and Observer TUE TLTUUt ' Xartk rinJiaa r!r and Friday) iaiaraay iinwiiit ctaifl mm; tnk Mrtkwnt wlmi. , WATCH UtEL . a year sapor. 1J raaewal tfra oxplrsUoa U tit to mU tUii a atagt err. ' 1 lime i THE ONLY DAILY PAPER IN TE WORLD HAVING MORE SUBSCRIBERS THAN POPULATION OF CITY LN WHICH PUBUSHEDt tt c wtv DArrc TrHAV -.!v LEIGH.-tt. C. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 23, 1923. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS' j VOL CXV1I. NO. 54. I nuiti i mww a wis- C &. T T 'LAME DUCKS' ARE STI Friends of Mondell Boosting Him For Postmaster Gen cral's Place MANY NICE PIECES OF PIE TO BE HANDED OUT Harding Said To Be Holdinf 'Lame Ducks' In Line By Keeping Them Guessing; Opponents of Ship Sub sidy Show No Signs of Weakening Filibuster Th News end Observer Bureau. District Nation! Bank Bldg., By EDWARD E. BR1TTON. (By Special leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. I".!. There is a Aeritablo ,raid being made these dus the nit of tb Sixty-Seventh Congress appears in tho offing; not rsid oa the Treasury, but a raid on President Harding for jobs, bin job at that. Leading the proces iou for these Presidential hand outs are the "Lame Ducks." True th.-V do not appear at the White House in person, unless- it is td talk about SMaWMBir- whtSV L k : tll sHstaa. tiiae to direct the mind of the Pretideut to them, but they are there by proxy in the shape of friends, sometimes these friends coining in delegations, for the Presi dent has a large number of juicy uad luscious plums to baud out very shortly, and the ''Laine 1 lurks" are after being there when there is a shukiug uf the plum tree. Mondell On. Hand. IlnnrMUPtitrit ivi, M I III ill-1 1. of WvtllU- ing, is an example. Mr. v.oiidci! i likes a government job. and itavnii; j dropped his bone ill grabbing at larger bone in the shape of the seal in the Senate orrupied by -Kenator Kcndriik, he is hot-fooling it after something real good. He and his triends are after the job of Nv re tit ry of the Interior for hint, hold ing that the successor of r-eciota'ry l'nll should le the Wyoming luaii. and not Piwlmucr Gcneal Work. Kitrhtcen members of lite House. tlic-fe Irotu iniiuvn mai oi - V.I v.'tril:i V lioniitcil Mr. Moil- I pi, - dvll for the job. desp' "0 that general iitfornutioa ia Vhiit Vresldent Harilina; baa already picked IK. Work tor Ttte pUeo. They pat . 1h wstter tip t President tfard lug, who, while lie aid pleasant thiag about llf. Mondell gave no I'lieouraging aniilo to t!ie Mondell boosters. Job to be Filled Mouths of tho "Luntc Dnckb"' and 'her Keoublicans arc watering ... . . ... . , ... i r .1 the good things ttiat. rresiueiu nar'i- ing h-n t '-i"'1 ""' Here are sumo ! of 44wuu: tiecretary of tho interior, with the Postmaster General, if Dr. Work is transferred; Director of the Veterans' Btvrean. Governor of Tor to Rico, Ambassador to Japan, I.iu ister to the Netherlands, Minister to tireece. Ambassadors to Turkey, Mexico. nd Kussia a soon as di plomacy relations are resumed; sev eral federal judgeships, a member of th riril Bervico Cnimisioo, a successor to tlte late Judge Knaj; of the Fourth Circuit; a member of the Tariff Commission; the Assist ant Secretary of 'War, five mem ber of the District of Columbia Beet Commission auI it council, 'vhairman of the Shipping Board iu June. Bnmor ha it that there may also be a change in the position of Attorney General and Becrctary of the Navy. Beside tin long int. or job ther are also othfr of ..r-n-'f ING HARD 10 LAND CHOICE JOBS "importance.., Waiting For Pie So no wonder that "Lame Ducks" lightning rods are being run up as tlistresi signals, while there are other of the Ititherte unrewarded (. 0. P. tribe who are on the alert to eeore reserved stent of the jlum tree (hiking. As th day get clos:r for th imne of the ticket for the big how the anxiety of th pie hunter Increase, and hn even now reached the feverish tage. That the prospect of job in big plate is - - keeping ome of the Bepublican in th House and Senate in adminii tratioa trace i no secret lwro in AVuhiifgton and the general agree ment is that President Harding is playing good politic in keeping a:, 'ih boys" guessing a lo those who are to be the winner. He i said ! to b keeping eiote tab on wilt is geing on in tho House and rjena'u L;. and It may be put down as . ecr- f lainty that nono of the seekers aCW: -:l , .sHf. do anythiug to 'displenK " tho great job dispenser in tho few ' t remaining day of the present 'w.i fc gres. - And likewise so it is that day by day in every way th Harding smile i being ought by the "poy-triots1' V. wbo r after bofty paying place in government payrdlL and their tribe ia oa th lncreae. Battl Ge Or. Th hip ubidy advocate and 4 the (ilibuiterer ore still at grip, and s Uday even George Washington - Aided ia 'sthe . filibuster; fbr it took , omtihng like hour for th read ' ing of Washington' farewell addrea ia th Senate , by Senator Carter , Ula. Next up wa Senator Gooding, . of Idaho, aubaidy advocate, who urged or farm bloe legislatioa and railed, for .the passage of hi bill ; creating a 300,0t)0,000 federal cor poration to purchase wheat for farm ' I era. ' Ho used up a eoniderable . J Its mount of time, and thn gar the i 1 filibmtor force ' a ehaaee to . rest I -their voiee. "When h tlosed Bea- ntor lIcKellar, of Tenneasee. began I kit contribution to' th - Blibaitcr ' .iContinaed on Pj Two.) MEN WHO NEGOTIATE rv-. The 6aishing touefies were put on yesterday whea the House aeeepfeu .!,. v. in ih Pmiilrat for Th. ..hotormnk hns the men v M :h v' : i i i wi.ii.ii.iii -"----.. ..ic.iw.... 7j ..- ,. . - " , ; ,zt2'" - '- - ' . -: 3. ' "vii ' - fc ' - - ' -- -i - - ' i n - J - - - ' - v' . . .A-- - i- II " tabiliiation of world condition. Member of the American and British .h ,...nt rniitVn,- nt Wasltinirton t;.t.nt fWrrturv nf thu Treasury. ijtthcaucr of Oreat Britaia, Montagu tieddas. Witness Says She -Wouldn't Take Dog To Sanatorium WILL HOLD CHARGE T Printing Investigation Com T--.ne.nr mittee Would Transfer State Printing Tlte. hislatiTe eommittee which recently investigated the charges of discrimination brought by Dr. Otai. l,eo Smith of the Edwards i Brougli tun ''liiiling Company ngiiiust the Ki i.artnu nt of Lubor uud Printing ii the matter of handling the rtut pr nting, has agreed upon a reiiun ,, Uu.li tii'it, fin.t rharffp. of illHCrimi ' ...-I. - .1 umI'iou not substantiated by the ey done brought forwarditjgat kari; cd oa Eood authority yejtenJsy The repst, Jrfwr, it iUted, ntll go further recommending, omoug other things, (hat tbe handling of the Plate printing be transferred by statute from the office of Conimis sioner of Labor and Printing to tle office of the Secretary of State who, tiiulef the law, is charged with the duty of preparing the laws of tne neral Assembly for publication :iliiig with Hupreihe court reports and reinintg. No attempt, it is understood, will be made lit this session of the Urn eral Assembly to put the recommen dation of tho committee into effect. Should a measure of this sort be in troduced and passed by this session of the (ienernl Asseinblyt and should the Saunders bill embracing the Gov ernor's proposal for a department of 'onimeice and industry pass, tire of fice of Commissioner of ljbor and Printing, slashed from two sides, will be virtually-wiped, out- Thus iu fact would be accomplish ed in two measures what Represen tative Kdgar Ixive, of Lincoln coun ty sought to accomplish in a sweep jug bill- of abolition in the 1!M7 Geu- crnl Vqipmhtr Ti-lipn Cnrnmittinnfir j shipman was" putting up a hard j flBj,t t0 M.ure an adequate child ; ut aw At the present session of the Gen eral Assembly, whigh wa-mrt hy the commissioner's Tccoinini-nil.itinu, for an eijtht-hour day, a hill was early introdueed providing for fifty-five hour week, the author of the measure explaining in ti& j-ommittce when ilir hit!- was reported unfavorably that it wa introduced to head off a forty-four hoiir measure under stood to be forthcoming. What further matters are contain ed in the report of the legislative committee which is now being pre pared for presentation, is not dr vitlged. The unconcealed attitude of some of the memhers of the eommit tee toward the holding of the office of Assistant Commissioner of Lahor arid Printing by a member of the Typographical Union may or may not find its way into the report hut it is virtually ecrtata that a part of th report will be devoted to !fl"-renee .itcnonr, assiat-ini t onrmiwrtiter. - SAYS GOVERNMENT IS FOUNDED ON RELIGION Syracuse, N. Y Feb. 22, Tracing in tue career or lieore Wssluiigton proof pf hi contention that the foundation of civilization, of liberty, or freedom' and of organized so cioty rests upon religion. Vice Presi dent Coo lid go paid 1 tributi to the nation', first President in an ad dres hero today. "The example of Wosbington will never be outgrowni", he aid, "for teh wisdom of tha principle whtrh he advocated and established doer not change. H wa great expoW ent of the moral, force of his time. H wa and i a grt teacher in evitably termed 'th Father of Hi Country." ' "He molded, into the Institutions of goverament the" religion -principle of tho people, It Wa that power whh-h gave to him greatness and , to ,- hi work completeness. Throughout it - historical develop ment, religion ha supplied th foun dation of government. It teaching hn alway been finally on the side of hber'ty "and justice, established through the mnintennnr of the or dojly process ff Jaw." , - SUSTAINED JEBT . v. A . what U-regarded a,one of the the Henata enangei in me unrisa acoi his siirnatare. he. negotiated the aettlemeut, which which made the a freemen t possible, SeeretarT of th Treaaurr Mellon, C. Normaa, tiorernor of the " " r Second Day's Hearing Before Investigating Committee Brings More Charges REHAB STUDENTS TELL OF FILTH AND,VERMIN Attorneys For Dr. McBrayer Make. No Eflrt To Cross Examine Witnesses While Dr. Ben K. Hayes, formerly of Oiford and now in tuberculous e.luealional work in Colorailo for the Veterans Bureau, testified tat the! Nate Panatorium for TuberculosH t tpiimpare raTorarj'y wnn oiner nig.i t-rade institutions throughout th: ...... Ir.r.. l. country, -mss aieuieu ruo, vi country. Mis Alethea MeUeo, o leigli, and .two i-erviee men who s patient at- tli BanaBrmjolftJa rbruMy7ThrTf pd It t .T .1 n , . m I.Mtf'lliiif MMIllM,UMil mmm i.H . t. W.. L cre t'je WialatUe tavettigatiag commi: te?. in it second e4ioa yesterday, that rondmlons at the Sanatorium are almost unbearable. Tm really fond of dogs, bat I wouldn't take a dog there," Mis Mt Dee dated, after describing ia da- tail observation made on evcral oc casion when she visited friend la the institution. Mis Mi-Gee agreed with J...X . Hutchinson and B, U. Lvon, litli ex-service rehali students at State College, that the food i not wholesome, that filth and vermin are common and that the attention give patient by the nurses of tho in stitution is inadequate. These were tho only witnesses be fore the committee yesterday morn ing when it devoted two more hour to the inquiry brought about by hVpreHe'itativc X. L. ' Broughton's resolution asking for a complete in vcsiigVion into Dr. L. B. McBrayer'i eoiidtirt of the Sanatorium, rollow inj their testimony, the eommittee adjourned until 9 o'clock thi morn ing when the hearing will be con tinued. The witnesses for the proponent of the investigation were not cross examined by Judge Walter Neal und Judge Walter Brock, attorney for Dr. McBravcr. The policy adoptei at tho beginning of the inquiry wa adhered tonnd after the completion of direct examination, Judge - e.il waived immediate eoM-examim , reserving, lie told the committee; the right to call the witnessc hack. John W. Hinsdale, who witii J. 0. Little, ia conducting the caso for Mr. Broughton, put Dr. nayes through a severe cross-examination. Testifies A Expert. Testifying as an expert, Dr. Have read to the committee a re port on the State Sanatorium fu. -le in 1919 by him, following an in vestigation for the National Tubercu losis Association of which he was edu cational aecretnry.- After five year of failure, he said, the Sanatorium wm placed under tho direction wf the State Board f Health in 19V.I, Or. McBrayer took" charge arid by , 1914 the number of patient had in creased from 30 to 130. -He testified that what he found i lite institution ia 1919 and hi vie: ', to the place of the last few dayn'j grave him ao reason to change liii ! Ending, nn "atmosj '.iore of efficiency t and enthusiasm for Pe work in hand ( with no friction or passing of the i buck." j The situation at the Sanatorium," he testifleil, was uinntuarr? good, and ' Viipntw not only ex'presied no dis ViLsfncfion with their treatment bat i -.v ;.-e apparently well pleased with the instit-jtion and -the care they receive! Dr. Haye maintained that it nox tne inaction Tor ir. JKiJrayir as headof the Sanatorium to per sonally treat th patients, H trid lo com par th-6anatorium with an educational institution like Wake Forest or th University of Xoijth Carolina, and the uperintndent of the Sanatorium to the president of these iaititntion, stating that whilo it might be desirable. If possible, for th president of the University ti 'each a elas, hi office does not eon V:nplnte such'iluties. The eommij ic, hatrever, rultd with th counsel .'qr the troponrnt agr.lnt such eom- iContiiiued on Pag liiglit.) agreement greatest poM war reeonitruetloa atepa seiucmrni ugisiiiiun. ins m will hata a far reaching effect debt commissions, snapped during are: Left to right, Miot ttadsworth Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of th Bank of England and Ambassador E In Reversal of Form Upper House Defeats Long Bill By 30 To 12 MOTHERS AID BILL IS FINALLY PASSED , Senate Calendar For Today Includes Three Special Or der; Giles Bill Meets Same Fate As Governor's Ship Bill; Highway Commission Nominations Held Up The Senate by tho overwhelming to of .".r to 12 last night killed the 'wi (f '"Irtll-" pealed the usury liiw for luterest charge ef over lix per cent a far LI ther affoct cril'iita eornarattnnL pvwuV cai4,a S ' vl Mm 'MTW vote against it, but aa a personal conrtesy to Josepuus Daniels, edi tor of th New and Observer, it u-n recommitted to the wmmittfl on motion of it author for a pub lie hearing. Another favorable re port wa received from The Judiciary Committee Xo. 2, but the second test of sentiment in the Senate last night showed an overwhelming reversal of position. The morning session of the Senate waa featured by the final passage of the Mother' Aid bill and the Sam bill submitting a constitu tional amendment limiting the debt contracting power of subdivisions of the State, while the Giles Farm Loan bill went over until today after development of a strongly supported effort to apply to , the measure plow death by appointing a legislative commission to investi gate the matter aud' report at a subsequent session. Last night the Senate gave th Jone bill prohibiting marriage of first cousins a new start, pas sed a bill limiting tpectators at elec troeutioaar to twelve, after cutting out th efeature presenting publica tion of tho detail of the snme and overwhelmingly defeated the Parker bill taking judge out of tho pri mary. In addition to the Giles bill. the Senate calendar for today include three special order. Senator Long, in behalf of Senator Heath, yeter day offered a minority report to the committee' action in substitut ing a measure approved by the Ku Klux Klan for the Millikea registra tion, anti masking bill passed by tm House, and had the matter set for a special order at the expiration of the morning hourtoday. The llouse,""-MH-conforming th State prohibition law to th Volstead Act at 12 o'clock and at the -close of, the regular morning ession th Senate wlil go into executive session to consider .! reappointment to ta (Highway Commission, held up . (Continued on Pag Two. -r- USURYWEASUR DEAD IN SENATE Debt Settlement Ready For Harding9s Signature Washington, Feb, 22.i-Th BritUh bt funding agreement tonight wa step nearer completion, Co n gres- cal' approval of, th act ratifying :to recently ! negotiated ettlement nith Great Britaia ' having bee a completed today, .Only th lignaturt of President Harding. ia required to rtrmltjh treasury to i exchange Ssformal settlement airreemlut.. Con gresslonal action : was completed when .th Honta accepted (Senate change in tho . British tettlement bill without modificatio. ' r Final Preparation. A a result of th Congressional approval and with th ilgnatur of tho President assumed to bo cor tain, Treasury oflScial began ' th draft ing of th Indentures which art to bo exehaaged between tho United State and Great Britain and which will put into operation th pro gram ef refunding over aixfy-two years the British wxrtim debt of -4.Ktfl.OO(),000, - - - - Th indenture, wjy jmody-th TAX AMENDMENT SO 3 Hours Devoted To Measure In House Last Night With Yote Scheduled For Midnight FRONT SEAT ROOM IS AT PREMIUM IN HOUSE Floor Leadership of Lindsay Warren Put To Test Again ; Nothing In Recent Legisla tive Annals Equals Fight Which Dropped Out of Clear Sky On Legislature Aftcr three hour of sharp, vigor out debate the House at midnight last night finally reached the roll call on the Parker amendment to th Finance Act exempting from tux atioa all stocks in foreign corpora tions held by citizens residing In the tatad with Jh prospect ihjt roll., can would require an hour or per haw longer, delayed by members using their privilege ef explaining their vote. Relinquishing the floor to the pro ponenta and the opponents of the amendment at .9. . o'clock. Clmrnuui Connor, of th Finance Committee, who it piloting the men mi re through th House, announced .hat he would call th previous questions at the expiration of three hours. Parker of Alamance, proponent, and War ren of Beaufort, who moved to strike it from the bill agreed to the terms and called the speaker In their turn. Parker of li .lifnt opened th dV bate,. taking the floor in favor of exempting stock in foreign corpora tions on tho ground that it would Invite the return of millions of do) lan of native wealth that lind been exiled by the harsh attitude of the tax law of th State, and would offset many time any trilling loss in revenue occasioned by the placing foreign etoek on a rinrity with do mestic shares- - Swapping la Potts is. Ninioek of Cumberland, ceded the floor for 12 minute by Mr. Warren 'eimWnixi off Mr. Parker by declaring that in o exempting th stock of groeign or poraUnna, th Stat wa swapping r " onftCTin)ler7lf ihihi) tof-K 1 ' , I laguvwatt uiuenniiv mm ox pov tage. He declared himself againtt any shaping of legislation to meut th requirement or th .demand of tny alien rich, or any pandering to men of great wealth who turned their hack upon the State. Turlington followed Nimocks, tak ing theg round that since the, State had relinquished the right to tax wal property- for Stale revenue it should turn Itself wholly to in come and inheritance taxes, and shape it law in such manner a to invite that class of wealth that would yield revenue from that source. He spoke but n few sen tences, and sot down. Whitnkcr of Guilford followed him, attacking the principl involved. Front eat room wa at n premium os the debate started. No ubjcct that has been brought to th floor during tho session has to stirred the desire of member of the House-to oratory. Both the propoenent and th opponent of exemption were be siegod'and no little embarrassed by the avalanche of request to lie culled upon to make a few remarks. Not a thij-d of those who wanted to makn speeches were Included in the list of those chosen for dis russion. In announcing hi acceptance of the plan laid down by Mr. Connor, Mr. Warren declared that he had undertaken to develop no organiza tion on behalf of hi opposition to the amendment, had left so deeply important a subject entirely to the conscience ind judgment of the members of th House, . in whose capacity he had the utmost confi dence. Organization for such pur pose, be declared, could be left to the backer of the amendment. Warren Pat To Teal For th second time during the week, Mr. Warren' genius a a floor leader has been put to the test. During the debate over the solicitor salaries bill on Tuesday night he displayed a remarkable generalship -i fConTffiSrfrmrFag Two.) term accented by the British gov ernment and prescribe th methods of payment, ill of which were ten tatively worked out between the two debt funding commissions in their recent negotiation. British internal bond covering th amount of the debt will b deposited With th United State Treaaurr. Under Secretary Gilbert, of the Treasury, mti unable to tat .to night th date on which tha agree mcnt will go' Intoloperatioa. Unjler the term of the -arrangement. Great Britain w'ill hav G3 year in which' to liquidate it war debt of 14)0,00000 and will 'pay interest at th rata of I per cent for th first tea year and 312 per celrt thereafter. " - Under th Senate change given Hon approval) today, agreement negotiated by tha commission with th other debtor nation also will b subjoct 4 Congressional approval. Ia addition th commission will b enlarged to eight member, thro - whom will bt Uemoeratfc . BRING IMORE DEBATING Multitude Hears Bryan In Address At Tarboro 3,000 People Hear Common er Speak On ''The World's Greatest Need" PARTY ENTERTAINED ' BY KIWANIS CLUB Josephus Daniels and Oorer- nor Morrison Also De liver Speeches T.trlioto. Feb. 22.-Nearly VW0 propl greeted William Jennings Bryan here t.migi.t whin he spoke in the interest of the T.irloro Ki tanii edi'ati.Hial fund. The Com moner was met in Uocky Mount by a large body of Tarboro Kiv.anian who were guriis nt n luncheon g'ven to Mr. Bn.m and bis party b.- the Kiwanians of Korky Mount. The party was then escorted to T.irboru over the new hard surface road by a convoy of nliont 2il ears. Besides the Commoner, Ciere were rn this party Josephus Darin"". Clarence Mitt-hell, Sol ltrowcr, Philip MoGruder amid Allen J. BarWiek, who motored from Kileigh to be guests of the Tarboro Kiwsuis Club Harding's Ship Subsidy lHeads Toward Its Doom! ANTI-KLAN FORCES AHACK MAYFIELD - Enrle B, Mayfield, Senator-tloct from Texas, against whom tweepiii charge have been made in the sen ate by antl-Ku Klux Klan force iu an effort to prevent him taking his teat in the new Congress. Ku Klux Klan Issue Brought Into Senate; Contest Seat ing of Texan Washington, Feb. 22 The contro versy over the Ku Klux Klau wat brought into the United States Sen ate today with tho filing of proceed ings contesting the riuiit of -Earle B. May field to become a Senator from Texas. The contest was brought by George L B. Pecbly, Hepublican, and "iude pendent Democrat" candidate for Senator in the lust election, who declared himself elected dtsplto the majority credited by election offi cials to Maytieltl, the regular Dem oc.ratia' nominee. A scathing indict ment of tho Klan. of which it was charged that Mnyfield was a member. was included in the petition and was placed on filo with Mnyfield's credentials to be considered when the new Congress meet) next fall. Charge of Fraud. Klarh officer were charged with ''illegal and fraudulent'.' acts in the petition Which also alleged fraud in counting the ballots illegal expendi tures of mere than 150,000 in May field's behalf, and numerous other irregularities. Among 'the ehargot laid at the dor of tho Klan wore that it had attempted to erect a super government, to "seduce and defile the public conscience, to gain commercial and other dominion, to accomplish "prostitution of ' the Christian religion," to exercise "brutal and tyrannical eontrol and discipline" and to engi'go iu ' illegal and immoral practices.' Th Senate wa asked to preserve and secount th Texas ballots, to investigate the' Texas primary and election and ' to prohibit Mayftcld from taking tho oath when the next Congress convene. His credentials have been received, however, and the whdle matter, nnilcr nsual Senate procedure, would be referred to the privileges and elections committee when Congress " re assembles, and pending th eommittee' investiga tion, tbj.path would be administered, CenttwtantVPetlUeB Tfi eonfetTnrrtTHt ion 'declared that Mayfield ws not honestly or lawfully leeted' virtue of tho fact that Peddy' nsme wns kept off tho printed ballot, bc.fanso of the alleged "eonipirary" of th Klan, ana ror otner reason, in uoeu ment comprised about 2.1,060 Ivor Ji and wat accompanied by many el hibit. including alleged eopir of letter betweea Klnn officers, namlnj . . - ,1. .. . , ' (Continued oa Page Two.) 1 ?V-v! w ... 1 E D CENTER OF BITTER FIGHT i m - f ' fid ' WILLIAM t. BRYAN on thi occasion. io. Cameron Mor rison,- K, A. Doughtnn, Frank Page, R. T, Fountain, and Paul Jones ar rived nt 5:.",0 this afternoon by mo tor from KaleigTi in time for a din- (Continued On Pag Two.) Death of Measure Appears' ii mm Ff ' near; rvioiion 10 iiecom mit Now Probable FLOOD OF ORATORY BY OPPONENTS CONTINUES Filibuster Against Measure Unabated; McXellar Makes Longest Speech Washington, Feb- 22. Buffeted by another day of filibuster in the Sen ate, the administration shipping bill tonight appeared headed toward its doom. The end seemed likely not later than Saturday on a motion to recommit the legislation er te, di place itwit)i another bill. Contlaar tnaaated Tb filibusted, which brna Mo. rnnunucu unsuaien fbol4y - aninio Jh. nighOT,- S," L During It progress ther were a number of private conferences- be tween Hepublican Senator and later betweea Hepublican and Democratic leaders in which negotiation were conducted for definite action by Sat urday night, so that the final week of the session might ho left open to consideration of other pressing legislation. ' ' -liliilMifltnU-aJL the. .jliipJiilljLficr canvassing the strength of their foreesj openly said for the first time that they had enougtr votes ttrget4 tne measure out of the way unless its siipiKirters could obtuin some sc lion upon it within the next few days Iho prospect of Its supporter be ing nble to do this appeared dnrk; in fact, it grew darker with .each hour that the flow of talk continued. Withdraw Support Several Senators who hnve been mildly favorable toward the bill pri vately admitted during the day that they would not continue their sun- iwrt of the ruensure much further, it it continued to block other legis lation. On Senator, Willis, Repub lican, Ohio, stated on the floor tha! he desired to develop if the bill was lo be killed by filibustering for, if so, he snid, there were many other bills, including some he was inter ested in, which should be taken un. Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennes see, later plainly told the Senate that it was the intention uf those opposed to the legislation to kill it by any legitimate means and that he considered filibustering legitimate. Opinion Divided Tie opinion of Senators a to Hie means of bringing the filibuster to an end differed, some opposing recommittal and favoring displace ment by another bill. Either method, it was generally conceded,.' meant the death of tb ship measure. Gen eral agreement seemed to prevail, howerer.-thnt nothing should be at tempted uutil the bill was given at least another day of Jife. : .President Harding had not been apprised of the proposed , move late In the day to far an eould be ascer tained, but it was .thought like)' that a number of Hepublican Senators would be called to1h White House for conference titmorrow. McKellar Holds Sway. The filibuster today eontiated for the most part of a, speech by Senator McKellar, begun at 1:15 o'clock and continued, through the afternoon atjd Into the nib lit. The euatoinary read ing of Washington' farewell address in observance -of the First Presi dent' birthday, which wa dona by Senator OJast, Democrat, Virginia, took op aa hour immediately after th Sctjbs conveo, and then Sen ator Gooding,1 Republican, Idaho, who ha bees only luke warm to ward the ship 'bill, followed with aa address on wheat priea stabilization, lasting a little mor than an hour. 1 Table Taraed. .ettalor McKellar then too, th floor and read a recent sJitori.il ia a Washington ntwtpnper which he described ai "the administration or gan" condemning th filibuster, and then bringing forth two huge bound re'ume of th aim newspaper, read at length editorial published in 1913 approving the filibuster then conducted againtt th Wilson admin istration' ship purchas bill. H alio read liberally from th speeches , (Continued oa Page Tfv) SEVERE PEMALTIES 1 BEING IMPOSED Oil GERMANS IN RUHR Expulsions of German Offi cials and Ejection of Work.- en Goes On force of occupation 1 leaves gelsenkirchen; French Put Ban On German Locomotives Leaving Oc cupied Territory; Heavy Sentence's By French ' Court Martial; Replace Oerman Bail Workers I.mcii, Feb; 22. ( By the Associated Press.) lirlsenkirchfn having been evacuated by the French force after their several day of punitiv occu pancy, the ejwHight on th Ruhr Valley development rested today on the penalties the Krsirrn-Ilolgiau court martial and the border con trol bodies are inlliftiiig on th Ger mans because of their resistance to the Allied authorities. The latest wove of the occupiers .t. offset Am, man obstructions to the maintenance of railroad tnu.ortation ha been a ban agaiust any locomotivs leaving lae occupied area. All Uermaa man- ' ned trains re.it-liiiig th edge of the Unit, .eastward bound, are required -to leave their engines behind and await locomotives from the nnoe- 7,,i,1 t,rritur M " tat- Illr. Ejecting Workers Beporis from Walthrop und other -points indicate that the ejection of Herman railwuymen from their dwel lings and oflift-s is alto being con ducted on aa intensified scale. At Castrop a court martial dealt with eleven CiermnoHlciHls and other citizens all in one day, the charge being of a wide variety. Th sentences ranged from lOHjO marks fine against an iun keeper for failing to show a menu to military guests In two mouths imprisonment and 200,K0 murks tine. againtt a small town ofliciul because certain supplies were not furnished. A tt.-haruhortt railway inspector " re ceived a fortnight's confinement be cause a railway engineer was allowed hi drive a loaded coal train through tiits station at full speed Info uncon trolled Uermany. Mtk laterreuloa la tha meanlim th Cerman IU1 I r. i ti i.l, . already la jail- Their efforts are especially in the Interests of two of these men. On of them is Vic Lord Mayor Schaefer of Essen, sentenced to two years Imprisonment and fined 10,000, 000 marks for failing to supply au tomobile for the troops. The other i Recorder Cueyruz, of th Essen Retail Grocers' Association, charged., with signiug the circular urging mer chant to refrain from selling to tho rrenrh and sentenced tp two yaaaa and a fine of 8,000,000 mark. . Officials Imprisoned These two men sre alleged to bs) confined together in ono cell which the Germans claim is seven cable metres smaller in dimension than the cell prescribed by the Germans . for individual criminals of the low est type, Th Red Croat Is said to have been refuted the privilege of having representative visit them, de spite several applications to General Fournivr. t General Grtietaner, president o! tho district, from the headiiuartert,' established at Elherfeld after hi expulsion, has notified th Lord May or and Diet of Essen that he forbid the formation of any police fore to replace the once recently dissolved there. ' It it reported from Woerraeisklr rhen in the Lennepe district of th English oe-upied ' tone, that, th French troops at Bergisehborn are preventing food shipments going la to unoccupied territory. The Ger-t mans alto state that a rigid pas control has been instituted at tha bridges over (he Ruhr and tha Llppe, every traveler in tho treet cars a well- a on the (team, road being' obliged to show hi paper before being permitted to proceed. 4. WILL REptACE GERMAN j, 1 : RAILWAY ADMUSTRATION, Paris, Feb. 22. (By th Associated' Press. A decision to replse the German railroad administration in th Ruhr with an Allied civil d-' ministration, wis officially announced tonight a one result of the eonfer-. ence her between Premier Theunit, of Belgium, : and ..Prim Jdlnitter . Poincare. .- LABOR SHORTAGE IN HAWAII NOW SERIOUS Washington, Feb.' 22.-f Authorixa tiua to the 'Secretary of Labor to admit to Hawaii, after proclamation by th President letting .forth, that an emergency, existt by reason of a shortage of .labor in th territory, alien otherwise inadmissible to meet tb emergency, it provided la a resolution offered favorably reported by tha Senate immigration commit- ' t. Member ' of th eommittee aid fjoday, hbweyer. that tha meas ure was not ' expected to rewiv"" Congressional approval before ad journment ' ', .1 Woald Stop Smuggling " ' v Wellington, reb. 22. Xt of naval craft to break Bp the smug gling -of-intoxicant, narcotic and alien into the - United States, in proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Summers, Repub lican, Washington. . Th . vessel w oed woulud be under tbt aupervis ioa and eontrol of th civil officer of tha government jrhnrged with tho enforcement of tho prohibition and cot torn laws, .., r