North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. CHI. No. 142. i T7TTHTT1VT1fTlWTkT TkT . I . nTim'J V LNLNG, MAY 21, 1920J OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. 'TVllJlYAlXlxA-JU. I . T 4- i . ' . - i r 's V. i. SEABOARD MAKES LONG SOUGHT FOR . SCHEWGHAME light Kun Between wu- To lie usiaDiisneu. , . EE YEARS' EFFORT paSSenger Service On Old CaroT lina (Jentrai wm ue Vastly Improved. . t nn June btn me oc.uv. ... . es. A t T .In in establish what .lias -ion, own n.. "Vnnely. a "day-ngnt , scneauie Wilmington, . Charlotte ana h.tween RutherfonTfon. This will be operated 1 "..u..ntia.iiv the old. Carolina, uen- Ion BU - .vItid- innra fhnn tral sche which wm- pleasing1 to on years ago, .. . . v. . u- ft., "n r Pa . ,.iotinn n contained in all aions iuc iiuo w. vo v. , is This 3- uter from-C. R. Capps, first vice pres et of e Seaboard to J. G. McCor- Lk which is as follows: ..,- : Mr. J- l. ittCVi""i , j . "Wilmington, in. v. , Dear Mr. McCormlck: , nt flTn giaci to advise you" :inav we m11 extend trains 81 and 14 to Wll- jr.rt.on witn cnange- ovcuuie vuno eth No 31 will leave Wilmington at m. ana m v. w . v m The , Wilmington , equipment " will run through with separate equipment fnr the train netween waieign ana lamlet. As tnewe trains wxu au-mm lat Hamlet, both eaBt ana west Douna connections are afforded ; to and rrom both Charlotte end Raleigh" lines. This will give very fine service- on the Wil mington end, and I hope xhat . It win not only pay directly, but that our good friends will show thelrv appreciation, in 'a very substantial way. : "With kindest personal regarda, . "Yours very - truly, "(Signed) v " ' 1 1- C..R. CAPPS, r ' "First nVice-President." Tke Approximate Schedule. The schedule will be- approximately s follows: -- ' t' " ' No. 31. ' ' ' leave TvImmg-tpn 8:00 ac vin. Leave Acme 8:45 a- ra eare Lumberton' 10:25 a. m. Lave Maxton 11:15 a. m, . Arrive Hamlet 12:10 p. m. leave Hamlet 1?:40 p. m. t Leai'e Monroe 2:40 p. m. : Leave Charlotte 3:30 p. m. Arrive Rutherford ton 7:00 p m. No. 34. - Leave Rutherfordton 6:30 a. jn. Leave Charlotte 10:10 a. (m. Leave Monroe 11:00 a. m. , Arrive Hamlet 12:55 p. m. Leave Hamlet 1:25 p. m. : Arrive Maxton 2:10 p. rri. Arrive Lumberton 3:00. p. ra. , Arrive Acme 4:55 p. m. Arrive Wilmington 5:40 p. m, " No.: 31. : ; Leave Raleigh 8:45 a. m. Arrive Hamlet 12:15 p;.m.' ' . No. 34. Leave Hamlet 1:20 p. m. : Arrive Raleigh' 4.48 p. jn.. ' - , : - This train will greatly improve the service on what is known as the Caro lina Central, and will give general eat- 'aotion to the traveling public roughout the entire territory served. This will afford three daily . through trains earh way between Wilmington and Charlotte. . , ; ' ' End of Long' Fight.. ( This announcement marks the culmi nation of more than three years' efforts on the part of Mr. McCormlck and "oth ers to improve the train service over, tte Seaboard Air Line between Wil mington, Hamlet. Charlotte and Ruth erfordton. ' ; - -:: - It was in December 1016 Hhe first move in this direction ' was made. ' - Mr. McCormlck has written Mr. Canes' Pressing his pleaswe at the. decision 0 .the comnanv. - i . - v PALMER CANDIDATES LEAD N PENNSYLVANIA VOTING Sixteen Counties Have Com pleted Count For Delegates. .- , Philadel Wno contested for one of the jeive places for republican delegate 1 ree to the Chicago naUonal con- th i WJUUnu8 lo stay up among n leaders as further returns are re ti i from Tu8lay,s primary elec- -' ' rennsyivania. ..- , Keturng from 3,092 districts for dem jatic national committee, show' the Juffey, 38,526; Bonniwell. 80.665. i !,; rVeen counties have-completed the ""t ror democratic . delegates - at 4at " There are twenty-four candi- S, nrnml.. . . . ' ohnu aupporx in? popular of the nartv in-th state, and the , Bonniw. Put- ner twelve, identified , as the ell men, did not promise. The throughout wer ,: n SRF0LK AD PORTSMOUTH 1 HOt SEWIVES SHOW i FIGHT nd0p0lk- Va" May 20. The 'Norfolk nitMr!tsmouth reta'11 grocers itonlght hi , . an agreement to ; refuse to cers bread costing more than -S per loaf gn'-Utall . , sni cents M-i, ?5 lea&ue of thT two , cities W t that they would .bake ' their tEnCf r,?a before paying mors : than cents pr loaf at retail.;- -'- r J lErTtn.. . :'"!'" - bki w v : phancl rt AL UtVER8ITT. ' eon gpt in' May 20. Ernest Thomp lturr the' WU known' naturalist, n4ienc; ?uthor.' delighted; a. laTge "ctur. " ,oUna "ast night with V his AiWi.?. 'Th Personality, of . Wild Vn8iw Seton .shuwed, many LINGLE ELECTED MODERATOR BY 60TH GENERAL ASSEMBL Y OF SOUTHERN PRESB YTERIANS Highest, Horror .Assembly Can Bestow Accorded Richmond anOver Four Other Candidates At Meeting t Charlotte V:- Charlotto, N. C. May 20.--53Iection ot Rev. Walter L. Lingle. D. .D.,. of Union' Theological seminary, Richmond, . Vir ginia, as moderator a popular meet ing, tonight in the interests df Sun- day sclfbol . work, .t which addresses were delivered by Dr. iiingle and Rev. Gilbert ,QIass, D. D., of Richmond; fil ing, of committee reports' and - a ser mon by Rev. A."M. Frazer, D. P., Staun ton, Virginia, retiring ' moderator, fea tured the opening session i of the six tieth general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church meeting here. The highest honor .the assembly can bestow upon r any man waa accorded Dr. Ldngle, over fourv other . nominees, his election coming on the foiirth' bal lot. Others placed in nomination were Reverend Doctors Thornton Whaling, Columbia. S. C; George Summey.iNew Orleans R. F.' Campbell. Asheville, n; C., and T. A, Wharton, Texasv The elec tion was by roll call, and following eaoh ballot the, nominee receiving- the lowest ' Vote -vvas ' eliminated. ' . liord's Sapper Admlnltei-ed . The sacrament of the Lord's suipper was administered: following; the sermon by Dr. Frazer. . f. More than 300 ministers , a.nd ruling elders, from;. every southern state from Maryland to. Texas ar in attendance. vThe annual ; report of the executive committee on Christian education and ministerial -relief ' showed receipts of the . committee for the; last - year at 3283,371, an increase of $68,567 over the - previous year. - : " , "From the loan fund the' committee remitted loans to the amount, $18, 638 to 149 candidates for the ministry, mission service v and medical mission service. These- loans will b repaid In money or service wnea r the du cation of the, candidates has been completed. From the; student loan fund the com mittee has aided 149 boys and 116 girls to pursue college courses in Presby terian schools - SOUTH ATLANTIC ; STATES: PRESENT : CASE IN DETROIT Business Men Are, Shown .Ad vantages Of Shipping -To Southern Ports. n ; . . (Special to The Star.) Detroit, Mich., May 20. The i South Atlantic states presented their. case to the . business men of Detroit today, and every indication showed that the ver dict would be favorable. But the South Atlantic has made it plain that it is a case of co-operation and , community benefits to the' South- Atlantic' states which want.to develops their ports and the shippers of -: the middle west- who desire to market their manufactured products as quickly and cheaply as possible." ";-'.,; -. '. Lawrence Spsaimt Speaks. This was proclaimed at . the - dinner tonight tendered by the board of com merce of Detroit. The: opportunity and. the adequate port facilities was. pre sented and . impressed on . the Detroit business men. J. Lawrence Sprunt, .of Wilmington, one of the " after ' dinner speakers, forcibly dealt with the latter phase of the situation, and deeply . im pressed his hearers with his clear and splendid presentation. ., , Today was filled, with auto rides and visits . to big industrial plants,- with many; chances for the southerners 1 to buttonhole: Detroit business men and have heart-to-heart talks with ; them, and the chances were taken advantage of to the fullest. ; , Visit Detroit News. Upon paying a visit to the plant of the Detroit News today the - party, upon , being welcomed hy Lee . White, general manager, was ' told that the newspapers are looking to the south to eventually solve the paper shortage by furnishing, the material ' and mills for the pulp and declared he knew the Carolinas by reason of timber and wa ter transportation could play a big-part in the solution. ; v u ; , Tomorrow will be spent in Chicago, and among the features of the day will be a visirto the"Stock yards and lunch there. J . f ' " PROPERTY REVALUATION- " r x . - - . IS PROGRESSING NICELY -; V j:-fi': ' ,-;,', .; l; .- (Special to The Star.),'' Raleigh, May -20. District super visors of the revaluation work are in Raleigh today for one of the final con ferences ' with v the tax . commission be fore the' special session of teh legisia- iuro s wu., lue, evv" w-v -"" work ;ln all ten districts;' covering, the i . inH w.- 11 eve that every bit of the property in the state will be listed some time dur ing June. - The probabilities-, are that the reports, from every county ' will reach;' the tax commission before ;. the first-: or; JUiy.' ; - ' ; ;y ;-;- .. v GLENN TO BE BURIED ' ;:';' ' 7-'- V I ' AT OLD ; HOME' TODAY "-' - - fSmeelal da The Star.) 4 : - : " 'Winston-Salem, May 1'20. The ,bodyJ of former Govembr R. Glenn, wno died at Winnipeg, Canada, - lasfc- Sunday night, arrived hrs tonight. They were met at the union station by a commit tee representing the local. '.bar; associ ation and escorted to the home of 'the deceased. - ' Funeral services ..will be held : at ' the First Presbyterian Church t 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Su perior: court, in. session here, will ad journ at 3 o'clock tomorrow and Mem bers of ' the bar will attend the, ser- V TJnder thel dlrecUo of . Rev. ; M., E. Melvin, field, secretary, successful cam paigna "have" been 'con-ducted Jthe' last -year which resulted in- securing an en dowment .fund of $700,000 for' West minster college in the .synod of Mis souri,. and a similar fund of S1,,000,000 for th. Presbyterian schools in the synod of North Carolina. .sA- i- r v Ministerial Relief '''i During the last year .the endowment fund for ministerial relief has been in creased by $51,426 and now amounts to $623Jt48.v- C. E. Graiiam, a layman, of i nation of Secretary Daniels will be Greenville, S. C has offered to contrib- ...n ;... W ';o.-.-ute $200,000 provided the church will sl tomorrow before the - senate corn contribute $400,000. The report of he niittee Investigating coniduct of -the committee emphasized the importance war by the'- navy department Mr: of the acceptance of the offer; which Daniels concluded today reading his would increase the endowment fund for r.,.,.; ..t.t.-n.ivkj : - ministerial relief to more than $1,000,- 000. " i v. ; I',1-. -. . I The yearly receipts of the executive I committee on foreign "missions amount- ed to $1,115345,, as shown ' in the re-1 port. , xne repory snows tnat tms ss wie nra umei since ivia xuai me re- i ceipts have exceeded the cost of -work, The report showed the- work', of i the personnel befdre the war and discour church in all of the mission fields pro- aged? the naval reserve. , I He 1 denied gressing.well.' :-..v ;' ;;r.:;( l Sendg Ejpirmlon,o( Sympathy ( 1 The assembly . this afternoon; ordered tnat an. expression ot - sympathy be I sent the family of former Governor R. B. Glenn, of .North . Carolina, who died last Sunday in Winnipeg, and, whose funeral will be -conducted at Winston -Salern tomorrow.. Rev. N. tL. Anderson was delegated fto convey the message: C : ' . -..'V" - - ' - .-. .' . An invitation extenaea Dy fresiaent anane was compeneu w isnue a oras W. J, Martin, of Davidson college,;: that I ti corder when he heard the naval re- the assembly, visit; the. Institution Sat- urday, was accepted. Rev.- J, jN. McFarlaneV of Arkansas, and Rev. J. S. Cartledige, of". Georgia, were elected temporary fclerks of the assembly. . .. . GARYAN ALLEGES-. -NO PMRIOIISIIN: . PRICE REDUCTION Merchants Climbing On Band Wagon To Avoid Conse- v:;quences,r ; Washington,.; May 20. Regardless of J the spreading wave qfprlce reductions, .-.. . I Assistant, Attorney General Oarvan an". nounced that 'the government's efforts at hunting down profiteering , mer- 1 chants through investigation .of profits made by . individual stores '-had been extended to more than a score of cities. Tactics employed , by the "flying squad- ron" of the department of v Justice ! in New York were being employed, he " s " v v vv- &Avua vuoab lv coast. - - . v. gratified at the price drop enorted in v . vui Ubiai A IT? TV AO nearly every community.' and didnot believe the - department "deserved too much' of the credit," he would not en dorse claims of some merchants . that they were , actuated by patriotic ' mo tives.; , ;',";:, "; : '' ''That'stuff is the. purest buncombe,' Mr Garvan said. 7 "If they are pa- triotlc now, where was, their patriot- ism a year ago when prices were going up and up, and, incidentally, those fel lows were maaing more and' more money? "There are three', things responsible for this clamor of merchants to get' on the band waVon of falling prices: ."The women of the country .have stopped buying articles at exhorbitant prices ; the market; has broken, some- thinir which -could not be avoided, and a lot of people -saw indictments for profiteering coming. -1 Vsaw that few if any of the; merchants were sure that the 5 department's agents - were not at the moment gathering evidence ineir own stores.;They'.simply saw the light. .-..' Mr. Garvan said thp women , and the press of -'the' country had j formed - a combination to . break the power of the profiteer , and believed theyv had sue? ceeded. A While the downward trend may not continue as , rapidly, as it-now appears, Mr.- Garvan said he believed the peak had been passed and that "a general recession had set - in which mieht isret, a lone wav toward tablishing a normaL condition. ust'.nbt But he explained "normal" must be construed to. mean pre-war levels. ' . i . ,(-'.. price Mr. u-arvan saia . tnee -was a "very general campaign" on now by several national trade association, which, . he uo.l.iuua.1 1.1 a,uc ttoouvioiiwil, ;; w 1UVU, -. U3 said,' were attempUng; tor nullify efforts to' bring down" prices" . . - lo,:Zi.. -Im ZliJ. ; -; I r iuwo-o i iBiau uuuners organs -r inere- s- w rei.au -cioiniers- organs- has written' to all Its members urging them to - appeal fo' their congressmen and senators to, support the Knox peace resolution;, ,By that they hope to. end any - and all -' war powers ;h by which profiteering , can .be" punished. - That is why, these claims gt patriotism in cut ting prices -are all rot'" - - 9 , - - f : As To WoinenV Clothes.. . ( The national .suit, cloak and skirt manufacturers' association, Mr.: Garvan said, has decreed "that skirts and coats .must ;' be r longer'.! for fall and winter, anu vflo.iw-u ieics-iJiei .siaie, cnairmen of women's activities in the price , re? duction" campaign, urging them to stick together to defeat, such a plan." j Department agents now- are ; working. on books of numerous large manufac- turing plants, seeking evidence . as to profits,' according to Mr.' Garvaii; who sild the Investigation would be, extend- ed raoldlv and along broad-lines, t DANIELS IHES DIRECT T mm iearM INNAVA Cross Examination 'iyvW Begin ' Today Before Senate Inyesti- ; ; gating Committee, REFERRED TO RESERVE ; U AS SLACKER'S PARADISE T: C' - ' 'F. Says Commissions' Were Award ed To Youth Of rlnfliience ' , 'V By Naval Officers - i; i aoiiiiXK Lull) xvxarj v. --i vca - .s. CJLaLTTI y T v W""V " I f Admiral Sims' charges, which he de clared , had been fully,; refuted by the testimony, of brother officers. - , Mr Daniels replied particularly to tliek charge made by .Captain Palmer, rormer?cniei ;navigatio.n, ;jhat the de- layed efforts to increase ' the nivr'n flatly having discouraged the reserve.' i n r Ibut explained that he did order enroll- ! that have been .behind him elsewhere j ments in class -four stopped wheh conv"08 ' an- element l'-that -does, not eiist ditlons. became such as to approach a "public scandal.". , f . . --' : A "Slacker Paradise. ' j Commissions I were ' being given youths of; Influence -toy--naval officers without regard; to theif qualifIcatioh, he said. His admonitions-to -stop the. practice were no t heeded." he added. serve referred to as "alackers para dise." - . - A letter ' from Admiral H. T. Mayo. iormer oommander-in-cnier oi the At lantlc fleet, . read by Mr; Daniels; was characterized as fa. wild statement, not at -all susceiStible to proof,; and an un warranted, attack upon tlie navy de partment and the navy," Admiral Sims charge that delays on the part of the departmentprplonged the war. ' "He had been criticised by Rear Ad mlral-'Fiske and.' other off tcers. because Inl914 ; heottl jr -asked, pngressoct e noa ghtneri tdlr'thW Jcomp ments of..' the . shipsV-IM.rl Daniels, said, although he was; only followlng" rec ommendations- of thj general.r boardr made .in conformity iWitn estaoiisned policies of. the department. Reviewed His Term In Office. Mr. Daniels-reviewed at length all of his personnel legislation during'1 his term of office, and told the committee that "what the navy 'did, in enrolling and training young men' during -the World war had- no precedent in any navy dutlng the last or any previous war. , . ' mv. n.K .h i-.aw - .a'1 io nival chlef, totalled 415.162' officers and men when the armistice was. signed. against 520,021 for - the United - States. In Ma v. 1916. the general 'board rec ommended '100,000 ; men as the number I necessary for the navy for war in i trie Atlantic, Mr. Daniels said. . In August I of that year; he recommended and congress authorised just ,uuu ess man I that number, he declared. ; ' v i , - v . -e A 4 c M 1 k1 S -Nobody jn me .navy.w dreamed that in any war so many as I m , - 1- a 500,000 men woma b. , HO u. clared --v :-.,t: ". -' . ,. if was not . until after the United States entered the war that .it became evident that' preparations musi , oe made .on a much larger scale' than 100,000 " men, Mr. Daniels said. ' . Plsk's Statement uenieo. -ct Admiral Fisk to convey to. the- committee an inipression that tv.o pprftn.rv directed the general board in 1914. to cut "out" certain rec ommendations with regara to me per sonnel were unjust to ; me . wwa to him. Mr. Daniels . sam. - ne am .n ask for , a large increase in personnel I that year, he said, because-he did not bllieve congress or. the country; , was disposed to , - spend : the necessary I mbnev. advising, however. thathe -aio not order any .-part of' tne ooara s rec- ommertdationa withneia. ne ' 11U,S"S" gest that, the' boardv stress tbe PH11?" ing program he said. v v ..li. - Mr. Daniels paid trlbu te to of Rear Adiral vr.?t!n5 chief of ,tWbreau, of f reaa ,ai , n. ihg; emphatically ftVi 1 naval personnel was xr-fif e tem(nL Wvijuo: a. . o m v An-nwi l t i ssss lareely due , to au - , . . mtral BJue m complements of ships. - -c?; -" i .irnTrtl XTC TIM "RTTSST A ARE AMERICANS IN., KU1 A AR TMPRTflNED AND STARVED liurivww . . , . t Direct Pressure Being Brought To Bear To Obtain Release. , 20. Aroused .hy f tbe imorisonment and,deten- I A w , - - ., '!, tion In s ican citizens, tne ?wvc t-teos to brings to b ear in VY"" -,,.t fl, bolshivikl au -w-w . . A.ti4iaa tn obtain One of the Americans known to- be i in'-Russia'.by the bolshevik! is Xenephon B. Kalama-tlano who Tias been mad 'the 'subject of ineffectual representations for more, than a year. . .t -m.tet reports received by the department,- he is In cl(se confine. ment and-ig being-siarv. , hm,- TMnl Ate list of .Americans held bV the bolshevikr is ."not available, but J . . r. f renditions In Rug- v0 tv tate department-cog I nizant 'ot a rigorous systerrt , of . sur- I velllance on" the parrcOij .m? -soviet, an f voritieB toward Americans. . .-- "- - " v rnxrER ON ADJOURNMENT I " Waihinsrton, May ,29. pemocrats ; of I the senate , will confer tomorrow . and I the republicans Saturday on. the, ques- I tlon of a recisss . or ' adjournment ; of J cohgrress about' June'5 for the national I c6nrentlons, , ; -" W V ' HIRAM'S CHANCES IN OREGON GOOD; PRIMARIES TODAY Wood Supporters As ; Usual, ;- Have Advantage In State . . ; Organization. HERBERT HOOYER'S VOTE PROBABLY WILL BE LARGE As Elsewhere, The Lowden Cam ' i paign Has Shownigns Of H.. ': . Sleepiness. ;.;; v':; .';":'.-' BY - MARK SULLIVAN '' :.'-.'? :, (Copyright,' 1020,- for The Star fcy Si T. :) . Evening Vomi.) V Washington, May; 2L- Oregoii holds its .'primaries "today. f ' : r. Frorri the -'point of view of the lead ers here, the outcome that is ' awaited with the -greatest i interest ; is the rela tive .standing of Woodi and ; Johnson. As? between thjesi two men there would seem to r be no reason why ; Johnson should have any lesjs success fighting Wood in Oregon than he has had fight ing Wood in Nebraska, Michigan, New Jersey and Indiana. Indeed, , Johnson ought to have a better chance to' de feat Wood in Oregon than Jn other states; because in Oregon . Johnson should, have- behind him all, the forces in ' the middle . west . and east, that is, the antl-Japanese feelingly "-..;; -v- ' - Wood Has 'Organisation - -' ; ' - , As against this,; all -the reports from Oregon are to the effect that Wool has the - pest organlzation. iBut. - Wood has had the -.better -organization every where. . . . -- J- v v - - Three other candidates are on the re publican ' ballot, . Hoover, Lowden and Ppindexter ' have withdrawn, but they dKf not'make this decision to withdraw until 'after : the: ballots ' were printed. The consequence' Is that 'Hoover, espe cially; will-nave a larger .vote in. spite of. hi wlthdrawaL. If- Hoover- had -not taken himself. out of the race he, would have been a serious contender. , He would have done better in Oregon than in California. People who. are , for Hoover at all are for him because of convletion and-fSenflment'The Hoover ame'datva?;sytnlo'l.? Many- pe6plXwtn yrftft-tforshla-symljpy iuv the ? Dttllotsini as a'd"emocratfchr a reDublicari ter r: cording;, their- position ' Lowden,'. it is supposed,' t the' inf or mation that conies from Oregon to the leaders at the capitol 14 correct, - will run. well behind both W.ood and John son.' Lowdett's campaign, in : Oregon has heen much like his campaign in all the states he ;hC'enterJ, except South Dakota, f The Lowden; -campaign ' fre quently gives the .Impression ot being' rather lackadaisical.; It. Is not pushed asr if there was " dTi ving r force ' and Vreal wish: to win 'behind -it. r In- this policy the Lowden forces run some risk. This apparent indifference,-or ..'At .-.least lack of strenuous - striying fpr the prize 'on the part of Lowden ' end ' his - forces. has -beenl one sof the puszjmg - factors In the. whole oampalgn. ; It might be harmless policy; in a , campaign - wnere no one else. iB doing-much striving and to some, Lowden's relative indif ference' .makes .an appeal by. contrast with- the beetle breathlessness .of some of his competitors, but . the time may tL.- -;t rim .- Anil - IflH- come wneii .juwucu. . s cu.lt to reconcile the nreagem,ess of his attainment as a .poor third .with s-tving good reasons wny tne civen- tion should' treat him. better than other candidates .who. have rolled up large votes. '' V " . Under certain circumstances :k ltv is easy v to imagine y. aeiesaies; a u leaders ignoring" the results oi tne pri maries altogether,1 and - picking a dark hprse candidate from ,0utside the ma jor contenders In the primaries. If they should1 Besire , to ao . tnis meyy couia build a good : case to justify them selves on the theory that the primaries had been' heia' in ao, small a rrumber of states and had been -attended by so few votes as to be -tupt . convincingly renresentaiive. But if the convention assumes, to consider.. th .primaries, at all, there will be some, emparrassment to 'explain, if they , should at : the same time " picka candidate who' had. fewer delegates than other contenders. There would be a lot or oratory on tms point before , the i convention, is over.;- , . 'j. Ho weveri arl" these considerations belong- at arpolrit further'ahead than wc are now. . Sixteen delegates will also be ' elected from ". West Virginia 'today. Wood is now campaigning in that state. He ds-the -only one or .tne major aspi rants who has entered and the "only other entrant is a state" figure Senator Sutherland. : . - ' . CANDIDATES' EXPENSES r. ORDERED, INJESTIGATED Committee' To -Make 'Inquiry ; Holds First Session ifTcay -....". ''i-'.' ::t . '' " ' . " iS"V:,'i''.:;;,:-''-''' .-''-',; 'Washington, May 20. -The senate to day authorized an investigation of prei convention campaign expenses and plediges of Presidential candidates ' in the republican randv democratic parties. Not a word was spoken or a vote cast against the proposal, ., : " v Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, au thor of the resolutlorl demanding the inquiry j who reitera-ted charges ' of ex cessive expenditure and . pledging of po litical patronage .brought against can didates, was on the -alert: for debate in nin'iiE' no the' measured but no sen- . nn . either side or the chamber wanted to ; talk : en; it. v ? v r ' ; ' Senator Calder,- republican, of New vv for. the eonJtlngent expense com mittee, whore the resolution, went' for consideration reportea sen ator Borah's request and no roll call was soxight on us pagc . .- - - -V rv. nlrman ' Dillingham of, the elec tions committee,, which is authorized to proceed Witn tne inquiry, xauea eo mtnn of the committee , for tomorrow. ' - It was indicated that campaign man- fr-r nf ome of the candidates would be caHed s-s.tlie firt -wltnessei. ' PRESIDENTIAL BOOM IS $ WEET WIND, f B UT MARSHALL DECLINES VICE PRESIDENT -MARSHALLliIAKES ; KEYNOTE SPEECH -A. Equal And Exact Justice Is Pre scribed As Remedy For ; Un- . ' rest Existing -In Nation: ENDORSES TOM TAGGART ; . FOR THE ( U S. SENATE Warns , Democrats - To Oppose .-. Any Let-Up In Enforcement Of National Prohibition., ; Indianapolis, Ind.f May 20. "Equal and exact justice to' all men" as a remedy for, unrest was prescribed by Vice-President Marshall in his, keynote address today before the state democratic-convention. He also , urged Jail sentences for profiteers ' and increased production to relieve the high . cost of living. ,-"''--' -."I hold . that the democratic doctrine of - equal and; exact justice to all .men and of special ; privileges to hone .will meet all' the" angry ' an)l "irreeonciled views of today," said Mr. Marshall. -; : i . The vice-president also 4xpressed the hope that President v Wilson , and the senate would reconcile their differences over the peace treaiy1 and thajt-tt would be- ratified; but said -nd, man- should be read out: of . the" democratic party be cause of 'his opinion on the league of 'nations. ' ' - .. .' : ' : ' ; -: .-- -v Wants An America - Peace." ' "This was,: as I understand it," the .vice-president said,y"an American war. ins-, peace- .snouia .De.;.n American peace- The r war could not . have been fought successfully as4 either : a democratic- or republican .war.v,, The ;ipeacb can V irot -bringv, tteat" real f peace. ; which. th.A-mfrrdj norJe want if it. he.inad either . as aremocratfc br a republican peace. .".':.-'.: '-?'-,-;--'; '-' "V '--. . "I . still hope that, the President and the : senate will reach an accord upon such terms as will ; enable - the , treaty to :be ratifledv and a de jure peace to be made with .the .government of; Ger many, but, as. I grant to nc man the right, tp read me.' out. of "the democratic party nor to , say to' me ' thatI can not stand Upon its platform,,, advocate the election of its candidates and vote for them, I, myself, will nof say to, any. man that his Views upon the-, league. 'of' na tions inevitably place him without the democratic fold.". . r-: r .rl. . ; Vice-President Marshall -.said his comments on the treaty would be brief for he had no; hope of lighting ; the "clmmerlan.darkness which now envel ops t," but added: l1" ."A life long advocate of a r resort to courts and not; to force, I gave my un qualified endorsement tp the -.altruistic views of the .President,, in the defense of which views - he has broken - his body." v-, :.' -. .-v.--J.i :-?;-? -- : ' v".-"' 'Any let up in the enforcement of national prohibition until legal change 'has " been made "in Its provisions was oppos'ed , ijy Mr. Marshall, who warned the. democratic party that it', -would "merit the contempt of the .people If -t ever stands for-the flaunting of a law because certain citizens do not believe in it."- - '- " r Prohibition Amendment, f - "While the - prohibition amendment remains it must be enforced In accord-' ancefwlth Its provisions,'?, he said. "If crystallizing public sentiment does 'not'" .as thedays go by, get . back of , it,.' the people will find a way lawfully to les sen what some de em ; to 'be Its rigors." The-, vice-president 1 assailed .the re- publican congress : for its work during the last year, declaring it has "laid its hand upon nothing and has thought'of nothing save a proposal to pre ventur ing an unprecedented scarcity of man ufactured , products the Ndumpin g of f or eignrmade. goods on our markets and an- oblation . to. the great god , protec- tloh that he will not permit the low ering of prices lest 800 per -cent stock dividends v may - no -longer be" declared and tthus.the working men be put upon an, equality with the pauper labor -of Europe." ' '. - . : r ";-" Mr Marshall declared the aftermath of the war "in legislative halls would be heart , breaking if " it were , not : hu morous," and charged' that the " repub- licans have spent the last year conduct- Ing "searching investigations, at: great expense tp show that the victory which we won. was really a defeat." r 1- ;'; "The republican party has not re habilitated . America,'! the vice-president said. - "The question now , is, to what party, will the people;commit the work of reconstruction?"; I U.-- ' -;' -.: Regarding the doctrine for "equal and exact Justice," Mr Marshall; said: Rights of the IidiTldnaU t- ; - "Equal and exact Justice for; all men demands that the law shall take into consideration the inherent right of the Individual to life, to liberty and to the pursuit of happiness; shall protect , the Individual In tbese rignts; snaii punisn him if he; interferes with the rights "of another:, shaUseparate all citizens in to ihe honest law-abiding and' the dis honest law-breaking; shall - let the honest law-abiding . alone . and shall punish without fear, favor or affectld the dlshoiiest . law-breaking.. And, , tp aceum"ulate a mind which believes . in these principles, .it Is time for to put' our flying, machines ' in the ' han gars of life ahd- realize; thathile there is less speed, there is more safety in walking." : , '-:'.' -i;; ':;: .".'-',-, "Let us not delude ourselves into the belief that thecurrency and credit " of this country can double, the population , .(Continued on Fag Seven.)';" Women Take Important ,..'. .', i. ..... Part In Indiana Demo- DELEGATES NAMED, Tagg-art- Selected For : y United States Senate. " . And. McCulloch For; Governor. ' Indianapolis, , May 20. Although sevi " efal ' poHtical precedents were broken' ' the business of. the dembcratic state , convention moved-with clock-like pre- M cision A today. x Keynote - addresses of Vice President. Thomas R.' Marshall and I Claude G. Bowers, of Fort Wayne, had' ; ::. been heard,delegates-at-large to the ' ; national convention had ; been named, a ' platform adopted - and a ' complete state.', ticket nominated 'when ; adjourn ment, was taken at 2:30 o'clock. , ' ' For the first ! time, in -the hisjory of x Indiana, ' a woman," Miss Adelaide S. Baylor, of . IndlanapoTfa,- was gi-wen , a place on . the state . ticket of either jof -the two. major parties. , Women . took -ah ;'Impdrtant- part ' throughout the . de- i. . liberations of the one-day. convention ' Mrs, Alice Foster .McCulloch, of Fort Wayne, was named , as member of In diana's "big four", . to , San Francisco, -and three other women" were named alternate delegates-at-large. . ," r y ' The name of Woodrow Wilson, was cheered every time it was mentioned ' and his .administration was strongly.- endorsed. A demand was made for the '. ratification of the peace treaty and the , league , of ; nations. ' . ; . , . An attempt to starnpede the conven tion for'an endorsement -of Vice Pre si- . dent, Marshall for -.- the Presidential nomination . was checked by, Mr., Mar shall himself, who; re-appeared on the, speaker's platform, dtiring the demon . stration and, obtaining; oiuietf -said hs was remlndedof the remark: the farmer' .made; to. his: mother , after;--pfEerlng her a taste of hi AjStl glass-. of soda..wa , wr. ' .urinx. - ner ',aownA mama, ' It nothing but. 'sweet wind.'".- - - - n . "This is sweet wind to' me." said Mr. Marshall, "but I. tell 'you ; again, I doj not seek the nomination for President." . The delegates-at-large t to the na tional: convention1 elected todajr 1 were: -, Samuel M. Ralston and Mrs. McCulloch. Other nominations-include: , : For U. S. senator, Thomas Taggart; forgovernqr,Dr. Carlton B. McCul loch. .. "-: ':' -,-.-.-.. :, . : . . ORDER INTENDED TO PRE AK FREIGHT JAM Empty .Equipment Ordered To : , Points Of i Congestion. . v -" .'i-- ,v.:.;,.; jT y WajShlngton, May 20. In Its . flrt general order directed' at the 'freight jam, , the'-interstate commerce eommis sion late today; instructed all railroad ' to forward traffic 'without regard for previous routing,- and at"- the same' time abrogated all' railroad rules gov erning car service. ' - , ... : The commission' also issued" formal orders - to more than a scor-A of the n.ines, with - respiect to movement of empty equipment to, points where con- gestion has become" the most serious. 'Rates applying on shipments which , are re-routed by lthe commission's of- ' der were nullified and) charges oyer ths, route which shipments finally , are sent -were made the same. . Operating officials - of s all lines also were instructed to disregard contra.ct"v agreements, . and ;. arrangements In oar- . rying out, the commission's orders, ths first to ibe Issued under wide power' vested. In itby the new transportation :: act. !"v- , . ;-,"' ' -v. .-,v , . CONFEDERATE WOMEN v RALL;Y TO STEDMAN ' - - 1 .. Guilford Man Congratulated On . ,: - His Defense Of Lee. .''-' . v ; ".:' (Sp'eelal to The Star.) ' Washington, May 20. Represents- J tlve Stedman-has received a large num ber; of letters and ' " telegrams . com mendatory of 'his 'speech" in the house in" defense f Gen. - Robert. B. 'Lee and other Confederate generals? ' . Representative -Madden. - of Illinois. j denominated. Confederate , geinerals as "traitors" v when protest was ; made against , their exclusion from tb.e 'Ar lington ; memorial ; amphitheatre. ' An exciting colloquy ensued, when Madden was - not only denounced as a "liar,"1 but he was, threatened with violence on the part of some of the offended mem-" bers. ;. Representative . StedrriahV who la . himself a Confederate veteran, replied to Madden In a manner which elicited the commendation of, the house- and Inspired silent contempt for-the slan- ' der of the Confederate generals. 1 . Among the 'commendatory telegrams .' Major Stedman received was one froni ' the Daughters of the Confederacy air Greensboro, as follows: '- : I ; "The Guilford chapter, baughters of ' tne , "jonreaeracy, voted , to ; send - you greetings and expression of deep ap preciation for your magnificent defense of our. southern heroes." .I ' r .-. .i" "- w . ..... .--:, ' - ... ; ., - , , LOVE LEADS TO TRAGEDY ' , New ' Orleans, May , 50. With 'the death of 'Tony Coldorera" In a hospital here late .todavO the attack by Rosario ' Restfva'on the family at Tlckfaw, Tftn- gapahoA' parish!: this state.' Wednesday n night developed 'Into double ; murder. Restlva was in. love with, the sixteen- . year-old daughter of thefamily' and . became angered when the-parents re- fused to allow him to marry herv- , f--i :J i-i.'.