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Circumstantial Evidence is !
Shown By Gardner With
Exchange Tape.
tiACHINnTON AnVAMr-Cl
ADVICE CAUSED SAI F 'I
A1V1E WtUOEJJ OALt.j
"7 I . . !
Secretary or Otate Lansing, I
President's Secretary Tu-if
rlty and Tom Lato t
be btar Witnesses rSefore "
Probing Committee Mon-
j
aay -
Washington, Jan. 6. Secretary of
Clnto R nil Art LflnSltlir SJoTtQT-TT tn
oiait 0, --" w iir
the President Joseph Patrick Tumulty j
ami Thomas W. Lawson will be the.
Mar witnesses before i.he""leak"'prot?-
crs at the capitol on Monday. The'f
onnmmPPmfitit of the coming nf
v,1?1l officials of the government was lv
wade late today. Lawson is under 'T
Fubpoeua, but secretary Lau; 'nK and!f
Secn tary Tumulty will appear c: their -
own volition.
Todav s session of the committee onlt
rules was occupied by the presentation ?
of a prepared argument by represcu- "
tative Augustus P. Gardner of Massa-j
chusetts. He accused circumstantial
evidence which he said showed clearly J
that a "leak" had been permitted. The 1
Wall Street beat plungers, Gardner!
declared, had advance information ot
the President's peace note of Decern-;
ber 18 and made use of this informa-!
tion to sell stocks -short in the face of I
a rising market and cover. at stupen
dous profits after the public announce'
mpnt of the President's action was
made. - "
Representative Gardner made no ac
cusations. His argument' took the
ground that circumstances, made .it ap
parent that some . oifer-wtth : ftwide in
formation made the -short commit
ments, enjoyed the toboggan of prices
in the stock list and then in the erratic
market following the bbig decline cov
ered their short sales and garnered
their rich harvest of real m'oney.
"I stand on my statement that there
v. as a "leak", said Representative j waiting.
Gardner at the beginning of his state- There will be no direct answer to
ment. Gardner had come prepared. the entente note rejecting direct com-
he named no names of officials sus- , . . . .
. , . , . . mumcation. in terms which the cen-
pected or of brokers and speculators '
alleged to have been participants injtral powers regard y as too insulting
the bear raid. He had with him sec-; to be overlooked. y
tions from the stock news tickers. Tne wohle subject for the moment
One of these, a short extract, was tim- hag been laid aside to await the en.
od our hours before the Presidents in-, , President Wilson,
tention to dispatch a note was made
public. It read: j The Spanish note to President Wil-
"The renewed selling of the market, son continues to excite interest. A
is due to reports received by brokers report reaches Berlin via Switzerland
private wires from Washington to theuof h0 oti4oh' miniate! of fnreiim
effect that the administration will in
the near future address to the billig
erents some suggestions or proposals
in regard to peace. Nothing definite
is obtainable in administration cir
cles." This statement of Gardner's induced
the committee at once to summon the
Rtite department and the White House
correspondent of the two Wall Street
news service.
Representative Gardner relates the
story of Wall Street's spasm as re
vealed by the Jicker tape citing the
transactions In United States Steel
common as illustrative. He said:
"The beginning of the downward
tendency in th& stock market is first
apparent bbetweenJL2:45 and 1:45 of
December 19th. United States ' Steel
had opened at 10 o'clock at 113 1-4 and
had risen as high as 116 1-8. Between
1 -: 45 and 1:45 a steady decline began
bringing it down from 116 1-8 to as
tow as 109 3-4 between 1:45 and clos
'"g. and closing it at 112.
"On Decembebr 20th it opened at
112 and remained practically station
ary until 12:45. Between 12:45 and
1;45 it dropped from 111 5-8 to 110.
between 1:45 and closing it continued
ts downward course, closing at 108.
Then came the publication of the note.
"On December 21st Mt opened at
dncv until almost noon, rising as high '
" " " I
as IOC 1-4. Between 11:45 and 12:45
a steady dron hpe-an hrimHns? it aa loWi
ds 102. Rptwoon an1 Trvatncr ho
drn continued, touching its lowest
Point at 100 1-8 and closing at 101.
Representative Gardner then - in
formed the committee that his coun
sel, .Tndo-Q txtii i z nir tr rt-- rP
ew York, who was- unavoidably de-
amed by court engagements would be
J? Washingtoh on Monday. Judge
ulcott has prepared a parallel review
the rise and fall Df the rumors in
vashington compared with the course
J e stock market in sympathy with
lhese rumors. ' : .
'his comnarifion ;
said Gardner,
Presents ' ota whfh
X- - wM,
w-yona nPK.H e T-nvPernment officials ana iuointtaF.
the
existence nf Tf ou findVson are tne newspaper iCr"
a
a facie case that there was a.of the Wall Street failles,
ou cannot ikelhe posiUon that Sabin, Wsider of uf
11 do nothing at, all about it unCompany and possibly . Beraard ; M.
'leak
you
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WAR COUNCIL IS ON.
Rome, Jan. 6 With Prime
J111118380 "aly, Bryan-
do of France, and Lloyd-George
t Great Britain, the conference
- of the entente statesmen conyen-
ed at Rme today.
JS t
nearly the whole day. Premier 4
Bose"i- host, presided. No
intimation is given as ,to the
probable 4uration of the confer- 4i
, ence, nor have-" any detaield ac-
counts of the various subjects to
L Y - -
oe aiscussea oeen made Dublic
It is the general opinion here, t
that the conference is a prelude!
to even greater joint efforts by j
ijfnt?f11anf Cl?Ser
tun of all plans of campaign in (
tne The idea that peace L
n -be discussed rather than a
stronSer prosecution. of the war is
not neld-
Tne Havas Agency declares
,1!16 llin grament has
Proelaimed a general holiday in
li0me m honor of the occasion.
.
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1
Attitude of Central Powers is
Watchful Waiting, Says-
Hale,
(By William Bayard Hale.)'
Berlin, via Sayville.) Jan. 6. The
I
attitude of the central powers at the !
present moment with regard to the
question of peace is one of watchful
affairs, Senor Romanos, made the
statement that the sense of the note
was that "Spain desired to reserve to
herself the liberty of action at a mom
ment possibly more opportune."
The statement attributed to Count
Andrassy, the Hungarian conservative
leader, that if the entente desires to
know the terms of the central pow
ers they have only to -ask President
Wilson, who has been secretly inform
ed of them, may be dismissed as ut
terly idle.
No exchange of confidential com
munications of any- kind or sort has
passed between the German and the
United States governments.
Count- Tarnowisky von Tarnow, the
new Austrian ambassador to the Unit
ed States leaves Rotterdam for Am
erica on. January 13
row between Plymouth and Roper, re-
KIDS ARE AMUSED
WITH BEAR YARNS
Washington, Jan. 6. Bear stories
the crawly, creepy kind that made
little folks want to it close to dad
dy's knee and peopled every shadowy
corner with big hungry, grizzlies--
furnished the subject or ii,nos mius
matinee fdr scnooi .-cauqren -at
the
National museum today.
The noted Colorado naturalist ap
peared twice today at sessions of the
National parks conference. His af
ternoon performance ' was exclusively
for children and the devoted himself
to those whose personal acquaintance
he had made during his year of so
journing, in. Uncled Sam's playgrounds.
Tiames of, those who profited by the
'leak' or the names of those responsi
ble for the 'IeakV-71
Other witnesses who may appear on
Monday in addition tQpeiwo gov-
GEHMANY AWAITS
REPLY TO IlLSON
This Next Week is The Week
t That Candidates in The Dis
patch Contest Must Do
Things, If They Expect to
Wni a Prize.
W Sf
THE PRIZES.
$685 Overland Autmobile.
Ford Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
, $100 in Gold. .
$75 Victroja.
$50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$70 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
. Two $60 Diamond Rings.
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Saturday night the second period of
the greatest contest Wilmington has
ever seen will come to an end. The
winners of the two automobiles, the
building lot, and the other prizes will
'probably be determined next week.
This week is going to be "Path Mark
ers" tor the efforts of the public at the
last, when everyone lines up to cast
his or her final vote for whomever
is thought to be the most deserving
By your efforts shall you be known!
For any candidate to sit idly by
and let this next week pass ,without
the effort of her life, is" inconceivable.
If there is a single candidate who I
thinks" that she is just going to blun
der into a prize, she will never be
more mistaken in her life. This is
one of those times when you cannot
blunder. You will have to let your
own actions be the judgeas .to wheth
er you will receive the support of
I
DANIELS FOR JOB
HaJ Strongest and Most Num
erous Endorsements of All
: Southport Candidates.
By George H. Manning;.)
Washington, t). C, Jan. 6. D. O.
Daniels was today recommended for
postmaster at Southport by Congress
man Godwin, to succeed R. S. New
ton,: who resigned ten days ago, after
serving about two years. Daniels,
who is cashier of the Bank of South
port, .won out in a spirited contest
with- Will Davis, J. W. Ruerk and
William Weeks. Daniels had the
strongest and most numerous en
drosement. SEEKS SOIL SURVEY
OF CALDWELL COUNTY
: r (By, George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6. Con-
errfegsman -Doughton has asked the
BY YOUR Wfflm
SHALL lflil BE 101
GODWIN
Agriculture Department to make a soi mts ana aenuncafion; pi vjne irag
survey ot Caldwell .county. -lments
nmie-iifAn hplfevps the survey will be! A third victim had his face almost
made.HeWas advised that the sur-"
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your friends at the supreme moment.
This week is the y?eek that you
must do things. This ; week you must
cinch the victory. This will be the,
week when you must iis every ; ounce
your personality, to line up all the
people, you can on y our side, , or. some- j
taheaa of voui:"r :5" : ' " trA
Take the telephone and call up the
friends who promised to , help you.
It is better, of :courset to see them per
sonally, but if . you cannot, the 'phone
will do. Some of them intended to
help all the time, but just waited to
see how much enterprise you-would
show before the race was . over, and
just how badly you did want, to win.
There isn't a contestant on the list
today, but who can win if she wants
to. If you don!t win, it-will' be your
own fault, for you can't expect your
friends to boost much longer, if you
'don't do all in your power to help
yourself.
- Don't let over-confidence ruin you
this week. You haven't Votes enough.
There are hundreds of . subscriptions
and Votes to be had. If ydii don't be
lieve it, let the contest manager show
you. Better win by a mile, than lose
by a foot.
Each $15 T7orth of subscriptions
turned in this week will give 140,000
extra votes. You will need All of the
big ballots that you can get, so make
the most of every minute until next
Saturday night.
The competition for the diamond
ring ends next Saturday at the same
time as the second period. If you ,
want that sparkler, get in every
lar that you can get before Saturday.
A hint to the "wise should be suffi
cient.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
- BITS IN EXPLOSION
Nitro-glycerine Thought to
Have Been Spilled in Train
Smoking Room.
N Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 6. Two men
were killed another fatally injured and
a score more or less seriously hurt
near here late today when an explo
sion occurred in the "smoker" attach
ed to tne Southern Railway's "Bir
mingham Special," at. Woodland Junc
tion within the limits of this city.
The dead are :
Louis J. Walton, Birmingham; J. D.
Oliver, Birmingham.
Seriously injured:
J. C. Lee, J. D. Russum; Birming
ham ; J ; Shelby and H ; -Pehrner, At
lanta. ; Railroad officials think that one of
the -dead men was . mixihg: nitro glyc
eerine or some other explosive in a
bottle l when1 .he. dropped it: The
two "men. xwere r literally blown into
torn off. The 'Interior of; the car was
MEN
BLOWN
DELAY Iff ENTENTE
fl PEACE REPLY
OE
Change in Note as Result of
U. S. Peace Developments
Is Anticipated.
ANSWER MAY ARRIVE
r FIRST PART OF WEEK.
Effort is Made to Make it Clear
Action Taken Later by U.
S. Will be Based Entirely
on Attitude of Entente.
Washington, Jan. 6. Continued de
lay in the transmission of the,, reply
of the entente powers to President
Wilson's peace note aroused 86me ap
prehension in administration circles
here tonight.
The state department tonight an
nounced that it had secured nd offi
cial information as to when the reply
would be forwarded, but it Was stated
that the text of the note was expected
to reach Washington early next week.
American ambassadors in entente
countries have been confidentially pre
dicting the arrival of the note for at
least four days.
President Wilson and SecFetary
Lansing are somewhat concerned over
the reasons that may have prompted
the delay, in sending the reply, which
advices have stated was completely
prepared several days ago.
' Administration oftlcials tonight
showed some anxiety lest recent peace
developments in this country may
have affected the attitude of the en
m
am
dol-jtente powers toward the President's
peace note. They fear; that the an
nouncement that the President pro-
poses to press vigorously his negotia
tions immediately after the . entente
powers' reply to his first note, may
have caused the delay or may have
resulted in some changes in the docu
ment as originally prepared. They
sought to make it clear today that any
action taken later will be based en
tirely on the attitude of the entente
powers as expressed in the expected
reply.
There was some concern tonight
likewise as to the effect of the en
dorsement of the President's . peace
move by the Senate. The fact, that
the endorsement resolution distinctly
avoided placing the Senate behind the!
President's entire peace program, and
was confined- to an approval of his "re
quest that the belligerents state their
peace terms" was accepted by official
Washington as weakening the Presi
dent's position in European capitols.
The determined opposition sf the Re
publican side of . the Senate was also
interpreted as showing that the legis
lative branch of the government is not
unanimously in favor of the Presi
dent's sweeping peace plans.
Administration leaders in the House
who had planned to s'eek action on an
endorsement resolution in the papu
lar branch of Congress tonight de
cided to abandon the effort. iThey fol
lowed the, advice of. administration
diplomatic advisers who foresaw an
extended debate and strenuous oppo
sition to the measure in the . House,
and a consequence further "weakening
of the President's; positions. . '
State - department- officials, and the
Republic Indignant. She Has
Been Imposed on By "These
Creditors' -
"IT WAS A FRAME-UP,"
SAYS SEN. OVERMAN
Suit For $2,000,000 Bonds is
- Said to Have Been Brought
by Underhand Methods
. of Holders.
(By George H. Manning.)
Washington, Jan. 6. Arrange
ments were made today for the ac
tual withdrawal of Cuba's suit in, the
Supreme Court of the United States,
to collect $2,0'6o,000 from North Caro
lina on the old carpetbag bonds, and
in the Senate Senator Overman laid
bare the underhand methods used by
j the holders of the bonds to collect on
j them through a suit brought by Cuba.
I Attorneys for Cuba notified the
; clerk of the Supreme Court today
that they will be on hand Monday to
formally withdraw the suit. The case
is the second on the docket for Mon
day. -
Attorney-General Bickett, ' Cameron
Morrison, special counsel, and Judge
Manning, arrived today to prepare to
defend the suit on Monday, and being
fully satisfied that the easel will be
withdrawn, left' for home tonight.
Senator Overman was informed by
the Cuban, minister, yesterday that
the Cuban government had decided to
withdraw the suit since it had learn
ed the circumstances under which it
rwas brought, -.
In Senate today . Mr. .Overman ask-
ed that consideration of . bis resolu
tion asking information be indefinite
ly postponed because the resolution
and the debate that occurred - upon it
had s the effect intended, for he now
had been furnished, by Cuba with' all
"i'urtnermore," vki uverman,
am glad" to state that Cuba has Wery
graciously decided to ' withdraw its
suit against North - Caro4ina for $2,-000,000.-
Our istefepio is Very
indignant that she should have been
imposed upon by these creditors. Jt
has been a 'frame up.' I want to com
mend the Cuban minister for the ex
peditious and friendly manner, in
which he handled the case. He read
this resolution and debate in the Con
gressional Record and at once trans
mitted its substance to his govern
ment. In consequence Cuba decided
to withdraw the suit.
"It seems there is in this country
a committee that holds the repudi -
ated bonds on ; wmcn tney nave se
cured these 'frame ups' in order to
get some! States or foreign- govern
ment to pull their chestnuts out oi
the fire either by misrepresentation
or by withholding the facts in regard
to the bonds.
"The republic of Cuba knew noth
ing of the character of these bonds.
They were donated to a charitable in
stitution, which accepted them,, think
ing the bonds were good. Conse
quently a decree was entered order
ing the attorney-general bf Cuba, to
gether with a man named Burnstein,
who represents these bondholders, to
bring suit against Nortn Carolina in
the Supreme Court. That suit was
set for a hearing on next Monday. So
Cuba has acted very quickly to settle
this matter and wishes to express her
indignation at the way she had been
treat fid "
It is believed the publicity that has'
grown out of the filing of the suitbyjfor necessary overtime to e paid fori;
Cuba, will have tne enect 01 making
it extremely difficult to obtain any
other State or country to press the
suit, and the result may be that noth
ing will ever again be heard of the
bonds.
ROTAN BELIEVES LEWIS
KILLED MISS ROBERTS.
PhiladelDhia. Jan. 6. Samuel P.J
Rotan, district attorney of Philadel
phia, declared today that he was con
vinced that Bernard W. Lewis, who
killed himself in Atlantic City Thursr
day night, was the murderer of Grace
Roberts. V. '
a Congressional endorsement of his
peace plan, . and that he was not be
hind the Hitchcock resolution which
precipitated the Senate row. They
were emphatic ln their declaration
that any effort to force a vote on a
similar resolution in the House would
not have the sanction Of the adminis
tration, j
- The administration is looking for
ward with great interest to the arrival
in this country of Count Tarho.wsky,
the new Austrian ambassador, who is
expected soon.- It is believed that he
will carry confidential information as
to the Teutonic peace . attitude, :. which
will materiaUy ' facilitate : the v Presl
Representative Prepares Bill .
After Conference With
President Wilson.
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
PREVIOUS ADJOURNING,;
Provides For Government
Control if Settlement of v
Differences is Not .Made .
By Special Board."
Washington, Jan. 6. A new and
drastic eight-hour railroad law, pro-'
viding compulsory arbitration was ,
introduced in the House just before
adjournment today by Representative
Adamson of Georgia, chairman of the -House
Committee on Interstate Com
merce. The bill incorporates features in
two bills framed by Senator Row
lands, but not yet introduced by him
in the Senate, and also amends the
present Newlands mediation law. It
was introduced in - the House today
because Judge Adamson has become,
weary of the slow progress of rail
road legislation oh its way to the
Senate. The Adamson measure was
prepared after conferences with Pres
ident Wilson, and it is understood to
have at least ; partial administration
support. '
The Adamson bill, while establish
ing a general eight-hour law for rail
road employes, ( provides that em
ployes themselves may work over
time with the specific approval of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Commission is to prescribe alt
exceptions and ' tolerances under the
eight-hour requirements.' In event 'of
the failure of mediation both sidea
must notify the President ' and the
board of mediation. A board of" in-
quiry shall then be created ; by the
L President, which shall ' ascertain . all
facts and within three months ireDort
a recommendation for the settlement ' - f
:Qi-tii0i'OQntroer.r,'?'
Pending tije -flnal report oi Jthis spe :t
cial board of inquiry' it : will! be' unlaw-
fuJL for any one to institute a strike ,
or' lockout. It- strengthens' its g$n
eral provisions by a clause authoriz
ing the President to commandeer ajI
operate the lines of ' common carriers :
in certain emergencies. This provi
sion, according to an explanation 'by
Judge Adamson, would prevent the
blocking of commerce and would
give the President the control of the
roads for military necessity, m otner
words, if the railroads and': employes
and the mediation board and board' ot
inquiry all failed to' straighten out dif-
f- fh.t nri, the irnvern
ment would take over the operation
ot any particular line itself.
The provision for hours of service
would provide: ;
"That it shall be unlawful for an5
common carrier, its officers or agents,.,
subject to this act, to require or per
mit any employe, suhject to this acti
to, be or remain oh duty for a longer
period than eight hours in any period
of twenty-four hours, but such eight
hours service need not be consecu
tive; provided, that the Interstate
Commerce Commission . may,., after
full hearing in a particular case and.
for good cause shown extend the pe:
riod within which: a. common carrier
snail comply with-; the provisions of
this proviso as to such case, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission iSv
authorized t in case of- disagreement
or controversy , on ' the s request of
either party or of any . third person ,
or on its own motion to. prescribe reg
.lafirma or fliioWonca and tolerances i
at.not exceeding the pro rata'Tbt wage
per day." 1 , c
Judge Adamson said that the House
Interstate , Commerce : Committee
would at once begin consideration of
the new measure. -V : , f
DONLIN WILL MANAGE )
1917 MEMPHIS TEAM,
TSTew Vnrk. Jan. -K - Mike. Donlln.
the famous slugger of the Giants , a ,
few years back, signed - a contract to
day to manage the,;Memphis club, of 7
the Southern League., It is a one- -year
contractus Donlln figures, if he , ,
makes a success he will have plenty .. .
of opportunity .next 'fall to grab a t
leader's berth higher , in. the American - .
Association or International League,
The contract calls' for Donlln to ac- V
cept as a player manager. He, will
cover first base. . Although, Donlin's ' ,
'liays as a big leaguer have been spent V
for many a season he should be bW "
to hold his own. in the Southern j
League. ..". v. ' . "' ' f"w
Tom. Watkins, secretary of the l;?V
Memphis club, ' engineered the deal, (
andl he is confident ' that.' Donlin' will
produce- a-first .diyi?l9P -xlub in . Mem- ;
phis. Mike succeeds George Moriar
ity. as pleader, of . the' ;Chcks?' Mori
arity quit the : club last season be-j - :
oaxiak nf lllnefla; knd since then has ,
ipignedTa" an -'umpire "tbejAmerican . !
League.
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some one informs you:L; as to : the.Baruch.
one rmsttmta