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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
Only Two Votes Are Understood to
Have Been Cast in Executive
Session Against It.
$4.ooO,0oO A YEAR IS SAVED
Measure Carries S37,6O1 1929
Gives More Pay to Lower-Grade
Employees and Abolishes Sew
eral Sinecures.
FEATURES OF THE BILL.

Legislative. executive and jul
dicial appropria alton bill. reported
today:
Department clerks to work an
hour longer each day.
Carries total of 31.601.539.225.
Appropriates for 1920 salaries.
Increase over current act OF
S565,374.
Less than estimates by sa,629,
34S
Increases many salaries at Lii
brary of Congress.
Fixes price of gas to the gov
ernment at 20 cents.
ReorganiZes Post Office Depart
ment salaries in many respects.
Makes no drastic cuts in pay
rolls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24

Keep the lid clamped down Congress while the President and
Secretary Lansing negotiating"
This leaders House today
the situation which developed the closing hours of yesterday
connection with resolutions Americans off armed
merchant vessels
Speaker Champ Clark guard refuse
consideration of such resolution in the House
AGAINST DEBATE IN THE SENATE
Stone committee foreign
does action by his committee and deeaes discus
sion of the subject in the Senate.
of foreign affairs
says will reported
Gore waiting for opportunity offer
Representative McLemor
pending in the House
REPUBLICANS KEEP HANDS OFF
Minority republicans the House are
holding aloo leaving fight
the President.
Mann's only today Il do
Stone said today: 1T my opinion that Congress
refrain of opinion while these negotiations
being by the consuonay authorized officials
way. Congress apprsed of details and position
to express opinion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senates
Met at noon.

Met at noon.
Resumed debate on water
power bill.
Objection prevented Senator
Gore from introducing legisla-
tion to keep Americans off arm
ed ships Of belligerents
Hearing continued into fitness
of Louis y. Brandeis for United
States Supreme Court of the
United States.
Inquiry resumed into alleged
monopoly of sisal output.
Houses
Met at noon.
Consideration of the post Office
bill continued on the floor.
Hearing on Representative
London's neutral Congress reso-
luton begun by the foreign af-
fairs committee.
Admiral Winslow appeared be-
fore the naval affairs committee
in executive session to testify on
the national defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
No Hurry Calls Sent.

No Hurry Calls Sent.
He did not hurriedly send for senator.
| or representatives to confer with then
or to make inquiry as to the truth Of
the statements that his attitude toward
Germany has stirred serious opposition
within his own party.
F., From authoritative sources it wa:
gathered that the President has no,
| the remotest idea that Congress is go.
| ing to slap him in the face and take
charge Of the issues he is trying to set.
tie with Germany. He is said to be con.
, vinced that Congress will do nothing Of
the kind and that, after few days te
cool off, democratic statesmen now in
clined to differ with him will settle
down to support of him and his policies
should he ask support.
mitted today, that constituents Of many
congressman are writing or asking,
| why should Americans be allowed to
travel on armed merchantmen anyway
and that this conveys the impression that
| the people generally take that view. But
; it is felt in high quarters that when
these same congressman face an actual
resolution in Congress that surrenders
the fundamental principle of an Ameri-
can to travel on the high seas they will
| take a different view.
Would End Sea Freedom.
The President, it is claimed by his
closest friends. would feel that he
would never be entitled to the respect
of his country if he should yield to the
view that an American had no right
on the high seas in a vessel armed
solely for defensive purposes. He holds
that il he should issue a warning to
them to keep off such vessels. then the
high seas would no longer be free and
would be owned, absolutely and out
right, by the country possessing the
greatest number of submarines. If
Congress should pass a resolution of
warning the effect would be the same.
The President, it was indicated today,
would quickly veto any resolution of
that kind.
The fundamental principle of inter-
national law is the freedom of the
seas, according to the administration
viewpoint. Unarmed merchantmen, un-
der the policy Of Germany. to go into
effect March l. would. it Is feared. be
entirely helpless and defenseless: they
would be held up, passengers and
crew hastily and unsafely showed into
small boats and the vessels torpedoed.
Lawful to Arm Vessels.
The right to arm these vessels, it is
pointed out by those who support the
Presidents view, is unquestioned under
international law. They are admittedly
armed for defensive purposes alone The
gun equipment would not be necessary
but for the presence of submarines hunt
ing to destroy them. They are on their
! lines of commerce. They are not seeking
to make attacks upon the submarines.
The presence Of t1bmarines in the seas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
PRESIDENT IS NOT STAMPEDED
BY STORIES OF PARTY REVOLT
Confident Congress Will Not Go to
Extent of Warning Americans
Off Armed Vessels.

There the White House today that
Wilson all worried that democrats Congress
snatch German submarine hands
by passing resolution warning Americans keep
senger merchant vessels
The President himself took the day rather easily visiting the
safety exposition the morning holding nonpolca
conferences after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
H0uset

HOuaet
Legislative appropriation bill
reported with provision for one
hour q day extra work for gov
ernment employees in Washing
ton.
Conferees agreed on Powell
School item in the urgent de-
fciency bill.
senate;
Hearings on the Chamberlain
resolution for constitutional
amendment to enable the people
Of the District to elect senators
and Representatives and MEM
bers of the electoral college were
given before a subcommittee of
the Senate District committee.
Washington bakers appeared
before a subcommittee of the Sem
ate District committee In opposi-
tiop to the McCumber bill for the
sanitary wrapping of bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24

is sufficient evidence of an intention to
destroy them. if possible. They are
armed to fight submarine if they
should see one first. Americans all over
the world must return to their homes
some time. Owing to the scarcity of
American vessels the difficulty of re-
turning to their own country is serious.
Americans in Africa. for instance
would never get back to their native
land II they waited for an American
on British or other vessels, some of
which may be armed. II they were
prevented from doing so by warning of
this government they would be ma
many other quarters of the world. AS
between America and Great Britain
mere are passenger vessels owned in
this country. but the vessels of other
countries travelling between here and
Europe are mostly unarmed Ameri-
cans who would suffer most are those
in far-away lands not touched by
American ships.
Jefferson's Ruling Cited.
The argument was made today by ad-
ministration supporters that President
Jefferson held that farmer who car
ried pistol in war time for his pro-
lection against bandits or robbers
could not in any sense be regarded as
a soldier. If he was shot down while
in pursuit of his vocation by armed
soldiers of the enemy 1t would he mur-
der. 1t is held that the same point may
be taken as to armed merchantmen
The President, it was declared TODAY.
will stand firm. He will not agree that
Germany has the right to sink armed
merchantmen without warning and he
maintains that international law gives
the right of arming to these vessels,
and that law must stand until changed.
If any nation has the right to set
aside international laws whenever it
desires to do so, he holds, there would
soon be no international law.
Many kilograms Uphold President.
A food of kilograms began pouring
into the White House today upholding
President Wilson in his position, being
the result of published stories that Con-
gress is wavering in it's support of him.
They are all patriotic in tone and graft
flying to the President. Some of them
are herewith quoted:
From a Congregational minister in
Boston-"Treason to humanity is eter-
nal disgrace. Your firm stand will avert
our creates. peril. Humanity and great
principles demand that you stand firm.
The nation upholds you"
Il am thankful that our President is
unwilling to mark Washington's birth
day by scuttling American rights.
Has Support Of Loyal Americans.
II am confident you will resist the
cowardly proposals that protection
should be withheld from American citi-
zens travelling in armed merchantmen"
American rights at sea must be
maintained. You will have the sup
port of all loyal Americans"
patriotic Americans will back Won
on armed merchantmen at any COST
Stand firm. We are with you to
man."
MAY I not express the profound wish
that this great, free republic shall
pitch it's destiny upon the side of the
accepted laws of the nations. the faith
of solemn treaties. the right of un-
armed men and of women and chill
dren. to live. and Of free government
against military autocracy in the time
=,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24

The day of labor for the 10000
government clerks in the execu-
tive departments in Washington
is to be heightened by one hour if
the Borland amendment to the
legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, reported ia
vorably to the House today, is
enacted.
Representative Borland offered
his unusual and entirely unex-
pected resolution to change eN-
listing law at an executive meet
ing of the appropriations COM
mittee, assembled to receive the
report of the Byrns subcommit-
tee, which had prepared the big
appropriation bill without any
drastic attempts at legislation
aimed at government employees.
Eight Hours a DAY.
A. the last moment Representative
Borland offered his amendment to
change the law which states that the
government clerk in Washington shall
work not less than seven hours, so as
to read mot less than eight hours a
day" The act to be changed is that of
ready has the authority to increase
the hours of labor If necessary.
There was a vigorous discussion
Representative Borland said he had
urged the matter before now, and had
figured a saving to the government of
$4.00e,0o0 . year. Representative Stat
ford and Representative Burns both
told the committee that the subcom-
mittee had not even considered the
matter and that il should not be plas-
tered on the bill without serious study
Representative MondeII of wyoming
had gone TO the House floor as debate
had started. but he was sent for He
opposed the innovation and ca lied for a
GIvis1en when vote was called. No
records were kept Of the executive ses-
sion vote, but it is learned that Repre-
sentative Byrns and Representative
Mondell were the only two whose
hands were counted in the negative. on
posed to the Boriand amendment. Rep-
resentative Stafford did not vote
Representative Boriand was asEad
late this afternoon why he had INTRO
ouced ms amendment and he replied
government employees all over the
country are glad enough to get an
eight hour day and believe the govern
nent is very good to them not to make
them work more than eight hours so
see no reason why government ON
pioyes In the District of Columbia
should work only seven hours. The
committee understands that when w..
amendment is drafted in final shane ~
VIII cover not only the executive dc
parfments. but every government em.
pioye in the city of Washington ana r
believe il will cover the emnioya.
the District building" vi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
Figure Majority in House
Favorable to the Adoption
of Resolution of Warnjnu

{ The conservative opinion of House
leaders Of veteran experience is that
resolutions asking the President to
warn Americans off armed merchant
vessels would carry that body by forty
or fifty votes. should they come to a
vote. This is the simple statement Of
conditions surrounding one of the quiet
est and firmest insurgencies that tho
Capitol has sent in years. For twenty
four hours men who never have been
on the reservation" politically speak
ing. have been carefully lining up
the democratic side of the House, and
they have reported their party TO be
opposed to any stand of the adminis-
tration which might involve the coun-
try in war over a Quibble as to armed
passenger ships.
The statement that the McLemors
resolution or the Stevens resolution or
any similar declaration that Ameri-
cans should adopt safety first"
motto in travelling and stay Off armed
merchant ships. will pass the House by
forty or fifty votes. takes into consider
alton the fact that the republicans are
sitting tight, not expressing them
SSiScS any more lndH Is possible. Ihey
are awaiting developments
Mr.. Mann Keeps Silent.
The published statement that Re-
publican Leader Mann will support the
President" could not be verified in the
slightest degree today.
The republican leaders position from
the start has been to adopt a course
that would keep the country out of war.
and while he has not made any illumin-
ating statement today. it may be ex-
pected he will pursue that policy in
the present situation.
Chairman Flood did not visit the
White House this morning, although it
had been expected he would do SO. His
appearance there had been the cause
of considerable publicity, and he has
therefore kept the President advised
Of the situation by telephone. The news
from the foreign affairs committee Of
the House today is that no resolution
requesting the, President 10 warn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24

fianking fire of our positions on the
left bank of the Meuse.
IAN attack directed on Samogneux
has been repulsed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
Determined There Shall Not Be a Vote
at Present. on Any Warning
Resolution.
House Republicans Keeping Hands Off, But Senator Rrah
degee Comes to Aid Of Administration in
the Upper Chamber
Developments Of the Controversy in Washington

Resolutions warning Americans off armed passenger
ships would pass the House by forty fifty if allowed
to come to vote.
Senator Hoke Smith active in arousing interest among
behalf of legislative action Senators say they do
not know how strong the sentiment the Senate for egis
lative interference in the negotiations.
Senator Stone chairman of the Senate foreign relations
committee denies he has consulted former Secretary
of State Bryan the situation.
Senator Gore issues statement declaring the ship of
drifting driving headlong upon the breakers
Although confidence expressed in administration
circles that Congress will take action while the negoia-
tions with Germany going attempt made
the White House the State Department minimize the
seriousness of the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
Appropriates $37 ,eo1, 53e. .25.

carrying total Of s37.s0l, ,53s.25. the
legislative, executive and judicial an
preparation bill. the big pay roll of the
government departments was reported
'aTorably today to the House from the
Committee OH appropriations The hill
VIII be IN charge of Representative
B3r Of Tennessee, chairman Of tho
subcommittee which prepared the
measure
IL Is full of interest to rover,m.r,
empioyes and officials of the denar,
mehtS In the district OF Columbis az
'here are many changes, Transfers in
creases and decreases The bill nei,hnr
siashes nor boosts. although II ;s
lsss lhah 'he estimates for the same
purposes by s2,62s.348 COMPARED 70
the same act for the current year ~
carries total larger by x565 sfIs -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
More Pay for Some Clerks.

10 get a clear idea of the changes
II is necessary TO read the entire re-
port No great reductions in numbers
where the policy of reduction has been
known for some time past-notabIy the
pension bureau. where the force has
been decreasing with the stacking up
of work. The lower-grade clerks of the
Library of Congress all receive in
creases.
What is important to thousands of
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
WEATHER.

Rain this afternoon and tonight, pos
siblv turning to snow tonight. Tomor-
row clearing; little change in tempera-
ture; strong east winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm: Highest. so. at 4i2O pm.
YESTERDAY: lowest. 80, at noon today.
Full report on page 19.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24

Continued on Fifteenth Page.
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CHASING NEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 10
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Build the Bodies
for Your Trucks in Topeka.
Save money and keep all Of it in Topeka.

A big feature of our business is the building of
special bodies for trucks which will be adapted to the
needs of your particular business.
In fact just What You Want, built better and
more economically. Body buildings, Auto top man.
ufacture and Auto painting speciates of this
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-01
Stateburg School Notes.

~Stateburg, Oct. 3O.-The trustees
Of the Stateburg school, realizing the
educational value, of the State fair,
gave the school a holiday ON Wednes-
day of fair week. Several Of the pu-
pills attended the fair on hat day.
The Stateburg Rural School I'M
provement Association has set apart a
fund to DO used in purchasing need
ed conveniences for the interior of
the school building and for the fur
ther improvements Of the grounds.
The meeting Of the Stateburg Do
mestic Science Club. which was sched-
uled for one day last week, was turn
ed into an informal discussion of the
ways and means of having a State
burg community booth at the county
fair in November. The few who were
present gave the community booth
idea their hearty approval. It is hoped
that the next meeting Of the Domes-
tic Science Club and the Rural
School Improvement Association COM
bined, will fall on a fair weather day.
SO that the attendance will be better.
At a recent meeting Of the Rural
| School Improvement Association Miss
Virginia Saunders a reelected as
president for 1916-17; Mrs. VIM. L.
Newton, secretary and treasurer, i'm
the place of Miss Aimee Moore, who.
to the regret of the association, de-
clined to serve another year. For two
years Miss Moore had filled this office
most acceptably.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-01
week FOR WILSON.
BUSY DAYS FOR WILSON BIZ.
FORE ELECTION.
Delivers Addresses I'm Br .TalO aud
New York City md Shadow Lawn.

Long Branch, n. j., Oct. 29.-Pres-
ident Wilson plans to devote virtually
his entire time In his campaign
for reelection. "A portfolio of letters
and kilograms from various parts of
the country predicting victory for the
Democratic ticket was forwarded to
Shadow Lawn today from the execu-
tive, offices.
The president will make speeches in
only three places before the election.
He will visit Buffalo on Wednesday
and New York on Thursday and next
Saturday will address a gathering of
New Jersey citizens here. He prob
ably will go to Princeton election day
to vote.
Arrangements have been made for
the president to receive full election
returns at Shadow Lawn.
Mr.. Wilson probably will return to
Washington within two or three days
after the election.
Viscount Aimano Sato. the new
Japanese ambassador to the United
States, will pay a formal call on Pres
ident Wilson tomorrow afternoon to
present his credentials.
Later the president will receive a
committee from the national associa-
tion Of commissioners of agriculture,
and tomorrow he will have as his
dinner guest Augustus Thomas, the
playwright. who speaks at a meeting
here tomorrow night in behalf Of Mr..
Wilson's candidacy. The president
Will occupy, a box at the meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-01
A CALL TO ARMS
WANTED
Citizens Attention:

NNZenS Attention:
-, A warning has been sounded throughout the Nation
f7undIeds OF communities have responded to the call. What
are YOU going to doa N
In the period from 1900 to 1910, in seven states. 1864
towns lost IN population, Pennsylvania leading w th 1920.
these figures were compiled by Editor Flint Garrison of St.
LOUIS who made investigation as to cause and found that in
creased transportation facilities and mail-order trade to be the
force at work. Farm lands had decreased in value. church
charges impoverished, building of roads were slow in progress
and schools merely existed.
Today after thirty years the Southland has increased ;s
p1oduciveness three hundred per cent. and have on deposit
SZIoO0O'00O, more in its financial institutions than the whole
nation had in 1880. Yet with this wealth we are confronted
with the same influence that proved destructive to the towns
and rural districts of lndianana, Ohio, Iowa and the other
tour states. .
What will it mean to you, MR.. FARMER, MR.. MER.
A MIR. PROFESSIONAL MAN; to have onlv a few
large cities at a distance Of five hundred or a thousand miesp
What are you going to do with the children who are demand
ing even better conditions than you had?
he harm Of mail-order trading has stretched its wings as
a I"npn - over every community. sapplng its commercial
and economic lite blood while we sleep. CITIZENS AROUSE,
YOURSELVES; ANALYZE THE SITUATION, and YOU
like Others will join the growing army of Home Boosters.
NIL, 60 Respectfully,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-01
Aged Negro Dead.

III tNf-Irn+a
Rembert, Oct. 3O.-Rev. Nelson
Boyktn an aged negro, who lived on
CRptsssI. K. McLeod's place, died here
a}R4t Sunday. "Uncle Nelson" as
ne Df4s Familiarity known, had passed
sa tsatyspipth xsar He was hon.
ored by both white and black, and his
many friends among both races will
miss linn sorely. Uncle Nelson was
a true loyal Christian ana had been
a preacher, but had retired from ac-
tive work on account of his age. He
leaves his wife. Aunt Minda," and
several children and grandchildren.
He was q credit to his race.