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VOLTCXIIL NO. 69.
, SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
RALEJGH, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 10. 1921.
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
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OLD GUARD LACKS
LEADER TO GUIDE
New and Old Attorney Generals of the U. S.
PARTY IN
PROGRAM
T.
No Announcement of Program
Made Because No Program
Has Been Agreed Upon
WRANGLE DEVELOPS IN
THE HALLS OF CONGRESS
Hardinr Unable To Brlaf Order
Out of Chaoa, Which Ssnstor
Overman Think Unfortunate
for Country; Iredell Mearei
Looking' Tor Job; O. 0. P
To Shelre Oeorgia Ifegro
Th Newe and Otwrnt Bureau,
003 District Natl. Bank Bldg.
Br JOB L. BAKER.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, March 9. The Bepubll
rial ara "milling round' for lark
f real leadership, ia aa opinion voiced
by .Senator Overman to the Newe and
Observer eorreipondent today. The
reaaon the huen't announced any
constructive prof ram for the extra ses-
?r-Wrawj
linuea. ana tney cannot agree npon
a program, or at letei bar failed thai
far te do an, because they havenl
any leader of compelling strength to
bring the discordant groups together.
It ia no aeeret about tha national cap
ital that there ii very great iealouty
among different Cony reasional leaden;
tha Senate ia jealoua of the House, tha
, Honae ia jealous of the Senate, and in
eark of the houses various leaden and
would be leaden are jealoua of on an
other. One man won't agree to the
, - program of another berauae he want
te bar his own idea adopted and thus
far the new administration has failed
to deTelop any nn of commanding
mind and of personality strong enough
to bring the different factions and in
dividuals together into tha eoneord nee-
- essary to an agreement npon and ad
' vaneerocJnt of v construct ire program.
Need Leader Like Wllaen.
The longer thia milling continue
... thjs more will the aeed of a great
leader like former rresidenrWilsos be
r come apparent," Senator Overman
prophesied. Senator Overman has a
tiigh personal regard for President
: Harding, bat doubt that ho wiU be
" able to develop the leadership" that
'President Wilaon exercised nor ia ke
am that, despite tha promises of eo
T 1 L operation between Jfrft executive and
- legislative branches of the govern
aient, ha will be able to banish tha
petty jealousies (hat new threaten the
mooes of tha new" administration, for
tha reason that tea leaden and would-
be leaden ia Congreea are hardly big
enough t put their w interests aside
and eonaent to any program that may
' involve their own affaetmeat. It ap
pears that every man ia the two housea
who Imagine he ia a leader wants hia
own bill adopted, so that it may bear
hhrncsne and ha may have tha aredit
therefor, and already then are signs
. .of tha great .majority which tha Be
' publicans have ia tha two houses break
.. ' ing ep into eliques and factions whieh
. threaten tha aueeesa of the whole ad
ministration. While thia may put Democrats in
a position to nay "I told yoa no," it ia
nevertheless to be deplored. Senator
Overman "thinks,-because the entire
country must suffer. Ia the last Con
greea tha Bepubliean majority would
adopt no constructive .suggestions
. , whieh came from tha White House be
cause they came from a Democratic
President. They kept promising the
country that as .quickly as they eama
into complete power they would da this
"thing and that, that Industry might
resume full tilt, business conditions im
prove said a new era of prosperity
dawn. Yet with tha new administra
tion lean than a weak old, tha leaden
cant area agree on A data for tha ex-tra-aeaaioB;
they ean't decide -which
: should havs right of way on the leais
lative calendar, tariff or tax revision,
and tha country ia continuing to get
along aa beat it can, with tha problems
lef. by tha war still unsettled. Demo
crats are ready to join in any worthy
. efforts, but the' responsibility is with
. tha majority and .until tha majority
.cornea forward with aom plan or btq
" ' gram, tha Democrats eaa only sit and
. wait, concluded MnMor Overman.
Iredell Mean Wants Jo.
Iredell Mearea, of Wilmington, Is In
Washington looking for a Tederal
., berth'. Ha has hia era on a nine in
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Isaj anaWantwinnnnanan
BEER PROMOTED TO
MEDICAL CUSS BY
GOVERNMENT RULE
Wines Can Also Be Used For
Medical and Other Non-Bqv-erage
Purposes Now
IMPORTANT RULING BY
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Opinion Banded Down By Ke.
tirinf Attorney Ckneral A.
Mitchell Palmer Considered
Most Important Since Ad
vent of National Prohibition;
Its Effect Not Determined
FIGHT ON TREATY
OPENS IN SENATE
GERMANY MUST PAY
COUNCI
L
DECIDES
Washington, March . Beer and
winea an given the same status aa
whiskey under an opinion by the At
torney General made- public today by
the bureau of internal revenue.
The ruling, one of the most important
since the advent of National prohibi
tion, makes it possible for all alco
holic liquors to be need for medical
and other non beverage purposes and
for all to be manufactured and sold for
these purposes subject only to the limi-
Utioniof the Volstead act on non bever
Attorney Ueneral rain
fore ha retind from office, and waa
reply to a series of qurstiona from i
ternal revenue and prohibition official
bearing on construction of half a dozen
moot points in the law.
Whether it will upset any regulation
of the revenue and enforcement bureau
had sot feeea determined tonight. Com
missloner Williams of the revenue bu
reau, aaying he had not had an oppor
Attorney General Construes
New Marriage License Statute
Says Conscientious Physician Applying Rule of Reason Will
Have Little Difficulty In Complying With Certification Re
quirements; Physician's and Registers of Deeds Do Not
Anticipate Such An Easy Task
A conscientious physician applying
tha rule of reason wilf have little diffl
ealty ia dealing with appUranta for
health certificates under tha Bellamy
mariage licrase act, which became a
laW ia the closing days of the Gen
eral Assembly, aeeoriling to Attorney
Oenerfci James B. Manning, who was
called upon from all parte of the State
yesterday to construe the statute.
Particular objection on the part or
registers of deed aad physicians lias
ia the penalties attached, The law re
ouires male applicants for marriage
license to present a physiclan!s certifi
cate to tha effect that he haa no
venereal disesae, no tuberculosis In its
infectious stages and haa not been ad
judged by a eourt of competent juris
diction an idiot, imbecile or of un
sound mind. Female applicants are
excused from venereal diseaae certifi
cate. For the register of deeds who
issues a license without the accom
panying certificates a penalty of I2O0
or imprisonment for thirty days is
prescribed, while the physician who
"knowingly and willfully" makes a false
statement in a certificate shall be fined
not less than $200 or imprisoned not
determiaiag venereal disease and evea
of Inbereuloais la certain stages with
out a prolonged observation of the sub
ject, and insist that it is absolutely im
possible for a physieiaa, without -haustive
research of records ia many
rases not available, to determine
whether or not a suaa or woman has
been adjudged non compos mentis by
"a eourt of competent jurisdiction.
Knowingly and Willfully.
Attorney General Wanning, however,
points to the worda "knowingly . and
willfully aa tha key to tha problem,
and leta the ease rest on the grounds
of reasonable effort trf get at the
truth.
fcThe certifying physician," he says,
"ia not aa insurer of the truth of
statemente ia the certificates. All the
lye requires of him is that ha should
satisfy hia judgment In each particu
lar ease, with the individnal feature
incident to it, by the ordinary means
accessible to him."
No on anticipated the storm of in
quiries smd the flood of doubt thst the
paasage of the bill caused when copies
were pot in the hands ef regtsten of
deeds of the State. In many counties,
h is nndentood, officers have flatly re
fused to issue licenses until they are
CALL ON HARDING .
TO STOP PROPOSED
WAGE EDUCTIONS
President Faces First Big In
dustrial Problem Since
His Inauguration
GOMPERS REQUESTED TO
VISIT WHITE HOUSE
Representatives of Packinf
Bouse Employes lend Tele,
gram to Nation's Chief Kxeo
ntive To Annnl Abrogation of
Wartime Agreement Be.
tween Packers and Worker
Omaha, Neb., March . President
ITarding waa appealed to tonight by
representative of parking house em
ployes with a request that be try to
prevent a proposed reduction of wages
and readjustment ef working hour,
which have been announced by meat
packets to become effective March 14.
Kamucl Oomprrs, president of tha
American Federation of Ialor, was
asked in another telegram to go to tha
White House as the direct representa
tive if the meat cutters' anion aad
Falnwr the day be- ' , ' f Working for the packers "to" outline
n office, and waa in II f I fll Al I H I 1 1 AT A I III! IT I limini TA m.mJ uii.. !. .1 . y,;i.
President In First Message Penalties Will Cease Only Upon unity u udy tha opmton. He mad
Asks Ratification of Colom
bian Treaty
Washington, March 9. A special
measag by President Harding to the
Senate today asking early ratification
of tha $25,000,000 treaty with Colombia,.
immediately started a vigorous con
troversy with a considerable group of
Republicans aligned ia opposition.
It waa tha new executive 'a first Con
gressional message aad as anticipated
dovcloped tha first open differences be
tween Senate .Bepublieansi' Tha com
munication waa brief and waa under
stood to have recemmaaded ratlfloatioa
af tha ong delayed treaty principally
a tha ground, that ineh would Improve
relatieae listwean.thaCaitad. Itataa
and Colombia aad have a beneficial af
fect on relatione between tha United
States aad all of Latin-America.
Publication of tha mesaage, read ia an
executive session of tha Senate, waa
deferred.
Immediate action on tha treaty at
tha present extra aession of the Senate
was ' urged by 8enator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, Bepubliean floor lead
er, but objections eama irom ooin
Bepublieans and Democrats and tha
matter went over until tomorrow
together with a proposal to discuss tha
treaty in open aesaion.
Postponement of tha treaty's con
sideration until tha April session of
Congress appeared probable. Leaders
among advocates and opponent of tha
Satisfactory Solution of Re
parations Problem
London, March 9. (By Tha Associated
Pre.) The penaltie imposed npon
Germany will cease only when a satis
factory solution of the questions of
reparations, disarmament and war
oriminal has been accepted by the
allie.
This is tha decision of tha Supreme
Council Jaken at ita meeting tonight
at which tune also M. Briand declared
that tha French government had no in
tention of permanently occupying ter
ritory on the left bank of tha Rhine.
He aaid that tha only object waa to se
cure execution of tha treaty.
Tha council agreed to instruct the
allied high commission of tha Xhlne
land to invite tha attendance of Italian
representative when economic que
tiona resulting from tha application of
tea penaltiea were under eonaideration.
M. Briand and the heads of tha other
delegation expressed appreciation af
Mr. Lloyd George's conduct of the eon
ference and his lucid speech.
Besides dealing with sanctions, the
Council decided to draft, a bill for
fifty per cent toll on the sales of Ger
man goods. In thia connection, it was
stated that imports to the allied eoun
trie through neutral countries will be
required to have eertlficatea from tha
respective ehamben of commerce in the specifies no mora than a pint per per
neutral countries or in the countries of I son in a ten-day period. Mr. Palmer
trans-shipment, showing tha origin af declared ha believed it the purpose of
tne goods, - Congress to leave tha physician un-
The discussion of the questions re- fettered by governmental control yet
it public without comment and said
that officiate eoneeraed with enforce
ment would prepare at once to draft
regulations carrying out the Attorney
Generals construction of the dry law,
Make Beer Medicine.
There were many rumon afloat that
the opinion had wrecked plana of dry
advocates to obtain further restriction
of liquor sale. Officials refused to
comment on tha reports, however, but
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for
the Anti-Saloon League, issued a state
ment in which, he said that 39 States
had State eodea prohibiting the pre
scribing of beer for medical purposes
Mr. Wheeler declared the opinion waa
not in accord with tha purpose of tha
Federal lsjr.
"Congress el early did not intend
attempt to legalize what tha State lawa
prohibit," Mr. Wheeler aaid. Ualeaa
tha opinion' ia' overruled. Congrese
should amend tha lent, .It ia difficult, of
course, to overrule it because the gov-
.... .
eminent and tne Drewere are on too
same aide of tha eaaa and there la no
one . to contest it, nnlesa tha new At
torney General overrule the opinion.
Opinion Appeara Amnlgaoaa.
Tha opinion apeared ambiguous ia
soma reapeeta, officiate aaid, and as
result they were unablS to determine
whether tha government hsd power in
tha light of the ruling, to limit tha
number of oreserirjtions whieh a rhvsi-
eiaa may writ except that the law
luting to Turkey and Greece waa re-
treaty started-negotiations and tomor- "?. tomorrow there will be
row it was hoped, that an agroement Pt eonrersationa with he Greeks
reached whieh would defer no ur" ' nope oi arrivu.f
a seiueoiGnw
Premier Lloyd George,
mieht be
consideration until next month, limit
debate after the Senate reassembles til
April and fix a definite date for a final
vote. If tha treaty is set aside nntil
tha April session leaders tonight said
that the extra Senate aession might
terminate next Saturday. Should tha
Senate proceed at once with tha treaty
it waa predicted generally that tha
extra aession would continue right Into
the April session.
Differences over tha treaty appeared
principally among . Bepublieans. Most
of tha Democratic Senators wera report
ed to favor .ratification. xt tha .treaty
whieh tha Wilson administration
negotiated ia 1914. Prominent ahToa(
reputed opponents ia tha Bepubliean
ranks were Senaton Borah, Idaho;
Kenyon, Iowa, Kellogg, Minnesota;
Lenroot, Wisconsin; Johnson, Cali
fornia, and Nelson, Minnesota. Most
of the newly elected 'Bepubliean Sentr
ton were counted as supporter of tha
treaty;
alluding to
French newspaper comment on the oc
cupation of additional German territory
asked the French premier for assurances
that annexation waa not contemplated.
The French comment indicated the be
lief that the institution of a customs
barrier waa likely to lead to complete
separation between the occupied terrt
toriea and the rest of Germany.
Former Premier Clemeneeau's repn
diation of permanent occupation was
brought into the discussion. Mr. Lloyd
George said thst though he had abso
lute confidence in M. Briand and tha
good sense of the majority ef French
men, and although ha had received as
surances from former Premiere Diem
eneeau and Millerand, who had fought
hard against the annexationist policy,
he would welcome a new and definite
assurance from tt Briand that Franca
contemplated neither annexation nor
even autonomy of the Bhineland. M.
ha . thought that regulations might
properly restrict tha amount to be sold
on any one prescription.1
Mr. Palmer called attention to pro
visions of tha law which apparently had
left the physician to act oa his judg
ment. He suggested then that when a
physicians be supplanted by that of
b dealt with criminally but added that
in no ease ahould the judgment of the
physician be supplemented by that of
enforcement officials.
LlmHad Only ta Claaae.
Replying to the question whether the
government' eould restrict the number
of permits to manufacture, sell or pre
scribe ia any State or community, Mr.
Palmer explained that tha Volstead act
hsd limited only the classes to which
permits could be issued and had per
mitted, no discrimination between per
sons within those elasse. He said .the
withholding of permits could not lb
done legally evea though officials were
convinced that fewer permits would
suffice in any given atate or city.
Mr. Palmar advised officials that they
had "ample Authority to writ such
nvadun mm
WAN I AUuA U
LITTLE CONCERN
UPRISING
Inhabitants of
Manifest No
Toward Allied Troops
German City Present Russian Revolution
Resentment Different From Previous
Ones, It Is Claimed
Dueeseldorf, Germsny, Mareh 9. (By
the Associated Preaa.) Twenty-four
hours have passed since th allied
troops marched into the new son of
occupation. Not the slightest untoward
incident haa ' occurred aad General
Degoutt in command of the occupation
haa returned to Mayenee.
"One eould almost say that eur ar
rival ia th fulfillment of a long
cherished hope, commented a high
allied officer today.
Th worken, who might be expect ed
to giv trouble, ahow no aigna of dis
satisfaction. The Socialist leaden say
the. army haa promised to respect their
organisations; that Is all they ask. u
tha army rids them ef the hated
'green devils, as tha State polios are
Paris, March 9. The executive com
nitttee for former members of the
Russian Duma, with headquarters here,
sent m cable message today to Boris
Bakhmeteff, the Bussian "ambassador
at Washington, to make representations
at the State Department oa behalf
of the revolutionary movement ia
Kronstadtlnd elsewhere. The ambaa
aador waa asked to explain the nature
of the revolution and to request that
food and other aid, on purely humani
tarian grounds, bs sent to tha aeena
directly ar through tha American Bed
Nieolal Avstenkieff, president af th
committee, told th Associated Press ta-
tliae '"
eoanertad aetiua in event of a strike.
Delegatea to the conference ben
called by the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen of North
America voted unanimously late today
to appeal to the President in an effort
to forestall abrogation of the wartime
agreement between th packers and
their employees. The actios of th
delegatea who represent worken la
every Urge packing center, afferta 200,.
000 employes, union officials aaid.
Strike la Threatened.
Th telegram to th President asked
him to request ths Darken to hold la
abeyance the wage and hour ehan
POSTMASTER GUDGER
. I sjfVla RUIUHVUI U. VSJO jua-uxtsv saa asv. asav. r F I V utativ aw wsasa, jrwaaw .v " . - , , . ,
I Briand smp1iatTcallygealea"thatSflyw
such tWmaxited -van-tha laakito-niakejrtala
. .k- Vp.ii.k I th In Ttrr adaetaa atrasaail this
WRITES A SHARP LETTER statesmen. Not five out of every bun- statement, declaring that by it means
dred Frenchmen he asserted dreamed
WOODWORKING PLANT
BURNED IN TWIN CITY
wera not 'damaged. Tha origia of tha
fire ia aadetermined. .
Jt2!!ii!ltJlFtnv. I NATIONAL EDITORIAL BODT
Aeheville, Mareh PootmasUr Owen 1 0f such a thing. Mr. Lloyd George ex
tha Department af Justice, and would I Gudger today wrote a hot letter to first I pressed satisfaction at thia annoanee-
like to be sm Assistant Attorney Gen- Assistant Jfastmaster uenerai- Jonn v. I ment
erai. It is nndentood that ha ha tha Koons denouncing that official's action
,-endoreement of National Committeeman stating that Gudger would ba re-
Morehead and fltat Chairman Iinney. ""Yed for making public eorreepondeae
Meare waa Hiram Johnson's earn-' BoMnnjaee here. Mr. Gudger
psiga manager in North Carolina dnr- tt" ltte-that i is a poor rule
-lag th pre-eonvention fight, and will thllt wlU wok tn ways and ha ia
have the California Senator's rapport at a lows to nndersUnd why Mr, Koons
for anything ha goes after. But Sena- two J VVB correspond.
tor Johnson etatua in tha new ad- "" trying to remove
miatatration hasnt bean definitely Onager and now does not wish to make
...... ...... I ...1.1,:.. ah UMakwliwSBi Uiu njhlKean
estaaimaea as yet, ana ft isn't proves """ r"V? "ij
that his endorsement will go far with I Ib h is letter today Gudger refers t
President Harding and hia Cabinet tk P15 W.T?M. "a"9 he as
members. ' "
It 1 rumored that format Senator
Marion Butler will ba taken ear af
with a foreign post, and som of tha
Democrats about tha capital sra naughty
enough to any that although Mr. Butler
-eama ta hav beea ignored by he
'ergaaiaatioa" erewd in making np tha
slate for Federal patronage in North
Carolina, he earn have tha endorsement
af Morehead, Iinney and tha whole "or
gaaixaHoa" la his State for a foreign
post. Of coarse, the inferos i that
they ar willing for Mr. Butler t hav
a job if k will tak aiat away from
, Nrth Car Una aad away from Wash
ingtoa. .- .
Baths- Cass stately Igaaewd
Mr. Batler waa eempletery ignored in
tha raeonuaeadatien that have been
handed ia for th North CaxaJiaa ael-
wonld be found which would eirenm
vent snd handicap tha sale of beer and
winea and would not throw open the
door to manufacture af quantitiee af
high alcoholic bear again as anti-prohibitionists
insisted.
SECRETARY MeLEAN ASKED ,
slab tatvt vfafa n star tea A V avar wa
W!.u.. CUU. Xt W aWM sw. mvmMv riwsi mm,
Tf inwa-osOTSUa amxaaava w I trr a.., .Ji.t. M. iv.
pletely destroyed oar of tha Urge " Am,rZTHZ aZ.2T&
, u, tiui 4kh Ttrinr.. mi of the then Attorney General by
"...r"r.nt k "KtiA. WUtoMcLc.., af North Carellna,
IZ.M . i ' It ainnnrm ...Jt w i then asaistaat seeretary af the Trass
Insurance. Tha other two . smildings i ry, to whom hsd coma many inquiries.
called, they promise to live oa the best I day that tha committee, aa a result ef
term with it.
At Duiaburg and Bubport a certain
ferment is apparent. The walls ars
plastered with placards headed with ths
red flai. The soldiers had occasionally
to disperse sullen featured groups, but
it seems merely a passing show oi ill-
huinor, for ths factories are working
full blast while other sections of the
population appear to feel relief. ,
The occupation assures tne mainten
ance of that order so desr to the Ger-
i . i. : t n .1 I
maa nesrc, wuiis ucuviu - jsnyuui-t.
proclamation promising a better food
supply hss msds an exeellont impres
sion.
Allied troops to the number of 8.000
with four tanks and three river flotillaj.
sra stationed herey 'but tha military
sre not in evidence exeept that dotrble
sentinels wera at tha street corners,
with machine guns. -
Alongside the order of the French
general of occupation, which was posted
in publie places, was the proclamation
fcy President Ebert, calling npon the
people to bear np peaceably nnder the
entente's "slavery." General De
goutte's order places the miners anl
other functionaries of the publie
utilities" nnder military control. It
likewise forbids psssengcr traia service,
xeept for workmen and international
travelers. There have been, so fsr no
cancellations of trains or other changes
in tha service.
General Coucher, commanding the
French troops in Dueeseldorf, visited
tha burgomaster today and told him
General Degoutte had no objection to
ths meeting of the Rhine provincial
lantag called for Sunday, provided no
speeches wera. mad, with regard to the
occupation.
Tha communal police ara remaining
oa duty, Tha local police fores which
direct secret communication established
with tha interior ef Russia, established
the' fact that the present revolution
waa different from Ml previoua out
breaks.
"It is a declaration of resentment of
th people of Russia against Bolshe
vism. We believe this is the beginning
of the end of Bolshevism.
The executive committee decided
last Jsnuary that Bolshevism can be
defeated only from within and not with
expeditions sneh as that of General
Wrsngel. Th present revolution proves
th wisdom of our decision. Ths aati-
Bolahevik movement will help with
propaganda, supplies of food and simi
lar aid, but no military fore will aver
ba attempted again.
''Our present desire is to rush food
to the area temporarily freed from the
Bolehevikl. We hope the American "Red
Cross will give us, the supplies, it baa
availabls in northeast Europe. Wc do
not ask tha United State to partici
pate in tha situation in any wsy politi
cally, but by confining itself atrictly
to humanitarian aid it esn do much in
directly to
Russia."
bring about freedom in
NEW BOLSHEVIK UPRISING '
REPORTED IN RUS3AIN TOWN,
Batum, March 9. A Bolshevik up
rising has broken out hare. Thousands
of persons. In addition to the Allied
missioa and membera of the Georgian
government, are leaving. The Bolshe
vik! hold tha railwsy from Eutais to
Batum. .
ALL BOLSHEVIK LEADERS
ESCAPE FROM PETROGRAD.
London, March 9. A despatch to the
London Times from Riga dated Wednes
nns back today. Tha. men oa duty.
were reduced to th smallest number
consistent with ths protection of order,1
although, tha burgomaster had nrgeJ
that, the force ba retained at its former
strength.
(CsaHasjid Oa rag Twa) '
and subaequent ' reinstatement of Miss
Rillias and states that action thia time
waa taken by inspectors aad aot at his
soggestion. V
"Whan Mr. Koons tried to oust ma
four yean ago," aaid Mr. Gudger ia hia
latter, "ha let it ba knows - pnbUcly
through tha prase on what grounds he
waa .bringing . charges. Whea Miss
Bolliaa was recently suspended by poet
offie inspectors, I made pnblis aly
what tha department tnepeetorn re
turned ia. their reports, doing so ia
answer ta those who charged ma with
seeking tha removal af Miss Rollins
for political reasons. -- ; ,
"Mr. Koans brought charges against
ma foar yeara ago, specifying lack af
cxeeaUre ability. Tha Beasts at that
tins showing a Republican majority,
withowt a dissenting rose sonfrmed my;
sppoiatasaat a postmaster."
MEETS IN JACKSONVILLE.
Jaekaonvills, March . Thia city was
host to member af tha- National Edi
torial AssoeiatiM today with a program
that included a boat ride tha St.
Johns aad a banquet at a local hotel
tonight. Th editora wera leaving late
tonight far St. Augustine wharf they
will begin tomorrow their three-da?
aaaaal convention. Snbeeqoently they
will visit ether Florida eitieawaading
their tear af Florida at Miami aa
March !
.U Atleata Beats' Kansas CHy.
- Ksamaa Cityr Me March 9. 'Th At I meaU eaatianaac.
Jaata, Ga, Athletic Club oaskstban
team tonight defeated tha Northeast
hica school term af Kiimi Clrr 40 te
S3 in n of tha hardest gasaea at I attorney
tha tsarnameat, - . - - lasant,''
It was np te Mr. McLean to rule oa tha
question nnd ho called aa Mr. Palmar
for legal advice.- Tha opinion handed
out yesterday waa ia response tor hia
request. .
ATTORNEYS FOR BALL PLATERS
WILL OFPOSI POSTPONEMENT
Chicago, - Hia, March 9. Attorneys
wha will defend tha White Boa base ball
slayer s censed af threwiag tha 1813
world eerie tonight said they waald
appose a further peetpomaemeat af ta
trial which is scheduled ,t begia mm
Monday.
Thia was la reply ta a report today
thst attorneys for tha ' proaocstiaa
woald ask aa Monday that Jadg Wm.
K. Devwr, wha will preside, grant a Sin
Th vlarara." aaid Atteraey Bens-
diet Sheet, aa of their 'defenders, rnre
ssger t get th eaaa to trial. Their
will appose any postpaa-
in Petrograd escaped by motor ear fol
lowingth' enptur' by- th'Terolutlon-
nries this morning of ths entire eity,
with the exception mt tha Nieolal and
Finland railroad stations. Ths Soviet
troops suffered heavy losses at Krasnoye
Selo, 18 mAes southeast of Petrograd,
and at Osteoma, 30 miles to the south
west.
The Krasnoye Gorko and Oranien-
baum fortresses have surrendered. Th
red army has retreated twenty vents.
TWO BRITISH TANKS AROUSE
INTEREST AMONG THE GERMANS.
Dueeseldorf, Mareh 9. Th most con
spicuous evidence of tha occupation of
liuesseldorf ara two British tanks stand
. al. TT.- 1 II L-
Uhiaa, around which crowd, gathered TORNADO INJURES SCORE
today, among them two soldiera, who ex
amined tha war machines with profes
sional Interest. Yesterday's Interest
ia tha arrival of tha allied troops hsd
largely diminished today, 'the inhabit
ants showing mostly whst General
Gaaebar termed ''benevolent indiffer
ence." Many Germans ara sailing at the
French headquarters aad offering te en
list in the Foreign Legion.
Aa affsctiv lasts lis tioa of tha cus
toms regime an th Rhine and along
tha allied frontiera ia still waiting as
iL. iuL.!.. A wit at mlliaVfl aA si tVimmta
Z , . V... 20,000
mm aw . mvmMm aivaH.w. I Im.Mtt.m
IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
Maeon, Miss, Msreh 9. A tornado,
whieh struck severs! points ia Noxubee
County today at Z p. m., injured a score
of persons snd caused . damage esti
mated at IZSflOO.
Pair Point, two miles from -her wss
hit hardest, practically every building
in th village being demolished or
damaged. Th few business hdnssa
there were blowa dowa aad a number
of peopl hurt, but no deaths wsre re
ported. Tha loss there wss about
res.
announced as effective Monday, until
ths Seeretary of Labor eaa inveationt
charge contained in th measage. Th
conference also adopted a resolution
requesting the President to "use hit
good office to Compel th Dockers
comply with the agreement entered
into by the government aad that nnleas
the jaekera consent, that hs aaereis.
his power to place th packing house
industry wnder government control and
operation and publicly 'bread the
present owaara aad manage ra of the
indnstry aa a menace to th govern
ment and society ia general"
A atrik wareing appeared In th
same reoohrttoa which iastrneted the
Ssion offlcsn "ta tak auek actios as
will result in a saaaimoaa and ef.
fectiva raslstaaea to a return to tha
ten hour work day, wags redartiont
aad other barbarie conditions that ss
iatsd prior to 1917," anless President
Harding ssnds assurance af action,
This resolution accordlne- ta Daaais
Lane, secretary-treasurer of the union :
means authorisation for a strike affect
ing all packing house employes of th
United States and Canads.
Tha decision to appeal teLth Chief
Executive was msds ia a lengthy ses
sion of the executive board thia after
noon. The reeommendationa wera im
mediately placed before the delegate
ia general conference. A heated dia.
cussion followed in which the proposed
action of ths paeken in reduein nui
V approximately IS par eent aad mak
ing siraignt -tima" apply for- tea
hours daily instead of elebt. mm ..
unanimously denounced.
Review Wsr Conditions
Ths delegates preseat wera nasal.
mously in fsvor of striking if tha
changes announced by tha packers are
put into effect, according to Mr. Lana.
A referendum vote will be necessary,
however, Vrrota the strike order eaa ba
issued, be ssid.
During ths war, tha telegram con
tinued, "workers of tha packing plants
were confronted with mounting living
costs, snd at tha same tima information
of tha 'enormous profits of tha pack
en was published broadcast
'In this National emergency,''.. tha
. M 1!U1. J Vm,
flnt real cash payment oa repsratioas """"" Xr.l-
-.11-. whew tha alUes co" ""
seised .U th.mo.ey te th cash boxs. .v
af th ecstoms houass an Ua Preach aad "u. 7.-,,,
Belgian froa tiers. -The total amonat P? b,rJ!T , j m s
rtkh has aot beea mad known, wUl ' I .b"jId1".iLd.i:5 Ll' iii'V."
tnned ever ta tea reparation mmm I J . . .il:.!.
j- 1 -- . 1 wpnwraaL aV may waasf wssaV v4inis as
Th aansorship aaaoaaecd in Genera! f3-000- Meagre reports reached hare of
Ditte-a irroelamatioa applia ear to "- lZT'lYl
hVeaT pablieatioaa. The eeascrshlp mj bt w wnrepcrtod kiUedThe
Pag) Tasaa) ' diraatian. t-
telegram-said, "ths employers showed
fight and said they were willing that
a strike should take place. Oa tha
other hand, -tha employes' representative
induced them-to remain en tha job aa
a patriotic duty. President Wilson ana.
ceeded in bringing the paeken inte)
conference and the result waa aa agree
ment '"thai," during the period of the war
ference with their employes to arbi
tration. Judge Amchuler wis seloeted"
to arbitrate these differences."
Packers Asked Ceatlaaaace
The telegram further recite that th
agreement waa continued after th
armistice at the request of the packers
and thst "now, st ths very twinning of -.
the reconstruction period, the packers
repudiate their agreement. Thsy have
further announced that becinninir next
Monday they reduce wages 12 1-S to IS
per eent and reinstate the ten-hour dsy
in all their plants, Judge Alaehnler
hsving granted tha employee aa eight-
hour day ia hia first award.'
"Wa charge," tha telegram aaid, that
tha paeken, having forced livestock
prices down te a lower thaa pre-war .
level snd having filled their storehouse
to overflowing with meat bought at the
lowest ef prices oa the hoof, aow pro
pose te cripple iadustry deliberately for -the
purpose ef aaloading this meat at '
enhaneedrpriees Bpoa tha public, there
by achieving the double purpose ef
enormone profits by adding to the cost
ef living to the general public, aad of
striking, at tha asms time, a body blow
at organised labor for tha purpose af
destroying it."
Aa "orderly aad established method
of preceding ia industrial affairs by
conference and arbitration it advocated
la th telerraa. Deaial that th pack-
era had large stereo ef meat ea hand
waa' made ia a statcmeat tonight by
Rkhard Hebb. af Chicago, speaking foe '
the packers. He Mid that alt storage -stocks
ea bead ea February S "ere ben
UfiOOfiOO pounds mere thaa the aassa
date last year aad lWO,Q0O neaada, ,
lower thaa ia 191. . ; C