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- r.trcv:. ; en your pap-r. Feca r nve dfye befora in erir to avoid jnu.i.f single copy. . . . ' " C- tr.I fair Tstsdsyi Ws'd-r---Tf prohsbly thunder torml cooler interior. . . . ' --.t " iij '! in i. . ' " r " 11" tw y yOUCXIIL NO.116. 1 v TVVELVE PAG1ES TODAY.' 'v RALEIGH. J C, TUESDAY MORNINGr APRIL" 26, )Z. ( i J WElE PAGES TODAYS ' PRlCEt FiyE CCifp 4 SEAL'Efl THREATEN e EFFECTIVE MAY 1 V i Unionized Marine ; Engineers, Firemen and Seamen - Re ! V -Js fuse Wage Cut ; t ' ADMIRAL BENSON CALLS CONFERENCE jDN MATTER ' He ad Of . Organised Seamen i Declare Hen WB1 lefuse To .'. Work After Maj 1 If Wage 5 . O deduction Goes Into Effect; More Than 175,000 Marine - Workers Are Involved t ;f ' -New- Yera;,, April 25 Lines tending toward nuo-wide itrlkt liar 1 f , nor tka 175,000 unionised marin a g ineers, firemen aad seamen vera closely dnwn hen today when th aaioaa re- fused to aonjider a new contract, pre poced by tV ewaere, nrryiag., wag cuta averagirV 15 to 36 per cent. 'The engineer!, through their national -president, William B. Brown, followed , ..their Refusal by issuing ia itrika order effective that date, if the cut to put - lata affect. The firemen and seamen, , through Andrew Puruseth, pretideat ef too international dhukii umwM their men Already bad voted am the matter aad they, too, would quit work if the- wage eat wai mads sffeeUre. Uver- ..seas and eoaatwU Americaa flag ship . on the Atlantic, Golf of Mexieo, Facile y wUl .be involved unless too differeacei . -are adjusted, r ' -- ; 1 At the-eloee of the conference today, It waa snuouneed -that Admiral Boaaoa, ; rhnirman of the United Statea Shipping Board, had called a eoaferenea of rp ' reseatatWes of ' the owneri aad the t aaioaa Wednesday at WaahUgtoa. Thi announcement waa made by . Darragh Deleneev. Bead af the board I depart- . ment of induetrial relatione. It waa indicated that Federal iaflueaot would b0 ed to bring about aa agreement aad preTentv a ttrike. ', y ' V i DeeUao to Accept Cat. vV ' ; The eonferenee today were the eul- ' niaatioa of eerie of meetiage bo tweea reDreaentntiTea of the aaioaa aad : tho owner. Tha engineer lat -week ' anaouaeed that ft wag eat would aot bo accepted, aad today tho declaration : yruh reiterated. At provioaa , confer 4 encei, tho flreroea and aearaea inaicted that wago.auestionf bo ntada weondary to eaf oreeuent of alleged violation of tha LaFolletta law. aboliihment'oMh Shipping Board't Sea Senrieo Bureau, : and preferenco la employment or. aniaa 'Tha nanaror tbo-owaata' 10001. ' araa that tka LaFolletto aeaman'a law wa ft Federal atatute, and tha aea oei- . vice bureaa waa i aovero mental age nay. It waa further ttatet'.thats-thUi: bur. ' waa xuraiaoing Amaucaa up wita m xnea. 80 oer- aent af whom war Amer- fcaft citiaena, while tka eaateft'l wnioa .were furaUhing a negligible pweenug ' -of -American. Preferenco ia ampioy . ment of anion) men waa declared to he v diaerlminatioB 'againat American, -and the demanda woro refueed, 's'v.;' i's - Ta Befaao to Wotk.' " 4 ...11 '-J ,L. I 1 U. VnML ' aeth and hi aaaoeiatw toft the meeting, and declared tho men would refuae to work after May 1 if the wag redaction J wa nut into effect s. j : Ship- an tha Great taket and tug, hara-es aad other craft employed in nar bor traniportation would aot bo affected n by tha atrike, anion leader aaid, u . they are under separate eontraeta. . atocont'neport of Amerleaa ihlppiag how that tha united butea Hhipping Board own 1,773 oeeaa-golng ihipe, of 7,790,738 grosa ton, tha . majority in , tho hand of private owacr. In addi tion, 1,017 ahip of 042573 grow Voni are owned by private eompanie. Of theee, approximately 50 per cent of the '. f hipping Board tonnage and 25 per cent el tae privately ewnea aaip airaaay are tied up, dno, the owner nnd operator! aid, to lack of cargo, . American flag paaeenger veueU which poailbly would be affected by atrike include those of ' , the International ; Mercantile Marine, Hamburg and Antwerp aerviee; the U. B. Mail Steamship .Uo- and the united American Line ia the European trade, aad all eeaatwue line .operated on the ' Atlaatie-aad Paeifle eoacta and between K cities en the Atlantic and Gulf eoaita.' - - ' rftvtropvr rinrn rni , WEDNESDAY AT WASHINGTON Waihingtoa, , April 25. A eonferenee ' Ketween ail parties tntereated la ta . adoption of av new working agreemeat between marine union and itenmihip V Ca""a Pag Two.) ' FOREIGN BORN PEQPL F ' IN OLD NORTh CAROLINA r . - -. . Inglirt Lead JTith Bnkiians , CTose Second and Permane - In Third Pldca': - , r" 1 1 'tv.ii . ' New and Obeerver Burean, ' . " ' eat Dintrtet National Bank Bldg. K - BY EDWARD E. BEITTON. ' ' Washington, April 25. With North Carolina reported by th Cento Bureau aa having with, ita population of tJS59.- 123 a total foreign-born population of " 7,099 there will, be of course .interest - aa to how thia ia divided. I have pre ' viously given the dgurea for th larger - representation of foreign-bom, and I an adding to that the full list of th forty-three natioaalitiea represented follow l England 67, ' Sfotland . 46, Walea.25, Ireland- 301, Norway 70, Sweden J70, Denmark , Belgium 16, , i ranee : ' (ineiuamg Aliaee-liprraine) I38, Xoxemburg 2, .Netherlands 115, - Switserland 72, . Germany - 703, Poland 210, Austria' U9, Hungary 6d, Caecho iovakia "20, Jago-Blavia t9', Bumia 932, Finland 15, Lithuania 29, Portugal 10, Spina U. Italy .433, Grace -55 Bulgaria . 1, Boimania 31, TurkeyMEurope) 17, Other Ka rope 7, Asia 669, Africa 17, Australia 14, Caa4a(Frenck) 5, Canada tother) 635, Newfoundland 7, Cuba aad , other Wert Indie 84, Mexieo 28, Cen tral America 14, South America 22, At . laatie Island 1,' Paeifle Island 8, At fea.5, Country aot specified 1. Total foreign bom 799, . GAB WOOD'S'-MOTOKfeOAT ' HADING A. C L..FLYIR . - . IN RACE TO NEW YOBS ' MUwJ, Florida, ' April . UCsr Wea driviag the. speed beat Ga II. Jr, aad tho Havama Special, At laatie Caoat Una aye, were no. lag neck nnd neck tonight, with, Gar . II, Jr., leadiag, acewnliaf to aH -talewraat to the Miaaat Barald ts nlgbt frexa C P. Chapman, editor of Motor Beatlaav who-ia accompany, in Wood "eax the daeh . to New lfawl'.Wfc " - V Weed paassd. Jacaaonvillo at 1 m. my today, the talegraav aaid,, ftavd arrived at raraaadlaa, r FUrida, to re-fnol at 1:43 av. aa, ,Aa Madowft ho ad v reached Savannah. Beagh weather waa , eneonntered aad the leoa f taa; Uao, bit oaT by a' hare the -heat to hag the oho re ' afteC naasiag -JackaaavUIa, Chapmaa'a wire aaid. , 'i, Discussion Of Disarmament Sidetracks Consideration Of Measure, rIoweyertS;f '. Washington,- April . 25. Disarma ment discussion- aidd-trackad eeasldora- tioa of tha aavay appropriation bill la the Hon, today, when Bepreaentative Kelly, Republican, .Michigan, broaght forward the committee; t proposals to provide 3 96,000 ,000 for the aavya host fiscal. year, af which. egoiMOiXX) would be used tawafd eompletion of the 1914 baildiag paogrnaa. The expftnaioa pro gram, Mr. Kelhty sssertad, would help "to lift the load aow oa tho ahoalders of the world for Armament, construe, tion and maintenance." . "When these skips we 'are building have been : aompleted,' he . aaid; "the United Btatec will equal ,4a sea power any nntion In the world, and will be in a position to offer proportionate reduc tion in armament.' : . Theodore BnrtoiTi - Bepublicaa, of Ohio, former Senator, supported the committee apokesman ' in -hia declara tion for an adequate navy and also urged that there be the nucleus of ft large army for the' United States.- He declared, however, that "the time has come for an ; international conference fer tho sake of stopping this madden ing competition for , the . eoustrnetioft of armada.' - S- . Thia view waa indorsed by. Bepraoaa tative Byrnes, Democrat, South Caro lina, who,birarng to taxation features involved, ia 'military programs, aaid that Congress thia year would, appro- rriate Ave and ft half billioaa or 430 ft end for each, eitigen of thei United Btatfc.y:-..,.ii ' ., TWIMiCITV4.:ZTKC3ISTS DISCUSS CAmiGa PUNS 'WVi r ' ' . i ; Wnatee-Salenv April. 23-A eonfer ne of pastor aadJaymea of the Winv sten-Saiem district was held at Centen ary church today in the interest of the great Methodist educational more meat launched by the Southern Methodist ehnrchDr. Henry Snyder, prcsideat of Woffotd College and nssotiate direc tor of 'th1 movsmeat, made the , prin cipal address. Be announced that three en had subscribed $100100 each for the - educational cause, three (50,000 each aad ft number $10,000 and $5000 eh.K The quota ssigned thisdistrict total ,$185,000. t . HEW HEALTH OFFICER TAKES CHARGE IN CRAVEN COUNTY New Bern, April 25Dr. W. D. Gil more, of liaorceville, recently appointed county health . officer for Craven, is now in full eharga'of th work here, having officiilry xoported to a full meet ing of the eoanty board- of health. The ew fall time - health' ameer- has 'not taken over the-eounty oJBeo doe to lack of equipment which -ia to be installed about -May 1st, when he wi.tak ,np th entire werk of hi departmentf ' c, HAW BILL COMES IfBEFOBlOUSE DaniekTells How Secrets of -'; -' Fleet 's Whereabouts: Wete Kept . "7ri-'-:T: rr By'iosKPHns iAswrr . ' Former secretary f the Neva' v JknrrlsM isa. t Ms t. mua, Cwrttl ha RMM Wiinsaji $mim CksrrlaM k OM aMMSa. Onas an Hwiitiri.t tmnu. an ttsMa inm awMki tuMw, ana. Untn li linn, r-rh-f-s Ok ScwdlaMUa. . VasMtartn mtawaci be car SjitHSM. -t v , Everybody la Santiago knew that the auyo, waa engaged ta target practice and maneuvers la. Guantsnamo bay. The battleships could be seen easily enough from the hill, and the sound ef their gaaa eouia no aeara ia tae city. That ia to say everybody kaew the fleet waa then en February 2, 1P17. On February 5 few kaew where It wa. The AOaatie fleet had vaaished. From that time en,' until the war ended, the Atlantic fleet aad all 'other "ps or u united -states navy, moved waa aeaigaea to ccp tn enemy guessing. " an "'".' at . ... n An the world know aow taat-th British fleet had two main nndesvoas on at 8cpa Flow, in the Orkney fa. wads, aad the pthen. la -the Firth of f orth. On tb eaat coast of Beotlaad. These our sqnsdron op service ia th North sea was none shared with the British...- ".ri I .".,: , r .t.'-t Pew' Knew' the Secret ' .? In) V. - !.. batie fleet an known t few persoaaJ euisiae in nsrry. we never apose or them by' nam at Waahiagton, while the war lasted. - "Base 1 aad "Base 2 th official and aafflcieat deaignaUoaa. Possibly the Oarrnan learned where they wen; if so, th knowledge did them little good. These picked rendea- vous ' were chosen because they com bined ' the two features -ttt abuadaat ipse and depth for the dreadnaught and leaser ahlpa, aad aw adaptability for defensive - purpose which , mad them practically imjaegnabl to TJ boata. 4 ", - " Nor waa n from any oxnggerated sense of alarma that these prec actions wen taken aa soon as diplomatic rela tion were. severedV JOcrmaov' declar ation of C-bcae, wsrfar bad bee a aim ed at n a Well aa at other nations, and th might a she had before, strips without warning.- v;. . - I the fall en6 the U-53 had crossed the Atlantis aad sank a num ber of British vecmla just of f our coast. 5 hd nn idea this was doae as a sortj demonstration fit ita possibility int : I - ' . ' I if nr. .mmi i tin HOT BE APPOINTED Governor Eliminates Him From . Race In: Ban Against HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL MEET HERE TODAY Bars . Wffl I B Let Dowa . To V Delerationa Which WCtAp. k-pear nezorc Body BriBcg Appeals, Qompiain;s,T 8of . restions and Proposals; Sot. , eral B9ad Projects Seadj ' Cnlonel t.U Kirkpatri(k,'vr Char Jotte, good road advocate aadl eaadk oat ror a position on the Stat High way Commission to tacceecV Word H. Wood, of Charlotte, resigned ' wUl not be ' appointed. The , Commission will meet in Balelgh today; ' . Colonel Kirkpntriek .waa eliminated from the race yeaterday when Gover nor Morrison ; aamounced definitely that he would . appoint no -more ' law yen- to the commission. Already, there are-two lawyers , en . the commission oft nine members and th Governor maintains that tho BeeeasQr to Mr. Wood aaonld bo aa. cutstaadiag - busi- nese man. : :. -'.. ., 7 -: '- Be expressed the highest regard for Colonel Kirk pat rick, would like to see the Charlotte lawyer seat to the Senate from Mecklenburg to . fight fhr k the Continuance af the good road program. ana believe he to good congressional timber, but the governor- ia definitely committed against the appointment or colonel surkpatrtek oa the. Com misaioa . . . . . However, Charlotte will be renresent- ed en that Commiaaion If the CKIver- aor can Ind d maa ia that eity who alls the ilL Others suggeated outside of Charlotte are W. C. . Heath, of Monroe, 1. M. Deatoa, ef Iredell, W. N. Everett of Boekingham aad J. M. T yette. ' y ' - . , WUI Let Oowa Ban.. . ? Th bars will be 1st down to dele- gatioaa when tho Commission ,- meets today, aad scores- of them headed to ward Baleigh last night, bringing ft wide assortment--' of 'appeals, vwi plainta,. mggestion , and ' ' proposals with them. Mast of the day Will Oke- rjr be given ever to the hearing Jof these eMlegatietts,vnd sotnec ,of to morrow. . " " fi.T i : 4A-4h real -Wraj seat the -Ctrmmisv Ion hen before it, the .advertising for hidt (or building several htadred mile of new roads fwill, be tho outstanding event, with perhaps some atteatioa t tho aeleetion of a RUta Highway Engineer,, aad , the perfecting jf the maeaiaery or mainteaaaee waeav the roadl are lnally taken over by the yu. 1 win. County map of the road that tho Commissioa plana to take ever under the. Stnto system have been mailed to the Board of Commissioner in 77 eountiea, and mapa of the other 23 an in process of preparation. The! map requir tha approval of the eounty authorities within $ day af ter they are. submitted, or notice of rejection, which -will bring them , back before the full commissioa ' . for dia- euasioa. " k - , 'i Seed Randy Pec Oaatrnct. Chaimtaa Page has ready aeveral hundred mile of road ready to be let to contract, aad contractors waiting to- begin work aa eooa a the formali tie of advertising for bids, and select ing' the low or moot satiafsetoay bid- er aavo been observed. Taking the I (Caatlnaed am Page Twc)" Atlantic fleet, under Admiral Henry T, . witt ft mystery aad aeeretivene which - - . . which Germany thourht we mirht he SHWIIPIfUl . , , Balden lev Aleng Cosa. At a great distaae from Cuba 0r nmien were sinning niusa vesseu ia th Atlantie," Only two weeks before bwe sent BernstorhT home th Hudson Bmrmt napa a we sieumer, nan put into Pernemfueo, Braxfl, ia possession of n uerman prtae erew, nnd carrying 273 surviron-cf some half dosen ships which bad been sunk. ' ' v Although at the time we did 'bet knew the Identity ef this daring aad successful raider, we ; earned later that it wa ao less a ahip than th famous Moewe, which had captured twenty -cix prise cm that voyage, linking all but th Hudeen Marn aad th Tarrewdal. On the latter they 'carried AM prison ers, including about sixty American sailors, bach to Gernmay. Rumor wn rife of U-boat baae had O-boat - netivitle tin Wert India water. , It wa. no tlm for taking chances. W had Hot forgotten how tltiie trst weeks of the war th Brit ish cruisers Creasy, Aboukir and Hogue had been wank in tb North aea. , I have told elwherc ia these srticlcs hew (the fleet went on wsr basis the day BemstorS; waa dismissed. . ; . Defease Plan la Operation At tha wbtt moment whan the Presi dent Waa delivering hia message to Con gress and th German ambassador was WMm Mb VOOD'SSUCCE SSOR (Continued. .On Pag FpurJ TESByilHIAS BETTER CHARGE OF. ECS WA Predicted That Judge Bynum Will Get Place On Circuit. " f afk l' el AT m e t.' . ft ioun v Appeals BYNUM 'STOCK "APPEARS ,; TO; BE GOING STRONG Tribnte Paid. To Judge Henry v O. Connor taTar Beel Negro Republican In. Urjing Jorist - For - Pritchard's Placet- Bep. resentative Padgett Praises ' ahiett'iWork ' ; . .Nws and Observer Buread 603-District Kationoi Baak Building. : . By IOW AID K. BUTTON. (By BpecW Leased Win.) i .WaaWngton, April zo. with 7 prc- fouad quiet exMiag' fto f sr as th out side ef the game goes, then is still aa undercurrent of rumor concerning the selection of the Jate Judge Pritch srd'as Judge -of the-fourth circuit of the court of appeals. Though there has been much blowing of horns concerning the candidacy of Judge Edmund Wad dill off Virginia for the position nnd though there has .been- ft report that Judge Ashley M. Gould ef the District of Columbia Buprsmc Court has the ear of Praitdeat Harding in hia Candida there comes to me from one of the astute politicians at th capital a tip that I will make no mistake in saying that the stock of Judge William P, Bynnm fa looking up, nnd that ia his opinion, as well as in that ef numbers with whom he ha talked, then appears to be even better than an even break ia Judge Byaum fnvor. ' 1 Tk it from me," aaid my inform ant, "the outlook eel see it fa that Judge, Bynum rill land the position, provided North Carolina gelt solidly be hind him and in thia ease I refer to the Republican ef North Carolina. -v . Figaros It Oat.-- V Hen ia how he told sac that he figures out the matter 1 ' - . "The selection of David H. Blair of North Carolina a commissioner ef ra te rnal revenue came about by the pro cess of elimination aad th light that came oa between the it ipporten ef h ether saadidates, I leara that then ia tha same sort of ft flght en now among the candidate from other State be side North Carolina and I believe' they will eat each other an. and leave the plum for Judge Bynnm. . Just watch .the game as It goes along aad yon will see that I have not mlaawd h. And then be gave me a sigaiffoaot wink, and walked away saying: '1 am betting en Jadgt Bynnm. . . Indanss Jadfco Cesser. Tbere ha come to Washington ft n nurkable tribute to. the even-handed justice handed - out br Judge Henry Groves Conner of the eastern'distriot court of North Carolina. Charles M. Hunter of Baleigh, editor ef the Baleigh Independent, negro weekly, naa writ ten to Congressmaa Charles M. Btedman enclosing letter to be delivena to President Harding endorsing Judge Conner. Democrat of Democrats, for the positioa oa the bench of the circuit court of appeals, Hi letter anareM to President Harding reader ' Permit me to add my hearty en- dorsement to th proposal of the namej ef Hie Honor, n. Connor 01 Nertn Carolina, for youh eonsideration for th vaeaaey on th bench eaused by the desth ef the lata Judge Pritehnrd. - Judge Connor la a distinguished estr- sea ef thia State. He fa a maa of high atiainments, ft learned jurist, n just judge, an tfpright Christian- citi aea, and hi elevation would go far toward strengthening the -judiciary in the respect nnd confidence of our people of ail classes, race ana parties. U am a negro Republican. I have always-voted the Bepublicaa ticket. Ia thcappointment of judge of ear courts, however, I am fully eonvtneea mat men as appointed should, be eminent, not for their eartiaanihio. but for their fit ness, their learning, their high sense of 2 4- -..... This -endorsement, i am sure, wm meet th hearty concurrence of th great body of th . negro cltisens 01 North Carolina, 4s well a all other hot directly interested. X "I have no personal - acquaintance with Judge Connor, - never having met or spoken to kirn personally. I nm moved by n desird and hop that this appointment may secure one ef the best, ablest nnd purest judge tn JNortn uare- PaflWt Laada Daalete. Th NsVsl bill was before the Hons today, the recommendation oft Seer tary Dsaby and the naval affair com mittee -being for the aaeasun aa pre seated under th adminlstntiou of for mer Secretary ef the Navy Daniels. In the debate oa the bill, Representative Lemuel P. Padgett, ef Tenses, wfo was chairman of the naval affsin com mittee until the Republicans won the House, had something to eay. - He rend to the House from some clipping from the Washington Post, saying that this paper, which bad criticised fit Daniels administration snd found fault with all things thst he did, wss bow applauding the remarks of Seerrtrr' Denby, who aaid that he found the Nary in excel lent condition, aad that the Pest era now bragging on the Navy, while no changes had beesf made ia the Dsnlehr plan or policies. ,He paid Jug-h tribnte to the former Secretary of the Navy and his conduct of naval affairs, saying athat ths proof thst what hi hsd done eras good waa shows try th publican administration adhering to hi plans, that It found how that what h A'd war all rlght. ', - Bepreientatln Donghton hi not ex pected to return to Washington for some time. . Hit ' offioe f rc reports hen today thst the taking of testimony In th contest sgsinst him being mad by Dr. Ik Csmpbell will be closed In Bo ws a aad Ashe tomorrow, nnd that than will be ten days ia which Dr. Camp hell's ease la rebuttal will be heurd. The news thst reachee Wsshington fa that Bepresentativ Donghton has far XCantlae pa TS TWPi. Congress; Begins , Wprk Of Ending War By Resolution , ,t-- . - ; ''-viyv:'.t Knox Resolution Favoratly ! Reported by Senate v Foreign !' Relations Gmrnittee'and Two Resolutions' Introadced . . ' in 'House; Democrats to Plan Action. t- - 4' 1 Washington, April 25-Progrcs en thf initial administration peace policy to ead the atat ef war by resolution ef Congress wss madas today in both branches ef Congress. i .. -r I In the Senate the Knox peeee reeolu tloa, nvbed ia minor detail, wa re ported faverably by the foreign rela tions committee, aad anaouacemsnt was made by Seaator Lodge, ef Maasaeha setti Bepublicaa leader, that it would be called up tomorrow. ,. . . Bseslntlcn In Hcnae - ; . Two' similar resolutioas, dealing 'asp arateJy with Germany and Austria, wen introduced in th House by Chairman Porter, of the foreign affair commit tee, . who announced that they would not be takea up until after the Beaat acts en the Kaox meaaarn. ...v . ' ' Although th Senate, ia to begla formal consideration. tomorrow of th Kaox resolution, it waa aot certain to night ( that . actual debate --Would start before Wednesds. .; , Neither Senator Prominent Asheville Club Men Say Commander dungman i -t Wasn Intoxicated :..' AhviUei April t5-Thc hearing of the charge of .. pnblie . adrnakenae sgsinst Major Jusgmaa, commander ef Oteea TT. 8. Public Health Servie hos pital, Who was temporarily luapended last week, peadjng the trial, waa started htra this sfternooa and will b con tinued probably throughout tomorrow. Whift th hearings ware behind eloeed doors,' although the aupnded( officer favored throwing the trial open to the public, something of the evidence given waa learned hen tonight, " It nppean that aevcsi or eight prom inent Asheville men whe wen at the Asheville dub oa th night of cele bration oa January S, when Jungmnn fa alleged to have been drunkrposltively swon that ths' officer waa' net la any way intoxicated." Other witnesses will be "examined tomorrow in aa . attempt to prove that Jungmnn was nofurank in Quarter on th ais-ht atiflAJn' the hargec These charges WMO'pnterred by former Oaptrla SantBueklew, dia-. charged neonstruetion erBcer nt Uteen, whe ha not ra turned hen from Wash iagton after making the charges. Not satisfied with effort to oust Jungma Buck lew also preferred charges against the govsramest inspector sent hen to look, into tho very charge Baeklew mad against Jungmaa. It cannot be leaned whether the eharges will also be probed st this .time. The board hearing th . charge against Jungman composed . ef . army officers, will . prob ably retura to Washington, before giv ing their decision in the matter. The government prosecutor In th ease, Dr. Lloyd, fa hen looking after the govern n-.ent's end of- the ease. ' The hearing are being held at the hospital. . While .it ha . been known , for soms time that soms of thaKholdover officers at th hospital, who served then whea the institution wss ' an "army general hospital, do not like Jungman, who in liated oa running-the hospital the way h thought best. - the - patients, and there sr almost 600 i of them, from all corners of America, are almost one ia singing th praisea of th-4eposed com mander. They nave signed petitions snd issued public statements to the ef. feet thst the administration of ths hos pital is tho best it ha ever been and that the food and quartan are better ths evefe before. American Legion of Keen at the hospital aad the Kiffla BoekweU post la Asheville ere lining up strongly behind Jungmaa and it fa believed that the government will nave to make out a much, strong ease than new nppean to be probable, to satisfy the people of Asheville that the whale matter isnot a frame-up and started merely because com one waa jealous ef the way Jangman waa winning favor st ths hospital. i GREENSBORO NOMINATES ' CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE Greensboro, April 25. Incomplete re turns from the nrimary in the local eouritilmaaie election indicate that the following fourteen men have won out: Julian Price, E. E. Bain, E. J. Sterne, A. C Davis E. D. Dupuy, Prank Brooks, B, D. Douglas, George D. Grlmslsy, Chas. A. Hendrix, B O, Hiatt, a C Kiser, I. J. Mendcnhsll, W.,YPryor, David White. Approximately -lJtOO vete wen'eait. Interest waa. unusually ten aad th poll wen crowded throughout th day. Tuesday,. May 3rd, to final election will be held. . ' Seven of the fourteen selected today from total of 82. will be elected then Out of 'this seven a mayor .will be ehosea. leaving six eouncilmett. Ths onneflmen will Receive ft nominal sal ary each of 1300 Annually - and th mayor 1500.' Geotg D. Grin.k-y wa leading late tonight in - the counting, which will hardly be completed before morning. The managerial form, goes into effect in May. 1 : ( ' ..v TEXTILE W0RKERS.IN V N. C. MAY. BE CALLED OUT .Nw Tork. April 25.Th emergency committee of United: Textile Workers of America announced hen it would decide tomomra whether an immediate strike, affecting 20,000 workers, will be ealbd' la' mllla in North Carolina andy Tennessee. - ', Joha Golden, president of th textile worker anion, aaid the chief grfavaaec of th worken concerned was the con tinued reduction ia wsge placed in ef fect arbitrarily by' the ' employers. . Goldea aad Thomas F. MeMahon, vice president ' ef the ' nrganiMition will leave for tho foatk thia wk. it was wnouneed. . : begin mm : CHARGES. AT OTEEN . T. ,-. '- 'i . I, y i : - lie Knox, 'of Pennsylvania,' author of the resolution nor' othsr Sepublleasr lead on contemplated debating the measun tomorrow and. Democrats also were aot ready to ' begin discussions. . !)Kacrats Today.' , Aa informal eenfennce tomorrow' be- ,weca Senator Usderwood, -ed Alabama, Democratic, leader, aad minority nem ben of the foreign relatione committee with ft 'few other prominent Democratic Sena ton was planned ' to .discus course ef 'procedure. Beeater. Uader wood aaid ha, expected' Demoentie ac tios would be similar to that with n gard to the first Knox resolution, which vrss vetoed by Former President Wil son. Th resolution wai at that time opposed by a majority of the Demo crats, but supported by number. That Senate debate would consume only a few days waa predicted by both Republican and Demoentie leaders. A final vote late thia week aa .regarded aa possible. .-. ; v"". 1 " 11 li ia I AuthocOfx "Bone Dry! Law Would Make Dryness In The Nation More Acute Washington, April 25. As the first step oMhe fight lit Congress to tighten np tho Volstead prohibition eaferec Meet law, a bill designed to prohibit the eele ef bear to the sick oa a doe- tor's prescription waa introduced in the Houae today by Chaismsa Volstead, of the judiciary committee. ' The tneasun would aot prohibit use of wine . for medicinal purpose but would make mon speeifle aad stringent the .regolntiona en thia subject. - Declaring then was no real aeeemlty for beer a a medicine, Mr. Volstead announced that thia bill,' described as sopplemeatal to the national prohibi tion act, wa put forward at thia time to meet the aituation s res ted by the opinion . of., former - Attorney ' Genernl Palmer that beer aad wine, under the Volstead Act, could be prescribed for me-ailing.' v.-i In tentative regulations nnneuneed has week by Prohibition Cbmmlstioaer B-nmar, which awit approval by David H. Blair, th aW Commissioner of In ternal Bevenue, 'an- arbitrary limit of 4 gallons ef beer aad thte aallons of win Was fixed as the maximum that might bo prescribed by a physician nt one time. Mr Palmer had ruled that the law fixed no limit. -Begardleci of what Commiarioaer Blair may rule, Mr. Volstead Indicated that the prohibition force in th House wen prepared to take th beer bill by the horn and let the world kaow'Ahat then will be no beer. The bill will be referred to Mr. Volstead's committee for. hearing and report. Mem ben op posed to any modification of the idry law, aaid tonight it probably would be reported to th cHoum substantially as drawn. Then were predictions from many dry Quarters that its passage wa eertaia. .- , HEALTH WORKERS TALK : OVER INFANT HYGIENE , "Save The Babies" Underlying Them Of Session Held At Pinehnxst Pinehurst, April 23. "Ssvs the Babies" wss the underlying theme of the three cessions . of health . worken from air sections of the Stste In their eleventh annual convention here today. Tti mAAmm 4 W:4... Tk. T, Carlton, of Winston-Salem, stressed thi important phase of an developed neaita worn ana a symposium with pa- pen by physician aad auric dis cussed la detail. Ia the afternoon . quanatine work and public health aursing . wen dis cussed the subject in detail.. with a round tabu discussion of local problems and the. election of officers. A eommitte wss appointed to confer with the State Board of Health for the purpose of establishing ia ea.-k eounty or community a local health center for special work - in . prenatal ana infant hygiene work. Among those on the program today wen: Dr. F. M. Begister, ef Bsleigh; Dr. J. B. Sidbury, of Wilmington: Dr. B. B. Bailey, of Henderson ; Dr. T. J- Chester, of Greenville; Dr. E. F. Long, ox Jtaleirb; Dr. J. Bpruill, of Ban atorium; Dr. Millard' Knowlton, of Baleigh; Miss Boee-M. Ebrenfejd, of Baleigh; Muw Katharine Myers, of Baleigh; Miss Porey E. Powers, of Winston-Salem; Mrs. Alice Basaett, of Newtoa; Mrs. Mildred nsrgnve, ' cz Aaheboro; Miss Lula Sasser, of Wei don I nnd '"'Mrs. Dorothy Hadea, of Greensboro. MOTHEB OF THREE LIVING 'CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN : 1 BUTBERFORD COUNT! TIES - Bnthcrfcrdten, April Mrs. Bath Pester Watsca died yesterday afternoon. She' wa 10S years, six nacntha aad eight daya old. She lived with1 her f earth eon, Tom I Watsca, S nailsa coat e here. Bhe has sees III rifil w ta. ftha mmm tmm mmht women la the Swath thst hsd threcM Jiving sou who r confederate vet-, enaa... She leave eight children, t rrsad chlldnm, 144 greet, gnad ehlldna aad 3S gnat great gnad ehildnn. Twe of her aeaa have great grsad childran. . Her . faacral . waa eoadaete. et Brittaia church thia afteraeo...A targe crowd attended. She was cat ef the oldest' women ia the country ' . - wn CTCAn uniiin VULOILnU 1IUULU : PUT BAN ON BEER GERr.7AF.YJ0 OFFER BILLION GOLD Total 26 ' Billion Gold Marks ' Less Than Altied Govern- , ments . Derhanded GERMAN PROPOSALS NOT : OFFICIALLY GIVEN OUT Text Of , German CJonunuidca. tion Zmhodying Separations Offer Has Hot Beached See. retary Hnghes So JTar; (. Ho Announcement As TftProoed. nrt Of This Government I, i' ' Berlin, April 25-The ultimate totol ; indemnity which Germaay agreee to pay the Alike I 20000.000,000 gold marks, aa against. 228 ,000,000X1 de msnded by the Allien in their Paris - . terms. :-' .' ' ' ;, iV v'' i This fa posltinly stated by those close to the government, although the - German counter proposals have not been made publi hen. ' : " Dr. Simons, th foreign aeeretary, did not present th aew proposals to'th s Beicbitag today, because of an nnder standiag with tbe-vAmerieaa embasey nd for the addiUonnl reaaen that'than '' ia paragnph ia Ue note to Preoi- ent Hardiag suggesting that-h fl f roe, to query back fer further iaforma tioft or the elucidation of any point not clear, if he so- desires, befon submit- Mat she not to the entente. - Pnpecel Tct Seen. Consequently, the German prces and ' public, and even the party , leaden, , have aot seen the counter proposals, ' aad their publication fa eagerly awaited. The Germans suggest making tha an nuities in the payment of the repara tion flexible, dependent upon 'the re covery of German indnctriev An Int ternational loan la suggested, to be floated immediately, to place ready cash at the disposal of the entente, bat ae sum fa named, v .'. - . a Pled gas Caanatces. ' Germany expresses her willingness to pledge the customs revsuuee aa guaran tees, aad further' of fen to deliver manufactured article to the Allies with the aaderataading that Germany will pay th producers aad get credit oa the indemnities. , Germany also effen immediate participation, in th work of , restontion, in, the devastated, areas; labor aad material to bo supplied by ' Germany and credited against the Im demaitir.. . , - ' No euggestloa fa mad of Germaays wiUiagnecs to assume Ue indebted rees of the allied powen to the United ' State.. ' ... , . . Germany's counter proposals an so ' intrieieate and involved that the ex perts wke have read them ex prase the opinion that ,hey may be misinterpre ted, sa the London offer was by persona - whe did aot analyse them carefully -aad work out the total amount that would have beea yielded. . '- TEXT OF PBOPOSALS KM " " " NOT BEACHED WASHINGTON, Washington, April t-A-The only la formation received by Secretary Hughe today ceaeeraiag ths character af Ger many's . eouater proposals regarding reparations wa that eoatainod ia press dispatches. Th commaaieatioa -em bodying the propoaela, which waa banded yesterday to Loring Dresel, American high commissioner at Berlin, by - Dr. Walter Simons, th German Foreign Minister, had not arrived whan the secretary finished his day' work. "It was assumed that the delay wn du to tnnammsioa diffieuUis either on the cables or by wireless. It waa not known which moans the commie- : si oner had need in despatching the'eoa-' municatioa. - s, Ccane Not Indicated. ' What course Mr. Hoxhe win taks . ia dealing with the question was net indicated today. It was said, however, that until- he had studied the eouater proposals carefully, the eommsnieation would not be made public unleaa it Lad already beea published by Gertaaay or by one of the allies, to whom av . copy or summary may han been aent. .Diplomatic representative ken bev lleved it probable that the aeeretary1 would take ap the aucstion invnlm-l . directly with th foreign offleee of the sllied governments, nther thaa with -tkeir repnseatative here, to expedite th aegotiationa. It waa pointed oat in thia connection that th supreme ara cil fa du to make dee-don aad! the Preach an expected to begin their o ' eu patio a of ths Buhr Msy 1 if aa agree meat is aot reached with. German v ta the controversy. TWELVE-YEAR-OLQ BOY ' ,STHAWGELY MISSINQ Durham. April 5. Claiborne An. bert, aged IS ytsrs, hss been missing fnm ths home of his Barents. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Gilbert, of West Main ' street, for week. A report has been, made to the police but ae information pa the nse has beea uncovered. The bey icri some ror aeftool Aloaday, April 18, aad failed to return., The mother is almest prostrated with grief. Whan he disappeared the youth, who may have -run away, waa dressed" la a blue oerge : suit and "cap aad won whit toaaie shoes, , .,., ... . ' , WOULD STOP GERMANS v FROM.GETTING PATENTS ...... ,. . , , . . ..---, - . Wsshington. April' 5. Activity of fiermnn eitixens in obtaining patents . from the American government embody ing many of the priaciplee of American ' railroad artillery sad other ordnance ' led Secretary Weeks to ask Congress . today . .for. legislation limiting th granting of patents to foreigners. Th nr. secretary said 201 ordnsnee pat ents hsd been obtained by German eitJ- sess since last July 1-and all trans ferred to Frederick Km pp. the gnat prdnan eq ansimfactoru At j-saea, .. ... 'V
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