the North Carolina liar Association, Is here attempting to se cure a prominent sneaker for the next meeting of the, association. Secretaries Come- Tonight, Secretaries Hryan an i Daniels will leave for Kalelgh tomorrow nisht 1n advance of Mr. Hryan's speech to. the North Carolina Legislature. Secretary Daniels will speak Satur day night in Winston-Salem at thctr terstate Y. M. C, A . Conveftlon. He spoke here tonight In the Interest of the local champaign for membership of the Washington Y. M. C. A. and afterwards at the National Press Club. JAMES H. JOHNSON AGAIN CONVICTED OF RETAILING WINE (ScmyU! lo Tltf Nrw and otmnvt I Fayettevllle. Jan. 2i. James Jl Johnson, former Ii!publican member of the legislature, was convicted in rexorders cJrt today of violating the iinihllillhiri' lUWH. lfl selirrTsTTeiss tTTan two gallons of wine and allowing It to be broken on his premises. He. eorder Cook suspended prayer for Judgment Johnson was convicted of the same offense in recorder's and su perior courts last year and placed un der ISO" bond by Judge lloiintree fvr good behavior. He promised to sell out and move away, from the com munity. Johnson Is a lawyer and In court to day made the point that his agree rnent, vUirh he made voluntarily, was ''an unconstitutional agreement." Johnson was required by Judge Koun tree to appear at each' criminal su perior court for twelve months and show good behavior. A capias was issued for him al January court for failing to do this Johnson cresa-ex-mnined witness himself, though he had other counsel-. Hlehmond Sten-k Yards Closet! . (nrv the frwi I . Washirigton. D. C".'. Jan. TT.-' -sir.?? yards at Hichmond. Vs., and l(uTalo. N. Y.. were close-d to: outoing ahlp nients of cattle tolay. by lh I i. ps ri me nt of Agriculture to give tiin for ilislnfectlon against foot and mouth ilisease. . tsuls AiKleprsoh AcqulinNi." 1 eSfSk lftJ U Tics. N MMl OlMIHI. I Warsaw. Jan. ?. toiils Anderson, who previously submitted to the charge of shooting .fcelth tlore at BoW len on the afternoon of tecember l, was given. a trial here before Magis trate J. H. Fonville, who discharged him with a verdict, of Justifiable kill ing. Coast Guard Itlll Hlgne-I ' (Rt th AwrWsOnkl Washington. J Jan. Jl. Preii-d'-Tit"1 Wilson toeUy signed tbo coast gnar.i bill, whb.h , com bl nits the r ter.ue rutter srevlce and the UlsaVsatf service. ' NT LIQUOR BILL beforethehquse Measure Introduced To For ever Prohibit Shipment of In- toxicants Into State BIG BATCH PETITIONS i Many Sections of State Ask For Enactment of Such a Law; Committee To Meet Secretary Bryan Saturday. Members Agricultural Board Must Be Farmers " Old John Barleycorn was swatted right and left, lore and aft in the H ecu ie yesterday morning, the time of the reading clerk being taken up for fully a half an hour reading petitions from citizens from many section of the Slate, churches, Sunday schools and other organizations asking that the- shipment of whiskey Into North Caredina be forever prohibited: Added to this was the Inlr.elpe tlon of the anti-saloon bill looking to the same nd, the banishment of Ihiuor from the State. The bill was introduced ley Mr. Grler of Iredell at the request of the North Carolina Anil-Saloon League. The full text of the bill has already ten - littHisrred In these columns. To Fmihi lr. Bryan. ' ftpeaker Wooten appointed KepT resentatlves Page of Moorr. and P.oberts' of Huncnmlee. as a committee on. the part of the llouse to meet ami escort Secretary of Slate-1 try an. to the IIiium1 chamber Sattirda'y vhv,ie nc; caslcA of his address to the tleneral Asaenibly. The Senate committee Is ompeised of Senalers IllibKooel and (iardner. f( -Klu)41fy Morucagcx . s ,. A bill by Mr. I'egriid. the same as Introduced In the Senate by Mt. Nash, will simplify the wording of mort tf.iKes by reducing the size several hundred words. Kulishtiry Hill Pnsi-cs. The bill extending the corporate limits of the city, of Salisbury passed without a hitch and now goes lo the Senate for final d lupoid tlun Must ltcn a Farawr. An amendment to the agricultural law! passed yesterday provides that the Cirfnmlsloner of Agriculture sn'l members of the State Hoard of Agri culture must be practical farmers. Curtailment of Centum. Col. Cameron's resolution providing for the curtailment of the cotton rop ,11.1 not have mutv ssllinic I hough why Is not known as there is, nothing binding about it. It being In the nature of a suggestion. The resolution failed to get a unanimous vole on the second reading and objection being niiccio to Its third reading It still remains !hecal ridar. lli-lHS-tlotl Itlll lle-Itcfenvrt. The bill lo amend the public health laws nreivlillng for Inspections of vlct e-iinniie tails, etc . caused a little tlcii rv and failed to pass Its third read ing finally lieltig referreel to the com mitted orr approprlHllons. WhJyi the bill came up on Us svcii.id read' n ci. Mr. Mayo opposed tt siyinn that he could not see where it bene fitted any one as we had theso lnspnc lions bv the State Hoard -f CbRiiler, the grand Juries etc. And In art-tltii?n to this, Mr. Mayo slated that the coun tv iihvalcian wns iiippoeed to 1 ok after these camps. Mr, Itruminltt warmly defended the bill and. said that he was satisfied after ex.imlnfna same- carefully that it was a meritorious, measure. lie -irdrMltleel Wiowevor to Mr Ioughton that it would take an appropriation tnarTy out tr provisions of the bill and this caused It to be recommitted to the appropria tions committee. Mr. Hutchison In opposing the bill said that It added additional expense to those counties which employed s whole- time he. i It h otfle er and Mr Doughton thought the time Inoppor tune ! be enacting measures tnrr Ing aeldltlosal appropriations when when thev were trying in every way to cT'ineitilic. Di'lal'Ml leport of House proceed lns folbiw; HOI'S F.-TW T f KT If DAY. Called to order by $peakT Wooten. Prayer by Ksv. A, ,) llarnes. snertn- t n d ent jjfl)lt ilejAacJlgL.ori'h'tniiKC Haieigli. ctlllns lrrwntil. Petitlens praying for Ihe enact ment of a law prohibiting th ship ment of whiskey Into NortrrCari.lina were presented from clt liens of Mecklenburg. Yane-ey. "Cnlon. Ureene. Madison. Cnrrlturk, Caswell. Hender son. Itobeson. ,t)av!dson, Montgomerv. IeC New llnnover, Itertle, Iredell, Franklin, Itandolph. Alamance Stokes. Cabarrus. Avery. Cleveland, Warren. Itowsn. Lincoln. Wake. Ca tawba. Davie and Macon counties. also from the P.eformed church of North -f'ar.ilina for the same cause. Petitions brnteetlng against the en 'rtmrni of imv Ileif1arwe at the nreseni session of the Jener.il Assem hlv wer presented from operatives of the CliffsMe Mills. Hutherford mm v- onceutlves of sundry' ccnton mill nf t'ichmond rounly; operallves of the Statesvllle Cotton Mil's. lrede.U county. O tlsens of Yadkin pre iftts'oi 4mrorm few revisions .f cliarres of leaf tobacco sales In wmrehouass. ttyrtw- e-tttsens present ed pettt nn in relation to. changing line of Fairfield school dvurte-t. Pe- Continued on Page Two.) SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM J. BRYAN WILL - SPEAK TWICE IN RAL EIGH ON SATURDAY t lea oVtcM-k he still aildrrm the Hocfial- iV-rvWe Ciwfnrwt In the CM Andltnrlnm. - Al twelve o'e-iex k he still addressv tlie ttteral .Vssstn-Mjr uf. Neat hi Carolina In ths' Halt of tlte llcsisr of Rrprerscntativers. Joni tleteit lo twerrve o'e --s-k Vsli retary Bryan will InfurmaUy wtert ttifwe Iniifed to call at U.r ofrWe of Uovernnr Craig;." WHSWIH-SEISWFOR BETTER CHILD LABOR LAW Declares He Has Witnessed Hundreds of Violas tions of Law Own THOUSANDS DIE IN SEATTERED FRAYS French Claim Germans Lost Twenty Thousand in One Line Buck THE LINES STILL HOLD There Is Now, No Doubt The Germans Are Preparing To Deliver a Tremendous Blow in The West When Weather Conditions Permit, But The Allies Are Ready 'Br ttu Awv-UiM Ptms i Ixcndoii, Jan. JH (:S0 p. m.) Although no big battles', as battles go in this war, have heen fought of late, there have been engagements in all the arenas from Astatic Turkey to the L Kngltsh Channel In Which the losses In men and material probably have been4 grenrler In the aggregate than In many of the battle of history. According to French reports,- (Jer man attacks against the allied lines In Flanders. Krsnre, and Alsace on the Oral three days of the week cost them J 0 men. to which must be added the losses suffered In repeated attacks on the KtnsHan entrench ments In Central Poland. 'sa All attacks In the West, the .Mies' announcements say, failed except near Craonne, where It Is admitted tht Vrencii lost sad men, largely be cause nf the collapse of an old quarry. The Germans, on the other hand, assert that they:-m flirted a severe de feat - on the French at Oraonne and that they repulsed all French at tacks In the Vosgea and I'pper Al sace, with heavy losses. Germans Prepare Blow. While It . Is evident these attacks snd counter-attacks post both sides heavily they made no great difference In the relative positions of the oppos ing armies They convey the intima tion, however, that the Germans by no means have given up the Idea of delivering a smashing blow at the al lied armies. With tile approach Of dry weather'and the consequent har dening of the ground they brought up new troops with the Intention of gel ting lu their blow before the full strength of the Anglo-French forces was reXdy to meet them. Thus fur they have made liltle If any,' head way, but. undismayed, are sending st taT more troops through Belgium to Ypres nnd LaBassee where, earlier In lhc winter, they attempted to break' their way through to the coast. Know ing, as they must, that the Anglo French armies have been greatly strengthened since then, they them selves must have Increased their slrtat tng power The allies, however, are confident of their ability to hold their present lines and mvve forward when all preparations are completed. In Ihe Knat Interest centers In the Carpathians, where the Auatro-Oer-mans have brought up new armies to oppose Ihe Itusstan Invasion of Hun irnrv According to announcements In Vienna, they have recaptured some of the passes the Kusslans were noiuing In strength. Kussla Awslta Itiimanla While the Kusslans do not relish giving tip any ground gained. theyJ declare this Is compensated lor oy tne fact that their " agresstveness Was compensated for by the facf thaff heir ..aggressiveness has compelled the Aus-tree-tlermans to postpone the expedl t'en they were preparing to crush Servla. Itussla hopes Itumanla. with her hnarnolal position guaranteed by the recent I.ndon loan of $15. 006. (too, soon will send her army Into the Held and form the missing link between itnssta T'd Bervia. The Turks, by bringing up their fifth rirmv corps, have resumed the offensive In the Caucasus but a Rus- siari report says thev have suffered another set-bac k,,. . Nothing further t,-en hard,of the Turkish army invsdln.T Kgypt. ' The lititlsh admiralty denied Ger man reports that some Hritlsh ships had iWen mini? In Sunday's North Sea naeal battle. The admirtrHr.ni.heres to -its fer mer tatemet t that all the British vessels emraged returned safely. Von I)T Tsnn Not Sunk, The amr elepsriment s I so denlee a storv from tPe 1'ntteu States thgt the t;r-isn cruls-r Von Iter Tann was sunk by the Hritlsh battle crotser In vincible In the Soutk Atlantic and saxs there has heen no engagement hMween these vessels. ' THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington. D. C.'. Jan. It. -SKVTK i Discussion of the administration hln bill continued. IIOI'SK: Prrs'dent Vcyjlson's veto of the tm mlrrallon biH'was recivcd. read snd referred to the Immigration eommil-tese-. Debate continued n agricultural hill. Passed agricultural appropriation bill, carrying-IS. 7(L0OO. Adjourned at 7 1 p. m.-to 11a. m. Frluay. District "Jim t row Bill. , Rr IS Aesw-Wftl lrr.l Washington. D. Vy. Jan: 2t. A Mil hy Krpreiwnta'lve Clark, of Florida, requiring DistHc-t of Columbia trans portation companies to ,,roieJe sepa rate accommodations for white and necro races, was favorably reported to the HouseTtoday by lb District Committee. With His , - i i - ... i f ' .4 Eyes COMPULSORY SCHOOL ' LAW WORKING FINE Dr. J. Y. Joyner Gives Interests ing Facts As To Educationaf , Progress of The State? Drl Clarence Poe, President pj,, -, Social Service Conference., Delivers Address; Other So? cial Problems. Discussed Thomas Mott Osborne Tp . Speak This Morning " "Ood grant that the vision JnJI . ' coma more and more to ths people. So prayed Rev. J. C. Wooten at th4 third annual session of . the North' Carolina Conference for Social 8er- oa S. T, vies which opened yesterday " after soon. , . ' f , The man, at Oat most ha es aAnsesd, somehow or other, whafk; another speaker was to say a few minutes later. t "I hare found children of and T years working In cotton mills. I have seen hundreds nf violations with my own eyes. This State stands' lower than Italy and Kussta In enforeemant of child labor laws and ths grsst , textile Industries ars ths sreataat fleedcrs to the white plague." - s 2 So snid. W. H. Swift, telling tn need of a 'better child labor law Ifs a pity every speesch made at the aftirrnoon and night seailana 01 the conference cannot be printed In detail. For to the men and women who addressed the big audiences Ood had granted a vision. Msybe they . were dreamers of dreams, too, at ohs : ' .' 0:?r'V'- ..; -JSo. , '' Jt - , ; ---' is- . - - wtner ,,; time. Hut they are soon to sea mm dreams corns true. President Poe's annual address and Judge 'Walter Clark's too-short talk on "Needed Industrial legislation In, Notttr Carolina." were the principal ,, events nf the night session. That 1st ' unless you except a splendid musical program given under the direction IrofVs8or Albert Mlldenberg. Judge Clark endorsed the principal v expressed In the Workman's Com pea- satlon Act designed to. render Justice; to those who create the wealth of thw world. For as Judge Clark said: "The men who crests he Wealth of - the world do not have It." He also :' characterised a poll tax as aa Inequity. That splendid . jMirnun of musfo - added no llttlw""to ths tnJoyment C the night's Dlrasures. Miss Mildred MclnWre rendered most rffedmelet Greigia Peer Oynt Suye. The- Meredith ycolleg choir, accompanied by Professor Albert Milder berg, was heard to etcelleat advantage in two of Professor MlldeB- nerTi" compositions. ThenfTrst was "Carmena," the second a "Cradles Song." snd It would be difficult to say which was the more enjoyable. Miss KatherinB, Campbell's soprano solo Pragg's "Angel Serenade" was very sweetly sung, and the violia . obligate by Miss Mary Ferrall was n.. lees keenly appreciated. After the adjournment sn Informal . reception "was . held In the 'Sunday school room of the church. Today's program Is considered as ;., of principal Importance. The Ifon. Thomas Mott Osborne of New York will address the conference on "Mak Ing J'riaons Reform as well as Punlh." Mr. Orberne has been men tioned as a candidate for Governor of t New York, he Is a mlHIonaire. an able - ' Prator.land is In tbik work because ha. , knows It Is" right. Mr. Osborne . will' -be heard at 3 SO this morning at ths First Itaptist e hurch. " " ' . flther important addresses will He glven'during the day. Child IuIkjT will he discussed, the crusade against tuberculosis, and other subjects as important. i;--. The afternoon session will convene at S'.tov o'clock. The night session at -7 45 when Mrs. Cora Wihjon Htewart -witl mafce the principal address. Tt day's program In full appears belesr. . The. first sessln of the three-day corfference was held' in the Sunday school room of the First KapttasW chrirch. A ,good-stsed audlenea waa present. i I AflernedoBj Hesseon. . IPresident Clarence Poe " presided. -Itev. iJ. -C, : Wooten, pastor Kdenton M. K. xhurcn prayeo ror a greater vision for the people. "That we may ; mae living more destrable. . - ' "A tturvey if the Ileld" foTlowed.-. F1ve-,minHte reports tin subjects jxer tainlng That would ',msks life mora "' worth living" were given, and they-' were fine. . ' . '""' "The iTohlem f Tenancy" , was discu-sd by RfV. Iteasley. chatrmaa of Committee' on Poverty, Monroe,- tCoatlnusd ; if Tknav) V -v
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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