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raleigM, r c, fiUdAy Mohning, july 2s, 1919.
PWCEi FIVE CXIITS,
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PRESIDENT S OPPONENTS
FUFMLIW BATTERY
.
Storm Center of The Attack Is
Section of Defensive Treaty
With France
REPUBLICAN SENATORS
. CALL FOR THE DOCUMENT
Claim That it; Was Agreed That
It Should Be Presented at I
Same Time of German
Treaty la ' Thi Senate;
Blocked By Arkansas Sena
tor's Objection, Bequest For
Consideration of Lodge Kes-
olntion Comes Up Again To
day; Talk of TafVs Six In.
terpretations
. (By The Associated Pre.)
Washington, July 84. While Repub
lican aad Democratic Senator were
feeling oat the possibilities of Former
President TaftV plu for interpret-
tktna in the League of Nations ratifl-1
eatioa the attack oa President Wilson'
course ia concluding peace was re-
sewed today front a new quarter. The I
storm centre of the assault was a see-
won 01 ine aeiensivo iresiy wun r ranee
which published texts hare shown to
provide that it must be presented for
Beasts ratification "at the same time
at the treaty with Germany. The lat
ter wai submitted two weeks ago; the
former, brought back from Paris by the
President, still ia in hi possession.
Ia an hour of bitter debate, Chair
irf tiTtaiu
, committee, and Senator Brandegee, Re
' publican, of Connecticut, accused the
President of violating the pledge of
simultaneous presentation made when
he signed the treaty.
Attempt te Hamstring Wilson,
Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and
Williams, of Mississippi, Democrats of
the committee, replied th.it the charges
only renewed an attempt to "bam-
string" a ad discredit the President.
Later Chairman Lodge presented a
reeolutioa by which the beaate would
"respectfully request" that ton treaty
be submitted so that the Senate could
Consider it "ia connection with the I
treaty of peace with Germany.'
leanest for immediate eoemdera-1
tioa wai blocked by .Senator. Sobiuua,
Democrat, of Arkansas, and. the re so-
lutioa nrobabbr will come- no toaaor
row. - It earriea this quotation from
section 4 of the treaty, as published :
"Tk nmtit treats- will hm submit-1
4 il a thai fUaei at thai sum time
th. (.. ,,t v.rMnlil.M t. uhmitiMl in
t.. e..t. it. .Mm h r.ilently for unreserved ratification and
ta ratification
T.Ik asms T.rV. la(.Ml.u.
The suggestion of Mr. Taft for ix
interpretations ia the ratification aoln-
tioa affecting the league covenant led
but held fir place in cloak room talk
.'and ia many conferences among Sen
a tors of all shades of opinion. Most
of them seemed inclined to warily
' at the suggested plan- and to withheld
comment for the present. Chairman
Lodge had nothing to say ; neither had
' Senator Hitchcock. Both, however, in'
dieated their positions hsd been -in no
wise chaaged by Mr. Taft's arguments,
Working Far Middle Cearee.
The group of Republicans who under
the leadership of Senators MeCumber,
fforth Dskota, and Mr -Nary, uregoa, are
working for a middle course, received
the former President s views with en
tbusiaam, although not committing
themselves specifically to his program
of interpretations. They say the form
' f any reservations or intei'irretntiuu
still is an open question among them,
. though they hope to see it settled su
Shsntung and the league also were
debated in the Senate, Senator Robin
son presenting the legal claima of Japan
Am Rhtthrn. Sn,naiil &Mtri f'litt.
eher. Democrat, Florida, supporting the
STwiS-
' accept eerUin features of the covenant
' I.I A A 1 A. ' 1 . 1
wiinooi iwwi ibuodi o Birgnra iw
right ei maepeaaent national action,
P.M..t Wit-'. .nf.. ,ti.
VMuKltOmaa ftjs nailer m (hat Whit Hmim
were suspended during the day and!
it was said tonight that no further
invlution hs been issued. Oa the ques-
tioa whether the talk would be re-
aumed tator there was ao authoritative
expression, but previous 'intimations at
the White Hoaee have indicated that
j aooaer or later xae rresraeni wouia nss
virtually every Republican member et
' the treaty ratifying body to confer with
kim. 1 t
; TAFT AND LSAGl'I TO ENFORCE
RATIFICATION WITHOUT CHANGE
aTeVJavav til ikm ini vn ev ms u w u
New York- July W. Following publl-
catioa of certain interpretation in the
.unMted to Will H Hay. Republican
' , national chairman, by Former Presideat
Taftj effleer of th League to Enforce
r?"' 01 " Br"tt,.K . "We realize there 1 a greot deal uf
tight tamed a tatement declaring that ...... ,
"The League, and Mr. Taft at well, have discontent due to profiteering, or a b-'-
been and' now are la favor ef ratifying lief ia profiteering, and the government
lb treaty aa It etand without reserva
r .-... aWMsaaat. -
1 "At a saeetlBg emerfeaey
f saiga tommittA of th League ta En-
!re Peace keld In New York on Tues-
lay morning, at which nearby member
. if th xeeutive eommittee were also
sreeent, th question of amendment!
, tad reservation earn up for discus-
.... ...l-eie aad it waaih luainoug opinion
' that the League should aot tuggest any
' Mmtian or ameadmeat whatever.
" the tateeat continued. " I language that eould be regarded as pro
The Lea rue naderstsads that Mr. I vocative i oa ths other band we have
' " " Taft share thi opinion, but that he kv
- ing ia view a deciarauoa tnai wouiaiiorce ex iae government wui do exenea
sX y ' i ' It protect th people from nay aadu
..... (Ceatlaaed aa rag Tea.) . .
WILSON AND THE '
TAFT SUGGESTION
President Knew in Advance of
The xSix' Stipulations
Submitted
RESERVATIONS MAY NOT
BE CONSIDERED IN WEEKS
Administration Senators Still
Confident of Ratification
Without Change; Group of
Republicans Continue Efforts
On Reservation Agreement;
Guessing at Results
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 24. It wai (aid to-
day that President Wilson had known
of Mr. Taft' interpretation plan for
several days and it, also developed that
the former President bad opened eor-
regpondenc on the subject with the
Democratic Side in the Senate. It re
-.in.H nnWtnnl how far these na
,oUations might go toward bringing
m. vumvct. d mam Rermblicnnn
together on the middle ground of inter
pretative reservations, but the Republic
cans who favor the league idea seemed
ore confident than ever that in the
M Mr;JB hirKU w,u,d found
committed to such a course.
Ledie Decliaes To Talk.
Publication today of Mr. Taft's let-
to Will H.Hays, the Republican
national ehairmrfn, was followed by a
telephone conversation between Mr.
Hays, who is in Indiana, and Senator
Lodge. Mr. Udge declined to discuss
his talk with the chairman, but it was
understood the. latter had called up iu
regard toJhe letters which he said had
not yet reached him. They were sent
from Canada Sunday by way of Mr.
Hays' office in New York,
While Senator Lodge also declined to
go into his views on the Taft proposal,
(other Senators who have stood close to
lilm in the' treaty, light Indicated they
eensidcred ihe development as a break
in the rank pf league supporters which
eventually would widen to permit radi-
leal amendment of the covenant or even
rejection or toe entire treaty.
Siilng Un Taft'e Change In Position.
I They pointed out that the former
President heretofore had stood consist
declared that his letters to Mr. Hsys
lend to Senators showed that the Presi
dent had lost one of the most valuable
exponents of his cause.
In administration circles, however it
"; "i" tL'
former President's belief that such a
course now was impossible it was de-
Ta, due tJny to unfamlUtr
ity with the Scnste situation
Taft Has Others.
It developed today that Mr. Tsft's
list of si i interpretations was only one
of. the methods of qualifying Senate
ratification discussed in letters to Mr,
jtgTI gB(i to Senators. Many letters
oa ,bee.t hare been written by
tn, former President and it is under-
(Coatlnned ea Page Two.)
British GOVeiTiment Will PrO-
tect People From Both Alike,
SaYS BOnar L3W
I
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By Associated Pres.)
I London. July 24. The whole force
of the British government "will bs
Merted to protect.the people from any
. ..... ,?,- tn., T-w
u"due P"u AnJ7" J"" '
goverament leader, told the House of
I Common today when asked what wai
d0B regarding the eonf ision and
.. ... .... , An,. ..v.'
and miner' (trike. .
"The government if well aware that
there are a number of pcoplu uot a
very - large number, fortunately who
I ' "' th destruction of our
I whole social and political situation, .Mr.
Bonar Law added. "A to the agita-
tors, he said, "th government i not
overlooking these people and will do
whatever it think effective for that pur
- eertainly intend to take, whatever ae
tJo, pjM, Mvn a, eommittee bow
,-. .lT ... . . t. : ;
WB.iderinf thi. .uDjecFmake. a re-
port." t .
Ia speaking of these people seeking
to destroy the toeial tyetem, Mr. Bonar
Law said they were ''doing their best
to foment any-, discontent arising from
nj Muse,' ' . .';..
"Obviously," he aid, , rit would b
wrong for the goverament ta lis aay
- 1 mad if absolutttjr clear" that th whole
prssur Xrom any euartar."
AFTER ANARCHISTS
AND
PROFIIEERS
OFFICERS CLUBBED .
SOLDIER PRISONERS
Dozens of Bandaged Heads
Sent To Hospitals Daily By
jj Black-Jacks
LETTER SAYSMANY FELL;
DOWN FROM STARVATION
Inhuman .Treatment of U. S.
Soldiers in Prison For Minor
Offenses in France Being In
vestigated; Letter Presented
By Senator Harding Prefers
Charges -
(By The Associated Press.)
- Washington, July atrEffort to t
responsibility of superior officer for
maltreatment of American military
prisoners in detention camps and jails
in and near Paria will be made by a
House war investigating committed next
week. .
Chairman Johnson announced tonight
thit former Sergeant Clarence Ball, who
is serving a six months sentence at
I'ort Jay, New York, for mistrcsting
prisoners while he was a guard at one
of the camps, would appear before the
eommittee Monday.
"Beat the prisoners or be beaten
yourself," i the choice that Ball says
was given him by superior officers, ac
cording to a letter written by Ball to
Representative Dallinger, of Massachu
setts, who turned it over to the com
mittee. At Prison Farm No. 2, where
Ball was an "assistant" of Lieuteaant
"Hardboiled" -Smith, who also is in
prison for maltreatment of soldiers,
Ball's letter asserts that hs and other
guards did their "brat not to misuse
the prisoners, and It did not suit
Smith."
"I sdmit that I hit prisoners," wrote
Boll, but the former, sergeant nid, "I
eould tell you a lot more if I could
only talk with you."
Other witnesses also will be calleil by
Johnson's committee to tc inquiry,
the ehairman announcing that every
effort would , be made to fix ultimate
responsibility. ' '
Further charges of eruclty to sold
iers in prisons in France were nude In
a letter presented today oy senator
Harding, Republican, of Ohio, and re
ferred to the Senate military committee
for consideration in connection with
the bilt oi Senator Chamberlain, Dem
ocnt, of Oregon, proposing cancellation
of all military sentenres for offense
not felonies under the Federal itatutes. j
The letter was from Frank Woods,
of Youngstown, Ohio, who was diihon-
orably discharged from the army titer
serving ten months of a three-yen; sen
tence. . Woods declared that he saw
Lieutenant Disjordan, a prison officer,
knock down prisoners with a blackjack.
"I also- aaw Lieut. Col. Maul take
prisoner out, handcuff and shackle Ins
feet, gag him and 'apresd the eagle with
him because he tried to get a letter tj
his people telling them of the trentmiit
he received st the prison camp," taid
Woods, adding that he himself got
twenty days solitary confinement on
brcsd and water for attempting to ad
vise his relntivcs oi his sentence.
Prisoners fell down from starvation,
Woods declared, and were glad to gel
bread from Chinese laborers.
A Captain Dewey, of the Eleventh
Marines, who was doing guard duty at
one camp indued black jacks to his.men
land ordered tnein to go as tar as tney
niked," Woods wrote.
"You eould see dozens of men goin
to the hospitul every day to hsvs their
heads bandaged from tho frequent use
of the blackjacks," said the letter.
DEPORTATION OF
ANARCHISTIC REDS
17. S. Asks N. Y. Legislative
Committee To Aid in Get
ting Evidence
(By The. Associated Press.)
New York, July 24. The United States i
Department of Labor today asked the
joint legislative committee which is in
vestigating seditious activities in this
State, for all evidence in it possession
which would aid in bringing about tne
deportation of anarchist agitators and
especially that which would prove the
anarchistic nature of the I. W. W.
The request of th government wa's
contained iu a letter written by Byron
H. Uhl, assistant United States Com
missioner of Labor, to State Senator
Lusk, Chairman of th committee, in
troducing A. P. Scfaell, special immigra
tion inspector st Kllis Island, to whom
Senator Lusk announced that the com
mittee would b glad to cooperate in
very wy with the Federal gents.
-The 'only witness examined by the
eommittee when it resumed its session
here today wa Ven 8vre, a Cleveland
attorney, who recounted ths condition
which prevailed in Petrograd just tu
tors and jujt fter the Bolshevikl over
threw the Kerensky regime in 1917.
TRIAL OF EX-KAISER MAY
NOT BE HELD AT LONDON
(By The Associated Press.)
London. July it. It is possible that
the former Emperor William may not
be tried in London, according to &a an
nouncement made in tho House of Lord
tody " bf Tart nrwmr wf -Kedlror
government lcsder in th Upper House.
Homicide la Anson County.
(Special to the New and Observer.)
' Wadebore, July JiWOrif" Ingram,
a negro who live near Cedar. Hill, in
thir-wmtyr-hen kill another
negro named Ned Lents near Cedar
Hill. Monday nlgbt. Ingram accused
Lenta of having talked about him.
Ltntx was -about-! tew yeare-ef g
aad Ingram w thirty-flv year old.
Iagraa mad hi escape aad bs aot
beea captured. ",
PALMER BEFORE
New Attorney General In Fight
For Confirmation By
The Senate
HE DEFENDS HIS ACTS
WHILE ALIEN CUSTODIAN
Never Passed Personally On
Single Claim While Property
Custodian', All Such Matters
Handled By Subordinates;
Answers Criticisms of Ken-
nard and Others "
(By; The Associated Press.)
- Washingtoa,- - July- 24.-A." Mitchell
Palmer, before the Senate judiciary
committee, today, renewed hi fight for
Senate confirmation of hi anmiaatloa
aa Attorney-General and again vigor
ously defended his administration as
alien property custodian. He replied
to charges of improper administration
of . alien enemy property, made by
Harold Remington, a New York lawyer,
and Leslie 8. Kennard, an Indiana at
torney, holding a position in the alien
property custodian's office.
Mr. Remington appearing before the
committee in person, declared that as
the department of justice must paea on
many nets and claims of the alien prop
erty custodian's office, Mr. Palmer's
appointment as Attorney-General was
highly improper.
Answers Kennard Charge.
General charges of improper admin
istration were made by Mr. Kennard ia
a statement recently submitted to the
committee by Senator New, Republican,
aud answered today by Mr. Palmer,
who preiented an affidavit from Mr.
Kennard repudiating hia previous rtate-
ment. Mr. Palmer stated that Mr.
Kennard, after making his repudiating
affidavit before officers of the property
custodian, had promised to appear be:
fore tho committee but could not be
located today.
Determined In Federal Courts.
Answering Mr. Bemington's statement
that the Attorney Ueneral must pass on
claims of onsen and creditors .of ea
emy property seized by the aliea prop
e ,y custodian, Mr. Palmer argued that
justice of the claims could not be- de
cided by the Attorney General but must
be determined by the Federal court in
regularly instituted legal proceedings.
la reply to Mrv Remington assertion
that Mr. Palmer construction of the
custodian's powers were erroneous, the
Attorney General replied that these
powers had been upheld in every Fed
era! court in which they had been
tested. Mr. Remington, the Attorney
General said, wae attorney in seizure
proceeding) brought by him and had
been defeated in two rases.
"Nothing Inconsistent."
Mr. Palmer declared there was noth
ing inconsistent in his jurisdiction of
claims for property made against the
alien property custodian. Declaring that
he had never passed personally on a
single claim, as such matters were
handled by subordinates, Mr. Palmer
added :
"Besides, these claims must 'be settled
ly legislation of Congress after peace
is proclaimed. I have no doubt that
Congres will provide the machinery to
prevent men from occupying inconsist
ent positions."
"Some Delicacy of Ethics."
Senator Sterling, Republican' of South
Dakota, insisted, however, that tlierc
was "some delieacy of ethics in the sit
uation.
Referring to the stotemrnt of Mr.
(Contlnned ea Pag Two.)
:T
TO PIT
Certain Portions of Federal
Agent s Report On Mooney
Case Expunged
'
Washington, July 24. Speaker Oil -
lctt late today agreed to hire certain
portions of the Dcnamore report on the
Mooney care expunged to meet objec
tions raised by the government printing
office officials to language in the docu
ment. The language objected to occurred in
nnscrint of conversations allesed to
I0FH
have occurred in the ofilre of District : poses. Mr. rrcar will ask Mr. Cum
Attorney ' Fickert, prosecutor in thej'n'hP'. Republican members of the
Mooney cie, and obtaiacd by means of .committee said, to substantiate the
a dictaphone. i f hre of partisanship.
The printing of additional ropie of
th report on the Mooney case submit
ted to the House yesterday by John B.
Densmore, special ageat of the Depart
ment of Labor, had been hetd up by the
government printing office because of
the "objectionable" language the report
contained, Speaker Gillett was notified
today.
Ofliciuli of the printing office said the
report contained ao many "invertives
and accounts bf immoral happeningn,"
that it would: be improper for the em
ployes to handle it.
Speaker Gillett later aunouneed that
auhoritici were being consulted to de
termine whether it would be possible Id
have the work completed or whether the
official objections should be agreed to.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE LOST
- IN CA. LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, Jub 24. Batlflcatlon of the
Federal suffrage amendment failed to
day a fe th present cession of the
f Gcorgiv Legirtatnrr te08cned"whnTetmte by th meat packer agaiavt live-
th Senate voted against ratification S3
to JO, and the House took similar aetioa
by vot ef 132 to ta. -
TO SELL SURPLUS
OF
Investigation Committee Rec
ommends Sale of Stock
Worth $120,000,000 ,
TOGIvk PEOPLE OF U. Sr'
OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT
Republican Majority of
mittee Charges That India-1
position of Government To
Sell Has Been Due To Policy
of Baker To Protect Pro
ducers and Manufacturers
r? (Rv The Associated Prcssh
Washington,' July 24. Immediate sale
-of the 120,0OO,000 surplus stock of food
stuffs held by the War Department
under a plan which will "insure oppor
tunity for the people of the United
States to buy" was recommended today
by the tea Republieaa members of the
House war investigation committee. The
five Democratic committeemen withheld
decision, pending a review of evidence
taken bv a sub-committee.
Why It Is Being Held.
"The inactivity of the government in
the disposition of these food supplies
was and is the result of a well defined
policy of the Secretary of War to with
hold them from the domestic market
and to protect the interests from which
these products had been, purchased,"
said the sub-committee report, drafted
by Representatives Res via, Nebraska,
and MacGregor, New York, Republicans.
Chairman Graham, of the full eom
mittee, was instructed1 to ask for a spe
cial vrule on a resolution railing Uion
the War Department to sell the goods.
Effort will be made to bring the reso
lution before the House next Monday,
Graham announced.
U'L 1 1 - n . , r .t . - I, I j
... v. vw..n. -
The report criticized what it declared '
-.. .!!.;. i. 4i.. I
ale of very large quantities of food sup-
plies now held in storage" nud asserted 1
that six month elapsed before any ur- j
plua atock was declared, while "in the
meantime the food was deteriorating
and becoming of less value and the high ,
cost of living continued."
The report also expreased "the sub
committee's disfavor of, a olicy of ex
port" and recommended that "plans be
devised by the Secretary of War through
the War Department, for the early dis
poslttoa of all surplus food production
oa the domestic market."
Vain ef Snrplaa Stock Held.
The report estimated that on July 8,
last, the value of inrplua food stored
in the United State over and above
the needs of the army wae a follows:
Corn beef, $24,000,000; bacoa, ir,
000,000 ; haah corn beef, 110,000,000;
roaat beef i29,000,000 ; freah froseo
meats and poultry, $20,000,000, and
canned vegetables, $2.1,000(000.
"Inexcusable delay," the report de
clared, resulted in the spoiling of mil-
ions of pounds of hams and bacon, it
leing aaserted that "notwithstanding
in, (miiivii ut BuriHiiv vy mi cail'l
of stuff on Nov. 30, 1918, no action was
taken with reference to declaring a
surplus until May, 1919, six months
after the declaration was authorized
Sales of, army food atuffs in the
United States aggregate $12,000,000, said
the report, adding that "a very large
quantity of that sold was spoiled aud
unfit for the gtyicrnl market otherwise
it would not have hern placed on tale."
Attack oa present plan for sale of
the surplus stocks also was contained
in the report which outlined the plan
'as providing for sale only to munici-
(Centianed ea Pag Two.)
REPUBLICANS WOULD
JACK-UP CUMMINGS
National Dem. Committee '
j Chairman Jo Appear Be- i
fore Committee
j JSSLt ZZZSZ.
it pccted to Pper befor. .,.rci.,i
House committee, headed tyy Represen-
j tntive Freer, of Wisconsin, charged with
1 inquiry into aviation expenditures. Mr.
FOODSTUFF
(eVmmngs i, to be asked about public- Burkheimer, dnughter of Mrs. Eloise
ity said to have been issued by llieB- Burkheimer, of this city, was drowned
Democratic committee' in which the I ' buuk channel at. Wrightsville
proposed visit of the Freer committee I Beach this afternoon while bathing an l
to the Northwest for investigation of i Don K. Kirkmsn, of High Point, who
spruce production was referred to ss , wnt to her rescue nlsi lost his lifs.
l. 1 Miss Burkheimer was 2:1 yesrt old. She
, jng , Kl.put),ifIB committeemen, tlint
I tl, til. inn,,ir tn, nr,ui m...
Criminal Lynched In Texas.
Gilmer. Teisl. Jiilv 24. Chiltnn Jen
nings, a negro, wss taken from jinf
here thi afternoon and hanged in iliejto the rescue.
court yard squsr by a mob of about! n"1 n "nn",f " 1
five hundred men. The negro was r- bad tho utiial difficulty in deahng with
rested charged with assaulting a woman drowning persons,
here yesterday. The mob dispersed Ml' Brkeiaier hampt re, h.s move
after the negio was pronounced de:,d. "" e "fBt dow
" J . has not been recovered though efforts
Navy RiS Range Flooded. . ' are being rmde to find it.
Caldwell, S. JT'July 24.-The nav'v Jlson BiirlM-r, 13 years old. hurried
rifle range near here, where the nnt- " bc scene in a smnil Imat and sue
ional rifle matches were to be held in j ceded in bringing Miss Kiirkhcimer to
l..nn. ....I., (k. ,.t tk. v.t. shore. Her heart was still flattering
wafcuaw wniivi 1 1 sb e seawnf n. n j ' es
Departmeat, -wan - twirl- mrt night
whin the Passaic river overflowed It.
banks. Th. m.tche. may have to be
cancelled. H wa said.
'
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
' SOUTH TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Washlngtoa, July 84 Investigation j Walter I Kirkman, of the .TomllutoS
by the Federal 'Trad Commiswoa-of tChaUX'o, at High Point. .
slJfgJicmkattoa-JafioutBtrn.iMr1,. KBk,mn ws the yrt
atock producer, wss proposed is s reso
lution iatrodueea today by Senator
Harris, Democrat, af Georgia. .
RATIFICATION IS
THE SOLDIERS' DOE
- ' 1 "
Senator Fletcher, of Florida,
Presents Argument For
League Covenant
ATTACKS EFFORT TO
SEPARATE IT FROM TREATY
Com-Opposition li Against Any Plan
and That Nothing Would Sat-
isfy Some of Them; We Arc
Involved in Fates of Other
Nations Whether We Like It
or Not
0
(By the Agnm-iutcd Press.)
''''Washington' July St. "The eressei
that speak of heroism and-sacrifice, -x-
tendiag from the English. CJiMincI to the
Swiss border, reach out their arms iu
mute appeal to the representatives' of
civilized peoples to tee to it that such
slaughter, destruction and barbarity
shall never again blight the earth," said
Senator Fletcher of Florida, speaking
in the Senate today in behalf of the
League of Nations. "The President hr.j
pointed the way of hope for humanity.:
and assurance for the world. Shall tins
Seaalcilgta itajwejk.s.ni. wfuteju.ii;.
vice and consent 1" i
Dn the Dead and Maimed.
It is due the dead and maimed of
all the .Allied armies and the bereaved
of the home population, he said, that
the enlightened nations of the earth
should see to it on the final settlement
of terms that provision be made where
by never again should any autocrat er
military clique be able to "pour the
eweet milk of concord into hell."
repressing regret that the Senate
; "cannot unite, as did those -around the
( peace tnble," Seuator Fletcher criticised
oppnllcntl of ,h, lengue f0nant In
'"iou in the treaty.
Nothing Wuld 8n Opponents.
They not only Oppose the League of
Nations plan now before us, he said,
"but they are opposed to any kind of
a plan. It ia not worth while to discus
the details of the plan aubmitted so far
aa they are concerned. It eould not
be made satisfactory to them. No
amendment, no reservation, no aepante
construction, no condition eould lie
framed that would cause it to meet with
their favor. They rgue that any cove
nant with other nations, any alliances,
would mean a certain relinquishment
of our sovereignty a sacrifice in some
degree of our independence, and they
art unwilling to allow either."
Caa See Ne Danger.
"I am utterly unable to ecj any dan
ger or Bud any grounds fcr objectldns
in the terms of the covenants submitted ;
there would be, of course, some right of
free and Independent action surrendered
just as there is under any contract an
individual may mike. The considera
tion received is a fair exchange, in the
oue rase aa in the other. The covenants
Lf the oth,r Bationll th, Teiinqui,h
;i,ii .i.,it. ,
strained action on their jmrt, is an in
dependent consideration. The conces-
sinns, which are mutual, for certain dell-1
nite and fixed objects, is shared by all
for the good of all. The return of Ut
ia given up balances tho giving.
The "Isolation Idea."
Pointing to the improvement in fa
cilities for transportation and commu
nication duriug the past century, Sena
tor Fletcher mid that those r ho held the
"isolation idea" took "no cognizance of
the progress made in the sciences and
arts and ignores the increase in popu
lation and expansion which has brought
(Continued enPago Two.)
T
Wilminqton Young Woman and
High Point Man Meet Death
at Wrightsville
Wilmington, July 24. Miss Anne
'was bathing in the channel near the
1 Burkheimer summer rottnge when t
was noticed that slie was having trnuhK
The channel at this point is very treach
erous on nei-nnnt of currents.
Mr. Kirkman. who bad just re- ;
turned from overseas and who had ar-
rived at the beach only today, to visit
his friend, Miss Florence Burkheimer,
sister of the deceased woman, hurriol
.
- aud. a pulmatur sat. ud i'SJlOuld nyj
rk. In a few moment, she died. Both
' f' we" k"ow
t mrougnoui mo njai. a. managers oi
theatricals, especially in connection with
I Daughters of th Confederacy fTnlr.
I They have many relative ia.Char-
1orfF." MrT Kirt man wrti wrmner or
of Mr aud1WrV.lKBeyKTr
High Point, '-where he wa.well
favorably known. Th remain were
seat to that city tonight.
TWO ARE DROWNED
AT SUMMER RESOR
WOULD CAPITALIZE
RECENT RACE RIOT
Liquor Interests Attribute The
Washington . Outbreak To
Prohibition Movement .
BR0WNL0W ATTACKS THIS
INSIDIOUS PROPAGANDA
Ministers Agree With District -
Commissioner That This Vic.
ious Conspiracy Was In
tered Into By Unscrupulous
Men; Congressman Pou Tells '
Republicans Pertinent Pacts
The New and Observer Bureau,' '
633 District NatioAAt Sank Bldf. " -By
FRANK W. LEWIS. "
(By Special' Leased Wire.) '
Washington, -July 24. Th liquor ia . .
terests are attributing the racs riots ia ' ,
Washington to prohibition. It has de
veloped that there is propagaada ken
to prove to the public, that the lawless
ness and reign of terror existing her
for several day have been upetin
duced by enforced prohibition. Not '
only has Commissioner Brewalow t
tacked thi insidious aid dasgerout
propaganda but the Washington mln-(
inters have announced that they will
expose it from their pulpit. The min
isters agree with Mr. Brownlow that
thi viciou eonipiraey to capitalise aa
unfortunate situation ha been entered .
into by unscrupulous and designing -men,
and that this propagaada of th
wet is being industriously spread ta
the great detriment of the community. .
The wet are struggling desperately
to bring about some modification ia
the prohibition enforcement bill, which .
ha just pasted th House and i now
pending in the. Senate, and they are ,
employing all kinds- of device to t
tain this end. A local newspaper which
ha made a vigorous fight for ; light '.
wine) and, beer makes the statement
thi afternoon that the bill will be ton-,
ed down in tome of it provisions is
the Senate.
Senate May Amend It,
Representative Webb, of North Caro
lina, said the hill was bated en th
various prohibition State laws, isd
that it was hi opinion that the SenaU
would not make any" very material
change, but, he eaid, that likely the -1
Sennte would change the section which .
anakea it unlawful for a maa, who pec '
esse Hqnor lawfully, t move it from t
one house to another. . . 1
Senator Sterling, ehalrmia of the luh
eommlttee, considering enforcement
legislation, gavet a hi opinion that -the
Senate will pan it ewa bill, drawl,
by it owa committe, Instead of try- '
ing to put It view into th House meas
ure by amendment.
Senator Shields, of Tennessee- a mens
ber of the Judiciary eommittee, taidi '
"If the House bill i as drastic is H
has been reported to m t be, I tbould
say the Senate will find it accessary ta
liberalise it through amendment.",
Resolution taking issue with th
statement of Representative Kaha that
crime has increased under prohibitioa
and (hat the recent riot here were
used by prohibition, were adopted
today by the executive committee t .
State Superintendent and officw of
the Anti-Saloon League ef America. ' '
Republican Ar Feeled.'
The House Republican thi morning
when they were considering a resolutlea .
to investigate , th activities of th
United State Shipping Board, thought
the 'Vmoerat would object, but in this
they were mistaken, as th Democrat .
voted unanimously for th investiga
tion. However, the Democrats did ;
'strenuously object to th partita p- "
! portienment of the eommittee. They
i contended that the minority .war en- '
titled to h larger representation .than
was accorded by the majority forces,
I bit this they were denied.
Representative Pou, of North Care
lina, made some very pointed and per '
tinent remarks on the attitude of the
Republicans toward th performances -
of the administration during the war. .
He charged that it wai all for political
effect. , ,
"Your fnvcrtigation will only demon
atrato the power and efficiency of the
Wilson administration," Mr.' Pou'de- '
clared in thd course of his speech. Coa
tinuing Mr. Pon said In part:
Congressman Pen Speak.'
''The party to which I belong, was la
poweT during the time these expendi f,
lures were being mude. We invite yott
to make thia investigstion, w knew
it was coming; we have known all the
time that every activity ef hs ad- '
ministration would be investigated if
you were invested with power, v Your v
investigation will only demonstrate, th
power and efficiency of the Wilson nd
ministration. Your motives, of course,
arc mlitiral.
pose in view
you have no other pur
You fear the President,"
I some of you hate him tnd you there- .
fore wish to discredit him. Ha ha
done nothing to deserve your malignant
ill-will, but you have left ta (tone un
turned to embarrass him wherever It
was possible to gain a little political
advantisge. While the war was on yon
were constantly finding fault with th
great measures preiented to enable- lie
'President to carry on the wnr. YU
quirfreled and grumbled and fouad
fault on ll occasions hut you voted
for every one of these measure ; went
bark to your people aad bragged about
ffilll'Ei Til Vflur 1
. 2
J'J
;,,,u
TwrnrirThrThwir
ism of President Wilton,
you criticised him bees use he went ta
Pari 'to take part in th framing of
th most important treaty aver framed
by mortal' man. ' -- '? i
"I conclude with just thi prediction.
When your Investigation eommittee ha
finished it work, when yoa havf ipeni
million more of the people' money,
tratloa, all falrmiaded mea will agree.
i '' " ... '. ; ..'
(Ceatlaaed ea Pag TweJ