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'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
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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 '
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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
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, ' (Continued oa Page Two.)
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1 E D CENTER
OF BITTER FIGHT
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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