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N WEATHER iszcnojr-css Kill Thursday tad ttiHn cooler Friday. - Pages 1.8 VOL OX. NO. 23, RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS HENRY A. GRADY IS SIEPS TAKEN 10 NEW RANKING OFFICERS OF NORTH C ARGUN A MASONS TRAIL HITTING lil BILLY SUNDAY'S CAMPAIGN BEGINS president right in Iking visit SIMOflDS ADMITS MONEY DUE SPRUIIT IS ON TRANSACTION MADE BEFORE WAR GRANDMASTER OF MASONS OF STATE FORM PEIAIIEIII MERCHANT IVIAR1NE Officers Elected and Installed at Closing Session of Grand Lodge Last Might - I, V RULES SUSPENDED; -... VOTE UNANIMOUS Sinjing Class of Oxford Or phanage Entertain Masons; Masonic Work It Exempli fled; Deputy Grand Master Reports On Conference of Grand Masters ' Hob. Henry A. Grady, of Clinton, wa elected Grand Master of .ha North Carolina Grand Lodge of Mason at the closing session of the 132nd Communl ration last -ight, and with the other officers installed. The Grand Lodge finish dita business shortly before - midnight and most of the visiting dele- gates will return to their homes tjday The cw Grand Master, v ho lue- eeeds Fast Grand Master George 8. Norfleet, is a prominent lawyer in the eastern part of the State and has long been active is Masonie ehrJes, hating held every elective office in the Grand Lodge. Ia accepting the office laat night, he expressed hii profound ap preciation of the honor and assured the members of the fraternity that he would endeavor to the best o." hit , ability to be worthy of it. ' Njw Officers Installed. The officers elected and installed last - night to erverfor the ensuing year are as follows: . Grand Master Henry A. Grady, of Clinton. ' ' Deputy Grand Master Dr. James C. Braswell, of Whitakerv Senior Grand Warden J. Bailey - Owen, of Henderson. ; Junior Grand Warden James H. WTCUU, UL XllilBlUFO. Grand Treasurer B. B. Lacy, of Ral eigh. , Grand Secretary Wm. W, WUlaoa, Of Halctgh. Grand Chaplain Rev. Geo. M. Mat thsws, of Clinton. . Grand Lecturer R. F., Edwards, of Crumpler. Senior Grand Deacon H. M. ,Poteat, 01 was f orest. Junior Grand Deacon J. LeGrand Everett, of Rockingham. Grand Marshall Leon Cash, of Wins ton-Salem. Grand Sword Bearer J. E. Cameron, -of Kinston. Grand Pursuivant W. S. Creighton, or vnariotie. , Grand Stewards J.. J. Fhoenix, of Greensboro, and F. W. Kenny, of Bi lt- more. irand Tiler W. D. Terry, of Hal Election Waa Uaaalmoas. The election of officers last night was by a unanimous vote, the rules having been suspended. Past Grand Master w, S. Liddoll, of Charlotte, affectionately .known to North Carolina Masons as lodge tor Grand Master Gradv. On Motion of Past Grand Master E. & Boyster, the vote of the Grand Lodge was east for Mr. Jas. H. Webb, of Hills- - boro, as Junior Grand Wardoa, although he was not present to be installed, on ing to illness in his family. Deputy Grand Master James C. Braswo.ll was Senior Grand Warden last year and fjenior Grand Ward nJ. aBiley Owen was Junjor Grand Warden, while the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer were re-elected, Mr. Webb being the - only new member. The other officers in stalled were appointed by the Grand piaster. Past Grand Master Gco7 8. Norfleet, who served last year as Grand Master, was called to his home in Winstoa- Balem late yesterday oil account of the . serious illness of his child and by ris ing vote the Grand Lodge last night ex tended to Mm its sympathy. Children Pave Concert Steps, were taken last night to pro . vide for increased financial help for the Oxford Orphanage;. One of the .. under taking shortly to be started will be the building of ft new hospital, which is to be named in honor of tlie late Wm. J. Hicks, tar many years the beloved su perintendent of that institution. The lodge by rising vote extended it appreciation to Past Grand Master . B. 8. Boyster for his service of 25 year in promoting the interests of the or phanage and authorized a committee to present to him some token of icgard. A. B. Andrews, of Raleigh, was re elected for a term of five years as member of the board of directors of the Oxford Orphanage. New-trustees for ' the endowment fund of the Eastern Star Home at Greensboro were named as fol i lows: Geo. 8. Norfleet, of Winston . Salem; L. M. Glymer and C. M. Van StOrV. of Greenahnrn. An Impressive Fealare. An infpressive feature of the session last night was the presentation of a large American flag, five by eight feet in sine, mounted upon a staff, to the Grand-Lodge by Past Grand Master Geo. a Norfcet to be kept in the Grand Lodge room. Owing to his having been called home on account of illness, Past Grand Norfleet could not make the pre ixntatioa in person. , . . Deputy Gran,d Master Grady in an Hoquent address, on behalf of 'Norfleet presented the flag to the Grand Lodge and it was accepted by Past Grand Master BK Roystur, who paid a tender tribute tV-the thousands of ATasons from Nc rth (hrolina who volun teered for service with the eolors dur- it i HENRY A. GRADY, G. M. Who will reside over destinies of North Carolina Masonry dar ing year lSlt-2. ing the late war. At the close of hi address tho entire membership of the Grand Lodge rose to it feet and sang "America." For Masonic Bervtot. The Grand Lodge also voted to tie- come a member of the Masonic Service Association of the United States, an organisation effected at a meeting of the Grand Masters at - Cedar Rapids, Michigan, in November for the purpose of co-ordinating Masonie activities in time of national calamity. The report or. the conference and recommendation favoring membersXiD In the national organisation was made yesterday morn ing by Deputy Grand Master Henry A. Grady, who attended the eonferenee as personal representative of Grand Master George S. Norfleet. Mack Roatlao Business. A great amount of routine business wat transacted by the Grand Lodge at its session Wednesday morning begin ning at 10 o clock, and at 1:30 o clock the . session wa turned over to the Grand Custodian and the Grand Lec turer and hi deputies for exemplifies' tion of Masonic work. A feature yes terday afternoon was" the singing of the concert class of the Oxford Orphan' ag. . .. : . - - This year, the tinging elas wa com poted of ten girls and floors under the direction of Mis Myrtle Branch, who trained them. Daring the year ending Octofatr 11, th lai visited 140 different point rutting off the lat ter part of it scheduled tour because of the iniluoiVia epidemic. The total re ceipt for tho year were 119,042 and after deducting all expenses there was left 118.43 net lor the institution. The Grand Lodge at this session re ceived the report of the board of di rectors, Superintendent and Treasurer of the Oxford Orphanage. . ITI Children Enrolled. There were on the roll of the Insti tution at the beginning of the year 373 children, 174 girls and SOI boys; ad mittod during the year 20 girls and 29 boys, ft grand total of 424; of these 32 were returned to their people, 2 were sent to foster homes, 22 took positions, 8 went off to school, 1 girl and 12 boys ran away, 7 boys were expelled, and 1 girl and 2 boys died, making a total deduction of 87, leaving in the institu tion, November 1, lt18, ft total of 337, 160- girls and 177 boys. The figures Riven are from November. 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918. Deputy Grand Master Report. Deputy Grand Master Henry A. Gra dy, of Clinton .yesterday morning re ported to the Grand Lodge the results of the Grand Masters' eonferenee held at Cedar Rnpida, Ia November -26, 27, and 28, 1918. , The objet of the eonfer enee was to ascertain the will pf ;the several -Grand Jurisdictions in the United State in respect to the forma tion of a national body through which all Masons could act in times of Nation al calamity. Theahene of such body and tho fact that Masonry was ft dis jointed organization was assigned by the United States jrovemmcnt as reason for rofusinfi to recognize and co-operate with Masonie activities for war re lief work. Plan of Organisation Adopted. '' At that meeting resolutions were adopted for the organization of the Ma sonic Service Association of the United States, voluntary association of Ma sonie Grand 'Jurisdictions of the United States of America. All Masonie juris dictions under this plan, shall be en titled to membership- therein, and oa equal footing on expressing '.tlici! ap proval of this constitution and accept ance of the responsibility and .prilil eges outlined therein." Any 'member may be entitled to withdraw at any time on ninety days' notice, provided it shall have complied with all its assumed ob ligations". ' Hia Recommeadatlons. "Jt is appareat," aaid Mr. Grady, in conclusion, "that a constitution or plan of organisation formulated in three days' time, must have its ohjectionable featuresmust, to a eertain extent.be crude and lacking in those nieetiea of detail whieh should ornament the fin ished product. Thia constitution dor to purport to be perfect. It is a mere tentative plan, to b amended and en larged from time to time as he exi gencies of the? occasion may require. The purpose is good. It is new. There i nothing of the kind in existence and the' need of such an organization: ia ap parent to every one who is familiar with modern history with, the history. I might aay, that we are now. making. Masonry has been denied its most cher ished privilege-that of administering to its own members who were in actual wan:. It could not do so without the consent of the government, and that consent ;wn refused for reason that wo can not gainsay.: What is our duty now! Clearly to remove the one ob stacle in the way of nationals or inter state service, and this plan of organ J. C. BRASWELL, D. C. M. Who, by Masonic precedent, will sac- reed lata their of Grand Master at next election. ization is offered for the purpose of solving that one tieed. "Under the constitution each jurisdic tion is at liberty to retire at any time ; it goes i nupon an equal footing with all of the other jurisdictions, whether they be larg- or small, and it remains a member Only during its own pleasure. If the plan ia good each Grand. Lodge i at liberty to avail itself of itsprivi leges; if it ia bad, it has its optnn to retire. Nothing can be fairer. If Ibe plan is not. just what it should b. it can bft, amended by tho delegate who attend tns'firsnnenmal conference at Alexandria on November 11th, next year, for that is tho place selected for the next meeting. Urge Adoption. "In conclusion, Ieommend that the Grand Lodge of North Carolina adopt ttie. constitution, and that it ele-t each third year ft delegate to the assocjatiooT or provide by resolution that thoGrand Master shall .bo ex officio the standing delegate to the association; and I also recommend that the Grand Master be authorized to appropriate such sura of money a he may deem advisable, not to exceed on thousand dollars per annum, to N jneV the prosecution of the work of this association j and in order that the whol matter msy receive such attention: it merits. I further imwt that special hour be set apart for the consideration of this matter by the urana ixdge." DEAfllTACYlS Simplicity Marks Burial Rites; Governor and Other Notables Present (Special to The JJews and Ctmrver. ChapeJ Hill, Jan. 22. The remains of Marvin Hendrix Stacy, professor of v.ivii tngmeejing, dean of the College of Liberal Art and chairman of the faculty, of , tho University of North Carolina aince the passing of the late President Graham last October, whoso death occurred hero Tuesday morning from influenza, wcrivjflid to rest this afternoon at 2 o'f YA service was eoaducted for thj' at the resi dence followed b rvice at the grave, the Rev. A Vhorter, of ficiating. 8implieK Wy whieh breathed IthroughoutJ, Aa of Dean Stacy , marked the burial rites which were made more impressive by the toll ing of the old South building bell as the cortege wended its way to the grave. ' C The following honorary and active pall bearers assisted in the ceremony; Honorary Govonor T. W. Birkett, Lieut. Governor O. Mar Gardner, Prof. Eugene C. Brooks, Superintendent of Public -Instruction; D. G. Brummtt, Speaker of tho . House of Representa tives; Victor S. Bryant and W. N. Everett, also of the House; B. D. W. Conner, president of the Aluninae As sociation; Judge W. A. Hoke, Prof. T. P. Venable, Prof. H. 11. Williams, George Pickard, ATayor W. a' Robcr son, Major' William Cain, Prif. H. H. Wagstaff, Prof. A. C. Mcintosh, Prof. T., J... Wilson.., Active-f-Prof.- George Howe, Pref. A. H. Patterson, Prof. I. H. Manning, Prof. W. D. MaA'idcr, Prof. C. S. Mangum, .Charles T. Wool lcm, Prof. H. W. Chase, Pspf, Kent J. Brown, Prof. L.'R. Wilson and Prof. T. P.lrckerson. . .Message 'of condolence s and sym pathy to" member of the bereaved famiiv. which continued in hotip In in. day, the presence of hundreds of stud ents, irienas ana alumnae and the pro fusion of wreaths and beautiful floral offerinffS at the orrava nljtinltr beannk the high affection and esteem in which uean Btary wo held. The various schools and classes as sembled ' at deifrnfitii ti1ua n 4t campus at 2 o'clock and passed resolu tions of respect following whieh they proceeded in a body to the grave. in tno cortege, leading to the ceme tery were Jhe faculty of the University, tho student bod v. renrenentntivn isf other schools nnit e'nltpffea. m commit) from tho State . Senate composed of ueut. uov. uatdner, Dorman TTTiomp son, G. 'V. Thompson and J. T. Brown. alumnae and other visitorsT; Among tb ' out of. town relatives flrewnt v.ni ttivo. V.. tm. w '' T fitaer' of Wilmington; Senator H. E. Stacy-of Iiumbert(Mii''TJ. i;. Staey, Jr., or isjortn wuacshoro; . three sisters, Mrs. J.' J. Hardinrf Charlotte j Mrs. H V Vin.tH.n ' 1 II.. 1. ..(I c. Nancy Staey of Hamlet, and Dr; Koonce of Wilmington, brother of Mrs. Stacy. LAID TO REST :rl About Fifteen Years Old, : Lead Fifty-Six, Who ,.; Went Forward" ?.YITATION SEEMED TO" COME. ON SPUR MOMENT Evangelist Shook Bands With Trail Hitters, Greeted Them With Smiles and a Cherry: How Are You? The Hour Is Come, Subject of Sermon Richmond, Vs., Jaa. 22. Trail-hittiag at Billy Sunday's campaign twgaa at .he city auditorium tonight. Tho first to hit the trail wa a yoaag girl about 13 years old with , her hair dona ia braid down her back. 8h1wa followed by an aged woman. ' Next there were young women searing or ia their early twenties. The first tea were womest, tire eleventh waa gray-haired Ms, followed by young ia khaki, ft lieutenant. When the last invitation had beta offered and the last verse of 'Just as 1 Am" had been sung heads were counted and it was found that fifty-six had kit the trail to God and his truth, '. bor row one of Sunday'a most treasured ex pressions. .The invitation apparently wa derided upoa by Sunday upon the spur of the moment. It came as aa eleventh hoar thought. He had ended his discourse "The Hour is Come,' which npoft reflee to might be take as significant. He was about to pronounce the benediction when he halted abruptly and arked all who wished him to include them in his prnver raise their hands. At first only ft few went up. Tome on," Sunday implored. "If I anked you to indicate your loyalty to tho Stars and Stripes, to your country by raining your hands, I dare aay every hand in thi building would go up with on ac cord. Aren't you willing to awear loy alty to Jesus Christ and alliance to God f I have been here ft week and ft half and until tonight I have not asked yon to make this public manifestation of your faith and in acceptance of Christ. To night I feel impelled to ask a many of you as vill to come down and givo m yen? hand and my you want to live for God sad for Hi truth.1 ... sr' -v Aft twenty-two persons, including five men, hid walked down tho aisle to a position directly in front of tho pul pit, Sunday cried, "Come on, old Vir ginia, you never failed to line up for anything noble and yon won't fail in this. For tho next fir minute Sun day alternated between dropping into pit and into pulpit. He shook bands with the trail-hitter and then greeted with smile and ft cheery: ''How are youf" la the pulpit proper he eoa-- tinued hi exhortation. . The auditorial. was again packed and thousand were turned away, despite the rain...; ;.."' ' Tho Boar Ha Cess. The following are extract from Mr. Sunday' srrmont Seventeenth chapter of John and the first verse. ''The hour is corn. It is very evident to, me that Jesus Christ knew that God, the rather would understand what he meant when he said, Tho hour is com.' He did not say, "I have met with .some difficulties and discouragements down her ia my ' mediatorial work; something we had not thought about, planned or expected - would - ever oc cur.'' - But he did say. ''The honr for which I came into the world, the hour for which I bade goodbye to the heavenly hosts, the hour for which I made" my way down into this vale of tears, the hour which was to surpass all other hour in importance in the' history of the world, the hour which was to mean more to mankind than all the hour combined, the hour when I must go on the cross and bathe the world la blood and tears and open up ft new redemption by and through the accept ance of which mankind might esrap the eternal damnation which it do serve because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and .tin and the death penalty passed upon the human raee, that. hour i com.'' Hoar of Great Straggle It wa the hoar of the great strug gle. The power of darkness had been looking forward 'for thousand of years, ever since the devil hid himself in! a serpent and tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit and God gave the promise, when they sinned, that the teed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head, meaning that Jesus Christ in the fullness of time would bo born in fulfillment of that promise and the devil knew that hour would come, the devil knew the time would eomo when Jesu Christ would be bora in the manger and when he would suf- (Continued on Pge Thirteen.) 2( ENLISTED MEM OP NAVY . COMMENDED BY DANIELS Washington, Jan. . CC Names of twenty-six enlisted men of the navy who have been commended by Secre tary Daniels for courage and efficiency in tho rwirfnrinn aP ititr v... n-.l- public today at tho Navy Department. i wcniy-ono or the men are of the erew of the Marblchcad who rescued a liberty party on ft naval motor launch, which wa swamped in Key West har bor last September. The other are ia. dividual citation. The Orisoba Arrives. New Vork, Jan. 22. The ''transport Orizaba, from Brest, with JklU trooni abptd arrived off quarantine tonight and will dock early- tomorrow. Her tectin-rna 1- 'hide 34 sick aad vrmmil. td officers and 313 wounded me a. Ship Officials Builders and Employes Hold Conference at Washington ' WANT GOVERNMENT WAGE CONTROL ABOLISHED Conference Favors National Policy of Subsidizing- Ship Operation, Either By Direct Payment or By Application of Differential Sates;' Great er Cost for U. S. Ships Washington, Jan. 22. The foundation for ft permanent organization having for ita purpose- the maintenance and expansion of the American merchant1 marine was' laid here today at ft con ference of "ship officials, builders and employers. The meeting was called by Senator Ransdale, of Louisiana, who presented subjects for discussion and who, a temporary chairman named committee on permanent organization aad resolutions which are to report at the final sessions tomorrow. Commissioner Charles Page, of the shipping board said that body would welcome tho advice and assistance of the conference and other speakers, in cluding om of the foremost shipbuild er of tho country, were unanimous in declaring opposition to 'government control and operation of ships during peace," .and ia behalf of a : national polU f cubsidizing, ship operation, either by direct payment of by appli cation of differential rates. They also demanded relinquishment- of govern nient wage control in ship yards as a first step toward meeting world and particularly.Engl.sk competition.. J. W- Powell,- vice president of the Rfihlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Homer It. Ferguson, president or the Newport New Hbiphuilding and Dry Dork Compa. y. and Hoi Jen A. Evans, president of the, Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, who spoke for the buildns, emphasized the cost of building American ship and aa in separable htrrier against any attempt to establish ft merchant marine" without, a Mr. J'VnrosoB saidj tho .nation .pa' ing for it. . . , Mr. Powell said that as nearly a cSa b calculated the difference between the rest of a ship built in Groat Britain and that of a vessel built, ia thia country has increased from about (2S or 33 ft ton before the war to 4100 today. Coat of Labor Greater. 'A great psrWof that cost," the speaker deel-nd, "ia due to the great increase in the cost of labor in thia country. Our wages, set for us by the governmenty-hare gone up 150 per cent since August 1917. There is no possl Me way efficiency of operation by American shipbuilder, can bring that cost down. Mr. Ferguson said his.comptny had 'struggled over the prostrate form of the American shipbuilding industry for many years before the war to get eon-tract.-. , "There, are some practical thing this country must do if it intends to get aad keep ' merchant marine,1' Mr. Fer guson aaid. "You 'can't talk about Yankee Ingenuity and pass good reso lutions and do the job. Tho best ship builder in the world are along the Clyde in EngkTnd, and the best Ameri can manager. Einginecrs, architects and workmen learned the trado there. W had 4VMK shipbuilder before the war, aad now we've got 400,000 Who call theraseivea shipbuilders but they can't build ships to compete when the wages hava increased from 23 to 45 rents per hour on the Clyde, and to $1 aa hrfur here.'' Mr. Ferguson said he favored a sys tem of allowing American ship rate differentials ia American trade, rather than subsidies, "since in that way you can pay a ship for carrying good and nit for just sailing the flag around.1? Laws and treaties should be made eon fining trade between the United States and other countries to ships from either that country ""or the United State, he mid. , Crnx of Matter. . "Thi 1 the crux, as I See it, of a merchant marine," aad he asserted, "and proper ona that insures each country . having - a . merchant marine commensurate with it commerce.. It may be said this is reactionary.: It look to me that it would he a very good thing to react hundred years to ft successful merchant marine." "It take it that it is the real sense of this meeting," he added, "that since the war a merchant marino becomes not only ft necessity from a commercial standpoint, but an absoluto necessity from standpoint of maintenance of national integrity aad natioal dignity." Mr. Evans, indorsing, he said, Mr. Ferguson' " presentation declared for the immediate leasing of government owned abips to private operating com paaies, which should be given options to buy them during ' period of five years, and hanid"" Jiams of' Si 5 po ton as the value on whkh' the leases shoi.lt b fixed, i "British subjects are buying British ship today Tin a of from J03 to 1113 per ton," Mr. Evans said. "At the present scale of wage in the, United State it actually costs 1 185 per ton to build cargo ships. Now it is proposed to write off UwO.OOu.rXO of the cost of government ships, but it will require a great deal more writing off than that if their are to be sold. - . . "Lewis Nixon of New York, declared that unless our'ships make money for o they are of no bus." "If the LaFollctte seamen's . bill re- JContlaed on Page TWe) Noted Writer and Military Critic. Changes Mind After, Reaching London TRIUMPH IS NATIONAL AND NOT PERSONAL Effect of What Wilson Sail and Did Is Encountered Every where Among; The People; Says League of Nations Minor Matter ; American Anglo Understanding; of Greater Importance Br FRANK H. 8IM0NDS. Special Cable Dispatch from London. (Copyright, 191, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) London, Jan. 20. Arriving in Lon don nearly two 'weeks after rt.e Presi dent' visit with every circumstance of that visit unknown, since-all reports were lacking to the "ocean trsreler. one has something of the perspective of the traditional visitor from Mrs. The value of this perspective is plain. One does not measure the result ia terms of temporary applause and of momen tary enthusiasm, which havj eome and gone. What is left is the solid result and it is a great and unmistakable re sult. In a visit measured by relatively few hours, President Wilson achieved twe thing. He raptured the imagination and ho strengthened the expectitions and the aspiration of million of peo ple whoso thought as to the future were necessarily vague and ill defined and he avoided precisely those dangers which loomed large in the minds of the thoughtful who welcomed ' him with equal., enthusiasm, '. ut were acutely eonscious-of unmistakable temptations knd perils and taut . mingled their fears with their heers for the Pre ident. This thing must be said out of mere Justice. Great as wa hi personal triumph the greatest thing about it was not personal, but national. I hare talked with scores of Englishmen and Americana and it 1 the common testi mony of all that President Wilson's visit was permaaewt edutvibutio to Anglo-American undrritaartinf ia ths present, and friendship in tin future. x President' Vialt Jastlfled. My American readers will perhnns re member that I wa one of those who doubtotT tho wisdom of the President's journey,ho saw the dangers and did not pereeivo compensating benefits; but I do not think that any American could lie in London today, a fortnight after the event, ind not feel that the English phase alones had justified the experiment, proving th. President right and the doubter and-critics totally wrong. What the President did,neasured by the result, wss this: His visit was nn experiment for England, for London. The official world did everything within ita large capacity to make the virit a success. All that statesmen, diplomats and soldiers, all that royal, military and civie authorities could do, waa done. But when the President rame, the mass of the people took the thing out of the official world and made the-welcome 'its own. What wa narurally -..official and formal at the outset became populnr srftd spontaneous after the first moment and to this welcome, the grestest in the history of London, the I' resident made adequate response. The opportunity waa tremendous and he unquestionably rose to it. . Effect Fonad Everywhere. What he said, v. lint he did, I do not know ,even now, since I was on the ocean at thet time; but the effet of what he said and what he did it to he en countered everywhere. Nor is if less clear what he did not do. .. Many Amer icans and some Englishmen feared that on the subjert of the League of Nations and on the issuo of the "Freedom of the Seas" he might speak and act dog matically; that, instond of prompting understanding, he might excite dis agreement by raisin an issue. But he. did nothing of the sort. On the con trary he left behind him the impression of reasonableness which dispelled long standing apprehension, lie imprrsed official ndA imperial Britain not as be ing domatie but as being open minded, moderate, in search of a basis of agree ment; not Insistent upon any unalter able formula or immutable doctrine. - Tangible Advance Agent. But even this acbievcmcnt and it was no small achievement was less considerable ' than the success of the President with the masses of the peo ple. To them he embodied an expecta tion..!' He wis ft visible - and tangible advance agent of a just 'and peaceful settlement of the greatest of all world tragedies. His words, his views, vague as they were necessarily, became defi nite and specific in the circumstances He found tho great puhlie expectant on tho subject of the League of Na tions, as the American public - has never been, snd before he left the last doubt as to the possibility that a League of Nations would in somo form emerge from Versailles was abolished. In - America, when I left niear and women were- discussing whether. or not there would be League of Nations. In London, when I arrived, tho discussion was as to the form which the inevitable League would take The fact that there would be ft League was every where conceded. ,'Lcagn of Minor Imf&rtsnee. Yet if on were, tohnwwholly exact, even tho question of the League of Na tion is minor. What the President's visit seems to have iummplishcd was to give body form to Anglo-American understanding and friendship, which wa always lacking before. ' How this -fcqentlf.ieLJrXtjFL Obligations pf German Custom ers were incurred Prior To Outbreak of -War hi TICLE TO CONTRARY PRONOUNCED FALSE Cargoes of Cotton Sent To Bot - terdam iftx 1914 and 1915 Shipped ittAmerican Not British Bottoms; Alexander Sprunt' andOSon Kever Blacklisted Alexander Sprunt 4 Son of Wilming ton, in a telegram to The New aad Observer signed by the members of the firm, Messrs. James Sprunt and W. H. Sprunt, deny the essential portion of the article under u Wilmington date line in Tuesilay s paper haded "Sprunt Will Claim Millions on Cotton Sent to Germany." -The firm declare tho statements challenged by it to bo false and defamatory and colls for a retrac tion and full apology. The New and Observer cheerfully publishe the de nial which the Messrs. Hprunt make of " the assertior. in the New and Ob server and retraction of the objec tionable statements is hereby mode with full apologies. It is set forth in the article that Ger man interests owe the Messrs. Sprunt for cotton shipped in British bottoms in, 1914 and 1913. The telegram from the Messrs. Sprunt asserts that tb money due Sprunt k So.i from German tustomer is all for cotton shipped be fore the war and that the cotton which was shipped to Kotterdam aad soma of which went to Bremen in 1914 and 1913 was not shipped in British bottom but in American bottoms.. The rumor men- - -tioned in the a.-ticle to the effect that the British government blacklisted th Wilmington firm and that Sprunt ware house in Liverpool were demolished are declared to be false. -Statemer.: Pronounced- False. The portk s of the artiote declared by the Messrs. Sprunt to. contain false . snd defamatory atatemeat folHiw and they re printed in order that tb 'de nial may b fully understood: "For cotton that went from the por of Wilmington In 1914 and 1913 t Rotterdam In British bottom an thence by rail into, Germany Ales, Hprunt A Son, local cotton exporter, will claim from tho German govern ment a sum estimated to be between two and three million dollar. James Osborna Csrr, - whose , resignation as district attorney of eastern North Caro lina becomes effective on Jauujry 31, l. i 1 A- 1 - IL. i l-ril EIHIIIUVIM1 in .'(TrfiBn-uta t M claim." -- ''British officials were- cognizant, of course, that the bottom over which the . I'nion Jack was flying were available to the Wilmington exporter because of Mr. Sprunt connection with the Brit ish government as vice consul at the port, of Wilmington. Later, though, it is said that England-seized the cotton in the Liverpool wiireli(iHjes of Sprunt, and blacklisted, tli Wilmington firm, British subject domolishedxjhe Sprunt building in Liverpool nd, the resignation of Mr. James Sprunt followed." 1 Cotton Shipped Before The Wsr. The fncts are, the Messrs. Spruut explain in their telegram to the New and Observer, "that the sum of money due to the firm of Alex.xSprunt and"1 Hon from Uerman customers is, not due for cotton shipped daring the war but for cotton which had been shippedpre- vwus 10 me ouiiireaa or me war ttf tween ireat Britain and Germany Again, the two' cargoes of cotton ship ped by Alex. Sprunt and Son to Rotter- dam, some of which went to Bremen in the years. 1914 and 1915, were not ship ped in British bottoms at all, but in American bottoms and with the knowl edge and consent of the British gov ernment. Again, England never seized any cotton . the property of Alex. Sprunt and Son in 7 Liverpool ware house or anywhere else and that firm was never Jdaeklisted by tho English government nor did English subjects demolish any property belonging to said firm. - Relation With England fordUt. The imitation- in the article that the resignation of Mr.. James Sprunt, Brit- Isk Vit-e Consut.-wns in some way eon- ' (Continued on Psge Two) KRUPP PLANT WORKING FOR U. S. GOVERNMENT Making- Parts For 72 Incom plete Cannon Rejected -By Americans Coblenz, Jan. 22.-(By the A. P.) The Krupp plant at Essen began work- -ing for the United States givernmeat Tuesday. Tho task undertaken by .the Krupp consists of making parts for seventy-two incomplete cannon, reject ed by the Americans Is part of the.'rsr material offered by the German undcV the torms of the armiHtice. The UVrnian commission which lias been in Berlin considering the question of tho heavy guns' turned down by thl American authorities has arrived at Coblenz and reported that eighty can non havo been shipped to the headquar ters of the American ar'sjy of occupa tion to replace big guns which failed to meet requirements. With the delivery of the. parts for the evnty-two can non and the arrival of the oilier eighty. the delivery of heavy artillery to the Americans will havo. been completed. The.. American allotment calls for ona- hundred jind.fJftj-twoheavjr guns.