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JL HE
USTICE BAILEV
GRANTS INJUNCT'N
RESTRAINING THE SALE
OF THIRTY FORMER GER
, MAN PASSENGER VES
, SELS ON THE APPLICA
, TION OF WILLIAM RAN
ROLPH HEARST MADE
LAST SATURDAY. JUS
! TICE FINDS AUTHORITY
i NOT VESTED WITH SHIP
PING BOARD.
"Washington, Feb. 19. Chairman
Payne, of the Shippinbg Board an-
nouaced today that he would appeal
to the Deparament of Justice
agaiast the temporary restraining
orden against the sale of the ships.
In the meantime he expected Mr.
Bearst to give sufficient bond to pro
tect the board and the country from
loss on account of the delay in dis
posing of the ships, and they were
standing idle.
Washington, Feb. 19 A tempor
ary injunction to prevent the sale of
the thirty former German passenger
liners which were offered by the
shipping board was granted today by
Associate Justice Bailey of the Dis
trict Court of the District of Co-1
lumbia. Justice Bailey, after a com
plete study of the situation announc
ed that the statutes did not show
any authority on the part of Con
gress to place with the President or
the shipping board the permission to
sell the ships without its consent.
Appication for the injunction was
made last Saturday by William
Randolph Hearst, to prevent the sale
of the ships at the time they were
offered by the Shipping board.
Germany Negotiates With Soviet
Goveriment For Exchange of
Prisoners.
Berlin, Feb. 19. Agreement to ne
gotiate with the Soviet gover-iment
for the evchange of Russian prison
era of war have been reached ac
cording to newspapere published
here.
Faneral of Mr. A. D. McGowan
The funeral services over the re
tnaims of Mr. A. D. McGowan at 11
o'clock today from the residence
were particularly appropriate and
impressive.
The services at the residence were
conducted by his pastor, Rev. I. N.
Mercer, assisted by the following,
Reverends C. J. Harrell of the Meth
odst church, this city, W. A. Stan
bury of Grace Street Methodist
church, Wilmington, W. C. Richard
son of the Five Points Baptist church
this city.
A choir composed of Mrs. R. P.
Watson, Mrs. H. G. Whitehead, Miss
Lucille Magette, and Messrs. B. H.
Wimborne, A. T. Strickland, S. W.
Anderson, and C. P. Duke sang
"Nearer My God to Thee."
The services at the grave were
conducted by Mt. Lebanon Lodge No.
117 A. F. & A. M., under the direc
tion of Master O. A. Glover, with an
escort of Knights Templars, Rev.
Morrison Bethea officiating.
The pall bearers were as follows:
Tomnlar Pallbearers Active
F. N. Bridgers, M. Saliba, A. N. Dan
iel, S. A. Mobley, A. L. Lancaster,
J. L. Lawshe, H. F. Barnes, Calvin
Woodard, W. D. Hyman.
Honorary Pallberaers T. F. Pet
tus, R. A. Turlington, G. W. Grady,
J. A. Sikes, C. E. Blount, J. M.
Daniel, J. B. Barnes, J. F. Bruton,
W. B. Warren, W. M. Farmer, S. G
Mewborn, H. D. Bateman, W. A.
Finch, A. T. Harper, K. H. Watson,
W. D. Hackney, E. R. Oettinger,
Doane Herring, Dr. B. S. Herring, F.
D. Swindell, T. J. Hackney, E. A
Bishop, H. O. Little.
Mrs. Julius Webb Better.
Mrs. Julius Webb, who was shot
by iher husband yesterday, is bet
ter today, and is considered out of
danger.
UNITED STATES
IS REPRESENTS
At Paris and Reviews Acts of
the Supreme Council in
London Disclosed
BY ADRIATIC INCIDENT
Washington, Feb. 19. President
Wilson today began dictating his re
ply to the Allied Supreme Council's
note on the Adriatic situation and
hopes to be able to have it finished
and ready to be transmitted today
or tomorrow. There was no intima
tion at the White House as to the
tenor of President Wilson's reply.
Washington, Feb. 18. President
Wilson's note to the allied supreme
council regarding the Adriatic ques
tion which caused something of a
stir in this, as well as the allied coun
tries, apanently has served to re
open the whole subject of negotia
tion.
The supreme council's reply was
received today at the State depart-
nient, but wis withheld. London ad
vices said the note was conciliatory.
The State Department ma,de no
comment on this, but it was pretty
well understood that the Entente
Premiers' communication had atj
least removed the Adriatic question
from the status in which it was af
ter the council communicated its
settlement to Jugo-SIavia in the
form of an aultimatum without the
United States being a party to the
agreement.
The Jugo-Savs were given the op
tion of accepting the council's plan
or submitting to the carrying out of
the Adriatic provision of the secret
treaty of London, negotiated be
fore the United States entered the
war. In this connection it was dis
closed today tht President Wilson,
in his note again came out definite
ly against the application of this
treaty.
It also was understood that the
President had taken the position
that regardless of the operation of
the treaty of Versailles and the Lea
gue of Nations, the United States
should be a party to the Adriatic set
tement because of its position as a
co-belligerent.
Whlie the President's reply was
being received at the State depart
ment from Ambassador Davis, a
suggestion came from Europe that
the premiers had invited the Ameri
can government, in the event that it
still held that the original Adriatic
agreement made at Paris on De
cember 9. should be carried out, to
indicate the practical steps that
could be taken to execute this agree
ment, if it should be accepted by
Italy and Jugo-SIavia.
Under the terms or the December
9th settlement to which the United
States was a party Fiume was to be
erected into a free state under the
League of Nations and in other re
spects the general principle of self-
determination of the peoples affect
ed was to be put, into force. The
seizure of Fiume by D'Annunzio, it
was suggested, had changed condi
tions in the Adriatic and the inabil
ity 0$ indospisition of the Italian
government to restore the status
quo appeared t place the weight of
responsibility for doing so upon the
entente powers of the United States
It was realized that none of these
was willing to undertake such a
move and consequently other meas
ures to meet the case were consider
ed. As comment upon this sugges
tion involved a disclosure of some
of the features of the latest entente
note, the State Department had noth
ing to say on the subject.
An alternative cuggestion contem
plating the neutralization of the en
(Continued on page Four)
STABILIZING OF
RAILROAD RATES
And the Question of Wages
Under the New Reorganiza
tion Bill
NOW BEFORE CONGRESS
Washigton, Feb. 19. Protestj
against the wage provisions of the!
completed railroad bill will be made
in Tetters to President Wilson and
Director General Hines by representa
tives of the railroad organizations
and officials of the American Feder
ation of Labor, are being gramed at
the headquarters of these organiza
tions. Washin6con. Feb. IS Wages
establisheJ Ly t i.j Umruud admin
tration du Hie wa! :culd not be
decreased .m:ll Sepitm: er fiist, uu
der the railroad reorganization bill,
the conference report on which was
submitted today to the House and
Senate.
The bill as revised by the confer
ence committee also seeks to sta
blize (rates during the same si
months period, providing that peri
od to September first no rates may
be reduced unless approved by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Chairman Esch, of the House man
agers, annouuced today that the con
ference report would be taken up
in the House Saturday and Chair
man Cummins, of the Senate man
agers expects to call it up in the
Senate at a later date. Despite the
expected opposition to- the new
wage section, Republican leaders
of both the House and Senate ex
pressed belief that the1 conference
report would be adopted and the bill
,
cuauge.
The outstanding points of the mea
sure as finally agreed upon are:
Compulsory submission of labor
disputes to a permanent federal
board appointed by the President
and composed of nine members
equally divided between the employ
es, employers and the public. No
provision is made for enforcing the
board's decision.
Adjustment of rates by Interstate
Commerce Commission so as to yield
to carriers a return of 5 1-2 per
cent upon the aggregate value of
their property with another half of
one per cent for improvements.
Dstribution of half the net rail
way operating income in excess of 6
per cent of the property value, equal
ly between the carriers reserve fund
and the federal railroad contingent
fund which will be administered by
the commission for the assistance of
weaker roads.
Goverment guarantee to railroads
against a deficit during the first six
months after the roads are turned
back.
Permissive consolidation of rail
roads in accordance with a general
consolidation to be prepared by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Such dispute, the bill provides,
should, if possible, be diced by rail
way boards of labor adjustment es
tableshed by agreement between the
carriers concerned and the employes
No provision, is provided, however,
for their organization.
Death of Mrs. T. C. Braswell
Elm City, N. C, Jan. 1920.
Mrs. T. E. Braswell died yester
day morning about 5 o'clock follow
ing an illness of several months.
She was a member of the Methodist
church and highly esteemed by all
who knew her. She was 63 years
old and leaves five children beside
a host of sorrowing friends to mourn
her departure. Messrs. Ed. Bras
well and Mack Braswell of Elm City,
Mrs. B. C. Mooney of Wilson, Mrs.
D. C. Cobb of near Elm City and
Miss Susie Braswell of Elm City.
The funeral was conducted this
afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. D.
B. Paterson, of Raleigh, her for
mer pastor, and the interment was
made in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Some Colder. Tonight
For North Carolina: Fair tonight
and Friday with slightly colder to
nght; moderate northwest winds.
THE FORMER
GERMAN EMPEROR
May be Sent to Island of
Curacoa off Coast of V.
Venezuella. Note : .
EMBARASSES
HOLLAND
Pars, Feb. 19. Suggestions that
the former German Emperor Wlliam
he sent to the Island of Curaco off
the Venezuelan coast, are ihidnig
favor in certain governmenta quar
ters at the Hague according to the
Matin, a Paris newspaper. The
newspaper said that tha ,last allied
note caused much embarrassment at
the Dutch pacitol.
Cotton Market
New York, Feb. -9. The cotton
market showed renewed nervousness
and irregularity early today. After
opening 5 to 15 points lower the
active months sold about 17 to 32
points below last nights close. This
carried May off to 33.93, maknig a
reaction of 77 points from the high
est reached on the rally of Tues
day. The market then steadied on
covering and a little trade buying
At noon the market was as fol
lows:
March 36.47, May 34.12 , July
31.95, Oct. 29.63, Dec. 29.08.
Spots, Wilson market, Middling
basis, 38 cents.
New York, Feb. 19. Cotton fu
tures opened steady wth March
36.52, May 34.10, July 32.00, Oct
29.65, Jan. 28.60.
The market closed at 3 p. m., as
follows: Mar. 36.65, May 34.28,
July 32.09, Oct. 29.77.
Spots, N. Y. market 39.20.
STOCKS.
New York, Feb. 19. Confusing
changes were recorded at the very ir
regular openng of today's stock mar
ket. Oeneral Electric lost 3 points
on a single sale and Mexican Petro
leum, United States Steel, Rubber
and Retal Stores forfeited one poin
each. Thie was offsst by gains of
rrom one to one and a nair points
for Northern Pacific, Louisville, and
Nashville, General Motors and Pan
American, Crucible Steel opened
with an offering of 300 shares at
208 206 1-2, a maximum gain of
2 1-2 points. The changes other
wise were fractional. Further
strength was shown by foreign ex
change. Pondexter Approves Wilson's Plan
Washington, Feb. 17. Senator
Poindexter, of Washington, a candi
date for the Republican presidential
nomination, told the National Press
Club tonight that President Wilson's
reported proposal to withdraw from
European affairs on account of the
Adriatic controversy was one of the
best things the President ever said.
If the European powers would only
force this plan to be carried out,
declared the speaker, the United
States might be spared serious con
sequences now threatening it be
cause of the peace settlement.
The resignation of Secretary Lan
sing also was commented on at
length by Senator Poindexter. who
was the speaker of the evening at
the club's 6eries of "Presidential
Nights"
"What is left of our mutilated cab
inet," he said, "ought to be called
the ground hog cabinet It undoubt
edly will be afraid of its shadow
and stay close in its hole for more
than six weeks. One safe bet is that
'their, minds will go along with his'
hereafter; that is whatever inde
pendence of mind they may have
had."
Belem Prison Being Renovated
Mexico City, Feb, 18. Belem
prison, one af the oldest edifices
in this city, is being renovated and
remodeled preparatory to its re
opening as a general prison after
seven years if disuse. It was built
in 1683 and was used as a prison
after 1866. During its years of use
it is said the prison never harbor
ed less than 5,000 criminals.
JUDGE PELL
LAKfTROUBLES
IN ITALY
Clashes Between the Troops
and Workingmen. Fac
tories Closed
TO BOYCOT STRIKERS
London, Feb. 19. Serious fight
ing between working men and troops
in the industrial region of Italy,
are reported in a Central News dis
patch from Home .under today's
date. Many casulaties have re
suited.
The trouble have occurred on
account of the workingmen refus
ing to work at the prevailing scale
and the proprietors of the factories
closing down their shops in retalia
tion.
X. C. Extension. Workers to
tend Atlanta Meeting
At-
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 19. Several
men from the North Carolina agri
cultural extension service will attend
the 21st annual convention of th
Association of Southern Agricultural
Workers to be held Fehuary 24-26
at Atlanta, Ga. v
Among the North Carolina speak
ers included on the program, which
has been arranged by Dan T. Gray,
are: Dr. B.W.Kilgore, Director of
North Carolina Experiment Station
and Extension Sercvice; R. S. Cur
tis, Office of Beef Cattle and Sheep
investigation; C. B. Williams, chief,
division of agronomy; R.Y. Winters,
Agronomist; Earl Ilostetler, Office
of Swine Investigations; Charles S.
Jones, Livestock Marketing agent;
and C. D. Matthews, Acting Horticul
turist. THE MEANS CASE.
Misconduct on Part of New
District Attorneys.
York
Albany. N. Y.. Feb. 18. Governor
Smith received today from Raymond
F. Almirall, foreman of the New
York county extraordinary grand
jury, specifications alleging miscon
duct in office on the part of three as
sistant district attorneys, John T.
Dooling, James E .Smith, and Ed
ward P. Kilroe.
The Governor said that he would
designate Attorney General Charles
D. Newton as special counsel to the
grand jury in the investigation of
the charges. Dooling is charged
with conspiracy to bring about the
indictment of Gaston B. Means, for
murder; Smith is alleged to have
been guilty of neglect of duty in re
spect to investigations and prosecut
ing gambling and disorderly houses,
and Kilroe is accused of neglect of
duty.
Daughter Ran Away.
Adeline Williams, the daughter of
Bruner Williams, a colored girl, who
has a habit of running away from
home, was brought into the police
station this morning, and the mother
appealed to the police for help to
keep her at home.
No Court Today.
On account of the death of Mr.
Moore, a prominent citizen of
Farmville, and relative of Dr. J. L.
Herring, Mayor pro tem, and the ill
ness of Mayor Hill, there was no
court today.
Injunction Will be Heard by
Judge Lyon.
The restraining order secured by
Mrt. H. G'. Whitehead toprevent
Messrs. Grantham and Smith and
their contractor from using the
mree and a half foot alley way in
the rear of Mr. Whitehad's store
which Messrs Grantham and Smith
claims belong to them, will be
heard before Judge Lyon at Tarboro
March 1st. In the meantime work
progresses on the building but not
- ' on that part of the line that is in
dispute.
LEAVES RACE
FOR POSITION OF INTER
STATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION IN FAVOR OF
MAXWELL. BELIEVES IT
CONSERVES STATE'S
BEST INTERESTS SINCE
PRESIDENT WILL NOT
CONSIDER THE NAMES
OF TWO NORTH CARO
LINIANS. SAYS HE IS
NOT A LAME DUCK.
Raleigh, N. t, Feb. 1 !..) Judga
George I. Pell, member or the North
Carolina Corporation Com mission in
a statement made today announced
his withdrawal from the race,
for the appointment on the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and:
expressed a desire that every effort
should be put forth to secure the
appointment of Mr. A. J. Maxwell,
another member of the Corporation
Commission to the position. The
statement of Judge Pell follows:
"I am informed from Washington
that the President refuses to con
sider the names of two North Car
Carolinians, eitherMr. Maxwell or
myself, for the appointment on the
Interstate Commerce Commission
as long as both names are before
him, and the Senators from this
state are divided in the matter. Tho
conscious or the fact that my name
was firs presented, and that Sen
tor Overman and Secretary Daniels,
and eight of the Congressmen from
this state have endorsed me for tho
position, due regard for the inter
est of my state impel me to withdraw
and to urge ever y one to bend their
energies to secure the appointment
of Mr. Maxwell. I have learned
that his appointment is reasonably
certain within 4 8 hours after notice
of my withdrawal is received in
Washington.
"I have no resentment toward
those opposing mo, for they have
the temerity to say the President
would not appoint a lame man. This
is a lame excuse, for my lameness is
an asset to the state, it requiring
that I sit on my job and not be run
ning around.
"I enjo y the distinction of hav
ing been in my office more days than
any other member that sits on the
commission."
Troubles in the Sayre Ib-gion-
London, Feb. 19. Martial law
has been proclaimed in the Sayre
region which is occupied by French
troops now in control of an lllied
commission under the telms of the
armjetice according to dispa '-.lies.'
from Amsterdam today
Will Ask For $50,000,000.
Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 19. Quiet
ly plans are being made by leaders
of the good roads movement in this
state for an effort, to be launched
this summer during the special ses
sion of the legislature ,to ensure
the enactment of the proposed bill
authorizing the issue of $50,000,000
fn bonds for the construction of per
manent highways, it was anounced
today at the headquarters of the
Charlotte-Asheville-Wilmington high
way association. From all sections
of North Carolina are coming let
ters which tell of the writers desire
to heartily cooperate, it was ex
plained by Coly. T. L. Kirkpatrlck,
president.
In their studies of the economic
conditions and their relations direct
ly and indirectly to highways., the
good roads drive leaders declar
they found a concensus of opinion
that the social unrest causing so
much discussion in the United States
is largely, if not solely, due to the
high cost of living. The only rem
edy that really will be permanent
and wholly satisfactory is cheaper
commodities. The cost of produc
tion cannot be lowered materially,
It seems agreed upon, under pres
ent conditions. The cost of moving
the agricultural products from the
farms to the city must be reduced,
and may be largely reduced by the
construction of good roads, it was
pointed out. . j