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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1920.
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HEW RESERVATION.
TO PEACE TREATY
.. WILL OFFERED
Republican Senate Leaders
Agree On Declaration of In
ternational Policy
INTENDED TO REPLACE
PLEDGE OF ARTICLE TEN
' Declaration Provides That Uni
, ted States Would View With
' "Grave Concern" Any Future
. Upheaval Threatening Peace
' and Freedom of Europe; Ex
pect Vote This Week
n ! .' '.
Washington, March IS. A general
declaration' of international policy, un
der whi' a the United Stalei'wotild tie
.with .."grave coneer a" any future up
heaval threatening the peace and .free
dom of Europe wan agreed oa by Be
publiran Senate leaders, today and prc
aonted ai a ! sew reservation -to the
peace treaty. ,
Intended to .replace the more definite
pledge of Article Tea,' the rcrervatioa
is to be pressed in the Senate aa the
farthest rtep Jbe Kopublican bidera are
willing to go toward , abandonment oi
American isolation and participation in
European eonftiets. Its text followi:
M tlujl, 0-41ie..deciared.. policy, of
thia government that 'the freedom and
peace of Europe' be trig again threatened
by any power or combination of powers,
- the TJnjted .States will- regard such- a
' situation with grave concern, and will
7 consider whaj? if any, action it will
take In the premises."
Expect Vote Thia Week.
' ;: Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, drafted
the reservation in consultation with
other Republican leaders and introduced
it in the Senate 'tJbe end of a day
ef debate on the Irilti question which
delayed action and - blocked -plan
to set a day" for a final vote on the
trcaty'a ratification. - It generally was
predicted tonight, however, that " dis
cussion of the remaining issues of the
treaty controversy soon would epend
itself and flint the ratification roll call
would come Friday or Saturday.
''v Not man- Democrats bad bad op-
- portunity tonight to study the new' JBe.
fabllcaar prpeeai,'atid it was nnearfai'
I ham enuch support it wsuld Maim and
from that side of the chamber. Some
veaator predicted, nowever, . tut it
anight have the effect ef softening the
resentment' of the administration over
the Republican Article Ten reservation
' and win: over enough more .Democratie
votes to ratify the treaty.
Claim Farther Galas.
f A Claim of farther gains in breaking
dowm administration resistance - was
mad oa the Republican aide during
the day and some of the Republican
leaders were asserting tonight that the
roll call would show a total very close
to the two-thirds required to ratify
- with the Republieanrescrvatioa. It ia
wnderstood to be the purpose, if rati
fi cation failed, to reconsider and take
aeeoad vote ia the hope that after
they have made -their record f op
position, a handful more of the Dem
ocratie Senators will leave the sdminii-
t ration e lead and-save the treaty from
another failure. . :
' The new reservation follows the gen
eral outline of a declaration which
was contained ' ia a resolution intro-
, dueed several months ago by Senator
Knox, Republican, Pennsylvania,- and
-never acted on- by- the Senate. Those
who support it declare that while it
would leave the-TJnited States free from
any definite promise to intervene ia
- European affairs, it would also, give
evidence of the nation's vital interest
in any future" war such 'as the 'one
just closed. - -j-''- r-"-- .
The worda fgTav concern" one Sen-
ator pointed oat, -usually-carry deep
eigaificaaee ia . diplomatic usage and
frequently have been employed to de
scribe an attitude contemplating pos
- aible action. Supporters of the reser
vation) declare that in its moral effect
. jueh SI declaration would be a power-
: fur deterrent should, any nation again
purpose to despoil Europe as Germany
ma. ...... , - -
Weald Beta New Nations. -
It ia expected, that it also will be ar
gued that the reservation would lend
immediate' monil support to the strnr
- cling new nations of Europe, aad would
.be reassuring to France, who defea
. - . . .in
z srrw sremiy wun xnia uiunu; sun
- awaits rabfieatioa here - aad faces a
bitter fight if it ia called ap for ae
. . Debate on the proposal may begin to
morrow, though the leaders thought it
snoro likely to go over until senators
had been given an opportunity to study
It. About a doaen other' reservatioas
; rrfseafrd by Inivi.lml taia vamaia
to bo disposed of, and one of them, re
lating to the Egyptian protectorate, has
k been, before the rjenato ror more tnan a
- f u 11 days aimiaiii n(ktrpmm&sm
It w -ia- iowaeetloa rith- thfa feser
- vaUoa,-wresenteiiy aWsator" Owen,
. Democrat, Oklahoma, that today's re
vival of debate oa the inaa prooiem
r waa i: precipitated." SeMtiir Shields,
Democrat, Tennessee, openea up vm
subject by moving to add a declaration
that the United Statea wjiderstandl
Great Britala will declare Ireland free.
Ia its course the debate developed some
-Thsrp eehfe aad apparently was in
-fuU- blast when a recess was takea to
- aiht.i v ' - -
Rrpublicaa and Democratic leaders
alike had hop?d for alii gTMnftt today
to vote cot later than Friday oa ratifi
cation, but they withheld aay such re
quest ia riew of the unexpected time
vtakea up by the Qwea reservation. A
ngTcement way be secured tomorrow.
ft. Fntri'k's Day races. Auirmented
rr-ra. ' ririchurrt'todtry,-:45 r- m
aJv.) '
TWO FLEETS y !
FOR JOir
Plant For Y
am Her
Pan
cidel .
UpoiVv
Washington, March 16. Tbo Paeifie
aad Atlantic fleets will meet as in
Pseifie coast of Panama next Jaauary ia
their first joint maneuvers, designed to
keep the navy "oa its toes" during peaee
tune. ' S
This waa decided today at a cob
ferenca betweea Secretary Daniels aad
Admirals Rodman and Wilson, the fleet
commanders, who will work out details.
It i practically certain, however, that
a battle betweea the fleets .approaching
as nearly as possible actual warfare.
will bo arranged. Jt may auo serve
as aa actual test of the Psnama caaal
aa aa element of naval strategy.
After the oraetieo is at aa cad, the
combined fleet will visit the principal
Paeifie coast porta of the United States
so as to give the people there aa op
portunity to aee the nation's lull ogia-
ing force. It will do me nm lime uai
the entire battleship strength has viai
ted the Pacific coast sines the Atlantic
fleet made its memorable eruira around
the world ia 1907-08.
The fleet which will steam out ef the
Panama bay, fpr .Sen Franeiaco next
vear will be many times as large and
powerful as that wnica tne laie acar
Admiral Bobley D. Evane toook through
the Golden Gate in J90S if tej- a Toysge
around Cnre Horn. There will be an
teen battleships of the dreadnaught
class-the same number that circled the
clobe perhaps a docen second line bat
tleships, eleven cruisers and all the sup
porting units. of. destroyers, submarines
and auxiliaries.
VISITS SENATORS
Mrs. Myrtle Wooten Wants To
See President vyiison to
Provide Treatment;
The News aad Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bank Bldg,
By B. K. FOytXl. ' 77 7
(By Special Leased Wire.)
.Washington, D. C.-Mareb lf-Essar
ing the dual role,' oi peyehopathelogist
aad world paeifitr, Mrs. Myrtle Wootea,
of Winton-Salem. .whose arrival was
noted ia this eorerspoadeaco last algbt,
today asked the North Carolina Senator
aad Jtojojr UitartenMiwaBii jo,y
raare for her aa aaaieace wua a-rw 1
icnt wiisdnrT- 7 7;
Armed witk letters" of idetitificstioa
from suck prominent Winston-Sslem
people as N. U Cranftrd, former pub
lisher of the Wlnston-saiem, Journal
and W. M. Hendren: of the law firm
of Manly, Hendren and Womble, Mrs.
Wootea, pronouncing aer name wui-toa
told Secretaries Hampton aad Martin
that, ahe was appealing) to them only
because she did- not waat to .appear
discourteous. ' 1
- "I have bad a great deal of cor
respondence with' the President, saM
Mra. Wootea, "and I am sure ha would
not dear me aa audience. I did not
want to go over the heads of say Sena
tors, thoua-h. to ret to see him.
' Ordinarily,-a visitor on such aminioa
attracts but a scant attentioa. She is
usually told that hor matter wUl be
attended o within a few moment and ia
the meantime the Executive, who would
attend it received a sudden call to ano
ther part of .the city oa business that
may keep him several days.
Not so with Mrs. Wooten. She was
Just a little smarter than Secretary
Hampton for the time being. She had
called at the office ef Seaator Simmons,
presented her formidable array of en
dorsements , to an assistant secretary
who in turn presented them to Mr.
Hampton. Mr. Hampton .aoxt talked
with Mrs, Wootea . and, apparently.
pleased her with the assurance that he
would take the matter ap with the Sea
ator in a few moments. Ia the mean
time, ahe was asked to be seated ia a
outer otEec She remained seated for aa
hoar or two. Word cams back to her
that Mr. Hamptpopa bad not been able
to eemmnieate with Senator Sim mess.
Whereupon Mrs. . Wootea became du
bious. She bad passed the floor of the
Senate, had observed it ia sessioa, and
to her mind it required but a moment
or two for a secretary to communieata
with a Senator. Hiding her displeasure
behind a smile and saying she would
return within a few minutes,- she hur
ried over to Senator Overman's office.
Getting Be na tor Simmons office oa
the telephone, she ssked t speak to Mr.
Hampton, f orewarned,
wenng asked t
"Who is it!" . .
Mrfc Butledge said - Mrs. Weetea.
The call was switched to Mr. Hamptoa'a
deslU ' ; v.- I -'V;:':; - v;
"How do yoa do, Mrs. Butlodge, sak-
cdf Mr. Hampton, associating the aantt
with tnat ot ajweii newwesiera
North Carrrlina familyi 1
No, tr rejected Mrs. Wootea.. Thia
isa't Mra. Butledge, but I want to know
if you are -oing to get me that letter
to the 'President f, mm,,,-, u,m w
Blightry dumbfounded, Mr, flamptoa
excused bis delay by saying that- ha
had Just -beea out to his lunch but
would make. another effort. ' - '
It waa Major Charles (Td. " 8tedma;
whose gallantry is anmatched.- ia tha
House of Bepreseatatives,' who delicat
ely but positively declined to be drawn
into what appeared to him to be a very
ridiculous situatioa. He wss approached
for a- letter to tha President. .
"My dear Madam.'', said ha to Mra.
Wootea, "the influence of Coagrese
jnan's request t the.Whits House ia hot
small indeed and I am (ore a letter from
mo would aot help .yoa to. aee the
President." . - . . f 7
She didat agree, with him about
wei?kt ef a Congressmaa's letter. Ordi
narily,, she oaid aba would aot ask a
Congressmaa for anything but she knew
e r
Two.)
TWIN CITY WOMAN
PRESENT MAXWElL
TO PRESIDENT FOR
AH APPOINTMENT
North Carolina Congressmen
Call On Secretary Tumulty
at White House ,
TELL OF QUALIFICATIONS
OF NORTH CAROLINIAN
Wilminfton Banker Want
Democrats . To Put "Beer
Plank In Platform; Governor
Biokett's Xndoriement of
Xqual Suffrage Beceives
Much Favorable Comment
The News and Observer Bureau-
603
District National Bank Building.
By R. K. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.) " '
Wuhington, Marrt W.8evira of "the
ten North Carolina CongressmCB went
to the White House Ibis tnorning and
presented again to Secretary Tumulty
the 'name of Commissioner A. J. Max
well, of the North Carolina Corporation
Commission, for appointmeat to one of
the three vacancies oa - the Interstate
Commerce Commissipa. - ,
Representative Joha H. Small, of the
first district, acted as apohcsmasfor
the delrgatioa aad told Mr. Tumulty
that Mr. Maxwell wa regarded as the
oae authority on taxation ia North
Carolina, aad equally as well equipped
aa any aathority on freight -rates.
memorandum ahowing tha geography
of the Interstate Commerce Commissioa
as it la aow constituted waa also left
for the President, along with the ar
gent .appeal that the chief executive
recognize -the Southeastern territory.
Tasaalty Pre sains GsaaMeratlea.
Secretary Tumulty assured tha mem
ber that the matter would be called
to the President's attention agaia early
aad that the endorsements of Mr. Max
well would receive hie careful consider
ation. ,
.Just as the . delegation, was getting
ready to leave the White House. Mr,
Tumulty laughingly remarked that "this
man Maxwell ought to, be nominated by
you peoplo for .President iJo are. .ear
talnly solid behind him." .
All njr&V Congressman Godwin
answered,- wass-witl tell whether
tne- rresuMat wants im atomiuauoa
again or not, maybe we.eaa decide nboHt
eomiag Mr. Maxwell!-
Aad Mr. Tumulty joined ia the
chorus. The Sixth district member had
turned tbo laugh aeatly.
Representative Claude Kitcmn, the
only member of the delegation ia Wash
ingtoa who did aot go to tbs White
House, is also endorsing Mr. Maxwell
for the' place. - ' .
! . - Cocker Waats Beer Ptaak.
Sbme Democrats of North Carolina,
who have beea prohibitionists since the
dry wave first started to . sweep the
I'-fi,.4 'V-- m. A k- -nl.
ioa ia the 'past few weeks that the
Democrats, at 8an Franelseo should place
, (Coatlnaed oa Page Throe.)
SOUTHERN RAILWAY NOT
TQ.USE STANDARD RETURN
Preiident V EarrUon , :. Decides
XaOroad Able To Finance .
"'r:- :v'lti Own' Way '
'' -2' ' r -':T,-,
,' Atlanta, Oa, Marsh lC-Tbo South
era Bail way System will aot accept the
"Itaadari return", provided ia .thefltew
trasiportation aet, it; waa learned here
today; but Will back up Ike belief of its
officials i a the continued prosperity of
tha South by relying oa ita own earn
ings during J he next six months, it was
learned tonight. h '
Preiident rsnfax -Harruoa, after-a
trip through the. South, came to the
conclusion that eoaditibaa were lack
that the Southern Bailway System could
produce results which woind equal or
rurpass the government guarantee. The
decision will affect the Bout hern rail
way company; the Cincinnati, New Or
leans and TexsJ Pacifle; tha Alabama
ureat Boathera, aad the New Orleans
aad. Northeastera Railroad com pan ir a.
Had tha Southera BaUway Bystem erual.
tiled for the government (manatee ita
Bet income for the next - sia months
would have beea assured of being 12,i
800,000. local officials of tha Routherni
were aotiflei today -that the gusrantce
would aot be aeeepted. " 7 ' ;
WOULD PROVIDE OPTIONAL:
5 PERIODS OF ENLISTMENT
1: WashUgtoa," March ltV-Army callst-iTitz'i7ra-iBlbitmeBt
jomild7befor
one or,three years at the optioa of the
soldier aader a provisioa of. the army
reorgsaixatioa bill adopted , by the
House. ' A bonvs equal to three months'
pay would be paid to men enlisting for
three years.- -
Kepreseatatlvo Harrison, Seaoerat,
Virginia, sought to have the Honse adopt
aa. ameadmsat - providiag for six
months training for eighteca year old
youths who volunteer for training. Thia
also waa ruled out, both rulings being
mads by Bepreeeatatlve Tilsoa, Repub
lican, Connecticut, presiding as speaker,
No appeal was takea'- to the House.
Ceasideratieav of the bill-will eoatinjie
tomorrow. '., . r :
,.twieibrjnwV Btrihe. .Spreads,
New York, March 16V Tha longahore
mes's strike called ' her., .Saturday
against coastwise shipping . interests
spread Into today to the Colonial line,
operating betweea New York aad Provi
dence. - Three hundred men employed
oa Colonial docks here walked out to
enforce demands for more pay and ad-J-i'ment
of working conditions. '
AMERICAN NAVAL TUG -
RESCUES GERMAN VESSEL
Oa Board V. BV BPeaasyKaaia,
Near Caaataaaase Bay, Cats,
. March le-The ersW of a naval tag
attacked to the I'niUa gutes At
lantic lest west to tbo rescao of
the Gorsaaa thssaer. Orinoco,
whasi heavy sees aawaag the aaaot
aad forced the aaia to saako for
the acareW port ra a xdaklag coa
eVtlem, " ' ':- r"
The acaooaer waa Waad fee Bel
bad. frosa Haracala, Veaesaela.
Tha eraw.of the tag aahraged tbo
Orlaaco, towed her to peat aad tea.
eaed the crew, which was ia aa
exhaasted eoadittea. The aary mode
temporary repatrs aad haa saecoed
ed la eatlag.tae German ship,
- which waa beached - after reachlag
I port. 'v .
The schooner Ilea the old Ger
man snerehaat ssariao asmiga aad ia
owaed by Aagaat Bait or, of Hasa
. berg.
Admiral Sims Explains How
Huns Might Have Paralyzed
. American Shipping
Washiagtoa,' Match: I. Germany
missed an opportunity to paralyse
hippUgaaI"ABwricaa"mtreop move
ments te.rance in tne summer of 191S,
by aot aeadlng a battle eruiscr to jsi j
convoys, Bear Admiral Sims said today,
eentlnuinc his testimony 'before the
Senate- committee investigating , hit
charges against the, Navy Department'!
conduct of the war. Although the de
partment was warned ia September,
1917. of this danger, he said, it had
no comprehensive plan to combat such
aa enemy move tea sndntha later whea
the dancer was really imminent.
The department acknowledged .that
it had ao approved pleas, and said
that it depeaded upon the Europeaa
forces aad upon the British graad fleet
to stand off the danger until it had
time 'to act," Admiral Sims asserted,
adding that a litti "bluff" oa Ger
many's psrt would havs worked havoc
with allied transportatioa.
The department Suggested plait after
plsn ia the intervening months,! the
Admiral "said, all based oa a wrong
premise aad most of which: had beea
previously considered aad .rejected by
the allies aa unworkable. . - '' -,- "
. Ia August. lia, word came that tbs
istit my, wss. prepwlsg t JiuWra f
raiding duty, Admiral aims ssia, ans
aot - until thra did - the department
abandon ita owa ideas and. accept his
rccommeadatioa. asadii tea mentha
fore, that battleships be assigned to
protect troop ships. Ho read froas, the
cablegram accepting a is plan,, la walca
the department said it waa "oaly a tem
porary erpedient," aad did aot "solve
the problem of continued enemy battle
eraieer activity ia the Atlantic."' '
The aame cable aa.d that "ao reply
had beea received to a request by the
department that four Japanese battle
cruisers be assigned to the American
Atlantic fleet for duty agaiast the
raiders aad that the department desired
to "know what will be the admiralty's
policy as to the use of their battle
cruisers for pursuit ' ia ease of the
escape of aa enemy battle ernleer? ' ,
The Admiral said confusion as. to
plsas at this stage of the war waa an
"impressive example of the deplorable
absence of unity of command oa the
teasya mesture which the slLies fiaally
adopted oa land, aad which made vic
tory possible.'' ,
Fortunately the enemy never at
tempted a battle eraieer raid," said the
officer. To aay one at aU familiar' with
the case, it is, to pat it mildly, dis
quieting to contemplate the confusion
of all Atlantis shipping; aaval . and
merchant, troop carrier aad all, that
would- haveresulted -if the raid had
occurred during those long drawa oat
negotiations betweea Washiagtoa .. aad
Loadpa in an attempt to reach a. aim-
pie decision aa hi Joint action." -7;
VALERA ISSUES MESSAGE
FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY
"President of Irish Bepnblio'
Calif On "Sons and Daufh-
1
ters of Gael
New -York. March ' Id. liif-ionii ee
Vslera, "president of the Irish repub
lic" tonight issued a "St, Patrick's Day
preciamaUoa to tns Bons ana usugkters
of the Gad,'' urgiBg thent "te show the
iroTld-ihst-right of moral besjtty awd to
teach mankind peace and happiness in
seeping the taw - of lovo.i - -
'eve before have tha scattered chil
dren of Erin had suca oop.rtanity for
aobl Bervieesi" the prociiwtVt tni.
Todsv yoa can serve aot only Ireland.
but the world; A cruel war aad a snore
cruel peaee have shattered the generous
onl.7 .Arathxh'ks ' the " hjgh-m laded.
and aearuess cynicism points the way
of selfishaes.
"We. who have had the cud of the
fruifioa of hope dashed! from, oar lips
in every decade and have aot despaired;
whoe temper hs never soured, but who
have always looked forward to the good
ia tomorrow the world aceds what we
eaa -gfvr it' teday?ss--'!K?"---kkek;
"We . are the - spear potato f the
hosts ia " political slavery w can' be
the shafts of dawa for the desDsirina
aad the wretched everywhere.' . V .
CANDIDATE FOB PRKSIDEWT -
MCST BB STB1CTLT DtT
Westervllle. O. March 1C Bev. T: P.
XAakesv fieiaral JSuperiataadeat af tha
ABti-Salooa League today issued' a state
ment anneancing the league would aot
support any eaadidate for preeldeat who
was aot "distinctly" ia favor of prohi
bition ' The statement asserted that
"eleventh hour conversions' to prohibi
tion pa. the part of candidates wouM.be
looked upon with fsomo suspicion" by
GERMANY MISSED
HER MAIN CHANCE
is lenjrue.- .
CfllillTTEEWlLL
: HEAR FROM COLBY
ABOUT TESTIMONY
Senate Foreign Relations Com
' mittee Seeks More Light
Before Acting
SECRET HEARINGS TO
PROBE LAWYER'S RECORD
Get Chief of Military InteUi
fence Bureau To Tell Some
. Thingi Abbut Wew York
Man, Whom President Wil
son Nominated To Be Secre
tary of State
Washington, March 16. Bainbridge
Colby, nominated by Prcsidcat Wilson
to be Secretary ef State, aeeepted an
invitation today to appear inuraitsy oe
fore the 8saato foreign relations com
mittee to make a statement regarding
eerteia questions which are: delaying
his confirmation.
..The committee's action is. understood
to have beea taken by common con
seat of Bepublican and 'Democratie
leaders aa a reeult ot information ratli
ered ia secret hearings on Mr. Colby's
Qualifications to head the State Depart'
sMftL.TJhe..Bature p( !thlsJnformatioa
wss aot divulged, however, and it was
said the statement to be mdr by him
would be regarded ia the aome eon
Ideae. - .
Secretary s Pest Vacant,
A transcript of all the testimony
takes by the committee, including that
given today by Herbert Parsons, a New
York lawyer, ia said te have beea sent
to Mr. Colby, along with the commit.
toe's-invitation. Tha nominee at first
had beea invited to appear today, but
sent word that ho fouad it impossiblo
The nomiaatioa has beea -awaiting!
aetioa siaee February o, and five wit
nesses, including ' Brigadier General
Marlborough Churchill, chief of army
intelligence, have been heard. Mean.
time. State Department officials have
declared the post of Secretary of State
vacaat under a statutory limitation
with the result that certain work dele
gated by law to the Secretary, Including
ue signing f au passports, is at
staadKiii
BartyYsU yst. Baaslsd
Committee members were aot prepsr
ed tonight to say. wbei. action on the
nomination wiigtit be expeetea, deeiar
lag it might depend to aome degree
oa Mr. Colby s statement Thursday.
There was ao disposition, however, to
be optimistic of an iarly vote, it being
iatimatad that regardless of what the
nominee told the committee other wit'
aesse might be called, a
Among Benublieaa members of ths
committee' it ia declared that the dis
advaatages suffered by the State De
partment because of the vaeaaey are
ef a miaor aad purely technical nature,
aad that the President's power under
the Overman act are broad enough, if
he cared to exercise them, to permit
ate designation of soma other official to
perform all the duties of a Secretary,
WOMAN FATALLY, HURT
WHILE RIDING A HORSE
New Yorker Diet In Hospital at
TayetteTille Shortly Af -.
' 1 ter Accident ,'
PaysttevUio, March. 1. Mrs.! John W,
Cross, of iW W. Mth street, New York,
died In the Cumberland General Hos
pita here early this evening as a re
sult of Liuriei.recelod, whea her
horse threw her near Manchester, six.
teen miles from hersand dragged hor
across s railroad track. .1 ..
laf ormatioa available ia to this effect
that the young woman wss one of a
hunting party, t She was rldir.g a sido
saddle. Whea her horse became fright
eaed she .waa thrOwa aad dragged by
the animal for aome distance, injuring
ner neaa on railroad track. rJ'ie was
carried teethe- rsyetteville hospital in
a dying condition, aad . passed awsy.
wBTBia tnmy minuus. - -
Her husbaad was with her and she
was further accompanied to Tayette
villa by Mr. aad Mrs. P. W. Allen, also
of New . York, whose gnett she was.
Mrs. Cross waa formerly Miss Page, of
Louisville, Ky. . .
P. A... Bockefetler, of" Now York,'
nephew of Joha D. Bockefellcr, wss'ln
the party, a bit la front of Mrs. Cross,
ana it is his opinion that some quick
aad unexpected movement oa the part
of the horse threw Mrs. Crbv 7 S s
Mrs. Cross and her friends, most of
them New Yorkers, were spending some
time at Overhllls, a wiater resort, near
rayettevUle. . 7
MAYNARD HITS A STl'MP-
BRIAKS HIS PROPELLER
Jacksoa. Miss. March IS. Lieut. B. W
Mayaard, 4h " Plying ParsonattcmpU-
a f tessw kls ftiglit late today for
new Orleans ee Hided -vrttlt a-wtamp-aad
broke the propeller of his machine and'
will be detained kere two or three days'
aatil repairs eaa be made, 7
AMERICAN ARMY CETTINd "
7 . READY FOB BUSINESS
Cobleas, March 1-(By the
- Associated Proas.) The Ameriesa :
Army of Deeapatioa, numbering'
. l,Mt saea, Js being ' tasted -fall
eld elpsaent aader - order 1s
eed hefor eheCeeasaa-'ewfolatioa, .
There hsv beea ao movements,
however, ta retaferee aay aoaltioas,
r aay mlllury activities except
these ooaeeraed with, pedidag the
occupied territory. Th total allied
fovceo along the Rata are osti
mated at slightly auri thaa. l,Wtv
men. . --
CHANCELLOR KAPP IS '
REPORTED AS QUITTING.
IN FAVOB OF EBEBT.
Londea, March lTChaaceller
Kapp, heed of the goverameat at
Berlin, has reaigaed la favor of
Prestdeat Ebart, asy s the Berlin
correspeadeat of the Leaden Times
aader date of Taseday eventag. Ef
ferta te form a Kapp ministry have
beea absadoned.
4H Reported Killed.
London, March Uv Fear haadred
persons are reported to have hoea
killed tad msay peraen waaaded la
a bombardment of Kiel by the Ger
naaa cralser Eckerafoerde, asy a a
Ceatral Newe dispatch from Copen
hagen, aaotiag - the Ekstrabtsdet'a
Kiel correspondent.
The dispatch adds that some aar
ters of the towa were destroyed by
the bombardment. The cralser Is
aald to have directed lie fire especi
ally against the ejaarters of the work
men who ar opposed to the Kspp
government.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
ENDORSES
LEGION
Head of American Federation
of Labor Gives 0-Kay To
Soldier Organization
Indianapolis, Isd, "March
t...
tonal indorsement of the American
Legion by Samuel Gompere, president
of the American FedrattoB ot labor, is
contained in a lotter f ram AIr tiompert
to P. B. Wilkin, secretary of the Union
Labor Council of Needles, Cal, accord
ing to aa article printed recently in the
Naedles Nugget, a opy of which hss
been received here. The letter, it it
stated, was written la answer to a ques
tion from Mr. Wilkin, ss to the attitude
of Mr. Gompere and the American Fed
eration of Labor toward the legion. . .
Mr. Gompert' letter is quoted as foV
lows: " ' ,
. "The America Federslioa of Labor
has hot made any declarations .regard
ing the American Legion, but speaking
for myself, I cannot see any reason
why ex-service men, whether members
of organised .labor or. not members ef
organised labor,, should .aot .join . the
American Legion. - "
- "Whea I was in New YorkTtity re
cently, Mr. Franklin D"01ier," national
commander l t the American lglpn,
acked for a eoafereaee with me, which,
of course. I resdllv sran ted. at vhich
wMliscnaiia4' ta ws aabject, ssatter.of
tuaijegion. He very greatly deprecated
that acts aad declarations of a few mea,
members Of -the legion, speaking for
themselves, and without authority te
speak for th Legioa. should be ae
eepted '. or 'eoasldered as representing
tuo American ixgion, aad that for
which, it stands, any . mora - than the
organised labor movement should be
held responsible for aay overt act of
rny on of its members. .His declara
tion to me during the conference as
regards tke- attitude 'of the American
Legion towards orgsnixed labor was
practically the same as the statement
which he gave to the press on January
seventh."
GREENVILLE WINS CUP
FOR LARGEST ATTENDANCE
Botary District Meetinf Znded
In South Carolina City
: Yesterday
Greeaville, 8. C March 16. Th Bo
tary club at Greeaville, N. C- was award'
ed the Greenville, 8. C, Botary club cup
today for - the largest percentage ef
membership present at the district eon.
fere nee which adjourned here thia aft
eraoon after a two-day ' session. The
North Carolina elub has 24 members, tea
ef whom attended the meeting here, end
th elub Is farthest of any city in the
district from this city.
-itotarmn-"JJuek",-f errln, of Hpartan
burg,, was .named district governor of
Rotary for the ensuing year.- Most of
the North Carolina clubs represented af
the conference left for their homes to
night, following a conference' dinner
tendered by the local Rotarinns. Music
for. the event, was furnished by the
-QxeoMlM! ro u tftetteTT1- "-' . ', r-
MARYLAND GOVERNOR IS
FOR CIDER. WINE, BEER
Aanapolis, Md- March 16. Governor
Ritchie took an open stoad tonight for
the passage of legislation authorising
the manufacture aad sale of beer, cider
aad --light wines la Maryland. He sest,
his message ea the liquor question to
the House. ... , .. . . ... 7
The message la aa endorsement of the
Jones bill to legalise .three and a' half
per cent beverages and contains an en
dorsement of the wet program as far si
it is proposed to put it into, effect in
this state.. The governor saids
jjrjudgmcnris IhstWTOmerrJtt
thia state wait aandiouldoTteoTmts4ie4wiee4aeta caUow sad serving
the riaht to make cider aad liaht wines.
ss thev bsvs alwsva done, and that the
laboring ,mea anf w;
waat 4 jhoul4iotj 'j9.4MtM"
tight -Wllrcs.7j;
CBOWN PBINCB DOES-- 7 ;
Wleringen. Holland,' Mcreh lfl-(By
The Associated t Press.) There' bars
beea much fesating and other eele-
braung withla ' the quarter , of the
former Crowa Prince, here sine the
new of the aew development la Ger
msny- heirs
to reach Wicringes
eriek William ia reported te regard the
sUaatiea jojiuJJr, but ia said to hare
t scored - the burgomaster that h-wil!
aot 'attempt to leave UolUnd. , -'
' Takes Lead la Slnslss.7 '
V Peoria, Ills, March 10. In the Ameri-'
caa bowling eongross today B. Meyer,
Pti,. Louia, member of the" Wooster Lam
bert Team, took the lead in th singles
with a r re of Ca.- .
?beS1ses
general control
While It Grows Weaker
Strength of President Ebert
Increases Materially
DR. KAPP READY SINCE '
SATURDAY TO RETIRE
Prussian War Minister Calls On
Field Marshal Von Binds
bnrf To Bestore Troops To
Constitutional Basis ; Gen -erat
Strike Continues and
Much Sufferinf Besults
. Berlin, March W. (By Th Asfoei4
ated Press.) The, w Kapp govern
ment at Berlin hss not found the aup
port . it had looked, for, add while it
hold oa the daministrative activities is
growing weaker, the strength af Presi
dent Ebert and bis supporters, includ
ing the members of the National Assenw
blr at Stuttgart haa increased mater
ially, if all reports ar to, b believed.
ConsequenUy Ebert'a rstura t Berlia
1 . . - M.i- S. Im mm Sii-ntlv nr- ..
dieted in some quarters.
That Dr. Wolfgaag Kapp has virtually
reached tha end of his resources, so far es
concerns himself a head of the reve
lutionar movemeat, is evidenced by th -fact-that
h Is said to have beea ready
to retire, sine Saturday, but was per
suaded by Colonel Bauer, leader ef th
Boyalist party, aad Major Ueaeral Lud
endorff. to remain. '
Aaka Hladeabarg To Beta.
General 9roener, the Prussian war)
minU,. tha Frankfudter Zeitun hS'
serto. hss telegraphed to Field Marshal
voa Hiadcnburg that ia his opinioB the)
Kapp-ven Imettwita goverasseat J a
impossible oae, whether from th view-)
point ei none ouairs or Aorrii hiuh
Groener is quoted ss sayiag that vort
Hlndenburg is tha idol of th German
people, and a word from bim would
suffice to bring back th regular troop
to a constitutions! basis. . -7
n 1 si I . 1 .
ensrai urocnev m ww crruivcu wiu
having sent a message to Prestdeat
Ebert, offering to act aa Mediator r
tweea hint had vea Hiadenburg with,
a view to restoring onstitionUau ,t
"T "tTre Kspp T Withdraw.-;.
Voa Hiadenburg has written t Jtr,
Tanaadvisin him to Withdraw fremTii .
position, Cologn dispatches say. and
haa advised Presideat Ebert ta call fori
new elections. .
t Thas far, however,, what tie eenstU
tutional Presideat iatead to do is not
kaown ia Berlia. But the future aetioa
of the Natioaal Assembly will probably
decide his attitude. Those who optimis
tically believed Ebert might eater iat
negotiations with the Berlia govera- .
ment are disappoiated to learn today
that ao deSaite negotiations ar aader- -way,
though th basis ef agreement
ss outlined yesterday by th Kspp fac
tion seemed to afford aa opportuuity
for the-two' contending goverameat
to eater a discossioa.
President Ebert s firm grip en ad
miaistrative affairs ia Berlia is UdlcaU
ed by the fact that tha Imperial Mia
later, by his orders, haa refused to tura
over the money necessary for the pey
meat of the troops, demanded by th
revolutionary eheneellor ad ntder th
secretaries of the various mmutries, a ,
well as other officials, have "absolutely
refused to take their orders from th '
Kapp gorrameeat. Soma ef them hav
quit BerlinV . 1
Geaoral Strike Catiaae.
The general strike . proclaimed aot
is more pronounced today thaa aver
witn tne result that tnousaads ars leei
ing the pinch of hunger,, aad the 80- .
rialist and 'labor leader are urging '
that this weapon be used in its full 7
force in behalf ef th constitutionalists,
Capital punishment has beea de- -creed
by Major Oeaeral voa Laettwita
for those fomenting strikes of exercis- -
ing passiv resistaace ia aay vital ser
vice. This decree waa declared to be
effective after 4 o'clock thia sfternooo, .
but ills considered questionable wheth-
er t this threat will be put into opera- ,
tion. With the extension of th strik
aad th determiaatioa of the' striksr
that would mean serious bloodshed.' '
It hss been estimated that sixty per
sons were kilted la yeserday's fighting,
although thia figure U seml-ofllelally de
nied. There were fresh collisions today
i: ths aeighborheod of Potadsmer. L
platta,.'--- -
FACED GALLOWS TWICE '
. HE GETS FIVE THOUSAND ,
Jaeksoa, Miss. March leV-The Stat
Treasury was today authorised to pay to -
Wrfi-Purvtaf-of-Lamar-eounty, $5ft0&
two years ia th Stat penitentiary aa'
a result of a false eoavietioa. Governor
rfstrt-th-Wll re--
eet!y?pssscabyllothxIoser of tha '
Xlgislsr .utarii the payinit. . "
rorvis waa exonerated by a aeata Bed '
coafesiloa of a Mario county farmer-
POPULATION STATISTIC
ANNOUNCID BT BCBXAV.
' Washington, March 1L Danville,
Illinois, 33,730; Inereese, STSr S1.1
per cent. ;V -' i-U--.-
. LaFayette, Indiana, 22,456: increase.
Fred-JWM -r.llJIBTsat,. .
- mngnsmtea, 1, oowuj increase,
18,357, or 37.9 pew vent.
- Oak Park, IlL 3A30s tacr'ease, SO?
386 or 104 per cent. ' .
Mattoea,.IU-:i3,tt: Ue rests, saz.
er 17A per cent ' - 1 - '
Newport, Ky- 29,317 decrease, y?"
or per rent. - .
-There W ao" "sulwf ilute for" iir'-
ronii'eian Cliv Oil. t