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il he News OoseirveF. WEATHER '1- M ft EECTI03 C32 PAG 113 1 to 8 Fur and ewlder Friday. 8t rday fair with rising teaper tart. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS VOL.CIX. NO. 10. SPENCER RAILROAD INYANTU.S.TO KEEP RAILROADS Brotherhood of Railway Coiv ductors Send Petition Simmons and Ove: PUTS IN BILL TO SMITHFIELD To rman GIVE CORPORATIOH TAX TE AGREED UPON Senate and House Conferees V An Dauanna Rill fnmr.nc.ll VII UVIbllUU Will WVMipwv . Differences CANNON Wilmington Delegation in Washington in Behalf of $500,000 Appropriation For Building Houses at That Pnrt- John Snront Hill - . Makes Speech OPERATIONS 1M RUSSIA DISCUSSED Number of Senators Partici pate in Vigorous De - bate On Subject m nrnM-iiT rriD 101O. . AIDII M UlTPUmrif U rtnocni run iJisiff.!"""!! mi umuuuh a nrnnriiT nrnri' iirTirirf lllTTDwruTlftM IU rtnwtnl ntntP jr JUJ.ir mitnitniiwn Individual Income Tr Eevised; Those W V.n j0 Must Fila Declares Allied Operations Friendly To People But Against Bolshevists V . mA fl.aaa.rver Bureao', 4M District N-.tiiM.el Bank Bids. Br wiiKn- Rv SDeclnl Leaeed Wir.) Wellington, Jan. i.-Tbe Spencer or- nitntioa of Wr -""J .;,ioned Senators r immons anil Over . the North Carolina Congress men in favor of government ownership of railroads. The memorial not only specifies the tcttions of the fraternal order in, going oa record for the in novation, but requests a reply from the ..;,.l ,l,.lrntion. stating that the subject vitaUy rceTjJ J5j- fr nf tll Rtnt. " " Railway raea have prospered an never before under government control, sug k. jts the resolution. The "long haul under private ownership has spelled waste- the practice of manipulating and juggling stock of small roads has obtained under private control o runs the petition. The conductors re fer to tho "flhle management ' of Direc tor General of Railroads W. G. MeAdoo, and indicate that his square dealings have obviated serious labor contro- . versies, v The resolutions are signed by r. ft. .....i.i;i. Ketehie and W. A. Boone, and bears a Salisbury did. - The full text of the resolutions follow: ii tk. remilar meeting of RrJnr I-ndire. No. 205. O. B.. C. of A., 1910. it was unanimous ly voted that the 550 members of this local go.on record ssVavoring the gov ernment ownership of railroads. It was further resolved that we writ to Senators and Congressmen nrging them to do all in their power to at tain this end. A 'few1 of the reasons which m ' fluoneed us in the above nctiou are out lined below. Railroad Mea Have Prospered. The prosperity Of a community if limited to the prosperity of the in Aiviitnsht wrto-eompose ilv- Vout -district is composed largely of railroad men, who haTe -Tirospered ras-never- before under government control 01 mo tbii- - roads. i'iJ-.j "A uuiied system of operation tend 1a ..,,i,mc and efficiency. Two or Washington, Jan, 9.-Corporationi will pay income taxes of 18 per cent ottiMrJlll ..faiaings' anqjen instead of 8 per cent thereafter, under agree ments reached late today by Senate and House conferees on the war revenue bill. v The conferees adopted the 12 per cent rate for 1919 collection, as proposed in the bill as it passed the Senate, the House managers agreeiug to elimination of the House provision levying an ad ditional six per cent on undisturbed dividends of corporations.! a reiaving the corporation income tat affecting en ruin its of 1919 and Tmbsequent years, which the Senate had fixed at 8 per cent, the Senate and House managers reaenea compromise making the rate 10 per cent. It ! estimated that under the new nloi tha' cnrnoratioil tax will yield about 1750,000,000 this year and )u,- 000,000 annually" thereafter. Deductions, Tha conferees also adopted, substan tially tho Senate provisions allowing deductions, in calculating corporations income taxes of dividends received irom .it.... ..nn.fli,ia Thev also annroved oil... v" i"" 1 . . the Senate provisions exempting so ailed personal service corporations rom th corporation tax rate, but mtrted an amendment to deny sue. exemptions to these corporations where 50 per cent or more of iueonio- is derived ftom profits or commiesiuuB m;; bmm.nt contracts. ' Tha Sf.nate rlai Of proV4(lmg lor nnvmont of income taxes in four in. etallments instead of three as proposed by the House bill also was -approved. Takes in-i,vw viaaa. ' Tn revising the individual income tax win. tha conferees aaopiea me House provision requiring individuals with net income of 1,000 or more to He returns. SPARIACUS RIOTS C01IIUE10 GROW Outbreaks at Dresden, tssen, Brunswick, Dortinund and Elsewhere REBELS At BERLIN FORM ANOTHER "GOVERNMENT Ebert Goyernment Eeports Ar- rival of Reinforcement of "Loyal" Troops IB Um AnoclalMi PrM.) 'WashinKton. Jan. . Operation of American troops in Russia waa defend ed and criticised today in the Senate half a dozen Senators participating in a vigorous debate which continued wv eral hours. Senator Hitchcock of Ne braska, chairman of the Foreign Re lations Committee, opened the discus sion by delivering a prepared speech in reply to recent addresses of , ben ators Johnson of California and l-a Follette of Wisconsin, Republicans, who had aharnly criticised retention of American soldiers on Rusisan soil. Sen ators Johnson, Borah of Idaho and France of Maryland, Republicans, re plied to Mr. HikhcocK and Senators, Swanson of Virginia and King of .Utah, Democrats, defended the administra tion's course. Hitchcock's Statement. Chairman Hitchcock justified inter vention in Russia, .denounced the Bl sheviki government as pro-German and declared that the expeditions in both northern Russia and Siberia were pure ly defensive and entirely friendly to tho loyal Russian people. Reports of fighting by American forces in Russia have been '"grossly ex aggerated," Senator Hitchcock declared, as only 11'fl Americans have been killed since the landing at Archangel. From Vladivostok to the Ural Mountains, he said, there has been no fighting for months and the inter-allied forces nave been received abv the Russian people with "open arms." 1 Borah Opposes. Senator Jlorah in reply oppoeedriu tervention with Russian interoSl af fairs. EBERT GOVERSMKXT CLAIMS IPPEB HAND. Copeahafea, Jan. Grnent troop nave miswe all the pablic naildinga in Berlin, and tkanaanas f tvreraaicat tr are still en terlng the capital. Th Berlin rirreapooscat af the BerUack Tidenda, wh send Ikia infernali, deeUres that the Spar Ucan kave been beaten and that aiet was partly reanered today. PEACE CONFERENCES SHOW EVIDENCE OF FAST GROWING DRIVING POWER AT PARIS (Br the Aanwarterl. Prww-l Copenhagen. Jan. berious 8par- tacus riota are g"Bg on at Dresden, Brunswick. Jueldorf, .Jsen and Dortmund, according; to the Munich correspondent of the Politiken. . Sev eral towns in the Ruhr district are in ths hands of the Spartacans. Allies Threaten Turks With Destruction of Dardanelle Forts; German Compliance With the Terms of Armistice Also Too Slow (Br the AaaoriaUd 1'rtM.I LewSMI, .-Tha haw noUfted Turkey that anleas the Turkish tore at Madras U? down Ha ajma InratdUtflv the forte at the Dardanelles will be d usrsd. The Tnrk have ahown an unwlllina aa to urrrnarr in scrordaap with tk araakHW urmt. but all th aarrwMM -n-pt that at Medina, which is th laraaat ra Arabia, laid down their arm throuah pesMfal pemiaskin. Pakkrt 1'a.Ka, the eommander at ale dina,' offend on eaeass after another until tbe allM wee forced send an ulti aMtua to the Turkiah tovsrnaMnt. tendon. Jan. Germanr ha. fallen behind in the last most in turrint over aterial wnmlred tre ierm m horUce 'of S5 heanr runa, t.SW mafhlns. inn. 1.IXM I rear M nonara, evo 'rpinuw. 4.7X eiwtnea. ." movur roii". -- 13S.0O0 railroad ear.. French Peace Delatea. Parle, Jan. . I Haves l OlflrW art iHxinrement waa ma4e today that the coun cil af mini. ten had approved the nomi nation ,as the French rrrntativa In the prse eonareaa of th following:, (eonr Ckwienceatt, tite Premier. ritophen Pkhon, r'orelim Minktter. Ixraia liucien Klnti. Kinj..c M inieter. Julea Caaibon, Former Aaibsasador to Berlin. Andre Tardieu. French ItiVh Commis sioner to th l'nlt"d Butsa. The technical repreaentativ will in dual Marshal Koch, for military matters, and l.snn Bounrcois, for th subject ef th Society of Nation. CMditisn f rsrawe Kaiwr. Ameronven, Tuesday, Jsn. 7. William Hohenanltern was able to walk about in th aarden at AmeroMnm Castl today tor the Ant time in several weeks. Hi health is. reported to b almost normal a. in. - - The BeereUry to th Premier of Holland vbuted th former German Knnror today. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FRENCH DELEGATES Personnel Recognized As Ex ceptionally Strong, Headed . By Clemenceau APPOINTMENT CAMBON GRATIFIES AMERICANS He Served Lou? As Ambaasa , dor of The French Nation at Washington Ferns New "tavern meat." Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 9. Tele- rrapbie reports from Berlin today state that tbe rebela there have formed a new Eoverament under the title of "The Revolutionary Committee." This com mittee comprises three members, llerr IRELAND'S III . FEIN CONSTITUTION T'iast0 Ireland Has Never Relin quished its uaim io , the Spartacaa league. Ihe Spartarans thus appear still to r working with the socialists of the left, or Independenta. - (The dispatch would also seem to in dicate the possibility that the new gov eminent art up is a rivai one to tbe Nationhood more competitive systems 'serving the am territory do so to the detriment of Ihe territory where there is but one viivm and no competition. ! 'The 'long hnul,' as practiced under private ownership, is a waste of time ivian-nower hnd rolling stock. f!nvernm'nt ownership would abolish tho pernicious practice of .manipulating - and juggling -stock of smaller roads to the financial-loss of the stockholders. "Under-trovernment ownership 'the investor would be guaranteed a reason- "' al.l and ' safe return on . his invest meat; it would insure money to finnnce improvements and to extend lines to sections where they are sorely needed. It would. remove the element of doubt which is invariably connected with new prrrjeeta. . fcpnjdejL-the able management of the ITon. William O. McAdoo a system has been evolved where, by dealing with the, representatives of the employes, a spirit of mutusr lair aeamiK established which has operated to im advantage of both parties. There lm been no serions labor controversies tin dec aovernment control of . tho rail roads. .. - - "Tho Sbove are a few of the reasons - mlur we favor novemment ownership of the railroads. , ''You, as our representative, are earn estly requested to work for the success of this measure. ' Kindly advise us your position on this question, as It vitally concerns the welfare of this district." Would Give SmJthfield Cannon., 1 Bnpresentative E..W. Pou introduced a bill in the House of Representative today authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to Smlthfield one German cannon or field piece as eaptured by the , American army. The trophy would adorn a conspicuous place in the chief town of Johnston' country nrt would constantly emphasise America's contri bution to Germany's conquest. The scramble for seized German am-' munition is as intense as ft brood-- of chicken after scattering grains of corn. t Congress may have to enact legislation authorizing ah equitable distribution of German gun and cannons. Henderson, Rocky .Mount, Asheville and numerous other far Heel towns Jiave already lip pliftt for the coveted property. V As many as five bills have been intro duced In the House of Representatives within a single day requesting German trophies for various sections of the ' United State. These' five. 'bills asked for thirty-one guns. It has been figured out at this rate that the 1,400 captured Hun guns liow on the way to America would be distributed before tho end of Ihis sessipn of Congress. Practieally every day since the sign ",ng of the armistice, a new batch of hills have been introduced in Congress directing the Secretary of War to de liver to cities, tqwnsnd communities i from one to twenty-five guns. Want Hoasing Appropriation. The Wilmington delegation, composed of Col. Walker Taylor, James H. Cowan FOR ADJUSTMENT OF INFORMAL sC0NTHAU 1 5 Bill To Validate Them Passed By House; Big Sums Are Involved Waahinaion. Jun. 9. Validation and Informal war contracts involving m xi)enditure of jnore tharf,7i"i,msi,i"J T. iTTTCi. -i i.:ll MMt 1v tha IS amiiorizeu- i',y i. -v House ,late today by a vote or su to ,w. Approzimately 6,600 contracts in tins countrv and a large number in Kng lnnd, France and Italy would be affect ed; ' ' - ' A similar bill, also placing adjust ment iu the liaucts 01 we cem-iarv ui War was anuroved today by the 8-nate M.litnry Committee which reversed its previous action in voting lor tne crea tion of a special commission on adjust ment. - Opponents of the bill passed by the Home favored adjustment of too con tract1! by a. congressional committee w;th the Attorney General and the Sec retary' o'f War and they sought to nmend the . meamiro to meet their views, but the amendment was 'voted down. Kbert-M-heidemanB government and has Without criticisine tbe faending not in fact displaced it, as today a ad- of troops to Russia Senator Borah said vices through Paris .report.) , retention of American forces theto now I - , "" ia in.tifip.l nnlv in holding military I "Learar K4feciaU. stores from the Germans or in ealtyUg Basel,' Jan.' .Tro.ips loyal to the out the ecneral purposes of tliwar l (.bert government nave arrived in Her- against Germany. t I tin from Potadam and driven the Bpaf- Heuator Borah said Bussia should be I tacana as tar as tbe Ticgartm and re- permitted to work out her ows govern-1 occupied the printing works, ce.ord- lueutal affair and he joinedytli n-b-i uig to tho f raafort soiuag. - ator Johnson m demanding an otnciai I , . . . . t..., nt h. inn Fein statement from the administration re- ' Amsterdam, JM. 9.-fitrert fighti. 1'" ,? 11 IsWwi h la Ro.l.a alt. lha r.ut.l ,lu. . .. IRISH CONGRESS IN NEAR FUTURE PROBABLE What Preamble To New Docu ment Reveals; Wants Z' Recognition London, Jan. P.- Th first publics tUn nf what nurDortS 10 PS a osna Fein eosstilutioa fot Ireland, was nsads today by tin.' Globe. This has a par- ACTIVITIES OF U. S. DELEGATION TAKING OVER OT " CERXAX TOKXACX. London. Jan. . Tho fjaltew States, Great Britain aad tUlf kayo srrced lasn a plan far taking owsr German paasenxer tojtnasjo. The plan will be laid Wf tho Ger man and Allied armtotk cmaaj. sions aett Mwnday. franco ks n4 included In the plan, as aho awt th balk of the Aoatrisa swaawaccr wsw- wage and Is willing that tho other three bid for tho Gorsaan ahlpoin. Comoletina Projects To Be Presented To The Full Peace Conference LANSING AND HOUSE CONFER WITH CECIL British and American Compared As To League of Nations . mrdinir its nlans and nurooses in Bus-1 In Berlin attained the greutctj inten tia. Iiity between .11 o'clock Tuesdiy night Rwanaon Defends Administration. I and 3 o clock Wednesday morning, se Honator Snunson, in defending the cording to a Berlin telegram to Die administration's course, cited Presi-1 mnkfort JVactirichten. lleafy srtil- dent Wilson's statement in his four- lery Bring continued uninterruptedly teen peace -principles and declarations The wisfmteh -way- the troyernment is in tue srmisnce terms imposeu on ..-.-. . , ,,,,,. ,t v...,,. Amerna is I large ikhiics ot troops,, particularly ; " " ,y-L nl' proposal to hold an Irish congress m the near future. The preamble of the constitution runs as follows: , "Whereas, the people or treiano never have relinquished their claim to ( separate - nationhood, ; and (By th AMoetated Frsa.) Psris, Jan. 8.--Whil6 awaiting tbe arrival of the entente premiers and other officials who are reeesMary to en sure a full meeting of tho stipreme peace council the American delegates are making every effort to comt'lete he projects they eipect to submit or i powers of the world. Claims Independence. "Whereas, the provisional govern. to discuss liefore the pence conference litsolf. Today, attention was chiefly riven tn the imwirtant subject of ICHgtiK rtf -nirrimis. many as assurances that friendly to the Kunsian people and that (Contiaaod on Page Two.) REE BITES RAILROAD BOARD REMOVES ALL RESTRICTIONS Russian territorial and political integ rity and independence' are assured. The administration's policy was at tacked by tScnator Franco as "suspici ously secretive." Tho Maryland 8ena- tor alao contended that Russia was neutral when her soil waa "invaded" bv the allied and American troops, and declared that that "invasion." like the (iornmn invasion of Belgium, !' most unexpluinalile and inexcusable. Assinat Bolshevism. Senator Nelwui, of Minnesota, Re publican, asserted that Bolshevism is losing ground gradually, while tivnaior Kinir- expressed . regret that greater viimr had not been exercised by Amcr ica and the allies for the purpose of STATC COMMISSIONS 'wn inir in tire Hoisiicviai ui" ""- eruiia madmen. . a '. '- Before tho Senate adjourned, Senator Thomas. Democrat of Colorado, an noum-,l that he would discuss tne Rus sian situation when tho rJenate recon venes next Monday. Kz tracts From Hitchcock a Speech. Heiintor Hitchcock prepared his ad- Iresa after consulting Acting Henetnry AT ERR On Importation of Corn and Rice? Favorable To Rice Exportation w.l,inrton. Jan. 9. All restrictions on the' importation of corn and rice were removedNoday by the War Trade Board. . ' , ' At the same time the poara an ,,nnnd that it would consider favor eni .nnlicntions for the export of rice and for licenses for the shipment of jute and jute products except yarns and nitrate bags to-aHHtrttinations. Argentina is the rthtet L foundry ar feated bv the removal of tliieTmbargO on importation of corn. lrge stores of corn are held' in that country for cvnort. It' was said. Action bv. the-War 'Trade Board in removing the embargo on corn followed renonted . statements by Edgar Rickard and other Food Administration officials t,oday that no recommendations to re move tha embarsn on Argentine corn had been made. J. J. Htream, 'chief of the coarse grain division of the. Food Administration, had stated at Chicago tfiat such a recommendation h80 been made and later remvrated his state ment when his attention was called to the denial by the. Food Administra tion. Hharp dedipes in the prices of corn on the Chicago' Board of Trade followed. ' . . - I3D STATE RATIFIES THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT (Coatlasod on Psg Two.) ' 1 Ttv the Associated PrwMl.l Charleston, W. Va.Jan. .-The West Virginia Legislature today completed its ratification of the releml prohibition amendment, being the twenty thir Mate to take this action. The measure, adopted by the Senate yesterday, wan passed unanimously by the House today. and continuing tha ficbt made, .by prc vious eeiierstions, reasserted ! the in- sliensbln Tight of the Irish nation to sovereign mdependrticn and re-nf- firnied the determination of the trim people to achieve it, find A "KeunlteO looniry. "Wherens. the iiroelnmution of an Irish .republic at Easter, J916, and the supreme courage and the glorious sac rifice of tho men wtto gtive meir uvea to maintain -if have reunited the peo- Congress Now Has Before It pie f inland uuder the fi,iB,of,the 3 Separate Plans For Deal ing With Railroads YET TO PRESENT VIEWS Senators Advance Objections To New Cabinet Official Suggestion I Br the Associated Press.! rrHZnZM Mer Washington. Jan. .-Three w.dl de pose the wilt'of the Br.f-h parljnmc & ol tSTuSSPU fln.t proposals for-.eolation -dealing and the ;.Xr Vladivoatok. Murmansk and Archangt w.ht rajlroad. now are before Congres tovernment to legislate for Ireland. -.,i hv tlw annremo war cous- Railroad executives today presented. Will l ao ivory .mosm. , v' "pr"poMiA .!?e??i.t..7I"l to the fSenate interatate commerce com- It also saya that the orga.iir.aLo, cu to prevonv ", . ...-.-. h;.-i. .rf... .;n s.k. s t anv and every means "if St wnHone un 'eosoro tiP operation, under regu- available a render impotent the power guarantee of adequate earnings, rates 1 The purported constitution declares to be proposed, by the roads and sub-(that a constituent assembly shall be ua tn review liv thia aecrelarw nf trans. I .nn,.nl,,l tti formulate meunilfi'S '' porta tton and interstate commerce com- the welfare of the people. mission, and with the cabinet oflicerj ii.iii suthorisM to sapervise pooling of RFPUBL CAN NA i IUNAL Irish republic, we, the delegate repre-f sen t:i fives of the Irish, in congress as letnbled, deelarft the following to bo the constitution of the Minn Fein." Recognition. The article, then sets .forth the Hihn Fein aims' Ut securing interniilionni reenirnition of Ireland- a an milepena- ent rrpuhtie and dwlnres that having achieved that stutim, the Inh people by a referendum may " freely ctiof.e their own form or government. " save that the Kinn rem organisation shtill "in tho'nanie of the Hovercign frish oeonle deny tho right ami op pe the wilt'of the Britiih parbnment Russia. We and the allies seued these I hiirhlv imoortant strateitie points with handful of soldier as an important tffset fo German operations tu Ku-sia. Regarding the American operations. Senator Hitchcock gave the following details, in specific reply' to rnator Johnson's recent request for informs tion : "We sent about 10.000 men to Vladi- vosto)ran4 about 5,tM)0 to Archsngfl and I eunties. Murmansk. TJiose landing at laxlivos tok are for-4he m"t-p:irt Still there or in that neigliborhood. Those landing at Archangel and .Murmansk, have pene- tiated a short distance inland as measure of protection for their liases. ' In all cases, .the occupation or these ec;oipment, eommon use of tCTtninals, mil'MITTFP MFFTfv TODAY re-routine of traffic, mergers, construe-1 vvin" i - " tion of new lines aad issusnce of se- ChUago, Jan. .!). Col. i matt Roosevelt's Previously the interstate eommcrce dath hnsast-Kloom ovt the nice n.8 .. .. .. .1,,- t i. X'iiionil f onimittee rcwINNlM wwgirsotew policy l I ium- swinsuHk'i. . ...I.. hefiitlpd for Tomorrow, ion r I . ;ii. r.,i,nt rcsolut ons on the governmeni rcguiawnn. i mu - - i; T;r.for General McAdoo had a,io- death of Col. Roosevelt at US niee.ing .n;ati,w f mrmmmnl eon. elect national eonimitUeinen in Severn trol for five years, and a an alternative I Hates where vacancies exist, - 1 . .. . . . , . . I . . i Mliiwin ionil Busaian ports was made m a wr mcas- r., -'''t;"' and listen to .ddres.es by .... ,1... aiiit.ni.. war pntiiteii I rcutrii, inaaimi". I - iia.ia ot tima -when our war with I Some t.et to Be tlearo. Germany' -was at its height." Klupper an.i repreaentat ves oi Mate The American and allied operations at rjiiiroau rommimons ara ! Fn- Vladivostok saved stores worth million, tcipai groups n,r n jn ,, -f j..ii.. r. i:.,m.t. mniui-. l.ni senteil their views, to the Senate com OI n.niu.r- 4w" , ...... .an ...ft tia,e tn snve those at Arrhanvel. I mittrwV. k..i. ttttehen-k told the Senate. He Among tne .onjeciions ripre-wii i.y Senators toiay io minnus nian, outlined bv T. HcWilt tuyler, clmir n-sn of the Association of Railway Kx ccutivco was that government supervis ion were vested principally in a secre tarv of transportation polities might play a large part in railway policies, and there mi.ht bo no constant policy, VI.-.. ... n. H,. r r. .fA hv fnn,1nr nC MaSttAchllRettS. AuuiBoiviTr KDIUID7 i-a sn.1 ftmiih nf Rnotl I n. inn i-furi most f reoiicn t ly men r..i:. I nnerl in the ffOir were mi au. on Hasel. Switxerland. Jsn. 9. (Hav&s.) Obiectioaa to K. K. r Ian. the alleged extra..... ... ....... -An. attempt has been msde at Prague Another objection wss mat w tne iien.orn.iic ... .. ,-...- .., io assassinate lr. Karl Kramarx. the railroads are guaranteed by law an ade- declaration ngmnit Ilolshevism nnd h Cxecho-Wovak Premier. K.ifht revoUer Unite return, they should not also Have cinlistic doctrines, ineiuiling govcrnmer, .i... .. . m. i. ' ' --.,.hin ftr oneratiou of the railroad; however, took effect. I (ConUnnew o. Page Two) land other public utilities. also said the Murms.ii coast and tar-1 bor were seiied whfen it was" learned the Germans had 30,0f'i9 men bended fori that district, with plans to establish a! submarine base at Murmansk. Arch- Bngel, too, waa held,"he Riid, to prevent in becoming a German base. Fl'TILE ATTEMPT TO I decide iver the national committeeship lf!...., Itsi-km.in OT nnmi iio..... Governor Ml-Keivie of Nebraska n Uiirnmiist of Minnesota.! a t H,e..i,.i lie electiHi comininec ... ......... . . r,.r Maine: II. r. M'nii lor rn i, ....... f It K .'inn lor irifinm nn. p. van for W.voming, I'aHv leaders in informnl ronierrixc loniol.l iliiieoowd Iivob.ih'e rre .leiitin ! .an.li.ltifes and issues. Among the nam Sn the iros-.H) were: lien, i er akinB (icn. Wood. Senator Ixiilfro, Sen ator Cummins? S-nator Knnx. William H.'T.ft, former trovernor vthumnn o v". v.,1, former Senator Week (Br th Watel Press.) Paris, Jan. . AnnowBcemcat of tho Preach delegation to tjie peace enn-. gri-ss in addition to bringing a distin guished array of Trench statesmen Into -the arena of tho pear, congress, has be gun to give detinitcneaa to the delegi. tions ot the great powers, of which the American delegation had been by itself np to .the present time. It is exoerted PlaMtthe British, IUlian and Japanese dele gations now will bo an a on seed officially. U By S Leodla Pewon. The leading figures.- like Pirmr Uoyd George, and Foreign Sccretanr rumour lor ureal britajn. Premier Or. lnndo aad Foreign Minister tkwnino for Italy, aad Viscount Chinda and Anbsa- sador Matnul for Janu, already aro known, although not officially appointed, but the designation of a (nil list will bring into being tho real directing force of the congress, consisting of twenty five members representing fvo great Secretary laansinit and Colonel House were closeted for some time with Iord IlobsrCecnrnnrTrelieTeit" Trffim- panson was being made or tne p nns duct of affair. r It will be this supremo conneil of tho great powers whuh wiU guide and ahapo. ifl;.w,rauot na.j rcsalts of the en tire rnngrees and, while all the other powers will later have a full hearinr and a voice, it will be the a-reat powers which ill initiate Had direct the reneral rom. nrenared scnarately by the American nnd Hritish specialists on tliissub ject. The Americons have virliially completed their projects although they are not ready to dim-lose any of its de tails. . ' Complete Agreement Probable Strong French IVlentiaa. The personnel of the French d.Tera- tion is recogniaed as exceptionally strong, combining the political, diplo matic, financial, economic and military sagacity of Fronee. The anr-.intn.cnt of Jules CamKnn'ia n.r.L.L.u It may .be said, howwer, that with fyB to tB American delegate, owing n general ideas of both ihe P.fittnh to his intimate knowledge of aad smi th! nnd the French in their possesion, confidence is eiproNsed Hint a complete airreeuient may be exiiecied on a I'laii that Will embody pKu.Hcn.W-v '..'l.ing means and regulation of reliiuoiiH be tween nation that will reduce to a minimum the chances of future ars . Other Sublecls. Another sullied which is r.'H'Vin,: ut - teutioti aa-. demanding immediate ae tion on tbe pari, of the entente allit-f and the United States is the re victualizinil of Poland- and Finland mid also those parts of Crechn-Slnviik and .Iiign-Hlavia which can be reaetn-.l nnlv thrnui'li Ihn territory of' the em- Ira! imwer. Kxnerts have nrriyed in I'nris, miv ig summoned from Sweden tinil other Donion's of .Hr.ndinavia, wno .rc..i milinr Wills conditions in Poland and Finland. They report Iho situation, very srrious. ' - - : -' WIRES OPENED IN THE RHINELAND COUNTRY With Ihe American Army of Oocupa tion. .Tnn. R. fllv the Associated Prens - . . . i - - . - Further facilities for the comim oi gati0ns are appointed. pathy with American affairs resnltint from his long service as French Ambas sailirtr hi Washington. M. t'anilioa. with . loreivn Uini.a. Pichnn. will represent tho dinlnmatLe slrength of the delegation.. Urnis Klotx, iwaioes imr minister of finance, I reeopinwd ns the financial leader of the Fremh pariianient. Captain Tar dieu furnishes the eenao'mie aothorirv. r renrlt rrotoeol Rabmitt-!. A French protocol, pronoam the e- n-t procedure of the congress, was sub- muted to -ttle-'AmerH-an. oVIemea at about the samo time that the French lelegntes were mimed. It is now Viir studied and H is noted by the Arrr- ican delegates that a namtker of their snggentions have taken form to tho Irench program. Tho protocol deals with the oriraniition o the congress, the rerpsentatkn. of tho great and (imall iKiivers, aad the general order of procedure. It will net becosoo ef fective until passed upon by President Wilson and the Premiers "of Franes. Great Britain and Italy, wiie eonitituto . sort of executive council which later will grow into a snmeme rooncil of the Brest po.rets when the fnll del. ordinary business were given to the in habitnnls of the Ilhiheland today when W telenlione line nere niiened between Coblenz and tV.e interior of llnrmianv Communication ..across the line, both bv telegraph and mail, .bad been permitcd under, the slric lest ipn- aorship by the Amcriraua. . - Permission To use the telephone will lm limited to business eoiivcrsiitioiis. It that American pffleiuls would be "listen in a in" with instructions ttr break com moniiMiiioiia at the slicrhtest indientrb of iriiormier use of the lines. The ar kes possil.le easy com . .. .. . ... ..... . rtiiinieiii inn with Herlin. Ill- offering to the public' privileges the Anieni-aiis are ncr ini in iierordnnee with-their l'"J.,i'.v of. , in i.oaHihle. not interfering with the ordinary nffairs of the people Neither the tre nor. the public .iw.tiip.il e a tei.Tleni'V to take uilvnntage nf Ihe comparatively loose rein by which they are held. Sulfragettea Sentenced, lit the A(.cia.i l'rw.) Washington. Jan. 0.- Mrs. Tncan P.iv,ett, .of Hartford, Conn., and M.ks Matilda Young, of WashinKton, were sentenced tn five davs imprisonment to day for participating in Woman's Party watch fire burning in front of the White House; Eleven women now are serving nhnrt sentences and, according to the rartv- heBdoiiartern, all are on hunger trikf . . Cosfrrrnrra Tharaalav. The conferences tcdiiy showed a grow-, irg driving power, la addition to tha conference. President Wilson had wit Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino and l hers. Premier Clemen ceau spent tom time at the fceadnosTw ti-.ra and wa ::i ullowe.1 tbero later by Premier Venizelos of Greece. Premier Vcnirlj has Uresenled a wr.rtoa aaa. was i0ven with the understanding orandum of (.reek aspiration and is -supplementing it with vigorous persons! presentations . . At the same time (Secretary Insinp. Colonel Hoe and Ird Robert Cecil continued their conferences on the sub ject of a league of nations. The con ferences are said to be rapidly giving precise form to the project. . i While thel delay jn the arrival is Paris of PrJemier ijoyd George may postpone the gnthering . of President Wilson and the entente preii)ier and tho opening session of the inter-allied con ference, the "-conferences going en, and the appointment of a delegation t v one of the prejjt powers are giving tho peace congress the peet of an ae live organiratioii. CECIL URGES LEAGUE OF . NATIONSjASJIRST STEP Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 8. (By Th Associated Press.) - Robert Cecil, wh (.Continnrd Pago Tww.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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