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VOL'CX. NO. 56.
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RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY' MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1919.
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WILSON'S COURSE
III TREATY FIGHT
How Far President May Go
Causes Increasing Specula
tion Among Officials
MANY POSSIBILITIES
PRESENT THEMSELVES
No : Authoritatire Expression
' As To Probable Action Should
Treaty Be Betnrned To Him
: With Amendments or Reser
vations; Would Be Presi
: dent's Next More "
Waahington, Aug. 24. How far Pres
ideat Wilson may go In hia fight for
unqualified Senate acceptance of tht
peaee treaty la a subject of increasing
peculation in' official and diplomatic
eireles. ,
. With the grourrof reservation Bepub
iieans apparently determined to write
their- qualifications of the League of
Nations covenant 'into the ratification
Itself, and with Republican leadera pre
dicting that the Senate will amend out-
right the 8hantung provision and per
laps other sections of the treaty, an
interesting set of possibilities present
themselves.
No Authoritative Expression.
There has been no authoritative ex
pression ' of the President's probable
course should the treaty be returned
to him with textual amendments or
reservations written into the ratifica
tion. He told the Foreign Eclat ions
Committee Tuesday, however, that he
would consider cither method of 'quali
fication as tantamount to reopening the
negotiation with Germany.
Should such amendments or reserva
tions be inserted, therefore, nn event
uality which Democratic Senate leaders
deny Is likely, but which the Repub
licans say is certain the next move
would be up to the President. What
he would do is question on which
those whe have talked with him dis
agree ; but a discuaaioa of what he wonld
be authorised to do under ths law and
precedents rewats a. general agreement
that aeversl courses would be open.
.Bummed up, these discussions eon
template that he might take up the
question of changes in the ' treaty
through diplomatic correspondences re
turn to Paris and lit that tne peaee
conference-be reassembled for negotia
tion of new treaty ; send a new dele
gation to reopen negotiations or pocket
the treaty and refuse to proceed runner
unless the Senator receded from its
position.
f : Might Return to Paris,
Tt known that thl alternative of an
exchange of diplomatic notes, with the
principal powers has been ;uggcsted to
the President as tne most reasiDie ny
Republican Senators who have '.old him
that the trcuty never eould be ratified
na it stands. The unseat of the smaller
nations, these Senators asserted, would
be obtained easily once the other mem
bers of the five principal powers have
acquiesced. It ia pointed .ut that the
question of a reservation to the Colons
.bian treaty now ia under negotiation by
that method.
The possibility of Mr. WilsSVs return
to Paris to straighten out the points
raised "by any Senate qusliflcations is
one which some Renstors say would le
entirely in line with his course thus far
in the peace settlement.
1 To send an entirely new set of peace
delegates also would be sdmittedly with
in the President's power, and in that
connection Bepublicsn Senators fre
quently have, mentioned Senutor Hitch
cock's statement that the President
laughingly suggested Senators Lodge
and Kaox as possible selections to ne
gotiate a new treaty should the present
one be amended.
Could Let Hatter Stand.
That the President might permit the
negotiations to aland in a deadlock by
declining to take up with othe. govern
menta any changes suggested by the
Senate involve perhaps the most in
teresting possibilities of alL
Administration leaders repeatedly
have declared that the President alone
was ehsrged with the negotiation of
treaties and that the whole h'story of
treaty-making showed he could halt any
' auch negotiation at any step he desired
prior to the exchange ef ratifications.
The fenat . those leaders have asserted,
would be absolutely powerless to inter
fere, Its authority under the eotstito
turn being limited to giving advice and
consent to the acts of ths executive.
In that connection many precedents
have been cited1, including one as late
as President TafVs administration when
XL-, Taft, dissatisfied with the Senates
amendment of a treaty he had presented
for ratification, washed his hands of the
negotiations and let ths treaty die.
Could Adopt Resolution. .
Should President Wilson adopt that
. tnurse and then appeal to the country,
Bepublicsn Senators say the Senate
would adopt a resolution declaring the
war at an end and proceed to enact
lui.iatim seemed necessary
to restore a complete peace basis?
- Whether such a resolution wouia require
the President's signature Is a disputed
question, however, aad Mr. Wilson is
known to object strongly to any auch
trmethod of ending the war.
The problem of the President's course
' also involves a qnestioa of how great
r.n influence he will exercise while the
treaty still ia before the Senate to pre
MunliiMi from balnr incorpor
ated in the ratification. Although -the
Bepublicsn reaerratiouists say they havt
assurances that their program will be
acceptable to most of the Senate Dem
ocrats, there has been no evidence that
Mr. Wilson has given his assent to any
,1, such compromise. -
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Sir Herbert Ames, M. P., has accepted
the appointment of the important po
sition which waa offered him by the
Prime Minister. .
(C) Underwood A Uodeiwood.
Supreme Council Will Have No
Dealing With Any Member
of Hapsburg Family
DIFFICULTIES IN WAY
OF POPULAR ELECTION
In Interest of Durable Peace In
Europe, Allied Governments
Insist That Present Claimant
Resign and That Representa
tive Government Be Estab
lished In Hungary
Paris, Saturday Aug.' tX (By tht
Associated PrrjBJThe, upreme -eanm
'l tonight sent the following note to
tht Hungarian government 'ia which au
nouneement was mnde that the council
would have no 'dealing with a govern
ment headed by Archduke Joseph or
any other member of the Hapsburg
family:
"The allied and associated powers
have' under consideration information
derived from our reports received from
other sources, ns to recety eventa in
Budapest. Their conclusions are as
follows:
Archduke Nat Acceptable.
"They are most anxious to conclude
a durable peaee with the Hungarian
people but they feel that this cannot
be done while. the present Hungariaa
government ia in power. The govern
ment came into existence not by the
will of the people, -but by a coup d'etat
carried out by a small body of police
under the protection of a foreign army.
"It had ss its head a member of the
House of Hapsburg whose policies and
aetioaa were .largely responsible for the
calamities under which the world ia suf
fering and will long suffer. A peace ne
gotiated by aach government ia not
likely to be lasting; nor rsa the allied
and associated governments give the
economic support which Hungary needs.
"In its reply that Archduke Joseph
is prepared, before approaching the al
lied and associated governments, to sub
mit hia claim to the test of popular
elections, we mast reply that this pro
eeedure cannot be satisfactory if the
election is to be carried out under the
auspices of an administration which the
archduke himself controls.
Many IMfflcaltleo la Way.
"The difficulties in the way of ob
taining by election ef a faithful reflec
tion of the popular will are ia the pres
ent unhappy state of Huagary, moat
serious. They would be overwhelming
if nn election were carried out ander
Hapsburg influences. Even if aa as
sembly elected under such circumstances
were really representative no one would
think so.
In the interest, therefore, of "Euro
pean peace the allied and associated gov
ernments mean to insist that the present
elaiatapMe the leadership of the Hun
garian state should resign and ihat a
government, ia which all parties are
represented, should appeal to tho Hun
gariaa people. - .
'The allied aad associated powers
would bo prepared to negotiate with
any governmeat which possessed tho
confidence of aa assembly to elected."
- The note waa signed by Premier
Clemeneeau.
TWO AVIATORS FAIL TO
RETURN TOROYCE FIELD
Uarfa, Texas, Aug. J. Another
American army airplane bearing-two
lieutenants wna missing from Koyre
Field tonight Piloted bv Lieutenant
Geo. K. Bice with Lieut. U. L. Boquet
as observer, tht plane left at daylight
for Mexico to reeonnoiter for the puni
tive expedition. N
It ia feared the aviators became eoa
f need- or were lost in a driving rain
storm. Lieut Col. B. L. Boyee, comman
der of Boyee Field, said ho believed the
airmen probably landed oa tho Ameri
can aide after losing their wsy ia tho
rain. .
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Praaeda Coco To OJinaga.
Presidio, Tex., Aug. St. On. An
tonia Pruneda, Carransa commander,
who marched to Cachlllo Pnrado when
Americas troops crossed Into Mexico,
returned to Ojinaga last night and re
lumed bis garrison there.
ARCHDUKE TOLD TO
ABDICATE OFFICE
PEACE TREATY TO
HOLD SPOT LIGHT
t
Foreign Relations Committee
Plans To Report Document
To Senate This Week
SENATE COMMITTEE TO
TAKE UPTRENCH TREATY
High Cost of Living Questions
Will Continue To Pore In
Both Branches of Congress;
Senate Agriculture Commit
, tee Expected To "Put Teeth"
In Lever Pood Control Act
Washington, Aug. 24. The penes
treaty promises to hold the spotlight
in Congress again this week with a pos
sibility that before the week is over
the report of the Foreign Belatidns
Committee may bring the, question of
ratification into the open Senate.
Although Chairman Lodge declines to
make any prediction ns to when the
committee will report. Democratic mem
bers said today they had an under
standing with the -Republicans that ae
tioa would be taken this week if pos
sible. Some of the members thought
tnleoked for delay might result how
ever, from the committee's decision
yesterday to request additional infor
mation from President Wilson.
Sesame Hearings Today.
Tomorrow the committee will resume
for a day its open hearings, but most
of the week ia expected to be devoted
to discussion of amendments to the
treaty. Debate on the treaty also Is to
continue in the Senate, Senators Nug
ent, Democrat of Idaho; Kirby, Dt mo
cat, of Arkansas, and Owen, Democrat,
of Oklahoma, having given notice they
would apeak.
The Franco-American treaty will come
before the Senate judiciary committee
tomorrow in connection with considera
tion of a subcommittee report holding
the treaty to be no violation of the
United States constitution.
Continue Work oa H. C. L.
High cost of living questions will
continue to the fore in both branches
of Congress. ' Tho Senate agriculture
committee is expected to report early
in tho week aa amendment to "put
teeth? In tht Lever food control act.
Tht committee tatf before it theameftd
ment passed Friday by tho House, but
hsa not deeided whether to past the
House measure oa to the Senate or to J
report out a new and distinct measure.
The House, having carried out one of
President Wilson's recommendations for
reducing living costs will consider an
other this week in the Hutchinson bill
to regulate cold storage of foodstuffs.
The measure is modeled on the New
Jersey law which the President recom
mended to Congress in his recent ad
dress. ' Two Important Bills.
Two important measures are expected
to come before the Senate this week in
the Smoot bill for development of pub
lie oil, gas, coal and phosphate lands
and in the prohibition enforcement bill.
The former probably will come to a
final vote early in the week but con
siderable debate is expected to precede
aetioa oa the latter.
Hearinss oa : ths Kenyon-Kendriek
bits for regulation of the parking indus
try will be resumed tomorrow with u
D. H. Weld, manager of the commercial
research department pf Swift A Co., as
a witness.
Outside of the cold storage bill, the
House fsees very little legislation this
week, although considerable debate and
a hot fight ia expected on '.lie me sure
to confer the permanent rank of Gen
eral oa Chief of Staff March. Bcpubli
eaa Leader Mondell hopes to bring ip
his bill to carry out Secretary Lane's
plan to provide farms for men ' dis
charged from the military service.
Hearings by congressional committees
during the week include: Railroad legis
lation by the Senate and House Inter
state Commerce Committees: th- army
reorganisation bill; eourtmnrtial refo m
and waterpowcr Icirhlntion.
Bepublieana of the Hnuxe ill hold
a caucus Tuesdsy night to discuss a leg
islative program.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO
, WRECK; DRIVER IN JAIL
Greensboro. Aug. 24. Mrs. Mamie C.
Loyal, aged 44, and Mrs. Dave Shelley;
aged 70, are dead: Shube Anthony, an
elderly farmer of thia eounty ia a pris
oner In the Guilford eounty jsil ehsrg
ed with murder and with driving an an
tomohile while intoxicated, while Mrs.
Loral's husband, Jesse Loyal, and An
thony's 13 year old son sre painfully
Injured as a scsult of an accident on
the High Point-Greensboro Boulevard
late Sunday when the ear in which the
party was riding and which Anthony was
driving turned turtle. .
CKOBGIA COTTON MILL STRIKERS
PREPARE TO PICKET MILLS.
Macon, QH Aug. 84. Textile work
ers at a' mass-meeting here today made
arrangements to establish picket lines
around the No. 1 and No. 2 mills of
tho Bibb Manufacturing Company to
morrow, where, it is reported, efforts
will be made to operate with non-unios
workers. Bosq Copelsnd, of Savannah,
president of the Georgia Federation of
Labor, was one of the speakers. Speak
ers urged that there be no violent.
On Saturday women strikers rushed ths
No. 1 mill and dragged out oao girl.
More than 700 textile workers are on
strike, union leaders asiiert.
Sawmill Maa Killed.
. Wilmington, Aug. S4.-J. E. Smith, of
Sunbnry. N. C was instantly killed at
a sawmill of the Jacksonville Lumber
Company la Onslow eounty Saturday,
whea tho log carriage- brushed him
agaVist tho band saw, his body being
cut almost ia two. He leaves a wife
aid several childrea. The remains were
f.,V. la Runhurv tadnv. ' "
HEARINGS
TODAY
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CAVALRY LEADER '
RESCUES AVIATORS
Cspt Leonard 8. Mat lack, if Louis
ville, Ky., who rescued Lieutenants Pe
terson and Davjs helfffpr $15,000 ran
som by Mexican bandits, r.nd who is
now leading in the chase for :nembers
of Jesus Eentsrio's kidnapping band.
Secretary of Treasury Reports
Oversubscription for Treas
ury Certificates
OVER BILLION DOLLARS
TO HELP GOVERNMENT
High Prices of Peed and Uncer
tainty of Prices Por Meat
Hindrance To Cattle Industry
In South, Says South Caro
lina Man; Iowa Woman Por
League of Nations
The News aad Observer Bureau,
. . 603 District National Bank Bldg.
-r By S. Er WINTERS. ' '
,,, (By Special Leased Wire.) j ,
Waahington, D. C Aug. 84. Tht sec
ond semi-monthly Issue of , Treasury
certificates of indebtedness ia pursusnee
of the program for financing the current
necessities of ths government set forth
in Secretary Carter Glass' letter of
July 25, 1919, to all banks and trust
companies was over subscribed.
The splendid response of the bank
ing institutions of the government as
set out in the Secretary's circular let
ter gives assurance thst the Treasury
may count upon unqualified and ample
Support whenever needed. The success
ef the first two issues which realised
a total of II ,1553,500 has placed the
Treasury in a Very satiCfactory cash
position.
Csttle Industry In Smith.
""Within a few years the fattening of
cattle for the market has become one
of the big industries of South Caro
lina," said Avery C. Mathews, of Spar
tanburg, in sn interview in a Washing
ton newspaper. "Last year, between 25,
000 nnd 30,000 head of cattle were fed,
the returns to the fsrmers being excel
lent. At that time great encouragement
was givsn the farmers of South Carolina
by the Department of Agriculture.
Every, indication assured) a big and
permanent industry in the fattening of
cattle. But things have changed. The
present proets sre that comparatively
few eattle will be fed in South Carolina
for the market during the coming win
ter. "I nm informed by co-operative ex
tension agents that the two factors
working to destroy the industry which
has been built with hsrd work and sacri
fice are the present high price of eat
tle feed snd the uncertainty of meat
prices next spring.
"A general feeling exists among, the
farmers, especially in Aiken county,
where 1,000 eattle were fed for the
market last winter that meat prices are
going to drop during the next few
months. Many believe that tho govern
ment will regulate them. Cotton teed
hulls have reached a prohibitive price
and other feeds are correspondingly
high. The fsrmer says he cannot afford
to fatten eattle oa feedstuffs bought at
present high and unregulated prices and
at the same time run the chnute of hav
ing to sell -next spring at a regulated
price, which might not be fixed to take
into consideration the expenses he hss
incurred.
Says Women Favor League.
Afiss Anne Lawther, Democratic Na
tional Committee womaa for Iowa, tnkes
exception to the assertion of Mrs. Me
dell McCormiek, ehstrmsn of tbs
Women's Bepublicsn National Commit
tee women that advocaers of "the League
of Nations will be obliged to vindicate
it In every detail to win the support
of American women."
"My experience hss been much dif
fernt from Mrs. McCormiek' ." "said
Misa Lawther. ."At the suffrage conven
tion in March, delegates from forty
eight States frankly favored a League
of Nations.
"At meeting of tho Federated Clubs
of Iowa at Ames in June, 1,000 womoa
adopted a resolution endorsing the
League of Nations.
The suffragists of tht nation and the
Federated Clubs womea of Iowa sre
willing to walk by faith' in this matter
and blaxe a trail for the future men
and womea ofjthe world." v '
Waata Soldiers Provided For.
Failure on the Bepnblican Congress
to enact any legislstion providing ruh
stsntial aid for discharge's soldiers is
criticized by Representative Scott Fer
ris, of Oklahoma, chairman .of. tht
"ss""saes . , f i, f (
i (Coatlaaed oa Page T,wo.) ''
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BANKS SUBSCRIBE
MONEY LIBERALLY
AMERICANS
TO
;T
Administration Desires To
Reach Arrangements Agree
able To America
SENOR CABRERA TALKS
FOR CARRANZA CABINET
Safety of foreigners and for
eign Interests, frontier Vig
ilance, Petroleum, and Legis
lative Indemnifications An
nounced As Questions To Be
Settled
Mexico City, Aug. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The highest Mexican
government officials ars making a close
study of the principal points at issue
between the Mexican and American gov
ernments with the via of reaching ar
rangements satiefactory to the United
Stales without impairment of Mexican
national interests and Mexican sover
eignty, according to declarations made
Ki'.uidny night by Luis Cabrera, See
retury of the Treasury .'"snd one of the
leading members of the cabinet.
These points, as contained in n state
ment by Senor Cabrera Friday night on
the necessity for a reciprocal border
guard service, are petroleum, legislative
indemnifications, frontier vigilance and
guarantees for the safety of foreigners
and foreign Interests in Mexico.
Within three or four days according
to Honor Cabrera the government offi-
Lciiils will begin giving out to the Mex
ican press statements regarding the
government standpoint oa the questions
at issue and the means which Mexico
can rightfully adopt to meet foreign
governmental representations. The de
clarations of the secretary art somewhat
of aa indirect reply to witica of tht
administration who havt been intimat
ing that cabinet changes were neeeiasry
preliminary tt) meeting the present la-
trrnatlonal problems. - .
Taking np figures which he said were
recently quoted in the United States
Senate regarding Mexico's debt, Senor
Cabrera asserted that, including tvtry
item, Mexico s obligations eould be paid
la full with 0500,000,000. Promising to
givt out details and exact figures
shortly, he stated that the total debts
eould be given roughly as follows:
Damnges resultm from the Madcro
and constitutionalist revolution 1, 36V
000,000 pesos, indemnifications to for
eign interests for the use of railways
and other public utilities, 1,000,000,000
pesos, or half a billion dot
lars is divided between the redemption
of paper money, interest unpaid on the
foreign dobt and ths amount due banks,
GENERAL OBBEGON OFFERS
SERVICES TO CARRANZA.
(By The Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Aug. 24. General Alraro
Obrecon. who is a candidate for the
presidency, sent tbs following telegram
yesterdsy to President Carransa:
"Although I have plenty of confidence
that the government of which you are
in charge will find moat adequate means
of surmounting the difficult interna'
tional situation through which ws are
now passing, I am proud to tell you that
in the very remote contingency under
whieh thia situation might not reach a
satisfactory conclusion, I would be
bappy to give my modest forces in help
ing our government in any place that J
might be vuscd.
The telegram was sent from Sonora.
MEXICANS DEFEND RIGHT TO
NATIONALISE OIL LAND!
Mexieo City, Aug. 24. (By ths Ask
ciated Press.) "The right of the cod'
stituent legislator is slmost unlimited
and cannot be checked, when dealing
with the public organization by rights
acquired by private parties. Examples
whieh have been cited as sufficient to
demonstrate that when the eonstitnent
legislator hss considered it of general
Interest to enact sny law of retroactive
effect he has done so even if he hss
passed over acquired rights of many
years whieh hare been sanctioned si
moat as rights inherent to msn. The
only fundamental question is this: Is
the public interest st stake when pe
troleum laws hare been enacted t Evi
dently yes. Then the State baa had the
right to enact such laws."
These statements express, briefly snd
in part, tho legal grounds upon whieh
the Mcxicsn government bases the right
of the constituent sssembly of Quere
taro, which enseted the Mexicsn consti
tution of 1917, to place in that docu
ment Article 27, nationalizing the oil
lands. They also provide a defeme lot
the presidential decrees oa petroleum,
developing Article 27, which foreign oil
Interests nre attacking as confiscatory.
The statements themselves . takeu
from officiul documents given to the cor
respondent delusively by Lcol Salinas,'
sub-secretary of commerce and industry
nnd st present hnnd of that department
and also chief of the Petroleum bureau
of the department. They supplement a
statement given to The Associated Press
by 8nor Salinas on August si ana from
the preliminary drafts of a summary
furnished the Mexican Congress by the
Department of Commerce aad Industry
for the coming consideration ef oil leg
islstion. "
The defense of the retroactivity of
Article 27 and the Subsequent presidea-
(Coatlaaed oa Psgt Two.)
FAIL
CARRANZ A FORCES AT WORE
MEXICANS S
POI
S AT ISSUE
LEAVE
CAPTURE
AMERICANS CROSS BORDER
INTO ROMS TERRITORY AT
' RUIDOSA, SAYS REPORT.
Marfa, Aug. 24. The first trews
of the Asssrieaa positive expedttUa
to croas the border oa the rttara to
tho United States, tho pock and
sap ply trains, reached Raldosa
shortly after l:St o'clock tonight, ac
cording to telephone advices. The
remainder of tho expcdltle fol
lowed. II
Courtmartial Procedure Needs
Changing Only In Minor
Details, He Says
Washington, Aug. 24. In approving
the report submitted to him by Major
General Fraaeis J. Kernaa, bend of the
special War Department board on
ronrts-martial and their procedure, Sec
retary Baker today took tke official
stsnd that, the present system should
not be changed except ia mino- de-
ta.is. Inferential!?, the Secretary up
held General Kernan's view that
"courts-martial have always been
agencies for creating aad maintaining
the discipline of armies" rather thaa
agencies for the "nice exemplification of
technical rulra of law.
The War Department board's report
reflected the opinions of 223 officers who
were circularised. More than half of
these gave hearty approval to the pres
ent system, 43 condemned it ns basic
ally wrong and the remainder, a total
of 67, pointed out specific weaknesses
wb'ch they thought should be remedied
T mporary officers were ' about equally
divided for and agaiast aay change.
. Tho most serious defect ia tht exist
ing system, tht report asserts, arises
from tht "lack of competent trial Judge
advocates and eoonael aad as a remedy
It it recommended that defense council
be appointed for each . geaeral aad
special court-martial, aad that special
inducements be offered young officers to
study law ia order that ttry may bo
fitted for three aad other special duties.
''It is aotieeable," the report oaid,
"that officers who served with fighting
units are as n class favorable to the
present articles; on the other hnnd, 0 Ul
cers whose duties kept them remote
from the scenes of battle view the sys
tem with a more critical eye and mani
festly eompare it with criminal practice
in the civil community to the advantage
of the latter."
Declaring that the "sovereign rem
edy" proposed by the most pronounced
eritlcs is to transfer admiaiat ration to
those who are lawyers first and soldiers
by courtesy only, General Kernaa ex
pressed the opinion thst this would
make it impossible for the commander
to obtain nmong his troops the neces
sary diseipline to military suee-ms
which is ths ''first purpose of an army.''
UNION CARMEN ACCEPT
COMMITTEE SUGGESTIONS
Charlotte, Aug. 24. While the South
era Public Utilities Company msde final
preperationa to resume tomorrow morn
ing the street rnilwly service, inter
rupted two weeks ago by strike of Its
motormea and conductors, the local
nnion st a meeting todsy accepted the
recommendations formulnted last night
by Mayor McNineh, the eity commis
sioners and representatives of a com
mittee organized several days ago by
local commercial organisations.
Tbs recommendations of the commit
tee were declined by Premileut Z. V.
Taylor for the company, late yesterday,
following hia announcement that the
company had withdrawn its standing
offer to deal with the local anion. The
committee recommended recognition of
the Amalgamated Association of Street
and Elect rie Railway Employes nf Amer
ics, practice of the "open shop" princi
ple, submission of wage questions to ar
bitration and immediate resumption of
service.
While local nnion leaders reiterated
4odav the statement that th- union will
countenance no violence on the port of
Its members, the ear barns are being
picketed by strikers and their srmpn
thizers. Only a curtailed service st first Is
contemplated by the company,, it was
ststed tonight by ae of its represen
tatives. I
Yenngfot Flyer Dies.
Tampa. Fla., Aug. 24. Scrgeaat-Pilnt
Charles Copp, oeventeea yenrs old. said
to bo the youngest flyer in the t'nited
States srmy aerial servire, died at
Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, today as the
result of injuries received whea his
machine fell Thursday last. lie regain
ed consciousness for only n few min
utes following the accident. -Copp's
home was in Tampa aa t he waa hnown
as one of the best flyers at Carlstrom.
New Deputy Cuatesss Colle.-tor.
Wilmington, Aug. 24 8. F. High
smith, deputy collector of customs, here,
hss been recommended to succeed the
late C. F. llorrall as special d.-witv col
lector and hns entered nroa his duties.
He came hero from Wiaston-8alem.
where he served as deputy collector of
customs for two yearn. Mr. Morrall,
who also came hero from tho Winston
Salem office, and whose homo waa ia
Connecticut, killed himself last week
while suffering from despondency.
BAKER CONSIDERS
SYSTEM ALL R GH
MEXICO;
BANDITS;
Through Driving Rain Storm
uavairy troops Make way
Back To Rio Grande '
UNSUCCESSFUL TRIP
STARTED LAST TUESDAY
Pnnitire Expedition Eeturninf
In Sing-le Column After Is
t&blishinf Contact With Car
r&nsa Soldiers; iWBandlti
Killed During; Campaign;
Nine Others Captured
Marfa, Tex., Aug, 24. Three hundred
American eavalry troops tonight wert
mating their way back to the Bio
Grande through a driving rata storm
after aa unsuccessful csmpsign begun
last Tuesday to overtake the bandits '
who captured and held for ransom
Lieutenants Harold G. . Peterson aad
Paul H. Davis. They wert scheduled tt
reach Buidosa at 8:30 o'clock toaighk
Contact with Carransa soldiers also
oa tho trail of the bandits and a heavy
rain which wiped out tht fresh trails
resulted in decision to nbandon the
chase. The Mexican Federals wert. ea
eouatered last night by a scout patrol
nnd after a conference army offieert
deeided to abandon the pursuit ( until ,
this morning. Meanwhile tht rain had '
wiied out the trails of the bandits who
were only a few hours ahead of tht
Americsas.
The punitive expedition is returning
in single column with three cavalry
troops lending, pack trains, machine
gua troops and other units following.
Two troops are aeting as rear guard.
Tho six days below tho border result
ed ia the hilliag of four bandits and
death of oat by machine g a bullets
from aa airplane. Nine bandits, said
to be-part of tho BenteTla band, wort
captured at Coyamt ia a dunet hall by
Carransa soldiers. .
Reports that Jesus Reatffia, leader of .
the bandits, had beta killed wert
brought to tht border today, but eould
aot ho eoa firmed.
Started Week Ago.
Tkat plana had been made for cross
ing tho border last 8unday night, mors
than 24 hours before the missing avia
tors were, ransomed, became knowa to
oighL Col. Langhorae hoped to be able
to recover the aviators without paying
tho ransom. Witn this idea ia mind,
troops were started for the Bio Grande
from Presidio nnd other points, ap
proaching in such a way as not to reveal,
their purpose to the Mexicans. ,
Captaia Boudinet marched from
Marfa to Indio. A machine gun troop
was sent from Presidio nnd a battalloa
of the 37th infantry relieved them there,
Captaia Vincent P. Byaa left Marfa
with three troops, including tht famous
black horse troop of the Sth cavalry.
Troop E.. Sth cavalry, also left Marfa
under Lieut. Garret P.' Shoaber, ac
companied by Lieut. Lawrence A. Pat
trrsoa.
Walt For Orders.
Major James P. Yancey was given
command of the expedition nt Candf
laria, where he waited for the order tt
cross when tke troops hsd arrived.
In the meantime it had been decided
to pay the ransom and the crossing ef
the border was delayed until the avia
tors were safe on the American tide.
Ia additioa to last night's experience -with
n Carrnnza patrol, the United
States troops were in contact with Mex
ican Federals last Tuesday whea a
detachment of Americans under com
mand of Capt. Boudinot was forced to
pass a Carrnnza column opposite Indie
Ordern to Proceed; He Did.
When the Mexicsns were sighted tht
Americans took up advantageous posi
tions ready for eventualities. Captaia
Boudinot informed the Carransa com- -maader
he intended to go south. Tht
Csrranza officer asked Boudinot for his -orders
snd the latter told him his orders
were to proceed. He continued then
without hindrance the expedition reach -ing
a position 50 miles south ef tht'
border.
Col. Langhorne tonight said tht ex
pedition was considered a success from
a military standpoint. He pointed tt
the killing of five bandits and arrest of
six sunpects hy the Americans and cap
tnre of nine by Carraas troops at
Coyame.
The immediate reason for withdrawal,
he said, was that there no longer waa
any propert of capturing other bandit
and there wrro no more hot trails to '
follow.
GENERAL DICKMAN ORDERED .
WITHDRAWAL OF SOLDIERS
Washington, Aug. 24. Withdrawal of
the American punitive expeditiur from
Mexico was ordered by Major Geaeral
Dickman, commander of the Southern
Department, it waa Indicated tonight by
Secretary linker. There had been a be
lief in official eirelea at tho War De
partment throughout all of the day that
the withdrawal was imminent, but Sec
retary Baker said tonight he was with
out official information as to ths re
turn serosa the border.
The orders received by Geaeral Dick
man from the Department, it ia knowa,
were s explicit that instructions from
Washington were aot needed to orddr
the withdrawal. The border commander
wna to organize a force ca;bl of j
lag moved swiftly to tht teens of tho
: (Coatlaaed oa Page TwO ;
THREE HUHDRED EN
ROUTE TO BORDER