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.:ati;:3 Psrtly cloudy Tuesday , snd Wsdnetdty, with local shew at Interior. K fast . (fn.st n kafate e-,at(.a atJ taint rial tr. VOL QX. HO. 161. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. price: five enrrs. MTEPRuffSltJTO RECORD GERMAN It Was Brought. Over By a Newspaper Man and Present ed By Borah, of . Idaho; Vote to Print: 47 to 24 Breach between senate mu president widened BECAUSE of OPPOSITION Investigation of How Copies of the Treaty Came Into Hands . of New Yorkers Started With Unexpected Vigor, and High finance Bepresenta tires Were At Once Sum - ntoned To Appear And Give Evidence On Subject; DeveU : opments During a History. Making Day At Washington (By Th Attociated Preee.) Washington, Juno 9. Out of a whirl wind of development the Senate today got a copy of the peace treaty aad, after a flv Jurat fifht, ordered it printed In the public record. At tha asm time it got under way the inveetigatka of bow copioa have reached private haude ia New York by summoning to tettify a half dose of the country a leading financier. Tha copy which want into tha record wat brought to tola eonatry by a newt paper man and waa pre tested by Sana tor Borah, Republican, of Idaho, just ufter tha reading of a cablegram from I'rssident Wilson laying ho could not, without breaking faith, send to the Senate tha text of the treaty. Air Cleared far Debate. . The effect of tha day hiitory -making development waa to clear tha air on tha much debated aubject of publicity for tha treaty teat, to widen tha broach between tha President and tha Senate majority, and to forecast a sensational tura for ton inquiry tnto tna naaai by which aoplaa a. tha document have become available te nnauthoriaod par Inveetlgatiaa Starts. . . Starting ita investigation with an un expected rigor, tha foreign relations . committee, within a half hear after it cosTened, voted to call before h . P. Morgan'. H. F. Dtvison and Thomaa T Umont, nil of tb Morgan banking house; Jacob Sehlff, of Kuhs, Loab and Company, and Paal Warbarg, formerly connected with the tame concern, ana frank A. Vanderlip, former president of the National City Bank. It then ex nmlned rrank L. Polk, acting secretary of state, about tha official copies in the . State Department vaults. Refuse te Diva I re Name. , Statemeata were also made to the eommitteo by Senator bodge, Bepubll eta, of Massachusetts, and Beaator Borah, aimilar to their declaration in the Senate, that they knew of copies in New York, but could not divulge the names of their Informant. Praeideat' Cabwaram Read. When tha Senate met it listened In tilenee t President Wilson's cablegram, which waa takea as forecasting a re fusal to comply with tha request for thj treaty text embodied In a resolu tion adopted Friday. Tha reading of ' this maasaga concluded, (senator no ran immediately presented hit copy of the traaty which waa ordered printed by a rote of 47 to Si. " Later, however, there waa a motion to reeonaidar and a parliamentary tan gle developed, which endangered pnb- heatioa of the treaty. . Series of Surprises. ,' Tha first of tha day's series of sur prises earns when tba foreign relations committee, whose meetings ia yean past hare been surrounded by the closest aecrocy.nhrsw open its doors to the nubile. It developed then that in- - stead of punning "the -ureal- method of appointing a sub-committee to- make tha inquiry, the full body proposed te par- tielpete and te begin 'forthwith. Senator Borah waa called npoa first to amplify his statements in tht Sen- aa almnt traatv ennleo in New York. Ha aaid that early ia March he became convinced tha international bankers of New York were particularly interested In creation of the league of nations, and that ho ouletly becaa aa inveatigatioa. "I ascertained," ha -told tha commit tee, "that practically all tha interna tional bankers were deeply Interested ia tho league, and war aetitting in pro ' moting ita adoption by thia country. I bees me convinced, too, that thee gen : tlemen were Interested is promotion of t o league for private reasons." : rml Nat Revest ftaarae. - s Under questioning, the Idaho Senator ha had Mr n red thia informttios together with tha kaowledge that a edpy . of tha treaty was in fiew xorc, xrom tnareea which ha could not reveal. He then suggested the railing of Messrs. Morgan, Davisoa, LtMent, Warburg and Behiff, saying he connected thesa with the onistenee of treaty copies ia New York "by a combination or etreum alanMM onlv. ' Tha warns of Mr. Vanderlip was added ta tha list on suggestion of Senator Wjlliamt, Democrat, of Mississippi, and the aubpoenaea were ordered ananimoae ly on tha motion at Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, asnlor Democrat of the ' ....ialtaa. wha iatrodnced the TCSola- tion authorizing the Inquiry. Oa the motion of Senator r an, spuuiieaa, o New Mexico, the committee by unani mous vote, also Invited Mr. Polk to ap pear before it Udne'a Stetemet, V Senator Lodge next made a statement BnussBtatamBBBtaat ' J " (Ceatlaaed en Psga Tws). jC-, THE A COPY OF Tl PEACE TREATY COYZBNMINT PtINT SHOP . sits vp mjm word tkbaty WITHni I HOURS LAST NIGHT ' Washington, Jane fc--EetabUea::4 a new speed record tho govarnmdnt printing efflce within two hewrs te nlgbt set ap ia typo tho German pssco treaty, eonatating of nearly lM,Se worda. Daaplte tho teagtk of the treaty had tho demands for asate awing to tho deal re to have tho traaty appear 1a the Congressional Record teaser row as ordered, by the Senate, tho task waa takea aa a Matter ef every day occarreneo at .tha plant, which is tha world's largest printing eaten Bahmeat ' As tho traaty will apneas tasasrisw, it will ewvor U nagea of the Coagree aioaal Record and will hava cost the government f5,IM to print, of which tl.eee ropreaente tho coat of placing It la typo. AHhongh Senate loadcra plea to have tho treaty printed la doeamoat form later, IMM copioa of tho Record worn printed, tonight for dtstribrtlov aatoag tho tegular recipients of that pablieatlea. : v IS UNDESIRABLE Disapproves of Communicat ing Text of Treaty Still In Negotiation (By the Asoeiated Press) '. Waahigtoa, June I . Preeideat Wilsoa in1 a cablegram received today by Sen ator Hitoheock, Democrat, Nebraska, said ho hoped the investigation by tho Senate foreign Relations committee of how copies of tho peace treaty reached private lateroata ia Now. York weald "b. moat thoroughly proeeeuteoV ". Tho i' resident said ho had telt it waa highly uadeeirable officially to aommtinieate tha text of a document which la still ia negotiation and subject te change," and that anyone who had poaseisioa ef tha official Engliah test "has what ho is clearly not entitled to have or to eommanieato. Thia statement by the President strengthened tho belief of officials here that, he would not comply with the re quest of the Senate that the treaty text be furnished it at this time. ' Text of Meeaaga. " Tho President's message, transmitted through tha White Hot-e and read by Senator Hitchcock when tho Foreign Re lations Committee met today to plan its investigation, follows: 1 am heartily glad that yon have demanded an invert igatioa with regard te tho posseaaion of texts of tho treaty by unauthorized persons. J have felt that it waa highly undesirable officially to communicate tho text of a document which ia still ia negotiation aad subject to change. Anyone who has poeseesioa of tho official English text has what he ia clearly not entitled to have or to com municate. I hava felt ia hoaor bound te act la tho tamo spirit and ia tho same way aa tha repreeeatattvei ot tha other g oat powers in thia matter, aad au. con fident that my folio coantrymea will aot expect mo to break f Uth with then. I hope th Uveetig.:ion will bo most thoroughly prosecuted. ' Taken Up in Senate' And To Come Up Again Today After Explanation SUPPORT FROM BOTH PARTIES IS ASSURED Effort Will Be Made Today To . ; Continue Existing; Telegraph Rates For 90 Instead of J60 ' Days, Because More Time is Heeded,' Chairman 8ays; Others Think Differently (By Tho Associated Press.) Washington, Juno . The bill te re paal tha law authorising Federal con trol of telegraphs, telephones aad cables wsa takea up ia tba Senate late today, and after brief explanation by Chair man Cummins of tho Sonata Interstate Commerce committee, went over nntil tomorrow, with passage expected within a few days. - - - Consideration of tho measure was held up nntil late ia tho day by debate pa tho German peace treaty, but both Republican aad Democrat! support is promised. Tha Hooaa Interstate Com merce eommitteo steo considered repeal legislation at a brief session today but took ao actioa. - Amendment to Extend Tim. , Senator Cemmiee farmally' pre ted the eommitteo ameadmont to continue existing telegraph rates for ninety, in stead of sixty days, and aaeerted that tho people generally desire immediate return of tha wires ta private ooatroL (Ceatlaaed aa Page Beveav) i III CABLES IT WIRE CONTROL LAW REPEAL GOES OVER 31 6TH ARTILLERY LATiDS IN AMERICA Mort "Wild Cats" Arrive In Newport News And Are v Sent To Camp Stuart RALEIGH OFFICER FIRST . TAR HEEL WHO LANDED North ' Carolinians In Latest Aggregation of 81st Division .. Troops To Debark in Hew. , port Hews; "AH Of Us Art Well," Says Lieut. Harris; Glad To Be Back (8peeial te Tha Nawa and Observer.) ' Newport News, Va" Juno IMora "Wild Cats of tha Slat division tamo ia today oa tho transport Minnesota, ia the 310th field artill 7, which waa oa tho borderland te the fighting ton whsn peace came. Tho lldth, made np of men frcn Tennessee and tho Car lints, came homo la command of CoL Buesell P. Beeder, of llarbary, Abu, who declared that while hi mea had aot had opportunity to display their talents on tho battlefield, he had never doubted that they would remain true to their title. First Lieutenant Leland' 8. Harris, 404 Fayetteville street, Raleigh, was among tha first ot tha Carolinians to land. Ho was ia command of tho regimental tup ply company aad ha stepped oa the pier with n broad smile. "Happy and hun gry,' hs declared wss the ststus of the entire contingent sad that they had raver appreciated America until thia dey., -. v rieaiy 01 lar meeia. North Carolina mea wera there from every part f tha Bute. AJosg with lieutenant Harria were three other men from Raleigh, Sergeant Norman E. Sykea, Frank Gatet and Hubert Fowler. "All of us are well," tho lieutenant aaid. "We are returning almost intact, as wa suffered none at the front and very lit tle from diaeaae. Tho fla took soma of our mea, but our death rate was vary low. ... i . Rrreant Svkes briefly outlined tho career of tho regiment since ita arrival La France, when they began training with the heavy field artillery pieces sailed the French USa. -Their sister regiment, the J17th, need tht smaller guns, tha Incomparable French TSs, aad tha 116th men, while proud of their ews record, wero also proud at tha record mads by tho other regiment also. , Raleigh, mea wera scattered through out the orgsnisationt. ueutentnt J on a M. Black of Davidson was commander of Battery A and North Carolina mea wero commanding every unit of tha fegiment Lieutenant Colonel Coito U 6herrill of SteteevUlo waa in charge of '(m- etnittry detachment, the men who e.j-rd for tho health of the regiment, and it waa ao small talk they per formed, he aaid. Pertain Commended Them. "It wss a Dleaiura to have had thesa m a under my command," Coloael Beed er declared. "They accepted their lot over there ia a most commendable way Hid while bnpetieat at the delay which keit them from ' the front they per formed dutlea juat as tedious and aa i-kMime as if they hsd bees nnder fi.' - - - -- The Sloth Is said to have been the first motorixed regiment to pats la re view before General Pershing, and the men stated with pride the commander ia ehiet had personally commended them oa their splendid showing. They wera resdy with . their 155's when peace came. They were moving to tho front to hurl themselves into the terrific Artoana fight and it waa with expressions of deepest disappointment tho men told ol tneir Jong training nau their failure to reach tho front. Net PartUular About Parade Ctpt. Frsaeia C. Bourne, of Atho ville, commanded battery K aad Lieut Robert P. Brooks, of Woodsdste, waa Pin command of Battery D. "Wo are aot particular about parading," capt. Bourne statet, whea asked whether or not the retiment would be reviewed at home before demobilisation. "Wa want to get homo how that It la all over. That ia our one thought nt preoent A delegation of North Carolina eitl tens wss preeent to welcome the men home. A band played during tho pa rade through the city to Camp Stuart, where tho mea met the SITth regimeat, aad are camped beside them tonight. They are going through the neeeaaary delouting processes, and will bo released from camp tomorrow night They do not know definitely whea they will leave for home but it- will,prebably be the lsst of this week. They are all well ani la tho finest of condition. Their epirttt are higher than ever before ta their Uvea, and Colonel Beeder declared they are oom- inc back better Amerieaat and better mea than they warn before they got tho call ta arms, MITE TIANSPORTS ARRIVE ' , -WITH TROOPS-PROM EUROPE 1 (By the AssoeUed Press) -Newport News, Va., .Jans S Fout triasports, carrying a total tof about 7,000 offleert and mea, arrived la the harbor thia morning, the Susquehanna, the Freedom, the Houtatonie and the battleship Minnesota. The battleship from Brest brought the first of the Wild Cat list division, troops, the 316th field artillery complete, about 1,500 officers aad mea. s . Pint to dock was the Sutquehaaaa, from Bordeaux. Aboard this ship were sis babiea aad 59 wiveav of officers and meat tha 2ad onaifieert complete a detachment ot the 811th engineers; 17 casual officer! 1 tix soldiers convicted of murder and given life sentences In Federal prieoaj four gives shorter sen tences for less .aerloul offenses 1 125 (Coatinaed oa Page Two.) . REDUCTION OF ARMY PROPOSED III HOUSE As Means of Securing Early Return of American Troops . From Europe DEBATE TO BE RESUMED ON BILL TOMORROW Both Democrats And Republi cans AdTOcate Adoption of Measure To facilitate Be turn And ' Discharge of Troops; Proposition To Be duce Strength One Plan (By Tho Ataoeiated Press.) Washington, Juno 9. Etrly return from Europe of American troope was demanded by Democratic and Bepubll- eaa members of tho Houss during the debate of tha 810,000)00 army bilL Various meant wero ' suggetted for bringing this about, but ths method which gained the greatest support pro vided for aa ovea greater reduction ia tha army .strength thaa that made by tha military committee, which reduced to 400,000 tha 509,000, tha figure aeked for by Secretary Baker. LaGaardia Attache Get. March. Bepreeentative LaGuardia, Bepubll can, of Now York, announced that he would offer aa amendment reducing ths number te 500,000, saying that the War Department would hava ao trouble1 ia reaching thia average for tho year if "it did aot hava money available with t.hlch ita fingers itched to to spend." "General March," ha added, "has de clared that the average would not fall below 609,000 men, but General March may not bo right People ssy he is very capable, but to me ha appeara to be ai autocratic as Ludendorff snd aa much of a military genius 11 tho erowa prince.'' Bepre tentative Quia, Democrat, - of Mittittippi, asserted, that the members of tho House could aot go back to their eonstituente with clear conseieaces if they did aot demand that tha demoblll nation ahould bo carried oa as rapidly as possible. Unlets Congress takes a definite step, he declared, there is noth ing to prevent tho ., War Department from retaining largo numbers of men until tha time whoa vtheir release would' bo made a ee eatery by law. . Committee TJnanlmcaa. Representative .Kahaof jCaDiarala, chair ma a of tha military committee, aaid that It waa tha annulment opinion of tha eommitteo that all toldisrs ia Europe ahould ho returned at rapidly aa possible. , , ' Ths' proposal to red ace the army to 300,000 men met with objection from Bupretentative Harritoa, Democrat, of Virginia, who said that if adopted, money might be lacking before tho eaa of the year for pay, suppliee and transportation for soldiers. Mr. La Guardia replied that auch a deficit could be made up by a deficiency appropria tion. , General debate on the measure wat eloeed today with the agreement that it w-.uld be taken up for amendment Wednesday, the 7 50,000 ,000 railroad ap propriation bill having right of ttj en tho floor tomorrow. R. R. BILL COMES Director Hines' Requests For Appropriation Materially Cut Down ' ;. : - (By ths Assoeisted Preea.) Washington, Juaa 9. Eeduetion of 9430,000,000 u the 11,300,000,000 re volving fjind , athed by tho Railroad Administration for the remainder of tho calendar year was made today by the House Appropriation! Jommittee. "Deciding to report the bill carrying 1750,000,000, the committee eliminated additional working capital ' arged by Director General Bines at : oeeaaary for tha prompt payment of monthly obliga tions. , Bepreeentative Byrne, Democrat, of South Carolina, vainly sought te add 925,000,000 te meet the loos suffered by tha government ia operating tha lines during the firet four months 'of this year. - A fond of 1750,000,000 win meet every financial obligation of tha Railroad Administration, according to tho ma jority of the committee. . Tho govern ment,' they said, will be able out of this fuad te pay all debts to the rail lines and. amounts due oa equipment purchases. , Rouse leasers plan to call ap tha railroad bill tomorrow, ' temporarily, laying atide tho army measure. - THIS WOULD MAKE VICE PRESIDENT BIGGER MAN Washington, June 9. During the ab sence of ths President from the eona try for period exceeding twenty -four hour, the duties of the office would be Itrformed by tho Vice President under protltioaa of a joint resolution Intro-, dueed today by Repreeentativa Walth, Republican, of Matsschutetta. "Any abseaeo of the Pretident from tho limits of the United States for a period exceeding tweaty-four hours," tho resolution ssyt, "is hereby declared to be inability to ditchtrgs the powers sad duties of aaid office. and euch In ability thall terminate upon the actual return of tha Pretident to the eest of the government of the Uaited States. "During the period of said inability tha Vice Pretident shall act aa Preti dent with full power aad authority to diecharp the duties of aaid offices," . : UP III HOUSE TODAY SPIRIT OF SOUTH 10 SAVEREPUBUC Representative Chas. M. Sted man Pays Tribute To Con federate Soldiers TAR HEEL CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS AT ARLINGTON .-j, . - assamnsnaaaannmaw '." No Confederate Soldier Hor De scendant Will Pail In Duty To , Our 1 Great Bepublio, Greensboro Lawyer Pre diets; Ho More Airplanes AraUable . ' Ths Newt and TJbtcrver Bureau, 608 District National Bank Bldg. By 8. R. WINTRRS. (By Special Leaaed Wire.) r . Washington, Juno S.The day will eome. though I trust it may bo far dutant, whea tho intentions and idena of tba fnundert of this government will tl distogurded by those who in the wild greed for money and amidst the dMKiluto luxury, engeadered by tho vast accumulation of wealth, have for gotten the teaching of purer and bet ter dayt, aad the very existence of s constitutional form of government, at framed by our ancestors wilt be In teooardr.' was tha prophecy uttered by Representative Chat M. Stedman, at tba National Cemetery, at Arlington, Va, ia delivering the memorial addrees ia honor of tho Confederate dead. "It may not seem proper for ma te make thia vredietioa but I do so with a reverent love for all portions of thia great republic Then will bo found amongst, tha people regenerated by Ira std blood Confederate soldiers and dependents of Confederate soldiers that high and broad aad lefty patriotism which shall constitute them the strong- ett, etfert and best defenders of the land of our fathers ia its entirety. And tt the suffering end oppressed lend snd every dims shall still turn their stead' fait gaza towards ths western heml iphere, they thall rise up and call you b!etl." r Fonaht Under Two riaaa. "No Confederate soldier," he said, "nor a descendant of a Confederate will fail ! his duty to the great re public whose countless blessings ho en joys. , . Called to tha - bsttieneiaa . 01 Europe to preserve elvllixatioa, th sons of Confederate . soldiers : hava gilded with additional renown, .the glory . won by tho fathers aad carried' the Start tad Stripe glorionalji and unfaltering ly wherever th path of doty led. They war ia th front rsnht of American boyi who smathed the Hindenburg line, which vanished nnder their assault aa tha mists of th morning fade before the' rise of firing sun. Th world in trms would not stand before a ad vancing column of American ' aoldlers with the Start and . Stripet snd the Start and Ban nailed to ona flag faet floating above them." Special tignlflcsnco wss attached to the memorial service for the Confed erate deed ia the National Cemetery whea tho khaki and olive drab of th great world war wat mixed with the gray of tho veterans of th conflict of the aixtiee. Major Stedman, who aervrd throughout the war, the spesker ef the dsy snd hia address war well re ceived. r , Examination For Peetmeeter. The Civil Service Commission hst su thorited the holding of nn extminatioa to select a postmaster for Baden. The civil service teet will bo conducted st Albemarle, 8tenly county, July 18. The salary of th postmaster is 91,500. Among the North Carolinian here to day ware B. P. Hackney of Wilmington, David C. May of Spring Hope, J. R. Collie f Raleigh, superintendent of tho Bute prison j Major i. H. Way ef Wayaeeville, who wss here on his way to th meeting of tho American Mtdieal Society at Atlantic City, and Cameron Morrison, candidate for governor of North Carolina. Na More Plaaaa Available. , Repreeentativ Zebulon Weaver, who to laduttrioutly put forth efforte to ob tain alrplanet for Wayaeaville snd Kutherfordtown, hss been sdvtstd by the Wnr Department that in conformity with a generaK ruling hie request can not bo complied with. W. Laurie Har din, private secretary te Representative Weaver, wat especially anxious to get a plana for hia homo town, Wayaeeville. According to an inventory made by tho officer of the aurgeon general of th War Department wounded aoldierc from oversets remaining In hoepital in thia country on an aversgs of M.U days. Th averag for Biltmoro hoo pltat & western North Carolina, shows five wounded ooldiere are able te leave th hoepital within thiity one days ' 1 General Hoepital, No. 35, at tfett Baden, Ind, reported th average length of treatment aa Id days, the Iowett average of any of tho general hospitals. General Hospital, No. T, at Reland Park, Md having S9U1 dayt average, wa considered as falling out sids of a fsir ettlmtte, na thia hospital treat aad teaches th blind aad , ta therefore in a class entirely by itself. 1 The Wsr Department reported today that Lieut. Edmund P. Allen and Sergt. Arthur 3. Wall made tho flight from Whitakers, N. C, la a JN 4-H for a dis tance of 110 mile ia 93 minute. .The Langley rield flier. Lieut. Alvia R. Brandt and Sergt. Leroy D. Berkshire, mad a flight from Emporia, Va to Louisburg, N. C, n dittnneo ot 100 miles, ia 90 minutes st maximum de votion of 1,000 feet. The fliers nsed Curtis plsns. 1 5 Guard Licenced to Beat Ceavlcta, I Richmond, Va, Juno 9. In a oub tidary report filed with Governor West moreland Davit on the prison condi tions ia Virginia, ths report of the Charities aad Cerreetlont , Board de elarei.thtt gnardt at th numeroue prison camp are lieeneed to beat mea to compel them to d at directed. , ACCUSED NEGRO IS SAVED EROM IB Don Michaux Has Narrow Es cape Following Attempted ' Assault SPIRITED AWAY FROM JAIL AT MORGANTON But Por Lack of Organisation And Leadership of Mob, Lynching Probably Would Have Besulted; Woman Identifies Michaux As Man Who Attacked Her ,. (Special to th New and Observer.) Morgantoa, June 9. Don Michaux, a negro, barely escaped lyachiag at th hands ef nn angry mob which gathered around tho Burke county jail Sunday night and threatened to string him to a tree oa 'the eoort square following charges of attempted criminal aaaault on n yo-ng white, woman, Maudie All- man. Probably the only things that saved tha negro were the lack of organise' tioa aad leadership among th mob aad th faet that officers outwitted th crowd and succeeded ia spiriting nwsy the would-be criminal to th Jail f nn adjoining county for safekeeping. For five hour th mob, probably number ing 200, swarmed around tho jail Good eitixea of the town, among them Mayor L A. Briatol aad J..E. Erwia and Solicitor B. L. Huffman, tried to rea toa with the enraged, m , many, of them mere boys, who would have taken lata their own hand th meting cot of juetiea. . When it was area that tha mob could not lie diaperted aad officer! felt that the negro would aot be aafe, here.f'a plan fcr artttng him away waa ar ranged and aueeestfully carried out. Aa automobile was ststioaed above the court louse, aad Michaux, accompanied by Solicitor Huffman, Jailer Scott and Sheriff Johneon waa led to tho waiting ear before th crowd realized what wat happening. The car literally "burned th wind gettiag him out of town. Ho at tempt was mad to follow, though on driver wa told by th officers that if he attempted to he would do te at hit Attacked la Clamp of Trees. The attempt of which tho negro litandt charged, occurred Sunday shortly after noon when th young wo- (Contiaaed 0 Pit Two.) President Wilson, On Advice of Federal Reserve Board, Cables Decision - WILL HASTEN RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS Means Bestoration of American Dollar To a, Parity in Several Poreign Countries; Excep tions Made Include Buble Hotes or Exchange With Bolshevik Bussia ' (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 9. To haeten re tura te normal economic conditions aad restore tho American dollar to a parity ia several foreign countries, the control exereieed by the government over trane actiona ia forelga exchange aad the exportation of gold coin, bullion aad currency waa terminated today by Pretident Wilton, acting on recommen dations of the Federal Reeerve Board. Exceptions made by the Preeideat la eluded importation or exportatioa of ruble note or sxehange operation with that part of Ruatia aow uader the eoa trol of the Bolehevih government and exchange tn inactions with terrltoriee ia reepect of which auch traaaaetlona are at pretest permitted only through tho American relief administration. Attention alto was celled , by ths board to the feet that termlaatioa of control did aot authorise transactions with enemies except 00 fsr at such transactions may bo authorized by gen eral or special licence granted by the War Trade Board. ' License to Export Coin Required. Licence to export coin, bullion or currency will be required, but will be granted 'freely" by the War Trade Board 'irrespective of deetlnatloa er amount," the board'! Statement said. Application mutt, however, continue to be made te the Federal Reeerve Board until euch time at th President ahall by proelamatioa formally bring to aa end tho preeent control. Instituted when the United State entered th war. ' Bemoval of tho embargo on exporta tioa af gold will enable foreign hatione to obtain metal needed to atreagthen their economic position, said tho board. adding that aaythiag that tenda to re store th ecoaoml power ef foreign countries will make more secure pros perity ta this country. 1 Credits to AUiea RtkeuoteeV Government . credits t the Alliet virtually are exhausted, the announce ment said, ee that a flow of gold to this country may bo expected seen, tending to advance existing high prices. ' This will b offset, however, by tho outwsrd, movement of gold. "A very eeaaidctv (Coatinaed aa Pag two.) REMOVES EMBARGO Ofl GOLD SHIPMENTS GERMAHY MAY JOKI LEAGUE OF NATIONS Council of Four Has This mo mentous Subject Now :. Under Consideration R0P0SED ARRANGEMENT MAY SERVE GOOD PURPOSE One Kesult Would Be the Elim ination of a Possible Alliance Between Germany And lis sia in Future; Xeply Hearly Beady , and Germans , Must Beply ia 5 Days . . (By Th Asaoefattod Pre.) v. Germany, if s'ie aigsi th pane treaty aad givee tatitfsciory guaraat thai ths will eitsbllth a stabk) government and loyally carry out tho provision of tho treaty doubtleea will b permitted te become a member of t'o Laagua f Natioaa. ' Tho Couneil of Four at preeent has this momentous subject sader eoatiderv tioa aad from unofficial report tha far received there eeemisgly ia a strong objoetloa te Germany beeoaiag note elated with th other nation la the league. If by contriteneta ah provee her worthiness te membership. Permitting membership to Germany th feeling prevail ia peace ooaferenee circles that there will be a likelihood of a eoalitioa between ttat eoantry aad Bussia, which ia tha future might be th sou ret ef trouble, and t" nt with Oer many Intide the could be kept ''mere tractable thaa outaid It. Reply by Bad of Week? The council of four alto k b natty ta gaged in going over the report of th commissions which have been examining into the counter proposals Germany ef fered to the peae treaty. While eH the eommiteiona have not yet reported to tho council it i felt in Pari that late ia the preeent week th entire eitsatioa will have been ao whipped late ships , that it will bo possible to hand tha Germans at Veraaillea th final word of tha allied and" associated power, con stituting aa irreducible minimum of eoneeetioat. It la ssid that five days after tha. presentatioa af the reply of th allie th , Germane muet give aot loo at to whether they propose te tiga th pete treaty. -. 'I- Coasiderabla fichting aewtinoet bow tweea th factiona la Bosaia, apparently with varying results. HostUitiea ol are ia progress between tha Hungarian . snd Cseoho Slovaks, bat those are likely sooa te end nnder a threat by Premier Clemeaeeau to ass allied troop against th Hungariana if they do net eest their aetivitiea. Ceort te Try Poraentern f War. ,,t A court baa been formed in Germany to bring to tho bar ef justice person scented of having fomented the war, lengthened its period nnd of being tho eauee of Germany'! defeat. ' Unofficial advieea from Russia ar to tho effect that Jewish pogroms Imvs occurred ia fifty differeat placet la thtt country. Many thousands of Jons ar aid to have been alaugntered. 1 Council Adjdarns Wlthemt Action, Paris, June 9. Tho commission which .have been examining tha que tiona of the Sarro baaia, Alsaee-Ltr. raine aad the left bank of tha Rhia hava presented their re porta te the secretariat of the conference. Several other eommiaaiona have aot yet com pitted their work. - As the reporta of all th commission on the German eonnter-propooal had aot been received the council of four adjourned this afternoon until tomor row without action. J What Germany Maat Da. Parle, Juaa 9. Premier Clemeaeeaa, Col. E. M. Bono aad Lord Robert Cecil have re-examined tho term uader which nation other thaa tho founder members may bo admitted te th League of Nations. Their report, which . I modifies somewhat th covenant st a te render the admissioa ef Germany easier, waa submitted to th couneil at? foar. It i understood that tho eoadltion recommended for Germany' admissioa are: first. Th establishment af a stable government. Second. The signing ef th traaty f peace. Third. Tho loyal execution of th peace treaty. A proposed fourth eoadltion relative te Gernauyl abolishing compulsory military service wsa omitted a Premier Clemeneesu's suggestion. It wa eon sidered thst the treaty anffteioatly pro- -vided for Germany disarmament NATION WIDE STRIKE OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS - EFFECTIVE MONDAY Clevelaad, Ov, Jaa 9. A natiok wide etrike ef telepbeae workers, involving operators and maiatenaaee, construction aad repair mea wat called today effect iv ext Monday morning, according to C. 8iekmaa, local basinets agent aad J. H. Groves, (naacial secretary of th Electrical Workers' Union. It wat an nounced the orders were received from tho international headquarters - at. Springleld, III. The strike waa precipitated by tha . otriko of th Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, called for Wednes day, it waa stated. . The telephoao em ployes demande ar aimilar to those of the tetegTaphersreeogaltioa at th anion, the right to bargain collect! valy and abandonment of diacrimlaatioa in dinchargiag unloa mea. ' . The .strike wtt tut ho. i ted by a nation-wide referendum of electrical workers completed My 11, tn which it . waa stated anion members voted about It to 1 in favor f striking. .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 10, 1919, edition 1
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