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The News amid Obs THE WEATHER Fait a aamtwhit NMr taarsdayi sTrldey felr WATCH LABEL 4a ftr , Numl tars Mm ftnila eat inli sals tlntw nn . erver VOL. CXL NO. 30. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 192a SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ! t T FEATURE OF BILL Conferees From Two Houses ' On Railroad Measure Reach . , Agreement On It PROVIDES FOR FEDERAL' LABOR ARBITRATION BODY Minor Differences Remain To I Be Composed But "final Be port Expected Late This Week, Senator Cummins An . nounoea; All Classea of La bor To Be Represented Washington. Fob, d.Catting aside ' ih anti-strik provision of the Cum mint bill agaiast which labor has leveled protests, and modifying ths rate-making clauses of the same measure. Beg at and House representative! lato to day reached virtually complete agree ment on legislation- designed to meet . conditions crowing out ft the return of the railroad ea Marsh 1, to pri vate control. "For the anti-striko pro vision the joint eonferen.ee. committee of the two Houses agree to substitute what in effect, amounts to compulsory submission of wage disputes to a Fed ertl board appointed by the President A number of . minor differences re main to be composed but these, Sena-, tor Cummins, of Iowa, chairman of the . Senate managers,; ,said would be worked out by himself and Chairman Ksch, of the Bouse conferees. A final 'report on the legislation is anticipated late this week and effort will be made to expedite consideration of the report on both House in order to insure the bill's passage before March 1, Sena tor Cummins said. , tang Deadlock Broken. Reaching of ' an agreement on lb Each bill, by the House and the Cum- ' mini hill enacted hv the Senate broke a deadlock that hat existed several week dn principally to. the . House conferees' refusal to accept the anti strike provision of the latter measure. House' member also, have- opposed tho Senate I rate-making1 section.- ' 1 , In agreeing labo previsions, the jiiiiv;lruo Out tli.," in "of, tht Scnnt- bilt wheh would virtually make trikol Illegal by penalizing railroad employes' or employer for eafering into eoftipiraeie for the purpose of In terfering with 1 inter-etat commerce and provided In lieu thereof settle ment of labor dispute by boards com posed equally of employe and em ployers. The findings of these boards must be approved by a Federal board aooointed by the President with, the Senate' approval to which - appeal must be taken in ease in wtnen agreement are not reached by the other board. - While the size of the Intter board ha not been definitely fixed, Sonator Cummin said it would probably b of five members. All Clsi.es Represented. .. 'All elnsse of railroad employes. Senator Cummin said, are to have rep resentation upon the lower wage boards.. Since the government will not lie represcrUed upon these board, toe Senator explained, settlement of , labor ditputea cannot be made compulsory by them but it it compulsory that in event of disagreement the dispute be referred to the Federal board for Mt tlement. - ' ' ' -.'. ' Under th agreement on the rate- making section, a return of Ave and a Jhlf pent tipon the net railway operating income it guaranteed for a period from eighteen months to two year after the bill becomes law. The exact period will be fixed later by we conferee. The Senate bill prescribed a five-year period. Provision ia also made in the com promise that with the Interstate com merce commission approval, one nan of on per cent of the earning may be given to the railroad responsible for the earnings and used for such unproductive improvement aa erection of terminal or elimination of grade crossings. Previa Contingent Fund. Fifty per cent of th earning in ex cess of the six per cent will go to the railroad producing th excess return while the ether half goee to a railroad contingent fund, administered by the commission and need f t the purchase of rolling stock and other equipment ' to be rented to the weaker road to made. - - '-' Th bill a compromised further au thorise th interstate com mere eom missioa to prescribe rate which will in clude revenue by which this fixed re turn may be guaranteed. Another . important section agreed upon by the conferees aad which is ex pected to prevensjntieh stst litigatioa -provide that -the interstate commerce eommiasioa may suspend or change rates during the six months veriod after th road are released by th government. JENKINS WILL BE NAMED AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE . Asheville, Feb. 4. Announcement was made here tonight that two of the three Bepublieaa candidate for th eongres" ional nomination In this district had withdrawn. TW. Earkins, local attor ney and Brownlow Jackson, real estate maa of Hendersjonville, leaving L. L. Jenkins, millionaire banker and cotton mill owner of this city, to receive) the nomination. The district convention will be held at Hendersonville, near here, Saturday, February T at 2 o'clock. Nrse Seat Te Chicago. ' Asheville, Feb. 4. Answering a gen eral call sent out for help, sixty n arses f-nrn I'nited States army general hos T .1 J o. 19 at Oteen .neat here, have i s nt to CI ur.RO to assist ia tbt y i l !, . , i CA ANTI-STRIKE ASIDE IN REPORT Highest Tide Ever Seen at Old Point Comfort During Terriffic Rain and Wind Newport Newt, Va Feb. 4 .The most serious damage done ia this section by tho territe wind and rain storm whieh ha been raging for the past 86 bout was apparently in that section around Old Point Comfort and Buckroe -Beach. The wharve at Old Point Comfort are completely covered, the tide being higher there thaa waa ever set'n and the Washington steamer and Old Do minion steamers are making no attempt to atop there. The huge machinery whieh has been used ia rebuilding the wharf at 014 Point Comfort ha been Twenty-five Per Cent Rate For Loans Feature Disturbance On Stock Exchange - 'New York, Feb. 4. The- most dis astrous collapse in the history of the foreign exchange market in New Torn, a 15 per eent "ate for demand loan, time fundi reduced to th vanishing point and further withdrawal of gov eminent deposit, summsrixe today' serious disturbance on the stock ex change and the leading commodity mar keta. Demand aterling fell to $3.19, a de el in of 14 cent from yesterday' low and 31 cents under last week s anal Quotations. Translated into the Ameri can dollar, the pound sterling snowed a loss of considerably more thaa 33 per eent from its normal or pre-war prie Of (4.86 0-8. French, Belgian and Italian remit tances at new low quotations of 15.11, 14.82 and 19.10 respectively, were at discounts extending from 68 to 77 per eent of their normal quotation of 5.181-8 to the dollar. Counter movement whieh reflected the local condition included new high premiums for bar gold aad liver in tht London market and a higher quota tion f of New York exchange at Canav dian point. Bankers and international financial interests as a whole declined to dis cus the more ominous. aspects of the international credit situation but seemed hopeful that th several govern mental investigation now under way eorota migat m proaaetiv si cany suite. " ' .. Ia th stock market th movement waa-on of almost continuous decline, leaders sustaiaing extreme losses of 8 to 17 point, with a few unimportant rallies In the later dealing. Special feature of .weakness Included General Motors, Chandler and Pierce Arrow, Mexican and Pan-Americaa Petroleums, Tex Company Middle- state Oil, Crucible, Sapublie, Bethle hem and Gulf btatee Steel, , Baldwin Locomotive, Worthingtoa Tump, Amer- lean woolen, American Tobacco, 8u matra Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco,. As sociated Dry Goods and the various shipping and food shares. Transactions of about 1,750,000 shares represented the largett. total unc the crash of last November and the 25 per cent rate lor can money repreaented the maximum quotation for that form of accommodation since November 12 when as much as 8 per cent was naid. Bond of all descriptions paid toll to the days reversal, several of the Liberty issues, both Victory notes and a few of the International war flota tions, establishing, new low record on a turnover (par value) of 22,750,000. "' Wants International CommbtsUa. Washington, Feb. 4. Declaring the collapse in international exchange bad become serious, Senator Thomas, Dem- erat,- Colorado, announced in the Sea ate today that he would seek action next week on bis resolution to appoint aa international ' monetary commie- mission with the purpose of establish lag a parity between gold and silver. The present situation, Senator Thomas ssscrted, was inch to "threaten the supremacy or possibly, the existence, of onr export trade." - ALLIES DESERT WILSON LONDON TIMES DECLARES Pari, Feb. 4j Commenting upon the latter of Viscount Grey, British Am bassador to th United States, to the London Times with regard to the Amer ican position on the Peace Treaty th Echo de Paris aayst - "The allies are abandoning President Wilsons : . - - .. The aewspapef adds that Viscount Grey succeeded in persuading Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain aad former Premier Clemeneeau to adopt hi view point when la Paris soma weeks ago and ths letter to th Times will, it asserts, probably t followed by aa official note along ths same liaea from the French and British cabinet. "Our friend beyond th Atlantic cannot fall to understand ths sisrnifi- eanee of the language they have Just neara,- m jscdo d Paris continue. "It simply means that th allies are abandoning President Wilson and ars trying to come to term with the ma jority in the American Congress.' . Union Veteran Cosnsalta Baleld. Kissimmee, Fla-, Feb. 4. George B. Jsanerson, an aged Union veteran of the Civil War, committed .suicide by hanging himself ia a cell in the deten tion ward of the county jail today. He had been sent beS from his bom at St. Clond, and an old aoldiers' colony, for examination a to hi unity, be cause, it 1 alleged, he had twic at tempted to killWmself ' ' To Kestor German Opera. New Tork, Feb. 4. German onera will be restored to the repertoire of the Metropolitan Opera Company st a mati nee performance of Tarsifal ia Eng lish on February 19, it wns (nnonnecd tonipht by Giulio Gatti-Casarra. ren- e4 -ranter cf tie c"Tpr-. i MOST DISASTROUS MONEY COLLAPSE entirely washed away, while a new thea tre building which was in progress of construction there ha been heavily damaged by tlie wind. - At Backro Beach portion of a num ber of house have beea . washed away. In Newport New th tide is higher than sea faring men have ever seen it, ac cording to their declaratioua and the damage done tonight is large, portion f building being washed away on the water front, while it is stated that the street car company is seriously hurt by reason of portions of its track caving in. mi lit WiTNESSWAS TOLD "The Freight Will Be Paid," Newspaper Editor Informed In Newberry Campaign Grand Sapid, Mich, Feb. 4. Eighteea witnesses appeared at today's sessioa of th trial of Senator Truman H. Newberry and hi 122 co-defendants and two bits of evidence were consid ered by th prosecution a important to th conspiracy charge. James Swein hart, head of th New York bureau of a Detroit newspaper, said Frederick Cody, a defendant, told him ia New Tork: The lid is off in Michigan and the sky is the limit." Walter Chappelle, editor of a weekly newspaper at Uarrisville, MicIl, testi fied that Benjamin F. Reed, deputy State labor inspector, and another de fendant, had solicited him to become a eounty chairman ia the 'Newberry or ganisation and told him : "The freight will be paid. Lyle Hhanahan, aa attorney from CharlevOiXv and one of the organisers of the committee of three whieh had charge of the Newberry campaign in hi eounty, testified that he bad re ceived $40 from J. P. Harris, chairman of th committee and a defendant. W. H. Eichora. drew from Shanahan that he had used $5 of that amount to pay a challenger at the primary polls, but had not accounted for the remainder. "You understand,' the witness said. "that Judge Harris d'i aot tell me thi was N'wberjy nfiy and- that 1 was a Newberry' man' before th com mittee was organised.""41 . ; Martin W. Littleton, on cross-examination, asked if Shaaaka considered h had done any wrong in accepting the money, bringing a successful objection from Frank C Dailey, assistant attor ney general. , Shanahan testified that he had epent IS to tlS in collecting primary returns by telephone, and that many persons erowded his office that evening aad that he had the place closed tho next day "That constituted my cxpenacs in the eampaiga," he said. Similarly the government blocked questioning of Chappelle a to hi ideaa on the morality of the expression re garding f wight." ' The campaign of James W. Helms for the Democratic Senatorial nomina tion was again brought into the trial through the testimony of Van A. Loom is, a deputy sheriff aad private detective from Jackson. Loomia said he had been hired by Charles V. Delsnd. a defen dant, to circulate Helm nomination pe tition. He admitted receiving $20 for the work, aad eaid he had partially filled two petition having space for 23 name eacn. Among th witnesses were a number of stenographers and typists employed at Newberry' campaign headauartera. They named numerous defendants they J naa sees about the offices, told of be ing paid in cash and some of them re lated that there was a cash cheat in the vault at headquarters. ORDER CARGO OF LIQUOR RELEASED BY GOVERNMENT Veiael Will Be Allowed To Sail For Havana If Grand Jury " Doesn't Interfere New Tork, Feb. 4v The steamer Tar- mouth, with its 4,800,000 cargo of whiskey, which was seised yesterday by Supervising Inspector Bbevlin, will be released aad allowed to sail for Havana, it was announced tonight, following a long distance telephone conversation be tween Mr. Shevlin aad the Attorney General's office in Washington. A guard of IS prohibition agents will be kept oa noard, aowever, until tb venae! de part. v-V i While this conversation with Wash ington was in progress ths Federal grand jury began . inveetiratinr the shortage ia the Yarmouth's cargo, whieh developed between her sailing from and returning to P.ew Tork. Judas Knox ordered Marcos Carrey, the negro presi dent Of th Black Star Line, owner of the vessel, to produe all book, paper and manifest bearing on the whiskey cargo. Earlier in the day he had refused to produce them on the ground that surrender of the record might incrim inate him- ... . . , r The Yarmouth tailed for Cuba with a heavy list to starboard, resulting from harried efforts to load the ship before midnight, January Id. when eonatltn. tional prohibition went into effect. Off th New Jersey coast sh ran into rough weather and was forced to return to New Tork for repair. REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN ' RETURNS TO WASHINGTON "Washington, Feb. 4. Plana for the work of th committee of 171 which it to formulate recommendation for this year Bepublieaa national platform got actively under way today with the re turn to Washington of Will nays, the party's national ehairmaa, after ', ;t month twing around tise circle,'1"--' PNEUMONIA ADDS Ml OVER INFLUENZA New Cases of Dread Disease Appeared In Greater N am bers Yesterday 36 NEW CASES DEVELOP IN SYLVA ON TUESDAY State Epidemiologrist Says That Only Fraction of New Case a Are Reported To State Board ' of Health ;Yeterday'a Tot all Mount To 2,485; Epidemic Traced To Richmond , - , Pneumonia developing la many sec tions of th Stat yesterday added to the apprehension of health authorities over the spread of the epidemic of in fluenza that hat been widespread for the past three weeks, During tb day 79 new eases of this most dreaded disease were reported to the State ' Board of Health, with nine deaths. Sylvia, the eounty seat of Jackson eounty, was the worse "Stricken with 3d easee of pneu monia and 30 eases of influenza for the 24 hour period ending at 8 o'clock Tues day night. The influent epidemic spreads un checked, according to the reports at the But board, with an increase of 600 new cases for the dsy, ia total of J.4S5. Distress calls are being received in con siderable numbers, and advice requested as to tb advisability of dosing schools, churches, and all place of gathering. Suih help a the board 1 able to offer ia being furnished, but the matter of dosing school left . ia th hands of local health authorities. Reports Partially Complete. Beportt received ia th Baleigh office ars admittedly inaccurate, and accord in to Or. F. IX, Bcgister, State Epidem iologist, give only a small percentage of the actual number of eases developed in the State. Calls for medical and nurs ing assistance were received yesterday from cities and counties that had not Brevioualy reported tingle ens of th scourge. On instance of this was given in Burlington, where thers were said to be mar than 200 cases, non of which bad been previously reported to tht da- partmeat. r ... : .7 - Such service and assistance as tit d partment is able to reader is being dis tributed in communltia wher regular reports av .-shown th disease to be widely prevalent. Ia the Burlington hospital, and in number of others, the department replied that with no pre vious knowledge of ' th conditions there, all preseat available help had been sent to other communities. Surry eonnty wo another appealing for help, although previou reports thowed only two eotei developed there. Schools, enarehes, theatres aad courts have been closed in that eounty ia aa effort to check the spread of the disease. Traced to Richmond. The-origin ) of the present -epidemic lias been traced by health authorities to Richmond. It was brought first to Fu quay Springs, snd from there has spread over practically the entire State. It appeared ia Fuquey Springs about three weeks ago. Ths disease spread rapidly westward and is particularly violent in the western part of ths Bute. Communities that suffered most severelv in the epidemle of 1918 have suffered less this year, and physicians believe tbat there is an immunity to be gained in saving the disease ones. Only Few Deaths Reported. Relatively few detths have been re' ported thut far In the epidemic, but with the increase of pnumonia that is expected for the next few, days, the death rate will probablv increase also. Inf lunna itself is not regarded as so svnous as it was last yesr, but ths pos sibility of pneumonia following influ ansa seems in no way reduced. YstrdsyS reporfliy eountiet it as xoiiowt:,' s Ctbtrrus, 150; Chatham, 27; Chero kee, 23; Clay, 31; Cleveland, 40; Cum berland, 1; Davidson, 133 Durham, 18; Winston Salem, 214; Franklin, 3; Gas Ton, 8; Granville, 12; Greensboro, 80; Guilford, 500; High Point, 70 j Halifax, 3; Haywood, 22; Jackaon, 80; Lee, 10, Martin, 10; Mecklenburg 18 ; Mitchell, 73; Moore, 75 Montgomery, 5; Wilming ton, 17; New Hanover, 2; Northampton, 13; Pitt, 42; Polk, ; Roekinghom, 40; Rowan, Oj ; Rutherford, 50; Sampson, 15 Stanley, 13; Surreyr 2: Union, 300; Raleigh, 4; Washington, .10; Wilson, 42; Yauneey, 14. Total, 2,4X5. ; Pneumonia was reported yesterday ts follows: : t Cathage, 2; Sylvia, 88; Tryon, t; Wilson, 2; Gastonia, 2; Wilmington, 2; Winston Salem, 1; Albemarle, 10. Scat tered, 18. Total 79. , - t Big Decrease Ia Asheville. Asheville, Feb. 4V-vA big decrease ia' the number of new influenza cases was reported today, whea only 97 were recorded bringing ths grand total to 1,173 with saves deaths for the epi demic There sr 12 eases, in. ths emergency hospital -and the situation appears to be under better control than at any time since the disease first started here. :- ' : -. - ' Breaks Oat At Newport News. Newport Nsws, Va-, Feb. The in fluenza epidemie -la - Newprot ' News, thought to hav abated, is declared to night by Newport News physicians to be worse than, at any time since the disease re -appeared here. Orders were issued tonight closing ths public schools, fifteen teachers snd -over 1,300 students being ill today. Official re ports from four physicians add 305 new cases of ths disease for th last 24 hours and It ia said that dosen of the other physicians reijsTVts wilt bring the I .(Continued a Peg Twe.) TO APPREHENS TOEXTRADITEWAR CRIMINALS FROM BERLIN FOR TIL Council of Ambassadors Send Request To German Cap ital, It Is Announced , VON LERSNER REFUSED TO TRANSMIT REQUEST Head of German Peace Delega tion at Paris Rands In Resig nation and Returns Home.; . Official List of Germans Wanted For Trial Contains Many Prominent Names Pari, Feb. 4.-The council ot am bassadors after its meeting tonight is sued a statement saying that the decis ion of ths Allies, with regard to Ger mane whose extradition is demanded for war crimes, would be communicated direct to Berlin. "The list of war criminals having been presented to Baron Von Lersner for transmission by him to his government, the president of the Germsn delegation returned the list with sn intimation to the president of ths conference thst he hsd submitted bis resignation to his government snd was leaving Parit. The decision of the Allies will bej communi cated direct to the government at Ber lin." ' Although the official list of those whose extradition has been demanded has not beea made public, the corres pondent has learned the name of torn of the Gerw-9.ni, with the offenses charged against them. The accusation agaiatt Crown Prince Buppreeht, of Bavaria, i. tbt deporta tions from th Lille district; the Duke of Wurtemburg is chsrged with mas sacres at Namur: Field Marshal Voa Kluck with ths assaasination of hos tages at Senlis, and the massacre of civ ilians at Aerschots Field Marshal von Mackensea with thefts and pillages in Rumania; Baron Von Dar Lanckea with the murdert of Cantaia Charles Frvatt. the British sea, captain executed by the Germans, snd Miss Edith Csvell, the English nurse, who was executed oa tb charge of aiding prisoner to escaba: Admiral Von Capelle with the snbma- rin outrages; 1'ield Marshal Limaa VOS Sanders with massacres of Armen- ians and Syrians: General Stan nt with issuing order to take no prisoners; the NiemeySr brother with cruelties to prisoners si , th Ha im nden eamn Major Von Goerta with cruelties at the MaageboUrg camp; Lieutenant Rodi' gr with cruelties at th Ruhlebea camp; General Voa Cassel with cruel ties st the Doberits camp; General Voa Manteuffel with the sack of Louvain; lieutenant Werner, captain' Valentiner snd Captain Forstner, with submarine outrages; General Von Tesma with the execution of 112 civilians at Allon: General Vpa Ostrowsky with the pillage of Daynzs snd the execution of 103 civ ilians and Major Von Bulow with de struction and murders st Aerschot. : BARON VON I EBANnt Wil t. ' NOT TRANSMIT THE REQUEST ' ssms , , "S, Paris, Feb. -4v Kurt Von Lersner, head of the Germsn peace delegation here hat returned to Premier Millerand ths list containing ths name of Ger mans whose extradition is demanded by the Allies, which was handed to him last night and has informed the premier that he has resigned aad is leaving for Berlin by the first train. Baron Von Lersner told tht Asao elated Press hit decision was in line with the attituds he had maintained throughout regarding the question of extradition. He declared he had held that no German officials could be in strumental ia carrying- out the extradi tion clauses of the treaty and COiSS quently the matter having come up ia a definite final form there was nothing left for him to do but to resign and go noma Immediately after receiving the list last night. Baron Voa Ltrsner ' ad dressed the following letter te Premier Millerand: : Your excellency ha transmitted to me a note containing the names of Ger man whose extradition ia demanded by the Allied Powers. In the course of the last three month I have jnost teri- K ously mid befor representatives of the' Allied and Associated -Covenant,- tea time in writing and thirteen time or ally, ths reasons it wss impossible to comply with such a request, no1 matter what the social rank of the accused per sons might be. - SEES CHANCE TO REDUCE ' THE HIGH COST OF LIVING New Tork, Feb. Th demarallsa- tUa of foreign exchaag taay deal a blow to the high coat - of living in America la., th stale of Percy R. Jahasaa. nenldent of tho Chemical Na tional bank. , ' ...-. :v ,: i ' - J "It will eat down ear exports,' said Mr. Job a today, "tha threwlng large aaaatttiorr of American goods en th local markets and will, la sll prob. sbllity, result ra a decrees of pricee." p Endorse Wilson sad Bryaa. ;.' ' Fargo. N. D- Feb. 4. North Dakota Democrat at tholr Stat convention today-adopted a resolution endorsing the "leadership of. Woodrow -V'ilson and W. J. Bryan," and pledged support to th candidate nominated at San Fran cisco. A resolution which fsrored Mr. Bryan as ths party's presidential can didate wss referred to a committee which returned to' th convention the resolution adopted. ' , l.OI Cast In Harrtsbnr. Hsrrisburg, Pa., Feb. lr Reports of 3407 nevses-of influenza, 149 esses of pneumonia, and 158 deaths from the diseases were received by the Bute De partment of neal'.a tol? SIMPLE ANTI-SEDITION . BILL URGED BY PALMER Attorney General Would Guard Bill of Rights In Proposed . Legislation Washington, Feb. 4. Additional anti sedition legislation simple ia character and guarding the guarantees of the bill of rights but covering the "hiatus in present statutory laws," was urged by Attorney General Talmer today before the House Judiciary Committee. Upholding the right of free speech and constructive criticism, the Attor ney General' protested against pending measures which he said were "too dras tic and far-reaching and -so searching tbat they overreach their purposes." More harm' than good would come from repressive legislation, he added. ''But there is no existing statute ade quate to meet the present situation," Mr. Palmer told the committee. , Ther it a condition of revelutiosary intent in the country on the part of both aliens and citizens which is suffi ciently wide-spread to merit serious consideration of Congress. This revo lutionary intent is manifested ehlefly by threats both written and spoken by persons who would injure, destroy or overthrow the government by physi cal force." Citizens' rights should always be guarded, the Attorney General said, adding that he agreed with those who criticised the Graham-Sterling bill on this ground. I PLAN UNLIMITED DEBATE ON TREATY IN SENATE Failure Predicted For Effort To Write New Cloture Provis ion In Rules " Washington, Feb. 4. Failure gener ally was predicted by Senate leaders tonight for th efjort to v. rile a now cloture provision into thm Senate rules to curb debate en the peace treaty when it is renewed next veek. Although th rules committee wiQ meet tomorrow to take up the subject it generally was conceded fh.it : th titna wa too abort to make any change in the rule before tb treaty it called up Monday. Senators who hav s op posed any limitation on debate were prepared it waa said, to fight a cloture proposal at such length tnnt no roll call would be reached on it before that time. . ' .Under the present yW of th lead ers to dispense 'Ml, th old cloture restrictions now clinging to th treaty th development ' Wat regarded -a in suring thst when the, treaty comes up unlimited debate will be in order. It ia hoped , en both aides, however, to hasten consideration as much a poa siblt and to com to a final ratifica tion roll eall promptly. Some Sena tore think it can be reached within ten day v ' Negotiations for agreement on some of the reservations to be considered continued during the day and ia some quarters it was predicted " that the points of disagreement quickly would be sifted down to a few propositions, once the tresty comes into the open Senate From other sources, it was predicted, however, that the Republ ican leaders would insist oa their orig inal reservations without ths modifica tions agreed on by ths unofficial bi partisan committee and that a long; controversy would ensue. REVOLUTION NO LONGER URGED, BY SOVIET RUSSIA Soviet Representative In Amer ica Says Complete Change - -of Heart Made Washington, Feb. - 4. Renew! of assertion that Soviet Russia bad under gone a) complete change of heart tine ths days when it wss urging, world wide, arid universal revolution acainst eonttitutedgpvernmeutt marked to day's examination of Ludwin C. A. K. Martens, Soviet representative in the Ifntted" States, by tht Senate committee investigating Russian propaganda., Mar tens commenced ths reading of s seriet of prepared statements oa the subject, but was interrupted by Senator Moses. n 11: vt i 1.: .LH1.. Wliuuucim, 4vvr uainiuitc, cuki ( lima of th. committee, who ruled against "cumbering up ths record with propa ganda." But the portion of Marten s testi mony that stirred committee meml rt most, st evidenced by their questioning, was his sssertion, mode incidenta.lv, that In 1D1 the ngnnra' of the com- ittee oa public information, the war time American government publicity agency and ether "official of ths United States" worked with Soviet officials to bring about a revolution in Germany and at the same time got out documents in this country designed to prove that Soviet officials were paid agents of Germany. . -, . Questioned as to the nature of these documents. Martens . said ther ; were known as the, "Sisson papers.' ' This testimony led Chairman Motes to sug gest thst George Creel, chairman of ' t committee oa public Information, ap parently "was working with the Soviets oa one hand snd against them with the other," to which the witness asreed. Asked ' regarding the "officials" men tioned. Martens named Raymond Rob ins, formerly of the Red Cross mission te Russia, as one of those thro'-ieh whom the Soviets co-operated in the propaganda against Germany. ' . ' Three Deaths la Roanoke. ' Roanoke, Va Feb. 4. Three more person died here today , from influ enza and additional ease of the disease have brought th total to Fifty-three person art ill with pneu monia. The local health ' department an nounced tonight that ia additioa to the -fourteen deaths which have occurred from influenza alnee January 2, aias persons have died from pneumonia vhich followed influenza, it SENATE VOTES FOR PURCHASING C1P BRAGG PROPERTY Appropriations Totalling Over Million Dollars Included In Special Bill SENATOR OVERMAN ON " HAND TO EXPEDITE IT, Necessity of Increased Railroad Equipment and , Enlarged Freight Warehouses In North Carolina Explained In Letter From State Corporation Commission ' ' The News and OtwerTer Bureau. 1 603 District National Bank Bids. By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire." Washington, D. C. Feb. 4. Appropria tions totalling $1,173,000 were mad bv the Senate this afternoon for Cams Bragg, N. C, in a special army appro- priation bill whieh hat already', passed the House. The section!' affecting Cainp Bragg in th bifl passing th Senate ? ad , only amendment of verbiage, which will be (peedtly accepted by ths conferees. Camp Eustis, Vsu, Camp Gordon, Ga, were saved until June 30, 1921, by a Senate amendment. . ' The army bill wa called uf this afternoon by Senator 8pencer, Republi can, ehairman of ths Sonata aiilitarv affairs sub-committes, aad immediately eonsideratioa began. Senator Overman 1 explained the necessity for action oa ths Camp Brsgg item aad shared the honors with Senstor Speneer of reply- ing to objecting Senators. , The Repub lican aide of ths chamber was verv . inquisitive and wanted to know th full story of Camp Bragg. Senator Kintj, Democrat, f Utah, likewise had objec tions for most oc ths items aad wottd against ths bill on final passages. ' , Ne Traabl Expected. The Senate i expected to ask' for. conference within a few days and so trouble is anticipated on Ui Camp Bragg item. ' When the bill ltd bean read and reported to the Senato from tho sn ' nuttet of th who!, Senator Overmen wst ia th chair. Tb question wt put and although those favoring the bill had shouted ia chorus samber of "noes" were heard. Seaator Overman lost no time in declaring ths bill psssed -by. th Senate aad a roll-call was not demanded. The section of the bill affecting Csrap Bragg reads: , ' At Camp Bragg, N. C for th fiat chase of real oDtate, SU12S.000, for con struction as . follows: For hospital, painting aad larpentry, 5.000; for Bias ing one hangar, f 1,000; lor tiding the administration building, 11.500; for gravel roads in reservation. (10,000; for gravel road to Fayettevillt, N. C. .. fcU.OuO; for Incidental work and mis cellaneous, $2,60); in all for Cams) Bragg, 1473)0C.'r The North Carolina State Corporation commission, nas laid rteiore eenaior mmu,,.-. a series 01 uuneuiiies ia rail road matters affecting North Carolina, and ths senior Senstor will immediately lay the matters before th conferee a th railroad legislation now sitting and urge immediate action, so far ss his powers are concerned, before Director General Walker D. Hines. . Letter Fresa Cosnnslaslen. . The letter from the commission, was signed by Chairman W. T. lse .and Commissioners George P. Pell snd A. J. Maxwell. It was sddressed to both, of the Senators snd the Representatives of North Carolina in Congress,' Th dis . eutsion of the matters in detail by the commission it; " ' ,' . ' "Prets "reports have indicated a hope less deadlock in conference committees having . in 'charge ' reconcilement of differences between the Ksch sad Cum- , mins bills," with no prospect of any : legislation on the transportation ques tion in the near future, or any provision for capital expendituree for Increase ef . - . ..... rT'i0".!. ''We wish to present for your eoa- sideration something of the transporta tion conditions in this State, which seem to us imperative in their demandt for prompt and adequate - measures ef , rented-. ' . "Fifteen month after the, armistice ' we find embargo over one of eur priii-: eipal railway, systems. on carload ship- Jjnents of lumber and other important Commodities. Numerous complaints show ' that movement of through carload shin- -ments generally is slow and uncertain. But the most distressing condition is id the handling - of less carload local shipments. This most important division of transportation service ia in worse condition today thsn at any time during the war whea the hetvjeet demsnds wete made on the railroads for the handling of, war material and troop movement. At a great many - important railway stations la this Stat it is. just short of a 'complete choke-up. - Maay Congested Warehouse. ' "W recently investigated the freight warehouse in one city in the State. The warehouse floor was filled to s point of congestion thst mads it almost im-. possible, to get freight shipments in or antuThe platform oa the outside was failed from end to snd with sll dooas oa delivery . Sids of wsrehtfni com pletely blocked, and we were advised that they had 75 cars of less than ear load freight that could not be unloaded for lack ef warehouse room.. You can imagina the kind of freight service th ' people of that city are getting inbound aad outbound. ,W are advised that condition are' as bad st msnr other, stations on this system and a represen tative of another system pre-ent at .(Confined oi Ts's T")