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IIIHI UUII UHD!
Utorney General Greatly
Weakened By Recent At
' tadcxot Influenza
VETERANS' BUREAU IS
STILL STORiUhENTER
Sutherland Wants Sweeping
Investij-ration , of Allegidi
' t wwt1 r - . e, - : - T
fled With Iractionar-Jus-
. tice For former Employes
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6o3 District Katioaat Bsuk BUg
By EDWARD E. BB1TTON
(By 8pecil Leased Win.)
Washington, Teh, 15. Add one
aiort ehang to tb ponibla changes
; and, twitching' arouad of Cabinet
paring that Hairy M. Daugherty,
"Ths Attorney General, i'to b" the
licit ana that trill quit President
Harding'! cabinet. ' Not that Mr.
Daugherty has dona anything to dir
- v)pa rrwidmr Harding, tor they
are jeMted, fontinuing oa the
beat e4 terjsifcjbut that tha rumor ia
that benm of "taW"
Jieolth, Attorney General Dangharty
withe to Icav tha Cabinet.
Daagherty Sick Maa
Report from Mr. daugherty''
auita at tha Wardoiaa Park Inn ii
that he ia alowly recovering from a
ever illness, hsviug bad aa attack
of flu, aad that tbia hat left him in
a very weakened eoadition. At times
)i bat had an abnormally high
. blood pressure aad juat a few days
'ago a large quantity of blood was
takca from him by physician, in
'attempti to. reduce this. Preaident
Harding yeaterday paid a visit to
Mr. Dsughcrty, and tha report a ara
that tha Attoraey General told tha
President that it would-be impoe
aUile tor him to remain at tha. head
ot tha Department of Justice after
thia year, and that it ia poaaibla that
he will resign kia position aa .March
4. Mr. Daurhertr is alated to g
MAY n T HAR ft
III I I W VI I VI IWM 1
l'ongrcss adjourns, ana if ne goes
i not resign be for U trip; begins,
the mutter will be -one that at and
w President Harding will discuss While
away from Washington.
Prarttoaal JaUica
Tha TJemoevate eantinne to ir
prei their dissatisfaction wltVtke
rational bit of pustiee dona tha
twcntysrlght disctiargrd division
bends nf till Bureau ot Engraving
git Printing. Kenator MtKttUr, of
' Tennessee, bolda that merely tba
restoration Of these mea aad women
" to their Civil Servie Btotu la but
a gctturo towards rcparstjpa ot in-
juslica dona them by President Hard
ing. He will heartily support the
legislation whiek it has been report-
ed tha Republican at tba committee
of the Senate will propoaa by which
: salaries for tha year tha employee
; bare been, out at offiea would be
paid them, but ka propose to fight
r for mora than thia. H take the
position that as it has been shown
that (hes people had dona nothing
to warrant their discharge, nd that
to addition they had been aader
th tigma for a year at havnig
don ereeked work, that aimpl Jor
tee would be either to restor them
to -the positions from which they
bid been thrown ant by Preaident
llarding'aSught tim order, or to
appoint them poaitiena in the
- government payiarJho sam sala
ries. " Vetera aa Barean Craft "r
Affair in tb Veterana Bsrean
ara listed kva snh aa appear.
I art of knge graft and connivance
at looting of gevarament aaatorial
valued at millions .of dollars uat
admiaiatratioa Sepoblieaaa ara bow
tf.klnv tha view that it wilt b best
ta make mora draatia tha prob ,andJ
let the Republicans do their own
table-rieaning.. General Sawyer,
h baa om sort of an over lord
ship job with tb Veterans' Bureau,
baa been doing sons sleuthing nnd
' baa reported that upwards ot J,fJ00.
- (" af-aurplna war material turned
aver to tha VtejaaV Bureau by
tli War Depaprrncnt and stored at
" Uerryr ill Mi. wag sold to a favor
ed frm of Bjostoa and New York, for
. , a mer pittonc ia eompariasn with
, . tli rslu of tk goods,4 d that
TV" been made to deal in the
tame wav witk the rest of M,0O0-
TWO of tb War Department ear-
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plus transterrea lo u . eierana
Bureau. Tbia ia . eonaeetkm with
otlier transaetion ka nA Banar
tor Sutkerbind, Bepubiiean, chair
man of committee looking into tha
matter, ta stats that k favor at
immediate Uvestintion, ' snyingi . ,
) ( will recommend to th com.
n.ittee that both an immedinto prob
t of th Pervyvilbi deal and ft joint
inquiry f th wkol bnreaa b
i- - ).''- -"
CoL Torbea, xpeted from Earop
tdi week, will be auurzed, though
bo m not cbarged with nay of tha
I . sliady traaaartios th sUtemeats
: ma-la being that th direct charges
will b amd aguinst subordinate
- fOrft isiiiedwjaaeeation
of former officials o charger. at
ceaipiracy to.defraad tha govern
ment. TUes former aflieials srs- not
" fruw tli Witaon a lminUtratioa, but
are among those wko kav bee ajv
puiated under tb jresent Senubli
can administration. ,
pwiaaVxtee Ambassador
Tha fimt f 1h ""Urn Durks" to
C"t hi from Preaident Ilarding is
Kfnitor Miles Poindextcr, of Wash
l iif'uu, huaband of th gifted lidy
wmto that entertaining letter
1 a fpokin newspaper ttUivg
(C ui4 oa Ts(f Two.)
PQIN DEXTER NAMED
EMISSARY TO PERU
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Washington, Feb. 19. Th nomi
jutiua. ut Senator. Milw. Pwodejr.tt'7,
of'WashiBgton, .to ..b. AmhasiUflito
Peru was confirmed by tha Henst
late today in open sesaion. Action
wa token soon after the nomination
bad been received from President
Hardin'.
. Senator LoJg, of JlaaaMbuaotta,
eUairmaa of tha forcien iclalion
eomniittcc, astod unaliimdus conseut
that the rJcnate take up the nomina
tion immediately. He then moved
thiit th nomination, in accordance
with the euatoma and courtesy to
sitting members, bs confirmed, and
th vot for coiifirn)ation waa
hnnnimoua. Senator Poindeiter was
not present.
Senator Poimlexter, who baa beea
a member of tha Rennto siuca 1911,
was defeated ast fall when he came
UP. for- re-eleefion. Before entering
tha Sencte he served t'.i.-.' years aa
a member of the House, having bef r,
elected as a Progressive Republican
from th Spokan District. Provioui
to coming to Washington ho wsa
District Judge of th Buperlor Court.
He was born in Memphis, Tenn, In
1868.
Proposal Is Made To Exempt
Foreign -Stock From Taxes
" When Owned By Citizen r
Proposed amendments to th Itev
enua Act exempting from ad valorem
taxm all stock in foreign-, corpora
tions held by citizens Hying within
th Stat 'developed a deadlock '"
ib jonit Finance . Committee yes
terday and the . return of the : bill
to th House scheduled for last night
will be delsyed for possibly 43 hours,
and may postpone by that leuftU of
tim th final adjournment of the
Genera! Assembly. . .
'Division "of acintimeat was' sharp,
and neither supports ot the
amendment or Its opponents were
willing Jttukt tke bill should be re
ported without th intendment with
tk andcritanding that ft subsequent
bill would b offered amending the
original meaaure. Such a bill would
not reouir readings on three tep
srate days and would not delay the
paag of th main. bill.
Under th present law about $180,
000 is paid annually oa foreign
stocks listed for taxation, th bulk
of it going to four larger counties,
Advocates of tha amendment taka
the position thai repeal of that feal
turt of th law would invito outside
wealtkinto th- 8tato.--Inatones
were quoted where a number of
wealthy men would move into tho
Stare bat for th fait (hat they lr
required to pay taxes n. foreign
toeks.!i -, 7 ' :s. '
On exam ile used was James R,
Duke, repStod to be worth ft'MJO.OOO.
Wa) and who would return to North
Carolina to spend th remainder of
bis dart were it not for th fact
that h would be required to pay
taxes .oa that amount of money that
is taxed already where the property
of th corporations Is Mieatod. It
a pointed oat, that in. the evsnt
Mr. Duk should return to th State.
and that ka abbuld die citizen of
tit Stat, kia inheritance axe alone
would wipe out th debt of thcSuto.
Secretary of State W. N. Everett
. - (Continued Pair Two.)
RME-AIJI-IS-.
DELAYED FORJAY
Lover Sends Wife Poison
To Dispatch Her Husband
Jkeville, Feb. 1.-Lcvl Earaett,
Of Phoenix, Alisons, ft Tetoraa of
the World War - aad t preseat
patieat - to ft government hospital
"bad a vision" of a conspiracy to
bring about hi death and acting
upon it looked wader hi wife' bed
wher he found a letter front Charles
E. Gnsh, f Aaeala, N. C,.cojtaining
a powder wbirk tha writer told Mrs.
Earaest to giv her kusbaad, ac
cording, to atatements of Postal au
thorities wka " iavestigatcd tb esse
a reported -by Earnest and today
caused th arrest . of Cask oa s
charge of .''ending potion throsgh
the mails witk intent to-kiH."
Earnest waa at patient at Oter
Hospital, ftear btre', until September
1?, IKS, and it Wait during bis stay
thers that Mrs. -Earnest and Gaah
ar allejtj t hav become ae
qiaaaitrd. Th note Intended ia th pre
Latest Investigation Is
Directed At 'Mullet Roads"
House-Also Has State Bonus
Bill For Ex-Soldiers add
Ban Against Dancing,
LegUlativo . Investigation of the
Norfolk Southern's observance of Us
contract with th Stat la operating
th Atlantic I Korth Carolina Ball
read, ft Stat bonus bill whereby i
ervie men amy be helped witk a
2,000(000 bond 'saue toward the
ownership ot bomea. and a nehsure
to prohibit dancing in Camden coun
ty tumbled out of th hopper 'n the
llous last night, along with 38
local measures before Bepresentative
Bowie was slil to get away to
late start with his "Lost Province
railroad.
. Th fourth investigation to bt
asked in the Home cam from Hep
sentotiv &yrd f Wsywe, selling
forth th charge tint tha leaaor of
th State's "Mullet Boad" had tl-
lowed th property to deteriorate te
th point tlint it is nnsaf and in
adequate for publi us, that tha
rnlHniv atu.k ia Whollv Inailnuta
toj tho deml'3ii'U for cither. fruglt
or tiasse'ngje traffic, aad that Jhe
road bed itielr Is ia suck a ttltl
of WgW
out.
T 'tU4rjtOM3Cj?n
Under th provision! ot th eon
tract with th State the Norfo'k
Southern took over the road under
a 99 year leas in lSWfgreoing to
pay tb Stat i P' cent, interest
on it investment, and to keep the
foilinr 'stock" r'ght of 'wavC in
the ntat ot repair in which it wntj
maintained when the lease was
signed. The reaolutisn declare that
oil ot these agreements, except tb
payment of the- interest, bar been
(Continued on Pag Two.)
Maniac Outstanding
Of Firi On Madman's Isfe
Had Always Wanted To Be
Hero; Calmest Man In
Hall of Death
START INVESTIGATION
DJSASIROUSLAZE
Twenty-Pive Deaths As Re
sult of fire"; ICsed of
Protootioa Stressed
,Jfw torlfi reb. 1. (By the A
spctftted Prcss)-A manlaa wb tb
doctor prefer should b known
simply aa Joha Do waa - ftft out
standing hero ot the. diaaataaus fir
at .th inaan hospital oa Ward's
Island yesterday.
John v Do had alwny ' waa ted
bcroio role; Twice opportunity had
presented itself, but he had weaken
ed. That was when be wns sane.
Uaeaaarioas Herw.
His third chanee cama after his
mind had snapped. This tim k
mad good but today, under guard,
be did not know it. "
John Do is man of giant build.
It seemed a if that hng frame must
house th heart of a lion.
Wben the United State entered
th World ' War, bit got hii first
chance. He enlisted ander th colors
of Unci Sam and went to tb front
with the plaudit of th horns folk
ringing in bis ears. ,
Bat in th trenches 't was differ
ent The roar of shells, th patter
of machine gun bullet took th
heart out of kirn. H deserted.
- Joint the German. - -
Tkca th fierce deair to b ft her.
to become killer of men returned
and he joined th armies of the
Eaiaer. . - -- -
Again nnder shell fire, bis courage
oozed. ' One mor h deserted. Th
war ended. John Do retnraidto
America, iteason nea, -
. J'inaJly, John Do landed in ft
ward of th Manhattan Stat Hot-
'pital for th Insane. "Homicidal
marriae" th doctor said of him.
"Dangerous man th most danger
ous on thalslaad' said th attend
ants. " ' '
A specially sharp watch was kept
on Job Doe, who evinced th will,
to kill. ' i . , -
Yesterday, th flames . crackling
aronnd kirn dens amoks bliadina
hia eyes, Jhn Do was seen by at
tendants leading tb weaker ta
safety
"Thi wy men, fir etcap ktr,
-T. (Continued on Pago Tw.)
liminary bearing befor United
State Commissioaer Venn U Gud
gcr her today and alleged to kav
been written by Gash read:
"Clara, my plaa was to give kirn
in poiaoa that I sent aad told you
to whijn k had a ld apelt f
asthma thea w eould live happy
tna balaar of lift aad peonl would
think fa died witk asthma. Darling
burn this np th moment you read
tl ir yo,u Jov ac."
Cask wa bouad ever aadcr aS2.-
000 bond to th next term of 1'nlted
State Uiatrict Court.
Th arrest waa atad by Claad V.
Krown, . Postal iaapecor, wb with
t.osut inapector kcyes, f Chat
tanooga, Tennessee, handled th la
vest igat ion., , ... ,
C. C. Dcmarrt, eily baeteriologiat
or Ashcvlllc, who snalyxed tb pow
der contaiacd in th package alleged
(Contiaotd e Tag Two.)
Senate Passes Measures Pro
posing Constitutional ;
Amendments
After five minufVs spent in pasalaj
th bills proposing amcndineat to
the Constitution limiting the bonded
indebtedness of the Stat to fir pc:
cent of th taxabia valuatioa ot
property and making aany sinking
fund law paased at thrs. tessioa irre-
peolabl tli Senato but tight d-
voted Jwo houra te proposed amenl
menta to the statute governmit
Operation ot automobile gnd the
Blu Sky lav.
Seventeea new bill introduced
iaclndcd a meaaure giving the Com
miasioBer of Publei Welfare author
ity to close county nnd city jaila ia
ot persistent violation of law re
garding th conduct bt jails.
-"Yigorou-opposition -ttbtrVnw
placing the minimum pnniihment for
opernting sutomobiles while intoxi
cated at 4100 iastead of (60 waa fin
ally overcome aad th bill passed,
while tb Pruden bUl modifying the
restrictions , of tb Blue bky law
was talked to death, eventually go
ing, to the table.
No discussion was offered oa the
wifttttntten! amendment pro-
rawtfjF oeaator want in a;cord-
snee with th recommendations eour
taineu in me messag-o uov.rnor
Morrison to the General Assembly.
Senator Ijivers Johnson, who on last
Friday when tb bill wai on it
second reading announced that be
believed th ' debt limiting amend
ment contained "nigger In the
woodpilt" Willi's would eauae prop,
chr valuation in the several coun
ties tab raised whenever th limit
it approached again voted in the
(Continue oft Page Scvta.)
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Farm Bloc Leaders In Hous;
Fore, Th Issue On Farm
i Legislation " '
Wtshtngton, Tib. J.-rarfti Woe
leader ia the Hous undertook to
day to fore Ui !tsu on agricultural
credit leiislatioa. Ther obtained
suffleient signature 4-ft call for a
eonferenc of tb Republican mem
bership,, but withheld its presenta
tion to Chairman Towner, a the
promise, iney saw, that th bonking
posit bill within n day or two. Thev
aid also that arranecments -bad
been mad to take an tk legislation
next tsaturday. Th whole subject
cam up today la the rule commit-
te aad Chairman Campbell an
nounced subsequently that a oon
a ine out waa brought out hi
committee wouljl report a resolution
giving it right" of wsy. Pssaage of
th legislation within a ungle day
waa in plan. .
Clrenlate Petltit.
Bepresentativ DoweM, Republicaa.
Iowa, circulated th petition for a
Bepubliear conference and it was
made clear that nnlea the banking
committee brought out. a measure
covering th general ground of ttie
Capper and Eenroot-Aaderson bill,
recently passed by th Senate, the
conference would bs insisted ipon.
vtmi to xann bloc leader were
preparing for what Bepresentative
Dowell said would be a "shew-down
with th banking committee." the
ifrfu agrieultur " tommltte re
ported out three measure designed
to aid th farmer,- On, th Sinclair
bill, would autborir, aa appropria
tion of tlOO.OOO.OOQ t orgnniz a
government corporation to buy and
soli agricultural products ia domestic
markets aad carrying authority for
tb iasa of IjOO.OOB.OOO la bflndi, -
A second, tb Cnristopbersoa bnl,
introduced last July, would create
tho "American atabilizlng eommis
sion." witk sutbority to borrow 500,
OOQm from th rederal Reserve
bank for th purpos of buying the
surplus of wheat and corn, and
thereby qnaraatoeing stability to the
market Th commisslo. composed
of th Seeretoriet of . Agriculture,
Labor and Commerce, would an
aoonc befor planting' season each
year th price to, b paid, with a
minimum of $1-50 a bushel for wheat
ad 73 oenta for corn.
Th third 'Measure reported by
th agrieultur committe waa the
Little bill, which would create a
:),W0H),tevolving fund to bo used
by th Secretory ot AgfieulfuM to
bny( a tor and sell wheat in such
quantities aa to cuarantet ft tMe
Jiarket A mfuimum pric f 11 yO
won ia o paid tb producer.
BELIEVE SYRIAN WAS
CAUSE OF DYNAMITING
Atlanta, G, I'eb, 16.-Polie e4
ficer at Marietta, near liere, loibty
war reaawiac iavettition'"of tk
dyaamiting of fh homt of ft member
f th Syrian colony there fjnat after
Christmas, baaing their inquiry on
assertion by 0rg Gtrdie, Svsis
of Marietta, that lit believed Mike
Jeus. another Hyriaa arreafrd with
mm Buadoy, had caused th dyaa
m r ing. -
Gerdi n Jcaua sad half ft dVzen
oilier Syrians of ilaiittla wtr r
reated yestsrday . afternoon ftcr
what was stid to hats been a Xres-
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SEEKSHOW-DOWN
ON FARlYl CREDITS
for all ficht whieh terrorjzed aa
lire Be;jlihirhood. . '"..
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U..UBAR
HASNOPOWERTO
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So Declares Supreme Court
In Decision In Pennsylvania
Railway Case
TRIBUNAL IS ONLY
ARBITRATION BOARD
Dependent Upon Public Sen.
timent For Enforcement
of Its Decisions; Case
Giew Ont of Befnsa! of
The Pennsylvania To Abide
By Board Baling
Waikingtoa, Feb. 19. The United
States Railroad labor Board is a
board of arbitration, without power I
to enforce It rulings, but dependent
upon tli support of public sentiment
to give its act effect, tb Supreme
court today decided in a cat brcnglit
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany., The case was an appeal from
the decision ot the rWvento Circuit
Court of Appeals, refusing to grant
a restraiuing order prohibiting the
board from publishing it findiugs
with regard to th refusal of. the
railroad ompaay to conduct labor
dispute negotiation . witk : certain
representative of nrantaed bibwn -Origin
f Oatravtray.
Th controrcray aroe Muring th
recent strike of th railroad shop
crafts throughout the country, snd
th Pennsj-ivaaia Railroad, pointing
out that it had negotiated ita diffi
culties witk represen)tivee of its
employes, refuted to comply with
th ruling of th labor board that
it ihould recogniz officer f certain
labor organization is representa
tive of its employe aad negotiate
witk them.
i.a. .tlM l.nt if mmm Ma 41,.
flcntloB of Congreas in providing fur
a Railroad Labor Board In th Trans
ition Act of Unto, to create a
ibunat to determine what were
thegal right and obligation of
railrotd employers ana employe or
to tafore or protect them, th 8u-
prtm eodt pointed ont that the
"court ran Nlo that" Th Labor
Board wa created, th court.
natikt
ought to exereis their legal' rights
so a to eunbls themto c operate
ia rnnaint tb railroad.
"Tho only - limitation, Ntpeft Ik
board' decisions 1 that" Uieyahould
malm wtisrIM wonsldef reasonable
rulings which, In it opinio.
just, ar reasonable.-- Th jurisdhtN
tion of the board to direct th parties
to do what it deems they should do
Is not to be limited by their eoastlto
tlosnl or legal righto to refuse to
do it Under 'th act thtrt it n
constraint upon them to do what tk
board decides they should do except
of ita decision.
History of foa. '
The Pennsylvania Railroad t direct
challenge of th power of the Rail
road Labor Board, involving th vital
question pt the board' authority
in its effort to prevent strhes and
interference with tntortot com
merce, ha attracted nation-wide at
tention during th progress of the
ease to the Supreme court
Refusing to comply witk sn order
issued by the Lsbor Board t meet
delegates from labor Onion at repre
teoUitiT? of it employe ia ilie
tser.iint'oa of rule and working
coaditiiinK, th railroa" company
took the controversy into t'.ie courts,
and a !egal struggls develop hick
was nencially recognized -s pt.'s-.-n:-
in an isue which In it final ric
lCTriinafi.-n involved ia - a hrjn
metsur th who) ilt-t f toe
lalior rari,
While th board waa seeking to
bring bont aft agreement Tietwcca
th railroad and their , employe,
with special tfereae to a threat
ened strike ot the shop crafts, B. M.
Jewell, preaident of th Railway Em
ploy' Department of ,th American
federation of Labor, filed charm
With the board alleging the Penasyl
vaaift Railroad Company wa railing
upoft ita employe, union aad aoa
anion alike, to elect representative
to confer with it, aad waa not com
plying, with th orders of th board
ns ha interpreted them. . H sought
a ruling to whether majority
of th employe ot th com way of
any craft bad th, right to desigaat
aa orgaaizatioa te repre sent then! ia
negotiating agrsemtnt witk ft car
rier covering rnlet and working eon
ditioBs, and whether majority of
uch craft employee had the right
to be represented ia inch' ftegotia-
tion by delegates who were set em
ployes of th carrier.
Labor Board' Knliao.
Th' labor board decided that lee-
Ltiont held by employee of the Peon
ayivunia jtauroaa aysiem, m Which
they bad fleeted from among them
selv, without regard to whether
they belonged to .anion or sot,
representative to discuss their eons-
plaint and a egotist agreement
witk representatives mt tb company,
wer illegal. Th board ordered aa
otheV election, prescribing, ths for
of ballot to bo ntrd and stating th
aiiiiiUcation lor voting.
Th carrier caateaded that th
toard wa without power to vnaul
NFORCE RULINGS
th election, and eonld not et aside
ct invalid .tb greemeat it had
reached with it employes. It there
for refused to hold aaother elect loo
and insisted npoa respecting ' th
contract it had mad with ita em
ploye!. This bongU tl joining Of
issue. Th labdr board. declared the
railroad company had violated its
orders, aad. that thtr would b aa
appeal to the publi through ft pub
liabed statement front tk labor
board slees th railroad company
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Dr. Charles P. Steiumetz. tha letrleal wigard of th General Eleetrie
Com nan T. who recently startled dentists by suggesting thstlk world'
futur food upply might well be obtained cheaply by breeding nitrogenous
bacteria for ns a food, on a recent visit to -New lor a try spent a day
at th Good Houaekeeuliir institute, where he waa very muck interested ia
tba many electrical device ssed for
here looking at an eleetrie washing
Lloyd George
Has Blundered In The Ruhr
Former Prime Minister Says
No Agreement Possible
Without U.S.
NO DEVELOPMENTS -
ai diiub piTiiTini
, . , !! nunn 01 1 uh i wis
Expulsion of . German Of
ficial Causes Stir; French
Uadon, pb.' lt).:(By the Ao
ted Prtaa.) Formtf Prlwb Mini-
Lloyd George, during debtt ia
th Hous of Commons today, de
clared th Treach action in th Ruhr
wa ft repcHitiAft ot tb psychological
blunder tbaNirrman made ia 1914.
H asserted fk was essential that
America should participate in the)
solution.
Wnnts America la.
Mr. Lloyd. GeOrge edu tended' that
what really muttered was to get
America ia, with or without League
of Nations actios. Ii did
liev that France, however
eould refuse an offer made by the
two greatest powers on earth tha'
had saved, ber from beiug ia the
position Germany was occupying to"
day. ' , - - - .
I entreat tu "government, con
eluded Mr. Lloyd Georfge, Hto take
the initiative first by approaching
the United Slut ami then with
them approaching l'reuce. Then 1
believe both together will be able to
surmooat tha difficulty.-
Up to United Stat
In tb conrs of hi speech the
former PrimeMinistcr (aid it wsa
impossible for the reparations and
restoration program to succeed with
out America, me Americans, a
commented, had th world' gold
kicked In their rhests and were suf
fering from Indigestion snd surfeit.
They had ft moral responsibility, he
contended. They bad shared ia the
war. and helped to breuk ui Cor-
many. Their President bad signed
th peae treaty, aud.aIthougb the
Senat had "rejected it,' that actios
was not on the ground 'of repara
tioas, but because it wns unabl to
accept th League of nations. '
Th American bad morally ac
cepted th whole position, he argtietl
EXfULSlOV Or GERMAN , .
orriCIAL CAISES STIR.
Dweaweldorf, Pen. 10-(By-tb As
soeiatod, Preaa.) The expuUioa of
Dr. GnscUaer, presideat ot Rhenish
Praamo, for writing "important
, (Continued o Pag Two.i
Bowie Wins Favorable Vote
iiiilouseFor
Swept along' by tb almost Irresist
ible eloquence of Representative
Tarn Bowie kMtilc'Hous reversed
itself at midnight last night -nad
by a vote ef 61 to U passed the Lost
Province railrod bill, piedging the
credit of the State- to a tea million
'lollar partie'paUo i the construe
Con of a m-iroad that will bring
fie eountie beyond th BSae Driilge
back into North Carolina. , . , J -.
Thin morn ing when the mc.-.iuro
come up oa it final reading the
apcll ef the mouab-incet't elottfnct
may b g"t,e, bug -wbalcscr-lt fate
her.-kftcr ia tli General Asacmbly
Tarn Bowl will carry awuy wilk Mm
wuatovtr personal. latUlactioa tlitrc;
irajr be in coof'.D.iut.'.ion of tle fact
that the day of moving tlixjucne is
not gone, and that iingie banded
ha woe ver obstacles that appeared
insuperable. ,- '
i la brief, the mcasur? provides
BELIEVES
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
simplifying housekeeping. H is shown
machine.
Says France ,
Ways ancTto eans Committee
To Accept senat. Amend
T aw a '
menis; tany Acnon
WaabingTon,Tob, M.-rTh agrf-
ment Uetwccn the American and Brit
iau government under Which .Great
Britain will hav ixty to year fer
the payment ot it 14.600,000,000 war
debt to. this -country. will . become
effectlv befor th nd of this
month. This waa made certain today
with tho action of th llous ways
and means committe in instructing
chairmnn 1'ordney lo ma.ve tomorrow
a the Houa to accept th Senato
changes to the amendment to the
debt 'funding act giving Congres
sional approval of tb agreement
The committee vet wa naanimous
and the House vote is expected to
be practically ao. ,a
Gooa To Harding.
Direct action by the House will
nuke a
coufereuea With the Senate
ecewmry nd, will sv eoasia-
traW time. Jmmcnateiy arier me
Housrot the bill will be made
ready ft Prvdent Harding, who i
expected to sign It in a few Uny.
Several Republican member of tb
committee acre not wholly satisfied
with either ofh Sennto 'amend
ments, but they voted to aecept them
beeau they' tkougfat it .would bt
unwise to tbrow,tbexbill into coa
ferene end thus mskex it tubjeet
to -tiBcertalntela which surround all
Important legislation in the, eloaing
day of Congress.
Hooao Obiectioa.
Chief objection wa to th Bo'
sea. amendment requiring Congrei
sional approval of . th settlements
with the other debtor , nations, the
argument .being, advanced that thi
might operate toslow up . negotia
tions with those - nations because
Congress will aet be ia aessioa (gain
ustil next pecrmber. Tb , Harris
amendment requiring th appoint
ing t of three , Democrat to the
comniiaaioa also wai, sot , entirely
aaMsfactory to some of the major
ity. - -r - "T i
KoprcaeaUtllve Burton, RcpublU-aa,
Ohio, a member , "of the : American
debt commission, , wu understood
te have told the committee that it
would be better to bar the commis-
(Continoed on Pag Two.)
that 'the Bute shall "participate la
the eohstroetion of five abort line
rnilroada to the extent of 49 per cent
of the capital stock, aad tr.ftt it shall
liulld a -trunk' lin road irom Aonn
IVilkestmro - westwsrd, cros th
moantains, connecting th Stat
w it hth. great coal end iron ficldt
of th writ r'id bringing the eoan
lie weft at tb Bin Ridge into di
rect touch with tho Slatr. - -
With the'Governot skipping bill
f'i.r.c!ntcil almost leyend recKiiitioJi
h.n he iud.akrd only a fraction
of the men-y intolved iu'tke rail
read bill, it waa severally assumed
t the House would turn thumba
(ienn on the Ik-uie bill when it dim
to a Vote lt night. Nubndy but
tv.': LipiMlf believed ' the
mfssure was liii'l before th House
at 9 bVlnek t!iat a favorahls tot
was possible. Boni began to ipesk
(Continued i rage Cl') .
HOUSE TO RATIFY
DEBT AGREEIIIT
START FILIBUSTER "
IESIGNE0 TO KILL
SHIPPjNGSUBSIDY
Opponents of Measure Make
No ; Bones mbout Their .
. Present Tactics
ALL-NIGHT SESSION
THREATENED BY JONES
Filibuster Starts Wben Sena.
tor Shepp'ard Hakes Lou;
Speech On. Operations of
The League of Nations;
Administration Wins On a
r Test Vote :';' -
Washington Feb. 19. Effort ot
opponent! of the administration
shipping bill to hill it through- a
filibuster were actively . begun to-,
night in the Senato aad brought
from Senator Jones. BeDubllenti.
Washington, in charge of the meaa
ure, a hot ice that he would endeavor '
to hold the Seunte in ettioa all
night tomorrow night. . ,
Th filibuster aa started tonight
and ship bill opponent mad no of
tort to hav it described as other
than a filibuster took th form of
an address of three hours and a butt '
by Senator biiCDDWd. Democrat.
Texas, oa the oierations of the
League at Kntion tine it organi
zation. '
Kept Going Strong. '
Th Texas Senator still was going
strong whtn Senator Curtis, of Kuu
sis, the Kepublincan v:hip, shortly af
ter 10 o'clock moved that tho Kcnute
go into executive saaion. ;.Th.i sua
followed by a reee until 11 o'clock '
tomorrow, when ship bill opponent
promise to resume their tactics.
fteaator Sheptiard began speaking
befor seven o'clock, making. pre
pared add real containing a digest
of every action take by the League
of Nations through its assembly, it
Council and it various commissions
sloe it began functioning. 1 made '
no announcement at the outset ot bits
address a to th length of time
he was prepared to apeak, but Kins
ot hi associate aid h had a"
aevsnbour speech.
Underwood Oppeoea It.
yfFh.T IViBioewtio,- B.-aatara .wfca-
joined with ' Republican opponent
of tb shipping bill in th filibuster,
did SO over tli wishes of Senator
Underwood, of Alabsms, tb retiring
Democratic leader. Senator Uade-r.
wood earlier In th (essinn had ad
vised against killing th shipping
bill through indirect Mtion, derlcr
ing he favored allowing it to eo:u
to a vote, even though h , "wa cp-
poted to it
All Nlfht Sessloa.
After tk taetlea of ship bill op-"
ponents hod become apparent end
after Senator Jones bail mad bis
annonncemnnt of an all-night seiwiuu
tomorrow,. Senator Curtis told, many
Republican proponent to go hom .
and get plenty of sleep in prepara
tion for tomorrow night's session.
H said that cot and blanket .wmuld
bd brought in ao that Seaator might
b comfortable as possible, .
" , ' Perce Night Seamen.' -.-
' Confronted witk nn effort to dis
place their meaaure. Senato propon
ent ot the shipping bill forced a
night seasios tonight in waging the
final atage of the fight to obtain
enactment of the legislation befor -adjournment
of Congress, -
Opponents of the bill attempted
to bring about an adjournment at -the
usual hour, bat were voted down,
45 to 33. Earlier ia th -day they
united with supporters of th milk
bill in aa endeavor to take np thnt
measure and lay aside th shipping
legislation,"'.'-: .:x v. ,,.. ,..,
Senator Jones met the more with a
motion to lay on the table the pro
posal to ,tahj8 up th filled milk
liill, which wai made by Senator
Idd, Republican, North Dakota.
be mo'iun waa defeated, 44 to. 4'i, "
(1 Uie-Ladd pro no an I Was left peni-
IngXbefore the Senate. .
Table Ladd Motlen.
rour Deinoerata, Senator Ranadell
nd Broliaaard.. of ' Louisiauo, Dial,
of Sou'k Carolina, and Underwood,
of Alabama, Jined np with 3$ Re
publicans in favor, of ' tabling- the
Idd motion. The two Iuiian i
Senators have supported th ship
ping -bill throughout Scastor Pint .
is one of the letdlag opponents tit
the filled milk bill and Senator Un
derwood, after the vote, explained '
he was opposed to the, shipping pill,
but at the same time could not .
be a. party to it defeat, by "Jadi-.,: J-, ,
Tcction. , ,
' Iifridcrs among the forces imprmrt --
ing tn aiiippina? bill eenredttd that . ..
the. vote, to table the motion was a
surprise and pointed out that several
Republicans who are considered as
favorable to the shipping bill, such
a Senator McCormit-k, ef Illinois;
Nicholson, of Colorado: Sterling,
ot South Dakota. Sutherland. t
West Virginia, McXai, ot Orcgrn:
Cameron, of Arizona Gooding, ot
Idabti and btnnfleld, of Oregon; . .
voted against tabling ths Ladd mo
tion. t
' Extended Debate.
The vot) on the- motion to table
wa followed by extended debate dur
ing w'lirh the shipping hill wns at-
taikcd and the filled milk bill wns
both BttnchcJ end defended. The
feature of this debate, however,
waa a lenatby eaehanito -between
SeBifar Underwood, the retirins
Democrottc IcaiU-r,. and aever.il "
Democrats oa the queatioa of t' a
propriety of a filibuster S7aimt the
Shipping legislation. During this de
late ' Senators Underwood end
Hitchcock. Democrat", ; i-lrnfki,
coneedff that there - was a filibuste r
nfainst th ship bi!l,'bn't i'- '
Harrison, Iiemoerat, M.-i" . i,
(Coe''nuf 1 "i I'".'p ! ' )