WANT ADS. Page Seven 1 1 WlilTllKR GLOUDY a1 VOL. 26, No. 82. FAILURE OF APPROPRIATION BILL TO PASS MAY BRING ABOUT THE RETURN OF RAILROADS TO OWNERS IN APRIL L! But Republicans Reckoned With out the Mettle of Woodrow When They Sought to Force Him to Call Extra Session of Congress Soon. CALL SESSION WHEN HE RETURNS FROM FRANCE Filibuster Grew Out of Control, ; Even the Republican Leaders Being Unable to Stop It to j Permit Passage of Favored j Legislation. Washington. March 4. (By 0 Associated Press.) Congress ad journed, at noon today in the midst of a Republican filibuster f in the . senate that killed a long list toF important measures. Among the bills that failed was one appropriating $750,000,000 for the railroad administration, without which some administra tion leaders say, the railroads j . U. ,,,,1 K-i owners i lltUOl aWfcS-V V j before the middle of April. There was no turning back oTT clocks. Democratic leaders real ized the situation was hopeless and the gavels ending the long great war session and the 65 th Congress actually tapped at noon. Just before adjournment Pres ident Wilson in his capitol office authorized final notice to the Re publicans that their efforts to force an immediate extra session of Congress had failed; that he was unshaken in his determination not to call Congress until bis work at the peace conference was done. Adjournment marks the pass ing of Democratic control at the capitol. Tre Congress that pass ed a tnoon began in April, 1 9 1 7, with the war declaration against Germany and its almost constant session has been marked by un precedented legislation and con troversy ' Big bills that failed Include both the army and navy appropriation measures. Only two important meas- " nres to run the gauntlet of the last 48 hours of the 'filibuster were" the Victory Liberty loan and the billionn dollar wheat guarantee bill., , . . Congress went Into the final hours of Its long war session today with the Republican filibuster; against , general legislation completely oul of control and with leaders of both sides conceding that the general de ficiency bill with $70,000,000 for the railroad administration would fall In the face of unrelenting ob struction by small -.H Republican .' groups. Vv"V1 1''.'': S ' y Some spokesmen of the adminis tration said the failure of this meas ure necessarily ; would mean almost " Immediate return of the railroads to their owners because the government fmild not retain and finance them without the appropriation. 4. By the middle of April, it was said, the railroad . administration's ' present funds would be exhausted and only an extra : session before them could make it possible to BolT- " tinue" government "oporaUoiOf'rnrr roadH pending remedial leglslal Ion which nil IntoHwts have nrned. There still was hope among the U N IS n NKMIIIM Aire Fil MANY NOMINATIONS ARW HEM) VP BY SENATE Washington, March 4, Ina bility to secure an executive Kcxtiion of the wnate Ikm-hum of the Republican filibuster cause failure of scores of nom ination, including those of A. Mitrhell Palmer to be at torney general; t'ompt roller of tlie Currency Williams, Norman Hapgoiwl to he Ameri can minister to Denmark, 'llrigariicr General Robert E. Noble to be major general of the army medical corps, and of ninny federal Judge, at torneys, postmasters and other official. Recess nominations, will be made. Republicans that President Wilson could be forced to call the new Con gress soon, but after a conference early today between the President and Democratic Leader Martin 1t was stated Mr. Wilson reiterated his determination to have no extra session before his return from France. While the white house conference wns in progress, Senator Sherman, of Illinois. Rllepublican, was on the i floor of the senate announcing that the speech he began at 7:30 this morning woul ho continued until ad- journment if necessary to deficiency measure. kill the Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Republican leader, and others who usually direct the movements on the Republican side of the house, were represented as desiring to sec the railroad appropriation made but were unable to check the filibuster which originally started against the big general appropriations bills which have failed. President Wilson arranged to go to the capitol at 11 o'clock to sign measures that might get through. He was prepared to go direct from his capitol office to the station to take the train for New York on his return to France. Just before the President left the white house the statement of his final determination not to let the failure of important bills to change his decision against an early extra session was officially con firmed. II E New York, March - 4. The strike Ot 16,000 boatmen of New York har bor halted last January at the cabled request-of President Wilson was re sumed at 6 a. m. today and at that hour shipping virtually was at ; standstill according to statements by onion officials. - . The strike was ordered yesterday by the executive council of the nis rlne workers affiliation after a week of negotiations over the terms ot the award made by the umpire for the war labor board. The strikers de m and ware Increases averaging 30 per cent and an 8-hour day. . Wants .Han Fleet Now. Copenhagen,. March 4. Marshal Koch has demanded immediate de livery of the German mercantile fleet without retard as to Question of rood i: supplies, according to a dia patch from Weimar, where the Ger man national assembly Is in session Washington, March 4. Presl dent Wilson today signed the wheat tgUiTraiitecHinrurrytng&n' lippfo priatlon of $1,000,000,000 to main tain the guaranteed price of $2.26 a bushel. HARBOR ORKERS HEWN Bllft SI I HIGH POINT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ayd By FEUS IT HIS DUTY President Issues Formal Statement to the "Group of Men in the Senate Who Have Deliber ately Chosen to Embarrass Railroad Lines" HOPES THEY WILL BEAR RESPONSIBILITY OF IT Passes Along the Suggestion That Those Who Prevented the Pas sage of Important Legislation Will Take Blame for Im paired Effciency. Washington, March 4. Upon the adjournment of Congress today with mportant legislation killed by Re publican semrtatrbusfef ,'' President Wilson issued a statement declaring that a group of men In the senate iave deliberately chosen to embar- ass the administration of the gov ernment and to Imperil the finan cial interest of the railroad systems of the country." The President's statement fol lows: "A group of men in the sen ate have deliberately chosen to embarrass tho ailmlniwtiiUiou of the government; to imperil the financial interests of tho railroad systems of the country and to make arbitrary use of powers intended to be employ ployed In the interest of the people. "It Is plainly my present duty to attend the peace con ference In Paris. It is also my duty to be In close contact with1 the . public business during ft MMfcion of Congress. I ' mustf take my choice between these two duties and I confidently hope the people of the country will think I am making y the right choice. It is not itf the Interest of the right conduct of public affairs that ' I should call the Congress In special ses sion while it isipsible for me to be in Washington, be cause of the more pressing duty elsewhere, 'fa cooperate with the houses. , "I take It fq grunted that the men who y4iave '.obsttructe : and prevented the passage of - necewsary Wulation. have k J ' en all ;.thtsln.toV-'wwi8lderatlon .i an are willing to ' assume V the reponIJdlity of the impaired i efficiency- of the government' and the embarrawwd finances of the country during the time of my enforced absence." Republican Leader Lodge declined to comment on the President's state ment,' He declared, however, that three fourths of the Republicans sin cerely' deplored the failure of the railroad appropriation. The tew Re publicans who insisted upon filibus tering to defeat the bill, it was said, were "beyond control," telling the leaders that their action was person al and not a party affair. Governors At It. 'Washington, March 4. A clash between Governor Edge of New Jer sey and Governor Cox of Ohio de veloped today at the conference of mayors and governors after an at tack by Governor Edge on the gov- rrrttnenfir Ttolicjrof ""trying te-do-tee-t' much for the people." Governor Cox snld the government'' was not doing enough. flEW CHAIRMAN OF ; DEM'S ORGAMZAilO' , r JtttVL . XV ) : v. to. -.v.. .f LOMER 5. CUHMINGS. This is a snapshot of the new i Democratic national chairman taken Just after he was made com finander cf his party's campatsn .rgaciiatioa. It is bis latest pic .Ur.. , ,1 Last Steps Towariit Lfttjnhiog Chamber of Commerce on Its Active Career Taken at Meet ing Saturday Night A quorum of the directors of the lumber of commerce met in called session on Saturday night at the Commercial club; The meeting was ailed to order by President Farriss, after which Secretary Massey brought various matters to the at tention of the directors. He was uithorlzed to proceed with the fit- ing ot the office, employment of nec ssary assistants, and other prelim nary steps. - -- Having disposed of these impor tant business matters, the meeting resolved itself into one for discuss- n g the general welfare of High Point. No star-gazing or alr-castle-building was Indulged In, but the directors, having turned their atten tion to the possibilities ' of High Point, soon became enthusiastic over its future. While many of the plans discussed were adopted . tentatively, it is believed that when they are brought before the body as a whole they will receive Its cordial endorse ment. It was-thought best by the direc tors not to give too great publicity f.o these plans at the present time; but it is understood that Secretary Massey urged action upon the roads, and closer relations with the farm ers, especially the tobacco growers. These matters struck a responsive chord, for it developed that every man " presnet was ' Jnst waiting for an oportunlty to talk on the subject. While the city of High Point Is of course a manufacturing city, with tremendous nossibillties alone that line, at the same time every com munity is one-sided that does not have cooperation of the agricultural interests. The band, city park, Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., and public library each received their share of favorable dis cussion, It Is learned, the first two being especially favored by the sen retary who Is a great believer in a band as a town booster.' He also regards a park as the "lungs ot the city," and hopes to" see band concerts several afternoons a week, as the weather becomes more settled. In this connection he is anxious to get; in touch with the members of the band, especially the leader. The meeting adjourned at a late hour, each one present feeling that a forward step had been taken on tne pari or Hign row.; impressions wore numerous 1 V . &K I WL CHAMBER IS Ni VERM ous that tne cuamDer na(jj en permitted to wed bright man,", and that,.' found the -."right (Continued on Pago Five). MARCH 4, 1919: JflINT V TRY, AT ROAD BILL Committee Composed of House and Senate' Members of Gen eral Assembly to Get Togeth er Tonight in Effort to Get Bill for Passage. WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FOR SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT Some Little Argument Arises During the Selection of About 40 Members of the Board of Trustees of the University Buncombe Wants Member. ( Ity V. T. HOST.) Raleigh, March 4. llouse and senate this morning busied them selves with the passage of bills pro vlidng for local bond Issues for roads, schools and the like. The house did not tackle the problem of feeral aid again but left the Redwtne bill, which for the time has displaced the Stacy and Mu1l-McColn road bills for tonight's special order. A joint committee from house and senate will attempt to. write a bill and com pose the. fymsxfiwftty In viewpoint. Municipal suffrage thus '"'deferred by road legislation is set for Wed nesday night with the women quite hopeful of Its passage. The commute eon university trus tees reported to a Joint session which elected members of the board to fill 0uncement was made at .the sol some 40 vacancies. Coward, seia-Lii.r. h .nrtmi. .m.n .i M,.n. or from Jackson, objected to the loss ot one trustee by the tenth dis trict and moved the substitution ot an Asheville alumnus for a Gaston, hut failed. Senator Connor, of Wil son, did not fight the retirement withqut notification of the. Wilson county trustee, bu also failed to make his point. The Price cotton warehouse bill which had passed the senate passed in the house on second reading. SWAP rtOLSHEVlK PRISONER FOR lT. S. COXSt'L FREDWELL Washington, March 4. -The Brit ish government has asked the gov ernment of India to release a Rus sian Bolshevik prisoner now held In Persia In exchange for United States Consul Tredwell, who has been held prisoner by the Bolshe vik officials at Tashkend, Turkestan, for several months. Mrs. W. A. Woods, of Charlotte, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Massey on Ray street. SAMUEL PUGH BENNER, LOCAL AGENT OF EXPRESS COMPANY, CHARGED WITH, BIGAMY-FORMER WIFE FILES CHARGE Samuel Pugh Bonner, agent of the Southern Express company here, is today under bond of $1,500 to In sure his appearance in municipal court Wednesday morning to answer to a charge of bigamy The charge ts preferred by Mrs. C. Banner, who claims to be his wife, and her daugh- ter, claiming him as her father, Mrs. H. B. Buck, both of Philadelphia. Mr. Benner was arrested late Mon day by local police authorities who named the bond, given by J. D. Tay lor, father of the present Mrs. Ben ner and the one who has been living here with the express company's rep resentatlve.,, , Mrs. Benner, an intelligent ap pearing woman, and her daughter ar rived in the city yesterday. The agent Is said to have admitted that he married her years ago but that he his present wife. Mrs. Denner came from Phlladd- FesiKDieMii SPARTACANS L General Strike Aimed at Over throw of German Government and Ascendancy of . Sparta cides to Power Has Been Ordered by Leaders. STATE OF SEIGE IS NOW DECLARED ABOUT BERLIN Minister of War Noske Assumed Executive Powers in Order to Deal With the Uprising Spartacans to Avoid Fight ing in the Streets. lierlin, Monday, March 3. (Byj Associated Press). The national Spartacus league of the greater Ber lin communist organizations has is sued an appeal for an immediate genreal strike and the overthrow of the national assembly and the pres ent republic. The organizations instructed their followers to assemble at the facto ries to prevent work and directs them to avoid street demonstrations in order that the government my have no oportunity to crush the movement by force. Meetings were being held at 10:30 o'clock today at various factories for the purpose of deciding whether to respond to the appeals. . , , '-. . , rr-,W " Iluvarilt in for Trouble. Paris, March 3. -Bavarian troops opposed to the radical government in Munich are marching on that city ac-f cordine to a disnatch from Enrich . - ----- - - - - - to the Petit Parislenne. This an-1 ten. Strike Is On. Copenhagen, March 4. The Prus-! nian government has declared a state of sefge in the police district of Berlin, Spanday and other su burbs of Berlin "to protect the bulk of the working people from famine and the terrors of the minority." Minister of War Noske, a dispatch, from Berlin says, has assumed exe- cutive powers. Crowds forced their way into the various police stations of Berlin Mon day night, disarming the police and cutting the telephone wires, ac cording to a telegram from Berlin. The proposal of the Spartacans to declare a general strike was adopt ed by the workers councils of Ber lin late Sunday night after a stormy meeting by a fair majority says a dispatch received here from the Ger man capital. The independent so cialists supported the Spartacans while the majority soclelists and democrats united in opposition. , phia with her marriage certificate an(1 oUle,. credeIlliais t0 RUp)0rt her : claims. She positively ! j(lenlles i Benner as the mun she wed a num- j er of years ago and as the man she (has been tracing and trailing for. .some little time Recently The Enterprise carried a story concerning a request received ' by Mayor Stanton from Mrs. Buck! for information concerning her fath- er, Samuel Pugh Benner. Mayor, Stanton passed the request on to Mr. penner who Is said to have positive ly denied any knowledge of Mrs. Buck In fact had never heard of her. 10 1 CQNTttO His admission yesterday, upon being i his claims to the satisfaction of th confronted is said by the authorities court Wednesday morning. The to have been different in that he had I agent ha Impressed observer as on secured a divorce. .'" who minded bis own business and' Mr. Benner is apparently about 45istuck close to his knitting since second term of residence in HigbllHtics have added to the . , ,T.. i.4 . ..... , Point, It is claimed. - He lived here a number of years ago, some citizens FIVE CENTS. r. With a Final Tap of the Gavels of Speaker Clark and Vice President Marshall the Stu pendous Session of Con gress Adjourns. ADDRESSES OF PRESIDENT FEATURE OF THE SESSION President Woodrow Wilson Dur ing Past Session Many Times Came Before the Legislative A Body Urging That Certain Actions Be Taken. , Washington, Mar. 4. The sixty fifth or great war Congress passed into history today with final taps of the gavel by Vice-President Mar shall and Speaker Clark at noon. Failure of scores of Important bills gave promise of convening tm medi ately after the second return jf President Wilson from France for reconstruction legislation of the new Congress in extraordinary session, in which control passes from thei democratic party to the republicans. Unusual scenes of confusion ,in the final rush to complete its work accompanied the closing hours of Congress, In which President Wil son. Just back from France in his room oft the senate chamber, hastlr ly signed many .last-moment,, meas ures. , . Stunendons waa th rarnrA nf that Congre8g whjc- carrJed the naUon ,nt0 and tnrough tne war nd whc. ... . nau. oeen in almost conntinuous sea-, sion since It was called by Presi- dent Wilson into extraordinary ses sion April 2, 1917, to declare war against Germany. It appropriated about 160,000,000,000, authorized $25,000,000,000 in bonds, and en acted countless measures for prose cuting the war and of domestic im port. The new Congress will take up the limitless task of reconstruc-' tion problems, ratification of the peace treaty and other vital ques tions, probably immediately after the return of President Wilson from his second visit to France. Special features of the Sixty-fifth Congress were many addresses by President Wilson, including those recommending war with Germany and Austria, that of Jan. 8, 1917, enunciating his famous fourteen principles of peace, and those en dorsing woman suffrage, announcing the armistice terms imposed upon Germany last November. There were three sessions of the Congress. The first, extra session met April 2, 1917, following shart- (Continued on Page 5.) state, and then was absent for sever al years. He succeeded Mr. Yost as i manager of the express compuuy'ii I local omce. , I The two women, Mrs. Henner and , Mrs Uuck are certaln that ,ey havi) made no mistake In any detail of their charges. That Benner is bus- band and father the two women ore firm In contending that they bar been trailing him for some time but only recently being successful Is an- other contention that will be Intro- duced as evidence. Bonner Is ret'-' cient concerning the serious , charge made against him and friends assert that he will be able to substantiate COHGRESSADJOURNS AfTFR RECORD TERM cbanicttr-.. number of liltr (Att,tdi mh4 Mil nAft aril in tr i of trial.

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