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RALEIGH, N. G, TUE5DA MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1920.
VOL CXI. NO. 27.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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BEGIN BUSINESS
Self-Styled Ambassador to Uni
ted States Says Plenty of
Money Available
HE TESTIFIES BEFORE
SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE
Ludwig C.A.K. Martens Denies
Any Connection With Revo
- lution Movement In United
States; Half Billion Dollars
Ready To Be Used In Ameri
can Trade
Washington, Jan. tf. The Russian
Soviet Bepublic i now nrmljr establish
ed. It i supported by eighty per cent
of tho Bussiau people. It lias ceased
its efforts to revolutionize the social
and political life of other countries by
the destruction ot capitalism.
These statements, iu effect, were made
today by Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self
styled ambassador of ttvo Soviet Repub
lic to tho United States,' who appeared
before a Senate investigating commit
tee. Martens personally, and through Ins
counsel, former Senator Hirdwh-k, of
- Georgia, assured the committee bo was
willing to answer any questions that
night be asked. Toward the close of
the boating Senator Moses, Bepublican,
of Now Hampshire, chairman of the
committee, asked Martens if he had ever
claimed diplomat in immunity from
American legal proceedings of any kind.
Tho witness 'said he bad refused to
furnish to the Lusk investigating com
mittee of the New York legislature cer
tain dispatches from his government
which were written in. code.
Turning to Mr. Hardwick, Senator
Moses asked:
: "Does he intend to take that position
hcrcT"
"We'll submit, that to the judgment
of tho committee," Mr. Hardwick re
plied. Have Plenty of Money.
, Martens told tho committee that the
Soviet government had $430,000,000 or
000,000,000 in gold to spend in foreign
trade., stating briefly ' that there was
little ot tii gold In tbc bends of pri
vote banks or individuals," aad .hat
labcut" 1,000 American, concerns were
ready to sell it goods.
i ? Much of Marten testimony took the
form ef written statement. He said
be was spending $2,500 a week, on the
" maintenance of an organization of some
3,1 employes. Iia gave the committee
jtitmes and addresses of all of thtm.
The money expended tamo from Bus
sis ha testified, in the form of paper
currency of Finland, Sweden and other
neighboring states. Besides publishing
weekly magazine, ''Soviet Bussia" the
Soviet Bureau," be snid, maintained an
educational department designed to
Jielp Bussians to get technical education
in . the United States which would be
useful to the Soviet government when
these persons returned and went into
industry! a technical department, :. to,
. employ experts to assemble data for use
in the State operated industries; a
legal department to advise him and
other Bussians, and a. medical depart
ment also designed to get Bussia com
petent practioners and surgeons.
No Revolutionary Movements.
Martens denied all 'connection with
- revolutionary movements in the United
States.- He said they were "purely
American arising out of American con
ditions," as a Soviet agent hero lie had
not helped or .financed them or their
'followers. lis . hail instructions from
Lis government, he said, to stay clear
of interference with American internal
Affairs. All of his publicity efforts
jwere devoted to explaining the Soviet
system to the enu mat Americans
would allow its recognition as the es-
tablished government in Bussia and
were aot t oextend it m, the
eextend it m the tntiedl
SOVIET
PUBLIC
IRMLY FIXED TO
States. '; . ,.
When the Committee demanded copies
s f the 1 actual governmental inatrae
tiona to that effect, former Senator
Hardwick argued that to give" them
' might disclose the "code" in which the
"' Soviet foreign office correspondent with
Wartens, which should be entitled to
immunity, bnt promised, notwithstand
ing to furnish them in the original of
in sworn translation. An adjourn
meat was taken until Thursday partly
to let Martens examine his record for
that purpose.
Would'
BAR IMPORTING
DYES AND DYESTUFfS NOW
Washington, Jan. 26V-With amend
, stents which virtually place aa embargo
oil' the importation of coal tar products
, and their derivatives, favorable action
i on the Bouse Dyes tuffs bill waa ordered
today by a Senato finance sub-committee
which has condueted extensive hearings
on the measure. -" '
.A finally agreed upon by the tub
: committee, the licensing provision con
tained in the House bill was eliminated
and instead the Federal tariff commis
sion was given authority to determine
what dyestffs are to be admitted.
. The' bill also was amended so aa to
continue In effect for ninety days after
the bill becomes a law, should peace be
-proclaimed sooner, provisions of the
trading with the enemy act prohibiting
OTj controlling the importation of dyes
er other coal tar products. . . ' .
. America Hsadfea Traps not.
- New York, Jan. 86. The grand Amer
ican handicap tournament of the Amer
ican Trapshooting Association will be
. held in Cleveland August it was
renounced here tonight by Stoney Mc
I.inn, secretary-manager of the associa
tion. Trapsheoters from all sections of
the T'niietl States, and four provinces
of Canada will participate ia the ton-1
GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN
BERLIN UNDER BARRICADE
Assault On Mathias Ergberger
Causes Minister To Take
Precautions
(By the Associated Press.)
Berfin, Jan. 26. WilhelmstrasM to
night is barricaded and under guard of
numerous troops. A patrol of eighteen
armed automobiles and a half dozen
huge motor tracks loaded with armed
troops arrived early ia tho evening and
immediately took up their positions ii
front of the government building and
shut off all. traffic from the thorough
fare. . -
The precautions taken hy'Minatcr of
Defense Noske were stimulated, ia' addi
tion to the assault upon Mathia Erx
berger today, by rumors that tho men
srehists. would attempt aa insurrection
on the ever of tho former emperor's
birthday (which occurs tomorrow) and
that the attack was to be primarily di
rected against the independent Social
ists and radicals. '
SENATE PASSES MEASURE
TO AMERICANIZE ALIENS
Would Require All Residents
Between 16 and 21 To Learn
To Read and Write
Washington, Jan. S6. The Senate by
a vote of 36 to 14 today, passed the
Kenyon Anicrieanixatiou bill which
wonld require all residents of the Unit
ed States of 16 to 1 years of age, not
mentally or physically disqualified, and
all alien residents between the ages of
10 and 45 who cannot speak, read or
write English to attend school not less
than 200 hours a year.
Administration of the bill a provisions
was placed in the Secretary ef Interior
working through the Bureau of Educa
tion. The measure requires that the
sum appropriated among the states in
ratio to the number of resident ill
iterates, providing however that the
state appropriate aa equal sum for the
same purpose. Not less, than 13,000
would be allotted to one. state la any
year. .
Efforts to transfer the administration
of the measure to the Secretary of la
bor were defeated, just before the final
vote was taken. Tho measure had been
before the' Senate for about a weea
and during debate several Senatore-eat-pressed
appreheneion that the variance
in the age limits Used for Amerieaa
and for alien Illiterate! would conflict
with existing treaties. .,,
LONG SEPARATED SISTERS
AGAIN FIND EACH OTHER
New York Newspaper Carries
Group Picture Which Brinfs
, - Them Together ,
Savannah, Ga Jan. M. After ;
..rh nf sixteen rears for her sister,
from whom she became separated ia
1904, Mrs. A. H. Inhulsen, of Savannah,
has learned through a girlhood friend
that her sister is alive, well and mar
ried ami is living in Brooklyn. She Is
Mm. Mures ret Lahey, of 130 Cumber-
laud street.
The mother died in 1904, The younger
child went to live with an aunt and
tho now Mrs. Inhulsen continued to live
with her step-father. The aunt and little
sister disaoDeared. Tea years ago, after
almost becoming hopeless of ever find
ing her little sister, Mrs. innuisen mar
ried and came to Savannah to live. On
the trip dowa her trunk was lost, and
in It a group picture of her family,
through which she hoped to eventually
find her sister, who also had a copy of
the same croup,
During the last few weeks the younger
sister, who had married and was living
in 'Brooklyn, started a search for her
sister, and the group picture appeared
in a New York paper. It was seen by
girlhood friend of the older sister,
who immediately sought Mrs. Lahey aid
found her to be Mrs. Inhulsen 'a lost
sister.
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MtMotKS UP KtU lMUdd
CAPTURED BY BQLSHEVIKI
All American Women Are To Be
Removed from Siberia By
Transport at Once
Vladivostoek, Jan. 80. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A list of American Bed
Cross workers captured by the Bolshe-
viki at Kliucinskaya station was re
ceived here today. It is as follows:
"Dr. W. H. Kingston, Oklahoma Dr,
J. N. Medill. Jarosa, Colorado; Pharma
cists W. O. Lowe, No. 862 West 7th
street. New Tork City, and E. H. Char-.
ette. Stockton. Cal."
. . News of the capture of the Bed Cross
men, and of seven American railway
engineers waa received ia consular ad-
vices reaching here today. These did
not give the date of the capture nor
did they make it clear whether the Amer
ieans had been captured by supporters
of a -local uprising against Admiral
Kolehak or by Bolsheviki. ' . '
The advices made ae msatioa of any
women Bed Cross workers. ,
Madivostok, Jan. 6 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) All . Amerieaa womsa
and many Bed Cross workers are to be
evacuated from Siberia oa the first avail
nhle transport, it is announced by Bed
Cross headquarters hero.'' ;
"FLU" SITUATION IN NEW
YORK IS STILL SERIOUS
New York, Jan. z. DeepiU the -decrease
ia influenza ensea reported today,
Health Commissioner Cope land was set
optimistic ever ' the situation tonight,
and predicted from preliminary reports
that there would be at least 3,000 new
eases recorded tomorrow. He expressed
the opinion, however, that the death toll
would not be wtaterinlly increased. To
ilsry's report showed 1,712 esses, . SI
Ct 2.833 xeforWl j-'-r-Iav. - ,
SENATE CONFIRMS
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HP. 1UUDJCUI tor?
Elizabeth City Lawyer New
District Attorney For East
em North Carolina
DR. CHAPPELL TO PREACH
AT TRINITY IN FEBRUARY
Pastor of Mount Vernon Heth
odist Church la Washington
Eighty Commended By Sec
retary Daniels ; Bate Hearing
Before Senate Commerce
Committee Today
The News aad Observer Bureau,
603 District National BanirBldg.
By B. X. POWELL. ,
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 26, After a
unanimous report from the Judiciary
committee this morning, the Senate this
afternoon without dissent confirmed the
nomiaatioa of E. P. Aydlett, of Elis
abeth City, to be United Brates Attorney
for the eastern district of North Caro
lias.
Automatically, the confirmation of the
Senate terminates tho recess appoint
ment Mr. Aydlett received at the diree
tien of the Attorney General and he
now begins oa a four year term ss
prosecutor in the Federal courts.
The Senato this afternoon also' con
firmed a number of postmasters in the
State over whose appointment there hss
been no contest, They are:
New Peat mast era Confirmed. -
E.'T. Hooker, Aurora; D, P. Stowe,
Belmont; J. I. Miller, Concord; E. 8.
Woodley, Cresswell ; M. L. Mao re, Gran
ite Falls W. C. Newborn, Grifton; 8.
W. Finch, Lexington; W. C. Pope, Mar
shall; William O Connor, Mara Hill;
John H. Sanders, Middlesex; B. F.
Cooks, Murphy; H. E. Gsrrison, North
Charlotte; George B. Upehurch, Nor
wood ; : George A . Taylor, Boauoke
Bapids; C. 1 Walker, stoper; H. G.
Early, Bose Hill; William Watson, Swan
Quarter; Williem C. Graham, Tabor;
Jacob . B. Brown, Vaneeboro; Nanaie
Jfcl. Moore, Warren ton; Lola . K.
Parker, West Valeigh; MUlsrd F. Banrn
gsrdnar, WUlsesboro.. u
-lb.'tall;Te- Preach, ;,s.'.,;r
..The stndeat body of Trinity College
and people i Durham are' fortunate in
deed in that Bev. Clovia G. Chappell,
pastor of the Meant Vernon Place M, K.
Church, South, of "Washington, D. C, it
to preach a aeries of sermons aad hold
a meeting ia Durham -beginning en the
sight of February End. Dr. Chappell is
a astir of Tennessee and was called to
the leading Southern Methodist church
of Washington after a successful pastor
ate in Fort Worth, Texas. .Since he hss
lived in Washington his new church hss
been finished and was thought to be
too Urge, but since he became pastor it
baa been found that the church was not
large enough to hold the congregation
and several times he has had to engage
a theatre and preach there at 10 6'ekx k
ia the morning and in his own church
at 11, in order to reach all who wished
to hear him.
Secretary Daniels Gratified. '
"I never miss an opportunity to hear
Dr. Chappell," said Secretary of the
Navy Daniels today, speaking of Dr,
Chappell's going to Durham.
"I do not know sny preacher in Amer
ica whose sermons are more vitalising
and more humanising and who preaches
the old-fashioned theology in a new
fashioned way and who preaches it with
such demonstration and power -that the
membership of bis church has increased
by lesps and bounds. I am hapljv to
know that the people of Trinity Conege
and Durham, are to hear Dr. Chappell,
for they have a great treat aad great
blessing ia store. - ..t;,..;,.; ;
Hearing Oa Rales , Today. '.'
I Delegates from the Fayetteville' and
Wilmington chambers of commerce have
arrived hero tor the' bearing tomorrow
before, the Senate Committee en Com
merce bearing oa tile maintenance of
trade Toutee established by the Ship
ping Board aad the retention of fa
vorable freight ratee ' from interior
points to South Atlantic porta.
O. TJ. Sandlin, director, and Dan Eol
lenga, secretary of the Fayettevllls
chamber are here as also 4s Matthew
Hale, xcpresenting the Wilmlngtoa
chamber. Other delegates from the
South Atlantic States and the Middle
West ara also here, aad by tomorrow
morning the. attendance is expected to
roach two hundred.
The hearing wilr begin in the morn
ing - when the shipping ; Interests will
urge that no government owned vessels
be disposed. of without provision . for
maintenance of established trade routes
and when Joha W, Thomas, chairman
of the Trade and Transportation Com
mittee aad vice-president of the Great
Lakes Trust Company, will present the
principal argument . against revoeatioa
of the favorable freight rates aow ,1a
effect, - ..... ' '
A banquet at the New Willsrd Hotel
will be given tomorrow evening to the
shipping representatives and the South
ern numbers of Congress.
WIIIrTry Draft Dodger. -
NewYorkyJsn. 26-The trial v of
Graver C. Brgdoll, of Philadelphia, al
leged draft dodger, aow a prisoner oa
Governor's Island, will begin Friday
morning, ' H - was - announced tonight.
Captaia Bruce B. Campbell has been as
signed by the War. Department to do
fend Bergdoll. ' '. "'.,.
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Paasma President Re-aossiaatea, -
Panama. Jan. 26. The Liberal party
in ' convention yesteroay, nominated
Pmideat Belisario Porras for re-
eleetioa to the presidency of the repub
lic at the eleetiona to be held oa. the
first Sunday in August.
. i ii f
Speeial C.'i0 Harness . Bsee. Flat
Baces. Steeple Chase, rinchorst, Totnor-:
row 2Aj (Adv.) j
AGAIN
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.cGURE COUNSEL
Secretary Daniels Will Appear
, Friday Before Sub-Commit
tee of Senate
SENDS LIST OF AWARDS
TO HEAD OF COMMITTEE
Enlisted Men ,f Servioe Re
warded By Secretary x of
ITary For Distinguished and
. Heroic Service ; Others To Be
Rewarded' Later When Re
ports Hare Been Received
Waahingtoa, Jan. 26. Democratie. op
position blocked action today ' oa the
resolution introduced by Senator Hale,
Bepublican, of -Maine, authorising em
ployment of eoansel and clerical as
sistance for the sub-committee investi
gating naval awards aad the navy's
eon duct of the war. Seaater Hale, who
is chairman of the sub-comailtteo, late
today brought the resolution before the
Senate for the third time, with a re
quest for Immediate consideration.
Threatened Democratic filibuster, lead
by Senator Pittman, of Nevada, and
Walsh, of Montana, eaused him to
withdraw the request with the announce
ment thst he would make H again to
morrow. Secretary Daniels, whd hsd been ex
pected to appear before the committee
Thursday, notified Chairman Hale to
day that it would be mors eonvenieat
for him to begin testimony on Friday.
and the- next session was set for thst
day.
Seada List of Awards.
Secretary Daniels made public toniirht
a letter to Chairman Hale, of the Ben
ate sob-committee investigating Naval
war decoration , awarda, transmitting a
list of awards made to enlisted men of
the service by the Secretary without
reference to the Knight medal award
board. It consists of twolve awards of
dUUngqithed . se-V-e:- mdU,Hke-osj'
iasiji ecs " . BoetetikVv' Jtanic's ei-udaat
skT, ef tush awards to enlisted men and
14 aavy erose awarda.
Chairman Hale was informed, also.
that a nst of awards to officers made by
direction of. the Secretary "without the
aetion of the Board waa being compiled
and wonld be transmitted when com
plcted (s the Senator bad rsquosted.
Mr. usrueia recalled his order calling
upon the entire' service personnel to
report Instances of courage or unususl
e rviec within their knoiCedgo ond
added l
Other To Bo Rewarded.
"Many men whose deeds are yet un
reported will be rewarded. No final acr
tion would be just without the informa
tion and recommendations requested
from all officers and men in the ser
tee."
Citations accompanying the list of
awards transmitted show that the medals
have been awarded aot only to men
oa ships in the wsr zone, bnt alto to
several members of the naval hospital
unit Whv!h eerved with the Marine
brigade in France. One sward is to
Joseph B. MeCrissken .Washington, In
diana, pharmacists mate on the- gun
boat Marietta, who stuck to his post ia
sick bay during the influenra epidemic
ia 1918 until he succumbed to the dis
ease himself; another to Osmond K. In
gram, Pratt City, Ala., gunners' mste
aboard the destroy r C'assin, who waa
mown to pieces while trying to dispose
of depth charges when the vessel wss
struck by an enemy torpedo. t
. everaI.Pothmoa Awards.
Another posthumous award was to
John V. Mailou, Brooklyn New York,
seaman, who remained oa duty as sig
nal man oa watch on the bridge of the
Trawler Bulkley, sunk by a mi no aad
went dowa with the ahip. Gunnery
Sergeant Amil Wiman, Marino corps
observer ia the Marine aviatioa force
in Fraaeo, alto "waa awarded a . medal
for having made four flights over a
party of besieged. Freneli troops at
low altitude and under heavr fir to
drop them food packages, aad alao for
attacking twelve enemy scout planes,
shooting dowa one aad himself being fi
nally' brought down in the Belgian
front line trenches. -
Awards of .crosses were made for a
great variety of exceptional services,
many, of them to members of the arm
ed guard ' detachments es merchant
craft attacked by enemy submarines.
FOREIGN VESSELS DO NOT
HAVE TO SEAL LIQUORS UP
Washington. Jan. 26. Orders requir
ing liquors on foreHr! vessels to be scal
ed while the ship are ia United States
ports have been suspended pending a
ruling by the Attorney General, Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Shouse
announced todsy. . ' ' ''
While the Attorney General hat aot
yet rendered an opinion, the action of
Assistant Secretary Shouts waa regard
ed here aa indicating that the port baa
oa liquor oa foreiga ship . will be
lifted permanently.
The Treasury decision rendered some
weeks ago under which it wae held that
whea a foreiga vessel reached the three
mile limit all liquor aboard should be
sealed and remain eealed until leaving
port was based oa aa opinio by the
solicitor of ths Treasury Department.
A formal protest was made to the State
Department by the Italian government,
it being stated, among other represen
tations that wine was a part of the
regular ration of tbe ship's crew. Other
governnsrnts are understood' to have
made informal protests and the matter
wss the referred te the Attorney Gen-
film V.
C01VIMITTEE VANTS
TO COMPEL YOUTHS
TO TAKE TRAINING
Senate Military Committee Ap
proves Provisions For Com-
pulsory Army Service
WOULD APPLY TO BOYS
BETWEEN 18 AND 21 YEARS
Senator McKellar ill Submit
Minority Report Opposing;
Compulsory Military Train-
" ins; For Young; Men; Army
Reorganisation . Bill favor-
. ably Reported By Committee
Washington, Jsn. 26. By a vote of 9
to S, the Senate military committee to
day approved provisions providing
for compulsory military training for
boys between 18 tnd 1 years inclusive
and ordered a favorable report on the
army reorganization bill.
The compulsory military training
provision which fixes the training period
at four months, was opposed in the
committee by 8enaUrs Lenroot, Wiscon
sin, and Capper, Kansas, Republicans,
and Ssnators MoKellsr. of Tennessee;
Shcppard of Texas, and Kirby of Ar
kansas, Democrats. Senators Wads
worth, New York, Warren, Wyoming,
Sutherland, West Virginia, New, In
diana, Frrlinghuysca, New Jersey,
Knox, Pennsylvania, and Spencer, Mis
souri, Bcpublicant and Chamberlain,
Oregon, and Thomas, Colorado, Demo
crats, supported it. Senator McKellar
announced that he would submit a min
ority report in which a number of the
Senators who opposed the plan are ex
pected to concur.
Many Charge Made.
, As finally agreed upon, the bill is
virtually the same as reported by the
sub-committee, but is radically diffsr
ent from the reorganization bill sub
mitted by the War Department to Cqn
gress. Ia addition to estsblishing a
compulsory military training, the bill
provides for one army to be divided into
a eiuxea army composed ot men wio
have received the compulsory training,
a standing army consisting of 280,0000
enlisted men eut WKH) pineera, and, jt
Natioiu.1 Cuatd. ---: - -,.-'
' '. Knesifla nrnrnldi la mad la tb bill
that the eitisea army cannot be called
to the colore except in ease of a deejnra
tion of war. To accommodate the re
serve fore built up under the system
of mihtsrv training, provision is made
ia the bill for an annual reduction of
five per cent in the enlisted strength
of the regular army and two per cent
Tnv:the number of enlisted officers fot
the first five years. This will mean.
Chairman Wadsworth explained, that
at the end of five years the regular
army will be reduced by 70,000 men
and 1,900 commissioned officer which
will greatly deereas the cost of main
taining the military establishment.
Provides Reserve List.
The bill also would place all youths
who have .undergone the four months
military training on the reserve list to
be subject to two weeks' training an-r-ually.
Under aa amendment by Sena
tor Spencer dependent of such youths
during training would receive aa allow
ance the same as now provided under
the War Bisk Insurance Act.
Establishment of the office of under
Secretary of War, who could be charged
with the solution of the great industrial
and business problems involved in the
procurement of military supplies is pro
vided by committee upon Secretary
Baker's recommendations, eliminating
provisions which would work to make
General-Pershing chief of staff in. place
of General March, the present chief of
staff, .. '. ''
ENEMY DISHONORS DEAD
. BRITISH DESTROY TOWN
London, Jan. 26. Because the enemy
mutilated tbe body ot "one of the Brit
ish dead," ssyt aa official statement
from Delhi, India, the British force
destroyed the village tf Naikash, inhab
ited by Mahsud tribesmen. No report
has been received of the total number
of thosp whs perished. The statement
aays: .. ; '
"The enemy force haa been greatly
diminished. The enemy lost 35 dead in
fighting on January 17 and IS, and the
Tillage of Naikash waa destroyed be.
cause the enemy mutilated ona of tho
British dead." i
The Mahsud tribesmen are incessantly
sniping pickets, the statement asserts,
and have been informed that there will
be no cessation of hostilities until fines
assessed against them have been paid, ,
ANTI-SEDITION MEASURES
SCARE THE REPUBLICANS
Washington, Jan. 26 Widespread op
position to so-called anti-sedition legis
lation has resulted in the refusal of the
House rules committee to give pending
bills preference, and leader en both
idea were uncertain tonight aa to what
action If any will be taken.
Hearing! before the committee are to
be resumed tomorrow aad meantime Be
publican leaders will meet to determine
whether any nnti-seditlon bill will bo
reported to tho House. -1 ' '
CLOTHING riKM BREAKS ALL '
RECORDS IN ITS PROFITS
Chicago, Hi., Jan. 28. The earnings
of Hart,: Schaffner and, Marx clothing
firm, for the year ended November 30,
1919, were tbe largest ia the company's
history, according to the aanual report
made public today. Net profits were
announced as $20018. . After pre
ferred, dividends and Federal taxes, the
company earned 13.11 percent on its
13,000,000 common -atoek, compared
with 8.30 per cent the prceodiflf year,
the report showed. , . ;,s j
FOURTH ATTEMPT MADE
TO RESEAT THE SOCIALISTS
Hearing of Suspended Assem
blymen Will Be Resumed To
day Before Committee
Albany, N. Y Jan. 26. A fourth at
tempt to reseat the five Socialist astern
blmen suspended for alleged disloyalty
failed tonight in the lower House and
their trial, adjourned last Thursday,
will be resumed tomorrow before the
Assembly Judiciary committee.' The
New York City Bar Assoclstign nhlch
ha opposed ths suspension on the
ground that it threstenrd representative
government, bns not given up its fljjM.
This wss shown at tonight's sesMon,
when Assemblyman William O. Amos,
Bepublican, of New York introduced a
memorial from the special committee
headed by Charles Evans Hughes. This,
Speaker Hweet, announced will be print
ed as a public document
Tbe effort to reseat the Socialists
was made when a resolution to this ef
fect, introduced last Monday by Mr.
Amos, was read. Himon L. Alder, ma
jority leader, raised the point of order
that the Amos resolution wss in effect,
an amendment to the original suspend
ing resolution which was no longer be
fore the House.
Speaker Sweet ruled tho point Of er
dev waa well taken. Mr. Amos appealed
from the ruling, but the Assembly by an
overwhelming vote sustained the peak-
TO HOLDIIEIG
Chief Justice Walter Clark Will
Deliver Address at Annua!
Convention
Greensboro, Jan. 20 The fifth annual
meeting of the Nor Hi Carolina Equal
Suffrage League will eouvene here at 2
o dock tomorrow afternoon for whit
the supporters of the. cause of woman
suffrage confidently predict will be the
lat meeting of its kind in this State
until the fair sex hold a meeting simi
lar to that now being held by the diff
erent political parties of the country,
for as they say with the ratification of
the suffrage amendment these meetings
ia- th-interest of securing th -rights
to vote will be no longer necescary.
A glance at the program rsweal that
otkhf iatctusling events are la pro
peet, but the printed s. nrd eaanot con
vey ia Us entirety a full sense of the
fascination it will hold for the women
who have striven for year to convince
the masculine world that fhey are cap
able of becoming full fledged citizens
of the State, the aation and tbe uni
verse. Chief Jastice To Speak. '
Amung the features on this program
are several forceful speakers, interest
ing business meetings snd brilliant so
cial events. ' Among the speakers will
be Mrs. Bnymond Brown and Miss M ir
jorie Sbuler both well known in na
tional suffrage work. The address .if
Chief Justice Walter Clark. ,of North
Carolina Supreme Court, is being look
ed forward to with a great amount bf
Interest a he is widely . known as an
ardent supporter of the cause of equal
suffrage.
Local members of the association have
also been advised that Mrs. Josenhus
Daniels, wife of the Secretary of ths
Navy, will be present She is expected
to arrive in the city tomorrow morn
ing and it is thought that she will eon
sent to make aa address to tbe asso
ciation as she will be present for ail
of the sessions. This information Wns
tf liniil,Bl iulMr,.itt Vn lnal knflTrnffi
circles, aa there is perhaps no North
Carolina woman more loved or admired
than is MraV Daniels.
- The meeting of th executive board at
3 o clock will be the firat event of the
meeting, after which tbe meeting of
the credentials committee, will be held
at 3:30 o'clock followed by the opening
session of the convention at 3 o'clock,
at which memorial services in honor
of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw will lie held.
Miss Gortrude Weil, of Goldsboro, presi
dent of the State association, will pre'
side at all of the sessions of the con
vention. . .
' Baaawet Toaight.
At 8 o'clock tomorrow night th ban
quet at the O. Henry Hotel will be held.
at which Mis Marjorle Shulor and Chief
Justice Clark, of Kaleigh, will be the
principal speaker. It is expected thst
a large number of men will attend this
meeting aa well ss the laities.
, It is currently reported here that it
would have been possible ' to have se
cured Mrs. Emmeline Pankliurst, the,
noted English, mllitqnt suffragist, to st
tend ttti"eeting', but this was vetoed
for as one, of the most ardent advocates
of the enus berc-Temarke-t thit meet
ing it to be conducted in a quiet and
orderly manner and the women or Ronn
Carolina hav not so fsr forgotten them'
selves ss to try and force tbe issue ia
this State for they confidently believe
that they have fought a successful fight
without resorting to the reore- drastic
measures thst hare been adopted else
where. It i expeeted'-that complete
harmony will prevail at this meeting as
no clouds have been discovered asyet
that give any promise of bringing dis
cord to the ranks of th suffragists.
PEDIGREED BULL GUEST
AT MONTGOMERY HOTEL
Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 26. Laven
der's Lord, pur' bred short- horn bull
formerly owned by President Wilson,
and sold by him at a Bed Cross auction
sale in Birmingham, Ala, .for $10,000
on July 2, 1018, reached the eity today
and willi- be ' domiciled ia the bridal
anite of a local hotel, during the aanual
convention of the Southern Cattlemen a
Association, which opens here tomorrow.
The pedigreed specimen of royalty
was purchased by a party of Birming
ham men, and' will be offered for sala
by them at the suction Wednesday after-
uooa, , t
TREATY GOES BACK
TO SENATE FLOOR
Irreconcilables Win In Their
Clash With Senator Lodge
Over Reservations
DEMOCRATS TO ACCEPT
GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN
Senator Simmons Has Hopes
That Friends of Treaty . On
Both Sides Will Be Able
To Put Through Reservations,
.That Will Mean Ratification;
Another Conference Today
The News aad Observer Bureau,
00.1 District National Baak Bldg. ,
By R. E. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Jan. 26. The irwconeil
iables won in their clash with Senator
Lodge over the peace treaty, and the ,
Senator, through an ultimatum deliv
ered to the Democratic conferees this
morning, put a dampenrr on the hopes
of the mild reservationists of bia po
litical faith. There is no agreement
poMihle on the reservation to Article
Ten er ea the one affecting the Monro
doctrine, the Republican leader says.
The Democrats are going to accept ths
gauntlet he throws down and, accord
ing to plans that were considered this
afternoon, offer the reservations to the
tually agreed upon ia the bi-partisan
conterrnre. One of these reservations
sit drafted by Senator Simmons, deal
ing with Artielo Ten, and leaves to
Congress the preservation of "territor-
inl mtsgrity so far as this guarantee
requires American troops.
Hna mt far Traatv.
Senator Sinimoaa believe there is yet
hop for the treaty. He is a little dissp
poiutcd that the irreeonciliable kept
Senator Lodge ' from the compromise
hirh wa almost in the hands of the
Democrats. Hi prediction tonight is
that the friends of the treaty on both
idea will be able to carry a set of
reserve tioas through that will mean rati
fication. " . .
"Senator Lodge informed at at "ths
eosfcrcn-j this morning thai h would
be unable to agree,- anything that
involved a change ia thsroMrvatioa In
Article Tea or tho Monro doctrine,''.
Senator Simmoaa aaid. "W had prac
tically reached an agreement en every
thing else. Doth these reservations,.
Senator Lodge said, must go aa written
by him.
"We had just about reached a con
clusion on Article Ten whea the con
ference adjourned Fridsy evening, based
on a reservation drawn by myself, fa
der the terms of this reservation the
United Btateajrould preserv the gusr
antees to the other nations, but would
assume no obligation to employ its arm
ed or naval forces without the consent
of Congress."
Senator Simmons does not feel thst
the ultimatum delivered to the confer
ence committee this morning ia neces
sarily the end of the treaty fight.
Another Confereaca Today,
i "The fate of the treaty ia in the
hands of the Senators who want a treaty
of some kind." he saidW "indicating
that the Lodge ultimatum is a reflection
of the sentiment of the irreconeiliables
aad not of tho mild reservationists. Sca-i
ators Borah, Johnson and Beed are net
willing to have the reservations chang
ed ia any way that might lead to rati-
acaiion."
Ak,!l ns
to the next move of tl
conferees. Senator Simmons said:
"We ara going to have another meet
ing tomorrow morning. Senator Lodge
dues not think the mild reservatioaistv
will agree to th modification of Article
Ten. We think they will and shall test
it oat by submitting to th friends'
of the treaty on both aide the treaty
with such reservations as w had about
agreed upon iu conference," .. -
THE XND IN NEGOTIATIONS
COMES WITH SWIFTNESS
Washington, Jan. 2o The whole ques
tion of. peace treaty ratification was
flung back to the floor of the Senate
with the virtual collapse today of tht
bi partisan conference. -
The end cam with amaxing swift
ness after Senator Lodge, of Massaehu
setts, the Republican leader, bad in
formed Democrats, led by Senator
Hitchcock, of ' Nebraska, thst thste
could be ao change ia the reteftatiens
respecting the Monroe doctrine and th
much discussed Article -10
la the face of this, Democrats walked
out for a private conference, agreeing
Lmcaawhile, to make a reply to Senator
ijoage early tomorrow. ,
First news of th breaking off of
diplomatic relations, so to -speak, was
given by Senator Hitchcock ia a state- '
meat which broadly intimated that fail
ure of Bepublican to give ground ia
an effort to reach, a basis of eompro
raise was doe to the threatened revolt
of Republicans. Senate leaders, ieclad
ing many ardently seeking aa end to
th long protracted treaty debate,
frankly admitted toaight that they could
see ao hope of agreement. This meant,
iaey said, tnst the question would be
fought out oa the floor, beginning to-.
MAtMV K...IA. UW.kAMV .1 1 .' 1 . -
speculate oa tho possibility of so early
a renewal of hostilities, but meet Dem-'
or rati declared nothing was to be gained j
by further secret conference!.
"It looks a If the jig a ap," declared
Senator McNsry, Bepublican, of Oregon,
a leader, of tho mild reservation group,
and this seemed to hit th Bail oa the
head, ia the opinio of atost Senators.
Democrats discussed . generally thsir
line of procedure and it was tentatively
decided ia tho- event of utter failure
of the conference tomorrow to present
to the Senate snodiflrstiona to th.i trw.tr
agreed spon by Democrats and uisl4
upon a vote ,
FOR MORE DEBATE