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The News and Obs WEATHER: Rata Tharsdsy and probably rrldayt colder ; Frtiay we SrtlOW. -t . ' .. ' . .- ,. ' WATCH XJLESt. m rt ' ' twsl ten Mere MtHrtrt aad evssi aisat dAM . , , erver "7 VOL, CXI. NO. 8. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PMCE.nVE CENTS.. UNUSUAL INTEF OF DEMOCRATS TODAY Jackson Day Dinner Promises To Be Biggest Political Event of Many Years IMPORTANT FEATURES OF BIG PARTY BANQUET What Will President Wilson Say In His Message and Will William Jennings Bryan Emerge As Formidable Pow er In Democratic Party Councils --The News and WtvtBiue.iU '--- -u3Diatiit ..National Bank Bids By R. iv POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. On the eve of the Bothering tomorrow of the Dein ocratic National eomuiittee to select a place and time for the next conven tion and of the Jackson Day dinner which wilt follow there it uppermost in the minds of hundreds of Democrat already on the scene just two ques tions: 1 Will President Wilson urge the yarty to make the peace treaty and League of Nations the paramount isno in the coming campaign, and ! Will William Jennings Bryan emerge from the grand pow-wow either as the most formidable contestant for the nomination or come through with enough support tn name the next candidate of the Democrats ( Interest la Event Uaaanal. " Never in the history of .the party has the interest in a Jackson day dinner been so keen. Those Democrats ia Wash ington tonight who are not on tiptoe rooting lor their eity M i win the eon-, test for the convention are oa adgn t for the answer to the tw questions. i And never before haa there been a gathering of political leaders about . which ao little can be forecast with a reasonable degree of assistance. The j one and the most outstanding prophesy j that can be made tonight, "without fear j of siiecesarui contradiction is mat me banquet tomorrow night, which is given primarily to commemorate the militant . democracy Andrew Jackson, will be about "a bona dry a(Tal( from cocktails to mints. - ".-.. , At the meeting of the committee to morrow resolution will be passed, ac cording to a statement made by Chair man Homer Camming this afternoon, romraeading the Democratic National administration- and endorsing President Wilson's efforts ta bring peace to the world. ' M do not undertake to analyze the President's position," Mr. Cumniinge said today. faThe President bus tmule a tour of the country anil set forth his attitude. He hat been subjected to misinterpretation and a deliberate cam paign of slander which I think is one of the most disgraceful incidents in the history of American polities. If wa live another decade, those who have opposed his effort for a world peace will be ashamed." - ,i Mr. Cummings was' asked about plat form work, whether or not the Dem ocrats will appoint v committee "to do prs-coa vent Ion drafting aa did the Re publicans. He would not hazard a guess us to this but when reminded of Re publican Chairman Hays' offer to the rhildrea to write i platform, said: "It ia an-lnsunerahl t.ak. ftntv ex treme youth wonld-underfaltf? 1t What Will President Ssy? JV one pretends to have any infor tuation on., what the President will say i.:. Tu.:i.'.-iji.--i---i.; -ATreat-ma ."th&Vrn interpreted h. TnMBirV .llll,llHMiM.a m9 ' portant message" as meaning the Pres ident would ask the Democrats to take yip the treaty fight and go into the n ampaign for ratification of the cove nant without re serrations. The last conjeetnra is admittedly far-fetched be cause Senator Hitchcock, in hia Char lotte speech, announced the basia of a compromise and conferences hove been going steadily on . with- a compromise jju view since that time. - Mr. Bryan had not arrived ia Wash ii.gton tonight for the dinner and until lie docs get here the local aggregation is ia about th j same state of expectancy ne the home town ball team waiting for th "hired" pitcher to enow up. Any suggestion of the Jackson day dinner, made anywhere in Washington, will raise s query about the Commoner. It is current gossip tonight that leading Democrats who are already here for the dinner and who have been assigned seats at the Washington have beea busy all ils trading with friends assigned to the . '(., v.-. ikh jjuib inn nrjran speeches. Mr. Bryan speaks first at the Washingtoa and last at the Willard and by effecting exchanges of seats at the banquet table,. some of the faithful hope to see and hear him in action at botn places. , Announcement wr-s made tnnlirlit from in n 1 1 u mini bA mtn u Tintional committee " lieadduancrT -thatferat-davs gT - might ba ., lavived if a every one or tne i,4uu tickets had been sold and still numbers of good Demo crats are crying for a seat at the baa 'unet tahle. Of tltik number more than fifty Tar Heels are included with the prospect tonight that at least seventy Democrats from the OM North Btate will be at- one or the other dinners to morrow night. . North Carolinians t Attend 'Among those certain fo' he on hand for the big affair arc Angus W, McLean, National committeeman from . North Carolins.-'Beeretary of .the Navy Jose phaa Daniels, "Senators Simmons and Overman, every member of the Tnr Heel delegation in the House, Director Of the Census Bsmnel K Sogers and his assist,-1 ant, Eugene F. Hartley, Edward E. Brit ton, private secretary to Secretary Dani- Centlaaed aa Page Two.) PRESIDES TODAY AT EDITORS' MEETING J i " f T JA.Sharpc, of Lannhcrtoa, who is - president of the North Carolina Press Association, haa arranged aa inter- estins" eohveittionv'wlrich opens today-.-isk-f- Greeruboro and continues through tomorrow. TREATY AS LIKELY ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN Looms Conspicuously on Politi cal Horizon On Even of Jack son Day Dinner COMMITTEE URGED TO STAND BEHIND WILSON Resolution To Come Up Today In General Terms Endorses President's Course ; Stirs Up Endless Speculation As To What William Jennings Bry an May Advocate (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 7. The peace treaty as., a campaign Issue loomed cenapic aiusly on the. political horizon today aa leader- tba Tsnocjatie party gath ered here for tho quadrennial meeting-, of the Democratic National Committee) laid preliminary plans for the presiden tial contest. , Already overshadowing Jhe fight for the National Convention, which appar ently narrowed during the day to Kan sas City and San Francisco, discussion of the treaty got an additional impetus when it became known that at its meet ing tomorrow the committee would bo asked by its officers to formally put itself squarely behind President Wilson in his stand in the treaty controversy. A -resolution making such a declara tion was prepared for presentation and Chairman Cummins, of the "committee, predicted that it would be adopted. It is understood to be in general terms, endorsing the President's course with out declaring specifically for unreserved ratification, but Mr. Cummins said the intention was to make its language ao plain that there would be no doubt that the party atopd "behind the Pres ident." Stirs Cp Mack Speculation. - The announcement stirred up endless speculation when it was coupled with unverified reports that William Jennings Bryan would advocate a different course in bis speech at tne Dig jacKsonuny banquct to be held under the auspices of the committee tomorrow night. No -iJMr.inmfflMa 10 mow jar. .urjau a a- i ' 1 - t Tl L r be secured, Involved in the poisTbilitief of-the situation was another onknown quantity, the message which President Wilson is to send to his fellow Democrats at the banquet. It. generally has been assumed that he) will touch on the treaty, 1 but there has beea ao information as to how far he may go or whether he will urge that ratification be made an active issue in the campaign. jsrcuiiifa nun inesc rrnfeuons. mtj4l. . , . ; - committee members apparently nnyeiL",!'." BW"ure given little attention to the Subjects ef possible candidates, several of whom will pronounce their views oa public ques tions at tomorrow night's bsnquet. On this subject, also there has been hesi tancy because of uncertainty oyer the intentions of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan. Some committee members believe that a more positive declaration from one or both may Come to light tomorrow night. ' Close Contest Far Convention; Although San Francisco and Kansas Pity apparently were well in front to night, in the race for the1 convention. It was dcelare6TbjrtBr"tdsTi that -the matter waa by no means settled snd that there still wasr a chance for Chicago or St. Louis. The Chicago backers became very active late in the day and word came from St. . Louis that its plans to capture the lg meeting abandoned aev- compromise solutioa were sought Among the new members who, will be seated when the committee meets to morrow morning at 10 o'clock are A. G. PaMersoni eueeeeding E. D. Smith, of Alabama ; A. B. Pugo, succeeding Robert Ewing ia Louisiana and Thomas Love succeeding O. 8. Carlton, of. Texas. Included ia today's arrivals among the committee men were J. T. O, Craw ford, Florida; Clark Howell, .Georgia; A. B. Pujor Louisiana; J. M. McBeath, Mississippi and Joha Gary Evans, South Carolina.'. I """ A committee, consisting of Norman E, Mack, ef New York, Edward G. Hoff man, of Indiana, and Clark Howell, of Georgia,, waa appointed to consider the claims of the varioiiS cities asking; for the convention and to. recommend a choice to the national committee . to' morrow. . -..... .i - . fDniiiin ODnonccc.- I LUIIIU I itUI UULU TRI-PARTITE PLAN f OR ALL INDUSTRY Lawyer For Railroad Brother - hoods Divides Industry Into Four Parts DIVISION OF PROFITS ADVOCATED IN OUTLINE live Capital, Labor and Public ' An Equal Proportion, Attor ney Argues; Declares Exist ing System Is Crashing and Points Out Need For Read justment of Economic Life Washinarton. Jan. -"7. (By the Asso- American industry; modelled after the plan of the same name for the rail roads, baa been prepared and is ex pected to be publicly announced soon. Copies of the plan, captioned "An Industrial Program by Glenn E. Plumb," are being circulated in Washington and acme of them have come into the hands of government officials. Briefly th plan proposes for all American industry the system of tripartita railroad control ad vanced some time ago with the backing of the great brotherhoods, and which it has been announced would be made aa issue at the elections. It proposes prac tically the same division of represen tation for capital. labor and the public. Divided Into Fear Claaaea. Industry is elasaed into fonr divisions in this way: One The "individualistic in owner ship and operation, including the farmer and the small artisan contractor and manufacturer, who is both- capitalist, laborer and consumer." Two Ail industries "formerly indi vidualistic, but which through organiza- tiot have so developed that ownership it separated from labor and concerns itself only 4a direction and supervision of production in which it engages the efforts of others who have no share in ownership, Three Industries - baaed uponrgrawtaWoTtatioii prMeedings. The Depart' from society in the shape of n franchise, grant or privilege or monopoly." In this division are iaeluded all public service corporations exeept those- on f gaged t Jatsmttnrmeve- industries engaged-in exploiting natural resources. These latter are described as includ ing mines, gas and; water power. 1'our Bailroada and commercial trans portation facilities. The plan explains that these are considered separately from the publia service facilities em braced' ia the third, division because the former are "under local control, created by local authorities and subject to local regulation." Public Interest Defined. ''The fundamental interest" in these industries, the Plumb plan declares, ''is the need of society for the products of that industry, or the service which it renders, that calls the Industry into be ing. In the firs.t two claaaea where so ciety has made no grant th free work ing of the law of supply and demand protects the public interest." 'Public interest" is defined in the plan as follows: "It is' ths right of the public to ob tain better, cheaper or more products or service as the progress of the arts permit the making, or njore ot better goods pr service at a lower cost of pro duction. The Constitution denies the power of the public so to exercise its power or regTuTolTonrirTtirTJepri'fe the? owner, of the property of his invest ment, actually,, honestly, and prudently made, or of a fair return oa such 'in vestment. If society pars more than j this amount wb ieh the .wner .retains- as a profit, sociMyTywore.-taan -- lawfully is required to pay and the owner receives more than he is lawfully ontitled to receive." "This," say the Plumb plan, "intro duces perpetual conflict between society m the exercise of this public regulation and th agent it has created for its service," and results ia "supplying lux uries and procuring greater revenues for those who benefit in these exac tions." Under th heading "Bights of Labor," entirely upon th. amount la value ofr544" --JMSLS. ." cld service wnicn ne renders. He la en titled to receive an equivalent amount in value of the services nf -others The wage system disregards . this human right." ' j In its conclusion, the resume declares, ''the existing nidustrisl system is crash ing around onr ears,'' that wages bear no relation to the value of services ren dered and that "profile are wrongfullv exacted1 . 1 . MOREHEAD DECIDES NOT ' TO CONTEST ELECTION Cbaclotte, Jan.' 7.The seat now oc cupied by Representative Clyde R. Hoey la Congress will not be contested by Re publicans of the Ninth Congressional distriev it- a-aUtsd today by leaden who - have returned from Washington. Hoey was elected over Joha M. More head, Jtepnblicaa. to th vacanev cre sted by the resignation ef Representa tive Webb to accent armoinrmnnt aa FederA Judge. Charges of fraud and irregnlarity. however, will be investigated, and the defeated candidate:-John M. Morel deellarg that ha will not ssaetidn olGcial contest of Hoey seat, but will spend any amount' of money aeceWry to convince himself that the successful candidate waa lezitinuvtely elected. '. Comptroller Isaac Call. Washington, Jan. 7. The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the conditioner jill national banks at the close of business en Wednesday, De cember ZL .. T"-i urn i-nnnnniiliTr limirnnriinnnnr mm I in imnifjn iir3rTinirji.u-t.fJHHUV t. t m HILL UU-UIUmiL IIIIIILIUJ LIIUU110L C, : 1 - - - - ' 'A ALS .t'ess Would Government Campaign Enlist ,V :' ' , Empit .1 NEW ACTIVITY APPEARS IN LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Secretary Baker Orders Vaca tion of All Buildings By Army On Ellis Island To Make Eoom For Radicals Detained There iJWant Two Transports Tor Deportation Washington, Jan. 7 Complete co ordination of all governmental agencies, together Trttb an siwakeaed Congress night had given the campaign to rid the nation of radieale broader aspect. While Assistant Attoraey General Oar vaa'a force continued its raids, delud ing a search for Laidwif C. A. K. Mar tens, self -styled envoy of the Bussian Soviet goverameat, there were avidences of new activity and more determined co operation ia all other departments of the government. Congress received bill, introduced by Representative Johnson, Republican, Washington, which weald mass every government employee an agent for fer reting out undesirables. Each e'-'k would be given the duty of reporting any information confirming alien activi ties to the Department of Justice and the immigration authorities. Th Treasury Secret Berviee was also enlisted in running down persons for whom th immigration authorities have issued warrants. Customs officials also have been asked to report nay infor mation they gather while the army and navy intelligence arms of service will co-operate both ia the gathering of evidence and searching out of radi cals. : - ' v ": . Secretary Baker ordered the vacation of all buildings and other facilities used by th army at Ellis Island ia order to make room for handling the hundreds nf Jten who are held there pending t ofTistie fir asWdc sertous problem in the detention of the radicals arrested since laet Friday, as Ellis Island aJrend!wafrerowded and an pidmie of ir.lesi was Knotted to have broken-out, - During the day the Department of Justice announced that a warrant had been ordered for the arrest and depor tation of "Russian Soviet Ambassador" Martens and tonight S.Nuorteva, sec retary to the ''Ambassador," msde public a letter to Attorney General Palmer in which he assured Mr. Palmer any infor mation the Department of Justice dc sired to transmit to Martens would be communicated to him. Nnorteva aaid Martens and hia party had established temporary headquarters in Washington, so that Martens would be able to appear before a Senate Foreign Relations sub committee when that body desired -to have his testimony. Department of Justice officials work ing oa plana for the deportation of the radicals arrested in the recent raids, decided to request use of two trans ports, both of which will b larger than the Buford, which carried the Sit radi cals away before Christmas. I ippt in n rr rtiT-t i nmi uiii ms ii i u IIP DAILY PUBLISHERS IV rr I I IV liUlr I.ll IlrHWr. - voaunwut... wviMlvtava 1 1 11.1. I 111 Ul I I L Ul I I Largely-Attended Meeting of Business Managers and Edi tors In Greensboro Greensboro, Jan, 7. Conservation of paper and other, problems relating to the management of newspapers were taken np at a meeting of the Nortk Carolina Daily Newspaper Assoeiatioa' at. the 0. Henry Hotel hera this evening, Mr. E. B. Jeff r ess, of The Greensboro News, who is president of the association, pre- is connection wiin an enjoyaoie a inner. The meeting was largely attended.. Th association will - have another mec-ing tomorrow afternoon. It was decided to hold tho next, meeting ia Raleigh the aeeond week' in April. Many editors have already arrived for the mid-winter meeting of the North Carolina Press Association, which opens here tomorrow, and will be in aeasion through Friday. The editors will have a banquet tomorrow evening-at .which addresser- wilHie made - by General Julian 8. Carr, President Few, of Trin ity College, and others. ' . President J. A. Bharpe has announced that this is to be strictly a business meeting of the association, sad it will given over largely to buainess questions, A" aiiecsaorwilLJeelected to Mr., J. B. Sherrill, who has resigned after TEPStpFF BUILDING TO PAVEMENT 40 FT. BELOLW - Wilson; Jan. 7 This afternoon, while making repairs oa the top df th two-, story Morris - building, corner Tarboro and Barnes at reels, Ephraim Williams, a one-eyed, white tinner, while crimp ins; tin and walking backward, stepped from the building! and fell distance of forty feet to the hard pavement below. He was instantly killed and hia body mangled beyond recognition, " v THEIR OFFICIALS El International Heads of United Mine Workers Go Before ! Commission Monday RANK AND FILE BACKS THEM IN ARBITRATION Acting; President Lewis De clares He Will Newer Lead Any Organization Except An American Organisation rNot ' Single Life Lost In Strike of Port); Days, He Says . Columbus, 0., Jan.- 7. International officers of the United Mine Workers of Amerira will ao Hefora th Cummia- ' sion, appointed b,y President Wilsoa to arbitrate final settlement of the con troversy between the miners and opera tors with the backing of the rank and file of the mines of the country ss a result of action here tcdsy of the re- JDING STRIKE lSIlS0TM,tip,l - -'-".'"Pecline To Take Seriously Re- Rv a. vntu nf 1.(1.19 ta S21. the conven tion adopted the motion of Phillip Mur rey, president of the Pennsylvania Soft j Coal miners, to endorse the action of the ; International officers in calling off the ; strike and agreeing to accept the Presi- dent'a proposal which provides for a j 14 per cent. advr.nce In wages and agree-1 ment to submit all questions in dispute to the President's commission. The convention adjourned sine die and acting President Ijewis. and Secretary Green will meet with th international exeentive board of the miners' organi sation here tomorrow before going to Washington where they are to appear next Monday before the President's coal commission. The hearing ia Wash ington is called for the purpose of allow ing the miners' scale committee of the central competitive field to present the mine re case t the commission. John P. White, one of the membere of this commission, was present at the conven. tion when the vote was taken. Un ion eb ief s of the m iners organ i w were happy tonigh over what is their nctioa by the convention. The vote cam nfter three days of debate aad a storssy -winrlnp tar which a small, hot aoisy minority, tried to swing tboa mention in favor of postponing aeeept tno ef tbt President's proposal until after the commission has made It award. In explaining why he had decided to accept the President's proposal of set tlement, Lewis ssid he "had no desire to defeat the United States government in a contest." -Tr-ahalL never lesd any organization but an American Organization," Lewis declared, "and if the day ever comes when this organization is drminated by people who are fslse to American tradi tions, that day I will cease' to be an officer ia it." Lewis pointed out that throughout the 40 days strike, not a single life was lost and said he was grateful "because no widow's lamentationa or wails of or phans assail our ears." He said the or ganization had emerged unscathed whereas continuation of the strike and revolt against the government would ave meant "disaster and defeat." COMMUNITY EXPERIMENT WILL BE STARTED SOOH Plans TJhder Way Por Merger . -i n it- New York City New York, Jan. 7.-A community' ncriment similar to the one which has :bre.-iedoi. in a section of Cin-,or I cinnati the past twa anrt a-talf yW7??.-.'!v by the National Social Uait Organiza tion, will be conducted here in 1920, if plans for a merger of that organization and the CommunityiCiotineils of grecter New York, recently formulated by the executive boards of both bodies, are consummated. . Miss Sara Graham Mulhall, Mrs. Edgnrton Winthrop and Dr. Albert Hhiels, director of the Community Coun cils of greater New York, are promi nent in the ttroDoscd enterprise. Wil bur C.'PhUlirJar executive secretary of the National Social Cult Organization, explaihiag-the-projett, aaidj ''The work of the Community Coun cils. already established in 80 sections of New York City, has demonstrated tbeir ability to awaken civic interest. increase ncighborlinesa and promote co-operative endeavor. .The Cincinnati unit has shown that the organizatioa Of people by amall population units, with a representative for each unit, has beea extraordinarily successful as a means of enabling' the discussion of commu nity needs and programs. "Development of the work In New- York," aaid Mr. Phillips, "may first sen ter nround some common problems, such as, infant welfare, the reduction of the cost of living or recreation. This work Is to b undertakea insofar a possible by the women of the city act ing as volunteers. Aa effort also will be .ale to waken" the Intelligent inter cat avd co-operation of important groups ia the population such aa basineas mea, wage earners, .physicians,, nurses, so cial workers, clergymen and city of ttoials." .. ,t.:..L. t BRINGING BODIES BACK : TO AMERICA ON STEAMER New York, Jan. 7. The bodies of Earl Boles aad F. J. Boney, the Amer ican oil men killed by Mexicans near Port Lobos, are ea board a task steam er on their way to Port Arthur, Texss, the International Petroleum Company was advised .today. One of the men was shot and the other stabbed both in the back the 'advices stated. No j motive for the mardera haa beea die- j closed. .; v k . . i BlAHJEVlKLOCrPV TOWN Or TAGANHUU HEA 111 AZOV IS CAUCASUS Uadaei, Jan. T. Th BoUhrrikJ have ecaBted Taganrog In the terri tory f the Dan Coeeacka n the arth-abre f the Ssa f Asov, Th capture f Taganrog, wh'lch" Hea a th notlbeaslera ana f the lea of Aav, together with the r itiana f th enemy foreea eastward In Stavroswl, sweets virtually I have isolated the Caacaeaa from Rasaia proper. Th aweep f the Bolshevikl In the raia f Taganrog and westward saw Is a dlrVt aeenace t the north era share f the Black Sea t Odessa- aad beyond. A Bolshevik wire lea csamaaicatia Taeaday asserted .that large aaubere f the nopalace of Odsaa already war leelag from Odeeaa acraaa the Black Sea ta Ca staatlnle, fearfal f the approach if the enemy forces, al'thoach a dis patch frwsa Odessa slsted Wedpeadsy said defeaslv preparations Were b- lag pjtade la Odessa and that tn elty wald he glvea ap wttbanf, a straggle. AT" publican Threat To Make Revaluation Issue ACT FURNISHES NEITHER ANY CAMPAIGN THUNDER Republicans Helped Prame Act, Voted Por It and Leaders On Record As To Its Value; Butler Suggested Some Time Since That It Was Issue and Was Smartly Rebuked Leading Democrats '-ia . State official circle are disposed to view with soma amusement the veiled threat of the Re publicans of North Carolina an issue in the campaign that ia impending. It was IhnLnubjeet of .some cousideraM com ment about town yesterday, but nowhere was there any noticeable disposition to take the hedging that wag indulged ia at the meeting of the een!tivi committee at Oreesibor Tuesday a th. plaything of peanut polities, more for the purpose of winning any aisfrnatled Democrats than via serious announcement of a pur pose to turn ths guns of Republicanism against ths measure. " There is ao issue in the matter for either Republican or Democrat, in the opinion of most people. There was no Republican oppoiitioa when the revalu ation act waa born in the Finance Com mittee of the General Assembly, leaders Of - both parties being unanimously in favor of it. When it came to a vote in the House, there was no voice raised against it, and likewise when it came to a vote ia the Senate. No record vote waa taken in either chamber, but such Republicans aa found -themselves mem bers of the . Legislature added their voice to the gsaeral chorus of "ayes" that greeted the submission of ths bill for a third and final reading. ' Year Make Differ, are. . But that was a year ago, and consid erably removed from the political battle that Is about to break in the Htate. The Rcpublicana sensed no possible issue in. , the matter, and let their common sense gcr Tne Driver oe i neir poimcai scone, ...j mwHti the bilLWiht an elec f, tion dawning upon, them,: aad wHiTtio ! issue in the State upon which they can nri srtnrt s Tn ni sit UtWIOUKAIMILL FLIRTATION cx-!rpcal to the voters, with some numbers of folk, disgruntled over be prospect naving ine proper food politics to rally the voler around an anti-revaiu.iut; t siunnaia who me ac.ion of feeding a. fobrn lui-e What happened in Greensboro is re asrdcd as mostlyi a flirtation with an issue, to how it would take with people, and if the reaction should be favorable, it could be very easily iacorporatcd In the Republican platform when ths titate eoavcntioa is pulled o ffin Greensboro some three months hence. Honorable Frank Linney did not,-it would seem, make aa out and out announcement or. the ounositioa as fixed policy, it would seem from the accounts incorporated m tk. ,MAnnt mnAmTA liv tha DreenshorO peperrf whsf1ranspiredrHttt:ier4 01 reeling out me una. The Band ef Batler, The hand of Senator Marion Butler, as usual, is evident in th goings on in Greensboro. Some time since, it is re lated, the astute henchman of the Re publican hosts wrote sundry other lead ers suggesting' that revaluation was like to be exceedingly unpopular la some parts of th State and pointed out the desirability of making capital out of .it, Report has 'it. that he was soundly re buked by sundry recipient ef his letter. aa dtold that it was ia part the product or Republican brains, and that it would never do to hare it repudiated, la fact, It . might make good capital for the miaority. 11 . Beaator Butler, evidently took hit ls 16B la good faith end when he arose to speak ef the matter in the recent Cot ton Aeseeitioa meeting here, spoke very nicely about revaluation, acclaiming it a piece of . forward-lookins; legislation that would work great good ia the com monwealth. Other leaders amongst the Republicans have also been most kindly disposed:' towsrd it he art. writing and speaking ef it moat favorably. In the party pow-wod held down in Goldsboro some months ago, Mr. linney devoted some time to chanting the .praises of the set. even going so far as to assert that the idea sprung full fledged from his own- brain. Aad now he faeel about and disowns hl own offspring. .- The Greensboro flirtation is regarded aa a reflection or the aentlment Mint found its way to the aurfaee whea the PALMER EXPLAINS E TO AN AGREEMENT Attorney General Say More. Gained Through Settlement Than In Decree . ANY REDUCTION IN PRICES Sharp Interchanges When Sen ators Intimate That Paror itism Had Been Shown Multi Millionaires; Palmer States First Offer For Settlement Game From Packers j Washington. Jan. 7. More was accom- plished thrnugii the' government's settle ment, of Its anti-trust proceedings agalasT"t1lg1lvertTig -Chicsgo meat pack er t dsn crmlrl have -rultedf row a eourt decision adverse to- the packers, Attorney General Palmer told the Ben ate agricultural committee today. He appeared there by invitation of the com mittee in connection .with its considera tion of what legislation 'Is yet required for the meat packing industry. The government, the Attorney General declared, aurreudered ao rights to a furthrr prosecution of the packers, eliminated the packers from the conduct of Industries not directly related ta meat packing and does not at present contem plate further proceedings, either civil or criminal as "the eases sgainst them have been won." j There were sharp interchange be tween Mr. Palmer and committee mem bers during bis appearance. The sug gestion of Senator Norris Bepublienr, Nebraska, that criminal counts sgainil the packers, past and prospective, had been "forgiven" by ths agreement brought a flat denial. ' Is No Respecter of Persons. Senator France; Republican, Mary land, intimated that by bringing civil mh nnf rimififit Tirneeedinm aealnst the packers, the Department of Justice had "laid itself open to the charge of failing to prosecute multi-millionaires while its. (gents had beea spying upoa members of labor ..unions aad mak ing summary arrests. "It doea not lay ia the mouth' of say man, high or low, to say that Hi Attorney Gene-rat of the United rttstrs Is a respeetor of persons," retorted Mr. Palmer, hia ira plainly, aroused. He added that he had brought Civil com plaints against ths packers exactly as he had brought civil complaints against the miners' union during ths recent eoal strike. '. . Commenting upon the general effect of the agreement, Mr. Palmer said he saw no hope of immediate lowering of : food prices by reason of it. N. Reduction la Prices. ''There is much weight ia the argu ment, that these large concerns secure greater efficiency and consequent low ering of costs," he commented. ' "But if so, it is the efficiency of autocracy. We shall have to depend jn gaining results in this direction from the competition between emnller units, and if they are -not obtained, then our whole theory of efficiency gained 7 democratic compe tition is wrong." Recounting tor ths first time the im mediate history of the prosecutions against ins parsers, air. rainier sam that while a Chicago grand jury waa eonsidoring the government's evidence, Robert J. Dunham, vice-president of Ar mour k Co., had opened negotiations for the settlement, after he had informed the packer that if they desired to come with the idea of surrendering to the ' o-rtvef ftfhent and would atatJiaw far ther, wee willing to -go in complying; with certain requirements by the gov ernment, he would be willing to meet their representatives. : 'Arespr-Ceart Decree. - "ZIu ' li eart tenrent-that resulted. b. said, the packers agreed "to accept -eourt decree perpetually enjoining them from monopolistic or . other unlawful trade practices from engaging ia : the wholesale grocery and other- businesses not directly in their lines, atd from con trol of etock yards and stock yard ter- , mlnals.' The government had not in-" sisted that ' they . 'relinquish poultry, egg and cheese distribution, be said, be--lieving that there was economic advan tage in their system. of handling then products in refrigeratioa along with meat products. , ATLANTIG-FLEET-TiEADS TOWARDS CUBAN WATERS 7 Super-Dreadnaughts Turn Southward For Annual Win- 1 ter Maneuvres . Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7. -Headed by at leant seven supcr-drcadnaughts and ac companied by - more than a score of. smaller craft the Atlantic fleet will turn southward tomorrow afternoon from the Southern drill grounds, for Guantanamo. luna, lor annum winter maneuvers ajnit target practice. The capital ships off the Cape tonight are ( The Oklahoma, which aailed from the Norfolk Navy Yard today: the Pennsylvania, .flaeahin of the fleet rthe ArlzonaVNevadB, 1ori'' iua, Utah and Delaware. Ths smaller craft will be composed of destroyers, , supply, ships, submarines and .tugs. -The final assembling of the fleet for the southern voyage ia scheduled for tomorrow morning, and the expectation) is that Bear Admiral Henry B. Wilson In command, heading the fleet oa the Pennsylvania, will be able to start the voyage early in the afternoon. Throagh out the voyage southward the fleet will engage in steaming maneuvers. " Other ships will augment the flotilla aa it proceeds.-. 1 Several hundred - recruit from the local training ship were trans ferred to the flecf ship during the past -twenty-four hours.; and others are to be sent out early tomorrow morning; on tugs conveying supplies, r- HOW PACKERS CAwl
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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