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I I The Weather Fair Thursday and Friday; slowly rising: temperature. .. ; Complete Service Of The Associated Press .1MJS - - OL CHI. No. 373. EORGIA 6. 0. P. ft SPLITS IN TWAIN OYER DELEGATES L Parties Will Contest For tional Convention ONE CROWD ATTEMPTS TO I LOCK OTHER BUNCH OUT - - ing Was Held Was Very Nearly Wrecked Atlanta. Ga., April 7. The, designa :on of Georgia's republican delegation , the national convention was trans rreci today to the convention , itself a result of the election of two sep V dulAvotaa 111 r3tfi Scla y' L (.iJuf,1-0 w Will con St mere LKJ 1 cvusih.iuju The br??ic came after a turmoi. in which Police Chief ; Beavers took-' a hard on compifirt? of officials ir the tate capitol, where the - meeting was held. One or trie ractions, headed by Roseoe Pickett, state chairman, elect ed four delegates at large instructed vote for Major General Leonard Wood, "he other, headed by Henry Lincoln Johnson,' negro, formerly col- ector of internal revenue here, and C p. Goree. a wnne lawyer, of Atlanta- elected uninstructed delegates. The meeting was called for noon in the house of representatives, but about two hours before that time the Pick ett element arrived and proceeded to' business behind locked doors. Arriving to find themselves barred from the con vention, tne Jonnson-Goree -faction pounded the doors and shouted to such an extent tnai me ponce were, called Governor Dorsey and Chief Beavers de cided that the hall should be opened to all, and the police chief proceeded to have the doors opened. The Pickett followers explained later they, bad in tended to open the doors at noon. : Shouting and Singing Shouting and singing, the . Johnson- ftiree faction marched into the hall iti proceeded to take charge. .Johnson iiself mounted the platform, . called it meeting to order and- trled -to ake a- peeeh, ; bit VaS'sCSViJrr-T- ti out by a chorus of shts. Finally the Pickett and Jobnson-(ioree factions" held separate meeting in ; the same. and elected their separate dele gates. . . . " . J. R. Mason, of Hart county, a dem ocratic member of the legislature, an nounced that at, the coming session of the legislature in June he would in troduce' a bill to prohibit use of the legislative halls to any rolitical gath ering. ,, - : v Delegates-at-large elected today, fol low: ' " . Pickett faction: Clark Greer, Augus ta; Charles Adamson, Cedartown; W. J. Tillson, East J-a.ke; Dr. G. P. Washing ton, negro, Waycross. Johnspn-Goree faction: C, P. Goree, Atlanta; H. L. Johnson, negro, Atlan ta; J. h. Watson negro, Albany, and B. J. Davis, negro, Atlanta. Elect District Delegate " Both sides announced they had elect individual district delegates in each congressional district, the Pickett del egates being pledged to Wood and the others uninatructed. Pickett was chosen as nntlonal com. mitteeman and Clark Greer, Augusta, as state chairman, by the Pickett fol- wers, while Johnson was selected by his element as national committeeman, with Goree as state chairman. These officers are expected to b decided fin ally by recognition at the Chicago con vention. . ' . . - 0. E. Wilson was nominated, by the Johnson-Goree faction for " United S'ates senator. Harry Edwards, for- "r postmaster at Macon, also is run ning as a republican for United States nator. He and other former progres ses announced recently they would organize a strictly white republican Party in Georgia. JUDGE LINDSEY WILL SPEAK HERE TOMORROW j . T Is The Originator Of -Juvenile Court System In America : Judge Een'Lindsey, who will lecture st the Academy of Music tomorrow light, comesfhere with a national rep utation as champion r the rights of After the I first ' Juvenile court was wabllshed In Cnloago in 1899, Lln4 Sfly set abotjt securing one for Den-Vrr- It was opened in 1901 with him Plf as the judge, and to this court Is ""e much of tha IhvatiIIa lesrislation ' hi'-h has since been adopted througn- ur the country, 10 Jurjgrft T ArAe-v rn fhm credit for the contributory negligence act. which nakeg parents who do not bring up fniklrrn nrnnorW rnnniilhlA for their iirtcominp-si v. . . - It is pair! tihat TttAo-a. T .-nAurv la the , ... wtn. u uug u ... ' Vv,l 1 J il. 1 1 4 w. n m In - ..i a IIU Hie ueot lld-icu man ' lOrarlr, V..Dt tin A the . uic l T" p L. 'atin?. TVo'. i vni vim iin up to. j. . comes here to speak on the prob. '7" of reconstruction. In America and -.''i He i is recently, retunusd fror n Elirnnn. V, ma Am .ntlldv . - l ' l w ".. r 01 t ie effect' V . , .IHism nn lh ildrer, a, in- countries. To "yone intereiXi W.' the nroblems of i. mf th chiH. JudgVk of 'fcnperlol a mes- lsge. EPARTMENT, INC ffREASEAo O.. Aprfc Office, Wash. Toledo 920 SEALiEDfJ J ehed in this ,r- eer- suspended lt20. for paint! night nn the city counciT"stom Hto ratify tod88 increase, wasJ',5y6med " here ,Jy Car riders, who r prior to the six cents and two cents ior transfer, Be began today, to pay rn centn tr. .i t i . ...i..afai . .i auuiUll ill t 1 C t cviiw.. . i - MaW Pirh fnrJ May Find Herself WithTwoHubbies Suit To Be. Piled To Set Obtained In Nevada Reno; Nevad77 " . aside the decree oTilW Sd to Mary Pickford. now Mrs. Douklas Fair- hfinlro will v v a j ' . to a statement r. ujr AUUcri Richards, deputy . attorney general, who has been Investigating the cir cumstances 'under which the decree was granted. The suit will be based on allegations that collusion .and conspiracy were re sorted to in conducting the case, and that because of the Insufficiency, of residence of the other party to the case, the court failed to acquire jurisdiction., . ; . "As a result - of the examination I have made of the files and records in the Pickf ord case." said Deputy - At torney General Richards, "I, am satis fied that the decree, is not valid because tne court had not acquired jurisdiction and because collusion and conspiracy were resorted to. A suit to set' aside the decree will be filed by Attorney General Fowler about the middle of next week." PEACE RESOLUTION WILL REACH A VOTE IN HOUSE FRIDAY Miftority Report Completed And . Presented, Clearing Way For Final Debate : r. Washington, April 7. Final determi nation was reached today by; republi can leaders In, the house to bring . to a -vvote in. that b.ody . lata Friday tneJ rx H t ky-4v eeta?a; thm " sjate Vf v war wi tn uerman y at en, ena. a sp ectai rule reported by ; the;: rules committee provides for six hours" debate on Thurs day and five on Friday, after which opponents of the resolution may offer only a1 motion to re-commit; v Minority Report Completed Completion today of the minority re port, presenting tHe views of demo cratio members of the foreign affairs ; committee on the resolution, cleared: the way for the long debate. Repre- sentative Flood, of Virginia, ranking The outstanding . feature rof today's democratic member of the committee, session was the address tonight of Dr. presenting the minority report, chal-1 w j McGlothian,1 president, of Fur lenged the power of congress to bring univerBlty,, Greenville, S.. C. i Wtr ifftSl7 ?n?nLuZtZ: The attendance this year unusual terlzed section five of the resolution , . s as . -an attempt to preserve something !y larsru355 ega having .regis out of the wreck , of the American Te spirit of the convention is rights,, which, have been so outrage-1 Cne n aH the ; addresses have been ously surrendered in former sections i of a high order. of the resolution." j The report of Miss Bertha Carroll, ! "From whatever angle this resolu- corresponding - secretary,, read ; this, tion is viewed," he continued, "It pre-j morning, , showed that the past year, sents itself as a proposition not. only . had been a year of achievements and Ineffective in achieving its proclaimed! a year of triumph, '-far surpassing any purpose, but as a sure meinoa 01 con- m i fnniffn raliiilnnii Inlnctlnar! X USlug vu ' J J new and complicated questions into an already difficult situation and Involv ing a surrender of American rights and an Impairment of, American pres tige and honor." The minority report took particular exception to the statement in the reso lutions preamble, that the President had informed congress the war was at an end. . .. Alleged Assertion Denied I'At BO time and under no circum stances has the President made any such assertion," the report said. "It Is true that, on the signing of the ar mistice, the President In the copse of an address to congress used the words - the war mus comes 10 &n end," but he spoke of actual hostlll- XXXl ! technical state of - a treaty to end a war. Jury Acquits Mrs. Cumming Of Murder Hampton, Vai. April' 7.-Mrs. Ittie ..U,cr was found' "not guilty" of the murder of her husband after a Jury had co nsideredthe case for four minutes here tonight She was on trial for.the ' Idon Cumming. 1 Fel assemblyman, on the streets nere r ep rUS.?Cummlng'sVaorney. final argument, based their pleas for aCQuitta! o"ethe claim that their client vas temporarily insane at .the time cf the shooting.' ... '.t vftAr.0id Kenneth Cumming eight-yr-old son of the accused, sat by his mother . Often when side throughout the aay. v-r hodv was suaKen.wHu about her . innd his arm Buua .-. f 4hA finv was iuuvv U. tJ. jrosv.oi. Z - ..i.-.t Wil- 'the v "Eastern -o w ,-rt ilamsbur. declared . nh alienist; that "If the tory of this case a. told by Mr. Byrd ,SSf condition , of the -acca d was ' ; the time of the ootitlAl r.ot know what she was doing. . ott.1T. tit Foster completed that r, . When Vr. ,P ww stampin of statement there wa8" - d Judge fcetJI the co't ana WILMI S? Supreme Com Defends Festive "Weinerwursts" "Hot Dogs" Held To Be Recognized As Pure Food: Products (Special to .The Star.) Raleigh, April 7. Overruling Judge Bis Ray, the supreme court jyesterday held in the case of State vs. Fred Shoaff, from Forsyth county, that the Sunday sale- of "weiners," commonly known as "hot dogs,,fc Is no violation of Forsyth Special statute ' governing the sale of merchandise on Sunday. Incidentally, after the lone witness in the case for the state had referred to the place conducted by Shoaff at Hanestow two miles "from IWinston Salem, as a "Weiner joint," the court's opinion, by Associate Juustlce Walker, took occasion to define the term The case. against Shoaff came up at the January term of Forsyth court,, and It came . to the supreme! court on the conviction of the def endant after the judge had denied a motion to non suit. The supreme court, held that the judge was in error in submitting the case to the jury and ordered that the verdict: be set aside and a non-suit ordered, 'The' facts in the case," said Associ ate Justice Walker, "bring it directly within the view of the exemptions and not the "prohibition of the statute." So far as the. court Is concerned a "weiner" ; Is a' highly respectable food product and has good standing among the recognized eatables. ."-The . court pleads: a dislike to the term "weiner Joint". used by the witness in the case, maintaining that there was no evidence to Justify the term , 'Joint." "A 'Joint,' " said the court's 5 opinion, "is usually re garded as a place of meeting or resort for ; persons sngaged in; : evil or . se cret practices of any kind." . BAPTIST WOMEN'S : UNION CONVENTION Furinan University cMakes Principal Address (Special to Tke itar.) : Shelby, April, t. The Baptist wom en's, missionary; union-convention met at the First Baptist church of this city last night; Drr J. Elwood Welsh Durham preached the annual sermon. his. subject7 being "Our Indebtedness.1 f0rmer record in the thirty-four years pf history of the reunion. ' The 'an- nouncement in the report of Miss Car roll's . resignation as secretary after four years of efficient service oc casioned keenest regret. . v ; Another light in the - day's session was the annual address by the presi dent. Mrs. ,Wesley N. Jones, of Ra leigh, oa "Memorial Stones," showing how Joshua had led the women all through the years. The Easter association for the. third years in succession received the ban ner for being the best organized all around association in the state. ' The Buncombe association led all the others In , the matter oi . mission study classes. " The Pilot -Mountain association 'out stripped all the others in the mat ter of contributions. Of Her Husband Scott ordered the room cleared of . all persons who were standing. Commonwealth's Attorney Cock said In his closing speech that Mrs. Cum ming had often threatened the life of her husband and that the killing was premeditated.' He said It was always money, money, money. If she had bothered Mr. Cumming less she would have been treated better by him. Friends of both families," he asserted, thought the best was being done when the marriage .and pre-nuptial agree ment was arranged. Mrs. ; Cumming had maintained . a strained calm throughout the day. She was 1 seated when ' the Jury ; returned from Its rooms and .was helped to her feet by her sister.- She stood trembling, but very straight, her fingers' twitch ing and lips quivering.! . "Not; guilty." v -. " ;.'"-'.','' The report of the foreman,' spoken In a low voice, seemed, to ring through the court room whose silence was not broken by a breath. - In -a moment the acquitted, woman was surrounded by scores 'of friends who showered con gratulations upon her. The Httle boy jumped Into her arms and she kissed him many times. r ; r , ,S1 am. very glad," she said,-as v she expressed her ! thanks to V the 1 people, the iurir. the judge and the lawyers. MEETS A1SHELBY N, N. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1920 FRANCE AWAITING RHINE OCCUPATION None Of The Allied Representa tives Has Expressed An Opinion On Sub ect WORLD VERDICT ON FINANCIAL CIRCLES THINK fifty-five minutes, a naval bal INTERVENTION UNTIMELY loon,' attached to the training .. 1 station at :PensacdIai Fla made Some Quarters Express Belief French Government Fell Into Clever Trap Paris, April ' 7. -Considerable reac tion was noticeable today in French public opinion, which was unanimous- ily favorable yesterday regarding the advisedness of the occupation pf the Rhine cities.; f Official circles are silent. .. The failure of. the' American ambas sador, Hugh; C. Wallace; the British I ambassador the Earl of Derby; Baron I Matsui, representing Japan, and Count1, Bonin-Longare, Italy, to express an opinion concerning Premier Millerand's note Is not interpreted as unfavorable, but as merely. pointing to the fact'that none of them has yet received Instruc tions concerning the attitude of : ther respective , governments on the situa tion.' v , , j. , 8om Anxiety ; ls Felt r , The attitude of the government of ficials, however, is one of, expectancy, and there . is even - some ! anxiety re garding the - probable (course to be adopted by - the allied governments. Great Interest is displaXd in the meet ing -of 'the British cabkiet tomorrow, and there " is much', speculation ' as to Washington's u official expression. Bankings financial . and business cir cles are more outspoker; the opinion is ,:Xreely - expressed thai- intervention was untimely and . detrimental to French- interests. "I ' ' r). - At the stock exchapre today the comment indicated- a ?blief 'ln some quarters that the French government fell into a .trap cleverly ULld to - sepa rate France from ' her allies by asking for Individual ' French authorization to enter the Ruhr district yand putting it p" to France .alone to refuse. Germany permission to. tke military measures, sterling , to : 61.10. The Belgian; jfranc even rose to , t.090 . nthe . other hand French fah.es decreased on :all mark ets, both allied and neutral, which caused -the . brokers to say:';r:f4" : " "France Is going-: it alone apparent, ly the wrong way." . ; .';;:'. .'- ': : : FremA .Attltwae Explained . , Premier Mlllerand, at theconference of ambassadors this evening, explained the French attitude toward Germany. He reviewed the events that led up to the occupation of Frankfort and the other German cities ! ' -! - .-. Th nremier mads -no reference to France's future policy beyond relter atlng that the occupied cities would be evacuated as soon as the- GermaJl troops were ' "completely withdrawn fro mthe Ruhr district " ; V v . The Earl of Derby, British ambassa dor to France, Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, and! Baron Mat sui. - the Japanese j ambassador, were present at the conference, as was also the Italian ambassador. None of them made any remarks which might be cont strued ' as either 'approving or, disap proving the French i attitude oh behalf of the governments they represent.;1 KILTED LADS WIN HEARTS OF CROWD Royal Highlanders r Vie With Exhibits At Wilming ton's Auto Show Ray D. Smith and his Royal High lander band last night played and sang their way -Into the heart or Wilming ton. .. ''.-. - -.Coming as one attraction of the au tomobLte show, the lads from the land of thheather last night proved them, selves the big attraction of the event and their numbers were encored thne and again. '' , ! r- Miss Beatrice Kenaall Baton, con tralto soloists, swept the audience to her feet by her perfect rendition of "Mother Machree." while Bobby Brol ller, he whowears the tartan of the Clan MacLeod, gave a ; perfect -'Imitation of .Harry Lauder at his best. Jlmmle Howard too, deserves a bit of praise for his xylophone ! solo work. Hundreds thronged the h auditorium last night' for theJ second day of Wil mington's industrial classic The dis play of exhibits, espwcia.Ty in the farm implement section, won high., commen dation from the crowds. J . Today Is expected to prove the ban ner, iday and the Kiltie band has; ar range the most varied program of the week for the day, ; It follows: -. h Recall Row ..... ...,.,-.. ..- . f-v f . .. . ; : Is Settled The celebrated ; recall petition has been settled. . r .- m Following conference i ( yesterday afternoon ; Woodus ; KeHum, attorney for the plaintiffs, seeking fa compell ing order to force oity council, te call 9 special election, and City Attorney Ruark, a .non-suit was entered and Judge Gulon ordered tthe case dis missed and the - costs paid by' the plaintiff, i -;" Naval Airplane Makes Forced Landing Wilmington After Making Record Breaking Flight After setting what is beli id to be a world's record by flying 900 miles in fourteen hours and a forced landing in a field near Kerr, thirty miles from WU- minton yesterday morning. The. four occupants of the bal loon, including Lieutenant Ken ney, U. S.N., commanding, and Lieutenants Kelly and Kevo. of the marine corps, with Gunner Bundy; U, S.'N students at the Pensacolax station, were badly IRISH ADVOCATES TURN ATTENTION TO STATE DEPARTMENT No Effort Made To Interfere With Picketers In This Instance. Washington. April 7. Bearing ban ners inscribed with Quotations said to ' have been taken from a recent speech by Secretary Colby, the -Irish pickets; today transferred their activi ties from the British embassy . to the state department. .During the 5 busiest hour of the aft ernoon the pickets presented to the gase of homeward bound war work ers banners bearing the quoted in-1 scriptionrs: . ; - . ; -.. :f . -. v . :i' , ' :'' ' J Quotations From Colby.' "There tie not even a scintilla of le gality -England's claim, to rule Ire- "The; death of your f martyrs lyis called ,lntb existence millions of Irish by principle," and . '. ,.'!- cannot stand.by mute and pas sionless ; while' these votive offerings are laid upon the altar of patriotism." The . banner bearer said the state ments attributed to Secretary ; Colby were taken from his address at Car n egle ' hall. New York. ; May 14. 1916. 'At the end of 'an hour the pickets withdrew' to 'their headquarters. A squad of police appeared on the scene as soon as the banners were erected, but no! ' effort was made to interfere with the picketing. ; ; 7 Resumption of the patrol In front of the British embassy has been definitely postponed until after the trial jnext Monday' of ttie foyr pickets now under arrest. Arraigned before United j States Commissioner Richard son, the quartet was released on $1,000 bail each, after pleading not guilty to a violation of section 4062, - revised statutes, In having "feloncwisly, men aced bodily and by violence the per-, son of ! his excellency, the counsellor of the embassy and chaise d'affaires of Great Britain, the Honorable Ronald C. Lindsay." ' ; . Great Battle On Tonight Fritz Hanson Will Clash With The Terrible Romail. Cechini . . rwyi - j t -i j fll ine ACaaemy oig trwwu Is Expected. x Joe Cechini tackles Frits Hanson at the Academy, of -Music tonight with avowed purpose of changing the to pography of the Swede's race. . Not In recent years has there been so much Interest displayed by. the fans on the eve of a match as was evident last night; '. . . Cechini has come with a wonderful reputation to sustain, and his exhibi tion of "quarter-chewing" on the streets ! of the city Sunday, has led many of the 33d degree fans to believe that he can trounce Fritz quickly and handily. ; . But the Swede, has his friends and backers and, according to them, it Is going to be a sadly disillusioned Ro man who Is hauled from the Ting to night following the s battle. " Cechini i numbers' among, his victoms the great Walno Ketonen, who three years ago beat- Hanson decisively on the local mat, not once but twice. The Italian has also held Mike Yokel to a two-hour draw, and It goes without ovine- that a man of his calibre is worthy of the best the wnmlngton j favorite can offer. Winsidk-Sdlm Completes Will Be Allocated ' Another product of the Carolina shipyards' has completed its trial trip with flying colors. -'. . . The-: City ot .Winston-Salem, named for North Carolina's metropolis, re turned to her dock at 11:30. yesterday morning after a maiden voyage on the high seas:: The Winston-Salem left At . rt'irtfV Tuesday morning and made the thirty-mll run to sea with- shaken up. They were brought to Wil mington early yesterday after noon, two of them in need of medical attention. It was an nounced last night that their in juries are not serious. The men left Pensacola at OCT . I A. 6:35 on an endurance flight Tuesday afternoon and landed at Kerr At 9:30 yesterday morning.- U ; The ballooii used was of the, old observation type. ; It was shipped by express to Pensacola last night and the airmen expect to follow by' train early1 today. ADMIRAL RODMAN v. CONTRADICTS SIMS NAVAL CRITICISM Admiral Rodman Appeared Vol- untarily To Defend Good Name Of The Navy "WAR WAS NOT FOUGHT AND WON IN LONDON" Says Navy Did Have Plans And , Policies 'For The .Conduct . ; : Of The War ! Washington; April 7. Testifying to day at his own request before the sen ate committee investigating1 the Sims- Panlels ro w Adtnlxal. .Hngh "Rodman, commanaer-incmer . ox tne Facltlc fleet, took direct lssie ,j with Adn?iral Sims' charges and "criticisms. . : ; b-. Admiral Rodman . denied categorical ly the charge that the navy'' entered the war without plans xr policies; that 'to put the-suffrage plank In the dem-1. it was unprepared to, fight or that it ! ocratic platform for the present year. was a mistake to attempt to direct j - It has been suggested that the wo naval operations; from 5 Washington. !men win be content with the appoint- s The admiral said he appeared through ment o a woman as one of the dele- t. sense of flu tv and- to "dftfenrt th good name of the navy," the work of which in the war he praised. Admiral Rodman declared that never n his more. than.forty yearsof sery- ice had the fleet, been in a better state spring or xait. -cjuiue Lyes oi vessels were ... 4.4.1 lacking, he conceded,:: notably battle cruisers and scout cruisers, but gen erally speaking the navy "was ready to fight." ; . Sims Very Indiscreet. Without any attempt to avoid per sonalities, ' Admiral Rodman . charac terized r as "very Indiscreet" the Sims letter to Secretary Daniels, which brought about the present Investlga- t-on, and declared that Sims committed a breach of confidence in making pub lic "an intimate and confidential con versatio. which should have been held sacred." He was referring to Sims' statement that Admiral Benson had told him Just before leaving for London "not to let the British pull the wool over your eyes." ' -- ' v- The charge that the navy entered the war without plans or well defined policies was not correct, Admiral Rod- n,an testified, adding that experience cn . the general board had given him opportunity to help prepare such plans, anticipating the probable advent of the United States into the war. These plans were later modified to meet, ex isting conditions, he said. - Admiral Rodman asserted that' the - navy had many sources of information and recommendations abroad ( other than Sims, who, the witness said, implied the navy had delayed the war by not acting on all of his recommendations. War Not Fought fa London. The charge that-the navy depart ment should not have attempted to conduct operations, from a point 3,000 miles from the war zone, was denied by Admiral Rodman, : who declared that the "war was not fought and won in London," and. that the only place for the ' direction and administration -of the navy's policy was In -Washington. The admiral added that he thought there had been an evident effort to dis credit the navy, and his impression was that Admiral Sims .sought to give the impression that be had most of the responsibility for running the war. and that the navy 'department "fell down on the Job" because It did not ". follow his advice. , I ' -,-'- ' - - ' ' 76 Local Concern out Incident- it was reported on the return yester day that the Winstpn-Salem met every requirement of the shipping board and will be formally delivered to the Emer gency Fleet corporation within a few weeks. '.. J . ; The Winston-Salem will- be allocated to the firm of . Alexander Sprunt & Sons, local cotton exporters, Trip WHOLE NUMBER 30,137. DEMOCRATIC HOSTS GATHER AT RALEIGH FOR STATE CONFAB Confidently Expected That Wo : man Suffrage Will Be En dorsed By Convention SEN. SIMMONS AND HOEY TO MAKE KEYNOTE TALKS Mrs. Palmer Jerman Probably " Will Be Elected Member Of The "Big Four" Raleigh. April 7. "On the eve bf the largest democratic state conven tion since the state passed from re publican control In 1898, friends of woman " suffrage ' confidently asserted tonight that the party will endorse equal franchise tomorrow and send a woman, Mrs. Palmer Jerman, as a member of Its "big four" delegation to San Francisco." No attempt will be made, it was in dicated tonight, to endorse the candU . dacy of any democrat for the presU dentlal nomination. It appeared altogether probable that the name of national committeeman A. W. McLean would be entered in the primaries as si - candidate against. A. Mitchell Palmer and Senator Robert L. Owen, both of I whom will seek dele gates here. The convention tomorrow will select twenty-four delegates to the' San Fran-, cisco convention and they will go bound to support the candidate re ceiving the plurality vote in the. pri maries. .1 All but one of the hundred counties in the ; state are represented .'here to night.-,. . ;- i . : . Simmons and Hoey' to Speak. The convention will be called to order tomorrow at; twelve o'clock by State Chairman; Thomas D. Warren, the key-note address on state issues will be delivered by Representative Clyde i"R. Hoey, of Shelby, while Senator Lee S. Overman will deliver the key-note address on natlonaflssue. v - - , A large number of western counties will send women delegates to the con- : vention, but the eastern counties as a rule have not j only sent women, but their delegates - to oppose any. effort on the part of the suffragist advocates " ..v. v,vn t s"uu, o,uu will not. seek to- force the issue in the j democratic convention at this time, but j indications tonight are that women the accepted time. They believe, they will be able to ; g,et the suffrage amendment ratified by . the special session of the legislature, .... . ... . . especially In . view i of the fact that Senator Simmons has come 'across gracefully.' with. . the recommendation that the suffrage resolution be rati fied. With the backing of the Simmons democrats and those who. follow Gov ernor Blskett, together with the gen eral recognition of the fact that suf j rae ,!8 instable and that it will j " 7 , : Vi Vi fave the women of -the state, the suffrage . leaders believe , there, will be little trouble with the legislature. No Fight on Revaluation There is little likelihood of a fight on the revaluation' measure! Some changes . may be recommended In the act which will help tighten up soma of .the loose places, but on the whole it is believed that the law has met the demands of . the democrats of North" Carolina for a reform in the' taxing system of the state which will equal ly distribute the burdens of taxation. , The income tax amendment may call forth more debate.' It will have strong advocates on the floor of the conven tion should opposition develop. The governor, of course. Is out gunning for opposition, and so is Corporation Com missioner A. J. 'Maxwell. Candidates for Governor Robert Page and Cameron Morrison have both sig nified their intention of supporting the amendment, and while' Gardner has been less specific ' in his ' utterans about the income tax, it is generally believeu tie aiiv. . uiuvtm. . m u favor of the amendment to the consti tution. . . BURG WIN WINNER OVER L. C. GRANT Complete Returns Show Bigger Majority - Complete returns from the county primary yesterday tjtow that Kenneth O. Burgwln has been elected to the state senate over L. Clayton Grant by a vote of 1,413 to 1,214. Final standing of contestants In other races follow: ' : For sheriff Jackson, 1,760; Johnson, 87'2; Brownj 554; Shepherd, 73. . For legislature Bellamy. 2,016; Car ter 866. ' ...;y. . .';',.,'"'- '-. For register of deedsBlalr, 1,787 Meyland. 655; Chrlstman, 265. . ' , For solicitor-McNorton, 1,04; Jones; 565; Hogue, 720. . . ' : ' Tor - recorder Harris, 2,092; , Head, i 581. .;;,.: V- " - ' For county commissioners Topp i 2,028; Doscher, 1.738; Hewlett; L706: Taylor, 1,183. A second primary will be held next Tuesday to decide the contest , for so licitor between j. A. McNorton and W. V. Jones, " " a. i 4, f !
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