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n V.'HATHcR Fair Friday, except hor la extreme west pertloa. seir WATCH ULIIL , aa swef WW, rmwil I are a stars siua aa mi awiac stasis tsar. VOL OX. 1, 0.143. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1919. PRICfitHVECLm GERM VAR LONG EPISCOPATE - ENDED BY DEATH GUILTY OF 1 Smithfield and Selma Did Passed Bill For , War Risk In- Merchant Marine Affairs Dis Democrats Score G.O.P. Lead. Themselves Proud in Enter taining Nobility , surance To Families ' of Soldiers er For Effort To Use Edu- v cational Meetings I q Mews vein PRISOriERS 1 GREATEST DAY III HISTORY OF OASIS SOUTHERN PORTS FOR EXPORT SHIPS HIT AT HAYS FOR . CHAUTAUQUA DEA BE PROPERLY PUNISHED - Council of Four Yesterday Re turned Answer-To Versailles To German Note On 1 Repatriation ; COUNCIL DISCUSSED . REPARATIONS QUESTION - AND THE SARRE AWARD Austrian! Expected To Be Handed Their Peace Treaty Prior To Beceipt of German Beply, Probably lfext Week; Turk and Bulgarian Peace Delegate! Await Their Turn To Be Beard; Arrogance To 3 ward American Troops in , Occupied " Germany Brings Warning From Military Offl cere . , w tVa Associated Praam.) Wkii. ilm. ia virtually belnt? marked by th Paea Coupe at Versailles ' with regard to Germany, with th Allied aad associated power awaitlag the eom iag of Bert Thursday whea tha Ger ..... .m ta make known their aaiwer to the Allied demaada for peace, the .' eeuaeil of four daily u at wok oeeia iag questions whieh have arisea through . the presentauoa er Botes oy ' ptati asminat the Sarre Valley ward aad the ouestioa of reparations by Germany were discussed by the couaeU Thuraday aad a reply u re ......J VamilUa h tha Alii CO to the iiMiiaa- wita the reoatriatioa of Oerauui war priaoaera. Iadleatioas are l jl-i !. .miin iilHv af crime will bo held for trial aad puaished. Prior to the receipt of the German reply it la expected that the Auetriaai iU bo banded the peace weaiy bj - im KnMtad tn aura. The belief ia Paria ia that thie wUl occur early aext week. Meanwhile the Turkisa ana bui ..;. dlrntu hare arrived ia Bwitaerland, where they are awaiting t eumona to , Fraae ay wao , v-fkn. aa kaa'a soma frietioar la th . eonneil of four owing to the Italiaaa bariag reeeatly landed troop ib abukk r.v.. wtthnnt motir to the Allien. The TJaited Btatea, Great Britaia tad rraaee requested of lUly the reasoa for thw more. ; - a anion Ta Creak Pislemst, During a sessioa of the county which , waa attended by the Greek Premier, M. Vsnixelos, bign wsnao, ua : i.;. uiniatar. aatared and waa asksd v by President Wilson If hi reply wa ready. OTlaado deauaded the with- Vaaiaalaa before he replied, . , notwithstanding the ineisteae of Pres- ideat' Wilson thai we urees iiprooMi remaia. Veainelo inally withdrew, ad the council later expressed in re gret to him. - . . . OmmaIiIab la Carmany. Oppoiitioa continued ia Oermaay to 4ka ciraiaa af tha peace treaty while " everywhere is the tone of oeeupatioa the allied and American troop won ,.,Ar ta advaaea into the former em- f epire if thi atop ahould become acces sary. Large umrjere uwen -. tor traeka has bee moved into the occupied area eaat of the Bhiao for lite ia aa emergency. . AfmruM Toward IT. S. Tree. Amerieaa military oBcer hae wnrn - od the burgoauator ia tha territory controlled by the Amerieaaa that they will be held reeponeibie lor acta or tm- Jeaee against Amentia rroopa or ai- .na .a i!mmv AaiarWaa BroDOrtT. VI m reported that recently Uo Ger- man hare ahowa eemidernble arro gance toward the Amerieaa troop. liUk ruilii tha Ia a preaideat of the peace conference, from Juw warn - -- reland desire recognition and that aha will fleeiiM to do neuna oy agree ment affecting her entered into by the BrUisli oeiegaiee. .v, , v PORECA8T Of POINTS IN GUM AN REPLY TO THE PXAOE TEKMS. ' foador, liny 23.--(Drilieh Wire let t Service.) I i.apparU from fore rtiti in the Qrmaw pret that one of the princ ipl poiata af the German re fly to -so peaco term win, bo a pro poeal to intitve a itiM eemmitte) of repreeealauveo ( both tide wit t.utral prnideBt to occide the eeono mie entMiona. The Getmaaa ahw will atk the pprinBw,u' of a timilar eem mittc to deterwtiae the damage done ia Belcium aad Freer. . . - The Germaa reply, it it aderstood will protect gaiat the treaty aot tok ing into eonaideratioa the damage done ia Germany. It will be arged that Aovtria-Hungary, harieg been aa ally of Germany, ahould bo held ia the tame reipontibility at Germany. Battaerlt Ketreat from AUiaa. . London, May 22. The Allied troop jon the North Buoniaa front htro car ried out a aueeemful tomtng move ment agatnrt th main Bolthtvik roi- tion, forcing the enemy to retreat outhward, according to. a North But- tina official eommaakatiea receiveo hero thie evening. Several tbwnt were captured, rad away priaoaen take and th enemy alto Buffered heavy eaa- BalUea. Belglan-Dntch Treaty. Th Bague, May Z2 Johakoher Van Kara beek, the Dutch foreign minister, in a statement her today en the aub- (Ctatlnwtd aw Page TweJ ... CHARACTER OF HUN II REPLY OUTLINED Will ' Claim Peace ' Terms Are Violation of President Wilson's Program COUNTER PROPOSALS OF . DEFINITE CHARACTER Some of Them Will Suggest Be- rision of Present Terms and Ask That If eutral Arbitra tors Be Called in To Con sider "Exceptionally Com plex" Issues v-' :'. Berlia. Wedne3ay, May .-By th A. P.) The German reply to the allied peace term will be ia . Iv tec lions dealing with political aad territorial fe rae, th league of nation, aad nam eial aad oeoaomie auettlont. . The note already trantnutted to ta allied aad aatoeiated power, th Met- man believe, will afford baaia lor negotiationi oa tomt of these qnet- tion and alto may terve a suggesting a way over oMtaclee ia th way of aego tiationt ob the peace treaty. Th preamble to the reply will a elaro that the term art inacecptabl oa their fac ia that they are viola- tioa of Preaideat Wilton peae ptw craav whkh. Germany will claim, pri marily aeeords her equality as on of th aegotiating parties. ' Katieaal PolaU Agreed On. WUl the material contents of th Germaa reply ia all it Mteatial point baa been agreed upoa by all Hi partici pating factor, th textual construction of the note will require a few day be yond the tin limit act by the entente (Thi extension bat been mac atked lor and granted.) Th Germaa counter proposal will be of definite character, aad aom of tbem will be to framed at to ravito er auggeat rsrvkioa of th pi as at terms. It ia ale believed that the German will Suggest that . neutral arbitrator be called la wb.tr th tarae ar ex ceptionally complex and that they will recommend the appointment of mixed commissions comprising allied, Germaa end neutral representative to pa upon th quettioa of th restoration of A devastated districts and tome of th more argent problems relating to inter national trade. Th reply will also discuss Germany' prescat relation with Aottris. contest ing against her being charged with re sponsibility (or the acta of her former silica. REPLY TO GERMAN ECONOMIC NOTE IS "NO' (By The Associated Press.) Paria. Mar M. A abmrinl n. tive reply to the German nata a tha eeoaomi effect of the peae term wa (Caatlaaed oa Pag Two.) U. France and Great Britain Demand Explanation of Forces in Turkey Paria, May K. It hat been learned ia trustworthy quarter that th United 8ttee, Groat Britaia and Franc bar sited ia sending a aot to Italy, re ueatiag aa explanation of th landing of I talma force ia Turkey. Premier Orlando ia said to have made a reply to th eonneil of four af ter s sharp personal incident, during which ho objected to the presence of Premier Vsnuelot, of Greece. Th lat ter retired from th meetiag. Th lUliaa landed force at Adalla, Bsdrum aad Makri during th period when Permier Orlando and Foreign Miniater Boaaino had withdraw from th peace eon ft re nee, making the land lag without notiee to the Allies. Th reported Itatiaa incident appar ntly complicate th Turkish problem, already vexed oae, with which th peae conference head . hart - bee struggling for tome little) time past. Ia evident anticipation of Greek mandate to administer th Smyrna dis trict, allied force war landed at 8m yr bs mat Thursday, masting with consid ernbl resistance from th Turk but making themselves master of th city, Italian troop were reported to have participated to om exteat ia thi land ing. According to Paria dispatch f May SO, however, th Italian had pre viously landed force at Adalia, oa th southern coast of Asia, and likewise disembarked troops at Budrum, aiao-ty-ix mile southeast of Smyrna, and at Mskri, oa the Gulf of Makri, a tn v uayet of Bmyrna, , There-hadbeea aothinx to indicate that the laadiag were aot by agree ment among the allies aad tadeedjaom ef the unofficial forecast si to th probable divisloa ef Turkish territory under league f nation mandatories had indicated the probability that Italy would be given th Adalia district to administer. . . ''' another nn IIICIDEIITDEVELOPS GOVERNOR COOPER AN HONOR GUEST OF TEMPLE Nearly Three Hundred Candi dates Cross The Hot Sands at Ceremonial Seuion; John ston Barbecue, and Supper Two Events of Importance; Closed With Nobility Ball (Special to the News -and Observer.) Smithfleld, Msy 8J.-Uadoubtedly the greatest meeting Oasis Tempi vr held" ia th verdict of the Shrtnsrs of North Carolia ' attending th Selma 8mithfield pteni ceremonial today. Despite th fact that the Souther Bail way train bearing tha official divan, th bad aad patrol and hundred of Shriacrs and eandidatea was wrecked at Durham at early hour this morning and did aot reach Selma until after Boon and that announcement has already been made of another cere monial to be held ' at. Hendertonville, ia the western part of th State, July 4, just Ix weeks distant, which took prob ably ISO eaaddlatet from yesterday' meeting, mor than 300 eaadidatet were led over the hot sand yesterday after- BOOB Governor Cooper Attends. "Greatest day ia the history of Joba tion county' ia the wsy the people of Selma and Smithfield tell the etory, And the chief glory of the occasion wa th presence of Governor Bobert A. Cooper, of South Carolina, past potentate ef Omar Temple of that Btate aad past grand matter of th Maaon of South Carolina, Governor Copper waa th center of aa immense group of admiring Shrinar and candidate from th time he appeared in th bom of Potentate B. J. Nobl yesterday morn' Ing until he left Inte yesterday after noon to come to Raleigh to tpend th night with Governor T. W. BicketL The festivities f th day beg early la the morning with breakfast at the high Khool building to th nobility eandidatea and their Indie. , At th nam ent-Hloitriou Potentate and Mr. , Nobl , entertained , Governor Cooper and a number of visiting poten tate and other dignataries at break fast ia their home. At mid-morning the special train from Hamlet and Bockingham, not in charge of Supt. P. G. Walton, of Viat system, arrived at Selma and with tome 75 candidate and 10 Pullman cars full of Shrinera and ladies the real ac tivities of th day began. Farad aad Barbecae. Shortly after the noon hour the greatly belated Southern train arrived from the wett with the band an pa trol, and many 6hrinr and candidntet aad immediately thereafter the parade to Smithfield wat started. The patrol, under command of Captain E. B. Gra ham, and the band under command of Director Bobert Lee Keetler, perform ed at length on the atreete of Smith field, followed by the Johnston eounty barbecue, of which th Nobility hau beard so much ia recent week, waa served ia most pleaalng aianner, the women of Smithfield being in chnrge. At 4 o'clock th business meeting wa gon into, woth Potentate Noble presid ing. Among other thing which cam in for d(eiioa was a request from Sudan Temple for jurisdictional line in th Stat, which would giv to Sudaa Tem pi all that territory lying at of th eountie of Person, Orsnge, Chatham, Lee, Hoke aad Bobinson, including thee eountha. Upon motioa of Patt Potentate W. 8. Liddell, of Charlotte, thi resolution was referred to the rep resentatives of Oasis Temple to the Imperial Council, with power to act. Aa appeal from the Salvation Army for help ia ita drive wat read by Re corder Thomas Griffith, aad upon mo tion th Potentate wa authorised to appoint a committee ia every towa ia the State to assist this work. Help For Travelers' Aid. Noble Will Weill, of Charlotte, moved that 300 be appropriated by the Te a plo for the aMittaae ef ths Travelers' Aid of that eity. Noble Julian Price ameaded by suggesting that a committee bo appointed with power to act to take the matter of sssiatane to all Traveler' Aid Association, ia the State uader ad visement. The amendment prevailed aid the committee will be appointed later.- r Noble A. P. Felta, of Charlotte, of- : (Continued Page Tea.) . ... , FORMER EMPEROR CHARLES ? HISSED BY THE CROWD He and Ex-Empress Arrire at Byon With a "Mountain . of Baggage" Geneva, May fl Ex-Emperor Charles aad-ex-Empress Zita, aeeompsniid by several Auttriaa archdukes, a numerous suit and a mountain ef bsggag ar rived last tvening at Nyon, oa the weatera aid of Lake Geneva' from St. Gaul. The former Auttriaa royal pair were hissed by crowd a they alight dJtrpmeordinry train in whieh they had traveled and took automo bile for the Chateau Pranxins, near Geneva, their future home. Th ex Emperor appeared ill and depressed, while thevex-EmpresS wore a gay air aad wa attired ia a gowa ef th latest Paris mode. Swiss gendarmes will - temporarily guard th chateau. - . . . ; FIRST PARTISAN CLASH OF THE NEW CONGRESS Republicans and Democrats Charged Each Other With LLBesponsibility For Delay; Motion To Postpone Defeat ed By Democrats Tempor arily in Majority (By Ths Astocistcd Press.).. . Waahipgtoa, May 22. Psssage by the House late today of a deficiency bill providing urgent appropriations of 45, 044,500 for war risk allowances to sol diers' and aailofV. familiea and Civil War pensioners made another speed record for the aew Home which' yes terday adopted the woman tuff rage resolution. The first sharp partisan clashes of the euloa between Bepnb licant and Democrat! occurred today during discussion of the deficiency bill. TM.M4 Families Concerned, i Th measure, hastily reported by the appropriatioat committee, authorized appropriations of 439,015,000 for allow ances duo May I and June 1 to about 700,000 families of soldiers, tailor,' and mariaes, 13,000,000 for delayed Civil War pensions and 2,429,000 for admin istration ef the war risk insurance bu reau. It was pasted without a distcnt ine vote after considerable partisan dis cussion, Bepublieans aad Democrats making eounter-ehargei of respontibil ity for delay ta payment of the family allowance. ' Beoublicsn Leader Mondell, Demo cratic Leader Clark aad othera partici pated in the partisan maneuvering, whieh followed a tarinent by Bepre tentative Mann, of Illinois, former Be publicna leader, that President Wilson's absence abroad might prevent the bill's appropriations from becoming availublo nntil the middle of June. ' Saya Republican FlllbeeUr Did It. ; Bepretentative Byrne, of Tenneasee, ranking Democrat of the appropriations Committee charged that Republican Senator, through their filibuster of last March, were responsible for holding ap the war risk allowance. The Ten nessee Representative declared the Re publicans now ahould "remedy the wrong" and urged that th bil lb pasted at oae instead of being put over until tomorrow a proposed by Beprwatatt Good of Iowa, chairman f th appro priations committee. V ' ; Demecrata Found fo Be ia Control. After the bill had been reported. Re publican Leader Mondell moved to ad journ until tomorrow but oa a riling vote of 77 to 73, the Democrats, who happened at the time to have a ma jority in the chamber, defeated the move. Democratic Leader Clark thca asked unanimoui consent for immediate consideration of the measure end Mr, Mondell assented. The measure wai paased ia less than an hour, without a roll call. During the partisan skirmishing Rep resentative Mann charged that Presi dent Wilton was responsible entirely for delay ia the appropriations and the hardships of soldiers' families due to failure to receive their May 1 checks. Be added that tht President had neg lected or refused t 'call Congress sooner because of fear that the League of Nations would-be discussed. Dcmoerstt sharply retorted that the Bennte Be publieans' filibuster, which held up the war risk funds, and not the President, was responsible. Ths speakers were applauded according to their partisan affiliation as the political point wert made, , An . To" Director Undsley. Ta explaining the object of th bill, Representative Good stated ia reply te questions that so far aa he knew the resignation of former Director Lindsley of the War Bisk Insurance Bureau .wai sot responsible for the deficiency ia th bnrau' fond. Bepresentativ Moore, of Pennsylvania, Bepubllcan, suggested that the appropriations com mittee ia its wo k investigate affairs involved in retirement of Colonel Lind sley. But Weather- Forecast Holds Out Promise Seaplane May Sail Today , ' (By Th Associated Pre.) Washingtoa, May S2. High'winds to- day again prevented the naval sea plaas NC-4 from leaving Ponta Del Gada for Lisbon oa the second leg ef her trans-Atlanti flight Ths Navy De partment thie morning received the fol lowing aiesiege from Bear Admiral Jackson at Ponta Del Gdas - "NC-4 will not leave today. Bess too rough for ttart." , Better Weather Today. The weather forecast for the 'Axores district cabled to the Navy Depart ment today, held out promise that eoa dltioat migfit b favorable tomorrow for continuation of the flight, as the blow from th southwest wa moving northeastward. . :, . FillplteaHnorDed FrtotX" . Fredericksburg, Va May 22. A deb gation of Filipino visiting her today ip laced "a wreath en the grav of th lat Bepresentativ William A. Jones, of Warsaw, Richmond county. Tht ffering was in appreciation of the de eeased congressman s interest In Phil ippine affairs. ; :: f IC4 STOPPED BY mm AGAIN t v The Bt. Rev. David Hummel) Greer, Bishop of Episeopal Diocese of New York, bad been in poor health for the past year. He wat called "the most American bishop"' because he was said tn be the molt progressive churchman ef hi rank in the United States. I! New House Committee Appar ently in a Responsive . Mood To That Appeal WILL HEAR SECRETARY DANIELS NEXT MONDAY Old Custom of Hearing From Department Bureaus First Is Beversed; Prospects Are For Bushing The 1016 Build ing Program To a Speedy Completion. :j Washington, May 28. Secretary Dan iels probably will appear before the Itouse Naval Committee next Monday to outline hit plans for the operation of the navy during the next fiscal year. At that time the Secretary will recommend what Appropriation! ihould be made for the continuation of the 1916 building program, which is expected to approxi mate 41 1000,000,000. Hear Secretary First. Appearance of the (Secretary before i... cummuu-e at ,ne Stan Ol ncarmg. on the nnvy appropriation bill will be contrary to custom In the past. Pre viously the committee called in chiefi of the various Navy Department bureaut first, and the Secretary waa not beard until all others had appeared. Representative Butler, of Pennsylva nia, chairman of the committee, said to day that tha change was made to hasten action en the measure. If the commit tee could secure a comprehensive ides of what the department as a whole needed during the year st the begin ning of its hearings, he said, it would be able to make greater speed. Expected to Approve lilt Program. It ie expected by committee members that Secretary Daniels will recommend that the 1910 building program, rear sisting of 10 battleships, six battle cruis ers, and 138 subsidiary ships, be rushed to completion. A definite recommen dation from the Secretary regarding the type of the tix battle cruisers, over which there has been considerable con troversy, will be expected when h ap pears before the committee. Chairman Butler and at least several of the committee members have ex pressed themselves in favor of complet ing the 1918 program quickly. None of the capital ships authorised in this pro gram have been completed, and the keels of several have not yet been mid. MANNHEIM FEARS INVASION BY ALLIES Mannheim, May 22. Alarmed by th belief that Germany will aot aign the peace treaty and that th allies will occupy Mannheim, eitisens becsms psnic-strkkca today and stormed th municipal savings bank.' Many per sons have fled from Mannheim. Large crowds gathered and held pro test meetings and other demonstration! which added to ths general cos fusion ia ths .towa. . ' . , .- An official sxpression of regret htt been Issued; in Borlin that the people of Mannheim "appear to have lost their head." - ' . GAS WORKERS ELECT , 0FFICERSAT.D ADJOURN Asheville, May , C The Southern Gas Association closed its three-day convention her today by th eloctios AlUfe eMls.winjleffi''-r" - -N. L. Clay, Durbsm, president; Ed. Dickey, Baltimore, first vice president, and M. A. Bowling, Macon, Ga., re elected secretary. The convention de cided to hold the next annual conven tion at -Norfolk, Vs. Th convention ha beea very successful, aad is re garded aa on of tli beet la th his tory of th association, . ; : TO SPEED UP NAVY PROGRAM cussed Yesterday From Many Angles SHIPPING BOARD CALLED -- IN INDUSTRIAL BODIES Chairman Hurley Tells Bepre sentatives of Labor, Indus trial and Agricultural Organ izations How Each Interest ' Can Achieve Objects By Co-operation : Washington, May 22. (By tha Asso ciated Pre,) Operation of the govern ment built merchant marine in peae waa discussed from many angle today by representative of National Labor, agricultural and industrial orgaair tiona called into conference by the ihlp- pini; board. , "We all have different point of view," Chairman Hurley told the gathering. "Th shipper wtntt ressontble freight rate. The earner wanta restonaoi rninca. These two objective ar aot incontinent. Efficient cooperation eaa achieve them both. Developments ef Southern Porta. "Tha porta of Wilmington, Savannah, Charleston, Brunswick, Jacksonville, Penaaeola. Mobile. New Orleans, Ual veston, Port Arthur, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Portlsnd and Seattle have developed wonderfully during, the past fsw years In ths production or proaucs for xport, and arrangement most b mad whereby each section of the eoun try will hav every oppertunly to establish through steamship lines in eoa pection with its railroads, so that every community may receive first class ser sice. These ports srs improving their terminal facilities, snd when these Im provement ar made, aot only w.'U Amerieaa htpa be carrying cargo over seas and return imports from other Countries, but foreign ships will bs en tering these ports for the csrgnes they require." , Private Ownership. Private ownership waa advocated tv W. H. King, representing the National Foreign Trade Council; J. B. Howard, ef th Federal Farm Bureau of Iowa; D. O. Thompson, Illinois Agricultural Association; N. M. Leach, Miaslsslpol Valley Aseoelatlos; H. a Caatelow, Puget Boaad Managers snd Operators Asseeistioa, and W. P.- fiullivsn,- Ship owners' Associntioa or ui raeifie Coaat, Mr. Leach presented resolutions adopted at th Chicago meeting of the teoeiatioa opposing immediate institu tion of private ownership, favoring in stead government control until the mer chant marine it established firmly and new trad route mapped out. "W want return to private owner ship by gradual stages," Mr. Leach said. "We want also fullrevognition of Gulf port to that they ny take their proper pat in the. nation' commerce." Problems of Competition. J. 8. Taylor, of Mobile, another mem ber of the committee sent by the Mis- ppi y,,,,- AawmlatJoa. said that whea normal conditions returned Amer- lean shipping .would be faced by the same problems - of. bitter., f ?reigiuamr petition ss before the war. He de clared that the time had been when it cost leas to ship grain to Europe snd return then to store it at Boston. "Subsidy ia a worm obnoxious in ths nottrilt of everybody," h declated, "yet it would seem that we cannot meet forcigV competition without resort to this practice which is widely opposed. Foreigners can build ship mora cheaply than we and then eaa man them mor cheaply and operate them more eheaply. (Continued on Pago Two.) Sergeant York Who, With 7 Men, Killed 20 and Captured 132 Germans. ... New York, May 22. Sergeant Alvia C. York, of the 32th Infantry, who, at the head of a detachment of aevea men, killed 20 Germane, took 132 pris oners, including a . major snd thro lieutenant, aad put' thirty-six machine guns out of operation, arrived here to day oa ths transport Ohiosn, wearing the Congressional Medal of Honor and the French roix de Guerre. Sergeant York's home is in Psll Mall, Taun., and he was greeted on his arrival by a committee from the Tennessee society of New York, who proposed to show him whst the folks back , horn think pf him during his four days' special furlough. Sergeant York won his honors In ths Argonn driv last October. lie was then a corporal and was at out -with a detachment of Jfi men under Sergeant Early, to silence Germaa machine gun ar who wer endeavoring to protect th advance ef a Germaa battalion. Sergeant Early aad seven-of his men wer almost immediately killed, and Corporal York took eommaad. He si lenced machine gun after machine gun, nd when he returned with hi prison er th proposed Germs attack had eased to be evea a proposition. Ser geant York will be the guest of honor tomorrow night at a banquet given by th Tennessee society, at which Major General George 8. Duncan, hi former divisionsl eommsnder, will speak. An other gnest will be Joseph Cummlngs Chase, who painted a pictur of Ser- t '.'" .. . - (Cewtlaaed Pag Elevea) , BIG WELCOME FOR TENNESSEE HERO PEOPLE ADVISED TO BE ON THEIR GUARD . "Many Bepublieans Making uonnections With Chautau. quas Who Heretofore De dined," Saya , Hays, Outlin. ing a Field For Partisan Activity By 8. R. WINTERS. ' (Special Leased Wire.) . ' Washington, May MNorth Carolina Congrsssma today severely criticised r the efforts of Will H. Hays, chairman of ths Bepubllcan National Committee, to lnvok ths instrumentalities ef the Amerieaa chautauquaa for tha exnlort. ation of Bepublieaa doctrines. H x- plains bis attempt to as thi educa tional ageney for the advancement of , the Bepublieaa party thust 1 hav felt that th aatloaal good 1 -to great that we ear. all afford to rather straia a point possibly to help spread ' th doctrin of good government, and I ' think it ia entirely within th proprie ties for as many Bepubllcan as poe tibl to make speeches, ehatauqua aad F otherwise, all to that end." Bepreseatative Scott Ferris, fyOkla homa, prominent ia the natioaal eons- ' tils of the Democratic party, ' today wrote a letter to Bepresentativ Edwin Ytes Webb, of North Carolina, calling ( attention to the inaidieuaneat of th ' campaign. Bepresentatlve Webb de nounced the effort of th Bepublieaa chairman and think that th numeroo eommunltie ia th Tar Heel Stat ia ' which th Chautauqua visit annually ihould cautiously watch for any Be pub- ; licit propaganda administered . under th guits ef "good govramnt medi- ein. Copy ef Hays' Latter. . Her I a copy of th latter as signed by Chairman Hays: i i "Ws waat to get as many Bepublieaa " speeches mad ia th aext eight ' months as possible. Th reasons for this an obvious. All these speeches, t sours, will aot b andes direct Repub lican auspices, bat w ar snllsting th hsrp of thousand of publle aptaker ia order that they may, aa oeeuloa arises, ss Bepublieaa matter wherever .con sitttst with proprieties ia whstevsr kind 1 of fe speech they may be making, W . all reeoguiz th potentiality of th : ehautauqua' in thi connection ' and many Bepubllcan ar making con tree-' tiona with chautauquas who heretofore declined thi kind of work. I hav felt that th national good i so great that we eaa all afford to rather strain a point ponlbly to help tpread th doctrin of 1 good government, and I think It I en tirely within the proprieties 'for ss 1 many Bepublieans as possibls to msks speeches, chautauquas and otherwise, all , to thst end. "With this end la view, I have asktd Dr. Horse Ellis to aid ia connection with the ehautauqua engagement. He Is located at the Western headquarters, Chicago, and I will appreciate it if you will advise blm whether or aot it will ; be possible for you to meet aty- ehau tauqua eugagemeutt or otner eentequea- -tial assignments and whea, as star as you taa tell, you could do this. - Always, -of eou.se, any particular arrangement will be a matter for your option. There ia no obligation ia connection with the matter that cannot be at your pleasure cancelled. I would appreciate it very mueh if you would let him hear from you." Ask Pass parte T Europe. Finley Williamson, J. Q. Grant and perhaps fifteen other eitisens of Ala mance county bavs applied to ths State . Department for pati ports to visit Euro pean countries. Th requests for trav eling papers, which were forwarded to Representative Charles M. 8tedmaa, did aot state thiT'hature of "their basis sal abroad. Senator F. M. Simmon waa today namsd ehairmaa of th committee a Democratic patronage ia the Senate. The other two members of th commit tee srs Senators Bobinson, of Arkansas, and Plttmaa, of Nsvada. . This som mittes will dispones ths patronaga for ths Democratic minority, aad som of the North Carolina clerks la ths Sea ate will likely be retained. Speaker Frederick Gillett haa ap pointed Representative Lee Robinson, of North Carolina, aa one ef a' com mittee of nin to investigate th merit.' of Victor Borger to a claim for a seat ia Congress. Ths committee ha bees empowered by th House of Represen tative! tv determine ths fitness st ths Wisconsin Socialist, Bepreseatative Bobinson formerly served us a member of an election eommitte in th Houss. B. K. Upshaw, of BaleigU, sob of W. B. Upshaw, hat successfully psssed ths entrance examinatioa test to th Naval Academy at Aanapolit. H wi named a a principal by Bepresentativ E. W. Pou, Bad almost mad a perfect ' teors.- . ..." Mrs. Mildred Inmsn, of Atlanta, ' daughter of the late Major McPheeters, Of Baleigh, is visiting in Wsshtngtoa. Lieut Col. Dpnsld H. Sawyer, quar termaster eorps, at Camp Bragg, Fay etteville, has beea ordered to Washing- toa: for duty as assistant to, the chief of ths construction division of ths t Wsr Department. . W. B. Martin, of Raleigh, who has -been visiting his brother, Hubert. Mar tin, private secretary to Senator Over-'' man, tat returned to North Carolina. "- Charles 8. Neal has been spnolnted pottmsiter at Jefferson, ths county seat , of Ashe. -I - Cicero Faw haa beea designated a pcstmsiter at Lansing, Aths county.