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Don't F(rget CarbMaAaito The I and Observe! V 7 -'-'''w- ' r THE WEATHER ' Fair San Jay as Saturday; MiUiaM cnL WATCH LABEL. mnl ears Mara" esvlMMaa aa aaM ; Mm, a eiat ee..f j , VOL.CXL NO. 101. TWELVE PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G, SA"?o, 3RNING, APRIL 10, 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Mews !ES FOR PEACE STATUS Measure Repeating Most of War-Time Legislation Now Goes To Senate STRONG PARTIZANSHIP EXPRESSED IN DEBATE Twenty-two Democrat!. Join . ' With Republican Majority In Supporting Besolution; For. mer Speaker Clark and Bep " re tentative i Xitchin and flood Make Appeals , WashingtonJ). C., April 9. Tha Bi publican joint r solution declaring tfte state of war with Germany at an eld and repealing moat of tha war time leg- illation was adopted today by the House The vote on the passage of the peace resolution was 242 to 150 presen two. Twenty-fwd"Demdcrats joined with the Bppublicaa mirity in - supporting- the resolution anil-to Republicans voted against it adoption. Democrat voting for the resolution Ashbrook, Caldwell, Doellng, Cuiiea" GaIKvan7tJaQ1y;- Ooidfogle, Huddleaton, MrKiniry, MeLaae, Maher, O Council, O Connor, Fell, Hamill. Ol ner Sherwood, Sulliraa, Tague, Carew, jLvana, Nevada, Mead. RepnbUeaaa opposing it were'. Ful ler, Massachusetts, and Keller, Michi gan. Before adopting the resolution the, Houae voted down a motion by Bepre- sentatire Flood of Virginia, the rank ing Democrat of the Foreign Affairs eommittee, to send the resolution back to that eommittee in instructions to re- . port oat a substitute repealing all "war time acts. The vote oa that motion was 17 for and 222 against. - ' - Strang Partisan Debate. On the Democratic substitute offered as a motion to recommit, the only vote other than that oa adoption of the res olution permitted under the rule, three Democrats lined up with, the Republi ease while two Republicans joined the minority. The greater break in the Dcinociafia ranks rauio oa tha final -Tote. -ChairnaVl Porter of the foreign affairs eommittee claimed after the roll fall that twenty more votes would tarry the resolution over a presidential veto. Democratic members, however, said a vote oa that question would see party alignment virtually intact. The vote ended a two day battle of worda in the llou The debate began at 11:00 o'clock yes terday morning and occupied all of the time of the House for more thaa twelve hoars. It was marked through out by , sharp partisanship except for those on each aids who broke away front party linea to join the opposition. Former Speaker Clark and Represen tatives Kitchin, of Ntrth Carolina, and in the fight on ' the Democratic sida, Flood, of Virginia, took a leading part while Bepreaeatative Mondell, the Be- publican leader; who closed the debate, received a warm greeting .V.m his party colleagues. " Representative Kitchin's. speech aroused tha Democrats to am outburst of cheering as he assailed the Republican membership, charging them with pre tens and hypocrisy, and challenging them to aubmit a str: ght-out proposal .frrepeaL Dfwar-time . legislation if they were sincere. At the cloce of his speech, Mr. Kitchia suffered a collapse resulting from what was said by his physicians to be a slight stroke or parai ysis Bepreaeatative Mondell later ex S -eased the sympathy of the House with r. Kitchin, tha members standing while he spoke. - Representative Long-worth. Bepublican or unto, was particularly anarp m mi reference today to President Wilson's attitude on tha League of Nations, which he described aa an, un-AmericaA mon. stroaity." ' : Bepablicaas Caasa Defeat. , ., ' Opposing tha .resolution, Represents tive Flood. Democrat of Virginia, de clared tha treaty would have been rati fied if tha Bepublicaa majority in the wnirata mo ue- - nuuuucu, jj -us porehaaa of a Senatorial seat in Michi gan." , He characterised tha Newberry case as toe ""most shameful ana cue- graeef ul "debjuiehisg of ai electorate thafhas ever occurred la this eonn- try." ''''''': i - lfisv TJfimil.l ii.an. aaJ 4a nil the . Volstead Act aver tha President's veto, Mr. Flood continued. "1 am, curious to know," he added, .' "ho they will" reconcile' their acta ia HOUSE DECLAF RESOLUTION voting to continue war-time prohibition on tha ground that we were at war with - tha vote they are going to east tods; for a resolution based upon a preamble - whieh declared that th war had baea at aa end eight months before that vote was taken. ""'' i . At one point today, aa on yesterday, . party support suddenly shifted. When BeDreaeatative Keller. Beoublieaa ef , Miehitfaowaa recogniiea to OppOser the resola tion. Democratic seat were, filled aa tha Be publicans were massed yester-. day whea Bepreaeatative Huddlestoa, Democrat of Alabama, declared his in tention to vota for tha. measure. Cries ox gooa greetea Bepresentative ceney and he waa accorded1 : dditional time by V the Democratic leaders, .concluding his address with aa assertioa that the reso lution proposed to "strike hands with Germany nd aay 'it's all over. Lets call it square." . . rA i. &i .1.) Aw v - took his seat, and a roar of cheers earn ' front tha Democratic side. .. .. , ' ' Aanaaaee Ceaaas Today. ' ' y Washington, April 9. The population sf Fayetteville, N. C, will be announced tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. , SAN SALVADOR WANTS TO LEAVE UNITED STATES OUT Proposes To Establish Latin - American Court of Arbitra tion Inatead - (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April ".After studying tha Btate Department a interpretation of tha Monroe Doctrine, sent several weeks ago tha ' Congress of Salvador adopted decree proposing tha creation of a Latin-American court of arbitrs tion with tha United States excluded. Should tha proposed court so decide the Pan-American Union, with head' quarters here, - the Central American court of justice of Cartago and the international bureau of Guatemala, in tha formation of which the United States was instrumental, would be alio! Uhed. It waa learned today that copies of the decree baa been communicate a, 10 the Central and South American re publics. A copy also has been received at the state department, bat has aot been made public. Federal Board Would Prevent Spread of Pink Boll Weevil '.:.. From Texas ' Washington, AprlT 9. Drastic quar antine of the . aottoa acreage In Texas ind"TuTUna' tnested with the pink boll worm waa recommenced today to SecreUrr Meredith by tha Federal Hor- tienltural Board as the only means of preventing rapid spread of the crop past. All sr portions or sine counties ia Texas and three parianes in Louis iana would ba Included in the area in -which growing of cotton would be prohibited With an additional "aeatral rone" of from five to tea miles around these) districts. Both statea have agreed to co-operate with the Federal authorities if the quarantine is ordered. Gov. Hobby of Texas announced that ha would ask the Lea-ialature to recompense tha farm. era for ft ops already planted. Similar action already has been taken ia Louis inns .- Ia addition to the quarantine, it was recommended that a regulated none 25 miles ia width be established around tha Boa-eoltoa area ia Texas with aimi lar zones fen miles wide around "all oil mills iir Texas known-to have re- fcem districts known to have beea in vaded. J ..'&k.."J xecution of thia plan will make, it xossible, Secretary Meredith said, to limit Federal quarantine to the non cotton and regulated cones described as to these two states, and the department will place no restrictions on ths inter state movement of cotton and cotton products out of the sections of Texas and Louisiana not included in the quar antined district. It-Is believed that it-will be possible to discontinue many if aot all of ths regulated sonea about oil mills ia Texas and Louisiana which are under suspi cion oa aeeount of having received aeed from invaded districts ia Louisuaa ahould the thorough inspection of the season of 1920 show absenee of invasion by the insect at these points. The quarantine and. restrictions cov ering movement of products out of the non-cotton and- regulated sonea of the statea of Texas and Louisiana apply to all cotton products other thaa oil. .0NG SEARCH MADE FOR JEWELS ENDS IN GOTHAM New Vork, April 9 A world-wide search for a fortune ia jewela, the property of Mrs, Clarence Millhiser, of Richmond, Va., eaded here toata-ht with tha arrest of James E. Foye, who had In his possession a cheek for $20,000 paid by a pawa broker for sine pearls be lieved by police to be part of a aeck- Uee valued, at 2750O lost by Mrs. Millhiser here "last May. Whea she missed ths pearls Mrs. Millhiser noti fied ths police aha had given two bags of jewels valued at $500,000 to' Foye, then aa employe of the Biltmore Hotel, to be placed ia ths hotel vault and found only one package whea sha naked ' for the jewelry. FRENCH COMMANDER TO - MAKE GERMANS SALUTE Berlin. April 9. f Br Tha Associated tTroaa.) Advices I rom lbs Btineland report that ths French eommaader-ia chief in ths area occupied V V troops naa oraerea ail Germans to salut the French flag aad French officers aad that -he threatens reprisals ia ths event there are fresh outbreaks. - .The arrival of iresh. French forces throughout ths day U rtpo.ted. Bail- way commuaieatioa Mtweea ths oeeu- pied area and the rest of Germany, ia still suspended, ritraabourg dispatches say new Jroopt art. steadily Moaauig tht STRIKE ORGANIZED TO BREAK UP THE UNION Clevelaad. - April , aWA aigasd statement was issued here tonight by tha chiefs of the four big traasporta tioa brotherhoods, saying tha present strike of switchmen waa origins tad for the purpos of destroying the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmea , aad the Switchmea'a Uaioa of North America and that the wan demand later -waa in jected for ths purpose of deceiving yardmen throughout ths country aad promoting ths "one big union"" idea. Verdict af "Nat Gamy. Abbeville, 8. C- April 9. A verdict of not guilty" was Ordered . by the court tonight ia ths ease sf Joha Gee- sett., sa trial with his cousin. Kenneth Goasett, charged with criminal assault The eve aminst Kenneth Gossett vill go to'tvury before noon tomoifow. URGE QUARANTINE FOR COTTON BELT SOUTH SERIOUSLY EOR PLACE ON TICKET Endorsement of 'Simmons For President Starts a New Line of Gossip "FAVORITE SONS" IN THREE SOUTHERN STATES Oonrention Action Started By Irienda of William Oibba Mo. Adoo: Not Thoug-fctTnat Zn- doriement Wafi Meant as Pat - On Sbonlder Tor Senior Sen ator's Suffrage . Statement News and Observer Bureau 603 Dist. Nat. Bank Bldg. BY B. I. POWELL Washington, April 6. Is the South going into the Ban Francisco convention ia June with a real determination to land a place on .tha. National ticket, either to -name the Presidential candi date of the Democratic party or his running mate f ..... Events for the last sixty days have beea ao shaping themselves sad the ac tion yesterday of the Democratie 'eon aantioiiWiL BaleigVeeenuates the be lief, expressed many times heretofore, that a Southern man may be nominated for Presidsnt aad if not for the first place,-assuredly second place. This is nartieulsrv aa with Demo f erats where Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina will east' their first ballots at the National convention for a "favorite son". Georgia has . beea for several weeks backing Senator Hoke Smith for the honor.' Tar Heels ia their conven tion unanimously endorsed Senator Fa rn if old MeLeudoa Simmons for Pres ident. Virginia Democrats, whea they meet are almost eertaln to endorse Sen ator Carter Glass for the Democratic nomination. Republicans Ofer Pritchard Ia the Bepubliean party, North Caro lina is practically the only Southern Stats to offer a raadidata for the rPes- Idential nomination to be mule at Chi cago ia Jane, k.Th North Carolina Re publican have anw?aT Judge Jeter-C. Pritchard. of Asheville, for the plaee and although -as oas vxpeete hint to be considered ah an aggremivs candi date for the t aomiaationv there - is a I marked inclination among . uepublieon Fboaaea to give him second plaee oa the ticket. Following the action of the conven tion in Baleigh Thursday, the Demo cratic candidates for the nomination who will seek -votes in the Jnne pri maries in the State will be, besidoa Sen ator Simmons, ' Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and Senator Robert L. Owen f Oklahoma. Beaator Owea haa already indicated intention of call ing cor a vote ia North Carolina and a representative of Mr. Palmer waa la Baleigh Thursday surveying ths field. There may be others but the indica tions now are that the vote will be di vided -between, the Senior Senator Mr. Palmer and Mr. Owen. William Oibba McAdoo, not yet an avowed candidate, for tha nomination, is aot going-to seek votes anywhere. Friends of the former Secretary of the Treasury are, as a gen eral rule, going to east their ballot for ths passive t candidate in their - own State. Those vovters in North Carolina favoring Mr. McAdoe areit appears now going to vote for Senator Sim mons: McAdoa's Frieads Active Primarily, it waa frieads of .Mr. Mc Adoo- that inaugurated the convention plan la Baleigh to nominate Senator Simmons for President. Many of the aealor ' Senator's friends were iaelined to believe that ths aetioa of ths eon. rent ion waa a pat oa ths ahoulder for the ; Senator'- statemes of . Wedaesdsy (Caatlaaed aa Page Thresh NORTH ATLANTIC PORTS- WILtPROTEST STRONGLY Hold Conference To Take Bui net! Away from South At ; ' lantio and Onlf Ports ' ' New Tork, April 9. Bepresaatatives of commarcial organitatioas of a score of North Atlantis seaboard cities met hers .today to ' formulate a protest against freight rates alleged , to , dis- sriminate in favor of Gulf aad South Atlantis ports.. A. committee was ap pointed to confer with executives of trunk line railroads and request: them to petition . ths Interstate Commerce Commission- to eaneel the alleged fair rates.. ' i -'-' - - -'. " The eommittee appointed consisted of Delos W. Cooke, sf tha. New York Cham ber of Commerce; J. C. Lincoln, of ths Merehsnts Assoc istion of New York; N. B. Kelly, of ths Philadelphia Cham ber of Commerce; G. 8. Henderson,' sf ths Uanimore Chamber of Commeres, aad Js. . CoUyer, af tha 'Trunk Line Aaaoeiation. . v', Mr. Csokc,' addressing ths 'eonferanca, said that early ia the war it was thought advisable to divert traffla to Southern ports because af freight son gsstioa ia North Atlaatic ports. . " "After ths war ths political steam roller was put in order aad these dis criminatory freight -rate were eatah. lished by tha Halted States Bailroad Administration, ha said. "Ths Inter stats Commerce Commission was power leas. Freight originating at Cleveland. TouBistowa, ' and other manufacturing- centers in this territory is bow being chipped at aa almost lower thai cost rate to these Southern ports whereas it formerly was ahipped to. the Northera Atlantie ports. . .. J II IH c .-v .VJ JU 111 Admiral Asserts That Complete Plan For Prosecuting War Was Made . PREPARED TWO YEARS .' BEFORE WAR DECLARED Corrected and Kept Up To Date ' In Erery Detail, He Asierti In. Teitimony Before Senate Committee; Admiral Waib jnfton Tsllaof Many Ktcent Deiertiona Washington, D. C, April B-Tasusaada of desertions in ths navy, ia the last year have brought conditions unpar alleled la American naval history. 'Bear Admiral Thomas Washington, chief of of the Bureau of Navigation, today told ths Senate Investigating committee. Ths wha. naval service bs waraed,' ...laj threatened with disaster arless Cong s immediately, enacts . Icgialatloa raising it jjr office . and mea.ta a point that will allow the navy to eompets with civil occupations. last six months of 1919 Bear Admiral Washington declared, aad thus far thia year they have averaged, around 700 a month, many of the deserters being petty officers of several years experi ence. Also at present rates of pay, ha said, recruits cannot be obtaiaed. Bear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, member of the Navy general board, testifying aa to the navy's preparatioa for ths conduct of ths war, disagree with Bear Admiral Sims charges that tha navy waa unprepared for war, sad aad ao, well defined pleas or policies. . i Ha asserted that at least two years befoe tha United States Joined ths al lies a complete plan for war against a Central European power" was pro pared and kept corrected ap to data throughout hostilities. ,-4 - i Overs every rasas Manv aueh Diana had bsea msds ia ths past. Admiral Fletcher fcaii, mt tha nlaa, referred to "eovsrM every phase ox aavaicpsrMioaa aaoaar mm i iunia onaitlos-f war." It daaltl - . - . . 1 -1 .V . I with the mobiliaatloa, orgaaiaatloa aad composition sf the Ilect, lts oiapw sitioB'aad mploymBt,-,protsctloa af ths coasts, bases of supplies 'SB the United States eoaat aad ia ths West Indies, routes across ths Atlantis aad the enemy's forces aad probable courses ef aetioa, be said, aad comprised aearly 300 typewritten pages. Admiral Fletcher was a member of the general board during ths wsr but was engaged for the meet part with his duties as a member of tha wsr indus tries board, the priorities board and the eouneil of jeational defeaas. Explaining that as wasted to com ment oa certain speeifis charges made by Admiral Sims before testifying re garding hia duties as a member sf these various - boards, tha witness first took up Sims' criticism that ths navy' was not prepared for war in April j17 ISO navy. ever, was or aver will be fully pre. pared for war ia ths eyes of everyone, the Admiral declared, but the7 American wry when it entered, tha war waa "just as well .prepared aa any other navy ia the world whea ths great war burst forth," he asserted. Admiral Sims' declaratloa that the navy department ahould have Immedi ately sent all svailabla destroyers an j small craft abroad to fight submsriaes sounded "plausible aad eoavlBelng ths witness said, but such a course of ac tion would have left . ths America a coasts aad ports full of ia valuable ves sels aad cargoes epea to attack by Ger man submarines that had demonstrated in. 1919 their ability to eroas ths oeeaa, menace the Uaited States coast aad re turn to Germany aaatded. Such aa at tack, he asserted, would have caused great alarm ia this eoantry. and have affected sending aay small vessels to ths war sone. . i ' - Nsvy Did Its Skara. Admiral Fletcher eaaracterixsd work of the war Industries board as one of the-"great achievements of ths war," sad declared ths members ef ths board somplimsated highly ths sffteieaey-with which 'tha navy department conducted the business end of its partieipatioa ia toe wsr. No loss of shipping or f alius sf ths navy to transport troops ta Franca pro longed ths wsr for a singls day, ths admiral asserted.' Admiral Sims' asser tion that "ths aavy department is re sponsible for tha lorn of -two aad a half million tons of shipping, ths pro longation of th war f or four months, fifteen billion dollars of debt' and ths loss of 800JWO livsa," was based a dob assumption and Bad ao fouadatioa ia fact, tha officer 4eBlared...j.l'i. The whole coaeluaioa reached la the sccusstioa Is buyt upoa ths fllmay rouBdatioa or a nypotbetleareoaditioa aad is wholly without value, he said. FRANCE AND BELGIUM iiiMAYfOSJl AN ALLIANCE f Brussels, April 9-It ia stated that IT iIMS REGARDING fMVY OBeatha !- M thburglt,., em back und.Jircred. railway Is settled betweea Belgium anil Franco, aerotiatioa will eammeaea for ths eoBduaioa-of a rraaee-Belgiaa mili tary alliance -France and Belgium, it nr- asserteOr -sow -ars.. negotiating, cob eerning; the composition and tha date of tha departura of a Behrlaa eontin- gent for ths occupation af ths Buhr teg- Ths Soir says Belgium haa aot for gotten the slowaesa : of British and American Intervention la the hour of peril, and that it .is aot Jntid1 to. renew Belgium's costly experiment - af 1914, : , ... i UIIIOH OFFICIAI, ASKSCONGRESSTO BREAK UP STRIKE Head of Brotherhood of Train men, Virtually Admits Walk out Beyond Control SENATE REQUESTS THAT INVESTIGATION BE MADE Break Ia Unauthorized Strike of Switchmen and Inline - . men In Chicago Beported; Beportt Indicate Upward! of 30,000 Men Ont In Different .' 8e'etioni of Country v Washington, April 9. Virtually ad itting that the strike of railroad train- aad swltchmca over the country had gotten beyond ths control of union officials, W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Trainmen telegraphed Bepreaeatative Cooper, Bepublican, Ohio, today aaking whether present lawa 'apply to renegade organisations or those UeiUag..Uleaa....trei,!! , Mr. Cooper, who is a member of the Traiamea's Union, took the matter up with Acting Attorney. General Ames and was told that whila ths department f - justice -was watch ing the situat ion it had as statement to make at this Urns. . Befors Mr. Lee s telegrsm wss received ths Senate had adopted without a record vota Seaator MeCormtck's reaolution directing ths Interstate Commerce Com mittee to investigate all strikes of rail road . employes aot sanctioned by the respoaaibla officers ef ths railroad uaioaa. Chairman Cummins, of the laterstats Commerce Committee aa aouaeed late today that ths investiga tion would begin next Tuesday. Meantime the Senator has telegraphed ta Mr. Lee asking for ths names sad addressee sf ths Labor leaders ia Chi cago coaaected with ths strike, with a view of summoning them befors the eommittee. . . Ia calling op his resolution. Senator MeCormkk said President Wilson's tail ors to appoint ths members of tha rail road labor Mara which la ta handle wage aad other disputes aade tha pro- visioas at ths tra asportation act,, mads ths Senata investigatioa, accessary for ! "' spprcciauon, saiu cwnauw ia ao other way could ths Mblie ttBlB0B,M T . . . .i... .k. tt-i.:.. ti " .iB.i.i. I Ths colleague of tha senior Senator said today Us President was selecting the members of the beard and that ths nominations could bs looked for at any time. Administration officers are giving close attention to the strike but they indicated that the government would aot intervene at thia time, leaving ths matter to ths union officiala to handle. BBKAK IN STRIKE SAID TO BS UNDXB WAY IN CHICAGO Chicago, HI- April 9. A break in the aaauthorixed strike of switchmen and enginemen at Chicago where it started aino days ago with a subsequeat spread to a Bumbcr of railroad centers, was announced today by A. A. Whitney, vies president of the Brotherhood of Bail- road trainmen, who conferred with eommittee of strikers from the Chicago aad Northwestern Railroad. The delega tion was said to havs told Mr. Whitney that a vote would bs takes within St hours with a view to ending tho strike oa that railroad by Saturday night Brotherhood officers said that a number of strikers -returned to work today. and predicted that ths movement of freight ia tho Chiesgo . area would be aear normal by next week. Another group of strikers today re quested the "Mayor of Chicago to take steps to settle ths striks by addressing a mass mectiag of yard employes. Leaders sf the insurgents said the striks wat not aaJyaot- broken but (Ceatlaswd aa Pags Thrsa.) RALEIGH MAN MOURNED AS DEAD FOR ,13 YEARS Howard Bell After Serving -' Overseas TinaDy Locates Mother In Ricnmi Bichmoad. Va April 9. Mourned as dead for many years, Howard. BslLaow 21 years old, a veteran of overseas ser vice, living at 516 South Salisbury street Baleigh, N. O, turaed up hers this week sad had a happy reunion with his moth- sr.' Mrs. B. H. Berry, T South MulbcEry street, it was learned today. He Was supposed to have drowned ia 1907 whea ha drifted out into Chesapeake Bay ia a row boat. i-i.:.. ."- '" ' v . It develops, however, that he was nicked -va v a. party of fishermen es route ta eastern North Carolina by tha eaaal routs. ' They took him along with them. Though he was just tight years old at ths time, be be ran hustling for himself, finding employment oa a farm aear Wilmington. He grew up la that ssf"tstt " .yfo'-'"f-,'&''-r' Bepeitedly h tried to gat la touch with his bsreats who were living In t&rfolk whea he disappeared but hw His father, W.'t. Bell, a ship chaadler, died several Tears ago and his mother has aiaes remarried, coming to Kick mond to live. . ;" l:::;- -'" Bocsiit.ly Bell sueeeded ia loestlhg his aaadfather, Joha A. lie11;TDtv;hsi'iThika. tame s, result of a dis ton. Virginia. From aim, hs soon ss esrtaiaed hig mother's address. Bell was reeeatly graduated from a Baleigh' haslneas college aad he is planning ts coma here to get position so ss to be aear his mother. He fought overseas with ths Thirtieth division and Was wounded by shell firs and was also gaas- i SENATE AGAIN SHELVES COMPULSORY TRAINING Plan for Voluntary Military In struction Goes Over Un til Monday . Washington, April 9. Compulsory military training waa shelved today in the Senate and after a plan for volun tary training of youths was substituted in the army reorganisation bill a fight was started to elimlnats this snd strip tho bill of all trsining provisions. Fin al action went over until Monday. The Senate voted 46 to 9 to substi tute the voluntary for the" compulsory method. There waa no direct vote on the- compulsory plan. Its defeat was conceded and to provide for soma me thod for trsining American youths, many advocates of compulsory train ing supported the amendment of Sena tor Frelinghuyaen, Bepublican, New Jersey, incorporating the voluntary me thod. ; - - ChairmanWadsworth of the Military eommittee gave notice that vigorous fight would be msde to retain the voluntary-plan under which all youths be tween 18 and fS yrars of age could en list for four Months training In any year selected by them. Ths Senste vote eliminates compul sory military training from considera tion in future development of the army reorganization bill. - The Houae bill has no training provisions, compulsory or voluntary, and the enforced method therefore will aot come before ths con ference. GRATEFUL HE SAYS Senior Senator Looks For Prompt Ratification of The Suffrage Amendment The Newa aad Observer uresu, 60S District National Bank Bldg. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, April 9. Senator Furnl fotd M. Simmons expressed deep appre ciation hero today of ths signal honor paid him yesterday by ths Stats Demo cratic convention,' in session at Baleigh, whea ths senior Senator waa unani mously endorsed as the favorite eon for ths Democratic nomination for Presi dent. , "I am touched by aueh, a tribute from (ny fellow Democrats of North Care- ".'? , . "pre"cJ, lBte"'t . Dsmoeratis convention, and oa every aide - favorable comment was made. Senators from other statea mentioned that ths honor cams unsought and was unanimous. Expect Prompt Ratification. Senator Simmons believes the aetioa of the State convention in endorsing the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment assures its ratification by the North Carolina General Assembly to be called Into extra session in July by Governor Birkett. Representative Clyde B. Hoey the eon. vention's temporary chairman, express ed a similar opinion that North Carolina Democrat a made ratification certain and the womea of America would partici pate, in the elections of this year. '. . Dsaisla Senda Congratalatlona. ...Secretary Josenhus Daniels tori: "It is all over but the shouting.'" Hia expression of delight came tonight through a telegram to Mrs. Carrie Chap. maa Catt, president of the national woman suffrage association. Secretary Daniels telegraphed Mrs. Catt as fpl lows: V Mt is all over but the shouting. The long bard fight to enfranchise the American women waa won yesterday in Baleigh, when the Democratic state eon. vention of North Carolina declared in favor of the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. The Legisla hire of that stats, shortly to be called in special session, Is certain to ratify, thus giving us the thirty-sir states aaeoaaary. North Carolina sends you sad all co-workers congratulations snd greetings." Kepsblleaaa aa Peace. There Is no deny ins: that -leaders in ths Bepubliean party are on the anxioua bench sbeesuse of ths sudden develop ments which virtually assure ratification of the suffrage amendment by a Demo cratic state. Ths G. O. P. politicians hava more-thaa :a-WTink)ed -brow, fori their last hope ia Delaware seems to have gone glimmering, although there is bo formal admission. The National avsnor ill . aviuuvi nvio - councils - no I reathed ;tairreTri ia east tbwards Louisiana, where the Legislature' meets ia May. - Suffrage adherenta la the Baton Bongs Capital aired Washington that ths shanecs ars "simply flne." Should th . delta stats ratify the amendment, there will' be bo let up in the efforts of Tar Heels to bring favor able action by tha North Carolina Leg islature. Ohio, may have its action nullified., by ths courts, and in that event the ratification by Ncrt h Carolina would oring tna tuirty-sixta state. TEXTILE WORKERS IN. ..ROCKY MOUNT STRIKE Bocky Mount, April 9j Textile, work-1 era numbering 325, representing about 90 per cent of ths total aum ber of em ployees' of the Bocky Mount mills walk ed but oa a strika Lata yesterday after noon, i Those abandoning their work are members of the Uaited Textile Workers of AmetiMr-t--i-. ' ...j..' agreement with ths mill officiala" over tho transfer of aa employes from the eardiag department ta the-spinning de partment. With thia small minority at work today, the mills ars still run ning, though badly crippled, and ac cording to statements by company of ficials they will bs kept running de- SIMMONS DEEPLY aplt the walk-out. . 1 SUFFERS SECOND STROKE OF MILD PARALYSIS North Carolina Congressman Had Just Completed Strong Speech In House j .. CONDITION REPORTED BY DOCTOR AS SERIOUS Will Be Several Days Before Extent of Illness Can Be . iicsiucu, euuucii jattttca. V J . M 1 A . A . , Brings Deep Sorrow To Col leagues In Congress; Dra matic Climax To Address '- REPORTED AS RESTING BETTER LATE LAST NIGHT Washington, D. C April I. Late tonight at the residence ot Reprosea. tativa Kitchin It waa atated that ho waa resting better; his artiealatloa waa good; hia temperature and res. plratlon normal. He ia Perfectly con scious. Mrs. Kitchin who la la North Carolina. will arrive tomorrow 'morning, accompanied fry tha Coa 'greesman'a brother, Dr. Thurmond Kitchin. The News and Observer Bureau, - w District .aiiuonal JJank mag., (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, April 9. Tha cos. dition tonight of Representative Claude. Kitchin of North Carolina who waa stricken late this afternoon fallowing a strong speech in protest of the peaet resolution before the House, is serious. "Bopresentative Kitchin's left aide is completely but temporarily paralysed," aaid Dr. Lewis J, Battle late tonight in ths brief statement to the Newa and Observer correspondent. Dr. Battle is the personal friend physician of the Tar Heel Congressman, and reached him at the Capitol within a abort time' after the attack of illness became noticeable in the House. , ' - ' Ths sorrow expressed in the House and tha deep interest .manifested throughout Washington was aot con lined tonight to the party colleague of Representative Kitchin, but scores of Senators and Congressmen, together with friends of ths North Carolinian Is A van tat ts(aia 1 i rs aamllatrl atil i m fin t ro.f of his condition. ' j - ,--Snffarn ScaMd 8trok.- . ' The auddea stroke of carnivals Is tht aeconil stroke suffereil hv Mr. Kitchin in recent months, although the first trouble la December did not become known, even to the colleagues of the minority lender in the House. . . It will require several days before pa definite statement can be made Of Mr. Kitchin's condition," said closs friends who had talked with tha med ical attendanta. The Tar Heel's mouth is drown and ho has great difficulty in articulation. ' Ths noticeable illness of Mr. Kitchia earae as a dramatic elimax to hi ad dress in the House this afternoon in op position to the peace resolution. Dem ocratic colleagues djrflng hia speech called for their leader to speak louder,. not for a moment realizing' the dim- eultjr with which he was speaking. Vn- . i - .... . .A.. 3 At. - . teranees of Iir. Kitchin, and his col leagues warmed up to him under the withering fire which he aimed at ths , Republicans. Mr. Kitchin concluded his address and walked unsteadily to hia seat. A few minutes later ha moved to wards the rear of the hall, where col. leagues we're gathering to congratulate him. He swd he wa feeling baa and with the assistance of several Bepresta. tativea went to hia office on ths first floor of the CapitoL - - ' , news apreau aapiu'y. nnte'ered their assistance, and with ths" first aid treatment of Bepresentattva - Laxaro, of Louisiana, himself a physi elan, the trio bent all possible energy la resuscitating Mr. Kitchin.- Upon reaching' hia office, bis illness became mors intense with a percepuojo paraly sis of the lefj; arm,, leg and impediment in speech.' Ia tha meantime,' Dr. Battle had been summoned and soon reached the side of Mr. Kitchin. For nearly en hour the four physicians worked with threWraff ljegislator .": Already the news of the sudden Illness . of Mr. Kitchin had spread like wild Are. Senators left their chamber to , , - , , . . . . I. 7 ... . . . AS ,1.. h.i.miJ . illtj ICniHHnC V. .4 V HH,.(iww - 1. n .1 .'11 .J ILa ..U.I . had augmented the crowd at. the door of Mr. Kitchin s omce, ana it was nec essarv for William' Kenney, a veteran aopitol. doorkeeper to be placed at the door.-to-forbid..fnUanefe.';;;. Following the hour' efforts of ths four physicians, Bepreaeatative .Kitchin ws moved to hia home In aa armv am- ' bulance. He was carried out of his office through tht Capitol on a stretcher, - 4..1J hv Ranreaentativa" Douchtoa. and ' the neero porter of the- Wayana -; !.... I'mnnl U t.. Vn lisa klwavs mint. fested ths greatest admiration for tha' North Carolinian who held the chair- manatnn or tnie -committee aurinar. me nays Tiuocraw . cvui-iv-, v- . u House. .. .,-- . Caadacts Masterly Fight' Ths Intense exertion of ths minority lesder during ths two days' fight oa ths , peace resolution is believed to be ths cause of the auddea attack. For days, ' odds and: ends of the campaign mapped nttt- tn- rht 4h .Bonohllean. aubaiiluta for the treaty of peace including ths . . . i. . T - . , v..: 1 In all his characteristic speeches, Mr. Kitchin waa unsparing in hia criticism of the Bepublican majority, ths enemies cf tho trtmty and the critics of l'reil- 'Contlnued sa Page Three ) - e4 la aetioa.,