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n ! ''j . T T tl Tri THE WEATHER: Pair Uuikr, wsrnwri Mmi dsy fair. continued warnv , WATCH LACIL. , . M H ., IHHll I ears kafere nrtntwfe end evete ; erver VOL CXL NO. 81. , FORTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. r RALEIGH, N. G, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1920. FORTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. PRICE- FIVE CENTS ' T REATY RETURNED TO PRESIDBflf BY A SEriATE EMPLOYES Mr. Wilson Expected To, Let Document Lie On Desk Dur (ing Next Campaign KOYEMENT TO RECALL AWAKES LITTLE PROGRESS Unsettled State of SenaU Opin ion Prevents Calling Up Bes olution To Declare Stat cf Peace ; Resolution Offered In . House; Country Still Technl , caDy at War - -'- Washinften, - March 10. After . n troubled eight un ths' sojourn ia Ike Scute, the treat with Germany was luk ia the keeping- f Pnsident WU 1 sou tonight with a Bote appended say ing that ratifleati&n had been refuted, i. What tb President! aext mev ' Would- be, remained conjectural, and -. "Whit Boot officiate declined to eon .ment.' The general feeling I of officials elsewhere about the Capital, however, ' vat that Mr. Wilson probably would ,.; let the treaty lie on hia deak while the - bitter controversy it haa raised ia i' foaght -out la the political pampaign. ' The treaty waa "taken back te the White House, early in the day by a bevy officiala and messenger front the ornate, in pursuance, or an roar anopi ed teat aught after a fourth rota oa ; ratification had failed to an nater the accessary twe-thirda. It waa delivered to Secretary Tumulty, who receipted for .it ia the warn at the Preaideat. j ' Movement ijsearceiy naa ine oay oocumcai, vam yv"lv.n of -' Senate contention through ' Kpinyweeks of Stormy debate snd ne t rotiation, 'panted phy aieally ont of the Capitol building whea aonte at the Sea v ator wh' worked for ratification begam . a movement to recall it and try once anore for a compromise. Mild fessr-r A . . . 11 9 X' At. ratten KenublUnna aad eotnpromlae , . Democrat- discussed the possibilities of nurli an effort without deeiaioa, how ever, and the prediction at leaden en both aides ' rae that ' M proposal for . - a anther reconsideration ever would take - -The unsettled aUta af Senate epla- '4r In, nevertheless, had , the effort of . VI I - n . L. lmm n 4k" Wcihhlteam - lcadm for'aiagft tif a declaration of r pac, aaifcwan decided after many . onfereaeeTlhTt::th-olntioa for that pnrpoaa -probably 'would not bo arged before late aext waek. PreTiaoaly the pnrpoaa had beea to bring it p Monday j and preaa it for early actioau Ia making this deeiaioa the majority i ananagera ia the Senate are aaderatood to hare been influenced la part by na determiaed factors ia the House, which also would hate to act oa a peace reso lution, and whose leaden balked at a aim Mar proposal test December, Most cf the tanking members of tha Bouse foreign affaire committee, in whose Lands tha , resolution would fall, wera ' out of town, and had net informed their . asaoeiatea of their attitude. . " During tha day the Senate waa aot " ia aesaioa. but the quesHoa-ef a pence declaration was raised in the House by Representative Tinkham, Bcpubliean, MaaaaehuaetU, Who introduc,ed a dee V laratory resolution and had it referred without debate to tha fareiga af fain committee. - la iU general prorlsloat ; it followa the reaolutioa af Senator Kaox, Bepabliean, Penasylraaia, which la backed br the BepubUeaa Senate . leaders. Both provide for repeal' of tha declaration of war, for eertaia aet tlementa with Germany, aad for a dec laratioB of international poliey. Technically at War. Until sons affirmative action la taken "1 by Congress or the Preaideat to end the war etaluaTegally. th technical position wf the country remains, officiate say, fast what it waa the day aftor the armistice waa signed. War' legialatioa roatinuea la force, and ajader tha War Department interpretation of the altaa--tloa, the President retains his war rowers as eommaader-in-chief to keep American troops at whatever poet ia Germany be thlaka aeeesaary . to ea-j force the armlstiee) terms, . r I Tha Preaideat haa erp rested emphat ia diaapprTnl of aeeariag a teebaieal peace status by aay method except rati tteatloa of the treaty. Senator gener ally do aot believe be has altered that position,, and the' BepubUeaa Senate .leaders aoaddeatlr expeet ttat if they Mta a peace resolution he will veto it. They hope, bewerev te secure eaough Democratic support te repass it in both " Houses by the accemary two-t hirdi ma- . SgS ..Benate offieUte, who hare had physi cal custody of the treaty siaee JalrlO. when Preaident Wilaoa himself carried it inU tho fleaate ehamberr lost a '.time today la obeying the .mandate te return it te the White House. Ae " compsniod . by -! mtmt.mmaatttK... George A- iteadetneev Jacsetary af-the Senate, took it tothe eieeutlre effieej bright and' early thi' 8Borainaand bad to waH nearly an hour before Mr. -Tumulty apeeied te receipt foe it. , ' The big voluma, wrapped ia browa paper aad bound up with red Upa, a ; first waa taken into tke offieo of Bn ' dolph rorster, execotire ejerh ef the "White Howee, bnt Mr. Saadersoa do " " cliaed to leer it antU he bad a-rer. minaS br the 'secretary to the President. When Mr. Tumulty arrived bo went for a talk with the President. AleaostfJt he"' etepaed before h re taraed te And tha treaty oa hie desk aad Mr. Saadersoa aad hte assistants fter" the reeeipt bad been signed one of the messengers took up . the (Coj mtlaaed warar Twe.) GERMANY'S STRONG MAN WILL RETURN Parte.' March C0-HiTas. Casta Kosks, who 'tendered bis resignation a minister of defense to President Ebert of Germany, haa decided to remain in office, the social Democrata and Dem ocratic, members of the assembly having given him a vote of confidence. ' , Reports of Disturbances' Come Principally From tndus ; trial Centers Berlin, March 0 (By The Amoeia ted Press Something of its normal as pect returned to Berlin late today and th only reports of a disturbing nature same from cities and towns outside the eapltalpriacipally , those in Bhin In dttstrtel eentera .where local soviet gov. erumenta aad eommoolst gtme r declared to have been act np. ' To what $xtisX JXk .'sid if ia control la jjp r finitely known,-but Uut there r tea ion dlsordea of all "kiad among the rteboring V lmte ia JtheM.'plaec is gnaally aer.epted. V' , ,,.' Pear of aa attack by tha commtmiste he . yesterday wr. J jreported ! to, be marching' en Berlin, has caused treat tension among the police and military, who have taken all precautions. A doa ble row 6f barbed wire entanglements it all the cross streets rues from the north westers part of the City at Moabit, in a eemi-circle found the inner city at far aa Seheeaeberg. This is reinforced with, machine guns" and. manned by strong bodies' of troops, i Hl ' j A decree by, President 'Ebert, -pro-elaiming an iateaaiflod atate of siege ia Berlin may have been responsible to a considerable extent ia bringing about this decrease In the disorders, but it Is generally believed that tha settling of the strike in Berlin, which through out the thortHiveJ regim of Dr. fcapp, resulted in much disorgahixation, wat the chief elemeat ia the reiteration of at least partially normal condition. , - It is sxpeeted that the .workmen will be given extensive concessions,' al though these have not yet been an nounced. Early ia the - day the strike wat rigorously enforced,' Socialist and Spartaeaa pieketa , patrolling ; the city. ' Chancellor Bauer, Foreign. Minister Mueller and Herr Giesberts, minister ef posts and telegraphs, are ia Berlin, hav ing arrived from Stuttgart this morn ing..: These ulalsten participated in the aegotiations which culminated In the settlement of the labor difficulties, ' No momentous decision relative to to the future conduct ef affain ia Ger many it looked tVr before the arrival here of President; Ebert and the other memben of -his ministry. Various quarters predict chaoges in th, make up of th government, v : TT Word come from Stuttgart that the national-, assembly ; meeting called for Tuesday ia Berlin haa been postponed to' Thursday.- , -' ,- ; ( .' The Bourse will reopen i Tuesday. Money exchange quotation will be made Monday in the 'Chamber of Commerce. The News and Observer's ' Will be .. ... ( , r Reiervationa t ot "Advertiflinjr Space are now beinf; received. "Cftll v one . of our representatives and ' '"make yfar arrangements early. ' - . --"Don't'Forget' Carolina Automotive Ex- . . ? pocliion, Raleigh,. April 12 to' 17," GOiilPERS ATTACKS PROPOSAL MADE BY lliiBODY Recommendation for Joint Rep resentation Declared To Be . ; . 1- Impracticable -:-.t MACHINERY TO SETTLE DISPUTES EXISTING NOW Preaideat of American Pedera tion of Labor Seea No Rea s ' ion ' For National IndnstrlAl Board; Preaent Machinery , Pnnctiona .Perfectly When v. Imployea Show Eight Spirit .Washington, March 20-(By The As sociated Press) Beeommendatlons by President Wllton't eonfereae for the settlement of industrial unreet were attacked today r by Samuel Gompera, rresidsnt of th American rederatioa of Labor. Y--'"'-'fr1 The labor leader, la a prepared state ment said th machinery for adjust ing dispute between employee , aad employen "which baa for yean beta la existence in practically every organ' teed Industry in the United States te superior to. the rmacBiaery now sug gested by the Industrial conference both ia " point of simplicity and in point of - effeetlveneea. V- i.-. - Preaent Machinery BaBcUat The eonfennc". said Mr. Gompen, "has devised a mass of machinery te be mada effective by law. composed of National Industrial beard and local and retrioaal eoafereneee aad .board ef in quiry. The whole situation ia tats re spect may be summed a p. as follows i Tried and tested anaeaiasry I or con ciliation and arbitration between am ployen, and employee exists wherever employe are organised. i This machinery funetlo a perfectly wherever employen forsake the spirit of dominance and the attitude or an teener. . . .. .-. ,- .Through th use ol tbia maentnery it has been found possible to maintain in dustrial peaee with na stoppage of work ef any kind for periods ranging from ten te forty years, no maeaiacry devised. by the government, of any of its ageaeie, could achieve result M' perlor te tb rosuUa.jt;hieved..by: nia ehinfry which las long been ia bpera- ttott 4k eur. industrial life. 4 J. , 'In industries where His employe are not organised, ao machinery ef any kind, 'whether supervised - by govern mental aeeneies or otherwise, can pro- dues industrial justice. . . v .Werken Mast Organise " "Organizatioa of the worker ts the fact upon which must be predicated th existence of any machinery for the set' tlement of disputes or the extension of tb principles of democracy in indus try. - , '.. ' : 1 . ,. , "Surely no intelligent agency can hope to achieve progress ia American indus try without organization of the workers. With organization of the workers, ae structure of machinery need be thrust upon it from the outside. " ' Organiza tion brings with it machinery which is both adequate and practical, the result of experience shorn of any of th fan tasies of pure theory. 'The report or the industrial confer ence merits criticism of a very serious nature in connection- with the emphasis which it places 'on what It terms 'Em ploye representation', ander which gen eral, term it groups those' distinctly lo eal shop organizations known ns shop committees, shop council, Works conn cite and representative government In industry It is to be feared that the commission' views industry from "the viewpoint of th single shop and buildt it machinery en the theory that dis pute arc, to be settled shop' by shop, if such a viewpoint is to be actually earried into opentlon.it will be most disastrous. : Mast Organise Industries , "Unavoidably organization with in dependent shop units of the employes te a menace to th workera for the. reason that It organizes' them away from each other and puts them ini position where ahop msy be played against shop.. Not only tbe wilfare rof theworkeraTTbut th best economy for the nation de mands that industry, ia-to-far as pos sible, be viewed in a National light and that th worken be united into orrtnl- satloa covering whole Industrie a is tCeatlaacd l 'a Pag Two.) ' published ..-;' VOULD HAVE LABOR IT Joint Organization of Manage ment and Employes Pro : posed By Conference CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT FOR SETTLING DISPUTES Industrial Conference Presents . Modified' Plan, Tot Making: Machinery , Available , Por "Collective Bars;ainin With ' Only Incidental Arbitration,' Eeport States Washington, atarch SO-Joiat organ ization of management aad employes "as . me-.ns ef pnvenftei; misunder standing and of securing eo-epentiv effort" throughout American indottry I proposed by the Industrial Confer ence appointed by President Wilson in a report to the President made puoue here today.' ' . h 'The conferee in their report tate that they, have modified th tentative plan ef machinery to adjust oupr-M in,' general industry by eonfereaees, eonciliatioit, inqairy and arbitration, announced by the Conference en De cember C9, 1019, and that they have endeavored-tocr develop metbedsef-prevention rather than adjustment ef labor difficulties. Tha modified plan, devised since, the conference, yeeonvened teat January 12. it is said, make machinery available for "collective bargaining with only incidental and limited arbitnttoa. The plan has been exteaded te cover disputes affecting public utilities other thaa steam railroads aad ateo to gov ernment aad ether publte employes. Ia addition the. report analyse tne development of Industrial jlationa. houn of labor, women " in ; Indostry, ehild labors hooting, .wages, profit sharing, thrift ageaoiet, inflation and high cost t liviig, agrienltnre. unem ployment and a public employment clearing fcoute. - ' - r:'i .t, causes er L'areet. The causes ef industrial unrest an set forth as including nbs rise ia th cost of . living, unrestrained , specula tion, spectacular instances or e festive profits, excessive ueeumatetiotd ntit use t wetth. lnc(itiaitty and readjnm- ment of wage schedule, release f 4dea aad emotions by the war, social revo lutionary theories .imported from ,Ea rope, th belief thai free speech is re stricted, th iatermltteacjr of -employ ment.: fear of nnempioymeat, unnec essarily high' infest mortality ia ia- dustrial centers, lots of personal con tact ia large industrial units aad the culmination of a growing belief oa the part of both employen and employes that a readjustment is necessary to a wholesome continunity ef their united effort," " '" ' ," ' " ' Industrial problems vary , aot only with each industry, the report says, but in .each establishment. "Tnenfon the strategic place to begin battle with mis- understanding ia within the industrial plant itself. -Primarily tha settlement must come from the bottom not from th top." Th conference, in express ing its approval of "employe represen tation' says it is not a fteld for leglste tlon, because the form whieb sueh rep resentation, should take may vary is every plant. For this reason the rec ommendation is directed solely to maa- agere snit employee. If the joint organization of. i agement and employes .in the plant or industry fails to reach the collective agreement," says tie . report, , "or if without - such joint' organisation, dis putes arias which an aot settled by ex isting agencies, then the Conference proposes a system of settlement through National Industrial Board, Local Be- glonal Conference and Boarda of In quiry,' .' - ' , -f A Distinctive Ptea. . Thi plan which the Conference say te ''based upon American experience and designed , to meet American condi tions" is national in scops snd opern tion and yet decentralized. It ie said to be different from any thing in ope ration elsewhere and employs no. local authority except the right ofinquiryn Its basic idea is stimulation to settle ment of peace by the parties in con flict and ths enlistment of public opin ion toward enforcing that method ef settlement.- - .-"-.w y - The 'Begional' Adjustment Confenne proposes a board to consist of four rep icsentative selected, by. th parties to ths dispute, aad four ethen ia their Industry-chosen by thw sad familiar with their problem. , It would be pre sided over by a trained government of ficial, the Bcgienal chairman, ho would act al a conciliator. If an aan- imooa agreement wen reaehtd, it would result ia a collective bargain having the tame . effect if reached by Joint or ganisation in th hop.' - t ailing to ngre unaaimonsiy - - the matter,, with certain restrictions, would go to ths National ' Industrial Board, naleee the disputants prefered a nrata alry chosen umpire. ' Meanwhile both partis to the disoute have agreed that then shall be no in- terferenr. with production pending, the processes ot ndjuttnenU. If ths, par ties,' or either of them, however, re fuses voluntarily te submit the dispute te ue proeesse or - tne pisa ef ad- Justmest, a Begional Board of Inquiry is formed by ths Begional e! airman of two employen aad two employes i rout, the industry and not parties to the dis pute. This board may subpoena wit nessea and records and publisb.lt Cad lugs as guide to public opinion, v national inaaatrlal Beard. - The National Industrial .Board la Washingtoa would have general over sight ef ths workings of ths plan which in addition to being applicable te pub--... (Continued en Page Thrtt.) . 1 DSIIiCO! ROL SENATOR NEWBERRY GIVEN , SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS IN PRISON BY FEDERAL COURT WILSON RECEIVES SUPPORT OF SOUTH Southern ' Senators Stand By Administration and Defeat .Lodge Resolution REPUBLICAN HOSTS IN STATE OF DIVISION NOW On Ere of Mational Convention, Cries of Prand and Chicanery Come With Increasing Pre qnency; lines Will Be Drawn . Between Old Guard and The Progressive Element 5 The Newt snf Observer Bureau, 903,1 District National Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. - (By Special Lfltsedi'Win.) -Washington, March SO. The defeat, Anm l.nr.tv tn ftnutherw sVnaton wha have loyally stood by President Wilson la bis light for the League, ef the Lodge resolution to ntify the treaty of peace with Germany and the growing bitter- . - ... u . t ; j : j . low SSD1 w ariwiiucu cuviiwm for the presidential aominatioa nn the chief political developments of the week nt the Capitol. ( Beepeeting the defeat ef the lodge procrnm ef making peace, - President Wilson, according to Admlalstntlon Democrats, will issue statement to the people f the Uaited States wlthla the next few days. - In that statement tt is srenenlly believed that he will pit at rest all rumors regarding hit candi dacy fee aominatioa for a third time, but will ask the Democrata at a Fran cis to support hi program of submit ting th treaty te that "solemn referen dum" te which her referred ia his eelo brated Jackson Day message. Bepablleaa Boats Divided. To add to th bitterness which ha for soma time been a prominent featun f I th BepubUeaa contests over the presi aenttai aemmauen, aneaaaa vr m "" tiplicity ef tries of fraud and ehleaae'jf burled' front wnw camp te s aether, the Beonblieaaa. with the eeaveation thaa 90 days off, face the supreme task of 'settinc from under" the rsapossi bllity for th delay ia returning the amatrr to a normal - vjeaee It te between the Old Guard and th Proeressivss that the lines will be drawn tightest, as of yore. As account ing of stewardship is soon te be called for by Boss Psaree aad to his Hue Italian hand wiU fall th job of nait- in th waTrtng faction in the party, 8cnator III ram Johnson, ftnt to start "ths eld bell" rolling with his broad side fired st the Minnesota state ma chine, and Senator Borah, loae victor ia the titanic Senate struggle wmcn Be gan teat July, an going te lend the Bc publiean element n favor of repudiat ing the treaty while tollowon of Wood, Harding, and Lewden, nre according to present indications going to tasks fight for the endorsement of the treaty with reservations that reserve " rather than nullify. - Politicians in both psrties, it is gen erally agreed, are going to favor "some kind of League of Nationa but most ot the attempts to differentiate, ia ths final analysis, ' reflects the- line-np in the Senate as indicated bjt Fridsy's vote. Of the 23 Democrats who 'voted against ntifieation 19 were Southern Senators who have confidently followed the administration. From the ' West, when the foreign vote te n predominant factor, came, the . Democratic votes , ia favor of the Lodge resolution. Excep tions wen in the cases of Senator Hoke Smith and Senator Bansdell, ot Louis tens. In th North indication are that th fight for th control of the next Congress and the White House will find the league ss the htg issue. KepabUcans An Celebrating. 1 Ths ek-nreness f -th-:Bepubli' la aot borne out by popular sentiment bat-en- ue contrary this - cock-sun is camouflage, in the Opinion of well informed .politicians. - The hilarity ot ths Be publics aa ever the defeat of the treaty, it waa "Americanised by the Massachusetts, atatetman, Is due largely to. ths hop that "th treaty, for the urns being, will obscure tha natioaa issues on.. which theBcpublican.psrty I so "unprepared to go to tb polls. Aad by the time the November elec tion roll sround, as they esJeulate, th treaty will b. almost ' wrgattn, ms-: Ia ths metnwhile, '. the grand row which Is brewing for Chicago will be over probably aad Chairman - Hay aad that committee of one hundred and seventy-one, using the" latest svailable figures, - will have, by the aid of ths women and the children of the coun try, Vtfl'-Mf:$tfM-1Mmm'WWl which to invite support of the Reptb licaa candidate to succeed Mr. Wilson. . Newberry Sentence Blew., Probably ths chief blow the Republi cans havs received, next to the treaty blow, Is ths conviction of United State Benstor Truman H.- Newberry and the enteaee of the Michigan toloa to two yean ia the Leavenworth prison for conspiracy in the election contest with Henry Ford. Under his promise aoremhly made M the floor of the Senate, this verdict will cause Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, of Illinois, to renounce his allegiance to thp Republican pirrty- d'ih'ttfrj uenuynta. - Senator Sherman engaged in a till with Benstor Stanley, ef Kentucky, over the Newberry ease and dramatically ..--r ----, -:v--.' .. f .(CenUased 'ea'-Pagw-Tw.r:'-' PORD HAS NOTHING ' TO JAY ABOUT TIIAL. Detroit, Mich, March MHeary Ford, Democratic apse sent ef Tru man H. Newberry, la th ISIS San atoria! campaign, declined te dtecwa the eoaveetlea of Seastef Newberry, aad his associates tonight, Ashed for a statement, Mr. Ferd said be bad thing te say at this tine either ae te the Newberry rasa or the forth eemlng receaat ef ballots cast ia the sleet lea. . - CLEVELAND TO SEND Lieut. Gov. Gardner Backing Movement To Send Them to State Convention Shelby, March SOy--CtevcIand will end women nf delegate te the Znm oeratie State contention unless th pro posal nude tonight by Lieut. Gov. O. Max Gardner fails and it will not fall, it l declared. Cleveland eouaty women will sit in th Dwnoentio 8tat con vention unlet torn daring and unex pected influence apptan on , the scene at Balelgh, it le: declared. County Chairman a M. Mull said to night that Lieut. Gov. O. Mas Gardner expected to urgently nquest the Cleve land county Democrat! . convention, which haa been called to meet April S to appoint a rmmber of women as dele gates to the Democratic State conven tion. The county is entitled te IS dele gates to ths State convention sad Chair man Mull thought that prebably six women would be chosen. , It is well known hen that County Chairman Mull and Congressman Clyds Hoey sre sn thuslastte believer In equal suffrage. ' When athed Concerning th statement made by Mr. Mull, Lieut. Gov, Gardner said tonight that th matter ot alec ting women t delegates would be presented to th Convention and that b weald argue Tor . us election of the weeatn. Mr. Gardaer bousva that th State eea veation would sent th women if elected-! How can th convention da otherwise thsn seat them, said Mr. Gardner, "if in present proper endentlate are pre tented from tha county convention. It is true that the ptea ef organisation of in Demoentie party doe aot content plate th participation of women ia the convention bt in view of the fact that it te ao longer questioned thut women will vote in th general election this year, if not la ths primary In Jane, the party should seeord recognition to ths State Democ ratio women. At 'any rate liieveiaaa county wishes to recognise its women as fitted to bar a direct pan in, the atlairs of th common' wealth. . BRYAN SCORES DEFEAT OF TREATY AS A CRIME "Commoner" Declares Action . of SenaU Must Not Be Al lowed To Stand ' Kew Hsvea. Conn., Manh SOW7!! ltsm Jennings Bryss, who wss ea his way to Boston from New York today, In diseossing the rejection ef the treat declared: ,. . "The defeat of the trestr te s eoleaml crime sgainst eur own country and th world. It we allow a minority of th Senate to dictate the poliey of the Sen ate on this momentous question we be tray aemoeraey and turn our facet back ward toward arbitrary power, aad arbl trary power as exercised br a few. is scarcely less '"hateful than arbitrary power as exercised by one ' Mr. Bryan also said: "The action of tne jnenat is tne mpr disgneefHl Jbs? sBnaVn. I ttm Oiae4(nH sua fv.a..UA V..S erat and th Irreconcilable foe ot the treaty, whom the Democ rati have been denouncing for eight months. If the action of th Senate is permitted, to stand ws Invite confusion at home and chaos abroad, But ths action of the Senate should net be allowed to stand as th verdict of th nation. ' The majority In Con gTees sheuld easert lUelf at -eaee, first by declaring the war at aa ead seeond by deelsrlng ia fsver ot tb nation's participation in the League of NsUons uca term ss th majority shall agree upoa; third by proposing aa amendment to the cssstltutioa permit ting a majority . ot th . Senate, and House to ntlfy a treaty by joint reso lution and In ths sams way define-the nation's foreign policy, thus making it s easy to end a war as to begin it In the meantime ths people should wire nnd write to senaton and the President, urging ntifieation. A chsnge of four votes will be uffielent,' TBOoifS SURRENDER -AT'l:"T -j HAMBURG, SATS REPORT Copenhtgeni March 9r Troops of the Von Luettwits forces which wen being besieged in the castle st Schleswlg,'70 miles Northwest of Hamburg, have sur rendered nneondiuonsnyanarrpower is sgain in ths nundi ot the old govern ment, according te 'the Nsehriehten of Hambofrg. "Uf the cattle garrison six ' Were killed or badly wounded. On the people aide one man wss killed aad on wenneV ed. - i- : ;-.. I ..... Imported Pompeten Olive Oil is sold VHDELEGATES ia tin; never in bulke Adv. ;- Junior United States Senator From Michigan Convicted Ru CoHomI Pnnri Iiipu t Grand Rapids ; DECLARES INTENTION OF ' ' REMAINING IN SENATE UNLESS ORDERED OUT . . . - Sharina The Pate of The Be -. publican Senator Is Brother, John 8. He wherry, and Pif teen Campaign Manaf ers ; Pour Sentenced To Leaven worth Por' Violation of Elec tion Laws; Judg-e Sessions Imposes Utmost , Limit of Law On PrinolTJal Deiendant : Evidence of Defense Con- n victs 'Defendants Ztftj. Grand Bapids, Mieh Mewl i 2A Tm maa H. Newberry, Junior United State Senator from Michigan, waa today con victed by a jury ef having conspired , criminally in IBIS to violate th elcc tioa laws. He wa sentenced by Jndjg Clarence w. sessions to tws years lm prisonment and fined S10.000, released oa bond pending an appeal and at one Issued statement, declaring ate fovea- lis to ntala hi seat in tb upper nous anles thst body decide ethsrwise, or . A ' l.U. Vl I - MO oupnme court upaoius ais eowvic tion. "' . i. . ;, ' , Sharing th fat ef th Senator were his ttenr, John 8. Newberry aad fif- teen campaign managers, Including Frederick Cody, New York, and Paul II, EUtig, Detroit. . Both these men received the limit sentence with their Chief. Charlet A. Floyd, Detroit, wa also sentenced pt two yean ia th peniten tiary, butshe .wn fined only half a much Newberry. The brother wa lined 10,000 gad wa on of four who were aot sentenced to Leavenworth.'.,: The lightest sentence went to Georg B. Ladd, af Fturbrldge, Mats, and bs w fiaed SLOW. -,. t.'-; .,; ': r;..7; r. i Newberry Bean Sentence. . Th jury wad ready with its trdkt st lliia a. m. Less thaa half an hour later they had beea discharged by the cenrt after- freeing 6s ef th S3 de feadantav There wtt a brief respite for luaeheoa, then the Senator and hia 18 associates wers brought into eoart again. News of th convection had beea spread around the city and th room was jamatedV . Ordered to, stand before th bar, th men ranged themselves ia a crescent, the Senator on th left and his brother next. ; - -V--; Th stir of ranging th men Wore th bar died away te absolute stillness. In quiet tones Judge Session asked if any of the men wished to say anything before sentence was pronounced. They stood mute.- Then -the court, in even voice, read th time-honored formula of sentence. -. ? ::.. ;.-.-v, ' Truman H. Newberry, ia your esse. It is the judgment of the court that you b confined in th penitentiary at Leavenworth for the full time and per iod of two years aad be fined 110,000," said ths judge. Absolute Slteeee Prwvalls. ' No one stirred ns the audience caught, the words that showed the judge had' addressed against th principsl defen dant the heaviest Sentence allowed by the tew. Eaeh succeeding sentence to prison or heavy fine waa received la stoical silence. ' ' Immedistelv after tha sentences had been pasted, Frank C. Dalley, of Indian.' spoils, special assistant attorney gen eral and ehief prosecutor, wiped th slat clean by moving the dismissal of :o of the 135 respondent to th indict ment who had pleaded "no contest.' ' Hs als moved the dlschsrge of Elmer E. White, of4Tnversc!iCity.' whowaa , given a severance because ot (lines and of James Dailey, a Muskegon contractor, who went to South America on business before government tfie'isls could serve " him with a warrant.' , . ' . .... . Ninety day were granted th attor neys for the convicted men in .which ' to perfect aa appeal. Then court ad- , journed. t , Defeass Convicts Def cedents. 'tltta Vh tirrAra mailt liw kaS imuJ -" ijot .to ditcutt their deliberation tb rula' did not bold good after they bad beea released from service. Several said that- th defense testimony itself " waa largely -responsible for ' the adverse ' verdict, particularly Fang's statement on th stand that he had warned New berry in New York that the campaign would cost st least S30.000. ,- , it was also learned that in view of this testimony and, the numerous let ters between King and Newberry intro- dueed b the it .aliaw mIvImHa motive and innocent intent in the cam paign, ths jurors, had no difheultv in agreeing yesterday that a conspiracy had existed. With this as a basis they started to ballot n whether all the -. S3 defendant were guilty aad stood at nins to thTee all day Friday on this ' propositus. JSarly today this vote wa changed to tea te to two when a dead lock loomed a a possibility, the major ity agreed not. te .attempt to convict - the minor-defendants. rOae.vots -only . ws taken on Newberry. It wss twelve to nothing for guilt, - ' . i 4 Th Seateacea Imposed. - - -Sentences Were -pronounced .upon tl , (Csatlaaed ea Pag Two.) 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The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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