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hp Obs THE WEATHER Fair, eutlad cold, Tacsday fair, warmer, northwest ts north winds hecemlag variable. WATCH LABEL. . OB fMt- Ssfll 0' nrnil i.f Mm a ,0e eat) Miag smsm .- - - i - V ear VOL: CXI. NO. 68. TWELVE PACES TODAY. JEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 8 1920. TWELVE 1fAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS - no i 1 t V WILSON ATTACHES - RESERVATIONS TO SETTLEMENT PLAN Tells Premiers He. Is Willing To Leave Adriatic To Inter ested Nations WILL NOT WITHDRAW DEC. 9 MEMORANDUM Says Alto United States Cannot Approve Execution of Treaty of London, Secrecy of Which Seemi Unwarranted After Amerioa Helped So Greatly In Prosecuting War Washington, . C March T. (By the Associated Press.) President Wilson ae eepte with reservations the proposal of the British and French premiers that Italy and Jugoslavia undertake set tlement of the Adriatic question. H say if Italy and Jugo-Slavia -pre-fer to abandon the- ao-enlled buffer state containing an overwhelming ma jority of Jugoslavs and desire to limit the proposed free state to the corpus ' separatum of Frame, placing the sover eignty in the league of Nations, with out either Italian or Jugo-Slav control, the United States is willing to leave the determination of the common frontier to Italy and Jugoslavia. Caa t Approve London Treaty. The President says lie cannot "pos sibly Join" in the premiers' suggestion that the memorandum settlement of De cember 9, be withdrawn; declares that "Albanian questions should not be included in proposed joint discussions." and reiterates that the United States cannot anorttve of the execution of the terms of the treaty ef London. Finally, he exorcises "the earnest hope that the allied governments will not Had it ne-.'essary to decide en course whU;u the American government, in accordance with it reiterated state ment, will bo unable' to follow, The Presidents note to the premiers was dis'uatched Thursday and is now -being eonerdered by the allied supreme eouneil at London. .'. Meantime, direct negotiations between . Jugo-Slavl and Italy are proceeding. t Mr. Wilson begins his communication by noting "with satisfaction" the "un altered desire" of the premiere to resell V"aa equitable solution iaj eoaformity ..alike with the principle ef the peace conference and ef the legitimate though conflicting aspirations- of the Italian and Jugo-Slav people. . statement a! Principle. -'Kef using to agree to a withdrawal of . the Britlsh-Freneh-Amerieaa memor andum of December. 9, as a prelimin ary to th Italia a Jugo-Slav discussions, the President says the "memorandum is representative of deliberate and disin terested judgment after months ef esr , nest consideration"-aadVthatfrJeon titutea more than a mere exchange of views; it was n statement ef prin ciple and recapitulation of the ehief point upon which agreement had been leached." Xetiergting that be would ''gladly ap prove' a mutual agreement - between Italy and Jugo slavia, reached without prejudice to the interests of any third nation, the President declares he can not "possibly approve any plan which as signs to Jugo-Slavia in the northern dis tricts of Albania territorial compensa tion for what she is deprived of else where. . , Secrecy Unwarranted. ' Regarding the "character and applica bility of the treaty of London, the President speaks with ,'"lesa reserve on account -of 4ha frank observations of" the premiers. He says he is unable to And in the exigencies of military strate gy sufficient warrant for exercising se crecy with the United States, which "waa being called upon for unlimited asslst aneeand for untold treasure', ia help ing te prosecute the war. ' "The French and British prime minis ters,' he says, 'will, of course, not ex pect the government of the United Htatea to approve the execution of the terms of the treaty of London, except ia -so fsr as that government may be convinced that those terms are intrin sically just and are consistent with the maintenance of peace and settled order la Southeastern-Europe.'! Conceding that the absence of an Am erica a representative with plenary pow ers "may have been a source of incon venience" the President says he can re call 'several instances where decisions of the supreme eouneil were delayed while itritl.h ami French renresentative SOUgnv mo vi He adds that he "is convinced that time would have been saved and many misunderstandings avoided 'if, before actual decisions had been reached and communicated to the Italian and Jago Slar delegations, this government had beam given sufficient indications of the faci that the British and French govern ments iatended radically to depart from their memorandum 01 Koccmoer . REWARD OFFERED FOR -v; BOMBER OF CONSULATE Geneva, March TV-Th Swiss author, itiea have offered: a reward of 10,000 f ranes r Information leading te the ' arrest 0l the persons guilty of bombing the American Consulate at Zurich, he consulate was damaged by a bomb Wed nesday night. . . - '' The four men arrested oa the frontier an suspects are said to include one Ger man and one American. ' (.. r ' !: Co-operative Stere. , " Bichmond, Va, March 7. Announce ment was made here tonight that mea employed in the Southern Bailroad Shop at Danville have organised a V- stock company with ilOWO capital and j will open a eo-operatrve store to fight the high tost of living. ( j BACK SECRETA 3ANIELS IN HIS PRINCIPLE OF AWARDING MEDALS TO COMMANDERS OF LOST VESSELS Wjshlugton, C. C, March 7 The wrangle over awards to navy officers of wsr decorations drew nearer a eon- elusion tonight, when Chairmaa Page of the Senate Naval Committee made publie the trio of reports the iaweati gators of the sub-committee produced. The t b r e Bepubliea mem' bere joined in the majority report, which sharply criticised Secretary Dan iela ia some respects; while the - jjwo Democrats submitted individual reports defending the Secretary' course and directing their attack, ia tarn, nt Bear Admiral William 8. Sims, the most prominent figure ia the controversy stir red up over navy medals and crosses. Agree On Two Paint. Ia on respect the three reports are unique. They agree oa two points, that no permanent harm has come to naval morale as a result of the awards on the controversy and that enlisted men re ceived to small 4 share of recognition for their service. The majority report, signed by Sena' tor Hale, McCormiek and Poindcxter, arraigns Mr. Daniel for not having fully advised officers a to hi plan in making awards and asserts that his pol icy of decoratiag officers who lost ships would be detrimental to the navy. A Tempest Ia a Teapot. Senator Pittman in the first minority report, characterised the investigation as a tempest in a tea pot "too ridiculous to be mentioned ia connection with the morale of a fighting navy, In the second minority report, Sena tor Trammell declared flatly that navy morale had not been harmed as Admiral Sim had contended and asserted that Mr. Daniels followed established naval custom' ia changing recommendations of his subordinates, a those officials themselves had done with proposals of taeir junior. The majority report reached the fol lowing conclusions : , That Secretary Daniel did not make known to the service bit policy as to awards, especially with regard to the relative importance of duty on shore and afloat. Fewer change would hare been necessary later had ha don so, the re port said. That -the Secretary did wet ascertain from the officer ' who recommended honor the relative order of merit and .did not himself give sufficient eonsid eration, to that traestioU, injury to mor ale and depreciation of the value of award resulting. That Secretary Daniels did not require a sufficiently high standard ef meritor ious cmduct-ia eenfcrrlng tenor on of ficer who lost stuns and. r mo zeal oris to further the interest of com mander who lost ship than of other commander who, instead of losing their ships, destroyed or seriously damaged the ship of the enemy. That the statute governing naval awards should be amended to avoid fa turn controversy. - Prebe Confined Te Awards. Ia regard to 'certain, matter not di rectly connected with, the question ef award developed during the henf, referring to charge aa to lack of full, eo-opcration with the allied admirait es made by Sims, the report said that they were not at this time within the prov ince of the committee. ' . "The whole purpose of the nb-eom mittee" it continued, "hss been not to decide the personal differences between officer of the navy or between official of the lVavy Department; ' but to assist ia arriving at a settlement of the questions of award ia the navy which shall be for the best Interest of the navy" ''-. ' ' " Investigation' Unnecessary, Senator Pittman contended that the investigation was unnecessary because the naval award matter was being re investigated by the Knight . Board by direction of Secretary- Daniels when the investigating committee was appointed. "um most congressional investigation of a simitar character, " ha said, it erv- ed ao. beneficial purpose, Th airing of the personal grievance of aa Admiral and giving publicity to critical and deprecatory statement made by the Admiral with regard to ta ac complishment ef the navy during the war tended to besmirch a glory asver before questioned, " Senator f i"ittman .said. ;,. , Admiral Sims believed, the . Senator aid. that th distinguished service medal should be awarded 4o a few of the high est officer ia th navy and that it would be cheapened by awarding it, to Junior officer and enlisted men. - Barley Award J as tiled. Criticising Admiral 8ims for having made a peeial point ef aueged lnjus tire" to six member ef hi' italf, Senator Pittman declared that the award of a diatingushed seme medal te uommana r D. W. Bagley, Secretary Daniels' brother-in-law, about whom mueh of the controversy centered, was justified. Th Heaator also assailed Admiral Bimr eon duet before the committee which he eaid would lead a civilian to believe that the officer wa deeply impressed wittt Brit Ish policies and practices" and "mere familiar with British ideas, eastern aad manner thaa with those of hi owa eon"rtrT." ' " Senator Trammell; Democrat, Florida, ia Kvorate report, aula that (secre tary Daniels, ia changing recommenda tions made by commanding officer and the Knight Board, was following estab lished naval custom and the same polley waa pursued by Admiral Sims with re gard to recommendation . , made t . Sustain Daniels la Principle. Senator Trammell maintained that the morale of the Navy remained unin jured. . '. - . conspicuous feature of the majority report filed la the award controversy which waa heard by Seaator Hale' ub committee, ia that th principle adhered to by eitretry Daniel i sustained by the Bepublieaa member of th commit tee. . ' w ' , - Admiral Sims' contention Was' that aa officer who lost hi ship at sea should aot b givea aa award., Tais wa his, chief contention. Secretary Daniels told the committee that because an of ficer lost hi (hip it should aot debar him from receiving an award. Th report says : "The sub-committee cannot too strong ly condemn the ' practice' of giving awards to officer of th Navy who have lost their ships unices ia such eases they shall have shown such marked heroism or such signally distinguished service sa shall have made them eligible for award ia spite of the loss of their ships, The subeemmittee does not believe that because of the loss of their shir, th eommaading officer are necessarily in. eligible for revard but it does believe that in each sueh ease the officer are oa the defensive. Senator Pittmaa' Kepert. Senator Pittmaa'a report of the hear ing follows: "On the 4th day of February, 1019, the Centre sa of the United State passed an act entitled "An act to provide for the award of medals of honor, distin guished service medals, Navy crosses, snd for other purposes. "AU medals, crosses and honor, on der the act, are to be presented by the President ef the United States. "The distinguished service medal is to be granted Ho any person who, while in the naval seme of the United State since the 0th day ef April, 1917, ha dis tinguished, or who hereafter shall dis tinguish, himself by exceptionally meri torious service to the Government ia a duty of rreat responsibility.' "The Navy cross ia to be presented 'to sny person who, while in the naval service of the United States since the 6th day of April, 1917, has distinguished or who hall hereafter distinguish, him' self by . extraordinary heroism or dis tinguished service la the line of HI pro fession, such heroism or service not be ing sufficient to justify the Award of a medal of honor or a aistmguianea ser vice medal.' "The medal of honor i presented Ho anv oerson who. while ia the naval serv ice of the United State, shall, in action involving actual conflict with th enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry or intrepidity at the riak of his life above and beyond tne eaii ei dutr and without detriment to the mis sion of hi command or the command to which attached.' "It if usual to award and present aueh honor at th time the services are per formed that entitle a Person to them, Th aot, however, did mot become a law until after the liiauif of the armlstw Th Secretary, therefore, en the 18th ,rUy-i-anary, 19, eaaeed an order to o isauea iu sue vi uv wm,i of naval force directing that each az them immediately forward to the Navy Department a specific statement er re port distinctly letting forth the act or distinguished service performed. by any person while la th naval service entit ling him to any one of th honor men tioned, aad that ia such report he make suggestions or recommendation for the proper official recognition. .- "On the flth day of March 1919,"the Secretary of the Navy constituted and convened, a Naval Board ef Awards to examine aad consider the statements and reports concerning person recom mended for official recognition under the aet. This board wa further autnor iaed to make suggestions to-the Secre tary with regard to the approval, mourn cation, or disapproval of the recom mendations of commanding omcern wu rtmmA ta such awards. This, board was kaown aa! the Knight Board, and was mmtMisad of a number of high naval officers, with Admiral Austin M. Knight, Admiral Charles J. Badger, ana Aamirui De Witt Coman at the head of uch board.' " ,i ''" - ' '' Thia board on the 23d, day 6f Sep tember, 1919, made it report with re Mni t 'about 4.000 recommendations for official recognition under the act. The board, in many eases, disapproveu of the recommendations made by eom manAinv nffiiMtrs. ' It mar. however,, be said in justice to such commanding offi cer that .uh - disapproval, ia most eases, wa the result of a difference of opinion as to the degree oi onwiai n ;.Hian that should be given to the person .recommended. J JFor instance, la some ease, where the. commanding offi cer recommended a medal or Honor mo hn.rit chans-edthe recommendation to a 4itinuwhed service medal or a Navy cross, or, where tne commaajumc u. recommended a navy cross u were of the s apla ioa- that the pereoa wa enswiea w uitui medal. . . ' 1 "A. careful reading Of the provisions of the act abov quoted will" readily make apparent' th difffieulty of de termining ia many-eases the award to which a , tvsrsoa entitled ano ao- nnti far the natural difference of opinion.- It will be sentembered that under the aet a etatement. of the aeU of th person recommended for official recognition must be contained in the ceport of ;reommendatioa. - It waa th duty ef the board to carefully examine each of thee statement of fact aad npoa such examination to. determine whether the person reeommeaded : was entitled to medal ef honor er a dis tinguished service medal er a Nary cross er no reeogaitlon at all. No two of thee ease were alike, aad in, many th .elaaslflcatioa waa exceedingly dif ficult, v. v. ir.:if ,4',.: . ( "Th Secretary ef th Navy received the- report of the beard aad - made - careful ezamia tion of the statements of fact and- recommendation in 'each On .th 1st day of December, 1919. he tied tentative report of recommen dation for naval - award. Ia moet ease the Secretary of th Navy, in hi report, approve' the action of the board. Ia noma eases, however, he - increased the reward of honor, while in other he decreased it. His action waa baaed upon s difference at opinion a to the proper classification . under the state ment and report submitted by th commanding officer with their . recom mendation, . , , " ., .. . , . Subsequent to the filing of the re port by the Knight Board, detailed statement, - reports, aad recommenda tions with regard to person entitled to official recognition were received at the Navy Department. - Additional evidence also came to the kaealedge of the Sec retary with regard to recommendation that had already been teatatively -passed upon 'y him. Ia view of these cir cumstances, oa the 5th day of January, 1020, he reconvened the Knight Board, and rercferred to it not only the new cases Jiat had come ta Mr notice, but all of the reeommei.daties theretofore made by eommaading officers, by the board and by himself, with full authori ty to take such further er different ac tion as th board saw fit. .' "Oa th 17th day tf December, 1919, Admiral Sim publicly charged that the morale of the Navy -had beea seriously affected by groan injustice don in th matter of nth award. , . "On th th day ef January, 1930; the matter wa brought to the attention of the Navaf Affair Committee of the United State Senate, and at the same time it waa brought to the atte: tioa of the Naval Affair - Committee of the House of Representatives. The Naval Affairs Committee ef the House declin ed to take any action with regard to sueh charge made by Admiral Sims. The committee waa notified by th Sec retary of the Navy that he had recon vened the Knight Board for the pur pose of further Investigation, action, and report with regard te all recom mendations for award. A motion was then made That a subcommittee of five be appointed by th chair to investigate the subject, of the awarding ef medal ia th Naval Service, said committee to communicate with the House Naval Af fairs Committee aad aak them to join in this investigation.' A substitute mo tion was than offered that the lavesti gation be postponed until after the further" report by the Knight Board, which was then ia aeasioa. The ub titut motion wa lost and th original motion waa carriea. f ' Examine Admiral lima. "Oa th lfith day of January the sub committee proceeded with. the hearings ana Admiral Bim took the witness stand. In discussing the channee made by the board aad by th Secretary of toe navy er we award recommended by him, it wa called to hie attention that the board, In the great majority of the ease submitted, bad approved the reoommendatloa of th commanding officer aad that the Secretary of the Navy had also, in the great majority ef the eases, approved, thotj.H'wi mends tiaul mad by th commanding officers. To this Admiral Slma i, replied,' aad I quote hi exact language) - It i not th number of eases, but oaly th half doc- en WBica are doing the damage. "Let us then consider these half dot - a eases, Th first casj of alleged Injnrtiee cited by the admiral wa the action with regard to commander J. V. Babeoek. The admiral describes Commander Babecock lathi language: , Thi officer accompanied ma ij Eur, ope in 19ir;remaiaed' attached to my Stan returning te toe United State in October, 1919; an officer of very unusuai nbility and possessed, to a very unusual degree professional attainment. .Hi assistance waa inva)6able to nie. ' I con sider hat his" services "during ti e war were exceptionally brilliant aad mr ri torious, and that h reflected th great- en poasioie crwut upon in naval ser vice. - ' ' ' nomirai ami lec-jmn-iaded 7 Com mander Babcock and It other member of hi taT for diotlaguuhel . service medal. These ticomiucn-latinus. to gether with all other, were t'fcrrr 1 to the Knight Board. Too board auuroved of 6 of the admiral's recoumciiditlons for distinguished service medals, but n to the other 13 reeommendatieiii, it rec ommended the award of the Nary ros lastead of the distlnfuishei service mednU Commander llabcoek in th latter class. Th board doe lined to. ap prove Admiral nun s 'recommendation that Commander Babeoek be awarded the distinguished service medal, 'but recommended that be b giva th ftuiy cross. Th Beirstsiy ef.the Navy ap proved " the - reoommendatiop ef v the Knight Board in the matter with regard to the award to be given to Commander Babeoek.-.,; - , -: ."? -,. This illustntes th diffetene .of opiaioa area an;ong naval ofiiier at to th grade of hic.ii; called fi hy piirtie- ular services. It doe not seem povble that suck action hy a great m1 lqrd could destroy th moral of such a tany a w possess. .;. ' ; . , . . ' Th Admiral then cited the cafe of Lieut. A. L. Gates, Ensign C. H. Uam man, Ensign G. H, lodlow, and Captain H. I. Cone. ;i h,;r-y . i - "According to.' th' offieial record, Lieut.- Gate ws- reeommeaded by Ad miral Sims for th Congressional Medal ef Honor. The board d sella ed to ap prove the recommendation aad lastead reeommeaded the award-ef a disting uished service saedaL The Secretary of the Navy adopted th recommend tioa of th board. . , . . - k t "Ensign Hamman ' was recommended by Admiral Sims for th Congressional Medal of Honor. The ' board declined to approve the reeomniendatlon, and is. stead recommended the award of si Navy Cross. Th Secretary of th ' Ny adopted the recommendation f the Ensign Ludlow was recommended by Admiral Sim for a- Distinguished Ser vice Medal. Th Board declined to ap prove of the recommendation, aad in stead reeommeaded the award Vnf n Navy Cross. The Secretary of the Navy adopted th recommendation of . the board. ; " ' f ' v'';"'. Capt. Cone was reeommeaded by Ad miral Sim for a distinguished Berries medal. ThsKrfeeoinmendatioa wa ap proved by the' board. The Secretary ef th Navy declined to accept the raeom- ' (Cestiaeed an fag light.) i-" .' PLANS 10 REDUCE FAMILY MEAT BILL !N UNITED STATES Department of Justice Will Be gin Educational Campaign . In Near Future WILL URGE BUYING OF LESS COSTLY PORTIONS Fair Price Commissioner in Every State Will Be Asked To Direct Campaign With Co-Operation of Betailera, Who'.eialers And Packing: , Companies; Up to Housewife , Washington, March T. flans for re duriag the Amerieaa family's meat bill were announced today by the Depart ment of Justice which will urge house wives to turn from the high priced cuts to less costly portion of the steer. Fair price commissioners in every state will be asked to direct aa educa tional campaign, with the co-operation of retailer, wholesalers and packing companies, and the department will un dertake to see to it that the consumer receives good meat at low prices and that no abnormal profits are taken on the lower priced portions. "The housewife holds in her own hand the remedy for very high meat prices," said the- Department' announcement. "By turning from th expensive to the inexpensive cuts she apt only will lower her owa meat bills, but will drive down the price of the choice cuts, and make it possible for meat to he merchandised more economically ; NThe plan t be need ha been tested by th Department in several places in order that its economic soundness might be demonstrated. It is expected that the effort of the Department will have the co-operation of retail meat dealers throughout the country as well aa the co-operation of the whole packing in dustry, including several hundred dif ferent companies. The Department will attempt to ahow the consumer .the advantage of turning away from the hiarh-prlced cuts of meat, where the demand i now con centrated, .to the less costly cuts, which constitute th bulk ef th meat anlsaol and- whmhe vrhea, eoweeUy mrpared, are of high nutritlv vah aad great palat ability. ' - ; "Thi plan early received the sanction of numerous retailers both individuals and association offieial. Hundreds of 1 wholasalor - aad paVlng companies throughout the country have now agreed to co-operate. The economic theory upon which the Department is proceeding has been cor roborated by other governmental agen cies ia elose touch with marketing con dition. After aa investigation of these condition and experiments in limited leealitle, the Department of Justice finds this situation existing with refer ence to the purchase of meats at retail : "Thoo cut of meat which ' are in heaviest demand o-clled choice steaks aad rib ' roasts constitute leas . tha one-fourth of the ateer. '; Thi concen tration of demand on the portion which are available in the least quanity. has driven up the price of the vory cuts which are most popular. - Failure to take advantage of the leu costly cut seems due to the two fac tor: laek of knowledge concerning the praeparatio of the inexpensive pieces, aad laek of information aad indiffer ence on. the part ef . the housekeeper as to the high nutritive value and pala tability of auch portion. . "A a consequence good meat at low prices ia dragging In th market, while meat from the sm animal which ia ao mar nourishing but 'is four times as costly is -in greet demand. 'For ex ample, recent wholesale quotations from the western market show that ths best grade short loins (whence come fino steak) have been, scjllng wholesale at high a 69 eeats a pound: while the best grade chucks from th identical steer bar been eeirfna at 13 cent. The chuck portion waa raised on, the same reed as the lotq portion," It would yield nutritious steaks; tasty roasts, pot roasts. stews ana corned beef, , - -raoi a sote luncheon menu verv iirriy enow tnst the metro poll tea hotel hare leaned th advantage of using iaexpeaslve cut. . Th great ma jority or tns meat dishes ia the table d'aot laoehooaa of many well-known hotels and restaurant are nude from inexpensive euts. Husband order and enjoy at luncheon portions of .meat which their wives rarely or never, buy for the home table. - - The housewife holds ia her owa hand ths remedy for rery high meat prices. By turning away from th expensive, to th inexpensive euts h not only will owar er owa meat bill, but will drive dowa the pries of the choice cuts; fur thermore, (he will make it possible for meat to be merchandised mor econom ically. With th present unequal de mand for the, -various eut at retail, corn meet i diverted t other than its natural" uses " and ether meat it wasted. Thi tot i ultimately borne by the consumer. " f 'The Department of Justice purposes with tha aid. of the consumer to cor rect this situation. Fsir Prie Commis sioners in every State will be asked to direct and take pert ia ths campaign of education. The matter will be brought te the atteatioa of civic club aad wom en' organizations. Betailera, wholeaal, r, aad packing companies throughout tha country will bs.ssked to appoint eoafereetc committee to. co-operate with th Fair Pries Commissioner. Re cipe, chart and poster will, be pre pared and , distributed wldelyr Speeifi week will be desiganted ia various part (Ceatia w Pag Tw ' , PALMER'S PROBABLE CAMPAIGN MANAGER if ' f ' ' f ' --,; ..- -. i Vsne McCermick. Vance McCormiek, newspaper pub lisher of Ilarrlsburg, Ta., is regarded aa the likely selection of A. Mitchell rai nier to pilot the latter campaign for the Democratic presidential nominution. McCormiek was chairman of the nation al Democratic campaign comnQttee in 1016, nud the following year was u mem her of the war missiou to Great Britain nnd France. Surgeon General or Secretary of War Must Take Action, Officers Say - Aaheville, March 7. While nothing definite can be learned iiere concerning the outcome ef tlio inrcatigatloa now being conducted into alleged conditions at Oteen Hospital,, it became known here today that Colonel Lyater, com mandlng oflicer at the gnvcrnmeat hos pital, fan made-it knona that no action would be taken concerning a court ourtial for the, men vrh seat eut tele- frv.Ma" mm1 Intfrti-a. Jiltln CK ,MMk allegedTriot unUl ColosV1 aiMseor vhe tt here represeatlna- the flUrgsAattieeerar Bled bu report ia. wasnmgtoa aau tnat setion wiU be taken then as directed by the Surgeon' General, or Secretary of War. Baker.' - ' Colonel Lyster, commanding officer, and Colonel Kinney, investigating offi cer, each stated that he would not give statements to the press at this time, swing to the army regulations. Colonel Lyitor intimated he, would be glad to reply, to "eertaintatemenU which have been exaggerated" If it were ipcrmi ssbte. Colonel Kinney mid that any in formation to be - given - out would be made publie by the Inspector .General or the Secretary of War. ELECTION CONSPIRACY . . TRIAL N EARING CLOSE Ail Proof And Arfnmeiitt lit Newberry Cue likely Be Heard Tail Week Grand Rapids,- Mich., March. ".All proof in the Newberry election con spiracy trial will -be finished and . the closing arguments of attorney mad this week, unlet plant' of the defense miscarry. Thit was ?nt& today when It became known definitely that Paul King, campaign manager, for Saaator Newberry, who. has been undergoing dl- rr t examination for the defense since Friday afternoon, will b the last prin cipal witness for tne t defendants. Only a few loos end will remtln In the general defence plan after King' testimony. It is know, however, that a considerable number of the minor de fendant are Insisting on testifying. If sll of thi element have their way the tfst;piony may ma Into .Thursday. Otherwieo it li.exTKWtfJ that th last defense witness 'will .htva been hfard Wednesday.. ,. .-" . '. - ' - The initial argnmesti to the jury are expected to com Thursday afternoon er Friday morning. - ', . WANT. VON HtNDENBURG FOR GERMAN PRESIDENT Berlin, March 7. Field Marsha) Voii Rindenburg's candidacy for th Presi dency of Germany 1 ttrongty urged tn an appeal that has ' just r been issned here. . The appeal, according to the Mor gen post, is the outcome of in sgree Bent between tho - German ' Nationalist wtrty and ths People t party. The Lokal Aaxelger elaiois to. have, knowledge Hint the field mtrjhhl would H'crpt a inmi as tioa. , Hi namo has been frequently mentioned previously among the Peo ple's party candidates '.for, the next Presidential tcm.'iXv"; i, ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS ARE - ; WAITING AT WHEELING . .-;. ,.- -,i... ; ' , Wheeling W. Va, , March Tv , Antl-eanTrst leader beaded by ' Jit. W. T. Ollphant, ef Pkllaselphia, S natloaal worker, arrived here last night t await h arrival f 8a tee Jesse- A. Bbaeh, ef , Wheeling, front California, who I expected to cast the deciding .Vote 11 th Wast Virginia Senate next week' when , tha federal sa 97 rare smtadment I ' brsenrlit s a rain by taffrag U4 r far ratlflcatloau . Thr-.is no substitute for. Imported Pompeiaa Olivs Oilv-dv. ' - - - -- - ; NO COURT-rvlARTIAL AT OTEEN PLANNED FAMOUSVIRGINIA -HOTEL DESTROYED BY SUNDAY BLAZE Uncertainty As To Loss of Qfe' When The Chamberlin Is Burned . .. ;' , ADJACENT STRUCTURES." LEVELED TO GROUND Hotel of Diitinguiahed Clien tele; Erected By Congr! fionaJ Permliiioa on Army Reservation - At TortreM Monroe; 200 Oneiti at Time of Fire ; Heavy Lou Old Point Comfort, VaU March 7 . Tha Chamberlin Hotel, famous sum mer and winter resort, erected by con gressional permission on . the govern ment reservation at Fortress Monroe, and nationally known for years by rea son of the prominent character of it clientele, wis totally destroyed thi af ternoon by fire that ctartcd in a room on the ground floor at 4:40. o'clock. Bo rapid wa the spread of the flame througlf th wide spread hotel that la a little over two-hours there was nothing left hut scanty remain. The Chamber lin wa valued at 92,000,00 and there wa .V0,000 insurance. It 1 reported that of the two hundred guest and 170 employe ia th hotel St the tim of th fire several are missing, but thty are a yet unidentified. Fire department from Hampton and other point oa the Virginia peninsula were rushed to the scene, but wer un able to do anything to (top th rapid headway of th firs. In addition to tha Chamberlin thers were deif -eyed tho large general store adjacent, and office " of the Adams Express Company. Boats for Baltimore and New York and other point which were to have called at Old Point Comfort thie afternoon did not dork, but continued on their way light ed by the glare from th burning of the . famou pile. ". Tried To Get VahaabUa. During the excitement incident to ths sudden alarm and the rapid destruction of the hotel several women guests put themselves in extreme, peril la effort to return to' their room and savs be longings, jewels, ete. , Several of the wer rescued by flrcmsn who too theta" down the flr efwswhcntlr.wr cut olJJ from, th .hall by .flam and smoke. Th hotel was' e a the ere : of the - Easter season, which drwt maay guests . from all part of tha country aad in a few days the- would have beea several . times na many guests inths hotel ir were caught there in the Are. Many of these guests lost mueh personal prop-' erty, of .which no eatimate ean now be made. ' .-. '.a Possihl Lea ef Ufa. -. '';,' It is impossible tonight ta ascertain definitely whether or not there wa loss . of life, report of which came from two firemen active In th early battle to save th structure. One of these men say that when he waa directing a stream of water into an upper wlndowha heard a scream from ther flams within. 'An other declare that he aw for a moment an elderly man accompanied by aa eld- -erly woman appear at a window which wa almost instantly obscured by trnok and that he did aot see that they emerg ed from-the building. In the -confusion of the sudden alarm th hotel register was either forgotten aad burned or ha been locked ia th hotel safe. Army officer of th reservation and th hotel management declare that so far aa they hare been able to ascertain ther has been no loss of life, but they are usable to stnte positively that there were no fa talities.. ,...,-,... ;' - less Orr It.NtlN. Th total lot including th hotel aad other building burned and the personal property of guests is roughly estimated at -between thre - aad four, taillioa dol-, lan. One very wealthy woman, Mrs. Schwiernitf, i rumored to have suffered th lots of 4100,000 in (Lamondc . . ' Among the prouiient guest who war present at th hotel werei Major Gen eral George O, Squire, chief ef th U. S. Aircraft Department, Mr. and .Mr. Schwiernits, of New York I General and Mrs. Potterson, , of 'Albany, Oliver 8. Bond, of Detroit i Mrs. Clarence Kenyon, , At the outbreak of ths fir ths army took charge of the reserve tien end ex- eluded all exeept firemen and newspaper men. . Fire companies came zrom unp Eustia, Langley Field,1 Newport News. liamptou,sid other. towns and there) was a srUhnous but unavailing fight. Probably twenty thousand people gather ed outsido the, reservation to watch the fjr aad the teene on Hampton Boads, iU broad waters gleaming ia ths fir aad the crowds shows massed ia its glare was aa exciting and impressive one. Guests of the hotel aro tonight being; eared for by army officer and other who hav home within th reservation..?: ., f Ballt In Nineties. y i tThe Chamberlain wa bsuH In the csrly niaotle by J.ha Chattbertaia, fa mous in his day as proprietor of Cham berlin's, a restaurant ' at Washington, which wa th gathoriag place of men high ia public life. A seven-story frame structure, it stood on the water froat, -close by the fort, and ia lata yeats there was talk o' rating U to make room for development of the army post. But the hotel had become sueh a vital part of army and navy lift at Old Feint, that it rem.' led. i h - - .Before the war when the fleet sailed ia and out of Hampton Roads the Chamberlin generally was filled with officers' wives, aad the greatest naval assemblage rame hers to witness the de parture of th American fleet en its voyage around th world. , ' reatrvatioa Immediately after th fire Army, officer who took chi g of t:. v.,J4 - - - (Csntlnaed an Fag Twe.) -
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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