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0b THE WEATHER Fair Wt4Kcsdy aa4 fpA c bly Tbars4y. WATCH LABEL. tear sVr rl ars kWsts rutlta.u4 STM sslasut steaie tM. server VOL CXL.NO. 42. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESr .... ' - O JV. G, FEBRUARY 11, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ) CASE ! IN 42 Sixty Cases of Pneumonia and 27 Fatalities ' Reported For Day DAVIDSON COUNTY HAS 611 CASES IN ONE DAY Increased Number of Pneu monia and Toll of Livei Comes As No Surprise To Health Board; Demand Tor Nurses and Tor Physicians Equals That of 1918-19 i Forty-two counties in North Carolina yesterday reported to the State Board f Health 3,582 new cuaes of inlluenia, 0 i-ases of pneumonia and 27 deaths from influenza-pneumonia. The total for influenia is slightly under that Of the previous day, but there is a distinct upward trenu iu iu j,uu.. - death rate. . The total for the day is admittedly below the probable number of cases de veloped in the State during the day. Asheville and Buncombe county are off the list with no report, and reports are lacking from communities that havo been calling steadily for help without making any report of the conditions that make help necessary. No surprise U occasioned by the jump 5u pneumonia and deaths. Health an- tUorities have been warning the publio against the inevitable trail of pneu monia that follows the influenza, and of ii, Wh death rato from the disease. It is believed that tho rato will increase from day to day, even after the inllu e,iu has been definitely checked. The death rate is abnormally high for pneumonia, it being reckoned that about 5 per cent ot pneumouia paiM-mo Davidson Hard Hit. Davidson county, with Lexington for Us center, seems to be tho worst atrickeu community in the State, judg ing from the report of (ill new cases for the day, with four cases of pneu monia developed and six deaths follow ing the intluenxn. Winston-Salem re porting for two days has 4U5 cases of innuanui. 23 of pneumonia and four death. Bo far tho deaths have bee low. but with the continued apread of pneumonia it is feared that they will - go much higher. tr..ii. ..ihAfitina ,im in indication as UWIi. ,...-".. " - ' vet of any material slackening of the ,. with whkli iuiluewi has swept over tho State. There are only rela- lively few counties in which the epi demic, judged by former experience, lias run ita course and exhausted itself. Asheville is one of the latter cities, and Winstou-Sulem ,it is believed, has ex- perienccd a sufficiently tnorougn epi demic, to be . about" ttfrongh the worst. Other places where the disease has riot liecn universal may yet experience the wnrs't. ' Reports by Counties. Reports by counties follow : Alamance, SO; Anson, 97, one death; Bertie, 120; Cabarrus, 100; Carteret, lour denths; Chatham, 56; Cherrfkec, Si; Cumberland, 17; Davidson, 611, six deaths; Durham,. 130; Edgecombe, 97, - tire deaths; Forsyth, 88; Franklin, OS; Gaston, 8; Granville, 76; Halifax, 85; Johnston, 123; Lee, 4; Lenoir, 19; Madison, 3; Martin, 89; Montgomery, 36; Polk, 13; Richmond, CO; Rocking ham, 140; Bowan, 03, two deaths; Ruth erford, C8; Sampson, 8; Stanly, 79; Swain, .10; Wake, 18; Wilson, 129; Yancey, 50. Cities reported as follows: WiiiHlou-fcalcm, 475, four deaths; Greensboro,. 40, three deaths; High Point, 42; Charlotte, SI, one death; Wil miiigfo'u,8; Raleigh, 149; Joldsboro, 3.i Pneumonia was reported as follows:! Durham, 2; Rutherford, 1; Stanly, 1; Murphy, ; oldsboro,-1 ; 'larooro, o; sj; Wilson, 6; High Point, l Winston- Salem, 23; Wilmington, 1; Lexington,: 4; Montgomery, i; Anson, i; Samp son, 2. ' SAMUEL GOMPERS OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR LABOR Virorously Attacks Present Congress As Being Most Re actionary In History ' 382 INFLUENZA S REPORTED COUNTIES ' Washington, Feb. 10. Organ ired-la-' bor'i campaipn to elect a Congress .V. friendly to it, was opened formally to day by Samuel Gompere, president, and J. A. O council, vtee-pmldent or tse American Federation of Labor, in ad dresses before a Shipbuilders' Trade Convention here. ' - - . ; ' Both speaker vigorously assailed the ' present Congress aa the most reaction ' ary in the history of this country," and declared that from it labor need ex- - ' peet not the slightest assistance in the shape of "remedial legislation.'' ' ' '. Inviting the representatives ef 500, 000 shipyard workers present, to join the Federation in ita fight to "reward .our friends and defeat ouv enemies," Mr. Gom per promised them every as- 7. sistanc of his organization in forcing t the government to continue the wartime ahip construction program te its logi cal conclusion, giving the United States th "greatest merchant marine ia the world? ; ' ' ?We propose to move ahead so mst ter what obstacle is placed U oor way,'' aaid Mr. Groupers, referring to th cam paign, "the labor movement cannot stand still; it must, of necessity, pro gress.' , v . . ... '""'V". TS Sell Ship Monday. V asuiugtoo, Feb. lOV-Sala-at auction ef th thirty former German passenger lisers, for which bids were . recently received but not accepted, wss set for Feadsy by Chairman Payne, ef th Shipping Board today. ; , DURHAM VOTES tC5,M IN BONDS FOR SCHOOLS IN SPITE OP INFLUENZA Durham, Feb. 10. Durham rotors today voted $635,000 school bonds ia t special election called by the city, aldermen. Despite the influenza, epi demic which kept many advocates of the bonds away from the polls, 691 votes out of a possible 1,332 were east for the bond. Only 41 votes were east against the bonds, although eitizens registered who did tot vote, counted against the issue. , Several new school buildings will be ejected. FREDERICK WILHELM IS READY "TO SURRENDER" Former Crown Prince Sends Message To Wilson Offering Himself As "Victim" Washington, Feb. 10. President Wil son bad before him tonight a personal cablegram from Frederick Wilhelm for" mer Crown Prince of Germany, sug gesting "if the allied aad associated governments want a victim, let them take me instead of the 900 Germans who have committed no other offense than that of serving their country in the war." What action the President might take on the message, which presumably was identical with that reported in Amster dam dispatches as sent to the rulers and presidents of other powers oppos ed to Germany in the war, was not disclosed. There was a suggestion at the Whits House that be might reply. Jn some quarters, however, the opinion prevailed that he would sot even ack nowledge its receipt since, it w-aa point ed out, the United States is not a party to the treaty or a member of the League of Nations and has bo legal voice in any proceedings as to extra dition of German officials or officers for trial. .. .. MAMMOTH CONCERN WILL OPERATE CHAIN STORES Three-Quarters of Billion Dol lars Said To Be Proposed Capital of Company ' Richmond, Va., Feb. 10. Formation of a mercantile corporation with three quarters of a billion dollars capital, ia announced, here today with the return of officers of the Southern .Wholesale Dry Goods Association. The new combination ia aaid to have quietly purchased 1,600 stores wit his the past few weeks. The announcement shows that the entire .property of J. U TirnrGilmr-4tWiMtflft-Salejm with stores located ia various parts of that state, figure in the transaction. The firm owns storei in Greensboro, High Point, Durham, and Lexington, N. C, and Roanoke, Va. Complete holdings of the Montgomery Ward, United Candy Company, Marler, Dalton and Gilmer Company are also included. George J. Wheeling , of the United Cigar Stores, the United Retail Stores Corporation of New York, and James B. Duke, of the American Tobacco Com pany of New York,, are said- to be the backers of the new corporation. Announcement tonight is that aa ap plication has been filed in Delaware for a charter. Besides the various stores obtained, it is said the corporation has gained eontrol of several well known textile mills the names of which are being held. Discussing the new coalition todsy, Norman H. Johnson, secretary et the Southern Wholesale Dry Good Associa tion, declared this ia the largest holi ness transaction ever recorded in the mercantile world. COW KNOCKS LOCOMOTIVE OFF OF RAILROAD TRACK Animal Slaughtered, Engineer Painfully Injured and En gin Smashed Up Aahtville, Feb. 10 When a switeh en gine, on the Murphy division, between Topton and Hhodo struck n cow, th engine and tender wsr derailed and Engineer B. B. Sower was injured. The eow waa killed and th engine and ten der were considerably damaged. The engine turned a curve, it ia stated, and the -ervr wa erosiing tha track, bnt owing to th abort distance between the engine and the eow it was impossible f or. theenginecr to stop 'his engine before the eow was truer. Mr. Sowers remained at his poet aad was thrown te th ground sustaining several very painful injuries. - - - ROANOKE RAPIDS WOMAN. BADLY CRUSHED BY TRAIN Jumped From Automobile That Stalled On Track; -OneJ Leg Cut Off s ' ; ' ." ' ..." Weldon, Feb.' 10. Jumping from an, automobile which she had :' stalled- on the B. A. h. tracks in front of the Ter minal HoUl here late thia afternoon, Mrs. v Scott, ef Soanoke Earpids, was badly crushed under a freight train. The automobile was only slightly damaged and the other members of th party, who remained in. the car, escaped un hurt. One of Mrs. Scott .legs was cut off. She was taken to n hospital, In Boaaoks Rapids.' -'--iT-'y. ,,, , - Th automobile, coming from Roa soke Rapid to Weldon, with. Mrs. Scott driving, stopped on th track as a shift ing engine was approaching j. with string of freight ears. . The engineer failed to- see the automobile in tin to entirely avert the eelliasiou. Mrs. Scott, fearing- th irnpendl g erash. jnaiDed and leaded directly under the) spproach- r IWSaV I ENGLISH PREMIER NOI WORRIED OVER; FUTURE OF RUSSIA I Lloyd George Says While Force Failed, Yet He Believes Trade Will Succeed FEARS NO INVASION IN ENGLAND, HE DECLARES! Dangers Not All In Eussia He i Explains, and Warns English; Parliament Anarchy Mast Be Fought at Home; Self -Determination Tor Ireland Out of Question Now, Re Says. ; London, Feb. 10. Replying to genera! criticisms of the government's policy made by William Adamson, a labor leader, Sir Donald MacLean and others who demanded especially the version of the Versailles peace treaty, Premier Lloyd George declared In the House of Commons this evening thst it would be impossible in a single speech to dsal with all the qaestion raised. Be said, however, that he would remark that after the excitement of ,the git war nobody could expect anything lu', a period of reaction and discontent, ind even a certain measure of disaffection. Alluding to Ireland, the Premier asked whether Mr. Adamson meant by "self determination," that if the majority of the Irish people demanded a republic he would give it. Unless Mr. Adamson means that, said, the Premier, his talk of self-determination was dishonest. There were murders and assassinations "of the most cowardly and despicable kind in Ireland," the Premier told his Questioner, and he asked whether the member thought the government ahould thdraw all ita troops and leave the assassin in charge of Ireland." More Prediction Needed. Declaring that the duty of the govern ment waa to maintain law and order in Ireland, the Premier turned to the high eost of living, which he aaid was attributable to the depreciation of money and not to profiteering. The only remedy was to .increase production, ha declared Replying to Sir Donald MacLesn's inquiry, the Premier aaid he was glad t be able to say tliat the coming budget would balance and more tbaa balance. Dealing at length with the ait nation ia Russia, Mr. Lloyd George aaid he agreed with the view that Europe could not be restored without putting Russia, with all her strength and rwurwatoyg-nkrt-f circulation. Bolshevism was possibly efficient, said the Premier, but it was not democracy, and RnseU must be restored under an anti-Bolshevik regime. Bolahevisaa aad Saaaia. Bolshevism cannot be crushed by force of arms," continued the Premier. "I held that opinion a year ago, brlt aiy advice, tendered on that assumption to the warring factions, was declined. It was necessary to give the anti-Bolshe vists a chance to recover Russia, but they failed. The failure waa not due to lack of equipment, but to more run damental causes." The Premier contended that the sug gested ring of ore to crush the Bol shevik waa impossible, because it waa doubtful whether Finland would con sent, and the Baltie States, he painted out, were making peace with Russia, while Rumania waa really engaged in watching the Hungarian front, and the Japanese were, disinclined toward the idea. Moreover, he added, neither France, the United States, Italy nor Great Britain was willing to provide the funds. "Until they are assured that the Bol ahaviki have dropped the methods of barbarism in favor of civilized govern ment," added the Premier, "no civilized community in the world is prepared to make, peace with them. Farther, there ia no. established government possess- ing the right to speak for the whole of European Russia. We failed to restore Russia to sanity by force. I believe we can save her by trade. Mast Flsht Anarchy at Home. 'Commerce baa av sobering influence. There ia nothing to fear from a Bolshe vik! invasion of surrounding eountries or the middle bast, because the Bolshe- viki cannot organize a powerful army. I believe that trading will bring an end to the ferocity, -rapine and cruel ties ef Bolshevism more surely than any other method, and Europe badly need what Russia is able .to supply but cannot aupply with .contending armies moving serosa her borders. "The danger are not all rin Russia; they 'are here at heme. I speak with knowledge, with arrprehension aad re sponsibility aad I warn tha House that in -the faoa of things which may hap pen ' w must use every legitimate weapon. We must fight anarchy with abundance." '.' : BAROX APPROVES GREY . LETTER ON PEACK TREAT V. ','. v . - r London, Feb. 10. Baron Charnwood, eeeoadng .the address of thanks ia the House of Lord for th King's speech, expressed approval ' of the recent letter of Viscount Grey, British Ambassador at Washington with regard to the Amer ican position on, the peace treaty. He saids . f - . l TVs must allow the American people to choose their own ,path. X am con vinced, despite recent misleading ap pearances, that we may eoarfldentiy an ticipate increasing participation by the United Materia the world's affairs." v Earl jCnrson, secretary for foreignr affaira concurred With Baron Charnwood and said that, although . Visebunt Gri-y had' acquainted him; with his intention to publish the . letter, it was neither . (Ceatiaaed aa Pace Two.) MBERS SSMEET ORGANIZED LABOR Receive Report In Washington of Action Taken at Confer ence In Raleigh LISTEN WITH INTEREST. BUT CAN'T PROMISE MUCH Congressman Small Catechizes Benjamin 0. Marsh Regard- ing His Interest In N. O. Far mers; Government Owner ship of Railroads Urged By Representatives Washington, Feb. 10. 'Members of the North Carolina delegation in Con gress, meeting this morning with a con ference committee from the Farmer Union and tke State Federation of Labor, heard with apparent interest the brief favoring government owner ship ron '.e inning the sedition - law pending and chastising the packers arid retired to their aereral offices for nied-1 ilation. The eoasenens of opinion I among members after the conference was that it is toe late now to inter plead for eitensioa of government con- ! trol of the railroads although admit ! tidely the representatives of the North j Carolina organizations offered some' good argument. . I Charles H. Carver, of Bocky Mount, who with J. F. MeMahon, of Raleigh, represented organized labor at the conference, told the two (Senators and the members of the House that govern ment ownership had not been given a fair trial. Federal operation, they in sisted, has been in the hands of official inimical to government ownership and. aa a result there has been about as much hsrmony ss there would be be tween a Baptist Sunday school class and a Catholic teacher. Sasall Catechizes Marsh. Representative John IL Small, who re cently fired a broadside nt the organiza tion id Washington claiming to repre sent the farmers, catechized Benjamin C. Marsh, Plumb plan advocate and rep reseotative of the National Farmers' council, regarding hi interest in the North Carolina farmers. Sir. Marsh, whose credential consisted of a tele gram from C. C. Faires pf the, Farmers' union, did not make th impression on the Tar Heels that MeMahon and Car ver did. The Utter expressed confidence in their representatives in Congress and only asked that their side of the question be givea consideration. There ing a party of it own or of that part of it now Democratic sticking a knife ia orfice holder at the next election. Mr. Marsh was not quite as agreeable. He spoke for Mr. Faires and Mr. Faires is generally understood to be the Alexander- understudy, patiently - biding his time when the doctor shall forsake the cause of the embattled and return to the practice of physics. Dtaraaa Antl-8e4ltiea Law. A for the protest of the committee against the pending (edition laws, there was scant sympathy and when the law which the Attorney General has asked for waa explained; there appear ed to be less opposition to the present conferees. Members of the delegation pointed ont to Messrs. MeMahon and Carver, who remained after Mr. Marsh excused himself, that the present statute is inadequate to deal with the individual who mount a soap box, condemn th government and advocates its over throw. There is enough law on the books to get the conspiratores but there isn't one drastic enough to get the in dividual. The North Carolina members favor strengthening the statute. By calling attention to a statement providing a fine of SSWO. or jail sen tence of three years, the Civil Service Commission promises to keep govern ment employes out of politics and to hjin nnlitlr.iana from molesting gov- j ...m.nt .mnloves. The Wan Depart ment today made public an extract of m letter from the Commiioit. ior the information of the publio aad the guid ance of the department employes. Em ployee will not be barred from 'voting, but they are forbidden te take any ac tive part in entnpeigne, sod this applies to th postmasters throughout th eoun. try whs are undjr the Civil Service regulations. The announcement reads! "That no legislative, executive or Ju dicial officer or employ shall solialt or receive any money or .-ttrlrmttoa lor nolitieal nurDOeea frt v:i-emeer or emnlove ef the e..vrnnwat; that n solicitation or receipt of political as sessments shall be made by any person in any room or building eerapied offl. dally by any offleer or smnioye oi uie United State) that no officer or em ploye shall be demoted or discharged for refusing to make any contribution for political purnoeeat and-that no ofti eer or employe of ,th government shall directly or indirectly handle any money or othervaluaW thing for the promo tion of any political object whatever. "The criminal todr- provides 4hatt Whoever ahall violate any of these pro. vL' hall be fined sot .more ; than 15,000, or imprisoned sot more thai! three years, or both. ''- Tnder the Civil Service rules, com petitive employes, while .retaining the right to vote and to 'express privately their opinions on political subjects, are, forbidden to take aa active part in political management or in . political campaigns. This also applies to tempor ary employes, employes on lesve of ab sence, with or without pay;, substitutes' sad laborers. Under this rule, a jcom petitive employe may attend polltieal meetings or assemblies, as a spectator, but i prohibited from becoming poll- , - , ii - ; , (Ceatiaaed oa Page Two.) Good Meet todsy at Pinehurst, at"2:4j . rn.-A.dv. . Sims Says He Didn't Say It; Two Congressmen Say He Did Representative Byrnes Reiterates That Admiral Told Him Armistice Forced On Allies By Failure Of American Army To Break Through Lines; Senator Glass Corroborates But Puts Different Construc tion On Admiral's Statements Washington, Feb. 10-The contro versy over naval war decorations took t new turn today before the Senate in vestigating committee the question of just what was said in conversations be tween Rear Admiral William 8. Sims nd a trio of members of "Congress in Pari during the war, displacing to some extent inquiry into changes made by Secretary Darnels .in decoratione re commended by Admiral Sims. Secretary Daniels 'before the commit tee, had referred to a speech in the Hesse by Representative Ryrnes in which the South Carolina Representa tive asserted that Admiral 8ims hud told him the armistice wss forced on the Allies by failure of the American army to break through the German lines, the failure being due to a eoi lapse of the American service of supply- Admiral Sims today denied that he had made such assertions, except ss to repeating rumors then current in France and which, he said, he warned hi visi tors not to believe. He denied flatly other ststomenU attributed to him by Representative Byrnes said to belittle t!iepajt of the American nary in the However, Michigan Man Dis covered Shortly, He Explains, That He Wasn't Grand Rapids, Mich., Tm. 10. Chase 8. Oeborn, testifying In the Newberry elections conspiracy trial ia Federal court here today, told the jury he-bad onre "tried te be governor of Michigan' and. "thought' he was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1918 when the principal defendant, Truman H. Newberry defeated him and Henry Ford ia the primary. i . Mr. Osboru said Conatsntino A. Dan iela told him that .Mark T. MrKce, law1 partner f Paul Ring, manager of tha Newberry campaign, had "possibili ties of an organisation which rould de liver the Benatorehip for SIOO.OOO." The witness next told of a conversa tlon with Mliton Oakman a Detroit po litical leader. He said h told Oakman "Make it cost them wnat you are worth. Edward O. MiLean, of Milwaukee, for mer publisher of a paper at Luding ton, Mich., was assured in a eampKi chat that Osborn "could not. blame him for going with the gang. Hannibal Hopkins, head of the New berry publicity bureau, was told he was "making a financial sewer of himself. Paul King; in a Fourth of July con versation, waa told to "drag out New berry and I'll take care of Ford." thi remark coming in response to King'i snggestion that Osb6m'ouit the earn paiga so Ford could be defeated. Mr. Osborns related come etrong language he used in this conversation and apolo gized for repeating it, saying that h was "worked up" at the time. Richard Fletcher, State labor com miaaioner, wiis also mentioned in the Osborn testimony. The witness said that, when he met Fletcher early in the campaign he was for him but when he talked with him later he learned Fletcher wis against him. The government' testimony as to Sen ator Newberry's knowledge of ram paiga affairs came in the form of numerous telegrams exchanged between his naval office in Kew York, and Detroit campaign headquarters, and also by records of the Biltmore Hotel in Jvw Fork. These latter, read by Arthur . A- Butterworth an accountant, showed numerous visits of Newberry campaigners, the bills f6r many saving been charged to the can' didate. . They also were intended to corrobo rate to some extent the government claim that the campaign ef the naval offleer had been planned in December, 1917, and January,. 1818. Among other visitors from the Detroit headquarters was Thomas P. Phillips, th defendant, who is credited with hav ing persuaded Jiewberry to pose for the "dry land battleship" film. The course of the film through parts of Michigan wne traced for tee jury while August Field, the first indicted mea ts plead "nolo contendere' was on the stand.. He aaid it wss brought to him at Manistee by George Rogers, in other defendant, who came in an auto mobile sad said he had been sent with the fibs from Grand Rapids headquar tors. . Field said-ha had received $600 from Charle Floyd of Grand Sapid head quarter and had used none of it outside STanrstee county. He said that Floyd called . him on the telephone, asked for a report of disbursements sad told him to mske a statement oa "about 12o. ' Th witnes said his report went in with ibont that total although he re minded Floyd that $600 hsd come to him.., . .... ,. , EARTHQUAKE OF GREAT INTENSITY IS RECORDED . Washington, Feb. 10. An earthquake of considerable , intensity, having . its center approximately 1,600 miles from Washington, ..was, recorded tonight at th Georgetown seismogrsphieal obser vatory. The disturbance 'was first re corded at, 5: 16 o'clock and. continued nntil 6 :0' o'clock, reaching, its height at 5:20. Indications were that the quake occurred ia, Mexico or Central Aamiea. QS60RN "THOUGHT HE WAS CANDIDATE war, and asserted 4e luid not told ltyrues and his asbociatcs that the Am erican merchant marine should not be. developed and the seas bo left to Great Britain. . Chairman Hale asked Representative Byrnes and Representative Whalcy and Nenutor-Glass to come before tho com mittee. Representative Dyrnes, the limt of tho tlirce to be heard, not only reiterated all he had previously said, but added that he had personally re ported bis conversation with Admiral Hime to President Wilson before Mr. j Wilson made his iirnt trip to Paris. Senator Glass, who was a member of ' the Lower House at the time, while re ! calling the conversation with" Admiral Sims much as Byrnes reported it, put a somewhat different interpretation on j i. u..i .. : .1 ii A.t .,.lKr,tan,l ArtmirBl Sim. to ,i,h to "discredit the army," lie said, adding:, tation system, tonight faced a critical '1 rather" believed thnt he was simp- situation with respect to the wage de ly telling us what he had heard and msnds ot mora than S,000Ati0 employe, thought to be true." Conferences tomorrow between Director Rcpiescntotive Whaley did not appear General Uines and lenders of tho work today because of illness. He ssked tolers unious probably nill determine the h- allowed to testifr Monday, but Chairman Hale fixed no dato lor re sumption of the investigation. TREATY'S FOES IN Senator Borah Leads In Assail ing Pact of Versailles As "Cruel and Murderous" Pa ' Washington, Feb. 10 The treaty waa laid aside for a week today by all members of the Senate except the Irreconcilables. Dragged into the snot light in the midst of legislative business the pact of Versailles was assailed first by Senator Roarh, Republican, Idaho, on the ground that it was "cruel and murderous' in ita effect upon the pcopl" f tu Central Powers. Both Senator Borah and Sen ator Knox. Republican, Ponnsylvanin, declared the treaty a it atands would "impoverish" Germany, Austria, nnd Hunnrv and that the result of putting it provisions Into effect weuia ue tne destruction of tho commercial corner - stoacs upon which rest the financial ala - 1 FRAME bility of Europe. line wasaingtoa eonlerence may result -'It- in-one tivg," i-larfd Sntnrjln general walk-out ef railway work Borah, "to punish llerrauuy, but it is an j or, according to Allen L. Barker, prest entirely different thing tn reduce count- dent of the Brotherhood of Mainteuanc less thousands tp starvation. It is anlof Way Employee aad Railway Bho;i unjust thing to put upon a debtor a debt Laborers, who yesterday called a strike which lt--cannot pay, but it is a cruel I of his union for February 17. and murderous thing to put on a debt A message received at headquarter which involves indirectly as this one here late today, Mr. Barker stated to does, the distress of others. night, indicated that beudk of thirteen let we are asacn ncro in bxigv iv this treaty which will impoverish mil lions, and then we are asked to appro priate money to feed the people we have impoverished." Senator Borah also assailed Herbert Hoover's stand on the treaty and csllefl on him to reoly to the list of qucstkips which have been put by the Idaho Sen ator to sevornl Republican and Dem ocratic candidates for the Presidency. Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska, the Democratic leader, and Sterling, Re publican of South Dakota, replied bricflv, deolariug the only way me United States now could throw its in fluence for stability was by becoming a party to the treaty. The debate was preceded by comple tion of tho parliamentary steps neces sary to restore the treaty to a status making formal consideration possible, the Foreign Relations committee report ing the pact back to the Senate with the Republican reservation framed at the last cession of Congress. The com mittee's action, taken under instruc tions voted by the Senate yesterday, was entirely perfunctory and without discussion or a record vote. QUIET PREVAILS SINCE SOLDIERS TOOK CHARGE Federal Troops Continue To Guard Courthouse, Where Lynching; ' Was Prevented Lexington, Ky., Feb. 10. No lessen ing of military precautious to prevent a rccuirciico mi u.u t.v.c.,v ,u ington was apparent today. i Federal soldiers continued to round the Fayette courthoeie mere Will Lockett, negro slnyer of 10-year- old Genov Hsrdman and center of the disturbance Monday in which five per sons lost their lives, was confined un der heavy , guard. Patrols ' guarded every avenue to the city and detach ments still were stationed is the ware house district. General Marshall announced that the Federal government bad no authority to take him out of Fayette county, now under martial law. unless Governor Morrow requested it. Two civilians were arrested during the day. One engaged in na argument with a military patrol and the other was ehatjged . with carrying a. concealed WAflfiAn . . ' . Sent Aa 1 sternal Machine. . Atlanta, Oa Feb. 10. Poul B. Car ter, rhanred with- sending sn infernal machine through the mails to CapU John Knonbel, of Ebenecer. N. V. was con victed in Federal Court here today and sentenced to rive years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Carter, was charged with , sending "poisoned ' needles" through the msil to Mis MscMlUsn and her father in 1916, but , these eharg were dropped.- - ; ; j TWO MILLION III IN RAILROAD WORK WANT MORE MONEY Railroad Administration In Its Closing Days Face? Criti cal Situation . ' CONFERENCES TODAY ' " TO DETERMINE OUTCOME Brotherhood of Railroad Train men Pressing Director Gen - eral Hines Tor Answer To Demands For Increases; Large Majority Said To Have . Voted For Strike -V YTathmjto,,, Feb. 10. The BailroU Administration ueynug lli oni of it control over the nation e rail trnnspor outcome of the situation Officials of the unions submitted Ij the Director Genernl lit toduy's meeting a now statement which served to open 'up nil important questions, un nhic'n I the two sid?s were St. variuncc, and v ill j requite further discussion lictore u 1 settlement can be reached. Mr. ILincs 'informed the union loaders he woul I reply tomorrow to their new statement of claims. Meanwhile W. G. l.cc, president of the Iirothorhood of. Railroad Trainmen, nas pressing Mr. lliiics for an answer tn the demands of his individual organ. r nation and insisting the trainmen wort ready to strike unions a sntistactorv I settlement was reached. Railroad ad ministration officials also received in formal notice that they must tonttud i with a ittrike called by the Itrotherhoofl I nf XlainfiinalK-A fif Wav Ilmnlnvcn unit jtjhop Laborers ' Further tha- admitting that he bl ' given the railroad administration the re quired Iff days notice of intention tu cancel the present wage contract on February SS, Mr. Lee declined to d it ems the plans of his organization. The .,riv ..I.. . i l. ...... ! BV .VW W. MIA 1U.U V.V. ..WU. was said to ihow a large majority vt the trainmen favorable to a strike. FAILURE TO AGREE MAY " MEAN GENERAL WALKOUT Detroit, Aiicn leu. jo. tuilure or 1 the railroad union and Director Gen- J eral Hines to reach an agreement at itiuwu men organisations How in Washington, would "stand pat and act as a unit" ia pressing their wago de mands. . Meanwhile, plans were going ahead for putting the aiainteuance of wr and shopmen strike into efftct. In Bend ing out the call it was found the union numbers W,000 member, and all but 28.QOO. employed on Canadian roads, it was said, are affected. CLEVER FORGER ABROAD IN STATE RECENTLY, Gets Small Sums From Leading. Business Houses and Hotels In North Carolina .. Winxlon Salem, Feb. 10. OOieials of a local bank sent out s warning against what is said to be one of the smooth-' ost and boldest forgers that bu ever appeared in North Carolina. This finan cial institution has the evidence in the shape of fake drafts, neatly printed on wnue paper in lining gotbic, type. One of these was cashed by Rupert -Welfare, of Wilson. This draft : waj Sorported to be on stationery' of the J. . Flint Tobseco Company, of thi city, and was an order on the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company here for the pay ment of fifty doliar and the nam of T. P. Fulton, seeretiry aad treasurer of the eompany was signed to the draft. When called up over the 'phone and questioned about it Mr. Flint de- Inred thnt it was a case of forgery, ex plaining that their salesmen were paid -.wl, ellrcss drawn on another local i ii. Today two other drafts in th ""T-Wme form came to thet Wachovia Bank ad Trust Com pan v. One waa nude payable to B. II . Perry and was eaahed by the Gailford 'hotel in Greensboro, the amount being thirty dollars, and the other was mad payable to J. C. Thompson and wa cashed by Hontley-Stoekton-Hill Company, efisw of Greens boro, tli is amount, bebg gqr eighty dol lars. One of these drafts was dated January. 28, snd the other February 1.' It appesra that th circulator of these forgeries has had a number r of the blank drafts printed and carries with him a check protector, with which be perforates the amount for which' it is filled out. - " i' TWO AIRPLANES COLLIDE ; BOTH PILOTS ARE KILLED San ' Antonio, ;. Tex., Feb. ; ItWLieut Harry, D."lmithr of .Baa FTaneiseo, and Lieut. Harry W. Brokaw, -of -Barber- town, Ohio, were killed late today in a fall, following a collision of th air- nmnea t (lev ..were pi lo tin a duriit. oss- bt practice at an altitude of Lu0 feet. Lieuteaant Smith had a Jong overseas record. He was attached to the 87th, and Lieuteaant Brkawjo th Mta acra squadrons. . v. . ,v.,v.,:V' 0, :',:,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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