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CKORY DAILY
ORD
VOL H. 115
1
HICKORY, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY," 29, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
LEGISLATORS HAVE MANY TROOPS MOVING BANKER DENIES RIOTING OCCURS NEARLY EVERY SECTOR IS
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT
Suffrage, Hotel Inspection, Drug Law and Other
Matters Concern Them Amateur Flood
Kept Raleigh Folks Indoors This Morning-Suffrage
Makes Headway.
l' spivia! Legislative Report.
jtuU-.ii. "
hml,0 f tl- u'f'i oral assembly meet
' , u,n,i ;j k,VWk this afternoon and
lfrvinu'-!;-1 fWd keeping everybody
1,-ishUivo circle were as
thiJ morning as n hen about
qM,' . ,,, ., Huddling into cir-
.i iif th rnnitol
HI WIS' H'tmtit.. -
1 . 1 il . L A
If
COMMITTEES OF
OUT MEXICO
KN
RAPIDLY
OWLEDGE OF
LEAK
I N JUAR
TODAY
EZ
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, J(an. 29 The .with
(By Associated Press.)
lEl Paso, Jan. 29i Rioting in Jua'r
CHAMBER
NAMED
year:
Lent?, (ch.) J. L
am'
ore than one person ciney, j A Marti w g gt
low more than one Vv. Clark (Tr.)
b,Tf them
it'Vr-o, hotel inspection, the open
. j tiMkil!n!naa on1 xiil- I
untion are the subjects uppermost.!
a ;,hh1 U'al ' n is being poked lPresident j. D. El!iott has an
at :he hotel t'iii. Mmn iu "-jnounccd the following committees to
.lament of the i rouvm e .associu-, take charffe Qf the WQr Qfk tfce Cham
-i ,.,.iti nf t!ll hill S.1V it . . - ...
tion, vi'i'1"11" - ' "i ter ot Commerce for this
1 t '1 '4- it.A ....... C
t drastic, an.i promim ' finance J. A
, towel for ni
I will not al
.Membership O. M Sigmon. (ch).
fu-ov.hle eomment s heard . - anuiorci, jr. a. betzer, L. F.
... prtw. wn Abernethy, J. W. IHackwelde
on tin' i.reMa. w. ,N?W Industries K. c Menzies,
to trrar.t miuiu'ipai Kuiiraxe '" ( (chj U, N. Hutton, A. A. Shuford,
en but chief interest centers in the Jr , J. A. Moretz, G F. Ivey.
t.w3.''on tight of Wednesday, Three .''Railroad Service and Transports-
-the Section of county boards byjj. y. Shuford'.
the coantie.. hy their appointmci Civic Betterment Dr W B. Ram
bv a centra! eo:v.iv.is.sion to be creat-: Dl'- II- c- Menzies, Dr. W.
Slna their commissioning by the Flard, J. O.
governor after l-ein-r nominated uy Entertainment R. E. Martin (ch.),
io.;r.ty Democratic primaries, bena- Johnson Suttlemeyer, Richard Shuf
t(,r person of Franklin county, who is rd, Frank L, Moose, F. A. Hfender-
A.... i . M,i sort.
anar (ch ) Wi J. Shuford. Dr. Hicks,
IX M. McComb, S. L. Whitener.
(Streets and Roads G, H. Geitner,
(Ch), K. C. Menzies. P. A. Setzer,
J'. 5. Blackwelder, Wi A. Self.
spent the week-end at home- pre
parirnr for an offensive, the like of
which has ii"t oeon seen since the
cru.'-fi
'.rani.
counties electing the
T'f favored the
boards.
SH SIGNATURES
PETITIONS
Sijrnatvrc to two petitions one
fr pruhibitio.i bills and the other
f"T a state hone and training school
fur wuir.en and u'irls are being se
cure! in Hickory and the petitions
will be forwarled to the general as
sembly before February G. Persons
who wish to s iu'n their, may call at
the store of .1, Shuford.
. The home for women and girls has
been agitated for several years, but
the legislature has declined to estab
lh inch a place on the ground that
tne state did not have the money
There have been so many new insti
tutions in the last few vears that lea--
STARTOWN
BY
AGAIN
CARRY AWAY PRIZES
The Startown farm life school
stock judging team and individual
Startown school stock judges have
again captured leading places in the
contest of stock judging held by the
North Carolina live stock meeting in
Winston-Salem the second week in
January. Last year these boys simp
ly mopped up the field down at Salis
bury in a similar contest and they
sustained their reputation this time.
The Startown team is declared first
of all teams as stock judges, and wins
for the second time the silver cup.
If the team win,s next year, the cup
is Startown's for all time. Harmony
in Trprlell was specinrl Clpmsnn in For.
Gators have been afraid to create! svth was third and China Grove farm
"'p?."'0"-'. nd they will not ea- i life school in Rowan was fourth.
wt,:n this home unless there 13! Lawrence Cline, Startown, was de
'rjjns sentiment for it. I dared the best all-around judge of
ine antj-saioon league is urging cows, horses and hogs, and won a
a wne-dry prohibition law for the! $30 silver cup. lie was also best
f' lT. an ',U;tt'r law so that lo-l judge of horses and received a set of
oncers ve..o faii to enforce the!.ix books on live stock subjects. His
r uj r.. removed from their ro-i brother. Russell Cline. won $15 prize
j as second best on draft horses, and
was first on dairy cattle and on beef
cattle, winning a young Jersey bull
given by J. O. Lutz of the Dutch
Dairyi farms, this county, on the
dairy cattle judging and $10 cash
and a set of books given by J. S.
Michaels, on beef cattle judging
! lames ILelton of Startown was the
best judge of pigs, and won a pure
bred boar.
licia would give the Polish element
.he upper hand to such an extent
that oppression would follow. X.ike
most Slavic people, Pole and Ukran
ian, are distrustful of one another,
and it is asserted that the Polish
nobility in Galicia is not scrupulous
enough politically to cause the
Ruthenians to view their future
with much assurance. Jt is possible
that the Austrian crown will take
some measures to safeguard the in
terests of the Ruthenians.
i:t:unl.
HH
AT IS GIVEN
IN THE HOUSE
(Ky Associated Press.)
iiSe:pria- Jan- y.-The state
A'lM Ln, " l"'lay confirmed the
W',vL t "Urf in the congression
Wen r , 'Vhe 32nd ''Strict be-
m t t, , v'a'"i'oen, democrat
in Aii lv( Republican, and
fitw ,' 'nneui appeaed from
Ws i C',up,t ln "flitting the tally
sheet
b':!I
III l"l IT(in n U.
tv . . ,, . l" 1,1 return
...... . .1
a Plurality.'
gave Camp-
f'rjr tol .v ' ,M,"-srers. was in Itick-
th hiirhw - V1""0' that work on
in tfck u. ?tI,rort- is being made
&m .;ii ;r 'rhpteen new tel-
i. 1 . i-P tomor-
t:rj that Stt"'' an the farm-
r", Mr
lurk ; Li" V"'snmgton nn,
.... t u no so.
New
PRINT PAPER REPORT
SOON TO BE MADE
(JJy Associated Press)
(Washington, Janl 27. The federal
trade commission's report on its
print paper investigation probably
will be made to congress this week.
The commission is waiting for sev
eral reports
lOoir.irfiys sterner (Pa,rry v'l fturn
from Ottawa tonight with information
on measured contemplated by Cana
dian officials. The commission law
board will put before it measured
desiged to prevent a repetition of
the shortage this winter.
11
West V;v: rrr-
riiguiia vjrncers
Seek to Unravel Mystery
of a Score of Murders
frami .... '' Va" Jan. 29. A
(By Associated Press)
New York, JanL 29. iDenjal of!
drawal of American troops from all of Thomas W. Lawson's charges ez as the result of American ounr
Mexico under Major General Per sh-' against him, particularly his alleged antine regulations was resumed earn
ing was said today to be proceeding I association w&h Secretary McAdoo today It was a continuation of
. -4.U i. fx 1 f'uiccuu , j the demonstation yesterday in whicl
without hitch. ,m Wall Street deals, was made today women participated,
lit was expected here that all of the J before the house rules inquiry by! '.
12,000 men comprising the expedition ' Pliny Fisk, a New York banker., COST OF CURE VERSUS COST
will have crossed the border within. Fisk today denied that he had ever; OF PREVENTING DISEASE tQ fronts, spirited fighting is taking
SCENE OF HARD FIGHTING
Efforts of Russians to Push Forward in Rumania
Unsuccessful New Offensive in Progress
Toward Lemberg French, British and
Germans Are Active in France
(By Associated Press)
Despite severe weather report
ed from nearly all the European bat-
a week and that all of the 50,000 na-, bad a deal with a senator, that he
tional guardsmen may be recalled' had told Archibald White or any-' Jtajeign?, Jjan. 2l.i
snomy. 1 Douy eise mat. ne conxronea secretary : iacts are contamea m
lArmy officers here point out the McAdoo and that he had any advance
great value of the expedition, not 011- information on the president's peace
ly as hardening the men, but as nte.
Interesting
the 1915-'16
biennial report of the state board of
health as to the amount of money the
state is spending for the cure of the
place in several of the war areas.
The most notable of the recent de
velopments is on the northern end
of the Rumanian sector, where the
Russians took the offensive on Sat
urday and broke through on a two
mile front Efforts have been made
showing the nation the needs of the Asked if his firm had ever enjoyed wjth the amount the state is spending
army. ,any advantages with the treasury de- for the prevention of diseases. The by the Russians to advance further
Wlhen General Pershing went into' partment, Fisk replied negatively, report, which will soon be from the ;n this region, but according to Ger-
m ovinA -Frt. ;M4-MAA T 1 k f QimittoH that ho hoH lAnd n I """ l'llilLC1 wiiLaixi uiitr
ATAt,vy iui 4110 Lilt; al my iiciu. UUL , . "" -v - nuu icaocu a
two truck companies of 27 each, now; building to the federal government.
statement that where the state man offi,cial statements they were un-"
SDends one dollar for thp nrpvpntimi successful
of disease, it spends $11.60 for the
it has more than 2,000 big trucks. In closing his testimony Fisk!
The great needs in aviation are said.; said he still thought Lawson's tes-care of the insane and delinquent; fPT1
to have been demonstrated by the ex-. timony was the "result of a disor
pedition.
AUSTRIA
UNAFFECTED
BY EMPEROR'S DEATH
dered zrain and severely criticised
him for bringing in the. names of
reputable citizens;
"Lawson should be taken at his
(word," Fisk said, "and placed behind
the bars on the basis of perjury
when he wantonly handles the name
(of a reputable citizen. If his state
ment is the result of a disordered
brain, then the Lord will take care of
him."
jLawson, it developed today, had
T.- A C 4- ,-1 T
..00. Wm Individual, not 'two and one-hal
Vienna, Jan. AM. .Politically the T , , , , , 'rents, is thp nmnnt QTinrnnr;,,!
death of Emperor Francis Joseph and- J" - naa the state for idsease Ireveni for
the assassination of Premier Stuer- oxuereu to remain witnm cau- health deucation and for tn n ntw.
gkh during 1916 left the empire- mg distance so he could be placed on 1 tion of the public health at everv
The Russians also are on the of-
that fnr Bvnhilit.if incnnp ,1,. i , " 'Pa region m
state it is snendmsr a total of Galicia where their campaign for
000 a year, and for its alcoholic in- Lemberg paused some months ago.
sane it is spending a total of $102,- Berlin declares that Turkish troops
000 a year. To put it different, hove beaten off the assaults with sP
the state is spending $131,500 more weazen on tne assaults with se-
to care for the aftereffects of syphil- vers sses.
is and alcohol than it is spending not The Franco-Belgian front also is a
only to prevent these two diseases, lively sector.
but to prevent disease from every, pjevin reports persistent efforts by
source and cause throughout the , . . ,
length and breadth of the state. tae French t( recapture their lost
lit was further stated in the report positions at Hill 304 near Verdun,
that a little over two cents for the A surprise attack was dvlnrAd Fr
have been beaten off by the Ger
mans.
The possibility that an offensive
movement in Alsace was in contem
plation by the Germans is suggested
by today's French statement. Nu
merous patrol clashes there are re
corded in the French statement, while
in one case something more than a
raid was attempted, Paris says, an
advance being made on one of the
French trenches at Hartmans-Weil-lerkoff.
This, according to Paris,
was easily beaten .back. Berlin, how
ever, announces that it resulted in
the capture of 35 prisoners and one
machine gun.
The British front in France also is
showing activity. The reported
capture by the British of a positron
was followed yesterday by fresh at
tacks by the British troops These
failed with severe losses, according
to Berlin, while the Germans captur
ed several prisoners.
Re. B. A..Yorke preached in the
Methodist church at Mortimer Sun
day night and left this afternoon for
Lincolnton. He will return tomorrow.
monarchy altogether unaffected,. Em- the stand ae-ain
peror Charles stepped at the head of
the governmental machinery without (B Associated Press)
a 'tremor disturbing the state. The r . T nn . ,
various races constituting Austia- 'New York Jan- 29. Pliny Fisk,
Hungary have been welded together in- a New York banker named by Thom-
a wnoie Dy tne war m -matters as W' .Lawson as the banker in tho
point, and that while the monthly
health bulletin, the greatest force in
the state for the prevention of dis
ease, costs the state only six cents
per copy per year, that for six
months of the past year its publica
tion was suspended for lack of funds.
Ihe Bjulletm now goes into 50,000
to
nf -il. 1 i
anectmg nationality, witnout, nowev- TY1VRT.;mio poiv.inow v,w
er, forgetting their special interests, , , . , , . . . , (homes and is wanted in KO.nnn mnrp
as was shown when the Ruthenians Jcalv' m neanng jqoaay , , .
objected to the absolute self-govern- that he had ever been interested with
ment given by Emperor Francis Jos- any cabinet officer or senator in a
eph to Galicia. The Rutheninas fear stock deal.
that the new order of things in Ga
Politics In India Grows
Interesting Because of War;
Many Demands Are Made
BOSTON
VISITED
IS
BY $300,000 FIRE
By Associated Press.)
IBoston, Jan'. 29. 'Fire engines from
(The Czech problem has been solved residential districts were called in
during the year by eliminating itself, to assist the downtown firemen ear-
It was at no time a large affair, con-.j tod in combating the hardest fire
sistmg largely of some seditious ef- . , . 7 i . ,
forts of certain Pan-Slav Czech lead- m Liie Business aistnct m weeKs. ne
ers, four of whom were recently con-1 hre was m the center of the whole-
demned to death, on charges growing 1 sale drygoods section, and the dam
age was estimated at $300,000.
RUSSIANS
CAPTURED
THOUSAND
PRISONERS
out of the mutiny of a Czech regiment
on the field of battle There is no
reason to believe that the Czech race
stood behind these encorts, not if the
conduct of Bohemian regiments
against the Italian and Rumanians t3
serve as an indication. Public bodies
throughout Bohemia haver epeatedly
disavowed the self-appointed Czech
eaders in foreign countries. On the
occasion of the late emperor's death, ;
the condolence from Bohemia were
probably the warmest received. j (By Associated Pressj
Austria-Hungary's share m the es- retrograd, ,via London, Jan. 27
tablishment of the kingdom of Poland During Saturday's battle northeast of
was m uie mam mativ, f , Jacobeni on the northern end of the
result 01 a comipiroiiustr . uetwieyii
Austria and Hungary, reached f or , Kumanian iront icussian troops cap-
the sake of maintaining within the tured 33 officers and more than 1,-empire-kingdom
the balance of power ; 000 men. the war office announced
though necessary to safeguard the in- today.
dividual and collective interests of,
trie leciai gwupo guvemeu nvm ' 1 ' Mwttiwiii-
enna ana jouuapesu. ..rearing mai
the jonihig of Galicia to Congress-
homes1.
Speaking of the deficit in the print
ing fund that caused the publication
of the Bulletin to be suspended for
(By Associated Press.)
Lahore, India, Jan.. 29( Political
MA
INE FARMERS Gl
RICH RAISING CABBAGE
MARKETS
COTTON FUTURES
(By Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 29. The cotton
Poland, and the close attachment of
this grea'ter kingdom of Poland to
Austria, would diminish Magyar in
fluence within the dual state, Hun-;
garian statesmen were willing to'
have Poland incline more towards j
Germany, as has been in the case in;
these first days of the new state. Toi
sa'tisfy the Poles in Galicia, Emperor !
Francis Joseph granted them the market today opened at a decline of
Z$?2 'SJSSTirS four to 12 points and present crop
SrST KeToli7h' etementjn after tL'ca U ole
Galicia appears greatly pleased with and there
were rallies of JO
the new state of affairs. . ,0 w 1, ua
.The Hungarian diet has also been Ui f"1"'. TV 6 i7
ixiio iimigoiian r . . , cveaspri ofFfinnp-s and Mav sold off 24
onacsinr thTnlllThnllT ThA Tlnr 1.1- : "
mSSW2KK, for much of SlSS
its time to attacks upon Premier Tiz- rihe market closed steaoy.
sa and Baron Bunan, Austro-Hun- , y"
o-rian minister of foreiem affairs. flWRn
The opposition charged that the men May -- -- 17 50
in Vienna had closed their eyes to Juiy i.
the course of events in Bucharest, October 16.56
and had permitted themselves to be December 16.60
lulled into a false sense ol security,
HICKORY MARKETS
Close
17.31
17.52
17.48
16.57
16.59
ri a . ,
Jurv V special
........ - ""i cmniinn n,i .
."'"iihii v ' x tooay to
S'Hn !.,harre(1 body was
,er t, 'uins f his home near
VtI if no n!'K0 aml als to un
ndi; ? tery 8ur.
in tu.the ,i('!th of nearlv - a
ni: 'I, "Callty. Portly ftf.
MoK' . v'-i signed
wrtat. re Posted
"Clay Coun
U . . V,Whle warnino.
'"ym I'cisuns. two
tk . , -. .
Wore 1
Women,, to leave the
the Rumanian anriy invading Trans
vlvania as the result of this. De
bates of this question were cut short cotton --- 17
as much by military events in Trans- wheat "' $1-99
yivania its uy tut? ucj-ciioc
Tisza put up. The food situation al
so occupied the Hungarian diet for
many days, result of which was that
the Hungarian government pronio
ited nearly all food exports to Aus
tria and Germany,
been called selfish.
CHICAGO WHEAT
(By Associated Press.)
Chirao-o. Jan. 27. Wheat advanc
es policy has ed sharply today owing to a largely
In extentuation ncnn rf Pranornr William's war
statt lTh mifrders occurred ov)er Jt must De sajd that crop returns in manifesto; Opening quotations,
a period of years, but in each in- Hungary in 191b were iar irom gooa. which ranged from 2 to o- higher,
stance it was impossible to find the iFor the last three months the ques- with ,May at L87 and july at 1.59
nr.4- 4. tion of convening the Austrian Keich- were followed by a further rise,
perpetrators. , t h been before the pubiic When .
one victim was ivirs. ijacy cuKga, this parliament will go into session is
who, according to the authorities, not known even today. The impres
was slain after saying she knew sion prevails that it will meet this
where the body of another victim Jgfa SJSth The Aus
was lying. (Shortly after being tak-1 trian parijament has not been as
en into custody, a mob attacked the sembled since the outbreak of the
jail with the intention of seizing two; war, the government conducting its
u .nfna t Iowa nassArf he-
prisoners, a man and his son, but they "1" aT,d reflations em
bliov viiij o
THE WEATHER
!' 7-
J
For North Carolina: Rain this af
ternoon followed by clearing tonight
Warnier in north portion tonight
had been spirited away to neighbor- j peered by sundry war acts, some of Tuesday fair and colder; fresh south
ing cities'. . ' them of ancient date. and southwest winds.
six months, the report says: "If mon- matters have taken on an added
ey was ever saved at the spigot and prominence in India of late, due lar
lost at the bung, it was in this re- gely, according to the general ex
striction on the printing fund of the pression of opinion, to the fact that
state board Of health. - Saving six the war has shown the people of
cents (three postage stamps and los- this country their importance to the
ing lives is the economic wisdom of rest of the empire, thereby arousing
being penny wise and pound foolish." their aspirations for progress. Na
" tur.dly the subject of ultimate home-
ride occupies a large place in the
thoughts of the Indian politician, a
few of the so-called ultra-radicals
even advocating' the immediate
granting of some form of self-government...
The question of what the British
government ought to do and intends
to do towards bestowing further po-
. ilitical powers on the Indians, and of
Mountain cabbage is selling in,ho.wrnucn immediate advance the In
Hickory Iwhen it can be had for dian himself is capable of making,
ten cents a pound and a farmer could are being generally and eagerly dis
dispose of a lar t at ei.ht TsLsJ
cents wholesale. That would be questions with scores of prominent
$160 a ton, They are talking of Eui-opeans and Indians during the
wealth in the New England states in past few months. ,Some extremely
terms of cabbae a,gs witness the fcl- dical -vi?WS 7T ffuSd
. . . xt t jj. j tit the majority of those who expressed
lowing from the New Bedford, Me., an opinion met on certain common
Mercury: grounds which are well summarized
The time has come, indeed, to talk in an interview with the Rev. Dr. J.
of "cabbages and kings," Of kings C. R. Ewing, the well known Amer-
enough has been said. But surprising ican educator, who for the past sev-
reports come concerning cabbages. A en years has occupied the important
year ago they were sold at S6 a ton, post of vice-chancellor, or president,
and there was no market for them, of the University of Punjab. Dr.Lw-
Huncheds of tons were fed to hogs ing is the only American who has
and much of the product was used for ever been accorded so high an honor
fertilizer. This year the wholesalers in India as vas bestowed upon him
are paying Maine farmers $80 a ton when he was made head of this um-
for cabbages, and it is expected versity to direct the activities of
wholesale prices will go to $100 a ton twenty-seven affiliated colleges in the
before spring, Half the cabbages used province, with their student popula-
in New England comes from western tion oi sonie w,uw.
MTainei. flParm mortgeges in hat appreciation for his services to this
section are being erased and savings country he was decorated by the
, King m lvli, oeing maue
I of the Indian empire. (He has made
; a deep study of political questions in
I India and not infrequently has been
consulted by government officials on
; delicate matters of policy. I
Dr1. Ewing expressed the belier
that home-rule for India was inevit-!
.table, but declared that the country
was not nrenared for it at the mo-
ment and would not be ready for thi3
important step for many years to
(By Associated Press) Cen the British government at
'Berlin, via Tuckerton, N. J., Jan. the time of Lord Macaulay introduced
29 Triie sinking of a transport western education into India it opened
flip MpA- the door for self-government," said
bank deposits are growing.
GERMAN SUBMARINE
T
NK
RANSPOR
T!
ship,
the doctor. "Such a step, involving the
iterranean Dy a uerman wumdiuc Aomn,nV rnnlrl
January 25 was announced today, ine , th result xt was the
take of looking upon India as a na
tion. As a matter of fact, Hindus
tan represents many races and many
languages, and in the process of uni
fication there are as many difficulties
to be overcome as there would be, for
instance, in an attempt to bring all
the various countries of North and
South America under one govern
ment. '"Moreover, the average Indian of
the so-called illiterate class knows
nothing of politics and takes no in
terest in problems of government.
He is mainly concerned with his own
little personal matters, and so long
as conditions of government favor
him in the pursuit of his affairs it
makes small difference to him what
that government is or what shape it
takes.
''The ideas of democracy are entir
ely foreign to the bulk of India. For
endless centuries, until the assump
tion of British rule, the people were
governed as a conquered race, and
so thoroughly has the idea of sub
jection been instilled that it will be
exceedingly hard for them to break
away from the belief that they can
have no voice in governing them
selves!. Rut all this is bound to change
gradually with the spread of gener
al education.
'"One great "stumbling block in the
way of democracy is the fact that
the Indian never has learned to bow
to the will of the majority This
mlay be seen wherever bodies of
Indians come together for the dis
cussion of matters of mutual inter
est. 'Opinion is divided along par
tisan lines, family, racial and relig
ious ties playing an important part
in the, division. 'The fact that the
majority decide that certain things
are for the best means nothing to the
minority, and a split of the body into
two or more factions is almost ine
vitable. This characteristic is
something that must be overcome be
fore any success can be achieved '.r.
the matter of popular government.
'"There are numerous other features
wnich present obstacles to the home
rule advocates. We have two great
religious bodies the Hindus and Mo
hamedans Whose interests at pres
ent are largely at variance with each
other. Some Indian politicians will
tell you the claim that Hindus and
Mohamedans cannot work in harmo
ny is a pure fallacy; but to one who
has spent many years in India and
has made a deep study of these ques
tions1, it seems an almost self-evident
fact that the chasm to be bridged be
tween these two bodies is wide and
deep Ultimately, through a pro-
vessel sank in 10 minutes.
SUPREME COURT
TAKES LONG RECESS
crossing of the Rubicon, and there is cess of education, Hindus and Mo
no turning back. To do the British
government justice, I believe that they
Jmade this move with the full knowl
; edge of what the outcome must be,
I and that they have always had in mind
; the ultimate granting of home-rule
i to the people of Hindustan.
" "There are, of course, various
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snaaes oi opinion among uolii iiuiuu-
Tans and Indians as to the speed to-
; Wards which the home-rule goal
(By Associa"d Press.) 'should be approached. The great
Washington, Jan. 29 A recess of bulk of the people of India are illiter-
the supreme court for four weeks ate, something like 94 per cent ac-
fc-m February 5 to March 5 to pre- cording to the latest statistics, but
pare opinions, was announced today, among the other six per cent there
The uuusual length of the recess lent are many highly educated and bril-
emphasises to trie belief that an iant men who could be called up-
opinion on the Adamson law would be cn to play their part in government.
prepared. Home-rule can never become an ac-
complished fact until a trained body
AND STILL ANOTHER of Indians has been raised up. And in
; order to achieve this, one of the most
'tj a eenniotoH PresO - i important steps will be the opening
(By Associated Press) . to a gtm
Haleigh, Jan 29. The McNeely er extent tQ the educated Indian. Not
Company of Gastonia, capitalized at oniy must this be done but Indian
$50 000 of which $2,500 Jias been and British government employes
a tJ ,,roo MH-prpd hv the secre- 'must be placed on the same footing
paid in.7h rter d " Z.t and must learn to work in close co
tary of state (today fThe ,conSern ypferalijo, .
i will conduct a mercantile establish-. ''Foreigners in considering home
jaent. rule for India often make the mis-
hamedans will, be drawn together
into close enough political bonds so
they can work in unison for the com
mon good. We have seen similar
conditions in the past history of many
countries, and while the question of
religion at the moment is a most im-"
portant one, yet I do not feel that it
is a permanent barrier in the way
of political progress for India.
'Despite all the drawbacks of home
rule, I have great faith in the ca
pacity of India to govern itself ulti
mately and to do it well. The In
dians are a wonderful people, and
while they lack certain characteris
tics which we of the west consider im
portant, in some other features have
shown themselves to be our superiors.
The people of this vast empire are
rousing in a remarkable manner from
the lethargy into wdiich they had
sunk.
,''I cannot, of course, set myself up as
a spokesman of the government of
India, but I have talked with many
officials on the question of h
and I may say that in general the
impression that the British govern
ment intends to do all that may seem
possible to facilitate the entrance of
Indians who are qualified to higher
positions in the government service,"