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VOL. CXL NO. 18.
SMS CLAIMS LACK
OF CO - OPERATION
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IIICOriDUCTOFiR
riaces Letter written by Him:
To Secretary Daniels Before
Senate Committee
r ' v.
FULL COMMITTEE WILL
CONSIDER IT M0NDAYJ
.
Admiral Claim i Also To .Bare
Been Directed Before Lear
inf Tor London "Mot to Let
: tflBrmitrtdl-TbrVoel
Orer Your Xyfcs"; Many
Naval Policies Oritlciied
DANIELS MAKES PUBLIC
ORDEB ASKING OFFICERS
. : TO prrEK SUGGESTIONS
Washington, Jan. 17 Secretary
Daniel mad public todar. lthmil
MMt, (Mcral r4r 4aa4
OccMkr 29 lart csIObi all
tcrwi la tfc rrl Mrvict to sab
lit "aggMtlaaa aa4 taraaianada
ttoaa far iatpravlar ta awtaaaa atiMl
kj taa Brjr la la aaaccatha f
apcraltoa mm4 la lac aaaaly ( m
tmi naterlaL
Thar at M tptMt aalato
which racaanMaaattoBa wtra aakad
ta ba aakailtte4 to ta Kccratory ,ka
torr A aril 1, af Ihia rear, aa4 Na.
M follawat
'Vaamatlaa ' f th $try De
parlBMBt with ta AUtos, la caiaM
ttaa kota with th anlM af tha
atral farcaa mm4 with autorlal
Mttrr. --'
Admiral RIbu'' Icttar fM 4ato4
Jaaaarjr 1, afttr tha laaaaaca a( thia
tit.
Washington, Jan. 17. Investigatioa
by a Beaate Hub-Committee of awards
of Naval War Decorations took s bow
angle today when Rear Admiral William
6. ims, the only witness heard so far,'
' laid before th eommitte a loag letter
, (nutted -ertaia Kaval assoas of tM
' lrcat War", written by him to Hecre
t tory Daniels, arraigning ' suay aspects
. f lh Navy Department's conduct of the
Har, v. --f:. ' ..i-.-"'.
I Meek of, full eo-opratios with the
- avsrseas, tk pest filled by Admiral
Hias throughout the war, was tk gat
' si criticism made, but th letter eo
! Ulaed also a statement that jut be
I Itrs A left fo London, Admir: ms
--SM.lnld-at toJt th British p l lue
wool vcr year eyes,'' and that the
I United States "would as sooa fkbt the
British a th Oermaaa-f '.-
I Who issued these instructions,:! not
i brought out during Uie hesrinj, nut
J 1 , CI. iA A
' inent had been mad to him by 'a higb
Introdnetio. tf th. 1-Hter prompfU
. Chairman. Hale, Bepablicaa, Maine, to
' aanoaue, that he would ask tha full
: Naval eommitte' Monday ta aatkorisc
lis sub-eommitte to make a wider-ia-
quiry, ; "or " ta appoint another rub-eom-1
niitte to Investigate the conduct f the
ar by.th Navy Department. !
? In statement, rehativ , to Admiral
. Sim's letter, Secretary Daniels said he
. bad referred it to th General Board
"with . direction to giv cwsstdcratlea
to it and to all ether .ennaroaJeaUoBS
' directed to th Department waceraing
.ths lessons of th war." . '
Th letter deelana it lmftortaat a
guide ia futar wars that S just esti
mate be made of the errors f policy,
tactics, strategy and admlaistratioa that
war committed by ar Nsvy," and adds
that it is for that porpoe that "th most
'serious of the errors" ar summarised.
Jibed, follow th recital af the' officers'
assignment to London "on barely 4ft
'heirs' Botic" late la March, 1917, ant
this statement regarding his lastruc -
tiOBSS t ' i : l- V '
Leave am Short Netie. V
"Brief order were delivered to wis
'verbally la Washington. Ne formal in
struetioB or tatomat ef th Navy De
partment' plans or policy were receiv
ed at that 'time, tuoagn i recetvM e
following explicit admoBltien i 'Don't
lit th.e British poll the wool vr your
eyes. It la bob f of . ear baaises puii
iag their heatauts out of thi ra..We
would 4 sooa- fightvti British as th
.Oermaaa.. v. '.
! As so" as .he arrivad ia Loadea,
Admiral Sima said, he realised that the
Nary Departmeat did not comprehend
the seriousnesa of the sabssarine aten
aes, dye to the insnffictont scop of th
Amcrieaa intelligenc aervicc. : :
1 "A review of th eablessent te the
Xary Department U April, 1?1T. the
letter said, "shew that the situatioa
was very aerioae snd that th eaemy
was rapidly winning the war by the d
strueti ef ', merchant shlppingi
Throughout the following year nam
stoas eablea and letters of the most
urgent possible character were seat
with th object of impressing a th
Department th vital aeeessity cf eur
maximum efferU being eserted ia Eur
epeaa waters with .the least poesibl
delay, but without producing th d
sired result
'. Bay Ce aperatlem Lacking.
Th Nsvy Department was repeated
ly told, the' letter said,, that it was a
matter ef aim pie arithmetical calcula
tion to deteraia that the Allies must'
lose "the war if the rate of ship loss
eentlnnad. -: L.' ', .
"for som ressoa, which has Sever
bsea xpUiacd,'. Admiral Sims wrots,
"th Navy Department, daring at least
th Irst els months of the war, failed
to put Into ''sctual practice a wttpl
kesrted -policy of eo-operatiol with? th
Allies policy required for winnini
ths war with th least porsible , de
' Isy."- ' - " ','!'' "V- ! ;
The letter -charged that sot untjj
FORTY-FOUR PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C,
DESCHANEL NEW PRESIDENT y
OF THE FRENCH REPUBV
SucceMor of Poincare Receive
i b- i a. r. n.f
Uay; Well Known rrencn
- Versailles, laa. limits ta AJtoeiBt-
ti Preaa.) Pkul Dexltaiiel 'waa alaeted
Prcaident of tha French Bepnbli today
by 734 tj of the 889 nemberi of thai
Rational Vwembly voting.. Ill majori
ty n th lvrt lne tha election of
Louit Adolphe T&ien, the first Presi
dent, after the fall of tha empire, who
ataa ehoaea atuuiiBioMly. .' . .
The' result was certain' ainaa the' eu-.
ens of yesterday at which IS. Desehanel
wns chosen the ndWte af tha Beaato
and1 JChinber of Deputies, eomprislng
alf-fna- Tsrious parties; The -ieetiw
took OBj besides holiday eharaetor,
tha atmosphere of a pstriotie manifes
tation, fcv !' -J-' -s
Tha-feeling amoag the Senators and
Deputies wm Mt. affm tb. moment
of PreBiierClcmeBceaB from the contest,
u .knm th. p.ri;m.t ... Ai.now to
Largely Formal After Nomination in Caucus on Previou,
arUpme of tha nstion'a BTatitude.PWdt National Assembly
it was fitting that the new President
should come into power ith a vote that
would Rive him the necessary authority
to speak impressively for France. Th
general erntituent is that while M. D
ahaaal has not won the Presidency by
such outstanding services as those ren
dered by Premier Glemeaceau, he is
a man admirably adapted for the posi
tion, which requires careful tact, and is
above all, a safe man. '
Proceedings Farsaal
The proceedings, were formal, giving
little occasion fur . enthusiasm.. When'
the vote was announced, however, 'th
UP NEAR BEER; TOO
Demon Rum Dies Hard But He
Dies and New York Will Be
; Dry As Sahara
New Turk, Jan.' 17-Demon rum died
ksrd ln New Tork today, but he died,
and vea his distant "nlativ.. tear
bear, will b no more in this 8 tat after
January tl, according to an snnouac
ment today by' Deputy Exeis rjommia
aistaer Du Harry JtUlstoa.!:"'' ? ;"rV
SJr. .Balstoaaaaertcd that no rrevis
ia had bee Mad foe. licensing -
bolw drink ef ny .kind .after this
month, tad that onles th legislator
rushes through a new metsure, saloon
keeper whs feopa to sell near ber nnd
light Wine wiU hare to shut an shop.
" Th last jegialature,'' said Mr. Bal
aton, passcd a measure providisg, m
et m W"'fi ' 81
When that ceases there is no war of
licensing the - sal ef liquor ia J the
State.' - - . . ,
"The State law defines liquor ss la
cludins; all" distilled and rectified
spirits, fermented wine sad malt de
coctions. Without license there ran
b no sale ef mesr beer or snythlnf
else which carries th slightest percent
age of alcohol, and the only remedy
will be for th legislature to pas a
new law embracing the licensing of
these drinks." i '
Colonel Daniel L. Porter, supervisor
ef Internal Beveaae agents for th New
Tork district, made it plaa today that
New York was to be as "dry" ss th
Sahara. Be emphasised this point by
lining , up 190 applicants for appoint
ment ss federal , agents to run dowa
liquor.';'' V.' " ;''' ''7''";'"":'"T
Haviag done- this, h had 500 cases of
whiskey which "just missed" escort.
seised and piled ia front ef the enstoms
U,,, ,He h,d twelve warrant issued
! I- . ,v. lla.l.a
in coaaeetioa with the tenure, hinting
that h thought -the liquor wa -never
intended for a tong voyage 'overseas
snd that it was taken from bondod
nri-lioa-es for . sale right her la the
"United Ststes..,, ., . ... ,
But' S,D00,00O; worth . ef sngsr did
leave this port '.today.. It -left on Je
freighter Yarmouth . for Havana, nd
t ho canes -.were loaded so hastily tWt
th raf t pur' ta sat listing to r star
'board.'' ' .'V . ., i.- ' -.
On tragedy .'marked th Jrit f d-j-moa
rum. Despondent because he ' had
been deprived -of his liquor. Frits Klos
ter committed suicide by inhaling gas.
' " 1 . I ,'M.' - .-'. f -
TEN DEPARTMENT READS - V
",T0"SUPERyi8B DET. LAW
I Wa'shingtos; Jaa. 17. With th ap
poiatmeht today ef the tea department
commissioners for, prohibition enforce
ment, the government's machinery te
P created nnderth elghteeaih amend
ment ta the enstijutim was prsctlcally
completed.' A tew state directors, have
not-; been named, but ' t?pir ' duties ,ve
being performed -by v Internal -.revenue
ooVers. ' " . 1 , ' :' .' .'. "
Prhibitios';fVnin5ion'er ' KrameWs
office had an Inkling in. its first day -of
Deration f the multiplicity of prob
lems that tt will fsce until th rmhlie
gets acquainted with the law. ;' Tele,
grams snd telephone "calls poured Miits
the various members of the enforcement-staff,
snd there -were almost as
many different subjects to be discsssed
a there' were messages. --.V -
Officials ' believed "wliea ' Secretary
Glass approved the final draft of . the
enforcement v regulations that, they
eonld meet any controversy with a
definite answer through those rulings.
But it was admitted freely that the
Bret-day f prohibition under .the na
tion's, baale law had proved there still
were technicalities to be interpreted.
7- Faot races and equestrian specialties,
Pinehurst, Wednesday at 8:43 v, m.
Adv. : r-J
GOTHAM MUST GIVE
Largest Majority Sin.
f . r . V.
oweiman.
members of Parlimeat on the floor and
the visitors in the gallery joined in a
great outburst of acclamation, while
former Premier Briand, who is fanarally
credited with a large share In the elec
tion of M. Desehanel, declared to a
group of friends: "France and the Ba
publw continues."
Madame Deschaael and her ehlldren
witnessed th demonstrations from ths
gallery and returned to Parts with thai
President-elect in a motor tar. ;
On tha return M. Deschasel was fol
lawed by long cortege, of Parliman
tariaas. Th procession wa watched
by thousands along th rout through
the Park of 8t, Cloud and th Bods da
Boulogne, Who cheered eseh 48, cry
-Jlmji "Ma hve DpM, nnd. VLont
I Tf P"' '
1 After the bslloting, Leon Bourgeois.
annonneeq only the vote roT M.
SehaneL complying with the request of
th others who received votes not to
include them in the minutes. . M. Bour
geois made an address of congratula
tion to the president-elcet, pledging
him the support of France. He men
tioned M. Deschshal's public services,
particularly during the war, and "dur
ing life of adniirable uprightness
consecrated, like yonr father's, to the
cult of Iblerty."
In his reply, M. Desehanel thanked
E
Nash Bryant, of Harnett, Ar
rested As Slayer of Wife;
- Will Exhume Body -
Dunn, Jan. 17. Nash Bryant, prom
inent Harnett county farmer, living
Bear Duke, and father of eleven chil
dren, is ia the Dana jail charged with
Ul)lnf his wife Monday night. The
body ef Mr. Bryant will be exhumed
Trloaday, for ehasssiaWUl at1 esasnlas
tios. .; , ." ? '; .', .'f.;.;
Directly after aha shooting, a tor
oaesjurjf ; exonerated Bryant, enter
ing a verdict that Mrs, Ida Bryant
came to her death by the accidental
Aischargs of a pistol la ths bands ef
her husband. Ths husband's atery was
to th affect that he went horn, called
fot his pistol tad that his wife handed
it te him through aa epea window,
the barrel toward her. Is grasping the
gun, h testified, he accidentally dis
charged it. She was shot through the
tempi.
Sine that time, th father ef Mm.
Bryant, QUI Lucas, dissatisfied with the
verdict ef the jury, investigated th
case, snd as a result, Bryant was ar
rests today by Deputy ShtrisT B. 8.
Ternigan. Charles B. Guy, an -attorney,'
has bsea retained by the private prose
cution. ;
SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITION
GAMES BY STAR TEAMS
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17. Eighteen games
will be -plsyed ia tha Joint exhibition
series between the Boetoa Nationals
nnd th Detroit Amerirsns, according
te th complete schedule announced
hera.tonlglit by "Walter E. Hapgood;
business manager of the Braves. Th
schedule wilt be played ss follows:
March 23, at Columbus, Ga.l E4, Moul
trie, Ga.; .25, Valdoata, Gi.t 20, East
man, Ga.; 27, Macon, Ga.; 28, Atlanta,
2$, Ashevllle, K. C; 30 8pencer. N. C:
31, Greensboro, N. C; April 1, Golda-
boro, N. C. 2, Durham, N. C; S,
BlueJeld, W. V. 4, Charleston, W.
Vail 6. Huntington, W. Va.; , Parker
sburg, W. Va.; 7, Clarksburg, W. Va.j
I, Elkias, W. Va. 9. Cumberland. Md.
On April 10, Detroit plays In Indian-
apolii and Bostoa st Jersey City, v
POOL ROOMS RENDEZVOUS
FOR ADDICTS OF DRUGS
New, Tork, Jsn.17. With the closing
ef saloons, pool rooms have become the
rradexveu for drug addicts and crim
inals, who .are leading the city's youth
astray, according to CommlsMoaef ' of
Accounts Htrsehfleld, who tonight ret
ommended .".f clean-up'' ef theses oi-
tabUshamata, '' "V -'"-l ! ..' i ,k
Mr. Hirselifield mad his reeemmea-.
datloa is a report to Mayor Hylan after
investigating; complaints from several
habitue that they had been beain
up" nr. detectives making unwarranted
raids on eombinatioa pool rooms sad
eoffe houses,' -.. . , . '
Is addition to arging a "clean-up."
Mr. Birachfield said h , intended , to
draw up for presentatioa to th board
ef aledrmen a resolution providing for
rnssetment ef regulations forbidding
pool rooms abov the ground floor of
say building, barring partitions and
prohibiting screening of the windfltrs
with shsdes. .- r ' - , ,;
Coal Shortage Cleaes Mill. I ,
Ton n gat own, O, Jaa. 17. Only a few j
tub mllls'of the Youngstowa Sheet A ;
run uompasy, employing nearly ta.uw
men, will re-open Monday, all th fin
ishing mills hsving closed . todoy for
an indefinite, period owing to cosl
shortage, it was announced at the com
pany's office tonight Other plants win
continue their present schedules, which
hare been somewhat curtailed by la-k
of coal, officials said, ,
AIL FARMER ON
MURDER CHARG
SUN
OftNING,! JANUARY 18, 1920.
j1
9 a
4 4j O'jT
O w
'
Original Parchments of Decla
ration and The Constitution
v Are Exhibited
DISPLAYED FOR FIRST '
TIME IN EIGHTEEN YEARS
Theatres From Maine To Cali
fornia and Golf -To Canada
Witt Exhibit films In Effort
To Bemove From-The Public
v Mind All Effects of Recent
'Eed' Activities
WasHhgion," " JanrT BeccBt " artlvl
ties of radical propagandists, led Secre
tary Lansing this wk to display for
iie-44he first time in eighteen years the on
ginal parchments of th Declaration of
Independence and 'the constitution of
the United States.
In th presence of a group of officials,
the parchment were rumored from the
protecting walls of a srteel safe enclos
ing them and placed on view in the Stat
Department for an hour, while motioa
picture cameras recorded their appear
aaee for the benefit of the 110,000100
pensons living tindpr the principles
eau nelated by them.
Theatres front Maine to California
and the Gulf to Cnnada will exhibit
the films la . the coining weeks in sa
effort "te remove from the public mind
in every city, town and villnge any pos
sible effect of recent 'red' activities.
Owing to their age, exhibition of th
parchments is r rare event. Exposure
to light, even though eseh sheet Is
protected carefully from air by her
metically sealed glass plstaa, causes
additional fading of the ink inscribing
the immortal words which brought ths
republic into being.
T Allay Hysterical Clamor'
It was only th hysterical elamor of
radical agitators, who obtained many
loyal cltisaeas ss" listeners TSeeauee of
the reaction! after the war, that induced
Secretary Lansing to 'enlist th coop
eration ef the press aad motion picture
industry te remind the people of this
country of their debt to the land ia
which thejr live. ' Fearing a great crush
l a- to, prestos Sheets at th pins
became known, with the possibility of
serious damage, ee)iltig, anaowactaisnt
of what wa Uone- was not maoe atu
today. ! " ".'.,'-'-'"-".
' Both th declaration ant tha eenstU
tution were foond in excellent eoadi.
tioa. The former for "many years has
been very faded, due to the fact that S
"letter press" copy, from which rf pro
ductions hove some, was made aliojt
seventy years ago and ia the wettiilg
necessary, much of the ink was loft.
The signatures are very indlaitnet ex
cept forthe famous "John Hancock''
' (ConfUsed on Pag Two,) '
HOPE FOR FINAL ACTION ' '
ON TREATY NOW VANISHES
Washlngt, Jan. IT. Hop far
final action by th' Beast em ta
' rests Treaty this month Vlrtasllr .'
had vanished tonight. - ,
EfforU ef Repablicaa aad Deaw- .
cratk leaders to adjast diapates
rr reaervation will b catla4
next week, bat th time rwajalnd
' far sabe,aat Bcaretlatiems with
th raak aad file ef the Senate '
aad th debate which will follow
ta th Seaat' Itaclf, are experts
generally to praclaa Seal Wtta
, befer Fcbrssry at the earliest,
- Tw aeestoas ef th bi-parliua
- "MraBd table" ceaanitteea were
held today aad considerable prog-.
rss toward agreement en mlaec
reaervatiena was reported. Cansld- '
ratlea ef the crucial reacrvatleas
affecting Article X ef th Lags
of Nations Cerenant aad th Mea-,
:- ree Doctrine, was deferred by ms-'
taal agreement. , - -
,. ', All fear ef the Bewahlltlam S,,.
tors Ledg, of Muaachasetto, New,
v f ladlaaa, Learoet, ef Wiawensln,
and Kellogg, ef Minnesota, aad tk "
' Sve Democrata, Senators Hitchcock,
f Nebrsaks, Simmon, " ef - North
; ' Carolina, McKellar, ef Teanewes,
k, Walsh, ef MoatoB,-aad Owen t
OkUhama, atteaded today's smsaseu.;
The Repablicaaa alae held 'a a-;
arat meeting snd; iadlvldaals of
both faction held private- era
. frnc with Senators net members! .
ef the lafermal ewsnnaJtteea,
Leaders es both ' sides Bald Hi
tie proaTces had bees) made la Ik
preliminary aiscaealea recently ef
the roocrvatlea anTeetlng . AHItle "
It. and th Monroe Deetria. Kh-5
lieaa leaders, (acladlag these ef ths ,
"mild reaervstlea' faction, appear-
d as lasistsnt aa ever that there i
be a change la th principle t '
the rsecrvaUea, Som ef , the '
Desnecrata la the eenfereneai were
aid . to Indicate a disaeetttea to
ateet th Republicans' demands a :
the reservation, bat th suited '
of Senator HKcbceck, Admlntatr. )
tiea leader, la demanding radical ,
: medifieaitoas'wue andcrsteed to be
" anchsaged. - - 1 , I '
MASONIC MASS-MEETtNGj i i
, i CALLED FOR Js3S TODAY
, A'majss-mectlng ef Msnea ef Ral
etgb aa keen failed fer th Masonic
Temple this sfteraewsi at 1:3 e'eleck.
Aaaeaaeemeats ef the BMetlag will
a mad ia all the churchce af th
city today, aad It Is declared that t
matter of .great Imaerlaace to the
Masons ef. the Stat and city wilt be
presented, i i. ;'., ' '' - v.,.'"
It to arged that Maaoaa,. whether
active at present v1a the, ledge reem
er a, attend this nseetiag. '
30F :
i p m nr
.i1IO IU DL
M ON SCREEN
DEMOCRATS NOT TO
APPEAL TO GROUP
FEELING, RE SAYS
Chairman Homer Cumminqs
Party Will Consider Treaty
- As Americans Should
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
ENDORSED COVENANT
More Noise Than Anything- Else
In Radical . . Objections To
Treaty, He Thinks; Wants
Jfo Personals Controversy
But' Will Issue Statement
. About Campaign For Funds
party will conduct its Presidential cam-;
paiga without regard to group interests,
Homer 8. Camming, chairman of the
Democratic- National Committee, declar
ed today. Mr. Cummings who was here
to attend a meetiug of the committee
on arrangements for the Saa Francisco
convention, made this statement when
asked whether the party intended to
undertake any propaganda to over
come the reported defection of certain
Irish tad ether elements opposed to
ratification ef the peace treaty in its
present form.
"Ws are going to consider the treaty
aad other issue as Americans," as
serted Mr. Cummings. "I am unalter
ably opposed to considering this ques
tion in sny other way. Personally,
I believe the radical objections te the
pears treaty are more noise thaa any
thing else. Those who sre shouting the
loudest, have not been strong for us
anywsy."
Mr. Cummings called sttention o the
fact that the National Committee had
endorsed th Peace treaty aa submit
ted by the President and was standing
pat on that issue. Those who believed
that the treaty was inimical to the pol-
it ieal Upi rat ion O f ther i risk -people T
were ia the wrong, he said. The treaty
and the League of Nations, be declared
would be a real benefit to all the small
nations of the world.
, Chairman Camming 'announced that
so many misstatements had bees mad
eoneeraiBg the Demoersue campaign
for Had that he would issue a formal
pwtatemeat wirhin a few dare replying te
them.
' Wants Ke Nnwaal Centres si si.
TW that th .chaimea ef th re
apectiT IsatiMal tlommittoe - should
pot enter into s persmal eontroersy.
h mid, "but the criticism against us
has become almost libelous and I feel
compelled to issue a formal reply and
make our pesitina clear" '
The only business transacted by the
eommitte . on arrangements was th
appointment of sis sub-renamlttees to
handle various phases of the ' eonvna
ties plans. No other meeting ef the full
committee ia expected until about June
1, when both the National Committee
and the arrangements committee will
assemble in Ban Francisco to make the
final convention plans. The temporary
chairman probably will be named at
that time. ...
Women were represented on the com
mittee of arrangements today for the
first time in the party's history, accord
ing le party leaders, in th persons of
Mrs. George Bass, of Chicago, chairman
of the Women's Bureau of the Rational
Committer, and Mias Mary K. Foy, of
Los Angeles.'
The committee agreed to provide hotel
rooms free Of charge to members of the
National Committee and associate mem
bers while at the eoavtntinn, but they
will be required to pay for their meals
and railroad transportation as in the
past, . It, ,. it, expeeted that', round-trip
excursion rates, to the convention from
'".i'vk.andJH aalungHoa will b about
12j, mcliiding Pullman fares. , '
Y Sab-Cemmlttee'a Naaaed.
Following i the list 'of sub-committees,
tli first named being chairman in
each case; ' - " ,.';,..' I '
Hotels and entertainment: Isidore B.
Dockweiler, California; John T.. Bur
nett, Colorado; Dr. John W.. Con'ghlin,
Massachusetts; Bobert B. Elder, Idaho,
Mrs. George Baas, Illinois,. . . j
Transportation: Charles . BoeR-hen-stein,
Illinois; Patrick H. Quinn, Rhode
Island i Wilbur W. Marsh, Iowa; Fred
erick, B. Lynch, Minnesota ; . Isidore B.
Dorkwsiler, California.' : ,
Hall and seating! Norman E.'klnck,
New York( Wilbur, W. Marsh, Iowa:
Edmupd U, Aloore, Ohio; Arthur F;
Mullet, Nobraska; Mist Mary. K. Foy,
California. , : . ' .
Tickets .and badges: . Bemer 8. Cum
mings, Connecticut; Edward, G. ,Hoff.
mi.il, Indiana; Dr. John W.: Cough I in,
Massachuaetts; J.. Bruce, Kremer,' Mon
tana; Charles Booscheti stein; Illinois. '
; ftttoi ' Clrk Howll,. Oporgia; Nor
jaaa , Mack,. New, Vvk-; Edmund. H.
Moor. Ohio. ..... . . '.' !" : 1
Personnel : Homer ft. ?ummrag,-ConT
Becticut; Frederick. B. lncu, Minne
sota; J. Drue Kramer, Montana; .Norv
ansa E. Mack, New iiVk John T. Bar-
aett, Colorado, v. . , , ,T !
TEXAS JURY ACQUITS
8PANELL Ml'Bp&R CHARGE t
Brownwood. Tqias,"' Jan. '17i4narry
J.' Sisnell was acquitted of the 'charge
of haying murdered Colonet M, C, But
ler by a jury 'in Dislrict Court here"
today after two hours' deliberations, '
The jury's verdict sustained th de-f-adsnt'
plea "that his aeqiirttal rn
January, 117, of the charge of murder
ing kit wife,: ws jn "effeetis. acquittal
of a similar charge in connection with
Colonel Butler death. 'r" .' -.
Butler and, Mrs. Bpauell 'wore'luHed
wUh ,n aa aufemol)ue!ride" with
Bpauell at Alpine, Texas, July 20, IS'.B.
Th trial just ended, began .January ,6.
Argument was concluded', and - ths cm
jfiyea to-the jury f 13:30 'o'clock"to
day,' v' V .'' r':'f 4'- -
. FQRTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY.
Grand Master Masons
Of North Carolina
HON. HENRY A. GRADY CLINTON.
" The M.-mons of llie State wlirassembie"
jn &lrd Annual Communication in
Kaleigh Tuesday7Tfnr-sessions that will
keep the delegates busy through Wed
nesday, and possibly through Thurs
day morning.
The Credentials Committee compos
ed of A. H. Holden, 1). f. Botts, snd
W. M. Uillikin will meet in the Grand
Lodge Boom at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning for the examination of creden
tials of delegates.
E
Former Director European Re
lief Says Blockade Furnished
Excuse To Soviet
BLAME EVERY FAILURE
TO ALLIED INTERFERENCE
Advocates Its ' Eemoval Be-
cause Bolsherists Must Then
' Stand On Own Bottom; Says
Shortages and Suffering Not
7;t.Jbu2.$ aiotfka4t But To
Industrial DemoralLtatioa
WasUngtoa, Jan 17.-censovl ef U
blockade on soviet Russifc baa knocked
on of their "greatest props' from under
tftrolaTieJklTIerbert Hoover saifliT
a statement hero tonight. ' Speaking
from hia knowledge of world conditions
the former director of Kuropenn rolief,
said tli soviet hsd laid every failure
of Socialism en the blockade aad used
It ss a stimulus for raising armies en
the ground that the Russiuts wero fight- i
ing to save themselves from starvation.!
With the blockade removed in, large
part, Mr. Hoover said the 'Bolsheviki
tyranny will face eollapst when It foils
to relievo suffering. ' ; "
Mr. Hoover thought vtuscia had no
commodities, wheat, flax o'r cotton, for
export, since starvation, is acute in the
larger cities and the penplo almost in
rags. The peasants wcra said to have
sufficient food.
"I have sdvocuted, aver since last
winter," Mr. Hoover raid, "that tho
blockade on soviet Russia should be re
moved 'on everything except srms and
munitions, not because it would do
tho Bolshevik tyranny In Rusain any
good, hut because I believe the removal
of the Wockride-wllilnke out from iindef
them one of their' grea'est props, ' For
fuv pni year iney navs iaia every ran-
-raefo4.I6"-BrrtTrbltn
daily jind hourly b'.aottd the allied
hourly b'.anrtd the allied
blockade fAr the shortage of food, cloth
ing and agricultural implements and tha
misery 'that hirnri?ea therefrom, snd
they have tnieeerded in impressing this
spon aa ignornnt people. They have al-s-
used It 'as a stimulus to f raise, ar
mies nude the- contention that they are
figlrting to save themselves from star
vation.! r. ? if, v.- ai.-. .,,. ; ,7, ,
"These shortoges and .this aoffering is
not. due 'to th blockade,-but is du to
the total industrial demoralization and
bankruptcy in 'prodtK-rios.i. which1 will
continne ss 'long as Boetalimtv and the
Bolshevik ntle'lnirts. If the -blockade ia
opened-the Bolskeviki government must
seenre-the' Import- of food end cloth
Ing at once - and thereby great suffer
Ins adl!- be hilticrafed. ' -
"The acute starvntion Is in the larger
elites; these wilr.be' the arons that must
receive, Imported -food. , The peasants
have food enoiigli.it ;home.B But, after
a rewmontiw. T wuen -.tiicy ; nave rx
haujtcd 'the fiffy or eventy-ilv million
dollars .in - gold j and securities which
they have remaining from .the amounts
they have stolen from, the banks, then
fhr.VtWlu neat to-export rominoditiea ia
eiclauge- for inward' goods, . No one is
going tot-give .-them. credit. They hsv
no com modnies r export without eaua-
ing., further suffering to Ibelr people.
JITNEY- RUNS DOWN 'AND
" KILLS MAN AT GASTONIA
''.'' . ,'-' t- V'' .'"S I , , ;
t ' Gnstonntj Jan, J7 Jr I Kee, who re.
ccntly came here from Licoln. Ncb., was
run ever and almost-instantly killed
here this afternoon byra-young jitney
driver named Careny, , The. accident oc
curred on the, York toad near tows-in
a thickry settled -mill eomm unity. DC
tails as to' the. accident are lacking bat
from bent -.iufommtiiin i obtnlnable 'it
Kfrni that Kee tnrtd:eercN! the street
nnd was not seen-by the jitney driver.
Kee lesvps a you ig wife.' Ha came here
t fnrm and was to- move next wcok to
F.x-6briff , J. DB. Mclean's farm noor
Belmont,: nil body will b' buried here.
j pni-jiin mm;, i j
i '. " " '
" H .
I lL It
HOOVER SAYS ON
OF PROPS REMOVED
PICE: nVE CENTS ,
jrlSg
TAX SPECIALISTS
With Newly Organized Busi
ness JeopardizedThey Ap
peal To Tar Heel Senators
" 'IV'.
SUSPECT ROPER'S HAND
IS BEHIND CALDER BILL;
Treasury Department's ' Force
. of Skilled Accountants Be
ins; Depleted and Then;
T9P,QcgupatipnC
Slightly Unethical; No Suc
cessor Yet To Col. Watts . ,
--.-The Nfrws au'd Observer- Bureau.- ?-
003 District National aBnk Bldg.,
By R. E. POWELL
(By Special Leased Wire) " '
Washington, D. C Jaa. 17. For
mer Agents of the Internal Seven ut
Department who are now engaged at
income tax specialists have appealed to
the "North Carolina Senators to oppose
with all their vigor tha Calder bill iti
the Senate which, they fear will prohibit t
them from following this business fur
ther, f
Peculiar interest is attached to thu
bill in view of the recent resignation
of Col. Alston D. Watts, formerly col
lector and supervisor of the revenue
forces in North Carolina. If it is con- -stitutioiiai
and some authorities say it
is, for the bill to be retroactive it will
not only strike s blow st the newly
formed company bended by the lr
dell politician but will get a great many
others. ':. T"I . '.r; " '
Suspect Roper' Hand -There
is strong suspicion Hint JUe
bill has been Introduced at the instuno
of Internal Reftenue Commissoner Bopiir
Hundreds of revenue sgents have, with- '
in the. past year, left the government
service to become Income tsx specinU
istt and the lure of handsome eompeM- '
aatiuu is dvploting th Joj)cr.lorcea t. ...
a time when tbey are needed most. ,
Another reason, it is pointed out by
those who have analyzed the, bill, U
that it is more or loss unethical for em
ployees of the department to quit the ' ,
service: with their principal stock in f
trade, th knowledge wkiuk tliey.iiave
gained "ia their eonfidential relatimta
with tha department. The Caldar bill
, aimed at former employees ef the rev?-, '
nue department Is patterned after a bt
which Rroator Harris, ef Georgia, ii- -frodueed
soms time ago ttt'prevent for
mer employee of the Federal Trul
Coiiimissioa from practicing befor that
body. ' . ,,- --..'', . 7. ' '
Would Have Desired Effect .
The Calder hill would uadoubtcdly .
liave the desired effect in curbing re-,
signations after It is passed, if the ad- ?
voeates of (his sringent piece ef legis- -lation
are successful in getting it ',
through both house of Congresa. t.
Whether it would affect Colonel Atatt
and others in North Carolina who ia ;
already reaigaed and have engugsa
this business is a mooted point v '
which constitutional authorities diff i -
The Treasury department hat a ri 1 J
ing, however.-thst no former emplo
who has resigned from th. servU '
within two .jteans can aeccpt prhri
practice involving departmental C
ters. This, of Itaclf. would bsr Colon v
Wntts and his company from, serving
clients whose business they have handh
ed ss government officials. ' It is andet
stood here that the Federal Tax 8ervK-
company has, 1b a circular hMler, point
ed out this restriction ia bidding tvt
new business. , ' ' ; t
, Bnslness Is Attractlv 'V i -
.Despite the ruling, th businessof iis
ineoHi tax' specialist would be attrae- ,
tive on account of the large number of '
fiiew clients whichthe law sffecU thia
. , -... , -.ji
"rn". " new ...........a,, rr.W1!
ths- tax now which wore rot subjoi -
last year1 but there ar firms who iun:4
cough up this time that diiln'l j.tv
to psjr before. There will be plenty - f
new accounts. .
The Cnlder bill Is how being eu
sidered 1 by, a , sub ' committee of tl.o
Senate judiciary committee' of whkh
Senator Overman is a member, It will 4
Srohably be favorably teported by tha .;
udicinry eommitte but, is ,certla to ,
meet stiff oppositioa in tb ftenst. even, :
though its operation is not retroactive.
' No Ssmcaaer to Watts
Ther have been ne new developments ,
in the matter of electing a successors
Colonel Watts sine the prediction in
his eorreapondence several -dsys a .
that th tit) of supervisor, would'proli-
ably be abandoned for a more modest
onci Senator Overman expects to aeo
Commissioner Koper- some, tlm neit
week with regard to the Kartfc Carolina, .
vaeaney and will urge that tha collector
ship in the western district be restored. v
Ther appears to be. a .great deal-of,
dissatisfaction with the presen arrange
ment, according to iafrmatoa coming
to Washington. . .s i -
Whether 8beriff C. H.. Hayne would
land a berth uader aueh Sa arrnsgrmn
is problematical, even as the arrange
ment is doubtful. Collector.; Bopec m
quoted -as 'being opposed to ,tbn
eatabliabment ef the western district ,
eollectorship and standing .pat- on pro i
mating Sheriff .Hayne, who , aMnis,1
tant to Coloacl Watts. Tko- promotion
etiggested for Sheriff Haynes hus been
to chief of the income tax. division w itU
headquarters in Raleigh, while the rest
of Colonel Watts' dutie would be d. '
gated to some ooe 4 little .mute famU t f
with the Btate. '.'' ' ? V- , .
: Hammer Is In Roll. ( ' 1
District Attorneyi W. C. Hatnmcr, i d
Asheboro, announced before I :,
here- for his home that his hat is i a.
the ring in the BCventh .'district au j
that ho expects to carry ten vt tlie thtr
teen counties. : Mr. Hammer, hns bei
in v conf crenee with Attorney1. Gtnci 1
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