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TllE WEATHER
, Partly U4y Wednesdays
rharsdsy -I lr.
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WATCH LABEL.
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THREETOVNSARE
TAKEN BY FREf tCH
Frankfort. Darmstadt . and
Hanau Occupied; German
Police Disarmed .
NO RESISTANCE, BUT
- PROTEST IS ENTERED
Official Berlin Doesn't Like
' Xove,' Thinking It Will Pre
' 'rent Establishment of Modus
, Vivendi and Orderly Condi-
rtions, While Strengthening
"Enemies of Treaty
t I .. s.il jJHnUli "afficial
I mi in, ahu . -- -
I communication baaed toil evening soys
I "-Ths military operation' contemplated
I aa-alast Frankfort and Darmstadt m
J j fccgjiB today- ia thd early hour. Th
, troop ol tu iniruetn, corn w ,!
in tie operation and Met with so reaiat
anee. The, encircling of the two towns
nnl the occupation of important- polata
K the . circle were eompleted at 11
oVlV r-r-eaUTryhiiiJathe
nftrnKn occupied Hansu, previously
cvncuated by the Gennaa troop.
, "A battalion of . German jeeurity po
ll. was taken ever la the Frankfort
" tarrock and disarmed ' ;
frroiPATIOX MARKED OXLY :
BI FIRING Of FEW SHOTS.
M'yeaec, April 6.- The only incident
in the occupation of -north Franklort
' by the French eonawted of a few ahota
fired. According to report Dy uviaiors,
German gun detachments fired two or
. three ehills n a French cavalry patrol
before which dctachmenta of the Beish
wehr and the aetnrity police were retir
inri . The fetter, although knowing yea-
terdaV that T tceupation kid been de
cided on, refuted to bcliev that it would
be carried out, one of the officers any.
: tng that the British would not let the
French 'com in.
At Darmstadt the reception of the
French troops wf almost cordial and
tie population - at Frankfort wae - in'
"dined o be friendly-Id the" FTCBelu
, 5 , r ' - , '- - . a, . .
SURPRISE TO BERLIN AND ,- v
STRONG PROTEST TO BE MADE.
Berlin. April 6 (By tho Aaaoclated
. Freak.) Tho Ft eaetl action in Beading
troop, to the Buhr district came aa a
complete oirprUc, according to German
official eircle, a it had been hoped
; that the manner in which tha govera
snient troopa were executing police duties
la that region, would convince the en
tente that the governrneat waa not eon-
templating Tiolation of the peace treaty,
i An official eommnnteatioa aya that
the ,attitnde of the other allied gov
crnnienta toward French occupation it
. not known, as only Germany received
a note from Franco on the matter.
' "TUe German government will moat
energetically protest againsthis meas
ure, which renders ail possibility of
establishing modus Tiroadi between
Francs and Germany hopeless," says tho
communique, "and! ran only strengthen
those elements in 1 Germany whkh are
entirely opposed to the execution of tho
peace treaty, .. .. .
"We hopey however, that the rapid
and smooth progress of the measures
taken in tho Buhr res-ion will ahortea
" the martyrdom of the occupied towns,
Dut inere can be no, room for doubt
. that the French action, which is justi-
tied by ao real Intercut and which is
Leontrary even to French interests, again
endangers th rcpnblia and sets us
months back in the establishment of
orderly conditions.
WILMINGTON A CITY OF
33,372; CENSUS REPORT
: 'Washington, April 6. Population
statistics announced today, by the cen
sus bureau included : j-. - ,
Albany, Ga, 11,553, an increase of
S,:!5 or 41.1 per cent over 1910.
Garrick, Pa, 30,304, as Increase of
4,387 or 71.7 per eent. '
. Wilmington, N. C, 3MT2. Increase
7,2 or !. per eras. .
Ogrten, Utah, ineresse 7, or
C8J1 per eent. - -
anesville, O, 29,569,, iaereaso 1,543,
or per eent. ...
Huntington, Ind", lifiOO, increase
3,129, or 6J .per onK v : v ,. .---
-Cambridge, O, 13,10, increase 1,777,
or ij.i per cent. . ,, r-r - -Greensborg,
t Pa 13,033, . increase
2,Wl,or 33 per cent. " .
INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT ?
izn AGAINST CAKrJIVAL CO.
Petition' for injunction brought by
the John llobinsoa Circus against the
Lowmaa Ho bin son Shows was argued ia
rliambiys before Judge Frank Daniels
here yesterday afternoon. Ko decision
ias reached, the defendant asking; for
sn extension of time tff prdce farther
sftidnvits. The petitioner asks- that the
detondant le enjoined from vning any
part of tlie namo Itoblnwn, vlniminjr
eopyrieht since ISit on the name as ap
plied to shows. The defendants elaim
lite rirlit to use (he name-of the owner
in advertising the show t
TV, : 'J CITY AUTO 5!:CV --'
April
6. "Win.ton-
1 I
autiniHi;.
a 1. i
ll'.ludllt
sure mils
i.utns pi
t:r,.!anri.. It v.i.1
the k. Among
an 1 il.,iK ir. ,'. I'.e
I n ' r trn i i
r ! 't oi-.d
AS CONTEMPLATED
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. .. .RAmcKJKA ? DAV MORhONG,
i i-. "TvvAtt -..--.
REPORT III FAVOR
DECLARluB PEACE
IS BEFORE HOUSE
Accompanied By Special Rule
For Nine Hours of De
" bate Thursday
FINDINGS OF MINORITY
BE INTRODUCED TODAY
Some Debate On Measure Al
ready, Indicating: Democrats
Will Present Solid front
Against Resolution; Const!
vtutionahty of Procedure Is
Attacked and Defended
Washiagtoa. D.'C April SyTh na-
Jority report of the. Bona committee
on foreingn relations, ; recommending
adoption of the resolution declaring tho
state of war with Germany at an ead,
was introduced today by Chairman Pot
ter, accompanied by a special rale pro.
riding for Bins hours of debate under
which it will bo taken np in Us House
Thursday. The minority report prepar
ed by Jtepreseatatire Flood of Virginia,
ranking Democrat! member of tha
committee, will bo introduced tomorrow,
There was tome debate in the, House
today on the peace matter, during which
it was indicated .that the Democrats
would vote almost solidly Again ib ,
resolution. Representative Venable,
Democrat. Jassisaippi, ,ttaeked the
constitutional power of Congress to taks
anek action, eharacterizuig it as an at
tempRd ' nnsurpaUon of the treaty
making functions, while Bepreseatative
Moadell, Bepublieaa leader, . asserted
that as Congress had ths power to create
condition ox war, n aaa tns power to
end it. s '
' AathoriUos CUed.
The Bujority report recited k number
of authorities on international law to
support the committee's contention that
were were xnreo nseinoaa ox ierminnv
ing belligerent status by treaty, by eon.
quest and subjugation of pno combat
ant or by tho snero eessatioB of hos
tilities -so long continued that it was
evident that there is no intcnUeB of
resuming them.' , '
It has necomo the plain duty of
Ceagress' to declare -"the - aimirW
fact"-- - that the war with Germany was
ended, the report natd. - .
, "Daty f Cengreso.
"There has been." it continues.
complete sutpesien of hostilities on both
sides without any intention of resuming
them. . Congress is clearly exercising
powers' which are within tho constitu
tional rights in rteogaizing and declar
ing that the war ia at nn end.; As
by tho resolution of April , 1917, Con
gress officially recognized tho fact that
war had beea thrust upon us, to now It
becomes the duty of Congress to giro
official recognition to tho fact that tho
war is ended. Moreover, the general
welfare of the United State impera
tively demaads that all uncertainty upon
this subject shall eease, - and that the
extraordinary war powers of tho gov
ernment shall bo vacated and set aside.
The law eonf erring extraordinary
powers upon the President for the dura
tion of the war are still ' in full force
and effect and constitutional rights ar
still suspended. Many -of these laws
are extremely .drastic, and could be
justified only as war necessities; - but
sines tho wsr has in fact loag sines
ceased, tha justification for these laws
to longer exist.' . J.. v,.v
WOMEN WILL MAINTAIN
HEADQUARTERS A f HOTEL
Wake County Snff racists On
Hand at ConTention; Dele ?
-Tft vt; I ateS "ArriTins;' --ff-';
The Waks Coonty .Democratic Worn
en's Division, organized by the women
delegates to the Wale County Conven
tion last (Saturday, will .open up hand'
quarter in ths Yarborougb. Hotel to
night, and the indication is that this
will bo tuff rare ' headquarters - for the
convention. ( ' ' .
Th local leaders last night heard
with delight tho announcement that
8enator F. u. Simmons has espoused
the suffrage cause and they anticipate
that Senator 1 Xeo 8. Overman in his
address to the eonrcntion Thursday will
not miss the opportunity of making the
graceful Dow to the Inevitable.
The vanguard of the Demoeraficrhoitl
began to arrive in the city last nixbt
and. jlhe. indications are that there will
be s record-breaking attendance nt the
convention. , ,
Congressional conventions will meet
tomorrow morning nt 10 o'clock and the
State ; convention will assemble in the
auditorium at 11. The key-note speeches
ar expected to bo brief and the con
vention will reach "organization work, by
boob. SoTBe predict that there will be
bo .necessity for more than one session,
believing that convention business will
not require mors than thres tours for
transaction. -.--"-V' -;':"v-:. :.-v;-:x
nFU:ESwVEf;uEc.iA:;c:
CRIMINAL ASSAULT CASE
Abbeville, 8. April . Judge
Thomas S. Sease late tolay orcr-rnled
the motron for a chantrs of Trnne la the
cajie SK tin-t. John and Ke; neih l oise't,
charged with criminal assault, and also
refused to allow a military j rj ia ths
court. Counsel for, the t-fonse an-noiin.-cl
that tliey they floi::l nut be
rcudy li.r trial before T!iur . y morn
ii'7, the thres d.ir l;ife cxi ir.i it at that
t:.nc. bheiiT Hurts has been iu;ruo;ed !
to svirnr iu a t.'::V..-iont Bumlcr of d.-p-
'r'P the i tusU. a c:, i r cu-
DISCLAIMS BLAME FOR,
v ALLEGED BRUTAI .
Gen. Harts Tells of Act ,
, : MV P. In Paris; Severe,
fcr-r4 ' Criticised----
Cr
'' Washington, April 4. -Disclaim leg re
spoBsibUity or prison brutalities, al
leged to have occurred in the Paris
district while under bis 'Jurisdiction,
Brigadier General Wm. W. Harts, for
mer commander of American forces ia
the French capital, declared today be
fore a Hone war iavestigatiag com
mitteo bo was entirely sotisfisd with his
record nt Ihst post. ' r v,
tienernl Hsrt said thst while no cases
showing military police had used
"strong, arm" methods in making ar
rest were reported to him about 100
eases of brutalities were reported among
tha V)fu arrest made during tha four
months period ho was in command. - .
. ChairmaaJohason of the committee
expressed tits opinion that the commit
ted roam could bo filled with soldiers
anxious to testify to specific brutalities.
General March, chief of staff, and other
high army officers, tho chairman said,
has admitted there was basis for the
charge now before the committee.
To General Harts' statement that if
the alleged cosditions had existed, bs
did aot know of them, Mr. Johnson re
cliedi ' - -v -
"That's lust it If yon didn't know,
yon ought to tav known and if you did
not acquaint yourself with conditions,
yju were derelict to your auty.7 .
TEXAS STANDS TO
SUFFER BIG LOS
XppeiraTice of Boll Worm Calls
For Destruction Part of
1 Cotton Crop ;
-. .. .. .I .. . ' V,..-
WaahingtoB, 'April C-Ths Stats of
Texas was urged today at meeting
of official from, every cotton growing
TState to take immediate step to stamp
out the " pink boll worm ' whkh has re
appeared ia nine coqptle In, the Gat
reston aoetlon. Only the most drastic
quarantine, accompanied by destruction
of 'crop already planted, ean prevent
n rapid spread of the pest, experts of the
agricultural department said. Tho con
ferepee will he continued. tomorrow, out
cnaaac-ni norsicuiHira ooara as nnt
. a - . i ' . 1 1 1 ,
onless Ictioa is Uken'by ths State
" a. Ik. t'ln. -
all of Texas will be placed under quar
antine which will prevent the shipment
of cotton nad cottonseed into neighbor
ing States- - ,.'
Governor Bobby of Texas and several
members of tho congressional delegaJ
uon of tho State who wer present, en-
pressed 'their desire -to ee-operat wita
the Federal board, bat declared tho State
was -not in position to carry out ths
d rant ia program outlined for them. 'A
total -expense to the State of some II,
730,000 would result front destruction
of 'this year's crop, representatives of
the State held. . -
. ProBoao Compromise.
At an alternativa they proposed the
segregation of the infected areas by
throwing around it a 10-mile strip in
which cotton growing would be prohib
ited. Governmeat experts did not be
lieve this would. serve the purpose, since
the growing eottoa within tho area would
prove a breeding place for tho boll worm
from wtiiea it would find it way in in
creasing numbers into virgin territory.
Those sponsoring the compromise sug
gested also, that all teed derived from
the nine counties might be crushed in
side the' Stat and the tainted eottoa
might b shipped hjr oen direct to Xew'
Bingiand or foreign manufacturing cities
where tho insect Would bo harmless.
Objection to this suggestion was raised
oa the ground that with competition
removed, price for seed in Texas would
bo adversely affected.
Several of tho cotton States bar al
ready moved to protect themselves from
ths invasion of the bolKworm from
Texas. Louisftn will order all eottoa
growing in infected area plowed under
and will, compensate the farmers. Mis
sissippi,' officials -of the State told the
conference, will prohibit infected seed
from even psssing through the State,
and Georgia, North aad South Carolina
and rjond : have taken precautionary
measures along tne earns lines,
f " tMr. W. T. Brown Dead.
.Winston-Salem, April 4. ill. W. Tay
lor Brown, 'well-known citizen of this
city, died today after aa illness of sev
eral months. ' He was 64 years of age.
SEN. HOKE SJ..ITH RAPS
. ATTY. GENERAL PALMER
'Party -Suicide" To Nominafe
Eim; Declares lie W21 Li.
vade Pennsylvania -
Hacon, Gaw April 8. Senafbr Hoke
Smith, in n campslgn speech her to
night advocating his own selection In
the presidential preference primary, de
clared that to select A. Mitchell Pslmef
as ths Democratic candidate for Presi
dent "would be burlesquing." He added
that after April 20 he would invade
PcnBsJ-lvania and make n personal entn
poign against Mr, Palmer in his -Own
State.
'"'Palmer nomination would mean
party suicide, declared' the senior
Georgia Senator. "To select him meant
certain defeat I've about-decided that
I m the most availably candidate1, -for
the "position. " '.
Five . -tmnutcs. bciore Sf nator. Smith
took the platform city council granted
Attorney General Palmer use of the
.ame ball for an address on Stiturday
night, o
To Bring Dead Froes.
Erest, ' Atril 6. The Vniled
fjlsfes
tranport .V.rinry -fill leave here Fri
day for the I'ni' -1 f '.iics wi 'i the bod-
I ios if
i-J i'.
nf Atuci.vaA :$ vim id
feffAfBOiED"
mi SKIES AFTER
V- ' . J lift v .
HD FORCE FAILS
Pickets For Irish Freedom Use
, Airplanes To Scatter
Propaganda
BRITISH EMBASSY SAVED
: BY STRONG APRIL WINOS
?: . ! . ..'. g ' ) sniiisiNisiip nut -J: '.'';'r;,''
One of Leaflets Picked Up and
Hung In Window of Em
hassr. Attracting Gage of
' r Diplomatic Corps On Prome
" nade; Pour Women On Land
Arrested and In Jail
; WatklngtoB.'Aprit eV-(By .th Asso
ciated Press.) Barrsd from the ttseott
surrounding the British Zmbassy, the
Irish pickets today took to the air.
From a .flying machlao they rained
down packages of leaflet espousing the
Iriab cans and challenged ,the police
to come up snd atop-Ahem- There
being no sky caps ia tha National
Capitol no arrests .wer mads. ' Four
land pickets, however, ,who veatnred
oat early in the day were arrested and
hold in, the hoose of detention. ?
Tho bombing -expedition attracted
plenty of attention, but H registered no
hits. - A low ' visibility, and squally
wind scattered the, bombs' everywhere
but on tho Embassy. ' j , f '
Tho propagsnda leaflets whirled In a
liny snowstorm about tho window of
Dolly Madison's house, half mils off.
circled Andrew JaeJuoa' rocking none
In LaFaystt Square, were, almost
wafted into the White House grounds
br the lusty squalls of early April,
and showered down on groups ol romp
ing children in Dupont Circle. ..
aaaru stewaraca.
Evidently somebody ia the Embassy
thooeht the rickets deservlBg of soms
rewsrd for ths nervy effort, for lata la
the afternoon, a official Washington
was Streaming homeward and ths diplo
matiCeorp was out for promsaade on
Connecticut avesua, there appeared in a
front window qtf tho Embassy one of
tho banners previously captured from
irri"r," -
LB, IU1.1LKUI.
... ... .. . .... . ,
v.va, huh v ivroiiati sHaon.wH h
It faruUhed the Capital with a topio
for discussion of British humor.
Fear Arrested.
'But quit behind the curtain of good
natured banter . which ha accompanied
the. exploits of the picket so for It
something more serious to which tho
government 1 giving careful consider
ation.. The international tinge of the
affair, officials feel,-makes it of more
moment than the demonstration of, the
militant suffragists, which wer con'
sidered quite important a year ago. The
resumption of the picketing was marked
early in the day by tho arrest of four
women pickets on charge of violating
n Federal statute, making it a felony
to offer sin insult to diplomatic repre-
seatative of a foreign government.
The women who wer arrested gave
their name at:
Mrs. Honor Waist, Germantown, Pa.;
Mis Klaine Barrie, Philadelphia; Miss
Helen O'Brien, St. Louis, Mo., and Hit
Kathleen O'Brien, Philadelphia.
Had Been Warned. ;
Tho arrests fallowed quickly tho de
cision of bnited States Attorney lets-
key that continued picketing would pro-
(Continued On Psge Two.)
JOHNSON RUNNING FAR
. ' AHEAD OF GEN. WOOD
Has ' Long", Lead In Uichigan
Primary; Edwards First
Among Democrats -
' Detroit, Mich, April C. He turns from
1,428 precincts out of 1,421 in ths 1 sUte
on both Bepublioan and Democratic eon'
didate showed little change early -to
night in the roe between Senator Hi
ram Johnson and Major General Leon
ard Wood for tho Republican presiden
tint Endorsement of Michigan voters,
while Governor Edwards of New Jersey,
forged ahead of Herbert Hoover on the
Democratic ballot.
' -TT.A tti al- iw k Ut.it.M ...
Be publican: Johnson, 117,426; Wood,
73,223V. .- . . ,s
- Democrats: Edwards, Bi,4"2; Hoover,
Governor Lowden -total , was 38,208
and th Be publican vote for Hoover,
whose name appeared on both Itemibli
eon and Democratic tickets, was 3 7,3 29.
Lnto tabulations were aot available oa
General Pershing and-'Senator Miles
Poindexter, who had received early to
day 613 and 894 respectively. -
' On tho Pemoeratie ticket Wm. G. Mc
Adoo's total waa 34,767 with Wm. J. Bry
an receiving Jtaat reports oa
Attorney General ' Palmer gave 6JW.
Few returns wer available from the
rWialitt primary, In Which Eugene V.
Debt wns nnoppoed for presidential
endorsement, k' j , ,
SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE
S IS DUE TO Ef.'D TODAY
Cticago April 0rJetwecn lZflQQ aad
18,000 packing bouse workers .wer
thrown out of employment today by
the unauthorized strike of switchmen in
the Chteaew switlbing ' fliMtrii t.
A. F. W hitney, vice-presidi nt of th
Brotherhood of Bailway Trn in men, an
nouni,i,'l tliat approximately 1, 0 union
swit lii,,'itt from other cities ImJ sr
rived to replsce strikers" and tht; aa
additional thousand were on the wsy.
Annt'.er 4 hours, he said, would see sa
eti l it the walkout, n !ii, ! l.jrcly
! .' '.t BOVC" ',
APRIL 7, 1920. ,
i
SENIOR SENATOR'S STATEMENT
ON RATIFICATION OF SUFFRAGE
i
f
-
BauiAi was . as. uaauiit,
ore, after thorough Investigstlon, it will have several store votes than at
necessary. - Ths practical enestien whkh now confronts no la, therefore, not
whether womea shall be accorded the privileg of ' fall and sqaal
sn ffrage, but when shall they bo permitted to eater late tho eajoymeat of
those privileges. Shsll It be today or not until tomorrow, shall It this rear
or pot until next year; shall it be in tho ImBoadlag elections or not until
tho next succeeding elections? Manifestly thai sttnatton presents a par -queatloB
of peltry -and should be dealt with without emboli easing refer,
one to indrvldsal Views aa to tho wisdom or unwisdom of woman sag rage
' aa a original preposition. While It wlU net be la the power of North Car-.
ollna to determine at It option whether women shall or shall not vote, dr.
eatsnstaaeea seem I have placed In tho state's power tho option of d sterns-,
ttdng whether that privilege a hail ho accorded them In that year's or post
poned natll neat yeas' elections. 1 do not wish to disease tho political no
poets of this matter farther than to aay that while RopabUcan aad Desao.
rat leaders hsre generally concede tho Inevitable ratification of tha ameaeV
sssat, there It a persistent belief that Republican leaders fear tho effect of
wemsa's participation in this year's elect lens while Democratic leaden be
lieve their participation will be to tho advantage of tho Democratic psrty.
However that Buy be. It la certain that two great qnsstlsns, each of vital,
nation-wide Import, both of which In their higher human aspects concern
women mere deeply then men, will ho Involved la this years eleetieas, and
hps a those) questieaa It ts believed womea weald natarally oympnthls with
the attttsdo of tho Democratic party.
"Moreover, If womea are allowed to vote this year, their afflliatlea In'
the approaching elections win largely determine their f stare allnmsBt I
politics
DONT HESITATE,
and Givo Vomert Vote, Says
nnrt 1.11111 I '.1 nman if 111 ' J VTV r
Navy Secretary
??ews and Observer Burets,
' 603 District National aBnk Bldg.
' Wtshinrteo. - D. C April eV-Boete
tary Daniels todsy, in speaking of his
great pleasure that, tho Democrat of
Wake eosnvy and other countie. in
North Carolina elected women delegates
to the State ' Convention, ; and of the
growing sentiment in. favor of giving
the ballot to women in north Garouna,
said: - ,:
"I do not understand bow any Demo
1 rat in North Carolina who remembers
the campaign in 1898 could doubt the
wisdom, of Baking women Into the Hem
oeratic rank and , giving them full
membership with th men of our party.
That was the most important and hard
fought campaign in North Carolina in
the life of. this generation. It could
not have been won if tho women of the
State had not been alert and vigilant,
earnest and helpful. They had no bal
lot, but they exerted an influence which
1 beyond all computation. I know of
literally score of women in tho State
whose 1 husband were Republican or
Populists who zealously worked for ths
election of -the Demoerstw ticket be
cause they believed B' Democratic ad'
ministration wold prove a'blessing of
the home and tha stability of conditions
in our then sadly .torn state.' If there
were no other- reasons for giving the
women the-ballot, their sent of the
necessity for Democratic rule in North
Carolina, as shows in thtt campaign,
would be sufficient. 7 '- s ? .
"W may have ether campaigns hav
ing issues in not different fom, and we
will certainly have other campaigns ia
which .vital problem a relating to the
homo and education and- all those good
things will be paramount, and in which
our party will of course. take th lead.
It will be Of . to highest importance
then that women, who did so much with.
out the ballot In 1898 can have tt bsl
lot to stem -any tide that mat against
the' fundamental principles which must
prevail in North sraiioe." -
REV. A. D. M'CLURE DROPS
DEAD IN ML' OLIVE DEPOT
Well Known Wilming-ten Dirine
- Expires While. JPurcnas-.il
t ing Ticket :'T;':
f---' , ' "' !
Mt, Olivet , April, 6-Bev. A. D., Me-
Clure, D. D. pastor of r St Andrew's
Fresbyterisn church' in Wilmington,
aad ons of the best known ministers
In North Carolina, dropped dead ia the
Atlantic Coast Line passenger station
here tonight while purchasing a ticket
to Wilmington." He had beea assisting
Rev. W. M. Baker m e aerie of erviees
here this -week and waa - returning to
Wilmington to ofiiciato.at a marriage
tomorrow. Tho remains were sent to
Wilmington' en ths -train for which h
wss buying n ticket. ' - '. ,
" Dr.' McCluro we known all over-the
Stifle, snd no ministeV wss more be
loved. , He wae bora in Bcotlaad, hut
earns to this country ia early youth. He
had served the. church in .WUmingtoa
for more than a quarter of a century,
but hit flock-wat the whole city. Je
aominatiosal limitations : did not exist
for him. Th whole city, will grieve at
hit death. Ho leaves a wife and sev
eral children. - '
, See the big races and dog show at
Pinehttrst todsy.' Dog show ill day.
Lace at S:43 Adv.
; ADVISES DAILS
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
The statement of 8eaaUr Simmons
T the advisability of tho North Car
ina Legwlslar ratirylasTth worn.
I aasTraaw amendmeat follows!
. ! bar beea persistently urged to
aka soma otatesseat wttk rofereac
the present aspect of the wesaaa
sTrsge qaestion, and In -yielding to
la Insistence, I do net mesa to do.
ore than make aa Individaal prey.
.-ntaUoa of tho matter so 1 see It.
aphaticaUy 1 have aot changed my .
lad with reference to to tho qaeo.
in of woman oof rage, especially
ffrage tkroBch federal laatead of
ste action. I am sltU opposed to
omsa suffrage and I still believe it
II not bo helpfal bet distinctly
-trlmeatal to tho highest Interest of
O woman ttesaaelvos, bwt t rste
'S tho fact that that qnoatloa baa
-on practically Bettled dad that
thing Korth Garollna can bow do
II BBoetUo It. It ts trn thst (ho
Treg amendment need the veto
' oao more atato for final rati lea.
..oa, bat when tho tegislataro of all
tha states shall have acted. I feel
?,!r Iturhmirigr On iTrial For
Murder; Tells Why She Killed
' ' Her Husband
Hampton, Vs April ."Bat,! sUll
lovtd him. I loved him to muck to
kill him- : : r O ; -
With the words Mr. MitU Jeter
Camming Ute this afternoon brought to
n close her recital on tho witness stand
of the sordid details of her relations
with Samuel Gordoa Cummlng, promi'
Ant Hampton attorney and former
stat assemblyman, for whose-murder
on th streets of this city last Febru
ary S, she is now facing' trial in th
Elizabeth City cossty circuit court.
While Bichard Evelyn Bird, United
State district attorney tor the Western
district of Virginia, counsel for tho de
fen, tired questions at witnesses for
tho common wealth, Judga B. VCsrter
Scott, of Richmond, presiding in th
tend of Judge Clarence W. Kobinson,
was forced to rap repeatedly for order,
Had Beea Warned.
1 met Gordon Cummlng at Boekro
Beach," said Mrs. Gumming. . li wa
wealthy and Stood high socially while I
(Continue 4 on Psgo Two.) ;
VOICES OPPOSITION TO
y BILL FOR A; NEW ARMY
Senator McKeHar Sees Danger
f Bufldtaf TTn Great JBOfcV
" I'.':. . rj System " ; "
Washington, April (L Th army reor
ganisation bill waa attacked at a m ent
ers that would build np a military
system equal to aay that ever existed
in any country at anytime," by Senator
McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, during
consideration of ths legislation today
in the Senate. t
The Tennessee Senator a eriticlsm wa
directed principally at provisios of the
bill for n large geacai atas, th ere-
tion of the office of nnder seeretary
of war and for the organisation of n
war council to consider policies affeet
ln militarr ' and munition problem.
Senator MeBeller indicated his oppesi
tion to universal military training, but
reservea nis u . upon 11 unui ine
genera fight en Jhe plan .is brought to
th Senate eoo.------;--- .
Senator Wadsworth, Bepublican, New
Fork, in charg of th bill, aad Sen
ator Frellnghuyoea, . Bepablican New
Jencykanswering Senator McKellar, de
clared the legislation sought only to
adopt lessons learned from th world
war, aad was designed to eliminate "red
lope and promote efficiency in th War
Department.. - ;. ;
PLUNDERING IX lSETT WTTH
' . TEKROR AMONG TOPIXATIO.
Berne, April 6. Advice rorelvsd her
thi evening are to th affect that thsr
haa beea plundering in Essen. and thtt
terror prevails there. .. 's
The advice add that th selNwwehr
hope to take Essea tonight or tomorrow.
,- -i. ' Paper Advance Pries. '"'.
Lo Angeles,, Calif. April . 8. Pub
lishers here announced that ths pric of
morning papers en streets snd news
tand would, be advanced Hay 1st,
from 3 to 0 cents oa week days, and
that the price of the two afternoon
papets now selling for two cents would
be advanced to three cents, while a
third afteruooa paper now selling for
one cent, would be advanci to two
cents,. . ,. : ,. , .-. .-.. . -i .
. OF SORDID STORY
PRICE j FIVE CHItTS
SEIIORSIyliS
ITIIISTAIEIIT
ICA1I
Announced Yesterday That He
Favors Such Action By The
General Assembly
OVERMAN PROBABLY '
WILL FALL IN LINE
FOR
RATIF
Statements Favoring JBatiflca
tion Prom Number of Bepre-
, sentatires ; Mr. Simmons . -Says
.' National Eepubllcan
' Leaders Fear Women's Votes
This Tear' ' ' 1
New and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg,
.Wsshington, D. C.' April 6-fieattor
Tumifold M. Simmon ban capitulated
to th Inevitable. Ho' announce that :
h favor tho ratification of the Susan lr.
B. Anthony woman ' suffrag amend
ment by th North Carolina Legisla
ture. -,: .
It 1 not beyond th rang of prob- ;
ability that Senator - Leo 8. Over
man will Join hand with th sen
ior Senator in urging th ratification ol
th amendment by North Carolina, and
this action is believed , to assure fsv- ,
orablo consideration by the Tar Bed
State. It ha been suggested that Ben
tor Overman may malt known hit
view as to early ratification when he 7 f '
delivers ths keynote speech of tho Dem- ' .
eerutie ststo convention to bo. held ia - t
Raleigh on next Thursday. . ,
Big Stroh For Safrag.
There ean be at much rejoicing lath
camps of th supporters of woman tuff. . .
rag by th announced attitude of Sen
ator Simmon and th probable action
of Senator Overman, a nay tingle
stroke yet made in th raging fight '
for quick. ratifieoUoa in order to give
tho women of tho nation aa opportunity
to vote In tho election of thi year.
Th thirty.fi fth state has ratified tho
amendment. ' Delaware it looked upon
a hopeless, although Miss Alio Paul, .'
tho loader of th ' National woman's , .
party, refuse to admit that Dels vara
haa finally rejected the would-be
Bineieeatlt, amaudmont. Already pow -erfui
appoaia are being framed for th; .
May tvssiftn of tie liouisiana generet,
assembly. Southera Senator who voted
to submit th nmeadment to tho people ,
lost May received' telegram thi after
noon from tbo stat loader battling
for favorable suffrtg action in Louis-'-loan.
Th messages expressed ths op- '
timisUe prospect of action at th Bato
Rouge ospitol a "simply fine." Should
thr Mississippi delta state come to ths , -bat
as the thirty sixth .state the glory
of Snal actios can b ahonted by the
Demecntio party. " .
North Csrollns Believed CerUfct.
North Carolina's action i taken to be
certain, while Louisiana i madly flirt
ing with th honor which will necessar
ily go to the ststs aad party which puts
the amendment . across the taps. Of
Ciurse, a many states as desire will bs '
welcomed for good iuessnre a several . -Leglslsturea'
ctlons have been ques
tioned in th courts. -.,
Senator Simmons ys r.- ' "
Th practical question ' which bow
confronts ns is, therefore, not whether
women shalbbe accorded the -privilege
of full and equal suffrage, but whs
shall they be permitted to enter into
tbo enjoyment of the privileges." .
Senator Simmons sound th warning
as a nstlonsl leader In 'his psrty br . .
Venturis- th intimation that th Dem
ocratic party has mora' to gain by th ,
women voting this year than th Be
publican party. Expediency , aad th
inevitable ar driving into lin more .-
for., in the esse of trnntinr woman
suffrage than all th power at work
when th amendment was beiore ton-
Endorsement Resolatlon Expected.
Suffrage will play a port in th Tar
Heel Demoerstie convention Thursday.
It 1 expected that a resolution endors
ing the amendment and advocating fav
orable aetion by the North Carolina
Legislature will be . introduced , ana
ndopted- ' ; ' '.
RoDresentativ Clyde B." Hoey, the
Temporary Chairman of th Bute Demo
cratic ' convention to meet in itaicigu
anticipated hi speech in a statement
here tonight that be would heartily ad
vocate the ratification of tho amend
ment in bis speech. He left tonight for
Ralekh. end his. address is expected
to prov atrong campaign document. '
The national woman party 1 ex
ultimr tonieht in the North Carolina de-. .
yslopments.. Their entire formal state
ment to th press Hero from neaaquar- -ter
br dtvoted to the North Carolina .
Htuation.7 Their ; statement--; sayt -in -parti-
.-'. :- :-' ' ,. . .
Sarragist fjonaaenc. -
'With the rnii version of the Demo
cratic leadera ot the State to ratifiea-'
tion, suffragists ar confident thst they
will be able to depend upon North Car- -olina
for tho 36th ratification should
Delaware fail to ratify, or for the 37th
Bute la ease of sa adverse decision on
tbo-Ohio referendum. A v
"A number of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress, Including Sen
ator Simmons, who came out today in .
favor of ratification, voted against the
psssngs of th amendment, la urging
ratification they have taken their stand
with Governor Biekett. Judge Walter
Clark, of the North Carolina- Supreme -Court,
Aubrey L. Brooks, who will op
pose .Senator Overman for. re-elect ion,
sad Other political leaders of the state4
Women Leader Here Today.
"Mia Sue White, national organiwt
of the '. national woman party, who
campaigned in North , Carolina during
March, spent the day conferring1 wi;!i
the North Carolina congressmen, an I
ill leave tonight for Kaleich, where
the Stato Democratio convention r 4 ,
f 1 ot r.- t