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Ofes Best Advertising Medium In North Carolina WEATHER Shewers , Monday, warmer la Us vast; Tsea4ay showers; moderate, eeatheaat winds. eirver VOL' OX. NO. 76. RALEIGH, N. G, MONDAY. MORNING, MARCH 17, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. PEACE CONFERENCE .Rtti OF LEAGUE Amendment Safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine "Can Be Safely Adopted" It Is Conceded OTHER CHANGES WHICH MAY WIN APPROVAL OF AMERICANS TAKEN UP Irench Minister Pichon Thinks It "Impracticable To Include League Covenant In First Treaty and Tells Why; War Does Not End When Prelim inaries Are Signed; Situation With Regard To Posen and Other Peace Conference De velopments Sunday (Br tbt Associated Pnw.) Paris, March 16. Efferts are bciag 'directed today to shaping th league of nations covenant bo ss to insure its acceptance by the supreme council and via the approval of those Americans who are demanding its' amendment. Amendments to Be Adopted. " Colonel House conferred with .Lord . Robert Cecil, Leon Bourgeois, and the American delegates and reported to President "Wilson. It is conceded that some of the suggested amendments can safely be' adopted,' instance those safeguarding the onroe doctrine and A.ini. .ahjIUIahi m-kir.1l will futrmlfc nt the adherence of the late enemy pow ers. Right of Cession. , One of the powers has hesitated to accept a distinct expression of the right oe cession from the league. The Amer icans are proceeding; on the supposition that the covenant may be included in the rente treat v. Foreign Minister Pichon said today 'that he felt it was practically impossible to include the covenant in the Drat treaty. The views of neutral countries, which had been invited, and amend ments could not be disponed of,, he added, before the probable early sign ing of, the preliminaries. PlchDS Suggestion. , " -The Issue the minister suggested might be met by it. declaration in the treaty of the principles underlying the league, leaving the details in abeyance. The war would be ende-. when the pre liminaries were signed, he pointed out, but the Germans would not regain their pre-war status with liberty of movement until the signing, of the final treaty, pending the hlockado vould be lifted only partially. Sitaatlea As to Posen. Regarding Poscn, M. Pichon said that if the, .Germans rraislcd in their re- jcctlo nof the terms of the allied com raissiouers, the Entente would have to intervene. Poland could not be left in its present dangerous situation. A "Trench general would be sent to Poland with the first polish division which had fought in France, ns soon as possible, M. Pichon denied the report that the Freneh government had accorded rceog. tiitioa to the Russian Bolshevik!, saying that the .supreme council wowld consider the Russiaa question this week. IrMitln. far T...m. Buenos Aires, Saturday, March 16. Foreign Minister Pnerreydon today in formed Frederic J. Stimson, United States Ambasiador to Argentine that this country will support the league of nations in principle, adding that the fundsmental idea of the league "'coin cides perfectly with the principles which save Dceu expreasea oy me govern meat." - fa jiflmmitittinff an the lpflffnA nf ns tions, La, Epoca, the government organ, said today: "Argentina will heartily support the sob's ideals conform to the principles of our foreign policy. Argentina is op posed to imperialism,, secret diplomacy I armed neace. and. will enthuaisstie- slly eo-operate in any way to protect civilization irom sunenng oue 10 injui tiee, hate and violence." 1 Buenos Aires, March 16. Persistent rumors in government circles today were to the effect that Argentina in making suggestions for smemlments to ih leavna of nations covenant would suggest the admission of the defeated ststes as original naemrjcrs. me ror - eiegn office issned a formal denial, but refuses to discuss tne proposals me at gentine government will make. KING ALBERT TO VISIT AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS. Brussels, March 16.-King Albert will visit American headquarters at Chaamout this week, according to an noaaeement br ths Brussels newspapers, He will be ths guest of General Per ehlng. BOUHEVIKI ATTACKS REPULSED BY ALLIES. Archangel. March 15. (By the Asso eisted Press.) Bolshevik forces made s determined attempt Friday to cut the communications between the American sad Allied columns on the Dvlnn and Vscs rivers, but their attack was re pulsed wits heavy losses. The enemy lost 87 deed snd four prisoners. The Allied casualties were one soldier wounded. BOLSBKTIKI EXECUTE RED CBOSS DELEGATE. London, March 16. The Bolshevik! lave executed a Swedish Red Cross dele gate, 8ven Hedslom, at Kharkov, ae- cording te s Stockholm dispatch to the Central News. OUT COVENANT OF NATI Latter Driven Out of State of Morelos Into Mountains Near Puenta MEXICAN REBELS WERE IN SERIOUS CONDITION Some of Soldiers Wore Pants Made of Canvass of Paint ings Taken from Cathedral (Br the Associated Prat.) Mexico City, March 15. The State of Morelos, just south of this city, is com pletely under the control of government 1 troops after being overrun for ten years by bands commanded by Emiliano Za pata. A campaign conducted by Gen. Pablo Gonzales, commander of the gov eminent forces, has been successful, lapata ana a lew hundred followers be ing driven into the almost Impassable mountains near Puenta. de Ixtla, on the boundary between Mexico and Guerrero. His capture, with that of Gen. Genevevo de Ia O. and Manuel Palofax, his chief lieutenants, is expected almost any day. . Correspondent Visits Locality. Opportunity to confirm the govern ments announcement that Morelos has been pacified has been afforded the cor respondent of the Associated Press, who has just completed a seven-day jour ney by railroad, mule-back, and afoot through a large part of the state, in eluding virtually all of Zapata's for mer strongholds. There is regular train service over the National Bsilwsy of Mexico between this city and Cuerna- vaca, the capital of Morelos,, and col onists and artisans are being taken there free of charge by the govern ment. . . , ,. Cuenavaea, wh'elt has been) held by government troops for several months, is rapidly approaching' s normal condi tion, although ths Zapatistas during their occupation of the town stripped the place of almost every stick of tim ber and unroofed nearly all the houses and public buildings. . Bo scarce was material for clothing while Zapata held the town that his men looted ths Ca thedral and the people who remained there tell of seeing tne rebel soldiers wearing trousers which were made out of what were once valuable paintings. Headquarters in s Cave. Gen, Gustavo Elisondo, a former rough rider, who in in command at Cue navaca, reports the discovery of a cave in the mountains, which Zapata who seldom, entered ..cities, had his headquarters. The, cave is said to be ten miles in length and was used as a warehouse for auplies and" ammunition. An average of thirty Zapatistas are sur rendering to General Elisondo daily, giving up their rifles, for which they are paid ten pesos. If they care to serve in tho government armies they are ac cepted and sent to the northern states. A trip was made front, Cuernavaca to Cuautlo, the principal commercial center of the state, and on the way a number of Zapata's former strongholds were visited. Government forces are stationed at all strategic points, one of which is Tettils pass. NATIONALIZATION OF BUENOS AIRES HARBOR Argentine Government Issues Decree For Loading And Unloading Ships (Br the Auociatei Press.) Buenos Aires, Saturday, March 13. The Argentine government issued a de cree today empowering the customs house to load and unload ships and na tionalize the harbor. This followed an effort by Sir Begi nald T. Tower, British minister, to bring about a compromise between the ship owners snd strikers, acting in the role of mediator, - which he assumed earlier in the day. The men demand full pay for the past month, during which they have been idle. Sir Begi nals suggested to the ship owners that the men be paid for fifteen days. The owners refused to consider the propossl. Under ths decree issued by the gov ernment "the customs house will use government tugs in loading snd unload ing shins in ths harbor. It is provided that all vesscls"'ref using to 'itfeept the services of the government shall leave ths port, The men employed on the work will be fed in government kitchens st cost price. The decree will becoms sffectivs Monday .morning. The government says it has enough men to enable effi cient service. : t The preamble to the decree says that it is impossible to permit a further pro longation of the port strike because it is prejudicial to, the welfare of the country, '' ' FEDERATION LABOR CONDEMNS NO BEER NO WORK STRIKE Newark, N. J., March 18. The "no beer no work strike" proposed for July 1 was condemned by 400 delegates of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor and State Building Trades Coun cil at joint meeting here today., The delegates, however, adopted resolutions urging Congress to repeal both war time and permanent prohibition, and calling on President Wilson for aid. ONS GONZALES WHIPS MIA FORCES ANNIVERSARY oh Fight In Ireland (By the News Enterprise Association) The story of Ireland's struggle for freedom falls into three periods. Before the Act of Union, in 1801, which made her wholly subject to, ths British parliament, , - From the- Aet ef Union to the ojIW isstion ef fiinn Fein in. 1905-: . ... From the organization of Sinn Fein to the Irish Declaration of Independ ence, the meeting of the world peace congress and the determination to there present Irelsnd's claims. Each epoch is marked by battle and blood till fighting has become a tradi tion of the Irish race. Through the centuries the Irish char acteristics and customs have been main tained and each invasion of the, earlier years ended with the invaders fallen under the influence of the Irish. ' Henry II introduced the English into Ireland, aettling them around Dublin, They warred continually with ths chief tains ,of..tb,interior,.,...,...,,,,l,!,TOi,i.,,, Henry established sn Irish parlia ment in the occupied region, but when the Tudors esme slong they gave the English parliament the right of veto over it and tried to force English laws and customs and ths English church onto the Catholicism. Result, bitter re bellion. Belsare of Lands Began By Stasrta The Stuarts came next and to punish the Irish for resisting, took nearly a million acres from the Irish in Ulster and gave it to Scottish settlers, driving the Irish from the province. . Cromwell gave the Irish a seeond dose of the same medicine because they supported Charles I, snd ths third seis ure of land came when ths Irish were defeated st the Battle of ths Boyns by William III. Then came restrictions on Catholic ownership of land, education, the pro fessions and the clergy that drove many of the Irish to France and to Spain. ' When the American Revolution sepa rated the colonists from England, Ire land saw renewed discontent and the "United Irishmen," ths "Whlteboys" U. S. MARINES NOT E Jap Military Guards At Tien Tsin Were Also At Fault. It Is Claimed 1 Pekin, Friday, March 14.-(By the Associated Press.)-Whils early re ports from Tien Tsin suggested that American marines were to blame for the recent disorders there, later reports would seem to show that the Japanese were also at fault. It is claimed that Japanese military guards entered ths French concession snd. thdrt"-seed two Americans, snd when American officials inquired of the Japanese police authorities if any Americans were being detained they were given a negative answer according to a report. Later Amcrietn officials found two Amcricsns in a police sta tion, ons of them lying almost naked in the yard, calling for water. Ths Japanese wers induced to send the in jured msn to a hospital and aa Ameri can consul refuted to leave ths station until the other man, a corporal, had been. released. This demand was Anal ly granted. Ths American consul was stoned by Japanese as hs drove sway from ths station, It Is said; When ths American marines sntered WHOLLY TO BLAM (Centlnnsi en fsge Twe.) OF "SAINT PATRICK'S DAY" A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF IRISH BLOOD By Newspsper Enterprise Association. If the Irish todpy, mellowed by centuries of Chris tianity ; and, presumably, tamed by mors centuries of subjection,' are still ths most vigorous, scrappy, -undowned aggregation on top of earth, what do yon suppose Ireland was of the ancient days, when Priest Patrick came to redeem it from its heathen sins Ws surmise that ths snakes were the smallest job the good man tackled. But man, how the Irish have fought for his memory ever since. . : An Irishman is that way; an will battle with yen for thirty years, then spend ths test of his life) Ight ing for you. ' Ths race that never forgets favor nor an Insult; and that pays its obligation of friendship as eagerly ss its debts of enmity. Where all the good cops some from; and most of the pugilists. You can take ten drops ef Irish blood and strain it through ths waters of tea generations; yon can mis it with the waves of the South Seas, and then imbed it in the glaciers of the Arctic, and five hundred years from today that tea drops will have become flood; and will have redeemed and made human gulfs of alien and savage blood. For Independence and ths "Hearts of Oak." spread the agi tation. ,.,..... The result wss repeal ef some of ths harsher laws snd the independence for the Irish parliament. But the degree, of independent was met for long, for ia 1800 a corrupt Irish parliament sold ewe t the English and. ths Act of Un ion was passed tad ths Irish parliament dissolved. .": From this time on two factions have battled in Ireland against ths English, ths one for Home Rule, the other for complete independence. . Reforms cams but slowly and after bitter fighting. Ancient Battles Feaght Over Kach Yes. Beseendsnts of the Scottish Presby terians of the 17th century and the Irish Catholics of Ulster fought over each year the Battle of the Borne and still do for that matter. " The -Young - Ireland - party - and the Fenian society had their day and strove violently but vainly for a free Ireland. And then, after election laws were reformed to give the Catholics the vote, land tenure had been made easier. money bed been appropriated to for ward ths breaking up af the great states aad horns rule legislation Was seriously considered JSinn Fein cams into being. Sinn Fein is Gaelic. It means "our selves alone.1' It Brat laid stress en Gselie speech and Irish customs and sought a revivsl of both. But it soon esme to stsnd for Irish independence. It wss the main factor in the Dublin insurrection of 1018 in which 304 were killed 'and mora than 1,000 wonnded, and for which 14 were executed aad 400 imprisoned. Home Bule became a fact so far aa law was concerned but the Sins Fein- era refused to accept it and ths Ulster Unionists threatened civil wsr if Horns Buls were "crammed down their throats," wanting only British rule, while the Irish Nationalists counted for less than sither other party in the day of their victory. Execution ef Sir stager Casement. Ths war esms on. Sir Soger Case WITH LONGWORTH Declares Republican Organiza tion Is Not Reactionary and He's Not One of 'Em-' (Br the Associates' Ftsm.) Wsshingtou, March lflj Representa tive Mann, of Illinois, former Bepubli caw leader in the House, in a ststemeat tonight denied ths disrge of Represen tative Longworth, ef Ohio, that the Be publieanKirganixation of the next House ss arranged by ths Committee en Com mittees wss reactionary. The organisa tion wss asserted by Mr. liana te be such as "ought to satisfy every loyal Bepubliesn snd every lover of good, sane, progresses .rgislatios. Mr. Mann declared that "merit and not trading" wss the basis for commit tee assign meats, which . he said wers filled by "strongmes," except thst Mr. Longworth wss placed on ths steering committee "now as bs has been before as a sort of tribnts te Colonel Roose velt' . ' -v -Expressing a hope iot party harmony. Mr. Mann added thst he was willing te fight "if ethers want to force it on me." He referred te himself as "a high private in ths rear ranks," and said hs would 'not bs Speaker or leader or en MANN TAKES SUE (Ceatlntsd en Page Twe) THESE GIVE IRELAND FAME SHAMROCK Said to have been chosen the national emblem of Ire land because St Patrick used it to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity. ST. PATRICK Apostle of Ireland, Taken prisoner at 16 in an Irish raid on Britain. After his escape, be lieved he was called in a vision to' preach in the land of his captors. Be came Bishop of Ireland, and about his name cluster many traditions, among them that he drove the snakes out of Ireland. -EMERALD ISLE Name given to Ireland because of the wonder ful green of its verdure. BLARNEY STONE A stone in a castle near Cork, the kissing of which is said to endow one with the gift of gab and the power to whee dle. To kiss it one must be held over the para pet of the castle. WEARING OF THE GREEN A ballad by an unknown Irish writer, which appeared in 1797, during the ac tivities of the United Irishmen. Is Centuries Old ment was executed as a traitor for leading arms, from a German snbma rias. Home role was suspended by agree ment ef all factions pending the eloss Of tha war. , ' With ths sad of the treat eonflletj ins JKiiisa government sent Jieia Mar shal French to Ireland as lord lisutsa ant, himself an Irishman, whils Edwsrd Shortt, home ruler, was made under secretary fer Ireland. Thus under a military governor Bias Fein has organised its constituent si sembly, its degelates named at the ex pease ef ths British election system, proclaimed Ireland free and proceeded to the business ef setting up a govern ment without interference conduct which by any precedent should be treat ed as traitorous. The Why ef the Irish Revolt. Bian Fein -rejects home rule because it has its eyes en independence, the right to regulsts Irish relations with foreign astions, as well ss at horns. , Ulster rejects home jruls became Ul ster has a Protestant majority, who 1 ro fess to fesr unfair treatment under an Irish government, which would be dominnted by Catholics, since ths ma jority in Ireland are Catholics. Ulster also fears her industries would be taxed more hesvily for ths development of Ireland's backward provinces than they are taxed under the British government. Britain will not grant independence because, In the isloated position of ths British Isles, shs needs ths protection which Ireland gives to England on the west. If Ireland, independent, ever became hostile, her coast would furnish harbors for naval attacks on the Eng lish, traffic In ths North Sea would be at her mercy and England could be starved unless shs bad strong European allies. Irish revenues paid to ths British treasury last year were nearly $120,000, 000, of which linn Felnera claim nearly 100,000,000 never benefited Ireland. Irish revenues, they declare, would pay the expenses of Bulgaria, Norway and Denmark; certainly sufficient to sup port an Irish government. Move To Strategic Points On Trans-Siberian Railway Near Vladivostok Vladivostok, Friday, Mar. 14 -(By ths A. P.) Americsn troops bars be gun to move to strategic points on the trees-Siberian railway west of Vladi vostok to aid John F. Stevens and his staff ef Americas Bailwsy men in the technical operation of the railway. Ths first contingent is slresdy at Harbin while ths seeond will entrain, within a few days for Chita, ths farthest point west to which the Amcricsns will be sent. It is proposed to piece additional de tachments at Verkhnl, Undinsk, Man churia Station snd Nikolak. On tbs Us sari brnneh Americsn troops already ars stationed- at Bpassks and Khaba res. '. Cseehe-Slevsk troops ars guarding ths line from Irkutsk to Tcheliabinsk. Jspaness troops ars in Siberia and also are guarding ths Chiaess eastern rail way as far as Irkutsk. f No announcement hss yet been mads of the nones which ths vsrioua allies will police. It is said to be a question . Csstlaed en Page Twe.) AMERICAN TROOPS TO AID ENGINEERS PEOPLESTARViNG IN THE CAUCASUS 45,000 People in Erivan Are Wholly Without Bread, Even the Orphanages CHAIRMAN oFlNQUIRY ' COMMITTEE REPORTS Saw Women Stripping Flesh From Dead Horse To Ap pease Fangs of Hunger (Br the AuocUtat Pnss.) New Tork, March 16. Thousands of men, women and children are starving to death in the Caucasus,, according to the first report from Br. James L Barton, chairman of the committee re eontly sent to that region by the Ameri can Committee for Kelief in the Near East, received at the-headquarters of the committee here today. "There is no bread anywhere," said the report. ''The government has not a pound. There are 45,000 people in Erivan wholly without bread and the orphanages snd troops' all through Erivan ars in terrible condition. "There is not a dog, cat, horse, camel or any living thing in all the Igdir region. We saw refugee women strip ping ths flesh from a dead horss with their bars hands today. ; ''Thirty deaths a day are 'reported from Ashtarag; 25 from Etchmiadtin, Izeir and Badabad certainly more. An other week will score 10,000, lives lost. .'-Fofrsbwwca's sske hurry. Ws have enough food in the country now st Baku ana Bat urn to keep the starving people alive lor a time. Ths railways are do ins all they possibly can to get food to the people, but snow is our enemy at present. Please expedite as many men ns you can; also please remember we shall be through with our food supplies pretty soon, so money and credit are vitally urgentr The food at Datum referred to in the report is part of ths cargo of 0.000 tons of flour shipped, from Seattle on the western Belle. 20,00a.TDff 32 Division Listen . y To Commander's Words (.Appreciation ' , i -"11 'I i, f-lr-t-i--' 1-V Coblenx, Saturday, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) Within sight of the distant hills of unoccupied Ger many, 20,000 troops of the 32nd division today heard General Pershing expreaa appreciation of their efforts st Chateau Thierry, Boiasons and on the Mouse Argonne front, which, the commander-in-chief said, made it possible for them to stsnd whers they were todsy. The soldiers assembled in a small valley, after being inspected and, re viewed. General Pershing said he took the liberty of thanking the soldiers for their services in the name of more than 100,000,000 Americana at home whose hearts had been with the soldiers all during the fighting and since. The 32nd division, which war com posed originally of National Guard troops from Michigan and Wisconsin, is scheduled to start for home ehrly in April. General Pershing said he real ised how the relatives and friends f tha soldiers wers eagerly awaiting their return and how proud they would be of the part ths soldiers had played is the great war. In the years to come, Gen eral Pershing said, when ths history of the war is written ths peopls would ap preciate more thsn ever the American share in bringing the struggle to a suc cessful conclusion. AGREEMENT TO SUPPLY FOODSTUFFS TO GERMANY Beached By Hun Delegates And Allied Representa tives At Brussels Copenhsgen March 16. Germany, in consideration of a deposit of 11,000,000 pounds in gold nt Brussels, will receive aa immediate delivery of 250,000 tons of foodstuffs, according to a Berlin ver sion of ths sgreement entered into be tween the German delegates snd repre sentative! of ths allied powers at Brus sels. Germany will further be, entitled to purchase monthly 370,000 tons of food in enemy and ticHral countries, besides fish from European waters and vegeta bles. The restrictions on fishing in the Baltic will be removed, the dispatch adds, and It is Germany's most import ant task in the immediate future to In crease to ths utmost her exports of raw materials and industrial products. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LENINE THEB0LSHEVIK1 LEADER Copenhagen, March 16. Another at tempt has been made against ths life of . Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bol shevik premier,' st Moscow, according to reports received here. Shots were fired at Lenine but hs was not injured. His chauffeur was wounded. chile Orders German flags on ships hauled down Santiago, Chile, March IS. Crews of German steamers interned In Chilean waters ars being forced to lower their flags by military guards under orders of the Minister of War. The ships, it has been announced, will tie. turned er to the United States and when orders were received kthat the German flags be hauled down ths crews refused to obey. ' .:. PERSHING PRAISES AMERICAN TROOPS OPPOSES CLARK AS -MINORITY LEADER Lever Wants Leadership In Sympathy With Wilson's Plans WINSTON-SALEM FIRM - FILES CAR COMPLAINT Coroner May Investigate Death of Henry Allen, of Hender sonville, N. O. Nws and OtiMrver Burass. SOS Dtatrirt N.tlnn.l Bask BUa. Br 1. It. WINTERS. . (Br Spatial bud Win.) Washington, March 16. I will support no man who will say that a conscript is synonymous with a eonvictl" This declaration accompanies a stats- msnt issued by Representative Asbury F Lever, of South Carolina, today In which he definitely aligns himself with ths fight to prevent the selection ef Champ Clark as minority leader of ths next House. Mr. Lever is one ef the veterans of ths House, snd as chairman of the important Committee on Agricul ture sponsored the several food control and conservation measures,' including the wheat guarantee bill, enacted by wi,y -bjs is wssBjavjaraje It is of the "utmost importance, he declares, that tbs minority leadership in the next Congress, shall be "strong, ag gressive, and in the fullest sympathy, not an enforced sympathy, with ths plans and purposes of the President." ' Ills outspoken opposition to the pres ent Speaker is asserted by Democratis reorganise in the House to be typical of the sttitude of other equally promi nent friends of the administration who have not publicly voiced their views. His affiliation with the anti-Clark move ment undoubtedly strengthens ths re organization element, aa he has served in the House for 19 years, has been chairman of ths Committee en Agricul ture for seven years, snd has been was of ths administration mainstays en war legislation. - Lever's Statement. Mr. Lever's statement follows! , "I regard it as of ths utmost Import ance to ths future success of ths Demo cratic party that the minority leader ship-In the next Congress shsll be strong, sggresalvs sad in the fullest sympathy, not an enforced sympathy, with the plans and purposes ot ths President of ths United States whs tor six years has besa ths elected spokes mas and leader ef his party.. Ths lesd ership of the minority in the next Con gress should bars ae axes to grind and no personal ambitions to ' serve. It should be such a leadership as can freely and without hesitation confer with the actual leader of the party on matters of national and party policies. Without such harmonious relationehiD the situa tion for 1920 is impossible; with it, the future of ths party could not be more hopeful, for it is my Arm belief thst the overwhelming majority of ths peo ple of the country are in line with the President in his wonderful fight to min imize to the very limit the possibility of wars in tha future. "The million, three hundred thou sand soldiers who have gone through the brutal murder of this war, return ing to this country ars ss certain to give their - support te the idea ot a league of nations as it is certain that ths sua will rise tomorrow morning, and no man can be selected to lead tbs ' Democrats in the next House who does not in full measure believe in this doe trine. To select s msn for lender whs does not believe in it would be suicide, snd it is my belief that when tbs Demo crats of the country realize what the real situation is they will demand, in terms which cannot be misunderstood, such a, leadership as will givs the President and his policies ths fullest support. "Democrats eannot allow persons! rs lationships or sympathy to stand In ths way of party success, and they are not going to de it. Personally, I will sap port no man who will say that a con script is synonymous with a convict." Complaint A host Cars. Upon complaint from ths Cadillac Motor Car Company of Winston-Salem, the office of Senator Simmons hss re quested the United States Railroad Ad ministration to investigate the report that the railways are not providing ade quate facilities for handling automo biles. Since there is no apparent short age of freight equipment, tha belief is prevalent that the railroads are disre garding orders of the Railroad Admin istration to equip their rosda with ears specially designed for the transporta tion of automobiles. Frank I Devan, of the Cordova Apartments of Washington City, has suggested to the coroner that an inves tigation be authorized as to the cause of the death of Henry Allen, of Uen deraonville, N. C, who died Inst night at Washington Asylum Hospital. Mr. Allen, who was formerly a storekeeper st Camp Humphreys, Vs., registered st the Vendome Hotel on Pennsylvsnia Avenue last Saturday a week ago. From Sunday night to Wednesday morning he remained confined to his room, whereupon tho door wss forced open He was found in sn unconscious condi tion; Which ths physician diagnosed his ailment as a case of uraemis. Hs wss removed to the Washington - Asylum Hospital. He is survived by his wife and three children. Mrs. Richardson Gibson, who has been the guest of. her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. H. Von Englcken, at their home In Florida fot some weeks, will leave there this week to visit in Chsrlotte before returning here. Miss Mary Duncan Gibson, whs has just returned from a visit in Vir ginia, will go to Annapolis to bs tht guest of Miss luargaret Smith over ths week-end. Rsw Cotton Regnlstions Abolished. London, Frida, March 11. "-Ths BoaM of Trails hss abolished maximum pries regulations on all raw eottna, ex cepting that imported from America and Egypt. I
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