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VOL CXI. NO. 82.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
JE1GH, N. Cf MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1920.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY, fl-
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
The
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BEGIN WORK TODAY
DECLARATION
FOR PEACE STATE
Republican Leaders of Senate
And House To Begin Hold
ing Conferences,
OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO
FORM OF STATEMENT
Principal Oppoiition To Folic
. ' Declaration Expected From
Irreconcilable Element in
. Senate ; Knox Se solution Ex
neoted To Have Right Of
Way
Wsshington, March 12. Although ae-
tire step to declare atate jot paee
by congressional resolution are sat
i expected until late this week, Bepub-
liean leaden of the Senate and House
are to begin conference! tomorrow on
the exact form euch a declaration ahould
" take.
Borne Senators and repretentetive
- wanf-to -phrasrthe penes measure" m
the simplest affirmative terms, others
prefer .to repeal the declaration of war
and go on record demanding certain
-concessions from Germany, while still
others are for inclusion of some sort of
a) declaration of international policy-.
The principal ftfrpBsltSon'Ttf a" policy
declaration is expected. to coma from
the treaty irreconcilable in the Sen-
- ute, some of .whom hare told the major
ity leader they consider the time inop--portune
for Congress: to take any blnd-
- ing stan a on the subject. These Sen
ators do no( like even the pending
pence resolution by Senator-Knox, Be
publican, Pennsylvania, which reaffirms
. the belief of Congress in an interna
tional tribunal and disarmament.
- For the present, bowevery th Knox
resolution has the right of way ao far
as the Senate program is concerned.
It was reported by the Foreign Rela
tions committee in December and, un
less present plans are changed will
form -the basia Of opening diaeussiea
of the subject late thle . week on the
Senate floor, v v ''.
' I the Hortse, the situation , ia lest
definite, the Republican leaden there
- having formulated, nepolieyi la De-
cember they declined to let the cjues-
turn ef peace -deelarfttloif emus up it
tilt bat many House Members believe
the case may be different now that the
Senate. again nan refused to-ratify the
treatyr-TBe House Foreign Affair nr
mittee already has several peace) meas
ures before it and Representative -Brit
ten, jtepuDiican, uiiuoia, announced to
night he would introduce another to
morrow. - , '
With the treaty back at the White
House and plant for peaee declaration
still in their formative stage, a respite
of several day generally is expected
in congressional debate on the issues
raised in connection with the establish
ment of peace. .
LONDON PAPER THINKS.
. STORMY CAMPAIGN AHEAD
Timet Asks. English People To
Be Patient While It Is
In Progress
- London, March 21 Th London Timet
in a long editorial on the rejection of
the Feace Treaty by the United States
Senate says that the "rout of President
Wilson is for the, time being com
plete 'and expressed fear that the pros
pect for the treaty and -League of Na
tions being the leading issue in the
coming American Presidential cam
paign must be accepted. -
Referring to the warning of ita Wash'
.- ington correspondent that England in
1 the campaign will be denounced as the
... oppressor of Ireland, i srsia, India, and
Kgypt and the supporter, together with
France of the "new imperialism," the
Time sayi: .; a. -v: ' -'
- We havegon through the time' sort
or storms before, though this one prom
"iscf to be exceptionally violent and
they nave not hurt nt very much.
It expresses , the hone that "in view
of the inflsmtnstory state of the Amer-
lean reelings during a .campaign of
meatus, British statesmen will refrain
from repeating .the 'extraordinarily
mischievous blonder which the crime
minister committed in his latest ysfer-
once . to the treaty sad the League.",
TRYING TO RE-PURCHASE
PRY GOODS FOR EXPORT
' Christiana, Korway, March 20. Ameri-can-
representatives are trying . to re
purchase dry goods and wearing apparel
bought from tha United States from
1918 to 1920 for re-export to the United
States as the prices of these commodities
li SO per tent iower than those now pre-j
ailing in tne American markets Im
mediately after the war' Norway, was
flooded with American dry goods and
' wearing apparel nnfl Norwegian firms
placed large orders ia America for fur
ther delivery. '.
The Norwegian embargo vow in force,
prohibit sue! export as demanded bf
tho American repreeentatviea.
CAPI TO CAIRO FLIGHT ' -
'Blf AIR IS COMPLETED
'. ,f .
London, March Slo-Tha air ministry
today announced the Cairo to Cape to
ward aerial flight waa completed at i
, ..o'clock, Jatttrday,AfternepnJby ihe, atj.
rical of Colonel Van Rynevold and Ma
jor Frand in a Voertrekkert machine
aupplied by the -Union of South Afrira
government toreplace -the wrecked
'Klver Queen.".
Ya i' 1 oil M finite so gto Jm.
WIFE GREAT HELP
TO PLANT WIZARD
t , 1 . i
Lather Barter and hia wife, napped
in their garda nt 8anU atoaaCol
Though hia wife" it many years bit
junior itlicr ..Burba nk, ths.. California
plant wizard, dependa upon, her to ar
range all hia interviews with newspaper
correspondents and . magazine writers
aa well as other visitors who wish to
know about his work. She also attends
to all of hia correspondence).
Senator's Campaign Manager
Issues Statement Charging
...u v. A Frame-Up
M '-''C'-'ff-':
Grand Rapids, Mien March 2l." PauU
.-- King,-amiirn manager ijor Rsnavr
tor imman n. iewDerry u mi,
one of the 17 men convicted Saturday
violate the federal corrupt practices act,
Uasued a statement tonight ehaeaeteris-
ins ths outcome of the notable trial
just concluded, as "indication of the
power of the administration with all
the agencies of the government at ita
eommandi';-'""- """T"
Senator Jfewberry's J. eampaig" Zm
the cleanest ever1 conducted," the
statement said.; The right of Michigan
voters to choose their Senators without
Presidential interference," Mr. King
said, would be vindicated in o higher
court. The statement follows in part:
"The result of the trial indicates the
. j .L. AH;H,;nn v;th ail
of the agencies of the government at its I
command, backed up by the great in
fluence and vast wealth of Henry Ford.
"No jury and no court can snake
a criminal out of me nor out of my as
sociates. . We are. the only ones who esn
do thaV and Jth..weetot.done
nor will not do. v ' ..
"There is, thank, God, another day
nd anqthef court in which justice
will ultilnately bo done and this mon
strous thing made right." - '
. "The right 'of Michigan Bepublieant
to' conduct their own primary without
Presidential interference and the right
of Michigan voters' freely to choose
their own United Statea Senator will
eventually bo vindicated." With that
will eome personal vindication of each
one of the men . who have, already sae-
nfieed much, but who are willing to
sacrifice more if need be."
nun no aessits announeemens nas i
W. Littleton, chief of 'defease" comsel,
wilh argur-thcrTeOB tppeiil to ttrf
United States Supremo. Court, t It. hat
been indicated the appeal will be based
largely on the constitutionality of the
corrupt practices act and Judge Ses
sions interpretation or the net In hi
instructions to the jury, ; ..; ... ,
Practically aU the - defendants .. and
their -attorney a had left Grand Rapids
today but Mr. King, who has been
eonnaed to his hotel room for a week
following a nervous breakdown, -y -
DATIS CUP COMMITTEE l" i
-TO- DEFINE EMULATIONS
New York, March 21-A . meeting of
the Davis eup committee will bo held
tomorrow night to outline plan i for
America's participation in the plav for
the ; international , team' tennis cham
pionship tournament rBertr- Summer. J
Various recommendations . will be rire
pared for submisios ti the executive
eommittee of tha rjnited 8ttM laws
Tennis Aseoeiatlon' at eonfereneo next
'Saturday. 'VC ;v- ; ' f -;; t
MARDIGRAS KEXTTEArH
TO BE ON LARGER SCALE
New Orleans, , La., March, 21. An-
nouneement .waa made that the Bex Car
nival organisation would hold its. an
nual parade Mardi Graa in 1921 on a
scale larger than ever before, and the
companies association of Momna aad
.CwnA.-WHldaJj'ft , revlv. ttXmr,
moth parades and balls in 3!21. .
Nothing has ben done by Proteus, and
ao announcement hae been made by the
head of Krewe. Aa soon as the other
organisations hvo decided dtflnitoly
ujion their plans, arrangements will be
S'nrted at once, a it tak.'s many monllis
- an t' ' i r- 1.
M BY
AN INNOCENT
flAN
v.- -v
SOUND
.JO DEFEAT
r
Non-Partizan Political Fight To
- Be Directed Against Candi
dates Opposing Labor :
ITS APPEAL MADE TO
THE BRAIN AND HEART
President of American Federa
tion of Labor Says No Con
stntctire Legislative Meas
tore Has Been Passed Since
Armistice: Money Greed
Strikes At Onr Liberties
(Bv the Associated Prest.)
Washington, March 21 Samuel Oomp-
ers, writing in the current issue of Uie
American Federationist asserts that la
bor's non-partisan political fight will
bo aimed particularly at "defeat of
those candidates who are enemies of
labor."
The fiaht is on." the artiele said
"Labor has no weapon but the truth, no
force but the force of reason and ar
guments. Its appeal is to the heart and
brain of America. Its aim ia the wel
fare of the American nation, the safe
guarding of the American democracy
"Labor's nartisanshio in America has
been to principles, not to panics or 10
men.'
Asserting that labor's right tad heon
'menaced bv many present holders of
political place," Mr. Gompar Mid tM
mm. fc.if Kji.it fAlknajirl'
nntil it "weald scarcely be recognised
by its originators.
jio JBstrctlve an
"More than a year has passed," he
-added, "since silence settled over the
bsttlefields, yet in ajl that tune not nee
measure of really constructive character
has been placed on the nation's statute
books. The National machinery of gov
ernment seema to have been paralysed
into either inaction or reaction by tfco
cessation of hostilities. And never was
the world so starved for great funda
mental progress.'
When ths war ended, hk uompers
said, "aspiration " and ambition were
purer-throughout the world than ever
befora in the time or. ear, written ni
lory. .Faith in "the inherent goodness
tff wemtjerney-Trf sublime :"Md jso-
plete, ho said, but greed brushed au
thisastde." , v
"Money creed, political greed, greed
forpiace and powerrr-thesojiave .been
among ns undoing onr will ana ttria
ing at oar libertiee, be said. -
Labor's Unseinak Alas.
Declaring .that labor ''must contend
for fundamentals that apply to the
whole people," Mr. Compere continued t
"Labor is not ..something impersonal.
It is not like a machine nof ie it like
corporation, - It is the eum total of the
IWeo of all those who are nseiui to tne
world. . ' '
"Therefore, the interest of labor in
leglalation ia no limited interest falling
between any two given points.
"Coneress cannot do any single thing
In which labor is not interested." ' .
WOMEN USI NG DOLLS TO
SMUGGLE IN LIQUORS
Boston, Mass,' March 2L An Italian
immigrant woman t eagerness to remove
from her trunk a targe. China doll led
to the discovery by eustoma officials to
day of 800 quarts of brandy hidden in
various parts of the White Star Liner
Cretie front mediterranean porta.
The officers saw woman Jisstily take
doll from her trunk snd attempt to
carry it away. They also noticed two
other women on the pier cuddling dolls
In their arms. Upon iavestigation they
found a gallon jug ox brandy beneath
the dress of the first doll and a quart
bottle concealed in tha elothing of each
of the othera.
- A search of the vessel brought to light
quantities of liquor stowed in ventila
tors and lockers behind piles of life
. i ,l.
NTCTHIGHWAYBULLl
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
- Volume one, number L one, of the
North Carolina Highway Bulletin with
D. H. Winslow as editor and Miss I
O. Markham aa associate editor,, hae
fceenrrceiidr-Thc porpow efrtherbni-:
Ictin, whiek will be published monthly,
is given as being "first to acquaint the
Bute with ths progress of the 8tato
Highway Commission in its effort to
improve .. tha . roads.. of -North Carolina
and help solve tho rural problems; sec
ond, to take the pnblio of the State ab
solutely t into its confidence regarding
ths aims aad purposes of tho North
Carolina State Highway Commission in
developingftae roads and resources of
tho Btate.tTlw-inltiaL J
bBlletlr-Rtves-TnaehTOraition7-to
eluding tho personnel of the various de
partments working under the Highway
Cnmnt ieeioa., There alse is a list of
sonaiy road officials. s . -s...j
BOLSHEVIK I CLAIM THEY
London, March 21 A Bolshevik eom
mnnicatioji received hero today aaytt '
"In the dlreetioa of Novoiossisk wo
Lave reached the river Kubaa and cap
tured six thousand prisoners and twenty
fans.
"Ia tha region of Yekaterinodsr wt
hare taken 15,000 prisoner and a large
number ef gust ad- ciach booty. . . v-
Psatpono Aatomobile Race.
Lot Angvles, March 2L The 4h res no-
tomobilo races eeheduled on tho Loe
Anreles speedway today were postponed
until next Pntnrdsv because of the bad
condition of the track caused bv heavy
LABOR S ENEMIES
DELAWARE LEGISLATURE , .
. . MEETS TODAY TO TAKE (
IP SUFFRAGE AMENDMEN.
' Wilmington, DeL. Merck, 21
itreaneas efforts to prevent the lav.
trodscUon of "Blpoer" hilU which
ailght rvtars the eonslderaUon of the
raUScatlon of the saffrage amend
taeat will be made by those favoring
suffrage when the oaedal sissloa sf
the legulstars conveneo ia Dover
tomorrow. SaffragisU ben) are con.
dent that the meaaare will bo before
.he Assemty by Tseedsy after-
Ia addition to the saffrage rati!
cation the rspcl of the Klalr
amendment to the StsU nTohlkHtea
onforcoasnt law aaaklag H Ulegal
fa parchase whiakey oven aa a gee.
tor's prescription, will bo asked. .
"Big Bill" Haywood Denounces
Policy Of Government In
War On Reds
New lork, March Sb-Whlle "Big
BUI- Haywood, L W. W. leader, was de
nouncing at one meeting hero tonight
"indignities" to whiek the Department
of Justice had subjected "Communists,
BoeisusTs, anarcnists and tho Bossiaa
workers,'' preseatative Isaae Siegel
was annonncing at another a-atherine?
that 400 more ''Beds would be itpoxt-
ceassf' ss.esMB!'tte'e''iat
weekt. . 'i ...
According to Mr. Siegel. a member of
tne uonse Immigration Committee, the
next contingent of ?Bedi to leave
these shores will not travel "do luxe"
like their comrades on the "Soviet Ark"
Buford. nor will Bed Cross nurses be
detailed ss "chaperon," They will eail
in broad day, however, Instead of at
midnight, Mr. Siegel said. -
Haywood, who spoke at tho People's
House, ander the auspice of tho Amer
ican Civil Libertiee Bureau "to create
a sympsthetie tplriC for the lid I. W.
W. convicted in Chicago, was hailed by
eome or nia audience aa "thi American
Lientne7
"They talk about Buaaia bains- tha
usraesi spot , earn tut speaker. -The
darkest spot la the world . today ia
America, and hte brightest aad whitest
spot in the world ia Russia. -
"I think many of as are looking for
ward ts m tins email iwiki miu x.
AS good aa Baeetala .day-a-to tha time
wnen America wui take a step forward
as ny ara ooing in Tiermany today.'
CUBAN CAPITAL VISITED
BY SEVERE HAILSTORM
Havana. Cuba. March 21. A hw
downpour of rain accompanied by a
hail storm of unprecedented violence.
wept over wis city thia afternooa
flooding houses ia several of the lower
teetiont of the eity, paralysing gtreet
car irauie ior nearly two nours, and
causing numerous minor accidents and
loss of small craft in ths harbor. The
Spanish liner Cadis was carried from
her moorings by the gale bat timely
assistance saved her from possible dam
age. The hail storm, the first in sixteen
years, is said to have been tha heaviest
and the bailstonet the largest ever Men
nere.
J
WELL DIGGER IV CANADA
DISCOVERS A COLD MINE.
13aniir8asl71laS
ing in a shallow well on the farm of
Fv Andre, ten miles from here, Oeorge
Egstead brought up what appeared -to
be geld ngggott. Analysit at Calgary
Is said to have developed that the min
eral was of good quality. Egstead filed
a elaim at the Dominion Land office.
Much excitement kat been created by
tho discovery. . - :
C;D. GIBSON BUYS "LIFE,"
THE HUMOROUS WEEKLY
New York, March 21. Charles Dana
Gibson he artist, it,, became known
today, ha bought a eontrolliaa- inter.
Mt-ilLlifevtha jreekly hamotoas pub-j
iicanon, ana wui uke control on April
1. The purchase price waa not annone
ed. O. B. Bichardson and Oeorge Utaeey,
will be associated with him in ita pub
lication. The -deal ' was eload last
Tuesday when, it U said, Mr. Gibson
purchased .the majority of tho stock
from wido yoVVMt
lormcr eaiipr. lairty-lour years ago
Mr, Gibson sold his. first drawing to
life,' for g. Encouraged by thia
ho went homo that night and produced
twelve more sketches, all of-diieh
were rejected by Life, . the next day.
Soon after, however, he became a frt
luent contributor to ths magaaiae.
INTERSTATE CARRIERS ZTT.
":', MU8T FILE THEIR KATES
Washington, Mareh 21The Shipping
tiun consiaerauon
the proposed promulgation of regula
tions requiring "interstate water ear
rieraT , to ill . complete scheduJes ; af
their maximum rates. The purpose is to
ska tha rates immediately available to
shippers, and to permit tho board to
pre vent, diseriminatioa. or .rebates. ..Tho
regulations, however, would not apply
to carriers operating between American
and foreign ports.. ' ( -
GOVERNING BOARD OF" "
- ; LEAGUE MEETS TODAY
London, March 21. The srovern!n
ANOTHER CARGO TO
BE DEPORTED SOON
hody ,o. tJ(te.in.trrns4lonal labor bttteau,,L..
created by the League of Nations, will
Desm its sessions , la the ' mmik IIm
room wf the Home Df JxirJ Monday
under the leadership of Albert Thomas.
direeter-geaeral of the International
Labor Organization, who will present a
plnn for organising the governirj br.'y
1 ior prov: "I L I j
REPORT FIGHTING
III LEIPSIC WITH
KISTS
Spartacans Gain Control
Ruhr District With An
Army of 70,000
of
SPECIAL TRAIN BRINGS
AMERICANS TO COBLENZ
Veritable Bolshevist Keign ot
Terror Beported in Dis
' patches From Leipsie; Situ
ation Eegrarded As Extreme
ly Critical Because of Growth
of Beds
Bern, March 21. (By tha Associated
Press.) -The Volkthsut in Leipsie, head
quarters of tho CommuniafV capitulated
today after a hard fight with the Beieha
wehr, according to dispatches received
here. Five persona are dead, twelve were
seriously woaaded and fifty takes pris
oner by the troop as a result of the
fighting. ........ .. . . . .. ..
Conflicts continue in other quarters of
Leipsie. Many parts of the eity have
been set on fire by Communists, who are
hindering the work of the firemen with
machine gun fire.
It is reported from the Bhineland that
atJeagt jfrar. towns, Portmud., J!e J
Mullhelm and Buer are governed by
soviet councils. In Essen bombardments
aad street combats lasted more than 20
hours.' Several of the streets are badly
demoliahed.
SPECIAL TRAIN SENT TO
LE1PSIC FOR AMERICANS
.Coblsnx, March 2L (By the Associat
ed Press.) Ths special train which left
Coblena Saturday morning to bring out
200 American aad British business mea
reported endangered at Leipsie, where
serious disorders have occurred, reached
Leiptio st 1 o'clock this morning with
out incident. Tho train left Leipsie
with its passengers at 10:30 a. m. Only
25 Americans departed oa the spec
ial.. . . ' ' "
AMERICANS ARRIVE W'
f K f COBLE XS FROM BERLIN;
CAlenk, March .tteiiii Aanf
rieans from Berlin, arrived in Coblena! I
. . . . : : . . .
tooay. Among snenv wero STeaerten
Slmpich, f the American consular sw
vise, his wife aad son. and Miss Mary
L. Thompson, clerk,' of Aaaiston,
Alabama. Mora Americana, are expect
ed to arrlT later la the day.
VTRITABLE, REIGN OF .
J 4 -,, TERROR IS BEPORTED
Berne, Beits., March 21, (By tha
Aetoclated Press.) A verlUble Bol
shevist reign of terror is la progress
-t Leipsie, according to dispstehes re
eeived here. Pillaging and excesses of
tU kinds by radicals are reported there
at weu as throughout tha indostrisl
centers of ths Buhr district, where the
communists are reported to bo ia newer.
xne reports ueeisre that pea cable eit-
uens were wsylsyed. robbed and shot
in u streets of Leipsie.
SPARTACANS IN CONTROL
7 OF THE RUHR DISTRICT
Coblena, Mareh 21-(Br tha Aaao.
elated Press.) the Spartaeaas gained
control of the Buhr district today. The
Bed army 'ook possession of Dulsbnrg,
Ganbora, Muelhelm and Mettmana. weat
pi eioerneid. : .... : . ,
A report at noon states that Beiche-
wehr troop from Dulabur- hare eat
their way . through to Diaalaken; south
or wesel, wero a Beiehwehr concentra
tion apparently is taking ptaee.-
A direct report from Dniabarc says a
soviet government has been aet. no
there.
TW Berirmjr "1nle'uTirdIslrlcU"
ia reported.to have evailable a force
estimated at 70,000 men, all of whom
probably; are armed. The situation- is
considered extremely eritlcsl beeause
of tho rapid growth of tho Bed army
and their mobility", whieh was displayed
In the taking of Essen. There are about J
n,uw troops or uensrsl von Waiter t
jicsxsr-oaifr-tor hare been forced to
ram across ine oouaasry into we
British occupied ares. ' '. " ,
SPENCER WOMAN VICTIM
. ? ; OF INFLUENZA ATTACK
Spencer, March 2L Mrs. Alice Nuse
man, a niember of one of the most prom
inent Bowan county families, died at her
heme near her early today from paeu-
monta following influenaa. She waa 7
year old. For a week Ao" hsd been
eritirslly ill and her death while a
shoek wss not entirely nnexpeeted. ,' :
. Beside her husband Paul Naasmsa, a
w4 ksewa Spsaaar basisrs ssaa, Mrs.
Krtsasaa It sorvivod by fear small chil
dren, her mother. Mrs. Foil, of Ceaeord,
aad several brothers and sister.. , JhtrJ
aeral service will be held st 1:30
o'clock Monday afternoon from Christ
Lutheran church here aad will be tho
first funeral held in the new. church. In
terment wil be ia Chettnnt Hill Ccme-
tery, Bel is bury. - ....
BIG HAULS OF LIQUOR ' " - v
BY OFFICERS IN FLORIDA.,
.4. ... ...fji ..... .,.-' .- , Ju,
, Miami. FlsH March 21-Si hundred
and ninety-two eases of liquor vslued
Tat aearly gSOOK), according to local
prices, were seised her, during the 24
hours needed st Z:3U a. m, today ny
Federal, county and city elBcers. Much
of the liquor wss takes from boat just
U fren th Eahama islands, :?
THE COM
PRESIDENT P08ES FOR
THE MOVING PICTURE MEN
enssmMaasnl
WsaAlagtoa, March SlPreaideat
Wilaoa pased for more than Sva mla
atco for ssovlag pktaro saea today
aa ho was toavtag the White Hoaae
groaada for aa aatoawblle ride.. The
atctaro ehowed the Preatdeat aomo
what thlaaor taaa heforo his iilaeaa.
Taking advaatage of tho I rat balmy
spring day of the year, the Prest.
dent, accempaaled by Mrs. Wilsoa
aad Rear Adsalral Grays a motored
threagh the city's oarka aad aearby
Maryland for aboat twa koara. , ,
KILLING OFWIAYOR
MOURNED N CORK
Thousands of Persons ' Pass
Through Town Hall To
View Dead Man
Cork, March, 21 Thousand of per
sobs resident ia the city aad from the
surrounding country " todsy , passed
through the eity hall, where tho body
of Lord Mayor MacCurtaia, who was
assassinated early Saturday morning
was lying in state. w
A proeessloa of mourner two mile
long followed the hearse yesterday
whea the body was conveyed from hia
residence to tho town hall. Bishop Co
iahan walked in front of the first body
of the Cork Sinn Fein volunteers, which
acted aa a body-guard aad which fur-
nishe4,,,thn guard, eif kOAor
hall durins ths aisht.
Tho only reason suggested for the at
sassinatioa of tho Lord Mayor is revenge
for tha recent murder of policemen.
Some persons today expressed the belief
that it meant ths beginning of a cam
paign of retatlatioa for the killing of
aumeroa members of th BoysT eoa
atabttlary sad soldiers, for which acta
ao one has yet been punished. .
Th inquest Into the death of the Lord
Mayor was begua yestardsy but an
adjournment waa taken after brief
formalities had been enrried ant. A
significant Incident of tha inquest wss
th f set that tho solicitor , for Lord
Mayor AlacCurtain't -family requested
that ao former policemen should serve
oa tha eoroner'e jury, ' -
Alexander MacCabe, member of Par
liament for South Sllgo, who had been
released from prison after haying serv
ed a sentease imposed last year oa a
charge of inciting disorder and alto
aalawtlt assembly, kt "beea te-errert
M tA lenteneed U threer monthe im-
prweassent for inviting subscriptions
to the man rein loan. Ha has spent a-
llJrjJa il prjsoliticaJLje
lenses. .
Siaa Fela flag are flying over "the
evacuated eonetabalary barracks' at
Shereoek, Couaty Cavaa. ' Siaa Fela
policemen are in charge there.
CUIMS REDS SEEKING
, . MEMBERSHIP IN LEGION
Arthur Woods Issues Warning;
That Badicals Seek Admis
sion In Organiiation
Indianapolis, lad., March Slv Warn
ing that radicals are trying to obtain
membership Tn ' the American Legion
was given in a statement issued tonight
by Arthur Wods, chairman of the Na
tional Americanism eommiaaioa from
local headquarters in Indianapolis.
Mr, Wbodt said he hsd. learned that
the "Beds" are seeking enrollment in
the Legion in aa effort to learn what
notion the former service ansa's organi
sation is taking against them .aad their
policies.. ' . i
"No real harm, however, can ba dona
to th Legion or ita work of promoting
Americanism by tbe. presence in its
membership of such persons." declared
Mr. Woods. . .
"Wo are working to nromota stabile
wvuaro ana gooa citizens iiiD end the
more, they Had out abont .this, work
the better. It will do Jiem rood.
"They will find it vary dimenltm
upowioie o convert to a belief in
Lm .11 . . . " . '
anarehy mcn of the etulf-that hara-4
terises onr membership en they wUl
ran gray risk of beins eonvvrted them.
sslves to a belief ia law and order
as a prerequisite to social aad economic
jutue ana toppintu
BRITISH BUSY TRADING
WITH GERMAN MERCHANTS"
rsslTngtonrMarch 21 BritUh ..
nfscturers are not losing any tim-.s
renewing ' trade with the Germans,
Trade Commiaisoner. Dreael nt Berlia
has reported to the Denartmeat of
Commerce. ..The better das mercantile
establishments, at Berlin nro showing
varied lines of British-made roods.
particularly woolens and leather, the
report said. ' .. .-.:..: ........
Describing th arrangements made bv
the British for shoe contracts for the
next two,yars and the-"handsome"
profits obtained 1eeause " of 7 the , ex
change eituatioa, Mr. Dreeel saidi "' .
"In my opinion, there is no reason
why , such .an arasgemenk for th '.ap
ply of material oa a large scale eaald
not be earried oat by American deal
ers for their own profit and for the
assists of German industry -during
th period necessary for reconstruc
tion.'' ,
ASSOCIATION TO ADVATB -X
f NEC ROES TO MEET IN MAT
- New Tork, March 21 Tho National
associaticrisofor the ' advancement of
colored people tonight announced that
its eleventh aasl -mtefereace-- acnli
be -held at Atlanta, Oa, front Ma SO,
to Inje 2. Governor 1 rsey, ftf Ccor
gU, snikjlayor Key, of Atlanta, have
promised to address t'ls meeting wn'ea
will Le the first ere. held ' in thi
South. Governor Morrow,' of Kentucky
also haa beca invited to address thj
mcetliig, '.
PRESIDENT FBERT
AGAIN IN BERLIN
with m
PADIHn
i
Order for State of Intensified
Siege Withdrawn Soon ' ,
After Arrival
CAPITAL EXPECTED TO
BECOME NORMAL AGAIN
Situation In Country Appe art '
; Serions With Spartaean Agi
tation in Several Industrial -Centers;
Concentrations of
Loyal Government Forces To
Bring Abont Order
Berlin, March 21 (By the Associated f
Press.) Th government of ?retident
Ebert, whieh left Berlin a week ago
when Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his rose-
tionary troop entered the eity, is again
in power is the capiUl. - President
Ebert and th members of his ministry
reached here ai 11 o'clock this morning ...
from Stuttgart, snd soon afterward tho
order for a atate of intensified siege was
withdrawn, .
-.Mesuwhile, the ateg and ymbol of
the Kapp dictatorship, the wire entan-"
gleraenta and ths barricade were Being ;
measure been re-eetablished and it is
hoped that Berlia will soon resume its
normal activities, though it will be
long time before tha damage wrought,
material and moral, will be repaired. ,
Cabinet Hold Meeting. ' 1J
- A cabinet council deliberated through
oat the afternoon to determine the
steps accessary to bring Germany back,
t her position prior to the revolt. This,
it is believed will require considerable
maneuvering aad delicate handling, for ,
tha independent Socialists, aad work
men are making heavy dsmanda for eon
cessions, to -which they feci they ar
entitled because of th commanding
position some of th group hold In T
other parte of Germany outsld of '
Berlin. .
Th situation in parts of the country
appears serious. From the group of
indostrisl eenfert on the Bhlne. and
tha Buhr district continue to soma re
port, at, Spartaean agitation, Ia sev
eral plaeea,. particalarly ig . tiie.Buhf .
distrfct the ripsrtacans ere said to -ia
absolute control. Here their avail-
able f oree is estimated at 1fiW men.
. . Concentrations - of loyal government -forees,
however, sr taking place, aad
their arrival at the aeeaet of disorder
is expected to bring quiet. ,, -Mlalstera
May Resign. '
Th future potltioa of Guttav Noskey, '
minister of defense, is the subject of .
discussion. - While his reslgnstion has
been -demanded by the radicals, it
considered probsble thst he will retain .
his position for a time at least in or
der to restore the confidence of the Ber
lin population generally. There ar
rumors that later, Noske and ; Dr.
Heine aa well, as Chancellor Bauor and
Foreign Secretary Mueller, who are rep
resented as personifying a system of
policies which hss failed, will bo
omitted frost the new dniinltration.(
President Ebert, who is protected by
tho constitution, will undoubtedly re
main until after the new elections. It
is declared that the new cabinet will
include active repreJentatlVe of laborL..
uari xciMolph igien, president of the
Federation of Trades Unions, being
named for chancellor. ,,
WILL ASK CONGRESS TO
RECOUNT SURPLUS COTTON
Beport of American Cotton As
sociation Shows Great De- "
-'lay In Planting;
. Colombia, 8. , Cv
March 21. J. Bkot-
tow
Wannamakef,
president , of the
An"irit" Cotton. Associstion, said -io-
day that the associstion had asked Con- '
gross 4o order r recount of the surplus
cotton in the country to see how muckr
of it it tpinnable and that a reeolu
ti(n to this end would be introduced at
oaee by Senator Smith, of Sonth Caro
lina. '""'"".'.;"""!
Mr. Wtnaamsker also mad public th
first report of the American Cotton As-
aoclation forlfl20. A caavsas of the
belt, he said, showed that preparations
for th 1W0 crop are at least five weeks
late; that labor is extremely short) thst
the mild winter with th Ut start on
tha ,new crop spells certainty of seri
ons insect damsge oa account of the
rapid epreadof the boll weevil, and
that the pink worm had appeared in twa
parishe ia Louisiana and in some sec
tions of Texas. Hs declared that the
world is facing an enormous thortage ,i
BRITISH OREADNAUGHTS-
PATROLLING BOSPHORUS
Constantinople, March v20.-i-fBy - the-'
AseonateeV Press.) The passing f th
Sultsn's power is grimly evidenced by
the long line of British dreadnaughtt in
th',Btwpmwi'-fcat'Tren'1hrt "
most of the Turks refuse to accept this
evidence. '-"." . . ' ' '
The Sultan Issued an exhortation ' to
his subject yesterday to pursue their
nsaal vocations ia peace, regardless of
foreign occupation. ;
MANILA WOMEN VOTE '
, IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY'
Manila.' Saturday. March 20. Wom
en jroted today at the Democratic pri
maries ia ths Philippine Islands to elect
delegates to tho territorial convention
in April, when six delegates to the
national conveition will be chosen. I'.
w.it the first time women had jt:'
linn in
unuuiL
: i ia a primary Icrg,