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VOL CXI. NO, 60,
RAILROAD BILL GETS
WILSON'S APPROVAL;
OWNERS TAKE ROADS
Reorganization Bill Signed On
Eve of Resumption of Pri
vate Management
RAILWAY SYSTEMS GO
TO PRIVATE CONTROL .
12 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
president Doei Wot Seplv To
Bequest That Be Veto Bill,
- Bat Issues Lengthy State
ment On Appointment of
Board To Settle Wage Mat
ter; Director General Hines
To Continue In Office; He Re
views Operation of Roads By
Government; Says In Spite
of Obstacles Conditions Fa
, vorable
Washington, D. C, Feb. 2S. President
Wilson signed the railroad bill tonight,
oa the ev of the return of the roads
to their owners and to private opera
tion.
In a proclamation issued at the time
the hilt was signed, Mr. Wilton Tested
in Walker D. Hines, director general
of railroad, virtually all powers eon
ferred upon the executive by the bill.
Mr. Hines will also continue to exer
cise the dutiee of director general, which
continue beyond the return of the roads
to private control at midnight tomorrow
Xiiitht. "
The White1 House also made public
the text of the President's reply to a
roc cut request of representative of the
railroad brotherhoods that he appoint
a commission composed equally of em
ployer and employes delegates to eon
airier wage demands made by. the
brotherhoods. It dealt wholly with the
wage demand settlement proposals and
les not, refer directly to the memorial
luter presented by tb brotherhood
heads taking that he . veto- the, railroad
bill.
--, A ajjoiiceineut of the signing of the bill
me "aft orUeial had become onviv
rid Mr. Wilson did not intend te act to
night, although they were certain he
v ouli not permit the measure to' become
Iht by tho expiration of the ten-day
J in it allowed fori presidential approval
tr veto of an net of Congress. There
jWcre indications that the President's
lection on the bill was delayed pending
li-:i completion of his reply to the broth'
crlioo'l heads.
In his letter, Mr. Wilson said the
linage of the railroad Mil "i,'?Hc it evi
dent that-, I. could no; It f, ;i voir sug
ar -st ions until it should have been de
termined whether the bill would become
a law or not."
"Jt nan manifest, the letter . Con
tinued, "that if the bill should become
a law the negotiations and considera
tion of wage matter ought to proceed in
licrmouy therewith."
k Name Person to Sat.
I In vesting Mr. Hines with the power
'granted to the President by the bill,
Air. Wilson made one . exception. The
President will- himself later name the
agent or agency of the government
gainst whom suit may be brought to
atisfy claims out' of government con
trol of the roads, as provided in Sec
tion 208 of the act.
In his letter to the brotherhood beads,
the President said:
Act Wag Matter
"The bill now having become a law.
the way is open for immediate action
on the wage matter in accordance with
the terms of the bill. Section 301 of the
bill evidently contemplated that the car
riers and employes should. asajuggested
by you, select representatives who will
thus constitute a bi-partisan board for
the purpose of attempting by confer
ence to agree upon a solution of this
wage problem.
"In accordance with the assurance I
gave last August and repeated in sub
stance in my letter of the 13th instant,
1 shall at once request the carriers and
the employee to join in this action. I
believe such a step will go far toward
clarifying and maturing the subject
or final disposition. In fact, the sort
of board thus contemplated by Section
301 appears to be an appropriate sub
stitute for the committee of experts
. which I have heretofore suggested, and
indeed such a board will be authorized
"to go further than such a committee
con lit have gone. ' '
"Wliilejt is true that 4be provisions
' ef 6ecBon307ofThe railroad fciine
Juting to the labor board will probably
alio come into operation as to this wage
matter, nevertheless the bi-partisan
board can make a great deal of progress
which will materially diminish the time
to be consumed . by the i labor
iiAurd ; and while the bi-partisan
board is functioning, the (appointment
' and organisation of the labor board
can be expedited.
VWfrtM wiis-wsmn ,
r "I cannot share the apprehension of
yourselves and your constituents as to
the previsions of the law concerning the
labor board. I believe those provisions
are not only appropriate in the interest
, of the public, whtafr$er.aU,,u prufeW
. pally 1 composed of workers, and their
families, but will be found te be par
ticularly in the interest of railroad em
ployes at a class. v
"The argument that the public repre
sentative on the labor board will be
. prejudiced against labor because drawn
from classes of tociety antagonistic to
labor can and ought to be overcome by
Selecting such public representatives as
cannot be charged with any such prein-
-dices. Nor do I anticipate that the
pnblie representatives will be, against
wage inc reases because they involve rate
ilCenUnaed an Page Two.) '
FORTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY.
CONTROL OF FUEL
TO BE CONTINUED
President Wilspn Names Four
On Commission; Hines to
Have Hand
Washington, D. C, Fb. 18w Coinci
dent with the signing of the railroad
bill tonight, President Wilson issued
executive orders providing for contin
uation of the powers ot the fuel ad
ministration, but dividing them between
the director' general of Bail roads and a
commission, of four. Director General
Hittes will retain jurisdiction over do
mestic distribution while the commis
sion will handle banker and export coal
matters.
The commission will be composed of
A. W. Howe. Rembrandt Peale, F. M.
Whittiaker and J. P. Fisher. It will
function through the tidewater coal ex
change which is restored for that pur
pose, having been suspended before the
resignation of Dr. Oarfield at fuel ad
ministrator. The order creating the
commission is effee.tine until April 30.
The order said the action was taken
"because of the present emergency and
in order to in Bare a- adequate supply
and equitable distribution aud to facil
itate the movement and to prevent lo
cally or generally eearcitx,.of eosl." It
directs specifically that the order issued
by the United States Fuel Admuustra
tor, November 6, 1917, "relative to tide
water trans-shipment of eoal ar Hamp
ton Roads. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New Vork and for the employment of
and oo-operation with the tidewater
coal exchange, at a common agency
to faciltate- trans-shipment and to re
due delays in the nee of eoal erne
and eoal carrying vessels," tutpeaded
by Dr. Garfield, February 80,, 1919,
be reinstated. The commissioners nam
ed are authorized to "exercise the pow
ers reserved to the United States Fuel
Administration by said order of Novem
ber 6, 1SJ7, snd they are further from
and after l?:0f o'etoeka'1. m., on March
1, 1920, vested with the authority now
vested in Director General of Railroads
relative to the export of coal front the
United States." v :
ALLEGED SWINDLER 15
: IN NASHVJLLE PRISOU
N'aebvtHe, Teas., Feb. 2S.Bn W.
Waid arrested in Texas on charge of
swindling, rjabeailement and Irsodu
lent use of the United States ' mailt
bronght by the Volunteer Oil Company
of Nashville, was returned to Nashville
today by government agents and lodged
in the county jail.- -
His bond was fixed at (165,000. Offi
cials of the company charge that Waid
obtained approximately $60,000 through
misrepresentation. He is aaid to nave
posed as owning valuable oil landa at
Wichita Falls Texas, and to have per
Bunded a number of prominent Nashville
people to invest in the Volunteer Oil
Company oa the strength of the leases
he claimed to hold. Officials of tho
company claim that upon investigation
of the titles the leases proved worth
lee.
POSSIBLY POSTPONE
BIG COTTON MEETING
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 28. Whether
officials of the American Cotton Asso
ciation will be asked to postpone the
annual meeting of its members, sched
uled for this eity March 9-12 will be
determined Monday by Governor Kilhy,
who has before-him a letter from the
State health officer in which the influ
enza situation in Montgomery and other
cities i discussed.
Dr. Welsh, the State executive health
officer, in writing the Governor refer
to the mild type of influents as i now.
prevalent here and expresses the fear
that the assembly here of a large body
of people from various sections of the
country would mean a more virulent
type of the disease verging on the epi
demic form.
LINNEY WILL BE UNABLE
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
Hickory, Feb. 8. Frank A. Lianey.
8tate Chairman of the Bepublican Exe
cutive Committee, who, With hit en
tire family it ill with influsaxa at hit
home at Boone, today designated A. A.
Whitener, of thi city, to preside at the
opening of the State Sejpuhlieaa. Con
vention at Greensboro next .Wednesday,
according to a teiegra m received, here
today. Mr. Linney will- bnble to
attend, it wit said.
REFUSES TO TRY
TO RESTRAIN DIRECTOR MINES
New Tork, Feb. 28. Federal. Judge
Mayer today refused to restrain Direc
tor General Hines and various railroads
from putting into effect ' tomorrow aa
order that raw aiikv be shipped by sx
presa instead of by freight. An injunc
tion was sought by manufacturers who
ar members of the Silk Association of
America. . Th order was issued because
of many recent theft of tilk from
railroadt. Judge Mayer declared he had
no powef to reciew tho ' administztive
acta of th Director General.
, Flv Di of Mealngithi. - '
New Vork, Feb. 28. Five death from
meningitis occurred among th steers ge
passenger , on the steamer Chicngo
which arrived here today front Bor
deaux l,y way of Havana. It was d
ikyed four day at the Cuban port .e
eauae of the sickness. Most of th Chi
cago's 384 passengers were Italian.' .
Don't mint the exhibition Hare World'
famon trotter.- . Pinchunt, Wednes
RALEIGH, N.
7
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NGRESS -
MORE. HE DECLak
Withdrawal From Race To Suc
ceed Himself In Interest of
Party Harmony
CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR
. DIDNT INFLUENCE HIM
ftnelby Man Han't Slifhtest
Idea of Running- For Senate,
He States, Nor Does He
Want Job Am District Attor
ney; Action of 9 th District
' Congressman Dis&pBnti&f
- The News and Olwerver Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
' By R. E. POWELL
(By Hpeeial Leased Wire)
Washington, Feb. , 2. DiscWuBaing
that his' action has nay bearing on the
gubernatorial race between Cameron
Morrison, Bobert N. Page and his
brother-in-law. Max Gardner, Represen
tative Clyde B. Hoey, North Carolina's
youngeet Congressman, tonight made
public a statement in which , he an
nounces that he is not a candidate for
the Democratic nomination to succeed
himself in Congress.
Primarily, Mr. Hoey assigns a the
moving reason for his decision the sit
uation in Mecklenburg county, which of
late ha attracted such attention from
political observers as to characterise
the party'e chance there as well nigh
on the critical.
"I am unwilling to be the occasion
for any divisionaa-th Democratic party
in Mecklenburg, or to be a further
tumbling block in the way ef nay
Mecklenburg Democrat," says Repre
sentative Hoey, "and I shall not per
mit any-ambition of mine t interfere
with the fullest party harmony."
Not Running far Senate.
In making public his statement, Mr.
Hoey took occasion to say that he ha
not the (lightest idea of ever -rtinn wa
fer th United fttate Senate against
either Senator Simmona or Senator
Overman. Neither doe he detir to be
appointed United ,State attnrnor in
place of W, C. Hammer, if; the latter
resign' when, he : (tart . running lot
Bopreacntativ BoMnaoa't.e,t-4o
Congress." " T- "v
Mr. Hoey's action is generally disap
pointing. Hundred of telcTint have
poured into his office following the
New and Observer story indicating that
he would announce himself ont - - orvthe
race by today. Many letter have reach
ed hira from Mecklenburg insisting that
he stay in the race, but fa believe
inn ii ne were to win tbia time tnat l
would not satixfy Mecklenburg that the
.... .
right to Congressional honor belousm
to a district rather than one county.
Whether he gets at it on the floor of
the House before he formally surrenders
hi job or not, Mr. Hoey find in his
announcement an avenue for rapping
the Republicans and he make some ob
servations of a very pertinent nature.
'It ((the Bepublican party) hat here
tofore disposed of its old time politi
cal principles tp its big campaign con
tributors" he said, "and it is now seek
ing to buy a new let for this campaign
n ra national committee is ottering
$.11,000 for the moot expedient platform
anybody will furnish it before the con
vention meet."
Hoey Isaac Statement.
Addressing the Democratic voters of
the District, Mr. Hoey saya in his state
ment: "To the Democrats of the Ninth Dis
trict: I have decided not to be a candidate
to succeed myself in Congress. This de
cision has been reached after mature
consideration, and with the sole purpose
of enchanting the interest of the Dem
ocratic party.
- ."In the special election I was a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
because I felt that owing to my ac
quaintance over the district, and my
activity in every campaign for yearn,
I eon Id enlist the interest and support
of the Democrats in the district and
win for Democracy in the sneeiil a'.mc.
Hon, and this was done, despite the fact
that the Republicans nominated their
strongest man, and sptnt an unpreced
entea nmount ot .money in the cam
paign. "It had never occurred to me that the
fact that I lived in Cleveland count
and that other of my fellow county mf
were holding public office would be
made th basis of a fight against ate.
but such k campaign was waged, and
while nine of the ten counties in tie
district decyed overwhelmingly in j
favor, yet the fight in Mecklenburg (ex
ceeded in creating such a sentiment m
that county in favor of Mecklenburg
having the candidate, for CongTcti (sLat
it seriously threatened a division ih
th Democratic party in that county arvd
I fear ha left the party there ia,3n
unwholesome condition. - MeckleaUneg
4s the most populous eounty in the eThh
trietr with the largest Domocratic ma
jority aad any diniiniahing of th ma
jority In' that .County would be unfor
tunate M, th party in that district.
Weald Be Ke-E!ecte4
"Unquestionably I could be re-nomin.
ated and re-elected, but I am unwilling
to be th occasion for any division in
the Democratic party ia Mecklenburg, or
to be a further stumbling block ia th
way of any Mecklenburg Democrat, and
I shall not permit any ambition of mine
HOEY NO
MP
0
to interfere with the fullest party har
mony. . With no divisions In the party
any Democrat can be eleeted thi year
by th normal Democratic majority, he
cause it is a regular election when th
voter will be going to the polls any
way to vote for all eonnty, state and
national candidates. ' -
I wish to tat emphatically that my
decision hat ne connection with the gov-
(Continued aa Page TwnJ " r ""' ,
C "V VP MORNING, FEB)
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? .aYSAYLEADERS
IN TREATY BATTLE
Agreed That Unless Something
Unforeseen Happens Fate of
. Pact Uncertain
"Ml
VOTE TOMORROW ON
CONTESTED ARTICLE
Twenty Democrats Stand Firm.
. ly Behind President In Op
posing: Reservation To Ar
ticle Ten; Break Between
Hitchcock; arid Kild Keserva
tioniets Brinfi Complieatto
Waabiagtou, Feb. 2ft. Another day of
oratory aad maneuvering in the Hcnate
ended tonight with virtually all ele
ments in the trenty fight agreeing that
ratification seemed far awny.
Getting down to rock bottom ia their
calculations, the leaders are understood
to have agreed that unless some unex
pected circumstance alters the Senate
alignment, enough votes .cannot be
brought together to either modify the
Republican article .tea reservation or
secure ratification of the treaty with
out such a modification.
In this situation, a disposition be
came apparent among the treaty's
friends aad foes alike to bring the
Senate debate to aa end, and let the
issue go undecided into the political
campaign. By nnanimoua consent it was
agreed to vote Monday on the reserva
tion, which has been pending tor two
davs. aad in some ouartera it was ore-
dictci that a final vote oa the treaty
itself would be ranched before the end
of next week.
Twenty With President.
t least twenty ' Democrat, it was
said on both aides, apparently ware
determined to -stand steadfastly with
President Wilson in opposing ratifica
tion, unless a change could be made
ia the article ten reservation whish the
President ha aaid would cut th heart
out of the treaty. In administration
quarters it wan predicted that the num
ber would be well in excess of twenty,
but the latter figure wa aceotited gen
erally a an tabeolut minimum.
In addition there ar at least fonrteea
Hcpubtteaa' aad Dessowrats-bnudcl t-
gt-thet'-aa.' the irreevatifeMe
against ratification ia any form, aad it
would take r total of only thirty-three
votes to defeat any. ratification resora
tion. - - l
Fight t Last DMea.
The determination ot th administra
tion Democrat to fight to th last
ditch for their position became more
marked during the day conferences
j nd ,n """ quarters it wss intimated
I A, . , 1 L J 1 . .1. .
that they hnd heard again from th
White House regarding article ten. The
"party leader, Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, said no new communication on
the subject had come through him, bet
addei. that te had no reason to believe
the President had changed his mind
As the result of the situation, th
administration forces and Jthe irrecoa
cilablee, who hsv been arch-enemies
throughout the long treaty controversy,
have,bci thrown together in interest
and through their leaders are under.
stood to jhavo agreed to keep in close
touch during next week's maneuvering.
They did so today, Henator Hitchcock
and Senaior Borah, Republican, Idaho, a
leader eijiong the irreconcilable group,
holding "frequent consultations. ' '
In the ameway the" break between
Senator Hitchcock and the mild rcsee
vation Republicans, with whom he has
worked for many weeks for a compro
mise, was brought to an open breach
during the day s debate." In -harp-
clashes with Senators Kelloirg, Minne
sota, and Lenrott, Wisconsin, both ot
the mild reservation group, the Demo
cratic leader declared that" while fhey
had posed as friends of the treaty they
had worked by "contemptible" means
to line up the Republicans for destroy
ing reservations.
' Senator Hitchcock also charged thit
Senator Kellogg had conspired "to help
pack" then Foreign Relations committee
with enemies of the treaty, an assertion
wMch drew a heated denial from the
Minnesota Rcnnlor. He said he had
wanted ratification from the first and
added that while he 'congratulated'
Senators Hitchcock and Borah on "their
new alliance" he could not wish them
success.
The . exchangee between Senators
Hitchcock and Kellogg recalled the fact
that th Minnesota Senator had himself
been unsuccessfully urged for a place
on the Foreign Rcliitions committee by
his friends in the Henate. Senator Kel-
flgg reference to thi on
the
floor, however.
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BRUARY29, 1920. FORTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY.
BOOST VAnS FOR
ROPER'S PLACE AS
E
Announcement of Commission
er's Resignation Starts Talk
For Statesville Man
COLLECTOR BAILEY FOR
THE NORTH CAROLINA MAN
Political Sagacitj of Tar Heel
Man Would Be Oreat Aid To
Democratic Party, Some
Friends Point Omt; Maxwell
Boom Oontiones To Gain Mo-
mttwa
T ha New aad Qbae-fver Bureau,
ftvQ District National Bank Bldg.
BY R. E. POWELL
(By fiaeelal Leased Wire)
Waaaingtoa, Feb. 28. The announce-
Biunt carried in the papers of today that
Daniel C. Beper, Commisitoner of In
ternal Revenue, ia to resign ia a few
days has set in motion machinery look
ing to the appointment of Col. Alston
Davidson Watts, of Statesville, ss his
successor.
1 now develop that th resignation
of Mr. Walls, which waa little short of
a political sensation in North sCrolina
a few weeks ago, was made at a time
when first signs of Roper's determin
ation to quit the Federal service made
their appearance.
One of the principal reasons why
friends of Colonel Watts coassnted to
his action in quitting the servies wss
bssause they realised, in the event Com
missioner Roper did resign, the tSates
ville politician would be a formidable
01 did a te for the place in spite of the
unhidden prejudice against the dispen
sation of nice Federal patronage in
Southern territory.
Maxwell Room Centimes
Bfiiuring forward Watt candidacy for
th job a oflleial dryer of the nation nt
th ties when th Maxwell boom for
Ia terete. te Commerce Commission ia nt
it peak of popularity might naturally
serve to red see Hi interest ia the effort
at Washington to prtjmota th Tar Heel
Corpora He Oammmisaioner.
It ha net lesened activity la nht bo-
herf Rather has it accentuated th
fight for liaxtrtlt and at th tarn tint
moved the Kovtfc Carolina Benstori. na
tional Committeeman McLean, Collec
tor, J. W. Bailey, Representative Clyde
Hoey and oner influential Tar Heel
potrtioiaas to waan t (eparate but just
as vioorous campaign in behalf of Colo
nel Watt.
The Roper resignation was by ne mean
a sensational, nationally, as was th
Watte resignation locally to North Caro
lina. The suggestion that the President
ea the recommendation ef the Secre
tary of the Treasury would consider
seriously the advocacy of Colonel Wat
I eraatiag maeh in tercet in Washing
ton today.
From a political standpoint, Mr. Watts
friends believe that the President can
make no appointment that would act
at a ttetter tonic to the Democratic
party throughout the United States then
th selection of a commissioner with
the political sagacity of Colonel Watt.
Said political aagacity ia not local, in
sense it is institutional but beyond t he
lines that bound Tar Heelia the fame
Watte as a politician of super-qualities
is well known.
The Pollticsl Effect
The resignation of Mr. Roper may lie,,
a politically significant as would be the
selection of Colonel Watts to succeed
him. It is denied that Mr. Roper is
to mausge the McAdoo campaign, but
it is generally reported about Washing
ton ; that he is to be a factor in the
movement rspidly gaining ground to
nominate Mr. McAdoo at Sau Francisco.
Consideration of Mr. Watts in this
connection by his friends is not with
out a feeling flint his removal from tlm
State at this time would have some ef
fect on the gubernatorial campaign.
One of the reasons why Colonel Wntts
chances are thought to lie good is that
the appointment of a successor to Mr.
Roper will be for a short term and that
the mosfessential need right now in
the Internal Hcvenue department is the
need for sn organiser of high close
ability. Collector Bailey Iicllevet Watts
fills the bill.
The recommendation will be "made to
the President by his newly sppointed
Secretary of the Treaaury, D. F. Hous
ton, who was born at Monroe, N. C.
There hnve been a great many sugges
tions of lute that Mr. Houston is not
enthusiastic about politicians." . '
(Continued aa Pag Two.)
R
Am-
HEAD OF REVENU
WILSON'S CONDITION
VERY MUCH BETTER
Washington, D. C, Feb. 29Dr. Fran
cis X. Dercuui, Philadelphia specialist,
paid one of his occasional visit to the
White llonse todny aud told Hear Ad
miral Urnyaon, President Wilson' per
sons! physician, that the President's
condition showed a aotireable improve
ment sine bis last visit two weeks
ago.
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Receives an Endorsement For
Governor In Forsyth As Price
For Lying Down
Winston Salem, Feb. . Forsyth Re
publican straddled tin fence today in
order to put over the J. Motley More
head program and former District At
torney A. 'I. Holton, hailed a a pro
gressiva and friend of revaluation and
other reforms, got an endorsement for
the gubernatorial nomination 'as the
price for submitting to the cut and
dried program of the Charlotte mil
lionaire O. O. P. leader.
Henry Cabot Lodge waa endorsed for
his stand on the peace treaty and the
secretary of the convention was in
structed to wire the Senator the good
newt. The rogulation Morehead-linney
endorsement when through withoit
a hitch with commendation tot their
eqorts against Taos. I). Warren and oth
er Democrats. Both were endorsedl for
re election to their present positions as
National committeeman and State Chair
man. The straddle to keep Holton quiet
wss successfully put over by former
PostmasVr C. A. Reynolds, nhq oulogiz.
ed his Jtend at a man of the highest
integrity. The convention adopted
highly eommeadatery resolutions in his
behalf.
Holton anewn at in insurgent in the
Republican ranks, was expected to in
surgs seme more but evidently thought
discretion th better psrt of political
expediency. Borne of his staunch Demo
cratic friends ia this county, had pre
dicted that he would follow the Jake
JJewell Jead but when the conevention
got into aetioa he swallowed the More
head program, bait, hook and Una,
PREDICTS BEER LAW IN
NEW JERSEY.WILLPASS
Scnvior ' Sari Statement oi
OorttfJiiMioMr loper WiH
- Rave Fo Effect
New Bruaswidt, N. J, Fob. Se Pre
diction that the 3.50 per cent beer bill
would go to the New Jersey Senate Mon
day night and will be adopted and
signed by Governor Edwards within 24
hours afterwards, notwithstanding In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Boper'e
ststcment that manufacture and sale of
3..V) per cent beer is a direct violation
of the Federal statutes, wa msde here
today by Thomas Brown, Seante mi
nority leader.
"Under the concurrent power grant
ed by the eighteenth amendment to the
constitution. New Jersey has th right to
past legislation defining intoxicating
beverages," Senator" Brown said. "I am
fully confident that out of the twenty
one senators, twelve will vote for it.
There will be opposition to it, but I
hsve the confidential pledge of six Re
publican senators that they will vote for
.1.50 per rent beer when the measure it
introduced. The six Democratic sens-,
tors will support It because they .believe I
in personal liberty and state rights."
DENY THAT PROPOSALS
OF SOVIET RECEIVED
Washington, Fsh. 28. In an official
statement today the State Department
announced that the Soviet peace pro
posal described in Associated Press dis
patches of February 28, had not been
received by' the department.
The propose,! was described as having
been contained - "in official dispatches
received here. The dispatches were not
addressed to the State Department.
A peace proposal, first referred to ia
dispatches from London on February 26,
has been received' by the State Depart
ment, however. Officials there on the
ctny following announced that no cogni
sance of it would be taken, and that it
had been forwarded by American, Min
ister Morris at Stockholm.
Two separate propcsnla apparently are
concerned; one has reached the State
Dipartmcnt while officials sny the other
lias not. The proposni which the de
partment's statement decliires,has not
keen received is the on which proposes
establishment of a government on
democratic principles and the assump
tion of 60 per cent of the Russian na
tional debt by the Soviet and payment
ef back interest,
SLIGHT INJURY TO AIRMEN
1 - FLYING CAIRO TO CAPE,
London,, Feb; 28. Captain Cock'erell
and Mechanician Corby, of tho Times
airplane, which waa attempting the Cairo
to-Cape flight and 'which was wrecked
at Tabors, German East Africa, on Fri
day, were slightly injured, according
to a dispatch to the Dally Moil. , The
machine crashed against a huge anthill
upon landing and, although th engine
and propellers were uninjured, the ma
chine was to .badly ;'flnmnged that'. it,j
could not be .repaired without being
dismantled. ' . i i - " ' '
" Member of the crew will make their
way to Dar-Ee-Snlaam a port in German
East Africa and returri to Egypt by
-set.'.. ; -. i--
' ' Fletcher Given Place.
Washington. Fob'. 28 Owing to illness
Senator Bnnkhrad,. Democrat, of Ala
bama, today retired as one of the Senate
conferees upon the waterpower hill aud
Senator Fletcher, Democrat, of Florida,
ON SWALLOWS
MOTLEY S BAIT
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
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SENATORS DESERT
PEACE TREATY TO
1SE1S0H
Latest Note of Premiers On Ad
riatic Question Made
Basis of Attack
HITCHCOCK DEFENDS
STAND OF PRESIDED
Borah, Brandefee and Kelloff
Lead Attack, Which Revolves
Around Possible Complica
tions Following TJ. 8. In try
Into League of Nations;
Iven Talk of War
Washington, Feb. 2. While Presi
dent Wilson was considering today th
latest not of the allied premier on the
Adriatic controversy, (harp criticism of
the executive's course in the aegotis
tlons broke out in the midst of -th
peace treaty debate in the Senate.
Not only the irreconcilable opponent
of th treaty but one of the mild reser
vation Republicans, Senator Kellogg of
Minnesota, joined in the Senate attack
which occupied a good part of the day'
session ta th excluaion ef the pending
reservation affecting an entirely dif
ferent part of the treaty. A general
defense of the President wa msde by
Senntor Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the ad- '
ministrntion leader.
It was indicated that Mr. Wilson
would not long delay hit reply to the
allied note, which invited the United
States to join in attempting a settle
m cut acceptable to both Jugo-Slavia and
Itnly. The reply, it was said, probably
would go forward early next week, but.
official were guarded in their discussion
of its probable content.
See Complication.
The Senate discussion revolved around
assertion that the disagreement dem
onstrated concretely the foreign com
plications which would follow Ameri
ca's entrance to the Lesgue ot Nations,
and that th President was necking to
interfere in the affair of other nation
without making any effort ta learn
whether the people of this country wet
behind him... . t - -
Senator Thomas, Democrat. Colorado,
ene of the troaty irreconcilable, weat aa
tar ss to suggest that th only way awt
now seemed to be a war la which th
United Htote either most-participate,
or else bs placed in the petition of re
fusing to hick n the positive stand
taken on behalf of th nation by the
President. '
j 'None of Oar Buninc'
The whole situation waa characterized
by Senator Kellogg as "rather discour
aging" to friends of the treaty. He de
clared the Adriatic controversy " was
"none of our business" and that th
President's attempt to "dietot" de
cision ass without justification.
Senators Borah, RepuhHeaa, Idaho,
nnd Braiidegee, Republican, Connecti
cut, also assailed the position take by
the executive the latter saying that a!-,
though Mr. Wilson wss presuming ta
speak "with a maximum of assurance''
as to what the 'United tntes would or
would not do, there wss no on who
really knew how even th 8enat would
vote on the proposition involved.
' Borah Skeptical
Senator Borah, referring to the al
lied note of February 17, in which tho -premiers
hsd "viewed with surprise the
threat of the United States to withdraw
from the comity of nation,' said h
did not "accept hte statement of those
gentlemen ith any great degree of
sincerity.
"It has be?n a matter of history,
he snid, that , none of the premiers
have had eiy confidence in the League.
Senator Brand,pgee termed the notea
as "uplift talk" couched in a diplomatic
"vernacular", understood by "hand
across the sea" and said the controversy
only illustrated how little self determin
stion really would have-to do with de
cisions under the league.
Better Look Oat.
"If Jugo-Mlnvia doesn't accept th con
clusion of these gentlemen who sre
writing state papers to on another," he
.said, "then Jtigo-Blavia had better look
nut. -That's all there it to it and that'
nil there is to thi treaty."
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado,
another of the irreconcilable, said that
if the Adriatic tangle were to he takea
ns an illustration of the operation of.
the League, "harmony will be obtained"
only at the expense of American popu
larity.' .. 7; -'
- Another' War Feasible.
"In ttio event that sn ageeomont in
possible," he continued, "a I fear In
the situation, the result ,1s obvious and
war again will make its appearance be
tween two great nations."
. He suggested that tin United State
might be drawn into such a war unlesa
it "refused to maintain it position by
armed force." ..... , i '
Jsgo-Star Refsaal.
The text of the refusal of the Jugo- '
Sis via government to accept ia itt en
tirety the proposition of , the British ,
and French premiers for tettlemcat ot
the Adriatic question wss made publia
here today by the Jugo-Slav legation.
At the outset tho note say the Jugo
slav government regards the proposal
"at an amicable proposition and not a
nn ultimatum," and reaffirm the pre- ,
vious suggestions that "th present diffi
culties" be settled either by arbitra
tion or, by mean of a plebiscite.
"Iu regard to the essential part of
these proposition," th not says, the
royal government ia of th opinion that
it should point out thst these are not
ia accord cither with the principle de-t
elared by the peace, conference of the'j
free dctrrmtnn,tioa and lodepetldene of
(Continued
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