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Tfee News and teener THE WEATHER - Fall1 Taaraday aad Fries, -eewtiased cold. WATCH LABEL. t 1 ea TMt a.' .,. 'iml I 4mn Mm exetrattes) see mil saimla a ttagw cam. VOL. CXI. NO. 57. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS I1. ahipi JGOF STATE SURPRISE TO ALL President Creates Sensation Rivalling That of Lansing Resignation APPOINTEE HIMSELF HAD SHORT NOTICE fcainbridge . Colby, New . York .Lawyer, Quit Republican .t Party With Roosevelt; Sup ported Wilson In 1916; Fight Made On Him When Appoint ed On Shipping Board Washington, Feb. 25. President Wil son again upset the expectations of ofli eial and political "Washington today by naming Bainbridge Colby ,a New York attorney, who left the Republican parly with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, as Secretary of State. The aelection caused scarcely less of a Sensation than tho dismissal of Bobert Lansing from the State portfolio two treeka ago, and wan received with such Undisguised surprise in the Senate, there the President's choice must be 1A1 COLBY SECRETARY approved before Mr. Cplby can take up !""" lT , " " 1 a e ll rfntle. of office, that none of thc'-'P"- ."". that Sow be held for leaders eared to predict when confirma tion might be voted. Surprise to Colby. Sot even, among those on the inside ef administration circles had there been may expectation that the selection would fall on Mr. Colby, who told inquirers jJe-teday that he himself had been given only a brief notice or the President s intention. Summoned to the White House he spent an hour with Mr. AVil on, announced that- he would accept, with a deep 'appreciation of the re sponsibility imposed upon him and said he would have no further comment to make until the Senate had acted. Word of-the .nomination reached Senators jnst as they were assembling for tho' day's session and in their pri vate talks during the day they discussed little else. Virtually all of them, now ever, preferred to withhold public, com-Lon'g " ""jv - i- ... v for action. raa roagni oeiere. Once before the Pcnate had been called npon to act on a nomination of Mr, Colby and then confirmation was - s-otoaV-only after- fight -em him -bad beea made by Republican senators. That was in 1917 whea President Wilson sa J- Jud, jianMid,Jii shipping board. It was asserted in some quarters that the reasons which led to abjection at that time need not neces sarily apply ia .the present cose, but Benator Colder of New Tork said ' he iwould insist that the nominee's qualif ications for the secretaryship lie looked Into carefully beforo he would vote jfor confirmation to that post. Is SI Years Did. A native of St. Louis, fifty-one years aldrMrColby 4a been-engaged in law4the President said a situation might practice in New Tork since 18P2. ex. ept for the nineteen months he was shipping board member. Dunn th latter service he was an American rep resentative irt the inter-allied shipping inference at Paris Cl was active iu . directing the board's war policy. He " resigned in March of last year, saying that the critical war period having 'toasted he preferred to return to private x In his New Tork practice, be has been counsel for several interests in vestigating life insurance companies and was associated with Charles Evans Hughes in the reform of the Equitable company. Ho served in 1901 and 1902. as a member of the New-York assembly. , Actively supporting Theodore Roose velt . for the Republican presidential nomination in 1912, Mr. Colby was placed in charge of the claims of the contested Boosevelt delegates from va rious states who eventually were de fied convention seats. He then became a delegate from New Tork to the first convention of the Progressive party and in 1914 and 1918, he was the Progressive candidate for Senator from New York. In the 1916 campaign, however, he sup ported actively the campaign of Presi dent wison f ir re-election. GEORGE F. AVINGER DIES " IN CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL Prominent Laurinburg Business Man Succumbs After Long Illness Charlotte, Feb. 25. George F. Avia tor, of Laurinburg, treasurer and gen eral manager of three large cotton mills controlled by his father-in-law, John F. McNair, Scotland county millionaire, died ia the Presbyterian hospital here tonight at 11 o'clock following an illness f more than two months. The remains will be taken to Laurinburg tomorrow lor interment. ' - Mr. Avingcr went, to Laurinburg about SO years ago when a youth and, entered the employ of Mr. McNair. His Stirling business abilities won him rapid ad- ' vaneement in the management of the large and varied interests of Mr. Mc Nair and finally the position which he held at the time of hi death. , Six years go be was married to Mis Ina McNair, th youngest daughter Of Mr. McNair, who ha made hi horn with them since that time. He was member of. th Presbyterian church .and held in the highest esteem aad affeetioa of all who knew him. - ' . Steamer Disabled. Beaufort, Feb. 3. Th steamship ' Corsieana has arrived tonight at Cape Lookout with one of her pump leak t Ing badly. The steamer was reported r early today to have struck ft nb merged wreck somewhere along the coast. ' f ' ' - .. "' - TWO REVOLUTIONISTS ARE HELD FOR COURT Only One' Examined Says He Favors New Government By Ballot Not Force (Special to The News and Observer.) Greensboro, Feb. 25. Julius Soos, Hungarian by birth, aged 48, and Jack Campbell, American youth of 20 ytars, were held by United Statea Commis sioner 1). H. Collin, under 3,000. bond each this afternoon following a hearing on the charge government officers, pre- j ferred against them at members of the J communist party, which has revolu tionary program. They did not deny membership, but . Poos, who took the titand in his own lie half following the introduction of Fed- j eral testimony, said that he fnvored revolution bv the ballot and education and not by force:. Admitting that he j struck for 8 a day as a molder three I days after he went to work at $7.50 per day. Ho said that the strike de- j mauds had beon made before he came.s Soos stated that he believed in., com- j munistio 'membership and was opposed ! to private ownership of property audi 1 as shops, factories and large bodies of - land nitnougn naming inaca-man migni properly own his home, a few acres "of hind and other small material things without doing great social harm. He was born in Hungary, was in this coun try during the war, and has never sought citizenship over here. He did not deny that he "hud sent money through party channels to help the de portees at Ellis Island. The youth did not tako the stand. The prosecution was coudueted by As- sible deportation proceedings, and Campbell for the Federal court. Fed eral officers on the stand told the story of the raid and stated that they found the same proof of the revolutionary purposes of this pair as had been need j in otner deportation eases. In default of bond the pair were ' committed to the county jail. ; .... , i RcPLY OF WILSON IS kinUf CrcnDCT rnillMPII .style at the gathering. Kohloss moved UUUWUILjhere several years ago after serving as ' " - - 1 iinjlnioiine in aati t'sarnpn Vnrtll C 1 rn. n i i fii. a. t vs. . , roaaiDie inai xnaay xe uay : For Publishing Adriatic Question Notes Washington, Feb. 2o. President Wil noto to t. Entente premiers on ' tjie Adriatic situation was today before tll0 councji 0f anioa ,,r,.miers in Lon- lirc-niHTi in lxin- i don. A reply to it is expected in lue ; t,,e n"str " ue maenincry properly course. - - ff t'1" State cenvention which meets Meantime, the question of the time next Wednesday, of making public, the contents of this L Unncy uiny have ideas of publie ser "and the other communications on the f1" that will prevent him from yielding matter, seven in all, still is the subject of diplomatic correspondence between j 1 J - - xtr .-,.( , ni ' that Friday will be the day agreed upon. The series of notes will include: The ! of the master. parel W go over or nnder or around agreement in Paris on December 8th, to I Wonder at Rendlemaa's Sabtervieaee. j ftr through every obstacle. Preferably which the United States was a partv. I Both Hendleman and Price belong to 1 h woM go through them, but when go Ihe new agreement by the allied preiii- is fraternal order that preaches America ' in through is inexpedient be will adopt iera, which was sent to Jugo-SIavia as for Americans as its cardinal doctrine. ; otBr courses. Ue is assembling hia an ultimatum, the noto from the United ; Mates on January 27 inquiring as to tha I new agreement; the reply of the prem- j icrs; the note of February 10, in which arise in which he would Have to con sider withdrawing the treaty of Ver sailles from the rjeuate; the reply of the premiers, and finally, the note de livered today to the premiers at Lon don. Be Conaidered Today. London, Feb. "3.--Tho supreme coun cil tomorrow will tako up President Wilson's? reply to the allied note on the Adriatio question, which reached Lon don this morning, and if a rejoinder is necessary the council will attempt to formulate t immediately, because the members hope to end the London ses sion on Saturday, although posaibly it will be extended for a day. or two. The council did not consider the'liote to day. Owing to the necessity of Premier Nitti's -presence in - Rome and the ac tivities of other memtirrs, tho council did not complete the Turkish treaty. PAR CLEARANCE TO BE EXTENDED NO FURTHER Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23. No steps look ing to- the further extension of par clearance in this district will be taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of the .JSCi District at this time, according to a statement sent out today to ait Jisnks in the district by M. B. Well born, governor of the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank. A suit to enjoin the . Federal bank from enforcing par clearance on all banks ia the district was filed by the Georgia Country Banks Association ia a Fulton County court and later trans ferred to the United. States Court, where the ease now awaits adjudication. Banking associations in oraetically all state comprising the. Sixth District also, opposed the action of the" Federal Re serve Bank and are awaiting action of the courts ia the ease of the Georgia organization. i GEN. BOOTH ADJUTANT GENERAL CONFEDERATES Forth Worth, Tex., Feb. 23 General K. M. Vanaandt, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, to day announced the appointment of Gen eral A. B, Booth, of New Orleans, as adjutant general and chief of staff, to succeed the late General .W. E. Mickle, of Mobile. General Booth formerly was commander of the Louisiana division of the Confederate Veterans. ; OKLAHOMA HOUSE PASSES " WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEASURE Oklahoma City, Feb. 25. The con current resolution ratifying the Fed eral woman suffrage -ameadmeat was adopted lata today; by the house after ix hours of debate, and sent imme diately to the Senate, where it waa givea it first readMa, The' vote on the reso lution was Si-ay 12. " umm CHIEF ,1 : dUTFIT b. Imported Politician, Sponsored By Morehead, Looms Up In Party Management PET OF THE MASTER SHOVED TO THE FRONT ' juns Shirt Factory As Sideline, - But Oiling Morehead jMa- chine Is Principal Employ ment ; Expert Fat Frier and Also a Clever Organizer; Na tives Take His Orders i By JOHV A. LIVINGSTONE. Staff Correspondent. .Salisbury, Feb. 25. Frank "Uaney is j scheduled to play a third or fourth fiddle" in the Kepuhlican orcheatra of; North Carolina. Chief second fiddler's j place is reserved for K. A. Kohlost, chairman of the Rowan County Execu tive Committee and president of the Western North Carolina Association of G. O. P. Clubs. Kohloss' chief claim i to fame is that he is the only political leader in North Carolina who was boru iu Germany. Its no fault of Kohloss that he was born in the Hun Empire, but it has , started a lot of talk since John Rendle-! msnn, Salisbury lawyer, who stands high in the community, nominated him for re-election as county chairman at , the convention Saturday. And Gus Price acquiesced by keeping silent and accepting a nomination as delerate at large while Kohloss was endorsed as delegate from the district. The More- head steam roller worked in regulation ' K 11 " v Una town under the Taft regime. Another second fiddler is Clarence Pugh, Elizabeth City lawyer, if ho fol j lows the master's beckoning. Of course : Gilliam Grissom, secretary of the Re publican State Committee, must be counted ""In the second fiddling class j u,so- qua'tera in li as already opened head- iu " .Hi"ii i ; .. .,v .1 I. peacefully to the program, but the ab- i0' surrender of John Bendleman and i 1 H n.lA l.i n . 1,. f i ested in their-futureLin the Old Guard tare slow to run counter to the wishes it is pointed out here1. and yet they without a muruHrrf dissent help to re-elect a county chairman, who was born in (termany. True, nobody is questioning tho patriotism of Kohloss but they wonder why as high-minded man as John Rendlemaa finds it neces sary to sponsor a man for a job sim ply because Morehead wants it done. Clarence Pugh'is functioning in his role as chairman of the platform com mittee anUin imitation of Will Hays compiling a conglomeration by calling on different members of the committee to write planks. Pugh was expected to go to Greensboro to conduct a publicity bureau for the party but yet the master has him slated as assistant to the chair man, and his business would be to crack the whip when told to do so. Like the master Kohloss is a manufac turer, though on a small scale. He runs a shirt factory here as a. sideline but oiling the Morehead machine ia his main business. He is an expert collector of money and a good organizer, it is said. J. M. Proctor, who was secretary of the Western Association of Clubs, helped Kohloss to keep the organization in or der nntit hia death the other day. With Proctor's death it is predicted that Kohloss will not shine so brightly as an organizer as he has in the past. Beat Newell ia Congress Race. Kohloss is credited with beating New ell iu the Republican Congressional con vention a few weeks ago when More head was named, and is quoted as hav ing admitted that ha did the job. Kohloss now says that patriotic and law abiding citizens defeated Newell. He doubtless includes himself ia that class and will not admit that he used a liberal quantity of money at the convention as he is charged with doing. Rowan county isn't in the ninth dis trict but soon after Morehoad's nomina tion, Kohloss brought over several steno graphers and installed them in an office in one of the hotela here. The Demo crats in Mecklenburg were tipped off and started an investigation aa to activi ties in Salisbury. Kohloss got wise and shifted them back to Morehead head quarters in Charlotte,' sending along hi owa stenographer to help in the work. It was two years ago that Morehead called iu Kohloss to conduct hi sena torial campaign in the west. Under the guise of clubs for th party' uplift the Salisbury man ' effected - a pret ty thorough organization to promote Morehead's interests. i - It was during the same campaign that Kohloss openly flouted the regulation ot the health authorities prohibiting pub lie gatherings during th terrible flu epidemie and continued with his cam paign meetings until he was peremp torily stopped by official. Kohloss evidently learned enough about following the adviee of authori ties then to hold th county convention here Saturday in the open air. The city ha been closed op tight on account of tha flu and the meeting was held on th court honso lawn. Frank Llnncy probably will be as signed a job of reconciling hi former (Coatiaaed aa Page Twa.) ' .100VER DOESN'T WANT I HIS NAME'DN BALLOT Atlaata, G. Feb. ti. Herbert Beaver, ia a telegram I the Mate Democratic execeltv committee, made nubile errs tonight, asked , that hi asm net aed la,.,th, ' Georgia arcsideatlal preference pri mary APfll aa "ad bee re quested la petit loa Sled with the committee. The committee Mr. Hoover asklag If he cared to declare himself at Democrat, so that aader the primary rnlee his name might appear aa a candidate. Ia hia telegram decllalag to be raadlaate, Mr. Hoover soldi "I was aot Identified with the Democratic party before the war, aad my. official coaaectiaa with the government has been solely a war service and caaseaaeatly aot of a partlaaa character.' READY FOR BATTLE Veteran Campaigner Shaw fjak 111(1 Effort To Retire tllWUU nCUIB Mr, GOOVVin CUMBERLAND MAN HAS DEVELOPED STRONGLY With Practically Unanimous Support In Own County, Friends Think He Has Excel-! m,.nM. Ts C-.. iiTnn. j.,.i, "D A mm m mation, Robeson County Vote Deciding Factor By BEN DIXON MacNEILI.. Stuff Correspondent. Kayetteville, 4b. 25. The "Bloody Kiith" promises to be bloodier thaa ever thia yei 1 when Cumberland county's war horse gives' battle to the Hon. Hannibal LKayette Godwin for the Democratic, nomination for Con gress. The district will get itaelf new honors for political acrimony aad there are already Godwin men-oX former years who are willing now to concede the nomination to Hon. jobs Gilbert Hbaw, if not in the lirst primary .certainly in the second. Anyhow there is going to be a scrap such as the district has not seen in recent years. The redoubtable Kcbtetmaa promised Mr. Godwia ,?a a;gros4iva" campaign when he anajrueejljUinwelt lastfall. Mr. Godwin hna been through aggressive campaigns before, but aggressive has a "c meaning when Mr. Hhawr pronounces ilo4 Jirgf 11 fcrf.n, Ti .til T..ff ! Ynr.-ti ' the utmost and without atlnt. When he goes after nominations, he is pre- '8'ons now to go through them. A,. Veteran; Campaigner. 'Old politicians in the district know better what Mr. Shaw means by being aggressive than do the younger genera tions. They remember the time back iu the 90s whea Mr. Shaw went to Congress from the old district, winning out in a three-cornered battle in which the Hon. Cy. Thompson espoused the cause of Populism and a Mr. Spear was the Republican. Shaw trounced them nil, and trounced them severely. He went to Congress and served a term, but "since that time he has sought few political honors. They of the elder generation still re late strange stories of that campaign, and to the younger generation they seem strangely out of tone with the gentler tactica of present day political battle. It is related, for instance, that in a three-cornered debate over la SSampson county, a stronghold of the opposition, when Mr. Shaw . stops "to speak, the. Republirans attempted to howl him down. They were about to succeed, but he reached down in his pant and extricated an old horse pistol about three feet long and laid it on the table. ''Gentlemen," he said in the hush that fell on the assemblage, "I tame here to speak, and I am going to speak." He spoke at some length and without interruption.- , Camberland i United. Tear have tempered, the sturdy Scotchman and should there be debates j it is unlikely that he would go to such length to get a hearing now. But he is still a fighter, with aa iroa determina tion to win, and he believes without any doubt that he will win. A good many other people believe it in Cumberland, apparently about three out . of every four, despite the fact that ia a rather aggressive life he has naturally made some rather aggressive enemies in his own midst. Ancient political factions ia the eonnty have come together for the first time in years and are backing him solidly. Godwin ,men concede him the - county, though they question his claim for a majority of 1,600. But Cumberland eonnty is aot the only eonnty in the district and as yet the other is that comprise the district have not been lined up so solidly. Down in Columbus and Bladen e nun ties it is conceded that Homer L. Lyon will get a majority that .combined, will approximate "the estimated Shaw BLOODY SIXTH S majority in Cumberland. Without a candidate in the field New Hanover, with 3,000 vote normally, is likely to be divided, with an even break between Godwin and Lyon with 400 to 00 going to Shaw, Brunswick county may give it Vote to either candidate, and bring them all to Robeson with about th nam number of votes. - Robes Pivotal Coaaty Robeson county will be the real battle ground, and whoever carries that "stat ' will win the , nomination. Shaw ha a iegwa "of kin folk ! oxer la that county,' and; with th natural rlanaishness , of th Scotch they will rot for him. Godwia bac an. , ' . . (Coatiaaed aa Pga Two.) , : uncv MAY NOT 1ULI TRY AGAIN FOR I Bitterness Against Him In Mecklenburg Is Considered Big Obstacle CANDIDACY MAY ALSO EMBARRASS GARDNER Newly Elected Congressman In dicated Yesterday That He Thinks of Retiring; J. D. Mc Call Expected To Seek Nomi j nation If Hoey Retires ; Think I Shelby Got Too Much The News nad Observer Bureau. 603 District National Bank lildfr. (By K. E. POWELL.) Washington, Feb. .-Representative ' C lyde K. Hoey, of Hheiby, , is seriously I cousiaer.ing noi running ior c ongress I again. i Mr. Iloev confided to newspaper men several days ago that, because of the political situation in Mecklenburg county, he would lilady eliminate him self from the race a ad give the Meck- Ifiiikiirmira u i Aniuirfitnitv in UnlHmat, a .a ndidate to oppose the Republican !ni" .. . ruoiicaiion oi me report in a -"r- ...... ..., ..,j ... i a unai aeciaion on nia pan. no nai ,, conferrinjI ,iiu frlfBdi in the district regarding tho matter for sev ' eral days and while many of them ' insist on bis makiug the race again, :Jf is much inclined not to ssk the i uominatio a second time. Mr. Hoey "assigns the situation regard ing the gubernatorial campaign as one of the main factors in considering what he shall do. Hia brother-in-law, Lieu tenant Governor Gardner, is running for Governor and, in view of the fact that both are from Shelby, he fears it win handicap the chance, of the Lieu- tenant Governor for him to ask re - nomination. Mecklenbarg Is Bitter. It has been openly talked by Mecklen- burg Democrats, who are still very bitter over the defeat of their candidate in the special congressional primary last fall, that the only way to beat Hoey is to vote for a Republican. It is the Meck lenburg majority that carries the dis trict Democratic, aad Mecklen burger are now planning to carry their disap pointment to the bitter end. The suggest inn flint. Mr. H.iev Trnnlil not run agsin created something of a sensation on Capitol Hul. Most every one looked for the entire delegation to decline standing for office agoin before expecting Hoeyjiot to be a candidate to succeed himself. The hard fight he made last November and Deeembor, culminating in his election on Decern ber lrt, is one of the high spots in the political history of the (State. Shelby's Msay Oflllceholders. Daring that campaign, much of the bitterness in Mecklenburg was due to the number of public offices held by bhelby-men. It v.as charged that Shelby had a family office holding trust and the positions of Judge J. h. Webb, Judge Yates Webb, formerly a member of Congress,, '.lieutenant Governor Gard ner and Mr. Hoey were cited. At the time Mr. Hoey was after tho Dem ocratic nomination for Congress, he was assistant United "ritates Attorney in the Western district and this was the basis of much cauipaigu oratory. Mr. Hoey will make his statement before the end Jut the week when he expects to set forth the reasons why he will not be a candidate again, or if he should abojjt face from his pres ent "intentions and decide to ruu he will issue a statement giving his rea sons for continuing the fight. On account of the fact that the race for the gubernatorial nomination prom ise to be close between Gardner and Morrison, Mr. Hoey is concerned lest hi actioa militate against the chances of Gardner to get the bigger plum. Bight now he feel that the Gardner chances ars good and he does not de sire, by any action of his, to minimize them. Morrison Helped Heey. Much talk has been heard iu Wash ington during the last month regarding the situation in Mecklenburg, 'die ma jority which, that county gave Mr. Hoey last December, bringing about, his elec tion, is generally credited to the hard work doae jw the county br Cameron Morrison and. his friends. ' But for the factuhsTlhey rallied strongly to Hoey, there are great many who believe that Morehead would have Teen elected. The bitter feeling f Moeklcnburgcrs tot ward any other Democratic candidate for Congress was due to the overwhelm ing defeat of the Meeklenburger favor ite, in the special primary. Johnson D. MeCall had been chosen by a Mecklen burg elimination eonveufion and when ho was selected Mecklenborgers united in a whirl wind drH'e to get him nom inated, over Hoey. A Representative Hoey, however, had been ja the running some little time and when the Governor set a dote for the election he had practically com pleted his organization in every county ia the District.' His pre-primary cam-1 paiga was waged without any noise and his frieadt urged the Democrats to en dors him at the poll because they felt he wa better equipped to represent the district in Congress, Friends of MeCall urged him for the nomination because h wa Mecklenburg's candidate and Mecklenburg, they insisted loudly, was entitled to the plum. ' Threatened Revolt. The nomination, of, Hoey threatened revolt among the Democrats, ia the big county, eaecially in the city of Charlotte. Prominent business men pass along th word that they were going to vot ior Morehead, the Republics'! 3B IN GONGRFSS fCoaUaaed a Pag Twe.) RAILROAD BILL NOW IN WILSON'S HANDS j Brotherhoods Prepare Memo i rial Asking Veto ; Legal Opin ion Be Rushed Washington, Feb. 23 The railroad bill j v.as sent to tho' White House today "and 1 the President is expected to act on it ; oue wav or another before the roads are Lrtu!!!nE m., next Monday. The meaRure is vigorou-dy opuoca i.y the railroad brotherhoods and their rep ! rescntntiv.es, ugw-iu Washington, con sidering the President's proposal tor settlement of their wage demands were drafting today a memorial ;tothe exeiu tire asking bun to veto the bill. A similar request as made yehti-rdny by Oeorge Y. Hampton, managing direc tor of the Farmers National Council, who asked, that the l'resident hear a dele gation from his organization tomorrow. Other big turners organizations, how-. ever, in a letter sent to the Whit House today, urged approval of the legislation) Wilson's Views Not Known. ' f ' There has been no indication from the White House as to the President's views on the measure. He has had before him for several days a digest of tho bill pre pared by Director Ocneral Hines after tho Honute and House conferees finally d d mtlltan , thv form ja H ai , , th, Hollw n which it was approve lRHt Saturday and the Nvnate last Mon day. After it was received at the execu tive offices today tho bill was sent to the Department of Justice for an opia ion as to its .validity, hi tho usual oald not be course such an opinion w ready under four or five days, but to meet the present rather unusual situa- ,. , , , ,, . tion. the department is expected to i :: ispeeil up its opin on The President has teu days, exclud ing Bundays, or until midnight Mnrch 8, to act on the bill before it would be come a law without his signatuto. Committee Decides Separate 1 " K, Legislation Best; Opposi- 1 tinn Prnhahlp . "v" r 1 wuau,c Washington, Feb. 2.1 -Meeting the demand- of Kepubliean leaders, the House Military committee, by a bi-partisan rote today, refused to include universal military training in the army reorgani zation )ill which wilt be Tomairy i ported tomorrow by Chairman Kahn. Sharp opposition to th reorganization nrABMrnii. ...H.d wrliftn lli. kill V AO f. Vl . the House fioor, and it may be attacked earlier by a minority report. " la rejecting immediate consideration of the training plan,- the committee voted that it should become the subject of neparnte legislation to bo framed by a "friendly" sub-committee of seven earned by Mr. Kahn, with an agreemwnt of tho leaders that its consideration would not be blocked after a thorough inquiry had been made of the cost and economic effects. This investigation is expected to delay action on the question until the next session. Army of 299,00s Men. With this temporary dispona! of uni versal training, the committee voted, 10 to 0, to report the reorganisation bill providing for a maximum peace-time army of 17,700 officers and 290,000 en listed men, including the Philippine scouts and unasslgned recruits. Unlike the national defense aet of 1D1G, which the new bill would amend, no definito tactical formation of the army is pre scribed, this being left discretionary with the Presid-snt. this feature is among the principal causes of the sharp opposition by the minority. Supporters of universal training plan to offer amendment to force House ac tion on the question, but opponents of the. scheme hope to frustrute these at tempts through parliamentary tactics. Although thr sepfirnte training bill was ordered prepared "at the earliest prac tical date," even its supporter were doubtful of consideration for months. Mr. Kahn, however, announced that he expected an "early'' report to follow t "thorough" investigation. - Republican leader opposing the plan's appearance in the army bill included the members of the legislative steering committee, who based their objection principally on the ground that action should be deferred until the party's stand was outlined by the National Con vention' in June. They alio agreed that House adoption of the plans was impos sible at present. Aviation Fourth Arm. The reorganization bill rrcoguiz the aviation as a fourth arm of the army, along with the infantry, cavalry and artillery, each service headed by a major-general. The tnuk corps is includ ed in the infantry arm and the chemical warfare becomes a separate corps to eonduct experiments in gases.' Other new services, developed during the- war, EXCLUDE TRAINING FROM All BILL are rejected or consolidated in the older' reopened treaty .fight to a termination, . branches, , 1 "', did there seem to- b anything like un- Liberal provisions for building up the janimity of opinion. It generally 'was .' national guard are earned in tue nui, including many of the reeommenditions a'l vocuted by guard officers, the reserve officers training corps in schools and colleges, reserve training camp and the eitisens reserve. , While the bill provides for a peace time army of more than 100,000 troops stronger than the defense aet, eves the supporters of the' enlarged army were skeptical that' it would sooa become a reality. Some term it a "paper army," poiting out that the slow rate of recruit ing sine th armistice; precluded the possibility of 'earjjy' enlistment of the new force. - , ., - . . ' Th combat strength is authorized to be 830,000, the remainder of the fore being absorbed in th supply and fid. ministrativ service and, the Phillipint scouts aad unassigned recruits. The in fantry fore is fixed at a ninximum strength of 110,000 men and OKI of ficers, th cavalry at 0,500 men' and Catinaed aa Page Two.). 11 To "C'an Up" , Jr. r Micmgan bounty Has Tame p flfld Sllddcn EndinQ DALRYMPLE GOES TO CONFER WITH KRAMER Federal Agent Had Warrant Charging Attorney With Ma- 1 licions Libel; No Actios Ta ken, State Prosecutor Warns Against Arrests; . Grand-" Stand Play Charged . . Iron River,. Mich., Feb. 25 Thirty--i five Federal agents and members of the -Michigan Mate constabulary who ar rived last night under Major A. V. Dalrymple, prohibition ; eommiSHioner for Cent ral Htates ,to "dean, up" Iron county, tonight were en route back iiome, uiie iwa ior xniirvuipie was uounti fur Washington to confer with Prohibi tion Commissioner John Kramer. Major Dalrymple, who led the armed M"ed,t'on 10 "on. "(ver with the avowed purposo of arresting county "uu ? , " .spiracy to obstruct enforcement of the . ,. . ,, -. i . : n . . . a. . . . - i. a -. Kramer and ordered to meet the oppos ing side nad seek a conipfomise without legal action. Worsting of the Vcderal agents in the first clash with State offi cers in the enforcement of the ieght eenth amendment was a serious blow to enforcement of the dry law, Major lMlryiiie declared before his de parture. ' Martin S. McDonougii, prosecuting attorney of Iron county and leader of' the county authorities, who, Major Dal -rymple declared, were in "open revolt" agains nne unueu Motes, received a telegram today from District Attorney Atyr H. walker, at Grand Rapids, ad vising him to take no action until the district attorney could -come to in vestigate. Mr. MrDonough had obtained a war rant for the arrest of Major Dalrytapl charging him with malicious libel aad had planned to have it served by Chief of Polke, Sensible at the railroad station last night. . ... A telephone message ' from Crystal FallsK 15 miles away, however, notified McDonough that Major Dalrymple, in anticipation of trouble, , had Issued fifty: j r...rl. 9 .Wmm.(iI.1.. - . k. . 4' his party.' The prosecutor then: advieed Iron River citizens to go horn tad avoid any demonstration. Today Mr. McDonough warned Majr Dalrymple that if he carried out his plan nad arrested any on in Iron county without a warrant or scavhed any private home for liquor the county officer would "arrest every , man in your party and put them ia jail.' The prohibition direr-tor already had received ordora from Mr. Kramer call ing off th. "armed invasion" aad no arrests were made. Denie Taking Win. '-Reports that I took the eleven bar rels of wine from Leo J. Grove, Federal prohibition supervisor for Northern Michigan and the state police and re turned it to the. Italian from whom it wa taken are false." McDonough. de clared today. '"I confiscated this.wiue when 1 found it in the possession of Grove. I placed my own men in charge and put th bar" rei in a safe place." - Charges "Grand Stead Play." Maj. Dalrymple found nine barrels ot (Centlaaed oa Page Two.) PEACE TREATY COMING ' ur run iviunc utDAi t "Nobody Knows What Will' Happen," Say Leader Sur- ' vevinc Possibilities Washington, Feb." 25. Th near treaty will be called before the Sena! again tomorrow nnder an agreement If keep it continually under consideration until a rots is 'reached on ratification. ."No one knows what will happen," said Republican and Democratic leaders alike tonight, aa they surveyed the per plexing possibilities ' with . which : th trenty now is confronted, Some-, of the rank and file were .more confident ia their predictions, ' i however,, various friends of the treaty on both (idea ef the Chamber declaring ratification wss certain and all. of its irreconcilable enemies agreeing that ratification , was impossible. ...Only on one. point, tha- length of time likely to be consumed "in-bringing tb jtonceded that' the debate mould not b permitted' to "drag out- interminably bf this time and that unless- two or three, weeks brought aaiion bits aide would be willing to face a final test of treagth and then let the 'issue, if undecided, go into the campaign. ' . With . the Republican still claiming that twenty-two Democrat wer ready to accept th Republican reservation, and with Democratic leaders still insist ent that enough . administration' Sena tors to preveut ratification would hold out for a compromise, the. negotiations to bring the . two- side together ap peared to be again in a state of dead lock. It, was expected, however, that private conferences would continue as the Sena(. deltoid wise' resumed and it1 was on these exchanges that the treaty's supporters pinned their hopes of rati-.. fication. ' .- ' U mm IN ORDERED IRON IV . - ' -p 1 .5'-.; . In the best"- homes 'in ' America im ported Pompelan OHv-Oil is th ataa- darL table oil. Adv. ; .? j ;.'.:
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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