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Complete Service Of The Associated Press with probably rain, continued cool. J L " 'j "ili' gg jj Ift jjliB 8'' fi V ivC A volciii.-o 374. , Wilmington Friday morning, April 9, 1920. whole number so,i38 1 ii ' , I A 1 . FRENCH ATTITUDE IS REPUDIATED BY FOUR BIG POWERS . Will Accept No Responsibility man Provinces 1 ACTION HAS CAUSED DELICATE SITUATION Hope Is Expressed That Way May Be Found To Ease , Present Tense Status Paris, April 6. Paul Tirard.! French high commissioner in ! iution,?ad pkssed the " way ,- n1. , j , . mark on its way through the house the Rhmeland and Maj. Gen. when echoes of the storm of oratory Henry T. Allen, commander-In- i and debate it provoked died away to chief of the American army of r'leht For Blx hours " 7" the cen" occupation on the German front, ) "CZE V T. today visited General Degouttee, ! adopted. The final vote win com late the French commander of the ' occupation forces. Brussels, April, 8. King Al rt presided today at a' cab bert presided today at a Cab- ! inet Council at Which it Was de i dded as a token of friendship , - ... - ... to France and Of Solidarity With oUi'm iaf "Rol frin-m U wlc v..w w pared to send a detachment into the Ruhr region. Berlin, April 8.-It is semi officially stated that a German patrol Unaer ijieUt. OOUnt Kai- nein was fired on yesterday near Niederwoelstadt, sixteen miles north of Frankfort, by five sen tries. Kalnein was wounded and subsequently died, i r London, April 8. It is stated that the British government :to-r night sent a protest to the French government with regard to the occupation of the Ruhr region. London. April 8. After a long con ference which the French ambassador, Paul Cambon, had with Premier Lloyd George today, and a full discus sion of the French-German incident by the cabinet council, at' which the rrencn view was iuiiy expiainea 10 me British ministers, an authoritative j statement was issued to the effect that F-ance acted "entirely on her own Ini tiative in deciding to occupy German towns; that Great Britain, the United - States, Italy and Belgium were all op-t posed to the plan, and that France's action has caused a delicate situation. The matter is under discussion of the British and French governments and the hope is expressed that the situa- tion may be eased. Acted Precipitately The statement recites various expe- J Ruhr situation, among others the send ing of allied officers with the German troops to supervise the German with drawal. Another alternative was . that the decision should be left with the German government, with the stipula tion that unless the status quo was sufficiently restored the allies them selves would occupy German points to enforce their demands. The ; statement proceeds: - ' ' I . a "The German government appears to Jiave ;acted ; precipitately and France to nave" responded by adopting a plan which was only intended as a last re sort method, and even then to have teen the affair of the allies and not of one of them - simply." ... Great Nations Oppose ' Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and the United States, it Is declared,, all felt hat the task of restoring order should He with Germany, and all were opposed to their regular forces being called uPon, except as a last resort, to un dertake what are virtually police du-? t5. it Is pointed . out that ' France feared some ulterior motive on the Part of Germany, and. doubtless acted Jn good faith, but, adds the statement, "the immediate , result is that5 the re-' "pondbility for her action cannot, be shared by the allies as , a 'whole, and certainly there is no intention on the part of the British government to al low British soldiers to act as police between hostile German factions, and Incur all the odium of such a position, to say nothing of its risks." Allies Would Then Aet Jhe statement concludes: - "If, and when,-France's suspicions of Germany's ulterior motives and dellb erate flaunting of the terms qf the Pence treaty become - accomplished facts, the allies would doubtless be Prepared in fnitoTitlv, a.n4 vlpnr v"'ei to act xnsxanuy - no vigor- usly in concert to vindicate the posi- 1 'On arid rnni. r- rirovlioni of I and riRTict fm- thA rirovisiona of lne treaty. But for the time being it Jay be taken that no BrlUsh soldier Participate In the . occupation of German cities in the-neutral j zone." ... Talted States Attitude-5-ffWEgton, April :'&.-r-So ti far :" 7W be learned here, state' depart- 'j- s.;t regard to. cue nunrvw "f l-'sen confined to an expres iu nJoa to the effect that the " vernanent should bevpennlt ' i int the Ruhr valley eny nurj'ter of troops nec?sary ' ord;y in that section and to ' i'r supremacy- - " t Ge tec to , ftia HEATED DEBATE ON PEACE RESOLUTION REACH VOTE TODAY Special Rule Adopted To. Limit Debate And Prevent Amendments PARTISANSHIP CHARGED AGAINST REPUBLICANS r . j ' ! NO " Doubt Is Exnressed Rut 1 That Resolution WiU Be Adopted Washington. April 8. The peace tomrrow. There was a vote today on adoption of the special rule limiting debate and preventing amendment of the resolu tion aja Hro wn Vir V. a aavmm14.4.a a 4 eign affairs. The rule was carried. 214 to 15S' seven democrats joining ftie re PUvJiCftn8 in its suPiort one PUbUcan opposing it. This was taken to indicate action on the . resolution llt- but republican leaders' said jnorB cemocrats would join them on the final vote. One of the democrats. Rep resentative HtTdlestpn, of Alabama, who voted- against the rule, announced that he would support the resolution Charges of Partisanship. Charges of partisanship ran through democratic comment on the resolution. .Representative Hudleston noted these. but Insisted that conscience would not let him "trot . along" with his party majority and oppose the peace pro-? posal, whatever "company" his de cision forced him to keep. The November elections figured al most as prominently in the debate as did the International situation, war' time legislation or even President Wil son's t. share In the treaty fight. X statement by Representative Pou, dem ocrat. North '. Carolina, that the Presi dent;; had beii "without personatraaibl. tlbn .in his actions brought l roar of larfghter from the republican side. ; . It was echoed from the democratic side a moment later when, to support charges of partisan " purpose, Repre Benta.jf.ive - Montague, democrat, Vir ginia, asked Chairman Campbell of the rules committee why peace with Austria-Hungary also had not been pro posed. , : ; Constitutional Right Challenged. On the technical side of the discus sion, the democrats repeatedly chal lenged the constitutional right, of the congress to pass such legislation. In sisting it was contemplated Invasion of the treaty making power conferred on the executive branchi and. the sen ate. Historical legal precedents - fere martlaled to v support this view, ana' the writings of authorities on interna tional law quoted at length. - The republicans quoted other au thorities and precedents and main tained that all that was sought was to end legally a. war .that had in fact ended long r ago. The treaty . making powers were not affected, they insisted, and - a formal . treaty with . Germany ould be drawn and ratified as provided 0y the constitution. Reaomes Debate Today. Representative Campbell, In present' Ing the rule, assured the . house that there was no Intention to permit any other vote than" upon adoption of the resolution, and one vote on recommit' ment. Representative Flood, demo crat, Virginia, leading the opposition, had not determined tonight the form the motion to recommit would take. There was nothing to indicate when the senate would take up the resolu tion. .. - - , - . Uebate will bsT-esumed tomorrow at 11; It wiU conclude sharply at 6 p. m.. to'be followed by the final. votes. FIRST DEATH SHIP REACHES HOME PORT Eighty-Seven Bodies Of Ameri can Soldiers Brought ; Home From Europe - New Tork, April". 8. Bringing from TTino-land. bodies of eighty-seven American soldiers who died in the service of their country on foreien soil, the army transport Nansemond docked here today, her flag at half-mast. ' . - ' Th. hvl.ifiR . were those of - enlisted men. most of whom aied" during I the - aviatinn and base camps In Great Britain, .- They were brought home by the government for delivery Za friends and for final w .i, nativ interment In cemeteries or their native land. . . ,f- rvort they will be shipped within few days to .virtually every iitiinn. Each boay, encaseu ill be ampied iy a soldier guard SJe up a far as possible of men .who - " r t.-. r-a.niation as the deceased. These guards of, honor wiu remain with the bodies until KT . . tu.(. fnwnr COD1- rnaliy closes, over r '"Then they wiU "turn" to tbe base here to make the-,formal reportthat will, officially, close wtSr" re- who, when tneir. cuu"f syonded to the limii oi " ! .T- -.- - ,:M ' ' " " . 3 INSPECTOR HENRY UNDER INDICTMENT IN VICE CRUSADE Plain Clothes Men And Res- taurant Taken Employes Also Into The Net New York. April 8.The vice crusade Mn New Tork- wMch has gradually oroaaenea into Ave distinct investiga- tidns. assujnaed substantial proportions today when the regular nand 1nrv re- turned indictments against Police In spector. DOminlSk Henry, two of his plain clothes men end the proprietor and three employes of a raided west side, restaurant complained of in an Easter sermon Try-the Rev.'. John Roach Straton, of Calvary Baptist . church. Charged Neglect of Duty. Inspector Henry, who commands the enlarged "tenderloin" district, with its hundreds of hotels, restaurants, thea ters, cabarets and dance halls, .was charged with. neglect of duty. Accom panied by his counsel, W. Bourke Cockran, he was arraigned before Judge James T. Malone in general ses sion and held In $2,500 bail for plead ing tomorrow. Ball was quickly, fur nished. . Others Indicted were Detectives John Gunson and Joseph Meloney, for perjury, and Peter Galliotti, restaurant proprietor, with three employes, all of whom are charged with keeping a "dis orderly house. Qunson already is un der indictment for bribery and extor tion. . , ...... The seven indictments today, which make a total of Uji since the vice agi tation was begun, were obtained Jy James E. Smith, assistant district at torney, the central figure In a series jf charges and 'counter charges ' grow ing out of his Investigation of alleged police connivance with vice. Investors In Stocks ilr. Smith, it was learned today, has had investigators in the . financial dis trict endeavoring to learn . the extent to which policemen "have -been dealing in, stocks. Records of certain .transac tions said to have, been brought tb light would soon be laid before the "vice" grand jury, Mr. Smith intimated tonight. ." Figures were, given out by the district attorney's' office tending to show that Inspector JHenry has been' a liberal customer of Wall Street f?okers?HlS'aconnt- wft&'one'bTAXer civ March 31 showed a balance of $21.- 438, according to Mr. Smith. BANKER OF PEMBROKE HURT IN AUTO WRE(5k Struck By Freight Train While Crossing Track . At Pates (Special to Tae Star) : Lumberton, April 8. R. H. Liver more, cashier of- the Banx of Pembroke and prominent business man, . was ser iously hurt this afternoon when an automobile which, he was- driving was struck by a freight train at Pates and demolished. Mr. -liivermore was brought to Lumberton on the freight train and carried to the Thompson hospital. He was severely cut about the ' face, head and arms. There is some hope of his recovery, it is said. He drove his car upon the track in front of the moving train," his view of the train being obstructed by some box cars on a side track adjacent to the road crossing. , : LARGE CROWD HEARS ADDRESS BY DR. WICKER Richmond Minister Speaks On The Prodigal Ten additions were received at the First Baptist"25urch last night follow ing a masterly 'address by the Rev. Dr. Wicker, speaking' on "The Prodigal." An audience that, taxed the capacity of the church heard the; discourse. Tonight a special service for the young people will be' held, especially the .-".boys and -; girls of the various schools, v Older peojjle, however, are invited to attend. ' ... SATURDAY TAG DAY FOR TRAVELERS' AID ei i. ttt-11 o i n i , uuvxuj f f ii kjvvj.v uuuuiuuuuuo From Public Saturday has been set aside as tag day for the Travellers' Aid when the public will be asked to contribute to the work of this organization. The welfare of the entire nation as well as aiding women and children at railroad stations in strange cities is i the aim of the society. " Locating miss ing relatives and arranging for meet ings with friends whose addresses have been lost, are also a part of the program. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTED AT PINE HURST (Speclal to Th Star.) ,-Pinehurst, April 8. The outdoor ten nis season was officially opened today with' the starting of the men's singles in the north and south championship tournament at Pinehurstv Thirty play ersrlined up' for the men's singles and firs and': second match rounds were disposed of. William T. Tllden, second, national doubles and indoor singles champion; Howard Voshell, metropoli tan champion, and; Harold Throckmor ton, New - Jersey champion, the : most y likely contenders ror tne cnampionsjiip honors, all won their matches easily enough, and are not expected to en counter v much .. difficulty -: in coming through tomorrow's round. The ; wo men's singles will start tomorrow with a remarkably! strong and well balanced field, which Includes a ; number , of the country's leading players. s ErriVA 1 tv nmnTTrn : - i- LKUAU oln lifr W( if I? A Tlf1 . KflTTT Tfl HAT T H DQT7 juuu riv vviiiini ujj IT IS PREDICTED But Reports Continue To Pour In Of More Men Walk- v - ing- Out - T - UNION BROTHERHOOD MEN ACT AS STRIKE BREAKERS Freight Is Being: Tied Up At Many Points Over s The Nation Chicago, April 8. The unaiuthorized strike of switchmen and railroad en ginemen which started In the Chicago district and spread today to several cities will be broken within the next 48 hours, A. F. Whitney, vice president of Jhe Brotherhood of Railway Train men, and S. E. Heberling, interna tional president of the Switehmens' Union of North America, predicted to night. ; ; While the strike situation in Chi cago showed some improvement with one thousand brotherhood men from other cities having answertd the call to come here. as strike breakers, the strike was spreading throughout coun try" from coast to .coast. Reports to- nigni summarized the situation follows: ,: j . : . Summary of 8 It sat ion , as mcago: z.ooo men out, - freight traffic SO to 40 per cent of Bormn.1- 40,000 packing plant workers thrown out of work with complete suspension of the plants, employing. 50,000 men. in prospect tomorrow, s Buffalo i: 1,500 to 2,700 men idle; em barga in all. freight in, effect. - ivansas cuy: zuo to ,500 men out, ireignt em cargo in effect. . juos Angeles: 1,200 men employed py transcontinental lines on strike Toledo: 600 men- out. conmlete freight, tie-up . within 24 i hours pre- aictea. J Detroit: 1,000 men out and 500 more expected, to follow tonights Gary: : 80Q to 400 idle; . 300 Brother hood of Railway .Trainmen members .vote-totmanyai-totheirnnion. - -..East St: Louis: 200 out, 5,000 in St. Louis vote to. "resign" at midnight un less demands are granted. JDecatur,r-Illinois: (107 on strike, vote to stay out until demands are granted . Poliet, Illinois; Fifty on four roads strike; Chicago outer belt men refuse to join walkout. - ... , Springfield, Illinois: Baltimore and Ohio switchmen out. '. . Oolton, . California: Fifty Southern Pacific men quit;, freight tied up " Cleveland:' 1.500' to vote tonight on strike issue. ." ' I Sheridan,; Wyoming:. Monvote to re main at work and send delegation to Chicago .to'; aid in- breaking; strike. . Mnny Points Affected : Niagara Falls: Switchmen refuse to strike after listening to appeals from fifty Bufialo strikers. Elmira, N. Y.: Yardmen of the Delaware Lackawana Western, New York Central and Lehigh Valley order ed out. .- . ' . . . . "". .: Pittsburgh, 2,000 Pennsylvania, em ployes at Conway yards vote to strike at-midnight tonight If demands are not erranted. - Memphis: Yardmen on all but two roads entering city , vote., to .strike att 4 n. m. Friday if demands are not k arrantefl. ' . " ' ' . . ni - A AAA " Fort Wae: BtriKe oi a.zvv renn svlvaia shopmen . believed settled. Strike had no connection with switch men's walkout: san Jtf rancisco; miit work. Twenty switchmen Jersey City: Air Erie yard brake men out. BRITISH NEWSPAPERS UNDER INVESTIGATION London, April 8. One member of the house of commons wants an mvestlga tion of the newspaper business in Eng land. Captain William T.! Shaw asked Premier Lloyd George in the house the other day whether he would consider appointing a committee to inquire into the profits aid business methods of the great newspaper trusts in Orreat Jcsrit am He wantea tne committee es . neciallv tri - ascertain whether the J prices for newspapers ; and advertise meni8 were resuuu FwE WM OUCrKT TO i AT WOW AWTKTlhlCr "Zimmie" ADOPTSWOMA I AS PART OF PARTY'S ADMIRAL WILSON DISAGREES WITH I SMS CRITICISM Declares Navy Was In Fine Fettle When War With Ger- many Declared , "FULL AND COMPLETE" PLANS WERE PREPARED i Says j Achievements Of Navy Shortened War and Saved . Lives And Property Washington, April 8-Admiral H. B. Wilson, commander-in-chief of the At lantic fleet, disagreed today with many of Rear Admiral Sims criticisms of the navy department's conduct of the war. Before the senate investigating, com mittee; the admiral declared the active fleet never, was better prepared for war than in April, 1917, that the depart ment . whole-hearted, and energetically co-operated ; with the allies from the moment war was deoJa.rrt ar, run and complete" tilajisi pared to meet a German slve. ' " 1 Stupendous AccompIUhiuMits The navy's accomplishments in th war, the admiral said, "dessrv. tho commendation of the nation,"' for they were so stupendous as to make "rela tively unimportant" any mistakes. uni cross-examination the admiral suggested that greater authority and responsibility be given the chief of naval operations, but said that he would not have that official encroach on the authority of , the secretary of uo uvjr vor, ne aaaed, "the naw's salvation, is to have a civilian at its head. ' :V - " iAaked-sf; Chairman': Admiral ;iins charsr that del avis hv the department in the first six month prolonged the war four ' months and cost 500,000 lives, Admiral: ; Wilson "I did not believe that ca;n;be true: On the contrary .our "co-operation shortened the warnd 'saved'much life ana property. I beHeve our naval forces from the start co-operated in a most successful manner with the al lies." - , Responding to a remark by Chair man Hale that all the committee was trying to do was "halt the navy." the admiral declared "It would have been better for the navy if you had shut up shop after the first few days. If the buck is going tb be passed it ought not to be passed to the navy." " Telia of First Conference Admiral Wilson, now commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, commanded the patrol force that first protected waters adjacent to the United States, and : later, based on Brest. France, co operated in protecting allied convoys in the war zone and hunting U-boats. Within four days sifter this country entered the war representatives of the allied admiralties were in conference with Secretary Daniels and naval , offi cers in Washington outlining the means by which the most effective as sistance, could be rendered by this country, ' the witness declared. So far as he knew. Admiral Wilson said, every suggestion or proposition . put forward i by the allied officials was promptly agreed to and efficiently car ried out The ri act that the greater part of the American army was trans ported over 3,000 miles of water with out a life being lost, through efforts of the enemy testified to the success -of this . co-operation., the admiral- asf serted. i . .. . '. "No nation upon the approach of war has had a force of battleships more nearly prepared for battle than was the force toSsvhich, I was attached and which spent, the. winter of 1916-17 In southern waters," Admiral Wilson tes tified. "I; feel sure that if this force had engaged an . enemy on its cruise north In the . spring of 1917, the vic tory would have been ours," Naval Morale Was High .Morale in the -service was high at that time, the officer said, and the ac tive fleet prepared for any emergency. ' Referring to Admiral, Sims" charge that an Insufficient number of smajl vessels , was sent abroad during tne first few months of American partici pation in the war, Admiral Wilson de clared that at a conference, between Secretary Daniels and allied admiralty representatives on April 10, 1917. the foreign officials "did not express any dire need for help or great urgency for it," and ' suggested that the United States take over the work of patrolling the waters adjacent- to this country, and one representative " suggested the United States "send one destroyer abroad in : order that the flag may be shown to let it be known that the United States navy has actually joined the naval i forces . of the allies. JAPANESE DEATHS FROM RAVAGES OF INFLUENZA ' Tokio, April 8j A striking feature of the epidemic of influenza here was the grotesque appearance of . . TSto crowds wearing all kinds of respira tors, from the celluloid artificial nose to the patch of black tastefully em broidered by the aesthetic school girl. Innoculation , with preventive x serum was tried, it is claimed with good re sults, though in certain cases it was said to., be as fatal as the disease it self. The'-deaths from Influenza In Jan uary totalled 6.775. STATE Recommends That Special Session Of Legislature Adopt Anthony Amendment When It Meets ' In Raleigh This Summer ; SENATOR SIMMONS FAVORITE SON Carr, Of Wilmington; Harris, Of Charlotte; Carr, Of Durham And Warren, Of New Bern, Delegates To National Convention WOMAN NAMED HONORARY DELEGATE? Senator Simmons And Congressman Hoey Make Key-Note Speeches On National And State Issues Affecting The Party, i (Special to The Star.) -Raleigh, April 8. By a vote of 585 to 428 the democratic state convention tonight defeated the plank in the majority com mittee report's platform declaring against ratification of the suf frage amendment and substituted therefor a plank which appeals to the democratic memoars ot trie legislature to pass the fcusan B. Anthony amendment at the special session this summer. The suifragists had, previously secured a test of strength' when the convention named Mrs. J. S. Cunningham, of Durham, as honorary delegate to the national convention over the opposi tion of the antis, who did not want to see the women recognized until the . people of the state had voted on an amendment to the state constitution. On this vote the count was 704. to 210. Chairman Lindsay Warren, of Hartford, submitted the ma jority report of the platform committee, which carried the plank reafilrming democratic adherance to the principal of state's rights and calling on the legislature not to pass the nineteenth amend mnt, but to submit to the voters in the November election an ' : MITCHELL PALMER CHARGES GOVENAOT KILLED WITH GOLD Is Personally Bearing - Flag Of Wilson To United People States Of Macon, Ga., April 8. "Three-quarters of a million dollars killed the treaty of peace and the league of nations cov enant," charged Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer here tonight in an ad. dress in behalf of his own candidacy for the presidential nomination. "With the majority vote purchased in Michigan," he said, "Senator Lodge organized the foreign relations com mittee and refused to report - the trea ty. If the democrats had carried Mich iganif the: republican party had spent say only a couple of hundred thousand dollars the democrats would have organized the senate and the for eign relations committee would have reported the treaty and it would have been passed. It tooks months of strug gle to get these democrats to desert the .party." .'. ?'..:.;.?"'.-; He declared that the purpose of Sen ator Smith and Senator Reed and others was to repudiate President Wil son, embarrass the administration and to "change the democratic policies. "They, say I cannot carry Pennsyl vania," said the attorney general. "If the party will nominate some man who can carry Pennsylvania, I'll be for him. But he must be a better democrat than has yet announced." -t.. . . Mr. Palmer referred to criticisms of his Quakerism, ' . , . ... :j 'Tar be it from me to deny the faith of my fathers," he saidi. "But I was . for ; this world , war. Kvery boy ' in my family', and . every boy in my wife's family, all Quakers, were in the war from the first to the last." "If you want references as to my fighting ability, I refer you to several battle-scarred republicans. ' . "When I saw him attacked and villl fied and no one willing to defend him, I determined to carry the flag of Wood row Wilson to the people." GERMASi GOVERNMENT MAKES SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENT Berlin, April 8. -The' German gov ernment hopes to raise 1,000,000,000 marks by unusual levy on telephone subscribers. It is announced that they will be assessed a special one-time ta of 1,000 marks, which will bear interest and be returned when the sub scription, is cancelled. - Charges for the use of telephone will be more than doubled and postage rates increased 100 per cent, in April. Telegraph rates will be heavily advanced. . ROADWAY OF GERMAN HELMETS Croydon, Eng., April 8. Ten thou sand German army helmets have been crushed Into' the mud at a salvage de pot here to make a pathway for cap tured German guns and other heavy traffic. It " would have cost more - to sell them as souvenirs than would be derived from the sale. CONSECRATE CATHEDRAL Savannah, April 8. The consecration of the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist, just released from ceDt 'through the generosity of Mrs. Mary Magan, will take place on June 3. This wjtll be the twentieth anniversary of the consecration of Right Kev.; BenJ. . Keiley, the head of the diocese ot Sa- j rational convention. There were pro vannah. . : (Continued on Page Two J GE PLANK PLATF0RM f . Pot and Against Suffrage. James A. Gray. Forsythe submitted a minority report calling for the Susan B. Anthonyamendment ratification, do ing so, he said, on instructions from the fifth district. . Walter Parsons submitted a second minority report which struck out 'the suffrage pJank and made no reference to-lt at alL , . '; " John D. Bellamy, of .Wilmington, of fered the first resolution, for the An thony amendment,, and made a very Bt0e speech in its favor, p. , w. vjnusnau ivuunsu WHO UluUltr SD" peal, and Victor 3. Bryant ended the discussion with a clear cut statement of the issues, saying that if three hun dred thousand voters were getting ready, to move Into the state it would be folly to refuse to welcome them. A. D. Watts interrupted to ask a ouestion. but proceeded to make a speech. Mr. Bryant had spoken on the ad vice of Senator Simmons, and asked' the democrats to follow his suggestion about suffrage. , i , "That's the first time X have ever known Senator Simmons to be wrong Watts declared. Delegates to the national convention ' named were:, J. O, Carr, Wilmlngtont Wade Harris, Charlotte; General Julian S. Carr, Durham;-T. D. Warren, New Bern. The alternates are: 'A. R. Mo Eachern, Robeson: E. H. Williamson, Cumberland; Joe A. Brown and A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury. Honorary dele gate, Mrs. J. S. Cunningham. Colonel Albert tt. Cox, Raleigh, and W. A. Self, of Morgantown, were, elected Presiden tial electors. The democratic platform touched on the good roads, by pledging democratic support to the ' creation of a state sys tem of highways from city to city by state funds, leaving the county funds for development of purely local or con necting road. The hard surfaced question was not taken up, nor was the state bond issue, except indirectly - How Sixth District Voted. - -, On the suffrage plank New Hansver oast fourteen for . and three votes against; Columbus split evenly its fourteen votes; Brunswick voted six for: Bladen . eight, against; Robeson three out of twenty against the plank; Cumberland twelve for, one against.' The sixth congressional . district named Thomas -I. Johnson elector And the following delegates: Q. B. Nim- mocks," T. A. McNeill, John D. Bella my and R. E. Powell. ; j. xm warnam was named elector for the third district, - and ' delegates from the district tb The national convention are Nathan O. Berry, J. T. Bland, Jr., C H. Walls and S. W. Ferrebe. Following the adoption of the substi tute plank for suffrage the whole plat form was endorsed and the convention adjourned at 7:30 this evening. V As compliment to Senator Simmons and in order to prevent the primary obligating the . delegates to support some man the state does not favor for the democratic nomination for Presi dent, the convention Instructed Its delegates to cast Its first ballot for the Senior Senator. After that the delega tion will be free, v With the two. keynote speakers dif fering In their position on the woman suffrage question Congressman Clyde R. Hoey declaring for the ratification of the ' amendment and Senator . Lee Slater Overman reaffirming' his' .posi tion against It. the convention opened at noon with the biggest crowd pres ent that has attended in recent years. Delegations of women from practical ly all of the counties were present. Two Keynote Speeches. The first session was featured by the two speeches and the effort of Colonel Watts to name .the delegates to the rational , convention. No sooner had Chairman ,T. D. Warren called ' the meeting to order than Colonel Watts grot the , floor and -nominated Chairman Warren as one of the delegates to the V l
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