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TlheN sand Obs THE WEATHER I'tlr Wedatsdsy Snd proU t aiily Tharsdsy. WATCH LABEL ew erver .' rmnl i isa k4 mm eselralti VOL CXI. NO. 40. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE TO WITHDRAW TREATY, WILSON SAYS President's Communication To Supreme Council Not In Na , ture of Threat, However COUNCIL SUBMITS REPLY AND OBJECTS STRONGLY --JO RE-OPENING MATTER Answer of Supreme Council To Wilson's Adriatic Note Not iriaae rnouo out w ui ad ceived In Washington Today; Feeling at Italian Headquar ters In London Against Wil son Is Strong; Slars Feel They Hare Strong Champion Statement From Washington Confirming First Reports Surprises Politicians Undon, Feb. 17. (By The Associated Prow.) The American embassy is en gaged tonight in coding hnd forward ing to Washington the reply of the Supreme Council to. President Wilson's Adriatic note, which will be in the hands of the Washington government tumorrbw. The council made it known in its daily semi-official communication to the newspapers that it does not propose to make publre the correspondence, so that the question of whether the text of the notes will be given to tne woria rests with President Wilson. Since the main facts are public prop ntv. namely, that the President strong l.v objects to the solution of the Ital-itin-Jugo-Slav problem by the applies- . , . . M T 1 IV . . iron or me treaty 01 wnwu wncwi und objects ao strongly as te contem plate America s withdrawal from the Versailles eorauoct as a possibility, and that the council objects to the re ..,,m.in7 nt the nuestion. the undecided point is whether the arguments ex-i-fianged shall be pubjished w.hije the controversy is nq"e-uie . i The statement from W'ashingtbn con firminr the first renoMs that the Pre! dent had intimated that rejection" of his policy might he followed by diplomatic reprisals furnished another surprise to the politicians smu tne piroiie, woo, ouv side of a small but important circle, whkh meet twlee daily in Downing street and the advisers in the conn donee of this group, experienced the great or surprise because it came close on the heels pf other Washington mes sages intimating that only American retirement from its part in policing the Adriatic was intended. The Council Issued an emphatic de nial on its own behalf of French news- paper reports that it was" persuaded to modify and soften the first draft ol tne note to President Wilson by interven tion exercised by Viscount Grey, Lord Roliert Cecil and Austen Chamberlain, chancellor ' of the exchequer. The feeling at Italian headquarters in- London with respect to the Presidents action is atrong. Unofficially it ia spoken of as an attack upon Italy, and his memorandum is described as an tilti matum. The Italians also feel that 11.1.'. .1.!m. ... ...nilnnliflM f i kj,p part of the war and the sacrifices made have never been quite appreciated by her allies. The feelinr in the Juao-Slav camp is equally strong, bat has the element of elatioB that the Slavs have a strong champioa. They feel that they are at a disadvantage because Minister Trum- bitch is outside the council of the powers and like tho Italians, have their own grievance in that- they consider that the fact they were in the warf rom the start and that their country was vir tually rained it not to be given the weight it deserves. WILSON SATS AMERICA MIGHT WITHDRAW TREATY Washington. Feb. 17-The allied su- picme couneil has been .informed by President Wilson, it was disclosed to day, that if the proposed Adriatie set 1 foment to which the American govern ment is not a party is put into fore the United States might have to eon aider withdrawing the treaty of Ver sailles from Senate consideration. The President's communication was not in the nature of a threat in the com mon sense of the term, it was said, but was merely statement of a situation in which the United States might find it self, if asked to subscribe to agreements in which it had na part and to which it was opposed. The explanation waa made in official quarters tnat me league or. ntuoii was to be the Instrument for enforcing vari ous agreements at to the boundaries and the like and that if the United States becamt a party to the treaty of Ver sailles, it that would be subscribing to lhe enforcement of agreements to which It had not given either its approval or ronsent. - ' It was , explained further that the Anglo-French-American treaty and the treaty of Versailles were considered In separable ao far ss this question was .oacerned and that if a situation arose where the President would have to con sider withdrawing the latter he also would have to consider withdrawing the former.Ji...- "":"'";-- . ' ' As early "announeenvent at the White House characterised as sa ''absolute falsehood " the statement by "Pertinax" la the Echo de Paria that President Wil son's commoaication contained a post script bearing a, threat to withdraw -the treaty from the Senate. This waa rec ognised aa erroneous at soon as it came to the attention of other officials. Ob viously it did not come from President AVilsoa , himself, and "it waa later ex plained that those who madethe state- (Ctintinucd on Page Two.) SHIPYARD WORK E ENDORSE PANELS Convention Representing 400,- 000 Men Adopt;. Resolution Expressing Confidence REGRET CONTROVERSY CAUSED BY ADMIRAL SIMS Secretary of The Navy Appre ciative of Action, Declaring It Is Worth More Than Any Wealth; Judge Stacy's Bes ignation Starts Speculation As To Opposition To Godwin The News and Observer Bureau 803 District National Bank Building, By R. E. POWELL Washington, D. C, Feb. 17. A .con vention of three or four hundred dele gates representing 400,000 shipyard workers of the United States "met in Washington and adopted a series of resolutions of which the following la an extract: "Resolved, that the delegates to this convention representing all the crofts in all the shipyards and navy yards of the United States do hereby record our fullest confidence in the Secretary of the Navy in the administration of his office. We desire to go on record as statins: that it our belief that this high office was never before conducted by an abler and moreefficient administra tion. The morale' of the men in the yards is splendid and is an example to other industrial establishments in the world. The very best relations exist between the workmen and tho Secretary of the Navy who has at all times been solicitous of their welfare and who has always shown a willingness to consider all complaints and tectity any injustice. The brilliant record made by tha Navy during the greai war ia which wo tharo with nride. has been largely dn to his administrative ability and the inspira tion he gave to the men ia the yards and on the ships. Regret Farther Controversy. "Be it farther resolved, that we re gret the eoptroversy which has Deon brought about by the charges filed by Admiral Sims, who has lowered the dignity-of his post and whose example has not beeu inspiring to the men of the Navy Yards of the country A committee was appointed io can upon Secretary Daniels and present the resolution, and he said to tnem mat the good opinion of his fellow workers during and since the world war waa more prized by him than any weaitn that could come to him. Reslf nation Starts Talk The resignation of Judge W. P. Staey from the Superior Court bench and the indication from the Wilmington dis- rjatches that he would not bo a candi date for Congress is accepted here aa a certainty that IvB. Varser. of Lumber- ton, Will not be a candidate against con gressman Godwin for the nomination. If Mr. Varser does not enter we race. it has been intimated on a sAmber of occasions that Homer Lyon, of White ville, would withdraw and leave only negligible opposition to the present in cumbent in the field. The determination of Judge Stacy not to seek the nomination at this time, but to return to private practice in stead, does not altogether eliminate hia Congressional aspirations, according toi those who know him. ' Judge Stacy may decide to become a candidate for the Congressional nom ination the next time, and whenever he announces himself it is practically cer tain that Mr. Varser will announce him self. A report in Washington, following the announcement of Judge stgey's j resignation from ths bench, that Solici tor Lyon would resign goet without confirmation, although it has gained considerable currency at the CapitoL It is' said here that the friends of Mr. Lyon are' urging him to withdraw bow and leave the field to Mr. Godwin for ths next primary and make the race against ths Dunn statesman two years from now. North Carolina Wesson Dies. Mrs. Kate Sydnor, daughter of the late Dr. John K. Ruffin, of Wilton, N. C, died here this morning. She will be buried ia Hillsboro, N. C. Her two Sis ters and brothers, Dr. Sterling and George Ruffin, and Thomas Ruffin will leave here tonight i ith the remains. via Greensboro. '. , ADMIRAL BENSON SLATED TO HEAD SHIPPING BOARD FRONT PAGE Washington, Feb. 17. Bear Admiral Benson, chief of naval operation! dur ing the war?; and bow on the retired list, hat been selected by President Wilson to succeed John Barton Ptyne st a member of ths Shipping Board. Admiral Benson's nomination will mot be seat to ths Beasts until Chsirmaa Paynt winds up several pressing mat ters bow before -the board, before tak ing over ths office of Secretary ?f the Interior in .succession to FraaklLi K. Lane, whose resignation ia effective Maieh 1. It was said at ths White House- that this probably- would take about a month. ins secret oi n aeneiont ssisa aress- i ing imported- rompcian Olive Oil.- - ..- .. i TREATY PARLEYS N TANGLED SHAPE FORCOf ROMISr Best Friends In Senate Mini mize Possibilities of Agree ment On Reservations SENATOR HITCHCOCK NOT OPTIMISTIC IN VIEWS Forty Democrats Pledged For Alternate Article Ten Reser vation But Republican Votes j Needed To Put It Through;) Might Place O. O. P. Leaders j In An Awkward Position ' j Washington, Feb. 17. The peace treaty compromise negotiations got into such a tangled state today that, despite claims in some quarters that the lines on both sides are weakening, the treaty's best friends in the Senate unimixed the possibilities of agree ment. "It looks as though we might eome out at the same hole we went in," aaid Senator Hitchcock, the Democratic leader, after another effort to obtain Republican aid in modifying the Article Tea reservation adopted at the last ses sion of Congress. He added that the Republicans (Tpareatly had rejected all compromise proposals on ths sub ject, and that be was certain the treaty never could, be ratified unless tney did compromise. Republicans May Help. At the tame time some Senators in the mild reservation group of Repub licans indicated their' belief that the Democratic proposal might command considerable Republican strength, while some Democrats predicted that enough Democrats to insure ratification would break away and vote for the Republi can reservation aa its stands. The result waa a muddled situation in which the party leaders on both aides appeared uncertain as to what might be the next development. It generally was agreed, however, that there would be no show-down imme diately, and that the debate which be gan yesterday , would be permitted to run on for the present without any effort te hasten a ratification roll call. Forty Democrats Pledged. : Tarty Democrats had been pledged to night for the alternate Article Ten reservation!, presented by Senator Hitchcock, and ha said he hoped even tually to have the .upport of one or two more. It would take 48 votes to make up the simple majority here to substitute one of these reservations for the Republican draft, and to the seven or more Republican votes required for -jFU operation fifteen more wiuld have to Tw added to insure final ratification by a two-thirds, ..vote. It waa pointed out, however, that the Republican leaders might be placed in an awkward position should a majority displace the Republican reservation with one drawn up by the Democrats. How many Republicans then would awing over on the ratification vote it problem atical. The Senate made as progress todav toward a vote on the first of the pro posed modification! in the Republican reservations, tne entire day beinsr oc cupied by debate on other features of tho treaty. URGES CONTINUATION OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Washington, Feb. 17. Urging that Federal operation of the railroads be continued for at least an additional two yeara, B. M. Jewell .acting president of the Railway Employes department of the American Federation of Labor, in a letter to members of Congress today. expressed the opinion that return ofithe Titlty of production recreated." ths roads to privets ownership at thill In bri'r reference to the internati time - would lead nevlttibly to their ional situation, be declared that the safe bankruptcy which might easily result !? European civilization was "hang in a National panic and in turn bring! '. world -wide bankruptcy." .(Continued on Page Two.) . FOR ONCE P0INDEXTEl WOMEN VOTERS FAVOR -AGREES WITH WILSON . PROMOTING EDUCATION Approves President's Reported ; Proposal To Let European Affairs Alone -Washington, Feb. 17. Senator Poin dexter of Washington, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, told ths National Press Club tonight that President Wilson's reported proposal to withdraw from European, affairs on ac count of the Adriatie eontroversy was one of the best things the President ever said. If tho European powers only would force the plan to be carried out, declared ths speaker, the United States might be spared serious , consequences new threatening it because of tho peace settlement. ' The resignation of Secretary Lant)ng also was commented east length by Senator Poiadexter, who was tho speaker of tho evening at the club's series of "Presidential Nights." "What- is left of our mutilated cabi net," he said, "ought to be called the ground hog cabinet It undoubtedly will be afraid of its shadow and stay close in its hols, for mors than six weeks. One safe bet la that their minds will 'go along with hit' hereafter; that is; what' eve independence of mind they may have had '' .1 Chinese Classed With i Negroos. Jackson, Mist., Feb. 7. Attorney General Frank -Robersou today7 ruled that, Chinese children in Mississippi cannot attend, schools with white chil dren. Ho interpreted tho constitution reference to coloreda race to include' i" liftEjun i tlmt II Chinese children attend school in Mississippi they must go to St-h,UQlJ MiviMwia y- iiiw nviciv s:c i !&ip!C!S v.. -cs ,ai rnn jv .i h rim . - S W I I mkUL CONTROL A. v- Go.ernment Operation of Rail roads Has Objections Also, He Declares INEFFICIENCY HAS NOT YET FULLY DEVELOPED I Former Food Controller Talks of Relationship Between Em. ployer and Employe, The In ternational Situation and Preparedness In Address In New York City New York, Feb. 17. The return of the railroads to privats ownership on March first will meun the placing of private operation on its "final trial," in the opinion of Herbert Hoover, expressed tonight in his inaugural address as pres ident of the American Institute of Min ing Engineers. At the same time Mr. Hoover attacked government operation of either railroads or shipping as Ex periment in socialism necessitated by the war," to which there were many fun damental objections. "No schema of political appointment," Mr. Hoover said, "has ever yet been de vised that will replace competition in ita selection of ability and character. Both shipping and railways have today the advantage of many skilled person nel, sifted out in a hard school of com petition and even, then the government operation of these enterprises is not proving satisfactory. Therefore, the ulti mate u 'fficieney that would arise from the deadening paralysis of bureaucracy haa not yet had full opportunity for de velopment. Already we can show that no government under pressure of ever preaent political or aeetionnl interests can properly conduct the risks of ex tension and improvement, or can be free from local pressure to conduct unwar ranted services --in industrial enter prise." V Question of Shipping. Turning to the .qoontioa of shipping, Mr. Hoover-said that while with the rail roada government inefficiency could he passed on to tho consumer, "on the seas wo will sooner or later find it translated to the National Treasury." '"The s nearer assorted" that as government officials eonld not engage in "higgling in fixing rates" they must take refuge in rigid regulation and ia fixed rates. "The effect of our large fleet." he wont on, "in the world's market is thus to hold up rates, for ao long as this great fleet holds a fixed rate others will only barely under-bid. If we hold np rates an increasing number of our ships will be idle as the private fleets grow. We shall yet be faced with the question of demobilising a considerable part of this fleet into private hands, or frankly ac- noieuge mat ne operate ror otner reasons ment." than l uii uur invesi- " The Human Factor. 'c I"' Ul " reiauonsnip ne- tweeu the employer and employe was next discussed by Mr. Hoover. He as - sertca ; 'Mi country nan until re- eenuy greatly neglected the. human laetor that it so large an element in our proaueuvity- ana that this neglect ha-1 accumulated much of the discontent snd unrest throughout the muuair mi population and hsd reacted in a de crease of production. "The attitudo of refusal to nartieinate in collective liar- ! gaining with representatives of 4e employcfown choosing is the negation of this bridge to better relationship." Mr. Hoover declared that lie was con vinced that the vast majority of Amer ican labor "fundamentally wishes to co-operate in production and that this basis of good will can be organized nn.l Recommendations On Age of Consent and On Politics Evoke Enthusiasm Chicago, Ifl, Feb. 1". The National League of Women Voters today adopted resolutions recommending the,.passaRe . ,. , . , ,. k, J .,; ' . - j-. ... f innwwvi .. r. . . .. . j. ., , edueation. This money is to be divided i. at t v-iT j, ,-' c Bills iiriafml n fa the Hinlth-Townftr in .i t 1,-n j ii i n .i "V ' KM04 on natura uation. The women of the league also ask for V ' M , . in all States after, all not qualified HQO a 11 , L V i ' w """" midnight conference, good their lack of training. v ,aM tn h, M ot bpen Compulsory education, nine months Un eoIBmHnic(lton with Ur. Dnrcum of the year-for all persont between the Lince 8uturdnyi i,en the IatUr TWt,d ages of six and sixteen, Urecomraendcd.!tne whila House nnd found the Presi- Thorough provision for the education d,nt ,1)aki MeBdy profIMi of newcomers tnd all other, who have Thl pre,i( t-, eubinrt proUaWy will not yet been, absorbed into American j ot wcet ,hi, we(k( Dr. Grayson said, citizenship by education and training, , but he ,,rtrd thnt if the Pfelidcnt are asked. if desired to call one his physician would In the report of the committee on the not ouje(.(, ,. unification of laws concerning tho legal - . "V - status Of woman, Catherine Waugh Mc-'j HOLLAND WILL ADHERE Co Hough, Chictgo, ehairmnn, askt fori TO HER ORIGINAL POSITION. independent citizenship for married: . women.. , -. .'! The Hague, Felx 17. Holland will Two of the recommtudationt of this answer the second noro scut bv the committee which eivoked great enthusi-. asm in the meeting -were one which i urget that tho miuimum age of consent in all States be made IS years and an- . 1. - - . 1. . , 1. . . . i . teasrue - refrain from ustna their connee-1 itom wiib tnac orgauixaiioii w assist- any political party. Jtnft civil eeriee. laws snd mothers pensions in all States Were 1 aisv recommsnaca. SENATE COMMITTEE WILL BE TOLD ' ABOUT SALE OF 30 GERMAN SHIPS Washington, Feb. 17. Recommenda tions as to the future policy to be fol lowed by the shipping board in regard to the sale, of the thirty German pas senger ships which 'as stirred up a eontroversy involving several branches of the government will be submitted to the Senate commeree committee to morrow by Chsirmaa Payne. A report on the bids received for the vessels is expected to be laid before the committee together withy estlmstes of the amount necessary for refitting the ships for passenger service. Chair man Payne stated tonight after a meet ing of the board that the matter of the sale of the craft would not be con sidered until the situation had been laid before the Senate committee. The end of ' the auction for receiv ing bids on the vessels eanie quickly today with only one offer made out of a choice of nineteen ships. The larg EAST THREATENED Latest Message Construed To Mean That Score Relief Workers Have Escaped Constantinople, Monday, Feb. 1(1. (By the Associated Press.) The Amer ican Commission for Relief in the Near East today received a message dated February 11, from its offices at Allans, Asiatic Turkey, which was construed to" mean that all the Americans have escaped from Marash (northeast of Ad ana and north of Aleppo) southward to In la hie, which is on the railroad. The message says: "Information this morning is that the personnel of 2,000 refugees retired to Islahie with Colonel Normand. There was extreme destitution and nrany were sick or wounded. There is no infor mation from Aintab or Iladjin. The sit uation is serious." Major David 0. Arhold of Providence, R. I., managing director of the Ameri can Commission for Relief in the Near Kast, said today that there were ten American relief workers and six Amer ican missionaries at the headquarters of the American board college at Mar ash. The relief workers, he aaid, were Dr. M. C. Wilpon and wife,'. f Boons. hill, Teniut Ir."Mubel Elliott. T.f Ben tou Harbor, Michigan: Mabel H. Pow c r of North Hero, ' Vermont ; Helen Shultz of Reading, Pn.; Minnie E. Doug' hertv, of Holyokp, Massachusetts Frances S.. Buckley, of Cspe Vincent, New York ; Paul V. Snyder of Plalnview, Texas; Evelyn Trostle i of MePhnrson Kansas, and Stanley Kerr of Darby Pennsylvania. The missionaries, all ot whom are under the American Hnwil of Missions. : Htiutini art' .In mil rv l.vmwn Klli'lt fV Blakclv, Bemie Hardv, Agnes Rilmnhd. i ines Lied, and Kate F. A us ee. i There is much unentitled concerning I ths fate nf the Aniericflim uf. Mnrnsh ' north of Alcpjio, Turkey, in Asia, where ; ;l Telgll of f(,rror has exited since Jan , uaTy 2i, The Inst word was received , f rom thom on February i, when their f,i .,,i i,rt ,l th fhris. i tian r.fUKees were in a state of ter ror , r ,.-.,,, inir Cili, in the French trooos (reqilenty took over American mission ttirtrirti,ta nnri wnnnla. tt-liii'll r.OTA 1ll ; boat buildings and the easiest to de fend. Consequently, the Americans were immediately regarded by the Turks as Frenchmen. There have been manv conflicts between the French oc cupying the district nnd the Turks. The French are using Armenian and Sene galese troops which apparently . has ex -luted greut hostility un'Oiig the Mot.tem Tribes. Riistcin lii-v. Nationalist delegate from Angora, told Mr correspondent that James Perry and Frank ' 8. Johnson, representatives of the American Y. M. C. A., killed rnienly nnar Aintab, were mistaken for Frenchmen by natives who had no grievance ngninst Americans, lie declared Hint Americans were not in danger in Anatolia nnd Cilicin if properly distinguished ft)in the Freuch. Kustem Bey said that the;trouble at Marasli started through a controversy between Armenians and Turks, even tually involving the native tribes in a siege of the town. PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO SHOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT .. . r , , WasiniiKtuii, Feb. 17. President Mi! sou ciitiiiiics to show improvement r.nd wes uii eariy today, shaving him- , ; . .. , self and soing about his usual routine. Rear -Admiral .i ray-ion, his physician .. .. - . ' . . 1 said. fir. dr.ivsiiiiw statement was ! proniptr.l l.y published reports that the ,Presi,le..t had a relapse last night, and . , y X. Dercum. a Phll- aaelphii, rpeeinliat, had been hurriedly .um ,, tne' white House for i Ententi) with reirard to the ttatus of former fmmror WiUm. bv rciternt,, rng her original iwsition, refusing to surrender him but acquiescing ia the request to giuird him closely, it was de- .i.7.-.i i Sniacrt Derbv. fJSd and .Cup, Pine. litrryt Races; Pinehurt To-day 2:45. AMERICANSINNLAR est of the fleet, including the Leviathan, George Washington, Agamemnon, and Mount Vernon, were passed over with out arousing the interest of the shipping men who yesterday bid millions for the liners in groups. The single offer made was a bid of o50,00r by the Acme Operating Corpo ration for the 4,500 ton steamer Otsego. When the list of ships offered individu ally had failed to bring further bids. Commissioner Scott called for further offers by groups and there being none forthcoming announced tha auc tion closed. Under the announcement at ths open ing of the auction no action will be taken on the bids without ths sanction of the Senate commerce committee and the House merchant marine committee and pending tha decision of the in junction proceedings brought by Wil liam Randolph Hearst, aa a tat payer, to prevent the sale of any of the vessels. QUESTIONING OF MARTENS BEGINS Soviet Representative Again Refuses To Divulge His Instructions Washington, Feb. 17. Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, Russian Soviet representative in the United States, waa started today on what promises to be a long cross examination as to the purpose for which he came to the United States and as to the attitude of those he represents to ward the United States. In behalf of the Senate foreign relations investigat ing sub-eominittee,-Wade H. Ellis, coun sel, pushed a line of questioning which was taken to involve challenge of Mar tens' oft-repeated statement that he has no parpose here but to teeurs recog nition of the Soviet government and to open trade. Rending from the Russian Soviet con stitution and from articles by Bucha rin, intimated now to be assistant com missioner for. foreign affairs of the Soviet, Attorney Etlit sought to rnw Martens into admission that the Russian idea called for constant revolutionary activities of ita adherents and repre sentatives and for attack oa all other constituted authorities ia ths world. Ad journment for the day rut off further Inquiry alung this line. 1 Mr. Kllit began by demsniling for the committee a copy of all the Soviet gov ernment instructioni to Martens. . The self-styled ambastsdor renewed a pre vious refusal to 'furnish these saying that he would not divulge codes, the names of couriers who travel between him and Moscow and other confidential matters. Examination which followed waa de signed to bring nut the extent of Mar tens' support of the Soviet constitution'! call for general revolution, "dictatorship of the; Proletariat," and the necessity of making secure the establishment of the Russian revolution by destroying all governments recognizing capital. Ki Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, counsel for Martens, protested at the questions as involving nothing more than the political opinions of hia client, but wat overruled by Chairman Motet. - INVITE UNION ORGANIZER TO LEAVE TOWN QUICKLY Moultrie, On., Feb. 17. At a mast meeting of Colquitt county farmer! here bite today a man known at Charles Baradna, was invited to leave town and a committee wat appointed to see thtt the request was carriesgout. Rnradn, according to speakers, has been nttempting to organize white and negro laborers at industrial plants s round Moultrie. Many speakers voleed no objection to organised labor, but declared that "no paid labor agitators" should stir up industrial discord here. The gathering was orderly and Bnrsdn was given tn opportunity to speak in his own behalf. The meeting was held in p-the county courthouse, nhicb was crowded. MARYLAND REJECTS EQUAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT BILL Annapolis, Md., Feb. 17. The rejec tion of the Federal womnn suffrage amendment by the House of Delegates was made certain today when a ratifi cation resolution was defeated DA to M. This resolution war offered as a subti tiite to the resolution rejecting the amendment, favorably reported by the committee on Federal relations, which will be acted upon later today: Johnson's Nam Filed. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 17. Voters' peti tions to place the name of Senator Hirnm W. Johnson, of California, on "the Republican ballot in the Nebraska Presidential preference primary, April 20, were filed with the , Secretary of State today To Internationalise Dardanelles 4 London, Feb. 17. The International ization of the Dardanelles, which had been forecast,-Jsas decided upon defi nitely by the allied supreme council to day. The details of the control of the waterway, however, have not been Worked out. r RUTHERFORD WOMAN MOTHER OF THREE CONFEDERATE ' ' VETERANS, ALL LIVING Charlotte, Feb, 17. Rather'ord county haa dlstlsctloS of having a woman who is mother of three living sons, all of whom are f Ces federate Veterans. She Is Mrs. Rata W. Wat. son, snd will be 111 years old Octo ber, IKS. Her health Is goad. Her sons are, James Samoel and James snd Andrew. James Is 7S and a half, Sataaei 77 and Andrew 7J. This Is tks record for tho Soath. : LUTIONT! PLACE IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN RUSSIA All Authority In Vladivostok Now In Hands ol The Pro vision Government . PLANS' TO UNITE WITH SOVIET, SAYS DISPATCH Population at Sehastopol, Sns . tit's Great Seaport In Crimea, 80 Panic-Stricken Over Bolshevikl Menace That Reds May Take Immediate Postessidn London, Feb. 17. Revolution hat broken out in Vladivostok. Nikolak, Ts nishiesk, and Blagovestehensk, where all authority now ia injhe hands of ths provisional government whoso program is ia favor ef union with Soviet Russia, says a Soviet wireless communication received from Moscow. Ths dispatch sdds thst Red troops have entered Ti raapolx, 73 miles northwest of Odessa. PEOPLE PANIC-STRICKEN , OVER BOLSHEV1KI MENACE Constantinople, Mondtr, Feb. 16, by the Associated Press). Ths population at Sebnstopol, Russia's great seaport, his become so panic stricken over ths Bol eheviki menace that there it danger of a repitition of the event! which look place at Odessa when ths Reds eaptnred that city recently, according to the re ports of refugees arriving ia Constant. nople. BOLSHEVISM CANDIDATES SUCCESSFUL IN ELECTIONS Ijmlon, Feb. 17. A Moscow wireless message says that the elections of the Moscow Soviet began but Monday nnder the banner and tlogan ef ths Bolshe vik! party. Bolshevikl candidates are being elected in all regions. MAD MULLAH BEATEN BUT MAKES ESCAPE London, Feb. IT Tho combined op erations of the British and Italians with tanks and altrraft against ths M.id Mullah" in Abvaslnin ktve been verr successful. Tho enemy was decisively defeated and tha operations have been virtually coneludod, but the 'Mod Mul lah" escaped. The "Mad Mullah'' has recently been preaching a holy wax, according to ths Homali tribes and during the xecent war continually raided the country, necessi tating the maintenance of a garrison by ths Italians. The colonial unler secretary announc ed today in the House of Commons tha ths Dervishes had been attacked by air- plainet in Somaliland; that the Mullnit had escaped, but hia positions were cap tured with much booty, and tha power of the Dervishes had been entirely de stroyed. " J4 "WINRACE RULE CHANCED BY TROTTING ASSOCIATION Chicago, 111., Feb. 17. A change ia tho 'winraee rule was adopted by the American Trotting Association at its an- ual meeting here today, Ths revised ruling provides that a horse with a "winraee be allowed whether raced not two secondt for each calendar year untl he reduces his time, or wins a rtce in faster time than ths class to which his time allowances nude him eligible. The old rule aUoWPd-only one second for each year. The rule also declares that a horse winning a raes ia faster time than the class to which his time allowance makes him eligible shall thereafter be con sidered at having acquired a new "win race." - A "winraee" wat described as "the- fastest time tnmAm tiv a wlnna, ,Uk in the first or second position." . . a CHARLES E. HUGHES NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT -Omaha, Nebraska., Feb. 17. Charles E. Hughes haa. written a letter to ' County Clerk. Frank Dewey asking him not to proceed with plant -to present Mr. Hughes' name in the state primary at a candidate for ths Republican Dom ination for the presidency. - "I cordially appreciate youf "TieTSOTiHr interest and friendly sentiment you ex press Mr. Hughes letter reads. "I am utterly unwilling, however, to undertake a second candidacy." ..' , DEFENDS GENERAL SCOTT FOR HIS RECORD IN WAR Washington, Feb. 1 7. Defending the award of a distinguished service medal 1 to General Hugh 1 Scott, chief of staff during the early part of the war. Oca-" . eral March, chief of staff, told a bouts war investigating committee today thut "it Tvaa theforee- of Scott that carried through the selective service draft." War department officials and army officers "had grave doubts whether the . country would stand for the draft," aaid the chief of etaff, adding that General Scott stood outcompicnouily by insftU ing on it. LORD READING DECLINES . AMBASSADORSHIP TO AMERICA London, Feb. 17. Premier Lloyd George has offered ' the ambassadorship st- Washington to the Earl of Reading, the former ambassador there advises the Pall Mali Onxette today thnt he fast declined the appointment. ' To Release Radio Control ' Washington, Feb. 17. Naval opera tion or control of all private radio sta tions, assumed during the war cm-r- , gency, will be relinquished at midnight, February 29, nnder an executive order made public today by Secretary Daniels, m 1KB
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