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.. . , , J. - v fl fVlT . I WATCH LARFJL I TfieN THE WEATHER Fair, warmer Wednesdays Thursday f si, . r'T"' ew VOL. CXI. NO. 70. RALEIGH, N IESDAY,MORNlNG, MARCH 10, 1920. PAGES TODAY. PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS GIVES BASIS FOR 'CHARGES AGIST , NAVY DEPARTMENT Admiral Sims Begins Testimony Before Senate Investigat ing Committee HAS SEVERAL POINTS FOR HIS CRITICISM Denies Intention ' To Attack Part Wary Played In War, But Says He Will Aim Criti cism at Policies Pursued During: Fjrot Six Months of " World Conflict Washington, D. C, March 9. Bear Admiral Sims, in an opening state ment today before the Senate committer investigating liU ehargee that the Navy Department failed to co-operate fully . with the allies daring the war, out lined the specific points on whienhe bases his criticisms and promiied that beginning tomorrow ho would present evidence in support of each contention. In opening bis testimony Admiral Sims denied intention of initiating aa attack OA the part the nary played in the war, or of bctlittling its efforts in as much as be was "unable adequate ly to express" bis admiration of, the navy's efforts. His criticisms, be said, were directed at the policies pursued in the first six months of the con flict. The Admiral told the committee he was not directing his criticism at in dividuals and reiterated that in calling attention to what he considered fails rU of the navy department to give the allies full co-operation at first he bad '"nothing to gain and everything to lose." Instead only a high sense of his duty as a naval officer and solicitude for the future naval policy of the coun try, be said, impelled him to point out grave mistakes in naval administra tion. Basic criticisms of the navy's policies were said by the Admiral to be: , i That during" Ilia early period of the war the Department violated f undaraen tal principles of warfare leading to prolongation of hostilities and needless loss of life and money. -. .-. -That the policies of the Department In the last half of the war were idea ,tiear with recommendations rejected during the first sis months, I : That if the department had proper plana when th nation entered the war they should have been, placed in effect t' once. ' ' . That mistakes, if any were made, should be earefully reviewed to avoid a future recurrence and to help t mould future national defense policies. ..- Unprepared, Ha Bays. , , i. The United States entered the war with the navy unprepared, he said, al though war had been a possibility for . two year and American forces on the sea were not in. the highest stata of readiness. Owing to these conditions, . tha witness added, lack of proper or ganization in the Navy Department and beeauM of other factors with which he was not familiar, it failed for at least six months to throw Its full force against the enemy. "Daring that period wo pursued a ' policy of vacillation or a hand-to-mouth policy," be dec tared, "attempting to formulate our plans from day to day, based on an incorrect appreciation, of f the situation. ' Aa Te Decoratloas. ' . Eeferring to recent naval decorations, inquiry of whieh-'tho-present, inveetiga- tion is an outgrowth, tha admiral said thera existed "what the naval eervicc believed to be a deliberats campaign c of propaganda," aimed atjprejudieing the ease by bringing infwlfolly irrelevi ant" subjects. As aa examplei he said, hia views on the fitness of Admiral Henry B. Wilson to be eommander-in-chief of the Atlantis fleet had been brought in. If tha method of making naval awards did not affect the morale of the navy thia instance was certainly calculated to do to, he added. This was a manifest outrage against the efficiency of the fleet and against Admiral Wilson him. self, aa wall as againat the proper in vesitgation of important issues of aa . tional defease. ,''- . ' FAIR PRICE BODY AFTER ; FOOD DEALERS IN ALA. - Itontgojsery, Ala., March t. Mont gomery city and county fair price com ' mittoe today issued aotiee that sugar - dealers would be required to show cause why the profit on sugar should not be limited to one cent a, pound for the wholesaler and, two cents for tha re- ... . i. . . i j taller, jjaaera lit nw icnmic w . f$ ahow why the price of bread should not mta and restanraata will be asked to ahow why tha price of coffee and milk should not be five cents per cup or glass. " Dra frwaa Sleeping Sleanaee. New YoTk, March 9A total of 175 easea ef sleeping sickness has been re ported in New lark since January 1, Health Commissioner ' Copeland aa nounced todays forty of the cases were fatal. Ths disease in apparently an aftermath of tha influents epidemic, the . i commissioner said.' ' Sobbed Aad Aaaaalicd. Toledo, Ohio, March Three bandits today enticed lay Dryfus into an auto mobile, drove bim to a lonely spot and robbed bim of W.000, Dryfus was . slugged and thrown from the machine. He was earning the money from a bank to a cafe proprietor, who was to us it to cash factory workera' checks. The freshness of imported Pompeian Olive 0.1 is g iarantceJ. AJv. FAVORS CORPORATION ' TO AID EX-SOLDIFRS Representative Morgan Out lines Bill For Porminf Com . pany To Buy Land ' . ... Washington, March 9. Formation of a government corporation to purchase homes for former service men was urg ed today before the House ways; and means committee, by Representative Morgan, Republican, Oklahoma, explain ing bis bill to crests suck corporation capitalized at 100K)0,000. All the' stock would be held by those benefitting stock would bo held by the government which would make loans secured by mortgages up to a maximum of 44,000. This is the first of several similar bills which will be explained to the commit tee by their authors. With the calling of treasury officials for Thursday, the end of hearing on proposed soldier relief measures is in sight. Chairman Fordney today made an appeal to expedite the bearings. "Officers do not want a bonus, Mr. Fordney said. "Soldiers who suffered financial losses are .overwhelmingly in favor of a relief plan." CaL Harris Die. New York, March 9. Colonel Henry L. Harris, U. 8. A, retired, who was graduated from West Point in 1869 and commanded several forts along tha At lantis aeaboard, died here after a abort lines. He was born in Philadelphia 7 years ago.- Will Be First Presidential 'Nom inating Meeting Since 1912; Debs Choice Chicago, March' 9. Ths Socialist party will hold its first presidential nominating convention since1 1912 in New York City May I, ths National executive commutes decided bers today. An effort will be made to enlist the radical and progressive element" ime tha various Irlior organizations in the Socialist fight, it was ann&uncedd Invitations to send delegates to ths Socialist convention are to be sent to tha United Mine Workers, Amalgamated Clothing- Workers. IaUraatifrnal lAdies Garment Workers, farriers, roachlatatr, and ths Workmen's Circle. V, National committeemen .report a "widespread and insistent demand for the nomination of Eugene V. Debs, now a prisoner in Atlanta, penitentiary for 'alleged violation of the espionage law, ' it was announced. He is tha only can-' didate .in the field. I: Debs is nominated the Vice Pres idential and cVcr candidates will make the .campaign for bim. r . Scott Hearing and Jean .Longuet, formor Socialist deputy of France, edi tor of "La Populaire" and a grandson of Karl Marx, have been engaged to assist- in the campaign, according to Otto F. Branstetter, National secretary. Chicago, March 9 Aa attempt to free Debs and to secure amnesty for all po litical offenders would be made April 13 in Washington, members of ths eon- mittee announced. The plan would in etude large paraden an effort to get an interview with the President. "Debs is serving a ten year sentence. - RICH WOMAN SOCIALIST GRANTED A NEW TRIAL St. Louis, Mo, March 9. The United States circuit court of sppeals here to day reversed the verdict by which Mrs. Hone Pastor Stokes, wealthy New York Eoelalist, was convicted in Kansaa City is June, 1918, of violating the espionage act, and remanded the ease for new trial. Mrs. Stokes was sentenced to tea years imprisonment. , , ; . The reversal was based solely on the. ehsrge given to ths jury by Fed eral Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh, who presided at the trial and which was declared prejudicial to the defendant. ' Mrs. Stokes was indieted . on charges that ahe wrote a communication to Kansaa City newspaper, denouncing the government as being . for the profi teers,". . , ' ' - .... TRIP TO ENGLAND FOR , KENTUCKY BATTLE FLAG ' Frankfort, Ky Mrch , 9. James Buchanon, of Louisville, a descendant of Col. William Wbiteley, commander of ths Kentucky volunteers in ths bat tle of ths Thames in Michigan in the war of 1812, will go to England as com missioner ,of ths Stats of Kentucky to bring . the' Kentucky battle flag which was lost st that battle.. Ths Upper House of the General Ai- ses for Mr. Buchanon 's trip, i ' f - Ths battle is commonly called by his torians. "The Massacre of ths River Raisin," because a majority of ths Ken tuckians were killed and scalped by ths Indiana after they bad surrendered to the .British officers under aa unfulfilled promise of -protection from ths In disns. ' . -.- .. RETURNS SI ,200,000 TO OWNER; GETS $2 REWARD ; Ksw York, Msrch ts-An order m the Bank f Montreal satitUng tk bearer to flM,, a railroad ' boa 4s waa picked In the street la the SaanclaJ district yesterday by Harry Hahn, a 17-year-sld clerk. Noting ths brokerage Srsa algns tare a ths order the youth dUv red the paper at Ita oBlee. A re ward of II was given s hint with . ths advles "that ks was sa honest . lad and probably would saaks bis way in (he world." SOCIALISTS MEET MAY 8 If! GOTHAM INfEmJC.Jl34iWHEN VISIT GASTo,:. ,i SAFE S BRACKED TQ MAKE ADDRESS AT OXFORD OFFICE Attorney General , Seriously Considering Invitation To Invade State WOULD BE FIRST BIG , GUN IN THE CAMPAIGN Qaiton Bar Association wfirits To Have Cabinet Member at Annual Banquet This Month ; President's Position On Dem ocratic Standard Bearer Still Unknown The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, March 8. Attorney Gen eral Palmer, getting mors in trim every day to make fight for tha Democratic nomination for the preaidency may open his campaign' in the South with a speech at Oastoma on Marca Z. i ne occasion is the annual banquet of the Oastoa bar and, at tbs request of tha lawyers. Senator Simmons snd Repre sentative Clyde Hoey asked Mr. Palmer to make ths speech. He would not make a definite an swer to ths invitation today but, with ths statement thatNhe waa trying to arrange his engagements so that it would be possible to accept, encouraged the suggestion that he appreciates the Gastonia invitation and thinks highly of invading the solid South at n spot so near to Mecklenburg and ths at tendant atmosphere of independence. Wonld Be First Big Gan. If Mr. Palmer goes to Gastonia and hia secretary thinks ho will, it will be the first big gun in ths pre-eonvention battle fired in the South. That is to soy it will be ths first direct appeal to sentiment which no one thinks haa crystallized to any appreciable extent this early in th fight. Discussion of Mr. , Palmer's candi dacy, or the aspiration, of any other Democrat, never fails to bring tbs sug gestion, from politicians that ths Presi dent is going to be ft candidate bim self, Leading Southern Democrats In variably scout ths Sunreatioa. . Tbey .Aa not balievs that the President is going to be a candidate .for a third' 'term. There is little doubt but that he could have ths nomination eo matter what the fate of tha treaty is. His final plea for ths treaty last night baa moved number of Democrats who have here tofore lesned to ths Bryan view to "fall in" with his preference for ths treaty to go into ths campaign rather than have it ratified with the Lodge reserva tion to article 10. - A great many of the Democratic Sen ators, do not want tbs treaty carried in the campaign and very few of the Bepublicans do. In fact the Repub licans last night' held ft long conference with Elibu Boot In which ths latter is quoted as urging them to yield to Article Ten and pasa ths treaty in such shspe ss ths President will accept. Wilson Playing ?j Favorites, The President, however, haa not in dieated that he had any favprits in ths field, now. Ths Palmer wirs t ths Georgia committee was not construed by Democrats as it was by Republican newspapers. Democrats in toneh with ths Whits House freely exoresa tha opinion that the President knew noth ing of the Palmer message. Some papers intercepted it to mean that ths Presi dent would not be a candidate for the nomination and would favor Mr. Pat mer, -.--,- The most active organization in Wash ington for presidential candidate an. pssrsfto be that booming' ths name of. senator jtooert U Uweu. Senator Owen has a, press agent who, in ths vernacular of the game, never gets "scooped." Tbs other day when somebody else' claimed authorship of the Federal ,reervs net for Mr. MeAdoo, Senator Owen's pub licity man had a .statement oat for the correspondents before ths ink waa dry on the original news-Activity in be half of Champ Clark, former Speaker of me House, la also getting to be intense (Continued on Pago Two.) '1 , N. & W. CARMEN VOTE ' TO CONTINUE STRIKE Columbus, Ohio, Employes" To Make Effort, To Get Others . :t'-, To Join. Them 4 '7' Columbus, O, March 9. Five hundred striking carmen of the ; Norfolk and Western Railroad voted late today to re main on strike which haa been in prog, res sines Monday. A telegram from B. M. Jewell, National union official, asking the men to return to work, waa tabled. Ths point of issue between officials of ths road and strikers is ths com pany's refusal to discharge Thomas Lew is, an employe who refused to quit work last August during general striae. Un ion officials hers say they will eommnni eats with other points along the lino in aa effort to get carmen to Join the strike. ' Ts SeU Saburb. -'"fi - Washington, March 9. Negotiations for tha sals of Elmwood, ths Philadel. phia suburb In which majority of ths ship workers of Hog Island live, base been opened by ths Shipping Board with a private real estate firm. A second attempt to sell this property at auction within ths hut few days was unsuccess ful, sll of ths bids received having been rejected aa unsatisfactory. Two Mile Pteepls Chase. $250 Purse Pinehurst Today 8.45 Adr. ' ,. Burglars Make Big Haul In Rob bery Tuesday Morning of Postof fice at Oxford ; FIVE STRANGERS GET CAR AT FRANKLINTON Two Antomobilists Toll Night Omcer Away While Others Do The Job; Tail To Crack Money Safe land Cash Left Untouched; Ho Suspicion Aroused By Their Operations Oxford, March 9. Early this morning, probably about V o'clock, cracksmen boldly made an entrance into ths post office bers snd succeeded in getting away with about 34,000 in postage stamps, revenue stamps, and war savings stamps. Entraaes was mads from the rear, a window on ths northeastern side being pushed open and ths money order de partment reached . through lavatory through which ths burglars bad to gjo order to get into the vault where Jh6 valuables were kept. Two safes were in '.his vault but the one containing money being burglar . proof was untouched, which accounts for ths burglsrs getting nothing but ths stamp. No Suspicion ArMscd. Employees of - ths postofliee, on re turning to work this morning discov ered ths theft. Ths tims of its occur rence is believed to have been 3.41 as the clock in the office stopped st that tims, ths presumption being that the explosion of ths nitro-glyeerins or whatever was used to blow the combi nation of the ssfs caused ths stoppage. The secrecy of the operation, the clever ness of the work, the presence on the floor of bits of red wool and ether evi dences of experience, renders it very certain that ths job was ths work of professionals. Ths cloth used as ft blanket to deaden sound waa blown into fragments and scattered over tbs room. Neat holes were bored into ths combination of the lock ef ths aafs and thia waa blown serous ths rouq and somewhat damaged ft wiirdow sUV.0srtha frosts beside breaking wored. pacts- la thw window. Further thaa Iki no damage resulted, ths door of ths safe being .uninjured exeept for ths blowing off of ths lock. Belated patrons ef ths postoffics war la ths lobby to get into their lock boxes ss late a a o'clock but observed noth lag unusual. - s Nobody was in the oostoffies at the tims of ths robbery. Later in ths dsy, however, evidence has been secured which point to ths fact that ths work was by fivs strsngers. Ths story be gins at Franklinton, where early the night before thieves mads off with S- paasenger Cadillac belonging to Mr. Sam C. Vaan. Negroes returning late from n meeting aaw fivs strange snea in Franklinton and still later ths stolon ear waa traced fivs miles out en , ths country road leasing to Oxford, Toll Officer Awav. Night Officer Beid who waa on dnt in Oxford saw this morning about 4 o'clock two strangers riding aimlessly . (Cantlnasd sn Psgs Two, ' IN DM TEST Counsel For Rhode Island and Massachusetts Speak; Ken- ' tucky Next , i . i . -' , Washington, D. C, March -Preca ution of arguments in. eases from Rhods Island and Massachusetts attack. ing the validity of the prohibition amendment to the - constitution were concluded today in the Supreme Court. ins ease xrom Kentucky will bs dis posed . of tomorrow, after which ths question will bs left to the nation's highest tribunal for decisioa. Counsel for - those attacking ' ths amendment continued today, to argue that it was revolutionary and aa invas ion of stst rights. Ton nrs now coming ts ft fork in the road, oa leading to ths power of amendment and ths other back' to ths constitution," Levy Mayer, of Chi cago, told ths court in opening ? for Kentucky com pis in ts. . hs very prop osition is staggering. There is no dif ference if ws discuss whiskey,, tobacco or cotton. I rise abovs the question that this deals with whiskey and dwell on ths principle involved aa this constitution bs up-rooted t . ' ... "The question is mors thaa prohibi tion. Polies power is syaoaomoss w:th ths sovereignty of ths state. Best ore the polies snd no stats srill exist.. Mr. Mayer denied thai ths amendment bad been ratified properly la view of referendum provisions Is numerous stats constitutions requiring such pro posals to be submitted to th rot ers. , . - '. '-' - . These contentions wars denied 4 by Solicitor General King and Assistant Attorney General Frieraon, who argued the Amendment was properly adopted by Cdligress sad had been ratified by three-fourths of the states. Ths solici tor 'general also said ths amendment did not interfere with ths functions of ths states, but gars ths Federal government power to set with ths states in enforcing prohibition snd resulted from general demand upon Congress to susist dry states in enforcing pro hiMtion laws. ARGUM ENTS HEARD RAIL WORKERS TO MEET EXECUTIVES ON WAGE MATTER For First Time In Two Years 1 Conference of This Klnd Be Held Today WILL LAY PLANS FOR FORMING JOINT BOARD Eines Sees President But Only Tor Purpose Outlining Pro gress Already Made ; Officials To Enter Negotiations In Co operative Spirit; Spokesmen Are Chosen Washington, Mar. . Representative of railroad labor and railroad officials will confer tomorrow on the question of wares for ths first tims in mors than two years. Committees acting for the recognised raiiroaa laoor union m the Association of Bailway Executives will meet te arrange the preliminaries for the formation of ft joint board wnjen will thrash out pending and future wage controversies. Ths first work of ths joint board when permanently organised will be to deal with the demand for ft wags in crease bv sll rail workers, which has been before President Wilson and whieh waa ths subject of negotiations between ths labor representatives and Director General Eines for ft month immediately orior ts tha termination of Federal control. As ft basis for this discussion ths board will have the suggostfone of President Wilson that consideration should be given the advance In the cost of living and ths relationship of rail road labor pay to that in other lines of Industry. Bias Sees President.- Mr. Hiaea aaw ths President today, but it was said ths meeting was only for ths purpose of showing him what progress bad been made. While declar ing that they would enter the negotia tions "with spirit , of co-operation," several official explained that any wage increase must bs predicated, of -course, o ths rsvesus they can gain through increased rates. - a- w b 1 a '-"f . It was evident tonight that neither eoaunlttes desired to allow ths disputed west lows- to.- be taken, fro ; ths joint board te the railroad labor board, cre ated by ths traaaportatioft net, if such could bs avoided. Ths railroad labor board tha court of appeals soon will bs formed and empowered ts call all controversies befors it when there is danger of a deadlock in the joint body All ths labor groups were said to night to have mads their nominations to ths railroad labor board, ths thres group into which th sixteen affiliated organisations were divideVhy the inter stats commerce commission being re quired to submit ths names of at least two assn from each group.. Tks shop icrafta, comprising tha third group, have -chosen A. O. Wharton, president of the railway employes department of 'the American Federation of Labor, and B. M. Jewell, who, while Mr. Wharton has been serving on ths wags adjustment board under ths railroad administra tion, haa been acting president of ths affiliated railroad employe. Spokesmen for ths two other groups probably will mass inem public tomorrow. BERLIN'S POPULATION SHOWS BIG DECREASE Washington, March . The city of Berlin with adjacent district now In cludes 3,801.233 inhabitants, according to recent issues' of ths Berlin press whieh published results of tbs census started October 8. 19 IB. Ths most re markable feature of the census was th considerable deorease in tbs city proper, census reports snowing loss of mors than 8 per cent since 1818. '. CaL Houston Fsand Desd. ' Hugo, Okla- March 9 Colonel Will ism B. Boustoa, 79, youngest son of Sam Houston, first govsraor of Texas, was found des. near here. A fall from hi horse waa believed to have esused Cult el Houston's death. Us had been In ths service of ths Indian department a ft Federal enforcement officer for twen ty years. ...m t ,-.- , WARNS B0NILLAS ON SEEKING PRESIDENCY Gen. Ahrarado TeUs Ambassa dor Be Careful or He Will T Be Made "V ; ' Washington, March Ygnaeio Bos nian, ambassador from Mexico, whe loft Washington last night for Mexico City to answer to - thoss whe . want him te stand, for tha Presidency, waa urged befors his departurs by General Sal vador Alvarado not ts permit himself to bs need ss political dummy by a "corrnpt riag." .- - - General AlVarado, now publisher of 1 Heralds ds Mexico, and whs re cently attracted attention by ths pab lieatioa of ehsrge thst tks Csrrsssa administration was lasuffieieat aad poli tically weakened by graft, ' asms ts New Torh, it was learned today, for the purpose sf preventing, if possible, ths aaabassador's entry into polities. Am bases dor Boaillss Will meet Csndido Aguilar, son-in-law ' ef ths Mexiess President st ths frontier. It has been essumsd that Aguilar will represeat Carranza in ft conference regarding the Presidential esmpsiga. In ths satry.-of Bonillaa, " General Alvarado professed to ses grsvs dan ger of complications which might pro vide Carransawith ft technical justifi cation for declaring no one elected aad retaining tbs exeeutivs power him self. .. ; . , " . '. V 1 SUFFRAGE WINS FIRST ; ROUND IN W. VA. FIGHT Senator ListeTAi "Auti" Goes Other Way; Bloeh Speed """inf Homeward - '"fM- Chsrlerton, W. VeV March 10-Sup-porter of ths Anthony sinendmeat won the first round in th Senate this after noon when with the vote of Senator Burr, who bad been listed as. an anti- suffragist, they succeeded, in preventing Senator Montgomery, who'-had come from Illinois, from voting, rney aiso brouakt. .about adjournment after -they had sskciTT Governor Cornwell to pro vide the Senate with "ft 'copy of the let ter which, it is said, Senator Mont gomery wrote to him when be moved from West Virginia to Illinois. - BLOCB BL'KRYING HOME ON A SPECIAL TRAIN Chicago, March 9-Senator Bloch, the suffragist, who is - haste&ing to Charleston, W. Va,. in an attempt to break th deadlock in the Senate on the Anthony amendment, will- loave Chicago at noon on a special train Tor Cincin nati. H expect to arrive at Cincinnati at ix o'eloek. - . Senator Bloeh intended to make the trio by airplane but Mrs. Bloch, who arrived with her husband, frtm Cali fornia, objected, to her, husband trav eling that way, and the "special train was arranged at a cost of 15,000. Another special train will in wait ing for Senator Block upon his arrival in. Cincinnati. " .;.-' -." His Friends In ; Craven and Wayne Counties : Organize For Renomination iJ Th News' snd Observer Bureau, , 603 District National Bank Bldg. By B. E. POWELL. . fBr Sueelal Leased Wire.) ' ' Washington, March 9. Representative Brinson, returning from the Third ais trlct. issued the following statement: "I hav just returned from my dis trict where I spent couple ot days, in New Bern and on day! -in Goldaboro. I was gratified to learn that my friend ih both counties had organised a cam paign for my reaomiaatiom , Jn Wayne county Mr. George C. Kornegay will enre as manager, tad Major George Freeman a assintsnt-niixMar. ' front thk reports Z received from every county In th district, l tegitrt say aominaiion a prastlcally assured. , . Absrasthr la Washington. : Charles L. Abernethy, Mr. Brinson contender for ths Democratic honors in tbs Third, wss about ths Capitol again today and with Senator Simmons nrged Senator Lee 8. Overman to accept the invitation of the New Bern Chamber of Commerce to deliver the big speech there next week. 8enator Overman took tke matter wider advisement and will an nounce nia decision tomorrow. Mr. Abernetby returned to tbe district to night, He expect to remain there for some tims and aaaks as intense canvass of ths district. Mr. ; Brinson will lesvs within ft few dsy for the purpos of doing the same thing. Senator Simmons' office today re quested ths United States weather bu reau to lend ths engineering depart ment sf ths' Stats University some sp pliances to be used la securing data concerning evaporation from reservoir surfaces. ' - Tsr Heels la Wsihlagtsa. J. P. Hendrea and Harry Barker, lawyers of Elkiu, were here today. Other Tar Heel in Washington In elude Harry Barlow, of th Wilsoa Chamber of Commerce: J. G, Jones, of Clyde) Mr. T. L. McClees snd Miss McClees, of Durham ; J. G, MrCormick, of Wilmington, and L. D. Hooks, of Fremont. ' Bepresentative Hannibal L. Goodwin aas returned from Dunn,- where bs went a few days ago te get well of ft threaten, ing cold - Mrs. Godwin snd two dnugh ten. Misses Wattebelle and Euth, will ar. rive here this week -ts be -with bim. They will live in Connecticut avenue, where Mr uedwin has teased ft home. M'ADOO SUPPORTERS BOLT A HOOVER CLUB MEETING Charlotte, March V-Studcta of Da Vidsou College tonight organised a elub to support MeAdoo for th Presidency, A meeting waa called by Hoover sup porters to organise a Hoover club. Both clubs organised, but MeAdoo, with the larger, 95 students rallying to his sup port under th leadership of Dr. J. M. MeConnell, walking out of the Hoover meeting Ths club is to Increase 1 its membership. A committee on organisa tion was appointed to formulate n state ment as to ths beliefs and work pro posed for ths club. . ' y ' t i WOOD FOR AMERICAN ! , OWNED TRADE SHIPS Keaoehs, Wis, March 9. Ths mer chant marine built or acquired by the government during the. wsr should be sold to American firms aad fly th Amerleaa flag, General Leonard Wood, candidate for the Bepublican nomina tion for President, said in an address hers tonight. .'' t 7 "It is mighty Important that this bs done," ks continued; "A ' merchant marine is of great assistance In sp reed ing abroad our trade' snd building up our commerce. It slso is sf great value as navy reserve in' time of war." -, - Much Alcohol Bsraed.V Orsn, Algeria. March'9.-Firs. which started yesterday from ' ft 'match care lessly dropped in warehouse here wal brought under control after it had de stroyed many thousand barrels of alco hol and other property causing ft loss estimated at 70,000,000 'francs. . . BISON TO OPEN HISCAMPAIGNSOON ONLY ARTICLE 10 IS Members Who Want Treaty Ratified Redouble Efforts For Compromise VOTING POWER CLAUSE ' 1 GETS SECOND PASSAGE . ' Letter From President To Senator fiitchcock Stiffens Banks of Democrat ; Bepnh -lioans Much Discouraged; Debate Beginning Today Will Probably Last But Pew Days Washington, Mareh 9-Articls Tsn, mors than ever the dominating issus in the psace treaty fight, became the unfinished business of tbs Senate today while Republican and Democratic sea , ators who want ths treaty ratified work ed with redoubled effort but with fading hepe for compromise, Several of the Bepublican - loaders, eonvineed that ratification would bs im possible with their Article Ten reserva tion of ' lsit November unchsnged, agreed oa a substitute sad made an active campaign to line up ths neces sary Democ ratio votes behind -it- But , they did not sueeeed, srfd although th compromise negotiation will continue aa the question la debated oa th Sen ate floor, no ens hsd much hop tonight of sn agreemeat. ; Th new Bepublican reservation fol low the . general outline of the on adopted in .November, but it puts into different' and more specific form -its declaration regarding ths article' obli gation. Bom of ths Democrats wsrs satisfied With it, but twenty-sight wss ths pssk of Democratic votea which its Bepublican advocates claimed for it in any eventuality, and it would take at' least thirty and probably thirty-four to make ratification .possible. Letter Haa Effect. It waa indicated that President Wil son's new letter on the subject, although . It failed to stop ths 'compromise aego-'j tiations, had not been without effect in stiffening . th administration ranks against anything lika th old Bepubli ssa' reservation. Demoerstla. .Senators ' -were , la dliogreemsnt drsr what the President would do in th svent of ft compromise ratification, aad many sf them declared their laelinttlon to let tbs doubt rciolvs itself ia fsvor of a conservative course. , f ' ; So discouraged were tke Bepublican leaders that they had not decided to night whether their substitute reserva tion wbuld bs offered at all in th Senate. They indicated however, that they would not long delay action on ths articls ia the interests of compro mise and thst ths Achats to begin to morrow probably would last but ft few, . days. ' ... Ksadopt BassrvaUsn. The way to eonaideratlon of ths sub ject on the Senate floor waa eleared just before adjournment by ireadoption, I na modified form, of th' reservation on voting power in the League. As it finally prevailed ths reservation, ths ' last, except that relating to Article Ten, on' the Bepublican program, declares that antil the covenant is amended ss as to givs equal voting power, the United States declines to be bound by decisions to which Congress has not previously given consent. Ths vote on resdoption of ths reser vation ws 57 to 80, with seventeen Dem ocrats ,or nins mors than supported it in November, voting for it. The only changes made were, on motion of Sen ator Lodge of Massachusetts, tbs Be publicsn leader, a substitute offered by Senator Hitchcock ,of Nebraska, tha Democratic leader, failing, 41 to fit, ' and one by Senator McCormick, Bepub lican, Illinois, 67 to 10. Ths reserva tion on the subject nrged last session by Senator Johnson, Bepublican, Cali fornia, also waa reintroduced by Sea ator Borah, Democrat, of .California, but was voted down, 73 to 4. ; Lodge Attacks Wilson. ' In ths course .at-the da's debate on the voting power reservation. Senator Lodge told the Senate thst ths President's- letter hsd smphasised tha fea ture rot Articls Ten to whieh E raser vation Bepublicans were objecting, sad thus had touched npon the vital dis agreement f the whole treaty controv ersy. Ths article, Mr. Lodes described ss binding agreement based sn "naked force, a characteristic which, he said ths President apparently regarded as ss- 1 sential, but wnich the Senate majority would never "accept. He also criticised th' President's references to franc and to ths Adriatic question., , - ., Revised Boservatisn. '-.; ' The revised Article Ten reservation, which is said to have been, given ths approval of Elihu Boot befors' it finally was agreed upon, follows: ? "The United States assumes no obli gations to emplo its military or naval forces, ita resoneees, or any. form sf economic discrimination . to preserve the territorial - integrity of. political independence of nny other country, or to Interfere in controversies between nstions whether member efthsLesgus -r not, under ths provisions of Articls Ten, or to employ the military or naval forces of ths United State under sny articls of the treaty for sny purposs unless in say particular esse ths Con gress, In th exercise .of full libert of action, shall b act or joint resolution so declsrs. .'.-"'' presenting: th new draft to the Democrats, Jhe Bepublican leaders are understood to have represented " it st smboding the farthest step they were willing ta take ia the direction or com. promise, and to have refused ft plea from Democratic - senators that the (Coallased sn Pars Two.) N0W1EFT FOR : SENATE'S CTI II