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' i '" ,,nt'" 'V "C " ' n 1 a " . The News a.inid fife TX3T WZATEKt ' Worth Carolina! Partly ttwUy Tass day m4 Wsdassdsyi MOasrata tsav WATOI LABEL V" a pssr paper. Send reaewal ivs days be tor aspiration la order to avoid missing single cop). erver i .yoLOav. no. i38t RALEIGH, N. C. TUESbAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15. 192K SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS WILSON DID NOT FEAR WAR VITH ' CENTRAL EUROPE . ' - u ,-r. - ' fV , ; r "To Proud To Fight" Intend ed Tq Mean War Only As Last Resort LUSITANIA TRAGEDY DEEPLY MOVED HIM Sinking of Zngliih Vessel By German Torpedo Greatly Aroused Him But He Doubted If Country Would Support War After Emo tionalism Passed WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM, BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY (17th Installment) " '-' , .(Continued.) NEUTRALITY. tvery sympathiser with Oermany pursued the President relentlessly with insistent demand that Eng land should be brought to bonk for the unreasonable character of the blorks.de which she was carrying on against our commerce on the high seas The President In every diplo rnatie way possible pressed Amer iea's elaim against England, but these demands did not satisfy the German sympathisers throughout the country,, who covertly sought to . bring about a real breach between the two countries. Even I felt that we should bo further in our de Hianda upon England than the Prcsi dent seemed willing to go The pressure upon m at the White House for satisfaction at the hands of England grew more intense with each dav. I recall a conversation had with the President nhortly be fore the congressional elections when the Prersidcnfs political enemies were denying his kind treatment of England and eicorinting mm for Trie stern manner in which he os hold ing Germany to strict accountability for her actions. This conversation was held while we were on board the presidential train on our way to the West. After dinner one evening i tactfullv broaclrrd the subject of the British blockade and laid before the President the use our enemies were making of" hi patient action toward . England. The frank, criticism X ut tered of his seeming indifference to England a uttitud. deeply aroused him. Beplying to me: be pitilessly attacked those whs were criticising him for "letting up on Great Brit nil" Looking across the table at rue he said: "I am aware of the demands that are daily being made upon me by my friends for more vigorous actios sgatntt Engjaira m the matter of the blockade; I am - aware also, of the sinister political purpose that lies back of many of these demands. Many benators anu Congressmen who urge radical action against England we thinking only of Ocrman votes in thew districts ana are not thicking of the world crisis that would lnevitaniy occur snoum there be an actual breach at tins : L- v. -I. ..J ..-a a Hill. uci'HTH tufii"iiu aim .mvi .v over the blockade. Refusal to Hamper England Then looking squarely at me, he aid: "I hnvo gone to the very limit ii pressing our JaimS upon r.ng land and in urging the"British For eign Office to modify the blockade. Walter Page, our Ambassador to tng lana, nas piacea every empiiasu on our insistence that something be done, and something wilfbe done; .abut England, nfiw, in the throes of a great war crisis, must at least be given a chance to .adjust these mat ters. Only a few days ago, Mr. Page wrote me a most interesting letter .describing the details of a conference he had had with Sir Ei ward Grey, the British Foreign See- mIsm, tr Almrmm niir nrnlfliti ilirnin.t the British blockade. Mr. Page de acribed the room in which the confer ence was held, on the wall of which was hunt aa a memorial the $13,1X10.- 000 check with which Great Britain had paid the Alabama claim in tie Civil War. Mr. Page pointed to thb Alabama check and said: 'If you dost stop these seizures, Sir Ed ward, some day you will have your entire room papered with things like that.' Sir Edward replied: 'That - may be so, but we will pay every . cent. Of eourse, raeay of the re strictions ws have laid down and which seriously interfere with youf trade are unreasonable. But Ameri ca must remember that we are fight ing her fight as well as our own, to save the civilisation of the world. Yoa dare not press us too far!'" Again turning to me, the President aaid: ''lie was right. England is flighting our fight, Mid you1 may well understand that I shall not, in the present stat of the world's affairs, place obstacles in her way Many of our critic suggest war with England in order to force reparation in thesi " matters. War with England would result in German triumph. No mat ter what may happen to me persrtii ally in the nest leetionInjll not take any action to embarrass r.ng land when she is fighting for her life and the life of tie world. Let those who clamor or radical action against England understand this!'' While the critics of the Presdent were busilv engaged in embarras sing and "haling him at CTery point ad insisting upon a "show-down ' with Great Britain over the blorkade, the world was startled on Mai 7. 1913, by the news of the silking of the Luaitania, one of the greatest translaatie liners, off the eoeat of Ireland, resulting in the loss of many Americas Uvea. A few days later cam the news that the German pea pie were rejoicing at the fine stroke ef the submarine eommander in eon utnmiting this horrible tragedy. The President's critic, who a few days before were assailing him for ,. hi Supposed surrender to England, X, ICostinaed, cj fags Tea., m MEXICAN RADICALS THREATEN LIFE OP CONSUL FROM THE UNITED STATES Washington, Nor. UjK crowd of IM radicals la which were a anmbcr of soldiers la nnlform, congregated before the Americas consulate stTssnpico, Mexico last night end threatened the Ufa of the consul, the State Department was Informed late today. The demonstration it was said was In connection with the conviction for murder by a Msssaehasetta eosrt of Sscco and Venxettl, Italians. Officials of the department pressed the belief that the Mexf ean government wosld take full steps to protect the eonssL Chamber of Commerce Re ommends That City With draw Opposition As Increase in street ear fares in the city of Raleigh from seven cents, with four tickets for 25 cents, to eight cents, with two tickets for 15 cents, was foreshadowed yester day, when the directors of the Cham ber of Commerce unanimously re commended that the City Commis sioners withdraw their opposition to the company's application for an in crease which has been pending be fore tiie North Carolina Corpora tion Commission f of more ".than a yeaC. It is expected that the Com missioners mill immediately adopt the reconfmendation and that their action will bo followed by an order of the commission granting the iu- rease. The advice of the chamber direc tors was sought yesterday by Mayor Eldridge, who stated later that he would be bound by their recommen dation. It is understood that Com missioners Bray and Moonevhan will also take the same position, although the matter will not come before Hie board until formal notice of its net ion is received from the (hum ber of Commerce, which is expected today or tomorrow. First Strenously Opposed The petition of the Carolina Pow er and Light Co., for higher fares was tiled with the Corporation Com mission in October, ISiLM, and' was strenously opposed by the city at hearing held in December. An order issued by the commission in January of this year denied the in crease on account of the falling price of all commodities, but a find ing of fact was made to the effect that the company had not made to ex ceed three per cent on its invest ment and tto eity of Raleigh was ordered to appear on Miiy 1, and show cause why the increase shoilf not bo put into effect. In accordance with the order, another hearing was held in June, at which the city also opposed the increase, and the case has since been in the hands of the commission. Within the last few 'weeks the company was informed by the city that it would press- for tho imme diate paving between the company's double tracks on Hillshoro Strct from Park Avenue to the State Fair Grounds, the construction having been delayed because of lack of funds since the extension of the rity limits in August, 1920. The letting of tho contract by the State Highway Commission for the Garner link of tho Central Highway has also necessitated the immediate pav ing between the' -company a tracks for three blocks on South Blood worth Street. The estimated cost of the paving is 133,000. v Several weeks Bgo the company ked the city commissioners to al low it to abandon its Smith field Btroet line, which wou'd have ob viated the necessity of paving on Bloodworth Street. Informal refusal (Continued on Page Two) Drive Launched CAR FARES HERE TO BE INCREASED Of Negro Fraternal Orders Negro fraternal lodges, burial clubs and the like, long the favored theme of Octavius Roy Cohpn and allied writers of short stories for the Saturday Evening Post and like journals, are in for a serious busi dels session with the grand jury in two score counties where they have floHrihed without tho 'sanction of the State Department of Insurance. Likely some of their drand Senior Worshipfuls will go to Jail, in the opinion of Deputy Commissioner A L. Fletcher. The law snvs that these orders doing insurance business and giving death benefits must have li cense from the State, and only atmt one in seven his observed that for mality. The department has been investigating quietly for weeks, and yesterday "it moved. Though knowing little of actual detail about these lotlgos, any fchite man or woman having a negro man or woman in enipia&ntetit, cannot but have observed the tremendous growth of interest in lodges in these latter years. They have spread among the negroes until, aeeonfing to the fr-ports of investigators, in some localities, a negro is in poor standing unless he belong to seven or eight lodges. The tall is tremendous. The week ly dues of one negro investigated amount to two thirds of her weekly income, and every night of the week she most seeds attend a meeting of one of her seven lodges. She is promised a gTsnd burial from eseh. of them when she shuffles off this mortal coil, and a little something for her heirs to squabble over. It is likewise the center of all sociil activity. The investigation started home seeks ago when a negro man is Wilmington, bereaved of Lie if. UoaaA t kdf sswilliig 19 pay, HUGHES BRINGS REVIVAL OF HOPE 0 REPUBLICANS Auspicious Beginning Arms Conference Heartens. Old Guard ELECTION RESULTS HAD MADE THEM BLUE Sorry Kecord of Congress Bringing Protests From Voters and Something " Must Be Done ; Washing ton Full of Eumors Over Plans For Arms Congress The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg, By EDWARD E. BRITTON (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, Nov. 14. That the auspicious beginning of the arms conference has given cheer to Re publican leaders along political lines may be regarded as certain, for sad as it is to say, yet- it is the truth, that to the machine Republican there is nothing that transcends in import ance the holding of reins of govern ment. It was that the Republican party might gain control in Wash ington that tho hopes of the world in the League of Nations with Amer ica participating were ruthlessly dashed to the ground and sneering materialism took the place of the glorified idealism born of the in sistence of Woodrow Wilson that the league of Nations be intertwined with the Versailles peace pact. It is that same sneering material ism which animates the Republican Old Oiiard in its calculation as to nliat tho Republican party will get out of the wide open offer of Sec retary Hughes for a vast scrapping ut the naiies of the world. I ven ture th-e thought that if it had been a Wilson proposal mat we would have seen Republicans with assumed tatesmanhke ihiscs seeking for (laws, unless they could find some thing of good in the proposal for Republican success at the polls. I'uta Hope Into Party That the offer of Secretary Hughes as to navy scrapping and its recep tion by the country has heartened Republicans an be gathered in any casual conversation with them. Last Tuesday's election results threw the red nag of political danger directly into the faces of the G. 0. P. leaders. Democratic victories at the polls in widely separated sections of the country gave the warning cry to 4hem and the party generally of "Republicans, beware." And Im mediately that the warning signal was flashed into view by the voters the Republican campaign committee became active in making plans to do something, anything, to stem the rising tide of popular revolt against Republican sluggishness in giving at tendon to the vital domestic affairs mid in getting order out of the chaos that Republican incompetency in Congress had thrust upon the eco nomic conditions of America. The people, were every day being gives fresh proofs that Republican cam paign prtimiscs were not being kept. The big burden of blame has been directed against the Senate though the House has not escaped, for it is realized" that the legislation which it initiated in the tariff and revenue bills itas in the interest of big business and that the ordinary man was handed more burdens for his tax weary back, but there has arisen,. an undercurrent of complaint against President Harding for not pressing upon Congress that it must give its attention is dead earnest to the passage of the measures for n (Continued on f age Two) on Scores Mm the forty dollars that had been promised him when she died. An inspector went duws to iaquire into the matter for the widower, and found tbiit she belonged to seven lodges, neither of which had any li cense to collect dues, and neither of which had any money j lh treas 11 ry with which to pay claims. It had ail been spent for spears and awordar arid trumpets and uni forth and g..ld" lace, with a little something fur salaries to the pro prietors of the order. More investi gat ion develoi'ed more lodges in that rity, mure than a sci re in all Branching out from there the inves ligation spread over the eastern part of the State, where the sntne condl tions prevail. The department has not yet completed its inquiry, but it is estimated that there are several hundred of them in the State, flee ing the unwary. Some of them ha.ve been in exist ence for 35 years, and the officers hare grown rieh and the members poor. Most of them have charters from the (Jeeretarv of Ktste, ens ningly worded with many technical pit falls to be"1rtMSrc J ajBWnst Claim ants for the recovery of death Maims. Few of them have ever gone to the length of taking out license. and submitting tn drp.maesm su pervision, and i ,is these ihst-are to bo prosecuted in the enurtsC The step is taken f ir the pmtee tion of the gullible members, and fr the protection of fraternal in surance orders among B'grnr that are obeying the law and conducting legitimate business. Numlers of lodges are is jood standing with the department, b-.iH wny -mnre, until recently neknows. are just bow is exceeding ill repute, snd headed to ward the grasd jury roosts la SB any eowatiea. . Opening Of ?i-lttlNH ll4t Secretary of State Hughes, delivering his address before the opening session of the limitations of Arms Conference in the Continental Ha'll at Washington. Secretary Hughes, who was elected chairman of the con ference, created a sensation when, in his address, he proposed officially to Great Britain and Japan that they join with the United States in scrapping all big battleships now building, or contemplated, and enter into a ten-year naval holiday. INTEREST TURNS TO FAR EAST PROBLEMS Far East Dominates All Dis cussions On Eve of Sec ond Arms Meeting WILL HUGHES SPRING ANOTHER SURPRISE? Simonds Warns Against Ac cepting European Com ment at Face Value By FRANK H. 8IMONDS- Washington, Nfv. 14.- On'the eve of the second meeting of the Wash ington conference one interrogation dominates all discussions ; What nf ... ... ..... paring another bomb shell in the shape of a second detailed and spc eific, program such as took the con ference by surprise on Saturday f Nothing is perhaps more impres sive now than the fashion In which after two days of reflection, interest and attention have turned back to the Far Eastern problems. The American tendency to regard dis armament snd Pacific problems as unrelated finds no echo id the Euro peaa mind. . Unmistakably the Japanese and French represcntativea are overjoyed at the fact that Mr. Hughes' first address avoided aliko tho subjects of land forces and of Asiatic, ques tions. Vet there is a .significant tendency on the part of the British to emphasise the fact that lnnita tions of naval armament without re duction of land forces gives France un questioned supremacy on the conti ncnt of Europe, while a similar lim itation witlstut agreement in the tthincse -area, establishes Japanese domination In tho Far East beyond all challenge. What Will Hughes Do? What is Mr. Hughes going to do about TAfi Far r.astf Washington expected1 andwith reason, in view of what had hsppened in recent weeks. that his opening address would bear aa heavily upon Pacific problems as upon sea power. It now believes that the final version pf Hr. Hughes speech which relegatcr the Far East to a relatively minor place was something of an eleventh hour de rision, not impossibly induced in "part by the Japanese maneuver of earlier days. ln,any event the stir prise was almost equnl to the relief when Mr. Hughes avoided pressing home a specific program in the Fur East. But 'obviously Saturday's session was only a postponement and to night Washington is clamorous to know whether Mr. Hughes means to abandon any' definite program in the Far East a course which would make the conference superficially at least the most gigantic success in recent history or is biding his time to make a new stroke. Beware of Foreign Comment. Once again 1 counsel readers to heware of believing all that appears in the foreign comments or in the expression of, opinion by visiting foreign journalists. In both cases real opiaiona are frequently dis guised both by s desire to be courte ous and a wish to avoid exciting un popularity and thus prejudicing their national interests. Notwithstanding all the widespread expression of approvae) of Mr Hughes' program aa spoken on Sat urday there is a deep undercurrent of criticism to be heard among all the foreign delegations and journal ista which finds no public expression a yet Kiactlv this thing hap pened at Paris and contributed to fllS ultimate complete isisnnder standing ltween the Cnited Hates and Europe. To America Mr". ""'Hughes proposal seems specific, definite and clear, as it is vi it bin limits, but as one distinguished Hritish journalit representing a liberal newspaper in dicnted to me todsy, even liberals stand aghast at a policy w.hjch con templates disarming peaceful Cpow era, .such as the t'nited Mute snd ijcat Britain, without -providing any means of doaling with preda tory powers such as still ex.it in the world. Crst Lies Is Far East. The chorus of applause that Snn hears is foreign papers does not so earately represent the present opin ion of those who have to deal di rertlr with international relations This is because Europe cannot sep arate the question of armaments from the question of policies and aim Bads itsru Kartul of jUfc.l sssy by the roasAqunnce of a disarmament of the United States and Great Ik it Sis ia the existing situation of the . (Costinaed sa Page. Two) Limitations Of Armaments Conference S'V Mjpp Proposed Scrapping of Pres ent Naval Program Would ' Cost Half Billion Washington, Nov. 14 (By the Associated Press) Actual cost to the Cnited States of the scrapping of the present naval building program naval officials estimated today, would be between iMW,OtlO,000 and .W0,0mt, "00, exclusive of any salvngo plan that might reduce this total. In his statement to the conference on limitation of armaments Haturdny presenting tho American proposal, Secretary Hughes soul the work al ready done had cost. s.'UO.OOO.nny, but these figures do not include costs incident to abandonment of the ships under construction. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said today that tho American pro gram' would ' save the government about $200,000,000 in naval oxpeudi tures, 'The figure ll the difereuce be tween the total cost of completion of ihe ships, about, atsJ,6(lt),0(W, and what scrapping them all would cost. Included in the scrapping costs are allowances fowelmburscnient of con tractors for work they have been compelled to do in their yards in preparation for the huge craft to be built. Not to Stop Work Now There is no intention oil the part of the government to stop work on the new ships until an agreement actually is reached by the confer ence and ratified by tHo governments involved. That was nimlo plain to day. Construction on the great ma jority of the vessels is proceeding Wry slowly, however, the diversion of available building funds avcrag ing nbout i2,'KI,0Oi) a year per capi tal ship involved. Tho only ships upon which work has been brought to a complete standstill pending de velopments in Washington are the two at New York navy yard. Stop page there, it hhs said does not in volve probability of damage suits for breach of contract. In any case, it was added, expendi tures now in progress on ships that may within a few weeks, perhaps days, be ordered scrapjN'd are of such a nature that they could not be saved in" airy'tasv. The bulk of the $2,000,000 a year for each ship is for materials ordered and which would have to be paid for in any case. Only in one or two cases is there a large labor force at work on actual building of the ships. One phase of the program naval officers have been struck with is its probable effect on the three great shipbuilding 1 plants doing most of the new ship construction for the government. Those nlnnts it was said today were engaged almost en tirely on government work and on those ships which would be scrapped under the plan. All three, it was predicted, would in all probability be forced to close down. Thev are the plants of the New York Whip building Company, the Fore Kivc r (Mass 1 Company, and the Newport Nws Company. It was very evident that naval elTi cers quite generally expected Mr. Hughes' program to be accepted with only minor modifications. There was soma surprise jflirt"-f that thh Hritish deliitiou had not an ai:noinirw),,ji'i'e,lanre from the titni wheu the plan was presented, leav ing to a later time such idjostmcn; of the details as might .-em desir able. 1h modifications which Mr. ISalfour, heading the lirituli group, will submit t'mi'ii low it wrrs srmd apparently could have been wtttke.l out afterward as wed 3s before a general agreement. TEN ARE BURNED TO DEATH IN NEW YORK Nw York, Nov. 14 Ten lives were lost and more fs.'iri a Score of people injured in a fire ft undeter mined origin which partially dv stroyed a five story tenement house on West ITsh street before dawn -today. The building was occupied by fifteen faitnilies, mostly Armenians and Greeks. Orfly a few of the dead, two of whom? were children have been identifed. Nine were burned aa dths testa died ia a fall from a ledge where he had clang until ". l imMtv . - jT v. .... i .y"""",T iwsiuks mmm-mmmv, jv.iisi i.-m &t Aj-a;;.. hiatal wt.a;ifc3 COST TO AMERICA exhausted, - " r ii 0 ' A, 0 El u 11 Acceptance, However, Con templates Several Changes In American Plan Washington, Nov. 14. (By the Associated Tress.) Oroet Britain's acceptance "in principle" of the American proposals for limitation of naval armaments contemplates an alteration of the plan in several irn portaut details. The Hritish acceptance will be pre senfed at -tomorrow's plenary session of the conference by Arthur J. Hal four, head of the mission who has jilenipotentiary powers. Japan's c ceptsnce "in principle," althmiKh it has been forecast by the statements of Haron Admiral Kato, may be de layed as the Japanese mission is obligates to confer with Tokio. Mr. Halfour may not outline the details .f tke reservations (treat Hritain wishes to make, but they are substantially described this way: Instead of a flat ten year holiday (ireat llritnin wants the replacement program to be an etastie one epread over a period of years. (treat Britain would like to see the submarine outlawed from naval war fare; failing this sje wants to see their tonnage anrfequipineBt dis tinctly limited. Khefeeis that the submersible fleets allowed by tho American program are too great, sho has never had so large a sub marine fleet aa the proposals would nllfttr her.' the Cnited States, Orent Britain feels, would have her at a disadvan tage in airplane carrying ships, un der the terms of the American pro posals, because while (ireat Britain has an equipment of these craft, the Cnited States would have to build new the number allotted. They would be of later design and of superior improvement, while the Britisli-jgtfips would be obsolete. OrcaJrtTtntain wants the replace ment program spread over a period of years, because, Hritish naval ex ports argue, the program could lie carried on with a very smalt equip ment of building plants at a small scale, probably a ship at a time. If a flat ten year holiday were to be declared, they say, the facilities for snaking a wholesale replacement "aT the end of ten years would have to Iw kept, iii organization and although great fleets of w'rirsHlps might be consigned to the junk pile, the facili ties for reproducing them still would exist. Such a program, the British naval cTperts fay, does not go to the root of the question. Therefore, they will propose that for instance, a one ship production equipment be left to ear;h nation, to lit in with a replace nient program extending over a per iod of years, and, that the imiio nse properties, equipment, technical stalls, and other organizntiun which would have to be kept in re.vlincss to take up a replacement pror:iin in ten years be dispensed with. OBTAIN RVE JURORS FOR ARBUCKLE TRIAL S.m Francisco, I'al., Nov It. Koit'-oe C. Arbiickle appcari , tmlay in the role of d, fen,unt in m,in slaughter proceeditigs uriMeif lrom the death of Virginia Happc, like liirnHctf a figuro 111 tiie n 'ion pir h... .....i. 1 k .i,....t, 1..'- .,..1 ...A. one of tl.i sinatli t t!'.:i i vcr writ, lie ! him, onfy it few huMrcl pere-n crowding into th.e court, r'tfim. HoM er, ii thrnng ever watched the s reen antics of the comedian like tod.iv's gathern.g g.iie attent.on to the ilrv procedine of selecting a jury. Arbut klc funis- If showed he ,(felt pie impt.rtaii' c of the o--cnsion. liis finile wa f.-wsin Arbueklr's wife in court but did not sit beside him :it the couu el table. ' ' - ' Gavin McNab. chief enw.d fot Arhurkle, stated tint the difei-sr would mitke" no effort to 4 s o-s 'h" character of the dead girl. He to ! I (be court this f- ri'iMln When ad 'on rnmeiit er,n;e lute thi. afternoon five jurcr. or,e f th.-i a woman, hal been accepted tenia tively POI.ICE TAIL TO FILE CHARGE AGAINST MHS. Jt ANGER New York. Nor It Mr. Marga ret S.isger and Mis Mary Winds ir were discharged bv ritv nisif:itr;ite Joseph K. Currigriii when p!:ee of ficnls failed t pr.xtuee evidnce in coort to substantiate fdarjii upon which they were arrested Inst nijht when thef resitted efforts of the police to break up a birth coatrol im i . rrs i 3$ mx ii ii ii ist i iii hi 1 1 wi m "H mmwt i 1 1 ''K'W " III BRITAIN ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE noons rr msriTftSTONc; at ARMS ITALY AND FRANCE TO WORK TOGETHER AT ARMS MEETING IN WASHINGTON Washington, Nov. II. (By the Associated Press). At a confer ence late today between Premier Iirland, head of the French dele gation, and Senator Schanier, president nf the Italian delegation an sgreenu-nt was reached for an harmoSilous attitude by the two countries toward questions min ing before the armament confer ence. The agreement rovers not only questions arising out of the con ference on limitation of arma ment but also those which may come up during the discussion of Pacific snd Far Eastern affairs. The agreement which Anally re. suited between the two countries was described sa "complete" and It was aaid In well Informed cir cles, would contribute to the rrali. ration of the purpose which prrsi. dent Harding had In mind when he conceived the conference. y President Harding Signs Pro clamation Formally De claring Peace Washington, Nov. 14. Peace be tween the T'nited States and Oer many wns formally proclaimed to day by President Harding. The President in a proclamation signed st .'I;fi2 p. m , today declared the state of war between the Cnited States and ternv, existing from April fl, 1917 to have terminated in fact July S, lfl, when the' joint peace resolution nf Congress was ap proved by the executive. Issuance of the proclamation which followed exchange ef ratifi cations nf the trcfrty of Berlin, ef ected Armistice Day in the (icrtiiun capital, was considered the first of .1 series of three steps which when completed' will return the Cnited States to a complete peace status. The second step probably will be the promulgation of a proclamation declaring the war with Austria -to have ended anil the third cthe Issu an.ee- f similar -pcaelamaHoit. with respect, to Hungary. Must End Certain War Laws Cntil the third snd final stp is taken the purposes of the formal proclamations will not be achieved in the opinion nf ohVials. These purposes are stated to be to put an end without doubt to certain wnr lnws unaffected by the Congr sional resolution of repeal approved last March .1. Notable among these wartime la"s are sections of the espionage act, the Liberty bond act and trading with tho enemy Portions of the last named status are proscrvd, however, through the treaty. Disposition of the cases of Eugene V. Del and others convicted of violation of war laws likewise will await the thirdd snd final step. Attorney General Daiigherty has prepared an opinion for t'e I'rresi Yfefil suggesting a method of dispos ing of the Debs cao and, it i understood proposing definite tr -at merit of the caes of others con victed of simitar offenses. This op iniun, however, has not vet been pre si ntc! to the I'rei dent and Mr. Daugherty Ins indi, ated that Cere may be la-' ininuft charfges before i's submission. To Resume Diplomatic Relations The proclamation issued today has no bearing on the r sumption of diplomatic relations between the" Cnited States and Oermany, State Department oflicinls asserting thnt the exrhange of ratifications in it .n-lf restort d such diplomatic rela li-nis. Jut when Germany will re sume her old dipb-matie sfams in Washington n not known to offi cials here but it is expected that ll. iron Kdniure Ilericinn, former Counselor of the i.enevi legation at Budapest, will arr.'.e iti Wash ingt.-n shor'ly to arrange f- r a fcelinieal inst il'a.i n it a ir.-ri.in em bnsv Pres dispatches from 'Grrinanv have indicated !!...,: 1." i - -rn mcnt was hir:fc !!! n soitaol sot tie. f'n-b V., lie ington an, 'a the eipcise cuhange rat srote.i that ' ftm be d'affaires I-:. i,, t been o(1: tie- An m "-in ;t' diffr, r, been U'g loll." '. 1 1 ,1 rtia-jv o Vl- i I u;-,'es c -Tini'll' I i.-j ar: for - ,., fol Par i S- I o ' .i'ioU I.: 1 I rs-di r a f 1 , e Ami under"', anson I sw r:il !oi!o!s' -i'i , r t , i,ernwmy and 'i I that n prf'i n'i' i IloiigMnn, of V V,. , f-t in ti e i'rn dert s mind in ihst i r--.eeti.-i. Test of Pfiwrswatlon The f- vi of tbe J"rc.,ier,f: pro elam-i'.on f- iN.r.: ftv tl.e I'r, ..bet of the Cni'id S'n'cs "f Amend. A r-ro,-' - en' 'en "W'rrc:.. by a join rs.,bition ,f C reri. vssvteose-l M.ii.-. '!, i'X'1, ,t - dr.-l-c, d thai certain nets of C!-grcs joint resolution ntd proci.it fi' ' 'us should be cn roe-! ss if th war te'wec!i the rnitcd" a'es -f Am ric.n and the lnn ':al flcrna; geerem"nt Kss ended, but cert' W acts of Congress DECLARES PEACE IH GERMAN (Continued oa Fags Two) osFn to CONGRESS All Real Work of Conference Wiil Be Done by "Commit- fpp nf Whnlo" In Co. eluded Precincts - - BAR PUBLIC FROM HEARINGS PARLEYS d OVER DISARMAMENT "Compromise" Arrived at bjr Calling; Meetings ."Com: mittee of tfie Whole" Though Formal Adoption of Decisions Will Be Done In Public Meetings; Sec retary Hughes Makes For mal Appeal For PublifJ Meetings But Other Oov- ernments Want Absolute Secrecy ryid they Win; Vis Qui. nMM:ii T - tv v. a - VVlUUUllVCCO IV; vided For Now I Washington, Nov. H.(By- the Al sociated 'Press.) The real work of the armament negotiations wns trans ferred today from the open confer ence to tho mure jecluded precincts of Hie committee room. After a debate Which developed widely separated views on the advis ability of giving publicity to the negotiations tho big five, comprising the chief delegates of the Uriited States, C.reat Britain, France, Italy aed Japan, settled on the committed plan as the only arceptahlo solution. To one committee whose member ship will be identical with thlt of the full conference itself, was as signed the tnik of working out a solution for tho Far Kastern ques tions. Another, composed of all tbs delegates of the five great powers, was created to take over the negotia tion" on the mnin topic of armament limitation. Hince only tho delegates nf tho live powers are qualified to net on firmament limitation in the conference, ftm result in each ease will be to rHolve the delegntei into a "'committee of the whole." Real Work Behind Closed Doors. Although no official would make a prediction prior to tho assembling of ibe new "committees' ths pre sumption everywhere tonight was that the meetings would be hold be hind closed doors and that the pub lic would get a glimpse of the pro ceedings only when, in their capacity as committeemen, the delegates bava" an important decision to report t the conference as a whole. Tho comifiittee plan was said to have been agreed to as to the most direct method of attack on tho prob lems before the conference sines it would permit greater liberty of con fidential expression between the rep resentatives of the various govern ments and would obviato much of tho procedure tint would be neces sary should the sessions continue en tirely in the open. Another argu ment used by these who favored the proposal was that it. would facilitate such moilitii-a-tioiis of program st might become necessary through changes in the personnel of the var ious delegations and in tho diplo matic situation generally confront ing the conference. Uue result nf Ihe decision may be to make toniorrun's ope.n session of the conference the last of those which precede the period of sctual deomon of the questions on which ihe neiiotiai ,011s Inure. The most. 'optimistic c. ft:,-1 ), not. expect th committees to be aMo to report without- long s'udv and debate. It is pointed out that there is 110 injunc tion against an open rommittee meet ing, but the hkel,iio.,l of such a b-, l .pri i,t , generally conceded to be remote at the present state of the neifot iat ;ons. An additional result, at least st the In-ginning, "ill be to permit the whole body i f delegates to .deal with subjcci before ths conference in stead of leaving the decisions to the "I'll live" or the "big iii ne." Crea- t 11 of su1, ei.i .tiiittees are provided t'r in ttie p. .11, however. should that step be f,fti,, ndviiable. The dicivion e-re-tte the arms merit "cr.iioi'te,- if the whole" was reached at .1 minting of tho head of fhe ilcleationi of the five powers, and was a looted tor the handlins f far Kas'irn niiextioiis also at a later meeting of the heads of all nine of the delvgxl ions seated in the. 1 Liiifur.oicc. It 11K0 was agrreed that at tmrio ,.. open session an op io,ii l be given for any . r, it its views on the p'-n for hmitfition of .la'llt. f what trnnspired at to-:i-s were kept in closest portJi. tv 1 ntl.ni to Aoter-'-n D-'a s 1 --1 , . ' , '.. , 1 1 n an , 11 i ie .t 1 c'i uiuv eer. t.,r Hughes for the American 'I 'et'a'loll, !;:i propose, 1 0M'n SCS- - oo - s ill prme.pie i"a frcoiient ex- ,, ',!,vc s. --ions iv'i-se res ills should ! e s?!' l -.ibl.e. on ic of the other c-.ver-i e?.ts vented nbsol'ite secrecy ;.r,d the com n, , :See plan was decided a by way if a i mi promise. ASHEVtCLE DOCTOR WITNESSED HANGING A-hrville, Nov. H-Pr". 3. J. Ke-,-tt, of Abbeville, was stationed .t Is Sur-Til . Krance, during ths H.,ii-I War'nio! vfatnt yesterday that' I-.. s.'iinif l ihe hinging of th niTie.in soldier, shown in a picture n the p. svi-s.i n of Senator Thomas. Wats.,! , , in connection with his eillUg. S I Kverett seated that in his opin ion the hanging of the soldier-was ntnetly legal, as he had beea eoo v'lcted for an assault on a French girl eight yeans of trge. Ths pietsrs was published ia vnnoss newspapers and was fttoguiu-d bf tiro Ashevui physkiafta . ..