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Republican State Chairman
v. Makes Little Headway As
Candidate For judge
DELEGATION TO BOOST
JUDGE BYNUM FOR JOB
penator Overman Arrange! For
Greensboro Supporters To
See Attorney General Today
Congressman Ward .Intro
duces Another Bill; Will Hays
Not Making Much Progress
The News and Observer Bureau,
663 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD B. BRITTON.
i (By Special Iaied Wire.)
Wsshlngton, April 86. Is Frank Lin
ney, Republican Stata chairman for
North Carolina, going to graap at the
shadow and mist the tubstmice in nu
fight for place on the Federal pay roll!
i There hare come itoriei from North
(ftembva. to the capital that Linney
has aSBItioa to become the successor
of the late Judge Pritehard on the
bench, of the Fourth Cireuia court of
appeal! despite the faet that he haa
the endorsement of the "hog combine"
of the Republican State committee for
the job of being district attorney for
the Western North Carolina district
I made inquiry this afternoon - of the
Department of Justice as to the ap
pointment of Linney as district attor
ney and learned that it was on the
way and would shortly be announced.
If that is to, then State Chairman
VfonV irnlna tn Ink a tha bird in
hand and Quit fooling around the
bush.
The Judge W. P. Byrrum- boosting
'delegation is scheduled to arrive in
Washington, in the morning from
Greensboro, in accordance with the ar
rangement made through the office of
Senator Overman by R. B. King, af
Greensboro. The delegation has an en
gagement to see Attorney General
Dougherty at 10:30 and it is possible
(hat there will be a visit to the White
fffj--- to see President Harding and
tcft aim of the reasons why he should
segset 'ths Greensboro man for the
vacant judgeship. At the matter looks
sow the running is between Judge Ed
mund WsddilL of Virginia; Judge Ash
,ley M. Gould, of the District of Co
lumbia Supreme court, and Judge By
um. What Judge Bynom needs is the
anited support at North Carolina Bs
twblieans. irot there is J. J. Britt and
Prank Uaaey with, their hsta i thai
ing too.
Ward Introduces Another BUL
.Congressman Eallett 8. Ward, of the
first district of North Carolina, shoved
his second bill into the hopper of the
House today. It is a bill 'to lay a pen
alty of $100 on railroads, express com
panies, and all transportation companiei
erhich are common carriers for failure to
,Hiake a prompt adjustment of claims
arising from loss or damage to freight
In interstate commerce. Under the bill
the common carriers must make the ad
justment within 60 days from the time
of Sling the complaint, sad this com
plaint must set out full information
as to the shipment, the number of the
Way bill, the time of shipment. Tt
penalty of $100 is to be recovered in
the same action in which damage is re
Vovered, or is recoverable,
i The payment of the damage and the
penalty is to be made by the company
on whose lines the loss or damage oc
curred. The bill is offered ss a means
f getting rid of delay aad long drawn
out red tape methods by which adjust
ment of loss or damage 'to freight is
held out against shippers and consignees.
jThe first bill offered by Congressmsn
Ward was that to provide aerial mail
'service between' Norfolk and Beaufort
along the coasts of Currituck,
'Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, in
cluding Beaufort. This aerial mail is
to give service to Elisabeth City, Eden
ton, Washington and New Bern and all
intermediate points on the outgoing
trip from Norfolk, end on the return
trip is to serve sny and all points and
places where msil is now delivered for
distribution, including Manteo, the date
the measure would go into effect being
January 1, 1922.
Net Having Smooth Salllag.
There recurs talk that all is not
smooth sailing with Postmaster General
Will Hays in hit views that all Dent-,
tocrata holding down jobs as postmasters
Should be turned out into the cold, cold
world. It is whispered that he is hav
ing difficulty in having President Hard
ing agree to his materialistic ideas as
to tht kicking process. The Hays plan
as it is said to have been proposed
looks too erass and crude, for it would
be a knock out to civil service policies.
The plan that is now sought is. the way
to get rid of tha Democrats and at the
same time square the Republican ad
ministration with the civil service folks,
' for these are said to be keeping a watch
ful ey on the proceedings.
Washingtonians who are keenly in
terested in the ease in which the late
George M. Oyster, aged 72, who died a
few days ago, is said to have cut off
without the proverbial penny his bride
of . a few months, formerly Miss Cecil
Ready, aged 26, of Syracuse, N. Y., now
learn that though Mr. Oyster may have
made such a codicil a day or so before
his sudden death it matters not, for his
widow ander the law of the District of
Columbia will receive one-balf of his
personal property, aad one-third ef the
income from bis enterprises and invest
ments. This means a neat sum for the
young widow, for Mr. Oyster is under
stood to have been in the millionaire
class, and had been giving his bride
$1,000 a week pin., money. f
Pays Respects To Naval Critics.
I gsv briefly yesterday what was said
by Congressmsn Lemuel P. Padgett, of
Tennssee, of the Naval Affairs Com
mittee, aad its chairman preceding Re
publican control, concerning the Navy
under the administration ef Secretary
Jotephut Daniels. The naval bill, the
same bill at offered under the Daniels
.(Continued oa Page Tire.)
State College Trustees Vote
For Student
Students Win Long Fight For
Dr. Clarence roe is Elected Chairman of Board; Build
ing Commission Named.
State College students woa :j their
years-long fight for self-government
yesterday when tha board of trustees
of tha institution conferred that right
upon them, effective at tha beginning
of the ' college year next September.
The organization of the controlling au
thority will be completed before the
expiration of the present term, leav
ing the machinery in readiness for the
opening of the succeeding college rear.
Possible conflict between tha military
discipline in force in all of tha land
grant colleges in America which share
a Federal appropriation and author
ity rested In the student body has been
the deterring element for many years,
but tha trustees and the students feel
that they hate worked out a plan that
wilt eliminate all possibility of friction.
The trustees are willing to give H a
thorough tryout.
The election of Dr. Clarence Poe, edi
tor of the Progressive Farmer, of Ral
eigh, chairman of the board -of trus
tees, and the appointment of a build
ing commission to supervise the ex
penditure, of $550 P00 for new buildings
was the principal work of the board,
after the consideration of tha petition
of the students to be allowed to govern
themselves. W. 8. Lee of Charlotte, P. a
Boyd of. Mooresville sad T. T. Thorne
were named for the commission.
Will Balld Immediately. j
Immediate steps will be take to begin
construction of a new agricultural build
ing at the cost of $200,000, and the com
pletion of the mechanical engineering
building at a cost of $iOU,U(XJ. other
Will Furnish Money Until State
Commission Is Ready To
Pay It Back
Eight counties eameto the Highway
Commission yesterday with proposals
to go ahead and build their part' of the
8tate Highway ' system and ,let the
State re imburse them whea it was able.
The Commission accepted the proposals,
and ordered the roads built as soon as
ths formalities of advertising for eon
tracts can be complied with. "
Guilford, Graaville, Pasquotank,
Beaufort, Daplia, Pamlico, and Colum
bus counties kad delegations hers with
such DroDosals. and ether counties have
delegations th"etty "waiting their
tura with similar proposals. All of the
arrangements are made under Section
14 of the Road Law which enables the
counties to build the road ander the
supervision of the Commission, with
reimbursement to the counties at such
time ss the Commission deems proper.
Hearing the various delegations con
sumed considerable time, and little else
was accomplished at yesterday t . sea-
sion. One delegation was before the
Commission from Caldwell county ask
ing that that county be transferred
from the Eighth to the Sixth road die
trict. No definite action was taken,
and tht matter will go over until i
later meeting. This is ths first en
deavor to shift from one district to
another.
Nothing was done yesterday toward
the completion of the organization of
the working forces - of the commission,
and the employment of engineers, com
pletion of maintenance plans, etc, will
be taken up today or tomorrow, when
the hut of the delegations have been
heaTd and their petitions acted upon.
Several delegations were before the
commission in matters of locating roads
in their respective communities, but
these matters were generally referred
to the resident commissioner,
an memDcrt ox tne commission were
in attendance 'Yesterday with the ex
ception of Word H. Wood, of the Sixth
district, who haa given bis resignation
to Governor Morrison. His successor
has not been appointed as yet
HARDING LAUDS WORK
OF AMERICAN PAPERS
New Tork, AprlT26. Prater of
American newspapers by President
Harding ond an address by John W.
Davis, formerly ambassador to Great
Britain, featured the annual luncheon
of the Associated Press held today in
connection with the annual business
meeting.
In a letter read at the luncheon,
President Harding Uuded the course
of the press during toe war and ex
pressed the hope that his administra
tion would continue to deserve the sup
port accorded it thus far by the news
papers. Mr. Davis, making his first appear
ance before the members as general
counsel for the Associated Press, had
kind words for impartial truthful news
gathering as he had found it exemplified
by the Associated Press and, referring
to the impoTtaneo of foreign news,
digressed to give personal opinions on
several matters affecting foreign rela
tions of the United States. Bs urged
that a treaty should be ratified by a ma
jority vote of the eSnate, inatead of
two-thirds, and that there be adequate
compensation for the diplomatic and
consular service.
At the business meeting the follow
ing resolution; wss adopted t
'Resolved that the members ef the
Associated Press,- ia convention assem
bled, tender their thanks to the presi
dent, board of directors and officers of
the Associated Press for their efficient
work during the past year, which has
msde the Associated Press ths ares teat
news-gathering organisation ia the world
and a credit to the United States."
Boards and committees sleeted' ln
eluded: " , -i ,
Advlsorw board, ' Southern Division
H. C. Adler, Chattanooga, Term, Timet,
chairman; J. N. HeiskelU, Little Rock,
Ark., Qsserts, secretary j J. L. Horns,
Jr., Rocky Mount, N. C, Tejrgram, " ,
EIGHT COUNTIES
BUILD 01 ROAD
Self Government
Managing Their Own Affairs;
building operations, will be determined
npoa at later sessions of the board,
probably at the time of the commence
ment at the end of May. Dormitories
for tha accommodation of additional
ttlndent body haa at various times pe ti
the remaining quarter of a million dol
lira voted by the. General Assembly,
Institution of student government at
Stata College removes a cause to which
much of the friction between faculty
and students baa been attributed dur-
ing the past .eight or tea years. The
student body hoa at various times peti
tioned tha trustees for the institution of
student government, but until yester
day tha -board waa unable to come to any
agreement that was satisfactory to both
students and trustees.
At tha midwinter meeting of the true
tees a committee composed of Messrs.
Gold, Boyd, Poe, Thome and Clark
was Darned to study the question of
self-government for the students. 8ya
terns in use la praeticoliy every educa
tlonal institution in the United States
were carefully examined, and the plan
adopted for State College is what is re
garded as ths best of the systems ex
amined.
The students were represented at the
meeting yesterday by E. W. Constable
and W. B. Wearn, both members of
the senior class, chose oj tha students
to represent them before the trustees.
Several additional students were called
in by the student representatives, and
after the conference the trustees voted
unanimously to adopt the system, and
do everything in their power to make
it work.
T
Strange Disappearance of L. C
Bickett Casts Pall of Gloom
Over Town
Newton, April 26 The strange dia-
appearance of L. C. Bickett, prominent
wholesale merchant here, has east a pall
of gloom over Newton and not for years
hat the, town been so stirred up. For
mar Governor T. W. Bickett of Raleigh,
was here last week to Investigate the
matter and get his business affairs in
such shape as they could be handled by
an outside party-- ,... v . -
"Mr. Bickett was a man of lovable dis
position aad war universally liked here.
H ia married bat haa no children and
it is generally known that his home
life haa been beautiful and that true
hospitality was administered there as
in ths od days. His residence is one
of the most beautiful in tha city.
There is no doubt in the mind of
those acquainted with Mr. Bickett that
he waa mentally deranged when he left
the city and they believe that he is
wandering around somewhere, suffering
from the pains that are racking his
body.
The financial eonditioa of his busi
ness is not causing any great alarm, as
his condition in that respect is eon
sidered ss good as the usual run of
dealers in North Carolina, who have
recently lost heavily in the general de
pression of the market.
Mr. John P. Tount haa been named
receiver by Judge Finley and is now
engaged In operating the business.
Mr. Bickett lived here for several
years, eoming here from Monroe to en
gage in the wholesale grocery business,
He had varying success in that enter
prise and had just recently opened up
a retail business as a side line and was
rspidly succeeding in getting it on
its feet-
He was sn Indefatigable worker, at
hit place of business for 16 hours
every day, alwnya pleasant, and affable
and friendly.
When augar slumped, he was one of
the wholessders caught in the drag
net of the Jobbers, but he carried out
mi contracts though it eost him money
and tha general depression plaeed
terriffic atrain upon him.
lie sunerea acutely with his eves
and haa frequently remarked to friends
that he had to find some cure or that
he would die . He consulted specialists
in Charlotte and other cities with in
different success. He took his affile
tion in the best Of spirits and always
thought of his home life and his
frienda in preference to his personal
feelings.
VANCE COUNTY SHERIFF
AND NEGRO ARE WOUNDED
Both Carried To Henderson
Hospital; No Details Avail
able As To Cause
Henderson, April 26. J. 8. Royster,
sheriff of Vance county, and James
Melvin, negro, were brought to a local
hospital this afternoon, the sheriff with
a bullet wound in his eg and the negro
with a similar wound in his foot. No
information is available as to how or
whea or where the sheriff and the negro
were wounded.
The sheriff, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Kearney, Constable W. D. Lang-
ston, J. O. Champion, and J. u Bnie,
the latter chief of the Henderson fire
department, left town about noon to
go oa a raid,, it ia understood. Nothing
is known as to when the psrty returned
to town. ' Information emanated from
the hospital late tonight that the sheriff
had been brought there.
Efforts to get any statement from
ether members of the party were with
out avail tonight. Various rumors are
in cireulatioa ia regard to the matter.
One ia to the effect that the shooting
occurred at Langston Springs, three
miles from town, and another that tt
took place at Dabney, sevea miles the'
other way from town, , , , ,. '
NOTHING HEARD OF
NBVTON MERCHAN
DOCTORS OESTATE
HEAR LEADERS III
THEIR PROFESSION
Dr. W. S. Rankin Re-Elected
Secretary of State Board
For Third Term
GOVERNOR MORRISON
PRESIDES AT SESSIONS
Cordial Welcome To Pinehurst
Extended By Leonard Tufts
and Moore County In- bene,
ral; L. J. Smith, of Wilson,
Heads State Health Officers'
Association Next Year
Pinehurst, April 26 The sixty
eighth annual session of ths medical
society of North Carolina convened
here thia morning with an attendance
of thiee hundred, got through the pre
limlnaires, held a number of second
meetings and concluded the first day
with a program tonight with three of
the leading men of the profession dis
cussing subjects of keen interest to the
members. Governor Cameron Morri
son presided atthe night session.
Dr. W. S. Rankin Waa again elected
secretary of the State Board of Health
and State Health Officer to succeed
himself by the board in annual meeting
here. The term is for six years begin
nlng July 1st.
Dr. Bankin is just completing hi
second term having been first elected
in 1900. During the twelve years he
has served the state hat advanced to a
leading position in its public health
work and now has the highest birth
rate and one ef the lowest death rates
in the union.
Thst the North Carolina doctors liks
Pinehurst is demonstrated by the fact
that thia is the third time the society
hat met here in four yesrs and there
is a well defined sentiment for making;
this a permanent meeting place. The
owner of Pinehurst, Leonard Tufts, was
assisted in extending formal welcome
today by Dr. M. E. Street, of the Moore
county medical society, and U. L.
Spenee, of theMoore bar, to which Dr.
William MaeNider, of Chapel Hill res
ponded. The feature of the morning session
waa tha addreas of the President, Dr.
Thomas E. Anderson, of Statetvilla, ia
which ha stressed the important ad
vances made ia medical sets nee and
urged a broader conception of the social
relationship of tha doctor to the publie
and the opportunities offered for con
tinued advancement ia preventive
medicine.
The session this evening drew the
headlines of the session ia the persons
of Dr. Stanley P. Reiman, pathologist,
of Rankenau Hospital, Philadelphia,
Dr. Stewart McGulrt, of St Luke's hos
pital, of Richmond, one of the most
famous of southern surgeons; and Dr.
Frederick R. Green, of Chicago, secre
tary of the council on health and publie
instruction, of the American Medical
Association, the first two handled scien
tific subjects while Dr. Green discuss
ed the social responsibilities of modern
medicine.
In the morning and afternoon there
were numerous papers presented be
froe tha sections on pedistries, publie
health education sad the practice of
medicine.
The State Health Officers concluded
their sessions with the election of offi
cers as follows: President, L. J. Smith,
of Winston-Salem, and secretary, F. M.
o fWinston-Balem, and secretary. M.
Register, of Raleigh.
AMERICAN FLIER MAKES
ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA
Riga. April 26. (By the Associated
Press.) Captain Marion C. Cooper, of
Jacksonville, f la., the Kosciusko squad
ron flier, who was shot down on the
Polish front and captured by the Rus
sians last July escaped from a prison
camp near Moscow on April 12 and
rived in Riga today.
Captain Cooper had made an earlier
attempt at escape and succeeded in get
ting free for several days while still
near the Polish front. When he was re
captured he waa aent after a few weeks
to Moscow, where he was considered
not a Polish but an American prisoner.
He waa in., several prison camps and
worked last winter shoveling snow on
the railroads. Ultimately he was trans-
fered to a work camp of prisoners. He
did not give his captors his real name,
passing Himself off as a corporal under
an assumed name.
NEGROES STORM JAIL IN
ALABAMA; ONE KILLED
Birmingham, Ala., April 26. Five ne
groes stormed the jnil at Fairfield to
night ia an attempt to release a negro
prisoner, one of the attackers being
killed by officers guarding tht prison
and officer George Alexander, of the
Fairfield police department, receiving a
bullet wound in the leg.
Races Today at Pinehurst. Running,
Trotting and steeple Uhatt; tz:45 p. m.
Adv.
Quick Return
That .. ts what every man, or
woman. In the business world Is af
ter quick returns on their lnveat
menta and that Is the kind of re
turns that Want Ada mak for they
work like chain lightning aad are
efficient as well.
Then, as to the amount of the re
turn, why It Is simply unbelievable
to tht uninitiated. You spend but
a few cents for tht Want Ad and In
return you make many dollars aad
often are atarted oa tht road to a
fortune.
Want Ad oportunltles should not
bt neglected, for they havt proved
their valut tlmt " and again, aa la
wllneeted by the thousands of
patrons they have dally.
FLOOD OF ORATORY
PREVENTS VOTE Oil
HOUSE NAVAL BILL
All-Day Fight Over Disarma
ment Question Delays Pass
age of Measure
MEMBERS DEMAND TIME
TO AIR THEIR VIEWS
Disarmament Discussion Starts
Following Attack On Naval
Appropriation Measure By
Bepresentative Knight; Ex
penditure For New Battle,
ships Is Attacked
Washington, April 2. After an all
day fight over disarmament, the House
was forced to quit work tonight with
out reaching a vote on the Naval ap
propriation bill because of the demand
of members for time in which to air
their, views.
At the end of the long debate an
amendment waa pending providing that
no part of tht appropriation should go
into new construction nntil the presi
dent had called aa international con
ference to consider limitation of arma
ment. The amendment, proposed by
Representative Connolly, Democrat,
Texas, was precisely like one offered
when the bill was before the House ia
the dosing dayt of the last session by
Representative Brooks, Republican,
Illinois, and rejected by a vote of about
five to one. Leaders said it would be
thrown out by a similar vote when the
bill it taken up again Thursday.
Disarmament Dtacasacd.
Tha disarmament discussion broke
early in the session after Representa
tive Knight, Republican, Ohio, had
launched an attack against the bill.
The Ohio member announced be would
vote against the bill because of the con
templated expenditure of 90,000,000 for
new battleships, the general need of
economy and tha' alleged questionable
advantages of capital fighting ships ia
modern naval warfare. Ths speech
started a veritable whirlwind of talk.
Seeing where the House waa heading,
Chairman Kelley, of the tub-committee
on aoDronriations. in charge of the
measure, tried to stop it with a plea
that the real disarmament debase be
held back until the section relating to
new construction had been reac'ied. Tha
ehairman'a plea prevailed after a sharp
verbal clash, in which Representative
Hnddlestoa. Democrat. Alabama, sup
ported Mr. Knight and declared general
o'-pos,itlon to big army, coast defense
aad asvy appropriations.
Debate Caatlaata..
Two amendments, calculated to bring
t'.te amendment question squarely be
fore the House, were ruled out oa points
of order, and then Mr. Connolly again
stepped to the front with a revival of
the Brooks proposal. It stood up and
held its own against a point of order.
as happened last session, and Mr. Kelley
waa pressing for a vote and nnal pat
aage of the bill when he was per
suaded to permit the debate to con
tinue.
RAILROAD KEEPS USE
OF LUCKNOW SQUARE
Smithfleld, April 26. Lucknow
square, which the women of Dunn
wanted to beautify and make a beauty
spot for the towr. will continue to
be encumbered with ugly looking bales
of eotton and an antiquated platform,
which the Atlantic Coast Liue built
years ago.' When the town commia
aioners decreed that the woman's club
should have, the railroad demurred
and got out a reatraining order. Judge
Lyon in Superior court here yesterday
made the restraining order permanent
and the railroad will eontinue to use.
Mission to London of Mysterious
"S. W. Davidson " Told by Daniels
CoorrtiM list, hf J
Cwuiik tnt tfcrmvfioul Ewom. AU rtrtiu tMn4
Uw SuodUuTtsa. I'BiuUwrWt mrtnUiv tor .MO
One day in the Second week of April, 181T, a passenger liner, having safely
negotiated the U-boat perils on a voyage from New York, put into an English
port.
Among those who walked the gang plank, and landed on the dock to run the
gauntlet of officials and secret service men, was a fairly tall, slim, trim figure
with a wind-tanned face and grinled beard, whose civilian garb could not wholly
conceal a certain distinction.
In Touch With Britain.
And so the President decided that it
waa the part of wisdom to discover dis
creetly the thought and plan of the
British admiralty, in order that our co
operation might be of a kind to deal the
enemy the hardest possible blow.
Ia March I got into communication
with the British admiralty tli rough Am
bassador Walter II. Page, and on March
22, 1917. he sent a message saying:
''Mr. Balfour (then first lord of the
admiralty) has shown me tht informal
suggestion eooTeye dby tht navy de
partment regarding closer relatione and
his reply."
Mr. Fsce said Mr. Balfour btd assured
him tht British government would fall
In heartily with sny plan which the
United States should propose as soon as
relations could be established. Mr. Page
further said he had discussed the matter
with Mr. Bonar Law, the prime mini
ster: Admiral Jellico and others and
that all bad assured him of their cordial
aaaent to any proposal tha United States
would be likely to make.
Ready to Tell secrete.
Mr. Pare recommended that wt tenda
United States admiral to London tt
whom the British admiralty would com
mnnieata all tha inside information aa
to British plans and methods of opera
tion. All the doors would be opened to
him. he said, and a sort of special stsff
sssigaed te givs him the results of the
whole nsvsl work since the wsr began.
Man things, he thought, which could
MOTORBOAT SPEEDING TO '
- NORFOLK A. C L FLYER '
PASSES ROCKY MOUNT
WUaalagtea, April SSv-The Gar
IL Jr driven by Gar Wood, ia a
race with the Atlantis Caaat Line
Havana Iyer, arrived at Boathawrt,
N. C at 1I:4S today, refatled aad
left at S p. mn saaectlag to auks
Norfolk during the night. Tha beat
reported that it mads the trip from
Miami, Fla, te Savannah, Ca. la IT
hears aad waa averaging areaad'IS
knots aa hear.
Flyer Psssea Reeky Meant
Reeky Meant, April ItThe At
untie Coast Una Iyer, the "Hsvsaa
Special, which the apaed beat. Gar
II, Jr., b racing from Miami, Fla
to Mew York, pssstd Becky Meant
oa time at lltH thia saaralag.
EXPECTS TO ARRIVE AT
N. Y. THURSDAY MORNING
Beaafert, April Mv The Car II,
Jr, driven by Gar Wood, arrived
here at :1I thia afternoon, docklag
at the Standard Oil deck tt More.
htad City, fer fad aad cylinder ell.
It waa stated tha boat waa practi
cally ana day ahead af Its running
time achedale la Ita speed eeateat
with the Htvaaa Special ef tha At
Untie Coast Line from Miami, Fla,
to New York.
Ia aajaterview with C. F. Chap.
maa, editor af Motor Boating, who
Is making tha trip with Mr. Wood,
he declared that the trip from Sa
vannah to thia part waa a fiat tut,
everything being favorable for
anted. Net a mishap af any aatare
hat occurred, he added.
The' Gar II. Jr, left Savannah at
o'clock thia morning, arrived at
Soathnort at III a. aa by tht
Inland waterways roate. Be far the
boat baa eorervd- 78S miles la IS
hoa re, Mr. Chapman aaid. Tha aver
ago from Soathnort hero was hotter
thaa 1 mllea aa hoar. Mr. Chap,
maa expressed himself aa very mack
pleased with the showing the Gar
II has atadt ,sad expects to arrive
la New York early Thursday aton
ing. BUDGET BILL GETS
Measure Now Goes To House,
Where Prompt Action Has
' Been Promised
Washington, April 26. Without a
record vote, the Senate late today
pasted the budget bill.
Brief debate preceded the final vote
on the measure, which was introduced
originally by Senator MoCormiek, Be
publican, Illinois, passed by both ths
Menate and House during the coin con
gress, vetoed by President Wilson, and
thsa repassed by ths Hoots with tht
sections found objtetionablt by ths
executive stricken out. The Senate,
however, failed to act oa the measure
after ths President's tto. Ths measure
as passed today now goes to ths House,
where prompt action haa been prom i tea.
Tht bill provides for a Bureau of tht
Budget iq the Treasury Department to
prepare the estimates of appropriations
needed by ths varioua departments.
The bureau- would have as ita head a
Director of ths Budget, appointed by
tht President with the consent of the
Senate for a term of aevea years with
sn snnual salary of slO.OOO.
The offices of comptroller and assistsnt
comptroller of the treasury would bt
abolished under the revised bill and in
their stead offices of comptroller general
and assistant comptroller general would
be created. The measure apprced to
day by the Senate would permit their
removal by joint Congressional resolu
tion. which requires the President's
signature.
Efforts of Democrats were directed
toward scaling down the aalariea of
offices provided for in the bill. Senator
Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, object
ing to the fixing of the salary of the
(Coatlaaed oa Page Two.)
SENATE APPROVAL
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS
Former Secretary of the Navy
mil CMBTfeht ts Nsuwsl Nmessw Stnlia. Onr-lctM to Onw Srtuta.
IndMtaf tramniMo wo lortm inawuui
vwwm moMM.
not be committed safely te writing could
be disclosed in thia way.
' The President directed that word
should be conveyed at once to Ambassa
dor Page of ths purpose of tht United
States to avail itself of thia proposal.
The ship's passenger list showed the
name, among others of "Mr. B. W. Da
vidson." By this name tht gentle
man had been known to his traveling
companions. It may be questioned if
any of them had suspected that he was
other than an American tauten, engaged
in some mstter of urgent private mm
ness, which induced him to run risks at
a time a hen nobody was sea voyaging
who lacked the compelling motive of
duty or necessity.
Sims Alias Davidson.
Mr. Davidson went through the rou
tine procedure, tnd finally emerged from
the grip of officialdom, to take train
ror ijonaoo. - r
Within twenty-four hours after his ar
rival he wat closeted in tht British cap
ital with tha highest authorities in the
British admiralty.
Then hit disguise wss east aside, and
he appeared in hit proper person as
Rear Admiral W. a 8imt, of tht United
Ststet navy.
Whan Admiral Sims reached London
we were already ia the war.
The news of sctioa oa tha part of the
Congress reached him while hs wss still
st tea. He bed left ander orders in an-
(Continued On Tegs Tour J
ALLIES' DECISIONS
TO GOVERN AGlil
BY UNITED STATES
Secretary Hughes Discusses
German Reparations Offer
With Diplomats ;
EXPECT NO DELAY IN
REPLY TO PROPOSALS
Germany, In Counter Propo
sals, Offers To Assume AL
lied War Debt To . United
States To Extent of Her
Ability; Willing; To Pay 200
Billion Gold Marks
Washington, April 18. (By the As
sociated Press) .Events hers today in- '
dlcated clearly that the United States,
in replying to Germany's counter-proposals
on reparations, would bs guided
almost, if not wholly by the deciaioa
of the allied governments at to whsthtr
the new propositions put forward by
uerun were oi tush a nature as to lorra '
ths bssis for furthej negotiations,
Secretary Hughes conferred late to-,
day with each of the allied diplomatic
repreaentativet, discussing with thtm
briefly the German communication,,
which was received early ia the day front
American Commissioner Dresel at Ber
lin. The foreign envoys immediately '
reported to their governments by cable
and it was understood that the framing '
of a reply to Germany would await tha
outcome of these exchanges.
Mpj V MOT ,1 II W
As ths allied governments were be-
lieved to bs ia possessioa of ths text
of ths Germ as proposals, which wss
made publie today at BerHa, it was
thought thst a reply would not bs long
delayed. It was suggested, however,
that exchanges between Paris and Lon
don might be necessary before a final
deciaioa was reached.
Discussion of ths German memo
randum is understood to have occupied
much of a two hours' session today tt .
Preaidaat Harding's cabinet.
Diplomats la Confer act. 1
la.. . 1 il. a.-.- t .
ment from the White House, Secretary
Hughes sent invitations to tht allied
diplomats to visit him ia his office for
discussion of ths German proposals
Those Invitations went out to the rep,
reseatatives not only of Great Britain
aad Prance, but also of Belgium, Italy
aad Janaa. Eaukv lunia,. waa mmIm!
separately alii sack conference was.
brief!.' the jnriaa af visit hlnm mb.
eluded within a little more than as
j, . ....
GERMAN NOTI OPfBRS TO ! ' M
ASSUME ALLIED WAR DIRT
Berlin, April S6V-(By the Associated
Press. Ths Oermaa people sow know
the new proposals which: ths Oermaa
government submits to ths ' silled
powers through the medium of ths
United States. Tht terms of proposals
were made publie today, as well aa the
accompanying assurances forwarded to
rresident Harding. -
Germany, declaring that the peace
aad welfare of the world are depend
ent npoa a speedy and Just solution ef
the reparations question, assures ths
Prsident that it will do everything la
its power to snable the American gov
ernment to direct the attention of ths
sllied governments to the matter, . '
Ae prevloualy outlined, Germany pro
poses to pay the allies an indemnity
extending over a number of ysars which
will amount to two hundred billion gold
markt, equivtleat to about $50 ,000 ,000,-
000. Sht will co-operate to her ntmost
in ths reconstruction of devastated reg
ions ; she will place immediately at ths
diapoaal of the reparations commis
sion one billion gold marks ; ths is
willing to assums tht allied obligations -to
the United States, and aba will istut
sn international loan, the proceeds of
which will go to the allies.
But in return, the makes the condi
tion that tht present system of penal-
tiea thall bt discontinued immediately,
thst she be gives fredom of trade aad
that she be freed from "all unproduc
tive outlays'' now imposed on her.
- Text of tht Note.
The text of the note forwarded by
Germany to the United States for trans
mission to the allies concludes with
the following points:
"One Germany fixes her total liabil
ity at 90,000,000,000 gold marks, payabls
in suitable annuities to total SOOjOOO,.
000,000 gold mark.
Two Germany will immediately Is
sue sn international loan ia which aha
will participate, and of which the value
rite of interest and scale of redemp
tion thall be tubject to agreement, the
proeeedt of the loan to be put at tha
disposal of the allies.
Three Germany will pay, according
to her rapacity, in labor, interest and
redemption, the total sum to bt paid
which it not covered by tht interna
tional loan; tht consider! in thit eon
Bee tion that it will be possible to pay
only four per cent annual interest.
"Four Germany is disposed te per
mit the sllies to share in sn improve
ment of tht financial and ecomonie sit
uation. The redemption of the remaia
ing sums will havt to tak, therefore, a '
variable form, depending upon aa im- '
provement. It would be necessary to
draw up a scheme to be baaed on an
index to be uaed should the situatioa .
become worse.
"Five In order to clear herself as ,
quickly at possible of tht balance, Ger
many it willing to co-operate with all ;
her ttrength in tht reconttrUteoin ef .!
the devastated regions; she regards re-
A..li.,i..n . a ,h miul HWMl K.a 1
of reparations and the most direct rem
edy for miigatiag tht hardships ef ths
war and the hatred between peoples. "
She will reconstruct towns, villages and
township designated, or co-operste by
sny other way agreeable to the allies, -.
Six-With ths same object in view, .
.(Coatlaaed sa Pag Two.) u J