VOL. CIII.No. 177.
WILMINGTON, N.C., SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1920.;
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
BIG RAIL STRIKE
AVERTED BY WAGE
BOARD'S MESSAGE
ffould Have Been Impossible To
Hold Men, meaner
Declares.
jl'ARD TO BE MADE ON
OK JJtif ORE JULY ZU
Decision On Wage Increases Will
Be Retroactive To
May. '
(jlcago, June 25. A decision on the
demands of railroad employes for wage
increases will be on or before July 29
l,v the railroad labor board, Judge R.
jl Barton, chairman, said In a state
mint late today. The award will be
retroactive to May, the statement said.
According to vy. tr. lee, president w
the brotherhood of railway trainmen
and spokesman for union leaders who
gathered here toaay, tne ooara s dec
laration would end all danger of a gen
eral railroad strme.
Mr. Lee said tnat secret plans naa
wn made by a diseffective element to
enreaff the strike throughout the coun-
try because of the continued delay in
announcing the wage ruling.
"The men would have quit at mid
night tomorrow night" Mr. Lee said.
It was impossible to hold them longer.
Men of my organization have been
raiting patiently for nearly a year."
The railway board's statement de
clared that an agreement on a method
of working out the wage problems had
been arrived at and that no time would
be lost in reaching a conclusion.
Lee and other representatives of the
organized railroad brotherhoods who
met here today to discuss the railroad
rage situation, said there was no doubt
that the men would be satisfied with
the promise of a decision to relieve
'ieir impatience. .. '
"Was the decision the result of a
raming of a probable strike brought
is you and your associates to the
boards," Lee was asked. ,
"You can draw your own conclusion
to ijia.1. ixc auowcicu.
EXPENSE OK MODESTY
Skirts Should "At Least Come
Below A Woman's Waist Line."
Washington, June 25. Conservation
of cloth at the expense" of womanlv
modesty will not be endorsed bv th
government, representatives of the Na
tional Garment Retailers' ; association
were told today by HowardFigg, as
sistant to the attorney general in
charge of the campaign to reduce
prices. .
The retailers presented for Mr. Ffear's
inspection three living models dressed
in knee length eowns designed as the
extreme in women's wear for next fall.
lir.'Pigg declined to indicate what he
considered a proper length for skirts,
but declared after viewing the extreme
styles that skirts should "at least come
selow the waist."
The reta-ilers approved Mr. Flare's
suggestion that coming styles should
k changed as little as possible so
tnat woman might get the full wear
out of their clothes end not feel com
pelled to refill their wardrtbes f re
cently because of the differing modes.
OFFICER KILLED IN
PITCHED FAMILY ROW
Bolen Family Becomes Unruly
One Sniper A Woman.
Hamilton, O., June 25. Charles J.
Stegemann, police desk sergeant, was
'led by snipers in a pitched battle
wtween officers and the Bolen family
rth of the city today.
James Bolen was shot several- times
d it is believed he will die. J Lee
m &Un Bolen, are under arrest.
James Bolen fired the shot which
Wled the officer, according to the oo-
ice.
- The trouble started following an in
stigation by the police of a distur
Dace there last nieht. Officers armed
'th riot gunB surrounded the house
"is morning and Stegemann and De
Wives Dulle and Jones started up
e steps to make the arrest when, the
ice say, Bolen opened fire with a
One of the snipers was said to be a
r.an.
ATTEMPT TO
FREE THEIR COMRADE
Vi Windows Riddled With
Shots From Sawed Off Gun; "
Toledo
0., June 25. Five gunmen
tount and bombarded ' the Fulton
y jail at Wanatnn tprtv tnAav 1 r
war!inccssful attempt-to liberate Ed
triai f 0 N"eiU' "a Malady,' awaiting
snth y eita, unio, a
&h. with a bullet In- his arm,
k McQuiiien and Deputy Stevens
jjanged shots with the invaders who
forced a kitchen window In the
I ' Shots from the gunmen's sawed
4 "notguns riddled the', prison ' wfn
'oi The Quintet escaped toward
n a touring car. - O'Neill was
0n'y Prisoner in the building, r -.
en ' Jur,e? inity armea
' conducting a man hunt today
Inftiri . . . -
thickly wooded swamp near the
"rth,
hei
irn boundary of the city
Urs d 0 neros who shot and killed
h...nos" Pretronilo. after rohblnar
r L
tad a'Jsand, grocery store last night
' "eaeved to' be hiding. :
SULLIVAN GIVES DAVIS
LEAD IN THE RACE FOR
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
Embassador Davis, Voted Against Suffrage
AmendmentSays Palmer Next In Line
McAdoo Phantom Continues .
By MARK SULLIVAN.
San Francisco, Calif., June 25. Six
teen candidates are to be. put in nomi
nation,; with formal ' nominating
speech, at the convention next week.
Sixteen is. the score at this writing,
with others coming in every day. The
latest entrant is Senator Chamberlain
of Oregon, and at least one addition
may be expected yet. Of course, not'
all . these are serious candidates. : In
several cases the ceremony Is merely a
friendly, compliment to a popular man,
which costs no more than twenty min
utes of the convention, time.
Ambitious Speech.
A man who is a candidate for a local
state office is thought to be helped with
his .own voters by the fact that he
cut a figure in the race. for .the .pres
idency. In at .least a few cases it
means the ' ambition of some one to
make a speech, and is a case in which
an amiable politician assents to the
request . of a speech making friend
to let his name be put in nomination.
Without saying for the moment any
thing very definite about the relative
chances of the sixteen in the balloting,
they can be roughly classified, as re
gards both . their ability and their
availability.
. Davts Ahead.
. Of the sixteen one stands in a class
apart. The present ambassador to
England, John W. Davis of West Vir
ginia, is ahead of all the others, not
necessary as a probability, but by vir
tue of his .qualities. 1 have talked
with no democratic leader who does not
say that Mr, Davis, by the puality of
his mind an dthe distinction of his
personality, is more surely in the class
of statesmen than any other candi
dates. Mr. Davis is not merely an
outstanding man in a period of our his
tory when, as in the present year, the
whole problem both of the democrats
and of the republicans was to pick one
from among several men who were not
outstanding. Mr. Davis would have
made a good president of the "United
States at any period in its history and
if he were made president now,' would
stand shoulder, to shoulder with any
president the democrats have ever
named.
nhlections.
(He could be one of the democratic
demi-gods like Cleveland or Tilden. Un
fortunately. Mr. Davis as al probability
... a , ... ma Mtt .niia 1
' in tnls convenuvn uso nvi ......
1 , ui. ill ra-r1a a m n fjtutdlim-il-. Daffi-
ocratic leaders,: who' admit Mr. Davis s
standing quality in a spirit1 of gen
erous and- friendly admiration, give
three objections to choosing him. The
first is that The fellows don't know
Davis" by "the fellows" they mean
the delegates. It Is quite true that
Mr. Daviss career as congressman sev
eral years ago as solicitor general of
the United States and ambassador to
Great Britain, has not brought him, Into
close contact with "the rank and file
of the party workers. It is natural
enough that the delegates should be
unlikely to choose a man of -whom
they know so little. But this Is far
frm a final objection. Scores and
hundreds of delegates will vote for can
didates of whom tfwnr have no Personal
knowledge, but whom they ccept on
faith at the best" of the leaders, if
some strong leader were to put his
hekrt Into the Davis m7mnt J
delegates would not resist him. . The
second objection made to Mr. Davis is
that he is not known to the PuJJlc at
laree That also is true. If Mr.
Davis were nominated, the f
the democrats during th mpalgn
would be to make Mr. Davis known to
the public. "
Against Snffrage.
But that is what a campaign is for.
and the four months of a c"-51" "
ample time for it. That, also Is not a
final ! objection. Aside , f rom "jese
other minor reasons are g
phoosinr Mr. Davis. One is that as a
Snlresfman. he voted against woman
Riiffraee But there is no candidate as
2 .some such ohjectiocannot
be made.-; Objections of thisind arise
out of the spirit which is to Preva
lent in determining a choice, the spirit
of minutely, examining the jcord to
see whether a candidate would be ac
ceptable to this group , f TOtex-oi -that
group , ". --- or.r.rnkfth , to
of,voterB, or ic v....
,,.. - -TniS spirit i . ""---
wanaming a candidate will ar
saivaalit? leSod meef; has t'he n.gatlv . merit that
there are no strong
The net- off the aquation ; " 'JrJJ
Mr. Davis, Is that he Hkeiy to
?oriSr
enough Jo Consider his nomination
?romg an elevation greater than now
prevail! , . -i-ll ' -f-'- ' " ' ' :
-:-v - - r - palmer -wext.-.-
V?.1 '.Mv.hM the
Kt me describedB man
is Attorney Qeneral Palmer . "is true
. m i m a wmm WIlU u .. w -w - -r -
that after leaving rrm ltnA
..... . down ine uu
consiaeraoie D--"r xx.irr.Ar Nev
before you
arrive av t . u
a f a M-aA-ni a v am
In the
crb"et and in the management of the
a lr-fieVarty concede to him qual-
other ""l" "that if circumstances
much time to tnevminu virtue
oolitics he mignt nvc, v; -
UCB . r .." A. raflefttion ana
f eater .'leisure ' .
01 sis"v . .iWd a. states-
eater 'leisuro
. . . m i . n-. affairs a
rnin Tfalmer h4 not been drawn
hewinV wood and carrying water
into hewing wuu orKanization in
Kt Also In the number of dele
of te voters by th conduct of his of-
flee. Generally speaking, a prosecut
ing officer, who conducts his office vig
orously, is not : widely popular. At
the time of a wave of crime, he will be
extravagantly praised for official, vigor
but when apprehension ' subsides the
public tends to have distaste and sus
picion of anyone who is identified with
the police branch of the government.
If Palmer should be nominated it will
be done only with full consciousness of
these handicaps. It will be done in
the spirit that Mr. Palmer is a good
and able man and that the party is
willing ' to name him and go down to
defeat, if necessary with its ranks in
tact under a capable leader for whom
it need make no apologies. Next in
the order - of outstanding distinction
comes McAdoo. .In spite of the unde
niable good faith of Mr. McAdoo's with
drawal he is still in the picture.. For
one reason that Kansas City clergy
man-editor, who weeks ago was given
the honor of making the McAdoo nomi
nating speech insists upon getting that
speech off., The speech is in his sys
tem and it can't be absorted. For an
other reason, many of the delegates
and leaders want McAdoo put in nomi
nation. , They foresee the possibility,
even the probability, of a jam between
Palmer and Cox and they want to keep
McAdoo as one of two or three possible
solutions In case that jam . becomes
otherwise insoluable. V ,
Prominent Figure
McAdoo would' necessarily be an out
standing ficure Dy virtue of his experi
ence almost regardless of the qualities
within himself. -Those qualities are less
in the world of thought than Mr,
Davis's and - Mr. Palmer's. McAdoo is
essentially a man of action. His weaK
ness is the one that men of action often
have: Being esteemed for action and
beine devoted to getting something
done, he occasionally falls into the er
ror of action that is too slap-dash, too
much based upon the . theory of "Do
something and do it now!" McAdoo is
undeniably a big man. For eight years
he has been under the Intent scrutiny
of associates in the cabinet and among
the party leaders, and if he had any In
superable faults those faults would
now be fully known. The fact that so
large a' number of leaders and dele
gates . sincerely, believe McAdoo to - be
the' best man and sincerely want him,
is In Jtself . proof of . quality,.. ; The next
more outstanding figure Is - Governor
COX of OMo Uls ,dlfitttii!iUvti?XlMi 't
a man who has been three times gover
noT of his ' state and cbmes to the ' end
of that career with a record that makes
him both popular, with the voter and
esteemed by the thoughtful men of his
state. He has' been a good administra
tor in the sense of getting things-done
and in managing the business of the
state capably on the side of thought,
he . has been always forward-looking
and sympathetic to safe progress. On
grounds of expediency the argument in
his behalf is that his location in Ohio
gives hope of carrying that" pivotal
state against Harding.- On the same
grounds of expediency, his position as
a wet gives him both elements - of
strength and elements of weakness.
Wet for Cox
These Jeaders.who believe that the
democrats' best chance is to take the
wet side and get the large wet vote
which is known to exist in several
eastern states, want to name Cox. Of
course, this same fact that Cox has
come to be regarded as the candidate
of the wets creates reasons , of expe
diency, against him. A 'good Wieal de7
pends upon what is to be the .strategy
of the democrats In this convention
whether they are going to try to ' win
by' going after the wet vote in the
eastern states and New England states,
or whether they wjll make their ef
fort to win by appealing to the solid
and dry west. 'In spite of this and
other arguments of expediency that
weigh against Cox it is unquestionably
a fact that as things stand today Cox
will enter the balloting second in
strength only to Palmer. But lso as
the situation stands today there is al
most certain to be between these two
not a deadlock technically but a jam
whiclVi for practical purposes is the
equivalent of a deadlock, it is only out
of this jam, when and if it arises, that
all the . cither - candidates get their
chance." -7" '
V Marshall Next
Among the sixteen formally stated to
be put in. nomination, the judgment of
your correspondent is that the next In
order of - -distinction is Vice-President
Thomas R.; Marshall. Mr. Marshall is
now and has been for several weeks a
little closer "to'the., nomination than he
himself knows. The difference between
the Marshall that Is and the Marshall
that would be the beneficiary of a pow
erful movement, is very slight. That
difference lies largely in so small a
thing as certain tricks of speech and
manner that Mr. Marshall has. fie, has
always belittled himself by s too jmuch
indulgence in his gift foif ; pungent
phraseology. He has solid qualities of
character , and ability, 'but - he has let
them be ignored and forgetten in ' the
obscurity of the vice-presidency. While
he has permitted the, publicto see only,
that part, of him-which occasionally
makes : a humorous speech or, emits . a
jocular phrase. - v
"Condolence" . . ' ,
; He has made the public think of him
as a country store-porch with it and
the ; people 'don't' know his solid quali
ties. His recent telegram , to Governor
Coolldge, tendering "Condolences" upon
u w.
picsiuchw. ip''
, i . . ..,... ,l
IXliJJtBXX Clll UD I.V1- TT l!Ui31bailLjrr 1 lg III.
at a moment, when several important
leaders were : considering putting him
forward-- for the presidency. The dem
ocratic senators and the- other leaders
know Mr,, Marshall's solid i qualities. If
they could be sure that the -public
knew them- or that they could make
the,i)ubllc acquainted with them in the
short four months of the campaigni.Mr.
Marshall, might well be the nominee;
The national chairman, Mr. Homer Cum
mlngs, of Connecticut, is among-these
who will be put in - nomination Mr.
Cumroings. Is a man of thought. He
. (Continued on , Page . Two.) "-.
Police Net Is
t Closing In On
Elwell Slayer
Arrest "Not Far Off"- Declares
District Attorney's Office
Suspect Was Close Friend Of
Murdered Man Mystery Has
New Turn. ,-:..' " '
New York, June 25. The hunt for
the murderer of Joseph B. Elwell,
whist expert, who, was , shot to. ; death
in his home here two weeks ago to
day, centered tonight around one man
whose movements are under close po
lice - scrutiny. ' It "was reported at" the'
district attorney's office that an arrest
was not ."very far off." No official
confirmation of this, ;4 however, -; wa
forthcoming tonight
suspected slayer, was a friend of' the
According to " the ' authorities.- the
suspected slayer was a friend of the
dead sportsman. He had been ques
tioned previously-about his movements
the , night, preceding the. murder and
concerning his relations with dwell.
At that time," it was said, his' explana
tions were satisfactory. Information
obtained later, however, resulted in a
close watch '. being kept on himy .until
he is either arrested or the -police
become convinced he is not the mur
derer. f :. ;K.y .--;..
The new turn in the mystery, it be
came ' known today, followed the , dis
closure by Mrs, Marie? E. Larson, El
well's housekeeper, under severe cross
examination of Assistant District : At
torney. Dooling, that there werethree
sets of keys, to the turfman's home. . '
. The district attorney is investigat
ing the possibility that the keys found
on the mantel may have been used
by the murderer. '
ANSWER PRESDENT
Says He Has Nothing To Add On
Attitude That Is Already
Outlined. .
.Raleigh, June 25. Declaring that
President Wilson's telegram aljing at
tention to the tremendous- fmportance
of the North 'Carolina actio .t?o8 - the
Susan B.. Anthony euffragemendinent,
reaulred no answer. GovelJ5flc,: IVW.
f Blckett today- state -that ' he had noth
ing-to add to the statement he has al
ready .made:, relative to his views to
ward suffrage.- -V .
Those views were expressed in a let
ter to W. N. Everett, of 1 ROckihghain,
suffrage leader in the 1919. legislature,
who asked the governor . to champion
the cause of the women in the state
convention.. The governor in this letter
made public March 15, declined, to do
this, but he added:
"Sometime ago I , decided to ad
vise the general assembly at the
special session In July to ratify
the federal amendment.' It Is the sensi
ble and the graceful thing to do. It fol
lows that I am in favor of the demo
cratic convention i ndorsing the
amendment when it meets in April."
Voicing his own personal fears in re
gard to suffrage Governor Blckett- said
in that letter: ' : '.
"But, my dear Mr. Everett, fearS do
not blind my eyes, and J clearly, see
that today a condition and not a theory
confronts the democratic party in North
Carolina, i Woman suffrage is coming.
It is as irresistable as the tides and I
am convinced It is the part of wisdom
for the democratic party in North Caro
lina to accept it gracefully."
DAVIS WORKERS
NOW ON SCENE
Cora well Lauds Presi
dential Candidates
San Francisco, June ' 25. The West
Virginia delegation arrived tonight and
went aggressively f o work for the
nomlnation of its favorite son, John ,W,
Davis, the American ambassador to
Great Britain.' His strength, they de
clared, would ..become apparent after
the opening ballots had demonstrated
that none of tbe-leaders could be nom
inated. , -o; . -
Governor J. J. Cornwell, who will
make - the:; nominating speech, issued
this statement. . , r .- :-. i :
"Davis would be an ideal candidate
for many reasons. He is one of the most
forceful speakers . and debaters in
America. . His great ability Is uniyer
sally admitted. His character could not
and would not be questioned. ; There are
no' antagonisms. No objection could be
urged except that; he Is : a democrat.
The public is in no mood to vote for or
elect' any man merely because he is a
candidate of any certain political party.
This is not a politician's period. A man
to win this election must face the ris
ing and not the setting sun. He must
Mand not.,, onl? ) f or the right but be
able' to make the people, understand
him. Davis -would be able tb do that.
BOLSHEVIKI STATEMENT.
London, June 25. -TLeonid ' Krassin,
the bolshevik . minister of trade and
commerce-says "the Evening" Standard
today, told a trade delegation that
Visited him this afternoon that, if Ihe
Russian soviet government was recog
nized' by 'the European governments
there "was "no doubt that Russia, would
recognize the external debt contracted
by Russia 'Unde. the imperial regime. !
; ; FISHING PARTIES NUMEROUS
Fishing-: parties off the." bar and at
various places along the beach . were
numerous yesterday. A. W. Ek, piloted
one gang of Waltonites off the bar and
bagged some -sixty, specimens of the
flftyrseven v varieties,? - while" another
party, - headed ; by Recorder - Harrlss,
Register Blair, Attorney Jim King and
other, -made a , neat.haultiear Caro,lina
beach. - Sheriff -Jackson also had good
luck with rod and reel during the day.
BICEMILL1I0T
NATIONAL COMMITTEE URGES
TENNESSEE: TO RATIFY THE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
RECOMMENDTHAT
T10HIBITI0N NOT
r
iiKRmAnK A P hANK
3t 1
Suggest Wilson Stand On.
I Treaty And League Be
- ,Jr
Approved;
San Francisco, June 25. ;The women
members of the executive committee of
the democratic national committee to-
day decided to recommend that no ref-.
erence be made to the prohibition In
the platform to be adopted by the con
vention. ' ' ' r
, It .was also agreed to recommend the
WHson stand on the peace, treaty and
league of nations be approved.
1 . The following planks submitted "by
the labor committee of the women's
bureau of the democratic national com
mittee, Mrs. Robert Bruce Bruere, New
York chairman, were adopted": '
' "We affirm the right of collective
bargaining between employers and em
ployes through representatives of their
own choosing. We approve also the
national industrial councils established
by employers and employes within the
various industries, the .findings of
which shall have the ' effect on collec
tive agreements but not of judicial de
cisions subject to compulsory enforce-,
ment. ' .
"We Insist on the abolition of labor
pts children under fourteen . years and
that children between fourteen and
eighteen shall be permitted . to work
only after" passing examinations by lo
cal School and health authorities, as
suring proper standards of health and
education. . .
"We affirm our belief in the princi
ples - of the democratic platform of
1916 and again urge the general adop
tion of th eight hour day.
' "We believe that - the wages should
be put on the basis of . service, not of
sex, and ' that , the minimum . wages
should be fixed which will insure to all
waare earners aproper. standard of
health," comf ort-and efficiency.
" "We urgeh$i tKeTtederat trader com
mission ia.. given greater, powers' over
the basic food industries of life.: i -
"We advocate the development of a
national system of employment office
under federal and state ' boards. To
meet the problems of seasonal require
ments of agriculture we urge the or
ganizatio.n'.of a v61untary labor corps
for. harvesting, with transportation
subsides. . ' :
"We advocate the extension and , de
velopment of the-bureau -of women In
industry established by the democratic
party In the department of labor. We
also urge the appointment of women on
all government and tribunals dealing
with industry and labor. ..-
"We recommend the protection of
womanhood and infancy according to
the best modern experience." . - "
v A resolution urging the establish
ment of a department of education with
a cabinet .officer at Its head also was
adopted. : ( ": ,
BUSINESS IS
STARTED AGAIN
Londonderry Conduct
ing a Conference
Londonderry, June 25. The situation
in Londonderry following the week -of
civil warfare showed further-improvement
today, when -business again
started up. A peace conference. is now
in eession largely with a view to get
ting refugees back to their homes. It
is being attended by the Protestant and
Catholic bishops, , the magistrates an
Irish under secretary. , '
: General Carter Campbell,: commander
of the; irovernment troops, today relter
ated his guarantee to protect all the
routes : leading - to ; the shipyard end
facilities and insuring resumption of
the work . In , these '- plants. Colonel
Chaplin of the Scottish rifles Is In
charge of troops in: the city.
CAM MORRISON SPENDS
! NIGHT IN WILMINGTON
Addresses1 Great ? Audience Of
. . Pender County Citizens.
Burgaw, June 25.-Drlving through
the country from Clinton, where this
afternoon he Invaded "the" homev'county
of Marion Butler and denounced the
tactics., Of ' Butler's party, Cameron
Morrison' addressed a great audience .of
Pender county oitlzens, men and wom
en, in vthe J'courti house here tonight.
Many"; were . present from surrounding
counties, and it, was with, difficulty that
they were accommodated; In the court
room. Mr.. Morrison, -,' according to
many citizens, will 'receive eighty per
cent -of the Page vote In Pender county.
Mr, Page carried this, county in the. first
primary. Sampson county, where Mr
Morrison 'spoke this afternoon, and
whieh gave him a majority .In the first
primary, , will Increase this Majority in
the ' second ; primary aB. 'recompense,
oldprmen of -the county .said, for the
services he rendered years . aso in the
Vfightff against their, republican country-
man,-. Marion Butler. - . V , r 1 :
. .1 - , - - ; '; . ':--, ;
,Followlng fhe meeting' at Burgaw,
Mr. Morrison-went, by auto to Wilming
ton to -spend the night.' He will leave
Saturday - morning for Jacksonville to'
speak" in the" 1 af terhoqn,,.g6ing from
tn ere to Bayboro for an address Satur
day night. v. : .- -
WILSON APPLAUDED
FOR COURSE TAKEN
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Suffrage. And Democratic Lead
ers Sense Ratification
Importance. ,
By Frank W. Lewis
Washington, D. C., ' June. 25 . The
course of President .- Wilson in urging
the governors. pf"North Carolina and
Tennessee to bring about speedy action
looking to ratification 'of the' suffrage
amendment ' has aroused both the
women and the ; democratic leaders
here and at San Francisco.
.While Tennessee has been made the
battleground for speedy and effective
action, the. President", nas ' heartened
suffrage advocates by ' again turning
to North' Carolina and reminding Gov
ernor Blckett and Senators Simmons
and Overman of the importance of im
mediate action on the amendment.
Those' in administration circles and all
suffrage advocates here heartily ap
prove of the President's course in
pressing the democratic governors for
speedy action, as it is held here that
upon ratification at the earliest doss!
ble moment may rest the fate of the
democratic party
There are local conditions both In
North Carolina and Tennessee which
cause the governors of these states to
hesitate about calling their respect
ive legislatures together., .In Tennes
see uovernor Roberts '-. is confronted
with embarrassing state issues which
would have, to be considered in a sue
cial session and for this reason he has
delayed the matter with 'the hope that
something would, turn up to relieve
the situation, but the President's re
quest .was so direct Land the general
pressure so great that he has felt lm
pelled to promise a speedy call, though
ne nas not. yet acted.-
Everybody- now recognizes the im
portance; of having a democratic state
become the thirty-sixth one . for rati
flcaXioa rthe vrepublicani! gtaiea
Delaware, , Vermont and -; Connecticut
have failed to accept the proffered
honor. , ! . .. -; -
; So important is .the matter that it Is
understood that-administration -'leaders
at San Francisco: have appealed to
tnairraan Homer Cummines.. of the
democratic national committee, to use
nis lnrjuence -with Governor Roberts
to induce .him. to act without ruinous I
delay. . . -. .. ' I
Even after the thirty-sixth state has!
acted favorably a number of the states
must individually pass special legisla-1
tion to effectuate the -ratification by
providing for poll taxes and other
details.' ; In - many , states4 it will i re
quire sixty , days to . take care of these
matters. . Some states . already have
such legislation.
Another point - which argues for
quick action on the part of Tennessee
and North Carolina is that democratic
control of congress . might easily de
pend on one of these states ratifying
without ' delay, iln a number, of states
the women are barred from partici
pation in the congressional primaries
by the delay in ratification. It is no
secret that the suffrage organizations
are leaning strongly, toward the demo
cratic party because of the consistency
of President ; Wilson's' friendship for
their cause. .
If the Tennessee legislature is not
called until af ter the August primary
in that state, which some people now
fear, theii it will be too late for the
women to register, in Kentucky, Dela
ware, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mex
jco, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Vir -
ginia .and : ; Tennessee, : in, time -to par-
ncipate in tne primaries which will
nominate candidates for congress, and
in . some states, such as Tennessee,
gubernatorial candidates. If the wonien
cannot have a voice In nominating the
candidates it is not likely that they
will have any interest, in electing
them. . :,: -, . , . ,
The; suffragist leaders,' 'as well as
many, prominent democrats, say that it
is now up to the democratic party to
provide a way for, speedy ratification
of the suffrage amendment ? thatvfail
ure to bring .it about.-will be fatal
to -that party," but that uick and ef
fective action on the part of the demo
crats will insure democratic victory In
the forthcoming .national: election. ..
BODIES OF VOXTBL " V '.'
NEGROES ARE FOUND
Columbus, Ga., June 26. Four ne
groes, -with a number of pistol bullets
in their bodies were, found today short
ly after noon by- Deputy Sheriff Lay
field and others, eight miles from Co
lumbus on the Hamilton - road, . in a
thick woods.!.. They appeared to have
been dead about two,, days. " - No one
has been Identified.
f Moonshiners ' are believed to have
killed' the '. negroesi White ' farmers
last night notified. .Sheriff Beard sev
eral of their farm hands had disap
peared and he bodies were found after
a search. ..
SOVIETS BUY LARGE - -
' ; AMOUNT OF: FOODSTUFFS
- New York, June 25. -r A contract is re
ported' to have been signed today by
Ludwig ;C. A.r K. Martens, unrecognized
Russian; soviet "ambassador"; here;! and
modesy ;,will ,no be .i indorsed by he
andj," English- manufacturers agente,
Montreal," for -aeveral million', dollars
worth of Canadian foodstuffs .and machinery.-
Vv ": :;:?'
Special banking arrangements- in
Canada and England already have been
made for handling this kind of con
itract.- k. ' '
The Eyes oi Millions Ofii
Women Turn to Thi$v
State for a Chance ,Tq:
. Vote. - c.;
CUMMINGS SENDS
IMPORTANT WIRE
Reed and Georgia Casej
Placed Before Com-I
mittee for Immediate
Action. .
Auditorium, San FrancisccM
June 25.- The democratic na-v
iionai committee toaay unani
mously agreed to send a tele- '
see urging a special session of ;
J 1 t a a a m m . .
tne legislature to rainy tne iea ; . ,
eral suffrage amendment. ;
The committee met . late today toti '
make up the temporary roll of dele. .
gates to consider contests and dispose ..
of other .business - prellmlna o '.: tho' '
opening of the convention next Mon- J
day. Homer. S. Cummlngs, chairman of , .' '
the committee, presided. Probably the . :
loigcov uumuor vinumeu ixia.u ever I ;
tended a meeting of the committee, was. v.
present. Among the early arrivals was
Senator James A. Reed, who claimed a
seat in the convention as a delegate
from the Fifth Missouri district. Rep
resentatives of the two groups of dele
gate contesting for Georgia's 28 seats
were also on hand. There was vigorous
applause when Chairman 1 Cummlngsi
suggested the sending of a telegram-to. 1
Governor, Roberts of Tennessee, urging ;
him to call a special session of' the leg
islature to ratify the federal . suffrage)'
amendment- ": '
' The .suggestion' .was unanimously
adopted. . ... . '. : ... :i .. ;
Following' is the telegram sent 'to' tha '
governor .of Tennessee: . tJ ; . '
"The democratic . national committed -at
Its meeting held today by tmanlmdus
vfte ' directed rneuaachairmanof the
committee. , to send you the following
messages-:'; .-. ' , .. . ' ( ..
" 'We most earnestly emphasize the.
extreme Importance and urgency of an
Immediate meeting of your state legis
lature, for the, purpose of ratifying tho 1
proposed nineteenth amendment to the ;
ieuera.i conauiuiron. ine eyes oi mil
lions of women throughput the country ,
are turned toward Tennessee as the onei '
state that can . and 4 will enfranchise) '
them prior to the November , election .
by becoming the thirty-sixth state to
ratify the suffrage amendment.
' "'We trust that, for the present, all
other legislative matter may, if neces-l
sary, be held in abeyance, and that yotk
win can an extra session of the legisS
lature of your state for such-brief dura
tion as may be required to act, favor
ably on the amendment. Tennessee .
occupi a position of peculiar and)
pivotal importance and one that enJ
ables her to render a service of lncal
culable value to the women of America :
We confidently expect therefore undej! ,
your leadership and through the actloru
of the legislature of - your state the
women of the nation may be given the-1 '-
privilege of voting In the coming presit
dential election.
" 'HOMER S." CUMMINGS. -!
'"Chairman Democratic National Com- ('
mittee." " ': ' .'
Minutes on the oathr of Roger Sulli
van, Illinois; John T. - McGraw, West;
Virginia; and Wm. J. Stone, Missouri!
were adopted by' a rising vote. 1
The committee . approved the execu'J
jtlv committee report of temporary of
fleers,, of the convention, which recom-1!
mended that : Homer S. Cummlngs ba
the temporary chairman of the conven-'
tion.'' :'-', ':."-. "' '.' c:-- I
a pleasant incident at tjie 'meetlns
was the presentation of a gold badges
to ' John I. Martin, of Missouri, tempo
rary sergeant-atrarms of the national
committee. . t
! There was a, buzz through the com
mittee room ; when Francis , M. Wilson,
United States district attorney for tho
western district of Missouri presented
the certified " action -of , the 'Memocracy
of the Fifth Missouri district," in elect
ing Senator James Al Reed, a delegate
to the convention," and ' was informed)
that he would .be heard at the proper
time. :"; It is understood, the, seating off
Senator Reed would ; be considered - bv '
the .sub-committee.. ;.,. , ;
On the- suggestion of National- Com- '
mitteemanI. B. Dockweiler, California, j
the , -convention will be; asked- tnat,
when, i( adjourns on Monday, it be until
1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon In order ;to
permit the visiting delegation to take a
steamer excursion Tuesday morning. . .
' When the question of approving the
temporary - roll came up . it was an
nounced that several states were short
their full deleeatlon and; the .question
arose how the -vacancies shall be filled.'
. In th case of John Schyleman, who
protested against the seating of R. R. ,
Turner as a- delegate at large from.
Oregon,: the committee decided to seat
Turner.; .Turner wa selected as a dele
gate at large by the Oregon state com
mittee to filj the vacancy caused by the
death of, G.i T. Baldwins Sohylemarj
appeared ' before the Committee and
argued that, he should fill the vacancy
on, the ground that' he' received the fifth,
highest vote . In the': face for the four
places , as delegates'at large. :.":.';'.;. "
Schyleman announced that -he would1
carry his case to : the -credentials -committee.
vr;i;' '-'.:-:'"i:-: i'.,'.
The committeev then took ( up th
Georgia contest; - Clark Howell, -lead-1
Ing - the A. '"Mitchell Palmer group -joq
delegates,' said he would take only teq.
(Continued on Pace Two.).