J- The News THE WEATHER Partly eleedy Wednesday; Tharsdsy partly cleadyj prob ably rain extreme west portloa , WATCH LABEL. : m r" a) ' Willi ears Mm rr iusls a alalia i VOL. CXI. NO. 63. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESr JJ' MARCH 3, 1920. t . ' SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE : FTVE CENTS STATE CONVENTION DEMOCRATS WILL MEET HERE APRIL 8 Ten-Minute Session of State Executive Committee With No Excitement : BUSINESS LIMITED TO MATTERS IN CALL March 27 Date For Precinct Meetings and April 3 For All County Conventions ; Hard Surface Road Proposal Races - With Motion To Adjourn and Loses A ten minute session of the Demo cratic State Executive Committee last 4 night served to fix March 7 as the date for all Democratic prceinct meetings, April 3 for all Democratic county eon eniongjjiud April 8 for the State con- l veution to be held in Raleigh beginning at noon. Thia, in brief, sums up the work of the committee which lust night held. .probably, its briefest session. All lead era "were agreed that the committee should not take up matters no- directly included in the committee call. So it wag when the motion to adjourn had Wi put by Col. A. D. Watts, and Col. J. Bryau Grimes placed in the hands of the acting chairman, H. B. Kedwinc. of Monroe, a telegram from Col. T. L. Kirkpntrick, of Charlotte, akiug the committee to go on record for hard surface roads, tho presiding officer un hesitatingly folded up tho telegram and called for the vote on adjournment. Warrea Offer Resolution. Chairman Thomas D. Warren called the committoo to order, but with the roll call of committeemen,- surrendered .his chair to Mr. Bednine and offered the resolution fixing tho tiaor and place for the various meetings. Mr. Warren ex plained the necessity for early- nut-tings on the ground of early Republican activity and tho necessity of getting jjoll taxes paid. T7Ir7 J. rrR."T7ottieria tho absence 'of Secretary Whitehurst, served In that a- i-u,-. While, ihe committee in sesion ws aileat in seren different language on Issues within t ha party, the day was not wasted "by tho delegations who crowded the Yarjerough hotel lobbies. The Bailey-Maxwell tilt over revaluation was a favorite subject. Governor Lirkett, himself very much opposed" to -the torn- - mittee act ion "on t he matter, charac ter ized the Bailey assault on the revalua tion as a back-hand blow at the whole State administration, and a charge of fraud against the General Assembly. Most of the visiting committeemen called, to see him yesterday afternoon , and to these he made his etositioa plain, with mora or less emphasis. Committeemri Present. Democratic committeemen present, either in person or-by proxy were: E. P. Aydlett, Elixabeth City; E. A. Dan iels, Washington; L, W. Tucker, Green ville; W. O. Howard, Tarro; M..B. Gilliam, Windsor; John U, Dawson, Kinstonj W: A. Finch. Wilson; B. B. Williams. Wafrenton; E. L. Travis, Ral eigh; T; D. Warren, New Bern; Nathan O'Berry, Goldaboro; E. J. Bill, War saw; Oi D. Canfield, Morehead City; S. K. Dixon, Trenton : H. A. fcrndy, Clin ton; W. D. Siler, Pittsboro! B.-W. Bal lard, Frauklinton; J. P. Buna, Rocky Mount; John M. Brewer. Wake Forest: J, C Kittrell, Henderson; Ed 8, Abell, Kmithfieldi 8- M. Goitis. HillsbororS C. Brawley, Durham; D. G. Brumrujtt. Oxford ; C. A. Hines, Greensboro; N. L. CranTdrdTWinston-Salem ; W. 8. Cook. J'ayetteville; T. E. Cooper, Wilming . George H. Bellamy, Lonvalle; J, "ftjard Clark, Elixabethtewn i H. L. Lyon, Whitevllle; A. W. McLean, Dura bertoni B. B. Bedwine. Monroe: J. A. Leak, Wadesboro; C. O. Shaw, Lexing ton ; W. L. Parsous, Rockingham; W, C. Hammer, Asheboro ; A. D. Watts, States villerJ. M. Beyette, Albemarle; J. P. Cook, Concord;. J, D. Norwood, Salis bury; T. C. Bowie, W. Jefferson; A. 8. Carson, Sparta; Edgar Love, Lincoln ton; W. C. Feimster, Newton; J. H. Giles, Glen Alpine; J. A. Bell, Chat-, iotte; Guy Roberts, Marshall; Charles A. Webb, Asheville; J. W. Baynes, Aaheville j J. E. Carraway, Wayneeville ; 8. Gallert, Rutherf ordton ; W. E. Breese, Brevard. DEPARTMENTS NOTICE : MOVES OF MEXICANS .Washington, March 2. Attention of officials or both the State and War De partments waa attracted today , to the Mexican political situation by the re ii ported arrival at Aug Priest, on the northern frontier of the State of So nora,of a "large foree" of Mexican V troops under General Maaael Dieg'oexv i The report of tho movement received here ascriL. ' as the probable motive , tho determination of thi central gov ! erament to place itself in position to . meet any movement that might bo made by tho forces in Sonera, which are reputed to bo ready to aupport General - Alvaro Obregon, caadidato for the Presidency i opposition to General Pablo Gonzales, popularly regarded as the administration's choiej. ACCUSED NEGRO CAC6HT; DELIVERED TO OFFICER. V MeAlesHr, Oklttj, i March 2. "CjSp" Davis, negro convicted and sentenced . yesterday at Chandler to 45 years in attack a young white woaisn near Stroud, who was sought last night by a mnh wKilM lwinff hmtiirht tn McAlea- ti-r, wns delivered to the prison warden - Lite to J r. ' i - , SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WILL LEAVE POLAND State Commissary Says He Is Going To Berlin To Declare Independence London,' March. 2. Representatives of the Bcholeswig and Holstein organi zations, together with members of var ious political parities assembled at Rendsburg, Holstein, today to proclaim the emancipation of Schleswig Holstein from Prussia and the establishment of a new state, cars the dispatch from Flensburg. . According to the dispatch, the state commissary, Dr. Koestcr, in an address said: 1 am going to Iserlin this evening to hand over tfiis declaration of inde pendence." THREE LEADERS ABSENT WHEN COIP OCCURRED Copenhagen, March 2 The coup in Srhleswig-Holstein, in which a new state was established b the cutting away of bclilejwig Holstein from Prussia, occur red while the three leading members of the international commission were absent from Flensburg. The comission ers. Charles M. Marling, head of the Plebiscite commission in Schleswig Holstein, represented Great Britain, M. Von Sydow, representing Sweden, and General Crude, representing France are hurrying back and are expected to reach flensburg tonight. Denied Credentials Could Get No Relief From Judge Lane Charlotte, Mar. 2. The Mecklenburg Republicans today took their right into Superior court, but Judge Lane sent them back to fight out their differences in their. own camp. Jake Newell and all the other minor ity delegates to the State convention brotighf a mandamus proceeding against David B. Paul, secretary of the county convention, alleging that ho has refused t sign the credentials of the minrt'y delegates, and praying that the judge sign an order requiring him to sign th c.vdi'ntisli. The bearing was set for 5 eVJovlr today. The' defendant batt ened to ft a lawyer, and PJumiaor Stmart iowed up at the proper hoiT viith a demurrer. W. L. Marshall ap peared for the petitioners. "What will we dot" Mr. Marshall asked, "if your honor tarns us down I They won't let as in at all if we go tip there this way.'' Tho Judge said, "If I should sign an order and give, you this mandamus,. I dmt guem the convention would pay much attention to it. Your convention wt. not held under any State law, but under your party rules, and I am with out jurisdiction. Your State conven tion is the only court, I know, whUh you can resort to." Judge' Lane signed an order denying the mandamus, and Secretary Paul in five minutes was ii. an autoarVbile on his way to Greens boro h could not wait for a train. The minority delegates are on . thc:r way to Greensboro without Secretary Prul's authentication and without cre dentials, and they will sot get to pee,) in ut the door, if some of the majority delegates are good asfthority. - PPROBE ACTIVITIES OF I NAVY VICE OFFICERS Bear Admiral Niblack Hade In. , terested Party In Newport r Investigation Nefport, R. L. March 2. Bear Ad miral Albert P. Niblack, .chief of the department of naval intelligence, was added late today on motion of the judge advocate, to the liat of parties in in terest in the naval inguiry into alleged improper practices by naval vice in spectors in this district'.' Early in the session Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy De partment bad been made interested par ties. - ----- ' ' The motion regarding Rear Admiral Niblack was made by Judge Advocate Hyneman just before tho court of in quiry adjourned for tho day after fur ther cross-examination of iBehop James Dewolf Perry of the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island. Lieut. E. M, Hudson, another party ia interest, was permitted to question the witness. After mention ing Bishop Perry's references to hint id previous testimony Lieut. Hudson asked tho witness whether he believed a eertaut portion of tho testimony given at tho trial-last summer of Rev. Samuel ftemie Kent, which resulted in Mr. Kent's acquittal of vice charges. The testimony in question referred to immoral acts. The bishop responded that ho did not believe It. . COTTON MEET TO BE . HELD IN MONTGOMERY Montgomery? Ala-, March t Follow ing aa exchange of telegrams between Governor Kilby"an4 Dr. 8. W. Welch, state health officer, who is ia Washing ton, and J. S. Wannaraaker, annonaee meat was made hero tonight that tho annual convention of tho American Cot ton Association will be held ia Moat gomery April 13, 14, 15. and 16. 81s Bsraed to Death. Quebec. March 2. Six persons, four children and an aged conole. were burned to death when Are destroyed tho noose or uanaious Dopant a farmer1 near the village of St. Fereol, la Montmo rency county. Mm. Dupont was rescued but four of her children, and her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Trem blay, perished. Dupont aid two older sons were ia the woods when the fire started. NEWELL DELEGATES TRY COURT IN VAIN OT N ROW MAY BIG INQUIRY IN U. S. SENATE Simmons Will Have It If Com plaining Soldiers Are Courtmartialed SENATOR ASKS BAXER ABOUT COURTMARTIAL Representative of American Legion Denied Opportunity To Interview Complainants By Colonel tyster; State Delegation Stirred By Threat of Punishment For Soldiers News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg., By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington. March 2. Upon the ans wer Secretary of War Baker makes to demand upon him today lor infor mation depends whether or not Senator Simmons will introduce in the Senate a resolution alling for a Congressional probe into conditions at the Govern ment's General Hospital at Oteen, near Aaheville. The senior Senator sent, a special message to the Secretary, this morning asking for an answer, affirmative or negative, to tha charge made by promin ent Asheville citizens that tho soldiers at the' hospital who had made com plaint to their representatlvea in Con gress would be court martialed for so doing. Senators Are Stirred. The junior Senator has likewise asked to bo informed as to the purpose of the War Department in this respect. A message from Asheville today informed the Senators that the boys who had reg istered their complaints with official Washington were to be summarily dealt with for making a kick. Information also reached here today that Colonel Lyster, the officer in charge at Oteen, had denied Captain Walter Clark, of Charlotte, permission to interview, in behalf of tbo American Legion,' the men in the hospital who1' have eom- wlained of conditions. ' T'-': ' Witn mo lone exception ox a lormrr Bed Cross worker, jio oao has volun teered, to Sefend the charges that are being; made against "" Colonel Lyster, and other members of his staff for their management of the Government's hos pital for kick and wounded soldieda. The office of the surgeoa general at nrst accepted the situation aa a storm that would soon pass over, though General Ireland, readily agreed to send an of ficer from the inspector general's de partment to make an investigation there. Inspector At Hospital. This inspector, Colonel Kinney, bad been at Oteea several days wnen vigor ous protests aa to his method of mak ing the investigation began pouring into Senator Simmons and Overman Tho former took the matter tip with Surgeon General Ireland who ordered Colonel Kinney to remain at Oteen tin til he bad riven every witness fwlro wanted to lesiiry aa opportunity io uo heard. United States Marshal Charles A. Webb held a conference with the inspee tor, at the direction of tbo surgeon general, and informed the officer rather bluntly that if it was the. purpose of the department to "whitewash" Colonel Lyster there was no use in laying his cards on the table. To which the In spector replied that his instructions were to probe tho charges to the bottom It was announced at the office of the Surgeon General here that the patient and. the guard who engaged in the mess hall- fight, which fight waa-responsible for focusing afontion on tbo hospital, would be court martialed for their frac ture of military regulations., It was expected here that trial and sentence of these two offenders would put an end to the trouble. . v - Complaints ContUse. . . But complaints continued to come to Washington. A - former "Y" worker now living at Punta Gorda, Pla., wrote the North Carolina Senators that ho knew from personal experience that eon ditions at Oteen were "rotten." He corroborated tbo statements of soldiers who complained , of unpalatable food and insaffieiont teat among other things. - Then eamo a letter from a prominent Ohioan who is undergoing treatment for tuberculosis at eao of the private hospitals near "Asheville. He wrote to Senator Atlee Pomerene and urged him to co-operate with Senators Simmons and Overman in getting bad conditions bettered. Tho same day. hut letter ar rived cams a letter from a former Red Cross , worker paying ' tribute to Co I. Lysterraad describing that offleeras "a tender hearted aaafe. ' The Klffln Rockwell post of the Amer ican Legion -wired both Senators ask ing permission to present confirmation of certain charges to the Inspector sent down from the department here. This was granted. Not satisfied, ' however, that it was going-to get such facts as it desired before the department, the legion post fought to bar Captain Wal ter Clark, designated by the National Headquarters of the legion, visit the hospital and make the probe oa behalf of the legion. Col. Lyster declined to permit Captain Clark to inquire, ac cording to reports received here., . - -.rThe Last Straw. : The straw ' hat broke ' the camel's back, though, was the report to Senator Simmons front Asheville that the officer in eharge at Oteen intended to court martial every eoldier-ihtient who has written to either of the Senators re garding conditions there, or who has given to Asheville eittenA'affldavits setting forth details of tbo charges (Continued ea Ptfe Two.) step: m TOWARli otTTLING PAT OF RAIL MEN Representatives of Workers Agree To Co-operate With .. The Governrrient NEW TRANSPORTATION . , ACT BE GIVEN TRIAL Way. Employes and .Shopmen Not In On Agreement But Are Expected To "Come Along With President"; Prospects of Strike Now Bexnote ; Hines To Arrange, For Meeting Washington, March 2. Definite steps were taken today toward settlement of the railroad wago controversy which has been pending since last August. Bep reaentatives of railroad workers, with the exception of one group, agreed to co-operate with the government and the railroads ia giving a trial of tho new transportation act with its arbitration clauses and President Wilson in letturs to both the Association of Bailwsy Ex ecutives and heads of the fifteen work ers' organizations, requested that they select representatives to sit oa the bi partisan wage board. Prompt action was 'urged by the President in order that the negotiations between employer and employe might not longer bo de layfd. - . - The one group ! workers wnicit nas not entered Intohe agreement "to go along with the President was the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers, which re cently withdrew from conferences be tween union hesd and the railroad ad ministration. Committeemen from the locals of the maintenance union, bow- ever, wilt meet in Chicago Thursday, and, it was believed, would follow the If ad of the other workers in compliance with Mr. Wilson's request. Try It "As Cltlsens." In a statement tonight, explaining their position, the tiuton kpoVef men de clared thirt whua JnWy euitfli aotap- fprove of the transportation act, They bad agreed to aid in giving the law trial "in tho interest of railroad labor" and "as American citieens." ( ''Notwithstanding the fact that labor in general, and railroad labor in par ticular, with the full co-operation and support of other bodies representing American citizens, urged, the Congress not to pass the railroad bill and the President to veto it and return it to Congress," the union statement snid, "we are now officially advised the Pres ident has signed the bill and it is tho law, y Change of Views. ""Labor's criticisma and protests against this legislation are a matter f record and were presented to the Con gress, the President and the public. Wa have not changed our views in re gard to this legislation, and, therefore, do not endorse the law; however, as American citizens, we feel that in the interest of railroad labor there is noth ing left for us to do at present except to co-operate in. the prompt creation of the machinery provided for in law. i "In the case of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers, this organization has not bad I duly authorized representatives in this last conference. Therefore, in compli ance with -their constitution, it was necessary to- convene such representa tives, which they will do in Chicago, Thursday. March 4." The- President in his letters,, said be had turned over direction of the pre liminary wage negotiations to Director General Hines, who wss entrusted with details of the winding up of government control by the President in his procla mation turning back the roadsi Both the railroad executives and the union beads were asked to notify the Director Gen eral -of their representatives .on the board and were informed that Mr. Hines would arrange for tho first meet ing, at .which will be determined all questions of procedure. Strike Improbable. Agreement of the .unions to irive the law a thorough trial was regarded as making remote prospects of a strike', Certain groups of the union member ship, however, were keenly disappointed and may yet assert their disapproval of and opposition' to the law by striks votes, but this possibility was expected to be eliminated when full explanation of the leaders' action Is received by the rank and file of the more than 2,000,000 woraers. , PREMIERS EXPECT TO . FINISH BY SATURDAY Supreme Council To Leave Turkish Treaty To Ministers . and Ambassadors London, March 2. The council ia ex pected to finish its labors, as far as the premiers are concerned, oa Saturday, the details of the Turkish treaty being left to the conference of foreign min isters and ambassadors. This mar be prolonged, as the financial questions alone are expeetcd to occupy . much time.... i'.''' Although the council is silent as to just what areas will be slotted to Tur key it is understood that tha subtrac tions to be made from her territory will decrease her population from .30,000,000 to 6,000,000. This will necessitate aa en tire readjustment of Turkey's debt. The disposition of the Turkish fleet has not yet bee a decided upon. : BUTLER WILL KEEP HANDS OFF UNLESS HESEESADEINO But Ut Somebody Start Some thing In Republican Conven tion, Then Look Out WOULD GET IN GAME WITH, TOOTH AND NAIL .j Talk That He Will Throw His Influence On Side of Newell Insurgents; John M. More head, Party's Boss, Arrives But Is Beticent On Conven tion Plans (Speeud to the New aaL,Observer.) Greensboro, Mar. 2: Party leaders and (1. legates nra coming on every train to le in atteudanee at the convention of the Republican party which will lie call ed to order at boo n hero tomorrow, by A. A. Whitener, ,of Hickory, who will preside in the absence of Prank A. Lin ney, of Boone, prevented from attend ing tho convention on account of the illness of himself and famiy. About 600 persons have already ar rived here to be in attendance among these being John M. Moreheadnf Char lotte, who arrived last night and located his headquarters in the O. Henry hotel at which place many conferences be tween him and niember--of , his party have been held throughout the day. Mr. Morehead declined to venture a pre diction as to the nature of The platform the convention aimed to-adopt. Former Senator Marion Butler arrived this morning from Washington and opened hia headquarters at the O. Henry. He reeeved several delegations today, hut what went on behind the closed doors of his room during these confer ences has not been divulged. The old line leaders are apparently afraid that ho has something up his sleeve that he will spring oa the convention here to morrow but as- yet they have been un able to find out just what it is. The Senator talked freely when seen today, and stated that he was not at the meeting for the purpose of trying to get any office, or political aupport of any kind, .ut was mer j aa onlooker, and would Hj take a and in .the meeting unless his sense of what was right and wrong shoeld be offended and in that easn would fight both tooth and Bail. . Prom his conversation it was deduced that he will probably be a supporter of Newell if this gentleman starts anything here, as be stated that Newell was in the right yi a number of charges that he had made against Morehead's crowd. This is the combination that the present mampulubrrs of the party seem to be in ilread nf for while they state that their strength will be sufficient to carry any point, it will be very inconvenient to bave some things divulged that must necessarily be brought out in a scrap. The "Pritchard for President" boom took on a new lease this morning with the arrival of a number of members of the committee of 60 that was recently, appointed to secure Judge Pritchsrd s, endorsement by the convention for the presidency. A meeting of this commit tee was held at the O. Henry hotel to night to perfect final pUris for putting this across tomorrow. Judge W. P. Bynum of this city is chairman of the committee. John J. Parker has been in the city since Inst night and is actively nnguged inwaging a campaign in the interest of securing the nomination for governor for himself. The party leaders soe.ru to favor him and he will without doubt re ceive the nomination from present in dications. ... , ' With the exception of the apparent surety of the nomination for Morehead to succeed himself as riational commit teeman the ticket that will be nomin-" ated tomorrow is mainly a matter of conjecture. r "' . The choosing of the four delegates to the convention at Chicago will without doubt produce a fight on the floor as there are any number, who will be highly gratified at an opportunity to go to Chicago. It is thought quite probable that Morehead will be one of those selected, and also it is said that t,. C. Duncan has a chance .to be one or the four. - One of the planks on the . platform that wilt be handed to the convention tomorrow will be a severe' denunciation of the recently enacted tax revaluation aet and the convention will also prob ably endorse a move demanding sjbe re peal of the act. By blowing load r.nd long about the tax law as it now 'stands the party leaders hope to be able to swing a great majority of the farmer voter of the State to their side. GUMSHOE METHODS PREVAIL AS USUAL ii " i '-:- Wheels Secretly Greased For Putting The Platform . Through 1 . By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. (Staff Correspondent.) i ..VVHSVW.V, . . .... Ul,- gest crowd of Bepublicaaa gathered to gether in the Gate City since the days of Butler fusionism, the Morehead machine tonight i followed its favorite gumshoe methods of getting the machinery greased. The : platform committee, headed by Clarence Pugh, Morehead's chief lieutenant .went over the final drafts but wouldn't dare show it to the executive committee for fear something. aught drop. .Xuey wiu consider It some more tomorrow. , , ; 'C Carli Duncan arrived - on the scene yesterday and received eoinpan- all day at the O. llcnry. There ia a lot of talk of sending him to Chicago as a dele- (Continaed ea Page Tee.) PROSPECTIVE BRIDES HAVE HOPES REVIVED Italian Girls Held at Ellis Island Get Chance To Marry Doughboys New York, Mar. 2. Twelve Italian girls who came to the United States to marry America soldiers, but who hnvc been hnhl "it Kills Tilund because thev could not pass the literacy test, .ieBrnTSiT tonight Washington bad ruled tney may be admitted to the country for sixty daj-s--providing they sign a pledge not to marry during that tune. If Senator Caldcr's bill "to exempt them from the reading test is passed. they will be free at any time to wert their soldier lovers. Even if the bill fails to become a law, there is a chance for the girls, for during tho sixty days they may 'learn to read the required forty words and return to Ellia Island to. demonstrate their accomplishment Each soldier must get a friend or relative to furnish a S5O0 bond ! guar antes that bis prospective bride will not become a public charge. The bondsman wilt be required to inform the Emi gration officials every fifteen days where the bride-elect mey be found, and must sign a pledge to do all in his power to prevent the eouple from marrying dur ing the So-day period. The news spread o rapidly and the doughboy Bomeos acted- so promptly that it was said at Elis Island tonight four or five xt the girls probably would gain their freedom tomorrow, depite the fact that some pfthe-inen live in distant cities. Every man bad ei pressed bis determination to send his "girl to sehoowiay, aigni or dow until she caa read. Some of the fiancees have beenl at Ellia Island since October and Novem ber, and none has arrived thero later than last January. E Peace Conference Decides Put ting Nation On Its Feet Is Big Question London, March S. -A noteworthy phase of the meeting of the peace con ference ia the changed attitude toward Germany. In high diplomatic circles It U asserted that the conference has come to rwogaixe that Germany mined would men, a weak, spot and A dangerous Sf In Europe. ... Oreet Britain, and personally David Lloyd George, the British premier, are credited with being the enler lorces in bringing about this policy. The Trench peace delegation is described ss moving toward .this point of view reluctantly, although it is moving. It is asserted that tho French are less immovable than when M. Clrmeneeeu was at the helm of state. .How Jn set Germany on her feet is one of the largest questions the conference is now -.considering. It is considered probable that it will sanction an international loan to Germany, but the question of security is a basic one. It is expected that a plai will be arranged which will offer inducements to tha rieh, smaller neutral countries io subscribe to a loan. Even England, her ' representatives believe, will eon tribute, officially or unofficially, al though England's financial commltt ments of various sorts arising from the war are arrester than those of any other nation. One of the American conferees expressed the opinion today that per' haps German sympathizers in America at least will come forward with sub scriptions. . Disease Indemnities. ' , The question of finally fixing Ger many's war indemnities at a spccilla sum also is being discussed. The be lief is expressed that the German gov ernment caa organise its finances and industries more efficiently if the Ger ms a people know exactly what are their obligations- and what they are to bs called upon to pay. This question was one left by the treaty to the repara tions commission, but the present idea seems to be that the conference prob ably will take it out of the hands of the commission. 1 The purchase and allotment of raw CHANGE ATTITUD TOWARD GERMANY "rtnee Vconmdoring, endM 'whiclff OREIGN TRADE SERVICE the necessity for a joint arrangement is arranged, may involve consideration for former enemy countries. They prob ably will be given a fair share in the distribution in accordance with the new policy of putting them, on their feet. Reach Declalona Slowly. The peace conference is reaching its decisions more slowly than otherwise would be the ease, because of the dif ferences of language. The proceedings are being conducted in three languages tngiish, I'reneh and Italian. There are ao members of the conference who understand all three languages and few wno understand even two perfectly, This involves interoretins? and re interpreting everything said at the council table. Even then it develops at the sett days meeting that one dele gation did not understand clearly the precise attitude of another delegation, The question most aritatin tha Ital. lans and the Jnm-Klava -ill 11 whof rreaident Wilson's attitude will be tc- wara tne proposition of a -direct settle ment between them of their territorial claims. . .. .. IMMORALITY CHARGE , 'WITHOUT FOUNDATION Washington, March E. Charges of mmor lily and lax - discipline., among the inmates of the Portsmouth, N. H, naval prison Were Buld to be without foundation in the report of the special board of investigation ' made public to day by Assistant Secretary Boose ve It, a member of tho board. . The board's report unheld tha admin- ist ration f Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, declaring that the allegations made agnimt :.is administration were baaed oa 1. iir-;ay evidence," MONROE DOCTF RESERVATION GETS 0. K. SECOND TIME Another Modification to Treaty. Involving Domestic Ques tions, Repassed GREATER MAJORITIES ; THAN LAST NOVEMBER Little Debate In Senate, All Ele ments Conceding Boll CaUt -Mere Formalities Before Sending Treaty To Cam paign; Several Democrats Vote With Republicans Washington, March Two more of the Bepublican reservations to the peace treaty, one of them affecting the bitter ly debated Monroe Doctrine provision, wero re-adopted in the - Senate today . without change and by greater majori ties than they commanded when ori ginally presented last November. , . The Monroe Doctrine reservation, which Senators have been told is scar cely less objectionable to President Wilson than that relating to Article Ten, got the support of fifteen Democrats and -won by a vote of SS to 28 after a substitute drafted by the Democratic leaders hsd been rejected. The vote on the Bepublican proposal was 59 to 34 in November, when only nine Demo crats supported it. The other reservation acted on essets the full jurisdiction of the United States over purely domestic questions and was adopted 56 to 25, with fourteen Demo crats helping to make up the msjqrlty. In November it got the votes of only eleven Democrats and was adopted 59 to 38. Old Fine Re-Kladled., Little debate attended the Senate's ac tion, all elements apparently conceding that the roll ealls were merely formalin ties to let everyone go on record once more before the final deadlock, which now .generally is expected to put the treaty over into the campaign. Old rumblings of the bitter fight over the reservations in November kept fomjng to the surface, however, despite the ef forts of the leaders to bring discus- I alon to a croaev sad ia most quarters pweek were extended. On, the Monroe Doctrine reservation seven Democrats-who. did not vote for adoption in November swung to the Bcpublicans oa todsy a roll call. They were Senators Beckham, Kentucky Fletcher, Florida ; Pittman and Hen derson, Nevada, King, t'tahi Smith, Georgia, and Myers, Montana. Their defection on that issue was declared by the Bcpublicans to. be a significant development in view of recent intima tions reaching Democratic Senators that the President had singled out the Mon roe Doctrine and Article Ten reserva tions as particularly objectiontable. Reed and Shields Shirt. It was over these two reservations that bi-partisan compromise negotia tions earns to grief, the Bepublican lead ers serving notice that they would con sent to no modification in either, and the Democrats indicating that neither would be acceptable as they stood. On the Democratic substitute presented lloday by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, fthe party leader, the vote was stirctly on party linos except for Senators Beed, Missouri, and Shields, Tennessee, who- voted -with the Bcpublicans in op position. The domestic questions res ervation drew ovei" to its support five Democrats who had not voted for it in November, Senators Ashurst, Arizona, Pittman and Henderson, Nevada, Myers, Montana and Nugent, Idaho. . Oa this proposition also Senator Hitchcock of fered a Substitute, which was rejected by a Solid Bepnblican ' line up, ined again by Senators Beed and Shields. Tomorrow the Senate is to consider the Shantung reservation, with the leaders hopeful that a vote may be tak- . en promptly. HOUSE WOULD CONTINUE Washington, March 2. By a vote of 210 to 39 the House today refused to stand by the action of the sub-committee on appropriations in eliminating from the legislative appropriation .bill provision - for continuing the Depart ment of Commerce foreign trade attache service. . - ' Representative Sisaon, Democrat, Mis sissippi, took care of the. committee lapse) by offering an amendment provid- ' ing for expenditure of 1165,000 for the service. It was ruled out oa a point of order, but the House overruled the decision of the chair and later adopted the amendment. ; The House also voted to increase from ' $173,000 to $323,000 the appropriation for employing trade specialists to. make investigations abroad and for publica tion of the reports of consular agents. Without debate the House then an- praved an apprOpsiatioa of 1100,000 for promoting trade with South and Central Imericaa countries. - t BANKHEAD FUNERAL TO BE LARGELY ATTENDED Jasner. Ala.. March 2. The sneeial train bearing the body of Senator Joha H. Bankhead and the Senatorial funeral party Will i arrive here from Birming ham at 10 o'clock Thursday and the' funeral will be hold immediately after ward at tie Methodist church, Governor Kilby and hundreds of Ala- i bamans will also roach Jasdcr on a spe-i eial train Thursday and the funeral - promises to be one of tha most largely attended ever held in the state. The Masons, of whom the late senator was a past commander, will be in char;c of the rmcrj at the cemetery.