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The Weather p 1 PAGES TODAY; " ONE SECTION 7 t showers and : thunderstorms v' Ml Thursday; dniy 3.8 feet. .: '-.'"'"''' ''5- " r'.:'"-' ''; i ."iJL.,jb,1., "..4- ..L. v.itV- ..jr. AVX 1 7?-.;. V.;.' " 7' VOL. CHI. No. 168.. WIOIINGTON, N. O, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1920. ' OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE IKYING TO BRING I HARDING HEARER plans Discussed at. Length By Nominee and Floor Man ager Brown. . .. . INFERENCE VIEWED WITH SIGNIFICANCE General Pershing and Thomas Taggard Are Among ben- ator's Callers Washington, June 18.-r(By th" As . t-bci TlsiTia for : hrlnarlnsr inc. aiea x i coo. - , tenator Harding, the republican , presl lential nominee, in closer touch with sarty leaders, particularly thosejf the urogressive wing, were . discussed to lay at a lengthy conference : which the senator had with Walter F.VBrowpj of roledo, his floor manager, -.at the Chi cago convention. v The conference is understood to -have resulted in a decilon to- send rinyita- tions at once to a nunmer ox pronu . - nent progressives asking them to jneet trith the republican nominee . to ' dls-? cuss the present situation ana, ths Y coming: campaign. Tne list or tnse to be invited will not be , made ' public 1 . . 1.. intr said tonisrht that tne. Dfooosed xion-1 terences would be held, before v the j nominee's formal notification, - :wtiich WU1 be some time after July 15-Thet senator, it was said, hopes to utilize ;he views expressed -by. "the. -party leaders in the preparation"" off his speech of acceptance -While some- of the meetings may be held before Mr. Harding leaves. Washington -Monday, the greater portion are" - expected to take place while he Is on his planned v racation. The visit of Mr. s Brown today .was regarded by political " observers here as significant. In 1912 ' he was' chair-, man o( the Ohio state nrorressive com- Imlttee and was 1 active- in -the r'cam-: I paign of Theodore Rooseveltr.he wasra j delegate to the recent. Chicago conven? Itioii, and after the defeat in the state prfeiary of Harry- M. Daughertyi of Tolumhus, the senator's carojpaign taan- ager, as a aeiegate-ai-iarge, :wb se? Iected as Mr. Harding's floor mate. "I think you will find progressives will be behind Mr. Harding," said Mr Brown as he left the senator's of fice. - :.'. i:.. Senator Harding also gave consider able attention today to Ohio political matters, conferring, in addition; to Mr. Brown, with W. L. Parmenter, of Lima, Ohio, former state chairman. The candidate made public a letter , to Secretary of State Smith, of - Ohio, withdrawing his petition for re-nomination as the republican candidate for senator at the August state -primaries. The petition was filed on the eve of Mr. Harding's nomination. for the presi dency, v ' - " Shortly before the senator left his office for the day General Pershing called and remained In conference witl h'm for about fifteen minutes. , "It was merely a social call," said the general as he departeds. "The sen ator is' a very good friend of .mine." - Among the telegrams received during the day was one from-. Thomas Tag fart, the Indiana democratic leader and candidate for senator. - "I desire to take this .opportunity to congratulate you upon, your nomina tion." said Mr. Taggart. . "It. was cer tainly a great victory for you. I re member with much pleasure your inany kindnesses while in the senate' and I nave said repeatedly that if w hart to have a republican president that you ""ma do my first choice.: ; - A letter of congratulations also was received from Rear Admiral William S. Sims. GUARDSMEN SENT TO SCENE OF LYNCHING Investigation Started Today By County Officials. ' Duluth, Minn., June 16.Wlth ' the Parture tonieht nf thA .'nm. rinf'6! f natinal guardsman Bent for miiif ' some 8ua-rds and1, naval 'na took over patrol of the district iii ? Mt nlsht a mob of five thous- siri n an attacK on a wnite n investigation was started today iLll?1 offlclals. preliminary to- the irv t5 lomorrow of a'speciai grand Burnnn- was stated Governor Wst would institute a stateln-" ...?re Were no untoward .'.-"dmnn' an S vtoday lnd "thirteen negroes Pear!, vabouAs wlth a circus that P in th.- Monday were "under "guard with ;v,county Jail, held in connection attack on the girl.. v ' OLSON'S ACTION nvS&h BlLL REMAINS UNKNOWN nquiry Fails to Disclose Presil dent's; Decision.1" : whiV i. ' Jun "--Inquiry at inn v Ite nouse, the state denartment actinCaplto1 today failed, to disclose ntha ; . takn by Presidentr Wilson ed at t1 Power bill. It was learn toatth. Stte department .'hoWever, houSe vmea8ur 8tl11 ws t the white that a i ugtt u had en announeed n the pI -of the Mre remaining on aPi, e?ldent' hands and his action day. cn m,ht be given out late in the aWt6l8l.aVje- record'''-' clerks -at -Vhe a wh Jf d they had not been inform- heth ben .' ier the water- power bill had 5ikudaJprovd within the time per tt It. txi become a law. . " THE PROGRESSIVES summmmYscRmE FAILED INI ATTEMPT TO J HAVE LEA (fUED0RSM) Corrects Description Of Crane As Coming To - .'vT--"U ' '":TL T1:' v 1- i"! -i " ' 'i- tt ' ' " . .:-': xjeauerisnip ueciares oionei naryey ie-; s -Sponsible I)rHardm ; , ;Br MARK gCLLIVAN Chicago, Jun 16 -At the be grinning of the republican, convention your cor- respondent; described it as ieadershlp. .During the -course of it. Murray Crane, ' of 5 Massachusetts, wu - de scribed as apparently coming to a posi- uon or ieaaerswp. in. order to correct, the recdrd find: complete it. it is now necessary to say that Mr. Crane did not achieve leadership , . , , ;"" Crane Failed : n' . His efrort tbmake the convention in dorse ratification oi the league of na tions failed utterly. If leadership con sists in : imposing " your- thought on others then - so:- far as any one person dominated .the-, thought and action, of me , convention. . tnat . person : was Colonel George Harvey. He was" the leading figure in tinging about . the convention's - complete repudiation- of Mr, Wilson's; league of nations, and he WILL DISCUSS COAL SHORTAGE N. C. Trade Boards . To ::Meefrli;G:;C;;'.'vP; .Wa.lilnffiAn ; r Tun. 1 ZJT ai-t3 ' ; " " sentativs f rom : the Various chambers of -commerce 'Tn North Carolina -have d through Senator Simmons for a - ? , , . . - conference;; with the interstate com merce comrnission looking ;: to the ' re-' lief of ' the situation in North . Carolina with respect to the shortage of coal for lndustriaiJ:Use'-;j. ''? 'w; ? ' In the absence of Senator . Simmons, hi secretary; Frank A.r Hampton, took the matter up. with officials of the in- terstatls ' commerce commission . f and made' an engagement for. a meeting;. of representatives of that .body .and. rep resentatives of the various chambers of cominerae in-Nofth Carolina at the Ral-I eigh hotel rin Washington . on the' af ternoon oi.,: June. is.-. .. . . . . ; ' , . v - The situation as o the coat supply is reported,-to";be serious-and' this -meeting, is ca-Ued to h'asten'-adeixuste'-'tneas-. ures -.ttK met ?ih 'exlgettcyrTherevis not coal enough in sight to meet the needs of ' the industries ! of the state. Whenth facts ate laid before . the in terstate . commerce . consmission, which the chambers of commerce contemplate doing, -if is boped 'the- necessary coal will be provided.' --; a . :-. . - "WET WILL FIGHT : ANY: "DRY" PLATFORM Hot Skirmish Predicted If Bryan Suggest Such a : Platforms- French, wck. Ind., June 1. Demo cratic party leaders in conferences here on candidates and platform planus" to be presented to the .convention in San Francisco, , predicted today tnat- a not skirmish would result If William Jen nings Bryan attempted to Insert a "bone dry" declaration in the resolu tions. - -As I a retaliatory ;: move It was! suggested that a wet" plank might be offered for the convention's consldera- tion. .;.-v.i;:f; . - ; '.:.:- - j:' ; -..The , conference . will probably end Friday and the leaders will move on to Chicago where the expect vto hold fur ther - sessions . before leaving for Sah Francisco. " . . ' ; . ;-: THREE MORE VICTIMS ; OF PLAGUE REPORTED AlirVessels. Arriving From Mex ico Ordered Fumigated. Tampico, according to ' officers - of tanker which left: tnat' port yesterday and arriYed here today. - A private cablegram received here to night from Vera Cruz - reported two more deaths' from the plague had, oc curred "In: that .city . . Following reports of the plague s ap pearance, at Tamptco, Dr. R. L." Wilson,! public . health officer at this port, re ceived "instructibhs fromv-Washington to fumigate all vessels arriving here 'from : Mexico; f. ILLINOIS PRIMARY LAWS 1 f ' FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SDrinefteld 111..' June 16. The state supreme court -today held) the Illinois primary, law' unconstitutional. - .The invalidity lot tne. -primary election law, which was passed by the state legislature in was -attacked )jy. attorney "f or William Fox, convicted In Chicago of .fraudulent voting .in the primary 'election held .April' 13, 1920. Tlfe case was -brought- to .the; supreme court onya writ of. error. - - . i The dectslori- throws v stated central committee of. the political parties and all county central c&mmlttees out, and reinstates old committees elected under the : old) primary law, , now" revived. ?It dislodges the Mayor Thompson factions In Chicago and returns to power the. Deneen . and - Brundaesi forces. Else where It upsfcts-plans for special elec tion. : I, .- :a .? ' :.: j- p :'- ':-: ' ' '"' ' T:r'iSrV DELEGATES RETURNtNG ; . ' ;- " r ; - LOWDEN CABIPAlGN FUND :' St ; Louis, -JunA 16.Bo6ert' r E: Moore, ? a delegate- ; to the republican jiational convention from the Twelfth St. Louis 'district, in a statementl to day r asserted he had . returned ; the $2,500 . of Lowden funds - he received. The return was made through an 'in terniedlary'V In Chicago last Thursday mornlnsri Uaor "said. . ::''' : ? ,- Nat Goldstein, delegate from . tne Eleventh distrietl last night asserted had beeTeturn' -'v- -'-,.". : V-: ::;:7:,,,:;v::':j.-;.;;';:" was ,the' leaiiig . figure in the confer? ence-"!which' resulted invthe nomination of . Senatox.Hardlng' ;y: tjv.,- .atcv A1L except the4 youngest-readers, will recall that Colonel Harvey, at that time a Jeff er son lan democrat, w;as mor.e. re sponsiDie tnan any. Otuer one person for . starting Woodrow - Wilson on his way from i Princeton university) to " the white house, which ' function of Iriend- ship was , followed -by what'- Colonel Harvey and his friends : considered: a conspicuous lack; of appreciation On the part ofth,leneflclary. -1 V-: v'; "JTbe; role' fplayed by'-Colonel Hayey in j this republican convention will be a surprise- to the public-igeneraily. . The) justification of this fact with the 'other facts here set down, is so certain to.be received with divre emotions in di verse places as -to -justify therecording of them as a1 contribution to contempo rary history. K . ' ' ". A .; SEARCHING FOR WOMAN IN CASE Story Of Lady's Clothes ; In El well's Room ; ... New Tork," June l.- Investigation of the murder of Jos- B. Elwell sports man and whist expert, who .was shot in his .home -Friday. - centered tonight upon 'the -woman, in the case." "In an "effort to learn her identltyMrs. Marie : Larson7 housekeeper; f or Elwell, was' taken to the dlstrictjattornejr' of ficte'late "tonight and examined closely. Assistant t Attorney Dooling said Mrs.1 Larson told' him she 'had removed -a negligee, ' slippers; and, a . boudouir cap from Elwell's.-room after she found him with ! a bullet' hoi -through1 his head and that she had . hidden 'these in a washtub'inthe ciellar. v l -v' ;'v $?'t: According to Mr. "Dooling the hiouse keeper -said-she did this "to protect the womaa." "-'f''jV';6--;'-'s''.i.; He " said? MrsJ Larson said she knew nothing" - about the: woman except that she was 'about twenty-fiverears Id 1 t AftAr ;Vthe" examination . the houset keeper, returned to ;thei Elwell hom with a detective. ' Mr s Larson said dur ing her cross-examination that after Elwell: was taken to a hospital she had fixed- up - the:, room. It could " not be learned from Va.hy of the district 'at torney's . assistants , tonight whether Mrs. r Larsen meant that the bed - had been plept Inr and that she' had made it up vbef ore thte detectives reached th$ huse. 'PX u- -;vn- :; :vV.;i . The police theory is; that . if the wo4 man who owned the negligee. - slippers and boudoir cap passed the night In th bouse andf succeedled In' leaving before the"; murder was " discovered, she may have knowledge of the crime which if expected. to soAve the mystery. , j ; Mrs. K Larson "; described two 'young women whom -,she said were frequent visitors at - the Elwell- home, t oqe of whbm has '.' been questioned by the police The- other girl; Mrs. - Larson said was.' about: 24 years, old, five' feet tall, and -dark brown hair, has not yet been interviewed 1 by the police, .but aJ r searcn it being ; made. for. her. ...This young woman, said Mrs. Larson,, usual ly called on Elweirabout ten. o'clock in the mornings . - "'.'-Whether .-Mrs. Larson is acquainted with the young? women or the woman whose .lingerie - was found in the room the police have declined to, state. One m of the women, Mrs. Larson, said, dined witn niiweii.in nis nome on tne. Tues day 'preceding his 'death..- She arrived at the house - about noon, and ' is de scribed ae belpg "sh.ort and fat" . and abput 24 years, old.. . , ' . ; :J After'converslng ith her, Elwell or dered the liousekeeper to'prepare. lunch for . two. '. Asked tb ' tell- of Elwell's she said that on Wednesday afternoon he attended a wedding at the hotel Plaza.. Thursday she" f ound . . hlm up when she" arrlvedyand he asked, her to put away, the coat he had worn" at the wedding in a cedar chest as he would need 4t no more.; - . s LU1VIBER PLANT SHUTS -DOWN ,AT NEW;BERN, N. C. City .'Light "and Water Plant - Threatened by Coal Shortage. , . New .Bern, N.' :C.; June 16. -As a re ult of a . state-wide coal shortage. especially"1 in the v, eastern - section, the John JL: Roper Lumber company shut down for an Indefinite period, throw incr nvAf 500 men out of work. Such a sten has been anticipated for several davs.- ' - - Local public .utilities are threatened. The crty water and light ;plant has a supply of coal for oniy five days long er, wl th no re 11 ef ,ln sight. .A call has been - sent ; out for 11 fuel possible to secute. i , ..-'. k , :-. ',; ""' ' .;;"' &!!? 7 N BIORRISON. AT .CONCORD. . ' fi Concord, . June 16. Cameron Morri son captured his audience here tonight In ' making the third speech after- re opening;' his prolonged campaign '.: for the democratic gubernatorial nomina tion. He- spoke for an hour and twenty minutes.-..;V.i; "When the league of nations la- final ly entered into - by w the American rr fpublloi as It will be'MrvMprrlspn. said. "the dtemocratic party win have -tour greatachievements; to .look backward to ; The 1 Declaration of Independence,' written by .Thomas .Jefferson; the Con stitution of the United States, "written by James Madison, and ;the. Monroe Doc trine, .by James; ilonroe, three" of the fathers of. the' democratic party,- and last.' the- League of Nations, given ' to the world ; by -Woodrow' Wilson." Mrt-IIbrrlson speaks in Burlington nJf &V - ' ; , COMMISSION ASKED RESTORfitSTRIEERS Union Leaders ? Pif "1 Relief v. ' ;..' -U: ' ill r x cocii v . Congest I Washington,'; June ;fi atipit of J workers striking v marine and .. Jo their old, t jobs was ended; to the interstate- commer on to- day as a jaaaiv ;.of a 'conge3tion.??-Tne .Jcecc freight idhvas made by James ' Re ill yfjTML i ntc rna- tlonal coastwise longshoreman : associa. iipV TB:;Healyoj! : -tHOjttiaririei work ers- union1 of New -TprK- and Prank Bo- jand of ; Jersey CiP)f for. striking raUad empifiy es of 6 w Vork and pther -.cities..; 'fiS-VS: ;.-;WiUW"ltkV'lcommlwlNwa the -representative otvthf, strikers and grappling with emptoyes lthe; Ireight congestion arid coal shortage generally J. J. Morro,i vce-prSldentr ,pf :the, jia. tiohal association, issued a" statement protesting against any embargo on coal export. ' 'v.. .. ; : i' -r. t'-I' I . Mr.- Morrow: placed "thr responsibility foe the existing coal;. shortage said to be especially acute fn New England jan the . commission.' An embargo" on ex ports, which .government; officials have been discussing : he- -asserted,.' was ''wrong in principle and would not cure thoj present ifficithe only cars to th "mines - Mr. Boland told th5commlssion ! that if . striking irallroadV men were restoredt tp Z their places. whichlie said, Tnow were filled with inexperienced 'workers, and the seniority' rights, ofj the "strikers preserved,"the freight -lam ; would-be "re lieved immediately.- He-charged, that ieei i the railroads were payrhg .strike breakk quarrel." over i 'whisky" early today re ers JZ5 :andS0 a - day in. comparison: uite.cl i lne thekillinWrf VHenry-E. Ma with the regular rate of $.10 and-that iv mtJ, --' , i the government eve-ntually; would have roney. of , MedfordV, Mass. .: a senior at to foot the.btlLV' V -'.:' ' ';:.. -'.' .';- Dartmouth college,' and jthe, arrest of The-strlkers'trepreieBtatlves follow Robert - T, Meades,v 'ofJSflT Orangenii- sntatlonr;had agreed to lay the matter erv'-lr2::':1 l--' ti-Py;':: .''v''.: 'PMl' before the full commission."'. ! ; - Meades fled after the shooting, which '. Efforts of the. department . of Justice occured at 4 Maroneys rooms in, the toward , relieving ' the freight situation theta ' Delta Chi -fraternity . house, but continued today. and tt was'understood was captured on" a Boston train by that progress was being made. .A state- Sheriff Claude M. Murray, -who obtained ment from the atorney'greneraion'the a confession 'in-which' Meades -claimed subject is- expected. In the next -few he fired In self defenseHe waived ex days. COLBY Delivers Interesting Address at ,; iUniversity6f .North n -.. Carolina. " 7': ' . Durham,? June ' i.-Substitutlng ; in fl,i j t, t ' DMuuriug, uiny, woo. wm - aeiamea ing at they 26th commencement exer 1 A a L - TT. 1 ' -' A - V a. - cibbs oi in uniyeranr.or xsonn varo-I MORRIS SPEAKS FOR SECRETARY Una told a crowd that overflowed spa-jto clous , Memorial hall thls mornlg that a -l i a -tvr4ff that 'several the principle of unselfish service appliehnev! to . .America's International- relations was the chief hope for , the estabUsh- ment . of the. friendliest' relations be- tweerf America and Wan. f ,.. v. i'lf vwe are to -realise, our ' best na- tional developments Ambassador; Mor- ris ald, "we musapply the same rules as in the development of the Individual. Unselfish service Is ; the -only principle for the development of the best In an rnaouai reiaypns or. tni, counxry m on tnat prm- : JosephuaVDanleis. who ! aved vlin Chapel Htlt thls;morning shortly before .the exerolses were to begin, Wa the first necessary detention in Washington'but he - had proyiaea ror - the emergency by brjngrng Ambassador Morris' wlth him and. the' commencement exerciser went inrougnvwitnouta: hitch. SUSPECTED SLAYEROF V; MISa JAUDON ESCAPES V.-1"" Police Almost Capture Negro On -j '. ; :---- -,' c Outskirts Of- Savannah. " ' - ' .:" .-.7 ; :. 'A-.'i . Savannah. ;.Ga. June . 16. Phillips Gathers, charged with the-murder. of Miss Anna -Jaudon. near; Rineon las Friday, - was .at -Meldrlm. : Qa.; tonight, He was1 discovered rcooking' food . Jin a shack ln the .outskirts, of the.' town but made a getaway ibeforetfflcer could be gotten to . the scene; In his haste to leave .the ; shack after- being dls- povered he left : a dress suit .case in which clothing , and a revolver -. was found.' ;,-.:- ::"-.':.: -'" ! f . A -innr'iiti)nr mbrk frm "ifj drtm -at 11 o'clock tonight :saW-Jthat Gathers : attempted to board the - At- lanta train onY, the Central of Georgia but was sv" closely pursued by; citl- sens that h was unableto do so and made. hlsfc;jrt.caiwcth'a-idakiiesi.'A posse is pursuing- him, c : A ? ' , ,,'J? 1 ' HUNTIGiFOUR: MEN I 1 FOREWOMAN'S MURDER Soldiers ; Escape ; From; Guard TToiisft Pnsse Nnw RMrprilfic. : -House Posse Now Searching :iV:-,4 V.' ".! -r.;;: w.y- j 1 ? Camp Grant, 111:, ; June lf.--lnvesti- gatlon of the fatal shooting of Mrs. Maude Lr 2 Moss.v wlf e'of Captain H. Moss at Camp Grant last nighttook new tuFrtodaywhencamptrtd authorities, armed rwith rifles .beganfa! from? the guard house -yesterday. One of the four has , faced, a'court m&rtial.. three times on. Charges., pre ferred by Capt: Moss, c Indication' that the escape had. been pre-arranged-came to light-when the authorities ; learned a car had been -stolen; at David 'Junc tion.- Just south- of he camp, not far Lfrom where aiootlcs occured. MAY RECOVER BABY r W ITHIN 24 HOURS - venge, not . ransom, -". probably Was the ; motive lor'., the kidnaping ot Blakely ; CengUln, tke v 13-mntl-Old ion of Mr. Juid Mr. CoughHir whe.mi stolen' from li erlb tare month ago, w the statement' sued by Major XI. T."ljaTseler:;t-; torney for - the " family," ,'"- JJeVelopmeata today' We aid ' hav- lek the parents of the missing' child to abandon' their efforts to buy their, baby's freedom nd ' turn - again j" the police for ald,'While ' hesald; -he'- wa 'WoV.. t-i liberty: to dlrteloae ; the nature " of the developments the attorney declared ihatrad! .Mrs.J ; Conghlln ; have' "' -becojcnV ':! n yljaoed . that . the t abdnetor did f mat. yvant money. ' ... '--"-" v: rv :.;,, ' , i' Charles Eller, chlef :of the : Hot rtstowm police after a conference at -the Cenghlln home aatd that1 the . police now;, have' a definite, cine and that results' eoold be expected wlth- j4n'. tmntym: kosts, ;r .' ;.-' -. - urdered: Oder Alledged Meades Killed -Marohey because tie: -atpie a c:sveuan - : f Dead ,Boyt ,Was;; a Sen jor '4Muraeredi aifPraternity House. '-yVi, ye,;. r?ft&xj$?. une 18-A student tradition -a-ndr was- held -without bait ; : -Harold iW-WTvlttaker -of Somervllle, Mass, .Marohey's . roommate ,sald he wentjwitVJaroney. to .MVades room In North Massachusetts hall 1 to purchase a. ouart f;:wbiskeyi.-i JMeafiee agreed, to setl them a. pint .'for lKftt-dotlar;a;nl had w irone- to get- it- WhittAker said when- Maroney picked up a partly 'fllled quart bottle. passed it : to Whlttakerl and told him' to take it away. - Whittaker Jumped ;f romj the window t6 , the ground, -twelve; feet : below and as ' Marontys , foll6ed;MadeS;Jlred three shots after them, withonfeff ect. Later he ; said, . Meades .entered their rooms and when Maroney came out of .the . bathroom,, he approached - Meades. eades pressed his pistol against ftia- ,lrftnr'8 side. and flred, rr iT- -iKt - -was loined bv 4 . iwv.v. tvnrht ia '."r TO.-7"7ro,' him, on W!L53; il ot whiskey tolen; theq naA bottle J JJ; W, Irrred in" whS Bald',a"d lr?TJ ' II8": ?? 1 ? Sides "were en- - Both "111 ThI war. aA InJ Maroney r Meades as fvral jlfjlw""-' :r A' l -TWHn-. bis first? year at college. elngV 4-ged , ; while they were examining A?pold ' mt, an!f ' " - m ' tnat n.:w -r" WOMANvIvILLll.Ll- I - UNIDENTIFIED, MAN Children of S.lajn Woman Claim -Charles "iklf&:: Trnoxvilie ' Tenifc Jttia.r' Tcii2a.:-McGlU -wasshofand killed:- by lmaf i: tered herlhom) todays , v- , --''' . ; Charles! Mincie, 7 a vformerworker at a manufacturing! plant here, has been arrte';a.'ar-nspeV' -At the Inauest Jf' woman, ppsitlyely Identified Mf the - man. ' but , another eye-wlttress ae scribes the murdererdiff erentiy ;t-f ::"73fr ; ',.'.' '"' v 6HUa;.-WOMAN . STEALING YOUNG HtTDSON tpP;.mK . i " t,1 V D6ylestown Pa., June 16r-Gerea u Hudson, 15 years old alleged to have been' stolen from s NeW Haven, Conn., Ka' Kn ; found. In the home pf"Rev. Wm.-F.-Flutz, of EMdlngton, near . here, iii - the custody of. the clergyman s housekeeper, SHen H. ; Atkinson, sne it is charged, -enticed - th? boy away from aVschool at Bradford, Conn -on -,MayuJ She vhad ,been Placed Itt.the school byDr; Frank, ,m Wright, wnder f;whose earfr the iaa. na.u ?i VuV" 1 'inothe'r;.-:?: '-?-:; ':;l.-j' 'i'- fedtoday to , recover the hoy, as, the A writ of naDeas corpus wn uuim JJy before, judge Ryan at xoyies- t6wn.-;--.: . ' i -v'', -1 ' -:,:.; hearing on.tMv wni w,ui ' - - tlx il1 'V. lAaw i AVt GOVERNOR DRIVEN FROM v. V ' ' . iwi Paso " Tex.,? June ; 1 6. -The pro- ai,.wi -vernrir of the atate of Co ;; by-pro- re6tdentiDe, Le Huerta, has hja'sn; driven, f r.onx his. post by defections among- Mexican troops according ta re ports r published by LaX Republica, a Mexican" he wspaper" hefj (odaY. 7 ; The constitutional governor, Miguel A Garca, was - said to " be - in control of the situation 7 which was - declared antagonistic: oo the 'present govern- G M inent in Mexico SAYS RAILROADS llSTOHTIHfiUSINESS Cushihg Avers Commerce Being r: v WhitUed :M JiiA::j ' . v. Washington; ' June .' iff. - National business, is being. pared downthrough embargoes and priorities tcf fit the ca? pac4ty y c-f t the cntrysS:ranrads, George. H.' Cushlng,, managing director of ; the rAmeric'anVwholesaie' coal asso t elation declared today in ran address before the city club of Washington. Mr. uehihg, who is shippers represen tatlve on the"'; local terminal commit tee appointed - by the interstate - com merce commission ; said , his ; remarks should not' be" construed as a . criticism of the agencies now working ta over come freight congestion. A r. : ;Ti- " Z "Rather than,;' allow v the -carrier to grow to a size commensurate .with the business of the 'country the speaker said " "it ' Ib proposed , to whlttlehuslness down to a point where the carriers can handle It. This means that having sus pended the growth, of the .railroads it Is proposed that we eet. out deliberate ly to ; stunt ,the growth of business. . To my . way of thinking - no , sane nation ever adopted a-more insane policy." .- ' - Mri CusMng , said ; coal production April ; 1, has .increased on an average of '85,800 tons per week over last year, giving a total increase In that period of 7,700.000 tone. ( ;; v : '' ' " " . "Last -year.vwithla smaller produc tion "we; accumulated eufflcient storage to help tide -us .over' the worst miners strike In. history.?; he continued "run ning ahead of rlast year's production, I cannot believe the currept statement that we are running headlong into a dreadful shlortage.;of;coaL,l IliKFITIOKFILEI) Nominations Are Certified - 1 Gardner Makes ;Fom '- ; Request. , ' RileiaTL June lSi-JUdge. J. Craw ford Biggs, manager for the Max-Gard-m fe .imnaten: . today- filad : formal re (luest with the': state .board,, of telee-. tlons for . a second primary , oevwecn his ' candidate and Cameron . Morrison, who led in the t contest for governor by eighty-seven votes .- ' " A v Requests from al second, primary have also come from J: P. Cook, oz vonoora, candidate for state, auditor ' who ran second in the contest with Baxter Dur ham, leading candidate? and from on eressman H. L Godwin, representa tive v of the 'Sixth district, wno . wm contest the nomination with Homer L. Lyon, who led "him in a three-cornered fight In -his dirlot.: witnout an nnnncine flsrures. because of ' lndom nlete tabulation, .the state board of elections today announced that ? riai- lett Ward was the nominee for con tress In the First district, S. M. Brin son the nominee In the Third district In the Seventh district WC. Hammer and W. L. - Brock will contest in , the second primary. A.r L. Bulwlnkle . and W.-b: Counclll were the .leading on testants ;in the Ninth district congres- ano1 ftTltt- ' - " - " - - - ',: ' ' '-:-- ". Bulwlnkle , and " Hammer are leading In these districts and rthe notice has been sent- the other .two candidates so that they may request a . second pri marv if they 1 desire. The board t6 day certmed the nominations; of Judge E. H. Cranmer, of the; Fifth Judicial district.' and 5 J. Bis Ray," of i theEight eenth district. It also certified the nomination of J. Lloyd Horton, of New Bern, for the Judgeship in the Eightn district to succeed Judge O. . Guion, ' who resigned to - become ; - a candidate tnr th simreme court wnen justice Bro wn announced - that - he . would not again bei a Candidate.. The following nominations for the state . senate were certified: c Stanley: Winborne ; and B. J. Griffln.1n the-First; H. W. Stubbs and H. L. Swain, in the second; J- S. Har gett and Luther, Hamilton, In the Sev enth; J. Vance' rMcGo,u8Tan, In the Thirteenth, and Goia P. Ferguson as the republican candidate, "in the Thirty- seventh district. ' ' , FAMOUS PAINTING - GOES " j- - - TO KANSAS CITY New Tork, June 16. The painting "La Belle KFeronniereJ' said to be one of the five original works of Leonardo Da Vinci known to exist, i was shipped today to Kansas City, Mo , where It will .become part of the - exhibit of the art - mu"se'um7there7 It is : valued .at more than. $500,000 and Is. Owned by Mrs. Harry J. Kahn. wife of a. former American- aylator" now ", a resident of Junction .City, Kansas.5 . :.''"7 t The; painting . was kept in Louvre, Paris during the- war.'; It is said to be the . first 7 of DV Vinci's master pieces to - leave T3urope.; -" . :- ,'- -if "' ' ,;. .k WiCMAN-TO SECOND ::".::--'' 7 ?7;.-'-'''",:"- "' t7 '';''? :, Little Rock, Ark.. June 16. It was announced .here today- that Mrs. T.. T. Cotnam, of this city, one of the Arkan sas delegates-at-large- to.the demo cratic national convention, has been chosen to address-tne -convention, seconding- the nomination of Attorney General A. f; Mitchell ? Palmer -for th presidential nomination! .Mrs. Cotnam is president of the Arkansas League of Women' . Voters and has been - In charge "of s the Palmer .western head quarters for women -In Chicago.. :'. - VENUS AT WRIGHTS VILLE - The auxiliary yacht, Venus, bound from Florida to New York, put into WrightsvlUe Beach, yesterday - after noon 1 f dr supplies.: ' The . Venus : Is ' a fifty-fot. boatand- has auxiliary sails' for the gasoline motor." The owner of the craft Is not aboard: --. It is being .taken , nost by the crew SECOND PRIMARY FROM COIIGRESS TO , CURB PROFITEERS Also Calls for Endorsement of v', Gompers Non-Partisan Po- ';7V:. litical Program. WANT IRISH REBUBUC S APPROVED BY AIUfiRICA, Cannon .Tells iron and Steep : ; Vorkers to Prepare for. Q V "New Strike." . r i 7- '-' - -a,-. - . '- -V 7 :' ' "7 .Montreal,- June 16.VOrganlsedilaber ' in the convention .of the American Fed-. 7 eration of Labor here,' today. called upon, ' congress ' to 4 "curb proflteere, . ' indorsed' ; : President Samnel Gompers . non-partf J Ban ; political program, " approved the : Irish republic and requested, the with- drawal of armed forces from Ireland., 7 k The r recent .railroad -strike was. con-; " demaed by . the federation as a "seces- : slonlet movement" -to discredit the rec- ognlsed organisations in . the ' railway service. ' Any - union giving . moral or- y flhanclal aid to ; such .walkouts wag threatened with Vevocailon of charter, ' Congress was also-urged by a votf or- the convention, to -enact - legislation :. s , for the -absolute' exclusion of Japanesi ', and - other1 Asiatic remigrant and; "pic V 7 iur oriaes. v- .. ... - A declaration was adopted to the efv " feet that the federatjpn . "had . neve countenanced discrimination because,, oi race, creed or : color." : k v ;' " .'7' " : . The "federation Instructed the execu - tlve council to call a conference of all ' the interested.. International ; unions, v- and Immediately start a new organlzai tion campaign In the steel industry. The question of -whether the AmerU can Federation of Labor should endorse . government 'ownership; or government ' control of the railroads, . provided splr lted debate, at the close of the day's session. Final action will be taken to- eration, backing the report of the reso morrow. - ' ',:'" '--P:' ; :. The administrative forces of the fed-v 7 lutions committee for the approval of !- - government control, opposed the rail road employes'- organization and '..their , supporters , In urging . Indorsement of -' "government ownership ..with i demo- ,' cratio operation of the railroads.", .. . John Tey. chairman . of . the resolu. , .' tlons ..committee,- led the- opposition to 7 ' 7 government ownership. He asserted it was.not -. ; sound. 4rfde;,unlon dootflne:v tnai wouia - give- state, power ovf r. our v economlo movement." S. H. Heberllng, , of the Switchmen's unlon, "pleaded for v.. . government, ownership and democratic control and operation.' ' ' V . ' ; v When the hour for adjournment came ; . the Indications, were that the railroads employes' unionswould have1 the sup- port of the United .luine workers and ' ' mstal trades "organisations.- r ' ' President Gomper, It was understood tonight, would take the floor if neces eary to hack up the committee's recom , . mendatlons.:" ..H;: : : ',-( ,- :, r''' ;v The American Federation .of Laboi .. reaffirmed. its stand for recognition oi the Irish republic amid a great demon ' stratlon -at its co"entfon here today. . Resolutions adopted urged., that th -; "military -fortes -of occupation - in ; Ire . land be withdrawn," and. at the Xrlsh people be accorded) "the right of self determination.' - . '.- ..::; r' . The oonventlen also authorised ' the continuation of Its organizing campaign in the iron and. steel Industry , . ' The recent steel. strike was declared' 7 a "wonderful -success6 - by ; Joseph - D" Cannon.-.of -New York." member, of the national committee - of Iron ; and steel -workers,- In an address to delegates. Hey- appealed i toVthe federation to , aid' the 800800 organised steel worker, to 7 prepare-; for a "new. strike." " . - ; 7 The federation . ndemned the prao- tlce of i clothing ' strike breakers ory strike - guards - In control of .private in-' dlvlduals, bragainst .wearlngithe unl-7 ; forms . of the United C States army or navy. ' ' .-'..''''.. ; "''. ..'". . ;;' A . -: Reclassification' ;of the clvlV service " and adoption of. . "wage scale, com- -7 mensurate with rthe" skill training and responsibility in the work,'". Is demand-' ed ln a resolution unanimously adopted.. Congress ;was called; upon by the fed- ; 7 eration to provide "liberal- approprla- -tlonf .for. the study of industrial prob lems and. technical'; research lnr all ! branches of sciences, touching the .wel- ' . fare of. the nation's people. - :U- The . convention expressed "regret that congress had failed' to , enact -a . single constructive measure that would aid in .checking profiteerings" 7 ; .. ' It. instructed' Its; executive council to prees ' labor's speoific proposals consti tuting a program of remedy for reduo Ing living cost. '3;v; ::-7. ft --:;.,.. ' - -The federation reaffirmed ltsdeclara- tion of principles laid down In 19 1.8 Vto - 7 the ' effect "that, tthose' contributing ' to '. 7 production should have a;, part in it7-' controL" It then went ort record " in.?; i ' favor -"of - setting' up of .conference -V boards of organized workers and em r7 ployers, ' thoroughly volunry 'n cnar acter - ajid in accord ' with . 'other trade Unions. ."which means " promoting .- the democracy of Industry-through develop- " ment oi co-operative enort."r" - v ROUILLAJII? KILLED BY. UlWCESSFte ; Bank 6n .West- Side: Picked for 7 Robbery; for Third, Time ' . . .. v.;, . r.: I ' :' --- ' -;.; .Chicago,1 June !. A p. Roulllar ; owner, of a moving picture theatre, was shot and - killed cand a 'policeman was wounded - today - wheh five ; armed ban dits made an unsuccessful attempt ' to rob -the. Dressei Commercial ' and Sav lngs bank -en.; t,he west ; side, r 1 A '. Frd Brunks, a patrolman and RaulU ' ard were In .thebank when the rob- " bers entered. Btunke ..opened fire, bat his - gun was shot outxf : his j hatv. Rouillard offered resistance and one-of th robbers killed him." The men then ' fled. Their automobile was. pursued by a- motorcycle policeman who exchanged , morie than 100- shots - with them. This, was the third time the bank had beert held up in the. last two : years. v
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