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PRESIDENT VILSOG VILL
If We Wore Wigs Nowadays Some of Us Might Look"
More Like George Washington Than We Do For Instance:
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REPORT
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He Has Kept in Touch With
Affairs in U. S. Despite-The
Stormy Weather During
V Ust Few Days
HE WILL GET RIGHT DOWN
TO BUSINESS AND START
BACK TO PARIS MARCH 5
After Speaking in Boston Mon
- day He Win Get To White
House Tuesday ; Wednesday
Hight He Will Confer With
Members of Ways and
Means Committees of Con
rress; The Dinner Will -Be
elm
White
House, and Congres
sional Circles
' (By th Associated h) . V
Washington, Feb. 81--President Wil
oar arriving ia Bortoat MoatUjv U1
friend ' only one wock In tht United
fctsies before embarking March 5 td re-
1b anticipation of a week crowded
With. cabinet meeting, a conference
with the Foreign Relatione Committees
t Congress, the signing of billsf atten
tion to various domeitie problems and
perhaps aa address to Congress on the
proposed League of Nation, White
House officials are arranging the busi
aee of the executors offices no that
not a single minute of the President's
time will be lost. Mr. Wilson trill
get down to business aa soon, aa he sets
' foot In Boston, whore Secretary Tumulty
went tonight with a mass of documents
demanding immediate attention. . --
" Speaks In Boston Monday. 7 j
After speaking in Boston Monday
' afternoon, the President will return to
ths capital arriving hers Tuesday morn
ing and going direct to bis desk in the
VWuto House. Ilia return to Washing-
,toa.- MiM-id? Ubw ho-w ulat" mw;t
, ing day of the cabinet and bis confer
eaee Tuesday afternoon witb beads of
. departments will put bins in toneh with
any ponding business. As be has been
constantly in communication witb offi
rials here by cable, it is not expected
.the meeting will bo unduly protracted.
'' Wednesday night members of the
Senate and House Foreign Relations
' Committees will attend, a dinner at the
Whit House to bear the President ex
plain the ramus articles of the con
stii.ution.eJ the League of Nstfonsflt
is considered certain in official circles
hero that the dinner will be followed
by, aa address to Congress bnt at the
exerntivo offices todsy it was said no
word on the sabjeet bad been received
from Mr. Wilson.
Appoint New Attorney-General.
Nomination of an Attorney-General
to succeed Thomas W. Gregory, whose
resignation becomes effective March 1,
is ono of tho important pieees of busi
' ness to com before the President He
also will have to sign numerous bills,
including the reveune bill. .. Labor un
rest ato will be brought to bis atten
tion, tbougk it is considered doubtful
whether ths President will be nblo to
, attend a 'conference of Governors in
New York, being arranged by the De
partment of Labor to consider unem
ployment. -- , , . .
Ko Immediate Extra Session.
. Announcement that" tho President
would remain In this country only one
week led some members of ' Congress
to say tbey believed no extra session
would ? called until after Mr. Wilson
concludes bis work in Europe. Senate
advisers, of ths President will nrge that
Uoagroni be summoned about May l
Has Eent la Toncb.
Despite stormy weather encountered
by the George Washington in the last
two days. President Wilson bas aot
been prevented from keeping in touch
with affairs here, as ths executive offices
received several wireless messages from
aim today. . ,
His Day It Boston.
- Boston, Feb. 1. More definite form
was given today to ths plans for the
visit of President Wilson Monday. Xhis
was mads possible by ths receipt of
wireless messages telling of bis wishes
and indicating ths probable time of the
arrival of the steamer George Wash-
iltgtOB. 1...
The) President is expected to remain
In ths city only a few hours, from mid
forenoon to ssrly evening. Tho meet
ing at Mechanics'. Building nt which be
will deliver the only address of h visit,
will be held Ja-tho afternoon. He will
tpeak txtemporaaeously, and it is an-
serstood that his address will deal in
general terms with his mission to
' ranee, without detailed reference to
, ths peace conference proceedings of the
league of nations. -
Recognise Polish Governments
rarw, t eb. ZL Official announcer
meat was mads today that ths repre
sentatives of the allies at their meet
ing at ths Qua! dXrsay today decided
that tho allies should recognizo the
Polish poveniment headed by IgnacC
Jaa Paderewtki. .
IXTERXATIOVAL REGIME .
Or PORTS AND RAILWAYS
Paris. Thnrsdayi Feb. 20 Ths follow
ing official communication was issued
todsyt '
"Ths suVoommittee of the commis
sion n ths international regime of
pott waterways and railways and for
'Coatlnned oa Pegs Three)
Congress; Outline of Other
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nirH.miwT-a amp witk .rn
SCOKT W OUTD18TANCINO IT
' ; . CONVOT AND SARIN a MOIIK.
' On Board th U. 3 8 Oforgt Wuhlnr
tno, WcdBwUr, rb. IS. (Br Wiralw to
Ths Aaoodalcd trm.h-Tho (tawnokip
CSrars WMhinstoo. on whkh Praidcnt
Wihon b nturnins t th DniUd 8UUo,
hi todav pnoMdioa sr tho watoro of
the BiKi-AtUatk ntirely witboat
OMort. wbirh ink drivoa ol by th aoavr
wnthor during tho niaht .
' Tbo aeeompanyin torpedo 3ot Oaitra.
on hippos sutk aoavy mm sad wore bo
ina such a bad tiao m woatkrin( th
mi that thor wero ordmd to (low down
and fall btbind. Tbo (taut hottkohl Now
Sink, wbicb wm mokinf hr trot Ions
run. n unablo to keep ap th poo bo.
aoaa of th itiffnooa of bcr nwchinciT,
nd when it bceoin tpporont that th
Goorao Wublnirtua t'U bilns bold book by
bor cnard obipfc PiwtMont Wlbwa x.
timid th. wiah that bio sImomt should
nroeocd alono, M ammnr.
Oatdfcitoaco 'Km AIL
WThmfor th Now Mexico sla dropped
out . of th line, . and whoa . do broke
Mrfther h hettleehio' nor onr of. th
'mo wma a four atoatca scnooaer waica woo
runnins beforo Um wind with tall sails
Th UoorsowaehinKto-t oonunuoa uwr
is behav ncellently. It boom evident,
however, that th etronc wlodo and heavy
sea wer eolns to delay tho ohip and
interfere with th I'reoidcnt'i Boetoa pro
tnua. TbefWore a new oanne wo kid,
further north than woo oritrinolly planned,
which wUi cut off about tS Biik et the
Journey and auk t vtrtaelryeertaNi fit
4ho- Prootdent wW land In Bsetow Mondajr,
at there hi no further Holey.
President WlUon did torn work with
hi eorreepondeoe today. He alee In
spected th erew of th snip, aooompanlod
.by Ceptein MeCeuley. ---r-v -
Gives Additional Utterance To
.Traitorous . and "Revoly-
r tionary?. Doctrine. . .
(By the Associated Press.) .
Wasbiagton; Feb. 21.John Heed, a
writer, who , fifieribed , hiinelf si $
"revolutionary Boeialiat," told tin Ben
ate committee investigating lawless g-
Itation today that bs believed the Bol
shevik! regime in Sussia was doing
"great work" and tbat bs was a Arm ad
vocate of a revolution tn the unitea
States. He followed his wife, Louise
Bryant, on the stand, and. like her,
denied- stories of atrocities related by
previous witnesses.
On cross examination Heed could aot
recall that he said lsst Sunday In a
speech "at Tonkers, N. that "three
million rifles aro in the bands of three
million Bussian - workmen' and soon
three million rifles will bs ia the bands
of American workmen to do tha same
thing that ia being done in. Russia. He
also said bo "couldn't imagine" himself
stating la another speech ia New York
that bs had started the Bolsbeviki
movement and soon expectod that there
would bo 'something doing ia New
Tork, Baltimore, Albany, Syracuse, Bos
ton and other cities of the East,.
- Admits Being Employed. ' '
Seed, who spent some time in Russia,
freely admitted that be was employed
ia the international revolutionary pro-
fpagsnda bureau of the Bolshevikl min
istry of foreign affairs in l'etrogrsa ana
told the committee that . he expected
to start an 'Information bureau" la
New York soon. Ha said hs bsd dis
cussed the matter witb soma persons
there, and added! .
"There are soms wealthy women la
New York who have nothing else to
do ...irUb, their monoy.?... .i . i.r.
, - "Too Dlsreontabl,"
The witnoss said be did not apeak at
tha meeting in, a Washington theatre
which, jra largely responsible for tht
present investigation because bs was
considered too disreputable, having
been indicted for saying things that
Benator Johnson has sines said' ia the
Senate. - , -
la tha course of a long discussion
with Senator Woleott, of Delaware, re
garding bis beliefs ia respect to law,
Reed declared that tha will of tha peo
Dla would bo done, it not by peaceful
means thea by fores. He explained,
however, that his advocacy of a revolu
tion in the United mates meant not
necessarily, ths employment of force,
"Unfortunately," he added, "profound
social changes usually have been ac
companied by the uso of force, bnt
never have beea able to see any reason
why they could not bava beea accom
plished otherwise'
Ha Wants A "Test.
, Tue witness said in bis opinion that
The witness said in his opinion that ths
stituted bsd never beea brought to the
real teat as to whether it was flexible
enough to admit such great "reforms"
as those in Russia, and asserted that
he favored the nationalization of in
dustry and land in this country. Re
plying to questions, ho said ha did not
think be bad over been affiliated with
any anarchistic movement and that in
fact he was very much sgaiaat the
abolition of all government. .
Albert Rhys Williams, snother writer,
who spoke at the Washington theatre
meeting, will appear before the cc
mittee tomorrow.
"NO BEER, NO WORK" .
STRIKE PROCLAIMED.
New Tork, Feb. 21. Strikes on July
1, to make effective ths slogan. "No
beer No work, have been voted by
the New York Iron Workers, Ship
builders, Longshoremen, Butters, Sta
tionary Firemen, Pavers and Rammers
onions, it was announced nt a meeting
of thi Central f ederated Inioa here
tonijl.i.
9
BOLSHEVIST REED
ON WITNESS STAND
One bas to hand it to the modem
had grown to the scalp. '
Of the nine, one is George himself.
him In ths center and drew a ring around
mf;:iniW.M thcyl Hero they arat.l.AS
PREMIER CLEHENCCAC HAD .
A BPLENriD DAY; HAS GOOD
APPETITE AND GETS ABOUT.
By th Assootatod Prees.J
Psris, Feb. HjH. Uemtnceaa
spent a abort tlmo la bis garden tbla
moraiag. Hs had Inncheoa at mid
day and bb appetite was gooU After
lnacbooa k tested for a while aad
thea received General Petala at t
o'clock. ' '
i.Dariag the mornlag laCWmoa-
eeaa ri seated to so Inspector ae
Candla, who sat bosido the Premier a
ChansTear whea Cottla mad his at
tack. Ths Premier received d
Candla la kla snto-ehamber, shook
bis hand ylforoasly aad- cangrata
latod him oa tbo coarago bs had
saowsv ' - .: '.
Dr. Floraat, whoso name headed
today's morning 'bulletin, ,1a M.
Clmaeaa's personal physician. Dr.
Floraat recently bad one of his legs
amputated. His visit to tho Premier
today was ths first time ho bad beea
oat aiaeo tho operation. Whea lesv
Ing M. Clemeaceaa'a roaideaco. Dr.
Floraat declared that witk his latl
mate kaowledge of tho Premier's
temperament, , h considered M.
Clemeacosa's coadltloa excollent. v
"I consider M. Clemeacoaa oat of
daager," be said. "As for tbo oa
tracting of ths ballet, tbla need not
bo taoaghi of, nt least (or tha pros
snt." . . "
Tor tanch H. Clemeaceaa at soap,
vegetable ,-ad a baked apple aad
drank miaeral water. This bi
his meaa for maay years.
Delegation " in " Washington
Present Fitness ot Char-,
. lotfe Man '
G&ErUL$. T. ANSELL
TO RETIRE FROM ARMY
Efforts To. Revive Fight For
Wireless Station at Monroe
Fntile; Tarheels at Capital
Kew and Obserrer Bi
' CM District Nsttraisl Beak B
By S. B. WINTaaa.
(By Special Lewd Wbe.i
Washington, Feb. 21. That Brigadie;
ueneral W. T. Ansell, of Curritu
eounty, . will resign his srmy
commission and retire to private life at
sa.sany cjate was a story given an
thentlcated currency here today. He
has been serving as Judge Advocate
General of the Army while General E.
C. Crowder was acting in ths capacity
of Provost Marshal General ia the Ad
ministration of the Selective Service
taw. -
- The wide breach between General
Ansell and General Crowder as to the
existing system of administering mili
tary justice is attributed as tbo reason
for the retirement of General Antell.
Whllo General Ansell has been relieved
from duty as acting Judge Advocate
(Coatlnned on rage Fear)
BOOSTING GUTHRIE
FOR FEDERAL JUDGE
newspaper artist for be-wigging a man thus
. . . p - r - - H - -
Of course, you can pick oat George
him. But the- otbvrtt Who aro they I
top, wit to tigMis, iiejwoo; Aociow;,
Bavarian Premidrandl
Min iste r of Interior
mSession
i"
Copcnhagen Feb. 2Lr-Kurt Eisner,
tho Barariaa premier, was shot and
killed today by lieutenant Count Arcs
Valley, as Eisner was oa bis way from
the forsiga ministry ia Munich to the
diet, says a Munich' dispatch. The
shooting occurred ia the Prannerstrssse,
and Eisaer received two snots, area
from behind in his bond. '
Eisner's body was carried lata ths
foreign ministry, where it lies la the
porter's lodge. .
Boon after, ths sfiooting ths judicial
and police authorities arrived to in
vestigate ths assaasi nation.
There was , great excitement ia ths
streets of the city.
. The diet, which was holding its first
session today, adjourned indefinitely. :
: Minister of tho Interior Killed. .
(Br the Associated rress.) .
Munich, Feb. 2l H err Auer, Bavar
ian minister ot ths interior, baa beea
Shot. - ' -" '- r ' ""
The shooting took place during a ses
sion of ths landtag, while Auer was
alluding to the assasslnattoa of Kurt
Eisneri th Bavarian. -Premier. '
" Auer loll wounded in ths left side
and Deputy Oscl wss killed aad two
other officials wore seriously wounded.
The shots were fired from tbo public
gallery and caused o panic among ths
deputies." ' i
The diet building Bow is being guard
ed by ths military, ! , ; ,
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'.' Aaei Had Boca Threatened Before,
Hert Auer is a member of ths Ma
jority Socialist party. Us first came
into prominence last November, at the
time of the revolt in Bavaria,- taking
tba portfolio of miaiater of tho inter
ior in the new cabinet.....
' TLe following month, whea tha per
iod of unrest in Munich became grave,
Auer was compelled, at the point of re
volvers of revolutionists who visited bit
house at night, to resign his portfolio.
Ho was given two minutes in which to
do this. In his written resignation,
Order of Attorney General Cut
Off Much Imported, Liquor
From Ohio ,
sSBPesssswseBeSB ' " "
r Detroit, Mich, Feb. 21'. A coup on
tba part of Attorney-General Groes
beck, dosigaed to put sn end to tha im
portation -of. enormous '' quantities of
liquor into dry Michigan, which began
lata Tuesday whea the Supreme Court
invalidated ths search and seizure sec
tion, of the State prohibition law, proved
only partially effective today.
After Oie Attorney-General bad ob-
THE FIGHT AGAIMST
GOOZE III fill All
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neatly. Tpu'd almost think these wigs
- ' l.-.s'.
Washington! . That's why the artist put
Here they are, At top, left to right),
jsuareioaawa yiara. , i ,
Diet
Auer declared that bs was surrendering
to force. This did aot satisfy tho rovo-
lutionists, who demanded a-statement
tbat tha reaienatloa was "voluntary
- A short tims afterwards ths minis
terial council of tho people ot Bavaria
expressed its anger over the forcing of
Auer to relinquish bis position and de
clared that his reslgnatioa "naturally
ia void aad ' the minister remnins
member of ths government.1 Tha docu
ment wss signed by Kurt Eisner as mla-iater-president.
Auer was ths recipient
of maay expressions of sympathy from
throughout Bavaria as a result of the
incident.
Last December seventeen prominent
men, including one non-Bavariaa duke.
were arrested la Munich, charged with
having beea engaged ia a conference
with the local soldiers' conneiL It '
asserted.. that a revolutionary plot was
oa foot and that Auer was connected
witb it, In a speech ia the Bavarias
chamber of deputies January 7, Auer
said as proposed to tnterveao wtia arms
against Germany if ths unsettled con
ditions la Bcrlia continued. - . -
8PARTACANS ARREST
EISNER COVNT. OFFICIALS
Copenhagen, Feb. tl, Spartacaa
forces ia Munich Thursday " stormed
the poliea statloa ' and arrested the
chief of polios and "several other per
sons, according to reports from Ber
lin. Th sTovernmcnt forces later at
tacked the Spartacaas and early ia th
evening bad recaptured all public build
ings. ,
Several soldiers were wounded la the
fighting. Sailors who formed tha Spar-
tacaa garrison under ths name of the
"Committee - for - Protection" lurrca
dered. . . :y . - ... .
Early la the day ths Spsrtaeans had
arrested tho . secretary of Premier
Eisner and two members of ths work
mens council 'in addition to tha chief
of police. . All of those arrested were
I released later. . ".,.-....,.:,,.
tained aa injunction ia the circuit court
at Monroe against ths importation of
liquor across the Ohio-Michigan, bona
dairy, witb ths intention of holding for
contempt of court any persons engaged
ia the traffic. Col. Roy C, Vandereook
commanding the State constabulary, ex
pressed the oplnioa thst ths writ did
aot aafhoriso search and esisnrs. He,
consequently, instructed bis mea aot
to attempt forcible search or seixure,
unless H waa clearly evident that liquor
was being carried ia large quantities
with commercial intent. . -
"Ton will stop all ears," be instruct'
ed his men, ''and ask ths occupants if
they havs liquor. If thers is aa liquor
ia sight and they say they havs none
or only a small quantity, let them go,
" Traffic oa the Detroit-Toledo inter
urban ' system which fell eff sharply
with the issuance ot tho injunction re
gained volume whea word was received
ot th bitter instructions ts tha State
constabulary. . ' v
TO CRAXQE AGAINST STATE
Addressing tba House yesterday upon
the Senate resolution asking the Secre
tary of War to have the Robert W.
Hobbs article stricken from ths report
of the Provost Marshal General, Repre
sentative J. Frank Ray, of Macon, said:
Mr. Speaker:
I bave had much to o with General
Crewdef ia the way of reeeivinf and
obeying his instructions. I was, from
tho beginning of ths war witk Germany
until her. surrender, an appeal agent
for Maeoa county and also oa the ad
visory board. Ia such positions, I come
to like General Cronder very much.
I live among the mountains of ths
West. We had. perhaps, fewer slack
ers among our western people, or I will
safely say as few, as any locality that
General trowder has dealt with any
where in ths government. The county
I came from (Macon) is not composed
of a race of deserters or sMNtnrs. When
eountVy, from mansion arid cabin alike, I
1 and" "In answer in "I1i ixjB"Af .sroe.lhjnr
'FiMnietr - iitaarr xBm nag. iur XMtf runt
lioys are sleeping , on every battlefield
from Atlanta to Gettysburg.
When, sgaia. ia 1917 the war drum
sounded, oar mountain boys responded
to tbo calU . Tho same stock that had
followed the flag ef Pickett up the
stormy heights of -Gettysburg " and
marched out and dowa. to. death,, "like
bridegrooms to' a marriage chamber,
bravely responded t the call from
Franco for hclpvto-tha cry ef Belgium
for assistance, to ths call of tho Lusi
tania's dead. The mountain county of
Macon filled every quota it was called
upon to fill. Thero was but one deser
ter or slacker ia tho county out of hun
dreds of young men. Only one and to
day he ts the fa nan, the outcast, with
tho mark of Cain upon his browv1
The report of General Crowder la a
slander upon this section of ths State,
if it be aot immediately corrected and
these modern Uuncbausens, who gave
him ths information, properly rebuked.
It is a slander oa the brave boys that
bared thoir bosoms to tht German bub.
lets oa every battlefield from Verdun
to tba Rhine. It Is a slander oa every
maa from the mountains who died in
the camps while waiting for his tims to
go over the top.-. It is a slander oa
eur mountain dead that Sleep today la
"No Man's L4'f sr oh riaader Field
thst ws might live. ;
Whea the bravo dead on Flanders
field, spoke to their living eomradet
in a voice from their cold sepulchres
of mud, they said: ' -
Take up eur qnarrel with tht foe: '
To yoa from falling hands ws throw
Ths torch. Bo yours ts hold it high;
If yoa break faith with us who die
We shaU not sleep, though poppies grow,
Ia Flanders fields."
This report oLGisneralJDrowdera Is a
slander oa all the brave boys of. all
North Carolina who responded to the
fry of the dead an Flanders field. The
bring, charging, 1 dashing soldiers were
able to answer that -voice from tht
tomb:--. -j- -
"Oh, you, who sleep in Flsnders field
81eep sweet, to rise anew!
Wo caught th torch yoa threw
Aad holding high, we kept the
Faith with those who died.
Ws cherish, tso. tlio toDDV red . -
Thst grows oa fields where valor led.
It seems ts signal to ths skies
That Mood of heroes never die
But lends a luster to ths red
Of ths flower tbat blooms above the
. i dead
Ia Flanders Field.
And now the torch and poppy red :
Wo wear la honor of eur dead .
Fear aot that yoa have died for naught
Ws vo learned tho lesson that you
taught
In Flanders told. :
lias any answer cn this earth ever
beea 'mors complete than this f is it
true tbat many answered It with their
hr? r but Ihers wsraenougk of Jho lif-
ing to take wptberiorch and with It
light ap ths heavens so that all man
kind might read, la characters of flame
oa tbo front of tbo throne of God, ths
doom that will always overtake ths man
or nation that tries to trample oa ths
weak by violenea and oppression I
I am sorry thst General Crowder was
Imposed upon. I think hs ought to have
knowa better. Ho ought to havs known
that Hobbs WU only indulging in his
characteristic sectional slop. Blop is the
word for this writer whom General
Crowder so copiously quotes ia bis re
port. The mountain people of this State
are as Intelligent as any section ot the
South aad this report, as it steads, is a
slander oa every father and mother ia
ths 'mountain section who cheerfully
gave up their boys to' 'fight fof universal
democracy and freedom of mankind.
This report of General Crowder is
slander and ought to bo expunged from
the book. The boys fought to keep the
old flag flying. They fought to keep the
stars of that flag in the sky. They
fought thst it might continue to float
above the bring aad dead. With their
task ended they should all new be per
mitted to - r
"Come back to the land of youth and
freedom beyond ths ocean bars :
Where the air is full of sunlight and tbe
lag is full sf stars."
- And when they -come and tee this
slander they will say their services to
the country arc aot appreciated.' They
will foe that their trials and hardships
have been ia vain; thai the men whose
duty It was to protect their good name,
rhich they would bava died for any day,
aad tbat of their country, have made a
report that is a slander to both. Ths
General, who ia all good conscience
ought to have knowa father, has given
this slander currency by giving to it
the weight ot his great name.
He bas slandered our mountain melt
who aro among the best in war or in
peace and if he Wishes to right tho
wrong, he eta do so.
PEANUT DEALERS
Bertie Member Wants Com
. mission To Conduct An
rv Investigation
NEAL INTRODUCES BILL
TO REPEAL PRIMARY
And Minority Leader William.
' Would Repeal Absentee
Voters' Act.
- Before tie House settled down yes.
investlpite the - activities of Special
invest Ipate the -l
uortie, bad asaeu it to provxto tor as
investigation to find out whether or not
there was a' peanut trust ia Eastern
North Carolina. Then, ia turn, cams
Neal, of McDowell, vitii-a.ibill ftoirei-'
ths State-wido primary law, and Wil
liams, minority, leader, with oao - rV -peal
the 1917 absentee voter's act.
Mtv Matthews' resolutioa would har
the Governor appoint a "com mission" t .
hear evidence and to ascertain whether
any persons, firms or Corporations have
organised a trust to purchase peanuts
and are carrying on business ia North
Carolina contrary to the anti-trust laws
of tho State." ' Tho commission would
consist of three citiaens ' the Stats
and ths resolution would authorize ths j
expenditure ot $3,000 in conducting th
investigation. , .
Committee reports yesterday included
favorable action oa ths bill introduced
by Mr. Matthews to divide the Stst into
five judicial circuit and restrict the
resident judge to each district ia tbo
circuit twelve months at a time. . The
House judiciary committee, number one,
reported unfavorably ths Senate bill in
troduced by Senator Price to set ssids
November 11 as a legal holiday ia North
Carolina. The committee thought tba
action ought to be by Congress and ths
date the day peace is sitroed.. - : - --
- Weald Abolish Primary.
Confirming a forecast some time sto
ia this paper,' Representative Neal, ot
McDowell county, yesterday Introduced
a bill to abolish the Btato-wide primary
act insofar as it relates to State, Con
gressional and District offices. Tha test
class would "include , judges, solicitors
and Stats Senators representing mors
than, one county,; . Stripped this way, the
bill would apply to the selection of
eounty officers where tbo county i aot
exempted from it provisional Two sd-
ditional counties, to those that havs
heretofore . requested exemption from
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Democratic Insurgents 'Join in
Congratulating .Him
: On Speech r 1
SHERMAN (REP.) WOULD
PUT GAG ON PRESIDENT
Today Senators Seed, Af ainst,
and Hitchcock,;; For, Will
Address The Senate
7. T TBy Q AsooeUUd Pbm.) ,
Washington, Feb. 1. Criticizing tht
League of Nations as "the most radical
departure" from President : Washing- .
ton's policies snd as spelling the cud
of the Monroe Doctrine, Senator Borah,
ot Idaho, Republican member of ths
Foreign Relations Committee, declared,
today ia tb Senate that before tha
plan was adopted ths American people -should
be allowed to give a verdict
on it. .-"..'.'.,,..,- --,'
Ths Idaho Benator, who recently de
clined President Wilson's invitation to
a White House conference next Wed
nrsdsy to discuss the league constitu
tion, insisted that the United Stater -should;
ttetdfaatly cling to ths AmtrU :
eanini as sstsblished by the father! .
snd at recently defined by former Pres
ident Roosevelt, and in the course (
hie address bs chsrged former. Presi
dent V Toft with nraking- mllfdin
statements about the effect of the
league 'i plan on American policies.-
Iasargenta Congratulate Him.
When Senator Borah concluded, after ,
speaking about an hour, an unusual de- .
monstration occurred. While crowded
galleries applauded, Senators and visit
ing Representatives crowded around the
Senator,-seeking to congratulate him.
Among ths Senators' were several Dem
ocrats, including Thomas, of Colorado,
Gore, ef Oklahoma, Smith, ot Georgia,
and Vardaman, ef Misssisippi. Ths de
monstration continued for tire minutes,
while Senate business wss completely
suspended. '
Sherman Weald .Car Wilson.
Before Mr. Borah spoke, Senator Sher
man, of Illinois, Republican, introduced
a resolutioa which went over for future
discussion, proposing that ths Senate
request President Wilson' not to discuts
the league until after he confers with
tbe Senate, the co-ordinate- . treaty
making branch, and to "preserve an iin-
partial and unbiased mind on the sub
ject. The resolution, which ' Senator
ShCrman plant to discuss soon, recites
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BORAH ATTACKS