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2- TllE WEATHER: Shewn Tharaday aad proa- 1 VATCH LALZL. H aee. vt .ate Wm eVrt Tli mew. erver -". ably Friday. ',--'- 1 A" v. S. VOL, CXL NO. 92. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. ? J. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1920. TWENTY PAGES TODAY.', PRICE: FIVE CENTS r" rArl T T ENTRY OF BROOKS FOR SEIIATE1CE GAUSESGOMMENT -Senator Overman Takes Notice That Greensboro Lawyers Hat Is In Ring STANDING ON RECORD JUNIOR SENATOR SAYS Accord Champion" of . Equal " Suffrage Perfect Bight ' To . Aspire For Seat In Senate Brooks Makes It Plain He's : Banning Beg ardless of Be salt of Suffrage right The Newt ind Obervr Bureau, r 603 District National Bank Bide. (By Special Leased Wire. v Washington, March 31, -Th formal announcement of Aubrey I' Brooks," of -Sreeiwboro, for the United State Sew ' at ia opposition to Senator Leo 8. Overman in the DemoerntU primary did not occasion surprise in Washington ai the Tar Heel observer had expected tb entry of IhrCreeuiboro attorney. . Senator " Overman greeted the new with the statement that he would ask ', the people of North Carolina to return him to the upper chamber on thomerlt C of his record, Be will not go the ; Tar Heel State until Congress adjourns. hot an organization will be perfected by hia friends. When the present ses lion comes to a (lose the Junior Sen ttor said-thai he would go to North Carolina and give an aeount of hia . stewardship. ... When Tie deliver the kevnote" speech .at tha Statr eonven lion on April 8 Senator Overman it expected to tell of the achievement of the Democratic administration, but the ..works of the. party bear a close rela tion to the record of the Junior Senator. Overman Makes Statement Suffrage is expected ; to play a part s in the results of the Demoeratie pri mary if. the women , voters gain the - ballot in time to express their- choice .-where' it founts. Mr. Brooks' is -oh t original suffrage adherent, while Ben 'ator Overman Voted against the Susan B, Anthony meudment.Wbll Using ' his appeal to both men and women, Mr. , Brooks ia tunning for the Senate irre- 'Dootire of the result of Jthe ratification sht ia Delaware. " 'My candidacy will be based on say reord in the Senate and I shall -present ' ' -o the people of North Carolina fully, , though they know .what It - is, earn enator Overman. "I shall be glad to irve my State' further if the people iprove of my record, and the choice uuna with the people - -I will depend upon my friends to .are for my interests until the ad journment of Congress, when I can actively participate in the campaign, continued the junior Senator. "My post . of duty, ia here while Congress is in session. - :: ,v ,-; " ' , "Mr. Brooks' announcement ia not a surprise, and he has a perfect right to aspire to a seat ia the Senate, for it : is a great Honor to represent norta ' Carolina la that body. The Democrats - of North Carolina will decide tha ques ' tion, and I stand on my record. I am -k hopeful aad confident of approval at the hands of the people" commented ' Senator Overman, t , . No Other Comment. No comment was' forthcoming 1 Tar Heel circle other than from Senator Overman. Senator Stmmona Is ex ' pec ted to return from hia home at New : Bern tomorrow, v. ' The colleagues of Senator . Overman' erected the newa of - Dnnositioa with interest. It was noted that the junior. Senator occupies position of promi--ncnee in- the- minority council of the I jiartyi He ia the senior Democrat en the appropriations committee as well as the rule committee, and the, active senior Democrat on the judiciary com mittee, aa Senator Culberson, of Texas, who is ia delicate health, head the minority members of the judiciary mniittee. ' ' - Should the Democrats return to power' ' the Senate beginning March , 1921, l Overman will hare aia enoiet either three of the chairmanships of i a, large committees. - - Saffrag ia Factor. ' .ffrage is undoubtedly a force to be it oned with thla year.. The ratifica- ' of the Susan B. Aathony amend- 1 a Jut Is assured. A rock-ribbed South era Stat like Mississippi may cross the , tape as th thirty-sixth unit la order to give the Democratic cheer leaders . a lusty battle ery for 1920. -It would be a littft short of remarkable for a far-South Democratic 8tate to ratify the amendment, but ifc can never be said that a. sinaia Southern Stata haa failiut 1 to "to the mark" wheat th Democrat! party wa at atake.., , , ' . A more pronounced advocate and de fender of the rights of the states could 'not be found than Senator Joha Sharp ."vvniianis., of Mississippi. . The meager news, from hi State does not ssy whnt part he played in the act of hie State Senate when they reconsidered their previous defeat of th ratification reso . lution, although he is now at home. The people of Mississippi iwart of the heri tage wlik'b Jefferson Davia gave at the Srt and only President of the Con- Vrate States. , - . ; foman suffrage is a political , qucs a, and necpFafily' politicians , must c.il with it. The staff correspondent .' The News and O.hserrer at Dover. 1, has intiiii.-.tej that fcotilhern Pen- i rs do not view with any o great r the probability cf the fod, ale vote the t ; T-roarhips; cdnipnij;n. Senator 'di" ,,(.,!, of A , v-nma, ami Senator 7 STACY IS AFFIRMED III COAST LIIIE CASE Court Holds Stock Taxable c By Three To One - Decision -U- - JUDGE GEORGE H. BROWN JVRITE COURT'S OPINION Chief : Justice Walter Clark Writes Concurring Opinion and Associate Justice W. B Allen Files 1 Dissent; Million Dollars' Valuation Available For Taxation Ia State By a three-to-oae- decision, the 6n. nreme Court yesterday affirmed Judge W. P. Stacy ia the dissolution of th restraining order enjoining the connty authorities of New Hanover frost the collection of taxes levied on the stock of -the. Atlantis. .Coast Line In. do me, th court make available for tax ation approximately a million dollar ia valuation. Associate Justice George H. Brown wrote the main opinion of the ease; Chief Justice Walter Clark wrote a concurring opinion; while Associate Justice W. A. Allen Sled a dissent. As sociate Justice Piatt D. Walker did not ait on the esse. . ' The ease in question originated when temporary . injunction was secured by John H. Brown t ais from New Han over, against Sheriff George C- Jacksoa and others from that county, restrain ing them from the collection of taxes levied on Atlantic Coast Line stock. held by North Carolinians. -The in junction was dissolved by Judge' Stacy after a hearing in July, 1919, and th plain till a appealed. Judge Brown opinion follows: "An injunction, wa issued ia - this ease restraining th defendant from collecting taxes assessed aad levied upon certain aharca of atoek issne by the Atlantic Coast Line Baiiroad Com pany, of Virginia, and belonging to the plaintiff and his associates. The in junction was- returnable before etaey, Judge, ia the county of New Hanover, on. the 89th day of July. Hi. Honor dissolved the injunction aad the, plain tiffs appealed to. th Supreme Lourt. u-j."ras;ra for- plaintiffs;- Jamea- 8. Manning, -at torney general ; frank Nash, assistant attorney general; Maradea,- Bellamy, counsel for City of Wilmington; Bob- art Boark, eonnael for eonaty of New Hanover. "Brown. J.r This actioa ia brought to enjoin th sheriff of New Hanover county from collecting taxes upon th sbarea of stock iasued by a corporation called th Atlanti Coast Line Baiiroad Company, of Virginia, owned - by th plaintiff, fell of whom ire resident aad citizen of th State of North Carolina. It ia contended that tho plaintiff are not required to list -or pay. the taxes upon said atock. nnder the machinery net of 1917, chapter 23, latter part of section 4, which reads as follows: V 'Individual stockholder ia any cor poration, joint-stock association, limited partnership or company paying a tax oa it capital stock shall not be' re quired to pay any tax oa said stock or list the same nor shall corporations legally 'holding capital atoek ia other corporations npoa which the tax haa been paid by th corporation issuing th am b required to pay any tax oa said atock or list the same. 'Nor shall any individual " stock holder of any foreign corporation bo re quired to list or pay taxe oa any share of ita capital, ateek if two-third in value of it entire vrooerty is sit uated and taxed ia the Bute of North Carolina and th said corporatioa pays a franchise tax oa it entire issued aad ontatsanding capital stock at th ame rat a paid by. dpmestio corporations.' We admit, aa claimed by the learned eouneel for the plaintiff, Mr. Tillett, who argued thia ease with so much force, that the General Assembly for a long number of year has required do mestic corporation to pay the tax npoa , - 11 1 - (Ctlnnod Pa TtaJ DEAD BODY OF OFFICER FOUND NEAR ASHEVILLE Gen. .Bichard D. Sims ! Appar ently Had Eanced Himself h.v To Liinb of Tree .",- Asheville,' March 31. County author- itie reported tonisht that they had cut down th body of General Bichard ui cumma, aged 02, of Washington, D. a patient at local sanitarium, from a roadsid tree, wher it bad bee a found hanging' aom hoar after life wa ex tinct. General Simms horse. wss found nearby and official aaid. h had appar atly iddn nadsr th Ire,, knotted th rop around hi feoek, tied th other end to a limb and then (purred 'hi horse .out from under hidC" ' At the saaatariom ofhcials ia charge would y only that th body had beca found at the roadside. - .' - PROMINENT SOCIALLT AND . IN BUSINESS AT. CAPITAL Washingtoa, March 3L Brigadier General Bichard D. Simma, who death was announced from A'hevilleJ waa a native of Washington, for many- years he was purchasing . agent for -the Dis trict of Columbia-, resigning fa 19"S to become treasurer of the Capital Trac tion Company,' Joining the District National (Ward in 1SSS as a private, he waa promoted until hs reached tha rank of brigadier general in ; 1918. H served as captain in the Snaaitb- American War. General Simms wss prominent social? t an-1 a member- of 1 BY SUPREME COURT 1 is S-.rviYci.lv j -. . : ,s efnnt) a ucunuiM White . -r ays Petition Filed Wiu His Xnowl edge ; Others Decline ' Atlanta, Ga March 31. -The name of President Wilson" ha been Bled with the 8tate committee a a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Presi dent in the primary to- be held April 20. The petition requesting hi nam bo placed on the ballot waa signed by 118 names, according to Secretary Uard aer, and waa Sled oa Monday by H. B. Baylor, of Atlanta. . Oa instruction from the committee Secretary Gardner haa wired President Wilson, former Secretary of State Lansing and Senator Beed, asking if they d eairo to qualify under the rule governing the. Georgia primary, ' . NO INFORMATION AS TO WILSON; LANSING DECLINES. Washington. March 3 lv White Hon official aaid today they, had no infor mation n to President Wilson' prob able actioa concerning the filing of a petition at Atlanta asking that hia nam be placed on the Georgia Presidential primary ballot. The petition was filed without his knowledge, they said.: Robert Lansihgwformer Secretary of State, announced tonight that he had telegraphed the Georgia Democratic com mittee requesting that his name should not be- en tered" ia the "President (ai pri mary. Mr. Lansing aaid he wa not a candidate, aad could see no purpose ia the a so of hi name. Whilo lie ap preciated the compliment paid him, he aaid, h thought it best his 4am should not- appear on the ballots. - RIED DECLARES HE IS NOT SEEKING NOMINATION. Moultrie, Ga4 Mareh 3tf United BUte Senator Janice A.. Kced, in a atatcment given, oat her today, de clared he would not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Presi dent in tha Georgia primary. Ho aaid he would wire Secretary Hiram Gardner, of the. Suite committee, to have his name left off the primary ballot. Sen, tor Beed will deliver aa address her thia evening.' NEW VABE SCALE v IN EFFECT DAY Bituminous Coal Miners To Get Per. Cent Raise Over : -TwoYear Period . New York, March 31. The negotia- Ition (oa a new agreement for the bit- ominous coal tniaers were brought to a "elooe thi afteraooa when th general scale committee of operators and miner of the central compctitiv field ratified a contract embodying the award of Pre id eat Wilson's coal commission. 7 Thi new agreement, which involve a wage increase of 27 per cent, become effective tomorrow morning and will continue in fore for a' period of two jmarfc----' V --" . ' ." " . On of the feature of the new eon- tract la a clause which provide that all "internal- differences in . th . various district of th bituminous coal field will be settled by th district officer of the - mine workere and-operator. There most be nothing done, however, in adjusting the matters that will increase the rest of production or do ereas th earning capacity of th mine workers. . Th new . agreement - also "condemns" the bonus system "now used by operators ia competing with each other for employes. Th contract pro vides that all agreement jnjthe jarious districts should 'contain a -"penalty elaua for any "stoppage of work" or unauthorized strike. The international officers of - th I'aited Mine Worker also agree to make the agreement bind ing in every detail. Eicht-Hoar Day. . Th -eight-hour day aa aow in effect a tha soft coal regions is continued by the new agreement.'."'.'' t--. ------- , Immediately upon adoption of the '-agreement by unanimous vot of th member of the seal, committee it was signed by. the international (Offieera of th United - Mine " Workera John I Lewis, president; Phillip Murray, vice- president, - and- William Greeny secre tary and treasurer, and by two oper ator and two mineraw of each of the four- atate of the central competitive fieldrlfldian, Ohio, Illluoi and Pena tylvaaui. ' , ' . ..- Bepreseatatives of th mine oper. ator of West Virginia, Eeutucky aad other outlying districts aot included in the central competitive ' field " imme diately announced that they also would,, nut into effect the new contract in thou territory. , BLOWS HIMSELF INTO BITS WITH DYNAMITE Charlotteoville. Va, March 31 Carry ing twelve sticks of dynamite- to th top of m mountain near here thia after aooa. G rover C Kanny committed ni si.) e by blowing hi body to bits. - Kaany had been grieving rer the dea of his irifv After Boon today be told hi ight children that h pYopoaed to end hi life. - H procured th dyna mite and started for th mountain top. Hi .children attempted to follow in an effort to diaauada hia, but were forced to turn back when , the father began throwing rock at them.- Beaching a poach orchard oa the mountain top, Kenny placed the dyna mite o the gTOunj lighted the fuse and threw himself upon the explosive. The report shook the mountain side. 1 1 1 1 1 a , n I .'vJBeicf ate For .wtx.r.7i:-:Jx. Jat k via,. Miss., March 51 The state reputiieaa committee st a meeting here t"!fi,v srpointed district delegates to tlie National convention at Chic.io and in rtmrtni th-m -for icnrral Tr-nmrl WILSOF r V - 'eod. Foe it i!e at lit I 1 ONSUFFRAGEVOTE Equal Suffrage Supporters Un certain of Strength Refuse! To Call Up Bill REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS DEFIANT IN ATTITUDE Refuse To Follow Instructions of National ' Leaders and Break Away. From Pledgei; With Failure In Sight, Wo men Now Looking To North Carolina To Eatify -J. By R. X. POWELL, - ' Stat Correspondent State House, Dover, DeL, Mareh 31. All efforU of ,tthe BepuJbUcan National Committee to whip, recalcitrant mem br"i)rihr DeUirrw"ltlstatnre"-Wo line and force them to ratify tho Snsan B. Anthony amendment to the consti tution practically colapd her today. On tlhe nearest test of strength made in either branch of tho Assembly, the anti demonstrated that they eontroled enough vote to prevent passage of the ratification resolution. . Action on. this resolution undoubtedly would -Kara . bee killed, ia the House this afternoon, the tint agreed upon by loth sides for th vote,' but tor the re f uaal of Speaker Corbitt to entertain a motion to call up the resolution against the wishes of it author, Assemblyman Hart. It ia expected to be voted on tomorrow. . Bonabllcaa Opaoawata Deflaat. Republican member opposed to rati fication hava defiantly refused to listen to appeala to-party loyalty or to b drawn into any sporting, contest with the Mississippi legislature. They stood today "With their "back to the wall9 and eager to let the world know that a social row ia the wealthy DuPont Jam- ilyia excuse for them to halt, temporar ily, th extenaion or suffrage to twenty six mlHioa women in th United SUtes. !. Outside pressure wa re-enforced tor day with the arrival of Ruby B, Vale, Philadelphia - lawyer . and. Bcpublita a politician, -and a le ."go -deiegtioa- of Philadelphia.! juffrsgistn, Val ha a summer horn ia Delaware, and ia cred ited with aa ambition to represent this 8tai ia th United State Senate. He spent a long while in conference with DuPont, Townsend and Ball. The Penn sylvania suffragist, wearing the suff rage color sashes, occupied test ia the Hon all dy. ' Look To North Carolina. '; . The almost certain defeat of the amendment here, which appeared un likely Monday in th face of the enor mous amount of pressure brought to be on th Republicans, eauaed suff rage ltadcra today to 'begin do look t North Carolina for final ratification. Certainly, they are looking to the Dem ocratic party to give: them the final state- necessary. They are hopeful that Governor Bickett will reconsider hi decision not to call th special session until July. Ia a final conference today between a caucus of Bepublieaa member of th Legislature, Governor Townsend, T. Coleman DuPont, Republican National Committeeman, and United State Sea' tor Ball, Governor Townsend pleaded with th recalcitrant to eliminate per sonal grudge and sav th day for the party. He offered in consideration of enough vote to ratify in the House, to withdraw aa 4 candidate for dolegat t Chicago. . The recalcitrant were ada mant. : ," .' "" -k 1 Acting under order of "BuM? Me- Nabb, spokeamaa for th A. I. DuPontJ cause of wotnsn auffrage for year, true mI . n.mn..ali. ...1U:.. " 7rir 1,'dlt .liiMhlnllalilft-ltiliMI, and Democratic eoalition, the rebels promised nothing, and immediately ad journed to another eaueu to count nose,..;. Afterwards, they ... announced, -All well." .When th attempt to fore th resolutioa out today' wa de- icated. by Hpeaker Uorbitt, Assembly man - IJoyd, owned - by the eo-alitioa group, drafted similar resolutioa of ratification whieh went oat two readings and wa referred to a committee, Just before adjournment today, he nerved notic that unless th suffragist call their resolution up in th morning, th substitute resolution will be reported, and under iapefiaida6rth TBlcs, voted upon. , f May Offer a.betltate. This prompted "Bull" McNabb to also err notice that anle Assemblyman Hart ia "in hi seat whan th session convenes, tomorrow, co-alitionlat will mov to have hint brought in by the sesrgeant-at-arms. Hart i th author of th resolution of ratinration, aad during his absence, according to th ruling today, ths resolution cannot be called np. They r going to fight two wave for the final vote tnmnvrnw. Iinw. vor, and, if they fail to get Hart tof offer th Original resolution, th ondj Introduced today by Lloyd will ba eon sidcred. It appear that it will be de cisively defeated. - ; Action in the House, promised - for tojny, wa delayed an account . of effort to put lbs molutioa through th Senate first.- Prospects for such actioaj promised fin in the early afternoon, but th machine slipped a- cog end one of the Benator - who had- yielded' to pressure, receded to his former pool tion, : Last' report indicated that Sen ator Ball, who I really th lieutenant of T. Coleman DuPont, has abandoned, all hope of -converting; hl again.. aicssnis vi s eiegrams. - - -, When Governor Townscui and Sena tor Jtall this morning learned that lie- Nal b and three thi r anti' hod -wired-; the speaker of tho Mississippi - House late yesterday ' to tand firm sgainst ratification leeauso "IVlaware ' will never yield to pri'ssuro,'' thry sent this to Cover, - r i 1 ... :i, the pre- SNOW SUFFRAGE UNDER IN MISSISSIPPI HOUSE Lower Branch of Legislature . Bejeots Amendment By Vote of 84 To 23 .- Jackson, Mlsa, March SU-Mls- . slaslppl today. declined to hecorn th thlriy-slxth Bute to ratify Us V Federal warns a anffrsg amend- '.: aant.' .'. '.' .... Th lower, boa of the LgiU-" tar hr the ovarwhelmlag vot of 4 74 adopted a resolution die- ' agroeing with the Sonata resolution of yoatarday. by which U Utter ? body favored ratlficaUon. Spoaher favoring aasTrag wr v Interrupted by hoots, cat calls, Jeers and whistling. Cheer greeted thoa who spoke against equal balloting ( nnd B. H- Watts, of Plagah, Kan- I kin connty, arose sad (hooted: "l woald rather die aad go to hade than to vote for woman suffrage." A thander of objections greeted M. S. Conner, anoaker of th bona, when ho aaaon need that ho woald " laatract th clerk to road telegrams . . received from Natioaat loader f , tho Democratic party and from ' ' rganlaatlona favorlang anffrngf throaghont the country. . Th vote waa almost anaalmoa against th reading of the telegrama. Governor Le. M. Rassall. who to. . day announced that a weald snake a "little talk" urging ratification, - failed to appear. . TREE PALLS ON MAN WHO ' IS EXPECTED TO DIE. ' Wlniton-Halem, March tl-lmer Dillon, aged about 30, suffered perhaps a ratal injury yesterday afternoon nine mile north of - KernersviUe when he wa caught under a falling tree, break ing hi back. H waa rushed in an am bulance to a hospital ia Greensboro for treatment. Dillon wa assisting a friend ia clearing come new (round and had chopped one tree which in falling lodged against another. Thia on waa also cut down nnd when it fell Dillon in this attempt to dodge one was caught Wants . Women - Votes, .cf Course, Jut His Candidacy ; , JVot Dependent On Them i ; Groenaboro, March 81. Th entry of A. ;U Brooks, of Grenaboro, into th race for the Democratic nomination for United State Senator from North Car olina while not unexpected, still ia somewhat of a anrpri in that h jump into .the political arena ahead of the tim that political prophet had et. That is, before the . womaa suffrage amendment ha beeu ; ratified by the lequialte number of tate. It had been assumed that h would not dar to do such a thing until he -waa assured that he eould rely on th strength of the woman vote, whieh, hi friend assert. will practically all b his, Mr. Brook thinks that th idea of hi being only woman eandidat had been overplayed. While he relies' en tho women to flock to his standard if th boon of auffrag is granted them in time to do and besbelieve that it will be h-says that h can win ia tha Dementis primary- on Jon 6 with th male vet alone, and in November also. Tho idea of A. A. Whltener, of Hickory, tho Bepublieaa nominee for the Senate, being hard for hint to beat to a fraxxle amuaes Mr.. Brooks, a it doe other Dew rat here. The bid - that -the- Re publican are. making for th women vote is regarded a pur bait, dut from the dsak oil of expediency, while Mr, ur baa, bee tl UVT, . tU.UIUlUU . UL UiB c lr!pd, a championship without flavor 07 expediency. 1 Women or no women. Mr. Brook i confident that he can win in th pri mary and the general election, but he want tap rote of th women just the same and I wilt' not (it snpiaely down and allow' anybody to take thaVt away from him. . He will initiate some thing new fn th way of campaign atian agcrs, to-wit, g womaa campaign saanv sger, one who will rone th some of tha old North State to flock to the poll and east their first ballot for Brooks, She will not b the chief campaign iger of th Brook cohorts.-The chief ha aw been elected, but will b soon, nnd from now on Mr. Broki intend to plead bis causo with energy before the people of North Carolina. C. A. Hinea, of Greensboro, ha beea chosen to man- age th Brook campaign in. th Fifth eongressionsl district. It is his intention, say I Mr. Brooks, to wag a eleaa campaign with no tnud- slinging, but, he says, Ketrator Overman must R.age nn newt ir n expects to poll even mall vote. ' And la his announcement th Greenaboro ma atate that-Hdeth-bd rpenUneea are thought . to be advisable for th next world, but they hv never been re garded aa-ahinlng example lor - this one." Is Brooks treading 0 Overman's corn with thi bit of philosophy! Ask. ed regrdlg it he said aomethiag to th effect thai if,th ,bo fit anybody can wear it. Th new eandidat define himself a a progressiva Vemocrat. He expect the forward looking men aad women to rally around hint. H aeeds the aad they need him. H expects tho Bea st to hav quite a time solving th mesa of problem facing It and. pro gressives must do it, he thinks.- He says thatTh Ss in the field, alone a yet, but, of coarse, bo know that Senator Overman , wiH ma1e thing n-rn for him. H i ready, J any, and hi folr lowers bor today r vU lk their ehicf, willing to meet Ocermyn,. without the aid of -th women if eriwl "Icgis'a- lure refuse te give the women vote,-, but, of eourse, preferring to go over thef top with the ballot safely in tho hand BROOKS RUNNING WITHOUT STRINGS POSTWAR ERA OF EXTRAVAGAhGE is HEARING, ITS E!!D "Hesitation" of Prices Also Noted By Federal Reserve Bank Heads MUST ABSORB STOCKS BEFORE RELIEF FELT People Wearing Clothes Longer Time; Dry Goods Dealers Discourage Buying; Outlook For Spring Excellent; Labor SuDnly . Inadequate and Housing Situation Acute Wsbingtosw March - 3L Ntioa-wid report from Federal reeerv bank of ficials, mada'pnblie tonight, diacloae their opinion that th post-war era of "extra vaga net and reckless bujing by th publie is nearlng it end. A "hesitation, if aot an rtual reces sion," of pricea io noted aad the Federal reserve board statement summarise it advice a indicating a generally snore hopeful view of the country' business condition than for several month. While the price change wer Shown by th board not to be universal, they were nevretheles regarded ss positive and of importance as basis for reck oning what th immediate fatur hold. Belief from the high price for th consumer will aot be completely ob tained until present stocks sr absorbed la practically all tinea, according to th board' view. Maanfaeturer every where, however, were shown to hold th View that th peek of high price ha been reached and to expect a gradual recession. " Wearing Ctatbea Lee gar. la th clothing trade, particularly, th board said, there wa a marked tendency of the public, to mak old supplies last longer and to refuse to py exorbitant price. Thi phase can. mean only that aa Awakening Ju come, th atatemeat said, and that many people hav ar rived at the conclusion that they are themielve rosponsibl for a continuing high rang of price.' , :. , Wholesalers is) (b dry good trade, aosna extent, hava token a "summenda tory -attitude,: and, , ar discouraging their customers from placing heavy fail order. , Thi ha served to slacken de mand sad create m feeling that lower price will follow. 1 ; The reports do not give encourage ment concerning a price reduction la ihoe. . . . 1 1 ' . . CauadUloa PUlag - Eastern seaboard cities reported a "piling up of commodities' en this aid of th Atlantic Th exchange situation wa beginning to reflect itself oa the expbrt market aa well as through a gea eral reduction by Europeans in their foreign buying, it waa noted.' v. ' Business . aad financial development during Mareh also were marked by con fusion and lack of uniformity of opin ion, reports front th- several reserve district showed. But throughout th detailed observations of these officials, ther wss a diatiactly optimistic ton. Summed up, it wa: ';-' i Outlook Xxcalloat. . , "Tha outlook for th spring season, both industrially, nnd ngrieslturally, is excellent. But modifying factor ia th it nation 'ar aa inadequacy of labor supply and a shortage of various kiads of building materials aa well aa borrow ing facilities . bank. Official said that the full meaning of lb changed attitude or th pubue prob ably would show definite result .so slowly to be almost, imperceptible. They explained, that it wa - a step ia th right direction.- - . Heaaing Bltnstlea Xcate. - Th bousing situation continued acute throughout th country, partly a a r- surt 01 labor eoaditioav, but more large ly because thousands of families ar de serting the farm for "what they believe ar greater opportunities in th eities There wss, however, another reason ad -ifamtinaed' mm ' rag Tw.) ' MEDIAT0RT0N SCENE - OF; STOCKYARD STRIKE Department of Labor Men Hope To Bid Walkout Which Is at ; 4j f Serious Stag's 'Vy! " Chicago, March. 31. Oscr F. Nelson nd Cat Spsngler, Department of Labor mediator, arrived today from-Washington, D. C-, to attempt a settlemeat of tjiatriai ot,00 member t th Ziv- stock Handlers Union, which has thrown aearly 100 men ; out of work and brought about a eeeattioa of butcherisg at- th ttoek- rrd,-'---J--"j-- - - Dennis Lang, international (eeretary f the Meat Gutter Union, with which striking workmen are affiliated, wa expected to arrive tonight to aid In bringing about a settlemeat.' ' - Sneakers t a I mass-meeting of the strikers today arged the mea to remain out until their demand for wag ia create of 30 to 43 a month were granted.- Th mea received front 90 to 130 month, union leaden said. Denial that the union had asked for Federal med-ators wa mad by. Mar- tin Murphy, r resident- of the Stock Trds Lnhor CoilneH, Who declared ;tli men would "stand by their tun had fight." -- : v "' . ..-:-:, rocking -house today, foond tham selvc with scant material to keep their plant ia operation and faced the pros pect of eloain befor Saturday nnlcs the strike ended. - - At Armour aad Company's plant ev- eral ' tbousnn l employe wer laid ff JOHITRFSOLUTIOII OFFERED DECLARES A STATEJDF PEACE Results From. Conference Re publicans and Members For . eign Affairs Body BRING IT UP UNDER A 4 SPECIAL RULE FRIDAY Fixes End of State of War A Date On Which Kesolution ApproTed ; Germany ' Oiveii 45. Days In Which To Stni Kotice of Acceptance; Ten. .alty For Violating Pro vision Waahiagtoa, March 31, A Joint reso lution declaring the tato- of war b- tween th United State 'and Germany at aa end waa introduced today ia the Hon immd iatel-y after Hs approval at a conference between Bepublieaa lead ers aad members f th foreign affairs committee, r ' -.."- Th measure wa referred to th for eign affair committee. ai jsepuuiicaa T t,l! leaders plan to bring it ap Friday nnder a special rule with the hop of " final actioa befor adjournment that day..- Attention was called that thin would be Good Friday and raett war wa declared ea Good Friday three yesri . ago,' ' V . ' Thy resolutioa' provide for- certain , reciprocal trading with Germany aad for repeal of th Froaideat war powers.- It allow Germ any -43 day after its . adoption to agree not to - assert any . etaina agaiast th L'aitcd flute whieh ah could aot has asserted aader th treaty-of Versailles. A penalty, of . 10WO is provided la of violation ' of th term ef tho reaolutioa a to tradings y .. . v rfr Th resolntioa-follows: , t -1 .. . , .JTh Reeeretiea, L "Whereas, the Premdeat of th United States, in tha performance of ha Con stitutional duty to give to Coagres in formatioa of th stats jbf th Union, , haa advised Congreaa that th war with . thf Imperial Gernsaa ' gvrameat la' , ended, reaohrrd y th rJennta an tfto Hus of Xepres-entaUves of th United ' . State- of America, ia Coagre as- , semblod, that th tat of war declared ' ' to exist bctweea th Imperial German ' aorerament aad th ' people 'of the I'aited State by a joint resolution of : Congress, ' approved April , 1917, i -' hereby declared at aa ad. ' "Section 2. That ia th Interpretation of any provision relating to the fiat of th termination Of th present -war or of the. present or existing enwergency ' in nny acta of Congress joint rewlrs- " -tion or preclamaUons of the FreaMeni containing - provisions OBtingent urnu ' the' date of the termination of the a- " or of th preaeat or xiting emergen ty, ' . the date when, thia resolutioa becomf ' effective shall be construed and treat -I " a th date of th termination f thw war or f the present r existing emer gency, notwithstanding any provision ia any act of Congress of joint resolution, nrevidiua? aav other mod of determinn- - ftion of the. date of th termination of . the war, or of the present or existing emergency. . ' .... - - . , Ferty-tv My to Keoiy. , "Sectioa 3t That with a riw to - - curing reciprocal trade with the Ger man aovernmeat aad its nationals, and - for thi purpose it is hereby provided that n a less within 45 day from tho data whea thia reaolutioa become- ef- . ' far tire th German government (halt -' duly notify th President of th United , ' BUte that it has dorlared a tormina- tioa ef th war with th United State and that it waives aad renounce on V behalf. otJteelf and it national any ... claim, demand, right or benefit . against th United State or its nationals, that lit or they, -would aot have the right :' to aawart had the Catted State ratified, - th treaty of Versslllea, the President at jtha Uaitod . State shall hav th power, aad it shall bo his duty to pro- . claim the fact that th German govern ment haa aot given th notification her- .. inbefer mentioned, aad thereupon aad atil the President shall hav prociaia ,' ed the receipt of luch aotlflcatton, com-' me rcial intereonrs between the United State aad Germany and ' the making , of loaaa or eredita, and the. furnishings ef financial assistanc r ' nppliee to th German government or the' inhab- ' itant of Germany, directly or iadi- , , , rectly, by the government or th in habitant of the United States shall," except with th li cease f th Presidont,? . be. prohibited. "Section 4: That whoever ahall wil- fully violate the foregoiug. prohibition wbeaever tho asm ahall b ia force. ahall, apoa leonvictioa, be fined not more than gl o.OOO, or if a natural per-- on, imprisoned for not more than tw) years, or both; aad tho officer, director or scent of nay corporation who know ingly participate in cuch violation ahall ' ' ba, panished by a liko fine, imprison ment, or both, . nd aay property, funds, securities, papers or other article or ; doeuaseata, or nay vessel, together wttn ' her tackle, apparel, furniture nnd equip- ' ment, concerned L aoch vl lation, ahall ', be forfeited to the United States. . " "SoctieavS: That nothing herein, iroa tained ahall be construed n 'a 'waiver by the United State of it rights, priv- ' . iieges, indemnities, re paratioua or ai vantages to which the t'uitrd 8taes has'; become entitled under the terms of the armistice- aijned. November ii, XS ar - which wer acquired by or are ia tho , poasession of the United f-'tatcs bv rea son of iti participation in the war ar lotherwise; and aH fines, f.rf 1 11 res, pa- laltie nnd e'snres imposed fr ma.le tr the united S-.vs are he-. " y r;... 1 l .niie ' ! : -'r. : - - of the women. ' jtodr jcoL'rn ci aiil 1