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: ' V.ZATULl: . ' '. F:r Taeaday and I ratably Wednesday. : Y7ATCII LAL..L. m r it. , - 1 dare Mm t!raii a , ImIm tiHIK .., VOL. CX. NO. 64. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.' " RAIEldH, M C, TUESDAY MOrjtLNG SEPTEMBER 2, 191D. . , SIXTEEN PACES .TOD AY. PiucEtnVEccrr:. y PACIFIC FLEET PILOTED jBFRiffllJ REVIEWED; BY SECREl'ARY OF NAVY Forty-Two Gray Giants Sweep Jhrough the Golden Gate and Thrill the Multitude - ; . of Spectators ' t PROUD THAT FLEET COMES TO MAKE ITS PERMANENT .STAY IN PACIFIC WATERS Account of Formalities of-a Big and Significant ' Event; Ba leigh Man Steps Upon the Qntirter-Deck and the Vine teen Onni Belch Forth in Bis Honor; People of Coast Glad - that Far nun; LintTof Ma. , ; rine Protection Win Abide In . Western Waters; Incidents and Features of the Occasion 8aa Fraaclseo, Sept. 1. (By th As sociated Pre,) far flung covenant f pAttkai, forty-two gray giaat of th America navy today (teamed from their overnight anchor off fioliaa Bay, aorta of Baa Fraaelico, tad piloted by Admiral Hugh Bodmsn, commander ia-ahief,' iwept through the Golden data and patted tha famoua old battle ahlp Oregon, tb reviewing; ahip, ia maris apeetaele which thrilled a multitnde of spectators. It waa - tha miMf Wn of the. new Faelfi fleet War Secretary of the Navy Joseph as -Daniel -and other national, etat and mnakipal officials. Ia addition to thosd ia tha review, a train of nine supply ind. fuel ahip later entered th harbor asd, cam anchor. , ' V ,' Cheered CaraaaoalaL 'L-8asi Traaeiseaae who. ashore, lined J. tor deVk, off whieh th- Orefoa waa .anchored, and Huft iraaeltraas Who, in a myriad of anwlt craft, lined th water- 'way of tha naval processional, expressed their patriotiim ia ringing cheer a t Vy taw and heard tha ceremonial. - -irons every hill aad etrnetwr. avat. ,,,4 ' - j th broad awecy of tha harbor, tuuutlru' thousand had lathered aiaea - ' early anorninc to view tha pageaaL Not ainea May, 1908, whew tha Atlantic -. Sort visited thie port an ita toar of the ' s world, hat Baa Franciaea bea (ptctator to m aval renew. t ' . Thrilled at tha Thoaawt. ; ., 'Not a, few thrilled, at tha thonght tut the fleet had coma to make Ita ' Innt ia Parile water. f llajeatically tha long tine ' of war Craft arept earerully , through tna atoriod Golden Gate, past tha Presidio Uilitary Bceerration and tha oaea impregnable eld Fort Point, whoaa thick, brick walla tha cajiaeera of aril war daya built to withstand the eoiid " shot of enemy frigatea, put tha aaodera forts, Miley and Winteld Scott, the ,' . tW Franeiaro aide of the harbor aad under the long range guaa of Forts , , Baker aad Barry, fciddea in tha golden brown hills an the opposite ahore, where " " Vount Tamalpaia atanda aeatiael to tha Oaldea Gate. - At the battleship Orcgoa passed by , ", the leading- dreadaaughts, Telegraoa i Mill, a landmark famed for its asaocia- ' tioa writk 8aa Fraaeisea'a early history cam into riew, ita rocky slope thickly crowded with sightseers. Thence the . fleet rwwag lata tha apper bay pact Goat Island aad cams to rest while tha harbor resounded with tha ahrilliag ef whistle from eeoret of welcoming craft , Aawbaring af tk Old Oreawsu Tha formalities began with the aa ehoring of tha Oregon, commanded by .(ptain Iran Wettingell, off the old Expoeitiaa Grounds bow tha Marina at 10 o'clock. About U o'clock Mr. Daitlela and tha aeeretarial reriewiag party boarded tha historic vessel, Aa tha secretary reached tha quarter deck aad tha naval form for bia adreat was fulfilled, tha big guns at Fort Bcott, boomed a salute of II guaa. By thla time a long Una of fleet, coming single file, was approaching the gate, led by the dreadnaught New ilsx ica, aad with- tha dreadaaughts Missis sippi and Idaho following at Interval of TOO yards. ", , Tha west group, commanded by Bear .--.Admiral Coontx,.- was composed .of hi flagship, the dreadnaught Wyoming nnd .'the dreadaaughts Arkassas, New fork . and .Texas, followiag, preserving the j ditne of TOO yards betweea ahipa. ' Vice-Admiral Clareaea 8., WiUiama, on hia flagship, tho pre-dreadaaught Vermont, led the next group, which also included, in thla order, tin pre-dread-aaughts Nebraska, the armored Cruiser North Carolina, tha ( pre-dreadaaught . Georgia aad the ruiaer Seattle. . ' Beat Admiral Beary A. Wiley com ma aded the nest group la his flagship, ,tha cruiser Birmingham, aad the de stroy era Ludlow, Crane. Anthony, WU. 4ttnr-GhieeyT -Sproslo.' lombettan, Breeae, Bamsey, Badford, Gamble, Mont tomery Bathbtirae, Buehanaa. Elliott, Waters, Deat, Philip, Yarnell. Tarbell, Wicks, Woosley, Lea, Wood. Boggt, Walker. Thatcberf Crosby aad Palme They proceeded at Intermit of W yards. ,.,"''v,; - ',;:f-'"v Dressed fat the Eveat. Each ahip was "dressed for the stent. Tha admiral flew, hit. flag a fleld of blue with font whit stars from the foremast aad tha largest and. newest i Amcricaa flan from main mast aad aterw. - ,, ;;-. Tha flagship ef the admiral bore a blue flag with threw white atars from : its foremast aad those af the two rear admiral blue banner with two wbita star from the corresponding waste. The other vessels flew the aa- tioaai aaaign ai iorgmut. asaia .mast and stera. 4 1 Secretary of the Navy. Who I Reviewed the Pacific Fleet Pacific City Hoists Every Flag To Great Fleet and Says . the City is Yours , ( San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 1. (By the Associated Prst.) 8a& , Franaiaeo ( ' Is under naval, law tonight and will remain so for a week. Th new Pacific fleet catered Sua Franeiaco bay, today, pasted la review before' Secretary of tba Navy InWu and wok possession of the city. ?4nFranHiic hoisted avery avaUabla flag and, aaid: 'ThrCty-ta' yar, ' j The arrival of the" fleet wa. greeted by hundreds of thousaadai of1 persoas. Early ia tba day they sought' the van tage points ! of beach and hill and waited for the armada. Whea.the New Mtxieo. -flaeshio of Admiral Hugh Bod man, passed through tna uoiden Uote at the head f forty two fighting ships of various types, it found bay dotted with small craft, a shore liae black with spectator and the sty blurred with airplanes. Daaiela aa the Famoaa Orcgoa. The old battleship Oregon, small In comparison to Admiral Bodmaa'i dread- aaughts, but once probably the most fiimoua battleship ia the world, had the place of honor ia tba naval pageant. From the Oregon, Secretary, Daniel re viewed the fleet. -: Aa each shin passed the "bull do?" Oregon and saluted tha Secretary with nineteen guns, the Oregon's band played a bar of the National anthem in return. After the review Admiral Rodman and other officers, of the" fleet boarded the Oregon ta pay Uioir respects to Secre tary Daniel. - ' ' While only forty-two ahip were re-- omA Mm, tub ... 4 !.. events. . SHALL'THECOLD WATER PARTY ? AS : SUCH CEASE TO FUNCTION; THAT'S IT Chicago. Bepti 1-Whethcr the Na tional Prohibition .Party should con tinue to function and seek enforcement 'of prohibition leirislatioa,', passed by gongres or whether the party should b dissolved, today threatened a split in tna rank of the delegate attending th meeting of the national committee of tha party. The question will be de rided tomorrow y a majority vote of tha delegates,' Virgil G. Hinahaw, na tional .ehnfrman euaoaneed, following today' disunions, Delegates who are leaders of the W. C T. U. brought out another poiat for heated discussion when they advocated combining the prohibition party aad th w. u. t. v. forcer and putting a com plete ticket ia the field at the coming aational elections. T rv j v1.' .;. ' i ' "The prohibition party was organised oa a platform that is going to be car ried out in spirit as well a the let ter," Mr. Jacob NoU, member of tba' executive committee from NaDDaaeo. lad., stated. There will be a prohibition party ticket ia the field at tht aext aational election, if tba rank and file can keep the party alive, aad there will be ao mas oa the ticket Iwbo will aot be ia- harwoay -with- !h-ifltrocn--f - . President Makes a Date, . Waslftagtoa, Sept. L-President Wil son accepted today aa invitation to at ead dinner 1o be given ia hi honor aext month, by tha Society of Art and Beieneei of New York. Tht date will be fixed later.' (The Invitation wa at tended by Dr, John B. Tucker, ef yw lor vity, a member of th board af goveraor of the aociety. . ; s; - ' Excarslon Steamer Raa Agroaad. Boston. Hent. 1 .T1.a . m. . hA.n.tiw Bradford, .returning from Provident- town With a raasenswr' 1U nf hnllrfa eieursioniits t!m m ki.tli 1,700, ran aground off Castle Island, Bn. ton Harbtfr hi the fog tonight. The passengers ssr aaid to ba 4a n dan ger. " j", " " ' -" SAN FRANCISDO IS UNDER NAVAL LAW HHliESIlO 'V' . Drastic Changes in Civil Ser vice System Proposed By x ."iR "4-Postal Employes f 7 SAME PAY FOR EQUAL WORK FOR WOMEN EMPLOYES National Federation of Postal . Employes' Convention Ad visedTo Confine Activities 'To Sxistins; Political Parties ' And Not To Seek To Form a Third Party X " Washington, Sept. 1 (By Tha At- sociatcdv Press.) Drastic, chaagea ia the civil scrvica system to benefit Fed eral civilian employe are aader con sideration by' the Federal Salary Classi fication Commission, Edward Keating, secretary of the commission and for mer' representative from Colorado, to dsjf, told tba convention of the Nat lonai reaeratioa offostsr emplcye assembled here; j'.s' :-;'. . "Womea who do tha aama'work' at mea should receive the aame' pay at men," Mr.; Keating Mid.' '"W believe is a system af promotion, which wilt Icid from the lowest and of tba lad der to th highest; ' ' V ' W also are convinced that civil tervir employe thould not be placed at ine mercy of any bureaucratic ty rant, no matter "what .his Doaltiaa might be. The civilian employe I ea- (itica to a fair bearing before an Inv partial court if he ha grievance." Way to Win Recognition. Beprestntative O'Connor, of Lou! tana, warned the Postal employes against Striking, Panic It is t last resort, and that the way to win reeog aition is by the power of the federation at the poll. Doa'tform a third party," ha declared. Jt. would be foolish and would be -weakening to your caaae. Confine yoar political ac- uvities co two existing partiea and support th one that give yon th kind of leriilation yen demand. "Boat tba Party From tha Head r.wa" 'I am a Democrat,". Representative 0 Connor continued, "but if the Demo cratic party. should manifest hostility toward you and your cause, I say beat the party from the head dowa." 1 Bepreseatative Nolan, of Catifovnb. alao advised against . a third party. Speaking of the high ecat af living, ha win uai k me i-restaet nil do the thing h promised to do in reduction of,the.et of living,.the b govevn menV asv milrvmut Mng up iy mm in co or living." Bepresenutiv Madden, ef , Ullnola, cwinipioB vi pe reaouitios to Increase (Codtlaaed a Page Two;) The Right and Left Wings Just wouldn't Flap Together;: : . -.Then What Chlcant.,Ilt.. ftent. 1 m, 4h 1 .... elated Pr.)-rDiseord ia th Socialist party increased today wbea right wiag delente to tha nartv'a nntinnal gency convention split vr a proposal to exclude from the convention floor seceding left wing delegate who pre viously ana ten me meeting aad an nounced their Intention of uniting with the communists. Ths motion was de feated by two voWa, Introduction ef th motion fnlliw.J charges on the floor of th convention . L . . . . ( - 1 . iii.ii crnnin, ucicgaie were masque rading a "loyal" conservatives and in fact warn attandln imfmiM, K. left wing radicals. Ths dofeated motion wooia. nsv previaea that any delcgat particinatinc In left win eiafnpn.M after 10 o'clock tomorrow morning b "mom irpia ine convention. . i LR Join With Cmmh. Left wins delentea mat Hurlt,. tvi day with lenders of tba communist wno epenea a national meeting today. The ODCaina of th mmmnnirta mii,- ering was enliveaed by ha order from the police that Rdbaaner,aad festoons aaorning in wnus.or th eonveatioa hall be nulled down and AmriB ubstitnted. th Bed banner were take dowa after a delegate, who gave hi aame a Charles Montgomery had been arrested for disorderly nrtt. tioa. . Chairmaa Lauls rislni. at Km v.v aid la bia onenin tatmn k- eommunitt meeting that the onren- " . v uiivun inv ntv ra la th history of the nation. Th time, b asserted, called for revolution. actioas. - , .,, . : Leaders 'of tha rlrht ar(n aMlallia comprising Mb conservative majority, declared today that the aplit ia the party would be patched ap by tomorrow JKUMh 0 Delente Get Oat. i- ' Seymour Stedmaa, chairmaa af th convention, said perhap fifty delegate bad left the meeting, i , v "By tomorrow night." he said, "th difference will be d justed. I confi dently eipeet that many of th seceding delegate will return. Bom of them can not come back If they deair. They probably will Join thteommuaHa. I don't believe ther Is the slightest pos sibility that th socialist party will dl- vla into two faction." ' . - ' He named John Seed. elf-tyled "un- retognlrcd Bolshevik ambassador ta th United Stares' s one delegate who would not be taken back " Into th con vention. Beed ha been a leader of. the left whig ocial!stt. , v Actlvitic of th left Wing radicals nasrktdjrirttully U. discusiiom giJq; day' tcssioa. ' .. ( DISCORD AMONG UNDERGOES CHAFJGE Charlotte Officials Get the Full Benefit of Feeling In . Their, Favor. I. ; RECALL PETITIONS TO BE PRESENTED SOON .,li':ri. . '' ''. '. ,, ' . City Commissioners. Between Two Fires, Labor Criticising Because of Hasty Action of ; Police and Capital Complain lug Because of Alleged Fa Toritism To Unions " :-. ; . By FRANK 8SIITHIIBST. . (Special Staff Bcpreacatativa.) , Charlotte, Sept. 1. The commissioner of Charlotte, ;whe with thra leading business men composed the eommltte which in vain recommended rceogaUio of th anion aad submissioa 'of other difference to arbitration for tha sot tleent of tha labor dispute here betweea tha Southern Public Utilities Company aad it carmen, andeleetriciaaa, are bow getting full benefit of a rapidly crystal lising public sentiment, in favot of their position, . . rn at thla movement proceed, how ever, the time elated.' for the filing of petition for the recall of Mayor Mo Niach . aad Commissioner Page aad Wcara is near at hand. ' ' ' A check upon nine of the petition whieh have been in geneml elrenmtioa reveal a total of 1,480 aame. It wa an nounced today, while lis other petitions have not been totalled. Under the law. twenty-five per cent of the " qualified voter catting a Vote for mayor oa th last election will justify th order for an election. Only 1,209 vote were actually east , Mays Nat Distaraea. . Mayor McNineh aad hi associate tro apparently apt disturbed aver tba pro gress of th recall movement. All of them have been insistent npon th obli gation oa the pert of th Bouthera Pub i: Dill!.!.. . . , I ganited labor aad ' the event ef th week have not. moved them la their (taad. ). ' '" Tha strong outburst of feeling agaiast them because of allegsd responsibility for whit labor declare too hasty action on tht part of the police on th ana aide, aad prejudice oa the ether for al leged favoritism toward tha demand of arganited labor, ha left tha aoaimla- ionr ia aa mmiabl petition. TacJ trs between, tw are. 1 - - New. it ia pointed out. Labor day hav ing passed", without ' the 1 anticipated breach of tha peace, and th worst fear ef further troubl allayed, tba public la ia. a position, ta assert it calm judg ment tnd draw $ rlctr distiactioa ba- (Caatlaaed ea Page Tw4 , l Story of .Alleged Increases Revealed By investigating , ' ' Committee; Washington,' Bep'u l.(B'y The Asso eiatcd Press.) Th House ubcomm it tee' investigating brdnaaea expenclitures during th war tonight mad public testimony takea ia ita hearing . (bow ing that th government' shell loading plant at Fort Delaware, uncompleted when the armiitie wi aigned, has cost th government to date , 14,000,000, although tha estimated cost wbea the contract waa let oa the cost plu bssis wa placed at from tl'XflOQ to IV SOOfiOO. . , Th difference between the etimtcd cost aad th total thus far rjnid out by th govrament for tha building of th plant I sHbwa 'in testimony given by Llout.-Col. B. H. Hawkins, of th Ordnance Department, and a report mad last -October tty Major Clair Foster, nf th construction divi sion of th-nnr,'nd inserted by the committee in- the records. The contract for th plaat wa let to the Msrlin Bockwell Corporation, which orgnnued a ubMitry voacera known a th Murlin Boclwell- Loading Com pany, which in tura coatracted with the Fred T. Ley Company for construction of the big plant, aad adjoining town to house 20,000 persona, y " " lome Stiff, let Elaati Wagea. Major Foater'l report eitc smne of th alrie paid by the Loading Com. paay and th Ley Company with ad vance in pay made after a few month service. .Th manager of th former company, the report asserts. had hi alary raised from 410,000 o 113,000; the assistant manager, a law yer aad former bond salesman." from 112,000 to 115,000 i th chief saginer mm. em.M-SHLMm. twjLMitfc for living eipease to 110,000 a year. and the treasurer, from gi,8p0 to W, 000. Of th treasurer,: th report Midi "Government officer questioned a to th treasurer' duties taid they aever had been able te see that ha did aay inmg eieept to enaors the govern ment's cheek aad isa those of iha Loading Company.",,, ,k, ; rl.t4 lt: -.. , -rieaaa Bear ia Mlad. "Pleas bear ia mind." aaid If a rotter t report, "that all these talarle do aot come out ef tha Loading Com pny ' fee. Th government pay them aad the pay 10 per eerit oa ton of them." - ' J turn HniiuoBT maae reierenc ta tV tall t . J t .. M i recent reoueat of tha Wn rwna..Q ior aa . appropriation of tWflOQ to purch additional land. nt ths alt. - ' j-w a NSJIISi although. Major- J'ostcr . aiserted Ibai . C l U - It - aa iwaay, . V .awaasamasnni - - TACKLE OLD H. C. L WATCH YOUir 7 ::f"H aEaaffK8flSS ""nsmasnamja, t , ' . . ' , , Miss Catherine M. Spruce, minutes any one finger print oat of the millions on file in the Nvy Identification, Office in Wwhirirton. r.rfr, : : ARREST SUSPECTS IN COOPER MURDER Man and Woman Held on the ory That Bootleggers Com mitted Crime (By The'Aeaoeiated PresaO Nashville, Teaa., Bept 1-Working oa tha theory, that Bool J. Cooper, who body with bjPd crushed, wa fouad ia m creek neir hi horn Satur day mrnlBg,.wa aurdsred by a a illi cit liquor dealer, pollct early tonight trrested J. V. reustoa and Caaey dor daaV,h'iri tclag 'Questioned la t- nsat l-ika.akur,liir. . . ' '' " t Both are being held Without ' bn lad are charged with Violating ' the Bred amcadmeat aad with violating the so-called boa dry law. Fuestoa is also teeueed of carrying a pistol. Tha arrest indicated that the police had abandoned abruptly the theory on which they taid they had built up cim yesterday that blackmailer had killed the young lawyerand had re turned, to their original belief that bootlegger had lured Cooper from bis home and put him to death. According to the police, Feuaton it a dealer ia liquor of a high grade, and I thought to have made dealing with members of club of tht sort of which Cooper was a member. ' The Jordirf womaa is claimed to be a close acquaintance of Feustou, firing near Nashville. Whca arrested they, were in a road iter containing, the police aay ISO quart of whiskey. Of sll men suspected of illcgnl wbis key traffic cm mined by the police since tke murder, reustoa is tpe-oaiy one against whom any charge' haa been placed. Evidence that another automobile was iovolved ia the tragedy wa givea the police by a acgro farmer. He aaid he wtt driviag hi team home Thursday light at aboat 10 o'clock, th hoar fixed the time of the murder, when he ssw some one slowly bark aa mtomobile elf the road into the place where Cooper's automobile was found thirty-three hour later. Thea a maa leaped out of the machine, the negro said wilked to sa other automobile parked nearby, turaed oa the light aad sped away. The first automobile wa left with light burning, the negro said Iavestigation of the blackmail theory failed to reveal aay woman connected with the mystery. ' , CARDINAL MERCIER ON WAY TO UNITED STATES Pri. Sept. 1. (By- The -Associated Pre.) Cardinal Merrier, primate of Belgium, oa hi way to the United fttate. arrived in Paris this evening. He will leare for Brrtt tomorrow morn- lag and will take passage on th steamer Agamemnon Wednesday. The Cardinal said hews somewhat fntlgu-J .. . t .i ! : Ll.fi ea, out enevriai ia aniiriiaiiuB, iri vis visit to America. , V. ' "It will be one of the happiest moil cats of my life when I set foot oa American oil," he added, "and .per sonalty thank the Americans for what The havf "'d6Bj""f6r "wy"ciiUBtTy The Belgian Ambassador to tht Caitcd States, Baroa Emil de Cartitr d Marebienn. will cccompony th Cardinal. He aaid to the corres pond- cats: "I tm glnd to return to America Every Belgiaa ha two couatrie now his owa and America." ' ;''.,"" : v The Ambassador, who has bee In Paria for flv months, a a member of the Belgiaa peace delrgst Ion, ts re turning to hi post with his bride, who wss Mrs. Hamilton Cary, of New York. nmmm lHirhmond, Vn', BcpCl-Member of it the annual meeting today, leeted Slhese officers i H. c Ladd, of Norfolk, JpVesideat) F. B. Bolt, of Norfolk, rice- preudtat AL. P.. nirV.ptJBiclimon secretary and treasurer. L , FINGER PRINT! - ' ; " i X , yv (Cj Lnderwood A Underwood. - it is said, can identify in a few E American Commander Sailed From IJrest for the U.S. 1 Yesterday " (By Th Associated Preaa.) " ". Washington,' fept; 1-General Persh ing will held to parade ia New York and Washington of th first division, it waa formally announced today by Major Qcaeral, James WMcAadrew, former rhiet of sUfif tf the- Amcricaa iped tlonary force, who Wat detailed by Sec retary Baker gad General March, thief or ttaff, to arrange all military , mat ters 1 coanectlon -withr-weleoiBe to be accorded the 'American oversea com mander. . . '.:'" ' ; , General Pershing, who sailed today from Brest oa tb transport Leviathan, 1 eipeefed to reach New York oa the morning of September" 8,' General Mc-I Andrew sid, and will stay ia that eity three or four day before coming, to Waehingtoa to report formally to th war Department. After the first dlvi skin -parad here, It i expected that General Pershing will visit hi old bom ia .Musouri, after whieh he will return to Washington to .present hi view to th permaaeat miliary policy of the nation before congressional committee. General Mc Andrew, who now is head pf the general staff college herd, will go to New York within a few day ta com plete th . military , arrangement for to wclcomo there.. , . - . ATLANTA DECORATES f OR COMING OF THE VETERANS Atlnnfa, ' (3., Bept. 1. Eighty-five block in th eity of Atlanta will b decorated for the tweaty-ninth annual reunion of United Confederate Voter ana. October T. 8, 9 and 10. -The decoration contract has been let and host of workmen will soon begin transforming th princips. cowntown thoroughfares into bower of bunting combining the Star and Stripe with the Star and Bar. Tha decorations, It I taid, will be the moat tpectarular Atlanta baa ever knowri, not even excepting the wonder ful displays Inaugurated for the fihrln- era' international convention anvcrol year ago. They will eovsr every trect ending from the railroad station : every street along whikh the parade will pass; the eity auditorium, which seats 10,000 people and whore' tha sessions of the convention will be - held : - and the ground ef th Btat capital, whet th veteran will hav their encampn cnta. FIELD MAH8 UNDER WIDE SPREADING TREE 19 HELD. Harrisbnrg. Pa., Kent. 1. Ten mile from a railroad nnd flv mile from a trolley line, St. Ignatius' Catholic Chnrrh, of Buchanan' Valley, Allans county, Pa., which I 103 years old, recently held its annual field mass under a wide-spreading tree. Later there was an old-fashioned picnic, fol lowed by a big dinner, which was en joyed by the farmer members of the venerable flock and their friend, who had come, ia response to in invitation which rend, in parti 8ce oar little cameo church, nhe recently celebrated her 103rd birthday snd tint hasn't written a wrinkle on her. placid brow. Com and worship God ia His temple, not made with hands. The robin will be there, hymning, and the cutter flic will breathe their tiay prayers. 'The West wind will harn a . lyrie that Is older than .tht tea.'"' ' BED CROSS PHOTOGRAPHS""7 . , . , GRAVES OF AVIATORS. Washington, Sept. l.-Of the ISO American sviotprs who lost their live in Prance tht grave af 143 hav bee photographed by the American Bed Cross for. their, families, , it was an nounced here- today. Every effort it waa said, w being rnade to locate and photograph tb tcvrh.tbat have not yet been found. The arave were located ft a hundred, of JuPrkitJljeJfolti'e, are had bee a covered. PERSHING FIRSTDlv FARAD WILSON DEftlES THE REQUEST OF LODGE FOR TREATY DRAFTS President and,Chairman .of F. R. Committee Exchange ' . Letters on Subject , ; encroachmInt ON THE '-' PRESIDENTIAL POWER It U "Out of the QriefltioB," tbe President Bays, To , Accede To the Gommittee'B Bequest; Four Treatlee How Under 1 Nefotiation Depend Largely On That With fJeraany k , . Washington,' Bept. 1- By Tha Am ; dated Press.) The request of the. Tor eiga delations Committee for latest drafts of the proposed treatie with Grmany'a allies haa been refuted by' ,' President Wilson on tha ground the compliance would set a precedent ea eouraging enstorial ( encroachment oa the Presidential Rower of , treaty aegt tiation. , ' Ia aa exchange of letter mad pub' lie today, Mr. Wilson wrot that it.wa Mot of th question" ta, aeeed to tba eommitte' suggestion and Chairmaa ' Lodge replied that although th treatie wer closely connected with the treaty with Germany, th Preaident undoubt edly had authority to keep information about them from the Senat if ha chose. Ths . correspondence ' appareatly brought another impaas betweea tha President and the coumittce oa that much debated subject of what informa tion tba 8enator thould hav in their , eoaaiderntion of th treaty with Ger-r many. Mr. Lodge aad others hav de clared th committee could aot got in tclligeatly nntil all of tha Versailles treatie were before it, but at tba Wbita Houst conference Mr. Wilson told tha eommittes that the form to ba takea by the four treatie under negotiation depended largely oa th Senate re action, regarding the instrument now before it. v' Aasther OsaiaL ' ; A copy of the agreement of June 14 relative to ths Bhiaa district also waa denied tha eomraitte, h Preaident writing that it would only become per tinent cfter th treaty wa ratified end that ita publication now" might ba em barrassing to other governments. To this Senator Lodg replied that it al ready had been circulated in thl conn try through th Congressional Beeord. i-?' Lodg 'Give Up. The .eorrespoadenco waa made publla by Mr. Lodge, who indicated that ao farther effort would b mad br tha' eommltte ia th matter. Th commit te did not meet today, but tomorrow it will resume its hearings aad prooaoiy will have another executive setsioa to work oa proposed " amendment aad reservations t th - trety with Ger t many. . Th only amendment pending befor th committee now i a proposal by Senator Fall, BepubU-an, Hew Mex ico, to trik out tha pavUioa for aa International labor orgaaization. Whem it. aiAat(nt nr tirnaiiiti mstnia m mm uwn disposed of drafting of 4a ratification. . tit l. 1 .,n T la a V. resoiuiiua win u -j- . - ,7,7 , pected that th eommltte drft will in . eluds several reservation to th Lengua of Nation eovenint. 4 At it open bearing tomorrow, tna ; committee will queltioa Eugene PiVWy, of the Hungariaa-Amerlcan Federation, who aaked to be heard rcgardiag tha claim of Hungary at tbe Versalllea conference. , .',' Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, tha ' Democratic leader, bad given notie of hi iatcntibn to speak on th treaty at tomorrow' session of th Senate, but it was said at his office tonight that he might postpone nil soarcss uniu aesdiy. . . .' Text f Wllssa's Letur. The President wrot, to Senator lifldge: "Allow me to scknowledge th re ceipt of your letter of August S3 aad to say that I shall take pleasure in laying befor th Senat th trety with Poland, signed at Versailles oa the 58th of June) and the agreement between the United State, Belgium, tha , Britikh Empire and Franc of the oa part and Germany of th othr port with regard to the military oceuputloa of the territories of the Bhina also signed t Versailles oa the 28th of June., "The declaration of th 18th of Jun to which you refer was a mere declara tion of policy ind does not become la any way pertinent until the treaty i ratified. My impression is that a eer- " tain degree of embarrassment would be caused, not to th United States ' but to the couatrie with which wa must necessarily co-operate ia many particulars in the execution of the treaty, if it were communicated now. It will, of course be mad public ia due time. ' -. . "", . "With regard to- the treatie 'with Austria, Hungary, Bulgiiry and Turkey, it would be out of the question for m to submit them in their present form, even to the committee oa foreign re lations. ' They are ia process of nego tiation, subject to change and rccon tidctatioB jmtiL CQmplsted ind..iigned, I am aura that the committee aa for eign relations Will appreciate' tbe oa- ; desirability of creating the precedent which would be created by tubmitting treatie la their draft form, it would tend to tk th function of negntiqt ing treatie out of th bands of ths executive, where1 it ia expressly vested y ma constitution. ' t Text of Udge' Beply.' ' Senator Lodge replied: . 1 "I am indebted to you for sour letter of Augutt SS, which reached me Inst evening. 1 lis have to thank yea for ending to th Bcaata the treaty -with Poland tig-ed at Versailles ea the 28th of June, aad the agreement between tha United States, Belgium : Bd the British Lmplr witb retard to the mili tary occupation c tha territory of the ailaisd sa Pag Two.) " '