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RALEIGH, N. f ? AY. MORNlKG, MARCH 11. 1920. ,
VOL CXL NO. 71.
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FRENCH DELEGATE
SAYS PRESIDENT'S
1ST
Member of Peace Delegation
; Comments On letter. To
Senator Hitchcock t
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IMPERIALISM CHARGE
UNFOUNDED, HE SAYS
Not Trance's Fault That She
Eas Larg-e Army, Tor That
Country Bears Burden In Oc
't ' copied , Territory j Situation.
..." Oamed By tr. S. Senate De
Jay In Ratifying; Treaty
Tax', Mareh 10. Andre Tardieu, who
wm a member of France's delegation in
th peace conference, amid, today regard-
a f President Wilson' letter to Senator
Hitchcock t ; V .--
f French public opinion will be in ae
cord with that of the government that
the reproaesyof imperialism cannot ap
ply to France.. It ia not opon the peace
treaty that roth a reproach can be baaed,
The treaty wat; judged and defined by
.resident W'ilsan himself In o!if)n-,'v
with the head of the other forernmenU,
- in the rcrponte addreeacd by them en
June 10, 1919, t count Von Brockdorff
Kantcan.boad of the German peace dele
gation. v: ...'M'i-f : Yl'.y
; "That waa capital document," laid
Jf. Tardieu, who recalled that it inform
ed the Germane that the peace propoeed
waa "fundamentally a peace of jaitice,"
and that it proTtded a'"bMii upoa which
th tMinlia at Eurone could live tonether
ia friendahio and equity,'' M. Tardieu.
cent nued. . -.---r- . L'-- .. ; ''
Keitheria it on the present policy of
France that one can base the reproach
f imperialism, against her. "Fault is
found with us, it appears, for haying
more Aolil'ers in our army than before
the war. That ia not our fault. Our od
rr to dim: nish by U pfssible means
our military burden.' ;
. : The aitaaUea. , t 1
""Bat thiols i the situation: . . -,"rst
We naked that part of the
League cf Nations create an organised'
Briny force s an essential condition of
disarmament in .the different Countries.
Oar proposition waa rejected three dif-
CHARGE IS !
.. Jerent. times. ;.,..i.i;nti.'(:":-Mrr
- . teeond Tlie roitcd Statet promlstd
m: y their guarantee in ease of nnprovoked
ItUck, as well by the treaty of Ver-
failles at by the special treaty between
them ' and us, aud neither of those
treaties is ratified. . v
: -Third. The treaty of Versailles im
posed supon the allied aid associated
' powers a certain number of eommon
'military duties occupation of the left
bank of the Rhine, Schieiwig, Dansog,
Memel, Allenttsin, Marlenworder, Up
per Bilesla, and Toschon.- Eaeeptlng a
1 few thousand Americans on the Bhine
it ia French troops Which everywhere
bear that charge alone, or nearly alone.
; The treaty wu to be executed by ser
eral. We mre eaeenting it nearly alone?
"Fourth. The- negotiations in Paris
.' had in view participation by nil the al
' lied and nseoeiated powera in the oc
cupation of mandated territories, xierc,
again; the -United States disappeared,
and. te protect the populations againat
massacres, in Constantinople, Anotolia,
Armenia and Cilicia, it was again France
that was ealled npon ; j i:.
. Says WHaon Unjnst
" "Therefore, 1 repeat, it ia unjust to
accuse as of .imperialism. No one in
France protests against the continual in
erease of the American iteTy. Our army
like the American army, is what circum
etancea require it to be and it is not
France that created those circumstances.
It is the debate going on for months in
the United States 'over ratification of
tfte "peace TTeaiy - n ;v- "
i? Erery one knows my respect for Fresi--dent
Wilson, butJL think Jhat in hw
s ' last letter Senator nitcneoea,
-- beennjst-tralW!e.', -, ., ;, ,
vrw utuHH or LEAGUE ' .
( nr NATIONS ANNOUNCED.
; London, March 10-With the meUl
! notification announced today of theje
: cession of the-League of Nations of
Bwitrerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
and Holland, nil bat two, namely Sal
vador and Venesuelarf the thirteen
nations non-signatories of the Versailles
treaty invited to become original mem;
beta of the League, hae definitely ac
cepted. Sstvadwhas signified its in
tention 'of joining the League, bat yen
esuela baa .not yet: declared, it ir
"tentions. ; yy t--j --,-r-
FEACC CONFERENCE' TRIES - '
TO SOLVE TURKISH PROBLEM.
London; March 10-The peace eon
ferenee , spent the day U trying to
work out the details of military and
, BgTa piafls in 'eonneetioa wna lursty,
. giving particuUr Bttenuon xo yirmenw.
Admiral ,; eariy, iv .
Churchill, secretary of war, and others
- were ealled iB lo.give their opinions.
' Premier Vwltelosof Greece, was aise
present and again insisted that the K
lies should take the sternest measure
' against the Sultan. '.
. ; Premier Nlttt Seen King. - - .
" Home,' Mareh -Ptemler Nrttl had
n long audience with the King today
and communicated to him the text of
President Wilson's ;t reply to the sl
lies. "The Premier, according to the
" Tribana, also discussed with the King
the reconstruction of the cabinet, which
"ecm's inevitable. yf-y
Lestwe MeU Friday. " '
London, March JO. The third mect
ing'Jcf the League of Natioas will be
. gin at Paris on Friday next, it U an
nounced. At this meeting the eommis
ion to enrry out invcutig-atioiiJ in JJus
, t i f.T, .in will be narceil .,
CLARK ASKS THAT
HIS NAME HOT BE
PLACED OH TICKET
Writes Secretary Georgia Com
mittee He Favors Delegates
, Being Unpledged
SAYS BIG CONVENTION
. MUST DO TWO THINGS
First Is To Adopt Thoroughly
Democratio Platform, and
Second Is ToTTominats On
Such ; Platform The Most
Thorough Going Democrat
JThat Crin B Pound , , .
Washington- March 10 Champ Clark,
of Missouri, candidate "for the Presi
dential nomlnatfcn " eight yeara- age,
came ouji unequivocally today for elec
tion of tminstrncted delegates to the
Democratic national ceavention. Op
posing use of Ikname as a candidate
in the Georgia preferential primaries,
Mr. Clark-declared that while no man
would "decline a Presidential nomina
tion, tendered by great party ,". the
essential thing to do was to bare a con
vention, unfettered by pledgee, adopt a
"thoroughly Democratic platform and
then nominate the best Democrat to be
found. ' ' - ' .
Mr. Clark's views were expressed in
A letter to Hirjm I Gardner, of Eaton,
ton, secretary of the Georgia Pemoeratia
eommittee. " '
am profoundjjr grateful . to' my
Georgia friends who have suggested that
my name be placed on the ticket at the
preferential Preaidentia.1 primary," ha
'Mv own oolnion is that it is beat
ot, to do that In my judgment the
San Francisco convention should, be sb
aolutely B consulting body to do two
thinmt . - . "I 1 .
''First Adont - a thoroughly Demo
cratic platform made of time-tried and
fundamental Democratic principles, pro
gressive and up-to-date.' i
- "Second On auch - Dsmoeratie , plat
form nominate the ablest and.' most
thorough going ' Democrat ; that can be
found.? vv. .: 'jTJJy
MISS ALEXANDER LOSES
v.ESTFnCECASE
Charlottst; Woman '., Attorney
Tow; Appeals Hearinjr-To .J
li ' State Bupreme Court' I
.CharloUe, Mob. KWMiss Julia. Alex
ander, an' attorney of the 'Charlotte
bai1 tried her ease In Superior court
today against J. Clyde Btaneill, law
yer. , Miss Alexander was seeking to
collect from W BUnetll two hundred
dollar penalty because Mr. Stancill, aa
aba alleged, ia holding two offices, j She
say be ia a notary pnblie and also
prosecuting attorney in the recorder's
court. J. A, Bell and Plummer Stewart
appeared for the defendant. and.,. Miss
Alexander,, appeared for herself. t-
The case was started ia a Justice f
the Peaee court, where Mia Alexander
lost ont, and she appealed to the Su
perior court. In the trta.1 in th Su
perior ' court today the Jury decided
againat Miss Alexander and she ha now
appealed to the Supreme court. Mia
Alexander ha cases pending against
other young lawyers of the lpcal bar
for holding two ofSccs, as she alleges.
In passing on the jury, the attorney
for .the defendant asked the jury how
many of the twelve believed in woman
suffrage and only one arose and con
fessed but he added that he wa not
aMrtied.--.-'j T'-
OLD TREATY CITED IN
GRANTING INJUNCTION
!Thicr,"OkIa.7-Mareh-l(h A decision of
the United States Supreme Court and
treatiea between the United States aad
Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of
Texas, making, the "south bank of the
Red river form the boundary line be
tween the state of Oklahoma and Texas
Were' cited- in an opinion given today
by Federal Judge ' Youmana when ' he
granted a temporary injunction' to' th
Judsonia , ' Development.. .Association
against Sam Sparks, and others. -The
ease ban been nndec ad visemsnt
by Judge Foumans since last . week.
The controversy is over 100 acre tract
of Und in the sonth portion of the
Bed river bed Bnd oil property ' esti
mated at over $300,000,000' is involved.
Daring the boundary dispute Texas
rangers bars been guarding the prop
erty, -:V ;.'-t:;f,y; - ?ry
INTRODUCES BILL TO ;
MAKE-BEER SALABLE
Aibanyr3t T? March loAi bill del
fining intoxicating beverages a those
containing more than, three and a half
per cent ef alcohol by weight, was ia
troduced lit the; legislatnr today by Af
semblymaa Maurice Bloch, Democrat of
New York? The measure, according to
the introducer, is "Governor Edwards'
DEATH CLAIMS VETERAN
MEMBER FOURTH ESTATE
; Macon, Gs, 'March 10-Georg IT.
Long, for eleven years managing editor
of the Macon Daily' Telegraph, died
here tonight ef pneumonia, which de
veloped -from grip. '
Mr. Long had aerved en a number of
other papers, including thnjr Iximlon,
Ontario, Free Frew, and tle Buffalo
Courier, before coming hern
Mr. Lou was 35 ycara ofnge and a
rmuve vt tana.la. ,
nnrmrn if ipi a ...
rncivncn 10 uivtn h
j.VOJEOFCONFIDF
r
r.)
Ottawa,. 'March 10. Agitation for the
retirement f Sir Robert Borden1 war
time coalition government which started
soon after the armistice was signed, eol.
lapsed .temporarily' at least, when the
house of commons early today voted its
confidence in th premier by a ma
jority of 3 .
- s i ii ; . f .
PREMIER AT CHARLESTON " 1 u
. , ., MAKES NO COMMENT
Charleston, S. C March W.-HSir Rob
ert Borden, premier of Canada, who i
spending two week here resting, had
nothing tosay today when apprised of
the action, of the house of commons at!
Ottawa giving hint a vote of confidence.
He is seeing no newspaper men during
his stay la Charleston
T
TO PROVE CHARGE
Declares Lack of Co-operation
By Navy department Served
To Prolong War
Washington, March 10, Bear Admiral
Sime gave the Senate naval Investigation
committee today what 'he asserted waa
indisputable evidence that the Navy De
partment fell down almost completely
during the first six months of the war.
Numerous messages sent by the Admiral
to th Navy Department during the early
day of Amsxiea's participation in the
cvaiuci bu vtupr -uovuiucBiar won oner- i
ed proo that deepit. thofWa urgJ
. j .. th.)
ent aud reiterated request that every
available vessel be sent to the critical
area.f aobmariaa activity, the Depart
ment neither followed his recommenda
tions nor informed him of it plans and
nolicia.- Six month after the United
States entered the war, the Admiral said,
the department adopted many. of th
policies he bad urged from the first.
Frowage War, tie Bay.
The lack of whole-hearted American
eo -operation : with the allies from . the
start,, the Admiral said, .resulted ia pro
longation of the war until November,
1W8, when' it eould have been ended in
July, needless sacrifive 'pi 600,000 lives,
expenditure of fifteen billion dollars
which inieht have beea saved, and de
strnetion of 2,509,000 ton of shipping.
If the Navy. Department had acted
promptly, he asserted, the United States
would have had a million instead' ef
300,000 soldiers ia Franc by the time
the German began toetr great am on
the Western front in March 1914.
' Explaining that hi recommendations
many timea were made after conference
with the allied naval commanders, the
Admiral said th failure of the Depart
ment to keep him properly informed aa
to its plans and policies wa a aource of
great embarrassment to him.
STEAMER DISABLED AND
CREWSTARVING, REPORT
Boston, Mass- March 10. Th steam
er Tyee asked assistance' in wireless
messages intercepted"- herr tonighti
which gave her- position as latitude.
380 Northriongitude"72.4. "Wert or
about ninety mile East of Five Fathom
Lightship off New Fork, The message
aid: .. 7; i: - ".jr::- '
"Boilei-s disabled. Also out of course.
W areetarving. ,'-
- Th steamer Northern Pacific replied
tb th calls, saying she could reach th
disabled steamer in four hours. ;'Th
Tree, 'a wooden steamer of 128 tons,
waa last Veported sailing from Phila
delphia for Fayal oa November 1Z. v
REPORT OF DATE FOR
WEDDING ERRONEOUS
aria,: Mareh 10. An announcement
that the religion . marriage ceremony
fat Georgea Carpentier, the-' heavy
weight, pugilist, and ' Mltew,: Georgette
Laurcntia Elasee, would be celebrated
at a Pari church -Tuesday, proved to
be aa error.- Crowd appeared before
the efenrehir blocking the street, - and
finally the police . requested Csrpentier
and hi bride, whose civil marriage took
place ia tb City Hall Monday, to ap
pear aad disperse the throng. This they
did. Later Csrpentier said the data for
the church wedding had not been -act.
GISMAN PRINCE ORDERED
HELD IN PRISON ON. CHARGE
Berlin,. March. 10-The 'JdagUtrata ;at
the preliminary inquiry held today re
garding th conduct of Prince Joachim
Albrecht of Prussia in the dining room
of the hotel Adlon Saturday night when
bottles, platea and other missies war
hurled st members of the French mis
sion refused the pub1ie"proeeuturs "ap
plication for the remand of the Prince
in custody, saying1 he considered that a
prima facie ease had not been "made
nut. The commander In chief for the
Mark, however, ordered the prince de
tained at the Monbit priaon, and it is
eipectedthnt a charge will be preferred
gwt L'n in a few -d.ij-s. ,
SIMS STARTS OU
No'.rin 11 ill i is 11 ii -
V jililHIl luumi
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Junior Tar Heel- Senator, Will
- Speak On National Issues
In Raleigh v;x
REPRESENTATIVE HOEY
AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Ninth District Congressman To
' Make .Keynote Speech On
State Issues at Democralic
Convention In Raleigh; At
torney General Want To Oo
To Qastonia'"-'-::-' y'-' -
The News and Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank BIdg.
By R. E. POWELL."
' (By 'Special Leased Wire.)';
VWashington, Mareh 10 Senator .Lee
S.. Overman wilt deliver th keynote
address on National issue at the Dem
ocratic State convention which will meet
in Raleigh oa April 8 aad Kepreeeatative
Clyde Eoey will preside as temporary
chairman and deliver the keyaote ad
dress da State issues. r - .
"Both today accepted lavlUttontx-j
tended by State -ttutinnan Thtmias D.
Warren and National Committeeman. A.
Wilton McLean urging that both Sen
ator Overman and "Mr. Hoey accept.
It does- not eliminate either the Sen
ator or Mr.-Hoey ae prospective mem
ber t th "Big Foaru delegation to
San Francisco. -:;--'.--''- ::! i. T:;
T&e selection of two keynote speakers
la a departure front the usual custom
but' is certain to meet with' th approval
of the throng of Democrat expected
to attend the convention as delegates
and spectators. -. tt- ; - t ;-
Want Hoey aa DeleraU.
'Senator Overman delivered th key
note speech at the famous Charlotte
convention in 1908 when the convention,
after many day and night;, nominated
Goveraor W, W. Kitchin a , standard
bearer of the party.
' The sugjertioa eoming ; -from col'
leagues of Mr. Hoey a few day ago that
he be given" a place oa the "Big Four"
delegation to San Francisco, ba met th
approval of many Tar Heels who have
recently beea her talking jibout th
political situation. Almost' aaivrrsal
ewdersement of the suggest te that Mr.
t.i-- ; A ,A . . . - ..
TiSiS!!!
plaea. oa th delegation hs beea
mad by Tar Heel member of Congress
aad politicians Irons th State..
, Mrs. Jerman, Bepresentstivf Hoey
ana two senators wouia constitute as
fine ."Big Four" delegation aa any State
will send ' and the convention might
send them, with the district delegatus,
nninatrueted. This View is aenerallv
shared by folk from th State who have
not mad up their mind regarding the
Best man lor the party to nominate.
. Palmer Call aa Simmons. '
- Attorney General Palmer today called
on senator Himmons at the latter'a of
fice at the Capitol t talk over tb invi
tation extended by the Senator yester
day in behalf of the Gaston eouaty bar.
i no uasion lawyers want Air. jfaimer
to make their big apeerh on th night
of March 2 when they have a a annual
banquet.-''; l -'-,,
- Mr Palmer said today that h was
very anxious to go to Gastonia but that
hi engagement would not lemit him
to leave Washington oa the date sched
uled for the banquet. His purpose in
calling on the Senator waa to express
a aecn regret that he could not con
eniently accept for th S4th."
He told the Senator, however, that
be would be glad to deliver the address
any date after April 10..' Frank Hamp
ton, (senator Simmons secretary, late
Uii afternoon communicated this in
formation to the Gaston bar. He aakefi
them to wire him if the banquet could
D postponed nntu a later date,- r
- Other Tewna Want Him. 3
- New Bern and -Wilson both want Mr.
Palmer to wake speeches there and
t representatives of the respective cham
bors of commerce were debating today
over whether to extend aa invitation
to him in .view of hi answer to .the
Gastonia invitation. Secretary Kirk
patrick, of New . Bern, would Ilka to
have him in that town for the big re
organization flinner on the ltu ana
wire were pot to work this-afternoon to
see if this dinner can't be postponed.
- Sacretary Barlow wants Mr. Palmer to
go to Wilson, It is said by both the
secretaries that the - Attorney General
1 popular in their sections of th State
and would prove a big card if they
ar abl to land him. '
, Overmaa Caa'l C-
: Senator Overmaa stated that he could
not accept the invitation to th New Bern
dinner. , Ia the meantime, negotiations
are going on looking to the postpone
ment of the dinner in order that several
notable may be abl to attend. '
' Senator Simmons and Senator Smith,
of South Carolina, will . leave bar, to
morrow night to attend th foreign trade
conference at Greensboro Friday,
J. G. McCormick, ef Wilmington, is
here today conferring 'with- members
of Congreaa. . ..'Vs-i-.-l--. v'
General Manager Hockaday, of th
American Railway Express Company,
has Ordejred thre inspeetors to go to
Wilson aad make an investigation into
ompJaiata regarding service aad settle
ment of claims filed by Harry E. Bar
low, secretary f the Wilsoa Chambar ef
Commerce.' - : ; -)' ... 1 '-
Wilson shippers and receivers, sccord
ing to Mr. Barlow, hava been getting
very little attention front -th express
company and besides have beea experi
encing great difficulty in getting claims
adjusted. . ' '' . r .,
Clsrk Compliments B rinse a - '
. Chnmp Clark, former Speaker of the
House, today paid Bepreeentatire Erin
fon, a high cpmpliment oa the speech
(CoaUaaed ea Tz Two, .
STATE DEMOCRATS
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS T&GET NO t
MORE MONEY FROM UNITED STATES
Washington, D. C, March 10. An
nouncement by Secretary Houston (bat
ao further loans would be made to the
Allies waa believed tonight to indicate
th adoption by the treasury of th pul
ley favored by th debtor nations of
deferring interest jiaymeuta for the
next thre years ot more. . ' . ' -
rhder authority granted by Congress
to extend SIOOOMU.OOO, credits to th
allied nations, the treasury bas mads
loans amounting to 9,65334,H9. Sec
retary" Houston said that the' remainder
of the credits authorised would not
be granted, ns it waa thought buSeient
advaaees had beea made.
' Defer1 iatereat Pay ateata. :
Diseussinr the question treasury offi
cials said that ia view of -the. exchange
situation and the - unsettled' condition
of the Europeaa nations during th re
construction period, it would aeem d
visablo' to permit them to postpone in
terest payments fr at least three
years.-Then, it; la jbelleved, they would
be ia a. positiea to meet their obliga
tions. ', -- '
Three rropoJs For Smaller
Force Voted Down; Provide
7 For New Corps - '
' Washington, D. C, March 10. Pleas
f "little army msa to reduce the
military expense were rejected today
by th House,. which approved a peace
time establishment of 29900 enlisted
men aad 17320 officers, after rejecting
three proposals for a smaller joree.
The deeisioa. though not final, Waa
reached by a three to one vote, leading
supporters of th army re-organization
bUl to believ that it virtually settled
the peace tune program.
In addition to authorizing ar regular
army 100,000 stronger than provided by
th national defense act ' of 101S, the
House also accepted a lesson of the
world war by -adopting the principle
f permitting the tactical organization
ef the army to be prescribed by the
President instead of by law. Likewise,
it approved xf making separata corps
of the air service, the chemical warfare
service aad th finance department,
bnt refused to divorce tb transporta
tion aad th oatructlon services from
th nnmrtarwiaiter denartment.
' Rpprewontattve Beat, Alahaaa, rshh-
hig Demoeratia "btf the jnury
couireittet opened the attack for
smaller army, ' His amendment to fix
the maximum strength at 226,000 men
and 14,200 officers a ae defeated, 7 to
S3, aad. ooa after Bepresentativ Jone.
Democrat. Texas, nought to fix th force
at 205.000 mea but failed,, 65 to 22.
Representative Barreld, Bepolliean,
Oklahoma, renewed- th attack, propos
ing to cut the army to li,uuu. 11a vai
beaten, without a record vote.
After making a speedy get-away Ma
outlining th future military policy, th
House, engaged ia long debate, over de
tail, iadieating that .the bill would
not b passed befor th ead of, th
week
Yeama Mlaalna la Mextee.
El Paso, Texas- March 10-Chlef
Teomsa K, C. Hinton. of the El Paso
Navy Beeruiting station is missing in
Mexico, according to reports made by
Lieutenant J. B. Hopp, to the American
Consul at Juarez, Hinton, whose home
Is la ' Chicago wa last seen in Juare
while visiting there Saturday, according
to Hupp. ' ' .
v ' Xm4 Strike At Sagar PUat. .
New Orleans. La- . March dO-The
fktrike at the American sugar refinery
wa declared by officials of th com
pany to have ended today. - Practically
all the striker returned -. at the com
peny'a terms, which included non-ree-
gnition ot the newly formea anion,
CLEM SON STUDENTS IN
- LASHjiVITH FACULTY
Under X!lassmn " lftye"T tot
Home Alter Cade Is Placed
. Under .Restrictions
" Clemsoa College! 8. C-'March 10
Virtually all member of the Freshmen
and Bophomore cusses af Clemsoa w
lege, comprising about 4W ' students,
left th college and departed f"" her
oa special trains, following; disagree
nionta with college aujthorities here this
afleraooc Member f the Junior and
Senior classes ar reported to ba holding
meetings tonight -for the purpose of de
ciding upon similar courseaU, i,
Th aetioa of th students roilowed
the aefasal of the college authorities to
recoaaider the case of a cadet who! had
beeji sentenced ts sctrye restrictions for
his alleged refusal to perform duties as
signed te aim ia the mesa ; hall or
kitehesu-s. .)...,. ji
BRYAN WANTS NAME OFF
, ; BUT FIKDS TIME'S UP
Laasiax, Mick March, m William
Jennings Bryaa telegraphed Secretary
of StaU Vaugha today requesting that
hia smaM hs withdrawa from the
Michigan, preeideatisl primary April S.
He was advised by Mr. Vaughn that the,
Stato law -doe not permit withdrawal
after certification.. '. --
MACHINE STOLEN FROM -FRANKLINTON
MAN FOUND
Frank)iatov March' 1V This after
noon Chief of Follies Winston of this
place received a telegram from the chief
of police at Lysrhburg, Va stating
thst he had Mrs. S. C. Venn's Cadillac
ear which was stolen from bis garage
here early yesterday morning. The
thieve wer not captured.
ARMYOF299J309
ie loan com-
puted at flya . per rent, the total due
thr United 8tateiprFarly-1 about tVW,
000,000, aa enormous siim for th war
weakened countries to pay at present.
If -interest is funded into long term
obligations, the interest on the payments
thus deferred will amount to only 123
600,090 yearly, which can bo paid and
the credit of the debtor nations main
tained. . Treasury officials are working
on recommendations to submit, to Con
gress as to the course. 1 to; be followed
if deferred payments ar permitted. It
has been suggested that the interest
on the interest be charged -off, but the
proposal has met with strong opposi
tion in Congress. : - -...'j
England Biggest Debtor, -''America's
chief debtors are Great
Britain, with H,277,0OO,OO0; France, 3,
047,7,777: and Itsly, .. l,e213848
Belgium's debt is $343,445)00 and Rus
sia is charged with 1H7 ,729,730.' Ru
mania, Serhia Greece, Cuba, iCaccho
Slorakia and Liberia are 'the other
eountriea. listed on th books i of th
treasury. - '. '; h -.
SUFFRAGEVINNER '
IN LENGTHY FIGHT
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Senator Arrives Froftr Califor
nia and Breaks Deadlock in
West-ViroinlallL-
Charleston, W. Va March 10. Th
West Virginia Legislature ratified th
Federal auffrags amendment lab' thlt
afternoon. Final aetlon oa th amend
ment wa taken by 'the Senate in adopt
i 'Watrncatiwt: waolutioi, f;.the
Hons of Delegates by a vote of 15 to
14. "- ' . ..' '
The Tot of Senator Jesse Ar Bloch,
of Wheeling, who made a, hurried trip
front California to-Charleetott to vote
on the amendment was effectual t in
breaking the deadlock between pro- and
anti-suffrsge foreeSf Senator A. B.
Montgomery wa not permitted to vote,
hi seat having beea declared vacant.
-.' - - - Dramatic Seaaloa. .
. The final vote en theAnthony amend
ment waa taken at 6 -.13 o'clock, in the
Senate after one of the most drsmatie
session aver witnessed ia tither House
of the Legislator. For several hour
suffrage .leader aad . their . oppoaant
fought ia aa effort to gala a definite
advantage,.. Each, step by either party
was hot ty -contested, tnt!-uffraat'freei
detmiac4 ti niLa.t.'thejs -opprfnenti'
vwiorie ia keeping the !gislstura n
sessioa and th Suffragist confident af
gaining a majority to ratify by the Vote
of Senator Bloch. who bad rushed nearly
across th continent Jar the occasion.
Crowded galleries were" kept in order
with difficulty aa each phase of the bat
tie apparently swung in favor- of one
side or th other. Th Senato declared
vacant the seat af Senator A. K. Mont
gomery, depriving him of the vote,
which would hava defeated ratification
and adopted the ratification resolution
of the lower House without amending
th Senate rule, en week after the
Senate, s vote defeating it own resolu
tion, en the same subject.
"SUFFRAGE IS WON," SAYS
1 -4 .-;. .MBS.JCARR1E (fj. CATT,
1 Ksw Torky March 10. "Suffrsge !s
iron. Th word ar simple but they
thrill as few word do, or can."' '
i'Thl .waa th enthtuiastla conclusion
of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president
or the National American Woman Saf-
frage Association, in a statement lasned
her on receipt of new that Weat Vir
ginia bad ratified th Federal suffrage
amendment. With Virginia won and
the Washington and Delaware IpB-iiila..
tures meeting soon in- speeial session,
th epinion expressed at National head
quarter tonight waa that "th trugglo
u) am.". ,j;-..:...,''.,
Atlanta walking as -
L-r .TROLLEY MEN STRIKE
Zmloyei Holdinf Ouf 7or0Q
Per Cent Increase In Pay;
Autos Help Out,-. ' .-.
, Atlanta, Gs, March 10c Atlanta was
entirely without street ear sortie to-
dsy, both urban tad internrbaa, while
the ueorgia Jtailway aad Power Com
pany and its nnion employes maintained
that each wa la th right regarding th
strike over wage whjeh began -early
today.,; .,!.. ,...- ;
The company appealed to the national
officer of the union to know whether
they would back up the local strikers.
No attempt, was made to- operate, ears.
Hardy Teat, a representative ef th
men. Issued a statement asserting that
the 15 per cent wag Increase awarded
by the arbitratloa board waa not suffi
cient to give th mn a living wage and
Indicating they would, stay out nnttl
they got it. .They bad asked for 50 per
cent Increase. Hailroadt added special
train during th day to' take carls of
commuters who usually depend an inter
nrbaa cars, while ia the city trucks,
automobiles and every other ; vehicle
was .Dressed iuto service, but at thst
thousand walked. Schools were closed
today, but it was said they would be
openca tomorrow. . ; . - .-
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INJUNCTION IS ASKEDu
; , AGAINST LUMBER MEN
Memphis, Tenn March 10. Judge
John p. MeCall late today took under ad
justment ue appueauoa;or tn govern'
ment for a preliminary injunction to en
join the more than 800 members of the
"open competition plan"! from further
exchange and distribution of stock and
sales reports and certain other trade
statements which, the gorernmcnt
charges, toad to restrain commerce and
eliminate competition in the hardwood
With the interest oa the loan eo!
lumber industry, - ;
SENATE IS UP Ifl
AIR OVER TREATY;
VOTE BE DELAYED
Fevered Uncertainty As Time
Approaches For Final Ac
tion On Article 10
NO ONE IS CONFIDENT--AS
TO FINAL OUTCOME
Irreconcilable Eepublicans May
i Start Trouble By ' Militant '
.- Tactics; Disagreement More
Pronounced Among Demo
crats; McCormick and Poin
. dexter Speak All Day
ARTICLE, TEN. ' j
"The members ef the League a,
dertake to respect and preaatw a
against external aggression tha ter
ritorial Integrity and existing politi
cal Independence af all member af
the League. In ess af any aack) ag
gressloa or la case of any threat ar
dangar af aach , agtrcsstoa, the ea a.
ell shall advise apoa the means' by
which this obligation ahstl be feimi-
Washington, D. C Mreb 10. Th
peace treaty compromise negotiations
entered a period of fevered- uncertainty
today aa the time approached for final
Senate action on Article Ten, ' - "
Working desperately for an agree
ment, Senators or both side of th
chamber confounded tha plans of their -
party leaders and threw the Senate tnto
such a fngla that it tacitly agreed
to delay a vote for ieveral days la the ,
hope that all element might be more
certain of their ground; ' '
i Th hope of tha compromise advo
cate collapsed and wer revived hourly -
as the day negotiation proceeded ia
private conferences while debate an th
floor dragged oa without apparent in
teres or effect. Tpnight- the confer-
eneet continued! with soma Senators
hopeful and some hopeless of th out
come, but with no one confident ot what -.might-happen.
. . - ....I. ' . ; f '2
' Repablleana StarLInabla.
. It wa th treaty' irreconcilable Be
nubllcaa ermonents who started th
I trouble by rvmonstrating ta a wtiliUat
way against In aeciwoa . ot some n
ihvlr party leader to assent to a modi,
fied draft of tha Jtepublicaa . reaerva
tioa to Articl Ten. So tffectiv wer
their represenUtlon that the leador
virtually-decided not to offer th ae.
reservation at aU.Ii'. .'."'' ' j
, Thi determination sent som of (h
mild reservation BepuWieana oa th
war path and produced confusion also,
on tha Democrat! ide"; where Senator -had
labored everal day ta iina np
vot for th Republican anbatltute.
Caught ia a" eros lira from rervatioa
Republican and reservatloa ,I;
erata, the Bepubllean leader withheld
their final decision, but indicated that .
they probably would present the subsU
tnte if assured ' of enough PemocraUfl
defectlona to adopt it. -partly
as a eult of a meeting in 7890
Meantime disagreement among ' the
Demoerata became . mor j.proaouneed,
partly as a result of a mwting pt th .
office af Bennto Owen, Democrat, Okla
homa, at which a number of Demoeratia "
Senstosa arrf understood to hav ex
pressed diMPprbval of th ( af ;
their party leader and to hav prom-':
iscd active support to th movement to
break away from President Wilsoa and
accept the best compromise they could
get.. ,'.sV """;' ''..':'''----"'" ''"-'
Among somo Republican advocates of '
compromise, it wa . declared - tonight
that thirty-two Democratic votes eouiu
ba mustered for the Article Ten sub
stitute and there were indications that'
unless the -Republican leadera did pre
sent ltr ne of: th Republican mild r
serrationlsts: might do o. It also waa
suggested that if the Republican ahaa- "
doned it entirely, it might bepreeentedj
by a aeacrvation pBecraf., -, 'T.-
; 8pK All way. '.,'p
Whil virtually the" v entire Senate
membership was occupied with these ne
gotiations, the Articl fen reservation .
technically waa taken up for debate ia
an almost deserted Senate chamber. But
the irreconcilable wer taking no -chances
that the , unsettled situation
would result in a stampede and they
got th floor and kept it. Senators Me
Cormlik, Republican, Illinois, - aad
Foiadextcr, Bepubiieatt, Waahlngton,
occuping th onar day With attacks T
oa the treaty and on the recent ntter
anee at President Wilson, i - .
Countering the efforts of ths Demo- '
(ratiA-rervati0nist, Senator Hitch-
cock, of Nebraska, the.administratioa
leader, apent a busy day in confereace
with hi eolleagues,, seeking to .. hold
enough in- line to balk the acceptance ;
of a diatatateful compromise.' Be held
to his prediction that the Compromise
movement would -fail, though he con
ceded that a considerable nukiber cf
Wmocrata were ready to vote with the
icani. v '' ' 1"--:-..'
MIDWEST AND SOUTH ARE
rr. PROTESTING SHI? SALE
Washington, March 10-Further pro
tests' against, sal of merchant vessels
by the. shipping bosrd was made by the
Midwest-Gulf " South ' Atlantia Foreign '
Trade and Transportation Committee,
in a letter today to th Senato Com-
men a committee. i a-
The attention of th Senate commit
tc waa ealled to the sale of ships ef
three to five thousand -tons to French
and Belgian firms,. and the argument'
presented, that Americans might better
have used them in the development cf
trsde routes from South Atlnntic, Cu'."
and. Pacific ports. ' '. ' -
1 There ia a suWitufe for ia-.j-o. I
IVi !"-ian Olive Oil. A lt-.