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The News mid Observer WEATHER 1 Clone Wedaesday, roeMr followed by rata sad colder Wednesday mlfkU SECTION OKI , Page 1-10 S l.i VOL CDC NO. 64. NOT COHH BACKITIH' W0 IT'S OVER. OVER IHERE. L" : i o a vc DDremrMf iinr can fos : Ort Id 1 ULdllLl. 1 II ILiMl ! f . ' ' 1 ry; . : v.; ; t i .Declares PeoDle of U. S. Are ; Strong For . League of .Na tions and He Will Tell Peace Conference So, First Thing He Does COMMENDS TAFT AND SPEECH EV-PRESIDENT HAD JUST DELIVERED, President Takes Up Hew Line of Argument and Tells About The Infinite- Pains and Pa ; : tient labors of The Paris ' Conference To Beach a Just f . and Adequate Conclusion of ! myrJ.. Far; Text'ofySpeech (Br the Attocbttd rrat.) . New York, SJareh 4, President Wil son, on the eve' of his departure for Paris, declared in an address' here to night that he would" carry to tho Peace .Conference the message that an over whelming majority of the American people, trss in favor of the, Jjcague. of N'StiOTS-TT!! MlTtt far WOld - WtPwiMTO to the I'nited States until the nations of the v.orld nere assured of the per manency of peace. - Spending before an audience that fitted t!ie Metropolitan Opera House - to overflow ing, the President said he was puzzled by soma of the criticisms He bad heard of the -league; not by the nticirois themselves but by the fact )f them.-ie det-'iircdwald; well for some of those on this sidb of the . natcr to eel acquainted with tha spirit ' oa the other side; that tho peoples H;cre were firm in their determination ' that juatic mnst- rule in the world. .;, Dec Linns that the "heart of tho , r.ofld Is snake, and the heart of the v: srld mnst bo satisfied, Mr. Wilson ir tolcmii warning "that tha great uvtUtc3 f the wrld do o giv notice tVt they are going to rise and run; fiey'rlse In their majesty and ovor- 'cluiing might, and those who stnd ia tho vej nre overwhelmed. ' Tall Espoaads Mala Fettares. t?rcr tho President gave his parting , t:Z3 to the American people, former featans of thepropostd covenant of nations. The. -President and former President entered the big opera houw irm in arm r.nd were grcoted by ap ylaus 'and eheering. It was several ; minatcj" 1erore OoVerttttr" Alfred- E. Smith' of New York, who presided, could jpen the meeting. Mr. Wilson gave his opinion of op ponents of the league plan i& America. "No party has the right to appro priate this issue," he declared, 'and uo pnrfv will inthe lorg" run dare op pose it. T.'otic to All Oatlaws. ' Asserting that the league of nations is "meant as a notice to all outlaw na tions" that. the great peoples of the " world ill no longer tolerate infrrua- ionnl crimes," the President said, 'Europe is a bit sick at heart st this rery moment, because it acs states aicu mave had no vision and the only risiort has been tch vision of the peo- -ple. "And I am amazed not alarmed but a mated, that there should be in some quarters such a comprehensive ignor ance of the state of the world," tontin ved Mr. Wilson. "Those -gentlemen do not know whet the mind of men is just now? Everybody else does. Temper ef the Boys ia KaaU. "I do not know where they have bee a eloscted. I do not know by what in fluences ther have been blinded; but I do know that they have been separated from the general enrreatj of the thought of mankind:" America's soldier, he said, went over 1 seas feeling they were sacredly bound to teh realization of those ideals which their President had ennneiated when the United States wcat into the war. . "There is another thing," the Presl - dent said, whieh critics of the leegue "They not only have ot observed h tenner of the world, but they have ..not eren-observed the temper of these i " splendid boye in khaki that thfy sent ' ktoh the teas," he said. . ' ad f o yoa suppose," continued the Irc t, "that having felt that era tading spirit of these youngsters, who went ofsr there not to gioriiy America but to aerre their fellow me, I am go ing V permit myself for one moment to lacVe1 rSy" effort to be worthy of thesa slJ ! tteir cause i i uo mean ; not te come back nntit 'it over, over there' and it must not be over until tnc nations of the world are assured of the permanency of peace.' Tut ef President's Speech, President Wilson said: ' ."My Fellow Citizens, I accept the in Itlmstioa of he air just piayed. 1 will .! Iot tome back Hill its ever, over there' and yet I pray God, ia the interests of peace ana oi tne woria, tnai mat ma; K toon. "The first thing I am going te tell the .people on the other side of th wa ter, il that an overwhelming majority of the American people is ia favor of the league of Bations. I know tbat tnat is true; i hare had unmistakable inti mations of it from all parts of the country and the toke rings true ia . ' every ease. - . . Pread ef Taft 1 eonnt myself fortunate to speak tier under the unusual circumstances ' it thin evening. 1 am happy to asso- PRESIDENTS SHIP j: SAILS THIS MORNING - (Br the Anoebttd Prws.l ' New ..York, March 5. President . VYilson went aboard the U. S. S. George Washington at 12:05 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning with Mrs. Wilson and other members' of his party.- The steamship is scheduled to sail for France at 8 :15 a. m. today. ' eiatejnyself with Mr. Taft in this-great cause. He 'his displayed an elevation ofjntl devotio ft hub auiaiis mai mis is noi a parijia? sue. o party lias the Tlgat to approp.J ing. the 7ijU,0W,(XX) Kailrond Adminis ri4Ue that 'Itoue 4n4 w:- the oftg run daro onnose it We have listened to so ;lear and admirable a explanation of the many of the main feature, of the proposed covenant of the league of nations that it is perhaps not necessary for me to discuss in any particular way. the eon- tents of the document. 1 -will seek I rather to give you its setting. I do lution approved by 39 of them oppoe not know when I have bee more im- ing acceptance of the charter 'in its prgFihaii' commission set up by the conference of ) and other spokesmen said this was no peace to draw up a covenant for the j tice to the President, and the peace league of nations. The representatives conference that the 'necessary two of fourteen nations snt around that thirds majority in the new Senate for board not young men, not men Inex-' ratification of the present plan could pcrienced in the affairs of their own I not be obtained, Democratic, leaders countries, not men inexperienced in the; privately expressed belief amendments politics of the world; and the inspiring; would be made soon after the President influence influence of every meeting was the concurronce of purpose-on the part of all those men to come to an agreement and an effective working agreement with.retjard to tTiIs"7eaguc,of the civilized world. Sure They're Right. "There was a conviction in the wholo impulse; there was conviction of more than one sort; there was the conviction that this thing ought to be done and there was also the conviction that not a man there wonld vesture to go home ami ear that he had not tried to do it "Mr. T.-.ft hat set tho picture for you o? what a fsiluM ef this great purpose would neam. We bare been hearing for, all these weary months; that this agony ",of war has lasted because of the sinister purpose of the Central Empires, and we have made maps of the eoume tli'it tlmy meant their con. quests to take. Where did the lines oi inai map lie, o u.ar centra, . . ... ... . i . . i inai we usea 10 can irom uremeu 10 it j it i oaicu.iu. ! "Thev lav through these very regions ' to TTtlieh- Mr. -Utt MS ea-iea your nt- Kntion but they lay then united empire, the Austro-Hungarian . empire whose integrity Germany Wis bound to respect as her ally lay in tno path of that line of conquest; the Turkish empire whose interests she pro- tnnt disputing responsibility for failure fixsed to make her own lay in the , 0 important measures. Most Republi direet path that she intended to tread. 1 cnn members urged the calling of an Responsible as Trustees. And, now what has happened t The Austro-Hungarian empire has gone to Despite the death 6f Congress, contro pieeca and the Turkish empire has dis-j versies over the league of nations con appeared, and. the nations that effected ; stitution promises to be agitated con- that great result lor it was a result of liberation are now responsible as the trustees of the assets of those great nations. You not only would have weak nations lying in this path, but yon would have nations in which that old poisonous seed of intrigue could be planted with the certainty that the crop would be abundant ana one 01 tne things that the kague of nations is in tended to watch is the course of in trigue. Intrigue cannot stand pub'icity, and if the league of nations were noth ing but a great debating society it would kill intrigue. "It is one of the agreements of this covenant that.it is the friendly right of every nation a member of the league to call attention to anything that it thinks will disturb the peace of the world, -no matter whero that thing is occurring; 'There is no subject that may touch the r'' f world which is eiempt from inquiry knd discussion and I thins. everybody here present will agree with me that Germany would never have gone to war it she had permitted tne, world to discuss tho aggression upon Nerbi for a single- S' .Fixing War's Responsibility.- "The British foreign office suggested, it pleaded that there might be a day at two delay so tbat the representative! of the nations of Europe could got to gether and discuss the possibilities of ' settlement. Germany did not dare per mit a day's discussion. You know what happened, so soon as the world realized that an outlaw was at large, the nations (Coatlaaew ea Page Two) C0TT0N FUTURES . RIDER NOW S LAW Br th -Aawhtsd pn.) vv asningion, warcn 1 ne cotton lutures rmer . 10- me guarantee wheat price bill, which was signed today by President Wilson, becomes ef fective tonight at midnight. Under it only thirteen grades of cotton from low middling up can be delivered on fu ture contracts, and all cotton so delivered must be classified by government graders. l This It race day at Pinehurst, Steeple chase and running. (Adv.) KIGH, N. C, m JNGRESS ody, With Much jne, Has Passed Inco History PARTISANSHIP RAMPANT ' DURING CLOSING HOURS Republican Filibuster 'Stopped Passage Half of Appropria tion Bills (Br the AMMhted Pratt.) . Washington, March 4. A bitter con troversy between President Wilson and the Senate over the league of nations. and a filibuster by a few Iteoublican . Sonators seeking U force an immc- ' diate extra session marked the passing ' at noon today of tho Sixty-Fifth or : great war congress. lalled m April, 1917, to throw Amer ica's weight into the "conflict overseas, the Congress held three momentous and historic sessions. Partisanship lay dor-, mant flunng Via war, but it br.dke icon regular airpropmuon bills, incliid- army, 'navy and merchant marine budgets. Antl-Lcagu Activities. Although uhsucccssful in their efforts to record the Senate fn favor of amend meat of the constitution of the league of nations' as nbw drawn, the Bepub-. lican Senators left in the reeord a reso reached Taris. President at Capitol. President Wilson spent an hour at the Capitol before adjournment. litter he formally announced, despite the death in the filibuster of the railroad and other bills, he would adhere to his refusal to call the new Congress be fore his return from France, and criti cised "a group of men" for their ob struction. As a result of the filibuster, which held the Senate ia continuous session for SS hours, tne President bad' little te do at the esnirol eteept sign the 11,000,000,000 wheat guarantee bill and exchange leave takings with frie.ads. i ' ; Because of the President's decision on the extra session, members who crowded outgoing trains tonight felt assured Congress would sot again assemble much before June 1. Leaders predicted 111 I'll It nould remain in continuous sea. muu uu..i K sion until the 1920 political eolventions. Dr,n thfl receM btu)ineM wil, u vir. ..n ..,ij . ,..mnfion - 1 1 rnmnrrnw ftf in Overman enmnnttee I j ;.,;.,; .t ,. f fvB j.M ltennhliesn enmmittee on committees. 1 Wi.h ,,:, f rnor.. menro, nt gtatements on the results of legislation and the eaeue 0f nations were issued by members, with Democrats and Honubli- early extra session. Agitation of Leagae Goes On. unuauy y auvocaies ami opponents. prominent Democratic ana Kepiioncan Congressmen already have specch-mak ing itineraries planned, with Senators Borah, of Idaho, Republican, and Reed, of Missouri, and Thomas, ef Colorado, Democrats, to speak soon at Now York, Boston-and other cities m criticism of the league . constitution. Republican Leader Lodge dors not plan to engago in the speech-making. Chief interest at the finish centered in the ftenate filibuster and tho league of nations controversy. The filibuster con tinued from 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing until 11-10 o'clock today with Sena tors Sherman, of Illinois; IiFollctte, of Wisconsin, and France, of Maryland, oe- cupying most of the time of the long session. It even prevented tne custom ary exchanges of courtesy at the finish. Riotous Bents la Hoase. In the. House, hoeever, the usual riotous scenes marked the elose of the session. The clock was stopped a few minutes for final felicitations -and for an hour after adjournment House mem-. ners exenanged goon-nyes wnn music, , ftnd jmprompt speeches. 1 Durmg tho final hour in the House j an effort was mndo to pas a bill es- jtcd by the British and American dele- . tablishing an insurance reserve fundtcs. The committee planned to eon- , in the War Risk Insurance Bureau, and i permitting designation of persons other han immediate relatives of a policy holder as a beneficiary. The , bill had passed the Rcnnte bn RepresenfafTves -Parker, of New Jersey, and Fordnty, of Michigan, opposing it, talked until (Contlnaed oa Page Three) TURN CLOCKS BACK AGAIN ON MARCH 30 payijght Savings Law Was Not Repealed and Is Still In Effect Washington, March 4. Failure of Congress before final adjournment to day to take any action on pending bills providing for repeal of the daylight saving act made 'certain, that the na tion's clocks again would be advanced an hour during the period between the last Sunday in March and the last Sun day in October. - -Opposition of farming interests to the .'daylight saving net on tha grounds that it was of no benefit (o the people of rural communities' led' to- the Intro duction of several-biHi . providing for iti repeal, but all of them failed. . ', WEDNESDAY MORNING, c HE DID IT! HENKJf CABOX LOCOS Senator from ' Uhssachnsetts, who started filibuster whVh defeated im- portant appropriation bills and other needed legislation. ; vu.-.uuuuv.-uw.-.'.-. ... . ANTICIPATING THE Both Parties Turn Their At- To Organization of Two Branches EXPECTING EARLY EXTRA SESSION WEFJ SUMMER Champ Clark expected To Be InoritLtfSder; - in House, -Moore For Sepublicans (Br Oi AuoebUd Prau.) . Washington, larch 4. With the ad journment 'of Cingress today Republi cans and Demoerati in the House im mediately turned their attention to their organizations in the Sixth-Sixth Congress in anticipaoitn of the call ing of a special session early in the summer. The Republican committee on com mittees, chosen at he recent party con ference, will meet tomorrow to begin its work, which probably will require a? week for completion. In the mean time eighteen Democratic members have issued aa nppeai to their. ollcngune to so organize f te reseat solid, front to the Republican majority. - Buck an organisation, thMr,nBounr ment tonight said, raa be perfected only with the appointmei of a steerig committee, the personnel' of wlticd "should be so distributed that every pection of the country will have repre sentation thereop." They also proposed that the chairman (Continued on Page Three) WLOPIHISAI E Commissions Continue Consid eration of Frontiers of Slovakia NEW COMMISSIONS TO BE ADDED TO ORGANIZATION Today The Council Will Hear Delegation From Zfeite negro; Other Features Paris, March 4.-(Havas.) The su preme council i:t its meeting Wednes day will hear a delegation from the Royal Government of Montenegro at the request of tho Italian delegation to the Peace Conference. 'Discussion of the new armistice con dition! has been postponed until Pre-1 m ", "o?? "eo'" , Tnu J ' r" which ho Is expected to do Thursday, ' Frontiers of Slovakia. The Peace Conference commission in Czecho-Slovak affairs Monday after, noon considered tho question of the frontiers of Slovakia. At the same time the first sub-corn mittee of- tho Cominission,on Interna- tional Regime of Ports, Waterways and Railways considers, carding freedom of transit as submit tinue its discussion of separate articles today, 'The secondsub-c.onimittee of the commission on ports, waterways and railways continued today its discussion of the draft regarding tho . inter, national 1 regime of- ports. The first - " ' eight clauses of tho draft, were agreed upon this morning subject to verbal ar rangement by tho editing committee. j new.commissions ' ' WILL BE AUUE.1I III LUL.-Nt.lLi Paris, Monday, MarchV 3. New eco nomic and financial commission will soon be added to the peace conference organization. The commissions each will comprise ten n.embcrs, from the great powers and five members from the minor powers combined. The economic commission will take up the subjects of customs regulation the disposition of private contracts between citizens -of entonte countries and those of theeentral powers, the status of enemy "citizens In allied countries and tho fato of the- commercial treaties mado before the war. ' , , 'The task of the financial commission will be to docido how the enemy eoun (Contlnaed ea Pa Two) CIUJB! t rrr iinrrrnnr-nir V I II .VMMVUUUU; i. . ..... i - . ' 1 CONFERENCE MARCH 5, 1919. E 7 Failure of Appropriation Has Left Administration Without Funds SITUATION COMPLICATED i r SAYS DIRECTOR HINES Would Avoid Throwing X. S. Securities On Market Be fore Victory Loan (By th? Auocbttrd Trmm.) Washington, March 4. Adjournment of Congress without appropriating $750,000,tioO for railways, left the rail road administration with practically empty coffers about KiS1.000,UOO debts and no funds with whieh to finance the extensive program of improvement planned for this year as a measure to take up slack in the materials and la bor market. Immediate relinquishment of the roads to private management loomed up possibility but officials said this n.'-l!iE.!UTr?Ji or to havexthe war nuuneo corporation extend-large 4an-t--th companies. ; Statement By Director Uiaea. ' Director General Hines, after confer ences tonight with Secretary Glass and Khrgene Meyer, Jr., managing direc tor of the . war finance corporation, made this statement: "The railroad administration is sn plicated by this recent development and there are so many possibilities, that I cannot say at this time what may be done with the'railronds. It will take a good -deal of ; consideration before a conclusion is reached." Private Loan?. Several Treasury officials 'in close touch with financial conditions ex- ABOUT i 1.1 1 Wl IUU pressed belief that the ra'lroads eotihl ron.ing ,wo hou tho most sol obtain logins privately to tide them over fmn dlvu,,ion p, tho prc,ont semio the next few months. 'although perhaps ,ow(r h.fl ()f ,h(, G(in(ira, A. ai nign inreresi rates, in mis run motion, a conference of leadinr bank- . ers witn ireasury ami nauroai ministration officials was proposed. j thereafter p"ased it on second fading , Tho War Finance Corporation, it was b vo)( of Q 8 announced today, already has lent 71,- di(, thi, with ,he consciousness, S0a,000 to railroads. U has authorua-! Governor Dough,,,,, expressed it, tion to advance several hundred million of ,0f(.renc,, nil be dollars additional under war power, on lwtfn the lluuw nd Yes,cr. adequate colla etal and at rates at least ittr ,h(1 mMt vrule1tt discussion of one per cent lugher than eurreaP rates .j bnu , fnilf.A ,iU )he ,,,. for 90-day paper. Officials questioned,, hali. ,rtiA. th.t f l, wm.M howover, whether the terms of the tl eould be internreted hbarallr eoonvh" eould be interpreted liberally eaotrga to permit the corporation te go lata this wntltSBie financing. Only few million dollars remaia J" ' Bi?rl Administratioi's original rasas s."je me auminisiranon a macamerv useii. k. ,,ii.., , . 1.111 ,hnt will ! n. 1 r. . t. .ii'::. iiinnn . '" " uurei ro a mil 1n.11 ' 1 until tne hitter was appointed superior In addition to paying tm mfim to , rft4in th ijCBti,v anil (aiillft ,)ro . ; fourt jujK(l has served a. State railroads for sett ements of 1818 ac- ..-;. . .w, Ph,.M-,tthcws hill 1 . . 1 , !, . . Jve?. munis ihe TiitriH A4miTii-t,iini rnarr-Mattncws Dill. Senator mid otherwise identined him counts, the Knrlroad A4ministrat!on bad Rreflv. countv admin stratum of road .lf ,.;n. ti... ii,u. v.. 1. 1. planned to uso this year 491,0(i0,0ui for improving and extending .tracks, ereetyig new buildings, installing: bridges and other capital enterprises; : 286?J0O,00O for cars and locomotives' already ordered ; 20,000.rjno for inan-1 cing the Boston and Maine and 840,000 for inland waterways. PbIcss funds can be provided soon the rail-' roads will remain irhpaid, and in turn they may lie slaw in paying their bills for supplies and materials, it was; pointed out. The,,Treart",1 "r nti"'"'" x" 'nu'9e In at -Conference of throwing 7Si seeurUiwou thenar-j GOVefTlOrS aPfJ MuniCi ket befewo tho Victory Liberty Loan j ' ngl Off 1C6PS campaign and for this reason wilK try ; to arrange a means of supplying credit ... .. ......... ... ..,,....... through tho War I inance Corporation, if , this is possible. , Loans already made by the War Fi nance Corporation to railroads es an terstate Commerce Committee, and r-en , rreWOBni I65UCS iiaiefTlCni Un; Effect of Filibuster On Legislation w ,. . .. . Washington, .Varcb 4. I pon the ad- journment of Congress todav with ira j I18"! 1i8ln'i" YMt'r. iie&n. ' -lihniterj President Wtf- son issued A statement declaring that roup of men in the Senate had dclMieratcly chosen to embarrass the adn&nistration of the government, to impitil the financial interest of the railifay systems of the country. The President's statement follows: "A group of men ia the Senate have deliberately chosen to embarrass the ruministratioB oi tne government, to. imperii tne nnanc.ai interests ot tne railway systems of the eonntry, and So uii n m j siiwi ira i sist- vvhui s j a em u i w ; mute arbitrary use of powers intended ,u ie ra.p.o,eu in i.lc .merest oi people "It is plainly my present duty to at tend ihe peace conference in, Paris. It is also my duty tp le in elrtse contact with the public business during a ses sion of the Congress. I must make my (Coatlaatd ea Page Three) held mm cnoice oe ween tnese two uuues, ,,. i . .ecrcdited to the ferencc. confidently hope that the people of he fc wutive amion, country will think that I am making the j M B fc f fvn right choice. It is aot in the interest . -. , 1 , 1 , j , . of the right conduct of public .affairs ! rBP'" I'P 4 that I should val! the Congress ia spe-.lo ' 'o""1'"""- cial session while it is impossible forf. foontry and t he i.ties are all m. to be In Washinnion beeaue of . Ught ; whatever trouble exists centers ; .1..,. .iu.h. . operate with the houses. I take it for granted that the men who have obstructed and prevented the nassaire of necesssmr leeislatioa have taken all of this into eonsideratioa and are willing to assume the responsibil ity of the impaired efficiency of the government and. the ' embarrassed finance of the country during the time of my enforced absence." BILL IS ADOPTED House Aqrees On Road Bill and Passes It On Sec- z ond Reading IMMINENT CONFERENCES x WITH UPPER BRANCH Mull-McCoin Supporters Switch To Latest Bill and It Goes Through HOW HOl'SE VOTED ON . 81'BSTITI TE ROAD BILL Ayes: Ppeaker Brnmmitt, Aycock, Bowman, Brown, of Pitt ; Brown, of Rowan; Bryant.of Durham ; Burgess, Butt, Cameron, Chestnut, Clayton, Collins, Cox, of- Forsyth ; Crisp, Dail, Parden, of Greene; Imrdcn, of Hali fax; Dawson, Dougbton, .Kverett,' Farmer, Forrest, Galloway, Gardner, Garrett, Gatling, Gettys, Graham, Grier, llaliwy, Herring, . Hewitt, lliatt, Hmlgin, 'Holton, Jackson, JitouwlMl)V4.JuJ.'juJUtU'. rharr, roote, rnti hard, Propst; Hay, of Chatham ;' Kay, of Macon; Ken frow, Roberts, Hone, Saunders. 8aw yer, Sellars, Smithdeal, !ppnce, Stephenson, Suttlemyre, Snnnn, Tay lor, Tucker, Turner, Wild; Wilson, of Jarkson, Winborne and Wright. Voes: Jlass, Boyd, Burnett, Coxe, of Anson; Fountain, . Gold, Grady, Grant, Grantham, Griffin, Hocutt, Ke.sler; Love, Maefn, MagAire, Mat thews, of M'ec kirn bur; Mint, Mc Xeill, Bedwine, Httaw, Wull, 8wairi, Teague, Wilcox, Williams, "of Cabar-. rns: Williams, of Johnston; Wilson, of Burke. .Klr I.. I r,,l,l a. I,. !..,! (hi, ltir. ' " ..." ' . I' t r nZ ' 3iaTinrs suitsinuie. in ine neiiwine i rA-J lill l.i - rntd .if ?? In ?R an.l , ,aM M of ,ho m,By UollMl bau i-, . ' A- , isuwiucm if uivcv iut natter m resolution 'that fa ate ores from the . ,.Mt,f.. Ko.i. WOT. ith ,h(, committee to the - ?tr - (('aliased oa Page ThreeT' OF LATE CONGRESS lir-rt rnn aix niri.ir BLAMhU rUH NOI rAoblNU ArrnUrnlAllUN BILLS 'Frisco - Mayor Declares All Hare Now Flown The Coop Except Mayors (Br tk AMortetMl Pmt.t Washington, March 4. Sharp criti cism of Congress for not passing ap- propriasioa and other measures mid of ; government departments for what a. jtermed failure to ea-operate to the SHARP CRITICISM "'" i""" ' r "." " "! nami of the .New jjem lawyer nut ite- releaeg m mirtmals irerenped today 'Publican' lililmsters unset the best laid ar ae w 1,0U! ',n,,1'.ce 01 K"v" eraors.aad mayors called-to consider 1Rot and business problems. Mayor Rnlph, of San Francisco, who led -the discn&sion declared- Congress .'had failed to pas great appropriation ' fWanP- . tjme when the eountry as looking to tffsr'fVdiQil (lovernment H -""Il 'States and muni- j h li,;,, iu ,he handling of business. to -States and muni- Mayor Clark Burdick of Providence, R. I., charged that grverment p'ants in his eity had refused to rc-employ i sua who left He plants to go to aft some of whom, had returned liearing wounds sir i pes. Aa Cn, welcome Interference. Moments'y consternation was caused then the deliberations ih the historic , rm f ,ho White House were- in lr , milB ,hn annured fciwlf M ' Sepresentntive of Bolsbe- a-aatm an lmir!j.fl (a Bail fit,! tlA Kflil PfintO ,,, hear the representative of Seattle tell of recent troubles fn that city. Ho gave his name as J. I". 1'nrk.er, an engi neer -of Philadelphia. His offer to tell the conference of bis investigations in to social on rest was. refused after sev eral delegates made the point that be right here, the San i rannvo mayor Ideclared. fcWhy did a filibuster defeat j approprmuory measures i noy tuouw aoi congress reconveneu w ) P prouiems Jacea nynii me States f Why are gAvernmcn offlcHals resigning -' , ' - "AU Have Fkiwa Official 'Coop. -"Three are somf' of the question I (Ceatlaaed Page Seven) PRICE: FIVE CENTS. 10 GET JUDGESHIP President To Send in Tar Heel Nomination By Wireless, ... Says Junior Senator WARREN KEPT0UT BY REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER Duke of Brunswick's Komina tion as Marshal Has Been . Confirmed : (By S. R. WINTERS.) Wasluugton, Mbrch' 4. President ; Wilson before leaving Washington for ; ; his second journey; overseas today in ; formed Senator Lee 8.. Overman that he i had ' not determined the fact tht would retire Judge James E. Boyd of Greensboro under the old age Federal . judge retirement bill. He indicated, however, that a vacancy in the Federal jndgship of western North CasolinaTTv . would soon bo doclared and the mc- ' ton. ' ' "I am going to appoint Webb for the t job." is a RUitemont .thatJ'jMdiwi Wilswii. . son mndo to Senator Overman. He re fers, of course, to the Hon. Edwin Yatee . Webb, Congressman from the" ninth congressional district of North Cnrn. Una. Representative Webb enjoys the , coutidenco andMiigliost regards of the 1 j President and the announced intention i of naming him as' a successor to Judge iyu comes as no surprise. Moreover, 1 resident Wilson and, the Department of Justice recognir.n the judicial tem perament and ability of the North Carolina. Congressman. Ho is deemed as peculiarly fitted for the bench. Ed wiu Yates Webb today retired aa chair man of t ho Judiciary Committee of the Houso of Representatives, his services . . . . ."" " having iceo characterized with an np- "mnc9 "' wiadotn ttint nave mark-V ed him as a leader. His identity with- natiiiniu prohibition legislation alone would prititle him to an enduring place in the halls of Congress. It would be extremely difllcult to disassociate the names of Kdwin Vales Webb, Morris Mheppnfd and ',"'lam Jennings Bryau from legislation that have outlawed the manufacture of lutoxlentlng liquors. Served Since gain Congress, Representative Webb has served con tinuously ia the House- cf Representa tives sinee the Fifty-Eighth Congress, H It a graduate of Woke Forest Col IciK. and Studied law at tho Universities of North Carolina and Virginia. He wn associated with Ma brother, Ju.lge Viri - ttsrsx Shelby . There seems to lie no doubt in thl mind of Henntor Overman of the in cision of President Wilson to name 1 reseutative Webb an Federal Judge fol western North Carolina. The bill just signed by tho President provides fol the retirement of Federal Judges aftet iclrlhing the age of 70 years, provided that the judfo is physically or mentally incompetent for service. Judge Boyd has been on the bench for some "I yours. IUh retirement seems certain in view of conversation today between th President and tha junior Jv'orth Carolina . Senator. Other applicants for the judgeship were: T. C. Guthrie, of Char, lotte; W. C. New-land, of Lenoir; L. JI. , miwrn, nt Asnevmc; n. 11. Aimnau, 01 Cmnnhwi: 1'. P. Hobirood. Jr.. of Unwrn, of Ashevlllc; A. B. Kimball, of " , VTn",r:v t "rin. or a. , I Judge .H. F. Ijong, of Btntesville; Ttinmnn' A. Jones, nf Asbevillr. ami R. E. ' Raper, of Ixiugton. Fail to Confirm' Warrea. The' contemplated executive sessioa failed to mature Hnst night and conse quently the nomination of Thomas D. i Warren, of New Bern, as United States ' Attorney " for Eastern North Carolina was among the batch of ljOO nomina j,,. ,, , , ,K. ,w r.. An ewtutixt 8Pion hid j,,,, , ,,,,,,, fr (t) nition 0f 1n- I plans of mice nud men. Senator Over j man gti1,,.(l t0,av tnnt yg confirmation I would have been a certainty had the ! PlwlltivC committee resolved itself into ; Imilv. Postponement of tho nomination for - Rennl.lienn Henflto imnnlize. tho eon-" firmation of Warren. Th chances tf . his cniiilrniiilinii in anv event are ex- remely doui.tful. The r.lim ray of hope j visualized by Senator Overman today (Continued oa Page Seven) ' , BAD EFFECT ON NAVY PLANS SAYS DANIELS I .. failure OI Bills in Congress Embarrc.3 ses Department Very Much Washingtrln, March 4. Secretary ' Daniels said tonight .that the failure of Congress to pass th?uanjiual navy -appropriation bill and the general de fieicney measure mado "a hard task much liardqr." . . lL lt.embnrrnsses us much, very much," declared th Secretary. Knilure of the detieieney bill, the fee- . 'rotary siiid, was the most serious blow to the department as it would have mndo available money needed in the next few mouths. Without this money it might be necessary to dismiss many . employes, the Seerctar.y added. - Mr. Daniels said he had not had op i portunity to observe the effect en thi -navy of tho failure of the two billls, but that amoni- others one immediate , effect would btr to prevent the trans fcrring of i.OOO'haval reservists inte the permiine'ut naVy, authority fof which liad been asked, effective imme di.itvly upon completion of the nav bill,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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