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3, The Weather 7? Fair weather and mild temperature Tuesday and Wednesday.: River stage at FayettevIHe yeeter day 18.5 feet, falling. .' i" . t'-tA ."ti 7 JvfiNV k Complete Service ' O OfTIie. Associated Press , ? c : v? 1 - ' VOL. CHI. No. 160.1 0L$mGty 8, 1920. V OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. '-tf-- I. . lli h t'fx CONCEDES DEFEAT;! OTHERS C01TOE11T ner Headquarters r Claims Lead Over Morrison Of 2,552 Votes. r rflARLOTTE MAINTAINS That Official Count Will Clear Show Small Margin, In Any Case. GARDNER TAKES LEAD; Raleigh. June 7.-OfflclaV and un- ..ioi returns irom i.ius i i ' precincts In North Carolina . tha state primary held Saturday, 1 1 0 Max Gardner 42,216 for; the ; .hernatorial nomination, Cameron ?.u.Jln 39.165 and Robert N. Page, ,hn today conceded, elimination, 27, server. ni v'- ; The secona pruj Complete reiuius'iiwm vo fourteen counties in the First district Live Representative John H. Small j 200 and Hallett H. ' Ward ; 4,570. missing counties vv v.- Al , . 4 pected to cnange rwmiiw rUlly- . . . ! -'v ' T.' Complete returns irom ion oi w thirteen counties in the Seventh- dls-, trict give District Attorney Hammer jl; Walter Brock 4.713; J. CM Vain 3.H2. Hammer- and. Brock till enter a second primary. .,' A. L. Bulwinkle continues tolead with Judge W. B. Council second in the Ninth district. 7 . "" 77.7 7 ! Statements from I the 7head- auarters of the three candidates for the gubernatorial nomination have been received by The Star. Charles Ross, campaign man ager for Mr. Page, admits the elimination of his ; candidate I from the race. y&t A statement from1 Morrison headquarters claims a sligni lead over Mr. Gardner, "after a careful study of figures from a . . . m . i ' A! 'J Majority 01 me counties anu with information from nearly all of the counties. Gardner headquarters at Shel by offer the claim that -forty counties show a Gardner plural ity or majority (out of eighty one in hand): that thirty-six have gone for Morrison; that Gardner's lead at the present count is 2,552 votes. Mr. Gardner, Incidentally, is claiming the Page vote for the second primary. A brother and a nephew of Robert N. Page, his headquarters announces, have wired assurances of support. The statement credits Mr. Gardner 'with the positive claim that Mr. Morrison's full strength was polled in the first race. , The Morrison statement expressed assurance that the official count would give him a plurality in Saturday's pri- Raleigh, June 7. Official and unoffi cial returns from Saturday's state-wide Primary in North Carolina compiled by The News and Observer for the guber natorial nomination give:, . ...'.. Gardner, 37,139; Morrison, 35,412; 'ge, 23,674. "While the returns from the primary e J-et incomplete they are sufficiently io convince me that Mr. Page has wen eliminated from the contest," de wed Charles Ross, campaign mana- for former Congressman Robert N. ge, one of the three contestants In "e state primary for the democratic Senatorial nomination, In' a state ment issued tonight ' ' ' Charlotto TimA t - i .4 i. 1 uunc i. umyieiB returns 'tOm Sixtpen J i... wurns from Pied by The Charlotte Observer, . give governor Morrison. 40,066; Gardner, 39,229: Z4.0S3 votes in last Saturday's tabulation does not include coun iateP0rtins only majorities' or esti- PEjXSYLVAMA FOR SPROUXj ' : TO THE END, SAYS ' LEADER icfe0, June 7 Governor SprouV la sifted Mi r',-le rrr President with the un Ania , 01 me enure jfennsyi- m .sauon to the end and with ""i anv . . . -:r "- Schejf;: ",ttI8 8aw Attorney- General hefter 1 rV B1,a A""y . ueneraj atl' . ? Pennsylvania, in 'a state- p. '6ll. PointedSteh6rin& comm"se of ten ;ap "nder , the Pennsylvania, f caucus erburv L lrmanah,I of W. W- At-J 0ut its ni 1 nuaaeiphla. today mapped th dei.p.,." of carnpaign. .Leaders in three w on 8a5d they sxpected . the llorif a"f caniidates to get into , a e,egate that on the, break many ''J01, Spr0uj0U ewin ..-.pTerto -p0.vJ f chairiT!tn Ylth J- Leonard Replogle " v-41 j l h. nnvriTYi I r r aa gr ls com V. a88l8t it. Others on Csarle, "f1118, are: G. 1,1 S. Oliver, Georee w chwab. Wm. K., Corey. cher. ' PeDper' and :. T.' Mr Schu- BANKERS GATHER AT ROCKY MOUNT IJ Twenty-Fourth Annual Session CalledTb Order By Presi dent Ramsey. . r Rocky.: Mpunt, June- TTh jLvrenty fourth annual convention of 'the North Carolina Bankers' association grot un der way tonight, When President Joseph B. Ramsey called the initial session lo order in the Ricks hotel ballroom at 9 q'clock,1Just one, hour behind the sched uled time. :As one visiting: banker put it, however, 'the members of. the associ, atlon had. to, ha, ve supper and load up on enthusiasm before the session open ed and that partly explained the delay of the. initial : meeting The session to night, t after? invocation had , been of fered by Rev, J. F. E. Bates, pastor of the First' Methodist .church, . proved primarily a get-together affair and welcoming treat, in which Mayor T. T. Thome , for the city r and ;- Hon. F. S. Spruill In behalf of the. V associated banks Of the city vied with each other in seeing, "which could extend the more royal glad hand , to the" vlsltOrsV some 300 in-number.- .'.- - V-:-.: - . i .j . -;, This ; number. , however is being in creased rapidly as: additional bankers pour into the city, on every , train, and by tomorrow morning,, when the formal business sessions get under; way; it is expected that j between five and '600 bankers from all sections of the state will be In attendance. ,-' 5 w ; In addition ; to the speeches 'of wel come tonight, which were responded to by J.' El wood Cor, - president of ; the Commercial National . bank of High Point, who responded In behalf of the bankers,, the session was featured by the annual address of President Ram sey, who dellyered a strong speech on present day issues as the concluding event of the program. After the buei nees ? session the visitors were inter tained at a reception tendered by Pres ident and. Mr Ramsey and later an Informal dance in the Ricks bajlroom. WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO BLOCK PICKETING Mayor Thompson Tells 'Em To Go. As" Far As They Like. : ... Chicago, June 7.-r-Picketlhg of the convention' by '.the ' National Woman's party promiees to be serene. - Hopes of some that: the Chicago police would In terfere with, the demonstration. were dashed tPay.henMayorhompsonts. office f announced -"that the -a women -4taighl picket - wlUvirvTeBtativie -pla already had been made by .the-pickets for -their defense. -..:.. - Mrs. AlSby &tX iBaker'j ind CMisji Doris Stevens spent today urging; va rious presidential ? pos'sib pities i jto I aid them hy ' requesting the , governors of Vermont and Connecticut. to Ncall spec-J lax sessions ortneir legislatures to pass on the; suffrage . amendment. - Governor Sproui; of Pennsylvania promised to get in touch with the governor, of Ver mont by telephone or telegraph) and press him, for a : special " session. The governor's headquarters said tonight that all attempts, to reach the Ver mont executive .-. had 'j- failed .but; that they rere -still trying. . " . ' " ; ;5"'-' The first pickets,, of whom there will be - about one-, hundred 'and fifty, all carrying banners will take, places along the sidewalk in front of the cdllseum shortly after . nine " o'clock; 'tqmorrow morning. Plans'- are.' Alice Paul, com mander of the forces said, to make. the coliseum picketing - as much like the white house picketing of the past as possible. Thr -pickets will simply dis play their . banners . and say nothing to anyone. Picketing will.- continue through.' the convention, sessions. . :.,., i'.The problem of financing the picket ing, which has been bothering suffrage leaders was solved today when Mrs. C B. Wood ;and Mrs. H. X Havemeyer, who havef been 'prominent In 'suffrags work in the east, . contributed 1,000 and $500 each, .respectively to ex penses, -'i -:..'" ,.:'. .', "; ";'.'. - -.' " "-' ' ' A.' committee of the republican sec tion: of the national association op posed to V woman" suffrage, headed by Mrs. Horace Brock; of r Pennsylvania, todayr arranged for.' a hearing "hef ore a: special' committee-; relative. Cto the granting of -representation to 'women on the republican national committee. PROMISES TO END : STRIKE OF CLERKS Will Be' Called; Off, I Fitzgerald :, Tells .Washington. M , - Washington,- June 7. Strike of rail way clerks of the Central of Georgia and neighboring southern railways will be called off today or tomorrow, the department of labor was advlse4 today by E. H. Pitagerald,' grand" president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. ; president Fitsgerald" and Dr.r C.! P. Neill,' of the : Railway General Mana gers association,; were : appointed aast week by the .railroad' labor . board to adjust' the Strike and' President ' Fitz gerald is expected to arrive in Atlanta today to discuss the situation with J. W. Bridwell, acting as mediator for the bureau . of conciliation of 1 the , depart ment of labor. ,-,: -r.' i"; : In a report received today by the de partment, of. labor from BridweU.4 the strike ' was characterized as - "unau thorized and illegal.". Clerks ' of all the railroads excepting-the Central v-of Georgia were reported returning to work, i Vice-President Downea, : of. the Central of GeorgIar it was' saldr was ref using f to ' reinstate striking railway clerks on grounds that the strike was illegal - and the positions of .t the' strik ers, had beenr filled in numerous cases. The department said that oA the oth er hand Grand Vice-President Nelson, of the Brotherhood' of Railroad Clerks, denied having : authorized the;;strike. ' v "The real Issue . at this" writing," Bridwell , stated; "Is the - reinstatement of the clerks of the Central of Georgia without -discrimination "and the estab lishment of ' Working conditions: , : These 4 dimcultles, "the department said, are expected to be ironed but by the conference between Bridwell and President Fitzgerald. - - ' " ' prof rrnu &m demed valid BY HIGHEST COURT Decision Is. Regarded As Death , Blow To Hopes Of The v . !--.; .'."Wets." , ; - ' - . Washington, June " ' 7. The prohibition "amendment . and the enforcement .iactwere held con- i.Jl.-l! ... I I ' I 1 " 'r '" - - Bumuonai Dy me supreme court today in a unanimous decision.: : While attorneys for the inter ests attackingk the two measures were granted .permission: to. file motions for; rehearings, . the de I cision was regarded generally as striking a death blow to the wets.'' ' . The .court's opinion; rendered by -Justice Vandervanter, was sweeping. 5; It held that the amendment not only came within the amending power conferred by the federal , constitution, but r that it was lawfully proposed and now"' was the law- of-the land. 'While recognis ing,' that "congress has . limitations in respect' to the enforcement of laws re garding' beverages, the court held those limits were not transcended, in the ren-actment- of . the enforcement act ' re stricting alcoholic . contents . of intoxi cants to one-half .of '.one, per cent. -? While- New York New Jersey and Wisconsin acts permitting, manufacture and sale of beverages of more than one half of one .per cent alcoholto content were not . directly involved, the decision was " Interpreted as invalidating them. The court said -the first section of the amendment of its pwn ; force 'Invali dates , any legislative act whether by congress, -by ' a state legislature or 'Joy a . territorial assembly- which5; authors ised or sanctions what the section, pro- Concprreht .ppwer granted -by the amendment to federal and state gov ernments tor" enforce . prohibition, - the court further held, ' "does hot .enable congress . orV. the ' several ' states to I de feat .or thwart prohibition but only to enforce it by appropriate means-" , , . The,,. decision of- the eoHrt '-was set forth inv'.leven;whclusIots,f covering seveh separate pr0ceedIn;These. Ah.amriKVrltti. r t t tWttjti. alii.. brought h tha state" . Rhode IsTanrt? pTvaedlngS;:.' included., original. lt" 4x l'x w.Lrif-i:i af the; amendment. ; WTflle agreeiag: as" to the validity: pf the; 'amendment' and . 'enforcement act, Jultlces McKenna anrd. Clarke dissentr edfrom -the :;majority interpretation iof the; concurrent ower . of ; federal; ' and state governmentto enforce sprohibb' tion. . Chief Justice White held that the '-courj should- set f drth -the", reason for Its deisionv.:aHe did, this, in ;a sup plemental opinionH-vvV:; :-u , Jvstice MdReynolds -in a' brief state ment i deolared fhe .was of the. opinion that; it"-was impossible vto say at; this time what construction should be given to the 'a'mendmeni.V He . added thati'be cause - of - the bewilderment which the amendment;' createaVtia preferred to remain- frea ,to" conflict, the multitude of t questions which vj ,111 "ine vitably arise and 'demand soluto.'::.i':.':';, The decision? let at rest ; contentions previously laid 1 before the , court' that the- amendment .could -not . affect alco- holc : liquors ' manufactured prior ; to January 16'. when: the amendment be came effective. The court held that the amendment applied to such; liquors the same as any produced after -.that. time, i Regarding arguments to' the effect that a state . having constitutional ref erendum "provisions dould' , not 1 have been said to have ratified the amend ment until it had been submitted ? to the voters,- the court cited its opinion rendered .last Monday ia the Ohio ref erendum cases in which It held that such referendum provisions :.. jlo ; not apply to-the federal: amendments' Only one prohibition case bf impor tance remains undecided.- It .is: ah ap peal from NeW York involving thb coni stitutionallty of 1 portions of the; en f orcement act prohibiting storage: In warehouses ' of intoxicating liquors de argued this spying but : with the court's signed for personal use, -The case, was adjournment today for the summer can not be decided before October at the earliest. -- ' . , , ,.t , Pewder I County .' ' -V - i ', (Special to The Star.) , j. -4 Burgaw,- June 7.-The election -results in Pender county, are as; follows; Page, 0; Gardener,. 26; Morrison;: 215.; For United "States senate. Overman, "767; Brooks, V'68.:; for, I lieutenant ' governor. Cooper, 14 and ;, Harding 224. In the vote - f or ( congress, Brinson ; drew; 582 and JAbernethy ; 210. , For ; judgeship, Ricaud, 435f;Craitmen 420: ; X . The' result bf the election 'for' county officers give for" senate: ;W. A. Brown, 894; J. A.' Burriette,80S; B. A. Hawes, Jr., '289: For house of 'representatives. Dr. lira. Brown, '410i L. M. Johnson, 5041 For sheriff, R. T." Murray; 604 1 Farrior, 357; Zibelln,, 0. r For register of , deeds, JW Ci Carr; 624 Anderson, '298.; -- For county commissioners,' Jim Henry,r;i493: Rochelle, -405; RIvehbark, 486; C. - D. MUrphy, '468J' King, 463;' George Pow ers, 61.-' ; . UFOLIETTB UNDER KNIFE. ; ? Rochester, : Minn;,' June ' 7. Senator Robert M. 1 LaFollette, . of Wisconsin, was operated upon at St; Mary's hos pital here," today for. -removal ; of - the gall", sac. ? They' .operation " was success ful, according. 1 to aftnouncement . made by s surgeoristut ;it Was1, mora ..serious than : anticipated.? :v,: ;u-rj wT'-"" . An bfflclal; balletin. issued. aftrerrthe operation : said," Senator. ' LaFollette's conditions is i'g9od,ahdi.he .. is - resting :ir:?''':'iv fi,; ' i '.. t-A. Jf;.--. -.. ..1 , v! ''ti'''yK WOODROW . WILSON, Ij.'. Ij, J. - : : T: Atlanta,;.,; G a... .June ;. 7Oglethorpe JJni versity .conferred , first ;degree. 51 that o-f . doctor of laws, upon Woodrow; Will son, president iOf the" IJni ted; States, at theA flrs.t :coniniencement:,,exerci8es; of the university yesterday. PERSIffilG DECIDES -TO LEAVE SERVICE illliODHCES DESIRE Letter To Secretary Baker Jndi : cates Wish For "More Ac- -:. -y -tiYeV Work. - 1 . :; 'Washington, June Ty-General Pershing will retire;f rom' active service within a few months". , He announced his intention today in ; a letter : to 1 Secretary Baker. y? , The commander of the Ameri can expeditionary -forces deelar- ed that he felt he could give tip his military .. duties without im pairment "of the, service and "thusi.be' free to" engage in some thing more active." -- . r-. . The"; general ' did; not indicate the nature of his future' activi- General " Pershing assured Secretary Bakerythat ' he ; -.would .remain in the service until': work 'involved In 'the carrying, out vbff the " arniy , reorganiza tion act ; was - completed.;;;- .i;:w; ';?-;-; . He gave the v added - assurance , that In any future crisis he would-be at the call of the nation. ? v ,15 r- . - The general's-letter! to Secretary I Baker jva made- pobllc by Colonel - J. t. vjueKemeyer,i nis , aiae. . it follows; "Dear Mr Secretary :; 3 :-'i'-VRefetripg:toAour.;jbbnVersatioa jof'.a few days ago, I wish to say that -It has long been my desire to return to : civil life. - Throughout;' my military: career J. have been much '.occupied - and the as signments that have fallen to fmy. lot during.: recent years have been more or less Important. , ' "If now. appears: that my duties are not likely to .be ' of. a' character that wIU require more than :a portion of my time. Under the; "circumstances, I; feel that af tenth completion ;of the - work contemplated by vthe army reorganiza tion act, I . could relinquish ,' military dutjr v without detriment-tp the service ahd.thu. be. free ? to "engage ;in ' sbmer thintr more active.- r--y-' V'-"-'. L vTheY"gfQre, upJgS.s aitvatioii fhbil4 -divelon.. to : Justify my- - remaining- 1 . J'ShoUld htf- necessity 5 arise in i; ;a time of crisis; or otherwise. I assure you ,Mr., Secretary that X ahall stand ready to serve my country In the -f u ture aVi:.hive: iii-'the .past.rK.l n "With; gjeat respect 'and high es teem, I 'remain very sincerely,-r'l r ' f -r ' "JOHN J. PERSHING." PANIC-STRICKEN "STEERS V ! ptUNGE INTO THE SEA Hundreds' Become Prey Of Huh- ry" Sharks";' : Havana '-June 7. Hundreds "of fine steers' stampeded on- board the -American .steamer St Charles-outslde" of HaT vana harbor Saturday 'afternoon - and after "creating a""panlc on ' board" the ship, plunged Into the sea where they became -theprey-of- the'-sharks, Vwhich infest the waters off Moro Castle. -Except for a comparative few; that swam ashore and are ; now wandering"-about in the suburbs of this city. aU the 00 steers on the St. Charles are believed to have perished. "T .' ' ;" : .Sanitary "officers who ' Inspected, the vessel s on her . arrival Saturday ; were alarmed -. when they- found : 230 .steers dead in- the hold of the ship. To avoid possible danger! to ' the;peopl& of ; the city, they ordered ; the -captain of ' the St. Charles to put out to sea and throw pverboar'd the $ carcasses f of the cattle that had died.4 While the crew Vwas en gaged in this onerous . task, the, steers on ' board .'became ; j" stampeded,;-broke downi their; corrals iana ran " amuck. Frightened animals ranup the decks and . plunged ' . overboard,,, where. . the tigers: of the,deep"were awaiting them. Four were seen to strike the water al most simultaneously and In an instant they were -dragged beneath the surface, only a.-trail 1 of ".blood telllngrof; their fate. .t '' ;;. .':;' ;-?-Tugs Were sent out to the St. Charles and , found; the -crew virtually on ; the rocks near thelharbor entrance, -but it was . at last ..brought . Into port It :is reported only fifty, carcasses have;een removed ffom the ship and harbor, au thorities are finding, much difficulty in securing men. to .enter the -hold. of the Steamer, to. complete the task, of clean ing the St-t, Charles of : its menacing cargo.: v"4'';:;i j'.r;- fl'ji: f.'.:"' . 1 . - 11 .". 1 1 "MY'sri- : PEERLESS CWE. IS PLEASING . . . : ...i.;,TP TO. "A CERTAIN.. POINT. .i v ; 1 '. '' ',. ' ; ; ' - yy "". ' Chicago,, June ' 7.- Less than - an : hour after the supreme 6urt;handed -down the : prohibitlonr decision, a todayiWU liam J.' Bryan was delivering a speech about it to. batteryf 'moyle machines. ; T, he camera-men fouudHhe- ap3stle of prohibition,, and democracy sin a hotel' lobby:; and .immediately began, to "shoo t" wii: t i : y 'riy y i ; y y "Talk, v say, something, Mr. Bryan " urged one of 'the movie men. "A little pep, a J ittle, action ; please.. -J, ',, V f i; "Ahi ;f gentjemen"; responded J the peerless one!, graciously and with ges tures; am much gratified-at the su preme court's; decision, today, although It .'was not unexpected.?. . . , j-c'CvA' irP ;;"the :movie:;.men,' 'snuff,',"', and they scampered " onT.Vleav lng.Bryan..ln. th middle, of .a smile and his arm suspended ;in,' the- midst vof yt.'i A ND IDATE 3 - SWAP! GALw'itK y Chicago, June,; lGovernor ,. Lowden exchanged visits today with candidates for . the ' Presidential nomination.' Call ing' first on Major General -Wood,': he visited- headquarters.: Jon .."Presidential Row." .General ;Wood;later . returned-the governor's call and "stopped in to-shake hands with- the other candidates. ' C01IVE1ITI0W-EVE RALLY DEVELOPS v ; J0igyAfI0 Califorrtian HaThe Crowiwith i ; Him flhieCohyention .-J', 7,.; - Address. 4 i -Chicag6j rJuneu7--Ata! convention eve popular, rally tonight, Senator Hi ram, Johnson , .declared, the republican party: must hot rhide or skulk"! on the treaty issue and must see that li. goes before the-.country .'this : year "With rclean ;'hihds! ;rrf-', ?! "H-f , , Speaking - to a capacity, audience in the! big auditorium .where the 1916 pro gressive national .convention-was held, the: candidate kept his hearers cheering repeatedly as he , rapped he '"servile press", and the: republican leaders'who, he said, wanted to make the' party; "a party for the few." Some of. these men, he declared,, "are In the saddle all over the country and are; today- In evidence in the city;, of Chicago." His demand for" repeal of, war - laws was loudly cheered. Another ..whoop went, up .when; he .said, the "big; profi teer", had .escaped punishment-through lack of administration 'effort in execut ing the law: . v yy'.i . . Ear-splitting" cheers greeted Senators Johnson; and Borah as they walked to the" center of the stage:-. After the Cheering had lasted seven minutes, the band played . the" Star-Spangled; Banner and' then there was a mixture of cheer ing, and band selectlbns which:had cov ered 'fifteen minutes "more whew Sena tor Johnson was introduced - by A. D. Lasker, of Chicago. Cheering continued In some parts of 4;he theater during the brief Introduction speech.- i : x ' . ; , -A'Tribnte to BoTab" "';- ?. In opening his - address. . Senator Johnson paid'; a ' tribute ; to Senator Borah who he said;, had p 1 6 neere d tjh e way "in- the1, campaign for the policies they' represented."-:,fv:;iS":;::;--.. 4; ..-Cheers frequently' Interrupted, the California: candidate and he apparently fried "to: hold .down demonstration j to proceed wlthr his remarks.- - ! The ;meeting was; punctuated with flashes of llahtnlnsr and claDS.of thun- -der wafted Iiy on an ; evening-7 storm off the lake. The downpour washed, some of , the overflow meeting away from the front of; the theatre, but about half of it stuck through It all and when' the shower passed- over the ; others'; re turned.: ;;;-";;-;;v:-;;;vf?;;: yy (yyy ; Declaring' the radicals of today were the conservatives off tomorrow. Senator Johnson harked back to '.his defection from thB party inir 1912'and-' toidhfs audience he remairfcdv"th"e same -raah,"-proclaimtng the alae doctrines the , ifrhati which preacedvandf or which we" Were' bondemried in tailFand J.916," he: said, "has "been'" accomplished all . over the" country. I havelearned that ; the radical of today s the- con servative of tomorrow and tyhat seem ed , radical .eight -years ago-now:;seems J t.n.'ii(-Vnf J'vrw-HttU -ivitiniianpa - r i "But ;what; I want you., to ,.KPow ;is, that: I am the 'same maw I was elht years ag0..Ite Just the same 'man T was four, years, ago. ?Tm standing here to night preaching the-s'siWe'jdoctrtne of humanity "arid'" Americanism, vr that -I preached ' then; 'and - rm' -preaching" it now rand - I . -alwayai have lr preached ;Jt without a limit br compromise." tvt-:.' r ' r Af I Right,-? ! Says Crowd yyy - "Tbu're 'all right, you're air right,; was shouted from the galleries until he said he - "pleaded guilty" - to S being ; a radical if that is one who.a advocates eijual rights 'and justice, -v--" ' 'Knock 'em : dead. . Hiram" a voice shouted - w..,--ir,.,-'-- Departing from his text. Senator Johnson said that in considering the league covenant : the ? people now are called upon "to deal "With thls specific contract." He added that he was glad the opportunity and time had come for the ' people'- to speak their wlll.s y " ; Declaring his opposition to A'the- pres ent covenant,"-of the league of na tions,: Senator : Johnson added: - . ;:;. ' ."Reservations, are urged as pur pro tection' arid .safeguard.iRemember 'that waen. you once assume the obligation and then sit inisecrecyvej .n iv. reservations wiuye 1T;,A , effect. The way toavoia.tne pinaiis 01 European and Asiatic diplomacy -is to atay, out; of; this; thing! entirely. There is. a material aspect. also, In the league proposaL . . - " y- '.: .'"';' " - ' . . 'We have loaned Europe ' 10, 000,000, -000," he said, "and forgiven, them the interAAt. And TSurope offers us a part- nerahlp.'Mts - eharm -is -not-so- -obvious from - an American . stanapoinct -uniess, owing ! us SIO.000,000,000 , they ' will sit' in secrecy in; Geneva 'and takeeight votes W.your one in determining -what you; will do with what ; youiye ,got.V -'Jeers and", hoots greeted the .; state- ment. ?. r ; i -., ;-" . -;- V '5 V ' - GnUford Complete": ' Greensboro, June 7. Complete official returns ; for .Guilford .county s compiled tonlghtilve, the following results: - s For governor,! Page, 1,298; Gardner, 692;; Morrison, 497. .; 1 '. .-. ; v,.;;" For: senator, Brooks,: 1,245; Overman, 1 187. - , " 'V y . ; '' ; For lleutenantf governor, Cooper 1. 4i0; Harding, 780. -m-'i; -For state auditor. Cook, 696; Wood i.v - 453 Durham,' 391 ; McDonald. 358; Bayd5o:-7 " For state' treasurer,-Lcy,. x.aoa; jvn frOW,7264. '-'-V ""'" V - -v.-.1-.- For commissioner ' of agriculture, nrah Am? 1 J& 3 4 i Thompson, . S4 9. ". . ' : For commissioner of labor and print-- Ing,1 Shipman, - l.4as ; .ueuiuger, o. ; ... - - For . Commissioner: v of " insurance, Wade 1,285; McCIenaghan. 192 ; Under. wood;-'5is4 -';' . 'yy- 1 For ' associate justices of ; supreme court, Hbkerl174; Iong,? 1,210; Adams, 666; Stacy, 399; Gulon.- 280," Rouse, 209; Guiiy:i 216. :-; yyyy- n -?y : The '"republican ; Presidential ' prefer eritlar primary vote Is Johnson, ' 548; wood," si.-! '.'-,:' yyyy?yi-iyf:-. - rf..:;: 1 " " X ;: r- EXPLOSION FATAL K i-' Akrbn, - O., June 7.--Two men were reported killed and 'a dosen' others in ured this mornig when -a tanlt'Of ben xoi' exploded' izi the ? spreader' room at the Mason Tire and Rubber, company at Kent,ritwblve:mlies from, here;; sFIre which caused .the explosion, was con fined ' to the spteader" room. 3 it is said. One-' Akron' fire4 company4 responded ,to an appeal for aid. , UNCERTAINTY MARKS I ;:-:RICANS J&ANS; y CONVENTION AT REPORT PROGRESS -. OUT IJ Leaders Of ' AH Factions Profess To See Harmonious Set-. tlement Ahead. '' ? , Chicago, June . 7-Republicah ; Plat forni .builders . reported', substantial progress, today on : tentative drafts with, promise of quick action toy the resolutions committee as a result of preliminary work. ''- rQup . differences remained, but leaders of all factions said there were higher hopes" of an entire" "harmony" platformafter the planks, are smooth ed and the shavings Wept out in com mittee." : : ( ' , .The league-of nations nlank contfn ued today to engross several groups of the. voluntary platform construction Corps. Another difference loomed over labor , policies, -' including - demands for maoraing . anti-strike ., and similar leg Islation. Settlements of both ; how ever, were predicted. W y.-" t1" ' The supreme court's; decislonV on pro- moiuon Drpugnt rorth - renewed ; dls cussion of a prohibition ; plank. Pro hibition advocajtes ,; were planning ' to urge a. strong enforcement h planks with a .declaration " against vany "beer ' and wine" -,- amendments ; of -the - Volstead law. Many, party leaders,; however, are disposed to keep. the platform silent on prohibition with the possible exception of a strong , "law, enforcement" plank wntcn could be construed ,to cover pro-' hibitiouvy-. yy.f'. ;yv;-yi: y : ; .:. v-Werlt ? Many ; Hur J ' t: v' 7 Both factions in the- treaty: dispute worked many ! hours today, wltn . the hope of leaders that solutions partially, if jiot entirely satisfactory v .1 all, would-be found. V One" suggestion was addition o the tlndiina plank, which is. the ground, work of ; thedraf ting, of clauses -declaring' f or ra worjd. '.tribunal for Cohcillatlb'n aridT'settfement of, ln tetnational disputes; : :. , . i ' -" C The jesolatton 'committee Ja 'expected to begorMmorrqj-i; soor.; affef the cbnventi9n'sfisi8j 'pn on Hmitedi bearings! to ;many, 'gupa! here to pre sent-their views on. numerous;' ques-. ubns'';,:''.,;; ; y(xy,' i i yy., ' .Committee members' Were chosen: in the. state caucuses today with virtually all .leaders among the-; membership. 1 ' For . the committee 'C- chairmanship, Senator-Watson of Indiana, and Ogden Lvt Mills, of'.; ew' York,' were the- only open-candidates -In the field. ; ' u ;' '. ! The" national board . of farm; organi zation today . vlrtuaDy , completed the agricul.tural4pla,nks,.which..it will ask to ? have put In- the republican ; plat foTm Orie would je'xaptf a ; 'party pledge for - agricultural representation ;ln the cabinet, and. federal 'commissions. Oth er .planks asked for- are: ; ' ;-;;; V. Other ' Farm! Planks. yy?y .A (pledge, that farmers shall .have! "full, free iand .unquestioned right; of co-operative marketing ( of ' products and purchase of supplies, and protec tion 'agastosciminatlori."' -. ., " " '; ..' Effective national control . over "' the packers and ; other industries engaged in thp . manufacturing, transportation of farm prpdubts and supplies. . ; ;t ;; Legislation to check :, the "evils ! of farm tenancy," , the perpetuation, and Strengthening of the." federal . reserve loan system, the" improvement of ' farm loan facilities- and -"the- Inauguration of a system f or ; covoperatlve ; personal credit; .provision- to.: accord agriculture the same consideration In tariff legis lation as is; accorded to other" rnter- est8. conservatioft ; of aCoai, oll, water. power -and .prptecti ot t commercial timber "lands; S the", repeal .'of , laws re stricting, rights ; of. free sp'eech, free press and peaceable assemblages, and opposition to any compulsory military training., ; ' - , " .- MOTHER OF MISSING BABY - 4 - PLEADS FOR INFORMATION r - Norristown,: Pa., June 1 The -mother of 1 14monthsold t Blakely v.Coughlln, who , was : kidnaped -last -' Wednesday, appealed ' to; the ' newspaperstonight "to request .the abductors to communicate with : her by 'mail, ; telephone , or tele graph, .telling; the condition ' of her bahy :.and whether-.: he ; Is being given proper . care. 7 ' .: ; '. .' ; ;' '-; ; ' t : George H. Coughlin, .the .father, said that while' he hoped "the child found in the . house of a negro woman in .Dallas, Texas, was1 his," ' he " was Inclined to , ddubtf it. , "I - Relieve the ; kidnaping : was a local job," he declared. - . ' - - ' : ' ; : 7"-' , t " : !. Vote In . Camberland. -. ;.; rH Fayettevllle, June 7. Approximate ly complete -figures "on Tthe state ticket J f or. Cumberland county were: given Out E . m L ' V ;- mm , ' xniB. ai LemoDii . Dy ? 4. - w wuage, cnair man - of the board of elections. -"With the exception- of one precinct' the con gressional -ticket' will be 'unchanged by the canvassed vote. The -vote; follows: ; i ShawY 301 Godwin 712;l.yon; ! 182; Brooks, .318; Overman, "1,345;' .Gardner, 924;. Morrlson,7404; Page',i 426; Cooper, 863;. Harding, 785; Cook 216; Woodley, 1'45 ; Durham, 295 ; "McDonald; 777r Boyd, 161; Renfrow,183; Iiacy, 1,468; Thomp son, -327; Graham, !l,297;-Delllnger,' 440;. Shlpman,' 1,120 ; McCIenaghan, 479 ; Un derwood, 508; 'Wade, t61; Long, 228; Adams, 827; StacV; 637j Hoke; 866; Gul ley; 445; Gulon, 126; "Rouse, 52, " - WILL '- PICKET CONVENTION - ' San. Francisco, .' June 7. Striking shipyard workers hereafe V) pickettte national f-: democratic convention be cause they are "convinced;, that J the present administration.: is responsible for - their difficulties , and -'the" conven tion can . remedy 'the situation, ' M7 J. McGuire,'vice-pres!dent of the 7 San Francisco' Bay .District 'Metal -Trades council announced today. . III WORKING PARTY PLATFORM 1 Dark Horses Are Cbhfi-r : dent Deadlock- Will Spell Riiiri For Iiead ' ing Candidates., : ; ! CHIEFS BE-FOGGED Increasing Tendency To; Kill Off Men Involved; Iii Campaign Expense' Scandals, -v- ; !, v. Chicago, June TIts old-time leaders unhorsed and ; its favor- ites for the Presidency! dead-' locked; the republican party .will; y begin ; Its national - convention! , here tomorrow under, conditions of uncertainty unparalleled in recent political history . , ; . : Unbossed and largely t unor ganized the delegates were ask-t ing one another tonight in what direction they were straying and " when a master would arise to leadthem out; of the wilderness of their1 own indecision. Inj the ; noisy turmoil of con vention eve, - the only, definable trend seemed to be driving Wood, Lowden and Johnson into a deadlock fight which, it was recognized . everywhere, might destroyHheml.:;; ? The1! old-tlmersv'reflectingL that Utj is fl. but a step from al deadlocked conven tion to. a stampeded convention, - won- . - : dered; What might happen next unless some tried and trusted . leader, settled hlinself securely, lri the saddle. irahy Were'recaiMngthe Htrt&eap conventtpri: of rj 80,-when' the fvor ietis' itS " all :were , deserted a'ter a" deadlock - of be put, before the country .as the party s field, who had won the convention bjr a nominating; speech, was named. ; '"' Talk-of a dark horse, in whjeh some of the more experienced practical poll-, tlclans joined tonight .for the first time, began to '. revolve with " an in-' ; creasing,,- frankness" t about' the vdis; . closures; of the senate's ! investigation of campaign expenditures. At , many scattering conferences those who advo- ' cate a dark horse nomination predicted that . in the end no man whose name was involved at all in- the evidence '.-' of ; the - Investigating ' committee ' could 1 thirty-lye ballots; and; James. A. Gar- choice. ' .'' '."'' . ' . ;" ;-'.'' ' . In : the main,' however, the leaders . and near .leaders caucussed , and con ferred ; and-"(brought :; forth. ' nothing. Even those -'who'; held; the. Whip hand , over i a few! delegates ' here and there ' seemed unable . to" get together with; the mother greater and lesser potential" dictators :.of. party', policy. The result was a foggy, picture of the possibilities of -the next fewdays. ; , ' It "became apparent that unless there : came . . a. ., dramatic 7 and - unexpected change, the first ballot to be . takeh Wednesday, or., Thursday will record votes for between- fifteen and twenty -candidates - for!, the Presidency, with .-; scarcely more ;; than half enough to nominate in the Wood,. Lowden 6v Johnson column.'"' iy . '; :- .'.:-; ; f "To what extent the managers for the leading three can hold their delegates ! in", line' after an unsuccessful test, of strength, is1 a subject of controversy. ;' There .are those .-who - contradict the claim of ..the Wood; liowden and , John- son whips that their Organisations are cohesive. enough to stand. the. strain of a failure to nominate on an early bai-' lot. ; .V a' 7 ::.-,-' : ;;' : - . ; v 7 In. any: case, no :bne any longer "pre; tends to be sure Just, what will happen after a roll call or two has passed into . history. :; The guess of soriie of the vet. erans Is that': votes v will swirl and . bunch" and scatter again like the sands of the sea, .And those who hope for a ' stampede are counted onk to. turn loose every, . variety - of ., spell-binding emo. tlonal. whirlwind.- ' . " ''- -1 It is a situation ;; which ' gave the bosses- 'of 1 other days. many, a' good laugh in their sleeves as' today's developments-moved-, in' feverish circles. Those ofv the bid time, who ' are here af all. remain largely to themselves, however,: hoping for the best, but shak ing; their heads 'sadly at the memory of steam-rollers -used and Wires pulled in , the times when a leader could be sufe'of'his ground.' V v " . ; The new leaders of the party, howi ever, Including-WllHays, the national chairman, declared "their entire satis f actlbn ! with the 'absence . of !. the old methods'. ; ' ? - -'-, 1 ' r":7;-?"77 .7,- : Atlast,; said r Mr;- Hays,' the country was seeing what lt. had. stridently de manded,, a 'convention ' absolutely un- . bossed; and' acting' for itself. ; He pre dicted that the outcome would be bene- flcial to . the standing of the" party. , ; Upwards of .a dozen of those who are . considered possibilities for the nomination now arei on -the. ground al ' though most M of them had ; said pre viously! that they, had no Intention of ' coming. . Senator - Johnson - made no such .'announcement, however, and when he followed the" example -set by Colonel Roosevelt in il912. and opened his ;own convention headquarters,; the other ' candidates decided they could not afford to maintain any. less direct - (Continued On Page Three.! 7- ' - . . ;
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