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ATTACK IS MADE UPON PRESIDENT
United States as Well as Chief Executive Arouse Enmity of Italians
FACTIONS CLASH
Kome, Keb. 7.—Premier Nitti on ^ Thursday !itop|ied an a<rimoniou81 -peech in tho Chamber of Df^puties byi i>cputy Sem IVnelli. in which the! dep^uty Htarted an attack ui>on ITcsi- Jent Wilson and tht- Cnitid States.
"I cannot permit the he.i.d of a 'riendly nation to be attacked in the • hambw," Nlttl said, ordering Benelil IO his seat.
BenelU's attack followed bitter debate j >a the Adriatic situation. Several' deputies blamed rrrsidcnt Wilson forj Italy's fiailure to realise her aspirations . in the AdriaUc.
Opening today's sitting of the cham- !»cr. President Orlando de plorcd yester¬ day's    violence    vhen    socialists    and i Catholic deputies clashed sjid eevcral j members were injured.
"The dignity of the chamber requires calm and mutual respect by ihe dlfTer- '¦nt facUona." Orlando declared.
Deputy Dara^ona jmmedlateuy came to the defense of tho socnats and declared the C^xthohcs should not have .orefered charges without Investoga- tion. De.puty Medina upheld the ac¬ tions of tho Catholics.
Senllli then began criticirlnt Prem¬ iere Nitti and the Italian foreign liolicy. He urged enforcement of tlic .>act of London and started an al¬ ack on I'resident Wilson, whom be ¦ •lam»'d for refusing to allow enforce- iiVnt of the pact. At thle point Prem¬ ier Nitti stopped Benelli.
FOREIGN TRADE FALLS INTO SLUMP WITH DECLINING RATE OF EXCHANGE
Washington, Feb. 7.—America's nevr foreign trade is de¬ creasing ab a result of the clump in foreign exchange. Hopes of a billion dollars a month in exports vanished today and from now on a steady decline in that trade ia to be looked for, accord¬ ing to officials here.
Europe, or that part of it which has been importing heavily from this country, has already begun to cut down its purchases, govemment figures show today. It hajs" begun to limit its pur¬ chases to necessities and raw materials.
In December, exports to England. France and Belgium dropped $22,000,000. The total exports lo Europe during December decreased $37,000,000. Several European countries, not hit quite so hard by the decline in money values, increased their imports from the United States. The Netherlemds in December bought $9,000,000 more than in November. Japan increased its imports from eight to forty-two million in Decem¬ ber and Cuba recorded a gain of $7,000,000.
Department of Commerce officials do not appear to be alarmed over the situation. Their attitude is that of wonder that Europe didn't start doing it aeveral months back. The year 1919 ended with the United Statea holding a trade balance of close to five billion doTiars against Europe. Nearly a billion of this was offset by the balances held against the United States by Latin-America and Aaiatic coimtries.
Tliat the decline in exports may have a serious effect on shipping rates was considered in shipping circles, A substantial reduction in freight rates may have to be made, it was believed. With tite abimdance of ships, but less cargoes to handle, it was believed shippers may find themselves bidding low rates to keep vessels from lying idle.
IN MCK ON SIMS
;Von Hindenburg and Others; Admiral Too British in Attitude i ^ Must Be Taken by Force if     That ^Reflected  Upon the
SENATOR JOHNSON ILL.
Waashingtton. Fcv 7. — Senator • tiraxn Johnson, California, is ill at his 'lonie here from the flu it waa learm-d rinight. The Senator has been confln- d to hts bed but it was not believed is condition is serious. Johnson ha.s 'UBt rrturned from a strenuous tour ot lie United States.
Taken at All
BACKED BY PUBLIC
A SLIGHT TO OE VALERA
Pnston. Masa., Feb. 7.—liimon !>« X'alera, preaident of the Irish rcpublir. ^\1II not be offlciBlly greeted by Mayor I'eter when ho vlsitti this city, it wai^ loaned tonight. Peters had decided not to receive De ^'alera, because he is '.ho head ot a republic not rccoimized by the United State*.
Y. M. C. A. MARTYRS
New "Vork, Feb. 7.—Kraal; U. .lohnson iind James I* Perr>-, "y. M. (". A. secre- laries, reported by the State Depiun- ment to have been killed by brigands in Asiatic Turkey, were stationed at beadquiirters at Constantinople, where each had a wife. Johnson's home wus in N'ewark, Oh:o, and his mother, Mrs. •V M. Johnson, liven in Karindale, Ohio.
Pt-rry"8 home address rould not be located, but it is known he Wiia grad¬ uated from Colby College at WalervlUe. Muine, and attended the Trinity School of Missions at Hartford, Coun. Both bad been pecrefaries In their organisa¬ tions before going overseas.
SHIP IN DISTRESS Mobile. Ala., Keb. 7.—The local wire¬ less station  tonight  received   S.  O.  S. ¦ all.s from the steamer Chappell.
The message did not gi\c the l«ca-
linn of the vessel, but it is believed .she
WHS far out at SPa.   Tbe Chuppell wus
•lying between  Norf«>Ik  and  ^!outherll
>orta, according to information.
Berlin, Feb. 7.—Indication.s grew in official circles here today that Germany will not submit to enforcement of .\rtlcle 128 of the Versailles treaty, pro¬ viding the surrender of Teuton war guilty.
Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense, waa reported to have telegraphed the chief of the German naval staTt in the naliic fhat "no Germans will be sur¬ rendered."
Noske"s telegram, according to the report, was In repl/ %o one from the Tiaval chief declaring the navy would not t^onsmt to the extradition of Ad¬ miral von Trotha, whose name is on the Allied list of accused.
The list of accused with Its ODverinf note was expected to l>e handed to the govemment officially tonight through either tho PYeuch or British charges d'affaires.
Nosko's statement today followed bitter condemnation of the allied de¬ mand by prominent German leaders yesterday.
Mathias Eriberg, one of the strong men in the present nerman govem¬ ment, crcditeil with having much to do with forcing Gfennany to aign the Versaillee tri'aty, said the govemment and people were in full ac<»rd in re- aistlng the allied demand.
The Liokal .\nzeiger quoted Field Marshal von lUndenburg and von IiU- dendorff, whose names have l»een men¬ tioned as prominent In the list of ac¬ cused, lis asserting that no German oltlwr would surrender himself volun» tarily. »
Germans acclaimed the statement of
.Irish People
JLANE OUT AS WILSON'S ASSISTANT
Twenty-one Years' Service Record Sacrificed to Need For Higher-pay Work i
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
V\"a.shinsrton, Feb. 7- I>;inkliii K. Lune today resigned a.s Secretary of tbe Interior, clo.sing ii term of twenty-one years in public life.
Lano'.s  resiRnation.   which   Pre^iiden'. Wilson    accepted     imni^'di.atfly,     will lnke effect  Marcli  1  ut  I.,ane'.s rr'q\ic:U. ThL- former secret.iry  then   intend.s  t   1 iiitorost  himself  in   personal   busines.-;! ilTuir.s. j
Letters exchanged between the Pre.^i- ' dent aii'l Lane, wliich wi?re made public! lato     today,     Indicate     good     feeliiiLc marked    th"?    rctiremint.      Both    the' I I're.sident and Lune e.xpre.ssed regret.
Lane resigned. It i.s understood, be- ' cause it w.-is nece.s.s.-iry for him to edrn •nifirc than n cabinet officer".s .siilarj-.
I*ine"g retirement will leave a gap in I tbc rul.inet whicii the I'resident wili find it difficult lo fill, irovornmcnt offi¬ cial.s aijrec. As yel there Is no reliable indication as to who the President will a|>point.
Amonp those being mentioned are .\le\ander T. W. Vogelsang, first us- .sistaiit to Lune; James H. Hawley, of HoU'S. former Governor of Idaho, and ex-Senator John F. Safroth, of Col- i orado. .Many politicians favor Vogel- i sang.
Lane,  who  was  appointed   .March   4, 3913, earned an enviable reputation in! fho. handling of tlie coinple.\ affairs ofl the  interior department  which Include! direciion of the governmt-nt"s irrigation j experiments   in   the   west   and   of   the' govcrnments'.s public land policy. Lanej l.so  received wide  recognition  for liia work u.s chairman of the lirst national industrial conference.
Lane, who wa.s born In Canada, be¬ came an American cttlzpii whon his I family eaxly in bis childhood moved! to California. L,ano was educated I there, worked a.s a newspaper reporter) and later studied law. He then cii-j tered local politics and first became u' national figure in 1908 when he wa;.. appointed a member of the Interstatr Commerce Commis.sion.
Lane's   Letter
ljane"« letter of re«lgnation follow.'--:
RIDICULED PERSHING
"Washington, Feb. 7.—.\ttaeking Rear Admiral Sims us a man who could not be given a post of trust, Secretary Daniels today completed his defense in
the naval awards controversy. i     ..vt    ..        tr     t..     ^ .    .
r>=.„i«i„ .„M IU    o      .        .. . *'y ^^^^ ^^^- ITesident:    It is with
Daniels told the senate sub-commit- 1 deep regret  that  I   feel  compelled    to
tee that he would never have rcconi- ' resign the commLssion with which yi'u
mended Sims for promotion to the per- , '^^^ ^^ ^ honor me by appointing me
manent rank of admiral had he fore-
Spiker Case Ends In Wedding To-day
Kail P.iver .^lasj?.. Feb. 7.—The wedilint; of Guv S Spii.er ar.d Mits.s Kmily Knowles l}!i>;ljsh '"war bride"' of Perley il. Spiker. father of .MiKs KtiowK's' tlve nioiiihs old baby, will. I'robably tal.e \<\-.ii x- tomorrow at 10 o"cIocU, it w IS baKr.ed here toniuht.
Guy Spiker arrived here today .and went inimodiaie'.y to ili" resi¬ dence ol" Mrs. ^Vnl¦ iSatt'Tsbuv. where Mis» Knowli.s has beon btay- intT. Ho refused to moot newspaper men. .Vo woixl could be obtained from the l>.'ittert;by rcsiJence re- g;irding plans for fbe'wedding.
It wa.s learned, however, that Spi- kor held a telephone conversation wtUi .issistaiit City Clerk Joseph F. Delahuniy pertulnine to the mar- riaito license .-ind wedding.
Delahanty declared that Spiker and Miss Knowles would call at his house at 10 o'clock tomorrow for the marriage license. "I presume I will marry them"' Delahanty said, with a smile.
Guy Spiker tonight sent a tele¬ gram to his brother, Perley K. Spiiier, in Baltimore, In which he Maid: "Will be married tomorrow: oxpoct to leave Monday, if possible."
-Mrs. Cora Spiker. wife of the father of Aliss Knowles' child, did not accompany Guy Spiker on his return trip from Halt Imore, owing to a slighl Illness, resulting from the strain she has been under for the past few weeks.
.Miss Knowles earlier in the day admitted that she had worn a wed¬ ding ring on the stonmer coming from Kngiand. She declared she wore it "to fircvont jieople from asking embnrras.-in;,' iiueslions"'
•'I did wear a wedding ring when 1 went aboard the Laplatid nt South¬ ampton." Mi.s.s Knowles said. "I wore it during the vo>age across the ocean tiecausc its al'sence and the presence of my baby might have caused emlxirrassinu: ((uestions and speculation from tho other passen¬ gers.   I bought the rin^' myself."'
•Miss Knowles declared she be¬ lieved that the <wedding ring hae been th»! cause of aii reports that have been circulated ihat she was already married to Porley Spiker.
After their marriag< Guy Spiker and Miss Knowles wi!l le.ave imme¬ diately for Baltimore where they will live In the same bouse with Mr. and Mrs. Perley R. Spiker.
WILSON'S LAST WORD ON TREATY CONTEST HEARD BY SENATORS
No Back-Down On Pledge To Guarantee Territorial Possessions Of All Enrolled In the League of Nations. Hitchcock Makes Puhlic Letter From the President.
FRENCH MORE OPTIMISTIC.
London, Feb. 7.—The Times today printed a dispatcfi from Paris declaring the French Senate had decided to accept the reserva¬ tions of the American Senate to the Versailles treaty and was con- .sidering ho"w its decision shall be communicated to America.
Washington, Feb. 7.—President Wilson will accept the Hitch* cock reservations to the peace treaty, he declared in a letter read to¬ day to thirty Democratic senators in conference on the treaty.
But he cannot accept any reservation which causes the United States to reject its international obligations under article ten of the League of Nations coven.int, which pledges Iraprie members to pro , tect^each other's territory against outside aggression. j The Hitchcock reservations which the President agrees to ac«
; cept were rejected by the Senate on Novmber 19 last by a vote of 41 ! yeas to 50 noes.,
i The letter which was read today was written to Senator Hitch-
i cock January 26. It is the first time Wilson has explicitly stated that any particular set of rese.-v^tions would be acceptable to bim. Hii letter made it plain to Democratic senators that the President's po¬ sition on the treaty has not undergone the slightest change, they s^d. The  Presiilent'.s  letter to  Hitchcock   which I \yroto him on the eveninc: of
was in reply to a note senc him on January 22 by Hitchcock, enclosing a copy of the proposed reservation on article ten under consideralian by tbe bi-partisan conferees. The conferees were about to agree upon tlie reser¬ vation in question which provided that the United States "assurne.s no obliga¬ tion to employ its military or naval forre-s  or   the  economic    boynott"     to
the day in wliich the bi-parti.san eor.- ference In Setiator Lodgi'"s oftice camo .so near to agreeing to a reservation on Article X.
"The reservations whicb the Presi¬ dent refers to as mine, were the nvo reservations which I presented to ih»! Senate Nov. 19, after they had heei approved by the Democratic cauci's. In the Senate they received 41 votes."
With  the   President's    cordial    anl
..     .      .. ,   J J I whole-hearted acceptance and atinroval
preserve    he tern ory or Independence I ^, ^.^ ^^^^^ ^^ reservations, m cb.^cl of  any  other  nation.     Hitchcock    old: ^^   prepared,   he  indicated   tonight,   to the President that the negotiations had    ,„ ,„j„  ^^^ g^^^^^ ^^   ^ f    "   »
reached a stage ': where both sides arof r,nish against acceptance of any reser- senously considering a proposition as ..^n^n on article X which runs count-r indicattd   by  the enclosed  ciiyping.
I     In     response     the   President under date of January 2(5: ; Wilson's Letter
"My dear Senator Hitchcock
to     the    President"e    jiositlon-       Tbi«
wrote,   means Il'itchcock will  have to tight to
' keep mm within hi.s own party In line,
I for among  the Dcmoci ats   there    u- ¦
I have! tho.«<'   .^j,q   wiint   the   Lodge   program
I to a place in your cabinet, now almost t
_-^„  ..^   . „ ,         ^     ,     ,,.  _^even years ago. .If it will meet your
seen tho developm^^nts In the awaitI«-eoavenlencc I would suggest that I be
permitted  to retire on March  1.
dispute.    He made the following com¬ plaints against Sims:
1. That Sims, according to Repre¬ sentative Byrnes of South Carolina, declared the armistice had to be signed because General Pershing's supply de¬ partment had broken down.
2. That Rims, according to Byrnes, said   that leave the
With the conditions which make this step necessary, you are familiar. I have .served the public for 21 years and that (service appeals to me as no other can. but I must now think of other duties.
The program of administration and
legislation looking to the development the United States "should J of our resources which I havo suggest- aea  to Grea^  Britain,"   re- i ed  from time to time is now in largo
fnUnIng from seeking commorclal su-   I'^rt 'n effect or soon will   como
into
premacy  thereon,  njid  concentrate on developing the wcstej^i hemisphere.
3.—That, in recently fiublished ar¬ ticles, Sims cast H "gratituoiis reflec¬ tion" on the Irish people.
<—That Hims dtnrloKed his own ver- j sion of confidential instructions given j him aa he was about to sail for London, j
The controversy between A-mbas.sador I Wiliard and Admiral Decker, at Madrid. I countrv and world mav have the bene- whlch resulted in Decker's recall from I fit of the full measure "of your strengUi the post of naval attache there, to- | in the leadership of their affairs. Tho gather with his assistant commander, discouragements of the present are, i Cartoa V. Cussach5<. was brought into'
ASmiCA FAILS
Lack of Support From This Country Forces Allies to Reconsider Terms j
BLOW TO PEOPLE
greatly   appreciated   your, thoughtful| accepted.
kindness in ke ipinp mo Informed con- j The President's iindevlatlng adher- cernlng the conferences you and some j ence to his position on article ,\. doen of your colleagues have had with not Increase the hopr-.s of ratification, spokesmen of the Republican p.arty j i^enators aaid. But bia willingness tc concerning the posalblllty of ratiflca-j accept intact the Hitchcock resolutions tion of the treaty of peace aAd send i will put the Republicans In tlie iiositlon this line in Special nppreciatltin ack-1 of turning down a detlnlte propoaal nowledgement   of   your   letter   of* the'from the L'resldent Den*ocrat« saJii  li
the  supporters of the  liodge  progiani rofuse to take the  HitchcMk reservn-
By J. W. T. Mason
N'ow York. Feb. 7.—Reduction of the war indemnity Germany must pay and
22nd.    I return the clipping-you were kind enough to enclose.
"To the substance of It, I. of course, adhere. I am bound to. Lik» your¬ self. I am solemnly sworn to obey and maintain the constitution of the United States. But I think the form of It very unfortunate.    Any reservation or
the hearing by Chairman Hale.      H.Tie produced a  letter from  Cusacha,  who
        ^^ ^ .._.._»  resolution   stating   that     'tho     United
effect through the action of Congress. indemn''tv fiermanv must nav Tnd   States assumes  no    obligation    under
"I return  this depariment Into your   ^-*^ >"demn.l> Gernianj  must pay and   ^^^^  ^^^   ^^^^   ^^  ^^^^^^^   ^ ^^
hands  with  vor>-  real   gratitude    that I''•^^'^•^"KP  m   the  pea.-^  t,-eaty  cl.auses   „,j       j. ,,,    , j^^^e    chill     our
you have given n.e the   oportunity    '" i ^,^;,^;?:;^rsouV«.s'o "'^aTi^^ relaXnsh.;   with   The   nationl!    wi^h
know well a working force holding ««j P'^'"'-'P."^'   -sourcfs   of  coa4   yupply   are, we  exDeci  to   be  assocn ted   in
rnany men and women Of singular abil-   'XT'"^   '"   '"   '^'^''"^^   "^^   ^^'^ the Vat   ^'ntrrprlj.'^^
Ity and rare spirit. .vines. ' .u. _     u-        „ ^
I   trust   that   vou   miv  soon   be   so       '!"'>'» '» the  flrst  major proposal  for,^"*^ worlds peatc.
" ^       ' Furope to work out her own economic'     Tl'^t a-ssociation must, in any caae,, merely advice whi- h each member na-
fiiture. The Europeans are realizing I my dear .Serato:-, involve verj serl-] tion Is free to accept or reject, .accopfl- that they cannot secur*- from the; oue and far-reaching implicati ms of! ing to the conrclence .^nd ludgn.ent l'nited St.ates th© asslstarro Ihej hat' honor and duty wrhich, I am s.n. wt j of its then existhif: s^vemment nnd in expected to put them on their feet. | shall never in fact be desirous of i.itnor- } the United States this advice only They dr** con.soquently tring to findjtng. It is mnst important net to cro- can be accepted by actioh of Congress local moans of recuperation.    The moi« ¦ ..jje the impression that wo are  trying [ .at the time being. Consrr>-i alone i;r-
you  may  soon   oe  so | completely restored to health that thel
tions. These resei-vation« "were once rejected: tliere is no indication thit they stand any better chance of ac¬ ceptance today.
Uow far th" President is wlllinf to go on Article x is Indicated clearly by his acceptance of ilio Hitchcock reser¬ vation on this point  n-bleh reads: Not  Forced to  Fight.
"Jhat the advice lueitioned in .Ar¬ ticle X of the rovencnt of the 'eague which the i oiinotl mav eive to tbe member nations as to the employm°"t of  tbeir  navel  and   mi'itaiv   force.*   is
Baron Kurt von Lersner, who resigned ! has resigned, in which it "was stated as head of the German delegation In i that he was recalled on the allegation Paris  rather than  tranmlt  tho list of i that he had told prominent Spaniards
believe, only temporar.\. The ciuntrj Icnows that for America to stand out¬ side the league of nation.s   will    brin<
E
ON CIIY PAVEMENTS ARE PEACE NOVELIY
I alleged war guilty to Berlin, that the I allied demand must l>e blocked at all ' cost.
¦ Surrender of such men aa von Hin- : denburg and Ludendorff, "whom all the i Fatherland loves and whose guilUess
the United States intended to estab¬ lish naval bases in Spain. This Cusachs denied, and went on to claim that   "Wlllard   caused   his   recall.       He
pressing  need  Is   to   prevent    formal
, , _,, ^ , bankriiptcv in central Kurniie.   The de-
neither pride to us nor confidence  to I fpatod  nations are  near  the  point  of the worid." I financial  pn>stration.    If tbey fall, ab, . ^ u      ..    .      ., i
111     accepting     l*ine"s     resignation, j continental   Kurope might  become tht''"'*"*'^"   1 am happy to be able t,, add. President Wilson wrote to him: 1 prey of the EJoIshoviki. | therefore, that I have once more gono
to escape obligation.
'"But I realize that negative criticisih is not all is called for. In so «erious a
President's Reply. ;     A second   reason    for revising    the'
".My IX'ar .Mr. Secretary:    T nerd nol ! economic and tinancial terms of    tthe
dor the constitutioi' of ib» United .'states liaving the power to declare war."
Thi.s   does   not   reject   the   oblt::a- tion under .Article X, but leaves to the
over tho  resprvr.tiors by  ..oursrf,  the i Congress in power at the lime ny any copy of which I return herewltii and, i<articuiar case where arisie« tbe right
referred   to   Willard's  attitude  toward I ^*'" y" '^¦'•*' T'^hat deep regret I accep- , peace  treaty is  to end  the dreams  of  am glad to say that I can accept them   to decide about the means to be em-
hlm  a8  "hypocritical"   and   "'?uch   a.s
ness is above doubt."' von Lersner said, I ^""'l P"^ i"1"l»'> f^r^
when he arrived here yesterday, "can¬ not be tolerated. If Germany refuses this shameful request," von Lersner .said, "even her enemies will havo re¬ spect for her.'' Count von Bernstorff said: "It would
Daniels declared bolh Deokor Cusachs were recalled beraiise could nol get alon^ with Wllbord and would not agree with him a.s to i>oIicy. Decker refused a navy cross, Daniels said, and claimed he deser\-ed ,a hii^her honor, because he prevented .Spain from
. ;;—7~ ' ^ 'imply out of the question to lay j entering the war on the side of Ger
Feb. 7.—Igloos on P.road- ! hands on von Hindenburg." ' many.
your resignation as Sccretar.v of In ferior, for our associations were de- .nnd i 'ightful. I have admired the spirit they i '" which you dev-oted yourself to tlie duty of your dep.artmonf as I am sure all attentive observers have, but fie reasons  you  jrive
leave me  no  choice but  to acquiesce, and  I,  of course,  accept your sugges-
»ho poople  in tho  v•cloriou^ countries I as they stand, that Germany can  be made    to    ->av 1 President   Has   Faitb.
their debts. The most powerful Inhii- 1 "I hav~ never soon the slightest rc'is- ence which is delaying rt return to I <'n to doubt the pood faith of your as- normal      industrial      produetlon      in i sociates during tho w.ar and have nover
ployed to fulfil Jsiicb oblif;;aion as may p.'Xist. In othor word.s, if Congress ¦ should decide fhat a particular ei.se did j not put an obli;;;itior. Jpon the Unlt- i cd States It could refuse to authc ri?-?
Fr.ince  and   Italy
the   popular  Ix-   doubted that afly nation would seek toj the use of ai-rned lorce, even thoujih llie
league advi.sed it.
Senator   Hiti hi;ock'«  regdirg  of the
for your reti^roment; jjpf jjjg^t ^^j, indemnities will soon be-, enlarge our obligations under the Lea gin   to   make   everything   rght   This   gue of Nations or soek t. alien  u-j to
Xew York
vay made New "i'ork tonight look like |   j Decker  Disobedient
.   small UsKiino sottlemcni.   The public! NOMINATIONS MADE. j     "jf x had been able to control Spain
¦.vended tbeir way througli   the    fnow i     Hendersonvilk, N. C., Feb. 7.—Laban i ^ didn't becomo him to say so." D.oniels nd slush.   The natives bad visions of. L. Jenkins, millionaire banker and cot-j continued.     '"His   business  was   to  do .now shoes and saw  stars when they | ton mill owner of AshcvUle, was nom-i what tho Ambassador told  him.    Cu- . ;ipped on the Icy pavements. \ inatcd as a candidate for Congress by ^ saxshs was a bright fellow but his judg-
the Kepubllcans of Uie Tenth district ment isn't very liood. He was Impos- Ht a convention held here this after- sible as a naval attache. Afterward we noon. Judge J. C. Pritchard of the! sent him to Habana as attache, but U. S. Circuit Court- of Appeals of Ashe- • he got in hoi water there."' I ville, was unanimously endorsed as | Reverting to Admiral Sims* dlscIo.<:- • Republican candidate for President of, ure of confidential instruction, Daniei! the l.'nited States, and James C. Britt. j said: "I raise no question as to hisi also of Asheville. was named as Re- accurate memory, but no secretai^- of I publican candidate for governor. the   Navy   could   recommend   for   any i
  I honor or place of trust, one, who, re- i
CARD  PARTY  AND   DANCE        j ceiving   confidential    instructions     oni A card party and dance will be given, going to a neutral country   then    dis- !
Seals and other adjuncts of a good skimo vilUpc were absent hut  there , vas anow enuui,-h-    it piled eight und t-n  feet  hiA.-h   between   the  c.ir  tracks' . nd |iidowulks.   The natives were cele- I
ratlrig  thu  re-appearance  of the  sun .¦:"ler several days" absence   and    built ; !-.!ered flrss on top of their igloos.   The ' :jrpb»e ¦wa.s to melt the snow and the t suit  was tu get  more  water on  the ¦ ^•dewi'k <or freexirii; tonight. I
Hrpdreds of trucks scurrying about,
'"Ma.v I not add how sincerely I hope i '""¦"-' P<_ ' .     ¦,,      » i.        ,
that your future career will t.e .as fi.ll I ^"!>^" "^^^ '^' ^Th    tiT ' T^ "^ "    , ¦ of honorable success as your past? My   "*^'«=" ,/°  "'"^^« **>® ^^^^ b^Tdf^ns ot i best wishes will follow you throughout ¦      " Aliits. lall the years that apparently must now ] separate us, and I   beg    to    subscribe i myself.
""Cordially and sincerely your friend. "Woodrow Wilson."
i      .  1,     » i is   a   hopeleses   expeciation.     Nobodi   lines of action -.vhioh, un I-r oi r con-   letter  to  the   Democratic  fienatirs  al
tion that the resignation take effect on | ^,,j,,p,  ^^^   j^^ge   an   iridemnity  Ger-' sUtutlon on only the Congress of the • today's  conference  wax  followed  by h ne nrst ot . larch. ' many can p.ay,    hut    it    is    jiosltlvely j United States   caf»  in the laat anaiysij.. J unanimous  agreement   lo go  into  the
decide Senate Mond'iy and keep in every pos-
"May I suggest that in connection | iit,|e touch with Senator Lodge wht't with the possible withdrawal ol" tlie,),e asks that the treaty be taken up. United States it would be wise to givejxhe Democrats. Hitchcock suld, will to the President to act uiaui our, vote with the It^publicanp to suspend resolution  of  Congress  in   the   matter! the rules so that the treaty may come
MURDER IS VERDICT
OF CORONER'S JURY
I Hxtended over a long term the Ger- j mans might be able to pay oclweer ; ten billion ana fifteen billion dollars. 1 Very little of this, however, would be i available within the next ft-w ye.nrs. I If a con.<?ider.able amount wi re iak«i. ! forcibly ,Germnny  would  fall
of   withdrawal?     In   other   words,     it
up     They  aj-jo  will  support  the  mo
Impossible  Hopes.
The Allied nations on the cor.tirent
would seem to be permissable ahu ad- | jion Lodi^e is expected to make to re- visablc that any rcsoluUon giving no-J commit the treaty to thn^ foreign r-ta- tlce  of  withdrawal   should  be  a  joint j tions   committee   with   instructions   to
rather than a ;oncurrent re.soiution.
report it back at one".    This motion in
.:n.'nB  the  igloos v.lth  loads of snow i liy  a   club  composed   of a   number  of i closes them
o   be   dumped   In   the   river  added  a , :oung people of the Holy Name Church |     Daniels, replying to. Sims' criticisms
.;.Hl« n touch to the scene. ' of  SwoyeA-ille  on' FrIdHy  night.  Feb- I of nk'vai'poUcy"; declared" that'it'would i '''^'*« ^'^^ <>"" week ago last night in i as they are and not aa they ought to be,
The natives are to have a real treat i .-uar>-   IS,  at   Hotel   Sterling.    A    finejha^e boen unwise to have stripped the |
doubt   whether  the   President   can   bej^jesigned to remove the cloture which 'are counting on a oulck realir.aUon   of  deprived of his veto power under theL^ppyej j3„t .esslon A verdict thaTmurder was commit- ' '^^^' indemnity demands.   That is im-j constitution,  even   with  his  own   con- p,„, ^, ^odgo
ted  by unidentified  men still at  lur^e   »'•»»¦*''*'•   '^"'^   «"'i   ^   revision   of   the j aent ',     LoOge  said   loday   ne   probably   will
was returned la.st nipht by a coron-rs i P««-ce treaty  terms will make popular        The use of a Joint resolution would ¦ i,j^^,j, ^ meeting of tho  Foreign Rela- jury  after an  biquest  into  the  dea'h i ^'P'"'"" realize it. permit  Ihe  Pr-^sident,  who  is  charged   .j^^g  Committee   Tuesday   and  report
of   Michael   Fritz   of   Port   Blanchard '     The tirst  Kuropeuns to accept facts   by the  constitution,  with  the conduct, j^„  ,re;,ty  back  tie .-an;- d;i
IS,  at  Hotel  Sterling.    A
•morrow when a group of tanks slnii- I program  of  music  has  been arranged ] American   coast  of   war   craft    while
r to those :n the .^. U. l". are sched- , and a large number of valuablle prizes  German undersea craft were active on
led   to be seen  spraying  flre on the , ^jn   be  given   to   the  winners  of  the i this side of the Atlantic.    He said that
.-•low along Riverside Drive.
Thousands  of  ni-n   are  working  to
-.ear away the snow.    Hundreds have
oen rt>lo;ised by various firms and .ore
¦bovelinj; snow for the city in response
.o a request made by Mayor Hylan.
Many fleets of motor trucks hav© 'eon  turned over for the city's use.
Stn»et car service is »>till paralyzed Iiy the three inches of ice in which •'io tracks aro embedded. fle\-at;.'d itwds are running again.
Tho curt) street clan gathered a.** iiinual to conduct the buy-It-quick and   elj.it-quicker game. The bears kept t'le market going down, however, not : ) much in the ni.itter of stocks .as in the matter of feet which found dlf-' iicnlty  in negotiating the ice coating
card games.
I Pittston hospital .after being found on I ^e the financiers and traders of Eng-
' the PlalnsvlUe road with his skull frac- i 'and.    It is among these men ihat  the |
tured and  both h.ands and feet frozen I movement haa originated to make the
from exposure. i P^^ce treaty conform to economic and
The   jurors   under   the   direction   of
(Of the foreiKii policy  to  merely  exer-,     .phe   Democrats  did
else a voice in saying wheiher so im¬ portant a step as withdrawal from the league of nations shall be accom¬ plished by a majority or by a two- vote.
not   attempt  at
VENIZELOS IS NEXT ..,.,.
Much  confusion  arose  over  t'le de TO  LOSE HIS PLACE U'*^ °^ AHleil  countries to confer de
1 AmerioA". full navnl «trenath w-i« ' The jurors under the direction of "nancial facts. The !¦ rench cr.blnet is i thirds vote. The constitution its* U 0,«f«n Into the war Imntediatelv after I Coroner P. D. Thomas and Chief Depu- I showing uneasiness at the piospect. j providing that the legislative body w.as w«7«as decirred^ Ity Roscoe Smith,  heard  lestimonv of-I and   Premier .Miiierand   has   Informed   lo be consulted in  treaty making and
' ' fered by several State troopers and the j the Chamber of Deputies that  France i having prescribed a two-thirds vote in
workmen who came upon Fritz in the • will exact all tJermany owea her.   But ¦ such cases, it seems to me that ther.
rorations on American officers, the tes-!'¦'''¦*^"    Testimony indicated   foul   play. | British financiers ore pointing out it Js i ghould   be   no   unnecessary   departure
Rome, Feb. 7.—The peoplo are only awaiting the April elections to over- brow Premier Venibclos and restore King Constance as ruler of Greece," Klio Panas. former f;ovemor of north- rm   Epyrus,   said   here   today.
King Alexander, second son of tho de)>osed Greek Monarch who succewtet* when Constance was forced to abdi¬ cate, is ready to Kive way tb his fath¬ er.  Panas declared.
' Umony disclosed.     Sims  acting under, ^j,^  ^^        ^^    ^^^^      ^^^^   ^^^^^^    ^^ misinformation, accepted a BnUsh de-   ^^ ,^^ ^^.^^ ^^ unknown person.,,
coration and authorizi^ several sub- .j-he State troopers have been at ordinate officers to do likewise. He was ^^^^k all week on the case. Immedi- Jater informed that the government's ¦ ately following Frltz.-j death severa! policy was to the contrary-. President | suspects were rounded up but were Wlison the State Department and tho i released. For a time it was believed Nary Department were thoroughlj I that death was the result of a fall, this agreed on this matter. Dariels .s'atod. | theory being supported by the position ¦I consider the practice contrary to ' of the body when found and the marks American ideals, tradition and law,"  he   on it
I Because   of   the   mystery   surrounding | Impossible lo exact debts in full from j from the method there indicated.
a semi-bankrupt. j     -i gee no objection to a frank state-
The   situation   contains   possibilities'- ment that the United States can accept
\   1
Panas •was on hi.<? way to St. Merits n tho street, so many men l>cin^ found , *" tntK the former Greek ruler. Pre- ot in good standing. mler   Venizelos.   Panas   declared    »»«*
In   the   hotel   districts   many   side- i suppressed   all   his   oppon<^nts  by   im-
alke wer.' cleared of Icr by mian.s of   prisoning or exilins them.      Venlzelo*   .,„^^...  „ , 	
«tMm  boao  that  were iwad sucoms- t has "abolished freedom of tae prcw" u\  an proc-eedins, according to a dispatch <ull>-> |[Greece. Panas addetL I to t3e\"«naiui Dasblad from Reval todaj.
¦aid.     -Officers would be solicitous of securing foreign approval or fpvor."
Soviet Recognized
Stookliolm. Feb. 7.--N'ejrot'atioiis be¬ tween tircal .Britain and soviet  Ru.s.'ii.;
A GOOD LAW.
Augu.«ta. Me.. Feii. 7.—A new law was put into effect toflay by the State of Maine which makes persons found giiiltv of proliterrnip in Ihe necessities of life liable to a flpe or imprisonment or botii.
v-
¦fh^ir^^f^ii""*^^'" ^^'t^'f ^"J  P^" 1- O"" *"y t't'it'-, Lodge'H program last ™ '^"'^^ ; pioviaion of tho treaty of peace, only,     "Irreconcilable"    Ri
of serious quarrels among   the    Allies j ^ mandate with regard to any terrlbiry
before the matter Is setUed
ent the Allies are criticizing
Suites in chorus.    But this may give:
way to criticisms of England   by
Allies   on   the    continent     wben     the
movement for revising the peace treaty
becomes more generally known , assistance   that   I   can   render
The shock to the continental  pubUc  tui -, h.r r..,hi.. morter
opinion and po(Jcetbook will be aeverial Nevertheless the Issue "will have to be met sooner or later. The more it Is I>ostponed the nearer will como. the menace of general bankruptcy. Ger many will be made to pay all she can
today's session to formulate more defl- ntte plans than tho.se already referred. Hitchcock said th«f>' could not unUI they know definitely what Lodge is ttoing to do. Me indicated another conference may be held to decide un later action.
At today's session several Demo¬ crats spoke in favor of ratiflcatiun without re«ervatloni«; others urged mild reservations and two. Smith of C;eorgia and Pomerene of Ohio, urged acceptance of the I.K>dge reservations. Both Smith and Pomerene voted Xor session.
but   nobody   c*'i itcoldaa sooiia.
afford    to    kill
Republicans    failed
''?¦'; by the direct authority and action of jto hold ilieir ineetin„- t.^lay as sched- .h* ! '**^ Congress of the L'nited Stales. I yjgd.     They
"'I   hope,  my dear  Senator  that  > ou ¦ will never hesitate to call upon me for
in tbis or any other public matter. "'Cordially arid sincerely yours.
""WOODROW "WTLSON." Fight to Finish In giving out the ttxt of the letter Ifor   publication.       dona tor     HitchcK-k
thej said:    "The Presiotnts   letlcr, , dated I January 39tb, was called by a letter
have virtually been as¬ sured '.hat no attempt will be made to impose cloture and with that aasur- aiice they said it was not neceseary for them to meet.
Mild reservations met and drew up three drafts of proposed modifications of the" Article X reservation whicb they submitted to Ixxlge. The\ urg«Hl him to accept one of them as part of 'hia program wh-n he presents rt»tr- (Coatiued O^ X»C*   .>•)