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.... , V v ,..-. o . .,- - , - . - . ( . , ... ;. ?. r- . ,.-- - The News and lbs T THE WEATHER Increasing cloudlaes and lightly warmer Satnrday j - Rani, rata. ;r WATCH LABEL. a fwm tasss. isssl rs kefst ssriaatlea esd stM , wiiia a sin , . erver SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. 2? .GH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: HVE CENTS ... L IK VILSON DENIES HE E Sends Communication On Sub ject To Senate, Responding TVResolution COPY OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IS SENT Should Congress Approve, Sur '. plus Valuation In Excess of Tonnage Lost "TEfy ""United .States During War Would Be Credited To Germany, But Ships' Title Be Betained Washington, Fob. 20. President Wit on. flatly denied today in a communica Uob to the Senate that be bad any agreement or understanding with Brit ish officials regarding disposition of the fleet of former German liners around which, aince they were offered for sale by the shipping board, has raged a controversy into which congress, courts and government agencies have been drawn. "There is not, nor bus there been any . agreement or fliiflerstamling between the President of the United tSates and eilieials of Great Britain concerning the aale of ex-German vessels in possession of .the United btates," Mr. Wilson said, responding mlecificnUIy 10 a resolution by Senator Brandegee, Republican, Con Sectieut, ndoptcd by the Senate, "nor is there any agreement or understanding with respect to what dipoithm shall be made of these ships by the Vnited 8t."-s. "I believe the above information fully answers the ricnato inquary.'' Tentative Agreement At the some time, however, and "'in order that the Senate may bo in poe ession of all the information there is in any way relating to the vesaels in ones lion," the President transmitted a copy of a hitherto unpublished tentative agree ment reached in Paris that Germany eventually would be credited before the reparations commission, should Congress- approve, with any surplus valua tion of the ships in excess of .merchant toannjo losses of the United States dur ing the war. In no ease would title to the hips themselves pass from the . 1 juUA Stt-Jthc . sgsrewienlkpwidet. .. ....... Tt) Defer Sale. -'v-w Before Mn 'VVilsoo'a m-.sflffe reached the Senate, the Commerce Commission had decided to recommend passage of tho bill drawa by its ehnlrman, Senator .Tones, Republican, Washington, deferr ing sale of tho ships until they shall have been refitted for commercial scrv lee br the Shipping Board and Con gress .shall have laid down a national thipplng policy.-The Hous merchant murine committee had embarked on an Independent inquiry, with Chairman John Barton Payne, of the Shipping Board, and Vice-Chairman Stevens, re iterating their divergent views on the -i..:....i.:i:t. - nrnfcenfr ftfile of the vessels, aud in the district Supreme . nnirKr jLa.n(inte Justice Bailey tooK under ndvisoment application of counsel for the board that 5J5W.0O0 bond be, required of William BandolplrHearsHn taxpayer proceedings through which lis was granted a temporary injunction against the board' plan to sell the fleet. Tbe proposed agreement transmitted by the President was sie-ned in May, 1B19, by Premier Lloyd George and Mr. Wilson. The Presidents signature, how. ver, was made conditional on an sp- pended "explanation" that it was. sub ject to the approval of Congress. Sell Freight Vessels, gale of formes German cargo vessels by the Bhipping Board will continue. Chairman Payne declared tonight, aa action of the Seuste commerce . eom . mitte and the temporary injunction '' f ranted William Baadolpb Hearst apply only to the thirty passenger ships. - Bids have been invited by the board for the purchase of twentr-five freight carriers, aggregating 100,832 dead weight tons. Up to the present S3 ex enemy cargo carriers have been sold by the board. .- BILL PROVIDES LARGE C SUM FOR CAMP BRAGG Washington, Feb. 80. The bill to aa . tborixe sale of three large army camp ad to provide for fulfillment ef war time contracts for purchase and equip ment of numerous other military posts . was finally agreed to in conference to day and the eoaferenee draft was agreed to by the Senate. Tbe Boose U ex pected to act within a few days. ' In its flnal form the measure directs the aale'ef Camp Taylor, Kentucky, not later than Jon SO, 1921, and of Camp Gordon, Georgia, and Camp Enstis, Vir ginia, subsequent to taat aate. Among the projects for completion ef which appropriation are made are: Heal estate and construction at Camp Ben ning, Georgia, $8.13,000. and real estate, roads and buildings at Camp Bragg, N. ,C.; 1.178,000. BOX OF FORMER FRESIDRNT OF COLOMBIA SENT TO PEN New Tork, Feb. 80. Saturnine Beyea, tl years old sea of Rafael Beyes, fot iner preaideat of Colombia, was senten ced to'a masimam term of three year in tho fenrUnUnry-b? Judge Malone, la fe" ,0L r,ni Ur" - eeny la the aeeaad degree. He was eon vkted of otaallag woman! suit ta departmeart etore, rnraing it beforw the theft was discovered and obtaining refnad of SM. : ' ,r. After tho theft Beyt married Mise femihe Rlvatore, an opera alnger, who later aued for annulment of the mar riage. She aaid bo noeed aa a buyer for South American merehanta. ADA EM NTON GERMAN SHIP SALE POLK STILL STUDIES PRESIDENT'S REPLY Understood Wilson Unequhre tally States Position On Adriatic Question "Washington, Feb. 20. (By the Asso ciated Press.) President Wilson's re ply to the Entente premier on the Adriatic question probably will go for ward tomorrow. Acting Secretary Polk TZ:0'17IZ Ur form and has been approved finally by tbe President, it will be coded and put on the cables. State Department officials still stead fastly refused to discuss the content of the document, but a feeling of sat liifacion was noticeable" in administra tion circles and it was generally under stood that Mr. Wilson had made aa un equivocable statement of the American government's position. While further exchanges on tbe sub ject are expected, it is believed that with the delivery of the .President s note-by Ambassador Davis at London the question will have been removed from the argumentative stag. Although the premiers hsve forward ed to Jugo-Slavis in the form of an ul timatum tbe settlement arrived at with out tbe participation of the United Htates, it ia said they have not closed the way to a return to tho Paris agree ment of December 9, to which the United States was a party. In the gen eral belief hero they have not overlook ed suggesting that the American gov ernment point the way to the carrying out of, an agreement which Italv holds to be unacceptable. It was settled today that the ex changes will not be made public, at least by the American government, until after the President's note has been de livered to the allies. Whether they will bo given out then will depend upon the wishes of the British, French and Italian government;. E Caillaux Says He Might Have Been Guilty of Imprudence, However Paris, Feb. 20. That Jie had never championed a policy of closer relatione with Germany, but one of "European conciliation," and might have been guilt of imprudence and impulsiveness, bat never of intelligence, with tho ea roy proved to be the opening "defense of Joseph CWlUujfiirmerjremicr, charged with treasonable dealings with the enemy on the resumption of hie trial today before the Senate, sitting as a high court. . The examination of M. Caillaux cov ered his trip to Houth America late in 1914 and early in 1915. The name of James Minotto, son-inlaw of bonis F. ci let. -a i. I the United State as an alien enemy in 1918, was incessantly mentioned through out the intefabgatronaef Leon Bour geois, president of tbe Senate, who pre sided over the court. M. Cailluax in re ply to the questions of M. Bourgeois, laimed to have been fooled by Min otto, as numerous other had been fool ed, hi said. He had every reason to be lieve Minotto waa respectable, he said, as he had been vouched or . by many prominent Frenchmen. He declared be was introduced to Minotto by Edwin V. Morgan, the American Ambassador at Bio Janeiro. Stands Ordeal Well. ' M. Caillaux stood the long and trying ordeal well, holding himself with visible efforts well under control. At tbe bo ginning of bis, examination be seemed ready to burst out into a violent haran gue, punctuating every work with a movement of both hands. He gradually beeame more at ease and acted' much as be did when, as minister of finance, he formally addressed the Senate on the passsge of some imporetant bill from a seat near the one he occupied to day. ' N Profit From War. "Experts wil tell you I have not prof ited by this war; 1 am a poorer man now than I waa in 1911," ' declared M. Caillaux after reading a letter from Ed mundo de Olivers, who waa delegated by the Brazilian ministry of foreign affair . to . accompany. M. Cailliux throughout his visit to Braxil. Ia tbe let ter de Olivera stated tha t - 3d. Caillaux had always been a great patriot and hoped for tbe final victory of Franco. ; With consummate art. It. Caillaux, at time accusing himself and then plead ing for errors-which he asserted he committed as every human doe, said be might have sinned too mncb from self eonfldenee and impulsiveness. He de clared that he had been duped by clever rascals and spiee ia Sonth America. TWIN SISTERS TAKX HONORS IN JUNIOR SWIMMING RACES " Cleveland, O, Feb.- Wv Both Smith, of the Morning Bide Athletic elub. New Fork, won tbe National junior 100-yard swimming ehampionship for women at the Cleveland Athletic club tonight in the fast, tuna of one minute and ten seconds. Her twin sister. Eleanor Smith of the same elub, was second and Mar garet Woodbridgr of the Detroit Ath-loiter-elub, third. There i were seven starter, , The event was held under the auspices of tho American Athletic Union. OBRECON SUPPORTERS ARE ; KILLED IN PITCHED BATTLE Washington, tVlOD-Sopporter of General Gbregon, a Candidate for the Mexican presidency and authorities at 8aa Lai Potosi clashed last Saturday night in a pitched battle ia which a num ber of the Obregonistaa were killed, aid advice received today in Washing ton ...vi The eity was thrown into a panic and many oa both aide wounded in the lighting which lasted aa hoar and half, the advices, received hero by mail, aaid. STOUTLY DEN ES TREASON CHAR6 tt V uir ilii t I nit! I it-it J v t,- ,tS TO TAKE PM IN POLITICS To Determine Attitude of Presi- dential Candidates On Farm andidates i Questions COMMITTEE CHOSEN TO . DRAW UP "PLATFORM" Decision at Washington Con ference To Urge Restoring of Sight To Collective Buying and Selling; Petition To Con gress To Increase Maximum Farm Loan Washington, Feb. 20. With the ap pointment of a committee of seven prominent farm organization leaders to draw np n "platform", the American farmer, aa represented in tbe National board of farm organizations served no tico today on present and prospective presidential candidates that he ia de termined to participate actively in the coming campaign. The platform will comprise questions designed to bring out unmistakably the attitude of each candidate upon matters which agricul turalists consider of paramount impor tance. - C. S. Barrett, of Georgia, president of the National Farmera Union was named chairman of the committee. Tbe conference adopted resolutions asking the early appointment of an Am erican delegate to tho international in stitute of agriculture at Borne, to suc ceed the late David Lubin; approved the Capper-Herman bill restoring to farmera the right of collective buying and selling; the imminent investiga tion of that body, and pettitioned con gress to amend the farm loan act to in crease tbe maximum loan from $10,000 to 123,000. The invitation of Sir Ho race Plunkett, as representative of Irish farm organizations, that a delegation be appointed to attend an international congress on agriculture at Dublin ant ing the present yesr. was accepted. Senator Poindexter of Washington ad dressing the coaferenee at the after noon aesssion, characterised farming as the greatost industry of tho nation and congratulated the national board upon its decision to erect a permanent home in the capital where its member could keep ia t-lojft toneh wiTH il government An experienced farmer thcnld be ae- lecvea 10 neau n acparuuaat i ' ' culture, he said, aad farmers" should fbe" given that freedom of aetlon neoes- sary to obtain tho greatest possioie le gitimate results. Maurice McAuliffe, president of the Farmers' Union of Kansas, said the co operative venture of farmers in the United States already handled Business of one billion dollars annually aad should easily iaerease to tix time that " - v". "." ... tics which would be made when thi ac tivity, began to make a dent in the business of the wholesalers." UNIVERSAL TRAINING IS FAVORED BY COMMITTEE House Military Body Decides To Include It In Army Reor ganization Bill Washington, Feb. 20. The principle of universal military training as a part of the nation's future military policy was approved today by the House mili tary committee by a vote of eleven to nine. s , ( Thu means that the committee army re organixation bill will contain s gen eral training provision. Detail have not yet- been worked out, but it was docided that the training proposal would become - effective on July 1, 1922. The vote in the committee was along bi-partisan lines, three Democrats join ing with eight Republicans ia putting the training plan through. Four Repub licans and five Democrat opposed it. Those voting for general training were: Kahn, California, Greene Vermont, Crago, Pennsylvania; Jones, Michigan, aad Fuller, Massachusetts. Bepublicans, Caldwell, New York, Olney, Massachu stts, and Fisher, Tennessee. Democrats. Those opposing werei Anthony, Kan sas; McKenxie Illinois, Bull, Iowa, and Eearaa, Ohio. : Bepublicans, and Dent, Alabama ; Fields, Kentucky, Quin, Miss Ippi; Wise Georgia, and Harrison, Vir ginia, Democrats. JOHNSON DIFFERS WITH Yv ROOT ON PEACE TREATY Washington, Feb. 20. Direct dis agreement with Elihn Boot' opinion of the peace , treaty a .a political issue, as expressed yesterday ' ia a speech to the unofficial jtato convention of New York Republicans, was voiced ia a statement tonight by Senator Hiram Johnson,t of California, eandidat for the Republican presidential nomina tion. , ". "If ths league is -11 that Mr. Root say it ia, then the time to reform it is not on the fifth of March, bat sow.'. Senator Johnson 'said. "If it present all tho danger to tho United Bute which Mr. Boot describee, then the time to avoid it danger i now, aad not after we have irrevocably become a party to it." TELL CEU8U8 OF WASHINGTON U AND CINCINNATI TOMORROW 'Washington, Feb. i0. Census figure for Cincinnati and Washington will be snouceed by the census bureau at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. Director Rogers announced tonight. There will be the first results frontline fourteen decen nial census to be mads pa hi is. . , . 30TH DIVISION LEADS IN NUMBER OF MEDALS . Washington, D. C Feb. !. In aa official table of Ignre corrected to Febrasry C, IKt, prepared by the statistical branch of tho ireaeral star. War Deaartatewt. tbe Thirtieth Division leads all other divide of tho American Expeditionary Fore in the nambor of Modal of Honor awarded. Thla masher a twelve, while the Eighty-ninth DivU aloa. cornea next with nine. . The Second Dlvlataa teade In tho total number ef aware, J. This Inflates Dtatlngaiahed Berr ies Crosse aad Oak Leaf Clastar. as well aa tho Ceng' laaal Medal of Honor, bat daea not tactad fr eign decorations. Tho - First Divi sion take aeeaad plaoa wit 41 decorations from the hand of tho American government and tho Thir tieth Division takes foorth placo with Tho Twonty-oovoath Dl- vlsioa, which waa tho Stating mate of the Thirtieth, geta ICS. - Of the Urge nambor of awards of the second division W weat to marineo aad naval paraannol swrv lag with tho division. Of all the award aud by tho army 39 per coat were made to oonesna aad II per cent to ealisted man. In a great 'many cases tho roeosameada tlon waa amade for aa aw Hated man aad beforo tho award waa mad ho had risen from tho ranks and is! nod the commissioned personnel. ADMIRAL PEARY IS CLAIMED BY DFATH Noted Explorer Who Discov ered North Pole Dies After Long Illness WasbingtonjJFeb. 20. Bear Admiral' Robert E. Peary, retired, discoverer of the North Pole, died at hla some here early today after a two years' illness ef pernicious anemia,, during which thirty-five blood transfusions had been of no avail. Bailors, -attache of the naval hospital and many ex-service men gave of their life' blood (hiring that period in the vain effort to prolong the life of the country's foremost ex plorer, r It had ben known to the explorer's family for weeks, but kept from the public, that hi lif wss despaired, of, but n one thought tho end so near a? bis toddea deatb'WrattepectdV' He will be buried Monday ' in Arlington National Cemetery with the, full aural honor of hie rank. Trieste By Daniels. Tribute to tk achievement of Ad miral Peary was paid by Secretary Dan iel today ia the following message of sympathy to Mrs. Peary: "Voicing the sentiment of the whole navy, I desire to express deep sympa thy in your bereavement. If any earthly comfort can help you in thi hour, it mmit be the assurance that the whole country sorrows with yon and 'that all over "the world' theTe will ; be profound regret at the death f your distinguish ed husband. - He -had tho honor to ac complish the realization of a great am bition and to receive tho plaudits of all nations. His great achievement brought particular distinction to the American navy, of whieh he was an hon ored and distinguished officer.' Admiral Peary was 6 years old and en tered the navy as a civil engineer .on October 26, 1881. He .was assistant en gineer, Nicaragua ship canal under gov ernment orders 1884-86. ..Returning to the United States he became interested in Artio explorations and 34 years ago hade his first trip to the North, mak ing a reeon of the Green' land inland ice cape east of Biscd bay. To years thereafter be was engineer in charge of the Nicaragua canal surveys and invented rolling lock gates for the canal, but the lure of the Artlo was on him and he again turned nortward. In June 1S91 he led his first big polar expedition, being head of the Arctic ex pedition of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia. Admiral Peary made seven other ex pedition into the Arctic before' he fi nally was successful in reaching the pole, returning in 1910 to find that Dr. Fred erick A. Cook was being praised as tbe discoverer. Ia 1913, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the navy and given the thanks of Congress by a special act, During his attention to av iation, Admiral Peary became a strong advocate of aircraft development by the government and time and again urged adequate coast patrol, in thi country, especially during the war period. . Commutes To Fanoral. New Tork, Feb. 20. A committee rep resenting the Explorers' Club, of which Peary was President until bis illness forced him to resign two years ago, will attend the funeral, it waa announced to night, Vilbjslmur Stefanason, Arctic explorer and now president of tbe club, will head the committee, which will in clude Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who wa master of Peary' hlp Roosevelt, en .which tho successful polar expedition started and returned. GERMAN CHARGE PRESENT 1 AT RECEPTION IN PARIS Paris, Feb. 20. For the first time sine the resumption of diplomstie re-1 lations between France and Germany, Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, th German charge, waa present today .at a reception to the diploma tie corps at th Elysee Palace. Baron Kelshiro Matsul, the Japaaeee ambassador, speaking oa behalf of the diplomatic corps; expressed its ardent wish for th greatness of France. Presi dent Deschanel, in reply, asserted that th government, parliament aad people of Fraae wonld lend all their aid ia the effort to reestablish peace, bring back aad era of tranquility, and respect for treaties. ' 7 ,. . . - President Deschanel fcst received tele gram from tbe heads ef nearly all the governments, felicitating him oa hi as sumption of th Presidency. MILITANT TURN DEBATE ON PEACE TREATY !N SENATE Senator Hitchcock Starts Flare Up By Denying Charges Against Democrats BOTH PARTIES WANT TO GET FROM UNDER BLAME Direct Disagreement As To Which Side Originated Bi partisan Conference; Ne braska Senator Declares Democrats Went Nine -tenths of Way Toward Agreement Washington, Feb. 20. The question of party responsibility for the ' peace treaty deadlock wa threshed over in militant fashion oa the Senate floor today with both the Republicans and the Democrat eeeking to wash their hands of the Senate's failure to act aad of any consequences in the poli tical, campaign. Among other things, the debate brought out a direct disagreement as to which side originated the bi-partiaan conference, in which five Democrat and fonr Republican sought unsuccessfully to work out an agreement, and aa to what transpired behind the elosed doors of the conference-sessions. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the Democratic leader, started the flare-up, by a speech denying charges that the Democrat wanted the treaty iu the campaign. He asserted that his party had gone "nine-tenths of the way to a compromise, "and that the Republicans had stood solidly for acceptance of their own reservations without the dot ting of an i, or the cross of a t." It waa the minority side, he declared, who had instigated the bi-partisau move ment and who now had submitted two compromise article ten reservations which many Republican Senators b lievsd were identical in substance with the Lodge reservation on that subject. Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, one of the mild reservation Republicans, charged that the Democratic leader had stood out againet compromise so.-de-termindly that tho Republicans were driven t agreo-npon the best eompro-,tnU-tuey could among themselvoe. -rScBatns BoraV Republican of -fchtfeo. swearing, fer , irreeoneilablea, de clared th tw side wer no Bearer lurreement than they were when the JgttOfation Ab'frJ g etT aro tomorrow, and that further discus sion ws only a waste of time. The treaty, he said, already was so far into the campaign that ''you can no more keep it out than yon can stop half way over Niagara.'' Ships In Canal Zose. Colon, Feb. 20. Admiral Wilson, with the battleships Pennsylvania, Arizona, Oklahoma and Nevada, of the Atlantie fleet, arrived in Colon harbqr, tho Canal -zone, today. HOUSE PREPARES FOR FIGHT OVER RAIL BILL Informal Debate Starts, But Efforts Center In Sally ing of Strength Washington, Feb. 20. Both sides lined np in the House today for a big fight tomorrow on the railroad reor ganization bill. As a forerunner, debate waa opened informally today oy Dotu suDDorters and opponents of tho com mittee compromise measure, but the main efforts of both were centered in rallying strength. Supporter of the bill were confident that the compromise would win House endorsements by a substantial margin. Opponents main tained that the vote would be close Th redrafted bill ic opposed by a majority of the Democrats and also by members, regardless of political amlia tion, friendly toward labor. There also are some Republicans "opposed to the general principle of the bill, but the majority of them favored the measure aa it stands and expect, with the aid of at least a score of Democrats, to bring, about final passage before ad iourning. ... . Three' Democratic members were the only one to bring the subject of rail road legislation before the- House to day, their' discussion serving to indi cate the final line-up. Representative Blanton, of Texas, denounced labor for its attitude toward tbe bill; Rcprescn tative Huddlestbn, of Alabama, con demned the bill, as assuring th politi cal defeat of any member voting for it passage, and Representative Ray burn, of Texas, a member- of the In terstate.... Commerce Committee , that framed the bill, brought forth continued applause from both sides of the chain ber by ' making a strong appeal . for adoption or th conference, report. FIRST WOMAN ARRIVES WITH HERO S0N;S BODY . New York, Feb. 20. Mrs. A. Deters of Chicago, th first American, mother to bring back from Franc the. body of her eon who died in service, arrived her today on the steamship Brittaaia. Her son, Jsme Devera, who was In nsv al service, died-of injuries received 1st action at sea and was bnried at -'Marseille.'. Th casket, draped with in American flag, was escorted with mili tary honors from the pier to th Penn sylvania station, to be taken to Chicago for bqrial. Th Knight of Columbus provided motor truck .for the journey across the city after an undertaker had demanded S43 for a hearse. ' , ':r , An unopened tin of imported Fein- peian Olive Oil is your guarantee it j pur and good. -Adv. - , fWO YOUNG MEN WANTED FOR LARCENY OF AUTOS Alleged Virginians Brought Ma chines To Spring Hope t and Sold Them Richmond, Vs., Feb. 20. Detective Cuptain Wright, accompanied by detec tive Sergeant Hertucii left, for New Orleans tonight to'got ffjiubhy" Nuckols, 2!, and Harry : Sweet, 1, son of for mer Prohibition Iuspector Sweet, wanted for the alleged theft of nearly a doien automobiles which wero sold to a deul er in Spring Hope, N. C. Warrants wore sworn out nizaiiut them following the arrest of Uewitt Felvey, another Richmond youth, who is alleged to have conceived the "plan of disposing of tho car. Sweet, and Nuckols skipped tow n juwt about the h time Fcivev whs taken into custody. I They headed for Cuba, but having no passports were unable to get beyond Key West. Most of tho stolen, automo biles were recovered by Captain Wright when ho made a special trip to Spring Hope the hitter part of Juuuary. Nj action was tnkcn Hgainut the purchaser j of the ears lioeaa lie iiisinted that he' bought them in good faith, A cashier's eluck "on a Spring nope j bank for 2H given in part payment for ono of the machines furnUheU a , clue which resulted in tho arrest of . Felvey and the subsequent issuance of , warrants against Sweet and Nuckole. It waa indicated today that the Spring , Hope man might lie summoned witness. T E Many Witnesses Examined By Prosecution To Show How Huge Sums of Money Spent Grand Bapids, Mich., Feb. 20. At tho end of another rapid action scene in the Newberry election conspiracy trial today, Frank C. Daihy said he hoped to , finish the government's ease by a week from.tomorrow. Twenty witnesses wer heard this afternoon. Today's developments ranged from a remark about "nice money" credited to George John, of Mount Clemens by Albert K. Stevenson, former Democratic state chairman, to what Gladstone Rnattie of Paw Paw said when he gave Newberry cards to Gene Duffy, village constable of Hartford, Vanbnren- coiuity,, Duffy and later mailed him ten dollars. Two witnesses cwore that Beattie told them he got enough from Newberry cobra mittee to pay .all the expenses of his own primary campaign for county clerk as well as what tuc Newberry work cost. One of these men quoted Beattie as saying he Newberry committee thought this bill expensive." There was 'ntrodueed a letter which Charles Floyd, head of the Newberry office iu Grand Rauids, wrote to Beattie after the primary askiug for a report of his expenses and extimating they would amount. to "about MOO." - There was more testimony this after noon concerning Charles K. Carpenter, a Grand Rapids banker defendant. Yes terday a witness said that he failed to get some campaign money whieh Cnrpenter promised him, but today's witnesses told a digcrent story. One said Carpenter promised him additional pay for getting signatures to Newberry petitions "if we land our man." and came back after the primary with five dollars more. A .Grand liapids constable followed this by relating that while he was wait ing to board a street . ear, Cnrpenter asked him to work for Newberry and gave him to. "I never saw him again during the campaign and I never did any work for Newberry either," said the constable. John D.-Youug, of Grand Rapids, on the stand Was expected to ollow a signed statement which he gave a' gov ernment investigator and swear that Geor o Welsh gave him for Ulatrib nating campaign literature. Young, however, testified the statement was in.-, correct, that Welsh only promised him the money. Pressed a bit, he said he had told the .grand jury the statement was not right and also had asked that it be changed when it was read to him yesterday. Heart Wynne, formerly of Flint, told J about work be did for Newberry In that city at the behest of Fred Henry. Wynne said he used about toU( in New berry work distributing r candidates' cards, at the polls ia the general elec tion nd was paid by Henry after that date?" The defense has asserted that the Newberry organization ceased to func tion after the primary. JACK JOHNSON LEAVES FOR U. S. NEXT WEEK Laredo, Texas, Feb. 20. Jack Johnson will leave Mexico City fo;- tho Vnited States next Thursday, going directly to Chicago, whore he will surrender him self to Federal auth.ritiee fur-trinl on a charge of violating the Mann act, ao corrlinglto an interview, pullished In Thursday's issue of the Hernldo de Mexico, of Mexico City, copies of which arrived here today. " Johnson, in tho interview, expressed confidence that' the eharge against him will be dismissed, Robert P. Murray, -of Chicago, he said, was managing his af fairs in the United States, and bad ar ranged for bondsme and an attorney. Johnson declared he was greatly dis appointed ith isrjltsof his efforts to get a championship hcnVyweight con test in Mexico, and said his chief rea son ,for returning to the United States was to obtain a light with Dempsey. ' Saacrvlsloa Qver Psckers Washington, Feb. UK Increased gov- ernmeut supervUion over the packing industry was recommended to the Sen ate today by Senator Gronna, Repub lican of North Dakota, in reporting fav orably the Keuyon-Keadrirk bill as re drafted by. th agricultural committee. OPE FISH CAS Will WEEK PRESIDENT OUGHT TO GET PROMOTION Shelby Man Starts Boom For Thos. R. Marshall But Others Won't Fall In NO INSTRUCTION FOR DELEGATES IS FAVORED . " " win i Not One of Tar Heel Senators or Congressmen Will Commit Himself To Herbert Hoover While McAdoo Gets Scatter ing Support; Senators for an Uninitructed Delegation . . The News and Observer thrreau ... . . ISO.'i District National Hank Bldg., ... By R. E. POWELL (By Special leased Wire'i Washington. Feb. 80. Represent tive Clyd Hoey, North Carolina's youngest member in the House, started j a nice little boom in his office this mora- ing for Vice President Tom Marshall ; but at quitting time today not one of the other nine members of the Houje or either of tbe'Tar Heel Senators could lTjllow li l id very far'.' Mr. Hoey, talking it over with tL newspapermen, said that the Vice Presi dent has more sense and a better pad of democracy than any man he knows.1 Not. one of the delegation would com mit, himself to Herbert Hoover although several expressed preference for Wil liam Gibba McAdoo. Doth the Senators favor uninstructe.l delegations, as does National Commit teeman McLean. Representative Claud Kitchin, who is known to be favorsb'o to McAdoo. would not positively com mit himself and some of the others followed suit. Hoey Start Oom Here's what the mcurbcrs say: Representative Hoey: I would like to see Vic President Thomas . R. Mar shall given th Democratic! nomination, for President. He has more sense ami a better grade of democracy than any man I know. He is free and clear of all isms and fanaticisms and believe in Pure Americanism and old-fashioned democracy. Ho -would earry Indiana and be strong throughout th great Mid of the country a any other Democrat. I believe the nation would welcome the opportunity of voting for man of th. Marshall type and his election would go a long way toward getting es back to normal conditions. Benntor Overman: I haven t made un my mind. I want the best Democrat, a good business man true to Democrati--principles and a man that can win. I favor uninstrneted delegation. Representative Kitchin: I am flor som: good Democrat whOK has been a Democrat. No party dese-res to live if it fa ashamed Of afraid to put up one of its own members for President. Small for McAdoo Representative Small: If Hoover will . accept the nomlnntioa aad abide bv the platform to he adopted by the National Committee, I think he wonld prove a very strong candidate. In view of th uncertainty as to hi political attitude,' my impression is in favor of McAdoo. Representative Godwin: I am unde cided yet. McAdoo is the .best shot in tho field right now. - Representative Dtedman: I hsve no special choice in mind. I simply dc- sire as our candidate one of great and. unquestioned ability and recognised patriotism; With such a man w ought to and can win the fight. . 1 Representative Robinson. I am ia fav-i or cf a Democrat and opposed to nomin-; ating any man who has no fixed politi-f cal affiliations. My present" inclination is to support McAdoo. -v - Representative Doughton. 1 want a ' man we can elect who will make a good President. '. " - Representative -Brison. -1 doa't feet: like committing myself now but I re gard McAdoo as splendid presidential, timber. - Representative Pous I haven't made up my mind but I am for a square- out one-hundred per cent Democrat. ' Representative . Weaver: I- have net determined as to any particular adi-i date. My concern. is that th field should . be carefully looked over and a man. named on whom .all Democrats can thoroughly unite.' i ? - , . I Five Favor New York Man." J Summed up, five of th House mem--bcrs favor McAdoo as th situation stands now with both Representatives Weaver and Stedman leaning that way. Mena'tor Simmons, who ' could not be" reached for an expression, la counted , favorable to an uninstrneted del- iration. Senator Overman ia uiin.' m it ml as aro Messrs. Pou and Doughton,' the latter not having fully determined to support Herbert .lljover. - ' A popular ticket with soma members of the delegation and - a great many" North Carolinians is McAdoo and Hitch-' cock. Senator Hitchcock is-counted now and then as a presidential possibi lity and around Charlotte h .would command a strong following. Leading Ninth district politician have sun-ested that be take second plae on th ticket; wun wcaooo ana u as will, they be lieve a Democratic victory ia certain. - - - Most of those who express opinion favorable to McAdoo wonld anbeaitat- Ugly commit themselves - to him if ke . were a known candidate) tor th nom- ination. Hia position respecting his can-; diilaey is construed. to mean that h is not seeking the nomination but if tho , party want him, he's ready - to make I the fight. " J . . . . . 4 . ; A Pot a cars a Delecate... Paris, -Feb. .20. Raymond Poinrare has- been named French delegate ont the reparation commission. He succeeds Ciiaric C. A. Jonnart, who resigned , from the commission recently. - , Cv.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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