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Y ie News aid. , THE WEATHER Rain Friday, aomewhat cold er; Saturday aasettled. ' WATCH LABEL M MM mm -. kstor aad aiM Maa siaajo u, erver VOL. CXL NOrirIXrEEftPAGES TODAY; RALEIGH. N. G, FRIDAY. MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS j - - - '; V- POWER CO. CASE TO GET REHEARING , BY SUPREME COURT Petition Is Allowed By Asso ciate Justice Brown Who Concurred Before FIRST OPINION WRITTEN BY CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK Case Started When North Car olina Public Service Com pany Filed Mandamus Action Against Southern Power Company To Get Power and Prevent Discrimination The Supreme Court of North Caro lina will rehear tha appeal in th famous power company ease entitled North Carolina Public Service Company and Salisbury and Spencer Railway Company v. Southorn Power Company, opinion in which filed December 21 was declared the most important decis ion of the court in a hundred year. Petition to rehear was granted by ' the court yesterday on motion Of Also riate Justice George II. Brown, who gave his eouscut to the re-hearing not on conviction of error Sut because the petition filed by Judge George Kountroe, and Mr. J. O. Cair, disinterested attor neys, as required by tho court rules, made a showing which Judge Brown thought justified the ra-oponing of the case. Under the rules of the court, the consent of two members of the bench is required for a rehearing when the court is undivided. In ease of a ,di- viqed. court the consent of only ono member of the Supreme Court is suffi cient to secure a re-hearing. Heir Case Started. The power company caeo was a man damus action against tho ' Southern Power Company to compel it to furnish electric current and power to the plain tiff companies for redistribution to their customers and at a fair and just rate without discrimination. ' In its complaint, the plaintiffs assert that they are publirserviee corporations and Insist that the Southern Power Company, also publie service corpora tion, fee requires to lurnia- tnera elec tric. IPnmiir sad power.' According to the claims of the plaintiffs, the South ern Power Company, formerly furnish ing them with current tt the rate of 11 mills per kilowat, increased the charge to 18 mills while it wss furnishing its own subsidiary corporations power at the 11 mill rate. After filing an answer fovthe com plaint of the North Carolina Publie Ser vice Company and the Salisbury and Spencer Bailwoy Company, the, defend ant demurred ore tonus on the grounds first, that it was under do legal duty -la fnmteh electric current to the plaln tiffe, publie erviee companies, for the distributioa.tr theirs customers; and, second, that the court would necessarily be required in this ease to fix the tate for such electric current and to r ; scribe rules to prevent disertmlr . n in the -future in which provinc tho court Is without jurisdiction. - .' Oesaarrer Overrated. . j From the order of the Superior Cot. Judge T. JShaw presiding, overruling the demurrer, the Southern Power Com. lany appealed to the" Supreme Conrt The opinion of the court was filed De cember 20. 1 . The major opinion was written by Chief Justice 'Walter Clark. Associate Justice Brown wrote a concurring opin ion. Associate Justice W. A. Hoke also concurred. Associate Juatiee W. K. Allen wrote . a dissenting opinion in which. Associate Justice 4'latt p. Wal ler concurred. The appeal wilt be snbmittcd agaiu on brief, but " there will be , no oral arguments.. ,v' " , THE HOUSE OF-COMMONS DISCUSSES PEACE TREATY London, - Feb. 12. Most of today's session of the House of Commons was occupied in a discussion of the motion of William James Thome, labor mem ber for Wcsthsm, in favor of a revision of th epeaee treaty, which he subjected to severe criticism. The most inter esting suggestion emanated from Lord Robert Cecil,- that the League of Na tions should send! two international commissions to Russia to ascertain the exact conditions and to fix the provi sional boundaries of the border states. Arthur J. Balfour, lord president of the eouucil, who made a areneml defense of the treaty and the governments share therein, said he feared Lord Bob cat's suggestion would not result in new heaven on earth in Bussia, He also denied hetthe government was encouraging Belaud in a policy of ad venture. . " ' ' ajJ-j ;': :" '.: FAIRLY STRONG CYCLONE OVER THE FLORIDA COAST Washington," Febr 12 A fairly strong cyclone is centered,over northwest Florida coast moving northeast, 'the Weather Bureau announced tonight; Stonu warnings are 'displayed 'on- the Atlantic Coast from Jacksonville. to New York: . ' 1 i - There is a well ' marked depression' over southern Alabama, the report from the Weather Bureau tonight stated, and general winds with thunderstorms have occurred in the Gulf and South Atlantic states. : i. Deamsrk Wants te Jala Leaeae. Copenhagen, Feb 13c The Danish ..Minister of Foreign Affairs has , re quested the assent of Parliament to the proposal that Denmark join the League if Nations. JUDGE PAYNE NAMED AS SECRETARY OF INTERIOR Chairman of Shipping Board Will Succeed Secretary Franklin It. Lane - , , Washington, Feb, 12. John Barton Payne, chairman of the Shipping Board and formerly general counsel f the Railroad Administration, . will become Secretary of the 'Interior, March 1, sue eeeding Franklin K. Lane, whose resig nation becomes effective oa that date. While White House officials declined confirmation, it was . understood that former Senator Franklin Sbafroth, of Cloorado, had been offered the place to be vacated by Mr. Payne. , Chairmen Payne said tonight tie would accept the appointment to the Cabinet because it was the wish of the President but "my heart is la the Ship ping Board." DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED TO MEET HERE MARCH 2 Committeemen Will fix Date Tor Convention and County and Precinct Meetings Call has been issued to the 300 mem bers of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of North Carolina, to meet in Raligh Tuesday, March S, at 8 o'clock ia the evening in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol, the call coming from Hon. Thomas D. Warren, chairman, of New Bern. The committee will determine upon the date for holding precinct meetings and county convention of the party throughout the State, and issue the call for the State convention, which is ex pected to meet some time in April to formulate the Democratic platform and make ready for the drive against the opposition later in the year. LITTLE PROGRESS MADE IN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS Not Only Unacceptable to Dem ocrat! But Meeti Opposition Among Republicans Washington, Feb. 12. Little progress was apparent today in negotiations over the new article Ten reservation to the I'eace Treaty brought forward yester-da-e-by Republican Senators. In addition to its failure to command the Democratic support for which its sponsors had hoped it was said the new draft had been found unacceptable to aome reecrvationist ea the I publican side-who ftncatCAeJ to iitria lie irreV eonci labia opponents af ratification iff the modifications proponed were made ; the original Republican reservation. A ettnvass of the forty-nine Republicans is understood to. have ahowa that only about thirty eduld be counted on to Vote for ratification with the changed reser vation, under which the United States would decline to guarantee the integrity of league membere by force, economic boycott or "any other means' except when Congress acted. Sixty-four votes are necessary to ratify the treaty and doubt waa expressed generally whether thirty-four Democrats could be induced to desert their party leader, Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who has de clared the revised draft would embody a surrender of the treaty's friends. Numerous other proposals to solve the Artiele Ten difficulty were diseussed dur ing the day, the leaders en both sides conferring among themselves on the sub- ect. Senator Hitchcock also saw several Republicans of the mild reservation group, but it wss declared that no con clusions were reached. SUPREME COUNCIL WILL INSIST ON ITS DEMANDS Surrender of Germans Accused of War Crimes Will Be Pressed, It Is Stated k London, Feb. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The allied supreme council haa decided to press its demands for thepVrt of . January, exeept for tha first surrender of Germans a censed of war crimes, despite the protests of the gov ernment at Berlin, it was stated to night. Tt had been reported that there were 'inferences between France and Great Britain as to whether the demands should Ha modified. It is probable that the position of the allies will be set forth soon in a statement. This may take the form of another communication to Germany, or possibly one to Holland. As far aa can be ascertained, . however, nothing definite baa been decided regarding any further steps to be talen toward Hoi land.-:":. '. The council in dealing with "other questions, decided that financial experts of the allied governments, many of whom am here, should meet soon to discuss the problem of international exchange in an effort to devise a plan for it stabilization. - It was not settled when the first meeting of these 'experts Lshonld be held. The council decided finally that ita, headquarters should remain in Farii. For the convenience of the British gov. ernmental authorities, aowever, it will continue to - ait here for the present, probably through the eftming fortnight. It , is expected that Premiers Lloyd George and ititti will be ia constant atteadance. ; Premier. MUlerand prob ably will be called home before kmg. in which ease Franca .will be represented by Philippe Berthelot, political director of the foreign office and Paul Camboa, ambassador to Great Britain. ; Tornado Ufla Eeef OaT. Macon, Gs- Feb.t 12. The storm that has been sweeping the southeast during the last 24 hours assumed tornado c re port ions in Irwin eounty today, cutting a swath 200 yards wide and a mile long. C. 3. Henderson, a farmer near Ocilla, and his wife and four children had just eaten dinner when the tornado lifted the roof from their home. Everv building en their plantation was wiaUio ..; ...... . , , i TAKES FRESH HOLD; RATE Only 19 Deaths Yesterday Al though Pneumonia In creased To 122 SLIGHT DROP IN NEW CASES OF INFLUENZA With More Counties Reporting Than Ever, Day's Totals Reach 4,388; The Situation Seems To Be Well In Hand Everywhere In So Tar As Caring for Sick Is Concerned Pneumonia took a new grip on the State yesterday with a total of 122 new cases developed, according to the re ports made from 4 eeuntiee to the State Board of Health. Influenza cases and the death rare from influenxa-pnea-raonia dropped alightly in the report compared with the previous day with 4,188 eases of influenxa and 19 deaths. Reports were received from four coun ties that had not previously reported, although the disease had been prevalent for several days. Health authorities were unwilling to venture a prediction yesterday as to whether tho worst of the influenr epi- Idemic. is passed, but were of the 'opinion that the outbreak of pneumonia :has not yet reached its climax. Yet I further daily increases are expected. especially in view of the preaent weattj er conditions before there ie any defi nite Improvement. It waa more wide spread yesterday than in any day since influenza became epidemie January" 28. The present outbreak ha found most communities better prepared than they were in 1818 to fight the disease and to care for thoee who are stricken. There have been materially fewer appeals for outside assistance and in most places communities have been able to take care of their sick with local ora-anina-tions. .Some eitiee have appealed for outside aurses and doctors. Now there are morei phyaiciana listed with the 8tate Board than are required for imme diate service, and officer are hopeful that their help will not be heeded, - ... Re: Bv Cosrntta. Reports by eooaties and cities' vest- ilnr wrrs aa follows Afamanee, Si Anson, 112; Bladen. 27; Caldwell, 65; Camden. 100: Caswell. Hi; Chatham, 2; Cherokee, Sd; Cleve land, 75; Craven, 25; Cumberland. 34: Davidson, 368, two deaths; Durham. Ill; Edgecombe, 58; -Forsythe, 14; Franklin, 38; Gates, 150; Granville, 43; Guilford, 16; Halifax, 14; .Haywood, 10; Jones, 6; Lee, 40; Lenoir, 20; Martin, 34; McDowell, 75; Mecklenburg, 212; Mitchell, 30, two deaths;' Johnston, 29e; Montgomery, 41; New Hanover, S; Northampton, 21; Onslow, 223. one death; Pasquotank, 60, one death; Per Quintans. 2: Person, 40; Pitt. 130; Richmond, 360; Rockingham, 65; Rowan, 114, two deaths; Rutherford. 250; Hamp ton. 29; Surrey, 22; Wake, 53: Wayne. j Wilson. 141 i Asheville, 48; Winston Salem, 215, four deaths; Greensboro. 06. six deaths; Charlotte, 30; Wilmington, 85, one death; Raleigh, 161. Total, 483. ; ' Pneumonia was reported as follows: Hertford, 2; Jacksonville, 23; le. 5; Greensboro, 6; Lexington 1: Clinton, 1; Edgecombe, 7: Winston-Salem. 27: Williamston, ; Murphy, 1; Jamesville, 9; SmithfiehJ, 2; Wilson, 8; Fayetteville. 6; Asheville, S; Carodea, 1; Wadesboro, 5; Louisburg, 1.. Total. 122. Improving la Asheville. Asneville, Feb. 12. The number of new influenza eases reported todsy was the smallest of any time since -the epidemie first started here the latter few1 days. Only 29 eases,' with four pneumonia rasrs, were reported today. although the number of deaths, three, is the largest for any single dsy. Since the epidemic started here en January 25, there hae.;ben a total of 1.732 eases reported with 18 deaths. While the situation in the city appears to be improvise with few new cases reported in the rurai , 'ions and many sections of the west is just becoming serious with reports of Jhe rapid spread of the diaeaae coming into Asheville daily. RED CROSS MOBILIZING : )t ALL M'RSES IX SOUTH Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 12. Mobilisation of all Bed Cross aurses ia the Southern division was ordered tonight at head quarter ia aa effort to combat iaflu- eat which ia said to be jpreading rap idly in 6onth Carolina and te a lesser degree in Tennessee and Florida. .Jn North Carolina It waa said, the malady haa not spread to a great ex tent, but pneumonia complications are proportionately larger. Georgia, while having an epidemie in a number of eitiee and towns, - has no - far got" off lighter toaa tne other Xour States in the division, according to reports , to headquarters. The fallowing statement was issued: . - . . , . ? -The influeaza epidemie ia the Suuth has reached such proportions that the shortage 'of community nurses ia so great that arias Jane Van Der Vrede, feead or the department of nursing for the Southern division of the American Red' Croaa, tonight sent telegrams to all available Bed Cross nurses in the division, telling them tluit.the time has come for all nurses not already engaged in community nursing in tow os, affected by iaflueaaa to stop nursing unless it b a matter of life and death and to report to her at headquarters fort as signment to communities where there is "J. (Ceatlaaed en Tag Twe)V PNEUMONIA OF DEATHS DROPS HP I Determined J Secure Southern Representative On Interstate Commerce Commission JUDGE GEORGE PELL HAS SOME ABLE COMPETITORS Georgiav-Puts. Up Two Strong Traffic Bate Lawyers While Alabama Has Expert Tor Job; "Political Expediency" May Send President Else- v where For Man Tor Place The News and Observer Bureau. 603 District National Bank Bldg. By B. K. POWELL. - (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 12-Anthrn Sen- alora and Representative are going to make a determined effort to land the vacancy on the Interstate Commerce Commission for aome able rate man who hitils from territory south of ths Vir sinia rateways. While the North Carolina membere have forwarded to President Wilson endorsements Of Judge George P. Pell, of the North Carolina Corporation Com mission, there are a number of for midable candidates in other states and the force of the argument advanced in behalf of two ef these candidates is the fact that thirteen states in the South, and Southwest have no representation on the commission, North Carolina and, Georgia particu larly where freight rat tfisee involving the exiating scales to the Virginia eitiee are pending are interested ia the ap pointment of a roan who ie acquainted with the situation ebuta of Bichmond. Tar Heel business moa are oa the anxious seat now awaiting a decision in the Virginia cities' case and hoping for relief even nor favorable than promised in the recent, report ef the examiner who heard the eaae. Two Georgians ggeeted. William A. Wimbiah and Edgar Wat kins, of Atlanta, are both being con sidered by Southern members of Con- greaa. Mr. wimbish ie ' accorded the distinction ef being annuel the -most able trams lawyers in' tha South, and his name was. cad kpoa tte President mnort una w waea- nooerv i Wool ley, of Kentucky, was appointed. Edw&rd L. Travis, at that time chair man ef the North Carolina Commission,' was a formidable candidate also. Mr. Watkins is well known to North Caro linians by reason of his connection -with the ' Virginia 'citieV case ia which, he appeared for the State Commission.- Alabama has a candidate in the per son of Secretary Buan, of the Birming ham Chamber of Commerce, who has attained quite a reputation as a rate expert. Since it became known that Governor Stuart, of Virginia, would not accept the appointment the Southern Senators have resolved to make extra (Continued oa Page Two.) URGE KEEPING MONEY IN THE RANKS OF FARMERS Co -Operative Banking One of Wants Most Stressed By Speakersat Conference Chicago, 111., Feb. 12. Co-operative banking to keep money of farmers and working men- within . their ewiHranks waa one of the wants which most of ths speakers voiced today before the Amer ican farmer Labor congress. Glenn E. Plumb, author of the Plumb" Plan for trl-partite eontrol of railroads, diacus sed the "Sinister Concentration in the Control of the Country s Business. Chains of co-operative stores with a highly systematlsed method of opera ti6n were advocated by Pnnran Mc Donald, president of the Illinois State Federation of labor. O. C. Traak eaid the maintenance of wsy employes and railroad ahop work- era -have five lactones '.turning ' out products for them at lees than present wholesale prices. Co-operative buying game membera of this Union a thirty to lorty per -cent reduction, he eaid. They turned out good socks for twenty five eente a pair -in their hosiery fac tory. Gloves underwear and clothes were among the prbduetsl ' ' ' 'The people of the country, mist make farming worth the farmers while if they wanted food, Herbert' F. Baker, of Lansing, Michigan, president of the Farmers National Council, said. '. - "American people collectively must underwrite the inherent risks of agricul tural production" he said. "The farmer who invests his smsll capital snd'long hours cannot be expected to earry'eut the program f production " unless a eans can be loon ft to relieve the in. dividual farmer from carrying the has ards which Mature imposes on his' call- STONY POINT COTTON MILL BOUGHT BY NEW OWNERS Charlotte, Feb. 12. The Stonv Point Manufscturing Company," located at Stony Point, half way between Taylors- ville and Ptatesvllle on the Houthern. has been sold by Arthur L Watts and associates. J. B. Hall and Samiel Turner, of Btatesville, are the purchas ers, the price paid being approximately soAu,uuu. The mm nae ,U4U spindles. Included in the purchase is a water power site ea the Yadkin river, twe milee from the plant. Vt. Hall, on of the purchasers, is secretary' of the Su perior Yarn Mills, formerly the Monho Mills, and he will have active manage ment ef the BtoBjr feint sutirprise. ; , SO - NORTH CAROLINA'S TARY RECORD Heaviest Losses In Men Killed In Action of Any of The Southern States TENNESSEE SUFFERED HEAVIEST IN CASUALTIES Virginia's Losses Second While North Carolina Comes Third In Total r jsualties Suffered In The American Expedition ary Forces; Statistical Bee . ord Issued Washington, Feb. 12. Tennessee suf fered ' heaviest of theline Southern States east of the Mississippi river, in casualties among her officers and men who were members of the American Expeditionary forces during the World War, Vlrginia'a losses were second, North Carolina'a. third, and Alabama's and Georgia's fourth and fifth respect ively. A statistical summary of all casualties prepared in the office of -the adjutant general' of the army and Just announced shows 1 the total casualties of these Southern States to have been 37,200, including officers and raenj out of a grand total of 302,613 for the entire eonntry. These casualties include losses from every cause which, put the men out of action. - The total casualties for each State follow. Tennessee, 6190; Virginia, 6, 130; North Carolina, 6,709; Alabama, 8460; Georgia, 4,423; South Carolina, 3,919) Mississippi, 2,303- Louisiana, 2, 169, and Florida, 1.171. North Carolina's losses f roar officers sad men killed in action were heaviest, numbering 684; Tennessee's losses from that cause were second, totalling 680 and Virginia's,1 third, aggregating 664. In deaths from wounds Virginia waa first with 291, Tennessee second, with 250 and North Carolina third with 238. . The summary of the casualties for North Carolina follower DECEASED. , Offtem. Ken. TwU). Killed la aetata. .......... ' S4 IM ul wound IS Z2t Z88 Dtw r ei ............ . ass est Died tpttUm T , . IS s ' .a t luieida, see er aeaweiM Exwatioe Otm. Cmrtat'tt. Other kaowa wum....;.. - 1 IA Caaaae ana-'tofn,lna ' ! 1 ease Total 4mi ........ VajSONBRS. .... 41 1,MT 1.S10 Offlasm Men. Total. UnaeManted tor ..... DM ;!;; t .... 1 u Repatriated ToUl prswmra .... WOUNDED. .. S3 OftkT. Mmi. Tntal. Slurhtly Sevmlr 81 l.SOT t.SSS 1.7S7 Doxtm vndetorniined .... S4 7SS t7 Tatat weundad .... l-.1t I ,SS , 4.121 Total CMiatltkM for ttaw. 4S t.K MS CRITICAL TIMES FOR CONFIRMED BACHELORS Today Is Friday The 13th, To morrow Valestine's and It s Leap Tear -Mortality . amongst u nregeneral bachelors today and tomorrow is Lkely n.h -w terrible thine: to think upon. Today is a Friday, it ia th 13th day of th month, and win merge into uiinor rew,' whith is St. ValeaUne's Pay, and withal, it is Leap Year. Thsr seems no possible escape. But seldom does the calendar so contort itself aa te bring all theae thine so near together. Where fore it behooves bachelors to tremble- in. their boots, to shiver shivers, to quake inwardly, to view with alarm, ioMe pos sessed by consternations, to i bewil dered, to flee for their freedom' sake. But what will it avail them I Are not the fates against themt Ia vain may they dally with fate, tempt iher from her purpose by nicking up vagrant pins, by blowing kisses to wandering- ebon- hued eat, by observing all of the sundry other rites that hav been banded down from generation to generation as salu tary acainet the -workings of svil spirits. It is no nse. It is Friday the thirteenth and tomorrow ia Valentine' and thia is Leap Year. - It is fate, undeniable, im placable, adamrntine. - . There will fce saturnalia amongst the nn regenerate who. have been derelict ia wooing. Thoae who have refused to purr sue, will be pursued, and with all the ehanees of tha chaae against them. Un- wooed Women, girded about for these four, years by conventions that denied them th privilege of selection, may fare forth, armed with the unusual eomblt nation ef Friday sad thirteen, red with the spirit of the Patron of Love, and, pursue such men as their heart desire. The fate are with them, and bachelor i will fall before them aa grain be lure the sick! of th reaper. , , -1 j NEW MINISTER NAMED : i FOR THE NETHERLANDS ' Washington, Feb. 12. By th Asso ciated Press.) President Wilson is un derstood to have deeidAd oh the appoint ment of Will in in Phillips, assistant secretary of-state, as minister to the I Netherlands. ; ; The nomination of Mr. Phillips, who will arrive in New York within a few dayi after a trip to England mad necessary by the illness there of Mrs. Phillips' mother, is expected to b sent to the Senate soon, perhaps-together with the nomination ef Robert Under wood Johnson, of Xs York, recently selected a ambassador te Italy. . III IN WAR OVERSEAS ARIZONA THIRTY-FIRST TO RATIFY, MAKES OTE UNANIMOUS FOR SUFFRAGE. Pheeaix. Aria, Feb. 13. RatlSca tlea ef the woman eaaTrage amend ment te the Federal Ceaatltattea by a special session ef the Ari se a legialatare, was completed to night wkea the Senate adapted the ratifying rceolutiea following aiml--Ur action by the Heane this after noon. Beth breaches made it aeani-meus. SOLDIERSALLEGE CRUELTY AT OTEEN Patients at Government , Hos pital In Asheville Appeal To wo Senators The New and Observer Bureau, rf District National Bank Bldg, By K. E. POWELL. (By 8peeial Leased Wlr. Washington, Feb. 12. Charging that "each meal ia a riot and guard have struck patients with guns, soldiers in the Army general hospital at Oteen to day appealed to Senators Overman and Simmons to have an immediate civilian investigation ordered of conditions at the government hospital nesr Ashe ville. Joseph Bishop, s private and Servant Fitzgerald, sent the message to the Sena" tors. The telegrama read: "Request you to take immediate steps ta hsT civilian investigation of treat ment accorded soldier pntients at army hospital nineteen, Oteen. Kach meal is a riot and guards ' have struck patients with guns." ' Replying to the wire, Senator Sim mons ssid: "I suggest thst if you wish investi gation of alleged treatment accorded soldier patients you send me at once affidavits or statements from soldiers setting forth the details of the treatment complained of. You can rely upon me to do everything practicable to eee that the soldier patient - received tha- kind and considerate treatment ther do" errs." . Senator Overman indicated that he would report the matter to Surgeon General-Ireland but that he bad aome mis givings as to the accuracy of tha char ges preferred in .the message. . Ther are so many accusations being made for nothing 'but-ponitiea! reasons, he pointed out, that it is getting to be something of a problem te find merit in meritorious eases. Former Consjeossnuui AiUir? Lever. or Doatn Caroline, who Is now a member of the Federal Farm Loan hoard, will make an address' before the North Car olina drainage association at Washing ton, is. C, on rsbruary the 25th. Representative Small extended the in vitation to Mr.' Lever and wilt accom pany him to Washington. Drainage is Mr. Small's hobby if he has one, and one of his chief activities in Con gres has been Id this direction. He drafted the first drainage law adopted la any Southern State, save Louisiana, and it was enacted by ths General As sembly in 1909. At the Washington mrctiug. dele gates will be taken on a trip of inspec tion over aeveral drainage-districts in Beaufort county,- located nrsr Bel" haven. , ' The War Department today assured Senator Overman that Lieutenant May nard's recruiting itinerery would be so smended as to include Asheville in th list of cities th.e "flying parson", is to visit.' Maynard arrived here last night and was to hop off this afternoon, going to Norfolk and thenre to Fay etteville. "Trixle" is flying with him., Gihsonville. in Alamance county, haa been promoted from a fourih to a third class office and ia now entitled to have postuisstrrs selected by th Civil Sfrvie Commission. STEPS TAKEN TOWARD BRINGING BACK BODIES Washington, Feb. 12. Steps looking toward' the return of America's sol diers dead from France were takea to day when Secretary Raker appointed Col. Henry Rether. heed of the Graves Registration Service in Europe, and Col. Bentley Mott, military attache, at Paris, aa American members ef the Franco American Cnmmiaaioa which will have charge, of tho work., , . The appointments were made in ac cordance -with aa agreement with the French government, concluded in Au gust, 1918, providing for the erestion of the eommitin .immediately after re patriation of all American troops ia France. The agreement authorised the commission to "examine measures to he takea to insure in conformity , with French laws and police regulations re garding hygiene" the return to America oi American dead, ine rrencn mem- bers of the commission, the War Do-ifK. partment " has bcea adviaed, will be chosen soon. Rslph Hayes, assistant to the Secre tary of War, will sail for Franc eooa to arrange for the return of bodie in terred in the rer area. . . . . ". i .MARCONI STATES WIRELESS TELEPHONES NOW IN SIGHT Rome,-Wednesday. Feb. 11. Ta eewapapers todsy swhlbh an article by1 Gagllelmo Mareoal, the iaveator ef wlrelees telcraphy, . which save that the Ualted State keada the list af all coaatriee'ln wlretrs lasea tlena, her Inventor having aarpasaed all others In prodocingnractlcal apparalaa . for tra -amission f the kaman voice through electric wavea. -"Within this year) airelee tele, phone will anbatHnie th areaeat slsmsy system with fnmt ecwaemie sdraatage, spptig the cet of the telephone lines and their aa keea.M aaid Marconi. They will alko do away with the late'raetloai die REDUCE HIGH COST OF LIVING, Ulii LEADERS DEMAND Railroad Brotherhood Spokes merrWill Stress This In Talk ing With Wilson THREE REPRESENTATIVES MEET PRESIDENT TODAY White House Officials Indicate Strongly Their feeling That Crisis Xa Wage Kef otiations Has Hot Passed; Regardless of Outcome, Central Strike Considered Out of Question Wsshington, Feb. 13. Presidsnt Wjl: eon will be asked tomorrow by spokes men for the mere than 2,000,000 railroad employes that definite' assurance he given ef aa immediate reduction in the ' ' cost of living, leaders in the wage ne gotiations tonight. As aa alternative tha Union representatives will .claim increased wages, demssds for' which . were not pressed at Mr. Wilson' re quest last Summer. I Representatives of the workers, it was intimated tonight, base their hope for higher wages largely en' the increase in the rost of living, since the last gin era I wage iacxeaa. in 1918. The rost of livlag question, while always te the f re ( in the aegotiatioas which the Cninn men have had with Director General Hines will be employed to the full ex tent ef the Cnion'a power in the con ference with the President it was in dicated. - . r . Immediately after the announcement from the Whit House that the Presi dent would see a union eommltte of three personally, a meeting of all an ion headr interested in the eon trovers- wet called and preparations wrr began for possible . presentation of verbal claims in Amplification of the written statements submitted through Director Senemt Mines. The employee will he represented . by B. M. Jewell, acting president of the -Railway employes le partsieat,' American Federation of Ls bori E, J. Manion, president of, the Order of Railroad telegrapher, aad Timothy Shea, acting preaideat of the Brotherhoed :.. of .-Leeosaotive Firemen -aad Eagiaemen. The conference will he held on the aouth law , of the White House where Mr. Wilson spends , a portion of hi mornings. ' - . - White House effieialse tonight Indicat ed strongly their feeling that the crisis bad not pasaed even though the negot ' iatioa thus far hav beea harmonious. . Develpomenta have eome ' so rapidly in the last 48 hours that farther change and any oa of aeveral which might prov eerioas would aot be surprising. There waa no intimation' aa to what these turn' i the eituatiea might be, but tha gravity of the situation was em- . phaaiaed. : f " . ; Counter to this, however, was the . anggestioa offered in, many quarters that regardlea nf the outcome, rumors of a geaeral strike of all rilwnrke were not t be regarded serioufly at this time. ' ' ,. , t THEY WILL CONSIDER AST ' - f S "FAIR PROPOSITION Detroit, Feb. U. Any ""fair proposi tion" put forward by President Wilsou in trr railway wage eontroverny wilr re ceive the serious consideration of of ficers of th Brotherhood of Mainten ance and Way and Railway Shop Labor era, it was announced at headquarters here tonight. The statement waa also attributed to President Allen E. Barker, that a more conciliatory attitude would be adopted with President Wilson if the President re-opened aegotistions with the Maintenance of Way- men. who have been ordered Oa atrike next Tuesder. . ' j GENERAL PREDICTS WARS . BE CONTINUED INDEFINITELY". Newport' "s'ew,' Va., Feb., 12 ."As long , as men and j boys fight among themselves, thre win be wara between nation regardless of the League of Ra tion er the Leagne- ef Notions," as serted JRrig.-Gn. Adelbert Cronkhite, commanding 'officer at Fort Monroe, in ; aa address here tonight.. General Cronkhite' address was at a ."Fathar aad Sen's' banquet aad was in ronaee tioa with his remarks 'urging father to so rear their eons from a physical standpoint that in fatnre war there would be no needless sacrifice of lives. SUFFRAGISTS OPEN THEIR . XAST GREAT CONSOLATION. e., m reb, -.-!. of r.ifrf -uu i,fn,- ? .I,.,., eftv vear fiahtr ia aiaht. on...rf thW last great Natioaal convention here) te- day. .f ' " ... i..-. r two thousand delegate were present wliea the pi-eliminary sessions were call ed, and more are arriving on every train. -Hie formal opening will take ptate tomorrow .when Mr. Chapmsn Cart, Natioaal prvsident, deliver her -snnnal address, i ." -.. . Tornado Ia Georgia.' Camilla, Oa Feb. 1.. Several houses were demolished by a tornsdo near her today and one '' person, a 10-year-old negro girt was known to hav bee killed, ' while several ,. mciuber of her family were injured. Unconfirmed re- j porta here ' tonight , wer that several viurr jwrsuus uhu orcn auieu in ins northeastern part of Mitchell conatr. " Maynard Leave oa Trip. Mlueola, N. Y Feb. 11. Lieuteuaot Belrin W. Maynard, tke IIylug parson," left Ilarclhcrst Field at 3:30 o'clock this afrernoon on the first lee ef his fliaht of t.Uyy miles through southern and southwestern taics in the iaterest f . ajrBj itviuil gr L '. ; '" ' ' ' j
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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