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VOL. CX. NO. 165.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. G, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
DANIELS FINISHES
SPEAKING TOUR IN
HOEY'S BEHALF
Secretary of t,avy Calls On
Mecklenburg To Snow More
head Under Once For All
' BOLDLY ATTACKS RECORD
OF. REPUBLICAN PARTY
Reviewi Magnificent Record of
' Democrats In Peace and
War Before An Audience of
Two Thousand In Charlotte ;
- . .Calls On Mecklenburg To Be
' :True To Her Traditions '" "
By R. E. POWELL.
"j3talT fOTrrwpoiiJ.nl.)
Charlotte, Dee. 11. Secretary Dnn
icb concluded his jpcuking campaign
in Ilia Ninth District in Clyde Hoey's
iuterest tonight when lie addressed a
crowd of approximately two thousand
1 eo pie at the Charlotte auditorium.
Ninety per eent of the audience was
composed of eligible voters in MccLlen
burg eoufity. w
Morclicad's residence here anj hit
much-talked about personal popularity,
which lis campaign niauagcrs are
counting on netting . him a thousand
vales, didn't fcase the Secretary1! at-
tack upon tin public rceora nor wm
,iier with any mercy hi appeal to the
Mecklenburg electorate to rebuke the
principles, Morehead's party stands
for, on next Tuesday.
Once tonight Mr. Daniels characterised
Worcliepd as Hie "huckleberry ily-by-jiight"
candidate and urged his hearers
to vote sgaiust the. man who, were he
to follow his record in Congress be
fore, would tak orders from the Pen-rose-CannoH'Cran
crowd that ran the
rottenet Congress ever assembled at
the nation's capital.
The Republican Record.
"With a record of eussiug and nega
tion and playing polities," the Hecretnry
said, Republican leaders in Washington
nro boasting that they will sccur ea-
durreuiont from North Carolina by
flection another Republican Coa
irressmnn to lis and cue and do noth
ing. They think th Republican candi
date 4u the Ninth ean fool and .hood
wink, the,, voters of Mecklenburg and
jieruilt him to slip Into Congress They
know notiiing of the spirit of Mecklen
burg.'' ' , , ' .
Arriving here this morning from
Hickory, whore he addressed a tumul
tuous audieneo last night, tkj fecretary
went to the Southern Manufacturers
Club, where he was entertained t
lu!ieti by the local Kiwanis Club. In a
brief luncheon address he scored t!m
Bolshevists.
. I ...I.t. 1. .... n ana, .itl.
nnd snusoge, presented him by friends
4-Gutawb county thia-Jnorjiuig,, JHu
Daniels left on a late train for Wash
ington tonight. Hs expressed hiniseif
as fhoroughly delighted with his visit
to the district and entirely confident
that the Ninth district would eloct Hoey
next Tuesday by a handsome majority.
Secretary Daniels in bis .Charlotte
speech tonight spoke in port as follows:
"The people are tired of 'cussing and
- being cussed,' said a distinguished
statesman in Washington a few days
ago upon his return from a tour of
Western States, and he said that was
the -reason for his unclouded faith that
' the Democrats would elect ' the next
President. - The American people of all
creeds and parties were united in fight
ing and making contributions to win the
war. The only discordant note heard
was from extreme partisans who croaked
in the early days, predicted that our
navy would prove inefficient, that we
eould not raise a victorious army, and
if we eould, we. would not transport the
srmy aeross the seas. When, under the
magnificent leadership of President Wil
son all their prophecies of evil veers dis
proved by the army and navy, the bulk
of Americans of both parties rejoiced
" and apologized for their lack of faith
' and their criticisms which the erucial
v test proved to be undeserved.
"The Secretary of War, an able and
efficient official, measured np to the on.
precedented needs of the call upon
him and the Secretary of the Navy has
never had. to explain or apologize for
the naval organization and the naval
efficiency which has won the commenda
tion of the .whole world. Small parti
sanship shriveled in the face of uni
s venal rejoicing that American men had
delivered the decisive blow which ended
k the jeopardy of autocratic rule. ,Only
, men who were green with jealousy be.
cause the leaders of the Democratic
' party, entrusted with a responsibility
larger than ever before rested upon
American officials, sought to minimise
America's incalculable contribution to
the allied victory. Some of those email
party men actually even in war so de
meaned themselves as to justify the
belief thst they begrudged American
triumph Dccauee U came unaer leader
ship they had proclaimed incompetent
II M H. "U I'V - - ' m
the war, had any feeling for these small
sou led partisans'exeept regret that they
hod political jaundice beyond the skill
; of physicians. - ' ; i
"In the early months of the war noth
ing pleased them. They tried to per
suatle the people that the war was not
going well, that the wrong generals and
admirals were chosen for Important
tasks, but, as on land and sea, Amer
icon efficiency demonstrated itself and
it dawned upon their minds that to
criticize the conduct of the war was to
briag down upon their heads the male
dictions of the soldiers and their rel
ative, those party-mad critics turned
their pins upon the war-making de
pirlments at . home. They were not
.' furnishing supplies to the men in the
tienchts, they were delaying and debat-
(Contlaacd on Pag Sixteen) -
WORK RESUMED IN COAL
. MINES IN SOME STATES
Chicago, UK, Dec 11- Work was
resumed tdy la the mint la aev
oral States aa a reaalt of the aettle
saat yesterday la Indianapolis of
the strike of bltnmlnens coat min
ers, bat little relaxation In feel re
strictions followed. Plana for a re
tarn to normal af the sa ager
train schedule wore nader eon
slderatioa tonight.
i Retail stores throaghoat th coca
try were made free to keep their
store opca three additional hoars
oa Saturday nights aatll Christ
mas to take car of holiday shop-
There were indications that with
geaersl resumptloa f mining by
Monday aome lessening of regal
tloits might h expected next week.
P. 8. Eestls. director f weetera
passenger traffic, said plana were
being made for a return to normal
traffic although no Indication of
when cancelled trains would he re
tarded to schedule was glvfa.
Nearly every where, except la
Kansas-. and V Washington, miners '
were preparing to retara fa work at "
once. In Kansas preparation were
stopped by a telegram front Alex
ander Howat, district president ef.
thJuUner' Union. who saked his
arrival tomorrow be awaited. ""In"
Washington anion leaders of two
mining fields ssked for a State con.
vention in Seattle Saturday to act
aa the atrike settlement. Veins
teer miners still were working today
ia Kansas, Oklsboma aad Montana.
F
Administrator Differs On Prin
ciple With Coal Strike Set
tlement Basis
THINKS BURDEN FALLS ON
THE PUBLIC EVENTUALLY
President May Refuse To Ac
cept Resignation of Fuel Ad.
minis trator; Only One Slight
Modification Made tin Fuel
Restrictions During Day;
Operators Waiting
. Washington, Deo. II. (By The Asso
ciated Prse.)-Xnl AdmrsMxato Gsa-
field's resignation was tonight in the
hands' of . President Wilson, given be
came he disagrees on principle with
ths coal strike settlement proposal ar
ranged by the government and the
mine workers' union.
Dr. Garfield hiniseif refused tonight
to confirm, deny or discuss the report,
but at the White House it wad said that
a personal letter from him had been
transmitted to the President late this
afternoon. Men close to the Fuel Ad-Tntoiitratotuapwtand--thaT"it
Ko.
that the work of the commission au
thorized under the settlement to be
msde up ef one coal m:ne operator,
eoal miner and a third person named
to represent the public, will result In
an Increase in the price of eoal to the
consuming public. Against this form
of a settlement, Dr. Garfield has been
unalterably opposed. It hss been
learned oa good authority that he took
no port in the negotiation with the
mine workers union ehiefs during the
lsst week, and that, though informed
and consulted after their initiation,
the terms laid ut as finally accepted
contravene his conception of th main
prineiple involved.
It was recalled in connection with the
resignation that, in mggesting a 14 per
eent increase as fair for th miners and
possible to be paid from present profits
of mine owners, Dr. Garfield suggested
a commission representative ef the in
dustry to review the findings, but ex
pressed the eor.viction that such a body
should not have power to fix prices.
Hi belief is said to be' that with this
power granted, a combination of the
employer and employe in the industry
to mulct th public by price raises is
certain to result. . '
. Whether the President will accept the
resignation is not known. Members of
th Cabinet, however, are known to be
supporting th settlement program as
put through by Attorney General. Pal
mer. President Wilson today sent
telegram of congratulation to Acting
President John I Lewis, of the mine
workers at the action taken at Indian
apolis. ; V
. . Coal jaiina operators authorized to
represent practically the entire indus
try were still ia Washington' tonight
awaiting an official notification of th
settlement basis. There waa consider
able doub individually and difference
of opinion, but bo meeting were held
to formulate definite decisions of pol
icy, and non would be, it wss said,
until the government call came. Alt
were Interested in hesring from homo
as to th action of th miners local
upon th naion order calling off th
strike, but received little information.
Only one minor change ia eoal saving
orders cam today from th railroad ad
ministration, allowing retail stores to
remain open nine instead of six hoar
on Satnrdny. Th six hour schedule
will be maintained on other days. Well
informed officials hold th opinion thst
many of ths restrictions now ordered
will have to remain effective until about
January 20, even should th miners go
back at cue iu a body. -
The war finance ' corporation " wn
called Into a discussion today of meth
ods of financing mines whose product
is not promptly paid for ander exist
ing systems of distribution and which
msy not be ahl to continue operation
without aid. Plan for granting relief
were considered.
A ELD
RESIGNS
ROM FUEL BUREAU
BILL
E
BEFORE
Senate Leaders Abandon Hope
of Securing Legislation On
Roads By January
STRONG OPPOSITION TO
CUMMINS BILL DEVELOPS
Senator Underwood Demands
Immediate Action While Sen.
ator Lafollette Continues
Long Winded Attack On It;
Two - Hour Wrngle Over
- Taking TJji Sugar JBffl
Washington, Dee. II. Hop of en
acting railroad legislation by January
4,-.4kd4.-owhkh--Pridet Wilson
has announced the roads would be
turned back to private control, virtually
was abandoned by Senat leaders.
Strong and unexpected opposition de
veloped during consideration of th
Cummins bill, designed to meet con
ditions with the end of government
control and it was by a slim and nar
row margin that its advocates defeated
a motion to set it aside and take up the
sugar eontrol measures. '
Id view of the short time remaining
before th Christmas recess and the
fact that the Cummin bill, if passed,
must bo sent to conference with the
Esch bill, recently passed by the House,
Republican and Democratic Senators
predicted that it would not be humanly
possible to frame a law by the end of
the month, even if Congress continues
steadily at work.
The day's upturn was keenly disap
pointing to friends of the Cummins bill
which would have been passed Monday,
with less than a score of Senators vot
ing, except for a demand by Senator Ia
Follette, Bepublican, of Wisconsin, lor
a quorum. (
Demands Immediate Action
During th course of aa address to
day; in which he made a sharp demand
tot immediate action, Senator Under
wood, Democrat, of Alabama, took no
tice of widely circulated rumors that the
President would not return th roads
tor Underwood frankly anaounecd that
Jie did not know what tresweni wiieon
inteatfcd to oX"' Taking vp forth time
being, the minority leadership Senator
Underwood fought off attempt to side
track th railway bill and defended It
against attacks qy members of his own
party. While he did not! approve all
ef it provisions, th Alabama 8enatot
declared it protected the financial in
terests of the roads and did lot unduly
burden the public
The principal attack on the bill was
mode by Senator LaFollctte who already
had spoken two full days, and who hss
not yet approached the cad of his long
address. After he had been steadily
assailing the measure for two hours,
HenntnT JsiFn1.! temporarily yielded
the floor to Senator "McKellltrr "
erat, of Tennessee, who was proceeding
to demand elimination of eertain. pro
visions, characterized as "Bolshevistic,
when he halted suddenly and announced
that he did not intend to speak to empty
benches.
Senate Ceta Into Snarl.
In the long snnrl ia which the Senate
found itself while trying to decide in
the course of a two hour fight whether
to eontinu with th railroad or take
up the sugar bill, th lack of interest
in pending railroad legislation waa bit
terly attacked from both sides of ths
chamber. Almost an hour wo lost to
day in quorum eslls which Senator
Smoot, Bepublican. of Utah, denounced
as inexcusable wittrarvitally important
question before Congress. But in the
two hour wrangle not on th sugar
bill itself, but tne question i suma
it up Republicans and Democrats had
on their fighting clothes, with the dis
euision running far afield.
Tkar. mrmm . MlffffMtloB from a BUm-
ber of Senators afyer adjournment to
night that it might te necessary u ueier
Ik. rkrl.tmn. MnuL It alia WSS SUS
gested that ths Senate endeavor to ob
tain from the president a statement aa
to his plans for th turning back of
th roads, in view of his silence on this
question since his messsge to th ex
traordinary session f- Congress lsst
nay. Soma Senntor thought that if
the President contemplated any brief
delay it would help in the framing of
legislation and obviate the risk of un
wise provisions through hasty action
now in ths light of strong opposition
to th Cummins bill.
SENATE DELAYS ACTION -
ON SUGAR CONTROL BILL
- Washington, Dee. '11. Another effort
to hasten Senate action on the bill eon.
tinuing Federal control of sugar next
year failed today, the Senate defeating
a motion to lay aside ths railroad bill
temporarily. Senator McXvy announc
ed that he would try to call up his meas
ure tomorrow. . .
There was no partisan alignment oa
the vote of 27 to Si by which Senator
McNary's motion was defeated. Advo
cate of sugar legislation conceded Im
portance of ths railroad bill but con
tended that Immediate action was neces
sary to relieve the sugar shortage.
Senator McNary declared the bill eould
be passed ia two hoars, but disposition
of his motion led to debet oa many
subjects extending over more than that
period. . . ' ' r i H :
Fourteen Republicans and ' thirteen
Democrats" supported Mr. McNary la
seeking immediate consideration of the
sugar bill, while sixteen Democrats sad
sixteen Bepabllcans voted to hold th
railroad bill before the Senate. The
latrr included Bepublican Leader
Lodge, Chairman Cummins and' mem
bers of the'Isterstato Commerce Com
mittee, and Senator Hitchcock, Demo
cratic administration leader.
RAILROAD
mm
NEW YEAR
BEGINS
UNION OF FARMERS
E EVENLY ON
REVALUATION ACT
Guilford County Man Named
President of State Union By
Close Voting
TIE PREVENTED WHEN
JONES FAILED TO VOTE
Dr. H. Q. Alexander. Positively
- Refuses To Run Any More
' But Gets Revaluation Oppo
sition Resolution Through By
Narrowest of Margins, Says
Report - .
Greensboro, Dee. II Had Paul Jones,
Edgecombe farmer,, voted for himself
HT"iHTar'mr
sfternoon the vote between him and
B. W. H. Stone; of ' Guilford eouaty,
for th presidency of the union, would
have been a tie and Retiring President
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, would hav had
the privilege of casting the deriding
vote for Mr. Stone.
A it was, Jones was defeated by
Stone, the vote being 87 to M. Jones
was strong for the revsluation act and
Stone is very mneh opposed to it. Th
balloting resulted in a surprise to the
Alexander faction. Members of that
aids believed that th convention wag
overwhelming with them. Dr. J. M.
TempUtpa, vice-president and B. C.
Fairea, seeretary-treasurer, were re
elected without opposition. Dr. Alex
aader positively declined' re-election as
president.
New President Democrat,
Th new president is a Democrat, but
ia strongly opposed to the revaluation
act. Hs hs boon very active ia tir
ring ap opposition to it ia this county
aad ia ths State Farmers Unioa Con
vention. Practically all of th eonvea
tioa ha been given over to considera
tion of this natter. Th formal raao
lutions against- th net wen adopted
thi morning, bnt are in-th hand of
a pre eemaittoa-nao this-afternoon
aid they wr ask ready f of publica
tion. - -.
The langutg la which they ar couch.
d is not Important, however, for It
il known that they ar Alexanderccqu
aad are as inflamatory la character as
it is possible to make them. All ses
sions of convention ar secret. Pass
word and grips are taken up and news
paper mea are especially obnoxioua to
Alexander and Smith. What newspaper
mea get from the convention must come
second hand.
Aa effort was mads to create th Im
pression that resolutions sgainst re
valuation passed by a big majoriy, but
it is inspected that the vote followed
closetf that fiir-presfdent,- It- U- alaa 1
understood tbst John A. smith a am
bition to have The Co-operator, a news
paper recently established by hint at
High Point, made the official organ of
the Unioa received a severe blow and
the propositioa was overwhelmingly re
jected. This was the reason that the
paper is believed to have been started
ia the interest of the Republican party
and that Smith intend to use it for
political purposes. His proposition
would virtually mean to tax members
of th Union to support his paper.
Division On Revaluation. -Mr.
Jonea had not been understood to
be a candidate for president. The vote
for him is both a compliment to his
pcrsonsl popularity and a sign of divi
sion of delegates upon revaluation of
property for taxation. It is said be
may be a candidate for State Senator
from Edgecombe next year. .
CAROLINA SHIPYARD WILL
CONTINUE AT WILMINGTON
New Lork, Dee. 11. Officers of the
George A. Fuller Company annoanced
tonight that the plaat at Wilmington,
N. C, which was built under sn ageney
contract with th Emergency Fleet Cor
poration for the eonatruetlos of twelve
0,500-ton steel ships for ths government,
would be operated by their company
as a private shipbuilding ronrera after
their government contract had beea
completed. -
No details in regard to ths deal with
th Emergency Fleet Corporation were
made pnblie. The yard was built at
aa estimated cost bf $.1,000,000 aad the
total contract with th government
amounted to $20,514,000. The Carolina
Shipbuilding Corporation was organised
in March, 1918, to handle the contract.
Paul M. Starrett is president of ths
Fuller Company.
Western Unioa Msa Prenwted.
Richmond, Va, Dec.--11. Effective
January 1st, William G. Sale, district
commercial superintendent of th West,
era Uaion Telegraph Company , with
Richmond aa headquarter for Virginia,
become district superintendent for
North Car Una aad South Carolina- Mr.
Sal earn ber ia 1B10 from Wilming
ton, N. C as city manager ,fter serv
ing the company there ia a similar ca
pacity for som years.
ILLINOIS MINERS' UNION t
REPUDIATES THI AGREEMENT
Peoria, III, Dec, 11. Miners of
Peoria, sub-district No. 2, repudia
ted the Indianapolis agreement for
settling th nation-wide strik of
miners at a meeting, held tonight,
tecording to a statement made by
W. E. Sherwood, member of the Illi
nois Stats Board of United Mine
Workers of America. Eight thou
sand msa ar affected.
Di
URGE COAL MINERS
T DELAY TO
TO
International Officials Prepare
Appeal To Be Sent 4.000
Local Unions
SUPPLEMENTS PREVIOUS
INSTRUCTIONS SENT OUT
Government Continues Probe
Into Alleged Violation of
Lever Act and Sherman
Anti-Trust Laws But Will
Drop Contempt Charges
Against 8 4 Union Le aders
Indianapolis, Ind., Dee. 11. Members
of ths United Mine Workers of
America VNT Urgedtw-rettten-4rh
with th least possible delay in order
that th puhlie needs for coal may
be promptly met in a circular prepared
by the International officials of the or
ganisation this afternoon and which
will be sent to the 4,000 local unions as
soon as It ean b printed.
Th circular was issued to supplement
instructions sent out last night by wire
and contains an explanation of the ac
tion of the general committee in voting
to accept the President's proposal for
settlement of the strike.
Acting on ths directions contained
in the telegram of last night, many
miners reported for work todsy and in
dication were that practically all mines
which hav been idle sines the walkout
on October 81, will resume operations
tomorrow. Report from several mines
told of hoisting of eoal as early aa noon
today aad operator her stated thst
eoal will be moving rapidly by noon
Monday.
Contlaa With Probo .
Attorney GenrT Palmer, who came
to Indianapolis following his conference
with miners' salon heads ia Washington
Saturday night, left today for French
lick Springs, Ind., and tomorrow will
Icst there for Washington.
It was stated today that th govern
ment intended te proceed with, taa grand
iurv inwwtiraUon of charge of viola
tion of tbo Lev sr Aetaad antitrust laws
through conspiracy to limit th pro
duction of coal, Thee charge involve
both' miners and operators. On th
other hand, it wa iadieatcd that charges
of contempt made against 84 officials of
the mine workers for alleged violation
ef th Federal Court Injunction against
.the strike, probably would b dropped.
Acting President John Lv , Lewis, of
th United Mine Workor, left for
Washington this evening to attend a
conference of National and Interna
tional onion heada called by Samuel
Gomper, president of th American
Federation of labor. Prior to his de
parture, be received a messag from
President Wilson fflmiucuding tkejnlflr
WTHOU
RETURN
1NES
era1 officiala for their action ye8urdc,T7tep'f
and replied in a telegram which car
ried assurance of further co-operation
of tha miners in cfl-ts to reach a set
tlement, satisfactory to all aide.
Circular Review Negotiations.
In their circular today tha miners'
officials review the incidents leading up
to the calling of the general conference
here Tuesday and quota the memoran
dum drawn up and agreed to between
them and Attorney General Palmer as
a basis for settlement. The difference
between the plsa accepted and that
proposed by Fuel Administrator H. A.
Garfield, wss pointed out. Th Garfield
plan, it is declared, closed th door of
nop for any increase in wages beyond
14 per cent and eliminated other fca
turea considered of vital Importance to
the coal workers.
Th circular than seta forth that the
"stubborn fact with which we wer
confronted," wer presented to the gen
eral committee and that after moat
thoughtful and thorough consideration
it wa decided to accept the President's
proposal to return to work under the
14 per cent wage advance pending final
settlement by a commission...
Th miner are asked to trust their
chosen representatives and "to wait pa
tiently the vindication of their judg
ment and action, which it ia predicted
will Ultimately come.
Th atatement points out that all the
circumstances of the official action and
ths reason for it cannot b explained
la a circular, and that for thi reason
general convention of the organisation
will bo called shortly after full resump
tion of work. Th Officials' express confi
dence that wHfn UuLCOurs adopted is
explained at the convention universal
approval will h given by th repre
sentatives of ths 4,000 locals.' ,
FORMER MORGANTON LAWYER
KILLED BT STREET CAR.
Charlotte, Dee. 11. William 8. Pear
son, of Morganton and Charlotts, wn
struck by a street csr this evening at 7
s'elock on the Chsdwick Hoakins Line
snd killed. , He was walking on the
track ia a eut and the motormsn did
not see him in time to atop th esr.
Mr. Pearson wss a astir of Morgan
ton, aad a member of a prominent
family. He wss a lawyer of note there.
For many' years 'and later wrote for
the Morganton paper, the New Herald.
Ha was popular and a leading factor In
the tow for years.
New Steamship Line.
Baltimore, Md, Dec. 11 Announce
ment of the establishment of a teamshlp
line between Norfolk, and Havana,' the
first boat to 'ear . Norfolk tomorrow
was mad by the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company here today. It
Is expected that a wteamer will tail from
Norfolk for th Cubs port every ten
day. . . 'v
MONETARY TOLL OF
FLOODS RUNS INTO
MILLIONS ALREADY
ELECT SILL HEAD
OF
First District Congressman
President of Rivers and Har
bors Congress
CONGRESSMAN BRINSON
RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
Presents Appeal ?To Railroad
Administration To Give Pre
ferred 'Treatment To Fertil
Iser Materiair Congressmen
Robinson and Oodwin Dis
miss Camp Bragg
Tbe News snd Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bldg.
By FRANK W. LEWIS.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 11. Representative
8. M.. Briason, of the Third Congres
sional District, has returned from a trip
to New Bern and Savannah, Ga. At
the former place he delivered the
memorial address of the Elks Sunday,
and then went to Savannah where he
attended the Commercial Congress and
spoke before that body.
Mr. Brlnson brought back wfth him
resolutions passed by the Council of
Governors, aigned by Gov. T. W.
Bickett, of North Carolina: Gov. A. H.
Roberts, of Tennessee; Gov. Hurh. M.
Dorsey, 'o Georgia, and . Gov. H. A.
Cooper, ef South Carolina, which urged
that all raw material essential to the
manufacture of fertilizer be accorded
preferred treatment by the United
States Railroad Administration in th
distribution of empty ears, and that
such material le eliminated from any
embargoes that may be placed by the
Railroad Administration.
Present Appeal to Hiae.
Mr. Brinson, wn wa accompanied
br Senator Simmon and Bepresenta
tive Holland, ef Virginia presented this
appeal t Dirtormaoral Hines. He
a Urn nreseatcd a stronsr statement for
th need of this consideration at ths
hands of th Railroad Administration
which was prepared by James H. Pou,
of Raleigh. , This letter was addressed
to Governor Biekett and he turned it
over to Mr. Brlnson-as strongly express
ing the needs snd demands of those de
pendent on fertilizer.
Fertiliser will, it is admitted, increase
the production of the necessaries or uie
aaid Mr. Brlnson and when more of
these things are produced it is conceded
that they will be cheaper to the con
sumer. Therefore, it la contended that
the relief thus sought would tend to
reduce the high cost of living.
Clears Up Hospital Matter.
today by 8nrgeon-Oeneral Ireland, of
th armv. that he ha formulated in
strnctions in regard to order No. 343,
recently issued by the general staff,
effecting the discharge of patients in
military hospitals, which instructions
ho thinks, will be approved by the chief
of staff. These instructions will pro
vide that the commanding officer a,t
these hospitals will not recommend dis
charge of individuals, who have had
twelve month treatment, where tlyir
cases are active snd they sre making
satisfactory prog-ess and in tbe opinion
of th commanding officer may, within
a reasonable length of time, be expected
t') recover, but their treatment will be
continued snd their military status re
main tbe same.
Senator Overman has prepared reso
lution he intends to introduce in the
Senat tbe first opportunity offered,
which he hopes will be effective in
meeting the requirement of tbe situa
tion. This resolution is as follows i
"Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Senate that the Secretory of War so
modify Circular No. 34S as to prohibit
the discharge of any disabled soldier
patient in a government hospital, ex
cept upon his own request, before he
has received the maximum improve
ment in the opinion of the officers in
charge of said hospital."
. Smsll Nsmed President.
Aa predicted in these dispatches,
Representstiv John H. Smdll, of the
First District, wa today elected presi
dent of the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress, which has been holding
in Washington its fifteenth annual con
vention. 1
The honor is regarded as a merited
one by those who have watched the
operations of the Congress, for Mr.
Small has been a potent factor in ad
vancing the general Improvement ad
vocated by ths organization in water
ways development and expansion of
transportation by this mean.' He is
looked upon as one of the foremost
champions of the great cause of water
ways improvement, nnd his associate
in th matter say that the right man
for the place hat been chosen.
Ths manner in which he was selected
was a distinct compliment to him, for
the office sought him, aa he did not seek
the office. He was importuned by num
erous delegates to become the heid of
th organization, and when he con
sented hs wss elected without opposi
tion. The nominsting committee voted
for him unanimously, aad when his
nam wa presented to tha Congress
th nomination wss seconded by More
of men. ,
. . New Rating oa FaeL
An important rating has been made
by tbe United States Fuel Administra
tion on the order relating to th nae
of eoal by manufacturer and other
enterprise that hav been curtailing
th us of coal. Th interpretation of
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NATIONAL
BODY
High Waters That Flooded Low !
Lying Sections of Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia
Receding Now
REMARKABLE SMALL LOSS
OF LIFE IN STRICKEN
AREA BUT MANY HOMELESS
Railroad Communication Paral
ysed In Lower Mississippi
and Alabama Water Supply
In Montgomery Rendered
Useless . For Drinking Pur
poses; ucore oz unages
Washed Out Around Atlanta ;
Only BoatsJJanJBe Used Tot
Transportation WVfiR
Point, Ga.; Columbus With
out Car Service
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 11. High waters
that have flooded low lying section of
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, gen
erally were beginning to recede tonight
but Montgomery, Ala, and Macon, Ga.,
appeared ta be just feeling the effect ef
the flood.
Property loss in Injuries to industrial
plants and in their enforced shotting
down, as i ell aa damage to buildings,
losa of livestock and extensive damage
to bridges and trestle has made tha
monetary toll of the floods ran into the
millions.
Loss of human life, however, ha beea
remarkably small. Probably not more
than a dozen lives have been tost and
theee in accident' or- through reue
effort in th thre States. A thousand
or more negroes ar homeless, however,
around Hattiesburg and Meridian, Miss.
- Railroads Ar Paralysed.
Railroad communication generally was -paralysed
ia the lower portions of Mis
sissippi and Alabama and in Montgom.
cry all train were temporarily annulled
except those eoming from the South
over the Louisville aad Nashville' sad
those entering over th Central of Geor
gia and the Atlantic Coast Lin. Th
railroad tracks wer covered by water
near the depot knd th Central estab
lished a temporary (tatioa thro miles
away. Hundred of head ef livestock
were thought to have perished arouad
Montgomery and to th south, aad num
bers of persons wer reported marooned
on high ground. The water supply ia
Montgomery was rendered useless for
drinking purposes by the artesian wells
being Hooded and Mayor Gunter cau
tioned residents to boil th reservoir
water that was being pumped through
the mains before drinking it.
The water supply of Macon was
threatened for a time today whea the
Ocmulgee rose to 24.9 feet snd over
flowed Central City park. Much damage
wasjsfle. iSLe!Lt!9L City .Prk wher
I ho State Fair is hold annually and th ""
city hot houses were flooded. Many
small negro houses were washed away or
overwhelmed, but it was said no indus
tries were reached by tbe high water.
The river waters rushed in the park
whoa the levee broke -shortly after noon.
Private levees were built during the
morning to save industrial plants.
Maay Bridge Washed Away.
Tha rain swollen Chattahoochee river
that caused tbe loss of a seors of bridges ,
around Atlanta, one a concrete strue
turu, just eomploted at a cost of $100,
000, snd that inundated parts of West
Point and Columbus, Us-, was eending
its erest into the gulf tonight.
Reports from West Point wsr thst
if the waters continued to fall buggies
could take the place of boat there to
morrow and a real estimate of loss
could tie made. Communication was .
re-established today between th two
sections of the city divided by th river )
snd army engineers arrived front Camp
Gordon to look into th possibilities ef
throwing a pontoon bridge across th
stresm to tak the place of the bridge
washed away. Loss at West Point prob.
ably ran into 11,000,000 or more. Food
and water supplies, with the aid of ths
Red Cross and people from neighboring
towns was in good shape today although
the business life of tbe town wss at
a standstill and will be for possibly a
week. .;
Columbus etill was without street
ear service and the score of large tex
tile and other planta in th Columbus
section were shut down for lack of
power. Loss ia the Columbus section
was estimated today at 75O,0OO.
r
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR
AGAINST SUGAR CONTROL
Washington, Dec. 11. Senator 8mlth,
of South Carolina, in opposing eon-
tinuation of the Sugar Control Board
in the Senate today declared h was
against th government being a shop ,
keeper. "Sometimes I have to pinch
myself to see if I am living la America"
he said. "I am opposed to the govern
ment being a shop keeper. .Let sugar,
be bought in the market sad let the
people find who is gouging them.' If
we extend the life of the board oae
year we will have to extend It two.
The South Carolina Hcnator tola nla
colleagues that whil other people wer
reporting. inability , to get sugar, be.
brought 160 pounds at 20 cents a pound
the other duy in his State, admitting,
however, that he probably was subject
to prosecution for getting thst much.
Confirms Alexsader Nomiaattoa.
Washington. I)e.'. 11. The nomination -
of Representative Alexander, Democrat, '
Missouri, to be Secretary of Commerce
to succeed William C. Bedfield, who
leccntly resigned, wos confirmed by thu
Sennto late today following unanimous
approval of the appointment ty la
Senat Commerce Committee.