North Carolina Newspapers

.1 j ' ,; i s c .WATOT LABEL, , M VMf SOOt. B ' Willi Saf Utrm ersuattaa 4 tM ' - mlf - ' Mev and Observer THE WEATHER: Fair Saturday; Sunday eloady, . probably 'ahwrs.: 7.-LZ .7.1 VOL. CXI. NO. U. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RA' SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1920. - . : : . - " ' : TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ' r-. I Tee RAILROAD STRIKE NOT YET SETTLED; E - Brotherhood of Railway Train men Still Operating Trains On IL& W. ASSEMBLAGE TO SEE IF STRIKE MATERIALIZES When First Train Leaves Boa soke After Appointed Hour of 4 O'clock, Crowds Dis- perse; Further Conferences of Both Bailway and Union Heads Are Held 1 Roanoke, Va April 2. A conference her between Norfolk and Western Kail wsy officials and union officials, repre senting fifteen railroad ersfts, at which the grievances of striking railway clerts was taken up, ws concluded at 5:13 o'clock this afternoon. Bailroad officials declared a statement would bo mala public lato tonight. Union heads stated thejr - ad " announcement to Make, " Officials of the company will hold a conference agniu tonight, they uouaeed, before the results of the tweet ing with ths . anion officials will bs mad public. It was cnoffleially an nounced that a conference of the anion heads alto was scheduled tonight, la Making the announcement railroad . officials reiterated that they have re eeived official notice that members t-t the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ,' tould walk out because of what they . ttuimed are "unsafe conditions" on the road at a result of the strike of rail way clerks. About 500 meu assembled at the com paay's passenger station her shortly after 4 o'cWk to see if the announced : purpose of the trainratn to walk on1 at 4 o'clock would be carried out. The I rat train left Kinoke for th : west at 4:40 o'clock. It was soon follow ed by another train. A fireman on the first train was called awny from 'his eab .7 .1 uu tu Jr conference with them, returned to hi engine aad was aboard when the train kit. The assemblage the a broke VP. DEPARTMENT OP LABOR , 'ri -- SiENDS AGENTS TO RQANOKJL. Washington, April 2.-Joha I). Col poya aad Chas. Benheim, ef the lebor departments of the Bureau of "Adjust ments, were ordered to Koanoke, Vs. today to confer with representatives of the striking clerks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad with a view to at , tempting a settlement of the strike. THREE THOUSAND OUT N COLUMBUS, OHIO Columbus, O., April & Almost 3,000 workmen employed by the Norfolk aad Western Railway at the local terminal ' and at Portsmouth struck today In . sympathy with the Brotherhood clerks whose members went ent March 22. Tnloa officials predicted a com' plete tie up of the system within., a few days. Passenger trains still were run' ning oat freight transportation .was badly crippled.' No cars for connec tions are being accepted by the Com pany. NINE CLERKS AT DURHAM JOIN IN N. W. STRIKE Durham, April S Nie elsrks in the local freight office of the Norfolk and Western and two yard brskemea quit their jobs today, joining, onion men elsewhere In a general walkout. No freight train were operated to aad from . Durham over tie Norfolk aad Western lines today. All passenger 'trains, howerer, bar been operated oa schedule time. Seven clerks in the - losal office. Including two 1 telegraph operators, did not join the strikers. W. H. P. Richards, agent here, jtated tonight that without operation of freight train hi .reduced force ean amply tak car of the situation. No freight is being received, and deliver ies consist only of such freight as was on hand , when,, curtailment of trains ' tr6'' ' """ L' IS Ti VANDERLIP TALKS ON OCR FALSE PROSPERITY. - r Chicago, TJlfci April America has - entered an era - of false prosperity, Frank A. Vanderlip, formerly presi dent of th National City Bank of New York, declared today in aa address. Mr. Vanderlip la ea rout to Japan where, la connection with a committee of com' misstonerV he will' L-vestigata condi tion governing; trad relations' between the Uaited States and Japan. "There are three things upon' which real prosperity must be based." he said. "These are ample capital, sffieisnt la bor and a application of sound eco nomies. W are prosperous today in th face of all the three fundamental, aad par prosperity is false as-well a dan gerous. ' -v - - - r -i TadMi n MlUaum Wa : ..' Philadelphia, Pa., April .SDelegatea f th American Federation ef . Teaeh rrs, representing every East era stat h-ona Main to Georgia, adopted a res tlution at their "better schools" coa 'rrrnee her today recommending 12,000 ja th proper minimum anaual salary for . teachers ia the eity a well as wuatry schools. Equal pay for the me work without distinction as t set was urged. : . . v-v- , Order Stoma Warnings Un. " Washington, April t Storm warn ings were displayed Friday oa the At lantis coast at aad aorta ef Cape Eat tens. , " - '- . CONFER NCEHELD MANY CONGRESSMEN TO . MAKE VISIT TO ORIENT Transport Mount Vernon Will Leave Early In July With The Legislators Washington, D. C, April 2. Mors than a hundred members of the House plan to leave Baa Francisco July 6th, aboard the transport Mount Vernon for a two months trip to the Orient. The itinerary will include Hawaii the Philippines, China and Japan. The growing importance of legisla tive questions involving the Pacific, those contemplating the trip said today, necessitates the obtaining first hand information. The matters to be studied include the request of Hawaii for state hood, the movement in the Philippines for independence and Chinese and Jap anese immigration. The party will go overland to San Francisco and returning will visit Los Angeles snd other south em California cities and the Yosemite rNational park. The nrat stop will be made in Hawaii, where the party plans to spend four or Ave days, going from there to the Phil ippines for a ten dsy visit. Four days eaeh will be spent in China and Japan. Smaller transports will be available for thorough inspection purposes in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, mem' bers said. . - - Democratic House members announc ed today they planned a trip from New York to San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal. They plan to study conditions in the Canal zone and arrive in San Francisco in time for the Demo cratic National convention. NEWSPAPER EDITOR DIES IN DUEL WITH STATESMAN South American Politicians Settle Their Differences In Ancient Manner Montevideo, Uruguay, April 2. (By the Associated Press.) Washington Beltran, editor of the newpaper El Pais, wss shot and killed, in a duel today by Jose Battle Ordones, former president of Uruguay. The duel took place this morning with the usual formalities and with seconds and surgeons in attendance, Ths weap ons used were pistols. Beltran wss shot in the breast and died shortly, after ward The morning newspapers today print m.A .............. . .... U. lMnM4l.a duel. They said that former President Battle had ifewt his seconds to Beltran, challenging th journalist beeaus of aUUroaut pueJiaheA-ia, 151 fiasy which BatU considered offensive. " . Beltran was a Nationalist member of ihe Chamber of Deputies Snd a lender of that party, which ia opposed to th Batllistss." Batlte twice has been President of Uruguay. His last term was from 1904 to 1010. SIMS ADMITTED ADMIRAL HAD INADEQUATE FORCES Counsel For Fletcher Places Beports Ta Navy Depart '' ment On Becord Waahineton. Aoril 2. Reports front Yiee-Admiral Sim to the Navy Depart ment declaring that the convoy forces under command of Rear Admiral Will- ii.ia B. Fletcher at Brest were "wholly inadequate" to th service required were Introduced by counsel for Admiral Fletcher today before the Naval Board investigating that officer S removal from th Brest command by' Admiral Sims. They wera presented during eros-es amine tioa of Captain Byron T. Long, aide for operation oa Sims' staff at London, to support, ths contention wai Fletchej'soreeswers aot adapted to one rate under a comprehensive 'doe trine" s to formation. Captain Loug had teitifisd that ia failing to pro mulgate such a doctrine, Fletcher disre garded 'instruetioas front Buns. ' The witness tnsurtea tnas rieicncr had "ample fores to do ths speciSe It was a eraestioft of how he did these things, Long declared, rather than what he Might have been abls to do with aa improved fore. 7 - x-- - : VERMONT WOMEN G0INQ i : r TO ATTEMPT.TO VOTE ttn.linMnii. . Vt.. Anril IWWoaMSJ will go to ths primaries ia this.Btste Mtk mA will attMnnt t wote. notwithstanding Gov. Clements refusal to call a special ratifleatioa sosaioa ox im 1ta1.fnM MMnlllf . tA - SS aa- nouneement from the Stats SuSraists Association beadquartsrs here tonight. If they sr refused th bsllot, ths as sociation will appeal to ths Supreme Court ' . ... ' , The suffragist contend thst a bill Frcsuleatial electors which was passed ia tne Liegisiaiaro or xyxy, put veunri by th Governor, Is a law, elaimla that is sua boi requir ia emiior i(ua 5sr. '. ' ' " ' " . , LABOR LEADERS DISCUSS ... PLANS FOR 'CAMPAIGN Wsshiagtoa, April 2. Farm aad Tail- road employes Joined tits Americsa Faderaiioa ef Xabor. today la ; three Mraertd.diseuasioa .her 'of labor's plan f ol ths coming campaign. Ths National Farm Cowaeil aad ta rail road Brotherhood wr represented ia the meeting with Samuel Gompcra, presldentof the Federation aad other Federation officials, but ths result of their deliberatioaa will aot.be made public as yet, it waa said. ...j. . ... While rettuing- to flisctooe the tub 'eet talked ovsr, Frank Morrison, sec retary of the Federation, said thst "everythinf: was . harmonious." 'Other officials also declared that ths fullest harmony existed, and that complete co operation ia ths Mating samDsiga was looked for. i NO SETTL! 5iuHT; Longshoremen's Representa tives Press Demand For In ' crease In Wages ATLANTIC PORTS TIED-UP BY RECENT WALKOUTS Beports Beach Labor Depart ment That Bailroad Em ployes Hay Bef use To Han dle Freight Consigned To Point Affected By Strikes; Food Supplies Endangered Washington, April 2. A conference of coastwise shipping interests and shipping interests and longshoremen which convened a; the Department of Labor today to attempt a settlement of the strikes at Atlantic and Qulf ports dissolved late today without having reached a a agreement. Assistant Secre tary Post, of the Labor Department, said he saw no hopes of bringing the two sides together and could "see no other conclusion than to declare the conference dissolved. Mr. Post said employes were un willing to recede from their demand for an immediate increase in wages nnd employers refused to grant the increase at present "because they are already losing money aad cannot add to their deficit." Representatives of a dozen coastwise shipping companies and iff organiza tions representing the 20,000 men who sre out oa strike sttended the con ference. Neither side hsd any announce ment to make at its conclusion, beyond a reiteration of their intention to stand firm. - Beports that employe of railways serving the docks affected by the strike have threatened to refuse to handle freight consigned to these points reach ed the Labor Department today. The tie-up at important ports has etelted th interest of government of ficials, it was explained at ths Labor Department, principally because of the effect upoa food supplies ia New Tork ana wew .r.ngiaan. , Alum ol the early' MOduewof-eoutbfcTr' "-trait; Yarms -u, moved "by steamer just at this season it was said. RAILROAD FERRY BOATS PROVIDE FOOD SUPPLIES. New Tork, April 8. Railroad owned ferry boats, upon which New York city depends for the transportation of its food supplies, srs operating "r-ictically normally" despite the marine workers strike, J.. J. Mitchell, railroad managers representative announced here tonight Ths tug boot situation ''looks very good and normal conditions are ex pected to prevail by Monday, he added. Officials ef ths Marine Workers Affili ation claimed that six thousand em ployes oa lighters, tugs snd ferries had struck, and thattfae vessels were being operated by strike-breakers. Unless th strikers demand for an eight hoar day ia granted, anion' officials threatened to spread the walkout to the longshore men's sad other harbor workers organ isations and "completely tie op th port." ... Mr. Maatell admitted tonight thst 2,000 of ths 3,000 men engaged on ferry boats had answered ths strike call. Thirteen hundred men employed o'a barges, h said, had been automatically throws ou tof work by the walkout.' The railroads are prepared to light ths anion "to finish, Mr. Msntell as serted, sdding thst th Marin workers will And out thst "they ar a tdealing With ths Aailroad Administration now.'' Rnnalag Hoover la Montana. Helena; Mont- April. 2. Nominating titions to place the name of Herbert oover oa the ballot at th April 23 primary in Montara as Republican candidate for President were filed with th Secretary of Stats today. DANIELS DENIES REPORT -PUBLISHED IN PAPERS Secretary of Nary Never Said Japan Is Menace To TheJ United States -, i'V WhiugtoarTlt in Pags of ths Senats Naval commit tee, mad publie today letter from Secretary Daniels denying reports pub lished ia soaao newspapers that th Sec retary had told th committee yester day that Japaa was a menace to the Uaited State,' t"'.."'" fv -'. 1 am moved to writ yew," said Mr. Daniels, "because tuia-pablieatioa. son-rsyr1fflpreisior-rtrTtentt4 to givs a friendly aatioa a view of ths sttitude of th Secretary of th Nsvy and year committee that is wholly at variaace with the attitude of vour eom. mitt and the Navy Departmcat. . . I stated to ta. committee that our relations with sll countries oa th Pa cific wars most friendly aad coYdial, aad thst I was surs this country would sdopt ao policy based npea antagonism to any power ia ths Pacific. I am sure thst yoa ana all ths members of ths Senate Naval affairs committee will regret a mis leading pub lication that Stay bo nnaialerm-eted by oar Japaneso- ally aad friend." Mr. Daniels appeared Deter th committee ia executive session, to org appropriations for enlarging aaval docking and repair facilities, on the Pacific coast to meet th needs of the sslarged fleet is, taoss waters, I HOLD CQNFERENC APPROVE BONUS TO REWARD SOLDIERS; TAX ON LUXURIES House Ways and Means Com mittee Works Out General Features For Relief EITHER EDUCATION OR CASH TO BE PROVIDED Planned To Have Final Draft of Measure Beady For Sub mission In House Within Fortnight; . Program Under stood To Hare Approval of Bepublican Leaders Washington, April J!.-Soldier relief legislation with probable provisioa for a cash bonus, funds' for which would be' raised by a sales or luxuries taxes wss approved today by the House Ways and Means committee by a vote of IS to 6. Details of the bill to be recom mended will be worked out by sub committees to bo sppointed Monday. Members of the committee hop to obtain final action by the House before the contemplated recess for the National poJit ical conventions but they expros doubt whea action by the Senate could be had at this session. Senntor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, after a conference today with other Senate Republicans aa to future legislation in the Senate, said he thought this wonld include a bill to give a money bonus to former serv ice men,' with provisions for a special tax to rain the necessary funds. The program approved by the Houxe committee declares against aay bond is sue. It ia understood to have been sub mitted by Representative Loagworth, Republican, Ohio, aad was discussed at great length in executive session. While the exact form of ths legislation w&s not decided upon, . committee . discus sion wns said to havs indicated approval of a plan of extending vocational edu cation as an alternative to the cash bonus. These two plans sre a part of the American Legion's program. Its other selected plan r.f government aid to soldiers and sailors for building home or obtaining ownership of iatms were said by ome member, of - th com mittea ,to iavilve too "ffian .flifjl. eulties to" be worked oat br legisla tion bofor the rerea. Spokesmen, for .th committee said! tt was planned to have the final draft of the legislation ready for submlsstoa to the House within a fortnight. As no decision wss mads ss to the amount of ths bonus or ths. cost of other puns that might be adopted, it was said ths' ao estimate of the funds needed could bo mad at this time.. It alio waa said that there had bs o decision ss to whether the boims would lie paid in a lump sum or t graduated according to the length of service of each indi vidual. -. The program ia -understood to bar the approval of the Republican leaders of the House assuring earl consider ation for it. . . BOLSHEVIKI RELEASE ALL RED CROSS WORKERS Washington, D. C, April 8. -Release of all American Red Cross workers held prisoner ia Siberia by the Bolshevik!, with the ' exeeptioa of Alexander C. Tweedis of New York was reported to day to National headquarters. The last report from Tweedta said he was ill with typhus st Krasnoyarsk. Ths following wers freed March S3: Otto W. Owe, New York j Jos. B. Medill, Jaroeo, Col; Harry J. - Donnelley, Philadelphia, Dr. Wm. H. Ford, Kings ton- Oklahoma: aad H. N. Bonso, Man. ila. All of th captives reported that they suffered no harm whUs in the hsnds of the BolshevikL ' The cablegram v also reported the safety of all nurses aad doctors con nected with the British Red Cross who recently arrived at Vladivostok" from Tomsk. ' - ". . - COAL OPERATORS OPPOSE PROFITEERING, HE SAYS New York, April 2 Responsible bi tuminous coal operators will londoma any unwarrantable price and any profiteering policies,1 Thos. T. Brew ster, sfcalrmaa of ths scale committee of the bituminous coal operators de clared la a statement issued hers to night. Insinuations that the coal operators ar going to gouge th public because of th receat 27 pet cent advaaee in wage, as put oat by the Uaited Mine Workers' spokesmen ia ths guiao of protest in lbs publie iotarest are sheer nonsense," said Mr. Brewster. WAB DEPARTMENT RRTUSRS " TO SURRENDER SOLDIERS. Wsshiagtoa, April 1 Tfc War De partment announced- today that it had refused to surrender Lieuteaaat Talbert B. Fowler, Corporal Edmond T. Maatoa, Private Boy E. Bandars aad Private Roy Janusa, of Camp Jackson, 8. C to civil authorities for trial for the alleged kiU- tag of Was, 8. caaptoa t January. The men will be . brou ght tflf trial Immedi ately' bef or a general oourt martial. SIR ROBERT DROPS IN FOR VISIT TO ASHEVILLB . Afterlife, April t-Rlght. Hon. Sir Botort Blrd Bordew, Premier of Canada, and Mrs. Berdea have ar rived la Ashevlll aad plan, to epoad th snoot of April hera. They kav lat rwtanied to this ceaatry froa Leaden, where Sir Robert fced aa. aadienea with th King rtgardlag praesat prehles la Canada. DELAWARE MAY YET RATIFY SUFFRAGE Democrats Blame Republicans , For Failure To Secure Rati fication In House RECORD IN CONGRESS SHOWS FRIENDLINESS Alfred I. DuPont, Who Caused Defeat of Be solution In Dela ware Assembly, Changes At titude Over Night; Hoover's Change of Attitude Also Causes Lot of Comment The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank BIdg. By R. E. POWELL. iBy Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, April 2. Suffrage leaders in Washington, receiving ad vice from the Delaware state capital today, announced that the fight is not over in the little stat until the legis lature is adjourned sins die, and the resolution of ratification left on the table. More Jubilant perhaps than. any oth er is Miss Alice Peal of the National Woman i Party, who baa been in "con. stent attendance upon the deliberations of the Delaware solons. To her todsy Sams the news that Alfred I. DuPont, whose political lieutenants brought about defeat of the resolution ia ths lower branch of the .sascmbly there yesterday, has publicly eanouneed that he is supporting -suffrage lor national reasons." If this -eport is correct, prominent suffrage workers here feel thst ' they havs cause to be jubilant over toe Delaware situation, ia spite of the fact that the antia had a majority of olevea vote out of a possible 35 oa th first trial. It also became known here today thnt President Pro-tern Short, of ths Delaware Senate, will use hi influence to aave the House reconsider its action of yesterday. . Blame Reoablleaaa Far Defeat. Among politicians at ths capitol to .ay the defeat of the issue ia Delaware was a: leading topie of conversation, Dosaocrats sr not mad because Dela wat did net ratify ths amendment. Thtdont tak aiuek sViehv-ia th skims sf th Republican National com mittee that, it exhausted every mean st it . command, to, bring about . Aaal ratification. Sueh Republican bosses ss Penross aad Lodge, always opposed to suffrage, ar blamed for th Inaction ia Delaware. The standpatters ia the party, according to seasoaed political obeorver remember that the women elected Wilson ia 1916, and for that reason they don't want any more of them to get the ballot until after the November elections. Unless Delaware does ratify before its session ends shoot May 1, it is eon ceded generally that the women wilt not be able to vote in th presidential or state prlmarieo except ia those states where they have already been enfranchised. As ia North Carolina, they will probably . participate in . the various conventions and in many dele gates to ' Chicago aad Baa Franeiseo will be selected from the potential ad dition to the country s electorate. Look To North Carolina. Little hope is held out here thst Vermont or Connecticut will act oa the amendment before the session of the North Carolina body. It is doubt' ful that Louisiana will ratify tbs amendment, bat saffrsgs lesders snd prominent Democrats ore pinning their faith on North Carolina. If ths old North Stats gets a thsnee to Tria Ihe honor, first for ths Democratic party, and, second, lor the state, there seem to be a general eoneensus of opinioa that ratification in North Carolina is assured. Democrats Sre pleased with their suffrage record in Congress. . The first favorable actio in Congress cams in 1880 when a Democratic House sdopted a resolution calling for ths sppointment (Continued oa Pag Foar.) REPUBLICANS EXPECT TO SECURE PROMPT ADOPTION House Peace Besolution Ex pected To Com) Up In Sen. ate at An Early Day Washington, D. Cv April 3. Prompt adoption by the Senats " of the Honse resolution declaring the atat of war with Germany at an cad is expected by Republican leaders. They hsd a con ference todsy to discus future legisla tion at thia session aad Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, said later that he did wot anticipate any- great delay- la th Senate. - Mr. Lodge who returned . today from' a brief vacation, said the whole eon troversy had been "thrashed 8ur"prctt thoroughly" and that - he believed the House resolution would be adopted probably with, the Uaited Republican support sad general opposition by ths Democrats. The lesders decided st th ooaf ereae that .army je-orgaw iratiaa leglalatioa would b th next measure taken ap by the Senate. They expect to dispose of it by time' ths House ass acted oa the peace resolution. It will bo followed by th Hours bill to in crease dye-stuffs tariffs. . , Mr. Ledge said early actios oa ths Anglo-American-French treaty was aot expected and that oatil th treaty; of Versailles had been -disposed of tts-eea- sideratioa was improbable. . A recess of Cgres over th con vention period, Mr. Ledge said, was probable, Congress hardly can complete its work by Juno 1, ho added, and would havs considerable . work to do after ths eoavsntisaa, ' ,. . . DUPONT CHANGES TENNESSEE RIVER GOES ON WILD FLOOD SPREE Chattanooga, Tcnn., - April I. . With a forty-seven foot stage of the Tennetse river predicted by Sunday night and many of the low sections of the city slresdy under water, eity officials moved today to furnish relief to flood sufferers. Early today motorcycle policemen were sent into sll threatened terri tory snd ths inhabitants were warn ed to move out at once. The Armory 1 Tabernacle snd school buildings hsve been set apart to house the homeless, and flood relief headquar ters have been established at the , office of Mayor A. W. Chambliss. Railroad and street car traffic is demoralized, a long fill oa the Southern railroad near Tyoer hav ing collapsed this morning, neces sitating the dotouring of nil traffic between Chattanooga and Enoxville and Atlanta via Harriman. Several' important bridges near the eity hav nanhed sway and the street ear line to Roaeville, Oa., is under water. GERMANY WANTS TO SEND TROOPS TO RUHR REGION Cabinet Besolved To Dispatoh Troops As Soon As Entente . Will Permit Berlin, April 2. (By The Associated Press.) The Germany government an-l nounees in a communication to the Press that it has resolved to dispatch troops to the Huhr region as soon as ths En tente consents to sneh a move. The de cision was reafhed after a throe-hour cabinet meeting today. , . Th ststemeat declared that thia ac tion was inevitable ia view of the un checked lawlessness in ths region about Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg nnd Mul helm, which it is saeerted has now as sumed each proportions that tbs local authorities snd the labor leaders admit that they no longer are abls to protect the eivillsn 'pnpalstion. ' - Ths Chancellor aaid he had received urgent reports from Essen where ter rorist bands wers looting food trains for supplies. Ths looting brigades, the Chancellor added, had been disavowed by all parties even the communists and the independent socialists in ths Buhr districts. TWO MORE INCIDENTS IN MEXICO CAUSE TROUBLE An American Killed While Ban. .... dtts. . Attack:, Train IWitt Americans On Washington, April 1. Two new Inci dents involving American eitisens in Mexico wers reported today to the State Department, , On of the attsoka resulted ia the killing of H. A. Jafredson, an American, aad the wounding, probably fatally, of Alexander Oberg, whose nationality was not stated, at the Amatlaa camp of the International Petroleum Company, by whom both wers employed. The attack, which occurred March SO, is stated ia the dispatch to have been mads by Mexican fellow employes. The department instructed the em bassy at Mexico City and the consulate at Tampieo to urge the Mexican government-to - institute measures to appre hend and punish the . Mexicans in volved. ' The second incident was sn attack on a train on which Major Edgar W. Burr, military attacks of the Americsa Embassy at Mexico City, Mrs. Burr and two other Americans Dr. Florence Haile and a Mr. Eurd, wers traveling. All escsped without injury. The sttsck took place March 28 near Trss Marias oa the Mexico City-Cuernnvaea line. The department was informed from Calexieo that Calixto Rule, charged with tha mnrderi of Lieutenants Connollr and Waterhouse, American aviators,! whose bodies were found in Lower Cali fornia, had confessed to the crime and would be tried at Tin Juana. Another dispatch said orders for ths return of the airplanes of Lieutenants O. L. Usher and I M. Wolf, army avis- tors, who recently were forced to land in Sonera had been issued. - T" STREETS UNSWEPT WHILE SWEEPERS GO ON STRIKE Their Demands For Beinstate ment of Head of Teamsters Causes Walkout ' WilmiuBton, April 2. Wilmington streets are today unswept while police men are guarding property on account of the strike this morning or, bail 9 hundred whit wings, comprising prac tically the entire street force of jthe city. . The wslkout csms ss a climax to tne wage demands mads 00 the eity council by the workmen, although actually precipitated by ths refusal of the city authorities to' reinstate1 Tom -Nichols, hesd of ths teamsters union, who was dismissed from th service two days sso. A demana was snsoo mis morning That Nichols be Mturndto-aaty"nd for the refusal of thia request all of the members 'of the -department aot affiliated with ths nniotulaid down their brooms aad quit. The sweepers demanded aa increase in wage of SS eeata aa ooaf. Council et their demiad. by granting au In crease of 2.90 a week aad they returaed to work until this; morning when they agaia walked out -following ths dis missal of Nichols." NEAR-GALE KNOCKS UP yrHS AROUND KINSTJN Kinston, April 2. A gale of near eyelonie intensity struck this city today raising fences ana blowing out windows st places. Miss Melissa V. Pollock, em ploy of a departmeat store, waa sev erely cut on one shoulder by a frag i ment or, jit glass, : . .. -. . . j WOMENWILLASK TO BE DELEGATES Will Sit In County Conventions In State For First ' Time Today ,. j' CONTEST IS EXPECTED FROM WAKE'S ANTIS Wake County Women Will Ask For at Least Five of Thirty One Delegates To Be Elected To State Convention; Other Bequests Upon Wake De mocracy Problematical For the first time in the history of the Stste, women will sit ia several ' Democratic county conventions in North Carolina today, and will ask for lepre sentation on delegations . to the State convention, which meet here April K From some counties word Las come that v rvpresentati ion will be accorded womea without contest, while ia others, includ ing Wake county, the suffrage fight is likely to be spirited. Assembling at noon in . the county eonrt house, the convention will bo call ed to- order by Chairman Ed Hugh. Lee, . and the prospects sre that Wake county women, including delegations from th county as well as Raleigh precincts, will be in attendance. Five precincts in ths Saturday meetings sceorded womea of those precincts the right to sit in th ctfunty convention. On the basis of this, ' the womea are expecting to havs at . lesst five of the thirty-one delegate to the State convention from. "Wake eouaty. A number of tha larger precincts of -ths county in which delegates to tho einventioa were named in ths precise! have sent to the convention delegations said to be pro-suffrsgs, while ethers sre radically anti. Raleigh precincts which opened the way for tha womea delegates included both divisions of ths second ward, tho first division of ths first ward had ths first division ef the fourth ward. Outside of Raleigh, Cary ia believed to bo the only precinct in which womea were accorded th priv- ' llegs of attending the convention as delegates.' .' -v ' r ,.. 4 B1 0;Bel;DrassV:,-' ' Whether th womea will ask for in struction of Wake County represents tives in ths General Assembly to vote for ratification,-or whether they" will " ask for an endorsement and seek in struction for a suffrage piaak in ths Democratic Stats Platform is yet prob lematical. Thua far, it seems, the wom en hsvs not gone beyond securing rep resentation in ths State Convention. Ths greatest uncertainty prevailed yesterday in political circles ss to what the oateoms of th convention In Waks today, tjouu good advisers of As worn, ea have assured them that they need anticipate ao opposition. On tho other hand, with tho defeat of ths amend ment in Delaware aad tho delay. of final ratification thereby, considerable en couragement has come to the antia. Im mediate opposition from thia source may eb expeeted, and there are many, high ia the councils of the party la tha . county, who are willing to forecast a bitter future for the party ia ths event that women are admitted to the county and state conventions. Bow they ac comodate this view to the stand si- ready taken by the Wsks County Re publicans when they elected a woman Mrs. Eugene Hester ss n delegsts ts the State Convention, is hard to de termine. Cosnty Delegation. The number of delegates entitled to seats ia the convention front th var ious precincts ia ths county, according to Chairman Ed Hugh Leo, follows! Bartons Creek, S; Buckhorn, 4; Cary, 4; Cedar Forks-Morrisrille, 2; Cedsr Fork-Pollocks, 2: House Creek-O'Kelley's Store, 2; House Creek-Edwards Store, I Holly Springs, 5; Leesvitle, 2; little . River-iMtchell's Mill, S; Marks Creek Wendell, 7: Marks Creek .Eagle Rock, 3 ; Middle Crerk-Sexton, 3 ! Middle Creek-Fuquay, i ; Neuse, 5 ; Little River Wakefield, 11 ; Newlight-Bobertson's, 2; New Light-Stoney Hilt, 2; Panther Branch, 6; St. Mary's Garner, 3; St. Mary's Auburn, 3 St. Matthews-Mil-burnie, 3; St. Matthews-Samaria, It Swift Creek, 6; Wake Forest-Wake For- ' est, 9; Wake Forest-Rolesville, 3; Whirs Oak-Apex, 12: Outside West North, 6: Outside West South-Ceraleigh, 2 Out side Eaat North-Pilot iMlls, 2; First Ward-First Division. 8: First - Ward- Beeood Disioa,-Hlrfli6!War4-First - Vivision, 2; Secoad Ward-Second Divi sion, 10; Third Ward-First Division, 12 j Third Ward-Second Division, 4; Fourth Ward-Firat Division, 11; Fourtli Ward-' Beeood Division, 6. , Just prior to tho meeting of tho con vention, th county Democratic Exe cutive Committee will mrxt fox the par- - pose or electing a cnalrntan. Mr. 4 -Hugh Lee has been arged by friends to stand for election again. ----North Carolina's Opaortsnity- -On ths ore of th county conventions In the State, Miss Gertrude -Weil, of Goldsboro, president of ths North. Caro lina Equal Suffrage League, was asked :;. for a statemeat of her views ia regard rt-the situetioa ewfrenting North. Car- -olina with the failure of Delaware to '. ratify.- This is what Miss Weil said: -"Delawars's failure to ratify ths saf frsgs amendment gives to North Caro lina ths opportunity of being ths thirty sixth stats to ratify, I believ4he men of the Stats will b glad to take sdvaa tago of this opportunity to bestow upoa their women -the privilege of th fran-' chise lnstesd of letting them receive it through the actio a of other states." - Encouraging developments in suf frage sentiment in North Carolina, from, ths auffrags viewpoint, is found in Wil mington which has been utterly dead o - (Cattausd on Pag Twojf " STATE CONVENTION