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.--.-jr., .'w::V,;-v ,- Vv v-,- News MCI Olbs :', THE VTEATULR '. erver Rata Tuesday followed My Waring aad colder) Wedae day falf aad colder. VOL- CXII. NO. 167. 1 SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14. 1920. SDCTEEN PAGE TODAY. PRICE:; FIVE CENTS! J FAVORABLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION TO GIVE FARMERS AID LITHUANIANS VISIT UNITED STATES F0RME$T M m-r m a.f at an pill mil inlur in I ll m, REPEAL WAR LAVS Ml ywff eafOa) 0M4 vhmwI' Sw art Mill natrattw, aad araM Un sea! r . i UflANIMOUS ACTION TAKEN IN HOUSE 10 HOAUIHORIZATION LEAGUE ASSEMBLY 8TH DISTRICT SEAT Volstead Resolution Passes 'Unanimously After Only Two Hours of Debate LEVER FOOD CONTROL1 . ACT ALSO REPEALED Measure Adapted, Which ilfow Goes To Senate For Action, Practically Identical With That Vetoed at Lait Session By President Wilson; War Laws Exempted Washington Dee. 13. Repeal of most ef the wartime laws was voted today by th House, which adopted the Vol . stead resolution foi that purpoie after two hoar of debate. The vote on adoption of the reso lutioa waa unanimous, 323 to tee being recorded aa favoring it with none-opposed. The House, before taking the final vote, accepted an amendment pre siding for inclusion (it the Lever Food Control Act among" the lawa which the resolutioa would repeal. Feed Act Included. iThe amendment which coTen all previsions of the Food Control Act, with the exception of the section relat ing to rente in tha District of Colum bia, was offered by Representative Bland, Bepubliean, Indiana. It was carried by a vote of 179 to 137. The resolution, which aow goes to the Senate, exempts from repeal only the trading with-the-enemy act, the War Finance Corporation act and its amendments snd measures dealing with the issuance of liberty and Victory bonds. The resolution declares "an act of Congress thst by its terms is in fore only during the existence of a state of war and a limited time thereafter shall be construed and administered as if the present war terminated on the date .which this resolution becomes effec tive. The measure as adopted is practically identical with that passed by Congress just before the adjournment of the last session and yetoed by President "Wil son. " First rear Step. Bepubliean leaders of th Hons as serted tonight that adoption of th resolution was on of th first steps taken by the Bepubliean majority to fulfill th campaign pledge to put th country en peace time basis. i v Disposition of th Volstead resohr -tlan, clears th way .for consideration e TMointiam on-area rrr Keoresea- j tative Beavis, Bepubliean, Nebraska, which -would pre vide for a Congres sional surrey ef th government's tdministrafv departments. A special ml limiting debst will be presented temorow by Chairman Campbell., ef th rule committee, and action on the floor will follow a Tote on th adoption of th twlea. TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH IN ANDREW BLAZE Another Child May Die and Han Painfully Hurt In Dis astrous Tire , - Asheville, Dee, 14. Two children are 'dead, another may die and a man was nainfnllv- burned, as a result f a fire st Androws, Cherokee county, according to information just reecjrea aero, is. fir was discovered in Tie two stary tram building of th Bonthern Hallway power station and rapidly consumed 4h entire structure. .. Jo Constant, th 4 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Constant, aaa urin Hyde, th I year-old son ef Mr. and Mrs. Hyde were so terribly burned that .w j; . tm Vnnn after tha Are and oa of the Constant ehH.8rn iaot expected to lire. z Mrs. Constant and Mr. Hjds were imraiul about th face and bands in attempting to gat th children out of th burning tuuaiag, aiiuougu u w tkonght that they will reeorer from th bam. Mr. Hyd was about to say oa ef the children by -rushing into the building while th reports state that a traveling saJtw catered Uie ouiiaing ana iw auJ annther child. Th burned children were taken into drug store, aoaroy, - ism given them. . FOR OAKS MERCHANT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Inability To Satisfy Demands of Creditors Held Responsi ble Por Deed four Oaks, Dee. 13v B. C. Leaaiter, prominent young merehaat f this, eity, - eommitteed suieids this afternoon t t e 'clock. Business worries art held V responsible for th deed. He did an es '.j i k.lui aad it ia udtn .trttnt his eredHora bar been crowding Um A h wnt -MSbto to ..nt Imm tha farmers naeausa ex ine I low price he could not meet hi b- lintioaa. t - ' Th body wa found by. a.l liter who had n intimation. f her hus- k . . -j.a.it .V - fa, aa ew4 Van t band' purpose ------ -: pert of ta pmoi win wm hit life- H had gonw bMk yorch, apread a rug and lala down ; on it. H shot himself in th mouth, th v-n mmim wnward Into tha braia. r Mr. Xawiter waa a n ef w. U Isw aitar. a well-to-do aad prominent eiti- sen, the family being on f th most -respected In Johnston eounty. Mrs. tassiter Js a daughter ef J. C. Keea, "ila a weTknown and atormed eitixea. Thw ana sereral small ehiiaren. . Th funeral will b held Tuesday sftsmeon at I "dock. .- FuU Courss Bteeple Chase. -Flat Caees. Extra Pun. Piaehurst to aiorTwWA 1:45. adv. v Fess Says Dr. Ike Campbell Must Get More Evidence To Support Claims MARION BUTLER MIXED UP IN CONTEST PLANS Republican' Chairman Declares He Would Hot Approve of Contest Just To Get Another - Seat In The House; "Parmer Bob" Refers To Oharres of Jamming Ballot Lines News and Obserrar Bureau 003 District NaU. Bank Bldf. By R. C POWEU. (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, Dee. IS. There has been ao authorisation from th Be- publican Cdngresslosal eampaign eom- mitte for a contest ow th election of "Farmer Bob" Deughton ia th Eighth. North Carolina district. Dr. Qimoa D. Fess, chsirmaa ef th com mitee, said today. To make the natter entirely dear to North Carolinians, Dr. Fes stated that tha committee must MS some thing mor than Doctor Ike Campbell 1 shown it if it leads a mush as th "moral influence" to sn &ing ef th alleged election irregularifiea ia th eighth. Dr. Teas discussed th ess r Dr. Campbell at some length this after noon, deroung much attention to nil own ambition to purify the eleoiio lawa of the Southland. H was frank eoaeeraing all th details of th ess LiuTolred and became shy only whea u race quesuoa wss oroacnea. xti he wa positively coy. borne ef the light he threw upon the rumblings which have been coming up from the eighth, most of which were brought here Inst week by Doctor Us and hi lawyer, included the announce ment that th committee only heard Dr. Campbell -claim upaath insis tence of former Senator Manoa JButler. Mast Hst Erideaee. "Butler seems to think that there is something ia the charges that Camp bell snakes," Dr. Fees said, "aad w ar willing to advanc money to th and that th charges may b pro Ted or dis proved if w bav more substantial evideae of Irana ana or. in auegea disfraaehiaemeat ef Tptera by strong arm methods He Mferred oarueularlr to ebargea mode br CamvbaU thst ia w untie ef th district, on st th. sKaaly, Bariubliasna had beaa denied tn arivt. leg of voting beets ta lines to tne Dffin nvi. v y As to this, Congressman vougnton said this afternoon. i "The Bepcblieans were mighty poor jammers if they were jammed away here they bad thro votes to our one. The boot is oa th other foot, for the Democrats have been makiag a big holler because they couldn't get to the ballot box." Maria Bntler Beay. It developed during an Investigation of th Doughtoa-Oampbell fight today that much time has been spent by Ben ator Bntler ia getting for Doctor Die th attention of th Bepublieaa heads. They very frankly deelar they will not eanetion any contest jnst to get another eat. ia th House. They have mor than tsey need aow aaa tr a cob test should develop, th benefit ef tho doubt would be given to ta Democrat, Dr. Fes declared. If I had aa intimation." he said this afternoon, "that the elections ar not wBat they ought to be, I would pick out a district in North Carolina or iuf Virginia and make tha Investt- gotiA purely for th moral effect. The two states ar typieaj w made sn effort to win eertaia district that I 'believe ar Bepublieaa. There ha been agitatioa for a contest ia Georgia but we never made any effort there and w don't expect to tak any hand tin a eoniesr ia uat state. . . . . M Imaiwv Ceadittoa. . I "I would not approve a contest just for th sak of getting another mem' ber oa our aide ef th House? the doctor said, explaining that th eoav mittee had left final aetioa ea the Campbell matter la hi hands, "but I would like to see bettor Toting eon ditiona ia th South. "Supposs it were proved, Doctor Fes asked, "(hat Campbell advocated disfranchising th negroes and letting th whites.1 whether annuocd- or not, rote, would that affect hi standing be fore a committee! T ahonld aav that would 1 mitixate SMinat him. Dr. reaa said, aithoush th eonunitte isa t eoaeemed about that, phase of th matter. He eoateads that Bepublieaa qualified to vote were denied the privilege of easting their ballot by being held away from th boxes until after th poll were loMd." ' Dr. Fess had heard notiunsr of th "gentiemaa's agreement.1' aaid to aav beea' entered Into ia XredU eouaty by Desaoeratie and Bepublieaa managers, by which ao voter wa ehsllenged be es us h hadnt paid hi poll tax, Thi waa a eosressina t th aniaority eaadi' dato anyway aad would not J os sidered as iarportaat.' , Dectav Ike Beat Heme. Doctor Die, th Bepublieaa eommit- tce ehslrnsa aaid, waa cent hgm to get mors particulars aad fortify th eaea he brought last week with affl davita. H went back well impressed with U fact that- money will b pent oa a hearing just ta get him a at la Congr'M. .-.y--. It ia suipected rather stronajy thst that is another motive for a contest. should a develop, which Dr. Fess did not touch.' That is to tad out what went with tha tlJOO r 2S)0O which Dr. lit received from th -committee. It enly cost hint 1S to run for Coj rreea area if h received but fljSUO sad th iatimatioa to that th eomm fCeattnwed u raw Twal ... . 1 Member of . the mission front Lithuania, . the world' youngest republic, photographed ia New York. Tho mission from the republic ..to the United States u 'headed by a young AmacioAn, gergeant Vlneaa Vaskas, formerly of Newark, N. J. U. S. Ships Carried Nearly ' Half Of Overseas Commerce American. Overseas Commerce During Past Fiscal Year Was Record-Breaking SECRETARY ALEXANDER MAKES ANNUAL REPORT Advises Reducing Value of Mer. ' chant Ships To Oompete For World Trade Washington, Dee.- 13. Nearly on half of th nation' - record-breaking overseas eomaaeree in the past fiscal yeas wa carried la American Mp,i, Secretary Alexander, shows in his an nual report mad public today. Th oweswiaa trafle reached rthaswapreee-" deuUd vaT of 1175,424)00 and MjXM of it was carried ia Araeri-aa-ewaed vessels as againut $36859 000 carried ia American , bottoms the year before tho war. Th total volume of import and ex ports by land and sea was $13,349,061,' 000, neatly 3.000,00O,000 abov the pre vious record estsblished in the fiscal ear ended June 30, 1919. Import for tn oat yesr amounted to sojs.oziwu as compared with 13,095,720,000 for the previous year and almost $3,000,000000 for the fiscal year of 1918. Tho value of exports for the last fiscal yesr aggre gated 7,950,429,000, an increase of ap proximately 900)00 ,00t) over th pre vious year and 2,000,000,000 over 1918. Mr. Alexander also show 'that dur ing the Ust fiscal year the American aaerchaat fleet wa increased by 670 vessels of 3;418X)0 gro tons and that oa last June 30 American shipping com prised 2S,183 Teasels of 1624,024 grosi tone. This compared with 7,928,088 in 1914. Foreiga Trade Grows. "Growth of American shippinaj hai been wholly ia the foreign trade the Secretary said, "much more thaa half of that growth -having taken plac since th armistice of November 11. 1918, and th increase of the past fiscal year be ing doubl that of any year befor th armistice. This Increase in tonnage would neaa little unless it stood also for aa inereas in trade." , Quoting from th. bureau's ttdtistie showing an inereas of about 15fl00, 000 net ton cleared by Amerieaa abipi IS 1920 a against 1914 the NBeeretary continued "In a word, .while our grosi toaaage registered for foreign trad el la tenfold what it was la 1914, It h supplied ia actual employmsnt ta over sea trad fourteen times the American cargo and passenger space available in 1914V thougoji th. ihorter voyages te foreign porta, ia North-America, :reqnir ia fewer. and ofrfslly smaller shipsf'the inereue and . - th , . demand baa , net beea so great.'' Ia' connection with th growth ef Amerieaa chipping aad -foreign trade," ian . rmHe Ur. Alexander discussed toe advisapu ity of charging off Ho th winning cf th wsV sufficient "of the 'war cost of th government-owned - ships to enable them to eompete with - foreiga shipping oa the ;baai of actual vain of the properties. Hs advocated this course a th belief that only t through' such etioa could the shlpa, built uader war' time stress aad at wartime coeta, coa- tiane to meet th overhead expenses of anaintcnauc' and operation. arnat Sadaee Valaes. , "Wi mast" be candid with ourselves," h eostinned. "Th value of tho ahipi waed by the government must, be re duced to their actual valus. for eom patitiv purpose at the present timl aad th difference between that, vahj and th first eost should be charged to th winninr of th war.' 'The interest oa that . diff ereaee, '.' th' eorre ponding eontributioa ' to thv sinking fund and th eorrtspondisg allowraee for 'depre eiation, wiU-b -treated thai il war loases, and this rarely to preferable to a eoatiaaed ..fsilur , to mske annual payment oa the account of th mer ehaat maria to interest, sinking "fund aad depreciation." . ' - Although th nation gross foreiga basis em was th greatest in it ' hii tory last year, th Secretary sxpreased th belief that Amerieaa" exporter would find it "inereseiagly diffioulfto (CeaUaued a Fag Tw) Hi PRESIDENT URGES AID FOR CHILDREN Appeals To American People To ' Save Three Million Starv ing Little Ones Washing-ton, D. Dee. 13. Presi dent Wilson today called upon his "fel low countrymen'' to contribute fund te save three and en ' half million tklldrea, who "are facing starvation In Central Karon. " Tt F resident an nounced that he would, adopt JO f tnese emiaren a nis temporary ward aaa saia tnat fiv contributed through th European Eoiief Council would save the life of a child. "Thro and a half million children ar facing starvation in Central Eur ope," said th President' statement. "It i estimated that they can be tided over until next harvest by monay and service equivalent to" OD per child. The countries involved , can furnish two thirds of this eost in the person nel and machinery for distribution, but tor the other on third they must Jook abroad, and they are looking to us. "Since 1914, our people have given with unparalleled generosity, and they should not b lightly called upon for additional charities. But there is a -life and death situation in Central Europe, when orphans, destitute, famished children, pitiful consequences of the world war, must die unless a is ent. "Tea dollars contributed through th European relief council will have the life of one child. For concerted effort, there have been combined in this coun cil eight well known ' organizations, namely, the American Belief Associa tion ; - American lied Croat, 'American Friends ' Service Committee, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Federal Council of Churches of Christ1 in Am erica. Knight of Columbia. Toons Hen's Christian Association and Young Women s Christian Association. "At Christmas time, peculiarly the children' feast, we should think of this sad European problem in terms of chil dren rather thaa ia money. Ten dol lars will represent a child' life in Central Europe. I shall adopt 20 of these children as my owa temporary ward and J can think of ao .better use to which I could- put S900. "I suggest to .my fellow countrymen that the circle around their Christmas tree will be incomplete unless, mingled with their owt expectant children, they Khali ' visualize om of th waif of ""'Ti av.l.TZJ! r . i . v i . i ' i " t ""- of th trees, not toys, but breadwith- out which they must perish. ' PIONEER FERTILIZER ' MAN : OF SOUTH PASSES AW AT Bichmond, Va., Dee. UJame O. Tinsley, 77, plonear - in organising fer tiliser companies - ia th Sooth, died today : at his eounrty home near here. He wa at on time treasurer of . Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. Ho traveled a great deal aad visited prac tically allof tho principal cities of Europe. V . . 8TUDTINO NORFOLK'S CITT MANAGER GOVERNMENT FLAN v 1 Norfolk. V,, Dee. JSTh"fiv eity eommissionerJ of Tampa, Fla., who, will assnmis office on January d.aader the new ' eomminioir" form of goveramnt in that city, sre ia Norfolk making 4 survey of the city manager-council form- of govrnment,- eepeaialiy aa to th departmental features of its' op eration. ;They will-eompleto their (sur vey tomorrow. ' . . '-v- . j .- ' Thirteen Vessela Withdrawa. I Daahingtoa.' Doe. 13. Order . wittTH dawiag 13 vessel aggregating 47150 deadweight ton from the aervic avor issued today- by ' th Shipping Board. Four of th Teasel ar woodaa Craft, th other ar lake ateamer. . They will b tied ud at tfertblk. ADOPTS PLAN FOR COURT 0! JUSTICE First Important Constructive Act In Work of The League Accomplished ' PROVIDES NO PENALTY FOft NON-COMPLIANCE Organisation Aa Planned Lacks Obligatory ' Appearance of Both Parties To a Dispute; Adoption Came After Ora torical Duel Between Europe and Latin-America Geneva, Dee. 13. (By the Assouiated Press.) Tbs assembly accomplished to day the first important constructive act ia the work of th League of Nation in adopting a statute for a permanent international court of justice. The or ganization as planned still lacks the ob ligatory appearance of both parties to a dispute and provides no penalty for non-eompUnnee with the decisions ot the court. The advocates of the project, how ever, believe that it ia the most com plete plan that eould be. accepted by the different governments and are eon fident that the good will of ths nations will remedy its defects. The plsn will go now to the different states for rati fication. If twenty -two, or a majority of the members of the League approve it be fore the next meeting of the assembly, the judge will be elected and the court will eonie into existence in the month of September. x Oratorical Duels. Adoption of the plan rsme after an oratorical duel, with Latin-America on one side and Europe on the other, over the question aa to whether th juris diction of the international court ought to be obligatory or voluntary. Bacual Fernandez, Brazil; Dr. Carlo Urueta, Colombia; Harmodio Arias, Tansna; Aristides Aguero, Cuba; Benor Bmneo, Uruguay, and Benor Aramayo, Bolivia, insisted with great force upon the ne cessity of obligatory jurisdiction to mske the court foeily effective. Borne of the apeaker made reference to the small majority in tho committee which had forced a large minority to bend to it will. -It waa also declared that. the big powers had- used their greater influence to defeat th most' important feature of th measure. The greater number of the fifteen-speakers !.r fgepucai aa .vo--vbs -vaaue ex op ignat jurisdictioa a provided for la (he project. Care pea si Chsmptoaa. Lean Bourseois. France: A. J. Bat four, England; Dr. George F. Bagerup, Norway, and Giusepp Motto. BwHaer land, defended the plan as the best thst eould be set up for a beginning Mr. Balfour also made a defense of Europe against what he termed united attack." No country, he said, had been more strongly in favor of arbitration thaai Great Britain. He argued that it waa necessary to make a beginning. The whole- project might be rendered inop erative if that beginning wer not mad with due regard for certain realities. Thoua-h the debate eould aot change the viewpoint of the majority it served to relieve the feelings ef the delegate, which had reached- a high pitch la tn Ion a- discussion la committee. Th plan proposed to the assembly by the committee differed ia some re spects from th plan formulated by Elihu Boot and his associates, who met last summer for the purpose of putting the ideas regarding the formation of the court into shape. Th chief dif ference was in th matter of jurisdic tion. . Th eommitte agreed with the de cision of the league's eouneil at Brus sels that it would be impossible to get the necessary number of ratiSeationa by members for a plaa permitstng aa aggrieved nation to cite another nation into coart, and it was decided to sub stitute a mor flexible , plaa, ander wheih a member may agree or not agree to compulsory arbitration. Senator McCormick Present. United Bute Senator Medill Mc Cormick watched proceedings during this morning's session from the press gallery. ' He ha refused an . invitation from the British delegation to occupy with th delegation. Bis frocene in the press Motion appeared to attract littl attention. Th Senator followed closely th debst on th international court project. . After leaving the assembly Senator McCormick had luncheon ia private and left for Budapest at 1:30 o'clock la the aftoraooa. Tho dinner given in hi honor last night by A. J. Balfour ef the British delegation failed to develop any extensive political discussion, the Beaa tor adhering to hi decision aot to speak ia Europe a political sub ject. . ' MEETING OF AMERICAN - LEAGUE AT N. T. FBIDAT. Chicago. Dec 13. The annual meeting of th Amerieaa League will be hold ia New Tork. Friday, December 17, Instead of Chicago, aa previously olannad. Thi announcement waa made today by B. B. Johnson, president, who declared th change to New York wa mad because a majority of the elub owner wer la th east. ' " TELEPHONE CONNECTION TO IRELAND FBOM ENGLAND CUT ' Laadoa. Deev lfc-Th Daily Mats aya prominently la its aoeead sdtp Uoa this morning ' that' teWphoa osssaaalcatiaa sUml Eagjaad aad Dahlia caaaad arty, thi mora ls g. Th Laadoa enVciais aaid thoy ware aaabl t cwmmaalcato beyrad Belfast, Th Belfast aaotsfilc re ported It waa aaabl' to gM - with Dahlia. . KITCHIN TO RESIGN FROM COMMITTEE SOON Washington. Dec. 13. Representative K J t c h i n , Democrat, of North Caro lina, has informed the ways and means committee of his intention to resign at an early date because of ill health, Qhairman Fordney said today. Mr. Kitchin was chairman of the committee during the period of Democratic con-, trol of the House, ana had been expected by his col leagues to take a leading part in the framing of new tax and tariff legislation, hearings on which have just been started. DOUBT ABILITY 10 PAY DEBTS OF WAR Fordney Expresses Doubt Whether Four Billion Levy Will Pay Off Debts Washington, Dee. 13. Concern of Congressional leaders as to ability of ths treasary to meet the $7,500,000,000 of wsr debts maturing within the next two and a. half years waa indicated by Chairman i'ordncr, of the ways snd means committee, today both in the House and at the opening of hearings by his committee cn revision of reve nue legislation. . The ways and means committee; chair man frankly expressed doubt as to whether the estimates of a four billion annual tax levy would be sufficient to meet the requirements of the govern ment oVT the period ef maturing treas ury certificate and Victory notes. As a solution he advocated refunding into long term bonds of the certificates now aggregating $3,350,000,000, sswcll of the first issue of War Savings Stamps and ta Victory aot issue. Aetioa ot such a volution, Mr. Fordney declared probably would enable a re duction -of taars below Secretary Hou ton's estimate of four billion dollars. It also, h aaid, would permit a tax levy for several years sufficient only to cover current fiaral aeeds of the gov eminent aad interact on the public debt and (inking fond operations. Th first witness before the committee at th tax reviaion hearing, however, disagreed, with Mr. Fordney on the pro posal. In reply to' Questions by Repre sentative Loagworth, Republican, of Ohio, Dr. Thomas 8. Adams, treasury tax expert and economist, aaid the program of tho treasury appeared to provide sufficient revenue to take care of the maturing obligation except the Savings Stamp which would be paid through th sal of other issues of such stamps as each yearly iasu falls due. He added. however, that tha treasury estimates for taxation onld stand a reduction if the progress- were to b carried - through and th maturing obligations met. Politic entered into the discussions of tho method of paying off ths war debt whea the committee reached the subject lata in the day. Bepresentative Garner, Democrat, Texas, vigorously opposed tho Fordney suggestion, saying it meant that the government was "breaking faith with th people whom it had assured that it would take Up the floating debt to make the Liberty bonds retain their proper level of market value. To float an other loan, Mr. Garner asserted, would materially weaken the quotation of the Liberty bond prices. "When w passed those loan bUIs and tax measures, we told the peopl eertaia things," Mr. Garner continued. "W sursly cannot go back oa those ss- surtaees. It would be breaking faith with the tteoole." . "Well.'' Mr. Fordney countered, "those thing wen th work of tha Democratic administration. Bat in as much as we have it, it ha aow become aa obliga tion of the Beoublieaa party aad I mean to do all I can to get rid of it without burdening our people with taxation. Discussion of actual tax revision ques tion by th committee developed an almoat unanimity ot opinion among it member with respect to repeal of the execs profit tax. Dr. Adams, speaking for the treasury, eonearrea oa tnis noint. but warned the committee that Congress should keep in mind difficulties atteadaat apoa collection oi a aaie tax. SMITHS 'AGAIN LEAD IN NEW lUKa UlKStlUSI New York. Dec 13 The "well knowa Smiths' hav regained their numerical supremacy la New Tork nomenclature, it is revealed by tho city' new direc tory issued today. Last year they were several columns behind the combined list of Cohsns, Cohen and Conns, but tho Smith exclusive of Schmidts snd Schmidt hav leaped Into the lead acaia by mor thaa four columns. or about 500 name. Fifty tw columns of Smiths, with about 120 names to a column, are listed. TO HEAR COMPLAINTS OF , FLORIDA FRUIT GROWERS JaeksoavillCFaJ Dec 1.X Repre sentative of th Interstate Commerce Commissioa will hold a formal hearing la Jacksonville January 21 of com plaint of Florida citrus fruit aad veg tabl grower against th diversion aad roeensignmsnt order f th com missioa which waa to hav become f- tivi December 1st, according to telegraphs message received here to day, jj,- V 'SX.'Z??': ' Senate Passes . Agriculture Committee Resolution Re viving The War Finance Corporation SECTION REFERRING TO RESERVE BOARD POLICY AMENDED BY SENATORS Resolution Gives Opinion of Congress As Favoring Such Acti6n By Reserve Board As 'May Be Necessary To Per .mit Member Banks To Grant Extensions of Credit Upon Security of Agricultural Pro. ducts Held By Farmers; Sim mons Fights Hard For Pass age of Resolution, and En gages In Spirited Tilts ; Res. olution .Now Goes To The House For Action Washington, Dec 13. The Senate late today passed th agriculture com mittee resolution directing th revivst of the War Finance Corporation as a measure of affording relief to farmers. The second section of the resolution, which aa introduced Would have direct ed the eitension of liberal credits to farmer by the Federal Beserve system, was amendod to make the desirability of such a coarse only an expression of opinion of the Congress. I The amendment making th change in the section of the resolution relating to the Federal Reserve system was pro-1 posed by Senator Norrisf Republican, of j ohraaa, and wa accepted by a vot of 7 to lfi. j;' ' j Broaden Power. '' Another ehanga made ia the resoluJj mu vu augKcairvn ok nuwr mull u. Democrat, or Ueorgla, broadened th duties of the Finsne Corporation te include the financing of exportation of products other thaa those produced ea the farm. Amendments submitted by Seaator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia,! to make the ratotof discount on loans! to farmers five per cant, and by Senaaj tor McKallar, Democrat of Tennessee, to sakeottoa factors paper eligible' for discount, were re jeetad by over-j wnelmtng -votes. A substitute for th resolution presented by Senator fipea , csr, PeaaMlsaa, f hflss rL met a sim ilar fst. Final aetioa a th resolution wa without a record vote. The messurf aow goes to ths House, where a num ber of similar farmer relief measures ar pending, Th section of th resolutioa direct ing revival of ths War Finance Corpor ation, as adopted, reads: "The Secretary of the Treasury and the member of th War Finance Cor ! poration are hereby directed to revive . the activities of the War Finance Cor-: poration, and that said corporation b at once rehabilitated with the view of assisting in the financing of the ex portation of agriculture and other products to foreign markets." ' Extension Of Credits. Th resolution ss adopted refers to the extension of credits aa follow: "It is the opinion of Congress thst the Federal Beserve Board should tak -uch action as may be necessary to per mit the member bank of th Federal Beserv syitem to grant liberal exten sions of credit to th farmer of the eon n try upon the security of the agri cultural products now held by them, by permitting the rediscounting of such note of extension at a fair and rea sonable rata of interest." The Senate agricultural eommitte during the day continued iU hearing with a view to framing other measures looking to the relief ef the farmers from ths condition brought about by falling prices. The House received an addition to its collection of relief measures in a bill offered by Representative Young, Bepubliean, of North Dakota, proposing an embargo on imports of grain and grain products, livestock, aad their products for on year. SIMMONS CHAMPIONS MOVB - TO BOLD BACK PRODUCTS ' Washington, Dec 13. With Senator Carter Glass, former Secretary of the TMamnr jhamninninff tha fiolieies of Secretary Houston, storms raged about the Norris resolution to revive th war Finance Corporation and direct th ; Federal Beserve Board to relax credits 1 ia the Senate today. Senator Simmons fought hard for the resolutioa and at times during th de bate enaared in spirited tilt with Sen ators Grass, McLean, of Connecticut, Poraerene, of Ohio, and King, of Utah. The senior Senator challenged th vo lition taken, by Senator McLean that Congress has no right to Indicate ita ' will in matters of policy to th Federal , Beserve Board aad declared that the - ; board should relax the stringent rales which it has ere scribed with regard ' , to loans to be mad by member bank,, , -to farmers for th purpose of holding their crops until a reasonabl price ea ; -j be obtained for their products. .. , .- Heavy Xaaas Not Needed. r Hearv loan Iran ot necessary to ede- I . quately cope with the serious situation . . faeed bv the Southern aad Western ' farmers, Senator Simmons declared .4 but rather they need a declaration of sympathy strong ' enough ' to ereat a ' market for their product. He called attention to the fact that la 1914. wha MeAdoo declared he would pt five i hundred millions ia Southern banks, ' ... . , . , V ' 1ms than nrtr millions waa sroeaaa fore a msrket was created apoa which : eottoa could be sold. - j i v Senator Glass insisted that th "orgy , of snendinc" had to be stopped om-N Inhere aad that ia putting th Ud ea tight the Fedecal Beserve uoara wss aot discriminating against th farmer (Cemtlaaed w Page Two) X;: A x 1 i