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SUPREME YAIi
FORMAL COMHUNIQIl
Supreme War Council
Official Statements of Busi-
. ness at Two Sessions
- Held Friday
DISPOSITION OF GERMAIT
COLO"!FS TAKEN UP
Mission of Allies To Poland
Discussed and Acted On;
Next Meeting Monday Morn
ing; Peace Conference Will
Hold a Plenary Sitting This,
Saturday, Afternoon, at The
Ministry of foreign Affairs;
Other Peace Conference De.
velopments
Paris, Jan.-4. The following official
communication was issued thia evening
dealing with the afternoou session of
the Supreniecnuncil:
"The President of the United States
of .America, the Premiers and Foreign
Secretaries" of the I'gited States, of the
British Empire, and France and Italy
and the Representatives of Jspaa met
lit the (Jtiai D'Orsnl this afternoon frm
.'I o'clock until 5:15 o'clock. . .
A to Poland. "
''The mission of the allies and asso
. eiatod great posers to Poland was first
ili.cu.scd, and it was agreed that M.
-i'khon should prepare draft instruc
tions to the mission for the approval
of the representative of the Towers.
"It was agreed that one prca repre
rentative fur each of the five great
Powers should be permitted to accom
pany the mission.
Disposition of German Colonies.
"The question of territory readjus!
uieiits in connection with the conquest
of the German colonies was then taken
, up. Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minis
, tcr of Canada; Mr. Hughes", Prime Min
ister of Australia; Gen. -Smuts, Repre
sentative of Gen. Botha, the Prime Min
ister of South AfricO and Mr. Mnssey,
Prime Minister of New Zealand were
present 'and explained the particular
interest of the respective dominions in
regard to this question.
"The next meeting o? tho allied min
isters will tnke place on Monday morn
, uifr at 10 o'clock.
"The - r:iee -1 anf crewc rt! hold a
plenary sitting at the Ministry of For
eign affairs tomorrow (Saturday) at 3
o'rlock. ,,' '-'-
TEXT OF WAR COUNCIL
MOUNING COMMUNIQUE.1
Paris, Jan. 24. The text of the 'of
ficial communique regarding the jro
eecdings of to-.by's session of the Su
prem) War Council ia as follows;
The supremo war council met this
.morning from 10 :.'!0 a. m. .to 12:30 p.
- ai., and wa ul tended by the President
" of the United Statca of America, the
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the British Empire, France
ai.d Italy, as well as tho Secretary of
State of the United States of America,
the British Secretary of State for War
and tho French Minister of- Munitions ;
' th representatives of the Japanese gov
ernment; Marshal Foch, accompanied by
, Gcnet.ti Weypuul, Field Marshal Haig,
Genera) Pershing, (ienerul Diaz, Gen
eral WUson, General MacDonough and
the military representatives of the
"United States ' of America, France,
Great Britain and Italy at Versailles.
Army on Western Front.
' The rouuc.il conferred with Marshal
Foch and the other military experts' as
to the strength of the forces to lie
maintained by the Allied and associ
ated powers ouMho western front dur
ing the period of the armistice.
"It we decided to act up a special
committee composed of Mr.-Chnriihill,
Mr. Louicheur, Marshal Foch, General
Bliss and General Diaz to examine the
question.::, .
"The supreme war council also agreed
to recommend forthe approval of the
'governments concerned the issue of an
idnntic, medal and ribbon to all the
forces of the Allied and associated pow
tra who have taken part in the war.
- l"e ef Wlrele.
"After .the supplementary council,
the. President of the United State tf
America and -the prime minister and
foreign ministers of the -Allied and as
sociated governments, with the repre
f. aeutatives of Japan, held a short meet-
--Ing and agreed to the publication and
7 transmission by wireless telegraphy to
"all parts of the world. ."
Most Stop Violence. '--.,
Tli governments now assembled in
. eonferenee to establish a lasting peace
among tbe-jintions are deeply disturbed
by "newi wirh comes to them of the
many instances in which armed force is
being 4nade nse, of in many parts of
Europe and the east to gain possession
ef territory, the rightful claim to which
the peace eonferenee is to be asked to
. determine. They deem it their duty to
titter a solemn warning that possession
gained by forco will seriously prejudice
the claims of'those who use this means.
It will create the presumption that
those who employ force doubt tho jus.
t ice and validity of their claims, and
purpose to substitute possession for
proof of right and set up sovereignty
by coercion rather than j facial or
national preference and natural histori
eal association. They thus put a cloud
.-. upon every evidence of title they may
afterward allege, and indicate their
distrnst-.of the conference itself.
"Nothing but the most unfortunate
results can ensue. If they exnect iu.
tiee, (hey must refrain from' force and
place their claims in unclouded good
faitft in the hands tif tho pcae eon
ferenea." .-, ' - j-
LABOR SUBJECT TO BE BEFORE
PEACE CONFERENCE TODAY
Paris, Jan. 2t. Tha aecond aession
if tho Peace Congress to be held to-
Coatianed on Pago Two.)
COWL'S
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SUBMIT ulKXA.i (.
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London, Jan. ' tfict't Pari
correspondent says . . beea givea
to understand that (iJaV-Britain ii
willing to relegate such problem! as
those eoneerning Meaorjtamia, Pal
estine and the German colonic to a
league of nations, as oon as that
body it formed, ia onW to avoid
wasting the time of th peace eoa
,fercnce. - Thus, say the correspondent, ltt i
npparcnt that Grer'i Britain ia not
deiiroua of muUinr, any demaade for
territory incompriible with the prin
eiplea of lcag.e of nation.
Substance of Paper That
Be Laid Before The
- Peace Conference
Pari, Jan. M. (By Tho
dated Pre.) The aiach-diseiaaetl
British plan for a Icagao of nationa,1
which hao Just caapletoal can
now bo outlined la concrete, farm
to tho people of tho I'uittd State
for the Brat time.
Tho following detail, thoagh an
'Rlclal and sabject to alteration,
represent !n s ubstaac tho plan that
will b laid befor tho fcoco con--ference.
MAIN FEATURES.
The main featar f th ieagao
provided for In th plan will ho tho
establishment of machinery fot
handling : International dispute.
Thi will bo baaed on an agreement
among tho members ef th Ieagao
-not to Interfere with th territorial
Integrity, of states, or to permit
therM4ntorfero with them.
Th .rendering ef assistance and
guidance to new and andevaloptd
state t maintain freedor of tran
sit and just commercial relation
between the member of th Ieaga
are aomj of th principal aim to
bo supervised by th league. A
committee to rule en the qaeation
of trade In ammunition and arms
and before wUlrh would alse -come
up for study International prob
lem relating to economic and
sanitation will be appointed. A Ilk
central body or handling Inter
national fabor question I provided
for In the plan.
In thi connection it W held that
all International bodies now exist
ing and any which may be eresrt
most be brought together la u
central place which wilt be th
capital of the league and work in
close co-operatim. with the league
If the effort to promote Inter
national ee-opcratlon la to be sue
' cental. The British plan provide
for a general conference of the
delegate of. all nation member
of the league and for a (mailer in
ternational executive council for
the transaction of ordinary busi-
A permanent secretariat for th
league would b presided over by a
man of authority and experience In
Enropean affair, sitting at th
capital of the league with all necee.
sary diplomatic immunitie. Peri
odic meeting of th league'a dele
gate are provided for, but it ia
pointed out that It probably, would
be convenient for states to appoint .
r rtatj I
seStalivi
permanent, representative to th
capital who would act for their
countries Cjfettfcmor- authoritative
delegate arrived.
The plan exclude some state,
like Germany, from th league for
the present, on the ground of an-
trustworthiness, but It holds that
thi exclusion should not b pro
longed unnecessarily. Every clvIL
lied state with a settled govern
ment will he Invited to join th .
league."" ! ,. : " "
Provision for separata represen
tation for IrJia and the British
dominions Is provided for. :
Dispute for settlement are di
vided into two classes Justiciable
and non-justiflable and each state
vriil be the Bnal judge a to whether
a dispute I 'ustlclabl er not.
The establishment of a perma
nent court of International justice
for the settlement of justiciable
dispute I proposed and until It
ia created a court of arbitration I
..suggested. Either a council or a
conference of the league I thought
to be the proper organ for'th con
sideration of non-justiciable tjaar
re Is. '
WANTS NEW HOTEL
FOR WINSTON-SALEM
(Special to Tht News and OWtm.)
Winston-SaVm, Jan. 24. The need of
another modern hotel here has been ap
parent for months and a citizen ba pro
posed to tho Hoard of Trade that he
will be one of ten or twenty to take
stock to the amount of tlO.OOO for the
e'rection ef a one or two hundred thou
sand dollnr hotel. The proposition was
made by A, T, Young, of the Prances
Hotel. This problem, as well as the one
of building more homes, is being- con
sidered by the business men, and it is
believed thftt wthn the next few months
gXhrte-actio) ,. regarding
ooia propositions.
BRITISH LEAGUE
OF NATIONS PLAN
NEW BANKING LAWS
II
Substitute For Saunders Bi"
Abolishing Capital Pun- ,
Ishment Passes
COMMITTEE WORKS ON .,
DOG AND STOCK LAV.L
"rant Introduces Bill Beqnir-
log Two Men On All
, " Street Cars
ti the morning hour in the House
..irrday, a substitul for the Saunders
11, abolishing capital punishment for
all crime save that of first degree ;
murder and rape, wa presented by Kep
rcsentativ Victor S. Bryant and passed.
Intueaf ternoon, before th commit
tee on Proposition and Grievances,
Representative J. Frank Bay tried to
persuade the committee to take tome
action looking to tho passage of a dog
lnw for the Mute and Kcprerentative
McMullea tried to have lJr. Uriflins
stock law act for Chowan repealed.
Both failed. The committee Indi
cated a willingness tn do something
about th dog law 4)tjt there were just
k niany different opinion about what
ought to be done aw there were num
bers. A to the atock law proposition,
th committee thought that the Chowan
commissioner! had better order a spe
cial election and let the fur eastern
folki settle their troubles at home.
This suited Mr. McMullen.
Two new hanking measure were in
troduced yesterday. One by Kcpre
setttativo Powell, of Columbus, would
allow all bank with a capital of $100,000
and above to make loans on 10 per
cent of their capital and surplus. The
present banking law precludea loans in'
exces of 10 pcf eent of the capital
stock. Tho aecond, by Representative
Everett, of Richmond, would put all
State bank and trust eompanit' ou
the same footing with National bank
so far as handling acceptances go.
Another Saunders Bill.
Representative Saunders, of Pasquo
tank, didn't wait yesterday for the
House to decide tho fate of hi amend
ed bill to abolish capita? punishment
before ho sprung another, one.' The
latest propose castration for all per
son attempting to commit the crime
of rape and for convicted rapist. Rep
resentative McColm yesterday intro
duced the till!- fot wmotitf the 8tHs
prison l"1btf Caledonia fur m and for
tha transfer of the nrison nronertv
here to the State hospital, his purpose
to do so .having been Indicated in Fri
day's News and Observer.
Pharr, of Mecklenburg, introduced
for Representative Grant, who is ill at
Sex Hospital, a bill requiring public
service corporations operating street
ears for passengers to maintain both a
conductor and a motorman on each car
rn service. ;
A resolution introduced yesterday by
Governor Doughton would authorize
the citato Treasurer to issue fi,D!0,m
notes in lien o." a bond issue that fall
dne April 1. A previous bill bad Jjccn
introduced authorizing tho issuance of
bo neb: to pay off the issue falling due
in April but on account of the proba'
bility that the issue could not be mar
kctcd at par. the luance committee felt
it wise to make .provision for the issu
ance of the notes. The issue is a four
per eent one and originally wa for con
struction purpose in connection with
(Continued on Page Six.).
Sensational "Case In Which
British Army Officers
. . Are Involved 7
London, Jan. 24. A coroner jury
today ..brought in- a verdict of wilfull
murder ''against Lieut. Col. Norman Ce
cil Hutlierford, of the Medical Corps, of
the British army, 'in connection with
the death of Major'Mile Charles Seton,
who was shot and killed Jan. 13.
At the inquest a detective testified
that after the arrest of I.ieuC Colonel
Rutherford, Rutherford wrote a note to
his wife saying "I am sorry. The worst
possible has happened; Koton is demhf:
Mm. Rutherford maul tentihtd that
during the absence of Col. Hnthtrfojtdjn
t ranee, Major Reton several times vis
ited the Rutherford Houses and re
mained there for week ends;-':
On the day of the shooting, the maid
dcc-lared, there was. some trouble be
tween Col. Rutherford and bis wife,-af-
ter which Rutherford: Jr-ft the house, toll'
ing the maid not to place his revolver
in his traveling bag. ,
The coroner rend eilrneis from let
ter written by Mri;: Rutherford to her
husb-mr, stating that she wanted him
n gain his frc;dm and would not
plareany obstacle in the way of a di
vorcee -. . ' , '
Mai. Seton was killed at the residence
Of his cousin, M. C.'tieton, secretary of
the judicial-department of the Indian
office. The shooting eauseU a sensation
in British military circles. Major He
ton formerly was in the British army
medical service jTheRutherfords have
six cnuurea. .
TRINITY VICTORIOUS
r OVER WAKE FOREST
Durham, Jan. 24. Wake Forest wsi
defeated by Trinity toniuht. 41 to 20.
in A fast game Of basketball, the visitors
' -ing unaMe to solve .the passing of tho
'cal tossers. It was the second game
t the season for Trinity, fiiarling and
white-Altyw tho o ii Uak ,
1 Jorsat. w
TA
0 IN HOUSE?
JURY CHARGES
WILFUL MURDER
BAILEY TALKS ON
FEDERAL PES
3 Issue With Governor On
Total Taxes Paid By
. 1 State in 191 8
,VES DATA TO BACK
UP HIS CONTENTIONS
n3ists It Would Be Unfortu
nate For State To Levy Taxes
On Basis ef Apparent Totals
Mr. J. W. Bailey, Collector of Intcr-
lal Revenue, take issue with Governor"
llickett in the statement Bia'sle In his
message to the General Assembly that
the people of North Carolina pjrJo
the federal government 170,000,000 last
year in taxes. On the? face of the tax
returns, Mr. Bailay holds, thi is true,
but he ha prepared data to (npport
Itis contention that North Carolinians
paid federal taxes not exceeding .1J,
000,000 for the year ending Juno 3,
ing. The other h-U of the tases, ap
parently coming f.::n North Carolina,
were paid by the purchaser! all over
tho world of articles manufactured ia
North Carolina. . .
"It would fce extremely trnfortunate,
say Air. Bailey, "it the Ueueral As
sembly ia levying the taxes should es
timate the capacity or the willingness
of our people to pay taxes on the 170,
000,000; and even more unfortunate if
that body should lor a moment con-1
reive that tbe fact that ear peoplo
freely - yielded 'up m,XX,KiO to the
Rppublie -in time of war will justify
them ire levying taxes at anything ap
proaching such a ruto in time uf
peace.''
"In view of the fact that it is being
widely reported that the "federal Gov
ernment collected 70.0U0,W of taxes
U North Carolina last year, implying
that the people of North Carolina paid
thia amount out of their own pockets,
and in view of the fact that there is
some possibility of tans being levied
by the State on tbe theory that the
people of North Carolina are them
selves paying 70,0tf,00) per annum to
the Federal Government, I have take
pain to prepare the data, oa thi sub
ject," saMvBaiky.---ta."-!-lr-I
li.iv More me the report of th
Commissioner of .Internal Revenue for
'the I'nited Klates and the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, each for the
year ending June 30, ISMS, sad from
(Continued on Page Six.)
It's To Be Paid Him Whether
Fight Results in Win,
Lose or Draw
(Uy tha AmocUI! Prua.)"
Chicago, III.. Jan. 21. A purse of
$100(tH0 drew .Tr-Ks Willard, heavyweight
boxing champion, out of retirement to
night.
Tex Ricksrd. promoter, tonight, aftelr
"two davs of conference obtained Wil
lard' signature to a set of artk-lcs to
fight any opponent selected for him. He
agreed to box any number oJNrounds up
to forty. The match will lie decided
next July, probably on the Fourth. Wil
lard will receive fU'wisiO, win, lose or
draw. - .:, ......
Rickard said cither Georges Carpen-
tier, the French heavyweight, or Jack
Denipsey, who has been clamoring for a
uatrh with the champion, would lie n il
lard' opponent. Rttknrd reserved the
right to wait Tjntil March 25 liefore mak
ing the selection. The place tot holding
the battle will l-chamfJvjiixty day le
fore the eontcstl " ".a,, '
Tho contest iill be the first that
Willard 1ms fnnpht-siHce he met Frank
Moran, of Pittsburgh, in New' York
in March, 191S.
Under the terms of the agreement,
tho champion agreed to deposit IIOKK)
with a Ihirsgo bank at once, this sum
to be forfeited to Rickard if Willard
fails to carry out his promises. Rickard
agreed to deposit I0,(XS) in Chicago
twrhorrow, f 15,000 sixty dy liefure the
tlato of the contcat-an.tJOOO,, fofy
cight hours befofo tli Tuy of the
battle. . V -
'Prooided Rickard fail to 'inalfe- the
second deposit of f 15,f)U0 I"1 sgreed to
forfsit the first flO.onO to Willard, and
if he fails to post tho ..,( Willard
will receive t23,(Ki0.
The Kansas ""cowltoy agreed not to
make any other engagements or to ap
pear in any exhibition contests. It was
decided that-Rickard should name the
referee and that his selection should be
final.
The laws of, - the State' in which the
bnjtle will be " Staged will, of course,
govern tho situation. I bort to stage
the, contest in.,, State nllon ing bouts
of twenty or thirty 3 rounds" raid
Rickard. ' "' -
Willard said be weighed close lo 275
pounds but that he prnlmbly would en
ter the ring weighing, about 243 pounds.
"I presume some people will think
that I demanded the earth to box,'' Wil
lnrd said. "Rickard met my. terms and
I accepted. I .want to Say. that I did
not get a cent for fighting. Johnson in
Havana. The man who meets me, if
he wins, will have the same opportunity
that I did to mak money.
' "1 don't care who is selected to meet
me. The purse is the thing. I am not
boxing for fun. Its lusinewith me."
' Willard nn-KRicard will leave for
Texas tomornnv. -
The 1 100,000 purse i the biggest ever
- offereA- a..-twmiiit..n J.' k Joiiiutia.. gat
; 106.000 for defeating Jeffries, y
WILLARDWILLBOX
F0RTI100,000
SUNDAY DISCUSSES
HOGS, INCLUDING
HUiMAH VARIETY
Some People Think More of
Their Swine Than Neighbors'
Souls, Says Evangelist
31 HIT SAWDUST TRAIL' ,
AT EVENING SERVICE
"vanjelist Take for Hif Ser
' mon Tbe Caie of Jeans
Casting The Derila.Oatof
The Wild Man and Trans
ferrin; Them To The Swine
Which Rushed Into Sea
Ricfimondi -Vs., Jan. 24. "The man
.10 thinks more of ' his hogs than he
ics of hi wife and children he is the
il's idea of what a husband ought to
?, said Billy Hunday iu his sermon
ti-re this evening at the auditorium.
The ha man hog, the evangelist had
heea emphasizing, cared more for his
swine than he doe for human souls.
"Holding a dollar ia front ef some fel
low a' eves make them blind to every
thirag that is decent," shouted Mr. Bun
day. Mr. Sunday' sermon was based on
the account of Jesus casting out the
iVvibjt from the wild man at Cnpeanaum
which entered the hogs which rushed
nto thg '' ni' wfr drowned. . This
i iied a kiss of about 2,000 hogs and
' . people besought Jesu to leave the
pinrnaity, wlucn ne aid. ine people,
Mr Sunday said, did not want the sav-
ni of any more mca at such a price,
Fifty-one struck the sawdust trail this
evening when Mr. Kundsy mride his ap
peal io Tflosa irouuieu wuu iu u cunio
lorward. Ia his appeal Mr. bun day
rallctl oa a group of soldiers from West
Hamilton hospital and asked them all
:o come forward and tcke his hand.
"Come on, soldiers, he said, "you re
a hunch that got the grit to do it.
The following are extracts from Mr
Kunday sermon:
Mr. 8 da Sermon.
Mark, 5th chapter, ;V vc.se: "ff T
mar touch nut his elotaos, l snail be
made, whole. ' ,
The srenc ef this story U laid In the
little town of CapcrnauinWiJesn has.
riit feTtirnM from the country or the
Oadarenes, over on tho other side of
the tea ef Galilee: and on the way He-
had stilled the tempest, astounding His
disciples by His power over nature; and
whilo there He healed the wild man
who had been filled with tho legion of
devils. ' C ,
And the people besought him to
leave their untry as quickly as he
could, for in the javnig ot a man
two thousand hogs had liecn lost, lor
tbe devils in this man Ix'sought of
Jesus tho privilege of going into the
hogs, and it is the only record we hava
that Jesu ever answered tlifj ' rccqucst
of devils. , ,
He did it, to the destruction of the
hogs, but to the salvation of the man".
And the devils came out. of the mnn
and went into the, hogs, the hogs ran
down the hill into tho sen, the sea
went into the hngs, and two thousand
of them were dead. Ko the follows
who owned, these hogs, came to Jesus
and requested Him to leave their coun
trv, for tnev tliiln t want any more
(Continued on Pe- Three)
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"Emperor's" Widow Who Kil
ed Him Finds Reported
7'7 Wealth Vanished r
(Br th ArJotlr.tM Pru.) -
LEBAUDY WAS NOT
A1L1AIR
Mineola, N. Y., Jaii. 24. The rcputedrroiigratrilating him today,,
millions of deques Lchaudy, the self;
styled tmperor of nannra, who was-i
shot and killed by lift wife in their
Long Inland home two weeks- ago
shrunk to-rhousands today when Mrs.
Lirbaudy filed a' petition asking for let
ter, of administration of his estate.
These were granted by the Hurrognte
Mrs. Lchaudy, who was freed after n
grand jury had failed to indict- her, de
clared 4n J,ht petition, today 'the estate
consisted of-$2tO,0UU in personal prop
erty and .?HK) In real estate, and that
she and her 13 year-old daughter, Jac
queline, were tho only heirs. Her at
torney said he would, make a further
searchi for assets.
new Government at lisbon
not getting along well.
London, Jan. 24. According ,to dis
patches from, Lisbon the situation is 'de
veloping adversely for thi;"- govern
ment. The monarchist cause is gaining
many adhcrenis in l.ilxm and- is rnp
idty extending the field of operations
to the north. ''
The monarchy having leen proclaimed
at Lensa, 8ao0iiago Villa I)irriCondo
and Harcellos, It is feared thntNuithing
ran. now avert civil war.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS-SELF; DEAD
(Spwial to The Ne M Ohrvr.)
Asheviile, Jan. 2L Jncen Pressley, a
fifteen year-old white boy .was fatally
wounded, while out hunting this after
noon, dying later in the MiMtion llos
litl here,Ioujig Pressley had climbed
a tree aftef an o'poKsum, scttinj his gun
'gainst the-'bolO of the'ttee. In. desreud
ing his font struck the gun, discharging
it-llaa itwhtd ltLtVstoil)s,i"t tiled
ai o'clock tnnialij ... -
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SENATE PASSES VlLSON .
EUROPEAN
HITCH 111 RADIO
Delegation in Washington in
Interest of Project For
Union County .
WILSON POSTMASTER WILL
NOT ASK REAPPOINTMENT
Senator Simmons Receives
Complaint About Proposed
Freight Sates
' New and OhMrvar Bureau
iH Uiatrkt National Bank Bids'.
Br B. B. WISTKK.
Washington, Jan. 2t. John C. kes.
, A. Morrov, F. (. Henderson t d T
Riddle composed a delegation from
Mouroe here toilay to see Secretary
Daniel relative to the radio station ia
Union county. I'-ncxpeetotl develop
ments have arisen and effort are lie
ing made-by some to abandon the idea
of building a wireless station near
Monroe.- However, nothing definite is
known at this time. Charlotte is also
throwing its strength to Monroe in its
efforts to have the site retaiued. Paul
yhitlock, president of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce, W 8. Alexander
and K. f. Uriflith were hero today.
8. W. Smith, postmaster at Wilsoa, N.
C, since 19U, will retire from omce
about March 1, or as soon thereafter as
hi successor can qualify. The retire
ment of Mr. Smith is not altogci'er un
expected as hint have emanated in the
PoHtofhce Pepartment indicittiug that
this would be the course taken by the
incumbent.
Mr. Hmith ha been the auhj-ct of
criticism from come sources alleging in
attentiveucs to the duties of the WU
son o Aire In fart, a delegation cam
to Washil.gtoa'f rom Wilson many
months ago to see Postmaster General
Durlctea urging ttrut tho incumbent be
displaced, f iuuv .oiv -Ti ra
for their request was that he gava'hnly
a few minutes each day to the work of
tho oflice.
However, Mr. Smith in his efforts to
outwit his opponents, (lee lined. to resign
at that time. Ho hits recently signified
to his fricmbi thut he' would not stand
for reappointment, and a new postmas
ter will soon be named. The office is
an. alluring one, being second class. Tho
siilnryof the postmaster is between I-,-700
tad f 1,000 a year. .
( ansfleld at Capital.
Ti. D.t.-anstleld, of Morehcad City,
was in Washington today, returninji.to
North CaroliiKi from l'hiladelphiu
where ho went tor a conference with
tho Kmereenev Fleet X'oriiorutinn. The
Morehead City company, headed by MK
Cansflcld, is building ships for the gov-
ernmciit. . " :., - A .
Representative John If. . Pinlill left
Washingti today for RufToliu' Va., and
EdenJiiii, N. V.; on a Imsincss trip.
Miss Hcssie Hoyd, private secretary to
Representative Hmull, s ill. with iuilu-
eu.a. . . .
Kx Lieut. Governor W. C. Newlands,
oFliCiioir, was a visitor to Wnnhingtim
today. He had conferences with tSrua
tors Overmun ami himmons and tiec
retary Dauiels. Ho is 'u einilibite for
tho judgeship in western North Caro
lina, thef vacancy Vacated by the re
tiremcnt of Judge Itoyd.
Ilellamy In Washington. ;
George II. Bellamy, the newly-aj-
piintctt mnrshal lor tho eastern onh
Carolina District, was here today oil his
way to J.ortli ( uroluia Irom a trip Ice
Florbla.' lie will leavo Washington for
Wilmington tomorrow afternoon.
- The l)uk4if .liriuiawick. stutcd. today
Hint ho saw tho first definite announce'
-ment of his appointment while "in
Morula. His friends hereabouts.. were
Jib will see
the Attorney-lienenil -tomorrow, who
t-fiiJJtiJ've him the ''once-ow.
Return To Washington.
IJepreKntative nnd Mrs.. (ieo'jTJood,
and their daughter,-Klizrclietli,- have re
turned to Washington from their home
in Goldsboro. Kepresentat'ive Hoo'd, is
in fine fettel after a lengthy absence
from the national capital on account of
illnesft. II u has seemingly reguiut'd his
health aad..t!Xpcct&Jo. lti jit-'his ,. office
until March 4, when the present ( on
i;rcss expires. He, v.ill then resume the
practice of law in Goldsboro. Repre
sentative Hood 's exiremvly popular in
Eastern North Carolina and his col
leagues here huve the wurmcst admira
tiou for him. ...
Reprcscntatiive Geo. Hood has reeom
mcudetl John E. Hoey for appointment
as rurnrfree delivery carrier from Fai
sou. Representative II. 1. Godwin has
recommended Robert L- latum, as rural
" - . . .
(Continued on Pag Two.)
ROCHAMBEAU AND OTHER
SHIPS BRING OVER-SIX
. THOUSAND TROOPS
New York, Jan. 2 The : French
steamer Rochumheau from Bordeaux
arrived herd tonight With more than
l ight hundred- American oflicers and
m'eti, bringing the total number of ar
rivals during the. day -to more, than
8,(KKI and the nUmlwr of arriving troop
ships to eight. Tho 'other, ships in to
day were the battleships New Hump
shire ami, Louisiana, the transports
fJaETinaR's "and Goentoor, the Ameii.-an
steamers Accomaa and General Goetb
als, nd the French steamer Chicago..-
The soldiers aboard included
en officers and .101 men of the 337th
I'irld Artillery, 10 officers and 5:13 men
of the . TWh field artillery, 0 casual
wAker tuiti on caouul eulialcl tuuJU.
PLA S AT MO
FAMINE BILL
It Now Goes To Conference for
Adjustment of Minor Sen
ate Amandments
ONLY 3 DEMOCRATS IN - ,
THE 18 NEGATIVE VOTE
S3 Senators Voted For Meas
ure, Including 34 Democrats
" and 19 Republicans After
LTollette, Sherman.-Borah
and s Tew Other Bepnbll
cans Exhausted Themselves
at 8-Dajs' TalMest; Appro
priation of $100,000,000
Measure Will Become Lew'
' Early Next Week -
(By th AuociaUd I'rau.k .
Washington, Jan, S4r Afler a week
of spirited dobate the Senate tonight,
b," a vote of 53 to 18 passed the Admin--ist
ration bill Appropriating ihi,(HHI,XJC
for food relief la Europe and the near
I'-ast. The fund was requested by
President Wilson as a means of (beck
ing the westward spread of Bolshevism.
Th measure now goe to conference
for adjustment of minor Senate amend
ments, but leaders believe final enact
ment will be accomplished next week.
Henator Martin, of Virginin, the Dem- '
ocrntie leader, and Overman of North
Carolina, and Warren, of Wyoming,
were appointed Senate conferees.
The most important henate amend
ment changed th House section against .
feeding enemv peoples, so that nation
alities friendly to th I'nited State
nnd the allies mar be aided. AH
amendments designed to limit the power
of President Wilson or Food Adminis
trator Hoover, in distribution of the :,
fund were rejected rexcntly by the
Senate anil no Anal effort was made -;
today for their addition.
negative t.
On the finnl roll call fifteen Republi
cans suit three Democrats voteu
Hgainst the bill's passage, whilo thirty-
four Democrats and nineteen Kcpulilt
cuns joined in il suppoTt. Th roll
call follows: - '
ljhjBaJ)inucxaii aoA if tv Bapuldi-
cans voted agnisst tne bill, 'the cm
otrats were: Gore, Ilardwick an'' Jrrt,
nnd the Republicans, Borah, lcr,
Firnald, France, Harding. Jofi' , of
California; Kenyon, l4iFoflctte, Mtr
Nary; Mnaes, IViwrose Poindexter,
(Sherman, Townsend nm) Watson.
tk'iintor Cuinmiiis.of Jowa, Republi
can, nnu lhom.u fn oiorauo, nemo-
crat, who were present, but jaircd, an-
nminced that they opposed thj lulu It
nlsor was nnnotinccd that Senator Varda
iiiuii, of Mississippi, who was absent.
would hove' Voted in the negative.
Affirmative VoL.
Those supporting the bill were: e
rywoi-rots Aahurst, Uuukhead, Beck-
hiim, t'haiiilelro, Fletcher, Gay..
Gerry, Henderson, Hitchcock, Hollies,
Johnson, of South Dakota; Kirby, Mar- "
tin of Kcntncky; Martin of Virginia;
Nugent, Overman, Phtdani - Pittman,
Pollock, IVmcreue. RausdelTjr -Sauls-bury,.
Hhafrotli, Shoppard, 'Simmons,
Smith of Arizo.ia; Smith of Georgia,
Hwanson, Thompson, Trammell, I'nder
wood, Walsh, Williams and Woleott
34. .... - .... ..
Republicans: Colt, Curtis. I'reling-hnyscn,-Hnle,
Jones of Washington;
Kellogg, Nnoi, Inroot, Lodirc, Me
Ian, New, P. , Smith of Michigan;
Hmoot, Siencer, Sterling,: Wadsworth,
Warren arid Weeks 1S.
Totid for 5.1. i
. Keontors Sutherland of . Vest Yir-
ginia, and Nelson of Minnesota, absent,
were announced as favoring the
measure.
, "Opponents of, the bill made a final u
stand .'iguinst it today with Senator
I-sPollctte of Wisconsin, Borah of
Iduhoy and Sherman :. of . Illinois, Bo-
publicans, lending the fight.
Scantors Knox of Pennsylvania, Colt 5
of ''Rhode Island, and Smith of Michi
gan, spoke iu a jiport of the appropria
tion. ''""',-' - '- .
Laflpllette Saw Horns sad Hoofs.,.
Senator IFcdlette vigorously said
llid bill was neither a war, peace,, nor
(Continued on Page Two.)
MISERS
They Wire Simmons Concern
ing Taxes Levied By New
Revenue Bill
Br the Alattt! Prem.t ,
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 24. The Amer- ,
ican Cotton Manufacturers' Association',
executive officials here made publie to
night the text of" a telegram sent to
Senator 8immunijand Representative
Kitehiu, urging a reduction of t-,400,00
in the amount of taxes levied by the
new revenue hill now before confer
encu committee. ; It wasi declared that
"there! is not steady irerk for present
employes anil curtailment already ia
under way. Pending" tax bill mean
almost confiscation of profits and if.
business does Jiot -improve reserves
which areTieeessiiry to carry on busi
ness will be depleted to a serious ex
tent." -.'..,'
The Association's membership repre
sents alMitit 12,isi0,00ii spindles." Arthur
J. Draper, of Charlotte, is president,
and W. I). Adams, of Charlotte, Is see
retary and treasurer. .
. The North Carolina Cotton Manufac
turer' Association sent a .similar tele-
I gram, to Senator Simmon Bad Ecpre-
cniuuvw xincnjn. 1 i
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