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MINERS
PRESIDENT
SEEKS
OUT OF JAIL
TO END COAL STRIKE
Alexander Howat Jailed By
Federal Court Judge In Con
tempt Case Released
ALLEGED KEEPING STRIKE
IN FORCE CAUSED ACTION
GOVERNMENT OWNED
PASSENGER SHIPS
s RECEIVE DRY ORDER
Ii Brought Into Court Again
and After Agreement To Co
operate In Effort To Settle
Local Tie-TJp. His Case Is'
Continued Until Monday
Next
Indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 23, A call
for a meeting of to executive board of
t he kTnaaslDirt rict of The TJnTled Mine
Workers of Ameriea for Friday, at
which steps to end the strike of 1,000
tmployes of the Central Coal and Coke
Company will be taken, was issued from
here this afternoon by Alexander How
It. president of the district, before leav
ing for liis home at Pittsburg. Kansas.
Howat was released from jail today,
where he had been sent following a pre
liminary heoriog on eontempi of eourt
charges by Federal Judge A. B. Ander
eon yesterday, after he had agreed to
use his influence to end the local strike.
. His eall for the district meeting follow
ed a telegram sent to the Kansas dis
trict by William Green, international
secretary-treasurer of the mine workers,
ordering the strikers to return to work.
Part of Geaeral Charges.
New York, Dee. 23, Announce
ment from Washington that Chair
man Payne, of the United States
Shipping Board, had decreed that
government-owned pasaenger ships
ia the South American serrice
should be "dry," created consider
able surprise in shipping eireles
here. Based on previous informa
tion that the application of the
war-time and constitutional pro
hibition laws would not apply be
yond the three-mile limit, a well
storked bar has been established on
the Moccasin, due to sail next Sat
urday. President F. C. Munson, of
the Munson Steamship lane, opera
tors of the fleet, said he had not
been officially advised of the decree.
Saya It Won Id he Handicap.
Several steamship men said that
the ruling, if enforced, would be a
serious handicap for American ships
in competition with British passen
ger lines in the ssme service. ' It
waa explained that the bar is
elassed with the barber shop, gym
nasium and other conveniences
provided for passengers.
Onlr one government ship of the
I government-owned fleet is ready
for operation tnus iar. oix einer
ships are being made ready for the
Munson Line South American Ser
vice, and the big Leviathan is be
ing, reconditioned to, enter the
trans-Atlantic trade. How the pro
hibition ruling will affect the Levia
than ia competition with lineri un
der other flags also Is being dis
cussed. The Leviathan, however,
probably will not be ready for ser
vice for several months.
Privately Owned Llnera Equipped.
On all of the privately owned
American passenger liners engaged
in foreign trade, bars have been
installed. The Manchuria, which
left here this week for Hamburg,
was "equipped," her agents said
and the same provision is being
made for the sister ship, Mongolia,
and for the former American Line
steamer St. Paul, St. Liuis, Nov
York and Philadelphia.
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Miner and Economist on Commission to
Investigate Coal Industry and Wages
Declare That They And Miners
Interpret Settlement Offer
Differently
GENERAL MEETING MINE
OWNERS BE HELD SOON
Statement of Executive Com
mittee Asserts That Opera
tors Will Welcome a Pro
gram Arising Out of Contro
versy That Will Be Construe
tive and Will Insure Peace
Charges of contempt of eourt against
Howat were part of general charges! nlvc
ujrainst eighty-four international and GEN. PEnSHINu rATS
district officials of the miners in which TRIRUTE TO MOTHER
it wr.s alleged that the officials had vio
lated the injunction issued by Judge
Anderson against furtherance of the
ftrike. Hearings of the charges against
ell the officials except Howat have been
continued twice, the second time in
definitely. Howat'a alleged action in
Looping a local strike in force in Kan
sas, however, led to bis arraignment in
lourt yesterday and eommitment to jail
when he f ailed to give assurance that
tha Kansas strike would be called off.
Caae May Not Be Fashed.
The Kansas official waa brought into
ourt again today and after a general
oineussion of the situation, during whieh
Mr. Green agreed to use his influence
as an international official in bringing
nbout a settlement of the Kansaa tie
up r.nd Howat Anally agreed to co
operate, the latter waa released from
custody. It was indicated that with
icstimptiun of work at the Central Coal
tind Coke Company's property, a hearing
of the charges against Howat, set for
next Monday, would be continued and
that Howat's status would be the same
"las the other officials against whom
harpes still are pending but whieh. -cordiug
to general belief, will not be
pushed, eo long as they da not agaiu
violate the court "a injunction.
GIRL BANK EMPLOYE
FRUSTRATES ROBBERY
Cincinnati, Dec. 23. Sir automobile
bandits made an unsuccessful attempt
to rob the First National Bank of Lock
land, n suburb, this afternoon. The men
were frustrated through the presence of
ninl nf a arirl employe who pushed a
button that set ringing warning bell
on the outside of the ban,
n,- men drove up to the bank build
ing in an automobile. Two of them
remained in the machine and the other
four went into the bank. The latter at
the point of revolvers lined np the
...!.;. .the three paying tellers and
three girl employee, the only onea in the
i.nk at the time. As one of the robber
was trying to open the gate leading to
the money vault, one oi tne giri aiey
ptd on in electrical contrivance con
nected with a large gong on the outside
of the building. Thia rang and when
the robbers saw people running towards
the bank from all directions tuey leap
ed into thei automobile ana ipea away
without obtaining any plunder.
NEAR EAST RELIEF SENDS
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
New York, Dec 13. Christma greet
ings and thanks to the American people
for their general support of the Near
East Belief Fund were received here
today by Henry Morgenthau, vice-chairman
of the fund, in a cablegram from
Col. Wm. K. Haskell, awea nign eom-
...inner in the Trana-Caueasna mad
East relief representative there
He told of what had been accomplished
by American aid and naked Americans
"not-to desert mesa anumn pcuyiu
f Primer .Effects Bis Escape.
Wilson. Dec S3. William Davis,
oinnui. who waa employed ia the ex
press offlee in thia city and armrted and
tried oa a warrant issued by the Federal
government, charging larceny from the
express office and fooad guilty, nude
his escape xrom jaii cunuay sifiu
-made his way out through the roof,
after which he lowered himself to the
ground with blankets knotted together.
Declares Far Licensed Lleaer.
Somerville. Mass Dec 23 Somer-
ville, the last city ia the Bute to hold
its municipal election followed the ex
ample of all not one oi me ernes wnica
voted earlier, by declaring today in
favor of the licensed sate of liquor.
The vote wa yea, 8.777 J no, 2,301. It
waa the first time since the local option
system ws Instituted that the city
had gone "wet." The vote, however,
will have no effect on the aituattoa
as national prohibition will become
operative before the next local option
year begins.
Laclede, Mo., Dee. 23. General Persh
ing came back to his boyhood home
today, ate a turkey dinner,, waa pre
sented with a medal, a loving eup and
two apples, visited with, downs of
relative and cronies of long ago, ex
plored anew the eld Pershing house,
walked many miles and made several
speeches. t
The general seem!"" to enjoy every
miaute of the home-coming celebration
from the Jtime he stepped from his
private car to grasp the hand of aA1'
Warfleld. aired negro, once employed in
the Fershing household, who was the
first to greet him, until he departed
tonight for Lincoln, Nebraska.
In response to addresses of welcome.
General Pershing said:
"It was here that I learned the lessons
cf patriotism and devotion to duty.
These lessons were handed down to me
in my youth by my father and mother.
It was here that I learned a deep sense
of duty to my country and to my God.
Whatever service I may have rendered
in co-operation with, or in command of.
our young manhood, I owe to my
mother's early teachings. Many of you
knew her aad loved her. Too often wu
have been slow to value the influence
of our mothers.
"In late years I have come to realixo :
it During the war it was borne in on
me. We all felt, that the wonderful
loyalty and devotion of the women of j
Ameriea were sustaining us." j
COURT ORDERS INQUIRY
ON JOHNSON'S STOCK
New York, Dee. S3. Supreme Court
Justice Vernon M. Davis, tondy granted
the application of the New York Amer
lean League Baseball Club for an order
directing that an open commission go to
Cleveland and take an oral interrog
atory, the testimony of James C. Dunn,
president of the Cleveland American
League Club, Walter MeNichola, secre
tary of the ..club ,and E. 8. Barnard,
business manager. v
The object of the interrogatory i to
question the Cleveland officials oa the
amount of stock which Ban Johnson,
president of the American League, is
alleged to own in the Cleveland club.
Justice Davis gave the commission 'the
right to question without limit and dis
missed the request of Marvin W. Wynne,
Mr. Johnson's New York attorney, that
it be limited to a set of written ques
tions. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS .
FOR AMERICAN TROOPS
Washington, Dee. 23. Investigstion
of the coal industry ia "eourted" by
the-operetorsrJt waa asserted tonight
by the executive committee of the
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
ia a statement replying to the declara
tion last night of Attorney General
Palmer that the government would "not
assume that tne operators win or en a
faith," and intimating that ways would
be found to keep in the eoal strike
settlement.''
The executive committees statement
announced that a general meeting of
mine owners from all parts of the
United States had been summoned to
consider' the situation arising from
settlement of the strike. The place
where the meeting will be held was not
announced, but it was said it will take
place as soon as possible, presumably
shortly sfter Christmas.
"The eoal operators have always court
ed a full investigation of the industry,
the executive committee's statement
aaid. "They welcome one now. They
are whole heartedly eager to have come
out of this controrrsy a program that
wiU be constructive and that will in
sure industrial peace.
"The miners and the operators have
interpreted President Wilson's letter of
December 8 in different ways.
Meeting Is Imperative.
"Because of the fact and the rapid
changes in the situation during the last
two weeks, it has been impossible to
keep the many coal operators, scattered
over the country, fully advised. The
executive committee, therefore, feels
that ft is imperative to call a meeting
of the representative of the operators
from the several coal fields, extending
from Pennsylvania to as far West as
the State of Washington. This meeting
will be held as soon as possible.
"In the meantime, ateps have already
been taken to gather such fact and
statistics as may be necessary for a full
presentation of the operators' ease."
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DECORATION AS AWARDED
JOHN P. WHITE
HENRY M. ROBINSON
Washington, Dee. 23. Secretary Baker
today sent to all American troops
within the United" States and abroad
the following Christmas message:
"To thou who wear the uniform of
the United States, Christmas, with it
deep meaning of 'peace on earth, good
will to men, should take on V added
significance this year. In that during
the new era of peace for whieh such
great sacrifices were made, American
institutions have abeea guarded daring
tne twelve mourns past wun mat nael
ity and devotion which has always been
on of th great tradition of the United
8tates Army.
"With the New Year approaching.
your country atands oa the threshhold
of greater opportunities and prosperity
than are to be read ia any of the glor
ious pffs of her history. As soldier
yoa represent th strength of your coun
try aad la peace, as well as ia war,
yon eaa prove that th foundation of
democracy aad the safeguard of liberty
is the ability of the Individual to per
ceive and defend the truth. I spesk
for your commander in chief aad for
th nation yoa serve when I wish yoa a
very Merry Christmas and a successful
and happy New Year."
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fopecuu juirrs. jaaaea purses, vnrisi
ds day, Piaehurst, Thursday 2:45
p. m. (Adv.) ,
Attitude Unchanged.
Jerre Haute, Ind., Dec, 23. In a
statehient declaring that the attitude of
the coal operators of the central com
petitive field has not been changed by
any person in authority since they
agreed to a plan similar to that pro
posed by President Wilson for set
tling the miners' wage controversy, Phil
H. Penns, spokesman for tlis operators
in the wage negotiations of the past few
months, late todsy indicated that the
operator will abide by the decision of
the commission appointed by the Presi-
aent to arbitrate prices and wages.
Mr. Penna stated that the President's
plan for appointment nf a commission
differed in some details from the plan
agreed upon by the operators, and ex
pressed the belief that the operators
snouia nave been consulted before it
was presented to the miners. He said,
however, that it agreed in - principle
with the resolution sdopted by the
operators.
Dislike Settlement.
Chicago, 111., Dee. 23. A tentative
agreement applying the 14 per eent wage
increase settlement of the recent soft
eoal miners strike was made today by
representatives of Illinois eoal operators
and miners. The agreement provides
for a flat rate of eleven cents a ton
increase for pick and machine mining.
Yardage and dendwork rates in effect
Uctober 31 will be advanced 14 ner cent.
Both sides to the conference expressed
aissattstaction with the national settle
ment and declared they would present
their objections to the national com
mission appointed by President Wilson,
The tentative agreement will be retro
active to Noy 1.
NO CONCRETE RESULTS
. IN TREATY CONFERENCE
Washington, Dec 23. Although Be
publican and Democratic Senator eon'
tinned their conferences today on peace
treaty reservations, there were no con
crete results and the leader said they
expected none for some days. There
wa a general feeling of confidence,
however, that by the time the holiday
recess end oa January S, th basis for
an agreement will har been reached.
Drafts of proposed change in the
reservations framed by the Senate ma
Jority at th last session wore talked
over by Senator Lodge, of Mssssehu-
setts, th Bepubliean leader, and Sen
ator Boot, of Wisconsin, a leader of the
mild reservation group of Republicans.
They said th conference was of a gen
era) nature and that a final agreement
on phraseology wa reached.
It wa emphasised in all quarter that
th negotiations still were in a nebulous
state and that many suggestions from
many sources would be considered be
fore there wa any attempt to make
a binding agreement.:
Watson' Condition Serions.
Washington, Dee. 23. The condition
of Representative Walter A. Watson of
Virginia, who' underwent an operation
last night at a Washington hospital for
mastoiditis wa described tonight "vvry
serlon." Physicians have practically!
abandoned hope for the recovery of the
Virginia Bepreseatativ.
With Rembrandt Peale, an independent eoal operator of Pennsylvania, these
two men form the commission named by President Wilson to investigate wages
and working conditions in the eoal industry. They are John P. White, former
preaident of the United Mine Workers of Ameriea, and Henry M. Robinson, of
Pasadena, Cal, who has been in Washington for some time in official positions.
He served on the industrial conference called by the President last month. Previ
ously he had been on the United States Shipping Board from which he resigned
Sept. IS. At the Peace Conference in Paris Mr. Robinson was a member of the
American group of advisers and a member of th Supreme Economic Control
Board and of the International Labor Board. .
Christmas Tree At State Prison;
Governor and Mrs, Bickett Speak
An hour' forgetfulness of the grim
dreariness of prison life, an hour
drinking of the cup of yuletide joy
was brought to the men aad womea
confined at the State prison last night
when the Social Serviee Department of
the Raleigh Woman's Club waa hostess
at a Christmas tree in the chapel of the
prison. All those incarcerated In the
institution, save the twelve that wait
in the death house, were present an
entered right heartily into the spirit
of the oeeaaioa.
v A program suited to the oeeaaioa and
to the season ws rendered by mea and
womea of th. eity, Including ChriasfftZ?":
p wu. miuaa.M.iwH (iiwai.j .v. w
readings, recitations, vocal and inetru
mental numbers, and at the end ther
was tho Christmas tree and for every
man and' woman a present, with gen
erous bags of such things to eat as have
become a part of Christmas celebrations
brief apeoches wero made by Mrs.
Thomas W. Bickett aad by Governor
Bickett.
A Motley Audience.
A motley and uncheering audience
greeted the party that had gone to the
prison for the occasion, a hundred and
fifty men and women, shut off from the
world in iieuance for their sins, mea
with hard griscled faces, beardless
youths, who had fallen oa disaster,
women with three score years behind
them and but little hope in front of
them, young women with hard, knowing,
unrepentant faces. Over in the other
side of the chapel were the negroes, men
and women, hearing their servitude
easily, almost happily, with here and
there among them the burgeoning of
the desiro for personal adornment,
festive red tie embellishing the scrupu
lously clean, but nons the less rough.
prison garb.
Seated on the front row of the benches
assigned to the women was Mrs. Ida
Ball Warren, saved from the electric
chair by Governor Craig, tall, imposing
looking, despite the stains of prison
inc. un either side of her were two
ancient women, well on the downhill
stretch of life, who had drawn out two
score year behind the walls of ths
prison. With them were younger women.
just bebind tnem were grouped the
-n.cn.
When Governor and Mrs. Biehett en
tered the chapel the audience scrambled
to its feet and chjjered for a moment
and settled down again ia lithargie
silence and waited. Mostly they stared
at nothing in front of them. Then
Mrs. Bickett rose to speak and there
was a rustle of interest through the
crowd, individuals twisting, in their
seat to catch a glimpse of her.
. .Mrs. Bickett Sneaks.
A simple story, a story that a mother
might telf her children, of Christmas,
oi unnstmsses that were when the
mother was a little girl, of th simple,
pure delights of the festive season, she
torn tnem, or what a real Chriatmaa
may mean, such a story that stirred
forgotten memories, long dead in the
hearts of her bearers, stirred them to
lire again.
And then the first Christmas, mor
than 1,900 years ago when Christ cam
to the world to bring the joy of free
dom, yoa men know what I meaa by
freedom. It is a thing that all of yon
are working for, hoping for, living for.
Christ on that first Christmas brought
freedom to the world, freedom from
sin and shame. It is that Christmas
that I would bring yoa again tonight,
with the hop that Christ may be bora
again in year heart, and that yen will
know the joy that Hooded the world oa
that first Christmas."
Before Mrs. Bickett had well began
her very brief talk, the mea and womea
had melted under the simple, earnest
appeal of the mother talking to way
ward children. Hard, sullen faces war
wet with nnwilllng - tears, brushed
hastily away. Heads drooped dowa,
unwilling that any should see the emo
tion that could not be hidden. Her
and ther amons; them, a man sobbed
openly, brokenly. "", And yet ther wa
no sense of sadness, but rather that
solemn gladness that need tear rather
then laughter for its expression.
The Governor Talka Bsalaeaa.
Laughter earn whea th Governor
arose to express his good wiahtm and
th good wishes of the State, "-it was
21 year ago thia Christmas that I chose
the speaker of the family," he said, bow
ing to Mrs. Bickett, while th audience
burst '-ito a cheer. "I thought then that
I might be Governor of North Carolina
some day and I wanted somebody in th
family that could t&lk. ... But any
how I want to wish you a merry Chriat
maa. The heart of North Carolina takes
no joy in your being here, the heart of
North Carolina is a warm, geaerons
heart, and for to Mate I want to ex
press to yen the heartiest good wishes.'
"And now I want to talk business to
yen mam a little. It is aot eftea that I
get yoa together so I am going to talk
ENTRIES FOR WAnS
POSITION INCREASE
J. A. Hartncss, Statesville, and
Sheriff McDowell, Morgan
ton, Suggested
W. C. DOWD, CHARLOTTE.
IS ALSO MENTIONED
Complexion of Situation In Re
gard To Appointment of Dis
trict Attorney Change! Ma
terially, and Sheriff Haynei
May Yet Have Opposition
For Job
ysrs to come up and talk to m about
getting you out of prison. . . . Every
on of you haa got a lawyer already,
paid by the State. I am your lawyer,
rnd althouicn I may not b tha best law
yer in the Mtate, I want to tell yea that
I hare mors influenoo with th Governor
of North Carolina than ny msn in the
State.
Quit Hiring Lawyers.
If a man of you haa a reasonable
plea for a pardon, talk it over with Mr.
Collie and he will tell me about it- .
I tell you now that if a man cornea Into
my office with a paper signing away
your commutation money to help get
you out of here, I will have nothing to
do with him. . . . Justice cannot be
bought in this State. . . . Merry cannot
be bought for any price, but I say to
every one of you that the man that
hasn't got a eent has a better ehance of
getting out of here than the msn that
has a hundred thousand dollars.'
Then the presents and the big paper
bags filled to the brim with things to
eat were distributed among the men.
But aot all of them went to the men.
One came from them for Warden H. J.
Bushee, with instructions not to open it
until tomorrow. The warden accepted it
with good wishes in return for the men
and women who had remembered him
out of their small commutation money.
There were songs, the men end women
joining in the singing, and then they
filed back to their quarters with a new
light in their eyes hsppy.
WILL ARRAIGN VIRGO
ON MURDER CHARGE
Lnwton, Mich, Dec. S3. Joseph C.
Virgo, husband of Maud Tabor, will
be arraigned oa a charge of murder,
Prosecuting Attorney General Gleaa
Warner indicated tonight when h
stated that eharges made by Mrs. Sarah
Tabor, mother of Maud, that Virgo
performed an illegal operation on her
daughter before the latter's death,
completed th State's esse sgainst the
seen id man. Mrs. Tabor, who ia 80
years of age is involved oa tha charge
of being an accessory after the fset
according to the prosecator.
Th body of Maud Tabor was fouad ia
a trunk ia tha Tabor home on November
30, about three years after her disap
pearance. It developed that Virgo had
made her hi fifth wife and Mrs. Tabor
declared 'in a signed statement made
public today by the prosecution, that
Virgo told her he did .not want any
ennaren.
Id her statement, Mrs. Tabor declared
that after her daughter died ah slept
beside the body seven days aad that
ttwa Virgo placed it into the young
womaa's Hope chest" and hid it ia the
eellar. th aathorltie declare. At the
coroner' inquest th aged mother de
nted that aa Illegal operation had beea
performed. .
Polleeosea's Union Pi
Jersey City, Ji. J, Dec J3. Th de-
mis of the Jersey City policemen's
union was announced today by F. X.
O'Brien, Commissioner of Publis
Safety. Tha commissioner aaid every
poliesmaa an the for had signed aa
affidavit that h was aot a member of
any ' organisation affiliated with th
Americas Federation of Labor. Th
firemen's anion disbanded sersral
weeks sgo. :' '
The News snd Observer Bureau,-
603 District Nstional Bank Bldg.
By R. E. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington. Dec. 23. Final discus
sion of the Watts resignation by the
North Carolina Senators before leaving
for their homes in Salisbury and "New
Bern la followed by the suggestion that
Sheriff Manly McDowell, of Morganton,
and James A. Hartnees, of Iredell, will
be seriously eoniidered for sppointment
st supervisor of revenoe work in North
Carolina.
Since yesterday there has been con
siderable change in the situation, al
though Sheriff C. H. Haynes, of Surry
county, has by no means been removed
from consideration. At the present
time the sheriff has a slight advantage
on any other applicants for the place.
He arrived here flrat after Colonel
Watts' resignation reached the Internal
Revenue Department and be came armed
with the personal endorsement or tne
colonel.
Frank A. Hampton is still to be con
sidered, although he says that he will
not aecebt the place unless Senator
Overman and Senator Simmons urge the
appointment upon him.
, ' W. C Dowd Mentioned.
It would not be at all surprising for
Sheriff McDowell or Mr. Bartness to be
ehosen to saeeeed Colonel Watts, who
nmimnri In aatar nrivata business. Like
wise, it would not be surprising iT th
Senators ware to choose w. V. Uowa,
of Charlotte, for the beat political job
that promise to b opea during the
Wilson administration.
Senator Simmons was urged to ap
point Mr. Dowd whea he selected
Colonel Watts and the suggestion wss
made to him then that Colonel Wa ta
would be a very valuable man with him
in Washington. But the senior Senator
was Inclined to think that the solonel
would be sn even more valuable aid i
North Carolina.
The one thing that argues more for
either Mr. Hartaes or Sheriff McDowell
and correspondingly sgainst Sheriff
Haynes, ia that both of these popula
officials have been strongly endorsed for
the principal clerkship of the western
district court. It ia probable that n
clerk of the western district eourt will
be ehosen any time soon.
Ask Na Hons Clesnlng.
Interested officials in Washington have
heard recently that Judge Webb will
hardly ask for any.house cleaning. Bis
own place is secure and it is not believed
here now that lie will ask for the re
moral of the principal clerk at Greens
boro or the clerk at Asheville in order
that a Democrat may.be givea the
appointment.
To ask for a house cleaning Judge
Webb would undoubtedly antagonise
both Judge Boyd and Judge Pritrhard
K. I Blaloek, principal clerk of the
western district eourt, wss formerly
secretary to Judge Pritehard and later
secrets ry to the venerable jurist most
recently superannuated. At Asheville
W. 8. Hyams, clerk of the court there,
ia a brother-in-law of Judge Pritehard,
it ia pointed out here, and for this
reason it would excite the animosity of
the Greensboro judge to give hi place
even to a deserving Democrat.
Hartnees aad McDowell Waiting.
Therefore, it is reasoned among those
In touch with the situation here, that
Hartncss and McDowell are both waiting
for some recognition Moth have been
given strong endorsements for the
clerkship. Both are recognised as poll
Heal factor to be considered in the
dispensing of patronage and Senator
Overman is to be a candidate for elee
tion next year. As for Senator Simmons,
any recognition of cither McDowell or
Hartnes would please him.
Not that recognition of Sheriff Haynes
would displease anybody. The former
Surry county sheriff, as assistant to
Colonel Watts, became thoroughly fa
miliar with th supervisor' job and
Commissioner Roper is quoted a saying
he favors the choice of Sheriff Haynes.
Of coarse, he hasn't been fully ac
quainted with the ability of Mr. Hart-
nesa or Sheriff McDowell. ' ,
Mr. Dowd would undoubtedly receive
serious consideration if he eared for th
place, but for the fact that the recent
Meeklenbnrg howl about recognition
haant left aa altogether good taste with
a lot of folks who Interest is generally
regsraea in the disposition of patronage,
Rekindles Fires of Old Fight On
Relative Value of Shore and
Sea Service
SECRETARY DANIELS GIVES
STATEMENT NAVY POLICY
Sims Protests Against System
of Awarding Decorations In
Official Letter To Navy De-
, partment and Sends franked
Copies To Brother Officers;
Daniels Makes It Pnblie
BRITISH WOMEN ARE
NAMED AS MAGISTRATES
London, Dee. 83. The sex disqualifi
cation removal act, making womea eli
gible as magistrates, having been passed,
the lyord Chancellor today aanouneed
tha appointment of the following womea
to act ia that capacity whea required:
The Maehloness of Crewe, th Mar
chioness of Londonderry, lira, David
Lloyd ' George, Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Mrs. Sidney Webb, Miss Elizabeth Hal-
dans and Miss Oertrnds Tuck Well.
Th Lord Chancellor is at the opinion
that womea are especially qualified for
work in children's courts, several of
whieh have beea established ia large!
Washington, Dec. 23. Rumblings ef
dissatisfaction within th navy it th
way Secretary Daniels has arranged
the awards of decorations for war serv
ice, came to the surfac today whn
it became known that Admiral Sims,
former commander of American naval
force in European waters, had de
clined to accept hi Distinguished -Service
Medal, while the award remain
as at present. . ',
At the same time, the row, whieh ap
to this time, has been a smouldering
one, gave indications of showing np ia
Congress. Chairman Page, of th Ban
ate Naval Committee, asked for a re
port on the awarding of the decora
tion and Secretary Daniel trans
mitted it to him tonight. Meanwhile
Representative Lufkin, Republican, ef
MnstaelBsetts, a member of th House
Naval Committee, announced tha' he
would ask tha House to call for a simi
lar report.
Coming a th climax to published
charges that Secretary Daniels had re
arranged the whole list of awards, rais
ing some officers to higher distinction
than recommended and "blue pencil
ing" others, publication of Admiral
Sims action created a new sensation
in the Navy Department, and added a
new chapter to tha long contest ia
which some naval officers hav com
plained of th Secretary' administra
tion of affaire aad others hsvs defended
him with equal vigor.
Sims Brings It T Head.
The whole thing haa beta brought
to a head by th act of Admiral Sims,
who writing an official eommaniention
to Secretary Daniel from th Naval
War College at Newport, K. L, haa let
out that officer for whom h recom
mended the Distinguished Servic
Medal highest of all naval decorations
except th Congressional Medal of
Honor received by th Secretary's re
vision a decoration of lesser value, and
that other officers white duties and
services Admiral Sim considered a ef
lesser value, received, by th revision,
the mor valued decorations. At th
earn time, it develops, Admiral Sims
sent franked copies ef his letter to
.! .SB--. la Wauklnvtna.
in .lt.7 ii .a , a. vaaaii.a, " -- m '
His action became known first through
them, snd later today Mr. Daniels gave
out the letter without comment. Earlier
in the day. however, Mr. Denials hsd
announced that he had prepared th
report asked for by Senator Pag, ad
tonight after transmitting it to th
Senator made publie eopie of it.
Asks Revision Upward.
Admiral Sims, in his letter, doe not
appear to refus hi decoration un
conditionally. He refused it ander th
condition lis outline and he asked for
an opportunity to explain th reason
for his original recommendations. Be
side that the admiral docs aot ask that
the hiehest award bs taken from any
officer upon whom it already haa been
conferred, btft he does ask for a ravhrioa
npwsrd of some of th lesser decorations.
Admiral Sims, long known as the
stormy petrel of the navy sine his sen
sational "last drop of blood" speech ia
the Guild Hall at London, whea he drew
the attention of the foreign office' of
Berlin, London and Washington, has
figured in many navy sensations before
and has many warm supporters among
the officers.
Secretary Daniels report to Chainnaa
Page, of the Senate naval committee,
outlines the general policy followed by
the Secretary in awarding medals and
distinctions to naval officers and en
listed men.
Shore Servle Against Sea
Indicating that the entire controversy
that haa now come to light revolves
around tho old Navy Department dis
agreement as to whieh class of service
shore or sea is most important. Secre
tary Daniels, in his report, said:
"The value of the duty oa shor was
duly recognized, but, in my opinion, it
should be of the highest importance
and responsibility in order that this
duty should be recognized by tha award
of the same kind of medals as that
given to officer charged with great
responsibility and at the same time ii
positions of grave danger in tha active
war zone, ana in is was tne standard
whieh any particular ease had to meet
for an officer on shore duty to be award
ed the medal.' , .
Hasardea Daty First. -
Emnhasizinr his belief that nnVers
sngaged in hazardous snd responsible
duties ia th North sea mining squadron,
tn destroyer force, the convoy aad th
armed guard servic should be givea
preference in the award of high honor
over officer serving oa shore, even in
positions of greet responsibility, and
officers serving with ship in - horn
waters. Secretary Daniels said that "the
services rendered by these different
force wa recognized by th board of
awards in assianin certain ane-lala t
the officers ia- command of ther ships
snd stations -concerned and this plan
of procedure met my approval.'. : ,
la contrast to Admiral 8im state
ment that th commanding officers of
ships sank by nmy submarine should
not reeeiv decorations, Mr. - Daniels
ia, hi report ssid. c
Parties lar Indivtdaats.
"Aa additioa to th recognition af
th service rendered by the officer-
and msn of th forces abov meatioasd
. (Ceatlaaed a Pag Tw4 Zr