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" . - . - - - ' - - - The Weather Fair Wednesday except .uira in the mountains; probably Thursday I!' 'J fal thunderehowers. 'niver stage at Fayetteville 8 h clock yesterday 3.9 feet. ' ; o'c VOL. CIII --N0. 154. WILMINGTON, N. C.f )DNESDAY; MOKNING, JUNE 2, 1920: OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE; 11. yj . PAGES TODAY, , fcjj.: TWO SECTIONS',' '.1 feOURI GIVEN. FORTY THOUSAND, IHOWDEN FUNDS ' . X celled Checks Laid . Befdre Campaign Chief. fiDERS WERE Aisxiuus (JV 1-iiv oil uuwj Vi Case Of ' ll . .A J " Man With L,owoen Anu : Harding Money. DECISION PLACES" OHIO DEFINITELY IN SUFFRAGE LIST Supreme Court .Rules Against Referendum, Provisions Of The Various States. , EORGIA CONTEST , RAGES' AT CHICAGO; DECISION .DELAYED Committee Makes Little v Head way With Disposition Of Conflicting Delegations. . nv ndiclates. . . w n-m Thfhecks were iaia dciuio "' Littpp by Artnur v10, hittee . rtf Ti T Emerson. t ie auciv - ational manager or wwmu. Washington. June 1. -Checks agsre- x l HrlaeAlirf t V) A inff $40,000 seni mw gers of Governor uuwuoi o v- runted today to the senr itrn wei f LV" rention expenditures Presidential the day was devoted ,,,i.:lM mnCT OI Willie . - . t, thp committee to qussuum..6 luo . i-. ...nn,iitnro5 nf Rums mes as to e!)"""-"" --. orort by tne cnecss, , 5ts in oiuci bio ..v.- l. nnmmtttod snuerht further ,,on. me formation on me iiui6 ---- pral V0Ott in iViicniBd.it auu "'' nd the contest Deiweuu ucuomi Ud Senator Harding in Ohio. ; v In its inquiry into me. wwuu vwM- aien in Missouri, the committee ques- .-.nafl Nat. UOlDbieiu. UWH . V'. inriir-ial district.- St. Louis,? and deputy, nooeri uxuuio, io6ks thp remiblican national convention Inm Missouri, wno tesunea inai mey P - i m AM1 lAA rh had receivea a cnecK ior .ovu . -. M J3 T-.x nm the Lowaen campaign mnu. w Lid the money still was held to their r , j i j i keounts in oanKS aim. wuuia re-. limed unless Governor . Jjowaen ; were w -" - .... - kiminated. in which event it would De feed in the campaign, -v Babler Is Q,uetioned J. L. Babler, republican national mmitteeman from Missouri, whom ldstein and Moore designated as? the e wno iransmiiieu vno , tuccao nj em from -Air. Emersont also'was a.u.eSi ned by the committee, "JS. . Ia s Morse," ad of the Lowden campaign outside St. Louis, another . Missourian ex nined by the committee, testified that lad received by check' from Mr. raerson approximately $32,000 'and ex lended it in "getting, out the workers.' bier got $17,000 of these funds, he Ld, to reimburse him -for similar ex- nditures. . ; ; .' ' K Botn .Moore and Goldstein testified to iaving received the checks from Babler h. the latter's office with no' specific In- tructions as to how the. money should used. Both said they, had declared in money was necessary in theiivcon ressionai aistricts ana xnai none -was bent to get out Lowden sentiment- in lie ward meetings and district conven es. Moore said Bablerhad told him, Aw, eo ahead and take it. when he d hesitated about accepting -.the Iheck trom Emerson. " ' Babler was pressed on. this-point, by hairman Kenyon when he 'appeared ter. Pressed by Chairman "Was it' a pretty f hard job to get oore and Goldstein to take this oney?' the senator asked.. Well, I was very anxious about the Louis situation,". Babler replfed. "I anted to tie them up and urged Emer- n to assist in any way. necessary to t their active support." . . .7 1 K;J; , .Moore and Babler gave from memory sts of state "workers" to whom tiiev" distributed the money' received om Emerson. :The amounts ranered ad rule from 100 to S300. but in some stances went over S1.000. Babler -In plaining the larger Items, aid they i io men who had "hard flehtB" ad of them in tneir districts. No counting of expenditures 'was asked either Morse or Babler, they testi Boiljner all fhi. c.nnn. " method of campaien tou adonted SS to get In tnnnh wOh ontlvo -mrirlrl - give them some money, tell them &;. uusy f ' - ,j y .' Babler agreed. A tn on onnntin expenditures made. h Hr"Thfv "call men T -hnH Vr,r.nr j hi- no not tviib- i "i. it f mcjr wouia retain aijy 11 ior themRplvAa 'T m spent more than I gave them." ; 'niL; esses were questioned par- -uiariy as t .i..ii . . .. ther tl "ctuer any oi ine men, than arvi,i. j rtwir.rf -"'uolcui una moore, wno lljnai convpniinn u... , un his list were. lnMMlt.r w, t: r etate chairman, who is iWk,, " dt Iar&e- The witness aid fv;, 'ven Cole $500 for "headquar- :"ator if : ".' nti0n t :"n promptly called at- mat previous testl- -iiment ) -Washington, Juna l. The su preme court in an . unanimous opinion today held that federal constitutional amendments . can not be submitted to popular vote for ratification' by7states having icxcxciiuuxu provisions an tneir constitutions. ':, The - method "of ratifying amendments, the court held, is national power especially granted- by, the federal constitu tion and the states have no au thority to provide otherwise. In so holding the court de clared inoperative provisions of the Ohio state constitution au thorizing submission of federal amendments to a referendum for ratification, and overturned state supreme court decrees dis missing JnjUnctiqn proceedings brought by George S. Hawke, Cincinnatiattorney, ina; c tax payers; suit 'to : enjoin submis sion of the prohibition and wom an, suffrage amendments to referendum vote. ' " EXTENSIVE PLATINUM THEFTS :; CHARGED BY GOVERN3IENT NewrYork, June, l. News of the ar rest on Sunday- in Nashville, Tena.""of H. B. . Crone, chief , chemist of .the Old Hickory i Powder plant, :n connection .with', wholesale platinum- theft from the gove nmertt'.waafjpiHo wed -Shise- day by announcement that .t h district attorney of New Ydrk county .would deliver to the federal agenta two men now held for an all,eged platinum roh-. bery In Perth Amboy. N. J. ' , Robert Brown, : alias. .Robert E. Car ter, and i Jos. .Frederickson," . recently xrere Indicted on charges of, grand lar ceny- in the belief that 280 'ounces of powdered platinum said to have been found in their, hotel room here had been stolen - from the Roessler and Basslacher company of- Perth AmTioy. Now., actfordlttg to Assistant' District Attorney Sheridan, in view .of an al leeed" admission by Brown regarding thefts of $1,800,1)00 worth of platinum from the arovernment, .both are to De delivered -to federal agents. SEEKS TO ELIMINATE j , FREAK CLOTHING STYLES ,., "tuore the r.nmmt4.A. -i jt '5tim!-.rfer:eived 51-250 to -sound out" ler m m Ji Har"ng. Mors and s f: , Luey naa . understood Cole "waen. with the- ;enator 3 a second choice." R a i . ... ... ".'in." ucieBaie-ai-iarge 1 with Pney." safnl money and $5 00. Lowden "ffl choice?-' enyon. "Vho is tXpUivs nZ ? . .. IV .... rj , 1 ADVANCES i ri1E PRICE OF. GASOLINE nashin. l.in the June Price 1. Recent ad- net... - oi gasoiins ana re't ... eum Products were ascribed MaeJ.rryinS conditions of suonlv M n. ",a. ln the lie-th of mnha.aiA B 'm!stic statements as to the Ura;,,. ..y tflan to a combination .in NisBlon ll" y federal trade sfss. -"ngnt rn a' rftnort -in mn - i'4, addfn ""- the , commission trWe nol .at cndltlon Jn the uve4 apear to be greatlv im. Nort.. un rePct to production and Cleveland, June 1. That the govern ment is seeking the elimination of ex treme and- freak styles- in women s wearine- annarel as a meaps of lower ing the cost of clothing was revealed today by J. G. Weatheriy. oi wasnmg ton. snecial assistant to Attorney Gen eral Palmer, rin conference here' today with President Morris BiacK, ana mem Wers of the Clevelaiad Garment Manu facturlnsr association. ' . "Mr, Weatherly, : in direct charge -0 all fair price commissions in the .coun rv. crave emphasis to this point, stating that the discontinuance of extreme and freak styles would be as . great a iac tor as any other in reducing the 'cost of iwojuen' garments. - weatneriy? is to place style standardization before gar ment manuracturers. i - ' MIANCO-GERMAN CLASHES ' c DISTURB SILESIAN TOWN Berlin. June 1. Isolated Franco fierman - clashes continued atBeutben stieau.. Saturday and Sunday, since which time the security police - in - co op'eratton with the French troops have gradually succeeaea ' tn ; quietmg - tne . Th- OBeuthen " correspondent of the a Mecemeln ' I Zettung' blames the trouble '6n ft. newly arrWed French de tachment which he says eems bent on evaRneratinar the population.- The local feeling is; according to the correspond ent. that the French should be . with drawn and., -be replaced -.by'; English Americans or -Italians. f TO CHOOSE HEADQUARTERS Atlanta. June l.--Decision as to per manent headauarters of the American Cotton .association, whether to publish a national cotton magazine and elec tmn of. a . e'ecdnd - vice-president and General manager, are among the ques tions to. be decided at a' conference of members of the executive finance com mittee ' of the association ' and' its . di visional presidents which was., opened here today. While; discussion 'of ' these and - several 'Other Important subjects werev understood to have been taken up tcday, it was Announced there would be r.o decisions ; made before tomorrow. GREEK TROOPS ARRIVE C.onstantirtople, May 29. Three divi slons of Greek, troops.1 are occupying the Dedeagateh'Adrlanople nine . and another division is expected to land at Rodosto shortly. ; Dispatches. froraiAdrl anople report" that there" isr much un easiness;' there - where .Turks 'and, Bui garians apparently are preparing. to re sist :the entry , of the Greeks. NAVAL BILL ADOPTED 11 'Washington, June" 1.4-Theeohf erence report on the $430,000,000 naval appro priation f bill,., Including; the legislative rider for a congressional . commission to inspect. Pacific r coast ;; naval bases, was adopted today1 by the house and sent to the senate where It .will be pal Jed up . tomorrow. , . "". - ilA v VTEKMKT) BVbMATE'S YOTE;: DEMOCRATS SPLIT Strive In Vain To Gain Delay Until Next Session Of Congress. - - Chicago, Jurt-T.l.Anothe'r' 'slow-go ing session ,wlth little progress in ac tual .results marked the work 4of the republican national committee today in its '.eourserf of deciding the. claims of contesting delegations. . ? -1 The seating of two regularly re ported delegates from the District of Columbia,. aid -to be' favorable Jto MaJ. Gens Leonard Wood, and an extended hearing of the Georgia content involv ing delegates pledged to Wood and an other group counted as favorable to Lowden, was the principal business of the day. : v-- : -uv ' , :':: ' At the same time the committee de clined, to re-open its action of a year ago by which it x seated Emile Kuntz, of New Orleans, us .national commit teeman from Louisiana. . The appear of Frank C. Labit," of New Iberia, was de. nied. ' '.,' -:;';' At the outset of today's session the committee expected to hear -the report of a sub-committee and close up the three-cornered fight from Florida which ;was"hegun - oh Monday, but jthe questions of law and fact turned out to be so voluminous .that the i committee, headed by Charles : B. Warren, of De troit, reported. tha,t. the -only . conclu sion it was ..prepared -,tb Report' today wai that the Florida delegates, headed by A. -L. -Church.- of Jacksonville, had no claim an' which the committee could act.-,: .. , '-S,' j .'.;.-- -y Recommend Re-Hearing.' -; y J: As to the contest between .the regu larly reported faction - led by National Committeeman' Bean and the 1 other headed by H.'.L." Anderson, of Jackson ville, 'the sub-committee' recomme'nded a re-hearing which probably- will come up tomorrow. ' The. Georgia contest, looked upon as the first real contest of actual political significance, and having a bearing on, the strength . of the Wood or Lowden men, drew a" large audience of whiclj a large number were southern negroes. The contelt opened with a dah of ora tory and was con tinuedi with consider able fury, and,- at the end- of four hot hours the committee found Itself con fronted with' .such a. mass of conflict ing'- claims, arguments, charges .;, and cinftercliaergi Bub-commlttee hea'dea.'by Mr. Warren to examine the documents and make a report on the tangle . ;HenrJr Lincoln Johnson, an Atlanta negro, , heaas xhe regularly reported delegation, which is paid to be Counted in the LowdeTi?eoiumn. h contesting delegation known' as the . Pickett fae? tion, is- pledged1 to General Wood. The action of the committee means, seven teen ' seats f or. Wood - or - LowderL. and a decision ir expected tomorrow. - The contest .ranges about charges of a bolt, but the national committee decided -it would have to study the evidence ; to decide' 'who : bolted. Duplicate conven tion rolls1: and credentials figured in the mass of evidence. v - ' Renew Effort Today :'.( . ' Although the committee was' pre pared to hold a-night session the next contestants on the v program were not ready and the plan was abandoned with the understanding that at the outset of tomorrow's meeting, starting - at 9 o'clock in the morning, the Florida and Georgia cases will 'be taken up-for de cision and the remaining contests will be hurried along as fast as possible. The committee today made . final its decision to seat all the excess delegates on the convention floor, in extra spaces and to let the. excess alternates find seats among the spectators.. ; GENERAL METTS IS AGAIN U.X.Y. CHIEF Veterans Having Royal Time At Annual Re-Union In , . Fayetteville. . . - . . Washington. June -lresident: Wil son's plea-.for: an - American mandate over Armenia - -was rejected ' in the senate today by 'a vote 74 of more than two to one.; .. - ' v'1-.. . ' - -Thirteen . democrats feast their ; votes with the united republican membership on the final , roll -call, and- the resolu tion "respectfully declining to grant congressional authority tor , the man date was adopted.,.52 to 2.3, in the form drafted by the republican .leaders. , - The ' resolution - will be sent .: to : the house v tomorrow,; and the; leaders .there plan to, adopt it without .change on Thursday. ,; -V.. '. '-- o , . In the debate h today the " democratic senate leaders counselled . delay - and tried tn i vain : to put , the decision . over until the - next ;seSBion.' of congress.. Scarcely a voice was raised in out-1 and-outl advocacy , of .. accepting " the mandate,'-' and on i a -motion to amend the resolution so . that the requested authority would be given, only twelve senators, all of them democrats, voted inv the -affirmative.'i' .Recbrds against the motion were ' twenty-three demo crats and thirty-nine ' republicans, v In their effort v to; ward -off action, which- they , argued was advisahle be cause of the peace. deadlockT the mi nority leaders had- better - success.' 'A motion to send - the resolution back to the committee with instructions . that it be reported . "after ratification ; of a peace treaty with, the central powers," mustered almost soUd democratic sup por" but was . lost, r forty-three , to thirty-four. ' : -'"'.- ':'-'" , '' i - i .i,--." - SAYS MEN- SHOULD CONSIDER THAT WC L. IS COMING DOWN Fayettevllle, June l.General Jamea L .r Metts '.was, re-elected commanding general of the North Carolina division, United - Confederate Veterans,' at ' the first' ' business ''''jBesioni'ldt.hw; annnftl reunion here' this afternoon. ;, ."'; General W.' E. Kyle, was also re elected ; commander of the v third .-brigade, theae constituting the only eleo tione."' ; . y -. ; yrj, , ; y v - : ' ;.- . - The attendance on the opning day reached a point between four hundred and fifty and five hundred. " The open ing session was held in the high school auditorium' this morning. After prayer by the 'chaplain, Rev: E.'A Os born, - the j. veterans were; welcomed: in behalf" of the- Daughters ot Confeder acy by Mrs." Felix. Harvey, nresidenti for Cumberland. ;county; veterans by Major E. J. Hale: . by Mayor Williams for the ' city, and ( by. Commander D S Hollenga for the American Legion. The welcomes were responded toTby Col. A.1 F. . Boyden, of Salisbury. .,-',. . . " "The .Stars and Bars forever.", a song written for the" North Carolina division, U. D. C.. wa sung by Mrs-A. T. West, of this. city ;, '1 The matrons,' sponsors and maids' of honor -were' introduced to' the "conven tion by Colonel . W. P.- Wood, these be ing Mrs. , Marshan,;Winiams, , matron of honor for the state.;' Miss Mamie Holt, sponsor for the Bfai(e;; Miss Sallie Haigh PRESIDENTIAL ROW . SHOWS MUCH LIFE Various headquarters Swarm With Workers And Visiting Weil-Wishers. Chicago, 'June Presidential row took 'on an increased 'activity " today, swarms of 'national . committeemen, delegates, politicians ' and visitors streaming in the headquarters ; of their favorites for the nomination. .-. 1 ' Additional ' workers -from New York and Los Angeles came to the Hoover headquarters which-were crowded from early morning until Late at night, while the : arrival ; of Harry Daugherty, cam paign ' manager' for .' Senator Harding; drew a liberal ; number of ' visitors to confer with the Ohioan. - ' William H, . Crocker, ' national com mitteeman from' California! got In to day . and, , absenting; himself from the meeting of the national ": committee," trade calls along Presidential row, pay ing his respects to the a men in ; charge of Senator Johnson's headquarters. : The slight Illness of Governor Low den did not prevent' him! from receiving numerous visitors a number of. national committeemen being closeted with the goyernor both before and after the meeting at the "coliseum. . ' f . ' ' Senator Moses ; 'injected added en thusiasm " into the Wood campaign by appearing at headquarters early and iSRuing a statement in which he pre dicted that the general would, win . be yond , all doubt. ; , " .-.:" ; 7 - ' ; '";' . Another headquarters : of the Presi dential candidates made. Its appearance along 'Presidential'. row today. . Cam paign workers ' of Senator- Polndexter Underwood: camp vsponsor: Miss Lucy . of Washington opened rooms.;-. London - Anderson and Miss Harriett Sentiment uncovered byTepresenta Hardison, maids of honor for the state, ftives -of Samuel Adams, of Greenwood, and Misses Edna Bennett sponsor and Virginia, . the -.-jonly :.' announced ' candi Josephine. Dunlap,' maid of honor, from"; date , for , vice-presldent,favors Gear- 'WET-DRY' ISSUE; NEARS SHOWDOWN, ( MARSH BELIEVES Democratic Treasurer Foresees Cleancut Decision In; San - Francisco Convention. , PREDICTS COX VICTORY IF DRYS GAIN SADDLE Does Not Believe President Will : " Seek Personal Control Of 1 , Convention. 1 ' - ' V Chicago, June 1. 'i'he.cost of living is now descending "and .railroad em ployes must take this fact into: consid eration In -demanding- higher-swages, T- Whiter, ; representing .the .roads, told the railway'. labor board today In reply to' testimony previously 'intro duced. by the; .employes 'that'rma.ny1-of the ". workers:" how ., are not,' -making enough-.money , to. support - themselves' and that ommon labor in the railroad crafts should-, receive .gf'ininimjim wage ef BWi''iarJ? --G';"? '.v. t"v.vWr' - pus . employes. - have ? aireerent: , taetes w hich. are unn ecAssary wth x present high costs. His testimony was. in the form of rebuttal fop t;railroads.fit' was directed at the. statements of:B,; F' Jewell, acting president of nthe. Railway Shopmen's departmentand W N. Doak vice-president of the Order of Railway Trainmen. v- v-- r;x .Tt-;.-.-;-r--r ,." ernor Lowden and Mr Adams for .Presi dential and .vice-presidential . honors. Mr. AdamS said' today. : , V ,The . ' only . serious contenders , in the vice-presidential -race besides himself, Mr. -Adams- ' reported, y are; Governor Coolldge of Massachueetta j and Gov Anson . camp, the , youngest ever ap pointed to these positions, being ten aid eleven years old. . " '" - v j . - - J; A band rora Wilson furbished excel lent music. "After the singing of "The Old North State," the convention ad journed uhtir afternoon. ' 1- . v v 5"r The attendance having far exceeded ernor Henry 'Allen,- of Kansas. expectations .a call . was . made on the people' of the. city. Jate today, to throw open .their 1.. homes to ' the veterans, which met with . such a ready -response I that tonight all visitors who have thus far ' arrived v have been" provides wi tn f home."- V" Thexlnfiux. of soldiers and ether visitors early ''" ovrertaxed the ceem4ogty : adequate - arrangements which' had been made- and .tonight' ev BRYAN TO SEE SERVICE AT BOTH 5 CONVENTIONS Washington, L June 1. -.Wllllawi' jenmings Bryan, In an address be fore the Bryan Democracy club here tonight, announced ,that he was go--ing to the, republican national con vention , at Chicago .,"to work - among delegates for a dry republican can--didate and a dry plank ln" the party's .platform." .v.tt.i;i , y. .;,:. . At San Francisco, Mr. Bryan said,; he would Insist that ; the democrats nominate an avowed dry and go on Record in their, platform of nationar prohibition, j Mr... Bryan predicted that the wets ' in the democratic tanks, s if they were. unable to get a Wet plank in the: . platform- would Concentrate the energies in keeping aut a dry plank. He declared that the drys however i were certain to triumph. . . - -. r .. ; r . .. , . , J helen taft to marry . ': instructor: at vale CLERICAL ERROR-KEEPS N. Y. EXCHANGE CLOSED Comer Amendment Remains In - ; BiU Through Mistake. ' New York, June 1. A clerical error as a result, of which congress passed the annual ''. agricultural' . appropriation bill with . the. Comer amendment in cluded i; may Cause the New .York cot ton .exchange':- to remain closed until pegal , diffleultfes regarding the con tract under ,, which trading is . carried on can ' be:Loyercome.';; yyryy ; .:.-".:"-. ; Word .wad -received C: .this : afternoon that the., bill', which President Wilson signed today Included" the amendment, whereas the board of managers of the cotton exchange were depending upon the" elimination of. the clause in order to -continue doing -business under the contract which has been in force for two years. V . ' .-'- -,' " -' . An amendment to the by-laws of the exchange -making the present contract permanent was ', passed byunanimous vote -of ."a the ; members this afternoon. This action was taken to clear up. all possible question as to which contract was . to . be 1 used in Jfutur e trading but the news from Washington once more leaves ,.the .! exact legal status of the contract in question. . ' The aboard of managers of the' ex change announced -that: it would meet twenty minutes before the' usual hour of opening the market in the hope that the .difQcultiejs may be smoothed out ih time, to- resume-. trading at -10 ) o'clock tomorrow. . , . ; ;. .: ? ' :' : WAITERS WILL: STRIKE : v . f New . .York, June ; 1. rWaiters ; ; and waitresses, in undreda :Qf v restaurants throughout lihe,. city. 'will .go on strike tomorrow, William Lehman, business agent of - local, No. TtNofithe,."hotel and restaurant remployes'f Internatidnal alT liance of-, America:, .announced tonight. He said-approximately- ;5,000 "workers would be involved. The strike; has been ordered,-; he1" addedvMo ? enforce a nine hour day and is not- for higher wages. New Haven, Conn., June I. Mr: and Mrs. William Howard Taft today an nounced the engagement of ., their" daughter, Helen, to Frederick- John son Manning,, an instructor in histbry in Yale universlty..r He was a member of the class of 1916 in Yale and was until September, 1919, a. first lieuten ant in the field artillery of the United States army. ' The marriage, will take place ln Canada in July. - : :,- In' addition ; to' the barracks : ' of . .; the. Donaldson military .school .where the largerl number - off the iS Veterans, ; are quartered..- -. . .' ': - -. '': - -- -' ; A reception , at; which , General Metts and ; Mrs. , Harvey were the guests of .' honor wa given In -tha. parlors, of La- rayette notei lOBignt. An iniormm t-. ceptlon was given :vy Majorls.J.;'Jtiaie en the lawn of litsHaymountrresidehce to the veterans this afternoon. : T The old. Boldiers are finding a ; warm welcome and . generoushospitality and the people of the -city have vied with each Other in helping to.maka the istay of the -veterans pleasant.' ; : 3 DEAD2 WOUNDED . IN OKLAHOMA FI.GHT SOLDIERS DISARBIED s - . Dublin, . June 1. Twelve .-' soldiers, comprising the guard .'.of a public building here, were surprised this aft ernoon by a party of farmed .'men who took', away their arms and ammuni tion and two machine guns. " The. raiding party consisted ,of fifty men and the building attacked was the office -of the registry of deeds, a department which furnishes titles to land. ', ... .v.- '--.'.. . . - . - FAVOR TWO ! UMPS Durham, June : 1. President W.. - G. Bramham,;of ,thea Piedmont, baseball league, announced tonight that direct ors of the. league have voted' unani mously for a dual umpire " system. The action of the directors; will be f put into operation as soon as new umpires can be - obtained,' probably Friday of this" week, Mr. Bramham announced. ROSE HILL SUGAR . TOBE RELEASED Starts When Arrested Men Seek - To Escape. ; Is Owned By Governor" Of "Dela ware Who Explains Pos-j ' ' session OfIt; ' V ; ASIVS SlAlVllAli JUA W .. Ijondon,June.. l.rr-Premier. Venlrelos on Monday asked permission frpm the Chamber ' of deputies to restore rmaTtlal law, declaring - this would . be i the only way of avoiding - bloodshed, owing to the tactic- of1 th opposition,- says a dispatch to the . London Times from Athens. Martial 4 Iaw thus will- corrtk into. force again.. t ' j- . - ; Raleigh, June " 1. Six : hundred bar rels of sugar . belonging to J! G, Town send, governor of Delaware. - which were seized at Rose ,-Hill,'., in - Duplin county," by department of Justice agents, will 'be r unconditionally - re leased tomorrow by . Judge- Heyy G. Connor, of the -United .States aistrlct court, the action having .been- , .re quested by the attorney general of the United States. -: ::" ''.-' ' " " ' :f A telegram, ' received " f roin " Howard Figg, -.special assistant to the attorney general in charge of prosecution" un derA the ;,Leve food; control y act, 2 by United States! District Attorney E. P. Aydlett; toda"y:readff:;x-,i;.--':-'. "Governor ,of Delaware phonea that you have seized sugar belonging :;to him,; ' States that he Jias alarge num ber ' of . plants , that preserve , strawber ries -find, that- supply of . sugar insuf ficient -f or.tbls 'purpose. 1 Desires" imme diate release and states willing .to. give bond. -Advise ; release, ' however ' with out restriction-"- ', -- -1 District Attorney Aydlett - wired im mediatelythat' he - will;' release sugar immediately, arid todayJudge' Connor Will sign an order - for : unconditional release of the sugar t withdrawing the libel of information against' ' J.-.r 'G. Townsend'& Co:, -and Jr G. Townsend, Jn, of eibyvllle, DeL, and Oscar Fus-sel,- of-Rose HllL--' - Miami,, Oklahoma, June ""l. Three men are 'dead and two are wounded as a result of an attempt" of three men arrested in connect ion with j alleged su. srar thefts to escape .from an -automo bile in which they were being -brought here early today from Flcher, where they were arrested." . i. X The dead are Norris Chandler, man ager. of a .wholesale ; grocery house here; -Oi B. Vanderpool, .a Joplin, Mo, detective, 2 and J. J. Lynch of Miami. one of the alleged thieves.; - - W. M. Hawkins of Miami and C. B. Wooda, Picher, Okla.', grocer, who were wounded, are' held ln the; county Jail here in connection with the case. - : ; Lynch, Hawkins and Woods were ar rested -when a truck, loaded, with su gar believed to be. a part of an amount stolen from a: wholesale house, reached Woods' 'grocery early today.-'Lynch and Hawkins, - handcuffed . - together and Woods were placed ! Jn an automobile with Vanderpool, Chandler and ;Frank Byrd, ! a United States deputy ; marshal. The partr started for Miami, picking up ' Charles'Warner, police chief of Commerce. - .-: :-' . "- '--. ; After vi leaving .Commerce, - Lynch His said to have- drawn a revolver," --over looked -when he was searched and kill ed 'Vanderpool' a'nd' Chandler. He then was fatally - wounded In agun fight with Byrd and Warner, "dying In a hos pital here late . today. Hawkins and Woods were., slightly, wOunded ' . . : ..'. : "-'. .. , . EIGHT f SAW J WAY OUT v OF - :! . '' ; 1 .;.:. ?-y ATLANTA PENITENTIARY PRESIDENTS SALARY HELD NOT TAXABLE Federal -Judges. Also Escape : ' , Under This Decision. '. the, wiuH revel Wti actrreqirlng.tae; President ahdalOederal Judgea to pay an ificoma tax on their salaries; were declared unconstitutional today by the. supreme- court -In a seven to ; two ; de cision. : .. . - ' ,: '-..-"'j ..-- , Under the act the President' paid on hisr: salary of $76,000. a .year approxi mately $16,000 in taxes.;- ' Invalid provisions . will; - under' the court's. decIsiCn.;'" be!." refunded :, by the treasury. - ' l . ' : s ' . .. . The supreme court's' decision was on appeals by Federal District Judge Wal ter Evans of Louisville, Ky., from lpwer court decrees, dismissing a suit brought by him to : recover taxes Involuntarily paid. He contended v that the fedenal conetitution prohibited Judges' "sal aries being diminished during contmu-' ance in office." T -! Justice van Devan'ter, . who ' rendered the ' majority opinion, held, however, that a federal Judge : was not exempt from tax oh his private income or oil his property.' '. (" Justice Holmes .rendered a dissenting opinion in which -Justice Brandeis cont curred.' ." - -.''-...'.--' ' ; .,. z Chicago, June X A predic tion Ythat the" wets and the drys will go to a clean out and above board showdown at the : demo cratic national 5convention' at San rYancisco .was - made here today 'by ; Wilbur - W V Marsh, treasurer hi' the democratic na tional committee and : commit teeman from Iowa.' ' ; ' If the -M ets can ; produce a lirmdrity-' on: the yote t for sf Hberalplnk : Jim1;he- plaV; '? . foiy.C6tjiio;' in my ' judgment; willbe vthe, nominee' ' of the 1 convention -' Mr; Marsh said.. tSS2l2! s. cum- mings,- of the democratic na tional committee, fresh' from his interview,1 Monclay , with Presi dent Wilson ; at; - the White House passed through . Chicago today on his Way to San" Fran-; cisco. ' V . ' - The ijwo democratic leaders did not see each ; other. Con cerning Mr, 1 Cummings' ; inter view with the President,? Mr. Marstf said: ' ' "The newspaper reports that interview, may; have had some interlineations. I hardly believe; -for Instance, fthat --the President' is ; starting put to ; as sume personal control of the national . convention: Pefsbnally, : I: doubt that , the.' President ' has given any intimation ' ; to any person concerning, the nomina tion for the 'presidency." , - IF DELAWARE FAILS 1 G. O. P. WILL KNOW IT Women Plan To Picket Conven .: tion At Chicago. , . Columbus, '. Ohio,. June 1. Unless Delaware tomorrow ratifies the federal woman's suffrage amendment, thereby putting : it into effect, the national woman's party next week will have a" lihe of women pickets in front of the republican, convention : hall in Chi cago,,, declared. Dr. Gillette Hayden. chairman of the national . woman's party, tonight . r "We want to know if r the national republican party will- permit Delaware to. keep the ballot j: from.' 27,000,000 women," Dr. Hayden ,said: i We won der! if the party.' will call upon Dela ware to be the thlrtyrsixth and last state needed. Urrless Delaware rati fies : by Wednesday , evenin g : a delega tion of the national woman's party will go to Chicago to. protests - : , - , "The protestation . will, take the form of a. line of women holding- banners in front ' of the republican convention hall." - . . i Of ' Atlanta, Ga., .June l.-r-Eight : prison ers escapeclffronv the' Atlanta federal penitentiary late- today by, saJWing-'their way out" of a- cell vlocic,.- ii was an nounced at the penitentiary " .-. -i Three of the" men - were " recaptured soon after .they , got;; out. and search was constituted at once for the Others. All "the -men were said to be serving Iong term. ; Investigation, also . was begun ; to-; .ascertain how saws reached the "prisoners. v .. :";.-' f .;-',.'. ' Two" of the five :men who were still at 'large" tonight had "escaped before. Rector Sherrill and. John Duff ey, havt Ing got away - from the - penitentiary last year andjremalned at .liberty about two months.C - The other "three men who got5 eafely away late today were Bichird F. DodgeN and Orvllle Cook and T. H.T Brownr the latter a negro, i Re wards of $60 each . were offered for the arrest of - the-men.,.-: :, ---t- '., : .'- :. -ROADMAN HAS SHADE. -.- Milwaukee, - June 4.7 Dick Loadman, eastern - bantamweight boier, - had a slight shade over "Jack; Sharkey. New York, s4n a ten round bout, tonight ac cording to v- a C' majority of ringside critics. Several writers thought. sthe bout was a.""gbo'd.draw. ' Loadman, ftp -Reared to beat Sharkey to the punch in the early rounds and ; held the New Yorker even in the later session. 1 ANNOUNCES SHARP ADVANCE , : - ; ,r : IN PRICE 'OF NEWSPRINT Montreal,, June- -l.--Ah! advance, in the ' export trice of newsprint, paper fromv $90 a ton to $110 -for. the three months -beginning July 1, to be' fol lowed by an advance to' $130, for the final three" 'months of 1920, : is shown In the schedule .of the Canadian Ex port Paper company, issued here1 to day. The 'price will be increased one cent a pound July 1 to 5 cents a pound,Vahd on October I to ; cents a pound. -The Canadian . company con trols a large part of the export paper output of five of the. leading Dominion newsprint' producers, " doing an export business of $25,000,000 -yearly. . - (CHARLES REYNOLDS WINS .". '' ' ' ' , -, CAROLINA - CHAMPIONSHIP ..Charlotte, June. .1. -Charles Reynolds, profeseional of Cplumbia,"S. C.,; won the open ? golf r Championship of ' tiie Caro- Unas today defeating, a fleldL of twelve starters on "the .llhks of the Charlotte Country club today. ' His, score for "the thirty-six holes was, 654.. , . ,' Tied, for second place, are JFred New man, of Greensboro;, N; C.,, and Willie Ogg,' of .Atlanta who Went .'over ,th course rpr ' Running " third was William Gdebel, professional. 'f Char lotte,, vjlth 150. .-, ri -;'v :;' -yy,y WOMAN KILLS LOVER, t HERSELF, AND CHILD Man Is Slain, While Asleep With His Wife. ' i Philadelphia: June .l.--Ma'dly ih love with a married ' man, - according to the ' police. Mrs." Mary Frances Du'nldpj H-r- ' Ing on a farm near West Grove, Penn., shot and killed' J.' L. "Eichelberger, the object of -he-'lnfatuatlon vas he lay asleep in bed with his iwlfe andf infant early today and then-drove to her own home and' killed "her eleven-year-old daughter and herself. - Mrs. -Dunlop wa thirty-six years old and- Eichelberge'r thirty. " At a coroner's) ioquest at i which the ' jury found that Mrs. Dunlop-had done the .killing,. Mrs. Eichelberger -testified to cher, husband's' relations - with t Mrs. Dunlop and of her having left him. She returned to him only last night. Robert Dunlop said he was convinced, his wife was tnsape asshehad several times threatened to kill; herself.. He .had been separated from her for two' years. (1 INDICTED' FOR , PROFITEERING. ; Knoxville, . June 1 X Three indlct-mentaMcharglni:.-profiteering In food stuffs were returned today, by, the fed eral grand .jury in .its flnal.. report, t,o Federal' Judge . Sahf ord." ; - ' ., . . The firms -Indicted are' the La Fal lette , Stores, company located ,at Pea bodyt Tenn.; the. Westbourne Coal oom pany, . Westborne,!TennV and, Sam H. Delaney, RockWood, : Tehh.. Charlea Cochrane and Ftank-.Hudson, employes of" the Westbourne Coa,l company, were also indicted, connection. -.with the profiteering ' charges." Sugar, navy beans and llma'beans are the three ar tide ' that : the firms,; are ' aHeet" to have sold at excessive 'prices:; " r
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