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Republican! Do Ifot Appear
To Have Herts Enough To
Block Farm Credits; Nine
Postmasters For North
Carolina Are Confirmed
By The Senate -
New and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Hank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 8. The talk
a round Washington is that President
llurdiag has at last taken to heart
The clear indieutitm the Ameri
can people do not favor the passage
of hia pet scheme, the ship subsidy
bill, and that there is being mads a
eumshoe movement by which to find
for him nv feathery bed, en- which.
to fall and avoid the bun.p and llie.
jolting that otherwise would eQmc
when the present Congress eipires
and the ship subsidy bill is left-high
and dry on the sands while the tid
of Congressional action passes ut
to sea. '
Preparing Soft Spot7
This soft spot on which President
Harding is to alight toavoid the
bumps is to be found in the British
war debt agreement,7 Despite the
protests of Senator Kansdell, of
Louisiana, and the Merehatit Marino
. Association, the, President and his
echoes in the Senate will lay asidj
the ship subsidy bill and go to it
with the British debt settlement
business, 80 conies the news to
Washington from sources around tho
White House and from various and
sundry Senators, among these being
tenator Watson, of Indiana, who is
m clmo to the President aa til give
official color to utterances from him
11s to White House utterances. And
it is at times most noticeable that
Senator Jones, of tho atate of Wash
ingto,who ia in charge of the ship
saUeidjTbill, la easily driven away
frsai prig to -Ue front that
measure when rft anything turns
up for which, aoma other Senator
can find: aoma reason for dragging
Xortrh for action by the Senate.
. Tactic In House
Over in the House there are somn
what different tactic seen in this
matter, but at the bottom of thia
there can be discovered an effort
at the same result. The Lenroot-Auderson-Capper
farm credits bills
have reached that body and Repre
sentative Mondell, after a confer
ence with President Harding, has
declared that there are so many
difficulties in the way of an agree
ment in the bills that despite tho
fact that legislation on the subject
'lias passed both the Senate and the
House it was entirely possible that
the farm credits measures could not
be enacted into' law before the ex.
piration of the session on March
fourth. In other words, it appears
that he has served notice upon the
advocates of farm credits that they
must be good and let the ship sub
sidy bill have smooth sailing if they
want farmers' aid bills written into
law. Inevitably, the holding up of
farm credits legislation will bring
oa more debate and hence lessen
the already brief time" for ship sub
sidy bill consideration, and it is nit
to be expected that the Republicans
will dare adjourn sine die and leave
farm credits legislation up in the
air, for of all thing at present the
Republicans want to see laws en-
- acted that we'll tie up the farmer
vote with the 0. O. P.
Areas Progreaaivee
That the ire of the Progressives
in the Senate and likewise of al.l
who are in real earnest in seeking
farm credits legislation will be stir
red up by such tactics ean be read
ily aeea- They will resent the using
of the big stick upon them ia the
matter of ship subsidy legislation,
and it la believed that this situation
is ia the minds of those who are
trying to find the' soft spot for
(resident Harding when lie bumps
the bumps with the failure of actbn
on the ship subsidy bill. He and his
friends ean thea declare to the
country that there has been no repu
diation of the Lasker Harding
scheme of paying out great nu oi
lier of millions of the peoples
money In ship aubsidiea to private
interest," that the matter j simply
"'could; trot be -reached for a tote by
reason of the urgency, of the Britisn
war debt settlement and because of
the time necessary to whip, the farm
credits legislation into shape. There
will be excuses galore, but at heart
many Bepubllcans will rejoice at the
escape from having another handi
cap for the 19C4 race.
New N. C Pee Masters
. Korth Carolina topped the list In
the number, of confirmations of pest
masters by the Senate this after
noon, there being nine placet on the
list In order of the confirmation
made these were: James H, Carlton
for Bnrgaw, succeeding O. TV. Col
lins; commission expired; Buley O.
Wallace for (Vrthage, succeeding A
E. Muse, commission expired; Wil
liam Br. White- for Coleraiee, aa
reeding A. J. Perry, eemmietion ex
pired; Lewis E. Norman (or Elk
Park, succeeding T. G. Tucker, re.
signed i Bufna W. Carsweli for For
est City 1 Elinor- C Cleveland for
- Highlands; John W. Kelly for Jooee-
(Contiaaed n Pagejwre I
A. M. Scales Denies It Is "Ultra Progres
sive" to "Enrich Minds of the Young
To Fit the Rising Generations to
Build Here a Great State."
By A. M.
Mr. Maxwell sas that he wrote a
piece and bold it for teh days
'pending consideration of it from
every antfle of public inte:vi,t in
volved," but when ho saw in the
press the announcement of. the re
organization of tim Axsoci.ili 'is tor
tho Promotion of JMu.Miie.i 111
North Carolina for "anolli-r end
still greater raid oil the treasury tor
the Slate's inxtitu&uiV' the impres
sion became imperative "thn; the
public should at least knur the
fuels," ,
lie' says lie Ti rW.
and seems to tear that, he vill meet
the lamented fate of Cleopatra's
messenger.
A messenger is 0110 who is sent,
"bat" JlfV Mulwclt -giVcrirs ' no- hm as
to wtiut lieopaira seni 111111. e me
only tobl that he dudlrd ten days
before delivering the message en
trusted In him, and then only de
cided, to deliver it when ho saw that
o were trying to do something for
the education of tho State's young
people.
Oil, faithless, messenger! A prompt
delivery of the 1111 n:ige might haw
prevented the expenditure of til'toen
million dollars for good roads, but
you waited until education was be
ing considered and then, and not
until ticu you delivered the fateful
message. And what n message; The
"Barcbones o Pacts'' and yet no
mention of the fact of the unpaid
railroad taxes, nor of the fact of
the income tax for tho past year.
"Oh, thou Messenger! Hast thou
wandered there.
To waft us home the message of
despair I
Would you have us turn back in
Our effort to provide emulation for
every son and daughter of our
State!
You call us "ultra progressive." Is
it " tiltro -progressive 4 enrich- -the
minds of tho young to tit the ris
ing generations to build here a
great State f
For a hundred years the Slate
seemed to care but little, whether
her children were educated or not.
The children of. the rich and well-to-do
were educated and formed an
aristocracy of culture, but the mass
es were left in ignorance. Thirty
years ego there were less than two
hundred students at the State Uni
versity. The North Carolina Col
lege waa just being organized, and
tho State College had just begun
work, and tho college at Greenville
had not been dreamed of. There
w ere practically I no high schools.
Now there are two thnusaud students
at the University, with a yearly in
crease of two hundred and fifty.
There are fourteen hundred young
women at the North Carolina Col
lege and hundreds of students at
Hie State College and at Greenville,
with overwhelming increases each
year.
We should rejoice and give thanks
for these "Rare bone Facts" instead
of throwing stones.
Suppose wo had nude these "raids'1
upon the treasury a hundred years
ago. Suppose we had provider!
proper training industrial, agricul
tural and literary a hundred years
ago for all of our young people.
What a State we would have now
The ."Messenger"' says that the As
sociation for the Promotion of Edu
cation in North Carolina is "Wor
shipping at the Shrine, of the God
of Things aa They Want Them to
Be." That is a great shrine to wor
ship at when we are trying to help
build a great State. Would that our
ancestor had' worshipped at this
shrine. If they had, things would
now be as we want them to be.
The ''Messenger" says hat two
years ago we marched to llaletgh.
ics, the people of North Carolina
did march to Raleigh. Rank on rank
the girls and boys'and the mothers
and fathere of North Carolina and
the overwhelming majority of the
people of the State were in that
march.
The "Messenger" has also made a
Short Ballot Is Included
In New Coordination Scheme
Provision for the appointment by
the Governor with the consent of the
Senate of ten of the aiiteen heads
of major departments to be created
out of a co-ordination of the sixty
six independent sgeneies of State
government, will be contained la
measure to be submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly shortly by way of
carrying out the recommendations,
of Major . Batter Durham, State
auditor. "
This was announced by Major
Durham yesterday ia a statement
explaining the workings of the pro
posed reform of tjve admin utrativ
functions ef the State. The con
stitutional effUers of the State elec
ted by the people, weald head six
of the departments. "j
"If the plan Is adopted." tays Ma
jor Durham, "there will be a simpler
aad more workable oVgaaiutioa, the
testing jsf authority ia the Gover
nor eoameaanrate with the Consti
tutional responsibility imposed e
kiss, aad check en the aimless ex
'SCALES
nt.ir. li. He did not hac in march
to ltaleig'i. He was already there.
He s.-i.d l.U lii-siic' with a tirm
litin l this M'eoiid Paul Revere and
is I forth from the home of the-
t'crpiTation ronuuission, where
freight rates are benaile.l and Yir
jinia i-ilirs dclied :' ho traversed the
Capitol Sipiare where Hie giant oaks
evpoxi their mighty limbs to, the
btastx of 'winter'; but he saw them
not; the .aflfrigated squirrels) scampered--to
tlieir i'(pfs where lay their
garnered hoard: he linked th -. State
Hoii.-i where his Icelleney tffe Gov:
'rWr and St rite- Treasurer Ittrr at
all unaware of the speeding danger;
lie passed the statue of the father
of his .country, and iiasscd between
the two captured rannoii cannon
had no trrroi-s- fur- hi in .ware 4-l-iiik
at Mclvcr on the left nor on
the stat.ie representing the Mother
hood of North Carolina on his right;
he entered Kaveitev ille Mre.'t, the
children trooping Iruni school, with
a childlike intwilic, ability to rec
ogui.e an enemy, cleared t In way for
him, and on lie sped until tin. illy he
arrived at his destination, the news
paper olhee :a record trip of ten
.lays!
The "Meseng T," alo. with evi
dent contempt and indignation, calls
us "ta spcudert."'
" As In thin dreadful charge, may.
we cobnut thee la-mail:
1. We are not spending, any of it
on ourselves.
L'. None of oar officers arc public
officer", and lira not tax spenders
in that rapacity.
;t. The members of tho association
are taxpayers and nre eager to spend
some of our own money for public
education.
A. The tax spending that we ad
vocate is not spent; it is an invest
ment that will pay dividends
throughout the rentnrics to come.
5, With these qualifications we ad-wit-
'Uiat are "las- fe"dr"'
spenders for our children.
What is the sense in accumulating
wealth if we are to let oar Children
grow up without a chance ia this
highly trained worldT I
We are spenders for the best in
vestment we know of. What bettor
way can you spend money t As
much as we approve tho good roads
program, we believe that education
is more, important. An educated
citizenry will demand and sWflre
good roads.
Education and religion are our
fundamental needs.
Politicians and talking much of
John Smith, the tenant farmer. If
our Slate had awakened to the need
of educating its youth a hundred
years earlier, we would now have no
problem of the tenant farmer.
The writer has long since noticed
that after a State oflieer has stayed
a decade or so in Raleigh he "sorter"
gels tie idea that he is the
guardeen" of the citizens of the
commonwealth. We do not feel that
we need a "guardeen" bnt when we
do we will say that the 'Messenger''
is , very pleanmt and estimable
gentleman end we had just ss soon
have him ns any "guardeen" that we
know of that is to say iu the sphere
of his duties as Corporation Com
missioner; and, of courte, w will
nut forget in choosing our ''guar
deen'' that we elected another fine
gentleman to sit dn the treasury.
State officers also get in the habit
of playing politics.
We aro citizens of North Carolina
and as such have a right to a voice
in its government. The Slate ofti
eers arc our servants. The members
of the General Assembly recogniz?
that they are representatives of the
people and are glad to know and do
their will.
If the people want education for
their children and they do who
shall say them nayf
We caro not a tig Tor" the "politics
of it, but we believe that the vsst I
-v '
determined to go forward.
A. M. SCALES.
Greensboro, S. C.
pansion of unlimited number of
beards and commissions i each time
the Stats embarks upon a new en
terprise. In the future, each such
new activity would be placed ia
one ot the sixteen proposed depart
ments 'which is engaged ia the per
forms ace of similar work." -
The) eoetjure embodying propo
sals for Ot co-ordination of depart
mental work will be presented as ss
administration. .bill Major Durham
stated,
Darkaartr afmweai.
T3atstindlnc among the recom
mendations rontaim-4 In he is,
port." he said la a statement swidU
tying his recommendations rmtVr
uay. -are tho consolidation of
partmenU, board and eommlniaa
Into It major clepartmeata. thereby
simplifying- and more eirecttejy
grouping the maltliudlnooa actlvl
tles of the State, the rednctloa t of
the aumber of elect! IrWr to
those mentioned In the Constitution.
transfer of the collection oC all
taxr. Urease and fees to the pro
posed Department of Taxation and
Reveaue, the aholUhmtnt of eoeae
. . (Coatlaoed ei Tage Thirteen)
Head of Edwards & Brought
ton Co., Is First Witness
Before Committee
DISCRIMINATION IS
BASIS OF HIS CLAIM
First Night's Testimony Con
firms Earlier Indications
That Fight of Publishing
House Is Not So Much
Against Head of Depart
ment As Union Assistant
Iinestigatiuii by legislator com
mittce of charges of diseriuiinafion
brouglitby Dr. Charles lji-e Smith,,
president of Edwards A: IJroughtou
Printing Company, against the State
lViar;uicnt of Uilior and Printing
in the distribution of the public
printing got under way in the city
court room last night with Dr. Smith
as the first felines. - -
Indications in the preliminary pro
ceedings which led up t.i the opening
of the investigation last night that
the target of the charges brought by
.th.puuins huu.MS was t,hc-,ituttt
commissioner of labor and print
ing, Lawrence E. Ni.-hols, rather
than the Commissioner M. K Ship
man, were confirmed in the
testimony of Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith
charged that his concern since the
strike of union printers in May, lUJI,
has not been getting his proper
proportion of the State printing 11 ml
that in other "ays, ia the chiirae
ter of the woik assigned to his plant,
his concern 'has been discriminated
against. Lost night, he attributed
this to feeling against him by Nichols,
union null, following the establish
ment of tfir nnn nninn snnp in this
plant. With Dr. Smith still on the
stand, the committee recessed at
1U:.'1II to meet again in the city
court room this afternoon at ":30.
Senator Mark Squires presided over
the committee hearing last night as
chairman and at times broke into
the questioning conducted by ,1. C.
U l.hpi(lgUuiu, who with I T. Haft
sell, conducted the hearing, to ask
technical questions about the print
ing problems involved.
"I think it proper to say in behalf
of the committee and counsel,
that it 1 the r earnest desire
ot 0t9 committee to eonduct
this investigation with strict regard
to the scope of the inquiry as ..set
out in the resolution," said Mr.
Ehringhaus last, night in a prelim
inary statement which preceded the
actual taking of trstiirrony.''
"We do not desire to prolong this
inquiry,'' he added, "any longer than
ncvcsKary and we osk that all in
terested parties let us have the ben
i-fiit of any information whijh they
have but refrain so far as possible
from prolonging this investigation
unduly."
Mysterious Pamphlet.
First flurry in the hearing came
when to members of the committee
were distributed printed copies, qf
the pleadings furnished by Edwards
& Brouphton Company end contain
ing in addition what J. W. Bailey,
attorney for M. L. Shipman and Low
rence E. Nichols, declared to be ex
traneous matter. Mr. Bailey asked
the privilege of protesting against
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Leads the State
The News and Observer is Growing
Day By Day In Circulation,
Also In Every Way ,
The American Audit Bureau of Circula
tion (excluding all free papers or all papers
not paid for) once every year makes a
complete audit of newspaper circulation.
IuL latest audit gives THE NEWS AND
OBSERVER for three months ending De
cember 31, 1922, this average circulation:
Daily
25,957
, This is over 5,000 more paid circulation
than the North Carolina daily paper with the
next highest circulation.
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER has an
automatic cash-in-advance system, and no
subscriber is carried a day after his subscrip
tion expires. v
LARGEST IN RALEIGH r
The Audit Bureau of Circulation also
give. THE NEWS AND OBSERVER the
largest paid circulation of any paper in the
city of Raleigh
Measure Amended In Many
Important Particulars, To
Congress Soon
WILL SEEK PASSAGE
BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
To Return As Much As $10,
000 of Each Trust Fund
Held By Property Custo
dian; Bergdolls Blocked
From Any Return; provis
ions of Measure
Washington, 1'eb. li -The admin
islrafiou measure proposing return
of many millions of dollars worth of
enemy alien property seized during
the war whs formally approved to
day ly the House Interstate Com
mi ree Committee after it had been
amended iu many important pattic-
Htve ."Mt pct vr?Ki. pi-
piual for return ot us much as f 10,
IHKI of each trust fit ml held by the
Alien Property Custodian, the meas
ure carries those general provisions:
.-.t --. (ienesat-.VMfritstona... . .. ,...:.-.
Payment to the original owners of
all iiicoiuu' from trusts administer
ed by the custodian.
Ketiirn to the original owners, olh
er than once enemy aliens, of their
stock in corporations, companies,
partnerships and associations iu such
cases wlirrn a majority of the slock
w;'S owned at the time of seizure by
other than enemy aliens.
b'estoratioii to the original owners
of all paten's seied and nut now
in litigation and not sold or licen-ed
by tho War or Navy Departments.
Ilerndull Outlawed.
Prohibition gf.inst (ho return of
any part of the prnperty id' Grover
Cleveland llergdolt, escaped draft
dodger, or other peprsons fugitives
from justice of the Cnited States
ot any individual State.
Vnder the $ln,inn return provision,
Col. Thomas -Miller, the custodian,
estimates that approximately JS.fKHI
tmts ef Kits than thst amount in
total value would be completely
liquidated and that Hl.iMKI would be
paid out of each of L'-eiio trusts ng
gregating more than (111,000 limita
tion. This Ko vision would permit the
custodian U turn buck outright about
44.000,0110 of the npproiimntety
.130,000,1)00 of properly now held by
him. This would leivo around '",
000,000 to guarantee payments of
Ameriran c-bnms; mnrrnst Germany in
addition to tho '0o,tKl0,0oo worth of
tho oneo German ow ned ships which
the American government new holds.
Probable Ketnrna.
Colonel Miller estimates that the
payment to the owners of the income
from trusts would turn back from
0O0,0iKi to 7,000,iKI annually. Since
the seizure of the property this in
come has been held by the custo
dian or the Treasury.
Under the stock provision part of
the sloek of many corporations now
held by the government would be
returned to owners, these corpora
tions, including Col. Miller says, the
Hoellslcr and Haeslarher Chemienl
"n. of Perth A in hoy, X. J., and the
llolanv Mills, of.New Jersey
It is estimated that from. 5,000 to
(Continued on Page Two.1
Sunday
31,279
4nti.Kii Klux Bill Defeated
In Iloiiselfy Narrow Margin
Silent Majority Votes Down
Milliken Proposal To Make
Public Membership
GALLERIES APPLAUD
OPPONENTS OF BILL
Measure Preventing Firms
Pleading; Usury Passes
Second Senate Reading
MilKken'a bill to tiring all secret
orders out ftito tho open by register
ing the na;iirs nf Hi'ri.r members with
the Secretary of Stale went down to
defeat before an almost silent oppo
sition iuYiic lliiuw yesterday morn
ing by a vote of to Till but 'wit li its
proponents, lighting the most brilliant
battle that has been stuged on the
lluor of the House during the session.
rn trie rTftrr, the fng bill prevent
ing riirporatii ns from i 1 .-1 i 1 1 i usury,
painted itn aecohd reading but final
action Mas deferred until today.
Not a speech was made aguiimt the
bill mi. I littli was said iinninst it
except by way flf questions inter
posed when its rhani-pinns Were on
the floor mi its behalf. Iliirgwyu, of
Northampton, led the light for the
measure n what must thus far be set
down as his most coin (iicing-aehiet e
iiienl ou the Hour of the House, ably
. (Continued on Page Two.1
Mediation Again Fails To
End Near
Turks Will Not Sign Treaty,
Even With Concessions
By Allies
ISMET PASHA WILL GO
. BACK TO ANGORA TODAY
Earlier Report! Wer That
Prospects For Settlement
Were' Brighter
Lausanne, Feb. C (My The Asso
ciated Press. J All mediation has
definitely failed; Turkey will not
sigu the Allied treaty at the pres
ent time, even with the littest con
cessions proposed, and within a few
hours lsmet Pnsha will leave for
Angora to consult with his govern
ment. Conference Fails
fo far as its object was to con
clude a speedy peace, the Near Kant
conference has failed. Count Mas
sigli, as secretary general, in behalf
of the powers, urged lsmet Pasha
to remain and continue Hie negotia
tions. At the same time he asked
for a clear statement of the points
Turkey insisted upon in the treaty,
I p To Allies
lsmet replied that the next move
was up to the Allies, for Turkey
stood by her nolo of February e,
namely, that she would sign now
about t0 per cent of the, clauses of
the treaty, but desired Ihst the oth
ers, including the financial and
economic clauses, should be post
poned for later negotiation.
No Hostilities
lsmet ndded that be needed to con
sult with his own government, but
was ready to resume the negotia
tions when the Allies suggested. As
the conference had hot officially
broken, down, the armistice' would
continue, and he promised to do
everything dmiuanly possible to pre
vent an outbreak of hostilities.
ISMET SAYS HE WILL
REMl'ME NEGOTIATION
-Lausanne, Keb. 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) lsmet Pasha issued
the following statement at 1:30 this
morning:-
"We came to Lausanne November
l.t to make peace with the world.
We made maximum sacrifices during
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Senators In Warm Debate
Over Rivers And Harbors
Washington. Feb. Consideration
of the riven and harbors provision
of the annual army appropriation
bill AMtlniet th Kenst sis' hour
today nnd was still tinder discussion
hen recess wa take.
Acceptance by the Senate commit
tee of nn increase of more than 100
per cent Is th item over the Budget
Bureau' eitimat wa attiekrd by
ever! Senator a embodying n
death blow to the whole budget
theory and wa defended by other
effort to provide sufficient
fond for army engineers to carry
out carefully considered projeeu nl-
radp approved by Congress.
.. .Defeat Amendment.
The Seaatn defeated, U to 13, an
ameadmest offered by Senator Me
Cumber, North Dakota, which would
kav net nsid $320,000 for the lump
npproprUtion nf Mfiel9 for 1ns-
wrovemeat work in aiiaaoon
River between 8iou City, low. Ma
fort Beaten, Montana.
Senator Lenroet, Wbxouta,
OTE ON Kl' KLl'X BILL.
The vote on the anli-Ka Klai
Klaa bill waa a follows:
Aye Speaker d)awoa, Bowie,
Bray, Brown, Hurt;?, Coffey,
Cohoon of Pasquotank, ( ohooa of
Tytrell, Connor, toward. Cow Irs,
( ox, Daniel. Davis of C'levelaad,
Draton, DilUrsl. Krvta, Everett,
Kerrell, Fountain, tisston, Uinean,
t.osney, Graham, VwnUnry,
(iwynn, Hendricks. Jnhnaoa, Law
rence, Mrlver, Milliken, Miwre,
Nelson, M mocks, Nowcll, Parker,
of Alamance, Parker of Halifax,
Patterson, Poisson, Pradea, Rey
nolds, Bobbins, Rows, SherrtlL.
Simpson, Hajlth. Thantoa, Taws,
send of Harnett, and Wright'
Ay St.
. Nora Bennett.- Bryant, Raea.
Byrd, Carr, Cooper, Davl of
Carteret, Da via of Hyde, Dehart,
Duckworth, Dunton, Grady, Grant,
Griit, Hamilton, Dill, Booker.
Hooka, . Jrnklav . Kiagv- Lwl.
Mcfarland, MrKlnnon, Martin,
Mattheas, Morgan, Moacr,
Murphy, Nettles, Norrla, Pass,
Person, Rankin. Ray, Rideoatta,
Roger. Sanndera, Bellera, Snipes,
Sutton, Taylor, of Baarosnbe,
Taylor, of Caawell, Townaead. of
Davidson, Turlington, Vaaghan,
Wade. Walker, Warren, or Bean
fort, Warren, ef Persoa, Wat
kins, of Brunswick, Watklna, of
Granville, Whltaker, of Gallfard.
aad Wllliama. Noes 51.
Eastern Crisis
Deficit of $710,000 Not
Chargeable To Him, He
Says; Wins Committee
Answering for hia stewardship of
the public arbool of the State in
in another two botir speech before
the House and Senate Committee
ou Education laet night Tit.it Sup
erintendent E. ('. Brooks included
the Maxwell charges of n State do
licit of Ave million - dollar in hi
statement with the declaration that
us it applies to the schools it is so
misleading ss. to require explana
tion.
No denial was made that the
State is in debt to the amount of
$710,000 for the equalization fund ojf
lit'JL but be disclaimed itif rt
spon.sibilily for it. It ia purely
legislative deficit to account for
miscalculation in the lrcome to be
derived for aehool purpose under
the iteveoue net of the special ten
sion of 1920, and could not be
charged to the Mate Board of Edu
cation.
Coming back to the committee
last night Dr. Brook launched out
into the field of the cost of adminis
tering the schools ia the Stats and
devoted two hour to a detailed ana
lysis of his proposed' rerisal and
recoiling of the titat achool law
making the Btate the system nnd
the county the unit in the aystem
of organization and administration.
'This proposed law is centraliza
tion run riot," declared Represen
tative Lindsay Warren, nfter Dr.
Hrooks had concluded as a preface
to hia motion for a sub committee to
take the measure end rework it
into comcthing that th General
Assembly would accept. The reso
lution was passed without dissent.
except to the sire of th commit
tee, which carries twelve member.
Dr. .Brooks wa in much better
speaking condition than ho wa
when he wa befor the committee
a week ago iu the first speech of
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ly appointed assistant floor lender,
declared the amendment meant a
reversion from the esUhliihedepoliry
of lump sum appropriation and add
ed that if adopted, the Senate might
a well as go a step farther and re
peal the budget law. Be wa joined
ly Snator Wadswbrth, New York,
also aa essential leader aad chair
man of the ub-eommitte which
reported the bilL Mr. Wadswortb
opposing th attempt to msk p
cifi appropriations for Individ!
project, declared he wa also en
tirely against th Increase ia th
lump appropriation aad a atroagTy
ia opposition to it being; attached
at all to th army bill.
Army Cat Too Mack.
Th New Tork Senator declared
that a a resnU ( the u beta tlal
cnta which had been msd la wo rely
military item, "tha United 8tkte
Army ha tensed to axitt a ach.
W eassot today mobilise 40300
(CoatUeed f raft TwaJ
BROOKS REPLIES
MAXWELL CHARGE
German Republic. Throuah
Embassy at Washington
Declares It Is Growing
Steadily Stronger
INDUSTRIAL MAGNATES
CONFIDENT THAT THEY
CAN FOIL THE FRENCH
Great Thrssen Enterm-ises
" 7
In The Bnhr Have Not
Been Affected By The Bail
or Coal Workers' Strikes;
Kailroad Strike Situation
Still Bad, Employes Being
Supplied With Plenty of
Honey By Berlin To Keep
Them Prom Work; Chan,
cellor Cuno and Hugo
Stisne In The Ruhr Bol.
"slerfajf Cefmani" Besist
ance ; French Struggle
With Transportation Prob.
(By the Associated Press x
The policy of resistance to tl
French occupation of the Buhr val
ley has not been modified, but i'
growing steadily stronger, th Ger
man government declared todav
through its embassy in Washington.
Managers of big industries in th
valley express confidence in their
ability ta carry on and at the am
tim prevent the French from get
ting anything worth while out of th
district, however ritectively they
might occupy it militarily.
Thyssen Carrying On
The immense Thyssen ' planta in
th Ruhr and vicinitr. emnlnviiifr
soma 66,000 men, are declared by tho
management not to have been affect
ed by either the railroad oa eoal
strike. Tho-plant ar working full
time, mining their own fuel, aa do
many other; big 'Industrie in th
valley.
The railroad trike aeems again
largely effective ia the Ruhr and
important district in the Shine,
land, Navigation on th Uhla from
Buhr Valley point 1 reported at a
complete ttaadetili.
Chancellor Cuno. head nf tha TUr.
fin government, it on a visit to th
occupied Kuhr area, where he bus
Deen holding conference and in-
forming himself on "the situation
from personal observation,
Stlnae la tha Ruhr
Hugo Utinnes, eceu h interviewee
at Essen. WOuld not reveal who! her
the conferences he is holding on hi
surprise visit to the Kuhr are with
a view to negotiate for settlement
of reparations difference.
oeverai persons were injured in a
it,Mnn,lr.liAn . I t. L. "
up by the German pfilice.
, No details hare followed th re
ported dvanc of the French in a
new area 23 mile beyond th Ger
man frontier into Hesse, where they
were mid to have oernnieit flnitrini.
Jau. Th move wa ia the direction
or uaunieim, which the German)
momentarily expected the French
woold occupy, the dispatch aaid.
GERMAN RESISTANCE TO
THE FRENCH EFFECTIVE.
Dueeseldorf, Feb. 6. (By Th As
sociated Press General Weygand
Wd JL Le Trocquet', French Minis
ter or Public Works, arrived her
today ,for their third visit sine tho
occupation. They found th rail
road tnk so effective that trrey had
to motor from Ail La-Chapfelle.
They were accompanied by Manager
Bone, of the Nord Railroad.
A conference at General Dean
utt' hearquarter dealt particularly -with
th (ituation created by th
complete railroad strike. Effort wilt
be directed to improve th (erricea
for the transport of food to tha
armie and civil population and also
to operate a twenty per cent nor
mal passenger schedule. 'It i un
derstood every railroad system in 1
France will scad a certain percent
age of it trained men from all de- '
-partmeat. j
Plenty nf Money. -.
"Th effort of the contmittea for
th defense of the Buhr,'' formed
under Chancellor Caao'a direetioa,
ar beginning to be aeriouly . ielu
Thi committee was ot on tim pro
sided over by- Burgomaster fSehmidt,
who, however, wa recently expelled
from Duesseldorf. Th French hav
abandoned hop ot tha German rail
road men resuming their posts: they
am wall aapfiied witk aaoaey, which,
enable them ' to lira on th (am
standard a whea working.
Lssea is completely isolated irons
telephonic and railroad commanicv
tion and busises men and banker
a re motoring to DueateUlorf and
Gelnenkiracken t transact their af
fair with customer. Tha proud
house of Krupp has aad to as tab-
lish a messenger servic U Gelaea-
kirschea to baa die tha Srm'a buai-
ess. Th Freach aver that Hugo
8tianet visit to Lssea i partly rei -
sponsible for the renewed resist-
enc of th German loader,
Weary Fodeatiiana,
Th road from Pnetseldorf te
Eseea and Gelaeakinehea la fllled
with foot-weary pedeatriaa bdea
with Mckage. wh look acowliagly
tt pasaiag motor a they- plod along
between th village aad tw ra
th abseae of train. 1 Th eorfe
ependent met ifty-six automobile)
leaded with prosperem looking Ger
man bound from Uuesaeltlort t
(Cnntinocd en fsp Tso)
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