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' ' . t THE WEATHER , Partly elofl . Friday and Satsrday, not much thane is torn strata re. i mm WATCH LABEL a W MM , -B. tawal 'n Man mlnM sad seek! server mm st BF-ass. ne snsnv .r a MDfw n. VOL, CXI. NO. 37. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1920. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. ..zu PRICE: HVE CENTS M fce i HONOR CUMMINGS WIN DINNER ! -W i i- fr-ohibition and Sims-Daniels Controversy Injected Into k The Discussion SECRETARY DANIELS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER povernor Edwards, of New Jer sey, Who Wasn't On Official List of Speakers, Declaresj That Great Issue of State Rights Has Emerged From. The Past; Will Push Fight New York, Feb. 5.-Prohibition and Pie Mnis -Daniel controversy were in jected tonight-into the testimonial din ner given licre to Homer S. dimming, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, at which Secretary Daniels as the principal speaker. One thousand Invitations had hern issued to the ban quet, which was .itlemlcd by prom inent Democrats from all parts of the t omitrv. The prohibition issue was brought Into the proceedings by Governors Ed warda, of New Jersey, and Smith, of hew York, aud was greeted With ob vioiiflv mingled feeling1) by the diners. Ciovoiiior Kdwnrds was not on the ofli einl list of speakers, and was called Upon unexpectedly, after Secretary Jr. utils had concluded his address. Kami-:- In the evening the New Jersey went ve h.-.d been given a striking evr.tio 1 when lie entered the dining hull ml there "as mi even greater demon stration v.lien he arose to speak. Irene of State Rights. Cowrnor Kdwiirds tleel-ired that a jrr.'.-t-;..iic had emerged from the past, t! : i -lie "f Mate rii'liN ami personal Hi ,cr:. .' He nsw.-ted that this issue must tc c' 'd I y the people next November. 'if the Federal government," he con tinei !. "r.sy Mihvcrf the doctrines of Ftn' ri;;hls :tiul, without, a roniinisiiipn or iir; i :7ii ! In m the people, enter uiMin cu.- l.re.nieH anil into our iimnca wnn the bureaucratic system of offlcrlirlders an 1 uTcrlordship, the theory of oiir on-:i1iitionnl government and nil the Tit, its incident to home rule and local ,Hl;;te .(."ivermnent are destroyed. Under Such a system the Indestructible union Sf indestructible Ktittes becomes a myth M wo. have "the necessary alternative of a Kteut superpower at Washington iiu -losing its, will noon us in the diree tio'l of r.ur luililtsj our manners, our trs, Vs i'lid our lw.il customs, until noth le;. is I : ft of the independent State of pur fathers but the name. "To :einc this situation is a political aiM ril.ne ni:1 I purpose to carry the tilit to Han Frnnrisca re:;: -clless of w!i::t any or sot of men miry peis nuilly th.k so as to bring a'iriit h p:ijiulr It ptntovaent pf the doctrine of St;ito ; rht' : iii popular local home rule upon which our fathers founded this govern-fen-:."' Chairman Cummlnga SpcakJ. ' Democratic leadership in the Senate ISna stood for unqualified ratification (of the treaty of pence, Chairman Cum fmng declared. When that "bceamo Impoaailde," ho added, "it has atood for aurh reservations ca would pre ervo tho spirit of the document and nake its resubmission unnecessary." inned, "blind to overwhelming neces "If A'publiean leadership," he con- pity for an honorable and speedy, pence, tlriyea this issue ultimately into the. rena of polities, the Democratic party ill unfalteringly take up the gauge f battle, t'pon tha tissue we shall liave the support of the. moral and piritr.il forces of the .nation. W shall hi;ve the support of the churehea of the land. We shall have the support tf (lie business interests Which r how uffering from the delay in the re storation of the peace of the world. "We shall have the support of the labor ing men of America who do not want to be driven again into war, and we hull have the support of the women f the United States." ,illMdi"g " cnnimittee ni in ap pointed by Chairman Hays, of the Re yni'Hicnn National Committee, Chair IPaif Cnmmings said if the committee vcr meets, "it will be necessary to tail out the militia to preserve order." He characterised the 66th eongress M the most melancholy faiJure in loslative history." - - . 'As for holding the Wilson admin It rr t'ioa to account for its steward r'i'n," Chairman Cummings said, : us inctytwo investigations set on foot Jxtnormonost have produced n oth- Ji'T that Twas worth the expenditure of a .i.illar except to demonstrate that tfcis v r h fonght out to a sueeess f,:l conclusion without scandal or fraud . rr grofiy.,'.. ''v'" ftiUCH AMERICAN COTTON.",,' - ALREADY IN ENGLAND t .'..'iuli.ii, Feb. 5. The situation crested 1, :he decision of ths cotton importers 1 ; cease importations is unprecedented in the history of the Lancashire trade although it is admitted to b ser Jm it is asserted that there is o cause fr anxiety... f- ' T ' : - According to the figures printed here te stocks of American . cotton total 7,5a bales, with an additional 438,000 bales on the set., Aside from these stocks the, spinners are said to hold con siderable quantities', probably enough to keep ths mills going two or threa yvreks. - r Sir Charles MacArs, former President of the Master Cotton Spinners' Associa tion in an interview in ths Daily Mail says ths problem is very serious, ( "If importation Is. stopped for t con siderable time, ths cotton industry most also Jease," he asserted. "The govei snent ought to stove energetically." NEW YORK CITY GUEST OF HONOR AT DINNER IN NEW YORK HOMER 5. CUMMJNGS. PUNS FOR DEBATE TAKING FORMNOW White House Takes Notice of Recently Published Viscount Grey Letter Washington, Keb. 5. Plans of the party leaders for resumption of tha pence treaty debnto began to take form today, nlthough it was said there prob ably" would be no definite decision as to rjact procedure on Mther side until the treaty actually is called up for j consideration Monday. Senator Hitchcock, the acting Dem ocratic leader, returning to Washington ufter a week's absence called a party I conference for Saturday to consider some of the points likely to be raised ! when the treaty comes back to the Senate floor. On the Republican, side : there were numerous consultations among the leaders but it was said no j final. plan was adopted. ' "-The WHte House also took notice dur ! ing. the day of tho recently published ! Ptter of Viscount Grey, fofnu r British Ambassutlor to the United States in re gari) to reservations, officials close to the J resilient, imiicntuig unomciaiiy jjmt they felt the ordinary diplomatic courtesies would havo suggested that this government be consulted before such a document waa male publics While taking the 'position that they did not eare. to specifically, deny, - than White House officials aaid there -was so foundation for reports that the Presi dent knew of the Gn-y letter prior to its publication. Among Senators the Grey letter eon tinued a subject of widespread discus sion apparently forecasting that it would play a prominent -part in next week's debate. Although there has been no formal agreement between Republican and Democratic leaders regarding the me chanical process of getting the treaty back before the Senate it is expected on both sides that when it is called up it will bo referred to the Foreign Relations committee which immediately will report it without any attempt to frame reservations. This step, it was explained will be merely a technical one in order to get the treaty out from under the cloture attached to it just before it failed of ratification in November. 1 ' NOT ENOUGH JURORS TO ! TRY ALL THE CASES Tombstone, Ariz., Feb. 5. When a new venire of 5K) names was drawn today for jury duty in the trird of Harry E. Wooten, one of tha 210 de fendants nceused of kidnapping '.n con nection with the Bisbee deportations cf 1917, attorneys said it was likely most of the cases never could go to trill for Vick of jurors. Two venires. Of 400 mf n have been exhausted. Court adjourned until Tuesday with twelve tcntntive jurors in the b.jx.. There are only 7500 possible juros i the county, put it was estimated that it per cent are employees of t'm do- ' t- . - ,1...- A;-..V.I-.. 1,'llllUlll. CAMlipttllll-Q 11IIIS U13lIWI.., . A ir.rtre percentage of the repia''itt r, ' from indications of men already exam , :iid, have (reached opinions eon'era z : the deportations. Continued Drop Is Ashevllle. L Asheville, Feb. 5. Ths number of ; , new influenza cases .continued to drop ; ! today, with only seventy-eight reported, j but the city health officials are alarmed at the report today of eleven new j pneumonia eases and two deaths. This is bearing orit the statement of the ; city health officer that the week would I probably be the pneumonia and death 1 week, Two pneumonia rases have de veloped at the emergency hospital, which still has fourteen patients. It j iv stated that several of the mors ' serious eases could sot be removed to j tha hospital owing to the condition of the patients. Asherille will remain strictly closed down, - the health offi cials state, until the epidemic is be lieved to be thoroughly under control. Twe Deatha Is- Roanoke. : Roanoke, Vs., Feb. 5. Two mors deaths reported to the health depart ment here today brought the number of dead from the influenza epidemic is Roanoke to sixteen. The total number of patients tonight srs 2,042, and ad ditional 213 have been reported today. Sixty-five esses of pneumonia are oa record. Deaths front influenza and pneumonia sines Jsnusry 22 srs 25. , Three Deaths In Danville. . . Danville, Vs., Feb. 5. Two hundred and forty-jfour eases oil "flu have been, reported so far is this city to ths health department. An emergency hospital at the Memorial Mansion waa opened to day and has admitted tea patients. Three deaths have -bees reported. - I I .-V ? ' ' i ii m 1 aii hi in ii- " .SHUT UP HORNETS, lC WIISflfJnFPilANF OF AMERICAN ' President Saw Need of Shuti., Up German Submarines Be fore Naval Staffs Did SECRETARY DANIELS TELLS OF RECORD MADE Paying Tribute To National Democratic Chairman Homer . Cummings, Naval Secretary ' Attacks Record of Congress ' Since 1918 When Republi-; cans Got Control of Body j New Terk, F.eb. 5. President WiUo was given credit here tonight by Beexe tarv Daniels, speaking at the Denio eratia elub dinner to National Chair man' Home 8. Cumuiings, for having aecn the necessity of shutting German submarines off lh seas as the only ef fective method of combatting them be fore naval staffs "on either side of the water" moved to that end "You must shut up the hornets in their nests" the President was quoted by Mr. Daniels as having aaid in a quarter-deck speech to officers of the battleship Pennsylvania, early in the war, "for yoH can nevbr end the sub marine peril if you let them out and then have to devote yourselves to chasing them all over the ocean." Barrage Navy's Answer. "The barrage finally built across the North Sea" Mr. Daniels said, "was the American navy's answer to the Presi dent's counsel. It was proposed by Admiral Earle (Chief of Ordnance) in April 1917 approved by Admiral Ben son aad Admiral Mayo by the General Board, by the Secretary of the Navy and by the President. It waa the great est new constructive naval measure of effectiveness in the whole war. It was a factor both in destroying the morale of the German navy and in its deadly destruction of submarine"" President Wilson had also pointed out before naval staffs had reached that conclusion, Mr. Daniels said, "that the only wy to most surely safeguard mer chant ships was to send them in con voys protected by armed ships." Attacks Record of Congress. The Hotretary attacked the record of Congress silica 1018 when "dishonest appeal to hyphenated politics gambled the Republicans to elect majority of this Congress" and declared tha peo ple had "already found that they got gold brick." That record, he character ised as eertain to defeat the Republi can party next November "as it is cer tain that the Democrats will have the wisdom to go forward and nominate a great leader who is himself a platform of constructive legislntin." Mr. Daniels said he believed that a League of Nations such as that proposed in the treaty would enable the world to maintain peace without competitive naval building,' but that without such a league, American duty is "as plain as a pikestaff." He quoted President Wilson's statement in 11116 that the navy should be "incomparably the most ade quate navy in the world" and added that none of the present American building program would be delayed or abandoned. "We are to have a League of Nations with America making as largo s contri bution as any other country to the mo bile police force afloat," he aaid, 'or we are to have a navy 'incomparably the most adequate navy in the world.' Which is it to bet It must be one or the other." ' Reviews Merchant History. . Reviewing the hietory of the merchant marine through "forty yeara of Repub lican neglect and indifference," the Naval Secretary declared it waa not un til President Wilson's first inaugura tion, when s shipping bill was intro duced in 1914 by Representative Alexr ander, now Secretary of Commerce, that a "constructive measure to give America (Continued sn Page Two.) PAPTAlM-tjAlulP-RlPM "nmi IIIWII NABBED IN NEW ORLEANS Arrested by Federal Authorities On Charge of Impersonating An Army Officer New Orleans. Feb. 5.-Gray-haired but with manly bearing, J. H. Rich ,of Win-; aton-RaW N P.. .frraetoJ .e. usual attention as hs marched into theJ,,, g, s. Scotlssdr Federal district court room, dressed flO; Stsnley, 30; Stokes. 4; Surry, 8; in the uniform of s captain of ths Swain, I ; Transylvania, 12; Warren, United .States' srmy and wearing an ln! Wayne, ; Yancey,' 26; Winston overseas esp. Bich cams to answer s --alem, 337; Greensboro, 45: High Pots charge of impersonating an army oflioer 141 Wilmington, 8; Ooldsboro. 8. . . . ... . . , TaUI V' ni iue uuiieo. oiaies. ne was piseett under s bond sf $500, which friends I "mihiiw. A Rich eama hara ahnnt nnaik ! from 'Winston-Salem, ti'. C. Hs says ; Carthage. 2; Greenville. 5; Ooldsboro. that he was a lieutenant ia the home j1 Leu rin burg, 5; Lexington. 2; Win guard there. Whes he arrived hs was I ston-8alem, 12; Jew Hanover, 1. Total, dressed as a regular army aaptsia and r33- soon mads himself very popular 1 with i prominent people, as hs represented himself ss one of the representatives of ths Daniel Boon trail highway and s lecturer on ""Mob ControL" Ho lectured before Louisiana State University, according to ths Govern ment agents on "Mob Control," and also spoke st severst other placen- in ths South on ths sams subject. Bich wss selling subscriptions is ths Daniel Boons Trsil Highway Association, and collecting $5 frons .different automobils people and others hers. Boms srmy officers met him snd pierced his camou flage and they reported the matter to ths Department sf Justies. Hs was shocked when told that hs wss nader arrest but hs zsads'ns kick. STANDS . SAME LEVEL STATE REPORT . of Only 22 New Cases Over Previous Day's Total of 2,485 MATERIAL REDUCTION IN ' NEW CASES OF PNEUMONIA State Board of Health Eecemi Many Bequests For Liquor and There Is None To Be Had; Winston-Salem Had Worst Day With 337 New Cases of Influent WANTED MRSKS. Emergeacy IbImmsb sisWsaic calls are being receives! frsss evr the State and It seema (sanea-aM to lo ots the f radiate Banes sael seta re their aervtces. I believe H la dae to the fact that bmsbs ef the bstscs are a private ty mm as set kaew f the argent Bees' sf their sci-vlces localities where vojintrrr workers are available, bst raises' worker ts direct their sTsrta, sad that fcv firing pabllrity that ssr Barses weald bs ready with the spirit sf 117-18 to BMCt the emergsscy. May we ask that say pradaate asras will ing to give ap private 4sty fsr ceas inanity work assl tespsssl fsr esaer geney work thrsagaoat the State, report to the State Board sf Health. ROSE M. EHRENFELD. K. N Director Bareas sf Penile Health Naming aad lafant Hygiene, Stat Board sf Health. A virtual standstill is the spread of influenza and a material reduetioa in the number ef sew eases of pneamoais is indicated in ths totals furnished to the State Board of Health yesterday. From 38 of the 100 counties is the State 2,507 rases , of influenza were re ported and from nine counties there were 35 new cases of paeamonis with 12 deaths. No one in ths department cared to venture as estimate of . the approximate correctness sf ths report. Health authorities were somewhat sn countged, at the small increase im in fluenza, anfl the mate-Oil reduction is pnenmnnia. It is hoewi by thetn hat the epidemic has reached its vwnk. and that from now on there will b a tuts to s lower daily level of new eases developed. The comparative lightness of the attack is indirsted is the verv small number of deaths, all of which are required by law to be reported. May Be ISM. Estimates of the total number of people in the Klate that actually have, or are recuperating from influenza, are placed at from 100,000 to 150,000 since the epidemic began three weeks ago. So far there have been not more than 100 deatha reported that are directly sttributable to influenza or comnlica tiona of the disease. It ia freelv ad mitted that only a part of the actual number of cases are reported here. Distress calls for liquor to be used in treating influenza began to flow into the department yesterday, some of them requests, some demands of more or less imperative nature. The department has no liquor to dispense for the treat ment of disease, aad applicants are advised that the only war in which it can be secured is through the family physician. Family physicians seem to re soout ss helpless . ss snylwdy else about getting supplies of the element, Towns Closing Up. Greensboro and Wilson were added to ths lists of those places that have closed schools, churches, moving pie- tures and all places of gathering to gether. Health authorities are doubtful of the efficacy of these measures to curb the spread of the'' epidemic. But believe that it may retard the spread, prevent . Kri.k.. :n r.i; i this result is achieved it will lessen ths tnrT,,v'1' . f"rmnl '""''" strain on the medical and nursing p,lt th "tc'1 no,n lem.ndinst extra .tr,.tl. f , Kf .i,k.i. u !tion of persons accused of war crimes. admitted that it "ill prolong the epi- demie. The report by rounrirs and cities ves terday waa as follows: Bertie, 145; Cabarrus, 157; Caldwell. 37; Chatham, 26; Cherokee. 2.'.; Cleve lniV an. n..-;,i... n , . I..-!.., k. Kdgeeombe.238; Forsthe, 52 ; Franklin! 1, R..f- a. n-riii. n. fi..iir..i IH); Halifax. 5; Hertford. 50; Lee. 29:!"hi,h " ess bs UUn. Madison, 26; Montgomery. 13: Moore, i oDCCirtCIIT ADDDnwre cat P New Hanover, 1; Pitt, 49; Rich- PRESIDENT APPROVES SALE "" . Pmonia was reported from lbs " 1 Ahoskie. 1 : Tsrboro. 5: Burnsvilla. 1 : Stateavills Closes I' p. ' Statearille, Feb.- 5. During the past few days the influenza situation has grown snore serious and the city alder men decided in session yesterday to eloss all schools" churches, picturs shows snd places of public gathering for ths pre scat. Sines- the first case wss reported several days ago the aum ber of new cases of influenza hsvs been rapidly increasing, the total number ts dats being 82, and ths town authorities thought it wise to tsks ths precaution of closing up all places ef public gather ings aad amusements until ths situatioa improves. So fsr thers srs ne serious cssss reported from ths "flu" aad only oas eass sf pneumonia. BERLIN 1MB IE 10 MEET DEMAND FOR PRISONERS OF WAR Disavows, However, Action of Baron Von Lemsner In Re fusing List SENDS ENVOY TO PARIS TGvACCEPT ALLIED NOTE Calls Attention To Position Taken In Recent Bequest That Allies Renounce Zxecu- tion of Article Requiring Sur render Because of Effect On Nation London, Feb. 8. The German ehsn- rellor, Oustav Bauer, la 'a statement to ths press, said, according to s Berlin wireless message received as follows; "Your standpoint was -explained in the note of January 25, and we again emphasis it. But we shall strictly avoid any provocation. "For this resson the government re grets that Baron Von Lemsner refused to forwsrd the entente note. In sny such setioa the Interests of the whole astioa must be decisive, and aot that of s single individual." The German Bote of JsnVary S3 beg ged ths allies ts renounce execution of Article 22S of ths Peace Treaty, re quiring the surrender sf persons sensed of acts in violation sf ths laws snd ! customs of war. The Sots affirmed ths tths execution of Article 228 would infallibly cause politica land economic troubles which would have a serious effect oa ths f re duction of ths nation. The German government proposed that ths trial of such persons hs held is Germany with the participation of allied- representatives. - SURRENDER OF PRISONERS IMPOSSIBLE, GERMANY SATS. Berlin, Feb. 4. Surrender of the men demanded by the allies is impos sible, the 'Associated Press wss in formed by s member of .the government at the eoaclusios ef tonight's cabinet session. Ths cabinet meeting, 'which' lasted several hours, was attended by. Mathias -Eraberger, tsS Vies Prints Minlstofv sf Trance whose appearance was his rst st s meeting of the ministry sines hs wss shot in the shoulder in ths recent attempt of a former eadet ts assassi nate him. Rumors that a crisis waj impending in the government are declared by the liokal Anreiger. The cabinet membera are in complete agreement on Germany's policy, the newspaper avers. The list received in Berlin contains approximately nine hundred names. Fully eighty vper cent of ths men are unknown even to the general public of Germany. Faulty transmission resulted in gross misspellings and the .omission of in it in Is and other marks of identification to in dicate the respective persons meant, while names like Mueller and Schmidt occur s score of times. France nnd Belgium each demand the surrender of 334 men; England, 67; Poland, 57; Rumania, 41; Serbia, 4, and Italy, 25. There is one woman on the list. Frau Klsa Srheiner, who is wanted for alleged mistreatment of French women at a German concentration eamn. ,' The nn- : pcarance of the name of Count voa j Bcrnstorft, former German Ambassador Uo the United States, is accounted for ! here by his connection with Bolo Pasha, executed in France in 1918 as s traitor, i - BERLIN SENDS MINISTER TO ACCEPT ALLIED NOTE Paris, Feb. 5. Dr. William Maver. German charge d'affnirs at Paris, will i' ve ncrun ror l arn mis evening, lie iu.v m uiwpnnui irow mg wcrniHn, capital iy way of Basle, The government haa summoned the chiefs of the various parties in the nationnl assembly to convene Saturday in order to discuss the question. Mean while, the dispatch adds, the govera- i """" "P In possession of the ! """t t of the allied notes without GERMAN PASSENGER SHIPS Washington. Feb, fl. President Wil son has approved the. sale of the thirtv former German passenger vessels "for which the Shipping Board recently re- reived bids and negotiations for the .i. j,i ....,i r.. ftl'V , I!!!! .tJ,aArm!!;.r,VBe- ' To meet objections of the War De partment, which recently protested against the sals of certain of the steam ers as needed in its transport reserve. Mr. Payne said a clause would hs in serted in the sale corrects specifically snd emphatically keeping the vessels under the American flag and subject to ths needs of the army in ense of a na tional emergency. 'v..i i ii' New Csses In Atlanta. , Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 5. Five hundred and eight new cases of influenza were reported in Atlanta today, the lnrgest single day's return cither this year- or Inst. This makes a total ef 930 n. fluenza cases reported within a week. Few deaths have been reported. New High Record Fsr Fla. Bsltimore, Md Feb. 5. A new. high record in ths influenza epidemic was sands hers today, 652 now esses snd five desths heing reported. 1 HUGE WAVES DRIVEN BY TERRIFIC GALES SWEEP ATLANTIC. COAST TOWNS Ocean View and Willoughby Beach Suffer Tremendous Losses From Storms DAMAGE MAY REACH UP TO MILLION DOLLARS From One End of Beach To Other Concrete . and Pile Bulkheads Washed Away With Scores of Cottages Washed Away; Iffrightsville Beach Has Six Cottages Washed Away ' Norfolk, Va., Feb. 5.-Ocean View and Willoughby Beach, summer resorts on the Chesapeake Day, about ten miles from Norfolk, have suffered damage that may reach 750,00O, from the storm that has swept ths Atlantis coast in the past two days. Willoughby Beach is a continuation of the Ocean iVsw resort j snd is on s narrow point of land run- king into Chesapeake Bay. A channel haa been ent by the waves, separating a large part of Willoughby Beach from the mainland. From one ned of the beach to the other, concrete and pile bulkheads have been washed away, and cottages have been undermined b ythe score. Part of the loof of the amusement pavillion has bees torn sws by the wind snd the bath house and " boat house have been wrecked by the waves. The boat house waa washed several hundred yards down the beseh. For severs! hours today, streets in the down town section of,J(orrolk were flooded. At one point temporary bridges hsd to be thrown across the street for pedestrians. Fully 2,500 telephones are out of com mission on secount of the flooded eable mains. The high tide makes it impos sible to pump out ths mains in order to ret at the trouble. It will be impossible for several days to determine the smoust of ths damags dons by ths storm. Houses that hsvs bees undermined continue -1 el lapse at Ocean View and WiOsughby Beach, snd the waters had sot entirely sub sided at a late hour tonight. DAMAGE AMOUNTING TO I5MM DONE AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Wilmington, Feb. 5. Damages estl mated at $50,000 at Wrightsville Beach, near this city, occurred during the past two nights as a result of high tides and heavy winds. Six cottages st the beach were practically demolished by the high winds. Decision was reached today to build jetties and a breakwater, at the heaen to protect it in The ruture ana to cause an extension of land there. JACKSONVILLE SEES SUN AFTER TEN DAYS OF RAIN Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 5. Jackson villa snd the surrounding section wSs today blessed with a hslf day of sun shine after a continuous rain for the past ten days, which caused consider able damage to growing crops and hard surfaced roads. Duval county a dam age to public highways has been esti mated st 10,01X1 while in St. John's couuty the damsge was much greater. DIRECTOR SAM ROGERS OF CENSUS BUREAU HONORED National Press Club In Wash ington Holds Special Gath--ering For Tar Heel The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Blilg., By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) . Washington, Feb. 5. Director of the Census Samuel U Rogers, sddrsased the 111 em hers of the National Press Club tonight at a special gathering in honor of the Tar Heel director. Members of Director Rogers' stuff at the census bureau made brief talks, all of the speakers stressing tho importance of the population census now being taken in the I'nited Btntes. Figures on jthe various cities and states will be mnde known as rapidly as the enumerator's reports are sent to Washington. The Btirenu has adopt ed the policy of first to arrive, first to be announced. Senator Simmons, who linsbeen at his home at New Bern-, for several days is expected to return to Washington to morrow. A bridge over the Roanoke River in Halifax county is proposed in a bill Introduced by Representative Kitchin in the House today. Three thousand, three hundred, fifty six eases of influenza are reported for North Carolina for the week ending January 91st, 1920, according to the Public Health Service here. Mr. T. Hippi, of Canton, has been ap pointed by Representative JCebulon Weaver to take the next examination for cntrsncs at West-Pointi ; - "' ' Open Hospital For flick Newport News, Vs., Feb. 5. The local Bed Cross chapter this afternoon decid ed to open an enwrgenry Red Cross hospital in this city Saturday morning to take esre of influenza patients. The hospital will be located in the Salva tion srmy hotel sda will begin with 150 beds. Several local physicians have agreed to give ons hour of their time to the emergency hospital and an effort will bs made to secure the nurses seed ed from Newport News visiting nurses association. Hundreds of Thousands of Dol lars In Damage Along North Atlantic Coast DEEPEST SNOW DRIFTS IN YEARS BURY CITIES Shipping Remains at Anchor While Mountainous Seas Batter Coast With Highest ' Tide Ever Recorded In New York Harbor; Gotham Faces' Coal Famine and Tie -Up In tranipotatlien; New York. Feb. 5. Huge wsves rolled up by s fifty mile gale were still sweep ing the North Atlantis coast whils cit ies snd towns along ths stora wers try ing with indifferent soceess to dig tbem- selves out of ths deepest snow drift of years. Damage dona by ths ses to resorts snd summer homes slong ths. New Jersey snd Long Island eossts wss sstimated st huadreds of thous ands of dollars. Shipping remsined at anchor or moved with upmost caution. In ths land locked water ways sround New Terk huge ice floes menaced navigation. The steamer Maine of ths New England . Steamship Company was driven ashore on the North end of Long Island and four other Sound liners were reported creeping along through fields of ire. ' The Maine, which carried ,va passengers ' and a crew of seventy was reported ' in no immediate danger snd a tug has . been sent to her relief. ' City Faces Fnel Famine. 'Cold, snow, ice snd high Mas have mnde it almost impossible ts transport, coal from the Tidewater reservoir st.'. Perth Amboy to New York and ths city faces s fuel famine which will force all its transportation Uses to suspend operations unless ths weather moderates swiftly. While mountainous seas wers batter-. iug the cosst, the highest tide ever re corded in New York harbor caused floods along ths Harlem snd Hudson rivers. Ferry houses ss ths New York ., snd New Jersey sides of ths Hudson wers flooded and water from ths Erie terminal dripped into ths Hudson tubes at Jersey City. Homeward bound com muters fretted and fumed as they wait- ed for ferry boats to get them to the trains they kneWrould be far behind schedule in resehing their destinations. Two score big snow plows were at work today on the New York Central, between New Y.ork snd Buffalo. Snow has drifted from 15 to 18 feet deep in some oflhe big cuts. Through trains from all directions wers running hours Jute. Suburban traffic, especially on Long Island and Statea Island, was se riously impeded. Scabright, long a target for ths wsves, suffered more than any of the other northern New-Jersey coast resorts. It was estimated that the high tids and heavy so as had dons 1250,000 damags to bulkheads, streets and residences there. A recently completed bulkhead saved the main residence part of ths town. The railroad tracks between Sea bright and Higlands wers flooded ts s depth of two feet snd traffic was sus pended. At Rockaway beach, two modern sum- . mer hotels, thirty bulletin gallows, a forty-suite apartment house, bath' houses and dozens of small structures were washed into the sens. Several bathing pavilions wers swept away at Coney Island and ths first floor . of the big Shelburns Hotel st Brighton Uencli, was flooded. , . Traffic, in the snow .filled streets In Now York dwindled to 15 per cent of normal. The street cleaning department asked an emergency appropriation of ' ' tl30,000 to clean the streets. An urgent ' appeal, was made for workers, snd it was said 14,000 would be hired if tliev eould be fouad, but that only 3.00tt were available. Lacking men to form shoveling gangs, lflO motor plows sn- - being used to clear the main arteries sf travel. The health deoartmant haa At. elared the accumulation of snow a men ace in the influenza epidemic GRAHAM KENAN DIES IN NEW YORK APARTMENT LAST NIGHT New York, Feb. 5. Graham Kenan. prominent lawyer and capitalist, for merly of Wilmington, N, C, died in his apsrtment here tonight at 10 o'clock. The remains will be-taken to Wilming ton, and the interment will take place there Sunday afternoon. Mr. Kenan has made his home here for ths cast year. Little Fls" at Oak Ridge. ' Oak Ridge, Feb. 6. Ths first case sf influenza made ita appearance soione the students of Oak Ridgs Institute. Saturday, January 31. To dats there have been 25 cases, all mild. 80 far- no student had developed it who had a typical .esse during ths former epi- demic. School has not suspended, al though many boy hsvs gone home. There is no influenza in ths neighbor hood. . ..r .' f " Orders Retreat sf Troops. I Londou, Feb. 5. The Rumanian Le gation here announced today that the, Bucharest government hsd ordered the retreat of the Rumanian troops ef occu pation In Hungary to the frontier fixed by the peace conference. 1 "- - f - ' V Soldiers Given Preference. , Washington. Feb. 5. A joint resolu tion giving honorably discharged serv ice men a preference right in obtaining lands under ths Homestesd act was passed today by ths Senate.' It asw goes to the President.