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Don't Foi: xive position. RaleiAbril 1217 THE WEATHER rrr Friday, 'fellow.' by r Jaeettled ulhr Friday c and tatnrdav. i" watch Label." M MM es. ' renewal I a.rt Mere erntMMea aa era) isata a iBg , X Vw r .. .. 2" et Odlinaiitomo VOL CXI, NO 100. -'. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. - RAr i Jg RIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1 ' " " '' ' ' t ,' miff.? t '" . . . . , . , . ' , I Sta e Mfem Legislature To Vote For Ratification : of Suffrage Amendment . ' .. , . -: : ' r- : . 1 . : - FRANCE ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 0GCUPYIIIGT01S Statement Say Other Allied Nations Were All Opposed To Plan A DELICATE SITUATION DECLARED TO BE RESULT While The French (JoYernment Acted la Good Faith, Troops Should Not Hare Been Sent I Except At Last Seaort; Oth er Countries' Beady To Act If I and When Time Comes London, April 8 (Bjr the Aaaoelated Free.) After a long eonforeur which the French' Ambaaeador. Paul Camboa, had with Premier Lloyd George today, .and a lull discussion ol the rrencn- (Jermaa incident by the cabinet coun cil, at which the French view was fnlly cil'lalned to the Britiah minUtera, aa authoritative atatement waa laanca to the fffect that Franco acted entirely oal hr own Uifiativo"! deciding ta eupy Oermaa towns; that Great Britain, the United Statee, Italy, and Belgium Ia were an oppoam io ma pian nu Fanee S action has caused a delicate sit-1 nation. - v The matter la under duenesioa of the ri4li ana rienca goveniinema hoi,... andatioa r tba nation.- xor xaoj the hope la cxpreHCd tUat the situation Bar ba caaod. ' : Variaaa Ftoaa Bsggeateau ,-- ? The atatement tecitcs various iped famts .-.saggratcd'fwr tSMttaa;'.' wi the Kuhr tituatioa. among others, th- end-1 tnir of allied officera with the German troopa to aupcrvia tu uermaa wim-1 iirawnl.: Aaotber; anertitive was ibbi tlie1 dccUioB should be left with thelhave civilian at the bead.'. ' German goveraaient. with th sttimauoa i that unlcas th status an was suaVI eicntlr : restored" tha allica themaelves would occupy German points to enforce thcir demaadh The autemnt pre-1 o.Ih v, i . ' rTha Oerman foversmeai appears nrn no oeueva w a tare acted . precipitately and Fraaceiua tne eonjrary, our eo-operauoa on:iMnr pU. offered the ameadmeat for to hav responded by sdoptiag a pUaleaod the war and savea muen ilia aa training vohinteora. He. did so rslua which wa only intended Uat raort I property ,! beliave our naval force tanUy,'7 he said, but with otor advc method aad even than to have beea the affair of the allie and not of any on of tbom (imply, No Bad Faith. - Croat Britain, Italy. Belgium and th United States, it is declared- air felt that the taak of restoring order should -.:! mA all Mt nntwiaad ". "" -jt - . I to . theim reguur force, being ea tea upon except aa a last resort, to Under take What was virtually ponce ouuea. It.it pointed out that Franca feared aom d ulterior motive oa tha part of Germany, and doubtleaa acted in good fjlth. but. adds the atatement, the im . mediate result ia .that responaibility for her action cannot be shared by the allies a a whole, and certainly there ia no int Vlon oa the part or tne urn UK irbreriiment to allow Britah old ira to act aa eolica between hostile factions and Incur all tba odium of such a position, to say nothing of Ha -riakt" r The atatement conclude "If. and when, Frane suspicion! mt ft.rnianra ulterior motives aad de liberate flaunting the terma of th Taea treatr become accomplished facts, ths allies would doubtless ba prepared to act tnttanlty sad tigoroueiy ia cob ert to vindicate tha position and re spect for the proviatoa of tu treaty, t! l i V. I jut lor ino rime oemn "j-f ---1 that no British soldier wUl participate in tha occupation Of Uerman euie. in th neutral rone.' RnniFS OF 87 HEROES ,i . ARRIVED NEW YORK "Kcw York;-April .-Bringing from Enaland. bodies Of 87 1 Am.rU.n anMiera who died in tn ervl . ... ...J t f lee 01 xneir country mm. . " I rmy transport Vaasemond docked here I . J k.. Am m brr. ' I avunj, ' - . . ... . i Tl bodies were moss i . 1 wera men, most of whom diea during t" I af whom srar at aviauia ana oaw campa w Rmt BriUln. ThcV were brought hem by th goveramcLt for delivery to rela I fivra aad friends and far final inter- wient iq eemettrie of their native land. From this port they will- b snipped within a few days to virtnally Try aia. ia tka Union. ' Eack body encased "n a metal-lined, flag-draped casket. will be accompanied by toldier guard made tip a far as possible Of men who served la th tame organization the deceased. Thrse guard of honor will remaia with th bodiea tiatll the earth finally tloses ever tha former comrades. Then tby will return to th base here iv -1 aaau ..lu iuai.. Ecpen issi ..will officially ele the record of thoe who, when their Country , called, retpoaded to th limit af their power.' FEDERAL CONTROL IS EXPENSIVE FOR MONTH V Wathiagtoa, B. C, April 8. Ballroad I operating" rcreTitifs for February the : last month ef Federal eontrolj fell 8,- 654,000 bIow operating expeaec. and thereby increased tba government de ficit i noperating the interstate com merce eommiasioa reported today. The commission's report covered the earn Incv an rpenset of aaor than 80 per tent cf t':. lines. - , ADMIRAL VILSOII DIMM Active Fleet Never Better Pre pared For War Than In April Qf 1917;;;; NAVY DESERVES HIGHEST COMMENDATION, HE SAYS Department Whole bt.,1- and Energ eticauy Co-Opera ted With ABiei froa Mo- ment War.Dedared. JUral Officer Tellf Senate If aval Committee atHearlnf Wuhiaaton. Avril . Admiral H. B. Wilaoa, eojnadr J chief or the ALUntki fla.L diaaereed today with Lun ot Scar Admiral 61lV eritieiau of the Nary Departmeat'a conduct of the war. B- for Ua bVaat laTeatigat L.g committee, the Adm'rjl declared the attire Beet aercr was better prepared ft. war" thaa ia April, that the -holcheartedly aai eaer - ,.'Jrally eeie rated with the A1U 1 I . - J;om th, omt war was declared aad ni teajpiete". plaas were Dr(IMred to icct a uermaa oaTai 0 u,irt. I Th, -.. aeeompUahme&ts ia ' thslttelr tactics la aa effort to obtain ae- I ... the Admiral said, "deisrve thel l w$r, r atBpcnJc.a aa to make "rela- i Hnl nnlnnartajit" anr mlatakrs, ' I Oj cross -exa mi ni tiJR . tb Admiral (un ted -that, greaUr nuthority aad I reapowaibility.t T.v turns thr chief of ntval One rations, but said that ha wonld I act hav. that official aeroacb ne autaorny or tot aeereiary ct i iavy,ins aereai meant vw vinuai -wreca at i for aa aoaea. -ia navy aoivauea h ie v v., jieaiea wbkv VMcgea. v , Asbf by Chairman Hale 9neeVaiag I Admiral Bima' chart that- delays by Itli de, rtment ia th f rat sis monUitiebl wita. tompulaory training ro- proiengca me ' war row m ot 60000 Jtroa. Aamirai w 'son aaw:i worn. taa start co-oparaiea ina mon ueeesarni manner wiia ua juiies. Hale that all th committee was trying t do waa "hem tba navy th Admiral declared: - ' - ,t , -r. "It would hav beea better for the navy If you had shut up shop after .u. . 1 A T .k. V....k I. n'Tu ".v.". .. going to be passed it ought But to be passed to the navy." Vosawla rrenared Far War. man I . . a. , .a I The wasseb on the active list of the I navy wera never better P'Pa. . Jr T j tne allies sna ue navy vemnneu nao i H4..1I .j i.,." ..nw.f . 1 German offensive agaiast the' coasts Tef th United Btates, Admiral Wilson told the committee. Beplying to criticisms ia the letter from Bear Admiral Birot to Secretary Paaiels that caused th la vestigation. Admiral Wilson ' asserted that " fr em the memeat war was de clared the entire navy the department as well as the fleet entered . Into tne the commendation of th nation - f" -' I Admiral Wilaoa, no:' commander-in- chief of the Atlantic fleet, commanded the patrol fore that. 4 nt protected waters adjacent to the Uaited Btates ...I ).(.. K.wkit . ata IlMit pa ifm m. " -"-. V.., . , operated in protecting allied convoys IB the war aoae and h tinting U-boat. Within .'.four day after thi country entered the war representatives of the allied admiralties were in conference with Secretary Daniels aad nsval afa ears in Washington outlining ths means by which th most effective assistance could ba Tendered by thia country, the witness declared. Bo far aa be knew, m wi K k .1.1 lied OlOCiaJS WSS promntiy agreed to ana I ,fnelellti Mrried out. Th fact that I : . .a ! . I iaa greater pairv oa mo Amrricatn mrmj I was transported over 3.000 miles or w,ter without a life beUg lost through effort of the enemy teatified. to the success of this co-ope ration, the admiral .parted. Few Mistakes Mad.' .!0ur' nvl forces from theTrtarl fb- . - . . . .In eneraiea in a moat Bue.'easiui Baanaver i with tJ naval lore of our Mot . . . . I ia many pomoBB a aeaw,, "' aad efficient work they materially aided I la shortening tne wnr sna in tais-man-i aer saving untold life aad property.' I MUtakea th navy mad during t&e l war wera to "roistlrely nnimportaat" that they war hardly worth consider-1 in in compartaon wiva .. ita achieve-lenee avwcai-'iweTaTtnaaaianld.'' 'Sanation upon tn approacn i war i had a fore Of battleships more t nearly prepared for battle than aw the I fore to whieh I wa attached aad waiea I snant tba winter af 1915-17 1 (outbern waters." Admiral Wilaoa testified. T feci shr that of thia fore bad eigaged I a mv en it cruise north ia. tb I spring ef 1917, th victory would hav I beea ..utav -"f "" .;; I luoral in the service wa high at I tktt time, th officer said, aad th a- tiv jfiect prepared for .any emergency. Jim Dire Aood Far Halo. Beferring to Admiral Sims' charge that an Insufficient number of. email (Contlaaed on Fag Two.) I HOTEL PROPRIETORS v YANT-RIGHT NAMES" I Prohibition Given At Cane Tor Hlfh Kates; Faror Beer " and Wines Nw Orleans, April I. A "rlcM nam bill ia each gut ia th union tu ad- voeatedMate today before the nesting of the Boutherav interstate hotel nea sow ia eoaveatioa here. Speakers ia emphasizing the need of inch a bill, laid it was only a Meant of , protection afataet the paster of bad check. " It aa also arged that general law be nested making it a criminal er- faea for aa unmarried aonpl to regis ter ae maa aad wife. Prohibit! we said to be the reasoa for the iaareaaa ia hotel rate aad the I "" wv mm rvaern aa Doing IB I far or of the sale of beer aad wines. HOPELESSLY LOST Compulsory Measure Doomed and Supporters In Senate Shift Tactics Washington April Facing certain defeat. Senate supporters of compulsory laalTersel mUitary training today re- 1 treated from prcwing tea adoption r l thai fjklmta fAi TnUI aJtAl Vhar tValitliMB M'' P' tot fosr months' of all yoaths as a part of Ue traiaiag army re- orgaaixatloa bill. With this change ox front advocate or . training ahif ted aoptaaee ef a system of volunUry train. i "a. - v i It ia esoeeted that a rota will be taken Ion the voluntary, training labatitnte to- I morroir, ? acre wiu vw no ureet vote oa tba eompulsory plan," if the- vela- Itary piaa U adopted. T- I Bupportera of .us compulsory traia ling feature aspressed tba opinion that i tne enrrre measure, eteaator waaswortn, I Bpublicar Ke Yarfc. in charge of the JoiU - asid froviajoa for reducing the I regnlsr army' to ElOjOOO'.mea within Mb vest ive rear Wonld feet ba prae- I tectcd. .geaetor FreUnghuysea, SepoMicaa, sw Jereey, supporter l th compul Mteg ca aeaipuiaory training thought th.t th, .t,, schema wa ethe best I that might b bad a present. aa MaaawawafeHaBBMaaaaaa.a ' TWO NEW, ATTACKS BY VILLA - ARE REPORTED Juaret, Mx4 April S.Two new at taeks on trains of ths Mexican Central Railroad by followers, of Fraaeclsco Villa, th revolutionary leader, were re f UrH I.IVIUHVWUJ V)UI V V V k... ,j. vm. if ... ..m Vu four strong bands eperatiug in the Utate at Chihuahua wit Jimlnet a een' ,-- .n.,!.-. v" r - BELGIAN TROOPPSMAY . ENTER RUHR REGION Bruaoels, April t King, Albert pre tided 'today at a eabiast meeting at which it was decided, at a token of friendship to France, and ef solidarity i.k .k. .n:u th.t n.iiitM ... I d.teamet lata th Knkr Ta-lon. T; : ' " i - - Plea T Finance ' Karop. Washington, April 8 ficeretary .Hon. toa aaid today he had , been furnished "informally aad iadividually a doeu meat, which purports-to" be th plaa TRAINING PLAN IS evolved by Sir George Faith for flnaaeylvaain u,'0Pe T11,1? American aid as the I basla." .. He declined to discuss the re ported plan,'. ay lag he had not gives It any Study. OScwr b Knied. Berlin.. ADril It is seml-offieiaUv sUted. tha a German patrol, under I Lieuienant Count Kalnnin. was fired oa I vaaterdav near Niedarwoelatadt. alxtean mun aans wi x mugii, vj a ra tries. Kalneln was wounded and uba nn..tT. 11 . l ! . f-- " lfeteaT Charactar Deed. Xo Aagele. CaU April a CbdUIb Lewis Q. Shilling, aeout and ruide. roucr aoa oi mat varaoa, asaoeiata or I . . . to.. m . . I uavy .vroeaeia aao . voioaei jamai Howie, aad member of uenersl John l ss-. A vT-t:-j. i-.i a muiotm cituiiiuu, aiea i touay - at tae xwnai ooiaiers nom. . . . . . . , ,. I "' j " :T.... i l 7 . Tssoas) to Remaia. xao-xiague, Apru o a oupatca to the -Nieuw Botterdamache Couraat from imnborg, say a commuaioa of allied offlieer whieh arrived ia Duls burg to iavestlgare whether the pre or government troop in tne neu maim government -lorce should re- main there antu nu tfeo reds bad sur readered their arm aad a aew aatisfae- wry gnara waa iormeu. ; atmlaeaf Xdaeator Diet, Pfrtsburg, P, April 8 Dr. Joha A. Bradahear, frmrd-chancellor fthe Cniversity of Pittsburg and on of th ot emuirot ex- Aamreast actronoinera. die dat hi homo her toaight after a long illace. ' Fee Big EadewaMat. Tampa Florida, April 8. Th board of trustee ef. Bollins College has d-i ided to inaogurat a campaign to raise a 11,000,000 endowment . fund, - PREDICT TODAY TO SEE BREAKING OF IE Officials of ' Brotherhood and ;:. Switchmen's Union of That Opinion WALKOUT SPREADS FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFI Chicago aad Bufftld Bare The Greatest Huniber of Kea ; Idle, Aad Many Other Claasee om.Workma , Threateaed . With Beinf Throwa .Oat of Work; Miny Oitiei Affected Chicago, April 9. Tba unauthoriacd I ,tik of ,witeBm, ar4 ngia. will be broken within th ncrt 48 aoura, A. F. Whitney, vica president of th Brotherhood of Bail way Trainmen, aad 8. 2. Heberlliig, tateraatioaal praaident of the Switchmen' ITaioa of inert a America, nredieted laalghti'-.-i'X-i Wbil th strike aituatioa la jCUeag showed aom improvemeat, with oae thousand brotherhood mea from ether eitie having answered th call to com here a strike breakers, ths strike waa apreading throughout th country from coast to- coast. Beporta fsaight sum marized the sitaation aa follows t ' Wsllwat By Cltlee. Chiesgos tMO msa out, freight truffle 3T to 40 per cent of normal r 40,000 packing punt workers tnrown ant ei work with eompiet sui pension or tec plants, mploying 0000 mo, (a pros pect tomorrow. . " j - Buffalo! 1,500 tA 1,700 men Mlej em baria vn all frvwrXt U Tee. .:e1 Kansas. 1tyj,-JO0 .4 00 mn. vut. Los Aageiost iw nea empinyea Vy-an-eoBtinatal IlnCav en Strike." Toledor 400 men out: complete freight be-un within St Murs predicted. Eetroltr XO00 mea out aad 600 more expected to follow tonight. GarytJOOU 400 ldleisOO Brotherhood f Bailway Trainmen member vote remain loyal to their nnloa. - East Bt. Lou is 800 out, 6,000 In 8t. Louis., rated to "resign,' at midnight unless demands are) granted. Decatur. III. t 107 oa strike) wet stay out until demand arc granted. E it 'JT.. A"it! walkout. r" epringneld, IlLt Baltimore aad Ohio witebmea out. Colton. CaLt 80 Southern Pacifle quitt freight tied p. : Cleveland, Ohio f 1,500 to rot to night on atrik iasu. Boat Is BUck Sheridan, Wyo.i hfea vote to remaia at work and send delegation to Chicago I to aid in breaking strike. Niagara falls: Switehmea refuse to strike after listening to 'appeals from 50 Buffalo strikers. Elmira, N. Y.t Tardmsa of tha Dew. ware, Lackawanna and Western, New Fork Central aad Lehigh Valley ordered OUt.'( " " ' Plttsourih, Pa.: 2.000 Peaaaylvanla employe at Coaway yarda vote to atrik at midnight toaight if demaada r aot graated. llemphia, Tenn.t yardmen on nil but two roads entering city vote to strike at 4 p m. Friday if demands are not granted. Fort Ways.es btrik of 3,200 Psnn- shopraea believed settled. Strike had no connection with switch meas walkout. Baa Francisco: SO switchmen oo.it work. j. ' . Jersey City: All Erie yard brakema out. , . , CONCBE1W TAKES COGNiy.ATtCB AND INQUIBT MAT COMt Washington, April fc Congress took cognisance today of th strikes of rail- toad employe which, etartinfr at Chi cago, have apread to half a dosea cities from the Pacific to the Atlantic. - Senator MeCormick, Bepublieaa. 1111b ois, iatrodueed a reeolutioa authorlxlag tha la avalata namaaerea mmII.. . Haveatlgate th walkeute tad to report k. .j .l. I tmm.. aw. tnnniu . it rr.m . v Itlngent expenses awavmUtee, which will - - - . .V ...V M' recommend whether fuada for. he la- I quiry should b voted. ' I With the UBBthoria4 trik Btred- ing, President Wilaoa' adrisera urged him to speedily appoint th-railroad board for ia th trauaportatloa act. Thoeowh. talked-wi hthe , Proaldeat said b was giving appointmenta a aer- lou eoasidratlo; gad. probablyViwonld mak them known with! an few day, . ' CHARLOTTE PLANS TO . BUILD NE WHOTEL Charlotte, Aprs i At a meetine of fitizeaa aad com mitt see sponsoring the campaign for stock ia tha proposed milliea dollar hotel tealeht ir - trnaaimoualy decided to build the boteL The meetings w enthuaiaatie aad the spirit fine. C. AHoore. af Kcw Tark ad Chicago, promoter af big botch inrougnont tae eouarry, addressed the meeting, as did also II. M. Victor. Z. V. Taylor, aad Word H. Wood. The mat ter of aite wa not taken up. The fc0tel is to be built, f ooa at r .J; .im , . RAILROAD SIR INSTAKE LEADING PART IN FlfiUT flf D DFAPC i mm Representatives Pou and Small Deliver Hot Speeches In House G. 0. P. RESOLUTION IS VIGOROUSLY ASSAILED Hot Offered la Good Faith Bat Ii Designed To Make Politi cal Capital; No Oae Believes Aaythiaf Will Oome of Meas ure: Whole Scheme Is To Xrabarrass. Wilaoa News and Obaerver Bureau, 03 District National Bank Ilklg., ' (By Private Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C April 8. North Caroliaa cam to the front ia the House thia afternoon ia the tight on the xule to limit debate on the peace resolu tioa. with the color in th hand of Bepreaeatative Edward W. Feu aad Bep- roaentativ Joha H. Small. As senior minority member of th rule commit tee, Mr. Pou stacked the special rule, aad eaUred into a diacuasioa of the pence reeolutioa, paying a great t rib ate to the. Democratic party aad it leader,. Preeideat wilaoa. What ia the purpose of thi eo-called peace resolution,' asked Bepreaeatative lou. 1 do aot believe ther ar a kali dosea mea her who believe anything ia going to come of thi resolution. It wa introduced for the pnrp of em bar- raaiag Preaident Wilaoa, to mak poli tical capital to be used in th nazt cam patga j-'". ' "V. '',, yr 'i- T Km arras rrseiaent. - ,!( imrnf framed nad offered not la good ialtb, but to eMble aomebody to so bVrore the twonls ana savi J .. . CAROLINf ." W triads t get peace with 0r- J thi World war. Every boy in my family man;, Wa introduced a Jieas rDfevfaU every bof ia iy wife' family, nil lotion,' Tha Bon passed it, but Free-1 Quaksrs, wera ia th war from tbo trst loewt nuwa vaiofKi is. tarn vuns therefor apon th Peealdent.' Not a word or tals wui d trn. Nevertheless, its purpose la te build np fictitious argument whereby the Be- mblleaa party hope to rid lato power ia th coming campaign. thank God my party hag alwaya stood for a small army., With perfect confidence we eubmit th work of Pres ident Wilson to th Amerieaa people. Uod help U if they repudiate bis earn est, unselfish effort to make war im possible. That aad that alone hat been and iahi purpose, t Small ma revs rartauaaaia. Th apeeeh of BepreeeaUtiv Small attacked the partisan effort of th ene mies Of President Wilaon to bring about a "fake peae after they bad exerted every influence ia attempting to wreck the President's work through th treaty of peace and the Leagtt Of Nation. "It i a mere eoDteriug in troduced to deceive the Amerieaa peo ple, said BepresenUtive . Small la referring to th resolution. "Thr has beea a propaganda- to humiliate aad diminish th work of th President in every aectioa of tho-eooBtry The people know U i true, and it ! or ganised in every community however mall. - t- (By the Associated Press.) W !.:--.. A w.mi a Tlia tiAaa read. i... r . i h 1 f.w.. mlTK ,u,.n u.. J--VrT,"V-i:kIMi-ai a.oe fc.r. naed bv tha t'aleo na tta war inrouaaj idb noaso "mi t .v.. . .nt,.n rA da. I Z7T died .war onighU For six hour if wa tn center ei oia- euaaioa oa the fiooryet no one quest' inned that it would bo adopted, ino final vote will come late tomorrow,, There waa a vote today oa adoptioa of th special rule limiting debet and preventing amendments or tne reotu ties as drawn by the committee oa foreia-a affairs. The rule was carried 8U te 15vn Democrat joining the Bepubliraaa ia ita support ana one KC rmblieaa ommaiag It. This was taken tt iadicata action aa th reeolutioa itself !r',r.,L":.:7-"; rw- - th. rvernU Senra- vote. Oae of tfc Uemoernta, J(cpr-l aofttativ Haddlcatoa of Alain ma, who voted against th rale, amnannecd that bo wonld euppsrt the reeolutioa. ;. . .Faftaaaabln CnacgeaV-.- Ca4rrtw wf TTtiaaship- m- through IVmocratie comment oa th reeolutioa. Representative Huddleetoa noted these, bat insisted tnst conscience woaia not let him "toot along" with hla party majority and opposw tho-peace propose 1, . . ... Ll. J t-1 I waatftvrr -rtmpanv oanwo; l r.m v Keep. ...... , The November election figured almost aa nromiaently . ia tbo debate ae did ehaag ia the interaatioaal situation, waa 4imo IcaisUtion, ot eyrnJPreaident Wrtsoa,' ahare. ia tha treaty fight. A atatement "bv BepreschUtive, Poo, Dem ocrat; North Cferolina, that the President bad been without personal ambition ia hla actions broaght a roar of Mnghtorleer of . the Human Society .had, beea free tha BewiblicaB lid. It was I convinced no cruelty wa involved in echoed roa th Democratic id a mo-1 n later whea to support charges of I Bcrtiasn tmrpoae. BepreeeaUtiv Men-1 tagia. Democrat, Virginia, asked Chair- niaa CampbeH f h Bule committee, why prneo with , Austria-Hungary also had aot beta . preposcd - -'. . IgM I Uialleagea. i Oa th technical aid of the discus-1 vio -the Democrats repeatedly ehal-1 leogej tlie constitutional right of thel (Coatlaaed oa Fag Tw.) :- STATE CONVENTION TAKES ISSUE SQUARELY AND VOTES DECIARES TREATY BEATEN BY MONEY Palmer In Georgia Speech Says Majority Vote Bought In Michigan Macon, 0a April .."Three-quarters of a million dollars killed the treaty of peace aad the league of Nations cove nant, charged Attorney Ueneral Mitchell Palmer here tonight ia an ad dress in behalf, of hi bwa "candidacy for the t'resldentml nomination. 'With th majority vote purchased ia Michigan," ho said, "Senator Lodge or ganized th Foreign Relations commit tee end refused to report the treaty. If the Democrats bad carried Michigan tha Bepublieaa party had spent aay only a couple of hundred thousand dollars the Democrats would hav organized tl Boat nd toinetaoiah Senate aad tha Foreign Belstions com m it tee would bar reported the treaty aad it would hav been passed, it took month of struggle to get thcc Demo' mt to desert the party. Attack Smith aad Reed. lie declared that th purptt of Sen tor Smith and Senator Bed anc. other waa to repudiate President Wi'son, em I barrss th admiaiatratioa an J to ehanga 1 the Dsaoc ratio policie. "They Bar I cannot carry Penney vania," said th Attorney Oenerak "If the party will nominate aome uir.n who can carry Peanaylvania, I'll b for him. But he mutt bo a better Democrat thu la yeVannourteed.'V'M,' iVf ft-.'' Mr. Palmer referred to criticism ei hi Quskirism. 4 -XL & ? -'. , I ' I ef "Far be it from to deny ths xaitk my father." he mid, 'ml I w-.aj far nin ins wswc If von want references a to.mv flghtiag ability, Z refer y to vrnl battle-scarred Bepublieaa. - ' "Whea I aaw him attacked aad villi. fled aad ao one williag to defead him, I determiaed to carry the Sag of wood row Wilaoa to the ,-ieople. ROBESON BANK CASHIER HURT IN A COLLISION Lumberton. April 8. B. H. Civ more, esshler of the Bank of Pembroke and prominent bu nines man, was ser iously hurt thia afternoon When aa au tomobile which be wa driving wJ (truck by a freight train at Pates. and demolished. Mr. Iivermore wa brought to Lumberton on the freight train and carried to a hospital. He wa severely eat about th face, head and arms. There ll some hop of hi recovery, it is Mid, H drov hi ear upon th track in front ef the moving train, his view oi the train being obstructed by some bos ears oa side track adjacent to the road crossing. ONE KILLED: FIFTEEN INJURED IN EXPLOSION Somervilte. N. J. April 8. On maa was- killed end fifteen hardly Injured in IK CXDIUSlOa nrc ifniiHi.,nnc - . - - - - Chemical for the mnnufarture of ehera- Heal.. Frederic Toddi. a year old. i)f BouBdnrook. N. J- virtually waa brlown to pieces and Major Jamea A. -Johnson, a United mates army omeer in cnarge of the building was injured aad bodily burned. Bis condition is reported to b acrlous. . J. The injured men were might aadcr tho fulliaw roof wlcn thi Udcs Of th building were blowa out. : INCREASE VOTED FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS wn,.., Apr... 8-a imy KOOO.UOO is th WZI appropriatjoa lot . ..... -.k .. n,j river sad harbor work was voted today bv the 8c nate commerce committee, making th bill total 2t000. The Koase pita of lump um appropriations instead of JJeSfl f iio of the fund for various project was approved. ! ' l,: Schaoaor Abandoned. ' .' Barbadoca.. Aoril .-'fhe Amerieaa aailinrv achooner Brisk, which sailed r,nn V..nntE Kfl Ui-rll 111 for klo ' " ' i . . . Janeiro, ba be nabaadoned at oca on Iflr,. Her crew was rcsraed by the 1 ,lM,mM HslleBc. iwnnd from New Verlfor oMatevJded, and brought acre, Hers ... Xekat Flight, Ban 'Barbara. CaL. April l. A harw ntcred i ; wiosltion her arrived I'xb-y by. ai-r.ian from Lot Angeles. Th trio r doLiyed a day until im the trip, wht wa mad, in aa espe- eially equipped airplane -. - . , -Want Tlaae Ealended. V - Berlin, April S. The Berliner Tag. blatt say it is informed that th Oer- maa govermnt is negotiating with ine cntenie tor proiongauon 10 vein- ber 7, of th sgrocmcat of August, 191!), for th maintenance of troop ia the! neutral roae, pleading that a strong police force is rcouired to maintain r-1 Ucr ia tbat arcs, . , - ' . . ; , 1 IE FIGHT Starts In Afternoon Session On Adoption of Platform Com- ( mittfee's Report HOEY URGES RATIFICATION OVERMAN STANDS AGAINST. ea)tor f M. Simmons Will Get Before The People of The 'State Ia Juae Primary As Presideatial Candidate aad Delegates Will Vote For Him la San Francisco SUFFRAG IS VARM CONTEST Th Democratic Stat Convention last night adopted a plank in the party' . platform recommending that the Demo- erata in the special session of th Legislature in July ratify the proposed nineteenth ameadmeat to the Federal , Constitution giving women the right U rot. Suffrage sentiment, after a trial skirmish earlier ia the afteraooa yea terday; had won by three to ea a place for. Mr. John S. Cusainghamf Dir-"" ham, a honorary delegate to the aa- ' tioaal convention. ' But, th line were not, drawa aad the issue waa aot ' preseated until the report of the plat form committee brought before , th convention a plank calling upon tli . Lecislatur. to reject th Huma B. An ' thoay amendment and to eubmit to the -trotcro of North, Carolina, in' the: November election -a amendment to- - th. Btate "Const itUjIica, giving woman : the right to vote in North Caroliaa. Two minority reports, one of them pr ' seated by inttructioa from tha Fifth district convention, started the light. It wa aot until after a long wrangle aad much parliamentary discussion that r. P. Jlobgood, of lireensbore, oa of th earliest champion of the cause; in th But Legislature, proposed a sub stitute for the minority report and th platform plauk. Th roll call by coun ties piled un a vote for the ubtltut of 833 to m 1-2. : y vot oX'Utesonventto in tne arterv aooa aesaloa, with Thomas D. Wan-tin permanent ' ehairmaa and Mark Squires as secretary, Colonel Albert L. ' Cox, of Kaluigu, and W. A. Self, of -Hkkory, wer elected presidential elec tor at large. J. O. Carr, of Wilming- .. ton, Wade Harris, . of Charlptte, Gen eral Julian H. Carr, of Durham, and Thomas D. Warren wer named a dele gate at large ,.to the national coirrr-n ttott,- white-" A.B." McEachern. of Bed Rprings, A. II. Boyden, of Salisbury, and r.d 11. Williamson, of Cumberland, and J. A.. Brown, of Chad bourn, wera elected alternates. Mrs. Joha 8. Cun ningham ia honorary delegate at largo from North Carolina. Jn-,orderthat the -iNorth- Carolina ' delegate, to the national convection may aot gi to thu convention iastucted ' by a primary vote, the eoaveatioa in its closing hour gave the honor of the "favorite son" to Senator F. M. Sim- mona, and by vote of the conveatioa ho will be entered in the Democratls pri mary ai a candidate for the nreaMenev. ' Thia find the nomination of A. W, Il.r-teanir-autinoat" eommitti!emen.-to -sue- - ceed hlnaielf, were the only acts which - rollowed tha adoption of the platform -with the substitute suffrage-plank at 7530 o'clock - , ' District-Delegates snd Elector. - - District delegate elected to the na tional convention yestcrdny are: - r. nrst District Elector. K. I Stewart: delegates,i. S.t Neat, P. O.' Sawyr, W. I Privott' and J, L. Mayo. - , Second Bleetor. J. Paul . I'rlrrelle: , delegates, George A. Holderness, I P. " Tap p. ,'( "1 - - , ThtrBletOT.J.-IirB rhanf r del rates, Nathan O'Berry, J. T. Bland. Jr. C 8.. Wallace, & -W.s Ferrebee. , . .? 7 ' rebrth B.T. Holdea: delecates. 8. n Auatim James- L. Griffith. 8. 8. AbdelL' ' John M. Brewer; .- Fifth Elector. -D. 8. Bovster: dele. gates, E.. D Broadhamt, K- O. Everett.. V Hixth Elector. Thomas L..Johnanni delegate, Q. K. Nimmorks, T. A,Mc ' NeUl, J..D. BeUaaayi B E. Powell. Beveath Elector, Oeorgo H. Humber; delegates,. W..A. Neal. O. L. Willis ma. . 8. 8rl Williama, J. W. Johnson. Eighth Elector, A. C. Hoaeyeutt; delegates, W., C. Newland,' J. D. Nor- . WOOl., : ' .' 1 . ., Ni-rth E'eetor, T. A. Adama: 'cJele- ,?.trvfiW Bpberta, KWaUOB, J, 11, . Pearson, J.:.D.;Eliiott.:vi-.t:i;, Tcniaeiectar, r.K. Alley : delecatee. W.'Wi Nenl, W. F, Docker, J. H. Bui- -t' livan.'Ha. M. Onteav ' v. , . VCOaveatioa Opens. " Only the galleries wer empty whea Thomas D. i Warren,' chairman -of -the Democratic Executive committee, yester day at 12:22 sailed th Democratic State ' Convention to order ia the city aurlito. rium and presented Dr. W. UeO. White. past r of the First Presbyterian' church , of Baleigli, to delh-jr the invoeatioa. Straight oa the heels of the pryer, wh the eoaveatioa waa ia a atir, CoL , D. Watts, of Iredell, from the rear of th hall nominated Xhomat D. Wr- jCeatlaacd a Fs Two.) 11
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