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Tlh Mews mimdl Qihgervei0 ' ; . . ' "' ' - . - ' V7ATCH Fair Thursday, cooltt ceatral partial Friday fair. a yaw safe, ind rl I cave Mat mriniH aa4 .4 I lag a statta aaar, VOL, CDC NO. 142. RALEIGH, R G, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CUfTS. T READ'S NC-4 MAY ; . SAIL FOR LISBON THIS MORNING THE COURAGEOUS MISSING AVIATOR IRE t NEVER HEARD FROM 1TE DAYS GRACE TO ii K-..Vag sy t vsi i m 1 1 ii i m rfwJkri Diocesan Convention Replies . STUDY OF PEACE TREATY Susan B: Anthony , Amend To His Invitation for Expres sion As To His Fitness ment Resolution Again Up in Congress HOUSE ENDORSES " rniiAi eiircDAprl GERI'M GIVEN SEVEN VOICE LOVE FOR RUCKERS ARE MAD no HEAD U LlJUnL GUI I lMUL WWm mm avt an m Jm. Time Originally Set Would Have Expired at Noon To day; Plea Advanced By Germans TURKISH PROBLEM HAS BECOME MOST ACUTE IN THE PEACE CONFERENCE Tnited States Looked To By ' Other Powers As Only Na tion That Oan Become Man. datory Tor Constantinople Without Danger of Precipi tating Another European War; Uncle Sam Apparently Not Anxious To Take On The Job; European Developments (By Tb Associated Press.) A psriod of icvei day of grace ha bee extended to Germany by th rep rcMBtatir of the allied and atoeiaUd "governments is which th German peae plenipotentiaries may eoaelude their itndy of th peaee treaty and formulate sSieh replie to th various clause a they desire. Th extension of time, which orig inally was to hav expired at noon Thursday waa set forward t Thursday, May 29, at the request of th German wIia arivan.1 tha nlea that mora time was required in order that they might formulate argument of much import ance. Almost simultaneously with th ' request by th peace plenipotentiaries for, more time come from Berlin a ,, statement of the German cabinet that Germany is unwilling to lign th peae ' treaty. The document is a reiteration, ' although in stronger words, of the views ''"of the foremost statesmen in Oerminy that the signing of th compact would ' spell th ruin of th former empire. ,1. 8. MANDATORY TOR . CONSTANTINOPLE: URGED. , ' (By Ta Associated Press.) Paris, May 1. Tha Turkish problem hat batata most a-at in th peae ' conference. Various delegations are h striving to Ind torn eolation for the dismemberment of th empire which will not provok a religious war. Th Turkish States is being looked to ' ,bT the other power a th only nation which ess become th mandatory for ConataatinepI without the danger of precipitating another European war, but .the American delegate to the . peae conference express doubt of the willing ness of th United State to accept th mandate, especially under the eondl- tions which the powers hare outlined. The Sultaa and Mohammedanlaa. t With the Sultan removed from Con- tiantinopl tHfc American delegatioa ex m prtd th belief that it might b pos- ' aible fori ha American nulilia a kwnm. arronrilrd ta th maail.li. ITn . h i ludiaa tfeeleffatios. which has appeared before the Council of Four to plead for ..-"special consideration for th feelings of tha ft.ffthammw?il wavM .. 1I mm mthmm -y . - -v.. ' '- v afnhammadatia whn tiatra m.it. .f.ta. meats, assart that th Sultan must not beforeed out of Constantinople, declar ing that aueh notion would greatly af- f feet hi standing in th church. Conse quently Great Britain is seeking to hav the Sultaa remain in Constantinople as , head of th Moslem faith, but with pure ly ipirltual powers. r ' It i bow suggested that Instead of . transferring th Sultan to a atrip of ter ritory somewher in Aria Minor that he . remain , in Constantinople but be al lowed to exercise a degree of temporal ?' power over ami territory ia Asia Minor ' to b (elected, thus preserving th form of th Ottomaa Empire. Such a plan, ' it is asserted, would prevent th oblit eration of Turkish pre-war debt and necessitate the framing of a peaee treaty with th empir. U. S. Delegates Not Agreed. The American commission discussed this plan yesterday put apparently there waa considerable difference of opinio among th delegate. 8om of them feel that th United States probably would be unwilling to accept th Constanti nople mandate under any conditions in th event it accepts th manda for Armenia, which would require a large number of American troop until such time as native force eould b organised aad th unsettled conditions controlled. BROCK DORFF WOULD OPEN ; UP HCJt PRINTING SHOP. Paris. May tl. Count von Brock' dorff-Raatzaa has askd permessioa for a special train to bring to Versailles .printing aad presses and a fore of .workmen ia order to hasten th prep aration of th German reply for pre sentation to the Allies. A general aummary of observations ei th whol treaty is in court of compilation, , aa well a note on va Vioua specific points. The note will deal with th east ern boundary of Germany, Alaac oc cupied territories, reparation,' labor and German property in foreign coun tries. - The head of th German delegation fixes no specific extension of time. Th apparent dis-oeitlon of th French is - to grant additional Urn. " Belfiaa-Datch Treaty. 1 (By Th Associated Press,) :" Paris, May tl. Th council of for eign minister continued today th die- cossioa of th treaty of 1S38, relating to Balgium aad Holland. 'Jonkbecr Vaa " XCaatinaed m Pago Tw4 J VHY THE GERmANS I! IE TO Ebert Cabinet Issues Author ized Statement Through Associated Press CLAIM IT WOULD MEAN ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION Not Only That, Bnt At It Standi Now The Contention Is Raised That It Spells "Polit ical Dishonor" and "Moral Degradation"; Want Wil son's 14 Principles Berlin, May 21. "Germany declines to ign th peaee term laid before it because they spell the economic de struction, political dishonor and moral degradation of th entire German na tion, not only for the present, but for still unborn generations,'' waa a statement-authorized by th cabinet Tues day through The Associated Pre. Th Statement. "That these consequence matt logi eally follow acceptance of the peace conditions, the American pros itself ha recognised without question," the statement continues. "Toward thsm Germany took the standpoint that at eeptanc of such conditions eould not be demanded and that the Entente was unjustified in imposing such demands. Want th -It Principle." "Germany has not only a moral right to compliance with the general promises made it, but a firmly grounded, definite? clearly defined claim, according to th basic rule of international law, on all the Entente powers, and especially on the United eta tee. A specific recog i.itiou o th right of Germany and of th Ueraua peopl to peae of right. Justice and reconciliation, instead oi the paragraphed aavt .halo. .which was wnttei at Versa tit, ia contained in th not of th American Secretary of Stat Lansing, of November 8, MIS. 'In it, th Secretary of Btat notified th Swiss Minister in Wsshlnq-ton un conditionally that th established basis of President Wilson's fourteen points should be authontativ for .ho peace conditions. Secretary Lansing an nounced further that the Entente gave ernments after careful consideration also rr prepared te reeognia th con ditions set up by President 'Wilson as the basis for th conclusion of peace. "The declaration of right emanating from thee specific declaration of all the Entente power and th United State constitute Germany's sole asset in the general moral breakdown of all international polities which ha fonnd unsurpassable expression ia th Ver sailles terms. "Germany answers them with it clearly juristic right in lnteraationsl law. Toward the political moral bank ruptcy of Versailles th German na tion stands a a creditor with unde niable righto, and it to not in a'posi- Uoa to yield on this chief point. Ger many concluded peaee en th basis of President Wilson's fourteen pointi, which all America had made it owa, and all America, every individual, ia responsible lor th fulfillmtnt of it claim. Allies should Apply Then. "It ia not the German people's busi ness to Indieat how its right shall be realised by th fourteea points, or specially by th not of Secretary Lancing. That, rather, is th task of those who eonat meted th fourteen point and brought them to acceptance, thereby inducing Germany to lay down her weapon. W do not believe that President Wilson, Secretary Causing and th American peopl eaa take other than this German standpoint, if they do not wish to do that which Presi dent Wilson in hi message of Decem ber 4, 1917, condemned categorically when he said: 'W would dishonor our own cans if we treated Gerniany any other than justly and in a non-partisan manner and did not insist upon justice to ward all, a matter how th war end ed. W demand nothing which w are not ready eureelvo to admit.' Waat Wilson' Declaration FaMlled "And th German people demand nothing more than that which Presi dent Wilson announced in this declare tioa. W demand nothing more than that American place th fourteen point opposite the peae term. We do not believe that anyone in the Uni ted State will then have the' courage 'o claim that there eaa he found in the place conditions on single trace left of President" Wilson' program. "And her begin' America's definite duty to step in. America ithe must put its fourteen points through or' it must declare that it is usable to do so or that it doe not waa) to do so, so that ia no case may the world be led to believe that America desire to have the peace condition eennt as President Wilson' fourteen point. , "That it our demand, to which we cling, aad we cannot imagine what ar gument from th America a sid would be effeetiv against K." '.. What Wltoaw Really Said. Ia President Wilson's meaang to Congress of December 4, U17, then 1 no passsg in textual agreement .with ' - , (Continued on Fsg Two.) DECLIf I CHARLOTTE TO GET NEXT CONVENTION Last Night's Session Given : Over To Consideration of i Needs of St. Mary's School and Thompson Orphanage; Final Meeting Will Be Held i Tonight at Church j Th second day's session of ths ( North Carolina Diocesan Convention brought from the clerical and lay dele gate ia attendance a unanimoua vote of confidene in Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire, an expression of love for him, together . with the assurane that th Diocese of North Carolina tee in him, though entering on his seventieth year, no diminution in his powers of mind and body.. Th resolution to this effect waa adopted in response to a special com munication addressed to the bishop to the body, ia which he frankly stated that he had eomo to the point where, after twenty-five years of service as bishop, he felt that he should give th diocese an opportunity to express it self on his fitness for continuing in office. He declared he felt no impair ment of his physical or mental qual ifications, but realized that a man ia not the best judge of himself always, and that he did not care to remain un til h should vex the diocese by any infirmities. Bishop Cheshire retired, for the con vention a a committee of the whole, to consider the communication. Delegates one after another expressed their high admiration and love for Bishop Cheshire, and their continued confidence in his ability to administer the duties of his office without impaired efficiency. And it was at th conclusion of this com mittee meeting t'aat the resolution was adopted. It was read to Bishop Cheshire when he was summoned back into the convention, and the work waa resumed. Vet for Women. The convention yesterday morning passed upon final vote th amendment to the Article IX, Section 3, of the constitution adopted first at th session of 1018, by which "any parish may by vot of a majority of th voter, a at present nullified permit all members of th parish of th age of 2) years, whf ahall hav subscribed to the above declaration, to vot la parochial elec tion." In addition to this equal suffrage step, the convention accepted the in vitation of Mr. Heriot Clarkson, to meet t-ext year ia Charlotte, as the guest of St. Peter's church. By the adoption of the report of the committee on the change of time for the meetings, the next session will be held on the first Tuesday after th first Sundny in Feb ruary. Elect New Treaearer. To succeed Treasurer Graham H. An drews, resigned, n committee of four waa named yesterday to nominate a treasurer. The nominating committee is composed of Bev. Francis M. Ostarae, Bev. 8. S. Bost, Mr. Alexander Webb and Mr. W. A. Erwin. Following the business session yes terday morning the report of the pro vincial board of religious education was submitted by Bev. Walter Mitchell. I T .Irjk.eaeteaaB thai mAraiii aassinn faaa rl that ! report of th Girl Friendly work and i the work of th Woman' Auxiliarv. 1 Tho afternoon session wa given up nlmost entirely to. the session of the committee ef tho whole in the consid eration of th communication of tho Biehop, Following it, Bev, W. E. Cox brought before the Diocese' tho needs and opportunities of Sewanee, the Cni verrity of tho South. Receptiosi for Delegate. From 6:30 until S:30 o'eloek the dele gatea, their hosts, friend aad Episco palians of Baleigh were the guests of Christ church ia the pariah home, where refreshment were served, tar ing the place of th evening aaeaL Last night, aa a special order, St. ' Mary's school and Thompson Orphan age were discussed by Mr. Thomas H. Battla of Bocky Mount, Mr. Frank Spruill of Bocky Mount and Mr. W. A. Erwin of Durham. Chnrck lastUatleua. Tho three laymen brought to the at tention of th convention the opportuni ties which are offorded to tho Church to go forward and to make itaelf felt ia th proper ear for th institutions which belong to it. "A church needs its institution worse then institutions need itN' Mr. Battla pointed out, calling attention to th decline of th Primitive Baptiet Church by reason of the fact that it had no institution to keep th Chusrh alive. Thompson Orphanage Mr. Battle characterised as "th most neglected in stitution for good in North Carolina," adding that he could not tell which neglected it most, the clergy or the laity. Bishop' Address.-. Tonight the services will take on th -nature of Thanksgiving for th bless ing upon, Church, Stato and nation, and Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire will read the address he prepared to read at th celebration of the twenty fifth aaniversary of his eonseerutiee as Bishop of North Carolina ia Tarbore last year. Tho celebration then waa postponed on account of th epidemic of influents. - Bishop's CawtaisateatWa. V Bishop Cheshire's special communica tion to th diocese follows: Tor mors tnaa twenty-five year I hav servedfyou to th beet of my abil ity a your Bishop. It is my wish to continue to serre you as long a I shall be able to do .o. But I have observed (CesUaaed oa Pag Tww.) ALBERT C. READ Record broken by Read. Commander Bead covered 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 103 land-miles an hour. (C) Underwood A Underwood, NC4 EXPECTED TO Engine Trouble Which Held It Wednesday Has Been Remedied Washington, May SI. Resumption of the trans-Atlantic flight by the naval seaplane NC-4, again was today delayed. A message to the Navy Department early this morning from Admiral Jackson at Ponta Del Gada, stating that one of the plane' engine had devel oped trouble. Treable Remedied! Start Today. . (By he Aasocistei Pre.) . Ponta Del Gada, May 81. lieuten ant Commander A. C. Bead announced tonight that the engine trouble which caused postponement of the flight of the NC-4 for Lisbon this morning, had been remedied. The plane will start at day break tomorrow, weather permitting, he said. The wrecked plane, NC-3, has been brought into the beach, where it ia be ing dismantled preparatory to ship ment to the United States on the tender Melville. Commander John IT. Towers estimat ed today that it would take one hun dred mechanics three months to put the machine into proper flying condi tion. E , . . . . ,. Charged Witn criminal Assault On Nine-Year-Old Smith- field Girl (Special to Th New and Observer.) Smithfield, May 21. Arrested on a warrant charging him with criminal as sault oa Mamie Beasley, tho 9-ycar-old daughter of Ashley Beaaley, a car penter living at one of the cotton mills here, O. L. God ley was placed in th Stat Prison at Baleigh early yesterday morning by Sheriff W. J. Maaaey. God ley, who appear to be about 35 year old, deaie any knowledge of tho crime ho is alleged to hav committed. Following aa xaminatioa by a physi eiaa Tuesday afternoon the warrant wa swora out by th father of the lit tle girl. Several persons ars quoted as saying that they taw th girl ia an .m,amaK;1 ik fJl Tn Ca- aia and that k. mr.. . WllaJa Mill. five mile northwest of this place. Godley ha been operating aa automo bile for hire aad it i ctatod that, aa the girl wa Coming horn from school between S and S o clock Godley aaked her to go riding with him. Following th arrest of Godley a number of peopl cam to town to find out th particular. At no time was there any serious talk of forming a mob, but Sheriff W. J. Matsey thought it best to take hi prisoner to. an other county. H (tarted early in the evening for Goldahoro. Ia the mean time it is claimed that some peraoU to le phoned Sheriff Bob Edwsrds of Wayne that a mob wa coming after th pris oner. 5 Upon his nrrival ia the Wayne cap ital Sheriff Maaaey found Sheriff Ed wards unwilling to take th prisoner in custody. Sheriff Msstey' then net out for Raleigh, arriving ia that city about 5 or 6 o'eloek yesterday morning. . He htd only commitment paper for th Jobnstoa county jail and it wa acces sary to secure aa order from th Gov ernor before turning hi prisoner over to the State Prison authorities. It is understood that a preliminary hearing will be held her Friday before Magistrate D. T. Loneeford. Col. Ed. 8. Abell represent the prosecution and Mr. W. W Col th defendant . Mr. Godley cam her a number of year ago from Washington, H. C. and af one time worked en the Smithfield Herald. He married Mis Bona Leigh Peacock af this placa. " SAIL THIS MORNING PLACED PRISON onuses VOTES FOR THE WOMEN STRONGER THAN EVER Besolntion Had Clear Majority of 14 Over All, On The Two Thirds Necessary, and Polled 44 More Votes Than Was Necessary To Pass It On The Vote Recorded (By The Aaaociated Press.) Washington, May 21. National suff rage for women waa endorsed by the House of Representatives for tho second time today when tho Susan B. Anthony amendment resolution was adopted by a vote of 304 to 89. Supporters of th measure immediately arranged to carry their right to the Senate where al though twice defeated at the last ses sion, they are confident of obtaining the necessary two-thirds vote. The victory for the suffrage foreea today was by forty-two votes more than the required two-thirds. On th previ ous ballot en the resolution east Janu ary 10, 1918, exactly the necessary num ber of affirmative votes were recorded. House leaders of both parties in the brief debate preceding today's vot urged favorable action, but many Southern Democrats opposed the meas ure, ss did several New England Re publicans. The NegaUve Veto. Voting against the resolution were: Republicans Brooks (Pea.,.), Brown in k. Dunn, Focht, Gerland, Green (Mass.), Hull (Iown), Ltmpert, Lac, Moore (Penn.) Mudd,. Paige, -Sanders (N. Y.), Stephens (Ohio), Tilson, Tink ham, Voigt, Walsh, Watson (Pcnn.) 19. Democrats Almond, Bankhead, Bell, Benson, Black, Blackmon, Bland (Va.), Brand, Brinson, Buchanan, Byrnea (S. C), Candler, Clark (Fla), Coady, Collier, Crisp, Dent, Dcwalt, Dominick, Doremus, Doughton, Eagle, Flood, Gard, Garner, Garrett, Hnrdy (Teias), Harris, Heflin, Holland, Hull (Tenn.), Johnson (Xliiis.), Kitchin, Lankford, Laxaro, Leshcr, Lever, McDuffie, Mansfield, Martin, Montague, Moon (Tena.), Nicholla, (& C), Overstreet, Park, Pou, Bagtdals, Rayaurn, Riordan, Robinson (N. C), Rouse (Kan.), Sander (U.). 8aundcrs( (Va.), Siaton, Small, bteagall, Stedman," Steel, Stephens (Mia.) Stevenson, Venahle, Vinson, Wntkins, Watson (Va.), Webb, Whaley, Wilson (U.), Wise, Woods (Va., Wright. 70. Total against H9. Clear Balling Over All. The favorable vote was more by four teen, thnn would have been necessary had all members of the Hcuse been present. The political division of the vote showed that 200 Republicans, 102 Democrats, one Independent and one Prohibitionist voted for adoption, while th negative poll ehowed seventy Demo crats and nineteen Republicans. Speaker Gillett, who voted against the resolution on previous ballots, did not' vote today. Amendments All Voted Down. Efforts of opponents to amend the resolution wa unavailing. Represen tative Clark, of Florida, Democrat, leader of the opposition, proposed that the States' ratification b compulsory within seven year and Representative Saunders, of Virginia, Democrat, sought to compel btate adoption by popular vote. The overwhelming denial of a roll call on these proposals by a vote of 244 to 52 preceded the vote of adoption, and indicated the relative strength of .the resolution's supporters and oppo nents. . Sanguis of Victory la Senate. Suffrage organisation leaders express ed gratification at the large favorable vot and predicted victory in the Senate due" to change in membership. It i expected the resolution will come up for a vote next onth in thst Ndy. Unlike former occasions when suf frage waa before either branch of Con gress only n small crowd wss present when debate begnn. Before th final roll call, however, all seats were filled, principally by members of suffragists organizations. Frequent applause punctu. ted the debate, but the loudest outburst came when Speaker Gillett an nounced th final vote. Mondell Both FsVOIwd It. Both Bepublicaa LaIer Mondell and Democratic Leader Clark asked adop tion of th resolution, th latter refer ring to President Wilson's request for such aetion while Mr. Mondell praised the Republican members for their at ti'.ute, pointing out that adoption of the resolution was th first legislativ act of th new Congress. Mr. Clark denied that adoption of the resolution wouU interfere lib State rights as wa argued by some Demo era: ie speakers, adding thst he favored the resolution" not because "woman suffrsge is going U precipitate the mil lenium, but that it i not going to cause th damsge some think it will." Kitchen Bantered Repabllcana. Representative Kitchin, of North Carolina, Democrat leader la the last Congress opposing suffrage, bantered the Republican for "dutch response to th President' call," and declared th Re publicans during lixtecn year of con trol of Congress refused suffrage, leav ing it for th Democrat, who had cour age to introduce the measure. Kepsesentative Mann, of Illinois, for mer Republican leader who wa in charge of th measure as chairman of tha House Woman Suffrage Committee, declared equal suffrage wa not a parti saa question, and added thst though President Wilson and other party lead er "talked in favor of suffrage that a majority of the Democrat never voted i (CeaUaned Pag Two.) ' JO J - J , , v I Si .WiVJ! .mJfd Harry G. Hawker ia an Australian, 7 year of age, and rose from an aero- plan mechanic to a full-fledged Tlier, He waa not allowed to go to the front during the war because he wss too dar lng The attempt to cross the Atlantic in such a tiny machine showed his courage. (C) Underwood h Underwood U I British Fliers Abandon Further Efforts To Locate Haw ker and Grieve St. John's N. F., May 21.-Ilope for the' aafety of Harry G. Hanker and Commander Grieve, missing since they set out eastward through the aid oa their Sopwlth biplane for Ireland, wa vir tually abandoned today by the Brltlah filer preparing her to tale wtnglli their wake. Newa of ten safety of th NC-3 after being so long oa th water had been a source of encouragement but it is recognised that the Hanker-Grieve machine carried only a cockle shell emergency boat aa compared with th stout hull of the American naval plane Other Attempt Being Plsnned. St. Johns, May 21. Undaunted by the Bopvith's disappearance, which must be taken Lito consideration as part of the haxards of trans-Atlantic (light, members of the other cross-ocean expeditions today continued o mature their plans for flights with the next full moon, three weeks hence. From Harbor Grace cam word that th H.-m lley-Page super-bomber would be in he air with in ten days, instead of a fortnight, as ths assembling of this machine is being expedited Cuptnii. Alcott, of the Anu-Ameri-enn team which will attempt a flight in a V'.my bomber, expen' the latter ma chine to reach here tomorrow or Friday. While here he vill use as his base the Mount Pearl plateau airdrome vacated by Hawker. Flying light te Harbor Grace, he will therj take on a full load of 865 gallons of gtsolin- be 'ore "hop ping off." Bis plane will Lav a range Of 2,440 miles. Captain Alcott said to day that he would carry aa life saving equipment only sn inflatable vest, as he considered other contrivance of strh doubtful 'value that he would not burden his mac .ine with them. PEOPLE AT MOBILE Fire In Alabama City Con sumes 200 Homes; Loss Half Million Dollars Mobile, Ala., May 21. Probably two hundred homes, including a bslf dozen or small stores, were destroyed this evening by fire. The loss to property will exceed 1500,000. About 1,300 people art homeless. Millions of dollars' worth of river front "property, including docks, shipbuilding plants, railroad shops and other property which lay in dlreet path of the fire, was saved when the flame were checked at the western boundary of the Alabama Dry Dock aad Shipbuilding Company's property.' A eitixens relief organization has been formed, and early tonight it waa the opinion that the people in need will be eared for. The flames started in a trash pile in the yard of the Cunninglam store. A strong northeast wind was blowing at tU time, and before any one realized th seriousness of the situation, -the fire was beyond control of the fighters. ""The business section wss threatened when the wind gradually, whipped around from the northwest to west, and then almost southwest. Th fir practically burned itself out, but only after twenty blocks were lost. Th devastated territory was occupied by persons of moderate circumstances, and th destroyed property wss in one of the oldest part of Mobile. little property of modern construction wa dsstroyed. til Mr-S: v 7t V. J ' St ' K DARING AUSTRA GIVEN UP AS LOS 500 HOMELESS Wilmington Editor Writes Com plaint About Excessive Ex press Charges DIRECTS HIS REMARKS TO CONGRESSMAN GODWIN Hon. William Jennings Bryan Scheduled To Speak On Pro hibition in Baleigh June J; Superintendent of American , Anti-Saloon League Also Coming New and Observer Bureau, District National Bank Bldg, 603 By S. R. WINTERS. (By Special Leased Win.) -Washington, May IWYosi donl - hsv to talk with these peopl thrs minutes to find out that they ar a mad at th devil," wries Z. W. Whitehead, editor of th Carolina Fruit and Truck ers Journal of Wilmington, in a letter , to Bepreeentative H. Godwin com plaining of leeseive expres charge a fruit and vegetable originating ia th Chadboura district, with northern dtiat a their destination. Clipping from th trucker journal, aa expression at grower and shipper, ar attached la th letter ef protest which critlcUes th seeming inertia of Bepresentativ God win for his failure to register complaint with the United States Railroad Ad ministration. "These charges a re simply eating th farmers np," write Mr. Whitehead, "and they are quitting th business. , For several yetrs what ia known a th Chadbourn district ha been shipping on aa averoge of from 550 to 900 can of strawberries; this year th earn ter ritory will not ship more than 200 ears." Want Godwin T Act, "The truth of th matter it I hav paved the way for you to do something ' , that would help your constituents and help you nt the sam time, aad it bow remain to see what, yon are mini to dc with It," I the frank manner ia which Mr. Whitehead lodge the reepoasibUitr ' upon th shoulder af th Sixth district congressman. 1 . The truck grower of New Hanover, . Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson, Camber bnd and Blndea counties re lavolvsd, "Th extra charge that ar being made sgnlnst - th grower and - shipper ot fruit and vegetable from th rtatioa at destination to atom and warehouses ol th commission merehaat amount to approximately 35 per cent of the ax press charges from thi territory and roint in Chadbourn district to derti natlon points-" says Mr. Whitehead. -H estimates that th farmer f esstrrn Carolina are being deprived of thous ands of dollars each dsy by the, ex- -eessive rates. - ' The editor of th Truekert Joure.il ' urges the congressman from th Sixth district to enlist th cooperation of C. J Brnnd, Chief of the Bureau of Markets, United State Department if Agriculture, and insure speedy relief from the exorbitant charge claimed. Bryan Coming to Raleigh. Hon. William Jennings Bryaa aad Dr. P. A. Baker, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, will deliver addresses in Baleigh an June 2 on their nation-wid tour to la- voke world-wide prohibition. Th speak ing tour precedes a conference to b held in Washington oa Jun 8, which will lie nttended by delegate from SO foreign countries. The National convention of th leagu . In Washington, which win attract hun dreds of spectators from all part of th country in addition to th hundred of delegates, and th world-wid probl bltion conference to follow, will b par ticipated tn, especially th wmfmae, by representatives 0f th varlou torn peranee and prohibition organization throughout the world. A partieipntion of foreign dslegat 1 was thought beet at thi juactar be cause of the fact that with a world wide dry campaign, at haad iaquiria by th hundred tonehing pltat for (uch a campaign aad tha remit af pro hibition rule a re being received ia tha United State. These, it ia beliercd, " can best be answered by bringing dle gatcs from othr eountrio to thi roan, try that they may get first haad object lessons in th working of prohibltiea. The Aanti-Saloow. Leagu f America now haa 30 representative ia farai. , countries. It haa established European, headquarter at 99 Fleet street. London, ' with William E. Johnson oa director as! -the movement from that headqnnrtor. - ' Additional headquarters Vre expected to lie established at Paris, lokio, Peking and in fact in all foreign capital. This extensive organisation wa un dertaken by the leagu at the request of foreign leaders in th dry movement who expressed th view that America would be looked to to help solve th liquor problem on a world aeale, aad for thi reason representative of tha dry movement ia tho United State seed be atationed at different point abroad. ' It i expected that an international league, having as jts object a world drouth, will be formed at th confer ence on June 8 in Washington im mediately following the adjournrent of the convention of th' Anti-Saloon League. The international keynot will be sounded by Hon. William Jen nings Bryan, speak ii.g in th Billy Sun- , day Tabernacle at Washington, Jun 1 ' - Senate Clerk Ressgtsa. T. Boddi Ward of Nashvills, Nssh . county, hat resigned aa atsistant clerk, to h Menalta finance committee aaf will leave Washington tomorrow night for Wilson, N. C, where he will enter th mereuiitil business. George F, Crook of Charlotte, who ha been connected with the office of Senator Simmon for ' some time, will be promoted a a ne ' cessor to Mr. Wsrd. H is a capable ' (Continued aa Pag TweJ
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