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The Weather Complete Service . - Local showers probably Friday and Of The Associated Press Saturday. . , River stage at Fayettevllle yeater dny 7.4 feet, falling VOL. CIIL No. 176. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1920, OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. CANDIDATES' JOINT DEBATE CANCELLED BY THEIR CONSENT Accidental Meeting At Jones boro Restores Happy ; Harmony, Candidates cheered ' WHEN DECISION MADE Governor Bickett Meets With Managers Of The Two; Rivals. Jonesboro, June 24. During an accl jental meeting here this afternoon be tween the democratic gubernatorial 'andklates O. Max Gardner and Cam Iron Morrison, a mutual agreement was reached between the two to cancel the scheduled joint debate In Raleigh Mon 3ay night. Both candidates were scheduled to speak here at the same ime this afternoon. " -. Mr Gardner was about to leave in a machine when Mr. Morrison's party ',rrivpd in the center of the. town. Both men left their machines and smiling e-rpeted each other with a Mm and hearty handshake, iftor a short talk the candidates served that there had been a misunder standing- somewhere In regard to the lebate. Mr. Qardner. stated that he recognized Mr. Morrison's statements n Roxboro as a challenge wniie Mr Morrison said he thought that Gardner had challenged" him on his way to JVavnesville to make a speech. The men agreed that as both are seeking: for the nomination on demo :ratic principles and that they had no n-ish to personally Attack each, other 10 cause existed for a debate. Again shaking hands the men pledg ed their friendship and agreed that the loser would heartily support the win ner in the general 'election. A. crowd which had gathered . about the candi dates applauded enthusiastically as the men agreed to call' off the debate for the good of the democratic, party. ; . The candidates then signed the fol lowing telegram which- was despatched :o their respective managers in Ra leieh. Heriot Clarkson'for Mr. Morri nn and Judge J. C. Biggs for Mr. Gard- r: "Hon HerioJ Clarkson. and "Judge J. Crawford Bfggs, RaielgB., ,W June 54 'For the welfare of the democratic party and n deference to the apparent sentiment of the people of the state we have agreed to cai.cel the Joint dis :ussion arranged between xis for ;Mon day night without prejudicef to the can Sidacy of either.' Signed Camron Mor rison and 0. Max Gardner." Governor Bickett who vigorously op posed the joint discussion on the ground that it would serve to disrupt party harmony, met with the managers 3f the candidates in the governor's of fice tonight where the abandonment, of 4.he debate was accepted. . Early in the day the two candidates met by chance in Jonesboro and there between themselves agreed, that in the interests of the party harmony the dis cussion be abandoned. CAPTAIN ME ARES BACK FROM RALEIGH MEETING Attended Convention Of Munici- pay Association. . ; . ; Capt. Thomas D. Meares, city clerk and treasurer, who returned yesterday from the convention of the North Caro lina Municipal' association at Raleigh, "rings back an interesting account of the meeting. The association was reorganized at this meeting. Gallatin Roberts, " of Asheviiie, being chosen president;. D. m. Clarke, of Greensboro, vice-president; T. T. Thorpe, of Rocky Mount, second vice-president; T. B. Eldrege, of Raleigh, secretary, and TV. J.. Holcomb, of Winston-Salem, treasurer. : ' resolutions ureine the. amending of the re-valuation and municil finance acts were also adopted. ' r: CHLORIXE GAS ESCAPES J ' MANY LIVES ENDANGERED ew York. June 24. Thousands of Persons living on the east side pent J sleepless night on the stoops of their flottleS and a Inn o- tVia nnrho iinaVil tr et're for fear of being overcome by cnionne gas tnat escaped from a de- leCtl VB farhnv in a nVtAmlnal nlo'nt deputy Firp PhJef Wnrv R Welm four members of the rescue 'squad, no plugKecl thA lAakine- nvlinrtAr. wr ercome by the deadly vapor and are "uw m a hosnital Attention was first attracted to the lng carboy, when scores of neiortla ?ln crowding into the streets ?Mng and sneezing. - In h n vislted all tenement houses ,Je district, but no one was found piously affected by the vapor ; which nitriT. 0ver the streets throughout the m today. - . :. Uar uats has ' ' BEGUN IN GALVESTON Galveston, June 24. With theaid of exp 8cre of public health service lon . uie rnoouization or forces for a termi flrawn out campaign of rat-ex- inreaj ' ine ngni againii ine of the bubonic plague, got well !xPected j uere. louay. - A lie ngni is to last a year, and the total tosnn estimated at J150.000 of which . . ' qb h TiTirnni,i sit n. rw r no itv been 0re thousand rat traps have rlean 11,300 are en route from New from and 8-000 hav been ordered vanous other cities. Th Dace at yacht club. r caroHfiSV danc of the season at ' the beach i cht club at Wrightsville ast nieht. nrnvtil V nM i orated "e nau was artistically dec the Jt a larse number took part in nc! n,.ns'B festivities.. Weekly The 1 I Adenine- e held ach Thursday LONDONDERRY CALM AFTER A WEEK OF LAWLESS WARFARE Police Casualty List Shows Sev enteen Dead And Nineteen . n Wounded. Londonderry, June 24. Since mid day there has been virtually no firing by the unionist and nationalist forces, who for a week have been waging civil warfare. No attempt has yet been made to resume business, however, and .. the streets are ; still deserted, the people keeping indoors. At a meeting today ' of the magis trates. General Campbell gave, the as surance that the government would provide sufficient troops for the ; pro tection 'of the law-abiding citizens of Londonderry.1 He issued . proclama tion putting the curfew Into effect from 11 o'clock Saturday evening until 5 o'clock Sunday mbrning. A total of seventeen persons were killed and nineteen wounded during the fighting tn the . city, according to. a statement Jssued-by the police this evening. i The statement says that five per sons were killed and ten wounded last Saturday; that two were killed and four wounded Monday; three killed and one'wounded Tuesday; three killed and. one wounded Wednesday, and four killed Thursday. A ten-year-old ' boy wag shot today while he -was looking from a window. This morning ' the body of Patrick Plunkett, a commercial, traveler and well known .in Belfast as a cricket player, was found In Bishop street and removed to a Are Station. He was kill ed immediately after he had sent a telegram to his wife Informing her of his safety, A barber named McLaugh lin, who was killed by a sniper, was wounded two months ago. A woman named Moore was shot today while looking from a' window. The looting last night was more ex tensive than ever. Numerous cases were reported of armed and masked men calling at the homes of unionists and nationalists -and giving them a couple of hours in which to clear out. Ah English soldier who went through the war describing -his ; experiences in Londonderry today said he "had seen nothing in France to compare with the situation, .in Londonderry. Bullets, he said, were flying from ail sides wherev er he went and it was marvelous that so few lives were lost. - " . An attack by a mob on the gas works last. night was frustrated by the mili tary, who took 'possession of the plant. Several , 'parts of the city were without food -today." ' PUBLIC HEALTH MEN GATHER IN CITY TODAY Conferences To Be Held At Ma rine Hospital. , Numerous experiments conducted at the local marine hospital during the past year, along with experiments un dertaken at other similar Institutions, will be discussed at a conference of public health officials attending the an nual meeting of the field investigat ing "department of the service, to be held at the hospital today. Dr. C. W. Stiles, of this city, is chair man of the board and the other mem bers are: Prof. Earl B. Phelps, of New York, secretary; Surgeon L. L. Lums den, Washington, D. C; Prof." Edwin Jordan, University of Chicago; Prof. Victor Vaughan, University of Michi gan; Prof. Whipple, Harvard univer sity, and Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Raleigh. Other noted persons to attend are: Senior Surgeon G. W. McCoy, director of the hygienic - laboratory, Washing ton, D. C; Associate Sanitary Engineer H. H. Crohurst, of this city, and Sani tarian Clifford P. Jan, of this city. NOT TO TAKE CHARGES OF FRAUD TO COURTS Ricaud May Drop Claim Of Elec t ion Irregularities. Judge Addison G. Ricaud does not contemplate - taking his allegations of irregularities In the recent democratic judicial " primary in Columbus and Brunswick counties into the courts. . Mr. Ricaud said last night that as the state board of elections has al ready announced its decision in the matter, he does not contemplate carry ing the charges further.', ' Charges of Irregularities In " the ju dicial and congressional primaries in the two counties' mentioned were re cently-filed jointly by Mr. Ricaud and Congressman Hannibal L. Godwin. SOLDIER'S BODY TO BE SENT BACK HOME State Attorney General's Son , Shipped From Brest. ' .Washington, D. C, June 24. The re mains of Lieut. Frederick Manning, son of Attorney General James S. Manning, of Durham, were shipped from Brest June 21, and will arrive at New York about July 15th The body of the sol dier' will be carried to the home of , his parents in Durham for burial. General Manning had 'several eons in the serv ice. -''V ''..sv ' : , PREACHING AT ACME SUNDAV.' Sunday morning aii 11 o'clock the Rev. J". J. Murray, the evangelist for Wilmington Presbytery, and superin tendent of: home -missions, will preach at Acme. Mr. Murray is an exceedingly fine preacher, and the people of "Acme and surroundlngr cbuntry have a great treat in store for them. The Rev. J, S. Crowley will preach at, the,, evening service at 8 o'clock. A niost- cordial Invitation Is given to everybody to atr tend all . these services. - HAIL STORM CAUSES ... POUR MILLION LOSS Kinston, Jane 24. Reports of damage 1 from last evening's hall storm poured In today from many Lenoir county farms. Investiga tor here said Indications were that the damage in Wayne and Pitt counties and a small section of . Greene, would probably equal that In Lenoir, making a total for the four counties of not less than 94, 000,000. , It was the most disastrous storm this part of the state has ever seen. Crops neartng maturity on thous ands of acres In the most progressive sections of the four conntles were cleared on every- corn stalk. On a single plantation more than 700 acres of wel developed tobacco, cot ton and corn were obliterated. Many of the losers were the ten ants. Three of the townships In Le noir were devastated by the hail, which fell for 15 minutes in some places and 30 minutes in others. The wind was terrific and the rain a .deluge. It will be many hours be fore all the farms can be canvassed for Individual losses, but scores have been listed today as having lost their entire crops. A shift in the storm caused a few plantations -to be siderswiped. No reports have been received of the loss of life. MANY OPPOSE VOLSTEAD ACT Bryan Told of Present Conditions by Wire New Orleans, June 24. Vigorous protest against the Volstead prohibi tion enforcement law was voiced here tonight, in a telegram sent by Arsene Perrilliat, president of the Louisiana Liberty league, to William J. Bryan, at San Francisco. Copies of the telegram were also sent to the chairman and members of the platform committee at the demo cratic national convention. The Louisiana Liberty league Is headed by the leading business men of New Orleans and claims to have a membership of nearly J7.000 members throughout the state. The telegram read in part. "We are glad the saloons have been closed, but in denying -us the beverages with our meals and in our homes to whichi during many generations, our families 'have ' been accustomed, , your school pf ;class control i has done us a Very' great vdetrimentjCr . "We, as" voters, -will "hot be in ya pathy with any democratic platform which will ignore our demands .for the modification of the Volstead law. It is an undeniable fact that millions of once law abiding .citizens have become deliberate , law violators and . are now encouraging smugglers and' moonshiners-in the sale and distribution of harmful liquor. "Modification restoring personal lib erty in the importation, manufacture, purchase and use of wine' and beer would soon put an end to this nation wide practice of law violations." : TWENTY-YEAR-OLD BOY TO GO TO DEATH CHAIR Verdict Of Guilty Rendered For John McHenry, Murderer. Washington, June 24. John McHen ry, former New London, Conni youth, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in criminal court today -for the shooting to death of James E. Armstrong, detective ser geant, in the- union station ,here last December. The verdict, ' which carries with it the death penalty, was returned within an hour and a quarter after the jury had received Its instructions. During the trial of McHenry, who is twenty years old, witnesses from Con necticut and Rhode Island testified -to his record in those states where he had spent varying periods in prisons and reform schools.. Sergeant Armstrpng was shot in at tempting to arrest the youth who had previously attempted to rob an auto mobile accessories shop and had shot and instantly killed , the proprietor. The counsel fpr the, defense presented a plea of insanity for the defendant. RALEIGH STRIKERS RESORT TO TENTS Determined ,To Fight Cotton Mills In Ejectment Case.' ; Raleigh, June 24. Families of twenty-three of the 115 striking union cot ton mill employes of the Raleigh cotton mills today are prepared to move into tents erected on property belonging to one of their .number, abandoning the company's houses as soon as ejectment papers are served. . In a hearing before a justice of the peace the Raleigh Cotton Mills com pany won its ejectment suit and ten ants were required to put- up bonds of $500 pending appeal -from the judgment of the court. They refused to j put up the bond and with the.ir. tents erected are awaiting ejectment, which was ex pected today. v : . MURDER CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST NEGROES I. Redding Said ,To Have Confessed , As Being Instigator. 7 Chicago, June v 24.-t-Charges of mur der today- wereN placed against .five ne groes in connection with the South Side riot 'last -Sunday night, in which two white men, one an ) American sailor, lost their lives and '. several persons were injured." '' :: : I One'of those charged with 'murder is Grover C. "Redding,- who, according to the police, 'has confessed i that he was the instigator of the riot -and the man who set fire to an American flag, thus starting the trouble. , .'- REED WILL FIGHT miM BATTLE fi ,. . . - " 32 RECOGNITION mm Brya s Lead Fight For Full .EtV ment Of Volstead COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Vice-President Marshall Not Candidate For Any ' OflSce. San Francisco,4 'June 24.- Members of the national committee which meets tomorrow afternoon to complete the temporary roll of delegates to th democratic convention, anticipate ; a lively time If -Senator James A. Reed, of. Missouri, tries to have himself placed on the list. The Missouri sena tor, who f is a bitter opponent of the league of nations covenant and who has opposed many administration meas ures in the senate, arrived here late today to fight his own battle for recog nition as a delegate. j Although the senator claims to have been elected a delegate fr.om the fifth Missouri district, his name does not ap pear on the list of delegates made up by the secretary of the national com mittee for submission to the commit tee tomorrow. - ' . . The Missouri -state convention some time ago rejected the selection of Reed as a delegate by the fifth district demo crats. According to the records of the national committee here)-the fifth dis trist did not select a delegate to fill ITTi place during the life of the state con? ventionj but. re-elected him at a jptro sequent meeting. - j According to Legislative Secretary Hollister of -the national "committee, It is claimed Reed's re-election was Il legal and for that reason his name was not placed on the temporary roll for approval by the national committee. It was also said by Mr. Hollister that James T. Bradahaw of Kansas City, an alternate, would be ":: recognized as Senator Reed , substitute." The other regular delegate from the fifth district Is Jos. B. Shannon, Kansas City. It ' was . said that if Senator Reed's credentials were not recognized, an ef fort would be made by the senator to obtain a proxy In qrder to gt the floor anL AghthA.: admlniatrt-Uott. planlc tor me league or nations,' Supporters of the wnson aaministratlon , make no secret of their Intentions to resist Reed's effort, to participate in conven tion proceeding. The Georgia contest, the only oae of ficially filed with the national commit tee, probably will be considered by a sub-committee before final .action is taken y the full committee. , This is a fight between one set of delegates fav oring A. Mitchell Palmer, for Presi dent and another known as the Hoke Smith and Tom Watson group. The ad justment of this dispute Is expected to settle the contest for a national corn-i mmeeman trom Georgia. Clark Howell, oldest committeeman in point of service in the body is lined up with the Palmer forces and is opposed by W. C. Vereen, - Talk of a contest from Oregon, where. a aeiegate at large aled end his place was filled by' the state central com mittee, was, not taken seriously ; by members of the national central com mittee. ;- " . . ' - - --; - . Mobilization of democratic conven tion forces for the expected clash over a prohibition enforcement plank, in the party's 1920 platform will approach, completion tomorrow when Wm. J. Bryan-arrives1. . ' . . . : The Nebraskan is generally regarded as field .marshal -of the bone-dry ele ment. He may-also function a su preme commander of associated inter ests opposed to : President Wilson's views.. " . j . ' . . ssupporters or proposals - to modify the Volstead enforcement act - are claiming presidential favor for their proposition, but: up to date Senator Lriass nas not indicated what "views Mr. Wilson may have" expressed in tnis re gard. Mr. Bryan ihas already; disclosea that he has a plank of his owp to present on the enforcement miAnrmn - He is understood to favor putting the party on record for rigid enforcement of prohibition . tp the full limit of the voisteaa measure. Between; this sug- geonon, wnjen gainea the siirvnort of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, first of the presiaentia .aspirants to Teach the scene, ana tnat or , the enforcement modifications advocates, the gulf Is so wide that no possibility of compromise Is visible unless it should be based on an agreement to follow the platform of me Virginia democrats and ignore pro hibltlon.. ; . The bone-drys , have a working ma jorlty on the committee. That is admit ted by their opponents. Thev also are credited with .a slight majority in the convention itself. v . . Officials of the democratic' committee are considering today the nature of the declaration on women suffrage that they would like tp see incorporated In the - party platform.' There have been several consultation with' suffrage leaders here and members of the com mittee say they desire to do , every thing to complete gratification of the amendments and that It la now only a question' of what means should be adopted. That, the convention will, take some sort , of a stand for ratification is a foregone conclusion. v Suffrage leaders were enheartened today by the news that Governor Rob erts of Tennessee, was planning to call a session. of the' legislature to act' on the suffrage 'amendment. They ; pre dicted that It. aid; the democratic cam paign tnrougnout the country. A new feature fo? political conven tions was. introduced today when a nomination lightning rod was jointly erectea tor. secretary. -Meredith and for mer 'Ambassador 'Gerard.'- fit took ;4he ahape 'of ' headquarters at a local ho tel presided over by IJ T.i Jones of Des Moines. Meredith 4 workers are ' estab lished ;in, a connecting room on one' side or the central - orrice' and Gerard sun porters similarly ' placed on th aide ; (Continue, 09,jpae Two.jf Glass Platform Criticised By Marl Sullivan League Will Be Indorsed With out Reservation, Correspond ent Declares Condemns "Vir ginia Platform.? BY MAftK SULLIVAN". San Francisco, Cal., June 24l Sena tor Carter Glass, of Virginia, is here now. and we all understand he Is elated to be chairman of the committee of resolutions, which writes the platform. He Is an admirable choice for this very important post being' markedly a man of conscience and strict intellectual integrity. Mr. Glass brought a model platform with him. His model Is what has come to have a kina of institu tional prestige under the slogan "The Virginia Platform." It Is the platform of the recent Virginia state conven tion and It derives its vogue largely from the fact that It received so many evidences of approval at 1 the white house. Carter Glass wrote the Virginia platform himself. He says.witb pride that he is responsible for every word of it. Since it is likely to cut so mucb figure hare, your correspondent has been at some pains to give a. thorough reading to the Virginia platform. It took some pains. The sentiments are all right, if you happen to believe in that kind of aentlments, but from the point of view of length and circum locution, and especially from tne stoint of view of excessive verbal ornateness. your correspondent ventures to hope and expect that the Virginia piatrorro will undergo some - condensation and some improvement in the direction of simplicity -before It turns up as th national platform of the democratic party. The Virginia platform is of the 1880 torch-light procession and "Starry Banner" period of political controversy. It "acclaims" the President In :- one paragraph, ' "commends" him and another' "endorse" him in a third. congratulates", him in a fourth, and repeats the spirits of indiscriminate adultation in all. Old-fashioned phrases like "incomparable . statesman." "par tisan envy and personal partisan envy and personal hatred" and "masterly leadership" stick out on every page. But, of course, it isn't the verbal orna mentation of : the Virginia platform that gives it the prominence ,: It has here. By the"Vlrsinia platform' as it figures here really , means; merely that part of the - Virginia platform ' which endorses the league of nations. The essential sentence of that endorsement in the Virginia platform" is: "We ad vocate prompt ratification of the treaty, without reservations which would Impair its essential integrity." It .is your correspondent's expectation that the spirit of this endorsement f the league of- nations will be adopted here. There was at one time much opposition amOng - some democrat to such a - generous - endorsement of the league, but since the republican con vention, the spirit of these objecting democrats has- changed. Since the re publicans took a position which nearly everybody now Interprets as strong opposition to ratification, the demo crats are much more united upon tak- ingfl a position of direct contradiction to the republicans. It Is still possible that there might be some difference of opinion in the resolutions committee. but probably no more than to change the wording of the endorsement slight ly. Bryan is expected to have a plank of his own on the league, but the pre vailing sentiment , here Is decidedly in the direction of .a generous endorse ment of the league, and of practically unrestrained, advocacy of the adoption of the treaty. As to the other parts of- the platform to be adopted here there will be, little , resemblance to Senator Glass Virginia platform. For one difference,' the Virginia platform contains no reference to: prohibition and It Is expected that this one will. I say it Is expected that the national platform will say something about pro hibition, either pro or. con. But on that point, also, ..there are quiet efforts looking to .harmony. This part of the platform however, . will -be ' treated by your rcorrespondent In a' separate dis patch... Bryan hasn't arrived yet, and no one can write adequately as- to what this convention Is going-to do about booze until he. has first talked with Bryan. - J .- : r ; ' HARDING DEVOTES TIME TO CORRESPONDENCE Huge Amount Of Mail Swamps - . Nominee's Office. ".; Washington, June 24. Senator Hard ing, the republican choice for the pres idency, received, only a few . visitors today, and devoted virtually, his entire time today to correspondence. So great has. the; mail become that the1 nominee has been compelled to direct the greater part of his time to that work, not .only at his office but also at : his home in the evenings. In addition to the usual daily dellv ery of between 3,000 and 4,000 letters, mail bags containing ; approximately 15,000 letters, sent by express from his home .at Marion, Ohio were delivered at Mr. Harding's i-office today. . " . Senator Harding had hoped to be able before leaving' for Mat-ion July 3, to be able to leave his office for a day at a time in order to rest hut It was said tonight that all prospects for any sort of a vacation prior to his departure had been, abandoned. Col. Theodore Roosevelt," son of the former president, ' baa an ' engagement -fO ..confer .with Mr. Harding tomorrow. Among those who saw the candidate to day were Senator Fletcher,' democrat, of; Florida, and T." C Atkeson, a Wash ington representative . of the National Grange. X-,y: i..: x--J-:.r-J-. " . 'STRIKC FAILS.,' Berne, 'June 4. The railway-strike in Upper Italy has ended with complete failure of the strikers. - The men are resuming . work . unconditionally and regular trafflo is expected tomorrow morning.- MTADOO BOOM SEEMS TO THR I VE DESPITE HIS FROSTY ATTITUDE BOARD DECISION ON WAGES MAY BE MADE NEXT WEEK President Wilson Assured Rail way Award Would Be Expedited. . Chicago, June 24. The railway la bor 'board may hand down Its deci sion, fixing a-, new wage scale for all classes of railroad workers next week. No date can be set definitely, however, according to Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of. the board, as reconsider ation of the - assembled decisions may delay the final awar for a week or more. -' - - Judge Barton denied reports that the board faced a deadlock because of the widely diverted opinions of the mem bers representing the roads and ,men. Publication today In Washington of the text of President Wilson's rn.es sage asking the board to expedite its award cleared up the mystery which had surrounded the telegram, receipt of which had been denied by the mem bers of the board. . Judge Barton declined to make pub lic his answer, but said he would be glad to have the President do so. The request embodied ' In the Presl dent's message, that, If a complete award could not be made at this time. a "partial settlement" be announced, could not be acted on. Judge Barton said, as the hundred or more separate schedules' are all related' and it may be necessary- to revise awards tenta tively decided on when all the figures are compiled. - , Two moves looking .toward settle ment of the series of sporadic railway strikes, will be taken here tomorrow. Heads of all the organized unions will meet here for a conference, at which the strike , situation will be ' discussed and also will endeavor to learn more definitely when1 th6'c railway board's de cision will be announced ' Tomorrow night the Chicago Yard men's association and ' the United. En ginemen's , .assoc.fatip--the - . 'two or ganizations of railway Vacationists..' as the strikers term' themselves -will hold a mass meeting to lay before the pub lic the true situation and Just . what means have been employed to bring the strike" to a close. " Washington, ' June 24.- Assurances that the . railroad labor board would expedite its award in the railroad wage controversy were received, today by President Wilson. The board's message' to the Presi dent' was In reply to an Inquiry, by the executive 'as to the possibility of hastening the award of announcing a tentative, or partial settlement. The reply of the board, had hot been made public at the white house tonight, but it was understood to set forth that some delay must occur in a matter in which there are ' so many conflicting claims, so many classes of workers to be considered and so much evidence, both oral and written, to .be re Viewed. While hopeful that the text of the board's reply would ' be : made public eventually, representatives here of the railroad; unions said that the mere as surances that an early award could be expected would exercise a beneficial effect at least in preventing the spread of incipient strikes, v ' .'... The walkout today of yardmen at the Potomao yards across the Potomao river from Washington, resulted In the placing of temporary embargoes on all freight passing through the yards which handle niost of the freight be tween the south and 'the eastern por tion of the country." It was announced tonight, however, tht the full night crew reported for york. " Yard offi cials estimated that there were 3,000 carloads of freight ' In the yards. 99 per cent of which Is billed for cities other than Washington. AWARD CONTRACT FOR NEW TRINITY CHURCH O. G. Gulley, -Of Wilmington, Lands Job- Work Begun. Contract for the construction of the new Trinity Methodist church, at Four teenth and Market streets, was let a few days ago by W. J. Wllklns & Co., architects of this, city, to O. G. Gulley, a local "contractor. ', .", . Contractor ' Gulley ; has : commenced work on the new edifice and construc tion is to be pushed to completion. The church Is to cost' 3100,000. Under the supervision of L. N. Boney, engineer and architect at the 'office of Wllkins & Co., plans for a' S 600,000 ho tel to be erected In Florence In the near future, have Just been completed. The hotel In the South Carolina city is to have 168 rooms and Is to be mod ern in every respect. It will' be con structed of. terra cotta tile and brick. 'Unn for the construction of the ho tel . in Florence was raised by popular subscription as has been the money for the new hotel this city is soon to nave. '--r . . - J . ETAN WILL TAKE HIS 7 " ' CASE urro COURT - New- York, JunV 24. Expelled today from the New -York stock exchange. Allan' A. Byan principal figure in the alleged: Stut motor corner last IXaxcn tonight announced he : would 'carry mis case to the courts and .' "stand or f aJ on the case as the public has it." The statement was Interpreted as confirm ing "reports In Wall; street" that Mr. Ryan "who has denounced tn 'exchange investigation as a "star chamber pru ceedlng" would ' bring- ' 310,000.000 against the exchange and gome of its Afftcax . - - . Platform Holds .Its P la ce as Principal Topic for sion. VERY UNCERTAIN) Protest by Chairman, Cummingrs Against Hotel Lobby Wilson Slander. : - San Francisco,. June 24, lore anS more elements of uncertainty appeared in the line-up of the democratic ' na tional, convention as the leaders of first magnitude arrived in increasing num bers and put their heads together over questions of policies and men. For the time being the platform held ' Its place as the big topic of cogitation and - negotiation, r with the problem of bone-dry prohibition, the chief material for controversy. v . i v Talk of candidates in a moribund i stage for a week, was reviewed ap preciably as the oohve-ntlon crowds gathered. Boosters for Palmer, Cox ' and a half dozen other aspirants be came increasingly active among unin structed delegates. A whole bevy ot favorite sons and dark horses bios- somed out with headquarters of th61r ' own. . Meantime the pttantom McAdoo boom stalked serenely through hotel corridors and conference rooms, -leaving behind a trail of Uncertainty and suspicion. Though publicly executed at the hands of Mr. McAdoo . himself, the movement did not die. Perambulations were suggestive of -the pink of vigor and it turned up uninvited as the ghost at the council, table of more than -one candidate's manager. , '' On several questions of conven- - tl-on organisation, too, the party chiefs were In ; a quandry. -There were some rambllngs of a fight against Senator Glass; . the administration , choice for chairman of platform committee, end the problem of choosing a permanent" convention chairman got Into s mess which threatened to npset efiousiy th" v plans of some administration support ers. :'-.'.-:;; j ,..... ' Senator Walsh, of Montana, who voted in the senate last March- for rati fication f the peace treaty with the re publican reservations, promised to be- r come the storm center of the Organiza tion fight. , In some - quarters , he was urged as a candidate against Senator -Glass for the head of the platform committee, though others thought , he . should, have the permanent chairman ship instead. He had the backing-of ; W. J. Bryan and was said to be favored also by other powerful forces more cr less out of accord. with some adminis tration policies. The t administration people have suggested Secretary Colby of the state department, or Chairman Cummings.. of tbe national committee as permanent chairman, but it was said today that no decision had been reach ed and that Senator Walsh might bo accepted as satisfactory. , The general ' trend tonight seemed to put him for- ward for the convention chairmanship ' rather than for the head of the plat form committee. , . , Chairman Cummings and "other na tional officials discussed talk Of a fight oi an anti-aaministratlon and protested vigorosuly against lobby gossip that the President was attempting to dic tate in regard to the candidate. - - Mr. Cummings said that the President -would not seek to oommunleate with any of the administration's supporters in regard to the candidates. He added, that there could be no restraint of the " President's friends in any communlca tion they might, care to establish with the white house, though he said the whole attitude of the chief executive had .been to let the convention work out its own destiny. Senator Glass, who arrived last night from Washington, afcthe commonly re puted spokesman ofN the convention, stated : that the President would not seek to control the deliberations here. The senator came to make a fight fav orable to the administration, but if he. brought any word of white house ref- 5 erence- between candidates It did not show up on the surface in today's conference..---. -- Despite -W. G. MeAdoo's assertion that he would not be a candidate for the democratic preIdential nomination his name recurs very frequently ' in ' gossip in ' national convention circles. The McAdoo boom for the rooti and war chests of which the senate cam paign Investigating committee sowght -in vain, appears to thrive even against the frosty attitude of Mr. McAdoo him self. Its chief cnaracteristic r con tinues to-be the same intangible qual ity that daunted the senatorial boom investigators.. . On. the surface the McAdoo support-" ers have accepted the dictim and pub licly - transferred their allegiance to other" candidates.: ' There is some thing about ' their alactrlcity, how -ever, that' makes other democrats Here wonder whether they , will "stay put" in their new. affiliations. . Privately, some, of these former Mc Adoo1 supporters admit they , have not lost hope that he. will be the nominee. They- state their case bluntly. The ; business of the convention, is to noml- ' nate a man who . catt be' elected, .they say: ; They; : fegard thee republican ticket : and platform , as "encouraging" from a . democratic point ot view and believe that the brass tacks, of politics will dictate MeAdoo's nomination ae the man who could.be elected. ' They are shaping their preient course, they admitted,;- in anticipation of a deadlock between Attorney General Palmer, Gov ernor Cox and the other prominent as pirants and a - general ' swing' to Mc Adoo at that point which would result in hWrseleetlon." -' ' ' - - Neighborly considerations, It waa. jLCo&UAUfid oa fA Tvov ! ( I)
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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