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."3vj THE WEATHER WATCH UBEL ' a rw aeen eraoal I . rs Mm usksiMa tad avet mltm$ a stall Htii . : l air. continue cold Friday server' ssiurc.j, partly cloudy . rnter. VOL CXI. NO. 58. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS Ob . . : J ' ef" - . ... 1 1 f w o . . R, 3? t RECORD MAJORITY F RE RVATIDN TO PEACE TREATY Republican Proposal Regarding Mandatories Readopted In Senate ' FOUR NEGATIVE VOTES ! CAST BY DEMOCRATS! froTides No Mandate Accepted By United States Without . Consent of Congress; Though Thirty Democrats Vote For It, There Is No" Break In Their Ranks Washington, Feb. 2fi. The Republi can reservation regarding mandatories, ttarhed to the Peace Treaty last No- yember oyer the opposition ' of thirty three..Icinoeratie iff'ftora mil readopt ad by a vote of 68 tS-dn the Senate to day after the administration leaden bad withdrawn their oppoaition to it. It waa the first time a qualification Cf the treaty had been adopted with tbe acquiescence of the Democratic, managers and the 11 rat time more thaa two-third of the entire Senate mem bership had voted together in approv ing any reservation. The result waa not generally regarded ai indicating a sud den break in the Senate situation, how aver, since the reservation was one f those which the Democrats had agreed in the recent bi-partisans conference to accept without change. Provide Congress) Consent. Thirty Democrats and' thirty-eight Republicans were recorded in favor of the reservation after 8enator Hitchcock, the Democratic leader, had declared on the floor that its effect would b only to recite a principle already established UndlSr-ths treaty itself and under fed eral laws. It provides, in substance, that ito mandate eould be accepted by the United States without the consent of Congress. The four who voted in the negative ere Senators Jones, 'New Mexico, Ken driek, Wyoming, Walsh, Montana and Willinms, Mississippi, all Democrats. Explaining his vote, Senator Walsh de clared he had "not the slightest ob jection to the reservation except that it is nn necessary Senator Bitcheock 4 ill not vote. ' ' v ' Reed Of Track Adoption of the reservation came fcfter the treaty laid before- the Senate fender a plan to keep it continuously tinder consideration until disposed of, lad been subjected to another all day attack by its irreconcilable opponents. (Senators France, Republican, Maryland, and Reed, Democrat, Missouri, led th assault, the latter Injecting a new ele ment into the debate, by criticising President Wilaon'a appointment yester day ol Bainhridg Colby to be Secretary of State. Mr. Colby was defended by (Senator Ashnrst, Democrat, Arizona. Although the much debated article ten reservation proceeded that relating to mandatories in the Senate's order of business, it was pnt over oa a motion . by Senator Lodge, the Republican lead er, to be considered after all the other have been voted an. There are fonrten on the list, and action has teen taken so for on only two. AMENDMENT TO LEVER ACT IS HELD INVALID St. tarns, -Mo Feb. !. The amend ment to the Lever food control act was ie'!:ireil unconstitutional by United btnt?a. District Judge Fnri here today when he sustained a demurrer of the defense and dismissed the ease of the U C ohen Grocery Company, which was charged with making an unjust profit on sugar. Judge, Faris made the ruling at the conclusion of the testimony in tho ease. He took' up the conflict with the sixth amendment to the Constitution, snying'the Lever act amendment was value, indefinite and uncertain and ielogntr legislative power to eourt and juries and. that it did not provide fo;- informing Tefendnnt of the charges vgrtinst them. CCPPKR WORM STOLRJi FROM , DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFriCE. Roanoke, Y Feb. 26. 'While Federal court was in session here today, eom one stola a copper worn from the office of the assiitaat district attorney, eourt - officials announced toniht. Officers ex pressed the belief that one of the 600 witnesses called here to testify in noon- thin ease, "took a fancy to the worm." It waa being held as evidence in the ease of an alleged illicit distiller.- . ' - TWO U. 8. ARMY AVIATORS KILLED WREN PLANE FALLS -Panama, Feb. 86. Two United State army aviator were, killed today whea "thrtr-plsnTshed7roni a height of 6,000 feet at Agua uuiee. xney wer .Lieut. Houman and Lieut. Vaughn and - were engaged la a fight front France Field to David, about 800 anile dUtant from Panama, carrying snail. Ship Abandonee; Crew Safe. ' Norfolk. Va., Feb. 2 Tb eoast guard eatter Maaning and the wrecking tug Rescue arrived in Norfolk thi aft- crnaoa with foarteea Bd six member respectively, of the etew of th ill-fated stesmer Tallae, whieh raa agroaad eighteen mile .south of Cape Henry early Wednesday morning; ia a den fog. The Tallae. which kad beea aban doned a a total wreck, was bound for i Baltimore with a cargo of iron or from Panama. 8h wa an America eeeael of 1,380 tons. The Sancrba Concert Orchestra with runt rfil artists afternoon and night. -Adv,) s. . ' .. - . : . ,. I NDICTI JAKE NEWELL BIDS Charlotte Republican Leader Rebels From The More head Ranks GOES TO CONVENTION UNPLEDGED TO DICTATOR Scathing Indictment of More head 'Machine Methods To Banish Labor Vote from Re publican Hanks Contained in ,', Letter; Condemns Hoheniol lern Political Tactics By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. Staff Corrsepeadcat. Charlotte, Feb. 86. Jake Newell, de voted follower of John Motley More head since the latter' rise to power in the Republican rank of North Caro lina and three times a Republican can didate for Congress today, bida tbe Master farewell in a letter of seven typewritten pages containing a scathing indictment of the Hohenxollern political methods of the Mark Hanna of North Carolina politics. "I abhor a course of conduct and of leadership, which, even unwittingly, would create a line of cleavage between the man who toils and the man who era ploffy" the Charlotte lawyer write, It would destroy not only a party, but a country. But if the day eomea whea such an unhappy choice most be made, I ihall prefer infinitely prefer to see the country in the hinds of honest men with broad sympathies and first-hand knowledge of the problem of the poor, than to see it in the hand of self seeking men without such sympathy and knowledge. One elaas, if I must use a term I dislike, haa produced a Lincoln ; and the other, a William Hohenxollern." Bids the Master Farewell. "I have ever aeqieaced in your judg ment," the former disciple of the mas ter explain and adds in the past it has required no compromise of principle on his part to do this. "I will annoy you no further," he declares in his letter which waa made publie today. Specifi cally he indicts the master on the fol lowing eoante: 1. The Mo re head - machine method mean not only the abandonment bat Jo the banishment of a large element in the State, who live by the sweat of their faee aad who nougat -iaywnsn for Republican leadership. t. The use, of the favorite More head gumshoe method in securing the nomination for Congrea at the Republi can convention at Newton. 3. The Importation of strangers into tbe district to conduct the campaign for election to Congress, the most no torious being a man named Cavinest, who waa Morvhead's manager. 4. Failure of the Morehead manage ment ia the . Congressional campaign to undertake a clean elear-eut cam paign in the industrial centers, pre ferring apparently the rapport of voters whom it waa believed they could de bauch. S. Exercise of (team roller method by 3. D. Albright, chairman of the Mecklenburg county committee and Morehead lieutenant at the county con vention here Saturday by appointment of hi tool on the credential com mittee and by theft through them of enough' vote to effect hie re-election. Newell denie that he lay down" in the last Morehead campaign, declar ing that important legal busineta pre vented hi taking a more active part. Since Albright waa managing thing. Newell say that h left the arrange ment for (peaking up to him. Newell Plead Guilty. ''Both your words and your conduct denote a fear that I may be luitra meatal ia bringing Into the Republican party an element of voter whose live are spent ia the textile and other In dustrie of the Stat, the insurgent Newell write. "I confess that I hava j done my atmoat to add this, as every other, respectable element to the vot ing strength of the party." "And I tell you now, this one-time . Democrat continue, that there i a I large element in this etate, people who ; live by the tweet of their fie it is true, who no longer deeire to affiliate with tbe Democratic party, and aro without political leadership, devoted to America a ideal ef government They will bare leadership ia plenty offered them of a very different character.' -I have sought to add them to our party because I believed the Republi can party needed them, and because I believed still more profoundly that they needed the Republican party," eon f eases ! th victim or in iiortnesa Dsnisnmeni program. Encouragement of them would make them a fine and patriotic element of citizenship. I , To abandon them Is to mike them a menace." Banished By Morehead. "If I understand your attitude npoa this subject. Indicated by year recent campaign,", continues the former dis ciple, "and expressed In your speech at the courthouse Saturday, it ia nor than abandonment it 1 banishment. . And an this I fesr wo esa never agree, be cause, if for aa ether reaaoa and there ia a far finer one I do not believe that the interest of capital ean be pro tected aad conserved ia such fashion. '-""Capital, essentially the coined in dustry aad thrift of the country," the rebelling Republican warns, "will never be protected by excluding from partici pstioa ia the affair ef a great party the men, often badly led ia the past, it ia true, wha are today engaged ia producing and helping to produce it. PeUtkal Education Needs.,- ... "I believe that the political education of the mea engaged ia the hnmbler walk ef industry, throngs, participation (Coatlaaed an Pag Two.) WITH I IN MASTER FAREWELL EXCK -vjSS BETWEEN WILSON AND PREMIERS ON ADRIATIC QUESTION ARE MADE PUBLIC IN WASHINGTON Washington, Feb. 2$. President Wil son in bis reply to the British and French premiers-on the Adriatic ques tion, adheres to his previous deeiiioa that unless the terms of settlement at returned to the provisions of the agree ment of December ninth, he "must tak under serious consideration the with drawal of the Treaty of Versailles, and the French Alliance from the Senate. The. response of the premiers was dispatched frofn London today but had not been received tonight in Wash ington. - . " With the exception of this note, the exchanges on the subject, including the December 9 agreement, and the sub seouent agreement communicated to Jua-o-Sktvia kit month by the British and French premiers, were made pub- He today by the Htata Department. Weald Continue 01 Order. Holding that tbe provision of the agreement sent as an ultimatum to Jugo-Slavia would merely continue "the old order of things whieh brought so many evil on the world." President Wilaon in his first communication to the entente premier declared that if such were made effective the time had not come "when thia government ean entertain a concert of powers, the very existence of which must depend upon a new spirit and a new order." The note then added: "The President desires to any that he must take under serious consideration the withdrawal of the treaty with Ger many and the agreement between the United States and France (the Franco- American treaty) whieh are now be fore the Senate. In hi last note the President re iterated in an emphatic manner hi stand from which he asserted there could be no departure as the course de cided upon by the premiers would be "short-sighted and not in accord with the terrible sacrifices of the entire world whieh can be justified nnd en nobled only by leading finally to set- tlements in keeping with the principles for which the war wa fought. The joint memorandum of December 0 subscribed to by France, Great Britain aad the United States, and whieh it waa supposed here settled the Adriatic question, provided in substance the following: Provlaiea of Agreement Istrla wa to have a frontier, whieh, while "widely oversteppinr the Teeog- nixed ethnical line between Italy and Jugo-Slavia wonld have given to Italy aiere than. aOO.000 Jugo-Slav and fur ther extended eastward to give Italy territory in th region of Albona, also including Jugo-Stava. A buffer state between the Italian territory and Istri and th Herb-Croat-Sloven Kingdom containing aome 800,000 Jugo-Slavs, against 40,000 Italians, was to be placed under the League of Nation. Th so called Aasling region waa to be perma nently demilitarized. There waa to be a free state of Fiume under control and for future determination by the League with full autonomy ,for the city of Fiume. The city Zara was to have com plete sovereignty under the League ana complete control ef ita own affair. Th island of th Pelagota group jussa and the small islands west ef it, Lussin and TJnie, wer to pa to Italy on demilitarised status with local autonomy for the Slave ia Lisss Italy waa to have a mandate ever the independent State of Albania under the League- Albanian frontier north nd east were to be those fixed by th London conference of 101.1, but the south wa left for nego tiation. Qreece wa to have certain territory, the line for some of which wera to be left for negotiation. The city of Valona and such hinterland irtrietlv necessary to defense and eco nomic development were granted to Italy in full overeignty. Italy Centrals Adriatic. These provisions were described in the memorandum a affording to Italy "full satisfaction of her historic na tional aspirations' uniting th Italian race and a giving her "absolute etrate gie control of th Adriatic" Th con feree declared they had carried .''their concern for Italian , eeeurity ' to the point of neutralising the Dalmation Is land, and adjacent water from th northern border .of the Regain region to Fiume." Italy, however, had asked for control of the diplomatic relations of Zara, dissociation , of the city of Fiume from th free stats of Fiume: connection of th city of Fiume to I tria by a corridor and annexation to Italy of the Island of Lagosta. This plan th conferee characterised as "counter to every consideration of geog raphy, economic and territorial con venience." Explaining their reasons for arriving at th previous decision, they declared: ' . Dm Ira For Territory. "Economic consideration being equal ly excluded, ther remain nothing but a desire for further territory. Tbe ter ritories coveted ire admittedly inhab ited by the Jugo-Slav. They contain practically no Italian elements." On that point the memorandum included a communication from President Wilson to Premier Tittoni, under date of No vember 12, which, explaining the Ameri can view, declared i "The broad prin ciple remain that it i neither just nor expedient to annex th spoils of war territories inhabited by an alien race, anxiou and capable to maintain a cp arat national (tat of irridentism ex actly aaalogou in kind to that which justified the demand of Italia irridcata for naioa with.th Italian state.'' - Tbe new agreement between . Great Britain, Franca nj Italy, dated Janu ary 14, 1920, whieh President Wilsoa construed a having beea arrived at without participation , 'of th United State, after the agreement ef Decem ber ninth, was upnosed to have settled th question, provided in substance i Redraw Beaadary. , Fiume, a an independent (tat free ia ita ewa diplomacy. Susak to go to the Kerb-Crest -Slovene stats with rail road aad terminal to4 go to th League, Th free state of the previous proposals wa to disappear and the boundary be tween Italy and th Berb-Croat-Slovenc (tat wa to be redrawn, to provide for the previously discussed corridor. "Th Wilson line," in the region of Senoieechia was to be redrawn "to pro vide for th protection of Trieste." This, the agreement declared, "will leave in the Serb-Croat-Blovene state purely Jugo-Slav districts., Zara wa to be an independent State under the League, Valona wa to b re tained by Italy aa provided in -the treaty of London and Italy was to take a man date over Albania who northern boun daries were to be readjusted and whose southern boundaries were to be e arraaged to give Greece ' Eoritta and Argyrokastron. The island group of Lussin, Iissa and Pelagosa wer to be assigned to Italy and the remainder were to go to the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. All Adriatic islands were to be demili tarized there were to be special pro visions to permit Italian in Dalmatia to choose Italian nationality. Features Net Acceptable. ' President Wilson's note of January 19, in protest to these arrangements, asked whether it was "the intention of the British and French governments in the future to dispose of the various questions pending in Europe and to communicate the result to the govern ment of th United States," adding that Clemenceau and Lloyd George must real ize tbero were feature's ia tbe proposed Fiume settlement which could not be acceptable to this government. IJoyd George and Cleuienceau, reply ing under date of January SH, disclaim ed any intention of making a definite settlement without the viewa of the United States, but had taken it up at the point at which it was left when Under Secretary Polk returned to Washington. They replied that they felt "practically every important point of the joint mem orandum of December ninth remained untouched," and added that "only two feature undergo alteration and both these sre to the advantage of Jugo Slavia." The British and French premiers argued that the disappearance of the free state of Fiume would reunite 200,- 000 Jugo Slavs with their fatherland and that the Albanian settlement wss such as to afford satisfaction "to the necessary requirements to all parties concerned." They chsracterixed it s a fair settlement of 'a difficult sad dangerous question'' and "that in the event, ft its nothing accepted they will be drivea Xv uppo :i the enforce ment ef th treatj of London, which 1 satisfactory to nobody. No Discourtesy to V. S. Both Premiers disclaimed any intent to "shew th slightest discourtesy to th United States or that they "wished to conceal their action in any way. As President Wilson was not at the confer ence, they said, they thought th best plan to proceed with the negotiations and communicate th results to the United States. President Wilson' reply of February 10 (aid he eould not 'lielieve that solution containing provisions which ai ready had received the well merited TWICE "HANGED"; GETS PARDON; VOTED $5,000 Jsekson, Miss., Feb. 26. Five' thousnd dollars compensation for twiee facing the gallows and serv ing tw years in the penitentiary, although an innocent man, wa voted today by the lower house of the Mississippi legislature to Will Purvis, of Lamar county. - ' - '' Purvis waa given the death pen alty twenty-six years sgo for the murder ef Will Burkolev, a young farmer, near Columbia, Miss.' On th day of execution the noes dipped from Purvis neck when th trap was sprung and hs fell to the ground unhurt. The sheriff against attempting to . perform tbe execution when hi t-torney-intervened with th eon- . tentioa that a man could not be punished twir for the come of fense. The.hjiusine was postponed and tbe sentence commuted to life 'imprisonment. After serving two years in the penitentiary, Purvis wa exonerated by a death bed eonfeseioa ef Joe Beard, Marion county, who claimed , that Buckeley was killed by Louis Thornhill. another farmer, aad that Purvle had no part in the killing. A pardon wa granted immediately' by th governor. SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES ! BRITISH AMBASSADOR London, Feb. 26. It. wa definitely stated ia the lobby of the House of Commons tonight that Sir Auek- ' land-Geddes. Minister of National Service and Reconstruction, ha been (elected a British Ambassador ' to Washington. Official' announce ment of bin appointment, it wa aid, wa oaly awaiting notification .from Washington that Sir Auckland i persona grata. CAILLATJX AT TRIAL CLAIMS ' I SAVED FRANC, IN If 11. Pari, Feb. 28.-oFrmer JPremler Joseph Caillaux dealt extensively with the Agadir-Moreece incident In hi tes timony todsy before the Senate, sitting s a high court, which ia trying blm en the charge of having had-treason able-dealings with the enemy. M. Caillaux claimed the glory of hav ing saved- France from war in 1911 and also for .the subsequent intensification of the production . of heavy : artillery. He mad every endeavor, be declared, to hare Russia adopt plan for' quicker mobilization. - i - condemnation of the French and British government (referring to the settle ment of December 9) can in any tense be , regarded at right. "He eould not agree that the memorandum of January 14 left untouched practically every im portant point aa argued by the British and French premiers and declared his opinion that the original proposal had been "profoundly altered to the advan tage, of improper Italian objectives, to the terious injury of the Jugo-Slav peo ple, and to the peril of world peace." The fact that Italy rejected the proposal of December 9 and accepted that of January 14, the President thought was proof that Italy" would receive "very positive advantages." Uajast Annexation. President Wilsoa pointed oujt that while the British and French govern ments in the agreement of December 9 concurred in the view that a corridor for Flu oie ran "counter to every .con sideration of geography economics and territorial, convenience," they agreed to it by memorandum of January 14, and that whereas Italy's demand for the annexation of all Istria had been re jected in the former agreement "on the solid ground that neither strategic nor economic considerations could justify such aniiextntion," tho agreement of January 14 provided for "thi unjust nnd Inexpedient annexation of all Istria." President Wilson's note said that whereas the agreement of December 9, excluded every form of Itclian sov ereignty over Fiume, he could not "avoid the courluson" that tbe agree ment of January 14 "opens the way for Italian control of Fiume's foreign af fairs." The President said he felt the original agreement gave proper pro tection to the railway connecting Fiume with- the interior, but that the agree ment of January U established Italy "In dominating military positions close to the railway at a number of critical points." The new agreement, hii note said, "partitions the Alhsnian people among three different alien powers," while the original agreement preserved it unity "in large measure." All these provisions, said the President's note,! wkhui-u wunoui ino Knowledge or approval of the American government," changed th whole face of the whole Adriatic settlement and, iu the eye of thi government, "render it unwork able and rob It of that measure of jus tice whieh is essential if thi govern ment la to eo operate in maintaining ita terras."' . Denial American PHnrijIee. That the Jugo-Slava might feel forced to accept it" rather than the treaty of London, the President ssid would not alter th conviction of thfs government "thst it cannot give its assept to a settlement which both in the terms of its provisions snd in the method i f us enforcement constitutes a positive j aemni or tbe principles for which America entered the war. "Italy's unjust demand," said th President a note, "had been condemned by the French and British governments in terms no less severe than those em- ployed by the American government. While there i. tlm. aubstan- tin! agreement as to the injustice and inrxpedieiiee of Italy', claim there is a difference of onininn as to h. Italy's friends should resist he-, S,. nortunste demands for .lien e,rinri. to which she can present no valid title.' America Cannot Subscribe. "The American government," the President's note said, "feels that it can not sacrifice the principles for which it entered the war to gratify tho im proper ambitions of one of ita asso- pearnnee of calm in the Adruitfo at the .. ... ....... .. ...... Himmo. mim tu. i j riea nf f ..... ,-i,i ,. a .,,, , "tRtoii to provide for a continuation of " oenmor nimmnns witn the senior Sen price or a ruture world ronnagration. , . it ... .,, , . , , ntor. Senator nm.. -: i - Tti unwilling in ;,i,. rond building, the State wli be faced ... ,enB0, "vermnn, National com- IP" unwilling to recognize either nn ... ... - ... . nntteemnn A W r-T linin.f u.tfli-m.n An , sistcnt with the new world Conditions, I "1.tl'usiils,s,,,r still hopeful that 'some or an uniust ef tlem.nt M,,iv,.,l t i.Vh,n n h "J"n ln Congrea to re employing that secret treaty as an in alrument of coercion. The Adrintie issue as it now present itself rniiea tiie fundamental question as" to M-tihi- ,1. A. . on any term, eo-oncrale with its Eu- n.wu. ; .1 ..u . t maintaining the pence pf, the world by If substantial agreement en . "--'I ft hat is just and reasonable ia not to determine international issues; if the country possessing the most endurance in pressing its demands rather than the conntry armed with a just cause is to gain the support of the powers; if forci ble seizure of coveted areae . J, ,t9 lw permitted and condoned aed is, to re- eeive ntyiinnte justification by creating1 a sit ii 1 ion so difficult that decision favorable to the aggressor is deemed a practical necessity ; if deliberately in cited ambition is, under the name of nntionnl sentiment to be rewarded at the expense of the small and weak; if, in a word, tbe old order of things which : brought so many evil on the world i i atill to prevail, then the time is not1 yet come when this government can entertain a concert of powers the very cxistnnee of which must depend upon new spirit and new order.' Consider Withdrawing Tresty. Tbe President wound up hit note by saying that if the maximum concessions made in the mcmorrmlura of December eould not be accepted, 'the President ! desires to say that be must tak under' serious consideration the withdrawal of the treaty with Germany and the agree ment between the United States and France (The Franco-American Alliance) which ire now before tbe Sennte, and permitting the terms of th; European J City, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Jack settlement to be independently estnh-1 a0n, Memphis and 8priitneld, Ills. Th ushed and enforced by the aasociated f government.' Millerand, who had succeeded -Clemenceau a premier t France, and Lloyd George, replied under data of February 17, saying there wss "no foundation for the assumption that the new settlement involved" a capitulation to the Italian (.Oatiaacd a Page Thlrteta.) FEDERAL MONEY LIMIT REACHED FOR ROAD WORK Highway Projects Yet Unac cepted Will Be Held In Abeyance i, CONGRESS HAS MADE NO FURTHER PROVISION North Carolina Highway Com mission Among First To Util ize Full Apportionment of Federal Road Fund ; Accepted Projects Total $12,000,000; Must Wait On Congress ''Highway projects that have not yet paased by the State Highway Commission for approval will very likely be held in abeyance until the Fedeargovern meiit has made anme arrangement for the continuation of the appropriation that has supplemented State and county fund. for road work. The limit of Fed eral apportionment has 'been reached in tho State, and slightly exceeded, ac cording to Mr. Frank Page, chairman of the commission. Present appropriations from the I'nited States treasury are made until June ItO, 1921, and ao far Coiigrcn has taken no steps to supplement tho pres ent appropriation with money that will continue the work after that time. Some states have not yet approached the lim it set for them by the Federal road leginlation, butthe North Carolina Com-mi-ision has been considernbly more active than these nnd utilised to the fullest the possibilities of government aidin road building. Meat Walt Oa Congreea. It has been generally assumed that Congress would provide further assis tance for road building after the present provision becomes exhausted, but with out definite assurance that something will be done, the State commission is without authority, and without the promise of funds to continue the ap proval of projects. In view of this sit uation there seems to be nothing to do hut wait on Congress and hold up all new projects, and the projects not yet passed finally until Congress acts. Of tbe 2O0,00P,000 appropriated by Congress, North Carolina waa appor tioned- e,ooo,000 Tho apportiaameat waa baaed oa area and . populatioa, Texa got the largest shsre of the money with somswhat mora than a 18,000,000. New York was second- and Pennsylvania third. Under th provisions of the art, each state was required to utilize not less than three-fourts of the ap- portionment by the end of the fiscal ! -v,'"r ' "-l1 ' ,,nucl funds' would be rcrurnra to tne national treasury. North Carolina has gone further than thnt several months ago and thia week Xhr total mount 9f tbe PPP- i ria,lon- Kolne of th t,,h" ,atM VV J" "I"?"' f Try J"'..,et I f ,,,e tt,T.,p.i'v f'WtfA- " ! P0'hl!"y Jt ther may be .orne ! of t,,e or,elnftl ,un1 returned to the I tery to be re-apportioned among t h U,M ht n" Thi ' problematical, nnd not aufficiently as sured to justify the approval of further projects until it ia definitely determin ed. May Ead Road Work. Road legislation in JS'ortli Carolina is based entirely upon the Federnl enact ment that supplements Stste and county road money with supplementary approp - in Wash- null I nc lierrMliy Ul moling some IUr- Ueve the situation hut nothing is ex- .-iweteil until after the fall elections i at least. Meanwhile new project not yet pass ed upon must come to a lir.lt in North Jf,"?""- "I!'1 P'"Mir .' otl"r 'State in like situation. Project can ; j lie approved subject to the future action of Congress but without de fin ito II .i.m... kn. 1. I . 1 1 . : amount to anything in the way of ac tual road construction. Commissioner I Page said yesterday that he hoped North Carolina eitir.ens wonld bring the mat- (Continued en Page Two,) . TO CARRY PASSENGERS" ACROSS THE CONTINENT i.. I,. 1 " , Three Trans-Continental Diri gible Lines and 'Shorter Eontes Are Planned New York. Feb. 26. Plans for the operation of three trans-continental dirigible airship lines for passengers and several smaller Middle! Westers lines were, announced here today by Charles Ora, hesd of the Commercial Air Craft Syndicate- Mr. Ora declared 'thai be has made arrangement for the construction or as ship, ten each of six. twelve and fifty passenger capacity, which will be used oa the Middle West- era lines, and five ships, having a ea- paeity of 200 passengers, which will be used on the trans-continental line. The first rout will take in th fol lowing cities, he said: Kansas Citv. Denver. Tulsa.. Oklahoma first email shin will ..,ifc.- . morrow aad after being exhibited at aa aeronautical exposition, it will be flown back to Kansas City -i put tut commission. y&$e. definite tnriflf rate have becfTrlxed.'oflicials of the syndicate timated that the cost of passenger air ship travel would vnot exceed five cent a mil. - - , v CHAR ONE BACKS E FOR C0MB1 Large Delegation of Queen City Business Men Visit Capital In His BehalL " VISIT WHITE HOUSE WHILE IN WASHINGTON Three More Southern Senators Promise To Endorse N. 0. Han; Federal Trade Com mission Unable To Control Price of Newsprint; White head Klutts Speaks The News snd Observer Bureau, R03 District National aBnk Bldg. (By R. E. POWELL.) (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 26. Charlotte, rep resented by a formidable delegation of leading business men, came to Washing ton, today and laid before Private Sec retary Tumulty several reasons why his friends are asking the President to ap point Commissioner A. J. Maxwell to the Interstate Commerce Commission. At the outset, Mr. Tumulty informed his callers, who were accompanied to the White House by Frank A. Hampton, prirnte secretary to the Senators, that the White House entextaincd a high re gard for the capacity and integrity of Mr. Maxwell. Hundreds of telegram from many sections of th South have lieen addressed to the President In be- half of Mr. Maxwell and any number I of letters have iliecn written ia hi int. rest. . ''We were very much pleased ' with the reception accorded a at the Whitu House," said Mr. Hampton. "Of course, we received no indication from Mr. Tu. multy a to whom the President will se lect. I would nay, though that Mr. Max well's chances to be appointed to a sent on the commission are fine." More Strong Backing. It wa learned hero today that as a result of negotiation carried oir dur ine the last few day, Senator Mc K ol io r, of Tennessee, Dial, of South Caro lina, and Trmnill, of Florida .are now backing the Maxwell candiiacy aad will exert their influence at the While House in his behalr. Both th North. Carolina Senator ar vigorously eon darting a clank room eampiign to win - p.i .(,., i 9i outer neaniors wno navo not pledged thomselrrs t inyone. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, Is certain to join the North Ca-olinn Seniitor nad would bar been tiv b'ii for Illness. The endorsement if lr. Maxwell by the Memphis Chamber vf Cummerre today may also bare t'm effect of enlisting the Support of Sen ator Shields, of that BtnteJ Th Mem. phis organization wa behind Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, while he waa in th rice. , The Charlotte delegation was com posed of Word H. Wood, H. M. Victor and John M. Scott, president of three large Charlotte bank; Sobart Lnsitr, president; W. 8. Crelghtoa, traffic man ager, snd T. T, Allison, secrets ry of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; Paul C. Whltloek, trust officer of th Amer ican Trust Company; E. O. Anderson, vice president of th Charlotte Natlonsl Bank; W. H. Willard, manager of th national Aniline and Chemical Cout-l Pny, and E. B. Preston, Chsrlotte law. yer. Confer With Senators. ! ""or K'l'nit to the White Honse this """' "-hi a eonierence in the offtce ,. , J.' ' ucprcmuiu ton. They were considering j. menns for bringing more forcibly to the nttention of the President thaa It has been the Maiwell matter. Th two Sens tor aad Mr. McLean have an engage-; meat to see Secretary Tumultv tumor. i row morning snd there is a mnnts iw. nihility that an audience with President Wilson will be arranged. 1 Many truftie organization and eom-1 mercial bodies in the south have wired members of. their own delegations urg ing that they support Mr. Maxwell for. ..n.mu uunncT ana nave sent lnror" mation to this effect to the North Cnro- "' -".iw... ii .tit, cutc oi sjreorgl.T organizations backing the candidacy of W. A. Wimbish, of Atlanta, they iaje urged Maxwell as their second choice. It is the hope ef the two Senators and Mr. McLean that the Alabama candidate and the Louisiana candidate whose chances are comparatively slim, will ' withdraw and leave the field between th Georgia mail and Mr. Maxwell. Watkins i understood to have withdrawn: in or der that file Maxwell chances might h bettered. The Atlanta attorney, who en joy n wide reputation a a rate author ity, haa a high regard for Maxwell. Caa't Control Paper Price. - Th Feileral Trade Commission today advised Senator Simmons that it ha no authority to control the price of print paper. The matter wo takca up with' the Commission at the instance of. W. C. Dowd, publisher of tho Charlotte News, and other publishers in North Carolina who registered complaint because they are having to pay nin and a half cents snd better for stock. - Secretary Yoder, of the Commission, alee sent the-following hitter to Mr.' Dowdt "The commission i inquiring into the conduct of certain newsprint manu facturers nnder sn agreement with the ' Attorney General and the general situa """ " ""'"? , " tion on supply as it is known to the ef newsprint has increased rapidly ainee the signing of th armistice. Th pro duction too has increased bnt sot ca rapidly at the demaad therefor. Ther CentlaaesT ea Page Foar.l " Imported Pompeian Olive Oil ia fiae for tablet "and (rowing children. A.jv MAXWELL