Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, June 12, 1919, Image 2
THE CHERAW CHRONICLE
VOL. 22. , , CHERAW, S. 0., THPBB^Y, J ONE 12, 1919 NO. 32
DEMOCRATS OPEN
1920 CAMPAIGN
Aggressive Fight for Presidency
; Promised by Leaders
of the Party.
SHOW SPIRIT OF CONFIDENCE
Representative Women From All Sections
of the Country Present at
'Meeting of the National Committees
at Chicago.
The formal opening guns for the
presidential campaign of 19-0 were
fired at Chicago on May 28 and <l) at
a guiherlng of the Democratic National
committee, the* Associate Worn
(1U 5 It 111)11<1 I tUIIUinilt'C illiu IllitUJ
chairmen and secretaries of state committees.
Members of President Wilson's
cabinet and other notable party
leaders were present, and while
sounding keynotes took occasion to
vigorously denounce the Republican
leaders for the character of their attacks,
as well as to call attention to
Democratic achievements during the
lust eight years.
The participation of the women, for
the first time, in the national councils
of the party brought representatives
from all sections.of the country, and
on the occasion of the banquet they
divided the oratorical honors with
men of political note for many years. !
There was'no lack of confidence on
the part of men or women. The latter,
while hoping for universal suffrage
In the election of 15)20, pledged
the: Democrats those western suffrage
stictes that nlnverl such nn imnnrtant
part in 1916. The general effect of
the meeting was to sound the tocsin
# for. an aggressive war from now on,
? In which a tour to every debatable
state west of the Mississippi "river, by
Homer S. Cuiumings, national chairman,
will forha an. Important part.
Them was not a democratic leader
presen# who did not leave Chicago
convinced that a vigorous counterattack
would be made on the Republicans.
Republicans Reactionary. .
WV Terming the Republican' party "one
that complains and moves backward,"
and the pence treaty and the
League of Nations covenant as the
"greatest document of human liberty
evpr prepared," Chairman tummings
on his arrival in Chicago started
things moving briskly. Striking
smartly at the Republican "Old
Guard," he said: "It Is manifest that
the Republican party has again fullen
under reactionary leadership. The
choice,"of the committee heads In the
recently organized house of represent
ntlves is very discouraging' to every
progressive American, while the election
of Senator Penrose to head the
finance committee of that hody indicates
the type of leadership to which
the Republican party is committed."
The banquet held on the evening of
May *29 was the.occasion of addresses
by Mr. Cunimings, Attorney General A.
.. Mitchell Palmer, and Franklin I>.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy.
In speaking of Republican "slander"
Mr. Cuinmings was loudly applauded
when he said that "As I read the reports
of those speeches of strict and
unrelenting partisanship I wonder
what phrases of abuse, what language
of vituperation, what Invective, what
recital of blunders and crimes would
have agitated the political atmosphere
If the presideht of the United Slates
had led the country to a disastrous
conclusion of an unsuccessful war!
Kvery epithet of reproach already lias
been exhausted in an attempt to discredit
the leadership of America's
president at a time when America's
prestige was never greater, America's
power .ever so vast, and America's
success never so transcendent. The
campaign of slander, which is the very
spume of politics, has been reserved
for America's greatest lender in the
hour of America's greatest triumph.
To listen to -the spokesmen of the Republican
organization is to gather the
impression that America lost the war
and has been forced into > riiscrixiit.
able ponce, humiliating to all lovers
of constitutional government ami freedom."
Democratic Party's Record.
In refuting ohltime Republican
claims that the Democratic party was
septionnl, lacked experience in leadership,
was committed to free trade, incapable
of providing revenue, insincere
In professions of friendship for
labor, inimical to tlie farmer, an enemy
to legitimate business and Incapable
of carrying on a war. Attorney
General I'nlmer paid tribute to
President Wilson by saying:
"They said the Democratic party
lacked the experience In training In
statesmanship which made for constructive
leadership in solving the
complicated problems on the far-flung
line of your governmental activities.
I
NOW KEEP DEMOCRACY SAFE
All Classes Must Join in Fight to Retain
the Fruits of Recent
Victorious War.
There will be skeptics of course: but
, let them ask themselves whether the
times are not out of Joint nnd grave
problems pressing; and whether, therefocc,
,6humunlty service may not help
tothe-times right nnd nid in solvlnjpThese
problems by bringing ail
classes together In common sympathy
*>- -.
We produced the acknowledged leade
of the liberal thought of the worlt]
under whose standard gather the trlei
statesmen of every civilized nation
holding up his hands, as with el en
vision and superb courage he lead
the peoples of the world In their vk
torious charge agulnst the arch-enetn;
of civilization."
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, li
discussing the victories of the I'enros
and Mann groups in the senate am
house, said that "the new Kcpuhtlcni
copgress has only commenced Its worli
hut It Is already clear that on matter
of Internal policy It has reverted t
type." and he vigorously assailed th
O.milMlnono I...I.. ...<...1 .1.
4?vi/u<miv?iio l\/i ntoail^ HI muni 111
accession to the presidency only, whei
lie said: "Tills, too. Is the obvious ot
Jectlve In the foreign policy of the IU
publican party. 1 asked a pronilnen
member of that party, who happens t
be an intimate personal friend o
mine, what is the purpose or tlie pol
icy of Senator Lodge as chairman o
the committee on foreign relations
He said. That changes from day t
day. When Mr. Lodge rends his morn
ing paper at the breakfast table an
sees what the president has said o
done, his policy of the next twenty
four houfs becomes the diametrical o{
posite.' You could not get two ltcpdt
llean senators to agree on a dellnlt
foreign policy along constructive lines
but you can *get a majority to oppos
anything put forward by the presiden
of the United States.
Aims Well Defined.
"So we are approaching the cam
palgn of 1020?approaching it with tli
broad principles settled In advance
conservatism^ special privilege, part
sauship, destruction on the one hand
liberalism, common sense Ideallsu
eotistructlveness and progress on tli
other," said Mr. Roosevelt.
Maintaining that the League of Nr
tlons will not he made a partisan al
fair unless the Republicans so eiec
the Democratic National commit te
recorded Itself In favor of the covt
nant In brief terms, ns follows:
"We, the Democratic National con
mlttee, recognising the splendid sen
Ices being rendered by President Wl
son In behalf of a just and endurln
peace, extend to him our heartfel
good wishes and congratulations, an
be It
"Resolved, that we do hereby recor
ourselves in favor of the prompt rat
fication by the senate of the treaty c
peace, including the covenant of th
League. of. Nation*"
One address, made by a woman, ths
attracted much - attention from th
newspapers was that Mrs. William I
i'attnngnll of Maine in predicting thn
the women could control the Pine Tre
state and that victory lay within Den
ocratlc grasp If the proper appeal wa
made to the women.
Tribute to President Wilson.
"But the woman vote cannot h
bought. It cannot he handled by war
heelers, nor can It be" carried off it
feet by brass bands or spread-engl
oratory," said she. "If we cannot vot
for Woodrow Wilson In ll?20 we war
to vote for someone as nearly like hit
as possible."
At the request of the women th
committee adopted this resolution:
"Whereas, the Democratic part
stands committed to the just cause t
woman suffrage, and
"Whereas, It now seems certain thr
the federal amendment granting su
frage to women will within a few da*
puss the United Suites senate, and
"Whereas, the Democratic part
earnestly desires that women of a
states may vote In the election <
ISfJO; therefore he It
"Resolved, by the Democratic Ns
tlonal committee, that It urges the cal
ins of special sessions of state legk
latures wherever necessary, to ratif
said amendment."
Roth \V. \V. Dnrhln. chairman of th
Ohio Democratic State Executive con
mittee, and Frederick Vnn Nuys. chai;
man of the Indiana State committei
denounced some of the methods use
by Will II. Hayes, chairman of the II<
publican National committee, as ou
classing Col. W. W. Dudley of Indium
who won fame in the presidential can
palgn of 1888 by writing a letter ii
struct I ng workers to "arrange" f?i
votes In "blocks of five." Roth Messri
Durhin and Van Nuys praised permi
nent organization methods, and di
scribed those in tlielr states.
The Democratic National commlttc
called the atlention of the nation t
the achievements of Wood row Wilso
...wl T\ -
iu?- iM-iiiui riiiic parry in H'iijmii
resolutions that re-dted the lejtislntiv
attainments, the world war, women
sufl'ratfo, etc.
Not to Be Had.
A colored bakery company, whll
en route to the other side, was beln
inspected to see that each man had
life belt.
Company Commander?Now, if an
man is without a life preserver, I war
to know It.
Private Johnson?Wheah nm dji
life reservah, ah bad It heah rlyli
on inn bunk.
Private Jackson?Listen heah, bur
dy, you all betta fin' dat life reservat
'cause when the time comes to us
'ran da ain't nobody a-lendln' 'em a
all.?Camp Merrltt Dispatch.
and sense of responsibility. Th
American people, nntlve and forelg
born, have fought together In the wa
to save deroocrncy. They must figli
side by side to keep the stronghol
of democracy against enemies fror
without and within, nnd to vnnquls
those enemies nnd prevail and be s<
cure they canst be truly democratic, I
thought anJLwdeed nnd service, men
hers of duCSirent fnmlly of freenier
which canrfWHte until they understand
one another and keep step In th
march of progress.
I MISS ALBERTA BICKNELL
] Miss Alberta Bicknell, daughter of
r Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bicknell, has been
awarded the Order of Elizabeth by
h the queen of Belgium. She Is twenty
years old and has been working in
P Belgium for two years.
I MtAbUHt hltibl UKAhltU, lo?u
i- Before Becoming Law Ratification by
the Legislatures of the Various
: States Is Necessary.
Washington.?Action by Congress
e on equal suffrage?subject of a fight
of 44 years' duration?has ended in
adoption by the eenateby a vote of
t 56 to 25 of the historic Susan B. Ane
thony constitutional amendment reso}
lution.
The proposed amendment, adopted
by the house by a vote of 304 to 89.
I_ May 21, as the first act of the new
g Congress, now goes to the states, ratilt
flcation by legislatures of threed
fourths of which is required for its
d incorporation in the federal constitution.
it The roll call showed two'votes more
e than the necessary two-thirds fSl the'
* san B. Anthony in 1875 and introduced
L by Senator Sargent, of California, in
it 1878.
? Loud applause, unchecked by the
^ presiding officer, swept the senate
chamber when the final vote was announced
following two days' debate,
e and many jubilation meetings were in
progress at headquarters of various
S women's organizations which imvo
e been active in support of the measure. 1
it 1
n BOTH GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN
TREATIES HANG IN BALANCfc
'
Paris?This has been an anxious day
y
,f throughout peace conference circles,
with both the German and Austrian
it treaties in the balance, and every effort
is being made toward early and
s .
united action.
v The council of four considered the
II Austrian treaty in the morning to
,f complete the military and reparation
terms, which were omitted when the
document was delivered Monday. Lat],
er. the council turned to the German
... counter proposals and called in ex>y
perts.
Many private conferences were also
ie going on, including one between Colol
nel House, of the American delegar
tion. and A. J. Balfour, British foreign
p, secretary, all seeking to clarify the
d j situation and determine the course of
> action.
t- The prevailing view of those taking
i. part was hopeful of early and satis>
factory results. They admitted that
v the conditions were difficult and that
t the differences were rather sharply
drawn, but insisted that there was
i- nothing like an impasse or anything
i" ( threatening: an agreement.
? FIVE THOUSAND LIVES LOST
? THROUGH VOLCANIC ERUPTION
n
v The Hague.?The governor general
? of the Kediri district of Java reports
s that 5.100 persons were killed in th*
recent eruption of the volcano of
KaluL
p THE SENATE FIGHT OVER HUM
K TREATY TAKES ON NEW ANGLE
a
Washington?The Senate fight over
y the treaty with Germany branched out
Into new channels with the introduction
of a resolution by Senator Hitchcock,
ranking Democrat of the foreign
relations committee, proposing that
the committee investigate state'*
ments by Chairman I-odge and Sena'
tor Rorah, Republican members, that
e copies of the unpublished treaty are
in the hands of certain interests in
New York.
C0NGRE8S WILL NOT REPEAL
BEER AND WINE POVISION
n
r Washington.?Senator Capper, of
Kansas, In an address before the na?
tional convention of the Anti-Saloon
n League of America, predicted that
h President Wilson's recommendation
t* that congress repeal the provision
i against beer and light wines In the ,
' war-time prohibition net would be overL
whelmingly defeated If brought to a
d vote. The Kansas senator declared
*ie much regretted the president's attitude
on this matter.
SENATE fa
:AN INVENTION
?
HOW DID PEACE TREATY COME
INTO HANDS OF (UTSIDERS
IN NEW YCRK? ^
T'
FULL TEXT IS NOW 1ENIANDED
Resolutions Were AdopSd Just After
Dramatic Clash BetwJLi Senators
Hitchcock and ll>dge.
Y'ashington. ? rtesolilions asking
the state department fcLthe text of
the treaty with Germanj;and direct
ing the foreign relations Yommlttee to
investigate how copies c| the unpublished
document have reached private
hands in New York wem adopted by
the senate without a rolcall.
Action on the two pffposals came
unexpectedly during a j lull in the
stormy debate ?.>.ey had srousel. and
scarcely a score of senators were in
the chamber, .when In nuick succession,
the resolutions Were put to a
vote. Their passage itself, however,
was no surprise, as it f merally had
been conceded that eacl would have
a majority.
Under the investigate a resolution,
introduced at the req lest of the
White House by Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, senior Democrat of the foreign
relations committee, it is expected
that a far-neachinjf inquiry will
begin within a few days.
Adoption of the Hitaicock resolution
came first, just aftlr the debate
had reached a dramaticjclimax in a
clash between Mr. HiTThcock and
Chairman Lodge, of the (foreign rela
tions committee. After (this clash a
request by Mr. Lodge tbit the senate
substitute an Investigate n resolution
was withdrawn. \>\
REDUCTION 18 DEMANED
IN ARMyAMMAVY BILL
manded by Republican lXders In thi
house. Republican menJhers <?f th<
military committee meet inn with theii
party's legislative steering committee
headed by Floor Leader Mjwlell. wen
told to make all efforts tq ?5-tail ?rmj
expenses without robbing any activity
of necessary funds, and similar re
quest was made of other appropriat
ing committeemen at the informal eon
ferences.
Chairman Kahn tolih the part]
loaders that the army bill anthorizinf
$1,100,000,000 when passed the hous<
in the last Congress would be reducet
by nearly $400,000,000 and later i
was learned that the naval committee
expected to cut the nnval appropria
tion bill to about $600,000,000, effect
ing a saving of more than $100,000,001
over the amount carried when th<
measure was in the last Congress.
APRIL RAILROAD DEFICIT IS
APPROXIMATELY $58,000,001
i
Washington. ? Director Genera
Hines estimated that ithe railroac
daministration incurred a deficit c
approximately $58,000,00$ in April
making a total deficit of $250.000,not
for the first four months of the year
The director general reiterated, however.
his previously expressed judg
ment that present economic condition!
were too much unsettled to afford ?
sale nasis ror necision as 10 uie nr
cessity for increased rates to offsp
the difference bptween inconle an.
operating costs. For the present tliPr?
will he no raise, he addeil. the admin
istration confining itself to practicin<
every possible economy. [
BOLSHEVIK AGITATOF|HAS
BEEN EXECUTED AT MUNICH
Munich, Bavaria.?Le rino Nissen
the bolshevik agitator wl (o was one o
the leaders of the Muni< h communis
soviet regime. was exeATited at Stad
elheim. outside the capital. He wa)
convicted and the Hadrian cabine
refused to commute his sentence
maintaininp that, he wna the cause o
the civil war in Bavaria and deserve*
no mercy.
? *4 |
CARLTON SAYS STRIKERS
WILL NOT BE TAKEN BAC1
Atlanta. Oa. ? Announcement b
President Newcomb Carlton of thi
Western Union Telegraph and Cabl
Company, that Morse and multiple
unnrotnrn 1 n thi? nnntheast who wen
on strike would not bis reemployei
anda statement from S. Konenkamr
president of the Commercial TeU
graphers' Union of America, that lv
would issue a call for 4 natton-wid
strike, were the latest developments
DANIEL8 MAY BE OFFERED
UNIVERSITY PRE8IDENC'
Washington?North Arollnlann her
Fhlnk thfere Is a serious Ynovoment o:
in North Carolina to make Secretar
Daniels president of tiie state un
verslty. The name od Mr. Daniel
was not suggested until within the la*
few days, after he made a short visl
to his old home at Odldsboro, upo
his return from abroad
It Is believed here that Mr. Daniel
would accept tfef position if It is 01
fered by the board of 'trustees.
DOCTOR CUNO 1
Doctor Cuno, privy councilor of the
German government, has succeeded Albert
Ballin as director of the Hamburg-American
steamshio line.
FRENCH FIRM IN OPPOSITION
?
Hun Government Orders Arrest of Dr.
Dorten, President of the New
Rheinish Republic.
London.?There is a probability that
Germany may secure as a result of
> her strong counter proposals some
i lessening in the severity of the epace
' terras of the allied and associated
| powers. Germany's pleas that it will
, be impossible to fulfill the financial
l requirements of the allies and her protests
against certain territorial relinquishments
have been held and are
being discussed by the council of four.
Parte reports have it that in certain
quarters of the peace conference the
. German viewpoint is receiving strong
IP Itapffot. '-r--?
s A full discussion or the German
5 counter proposals especially concernr
ing reparations and other economic
features of the peace treaty has been
J held by President Wilson and the
7 staff of American experts of the Amer- |
7 ican peace delegation. Great Britain
is said to favor a number of conces- '
sions to Germany but France continues
firm in her stand not to waver
from the original terms. On the other
f hand, the Americans are declared to
? be not averse to minor concessions
J but are not in favor of going to the
1 extent that the British Dronose.
The German government is incensed
over the formation of a Rhenish
republic. It has ordered ihe ar*
I rest of Dr. Dorten, the president of
j the republic, and also has protested
" to the peace conference and the armistice
commission at Spa against the
behavior of the French authorities in
j the occupied Rhineland.
1 ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
1 CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION
f
Washington.?Charges of Senator
' Frelinghuysen reflecting on Attorney
General Palmer's work as alien property
custodian were met with a statement
by Mr. Palmer asking for a pub4
lie hearing on the charges and ex1
pressing "great pride in the splendid
work" of the alien property custodian's
office. The charges were made by the
I New Jersey senator during considera
tion by the senate judiciary committee
of Mr. Palmer's nomination as at'
tomey general.
AVERAGE DAILY COST OF WAR
4 MADE VERY RAPID INCREASF
Washington.?The average cost of
f the war increased from $810,000 daily
t for the first three months to $27,400..
000 daily for the period of July 1. 1018,
s to April .10. 1910. according to figures
t prepared by the statistics branch, general
staff", war department, and made
f public here by the army recruiting of1
fice. The statement showed the disbursements
for the period of the war.
minus the normal peace expenditures.
C THE WITHHOLDING OF TREATY
CAUSES SHARP SENATE DEBATE
y
e Washington?Senator Lodge, chair'
! man of the senate foreign relations
0 committee, told the senate he had
* | seen in the hands of business intert
j osts in New York a copy of the
j j treaty with Germany given out t>y
j :an American representative at Paris,
,] I but withheld from the Honate.
Q ) The statement caused a sharp de|
bate upon the course of President
( Wilson and the state department regarding
publication of the treaty text.
TO ATTEMPT NON:STOP
TRAN8*ATLANIC FLIGHT
6 London.?The British dirigible R-34,
n.the largest rigid airship in the world,
^ I will attempt a flight across the At'Llantlc
about the middle of June. It is
9 | planned to travel from Scotland to a
* landing somewhere is. the vicinity of
I Atlantic City where sho will take on
n I petrol and then return. The dirigi|
ble will have an American officer on
8 , board aa a passenger. The trip la ex*
f-1 pected to take about 48 hours, carry
I lag a crew of 30.
v
WIRE CONTROL IS '
PARTLYJLEASED
POSTMASTER GENERAL STEALS
MARCH ON CONGRESS BY
ANTICIPATING ACTION.
BURLESON EXPLAINS REASONS
Duty Compelled Return of Operative
Control of the Various ProDerties
to Their Several Owners.
Washington.?Telegraph and telephone
companies, whose lines the government
has controlled since last August
1, were ordered to resume immediately
operations for their own account,
hy Postmaster General Burleson.
The postofTice department, however.
under terms of Mr. Burleson's
order, retains a measure of control of
the services, pending final legislative
action hy Congress.
Regulations prohibiting discrimination
against wire employes because of
union affiliations, maintaining existing
rates and charges and instructing
companies to keep special accounts
to facilitate cost settlement between
themselves and the government, are
retained in effect under the order issued
hy the postmaster general.
Mr. Burleson accompanied the order
with a statement giving- the reasons
which impelled him to take the
action. He asserted that, the President
having recommended the return
of the properties, the senate interstate
commerce committee having indicated
that immediate return was advisable
and the house committee having
through hearings manifested a desire
for action toward that end, he felt it
his duty to return operative control
to the various owners.
I
CLEMENCEAU SHAKES FIST IN
THE FACE OF LLOYD GEORGE
Paris.?'Acrimonious debates at sew<?tlBg?
-ef-thw regarding
proposed modifications of the
financial clauses of the German treaty
are threatening to disrupt the whole
fabric of the new world order erected
with so much ?care during the last
five months. As things stand now.
Premier Lloyd George is engaged in
the bitterest fight of the whole peace
conference, his principal antagonist
being M. Clemenceau, who. responsive
to France's appeals from the whole
hurgeois and propertied classes of
France, maintained his firm stano
against the proposed alterations. It
is reported on excellent authority that
the Tiger went so far as to shake his? j
first in Lloyd George's face, declaring,
that he would never consent to the
| impoverishment of France for the bpni
efit of the Roches.
SHORT-LINE RAILROAD MEN
APPLAUD SPEECH OF SMITH
Washington.?Confidence thftt Congress
wolud dispose expeditiously of
legislation needed to stabilize conditions
and return the railroads to private
ownership was expressed by Seni
ator Smith, of South Carolina, formtj?
chairman of the senate commerce
committee, in an address before the
I American short-line railroad convention.
Senator Smith said he believed the
settlement o fthe problem would follow
the teachings of American democ-'
racy, "giving each man a fair chance
in a free fight, rather than putting it
all in one bag and pro-rating the
earnings."
His statement was applauded vigorously.
*
I AWFUL CATASTROPHE OCCURS
IN WILKES BARRE TUNNEL
Wilkes Barre, Pa. ? Eighty-three
men dead and 50 others burned and
j maimed, many of whom will die. is
! the toll of a disaster in the Baltimore
I tunnel of the Delaware & Hudson
Coal Co., in the East End section of
I the c ity. Seven kegs of black powder,
j n.000 pounds in all, were deton.ated
I and the dead and the maiYned were
j literally ronstewl by the super-heated
l pas flames followinp the explosipn.
'AUTHORITIES OF EIGHT CITIES
INTERCHANGE BOMB PROBERS.
New York.?The eipht cities in
which bomb outrages were perpetratj
ed have arranped for an interchange
I of police officers to facilitate eo-operaI
tion of all the apencies at work runI
ning down the radicals responsible for
the explosion, it was announced at police
headquarters here. The statement
came at the close of a conference
between federal agents and representatives
of the municipal police
departments of various cities.
VON BROCKDORFF-R ANTZAU
MAKES FORMAL PROTEST
Paris.?Count von Rrockdorff-Ranisau.
head of the German peace delegation,
has sent a formal letter of proteat
to the peace conference complaining
that tho armies of occupation
in Germany are arbitrarily protecting
and favoring the individuals who are
attempting to establish a Itheinieh re
public. The protest adds that the
armies also are preventing loyal Germans
from manifesting counter feel
"LEAK PROBE" IS ON
IN PEACETREATK
BILL TO END WIRE CONTROL BY
THE GOVERNMENT, CHIEF
MATTER OF INTERE8T.
ro PARE DOWN ARMY BILL.
Senate Will Decide Question of Immunity
of Senators Lodge and Borah
in Withholding Information.
Tir?LI a ?
tv aauiiiKiun.?congress enters the
fourth week of the new session with
broadening activities and increased .
speed urged by leaders.
The so-called peace treaty "leak"
Investigation and the bill to end government
control of the wires constl
tutes the senate's work of principal
interest, while the house plans to engage
in a clean-up of appropriation
bills, starting with the paring down of
the $800,000,000 army bill. Investigations
of army and shipping affairs and
also election of Victor Berger, socialist,
of Wisconsin, also will he started
by committees.
Leaders on both sides are anxiou3
for the investigation to start, however,
and before the end of the week it may
be well under way.
One of the first difficulties to complicate
the inquiry doubtless will be
tne question of senatorial immunity
as it applies to Senators Lodge and
Borah in connection with their statements
of the existence of treaty copies
in New York.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and
other Democrats of the committee, will
oppose this view, holding that no such
immunity can be invoked to hold back
facts of material importance to the
Inquiry. They declare the charges
made by the two senators are toq serious
to be dropped now. The names
of many men prominent in national
politics and in financial circles have
been mentioned about the capitoL
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DETROIT 16 FACING COURT
ACTION IN ITS CAR 8TRIKB
Detroit, Mich.?With the city completely
without traction service and
no promise of a settlement of the
three cornered controversy between
the Detroit United Railway Company,
its striking carmen and the city council,
state officials threaten court action
to relieve the situation, fearing ,
expansion of the tie-up to include a
large part of southern Michigan. The
strike became effective June 7.
Attorney General Groesbeck intljnated
that unless the three factions
reach an agreement lie will ask a
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the lines until an adjustment can b?
.effected.
Not a car wheel turned within tha
city and there were no conferences of
those interested.
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CONFEDERATE GRAVES IN
ARLINGTON DECORATED
Washington.?Southerners in tha
nation's capital including many government
officials paid tribute to the
memory of the Confederate soldier
and sailor dead buried in Arlington 'l
National cemetery with commemora- !
tion sferyices in the Confederate s^c- *
tion of the cemetery. Representative ,
Clarence N. Stedman. 'of Greensboro, >
N. C? made the memorial address.'The
tomb of the unknown dead, the grivt
of General Joe Wheeler and thode of
Confederate soldiers and sailors which
occupy the Virginia hills overlooking
Washington were decorated with flowers
in profusion and a floral southern
cross was unveiled. S
FIRST CUBAN IS GRADUATED '
FROM U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Washingt<\n.?Knsicn Carlos AurelU
Hpyia, son Colonel Aurelio Hevia,
former secretary of the war and navy
in' the Cuban cabinet, is the first
Cuban t? 'graduate from TT. S. Naval
Academy. Tie was handed his di ploma
at the graduating exercises bj
his father, who was accorded this unusual
privilege by Secretary Daniels
RAILROADS SHOULD BE MADE
TO RETURN MONEY ADVANCED
vvasmnRion.?uaiiroaus unnrr ieaeral
control should he required to re
turn to the government "as rapidly a?
practicable. $775.000.OW Advanced foi
improvements and equipment. Director
General Hines told the house appropriations
committee at his appear
anc'e. according to the printed record
of the hearinRs. . A j
"These improvements have been
made for the benefit of the railroad
companies," the director general said.
INCREASE IN NATIONAL
BANK8 SHOWN IN REPOR1
Washington.?The office of tha
comptroller of the currency issued a
abatement today showing a great increase
in new national hank organise
tions since January ana marKea in*
provement in general business.
Since January 1 there has h?en re
reived 312 requests for nettf "chhrtan
snd applications approved for permission
tc increase the capital of existini
national hanks. Ten of these comi
from North Carolina.