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. 1 ,J Obs and WE WE.ATUER WATCU LALLL erver Nsflk Carolina! Bnlr Thursday; ea jaw Baser, Bead renewal Ira day btfora expiration! la order U raid Missis single copy. warmer jou th coast; Friday cloudy and somewhat colder, i' . THE ONLYUOAiLY PAPER IN THE WORLD HAVING MORE SUBSCRIBERS THAN POPULATION OF CITY IN WHICH PUBLISHED VOLaCXVH. NO. 53. TWELVE-PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1923. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS r i , , BLOCKING SUBSIDY BECAUSE AMERICAN PEOPLE OPPOSE IT Progressive Republicans and Democrats Show No Let-up '" In Battle . DISMISSED EMPLOYE MAY SUE PRESIDENT Congressman Pon Wins No table Victory la Fight To Get Nitrate and Calcium Arsenate Appropriation Through: Will Be Great Help To Farmers 1 News and Observer Burenn, " (Vxi District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E, BR1TTON.' j (By Special Leased. Wire) Washington, Feb. 21. The adminis t ration forces in the Senate and tho Jjdiotnist ration papers in local atoriei and: in editorial a denouncing in unmeasured terms the fiUbueter tlmt is going os in Mie Senate with the open and. are ired pBrpsf defeat ing U)e ship subsidy bill by prevent ing it coming to a vote. .The Pro gressive Be publics ns and the Demo unts who are fighting the pet pro poet of President Harding kept an uuhrokea front today and justify their action not alona by the fact that they are seeking to keep from ' being euaetod legislation for the benefit of private interests, but that legislation sought is that which ha been speeiliealiy repudiated ry tne Araericaa people at the ballot boa. It is the justice of the cause they are engaged in that they present to the public, and hej continue to point to the fact that the only hope of success for the ship subsidy bill lies In the votes of Senator whose tarras .expire with the coming - of March 4,, tb.it these men hava been retired to private life by the people. Barl Charges Back. And as to being denounced by the He publicans for a filibuster, they point to. filibuster made by the Re publicans,, notably that which the iilibuster against the ship purchase lull in February 1915, The oppoa eat of the ship subsidy bill are thoroughly organised, the Republi cans directed by Senator LaFollett. the Democrats by Senator Fletcher. Thul fur iu the present filibuster the reeutd speech km been made by Senator Irppard,-ot Texas, who on Mcaday and Tuesday (poke fov 10 hour and 2) Minute. Senator La Fellette, a'ee oa the program to aid 1a the filibuster now going on, held the floor for IS hours and 23 minutes ia 1908 In the filibuster against the Alffnch-Vreelnnd currency mil, a Iilibuster which failed. 'Whether or not he will" Treak hi own record la th present filibuster is a ques tion. Senator MeKellar, of Tennes see, who is to apeak during the pres ent aiibuster ha, on hi desk the rati. Saioot speech and propose to read it, witji some political com ments thrown in, when he takes the floor. Senator King, of Utah, was ready to read speech of 80,000 words used ia a filibuster years ago. Dea.ee ace Measure. Seaator John Sharp William tor th hide off tli ship subsidy bill and th force protesting against th filibuster, saying ia th course of remarks that be bad not intended "to discuss the merits of the bill, er rather it demerits, beeauao it Lis n merits, eept in th eye of its beneficiaries, and except in th eyes of gross, maudlin sentimentalists, who think that a' Bag sanctifies- a bushel of wheat or bale of eotton carried behind it" And ia Justl fving th filibuster against tho bill be (aid: . XTTeh immorality of thi thing I great, if yon think of it as politi cal philosopher loring democracy,. It ia unethical and immoral ts put this legislation over at thi session of Congress. It ia treason to th spirit of democracy; that ia what It Is. Ther ought to H pme way by Jaw to punish it, but therril not. Then what is tho next best thing. It is to prevent 1t. Prevent 4Mof By every mean within your power) that h nil." And, a to tho reason ' r. tka WTT bein bushed it - time, he oaidt "The very reason th -- bill is -beia -paihed t tnii u - " end ef an expiring Congress where the Jeft-ever bold th balnneeef i t " power, is because every nan, from 14Jfroident In th Whit House 7...rii n down ta tho pnge upon the. floor of -" tho legislative halls, knows that it . eaaaot b paused in th next and recently elected Coagrea of the X'aited State fresh from the pet pi." ; , - ' May1 Bo Harding ... ' President Harding and Chairman , Lacker, of the Shipping Board, played olf thi afternoon. And while they thna eatertained them slve Senator Caraway, of Arkaa ran, mad tho etctemeat that Presi dent Hardiaf will probably bo sued for slander and defamation ef ehai1 aeter by on of th dismissed em ployee ef th Bureau of Printing a ad Engraving. Tk immnaity ngai'nst malicious slander does Hot cloth tho chief r executive" said Senator Caraway. "I feel certain that what ha never Wfort happened la the kistory t this country ia going to happen now a. I m . a. . tliat an er uea aiaeaargea em- ; ploves.i going to su ins rreai deat ef tho Veiled State for wil fnl. wiatuiMa defamatiiMB af char. sAer,- and the Presideat, lik anj T9er riuzeav is g"'ng ra rf iaitica ia a eonrt rooan ia ths i'y ef WasMngtoa. aad answer Senate Approves New Inquiry; HbuseUattles On Tax Issue 4 Line of Battle Is Drawn Around Proposal To Ex 'empt Foreign Stock Drawing th line of battle around th proposal to exempt from taxation all atock in foreign corporations held by eitizens. living within the State, the Bouse settled down to a fight at S o'clock that raged until nearly midnight when th House adjourned without a vote and th measure standing on the calendar for t special order at 8 o'clock tonight. As ntldnight drew on it beeam ap parent that a vote could not be reached duriug the night Eight member with set speeches of some length were waiting for recognition ind after that debate promised to become general. Bcpresentativo Connor who is piloting th measure through the House, suggested that the consideration of th bill be con tinued until tonight. The merchant substitute bill-submitting a Constitutional amendment modifying th homestead exemption and permitti..g th passage of a ten pvr eent garnishment law was r-' ported jsitbMtt .prejju d ice ivjr Jre House Committee on Constitutional Amendments yesterday. J. Paul Leonard, seeretary ol ju (Continued en Pag Two.) Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal In Power Rate Case CLARKPOiNTSOUT REVENUE SOURCE Chief Justice Says Power Rate Case Second To None In Importance - J aaaapiaaaaiaaaiai Declaring that the Power Company om aent tiick for re-trial br the Supreme court yesterday is second i0pimaBeeio. goo. jua. um before the court in that it recog nizes the power and duty of th titate to control water power com fblnf J natiea Walter' Clark , in a concurring opinion, point oat new aonrce oi revenue 1 xor iu 5 tat in th operation of these com pania. - i;I ' . '" " ,- ! -Jn view ef th faet Jtb enal mine will b exhausted in com par atively a few years, it is of the -or-most importaoe that th power and rigMr-aad the extent of gov ernmental control of substitutes for eoal power eball be fully and ex plicitry' atated," says th Chief Ju- lieer "If this were, not don it would be in the power of great corpora tion of this kind by Consolidation or joint action to engross the en tire upply of leetricity derived from wster power and by discrimi nation in rates, nbsorb and take over the entire cotton mill industry And Indeed ultimately all the rail road and other industrial plants. Already it has come to universal knowledge that water power com panies exercising in lien and in the stead of the sovereign, th right of eminent domain, are taking pos session of th homes, th field and th ancestSl holding ef the peopl along Jhe river and creek and valley hi will and impounding wa ter thereon for their own purposes. If this can be don without limit they will posses a power greater than any king and will arouse by srbltrary action an Intensity of feeling which this country ha not yet seen. It' is absolutely neeesssry that the full power of the Stat aad th -government b exercised so that he condemnation, for these purpose by gigantic 'combinations of wealth shall not be arbitrary and that the humblest owaer of a horn (hall not be evicted in any case because h i unable to cop with th ruthless power of unlimited wealth. Already In California and Dakota the limitation, set is that th State ia and must eontinu to be thr tolo owner of til witter pow er, the operation of which to be Jlli4"iteTleao from Xht Slat. A further consideration ia that with, the steadily- growing demand ef th Federal government 'and of th State for greater revenue and that in this Stat by th elimination (Continued oa Page Two.) - J Book Keeper First Witness Iu State Sanatorium Inquiry Testimony ia support ef virtually very count is th bill of particulars charged against Dr. I B. MeBrajer's conduct of the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis was presented by 3. U. dark, of Asheville, book keeper aad accountant at the Sanatorium yester day morning in tke first kearing be fore the legialative Investigating committee. H. B. Bagwell, Wake connty farmtr who gained f;rty pouadt i two moaths aiVsr Sana torium treatment, was th oaly ether witness. ' Th first session of UFe committee lasted aa hour and a half daring which time th eammitt, through Chairman Tarn Bowie, declined to Lodmit affidavit. When "the hearing wa adjourned until o'clock thi morning en account of th approach of the hour for the House session, thers were prospects of a long line ff w!frec to In prent en va Proposal To Set Aside Dis memberment Cape Fearamf Yadkin Valley Passes Tw long aeasioBS of protracted debate ia th 8enat yesterday morning and last night left passage of the Mendenhall resolution cmpow erng the Qovernor to employ counsel to assist the Attorney General in bringing and prosecuting suits to set asids the dismemberment of tho Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Bail road sold under a receivership in ISO a the only definite action of outstand ing importance. At the morning session tho moth er's aid bill and th Sams bill sub mittlng a constitutional amendment limiting tho bonded indebtedness of subdivisions of the State and requir ing that all bonds issued by tnem shall be retired serially were both passed on their second - readings. Final action oa both measures wss deferred until today, th Sams bill bowing to tho constitutional provis ion for separate reading on separ ate days and proponent of the mothers' Aid bill being unable to cur a suspension of the rules for the psssage of th measure. . ' Th 'Senntr ts today fa4 wltk iirn special order, the Oile Farm Loaa bill coming up at the expiration of (Continued en Page Two.) . Holds That Appeal of Cotton Mills Is Fragmentary and Premature CONTROVERSY STARTED IN 1920 NOT YET OVER Court Holds With Southern Power Company On Out standing Exceptions The famous power rate ease which hinge en - the reasonableness of rates prescribed "by the State Cor- poratioa CoAnusaToa anS in "waioi a mistrial was) ordered last summer ia Cleveland eoanty ourt must go track to Cleveland for new trial leaving th controversy u which started ia Novembe, 19S0, when th Souther. Powee-CempeayMDed a petrtioa set ew tnerass of rates aad abrogation of existing contract still tar from aa end. Th Supreme court yesterday dis missed a appeal by th eotton mill respondeat oa th ground, that th appeal was fragmentary nnd prema ture but at th same time, la an opinion wittea by Associate Jtistice TtokeTteld with th SoutherTTower Company ia tljo consideration of svra, outstanding exceptions noted try the eotton .mill in the trial In Cleveland. Notably, th court held that th trial en appeal from the Corporation Commission moat be bad Hde avoi that the rata question involved is intra-Stahs and not interstate! that a discrimination lies In th faet tba the Southern rower Company may sell power cheaper la Bouta Caolina than Jn North Carolina aad that ther ia no valid objoctioa to th Corporation Commission's basis for rat fixing. Investigation by th Corporation Commission which preceded th order en which nn, appeal wa taken to the Superior court extended from November 1920, tp July, 1921. The formal Order of the Commission al lowed aa a- reasonable and just rate which the Southern Power Company may charge for electricity 1.25 cents per kilowatt bour for primary power for amount of ' jOflW kilowatt hours per month with an iaereaslng or di minishing1 charge for less or greater amounts per month. .Secondary power rat was fixed at on cent per kilowatt hour with an increas ing or diminishing charge for a leas or greater quantity: A large number of the eotton mills involved in th rat eontovcrsy accepted tho ruling of th commis sion but appeals, were taken to the Superior court by twenty-three of them, ,ttirideI Into three groups of mills holding long time contracts which the new rate set aside. These groups included ths Cannon mills. UP 4ohaon mills aad th Cone mill, -,. ,, . . The appeal wa transferred fer hearing before Judge Bryana in the Superior eonrt of Cleveland -county fCoatlnaofl oa Page Two.) pors t testify ; 1 support of charge. ; ' .John W. Hlnsdal aad J. C. Little, representing N. L. Braughtoa, Wake county member ef the Hon whose resolatioa initiated th ('investigation, eondueted th cxamlaatioa of wit ness yesterday morning wkilc Jurig WaJr Neat, of Laurlnburg, aad Judge Walter Brock, of Wadee bors, repreaeated Dr. McBrayer. rDoa"uggeation of counsel for Mr. Broughtoa, assurances wsre given that the , investigator will havs frse opportunity to iaterriaw pa tic its ef th Sanatorium to, de termin whether or not they may be subpoeneol nnd in esse condition of any patient desired as a witness will not permit atteadaace npoa t!i eommitte hear is g, Judge Keal agreed t deposit loss t be takfa ia ' fr,f,. j oa r,:t Fd) ' " - - - - . NATION WILL PAY TRIBUTE XTO GEORGE WASHINGTON TODAY 1 , yS . ; : 1 r.- ji : ' V- X ' ' - 1 --- ' . - - , t ; r - - "V -I v. . 'O : . I ' . 'WWaMin.OefjrBBti, ' .Is1 " ' - 1 Mandamus Procedure Elimi nated in Brooks Codifica .,J.joj of School Law . Bestriction of th power of th county board oftdueatioa to con tract debt beyond the budget Sfcreei upon in joint session with tho eoan ty commissioners and removal of the mandamus procedure to compel the commissioners to levy taxes in ae- ftoiceisrBraiiiiarorThe board of education are written :nte the Brooks codification of th school laws of the State adopted by the Joint Education centmitte - yesUt day. ' ' : .' ' V.:. Action bw th committee wa on anlmona. Threw week of daily -- ferences between Dr. E. 0. Brooks Ind tho member of the two com mittee have ironed out the last ef th potato of disagreement, aad th bill as reported yesterday meets the full approval of both. The bitter fight that promised to develop early in th session has disappeared, a n 1 little prospect remains for th delay ol the passage of vht bill. Settlement agreed upon in points of widest divergence f ollowsj. . County boards of education :iy consist of either three or five num bers, to be elected by th General Assembly for a term ef two years, oaly, unless representatives nomi nate for two, four and six yean. The proviaioa doe not - interfere with th right of any county to nominate members by primary. - County superintendents are elect ed by tke Beard ef Edueatioa aa be fore, with tha proviaioa that 15 days before the election due notice by publication shall beiven, and ap plicants for the place be, required to file written statement of qualifica tions. County Boards of Edueatioa may borrow against the budget but mif not incur beyond the total ef the budget, without becoming personalty liable for-suh debt. Boarda mast ait with th County- Commissioners ia prepf.iing.the budget Ia ease of disagreement between the Board ef Education aad ths Board of Commissioners ss to the amount of . the budget appeal an ly b taken to th clerk of the superior court Each board shall hav one vote, and th vot of th eleTk shall decide.' Ia th event that either Board i unwilling to abida by th vot of th clerk," appeal may be taken -4w the Superior eonrt, and the presil ing judge may determine the isssw, of a Jury may be bad. Under tUe discarded maadamus haw only the Board ef Education had lk light of appeal t the courts. The queetioa ef-fre text boot is left to each eeuaty to determiae. If -the Conaty Board ef Education and the Commissioners. sgree, a tat may be levied, er the question may be submitted to a direct vote.' , ' These are the main issue of dis agreement Tke question ef electing th county boards by direct vote, and of electing the superintendent by direct vote i left eut of th bill. The feature providing for th local boards to determine salary schedules either hurher er lower than the State aehedule. 1 left In the biX Other major previsions are left -sUatially aa they Wer written U the initial draft of the law. . v Dr. Brook "wa tremendously gratified at th outcome ef the fight Chairman Townsrad, who sxsamed the leadership ef the Eons com mittee after the fight was started. sad after he had offered measure to repeal the mandamus, was also greatly pleased witk the compro mise effected. My member jf th committee originally opposed t th measure assured Dr. Brooks ' their support, among them 6enatr Pat Johnson aad Bepreeeytative Buvwwyn. i "Mr. Tewaaead has been mar vi- val.1 to me ths- aay maa witk i , . ..." y RES R CT POWER COUNTY BOARDS - -A '.- : -V 1 II BRYANSPEAKSAT TARBORO TONIGHT All Arrangements Made For Occasion; Hundreds Ex pected To Attend Tarboro. reb. 2L lion. Wrilliam Jennings Bryan, th Great Com moner, thrice leader of the Demo cratic party ia its national cam paign and Secretary of State under the administration of President nil son. who will speak, in Tarboro TBStsday stig StT!" wfii'u afm- Rocky Mount from Washington at lil$ tomorrow afternoon, where he will be met by th entire Klwanis Clb of Tarboro' and wpreetaii.v cttizeni and members of ether civic organtxattons of bojh Tarboroanii Becky Vouat. He win he escorted to Tarbor aver th at bard-surf faced etata iaway. Welcoming Party The welcoming party will be Join ed in Rocky Moont by Governor Cameron Morrison, Josephns Daniels, former Secretary of the Nary under President Wilson, both of whom will be tiie guests of Tarboro oa Thura- day nigh and take 'part in the pro gram. -The subject ef Mr. Bryan's ad dress win be "The World's Greatest Need." Mr. Bryan has never before delivered this .famous leetur in North Carolina, and as it is fon sidercd to be on of th most power ful pica for humanity that has com from th lip of mortal maa within th past . generstion, it is probable that ardent admirers of Mr. Bryan from all over the State will fiock te Tarbero to personally greet kirn aad to lists a to thi ad dress. Other Speakers - Both Governor Morrison and former Secretary Daniels will be on the platform with Mr. Bryan and take part ia the program Tf the eve ning. Mr. Daniela will make a short talk on "Th Ideals of Kiwanis," while Governor Morrison will pre sent to 'the audience th distin guished spewker f th occasion Rev. Dan Iveraou. presideat of. the local Kiwanis Club, Will be master of ceremonies sad such will pre sent Mrr Daniels. Hon. W. A. Hart, State Highway Commissioner, will in trod dee Governor Morrison. The Tarboro Kiwsnis Club, who secured the noted speakers to come to Tarboro, i t be congratulated on th aueeeaa of it effort. - While an." admission will be charged for every one Who attends it will only be for th purpose of supplementing The fdnrattentt fund' whirh-Tt treiirg uaed te send worthy Edgecombe county boys nnd . girls to college after they' bare) completed their hirb school education. - . . Th Parmer' Warehoas in which the speaking will h held, has been mads ready and today seats ars be ing places to accommodate severs thoasaad people. Six or eight large etove are beng placed throughout the bunding so fnat Tt will d tirely eaeafortabl for all who at tend. The building 1 also being decorated - threegfaout witk baatiag ia Ki.waai colors.. -, BOCKT MOUNT CLUB. TO HELP fNTtSTAIN BtTAX BV VnoaL rah, II Officials of the Rocky Mouat Kiwsnis Club late this afternoon aaaoaneed plans for aaaiatiae- ka Tarboro Kiwaniaas la eatertaiaing William Jennings Bryasi rh will sneak wader tke aw apices of the Kiwaais CroD tt Taroord towaorreW: night v ' , - . f.il.r taaaa) ntana aad la accord ance witk arraagemeat perfect)) with the Tarboro , Kiwaakak, Mr. nrvaa will hd. tho t honor - aruaat at a ruackeoa Which will be tendered by-the local club at the Bland Cafe- tomorrow afternoon at u o'tRk'or immediately after the Commoner arrival from WaaLinrUi -A. d Ia. train Kd. HO. Governor Cameron Morrison and Jooepfcoa Inn- iela, who are to Join air. urysa aere. are olae expected te be beaor gueats at th loach co u. Practiralry th entire 1 arbor cjuo IS." (Cestlnaed es Pare Two.) Filibusters Under Way In , Both Houses Of Congress House Filibuster Starts From Opposition To Buying Cape Cod Canal Washington, Feb. 21. Another filibuster was put under way today at th Capitol, thia on la th House. Tt was aimed primarily at rh bill proposing government purchase of the Cspe Cod Canal, but other ele ments, including the refusal or tne ralea committee to nive risht of way to Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals, were declared to have entered into it. How It "Started. The conference report on the army appropriation bill which was taken up yesterday, furnished the vehicle. Consideration tif it wss concluded before adjournment, but not until there had beeh eight quorum and mil calls, which took ud about half ef the-session of nearly six hours. Majorityrenders surf the-twte spent by the House disposing 8f tl)'11 matter had threatened their legis lative program for the .remainder of this session of Congress. It was their plan to bring up the Cnpe Cod bill tomorrow with a special ruie, which they believed would stop the moreinent TKeirun 'todav ' a'ftci? "tl Tf had been several sharp conflicts over (Continued on- Page Seven) Proposes Use OfX-Rays In War Against Weevil Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison Tells How It Would Kill Cotton Pest DESIGNED TO REDUCE WEEVIL PROPAGATION Hndion Maxim aad Other Noted Men Speak At Na . tional Cotton Conference Atlanta, Ca., Feb. 1. Control f th bell weevil by X-Rays stored la chemical salts 'and applied by ad SAv "mixlurtr the iqunref uud bolls of th eotton plant to steri- Use ths eggs of the insect, wss sug gested ln iteeetprw pyM Miller Bees Hutchison for delivery today befor th National Cotton Cosferescs her. - Eaorsson Prenagatte. Dr., Hutchison, noted scientist aad managing director ef the campaign for th extermination ef th costoa belt pest, asssrUd that th enor mous rats of propagation of th wee vil, more thsa twelve sniUloa being propagated by one pair, in on aeaana. la on reason whv th boll weevil is so difficult to fight Obvi ously anything which reduce in rate of reproduction or prevent pro. wavatinn of th insect should b of great value ia controlling th "bil lion dollar bandit ' . "I am now having experiments performed in my laboratories ia New fork witk a method of using this sterilising agent through adsorption of X-Rays in chemical, salts." Dr. Hutchison said. Ut ts a seienune fact that certain salts possess th oroDertv af absorbing X-Bays aad emanating them slowly. By combin ing such salts with a biadec and ap plying them to tha boll and squares of th eotton plant- w aouj should sterilixe the eggs of the weevils, aad prevent them from hatching. -fne intensity oi mv I Ray's emanations would be too malt mrnaa anv iniurv to koma beings or animals.'' Arsenic peert New sources of nrsenle the prin cipal IngredienU of enleium arsenate, were described by Brsdlry Stought fon. a consulting engineer ef New York City. . , Instead of depending largely en arsensts obtained as a by-prffluct from smelters, engineers in ths last fow years hav turned to th na tural aouree. Mr. Stouchtoa aald. nopyrite or mispickel a chemical which Is tUS nuaerai mown as irse eomponad of arsenic, sulphur and iron, containing about thirty . per ceat of arsenic. It 1 also found in ore by Itself, he pointed out, in many parte ef America, iaalddrag rallforaia. Washlnctoa nnd other Westcyn State and U the Appala- X (Coatlnued en Pag Two.) Orders An Investigation n Into Cronhfiite ' Charges JOTejiingtoa, Feb. glAn Investi gation of charge mad by .oaJor General Adeibert Creakbite, retired, that-- important official document dealing witk th death ef h, m Major A. P. Creakhite, had been Usapend with,, was ordered today Lr Seeretary Weeka. The Secretory di rected Major Oeaeral Bethel, J.lg Advocate General, to submit a full report. BeereUry Week said th eharges wer so serious In nature that th in vestigation wonld be most thorough and would extend to file preparel befor he became Secretary ef Wir in connection with tho death it Major Cronkhito, kUled at Camp Lewis, Washington, la 191S. Seaerar Anwwal Tke chsrgea were first msd by General Cronkhito la Novewr, 19C1, la a letter to Tresldeat Hard Temporary Lull In Senate Filibuster Against Hard ing's Ship Subsidy .Washington, Feb. JL By, agree ment among Senat Republican leaders, the administration shipping bill was temporarily laid aside'To night ia th Senat te allow con sideration of conference reports on th Army and District of Columbia appropriation bills. Adoption of these reports was followed" by a motion to take up again th (hipping bill nnd thi wa left pending when a recess was taken at S o'clock un til tomorrow. , Talk-Test Moderated. ' The filibuster against th shipping bill continued today to rule the Sen ate and the flood of oratory flowed on into th third successive night session. . . ' - IndicaUona ox xhanstlon jrer lacking and those composing th group determined to kill th chip measure by talking It to death teem. ingly gained in strength. They found new subjects for discuss loa and an address of nearly two hours by Senator Borah, Idaho, on reeog nttie Russia. drew reply from Senator Lodge, th Republican leader (Continued On Pag Two.) BILL ADOPTED Senate Committee Puts Aside Milliken Measure Passed By House With one dissenting vote, th 8a- st committee on neerot organisations yesteday substituted for the Milliksn antl-Ka Klut bill, which waa passed oyln .Bouse,' OlermleTariurStP tut which wan approved by efflefau representatives' of th Klan before the committee Tuesday. - ; The ol negnUv votc'oa th re pbaltiot to adopt measur. which a urged by spokesmen for the Klan ss proteetioa to that order In plae of th Milliken bill, bitterly denounced by th same spokesmen was east by Senator Heath. Th other anember ef th committee ars Senator Varser, chairman Armflchi, Beggett Hicks, Harrison, Hsrgett, Ray, Tupp and Johnson, of IHipiin. Senator Heath did not 81 a minority report whew th bill wa reported out but atated last night n Intended to do so. Only slight changes Wse maJe ia the Armfleld ubstitut aa reported by the subcommittee appointed'Tuee- day by Senator Varser from the term of tho bill as drawn by Sen ator Armfield. The bill ae drawn was outlined by Chairman Varsar to E. P. Randolph, of Warsaw, personal representative of the' Im petal Wia- ard, and approved by that function ary. The change are regarded as making th measure evsa snore fa vorable to th Klan. ' . . . .. The Armfield bill, prohibit mask' ins without the registration feature of th Milliken bill providing for registration of memoes which ia vig orously opposed by th Klaa. Th original bill exempting s Klansmen when en parade and the only changes made yesterday by the sub ommittee were to also exempt at tendance open funerals aad trip t aad from making a specific chari table donation. The auti-maaking feature, ef th bill, which spokesmen for th Klan stated they desired as ""proteetioa against impostors. Is filled with 'teeth.' Th measure make tt misdemeanor for any person' to ap pear off hi premise dlsgaiedfor the purpose of committing1 crime end makes the mask prima facia evi dence ef 4atowV--"--Aay - ottinon is' given the right to summon aay ether male person of lawfal ag, ia person, by telephone er by messenger, to aid ia removing the disguise. Failure to respond to tuck summons snakes th person summoned liable to a pen alty of 1230, to b imposed by the Su perior court for the benefit of the person calling tor assistance. t ing, appealing from the actio ef BeereUry Weeka, wko had refus. l thaOeneral's request for a court af inquiry. At ibi tai wavsst vi . a hit wrote:- Tl.cn -is a anthenticAted tew. of ' nay iavestigatios,. military1' tt eivfL into the circumstance ef 'Ma jor Cronkhito' death, en file in th records ef the War Depart. at- -There t no record ef aa iaquc:, which is required by both military aad civil law. " "Thers is no authenticated ocorj of th extensive autopsy which 'ti nerf ormed oa the body ef Maj Cronkhit nt tke. time of his death. "There are no uutheatieat-d pro ceedings, nor 1 there aay evidence on which te base the fisdiog, file la the War Departmeat te the eit that Major Cronkhito died ss a re - (Coatinuel en Psg Ecven), KLAN PROTEGTlON FRENCH RESORTING TO EXPULSIONS TO BREAK RESISTAHGE And Germans Find Protest Strike Best Way To Ex press Indignation . PROMINENT OFFICIALS EXPELLED FROM RUHR Walkonti Occur Whert Ger man Officials Are Bent Ont of Ehineland; irit Fif urea On German Separa tions Paymenti; Another Proteit Kote Dnesseldorf. Feb. ti.-fHv tha Associated rress.) The "conclusion of tho sixth ,k af lk VV. ( . - w. - wv patioa finds the French resortin most oxclnaivelr ta aTnn1& I- ' thsir efforts tn iaiiMH M.i. .k. German that th orders of Oenersl ueooutte are to be obeyed The Germans, in turn, have adopted the protwtv sJiilte m, the. -BMist effective - n ox snowing tneir Udigatioa. Kotten, ,of Dnesseldorf,! followittg closelr the remavat from k p.,1.. of Dr. Grit'ner, caused a sensation and resulted in tho walkout of most' of the workers ia thia city. Only the street railway men and employe of power puais were oa duty last are lng. , Protest Walkenta. At Mavenee tha amt .41.. director of posts and telegraphs wss louowen promptly ay a walkout On th part of the emnlnvaa ia tm service, and troop took over th ounaings. (Several railway officials in the Mavenee area tii4 wi.i jail sentences of from ten te sixty uaya lor encouraging strike nnd for disobeying th occupation an- luoriuea. , --- - uu uk, aaaert mat General FouraieV intends te police mo jsunr wita municipal fortes, nnd haa Ordered tha diaaolutlna C lk. Sehutxpolixei. -t - The Preneh have expelled the Mayor ef Dortmund for refusing to carry out orders. REPARATIONS PATMXXT8 Berlin, Feb, SU (By the Asm Ut4 Pres.WGrmaMy' payments to the Allies between November 1018, sndeptemuar, -mm ia fulfillment of the Versailles peace treaty aad supplementary agreement amounted to i2jfi0000,000 gold marks, accord. , lng to an official compilation ' nude -public bore. If German looses ia the ' elocution of th treaty term are takes into account, it is declared that the total payments hav been 54500,000,000 gold mark. Inclusion of tke value ef Alsace Lorraine and- the former- German colonies brings the graad total to , more than 100,000,000,000 gold marks.' BERLIN .MAKES PROTEST AGAINST EXPPLSIOX Berlin, Feb. th (By the Asso ciated Press.) Ia it latest vote to the French, British aad Belgian gov ernments and the Bhineland Com- . lesion at Coblenx, th Germany gov ernment utters a strong protest against the expulsion of Presides t Fuehs, of th Rhine provinces, "who, ' ss his- right and sacred duty, ob jected to erdera of the Iater-Afiied ' Bhineland Commission which wer not based onMhe Bhineland agree ment "'- -. '- Th.note also protesti against the wholesale expulsion of German, of. fieials from the occupied area, Vhleh expulsions th Bhineland Commui-, ' sioa spfit.-vntly is ordering system- , stlcally for ths achievement of cer. taia aims lying beyopd the scope f th actual taska." The expulsions are eianeiertaed as brutal. The Bote say the of ficial were arrested aad immediate ly -sent away. Member of their families, also wer expelled, 'which denote special cruelty, as, ia view . of tke well known housing shortage. th expelled famine will be unable for year again to conduct their honeebold in their own homes." , In many instances," the note eon tinues, "their furniture has been taken over by the occupation force. Hop of forcing German officials by such methods to co-operation agniast the German government ia illusory. The application of such means, how ever, is a violation ef right ' and FRANCE AND BELCim ' - k i.uarLi,i m au,un Paris; Feb. tt (By the Associat ed Pre.) France nnd Belgium are ia perfect accord with regard to th - eitustioa tn the Ruhr.- This wss disclosed today at A conference between Premier Tbeania, ef Bel gium, and M. Poises re, the French Prime Minister, in which the minis- tor ef finsnee, war, public works aad ef liberated regions and alee Marshal Fock took part PARTIAL ETACCATION OP r DORTMUND IT THE FRENCH London, Feb. SL (By th A wo- rlat4 Press.) A dirpatck te th Time . from Dorxmusd' savs th r reach will partly evacuate the 'tow tomorrow.. Also, after seising; t9e rouia stoci, they evacuate i. b Boebnm 8tatio aad " aeighboring station today. French troop witk tanks arrive J before th opera bouse in IWh-i n yesterday aa a performaaee ef Vt d- bam Tell" wss beginning sad dree out the audience, who departed sir log patriotic songs. , Today there was a rather ke-,"f Ukt ef eipu'uioi.s sad court nur 1 senteaees ths n-vL A larr ber, f rauwmy C u.t w-o f 1 ea r-: