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By JOE TBAIIR.
(Br Special Leased Wire.)
Washlartoa. March 7. Tha Xartk
Carolina political pi is aboat ready to
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REVOLUTIONISTS
, ATTACK PETROCRAD
Helnlngors, Fin hand. Mar.
7. (By The Associated
Press) The revolutionaries
art bombarding Petrograd
and Soviet, batteries at Sys
terlek, Relvonnia, and Tar
boka are bombarding Kron-
stadt, says a dispatch from
Viborg -received here.
The fortress at Krasnojra
Korko, the dispatch adds, is
Earticipating in the fight,
ut, owing to the fog it is
hot known on which side.
It is stated that General
Koilovski. the Rebel leader,
sent an oltimatum Friday
ordering all Communists to
leave Petrograd within three
days, failing which the city
would be bombarded.
Stockholm. March 7.
Trotzky, the Soviet war
minister is commanding the
Soviet forces fighting against
the revolutionaries around
Petrograd,' according to a
message from - Helsingfors.
The general bombardment
continues,
GENERAL WOOD TO .
SU PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS PROBLEM
Former" Candidale For Presi
cency Detailed For Mission
at Request of Harding
WILL BE RELIEVED OF
ARMY. COMMAND SOCfl
formally Entrusted With Mis.
sioa at Conference , With
President and The Secretary
of War: Original Intention
WascTo Bend General There
As Oovernor General'
Waahington, Marre T. Major General
Leonard Wood haa beea detailed at tha
requett of Preeideat Harding to g u
tb Philippine talaada aad ataaa a atady
of eoadlUona there ia the light (
Philippine aapirationa for independent.
The aiiaalon araa formally tntrntted
to General Wood at a eonfbrene today
between ' him aad the Praidnt at
which Secretary Weeka of the War Do
trlrt L B. Tucker. Whiterille.
United SUtee Attorney, Weatera V
' trlrt Frank Linaey, Bone.
United Stnte Marahal, Eaatera Dlr
trfrt J. D. rarker, fimithfleld.
, Uititod Statea Marahal, .Weatern Die-
. . t . 1 x T I J
irri DTOwniow tfauaua, wounoiw
f Till.
,- Collector ut Internal Be eno Gil
lian Griaaom. f .Graaboro.
Aeeordlnar to information gained to-
-dar. thia list waa ntnde ap and ghri
v the aporoTal of Committacman More-
' head wnil he waa ia Waahington for
th Harding inaugural laat week, and
Jwaa "handed In." Ia da time the
. reepeetir appointments may be i
pected to be mad.'
i : No Farther Arraageaaata.
Thie eeoia to be about aa far a the
Tar Heel pie diapenaera hara been able
to go aa yet. There ar ao many
vBlaeea to be banded ont and men a
myriad of kangry'pie hnntera that only
the beat juba can be gten ttentionj
for the tiaje being.- Ia due time, the
poatmaaterahlp will M taaoa- np ana
- the parcalinr proceea will continue. Ia
' thia connection it may be obaerred, bow.
wr, that it aeema to be pretty well
a Hie. that Vaa.HiU wUl get the Aane--vllle
poatofflee, or at leaat can hav
It if he wriabea, , and that VcKlnley
Pritehard. of AaiewUe, eon of Judge
Jeter Pritehard, Will get the appoint
GOVERNOR SEEKS
RETURN TO OLD
BOARD SYSTEM
Would Abolish Joint Directo
rates, Building Commission
v and State Architect
SENATE PASSES BILLS
AT NIGHT SESSION
Matters Are Brought ' Before
Oeneral Assembly By Oov
ernor Morrison In Special
Message Delivered Before
Joint Session; Some. Opposi
tion Develops
ALLIED TROOPS ONCE MORE
MARCHING INTO GERMANY;
NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF
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By recorded Tot of SI to It the
Reaate laat night paaaed three bill em
bodying roeomhieadatioB made to the
Geaeral Aaaembly earlier la the day by
Gorernor Cameron hforriaoa ia a ape
eial meaanga. Oolleetirely the meaeure
proride for a retnra to the old nya
tern of indiridunl directorate of State
Hoapitala, the diaaolutioa of the co-
opera tire parehaalng department nnd
bolrfioa ml the State Architect
stadtis being bombarded of
several torts, and the Kras
noya Korka fortress is also
firing, presumably against
Krpnstadt, which is answer
ing powerfully.
HH GEORGE VV. TO
PASSES II
'J DURHAM
Li 1 the fcolrtioav of the BtaU
Penalties To Be Visited Upon German v
For Failure To Agree To Allies' Conditions
London, March ,7. (By the Associated ' Press.)
Application of the penalties upon Germany for non-fulfillment
of her reparations requirements were announced
to the Germans last Thursday by Mr. Lloyd George;
They are:
Occupation of the cities of Duisburg, Duesaeldorf and
Ruhrort, in the German industrial, area beyond the Rhine,
by troops of the Allies. " '
Imposition by each allied country; of such a tax upon
German imports as it may deem fitting.
The establishment of a customtfHtoundary under allied
control along the Rhine.
NO EXTRA SESSION
BEFORE APRIL 4TH
Prominent Capitalist and Phi
anthroDist Had Been se
riously III For Tear
- Durham, Itarek T--Georfe Wanking-
tow watta, Durham millionaire eapi-
taliat and pbilanthropiat, died at hi
home here thia moraing at 10 US o'clock
following an Ulnae which dated from
March, 1920, and ia the eourae or wniea
be underwent erecal blood, trenafuiiona
and operationa. Mr. Watto would . haT
boom 70 ream old ia. AnguaL
Hln Ufa waa a. riaoreua oh, aad an
sient aa naairhint United Btathe Atewui v.- -ipjo ho wna-tmaarkablr
- aey Xor weatera ciatnei. out.De- ewthftrl-aiid active for hli age. ' He
Us fii.PWdf' tt! UJ4 Mareb, JBSO, wbieh apparently i-paJr
far, ia noh Jihaly to . any great nod- j -BoraUo. Hi condition waa an
- Sl&MW&t l' preC.C iatiy Vprod a Z
a fw im In racall a, itatamant trrl '"" "F "t-"'
State Chairmaa Llnney, made while he,
- waa in Waahingtoa to c Mr. - Harding
innnnrated. that he waa much more in-
teretted ia aocing noma reform in. eloe
tion lawi broogbt about than he waa ia
atteaded the World Sunday School Con
Tentioa. Upon .hie return hi health
agaia'-bgBB deelin aad ia March
he had a aerere eollapae, followed by
bemorrhag of the atomaen. 'B atony
poliiical patronage.. It waa about the time I aeh trouble wan pronounced incurable,
ana rapidly aappea away ma -remain
lag atrength. .
' Mr. Watt wat twice married, and
ramrod By hi eeeoad wife, who waa
Mi Sara Y. Xcker, of Syraeuae, N. x.
He leave one child, a daughter by hi
Bret wife. Mr. Joha Bprunt Hill.-ot
that Mr. Xinney waa ao'intenaTy in-
te rested la elect ioa reform that' hia
. name waa being handed in with trthert,
a tha pi elate. .-
Bather Not CWaaatteaU : ,
It ii of farther intereat to obaerre
that former Senator Marioa Butler, waa
- . i urn wue, ..Aire, yonn oprani, aui, -oi
not eonaulted ft the matter of pie fori Dnrham-There are three gramdehll
v theTiorth Carolina patriot. Mr. Batter
aa oeea eonnaea to ai naaningion
, . horn with illaeaa for aareral day, and
waa aot able to get out eren to o the
Inaugural. Whil Mr. Butler wa thua
- eonSned, tte other North arolina G.
r O. P. leader were preparing and baS3
ing in their Wat. . It ia not aatu
' factory to Mr. Butler, at leaat not a a
. whole. , He aaid today that the elate
ho haa heard haa bean mada an and
handed ia by MAV Moehead ia aUa-
dren. George Wait Hill, age 19; Laura
Vallna Hill, age 16, and France Hill,
age 12. The deeaeed alio lea Tea
brother, Jamea H. Watta, of Baltimore,
and a aiatar, Mra. Charlra B. King, of
Charlotte. ,
Fuaeral aerrieee win be held Wednes
day afternoon at the home oa Duke
itreet. Dr. Darid H. Seanlon, pastor
of the Kret-Freebyteriaa ehnrch; Dr.
W. W. Moore, of Union Seminary, Blah-
factory ti him ia some instance nnd moad, Va, and Dr. K. B. loyburn, of
. ia unaatiaraotory in, other that there
are aoaie names thereon) he would aot
-hae written ia had it beea left with
k. hiow but declined to say which of these
.asms he woold bar omitted, or why.,,
Thia elate ian't guaranteed to b un
breakable, aad there la yet time for it
to be broken. But it ia today (late,
d it will mot be apt to undergone ny
change without th okek of Joha 'Mot
ley Morehead; - It wjU-Suit one'wlng
. 1L V, .l n ilL r S , a , .
, oi u ngiu wiuuw u. u. dui u
- in"l Mtiaf aetory whole : t - Mr.
' i atler and hi follower, and there i
utsappmntmeat tbat -may lead " to
Borne, Ga.,' a former pastor tf the
Virst Preibrteriaa ehureh, will officiate.
Interment will, take place at 'Maple
wood oemetery. Other funeral arrange
mants will be announced tomorrow.
Mr Watt waa bora August 18, 1851,
ia Cumberland, Md the son of Gerald
8. aad Aaaie E. Watta. , He was a grad
uatetof the University' of Virginia and
begaa hi baaiaea career ia hi father!
tobaecof bnalne' at Baltlmora.
later associated "himself with: the Dnkee
la Dorhaa aad grew to be reomaaad;
Ug, HaTW ia -the great Duka. tobacoo
lateresta,. He waa also aseoeiated with
the l rwia Cotton MUla, f Darhasa,
. plaaaanraeaa. . Uf ourae. Demoerats
hat ta aee tha haagry G. Ol X-lllZ2EZT fJZrtZZl
haatera fall, out aad flht. bTt thal"01- "" ."'Aet!wn
rirtor belong the broils.'
mahs the Geaeral Gorernor of the
Ielandi.
Ia making the original offer of the
Philippine goreraorahip to General
Wood, ;Mr. Harding ia anderatood te
hare beea moved primarily by a deaire
ot Obtain fall Information about the
detaila of Philippine conditiona. It ia
believed that . General Wood himself
maVds the suggestion that he could eon
duet the inquirymoro effectively by
retaining hia rank la the army thaa by
leering it to accept a civil appointment
aa Gorernor,
Today' deeiaioa waa announced by
Secretary Weeka, who leaned thie state
ment it the Whit House after leaving
the - conference room
"The President I not unmindful of
the change of policy recommended by
hi predeeeaaor In dealing with th
Philippine. 'H ia anxioua to oettl
definitely our policy and haa aakd Gen
ral Wood., beea use of hia extended ex
perienee there, to go to he Island and
npon soBQuiwi mm urn mmj muu vucai.
; It' waa aaid that the time of General
Wood's departure and the length of hi
Stay ia the Iaiaad had aot Nea axes.
(Osutlaaed ' Pago Tw'
ETHEL BARRJMORE NOT
v ' UVING WITH HUSBAND
Counsel Yor Tamous American
Actress Confirms Report '
' of SeparaUoa ;
New York, March 7 Counael for
Ethel Barrymhre. fnm on American e
treaa, ( today conortnad report raai an
had separated from her hatband, Bua-
tell G. Colt. - - -:a
Ia a rformal . announcement William
Nelsoa Cromwell declared that a sepa
ration ' agreement had beea executed
by the Celts who nowhere tiring apart
U sTOwrdanee,' wiu its terms, auaa
Barrymore retains tha sole cuatody of
their , throe children but proviaioa is
mado for thsir father riaiting them.
Ia eonfirmiiig . report of th ee-
trangemeat th attoraey aaid eueh" ac
tion aeemed wiae in order to "clear 'the
atmosphere' of ramors.
Miaa Barrymore- -the statement eoa
tin aad, haa virtually recovered from the
surgical operationa upon her Angers
ad tonaila performed a Cincinnati
aad in New York. . Several weeka age
he abandoned a ' road tour ia De-
elaeee" and entered a hospital ia Cin
cinnati. ' ' . .
She wat brought to this eity by her
uncle, Joha Drew, aad "Tamota of do-
mea tie trouble thea became more frequent.'-
. s j" . "'
. Toda Miaa Barrymore wa removed
from her boapital room here to the
hotel whero-Mr. Drew, resides. She im
mediately will begia preparatiot to play
opposite bet brother Joha ia S drama
be produced in Mew, York eooa. .
" ' MmdsMnCOhofesi "
RESERVATION TO
JAPAN'S MANDATE
V "
hvnrocclu Cttnitlo'avf TKt I
nnanono:7aanese'
acnger.
The meaaoree providing for a eegre-
rat ioa of the bo&rda T directors of the
State RnapiUla for the Inaane and the I Waahington, March 8. Preaident I , WaaTiiagton,' March 7. ' (By The
Caswell Training Bcaool and for tne dis- Harding announeea eny toaay " ioetea preaa.) JaDaa aeceDted
department swept through without any be called aot before April 4 and might
opposition, but Senatora MeCoia and be a week later.
Tee announcement wna mane aner a
At
the
Meadenhall lodged vlgoroua Nproteete
against" abollahlng the BuUding- Com
mhwioa and th Stat Architect
Senator McCoin, who waa a member
of the serect committee appointed to
iarCstigate th Building Commioaien
aad the State Architect aaaerted that
the head of every State inatitutioa aa
well as Joha Bprunt Hill, "the prosecu
tor," testified at the hearings that ia
their oolnlon th BuUding Commisaion
aad tha Stat Architect abould be re
tained and that the principle waa abeo
lately sound. Among those he quoted
were Dr. H. W. Chase, prealdent of the
North .Carolina; Dr. w.
White- Hotne dinner which Republican
loaders of tha Senate and House at
tended.. The conference lasted for four
houra and the President aaid the legia
latire program had beea dieeussod.
The President aaid thia waa the be
ginning Of a program of co-operation.
Varioaa aubjecta were diaeuased, he
added, in an attempt to ascertain th
most important to be takes up by the
next Congraaa. .
Preeideat Sees Carreepoadeaia,
After the egafoTcnce had brokea ap
a Ad hi guest had departed, the Presi
mandate for former German .oasea
lona ia the Pacific north of the Eg.au
tor, including tha isbvnd of Yap, with
tha reeervation 'that Jspsnese eitixena
ahould aot be anbjeeted "to a discrim
inatory and diasdrantageoss . treat
ment" ia other mandated territories.
This waa diaeloaed ia tha eomple'e
text of th njendate granted Japha.by
the League of Nation whieh waa ob
talned today at the 8tate Department
The reservation stipulated . by Japaa
wa aimilar to or advanced by the
American government in refer!.' to
Meaopotomia ia it recent note to the
League of Natlona ia whieh execution
also wa taken to th declaration ia the
German Delegation Present
Alternate Indemnity Plan '
Which Allied Council Re-
fuses To Accept
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE
DELIVERS JUDGMENT IN
SPIRIT OF CALMNESS
British Prime Minister Tore. .
v closed Allied Ultimatum Ap.
patently With Reluctance;
feeling In Kngland One of
Relief, Wot of Enthusiasm;
Germans Wanted To Retain
Upper Silesia and WorldT, '.
Wide Freedom of German
Trade; French Army Win .
Form Balk of Forces For , '
The New March Into Ger
many; Conference Breaks '
Up
'TWwWr..irar1waT-'. if-,. aj-as;e;'ywS,JUaji t..t.;jl
iated PreaO Germany H1I appeal
te the Laagas ft Natloaa agaiaet
the aetloa of the Allies la Imposing
peaaHlas for aoatafalSllmoat ef her
reparations ehllgstleaa.
Dr. Slmona la hU reply toMr.
Lloyd George said t
. Garataay Is aot a msaahar of the
Lea gee of Notions bat ah haa .
algped the pact of the league, aad I
therefore annoeaeo la the name of ."
the Gormea gorerameat ea appeal .t
to Uo aaaembly of the Leegae of . -Natloaa
hgniaat the Oaaettoa with
which wo are saeaaeed.' - 4
TJniveraitr of
n BMitirk. Briieldant of Btato Collea::
Dr. J. L Ponst oreaideat of the North pdper eorreapoadeata, abut 50 of whom
vareuna uouege ior women, m imi. a" , ,
asaea nooox ueapeeiai session,
President said j V
dnt came out en the front portico of ?Z. "T a" ""'VT" ,B
the White Hon. to talk to the aew "!!rirh-.? f""" tw"
the
it
Albert Aadersoa, Superintendent of the
SUto Hoapital at Baleigh.
Waata Knpert Comaalaatea.
He ins ia ted that the heed of these
inatitutiona were teehaieal mea aad aot
KmIM.m .n aka a nkfn Mia amonnt
of moaey weald ha aared teNtho State rrara ior ue aeaa.on, 'vvwere I
t .It .f It hanaia anaralkma bo aa. to determine which Wa the rial
trJCted to aa otMrt eommisaioa. 8en-f basiaea for Congreai whether it
"I can only saV to you that It will
aot be 'earlier thaa April 4 aad
night possibly be a week later.
' W AIM .4HmaaA latAlu i
tryiag
pre
ator Maadsahail .poke along th emergeaejr tariff logislatloa or l!rJi
linae, asssrtlar Ua7 the -adMatagaef ??2 '" ednlee. m&
en. uoarmio-ovaa.-b of "f"" '' n lL
madlleif eass ia - purchasing, i la Jo
self abuadaat Jaatifleatioa for the ex-
iatenao of the Conuniaaioa. , f
, 8eneior varser made a brief reply to
'the Senator from Vance; stressing the
fact that the fond of W,7,(J0 waa ap
propriated, ta the institution, on th
distinct -anderetanding that. the sis of
future aDoroDriatioae ia to be eentinr
gent oa the efficiency with which this
amount I expended. He also- aaaerted
that every member of the Building
Commiaaioa, with the sol exeeptioa of
ene member, James H. Bridgera, of
Hendersoa, Secretary, hare either re
sigaed or aaaoaaeed their Inability to
eerve aadlhat a competent and efficient
building commiaaioa could not be w-
eared to rvo withoufpay. ' Be plead
ed for the , authority to be vested, la
the trustee 'of the institutions, upon
whom th responsibility must rest aad
who are meet in teres ted. Senator Lam
beth made the point that ' the extra
$1,000,000 granted ia a compromise, was
aot givea for nay apeeiSe purposes aad
that the trustee of each, inatitutioa
ahould say for what purpose it is to go.
Urge Kossedylag. Defects.
ther conference after there haa been
a canvass of tha committee ia charge
of that legislation. It means that in-
itead of going into a aessioa of Con-
great without knowing whither we are
going, we ar trying to eanraa th
whole (ituation had arrir at a pro
gram. '
SmIiU a VmmIIm '
Thi ia th beginning of the pro-11" f required for any
nm nf tiuunilM K.tw. ).. Pm.1. I modification of it tormat
dent and Congree. It ia aa early step Th eoaaell of the Leaga ia it re
in th fulfillment of what I believe the I Mnl "P1 Ain'rieaa aoto eoa-
the principal allied and associated
powra.' -,
A arnica Not a Party --
The TJaiUd States haa maintained
that it waa never a party to th agret
meat by whhih -Yap wa eonfexrad upoa
Japaa and it haa alee inaiated upoa
equal en jmercial oppoftnaitie fer all
Nationals ia the nsaadated territories.
Jayaa'a eon ten ties for equal oppor
tunities ia understood to. apply par-
tjcuuriy to te auaeated torrftorie
the Equator- ia the Pacifis
....
Beside the, mat of freedom ,,nlr
to Vatioaahi of atatee member of th
Laagu of Nation for th proaseutlon
of tnair eslllng aa miaaionaries ia th
auadatod territory, the text of the
mandate ia tk opinion of officials, is
of particular intereat to the United
SUtee la thai it-apeelf ieally proride
that the eonaeat of the eouieil of th
best policy of conducting the govern-j
ment, bringing - the fellow together
and getting them acquainted with ether'
new.-7
earning the awar cf Yap to Japan
iwm tnat uis r as av question which
would hare to be settled betweea the
principal allied aad associated powers,
Th Prealdont aaid -army and aaty ot th lamgue was oaly
matter Had oaly beea diaeuased "very I umiitriifo.one.
easually." Th failure of the appro
priation win nad been referred to, he
aaid, ia considering what the special
sesaioa would hare to handle.
Batifleatioa of the Colombiaa treaty
waa mentioned, the President said, but
hs indicated that there had been ne de
eiaioa. This treaty,, by 'which ( the
United States would pay 125,000100 to
uoiombia for the partitioning of
Th. 3aeJnnterel by -ylng I fc-fii rf'S
A.t. I. k. .t.m M,,H nuauona eommit-
Pail Power of Administration.
Following the preamble and the defi
nition of he boundaries of th mandate
th text la as follow: .
"Th mandatory . shall - hare full
power of admlniatrattoa aad legialatioa
orer the territory eubjoet to the present
mandate es'aa integral portion of the
empire cf Japan, and may apply the
law of the Empire of Jsnaa to th
territory subject to such local modifi
eationa aa eircumataneeai may require.
The mandatory ahall promote to the
Oppoaition to the rs-anaetraent of thentnl0 the material ajid moral well-be-
London, March 7. (By the Aseoeiated
Presi.) Th aegotlatlona orer th Ger
man indemnity were brokea today; ac- -.
tloa cornea tomorrow with th march .
of French, British and Belgian coldler
Into Germany and th aeeupatioa of a '.
large section of her richest maaufac
taring country. . Even bow th allied
troop arc oa the more, for a lata
Berlin dupateh say that French troepe '
who will oeeupy Daesssldorf have ad
vanced to withla six mil of that eity. "
The allied ultimatum wa foreeloosd
apparently with reluctance by the Brit- '
lab prim minister. The French do
aot appear regret ral, while the Gsrmaaa
left Laaeastsr Heusc, where the confer
eness hara beea held, plainly expressed
to take their trail for homo tomorrow.
' ' . Ptaosal Alternate Plan.
Two long aittiag f the ofreaee :
threshed out the final ' brk beiore '
Marahal Foeh aad Fislj. Marahal Wiisen
wretc telegram ordering the corn,
manderc at the front to eseeut the '
orders already circa to them. Dr.
Simons, th Garman foreign secretary, . -presented
aa alteraat plaa, whrby
Germany agreed to pay the aaanitiss -for
th first firs years demanded la the
Paris plaa, and also th quivalent of
the proposed IS per cent tax oa expert, '
but dung to the condition for th
retenUo of Upper Silesia 'aad world
wide freedom of German trade.
Mr. Uoyd-George, delivering Judff.'
mAa Crt , V . Ill r j ax m
deplored the necessity of the decision
while Dr.' Simons clung to the last to
the contention that the Paxia demtfasb
wr Imposiibls for Germany to f Willi.
Th allies regarded th German eourae
aa strategy for' delay, and tha latef
F'aa a one whereby the whole treaty '
would have to be reconsidered and d-
bated after fir yer, whea Germany - .
Blight hold. a nan fainnliU Maifina
Dr. eVnon finally asked for further , i
Urn in which to consult the German
cabinet. This wat denied.
Freatck To Paraiah Tii,is.
The French army will furalah . the .
bulk of the forces for the new march
into Germany. Great Britain's m.
(Cm tinned ao Pege foveas
ft'.
Mast Look After BrHt?
' J.,. Britt, tke erstwhile Ashevfllc
editor and oace Aaaiataat Poatmaater
General,' utt ala be taken care ot.
For the time being, Mr, Britfo ohjee-
ceraa. He wa a director of the Sea
board Air' Line Bairway. the Beimbli
Iroa aad Steel Company amd) the Ylr
gima-GnroIiaa Chemical Campaay.
H waa a great church aad Suaday
eehotol worker, and sns of the grsatest
tircic the office ha o'nee held, Third Ae-1 philanthropist North Carolina ha pro
, aistant Poatmaater General, bat hia
ultimata objeetire ia aid .to : be the
Judicial oataoweldJJjigaJi
C Pntcaard mt .AhelTl. .
; Defer Date for Toar.. - f V
.Xepreaeatative Baseom Slemp hardc-
ferred flxiag the date for himeelf aad
. associate mem bens of , the Bepablieaa
NaUoaal committee ; to begia their
8oatherataair ' anta President Hard
' ing fixes the data for the extra eeo-
imi of rjoagreaa. t Tnat ue rresidoat
is expected to do at tha Whit Hons
. diaasr aadcaafereace with leading
. Bepablieaa - Seaator aad Beprsosnta
tiros tonight The date la expected Ha
' be April 4, aad Mr.' Slemp said today
that if that proved to be the date, he
end hia associate eoaunittse weald trek
Southward aboat March VK.
- Hi. Slema aaid his- miaaiea waa t
took orqr the Boath ae a field for the
cultivaboa of the lateresta of. the Xe-
publieaa party, aad to hold hearing!
preliminary to makiag reeommeadatio
to the aatioaal oommitte oa the pro
posed rodaetiea ff representarioa of
Southern states ia the national eaa
ventiems of the XepnbUeea party. He
deaied that aha paopoeal to redoes
(CeoHewed Oa Pago Two)
dused. Hs gave Durham toe aew Watt
Hospital with building wsrth SO0.0OO,
endowing it with a half millioa
airir wjl largely tafangrafforts
that th aew Presbyterian church waa
hailt Hs waa actively engaged ia foV-
lga mieaioa work aad persoaally op-.
ported toa miaeioa ia.Koreav tws ia
Cuba amd aa ia Africa, eaariag, aom
year age, the permanent eupport of
those miasioaa by proridlng aa endow
.meat of aaveral handrod thouaaad dol-
He wa a large eoatribntor to
eollegea aad oehoolSL hia largeat beiag
to Uatoa Semlaary, at Biehnrand, Va
Daaidooa College, flora atacdoaald aad
Agnes Seott colleges.
Mr. Watta waa well loved by all wh
haew him aad respected by.. Durham,
people aa a maa . wheat that wossamloa
of wealth had ha ao way affected. . Ha
weed hia moaey for the good of ether.
Hi going refrettcd by iaasmerabis
rnenas.
Georaoramerea Morriooa yester
day eeat toe feUowiag telegram to Mra.
George W. Watts:'
"Doepry aympaihiaa wish you ta year
fTee loss. The Stat has hast us sf
its grwata-4 aad aobleat assw. H wa
my friend aad I loved kirn."
Summary dsfsat. ws meted out to
the moving picture censorship bill la
th -Sou ,Iact.-t aighiwh'cau theharr
motioa to lay messare oa the tabl was
arriod by a rota of 5 to SST A moment
later. Murphy, of Bowaa, leader of1he
opposition mad it . death ' permanent
whea -. hia motioa to . reconsider
wa ererwhelmed by a - torrent
of , aegntirast votes, . The whew bat
tle lasted leas thaa 10 minute. :
. Thronged gallerie and a lobby crowd
that overran the aiala almost to the
TaSt 6f the SpeaHf staad ers
lag for the bottle dee to break at
alock. Matthew of Bertiav leader
for -to, mesaurs, - has .. arranged hi
apeakar. aad Murbkr had screed with
Vim - about the divisioa f time. - The
tg m ready aad the masosd specta
tors wslting bresthleae for the riao of
the cartaia. - . : - - l
" Pharr Serlsis thaadarWH.
Pharr claimed reeogaitioa aad dcclia-
cd U yield to Matthews bat ths asaaor
ahlp. leader told him anyhow Ut th de
tail of time aad speaker, had beea
fixed. Bat Mr. Pharr had something
alas -oa ais mind. He talkad for
moment aboat kow pressed wss the
Hows fer time, aad like a Unndsrbolt,
moved to table tke bin. ThOsPronoaoat
ar ue out were tbaadsrstrucs. p
reeeatative Doaghtoa' face meat white
for the first time ia the session.
Tha roU was caned, aad the fight waa
over. Boa changed hia rota before the
result was aaaoaaeed, bat aocing th
oselows fight, wasted to knr back to
the Side of the ceasor. Great pro
tasted agaiaet H. bwt hi point wee aot
sustained. Mr. P-e 'voted throe times,
be easily remedied without abolishing
Coiaamrted th.ti.ta met Saturdv wM be daly rga
Goveraor Morriooa waa, hearUly la ""..""r o'Wcritr with the .
favor a bill pe.diag in the Houae, ZTWSA '""l:?."0' " ..n ai. 1. "a ? tat"t
Trlff Sltaatloa "Meddled." lavad ia prohibited and thai no Amtrieaa government's attitude toward
Chairman Fordney of the House foreerl.bor ie permitted,, sxoepf for the new enterpafse. . -
Way aad Meaaa committee, wa ssid wasatial pubU work and services, aad Gsasral feeling ia England appear Y
to have lafi before the conference hi adeqnata rcmuaerntioa. to be one of reUef, without aathuaUam.
pUna for tariff revision and the pro- Th uandatory hJ1 J at ths Tho prime minister explained the poei-
pceal to re-CMet the Payae-Aldrich Uw J"",1 " "d mmunitioa- is eon- tloa in the House of Commons tonight
mt-wlth-aom oppOdUoa' from Seaa- ,i'?wi,il, Peh, ia ;whWfctherawaaa--
tors present. - - i 1 iialogou te thoac laJdf dowa in tho eon- note of jubilation. The majority of -
On member of th-Hoa saldrtt i0f conirotor, jne i tngias nowspspsr ksre takea the view .-
1.1 su wa inav jv, i uivi ue most important point involved
imrarta W-eoavMitlea a cnies should ttaad together,
"wv """-a -" i wmi u x renen preaa nai rroery voiced .
it fecr that Lloyd George might desert .
France. A'J reeognised ' that if M.
unaaa returned to Pari bearing the
lensorsliip Bill Is Defeated
oao against menaorsh ip anX twiiae lot 1 legislatjv situatioa ia so far as it nf-
ti.ll . TtmAm mmA Via wMa hat I ttkf.tMA- tariff vavlaiAa waa mmm I .
th Marphy ctraUgy killed th rain of
it. Th Hoaao ha eonaldsroil a avove
to reeoasidor, aad voted it dwa The
ccasorship fight hi aver.
- '',v- Vote em-Csaaieahlaw
Following ia aha veto ea th Pharr
motioa to lay the ecnaorahlp bill ea
the .tablet ', -.v'"-'
Ayes Be IL Bellamy, Browa,. Bowia
Bunch, Chrietopher, . Connor, Cougho
aour, Cox, (Map, Dardaa, Fiihar, 'Ful
ler, Gibhe, Grady, Graham, of Orania,
Oraai;HaJr;Hamtttoat aadraua, Hca-
dricka, HilL Johnston of Faadr. Lane.
Lee, MeArthar, McBec, MeGkee, Mat
thews of Mecklenbnrg, Melrin, Moore,
Murphy, Nasi. Owea, Pans, Pharr, Shaw,
Basin, Taylor of - Vance, , , Towmsoad,'
Wolta, Wright aa Zeaag. - Total. 43.
Noes Speak sr Grier, Aaatia. Barae
of Hertford, Barae of Johnston. Black
welder, Bolton, Bart. ClemeaL dins.
uoMcaaa, ioxa, vougatoa, Everett, of
Durham, Exxell, Foaataia, Gaston, Gst
Uag'. Gday, Xiag. Lswrsaoe. Loach.
MeGaire, 'MatUawe of Bertie, Monro,
Morrieaa, Paraaa t Pwooa, - Propet,
QuiekeL Boss,- Smith of Braaswiek.
Smith of Pitt, Speaee, Walker, Ward,
wtiiuw, WiHiamaoy- Total, SS.- "
To following pelts were aaaoaaeed
Morrisotto for, with Watto agaiastt
Johnston of Cwrritack for. with Torn
pletaa agaiast; Exam for, wits Bara-
aili against; Esaley for. with Butt
gniists Coffey for, with Byrd agaiast:
Bryant tor, with Jeaee against ; Clark'
fer, with Williams, agaiast:. Dawaoa
w si Whit agauwti Liaacr for.K
Xvesett . of Xichatond aaaiast:
Baach for with Glover agaiast.;
died" to -hi Blind thaa it waa before!
the senfsraais. g rsf arrsd oo diffsr-J
enees betweea Chairmaa Ferdnsy and
Bepreoeatativ Longworth, of Ohio, .a
member of the Way aad Mesa com
mittee, over tariff rerisioa, but whether
tnea were airad at th eoafereneo- waa
not made clear. ., .
Chairmaa Ford aey wna aaid te have
nwaawa aa, eqnauaauoa tariB-piaa
to protect American iadhetry, designed
to place foreign good ea th America
price ef similar Amerlesa goods.
Freeidaat Harding mid iatoraaaoaal I
affair had aot beea discussed aad some I
ef the guest aaid spseifically that thsl
adoption of toe Knox resolution to do-1
elare tha etata of war at aa ad-altel
aaa set catsrea lata u aisenuion.
DINNXK CONFKKBNCB AT WHITS
HOCSI LASTS FOUB MOUBSl
Washiagtoa.. March 7-Taa I diaasr I
eoaforeace tonight betweea President I
Harding aad, Bepublieta leader ia th I
iioasa proved a leaguy I
eaa. The dinner begaa at S e clock aad I
throe hoar later the Preeldsat and hi I
guests till wer Siiaeaaaing the legia-
lativ program for th coming extra-
ordiaary session of Congress aad thr i
abieeta.
It waa axaetlv midaisht iwkaa the!
eonfsrsneo Inally broke apv Coagros-1
ional keadereatteading earid it was I
igreed 'that Preeideat Harding would I
knee a statement s ta ths eoafercaea.
Aaaaal Msmh, Full Coarse Btaepk
Chase.. Bennisg Basis. Piaeharst, to-1
monow Adv.
"tCaaaaaed "Paga7-Twe":--
COSTA RICA WITHDRAWS
TROOPS FROM TERRITORY
' Washington, . March T-Ordr
have beea lataed by toe Costs ,
Klcaa , government, for Immediate
withdrawal of Its force from tho
dlepoted. . territory , , boyead tke
advance by Ita fores ea toe PadSc
of the Psaama-Qeata Klcaa
' booadarjv Dr. Octavto Boeeho,
' CaMa' Bcaa minister here, tonight
laformed the State Department. '. a
. Tho hnfermstioa, which was lm
parted la a aoto handed to tha.
State Departmeat by Dr. Becche,
acting oa teatractloa from tho '
Casta Bica aerretary of state fop
farelga affair, waa tatorprotod horo
' aa mooting oampletcrpvthe demands
of th United States aa embodied,
la 'a aoto dmpotched to the Cew
'. trsl Americaa aspabrlca laat Sataaw .
day by Secretary Haghea.
Ne reply eo f ar ao oeeld ho '
:taarad tonlgM bad beea received .
by the State Departmeat f root Paa
"ama, te whom rWeretary Haghaa
aewi a note Meatiest with that
traasmltted to Ceata Bare. , .
.In Ceata Kiroa gOorjiaMBt ra .
' Itf wrwtr.alwj hrdgod Itself te ew.
eoect- th boaadary - Bxed he
twoea Wa territory aad taaT of
Paaasaa r Chtof Janata White ef
the United State Sewrseae CsarV
burdens of a eoaraarina ta fl.n,X
hia premiership wa doomedL 4 : y t ,
PBJEMIUr CEORCB EXPLAINS ' -
POSITION OF THB ALLIES I
- London, March T. Prenriar Lloyd' '
rt i a 7
u-wrgw uv ais speeea aaaonctng that
the Germsa proposal were aot accept- .
able nidi .-..
eeme to thia aocuioa ia th interest f
th peaee of the world, aad. despite
ta xsei taat oar actioa i ItabI t a .
good ' deal of : miaappreksnsioa ia - ear'
ewa countries, w hara made Sa effort
te sseurs better andersUndins and
it la aot for lack ef effort aad dis
eoeaioa that I her asw t aaneaac
oa behalf ef tke hlliea thia failur to
torn to aay thing like aa apprexiaute ,
anderstanaiag with Gormaay." .
Explainiag why Jh attest prepsaal
sf D Bimon were inadtojta, Mr,
Lloyd George aaid it was saaeatiej ia
tha interest, of too peace ef th world -that
ther ahould bo a definite settle-
meat of aatotaadiag qassUon betweea x
th allies aad Germany. , Gormaay,' th
the allies aad aeotrala erred it.
That 1 aa appeal to osmmoa ash,
t costiaaod. nt la perfectly true
that the exportei failing to com to ta
agree amat, made om suggestion
shoaat trying to agree far fire years.
put taat was aot a pisawbieb wa
adopted by amy aeafsreaee ef satrs-
t'-r aMaaaanas
' (Coattawsfi Oa Pag Tv.J .