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: , : , j, .. . i ... , . , ' . , he News and Observer rTT THE WEATHER Fair Monday aad probably Tuesday; warmer Tacaday. WATCH LABEL a raai a'- '-v tauawal Sara Mara eriiiottaa ami avast iaat a ems cava. VOL CXI. NO. 40. TWELVE PAGES TODAY.' .vr-- RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARYS, 1920. 1.. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS HOSPITAL READY FOR RECEIVING PATIENTS TODAY! high School Building Converted; Into Emergency Influ- I enza Hospital j LOCAL RED CROSS NURSES AND STAFF; Accommodations Arranged For i 100 Patients or More; No Report By Physicians Yes-: terday As To Spread of Dis ease; Superior Court Sus pends Session An emergency hoBjiital for the treat ment of. jntlnoiiza and Its complications will li opened early today in the, Ra- b-igll High School building on West j Hnrgett streets, with accomodation for ', liifl or iwwo., pnticiits. , Trfe hMVpitnl w ill lie operated under the direction of ! lr. Perry Ahrona, superintendent of j J'fsftfrnhfl the- Raleigh chapter of the Kiwi Cross. Patients desiring to enter I ttt hospital ahould rail tin) hospitul of- li-e at fjflo and an ambulance will be iTt for them. Finnl prnparations were completed j late yesterday afternoon for the opening j of the hospital this morning. Office, I rursiitg and dietary stuffs were supplied j by the local Bed Crow, and equipment i by tlie konlt h department, the same mat t.-rial being utilized as was pressed into service a vear ago when an einpr- fc'nev hospital was opened in the school I building. The following lave volunteered -fteir .services: office force, Mesdanios Henry Tun er, R. I. W. Connor, T. !. Ashe, J.-imes Boy In a, and Misses Mary Cole r.i'd Hue Kitehin; Nursing staff, Mes i":ime3 George Folk, C. A. Shore, Thud I':itre, f. B. Mann, Arthur Holding, W. It. Drake, Kemp Neal, Claude Barhee, : nd iliiXos Minnie Bagwell, NaH Lncy, I.nuire Wrirjltt and Isabel Bowen; Kit- ' rir staff; Mcwlnmes M. P. Vszell, C. J. Arthur, D. I. Fort, and Miss Jane V.'arJ. Nursrs Atd Mor.ey Needed. T'r.T'i't reou?st3 ro made for further ' iM.eer to rorve in any of fhe dc ) i .-; pnts of the hospital, and for eon r i!.';i;r-;j of itiouey o help finance the ' rk that is QntuutpUtut. , Alreudy t . w.fied Cross is raring for 25 families tkjeity where every member U ? rhen with the inOnctixa, and the list .. increasing dftilj'.- It is probable that 'm oilices -of the Wd Cross will be v.ovcd toibiy to high school building r d volnirteera should report there. No reports were submitted to Dr. Ah- i.iis lir phvsicinns or trie city am l ..-.. i.l I n lint Vflll t.ire n uer:i us t to tlie -n-rail the dnv. 'ii sit tlie -)i-rai or ne v i.ilemie during tlie dnv. 'ludttitions i the! eitv, are imost entirely free j i the rpidemie. No new case was ra i jrtod t the State Collego during tlie C y, nor for two days previous. There i vrc only three cases developed at the f'ntu 'Mospit.il, none at Meredith college Vt-n-e Institute, St. Mary'a or at the IMlicdist Orphanage. Two men thnt rrro seriously sick at State College I .".turday were greatly improved. , The Keit Cross is nmintaing itn soup litehen fromflief Kchnrton Street Meth- dist church and during the day yoster .y distributed more than 100 gallons t it to many homes in the city. Calls nr this help may be sent either to the V-vH Crosa headquarters or to the emer .V'y hmpitnl at W0 and assistance will ,ln, rendered, T work i being super- vJ by Mrs. J. J. Bernard, and the' distribution by Mrs. . E. M. Albright ' f the motor sWvioe. . All Raleigh chur.-iie observed the ' U.King ordinance yesterdav and there i vvre no re lie cms serv ees he d. Tele- r::m from Judge Daniels, who wss to l i pen a session of superior court for the trial of civil eases today, stated that the ' esion had been postponed. Federnl Vourt will sit briefly this taorning for the hearing of the motion docket hut no j::y cases will be tried. " BRYAN CONFIDENTLY EXPECTS ' DRY PLANK' IN PARTY PLATFORM Miami, FUW Feb. 8. In answer to the tiuestion put td him today by The World curraapondent, ""Do you expect to put . a Dry plnnk ia the Democratic pint - fcrmf William J. Bryan replied: "I do not care to answer the question in the form in which it is put. I do expect that he delegates to the Demo i rntie Convention will pot a Dry plank ia the Democratic platform. ; "There is no mors reason to take the side of lawlessness on the liquor ques ' ti, a than nn horse stealing, arson, mur- iJer or any other crime. Tha Constitu--tkm is in effect and also the law en forcing it., r ' -i- '. "The champions of the saloon art at liberty to join the lawless, forces of so ' eiety if they prefer such associates, but they onglit not to expect th Democratic party to consider their wishes r to de scend to their level. It has more ira--ortant business than turning the coun try over to the liquor traffic" I " Nothing to Do With Hapaborgs. ' Berlin, Jan. 2?. Martin Lovassy, Huiigrian(forign minister, is quoted as saying: ' " V ' i We are, striving after theretora , tion of the Hungarian monarchy. The Entente, however, in strenuously op ' fMMiag tha return of the Hapsburgs, is a complete accord with the Hungarian nation, which will have nothing more to do with the Hapslnirgs.' , , ' Governor Cooper Knocked Down. Columbia, 8. C, Feb. - 8. Governor : foope was knocked down by an auto ' mobile tonight while standing ia front T t his own machine which-was .being filled with gasoline, 1iis machine beng .struck by another. The Governor is (painfully (hough not .seriously Injured :ind physicians said bswill be confined to his Led for a few days. RELIEF SUPPLIES BEING STORED IN HAMBURG Berlla, Saturday, Feb. 7. The plana of Herbert Hoover for allevi ating aome of the suffering la Po land, Ciecho-Slovakla, Aastria anal Cersaaay are Rearing completion by the constant arrival of shipa at Hamburg bearing condensed milk, beana and bacon, and for Jewish -beneficiariea, eottonaeed oil instead of bacon. Tha food ia gradually being piled in the Hamburg atore houaea' and when all of it haa ar rived careful distribution to avoid ! illicit trade will be begun. Goldnmilh In Charge At Berlin. Major -"Goldsmith, agent of the American food relief, who haa been superintending the operations at Hamburg, baa returned to Berlin to " take control of transportation of , the foodatulfa, being aucceeded at Hamburg by Francia C. Wickea, formerly of the American Relief Commiasioa In Belgium. According to Major Goldsmith, drafts against the food atorea arc already circulating in ' the United State In multiples of 110. Avail able forms of subscriptions Include Jl for Christians and others of the same amount for Jewa and a $59 eubscrlption for Christiana and an other for Jews. The first provides 24 pounds of wheat floor. 10 pounds of beans, 8 pounds of bacon ud It tlna of condensed milk. For Jewa the provision ia the aame. ex cept that one gallon of eottonaeed oil ia aubstituted for the bacon. What Subscription Includes. The $50 subscription for Chris tiana Includes 140 pounds of wheat flour, SO pounds of beana, 16 pounds of bacon, 15 pounds of lard, IX pounds of corned beef and 4ft tina ef condensed milk. The aame subscription for Jews eliminates the lard and bacon, but includes six gallons of cottonseed oil. WOMEN BOOM MACK FOR THE U. S. SENATE New York, Feb. 8. Democratic wom en iimler the leadership of Mis. John rSherwi i Crosby, State Chairman for Women and prominently mentioned as one of the Big four to attend the Na tional Democratic Convention, launched a boom fQC&uruinn K. Maek of Buffalo, National Committeeman, for United Htntea Senator from New York, at a meeting at the Waldorf -Asioria yester day. The occasion was the organisation of 41 National and Htatc W omens ('am paigu Committee of l.OOtO to support the ! Democratic candidate. Air. Mack and Btate Chairman . Farley were, present to cheer the women politicians alung. In the enthusiasm evoked toy Mr. Muck t presence (in attempt was- made to stam pede the assembly by a vote of indorse ment, but one woman blocked th.- mo tion oiivthe gnnnd that the Campaign -( Conimutcc by its constitution was pled ged to support the candidates adopted at Democratic primaries and until theso . were declared" no such vote legfljily could ; f oin m ittflieyhnwever, j mi? i uiiipaiyii """'"liulely announced a banquet to Mr. .uilviv iru- itiv c,ituiii iu ,1.11111 v. mi. Muck told them in simple , practical terms now to piny politics, no related iita political experiences i anil laid stress upon the necessity of I loyalty to leaders whether or not you like them personally. Mrs. Crosby was elected National Ch.iirman of the Campaign Committee of 1,000 and Mrs. Noruinn Maek, Mrs. William O. MoAdoo and Mrs. Alfred E. Hinith were mode Honorary Vice Cliairmen. ATLANTA PAPERS WANT CONFERENCE ON WALK-OUT - , - -- -; - - , Atlanta, Ga., leb. 8. Publishers of 'h tn'ee Atlanta newspapers have wired to hendunrtcrs of the. International Printing pressmens union requesting tha " ot that organization come l" lor conicrcn uniowing a walkout of the press room employees of two of the papers Saturday night. . There was no change in the situation over Hunday. Sunday editions of all three papers were limited to eight pages of news matter with no advertising and the magazine and comic sections which were printed previous to the hour of the walk out. A telegram received Saturday from J. C. Orr, Secretary of the Interna tional Union stated that it was eon-' trary to the laws governing that body j men without first appealing to the In ternational for arbitration. 4 WHOLESALE SCRAP ENDS ; MADRID BOXING BOUT Madrid, Saturday, Feb. 7. An aMempt to 'stage a pugilistic bout here last night fedVjaeJ CVwdkl flgtter named Namaeflf, ended in a dis--i mal failure". Th. crowd which filled the ' between Irank Crozicr, who was dc- ch aa th hall treated the fighters would have treated hul would have treated hull flghtera nnil.'."' . . .i became so excited that instead of one fight three dozen fight, were Vrocecding j is the hall at the same time. . The scheduled , fight had to be called nff. The referee gave the decision to Crosi.-. i " PRETTY FACE CAUSES WRECK. .'.Aviator Hits ; Tree While Throwing Kisses to 8 wart n more Co-eds. Swarthmore, Pa, Feb. 8. The Curtiss mail plane K-'M, which dropped, into a cluster of trees on the Swarthm.re Col lege campus. Is rapidly disapearing at the hands of souvenir hunters in spite of th. efficient guarding of the local Polio Department, . , " " ; An eye witness .furnished an accaDnt of the mishap. According to his story the pilot was flying low und waviug to a greup of co-eJs. M1 went well, it is alleged, until , ho loosened his hold of the controlling rod for th. purpose of throwing kisses With both hands. .In, an instant his plan, dropped into tlie.trees, and i( wss another enso of a pretty face causing the downfall of man. HOOVER DEClf TO DELIAS On " III' o N s - ami Says Will Not . jge Vote Blindfolded; Asks Where Party Managers Stand WILL STAND BY LEAGUE IF THAT BECOMES ISSUE Says He Is Not Candidate and! Has No Organization ; Hopes ! That One or Both Great Par-1 ties Will Approach Vital Is- j sues Clearly In The Cam- J paign New York, Kel). 8. Herbert Hoover j tonight issues a statenle'nt iletining his , uttitude toward the Presidency. Ha an- nouneed that lie is not a, candidate for i the iniiiiinaimn and that no one is auth j orir.ed to speak for him politically. If. ! Ihe league of nations is made an i i hui in the election he says he will vote , for the party thatstnds for the leagile. . Iu response to requests that he de- clare nllfRinnce to either one or the other of the great political "parties, Mr. Hoover soys lie will wait until it mure' definitely appears what the party man agers stand for, and will "exercise a prerogative of American citizenship and decline to pledge my vote blindfolded." His statement follows: "Imirder to answer a lurge, number of questions ill at once. Let me em phasize that I hare taken a day off from the Industrial conference" in Washington-to-eotue to New York solely to httend pressing matters in connection with the Childrens' Relief. I want to say again: I 'hare not sought and am riot seeking the Presidency. - I am not a candidate. I have no' 'organization. No one is authorized to speak for me politically. : ' "As an Aiutricnn citizen in the pres ent critical Mroation. . My slneer? and only polififlil divitre is that one Or both of the great : " litical parties will ap proach the 1 ; issues, which have grown out n. tun war ana are new, with a clear purposo looking to the wel fare pi our people and that. candidates capable of canyirg ont this work alould 1 c nominated. 'If the treaty goes over to the prcsl j dentinl election (with any reservations necessary to the world's mind that there can he no infringement of the safe guards provided by our Constitution and our Nation-old traditions) then I must vote for Ute party that stands for the league. With it there is hope not only of the prevention of war, but also that wo can safely economize in military policies. There is hope of earlier; return of confidence and the economie reconstruction of the world. I- could not voto with a party If it were dominated by groups who eeek to set aside our Constitutional guaran tees for free speech or free repreaonta-J tion, who hoiie to re-establish control of the government for profit and privi lege. I could not vote with a part? if it were dominated by groups who hope for any form of Socialism, whether it lie nationalization of jnduitry or other destruction of individual initiative. Both j these cxtrquies. camouflaged or open, , are active enough in the country todav. Neither of thesp dominations would ennble those constructive economic poli cies that, wilr get us down from the unsound econontie practices which of necessity grew out of the war. nor would they secure the good will to pro duction in our farmers and workers or maintain the initiative of our business men. The issues look forward, not back, Hope of People Is Positive Stand. "I db not believe in more than two of groups Mldt as in Europe, create r;"1'' WOrd'', ,,redicted rpo-i a danger of miaority rule. I do believei,i?4e5e': V; in rartT 'ortanlrntion to lunnort trpat I t idv a i i m a-n a ts'io ideals and to carry great issues and consistent policies. Nor can any one man dictate the Issues of great parties. It appears to mo that the hope of a great majority of our citizens in eon- . . - - " ' fronting this new period in American life ii that the great parties veill take stands on the many issues that confront, us, and will select men whose character and associations will guaran tiee their pledge j. " L r i : i ... i . . ., - aur wcing. vrgeu uy people in ooin parties to declare my sllsgiance to either one or the other. --Jhoso who I snow me, snow that l am able to make up my tuind when aubjoet is clearly ! defjued. Consequently until it more j definitely appesrw what the party man- i s uZVlv n t L i1 d"Sr !1.F irii.T?' T." Ill- K"rJMPLJP0i unapprecistive of the many vtinisn nn iwiv nnitn r vac i nnrm fhav JTTLt isni F, si nvivnB np i rvrarnv , PARTY NOW CRITICALLY ILL, 1 . t. m LlTu 'or-. ' .'.Memphis, Tenn., leb. 8. Fatalities attributed to 'poisoning due to the eating of preserved ripe olives, served at a i luncheon her. last Thursday, was in creased to six today with the death ef Currie Ivy, 10-year-old son of Uxcll K. Ivy, who was among those who died yesterday. Mrs. Ivy, the only one of the luncheon psrty-now alive, was re ported ia a critical condition tonight. Fire Destruction In Atlanta. ' Atlanta, Gs Febv 8. -Fire completely I destroyed a four-story building hereThe mills and factories of America rtobhevfk Uprisings. , early Sunday morning causing an esti-jwiu be closed and you people will auf- Tokio, Maturday, Ja. 31.-v-(By The mated loss of S20O.O00, including 19 Ut. la three or four months fhere Associated Press.) Bolshevik upfUings large motor trucks, the property of iitv', will be over 4,000,000 working people la ! Against the Japanese on the Islandof posViffiee department. , Mliis country without employment. !Sukhalin are. reported. Important Jap Two firemen were seriously injured "Thd world has been I3 years build- janese mining aud pi troleum plsnts lisvo and twenty others narrowly escaped in-i ing.iip its credit system by gradual 1 been attached. A rescue partv in thirty jury beneath falling wall. ( .tcj. . This Ja aow collapsing. , j tlcdi ha bea scut te the actne, ' ..... . , .. ' ... , , ' i a aaff-wiAaai nnini rn ONE FOR MISSIONARIES Washington, Feb. t. A few well equipped missionaries could do more to pacify Mexico in one month than an army of eoldler coald ac complish la a centary. Dr. S. Earl Taylor, executive secretary of the Inter-Charrh World Movement, told tha x ational con fere ace of charrb women here today ia a plea for the appllcatioa of Chrtatlaa principles to problems confronting tha world. At today'a stations plans were anode by women repreaeatlng 2i or mora rellgloas danomiaations and faiths to combine to overcome what waa characterised as the daareroaa ly insidious modern teadeary to wards iaderent cloihea. indecent dances aad "lane af Africaa janrle aynropatioa." Tha ooafereace de cided ananimoasly to coaveae ia very state a aeries of mothers' meetings, at which H ia proposed to ealist every womaa is the campain, aad at tha aame tlsneyi committee waa appointed to consider the ad visability ef making tha iaaaa an Integral part of the Inter-Church World Movement, i w FOR TREATY FIGHT STAGE NO' READY ' three of the most important subjects Bitter Contest Anticipated 0n!wi,h whi'h th ,M,ion p-i Article 10 When Measure Is Called In Senate Today AGREEMENT EXPECTED ON SOME MINOR ISSUES President's Renewed Decla ration of Opposition To Some Republican Reserva tions Gts Varying Interpre tation; Some Say It Has Widened Breach Existing Washington. Feb. 8. The treaty of Versailles which has lain in a parlia mentary pigeon-hole since Novembor while a basis for it's ratification was unsuccessfully sought in private negotiations will be brought formally before the Senate again, tomorrow. Although prompt - agreement is ex pected generally oa many of the minor points at issue, long; and bitter con test is forecast eve Ag'rfle Teand pcrbapt a few otjier treaty provisions. The leaden on both aides profess to see aome hop of ratification, but aome other Senators believe the deadlock; certain to continue until the contro versy has been fought out in tha Presi dential campaign. Republican aad Democratic leaders plan to co-operate in untangling the parliamentary restric tions which must lie removed from about the treaty to permit tt again to be considered snd to rid it of the cloturo imposed iu No vein bur. Although the first move will be made at tomorrow's session these parliamentary technicali ties are expected to delay the begin ning of actual debate until Tuesdsy or Wednesday. Aside from - the outstanding issues of the treaty fight itself ,the most ; politicians profess to ace the "hsnd prouiinent subject of discussion among writing on the wall" that the formation Senators tonight was the letter of ' of a new ministry by tha Lsborltes is President Wilson read" before the Dent-1 only a question of timo nnd that the ocratie conference yesterday snd -oisde ! hour may strike within the next few publie by Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, the Democratic leader- The President's renewed declaration of op- injeiiiiuu wbuiiic in inr mniruag oi (no i b . ..nn.uu., .nrprmeu m.ntl rK7" , 5' ."V"""" ments in the senate situation. Some declared the letter an nncom- promising situation of the stand taken by th. President on the sv. of the November ratification vote and asserted that publication of his letter at this time i again " had widened tha breach between the Democratic and Republican' Senate force. Others professing to aee ! new evidences of concession in the 1 il VALibO TW JI IllAl.lLlll CHEAP FOR INSl RANCK. J ... "Washington, Feb. -The coat of a system of '.universal military training would be the rheaiiest insurance the country could have against danger of future wCars, said Chairman Knhn of the House Military Affairs Committee today, answering . opponents, of the plan. . Air. Kuhn charged that the Republican I J s.a" T"i . ..woers-oafempiea ui staca . Hie m.lBe aga.nn mm. in. vacancy oa aas not been Hed since the resignation latirtn 1 0f Representative ll.irrold of Oklahoma, appointed to succeed Mr. Is Guardia. , Mr. Kahn estimated that irn armv of 200.000 men would cost annuallv .-t9fi.- l.?"?l;,llil,,T oth?' wi" of-l,800 a man. training, oa the tf.t nhAnl SI! a each month, Mr. Kahn said, arid the total eost would be a bout 131,000,000 annually. W'e were in the war about "1"?. ?' he added. PAISH FEARS. THE WORST. 8m Bo"e" Dropping Ost of World aad America Snffertng. Philadelphia, Feb. 8. -The bottom is dropping out of th. World. America is to blame. Thus Sir George Paish,. British finan cier and economist, today criticised the failure of this country to help Europe in its present. crisis. , He said the re cent drop in exehsnge was merely 'the Srst apparent-, step in the 'breaking down of the world's financial system. Millions of . women and children in ! Elirnnsv will alias nt tttArvatinn ko mAAoA L TACKLE WEIGHTY Gathering Clouds Threaten Coa-1 Iition Government Forecast ing New Ministry INCREASING POWER OF , LABOR PARTY EVIDENT Last "Two Laboi" Represents-j tires In Lloyd George's Cab inet Resign; Arthur Hender son Seems Possible Labor Premier With Nationalisation of Industry In Platform London, Saturday, Feb. 7. The Brit ish parliament will reassemble on Tues day with several of the weightiest prob lems of reconstruction still hanging over its head. The financial situation, the question of nationalization of mineS anil railroads, and the Irish problem are I Forecasts -of King George's speech predict that it will he an unusually long ! and Important pronouncement. The I King's speech, read br His Majesty, but framed by the cabinet customarily, points out the principal topics of na tional interest and frequently fore shadows the course of legislation. The full dress debate which follows the King's spevch gives an opportunity for members of l'srliament to engage in free discussion over a range of sub jects. Premier I,loyd George is expected to begin the session with a review of the general state of Europe and of the Brit ish policy toward various developments such aa relations with Russia and the Polish snd Italian situations. Wsnt Natloasllxstlos of Mines. The Lhprites proiuiao to move an amendment providing for nationalisa tion of mines, wlijle the small delegation of the Irish Nationalist party still left in tiie House of Commons is expected to attack the government's policy of repression, which they blams for Irish disorders. . Among announcements expected at the opening session is a statement of whether the government favors the proposed international conference for discussing the world's financial ail ments. Confirmation also is expected of the government's previous statements thnt Great Britain haa not considered asking further loam from the United States. The Home Rule bill probably vill lie brought forward at an early day, the cabinet having overhauled it during the i past week at conferences with Viscount French, Lord Lieutenant and Oovernor General of Ireland, and James Ian Mie- l'hcrsnn, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Labor Threatens Coalition. Heavy clouds appear to be gathering behind the coalition government owing to the steadily increasing power of the U-bor party. Some of iho best Informed i.'ontlis. George Nicoll Barnes and George H. Roberts, the lsst two Labor ministers in Premier Lloyd George's cabinet, have "' r . I,.!. h. n.l t inn vovern- resigned, leaving the coalition govern i " '" '- " resentst on of the " rtt y repre.ent.tion of the , P8"?' 1 , - ., 1 Speculation as to the Pn of the j t t.binet advances Arthur Hender- ". " Premier. iM,;.i:..,:.. f inl.iatrv ami niino- I A LAMENT WILL SSUES TUESDAY nition to armaments are two of thslBritiisk are on guard. Thus far there iniinri nlanka in the Lbnr prugram. f Jiave been no casualties. " - - WELL-KNOWN ASHEVILLt CONTRACTOR PASSES AWAY ". " . . ... -n rJ::. i.-'r-r aVahAV ll 10. P llt- a UliUTTIIIaf sill Iso- ness of only a few days, A. M.Goodlske, j well kaown contractor of the eity, died j "tonight at his home oa Central avenue from paralysis of the Meant, ite was , sixty yesrs of age and a native or asus ville. Ho was engnged'in the construc tion of the Alexander apartment house on 1 Montford , avenue ;hen taken ill. Funeral arrangements knve not been an nounced. ' .. ,,;'(. Bessie Shepherd, ago sixteen, colored, com-.caimiy H) h arr mm mm i . i ant i .o. it down i oesioe ncr poc.rirwo. u the concrete bridge connecting west I 'i. T n.u,n. cnndlHnn and pital in an nneonscHius condition an Athin ... h. iMnut . tn bap motive. uk. Z . i,Mb .hwk ahnwinff her i 'trunk had traveled from Hickory lo Balishury and wires have been sent there to see if -it rn be located. The woman is unknown here. Noted Editor Dies. , -Boston, Mass, Feb.' Edwsrd Henry Clement, who for 25 years was editor-ia-ehief of The Boston Evening Trans cript, died yesterday of .heart disease at his home in Concord, ia his 77th year. Mr. Clement was graduated - from Tufts College in 18f4 and began news paper work in tho same year, as a re 'portcr for The Savannah News. Lntcr he wss with The New York Tribune, at telegraph editor aod city editor. In 1881 he was , made editor-in-chief of The Transcript. After his retirement in llKHj Mr. Clement devoted himself largely to eriticat writing. LIST WAR CRIMINALS IS GIVEN TO PREMIERJBAUER Berlla, Feb. . The A I Ilea' list of war criminal aad tha covering letter waa beaded to Premier Gaa tav Bauer at t o'clock Satardav night by M. Ie Msrcllly, the Preach Charge d'AITalrs. A letter from Premier Mlllerand accompanied tha note and list, explaining th sew procedure of the Allies aa tha aat come of the refusal of Baroa Kurt von Lersner to transmit the list to the German government. Premier Bauer expressed to the French Charge the government 'a disapproval of Von Irsner's action. The Cabinet is sitting today to diacaas the Allied demands. Swltxerland Alarmed. Geaeva. Feb. I. Anxiety Is crow- if u r 8tr oinctir quarters teat many Germans accuaea ny the Allies of war crimes enter Swltxerland to escape liability under the peace treaty. , It la reported from Basle that VIce-Admlral Von Capelle, former Minister of the German Navy, crossed the frontier yesterdsy. Baron von der Lancken, civil gov ernor of Brussels during the Ger man occupation. Is reported to have arrived in Bwitxerlsnd f rom Munich. Former Crown Prince Rnpprecht, of Bavaria, haa been stsylng st Osvos. Ther ia no Swiss Isw sgslnst the entrance Into the country of fugi tives. Will Assemble Parliament. London, Feb. 8. The Exchange telegraph's Copenhagen correspond ent saya that the Berlin government la resolved to eall a meeting of Parliament Immediately apoa re ceipt of the Allied note demand ing the surrender of those guilty of war crimes. PRINCESS ANNE IS STILL AGROUND OFF ROCKAWAY New York, Feb. 8. The Obi Dominion liner Princess Anne from which 'XI pns- sengers and 28 of the crew was taken off yesterdnp after she had gone aground off Bockaway Point in a thick snow storm the day before, was still hard and fast aground tonight. It was believed it would be necessary to discharge the greater part of her cargo before she could be floated. i No fenr is felt for the 44 members of the crew remaining on board, as const guardsmen are ready to go out to the ship in an emergency. The con dition of Captain Frank 8eay of the stranded veaael who last nigllt was re ported to be delirious and on the verge of nneumonia, was said tonight to be mttif 4ssisd . . j SCHOONER RESCUED FROM EAST RIVER ICE FLOES New York, Feb. 8. Battling its way through the ice choked waters of Flush ing Bay the police boat patrol today rescued the seventy-ton nailing schooner B. F. Jayne which has been drifting for three weeks caught in the ice floes in the Kast river. On board were Cap tain Henry Van Wir i, his wife and two small children, who wore suffering from lack of food and water. The schooner broke from its "moor ings near Bikers Island three weeks ago and has been drifting. Captain Van Wien said he had hoisted a signal of distress but that it had been ignored by the nfflny tugs' which have been breaking ice in Flushing Bay. BRITISH MARINES LAND AFTER TURKISH OUTBREAK rv.,-....:..,..!- fi4,.,in,. v. i. f Constantinople, Waturday, ieb. 7 (By The Associated Press.) - Marines Pnd9Tm the northern ,.: , n u tli. ,B"f h" ffT. J ? action was t.k " wt V".'": "V ! Dardanelles. Small detachments of the i. . 1 i ; - . , roc iroujiB umvv iBu rajniorcea ine Gendarmerie at Adrianople, sad it is reported that British artjHery has been landed at lumid, the . tcrmimis of the ! Bagdad railway ' i ' ' UKT UUUUS WHOLESALERS aa, m a a ....... . . , REPORT BIGGEST YEAR Atlanta, Ga., Feb,, 8. Wholesale dry goods concerns in the South did a great er business during th. last year than ever before, according to the annual re port of Norman H. Johnson, of Rich mond, Vs., secretary of the Southern Wholesale Dry-goods Association. The report shows that the total business done j ""r, - Znk . i Barred Imports. w.ahi.-.nll. Fah. r.t.. ! " , - wovernment hns not placed an embargo on importations of cotton from the United States. Such an embargo, un der a recent court .decision, eon Id' be made effective only by Act of Paris ment. This announcement waa made by the Sfate Department following the re-, eeipt of' official advices from London. The announcement says: While it is possible that the condi tion of th. exehsnge may reduce impor tations from the United States, and man lead to voluntary agreements am ong private importers to stop importa tion, temporarily, tlie Rtate Department was informed today that; no embargo on cotton-importations has been put in effect by the British Government." V French Fait Price Boards. ; Pari, Feb. 8. The Cabinet, at a meeting -today, decided to constitute commissions analogous to' those in the Unted States and England, charged with fojlowing ,the variations in prices of articles indispensable to life, to enable the government to take necessary action. The. temporary indemnity for the high cost of living now allowed by th. State is to be maintained until these com missions have reported, . LABOR THROVS HAT IN POLITICAL' RING FOR UNION FRIENDS . t Federation Denounces Congress and Prepares To Launch Non-Partisan Campaign WILL ANALYZE RECORDS' OF ALL CANDIDATES Statement of Plans Declares That Campaign Committee Will Mobilise Trade Union ists and "All Lovers of Free dom" To Defeat Unfriendly Candidates For Office Washington, Feb. 8. (By The 'Asso ciated Press.) Organized labor, three million strong, has thrown its hst into the political ring. Vigorously denouncing Congress, which it said, has railea to do its duty," the Americsn Federation of Labor today announced the appoint ment of a national non-partisan politi cal campaign committee, which will mobilize trade unionists and "all lovers -of freedom" in an effort to defeat can didates indifferent or hostile to Isbor and to elect "true and tried" friends of the trade union movement. Not wait ing for the general election in Novem ber, the campaign will be started im mediately and pursued without relaxa tion through the primaries, in which it is stated all aspirants for office will 4 have their records "analysed, stated in unmistakable- language 'and given the widest possible publicity.'' This program applies to all candidatea, from Presi dential nominees down. Four Women on Committee. Samuel Ciompers, president of the Americnn Federation; Frank Morrison, -secretary, and James O'Connell, presi dent of the Federation's Metal Trades Department were appointed an executive committee empowered to obtain such as sistance ss necessnry. Four women are included in the national committee. A national rrisie, threatening1 the free ' institutions of the country by the "re actionary attitude of Congress, it was said, impelled organized lnbor to apply ' this year the sion - partisan policy formulated in 1906 and used in several subsequent campaigns. Announcement of the decision-wi made in as officio! eirsnlnr embodying the conclusions of flie federation's general committee which has bees in session ' for several dsy. This circular will be distributed to traim unionists In every State through the local unions, by which it will be called Iso tn the attention of friends of or ganised labor. Saya Inherent Rights Threatened. "The inherent rights nnd principles of our people are threatened," te circular begins. It says in part : "The free institutions of our country sre menaced. "Ths ideals of democracy are in dan ger. "The Congress of the United States . has failed to do its duty. It has failed. ' ' to meet the emergency. It lias given encouragement and support to auto cratic and reactionary policies. Its dom inating thought has been the repression of labor. "Every effort to secure remedial and constructive legislation has been strans- '"1: Ev"y ?PI?al re!.re"s hM m"t wun auntie ana open nosuiiry. "The hour has arrived when thos. who believe in the' maintananee of dem ocratic institutions must marshal their forces in defense of their rights and ideals. "It is intolerable that a people who spared no cost to make the world safe for democracy should be forced to sub mit to any restriction of the gfbriotia . liberties inherited from the wanders of our nation. The perpetuation of our fundamental rights and th. enactment of essential constructive legislation de- mand tn.1 'Tt'nn..' e. "gardless of ineir political anuiations, who are truh raiir...nl.lin. IJ-.I. n III. erty. Ignore Reconstruction Program. "Conscrous of its responsibilities, Im pressed by the grave problems result ing from the great war, the American Federation of Labor at its annual con vention in .Tune, lu11, adopted a recon structioa program. This program defined the essential industrial policies and leg islative enactments required to estab lish a full measure of justice and oppor- '""''J' fr tabor. "Beeanan of srsvs smsrwele. wl.i.k' arose since that conv.wtin. it h...,.. .,.,.. ,., ... ... ' - . and liberties ss free men aud cituens. On rw.h-, it inio . .....c t - ' 1 ... ... v, representatives of lalior and of fsrmeM met in Washington, D. C. 'This conference expre wed 'labor's grievances, protests and diunands." "No favorable legislative action up on the recommendations contained in the American Federation' of. Labor rv- ' construction program, lor 'those express ed at th. December conference, has been taken by Congress. Instead many Con gressmen haVe endeavored to enact leg islation providing for compulsory ' labor.-- ."Scorned by Congress, ridiculed and ' misrepresented by many member of-. both houses, the American labor move ment finds it necessary to Vigorously apply its long and well established non partisan political policy. "The future welfare, the very ability of the trade union movement to earrr on its work for. humanity depends upon the success of the campaign herewith inaugurated. "There can be no hesitancy. "There must be no turning aside. , "The time for vigorous and deters mined action Is here." The general eommittee ia Charge ef (Csatlnaed en rgs T t .All
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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