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- . .' ' . . , ' ...,- " j, - .. , - ,., iff: ; WATCH tiBZL. . I')". Hntl I Cars Man eavtiattea aa evefd WH CUCM . - WEATHER: , Fair Friday aad Saturday, tea jaack change I teaiamUrei ' gentle variable wines. , eirver VOLCX. NO. 53. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. . . " RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MORNING, AUGUST. 22, 1919. SDCTEEN PAGES TODAY. price t five Cents. 11 JilLs i. N V V'WJ CAii liV V tf- CLASS AND FMSON lillWALEM Secretary of Treasury Preaches Thrift While General Brags On Thirtieth TWO GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ATTENDING Head of Treasury Department Oppoiei Paternalistic Gqv ernment And Advocatei Fair, sett To AD; , Convention Heart Several Prominent - Bankers and Bnainess Hen By. FRANK 8MKTHURST. Spw-VI SUV KprtMBatlv. WinttoB-8alem, Aug. 21. Hob. Cr- bt Glut, 8eereUi7 of tb Treasury, and Brig. Gen. 8. L. Faison, of the Thlrtittb diiiion, toaight shared honors btort to North Carolina Banker As aociatioa and while the one laid the tardea of the high cost of Hiring upon the thriftless and improvident eon tuner, the other defended against all comers the Thirtieth division's title as Srst breaker of the Hindenburg line, The second Bight meeting of the banker took viae in the theatre here, and while the lower floor was reserved for the three hundred and fifty or more bankers Bad their guests, the people of Winston-Salem crowded into the re- Mining sections of the hall. Lieut. Governor O. Mas Gardner, who Is dividing the political time of the convention with Hon. R. N. Page last sight introduced the Secretary of tha Treasury with a glowing tribute to the federal reserve system of which he said Secretary Glass is the daddy. Secretary Talks Thrift. 1 Secretary Gkss talked in an informal fashion, pleading with the laakers to L.jgo to their homes and preach the doe- trine of irifU The impoverished war Tacked country of France, he said, will pay off ita war debt before America, all ' because of the habits of economy whith have been inculcated into the ' people for years. Th only way la which wa may pay . vC our war debt," at declared, "is for tb A&le fIl without dly to put tha brakes on tbo habit of fan ' provident and utra.agint axpendi .7'lnrn." ' . . A perfect delirium 'of eitravagance, tha speaker insisted, nas swept over v . i- i l i p.- Ma country, drawing m iw wv ' rtjr 'bond and government eeeuritUrs in exchange for valueless stock an J . gold brick properties. I, "We complain of the high cost of 1W- ing," h aaid, "aad yet the consume ra themselves are responsible largely for it because they havent stopped aince the signing of the armistice to consider the eartailment of industry. Mer chants eouldnt get profiteering prices roles there were people who were will ing to pay those prices, and the only way to beat the profiteer and return to normal habits of business is to quit paying profiteering priee." - - Doesn't Believe In Strikes, Discussing unrest aad labor con ditions, the Secretary declared -hia be- lief that atrikes never sf eomplish any good. "They simply curtail production, he explained, "and when production is curtailed the reaction is always upon the man who labors and the man who atrikes more than upon any on elae in, the community. Ami iilr ho ardently opposed any theory of eeercion as antagonistic to American principles, he warned hia " hearers that a new age is at hand and that America will never go back to the old. "W of the South espe"r BC leara this lesson," be continued. "We must pay laborinjj- men Itctter wages, and we must deal with them in a fairer way. Not only have we got to 'do that, bur, trom every point of view, wo ought to do that." He opposed strenuously the ide of paternalistic government, insisted that tha railroada must be returned to.tho .ml litrM of snvernment con trol determined. Bud then added t "Yon - ought to get i ot of y00' the government must do averyinini; .w. you do it yourself, and do it better and quicker titan ,the government can". General Fataon Bnoaka. ": Col 8. W.. Minor, of Durham, t.w mnA alu commander of the 120th Begimcnt, 3h IMvision in France, presented General Faison, . who In a simple, informal way trfld the story of ' tha Hindenburg line, paid hlrfh honor tri th. men of North Carolina who ,mA Una nart of it and denied to all men that any organisation other than th 30th divitioa was tho first to 1 ertimple np the famous Germsn strong , hold, or that any other than the 118th aad I'-Wh Infantry of North Carolmi f rt entered u, -fi ...i r.i. ani.laA in some oe .11 tha formation of th defenses, and v th battlo hieh marked the turning iw.li. Bf tha war. He brought an en. thusist(a applaus from.th entirt as sembly wliea B t.ow now vi" . hsd hi regiment served with hot eoffe ti,. .nnln of Bcntember 9 before thi driv begsn, and charactariaed it as th finest thing lhat ' aappenea I ranee vurtng m " t . Measag Frem Governor. Th nornina- Muioa of th conven ' Hon, meeting U th Palm room of th ' tinietdorf, received a greeting from Governor Blckett, who Is attending th arssioa of the Hoaw of Governor hi R.H fake Citv. heard th report of th ' ' rWrctarv Treasurer JV. A. Hunt, of Bendersoa, had peraenal aad official j greeting from Mr. Fred W. Hyde, ttf V tary of the American Bankers' Associa- 't Con tinted Pag Tt. FOUR MEXICAN BEFORE FIRE OF AMERICANS; SOLDIERS CONTINUE DRIVE . : . ' , - ' Punitive Expedition Qomting Mduntain Passes . and Canyons in Search for Men Who Held Aviators for ,Rans6m; Only Meager Reports Received As to Progress. . Farfa, Tex., Aug. II. Four Mexican bandits were killed by American troops, in Mexico yesterday, Captain loaard Mat lack, who arrived her by airplane tonight, reported. They were sur rounded in aa abode blockhouse that tho Mexican bad constructed in a mountain pass. Tho bandits fought desperately when they found they, were trapped and t escaped. When th American troops approached the blockhouse with tlw In tention of searching it, the Mitfcars opened fire from porj holes. ' The fire was returned and the block house charged by the American cavalry troop. ' , Throe ot th four Mexicans killed have been identified as Jesus' Janir, Francisco Janlr and Josr Fuentes. Thei identity of th fourth bandit has not been ascertained. A'l tour are known to Captain Matlock as bandits operat ing along the ' Big Bend border for years. " Two of Bsndita Escape. Th two -men who escaped were pur sued, but the trail nas lost in the moun tain canyons. It was definitely established . that . Jesus Eenteria, leader of the outlaw band that captured Lieutenants Harold O. Peterson and Paul H. Davis, Ameri can aviators, was not among th dead. Captain Matlaek aaid he passed a column of 200 Carranza troops below the border yesterday. The Carranza coiMunndrr aked where the Americans iv. to going. When he was informed thev 'were pursuing the bandits, be navid I.U tnad nnd said "go ahead." Major-General Joseph T. Dkkman, commander of the Southern Depart ment, kunouncod tonight that ho would mnialn here tomorrow to' go over the Big Bend District situation with Col. Georjfe T. Langhorne. He had planned to return to Sn Antonio tonight. While the exact location of th troop was withheld for ' military reasons, it is known they have gone so far into th interior that it is necessary to send money to commanders so they may pur chase siiunlies. The line of commbnl cation U getting too long to transport r.rr.t lnlfiMV. it WIS Stated. ' Captain Matlark eam f rom" Voxleo at sunset in an air plan driven by Lieut. Eugene Eubank, wso laaded la Legislation To Protect Public Asked For When Roads Go Back To Owners - Washington. Aug. 21. Th railroad reorganisation program should include legislation lo assure the public sufficient facilities and service for Its' needs, and also to protect it from strikes, the House Interstate Commerce Committee was to day told by witnesses tit it hearing. A. P. Thorn, counsel for the Assoc ia tion of Knilway Kxeeutives, declared tho fundamental need of proposed legis lation for return of the roads to pri vate operation was creation of a FeJ era! transportation board charged with general oversight from the viewpoint of publie Interests or the country trans' nortation needs, nnd Charles Piez, of Chicago, representing the Illinois Mann fartiirerr Association, urged that rail employes be compelled to waive th fight 'Of a striae wnca accepting em plovment. We do not propose to put this board superior to the Interstate Commerce Comminlnn," declared Mr. Thorn, who argued that ita findings would give the commission the aid of recommendations of an independent publio body as to what is in th publie interest. Throaib th board, Mr. Thorn said a definite rule for rate making would be established, for the amount certified to th interstate commission would be accepted aa correct unless disproved. Mr. Flex, in presenting the recom mendatioa of tin Illinois msnufaetur r, said that ia denying th right of strike to th rail employes provisions should b mad for aa arbitration board, whoa finding would be subject only to final appeal to th Interstate Commerce eommlssloa. Great Lake shippers, Mr. Plrx said feared that th interstate commerce commission control of water rales ovls ion ia th Eseh-Pomeren bill, would trsngle 'development of water traffic because it wss believed that th success of wster rates depended on their elss- tieityr , ' GREENSBORO MAN DIES,' . f IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL (Special to th News and bbserver.) Greensboro, Aug. 21. Lumsford Bieh nrdson died today In Ban Francisco fol lowing an illness of two month. C wa stricken with pneumonia while In Saa Fraaeiseo oa business 1st in Jan. Member of hia family bav been with him during his illness. - Th deceased was th founder of the Tick Chemical Company, of this city, and had mad considerable money dur tng the last few yearv He wai an Ider ia th rirst Presbyterian church aad highly esteemed. Th body will ba wought lier for Interment, Mr. Bichardsoa, tw oi aai thrta tUugb tart anrvllfa- . WOULD PROHIBIT RAILROAD STRIKES BANDITS FALL a Mexican mountain valley, picked up th Captain and returned with him to report th progress of the punitive ex pedition to General Dickman. Matlnck aid th American troopa are )a nign spirit. - No American Casualties. - "Every one in the expeditionary fore is well." he said. "We have had no casualties, exeept one man who naa a cactus thorn in his liana. "We are making progress in the pur suit. Hard storms have slackened our speed somewhat, but w consider that we i;:ije good time. "Afler leaving the Rio Urand won lay jisruint. soon after daylight tho expc:liton followed a fresh trail. The four men to whom the money had been paid had a start of, more than five hours on us. We followed them to a high mountain pass, where they Mattered, oue going north and three southwest, as indicated by the fresh tracks. They scattered likequnil, and it was difficult to follow them because of th faint trolls. . , "The fight with tho bandits in the fortified blockhouse started as soon as the American troop commenced to search the place, fire i)ing opened by the Mexicans from loop holes. The troops returned the fire. "Four bodies were found. Two of the bandits escaped. They are still being pursued. These two latter outlaws are believed to have been members of Ren teria'a gang, but the aviutors could not identify them.'' The men who held tfiem were des perate characters known on both sides of the border; Cfiptain Matlaek will return to his troops in Mexico tomorrow. He held a long conference with General Dickman and Colonel Ldnghornc, commander of the Big Bend District, tonight. Fear of a clash between Isolated Cnr-J ranra troops and the American troops was relieved by a telegram from Oen. Manuel Dieguex, whoM command in cludes the Ojlnsga, District, to Gen. Antonio Prtineda, commander of that district, saying tho American' troops were wholly within their rights under a treaty of I8S8 In pursuing bandits. Th treaty is said to have .originate) when ' Americas vndrsM6R:aBi 'troops wart pursuing sn Apach leader back and forth between ta two conntrlos. Railroad Shopmen Propose To Find Out About Letter To Frank Hampton Rocky Mount, Aug. 21. Extract from a letter written to Frank Hamp ton, secretary to Bsnator Simmons, by a Bofix Mount uujiaesa wan, w oem- mented quite freely on )be recent strike of railroad shopmen and gave his re sult and views on th matter, ss quoted In the News and Observer today under Washington date line, has created quite a stir In loesl labor circles. Em ployes at the A, C. L. shops here at whom- the letter was directed consid ered the matter to be of sufficient Im portance to warrant the calling of a special meeting of th federated crafts men late this afternoon, with the result that a large attendance responded. Just what happened'at the meeting is unknown, but it i safe to say that tha labor men are visibly aroused ail determined upon some definite action. All questioned this afternoon expressed most bitter resentment against (lie statements and especially that extract saying that "Except for th railroaj employe and their families th senti ment is against concessions of any kind." Attendant at th meeting went so far as to sny that a committee of three, with G. D. Bosser. president of tha fed erated craftsmen of th entir Atlantic Coast Line system, aa chairman, hid been appointed, to investigate th mat ter nnd find out by some means who wrote theJetter in question. It i like wise insinuated that labor representa tives may mak a trip to Weshmgtoa to ret At tha bottom of the matter, . If local investigations' prove, to be of as avail. Evscaatloa Begins. Berlin, Aug. 21. Announcement that the evacuation of Lithuania has begun is contained in a not sent today to th entente powers by th German govern ment. - SENATOR INJURED BY STREET CAR AT CAPITOL Waaliington, Aug. 21. Senator Fletcher, of Florida, was struck by treet ear 1st today and seriously in jured. He sustained a sever scalp wound, a contusion and a badly, bruised arm,' ' f ' '"" ' . . , ' Th Florida Senator was on his way horn t from the eapitol aad.- a he alinhted from a street ear near hi ren dene i he was atraek by another ear coming from aa opposite direction. At tha Fletcher horn tonight it was said that ,th Senator's Injurie while quit never wer ' got regarded . at serious, although hi exact eoaditioa could not it ascertained until a more complete txsminatloa of th scalp wound and th eo a fusion was possible. . Th Bcnatot If M of age. A ., . ROCKY MOUNT MAN STARTS SOMETHING ENDORSE WARF1ELD OWNERSHIP PLANS North Carolina Chambers of Commerce Want Railroads . In Private Hands WANT GOVERNMENT TO. GUARANTEE EARNINGS Fayetteville Delegation Prom ised Visit By Congressional Delegation To Determine Pate of Camp Bragg; Direo- tor General Refuses To Be- . duce Bates on Linters Th New! and Observer Bureau, - 603 District National Bank Bldg. By 8. R. WINTERS. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, Aug. HI. Repre sentatives of the chambers of eommere of Henderson, Baleigh, Goldsboro, Wil son, Rocky Mount, Fsyettevill, New Bern, Greenville and Washington, re-- resenting 1,500 business manufactures and jobbers have endorsed the Warflold plan of - railroad ownership. A reso lution favoring ita adoption by Cnr gress has been drafted by these tune chambers of commerce, after due d Jiberatlon, and the North Carolina dele gation in Congress has been requested to support the plan. Essentially the plan as devised by 8. Davles Warfleld, of Baltimore, would provide a minimum of six per cent on invested capital with division of sur plus over that percentage among em ployes, the publie and the earning rail roads. The common carriers would lw reorganized by the government. The Interstate Commerce Commission would fix rates on a basis which after paying the cost of operation would net the minimum return of six per cent. Luther M, Walter, of Chicago, who ia one of the sponsors of the plan, states that to turn the railroads back to private own ership just at this time would shift to the roads a burden the government should Hear. Believe It I. Best Plan. ' "After due consideration and investi gation,", reads the resolution of the Tar Heel chambers of eommere as for warded, to Representative E. W.'Poo, "we believe th Warfleld plan repre sents th interest of th publio holding I which publie numbers about fifty mu- lioa of tha citizens of th TJulted Statu and further that th holding repre sent th faea value of insuranca policies ah J other factor ntering Into th com mercial existence of th United State. We. therefore, endorse the Warfleld pla! and urge that you and the North Carolina delegation In Congres strongly advocate the adoption of the Warfleld plan for the regulation of th comman earriera of the United State. Affixed to the resolution nre the signature: J. W. Jenkins, Henderson; M. B. Beaman, Baleigh; W. C. Den mark, Goldsboro; H. E. Barlow, Wilson; U H. Duncan, BoekyMount; H. V. P. KinC, Fayetteville: II . H. Willhoit, New Bern; S. H. Walthall, Greenville; E. R. Young, Washington. Delegation From Fayetteville. A Fayetteville dolrgntirfn composed of Fred Hale, editor ot the Fayetteville Observer, John G. Shaw and A. L. Me Caskill held a-conference with a sub eommittee of the Appropriations com mittee of the House of ricftresentatives at 2 o'clock this sftcrnoon regarding the fat of Camp Bragg. The delega tion extracted from the Houso commit too a promise that members of the sub committee would visit Fayetteville for the purpose of determining the status of the landholders whose property is said to be in jerfmrdy beennso of the un settled conditions and fnte of th mili tary camp. The Fnyettevilla eitirens left Wash ington tonight with renewed hopes that Camp Brngg would be a permaneat military establishment, that the con demnation proceedings would go ahead and the entire acreage acquired by the War Department. Fred Hale, editor of (He Fayetteville Observer, told the New. and Observer correspondent after ' lyacher into execution. Bhorlly be the conference that he wa optimistic I for, his death, Tyler was asked by th as to the future' of the military estab lishment. He was of "the opinion that an inspection trip by member of ConH gress to Cumberland and Hoke coun ties would nut only have a salutary effect hut Would strengthen the repre sentations as msde by Fayetteville citi- sens to the committee regarding th conditions at Camp Brngg. Mr. Hale was inclined to think that some1 nncompleted ramp wonld not relish a visit of members of Congress, but he expressed the view that the Camp Era icg ar . would welcome such a trip. Representative H. L. Godwin ami Ijre Robinson accompanied the Fayetteville delegation to the rooms of the House military affaire committee. ' No Redaction In Kates. Th United State Railrond Adminis tration has declined to revise the freight tariff on linters whereby this product wtfuld be hauled at a lower rate than that which obtain for cotton. Th rate . . J .1 I 1 i lorrouow oy-pvouurv.rr on. parity which the North Carolina Sena tor claim is a discrimination fcgainst the cotton d oil mill interest in North Carolina. Director General Wvlker D. Bines state that a recent revision in the freight tariff involved both increases and redaction in, rate on cotton for the purpose of eliminating discrimina tion and departure from the fourth section of tho act to regulate commerce and In this manner rate oa cotton lin ters were affected. "I Had that several month aao savs I Director General Bines, "th cotton seed on mtii interest ta th Houtbeaat pre sented through onr committee organisa tion a re iuest for modification of th rate on rotten linters which, effective June 25, 1918. wer mad tU tarn as th rate aa cotton, through aa order of Continued a Pag Nine.) UNITED STATES ARMY AVIATORS WHO WERE RELEASED BV BANDITS " mum Lieut. Harold George Peterson of Hutchinson, Minn., left and Lieut. Paul H. Davis of Strathmore, Cal., right, who were captured by Mexican bandits and ment of a ransom. They are acting as guides for the punitive expedition into Mexico. FRM Walter Tyler Taken From t)f ficer By Mob; Body Hanged From Tree CONFESSES TO ATTACK ON WOMAN, IS REPORT Crime Committed Tuesday Night Hear New Hope Church; Mrs. W. L. Medlin Assaulted In Bed; Negro Ar- ' rested While At Work; Body Bemaina Suspended AH Day , By IRVING CHEEK. YounrsvUle. Aug. SI Less than Si hour after be was charged with erlml i,aaUy asaaaltiag th Wif af a prominent FranklU aounty fanner, Waltar Tyler, a 19-year-ytar-old negro, wa lynched by a mob near her Wednesday night, He waa taken from a constable and hia body strung up lo a tree by th highway in front of New Hope Church, 10 miles east of Vounsville, and only a short dis tance fro nithe homo of bis victim, Mrs. W. U Medlin. S6 year old. ' At 4 o'clock this afternoon the negro's body was still suspended from tha limb of a small oak tree where from early morning it had been viewed by thousaads, including numerous women. Whilo th body, riddled with bullets and bird shot and nude to the waist waa tho center of attraction, it pre enee. however gmesuiae, dil not inter fer with baseball players who wer at practice near the body preparatory to the beginning of their weekly gnme. Several negroes in a group stood a few feet from the liodv awaiting play. About 3)0 yards fmm th church stood tho bom of the Medlins where tho negro committed his crime. From th home the negro'a victim and her hus band could plainly e the suspended body of Tyler. Mrs. Medlin, it is re ported,, saw th body. Confessed His Crime. Tyler was arrested by Constable Jack King nt S o'clock Wednesday afternoon after nearly an all-day search in the vicinity of the crime. He committed th assault about 11 o'clock Tuesday night. It wa after hia arrest aad while the eonstnbl was taking th negro to Louis burg for confinement in the county j.iil that h was forcibly tnken from the officer. The mob-overtook the constable about two miles from Iouisburg. tOnce in the custody of the mob, no time was lost in putting the plans of lender of th crowd If he bad sny thing to ray. He was told hnt nas going t happen, it ia aaid. and then warned to be 4)iiiek with his statement. I Hid it and am sorry," he is re ported as saying, while th crowd ia care wer carrying him from Ih scene of the capture from the officer. The negro also confessed, it Is said, to th burglary of several homes in the vicinity of tho eriine almnt two months ago. Shot Throat Head. . Shortly after hia alleged confession, the negro vrcs killed when a load nf shotwns fired into the back of bis head. Death was probably instantaneous. Then, the body was carried a dis tance, of perhaps five miles to an onk tree In th churchyard aad strung up srith the feet barely touching the ground. His body was then riddled with bullets and birdshot, a knife also behig nspd after he wns dead. -' People passing the church early ! TUIV MUM It I II K discovered tne nouy j. , f ... , 0n. f however, who livc close by and is a nelahbor of th Medlins, stated that h heard n shots nor knew anything Of the lynching until itaylight. Crime CommitUd At Mght Vr. Medlin was attacked Tuesday nieht almitt 11 o clock after she had retired. IIt husband was cnrlng to baeco at a barn 'about 100 yard' from th house The woman' assailant entered th bedroom before Mr. Medlin discovered hia presence. 8ii had returned home from th hospital only several weeks so and sj unabl to offer much re- sistanee oa account ox acr weasenea condition After th crim wa committed. Mrs. Medlia went ant into th yard and yelled to; her husband for help. Sh . (Catlaa4 a Fag Two.) NEGRO i NCHED IN IKUN COUNTY trip --x-tr 1' t (C) Underwood as Underwood. later released upon the pay Agreement Made Between Food Administration And Depart ment of Justice ELEVEN CENTS POUND CHARGE TO CONSUMER Congress Prepared To Act To day On Extension of Food Control To Other Commodi ties In Campaign To Beduee Hisrh Cost of Living; Sale of Army Supplies Continues Washington, Aug. 21. Activ control of sugar price waa resumed today by tha government, through an agreement reached betwoea th Department of Jus tice and the Food Administration that licenses will b revoked by the latter when it is shown dealers have been profiteering. Sugar should reach the consumer at approximately eleven cents a pound, it was announced, based on the ownership of the entire domestic and Cuban crop by the United States Sugar Equalisa tion Board, which is selling to refiners at 7.28 cents a pound. Refiners ar under contract with the board to sell at nine cents, less than two per cent dis count for cash, wholesalers and jobbers are allowed a maximum of 68 cents per 100 punds fur handling and retailers nre permitted a profit of one to one and one-half cents per pound, making a fair price, eleven eenU, except in cases where dealer hav purchased nt an "unreasonable'' priee due to misunder standing in the trade. When this is a fact, A reasnnnbla advance over the ac tual cost w ill lx" permitted. Ho.ao To Act Today. With the House Agriculture Commit" tee's amendment for extension of tho powers of the Food Control Act before it, the Houso tonight was prepnreil to tk action tomorrow on th amendment and thereby make ita first cxteusivc step toward beating down living coats. Th amendment, which was reported to the House today by unanimous vote. includes retailer among those liable under the food eontrol act, and its en actment along with the control exercised over sugar, officials believe will do much to curtnil profiteering. by retailers. Our desira is to secure a fair price for the consumer,'' said Attorney General Palmer in announcing resumption of sngnr control,-"and we do not wish to pursue a wholesale policy of recommend ing the cancellation of licenses. , Wner trade adjusts itself to a fair pric. for the future, past transactions, unless flag rant, will not ordinarily be made th basis of a recommendation by this de partment for th cancellation of the li cense. , Enoagh T G Aroand. Bale of army subsistence supplies now In progress will cover virtually th en tire surplus, the War Deportment nounced today, including; enough lo glv two pounds of meat and on and one- quarter pouada nf canned vege'ablee to every person in the United States. The amendment to the food eontol act as reported today would extend th net's provision to Include wearing ap tmeel, container of food, feed or fer tilizer and fuel oil. A peaalty of 13,000 nml two years' imprisonmeut for profi teering. 'The absence of evidence of any prof iteering by farmers,' the agriculture committee's report said, "nnd the pro visioa of the so-called "Pherman anti trust law recognizing collective bargain ing by labor makes it wise to not sub ject the farmer to Inconvenience and expense under the Federal law." r Numerons bills nnd resolutions dealing with living cost questions were present ed In lioth houses of Congress. Rep resentative Hutchinson, Republican, New Jersey, Introduced a bill which would enable the Becretary of Agri culture to "prevent deception with re spect to cod stosge foods; to regulate the storage' and shipment of (old stor age foods 4 interstate eommere nnd limit Such storne to ten months. T Meet Federal Road Aid. Birhmond, Ve, Aug. 21. To relieve the taxing on general property to ob tain lufltcieat fund to match th fed eral road ad, members of tha State Sea ate today announced a plaa to levy in creaedHeenae and income fee. CONTROL OF SUGAR PRICES RESUMED ROPOSED TREATY T ASIDE IN SENATE NO PEACE DECLARATION POSSIBLE, SAYS WILSON """assssanni roreign Eelationi Oommltttt Deoidei To Continue Its Hearing! In Order To Ee-' ceive The O&iea of the Wonld-Be Smaller Hationi; President Writes Senator , Washington, Aug. 21. Th eompro-. , mi proposal ta hav th Senate adopt . peace treaty reservations bat keep them eparats from th ratification itself waa - put aaid indefinitely today aftar Demo cratic leader had declined to assume responsibility for it and Republicans of , . all (hade of opinions had givea aotice they-could not accept it. Among th Republican the develop COMPROMISE PU ment was interpreted aa meaning thai' action never would b sought oa tha 1 ' proposal in ita present form, and Demo cratic leader generally aaid thej had no plans for bringing it to a vote. , Meantlm a Whit Houae anaotrae. ment and aa executive sesaloa f tht , Foreign Relation committee brought te the surface again two other issues el : the treaty fight; Cannot Proclaim Feaee. ' President WUsou, replying te a ug gestion that, he(might put the country , t , on a peace oasis by declaring the wai ' at aa end, announced that he aot ealy considered himielf powrles te takt , such a step but considered a peaot declaration either by himself or. Coat gress prior to rati Act 'lo a ot the treat) ' would "put a stain upon our national honor, by evading responsibility U - th. world peace settlement. The Foreign Relation committee tot " into another argument over prompt eom mittee action on tne treaty which endel by a decision, without a record vote, ta continue it i hearings to receive th casei 1 ; ' of th Irish, Greek, Egyptian, Lith- ' uanian, Ukranian, Ksthonlaa aad Lettish , race. Ia every Democrat! quarteV, Includ ing th Whit House, it was indicated ' ; that the compromise proposal aa pre -anted yesterday ia a resolution by Sea- ator Plttman, of Nevada, a Democrat ' of the committee, waa not specifically ' ponsored by th Prestdeat, though it -followed generally the line of hi Bug- , gestion to the committee Tuesday re garding reservations. Senator Pittmaa Issued a statement eying th President had no knowledge of th resolution nnd Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the administration leader, v indicated that in bo sense wa the snore to be considered ss inspired by th ad ministration. There was no formal ex pression from the Whit House. . -Wonld Expedite Actios. In hia statement Mr. Pittmaa aaid ' his idea in presenting the measure waa to expedite action on the treaty. He insisted that he would aak lot aetioa later. He argued that acceptance ef the reservation proposed could b . ' gained from the nationa who will eon trol the Ijeague of Nation eouneil, thus making it possible to ratify tha treaty with the assurance that the die puted sections of the covenant will not ba interpreted, to the disadvantage f this country. There wa increasing evidence during the day, however, that the group ef Repuhlirana who hav agreed on reeer rations similar to those in th Pittmaa . ' resolution would withhold their Bp ' proval from any plan not eoatemplaU ' ' ing inclusion of the qualiflcatioaa U . the ratification itself. Republican lead era said they were ready for a vote today if the Democrat wanted to brinf . t th resolution to a roll call , v ' President Wrltea Senator. President Wilson' announcement ef hi stand against a peace deelaratloa " was mads in a letter to Senator Fall. Republican, of New Mexico, la reply to a list of questions submitted by tha ' latter. At th m tin) Mr. WUaea explained th treaty provisloa' tnra . ing over th Oermaa colonies to tha big fiv power by saying it vested only a trusteeship over the colonies pending , permanent arrangement for their government. A provialonal agreement in th matter had been reached, . ha said, but it was contingent aa the League of Nations. - r The President wrote that It waa (Continued en Page Two.) MRS. DANIELS CHRISTENS LARGE HARBOR DRY-DOCK Secretary of the Nary and Bat tleship Fleet Arrive . At TTnnnlnin .. Honolulu, T. H Aug. 21 With Mr. JoseVhus Daniels, wif of thei Secretary of the Nsvy, pressing the button that flooded the structure, the Great Pearl Harbor drydock waa dedicated by Sec retary Daniels today. Ancient Hawaii, through the eon and daughters its warriors, welcomed Secretary of the Navy Daniels and hia party and the officers and men ef th rcsdnaught New York which arrived her today. Th Hswailans, attired la astir costume, greeted the Secretary and his, party when it laaded, As th visitors ' came ash or they passed be tween columns of warrior carry lag spears. , ' Rear Admiral Albert M. D. McCor mick underwent aa operation for ap pendicitis at sea last Mondsy) it be car.. known , when the dreadnsoght reached here. HU condition waa re ported dangerous. ; V. Apprentice P, T. Smith, ef Chicago, was crashed te death aboard th New York by th twinging of a lt-iaek gua turret. . - ' -1. fl