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LEAGUE WILL MARK
NEW HISTORIC ERA,
WILSON DECLARES
Assembly of Council In Paris
Tomorrow First Step To
ward Ideal
LIVING FORCE DEVOTED
TO PROMOTING PEACE
President's Message To Va
. rions Countries of Allied
Powers Transmitted By The
Secretary of State; Text of
" "Call Expresses Hope For Fa
vorable Progress
. Washington', Jn- 13. Assembly of.
the council of the. League of Nations
iuta.itjL!: "mTk the
beginning of a new era in intraQbriaTj
co-operation aud the first great step
towards the ideal concert of nations,
President Wilson declared in issuing
the eall for the meeting, as provided
by the treaty of Versailles. The text
of the eall was made public here to
night. "It will Bring the League of Nations
into being as a lmfl force, doroted in.
the task of agisting the peoples of all
countries in their desire f n pea,
prosperity and happiness,' the cable
gram, addressed to Great Britain.
France, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Belgium,
and Spain, aaid. "The President is eon
Tiueed that its progress will accord with
the noble purpose to which it is dedi
cated." President Wilson's message- was
transmitted by the State Department to
United States Embassies in the coun
tries named for formal presentation to
those governments. It was the same in
eaeh ease, with the exception of the ad
dress, and the full text of the call sent
to Londoa follows:
"la compliance with article fire of
the covenant of the League of Nations
kith went into effect at the same time
as the treaty of Versailles "of Jumrifr,
1919, of which it is a part, the Presi
dent of the United States, acting on be
half of those nations which have de
posited their instruments of ratification
in Paris aa certified ia a process verbal
drawn upon by the French government,
lad irfiaary ISpUTCO, has the honor
.to inform the government of Great
vriljlin mat luo iitii . mcruuK vt wo
roaaril of tine League of Nations will
lie held in Paris at the ministry of for
eign affairs on Friday, January 16, at
10:30 a. m.
The President earnestly ventures tho
hope that the government of Great
Britain will be in
position l send I
representative to this first meeting. He
fell that it is unnecessary for him to
point oat the deep significance attached
. to this meeting or the importance which
It must assume ia the eyes of the world.
. It will mark the beginning of a aew
. era ia international co operation and
' the first great Step toward the ideal con
tort of nations, it will bring the League
f Nations into being as a living force,
devoted to the task of assisting the
people of all countries in heir desire
for peace, prosperity and happiness.
The President is convinced that its prog
ress will accord with the noble purpose
to .which It is dedicated."
BOLSHEVIK FORCES MOVE
RAPIDLY TO EASTWARD
London, Jan. 13. The bolshevik i
forces ia Siberia are moving esstward
raoidly along the trans-Siberian rail-
way. Thaeapture of seventeen columns
- 6f Poliah legionaries, 16 guns and 0,000
j rifles in tho Krasnoyarsk region is re-
- ported in a bolsheviki communication
received beer today. The occupation of
Balai station, about SO miles east of
Krasnoyarsk is also reported. ...
Tho communication says that in' tho
Reral region fighting continued with al
ternating success and In the direction of
Jacobstadt the bolsheviki' retired Shout
jiJL.an4n half miles east of the river
Oubna.
The capture of the' town of Kras
noyarsk by the bolsheviki was , reported
ia a despatch from Moscow on January
P. nror thin 60,000 prisoners having
been taken.
High Prices for Tarn tin.
Savannah, Ga.J-Jan. 13 Turpentine
is now telling, at ,the. ..highest prices ever
quoted oa the Savannah boards. Daring
tho past fall the price went above $1.71
for a brief spell, but recently this rec
ord has been rapidly passed, and to
day aalea were made at II A3. Tbo ad
vance is attributed to fast depicting sup
plies, with aa active domestic demand.
Tho foreign demand has been well nigh
negligible lately. Owing largely to .the
depression in exchange which ,- aggra
- vate tho already high prices. -
- Ortfc Signed as Umpire.
Newport .News, Va., Jan. 13. Presi
dent Bradley of the Virginia Baseball
League has announced the signing of
Albert Orth to umpire ia the Virginia,
circuit this year. . At the time Orth
entered tea army lie was an1 umpire in
tho National League. His homo is in
Lynchburg, Va- and this is said to be
the reason for his willingness to desert
th majors for tho .minors.
Will Take Sin Tears.
Chicago, Jan. 13. A six-year job faces
Federal .prohibition agents In making
the United States dry, according to H.
M. Gaylord, deputy commissioner of
internnl revenue, who aridsessed agents
and inspectors of mid-Western States
today. - . ' ; '
At the' end of that period, Mr.' Gay
lord said, th revenue bureau has fig
ured that the United States will be "a
.seal desert.'-
SIX MILLION BOND 18S -.
TO GET WATER FOR NO.
Norfolk, Va, Jaa. 13v To giv
Norfolk riogaat water ewpaly fr
all psrpoocVlor generations tecosas
and to mak a aear famine, sack) aa
ttUti at present, improbable ia the
fatarc, tkc city coaacll teaight aa
thorised Bond Inn of $MM,Nt
for a new waterworks system, to Up
tho Barnt Mill dlatrict. making avail,
blc a largo aopply of freak water,
located about 21 mil from the city.
ROBINSON THINKS
However, 7th District' Con
gressman Hasn't Decided
. About It Yet
AFTER THINKING SOME
MORE HE WILL DECIDE
I Meantime There Are Seve.
ral prospective Candidates
From at Least Four Conn
ties Being Groomed For The
Job, If He Does Get Out;
Other Possibilities Named
The News snd Observer Bureau.
603 District National Bank Bldg,
By R. E. POWELL.
gtucinl Leased Wire,,). ,
Washington. D. C Jan. 13. Beturn
iftg to the capital today ! from North
Carolina, where he has been spending
the holidays, Representative- Leonidns
Dunlap Bobinson begun turning over in
his mind for the last time tho matter
of running for Congress again. Ho an.
uounsed todsy that he would reach soma
decision tomorroww.
It haa. been pretty" well forecast, in
the number of semi-announcements
made for his job, that his decision will
be to quit the life of a Congressman
and return to his bank and. farms
nround Wadesboro. He doesnt discount
the predictions in the ieast, though de
clining today to say whether ho will
le a candidate or not, but if Con
gress weer to adjourn tomorrow there
isnt anybody in the. far Heel delega
lion that could shake tho dust of the
District off his shoes any Quicker than
can the seventh district .member.
Fear Conntles Have Candidates.
Four counties hsve avowed candidates
for the place and tho bulk of the in
formation that comes to Washington is
.that UiuteU6tst JUtiMejr Hammer
of Asheboro is 0 lew laps o tread of the
others in, the preliminary struggle. So
licitor Walter E. Brock of tho Co tress
man's own town, is said to have con
gressional ambition nnd some favor with
the reigning politicians. Late reports
from Scotland indicate that a campaign
will be waged from that county in be
half of former State . benator Locke
Bins an a platforg.ihajiO$jjaor
neotlund to have th congressman
Union county, it vis announced, cvc:i
before Clyde Hoey had sreeeeded in
nosing out over Jphnson McCall, is to
have a candidate' with a similar pint
form. The Mecklenburg ease is nothing
as a gui'Ie to Hcotlaua and Onion,
Assuming that a merry scramble will
lie waged in ths seventh, contest for
the nomination are certain in six of the
ten districts. Congressional aspirants,
ir order, include W. O. Saunders and
Haliett - Ward of tbo first, Charles
Leban Abernethy of the third. Solicitor
Herbert Norris of the fourth. Homer L.
Lyon of the sixth, at least four in the
aeevntq for Mr, Bobinson s seat, and
Scroop Styles in the tenth. Opposition
so far has not loomed up for Messrs.
iKtchin, Stedniaa, Doughton and-Hoey.
Mr.' Kitchin hasn t heard of any and
a contest is far from his mind now that
he doesn t remember who. ran against
him last. Everybody la the fifth, 'one
hears, wants Major Stedman to stay here
as long as he wants to and the Demo
crats have no idea at this time of stag
ing a congressional contest in the ninth,
where two contenders for the guberna
torial nomination are fighting on home
ground. Something might happen to
change Air. Doughton s mind about tun.
ning but right now he seems to be in
the mood to come back and his mood is
generally accepted in tho oighth.
Representative Sam Brinson has' ac
cepted an invitation extonde4JyPri
Joseph Hyde Pratt to deliver a speech
at tho meeting fo the Southern Drain
age association the .latter part of Feb
rusry. -
Representative Pou .wants his con
stituents, who really want to plsnt Gov
ernment seeds, to indicate such inten
tion by sending him their nam and
address oa a postal. Ho dosea't want
to bo sending valuable , goverameat
seed to boarding employees and school
girls miles away from productive soil.
If th fourth district folks will do this,
their calls wil go first attetion and af
terwards his allotment will be distribut
ed indiscriminately. . ,
On constituent, ', writing Mr. Hoey
a few days ago, asked for soma tomato
seed .thst -wouldn't wilt. The govern
ment replied that it eould't guarantee
what the seed would do although' they
endeavored to supply th best.
Secretary Daniels this afternoon .de
livered an address at the Maryland
State Rouse, Annapolis, at ths unveiling
of th tablet to Maryland naval volun
teers.' ''' ' ,
-Joeephua Daniels, Jr., business manag
er of the Newf and Observer, Mopped
over ia Washington today oa his way to
New-York., :'. ; -
. Tar Hee Merchants Lesv.
The delegation of retail and whole
sale ' merchants, which ' yesterday talk
ed with special assistant Attorney Figg
of tho Department of Justieerelative
to tho establishment of "Fair profit
margins" in North Carolina, returned
home today leaving clith the North
Carolina Seuators spoei fic, requests which
(Contlnaed mm Pag Two.)
OF QUITTING SEAT
See the big Steeple Chase nt Tlne-irT''
hurst today at ".'iii p. ui. Adv. , ,
E
T
Demonstrators lit. Big Proces
sions Demand An Unrestrict
ed Workers' Council
SHARP PROTEST MADE
AGAINST PRESENT BILL
Plundering On Large Scale Re
ported In Occupied Tows of
Oberhausen; Men. Storm
Town Hall and Throw Out
Archives; The Disturbance
" Spreads Ttf Other Town-
Berlin, Jan. 13. Up to 2:30 this aft
ernoon public order had not been re
stored in connection with the demon
strations before the Reichstag. Big pro-cessions"passe6VloTigTl--stretoconT
verging into the Koenigsplatx from all
quarters. Numerous factories were
obliged to elose.
The demonstrators bore flaga inscrib
ed, "We demand sn unrestricted work
ers' eouncil bill." Numerous speeches
were delivered from the steps of the
Reichstag sharply protesting against the
bill in it present form. The street ear
service was partly suspended, tbo men
being oa strike.
RIOTING
REICHS
TA CAUSES
BERLIN
ROUBLE
The imblie-seeu nty police restricted
with strong forces.
Berlin, Jan, 13. Plundering on a
large scale occurred today in the oc
cupied town of Oberhausen. Men
stormed the town hall, seued arms.
threw the archives lt the street and
stripped the shops.
Ths disturbance spread to the villages
of Marseboh and Bruckhausen, where
the plunderers used firearms against
the police. Order has not yet been restored--
i.;..-'
Basle, Jan. 13. Many persons were
killed or wounded in Berlin today when
th troops fired upon or bayoneted
demonstrators who tried to rush th
Reichstag entrances in protest against
th exploitation law, ssys a dispatch
from Berlin. -
. The despatch adda that sine noon,
crowds have paraded th street of Bar
lis. following am appeal front Di Frei
holt, th radical socialist organ, fot
workmen to demonstrat , in . protest
against th lsw.
Would Increase Subscriptions
For Peace Institute From
$30,000 To S1Q0,0OO
Th Presbyterian "Million Dollar Cam
paign," which has beea ia progress for
ths past several months, aad has for
its aim the raising of $1,000,000 for en
dowment purpose for school under
the control of tho Presbyterian church
In North Carolina, among vrhseh is
Peace Institute, Of this city, began yes
terday at noon here. An attempt is
being made to increase local subscrip
tions heretofore given for Peace In
stitute from $30,000 to $100,000 during
the present week.
The team of canvassers now at work
ia Baleigh is under the direction, of
the General Assembly cf the Southern
Prcabvterrian - church. Subscriptions
taken here will bo applied for the n-
largement of Peso Institute, which, it
is said, aow has application from a
number of student largs enough to fill
another dormitory th sit of the on
now in ase. - .
No goal has been, set for Baleigh, but
members of the soliciting team have
suggestively stated that a team the sine
of the one st work in this city last week
secured betwosa $70,000 and $100,000
there, toward a goal of $200,000, which
is set for that city. -
Am ountr pledged jny- bo-paid- ove r
S period of four years, aad ,the first
payment may bo mad within tnirtyr
sixty, or ninety days. Ths . canvassers
expect Jto visit, not only Presbyterrlani
of tho city, but all alumnae of Peace
Institute and all public spirited citizens
of Baleigh.
Other schools to profit by the gl.ooo,-
000 fund being raised sres Davidson
College, Davidson ; Flora McDonald, Red
Springs; Mitchell College, Statesville;
aad five: horn mission or preparatory
schools distributed over the State. Tka
money not used in enlarging the build
insrs of the schools will be, used for en
dowing chairs at th colleges, and de
fraying running expense ,toy the en
dowment. -
Those oa th team, which is in eharge
of Bev. B. M. Hunter, who if present,
are i Messrs. C K. urorxett, J. W. ciars.
of Chlnqucpinj Dr. Dougal Mclntyre, of
Blenbiem, S. c; w. m. Baser, Mr.
Olive; H. H. Brownell and J. M.
Brumby. -
HIGHWir BOWLERS WIN
FROM BOONE QUARTETTE
C. B. Boone bowling team' fell down
ia their third game last night and the
State Hiahway Commission pin artists
defeated the clothiers, 1,53 to 1JM0. Th
winners eantured two of three, gnmec.
getting the second by a margin of two
pins and the third by 43 pins. 0
Uorris, members oi the Hifiiwny torn.
mission ' quartette, made -th highest
nvCmL'O of 310 pins for th" three gamej.
His. bowling was th featuro of the con
test. Ths Boone tiowicrs did tueir nest
work in the first gams when titer rolled
nins but f ill dowa in the renisin-
iL two contcstar i ..
themselves to guarding the Beichstegt"-a1 toatyaceording to Fresi
with stron forces. dent Wilson a convictions received 78
PRESBYTERIANS
START DRIVE HERE
E
Ti
ON PEACE TREATY
Referendum Vote Records Big
Majority For Ratification
Without Reservation
COMPROMISE RECEIVES
NEXT HIGHEST VOTE
Out of 395 Votes at Stats Col
lege 273 Were For Presi
dent's Positioa and 38
Against Treaty In Any Form;
Out of 1,166 Votes at Uni-
- versity JPr eiident ..CUU " 719
North Carolina college atudenta vot
ing yesterday with seven hundred other
colleges in a nation-wide referendum oa
thee Larue of Nations upheld th hands
of the President in his fight for rati!!
cstinn of Wi" eJ'icTrTeatyndrteagiie
of Nations without reservation amend
ment. The second highest vote went to
a eompromieo agreement to faoiliUte
the ratification of tbo treaty.
Out of a student registratioa of KM,
a total of S9S votes were east ysstsrday
at the State College of Agriculutr aad
Engineering College hero. It was ths
only institution in Baleigh t take
ballot;
The first proposition for th latifiea-
votes, while 28 were east against th
treaty in any form. Senator Lodg re
ceived th support of 26 votes, aad a
compromise to facilitate ratification
got 63.
Th vol ia the faculty at th fitat
College .recorded opinions front SI of
th 65 members. Thirty-on wr anre-
servedly with th President, soa were
opposed to th treaty and league, I were
for the Lodg reservations, and 28 were
lor compromise.
Only BcatUriar Onnosttloa
Only scattering votes wore oast against
any.rorm of tho league and treaty, Guil
ford College, at Greensboro showing th
biggest vote in opposition when 27 votes
were recorded for the Treaty and league
without reservation; amendment wtenty-
pwo against any xorm or league or treaty
ana oa lor a compromise.
With 1,166 voting at th University
of North Carolina, 719 cast their ballots
with President Wilson and OT for
a compromise to jtMUiUt4fntiiU-i
tioa of tie ' reaty, ';: - . -t
- At waio forest College, out erCT
voting, 227 wert lor ratification without
rreoervation or amendment aad 125 for
compromise. At Trinity Collet 415
vote,. snd of this number 282 war for
ratification without reservation or
amendment and 98 for compromise.
Salem College at Winston-Salem, re
corded 129 votes for ratification without
reservation or amendment and 53 for
wmpnmuse. -r .
The Greensboro College for Women
showed a vote of four to on for any
reservatioa not destroying the eovenaat.
The Fnr Prowosltloa
' The vote was taken oa four well de
fined propositions:
Prop. 1. 1 favor -th ratification of
the League and Treaty without reserva
tions or amendment. ;
Prop. 2. I sm opposed to th ratifi
cation of the League and Treaty ia any
form.
Prop. 8. I fuvor ratification of the
Treaty, but only with the Lodge reser
vations.
Prop. 4. I favor a compromise between
tho Lodge and tho Democratic reservs-
tions in order to facilitate the ratin
cation of th Treaty.
Carolina Uoholaa Prooldoat.
. Chapel Hill, Jan. 13. Out of a total
of -1.166U ballot , east today ay th
faculty and ktndents of the TJnivertiry
of North Carolina in ths nation-wide
referendum on the treaty of Versailles,
719 voted for ratification of th treaty
without reservation. Only 16 opposed
ratification, in any . form. Of tie re
maining votes cast, 277 favored compro
mises suggested by Senator Hitchcock,
56 the Lodge reservations, 13, any com'
promise that would make immediate
ratification "possible and 68 postpone
ment of action on the league until after
the sUblisim?nL.o..K55f : '
T. Trinity; Against Amsadmcat. .
Trinity College, Durham, Jan. 13
The ballot oa th inter-collegiat refer
endum on the peace treaty today shows
an overwhelming victory for th ratli
eation of , th treaty without reserva
tions or amenduienta. . ' ':' ' '
Th final vote stood as follows among
students:. For treaty and league with
out reservations, 282 j absolutely op
posed, 26; for treaty with Lodge reser
vations, S; for the compromise meas
ures, 98a ' The faeulty vot stood!
Proposition 1, 16; U, 1; III, 0; IV, 0.
The total votes east were 415, of which
298 were in favor of th proposition fav
oring the treaty and league without res-;
ervations or amendment. '
Guilford Waata Compromise.
. Greensboro, N. C, Jaa. 13. Th vot
bjf ' facnlty-'andeolleg - students of
Guilford College today o" tho Ltgue
of Nations resulted in 27 vote for rati
fication without reservation or amend
ment; 28 against' adoptioa of th treaty
in any form; three lor tne ioog reser
vations; aad 59 for sompromtso to fa
cility ratification. V'.: ' ' '
! Foar t 0a For Compromise. '
" GrccnsLoro,, N. C, Jan. 13. Ths
Greensboro College for .Women today
voted four, to ine their convictions in
favor of any reservation to th ' Peae
Treaty and cLsguo of Nations not do-
I stroj ing the. covenant.
( .. Davidson FacaUy Caaalssoas.
! .. Davidson.: X. C Jan. 13. All the
six 'membera of th faeultr of Davidion
. i . - ' '
(Continued oa Pag Two.)
COLLEG
BITS
UPHOLD PR
ESI
SOCIALISTS WILL
' HMf?G AT ONCE
Suspended New-York Assem
blymen Determined To Con
duct Fight To Finish
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO
WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY
Desires Time In Which To
Formulate Charges Against
Men; South American Pa
pers Condemn N. Y. Legisla
ture Tor Action In Excluding
Members For Political Views
Nw York, Jan."-13. The fit r sus
pended Socialists assemblymen will in.
sist upon an immediate hearing, to be.
continued from day to day without in
terruption it was announced today after
a conference of lawyers and 'eaders
of tho parly With Mnrrijr'- Hiliqnit,
chief counsel,-who hss returned from
Saranae Lake, where be went for his
health, to conduct the defense.
"Th Socialist party ia determined
of cost and effort, said a statement is
sued after the conference.
"It is the advice of counsel that, this
to conduct the fight to a finish regardles
esse ia not one in which the actioa of
tho assembly is final but that it is sub
ject to review by tho courts. The party
is ' prepared,' if necessary to Tarry the
question to the highest court of the
State and if need be to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
"As 'we see it the issue involved af
fects not only the Socialist party, as
aueh ypt ahro to. a very irital extent
th people as a whole, and democratic
institutions."
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
UNIVERSITY MEETS HERE i
Dr. Edwin - Greenlaw Elected
Dean of Graduate School To
Succeed Dr. Charles Raper
The executive committee of the Board
of Trustees of tho University of North
Carolina yesterday elected Drr Edwin
O roe a law draa of th graduate school
to suoeeed Dl. Charles Lee Roper, re
signed.
till orecutiv committee met Vaster
day ia the office ot Governor Bb-kett
and' la add it io a to electing Dr. Green
law, upoa th aomiaatioa of Dr. H. w.
Chase, president of the University,
elected Dr., S. 8. Jenkins, instructor in
chemistry for the balance of the year.
Those attending the meeting were.
Major Jr.li a W. Graham, Col. J. Bryan
Grimes, Mr. Charles Whedbee, Dr. R. H.
Lewis, Dr. E. C. Brooks, Dr. Charles
Lr Smith, Mr, Claudius Dorkery, Judge
w P-Hyi m,, r. jnjw.. ronnor,
Dr. R. W, Chase, and Mr. C. T. Woolen,
business nanager.
SENATOR WILLIAMS MAKES
ATTACK UPON THE SENATE
Washington, Jaa.-11 demanding rec
ognition just before adjournment of the
Seaato tonight. Senator Williams, Demo
crat of Mississippi, launched into a bit
ter attack upoa the body lor failure
to give what ho described ss proper con.
sideration to the pending watorpower
bill.
"The people of thia country are grad
ually rising to tbo point where they de
mand abolition of the Senate for fail
ing to function, Senator Williams
shouted. "Here is a great bill before it
and bo attention paid to it, and I am
inclined to agree with Benjamin Frank
lin, who declared the Senate of tho Uni
ted State waa like, the fifth wheel of a
wagon."
Surveying the almost ompty chamber.
Senator Williams aaid:
IMr. President, I am' almost tempted
to demand a' quorum, only .'it would be
too unelublike."
With that Senator Williams sat down.
and Senator Smith . - of Georgia on his j
way out, hst and overcoat in hand, end-
ed th proceedings.' by .calling atten. i
tion to the Vac that the motion to ad-j
journ was pending.- I
SATTERFIELD fS DISTRICT
" ATHLETIC CHAIRMAN
Prof. H." E.' Sotterffeld' Chainrian of
the Faculty Athletic Committee at State1
College, has returned, from New York
wher he attended the -snnunl meeting
of the National Collegiate' Athb"tie: As
aoeiation.' One hundred and eighty odd
delegates from' one -hundred and -sixty
seven educational' institutions -scattered
throughout the' eouh try were in attend
ance. - ' - -
Prof. Sntterfield was elected Chair'
of the third, diatrart1 conference.
tho territory included in . this district
being the State of -Delaware, Mary In ad,
Virginia,' North and South Carolina and
th District of Columbia.; v ' ' ,
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FIRE DAMAGES HOME
OF MR LEE: A. DENSON
Th bom of Mr. L, A. Denson. direc
tor of th local Weather Bureau on
4?S Glenwood.Aveaue was badly dam
aged and most of .tho furniture rendered
uw.nrss last night when fir burned the
roof of th hour and at one time threat
oaed th destruction of the entire build
ing. The low to the house is estimated
at about $500. The contents were dam
aged mostly by water. ' Th cause! of the
ore is not xnown. ine, bmz made a
big glare and attracted my spectators.
' 'Lena HI Right Foot, r
Tampa, Pla Ja. la. Fldy, "Dare
DeviL" Owens, a flier aTtd acrobatic
iwlloonist, was struck Jjy. thev propeller
of m machine while attempting to cliangc
plane in midair at Plant Field hers
thia afternoon -and suffered the .loss of
on half of sis right foot.-,..-:
OPERATORS WILL ABIDE
BY COMMISSION FINDINGS
Acquiescence of Coal Mine
Owners Enables Investiga
tion To Get Under Way
- Washington, Jan. ;i. The coat strike
settlement commission was enabled to
begin its actual work of considering
and adjudicating claims of bituminous
miners for advanced wages snd shorter
working hours today, by agreement of
oKrators in the Central competitive
field to participate in the procedure and
abide by the decision of the commis
sion. This removed the Inst obstacle and
the commission immediately culled for
John L. Lewis, acting president, and
other representatives of tho mine work-'
era, to set forth the case for the men.
lifwis set forth the fuTl demands as
presented before the strike lest Novem
ber, for a sixty- per cent, increase in
wages.a thirty-hour working week snd
six other concessions. Straightforwardly
he told the commission he was not at
tempting merely to obtain for tho min
ers increases over their war-time wages
to compensate them for increased cost
of tivtngr but -to-get -th-iiiugh...for
permanently raised standard of living,
"The miners' stsndnrds ot living, so
cial position and the environment in
whieh they must raise, their .fhiulren,
have ever been too low," said Lewis,
setting a keynote which was followed
by William irecu, iutqrMtionn i secre
tary of the mine workers, snd Phillip
Murray, president of the Pittsburgh dis
trict of the union.
L
Stockholders of Six Raleigh
Financial Institutions Hear
Gratifying Reports
SIX NEW DIRECTORS
NAMED AT THREE BANKS
Change In Officers at Only One
Place; T. T. Maguire, Jr., Is
Assistant Cashier at Mer
, chants; Reports Show Big
Increase In Deposits and
New Customers
The election, of six new directors,
reports of the last year's business In
ths history f lOeaUbsnks and show
ing of highly gratifying conditions feat
ured tho annual meeting yesterday of
th stockholders of six Baleigh banks.
Two institutions, Wake County Savings
Bank snd the City Bank, did not have
the meetings 6t their stockholders.
They are scheduled for today.
The six new directors are K. G.
Hudson, Howard White, A. HJon
don and W. M. Sanders, at the Coiner
eial National Bank; Hotir"AW. Me-
"...
ana a. n. vann, at tne nnieigu sav
ings Bank and Trust Company.
A change in officers wss made at only
one institution. T. F. Maguire, Jr., was
elected, assistant-cashier of the Mer
chants National Bank to succeed H. L.
Newbold, who recently resigned. The
election of Mr. Maguire is in the na
ture Of a promotion, the new officer hav
ing been identified with the bank for
the past 12 months. Ho assumes his
duties at once, !
The report of the iMS Tjusinesi wait
the outstanding featuro of the six
meetings. At each bsnk big Increases
in deposits and resources were shown,
additions made to the surplus and the
oflicers congratulated on their splen
did work of the year.
MerchsaU National Bank.
The electloa of Hon. A. W. McLean,
of Luniberton,' chairman of th War
Finance Corporation, to the director,
ship and the glowing report of. the
yoar'a growth featured the annual
I meeting of the Merchants National
Hank. All other directors- wcrev rif
elected. t
The bank's directors are A. W. Me-
Lean, Ltimbertnn ; W
F. t'tley, Apex;
W. H. Austin, SmithfleM, J. W. Drak
Drak, S. C; W. H. Williamson,
James B. Young, -W.-B-Drake, Jr
J. L. O'Qiiinn, W. L. Wyatt, U M Psr-
ker .and Dr. James R. Rogers, Rjil-
eigh.
The directors then elected as officers j
W. B. Drake, Jr., president; W. F
I'tley, vice-president; J. H. Hightow'er,
eashier; T. F. Maguire, Jr., assistant
cashier. Mr. Maguire succeeds H. L.
Newbold,' who resigned January 1, to
accept a position with a High Point
.bank. .
" President Drake's report to
" i
stockholders yesterday showed the best
business during the past year in the his
tory of the institution. A summary
of the bank's s ff airs revealed that -resources
now sre about eight and a half
million dollars, the surplus hss been
increased 80 per cent and the, bank paid
2 per eentl net dividend after meeting
all tsjies and expenses,
- Improvement in tie bank was an
nounced to the stockholders. The addi
tion will give tho institution two de
partments, th new feature being in
the space now-used hj-Jr L O'Quinn.
Separate teller windows will be main
tained and customer may do business
on n - side they prefer. This was
found necessary to meet the growing
crowded condition of the working space.
CH Js'stlooal Bsak.: J
The stockholders of th Citizens Na-
tional Bank, meeting at noon; re-ekH'tedi
all old diVectors and heard President
Brown's annus! report covering th
year's business. One of. the festure of
this report was the distribution of
JO,000 to depositors and stockholder
as interest on savings and dividends to
depositors' and stockholders of the
Citixens Bank and the Baleigh Savings J
Bank and Trust Company.
. The directors named for th Citizen
(Continued oa Fag Two.)
ANNUA
ELECTION
AT LOCAL BANKS
EXPECT TO PROBE
ARMY DECORATION
AWARDS IN HOUSE
Movement Produces Stormy
. Scene During Consideration
of The Resolution
ATTACK ON GEN. MARCH
, CENTER OF THE FIGHT
Representative Oallivan Wants
General Congressional In
vestigation; Most of Demo
cratic Members - Oppose
Adoption of Resolution,
Which Is Finally Adopted
...uiui(iii,.wiuii4,-(iu movement
for Congrcssiuuai investigation intc
awards of army war decorations produc
ed a stormy scene in the House today -during
which a resolution by Kepressn
t U v e jf 1 i v a n , Democrat, Massachusetts
calling on Secretary Baker for a report"
on the awards was adopted.
The fight cemtered largely about Mr,
(iallivan'a attack on General March,
chief of staff, and other oflicers sssign-
...I in .1 ii ... ;n u ; ..r
. -uij a,, iTRniiiuaivq uuf iiiK III"
war. The chief of staff and other Of
ficers attacked were defended by other
members.
"The House ought not to acquiesce
in the attack on General March snd -other
oflicers of the army," -declared
Representative Moore, Democrat, Vir
ginia, concluiling tho debato with an ap
peal for rejectioa ..of the resolution
which on a roll-cnll was adopted l&l to
12.'!. Most of the Democrats opposed it.
Representative lis Hi van urged the .
adoption of his measure as the start
of a general Congressional investigation
into the award of war honors, declaring
that proportionately mora officers in
Washington received Distinguished Ser
vice medals than those in the front lines. -The
services of all ''lounge lizards of
the second army of the Potomac" were
recognized with decorations, Gallivan -charged,
including former chiefs of staff
who he said, were removed for ineffici
ency. Gencrel Msrch was referred to by
Galivan as "the high priest of Prussian'
; ismJ,nit - the -man- or whom no of-J
ficer ever speaks a word except eon-
tempt," adding that his citation for tho ;
distinguished eervic medal woo id have
bejt written . "under, orders." General i
March wss defended by. several other,
member who declared he was entitled
to any honors -conferred on him. They
also accused Gallivan of unfairness in ,
attacking officers who could not reply
HOLD SCHOOL ELECTION
NEW BERN AT EARLY DATE
New Bern. Jan. 13 Announcement
wss made today to the effect that the
ImariJ
' alitormen w ill be-aeked-to
eall an election at which, time New -Bern
people will, vote on a bond is
sue of $100,000 to be used ia erect
ing three new school buildings her.
Th election will, if held, take place
in the next four or five week. At the
present time there are fiv hundred ex
cess pupils in New Born schools and it
is impossible any the school officials, to
handle them properly, ,
SECOND WOMAN MURDER IN
LOVlSVUXK-WITHIJi MONTrU
Louiaville, Ky., Jan. 13. Motives fur
the murder of Rebecca Lovcall, 21,
whose body was found today in a Ixmis
ville pub'ici park with tho hcaoVxir
tially severed from the body, had nor
been determined tonight. Autli intles,
however, were said to ha socking a
sweetheart of -the girl in nn effort ti
clear "up tho seeond- Louisvillo woman
murder msystefy-within a .month.
Kxaiuination of the body shortlr.sfi-r
a -park policeman had discovered it
4-the entrance of the' part pavillion, Ld
Coroner Carter to announce Ins bcliet
that Miss Lovealt, who was partially
deaf, had been murdered sometime lnt
night.-An axe, hnteliet or butcher knifo
wa used in the killing, he said..
PREDICTS CLOTHING PRICES
- TO BE HIGHER IN 8PRLVG
Chicago, 111.-, Jsu. " :13.--Clothing
pxie4.9 ncst spring, will b from 23 tu 40
per cent higher, than at present, accord
ing to II. B. King, of Seattle, who ad
dressed the National Ketail .Clothiers'
Association today. - " ;
ISt. King said that.tb increase would ,
come from a complexity, of causes, chief
of which was imrreasou pay to worker.
Lobor had goue ijp "7o per cent since .
1914, he said. Mr. Kiug also cited th
decrease in working hours and ths in
crease of Australiua 'Wool price from
$1.19 a pound in 114 to $4.10.;
- - - - Charged With Wifsr Marder.
' Richmond, Va, Jan. 13. When tha -case
- -of the . commonwealth ' agaluet
Joseph. 8. Williams, ehi fcd with wife '
murder,' adjourned this evening twelve,
: tentative jurors were in the box. Will- "
isms wss chauffeur, for the prohibition . ,
agents - on the . night Shackelford and
Hudson were shot at Fisher's Uill i a
gun duel. -.-- - .- ' - -
Broaden Beads St. Loals Losgae.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. l.'l. Samuel Brea
don, aa automobile dealer, of this city,
was elected president of ths St. Louit ,
National Leasue Imsfliall club at a meet-
ing th -board of . directors of ths
club here today. Branch Rickey was
ehoim- manager .for the coming season,
as well as vice president.
.'' .Jory Gets New Case. '
Los: Angi'les, Cab Jan. W. District
Attorney Woolwme -Closed his argu-
ment in the trial of Harry New, alleged
slsyer of Freda Lesser, shortly before
2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and Superior
Judge Craig put the cas in th hands .
of th jury. -.--- v -