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' J. I The Weather Local showers s Thursday and prob ably Friday. No change in tempera-, "iuVer stage at FayettevHl .!. ai S o'clock yesterday 8.7 feet. , PAGES TODAY, two.secttons : VOL. CIH. No. 155. : jN. C; THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1920; 1 OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. zzzzzzzzZZiZ :zr.r:i' t - -- P . JVILMIN .: W 1 -1 UUCH MUD SLUM WHEN BOMWcliL ATTACKS PALMER blares Attorney General Let t Ron Tn : . His State. CHARACTER ASSASSIN," IS REPLY OF OFFICIAL Says BonniwelTs Word Is Of No Value Among rennsyi vania People. ..V- Washington, June 2. (By the Asso ,jated press.) A fiery cross-table i,,h between Attorney General Palmer and Eugene . oow .,..-..-.. 4.mhia bristling with direct . charges of federal power to let 0 the misuse .... n.. hum during the Penn- SSn a presidential primaries on ,the s;;ahand and of attempted-. -character one nana other: marked S45" x, i J nT-A.onn nate investigation iuujf - - vention campit.i Th attorney general vf" "" nMPdlv n the committee iwm he luncneon i cso ..,1 had launched a broadside of .kareeg, inciuums " ion that the whole Palmer campaign n Pennsylvania naa oocu .. land debasing aegreaauon ui Bonniwell was recenea to me mnu iu finish his testimony ana wr. .r-wmer the first candidate tor a preswenuw Lmination to appear at the Inquiry bok a seat across me taDie iron iuo witness, wno, it uwuo- vm-, " political enemy of longr stanaing. News of the impending verbal clash More the committee - Bureau ivjr fend the hearing room soon - was Crowded. - 1 ffhpn Mr. Bonniwell conciuaea, sax. ; talmer replied, opening his statement; hrith the charge that Mr. . Bonniwell had employed "character assassination" Wthods against him- In- Pennsylvania or years and concluding it witn tne ssertion that in Pennsylvania rjuage onniwell's word is' not vidence of 'act." - f..""V-'-; - Egg jf,, . DHigmsteJ... - ,, .-V j Echoes of the combat;, had' hardly ied away before a new element was njected into the committee's .dellbera,- tions with the flat refusal of Senator Edge, republican. New Jersey, "r to : at tend further sessions. ' In announcing that h had notified the chairmen, of the full committee and- .the . sub-com-' mittee of his decision,; the senator said he believed approximately figures on all pre-con vention expenditures: had been obtained and that further Inquiry would result only in the airing of charges, counter-charges, intimations and insinuations."- He added that no federal law had been broken as there was no federal presidentiary primary law to break. ' , ' . ' . " :. Before Mr. "Palmer appeared In ' the committee room, the committee had. in quired into the activities of the Plumb Flan league, made further efforts to run down a presidential campaign for V. G. McAdoo and had heard two offi cial! of oil companies who had been mentioned in previous Z testimony '.as possible laree contributors to political Icampaien. - . Edward Keating, ; manager of the Plumb Plan league, declared the league had taken no part In any . pre-con ven tion political activity, hadf not con tributed any money and did not plan to participate In the convention, strug gles. He added, however, that - it did sek to defeat members of . congress who voted for the transportation act: Mrs. Antoinette Funk, of , , Illinois, active in liberty loan drives and later tor the democratic national committee. declared positively . that no., campaign ior obtaining the democratic presiden tial nomination for Mr.: McAdoo direct or Indirect, existed, much to her "re gret." . s , . - rr-i DRIFT TO SEA, BACK AGAIN New York. June 2. An nrmv , bal loon, carrying Lieuts. John Mullen and worge Storey, drifted far but . to sea rly today, but a shift-in the wind fnt it shoreward and the , officers anded safely near Prince Bay, Staten "land. They left Hampton Roads. Va., wruy after midnight ; and were in we air slightly more than four hours. According to the officers, the balloon as caught by a strong'' wind when "reached a height of 'several hundred ft After it reached the open sea anued for two hours or more until "wag off Barnegat, N. J. The wind thn changed suddenly and carried it 0Tr Staten Island. ' , -- - WOMEN WILL MARCH ON CHICAGO MONDAY Washington. June' 2. The -Na-"nal Woman's party tonight sent appeal to 5,000 suffragists in miadlj west states, urging them to e pa.t in a demonstration of pro--Jt in Chicago Tuesday, the" open- "ig day of the. rnuhliran national invention, against the Delaware' 'ASJBlatnre's failure to ratify " the those unable to go to Chicago ere asked to contribute" toward d.Llns the expense, of staning tha pnstratlon. siBnpH1.the Wo"in's , party, who th a appeal, announced' that be Zy , """"tratlon probably would front forra of ' lin of women "with v0f the convention - hall Th wnn4r of Protest." ouirt Woman'8 Party announced It Vermow.center on legislatures .In fort tA and cnnctieut in an ef tl ufret one of them to. ratify N'ovemh ee amendment before the made if r electln- Effort twill be WnorflW8 declard. to getJthe call sDenV, the8e" two ; states i to "Peciai legislative sessions. : WOULD AUTHORIZE SALE OF SHIPS TO ' FOREIGN CONCERNS v.- . 1 ' " - ' . : -V .- 1 " ; " i ' . t Conference BUI, However, Di rects That Americans Be. , "Given Preference. ,. . Washington, June 2.-r-Vhile giving American shipping inter ests preference in the acquisi tion of I goyerniment owned ton nage, merchant marine'1 legisla tion as agreed on "today by sen ate and house . conferees would authorize the shipping board to sell vessels to foreign interests should diligent efforts" to dis pose of the craft; in this country fail.. - :Z- " . -ZvZ;-' f Sales to foreign concerns, how ever, 'could' be made under the compromise ; bill ; only; oh a vote of five of : the seven members of the snipping aboard. The Legislation as agreed on would direct the ' sale , of . the government owned vessels as soon. as. practicable with good business methods," but no time limit for the sale is fixed. Pend ing sale of the ships, the board .would be authorised to charter them to Amer ican concerns. I -,' - ; - ; Consideration; of the conference re port . will - be . taken up in the house tomorrow" and 'following its expected adoption will be called up without de lay in the; senate in ah 'eftdrt to secure final action before the expected , a,d- journment. or congress . Saturday; - - At ' approved by the conferees, the bill twould require seventy-five per cent of the stock In companies: operating ships in coastwise trade, to be American-owned with Americans ' holding the controlling interest' In- ship companies engaged in foreign trade. "' ' r "' ' The bill "further would empower the board to set aside ' annually for the next- five Tears $25,009,000 to ; be used as- a 1 construction found irom which to assist - American JcUlaene 'ln-ihe build- inni n.w've5ei lor .xoe taDiisn- ment and" maintenance iof service on steamship, lines deemed desirable by the board. The senate bill fixed this amount at $50,000,000. . Owing to opposition 4 of house 1 conferees, provisions authoris ing the board during the five-year riod to construct 'new vessels jon ' its own account were eliminated. - ; - v While the bill makes no provision for a direct' subsidy, it would authorize the board and the ' postmaster general "in aid i of the development of a mer chant marine" to determine . from "time to time the Just and " reasonable rate of compensation to be paid for carrying American mails.'!, - - - In order to give' the American mer chant .marine every advantage for its development the bill would authorize the - President to notify foreign gov ernments within ninety . days . after It becomes a law of the abrogation of treaties , which restrict discrimination in favor of American ships. , STEALS FROM POCKETS OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAQ New York, Clerk Admits Thefts .Totalling $20,000. ' ; ..New . York, June 2. Charged with the theft ". ' of : 120,000, representing money, taken from the pockets of unr Identified dead . at tha- citys "morgue, William -. Becker; a cleric in the pub lic administrator's office, was- arrested tonight and locked up in police head quarters....- '..-, ;:- y '; ;,-., : yy,: ,; s . He was taken Into custody .while on his way -to", return" some of the 'papers which the police say he confessed he had taken from the administrator's flies. -,.r-, .y;;'y',y'-r-':--.;: :;yy.''' The discovery of the shortage came about after' officials in the administra tor's : office ' noticed that Becker had been 1 acting strangely and frequently remained away from. the office for days at a 'time." - An expert accountant was called and ' ha found that there was a discrepancy , of $1,000 In Becker's books, which -the clerk was unable to explain. . After he had beeri arrested, thepoHce said Becker confessed that his total. thefts would reach $20,000. - Becker,: who is , thlrtt-two years old, married and -the father of: one child, admitted, ' the police say, that : his first theft wa In 19 18 when he took; $800 to play a' "sure, tip Von a horse race and lost. iOther sums were taken and lost the same : way, . according to the police..- -. - - vi. . -. . ROMANCE OF WAR IS THROWN OVERBOARD Fails To Survive Voyage To ' ' United States. New ' Tork, ; Jun . t Priority as. a suitor proved an unavailing, argument today in the case Of former Sergeant Ray Hewlett,' of Findlay. Ohio, whose overseas fiancee. Mile Emiline Ellse Raymonds, or Amiens,; wa? married to Nicola Raspav an Italian tenor; whom she met on the steamer .-Li. Soviei while Journeying here to meet her American bethrothed. ' The ceremony was performed, before witnesses from .the Travelers Aid so ciety, who said they, approved. - , Hewlett, who came here to meet his former- fiancee; has started back to Ohio. rFt.i' ZZ:: !.y 1 Z;l. Cleveland;" June 2. Jack Dlllis. a Bemi.pro catcher bf Boston, Joined the Cleveland American league , baserall team today. He Is a graduate, of Holy Cross coUege w;here he played football, and in 1918. was cateher on the Camp Polk, soldier team at-Raleigh, N.; C 't. Kef Aimrnif ."-KV..' 'Z!- ' . ; ' - ' Cincinnati, 'June; 2.That "Lee C Magee, Cincinnati, professional ball player, confessed to William -Ij. Veeick, president of the Chicago Na tional league, ball club,' Chicago, on February t 10, r. 1920.;-that j;he - bet . agatntwthevCncinnU Reds in July; 1919 when a , memb'er6t the ' Bed team and .'made -Intentional wild throws" and "otherwise" played to ' cause his team tjb' lose to' -Boston, is: alleged in ah amended answer filed in United. States distrlcft cowt here today- by the' Chicago club'1. to Ma-: geeS'.suit forJ.SOO alleged to be due, as damages ; fbr the refusal of Jthe .Ch4cag6-; club to .permit him," to play with the Chicago team this year, x .J" .- . Y -.' . V The name ..of Hal Chase, former Cincinnati 1 first , baseman, also ; is. , mentioned In the answer of the club, it being averred ; that Magee told . .Veeck . that he had cpnspired with Chase to bet against the Reds. These matters are set outv by. the ' cub as lt third "defense to'Magee's suit. The. Chicago club asks the Sourt to dismiss Magee'a suit The 'case ! Is as-' signed for . hearing June ,7. . DECLARES PALMER- ACTING ILLEGALLY Investigating Z Committee Re : ,4orts To House On Attorney '' ; General's AcUon. ; : ' ; . Washington,;; June 2.-7-The ' sugar in vestigating committee,, in a majority report presented .to the house, today, de clared that Attorney ; .General Palmer had used ' his "power 4s .chief - prosecut ing officer of the government "for .the purpose of fixing .'maximum - selling prices of sugar- in -Louisiana and. in so doing acted wholly without .'authority Of law and. in violation ot hla awit-con ; The report prepared, by Representa tive .Hustd,v republican. New fork, as chairman "charged thatythe ! legalistic method adopted' by" the'attdmey gen eral was i",wh01ly inefiectlv.e asa means of price control" and that it. gave ap $aent rto vatnfttefltal-sanctl oft-rto ex tremely high" so gar. prices; which - ex cited the "cupidity of Cuban . producers and "eausedan advance In the Cuban market.".- .lyyvyVyry-:y,. , : Representative Whaley, South - Caro lina, ' an d Representative t: Sumne'rs, Texas, democratic members of "the Ju diciary sub-eomraittee,. which conducted the investigation,', refused? to ; sign ;the report- and announced 1 that ; thy.e would file -a. ; miworlty 1 report. .Republican members,-' including Chairman; If utted, who agreed In the findings were Rep resentatives.; Classon, Wisconsin, and Boise, Iowa. - : - '' - v ' . - Mr.'; Palmer Insisted before th com mittee he had not fixed sugar prices, but . had merely stated" the position ' 0( the, department as to - prosecution for profiteering that : Liouisiana ' planters selling at more than seventeen' and eighteen , cents wholesale r wouldi be prosecuted, under th Lever law. ' The attorney general 'was advised in October, 19 19, the majority heldy that excessive prices were belng charged by Louisiana producers and . .he directed- United States Attorney Mooney to make every effort . to' reach v- an ' agreement with producers" and refinera to', estab lish a fair price for the hew crop. Af ter; conferences with a committee rep resenting . producers, the report. added, Mr. . Mooney ' obtained : an j agreement with them not. to sell over seventeen and eighteen cents. At that time, the report set forth, sugar was selling in the, open market atNew Orleans from fifteen-to twenty cents. . SUPREME COURT'S ' DOCKET CLEARED Session Ends--Conviction Of Ed Alexander On . . Murder -Charge Upheld. Raleigh,! June"' 2.-Handlng down twentynlne ; cases, this afternoon the supreme court cleaned up its dochet and adjourned until' the last week in August. .. ; ' , It was stated that this Is on of the few state supreme courts in the coun try that has a cTean docket at the pres ent' time- v ' ' ' ' '' ', '-. The major portion of the opinions handed down , today came from the western part of , the state, though all cases from every ' section pending were decided. . :-"y 7 '-'"y' 'r;-ll'- The decision of the case against, Ed. Alexander of y Iredell. .. convicted of the murder of Jim Rayle in yStatesville, easily carries the most general, interr est. The murder was committed two daysvbef ore Christmas: last year. ; Fol lowing a q,uarrel between the two men, Alexander went out and returning.; to the pool room with a pistol hot Rayle half a ' doten times. .- The only plea on which tha defense hoped to save Alex ander from execution w:ae that of in sanity, but the; supreme ) court upheld the ' lowejf l court t in that the5 defense felled to prove that Alexander; was not mentally responsible '. for his aats. Eastern "Carolina t cases In thi list follow: Trustees of Plymouth school district "vs. Pruden art fl Co : Washing ton, affirmed; ' state vs.; Hlnes, Lenoir, no.'itror' ln ; verdict -cf ; second ' degree murder liamb.sA, C L. R R New Hanoverho error in $3,500 verdict, for the plaintiff; Cle vs.Boyd, Richmond, afrrmei in ; two leases-:- cv'ZZZ.Z FIXED SUG AR PRICE :UGH DEMANDS.; PROOEi OFMASOH, IfiO PROMISES IT Congressman Says Also It Was Two Hundred Blillioh That : . ; Was Stolen. " v -: ; . Washington, J un !-2,B.,i M. Baruch, former chairman v( "In'e . war industries board' wrotis Tto Representative - Mason,' republican Illinois, Heday ; "asking that he submit at once t6" congress and the attorney .', geherai ilte ' evidence' which prompted, him to charge in the ' house recentQr that, :Mr. V Baruch; had "stolen $50,000,000? from they government in copper, alone."' ' ., ' : ; ' ': - Mr. Baruch' further - demanded that he- be 'Mmmedlately, brought to the bar "of Justice and ; condemned- to punish ment : if found . guilty and-, exonerated it innocent: from itne ihfamous ' and malicious i charge ou make against me." . y -.;. ,:;.: ; Z 'Zu tZZ'::'Z: Z 1 1 ; Mr. Mason In a letter of reply made public tonight said-that, since looking over his previous statement, he would amend .if ' to say; that "you-and : your, associates stole $20OO00,Q0O1 In copper' alone." He added that, the' matter, on which he based - his i pharges y already was , before congress ?; in connection with the Investigation of war expendi tures. ,'; -. y ; -. y : y .. '. ; . ' '.Tou " oertainly do- not. expect, me ;to present' this matter? to your particular friend,; Mr Palmer, "attorney general," Mr. Mason said, and added: . .' ' ;"I , shall, If I live, ask the attorney general of. the United States 1 after March ' 4, 1921, ' to 'proceed civilly, and criminally against you and - your asso ciates.' .; V .. ; .. --. Declaring y that Mr. Baruch ; jwhen head of the war "Industries board had appointed a' cooperative committee on coper wlthJohn Ti Ryan-of New York, as chairman, and presidents and own ers of- copper producing plants in the United States as members, Mr. Mason charged that this yeeminittee had al lowed copper producers,; to buy .Jit 'one price and sell ,- at . another'Jje s ajso charged -that the committee,', after the war, permitted. tOO.OOD.OOO pounds- of eppper with John D. Ryan- of New Tork purchased .at' twenty-three cents a pound, to rbe 'sold backto the- produc-, ers at fifteen cents r a' pound. ' J In addition -to writing to Mr. -Mason. Mr. Baruch roten.te v liejjesientatlve Oarrettj'' . 'democrat, Tennessee. ' and Representative Huthj.. democrat, Texaa, In, his letter to Mrarret; he asked; the JTennesser member "to tot mand of Mr Mason that5 as , hvhd mad that vtatemht ?under. th ; pror tection the constitution gives the con gress he should do! either oh. of two things: He must use his utmost abil ity both as a meinhe Of ihe congress and as a private : .clU etiy to-i sea ; that I am prosecuted to. the . limit: ot-the, law if h be right and if he be wrong, he must make an apology, as full as was his charge. ; It ip, aboutltiine -that these Borgia-like , ' assassins y of character cease thir .work, .i Or accept : the' re sponsibility of . their actions.", . In hi s letter , to Mry Hudspeth, MK Baruch said he hoped "through the ac tlvltlea of you and those of yourr coK leagues, regardless of their political faiths, .who; believe In fair play to be afforded the opportunity of - branding the Charge as a vicious and aeu Derate lie in its every respect." , ,; . ANTHOM.MEASURE DIES IN DELAWARE Legislature Fails To Act Despite ; Appeals Of .Wilson And kr-- !CUhersii;1yWy-y. Dover, Dei , June 2. -Desptt the ap peal of President;. Wilson and" other na. tlonal democratlc'-and; republican lead ers for the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment, the Delaware leg Islature adjourned slnie die today with the ratification resolution still in the house committee of the' whole.to which It waa referred last Friday, t A Shortly before adjournment a motion by Representative, jLyonsy majority floor leader, to force the house Into committee of the ,whote .to consider the resolution was defeated, 24 to 10. ' The legislature was Rafted Into . spe cial session by: Governor Townsend March 22 to- ratify th, suffrage amend ment, which' action .would have .given the; women of the .nation; th right ' to vote. There- were many spirited con tests during t ihftVfen .weeks that;, the fight lasted.;,-.. .', ;;-i . ' Early In the. session the ratification resolution" waa defeated' by the" house, Undaunted - by this, set-back, suffrage leaders started" a; 'statewide campaign for -ff change of sentiment. Speakers were sent into n-early every section of th state and petitions were circulated wirglhg favorable action. ". National 'po litical . leaders ana omers tnrew their strength to the suffrage-cause and suc ceeded in bbtainingr favorable action by the senate .on May 5. y:""; -.y: :: y. y; y' .. Suffrage advocates -in the senate re fused -; to . send . the .. resolution 'to ', the house until last Friday', It was referred to committee- where it' was permitted to die Leadersyln that body opposed to suffrage today received telegrams from President Wilson urging every . demo crat in the house to vote, for the resolu tion, but": this as well as the pleas of other leaders' met -with failure. . r .y 'v.-y- - ' !-: r.'-"(:y .'';., ;i: ' ' - WOULD rASH INDICTMENTS. ' - New Tork, - June" 2.- A: motion ' - to quash the federal indictments returned last -week aeainst.the American Wool en, company. of. New, York;., the Ameri can Woolen company, of Massachusetts, ahd;W4niam'M.YWood, president of both companies, charging them , with profiteering in. sales ;of wool cloth; was argued before Judge Mack in United States district court here , today., ' Id -decision' waa .-rendered, Judge Mack i; directing opposing . counsel, Charles Evans Hughes, for th defend ants," and ""Herbert 'C. Smyther Special counsel fori the-government,yt& submit briefs net later thanynext; Tuesday;'" y ;-y .:.'; ' .- -: -.yy y yMr-; STATES-RIGHTERS : ItliliuiSMA Virtual Elimination Of Anthony ; Amendment Is1 Claimed f ' ! v y':" - 'i;As A Result. - .. .Baton; Rouge; La June SAlthough advocates of federal woman suffrage were 'unwilling to -concede final defeat of their . plans for"'puttin .'thrdurh" a Msblutioftyjlfyiiiiiig.j ....... ...u.uouv, itgniB cs up porters . claimed1 that passage In the lower' house of the Louisiana leisla. f ture today of the so-called states rights ttu jiiavuiujr equivalent to elim ination of legislation-'favorable to the federal amfendment' ' ' The vote In the hbuse onf the , Upton bill providing'for an amendment to he; state constitution . giving the right of suffrage to women -was carried 'by a vote of ninety-three to seventeen, far In excess of the necessary two-thirds majority, y-- -';(4 .r-.i- j The bill went to third reading In' tha banate and was returned to the calerf dar subject to call. It was announced that it would be brought up for action as : soon as the "necessary forty-eight hours ' have elapsed; which will be Friday.'? r. ,.:,.-:. - ; , ;.. .. . ..- -. - Whether ratification will force a vote at . an 'early date on their resolutions was not-indicated tonight. ' s. PROGRESS OF COTTON FAIRLY SATISFACTORY Cobl, Nightsy Retard Growth jn 1 Northy Carolina; y k . : Washington; Junei 2. with : the x CepUon of certain areas In the more eastern districts and -, the extreme northwestern portion of the belt, weather, conditions " during the week ending June, 1, were -more favorable forv cotton; and the crop made fairly satisfactory- progress, according to - the weekly weather . and crop- bulletin1 of th. department of agriculture. ". It was too cooi: the first part of the week in the eastern section and tod cool and wet 4n the northwest. ;y ; '"Growth -was retarded In North Carolina by , cool . .nights and ' more moisture Is needed, in that state, but a general. - improvement ; was reported from . South - Carolina, ' although i the nightswere too cool for ;b eat growth,' the," bulletin said. H ' . y ' , , ' "Plantltlg was " nearly completed In; 0fareian&i whii&prjagreas. ' .jof tha crop has 'been alrfthe v plknts4 N small and . the stands f air. Progress was fairly 'good . in Alabama, - but the drop continued " In - only ' poor to fair condition in that state while extensive replanting was reported' inyy Arkansas and . the stands .: ara generally-' good while very, good adv&noa, $ras made ir Loaisiana: Cotton, made '"Only y'pdbr growth in Oklahoma on account of de ficient -- sunshine and , wet soil, ' but grqwth was fairly j good In ,Texa$ where the condition continues J only poor to fair. Much complaint; of grassy fields was received fromyvsome, of the eastern gulf states ah weevil ire - be coming numeroua-in sbuthernyAlabama apd Georgia."' -Z- f f . j'l f.; V-. ... -i- ' . " '! -y BILL VETOED GRABTMAR BAD; i Washington, June 2. Because iof "bad grammar," President . Wilson toi day vetoed a bill to make the inters state transportation of . immoral ,motlori picture film, a felony. The President In his veto message said, the : transpor tation of ya phrase In the - bill made it air.biguous. .-. "-. ' ' ''.;..:-. '"' The house, on ; receiving the veto message conducted an ' Investigation and found that an enrolling clerk nad transposed the phrase-- The bill ,"as corrected"; by' the : President .was 're pasad by the house tonight.. ; ? DESTROYERS ORDERED gOTJTTH. ' New York. Jun 1 2.r-filx; destroyers,' now in New - York, waters,-: will leave Sunday for .duty. in. they Gulf of Mexico to ' relieve . the vessela ; sent from the Atlantic-fleet about two weeks ago-. It was announced" hre ,: today.. - The .re lief "ships will (b : -the Breckenrldge. BernadenaU Barney,- Blakely, Crown lnshield and Treble, Derby Draws Crowd Of One Mil - lioii, Not 'Counting King p : V And Queen. - London, June 2;- The derby, the blue ribbon event of the English turf, was run at Epsom Jowns today in th presence-of a. crowd-estimated to aggregate nearly-one million, ... . ' Splon Kop, owned by Major G. Loder, won the race with Lord Derby's Archaic second and Sir H.; Cunllff e-Owen's Or pheus -third, the favorites AHenby and Tetratema finished- in the ruck, .. ; In' the betting Sploh Kop -was 16 to and Archaic 10 to 1 while almost any where among ' the : layers: of odds, as hlsrh as 50 to 1, could be obtained, on Orpheus. Nineteen horses faced ' the starter. ''r: ? '.,r Z-'iZ- "'': ; ;';-' ':;";: -The attendance of King, George and Queen Mary and numerous titled per sons gave today event the name, "Tne Silk Day Derby." It was declared to have been r the . most- splendid race on the historic course in the memory of those present toaay. . y y .v Field Marshal Haig, former-Premier Asquith and Lords Derby,, Chaplin Dur ham and ' Lonsdale were among th mam? notables present. Lord Lonsdale walked1 for three miles with the crowds on their 5 way y to the- course when bis automobile brok down. , i . ' ' Thousands camped .all . night at the course .and at daybreak still thousands at 'others trooped along... the ' various 16T01 SHOMNS AT EPSOM DOWNS roads or came to the Downs In automo biles, taxlcabs and Jaunting: tears. Not withstanding the great popularity of the automobile . as a -means of . convey? ance, numerous . coaches of fours! were to be'seejr along the roadways carry ing - their gaily ,drased racing - nthuj asts to the traclc.y. ; y". ;y " ; y ,v ...-.v. ' . i - v-y:: yc y.'rr-y? ;-;1 . ', : V V. i . VETERANS APPLAUD 1 STEDMAN DEFENSE Telegraph! Thanks For Rleply To -:" Madden--Governor Bick . ett Is Heard. y r i (Special f Tfce Star.) . Fayetteville, June 2."The state re union of Confederate, veterans, assem bled in Fayettevllle, N. Cm extends to jjron its . heartfelt "thanks.. for your time ly and eloquent-speech In defense of those-Immortal patriots, Lee and Jack son, and the -other defenders of the southern : cause. - May . you long live to represent them, in the, congress of the United States This is tha' message of thanks sent by the North Carolina di vision' of United Confederate Veterans tO'MaJ. Charles M.f Stedmau represen tativo of. the. FJfth, North Carolina dis trict, . in appreciation, of - hi reply ' to Representative Madden, of Illinois. The message embodied' in a resolution passed by'fthe' division was sighed by Gen. James I Metis, George' H. Hall and George .M Rose, constituting the commtte - appointed'- for -its draft. Major' Stedman, a Confederate veteTan was 'to; have been One- of -the speakers today but was prevented '- from, being here by committee duties in Washing ton. ' : -ry " -'y.vr"y y" ;; Governor Euloaiea Xe ' "No 'cause . is lOst that" gave to the world' the character of Robert E. Lee," Governor Thomas W Bickett told - the veterans When , he addressed them this afternoon. 'A; large part- of the gover nor's speech was devoted to an elo quent eulogy of Robert E. Lee. ". More than :600' soldiers of 'the1 Con federacy marched in line- through the principal streets of Fayette vllle at 6 o'clock this ; evening -'beaded by Gen. James L Mettev division commander, the old . warriors- aroused enthusiastic cheers from spectators" who filled' the streets along the line of march and1 returned them in kind. : '. - An" Invitation from' Houston, Texas, for the veterans of the southern states to 'meet in that city In October; was laid before the division this- afternoon by Gen. Julian S. Carr and von motion of Brig Gen. W.; A. Smith, the divi sion's action on th Invitation was re ferred to General -Carr, who will con fer with General- Metts, vy The 'invita tion was forwarded from General Van Zandt. southern commander General Carr also s read a telegram' from the mayor of Milwauke inviting- all Con federate veteran .bo .rTnett-T with - th Beld..'thyere45 IH, SepterhbeK. : ;':, 4: .V.) Z'Zi iy-rf'. : HELD FOR ROBBERY OF - CAROLINA POSTOFFICE .v.. Suspect Yields Spoils y Taken New ' York; . Juna -. 2,-War ' i savings stamps - valued, at S2.T80.' f ounrd in. the possession ofWalier Murray,- arrested with eight ethers ?last -night ' when de tectives' and postal inspectors 'raided a Brooklyn, house- were Identified here to day as a part' of the loot of three banks, according to-postal. authorities . --; Murray and companions were arrest ed ' In connection with the robbery of the post office at Oxford; Furnace, N. C, on April 2. In this burglary "$30,000 in Cash, liberty bonds- and war savings stamps were stolen - but the -stamps found on Murray were not of the same serial numbers ' . 1 - ; : Some of the. stamps taken from Mur ray, according to the postal authorities, are - of the same seTial number " as a .block : stolen fromr the Bank of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee,1 on May fifth when robbers took $27,000 in Cash and se curities. Others, were identified as hav ing' been' stolen from-the' W. A.' Higgenr botham bank' at-' Victor, N. 1 .Y..' 4 two weeks ago,, along?-with $18,000 cash and liberty bonds and ' stlli others; bear the same serial numbers .' as'- stamps- taken thre weeks ago from the Trumans burg State bank, of Trumanaburg, N. Y - The arrests was theculmination' of'a two-months' r chase through ': several states in which trtvatef detectives, po lice and postal inspectors participated.; KILBANE OUTPOINTED BY BALTIMORE BOY Young Andy - Chaney Is Given Newspaper Decision, l Philadelptria, June ; 2. -Young Andy Chaney, of ' Baltimore, according to sport writers, outfought Johnny Kilr bane, featherweight champion, in an eight-round bout' here tonigh. Chaney bad ' the ' advantage ' of y the first - six rounds, the , sexenth was even while Kilbane took the eighth. , .The champion -was rn the defensive most of the time and at one point the referee warned him agalnat holding, y Jack Briston, welterweight cham pion, defeated Young Joe Borrell, Phil adelphia. In a hard eight-round fighc Brttton won all. the .way. Kddie : Fitzslmmons, New York, ,: beat Pal .Moran, New : Orleans; . and .Harry Greb. Pittsburgh, - defeated Clary Turner, St. .Paiil In other eight - round bouts. ;- : '-,, .- ' t ., '; y ..y. ; - Johnny Murray New. York, defeated Artie Root. Cleveland the referee stop ping: the bout in s the. fifth round after Murray-had knocked Rdot down three times. .The fight wae scheduled for six rounds.".,', '-t:'? 1''.1;? ' - " : . TWO UMPIRES SIGNED. , Durham June 2 -Putting into op eration .the decision of Piedmont base ball league- directors 'to ' Inaugurate the dual-umplra vsystem? President " W. G. ; Bramham tonight, i announced the signing of Umpires George Tandy "and Joe Ferguson. LThey will work with Umpires Ammon, . Lohr,A y Clarke and Brauer . who are, already in servica. ' irVAIIVi TS'bT1 . 1117 MrwT AW ' - - Raleigh. June' 2.-W. A Myatt. well known Raleigh merchant.' went on trial In United States district court to day on the charge of profiteering in sugar which he sold for fourteen cents a pound on December 22 and. 23 1919, nearly ' all the "principal witnesses' on both sides testifying, y . . ' y y v r-v -- ''--: ryy ":'r :. '- HOMER CUMHIHGS ; CASUAL CALLER IN REPUBLICAN CAMR Visit Of Democratic Chairman! Helps To Enliven Commit tee Hearing; ' KANSAS CITY DISTRICT LOSES OUT ENTIRELY Situation ; There . Disgraceful ; Committee Agrees, Barring - Both Delegations. SPROUL IS INDORSED, PENROSE CONSENTING Philadelphia, June ' a The Penn sylvania delegation the republican national convention today, nnanl mouBly indorsed Governor Wm. C Sproal X or the presidential aomlna-i tlon and pledged Its . support. This was done-at . a caucus of the delegation after the , governor ' had protested against the delegates tak ing any formal action as a 'unit and after he had announced that his name "would be ; presented to th convention. . ,'.: '- . . ' .'-- Former Congressman J. Hampton Moore, mayor of Philadelphia, will, according . to present y plans, make the nominating speech. ; ' ;' : Governor Sproul ' announced he had a long talk ' earlier in the day with Senator. . Penrose, who is ill,' and that i the senator had expressed ' a . wish . for harmony . , and . would stand, strongly behind , any ., action, the (eancas might , take He added that Senator Penrose . said r he r ex-, peeted to go to Chicago. ; Privately . some of the leaders; who are, in a position to know the' senator's con- i dltlon, expressed the belief that at -,the . last moment- the Pennaylvantsr leader will not go to the convention city. - . "-t-. o; ,.y...--... - .; , Cfflcago,f June 2.Tha' republican na tional committee'shearing .of contests ,' ' today was enlivened5 by some" hotly de 1bisd''iA'BM f; Itoir&aummUigjuchairTOan, of the : democratic natiouaJi .committee. 'Mr Cummlags- availing himself, ,. ptut tha-, , open session, visited .the- hearing room where he became, the ' center of good . natured r reception " 'which almost drowned out the proceedings. He was photographed with Republican Chair-. man Hays and looked over the coliseum, - for ideas to take to San Francisco. .' ' v . : . In its day's work on the contests, th committee threw out both sets of dele gates, which aaked seat for;- the fifth : j congressional -district -of ' Missouri, th , Kansas ; CIty district. . A '. fierce ' and heated controversy was aired In a long hearing. ':' '. ' . ..' .-, J '" .' ; ' Johnson' Scores 'Victory :; , Deciding the 'first case affecting th strength of Senator Johnson' forces la ¬ the convention, th committee, on a roll call, voted to. seat4-the delegates from ' th tenth- Minnesota district.' who are ' uninstruoted but counted as favorabla to the .candidacy pf the California sen ator. The defeated delegation waa pledged to the candidacy of General Wood. Z- ;-.-,r!y, '.-' ' y " ' In. the Mississippi- contests, th com- mittee decided .to seat the delegate at man Mulvlhlll, but did not . decide on ' the contests from. the eighth congres-' , sional district because it was neces- sary- to have; a sub-committee look 'over the proofs. ; In ; the -Louisiana contesta ' the committee voted, to' seat th: ofl!U daily reported delegation headed. by National Committeeman E . Mil Kun ts or - wew. . uneans, wnicn . waa .; unin structed. but- claimed . for "'th Wood forces, and. In part by th Lowden man- ageTs., ..'-. ,yv; .i .;, , ,y y. The contest -from'' the fourth .Missouri . district y was . quickly disposed .of ;, by seating the regulaity reported delega- - tion, unmstructed but . claimed by tha Wood forces, y One, of the contestants . John Albus, of St. Joseph, "who ..was mentioned in testimony. before the sen at committee as having been paid 12. t 000 from the Louden campaign fund, did not appear, to, press his case. . , The real sensational .fight of th day "' came on the contest irom, the Kansas) City district, '.. . which the ycommitte finally , solved by refusing to seat, any-' ' Doay. cnarges.or "strong-arm". poll tlcs,y meetings,: broken ,up by mustard gas bombs, ,, women; intimidated by negroes and gag rule, flew; thick and fast. Committeemen ... denounced th situation in the district as .-"disgraceful '. ands tainted, with .fraud,", and after voting down by "a close vote a motion' to s-seat the. . regularly reported dele gate, Robert J. Flick and J; L. Martin, ' decided to seat none of the parties.' : This action reduced the -total number . of votes in the convention from 9S4 to ' 982 and- fumished-'fh--first case In which a . district " will be left without representation' ' a-'H. -t : , , r The net results, of "the day's work wer to bring the number, of contest ' : disposed of -up to" thirty-two out of the . 127 filed. The Georgia and Florida case continued to hangflre in sub-commit- -tee and" there-was a- disposition . evi denced -in the tiill 'committee -meetings" v today to .check-the practice of refer ring disputes rather than having the . . national committee ; decide them first- ; hand. There -was some-' discussion on the subject," Jbut no further references . to sub-committees i were, made : later In the day and when the t session ad- . Journed until 9 .o'clock- tomorrow morn ing the list of cases In sub-committee had tbeen supplemented by the refer- , entf'e of 'the eight t congressional dis- ' tticts of- Mississippi where the regu larity of the district convention call 1 to; be determined. :v-., -'. .v.-..;.y-.r- . Chairman Hays had a brief confer- -ence . today "with Lieutenant Colonel '; Theodore Roosevelt, who 'visited the , committee. rt-om-and ave out a stat ' ment reiterating his support 6t . Qen- eral Wood's , candidacy. ,: - , :-;yy Z "sz I V if .
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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