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GOVERNMENT LENDS
EVERY EFFORT TO
fl
Apparent Unwillingness .of All
union Coal Miners 10 m
turn No Surprise
CONFERENCE TO OPEN
TODAY IN WASHINGTON
Attorney! Tor Miners Indicate
That They May Hot Xppeal
ln junction UMeToHigher
Court! ; Labor Leaden Are
Pleated With Change of Pud
lie Sentiment
Washington, Not. 12. The- apparent
Unwillingness of all onion eoal miners
o retnra to work at the old pay seals
caused eoTetnment of&ciaU to pot forth
AID NEGOTIATION
very effort today to bring about imme
diate negotiation! of a new wage sgree-
mentv "rrttrrrjrrr-
Secretary Wilson without waiting for
formal acceptance of hit offer to medi
ate the differences, began smoothing the
way for the joint conference of miners
and operators he has called to meet
in Washington Friday.
- Both aides "notified the Labor Secre
tary that they would attend the con
ference. Spokesmen 'or the mine work
ers said that if the mine owners earns
in a spirit of conciliation new agree
ment could be framed and ratified by
Saturday night.
Until an agreement is formally ae-
eepted by the miners' scale committee,
labor leaders said, there was little hope
ef full resumption of eoal production.
It was because of this possibility, and
the steady drain meanwhile on the na
tion's visible coal aupply that Secretary
Wilson undertook today to induce some
of the miners and, operators to see the
jther fellow's side. .
The indicated continued suspension
of mining aetirity in union fields to
day was dot a surprise to government
officials, nor accepted as an actual test
of the attitude of the miners. Com
plctedistribution of the order cancell
ing the strike might take some time,
it ws' said. It was fjtlt, however, that
large number of men still might re-
main out until assured that soma of the
demands agree upon in convention
woo Id be granted. ,
Labor leaders, who have frankly td
, mittcd that publie sentiment was strong
ly agalast the strike, took comfort to
day from what they described as a
seeming change of sentiment as refleet---'
ed in newspaper editorials. Messsges
to labor headquartera stated that the
t feeling was growing that the miners
were entitled to higher wages.
Secretary Wilson, while declining to
'"discuss the outlook for speedy peace in
the coal fields, was greatly eneouraged
at the readiness of the two sides to
meet and make a determined effort to
frame a wage schedule satisfactory to
miners and operators alike.
Mr. Wilson was quite hopeful of
success nd this feeling was shared by
' most officials. - . v
MAY NOT APPEAL CASE
"TOLTHE CIRCUIT COURT,
Indianapolis, Ind, Not.' 12 The
United Mine Workers of America, con
trary to previous announcement, have
decided to withhold their appeal on the
ruling of the Federal Court in injunc
tion, proceedings which resulted in the
calling off of the stnks oz coal mtn
srs yesterday.
It had been generally believed that
regardless of developments in the
situation the miners would fight their
ease in the courts to ths last ditch,
and attorney for the coal workers an'
nouneed yesterday that their appeal
would be filed within two or three da vs.
However, Henry War rum, chief soupneel
lor the mine workers organisation, to
night stated that the outcome of the
conference of miners" representatives
and eoal operators with Secretary of
Labor Wilson in Washington Friday,
would determine to a large extent
whether the case is carried further.
The miners counsel have thirty days
in which to file their appeal,
The decision of the miners Is taken
to indicate that they hare accepted the
government's assurance that the,, suit
against the miners was not- aa attack
against the right to strike, bnt was
solely to prevent violation of the ; lew,
in this ease the Lever act
Possibility of speedy agreement at
the Washington conference, according
to opinion here, is marred Only by the
question of when a new wage seals
would become effective. Itinera spokes
men have stated that if the operators
go to ths conference la a spirit of con
ciliation, agreement was only a Question
of hours, but it is known that the anion
aaea object to the position taken by the
operators that the wag scale in effect
before tin strike still is in effect. . -
Many of the delegated to Friday's
meeting, who were in attendance at the
onferenee here this week, left tonight
lor Washington. William Green, secretary-treasurer
of the mine workers, will
. -" (Contlaaad ea Page Fourteen) '
PRINCE OF WALES GOES '
. AS GUEST AT RECEPTION
., Washington, Nov. -It Albert, Ed
ward, Prince of Wales, the guest of the
American nation, came Into personal
touch with "Government by the peo
ple1 tonight at the most formal event
of his stay here, a reception in the halls
of the Library of Cogrets to which all
members of Congress and their families
had been invited to meet" him. Mem
bers of the cabinet and the diplomatic
corps also attended, t -
The Prince , went to the reception
. from the home of Secretary Lansing
" where with Mrs. Lansing, the Secretary
had entertained blm at dinner.
DECIDED FALL EXPECTED
IN TEMPERATURE EARLY
TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH
Washington Not. 12 A decided
fall la temperature tomorrow wight
la the Atlantic States, with probably
heavy Croat la east portions of North
Carolina, aoathera part of South
Carolina and Santa Georgia Friday
morning, was predicted by the
Weather Bareaa tonight. Froesiag
teaserataree In west portion of
North Carolina, upper seetloa of
Soatk Carolina and near frtealag la
earth Gaargia are forecasted aa prob
able Friday morning.
DEBATE RAILROAD
BILL IN CONGRESS
Sharp Opposition Develops In
House To Proposal For uov
emment Refund
DIRECTOR GENERAL IS
OPPOSED TO SCHEME
Substitute Proposed By Eepre
tentative Denison Would
T Oreatly r Decrease Amount
Government Would Pay
Bailroads Upon Return To
Owners
Washington, Nov. 12.; Sharp opposi
tion developed lsto today-is the House
to the proposal embodied in the rail
road reorganization bill for the refund'
ing to the government of t775,551,000
owed by the carriers. Attack on the
plan, led by Representative Denison,
Republican, Illinois, and supported by
a letter from Director General Hines of
the Bailroad Administration, resulted
in fisal decision being defeerred.
Opponents of the refunding plan da
elared it would compel Congress to ap
propriate $363,355,000 by the end of this
j ear to square the accounts of the Bail'
road administration, and Mr. Denison
proposed a substitute, which he said
would decrease, the amount needed to
171,02Q,0OO. ...
Under the Denison plan it is propos
ed that $415,000,000 owed by' the gov
ernment to the carriers as standard re
tarn be eot off against the debts dne to
the government by the ' roads. The
pending Eseh bill calls for only a par
tial immediate set-off. Proponents of
the committee plan which waa under
stood to 'nave been written into the
measure after a bitter fight in the Inter
state Commerce committee urged that
proposal as a square deal to the railroads
which were charged who aeDis, con
tracted without their consent during the
ooriod of srovernment operation.
Director General Hines in his letter
addressed to Chairman Each of the In
terstate Commsree committee described
the bill's plan as an "unduly liberal
policy." He asasrted that the pian
would provide working capital, not
needed br strong roads, while those
moat in need of financial aid wonld not
receive it. The carriers, he also assert
ed, would not be eneouraged to 11 nance
their needs from private sources. The
Director General added that Congress
f hld deftaitely s the interest rate-to
ba ehare-ed against the refunded indebt
edness, pointing out that ths bill might
grant rates so low as to DC - unjust to
the government and suggested, thst the
interest rate be fixed at six per cent.
' Before becoming tied up with eon'
sideratioa of ths refunding plan, the
House approved several sections of the
bill, Including that directing surrender
of ths linee by the government at the
end of the month la which the bill is
passed, and . that placing the operation
of boat and - barge lines, established
by ths railroad administration an the
Mississippi and Black Warrior rivers,
under war department engineers, By
a vote of 66 to 22, it also rejected the
nronosal of representative Madden, Be
publican, Illinois, to repeal the Presi-j
dent's authority to take over tne rati
roads' in .time of war.
General debate, which ended before
the beginning of consideration of
amendments centered largely oa the la
bor provisions for voluntary arbitra
tion of disputes. Representative win'
low, Bepubliean, Massachusetts, de
fending the proposal of the bill, de
clared that publie opinion wonld force
settlement of any dispute ."if capital
and labor would sit down and tub
noses," as directed by the bill. Bepre
eentstive Hnddleston, Democrat, Ala
bama, however, attacked the Sill as a
whole, declaring it was "vieloae class
legislation, and thst the labor pros
ioa for damages collected on violation
of wage contracts would enable the rail
roads "to get pert of the unions' prop
erty," Bepresentative Bayburh, Demo
crat, Texas, announced he wonld pro
pose aa amendment intended to pen
alise "walking delegates of the onions.
whom he aeensed of provoking most la
bor troubles, sad Representative Bis a
toa. Democrat, Texas, urged adoption
of straight out anti-ctriks legislation.
FORMER EMPEROR TAKES
OVER HIS NEW ESTATE
Berlin. Not. 12. (Bt the Associated
Press.) The former German Emperor
assumed formal possemioa of the House
of Doom at Door, Holland, which he
purchased some time ago, whea the keys
were handed ever to him last Friday,
although he will not actually take up
hi residence there until early in 1920.
The first act of the new owner was
to raise the salary of the gardener from
fourteen to fifteen florins (15.63 to
$6.03) per week.
Oatpolnta Bantamweight Champion.
Philadelnhia. Pa- i Nor. 12. Joe
Lynch, of 'New. York, outpointed Pete
Herman, tbe bantamweight, champion,
ia six rounds here tonight
MINORITY LEADER
OF SENATE PASSES
AFTER LONG CAREER
i
Senator Thomas S. Martin
Served For 24 Years In
Upper House
RISE IN PUBLIC LIFE
CAME AS SURPRISE
Virginia Statesman Prior To
Election Was Country Rail-
road Lawyer Who Had
Never Held Publio Office;
Greatly Beloved By Col
leagues; Man of Ability
Charlottesville, Vs., Nov. 12. Sena
tor Thomas' 8. Martin, of Virginia, the
DenJoejutie,. leader in the. Senate,, died
here today after an illness of several
months. He was 72 years old.
Senator Martin had been confined to
his bed .eiRCjiL J&sJ.Jnlj;jrh,en .he., was
forced to give up sctive work in the
United States Senate sfter a continuous
service of 2 years. He was brought to
his home near here and" later taken to
a hospital for treatment. He suffered
from a leaking heart valve.
y His eonditionr-ook " a -turn for the
worse two weeks ago and members of
his family were summoned to his bed
side. The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon. J
HOUSE AND SENATE t
ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY,
Washington, Nov. 12. Committees of
both the Senate and House were named
late today to attend the funeral of Sen
ator Thomas 8. Martin, of Virginia,
who died today at Charlottesville. The
funeral, it was announced in the Sen
ate would be held Friday rfternoon
and the Congressional delegation is ex
pected to leave tomorrow or early
Friday morning.
Announcement of Senator Martin's
death came as a distinct shock to his
colleagues. It was known that he was
seriously ill, but recent reports of im
provement in his stindition had led his
friends here to believe that death was
not Imminent.
Beth Houses of Congress adjourned
out of respect to the memory of the
Democratic floor leader. President Wil
son expressed his sympathy to the Sen
ator's family in a message to his daugh
ter, Miss Lucy Martin, and resolutions
of sympathy were adopted in both the
Senate and ths House.
Speeches expressing high appreciation
pf Senator Martin's services were delir.
ered by Republican and Democratic
leaders ta Congress. Senator Lodge paid
an especially warm tribute, declaring
Senator Martin had exhausted his
strength ia publie service during the
trying dsys of the war. senator swan
son also spoke in praise of the work
of his eolletigne and in the Bouse Bepre
sentative Flood, of Virginia, introduced
the resolution of regret.'
The committee nsmed by the Senate
to attend tho funeral follows:
Senators Swanson, Lodge, Cummins,
Knox, Hitchcock, Fletcher, Nelson, Over-
roan, Jiankhcad, Hobmson, Dimmons,
Smith. Georgia: Smith, Maryland; In
derwood, Walsh, Montana; Warren,
Bmoot and Williams.
The House committee is composed of
Representative Flood, Montague, Kuun
ders, Slemp, Moore, Bland, Holland,
Watson, Woods and Harrison, Virginia,
and Cannon, Illinois; Cramptoni Michi
gan; Sisson, Mississippi; Kitchin, North
Carolina; Byrns, Tennessee; Bowers,
West Virginia; Whaley, South Carolina,
and Wingo. Arkansas.
President Wilson today telegraphed
Miss Lucy Day Martin his sympathy and
grief over the death of Senator Martin,
her lather. The telegram lollows:
Miss Lucy Day Martin, '
"Charlotteevllle. Va.
"My I not express my deep sympathy 1
ana sense or. personal griei in ine aeain
of your distinguished father! I re
garaed . him as one of my warmest
friends and feel that Virginia and the
country has sustained a real loss.
(Signed; "WOODROW WILSON."
EMPHATIC DISAPPROVAL OF
RAILROAD BILL BY LABOR
Railway Brotherhoods Regard
Labor Provisions As En
. tirely Unjust j
Washington,- Not. 12v Emphatic dis
approve' of the Each railroad reorgan
isation bill-now, before the House was
expressed by the chief executives of the
thirteen principal railroad employee or
ganisations toflay ia a statement which
declared that "ao far as the labor pro
visions of the bill are concerned they
are more vicious, because more subtle,
than the labor provisions of the Cum
mins bill."
The Railway workers' officials In their
statement aeensed those who framed
the Esch measure as being aernated
with a desire "to sharklo labor al
thoneh seeking "to attain it through a
maze of legal verbiage." Bequest wss
made thai the railroads be held under
Federal control for aa additional two
years, .the Union chiefs declared that
labor .is willing to accept the sober
judgment of the American votere aa
expressed at a general election."
.... 1 j f .
American Legion Ends Meeting. :
Minneapolis, . Minn- Nov. 12. The
first annual convention pf the American
Legion came to a close at S:30 o'clock
toaight It was decided to oncn the 1920
convention at Cleveland, Ohio, ea Sep
tember 7. The convention probably
will last three days.
Frank d'Olier, of Fhlladelehia. waa
tonight elected first national commander
of the American Legion at its first na
tional convention. ' - -. .
SENATE MAY TAKE
SUMMARY ACTION
STOP SPEAKING
Two Petitions To Invoke Clo
ture Rule Prepared For
Submission Today
SUSPECT FILIBUSTER
AGAINST RATIFYING
To Hasten Treaty, Tentatively
Agreed To Hold Night Set-
- siens Beginning Tonight ;
Senator Reed 'Consumes 3
Hours In Talking and Inti
mates More For Today
Washington, Nov. 12. 8ummary ac
tion to ehoke down debate on the peace
treaty was .decided on by the treaty's
friends irtihe Senate today to meet de
velopments regarded by many Senators
as the beginning of a filibuster against
ratification.
Two petitions to invoke the Senator's
cloture rule, which nover heretofore
has been used, were prepared for sub
mission .tomorrow should it become ap
parent that dilatory taetiirs have been
adopted by the group irreconcilably op
posed to the treaty. The first proposal
was" drawn" tiy the meersU- and- tbe
other was being formulated tonight hy
the mild reservation group of Repub
licans. Wonld Csftsil Speaking.
Under the rule, which could" be made
effective beginning Saturday by a two
thirds vote, no Senator could speak
more than one hour In all until a vo e
on ratification had been reached. No
specific time could be set under the pro
vision for such a vote but ths leaders
predicted that it would force finnl ac
tion, if resorted to, early next week.
-To further hasten the treaty, it was
tentatively agreed to hold night ses
sions of the Senate beginning tomor
row night and continuing until there
has been a ratification vote.
The movement for cloture was started
after Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
had launched into another long speech
attacking' the treaty and Senators La
Follette, Wisconsin, and France, Mnry
land. Republicans, had indicated they
were ready to continue the. fight as soon
as the Missouri Senator concluded. Sen
ator Reed occupied all of today's thres
hour session and intimated at adjourn
ment that he would continue for sev
eral hours tomorrow.
Suspect Filibaster,
Suspecting that the long anticipated
filibuster was on, Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, ths acting Democratic leader,
and Senator Underwood, Democrat,
Alabama, circulated on the Democratic
aids a petition for cloture. It soon had
more than twice the sixteen signatures
needed to secure a vote on invocation
of the rule.
The Republicans acted more slowly,
the mild reservation group being fear
ful of alienating the irreeoncilables on
whose votes they are counting for a
safe majority to put over the roservs-
(Continaed on Pssja Two)
Attorney General Says Reason
able Profits Will Be Allowed
On Shipments
New Tork, Nov. 12. Importation of
foreign sugars will be allowed and no
prosecutions for profiteering In them
will -be- undertaken- nder the Lever
act except for "unreasonable margins.
Board was Informed today in a tele
gram received from Howard Ciggs,
assistant attorney-general at Washing
ton. . '
The telegram was In response to i re
quest for a ruling made by the board,
which set forth that it was receiving
numerous applications for the impor
tation of white sugars from countries
like Brazil, the lowest price of whien
is 14 and 15 cents a pound, dnty paid.
The maximum price that American
refiners are allowed to charge for sugar
purchased from ths board is 9 cents a
nonnd.
Imported sugar, the board expiainea,
ia readilT salable to manufacturers in
order to keep their plants going and
to protect their iavested capital. It is
pot so mueh a matter of price, it was
said, as the disbanding of their work
ing forces which would ' necessitate
the closing of their plants. - .
"Are the sellers who agree to con
fine themselves to a fair or reasonable
profit, or tbe buyer who urgently needs
tigar,"' the board asked, "violating the
provisions of the Lever act ia respect
to profiteering! "it seems to as tnai
the urgency of the sugar' here trans
cends the necessity of keeping the
price at a level st which the' foreign
sellers will refuss to ship their sugars
to the United States.
The board informed the Attorney-
General's .office thst it wss exerting its
efforts, to attrsct sugars here from out
side sources, but did not desire to "be
a party to eireumve'nt.any instructions
which' msr have been given to United
States attorneys to prevent profiteering.
Mr. Uiggs' renly saidf t -
"The urgency of sugar here trans
cends the necessity, of keepirig the
priee at a level below what the foreign
sellers will expect Believe importa
tion of : foreign sugars should be
allowed. Will only consider unreason
able margint of profits a violation of
the Lever act on the resale of thess
sugars in the United States."
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IMPORTATION OF
FOREIGN SUGARS
ROUNDING UP IN
FORMING
E
Four Former American Soldiers
Dead and Fifth Reported
Dying In Centralia
TWENTY-TWO PLACED
r IN JAIL BY SOLDIERS
Eleven Men Arrested and 'Tons
of Literature Taken By Po
Uce In Seattle;, 16 -Year-Old
Boy Confesses That He
Hears Father Talk of Plot To
Start Trouble
Washington, Nov. 12. General
Tershing tonight issued a state
ment in which he said:
"It is a -perrons nutiage tbrrt
veterans o the world war parading
in uniform in celebration of our
-national Tirttrryi. shraM.- be ht
down in cold blood as was done in
Washington yesterday.
''Too draatie measures cannot lie
taken to rid our country of the
class of criminal who inspires or
. commits. eiirh Crimea." ,
Centralis, Wash.. Nov. 12.-Cities of
Western Washington joined Centralia
today in arresting members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World and
raiding their headquarters following
the firing on sn Armistice day parade
here yesterday. Four former American
soldiers are dead and n fifth is reported
dying ss a result of the shooting, and
one alleged I. W. W. has been lynched.
Twenty-two men and one woman, re
ported to have radical beliefs were
placed in jail here and later four of
the prisoners, including the woman,
were removed to the Lewis county jail
at Chchalis by National Guardsmen,
who patrolled Crntrulia today. Raids
were conducted in Seattle, Tacoma and
Aberdeen, on tho Industrial Workers
headquarters.
Raids In Three Cities.
In Seattle, eleven men and "tons of
literature," according to the police,
were taken to police headquarters. The
Tacoma police arrested thirty-four al
leged members of the Industrial Work
ers snd seised a quantity of radical
literature. At Aberdeen large quanti
ties o' literature and the records of the
Aberdeen local of the organization were
taken.
Prosecuting Attorney Herman Allen
announced I). Lamb, 6 years old, who
waa arrested here as an I. W. W., eon
feascd to belonging to tho organization.
The boy, Allen declared, said he had
beard his father Jamea Lamb .who also
waa arrested, talking of a plot to start
trouble here yesterday. The father,
according to Allen, confessed last night,
radicals had four former service men
marked for death because of their ac
tivities in a fight waged by Centrslia
eitisens to rid the city of the J. W. W.
TorT."WrVFrTi here
yesterday and they were prepared for
it," Allen said. "When the parade was
almost over without trouble appearing
they decided to stsrt Ujhemselves."
Hold Iaqsests Todsy.
Dr. Dsrid Livingston, who served in
the wsr ss a captain, was one of tho
four marked by the I. W. W, for death,
according to Lamb's alleged confession.
Livingston is the coroner here. Mo
announced the inquest will he held to
morrow over the bodies of the four
former service men.
The body of "Brick" Smith, reported
to have been an I. W. W. secretary,
was found in, the Chehalis Kiver. The
rope by which he was lynched last night
was enttarly today and the body-fell
into the river.
- Centralis, was quiet-today and Judgo
Ooorge Dysart said citizens had prom
ised to let the law take its course.
"Last sight I bilked to them and
promised that every I. W. W. arrested
here would be given a quick and just
trial," said Judge Dysart. "The former
service men promised to sid officials
jail the men."
May Deport Aliens.
Henry 8. White, United Blatcj Immi
gration Commissioner, was reported en
route to Centralis to investigate the
records of all alien I. W. W. and en
deavor to deport them if they are held
in connection with the shootine.
"Brick" Smith, who was lynched, was
reported by officials to have a police
record in Washington. During the wsr,
it was said. Bmith caused trouble in
Western lumber camps aad a lumber
company wrote to a patriotic organiza
tion that Hmtth wss a menace and asked
thst hs be arrested.
Smith waa arrested at Cedar Falls,
July, 1017, when he and other allied I.
W. W. defied a freight train crew at a
time "farmers complained of sabots Re
being practiced in the grain and fruit
orchards.
Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald, of Seattle,
late today issued a statement warning
all radicals to "leave Seattle off their
future intineraries." , .
The statement wss made after fwn
raids had been made by the Seattle
police. ' . -
WAE TO DEATH, SAYS
U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 12. Wsr to the
death," is Bow on against the indus
trial Workera of the World, Robert C.
Saunders, United States District At
torney declared here today. No farther
evidence thaa the Centralia murders if
needed, he asserted to prosecute all I.
W. W. to the extent of the law. ,
Seattle police today raided I. W. W.
hsadqnarters here, arrested three mtn
and seized what they described ss a
"toa of literature." .. - - .
1MB
R IN WEST
OFFICIAL VOTE IN OHIO
ON DRY AMENDMENTS NOW
COMPLETE AND FINAL
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. H. The
Federsl prohibition amradasat was
defeated by' Ohio voters hy a wot
majority of 1(42, according to final
official fifsres sanannced Iste today
by the Secretary of State The I.7S
beer proposal waa defeated by a dry
majority of i,7, tho proposal to
repeal State prohibition was aefssted
by a dry majority of 1,S4 aad tho
Crahbe Stats prohibition enforce
ment set by s wet majority sf 1,S38.
The classification taa ameadmsnt
was defeated by 7741 majority.
MAY TAKE MARTIN S
PLACE AS LEADER
Simmons Entitled To It But
Whether He Will Take It
Is Debatable
OVERMAN MOVES UP IN
APPROPRIATIONS SEAT
If Simmons Thinks His Health
Warrants Taking On Re
sponsibilities and Activities
of Leadership, He and Over
man Will Overshadow Oth
ers Among Democrats .
News snd Observer lUirrtu.
rVKI District National Hank Bldg.
By R. E. POWELL.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Nov. 12,-The
death today of Senator Thomas S. Mar
tin, of Virginia,' opens the door for the
elevation to the important post of
minority leader of Senator Furnifold
McLendon Bimmona arid promotes Sen
ator Lee S. Overmen to ranking Dem
ocrat on the Senate appropriations com
mittee. About the only thing' that will keep
Senator Simmons from becoming minor
ity leader is his own inclination in
the mstter. By precedent and by
seniority he is entitled to it but there
is much doubt, on account of the tax
it would impose on his health, whether
he desires the place or not.
Should he feel inclined to accept the
manifold responsibilities that attach to
the leadership of the Democrats ,wlth
a Democratic President and a hostile
majority, North Carolina would claim
the two most Important posts held by
Democrats with the prospect of her two
Senators becoming the foremost? mem
bers of, ths Senste under Dcmocratie
control.
In point of seniority, Senslor Sim
mens ranks next to Senator Culherson,
of Texas, who would nominally be the
first eligible lor the minority leader
ship. Of late yssrs, however, Senator
Culberson hss been so incapacitated as
to eliminate htm from consideration.
Nest to Senator Culberson comes
North Carolina s junior Senator, Sen
ator Overman, who will automatically
become ranking .Democrat on the appro
priatinns committee with the chairman
ship looming up at the next national
legislative victory for the Democrats.
As to Hitchcock.
The ill health of Senator Martin pre-
vcnieq nis sasuming the leadership in
the treaty fight and reaulted in the
delegation of this task to Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who was the
ranking Democrat on, the Foreign Rela
tions committee. In the discharge of
this task Senator Hitchcock hasn't been
pleasing to tbe entire Democratic major
ity and this sttitude on the cart of
some Senators is calculated to displsce
him ss a contestant for the full leader
ship to succeed Senator Martin.
How It Works.
There are precedents in both parties
for the choice of the ranking Democrat
on tho finance committee, which post
Senator 8immons now holds, as minority
leader. When Senator German was
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NEWS PRINT SHORTAGE
CAUSES SOME WORRYING
Publishers Advocate Increases
In Subscription and Adver
tising Sates
Jcw ork, Nov. 12 Material in
creases in advertising and subscription
rates, limitation of the size of news
papers and provision in. advertising
contracts whereby rates ean be sdjusted
monthly or qusrterly were among the
recommendations made today by a
special convention of tho Amerieaa
Newspaper Publishers' A ociation.called
to consider the newsprint shortage.
The report of the resolutions com
mittee adopted unanimously says;
"Paper manufacturers have told ns
that there is a world-wide shortage of
paper. At the present fate of consump
tion the newspapers are using about 10
per rent more paper thaa is being pro
duced. This means aa annual shortage
on the present basis of approximately
200,000 tons. Tour committee, therefore,
recommends:
"That -the regulations of ths War In
dustries Board for the conservation of
newsprint be strictly adhered to, and
that the full text of all these regula
tions be sent to all tbe daily and Sun
day newspapers of the United States
whether or not they are members of
thn American Newspaper Publishers'
Association.
"That publishers everywhere be urged
to materially increase advertising and
subscription rates and at the sams time
limit the size ef their issues.-
"That no newspaper enter into year
ly contract for advertising at a fixed
rats, but make rates adjustable monthly
or ouarterly. ' t . ,
"That the Amerieaa Newspaper Pub
lishers' Association send out a standard
form ef adjustable contract for adver
tising; ' '
' "That the paper committee strongly
discourage the hoarding of print paper.
STATE BAPTISTS
ESS PAGEANT
After Effective Spectacle In
City Auditorium Conven
tion Adjourns
NO PLACE SELECTED ' .
FOR NEXT SESSION
Morning Honrs of Convention
Devoted To Laymen's Views
On The 76 Million Campaign
While Routine Bnsineii oV
Various Sorts Fill Up The
Time Until Night
In prayer and pageant, the Nortb!
Carolina Baptists last night redsdleated
themselves to the 75 Million esmpsign,
and, warming to the task of--"Vic
Week" adjourned the biggest and, ia
many respects, the most important ef
all Baptist. State Conventions. .
Tho visualization of the outstanding
call of ths Vorld's needs to the Bap
tist denomination earns at the adjourn
ing hour, after the morning had been
spent in ths earnest appeal of besi
aese msa - fe ths campaign, sad tho
night ia prayer and song for ths cam
paign and its purposes. Meredith
College students with powsrful effect '
told ia a series of tableaux with musi
cal accompaniment the story now being
carried over the South in tons of liter
ature from Southern Baptist and State
campaign headquarters. It wss a series
of pictures that covered the earth ia
scope and let the convention peep into
the mission work of foreign lands, and
then haaten through the fields of Home
Mission, Christian Education, Aged '
Ministers Belle', Hospitals, Orphanages
and State Missions.
No Place ef Meeting.
No place of meeting has been se
lected for the nsxt convention. But
the committee on place and preacher
yestordsy recommended thst this be
left to a committee of officers of the
convention. Rev. W. F. Powell, erf
Asheville, was recommended by the com
mittee as convention preacher and Rev.
A. E. Brown fit Asheville, as alternate.
Both were elected.
The attitude of the' North! Carolina
Bsptists was expressed in considerable
merriment yesterday afternoon whea'
the convention adopted a resolution
presented by Rev. R. J. Taylor, of .War
ronton reading thus:
"It is the sense of this convention
that Baptist churches should esy to the
Interchurrh World Movement, la the
words of Nehemiah, 'We are doing a
great work and can't coma down.'"
The convention, likewise, showed its
sttitude on ths law enforcement qaes-
tion when it directed thst a letter,
framed by Mr. J. W. Bailey, and en- ,
dorsed by Mr. R. F. Bessley. be tent to)
Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner of la
ternal Revenue, calling for "iastaat.
vigorous, comprehensive national" meas
ures and ssserting thst the liquor traffic
is engaged in a movement to defy the '
constitution of the United Ststss aad
the will p the people, .
Earlier in the day. Rev, J. A. Beam
had presented a resolution asserting
the responsibility of Baptists for the
conduct of the State, pledging the Bap
tiats to lift the stigma of illiteracy from
North Carolina, to make every publie '
school in North Csrolina "a training sta
tion for ths masters service and to
blot out blockading of whiskey.
JJr. k. T. vsnn and others opposed the
measure alleging that it would be aa
derstood as a movement oa the part of
Baptists to interfere with the nublia
school system and beeause the one '
resolution contained too mueh. the
paper went to the table. At the after "
nooa session, it wss recalled and after
being redrafted by the maker, weak
through pledging the assistance ef the
Baptists to the publloschools, to the
obliteration of illiteracy ,and to eo
operation for the elimination of the
whiskey evil.
May Bay Oxford Collage.
By action of the convention Tester.
day, the Board o Edueatioa will this
year take under consideration ths pur
chase of ths Oxford College. The eel
lege, while generally considered a Bap
tist institution, is not a child of the
State Convention and does net eosae '
within its objects. Eseh session ef the
convention, endorses the work ef the
institution and the 1910 gathering was "
no exception.
The resolution came to the body' by
way of Rev. C. A. Unchurch, Oxford,
looking toward the purchasing of the
college as a denominational school. Tbe
resolution as framed brought opposi
tion and it was referred to the Boards
of Education for consideration.
The institution was founded seventv
years ago and Dr. F. P. Hobgood hss hsd
enarge or it for 40 years. Now the
Flat River Association wants ths In.
stitution permsnized as a Baptist college "
ana is anxious to use part of it s sp- 1
propriatioa to the Baptist 75 Million
campaign to purchase the school. ..
Baslnesa Men Talk. ,
After they left the morning service
of straight talking on the 75 million
campaign participated la by leading
laymen of the denomination, the eon
vention moved along ia routine shspe
ustil the final session in the city audi
torium. But the Baptists are taking
heart for the Campaign as a result of
that morning outpouring of faith in the
movement- .',.... ' ; i. .
Mr. Gilbert . Stephenson presided.
Likening ths moment in the esmpsign ,
to the aero hour on the front ia Franee,
Mr. Stephenson called oa the business
msa of the convention to lay bare their
hearts oa the subject of the eampatg i.
Just like , the soldier on the eve of
the onslaught put down ea paper ia
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WIN
ON BIG CAMPAIGN