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3- Mws,ae i ' : ....... - ' ft f r- 'It - sV teeatoUtf ft at t-.a j1 , . Lec I ttltimlnvtc Tmh day prabally Yi'edsq;day( ' yccix, misv SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MOVING, JUNE 3, 1919. SIXTEEN PAbES TODAY. t v - TliiS OF PEACE HIDED REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AT MM Many Distinguished Persons Present at Conference, In cluding General Bliss and , " ,i Marshal Foch v, TERMS OF TREATY FOLLOW x CLOSELY IN OUTLINE THOSE GIVEN GERMANY Former Austrian Xmpire vIi Shorn of So Much Territory That The Hew Republic la . Reduced To a Stat of About 6,000 Square Miles and Seven Million People; Text of The Preamble and Outline ' ..' of Main Points of Terms of . The Treaty; Agree To .'League of Nations and La bor Charter "St. Germala, June tH. Cleraea CM, president of the peace conference, vat the first prominent figure to arrive today at tha meetinf at which the terms ef peace were preeeated to Austria. Secretary of ; State, Lansing and Hoary White were tha first American representatives to arrive. Premier Or lando of Italy and Premier Paderewski, of Poland, and Arthur J. Balfour following-. . At 1240 o'clock. President Wilson bait not arrived and the ceremony of . presentation was delayed somewhat. The President,, however, reached 8t Germain, at 12:14 o'clock. A puncture In the tire of his anto had held him op n the way. In addition to the conference rep resentatives of the Allied and associa ted powers were present, many distin guished persons, including Marshal Foch, General Bliss, Admiral Benson aad American Ambassador, Wallace. , J: Aastriaaw Arrive. The Austrian representatives arrived at 12:22 o'clock, entering the chamber by a rear " entrance. The delegates vera Attired ia conventional mourning . drees. ', -; - ' :: " . The Austrian were escorted I by an ItaiMtr watoer. Immediately upon their arrival at 12:21 o'clock the session was formally opened by announcement of the bead usher. .';-.:.' " . ' . - Cleataaeeaa's Address. Premier Clemeneean, president of the Peace Conference, at ones began bin address. - M. Clemeneean (poke only three mla to tea. Ths hall waa densely packed. many of the secretaries having been admitted to the chamber and the dense seas of the throng detraetel somewhat from tha impresaiveaeas of ths cere mony. Premier Clemeaeea (poke ia French. Bis remarks were transited Into Eng lish, then Into Italian and then Into German. Paul Dutasts, general secretary of the 'Peace Conference, presented the terms to tha Austrians at 12:37 o clock. -, . .Chancellor Banner' Address. Dr. Karl Benaer, the Austrian chan cellor aad bead of the delegation, tbea . betaa an address ia German. . Dr. Benner opened with a complaint ' at the delay la the preeentatloa of the peace terms. Ths chancellor declared the Austria reoublie was entirely free from the Bapeburg dynasty. It would never have declared war itself, be asserted. ; The chancellor eonelnded bis address at 12:50 o'clock. -" "Gxtremely Cewrteoas." The address was translated into Eng lish nnd Italian. Dr. Kenner stood while reading bis speech aad his attitude, like that of the entire Austrian delegation was extreme ly courteous, contrasting sharply wita that of Count Von Broekdorff-Bsntsaa and the Germans at Versailles, Th conciliatory tones ef Dr. Benaer appa- reatly created a good improssirn on the allied delegates. The general atmos phere seemed quite friendly. Fifteen Days' Grace. The entire Deace treaty was not pre sented to the Austrians today and the fiftoea days stipulation with regard to their reply therefore, refers to only the portion of the terms handed them at today i session. ITliMiBT Or TEBllS ...r or AUSTRIAN TSSATY. At. ' ft.rmain. ' Jnn S. Followin is a summary of the conditions ef peace as preeeated to in Austrian pisaipo tentiariea at St Germala-Ea-Layo to- fay, The eonditiena of peace of the Allied and associated powers, with t'te ercep tioa of military, reparations, financial and certain boundary clauses, were banded to th Austrian plenlpotcntiarie at St. Germain today. Those elan kt.ii ait nt mad for d rasas tatloa will be Celivered a eooa a poe .:i,u (,. imtrliit ia the meantime having th pportunlty to begin work on ths renter part or me treaty ia an effort to facilitate a final decision. . The Austrian treaty follows exactly the asm eutliao as the German and la maay place ia identical with it except . ( tlmiH ia name. Certain SDC- eifl elsuses which applied only to -Ger many are of eonrs omtttea ana terrain i.nM inelnded. esrjecisllv as re gards the new states created out of the former Austro-Hungarian empire, sno .v. -MtMfb. af tha rlvhts ef thh Hun garian empire, aad th protection of . the right of th racial, religious ana y I Bwmwnwwnnn- - (CenUnued m Pag Two.) TEXTOFTHETERMS As Handed To The Plenipoten tiaries at St. Germain Yesterday . St Germain, Jus 2. Th text of the Austrian terms follows; THS FKONTIERS Or AUSTRIA. Ths northern frontier facing Cieeho- 81ovakla follow the existing sdmlnis trativ boundaries formerly separating th province of Bohemia aad Moravia from those of Upper aad Lower Austria subject to certain minor rectifications, notably in the regions f Gmnnd aad Fsldsberg and along the Biver Moreva. Ths frontier with Italy begins at the Beschsn Pass oa th 8wis f rontisr aad follows ia general the watershed be tween the Basins of the Ina and ths Dravs on the north nnd Adige, Piav and Tagliamaato en the south. . This line which ran through Brenner. Pas and the peak of th Sigaori (Dreihsr- rsnspitx- include ia the Italian front ier th Valley ... of Saehsen and the Basin ef Tarvia. 'East of th Tarvis region the Aus trian frontier follows the Karswaniea Mountains to point southeast of Vil- iaeh, then runs north to the Worhcrsee, ths towns of Elsgenfurt aad Velker- markt, thence along th north of th Dravs in such a manner as to lesv to the 8erbo-Cront-81ovene (tat Marburg and Badkersburg, just to th north of which Utter place it will Join the Hun garian frontier. , 'Ths dispositioa of the Elsgenfurt Basin which lie to the south of this line will b determined by a plebiscite to be held within six months from the coming into effect of the treaty, the Austrian authorities to be witUJrawu. In case a mnjoriy of the population vote for union with Austria, th southsra frontier of Austria will sontina along th Karawankea Mountains to a point southeast ox sasmtappeL theaes north' east psasiug east of Blsibnrg, travsrsiag ta Jrave Jawnv,. above - in nmlssnii with the Lavaat, thai rejoin the front' ler already traced. . - The wtora - aad aorthwestera frontier facing Babavia, the western frontier facing Bwitserlaad aad the eastgrn frontier facing Hungary remain unchanged. - POLITICAL CLAUSES. Europe Th high contracting par tie recognise and accept the frontier of Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Bununu. the Serb-Croat-filoveae state and the Ciccho-Slovsk stnte a at sree ent or as ultimately determined. Aus ria renounce I favor of ho principal allied and associated powers all her rights snd titles ever territories for merly belonging t her which through outside b new fronlers of Austria hare not at preeent bee assigned to any state undertaking to accept the settle meat to be made in regard to those territories. The Teheeho-81ovak state Austria re cognises th complete independence .of the Cseeho-Slovak stats including ths autonomou territory south of th Car pathian ta conformity with the action already taken by the allied and asso ciated powers. The exact boundary be tween Austria aad th nsw state is to b fixed by a field eommissioa of seven members, flv nominated by th pria- eipal allied aad associated powers aad one each by Austria aad Teheeho-81o-vakia. Teheeho-Slovakia agrees to em body In a treaty with th principal al lied and associated power such provial ion a may be deemed ascessary to pro tect racial, religions r . linguistic mi norities aad to assum freedom of transit aad quitabl treatment for th eommere of other nations. -TIB SEBB-CBOAT-SLOVENE STATE. . Austria similarly recognise th com plete independence of the 8erb-Croat-Slovene state and renounces ber righto ssd title. A similarly appolated field eommissioa laeluding a member nomi nated by th Serb-Croat -Slovens state is to fix th xat boundary. Th ques tion ef th Basin ef Klageofurt is re served. The Serb-Croat -Slovene state agrees to a similsr treaty for th pre teetioa of aaiuoritis and freedom f transit. BOUMANIA. Bosmaaia agrees to a similar treaty for protection of minorities and free dom ef traaait. ,,,,.,,, Russia. .... :.,. . Austria to to recognise and respect the full ladepeadeaee ef nil the terri tories which formed part of th for mer Buseian Empire. She to ac cept definitely the aaaulmeat of the Brest-Li to vk treaty and ef all trestle or sgreemsnts ef all kinds concluded sines th revolution f November, 1917, with all governments or political groups oa territory ef th former Busslsa Em pire. Th allies reeervs all right th part of Bussia for restitution aad Mtisfsctioa to b obtained from Austria a th priaeiplei of the preeent treatv, 6ENEBAL AREAMGEMENTS. Austria i to consent to the abroga tion of th "treaties of 1839 by which Belgium was established a a neutral .. i (Cemtlnned en Peg Three.) . MOORE COUNTY IN LINE Al FOR STATE ROAD SYSTEM Southern Pines, Jsne 2. Moore County closed the last link in th Ralslgh-Charlotts Stats highway, when the commissioners voted to build th road today, all th a the ntie hsv already voted. ALLOWED AUSTRIA REPLY TO GERMANS EXPECTED FRIDAY It Is Not Yet Developed Wheth er There Are To Be Any Concessions Made DALMATIAN ISLANDS DISPUTE BOBS UP AGAIN 15 Days Allowed Austrians To Reply To Demands of Peace -Terms; Norway Joins Switi . erland in Sefusal To Join In Blockade Against German Republic ' , (By ths Associated Press.) Ths expectation 1 that th reply ef the Allied and associated governments to th German iuntor-praposal will be delivered aext Friday. Whether ther are to b aay concessions mad to th Germans ia view of their plea that the peace terms as originally formulated would meaa the ruin of Germany' has aot developed. Be ports from Paris are to the effect that the issus over Fiume and the Dal matiaa Islands is still the subject of discussion between the Italian and President Wilson, Lloyd George and Premier Clemeneean. Prior to th de parture of Orlando for St. Germain Monday, Colonel House, of the Ameri can peace delegation, conferred oa th ubjeet with the Italian prsmier. A peace of right and justice, and as sistance to tide over present trouble, are desired by the new uitriaa re public from the hands of ths Allied aad associated powers ovsr ths peace table. Thus Dr. Esrl Benner t forth Austria's aeeds Monday at 8t. Germain, when the major .anion of the peace term of the Allies were presented to the Austrians. ''Our stats now rests ia your hands nnd we hope before the eonreienee of the world that the Allies will not abuse thi power," Dr. Benner declared. Un dor th terms Austria is to renounce possession of large tracts of territory, including Hungary and h r colonial possessions. Her navy is to be entirely surrendered, but she is riven transit privilege through former Austro-Hun- garian territory in order that ah may hav access to the Adriatic; As to the future of her army, the decree will b submitted later, iikswis ths dsmand for Indemnities" aad reparations Is re ervd ft, future Teneototion Fifteen days r allowsd th Aus trian to reply to th demands ef th allies, the same period of time that waa (Coatlnaed. en Pag Two.) Because of Failure of Company To Reinstate Girl Mem bers of Union (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., June 2. Ia accordance with an ultimatum served oa officials of ths Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, anion operators started a wslkout promptly at t o'clock thi afternoon besnuse- of failure of th company to reinstate a number of girls dismisssd for alleged union affi liation!. Bhertly after that hour more than one hundred and fifty girls bad left the switchboards ia th Mala aad Ivy exchanges. , . Telephone company officials stated that aine out of 100 long distance oper ator also joined th walkout. Be ports from the other exchange indicated that about thirty per cent of th worker bad gone on strike. According to a poll takes by the company about 2 o'clock this after boob, it waa announced shout 70 to 78 psr eent of ths employes signified their intention of remaining at work. TM Employee Oak A. F. Joyner, spokesman for the anion, saul 690 young women operators aad 160 male entf toyeee of the two, com panies were out tonight. J. Epp Brown, Presitf-tt of the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company, which control the Atlanta Telephone Company, eaid late today that 125 em ployees had walked out These, be said, were 117 young women, six men nnd two boys. There are approximately 800 operating room employee ia ths tw telephone companies and - about 300 clerical employees, Mr. Browa said. Th strike had beea threatened as oss whieh would involve anion tele graph workers throughout the country, but Freeidont Koaecsmp, of th Com mercial Telegraphers' Union of - Am erica, announced in Washington today that th ttrik would be localised to telephone employee in Atlanta fer the present.' ' - ., Maoa Meeting of Striken. - It' a fight to th bitter end," C. P. Maaa, a vice president ef h Tele graphers' Union, asserted ia (speech late today at a mass meeting ef those who Ojuit work. It's the beginning of the end for Postmaster General Burl son," b added. He told the strikers they bad the becking of labor through eat the country. Telephone service was continued dar ing the afternoon the company admit ting it was working under a handicap, but aaylng it would aontinu to give th best service it ould. No out ef tewa porator will be brought ia to fill th vacancies, President Browa said. ' Poatoffle Inspector began to busy themselves today getting data from both side la an (Sort to clear up th di erepaaeis. BELL OPERATIVES STAR WALKOUT ATTEMPT TO KILL ' ATTORNEY-GENERALt BOMB PLANTER WAS BLOWN TO PIECES ' Washington, June 2. At tempt on the life of Attorney General Palmer were made tonight through the planting; of a bomb which wrecked the lower portion of the Pal mer residence in the fash ionable northwest portion of Washington. Mr. Palmer and all members of the fam ily escaped without injury, being on the second floor at the time of the explosion. On man thought to be the person whe planted the bomb, was blown to bits by the force of the explosion. Polle believed that the bomb ex ploded prematurely before it could be placed under th bouse. The bomb, the police said, j as con tained in a suit eaee filled with cloth ing. Portions of the clothing of the man killed it was said, indicated that b was roughly clad. Th fore of th explosion was suf ficient to shatter window glass in residences for a block on each side of the Palmer home. The residence of Senator Bwansoa, of Virginia, next door to that of th Attorney General, was aot badly damaged. Widespread Plot Feared. Police picked up along with bits of elothingof the maa kille 1 a copy of "Plain Words," a radical publication. This ia connection with the report of an explosion at the horn of Justice Albert F. Haydea ia Boston caused authorities to fear another wide spread bomb plot similar to that whieh radical attempted to carry through about a month ago. I Secretary of Navy Says Ma chine Will Be Disassembled and Shipped Home EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW C-TYPE0F LIGHTER CRAFT When Next Attempt To: Cross The Atiantie ia Ldfhter-than---AbrfTinr Boarttfrafle;Tt Is Probable That BiDlri. gibles Willie Used; Trans. Continental Plight . (By Ths Associated Frees.) Washington, June t- Th American naval seaplane NC-i. whieh arrived at Plymouth, England, Saturday, thereby completing the first trans-Atlantic flight will not attempt a non-stop or any other kind of a flight back to the United States, Secretory Daniels said today. Ths seaplane will be disas sembled and shipped to this country. The secretary said the navy con templated no attempt at a non-stop trans-ocean flight ia the aear future, as the navy did not desire to make a spectacular showing, waa aot la aay competition for trans-Atlantic flight honors, aad did aot favor "stunt" fljrlafv Secretary Daniels declared that the navy ia content to rest oa it Isurels for the present, aad that, the KC-4 will be brought back to thi country oa board the U. B. 8. Aroostook. The crews will ret am later oa board gov ernment veessls. Ia Interest a Sclewee. Th KC-4 flight waa purely in the in terest of aerial science, be said. "Aftsr w have compiled all of th data gathered during thi flight, been mad confident by our mistake and reconstructed our planes to conform with the lesson we have learned, it will tbea be time to begin consider ing further experiment ia trans-Atlantic flying; until than, ws are satisfied," extary Daniel added. Asked if th crew of the NO boat would go to Paris, Mr. Daniels said that they would go if President Wilson or Admiral Benson sent for them. Otherwise they will return to the United States shortly aad aviation offi cials will begin th work of compiling th data obtaiaad, aad begin series of experiment ia aa effort to plaee it la sffsct . Us Big Dirigible Nest Time, Experiment ars now being conducted with the C type f lightor-thaa-air fly lag craft, aad it is poeeibls that whea the aext attempt at a trans-oeesa flight do some, that en of th big dirigible will be used. , Messages of congratulation to th navy upon th success of it exploit were received today from King George f England, th Brasilia Minister of Msriae, General Gugliemotti la behalf of the Italian army, aad the British Air Ministry. That from King George saidt . i "The King wish to congratulate His Excellency (the American Ambas sador) oa th safe arrival of th Ameri can seaplaa, aad ask aim tf a will convey hi congratulations to Mr. Dsn iels aad the Americaa Navy." , "Allow m te present to yoa oa be half ef the Italia army aad ia my nam my most hearty congratulations for the splendid performnnee aerom plished by the KC-4 in Crossing from America to Europe," General Gnglie motii said. ; The successful crossing of the At lantic hi first accomplished by ' the United State naval flying corps," said th Brasilia message. " Traaa-CMtiaental Flight. An attempt to mak a trans-eontin-satsl flight from New Tork City te Saa Fraaeiso ia lee tha S day with , ' (Co tinned Pag Tw. '- Mil CAtLS IT LEAGUE TO PROTECT POWER Hiram Johnson Would Amend Covenant Making Vote of People Decisive . NEW PICTURE OF U. S. AT CONFERENCE PRESENTED Californian Emphasises Great Britain's Alliance With Japan and. Effect On League Con tentions; Thinks' League Would Hot Promote Peace and Is Dangerous Enterprise (By th Associated Press.) . Washingtoa, Juns i. Assailing the league of nations as a combination of armed power "in a gigantu war trust" Senator JohnsonHBepublicaa of Califor nia, told ths Senste today th Paris con ference dared not amend the league cov enant so th declaration of future war would be decided, aot by established rulers, but by a popular vote of ths peo ples concerned. . , Coatelu "Germs of Wsr." "It is not a league of nations to pre vent w ," he nsserted. "It eontatna within 'tsslf th germs of many wart, and won than that, it rivets, as ia th Shantung decision, the chains of ty ranny upon millions of people and ce ments ror all time unjust and wicked annexations. It is a great world eeo aomic trust, wherein - few men, sitting 1 secret, may control th economic des tinies of people. It is aot a league of peoples, nor does it anywhere concern itself with peoples. "Instead of coming closer to those most concerned, the men and women for whom governments should exist, th lesgue goes a step further from them. The representatives of ruling power ait far away in secret If those who wrought this document really wanted to prevent war, they would have permitted the men and women who must b. .r th burdens of wsr, to determine by their rotes whether or aot there should b war. Leegu To Protect Power. ."The answsr is thi is aot a league to promote peace, but to protect power. Those who advocate it dare aot amend it so that the issue of wsr shall be made by the men and women who' must fight and die for it Urging adoption of his resolution ask ing th State Department for the full tost of th peae treaty, 8 ator John- so rtad into th record th oft-4)ooted utterance oi rresiaent wiuon regard Ihg "ope diplomacy. Opea covenant paly arrived at, continued the Senator, "ar now a by word aad a joke. Their mention bring but a cynical smil. The revised covenant, Mr. Johneoa continued, far from preserving the Mon roe Doctrine, would mean ita destruc tion. He declared the league would be a partnership between the world's oa great "going concern" and bankrupt na tions, and charged that government propagauda was discrediting lesgue op ponents. By th Pari negotiations, be said, ths United State baa made many powerful enemies. U. 8. Mow Being Teed and Dssvleed.1 "On the 11th of November, America, as no nation on earth ever had beea before, waa respected, revered aad be loved. After six months of msddling snd muddling in Europe nd Asiatic controversies and contests over terri tory, the end of tba Peace Conference lads Italy detesting us, France secretly aespising us, fcngisnd using us nnd Japan bluffing . "They are all willing and anxious that we should have our League of Kstions, aad willing and aaxioua because of the came spirit which bss ruled them ia the Peaeo Conference. The one going solvent concern nationally is about to enter into partnership with certain aa tional bankrupts. . We give of our .as sets, both moral and mnterial, and aa- (urns a part of their liabilities.'' Quoting th Monro Doctrine a mead meat to th leagu covenant, Senntor Johnson continued t "If aa American, with the purpose in view of protecting the Monroe doctrine, wrote thie article his affection for it was tepid, and his allegiance feeble. It could aot have beea writtea with aay other purpose than the destruction of th Monroe doctrine. The amend ment simply says 'th validity of re gional understandings for securing the malntennne of peace' shall not be af fected. In other words if the Monore doctrine is to be sdministered, it will b withia th Jurisdiction of th leagu f nations to sdm in inter it . Th Yellow PerIL "The blsekest page in nil our history waa writtea when our name wss signed to th treaty delivering Shantung to Japan. W hav not only committed the rimc, ia th first instanc but we hav guaranteed ths crime fox all the time. We give by the pesce treaty Shantung to Japan and by the league of aatioas, part of the same document, w guarantee Shantung to Japan aad gnsrantes It with our treasure and our blood. . ' . . " ' "It is absolutely clear thst questioas like immigration, those arising from the aliea land law of California, aad simi lsr matter will be within the jurisdic tion of th league, Bemember that there ia la existence aa offensive aad dsf sasiv sHlanee between Japan aad Great Britaia and that whea th ones tion of Shantung recently was up, Brit ain very frankly asid this treaty 1 iianc (till existed As Cslifornian, I am aot read to submit any rare problems w may bar to th jurisdic tion th council of the league ef na tions, or to th league itself. . 1 am unwilling thst sither body should pas upoa pissibly th gravest question thst confronts us. To geav tlemen from the South would resent the suggestoln that ft rare problem of youre should be decided by nations bound to the rae affected by secret tnatl. WHOLESALE ATTEMPTS BY RADICAL AGITATORS ON LIVES OF OFFICIALS PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OPEN Cablegram of Greeting From Wilson To The Commer cial Gathering GALAXY OF SPEAKERS AT FIRST DAY'S SESSION President Ferguson, of The U. 8. Chamber of Commerce, Spoke of Arbitration Trea ties Between U.S. and Latin American Countries; Wei come Hight Session Washington, Juns I. With twenty on America republic officially repre sented aad with nearly 500 delegate preeent th second pan-Amsricas eom merelal conference was opened today at th Pan-American Union. The President of the United States, ths presidents of Chile, Ecuador, Guate mala, Bolivia and Uruquay, the pro visional president of Venesuela and the secretary of foreign affairs of Salvador sent eabelgrama of greeting te th con ference. Eminent Men As Speaker. . Assistant Secretary of State Phillips, who is acting Secretary of State in the absence of acting Secretary Polk, Vice President Marshall and Speaker Gillett of th House of Representatives, the Chilean Ambassador aad th Bolivia minister, deans of their respective ranks nmong the latin-Amertrsa diplomats la Washington, ' and th president of the United State Chamber of Commerce were speakers t th inaugural session of the conference. President Wilms Greeting. President Wilson's greeting read as follewst r . "It is with fiauia regret that I find myself axtabl to attend th eoafereaee aad gre yoa ia fra I am urs thai th member of th go vra meats wh ar ia Washington will mak you feel abundaatly welcome, but I skeuld have wished to axpreo that welcome a person. W attach th highest Import ance to thi conference. Our hearts ar set upon a perfect understanding be tween th Americana and th develop ment of relations which will be mutually beneficial not only, but will contribute to the sort of relations which will pro mote peae aad good will aa well a prosperity. Pray accept my most cor dial good wishes for the success of the conference." Spsaher Gillett In aa address thst startled th conference aad was greeted by applaua. declared that th Hprewnt condition ef Mexico waa today "th greatest impediment to full fellowship and international trade on this hemis phere." Th Chilean Ambassador aad ths Bo livian Minister took aa the hevaore of their speeches the necessity of eonfi denee end mutual understanding and trust among th countrie of th Amcr teas. Trade With Latin America. - Homer L. Ferguson, of Newport News, president of the United State Chamber ef Commerce, spoke of the commercial arbitration treaties that hav been con- eluded and ar being prepared between the United State and Latia-..i.ierican countries and told of the crest Improvs ment in means of Interchange of com' msree. He poll ted out thst there r now more ships engaged la Ltla-Amer- lean trad than ever before but declared that the Immediate need has not yet beea met: and that a aew schedule would soon provids for daily sailing of ships from th United States on both coasts to Latin-America a ports oa the Atlaatie aad the Pacific At the eveaia.' aessioa welcome ad dresses wore mode by Louis Brownlow, president of the Board ef Commissioner of the District of Columbia, aad B. N. Harper, president of the Wsshington Chamber ef Commerce. SUNDAY BLUE LAWS AT ASHEVILLE PROPOSED First Step Taken By Preachers Who Resolute Against Sun day Papers (Special to the News and Observer.) Asheville, June t. At the regular annus! meeting today of the Asheville Ministerial Association, composed of every minister in the city, passed reso lutions declining to take any Sunday papers and asking that all members ef their churches decline to read them. The actio taken today by the min ister of th city ia regarded by many as ths first step toward the establish, lag and enforcement of ths so-called 8unday bio laws which will close up all soda fountains, cigar (tores aad news stands in the city. 8omc f the ministers has their reasons for the actio almost entirely upon th fact that th publication of a Sunday paper causes th sUmlnstio of a dry of rest for the aewspaper fore. . 1 Th ministers asked that their church member refute to tak or. read the Sanday paper aad that their .church otiees be published Saturday Instead of Sunday. Th taking of this actios was th result of a dlscuscioa a Sab bath brvaae. , Bombs Planted Under " Resi dences of Prominent Men. Including Judges, Mayor -and Legislators , Last Night FOLLOW-UP OF ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE U. S. Similarity of Reports Beceired From Various Cities Be called To The Authorities The May-Day Bomb Plot ef a Month Ago When Infernal Machines Were Mailed To Distinguished Men in Public Life; List of Those Whose Lives Were Attempted Last Wight .W,- . (By the Associated Pre.) Washington, Juns t.Kadial agi. tator tonight apparently attempted te lanugo rsts another reign of terrorism throughout th country through ths planting of infernal machines aear thi residences of prominsat men. . . Within a tow minutes after ah plosion of a bomb at the door ef At torney General Palmer's redden here, with the killing of on man, vidatly th person planting th bomb, reports were received from Boston aad Cleve land of similar attempts. Ths similarity of th report received from the varioa eltie recalled to am thorities ths May day bomb plot of month ago. - Nob of the Pslmers HH. Mr. Palmar and other members f ah family were st boms, but escaped aay injury, though th front of th resi dence almost collapsed with th fore of th explosion. They were th second floor preparatory to retiring at the time. , . : So thoroughly was th corps of the maa killed (uttered that (argeoa bad difficulty ta ascertaining whether n or two persons had been involved." Piece f tw eparat Are arm war lis located, on tutomati pistol and th thr revolver. ; . The suit ess wss f cheap oatrue tion. The hand bill, which ws greas spotted, was baadsd la large typti "Plain Words," it opened with ta statement) - '. Th "AuKhlstic Fighter.' "Th power that be mak no secret ef their intention to stop the world wide revolutioa la America aad concluded, after announcing its acceptance of on kind of a war with a printed signsturs, "Th Anarchistic Fighters." . Besides tearing nway th residence tront, the explosion jouted cut f pise the stone step leading up to th first floor level. Remnants of shabby cloth ing worn by tb maa billed were scat tered, sections being found over a radia of 100 feet and plastered oa aa auto mobile which happened to be passing at ths moment Streets near ths Palmec homo ws) elesred with difficulty by poUe aad soldiers pressed into eecvise. On r tw persoa aear the spot slalmad to hav heard tw xplostoaa, bat meet people reported only one. It bad, hew ever, terrifle force. Member ef At-' torsey General Palmer's family, wkil shocked, the police eaid, retained sstf control perfectly. Mr. Palmer eaid that he could asesga no reason for the attempt upon lis lift, which waa th second withia ark weeks, on of th bomb drsMvwred ia th New Tork poetoAc having bee eddressed to him. . Ths explosions 1 th tber aiaW were followed at midnight by tbr ta New York City where a bomb xpleded ia th houss of Char! 0. Nott, Jr., af ia Newtonville, Mass, whsrs th hens f Stat Bcpreeentotiv Lelsad W. Pow ers was wrecked. First report si tad that ao on waa injured ia tb Newtoa ville explosion. 8hortly before midnight snd a few minutes after th Highland distrtot ex plosion, another bomb oxploei occurred in th Weet End district Best. dencss were badly damaged aad W. W. Sibray, chief inspector of th Bnrcaa of Immigration hare, was thrown from bis bed. The Sibray residence I be rated across the street from wher tb explosioa occurred, ssd polle authori ties express the belief that . tha bomb -was iatsndsd for the inspector, who has bee aetiv ia the deportatioa ef enemy allene. Aa hour before the explosion in Jndte Nott's heme in New Tork it was stated at pollcs headquarter that ao e Octal warning concerning the country-wide plot .had been received and that a special precautions were beisg take to - guard th . homes of prominent New Yorkers. . Womsn Killed. , According to the police, the person killed wss aa elderly worn, believed te hsvs beeir ths-earttaksr in Judge Knott's residence.. . ' . . f The bomb at Attorney; General Palmer's home in the fsshionsble North west section of Washington, wrecked the dwelling, smsshed in th window of adjoining bouses, for a block but , injured ao en within th Palmer rest dense. 'I '.; , '. i ' , ,(., Aa empty suitcase,, found aear th ' entrance, and a band bill signed "Th Anarchiitle. Fighters," printed on red peper, worded i inflammatory fashiea, aad (crying setice ef intent ef ita a (Coatlnaed Pag XWveau) . V ..... x ,