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. WEATHER: . .' Fair Thursday Friday ana - WATCH ISABEL. "" 'm tees Ma, lot', rawsal I ears Mm entrants aa oveM missus alniM tnr. . erver probably svataraaf J , chaags la tsmserstsrs. rvotrcxrN07i7T SIXTEEN VAGESTODAY.-RA1IGH, N. C-THURSD AY-MORMNGa JSEPTO'tBEfi 25, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. price: hve cents. 1 oe News ana oids INQUIRY III STEEL STRIKE STARTS IN T Attention in Industrial Strug gle Now Focused in Wash- ington Investigation - , . SENATE COMMITTEE TO v r BEGIN ITS PROBE TODAY Managers of Plants Take Of ; f eniive In Pittsburg Dii- trict, Reports State; . De V crease in Violence; Disorder ; Was Incited, Union Leaders Claim (By The Associated Press.) The third dsy of the great ttecl frrike passed' without either capital or labor having made any apparent material gains, .last night attentionf' was M -.1 TIT , 1 tVa I t . ........ - A.' . - 1 1 CONGRESSA ONCE .' Qtii lSxf tamhiiXM ss, to ope& From ' their respective headquarter. Industrial leaders and director! of the -Strike Tissued their usual conflicting statements, which left still, in doubt the exact number of workers who have walked eut. William' Z. Foster, secre tary of the Strikers' National commit tee, claimed that in the various steel centers, 15,000 more men had aban doned their post, bringing the total ts ; 342,000, but in ths crueul Pittsburgh district, ofliciala of the V. 8. Steel Cor- po ration and seTeral independents" asserted that the stream ef labor had turned and was flowing into the mills. Managers Take Offensive. ""' According to reports - from - Fitts tmrgh, where onion labor readers hold a ' general parley to consider eonduct of the strike, managers of the plants are I seeking sow to tsko" the offensive. Not 1 content with merely holding what - f ovees remain to them, they are said to be trying to induce wavering strikers to return. On the other hand labor's "'"' recruiting form are not inactive, as , shown by ths fact that organisers from th mine, workers' union have been Called ta reinforce agents of the stV : workers' union in enrolling non-union workers. ' " ' t. V - j ' DesplM the predietloa of Mr. Foster . ! that, through ths work of these organ iicers, the strikers will be able gradually ifo shut down all ths important works in the Pittsburg district, employers pt labor claimed that yesterday they had been able to increase production is all important plants, including those in ' Homestead, Clairton, Braddock, Du- quesne snd the Pittsburg city mills of 'ths Csrncgie Company. - As in Pitts ibarg, the situation in Chicago also was jcloudcd by conflicting reports., The ia . dustry la that section, though crip pled by ths closing of many planljs, 'was by so means tied np and company 'officials claimed additions had been made to ths reduced forces with which they were eontinuing operations. Strike Spreads la Ohio. -la ths Voungstown district where ad vances wers claimed by the strikers, the- strike spread yesterday to fabrt eating plants, two of which wers doted, 'as wss ths Toungitotfa Pressed Steel Company. Farslysis of production in ths Mahoning Valley, caused by idle rasas of 44,000 workers, continues, every plant being closed. - - From Csnton, Ohio, cams the an nouncement by the general manager of ths Canton Sheet Steel Company that his men, nnmhering 1,200 had voted to ' retarn to work. In Colorado district, plants of the , Colorado Fuel aad Iron Company in Pueblo, which closed Monday, remain idle, sad according to officials will make - no effort to operate with strikebreakers. Decrease la Violence. Yesterday wss marked b7 a aUirp de crease in violence. Although rioting occurred in Cleveu-.nd, order reigned in Buffalo, N. Y and Pittsburg, New Castle andFarrell the atom cen ters Tuesday. . " : " On the, heels of these riots came euarges from Strike headquarters that in Buffalo the Jrouble had been, "in cited" bv "hired detectives" ior ths purpose "of bringing in ths State eon sUbulsrv and breaking ths ranks of ' ths strikers." Ooveraof Smith would b asked to order an investigation, it was announced. t " . ' 1 ' A eomplnint sent Toy Mr. Foster to Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, con cerning the action of ths State police in diipersing-crowds in steel towns brought ,from the Governor reply - that he had been informed "dangerous and evil disposed persons at points in other 8tates were preparing fto eol- leet armed mobs to corns serosa the Mate line to. attach our citizens and destroy their property," and that such mobs would be treated "as armed ia- vaders of Pennsylvania," 1!oprs Hakes Attack.. , , ;.'-f jf:. As attack oi methods which he ssid had been employed in ths past by steel companies was made yesterday by Sam uel Oompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor who, in ad tk Senato Interstate Com merce committee on ths Cummins rail road bill referred , to tae steel striae charging "murder, assault, arrest of men, prohibition ot meetings on rented grounds aad workers dispersed by thugs, gangiters and detective crooks em ployed by ths companies." To ths Beasts will be carried ths tight ot striksrs ia ths Pittsburg dis trict for ths right of free speech aad a assemblage, John Fitzpatrick. chairman Si of the National committee for organis ing iron aad steel workers, announced lat night after the conference of labor leaders ia that city. - - l. ., SENATE BTABTS PEOBE : , 4 -' INTO STEEL STRIKE At y ' ' CAPITAL IMMEDIATELY. Waahlagtoa. Sept. 14. Arrange ments ware completed tonight ' for ths beginning tomorrow of ths Sen-' ate Labor Committee's Investigation of ths natlsa-wlds steel strike. Chairman Heaven aanoanced receipt of assurances from John Fltipatrkk, chairman of ths strikers' organisa tion commlrtse, that he wools he on hand to preseat "labor's side" of the controversy. While members ef the committee wot engaged ia making Snal sUas for ths hearing, Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, la an aldroos sa the Soar of ths Sensts, criticised the strike ia bitter terms, declaring It had beea called sa ths "flimsiest excuse," that Its principal object wss "to disturb sad bedevil iadnstrlal conditions'' a'nd that the participa tion of hundreds of thousands, or mea In strikes throughout the conn try "becomes almost civil war.? Primary objects of the Senate In vestigation, Senator Kenyon said to day, will be the setting forth before tho public of the real causes sad ob jects of ths strike. Fitspatrlck as well as Chairman Gary, of tho United States Steel Corporation, who Is to appear Wednesday, according to Senator Kenyon's plan of procedure rat, will be asked for a detailed t..tiin4. ud.thaa -m aableetes to plets the-luqutrun-r rstutu' port to tae sensts wiiaia a lonaignt. ALEXANDER'S VISIT Many Letters Received By Sen ator Simmons On League Covenant Subject SOME OF "RING-TAILED AND 'POSSUM DOG" VARIETY Too Plural, Name of "Wilming ton" Por Next Concrete Ship -V-WiU Not Be -Selected Tiree . Registered Already; Legisla tion . Affecting North Caro linians . The News snd Observer Bureau, 03 District National Bank Bldg. By E. E. POWELL. By Special Leased Wire.) . Washington Sept 84-Doetor Ale ander's recent visit here to try and get Senator Simmons to oppose ths League of Nations has caused mors Tar Heels to go oa reeord than possibly any other queetioa over before Congress. Since the publication of the story Sunday morning, hundreds and hundreds of letters and telegrams havs poured into ths office of Senator Simmons snd ths expressions are almost unanimous ia favoring ths league. - The flood of mail has beea so great until it is taking the better pert of the time of Frank Hampton, "BUI" Lcinster and Stedman Sloan to" opea it. League of Nations mail is waiting for them when they get to ths office in the morning 'and when they leave at night there is Lesgus of Nations mail ahead for next day's work. Moat of the expressions ars mani festly for the purpose of Informing ths Senator about the Dotcor'a war record. Few North Carolinians havs beea wor ried over Senator Simmons position. Nor is anybody in North Carolina afraid that Senator Overman is going to vote with Lodge, Johnson and Com pany. The junior Senator has beea re ceiving a lot of mail, also, but not near ao much favoring the covenant as Sena tor Simmons. Ths answer is Alexander. From stats officials, preachers and school ; teachers galore, lawyers, doc tors and priests the senior Senator has been hearing. North Carolina is for ths Versailles tresty aad ths lea gue, these communications agree, with out reservation of any kind. Dr. Alex ander is badly misinformed or else at tempting to abort the feeling, of the people. . - - One of ths State's best metapborists tells Senator Simmons that Alexander has never been right oa the wsr and this latest effusion is nothing mors than snother outcropping ot his "mag nifying and multiplying imaginatioBs." Ninety-five per sent of ths preachers and school teachers of ths Stats and, with a singular exception, all-ths edi tors favor ths league, says one corre spondent. .': - f . '.- Ths Blag-Tailed KJad. But some . Bepublicans are writing from the Stato along with ths Demo crats. They are, however, what Hubert Martia is prone to eall the "ring-tailed" kind, . or the ' "possum dog" variety. None of ths ' best - Bepubli-uns are asrainit ths covenant, he says. One of these ring-tailed fellows goes so fsr, CONCERNED ABOUT though, as to tell Senator Overman that all 'North Carolina is opposed to the lesgue and a part ot South Carolina. Whils ths Senate debate was going oa today, one of ths interested specta tors ia the gallery was es-fitnator Wiley M. Person, of Louishurg. Senator Per sontis at the head ef a delegation here to see ths Postoffi.es Committee with reference to moving the Louiiburg building. Ths hearing oa ths removal ia tomorrow but Senator Person cams a day ahead to look the Senate over. He observed I- long while today, noting with mors than casual interest ths Pen rose impersonation Of political omnipo tence aad ths quintessence of stntes manliks poise effulgently radiating from Senator Lodfre. , r" ' Nama "Wilmington" Too PlnrmL 'Wilmington will havs to select an other name for the aext concrete ship to be launched there soon by ths lib- (Continued oa Pago Two-) " ' TRIAL A DAY Albemarle Mill Strikers Secure Change of Magistrate To Hear Case JUDGE INGRAM CLARIFIES RECORD IN RITCH CASE Wprdinf of Judgment phanged Prom That Printed As Taken Prom Stenographer's Notes; Sec. 3437 Alone Applies Only To Pint Count; Held Por . Probable Cause On All (Special to the News snd Observer.). Albemarle, Sept. 84. Whether a mag istrate has ths right to change his judg ment after ttond has been mads by ths defendant, whether there is distinction between ths defense's interpretation of change and Judge B. B. Ingram's belief that he merely clarified ths reeord and made his judgment read -true -this dif ference served as the spark which set off the fireworks abounding in the trial '4Ma -aniba,' Seat " shooting the sheriff and conspiracy to destroy ths property of the Wiecassett Mills Co'. Feeling' quickly sprung to a high in tensity in the trial, eonnsel for the defenie being altogether from other eounties. It was impossible for the prisoners to retain a member of the local bar. In passing judgment Tuesday afternoon on Marvin L. Bitch and J. H, Graham, according to the stenographer's notes Judge Ingram stated, "I find ia this ease there ia some evidence and I feel it my duty to let a jury say whether or not it is sufficient to convict these men of the ehsrges under the Statute, Section 8437,' which he then resd. . Probable Cases oa All Charges. It.happena that this statute refers only to insurrection which is the first count Solicitor Brock aaked if It were ths judgment of the court that the de fendants be bound over to the court under all the charges sesy out in the warrants. Counsel for ths defense interrupted and Judge Ingram 'said: "It is my posi tion ia the matter to bind them ss the warrant stands under this statute." Ths stenographer read ths 'Statement " I several times, she stated ia wonrt tho next morning that the counsel for ths defense interrupted so noisily that she might havs failed to get ths complete statement ef Judge Ingrsm. The de fense urged Judge' Ingram not to ehangs his statement; he assured them he was only making it read true and dictated a new statement to the ste nographer as follows 'After hearing ths case, ths court finds probable esuse of charge. Each defendant is set out under, each count of ths warrant and it is ordered that said defendant be bound to ths Superior Court of Stanly eouaty to answer said charges. Bond fixed at one thousand dollars each." ' They then aeksd that their exeeptioa be noted ia ths reeord and that the! judge dictate an sccount of ths inci dent as part of ths reeord. This ha did not do, saying that hs would do so later. ' - . , Ckaage of Magistrates. Ths twenty-seven defendants to havs been tried this morning immediately presented petition for change of mag istrate, .which was granted. Justice ot ths Peace W. K. Little job n wss np polstsd by Judge Ingram, and it de veloped that hs was in, Troy. Court (Continued en Pegs Two-) BENNINQ AND BRAGG GET OKAY OF LEGISLATORS Only Difference of Opinion Is Begarding Expenditure 9! ... ) War Appropriations Washington, Sept. 14. Without mak ing a final report regarding Camps Bennlng, Gordon and Jessup ia Georgia and Bragg la North Carolina, the House military tub-committee left Washing ton tonight to renew its Inspection of army fields ia ths South and Middle West. -v It -was learned, however, ths sub committee has agreed oa recommending retention of Benning and Bragg and 1 that virtually tho only dispute was be tween ths Bepublieaa aad Democratic members regarding ths lawfulness, of ths expenditure of war appropriations for land purchases at these places. Final decision also has not been made Whether Jessup will be abandoned, the build ings there being salvaged and ths land old. Bepublieaa committeemen hold that Secretary Baker permitted illega 1 ex penditurs to be made of war spproprla tions at Bragg and Bennlng ta pur chases and development of the cam pa along a peace time program. Tho ex penditures, they ssy, were limited to war purposes. Psmocrans committee men, however,' refuse to accept the claim of ths Bepublicans, contending that department officials acted within their authority. - Final settlement of this question Is expected to bo reached by the commit tee during their Jour of fields in the South and Middle West. This trip, be ginning tonight, will last two wseks or longer, aad whether ths Georgia aad North Carolina fields may then bo in- eluded with a report dealing with these othef fields has not beea decided. : Com mitteemen, however, seemed inclined to believe that ths reports would be separate.' . . . I,- The committee's new tour! will be centered oa ths inspections ef those camps at which the War Department wishes to make additional expendi tures. ' -f. - OPERATIVES DEFERRED STATE HIGHWAY IS GIVEN BIG BOOST Anniversary Meeting of Promo ters of Hard Road From Mountains To Sea SPECIAL DISTRICT IS PROPOSED AS SOLUTION Delegates Attending Lumber ton Gathering Suggest That Next General Assembly In corporate Counties To En able Them To Borrow Money Tor Project Iiumberton, Sept. 84. The dream of a hard surfnes highway from Wilming ton to Aaheville will become a reality, is the opinion of the hundreds of dele gates -who attended the anniversary meeting of the Wilmington-Charlotte-Aaheville highway association hers to day. , - -' The plans adopted by ths assoeiatioa eall for the incorporation of the coun ties thst will be traversed by the pro posed highway into a special road dis trict dt ino neat legislature, a-uu atate aid. to build the proposed highwsy from the mountains to the sea. En thusisam was at high pitch at the meet ing today aad sentiment for building the highway and making it hard sur face wss unanimous. Jadge Prltchard Speaks. Ths meeting convened at 11 o'clock with Col. T. U Kfrkpatriek, of Char lotte. presiding. The delegates were kyelcomed to Lumberton by Mayor F Jamer D. Proctor.- The eddreee of weU corns wss responded to by Maj Jos. W. Little, of New Hanover, followed by an addrest by Colonel Kirkpatrick. Others who spoke at ths morning ses sion were: W. A. MeGirt, of Wilming ton, president of the North Carolina Good Boads Association, aad A. G. Baehelder, executive chairman of the American Automoblls Association. At ths afternoon session addresses were msde by Chairman Frank Page, of the Stato Highway Commission, and Judge Jeter C. Pritchard. Mr. Page pledged ths support of ths highwsy commission in building thevhighwsy. He earns to ths meeting, he said, in ordsr to ft sa insight of ths rosd building spirit of North Carolina, and declared that Us inspiration shsuld spvead to'oher pve-e the-State. . While all ths addresses were inspir ing snd called for continuous spplause, ths address of Judgs Pritchard was ths outstsnding feature of the day. Ho was introduced by Heriot Clarksoa of Pharlntt. h - nmtmra Am Elected. Ths following officers were elected by the association for the ensuing year: President. T. U Kirkpatrick, re elected by-aeelsmat ion, Charlotte; first vies president, G. Herbert Smith, Wil mington; second vies president, P. M. McAllister, Lumberton ; secretary. B. W. Lemond, Monroe; treasurer, W. C Wilkinson, Charlotte. Executive committee -N. Buekner, Buncombe; M. L. Shipman, Henderson; K. S. Tanner, Butherf ordton ; ' L. A. Getty, Cleveland; Ed Love, Lincoln j K. G. Cherry, Gsston; A. M. MeDon eld, Mecklenburg; F. G. Henderson, Union ; II. H. McLendon, Anson j B. F, Beynolds, Richmond; Max T. John, Scotland ; T. U. MeGirt, Kobesoa t J. A. Brown, Columbus; E. J. Cox,. Blades j W. A. MeGirt, New Hanover; A. M. Chlnnis, Brunswick. Telegrams from jnany business firms and individuals pledging support ot the highway were read before ths meeting todsy. Among the number was one signed by Senators F. M. Simmons aad L. 8. Overman and Congressmsn H. L. Godwin, L. D. Bobinson. E. T. Webb and Z. Weaver, reading as follows: "Ws ars in hearty accord with ths objects of your conviction and will be pleased at all times to cooperate with you." - Many Delegates Attend.- Delegates from practically all " ths eounties that will be traversed' by the proposed highway attended the meet ing today, Columbus sending perhaps the largest delegation.- Ths Charlotte delegation came on a special iear, ar riving Tuesday evening and returning left at 8:23 this evening. They were a jolly good buaeh, all bent on fighting to the finish for a hard surface highway from Wilmington through Charlotte to AshevUle. Plenty ' of food had been prapared for the visiting delegates, and the town was somewhat dressed up for ths oceasioa. Ths decorations in' ths courthouse where ths meeting was held was -especially attractive. Lumberton .and Robeson county was pleased to havs ths meeting aad ths town was benefited materailly by hav ing ths representative body from so many eounties ss guests for a day. Ths matter of ths time and place of ths aext meeting of ths assoeiatioa was left with, ths president aad executive committee. -w-.;..'--. Resolatioaa Are Adopted. Ths following resolutions Were passed by ths body: " '"77"" "First That ths Wilmington-Char-lotte-Ashevills . highway should be con structed of hard surf sea material ot such width ss msy be designated by ths highwsy commission. . - ... ... "Second We hereby recommend the incorporation ot ths eounties traversed by ths Wilmington-Charlotts-Asheville highway into a special road district by the legislature of. North Carolina, to convene ia 1920. " "Third Ws further recommend that ths legislature' shall appoint fivo men. who shall reside ia ths district compos -jliu. iim f ':vvrtvyy. eaeia oafrajisiss asvHsnasst eJlaMBtiff-r. of Stanly bounty a mount of money, with, astfonal asrj T" "Wlllf -Senator TmftngWSysenr ing said highway; and that said flvs riti sens shall constitute a commission, who shall be slothed with full power aad authority to begin at ones and prosecute withont delay tho building of ths Wil-mington-Charlotte-Aaheville ' highway from Wilmington to Asbeville; sai IContlBued oa Pago Two-) - RESERVATIONS WOULD VITIATE LEAGUE PLAN, WILSON STATES; SENATE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED REPUBLICANS MAY KILL AMENDMENT Reported They Fear Adoption of Johnson Provision Would Nullify Treaty; PEACE TREATY WORK OUTSIDE SENATE HALL More Informal Conferences Than Usual With Promise That Almost Anything May Happen; New Jersey Sena- 'tor Takes Up Two Hours in Attack On League Covenant Washington, Sept. 4.-Most of ths lieaa, of New Jersey, was delivering a two-hour attack on the treaty and its League of Nations covenant, Bepub licans wers trying to reach aa agree ment respecting the method of dealing with the amendment by Senator John son, Bepubliean, of California, for equalizing the voting power of the United States and Great Britain ia the league assembly, . The Johnson amendment has beea laid aside to be taken up at an indefinite date, but there were scores of rumors concerning possible procedure, and one persistent report wss that ' Senator Johnson might insist upon calling it up at any moment. Some league advocates put forth the claim that enough prom ises had been obtained from Republi- because of the argument that its adop-- tion might necessitate re-opening of the whole question of peace negotiations with Germany. There wers.no positive' statements from loaders of sithsr side but there wers mors informal conferences than Bsual with ths promise that almost any thing might happea, on ths. floor, to dis turn ins routine proeeeaings. Under h motion adopted by the Senate en Tuesday, wbsa Bepublicans took actual hold of ths handling ot ths treaty a number ef amendments by Senator Fall, Bepublieaa, of New Mex ieo which would relievo the United States from service on foreign commis sions created by the treaty will ba ths order of business Friday. Ths business however, will be mainly speech.-makiag for ao vote is expected until next week. Senator New, Bepublieaa of Indiana, expected to speak today but at the last moment he announced that hs would not speak until tomorrow. Senator Smith, Democrat, of Maryland, also gave no tice that he would discuss ths treaty tomorrow, and Senator Cummins, Be publiean, of Iowa, hss prepared aa ad dress hs hopes to dslivsr this week. In deed, there are indications of a deluge ot oratory, quits apart from that which is looked for oa the Fall amendments. When the galleries applauded at ths conclusion of Senator Frelinghuysen's speech. Vice President Marshall in structed the door keepers to eject in future these -who disobeyed ths rulos of ths Senate which prohibit demonstra tions by visitors, GOMPERS MAKES BITTER ATTACK ON STEEL OWNERS Labor Head Tells Senate Com mittee Gary's Methods Shows Need of Strike ' Washington, Sept. 84. Declaring thst Judge ' E. H. Gary, ehalrmaa of the United States Steel ' Corporation, had dealt "in flippant aad autocratic fash ion" with labor representatives, Samuel Gompers, president . of ths American Federation of Labor, ia summing up be fore ths Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on organised labor's opposi tion to ths anti-striks section of the Cummins railroad bill, said ths steel strike was aa exampls ot ths necessity foc-:Us.m-e(.Jhs...atria,.:bri.:. labor unions. Discussing ths steel strike, hs declar ed: , "Whoa employers say there is noth ing to talk over, when they refuse ts meet represeatativss of labor, whea they say these representatives represent no body, how else is there to convince them but by svstrikef Look at the steel strike. sow, ' Thst was ths position Mr. Cary took. A letter to him from me sent last Juns ts still uriaueweredv- r "A committee to see him was greeted with the word that he had nothing to discuss with them. Hs treated na in a flippant and autocratis fashion. The strike is now on muchl to my regret, be cause I wanteff to see It delayed until attar ths President's industrial confer ence. . ' r ... "But if you knew conditions In dis tricts the United States Steel corpora tloa controls you would - understand. Murder, assault, arrest of men, pro hibition of meetings oa rented grounds, workers dispersed by thugs, gangsters aad detective crooks employed by the companies, A woman murdered ia cold blood, aad ths detective who did it re leased oa bond of 2.500 whils mea ar rested in ths meetings ars held ia $3,000 bail ". "Where Is thatf a eommittes mem ber interrupted him. "At McEeesport, Pa-," Mr. Gompers rejoined. i CLEMENCEAU CONSIDERS' LEAGUE AN INSUFFICIENT GUARANTEE TO FRANCE. ' Paris. Sept. . .14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) In aa explanation to tho Chamber of Dcsnttes today, Premier Clemencean, after declaring that tho League ef Nations csald exist, evea though rejected by the United Ststes Senate, asserted that it was precisely becsuse ths French felt thst ths Leagae of Nations wss aa lasafitclsnt guarkntes for soras years to come, that the protective treaties of alliance between France, Great Britain and the United States were drawn ap. WEBB LIKELY TO BE ment of Justice News and Observer Bureau, , 603 District National Bank Bldg. By R, E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Sept. 24. While ths re port of the inspector has not been made public, Senator Overman has been apprised that the Department of Jus tice has completed its investigation into the competency and fitness of Jndge James E.Boyd, Federal judge In the western district, and that as a result of this investigation there is no longer any doubt about the appointment aad confirmation of Representative E7 Fates Webb. Like every other Democratic appoint ment. Senator Overman expects it to be held up whea it is sent to ths Benate. Hs looks for Mr. Webb's asms to lie forwarded to ths President by Attorney General Palmer as soon as Mr. Wilson comes back from ths . Wtst.. " Ths Information that both the North Carolina Senators havs received. Is ihat ths inspector from ths department found the doeketa ia ths western dis trict terribly congested and Judge Boyd incompetent to handle the courts witlr proper-dispatch, Whea submitted this report will say, the Senators ars informed, that Judge Boyd is unfit both by reason of ags and temperament to continue " without assistance. He will bo retired with pay and while he will still be permitted to hold a court when' ever hs feels like it, Mr, Webb will ride the circuit and hold the most of ths courts. Likewise, the reorganize Hon of the western district court staff will bs up to him. The political aspect of Judge Boyd's foreshadowed retirement, while not ex actly analogous, does not suffer for want of Republican tenacity by com parlson with that of former Senator Nathan B. Goff, ot Weet Virginia, who has just finished his second term in ths Bona to. Senator Goff, a Republican, wouldn't aunt from a Federal Judge ship in West Virginia until he saw that he could be elected to ths United States Senate, even though be had reached the proper ago. And when he retired, he continued to draw his salary as judge, as well as that of Senator, It has been frequently said that Juda-e Boyd was ready to reeign if Huehea had been elected President. This would have perpetuated Ms party la power. When the news was named that Hughes had won, there is a story la Washingtoa thst Judge Boyd s resig nation was soon in writing. Tift state ment that Wilson's election meant four mors years' work for him is often at tributed to the judge when" bis retire ment is un for discussion. Both Senators do not anticipate as much difficulty in putting ths Webb ap Dointsnent through, ss they would if it wers soms ons else in the State. Mr. Webb is DODular among many Repub lieans in the Senate and House, and his long tenure of service and cordial re lations with the Old Guard will stand him ia fine stead when uis turn comes. DANIELS ANNOUNCES NEW BUREAU CHIEF FOR NAVY ; Washington, Sept. 24.--Secretary Dan iels late today announced the appoint ment of Bear Admiral Robert E. Coontx to be Chief of Naval Operations, the highest office ia ths navy. Bear Ad miral Coontx, who will succeed Admiral Wm. 8. Benson, upoa the tatter's retire ment tomorrow, now ia is command of a dreadnought division of the Pacific fleet. - Admiral Coonts has had wide naval experience. During ths "first part of th- was he nerved aa hetina chief of naval operations and laler aa com mander ef an Atlantis fleet division. Earlier In his career hs served at ths naval seademy as commander ot vari ous battleships and cruisers as naval governor of Guam aad as commandant of ths Bremerton navy yard.' Hs is a native of Hannibal, Mo. - - Admiral Benson was ths flrst chief of naval operations and served in ,tWs capacity during ths wsr. Ia recognition of his distinguished service President Wilson recommend that he bs mads a full admiral. He is av nativs of Ma- ' Wssld Bestars Rats Regalstioa. Washington, Sept. 24v Without a reeord vote ths House passed and sent to conference a bill granting authority to the Interstate Commerce Commissioa to regulate rates with ths sams "power it exercised prior to government con trol. ' MADE JUDGE SOON WOULD CONSIDER " ' IT AS REJECTION Proposed Senate Reservation To Article Ten Read By Wilson in Speech SAYS MONROE DOCTRINE ' IS FULLY PROTECTED Under Shantung - Agreement Japan Would Retain' Only Economic Rights, President , Explains, After Returning Sovereign Rights As Already Promised By Her Cheyenne, Wye,, Sept. 24-Beadinf Smiin UiA lwinnmA U...i .... v rrvmuon do adopted he would "bs obliged as Chief Executive to regard it as a rejeetioa of ths treaty." The President added that rejeetioa of the treaty would mean negotiation of a separate) peace with Germany, aad as serted that such a negotiation could not change a single item ot ths peace settlement. Reselling Japan's promise to return to China all sovereign rights la Shan tung, the President aaii.ths only thing . retained by ths Tokio government would . be economic rights such as other na tions hold. Hs said ths United States had ao right to doubt that promise. Hs characterised as "empty noise" ths pro fessions of friendship for China mads by thoss who wsnt ths treaty to fail. Would Vltlato Treaty. Turning to the league covenant, the President ssid the question of whether the heart of the league covenant was ts bs eut out soon must soms to a "show down." It would mean the vitiation of the whole plan, he asserted, if the na tion were to adopt reservations to ar- , tlcle, ten as proposed ia ths Senate. One by one, said he, the other oh- ; joeUoBS to tho eevenaat hsd been dis posed of. To all "candid minds," hs asserted, it sow was apparent that ths Monroe doctrine waa fully protected, that there was no super-govsrnmsnt set up and that no danger was to bs feared from the "speaking parts given to ths British dominions ia ths lesgus assem bly. The withdrawal objections, hs sdded, was another "bugaboo' that had been dispelled. Thus, continued Mr, Wilson, ths whols discussion had settled down upon ar ticle ten, " under which ths members - ' -agree to preserve ons another's terri torial integrity against external ag gression. He declared this cut at the "tap root of wsr" because nearly all wars started from aggressioa against those unsble to defend themselves. ' Mesas Rejecting Treaty. Ths reservation read by the Presi dent wss the same that he laid before his audience last night at the Salt Lake City tabernacle. By Its provisions tks United States would aasums ao obliga tion to preserve the territorial Inegrity of other nations, unless Congress should so decide. "It is as though you said ws will not join the lesgue now," he said, "but may join it from time to time. Ws won't promiss anything, but from time to time we may cooperate. "The thing is unworthy aad ridicu lous. It means the rejeetioa of ths treaty, nothing less. Ths issue is final. Ws can't nvoid it. We have got to make the decision now, and ones mads, there . can be no turning back." "Unless ths United States wsnt Into ths league sow, hs added, aad assumed; its full responsibility, it would have to corns in later with Germany. Germany Wants Rejection.' "Germany is ' not anxious for ths Ucited States to be among the nations In the league. She is not admitted to membership until she changes her sa tire government! and at that time she wJl bs admitted with the rest of the lepresentatives of the free peoples of the world. I am not making this state ment by conjecture, but am getting it , directly from ths mouths of persons ia Germany who ars familiar and know what ths rejection ot the treaty mesas. "It means a separate treaty with Ger many and this would be against say of ths doctrines of the Lesgue of Ns tiSns, and ths whole world would be against ths United States. - It would simply be a government of the United States hand in hand with Germany. Ws havs come to ask that you will eon sider it. There is no other way. America must facS it now. : - "Ths men who fought in Chatteau Thierry, the men who fought ia Bel leau Woods and ia ths Argonno, never though of turning- back They never thought v of . making ' reservations oa their service.' They never thought of saying: 'Ws ars going to do this much of the job and then leave yen to do ths rest.' And I am hers on this journey to do what I can to fulfill and complete the task which ths men who died upoa tho battlefields of France began. And I am not going to turn back say mors than they did. I am going to seep my face just as they kept theirs, forward. towards ths enemy. - "Mr friends the only organised forces opposed to the Lesgus of Na tions ere. -hyphenated Americsns. out side, I mean, of ths congressional ir- - eles. I beg you to observe that I said ths only organised forces, because I would not include many individuals that Z know in such a charge as this, but I do mean that it is ths pro-Gr- mans that showed ths hyphen during (Ceatlsssd aa Pegs Three.) j ,