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1HE ASHEWjLE THE WEATHER: Xortfc Carolina rain Friday, colder In. west portion; Saturday much, colder. CITIZEN WANT ADS - BRING. RESULTS 5 : ,. - " ASHEVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1920. VOL. XXJOT, NO. 73. PRICE FIVE CENTS , SAYS RHMIETEIM IMEE M ISSUE AT MST Dm Ml IS iiw 0 imiM ; re - Splits OpenIyWltKPsi dent In Jackabn )y Dinner speecn. v f v '':--'' IS AGAINST FURTHER DELAYS ON THE PACT Declares Democrats C6uld . wot go Before tne uouifcv try on the Issue. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. (By the Associated Press) William J. Bryan split openly with Presi dent Wilson at the Jackson day dinner here tonight, on the ques tion of whether the .democratic party should make the league of nations an issue at the next elec tion. The former secretary of state, three times a candidate for the presidency and a power in his party, declared the democrats could not go before the country on the issue and that they must accept such compromises as may be possible. Bryan's Views. President Wilson, in his message to the diners, had declared that "the i:lear and single way out"' was to submit the issue. Conceding; the right of the repub lican majority to dictate .the . pea, ate's course, Mr. Bryan declared: "Our plan' has been rejected ami we must face the situation as it la. We must either secure compromises as may be possible or present the is sue to the country. The latter course would mean a delay of at least 14 months and then success only in rase of our securing a two-thirds majority of the senate. "We cannot afford, either as cit hiens or as members of the ;party, to ehare with the republican party re sponsibility for further delay; we cannot go before the country on the issue that such an appeal would pre sent. a majority of congress can declare war. Shall we make it more difficult to conclude a treaty than to enter a war?" Reviewing the past and surveying a program for the future, Mr. Bryan said he ventured to suggest "three Jiew propositions." They were: A national svstem of roads, ex tending in every state, to be known as national peace way" both as a utilitarian project for binding thai lugemer jn commerce anp: irii eicuurse ana a memorial to thS'sol dler dead. National Bulletin. A national bulletin not a news paper, Mr. Bryan declared to pre sent national issues under bi-partis an cvmruj. The Initiative -and referendum, whioh he declared tle democratic party might well adopt as its "next great reform." Mr. Bryan's speech in part fol lows: " A democratic president ' "Was ythe spoKeman or the United State In noiaing oui to a war worn world the hope of universal peace and he brought back from Paris the cove nant of a league of nations that pro vides means for settling internatlonr Rl disputes without a resort to force. He did the best hn nnniH ceeded better than we had any right to expect, when we remember that he fought single-handed against the eciiisn interests OI ine world. ''The republican party in control of the senate, Instead of ratlfvln at nce or Promptly proposing changes Ci. "ciry. nas fiddled while civilisation has been threaten ed with conflagration, it could have adopted its reservations as well five months ago as- later, but it permit- icu cuuicoo unuaio tv ii no suffering humanity waited. ' " - " The democratlo senators stood with the President ' for ratification without reservation, and I stood with them, believing that it was better to secure within ,the league, after it was established, any necessary changes, than io attempt to" secure them by reservations in the ratifying resolutions. - Opposes Delay.' "We cannot afford, , either as cltl sens or as members of the party, to! ehare with the republican party re sponsibility for further delay: we cannot go before the country on the t.ana , Vi t. . aiiAh mt nnnnnl vn.t, ...... ' sent. " A democratic party cannot be a party of negation; it must have a construction program. It must not only favor a league of nations, but it must have a plan for the election or delegates and a policy to be pur sued by those delegates. . What plan can a democratic party have other than one that contemplates the pop .ular election of those delegates who, in the Influence they will exert, will be next in importance to the Presi dent himself? And what poffcy can the democratic party .' have- within the league of nations other than one of absolute independence and- Im partiality between the members of (the league? Our nation's voice should at all times be raised in be half of equal' and exact justice be tween nations as the only basis of permanent peace; it should bo raised in defense of the right of self-determination and in proclaiming a of brotherhood as universal as I 1 COio4 an Pits Twa , "The man is stlla living fact. '"Tne -hope of the waid for peace - nas been blasted bf he jealousies ,'ilof men who heldUleir political ' "fortunes above theprld's need," '."Aitorriey-General Palter declared l the Jackson daylkinquet last ' night. complete sonim r 1 WILL BE GRANTD FIUME jjv.y By the Allies, Under League of Nations, Memormdum Says. , , BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 8.Sreat Britain, France and the tntted States, conceding the Italian1, char acter of Flume, will grant that city complete sovereignty under the league of nations, preserving- oply a customs union with Jugoslavlaac cordlng to a t memorandum, conijfrn ing Dalmatla and Flume recently jte sented by these powers toyRtto Bciallola, the Italian torelgn .talitis ter. A summary of the memorsv dum telegraphed by its 'Borne co respondent, is published by aX eion today. , (. Tn the memorandum the . Unltei States, France and Great Britain tocm ognize as reasonable the demands oil Italy with respect to the islands ofl Pelagosa. Lisa ana Jusstsj. jnn-tne Dalmatian coast, granting f urU'eoVf! ereignty to Italy. The three powers conceded to Italy a manataover Albania ana complete -aoverunuy over Avlona with the hlbterjandriee; essary to its defense, v. i. ' The memorandum observf"tbat these concessions appear tosafir guard sufficiently the rights ' aedL as pirations of Italy. veftaTess, guided by a spirit of frlendJUip,rthe powers will take into coneHae13on other demands of ItaJy, espedatly tha diplomatic representation "of Zara, with respect to which a decision wilt be loft to the population of that DANIELS' SPEECH AND M'ADOO'S MESSAGE WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. William Jennings Bryan was given credit by SsorntArv Daniels, speaking at the Jackson day banquet here tonight, for laying the foundation of the league of n&tinna covenant through the arbi tration treaties negotiated by him as secretary of state. In view of published reports that the three-times nominee of the demo crats for the presidency again aspires to lead the party in a campaign, Mr. Daniels' statement created one of the most interesting moments of the din- ner. .-The naval secretary's address had i proceeded without special inci dent with applause for recital of democratic, achievements and ripples of amusement at the vigorous sallies at the opposition, until he began to discuss the war and its results, j "The declaration (of independence) and the covenant (of the league of nations") the secretary sald,"are the two. living light fountains of liberty and ' neana. Tf th. .tro nt h democratic party that through Jeffer son and Wilson we have given these. ion an time for safe navl gation upon all seas. 1- Reason Will Knle. - Just as surnlv . l.fi.no.'. laration and Lincoln's emancipation glorify American statesmanship, the ?Z7f?ni W,U yet br& ft nations into such accord that reason and not force will rule mnn ..J.",".vJ,?a.aJ', A long step te TIk,.."; ""!. wa" reached in the tr.r-K.".: enncent Bryan " "w viciminjr, alone of Eu- 1U Sctlon in" ?.TlfY"ed and '"'"asted &,?CtThV" V,J ?Pltatlg the "" iiki spirit Of tha Bryan treaties expanded and enUrg ed are embodied in the treat of peace." ui Asserting that no man appreciative I of the chahglng condition. Kf"!? deitlne -for '7n7 pTky. ?rZ Daniels told the banSuVtUr.hlhe record of the last seven years entlMa. the democratlo party to a renewed lease of power. .' ' ed "But the democraU assembled here," he continued, "must bear in mind that virtue is sometimes its only bb wen as in own reward. A'ah.n ''".w!Cl' Wlt" BTf the spirit of change, admonish us that murs win m requirea man a good record of performance. Tha are looking not so much to what has oeen none as to now the problems 01 tne luture are to De solved."., ( - Recalling the strenuous ritaec4. Ism encountered by Presidents Jeffer-J CsaVniiM aa Page -Xw-fi MANY PROMINENT LEADERS OF PARTY ADDHESSMEETING "Cause Is Sacred" says Cummings at Jackson Day Banquet. PALMER, HITCHCOCK AND OTHERS SPEAK Gerard Says Peace Is Neces sary to Prevent Spread of Bolshevism. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Signifl can utterances by prominent demo crats at the Jackson day banquet follow: Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee: "Our cause is sacred, and the con test is but the measuring of our own spirits. For th.e present, wo are en during, with what patience we may, and still paying, a staggering penal ty for the election of a republican house and senate in November, 1919. Since that tinrie all the processes of government have been imparled, the work of reconstruction has been de layed, the development of extension of Amercan business has been pre vented, and the. peace of the world has been postponed. In .proposing the health of Pres ident Wilson ...stricken by his ser vice to humanity,,, Mr. Cummings made brief reference to the treaty of Versailles and the league of na tions. "I am glad," he said, "that dur ing all this critical period, the great historic party to which we belong, in all matters relating to the perman ent Denervation of the peace of the world, had instinctively - tnmed -Its face to JUKht.. As I renect upon tne period, one hundred and forty-four years ago. when Thomas Jefferson drafted, the Immortal document that made -America free, I am glad also to think that Jh' our time, under the providence .or God.v, another great lmocrt,' touched as was Jefferson by the Divine fire,;- has participated, as one of' yie mastesofigurea, in the preparation of a document destined to set the whole, world free." " Palmer's Remarks Attorney General Palmer: , ' "The great war ty still a living &ct. The 'hope of the world for peace lias been blasted by the jealousies of Ben who hold their political f or tines above the world's need. The r will not ,be over in fact, even It the name, until the issues which It has raised are passed . upon by th great Court of Appeals in. Amer ica and the judgement bf the peo ple is entered. fThe record which has . led to the Continued en Page Two SS2SSJfiBS53MsWa josepHus ADDRESS GP " v BY-MRS.' )LES0N WASHINGTON, Jan. J-SirB. Peter rti..nn . . ciccuot. MiSn., . associate, b..,k.. f.tna democAtio national' committee from that state, speaking tniirht a 'itm Jackson iday. dinner here, aid that as the horke has been blessed "by the Ideals of omenr-tne world is now to feel the Infldence politically." '..V-1. . V I .v ."It; lsjaafe to conjecture that the liberal parties of all nations will find favor with the newly enfranchised cltlaene," she said. "Women do not Scoff at idealsi thev believe to putting Ideals Into action ' "The democratlo party calls today a it. did irt its beginning, .forward looking- men ' arid women 'into Us ranks. During, the war period, when wney was spoken 'of in 'billions, and -leniea's a my m millions Sf men, te women of America will never for " . Vonilnusd on Pais-Tw j ' f $ I I Mfc I I -Sv i ft ( . W SON AND BRYAW SPLlT.FEftTUREOF Bryan Shotyj All Old Time Vigor In Presenting His Views. WILSON PROPOSES REFERENDUM PLAN Bryan for Compromises Says Nothing on Ambi tions for Nomination. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (By the Associated Press,: -V split between Praii1fnt Wilson" on3 VUuam Bryan over whether the league of nn tlohs should - be made an Issue at the coming election' .topped off the Jackson day deliberations of the dem ocratic nartv cniers. It came at the Jackson dinner, as the cl)max or a oay in wmcn on Francisco had been chosen as the rrutfltinar nla.ee of the democratic na tional convention on June 28, and it charged the air with political elec tricity. President Wilson-' in his message, two separate hails, declared that the "dear and single way oat" was to submit the question to the voters as " a great and solemn referendum." Mr. Bryan, showing all the old time vigor with which he led the fight for the , President's) nomina tion at Baltimore in 1912, declared that "the democratic party could not go before the country on the issue, because it involved a delay of 14 months, -and neant success only If the democrats captured a two-thirds majority of the senate.- The party Mr. .Bryan y declared,, vnst . eeers sucti cBmprotnisesaa tnf possi ble." .--:.,. ; Crystallised Issue ' The disagreement between the pres ident and his former secretary of state, the first in public view since Mr. Bryan left , the cabinet because ha did not are with the president's course in the diplomatle negoiations with Germany, was thus disclosed as a fact, although it has been rumored and reported in the underground cur rents or national pontics, in me opinion of the political leaders it crystallized an ssue. President wtison in-nis message said nothing whatever about a third term for himself and neither did he make any formal announcement of his intended retirement to private life, as some had forecast he would. Mr. Bryan in his prepared address said nothing bearing on any am bitions toward a fourth presidential nomination but before reading his manuscript he said he had nothing to ask and that therefore the diners Continued on Pigs Two WASHINGTON, Jan. . In a tele gram from Wichita Falls, Texas, read tonight at the Jackson day banquet, William O. McAdoo assailed the work of the republican congress as a "sorry record of dismal failure," and declared the success of democracy in the presidential election this year was Inevitable if leadership was wise, vi sion uhdstorted and sympathy with the masses preserved. . ' "Republican leadership has demon strated startlfng incapacity to deal with the great problems confronting America and the world," Mr. Mc Adoo's message read. "Nine months of republican leadership disclose no constructive rumanltarian or states manlike act "Peace defeated, war prolonged and hundred of thousands of needless deaths inflicted ' upon helpless chil dren, women and men in Europe a ghastly toll to exact for partisan poli tical ends. V". "The railroad problem bungled ana no promise of a real or permanent solution through bills now in con ference. The publio Interest is not protected, while Increased rates. In efficient transportation and general disappointment twill . result, "War taxes have not been reduced as they should have been if republi can leadership had proven equal to the task. "The great problems of interna tional finance have not been grasped. In consequence serious peril to our foreign trade and our domestic pros perity is rapidly approaching. "The important question of social Justice which cry aloud for attention find , no spokesman or ' champion among the republican leaders. , "We - must keep up the right for the i prompt - restoration - of peace throughout the world. We must stand for the relief of human suffering everywhere, in the. lands of our allies, as well as in the lands of our late enemies. Democratic leadership must seek to bring about reduction of war taxes, effective -treatment of. pressing international, financial and economic questions sympathetic and vigorous consideration of the problems of so cial Justice, constructive effort 'to im prove relations between, labor and capital. :, , "We must strive earnestly to pro mote the welfare of our soldiers and sailors whose valor and -patriotism saved the nation' and we must not stop until equal civil 'and political rights are secured for American, wo rn en. in every state. ; . "Democracy ? must permit no In- ontiima on. Page Twsj " SENDS MESSAGE J - v aiJ(!ai i V T., San Francisco Secures Democratic Convention Washington, Jan. 8. San Francisco is the place and Monday June 28, at noon is the tinte for tho democratic national convention. The selection were made here to day by the democratlo national, com mittee at its quadrennial meeting. Tho committee at tho same ttmo un anlmonalv adontcd resolution! . en dorsing the treaty of Versailles and denouncing; she 'arrogrant". republi can leadership of irw senate as nav tiw nrnnl tha "OQUtiMni(.'?ot. the worM" by throttlbig Hie treaty (or even inonthe," A fur theoommltvce went Into ex- eontive :' session to select tho oon vtmUon clt. A. F. Mullen, national oommitteoman from Nebraska, snb- miued a resolution proponing tnat ttao rule requiring a two-uurds vote of the convention for the nomination of presidential candidate do aooi Ished, but It was tabled after some discussion. FLAYED BY LODGE Statement Issued By G. 0. P. Senate Leader. Says Hope of Ratification Made Impossible By President. mitunanTnv Tan Aanator UJUMM.lu.v.'l " Lodge, of Massachusetts, ths repub lican leader, declared' in a statement tonight that he iearea rreeiuoni nn- son's jacKson aay. message uu nmuo inn..ihi tha hnn. "that In the sen- (111, VBOI V.U ...v .. r " . ate we might have come together and ratified the treaty protected by the principles sei iorm m uw x ., ervations." "The President has made his po sition very plain," said the senator. "He rejects absolutely tho reserva tions adopted by a decisive majority 'of tho senate. He says we must take the treaty without anychange which alters its meaning or leave It. He will permit interpolations, whatever that may mean, expressing Its un doubted meSnlng. when there Is hardly a line of it which has not been vlv.n ni.iiv meanings. The - permission is valueless. He stands as he always has stood for the treaty Just as it Is. , "The issue is clearly" drawn. The reservations Intended- solely to pro tect the United States in . Its sover eignty and independence ' are dis carded by the President. The Pres ident places himself sqifarely in be half of internationalism against Americanism. "I had hoped that in the senate we might have come together and ratified the treaty, : protected by the principles set forth in t&e 14 reser vations. The President, I fear has made this hope impossible. It it Is Impossible then wo must. bear the delay inseparables from the Presi dent's attitude and appeal to the peopte, which I. forone, shall most cordially welcome." - NEGRO K1M-S WIFH AND . THREE OTHER PERSONS MERIDIAN. Miss.. Jsn. 8. Be cause she would not return to live -M.k Mm Tinhprt Concrlef. 24. nssro. shot and 'killed his wife, Tom and Belle Johnson, man ana wire, mna negro preacher "named Ford, flred the i. . - T uK.n(.a vwtnn nnnntv. caum uwr " -' - - Sunday and escaped according to word Whictt nas jusi reacnea noro. . -A posse said to number 300 persons, mostly negroes, is hunting for Mon-j crlef. .-r,- - -- - - - .: jSEW'ZEAIiAND REFERENDUM. IX)NDOK, - Jan. I. A Wellington, New Zealand .dispatch, says that on the referendum recount prohibition has failed to secure the necessary ab solute majority. The vnmvnt system will therefore coTrttnus, , - . WILSON S MESSAGE TO BIG GATHERING. r t 1 L 1 Kansas City and Chicago wero ac tive - candidates aa Ute convention cities but after the 'former had re ceived seventeen votes and the liUfr seven against 27 for Ban Francisco, Robert 8. Hudsbeth, national commit teeman from New Jersey, changed the vote 'of his state, from Kansas City to San Francisco and a stam pede in favor of tlie Paclflo coast city resulted, the vote finally being made unanimous. CACSED JCBUiATION. i SAV FRANCISCO. Jan. . Dtxl slon to bring: ithe democratic national convention here caused Jubilation to dav amonsr city officials and democrat to loaders. Plans at once set afoot to collect the funds pledged to defray the expenses or tne convention ana - m tertAlnment. City officials said nrovt slon would be made for the reception of 40,000 visitors. WALKOUT IN STEEL MILLS CALLED OFF Strike Declared Off By the National Committee. Foster Announces Resigna tion J. G. Brown Is New Secretary.' PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 8. The strike in. the steel mills and furnaces, called September 23. and which at its Inception involved 86T, 000 men. was officially called off hers tonight by the national com- mittee after an an aay meeting-. tni,nnnimMit that the riatlonal committee had decided to proceed no further, was contamea n a loiegram sent to the headquarters of the Ameri can Federation of Labor In Washing ton, in the heads of all International unions interested snd the organizers and field men in all strike districts. "The steel corporatio," the tele. OT.Fr, n id " with the active assis tance of the press, the courts, the federal troops, state police and many nubile officials, have denied t steel works their rights of free speech, frm amemblass and the right to. or- anlui and. bv this arbitrary and ruthless misuse .of power have bought about a oonditioa wnicn nas compel led the national committees ior or ganizing iron and steel workers to vote today that the active strike phases of the steel campaign is now at an end. A vigoroua campaign of Education and reorganisation win De immediately begun and will not cease until industrial Justice Iri the steel in dustry has been achieved. All steel workers . are now at liberty to re turn to work, pending preparation for the next big organisation move ment." Signed By Official The telegram was signed by John FJtxpatrick. chairman; . D. J. - Davis, vice-president of ths Amalgamated association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers: Wl lam liannon, interna tional union of machinists, and Wil-I Ham Zt. rosier, Beurwiarjr ui mo mittee. The offices of the commit tee here will be maintained for about a month while the business of ths strike is being wound up and the commissary department will con tinue - to Jook alter neeoy xormer strikers and their families until the men have obtained employment. .; Steel company executives said .they were not surprised that ' the strike had been' called off, as the .strikers have been drifting back to work for several months. Many mills it .add ed, had long ago been able to op erate full time with- full forces. W. Z. Foster later' announced his resignation as secretary-treasurer of the strike - committee, and said he Continued sn Pag Twe E L E Is Almost Entirely Devoted to Expression of Argu ment on Treaty. DISCUSSES STAND ON RESERVATIONS Points Out "Clear Way" to Determine Will of Amer ican Peaple. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8,- President Wilson in his ' mes sage to the Jackson day dinner here tonight said ''the clear and single way" to determine the will of the American people on the league of nations was to make it an ' issue at the next election. , The President's message said nothing whatever about a third term xor nimseit ami neither did -it say even by implication or intimation that he would oof be a candidate, as had been widely forecast. ' Expression' of 'Argument Most all of the president's mes sage was devoted to" an . expression of his argument of why he consider, ed it tha duty of the United States to Join in the league of nations cov. enant e,nl "Why , he. Considered the : wan not rallv-..WfinimUl ft AtL rfAnother attempt to rns,!i fc - iion or iiurope wouia ne '.maue, me President' said, if the- United HUSter held- aloof.. . " t v . i--, The President again expressed. J) lg attitude toward reservation, much as he did at . his conference' with the senate foreign : relations .committee, in this language . . ? "If the senate wishes to aay what ths undoubted meaning, of the party Is I shall have no objection. There can be no reasonable objection to in terpretatlons accompanying the act ' of ratification Itself. But when the treaty is acted upon I must know i whether it means that we have rati fied or rejected it. We cannot re write this treaty. We must take it without changes which alter Its meaning or leave It and then, after the rest of tha world has signed it, we must face the unthinkable task of making another and separate kind of treaty, with Germany." . xext ot Message). Tha full text of . . the President's message follows! "It Is with keenest regret that I And that I am to be deprived of the pleasure and privilege of joining you and the other loyal democrats who are to assemble tonight to celebrate Jackson day and renew their vows of fidelity to the great principles of our party, the principles which must now fulfill th hopes not only ot our own people, but of the world. " Tha United States enjoyed the . sprltual leadership of the world un til the senate of the United States failed to ratify the treaty by which the belligerent nations .sought to ef fect the settlements for which they had fought throughout the war. It is Inconceivable that at thia supreme crisis anu UIIMI lurmnsf twiii m iu international relations of the whole world, when the results of the great, far are by no means determined and' are still questionable and dependent upon events which no man can fore see or count upon, ,th United States should withdraw from the concert of progressive and . enlightened nations by which Germany was defeated and . all similar governments (If the world be so unhappy-as to contain any warned of the certain consequences of any attempt of a like iniquity, and yet that Is the effect of the, course the senate of the United States has taken with regard to the. treaty of Versailles. StUI at War. " Germany is beaten, but we are still at -war with her. and tha old stage is reset for' a repetition of tha . old plot. It is now ready for the , resumption of the old offensive and ' defeneive alliances which made settled peace impossible., It Is now oDen again to every sort of Intrigue. , The old spies are free to resume their former abominable activities. They are again at liberty to make it Im possible for governments to be sure what mischief is being worked among their own people, what internal dis orders are being fomented. . Without the covenant of the league of na tions, there may be as many secret treaties ss ever, to destroy the con fidence ot governments in each other and their validity caanot fee questioned.- None of the objects we pro fessed to bo fighting for has been se cured or can be made gwrtain or without this nation ratification ot the treaty snd Its treaty, into tha - covenant. This nation entered the great war to vindicate Its own rights and to protect and preserve free gov- , eminent. It went into the, war t see it through to the end and the end has not yet com. It went into the war to .make an end of militar ism, to , fucnish guarantees to weak nations, and to make a Just and last ing peace. - It ,nsrd it with noble enthusiasms' . rFTve of Ithe , leading . belligerent haVo accepted the treaty and fv ai numcsuou win won be ex! Vrea- - The question Is whets? -.j-ls country 'will enter ana en . ,-. l-neaneaiy. ir uues no d lunitea oiaies ana ur- ay .a lone nana in m j-, lutd en Pigs Twe. i MENTION OFTHIHOTERM SON SMESSAG I i. ... . 4 i
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