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VOL CXI. NO. 28.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C
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AY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1920.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
N. C. SUFFRAGISTS
HONOR MEMORY
OF DM IWHW
First Open Meeting of Conven
' tion Is One of Tribute To
- Famous Suffragist
ELOQUENT COMMENT
ON HER ACHIEVEMENTS
Banquet Last Night at 0. Henry
Hotel Crowning Event of
. Day; Speeches Full of. Hope
For Speedy Coming1 of Suf
frage Made By Miss Weil,
Mrs, Daniels, and Others
(Special to News and Oliscrvcr.)
Greensboro, ' Jan. 27.--Groeuiboro
capitulated completely tVs morning
when the members of the Ntu'.h Carolina
Kqii.il Suffrage Association i: .'nded the
city for Jhe fifth aunmil cr-r
lion of
. at 2
','pting
Club
tilth
were.
; 3
the
"lub,
r of
Miss
tlio association which i .
o'clock thil afternoon, villi
of thi executive board nt tin.
followed by a meeting of tlio
, Committee. Only routine m;
transacted at these meeting-,
o'clock the first open meeti'
convention was hold at tbe E
i t which memorial services iu ;
lr, Anna Howard Shaw were h
.lie.joric bhuler, who was a r'
aur-al.frwed of Dr. Shaw and if: :
trnilo Wei!, president of the Nori ;
bun atOTriniiun, paid eloquent U
(Ht-
:ro
ii.utp to the memory of the woman wlm had
done so much to advance the cause, of
quill suffrage. Several editorials com
menting on the life of this illustrious
vom.'in that appeared after her deaib
wit? n!ao rend.'
A r tli? memorial services the re
port of the officers and the heads of
iinaiitieej were had, followed--by the
c.ft.on of 0(6 nominating eommittec.
Tl; crow-nit,;; event of the day wits
Uj m.ignmVetit -banquet tendered the
nr.'mliii-s of Use convention at tho
U'iuii!-y hotel tonir;ht by the rocul equal
l.ia.-ip lep.jui.4 -I'lae es were arranged
tur J-J5 petplc nt the banquet board
rn.t nil veto taken promptly st 8
('liven liea Miss Alexander, nt tonst
. i.iLt ;Trs of the evening, arose and wel-
turned. all those that lind ssacmblcd, till
.i.:ui i:xii a utv era xor women waa at
Jxl 'Irtniiij had tliut"V FreTtour
uHtiitioa had, -the projects for the
t ,;.-.y securing of the right of the equal
.ti'i..(rc hrwoinrii bec w bright as
t ii'jp are nt tha present1 tluie,
Hrz. A. M. JFry t Bryaoa City, toast
ti the-lovEicr presidents of the North
Vcli:ia iiMiof ir-tion, oiict spoke in glow
ing, rvords of praise of the great work
fur I a5 cause that these women by Their
. U-.vJj-'.KS iSTarta hed sesotnplislied. She
, i if.a i'Hikc of the g.eat 'progress that
! c J- la this fiUit? had enjoyed by
: reason of the untiring zal with which
O'l r.f tin prsideuts of the league to
I tlic prraent iny bad shown in advane
' ins the cause of womnn'i right to go
I It 'lie polls. ?
Mrs. Cliarlra M. Plntt, of Asheville, a
former president - of - the association,
t'mke of tiit -work of others who with
Ler h;d ocrupied that position, referring,
rpecinlly to Ir. Arehlbald Henderson,
the first president of the league; Mrs.
J. 8. Cnningliani, of Durham, and Miss
(Jertrude Weil, of Goldeboro, the proa
eat president. j
' AddreM By Prealdcat.
Vht Weil apoke of the work that has
' ;ea neeompliahed in the past, of how
t'.it women' of this State had nscd theii
i i tuciire on the Kbrth . Carolina dele-
galica ia "Washington and of' the re-
i MMixe ttijt they wet with there. 8h
vi I that Congressman Wearer waa the
tint of the North Carolina, delegation
to voto for tli constitutional amend"
liicwt giving the .right ' of equal auf
ir.,zv to Women. She added that both
t'oireMmew "Webb and , Kitchin lad
' turned deaf ear to their plea, for aid
hut that in apita of all opposition the
cause of woman suffrage had been tri
umphant and that within very short
pace of time women Would ' rote in
i very State in the Union. j 1
The next apeaker waa Alexander P.
Whyto, of Ixiridon, England, n former
' uenihcr of tho Honsa J of Comrnonir
having served in that eapaeity from
VilO to J91S. - He aaid t:at hs tad al
r.iva lera an ardent adroeata ef the
rirt'it of women to vote and that he waa
inrt-t-'d cd to tee that- the people- of
the United States were at last about to
realise this. Mr. Whyta especially eora
j "lidcd the manner in which tbe wo-
men of tlie United Rtatea waged their
- rampaigni to aeenre awffrage. Be is one
it.-, e-lioia of "The New Enrope," ene
- f the foremost ef tha English jonrnals
- -.'luiwifh current event. : -
Mrs. Joseph ua Paniela, of Waahintton
and Rule.gh, waa then . introduced by
MiM Weil. .- '"
During her address. Mrs. Daniels re
marked that the was indeed glad ta sea
the coming of th day of th ballot for
' tha women of America, that she waa th
. L . u k .am. anil linrl mMMm , Vi (m
, Int. Aflfl tJi A Am that
! they r mimed their latchkey. - Now aha
was glad to see the approach of th time
ef th whit latchkey fop th woman of
- th ronntry. 8he also atated that ah
did not believe that tha men af North
Carolina would see tbe privileg of euf
frag given to woman )y men ef other
states ani refuse to mtify th eonstitu
tional suffrage amendment in thia state.
She' was given an ovation both at h
ed.. . '-- ' '
- Telegram from General Julian 8.
."CKrr, of Itnrham; Chief Justice Welter
" "larfc nf Rnicigh. n4.. Jffstie af the
Buprem Court George B. Brown, of
Jriiriii, expressing their regret at be
ing aimble to attend thU meeting, were
read (it Us Ionise Alexander, the
toastniistremi of the - evening. In hi
' telegrn-a Jnatice Clark said: Th day
(Continued on Tje Two.)
J
TREASURY IS NAMED
cut
Secretary Houston Gets Treas
ury Portfolio arirj Meredith
Succeeds Former
SECOND NEWSPAPER MAN
GIVEN CABINET POSITION
New Secretary of Agriculture
Edits Farm Periodical and
Heads National Advertising
Organization '.Present Head
of Agricultural Department
Succeeds Carter Glass
Washington, Jan. . ?7. Two , snore
changes in President . Wilson's cabinet
were made today and a third is expected
in the near future. - ' ;,' t
David Franklin Houston, of St; Louis,
MoT,, who has been secretary of Agricul
ture since, the beginning.of the Wilson
admkirtriition, was giveutha Treasury
portfolio, and Edwin U Meredith of Dos
JJoines. Ia, was, unmed Jo succeed him
as head of . tl-evDepartmen(r of Agrieuf-
plr.A h-h!fit5n.W"r1 rJtljl
s3fl' ui'ne'imtto-'i it A tfoeSefciry
of tha Interior to succeed franklin K.
Lane,hn flesife to retire to private
life. ''lit. line's successor has not yet
ben selected and officials generally
would not hazard a guess as to whom it
wou!dbc. V- '.
An Unexpected Appointment.
In selecting Mr. Houston to succeed
Carter Glnss as Secretary of the Treas
ury the President , ran counter t all
guesses of administration officiate moat
of wlmii had expected. Assistant Secre
tary Leflingwell to he given the office.
,lr. Meredith it thp editor of "Suc
cessful Farming," and before establish
ing that paper , waa publisher of the
''Enrraors' Tribune." He ia President of
tlio Associated Adertising Clubs of the
World, a director of the Chicago Federal
i;.nw Hnnk and wns one of the excess
profits adviser of the . Treasury Depart
ment in 1!17.
In a statement today at. Miami, Fla.,
Mr. Meredith said one t hi first nn
dertakings as head of theDepartment
of Agriculture, would b to work cut
some method af getting rop to mar
ket "without too much lost motion."
He it expected in Washington withia a
day or two to take op his duties.
Gloaa Goea Ta Beast..
Meantime .Mr. Houston will succeed
Mr. Glass, who will take hia seat in
tha Senate to All tha unexpired term
of !io late Senator Martin, of Virginia,
after serving at Seeretnry'of the Tresa
ury for a little mora than a year.
When Secretary Lane passe out of
the Cabinet only four of the President's
original official family will remain. Be
sides Mr. Houston thev : ore Seeretirv
Daniels, of the Navy Department! Sec
retary Wilson, -of the ; Labor Depart
ment, and Postmaster General Burle
son. ' " " ' ' J.,",.' - ''' -:'-:- ". ' .
Mr. Wilson hat had two seeretsrics
of Statu, W. J. Bryan and Robert Lan
sing; two secretaries o( war, Lindley M.
Garrison and Newton D.' Baker; three
attorney generals, James B. McReynolda,
now an associate jnstie of th Supreme
Courts Thomas W. "Gregory and A.
Mitchell ,. Palmer; two secretaries af j
commerce. Wm. C. Bedfleld and Joshua
W. Alexander, and tare secretaries af
tho Treasury, William G. MeAdoo, Car
ter Glat and David T. Houston. .
NEW HEAD OF, TREASURY f
' NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
. David Franklin Houston, of St. Louis;
Mo., who has been Secretary of Agri
culture in President Wilson' cabinet
tine March, 1913, who was yetterday
named at Secretary of the Treasury,
was born in Monroe, Union county, N.
C, February 17, 1866. He graduated
from South Carolina College in 1887,
received hi A. M. degree from Harvard
in 1893, and was honored with the LL.D.
degre by ' Tulane University in 1903.
Hs married Mist Helta Beall, of Aultin,
Texat, in 1895. . . ,
From 1S91 to 1S94 he wat a graduate
ttndent t, Harvard University and in
th latter year became adjunct profes
sor ef political tcienee at th Univer
sity of Texas; in 14.07' he wa mad as
sociate professor and in 1900 full pro
fessor of th tame subject at thi uni
versity. - H served deaa ef th fa'
eulty at tha Text University from
1S99 to 1002 when he wat elected prctl
Aovi at the A. and M .College of Texat,
serving In that capacity for three years,
i uen e returned to the University of
Texas as- president of th Institution.
He was sleeted chancellor of Washing"
tott University in St. Loui in lftf8 and
eonHmied in that position until hs be
came Secretary of Agriculture ia 1913.
NEW SECRETARY OE
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TWO MORE CHANGES
CABINET
PARTY SPLIT OVER
I
MILITARY SERVICE
Republican . Leader Mondell
Comes Out Squarely Against
Universal Training
THREATENS OBLIVION FOR
LEADERS SUPPORTING IT
Means Expenditure of Billion
Dollars Annually and Em
ploying 50,000 Officers, He
Declares; Old Guard Forces
Representative Harreld Off
Committee Tot Opposition
Washington, . Jan. 87. Variance be
tween Bcpubliean leaden of the Senate
and House on enactment of universal
military training legislation today earn
out into th open.
"v Closely following Incorporation yes
terday of a universal training provision
in the army reorganization bill by the
Senate military committee with seven
out of nine Republicans voting in the
affirmative, Representative Mondell, of
Wyoming, Republican leader in the
House, declared in an address today
that leaders of tha party responsible
for inauguration of such legislation
would he cast into political oblivion.
Wonld Cost Blllloa Dollar.
The government Representative Mon
dell told the House wonld b compelled
to spend one billion -dollars and to
raise the money by a bond issue to pnt
tba universal traiinng plan into opera
tion. Senator Wadsworth, of New
York, chairman of th military eommit
tec, yesterday estimated that adoption
of four months' training for all youths
lietween the ages of 18 and 21, Inclus
ive, would enable such a redaction in
the regular army establishment at to rut
the present annual expenditures of
100,000,000 to approximately S500W0,-
ooo. - $
4 Representative Mondell estimated
that 60,000 additional officers would be
required ander. universal training, aud
that-t'106,000,000 wonld be required to
put camps and cantonments into con
dition and 00,000,000 would be needed
to maintain them. Clothing and equip-
Uae7 yrswr- trtJ!?. Jl-
Vrwsc tsre ot. a aaid."i ; t';-r - '
- Chnlrronn Wadsworth was anable to
report th army reorganisation bill wita
it universal training proviaiB to the
Senate today, but announced tonight
he wonld attempt to do so tomorrow,
Old Gasrd Fore Him Out.
The universal, training controversy
also was bronglit to th surface during
tha day by. declaration of Representa
tive HarrldV Republican, of Oklahoma,
elected recently on a platform appos
ing the principle, to accept appoint
ment to the House Military Committee.
Selection of Mr. Harreld by tha com-
:u . 411 v.
""I" " --"-::;''-!?
mure vacancy resulting iron im res -
ignatioa of Representative La Guardia,
of New York, had brought objection
from House Republicans, favoring uni
versal trainiug, and the Oklahoma Rep
resentative in hi letter of resignation
to Republican Leader Mondell aaid he
"did aot desir to b the center of
controversy." There way no intima
tion a to plan for filling the commit
tee vacancy, the armointee to wheih will
exercise the controlling vote in tha com
mittee on universal training legislation.
NEW YORK REPORTS MANY"
NEW CASES OF INFLUENZA
Increased Number of Deaths in
-'; Chicago Jfbil Increase -r
In Cases Lessens
'" New" Yorki Jan. S7.Fiftey-aeven
death and 9,663 new rase of influanca
were reported today, th highest num
ber since th outbreak began about a
week ago, .-' , -' '.'- -j
Chicago, 111.,' Jan. 87. Deaths from
influenxa for the latt 24 hours num
bered 90, an increase of ten, wfaila
pneumonia etused 91 death, a in
crease of 11. There ' were 1,378 cae
of flu reported today, a decrease ef f38
front , Monday, and pneumonia ease
totaled 360, a decrease of 107.
. Richmond, Va Jan. 27.Witb fhre
death and m total of 818 easea of In
fluenza reported to tha health office dur
ing the day, Welfare Director Levy
held a meeting with representative basi,
ma firm relative to re -arranging work
hour to pravent congestion of traffic
and a spread ef th disease.
RAINING
BOYS
Chattanooga, Tenn. Job. 27. A thpiicd that nothing could be gained l,y The aafe arrival of th Powhatton
result af prevalence of influenaa b.; sncb a move and that only endless do-) with her crew of 150 men. ends a ten
th . eity health officer today issued tat, wooia M(rait. i th argument t day battle with incessant ttorma ander
nii...n, ,u,c,u,, ,,,,.
tore nows, theatres street ear traffic
'"'s" iu urnnni
stores ana qnarantinmg resiaencet or
influenza patient.
4
POLE GOES TO LONDON
TO CONFER WITH GEORGE
Pari, Jan. 27. Stanisia PatekH the
Polish foreign minister has gone to
London being called there for a con
ference with Premier Lloyd George.
Th conference is supposed to b in
connection with Mr. Lloyd George's re
qnest thst th Pole evaenat territory
they have been occupying not allotted
to them by the peae conference. -
It is understood that thus far the
Poles have refused to abandon these ter
ritorfe giving as an explanation
their ethonologieal claims and the ne-cc-sity
of holding strategic positions
nt eventual attacks by the Eolahe-
HER LEASE OF
FOR TREATY
FIGHT IN SENATE
Compromise Negotiations Will
Be Taken Up Again By Com
mittee On Thursday
HOVER NOW ON VERGE
OF FINAL DISSOLUTION
Democrats Replying To Repub
lican Refusal To Compromise
On Article Ten Charge Sud
den Change- of Front After
Most of Conferees Had Con
sented To It la DeflniU Form
Washington, Jaa. Z7. Poaae treaty
compromise negotiation aovsring oa
th verge of dissolution were given to
day a new 48-honr left. en life. But
there waa nothing in th" development j
whkrh changed tha pessimistic view of 1
Senate leaders aa to th final autcome.
The Democrats, replying to the Re
publican refusal t compromise on
Article Ten and the Monro Doctrine,
charged at a stormy sessloa of the bi
partisan compromise eoaferrenee that
Republican leader had suddenly chang
ed front after most of the conferees
had consented to aa Article Ten com
promise ia definite form. To this th
Republican eppoacd t categorical de
nial, declaring no u at all had agreed
to tha proposed compromise draft.
After two boar af wrangling, during
which the Democrat ' threatened to
transfer the whole subject to, the open
Senate, the conference turreed to meet
gain Thursday ia another effort to
bring th negotiation to a auccessful
conclusion. ',
A few Senator professed to see some
rajrof bop in tha situation but to most
of th leader th optlook appeared far
from promising.. ' ; ' - , (
Many Private Conference .
Numerous private, conferences on both
sides followed with the leaders feeling
out aentiment eavefuliy at they an
proachd th rHal showdown, that ma
4kThiUSL.'iJi ifcf U;k In. .uni
i quart it 4 Ulled tat tn ' the
interval President Wilson would take
a hand to stiffen the resistance of th
Demoersts but White . House officials
were Silent and Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, the acting Democratic leader
of the Senate, declared aa waa proceed
ing without knowledge of the Presi
dent view en th specific eompro
mia reservation discussed.
; During; tb day a plea for immediate
ratification either with or wifhout reser
vations, waa presented . to Senators
Wadsworth and Calder, of New York,
by V delegation from New York City,
headed by William Church Osborne
land reoresentina- the Learus to En
. . , r . v.ii. a..
soeiatiotv tha New York Federation of
Churches, farm organiratiou,"the State
Chamber of Commerce of New York
and Daughter of the American Revo
lution. 6 pokes men for the delegation
expressed the belief that tbe time was
ripe for composition of differences over
the treaty.
- The Boa of Contention.
The wholo treaty negotiations, it was
aaid by Senate leaders, were hung up
on Article Ten and the Monroe doe
trine, tentative agreement having been
reached on all other point of differ
ence. Som of the Republican reserva
tions, "it was declared, had been accepted
without changes by th Democrats, while
numerous change of wording had. been
made in others, and two of them bad
been rewritten entirely. It was empha
sised, however, that th conferees on
both aide were acting only in an ad
visory way, and that their decisions
bound ao one.
After today's meeting Senator Hitch
eock made publie th reply he had given
to the Republican ultimatum of vester
day refusing to compromise on Article
.! or ins Monroe aocrrtae. xne reply
declared tbe majority of tha conference
previously had assented to a compro
mise draft of a ... reservation under which
tha United States wonld decline ta as
sbu any obligatioa "to nmpfcy its
militarx or naval forces or. tha economic
boycott under Article Ten unless Con
gress ' acted. ' Under the Republican
reservation tit United States (imply
Would "assume ao obligation ia re
gard to other countries without congres
sional action.
It wa after this reply had been tub"
milled that Senator ttitcbcoct
gave
notice thst if tb negotiations wcrn rut , Halifax harbor at 7:n0 thia evening,
continued, he would move to taki- i Captain, Randall, her commander, re
treaty up immediately ia tbe y (i Sported that with tha ewtion af three
Semite. Th krmlilifn ,AHt,rM., r 1. i man l!t,lilw 411 -11 .....II AM I --I
(,KI rpuowea tnewaoi new or uin-
t uasio of Article Ten waa reopened and
j u K3m agrrea to meei agarn luursuoy.
JENKINS EXPECTS SOON TO
LEAVE MEXICO FOR GOOD
.j ' 1,11 h -
Mexico City, Jin. ' 27. William O.
Jenkins,An.erican conanlar irgent J The puascBger. arrived anfely .in New
Pucbla, is arranging to aell his Mexican ig0Tm:' " . -holding
and leave for the United . " - ... ; t
States, according to Julio Mitchell," th
state prosecutor at Puebla, who was in
terviewed in this eity while transact
ing official business here. '
be nor Mitchell declared b wis in pos
session of additional interesting facts
with rt'lrtion to the ease. of Mr. Jen
kin which could not yet be male pub
lie. He asserted, however, that the
cliarpa against the consular agent eon
eerning connivance with l the. bandits
who kidnapped him last fall, which
were "already fnllv proven, would be
further substantiated.1 . .
Carter Class Calls on the Virginia
General Assembly to Ratify Suffrage
Washington, Jan. 27. On the eve of his taking leave of
the President's- official family and, simultaneously,' on his
taking his seat as a member of the United States Senate,
Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass, writes Senator J. W.
Mapp, of the Virginia General Assembly, advocating; the
ratification of the Susan B. 'Anthony amendment now before
that body. '
' Secretary Glass was invited by Senator Mapp to appear
before the House of Delegates- tomorrow and deliver an ad
dress.' In declining, he points out the wisdom of granting
the suffrage to women at thia time by a "friendly Congress
and a Democratic President" in order that the Democratic
party may be in the bidding for the woman vote in the com
ing elections.
To Senator Mapp, Secretary Glass says:- j
"Needless to aay I have no concealment to .make of my
view of the strategy of the suffrage situation, I assume that
it is well known that I have been and am utterly opposed,
primarily, to woman suffrage, especially by Federal amend
ment; but being opposed to a thing does not make me refuse
tb see facts as they exist. Even without constitutional suf
rage, women have the right to vote in every pivotal state
of the union. The simple, sensible question is : Do we want
them to vote with the Democratic party in the next presi
dential electione er with the Republican' party? Do we
want the Federal amendment, the ratification of which
seems inevitable, applied by a friendly Congress and a Demo
cratic President, or by an adversary Congress and a Republi
can President. Are we going to refuse or repel woman
votes merely because we did not want women to have the
ballot? This is the case stripped of rhetoric and lamenta
tion, and I should judge that the Virginia General Assembly
would not be willing to decide it precipitately or rashly."
T
N MINERS' V
President Lewis Resents Impli
cation That Workingmen
Are Not Americans
Washington,, Jan. 27. Coal m inert
and aoal mine operator presented con
flicting conclusion on the subject of
wage in th industry at the resumption
of bearing today by the coal strike
settlement commission. : , . "
Don Rosa, of Pittsburgh, spokesman
for operators ia th Fraeport field, as-
wrt4 4lMrt. -Te II per eetrt. iacrcaite
already granted gav tha miner a po
tential earning power greater than that
of, any other class' of American Ichor,
Demands for more pay fr-eirprosive
snd mine lights, and Abolition of duties
in connection with moving loaded coal
ears and excavating working spaces uu
der ground were characterized by. ..Mr.
Rose aa attempts to get further ad
vances by indirect methods.
Presenting statistics. Van H. Bittner,
statistician for the United Mine Work
ers of America, told tbe -commission
that in the present purchasing power
the pay of minera was 33 to 40 per
cent lower than pre-war standards, and
insufficient to maintain, the. standard
of living. Such conditions, ha added,
had obtained throughout the actual war
period, although the net profits of op
erators had increased "grossly out of
proportion to the cost of operation.
During the discussion the represen
tative of the operators suggested that
the 30 hourweek was un-American,"
thereby arousing the tre of John L.
Lewis, acting Presideut United Mine
Workera. .
"I do not Intend to remain quiet
while thia challenge of our Americanism
is repeated by operators' counsel. ' Mr,
Lewis declared, sddressing tha commis
sion. The mine workers yield to' no
one in -t&ejr alleKianeeHo American in
stitutions, government and flag. .These
attacks are not germane to tho matter
Ufluer consideration ana w do not pro
pose la ne tried on the charge before
this tribunal at the whim of any indi
vidual." ,: - -
o President Robinson of the communion
ruled afterwards that advocates on both
tides should refrain from personalities.
. oummarjing figures prepared for. the
War labor board, Bittner said thnt a
family inconi today sufficient to meet
bar cost of living, should be 12,24.1.
Ths figure oa the operators Drofit. he
asserted, demonstrated that wages could
dc, advanced without Increasing toal
prices.'. . r.. . ' ,.: . , ...
Th bearings will continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORT POWHATAN r
REACHES HALIFAX SAFELY
Halifax. Jan. 27, Tho disabled Armv
I Transport Powhatton wn towed Into
,cxtrem condition of hardship, which
.rpened on January 18. when the distress-
pd-vessel then about six. hundred miles
from Innd tent out wireless anneals for
aid. She then hod on board 271 pas
sengers, including women and children,
who suffered for Ave l,iys before. weather
cojMlitins permitted their transfer nt
night, to the transport Northern Pacific
FIVE CASUALTIES RESULT '
FROM A SNOWBALL BATTLE
Durham, Jan." 27 Five students of
the University, of North Carolina enme
her thi afternoon to receive medical
attention for bruises and abrnisons, the
reiulta of a hard fought snowliall Jiattle
between the Freshmen and .Sophnwret
of the University. :
i pon't miss the 2 Hainesi
Runnin-; Races. ' I'lnehiirst,
(Adv.) '
VIEWS CONFLIG
0
AE
; TUeVand
Today.
VIRGINIA DODGES
FF
T
House of 'Delegates Would Sub
mit Question To Referendum
Votft. Before Acting
WYOMING LEGISLATURE IS
UNANIMOUS FOR SUFFRAGE;
NEVADA CALLS ASSEMBLY
Cheyenne, Wyw Jaa. 17 Th x
trk aeaslon of tho Wyoming Legltla
tar today completed ratlacatioa ef
th woman aaffrag amendment ta
tha Federal eomtitutlon, when th
rTous jraasel tba bill. t to t, Th
Senate acted yesterday; i x -r--
Keno, Nv,",Ja., Jfc Governor
Boy Is Issued a call today for a special
aessloa af th Nevada Lagialatar to
eotuider rati Station of the Federal
caff rage amendment! Th Lagislatar
la to convent for an day, Fcbraary
7.
Richmond, Va., Jnn. 27. After it had
listened patiently for scvaenl hours this
afternoon to arguments pro and cou
a rtisolutioa calling for defeat of the
Anthony suffrage amendment, the Vir
ginia House of Delegates sidetracked
the proposition byadopting by a vota
of 55 to 39 resolution offered by Mr.
Bew, of Accomas, providing that "All
questions relating to ratiflcation or re
jection of the proposed amcudnient to
the Constitution of the United States
concerning woman suffrage, be passed
by at this session in order that the peo
ple may be given an opportunity to ex
press their wishes by referendum to be
provided by thit session of tlio Gener
al Assembly.
While the suffragists seemed to in-
terpret this action as a partial victory
for them, inasmuch as it wns generally
conceded that the House would have re
jeered the proposition had it voted di
rectly on the Ozhn resolution, tbe gen
eral impression" among the Wis ; ones
about the Capitol was that the ques
tion wttild hardly b permitted 'to re-tr'-f
fuvt'icr consideration at the pres
ent session.
x, -o kiio.vn that at least some of the
legislators not altogother hostile to the
suffrage proposition feel tHat titers arc
marc important matters awaiting their
"'",'tion, schools being chief smong
them.
i.ju only pair in today's voting were
Duford and Hall. Huford is a delgatt
from Brunswick and a brother of Mrs.
Robert Strange, of Wilmington, former
ly of Raleigh, Tha understanding wns
th t Buford is opposed to equal suf
frage, .' ' , ,:. ,. '. .', ,,y'
What the' fk-nate contemplates doing
lit regard to the proposition is unknown
bat it will likely lh np in that branch
within the next day. or two., t
WOKENTHEMSELVES LIKELY
TO TAKE PART IN VOTING
Roiimil;, " Va., Jan. 27. The women
of Virgir:. '.. themselves i likely will
pnrtic!':i'.i- .,i s referendum on the Fed
eral euffnico amendhient if tpday
action of the llnnse of Delegntes ta ap
proved by the Senate, Mis Luciadn
Terry, secretary of the Woman's Suff
rage Association of Virginia declared
here tonight.' ':.
"Submission of . the, question "to tbe
people would be a waste of time" Mist
Terry said, "for I believe by the time
a referendum it called tbe women will
have the privilege of voting. The House
is almplyodgiug the issue." '
BULLET SPLINTERS PART OF '
' HERR ERZBERGER'S SIIOl'LDER
" Berlin, Jan. 27. An X'ray examina
tion of the wound suffered by Mathias
Eczberger, vice premier and Minister of
Finance, who was shot yesterday by
Oltwig Von Hirschfeld ss he was leav
ing the criminsl court building, -shows
that the bullet splintered part Of Herr
ErzhergeVs shoulder blade, where it is
firmly lodged. The wound is extremely
painful with much bleeding. Herr Er-i-
bcrger ha no fever but is very weak.
AGEBALLO
BRANDS ADMIRAL
AS SUPER EGOTIST
OF AMERICAN NAVY
Congressman Byrnes, of South
Carolina Denounces Atti
tude of Naval Officer ;
ADMIRAL FORESAW THAT
PERSHING WOULD FAIL
Assignment To England ' By
Secretary Daniels Mistake,
Congressman Declares; Sims
Depreciated work or avy in
Speeche Made In London
Last Year' r(
- The News snd Observer flurean,
803 District National Bank Bldg.
By R. E. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, J:in. 28. Branding
Admiral Sims as a "super egotist' and
declaring in dramatic style that th lone
mistake of Josephn Daniel Secre
tary nf the Navy was the assignment of
t-'iuis to England in a confidential ca
pacity, Representative James F. Byrnes,
vi' the second South Carolina district, to
day denounced that naval officer on the
floor of th House of Representatives
and insisted that if he revealed confiden
tial instructions of a superior officer he
should he given a dishonorable discharge
from the navy. .
fty far more startling than the pirns
flrsi-a' ifi ifew dnys ago when he eheitily
told the Senate that he wat cautioned
not to let the British pull th wool over
his eyes waa tb revelation by Reprc
sentative. Byrnes of tha admiral's hliel
of the America srmy and hi deprecia
tion of the navy at the most critical
stage of the war.
81m Foresaw Disaster. ,
"While in Paris on October 30, 1918,':
aaid Mr. Byrnes, "Admrrnl Sim told
Representatives Glass, of Virginia;
Whaloy, of South Carolina, and ma that
the armistice asked for by the enemy
would have to be granted because of
the failure of Pershing to break through
th German rank dua, to . -disnftrnus
breakdown in traaspbrlattoa behind the
American lines. ' r ,
"With pnthot in hit voie, continued
the' South Carolina member, tha gal.
leriefin th meantime rapidly filling.
"ht pictured this failure of tha army
a critical moment. We visited the head
quarters of the service of tuppliet tad
found that only a few. day previous
Perilling had written the 8. O. S. con.
grahilating thorn , upon their wodrcful
field. His atatement wa false and for
hi Inexcusable ''slander be must ta
twer t othe American doughboy."
That -the- Admiral depreciated the
work of tho navy, Represen -tir
Byrnes conclusively showed by reading
from a copy "of the London Times, of
October 11, 1018, quotation from a
Sima speech delivered the day' previoot
at the Criterion Restaurant:
Gives British All Tha Credit.
' "Another idea was torn time la th
American mind, that tha American navy
had been doing the bulk of th business
over here, at least a half. That wa not
correct. There were about 0,000 anti
submarine craft operating day and
night and the American craft numbered
100, or thre per cent."
Agnin. according to tha London naner.
Admiral Sims aaid:
"Americana aecm to regard it is a
miraclff that they had gotten a million
and a half troopa over here ia a few
months and had protected then aa the
wsy. We didn't do that. Great Britain'
i did
"This same sneeeh" aaid Vr Ttvm.
"he made day after day. Ha made it
to us in Paris and again when we saw
him In London.-It wa false from the
beginning to end. Records of bis office
show that instnsd nf them lunn Siam
i artU-submariBe era ft engaged there
were not mors than 8,000 that could
properly be so described. H counted -every
English bottom afloat ia order to
decrease the American percentage." .
Great Britain Over AIL
"The atatemeat that Great Britain
did that, wat false," declared Mr. By
rues, mailing Into the record Depart
ment figures showing that tha Amerirau
Naey carried 46.23 per cent ef th Am- .
erican troops overseas.
Siias, after impressing upon Messrs.-Byrnes,-
Whsiey and Glass th . small
part America played in th war, pro
ceeded to tell them thi country should
play no part in peace at all.. Great
Britain, he proclaimed, ahould control
the sea because nf her geographical pos
ition and Great Britain should trans
port American good to foreign mar
kets, i ' .
"So convinced waa I that his anglop
hobia made it impossible for him to
entertain a purely American viewpoint,"
declared Mr., Byrne,, "that when I re-1
turned to this country I advised one
In authority, that for aa American view,
they might as well appeal to th Brit
ish Admiralty as to Sims. ..
. - England Need No Defense. f
"Having' -visited th battlcneldt of
Tore and-the grand fleet during th
war, h continued, "I waa impressed
with the i.i:i(iiiBoi-iit part played by
British, arms, in, the war , and nothing'
this -IwriiucHiitcd politician Could say
will either add to nor detract from tha
glory of tbe English people. " Hit ef
forts to flatter them by slandering the
Arny and Navy of the United States -will
meet with the contempt of every
true Knnlwhm-'t at'ift doe of ..every
true America a." " .
' K-f.rring to' the statement of Simt
that he wat admonished at the Navy De
partment by a "high official not to let
the English pnll th wool over hi eyes .
and that 'it is none of our business
pulling British Chestnuts out of the
flre'' Representative Bryne said:
"Daniels emphatically declares he did
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