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and 0 bser ver WEATHER: Partly ' cloudy aad , racier Wednesday Tbarsdsy raolar. WATCH LABEL. . a mar hhi ' emml 1 Urs Mar rntiatlaa n4 svM tolas a atia net. - VOL. CX. NO. 121. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1919. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. JRICE: FIVE CENTS. Tli EN ws PROHIBITION ACT PASSED BY SENATE OVER WILSON'S VETO AFTER SHORT DEBATE Wrangle Over Taking Up Meas ure In Place of Peace Treaty But No Doubt About Its Passage WILL ANNUL WAR-TIME LAW WHEN WAR ENDS Announcement From White House Disturbs Prohibition Leaders, Who Had Counted On Country Reaching; Date of Constitutional Dryness Without Re -Opening of Sa loons; New Law Drastic In Its Provisions and Depart ment Will Immediatary Der. With Any Offenders; Warn ing Sent Out Washington, Oct. 28. The Sen.it. passed the prohibition enforcement act, over the President's vto todny and made immediately effective machinery for preventing sale of beverages con tinuing' nu rythan one-half of one per cent alei.V Tk-Vi?' 65 ,0 201 or f igM than cue necessary two-thirds majority. W hile there was a wrangle over taking up the measure in place of the peace trcaly, which had the right of way. there never as donbt us to how the Senate stood. It was overwhelmingly "dry" like the House, which repassed the bill within three hours after the rrcsidc.it had vetoed it. To Annul Wsr-Time Law. Before Congicss'at :i:4(l o'clock finally clinched enactment of the enforcement l.-.w, despite Presidential objection to linking ivar-timo and constitutional pro hibition nets, there came from the Wh:te Ilmiie the announcement that the war Tine Javr which was put into effect after the cessation of hojtilitie would be annulled the moment the Sen e:" formally ratified the German peace treaty. It was the most deftuite of all official or semi-official statements bearing .o the! war-timo net. Prohibitum leaders were plainly disturbed by the news, for tkny had "counted, upon the - eoustry reaching the effective date of constitu tional prohibition January IS, 1920 without re-opening the saloons. Despite the clamor set up by wet find dry forces over the White Hon titonounreniems. Senate leaders said they would proceed with consideration of the treaty as heretofore. Senators who have taken an active part in the prohibition campaign branded as unfair and absurd reports that they would de lay the treaty simply to keep the liquor traffie from getting a foothold in the comparatively short period remaining before the country will go dry for good. Nat to Delay Treaty Formal denial wna issued from head quarters of the anti-Saloon League that its officers would take any part in any movement calculated to delay the treaty. League officers stuck to the opinion that it would be necessary to first ratify the Austrian treaty before lifting the war time prohibition tan, which was said to have been the ruling of Attorney General rainier, and they declared their position was not altered by the fact that President Wilson was prepared to eut through legal doubt and wipe out a law the necessity for which he believes to have passed, Can Deal With Offenders With today's action by the Senate the department of justiee-is--ready to deal with any offender against th drastic provisions of tho new act. At best heretofore prosecutions were more or less haphazard, and necessarily so. it was said because of the loosely drawn language of the aet but the new law gives ample meant of breaking up the traffic. Bo drattie is the enforcement act that a man, for instance, may be fined or put in jail for displaying a pieture of a brewery, or keg, bat hia right to store liquor in hia own home for hia own use stood np against all attacks in the committee and both House of Congress. Warning went out tonight of dealer selling two and three-quarters per cent, beor, without apparent risk heretofore, that the new law fixed one-half of one per cent la the legal limit of alcoholic content. , j BREWERS TAKE STEPS TO TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY New York. Oct. 28. Upon being ad vised that the Senate had overridden th President' veto of the prohibition bill, the United Brewers' Association announced tonight that a suit would be brought in the courts to test the constitutionality of tho law. i Its member will abide by the term pf the law, th announcement said, bat th association ha been advised by it counsel that it is unconstitutional' AIR FREIGHT SERVICE -FROM GOTHAM TO CUBA . jicw XrokOet.j:8,Th inauguration f an aerial freight service between New York and Cubs took place today when a eapla carrying $100,000 worth of fountain pens, left Bath .Beach, Brooklyn, for Havana. Stops will be made en route at Atlantic City, Nor folk, Wilmington, N. C, Charleston. S. C, Savannah. G, Jacksonville, Miami and Key West, Fla. r At esch of these cities a gold fountain pea will-be presented to the mayor and a silver on to 'th president of the local Rotary Club. The seaplane was piloted by Jame Fsrnhtm and Robert Hewitt, former military aviators, and carries tare passenger. E J. W. McLaucniin, of Raeford, Is Named Moderator, Sue-., ceeding Dr. D. I. Craig DR. W.' W.M00RE PREACHES SYNOD'S OPENING SERMON pfte. Late Dr. D L Rol- Stun, nng was ratwr wi First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte; Synod Meets This Morning; at 9:30 O'clock; 275 in Attendance The 106th aunual session of "the North Carolina Synod of the Southern Presbyterian church got in motion last night in the First Presbyterian church here with the annual sermon by Dr. W. W. Moore, of Richmond, the elec tion of Mr. J. W. MrUiHghlin, of Rae ford, as moderator, and the choice of Rev. K. L. Siler, of Maxton, as tempor ary clerk. More than two hundred and stventy five delegates had arrived last night for the opening session and others are expected today to swell the tytal attendance beyond the three hundred mark. This is an unusually large en rollment, and the mark ha not been reached in many years. Sessions of the Synod will begin this morning at 9:3U o'clock in the First Presbyterian church, and will continue until 1 o'clock. The Synod will re sume its work at 3 o'clock after lunch uml will be in session then until 5 o'clock. The uight sessions will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Following the opening session last night, many of the committees met, iweparing reports and getting ready for the fullest participation in the business of the Synod. Sermon of 8yaad, ir. P. I. Craig, stated elerk and re tiring moderator, presented Dr. Monro, who should preach , the sermon,, railed attention to tho fact that the Synod was meeting in Raleigh for the ninth time since 1829. He had with him In the pulpit and exhibited it to the con gregation, a printed copy of tho ser in ou delivered at that first meeting of tho Synod u Raleigh by Dr. R. H. Mor rison. This appeared in -the rreshy- terian Preacher published in Fsyette ville. Dr. Moore announced his text a SYNOD MEETS HER 106TH SESSION Isaiah, 4(1:31, 'But they that wait upon,!,., the Mra snail renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they sjiall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. Waiting Upon The Lord. Likening th term 'Vsiting upon the Lord" to ' the attitude of faith, Dr. Moore insisted that there is no anti- climai in this statement of Isaiah; there is no inversion of ideas, and the test represents the three types of Christians, xcstatic, impetuous and per sistent. All are valuable, the minister pointed out, but persistency costs most and counts most in the long run. There are two kinds of Christians, the minister pointed out, the emotional and the faithful. The first he com pared to the ship dependent upon sails and winds and the second to the mighty steamer coursing through the waves under power from within Insisting then that a man must be n eminent Christian before he can be an eminent preacher, Dr. Moor launch ed out into an eulogy of the late Dr. D. H. Rolston, of Charlotte, whose life and habit and characteristics of brain and heart he analyzed closely. To him. ho applied the words of the text and th deductions drawn from it, charac terising him a a man who walked with the Lord, who could mount with the wings of angels, who con Id run and not he weary and who could walk and not faint. Election of Moderator 'Immediately after' th sermon, Dr. Craig called th election and for half an hour tho, synod time was taken up with nominations request for with drawals of name and seconding speeches. When it was all over and th vote was asked for, five names had been placed in nomination. For moderator: Rot. W. C. Brown, of Raeford; Be v. E. D. Brown, China Grove; Dr. A. A. MeOeachy, Charlotte; Mr. J. W. Me Latighlin, Raeford and Rev. J. H. Hend erlite, Gastonia. Mr. McLaughlin was elected on th first ballot and th elec tion waa mad unanimous. Straight npon the heel of th election of a moderator eame th choice of Rev. E. L. Siler, of Maxton, a temporary elerk. Th permanent clerk of the synod i Dr. E. Cv Murray, of St Paul. Th Synod of North 'Carotin repre sents a total membership of 88,06(1, ac cording to the statistics submitted to th General Assembly of th present year. The territory of the Synod is divided Into evea Presbyteries and . directing th work of th church in these Pres byteries is a total aumber of 250 min isters.. Th number of churches in the Synod is 494, th number of alder. 1, 37; the number of deacons, 2,032. Dur ing last year 960 adults were baptized and th number of infant bsptir.ed was 773. The statistics for the Sunday schools' how a total enrollment of 47,705. V " ' ' Chare) Growth. The total - number of communicant added to th church last year oa ex amination wa 2,079, aad the total aum ber added .by certificate wa 2,007, mak- (Coatlaaed on Pago Two) MANY DROWN WHEN VESSEL HITS BAR WHILE RIDING GALE Fourteen Known To Be Dead and Six or More Missing at Muskegon, Mich. SINGLE FLASH LIGHT ' GUIDES 50 TO SAFETY Under Tow Swings' Ship After She Strikes Bar, Captain Says,. and He Sounds Warn ing", Time Hallowed Sea Rule of "Women first" Observed By Passengers Muskegon, Mich. Oct. 28. With four teen known dead aad six or more miss ing only time can bring an accural count of th toll of the great sea which this morning bodily lifted the Crosby passenger steamer Muskegon, formerly th City of Holland and smashed her to pieces on the piers at th entrance to Muskegon hsrbor. The list of dead Is being added to almost hourly. , The steamer, a sidewheeler, bound from Milwaukee, after outriding a night of gale, atade for the harbor in the early morning darkness but it is said by Captain Edwin Miller to have struck the bar at the entrance. The wheel paddles jammed in the sand, checking headway, and the great combers threw the ship about and hurled her on to the pier. There she hung, momentarily, pounding into wreckage, and then slipped off into the deep channel, going down in fifty feet of water. - The vessel lies a storm torn tangle of steel and splintered wood effectually blocking the hsrbor entrance. Fifty of the 72 passengers and crew, guided to safety by a single flash light in the hands of a coast guard, were tonight known to have been saved from the vessel. It waa feared several were esught between decks. Survivors, most of whom escaped only In their - night clothing, were being eared fon by the Red Cross whilo in th city, morgue lie th bodie recovered. Graphic stories of terror, suffering and heroism ' wer told by survivors and th bravery of Captain " Edwin Miller and hia officers and- crew who remained at their post to the last was recounted. Captain . Miller, sensing disaster as th vessel was driven to ward th pier, ordered all to leap for their live and the time hallowed sea rule "women first," w followed. Only four women, one of whom waa employ ed on the boat, were tonight known to have been lost. The women, fearing to .venture over the rail, were bravely led by Mrs. Fred L. Beerman, of Muskegon, who leaped from the ship. Others jumped or were handed down ropes by men passengers and crew. Captain Miller, hard stricken bythe disaster and loss of lire, declared the undertow swung his ship after she truck th bar. "I told th eabin boys to wakea the passenger and erew and ordered all ever th rail," he said. Those who moved quickly were saved. The one who held back lest their lives." To S. J. Kaknborsly, a eoast guard, many or those saved owe their uvea, according to survivors. Approaching as closoly as possible to the suspended steamer Kaknborsky, while others of the eoast guard struggled to free men and women from thu tangle of wreck age, held a flash light, directing the way to safety. Plane Sink In Hampton Road. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 8. Naval plane No. 1322, of th H. F 2 type wa sunk in Hampton Roads today shortly after noon. Pilot H. B. Legott and Ensign H. Perion, the latter a passenger, es caped uninjured. The cause of the ac cident wa not given. , NO PROVISION MADE FOR THE ARMY AIR SERVICE Chairman Wadsworth and Oth er Senators Severely Criti cise Conferees Washington, Oct. 28. The conference report on the general deficiency bill wa adopted today by the Senate with out a record vote despite criticism by Chairman Wadsworth, of th Military committee, nd others of the conferees action in eliminating entirely from the bill tho Senate appropriation of 115, 000,000 for the 'army air service. Tie House ha yet to act. Should an emergency arise,. Senator Wadsworth declared, the United State would not be able to mister more than three squadrons of airplane and even those would be obsolete. Because of this country' dilatory taetic toward the" development of( aeronautics, , he added, the airplane 'industry in this country practically had died out and if it Sid die completely twenty-fiv year would breqnired for this country to catch up with th other nation.' Other criticism to th elimination of th appropriation waa expressed by Senator Thorn, of Colorado; Over man, North Carolina, and Henderson of Nevada, Democrats. , , ' . Georgia Shopmen Strike. Fitzgerald, Ga Oct. 28. Shopmea employed in th Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic (hop (truck thii afternoon beeatfse of an alleged violation df the contract with the Federal" administra tion. The difficulty arose eve, th fore man of th boiler maker inspecting the boilers oa th road, which i alleged to be a violation of the contract which they ay forbid foremen to do journey men's work. Tho local chap Committee ordered th strik when 'th company refused to discharge Foreman . Balaton. v - . - V'1. ' SLIDING BETWEEN STORMS MAYNARD FLIES EASTWARD Aviator, However, Had Narrow Escape From Collision With Mountain EXHIBITION FLIGHT TO PLEASE WESTERNERS Reaching jOreen River On Heels -i-fcaow Storm Daring Fliers Hare Tough Time Finding Way Through Clouds Over Mountains; Sundown Finds Them at Sidney, Neb. (Today Lieutenant Maynard tells of his trip through snow storms snl over mountains from Battle Mountain to Sidney, -Neb. While waiting fr weather to clear, the Tar Heel aiator gives an eihibition flight at Salt Lake City, which makes him a bit shaky, he declares.) By LIEUT. BELVIX W. MAYNARD. (Coprriaht, 1019, and published by ptrmbiion of th DtMlon Traveller.) We were up before the chickens on Wednesday morning. Very few of the inhabitants of Battle Mountain were out to see us off. One good brother came out and brought us some more clothing, fearing that we would catch cold on that chilly morning. When we reached the held, we found the motor already warmed up and in shape to go. We put on our wrsps, told the few friends who were there, good bye, and headed in the directiou of Halduro. Valleys Filled With Fog. "8hortly after leaving I found fiat all the valleys were filled with fog. 1 could see no cities, no railroads, no roads and no lakes. All that was left to 'guide me on my course was the moun tain tops and my compass. I etuetted that when I arrived at Salduro 1 should find it too, covered with fog. Oi and oa we went, steering solely by our com pass and guessing where the railroads and towns should be by the contour of tho country. We finally crossed the last mountain top before reaching Kalduro, finding the ak clear around tho little city of Bait. I was rather hoping to find it foggy, o I could have an exeus to go oa to Bait Lake City, -thus aayiug thirty mintttc '' No eueh luck. We again landed on the' slippery salt bed. This time we mad a wonderful success of it. Mor hearty greeting were accorded us, with thank for delivering the two bags of salt to 8aa Francisco. This time Triiie did not attempt to eat the substance so abundant aronnd here. Give Exhibition Flight. Boon w were off for Salt Lake City. On reaching there I found the city covered with smoke and had difficulty in finding the field. I flew almost di rectly over it, but did not se it. A large crowd awaited us here and re ports of stormy weather at Green River held us np for a while. In the meantime, I was asked to fly a civilian airplane that was being used for passenger tarrying. Everybody was anxious to seovniie give a little exhibi tion. After much persuasion, I reluct antly . agreed to take this marvelous little ship intp the air; or at least, to attempt it. The plan wa a Curtis J'-4,with a Sturtevant motor, a combination that I had never seen before, borne news paper reporter who did not rare much for his life,' consented to go with me. Maynard Gta Scared. I noticed there wasn't much wind, so I decided it would make hut little difference which way I took of!. 1 "opened the gun" and started across the field; we kept going, but on the ground. I thought the machine would never take the air. (hememher the elevation at Bait Lake is about 5,XMJ feet. This altitude, combined with a low-powered plane, made things more perilous than I had calculated.) We came to the end of the field, still hopping helplessly along the ground; knocked down a small frame house and a plank fence; then we struck a bump in th road, bounded up into th air, and happily, for us both, didn't come down -again. Over ditches, fences and buildings we went, with just enough altitude to- clear them. After about a mile, I came to a tree, and here turned to the left to mis hitting it. . . W went en. for fifteen miuutes, finally attaining an altitude of 1,000 feet. You can imagine my fitness for acrobatic after the hair-breadth escape in the "take-off". I did a few, however, and then cam down. Mixes Id With Cloada. Nothing about our machine was broken, but I felt-shaky over it all the rest of the dayt On returning from thia adventure, we found the weather had cleared at Green Kiver; so we hur ried along acroa the Rockies. Soon after arriving over the moun tains, I got mixed up with a few clouds, but soon rose above them, climbing to 13,000 feet. - We arrived at Green Biver closely a the.beels of a snowstorm and th weather looked threatening ahead of . Hero th population earn run ning out to ae Trixie. v , - Klin and I ate a nice steak; then went on to Rawlins, fortunstely not encountering as roughweathr (w had expected. At Bawlins, we met two westbound machine. From Rawlins to Cheyena th weather was fierce. 8nw-torni after snow-storm, we managed to' get by, - ' Conditions soon becsma more (enou. W wer flying between tw mountain rrnses. I had. Just passed over oa and knew th other rang was not far ahead, but I could not see it oa account of two twirling snow-storms atieaa oi us that merged into each Other. ' . " Narrowly Mia Moantala. Where th two storm earn together, (Coatlaacd a Fag tfv.) E PROPOSED COAL FRIDAY Leaders of Mine Workers Grimly Prepare for Moment , ous Conference Today WILSON'S PROHIBITION VIEWS ARE DISCUSSED . President Lewis Says War Time Conditions Have End ed; To Name Tribunal For Settlement Would Mean De lay, During; Which Operators Would Pile Up Supplies Iudianspolis, Ind, Oct. With "no change in the situation" reported at United Mine Workers of America head quarters, leaders of the big organiza tion of coal miners, were preparing grimly tonight for a momentous confer ence tomorrow of its executive board, district presidents and scale committee. John L. Ijewis, acting president of the organisation arrived late today from hi home in Springfield, III., hut had little to add to sentiments he has already ex pressed concerning the general strike planned to take effect in bituminous mines November 1. The condemnation of the proposed walkout by President Wilson and his suggestion that a tribunal he appointed to find a basis of settle meut of the dis agreement between workers and em ployers with coal production continuing meanwhile held no charms for the union leaders. Echoing the point made br William Green, secretary-treasurer oif the or ganisation, Mr. Lewis said that the National Exeeafrve's idea that the need for war-rim prohibition had passed be cause the emergency had ended, ex pressed exactly th union's attitude toward it war-time contract. "There is no further use for war time prohibition, according to the Presi ded," Mr. Lewis. "Nitkr is there Vurtbrr use for the war.-time Washington wage agreement. Wevthere fore, resent the imputation that the strike is illegal." The suggestion that work be con tinued pending appointment and report of a iavertijating tribunal, waa de nominated by Mr. Lwis o-ineasnr of delay; . "That would mean mnnflis of wait ing While men ignorant of forming problem studied and tried to solve them," he said. "Meanwhile the miners would be working under the present in tolerable conditions." Other officials of the union agreed heartily with this view. In addition some of them pointed out the employ ers would take advantage of the de lay to work the mines to capacity, piling up reserve stocks and placing the union at a big disadvantage should the tribunals efforts come to naught. Direct negotiation with the mine owners, however, would b welcomed by the union. Vice-President Iwis. Secretary Green and uch member of the' executive'" board s hid reached here tonight were unanimous in declar ing that they stood ready "as before to negotiate a wage scale without reser vations." They emphasised the last two words and charged that the em ployers would not negotiate except On conditions which, the union men wero powerless to fulfill. ' - Authoritative forecasts of the action to lie taken tomorrow were almost to- i tally lacking. There was a well de j fined impression, however, that a reply i to President Wilson would be outlined. at least, if not fully drafted and adopt I ed by the conference as a whole. Much I doubt was in evidence s to the power i of the executive board to postpone or otherwise modify the strike order and 1 if that doubt is not resolved the big (Coatinaed oa Page Tw FORMER PRIVATE HEADS 1 SOUTH CAROLINA LEGION First bi-'e Convention of Pal metto World War Veterans Meets In Columbia Columbia, S. C, Oct. 28. Meeting in Columbia today in its first state con vention tho South Carolina branch of the ' American Legion assembled with every rank represented from private to major general among the delegate and a former private, Julius H. Walker, of Columbia, presiding as state com mander, r Th convention amended its consti tution to provide that its members shall be white, indorsed a memorial build ing rather thaa a hospital as the of ficial South Carolina memorial to men from this State who died in the war and lected delegate to the National con vention in Minneapolis next month. Among th delegate named wer El liott i. HpHngs, American "Ace" and Philip H. 8tell, Representative-elect from th Sixth South Carolina congress ional district. Addresses were delivered by Ilenry Breckinridge; Rear Admiral Samuel MeGowan, Paymaster General of the Navy, a South Carolinian ; Gov ernor Cooper and Ma jor Ouerat6ov W. Bead, commander of Camp Jack son, who commanded the second fcrmy corps ia France. Major General W. A. Clark, commander of the South Carolina division of United ' Confederate Vet erans, wa a guest of th legion at the eonvtatioa. . - :v: -' , Hot Weather la Kichmead. Richmond. V, Oct. 18. Richmond people (weltered today with th ther mometer standing at 87 degree for th greater part of th day. Air heat ree-) erd for October 28 wer broken, th next nearest approach of today' Um peratur being M degree. REPORT NO CHANG STRIKE ON (CONGRESS PAUSES IN WORK TO GREET KING OF BELGIANS; ALBERT PRAISES AMERICA BOTH SENATORS E Simmons and Overman Voted Promptly To Pass Dry Bill Over President's Veto WHEN SENATE RATIFIES PACT DRY BAN IS LIFTED Ratification May Open Way To Moist Christmas in Some Places; An Oasis of Wine May Flow Into The Cheer ful Bowl By Dec. 25, Some Hint On The Divan News and Observer Burean, (V13 District National Bnk. Bldg. By R. E. POWELL j (Special Leased Wire) j Washington, Oot. 28. Senator Over ; man was right last night in his pre- diction the Henate would override the j veto of the President by a larger pro i portionste majority than the House. ' By a half vote more, predicated on the ! relative votes csst in the two houses, the Senate this afternoon, after an effort had been made by Henator Rob inson to block the vote repassed the prohibition enforcement bill with the clause applying also to war time pro hibition. With On Accord They Excuse". The situation today with the Tar Heel members of the House, five of whom were absent and did not get to vote yesterday afternoon late when the House overrode the veto of Mr. Wilson, was not without its humorous side. Representative Webb .Demo cratic champion of the "drys," is much put out that he should have missed the roll call. He thought ft was de termined not to conaider the veto mes sage until Thursday and so told Rep resentative Cland Kitchin. Mr. Godwin declares that, the cue tnm&rv roll call ring did not sound in it hotel and for that reason h did not know th vote was elrig tnken until after it had been counted and announced. Mr. Small, who would un doubtedly have voted to sustsin the President, was absent in the District. Representative Robinson, the fifth Tar Heel member who didn't vote, had an swered three roll calls late in the day in anticipation of the vote but had to leave hurriedly before the vote on the veto message on account of the illness of hts bov. Attcmot at Fillibaster. When the message was resd in the 'ann.i. this morninor. It precipitated an attempt at a filibuster on the part of some of the Democratic senators, mu Lblv Senator Thomas, of Colorado 'Senator Underwood had previously made an appeal to defet consideration of the bill and' Senator Thomas-eon-tinued speaking until the Senate re eessed to receive King Albert and his party. After the reception to the royal visitors, debato on the veto message continued until a vot whs reached about 4 o'clock. Both the North Caro lina Senators. Simmons and Overman, j voted to pass the enforcement bill a second time over the veto of President ; Wilson. "Savsve Delleht" In Punishment I Both branches of the Congress, how ever, in spite of the President appeal to separate wartime enforcement from the constitutional enforcement bill, were inot unmindful ft the President pur ! pose to hft the ban the moment th ipesce treaty is ratified. Tho Democrats j sustained their consistent record on (prohibition and the Republicans took a ! savage delight in forcing tncir wop ! erntie brethren into the vote. 1 At which Mr. Webb kicks strenuously, jit wa hi understanding yesterday ! afternoon, following a conference he I had with Dr. E. C. Dinwiddie and Re- I publican Floor leader Mondell. that the i veto message would not be considered until Thursday. He so told the doctor and Representative Kitchin and neither Mr. Wehb nor Mr Kitchin knew of the action of the House until it was all over. Mr. Mondell virtually promised Mr Webb, the latter says," not to let the matter come up before. Thursday. ' Mr. Yates Webb' Regrets. While Mr.. Webb regrets that he was absent from the floor, he does not get in the position of voting against the President at a time when he is momen tarily expecting to receive the Federal judgeship appointment at Mr. Wilson's hands. To keep from breaking a record on prohibition that has been consistent since ho was elected to Congress, it would have been necessary yesterday for the Ninth. District member to have voted against Prejident Wilson. He had previously declined to vote against the President when Mr. Wil son sent the daylight saving bill back to the Congress without his signature. On that score, though, he waa ia a less embarrassing position than he would hsve been yesterday hsd he not been absent from the House. Ihsrg Inconsistency,. Democrat who are opposed to pro hibition are charging their fellow mem bers of the dry faith with inconsist ency in their votes on the daylight sav ing and enforcement veto message. When they voted to override the PresU dent on the first, thev excused their action by saying that the daylight sav ing law wa enacted purely a war time measure and when the war had ended, the purpose of the art termin ated. Yesterday Mr. Wilson, in hi message, declared that th reason for which war-tim prohibition was - rn aeted no longer existed and the en- ( Coatinaed a Pag Tw) NEMY OF BOTTLE Little Ceremonial In Visit of Royal Party But No Mis- taking Warmth of ' Welcome '?!- FIRST VISIT A KING EVER MADE TO CAPITOL Albert Makes Short Address In Which He Gives Credit To American Army For Assur ing: Victory In War and Thanking; People of Coun try; Later In Day Secretary of War Baker, By Direction of President Wilson, Deco rates Belgian Ruler In Pres. ence of Distinguished As semblage of People Washington, Oct. 28. Both Houses ef Congress paused in their work today to greet th King of the Belgians, hi consort and their son. It wa th first visit of a King to th Capitol and th lawmakers of the nation gav a cordial welcome to the democratic aoldier ruler of Europe's pluckiest little state. King Albert is not -gUeto long speeches. Hi addresses first in th Senate and then in the House, mad scarcely six hundred word but id them he gave the American Army credit for assuring victory in the War, paid hom age to the fallen and extended his sympathy to the wounded. He express ed his admiration for th United States, acknowledged the debt of the maker of Belgium' constitution to those who framed that of thia country, predicted that the tie binding th two nations never would be broken and offered thanks to all the Americans who aided his people in the war. Little Ceremonial la Visit. There was little ceremonial in the visit to Congress but there was no mis taking the warmth of the greeting given the Royal Belgian and the earnestness of the King in hia addresses waa evi dent. Th galleries wero crowded al though admission wa only by card and nearly all th Senator were in their seats when tUe coming of his Majesty Justice of th Supreme court, Sen ators and spectator rose and applauded vigorously ( th tall, erect figure of the King strode down the aisle beside Henator Lodge. Behind him came the Duke of Brabant, escorted by Senator Hitchcock. " A few moments later the hand clapping changed to cheer as Queen Elizabeth, gowned in white and wearing a wine-colored cloak of velvet, ap peared in the executive gallery with th wife of Vice-President Marshall and at tended by Qountes de Caraman Clu msy, her lady in waiting. Staid mem bers of the uppei House forgot their dignity in their admiration for tho little woman who had followed her hus band through the trenches in Belgium. Make Short Addr. The King was escorted to a teat bo side Senator Cummins, who w presid ing as president pro tempore, and who greeted him with high praise for hi moral courage and his gallantry on th field. Prince Leopold was seated at his father's right. Grouped about them, carrying the swords they wear only on ceremonial occasions, wer Lieutonant General Baron Jacques, on of Bel gium greatest military leaders Col. Tilkens, aide to his Majesty, and Major Count d'Oultremont, adjutant to the court. With them were Major General William M. Wright and Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, the King'a America aides, Ambassador Brand Whitlock and Baron De Cartier de Marehlenne, th Belgian Ambassador. Albert wa in terrupted more than one by applaus during hi brk' address and ther was : another demons. ration of approval when he had finished. I .ter he aad hi son met the Senator individually. The scene in the House wa a repe tition of that in the Senate. On th floor were the children of many of th members and their cheer wer a en thusiastic as those of their fathers. The King was sighted before hi coming had been heralded and the House aad gal leries arose to greet him. Ther was another burst of applause when he was introduced and an even louder on when he had finished. Baker Decorate Ruler . King Albert was the eentral figure later in the day in a ceremony mor picturesque it less important than hi visit to th Capitol. It wa enacted in the drawing room of th home of Breckinridge Long, where he ica guest, when Secretary of War Baker pinned upon his breast by direction of Presi dent Wilson the American Distinguished Service Medal. General Pershing, commander of American forces in the field, was ther to greet th leader of Belgium' armies. With him wer General March, General Jargues. his broad chest covered with th ribbon denoting decorations from ' muuy countries, General Wright, .Ad miral Long and Priuce Leopold. Albert wore no decoration upon his Lieuten ant General' "uniform lmntilthat -of America was pinned ther and th only -riblma on Pershing' tunie denoted th war cros of Belgium. . . 4 ... Secretary Baker, in a Brier address, expressed the pleasure it gav him to decorate ao brave a soldier and then . read the citation which granted his Majesty the medal in recognition f The distinguished and pat 110 tic aerv- ice which he ha rendered to the com mon cause, upon th battlefield of EurI-.. . - . . ' ' A 1 sen vwsir assncs Albert, trained from youth t) hid (Coatlaaed a Pag Two) 1 I
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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