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V Tib e Na ' ; WEATHER: rlr Satarday cad Sunday, ot much, change la tampers- tire. . , V -s , , V7ATC3 tillL. M Mf ft,, (raival I eirver am Oafst WmM b : . a ai wn. - VOL CX. NO. 54. TWaVEPACES TODAY.; , : RALEIGH, N. ('SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1919. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. fog JOSEPH B. RAWSAY CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF STATE BANKERS W, A. Huntr Secretary-Treasurer For Fourteen Years, Is . ' First Vice President LA. UHELLsiLECTED . AS HUNT'S SUCCESSOR Association Endorses League of . Nations After- Hearing .' Powerful Argument' by Sena tor Overman Who Says Res ' ervations Might Throw Ques ,tios Back Into Conference By FRANK SMETHTJBST. ' Winston-Salem, Aug. 82. Analyzing . tha propostd League of Nation be fore the doling session of the North ' Carolina Bankers' Association here to day, Senator Lee S. Overman express ed the fear ' thaj any reservation or - Interpretation of the treaty on the part of the Senate will throw the entire mat ter back into conference, and ehaoi will . accompany the delay. Ho made a pow erful appeal for ratification,' declaring r that victory ia not complete until the treaty is ratified and business once ' more stabilised. ' -N - Until this -is done," he said, "the , world will experience nothing but sib. rest, starvation in many places, Bol shevism, anarchy, revolutions, wars, and the extermination, finally, of all the races of men." V Senator Overman's address preceded the election of officers of the bankers association and the closing events of the program of the twenty-third annual convention. - Officers chosen for the ensuing year were: Joseph B. Rnmscy, Boeky Mount, president; W. A. Hunt, Henderson, first vice-president; A. M. Dumay, Washington, accoad viee-prcsideat ; C. E; Brooks, Hendersonvllle, third vice president J T. A. Uxscll, New Bern, secretary-treasurer. The new members of the executive committee eleeted are: W. B. Watts, Plymouth, first district; J. A. Westi-ett, Bayboro, third district; Charles A. Scott. Graham, fifth district) J. W. Cunningham, Banford, seventh ,: district; B. L. Mauaoy, King's Moun , tain, ninth district, and Thomas. )L Bhipmaa, Brevard, tenth district. . -Fenrteca Yeare aWotary-Treaaarer. : The cleetioa of W. A. Hunt to the vfee-pretldeaey ends fourteen year of service iu tha capacity of aeoretary trcasurer. He was elected in tbo Win' ton-8alcm meeting of tha asoeiation, fourteen years ago, ond it was a pecu liar coincidence that his retirement from this office should also be in Winston- Salem. With everybody eoneeding this tho greatest of all conventions of tha bank ers in the State, Winston-Salem came in for praise ia superlatives for the mag nificent entertainment provided. Noth ing was left undone which might have been done for their comfort. With tbo rity in t'.ie midst of a street ear strike, the bankers of Winston-Salem requisi tioned the jitneys and many private cars to transport the delegates r bout the city. ' The twenty-third annual convention also marks the bighwater mark in at- tendance upon the Association mooting. J When the registration books closed, 384 bad registered, representing a material Increase over any other registration. A total of 567 banks ia North Carolina are now enroled in the organization and there are, President Gray announced to day, onlv eighteen non-members ia the Ktnf Tl - iiflh. sixth and seventh dis tricts hevo a hundred per cent regis - tratidn. .. To Issaa Quarterly BalUtla. Besides endorsing the League of Na tions, the bankers' today adopted resolu tions commending the State'saew pro gram of taxation, and recommending tho appointment of Col. John F. Bru- i. ton, of Wilson, as member of tho board .of dlrectore of the Federal Beserve Bank. Moreover, recommendations of tha executive committee, were adopted calling for the issuance of a quarterly bulletin by ths assoelatloa.T the ea, eouragement of the work ot the American Institute of Bankng ia the . BUte, authorization tor banks U lead tip to twenty-five per cent of capital oa ' surplus staple commodity securities, the appointment of a committee to arrange for North Carolina banks to remit oa one aaother, a universal system of re- - wards for tha detection of bogus cheek frauds and the continuance of the office of soerctaVy -treasurer oa the. present .. . basis. . " The final session, interrupted for a luncheon give by President and, Mrs. James A. Gray, was bald at tho Forsyth , Country Club, and Kwaa here that Senator Overman, presented by ieorge A. BolOunesa, of Edgecombe, delivered - his address, ,: . Tha Senator discussed the efforts of . the world toward peace, in all times, traced briefly the history of" the war, " tha visit of President Wilsoa.to Franes, nA tha essential provisions of the - covenant for tbo League of Nations. This, he declared, the greatest Instru ment eve - penned by man, ana ox " nlained that while it ia not perfect, like ' tbo Constitution of the Uaited State. it mast become mora so a a matter of . Towa.J,' '' . . t , n.fnJi Article Tea. Taking ap ArtlcUJ 10, which baa I - tited atnek of the opposiUoa to the league, Senator Overmsa answered the riuii.m tht it will nromote war wiu iow that .under it. war Is l tha remotest of poulbUities,This be baeked vp with aa array of tha pro visions which hava wen piaeea in tne treat to nreveat war, tncmaing toe t;.rht withdra after two 'years. the veto power of the council delegates, ! CmUm1 Pag. !"- HOUSE PROVIDES EXTENSION OF FOOD CONTROL AND FOR PENALIZING OF PROFITEERS Provisions of Lever, Act Made Applicable To Clothing, .Con- tainers of Food, Feed Or Fertilizers And Implements Used In Production of Necessities; No Opposition But Lots of Talk By Congressmen 1 Wuhington, D. C, Aug. tt-Without amendment and with practically ao op position the House lata today voted to amend tho Lever food control act to extend its provisions to include clothing, containers of food, feed or fertilizers, fuel oil and implements used in pro duction of "necessities, and to penalize profiteers by a $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment." ' ' -' Proposals to make too act apply to profiteering ia. house and rot in rent, adopted by the House ia committee of tha whole, were stricken out ia tha final Tote. Gets "Little Ones" Tf. V j Efforts werw rnad by both Republi cans ana Democrats to aava tm amend ment provisions cover necessities other than those Included ia tha amendment aa reported by the agriculture commit tee. Inclusion of kerosene and gasoline was proposed by Representative Strong, Republican, Kansas, who aald the prices of these products had increased 300 per cent in tho last two years, but his amendment was rejected by a close vol), while that of Itepresrtitativa Newton, Bepublican, Minnesota, to Tn?U; km cotton was eliminated oa a point of or der by Representative Blaaton, Demo crat, Texas. ' Attempts to bring farmers aad farm organisations within tha jurisdietioa of the amendment also were- bloekedV Recommendations of Attorney Gen eral Palmer to include retailers doing a business of less thaa $100,000 under the profiteering seetioa so that the De partment of Justice might "go after the little ones' were included la the measure as passed. Five Heura of Debate. Five hours of general debate preceded pavwge of tho measure tha first legis lative step in carrying out the recom mendations of President Wilson ia his rertnt laddresa to Congress oa tha high cost of living. The Hutchinson cold storage bill, modeled on the New Jer sey act, recommended to Congress by the President as worthy of patterning after, will bo reported to the House aext Wrtlt.' V .j r. : . . .Debate Way consisted largely ia at tacks and defease of tha administration, Republicans asserting that the Dem ocrats "with masterly .inactivity" had avoided aay disenssioa or remedies for tho high cost ot living, and Dem ocratic 'members charging that ''Re publicans had bee a busy playing polities FEDERAL CONTROL Witnesses Before Senate Com mittee Have Had Enough of It They peclare Wakliiagton, Aug. 22-Federal reg ulation of the packing industry, pro posed in the Kenyon and Kendrkk bills now oa hearing before tha Senate agri culture committee, found neither friends nor advocates In the long list Of witnesses who' aired their views to- ay. Though those testifying; came from points all tha way between Missouri and Georgia, and their occupations ran the gauntlet from I farmers, through feeders, stockers, retail butchers and dealers la produce, while their opinions as ito' the reasons and responsibility of lngh cosf of livhigTrorr diverse aad occasionally moat forcefully put, the puckers, all insisted, should oe let alone. Interference, witn tnem, tne tenor ot tlc statements rsar would be danger ous, to the consumer aad everybody else. laoagm Governmental CaatroL 'We've had toveramental control of hJlroads aad telephoaea aad telegraphs until we're plassb worn out, and we don't want aay more," W. P. Carpea tor. stock, feeder of Tarkis, Missouri, ("assured the committee. "I'm ia favor of tk maa who can-produce tha cheapest goiag ahead as far at ha can. That is the way to cut dowa tha cost ot living." Thomas Dunn, a St. ixtuis meat neater, aired aa unusual view of the sitantioa. wlca he aaid, "people want to pay high prices, because they think they are get ting better etun. "Thcse hearings wilt help get the fool ideas out ot their head." he added, while tha committee lauihed. "That is the only good they will do. But I'm paying 70 mora a beef ercsss thaa I did throe or four years ago aad I'd like to ask who ia getting that S70 o" "J. P. Lynn, aaother Tarkis stock feeder, told him. . "I'm getting it." he aald, "but I'm aot keeping H. Everything alas costs twice aa much." ';'.--.' Ia answer to Benator Capper, Kaa aas, -Mr. Lynn aad a group of other feeders said they had lost aome moaey aa cattle thia spring. t . ' "But that is aot tha packers fault,' J. A. Christiansen, a third man from he aame district, aaid. "Any man can nue muniae sis j ov mr : Insist CamaatiUaa kfeca.ts ' All of , the feeders insisted that compe tition was keen ia stock yards, aaid they spoke from long experience .is selling there, and ware inclined to scoff at .a sertions that tha packer dominated tha markets. Proposals in tha bills to take away tha packers refrigerator can, Lyaa PACKERS OPPOSED ,iLliCetit!ne4 rtft.Tw.) aad were unmindful of coming elec tions." ' Representative Rodenberg, Bepubli can, Illinois, opening discussion oa the measure, criticized President Wilson's "feeble -efforts to establish soma sort ot connection between the present high coat of living and the League of Na tions" aad .aald ihat "tha President's mind for tha last nine months has been completely absorbed by the idea of the League of Nations. "If the a waa a famine in China," the Illinois member continued, "a drouth ia India, a fiotd ia the Mississippi, Valley, an earthquake ia Porto Rico, a vclcanie eruptioa ia Central America, or an epi demic of spinal meningitis in New York City, tha President by a process of reasoning that satisfies himself at least, haa convinced hlmnlf that the sole con tributing cause was the failure of tha League of Nations.- ' ' Chaplala'e MeathXloscd. Representative Heflin, Democrat, Ala bama, charged that Republican opposi tion to the League vf Nations had be come so pronounced that tha chaplain of tho House .wns aot permitted to pray for acceptance of tie League cf Na tions." He said the ehaplaa had offered such a prayer one nvoraing "and since then his lips have been scaled by a high member of tha Bepublican party." Indication of the close interest with which President Wilson is. following every move in the fight oa high prices waa given today la a, lengthy confer ence which ha held with Attorney Gen eral Palmer aad Director General Hinus. The conference was arranged by Mr. Palmer, who declined to discuss what had bees under eonsideratioa. Mr. Palmer also was ia conference to day with tha Senate agriculture sub committee, considering amendments ta tha food control act. Tha committee wanted to have the amendments define "reasonable prices and Just profits" but ao agreement wss "reached. . It was con sidered likely that this phase of the congressional share la curbing profiteers waa pot before President Wilson by tha Attorney General. Mr. Palmer, today telegraphed Gov ernor Smith, of New York, that 8peeial Assistant Uaited Statei District At torney Henry A. Guilar would be as signtd to iavestigatc the New York milk situaUoa. ' WORKING MEN GIVE THEIR SIDE OF CASE Rocky Mount Committee Re plies To Statements Made in Letter To Frank Hampton Boeky Mount sends a spirited re- joinder to tha statement published ia tha News and Observer Thursday plac ing tao railroad mta of Rocky Mount ia aa unfavorable light. Tha statement was conveyed ia a letter to Frank Hamptoa, private secretary to Senator Simmons, and was intended for the in formation of the Senator, his secretary and aay one else concerned. It said among other things that our men could do the work of the fourteen car inspec tors at Rocky Mouat. It also sid that of the fourteen inspectors referred to six were colored and eight white. It aaid further that except fr railroad men and their families, the sentiment in tha Rocky Mount seetioa r-as against any further concessions being made to striking railway workers. A Boeky Mount merchant writes: "In saswer to a letter published ta your issue of August 21, 1 wish to say as a business maa who hail tha interest of the city at heart that tha letter does Boeky Mouat aa injustice. Thia towa ia 98 per cent railroad men aad aearly every homo ia Rocky Mount has a maa in it working for the railroad. All were ia sympathy with ths recent strike. The maa waa wrote the article la Thursday's paper was, I am afraid, biting tha hand that feeds him." - -A committee of the working 'men of Boeky Mount also has prepared aa an swer to tbo charges quoted ia tha re ticle of Thursday. The committee's statement follows s Mr. Editor: i Having road in yonr paper of August 21st aa article headed "Rocky Mount Talks oa Kail wits ' ia which certaia statements are made as to the inefficient manaer ia which the work is' handled at thia point, wo feel that aa these state menta are riven with the assertion that tho party quoted has aot depended upon glitering generalities" but had reached each eoncluaions after talking with tha employes; such statements evidently made to convince the public that every effort had been made oa hia part to procure tho facts ia the case, and real izing that tbo above ir aot only mis leading, but further that it a not a traw statement ot the 'conditions, ro ghrdlrat as to tha assertion to the eon trary, wa feci that tha, public should have, aad ia entitled to a few facts at least.' '-- We, aa employes, are not supposed to defend the ' management, thor are fully able to defend themselves. Still at tha assertion is made that four inspec tore could do what fourteen are doing if tha truaa ran systematically, as practical men feel constrained' to stats that such atatemeat ia simply pre- ienaamanusnmaassnw (Continued aa Psgw Two.) ANXIOUS TO HAVE BODIES RETURNED North Carolina Mother Doesn't Agree With General Per-; ' shiny's Views ' WAR-DEPARTMENT NOT' YET AGREED ON POUCy Wilmington Citizens Want Gov ernment Afent ?o Invest! -gats Sent v Profiteering; Wake County Man To Visit England; Wilson Oitixen Pro. tests Against Speeding The News and Observer Bureau, 003 District National Bank BIdg. By 8. R. .WINTERS. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Aug'. 82. NotwithstandV ing the expressed view of General Pershing that the bodies of American soldiers should remain oa French soil. the War Department today indicated to Hubert Martin, private secretary of Senator Overmsa, that unless the Freneh government interposed ob jections the wishes of Americsa mothers might be consulted when a definite policy bad been formulated regarding the removal of dead soldiers to the United States. Senator Overman 'is re ceiving many requests from ' North Carolina Inviting tha assistance ot his office in prevailing upon the War De partment to bring the remains of their relatives for burial la Tar Heel soil A Charlotte eitiaen, writing the junior North Carolina Senator with respect to the reconveyance of soldiers to this country, says: "I am writing you at the .request of his mother, who knows better thaa any one else Jier feelings, and wishes that his body be returned and if the govern meat will not do this. Is it aot per missible for me to do so at my ex pense t" The soldier referred to was a eitisen of Raleigh aad enlisted ia Com pany B, Third Division, SOthnfantry. General Pershing's Views. General Pershing thinks that the bodies of Americaa soldiers who died abroad should "to left' near where they felL "I believe that could these sol diers speak for, themselves they Vould wish to lio left undisturbed, where with their comrades they fought the last fight, ' says the eommaader-in-ehiet of the Americaa Expeditionary Forces. "Those who rest ia England gavs their lives la tha same-cause, aad their remains rep- reseat tha aame sacrifice as those who He on tho battlefields. "The graves of our soldiers constitute if they are allowed- ta remain a per' petual reminder to onr allies ot the lib erty and ideals upon which the greatness of America rests, l unit us seat:- mcnti above outlined ar. held by many who have given thia subject thought These sentiments should appeal to the relatives and friends. I recommend that aane of our dead bo removed Irom Europe unless their nearest relatives ao demand after a full understanding of all the sentimental reasoas against such removal, aad further I recommend that Immediate steps be takea for perma neatly improving and beautifying their cemeteries." The War Department advised 'the office of Senator Overmsa today that under the Freneh laws it is not permis sible to disinter bodies of American sol diers. However, the French government contemplates the removal of these legal restrictions and it oeems that relatives in North Carolina who are particularly desirous of burying their sons oa homo loll will be permitted to do so. Wilmington alliens Protest. A telegram wss dispatched, to Repre sentative H. L. Godwin todny from Wil mington, requesting that an agent of tha Department of Justice be detailed to the seaport town to investigate th alleged charges of rent profiteering. ' The com munication was signed by W. L, Riddle and his message stated that he wanted the assistance of the Dcpartmeat of Justice in response to a mass meeting held in Wilmington last night, at'-tided by representative eitixens. He Indi cated that the crowd which assembled at the county courthouse made emphatic protests against alleged exorbitant ren tals. The Sixth District Congressman took the prqtost to the Department of Justice thia afternoon. , Representatives Lee Robinson aad H. L. Godwia will accompany the sub committee from the House Military Affairs Committee that will make aa in spection of damp Bragg. The member of Congress composing the committee which will visit Fayettovilie are: Rep resentative Anthony, of Kansas, chair man; Crago, of Pennsylvania i LaOuar dia. of New Yorkj Fields, of Kentucky t Caldwell, of New York; Harrison, of Virginia; Fisher, of Tennessee; Hull, of Iowa, and Miller, of ashlngton. Tha data for tha contemplated visit of the committee has not boot determined. Remedy For Speeding. ' The sign post of theChambr of Com merce, ot El Paso, Texas,-which bears the inscription, "Prlvata Cemetery at bottom of Hill For Reckless Drivers'' as effective aa it may be, can hardly compete with tha suggestion of James Dempscy Bullock, of Wilson, N. C who wishes it prohibitive for aay manufac turer to construct a motor driven ve hicle with a capacity exceeding fifteen mllea per hour. Ia a letter to Senator Simmons he describee the automobile speeder aa tha "national periL' He says, 1 feet that aoms Federal tctioa should ba takea. I feel tho only rem edy Is a natioaal law that there, shall not bo owned or nutnafactnrcd aay mo tor driven machine in tha Uaited States to be used oa tha public rosds that eaa go at a speed ot mora thaa fifteen miles per hour if all power ia turned oa. The number of accidents daily occurring from automobiles ia alarming and speed laws 'seem to bsve no effect, for where there ia so on to enforce" tha. law, there la no law." . . ' Major John Hall Manning waa In Washington today, having been dis- (Contlnacd oa rage Five.) MEXICAN SOLDIERS GIVE AID IN HUNTING BANDITS; STOP TREATY HEARINGS DECIDE TO REPORT TREATY NEXT VEEK Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Suddenly Stops Its '.Public Hearings PARTY LEADERS AGREE TO EXPEDITE PLANS Senator Thomas Critises. La bor Provisions of League of Kations; Prof. Williams Tells Committee That . America Should Not Have Agreed To Shantung Settlement Washington, Aug. 22. In a determ ined effort to report the peace treaty before tha end of next week, the Sen ate Foreign Relations Commltte sud denly' interrupted its publia hearings today and arranged to go to work to morrow oa proposed amendments and reservations'. Although one witness will 'be heard Monday, members thought thst might be the last hearing before the treaty wss reported. It was indicated that the waiting list' of others who are to appear later would not be permitted to stand in ths wsy of an early re port. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the Democratic leader, declared his belief thst the report would bo laid before the Senate during the coming week snd as serted that he had been assured the Republicans would co-operate to that end. Some Republican members sgieed with hia prediction but Chairman Lodge declined to lay when he thought tha committee would act. - Plans Made to Expedite. ' Lata today plans to expedite the roa ride ration of ' amendments were dis cussed at a conference of Republics member of ths committee, and they will go over the subject again tomorrow morning before the committee session begins. It is likely that among the first amendments voted on will be one proposing to strike out or modify the A!.,.. ! T . I 1 UV. - aruciu b;tidI apan cguirui ,n zuw tung province, China. The atory of the negotiations result' ing ia the Shantung proviaioa was told to the committee today by Prof. E. T. Williams, who was technical adviser to ths American peace delegation. He said he bad "strongly objected" to the settlement resched and thought the American delegates should not have at sented to it. During the day there waa more de bet on the treaty ia tha Senate. Sen ator Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado, criticising the provision for ar Inter national labor organisation aad Senator Fall, Republican, of New Mexico, tax Ins- exception to information aires the eommittto by President Wilson regard' - . Ing the resumption of trade with Ger many. ' Although he refrninM from ssying whether he would vote ftr the tresty, Senator Thomas expressed grave doubts as to, the wisdom of tho labor pro visions and said there were articles in the labor section which seemed to vio late the Americaa constitution by dole gating legislates snd 'judicial fuactions to intcrnatioasl bodies. No Explsnatlon of Actloa. Senator Fall, referring to a state meat by the President that so far as he knew the United States was not trsdlng with Germany, declared there had been a suspeaslon nf the trading with the enemy aet which could be effected only by Presidential authority aad that mer ehant vessels were, sailing direct be twcea American snd German ports. The export trade to Germany ia June, he said, amounted to 8,000,000. No explanation was made of the de cision to begin work on amendments at once in the committee, but it is known to hava been reached after Democratic members- had renewed their requests for early aetinn and after some of the Re publican Senators not on the commit tee bad expressed strong disapproval of delaying a report to hear the additional witnesses summoned yesterday,- Qn Monday the committee will hear Joseph W. Folk, who was to have ap peared tomorrow on behalf of the Egyptians. The succeeding days, op to Friday are to be devoted to wprk oa amendments in the hope of agreement os a report by Thursday night. Oa Friday the Greeks and other mid-Euro pean peoples are to bo beard, and on Saturday, a ssssioa will be devoted to Irish flajms. William C. Bullitt, another VersaHles adviser, probably will appear during tha following week. , Some Weeks of Debate. Once ia the Senate tha treaty is ex pceted to he under debate for some weeks before flnsl action and commit tee mombes pointed out that a sup plemental report might b filed should it be warranted by any bearings held after committee action has been takea For Sale Town With Accessorise Washington, Aug. 22. After selling wsr stoeka rtnKlng from baad cuffs to airplanes, the War Department aow of tars for sal sa entire towa, Kitro. W, Vs., it of the accoad largest smoke- leu powder pleat in tho world. Bids for tho property will ba opened Sep tember 30 ia Philadelphia. The com munity coven ,soo acres, and is com' plctcly aquipped. ; SEARCH IN VAIN FOR ARMY AVIATORS WHO DISAPPEAR IN SOUTHERN CAUFORNll Baa Diego, CaL, Aug. tl Ameri caa aviators aad trooper, aided by Mexlcaa troops, searched in vain to day for Lieut. F. B. Waterhous and C. H. Connelly, army aviatoii, who were last sees oa Wedaesday whea they left Yuma, Aria on a re turn trip to Boekwelt Field, aear here. They were oa border patrol duty. The search ia being made aver a atrip of land cxteading southward from ths Mexfeaa border aad reach ing approximately 130 miles across from the Pacific oeesa to tho Gulf of California. A high mountain range bisects it north aad aonth. All the country is wild, extremely rugged, sparsely Inhabited aad mara of it is heavily timbered. Tha airplanes from Rockwell Field covered the Pacific side of th Mexi can territory and other patrols worked oat ot Calcklco oa tha east ern sid of tha mountain. Tha rsdle telegraph aad telephoae service were nsed ia tha aeareh aad were aug mented by carrier pigeon. . . Lieutenant Watarhouse, of Weiser, Idaho, livsd hero with hia eiaier and Connelly resided in Baa Diego with hia mother. RAILROAD CREDIT S SOLE QUESTION Judge Lovett Says Roads Can not Be Restored At Exist ing Rates Washington, Aug. M. Private ope ration of railroad cannot b restored at asistlag rates, Robert 8. Lovett, prealdeat of tha Ualoa Paelfie Railroad, told th Hons Interstate Commerce Committee 'during a dUcussioa, la which ha contended tho railroad problem "1 solely a question of railroad credit" Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, another witness, arged early adoptioa of a natioaal traaspor tatioa policy, deekuiag delay oaly tended to make "all classes uncertain aad unsettled,' la adoption of the transportation policy h thought Con gress should obeerv four principle as follows; Government regulatory machinery to encourage tho preseat transportation system so that rates will pay all cost, including aew capital needed for ex pansion of facilities; abaadonm'ent of credit method of adjusting wage aad working disputes, with substitutioa of "a sans method of deciding those ques tions," including abolishment of strikes; modification of the Sherman law to per mit consolidation aad making of Fed eral authority aupreme ia regulating rates, securities aad account. Rail roads should hava the right to initiate rates, Mr. Elliott argued, adding that th Interstate Commerce Commission should have th right of suspension snd ' review. Plumb Plan BaJsaoviatfa. Both Judga Lovett aad Mr. Elliott urged th adoptioa of tho reorganiza tion plan of th assoeiatioa of railway executives, .including yr jviaiow for a Federal transportation board, represent ing ths public, to aid tha latocstate Commerce Commission. Referring to tho Plumb or organised plaa for tri partite control of ths railroad Judge Lovett said : " "It is rather a bold move of the American Bolshevists to take first for Russianitation the ore industry that affect til tha pcopls." Railroad employes, he added, d aot understand tho Plumb proposal, but whea they do "they will repudiate aad refuse to support it" "If the railroad were turned back t the owner today aader existing condi tion," declared Judge Lovett, "tt it aot too much to aay that half of th road would go into bankruptcy aad the divi dend paying road would hava to reduce their dlvidead paymesti." Wage increases without proportionate increase of rates would bo disastrous, Jadgo Lovett asserted, adding, "it is utterly Impossible to consider ths pri vate owners taking over tho railroads and operating them at th present rate." no offered two solutions: Oa to rtisc (Continued aa Pago Two.) CANVASS OF CHARLESTON , ELECTION IN PROGRESS Charleston, S. C, Aug. 2& A sub committee of th city Democratic ex ecutive commltte at midnight ia still canvassing tha challeagcd votes of the primary election held Tacsday whea aa tha face of tl returns aa Indicated through th committee, Tristram T. Hyde, incumbent candidate forv mayor, lad J oh a P. Grace, his opponent by aae rote. Indications are that' tha com mittee will ba In letstea aatil daylight It is not poasibl to forecast th com mittee's decision. Both candidates for mayor' hava requested a recount but the petition aad those of nine candi date for aldermen will b eoastdertd after the completioa ot tha canvass of tho challenged vote. About 2,000 are masted near ths committee' head quarters. ' ,-.,. v ..: 'M, AMERICAN TROOPS E After Day of Limited Opera tions, Expedition Faced Forced March At Night MEXICAN FORCES ARE ' PROVIDING ASSISTANCE General Dickman Sets At Eeit Reports That Soldiers Will Be Withdrawn, Stating Thai Search Will Go On; How Op. rating Over Boil Once Occu pied by Villa's Araj . Marfa, Texas, Aug. 12. After a da ' cf limited operation the Americaa ' puaitive expeditioa faced th prob ability of a forced march tonight to reach a new baa front which troop will scout tomorrow for th baadlta wha held two Americaa army aviator for ' ransom. Mexicans Ar Helplag. : '' Reoorta from tha Mexina nnl l Presidio, Texas; stated that cooperation CONIU SEARCH Between aicxieaa troops aad tha Ameri- ' eaa waa continuing satisfactorily aad that there was ao aaxicry aver poeaibl - innus, k-. , . General Joseph T. Dickman, aom maader of th Southern Department, reiterated that aa mora troop would ba eat front here into Mexico at thia tint. H added, however, that efforts were be in a made ta obtala sum tilaau to taia liason with troop ia Mexico, and mat aa aopea to aava th planes soon. " Mors machines become necessary a tha distance from the border to th ipdi tion increase, h explained. ', , General Dickaua act at rest report! that tho troons would soaa ha with. drawn try atatiag that tha aeareh would . eoatiaM aa bag a it hi polbl ta follow th trail. . . Oa airplaae ia Mexico broke Jte rod dor coatrol yesterday and narrowly aa taped serious accident : Wans Villa Oporatod. ' ' Tho seens t operations at present sad for tha immediate furor is th country over which Villa operated In November. 1917. whoa ha ittuiul mmA captured Ojinaga aad threatened Preai- uio, lesaa. villa moved dowa tha Coa ch oa river toward Oiiaan. dunlovaA hia forces on tho plain before that towa waa aiiaeaea xrom tare side. Jteiareree ments for th Federal garrison at Ojia-. aga arrived alone tha aama trail that tha aviators followed ia their attempt to ana tneir way out It wa believed today that at least one of tho baaditl waa ia tha vtcinltw itf the place where the Villa rebel in th ujinaga district mad tneir , headquar ter ia th mountain. ' Ildefoaao Saaehea, aaother Villa loader, waa acta la tha same district ia . which tho Americans are operating sev-s era months am. Ha haa small hands scattered through tha mouatains. . Americaa troops are takiag every pre- -rautioa to prevent aa ambuak that might prove another trap lik that at Carrisal at th tlm f tha Psrshlng expedition. At night the troop aleep aad stand guard ia rotatioa. Am ad vance guard Investigates every canyon, house aad mountain trail to pravsat surprise attacks. Carraaxa troop aader General Pruned are at Cuehlllq Parade aad there ia aaother Federal command at San Jose, opposite Indio, Texas. They have mad ao effort to prevent -operations by Americaa troop. Rear Closely Caarded. Tho lino of communication ii being closely guarded snd airplanes ira watch ing every body of Mexicans ia tha bom of operation. - General. Dickman and CoL George T. Laaghorae left lata today oa a loag ride. General Dirkmaa aaid tkat ha did noj know whether ho would go to the river. ..,,. General Dickman denied report cur rent that eight more baadit had boas killed below the border. It waa stated at headquarters that Maj. C. C Smith' eoluma eaeounterad a Carraaxa force in trail Wednesday aad that a friendly exchaag of gro ing followed. . Every effort is being msd to coal tiaue tha eo-operstloa established be- , twcea General Prueaada' troop and ths American. Mexican effieiala ar being consulted and advised at da vol opmenta. It is realized that a th American penetrate farther aonth, chances of. a clash increase. Find No Mara Baadlta. . Nothing had bcea board her today coaeerning the suecesa of the pursuit - of tho baadlts who escaped Wednesday whea four of 41eir oompaalons war killed by Americaa troops, while th bandits were in a blockhouse guarding a Mexican trail. Aeeordlag to Captata Matlaek'a report, two escaped from tho ' blockhouse aad climbed th alda at tha mooatalaa. - ? Aviator were teatiag aerial bomb oa tha flying field hero today. Tha bomb would be ased should th troop ia Mexico eacoaater aay oasiderabie number of bandit. Airmen a! flew up tha Cooehos river, looking for tha wrecked plan of Lieutenant Peterson aad Davis, who were held for ransom. They will try 'to salvage th machina guas aad Instruments from tha plnne. Cavalrymen from tha expeditioa aama lata Caadelaria today aad reported no developmeata below tha border whea they left for th Rio Graad. ,