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:'i::;-- ' 'V'' ;- - -' V---.r The Weather i & Pages Today One Section Local tnrnm . - .nhably Saturday. . pr!U Fnyettevllle at 8 a. ,ht. 6.6 feet. thunder snowers rnay yOL. CHI No. 197 WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1920: THE OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ; ' --v-'':-': ,-.:.' -'.X'rXj ', xx :'- '-ZX;Xi FTP? me HAMROCK IV WON 6 FIRST VICTORY IN YACHTING REGATTA pjtrcrinp-. - Governor Says. Irr cT WIN TWO MORE (James M Cox, democratic presidential knllenffer Victorious In Face Of ) for Washington, -where he win confer !. Annpared tjenain nU,m.UVi .... Iritain fcained her first toe noia ,in ment m order , that women may vote ....nlne years on tne Americans iu- ln November. . , ; ; Solute, had been would have a place in It, the governor The green cnanen&ci .ow fine the speech to the party platform. l aa rars uul i- i i n niQT TAtm is ai laiit ah nrnninirinn n retain tne cup. Usession of the New York , Yacht ly ln .faw rot- 8tablishing three head ShamrocKS victory wo i uire i Francisco.. J dSakA I - fcpsolute had taken the Jead at the I w.at ' virHnia margin until, as one onvuiim niiiu alf a mile of the turning marie nueen hlles from the start, when the great eet of pleasure craft saw her great rea of bellying canvass, nutter and egin to sink down her mast. She had nanned her throat hallyaras, and a wo men aloft to repair the ; dam ee while the stricken yacht, limped lowly around the turning mark nearly Jve minutes ahead of Shamrock IV. A ew moments later, however, the men lescended, reported the extent, of the lamage and Captain Adams gave the rder that furled the Kesolute's main ail and gave the race to Shamrock TV. When the Resolute, was seen to be . v, . . . i . r.i .. : ' puise, nut tnai ne naa Been ner- adea by his companions to permit hamrock IV to finish, as it was felt aat construction and sturdiness of . thw ntender should be taken into account uciermining tne issue as well as omparative skill of the rival crews. , Crafts Follow Yachtm More than 100 craft, ranging in size rom an ocean liner to tiny power boats hat were almost lost in the maze. fol. N-ed the contenders, over the thirty- ne course tnat started even with the iHUat. VAlW Amhr ll.U.M. "" "uui aione inn N-ar Tor.v I Shamrock IV was eiven pvation of screaminc urVii.ixi m- -i Mcfl j u i - i j a . . . . Aooard Steam Yacht Victoria. Julv banners, T . V IVtUl J . ared - - vu xom Tipton's way," he de- fOOSEVELT BELIEVES TN fiKEAT FUTURE FOR U. S. pesou "Ces Of Nnfinn TI, A-u monies here. New York. .Tw ic -Full develop- ::.UL ine nion Ft use of vf "o?r0e8. Intei r m-. hf that Z an? ""swerving n not d0n;: ""n"7 ,s. '. UP r' -oment al - , ut . . j i i t . -cue n pmnr.,-, i !iat Win k . ee' as the factors uw "CI lo thio 1. "B tne greai y thos v.1 V wa8 nt wanted a of n, . scratcned the sur "c na-p . . . Ihere "1 '"uurceB. he said, "and h'op. exM; .6,tt" tlre to ,de r. sn. "s man now." Ihat en expressed th hif I I IIP T0,1. - . " -v lh had hV !!9 .and 'hear,' the: men Ponal tiiv "unatea on the na- Pnal onn;7:." l"ur aB anvmspira- pith mv niV t0 Ret acquainted "lis r)riv-ilor . l-ani "ruciai effect upon his Amer CHICAGO AUTO ACCIDENTS I 1-. July 15. A fnrfn.v.,.. Prsons !niLr ea and Probably 50 u.-Q i.i. . r " ci1ent to?4y s automobile USfd hv a s irom congestion ippled ul .?trlc,an "which seriously (y- Th "r.Vonation lines of the "ck Br "I" wa kled when a motor - s-pn poie. ;ida4pS,rT,IES1T OF FAVORS rpur ft ' 18 a" JValte bier fy , . na-vors. Trv a it fir. If acta ti end "an e by Pleer. All dA.i.K Platf b rm To Be Gqacs s Guide In ide'Campaign W inia Knrcea uui vi m- w-. . 4.r W1UIV . rf- fin Ail N Tft Partv ' PrinMnlAQ n.- Arrifieni J.U xici t " .r-r, OoImtwShs. Ohio JTiilv- 1K-JTflwmnr EVENTS TU UEil L-Ua J nominee, spent most or today attending i xo executive aui)s at me Biaie nouse prepamtory to his departure tomorrow 'llab . Prior fn lA!Llnr la.tA In th aftmnnn JJeieai. the governor will receive eight, leaders . I a 1 of .the national woman's party, who are to present- arguments that he urge -w 49 s"t...A I r tti. 'lAWMAttOAA lAflrfnlottiva t-.v.va4W Im Sanay ' . . . I mediately tha sfderal Kiiffrno-p imdnii. oi, Thnmas LiDton's chal- 'Governor Cox Indicated1 today that nger snsm.u tirely silent on the prohibition ques- unning by an acciaeiu i " '""'i stated" that it was the. 'custom to con- Af a nriNKi n a iiih.xi muin i ... . . ... .... f four, if she is to achieve Sir Thomas Returnlng ; ? delegates from the San jpton's arean 01 a,v" u , I Francisco' convention and other -party ess pewiei - " leaders witn wnom tne ; presiaentiai Resolute must win inree out iur nomlnee has discussed Campaign plans lub since l&ai. me w" quarter8 eastern in New York; cen. tart at noon on oaturuay. -. tral at Chicago' and western at San f what naa seemea ulu Th emrnar r!lvMl.a letter from tart and held it by an.vAer-We"'n from the' West Virginia legislature that that state is in the doubtful column and advised him to. "take- It out with the republicans.' The governor's curiosity to know who was the lone Pennsylvania dele gate who persisted ln votins It or' him vra rt 1 rra llir o 11 ti "r.ii oi tlia San. TTran- econd later the jaws of her gaff.were clsco convention while almost.the; en. .hattered beyond repair. tire state delegation voted for" Palmer Resolute Crippled . I nt1flf tnriav' -arhn""V. Tt.: Tnvla Capt. Charles Francis Adams 11, sent Lancaster, : Pa.y called and f claimed credit - f or being . the - single Cox sup porter. Washington, July 15. Governor Cox, democratic - candidate for : president will - arrive in "Washington . shortly raf ter poon Saturday, it was " sta(ed;-0-night by Judge :Timo"thy T. " Ansberry. at whose-hometrr. Ohio-governor -Will be gu est .while :)n th cap! tat'f-fi ipton's colors drew swif tjy-irp-jr tcr',th itZT Til 5wTS:Y'fmiEET'raR, STRTkR team yacht Victoria.' from, which Sir 'raai,. wnrerence,. nau oeen arrangea , homas was followine the nrotresm of iur me nonune umer man mai wun . l il . I .iii 11 i. a , s challenger. Many yachtsmen , be- rr"meni mormnS ,in eved Sir Thomas was orderine Sham- a . teiepnone conversation with Judge ock IV to fail to cross the finish line, Ansoerry, cox expressea a desire to at- aking it no race. A statement ha iena cnurcn services nere ounaay morn- sued later said this was his initial inS. unless the conference at. the "white house ehould Interfer. HOLDS NO FEAR 1 OF THIRD PARTY Harding Says No. In- , roads Will be Made " -Perfect con ook them fiftn naence tnat the third party will make e New Jrv . " "Puoiicaj ick. -"i strengtn,. was expressed today by Sen .! lfht,7 president. ns as she flashed aero., th- n. ..I Taking public notice for the first " iniuuies, zo second after 4 She had) v " " ' t"D ,au mo vnuumsie "mpleted the ronr. in a' ' predicted-, that the convention would Nnutes and 26 seconds Th. -nr.at-hl. 1 in way affect his campaign,-and de- r" anything but favorahi . I clared , that - the republican platform skjt was overcast and what progressive .. enougn iy "c ..iceze stirring was fitful . i maite a winning appeal to ine iarmer. labor and other classes whom the la iVot Lipton's Way " , bor party is seeking to bring under Its xhuiiias ljipion, owner of the ie exprcssea grauncanon tnax ssen- Henerer. dOlrH tU ..n . I v T.a VA11arta latllna A. ha iant tl T,n, the flr8t race' h des not a" candidate of the third party,, and r t mat kind of a victory. added that he believed' "few reoubli- added, that he believed' "few republi cans are interested in the third party movement." . ' . . : Senator Harding's . comment ; . was made during a pause in a hard day's work on his speech of acceptance, which is to be delivered a week from today at the formal notification cere- Pflfl c. , . i A telegram of sympathy was sent by VCJ1 raicned, He Says. Senator and Mrs. . Harding to Senator ewanson. Virginia, wnose wue . Tuesday in Washington. :: "We can fairly appraise your deep sorrow." said the messagi, "and wish we might some way help to lighten it We bothv held Mrs. Swanson in high esteem, and know what a great loss "mo i n nti.,, I - I . w y muVinn I" aa.di:e88 at the TWO SHOT FKUM. AMBUStt Mr. Rnm.,,.1. . " "u I ; ' l -KTm-v -k -- Tni-lf T-TST1-Tnl na i:, aeclared a conserva- J3 X AXN'l I-JLiAJrrl3jrvo, liruivx touched naturaT'w V t,, OI perts Working un tick uracil- cation Are Slightly- Wounded. . (Special to The Star.) ! Greenville, July 15. A.1 Ennis and Dr. Heiny, engaged in tick eradication work -were shot from ambush today, and slightly wounded. It is believed the shots were fired; by antl-dlpers. i The men had finished their work for the day, when they -were fired, upon from nearby woods ' The shooting oc eurred in the northern Dart, of the would j county where several vats have been recently blown .up. Authorities .have sfarted an Investigation, and arrests are expected to follow, , : ; MEMPHIS FIREMEN OtTIT, VOLUNTEERS TAKE CHARGE ' Memphis, Tenn" July 15. Volunteers took control ? of Memphis fire stations at' noon today? when " membejrs of the fire fighters union 1 left . their posts in accordance with, resignations presented Tuesday when their demands ,for in creased wages were not granted. Union leaders assert -that members of the fire fighters-' ; organization auit the fire houses "100 -per cent .strong." City officials declared thorough trained men were found available to direct the work of the volunteer firemen and form the baslsfor a reorganization of the department.' - '- . DEPOSED HEAD OF : BOLIVIA DEPORTED New Regime Sendst Former ,- President And r Ministers f V vOut Of Country. - Washingtoni .July 16 Jose O. Guerra, deposed .president " Bolivia, with a number of his ministers and other offi cials of the . overthrown government, were deported yesterday by the new regime, the' state department was in formed today in the first dispatch from the "American legation at La Paz, since the revolution. ' ' . ".. ' '- ' The dispatch reported that. "W. Duval , Brown, American consul at La Paz ; American Trade Commissioner. Schurts . and other representatives in the diplo-jl livian capital, had left the city with i - J . . . I me xormer presiaenu ; Departure of " the American consul and , trade commissioner and of other diplomatic and consular officials with Guerra was not expected in the cable gram, - but officials here Bay . they es corted the former president out of the country to see that he came to no harm. The deposed president with members of his family were sent to Rica, a Chilean port, where it is presumed, he .will take passage on some vessel -'calling at the port. ' -' :-- . .- - : s Previous to- his deportation, Guerra had ' been a' refugee in the American legation. "Bolivia, the cablegram said, was" completely, under the cpntro "of the new regime. Business, with x ceptlon of the banks, had been restored yesterday Deported with.. President Guerra," the (dispatch said, were Julia . Semm era. financial ministert Vice-President Vas- Jquei, Pref ,t ; Nestor "Valasco Deputy Esquezel v Romicln and eleven , others. Lima Peru, July 15. The revolt in Etollvia against .the , government vof President Jose Guiterez Guerra; started at 2 o'clock Monday morning, according to details of the' movement received i here today. From - La Paz f the presi dent, learning earlier, of the conspiracy took refuge with seevral of.4iis minis ters ' in the American legation The government . palace guard held out for only? a short- time before, sur rendering ' and" joining the ' insurrec tion. . Two persons are reported" to have been killedone of them the-.former ln tendente of" La -Paz.;- and he. t)tfier': a soldier,' and several woundedWH ah ' f" caiGAGoas3 . - . Electrical' Workers Quit And Surface Systems Are Tied Up. Chicago, July IB. Chicagoans were hopeful, tonight that the surface lines tomorrow could fulfill their promise to restore service" crippled, by a strike of electrical workers. Three hundred-and fifty sub-station employes, linemen, shopmen and black smiths walked out and . left Chicago without surface cars for' several hours. Late - today non-union men pressed into service were able to restore -traf fic to thirty per cent, of normal. Car crews remained neutral when the company began installing non-union men in the shops and power houses and took out-their cars as fastas power arrangements oould be completed. Al though about 5,000 had a brief involun tary vacation. All the strikers, with the exception of the shopmen, are demanding in creased wages, while the shop em ployes struck for a closed shop. Michael "Umbrella Mike" Boyle, who was recently released from jail on a pardon granted . by .President Wilson, called the strike. He is business agent or tne electrical . workers' union. GALVESTON OFFICIALS ARE ALL SUSPENDED Governor Holds Executives Neg lected Duty In Recent Strike. - Austin. Texas, July 15. The board of city commissioners, city attorney and police department of the. city of Galveston4 were suspended from office today "by Governor . "Vr. P. Hobby for alleged neglect of duty in connection with a prolonged, strike of coastwise dock workers. . -;-. - General - J. , F. . Wolters, commander of state troops at Galveston, made a per sonal Teport to the attorney general yesterday. ".'.'. The J nature of the report was not made public. PROSPECTORS RUSH" TO FILE ON ALASKA OIL LAXDS r On Board theCUnited States Destroyer Sinclair, . Yakutan, r Alaska," July v 15. Josephus ." Daniels, secretary, of the navy who, with Jonn ' Carton Payne, secretary of interior were informed at Juneau yesterday of the discovery of oil ln southern and southwestern Alas- lea. H The Juneau Alaska Daily Empire stated :that 5,000 acres had, been fled upon by prospectors. . . - . ' '- . ..... ; 'GERMANS OFFER APOLOGY Berlin,. July 15.Dr. Haniel . von Haimhausen,' undier-secretary of for eign affairs, today expressed to M. De Marcilly, : the French, charge ; d'affaires here, the regret of the German gov ernment .at -an Incident of yesterday when an" unknown person removed the French flag hoisted over the: French embassy in honor of Bastile day. ; . . TO RESUME SAILINGS. - Austin, Texas, -July 15 Resumption of the New .York-Galveston service by the Mallory steamship ,, line will - com menoe next week,. Governor .W. H. Hobbey .was advised today in. a ..tele gram frdm officials of that company, with "as frequent sailings as conditions will permit." " ' ' ' y I ARMY ACTIVITIES MERGED. i Washington, July 15. Four separate activities of the army. the Jnotor trans port corps, transportation spryice, con struction -division and real estate serv ice were placed under the -quartermaster corps today by : an .order of Secre tary Baker ; . . - - - ' - Sultan May Sign Peace Pact -k But Envoys Must Die Constantinople, Ju,ly K Rumors were circulation after a cabinet meetV'; " ' ;M . yesterday X afternoon that 'P Man may sign the peace treat 5 e Turks are given repre senf, S kn the Greek and Thrace soyHhts..- .. . - x- - J Ferrid Pasha, the grand vlf x id the other peace commis si" ? J Af the Turkish cabinet were jto death today by the na- Mlhigh court of justice-at 'Lan fi?ZS: according to advices received i2nad and the other-members of the peace delegation were tried m their absence on the charge, of hav ing betrayed Turkey :,, in. thi nego tiations at Paris. " . ' " ' " - ; SALARY REVISION - ' -.ii; State League Wants Compensa tion Based. On Gross, Re-N ceipts Of Onlcs.,j- (Speeial to The Star.) Greensboro,' July 15. TheSNorth Car ollna Postmasters' league; Ainti conven- tion 4here, elected these officers today: , President. Bart M. Gatlin. Raleigh: sec retary-treasurer, Grover C. Phillip Bear Crek; first vice-presidfnt, J.'S; Fitzgor aid, Pelhamv second " vice-president, C. W. Bagby, hickory; third f vice-president, Mrs, MVV: Ladd, Summerfleld; re cording secretary, John P Stockton, El- lington; D..D. French, Iutnberton; John F. Stockton, Ellenboro. ....X X . "Postmaster . Phillips, Bearcreek, was elected . delegate to the. national con vention of postmasters" to ba held in Minneapolis next month, and Postmas ter Gatllng,, Raleigh, was chosen. alternate.- The time and place of the next North Carolina convention was Jeft to the executive, .committee. The postmas ters Adopted a resolution setting forth "that salaries , of -all postmasters should be based on gross wles of their respecUve Offices, and tnat- tUe obsolete, l atiUAuated anidun juat , nafVdsof cem-1 pehs-rttdfifth ;cWam by altowingf them bertala percentage of the cancellation ot stamps en mail mat ters ' actually mailed at their postofAcea should be discarded. :7 s It was also- resolved that "the post masters endeavor to secure by act of congress adoption of a salary plan that would provide for J30& salary on each 200 or . lest on the gross receipts, in case of first class postmasters, and that fourth class postmasters be allowed an amount equal to one-fourth of the a-n-nual salary to Tdef ray partially ex penses of rent, fuel, clerk hire, etc. ' About sixty,; members of the - league were' here for the . convention, which adjourned this afterhooni.',The morning session was given over to speech mak ing. " ;x x- ' ' ' BORDER CAVALRY -RELIEVED AFTER EIGHT YEARS' SERVICE Washington, July 1,5. The fourteenth cavalry which has been on duty on the Mexican border for eight years Is to be relieved 'and. sent "to Fort Pes Moines, Iowa, it was announced today at the war department. This is in line with the department's policy to rotate" regiments in border and interior duty so ;that the - patrol work will fall equally on all. . , The third, nineteenth and thirty seventh Infantry regiments, which have been on the border from four, to seven years, soon are to be replaced there by other regiments which have not yet had border xduty. . GENERAL WRANGEL DECLINES 'A- TO WITHDRAW TO CRIMEA London. -July 15.-The London Times hears that Gemeral. Wrangel, the antl-: bolshevik! leader on the southern front, has declined the British proposal that he withdraw' to the Crimea In connec tion with the. projected armistice with the bolsheviki. A dispatch to the Lon don Times from Spaisays it is reported there that the Russian siovlet govern ment has , accepted ; Premier Lloyd George's armistice proposal, but wants the peace conference . with the Poles held at Brestliovitski.' . MIS HELEN TAFT MARRIES ; JOHNSON MANNING, EDUCATOR : Montreal, July iS.--Miss Helen Taft. daughter of former .'President 'Howard Taft, was married .today at ' Murray Bay, to Frederick. Johnson Manning, in structor in history at Yale university Miss , Taft Is president of Bryn Mawr college. Mr. Manning was graduated from Yale in 1916 and Served as a first lieutenant in the field artillery. IT. S. A. 1200 KILLED IN ACCIDENTS " : IN TENNESSEE IN YEAR ' Knoxville, TennV Jiiiv 15. More-than 1,200. deaths - in Tennessee during I the year 119 were due to accidents, accord ing to '.the i report made by the Tennes see state bbafcd. v Autpmobile accidents proved fatal to 116, and 129 people were killed In railroad and ' street car acci dents. All 'other" accidents combined numbered' 983, making the total num ber of deaths from accident 1,228. : TWO KILLEDf SO WOUNDED : io' : " DURING TRIESTE DISORDERS w..:'-t- f'---T -?--'" ':- - '. ."'XX'X-i ' Rome, 'July' 15. Two ; persons . were killed, thirty were wounded and dam age amounting' to - 20,000,000 lire was done during the disorders at Trieste during . which X Jugo-Sla v : hotels and. business -places - were attacked by Ital ians, according to the Popolo dItalia.;i - .vi .- TWLSHBVrfCHOLD VILNA. v -. - London, July 16. The Bolsheviki oc cupied yilna ' -Wednesday t i afternoon without opposition, according. to a des patch tp the London . Times, from Kovno.-- . , - ' ;' POSIMASTERSilGE ermans Will Grant Allied Terms, Belief Enyoys Indicate Demands Pref . erable To Military Occupation Of Ruhr. - Spa, July 15. The German ministers are disposed to accept the note of the Allies,' and to answer in the affirma tive tomorrow without qualification. A formal decision will be taken in the cabinet council in the. morning, but the attitude of the ministers is that the agreement is as good as made. This also is the view of Premier Millerand. Dr. Simmons, the. German foreign secretary, ; said he had an hour's con versation, with Premiers Millerand and Lloyd Gieorge, in which they discussed the essential points of the Allied reply, the .text of which will be ' delivered later.. . , Dr. Simmons, was measurably recon-j ciled to- the Allies solution. Tension'8 is -greatly relaxed at German head quarters. Premier Lloyd 'George seemed to be in good spirits this evening, but when asked by a correspondent' if he thought the Germans would accept, said: "I can not say Dr. Simmons is' a reasonable opponent, but hie has" insatiable men with -him." The protocol which the Germans will be asked to sign tomorrow provides that . they, must furnish.- 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly, and if by October 15, mo they have 'not .furnished 6.000.000 tons.v the Allies -may occupy the Ruhr, A . treaty ; price; will be pala for the coal, j plus five mark's gold per ton, as a premium for't screening into different grades,' .which, premium will be applied to' the purchase of ' foodstuffs. UP VILNA DEFENSE Commander, : 26, .Contends She Will Hold Line Against Attack. Warskw, July . 14x Women . soldiers have taken up positions for the defense of Vtlna. They have been assigned to an eight miles, front. All the women are equipped with American boots and "are " being fed partly,.-, by the ..American, ."oung ,Wo man's Christian assoclatloni,Trheyara whof ouht IvSth' CJeiieral 'oswlskX against' the Russians and who also ap peared last year with the. women dur ing the-siege of Lemberg. Commander Goercs la 26 years , old. She contends that ;, women .can hold their own alongside the men, even in the front line.. , Madame Goercs. has about 1,000 women under her command Many of them are strong women of the factory type, who .are eager for excite ment and adventure. The woman com mander is in charge of all. her own transport system and rolling kitchens and all of the equipment except artil lery. REV. DR. RAXDOLPH McKIM, NOT PREACHER, DEAD Washington, July 15. Dr. -Randolph Harrison McKlm, pastor of the Epith any Episcopal church' here ' since 1889 and author of numerous works on-theology, died today at Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania' ; Born, in Baltimore in 1842, Dr. McKim served in the Confed erate army throughout' the" war be tween the states. ' During his Washington rectorship. Dr. McKlm has had as members of his congregation -' many cabinet members and other, high government- officials. Prior to coming to Washington he served as rector Of .churahes in Balti more, Portsmouth Ve; , Harlem, N. Y., and New Orleans. . NEW YORK-ALASKA FLYERS STOP ON FIRST LAP OF TRIP Scranton, Pa., July 15. Captain St. Clair Street, r piloting they army plane number 1, en .route from Mineola to Nome, Alaska, was forced to make a landing at Elmhurst near ' here early this s.eyenlng. 1 ..... . - - . Erie, -Pa., July .15". Thre.of the four arrny planes on a flight to Nome,, Alas ka, which left Mineola at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, arrived here " at 5:15 o'clock.-' ':.- ? ' .-,'"', -.''-''";;'''' .v;Numbers one, three and four arrived here with flight difference in -tima re porting i an uneventf ul flight. . They wilt leave here tomorrow morning. - SURE CURE FTRST -IN CLASS - - D INTERLAKE YACHT RACES .'. i -'' . - TT ' i , ' , . ' Erie. Pa.. July 15. The Sure Cure of I Detroit," captured the world's champion ship for ,class .D- displacement power boats this afternoon in the race with the title holder; The Miss . Nass'ar, of Cleveland, ln thtf eloeing races of the Ipterlake Yachting Association regatta, was second. -0 -fifth of a second sep arated" theV two; boats at the olose of the- ten mile race In therclass D event, while the Detroit boat also, won the class T event, again;defeatiBg the Miss Nassau by two-flfths, of a second. THIRD MAN ARRESTED IN COAST LINE ROBBERY Jacksonville. .July 15 ryllje ,Wp mack. 16, Bartow, Fla., alleged o haye been the ''third, man" in. the robbery of an express car ntraln number 39, At lantic : Coast 1 Lihve railway -? on July 9, was placed under arrest at noon here tbday by W. -C. Friers on. ispecial agent for . the v American Railway Express company. -Hi" ; I -i'"-v.. XI, r: '' X-ri--':X"'- :-;X ' '"" '"''" ': "' WOMAN PALMIST MURDERED, f ; Columbus, Ga., July 15.t Miss Mattle Wells, a palmist: Who - was reputed, to carry -C considerable sum of money on her person, was killed here late today by being beatep over the head with a stone tied in a pojetT handkerchief. Posses immediately ; started In search of. ai man who was suspected of the murder and robbery, The Woman., who was. about. 0, years old., has been- re siding;: In 'this-? city -for "twelve "years. TTfllina was runnin&r hle-h hen tnnle-li t over the killing. . - FARMER-LABOR NOMINEE TOUR COUNTR Y IN CAMPAIGN FOR TY-EIGHTERS RIDICULED H. P. Christensen, Party Leader, Says He Will t Make Vigorous Fight Liberals Decline . ' : Fusion Movement and Adjourn : 5: V - After Wrangle '. . - , Chicago, July 15. Harley P. Chris tensen, nominee 6f - the . farmer-labor party for president, will make a cam paign tour of the country from ooast to coast, and. from border to border,. he announced today. - Mr. Christensen said he intended to leave tonight for hla home at Salt Lake City, and that as soon as the national campaign committee formulated plans that were now being considered, he would have further announcements. Until then, he said he thought the statement he had made at the commit tee of 48 meeting this morning, covered the situation fully Christensen told the committee of - that although he had' favored ' Sen- ator La Follette as a candidate, now that the farmer-labor party had drafted him he would be" faithful to the work ing men who nominated hicn. ' Forty-EIghter Puaaled Members of the committee of 48 who yesterday bolted the fusion movement of the farmer-labor party, tonight af ter a. day of futile wrangling adjourned with no arrangement made to put a separate presidential ticket in the field. Adjournment -was. taken sover the protest of a minority group, and was only accomplished when. the committee leaders turned out . the lights , and or dered the owners to "clear the hall. Prior to adjournment the leaders presented a report' providing for the continuation of the organisation in each state. The report .was adopted. It makes no provision" for a national ticket, but does provide' that another national , convention may be called at some future date. ' . Send HumoToua Message Harley P. Christensen, "of Salt Lake City, presidential nominee of fhe farmer-labor party, threw the dying forty eighters' convention into an uproar by sending vlt a message characterizing its actions as ""fooiish." ", . , "Regardless of the. action -taken in this meeting, 'however foolish," Chris tensen'a messaga Bald, -"I am the can didate of the farmer-labor party and Will eonti.nue;ln : thejrace." .- s r. 7, ? i. bre rtH the-,minpylty -grouped" ortgH lsufescxibin tovthr Huaon'l taent werereport4d7;latOdUy Ing. -Besides a part of the forty-eight-" ers,.- leaders- of the World war veterans and the people's party Joined the bolt. Of all the group which, joined the new party Tuesday, only one well organized group-1 - left in the farmerlabor party, that is the former labor party. . J. A. H. Hopkins, national chairman of the forty-elghters, addressed the farmer-labor meeting after reports be came prevalent that a bolt had . been determined' upon by him ad his friends and denied that such nn agreement had been reached. He avoided saying, how ever, that none was in contemplation and in statements issued for publica tion, " criticised the dominant labor MARINE WORKERS WANT CONTRACT Seek . New Agreement With Shipping' Board Washington, July 15. Continuation of the. working agreement between the shipping board and longshoremen em ployed at the various ports of the country was discussed-at a conference today between Chairman Benson and representatives of the International Longshoremens' association. At the ' 'r' 'j v ?. ' - ' conclusion' of the conference Chairman Benson -said a decision in the matter would be announced by the board ' in the near future. ' ' " x Proyisioni was made ' that unless either party gives notice of with drawal . 60 days before expiration the agreement shall continue - in force ' for another year. Longshoremen seek continuation of the agreement;' it was said,, after the conference, as it centralizes negotia tions with the board. New York ship operators also indorse the agreement, it was stated, contending that its dis continuance would disturb the already unsettled-' conditions ' In the harbor. Gulf operators, ; ; however, urged : that the agreement be discontinued on the ground that It stands in the way o(f the adoption of an "open shop" policy ln the hoard's dealings; with the long shoremen. . "The shipping, board .will carefully consider the views expressed .and will undoubtedly announce Its: decision. In the near future, announced. . Chairman Benson PLANE SEI2ED, PILOTS HELD FOR OPERATING LOTTERY Brisron. Tenn.,- July 15.- The alrplln belonging to Harry J. Runser and Roa na. v.. Turner has been padlocked to a post" by authorities at iig oione uap, Va.,- where the two aviators, ex-service men of Wlnston-saiem. xs. o., re at tained on archArge of operating a lot tery. Photographs sold by the young men portraying aero acrobatic stunts were alleged, to have been numbered and were to be held py Turcnasor as chances , .on the airplane. NEGRO HELD, ASSAULTED "WHITE CHILD, IS CHARGE X:- .XVIZ (Special Tfce -"Star.).'-', ,'X Klpston. July 15. A negro youth, named Fraaklln.'was arrested, here this yesterday on the charge -of attempting to criminally'; assault a three-year-old white girt, in . the downtown ; section. Authorities say the negro is of .unsound mipd. There have.been no visible 'mani festations 'of , trouble, but precautionary steps have'been taken' by officials. group for its handling . of the- am alga J ' matlon and declared a great opportune lty had been missed. v " Side Track La Frtlertt. ' Removal of Senator La Follette aa -an anchor for the less radical of the -forty-eighters it left them free to be, shoved aside by the votes of the labor- t ltes and the latter's coutrol was novert. seriously questioned. Thoy once tried. to raise their voice In the proceedings and discourage adoption of the ' name" of "farmer-labor" as a party deslgna-v tloh. They contended without sueceag that the "white collar slaves" afect east- ' em liberals, both small merchants and professional .men, would be driven, ' away by what 1 they described as A "class name. , . -. - j The appeals 'went unheeded and tha- . j title already approved-by the labor and ,A" farmer groups went through with a . " - ! whoop. ' "-;" . - , ;. - - - .,- ; - With LaFollette , removed as poten- , tiai; , oandidate : f Or the presidential nomination, no well organized boora , . ' was left. As a result of the delegates' were soon provided with. an assortment from which to choose. The list of names) , : placed In -nomination included, besides. . Christensen:-" ; V; - Agree on Chrtstenaen. Dudley Field Malohe, New York 1 Eu-( . . ? gene V. Debs, the soolallst nominee (a . ; Henry Ford, . Detroit; Louis F." Post, J . r,. ; assistant secretary of labor; Governor! , Lynn L, Frazier, North Dakota; -Jane : Add'ams, Hull House, and several oth ers. After one ballot the convention voted to eliminate all excepting Christ-j -, -ensen and. Malone, the two leaders, nad , .A Christensen was nominated on the eec- ond ballot. . , ' ' When vlce-presldentlal, '. candidates ; - . were called ' for the "convention " Was : , ' swamped with a list of twenty or more,1. '- ; -but name after name was ' withdrawn, . ". .. ; by friends, until only three were-left vr Max S-: Hayes, . Carrie Chapman Catt, . -a , . suffragist leader, "and Lester Barlow, ' ' J . leader of the World X-war. veterans. . s ." Hayes jrecelved; ally excepting ""about 1 a" t , dieii- votef, :' andtmlnatioTi ?4ij niadej iunanlmbu and .at 4 "o'clock' !th -V CofiVenttdasdurndialne dle. , - -,' Vckangea Political IFalr. The pew party's presidential nomlnei is a native, of the west. He was .born . at Weston, Idaho, 49 years ago. From early life on a. farm, Christensen, the eldest of five children, plugged away at an.educatlon until he graduated ln v , law at Cornell university. He since f has spent most of his time in Salt Lake -.. City. , . ... . Prior to 1912 Christensen was ranked as a "Dolllver" republican but allied' , himself ' with the Bull Moose in that , . year. The death. of that party set him ; adrift and, he said, he "sidled into the : stall and voted for Wilson in 1916." NEW REVOLT IN MEXICO NIPPED Gonzales ' Attacks Are Repulsed , ' Laredo, Texas, July 15. The first at tack of "' approximately 400 ' diaff ected Mexicans 'under . General Rlcardo Gon zales on Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican -border, port i, opposite here, was re pulsed easily this morning by the 300 Obregonlsts and customs guards form ing : the ; garrison.,' The attacking party left three wounded" prisoners. It was .reported,: without .'cerlflcatlon, however, that the defending forces suf fered nine killed and several wounded. The attack was believed to have been but a' reconnaissance, to determine' the best pdnt for another assault. . San Antonio, Texas,' July 15. By the -', -arrest of General Pablo - Gonzales by orders of Provisional President de la -Huerta. at ' Monterey today, wag an- , nounced here tonight . by Teodalo Del- . tran, consul of the Mexican provisional , ' government.'' ' " ' ' ,-..- A copy ' of the ' official statement reaching San -Antonio today from Mex ico City quoted General Calteoa minis- ; .: ter- of war In the' provisional govern ment, as saying that the general of di vision, Pablo Gonzalesj is operating be- tween Tampico and Monterey. v.. ' With' General GonzaUs were arrested ' f Generals Carlos Garcia and Jose- E. Santos, the consul said. He added that court martial for Immediate trial had been ordered. -' ' ?-';. " Laredo, 'Texas, 'July lsA-Nwevo 'La- ; redo, was quiet but' tene; tonight after , the repulse of some-, 300 : Mexican" reb- r v els who attacked the town early today. Besides the garrison of about 300,, sev eral hundred citizens were under arms against a: possible attack. ' - - Two. federal soldiers and one rebel " were reported killed today. -In addition 1 a smaii party -or . xaqui inaians irom Pledras Negfas, .who- relnformed .. the garrison late- today, reported eight or ten rebels-had been killed in a skirmish with Yaquis six rniles south of the bor der.. Fifteen- wounded rebels were re- jjorted,. to' have crossed to the Texas , giae. , -, - ' ; , I . American ; military : authorities are watcmng .me.i situation : cioseiy ana army aviators, reported they had lost, trace. of the. rebels. '.' "f ' : . rm, 1 ? , - STATISTICAL EXPER "NAMED. ' ' Washington, July. .16. Ethelbert Stewart. Chicago,-has - been appointed , by Presidents Wilson- as ' commissioner of labor statistics, succeeding Dr.' Roy al Meeker, who resigned to assume du- . ties .in the International labor offlc of . the league of nations at Geneva. 'Mr, Stewart's appointment,' It was anneunc - -ed today, '.would be effective August 1 t r A A
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