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amd Ob WEATHER Rata Band? : ssd probably Mondays viran Monday. 1 Bast Advertising Uediura la North Carolina VOL OX Na 75. RALEIGH, N. G, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. News server i IHPORTANT DECISIONS ON LIMITATION NAVIES TO FOLLOW Officials at Washington Say Subject Will Be Taken Up By Peace Conference WOULD DEFER JUDGMENT ON THE COMPOSITE SHIP Building of Gigantic Battle Cruisers By U. 8. Has Been ' Watched By British "Since It Appeared Likely They Would Necessitate Additions v To British Naval Budget," It Is Stated; Value of Types of fighting Ships of Today Compared washingto mportan fonclusiona which probably will be re ii i i ii iSs Ya'waf MrWwV.lJliV flected later at Farii in discussion of limitation of naval armament were ex- pected here to grow out of the forth coming conferences between Secretary Daniels and hit aides and European ad ; mlralty officials. The Secretary tailed today accompanied by - his three chief technical advisers. While the main object of the trip of the American officials ia to gather in - formation upon which jhs.Navy Depart ' ment can base a report to Congress ' relative to the proposal to substitute gigantic composite cruiser battleships ; for present day capital war vessels, the fact such a program would render all existing fleets obsolete and that its eost ' would be enormous insure, in the view r of many officials here, that the project f"""""witt be taken up at the peace eonfer- ence. Defer Judgment. Pending te return of the secretary and more complete intra-service discus sion, naval officials generally are in- ellned to defer Judgment as to the ad visability of adopting the composite ahip program. In the view here even the American .15 knit cruiser project, now held up to await decision on the greater question of composite ships, has in Its elements that make it more than a purely nation ' nl matter under present consideration. Officers say if competitive naval build ing Is to continue, other powers must provida. similar ships as not even Great Britain has built or is building craft of equal sfflclswy ia their own peculiar sphere. , "? T Brills Interests sad Why. It is understood progress toward the eTonstruetion of the gigantie .battle U-r' cruisers, six of which already have bees authorized, h a 'been watched with some concern by British naval authorities since it has appeared lively they would necessitate additions to the British naval budget." There - is little doubt among officials here the British would welcome an international i nderstand fng at Paris which would eliminate thst source of expenditure. TumsBasfr itpmv itp today- is the snper-dreadnaught, in the Amer icas and British navies, a vessel with speed of approximately 23 knots, sn armament of twelve 16-inch guns; sn armor belt varying from 12 to 14 inehes 1- J - JiBnl.MMailf A - aa luicauesa anu. uwyHiwisB. v. about 35,000 tons. Such a ship costs about ,20,000,000. The Unitea states has ten of them under construction or authorised and the naval appropriation bill which failed in the final hours of the last congress, authorized ten mors for the next three ycara. Proposed New Ship. The proponed ship now urged by some American officers would have s speed of 29 knots, carry twelve 16-ineh guns, sn armor bolt of frort 12 to H inches, dis place about 55,000 tons and eost $40,000, 000. It would eary the same offensive and defensive power as the euper-dread-nanghta and would make six knots an hour greater speed. The price of this increased speed offiottrs declare, would b a doubled eost of construction and almost double sice, the latter carrying with it far-reaching engineering ehnnges in harbors, navy yards and dry docks to accommodate sneh monster craft No such vessels havs been built or 'pro jected by any other power so tar as is known. : This "composite battleship, for which Admiral Mayo, commander in chief of , the Atlantic fleet, Vies Admiral Sims, commanding abroad, and many other ' nigh officers who havs served overseas, have contended, is supposed to repre , sent the maximum attainable in speed withont the sacrifice of gun power or armor, Among nsval men it generally is con ceded that there is no question ss to the relative fighting value nf the ex isting and proposed types. Having six knots greater speed, the composite craft b wouia nave a tremenaoug nuvauinKo f but it is contended even with all me- I rhaniesl and economic questions an- swered in the affirmative, the strategic V and tactical value of the six knots is- u : ,ua4 mnef ra Aatsvmlnsnl bv concensus of professional naval opinion before so radical a departure in design could bs embarked upon. Officers must project their minds to futurs battles, to say whether the additional speed h worth what it would eost. 5r;- The alternative, officers say, It the present program to which the general board of the navy clings super-dread-naughts for tbs line and 35-hnot battle cruisers as a powerful scouting wing. -There is bo present thought of any compromise design. The British bat tleship, Hood, Bearing completion, is such a compromise and valueless ia the American view. While the Hood will have a speed of S3 or 29 knots, ber eight 15-iach guns measure aa seves to twelve ia gun-power, against ships (Coatiaaed sa Fags Twe.) PRESIDENT DID NOT ATTEND WAR COUNCIL MEETING AS DBA FT OP TREATY TEKM8 NOT FINISHED IN TIMS FOB HIM TO STUDY THEM. Park, March IS. Tk siuucim war council resumed ha malum thia after won with a distinguished array of mili tary and civilian ehlefi. expecting that President "Wilson would ba present for tha final consideration of th military, naval and aerial teraoe of th. Goau disarmament. Th. Pnaident did not attend, how-. CoL Hons taking- hi placa, aa th. draft of th term ot th treaty had not km completed la Urn. to permit of stud, ba for th meeting. Th. President received th full draft lata today, and went am it tonight artlel by artkl with Cm. Blia and Admiral Benson at tha Parte Whit Hons. With th Pnaident .absent th conned deferred th military and Ural term an til Monday, Lkrd tWg La Wttaaa Up. Th Poikh 'frontier of German, were th mat subject but th Britkh prim minuter was -not prepared to proceed, aa that President Wilson would not httern niL ,nf.rne. on-ft. situation. : . - . jh Date of Comsktiea. Th Inevitable delay on various detail lead to doubt for th Srat time ia Amer ican quarter! on completing the treat, b, March 25, as was expected. It aa developed sko thaf Mr. Uo,S Gora is obliged to return to London the middle of th coming week, and he fa anabi to sa, how long he will be gone, owing- ia th Britkh labor conditions and other ubjeets, requiring hk attention in London. It k hoped that be will return within a week or tea days, or poasibl, tura aver Britkh Interests to Mr. Balfour, bat hk abaene ma, hare th effect of prolonging th concluaion of th treat, bc7ud the 15th. ' Herae f Another Cater. It was stated at American headquarter th treat, now being framed would be th definite treaty covering all th mala ubjeeta, and would not be a prclimtnar, treat,. It k th treat, wIRrh will be submitted to th United State for ratifica tion, and after Hs conclusion th rc: detaik will be largely formslitks. Beat of th Leagaa. No deck ion ha ,et been mad omticia Ing th aest of th league of nation, bat th minister of foreign affairs ot Belgian, has written offering on of th bktori palaoaa of Brussek as th horn of th league, if Brussek k chosen. Th pre vailing American sentiment continues to b favorable to Geneva. Beargeok aad Mmb to Cafr. Lam BourgeoK French delegate oa th league of nations, will hold a conference with CoL Hons tomorrow conoerniag th two propoaad amendments to th eovw nant Th amendments deal with m veatigntion by th leagu ot th milKar, status of all th member eouatrW. Frank Hltcheoek aossaspaakd M. Bonr Sok and; ih Aassrlcaa dekgataa who at tended th leagu of nation anngroaa at London, hot k now back la Park taking aa active interest In Jh leagaa. ; E ThrOUgh MayS He IS Asked TO ' fSg: n: : r ueime nis rusuion un The League EX-SPEAKER DECLINES TO WORRY OVER IT NOW Says He Is Visiting Daughter! In Order To Best and Has No Statement To Make (B, th Assoctated Pirn.) Washingttfn, March 15. Champ Clark was ssked to declare his position on the league of nations, in a tele gram sent to him at New Orleans by Representative Mays, of I tan, who re peated his assertion that the former speaker had said in his presence the league constitution "has aa much chance of being ratified as you bars of being pope of Rome." Mr. Clark had publicly denied mak ing such s statement. Mr. May's mes sage wss msds public tonight by the organization of Democratic members of the House to oppose the selection of Mr. Clark as minority lesder in the next Congress. It said the former Speaker's reference to the league waa made on the day Senator Reed, of Mis souri, spoke against it in the Senats and that Mr. Clark had declared that Mr. Reed's argument ''was unanswerable." "All other prominent public men announced their position on this vital public question, said Mr. Maya, "Bryan from a sick bed has declared the covenant of peace to be the greatest forward atep ia a thousand years, sug gesting minor amendments. May we ssk whst are your suggestionsf We desire you to corns oat in the open like other public men assuming the lead in official position. Ws remember yen did vote for ti e war resolution and that you spoke snd voted against the selec tive draft, urged by the President. We remember your attitude throughout the, period of the war as being out of sym pathy with ths administration and this majority of your Democratic col leagues. Under Which Flag? "Do you now propose to act ia har mony with ths majority view or to com pel the majority to act ia accordance with your viewaf Are yon with Lodge, Penrose, Borah and Reed, or are yon with the President and for ths league of nations!" GREENVILLE MILL ELECTS OFFICERS Greenville, March 15. The aaaual meeting of ths stockholders of the Greenville Cotton Mills, Inc., was held Fridsy at ths offices sf ths company. A dividend of 10 per cent wss declared and an additional sum wss credited to ths surplus account. Ths following of ficers were sleeted: President, J. G. Moyet vies president, B. B. Cotton; superintendent, W. H. Korris. OPPOSE CLARK AS LEADER OF HOUS TRANSFER OF HUN SHIPS UNDER WAY Carry Allied Troops Home and Bring Back Food For Germans MUCH FOOD AVAILABLE FOR QUICK MOVEMENT Iron-Clad Conditions To Com ' f ei Good Faith in Carrying Out The Agreement (By th Aamkted Press.) PstIs, Mar. 15. Under the agree ment which the Germans made at Brus sels, the United States will receive eight German shies which will bs ready to go to sea within four days. The vessels are the Zeppelin, of 15,200 tons, the Prins Friedrich Wilhelm of 17,000 tons, the Graf Waldersee of 13,000 tons, the Patricia of 14,466 tons, the Cap Finis- ters of 14,500 tons, the Pretoria of 13, 200 tons, the Cleveland of 16,900 tons 25,000 tons. wiu g0 , fatfo Statct At the present time the Imperator ia stuck ia the mud but it is believed she can bo floated in a few days. The total ahips made available to the Allies under the irgreement number more than 700, approximating 1,500,000 tons. The vessels going to the United States are passenger ships on account or toe American desire to use them for the transportation of troops. Those f going to Franc and England imme ! diately are cargo vessels in neutral porta ia South and Central America and I the Dutch East Indies. They will be permitted to leave with cargoes for Ger j many with German crews but under ' allied flags. When ships put out from German ports to be handed, over they i will be manned by Germans but on ar rival in allied ports the crews will bs i replaced by allied crews and the Ger mans returned. There is available In England for ' immediate movement to Germany ap i proximately 30,000 tons of pork prod acta, 3,000 tona of beans, 5,000 tons of rice and 15,000 tons of cereals. The United States hss in Rotterdam and on tbs way there approximately 75,000 tona of breadstuff. A summary of the agreement shows payment by Germany, will b mads by fretgttt hire accruing to tbs Germans for the use of the shipping, and part from credits Germany may continue to establish and maintain la neutral countries; part from Germsa exports; part from the sals ef German owned foreign securities and pert by the Use of German gold. The Germans agreed to place a de posit of gold in the national bank of ! Belgium at Brussels for nse as col lateral. t. S. Seamen Used. New York, March 15. Several hun- dr American officers and sesmen nt- tracked -to-the- cruiser and -tranjoort tacaed to- the cruiser and - transport I forces already have been sent to French 1 ports to take ever the German ships ss ; they are delivered, it was learned hers i today. They are to be supplemented Ti'n"cB"TreW"B 'toTTSBttitroned ?.bi JAf iHtel 5.S April 1. TOTAL TONNAGE. London, March 15. The Associated Press lesrns that, while the total ton nage of German shipping to bs surren dered cannot be accurately ascertained, it ma V Km jarimatA mnohlv at. thraa : mj av'half million tons, including shios ia neutral ports. As Italy already is ia possession of Austrian ships, the management of a very small proportion of the German shipping will be entrusted to that country. Frsnee will receive big ocean going steamers to the extent of 75,000 to 100,000 tons. The balance of the ton nage will be divided equally between the United States snd Great Britain. The United States is not interested ia ths cargo tonnage, of which Great Brit ain will probably manage, three-fourths, and Francs ths balance. The German ships will be delivered at various ports, those st pretest ia neu tral harbors being handed over there. There will be nothing in the shape of a formal surrender. The ships, sccord ing to information here, will be mann ed almost exclusively by British, French and American crews exclusively so when they arc used for the transport ef troops. An allied economic commission is be ing established at Hamburg to deal with the matter of freight and cognate sub- (Csatlaaed en Pag Twe) NEGRO PRISONER WAS - EXPERT JAIL BREAKER Criminal Repeats Escapes By Locking Up Jailer of Pen der County Wilmington, March 15. .Motion Hayes, a negro held ia Pender county jail at Burgaw, charged with killing two aeajsjbes snd setting firs to the bouse in ' which, the lived, early thi morning escaped from a cell into the corridor of tha jail and whea Jailer E. B. Manlpsss entered the corridor, ths prisoner slipped out from behind him, locked ths door, took ths key and dis appeared. A carpenter was called to release the Jailer by sawing out ths lock of a heavy outer door. Immediate search was begun for Hayes but late re- Strts today say bs has not been csught. ayes was arrested last fall eharged with the murder of two negroes and placed in ths Fender county jail only to escape. A short tims sgo hs.wss again arrested ia Sampson county ' Jailer Maulpass and wss awaiting trial when as mads bis second uneeremon Ions xit today. HE TOOK A BAND ALONG IN CASE HE jSHOULOLVISIT.BERUN T31TT1T Last Thing HeDid Was To Give Member of Crevr a Chance To Become Officer JACKIE SWINGS ASHORE WHJLE SHIP LEAVE PIER Distinguished -Party, of Naval Experts in Party; 19 Guns As Vessel Moves Out (B, th Aiaorkted Press.) Now York, March 15. Secretary Dan iels and a party of naval experts, sailed for France ioday on the transport Leviathan to study naval and aviation problems. - They will visit Great Britain and Italy and also will be absent until about May 12. Secretary Daniels was accompanied by Mrs. Daniels. An army guard of honor, an army band, Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, rep resenting the navy Major General David R. Shanks and Brigadier General George McManus, representing the army and Admiral Grout of the French navy, met ths secretary, snd his party when they arrived at t pier, snd a naval guard of honor snd navy bead "piped" them oa board, the ceremonies corres ponding with those accorded President Wilson on his first trip to France, Flying the Secretary's Flag. . Th Leviathan fired a 19-gun salute as she started on her voyage at 4:30 p. m. flying the secretary's flag. - "Ws are going to Europe to study naval snd aviation problems which have been brought about -or made possible by the war," said Mr, Daniels, before sailing. "We- are "going to pay particu lar attention to types of capital ships and aviation.' A Proud Boy's Leap. Aithe" transport" was behig warped sway from the pier a sailor appeared at sn open port and, grasping a dock rope, swung himself sshorc, while his -Comrfldct..caUi'ifP0d..J!Jf's,It de veloped the youth, a member of the trew whose sssignment to an officers' training school had been disapproved by the bureau of navigation, had taken his ease personally before Secretary Daniels aboard the liner. The secre tary had approved the transfer, the sailor said, and, having no mind for another pnssnge en the Leviathan he made his dash for shore. He proudly exhibited the document, signed by the secretary. . As the Leviathan raised the Narrows at 5:30 p. m., the U. S. S. Amphitrite fired a salute of 19 guns" in honor of Secretary Daniels. Several seaplanes and a dirigible balloon accompanied the liner a short distance out St sea. Commander Adolphus Staton, of Tar boro, N. C, is executive officer of the Leviathan and Commander Percy Foote, who goes ss the secretary's aide, is from Wilkes county. 45TH RENEWAL OF KENTUCKY DERBY Bigger Than Ever (As Barnum Would Say) Big Bacing Event Set for May 10 Loufsvillc, Ky, March 13. Seventy five ambulations, five more than in 1918, have Tbeen made for the forty-fifth re newal of the historic Kentucky derby, worth to the winner about t22',(X0 as against a maximum- of approximately $16,000, the greatest amount in any preioua year. The list made public to night by the Kentucky Jockey Club, in dicated the speediest of racing borse flesh on the American continent will vie with the best racing blood from abroad. Fifty eolts, twenty-one geld ings, and four fillies are in the list. Ten are imported. Only one imported horse however, has ever captured the derby Omar Khayyam, a son of Mareo Llsma, which won in 1017. The derby will bs run st Churchill Downs, May 10. TJe distance will bs st a mile nad a quarter for three-year-olds. It will carry $20,000 in added money, which with entry fees of 25 and 250 to start will make the total value of the stake about $26,000. The value to the" winner, figured in excess of $22,000 will eclipse all previous money, values and make it the richest 1919 purse on the American turf, . v Play at Enterprise SchooL (Sptckl to th New, and Observer ) Nouse, March J5. The play, ''Breexy Point,'' was presented tonight st En terprise school by ths girls of Broad well school. Ths proceed1 will be Used for school Improvements. ... Special $250 Purse Flat Baee. Big running race of ths season. Pinehurst, V X. : v A v w 3 SECRETARY NAVY I A I II f An fllPlAltai .mjii .a run riiniirr a" MK-narn , Wednesday -(adv.) WETS ORGANIZE IN - CITY OF NEW YORK Association Formed Opposed - To National Prohibition; Its Purpose MAKE 18TH AMENDMENT "FOREVER INOPERATIVE" Some Men With Financial Cog, nomens Are Among Those Named As Incorporators (B, the Associated Fru.) New York, March 15. Organization of the association opposed to national prohibition was announced here tonight with the avowed "prime purpose" of making the eighteenth amendment to the' constitution "forever inoperative." Application for Incorporation iin'(b?r the laws of New York will be named ticxt week, it was said. . Among the in corporators will be Percival 8. Hill, president of the- American Tobacco Company; Joseph W. Harrimsn, presi- : riudham, president it. was declared, has any interest, -di- ! redly or indirectly, in the liquor busiV ness. . . , .' :.H Plans for organization of branches In : twenty-nine States have been laid, it waj announced, and nearly 800,000 per i-sons already have applied for member ship. "Personal Bights." The organization, it was declared, stands on the principle of . "personal righA .and-lilHjrtka.'Ljand.ia .oppoaedLto. introduction of any bills in Congress or in the various State legislatures dif ferentiating between light wines and beer and whiskey. It is as strongly opposed, the state ment declared, to prohibition by con stitutional amendment of the manufac ture and sale of eigarcttes, cough drops and chewing gum, as it is to the pro hibition by constitutional amendment of the manufacture and sale of intoxi cants. To Influence Public Opinion. In addition to the organization's campaign to influence public opinion for "maintenance of the standards of personal liberty" by "nil lawful and proper means," the organization also proposes to disseminate information re garding the political, social and eco nomic effect of the prohibition of the sale of aleoholie beverages, to promote temperance ia ths nss of alcoholic bev erages" and to oppose sny movement to limit or discontinue the use of to bseeo." Ths organization will hold mass meetings and prradea in forty-three cities on April 19, tho anniversary of the firing of the first gun of the Ameri i n recl'ior. nn''"in.l c "I'lnn ij to be held, -te announcement says, between June 1 snd June 15, Attempted To Escape From Spanish Port Where It Took Refuge ,(By th Associated Pren.) Taris, March 15. The German sub marine U-dft, while attempting to es cape from Ferrol, ISpain, last night, wss chased by a destroyer and sunk, according to a Ilavas jenpstch from Madrid. The U-48 took refuge at Ferrol in March, 1918, snd was interned. The attempted flight of the U-boat was ob served and the torpedo boat destroyer Antalo pursued her. The German boat was sunk outside the Ferrol Roads. The crew was saved. When the German IMS sought refuge at Ferrol, her propellers were unshipped by the authorities and her guns snd munitions were taken out according to dispatches from thst port. The captain of ths submarine declared his craft had been damaged severely in a fight with three ships. The U-boat carried a crew of thirty men, and for a time u Span ish warship stood guard over her. In 1917 ihe,, l-S was reported off Bermuda. TO BAR OUT USE OF RUSSIAN MONEY IX GERMANY Berlin, Tuesday, Mar. 11. (By this A P.) The ministry of finance, it is un derstood, will rectmmond to the Ger man national assembly the immodiate reactmont of a law barring the Hus siaa ruble from circulation in Germany and prohibiting any traffic ia it The influence of Russian currency, which began in sn astonishing, manner with the ndvet of Adolph joffo, the Bolshevik ambassador to Germany, in Berlin last summer, has been a constant source of annoyance in circles keenly slive to ths Bolshevikl menace. The big banks suspicions wers aroused when the Spartacans suddenly displayed sn expected prosperity which enabled them to establish a daily newspaper snd carry on a political campaign which' had ramifications in all sections of Germany. Meanwhile rubles havs continued to flow in, being shipped in potato sacks and soap boxes. Views of Neatral Cosntrles. Psris, Friday, March H.-The invita tion sent by the penee-conference to neutral states to participate in a dis cussion of ths league of nations hiwi brought responses from Switzerland, Hollsnd, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. These countries havs .forwarded state ments oa their views to ths secretary of ths conference.- GERMAN U-BOAT 48 A FINAL AMSTICE HAY NOT NEED RATIFICATION AT HANDS OF THE SENATE BRIDGE OVER PERIOD BETWEEN 8m;nin or peace tkeaty and RATIFICATION BY UNITED STATES. Psrk. March 16. Th peace delegate are considering bridging over th period between th signstur of th peace treat and the ratification ot th treat, b, th United State b, a "modus Vivendi" de claring hostilities ended aa of date of th Ignatur, so ss not to dels, the termina tion of certain war leaklation snd en able ths rush of normal trade while wrV fording th Senate th new, tary tims for coniitlerstion. The question .of calling a peekl ses sion of th Senate Immediately after th signing of th treaty. which aia, b within ten days, hss alio been under on ikltratkin. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OK MEETING OF BUPHEME COUNCIL SATURDAY. Park, March 15. (B, the Assockted Prcet.l Th supreme wsr council met at 8 o'clock thk afternoon. President Wilsoa was not present. It wae explained that preaMent v ileon tht flrwl military and Uval terms rut in. . !. aiiaasiuhni mt. IiuImy. Bmlb let IV Hat nouie to vne council iii.ieou. The official ststement ' regarding th meeting says: - "Th sunrem wsr council was to hive received th Anal draft ot the aaval military and air term tods, but In th absence of President Wilaoa who was an sble to complete his examination of th proponaK th meeting was adjourned: until Monday." THE AIR COR Demonstrations Under Man agement Victory Loan Campaign (B, th Assockted Press.) Washington, March 15 Three flying circuses of American, French and Brit ish aviators in American and captured German Fokker planes will tour the United States in connection with tbs Victory Liberty Losn campaign, giving aerial sham battles and acrobatics over 60 leading. American cities. Tbs demonstrations will be snder the management ot the Victory Loan pub licity bureau, of which Frank B. Wil son Is director and the actual flights will bo under the supervision of the military aeronautics branch of the War Department, , Fourteen aptured German Fokker planes were lauded today at Newport News and will bo shipped at once to Washington. The beet types of Ameri can planes developed during the war will be demonstrated. The tour will start April 10, although ths loan selling campaign does not open until April 21. Each squadron will be : carried in a special train of eleven cars, I trarrliug at night. .Nine end-door lag Ijrago cars will be required to carry the seventeen airplanes Hr;'"Tac"ToflrTnr. Six of the best British flyers devel I )td during the war will participate. Eight French flyers, one of whom has a record of 4.1 victories, have left France for the United States to take part. Photographers of the signal corps will accompany each squadron. They will take war photographs of each of the cities visited; tlio plates will bo drop ped from airplanes by parachutes and hurried reprodu ions made for the benelt of tho real. louts of all eities visited. Parades will precede the fly ing. The whrdule of eastern squadron includes Richmond, Vs., aid Charles ton, 8. C. SLEEPING SICKNESS SEQUEL OF INFLUENZA Health Commissioner of New York City Makes Statement , On Subject New York, March 15. Belief thst at least half of New York's forty cases of "sleeping sickness" are sequels of Span ish influenra were expressed tonight by Dr. Koyat S. Copeland, city health com missioner. Investigation by the health depart meut, Dr. Copeland said, indicated that there were two forms of "sleeping sick ness" in the city one a sequel of in fluenza and the other the disease known as encephalitis lethargcia or epidemic coma. The second death in the city from "sleeping sickness" that of a baby of ten months was reported today. The child bad not suffered from influenza. Dr. Copeland said, but both its parents had. Precautionary measures similar to those Recommended during the influenza epidemic were advised by Dr. Copeland for avoidance of the new disease. WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED BY CYCLONE; DEATH IN THE WIND Muskogee, Mar, 15, At least one man was killed snd several seriously injured when the town of Porter, about 12 miles northwest of this city, was practically destroyed by a cyclone this sftctnoon. Sitnatloa ia Korea. ITonolulu, T. 11., Mar. 13. The Ko rean activit.TJn behalf of the inde pendence of that country was incited by Christians, according to a Tokio cablegram to the Nippu Jiji, a Japa nese daily newspaper here. Tho ca blegram adds that the situation in Ko rea gradually Is subsiding and that many leaders is the recent uprising there havs been arrested by tbs Japa nese, .; , SHAM BATTLES IN Preliminary Treaty May Be Characterized As Such Be tween The Big Powers and Germany PLENARY COUNCIL WILT INCORPORATE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN TREATY, President Answers Explicitly To This Effect An Inquiry Cabled By His Secretary at White House ; Another State. ' ment Says League May Be' Incorporated in final Treaty and Possibly Not Tn The Pre- New York, March 15. Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to President Wilson, snnounced here today that hs was la i receipt of a cablegram from ths Presi ' dent stating that the plenary conneil hss positively decided that ths lesgus of nations is to bo part of ths peace treaty. This cablegram was sent is response to oua aenUby JXumiillj; ingjiirlnt; , whether there was any truth in certain newspaper stories that the league was not to be incorporated la ths peace treaty. "I cabled direct to ths President at Paris asking if there was sny truth ia these reports,'' said Mr. Tumulty, "aad I am thia morning ia receipt of a cablegram from tha Preaident Stating that the plenary council has positively decided that the league of nations Is to be part of the peace) treaty; that there is absolutely no truth ia any report to ths contrsry' Explanation By Ofnlelala. Washington, March 15. Although it will bo included la tho final treaty st peace, the league ot nations may not bo ia the preliminary treaty, H was said today ia official circles here, after Seers tary Tumulty had announced ia Htm York be had been- informed by President Wilsoa by cable tho plenary council at Paris bad decided ths leagus plan wss to bo apart of tho treatjr. Officials explained ths preliminary treaty would bo between the victorious associated powers and Germany only , that it might be characterised aa ths "final armistice' and as such need not be submitted to the Senate for ratifica tion. Tbey said that ths preliminary document in every particular would be incorporated in the final treaty which would present the terms whieb must bs agreed to by all the warring nations. Among other details which will hi incorporated in the final treaty and which some officials do not think will l ia the preliminary draft will bs those of boundaries. WILSON WANTS LEAGUE IN PRELIMINARY TREATY Taris, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) If Preaident Wilsoa insists that the league of nations bs incorpor ated in the preliminary treaty, tho Brit ish it ia understood, wilt concede ths point, although they still believe the preliminary pact ia not the proper place for the inauguration of ths league, which they declare should be included in the final pact. This attitude was indicated today after the announcement that the Ameri can delegation strongly desired tho In elusion of the league in the preliminary treaty, as well as iu the final pact. The British, it ia mads known, do sot wish to delay the league of nations pro gram in any way, but they express tbs keenest desire for the immediate sign ing of the preliminary peaee treaty, so ss to alleviate unsatisfactory conditions resulting from the continuation of ths armistice. TO TAKE UP BOUNDARY BETWEEN POLAND AND GERMANY Paris, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) One of the first questions to be considered by the eouncil of tea, with President Wilson participating in the discussion will bo the boundary be ' tnren Poland and Germany. Ths Pol ish boundary commission as well as ths genorai terrorial eomauagioa baa vir . tually agreed unanimously oa this boundary. While no official announcement has been made, k is known that Daaxig is inrluded in Poland and thst ths com missions have sgreed upon a boundary which would give Poland stategio points which should make her an effective bar rier between 'Bolshevism and western Europe. PLAN SIGNING OF SEPARATE TREATIES WITH GERMANY'S ALLIES Paria, - Friday. March 14. (By ths Associated Press.) Ths British pro gram st the peace conference is under stood to contemplate the signing of separata preliminary treaties wilh ths central allies as soon as possible after Germany is disponed Ke- 9B,( coma tho consideration of any amend meats to the present constitution of tbs league of nations, snd then ths league would be whipped into permssest shape. The final peace treaty would follor and would include ths leagus of of nations plan. . Ths Wading thought among tbs Brit ish now seems to bo to strip tha prsli minary peace terms of all uaaeceseary (Contused Page TwoJ
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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