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A, JANUARY 23, 1920
NO. 35
DANIELS MUTE US
TO ADMIRAL SIS
" MANY CRITICS ARE READY T?
BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY
HEAR ON THE CABINET.
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TOPERS HAIE NOT RECOVEREI
Senate Committee on Naval Affair* t f .
Broaden Investigation to Sift to
Bottom the Sima Charge*.
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Washington. ? The Sims-Daniel# oat
break has aroused Washington's offi
cial and social circles.
The first shot of Admiral Sims wen!
through and hit . the mark, bat the
second one seems to be flaring back oa
him. ?*>.
Secretary Daniels takes the posi
tion that it is improper for him to say
anything before he goes before the
senate committee. He will ? let Ad
miral Sims finish and then he will
testify. A great many critics of the
Wilson administration are ready to be
lieve anything about members of his
cabinet, and a southern member it
preferred for attack.
The drinking public are inclined to
side with the secretary in the affair.
It appeared that the senate com
mittee on naval affairs will broadea
Ms investigation of the navy depart
ment in order to sift to the bottom the
charge of Admiral Sims that be did net
receive proper support from the de
partment during the war.
New York. ? Over S.QjpO Jewish or
ganisations throughout the United
States will observe "Palestine Week"
February 14, the week of the cootag
oJ Spring in th& -Holy Land, Wtaen a
drive will be held, whose purposes are
neither to enroll member* nor 6> raise,
funds, but "merely to faiform the pab^
lie of everything knows
MUse.
MANY FLUE AND PNEUMONIA
DEATHS OCCUR IN CHICAGO.
CLEMENCEAU'3 TITLE MAY BE '
"SAVIOR OF HI8 COUNTRY.*
number of the senators
are circulating among the
a resolution
Versailles. ? Paul Deedhanel was
elected president of the fr~v<3h; re? A
lie by 7S4 votes of the 881 members of
the national assembly voting. Kii
majority was the largest since the
election of Louis Adolphe'1 Thiers, the
first president after the fall of the
pi re, who was chosen unanimously.
DATE FOR JEWISH PALESTINE
\ WEEK SET FOR FEBRUARY 14
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LEON GOURGEOiS IS CHAM
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First Act, Appointment of Committee
to Trace Frontiers of Territory
of the Sarre Basin.
Paris. ? Representatives of Prance,
3reat Britain, Italy, Greeco, Belgium,
Spain, Japan and Brazil, merjbers of
the council of the league of nations,
met in the French foreign office for
the first meeting of the league.
The council organized by electing
Leon Bourgeois chairman and confirm
ing the choice of ?fr Eric Drummond,
of Great Britain, as general secretary.
The first official act of the council
was the appointment of a commission
to trace, upon the spot 'the frontiers
of the territory of the Sarre basin.
Leon Bourgeois, French representa
tive, who presided, said:
"The task of presiding at this meet*
ing and inaugurating this great inter
national institution should have falleb
to President Wilson. We respect th?
reasons whic? still delay, final decis
ion by our friends in Washington, hut
express the- hope that their differ;'
ences will soon be overcome and thai
a representative of the great Ameri
can republic will occupy the place
waiting him among us. The work ol
the council will then assume definite
character and will have that p*rticu ?
lar force which should be associated
with our work.
INFLUENZA IN .VIRULENT
FORM RAGING IN CHICAGO.
Chicago. ? Five hundred and twenty
five new cases of influenza with seven
deaths were reported- as developments
of 24 hours ending at 10 a. m.
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REPORTS OF CAPTURE OF
KOLChjACK ARE CONFIRMED
London. ? The reports of the cap
ture of Admiral Kolchak, head of th?
all-Russian government ' In Siberia
have been confirmed, It is declared In
a Moscow wireless dispatch.
NEW TURKO-GERM AN ALLIANCE
8 AID TO HAVE BEEN FORMEC
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? Salottiki.? A t?
source received
ivuu, flv jra
porting that a new alliance between
Germany and Turkey Is about 'to b?\j
concluded. A f. v *
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UNITED STAGES MARINES HELP
REPULSE HAltlEfirfANDITS
?
Washington. ? United States Marines
find Haitien gendarmerie repelled
attack on Port-au-Prince, the Haitien
capital, by a force of SflO. bandits,, mpre
than half of whom were killed, wounds
ed or captured after being pursued
outside tire city.
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JAPANESE READY TO CONFER
WITH CHINjA ON SHANTUNG
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"Honolulu, T. H? ' Ke Japaniese f<#r|
eign office has announced that a for
mal note will be sent to China askinf
the appointment of a commission tc
negotiate wltk Japan regarding the
reso ration of .fehantung.
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MEXICO TO MAKE ATTEMPT
SECURE FftONTJJER OIL I^NjbS
Doughs, Arte.? l%e government oi
Mexico has resolved to buy. or acqpirt
by condemnation proceedings all .01
ofl lands in the rOne of fifty xtio
snetm -from the frontiers of the na
-tim ^natHattoa, says a
special to El Tpempo, * Cananea ao*p
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have been
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h6 Ofr^ct -Lake.
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has
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FARMERS BEING , ADVISED TO j
BRING IN ALL REMAINING
LEAP BEFORE FEB.*
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TREAT COMING TO
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Or. Bernard Spilman, Noted Wit anc
Orator, Is Beginning a Tour of
8t?te CoH?p? institutions. -
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Kinston.? T$e local tobacco market j
will close ?<v the 1919-1920 season
Friday, February 6, after the most
successful 'five mouths In Its history..
Farmers are being advised by the .J
Tobacco Board of Trade to market
leaf remaining on hand as rapidly SP
possible so that none will be out
standing when the^jauctioneers and
buyers lay off, V . I
Some thousands of North Carolina '
collego students hare a treat coming
to- them. Dr. - Bernard W. Spilman,
educational field secretary of the
Southern Baptist Sunday school board
and president of the Baptist state con
vention, is going on a tour of instt )
tutions in the state. He has spokeai
at scores of colleges and to hundred*
of other audiences in every part of tht
country. He is the pulpit's champion
wit. His eloquenoe- and sense of hu
mor combined have 'made him famous.
Dr. Spilman's methods were ch8rac>t
terized as "unique" at the University
of Chicago.
New Bern? Announcement Is mad*
to tho effect that the board of alder
men will i)o asked to call an election
at which time New Bern people will
rote on a bond issue of 9100,000 to be
used in erecting three new school
buildings here. |
St; *ary,s 8chool in Raleigfr, Jw
Appointed to th* chair of theol
the University of the South, Sr
Tenn. "? ? *<f ??'V' v"
xlct, embracing North M
>lina. was formed ut a
SSTTSTSw i'
was elected fcrernor ol
South Carolina jiistric'
CiL OF TKE 8U8P ENDED
RWig. VT' it '
?CIALI8T8 MAKE COVERT
ttftEAT OF REVOLUTION.
t All Afraid of Suppression At
fhe One-Half the World le
Undar Socialist Control.
tny, N. Y.? Morris Hillquite,
ivonnsel for the fire suspended
st assemblymen, declared at the
g of their trial that if the as
rpermanaptly ousted the defen
ihe act "will loosen the violent
tfon which we socialists hare al
endeavored, and are endeavor^
>' item."
HiHquite added this "one word
>mn warning" after asserting
e Romanofffl and all iastrnments
resslon in Russia had Seen de
I after the government had tried
law the socialist movement and
*eare not-afraid of suppression
time one-half the world is ra
cialist control *
Judiciary comftiittee opened the
y excluding by a rote of 7 to 4
ew York City Bar association
ttee, headed by Charles B.
I, tram independent particlpe
the iprocecdingg.'
AN PRINCE88' JEWELS
RING ONE MILLION POUNDS
.?The aple of ejwels owned
te Princess Vera Lodonoff, of
as been concluded, and near
00 pound* were realized. \
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
m OF ALUEt' PEMANP8.
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RATiFIGATION THE IHAIH iSEJI
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Advocates His Plan of Withdrawal ot
Democratic Participation Should
Efforts at Compromise Fail.
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Washington. ? At a bi-partisan
^'round-table" conference of senate
loaders late formal , negotiations to
ward a compromise on reservations
to tb? peace treaty were inaugurated..
While no agreements were reached
at the meeting, which was participate
ed in by four republicans and five
democrats prominent in recent infor
mal negotiations tyid which lasted two
hours, another meeting will be held
Another development in the treaty
situation was n visit to the capitol by
William Jennings Bryan, the former
secretary of state, who conferred with
several republicans as well as demo
cratic senators, urging an immediate
comp}umis0 on reservations and rati
Qcatlon of the treaty.
He also advocated his plan of '?lth
lrawal of democratic participation In
roting on the treaty, if a compromise
should fail.
A NEW HIGH LEVEL MARK \8
REACHED IN PRICE OF PORK.
Noblesville, In d.? Chiefs Best, a
spotted Poland-?hlna hog, brought
$86,000 in a sale here this week. This
is said to oe a new record price for
one hog.
GERMAN REDS URGE EMPLOYES
TO ORGANIZE INTO COUNCILS
? ?
Berlin x? A communist manifesto
urges the Immediate election of revo
lutionary employes' councils > in all
Industrial establishments.
SECOND DEGREE MURDER 18
VERDICT IN CASE OF NEW
Los Angeles, Calif.? The Jury re
turned a verdict ol murder in the sec
ond degree in the case of Harry S.
New. New was charged with the mop
aer of Kiss Freda Lesser In July. .
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THE LEADING FINANCIER# OP
. 21 REPUBLICS GATHER FOR
FINANCIAL CONFERENCE.
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SIIRREn WELCOMES VISITORS
?ioratary Glass, President-General
of ths Conference Occupying the
Chair at Opening Session.
Washington. ? Marked by the pre*
?nee of the leading financiers and bo*
Mas men of the -twenty-one republics
$t the western hemisphere, the second
Pan-American Financial Conference
opened here for the consideration of
International problems arising from
(fee return of peace.
. President Wilson sent a message of
greeting, declaring that P&n-Ameri
ea sought no selfish purpose in assist
tag world reconstruction ard would
regard It as a privilege to foiSU the
obligations Imposed by the great ad
vantages enjoyed by tbe feeopto of
these Republics. Secretary Lansing
brought out the same idea In address
ing. the delegates, when ho said the
Americas accepted the burdens throat
upon the new world by the war.
Welcoming the visitors to the build
ing of the Pan-American Union, John
Barrett, director-general, spoke of tha
onion's moral influence in preserving
peace and building up commerce.
Secretary j, Glass, preaident-generaS
of the conference, occupied the chair
at the opening session.
BRYAN ANTI-PROFITEERING
AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IDEA.
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New York.? Profiteering and publlf
ownership. 'wer^ declared by . William
i?r w: - nC. a LH. -a"
in
1 TT "-"^V'TTr
have been reported ??? ??? ? ---
no authoritmire statistics are avail
able. A newspaper report states that
1,000 cases have been found here, Wt
this haa not been corroborated.
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT IS
TO BE filVEN ANOTHER TEST
Washington. ? Validity of the federal
prohibition constitutional amendment
is to be determined by the supreme
court, which granted the state of
Rhode Island permission to institute
original proceedings to test it and en
join the enforcement In that state.
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HOLLAND 18 REMINDKD CP
HER INTERNATIONAL DUTY
Paris. ? Holland is told in the alllod
note demanding the extradition of for
mer Emperor Wll'Iam that she will
ptot "fulfill her lfflteraf/Jowtf duty"
If she refuses to associate herself
with the entente powers In chastising
crime committed by Germans during
the war.
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AMERICAN RED CR088 WILL
' LEAVE SIBERIA VERY SOON
Washington.? Orders providing for
withdrawal of American Red Cross
personnel from 81berla at the time
American troops start homeward hare
been cabled It wae announced to head
quarters at Vladivostok of the com.
mission headed byvLieut. Col. Rudolph
B. Teusler, of Virginia.
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AUSTRIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
SUFFERING MUCH FOR POOD
Paris. ? Representatives of the
American mission for the relief of
ehtldren have just finished an exami
nation of school children In Vienna
and found, according to, a .dispatch re
ceived by the Austrian delegation Jtere
that 07 per cent of them are suffering
from lack of food.. J ( .
ARMY TRANSPORT POWHATAN
. IN NO IMMEDiAT? DANOtd
?r ToJL IN
Powhatan, in distress about 700 miles
of New York, reported by Wire