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V - is- 'TX'Y Jl T1TU WEATHER Fair Taesday and probably Wednesday; mild Umpcrmtaro. -4 Beet Advertising Medium in . Worth Carolina VOL QX. NO. 28. , RALEIGH, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1919. PRICE: RVE CENTS SUPREME VAR COUNCIL A Jl RFVFHIIF Ril l AT ACTUAL VALUE . - - r oint-. Finance" 'Committee Agrees On Broad Policy for Newjaxation System CONSIDERS T- Accessibility of - Deadlock , as Disappeared, Says Close Vote On Cowper Bill Tb Battleground ' Made Famous R 'ply of Chairrftan Simmons To Protests Received Against New lix Levy . Allow Investment of Ward's Funds By Gallant Success of American Troops ' -Chairman Simmons -. . 4- . .-- ' ........ CONFEREES EE SSESS PROPERTY HOUSE STRIKING MID-SEASON FORM ILffl'S VISIT TOt CHATEAU THIERRY . '! ANNOT REVISE REVENUE BILL HOW IjIUI UU111V1 An iniH I1T 1AT A1TI N-ItI-IC i I U I III I iru i Maps Out Program ofWcrk ' For Committees in Dealing"" With' Financial and Eco--nomic Subjects ,;. QUESTION OF HOLDING . TROOPS FOR GARRISON Decision Will Not Affect Re turn of U. Troops Already Selected To Leave Soon, As lerican Quota in-Cermany and Russia Has Already Been 'Agreed Upon; Peace Conference Delegates Hold Meeting, - But They Were Executive Sessions and Newspaper Me.n-Were Not Admitted; Other Develop ments at Paris Monday (Br the Ajwrbud Praaa.) Paris, Jan. 27. The supremo eoun til at its meeting this morning laid out S program of work and l)ie constitution Of new committees for economic' and 3- financial questions. (Juestions concern ing private nad maritime law! also were discussed. . .. At the afternoon session thetiehnnge - of view oa the former Germaa eolonies In. tlia Pm!Ih nnrl th Far Klt WCrft continued. Representative of the Do minions and of Chiaa were heard. The official statement reads: "The President of. the United States, the Prime Ministers and Foreign .Mini sters of the Allied and Associated Pow ers and the Japanese representative met 'this morning at the Qua -d'Ortay from 10:30 o'clock to 12:30 o'clock and 'er fined a program of work and the eon . stitutioa of new eommittees for eco nomic and financial questions as well as questions relating to private and maritime lavs. "The afternoon session continued the exchange of views oa the former Ger man colonics ia the Pacific and tho for cist. The representatives of -the Da- minions and of' China were heard. The next meeting will take place tomorrow at 11 o clock in the morning.- Paris, Jan. 27. The. eonferenfe of 'reiircsentativ.es of the smaller powers adjourned at 5 o'clock, this afternoon : after a most agreeable and harmonious -abt.in TIim 11trn'fa rnmlilnterl tlioir representations to the conference cojn . mittccs without incident.. ; Trops for Garrllea Purpoece. Taris, Jan. 27. The committee ap- -. pointed ly tho supremo council to con i1ar IiAm mnitv fillieH and Amerieaa troops shall be kept on: the Western front held a meeting today and" re ceived reports from experts concerning .the. -situation oa the Rhine and in Ger man.v. " I l'rogres, it is reported, was' 'made, la clearing up thp situation hut much re- . mains to be done before the committee is iu aposition to mnko a final re- , commendation to the supreme council concerning the ex.ct , number of sol-' ' diers of each nationality required for garrison purposes in' Germany, ilt is learen that the determination of the Amcrifttn war department to rctura the American troop now in Europe to their homes will not be affected by any decisions reached by ther eom- " niitte. There will be nd-departnre from the plan arranged for the return ' of the troops, allowance having leen mado in advance for the retention . tt Germany and Russia fo' all Ameriean soldiers regarded as forming a fair quo ta fof the United 8tates. : -Two Executive Sessioa. Tari-f, Jan. 27Two pimultaneous metinlrs of peace conference delegates were .Seltd at the French foreign oGiee this afternoon. One waa the session of the Supreme eouncil consisting of the five great powers while the other was attended by the smaller powers. Both meetings were executive and newspa per representatives were not admitted. "COUNCIL OF TEN DELVES INTO WEIGHTY SUBJECTS. ' Paris. Jan. 27. At the-meeting' f the Rnnreme Council of the Peace Con ference this morning there wa a full ' attendance. A number of technical advisors oa colonial matters, including three Amer "leans, accompanied the various delega tions as they entered the foreign onice for the dav session. The eouflcil of ten. as the Preach now call the ministers of the five great powers, has before it for consideration today, in executure session among other things the questions of territorial ad justments, the abolition of conscription and the economic reconstruction of Germany. These questions, in accord aaee-wifh the settled method of pro cedure', will be referred by the council to suitable commissions ; Prospects ef Coaclnsioa of Peace. There . appears every prospect the PeaceL Conference rill make rapid prog ress from now enwith the Work, oi fixing the peace terms for Germany, as the conference -appear? to hate got ten into it stride. 1 A Ugh French dlp " lorneti authority ,7 is J quoted by the Pari edition of the. London Daily Mail as estimating that-.the..eonf crence will i have the- peace terras readv- f tul - ".'mission for ratification by the various nauuiiai giiTernmenu oetween me mia - die ana tne end or March. If this is -.aa-jepoTUd tho.Corason dslegates (Contiaaed Page Two.) REPRESENTATION OF "l LESSER POWERS OS K .tt OF TBI SPECIAL MISSIONS. - Paria, Jan. 17. -Representative of the powers with arterial Interests aaet at o'clock tbkv afternoon at the French foreign office and appelated K-rhca- ef the salsslenSr decided pea sit he session ef the Peace Ceafereace on'Satorday. Jalea Caps- r Fraaee oreoided. I The members f real the lve peat pewers ea these atiaaieas were named Satarday. The official lUtesseat slf the names ef the member appelated to day follows. The representative ef the power with special Interests aaet (this after noon at S o'clock at the Qaal sTOraar aader the presidency of ML Jules Caaihoa, ambassador aad French delegate at the Peace Conference, to appoint number of the missions in accordaace with the decbiona of the plenary aeoaion of Satarday, January ii. The following were ap pelated: LEAGUE OF NATIONS Paul kHymana, Belgium; Epitacio Peaaoa, Brasil; Wellington Ken, nlealpotcn. ttary, Chiaa; M. B. Vesaltch, 8er bu Jaame Batalkha Reis, minister pkntpoteotiary, PortagaL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR Relgluss.. net yet appointed; Scrota, Slobodan Yevaaevitch; Ro mania, t Raaenthal; Greece, M. Pelitls; Potent, not yet appelated. INTERNATIONAL LABOR LEG ISLATION Belglaas, M. Yaader velde aad M. Mahaias; Cab. A. 8. BaaUmaate; Poland, . net yet ap pointed; the Cstchw-Slevae republic, M. Beaea. REGULATION OF PORTS, WA TERWAYS AND RAILROADS iielgiam, not yet appointed; Chiaa, a. E. Thoaiaa and C T. Waag, pleni potentiary' delegate; Greece, M. Coromilasr SerMariCTnrmbltch; Vragaay, Carlos Blaaco., , UNITED FROUT IS HOW PRESENTED The 13 Small Powers Give Full AdhesiffrrTo Plans of Five Greater Powers Paris, Jaa. 27 The Peaee Confer ence" today made a distinct gain when the nineteen small powers gave full adhesion to the organization formu lated by the Five Great Powers, .thus securing a united front of the great and small powers at the outset of the work on the main subjects before the members of the commission. This was largely' due to the skilful direction of Jules Canibon, French delegate who was designated by the council, of the great powers to preside over the meeting of the small powers, held this afternoon.? . This meeting convened at the foreign office! at the same time the eouncil of the. Great Powers met. the two separate gather ings proceeding simultaaoousiy, one ia the office of M. Pichon, the foreign minister, aad the other in the Salle hWarfaix;- For a time there was some apprehen sion of the sequel - to the different viewpoints expressed and Saturday's conference, but today' meeting of the small powers waa without incident or renewal of the claima set up for in creased representation oa the Various committees.' Belgium, Serbia, Romania and all the other small ' pewers had their full delegation at the afternoon meeting. Tribute To Soulier Power. JL Cambon, in opening the meeting, took occasion to jajlludo to the great part Belgium had taken in the war. He then paid a tribute to the par played by Serbia,. Rumania, Greece and the others. ii, ,. .i,.i;.".., ,,,,. This dissipated any lingering ahadowa of disagreement anu the" meeting pro ceeded with entire harmony to designate the membership of the small powers on toe commission, Ia the meantime the council of the great powers held two session during the day resulting ia' the formation of two new commissions to deal with finan cial subjects aad the question of private ana maritime taw. Wilson's Second Paint. While the official communique give noiHdication of the nature efjihe. ques tion, of maritime law'' it would seem to be term embracing President Wilson's second point, of freedom of the seas. The. council 'also proceeded to' hear ings on the disposition of the conquered Germaa colonics in the Pacific and the Far East, a final conclusion not being reacnea. I be conference is giving evi' uenee oi real progress since the commit' tees were named aad most of these bodies began t initiate their work to day. 4 Real Progress! Being Made. President Wilson, who is chairman of the Committee, oa the League of Na. tions, joined his colleagues. Col. House, also a member of that committee daring the nodu recess of th council. Later in the Aaf LwtLBobert Cecil, British them l her rf 4 he hbbUm 4..mt inr Jjnrther consideration of the questions rwnien we rresiaent ana Col. House had f examrned. Tbo-e "wlftrVgstrto (Coatlnned on Pag Two) BASIS OF AGREEMENT ON CONTESTED QUESTIONS Corporation Income and Ex cess Profits, Allowances To Oil and Gas Interests Washington, Jan. 27. A basis for lOmplete agreement on the war revenue bill was reached late today by the Son- ute and House conferees. Senator Sim- mons, chairman ef the Senate mana gers, announced that virtually all im portant questions remaining in- dispute including! the war excess profit rates. had been tmed upon and that all por sibility of a deadlock and failure of the bill -Lad passed.- - -.. Announcement of the conference agreement on the war profits an' other basic disputes was deferred but it was said that it would be made Wednesday or Thursday. The conferees hope it will be adopted, by both bodier next week and the bill sent to President Wilson for his -approval. Baaia of Agreement. The basis of agreement on the meas ure was npon 'three bitterly contested questions war excess profits taxes this year, the Senate allowance to oil and gas interests ana me senate amend ment to repeal the existing tone system of second class mail rates. It was learned that in harmonising differences on these basic disputes, the- conferees agreed to an increase of the Sennte war excess profits rates, adopted .the oil provision substantially as privided by the Senate and eliminated the sec ond class mail- amendment. The agreement on war excess profits rate for 1919, it was stated, provided for retention of the Senate rate of 30 per cent on corporations' net irieomo in execs of credit and not in excess of 20 per cent, of invested capital; for increase from 60 to 63 per eent on in come in exeess of 0 per eent and for retention of the 20 per cent tax on war profits. The higher I tes were strongly urged by Representative Kitchin and other of the House managers. The Senate conferees were reported to have won their fight for retention of tho Senate provision for a tax exemp tion of 20 per eent on bona fide (ale of oil and gas well and mines. . - jJJeeond Class Postage. Elimination of tb second class post age amendment bad been generally expected The -proposal has been bit terly opposed ty Rcpresertatlv Kitch in and other of the House conferees. . The present rate have been vigor ously attacked by publisher as unjust aad in some eases confiscatory. With the basis reached for settling these three vital disputes, agreement on other provisions of the bill still left open was regarded as certain. Among these are the amendment to 'prevent importation of Intoxicating liquor into the District of Columbia for .beverage purposes the amendment rf Senator Thomas, of Colorado, levying a tax of 100 per cent on polities! campaign eon tributioha in exeess of 15(H), and that of Senr.tor Trammell, of Florida, to al low a bonus of one month s pay and uniforms to men discharged from the military service. Conferees said th "bone dry" amendment vouhl be re tained but the fate ef the others was ia doubt. Many administrative proviS' ions remain for final action. No U. S. Sailor Need Qait. . Paris, Jan. 27. Ameriean naval au thorities here are doing everything possible to avoid adding to the number of unemployed in the United State by retaining in the aerviee every able bodied tailor who can - be induced to remain. Instruction have bcej given to djscharge no man who doe not de sire to leave ami who has n prospect oi employment.. . ' E Heflin Protests,' Over Gam blers' Work In Forcing --Down Price of Cotton (Br the AMoeUWd ProM.) Washington, Jan. 27. Representative Heflin, of Alabama, announced in the House today that he had asked the De partment of Justice to investigate the New York Cotton Exchange, which he charged had violated the cotton futures act in driving down the priee of cot ton from 37 to 24 cents a pound. - The South has been robbed of. mil lions of dollars by this unjust specula' tion, Uu Heflin declared. "At a time v-hen the world' demands for cotton is greater than ever befor.i,- the price has been forced down and down. No one is being benefited but the gambler themselves. The spinners cannot ob tain cotton at the present price and the growers refuse to telV- Mr. Heflin said governors of southern states bad appealed to ' ' nters to hold their cotton until the price goes' back to 80 cents pound and that at the Cl se of the present session of Congress representatives from the south expect to go through their states to, urge that cotton acreage be decreased. British Advance From Bab.' Amsterdam, J4iu-7-Brilisli. forces. accordiiigto n report received here from Berlin today, have advanced from twka and occupied the trans-Caucasm railway. The report adds that the Brit !srik!sniareoccupieil relrovst""an3 Astrakhan iX. ft mouth ot tha Yolga WOULD LOWER PRESENT TAX RATES' IN STATE Special Session of General As sembly To Be Called in Sum mer 1920 Tor Purpose; The leassessmeat of all property in North Carolina at it real value for taxation, and a special session of the General Assembly in the summer 'of lt-0 to ttduee the rate "oY- taxation, form the basis of a plan agreed upon unanimously, by the joint finance com mittee, of the House uud the Senate yesterday to put taxation in the State vpon an bonett basis. r v--- - Because of the si ort time left in which revaluation could' be accom plished, it is not the aim of the commit tee to have the reassessment completed by May of this year. But work of re valuation for May, 1920, will be under way in the immediate future if the plans d? the'Fiaance Committee work out. To Establish Honest Basis. "There is no purpose ia the decision of the committee to increase the State's income in this way, but, merely to. cs tablish a solid basis for tho State's tax ing ivstem, a system which will insure fairness on the part of the State to the people and fairness on the part of the people to the State. '' It ie proposed that tho tax rates In cities and counties will be lowsred in the same ratio as that ef the State. To Use Front Machinery. While the committee has ' as yet agreed only' on the general policy to be recommended to the General As sembly, no effort hating been made to decide on the meant to carry it out. Many believe that the existing machi nery should be ased as far aa possible. This would place the gigantic task un der the direct supenrsiou of the State Tax Commission, which would be en trusted with the responsibility - of se curing equitable reassessment of all property in the State. - Senator fcarle Humphrey introduced in the Senate several 4a ys ago a bill providing for a revaluation commit aion, which should begin its work not later than April 1st of this year and which would be sharirjrdwith th task of securing an squilk.ie revaluation of all property by th time th General Assembly meet In, regular hl-ennin session in January of 1921. This bill waa considered of sufficient import' ance to be printed and has received the very serious consideration of many member of the General Assembly. . No Dont To Procrastinate. Member :of tho joint Finance com mittee, however, feel that this work of revaluation should be don at the earliest moment, a they renUrn there ia danger in procrastination. They be- (Continued ea Pag Two) How He Passed The Three- Score Event in Virtual Ex ' ile in.Holland . WEARS A VANDYKE BEARD AND CIVILIAN CLOTHES Receives Many Letters, Some of Which Never Reach Him; Censor Is His Servant Amerongen, Sunday, Jan. 2t5. (By the A. f.) William Hohenzollern, the for mer German Emperor will awake on his sixtieth birthday 'tomorrow moaning to nna in nil apartment in Amerongen eastle a bower f flower cent by many German admirer ia Germany and Hoi land. Bine Friday bouquet have been arriving in great quantities from school girls and former supporter in Ucr many. - i At the same time -every nail- brings piles of letter and telegram, most of which are of congratulatory nature However there are doxen of caricatures and letters of abuse., The letters under go a double censorship. First the Dutch authorities look over them1 to prevent intrigue. Then a servant inspects the letters anr permitiouty-Those comma mentions which-he considers will please the former Emperor to reach him. ' Why Concert Wa Abandoned. Much adverse comment has been heard r ii li ..t . - i in iionana regaruing tne proposed roo eert which wu to have been given Sat urday'ia the. eastle in the presence of the former-Emperor by the Amerongen church choir. It was reported -that the concert Would be given in honor of the former Emperor l birthday , " Tho program, contrary to assertions. in the press, was to contain Dutch folk ong,in. Dutch national anthem psalms aad hymns. - - The outcry was so great 1hathe eon eert-wsalandoned. The former Env peror as yet knows nothing' about the matter. The veil which up to this time.hsi hidden William Hohrnzojlern's dnHy life from the public has been lifted slightly and shows that lie omploy bis day in the humdrum fashion usual among eoun try gentlemen who do not frequent so. ciety. His Dslly Roeilne. He rises at anouLeiM.4VWk and follows an ordinary routine. Jiis bath EX-KAISER BILL'S . BOTH BIRTHDAY NO HEARING YET ON WRIGHT RESOLUTION Bill To Create Office of Prohi bition Cofiimissioner" Com ing Up Today the longest working! day of the session the. House yesterday bit mid- season form and passed -ftfPfTrbrtls and resolutions. including one to create special auffrage committee and one in respect to the memory of the late TUomas Settle. , Tharr, of Mecklen burg,, threw iu a resolution -on top -of a similar one. by Wright to memorialized the Secretary of War to permit the 30th Division to parade in North Carolina and to be demudiilixed at Camp Greene. Adjournment came at :.i0 and waa un til ten thia morning so that Trustees of the University could attend the sesrlon and meet at twelve. Chief interest centered around a bill introduced by Senator Cowper and passed by the Senate to permit Ihe sale of land belnwrinr to minors and the in vestment of prefceeds in Liberty Bonds. After considerable argument, the bill paisgfd on Beenn4re8'(ltiiff by 5 to 82, out,,, on objection "Sf Keprescnt.iliv Mull, f Cleveland, went over until to' day. Mr. Mull wa afraid that the ..bill would give too much latitude to guardi an in handling fund belongiug. to wards. The provisions of the. Cowper measure was that laud left to minors might be sold and the proceeds invested in Liberty Bonds. Mr. Mull feared dis crimination; he saw no reason why, if the bill waa to pass, it shouldn't pro vide that the funds be invested In North Carolina bonds bearing the same rate oi interest. Governor Doughtnn nnd Representa tive Dawson insisted that the Mil gave to guardians no more latitude than they now enjoyed only the proposed lsw if enacted, would obviate court proeed ure necessary to obtaining permisaloa to sell proprety and make the invest ment. On that ground Mr. Mull pro tested because be thought It waa the purpose of the bill to ratify acta of guardian already do. - -' Hons KlUn Bill " ' " The Ifeil bill, te prohibit the solici tation of passenger for antomobilet or hack onttain or as they nlight from coaches, wa killed in the House yesterday. Minority leader Williams and Representative Fountain- were strongly opposed to it, the former de claring it was a strike at persoisl 11- berties. Lckles, of Asheville, support ed the measure because be thought the law as it is discriminate In favor of the man who can board tram and so licit passenger before the arrival at destination. '-, ,s Senator Wright bill to permit-, lb wife to testify ia case of criminal ronvorsutioa wss also passed by the House yesterday. Thcv Senate' having previously passed it, it is jiow the pre rogative of the wife, ...in' a ui frir alienation of alfection or similar ac tion, to take the stand in her own be half. "' (War on recorder's, courts was contin um yesterday. Powell, of Columbus introduced bill to wipe out eight in his county established by Mr. Racken, a former member from that county, and to abolish the jobs of three rural policemen. Representative ' Me Neill did as much for Cumberland county; 8o far, there have been no bills introduced creating recorder's court in the State. ; Prohibition Commlsaioner Bill. Tt was) indicated last night that the bill to create the office of prohibition (Continaed en Psge Three) Jail Guard To Protect Negroes Who Killed Roner Co. Em 3 ployee Dickey 7 (Social U Tht KiruuibmrJ New Bern, Jan.ttf. Word from Jack senvilleOnslowCpunty, tonight ia to tbeffect that officer now anticipate no violence against John Daniels and Dan rttloway, beth negroes, who Saturday night done to death Mr. drover Dickey farm mnnnger for the Roper Lumber Company at mp Perry, near Jackson ville. Mr. Dickey was struck on the head with a heavy wooden polo- Both negroes were luken into custody, by . sheriff's posse shortly after the fact became known that Mr. Dickey could not live. j : It is known that the deed stirred (Tie people of that section and Saturday night' there was talk of meeting out summary punishment, - but ' heavy guard was placed about the jail to pro tect the criminals should any demoa stration rommence. A preliminary hearing will be given hoth men shortly charged with murder, Daniels foreommitting the act ami i'ctteway as an accomplice. Tho., remains of Mrw Dickey, accom ponied by his wife and -little-daughter, ore iiow en route .to Branch, Ark., the eld home of Mfi Diekeyi for burinj. lie had been in this section for nlioiit year, having formerly lieen county dem onst rat ion, agent for Onslow county. He rwcBttf """ectsd himself Ttilb lb Koper- interests anjitt saiil to. barr fit en a most emcient manager ana well HO LYNCHING III ONSLOW PROBABLE THROUGH A DOZEN RAZED TOWNS ENDING AT RH El MS President Says Language FaiiaT Him in Attempt To Depict Impression Made iB the AworhUd Praw.) Paris, Sunday,' JanM. (By The As sociated Press.) President Wilson- to day made bis first trip to the battle- front and devastated regions visiting Chateau Thierry and Rheims. At the close of a tour that took him through a dozen raxed villages, ending in the rnns c- of .-he- vhiTtori caOicdrnlVi at Kheims, he made this comment: "No one can put into words the im pressions I have received amongst such scenes of desolation and rmn.M -That waj Mr. Wilson's only expres sion of his feelings after trip every rrenchmatf has been hoping he would make before he takes part in' deciding nhat is (a lie exacted from Germany for the devastation of Northern France, Accompanied 4y Mrs. - Wilson, Ad miral Grayson and a very small party. Mr. Wilson left the Murat residence early this morning, furcf" attend ance at church and,, the rest which he felt he iioeprl very much to perform mwi, no sum ue consiuereu to up n outy, The party motored first to Chateau Thierry where lunrh was taken on board a trailing train.- The party then pro ceeded by motor to-.RIieims, passing through many mined villages and along th old fighting lines,; where evidences of comlwt are stilj to I pla'nly seen After visiting Rheims the President im1 his party abandoned their motor ears aad. l-curding a special train, returned tJ I au ' The last part of the motor trip !) mad -- in a swirling snow storm. At Bellca Wood, Tho first fighting ground wn reached as the party nenred Helletiu Wood, im mortnlized in- the history , of the war hy the gnllant fighting of American marines. The motor cars turned off the main roads and crawled perilously tnrougn hack lanes to bring the Presl dent close to the place where the fight ing took place. The country folk in that neighborhood art striving to re claim their country Xrem- wart deaohf tion. The farmers were rllowing the shell cratered fields ta th President stood besid the graves, of one hundred or more Ameriean boya who save thei lires at that point aim looked' across the trategiB''.valloy to Belleau Wood. mangled mass of tree trunks aad under brush, but now a national monument to the marines afterwhom the French government have named th idace. Col. EdwaTd M. Watson, of Martins ville, Va., who commanded an artillery oauaiion in tne tight ana was late Ciller or stntT of the seventy-seventh d tision in tbe Argonne fightine:, stood tifSKte President Wilson ajid Briir. Gen William ,W.-Harts andlold the story of m- a.iim in (rfiiiii. Where Marine Smashed EncmV, Then Mr. Wilson drove tin the hill over which the American troops aninsliBd the crack Pruxsiim divisions n.ustered there to crush the "areen horns" and where th advance on Paris was checked. This was near Chateau Thierry and the snot promises to be meeca for Americans for nan t years H come, Mr. Wilson saw the ruins ef bridges over which the Americans thrust .back the enemy, line at this nearest point to Pans and the shell-marked houses.' which survived tho battlt-3 of tliose memorable days., . Mayer Greets President- On entering Chatenu Thierry the mayor greeted : Mr. Wrlson,.lnho rc- sponacl quite informally. Ho Hie drove on toward Rheims, passing along the old battlo line JWween long lanes nf barlied wire utimglements now rust ing awsy in the-first winter of peace between long inuddv trenches rearhin ever, tho lulls and down into hollow S3 far ns the eye could see, and $fit tne wrecks or dugouts, animuntlio dumps, aviation sheds, hospitals, bnr ri.cks and all th nlher littp 1,-1 1. hind by-lhe defeated encnw in his flight, . .. The Wastage of War, It seemed ss if the field bad lieen sowed by mar 'with, the wastage of rar in the hope that it would tako rtct and blossom. American, as Well s trench, grsvett Iiry along the road side. There were Germaa graves toJbo f-en too. Desecrated"Teemeterks were found in many cases. At every turn of the road was a farm, deserted ie. ruins, M Holds dotted with shell heles filled with water nnd crusted ice, There was a constant paneramaToflde siroyen or cji.irrerl vineyarU gawen anil Mowrm The President was welcomed at Rheima by the mayor and a committee to whom Mr. Wilson explained that ho had not come to-the devistated regions sooner beenHSCr he had been wholly engaged at Paris with the business of making peace. Before goinjr to the ea tljedriil, he passed through the streets of a deserted city which was once the home, of 115,fXK) people, but where less than five thousand nro now eking out a existence among the rums. - lie. Vnit Red Cross canteens where hundrccU destitute person are fed night and day and the hospital where the sick and in jured are enred for.. rho champagne cellar beneath the city, sa'd to contai some teventy million bottles of wine. acre not visited. ... , ine Kavisnea latnedrfW A light bhtnknt of snow covered the gronnd as ,the ,rvesiilent drove :np to tile enthcdrM and Rhetms, ravished an naked iri all jts misery and desolation. Twkeff T TrfaeyariTrin In moon light. Thew were more crows tn the .L . (Continaed on Prgo Two) 1 1 nice runn ng races, tpio cnase, 150 pnrse harness race. Pinehurst, I MORSENTHEAU TO SPEAK IN RALEIGH FEBRUARY 6 Efforts To Secure More Cotton Seed Fertilizer; Movements of Tar Heels at Capital : By S. R. WINTERS. "Washington, Jan. 27. Telegrams by the hundreds poured into Washington today to Senators Simmons and Over man protesting the tax levy of M.WO,- . lMH),uiio ss presided in e revenue bill. uaus sua rouon mms were predomi nant iu the batch or protests from "North1 Carolina.- Bankst1 In- ftalislmry; --- liohlsboro, Charlotte, Urrenboro, Wen- eyy, Kinston, Knanoko Knmds, Hen derson and scores of other, town filed complaints, I, Typical of protests was this message from tho American Bunk aud Trust Company of Wilmington: 1 We feel that the impending tnx. bill should not 'exceed 4,00l,OliO,mH). We fear' it will cause business te stagnate. "It will not be 'practicable to reduce the tax levy," declared Chairman ef the 8-nate Finance, Committo in a state- " ment to the New and OlSser-Ver' rep-resentativei,-,The conferees of the Sen ate and. House are iu tl,e lust stage of eonaiderafiott of -the bill. The treas ury, department lias insisted nil along and insists now that t-t)K)yi(i,ll0li is tne , lowest sum to wi.icb tne tax levy may be reduced;" . ' i i Chairman Claude Kilehin, .of the House Ways and Menus Committee, ,. concurred with the statement of Sena tor Simmons, ''it is not only imprac ticable to reduce the tax lcvyirforUl---below the si billion dollar as provided in the Senate bill, but the conferees ot the Senate and House have no Juris diction to do so.'1 A telephone message from Winston in the cotton manufacturers' association of Charlotte stated that a meeting ot protest was' being held in the Queen City. A delegation will come to Wash ington on Wednesday to see Scnstora -Simmons and Overman, Representative Claude Kitchin, Scnutors John Sharp Williams and Hoko Smith. The meet ing in Charlotte today wa purported . to . have , rprsentl btutiucs - interact , througlnut tn South. From the tone of the teeeptlon ac corded the telegrams of complaint, the protest will be unavailing. Senator Simmons and Majority Leader Claude Kitchin wero b.nsy adding the final touches to the bill while telegrams war packed thick and high on desk in their offices. Bauk anil cotton mills freely expressed th view that business would suffer and stngnntlon set in. Morgenths to Spesk Here.. Ambassador Henry Morgenthait to day wired Secretary of tho Navy Daniels aniessngo of acceptance to de li ver an address in Raleigh on February 6." He wilt speak iu tho interest of the relief fund for suffering Armenians and ibrewrTiflieigu ciuutriea. Dr. James y7Joyner, former Huprintend cut ofTPnblie- I uaf ruction ln North -Carolina, who is chairman of the relief fund, extended the invitation to Am bassador Morgenthau through Secre tary Daniels when he was in Washing ton Inst week. Toddy telegram came to Secretary Daniels froirr- theAm bassdor to Turkey, dated St. Aug tine, Fla., advising him of tho acccpt- anee. '. r The, .Committee on Tublie Buildings nnd ('rounds, of which Representative (iijo. E. Hood of North Carolina, is a member, will present aa omnibus bill in tho House "of Representatives at -this . session of Congress. The measure will be to a large extent a repetition of tho bill formerly passed' ly the loiier House during the tilth" Congress, which ( i has not been taken up by the Senate ou account ef a congestion of business. "This bill could serve items for the .' construction of buildings and purchase of site -for North Carolina town and cities," suidepreTOHtaiiycJlood. The building items for North Carolina em- bodied the former bill will be incor porated in the omnibus bill.. - - ' Not Enoaxh Cotton-Seed Meal. The farmers ot North Carolina are unable to obtain an adequate-supply of cotton-seed meal for fertilizer pur pose.!t Regulations ef the food admin- -" Utcntion bayeBttricted the ratio o( . cxchttiierjfrotton-sectl meal to 900 pounds for one ton of cotton seed, tJie bargain being, evened byan etehan of taxiJIii--fStio of exchange hi former yearj has been on the basis of 3,000 pounds of cotton-seed meal for one ton. of. cotton seed. The object of tho Food Adminintrv tion in regulating " the. distrijm- . tion of cottonseed meal ha notbeen dearly demonstrated. Perhaps, it is a method of discouraging the use of cot- ' ' tonsecd meal us a commercial-fertiliser,' Tho practice is somewhat, Wasteful, "tht United States Department of Agricul ture classifies tU" habit of putting cot-' tonseed meal in'Jho ground as an ex- , travsgaat practice. Tho meal js a valuable component in a ration for livestock, according to aa inventory in 1917. However, six South eastern States used 1,IhMi,OO0. tons of cottonseed meal for fertilizing pur poses. ' ' The diverted usage represented a nioj)ciajjfyaluation of 10,000,000. When the meal is fed toeJrttre awd- sulting manure used as -a sou clincher, the value of tho produc-V enhanced f mm- 50 to 5 per cent. , ' f - " Heretofore Nortk Carolina hft draft- ed lipon flic Slates of Georgia,-Alabama" and Mississippi for its cottonseed meal supply. These States, had surplus nhich was exchanged to North Carolina i feo-eottiw need." Tht Pwd A (t-' ". wiiitsTration las "fiPdi uniform piict f Coatlnned a Pace Two) thoiutht of bv all hi icquaintanee. Wednesday. v. . 7 iConUnaed on Pag Three)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1919, edition 1
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