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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1920. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN , , m-' PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TOa CITIZEN COMPANT. ASHEVILLE, N. C. V. II BTTRDETTK. . . ..... -....General Manager CHAfl. K. ROBINSON Editor JOB I BAKER.... Managing Editor ORAI GOKHAJd City dltor Entered at the postofflce, Ashevllle, N. C, as second class matter under act of March S, 187. TELEPHONES Business Offloe 10. Editorial Rooms 207 6CTJ.SCIUPTIOX RATES Many congressmen doubt the right of government to punish those who merely by speech urge vlo lence against authority. But while men talk at will it Is unlawful to slander. Men should not be convicted of sedition because they receive liters ture or hear speeches which advocate force, but if they explicitly urge rebellion by force, either in speech or writing, they should be punished. 4 (By Carrier In Ashevllle and Suburb) Daily and Sunday, 1 year, tn advance.... Sally and Sunday, 6 months, In advance... Xfelly and Sunday, 3 months, in advance.... Dally and Sunday, 1 week, in advance $9.00 4.75 2.50 .20 (By Mail In United States.) ' Dally and Sunday, 1 year, in advance $7.00 Daily and Sunday, J months, tn advance.... 2.00 Daily only, 1 year, in advance G OO Dally only, 3 months, in advance ISO .Sunday only, 1 year. In advance 100 MEMBEH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled i to the use for republication of all news dis patches credited to It or not otherwise ored lted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. a Iron, stand We for ' SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE The & KATZ SPECIAL ADVERTISING AGENCY 11-11 East Twenty-sUth street, New York City. z-!6 Harris Trust Building, Chicago, III., and 71J Waldnelm Building, Ksnsas City, Mo. Thursday, Januaiy 22, 1920. What Will Americans Do About It? A letter from an American In London to an - Ashevllle friend says: Pleas tell me what Is happening, really, about the treaty, and what Is the matter with President Wilson. Is America glng ' to stigmatize herself forever and ever, and ' make us all ashamed to go outside pur front ' .. doors because we are Americans? Oh, it all looks too awful! If you know the truth, for goodness sake tell me. , 'There Is little of comfort that may be said In reply,; There is less hop of compromise on the ' ratification of the peace treaty than there was two Weeks before the special session of congress adjourned. As it consequence, America's position In International affairs is uncertain, both as to" political and commercial affairs. The treaty and league are now ht effect, and the United States is subject to the terms Of the league compact al though the republican majority la the senate de niea this country membership. . ' Not only in London but throughout Europe and Asia Keopl are asking; , the same questions about America that are troubling this American in Lon don. Tuesday evening Mrs. Lindsay Patterson brought to Ashevllle people the appeal given to Iter by Serbian to America to, ratify the treaty so that the horrors suffered by that little country In the war may never be repeated anwyhere. Wherever citizens have voted on a straightout Issue of approving the treaty substantially as It was ' written, the American people have rebuked the action of the Lodge majority. Students and faculties In the four quarters of the nation have voted against the Lodge reservations, but Senator Lodge still stands by the opinion expressed by him before the league covenant was completed, that nothing good could come out of the conference oi Versailles. ' , . , In the eyes of the world America has failed. of her duty In a time only less serious than war it self. It Is not an Inspiring record, But if the peo ple really resent the action of their representatives in the senate they will sooner or later have oppor tunity to show the world that the senate does not tepresent America. "What Will Hiram Say?" Senator Hiram Johnson, who recently inquired as to the rules for entering the North Carolina presidential primary, will find in the Tar Heel. pu"bhshed by the students of the University of North Carolina, some indications of qualifications demanded of presidential aspirants. The univer sity voted 719 out of 1,106 in support of the treaty and league without reservations; 226 favored the Hitchcock compromise. The T Heel's leading editorial on "What Will Hiram Say?", written by Thomas Wolfe, is as follows: The university has. voted overwhelmingly on the adoption of the League of Nations covenant without reservations. We have miuuumeciiy orougnt aown upon us the scathing invective of Messrs. .Lodge, orah, and "Hell-Roaring" Hiram Johnson, who comes from the Paciflo coast and should be walking recommendation for Nuxated are un-American. These men Americanism. Americanism. which has become their keynote, is synony mous with provincialism. Growth is an evil thing to them. To be great is criminal. Ex pansion must be altogether within the nar row confines of our boundary lines. It is not American to go outside, to believe our Interests carry us everywhreo. Yet we fought a great war with millions of our young men on a foreign battlefield, we gave the lives of thousands of our finest for the life of the world. What would Mr. Lodge's or Mr. Borah's or Mr. Johnson's "Americanism" think of this? It seems that we have been Un-American all along. And now our university has become un American. For we sent our men to the war (some of them didn't come back), and we have capped the climax by endorsing the covenant. It was a dastardly thing to do. And now we crouch down in our little neck of the woods and hope that Mr. Lodge and Mr. Borah and Hiram won't hear about it. And If they do what will Hiram say, Hiram with his calm temperament and hjs nobly What will he say? VOICE OFPEOPLE. THE MITCHELL MOTOR ROAD. Editor The Citizen: ' While they are buying and planning to operate the Mount Mitchell railroad, for tourists that visit Western North Carolina, I think one of the greatest drawing cards for Ashevllle and Western North Carolina would be an automobile road to Mount Mitchell, via Democrat, Barnardsvllle, and Dilling ham, to the Balsam gap. We will soon have a hard toad to Democrat.,- Prom Democrat to Dill ingham is six miles. From Dillingham to the Balsam gap Is seven miles. From said gap to Mount Mitchell Is nine miles, 22 miles from Demo- ARE THET MARTYRS? Thackeray saw in womankind a class that reminded of the tulip, gor geous, brilliant, dazzling, and King Solomon met this lady in his day and regretted It in his old age when he turned author and. writ books; there Is another class of woman, also seen Ijv Thackeray, that reminds of thef crat to Mount Mitchell. But the best of all, the violet, modest, shrinking, sweet, and road from Balsam gap to Mount Mitchell Is al ready graded, where the railroad has been re moved and not only that, but miles and miles all over those mountains around Mitchell where me rauroad has been taken up. . These old railroad grades can be turned Into motor roads, and it can be made the grandest park in America. Monnt Mitchell Park. I am glad to know that the Ashevllle and Bun combe County Good Roads association ha con ceived that idea, as I see published In the Citizen oi January 10. The auto tourists that visit Western North Caro- on the fears of men, is resolved to Una would soon be doubled In number, when it be- charge the democratic party with all comes known that they could motor to Mount! sorts of socialistic notions. It claims Mitchell, a distance of between 40 and 45 miles' to be the party of law and order. It from Ashevllle. ' proclaims that it has a monopoly of everyDoay put their shoulders to the wheel all the Americanism mere is. n pre and bring this project to a reality at an early date, tends that it alone Is capable of re Yours For Road. ... . J- B- HOWELL. Barnardsvllle, N. C. January 21, 1920. all the poets of all the races of men have proved unequal to the task of singing her praise In adequate mea sure. The republican party Is much of a tulip; the democratic party Is more like the violet. The world war Is finished in the fighting; but social and political conditions the world over arej in rioiuus lumuii, una u win uo before the convulsion works its way to the normal calm that is bound to i come. The republican party, playing THE SCISSORS ROUTE MOUNT MITCHELL. constructing the social and political fabric to the end that tranquility may lake the place of the present world wide turmoil (Raleigh News and Observer.) Mount Mitchell stock is rising. A few evenings ,rr . IVfl H nillMhM fit hlllln... mAn ...... . i.hAKllIar . " J There Is much Is socialism to con demn, and the Anglo-Saxon is not go ing to accept one particle of its in sanitv hut it is douhtful if the re publican congress at Washington, or the republican legislature at Albany. has set about combating socialism in This Victor Berger as 7,a r. .i met " Asnevn.e a socialistic congressman is a fellow .M h.!. th,.irfnJ" "1 h. mountHalnof mighty little consequence; but If lXt ? .pe,n!5 1 J01 t0UrlSt VaveI ftnd a !he Is to bl expelled his eeat every time fftlfln IV si m mint nf tna at rrl nanassn m 4 rv narrii ntt . . restrained speech? goodly amount of the stock necessary to carry out the undertaking was subscribed on the spot. The only objection of moment raised was that sparks rrom the locomotives of the trains to be operated might form a Are hazard to the watershed of the city of Ashevllle, but after discussion the con clusion was reached that this danger was negligi ble in view of the fact that the law now requires locomotives to be supplied with spark arresters and that the territory is well supplied with fire wardens. A short while after the meeting In Ashevllle the Mount Mitchell Park commission met in Greensboro and the plans for the develop ment of the park were financed by Gen. J. S. Carr while plans also were launched for the raising of a fund for the erection of a memorial on the crest of the mountain to Dr. Ellsha Mitchell, AH this must be immensely gratifying to North Carolinians who want to see the state's places of scenic interest completely developed and opened up and also are concerned in suitable recognition being taken of the men who have served the state with unusual fidelity and distinction. ASHEVILLE S TEMPORARY PRESTIGE. A Neglected Institution. Ashevllle has recognized, and with good rea. son, the Y. M. C. A. as an institution for the train ing of boys and young men for Christian cltiis.n. ship. But Ashevllle has too long paid scant at tention to the needs of the Young Women's Chris tian association. The Y. W. C. A. has come to mean for hundr.H. of young women the only home influence they know. For others it supplies training for bn,i mind and spirit. If the Y. M. C. A. I, indispensa ble for the development of manhood, if it has be come the right arm of the church, as Rev Dr McLarty said last Sunday, is the work ci .h V DP- n a i , . - " '" nporiani7 The Perils of h city for boys either friendless or in need of wise guidance is so great that business men do not hes- Jtate over the necessity of providing physical, men. tal and religious instruction in an -Institution that will help "lick the cub of youth into the lion of mannooa. Men and women of this city have postponed long enough provision of material equip ment for the spiritual influence of the T. W. C. A. The . W. C. A. has demonstrated its buafnnu ability In its lunch room for the public and cafe teria for business women. Last year 27,000 meals were served in the cafeteria; 85,000 in the lunch room. The Travelers' Aid has served thousands In various vital ways. i ( Chariot e Observer.) Naturally the North Carolina Good Roads asso ciation selected Ashevllle as the meeting place for Its convention next June. Ashevllle is the hub of good roads and the delegates will receive Inspira tion out of their daily spins over its 123 miles of hard-surfaced highways Ashevllle and, Buncombe have that many miles now and the stretch will have been added to by June. Time was when Charlotte and Mecklenburg county constituted the Mecca for good roads enthusiasts, but that supremacy has been yielded to the mountain city, only for a time however. We believe that in the course of the next two years, Mecklenburg will have regained its former prestige as the home of good roads. It has more mileage in macadam bases to work upon than any other county in the south, and modern application of hard-surface to these macadam bases makes them an enormously profltablo, asset for the county. rrKA tT. ( -. . . ... iuiiiui la too small to accommodate niii trivia M'fthXllf. Yrnn I." . i - j i-ur a gymnasium tne asso ciation is dependent upon such halls as may not ' . . . (be in use. ., Sedition LaWS and liberty. j By , demonstrated "ability to serve young wo- It is one thing to believe that, those who bylmi,nnood aild th cnmn,nlh. , ..r., serves a building in the heart of the city where all Its activities may be carried on under one roof. ever linked with the favorite hand maid of liberty a free press. Ed mund Burke was the man who made the press of England free, and he did It as tho chain Dion of the cause of John Wflks in the British parliament. To illustrate what an infernal scamo Wllks was, a story will suffice. Though ne naa denounced tne king in vituper ative phrases, yet with caDtivatina- ! rhetoric, he had the lmDudenoe to at- (Charlotte Observer.) tend the king's levee some time after The negro race, especially in the south, should he ceased to be of consequence in the rind inspiration in the record of David Dooley. oft"""101 nela- ",a ueorge in greet Anderson, S. C, a negro blacksmith, who died ves- I ed nlm cordially and asked about his teraay. The Associated Press tells in four or uve lines me xact mat mignt Be elaborated into a DAVID DOOLEY. His constituency return him to con gress, he will turn out to be of a heap of consequence. He may become a John Wllks, who played such an elab orate part in British politics the last quarter of the eighteenth century. ' Wilks was a miscreant of all colors and a domagogue of huge proportions. His private life was execrable and his , public life meteoric. Outlawed from all decent society, he was a leading member of that saturnalia corrf"tly. named "the Hellflre Club." As editor of a depraved periodical he was au thor of preachments that shocked the I most dissolute of even that dissolute age. He plunged into politics and; was chosen a member of the British i house of commons and was promptly i expelled. He was repeatedly re-: elected and as repeatedly expelled.; 'His friends constituted him roaryr. j and their party cry was, "Wilks and! Liberty." Finally the commons gave his seat to the man who was hlsj beaten competitor at the polls; but that did not rid them of Wilks; he stuck to them like a leech. He was wounded In a duel and had to flee to France to escape prosecution for libel; but he was again returned, was again elected to parlliament and was given his seat, after which he sank to his proper level. And by tho folly of his adversaries.! this man, as infamous in character: as he was brilliant of parts, is for-1 Speech or writing advocate insurrection, should be punished by law, but it Is another thing to enact laws which make It possible to punish by imprison ment or death men who may never have intended rebellion against the government . The sedition laws now before congress, In some A Constructive Step In Madison. County Farm Agent Bowditch, of Madison f their provisions-and in machinery of enforce-, county, is undertaking constructive work in seek- ment, are likely to become Instruments of oppres-ilnB bring farmers and other business men Into slott ss ruthless as the police system under the,c,0er relationship. The organization which is Russian czars. .. If we understand these proposed statutes, that man is guilty of sedition who takes part in a riot of any kind If he acted with Intent to overthrow the government, If the riot results in death of any person, the suspect would forfeit his own life as a traitor. Under such a law men innocent of sedition ma? j be put to death if witnesses can be found voltrme highly inspirational to the younger gen eraiion or coiorea people. "Humble and highly respected citizen." Thus he Is briefly described in the press dispatch herald ed over several states by wire. But these five words speak volume?. Laboring continuously for more than 40 years as a blacksmith, Dooley had accumulated a fortune conservatively estimated at $106,000. These facts also speak volumes. Dooley was a negro of the type that la an asset to the community in which he lives. Negroes of the Dooley type are a big asset to the south. He had character and was industrious. He attended to his own business and did It well. He caused no trouble or friction of disturbance in his community. He was not of the type of negro ever to cause friction or feeling between the races. He was "highly re spected" by the white people of Anderson, and we may safely presume that he was as highly re spected by the colored people of his community. And Dooley was rewarded for his work .and exemplary conduct. In point of worldly goods he was Independent. He had to ask favors of no man. Not only in point of Influence and character was he an ase:- to his community, but also in that he was a substantial citizen and taxpayer. J And we may presume that he was happy and j contented. We could not Conceive of Dooley be- coming dissatisfied with conditions In the south to : the extent that he would for a moment think serl-1 ously of pulling up stakes, turning his back on former warm friend and partisan. Sergeant Ulyn, an eminent counselor at law. to which Wilks brazenly, re plied,1 "He is no friend of mine. He Is a vile Wilkite, something I never was." It was the refusal of a seat to which a constituency had returned him that made Wilks as promient as he was notorious in the political field of England for at least a dozen years, and let US' hope that this man Berger may prove unable to play the part in our politics Wilks played in England. Let him think what he chooses. Don't nfake a martyr of him. The New Tork legislature has ex pelled five of its members for what they believe. That will only increase their influence and strengthen their standing among their constituents, and New York will be fortunate if at the next election a dozen like them are not returned to the legislature. They order it better In Ensrland. Scarcely a Sabbath day passes that immense crowds do not assemble in Hyde Park where crators spout trea son Dy tne Hour, denounce the govern ment in terms the most vituperative and the most emphatic, but it stops at lam. i ney nave let off steam and go aooui meir usual avocations content now Deing formed in Madison will afford farmers better opportunity to learn market and general financial conditions, whlje the merchants, bank ers and professional men will learn more of the problems of rural life, and especially the dlffl cuHIes which confront the agriculturist. Few counties In the state have richer soil or j better grazing lands. Originally none had finer who T v,v"'a o ir cr ui gooa roaaa fl ml til n r . UIwiaI rumunu linn 4 jm wttild testify that he' was known to hold revelu- j " , ""' """"" orniea mis , . . , , . , , . , .mountainous county in the past decade and the tionary doctrines and was suspected of designs, ' v OL """ue. ana me to overthrow the government. There would beMad,BO'1 cu" aie " er for more progress. n,nrh .lanr in h Interpretation of Intent C-P"atIon Is a hard-worked word, but what it i . . , . . . . jslgnifies is manifesting itself among tho non1 nri alow as Jurors are to Dresume auilt In the absence " People ot i of clear evidence. The fact that the American Madi8on wlth re8Ulta that n'ust b gratifying jury is inclined to err on the side of Justice as wellij CUn'y 8 th,y re 8,imuIatiK ,0 igh as mercy is not sufficient reason for placing inno cent citizens or aliens in Jeopardy of life or lib- erty. I , An Interesting Career. une leaas now ana then of young men who his neighbors and friends, w hite and colored, and ; ed. Rut let one of those chaps do" going to tho north or elsewhere to live and under take to better himself among strangers and amidst Inhospitable surroundings. Of course it is not possible for every negro, no matter how exemplary his character, no matter how industrious and energetic and thrifty he might be, to aro-3 a fortune of $100,000. But the Dooley policy, if adopted by the negroes of the south gen erally, would result in thousands of them being far better off financially than they are, in the course of a few years. Many of them have demonstrated the fact. Some of them are to bo found in almost every soutnern community. But, even though the great majority of them may not be able to accumulate a fortune in dollars and cents, most of them can create for themselves a really greater fortune than money, m making of themselves good citizens.! worthy of the respect of white and colored. ! Humeinmg treasonaoie ana m a mo ment he is arrested and on trial punished for hi a act. .nei is an jiingusn policy our country should adopt and adhere to Washington, January 16. Daily Reminder "IX THE DAY'S NEWS. BELGIUM SETS EXAMPLE. .. Accord! nc tn these sedition laws now under dis. cusaion, an ignorant alien or a citizen of known tart the,r ca,ee' " resources but energy radical tendencies might suffer death us the pen-!a"d h0nesty' w no make brilliant success from lty of wearing a badge or button which was thei8"18'1 beelnninCs- Weaver college the other night emblem or an organization thit advocat,..! vi,,!,,.-. had the V"" and honor of entertaining an In changing the form of government, althouch ! "Iuninup who because he had "always done with j Belgium, which was literally stripped of even ordl k. rt.r,in (chf v.n,.j , , might what his hands found to doserved his coun- nr'r domestic fixtures. et Belgmnt to producing V ' " '"Itrv neatlv in the rrii f Ur 80 percent of pre-war coal tonnage, of whlchmuch as a political weapon and may never hav com- mltted an overt act of violence in his life. Crime U Edward dinner left Weavervllle college (as u was men) with tho determination of doing (Tampa Tribune.) Does Belgian efficiency and recuperative power so far excel that of France and other nations that one is comparatively reconstructed while the others still, flounder, or is tho explanation in a lesser con cern over politics and militaristic pride in Belgium? Whatever the reason the difference between Bel gium"s rehabilitation and in most other Kur.opean countries continued industrial prostration is too striking to be ignored. Not even France can claim to have suffered more from German occupation, since Belgium was In vaded first and destruction by the enemy maintain ed to the last day. French industrial equipment was destroyed and carried away, but so was that of must be made more nerHonal than these l urn pose If Anglo-Saxon ideals of Justice are not to be BomethlnS in the worlJ- saw the possibilities of w.c tinu nr in me nortnwest. When war came he was head of a great shipbuilding concern. The government called for more ships. Skinner's lieutenants reported that they were unable to buy them a surplus. "We'll build them," said Skinner. And some of the world's shipbuilding records were smashed In the months that followed. The motto In the Skinner yards was "Play Fair," and the men followed their chiefs slogan in letter and spirit. Mr. Skinner's executive and financial ability. thrown overboard. v These laws give to the postmaster-general Power to open letters and' bar from the mails any written or printed matter which he may believe advocates sedition, and under the house bill there Is no court or other body to review his decision. ' Such laws are not compatible with liberty. The right of free speech ought not to Include the right to Incite to the use of force against government. ui uiese measure would substitute tyranny for.hia roirarri fr h,.n -..h,. t.,- ..... unrestraint llh.M a -,...1.. .. I " -"wrwanajng . . I. rvis me eviisior men make an Interesting story of a man who 22 no abus?Tr ' " V IT Wh " by keeping ,1HJ hand, that no abuse of free speech ehould be curbed, j.nd hitting the line hard. goes to France, has restored the glass industry and is aoie to suppiysiructurai steel Xor trench coal mines and rails for French railroads. Amoat all the industries have been revived, some to greater extent than others, while in some the restoration is almost to the normal point. in northern , France, on the contrary, there is Ellis Loring Dresel, who has been, utimgnaiea uy me state department at ; Washington to be United States com i missioner. at Berlin, is well qualified ! for the post, having served for a time o special counsel 10 me emoassy on the staff of Ambassador Gerard. Mr. Dresel is a native of Boston and a graduate of Harvard- university. After leaving the university in 1J87 he traveled abroad for some time and upon his return entered the Harvard Law school, where he received the de gree ot LL. B. in 1882. In his new! post Commissioner Dresel will be ex-j pected to keep the state department1 advised In regards to all important j political and other developments in! the German capital. He will also be 1 in a position to render assistance to American manufacturers and export ers desirous or renewing their busi ness relations with Germany. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. 1823 Mary McCauley (Molly Pitcher) a heroine of the American re volution, died at Carlisle, Pa. Rorn thor rwnhar 11 1711 little improvement over the conditions at the end-jlS67 Charles J. Kean. famous sctor me ui iiuoiimiro. jcauib plains, wnicn HURBrea most, are barely operating, some not at all, while Industrial works in other lines are doing little or nothing. Perhaps the real explanation is that little Belgium, with her densely crowded population had no time to waste on politics once fla-htin ended. Belgium had no advantages over the other countries except pernaps, serious inclination to get back to work. NOTBXVG COtXD BE CLEARER. (New York Tribune.) The Tribune is of the mind of Job Hedges namely, that the five (socialist assemblymen) should be excluded If thev should fee. and ahnuld not be IX they should not be. died In London. Born at Wa terford. Ire., January 11, 1811. 1870 George D. Prentice, famous Journalist and humorous Writer, died at Louisville. Born at -Preston, Conn., December, 18, 1802. 1888 Centenary of the birth of Lord Byron celebrated Int England. 1 S 95 A national convention of manu facturers met at Cincinnati. 1801 Victoria. Queen of Great Bri tain and Ireland, and empress of India, died at Osborne, Isle of Wight. BoroT at Kensington, May 24. 1816. 1966 Steamer Valencia w reeked off Houses Born Down and FURNITURE BURNS UP Hope soars high when life is full of joy, but when a fire burns down a home where insurance was neglected, it takes all the hope out of a man. Be on the safe idew-get in touch with our insurance de partment and let them explain our policies. P. C. BLACKMAN, Mgr. Insurance Department Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Capital and Surplus $2,000,000 Member Federal Reserve System GOOD ADVICE FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN "Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest vir tues; it begins with saving money." JOHN WESLEY "Make all you can; save all you can, and give all you can." SIR THOMAS LIPTON "The true ecret of SUCCESS is thrift and principally as applied to saving." AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN ASHEVILLE 4 on Sayings and Certificates of Deposit Travelers' Cheques and Foreign Exchange Issued SPECIAL SEA GULL CARPET SWEEPER $1.55 TODAY ONLY e 2S BROADWAY PHONES 3586 AMB 2M7 FOUR DOOR SEDAN OMrisad4Sed9D The sensation of the season. Never before has a Sedan been so beautifully finished. ' small OVERIj-ASHEVILLE sales COMPANY 12-16 E. Walnut Phone 2967 Vancouver Island, with loss of 126 lives. 1617 Supreme eourt of the United 8tatea upheld the constitution ality of the "blue'ssy" laws in Ohio. Michigan, and South Dakota. OXE TEAR AGO TODAY IX THE WAR. Allies through Supreme council pro posed to all Russian factions to. dis cuss peace. Reports or attack ojr aoisnevixi on American position In Northern Rus sian front TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. Joshua W. Alexander, the new eee- retarr of commerce of the united States, born In Cincinnati, 68 years ago today. William II. Finley. president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company, born at Delaware City, Del., 68 years ago today. . Terence V. Powderiy, former head of the Knights of Labor, born at Carbondale, Pa., 71 years ago today. Chase B. Osborn, former governor of Michigan, born in Huntington ' County, Ind., 60 years ago today. Amos A. BtrnnK, outfielder of the Philadelphia 'American league base ball team, born In Philadelphia, Jl , years ago today. The road of thrift is the road to contentment, to freedom, and to suc cess. It Is open to all; it Is open to you.' . - : '