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PEACE PROCEEDINGS OF
SDPREHE WAR CODflCIL
Official "Communication Says!
, Exchange , of Views Took
Place On Subject of ,
"German Colonies -
PRINCIPLES OF LEAGUE
AND THEIR APPLICATION
WERE ALSO CONSIDERED
President Wilson Arrange! for
Meeting of American Labor
Men? To Be Held Today To
Tormulate The Program To
Be Poshed; Flagship of Con
voy To Escort President'!
Ship Back Home Arrives at
Brest; Peace Conference
Hotes and Developments
Tuesday
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COS VOI Or GEO. WASHl.-NUTU.il
HAS ARRIVED AT BREST.
Braat, Jaa. I8-The new Ameri
can saBer-dreadaaaglit New Meilea,
arrived at Brest today. Tit battle
shia la ta convoy the at earner George
Washington whea that vessel rtrn
U th United State with President
Wllaoa a board. " A Beet of Assert
caa torpado boat daatroyer also will
be ia tha convoy. V Ice-Admiral
Wilson will raUe' hi flag a the
New Mexico. " V"""
MEETING OF AMERICAN ; "
LABOR MEN SET. COR TODAY.
Pirla. Jaa. IS, Tha American
delegation ta the peace conference,
it aapears, baa decided to keep the
qaestioa of labor to the (ore a far
aa poMlbb la the conference hare.
President Wllaoa aad Colonel Hoaae
hare arranged for meeting it
Aaterieaa labor to be held to
morrow to formulate the program to
be p ashed.
'' (Bv the Aiaoeiated Praia.)
ParivJan. 28. The official communi
cation issued today oa the peace pro
ceding read a follows:
The President ef the Vailed, State.
"S j.rime asinuter and foreign" mini
(ors of the United States", tlie British
empire, Frtfnce mid Italy and the rep
resentative of Japan held two meet
iiigi today the first from 11 a-m. un
ill 12:30 aad tie second from 4 to
6:30 p. in.
'. "Aa exchango of view took flace on
iha German colonics in the far East
o.ndh rafifie and on those in Africa,
"The representative of the dominion
v. ere present at these two session) the
reprenenfiiHw of Chin at that in
l!ie morning, and the Marquis Snlvago
Uia'r) that In the afternoon. In the
morning the delegates of Australia, New
Zealand, China -and Japan were heard.
"In the afternoon. Henri Simon,
French minister of the eolonies, ei
. plained the view of hi department on
colonial questions.
Ib addition, the fundamental prin
eirtle of tlie leaeue of nations and
their application were considered.
"Tlie next meeting will take place
tomorrow at 11 o'clock. '
INTERNATIONALIZATION OP -
BIN COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Paris, Jan. 28. When the supremo
council of the peace conference ; as
sembled at Jl o'clock today there were
present, in addition to the' full mem
bership of the body. Premier Hughes,
of Australia; one Of tha Chinese rep
resentatives and tcveral technical ad
visers on colonial matters.
The council had en -its pre-grant for
today two session, of which this was
, the Brut. " '-
Wllsoa'a Plan Center ef laterest.
" Attention for the moment is pn
tered chiefly on the plan presented by
President Wilson for the international!
ration of the German colonial possets
aions. This, indeed, now is virtually
monopolizing the attention of the coun
cil, which baa summoned represent-
lives ef New Zealand, Australia, and
China into the conference 4 hearings
which consumed most of yesterdajr and
which were resumed today. . "', .
Premier Hughe, representing Aus
tralia, claim German New Guinea for
the Australian commonwealth, while
- New Zealand claim fianwar Japan do
sires the Marshall and,9CaroHne groups
of. inland. '
To riuspeW Secret Trestle.
Areported secret treaty between Eng.
lanft and Japan giving Japan the inlands
north of the Equator and the Bntiab
the colonies south of the Equator, stands
in the way of the internationalization
plan, but, it is generally believed Kll
secret treatie will give way before the
League of Nation. The impression
seem to ht that tha disposition of the
German eoloniea will be finally arrang
ed by the five,great powers, writ lira t ref
. crence to the peace conference at a
plenary session or to the various com
suissioa. -
Pacific Island Claims.
The Pacific Island phaso of the colon
ial claims now before the council is par
ticularly interesting to the American
representative because of the American
interests in the Pacific ,ntably through
American possession of Hawaii i.nd the
Philippine. There ha been no official
announce rat of wjiat Japan proposes
the power should give her for hef part
in the war, but there have been report
here that Japan was twilling to turn
' Ciao Chow back to, China but wiMied to
tttain the German right to the dcvcl
wmcnl of the Hinterland. There has
(Continued oa Page TwoT"
HEARING COVERED
THE ENTIRE RANn
Japan; Australia, New Zealand
, Presented Their Rcspec
, , tive Interests t
Paris, 3M: 28. (By Hie Associated
Press.) Germany' colonic occupied
tha entire attention of iwo. extended
executive sessions of theuprme Coun
cil of the great power today and the
disposition of this small empire, acat
tered over the African mainland in
Asia and throughout tlie Pacific, ia pre
senting a territorial question of thefirst
uuiKniiuutj. '
The bearings given today covered the
entire range of these German colonic
the delegate of Australia, New Zen-
land and Japan presented the respective
interest in the Pacific group of brand,
Japan and China their interest in Kiiau-
chow aad the German concessions at
n any treaty port and. the French Min
ister of Colonics, Ma Simon, took up
the African colonics, embracing Togo
land, tho Kameruns and Ge man East
and Southwest Africa.
Gen. Jan Christian Smntts. the South
African leader, and General Louis
Botha, the South African Premier, al
ready have been heard on tha Question
of German East Africa, and no wit only
remain to obtain, the viewpoint of the
Belgians, who are about to present their
ideas of, their interests on tho colonies
adjacent to the Belgian' Congo. It ap
pear to be the. generally accepted view
among thwse having interest in the
matter that Germany a colonies should
not be returned to her.
Another Coancil Question.
This in turn has developed another
crucial question, namely, whether Ger-
n.aa sovereignty over these colonic
should pas to the powers who may re
ceive 'them or whether they should be
cntrn8td t- a league of nations, which
would exercise international " eontrol
while giving a mandate. to such power
a administer the particular colonies.
This larger question, affecting the
general administration of the eolonies
wa eonsideted by the couneil today,
well aa the particular Interest Involved
ad the discussion will be continued
tomorrow morning. -
,1.1m Caawaa fast Africa.
German East Africa 1 the mnst hit
port ant .territorial possession involved
a it has upward of evea million in
habitant. Besides being adjacent to
the British South African Common
wealth, it it a necessary link connect
ing the British, in the south and the
borth, thus completing the British ter
ritorial chain between Cairo and Cape
Colony.
German Southwest Africa i regarded
a important though the harbor in
Waifiah Bay has tome advantage.
Belgiaa Interests.
Belgian interest are believed to be
related; to Southwest Africa while tht
French interest are toward the Kama-
rnni and Togoland, which adjoin
French Bahomey and the FreDh Conga.
China interest :n the colonie 1 in
getting back Eiauehow, after it passes
from Germany to Japan, and also in the
termination of German eonceeiion at
Tien-Tsin, Shanghai and other point
Japan' interest are both in Kiauchow
and the Pacific Islands. The island
are being considered 'in two main
groupsfirst New Guinea, Bismarck and
the fctfnioa group, in which Australia
(Contlnaed on Page Two)
Announcement As To Return of
Troops of Old Hickory
Division
(By the Amelated Frew.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. The Tbir
tioth Ilivision (North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee National Guard)
vhich now is, under orders to prepare
for embarkation to return home, will be
nnded at Charleston, S. C, if the War
Department can prepare facilities there
io handle so large a body of men. The
division will be sent to Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C, for demobilization.
While no definite- plans for parading
thi unit have been , fixed, . officials
thought it probable either the entire di
vinion or some large portion of it will
be arided at Charleston and Columbia.
FREIGHT RATE REDUCED '
ON COTTON EXPORTS
Washington, Jan. 28. Southern Sena
tors announced after a conference with
tho slurping board today ihat trans'
Atlantic . freight rates on cotton had
been reduced from 122.50 to 10.23 a bale
from South Atlantin port and from
$2.10 to 70 a rmleTTrDm gulf port,
effective immediately.
Shipping board officials' said they
were not prepared to make an an
nounccmenttif new cotton rates, a the
schedules had not fceen worked out. It
waa admitted, however that the Sena
tors had been assured that cotton rates
would bo reduced in proportion
other ocean rates.
to
Strike of Electricians Averted-
Paris, Jan. 28. A strike of electrical
workers which it had been expected
would be called tonight, was averted
Tlie power companies' agreed to ntgo
tiate witn their men.
LAND 30TH DIVISION
AT CHARLESTON
E CONFERENCE
teOFIOIIOS
- af a -'
By Fear of Irre'
.citable Views That
May Arise
.ROWS OUT OF GOOD
INSTEAD. OF ILL-FEELING
Impossible lor President . To
Bring About All Europeans
Hoped for But Better Peace
Will Be Obtained Because of
His Going;' Abroad; League
Plan Awaited t
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
(Copyright, 1M9, by The McClare New
. paper Byndicate.) ,
Paris, Jan. 28. Unmistakably the
peace conference 1 approaching a cri
sis, perhaps the first of many but no
lea a real crisis. This is not the result
of the development of irreconclolile
view of any open or secret disagree'
ment. There ha been none, and in
my judgment there will be none. Noth
ing is more likely viewed from present
conditions than that from start to Iin
iah the conquerors of Germany will
continue to act in eo-operatioa and with
unbroken harmony.
Inevitable disagreements will not be.
come national or personal. It i pos
sible to dismiss in advance rumor and
report of ' alterations, of ultimatums
and of all similar circumstances. Brit'
ain, France and the United States, the
three great ; wers, cannot be separa
ted by any question which may arise.
Hy contrast the. crisis which ap
proaches grows out of good rather thaa
ill feeling. In France, Italy nnd Eng
land the coming of President Wilson
was hailed by the mass of the people
by the little people a contrasted with
the politically or socially great, a the
promise of new era. Mr. Wilson' was
welcomed in no small tense a a sa
vior of society, a the guarantor of a
new world. There wa at most a dif
ference only in degree, in Borne, Lon
don and Pari.
The consequence was to give Mr. Wil
son a position almost unique in history,
te had, an I think be retains, the
paver weilded by Bismnrk, at the ton
ferenee of Berlin although it flow
from far different souroea and an sin
gle man at the congress of Vienna bad
comparable influence. It was, and la
measure it remains, the expectation'
of great masse of European publics
that Mr. Wilson is to bring- durable
peace to the world. Ha has become
figure quite unlike that of Lloyd-
George Clemenceau, Orlando, wno af.
ter all are mortals known as such to
millions; but Mr, Wilson i a symbol
rather than n man. r
Acted With Admirable Keatratat.
Ia thi aituatioa the temptation
are manifest and tremendous, . yet I
think it would le the general concen
sus of opinion that the President ha
aetcd with admirable self restraint. The
first awkward moment when it remained
to be disclosed whether he came as
Caesar or as a conferee went off "sat
isfactorily.' - Million of1 people wel
comed with an enthusiasm which, gave
him obvious power, bnt he made no ef.
fort to use that power unfearly, un
reasonable or so far at all. ... v.
Thus in a tense after the first per
iod of. acUon the president disappeared
from the public which had welcomed,
him. He wa lost to view and this
is tha Hint thereafter nothing ha
happened of all thing which were most
expected and are most desired. What
the President thought, .what he teeks,
what his view are on the main qucs
tions remain unknown not nave by a
few, but unknown to any tingle in-
vidual in France. On .some, but by no
mean all, important question, ht
view are suspected and that i all.
Novin do not think anyone can eing
gerate the longing of the people of the
nation who have fought this war for
peace for a return to the old comfort
and convenience of life for an end not
merely to the horror of fighting but to
the only lesa real horror of the existing
twilight zone between war and peace
In France, in Britain, in Italy there
are discomforts, hardships; there is s
measure of suffering and millions of
men (till under arms desire to go home
while in Eastern Europe famine exist
and increases day by day.
Order Bdly Shaken by War.
The conditions of ordinary life pas
description even in Western Europe.
One pay enormously for little, not
merely the foreigner but also the native;
food i drnr. scarce, unsatisfactory, rail
way transportation ia haphazard. Mails
are infrequent. In sum order and or
ganization have a a eoneequene
the war gone out af life. The grim
mest ami tht moat intimate personal
problems press upon all people and as
the pressure grow their: interest even
in. a thine important, a the peace
conference diminishes; ' -
The reaction from these conditions is
the ever growing demand that there
hall be decision not debate in the peace
conference. ; The world i beginning to
demand tome peace, any peaee raihcr
than a perpetuation of the present con
dition and in thi situation the prc-si
dent whose word would be compellini
force any nothing, has said nothing.
If he has a plan- a it is necessary
to believe even in the matter of the
League of Nation the plan1 remains
unknown.' v! : -
,1 do not desire at this time to teem
te criticise. I have been convinced and
remain convinced that the coming of
the President to- Europe wa in itself
and by itself a great contribution to
the solution of the most difficult prob
lem, that of makiHg at least a tolerable
l-eace. , We shall have I am suro a bet
Contlnned on' Pag Two)
" fportlf st Earing Card of Fcason Tine
hurst, Today 3 :00 P. M. Adv. .
PEflt
APPROACHES CRISIS
HE'S BOLSHEVIK!
AGENT IN GERMANY
ADOIJPHTOFFE
ioffe arrived in Berlin H April- at
the Bolsheviki ambassador. lie re
fused to meet the Kaiacr, and gave
dinner to the minority Socialists, and
other way ; shocked diplomatic
circle. He-derided talk of re-etab-lishment
of monarchy ia Rusnia, which
further (hocked the imperialist, but.
when he new the red flag over hi le
gation and refused to deal with any
but revolutionary deputies, the German
press began to demand his recall, and
he was tent out of Berlin by the Prince
Max government. He remained in
Germany, under the protection- of the
workmen and soldier council, to carry
on hi Bolsheviki propaganda. .
Shipping Board Announces Re
duced Freight Rates Ef
fective at Once
EFFECT ON PRICE OF
STAPLE FELT AT ONCE
. - i .
Price On' Old Months Contracts
Advanced f 10 Bale in N. Y.
' and New Orleans . .
(Br tha Associated fr0
Washington, Jn. 28. Kcdtictioa ef
nchrly 73 lief cent ia trans-AtUntie
freight rate on cotton carried ia Amer
ican bottoms, effective immediately were
announced today . by the shipping
board' division of operation. Sweeping
decrease were mad yesterday ia rate
on general freight to meet cnt by
British ship-owners and tome (hipping
board official regarded today' an
nouncement a presaging a rat war be
tween the new American Merchant
Marine and British shipping interest.
Effect ob Price, af Cotton.
Acquest lot the cut in rate on cot-
ton' were, made by Southern Senators
and representative in conference with
hipping board officials. The effect on
the price of cotton on the New fork
and New Orleans exchange wa elec
tric, tho price oa the old contract
month advancing 110 a bale the limit
of fluctuation permitted in a 'single
day under the Jaw controlling dealings
ia future- : '.- '
Immediate aad sharp increase ia the
export of cotton from thi conntry
was viewed by southern Senators and
representative a a certainty. All regu
lation affecting such exports already
had been removed and the high freight
rate were regarded as the only barrier
between European need end the Amer;
lean supply. ? No cotton ' will be per
mitted to go to enemy countries, how
ever! until the matter of the economic
blockade ha been determined.
"-. New Rate.
Th new rate from South Atlantif
port to port in Europe a announced
late today by the (hipping board are:
To' Liverpool and other pons ia tt
United Kingdom, r l .25 per hundred
nanda, against tha old rate of iiXO
per 100. pound.;.
Hew rate from Houtn Atlantic port
to -port in Continental Europe were
announced a follow;
To French Atlantic port Rotterdam,
Antwerp and Portugal, $1JM per hun
dred pounds, compared with 4.73.
To "French Mediterranean port ami
Barcelona, . Spain, , t2 per hundred
pounds, compared with $5.25.
To Italian main ports, $2-23 against
The new-Tater front Gnlf porttto all
port named 'were fixed at 25 cent ia
execs of the South Atlantie'port rate.
DOUBLE KILLING
AT
Fatal Results of Pistol Duel
Between White Farmer
and An Indian -
Lumberton, Jan. 28. A pistol duel
between Jqhtt I'lilhreata, a prominent
white farmer, and Dallas Sampson, In
dian, Into today resulted in the -death
of both, each falling mortally wounded
at the hands of the other,' according to
the verdict of the coroner' jury. Ae-
rordiug to eye witnesses,. dispute arose
bctwan the two over some cotton need
and the Indian began firing, whereupon
Culbrenth fired upin hi assailant, kill
ing him, but net before he had received
a wound from which he died within
sliort time." CuTbroaV Is' tnrrivcl ly
hi wile and four children... $
S
GOnON
mm
RATES
REDUCED
HMD
TBILLYSUNDAYSAYS
THINK ABOUT GOOD
THINGS OF WORLD
nd-Then Thank God For The
Many Blessing You Enjoy,
Says Evangelist
NOT COMMANDED BUT
ENTREATED BY GOD
That Is The Amazing Thing,
Says Sunday; He Has Pow
er But He Doesn't Deal That
Way With Man ; He Is Giv
ing Ken and Women Chance
To Show Their Love
(SpaeU te Taa Kew and Olwrw.)
Richmond, Va,, Jan. 28. Talk about
disagreeable things just atop where yon
are. Think nbout the good thing of
the world and then thank Go! that you
don't have to hold your noae every time
yon et down at the table, -said Hilly
Sunday in hi sermon here tonight at
the auditorium.
'It is through the Gospel and not the
law that God make Hi appeal,' said
the evangelist," a id the compelling
force is gratitude, not fear.
.No child will ever do its best if It
is kept half scared to death for fear
it will be licked if it doesn't and if it
is doing its best, and yiui appreciate
that, it will encourage it to do better.
Vt e are not commanded to do it, but
we are entreated, and that t the amazing
thing. God ha the right and the power
to make, yon or me, do anything He
want done, but He isn t dealing with
yon ia that way, not at all. He ia giv
ing yon a chance to show Him that you
love Ilim.', .
When the invitation wa extended by
the evangelist 1o "come forward, peo
ple went forward by the score. Mr.
Sunday patted them on the!, bark And
had a cheery word for all. -
Among the distinguished figure this
evening wt Dr. W, K. Martin, of Bet-
haven, N. C., author of the old favorite
hymn, -God Will Take Care of You.'
. Mr. Snaday'a Bandar.
Following are extract from Mr. Sun
day a sermon: i
Ia Romans, twelfth chapter and
the first, verse: "I beseech ye, there
fore brctbern, by the mercies of God,
that yt prctijnt your bodies a living
aerif ice, holy, acceptable unto Cod.'
ne have Acre ft call for, volunteer
and not an order tn a draft. The army,
ef Uod is never made up of drafted
men and women. God has never owned
autve. All. tht aerrlce that weigh
aa ounce in the, eight of God is that
which ia prompted by love. It isn't
call to i hard du.y, but to ft glorious
privilege. It fa not a command or
bid to a laborer to take a hot nnd
spade aad go out in the field and dig,
but a loving Invitation te ft son to do
the thing that can expreaa your grati
tude. , i' , , !-',
See the motive that prompt our ac
tion; "I beseech you by the mercy of
God" not the judgment of God, not
the severities of God, not the anger of
(Ceatiaaed Pate Three)
G0MPERS SUSPICIOUS OF
SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
Pari, Monday, Jan. 27. (Havas)
Samuel Gomiiera, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, who i in
Pari to discus the organization of an
international labor congress with
French. Belgian and English syndicate,
declared to Franco Libra today that he
wculd not vet say whether th Ameriaan
.delegation will attend the labor nd
socialist conference at Berne, lie de
elarcd, that at jlrst of all, he wished
i Know wnai organimcHui win m rep
resented; if those organizations are tea
Inbor organization and if the Berne
conference is not part of ft direct Ger
wan propaganda plan, v
Regarding th attitude of the Amer
ican labor party toward Germany, uom
per aaid: ,
"Before we are willing to engage on
selves to anything, tht Gorman people
must hsv a better conception of inter
national duties and cooperation.'
NEW ENGLAND TOBACCO "
GROWERS WANT WAREHOUSES
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 2 Because
of liability to get offer on, their last
year crops, the. smaller .tobacco grow
era ia thi vicinity, it wa announced
today, will apply to the government for
the privilege ot placing their tobacco
in bond in order .hat they may obtain
Biilney to start this season' planting.
The larger arowera are said to be oro-
tectcd by the mg buyer, but the large
number of small acreage farmers my
they are facing ruin because of the re
fusal of buyer to bid.
FINISHING TOI CH
PIT ON FAMINE BILL
(Br th Awotiatad fm)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. Final
legislative action waa taken today t
CongrcM on the administration bill ap
propriating $100JWO,000 requeued b;
President Wilson for European famine
relief. The conferees report wa adopt
ed by both Senate and Uous without
debate, and the measure no goes to the
President for approval.
" Mated Lawvrr .- Dead.
' Nashville, Tcnn, Jan. 28. John Wal
tns Judd .of Gallatin, Tcnn., died sud
denly at hi home tbqre last night at
the age of 79, it was rarnct Lero to-
cy. lie was wide"' wn in inane.
tee a a lawyer- justice of the
supreme con' . - under- Cleve
land. '" .. V by the war
dej' ... - - traighlen
on . ' 7 '.'-.-,, - Mr.
Jc '. " ty. Ten
n '. ' Vdernt
a-" " ' ' I of
ILDTERI
II ATE
CONTROL OF WIRES
House P. 0. Committee Re
ports Favorably On Bill To
End It Dec. 31
DOES NOT AFFECT THE .
CABLE PROPERTIES LAW
Proposed Act Affecting Tele
phone and Telegraph ' Had
Close Shave 10 To 8
(Br th AMotlrted Prm.)
Washington, . Jan. 28, Government
control of tho tlephone and telegraph
propertie would end next December
31, under a resoltion ordered "favora
bly reported today by the House Post
office .rqainiitte by" a vote of 10 to &
Chairman Moon , announced that hs
would ask for a rule to give it Tight
of way. ..'-..'
The resolution nindo no mention of
cable properties and that phase of the
situation was not discussed. Members
later cxpresaed varying opinions J to
the effect of th legitbition on Federal
control of thoso properties which Waa
assumed. Ty Presidential proclamation
last November under the authority glv
en in the original wire control resolu
tion passed by Congres last July 10.
Chairman Moon said the new legis
lation would not affect the original inn
in so far as it applicil to cable -proper.
ties, eontrol of which would have to be
relinoiiUhed with thn imniinff of a nroc.
tnmntion 'V thn President announcing
the aigning of the treaty of .peace nd
it ratification. Other member ex
pressed a different view, based upon
the fast that tht cable properties Were
controlled by the telegraph companies.
They thought controi of the cable
wauld be automatically extended.
Other Date Rejected. '
Various date for termination of con
trol of. tho telephone nd telepragh
rnmnanips wer . iiPfrcftteit after Ifi
eomniitteo h$ concluded it hearing
on the original administration -nicptro
by examining Postmaster General Bur-
lcson. jrhe first proposal wa for re
itoration of the properties to private
management next way an, but fnit and
another to extend the time to Decern
ber 31, 1012 were voted down.
As introduced bv rhitirman Moon,
tlie resolution authorized the Postmas
ter General ta Iicgotiato contract for
the .purchase, of telephone companies
and to havt aa appraisement mad of
the telegraph , properties, but these
previsions were stricken out by th
Committee,' 'Mr. ' Burlcnun and other
proponents of the legislation insisted
that the purpose was to extend th p
rind of control and not to bring about
governmrnt ownership. , ,
The Vat Br Tartles.
On the final-vote m announced by
tha committee, three Democrat joined
with seven Republican to end the pe
riod of controi on December 31 and
seven Democrat and one Prohibition
ist opposed it, a they desired extension
for a longer period. The vote follows:
For: Republicans- flteencrson, Min
nesota; Madden, Illinois; Orient,
Pennsylvania; Copley, Illinois; J'nige,
Massachusetts; Woodyard, West Vir
ginia; Ramseyer, lawo 7.
Democrat Bell, of Georgia ; Hol
land of" Virginia; Black, of Teius 3.
Total 10, ' " v
Against: 'Democrats Moon, Tennes
see; Mterlmg, Pennsylvania; Oliver,
New York; Rouse, Kentucky; Black
mon, Alabama; Beakes, Michigan and
Ayres, Kansas 7. Prohibitionist:
Randall, Californift-1. Total 8.
Not in Accord With Burleson.
,; Mr. Burleson favored a longer period
of government control than next De
cember 20, a date suggested while he
was before the committee. He said ''the
danger" would tie that Congress would
have been in session but a month and
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OF
House' Committee Agrees On
Bill Cutting It Out
For Four Years
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, Washington, Jan. 8. Prohibit ion of
immigration for nHjir' years nfter the
war, except from Cuba, Mexico, Canada
nnd New Foundland -was agreed upon'
unanimously today by the House Immi
gration committee, t "
...Chairman .Burnett announced that he
would auk for . special rule to permit
early consideration of th measure by
the House, -, - -.- --' "W--.
"If the Mil i not passed by the pres
ent Congreasj its purpose will be par
tiallly defeated," Mr. Burnett said. "It
is intended to prevent great flood
of immigrant eoming here a soon as
prace is signed and driving our own
people out of work and also tokeejjjout
the Bolsheviki." -
A. number of "amendment accepted
permit the admission of relatives of
aliens already in this country tnd of
persons skilled .in, jrertaln occupation
and profession. !
- Catton JLadasi ftteamcr Afire,
Havre, Jan."' EH. The French steamer
Conde, from Savannah Deevmber 1.1,
loaded with cotton,- arrived in tjie
Kradstcad today: on -fire, ' Tho firo is
said to be raging fiercely. iThe .a is
rough and lifeboats have put out to take
off the crew,
' Daniel Order Investigation- ,
Washington, Jan. 'SS. Secretary Dan
iels today instructed Kcnr Admiral
Usher at New" Yorluta; investigate and
report .upon the suppression by a naval
guard .and police reserve there last
night of n meeting of discharged, sol
diem, suilors and marine ".I liiilr'tliC
i speaker criticised th government. .
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MIGRATION
V BUILDING
BILL PUT IN BY POU
FOR SHIELD
Fourth District Congressman
Asks For $35,000 Structure
For His Home Town
SIMMONS MENTIONED AS
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER
Washington Star, However,
Gives Foremost Place To
Senator Morris Sheppard,
of Texas; W, 0. T. U. Gives
Thanks To Yates Webb;
Trans-Atlantic freight Bates
Newt and Observer Bunco,
I 4M Uutrlrt Nntionil Bank Bid.
Br B. R. WINTERS.
(Dr Hpatlai Lrued Win.)
Washington, Jan. 18. Beprcseatativ
Edward W. Foil introduced ft bill in tht
House today, authorizing and directing
Ihe Secretary of thi Treasury to pur
chase a site and erect a postofflce build-
1 . t- in.a.ii . - - .' . ,
uig "i nnuiunem mi a com uo execeu-
ing $35,000, A ruling of-th- Ppatoffice
Department makes it imperative that
the receipt of the poitoOict shall b
$10,000 a year before such an expendi
ture can lo made, and Representativt
t'ou bar addressed an inquiry to th
Smithfield office to ascertain it status.
Moreover, he hopes that the omnibu
bill that will soon lie shaped will make
provision for Smithfield.
Thn Washington Star, a Bcpublicsn
newspaper at the National Capital,
casually mention the name of Senator
r urnifold M. Simmons, of North Caro
lina, as a favorite son of the South
that might b trotted out for the Demo
cratic: President. The editorial adds,
"But If Mr. Wilson decide to tand
for another nomination, that will put
a, new face oa the whole aituatioa; and
finmofrnta North, South, East nnd West
will-think twica before deciding about
a course of action .as to favorite ton
or anybody else.' 4
The editorial it entitled "Th South
and the Presidency,' ami give fore
most joitinn to Senator Morris Shep
pard,, of Tews, whose activities for
proiumrioa ana woman tuff rage hav
given him ft national identity. Tht
editorial rnd a follows:
"Friends of Senator Sheppard In int
uit Senate have launched a boom for
him for President, on the score of hi
'cthHlcs ia buliHlf of prohibition tnd
woman suffrage.' . '
Ha Baea Hard Worker.
in worn case jur, poeppara ht been
In both eases, Mft, Sheppard ha
been a hard orker.i In behalf of pro
hibition, he lias been tireless. Ia behalf
of woman suffrage ha has done much.
He responded to the President' nppel
when some Southorn Senator held lick.
If those cause are to figure in calcula
tion about tha leadership of the Demo
crat i party in 1920, the Texaa Senator
ha claim upon hi party't consideration.-
''.'. : . '- '
, "But, as the Star suggested tht other
day, these are new times, and in thi
matter the South should rise to them.
by should ho longer ting sinallt
With men of large exiierienea in public
business and of Presidentinl tizc, why
should slie not present tlicir name at
convention time, and ask the Democratie
fynprtor it opinion as to their merits.
"Beside Senator Sheppard, Tcxa ha
Col. House. She might ask the judg
ment of the Democratic on both men.
The Colonel ha never (aught offic
of any grade, but if nominated for
th highest office he would not, of
course, decline.
"It would add very much to interest
in the pcxt Democratic National Con
vention if the South should nppear there
asking consideration for favorite son's
sny Sheppard and House of Texas, Clark
of Missouri, Underwood of Alabama,
Hoke Smith of Georgia, Simmon of
North Carolina, and other. Whv should
she not? Why stilt leave tho field, a
for o loifg, to the oilier section, whose
favorite sons, worthy a they are, do
not top those of the South I" . '
Yataa Wehb Th.nk.d
In our great rejoicing tliat thirty-six
States (and more) have ratified th
Federal prohibition amendment, mem
bet of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance vUnion-grntefullv re-
full you, splendid help in Congress,"
write President Anna A, Gordon to
Representative Edwin Yatc Webb, of
North Carolina. "May we again thank
ytnu nnd extend our henry congratula
tions on a victory significant not. only
for what it mean to our Iryid, but to
the entire world." The name of Yates
Webb- is inseparntely associated with
the eatta of national prohibition and
the congratulation of the women of
America are , altogether fitting, -aud in
rj lendid taste. ' ' y 1
A. H. Holme Dead. .
Death coming on the day of hi re
lease from the army make doubly.aad
tho passing of Alonza II. -Holmevof
OnllMeil. Tllnden ennnlv TTa t.l Kam
postmtcr at the little village for, fir
yearJiftnd patrons unitedly joined in
an appeal to ' Representative Godwin
for his release frem Camp -Jackson
where he was stationed. Death wa due
to influenza. Cltixen bore- overwhel
ming testimony his fine citizenship. To
add to the burdens of tho' little vil
lage as levied by war, a citizen states
that Council had not had a doctor sines
war was declared.
' StUnr to the case of Alomui Holmes,
the death of Golden Oxeudine, an In
dian of Fairmont, Robeson county,
came while an appeal was being mad
to tho War Department for hi release.
His mother, Mrs. Melinda Oxendine,
had persistently written that her son
be disehargody While the appeal was
Icing considered, the brave soldier of
Indian descent passed avay from an
attack of inftuenui.
Southern Seautors announced after a
conference with tha shipping board to-
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