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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, R C, THUDAY MOMNG, JULY 10, 1919.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO
SENATE TODAY VHL OPEN
Peace Treaty and League of
Nations Covenant To Be -Formally
Presented
WILSON EAGERTO APPEAR:
BEFORE ANY COMMITTEE
Committee On Foreign Rela
tion! Can Open The Way By
Aikinj For Diplomatic Cor
reipondence Leading Up To
The Treaty; If President
Coe Before Committee The
Seldom Hay Be Conducted
Openly; . Strong Opposition
To Secrecy
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 9. President Wil
son will present the peace treaty and
the league of nations covenant to the
Senate tomorrow.
In presenting the document, the
President will deliver a lengthy ad
dress, in which he is expected to out
lint the details of the negotiations re
cently concluded in Paris and tell why
he feels that the United States shall
endorse the league of nations coven
ant. His address promises to mark the
opening of one of the bitterest fights
ever waged in the Senate over ratifica
tion of a treaty.
At the Disposal of the Senate.
It was announced at the White
Hsuse today that the President wottld
place himself unreservedly at the dis
posal of the Senate in its consideration
of the treaty. He was represented as
being "anxious and eager" to appear
before any committee of the Senate
or of the House, or both, in open or
executive session to answer any ques
tions that members desire to ask with
nnnt m-4M trfntv and the leasrue
covenant.
While members of the Senate foreign
re'itions committee declined to pre
dict whether the President would be
invited before the committee there waa
a ceneral feeling that abould he make
knows directly desire to appear he
would be five 4he opportunity.
According; to plans, tonight, Mr. Wil
. u.v n Mnrr wira hut Hninni iw
'Morrow, probably immediately after he
. leaves the Senate chamber. He also
probably will have opportunity to talk
briefly to some Of the committee mem
bets when they go to the While House
in the morn iin to escort him to the
eanitol. The committee will be re
ceived by .the President at 11 o'clock
unless clans are changed. The Presi
dent will not leave for the eapitol be
fore noon. He h to speak fifteen min
utes later.
Iloase To Meet At 2 O'clock.
The House will not be in session
while the President is speaking, having
mri-eil tmlav to meet at 2 p. m. so
members can be in the Senate to hear
the chief executive. All Washington
scorned tn be demanding gnllery tickets
today and it appeared that the erowd
in and about the Senate chamber tomor
row would he one of the greatest that
ever assembled there.
Day's Work at White House.
The President's first dsy r at the
White House since he returned from
Franco was a long and busy one. Af
ter sleeping late he went to his desk
soon after nine o'clock and except for
brief Intermissions for conferences
with Secretary Tumulty, his meals,
and a short drive late in the day, with
Mrs. Wilson he remained uninterrupt
edly at work.. Billa carrying with
them appropriations of more than twe
billion dollars were before him, but he
appareiUiy was unable to find time to
I.. i
consider mem.
,.' The President still waa working in his
study late tonight and was said to be
literally elbow deep in papers.
So busy was the President that not s
single esller waa received. A number
of Senators visited the White House
and talked with Secretary Tumulty,
flo far as eould be ascertained the
President did not communicate In any
way with the members of the Foreign
Relations Committee.
The usual procedure would be for
the committee to ask for the diplomatic
eo-respondenee leading up to the treaty
a .d since most of the Versailles nego
. tiationt were conducted orally, tome
ftcnaters believe the alternate course
will be to aueetion the principal dele
gates. Opposing this view, however, Is
the feeling of some committee members
from tireeedent to invite a President
before any committee of Congress. It
has been pointed out that the chief
executive constitutes in himself a co-
ardinatt branch of the government
and as such never has dealt directly
with such a subordinate body aa
Senate committee.
Ones) Bsssloas Probable.
Should the President go before the
committee there are Indications that
the sessions will be open. Borne mem
bers are known to be determinedly op-
" nosed to ant secrecy it Senate eonsid
, eratioa of the treaty, and in this stand
; ther timet the eo-operstioa of the
President and hie supporters ea the
temmitte. The effect nay be to throw
late the open tht entire committee con
sideration of the treaty as well as the
debate in the Senate chamber. It ia
. . fonsldered snore that likely, however,
that at least some of the committee dis
cussions will be It executive session.
Bitter Critics It Committee.
.' A vigorous questioning undoubtedly
- will await the Presides:! should at, ta-
,'" saassMnsM ' "
(Coatiaaed 'ea Page Twe J .
8EC&TA1Y LANSING SAILS
FOR WASHINGTON TOMORROW I
POLK LEAVES SOON FOB PARIS
- Washington, Jaly I. Secretary
Lansing, who has beet II Perls vrltk
ths Americas peace csmntisaios since
last December, will sail for hosae
Fridsy It wss aanoaacod tossy at the
Ststo Department. Hi deaartar will
Itsve only three Aaterlesn delgste
at ths peace conference, Col. E. M.
Hesse, Henry Whits snd General
Taaksr H. Bliss.
Under-Secretary of Stats Frank L.
Polk has bees asked is go to Paris
ts take Mr. Ubmsi's pises, be ho
has aot yet reached a decision.
Becretsry Lansing la retaralag
horns to arrears for extensions of
ths Stats Department, which he has
saaoaaced will be necessary fw ths
carrying sal sf ths isms sf ths
peseo treaty with Germany. Several
new baresas will be organised aad
addttioaal bask faads will bo aaksd
sf Congress for ths work.
Frank L. Polk, Under-Secretary of
Stats, will succeed Secretary Lansing
aa head sf ths American peace dele
gation at Paris, It waa aaid today la
official circles. Ths time of Mr.
Polk's departars for Paris has aot
bees s saea need. It la expected,
however, thst hs will leave within a
short time.
ERZBERGER'S ADVICE
TO HUH ASSEMBLY
German Vice-Chancellor Coun
sels Quick Return To Peace
Time Finances
Berlin, Tuesday, July 8. (By Tho
Associated Press.) Germany is to
quickly return to a peace-time finan
cial system, said Mathiaa Erzberger,
vice-chancellor and minister of finance.
speekiac -at. Weimar before the Ger-
man Nations! Assembly today. Among
other things the payment of grants to
men who are unemployed will be re
duced, it was indicated during hia ad
dress. ''The empire's needs must be divided
henceforth between home needs end in
demnities," he said. "The year's ex
penditures confronting ua will amount
to about 17,500,000,000 marks. I am
firmly rcaolvod to tread the hard path
of economy and therefore have given
out the watchword that from October
1, 1919, there shall be no more items
not detailed and there shall be no more j
war luaua. ia mar uunnrv
shall cease and a regular budget ays
tern must be re-established. The first
guiding principal is that there must
be no mure unproductive expenditures.
Therefore, a gradual abolition of- noa
employment grants must be faced. How
are the fall requirements for the em
pire, new states and communes, which
may be estimated at some 25,000,000,000
marks to be covered"
After reciting the returns to ths em
pire from taxation, measare prior to
and during the war and estimating
the revenue to be derived from the
new tax bills, Herr Erzberger saidi
"There atill remains a sum ef over
ten billion marks to be covered.
''Tho ministry of finance has almost
completed the drafting of two import-
t bills) levying new taxes which it-
tend to submit to ths House before ths
parliamentary recess," he continued.
"These call for a large aingle levy oa
property and a large tat oa business
turnover, but even if these bills ars
passed, the money for the payment of
indemnities must be obtnined ia some
other way. In the autumn new bills
will be introduced in ths National As
sembly with ths final object of cover
ing this deficit.'
"Tho burdens of taxation will reach
aa absolutely terrible height.. A float
ing debt of 72,000,000,000 marks is a
constant danger and the removal of
this debt is One of our most argent
tasks. There sre two wsys ia which
to do It either its conversion Into a
funded loan r its extinction by big
levies aad a heavy property tax. t do
tot . indulge the hope that thess two
ways will immediately yield the entire
liquid amount of 72,000,000,000 marks.
It is ths duty of propertied people, aot
only to bow to, t state of compulsion
but to achieve ta inward conviction 'as
to the necessity of giving up all riches
and til thst it superfluous.
"Changes la the system of taxatioa
will be speedily submitted to the Na
tional Assembly and thia reform will
represent the completion of the whole
work
Herr Erzberger concluded by asking
that taxation bills be disposed of be
fore t recess it taken, adding!
"The war takes our riches. The world
hat denied ot international justice. AU
the more passionately tnd energetically,
however, we will work for the homeland
again, aad, nourishing ia justice, eon-
eentrate oor cars aad endeavor npoa
the poor but just Germany.
Meoqnltoes a Past la laglaasV
Loadoa, July 9. Mosquitoes, or
midget at they art called here, trt prov
ing a pest this summer ta various parts
of Entlsnd. As a mis they trt hsrm
less insects ia this country! but Miss
Mary Ashley sf Seven Knks, aged 21,
wss so severs! poisoned . sftss being
stung oa ths nost by a mosquito that
tht died (our digra later.
GERMAN ASSEMBLY
RATIFIES TREATY
Action Makes It Possible For
Allies To Raise The
k Blockade
THREE OF ALLIED POWERS
CAN MAKE IT EFFECTIVE
Until Three of Great Powers
Among Allies Ratify, in Ad
dition To - Germany, The
Treaty Does Not Become Ef
fective Any Where; Text of
Han Resolution
Weimor July 9. (By The Associated
Press.) The resolutioa ratifying the
peace treaty waa adopted by the German
National Assembly today by a vote of
SOB to 115. - - -
The resolution reads:
"The peace treaty between Germany
and ths allied and associated powers
aigned oa June 28, 1919, tad the pro
tocol belonging thereto aa well aa the
agreement relative to the occupation of
the Bhiaeland, signed the same day, are
agreed to.
'This law comes into force on the day
of its promulgation.
Ratification of the peace treaty by
the Cerman National Assembly removes
all doubt of the acceptance of the terms
by uermany.
The National Assembly by ratifying
the treaty makes it possible for the al
lied aad associated powers to raias the
blockade. Official notification vas sent
to Germany Juns 29 that ths blockade
would be raised when the treaty was
ratified. Placing thia condition oa the
raising of the blockade was looked upon
in peace eonferene circles as a sure plan
for securing speedy ratification by Ger
many.
The Council of Five on Monday de
cided to lift the commercial censorship
on eommanieations with Germany aim
ultaneous with the removal of the
blockade.
The peace treaty does not become ef
fective for all the signatory powers until
three of the great allied powers in ad
dition to Uermany have ratified it
Host of the ministers were present st
the meeting of the National Assembly
and there was a f ull attendance of depu
ties, ur. Hermann Mueller foreicn
minister, in introducing the government
bills, explained in that the hasten ins of
the ratification order would bring about
toe lining of the blockade.
4 Tsars March Tkrssah Desert.
"We art about to eater upon" a forty
years' march through a desert." ho said
"I eta Snd to other term for the path
of suffering fulfillment of the treaty
prescribed ror us.'
Dr. Peter Epahn, leader of the Catho
lie center party, said:
"We agreed to the treaty under hard
compulsion, to aare ourselves from an
srchy and to preserve the fatherland
from internal ruin.
Herr Kreiiig, Socialist; Professor
Nhueeking, Democrat: Dar. Traub. Na
uoaai ratty and Herr Kahl, People s
Party all violently protested ths injus-
iic9 ot the tTrttft th, lmpoihin ot
jti fulfillment a.d declaring that the
day of Germany's liberation would
come.
Tarbalent Anslssss.
These speeches were greeted with such
turbulent applause and handclappng
that the president of the Assembly. Herr
Fehrenbaeh, called attention to the fact
mat handclapping was against the rules,
and threatened to have the galleries
cleared. I he debate, however, proceed
ea, wiin similar speeches by other mem
(Continued oa Pegs Two.)
Fl
E
T
Concerning High Call Rates
For Money Which Have Been
. Recently Exacted
Washington, July 9. Interstate rates
charged on call moaey loaned to carry
speenlative stocks caa have no per
manent effect upon rates for govern
mental or commercial aad induatrisl
purposes, ths Federal Reserve Bosrd
declared in n statement issued tonight
through Governor Hsrding. Referring
to the movement of the csll rates,
which hsve been as high as 20 per
rent recently, the statement said they
were "erratic," but that the arbitrary
measures taken during the war to re
press speeulatioa could aot bo per
petuated ia peace times.
Ths statement said that recent re
fusal of banks to take full sdvaalags
of treasury department offers to re
deem certificates of lndebtedneaa ia
advances showed that "banking institu
tions of the country preferred to keep
their funds invested ia treasury cer
tificates bearing interest at 4 1-2 per
cent rather than taks advsntsge of
much higher rstes on stock collateral."
"It is aot the function of tho treas
ary nor of tht federal reserve banks or
ths banking institutions ot ths coun
try to provide cheap money for specu
lative purposes," tbt statement con
tinued. "The board feels that ths re
flex action of ths rstes for esll money
oa the government's financial program
ltd tht requiremcnte of commerce tnd
Industry has grestly decreased, and
will tontlano to decrease as it becomes
better aad better understood thst ths
true functions of tht basking iastitu
tiom of tht country aad ths federal
reserve system, acting la (heir aid, is,
subject to tht temporary requlrttseatt
of tht ffosoramcat to flaaaes com
merce sd industry. To. hart definite
ly established the fact that there fa at
accessary connection between rates for
speculstrrt "ptrpootssd tor torn mer
eial trasssctiess ia la itself at lmpor
test development
EDERAL RESFRV
BOARD STA
EMENT
Secretary of Treasury's -Esti
mate in Giving condition or
Nation's Finances. x r
NO MORE BOND ISSUES,
BEFORE FIFTH MATURES
Sayt Treasury Certificate!,
Supplemented By Short
Term fretee, Will Provide
Necessary Fundi To Pay
Government'! Debts Hence
forward (By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 9. Ths war cost
the United States $30,177,000,000 up t
June 30, 1919.
(Secretary GUsa mads this estimate
today in submitting to the congressional
sppropriations committees the prelimi
nary ststements of ths treasurer on
the condition of the nation's finances.
He srrived at the estimate by subtract
ing the average peace time expenses
for the same length of time, at the rate
of 11,000,000,000 annually, from the
total expenditures, $32,427,000,000 dur
ing the wsr.
Taxes and other revenuea than bor
rowed money took care of $954,000,000
or about 29 per cent of the war cost.
The remainder rame from Liberty
bond and victory note issues and saving
stamps.
Further issues of bonds, Mr, blaas
said, will aot bo necessary "before the
maturity of redemption of the victory
notes, which have four years to run.
While it ia impossible to estimate the
expenses to be incurred during the pres
ent fiscal year, the secretary ia confident
that treasury certificates supplemented
by short term notea will provide the
neeessary funds to psy thi government's
debts.
Mast Practice Rlsid Economy.
fc need scsreely say," the secretary
added, ''that the realizatiot of these
sanguine expectations is contingent
upon ths practice of the most rigid
economy by the government snd tho
continuance of smple revenues from
taxation. Buch a course accompanied
by the practice of sober economy and
wise investment by our people and
strict avoidance of waste and specula
tion, will make it possible for the
Americss people to respond to Ihe de
mands to be made upoa them privately
for capital and credit by the nations of
Europe demands whieh are reinforced
fby the strongest and most vftal ties of
sympathy for ths allies, who fought
snd woa the wsr with us as well at
by the most obvious dictates of self
interest." Loans to Allies.
In calculating the war cost, Secretary
Glass made no deduction of expenditures
for loans to the allies which amounted
to $9,102,000,000 oa Juns 30, or for other
investments such ss ships, stock of the
wsr finance corporation, bonds of ths
Federal Land Banks, etc.- The gross
public debt June 30, without deducting
such investments, waa $25,484,000,000, a
net increase for the war period of 9Zi,'
043.190,346', representing the excess of
disbursements over reeeipta.
Recent disbursements have been on a
steadily descending scale. Expendi
tures in the fiscal year just ended
smouated to $1814,000,000, virtually
the estimate made by treasury experts
last November when the cessation of
hostilities necessitated sudden revision
of the government's plana. In June the
expenditures were $809,000100, the
smallest amount in any month since
September, 1917.
rioatlag Debt.
The floating debt June 30 was $3,634,'
000,000 in the form of treasury eertifl'
eates, of which more than $608,000,000
matured or were redeemed July 1, lcav
ing slightly more than $3,000,000,000
outstanding, which is roughly ths
smount of ths deferred installments
of ths ineoms snd profits taxes for the
fiscal year 1919, but coming due this
year, and or the deterred installments
of the victory loan subscriptions.
Marked improvement la the market
prices of existing government issues
in the interval to elapse before other
bonds ire offered to investors wat pre
dicted by Secretary Glut, with corre
spending decreases 14 ths interest bases
at which they have beea selling, and
consequent assurance that the govern
ment will be sbls to finance itself for
a longer period npoa better terms when
the four year victory aotes mature.
"It is not possible at thtt time," See
retary Glass said, "when appropriations
for the coming year are under eonsid
eratioa by ths congress, when contract
claims by aad against ths United States
during ths fiscal year 1920. But so
barge a part ot the war expenditures
has been paid or provided for out of
taxes and the issue of bonds or notes
already sold and so -amsll a part is un
funded that I confidently expect that
tha government will be able aot only
to meet its further temporary require
ments for the decreasing seals of tt
penditure by the tale of treasury cer
tificatei of Indebtedness bearing In
terest at ths rats of 4 1-2 per cent
or less, but slso to fund as many of
those as it may be desirable to fund,
by tho Issues of short term notes, in
moderate amounts, at convenient in
tervals, whet market conditions are
favorable, and npoa terms advantage
eoui to tht government.''
Where Money Cams Frost.
In detailing ths govsrnmsnt't op
erations, Secretary Gists' showed thst
$5,479,323,405 of ths psyment for wsr
experdituret cams from ineoms tnd
profits taxes, $2,491,29349 from mis
cellaneous internal revenue, auch as
taxes on liquors, tobacco aad luxuries;
$069,940,485 from miscellaneous revs
nue, $429,666,751 from customs aad $14,-
054,215 from tha Panama canal. Three
months of ths wsr period. Jute, 1918,
aad March and Jane, 1919, sew ths
government's receipts, othsr than bor
rowitiprvu-1U"Tsmm aoTIar mart:
(Csatlaaed ta Psgs Two.)
NEW PRESIDENT OF
: SOUTHERN PUBLISHERS
, Mr, Allison yesterday was electi
president of the Southern Publishers'
Association. He has just beea chosen
general manager of the Fort Worth Acc
ord, in the management of which he
will be associated with Mr. W. H. Bag
ley, president of the Record Publishing
Company, and formerly business man
ager of the News and Observer.
LI
Southern Newspaper Associa
tion Closes Its Annual Ses
sion in Asheville
Ashcville, July 9. The Southern
Newspajier Publishers' Association, at
their closing session this afternoon
elected James II. Allison, of Port Worth,
Texas, president for the ensuing year.
M. K. Foster, of the Houston (Texas)
Chronicle, wss elected vice-president,
after Charles Allen, of the Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiser, withdrew his nsme.
There was no oppositios to the election
of W. A. Klliott, of the Jacksonville
(Fla.) Times-l nion, aa aecond vice-
president.
Mrs. Lois Mays, of the Pestarola
(Fla.) Journal, was elected a member
of ths executive bosrd. She is the only
wwmst holding an office la tho associa
tion. Walter C. Johnson, of the Chat-
tano (Tenn.) News, waa re-elected
soeretary-treasu re r.
The morning session of the Southern
Kawspsper Publishers' Association, in
session here, was largely taken up Ty
a diacussion of a number of topics aad
problems affecting the every-day life
of the publishers.
Following a general discussion, the
reports of committees and resolutions,
unfinished business and announcements,
were disposed of, after which dual nd-
jou rumen t whs taken.
The Southern Division of the Asso
ciated Press, of which H. O. Adler, of
Chattanooga, is chairman, met this aft
ernoon to discuss business of interest to
the Southern governing board. Mr.
Adler said at the conclusion of the
meeting that while many matters of
eonsidersble importance to the directors
of tho division were considered, none
of tbem was of public interest.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers'
Association's, final meeting developed
many suggestions pertaining to the
the solution of problems that con
front them, among the chief of which
was the exchange of ideas looking to
the relief of a shortage of printers that
now seems inevitable unless radical
steps sre taken. A survey will lie pre
pared for submission to the next con
vention, whivh will be held nt a local
hotel, permanent meeting place of the
assoriation for three days, beginning
tho first Monday sfter the Fourth of
July, 1920.
Resolutions adopted st the final ses
sion place the body on record as favor
ing the tone system in the assessment
of eharges collected from the news
papers by the government. The presi
dent of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers Association is asked to name
without delay a live publisher to fill
a vacancy on his committee, 'charged
with the duty of waging a fight for an
equitable charge for carrying pnpers in
the mails.
LICENSES FOR DEALERS
AND USERS OF FLOUR
Washington, July 9. Four classes of
dealers or users of wheat flour will not
be required for the present to obtain
licenses from th United States wheat
director, under regulations issued todsy
by tho license division of the Director's
office. These elssses were defined as
follows:
Hotels snd other establishments, serv
ing food for consumption on the prem
ises who aistufteture bread or other
bakery products exclusively for such
consumption, whether or not using
more than fifty barrels of flour per
month.
Dealers in damaged wheat unfit for
human consumption.
Dealers selling wheat or whest floor
to purchasers for uss and consumption
exclusively on ships owned, operated or
controlled by such purehssers.
Manufacturers of sllmentary paste
who aeither sell, manufacture nor store
wheat or wheat flour.
Both manufacturers and distributors
of paacsks aad other mixed or specially
prepared flours, however, are requred to
obtain a license from tht wheat direc
tor if such pancake or other specially
prepared or mixed flour contains a sub
stantial amount, for example ten per
eeat or mors, of wheat. Dealers in
wheat for seed purposes art also re
ouired to obtain a license regardless ef
the' amount of "seeJ'wKe'af- bandied or of
the class to whom ths teed whest it
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UIUNUII UIIUUIULL
, EN ROUTE HOME
Commander Scott Says He Ex
pects To Make Eastern Trip
-t -; in 70 Hours
WILL F0LL0WS0UTHERN
! . STEAMSHIP COURSE
Major Scott Declare! That
Trane -Atlantic Plying in Pn
ture Most Be Done in Larger
and Palter Shipi; Delighted
- With Attentions Shown Him
On This Side .
Headed Dae East Gone!
New York, July 10 The E-34 wss
last sighted here when she put out
toward Long Island Sound at 1:16 a.
in. after a cruise over the city and
faded -from sight. 8bs has headed
almost due east.
Efforts to get into wireless com
munication with the R-34 were
started at Roosevelt field as soon aa
she had taken the air but up to
12:31 all efforts had proved unsuc
cessful. The battleship Pennsyl
vania was overheard calling her and
the nary and army station hrrs also
strove in vein to establish communi
cation. Col. Frederick W. Lucas, repre
senting ths British air ministry, ex
plained the failure to establish radio
communication by stating that prob
ably svery. body wss too busy
aboard the ahip to try out the Wire
less so early after the start.
The R-34 hid not been scheduled
to depsrt until 3 or 4 o'clock to
morrow morning. The esrly depsr
ture waa decided on shortly after
9:30 o'clock when Major Scott re
ceived a report from the United
States weather bureau.
Mineols, N. Y., July 9.-The British
dirigible R-34 left Roosevelt Field
shortly before midnight on her return
cruise to Scotlsnd.
The great ship held ia lessh by 1,000
American balloon men, was released at
11 :66 o'clock, and floated leisurely up to
a height of 200 feet with her motors
silent. The motors thea began to whirr
and the craft, nosing upward headed for
New York.
Three great searchlights plsylng os
the ship made her clearly discernable
to ths thosmaada who had gathered to
bid her boa voyage. With three en
gines port, starboard tnd forward-
ruanlng, and two others ia reserve, the
R-34 glided off toward the South, thea
swinging ia a westerly course bringing
her noss ia ths direction of New York.
It took ths R-34 about three minutes
to riss to ths height at whieh she be
gan, cruising. At 11:59 she wss about
500 feet up, barely discernible snd with
no lights visible, wss skimming slong st
a speed of about 35 to 40 miles aa hour.
Brigsdier General Lionel Charlton.
British aviation attache in the United
States, said that the ship would employ
only the three engines on which she
stsrted unless unexpected conditions
arose.
With favorable conditions Maj. G. H.
Scott, her commander, hopes to make
the voyage in seventy hours, sailing
over London before proceeding to East
(Continues ea Pago Two.).
R-34 1MSN0TE BY
Secretary of Navy Replies To
Message and Predicts Reg
ular Ocean Travel
Washington, July 9. Prediction that
the present generation 'will see the in
auguration of regular freight and pas
senger traffic by air across the sess
Is made in a letter from Secretary Dan
iels to First Lord of the British Ad
miralty Long, which wss msde public
today and which will be eonveyed to Mr.
Long by the British dirigible R-34. The
aeeretary'a letter is in reply to a mes
sage f greetings from the admiralty
chief brought by the. dirigible.
"Our country was filled with pleasure
at the successful arrival of the B-34
and the Navy of America salutes the
British Admiralty," Mr. Daniels wrote.
It is our privilege to live in s day of
the fulfillment of msny visions and
dreams.
1 thank you for your letter, the first
that rame aerota the sea in a ship
that has conquered the air, the last
element left to the conquest of man.
We will live to see the duy when we
will fly across the sess ss we have
traveled on the trains. Who will
prophesy there is still greater wonders-
"I congratulate your great Empire
and its spirit of daring and skill evident
in this epoch-making flight. It was a
delight to welcome your aviators and
to find that your men are of stuff that ia
greater than their wonderful achieve
ment." Admiralty Lord's Note.
Mr. Long's letter, slso made public
today, said :
"1 tske advsntage of the voyage of
the airship R-34 across the Atlantic to
sead you a few lines of most friendly
greetings. Oa both tides of the great
ocean our hearts are full of thankful
ness for tht final act whieh marked
the termination of ths terrible wsr
which lasted for more then four years
snd we think with gratitude and rever
ence of tbt heroic sacrifices of , those
who gsvs their lives to save ths free
dom of tht world. Together ws have
wlvf d tamt -problem" of the srar,
together let us approach tht , to Jess
difficult proUcai sf peace,", .
DANIELS TO LONG
LEABUEOPPOIiEIITS
MORE AGGRESSIVE
Antagonistic Attitude of Group
of Senators Who Oppose -...
Ratification
PREDICTED AT CAPITAU '
NO CHANGE WILL BE MADE
Absent Senators Get Hurry
Call; Another. Biff Bank
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trailer of Currency; Motei
ments of North Carolinian!
at wasninrton i
News and Observer Bureso, '
603 District National Bank Building.
By FIANK W,lWIaV--
. XSpMial Leased: Wir4-
Washington, July 9. Ths , gronp of ,
8enatora, led by Lodge, Kaox, Polndex- .
ter, aad Bhermaa, ia opposition to tho
peace tresty become more sggrsasir at
ths hour approaches for them ta facs
! President Wilsoa when hs will address
ths Senate Thursday at noon. Thoa.h
they have striven in rail) to Compose '.
their differences ia ths matter of oppe-.
sitioa to the Lrsgue of Nations, having
counselled with their great lawyer, ,
Soot, and their great chairman, Hsys,
they seem to bs agreed thst it is essen
tial for them ts maintain aa aatagoais
tie sttitude to ths Democrat is President,
Woodrow Wilson, whose marvelous work
has mads him aa interaatioaal eharae
ter of world-wide fame. They aow claim
that tho President when he appears be
fore them will be confronted b- bos
tile Senate, that a majority of that body
will aot bo ia sympathy with tha causa
hs is championing, aad thst anless tpf
cifie reservstiona srs made ia tho league
the treaty will be rejected. Thew twaat
I that they have enough votes to force
certain changes, and that it is their pur
pose to fores the issue from tho start,
either having such changes made t they
may deem essential or to reject tht
treaty. ,
On the other hand, those who art ia
sympathy with President Wilson's per
formances and endorse ths peaos treaty
ss formulated and completed by tha
comtined wisdom of tho allied aatioas
aad the United States sxpress tht bs-.
lief that the tresty will bs ratified with
out any ehangs whatever. Thooo whs
sre leading ths opposition, howsver, ap
pear to be as confident of foreiag
change or defeating tht treaty as ha
supporters ars that ths treaty will bs
ratified. - . .... , .
Urgent appeals lava bean sent out ts
abseat Seaators to ktstta to Washing,
ton aad to remala oa guard a a til ths
conflict is tvsr. It it eoaeeded that the
fight will bs a battle royal, in which ths
destiny or distress of peoples el tht
world orsr is st stsks. aad it is Im. .
portent that svery Senator should bs
on hand continuously until thia world
problem shall have boon solved.
PresJdeat't Progrsss.
The appesranes of President Wilsoa
before the Srnsto Thursday is tht ini
tiatory step ia his fight for ratifieatioB.
After thia event he will, for a time at
lesst, hold himself subject to appear
ance before Senate committees for con
ferences. Within two weeks it ia an
nounced, the President will start out
to tour the United States. His trip will
include a visit to ths Pacific Coast.
Tisas To Think It Oor.
In the meantime ths Senate will have ,
; in their posscssioa ths peace treaty aad
Ihe words of wisdom spokes by Presi
dent w iison. That body will thea have
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mivu , ihv roivuiuiiuy vi iiiRtr ac
cepting oi rejecting the combined work
of the peace conference, and it it the
confident belief of many Democrats
here that a compelling public sentiment
and the demands ths world over will
combine to induce a sufficient number
of Senators to stand together to in
sure the ratification of the treaty, 1
-WiM Cat ef Treasury
Ths Bashing and Currency commit
tee of the Senate today resumed its
bearings on protests sgainsf ths con
firmation of John Hkeltoa Williama for
Comptroller of the Currency, whea
Frank. J. Hogan, attorney for Biggt
Nstionsl Bank, -was heard for three
hours ia an expression of what he
termed the "most vicious form of fal
sification known." Mr. Hogaa term ad
Mr. Williams the Wild Cat of tht
Treasury,'' and declaring that hia treat-
ment of the Biggs Baak "ths most psr
sistent and malicious persecution over
hauded to any financial banking insti
tution by sn official of ths govera
men." Mr. Hogan said the fines an thia baak
imposed by Sir. Williams amounted tt
$16D,(i0, and that ia 1V14 ths Biggt
Bank was strirkea from the list of
those banks receiving deposits of gov
ernment rax money.
Jaegs Francis Wlaatoa at Capital
Judge Francis D. Winston, of Wind
sor, r.ho is in Washington atteading a'
directors meeting of tho Mason ia In
surance Company, is aa ardent sup
porter of President Wilsoa aad ths
league of nations. Today hs wsa try
ing to choose the proper person to bear"
some very gratifying news to Beaator
I-odire, but no one would undertake
to beard the lion in his dea, and, to
the important information wat lor the
time being withheld. This ia tho grati
fying intelligence the judge wsstcd ths
Uassaehosetts senator to havs: . .
"Oa the 4th of July at Windsor, tho
negroes of that section assembled for a
great patriotic celebration. It ia said
that there wire at least 3,000 ia .tht
crowd. Ia order to express their senti
ments nad show that they were potriotio
they adopted by a unanimous rota a
resolution endorsing the Ice gas of na
tions. It is said that they did aot know
that 8eaator Lodge was oa tho other
side of the fence and that they would
tot have cared if they had kaowa It."
' afovomenta of Ts Bessa. - '
John E. Jones, sf Warreasville, has
beet recommetded by . Congressman
Dougbtoa for appoint meat at fostmastsf
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