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TheWeather 4 4 ' Complete Service ) J iit nudy TesdVyY local showers? PfSon; WeeBdaX partly lud7-n'iJW-'-t, - Fayettevllle f4 8c t ui ine . XXOOUV1UKVU . -l. CHINo-153. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. v. -r" GASTON CHEVROLET 1ERS' ' LEADERS MAKE : FATAL AUTO CRASH SLOW PROGRESS ENDS JOY RIDE ON liiPiiEiil PROMISED AID peS? PRESIDENT TARES COMMITTEE ASKS WINS SPECTACULAR ISTMYENTION IF i NEW PARTY FAILS SPEEDWAY CLASSIC WITH CONTESTS MAS0NB0R0 ROAD A HAND IN PARTY'S .CONVENTION PLANS r- ' u. :, . ,y, , . :."',,..;. Confers With Chairman Cum- mings And-Latter Leaves i In Bright Mood. if TTrorAil Tn Ri. port gators. JfflKERS CLASSIFIED . ' - C.1im1ii1a Outlined In Recommendations Submit ted Yesterday. His Car In Flames, De Palma Is Forced Out In Thrilling' " Finish. . . ; , ' Winston, May 31. In- ieaSed salaries for postal em- U-09 amuunwiig . lately $33,000,000 for the first ear effective Juiy 1, were amended in a report to con. ,ress today by a joint congres- Imnal commission. .. . . : Increases trom $iou zo ou nnuallvfor postal clerks and fitter carriers witu Urisory officers were recom- ended. No increases tor nrst- lass postmasters icv,wvu lhnve $5,UUU a yeai weic yu- Ued. however, r .... . fnt i MA Estimates by me wnuiuoo.u .u.-i.-of the postal payroll at hOUt ?38,0O0,UUU lor mo ei.uuu jrc. nd J4J.000.000 for the third and fourth ears. . - R. F. D. Carrier voBwoereo. For rural delivery carriers, the com mission recommended $1,800 for a twen- y-four mile route and an additional 30 for each mile in exces -of -.that. dis tance. Motor route carriers covering fty miles or more would receive not i excess of $2,600. xne pay oi village elivery carriers would be from $1,000 o $1,200. . i Should the recommendations of the ommission, based on hearings heldlln arious parts of the country, be adopt- 4 clerks at nrst and second-class , tostofflces as well as clty,-rrBra ' ould be difided Into five : claaseff'Wlth. biose in the first "class? reoelvingf $1,400 iraallyand $100 added for each-class. institutes . and temporary clerks kould receive sixty cents an hour while pecial clerks would be paid from J$l,900 Jto $3,000 annually. Watchmen, messen gers and laborers would be divided Into two grades, the first . receiving $1,360 bdthisecond $1,450. Clerks in the postal mail service would be divided into six classes with those in the first class receiving $1,600; those in sixth class $2,300, and the oth ers graduated between. Eight-Hour Day. ; Service for all clerks, the commis sion's report recommended, would be on an average of eight hours pay day, 305 days per year. Division superin tendents in the postal mail service un Indianapolis, May 31. In the most spectacular linish ever witnessed on the i Indianapolis speedway, Gaston Chevrolet, driving a car of American, de sign, rode to victory in : the eighth renewal of the : 500mile automobile race today before; a record-breaking crowd' of 125, 000 persons.-'i'py'Lf ,:X His time was 5;40:16.14, an average of 88.16 miles an hdur, the second v best time in the his tory of the" event. '': lIn addition to winning, the" $20,000 flrBt prize, Chevrolet also. won approxi mately $5, BOO more In- lap -prizes corn petition and cash prizes offered by accessory Arms. ' . , . ' Rene-, Thomas 'thundered across ' the finish in second place, having covered the distance in 5 :43 :02.29. His average was. 87.45 miles an hour.- ' . Tommy ifilton: pulled ,up in third place ani Jimmy Murphy, winner of the Santa Monica road race, finished fourth. Y'.'- 1 : '.: . 'Y; '.' -' - All -of the thrills came . in the last thirty miles of the race when Ralph de Palma, the favorite, with a lead of ten miles to his credit, seemed -certain of winning. But with victory within grasp, De Palma's car burst into, flames on the. north turn of the two .and a half mile' course anl a few minutes later the car driven by Joe Boyer, who led during the first 250 miles, skidded, overturned -and crashed into a brick retaining wall within a few feet of the spot where De Palma's car caught fire. , Neither Boyer ' nor ' his mechani cian was seriously injured. The accident which snatched victory from De Palma wastragic. f The noted Italian was:racing.at breakneck speed when -a sheet -of flame, licked its. way to his gasoline tank. :, While his mech anician heroically fought; the flames, De Palma, broken-hearted;- over - his misfortune", ran - - to; ; the - pits -, a mile away for fresh-JSUPPly "of . gasoline. staggreing baok' aafe tbe weight .of the heavy cans. -''; -'I,. Vi'v'.-WV,'1;. "Undaunted, De' Palma resumed the grind, but after "going another mile his car was wrapped in flames for the sec ond, time." With- the aid ofr. his mech anician, De Palma. pluckily. extinguish ed them and managed tp finish the race in fifth place. -He was 'given, a tremen dous - ovation when he thundered across the finish line.' - - :- t i j- -. Misfortune' trailed De Palma from the start ' of the race.. He had. the favored positiofc at the pole,-but the bomb, of , the starter caught him una wares and he was' among the last to get away. " Then on the very first lap he was 'driven Into the pits with a flat tire..-- . . : - , ..v.. Joe Boyer lumped into the lead- and 111 l HO UO 1.01 lUOli OUl T IVD I - - EA " Itun aImmaIw" der the commission's recommendations " 1 " " I :i ,v.r,.: Dy jean naooaiiBC to.bluii ucyiuioi EXECUTIVE APPROVES , KEYNOTE UTTERANCES League ; Of t Nations :- Issue - Is Sharply I)e6nd,v According To Cummings. ? iLTRUST :LAWS 1 . House ,;? Bill For ; Agricultural . Workers Adopted And Sent To The Senate. - - Washington, May 31. Ptelldent Wil son took a direct hand today In the ar rangements for the democratic national convention at San Francisco, June 28.; . .Summoning Chairman Cummings, of the democratic"; national committee, to the. white, house, .the President ; dis- cussed with him the party platform, the league of nations as a 'campaign issue, the status of the peace treaty, the sen-' ate investigation Into pre-conventlon campaign financing and Mr. Cumming's keynote speech'. v. " , ".r y Mr. CUtnmings, who will leave tomor row for San Francisco to remain until after. the convention, . remained at the white house two hours and ' returned later to have lunch with the President. . The chairman said. the President had t ilked "very freely and frankly." 'The league of nations - issue, he said, -had been. sharply defined. ':., A: '-. ("; "I have never , had any doubt of' the verdict," headded. "If the league is-, sue:, were taken to the people cleared of. extraneous matter" and misrepre sentations." ' '.,.X; vY":,Y-.Y' : '. ' Platform questions . were - not dis cussed at length,- Mr." ' Cummings an nounced, because the President's views on the subject had been set forth in. his letter last -week to Senator Glass of Virginia, : approving the platform adopted ; by the democratic 'convention in that state two weeks ago. It was indicated that the national party plat form would be patterned along the gen eral lines of that' of the , Virginia con vention. .' ' . : z . Mr, Cummings . declined to say . any thing about the peace treaty discussion further than to announce .that both, he and the President - had - "very 5 definite Ideas'. oi the subject. Het would not say whether the trfifty would, be . re turned to the senate any. time soon. . .. - The national : chairman Kad ; ho- com'-? jnent to make : on 'his talk--with "the President abot :,th7ena,ter TOvesTtga! tion other than to say that the. Presi dent vme In "good humor" "and that If there had been any doubt -that-the next President would be nominated at Sao Francisco, 5 "'the republicans had "dis pelled it." , -. . , h ; The President was well satisfied, Mr. Cummings, continued, with the keynote which the chairman has prepared for delivery at the San Francisco , conven tion. .; o; w,... ' President Wilson is expected o con fee with other party leaders before . the convention and while the San Francisco meeting is in progress he will be In dj rect touch from the white house. Demands Mexican Government That Is Stable And Friend " ly To United States. Washington, May 3 1- By- a vote of 233 to 58, the 'housed today passed and sent, to the senate te bill permitting farmers, planters, 'ranchmen, "dairymen or .fruit growers, td- combine for the collective bargaining: -and marketing and sale of their own " products, not-withstandinganti-trust ' laws. The ; measure, was drafted, by" Chair man Volstead of the house judiciary committee, as a substitute for tha Cap-per-Hersman : bill, and t similar meas ures to legalise ' collective bargaining by agricultural producers, j ; . , Debate developed-sharp division of opinipn,-'Supportersof the bill declar ing .it ,'woruld- give fanners and other producers an opportunity to negotiate a rairt pric,e rorvthelj products. Oppo nents of the" measure asserted it . would increase thie .coqt of giving and that It was class, legislation. - , , . - " Umltations; included in the bill,, said by its supporters to. be , designed to exclude from its benefits all but1 actual farmers, provide that" the combinations that may -' be organized must not - pay more than eight - per - cent, divided an nually, on capital' stock and that every member must haveone- vote, irrespec tive. -of, his Invested -capital.- Control of" the- combinations' organ ized under the bill would-be placed lu the secretary of agriculture who may, after hearing, order the ; combinations to atop practices -which are held to' re strain trade Or lessen- competition. The secretary also . would be empowered to sue in federal court for;enforcement of his orders, should the 'combinations re. fuse to comply 'With them, j j. - t V CONGRESS PLANS TO t f ;fKNOCK OFFtt SATURDAY SENATORS FALL, SMITH x i AND BRANDEGEE SIGN Report Sound Note Of Sympathy For Stricken People Of Mexico. Regulars Win In, Cases Of Ala- One Negro Is Dying In Hospital bama and Arkansas. r'- And Five "Others Are Se-- Georgia Up Today. , verely Injured. Chicago, May 31. In open session to- PINNED ' BENE ATH CAR. A. L m in . . I ' Republican Lers.-C6me.-Td;"Aii On Date. Washington, May." t 31. Republican leaders-of the house -and senate today agreed on a' final adjournment of 'con gress .Saturday, .f " ," ' : Many members of both the senate and house, however, . have '.indicated they prefer a recess for, the political ponven tions to a , sine die adjournment and this! may cause -a: change in- the plans . Washington, May 31 Armed intervention in Mexico should the new forces in control there show an inability or unwilling ness to set up a stable govern ment more friendly toward Americans was recommended to t!he senate, today by the foreign relations: sub-committee, which has been investigating Mexican affairs.,' ' . - Should ' a : stable : government be esr tabllshed, the committee recommends that fuir recognition fbe accorded it and that financial assistance ", be offered by the United States.' The committee" said, howeyer, that , full recognition . should j not; be .givenuhtll-a treaty had been" entered into predicated upon assure ances.v:5.i-;it';, : ' . ' ' 1 v Assuraaees Required. 'J. ' That' provisions -of Article 27 of the constitution of 1917 commonly regard-, ed-by foreigners as s confiscatory" shall notrbe enforced against Americans;. That the constitutional clause, 'pro viding that, none but a-Mexican citizen may be a - minister - of; any 'religious creed ' in Mexico and - that no periodi cal of a religious character shall .com ment' upon" any political ' affairs of the nation or : publish any information re garding the acts of the authorities or of ; private individuals insofar as they have to do with- public affairs, be In applicable tovAmericans: ' - ' 'That the provision' that no , minister or religious' corporation ; may conduct schools of vprimary1 f instruction ' shall began deciding contests from various State delegations to the convention, but made only slow progress. i. . y. In what Chairman Hays character ized as "Judicial 'rather, than political decisions," the committee seated regu larly reported delegates from Arkansas and Alabama; postponed : the contest over the District, of Columbia until to morrow ana after, giving an extended hearing to a three-cornered contest from Florida, adjourned ., over night without making a decision.' . . At today's rate of proeresa. Chair man DELUGED WITH FLAMES One Machine Is Hurled Bottom ; Upwards And Both Are ' . Burned.' r Both tears were deluged by would receive $4,200 annually, assistant superintendents $3,200; chief clerks 13.000 and assistant chief clerks $2,500. Pay of postofflce Inspectors would range from $2,300 to $4,200 with an illowance of not more than five dollars day for expenses while traveling. Klerks at division headquarters of the postofflce inspection service would re vive from $1,600 to $2,600. ' A graduated increase was proposed b the commission for first-class post masters receiving less than .$5,000 an nally, ranging from $200 to $400 for Postmasters now receiving $3,000 to I3J00 annually; $400 to $500 for those ow getting between $3,700 and $3,800. d $500 and $600 for those whose pay low is between $3,900 and $4,000. second-class postmasters whose pres et salary ranges from $2,300 to $3,000 v.. recelve an increase from $100 to Assistant nostmantcrn would re 've $50 for each grade up to. $2,150. rd-class postmasters .would be in cased $300 from basic salaries each, salaries ranging from $1,000 to The commission also recom jnded that fourth-class postmasters alloed 140 per cent on cahcella 10ns of $75 per quarter and less; 115 cent from $75 to $100 of cancelja ons per quarter, and In excess of $100 " quarter, loo per cent on th6 , first . to per cent on the next $100 and "Per cent on the remainder. STRATES IN PXTLPIT TSB OF WHIPPIWG LASH Atlanta, May 31. In furtherance of JMtorts to abolish whipping of pris ts at the county convict camps, the UW Ham Pastor t the Baptist aerl xfC one of the largest churches e. nad his ideas before hundreds of s today as a result of a spec itrviceg eea ai nis 'Sunday, night hert Dnaldson, an ex-convlct who sainVtCently been malng addresses t0f tV pplngr' aPPared in the pul im V church clad in convict stripes Th as handcuffed to a low bench. aw iI'tJVIr' Ham brought ( forth a miiar T p' wnlch he said was and evni , those ln use.-in; the , camps nUhm d t0 the audience how the brin th Was applied. He did not thfew w,hip down on Donaldson but at h. ,u en lash through the air ia of pain it could inflict. Maj. G.nF tFOR RE-UNION of the n- James Metts, commander eratevet Carolina United Confed ,thr w!11allR, accompanied byv several PaytteviS ?ts left Iast nighty for 'e-union L attend th annual state be nfAttFayetteville theveterans lst detail tr ned' vn to . the small- bV the good people of that and Rene Thornas. When half of the race was over, , Boyer . made his first stop at the pits and De Palma shot into the lead, which he maintained until his car caught fire. ' There were half a dozen accidents but the drivers and their aides miracu lously escaped death. While speeding around the treacherous north Jturn, Arthur Klein crashed into the side wall, damaging his car so badly that It was withdrawn. Louis Chevrolet,, designer of the car which his brother piloted to- victory, also was In a smash up. His car skidded off the course when a steering connection broke. Chevrolet's back "! was injured and he withdrew. Roscoe Sarles had the mis fortune to - smash up two cars. 1 He wrecked his own. entry as a result of skidding off the track and while driv ing as relief for Bennie Hill, a steer ing 'knuckle broke and he crashed for the second time. Chevrolet . drove a consistent race from the start and never ..was. below fourth place.' Most of the - time he was either in . second .or third. He trailed 'De Palma from the 350 mile point and took ; the lead when e. Palma had to stop. ' ' ' . ' Four -winners of former races on the speedway tried to, repeat. Bene Thomas and De Palma, 1914 and 1916 winners respectively, came in within the money. James Goux; who 'won in 1913, was forced out after completing 845 , . miles. . .Howard .Wilcox, : 1 last year's winner, bad, engine, trouble and quit after completing 165 miles. Of the twenty-three cars ; starting the jrrind only eleven finished. The others were forced out by engine trouble or accidents. The following Is the order of finish and time: , . : -v-'j.:-:; Miles Driver. , , . Time.. ' per hour. Prise. G. Chevrolet .6:40:16.14 88.16 $20,000 Rene Thomas. 5:48:02.29. 87.45. 10,000 Tommy Milton. 5:46:48.38 86.62 . B.000 Jimmy Murpby5:E2:31.37 85.10 3,600 R. de Palma.. 6:05:19.15 ,82.12 . 8,000 Eddie Hearne. 6:14:19.16 80.15 2,200 J. Chassagne. 6:15:16.68 79.94 , -1,800 Joe Thomas... 6:21:41.55 78.60 1,600 R, Mulford. . . .7:1903.75 68.33 , - 1.500 Tom Alley.:.. 7:21:40.18 67.93 1,400 John R. Boling. finished. Ray Howard, flagged. ' Louis Chevrolet, Roscoe Sarles, Joe Boyer, Art Klein, Jules Goux, Andre Boillot, Howard Wilcox, Jean , Porpora to Eddie O'Donnell, Willie Haupt and Bennie Hill also ' started.: KJ' v.W. Merchants of .' Indianapolis donated $20,000 to be . distributed . as added money, $100 to the winner of each of the 200 ' laps. Of this money Boyer won $9,500; De Palma- $8,300; Gaston Chevrolet $1,300; Rene - Thomas $700 and Art Klein and Jean Chassagne $100 each.' . ' - ' . . NEXT- PRESIDENT TO BE BLIND, BALD AND "WET"? Hungarian Prophetess Indicates That He Is Likely To Be. Budapest, May 31. Is , there in America a man who . is blind, slightly bald, wears glasses, is "surrounded by fine children" and who Is an aspirant to the presidency?" . - . , .fr it there Is, he Is the "man of des tiny," according to the revelations of Mme Sybllllne Bellangh, the Hunga rian national prophetess, who was ask. ed recently to apply her gifts -to the task of determining, who the next American President would be. '-Mi addition to-the -foregoing, distin guished peculiarities, Mme Sybilline de clared he was "the most popular man in America and one whose election t- de manded by the masses of the people." She added that an attempt was made to assassinate him within the last ..two years. The next - President wll) ,J&er a "good :' man, successful and popular," she declared. :,,v v . . : America will ."yield to popular senti ment and turn r anti-pro hlbltion,"r th prophet asserted. , : . w , , . -K . . Representative MondeUof Wybpriing, repuDUcan leader, in the house tomor row, of - his resolution proposing final adjournment at four p.. tn. Saturday. ;tj Final decision as between a recess or an adjournment, it was : said, might nang nre until the last moment. ; In a conference with senate ' leaders today, hewever. Representative Mondell is un derstood to have been advised ' to go ahead" with his adjournment resolution under the assumption that it probably would be' found satisfactory to the sen ate majority ; ' ; , ; . i - DEADLOCK REACHED OJT RIVERS -AND HARBORS BILL Washington,-- May 31.-iSenate and house conferees on the annual river and harbor appropriation bill .reached a deadlock today and voted to report that" further efforts . to ; perfect the measure in conference would be futile. f. Members of the conference committee said that with a recess, impending, the disagreement meant there , would be no river J and harbor appropriations4 th' s year. . -. : , . . ; As, It passed the. house, the bill car ried $12,000,000 but ; the senate in creased it. total to $24,000,000; In the meeting today the senate conferees of fered to agree to a total of, $15,000,000, but tbe suggestion was turned down by i the house representatives; V A near-riot followed the acci- . The .agreemint- reachedby JeaderaJJ? ' be 'applied n the case of Anerii j tbdajrbirteTjlates MAX GARDNER WILL BE - IN WILMINGTON TODAY Will Address Voters at High, School Auditorium Tonight. Max, Gardner, aspiring for the nomU nation for governor, will arrive in the city today and address the voters of Wilmington and New Hanover county at the high school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock... ' . : Rev. Dr. . J. ' J. Hurt," pastor "of the First BaptlBt church.i has promised Woodus ' Kellum, 4 Esq., local campaign manager for Gardner, that he would in troduce the speaker tonight- : It is claimed by the supporters of Mr. Gardner. in Wilmington that, he has a. strong following 'in, this eection ahd for that reason, they are expecting to have a -large crowd present at the high school tonight. ? " Mr. Gardner will , leave the city Wednesday. morning for. . Goldsboro, where he will make his nnai speeches : COUPLE FOUND DEAD. ; Roanok e, Va., May 31 J. E. Taylor, fifty.1 and his wife, forty-four, were found dead in their parlor this morn ing immediately after several, pistol shots ,' were heard. There , were .evi dences of a struggle. . The police ad vance the theory., that the man kUled his wife and , then shot himselfif Jeal ousy and brooding over the higiv cost of living . are - given , by persons ac quainted with the. couple as probable motives for ;-' the crime. Six children survive, '.j... ..-r-i - Arrives At Home Jo U iscover inm tdows Wife Weeds New York Watchman Almost ' Receives An Invitation To His Own Funeral, But Proves Con vincing. , V " New York. May 31. Peter Keenan. a watchman, reached Ms horns ln WestJ Forty-eighth street lomgut to find -his wife" In mourning, the parfor cleared of furniture for the reception -of . his corpse and invitations being - sent out td his funeral, -j ' . .. This unusual situation . was. 'caused by the fact that a few hours previous his two nieces had "identified" : the body of a man wbo ' dropped ' dead on Amsterdam avenue as their uncle; ' Pe ter, and the identification had . been "confirmed" by bis . brother, - Thomas, who claimed the opay and notified the "widow." y ;: -- :: : The body ? was taen . to ;tn . under taker ' to be prepared : for burial. Mean whiles Thomas who, took charge of the funeral arrangements,? started for Pe ter's place bf ' employment to notify his employer, a contractor, of Peter's death; On '. arriving there he opened the watchman's ' shanty, which -was dimly .lighted, and was greeted , by Peter.' frtfSJu f H' W-:'? J-mv "Is that; yon " Peters or "i it; your ghostt" asked Thomas accompanying ms query witn . uc. ,i omers Peter let out a howl that, could be heard for -three city, blocks and made a pass at Thomas, wmcn convinced me latter that JPeter was -alive and in--very. good - health. ' Thbmas - then, explained the death of Peter's double and hur ried home with him to call off the . fu .That: the, artlele Under which unde sirable foreigners may be expelled "be so revised as to give Americans the right to confer with the representative of their government. . , ; r jThe recdmmendations also ' proposed a' provision, in the. agreement if or' the Immediate ;apppintment . of a claims eommfssien'to adjudicate tHe 'claims pt Artiericana . ' - fi : j r '. ' Would. 5ei4 ' Foree.--.' -. , Should . the Mexican ".officials fail to agree to such "a plan -or to .establish a goverriment -capable of . affording ade quate ; protection, to, ( Americans, the committee, suggested:V ; y , - "That we will send . a police force ! consisting -. of the. naval i and military forces of our government into . the i republic of Mexico: to. open' and main-; tain open : every. . lipe ; of . coinmunica- tion between the city of Mexico and every: seaport , and. every,' border port of Mexico." - y- This' force should 'be sent in, the committee said, .after notice' had '..been given to the Mexican people that the United States was not . warring on them and that Its sole. purpose was to restore peace, protect Americans and their, possessions "and to afford the Mexican people themselves .an, oppor tunity to ' constitute' ."in whatsoever manner they desirea Mexican govern ment of . serious, competent, honest and honorable, men." , The report of the sub-committee, pre pared by the - chairman. Senator Fall, republican, New Mexico, was concurred in by the other committee members. Senator Brandegee,, Connecticut, repub lican, and Senator "Smith, Arizona, democrat, and ordered presented to the seriate, which without discussion di rected that it be printed. It probably will" be called up later. Any action by the senate In approving the com mittee's recommendations, it was said, would be ln the form of recommenda tions jto theiPresident.. . ; The report contains more than 2,225,- 000 words and Its summary, contains a sharp' arraignment of those who have directed Mexican affairs . since the overthrow . of Diaz . In' 1911 For the Mexican people, . however, it sounds a note of sympathy. "Their condition has grown worse from day to day, month to month, and year to year,?and for, ten : years the United States of - America, that great Christian civilized nation of the world, had stood 'fiddlngly while Mexico burned," it says. To everyone exercising authority in any part of 'Mexico, the warning should be sent, the report declared, that' this government would hold " them respon sible for the r sufferings and losses of Americans. '., :. ,.,.HK.;;?;:r'. Mass of Evidence; - C-i The report was based on ; the testi mony obtained- from 217 , witnesses heard here, in New Tork' and on the border, and a mass of documentary evidence, much of it coming from gov ernment archivesi The report set. forth that since the Madero revolution .began there have been killed in Mexico as a consequence of revolutionary T condi tions. 461 Americans and a'largenum- tber of -:- otherf oreigners. : The - number Of Americans :Utiea: on, me Aiiicriuitu side of the border -was placed at 12. : The aggregate damage that the com mittee estimated should be paid for the death of these Americans was given as $14,675,000, awhile :;the :total : summary of, losses . Incurred . -by ' Americans in "Mexico was placed at $505,002,434. Throughout the period, it was claim ed,' the Mexican authorities 'have dis-..-. (Continued on Page Two.) -- and. face y Injuries extremely, serious, bUrt not believed fatal, v " . , Fred ' Smith, arm and leg- fractured and burned about, body. . . Charles Walker, bruised about body.- One negro is - dying in the J ames Walker Memorial hospi tal, and five others are severely HsSmlted tlheot; hurt as a result of being pinned - would not- be cleared up before Friday, beneath the automobile in which Today's decisions will not be factors ln , . . t the strength of any candidate in the tfiey Were riding along the Ma- lV?&L2T&iSi sonboro road, when it was ram though the race issue frequently was med by another machine at Win injectei. i warren a..' ls .V : ; ter Park last night at 8 o'clock. In all decisions today the, committee ' The driver of the Second Car" was guided on questions of law and . TT. . , precedent by Charles B. Warren of De- L-ftarleS WalKer, Colored, Was troit, national; committeeman from arresfv1 at a rinqnitl hv RliAriflP Michigan, who was acting at the re- arrestea at a nospitai oy bnenit quest of Chairman Hays as . the com- I jaCKSOn. mittee attorney. At use conclusion of each contest, Mr. Warren issued a statement of the reasons upon which I flaming gas when the Crash OC- Hays said that was a part of his plan curred ana one was entirely con- ?t -the committee work before sumed. The other Was a total Only seven' of the one hundred and I wreck. thirtynseven contests were decided in the: first day's ; work'. ; ;: ' In the Alabama contest the regularly J ent when a dozen negroes, a absence of the contest. -' Sevn r eu- parently under the influence 6 werre SStS-SS.'bS attempted to "rush" Po- ittg dismissed; One delegate Instructed liceman A. T C. Carter, the lone for Governor Low den and two reported . A 4- . . ' favorable - to ' him were among those OulCer On QUty. , , given 8eaJfoita" Today'-; - -' "' Carter fired twice over ::. the - . The '' committee tomorrow will : take heads of the mob and then quell up -the hard fought . controversy ; Be- j f Kp rlitnrWariPP hv nqlrxr tht tween'the Wood and Lowden; forces in eQ tne aif:iUFPanCe Dy i US?ngr Xne Georgia and that between three sepa- butt of hl revolver 83 a Weapon, rate sets of delegates' from the District The Injured t ' ' of Columbia.. ' , "' ::''"' '"'X-'-- '.'''' '"J "' ' ' . ' kJ-ifiFJbria"'. rcontesC v - vigorously I ;.wPm r -o"vHys "" aTued-4y, exnmltteea the ;ntat,-'V.idavjv1 in ff ot,'."the' 1 jramef . Heary, burned about body ai question oi waetner mere is in law, a republican 'party in Florida! A regular faction headed by; George W. Bean, of Tampa,. ; the. national committeeman, based its claims upon the Palatka con vention of January 29, under a call is sued' by Daniel T. Gerow, of Jackson- j Drunk, viae, me repuDucan , state cnairman, Bm clement, bead Injured, prob- who was elected in 1916-for four years. ;Mt f-t-iiw , The delegation, headed by H. Ii. An- itAnin. hnrl.il. fcu. burned'. derson of Jacksonville, claimed title to -1,.1, -. election In 1918 under: a state primary . Returning From Joy Ride. , law of a state execiitkye - committee, . The injured negroes, traveling in -a while the third. group. headed by ii. L. Dodge touring car, were proceeding to Church and W. L. .Vanduzer. of Jack- wara the, city along the Masonboro sonvuie. claimed tneir seats by virtue rnaa ; Memorial day skylark ot a-second convention. Tn.t hvnni W(ntr PArk the driver. i The regularly reported delegates T0rdftn: hailed a 'car Immediately in were charged by Mr. Anderson with fr0nt and asked to borrow some gaso having forfeited their right to seats by nne . - neglecting to file primary nomination ju.t as both machines were brouRht for the state committee. He asserted 0 a. standstill, a huae Packard, driven they became defunct as a party organ- by walker and said to be moving at iration under a state suprAne court de- a speed not less than fifty miles an cision v rendered: last May, which held Hour, bore down on the scene like a that; under the primary ,. Law the party cyclone. naa xaiiea 10 pou nve per cent 01 tne 1 Tne Packard struck the Dodge with votes cast at an election and ceased to I fearful force .hurling It bottom up- De a party organization under the law. wtrdi In a. ditch and nlnnlnsr the oocu- The Church-Vanduzor t group con- Dants beneath it. tended that both; the Bean and Ander- The force of the impact ripped open son organizations were . defunct and the gasoline . tank of ' the Dodge and that, -. representing the "real repub- the car became isrnited. Jordan beinst licans" of Florida, : they- were calling deluged with flaming gasoline at the for a new deal all around: They repre- moment of the explosion, sented that with the large increase of Walker's car was thrown to the op northern immigration Into Florida, the posite side of the road with its engine state could be considered a doubtful and running gear smashed, and a few . one If the 'national - committee would minutes later, was enveloped ln flames.- , recognize a republican organization Volunteer workers dragged the oc- ; which they argued would command the cupants of the Dodge from beneath the support of the electorate. 5, I burning machine but not until Jordan, ' Parade For Johnson. ; 't : alias Son Jones, had been fairly roasted " Almost ; coincident with- the arrival to a crisp. His clothing was burned of General Wood.-, the Johnson head- almost entirely from his body, and it. - quarters issued an announcement that was at first thought he was dead. ' Senator Johnson -would' arrive next On the arrival of an ambulance and Thursday at' noon' and; that a parade a patrol wagon, : however, ' the negro had been arranged to follow his -re- was found to be. alive and was rushed ception at the railroad station. " to the hospital. It was reported last Senator Harding is expected here the night that he could not live until day latter part of , the week, ,but the Negroes. Rush Policeman. , Hoover headquarters announced that it After the wreck had been partially was problematical as to w-h.ether. Mr. cleared from the highway under the Hoover would come to Chicago during direction of the police and the sheriff, the convention. Governor Lowden al- Policeman Carter inquired as to the ready is quartered at a' hotel here. v name of a certain negro and received - Shortly .after the arrival of General a highly colored salvo of profanity In" "Wood, it was announced at Wood head- reply. ' ; -1 1 quarters that the meeting between the The policeman then spoke sharply to ' Wood leaders which had been scheduled the -negro and the latter moved as if to take place tonight had been post- reaching for a gun. Carter promptly poned until tomorrow morning. At struck him with his fist, and a dozen that time General Wood. William C. other nroes made a rush for the j Procter, his camrjaiern tnamnr! Slan- I scene. ator Mosesi his eastern manager, and Carter then brought his gun into Frank-H. Hitchcock, will decide upon Play, and, fired twice over the heads of ,, the man to lead the sreneral's fleht on the mob, which had entirely surrottnd- the floor of the convention. 1 ea mm. ; : as tne crowa surgea oacawara witn COMES FROM THE ORIENT nl!,1 TO CLAIM LENOIR BRIDE 1Ine llke a thunderbolt, using the butt of his revolver as a weapon. c MlSS Georgia JjlZZell Will Become j through the crowd and - with the aid of several white men who came to his assistance quickly cleared the road., Walker, It Is alleged, had previously , narrowly . . averted - several accidents along the Masonboro road.. . He -was Bride Of W. C. Boone. (Special to The Star.) Klnston.- N. Mty. SI. Miss :Geor groom came to America from China a machine at the moment, of the crash. few days ago after a stay of four years In the latter country. He is a tobac- Rlchmond, Vai, May 8L Bfiefs have conist in the employ of a British con- e Bf ct1 CmKm lse lond cern. Miss Bizzell Is . a member of a Scott ih the West yirglBfa debt rase by : leading family of this part of North the state , of -West; Virginia,; claiming Carolina. The couple have been ac- compensation for $600,000 worth of cer- qualhted several years. They will sail tiflcates - on indebtedness z of -'J'irelnia; for the Orient in a few weeks. ' " held by her, - - " ' v-"
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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