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QUESTION OF
CLAIMS HOST ATTENTION
Meeting of Supreme War
Council Only Formal Gath
ering of Peace Delegates
RUSSIAN SITUATION WAS
DISCUSSED AT LENGTH
Indications Are That It Will Be
One of The First Questions
Taken Up By The Peace
Conference Which Begins
Saturday; American -and
British Delegates Favor Pub
licity As Far As Proper;
French, Italian and Jap Rep
resentatives Would Observe
Greater Secrecy; Statement
, By Secretary Lansing On
Subject
(Br the AaaockUd Frew.) .
Pari, Jan. 16. The meeting of the
fupreme War Council at the foreign
i ffice , this morning, occupying two
1 ours, was the only formal gathering of
h peage delegates today. As summed
n. in the oXidal eora.nunique the Rus
sian situation and tbo conference'" re
lations with tho rn-M were the only
subjects treated.
After the meeting President Wilson,
Premier Lbyd George, Secretary latm
r tvi, Fftmninpd for Rome
aiug uu -' -
time in the snte-thaniber of M. Pichon'l
office iu earnest conversation. ;
The discussion of the Russian sit
natlton appears to have been confined,
to. agreement to exchange available in
formation, although the determination
to have a joint cxaml.intion of the sub
ject as stated in the official communique
indicates that the Russian sitoation will
be one of the subjects to be taken under
the earliest consideration.
I There were present tor France, Pre
mier Clemenceatt and Foreign Minister
Pichou; for the V. ited States, Presi
dsnt Wilson and Secretary Lansing;
for Creat Dritain, Premier Uoyd George
purl Foreign Secretary Balfour; for
Iinh, Foreign Minister ttonnino, and
for Jnpan, Viscount Chinda and jsaron
Mrt-.ni. . . "
Viftorio Orlando, the Italian premier,
was Ui only. s-J scn'ce. lie ia still de
tained In Borne.
President Wilson arrive 1 at t!:e meet
ing place accompanied by Mrs. Wilaon
and her secretary, Miss Benham.
The Impression prevailed today that
following protests that have arisen
sgnii.ft the' decision of the council re
ri. tir.ir all tlie news of it scesionslo
formal communique", some explanation
or statement on me suojeci uugi.t uy
pear in tonight's communique to the
x that ha restrirtlcn will apply
only to the actual proceedings of the
current day and not to any eommeni
by the' delegate on the general ques
tion before the eouucil:
Tl.ii tinnressina eznnot be officially
confirmed, but it finds a place amoug
the reports in eircuialioa toaay.
Paris. Wednesday. Jan. 16. (By the
A. P.) No one on'side of the delegates
to the peace-eonfe-renee knows anything
about the discussion that preceded to
day's dee'.aion to keep proceedings of
the eongrcr secret aaa to iimn mur
mutioa divulged to official statements.
This dce'sion will preclude the Ameri
? ran deIojr.!vi, even Mr. Wilson himself,
from duu.:iBj the formal announce
ments thst r.re issued. It will likewise
stop the practice of Premier. Lloyd
George of Great Britain of discussing
affairs with Bri'.is'.i correspondents for
the purpose of guiding them in forming
public opinion in England.
It has been believed here by persons
. elose to President Wilson that be would
contend for open sessions as far as pos-
b Ib1erirrartie still fpels the same way
U ihn amnion centrally "expressed here,
Curiously enough the question of
nrotinna wern ta be onen
or ?eret had reached a stage before to
day's decision where some authoritative
statement on the rulijret was sougnt.
Just before tou ay's meeting Secretary
Lansing authorized authorized the fol
lowing as his view: '
: "The American policy Ss thst fullest
jpublicity consistent with the rapidly
, and satisfactory discharge of Important
business which must come before the
MtM rnnrreM should be accorded. It
ahould be open
when business is advanced to a point
where it can be regarded as ready for
final action. It may be, however, that
. ia the earlier stage,, when subjects are
: being diseoseed between -groups or tn
committers or ia meetings of all the
delegates with a. r irposo of reached
agreements on controversial, plpjjcs, it
would be inadvisable to conduct these
diaeustioas openly. There might never
be an agreement otherwise.
"That would not be secret diplomacy
la any sense, however .for no agrement
so arranged could be effective until
approved by all the delegates ia -open
The complaints which the British eor
respondents have made to Mr. Lloyd
George and which the Americans have
submitted to Mr. Wilosn, concede" it
may be incompatible with public in
tercet te disclose certain phases of con
IrovcrV.al questions while they are be
ing discussed but protest against the
,'gentlemnn'egeenlent, which forbids
kuyon 01 Uio delegates irom giving in
formation whatever, outside ot the ofli
eial statement on which public opinion
sway be formed and guided.
V. Ofieisl circles in Paris are not dis
cussing ienee tonight. Attention is with
' the question of whether there .will be a
reconsideration of the action today.
PUBLICITY
ONK AMERICAN TO HIT AT TUB
HRAD Of TABLE WITH FRENCH
rKEMlEK AT r8A.CE CONFEMKNCK.
fr
(Br tke AaaaeatsaS Praia. .
Paris. Jan. IS. UaaMaa Prrawr r
eaas aa praaldins offiaar at tlk
CoatmiKt provMion haa San ma
aavaral vie raaiaVata, wha doubtleSt
mcitida aa AmtrMaa anting awnsaid.
M. Clanwntiaa at the haul at Ut
feraax tabia and actaaloaalU' aJtaeaaU
call aa him. If ha ao dtaircd It, ta act
aa a viae praaidrnt, thovarh H la thmeht
that be wovM prfar that aoaaa athar
tataibar at the delegation. tak kia plaaa.
In that caaa. It would probahlr fall ta
Sceratarr Lanains, aa Secretary of But,
or to Henrr Whits, who, as trtnixv.
rary presidins offiear, would hav aa ad
vantaa bains a linguist, wbn addraaaai
by drlasataa apaaklna onlr la Frcaek,
The poaitkm of viaa president, ia ad
dition ta bainc bia-hly banarabla aaa,
baa th araetieal adrantasa at a poaitioa
at th kaad of th tabia with th ather
f-remiara and aba of conducting; th
iberationa wbea M. Claaaaacaaa Is abaent
or rieida th chair.
Ins with him ia praatdina star th deliber
ationa of th eonsrvaa.,
Th American daiasatioe ba Bat yet
deaiimatad any om for th function. It is
generally aadi ratood, however, thai th
premiera af the various foaatria will
art in thia capacity aad aa Preaident Ti'il.
aoa oacupiaa a poaitioa aanilar to that of
th praaaiaca, the congreua naturally would
:irst Meeting of The Confer
ence Proper Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon-
POINCARETO MAKE
THE OPENING ADDRESS
Clemenceau Will Take Chair
anc( Put The Question of '
'Electinp; Officers
(Or tha Aaaaelaaed Praia.) '
Paris, Jan, 15. The inauguration o(
the peace conference Saturday will be
carried ont with ceremonies belittle
luth an ecxuiion. T A detachment of
troops trill psjt honors to th arriving
delegates and Stepfcen ' Piclym, the
French foreign minister, will receive
President Wilson at the room where the
meeting will begin at 3 o'clock sharp.
The plenipotentiaries will ait around
a horseshoe table, the middle part 'Of
this table being reserved for officers.
The delegates will Tie grouped by states
"alphabetical order, as -they-appesr
in the Almanach De Gotha. American
delegates will be at one end, then those
of the British empire, Frenre, Italy
and Japan in teh order named. After
them will come representatives of other
states, also seated alphabetically.
Folacarea Address.
When all are seated President Poin-
care will enter and take the presidential
arm-chair to make the opening address.
It is undexsio'rtwttMTfMo the end'
ing so gloriously lor tne Jtntente ana
which for four years upheaved the
world. It is expected also to refer to
the immcwe task of universal recon
struction which. .must be the work of
the conference and the high ideals of
justice which will be observed during
the deliberation of the peace congress.
He will then conclude his address, de
daring the session open, and will with'
draw. t
French Premier In Chair.
Premier Clemenceau will take his
Dlnce in the chair as chief of the French
nation, this being his right aa the con
gress is meeting ; in the capi'il of
France. He will, request the assembly
to elect officers, which, besides, a pre
dent, will include vice-presidents and a
general secretary. Regulations tar the
congress will then be read. It; is ex
pected they will be ratified as they
Stand, after which they will bo made
public. :
Invitations Sent Ont.
Formal invitations to attend tho first
sitting were sent out last night by the
French delegation to ambassadors and
ministers of vsrious countries. iThcse
invitations announce that-th sumStr
of representatives accorded to each
country and ask the diplomats to trans
Continued on Page Two.) .
DEBATE TODAY BEGINS -
ON WILSON FAMINE BILL
Republicans Who Oppose it Will
Present Views, But Bill Is
Expected To Past
Br the Aambttad Pre.)
Washington, Jan. 16. Debate en the
ml ministration bill appropriating $100,
000,000 for food relief in Europe and
the near East, will 'begin tomorrow in
the Senate.
The measure was ordered favorably
reported today by the Senate Appro
priationt committee with but little op
position -ana.. Both Pemoeratie and Be
publican leaders . are confident that it
will be passed. Many Senators, how'
ever, are opposed to the appropriation
and are expected to present their
views. .
Approval of the measure by the com
mittee was voted after officials of the
State and Treasury Departments 1 and
the food administration bad been ex
amined as to how the money , is to be
spent and the only amendments to the
House bill made by the committee re
quire itemized instead of general .state
ments of the expenditures to Congress.
PLANS COME '
FOR PEACE COUNCIL
E
After Nebraska Clinched The
Amendment Two More"
States Followed
U. S. r T NATION TO
, Of ATE LIQUOR OUT
-u To Whether Prohi.
jn Takes Effect Before
' States All Certify Vote
Chicago, 111, Jan. 16. A dry world
is the objective Of prohibition forces,
now thst the dry constitutional
amendment has been ratified by the
necessary three-fourths of the
States, Virgil O. Hinshair, national
chairman of the prohibition party,
said today ia a statement.
"America is dry at last," said Mr.
Hinshaw, ''and our vision now pene
trates to the shores of foreign lands,
which, have been the dumping ground
for American liquors for a century.
We inaugurated our program for
world prohibition early in October."
(By tha Aaeoriatcd Preas.)
Washington, Jan. 16. Ratification to
day of the Federal constitutional prohi
bition amendment made the United
8tate th. first grcst power to take
legislative action to permanently stop
the liquor traffic.
Nebraska's vote gave the necessary si'
Urinative three-fourths majority of the
states to make effective the amendment
submitted by Congress in December,
1817. It was followed by similar action
in the legislatures of Missouri aad
Wyoming, making 38 states la all which
hare approved a "dry America. Af
Urinative action by some of the ten
state legislatures yet to act is predicted
by prohibition advocates.
Whea Prohibition Takes Effect.
Under, the terma of the amendment,
the manufacture, sale and importation
of intoxicating liquors must cease one
year after ratification, but, prohibition
will be a fact in every " State, much
r rlier because of the war measure for
bidding the manufacture and sale of
alcoholie beverages atier June 30 under
the demobilization of military forces.
Under tbo war time measure exports
tion of liquor Is permitted,' but the
great stocks now held in bonded ware
luustNS wiU hat to bo imp? -of be
fore the federal amendment teeomea
effective.
Search for Precedents.
Discussion as to whother the new
amendment becomes a part of the con
stitution now that M States have rati
fied it or whether it becomes a part
of the basic law only when each State
has certified its action to the Secretary
of State led today te a search for prece
dent which showed tiat tha only aniend-
manta ratified in Ihs last Jialf rnntitry
providing for income taxes and direct
election of Senators were considered
effective immediately the "'36th State
had taken affirmative action.
Senator Sueppard, author of the prO'
hibition amendment, held that national
prohibition becomes a permanent fact
before January 16, 1920,
Not All Certified Tet.
Only 14 of the States have certified
their action to the State I'epsrtment
The vote of the Mississippi Legislature
the first to act, has not been received
at the State Department. The Mis
sissippi Secretary of State said today at
Jackson that the certificate had been
mailed to Washington immediately af
ter the Legislature acted and that
duplicate would be sent if the original
had been lost. Frpcjamatom or tne
ratification of a new amendment is
mode? but this was said to be a formal
ity and no a requisite part oi cnanging
the constitution.
Kew Problems.
New problems of government are
raised by prospectivs stoppage of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicantmg
liauors aa hundreds of millions of dol
lars derived from internal revenue win
have to be obtained from other sources.
Law cf enforcement of the amendment
also will hsve to be passed.
Only a minimum of unemployment is
expected to result, as the cumulative
Verity of successive restrictive measures
adopted since the war began already not
caused many distillers and brewers to
seek other uses for their plants.
Half of Territory Already Dry,
More than half the territory of the
United States already , is dry through
State action or local option elections.
Until recently the movement of limited
quantities of liquor for personal-use was
permitted but the Supreme Court ruled
recently that th Heed rBone Vxj
amendment made such truffle illegal
Western and Southern States took the
lead in prohibition. In the West only
California, Nevada and Wyoming still
license the sale of intosicants and- in
the South only Louisiana. - -
PET HOG CHEWS OFF
HAND OF INFA.N
Animal Also Badly Lacerates
Other Hand and Drags Child
Into Yard
(Spatial to Th Newi and Observer.)
Asheville, Jan. 16V Attacked by a P-'t
hog, one hand ehewed off and the other
lacerated and finally dragged into the
yard by the hog was the fate, of an iu
fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bridge-
man, living between Tryon and Ian
drum, according to a special dispatch
received here' today. The mother had
left the child in the bouse and hearing
its scream, rushed back, only to find
it lying in the yard where it had been
drugged by the hog. The animai,
which was a pet, developed its rage
against the child suddenly as it has
been unusually tame. The little, one
will probaWy dl.
E-FOURTHS OF
STATES VOTE DRY
LEADER OF THE SPARTACAN GERMAN
? ELEMENT, REPORTED UNDER ARREST
a V , K-
l v VvyHir
S W KARL
I LIEBKNrCHT
Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 16. (By
knecht, th Spartaran leader, has betn
men of th division or mounted nne guards who nave arrived in Berlin.
SECRETARY LANE Oil
Appeals For Support of Wilson
Idea By Business Men
; of The Country
WHAT ITS FUNDAMENTAL-
; ELEMENTS, MUST BE
First Work of Council Would
Be To Declare What The
Rules of The .Came Are
. . .Wr.t Asswtatsi Pwsi. .
Kew York, Jan. IfiAppeaUng t of th
support of President Wilson's idea of a
league of nations by tho country's busi
ness men, declaring that the President's
plan , would in no . way invalidate the
Monro doctrine and that Mr. Wilson
had gone abroad "not as a conqueror
but for the healing of the nations,", Sec
retary of the Interior Lane; in aa ad
dress here t"tlaygave an outline of
what tue fundamental elements of such
a league. "must be." Its basis, he as
serted, will be ''international co-operation."
Wilson's Mission to Europe.
The speaker declared President Wil
son had gone to Europe, as a representa
tive of an ideal of th statesmen of
many centuries."
lie said the time seemed propitious
-or this association of nations, that
when the war eaded it was costing the
United states $50,000,000 a day and that
the burden, was ' borne by your sons
and mine,"
"I da not say that all wars are un
reasonable," said the Secretary, "or that
all war have no justification. My feel
ing is that we cannot devise anyma
chinery between men by which conflict
will be stopped.; but it is unreasonable,
certainly in ninety-nine pc- cent of the
cases, where nations go to war, that they
should make war upon each other, for
th reason that it gets nowhere. - It
(Contlaaed en Pag Two.)
TEXTILE MILLS
Resolutions Adopted By - Cot
ton. Wool and Silk
Manufacturers
' Boston, Mass., Jan. 16. Unanimous r
jection by eottyn, wool and silk manu
facturers of the demand of the United
Textile Worker of-America for aa 8-
hour day or a 'forty-eight hour week, to
beeom effective February 3, .a place
of the present week of St hours, was
announced today by W. Frank Shove,
president of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers. Resolutions
to this. effect, he said, were adopted at
a conference in this city of delegated
representatives of the National Associa
tion of Cotton Manufacturers, tho Na
tional Association of Wool Manufactur
ers and the Silk Association of Ameri
ca. These resolutions say:
''We do not deem it practical, desir
able or just to establish the 'so-called
forty-eight hour week for the textile
industries, as it cannot be made to ap
ply, under present conditions ta all sec
tions of the country alike, and indus
tries, cannot at this, time-of drastic re
adjustment and partial idlcifess, follow
ing previous grest advances in wages
and cost, stsi.d sny further increase in
cost of production and accompanying
reduction of output, -which will iraise
prices to the consume, make competi
tion with imports difficult and create a
serious handicap ou the manufacture
of goods for export. Therefore, w foci
justified ia continninj to maintain such
working hours as are, established by x
Isting prices."
RUECT 8-HOUR DAY
th Associated Press.) Dr. Ksrl Lieb-
csptffrt, it was learned, by officers and
STATE BAPTISTS
END CONVENTION
Quarter Million For Missions
Goal For Denomination in
North Carolina
LEGISLATION FOR MOVIE
CENSORSHIP FAVORED
Twenty-Two Baptist Ministers
- Have - Died Dnrinf
. : i The Year 5
By WAITER K. GILXOBI
Greensboro, Jan. 16. Th , Baptist
Stat Convention exceeded th spaed
limit and dosed its eighty-eighth an
nual session, which began her Tuesday
evening, at 1 o clock today.
while the atteadaac was scarcely
half its usual site, oa account of th
prevailing health conditions, vet ter-
haps no, sejeloaii-its long history "has
been mora memorable because of its
great achievementa aad broad outlook
Inder the influence of a great wave
of enthusiasm last night, whea it sp
prared that the million dollars for the
Baptist schools of the State was almost
in sight, especially to those who pos
sess a keen eye of faith, it was feared
that there would be a great section of
loyal Baptists from tae twenty-six as
sociations not represented her yester
day who would iwn get in oa this great
movement before it was closed up. To
meet this situation, I'r, Walter N. John
son, of Baieigh, provided by a motion
that another half million be added to
the original amount, so that everybody
might have jijrhanre. ;
Sticks Ta Mllliea.
But oa more eohef ' thought, it was
dwided JHis morning that, sine only a
little more Uan a half of tae million
dollars is in sight in tangible form, the
remainder being dependent largely on
contingencies, that the original goal set
woald be sufficient to test the faith and
loyalty of all the Baptists ia North
Carolina. So the matter was reeonsid
ered thia morning, aad on motion of
Dr. Livingston Johnson it was agreed
simply to undertake the completion of
the task of raising the million dollars,
''without roots ami runners, .within
such time as the executive committees
of the Board of Edncstion and - the
Board of Missions may. fix
The devotional exercises were eon
ducted this morning by Bev. J. E. Kirk
of, rarmville.
Ktpsort Seaside Aastmbly.
' Judge John A. Oatas of Fayetteville
read th report of Jl Baptist Seaside
Assembly at v rights vill Beseb.
The principal order of the day was
the discussion of missions, Secretary
Vi alter N. Johnson declaring that
quarter of a million dollars for all
missions by April 30 was a worthy work
for -Virtu t sroljua Baptists to reach.
Chaplains A. O. Moore and Holland
I)r. V. I. Masters, Rev. II. W. Baucom
who has just returned from overseas
where be was in the service of the
T. M. C. A., MLiaionaries W. Carey
Newtoa and T. I Blalork and Dr. A
E: Browa took part in the discussion on
missions. -
A3 State chairman of the Syrian Suf
fercra' Belief Bor.rd ia North Carolina
Dr. J. Y, Joyner of Raleigh mad aa
impassioned appeal for these unfortu
natc people. '
Dr. Laasford Make Address.
DTTWilliam Lunford, eorre-ponding
secretary of the Ministerial Kilicf and
Annuities Board of the Southern Pai
tist Convention, cf Dallas, Tcxar ad
dresed the conventon on the work of
his board, which ia seeking to provide
for the ministers in old sge or ia
Straightened circumstances.
A. very tender and touching f .'a'ure
of the morning session wss the report of
the memorial committee- hy Dr. T. J.
Tsylor of . Warreuton, which showed
that twenty-two Baptist ministers in
the State had died during the year, sev
eral of these having died recently pf
influenza. Dr.. J. J. Hurt of Wilminj-
CentUaed aa Psge TwJ
urn in rxi )
MA, III
SACREDNESS AND
Boy Tied To Mother's Apron
String Brings Home Ba-,
con, He Says .
OBEDIENCE AT'HOME
BREEDS RESPECT FOR LAW
If Boys Will Not Obey Their
Mothers and Fathers They
Won't Obey The Social or
Moral or Civil Power, Says
The Evangelist; Disobe
dience Breeds Anarchy -
Richmond, Vs., Jan. 16. ''Some pa
rents are so darned afraid that thtir
boy will be called a milk sop, that they
let the bur down so low that thero is
nothing to stop him ia his mad, wild
rush to htll. But I have noticed this,
that the boy who is tied to his mother's
aproa strings, who can't tell you four
acea from a load of alfalfa when there'
are forty applications for the job, he
goes horn with tbo hjue ribpon and
tagged number one in othtr words he
comes home with the bacon, lie is the
fellow, yes; now, oh, the -sporty guy,
with a green vest and spats, a silk lid,
puffed eyelids, he looks as good to a
hard-headed business man as a eounttr-
feit dollar. You bet your life said Billy
Sunday ia bis sermon here at th au
ultorium tonight. Ihe great evangO'
list, who swayed bis audience with his
burning words and accompanying ges
tures, wss driving home the mighty in
Hut nee of the .' ome.
Anarchy is not born in Hay Market
Biota of Chicago, right off the reel no,
sir!" he said. "Whether a boy will re
spect laws is determined by whether he
will obey at home or not. Wo ve, got
forty-nine million farmers in this coun
try, who art bring taught through their
papers how to raise a hnghoW to put a
few more pounds on his avoirdupois,
and another kink - in "his tail And
we've got one institution that has a de
partment for the American'-boy how
to raise him. One college tbat'a got a
department for the American boy! My
friends, outlawisin 'is not staled by th
street mob; the question of obedience
is settled in the borne, aud if they will
not obey their fathers or mothers they
won't obey th social or moral or civil
now:""' : z:f " . . -
Tho subject of Mr. Sunday' sermoaf
was "Hoaie." aad a used Abraham a
an illustration of th father of a real
home. - ' ,
The home, Mr. Sunday said, .was the
most sacred spot in the world, tho one
around which cluster more sweet asso
ciations and precious memories thia
any other in the universe.
rrogrea For Ratification.
Prayers of thanksgiving that Ne
rnadaytified"tTi6fe3eraJ"i)r.5; hibition amendment wero amoug tho
features of the services todsy. Ia a
day or two, Mr. Hunday predicted that
H or 43 State, will have ratified tlio
national dry measure. States, that do
not do so, said the evangelist, will hnng
their heads in shame. - "We are just
getting tins old world,-fit to live in,''
said Mr.- Sunday. "In a few years a
drunkard will be a, curiosity," -
Mr. Sunday also' continued-)" de
fense of revivals and scored rlmrrhej
that are not doing the. work of (kid.
Such churches, he said should lie turn
down. He said that he did not believe
in rnnning the church in on the side
line and giving the Ui'vil the maid
line. -
Mr. Sunday has not called for the
"Trail-hitters" yet. He believes in
thorough preparation.
Sacrcdaeas of Home. ,
Mr. Sunday's sermon follows:
In Genesis, th eighteenth chapter,
the nineteenth verse, "I -know- Kim,"'
(speaking of Abraham) Ctrs.,4jt, T'I
know him, and lie will command Lis
children snd his household after him."
And I will be perfectly satisfied If
they are as good and on the squaro like
Abraham. ''I know him for he will com
mand his children and his household
after him."
I am going to throw myself upon the
prayerful sympathy of this congrega
tion, with a prayerful hope that what;
I have to say may arrest your attention
and grip your' heart. Homebody has said
that tho sweetest words In the language
which we spook, 'no 'matter what clime,
whether where the sunbeams dancing in
sunny la belle France or upon Ceylon's
perfumed shores or India's coral strand.
or whero the Frost King holds ttvay in
the Klondike of the North, the sweetest
word in the languagn iip'riom," wheth
er it means that te the Fsquimo in bis
igloo onwhetlier it means it -to the In
dian in his tepee on the plains, or to
the millionaire in bis palace on Fifth
Avenue.
Most Sacred Spot.
I want you to go with me for a brief
time to the most sacred spot in all the
world, the one around which clusters
more sweet associations and., precious
memories than any other in the uu
verse snd that is home. The longer 1
livo and tlio iirore 1 visit up and down
the land and see the joys and the sor
rows and the successes and the failures
of men and women, the more I become
(Contlaaed aa Pag Four.)'
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN'
WILL BE LAUNCHED TODAY
,f-" (Br th AaaociaUd Preaa.)
Washington, Jan. 16. The 1919 War
Savings and Thrift Stamp campaign
will be launched tomorrow v.ith cclo
brations throughout the country of the
113th anniversary of the birth of Ben
jamin Franklin. The 405,000 War Hav
ings societies and other organizations
plan to uphold before the country
Franklin's principles of thrift as the
lesson to be followed throughout the
year to meet the financial burdens ia
aidant te th war.
MM
HFLUENCE OF HOME
BRYAN GOMES III
FOR HIGH PRAISE
That His. State.. Nebraska.
Gave Clinching Endorsement
Pleasing Coincident
TAR HEELS WILL LOSE
EIGHT CHAIRMANSHIPS
Judge Ben Lindsey and Secre
tary Daniels-Invited To Ad
dress Conference For Social
Service To Be Held in Xal
eijh During Febrnary
K.w ami flhaarvar Baraait.
4M biatrirt Nat'ona! Bank BIdsv
Br 8. . WINTERS. N
(Br Special Uaaaa Wir. )
Washinirton, Jon. t. That William
Jennings Bryan's Stale Nebraska to
day Was the rlinrhing State, the thirty
sixth, to ratify the. Federal prohibition
amendment terries with ; a spark of
fatality which is imni irely pleasing to
the hoets of friends of the great Com
moner h-re. Thst Federal prohibition '
is an assured reality is the culmination
of a fight against old Joha Barleyeora
that Sir, Bryan has been ranking for
ninny- yesrs past and not only shows
the keen foresight of the great Ne
braskan but rlso demonstrates his abid
ing faith in the righteousness of the
grent mas of Ihe American people.
No man in the nation haa done so much
is Mr, llryan in bringing to pas na
tional prohibit io . Wljilo tnsny who
were prohibitionists earnestly wished
for national prohibition, vet the- re.
rnrded it a; an irredeseent dream. Not
so with Mr. Bryan. He was conscious
that it was right. He the took it up '
and advocated it aa practical and eco
nomic matter. He hammered away
along practical lines. Kegarules of
scoffers, regnrdlcsa of the faint-hearted,
regardless of the great corruption funds
expended y the liquor interests, re
gardless of what apareJ to be insur
mountable barriers, Mr. Bryan ham
mered away and never once faltered
or Inst faith in his proposition or in
the" American people that they wonld
ultimately win in the fight. At th Na
tional Capital lonight his friends and
those who ajand -fo.- a dry nation are
rejoicing with th million through,
out Hi length and breadth ( th -tion,
that national prohibition is. here.
Wilt Laaw Chlrmaashlw.
Representative in
Conrreaa . IrAta
North Cirollna will he deprived of eight
chairmanship when th Republican
Congress assemble after. March. 4.
Among these chairmanships, ar th
most powerful committee in Congress.
Th Tsr Heel line-up consist ofi
Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman of
Senate Finance Committee ; Senator Lea
8, Overman, Senate Judiciary; Beprs-scnlalira-CIaud
Kitehin, Way and
Means; Representative . Tate Webb,
House Judiciary; Representative John
H. Small, Rivers and Harbors; Repre
sentative Edward W, Pou, House Bute
Committee; -, Representative It. h.
Dougliton, committee on Agriculture,
and Representative H. L. Godwin, Civil
Service Committee. Peculiarly applic
able to the North Carolina situation is
the .following editorial appearing in th
Washington Htnr this afternoon:
"After March 4 th South win no
lonrror be in the saddle so fnr s Con
gress Is concerned. The Republicans
will control the ntw Congress, and th
ilonth is not th teat of Republicanism.
''Nevertheless, the South will remain
'in tho saddle' to far as the Democratic
party is concerned. That party's chief
and undiminishble strength lies in thst
section. The Kast and the WestTnay "
notv aud then, under peculiar eircum
t:ice, turn to the democracy, but ar
liable at th very next election to turn
away again."
"Tho Kuulti is the democracy'
'steady.' She never doserts or fails.
No circumstances, however, peculiar,
can change her heart. In every condi
tionwhether tlio party is in pciwer,
with patronrgo to bestow, or-out of
power, with not a single Federal office
at its command tlio South '.is true to
poll.! Her constancy i an old atory,
and there is no threat of an end.
- ''In the war in Kurope the South bor
herrclf as well as any of her sister sec
tions. She' gave of her best, and hr
sons carried themselves lieeomingly
wherever placed. Their record is on
of which their section and the country
take and are entitled to, much pride.
"Whst of laaif In 1912, the,. South,
for the first time siiieo the civil war,
nsked recognition" of the Iiemocracy in
the matter' of the presidency. She of
fered two sons for the party's nomina
tionMr. Clark and Mrs. Vnderwood "
both strong and active men, and ex
perienced in national affairs, Mr. Clark
came .within an See of securing th
prize. 1
"Will the South offer these sou
again f They are still available. Since
1912 Mr. Vnderwood has been promoted
to tla Senate, and Mr. Clark .kept in
the,, speakership of the House. ' Both
have many friends and admirers In
their own party and out of it. They are
of presidential size,- And there are
other southern men of merit equal to
the duties of the White House.
'Why should not the South claim kt
party due outside as svcll as insid
Congressf What has cither tho esst or
the west 'pa' ter ia the matter of party
descrtst The shoe is on tho other foot.
She has a grest deal 'on' them. For
withrut her steady and unshakable al
legiance, in all weather and on all is
sues, the Democratic party as a national
force would disappear for a time at
least, from the eqiiition."
Lindsey and Daniels Invited.
Dr. W. 8. Rankin of Raleigh, Secre
tary to the North Carolina oBard of
Health, came to Washington today for
tho purpose of extending iavitations ta
(Contlaaed n Fags Two.)
FOR DRY VICTORY