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WEATHER: lawal skewer aad wolr Mn day Taaaday fair; Trash nana wind. neNe WATCH LABEL. erver Sara aafw itia aa avail ailasta a sua ar. VOL. CX. NO. 103. SIXTEEN" PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C; MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICEfFIVE CtlNTS.- Tt TrTl' TIN UC I I I II IJV arT WILSON S ADVISER REFUSES TO TALK Colonel E. M. House Tells Re porters He Has Nothing He Wants To Say APPEARS TO BE ILL STATES HE IS BETTER --Everything Has Been Said That "Can Be Said On Every Vital Subject, .He Explains, and It Is Nov; "me To Begin To Work and 1o Tranquil lise; Goes To l;xac! . . . I . Vew York, Oct. 13.-Col. Edward M " House, persoh.il adviser to President 'Wilson at' the .Pari, Peace Conference, arrived here' today on the' transport Northern'. Pacific, suffering' from ''light attaek of grippe." Coloal House spent nearly a year in Pari where he hai been representing Presi dent Wilson in tlis supreine council since tho' latter returned' home. , With Colonel House were his wifes Com mander McLean, his personal physician, and several others, who hare been mem bcra of tho Colonel's patty" "af Hotel .Crillon. The Colonel would make ao state . ment regarding bis health except to say thai he was "much better," but it was noticed that friends helped him down I the gang-plank when he came ashore. Passengers said that he rarely left frit State-room during the trip from Brut, and, that several times while at sea his personal physiciaa called in Capt. E.X Lee, the ship s surgeon, for consult- ' tion, . Following these consultations it was stated that Colonel House was suf- ' fcring from a "slight attack of grippe, While newspaper men were admitted to- the shin's -saloon for- a short inter ifw .with. .lb. Colonel,, agreed .Ufc he seemed to be "a verjr sick man,'.', ev en! close friends of the diplomat ex pressed delight at finding him "looking so well."- -. ..:-'. V , ' Time To 'TrallUt., Cordon Auchlncloss, the Colonel's son in-law, who ws among those awaiting oa the pier, later gsv out. a statement from th Colonel, which read: WIIONTWO "I have nothing to say. Everything baa been said that can be said on every rital subject. We should new begin to aork; work steadily and tranquillize." .Anxious to reach hia home. Colonel House, seemed. to be in no mood for , questioning by the newspaper men, , Askc'd If conditions in Europe were bet ter, he replied "yes, at times they are, then again rtt "becomes very disappointing.". e Colonel House asked for the latest reports concerning President Wilson's I'ness, "AH I know is fhim the. bulletins re vived dsfly! by, wireless from the White House, he added. " WrnU Beelaaiaa Now. Because of the longshoremen's strike. 1 the Northern Pacific was moored to li-r 4oek by tug boats and enlisted men from the army personnel Following the arrival of Colonel Rous' t his 53rd street home, he was ' visited by David Hunter Miller, a per' ". saoal friend and member of the peace conference corps of experta on inter- . national questions. Mr. Miller anid he found the Colonel looking better than he expected. Col, 1 House told him Mr. Miller said, "that a , guoe rest was all he needed." He added that no one would be admitted for an interview and that the Colonel reaucsted that no one telephone to him "I am haony to My." Mr.'MUler told newspaper men, "that there is no cause for alarm- ever the Colonel's health LETTISH FORCES LEAVE v BEFORE GERMANS ATTACK Fighting ' On East of Duna River, According , To Ofll - - cial Statements t ; "- Stockholm, Oct. 13. Aathorities of the Lettish government left Riga be- for the German-Russian forces took the place, being now at Rodenpoi sta tion and Esthonian reports arc engaged la the fighting' east f the Duna River, recording to aa official statement issued by Esthonian headquarter yeaterday. .Riga kaa been bombarded by tha nark- ing - f ore - Bridgeheads-east -f -th" river ar still being held by Lettish troops, it is said. The -statement fol low: ' v ' ''. .- "The Lettish government kaa left Riga and 1 sow established at Roden pois station. Lettish troops, acting on orders, crossed the Puna, blew up the bridge and took an positions as the bridgeheads, with their artillery, leav ing guards at in cringes. The uer mana are Bombarding Riga with artil lery and airplanes. Our armored train tre replying t the are. . Rodenpois does' not appear on any available map but it is probably it is not far from Waden, which ia about twenty-flv miles east of Riga. ' , - ''. Praabytariaa Synod Moat. - " Aaheville, .Oet. 12. The synod of Appalaehia,' will begin the annual ses sions ia the First Presbyterian church here on Tuesday 'snorting October 14. Rev, B.8.McCallie.of Chattanooga, wii! Vireaeh th opening ermon. TheVrri jUry of the Synod coversDnart of Vir- - ginia, Taasse and North Carolina.' UPON HIS ARRIVAL BLOCKADE OF BALTIC DECLARED BY GERMANS, SAYS BERLIN MESSAGE. Berlin, Oct. 12 No ahlp ar being permitted to leave Kiel, according to the Vowlacha Zeitaag, which add that Stettin shipowners bar sent wirelea dispatch to veas-rla at ea to Ntara Immediately to Stettin er to g to the nearest port. New f a blockade f the Baltic Sea ha created a sensation in Dan. slg, where large cargoe of coal aad herring were expected In the next few days. Copenhagen, Oet. II. A dispatch from Berlin say that M.0 Letts have been landed at LI baa from Britlah warship and will attack the Sank of Colonel AvsUlf-Bermondt'a troop. PROSPECTS IN SIXTH DISTRICT REVIEWED Opposition To Present Con gressman Too Numerous To . Reapa Victory WHY GODVVIN IS LOOKING THROUGH RED GLASSES Rose-Colored Hue presented By Multiplicity of Candi dates; With One Against Three He Feels Fine As To Result of Primary; Some body Hay Withdraw . . New, and Ohaerver Bareaa... Ml District National Baak Bldg. BY R. E. POWELL. (Special Leased Wire.) . Washington, Oct. 12. The present in decision of Judge W. P. Stacy of Wil mington, the recent statement of Lv B. Varser, f Lumberton, and the. late pronouncement of Col. Terry Lyon of Fayctteville,. leave but little for Co n- gresamaa Godwin to wish when he be gin td figure on tba prospects ef re nomination next year. ' ' ''. Staev Still CaaaMevlfia' Judge Stacy, ft ir tmptltted: hefe,"' h still considering the natter and ' may yet make up hi mind to enter th rae against the Sixth district member. Mr. Varser mad a statement ia the Lum bertoa paper last week to the effect that he had the matter "under advise- moat. Mr. Lyon Is, formally in the race and Col. Terry Lyon's retirement from the American Legion makes it eertala that h is wit to the end. ; Why Godwin Feels Good. All of which makes Mr. Godwin feel fine. . - Ho sees the situation through rose colored glasses and nothing besides another announcement eould make him feel better about th prospects. Should Judge Stacy anally make up his mind to run. and Mr. Varser enter the fight too, three of the strongest-men in the district would be contesting the nomi nation with Mr. Godwin and nearly ev erybody admits that th only . way h can be displaced Is for th opposition to eenter on one man and keep up the fight until the last ballot i counted, However no more interesting rsce eould be staged, ia the "bloody sixth than on with these three candidates pitted against the present incumbent Three abler men eould hardly be picked in fhe seven counties that comprise the district snd of the three, two ar as popular throughout the State as they are ia their own bailiwicks. Some f Bi 'ft-rn Following. Congressman Godwin has th edge o any. plurality of candidates, irrespective Pf wbst comes or goes, lie has a fol lowing ia th district that eaanot b swept by any appeal and this follow ing will stay with him just as long as he stays ia Congress. H might get out for a term and try to com back ana find .this support missing but just as long as he is in 'office and keep in toueh with it, he can count on it twa- ty-f our hour . in th day and three hr.ndred and sixty five days in th year, 8nrc ef Saa of HI Strength. In additioa Mr, Godwin haa dispensed considerable patronage in hi district. Besides tne poatasaatert wnien went in with the' Wilson administration, many Sixth district Democrat ar holding important federal position. George H. Bellamy. "Duke of Brunswick." is a trenched behind th beat job ia th dis trict, E. J. Hale, ef Fayctteville, is Ambassador to Costa Bie. Ex senator George B. McLeod was oa th list, but ha quit it to look after his interest in Robeson. And there ar others. - McLean Reticent at Pnaant. ' Mr. Varser, law partner of A. W; McLean, eald . in an interview la th Lumberton. paper last week that he was still eonsiderin(th matter of oppos ing Mr. Godwin. There have been any number . ef rport that ha purposed this but most of. them have been dis sipated by bi complete reticence en th subject. r- -i "' - Judg Stacy ha bees as freqneatly meationed ia the name connection bat close friend of tha judg . bar been insisting for some tim that ha had ao congressional ambitions. . Beside being slated for th first vacancy on th Su preme Court bench. Judg Stacy has bea mentioned a a Jtossibl candidate for Goweraor ia 1924. - . So far, howerer, Mr. Lyon i th only maa actively ia . th.. raoe. Colonel Lyon's resignation from th eh airman ship of . the' Fayettevill poet of th American Legion make it eertain he intend to put up a gam fight. Both ana that typ of scrappers aad both ar tremendously popular ia the district. . Material la Camkerlaad. There ar four' other counties eligible for entries, Brunswick, wher ''Duke" Bellamy hai reigned for years, would iCeatianed oa Pag two.)'.'""": STRIKERS REPEAT F E Senate 1 Labor ' Committee Spends All of Sunday After noon Hearing Witnesses STEEL CORPORATION : PUTS ON EMPLOYEES Ex-Soldier Testifies That He Had Hard Time Getting Job Back From Company; Many Foreigners Put On Stand To Show HI Treatment By State Troops Recently Pittsburg, Pa,, Oct. 12. --Senators in vestigating the Steel strike situation spent all of Sunday afternoon and most of Sunday night listening to evidence. A big crowd, filling the United State eourt room in the Federal building, following the unusual procedure, and had to b disciplined aeveral times by Chairman Kenyon for laughing at some of the answers made by witnesses. Rep resentatives of th strikers devoted their efforts to maintaining the charge, oft-repeated since the investigation be gan, that eivil authorities, State troop ers and other law officers were misus ing their power to break, down the strike. - , Employe On Stand. Th United States Steel Corporation gain took a hand today and was al lowed to put on before the eommitte a group of old, but lower paid em ploye, who declared their satisfaction with conditions, hours and wages. i Arthur Raymont, the first of these, said he had worked 33 years in th mill, railed a family of nine children, bought a home, and was now drawing the highest psy he had ever received, 43 cent an hour. You're a good manager. Senator Me Kellart of Tennessee told him. "Aaguit Mann, , superintendent of a wire plant at Donora, followed th em ployee aad said 4h. strike, .waa rapidly failing.' ,:."( -"., "Out of tgW men In th mill. 3,200 stayed out the first day it was called," Mann declared. "Since then 1,06 have come back, aad more returned every dy. Majority Want To Stay. The major' proportion of his men. Mann said, had always wanted to stay. Like other steel company representatives who hare testified he assured the com mittee that The presentation of griev ance to superintendents by men in the mills was alwsTS countenanced, and even encouraged. Geo. F. Colson, sn ex-soldier and an American, followed Mm with a whole broadside of complaint to mske against the company. "I pretty nearly bad to go on my knee to tha company to get a job back though I waa one of the first fifty men ia France," he ssid. Foreigner Testify. Then Attorney W. B. Rubin, repre senting th strike eommitree, centered his fire on Monessen and brought in a battery of witnesses, nesrly nil of whom used interpreter in part or in whole, Mrs. Andrew Banks, with her husband, was first called. She weighed lis pounds, and had been charged, ah aaid, with "defying' a policeman with a club." Released on $50 bond after be ing taken t jail, when they appeared for trial ua neat day they were told that their money -was forfeited. They were utnuaniana, put- they gar their story clearly. The woman said hs had her baby oa her arm when arrested and had no club, and had said nothing to the special policemen. "Now, Mr. Rubin," Senator Walsh in terrupted, "this ease ought to be' fol lowed and if the abuae.of these for eigners is found to be what they say it is, th community ought to straighten it out. There may be anothr explana tion, but the impression ought not to go out among these- foreigner that our law do aot give them justice." JOE BOYER WINS RACE IN AUTOMOBILE CONTEST World Series Bweepstakes Takes Place at Cincinnati. Speedway Sunday Cincinnati, O., Oct. 12.--Jo Boyer, won th world eerie automobile sweep stake race, 250 miles, at the Cincinnati speedway this afternoon with an average lime oi 1U1.W mucs per nour, ' Art Klein, finished second, snd Kurt Hitke whs third, Dave Lewi fourth. D. Hiekey fifth and Tom Alley sixth. Boyer Off to a good atari prtielly led hi field all of th way aad finished aa easy w p nor. From th drop of theT flng to tho end he never entered th pit on ac count. of trouble or for any-reason. Kleia mad a .fin drive bnt was unnblo to overtake Boyer who secured a good lead early ia th rae and held it throughout. - . . -y. . ........ ... Several postponement and threaten. ing weather resulted ia a email attend- anoe.v Many important peronge la the automobil world from-all sections of th country were present. While a slippery track threatened troubl In th tint few Up, a brisk wind and sunshine quickly dried out the big oval and the rae was aot marred by even a minor accident. ' " , a Dark Day of War for England. London. &nt. tn.rwn.i.i given out here show that the darkest July 1, 1910, when casualties ia killed and wounded numbered 170,000. It was ine opening dy of th rt battle of th feooua.. (' '; ' . . THEIR CHARGES 0 ABUSIV METHODS INTEREST IN PACT STILL HOLDS FIRST PLACE IN SENATE Leaders in Treaty Fight Expect Vote On Shantung Amend ments This Week SENATOR LODGE WILL MAKE ADDRESS TODAY 'Speeding Up" Program Due To Be Put On Beginning Wednesday ; Senator John son's "Six To One" Amend ment Due To Come Up Next Washington, Oat. 1?. Imminence of another test of strength in the Senate controversy over the ,-Germnn peace treaty overtops in interest and import ance all matters, likely to come before Congress this week. Leaders in the treaty fight regard a vote oa the Shan tung amendments to the pact late this week aa assured and hope that within ten days all other amendments can be disposed of. Debate on th Shantung amendments will . be continued tomorrow by Sena tor Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee and author of the pending amendments. Reading of th treaty text will be con tinued and by Wednesday it is hoped to conclude the formal reading and pro ceed to vote on the Shantung section. Begin "Speeding Up." To expedite tho treaty consideration, Republican and- Democratic leaders, are negotiating for an agreement for aa earlier hour and also for uninterrupted consideration of th document. It i aimed to inaugurate this new "speed ing-up" program Wednesday. The .House will eousidor eompara tively minor measures this week includ ing disposition of the bill for vocation al education of persons injured in in duitrv and that to establish a fader- al budget system. Final action on th ouster, proceedings against .Repieiea-Utlve- Viott r Bergcr? the ."Wlaebariaf d cialist, la planned Friday by th Bouse elections committee. t , . following disposal of th Shantung smeadmentsia th trcsty, Senat lead rs plan to take np th "six to one" amendment of Senator Johnson, Repub lican, of California, who is expected to return Tuesday from his Western speak ing trip.' Loaders of both parties ia the Senate agres that the vote on Sen ator Johnsons proposal, aimed to equalise) British and American voting strength in the League of Nations, will be very close. Several days, it is ex peeted will tie spent In -debate on th amendment. , Reservations Cam Next. By the time amendments to th treaty ar disposed ,of and reservations com up for action, Democratic (leaders hope President Wilson will have, recovc rod sufficiently ' f rom his illness to allow the holding of conferences. The bulk of the Democrats still are declared by party leaders to be solidly against the Republican reservation program whil continued progress towsrd complete agreement of the Republicans on the reservations is reported. In connection with the peace treaty, action i planned this week on th res olution of Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, proposing a Senat declaration in favor of awarding of western Thrace to Greece. inatead of to Bulgaria. The Foreign Relation sub-committee eon sidering proposals to aid the Armenians is expected to report late this wek. Two Important Bill. Of tho legislation, before Congress, two important measures are due for early transmittal, probably tomorrow to President Wilson the bill for : en forcement of war-tim and constitu tional prohibition and to penalise prod tee ring in food' and clothing. . The measure , increasing postal employees' salaries is searing completion ia eon ferenee. - - Railroad legislation has-reached tha drafting, stage ia th Senate Interstate Commerce Committee which hopes to report out its bill late this week. . The House sub-committe alio expect to submit Its recommendations .to th full committee and prediction ar general that the completed bill fill retain tha anti-strike provisions ef the Cummin measure. , , ..'" Conclusion this week Of th ' steel strike investigation of the Senate La bor Committe is considered probable. An early report on the committee's find. ings is known to be desired by Chair man Kenyon, Numerous other Investi gation . by the committer .of ' both bodies of Cbngress also ar to continue during th week. -v ; L '' : JOE TURNER MAKES HJS K E8CAPB FROM CHARLOTTE. - Charlotte, Oct, 12.-Joe Turner, the aegro -wanted ia .Greenville, 6. C charged with tbo murder of two policemen-last Sunday morning, is be lieved to have escaped from this vicin ity.: Th local police have maintained vigilant watch ever sine the f ugtiv ar rived here' o a f reight - train Friday night andfor several hours be was thought to be surrounded by police and sb armed posse, but no trace of him aaf been found sinco he -wa aid W lave been seen by a negro tenant a few mile adrtk k of th city Saturday 'assawMaswkiawBaaaaswaawaaBBiBswMaiMa) ' " . Mother of Flv Bahlo. '.. v; Tamr.. Fla- Oct. 12. Mrs. Oscar Bray, of Walton, ia Waltoa county, gav birtk lo fir babies air oi wnom are doing well, according to. report reach ing Mr today ' - ..'..' j Capital and Labor Getting Together at Washington Industrial Conference ojBSsnannnttHKsn! iK-r fy I) Q &t: HP Wsfr utr-sNOwe wnw iwwffiamB. g-fTTiRiis Vt V1Ximr'?niSir fiMfXl Frank Morrison (left) and John IT. Rockefeller. This photograph was niade out side the Pnu-Amorican Building at Washington during a reeew of the In dust rial Conference. It shows Frank Morrison, Hecretary of the Ameriean Federation of labor, and John D. heart-to-heart talk. Thirty-one Nations Represent ed at World Conference In New Orleans MEN SPEAKING IN MANY. " TONGUES TAKING PART First. Serious Attempt V To . Bring Leaders In Every Line of Cotton Crowing and Man ufacturing Into Council; The Meeting Opens .This Morning New Orleans, La., Oct. 12. Xew Or leans tonight became the meeting ground for men of all nations, speak ing all tongues, but united on a sub ject of common interest to the world, cotton. - Delegates from thirty-one na tion were present to attend the sessions of th World Cotton Conference which formally open tomorrow. Tho conference is regarded as the lrst serious attempt to gather the eot- toa interests of the world into council. Through a frank interchange of views leader have expressed a hope to reach unanimous agreements upon belter methods and results to benefit the en tire industry. The movement originated at a meet ing of the National Association of Col- ton Manufacturers held in lioston on April 26, 1917. Several directors of the conference tonight were unprepared to say what great single accomplishment they expect from it. It was agreed, however, that 'the mere exchange-of viewa and intermingling of delegates representing the varied interests which have to do with eotton from the plant ing to its manufacture would be excuse enough to call the men together from the remote parts of th world. At the opening session tomorrow ad dresses of welcome and response will take up most of the time.., the confer ence will he called to order by James R. McColl, chairman oft the National Council, of American Cotton Manufac turers. Governor Pleasant will welcome the delegates for the State, Mayor Bohr- man for the city; Col. W. B. Thompson, for the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and Walter Parker, for th New Orleans Association of Commerce. . ' ' Tho delegates will be divided fhto classes and representative of each class will meet and elect a temporary chair man who will represent them at the general sessions. The classes arc: Growers, ginners, seed crushers and manufacturers of seed .products; com pressors, eotton merchants, transpor tation and insurance, banking, govern ments and eeoomics, spinners and manu facturers, textile merchants, converters and finishers. ; . " ' A committee from New Orleans met foreign delegates at stations about fifty miles from hero and 'arranged reserva tions aad introductions. r 7 - ' ..Fran Declares War at Fad. Paris,-Oct- 12. Th state of war in France -and Algeria is declared- ta- be ended and the censorship lifted by two presidential, 'decree signed Saturday which become effective Monday throuja publication ia th official journal. . , VXshevllle Enter Protest. " Asheville. Oct.-12. Armed with-peti tions containing name of ' over , 800 citiseas ef Asheville, representing ofii cers of many of th local civic organ!; sattons. Mayor UalUrtin Kobe rta-ion her this afternoon for Washington, wkere he toe to protest against the action of th government la taking over Kenllworth Hospital her for a pabiis) health institution, 4 . ; , COTTON ON COMMON BASIS 4 " 5 , . Rockefeller, Jr., getting together for a T GET SECOND PLACE Lieut. B. W. Maynard Undis puted Winner of First Leg of Air Contest LIEUT. EMIL KIEL - SAYS HE IS SECOND " ' '. ' 'i ' ' 'L ' " " ..j If o Sunday Flying and Contest ants In Army Airplane Race Across Continent Have Rest . Given Prom 48 To 96 Hours at Terminus To Prepare For Ketum nights New York,' Oet. J?. Officials of the American Flying Club, which is assist ing the Army Air Service in the con duct of the trans-continental air derby. tonight aaid there was possibility of a protested decision should they giro Maj. Carl Spats second place in elapsed time on the first leg of the contest. Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard i the un disputed winner of the first half of tho raee. Friends of Lieut. Kniil Kiel, who landed at Roosevelt Field, the Eastern terminus, yesterday 20 seconds sh?ad of Major Spatz, who had first alighted at Hazclhurst Field by mistake, acre expected to make the protest on the ground that he granted Mjor Spats a five-minute handicap at Hingl.amtun, tho last control, although thi was not authorized by tho commanding officer at Binghamtoa. ' When the aianal waa riven at Iiinc hamton for tho start of the last "jump" to Mineola, Major Spots, who was aot ready, is said to hare requested Lieu tenant Kiel to wait ten minutes for him. According to - the Lieutenant, a compromise of nve minutes was ef fected, although i( waa up to the com manding officer at the Binghamtoa con trol to determine the time for starting. No Sunday Flying. This ''unauthorized handicap," ic cording to flying rlub officials, would be- sufficient to offset the combined start of three minutes and fivo seconds Lieutenant Kiel had -at San Francisco and the Major's 20 seconds advantage over the Lieutenant in landing at Hazclhurst field, . and give Ueutenant Kiel the race, bywo minute and IS seconds. Official figures oa the rae are not yet available. Under the- rule' Sunday . flying is (Continued oa Psg Two.) , RETIRED ARMY OFFICER DIES AT NEW BRIGHTON General -William Trent Bossell Married Daughter of Gov , , ernor Ellis, of N. O. New York. Oct. 12. Brigadier-Gen eral William Trent Rossell, U. & A. (retired), who served for nearly fifty years in the engineering corps, died last night at Jua borne at new wigntoa, N. Y on his 70th birthday anniversary. it waa learned hare today. He wa grad uated froDS-Wm Point in 18G9 and com missioned in the engineer, rising to th rank of -Brigagier-iipnerat in ,19U, shortly before hia retirement. . During The : war b ' served oa the Rivers and Harbor' Board, of which be bad been president from 1906 to 1913. t General ' Bossell. was ' born at Mount Vernon Arsenal,-Alabama, tha ion of Major W. H. Rossell. 1U wa married in 1882 to Mis Jeaa Graham Ellis, a daughter -of Governor J. W. ' Ellis, of North Carolina. . Thres daughter and four sons, survive him.-- A fifth "son, Daves, war killed in the fighting at Ver dun. Interment will be Congressional Cemetery, Washington, -'T Ct -'r- A A TZDDN RECOVERY WILL BE T No Notable Change In Presi dent s Condition, Dr. Gray son Announces REFUSES TO COMMENT ON RECENT REPORTS Satisfied With Progress of Their. Patient, Doctors Say, . and Spirit of Optimism Per. vaded White House ; Various Rumors Resented By At- ltenilitigvOfflcials Washington, Oct. 12. While Presi dent Wilson is believed by his physic-, isns to be on the road to recovery, the process 'will be slow and tedious. The President, it waa reiterated today, at the White House, must resign himself to strict obaerrauce if the phyiiciaas orders to put aside all thought of bia office while convalescing, and remain, in bed until danger of a relapse ha pasted. I Bear Admiral-Grayson, the Presi-' dent's personal physician, and the phy-j sirians he called in more than a week! ago, continue to confine themselves to j th,e public is concerned. That they are satisfied with the progress their patient is making is apparent from the spirit of optimism that pervades the White House and the resentment with whic't various rumors as to the President's "real" condition r met by Whit Hons officials.- , ... Today' bulletin said: . "White House, Oct. 12, 11:30 a. m. "There is no notable change in th President's condition. He had a good night. . "GBAYSOK, "BIFFIN', "8TITT." . , Tonight's bulletin said: -"White House, Oct. 12, 1Q p. m. i "The President is in good spirits and has had restful day. . . .' OBATSON." ' ' t Th President was said by official to have apent a quiet and restful Bun day, although somewhat depressed be. tans Of a drizzling rain which begna t fall daring th night and continued all day. Mrs. Wilson again spent a part of th day reading to him, as haa bee a her daily custom since hi -illness, and strains from the talking machine in th aick room ronld be heard at intervals. Dr. Gray soa Stand Pat. -Dr. Grayson and th other physiciin have adopted a policy of "standing pat" on their bulletins, and will not even comment , oa the ddily crop of rumor coacerning the President that spring up over night. Dr. Grayson said today he would not comment on the published letter writ ten by Senator Moses, of New Hmbo- shire, to a constituent, 'saying that th President had a brain lesion. Dr. Gray. ton explained that he would not. deny the statement because he would aot de part from his policy of standing on hi , oCicial bulletins and refusing to dis cuss the President's case further than the information contained ia the bul letin. 8enator Moses aaid tonight that h had written the letter in response to a , request for information and that hs merely had referred to the President' ' disability as had been reported to him. The Henator added that he had not written the letter for publication. MAYNARD PROBABLY WILL START BACK WEDNESDAY Five Westbound Aviators In Position' To Reach San -Francisco Today Ban Francisco, Cal- Oct. 12. Lieut. B. V. Maynard, first to reach th Pa cific coast in th trans-continental flight, eould not be reached early to night, but his observer. Sergeant W. E. Klein said hs believed they would start oa their return trip Wednesday. "I would rather fly," he said. "The train, i too low." Five west-bound aviator la the arm r trans-continental air -rare were in posi- tion tonihht to reach thai dAatinnHnn here tomorrow, wyj six mor were ia Nebraska, with propets of finishing the race Tuesday!) had the advan tage -of a day's cessation from flying for rest or for putting their machine in trim for th final dash. Captain Harry Drayton, No. 47. re tained hi position second to Lieut. B, W. Maynard, the "Flying Parson," who reached here shortly after noon Tester- - day, but after a forced binding late yesterday at Lovelock, Nov., about S37 miles east of here. Captain Drayton re ported his maohine had been alightlr -damaged, which may delay hia start to morrow. 1 ( Closely on the heel of Captain Dray- ton, Lieut. L. 8. Wenster, No. IS; Capt, . J. 0. Donaldson, No. 50, and Lieut. Ales Pearson, Jr.. paased Bunday at Baldury, L'tah, 618 mile cast of Ban Francisco, Lieut. B. -M. Maazelman, No. 39, waa at . Rait Lake. ity. Whereubouta of Capt. Harry Bmith had. not. been reported v after ho left Cheyenne, Wyo., at 2:07 ' p. m, mountain time, yesterday, with. Lieutenant Manxelman. . Want Work Boars Fixed. Wsshington, Oct. 12. Needs of Amer. " lean farmers Including recognition ol the farming class to reaumeratioa oa the basis of the number of hour pel day f work will be laid before the asx tional Industrial conference when it ri convene Tuesday. : : rv -.v. - . SLOW AND EDOUS PHYSICIANS STATE