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VOL. CXL NO 73.
TEN PAGES TODAY
RALEIGH, N. C AY MORNING, MARCH 13. 1920.
TEN PAGES TODAY
PRICE: FJVE CENTS
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LODGE
YIELDS
OFFERING
Accepts Proposal Worked Out
. By Senators Simmons and
Watson In Treaty Fight
REPUBLICANS CLAIM
MOVE FOR COMPROMISE
Irreconcilable! Denounce Sub
, , stitute As Surrender To Wil-
" ion; Democrats Are . Silent
' -and View Lodge Mote With
Suspicion; Thirty Demo
crats and Thirty Xepublicans
Were Committed To Passage
of Substitute, Bnt Confusion
' Breaks Out Afresh, staking
BoU Call Improbable Before
Monday; EUhn Root Said To
.. Have Inspired Change
Washington, March 12v A substitute
for tha Lodge reservation to Article Tea
" '" which ha stood uaaltered; formaBy
weeks at the storm eenter of the peace
. treaty controversy was proposed ia tbe
. Beast today by ita author, Senator
- ; lodge of Massachusetts, the Bepublic
leader.
The moTe, described by the Be publi
cs managers aa a step toward, har
mony and com promise, at first led, the
Senate in exactly the opposite direeSio
by starting a diaeussioa whether the
new draft was weaker ia its terau thaa
the old. Ths.mild reserrationiats, back'
ed by moat of the VBepublieaa mem
bers hip said it waa not. The Bepub-
licaa irreconcilable laid it vaa, and
erred notice that they would avot kelp
adopt it aa they did the original- The
Democrats, keeping silent, stadied tke
proposal with apparent aDspieioa aad
withheld say, decision as to what they
woum aa.
; Outcome Still Becloaded.
Aa a .rexult the poaaibilUiea of a Anal
agreement remained 'aa beclouded as
ever and party leaders revised tbeir
. predictions ... of an early voteea Ar
tide Ten. t had beta koped to reach a
roll call today, but tonight one was
predicting action before Monday or
auesjay,.a-vfc.-r-'-r:; .,-.'.-
' Cbrarteriring' lhe proposed "(haagaa
a . The terms of a Jfopabiwaa capitula
tion" t the White Honsc, Senator Me-
t'ormick of Illinois, led ia tha attack
.. of the Republican irreeoaeilsble. "A
. tor 3raadcffee,j Bepublicaa, Caaaecti
cut, described the eomprcaia proposal
, wnne senator Knox, itepabUeaa. l'ena
sylvania, asserted that it would leave
upon the United States tha moral ob
ligation for which Preaident Wilson
- baa contended.
i WataM-Slmsnaaa Idea. :
In geaeral form the aww reeerratioa
follows' the language worked aut by
.Senator Watson of Indiana, for tha Be
publicans, and Benator - Simmons of
North Carolina for tke Democrats in
J their eompromirO'aegotiation. For this
- language thirty Democratic " rotee are
.understood tojiav beea promised, but
aeveral last minute change if word'
, Jng, made by Senator! Lode and Wat-
' son before tha reeerratioa was present
... ed, were held to hsve Invalidated the
. Democratic pledge aad a new can rasa
had aot beea completed tonight.
u xne ji epubitean side the defectum
was not confined to tha irreconcilable
alone, Benator Frelinghuysen,. f New
Jersey who had voted for ratification
with tha original reservation, declaring
on tae lloor that ha never would take
the substitute, aad Senator Wadsworth,
, or. rew isr telling his party leaders
. a couia aot sea wherein they had im
proved on their original measure. Tke
..... Republican . Jeadera, hawever, . iasistcd
they could hold at least thirty vote ia
.. line and the Democrat whs favored
tha substitute hoped to deliver snore
than thirty from their aide. It take
sixty-iour to ratify.
i: , Democrat Are Slleat -
,. Ia preseating the substitute "Senator
iMgo deeUred it did aot alter ia any
. respect tha substance of tha reservation,
of weaken the denial of the aatioa'a
. obligations nndsr Article TesuIBe asada
the move, k aid. because he did aot
ieel justified ia insisting as a mere
, Sutter of phtaseology. - .
OW two Demoeratt ezpreasod their
cpinionNn tha floor. Senator Baaith ef
Usorgi whs had supported the original
. reservation, declaring himself for the
substitute and Senator MeKellar, ' ef
uennessee, wn aaa stooa eonaisteatfy
"with the Admiaistration xorea amaooaev
lag his ep position to tha aew prepoeaL
It was understood, "however, that Sen
ator Hitchcock, erf Nebraska, the Ad
ministration leader, objected . to 'tha
eubatitut as h had to tha Wataoa-8im-
sson draft, and would mske aa effort
to Una bp eaowglt Democrat t praveBt
rttif icatioa should th snbeUtutiea be
adopted.',:- ,:' t'' :. v, ."
JusmntllnblsaSerprsssd
,. Senator Lodge', presentation ef the
- aobetitut 'apparently took he Irsseaa
: ellables by surprise and Mid from their
declaration an tha.. floor there were
many private expression) of their dist
atiafaetioa. "They had aoaataary and
successfully exerted pressure daring the
bi-partisan negotiation and daring the
tha .Wataon-Simmoa asgetiatieaa to
' preveat any adificitioa of th Tg
" inal liodg reeervatioa aad until today
, they apparently believed they Sad en
. vincrdvhim that k should aet put in the
new substitute.'
Root Advised hatUat , . ,. .
' Aa it fiaalty Stood, th aubstirwt rep
resented the reealt f log aoasideratio
by the BepnbUeaa leader ia which Sen
ator Lodge and 8uator Wateoa are wa
derstood ta kav bad th advie ef rii
hn Boot, former oeretary of afata. It
wa indicated, however, that attcaspU
1 es
Tf e To-
POINT BY
SUBSTITUTE
MEMBERS RESEHT
WirNESS' CHARGE
Starts Rumpus When He De
clares Congress Would Sup
port Bill For Votes
Washington, March 12v Th frank
statement by a witness that members
ef Congress would support soldier re
lief legislatioa ia order to get votes
started a rumpus today, is th House
Ways aad hfeaas Committee consider
ing a multitude of bills dealing with
th subject, '
Frank P. Keeeh, a New To broker
formerly a lieutenant-colonel in lb in
spector general's department, eppeslng
additional eompenaatioa for former ser
vice mca declared'' soms legislation
might be expected because ef political
pressure. The inferense that members
would be swayed through fear of losing
vote was characterised by Chairman
Fardwey -aa issult tortha-eemmittee
nd njoogress- . ... . .
Keeeh replied that hi statement was
aet intended to be insulting but that
it was nevertheless true. ,.
George V. Bmhmore, of 3"w. York
City, a. former sergeant, testified tbst
soldiers" did not consider tbe poasibU
harm to government finances, which
might result f rom . payment . of , cash
bonuses. A great majority ef those
receiving money would epend it fool'
ishly in six months, he ssid. Buahroore,
a member of the American liegion, said
member of hi post did not think tbe
Legion ''ought to club Congress into
giving a bonus,' but he added, "it is
only human to take it If th govern
ment is willing to giv it," '
. Urging' a preferential grant to over
seaa aaea, Leonard Ormjrod, of Waah
ington, who served a aa enlisted man
ia th second division said ths mental
strain from being absolutely eut off
from this country made such soldiers
deserve more thaa would be granted
domesti troops. H thought "a small
cash.- bonus would b , better . than
bnds - - - -- t--
representing the world - war veterans,
arged passage of a bill carrying ."not
less than WO' asd suggested that
some -of the necessary-fund might- be
raised from th sals of eseess war ma
terial. ' , ' ; ' '-,."..
JIMMY WILDE GETS
DECISION OVER MASON
English Flyweight Champion
Outpoints American In 7 of
e - 10 Sounds
Biagside, Toledo, O- kUrck 12
Jimmy ' Wilde, ef England, recognised
ay-weight boxing champion of the
world, proved hia right to tha title to
eight by decisively outpointing frsnkie
Maaon, of Fort Wayne, th American
claimant of th title. . .
'Throughout the battl th plucky lit
11 -Briton wa the aggressor. Hs esr -
ried th fight in all but an round, Mi
fifth, when. Vasoa brseed himself and
pat th Englishman aa the defensive.
Two of th round war cvea, th fourth
aad tenth. '. :- : ;
The ring which was SI feet squars
gave th littl American plenty of room
to jump away from the. pressing Brit
isher. . .-
Haaoa strated to bleed from th mouth
early ia the battle but ha wore a smile
of confidence whit WUdsr from the
time he catered th ring seemed act
and determined. Tim after time hfssoa
attempted to break through the Brit -laker's
guard - bnt th Briton- dodged,
foisted, (sifted aad retaliated with, a
right aad left, cbssing th Americas
about h ring. '
After th fight Beferea Ed. Smith de
clared never ia hi lif had he seen a
young fellow or any fighter who was so
wining to carry or mix matters as
Wild. Smith wa of th opinion that
it wa a very v match but declare!
a tha rule ef U eommimion. ha wai
aot at liberty to Bsaoune th winner.
STREET CAR SERVICE . V
. RESUMED IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Gs- Uareh 12-Street car
serviea waa resumed her lata today
after three days ia which aot a local
riateTuitjaa . ear moved, du to a
tnk of motormea and conductors.
BesnmptMU of aarrk wa mad pos
sible by th local anion voting te ac
re pt th fifteea per cent wag iaereas
awarded' by aa arbitration board fe
Urea mea,u repreecaUtiv of ' th
nsion, ne at th company and Jodra
wha. D. Humphreys of the Fatten 8u
penor iurt, nreicd by the anion
and ahosea by both side aa tha third
in. Under its previsions motormea
sad aeaduetor will b paid forty-two
forty-four and forty-six eenta aa hour.
depending aa length at aervk. . ;
Boy Leee; Girbs Wla '
StaBtoBsburr. ilreh 12. In a JoabT.
header between the Staatoasburg high
school boys aad girls' basket ball quint
and th Urn City boy1 and girlt'.ouinU
piavea aa t-im city ground Thuradav
sfteraee,'tlr fitantoBstotf boy er
defeated by score of 17 to 7 aad the
Staatoasburg girl won by seors of
ast 14.
Actar Ea"Xeir Broke. -Loa
Aareles. Cal- iiirch 12 David
Warfleld, the actor, was struck by as
autornobils truck' bre ttvlaT. IT!s le't
r vai fcriX's's-. i l'i V- l--crs,-l
IIEIMR SEilOIIIG NO! UP
CHANGE
SFRO
OMANSUFFRAhL
Senator Simmons Not In Favor,
of Yielding Simply For Politi
cal Expediency ' !
OVERMAN TEMPERS HIS
VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT
Representative! Kitchin and
Bobinion Opposed To 'Batifl
cation WUle Congressmen
Godwin, Stedman' and Eoey
TaTor jt; Inall and Dough
ton Somewhtt On Fence
Th New h1 Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bidg.
By K. I POWELU
(By Speciil leaned Wir.T
Wahingtor Vires 12.-Th ImpeBd.
lag arrival ef "Vote! for Women has
not served to nfttn tb opposition ef
either of the North Carolina Senators
to the entry of nomaa into tha politi
cal world. Keilhtr-would say today
that ha regarded it politically expedient
for the General Aiwnbjy to meek esrly
enough., to ..ratify HnAnthonyamed-,
ment before th June primarie in the
event it i defoltd ia Washiegton or
ueiuwure. t
Members of titHoua srs lesa sOs-
mant but th poiltlon of the majority
c-T the mem ben k jnst-a ifaa whea
tha amendment vu before CongrtM
Godwia, Wesvst ml Stedman for it
aad th others iftinst it. Sine that
rotei'-th only thing ia th tnember
ship, Hoey for Webb, hss given the
women another wirm friend in the del
egation. .
Pesltlsl ( Senators.
Summed up, the position of th
North Carolina amber who could b
reached is: -' '
Th Sssstors iiikotb. opposed to rat
ification of the imndment. The senior
Ssnator doesn't Mlev in yielding es
the Question for 'Mliticat tinedieBcy."
Eenator Ovsrmiu tempers hi feeling
with a suggcstloi that sines th hvf
isiature is to nt aa way ia July
to adjust, the-.tot problems, It might
just as well wall to pas on suffrage, ,
Representative Kitchin' tad . Bepre-
S'satatiM .. Bobiiwrt rr-':'by-a:iaUBt
opposed ta rstilettlon by th Genual
Assembly of Aotu Carolina.
Bepreseatativei Oodwis, 8tednsa
ad..BoeyLiav.oi.llUia"-ilia jesion
esrly enough to ratify tbs smendmsnt
before the rjtinute
Bepresentativs Small divorced " th
suffrage question from "political ex
pediency" and June! it to th wromea.
8o did Mr, Dou(bloi, though there wss
ao general dispoiitipn,. to straddl tb
fenke oa the oMtlon -
The answers if all were te this qaes
tioa: ' i4 .:
"Should either Delaware or Washing
toa fail to ratify the Anthony amend
ment at speciil lessiona called for
March 83, do vol tWnk it woold be
politically expedient for the Governor
of North Carollu tt call th extra ses
sion early enonrt to ratify before the
Jaae primsries!' ..
Kltchla Opposed T It.
Th two most Jiunetrieally opposed
replies to this mtrr earns from Bcn-
reBianv avaceain an? BepresenUtiv
1 Hoey. The Ssotlud Neek member ssidr
I would bats to sea North Carolina
the only on of the entire eleven
Southern atatei to ratify thi amend
ment. I do aot think it would be wits
for th legislator to do it, Both th
meTandwoinen of North Carolina art
opposed to it and I see no renaoa why
th legislature should be called to rat
ify something the people do not want."
Hoey Strut For Satrajra.
Bepresentativi Hoey, whs has been
seieetea vf Bt ChsirmsaWarrerai
keynoter on SUto liaue for the pern-
'71 5 (CsnUnnw si Tag Two.)
POLICE GUARD HEALER
FROM NEWORLEANS MOB
Ihonsapds Koclr. To 'brother
Isaiah" For Laying On
"--of Hands
"" Nw Orleans, I, March 12-Twn-ty-fiv
uniformed, policemea tonight
kept order on the levee and ' guarded
John Cudaey, now known here as Bro
ther Isaiah' aged 13. hemes boat of ths
Mississsippl rivst witchmsn of tbe Got-.
' mit, aumDie cnopper
aad peddler of 'kindling wood aad self
sty led "healer ttwogh faitlu" :Thous
ssds ef person thronged) the levee dur
ing th day and tonight aaveral hundred
remained waitiu their tnra for flay
ing oa ef haadi,' ,
So aaeontrolhle did the crowd be
com lata today thitliv policemen who
endeavored to (ores back a scari of
ailing aad crippled men and women
were wpt off their, et aad. pushed
iBta'.th MlssWppl, ,;: ,Thy wr'-Jav
mediately dragged from ths shallow wa
ter aad mud and ruffaged a phyileal
injuria. ., . .-.
Superintendent f polk Mooney an
nounced k would aot interfere witk the
actlvitiea of the boitman. "Ho ia do
ing bo barm and from what I bear he
is doing good, m let kirn atbae," was
th SuperintendMt'i (tatenent.-
Osear T. Dewlii,,, President of the
State Board of Health assouaeed he
did not intend to Interfere as the boat
maa was saafcist n elrfirs aad pre
scribing b drop or tnedielnea. Pr.
Dow ling classed tie boatmin's actions
as "religious prMtlei. ,
Storie of 'enrer increased todav.
Doubting peraoiu the journeyed t the
isvee were confronted by dozens of
residents who eliimed they cither had
been "cured' wlij rr'ativtj who had
I 'a. - ' ' . - ..,
i
SERVICE
GIVEN
BEFORE THE WAR
Former Director of Operations
of Shipping Board Says
Many Delays Occur
STRIKES RESPONSIBLE
. FOR MUCH OF TROUBLE
J. H. Kosseter Strongly Tarors
'Bargain Sale of All Wooden
Ships Owned By Crovern
- ment; Crying. Heed For
Cargo Craft of Tiner Clasi' ;
Setnrn Sontes :
WsshingtoB, March 12. Although the
world's ship tonnage ia greater than be
fore th war, service rendered' is aot
.more than one-half of what it formerly
was. J. S. Bosseter, formerly director
of operationa of tie. Shipping Board,
today told th Senate commerce com
mittee. Delay of all kinda have re
duced materially" the-effieieney-ef-the
vessels aaid. Instancing strikes in
many coantrle. - . .
' The statement resulted from an effort
by Senator Jfletcher, Democrat, to get
aa stioite as to what Amerlcaa ton
nage should be. Tke witnesa replied
that a fitrura out of th sky would
ba.l2,(XK),0QD deadweigbt tons; but it
waa hard to estimate en tne eta oasis
of traftie to b carried because of th
low setviee bow obtained. I
"Mf. Bosseter strongly favored A' "baf
gain sale' of all wooden chips owned
by the governmrnt at a rate of fifty
dollars 1 ton, and without restrictions
aa to lag or trade. While not fully
agreeing with Senator Nelson, Bepub
licaa, of Minnesota, that, all govern
ment vessels telow 6,000 tons were
rubbish," he said the wooden craft
wro "a mistake from every viewpoint.''
The crying need of the American
merchant marine program, Mr. RossoUr
said, wss for cargo erart of th "liner
class, ship of lOjHKK) tons, with a speed
of 1 J or, 14 knots." These wer needed,
he sid, to establish guaranteed return
,"U wv?Wto ever'aceomplina or
drWra'M 1flr N,trrrk ittsteaff t
London the' financial r center of, the
world,' h aaid, ft he only way is to
establUh these regular lines.
Mrt Kosseter agreed' ith- Senator
Nelson that funds derived from sales of
Tsmali wooden and steel ersrfV -could well
be used ia adding such new type to th
listing program. . - St
AYAirSHORL
Minority . Report of :. Miners'
Representative In Coal Com
mission Not Completed '.
.. , . j . i
irt t 1 mr 1 . n - ... aJS
. nmiaMin, jwutu,M .i iinir-
ters eoneerrXed ovn ths bituminous coal
FROM PRESIDENT
nasoingron, uux,u.-i an quir-Tnan
eontrovemy a diipositioa waa evinced
tonight to await President Wilson's
word before taking any aetioa.
; The majority report, arising from the
split ia tbe commission appointed after
tb coal strike last fall to make a settle
meat was at the Wnite House, but the
minority report of John, r. White, min
ers representative oa the .commission
still wis uncompleted. Neither of ghe
documents, It jras aaid a tth Whit
I Souse would be mad publie until th
III ! J-.1 - -. - -sliltii irH
rraiucni uvicrnuiiva , wovinvr. jar. i
Whit ' and hii associates,, Henry M.
Bobiasoa. th commission ehairmili aad
publie representative tjpon. it and ten
brandt Fcale, the operator repfctcn
tativ could reconcile thslr Views.
John L. Lewii, yptsident aad ether
officials of tha min worker' antoAoa
the ground, kept- In close touch With
tb situation today but refrained from
comment It-wsr mad apparent, kow-4
ver, that" th ergaaixatioa would not
move until, the Presidsnt reached hi
determination of the issue. Likewise tb
operators' - representative said . . they
would wait. Chairman Bobinsoa has
left Washington gor bis horn ia Call,
fornia and Mr. Peale hss returned to
New York, leaving Mr. Whit, th only
member oa the ground.' -""Thrttajgrtty:
report r 'reeomaended
that the men be given a- 2 r' jcent
lnereai in waget ineloding the lilper
cent awarded Jhern by former Fuel Ad
miaistrator GarHeld. and that local dif
ference ia pay and allowances' between
different mining dlstrists be referred
to another commission. Mr. Wbit will
MeommejfnT ths tth increase be Hied
at approximately S9 per cent, it is un
derstood. Th only factor regarded as
serious la. th differeneei 1 the hour
schedult. The original demsmd of the
mine worker was for a . thirty-hoar
week, a 60 per cent Increase ia wages,
aad local edjusmtent f th different
ial arising ia and between district."
M'ADOO WANTS MICHIGAN
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED
New York, March 12, William O. Me.
Adoo telegraphed Colcmaa O. Vaughan,
,r.trj ni atnte fr Micbigan today
that a would immediately release dsl
. vs from "any; obltgatioa to' support
him If th Democratic elector In th
Michigsa primaries endon him for
president, -
My conviction issee strong," he mi,
"that all delegate to the next democrat
is national convention ahould go nnin
stmcted that I have been s'rinT fvprj
Tiortttaitw tt funl'-f f ' ! tc W
BOLD ROBBERY ON
BROADWAY lllie
YORK BY BANDITS
Three Aimed Men Smashed In
Window of Jewelry Store
- While Streets Crowds
KEEP PEOPLE AT BAY
WITH THEIR REVOLVERS
Empty foyera! Trays Into Pock
ets and Then Escape, Shoot
ing One Pedestrian Who At
tempts To Stop Them; Both
' Sobberies Committed - - In
Heart of White Light District
New York, March 1!. While Broad
way tokigbt was t rowded with theatre
goers, thre armed bandits smashed
in the window of a jewelry store at 37th
etreet, kept the crowds at bay with their
revolvers until (bey had emptied th
contents of several trays into tbeir poch
eta and then escaped,' shooting one pe
destrian who attempted to stop them,
A few miinutes later three mea en
tered another Broadway jewelry store,
a few blocks uptown and after throw
ing vjepper 1st clerks' eye,- grabbed
soms tray of jewelry and ran from tb
store. The men, alleged to be members
of th trio, were arrested by the police
after a chase. ,
' Both robberies, committed in the
near of thit" tSghTrmfiWer
witnessed by thousands of persons.
Broadway was thrown into th greatest
tecjBfajiai-ajtUce... , arrived . pn Jhf
double quick and, working oath theory
that the robberies were committed by
two different bands, raced up and down
side streets and scoured and ' aubway
for tha four missing bandits.
In addition to the pedestrian who
waa shot, but not seriously injured,
on other member of the crowd succeed.
ed in geting his finger on a fugutiv
He was dewarded by a crack ' oa th
wrist from a revolver butt which caused
hi arm to fall helplessly to his side
1 :, Proprietors of th two store estimat
ed thet thoussnds of dollars worth of
jewelry had beea stolea.
Tts first robery, in which Schwarts
Brother were th victims, wa ngia
eevodwifa gteat asri-Bi-WlliJ-tunbing
elbows with" "passing pedestrian, . one
f the bandits slipped aa iron bar
through th handles of the door, so that
tt could not be opened front, the in.
side. Thee a brick, wraped U cloth
was hurled through the window.
artM Jingle 8f :raTlm01aiVrrjni'
Schwarta ran excitedly to the door and
tried to pull it open as h shouted for
help. The crowd, also attracted by the
eraah, swsrmrd about th robber, two
of whom continued at their task f rak
diamonds and rubies out of th wondow,
while th third member of their party
kept spectators at bay, .
NEWBERRY TRIAL GETS IN -
MIX-UP OVER WITNESS
Oraad Bapid. Mirb March 12.-Th
situation ia th Newberry electiis con
spiracy trial resulting from the col
lapse oa. the witnesa stead today of
1 aul Kina. nniuura manamr fnr Tm,
. . . .
n. xxewBerry in 1V18, was ia a
mix-up tonight. Frank C. Dalley, as
latent attorney .general, said be would
not decide until tomorrow what eours
to pursue. - - .
King cam to the stsnd today still
reeling tne meets or his nervous at
tack of last Tuesday. After lv min
utes testimony
uws icsiimony ni vote sank to a
whisper h grasped the edge of tho
witaessltable. James O. Murfin, chief
counsellor the defens, harried to hia
id. King stss taken from th room
and court waa formally adpeuraed an-
rir 1 - E- r
... ivaiwriuw. . . '
If theVraferameat counsel decide to
Vfsiv4crhTJrimlnatioB og King rcbat
tal Mlrb Wered tomorrow and at
torneys tonight said the aa -ahould
Lcn late next week. .-
SENATOR tSIMMONS WILL
' VjOTtXEORMR. BRINSON
Beliefs Tlftd Digtrict Member
r"' v 4 V $ two yrms
,XherNews and Observer Bureau,
003 District Natiohsl Bank Bldr.
. , By K. B. POWELU -
lJBrJpwlaL LsedJP;ire.l. ...
Washington, Msrcb 12.rSenstor Sim
mons today authorised th statement
that h will east hi Vote in th Craven
primarie for JBamuel M. Brinson, ia
cumbeut in Cungres from that district,
against whom Charles L, Abernethy, of
New Bern, i running.
Th senior Senator made th itate
ment whea hit attention was called to
the publication - of a story . in Stat
papers to the effect that h would s
tively. support . Mr..Biiaaea'at'Mi""'-.
I will tot fw Mr Brinson.". sold
th Ssnator, "for the reasoa that it is
the custom te give a' maa two terms.
My positioa ia this fight is practically
the fame as it is in th contest for the
gubernatorial nomination." '
' Renwvee Baa Oa Basing.
' lBkfort, B4 Mreh I2 Th ba 't
pugllistM contests in Kehtueky was vir
tually lifted today by th Senate which
' . . . I 1 : . 1
passea a duj w siuih .tvuiui
no decision Toouta inthrlStat wndsr
sapervisiion of sn Athletrc board of con
trol of thre member appointed by th
Governor, five per cent of gat re
ceipt : goes to th Stat school fund
under term ef th bill. Th Governor
is supposed to favor th Ml aad may
sign it immediately. v The . measure
which passed the House a week ago by a
vote of 22 to 12. rrrcived the same vote
today ia t IT-"'. 1
SOUTH ATLANTIC PORTS
START DRIVE
North Carolina Senator Looms
, Up Again In Senate Debate
On Peace Pact
The News and Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bldg.
By B. K. POWELL
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, March 12. Senator Sim
mons looked up again today ia tke treaty
fight and just at the time whea it looked
as if the breatk kad died out a substi
tute reservation to Article Tea was of
fered. It would hsv reached a vote
this afternoon but for a small-sised fili
buster whech the- bitter-enders began
when Benator Lodge offered the sub
stitute.-": --
Th BepublicsB leader in the treaty
right presented his substitute, which va
ries but little with the Watson-Simmons
with thrbi-parttssB draft of a reser
vation to Articlo Ten, aad at once it waa
noised about Ve Seriate that enough
vote hadT WettsUredlo. adopt.it and
ratify th pact.
This started tha bitter-ender aad rs
suited in a break in th ranks of the
Lodge Bepublkan. McCormiek, of Illi
nois, severed relations and i rsUnhuy-
aem-ot Aew Jeray, followed suit by. of
lering a suDstttute lor tne Lodge eu De
stitute which specifically states that ths
United State shall assume ao moral ob-
MigsviTar te'TSTsetve tlr t ia
ipgriiT m political jnueueuueucs 01
other nations.
1 The Ledge Substitute. :
Th substitute which. Benator Lodge
offer declarer-the United States shall
Sifims no obligation to use its naval or
military forces t preserve thi integrity
or guarantee this independence ssve by
the eonsent of Congress! It doe imply
a moral obligation and is aaid to meet
the approval of thirty democratic Sena
tors, i , .
With tha mild resomtionlsts stsnd-
ihf psf, this would -mean the ratifica
tion of the treaty. It waa indicated
today that Senator Penr, Bepubliea
boe would. tota tttfainat th wtifiestlon
with the substitote- resertatien attached
to the resolution. He voted for rstiflcs
tion before but is said to have been pre
vailed vpoa by Senator Brandegee, on
of the -bitterest of the- bitter-enders,
to vote against the new draft.
CThjsuioei
inas x-enros was penina we wanton
Simmona compromise reservstion
Neither report hss been verified, "al
though tbe flrst on had most color in
asmuch a th relations between Pen
rose and Watson are so well known.
- The newest proposal, which one Be
publicaa senator characterised as the
daily compromise, is generally credited
to Senator Simmon. It follows largely
tha Jin of the Simmons-lIeKellar
draft. It waa sponsored by Senator
ijOdg and introduced by hlra with the
statement that it met the approval of
a large number of De oerstie senators.
Senator Simmons, who mado the poll.
said tnere were thirty Democrats who
would support it.
Hitchcock Against It- "
, Senator Hitchcock will not support it,
it waa said at the Capitol today.
-President Wilson hss sent a fefteVto
Senator Simmons, axplainiag why he
failed to see tha North Carolinian last
week whea Benator Hitchcock aad Sim
mens joined ia a request - that- the
President see the latter to discus the
pear treaty,
20 President says hi failure to
grant .tb interview wa ia no sense to
be regarded aa a rebuff of Senator' Sim
mons. However, th President explains,
he had already begun the drafting pf a
letter to Senator "Hitchcock covering
the very point about which Senator
ttimmons wanted to se him aad th
eonfereae would have - accomplished
mi nat oe iciier woum not aecom
pttsB. ,
it ia understood that in his letter
to Senator Simmons the President re
iterated ' hi opposition te - th Lodge
reservetiona "nuHifrlng" th treaty.
Senator Simmoaa admitted he had re-
eeivea tb letter, but did not make it
publie. He aid h would eontiau his
compromise efforts in the Senate,
hoping te work out somethin secant.
able both to th Senate aad"th Presl-
aeni.
CANADA CONSIDERING
iUNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
"'"' mfmtftMmm, k 'I:" '
Proposed' Bill Would . Jleplace
Measure . Hade Effective
: Ddrinr Secent World War
Ottawa. March I2.JTst. bill n tn9m
Ing on th women of Canada tha rlirht
w voie ia t eaerai eiecuons, designed
to replace th wartime election act was
presented, to the house todav bv Huch
mtttm ithe oiieRot general i Th bill,
oroaaiy provides that and British citi
zen over 21, male or female, may vote.
This is th first messurs to provide for
th geaeral enfranchisement of
ih the erderal elections of th domin
ion, although various provinces - hsvs
eoncrrcd tbe franchise and. during the
war the womea next f kin to soldiers
and. war nurses were enfranchised bt
the wartim electioa art." Under th bill
bo woman can vota bv reaaoa of mar
tial relation but must ; personally be
naturalized. If not native nora.
Nw York Beat Kansaa aty
Atlanta, Ga.. Marck 12- The NW
York University team put, th Kansss
City Athletia Club out of he running
ia the National basket bstl champion
ship of the Americas Aamateur Athletic
Union tonight,, by defeating them 43 to
I
TBoaE
FOR RIGHTS
Ask Support From Interior On
Ground That They Are As
sets For Inland Cities ,
PROMOTERS OF PLAN .
MEET IN GREENSBORO
Several States Unite In Organ-
ixation; Development of for
eign Trade To Be Under
taken On Broad Scale; Stir-.
ring Speeches By Senator Z.
D. Smith, of South Carolina,
and Governor Bickett, of
ITorth Carolina, Pointing Ont
Advantage of Ports Whose'
Waters. Are Never Blocked
With Ice; Shipping: Board
Asked To Appoint Assistant
Director To Look After South
Atlantic Ports '
- (By Staff Correspondent!
Greensboro, March 12-Th South' At-
teath-pt-wefaw-;th
ognition as assets for the iaterior eitie
and towns with organization her today ,
of th Bouth Atlantie State Associatjoa
by representative from ' SO Souther
eltiet. Th Initial drive nill b fol
lowed iTiy-e two weerTbult th latter
part ef May through the Middle Wast
by representativ businesk mn xrom
th South,- -- ' 1
Development of foreign trad, partic
ularly -to South America, and the pre--
noting of domestie commerc wui d
undertaken oa a broad eal with
Matthew Hale, formerly a New York
yankee but now a thorough-going South
erner, as tb guiding genius.
Present todsy to give th movement
official impotus wer United States Sen
ator E, D. Smith, of South Carolina,
and Governor Thomas W. J Bickett, of
North Carolina, both of whom mad
stirring specchei calling upon tne bouid.
and its people to com into their own
la a eommsrtial way aew while op-
nortunltT beckons. ' '-?.,!. .
- Conferences hold at th O. Hssry Ho
tel during th morning and afternoon .
were, welt attended by representative
kiiniMaaa "' m A eavaswaa asM1ilsail 4Hm
tunsuvaisi ass 7a oaaata w v a vwavmnvw
night with a Dutch banquet atwhich
enthuslssm over th outlook waa ex-
pressed by such far-seeing men as
Hug-Mae, of WllmftigtoTi; ud vth- -
era, . ; -
OIBeera of Assoclstioa.,
' President, secretary and treasurer to
b aeiectea from each Bust la turn ,
beginning with North Carolina-with a
vie president' and an assistant seer-
. Jmm ...U Sl-- mmJm mw.m-AA .
by th eommitte on organization,
Th North Carolina delegation want
the honor oLelecting a president, secre
tary aad treasurer, for tb newly form
ed association. The method used in
the selection of officers, waa for tha del
egation from each State to let th am
eers' of th association from, that
State.
The North Carolina delegation clotted
Matthew ' Hale, of Wilmington - and
Wsahiugton, president j - C O. Yates, ;
of Greensboro,, secreUry, and B. D.
Douglas, Greensboro, treasurer, Hugh
Chatham, of Winston-Salem, aad C C.
Smoot, of North Wilkesboro wer nam
ed a the two director from thi stats.
- ino oouia warouna aeiegauon elected
Vk !. I.- -M a 1 1 ...
vvhu mfj mvvmnmp v opananDisra, vice
president: A. V. Snell. of Charleston.
Assistant Secretary with D. C. Durham
of Greenville, and J. D. Miot, ef Colaro-.
bia, as director from that State, -tTh
Georgians named HolIins.N. Baa.
dolph, of Atlanta, vie president J T.i
Soger Jailler, of Macon, Assistant Sec
retary with L E. and 3. Henderson, ef
Columbus, and William A L, of Aag-i
UltS. SI AirMitilM. . f
Th officer selected 'by th Plorlda
delegation are: Fulton' H USKV- rt '
Jacksoaville, vice president; B. B. Kess- '
lor, of Jscksonville, Assistant Secretary ;
with D. C. Gillette, ef Tampa, and Jules
Burguirres of West Palm Beach, directors,.--
- 1- .
Staad At Crucial Point
'Not oalv : are these narta Am ,
South capable of aa full development
as th north Atlantio but they are never
blocked by ice during th winter," aaid
Senator Smith la Bounding the key not
of th conference after describing con
ditions ef terrible congestion during the
recent war when northern pert could
BOt take earr of -tb immense .holiness
placed upon them. The system broke
dow aad showed th inherent weak
ness of concentrating exportation ia "
narrow elrel. . v : l;
Th Senator', recently ud from aa At
tack' of flu. hurried from tba Imrii
of Nations debate in Washina-ton for a
few hour la -order to lend hi influence
to th movement. Of course, hs secured
assurance that ao vot would ba taken
oa th pese treaty daring bis absence.
AT:eliairma of. thi. .Senate. Interstate.,
commerce commlsiaoa for . years. Sen
ator. Smith spoks with authority aad re-,
eaived 'S great reception from the de
termined business men who cam to pre-'
par for a war to th finish frith th in
terests that would break down th re-
cent favorable rate from mid-western
eitie to southern dues, which wer re-
ctuiij stv niya . , . . f.
Hsv Bight T Pretest
"When we broke th Hlndenburg liar,
wb uinina,vu luivvsr ins auisuii anu
Dixon liBe," declared -Governor Bieket?,
in a short amlress ia which be very ably
and forcibly summed up is his charact
eristic eloquent manner,' th salient .
festnres of the day proceedings.
v hav a right a Mood bouK'it
right to be co-heir wi. h onr sister
states in all that ctir country h:,V'