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The News and Observer THE WEATHER: Shower and thunderstorms Frldsyr - Saturday " fair sad eoldr. i WATCH LABEL. a r in. wnil Sara Mm aoUutM) aa4 btW VOL CXI. NO. 93. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1920. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS NEGOTIATIONSFOR WAGE SETTLEMENT E TO A CLOSE Railways' Representatives Will Go No Furtheinnfless Public Heard CONTROVERSY NOW TO GO TO LABOR BOARD Demands Total $1,000,000,- 000, Which People Would Have To Pay In Increased Transportation Costs ; Boad Side Is Fully Explained, In a Statement "Washington, April 1 Wage negotia tiona between th eonference eommit teea representing the railroads and the nnions were broken off tonight when the railroad representatives declined to continue consideration of domands which have been estimated to total 1 1,000,000,000 unless the TjUblie was given a voice in the proceedings. Under the provisions of the transpor tation act, the wage controversy now will be referred to the railroad labor board, which is yet to be appointed by President Wilson- The law provides for three representatives of .the publis n this board. E T. Whiter, chairman of the rail way executives conference committee, announced the decision in a statement which aaid the two sides were in dis agreement as to the provisions of the transportation-act. The union repre sentatives were said to hold that the law contemplated an agreement between the railroad, and the employes Trior to any opportunity lor participation by the representatives of the public. Walter's Statement. Mr. Whiter's statement said in part: "The representatives of the railroads take the position that they could not assume the responsibility "of adding a 1 burden to the costs of transportation, which are necessarily borne by the pub lie, without the full knowledge and consent of the public, through its rep resentatives, and that they roust there - fore decline the requests and let the entire matter be disposed of as pro vided la the transportation act. -, . Goes to Labor Board. Thie means that the controversy, t-- sniMt be submitted-to the railroad labor . '.wflari'td be appointed by the President far accordance' with the "terms of the - law on which the publis will have three . , representatives, the employes three and . the railroad managements three.. We Invited the eommittee representing the employe to join with us in the forma tion of a eommittee tof prepare data on v the various aspects of the subject which . wo feel must ultimately bo presented to the labor board in any event, with ' view of expediting the disposition of this flimcnlt problem. They declined to join with ns in the formation of such a eommittee. They have annonneed their Intention of appealing to the labor board." , - . FLOOD THREATENS TO -STRIKE CHATTANOOGA - - Chattanooga, Tenn, April 1. With a heavy rain falling over - the entire watershed of the Tennessee Biver and the stream now rapidly rising, fears were expressed hens tonight that a ' aerious flood . was threatening this territory. Beports from points on the "I upper reaches of the river say that the " Hiwassee, Oeoee and 'smaller stream re oa a rampage and the downpour of -alal Continuous. The riverat Chattanooga tonight was 18 feet and the rainfall since last night over tbreo inches. Creeks north of Chattanooga are overflowing. Street ear service to the eastern suburbs of the. city was halted -temporarily tonight by water covering .the tracks. MEXICAN CONGRESSMEN 1 ARRESTED, IS REPORT San Antoio, ' Texas, April 1. I "Trenta, a Mexican language newspaper published here, today announced receipt of a telegram from Mexico City saying Congressmen Martinez, Escobar, TJriano Manriquea and Favio Altameiano, ac companying General Alvaro Obregom on his presidential campaign tour of North- ' . . . . i i . a era sanicu, wen arresiea vj orucr ui President Uarrania. Bpeeehee they arrf alleged to have made criticised Car " ran "for hli "recent ' alliances," 'the NEW RAILROAD LAWIS : , , TO COST IMMENSE SUM . Washington, April 1 Guarantee pro vision of the new railroad law will cost the government approximately 1175,000, 000 for the six month they are oper ative,' Secretary Houston estimated to . night;:' He . said that machinery-was , being created to handle advance to the - railroad and loans from the S300.000, 000 revolving fund and that several cor poration already had filed application to eove deficit, from which thi guar anty wciioaa provide -relief J-''r EXPECT LOUISIANA NOW . r" TO BE PIVOTAL STATE ; ON SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT New Orleans, La April 1. Wom en aaffrag leader here, after learning of the defeat ia the" lower Ho of the Delaware LegUlataro, stated Loalstaaa. whoa Leglalatar meets May It, would doabtles prove the. pivotal State, Only favorable actloa la the Laalsiaaa Legislator, It wae argued, would glv women the right to vote la the presidential election. ;r -- FIVE SOCIALISTS , ARE EXPELLED BY N.Y.LFGISLATURE -4 .; Big Majorities Against Assem blymen Who Are Alleged To Be Disloyal PLAN FOR PROTECTION ELECTION IN FUTURE Ousted Members Declare That Voters Who Elected Them Must Be Heard In Matter; Talk of Going; To Courts Not Taken Seriously; Expulsion After 24 Hours of Debate Albany, N. Y., April 1. The five So cialist members of. the State Assembly Louis Waldman and August Claesaen, of New York; Samuel A. Dewitt and Samuel Orr, of the Bronx, and Charles Solomon, of. Kings county were ex pelled from the lower house of the Leg islature today by an overwhelming ma jority. The next atop in the fight against the Socialist party, characterized as a "trai torous party by the Assembly judiciary committee, which recommended after in. itigation into the charges of dis loyalty against the five Socialist assem blymen that they be denied seats in the Assembly, will be taken in the Leg islature tomorrow. Bills designed to carry out the recommendations of the judiciary committee that "appropriate legislation be enacted to the end that hereafter no party group or political organization in which aliens are accept able as members, or whose principles, polieie, . ot "program are responsive to or determined by an organization, Na tional or state, composed of persona not members of the electorate of the nation or state, shall be privileged to occupy the position of a political party on the official ballot of this state, are expect ed to be introduced in the Assembly, Results Tell Story. "The results speak -for themselves, said Speaker Thaddous C. Sweet, initia tor of the ouster movement, when toe Assembly by its- votes hsd unseated Waldman, Claessens, Solomon, DeWitt and Orr in the order named, be was asked if he had anything to say. Legialativa circle tonight were dia- ensaing the statement gives out today by Louis Waldman 'and Charles Solo-, mon, two of the ousted assemblymen. in which they said "the workers by whom we were elected must and will be 4eard.,If the people are to he driven from the ballot box, where shall they got" Beports reaching here from Hew XorK (Continued on Pago Two.) STOCK YARD STRIKE IS TO BE ENDED THIS DAY Federal Mediators Make Pos sible Besumption of Activi r ties In Chicago Chicago, 111., April 1. More than 7,000 employes of the Chicago stock yards and packing companies will be back at work tomorrow as a result of decision : today by striking feeders and stock handlers to return to their jobs and arbitrate wage differences. Judge Samuel Alachuler waa appointed to officiate. The freight embargo oa live stock entering Chicago was lifted immediately. r- Decision to end the strike of the 900 feeder and stock handler who had been out for four days and forced idleness on many packing house work 'era came after "Federal . mediator of the Department of Labor had conferred with the strikers. The mediator told the men they were striking ia violatioa of their greementwiththe Union Stock Yards Transit Company, their employer. TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Washington, April L- Plans for the Democratic National convention in Baa Francisco will be discussed at a meet ing of the eommittee oa arrangement Anril Si) in nhieam. Chairman Cum migi 0j the National committee, an pouncod today -that ub-eemm ittee re cently appointed to deal with specific convention , matter would mace tneir report jJUth!4imt to the full com mittee. : . . :, -.' ' In connection with the" meeting there will be a conference of the seventeen newly, appointed." women member' of the Democratic executive - eommittee with the National chairman and other organisation officials. . . GARY, OF TEXAS, SLATED TO GO TO SWITZERLAND . Washington, April L Eamson Gary, of Texas, now consul general at Cairo, Fgypt,1 waa nominated ir' W Vl tfeirt Wiliwn to be mteirter to Switzer land. He will aneeeed Pleasant A. Plovall, of Savannah, Oa, who resigned recently.. . .. . - - ' Medical Inspector Die. San Francisco, Cal " April 1. Dr. William Martin, 71, medical Inspector of . the United-8tatea.Na.vy. .retired, and noted for hi work ia combatting yellow fever- in Florida and Louisiana 4ied her -today. - Vs " WUllasa : Swora' lau7.''"" Washington, April 1 William W. Wililams, former solicitor of the De partment of Agriculture, wa swora in today as collector of internal revenue, succeeding Daniel C Boper, resigned. ( PRESIDENTS NAME IS WITHDRAWN IN GEORGIA Names Taken Off Petition Se duce Number Below' Be , quired One Hundred Atlanta, Ga., April 1. The name of President Wilson, which has been en tered by petition ia the Georgia Presi dential preferential primary, has been withdrawn by aetiea of number of the aigaera v! the petition, it was an nonneed tonight. The withdrawal of the President's name leaves the following candidate, ia the order of the filing of their peti tions: Attorney General A. Mitchell ralmer; Thomas E. Watson, well known Georgia author and publisher, and Uni ted States Senator Hoke Smith, of Geor gia. Aa announcement to this effect was made tonight by Hiram Gardner, secretary of the Democratic State execu tive eommittee, following the expiration at noon today of the time limit for entries. President Wilson's name was entered several days ago by petition of moro than the required one hundred Demo erata and the Slate eommittee tele graphed the President asking whether he eared for his name to? appear.. No reply came from the White House and it was uuderatood preparations were dc ing made to print his name on the bal lot. Meanwhile, according- to Mr. Gard ner, withdrawals of their names by signers of the petition were in such number as to reduce the petition to lew than the required one hundred names. Aa a result -of this the committee an nounced it would not appear on the ballot- TROOPS' CONTROL Wilson Tells House Foch Has No Jurisdiction Over Amer icans Abroad ' Washington, April 1. President Wil uin informed the House today in re sponse to a resolution ot inquiry mat American -troops on the Rhine still were controlled by the terms of the armis tice and were ubjeet only to his ordcis a commander in chief of the army. Field Marshal Foch, of France, the President aaid, haa no jurisdiction over the troops nor are they in any way controlled by the decisions of the alllel Khineland eommiasion. which makes M ordinances and rules for the governing ot the territory policed by th atlwd. armies of occupation. Major General Area, commanding the Americas troops, .-the President wrote, haa authority to police the ter ritory under , his control, to preserve order and "to repel ny attack which may be made upon him." . After the formation of the Bhineland eommiasion, the President aaid, the ques tion arose as to whether these ordi nance should govern in the American sector, and the representatives of the State Department and the commanding general of the American forces in tier, many were instructed as follows: Can't Adsalt Jariadkttoa. "This government cannot admit jurisdiction of that commission over portions of Bhenish province occupied by the American forces. Consequently, neither you (representative of the State Department) nor General Allen ahould issue any ordinances which conflict with or exceed the terms of the armistice, which the Department (of State) regards aa continuing in forte as to the United State- "Yon should, however, maintain the closest tonch with the high commission and endeavor ia ao far a possible to eonform administrative regime within territory occupied by American forces to regime adopted b high commission for other portion of occupied terri tory. There is no objection to your Coatlaae4 oa Paaw Twe.) r CHARGES THAT DANIELS SHOWED -INDIFFERENCE' Admiral FuDem Adds ffis CriU cism For Lack of Prepared ness of If avy Washington, April 1. Charges that the Navy Department had made ao ef fort from 1915 to 1917 to prepare (hips of the Pacific fleet for war, were mnde before the C late Naval Investigation committee today by Bear Admiral Wa, F. Fallam, who commanded that force and directed all allied aavat operations ia Pacific water during the war. Armored . Cruiser - in reserve oa the Pacific coast were not made ready, the officer asserted, despite hia repeated reeorameadatioaa, and it wa only by Utilizing naval apprentice at training schools that he waa able before the war to get tho vessel away from the dock for short training cruise. Even after tho outbreak of-war ia Europe, he aaid. tne jJepartment wa indifferent to the recommendation of senior officer that steps be take to prepare.. - Th Admiral testified that it was only by going over Secretary Danieta head and . leading letter and outline of plan and policies direct to Assistant Secretary Booaerelt that a sympathetic attitude could be obtained for prepared ness measure. Th commute adjourned until Moa day when Admiral lluuh Bod man. com- mander-ia-chief of . th Pacific fleet. probably will testify. . . NO REPRESENTATIVE TO NEXT PEACE CONFERENCE ""WaahingtonT April iiTlie "Xaited State will aot be repreaeated at the peaea eoafereae when it meet at Baa Bemo IlaJy. thi raohU it waa aaid today at the State Departmeat. It wa explained that thia country had aot been officially represented ia the con ference tine Under-Secretary Frank I. Polk and the other delegate left Paris last December, . , PRESIDENT HOI OS REGRETS NAVY IS UNABLE TO HELP FURNISH NITRATE Secretary Daniels Reviews Sit uation In Letter To Gov ernor Bickett OVERMAN DENIES THAT HE OPPOSED SUFFRAGE Suffrage Leaders Say Fight In ' Delaware Not Over and That O. O. P. Will Have Chance To Bedeem Itself By Reconsid ering Amendment; Bequest Prom Fayetteville News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National' Bank Bldg. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, April 1. The Navy and War Departments have join ed hands with Congress in an effort to relieve the pressing shortage of nitrate and releases of the Government aupply are expected to assist th iituation. Secretary Daniels, of the Navy Depart mcnt, has written Governor Bickett, of Ncrth Carolina, of the interst of his department, and he reviews the situa tion affecting the navy's supply. Senators Simmons and Overman have already taken steps in tb Senate to press action on a joint resolution which would empower the War Department to lend nitrate to the farmers in view of the shortage of the supply from Chile due mainly to a scarcity of shipping. The situation ia revealed in Secre tary Daniels' letter to Governor Bickett, which says? - - "Th condition "of the nrtrtrio Yrtarxet has been brought to the attention of the Navy Department with representa tions as to the nrgent necessity of sup plying the farmers with nitrate during the month of March nd April this year, until th arrival of shipments from Chile begins. .It understands that shipments due ia May will take care of the seeds of the farmers thereafter. Want To Co-Operate. "The navy, very desirous of co-operating with the nitrate dealer in order to be of assistance to the farmers, ar ranged to place oa the market the fol lowing amount, they being the only available aitrato which the aavy could sake available for sales .-..,, ,y ... "925 ton, approximately, at Perry ville, Md., and 9,200 tons, approximate ly,' at East Lamoine, Me. These quan tities are so small to be of little help, the amount at East Lamoine being stored where there exist no mean for ita handling. The War Departmeat is believed to posse suitable quantities in accessible places. "The price offered by bidder on March 25 for thi small amount were well below the price paid for th tame by th navy, and the Department doe not feel justified in proceeding with the sale. The best price offered was $3.60 per hundred pounds, against th pres ent market quotation of S3.85 per hun dred and the price of $3.88 per hundred paid for it by the navy. "Therefore, I regret that I am unable to assist in alleviating the troubles of the farmers in this instance." Overman Denlea Report. Senator Overman denied today news paper reports which intimated that he waa taking a hand in an effort to delay the ratification of the Susan B. An thony amendment in Delaware or any other state. The junior Senator said: "I have not touched the matter di rectly or indirectly since the joint resolution was referred to the state of tho Union by the Congress." It is said here that variour comment ha been mad oa the basis of a story from the New and Observer' staff correspondent at Dover, Del., which aaid: .'"Suffragist frorn outside Delaware, familiar with the , certain contest of Uaderwood, of Alabama, and Smith, of Georgia, for renomination, were busy today ia . running . to cover . , well grounded report that the Alabama and Georgia Senator- were "pulling wires' to prevent favorable action here. They wcre-likewise interested in tho poten tial opposition to Senator Lee S. Over man, of North Carolina. Mississippi gave th suffrage adher ent in tne aationai capital a severe hock, and Delaware s action through their House of Representatives did not serve to bolster np any optimism. The possibility that action will hinge on the decision of North Carolina in th extra session ..ot the general assembly - this summer is taken a a virtual foregone conclusion. It i known that Tar .Heels here are deeply intereated ia the Na tional auffrag situation, and although plan at said to be under way which will determine tho actioa of North Car olina. . '. ' Delaware fight Not oven' - "" Tho headquarter here of the National Woman'a Party, review the situation for th past few hour, ia th follow ing statement: "Thr snffraKe flghrtl"86tverTn Delaware. , ' - 'We do not by any means consider th ameadment .lost ia thia atate; Alice Paul, chairman of th National Wom an's rarty, announced immediately after today' rot ia the lower boos la which ratifieatioa waa defeated 85 to & "The ratifieatioa resolution will be brought ap for reeouideratioa after th Hon r-eonvenee oa Monday. Three day ar give for th introduction -of a resolution to reconsider. Aa attempt to day oa th part of opponents of suf frage to aecur immediate ecoaaidara- uoa was aereated. A Bather Chance. : ' Th Bepubllcaa party la the Dela ware legislator will have aa opportun ity to redeem itself; Mis Paul said in a telephone conversation with Wash ington headquarter thia afteraooa. hs insistence of our opponents .(Continued M fsg Three.) i REPUBLICANS GIVE L TO L Will Try To Put Peace Measure Through House a Week From Today G. 0. P. IS RAPPED BY . . HOMER S. CUMMINGS Democratic Committee Chair man Says Moral Capacity of Republicans at Low Mark; Discusses Outlook Tor Cam paign; Hopes President Wil son Will Help Washington, April 1. Republican leaders in the House . Completed today their plans to put through a week from tomorrow a resolution declaring the state of war with Germany at an end. The measure was favorably, reported to day by ' the foreign affairs committee and will he taken up next Thursday under a . nine-hour debate rule which will briirglhe vote: e-n Friday. Action of the Republicans drew the Are tonight of Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National eommittee. In a statement to press rep resentative he ssid it marked "about tbV lowest' point of moral capacity to which Republican leadership has de scended." It was an attempt, he added, to use the treaty of Versailles "without first accepting it" and probably would lead to international complications, "the seriousness of which it is difficult at this time to conjecture.'' The resolution was Reported on a strict -party vote by the foreign affairs committee. Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama, refused to vote, but his colleague on the eommittee all op posed the report. Veto la Feared. Later Republican leaders revised their plan to call the measure up Monday be cause of the probable absence ot mem bers on that day due to the taster noli days. They had no doubt that It would be adopted, although . the Democrats were lining up against it, but were not equally confident that the necessary two-thirds to carry it over a Freaiden tial veto could be obtained. In that coanectlonr- Mr. Cnastniag ssid he did aot think 'for on moment that the' President would sign such a resolution- He aid the House wa at tempting to exercise power it did not oossea. Discussing the general political situa tion, Mr. Cummings indicated that the Democratic leaders expected to hav th aid of the President in the coming cam paign. Hope President Will Help. "I hop that the Preaident will be able to participate actively in tne cam paign, he said. "He is improved is health and while he may aot be able to take the stuuiD. he can still writ and he can always be heard, through his writinsrs." - He aaid he had not discussed this phase lately with the Preaident, but that he had bad "little aimeuity in ascer taining the President's position on quel tions which I deem crucial.'' Asked for th Democratic view of the announcement of Herbert Hoover a a candidal for th Republican presiden tial nomination, lit. Cummings said: "It is always a bad thing to see an essential Democrat attempt to liberal ize a siann-pafc yariy cmyyvw that stand." Mr. Cummings said he assumed that the question of a more liberal construc tion of . thS -Yolatead-prohibitiou en forcement act would be before the San Francisco convention and also the Chi cago convention. HOOVER FOR CONTROL OF FIVE BIG PACKERS Report ToJPresident Given Out By Republican Club In New York City New York, April 1. A confidential report to President Wilson by Herbert Hoover In which the former food ad ministrator outlines hi ' position on control of the Chicago packing industry waa mad public here . tonight by ths Hoover Nationaf Republican Club with the announcement ththePresidcnt haOlr " : Tho announcement stated that the report, dated September II, 1918, was made six months ago in response ' to President Wilson' request for Mr. Hoover1 observation on the recom mendation of the Federal Trade Com mission witb regard to uio nve isrge packing firms. "l scarcely need to. repeat the view that I expressed to yon nearly a year ago, -that there--lshi- -gTowhir and dangerous .domination of the handling of the nation' foodstuffs," th report aid. ' . ' , : ,.."' Mr, Hoover said h did not feel thit th government "saouid; undertake the iolulioa of the problem by the lim porary authority conferred under the war powers of th railway and fool administration,' but rather that it "should ..be laid before Congress for searching consideration, exhaustive de bate and development of public opin ion, just s haa been neecasary in the development of th public interest In our'banks, tnsuraac companies" and rsilwsy.", -- , I. , . laatraeted For Wood. ' j ! "" Jackson," Miss, April I. Eight dele gate with half a vote each, pledged for General Leonard 'Wood, were elected here today at the Mississippi State Re publican convention. The delegates were about equally divided between FINA TOUCHES RESOLUTION P whites ui negroes. DEFEAT SUFFRAGE BY A DECISIVE JVIAJORITY IN DELAWARE HOUSE i STATES WHICH HAVE NOT ACTED ON SUFFRAGE. Gov. Leils. Connecticut R. K. Louisiana D. D. Florida I. I). Vermont R. R. North Carolina D. D. Tenae e , D. D. J INDICT FOUR HIGH COURT LEAK Criminal Action Against Men Profiting From Southern Pacific Decision Washington, April 1. For the firM time in 'history a criminal indictment was returned today against persons al leged to have obtained advance infor mation of a Supreme Court decisioa for the purpose of stock market specula tion. Ashton. F. Embery, former secretary ti Associate Justice McKenna, was named aa the man who disclosed th substance of the highest courta forth coming decision ia the Southern Pacific caae last November. He wa said to have received 150Q for the information. hereby the other defendants, E. Mil lard -Mayer, Jr., a New. York broker; Harnett E. Moses, lawyer of Washing ton, and James H. Graves, former as sistant attorney in the Department of Justice, were enabled to cell "short 500 shares of Houthern Pacific, en which a profit of 1,412.50 wa made. The indictment returned in the Di triet of Columbia Supreme Court aftr months of investigation by the Depart ment of Justice, charged specifically conspiracy to defraud th United States of its right of secrecy sur ounding opinions of the United State Supreme Court prior to publis announcement Ly tho "justices in formal eessioa. It re cited that "from time immemorial? the custom was to deliver slL opinions s-j tbj. all -sitrsews-nrghr a did hav equal opportunity to M inform t& CO cerning them "to the end that th court should continue and b regarded as aa impartial snd publio tribunal adminis tering and declaring public law in pun lie and general manner without favor, as one Ashton t . Embery won and there well knew While there have been rumors of court leaks in the past, investigation al ways disclosed that they were without foundation. - BLAMES FLETCHER FOR LOSS OF THI- ANTILLES Former Operations Officer Tes tifies Orders of Admiral Sims Disregarded Washington, April 1. Loss of the transport Antilles off the French eoaat in October, 1917, waa attributed direct ly to Rear Admiral William B. Fletch er's alleged disregard of instructions from Vice-Admiral Sims, in testimony today by Captain Byron C. Long, oper ations officer on Sims' staff at London, before the naval board investigating Admiral Fleteher' removal from the Crest fommand. When th Antilles was struck by a t irpedo the convoy was .proceeding in single file, Captain Long testified, add ing that thia was th "most dangerous possible formation. Admiral Fletcher, he aaid, had pr viously been ordered by Admiral Sims to issue general convoy instructions prescribing line abreast' formation. No such instructions, he said, ever were issued. ' ' . Every convoy that sailed from the French eoast during Ad.mlrsLFlctchei's ei mmand at Brest, Capt. Long declared. proceeded ia column formation which made them particularly vulnerable to submarine attack . The fact that aline formation with flanks of th convoy protected wa Safer ahould hav been ''evident on its face," the witness (aid. EAMONN DEVALERA WILL VISIT WILMINGTON TODAY Wilmington, April I Eamonn DeVal- era, president of the Irish republic, will arrive In Wilmington this moralng from Boston for a brief visit. Mr. De Valera ia on hi way to Florida and will be here but a few hours, 8J 'far as knowa he 1U make no formal address but will be entertained by members of th Commodore Barry ' branch, Friends of Irish Freedom. .JS'earlr two hundrd thousand dol-4 tare were subscribed at a mass meeting held here this afternoon nnder tha aus pice af tha Chamber of Commerce hotel committee for the proposed million dol lar hotel to b erected her by th bun ines interest of the: eity: it ia .expect-. ed that $500,000 will b raised in a few days. , ' ' ' SWITCH TAMPERED WITH; FATAL WRECK IS RESULT Macon,' Ga- April 1. Southern rail road officials who today investigated -th' wreck of the Royal Palm at Adam park oa March , in , which Engineer Bond and Fireman Tidwell were killed,, state that their former belief that tha switch had been tampered with wa born out. The switch bad aot. been used by a train crew for 14 day prior to th scei dent. A southbound train passed th Royal Pais was wrecked, ' Mrs. Carrie ; Chapman- Cat! States That Guns of Suffra . gists Will Be Turned On Governor Bickett TINIEST STATE TURNS DOWN ITS CHANCE TO RATIFY THE AMENDMENT Require p Just Twelve Minutes By Clock To Dispose ol Amendment When Resolu tion Is Called Up lot Action; Grand-Stand Play of Luke, warm Supporters Fails; On Group of Suffrage Advocates Refuse To Concede Defeat But Political Observers De clare That Favorable Action Can't Be Had By R. E. POWELL. (Staff Correspondent.) State House, Dover, Del., April 1.- Delaware, tiniest Stat ia everything except area and production of powder, ha decidedly turned down its chane to become the thirty-sixth and last State needed to ratify the suffrage ameadment to the Federal constitution which, when ratified, will giva womea throughout th United States the right to vote a men do. Action came ia th lower branch' of the Delaware Legislature thia afternoon when 25 of a possible 31 member voted to reject the resolution of ratification sponsored by Assemblyman Hart. A moment later "BnU" MeNabb, leader o the bi-partisan opposition, moved re consideration of the vote by which th resolution failed tex-pass and after obtaining a majority called for a tecoad vot oa the ratification resolution. This time all 54 members of the House voted to reject it. It does aot meaa the and ef the fight ' here, according to representatives of th National Women' Party. Aaaambiymaaf . Lyons, whs has been championing th . fight ia th lower branch, ssys that it will Ita K,nn,t,t ,nluil.uk Train Cans Oa Bidwtt. Mrs. . Carrie Chspmao Catt, repre sentative here, while aot admitting final defeat or tne amendment in Delaware, said this afternoon that the guns of the suff racists will b trained at one oa Governor Bickett ia th hop that he may reconsider his former statement relative to calling aa extra session., Early actioa by th Governor of North Carolina, with ratifieatioa considered practically certain, would giv to th Democratic party th credit for making it possible for th women to participate in th coming presidential primaries. It required just twelve minutes this J - ,1.. . J . ths vot coming a a climax to ain day hard work by both the antia" and th suffragists. Every effort had been made by local . iff ragists to bring the rebels in the lower branch around but tho delay had only served to stiffen the ! position. Ia some ..uarterj Ki- tional Committeeman Dupont has been seeused of insincerity ia urging bis Bepublieaa follownig ia the Legislature to ratify ths amendment. It wa broad ly hinted today that DuPont is not at 11 sorry th smeadment failed of rati fieation. . . CiaZdaUBsTPlay Fall. A 4,-randstaad attempt of th Juke . supporters of suffrage to bring Alfred I. Dupont, the ..al bos of ths Sussex county Bepublieins, whose op position made passage of tb resolution -impossible, to Dover today fell nat Although he announced ttro year ago his retirement from setive political life, it ia well kaewa -that -h--re-fcr'th " wing of the party for which Dan Lay', ton, State Chairman, ia the whip. Lay- ton has stead fast I j opposed ratification because of personal antagonism to ths Governor, in spit of th faet that his father, Delaware lor. member ia th lo. r house of Cons-res, h. i upar- ently sought to as his influence ia be half of ratifieatioa. While on group tl suC sge leaders refused to concede defeat in Delaware, it ia admitted by good political ob. servers an 1 by one group of anffrss advocate from outside the State that -favorable action by the Bepublieaa party of Delaware ia not to be had. It was thr plan, however, of suffrage champions ia th Senate to bring th siaur resoiuHoa . or itn on aeiestea this afternoon up for consideration ia th Senate oa Monday. - Jf ths Henatt which lined.up today oa a teat vot with a majority of two vote . gainst, 'ratifieatioa, can bo Influenced to ratify, the suffragists still hav om hop of getting favorable actioa in the -lower body next week. Being; a Federal - amendment, it cannot be rejected a local legislatioa -- because of previous' consideration. ,k . i . : . Obsl Charg Bribet-v-4- H Open ; charge of . bribery view thick . and fast about th State Hon this morning before th legislator was cob . vened. It developed that daring yester day's caucua Euby B. Vale, of Phila-" delphia, eharged aa Bepublieaa mem ber of th House with having beea sold out "for $15,000." H wa reprimand- . ing the Bepubuean whil playing th role of emissary to Gea. T. Colemaa Da-pent.- Over long distance from hi offir " ia Philadelphia today, h denied hav ing accused any member of selling out for a specified sunt bat admitted that ho -did eharge one member with doing soms - strong wavering. - Th charge became o widely circu lated aatil Senator Gormley, minority leader ia th Senats and aa opponent of JContlnsed, a Ps Thre4
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 2, 1920, edition 1
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