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NEW YORK GRIPPED ,
BY STRIKE IVIEf ACE;
BUSINESS HELDUP
Troops Unload Stranded Mail
Train's In Jersey City White
Agents Investigate
TRAIN SCHEDULES BADLY'
DISRUPTED BY WALKOUT
' i esBsawmnsBBBBBBBBn
RnnrirArin of TlioniBjndi of Com.
muter Living In Jeney City
: Unable to Reach Their Places
of Business; Department of
Justice Makes Inventory of
-. Tood fiifppliei ,
New York, April IS- The strik of
railroad workers bora tonight presented
the most menacing situation the city has
faced" sine .(be unauthorised walkout
Began." Freight terries on the railroads
ver which the balk of the city's food
and fuel virtually was paralysed and
passenger nerrice already seriously ear
tailed, waa still further crippled.
The first act of Federal intervention
came today when armed United States
troops went into Jeersey City to un
load stranded mail trains, and Depart
ment of Justice agents extended their
Investigations into every corner of the
NewYork district
. U situation tonight was as follows:
Hail train schedules were geaeraily
disrupted, and motor trucks were press
ed Into service for postal first aid in all
important sections.
Commuter Kant at Home.
'" Hundreds of thousands of commuters
living in New Jersey were- unable to
reach their places of business in New
York. . :-. "V
Strike sympathiser committed their
first act of violence when an iron bar
was hurled through the) window if a
Central Bail road of New Jersey train,
injuring a passeager.v Train crews of
four mail trains of the Erie were at
tacked at Port Jervis, New York and
Railroad officials announced that Port
Jervis was absolutely controlled by the
strikers.
'Timothy Shea, Srst vice-president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, arrived here accompanied by J. tl.
Walker, secretary of the Bureau of In
formation of tko Eastern Railroads, to
mage 'joint conference of railroad
managers and the four railroad brother
hoods. Other labor leaders were here.
aiding the toads to put down the strikoa
IBS -JJeparuaenc ox ajuauoo oegaa an
exhaustive inventory of .food stored and
big warehouses searching tot hoarder.
investigators aiso - went uupaieaeu. so
the mercantile exchange to watch price
fluctuation. Meat dealers announced an
increase of a cent a pound in whilesale
prices hero.
C. P. Wallace, president of the Fruit
nnd Produce Exchange commission mar
chant and market men, said perish
able food was gradually being exhaust
ed and the situation waa becoming grave.
Mayor Hague.of Jersey City, who had
expressed sympathy- for the strikers,
appealed to them "in the name of ,suf-
lann h 11 m "1 tl i fV 1ft arbitrate. A CO HI-
mittee of 14 men representing the strik
ers emphatically refused to urge strikers
to return to work, ins Major an-
larger atrikers committee was arranged
. for tomorrow. - --
To Baa Milk Trains.
'Warning was issued by Llndley M.
Harrison. Federal Becevler of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company, that agi
tators were urging employes of rapid
transit lines in NeW York to strike.
Strikers in a meeting in Jersey City
tonight refused to listen to Mr. Shea
when be tried to urge in em to return
to work pending a settlement. Each
time ho attempted to speak, hisses and
booea drowned out bis voice.
A striker shouted "shut up, sit down,
or ww.
: It wan learned at the Lackawanna of-,
flees that "millionaire train' was ran
from Hobokea to Morriatown, N. i, late
today. The train, was manned, with the
axeoDtion of the engineer and conduc
tor, by five wealthy residents of. Mor-rlstowsu-
.. :' ' . .'"- , " "
Striken on the New York Central and
New Haven roads have agreed to supply
brews for milk trains.: In making this
they were ot lighting the babies, the
til and th poor." . . '
STRIKE APPEARS TO BE
WANING IN WESTERN CITIES
Chicago, III, April 12 While the an.
authorised strike of railroad employes,"
which started in .Chicago two weeks
Sgo with the walkout of 700 switchmen
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
' Railroad today appeared gradually to
be wsning in the Middle West and Ine
tar West, the situation la the territory
east of Cleveland took on more seri
ous as poet- r -.: - - -i
The center of developments la the
walkout of insurgent had definitely
shifted to the East, where additions to
the rank of the rebel railroad worker
had caused a serious stoppage of freight
and paaseager traffic and the closing
m.4 .avj.n1 inftnntri. ArunAnt Alt -th
-Milroadsy for aapplissv'" -';
The situation in the . Chicago .yards
showed a marked improvement and re
port from other large railroad centers
in tb Middle West indicated that the
crisis of the strike waa past and that
atrikers were returning to work in eon
eiderabl numbers. Officials of railroad
brotherhoods, who hay been fighting
the strike since its ' inception, were
confident that the breaking up of the
walkout in the Chicago territory would
1 be followers by general resumption of
work In .other areas. , t
The general managers association to
iaf dented that any negotiations were
being esrried on with the outlaw yard
men's sssoeialion and stated that-no
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SOUTHERN PUTS EMBARGO
' ON ALL TRAVELING NORTH
OP CITT Or; WASHINGTON
s. Aprti
Atlanta, Cs. April USaU of
through tickcta except on on train
to point north of Wssaiagtoa waa
slacoatlaaaa today by tk Ronthara
RaUway while the Seahoard Air Line
discontinued selling tickets to all
noiata worth of Richmond.
Becans of the naatherlsed strike
of railroad men la the North it was
explained the railroads war not la
a position to gaaraatss passenger
trafllc In that section. The Booth.
arm, however will aell aatll farther
notice tickets to New York on its
train No. M, leaving her at midnight
aad arriving In Washington at night
aa the Pennsylvania railroad states
It can handle sleeper at night.
TAKE STEPS TODAY
Department of Justice Waits On
Reports From Field Agents
To Decide Course
Washington, AprU 12. By the As
sociated Prea.) Determination of the
government's course in the rsilrosd
strike crisis tonight awaited further in
formation from Held agents of the De
partment of Justice.
Attorney General Palmer after num
erous conferences with government offi
cials that a decision might bo reached
tomorrow adding that "the government
would not shirk its responsibility."
Meanwhile official announcement waa
made tonight at the White House that
President Wilson would send to the
Senate tomorrow the names of nine Mem
bers of the railway labor board, created
by the transportation act.
Frame r of the ' transportation act,
including Chairman Csmmlna of ths
Senate Interstate Commerce committee,
were arm in the opinion that the labor
board -would prove an effective agency
to deal with, the present railway erisuV
Fa.' that reasoa Senator Cummin' Com
mittee deferred action on proposals for
a eottgressionsl inquiry into the striks.
- Postofflcs Tskos Hand. '
' Independent of either tha investigar
tlon by the Department of Justice or the
creation of the labor hoard, the govern
meni entered the itrike situation di
rectly today through orders sent by the
PontofhV Department to its inspectors
aad railway mail officials throughout the
eourtry for . prompt reporta. a "any
obstruction or delay ef the malls. 1 -"
Many officials from strike centers hare
indicated activity of the Industrial
Worker of the World, in connection
with the railway situation aad officials
said that it was proposed to determine
definitely' whether this or any other
organization was esrrying out a pro
gram that would bring it within roach
of Federal statutes. Not only it wss
said would such activity be dealt with
aummarily. if the facts warranted legal
proceedings but steps would b taken
to prevent extension of the unrest among
railway men to. any other industry. -
la disoassing the attitude of the gov
ernment in the crisis, Attorney Oeneral
Palmer declared that if Federal action
was taken, the government would not
enter the controversy ss a supporter of
either tn striker or tb railroad com
panies, , ' . ',, -.;.,,. y.
Its action, hs said, would- be governed
entirely by its responsibility to the peo
ple, by wnom the government was
created and whom it wss to serfs.
Stair Criminal Statutes.
It was iadicsted again today that th
department might employ criminal stat
utes if it decided on legal proceedings.
Injunction proceedings, similar to those
in the bituminous eoal strike were not
being considered, it wss said, because
of the peculiar conditions tinder which
intervention must take place if it is
ordered, a . . - - -
Agent of th department reported L
W. W. fomentation la score of
trouble centers, officials declared. They
were aaid also to hare revealed that
member of that organisation were of
fering financial a well as moral support
to ine cause or tn strikers. ,
v Official iso had ander consideration
messurcs for feeding the communities
which might he out .off by the strike.
War Department' stores were said to be
located in half a ' dosea Urn cities
and should food condition necessitate,
couia no arswu upon. ,- -
- Federal ' district attorneys and Held
agent were instructed to deal with indl
viduals 'and Srmg "making exorbitant
profit out of the .situation,, ander, the
profiteering itatutcs. - - '
. With respect to movement of the mail
and emergency. food supplies. Mr. Pal
mer said it had been suggested that th
government reaort. to motor transporta
tion should there, be an entire stoppage
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GENERAL HARTS DENIES
; -:v CHARGES OF CRUELTY
Washington, April 12vContinulng his
defense' of his administration of the
Paris district. Brigadier General. Harts
told a House investigating committee
today that chargea of cruelty at the
military prisons might have been exag
gerated by men "endeavoring to exeul-
never satisfied and always distorted the
troth, ho ssid. . '- r '
Questioned by Chairman 'Johnson, of
Booth Dakota, eoneernlng th reported
sale of "rights in the Paris subway" to
Frenchmen by a Sergeant Bender, Gen
eral darts mid he personally investi
gated the report. Bender, h said, de
nied a sale of pne of the bridgea over
the Seine 'river but frankly admitted
that 'certain right to the subway had
been aold because it was accessary to
raise money." - .".,,;
Thirty cases of desertion-in fsce of
the enemy occurred in the 27th (Kew
York) National Guard division, the gen',
era! said, in explaining that many men
In Paris were skulkers who did not want
tn remain with their division at the
fton.t
GGVERTiMENT MAY
SUMmER CAPITAL
PLANS CHANGED BY
THE WHITE HOUSE
President Wilson Will Not
Spend Summer at Wood's
Hole, As First Planned
INVESTIGATION SHOWS
ESTATE NOT LARGE ENOUGH
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Accommodations Hot Sufficient
Tor Larfe Force of Secre
taries ; Close Proximity To
Ssilroavd Makes It Undesir
able ; Fof Horns Would Prore
Disturbing: Also
Washington, April 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) President Wilson will
not establish the summer White House
at Wood' Hole, Mass., as hsd been ex
pected, but probably will select some
other place where more accommodations
nr available for the large staff of sec
retaries and atttaches. -
It became known today that the an
nouncement that the President had se
lected th estate of Charles R. Crane,
minister to China, for hi summer home,
was premature. 'Th President had ac
cepted Mr; Crane's offer ef a lease on
the property, but it hnd not been in
spected by the secret service operatives
aad White House attaehe who always
manage th household surroundings of
the President and hi family.
When the White House advance
.maa nn, ta va orer the arround. it is
said, they came to the conclusion that
th Crane estate itseir was not targ
enough,-aad that the accommodations
to bo found in the village wer insuffi
cient for th force from the executive
office which would have to be moved
to Wood' Hoi for the rammer. -It
also developed that the Crane man-
aloa is do to a railway track where
many train pass day and night; that
there axe several automatic fog signals
ia th water of Long Island Sound does
to shore and that th layout of tn
Cran around . ia relatioa to public
rreet and th sidewalk of Wood's
Hoi were such that the secret service
men advanced, what they termed practi
cal obstacles to their regular plans for
guarding th President- - -
vvnea mesa eonsmerauons were w
before th President it wss said today
ho reluctantly abandoned hi plan to
go ia Wood' Hole and was regretful
that Mf. Crane's oner had been accept
ed before all the physical considerations
which hi aide feel are important, wer
iaveatigated.
It h aot beea decided where the
President will go in view of the chanted
plana boa. several offers are before him.
The Whit House executive fore wants
to choose a place where .the physical ar
rangements are aa much, the sam a ia
Washington aa may be, possible.
The President did not go motor driv
ing today bat spent his time on the
Whit Hons portico, on the south lawn
and in his study. His driv about th
capital Sunday served to quiet persist
ent rumors that h had suffered a set
back. Bear Admiral Grayson reiterated
that the President was in better condi
tion than he had been, at any time sine
he returned ill from hi speaking trio
last October.- -'--
WILSON BRVIRWS PARADE OF .
HORSES IN WASHINGTON
.Washington, April 12 President Wil
son, from th eest portico f th Whit
Hons today reviewed a long parade of
work horses and domestic animals, which
was part of demonstrations of "B Kind
to Animals weea Doing ooscrvea
throughout th country under the
auspice of humane societies.
Thoussnds of persona lined Pennsyl
vania Avenue and for aa hour th dis
trict between the Capitol and th Whit
(Coatlaaed on rag Two) "
WARM DEBATE BETWEEN
PARTY LEADERS IN HOUSE
Make Keady Tor Tight Toda7
On Two Proposals Tor DeaK
. Inf With, Profiteers
:- Washington, April' IlAftsr Repub
lican leader had denounced and Dem
ocrats had upheld th 'government sys
tem of building army, camps in the
rush dsys of war, the . House-. made
ready today for a fight tomorrow oa two
proposal for dealing with persons al
leged to have reaped rich profit out of
alleged extravagance and waste.
-Along with thv investigating commit
tee's report attacking the- methods -of
eonstruetioa the Bepnblicaa majority
presented a - resolution .- directing that
evidence - obtained daring - tk - nine
month , Investigation , be turned over
to th Attorney General "with the .re
quest that a institute criminal and civil
Droceedinn. Ths Democrat countered
with a -eubstitut resolution proposing
to instruct th committee to name per
one. Srms and- cornoratioaa ; "which
should" 'investigated ' ty the Attorirey
General,' oeior directing, tnat official
to proceed. t . v-.-r
Whea the House quit work tonight
debate oa the majority nnd minority
reporta hsd aot reached a a end. .The
principal speeches were made by Bepre-
tentative MeCallough. Republican, Ohio,
signing : the majority report and Repre
sentative lMremos, Democrat, Michigan,
author of tb minority statement..
Like the ' opposing - reports, the
speech wer far apart, Bepreseatative
McCullough declaring .that ' th cry,
"w won the war," had beea mads' to
cover a multitude of ains, while Kcpre
sentativ Doremu asserted that "if the
supreme architect oT the universe had
built those cam pa, the blescher maa
atrcra woald hsvo fnul wifc the
job."
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AU1 Ui.
IS FORMALLY OPEN
Thousands Visited Vast ' Tent
Last Night Despite Un
favorable Weather
WIDEST RANGE OF CARS
EVER SHOWN IN SOUTH
,
Mayor T, B. EdridgeDelivered
Address of Welcome . and
Patrick' Conway's Band Sea.
- dered ? UxoeUent - Concert;
Commercial Vehicles and Ar
ricnltural' Machinery Shown
What old timers is. the automobile
buslnss unanimoasly. declare . ia the
roateat exhibition ' of ' passenger and
commercial automobile ever staged in
the South, wss, formally opened last
nilht when the Carolina .Automotive
Exposition was begua. Practically every
passenger ear oa th market and many.
commercial vehicles wer included in
th exhibits, and many trucks, tractors
and other developments of automotive
power for industrial and commercial
uses. ; f "'.'' -.
Practically every spaeo ia th great
tsnt at the foot of Fsyetteville street
was occupied, aad the few that were va
cant will be Hied today by exhibitors
who ' were unable to hav their ear
here for the opening day. A myriad of
electric, light turned night into day
ia th vast arena, aad from th raised
band stand ia th center of th
pan, Conway' band delivered one of
the most interesting concerts heard ia
Baleigh in recent yean. Th executive
committee of th Automotive Trad As
sociation, who hav directed th work
of th xposition, are enthusiast! sver
th opening night, and every usica-
Uoa point to aa' increasing moms a
show week continues. . ' -
-Mayor Wehcnoa YloHosw. -'t
Mayor T. B. Eldridg welcomed the
visitors, -th exhibitors and th mem
ber ef Conway's organisation into th
city ia a brief aad well turned address,
and voiced th prediction that th show
would eclipse anything of it sort eve
held ia tha-South, it - complimented
the management for their achievement
In brineiag together so murk mi strtV of
sxhibits, and for, th general c'acaUeae
of th program..' ! 4
There ia a saying." he eontinusd.
"that e very North Carolinian cornea to
th capital of th But at least one
every year, aad -1 know-, of 'no better
time for them to com hers than this
wsek, when they caa ae thla marvel
ous exhibition. I hop that they will
come, and I know .that -many thou
sands of them will be bare. To all that
are her aad to all who are coming, I
extend, on behalf ex the city, th h ear
tie at of welcome, and th asauranc
that they hav. only to ask -for what
they dont see handy, aad it will be
given to them." c
Every Sort of Car. !
There ia scarcely an automobile that
anybody know th namo of that is not
somewhere m the great , tent.' savs ths
sprightly Ford. Jfowher was it to b
een among the aerea of car that ware
there la their shiniest paint. There are
core aad Sco es of make, with aum
erom diveraification of body 'type in
most make. There 1 almost a ear at
any priea that on care to pay, and
prospective purchasers hat . but on
difficulty thst of choosing from ' ae
many excellent ears th on that beat
uit their faney. . .
In truck it is the sam story "over.
and in tractors. Tbsr is even e 'two
cylinder mule ready hitched to a plow
that require nothing but th turning
of a crank to set in motion for a day's
plowing. There are accessories of over
description arranged ia attractive ex
hibits; there are motorcycle, aad to-
oay laere wui u mitalisd aa airplaa.
(Coatla d oa Pag Two)
MILITARY ACTION ABOUT
JTOJENPINRUHR BASIN
Chancellor Mueller Makes Dec-
.laration Before German Ka
tional Assembler '
Berlin, April 18(By Th Associated
Press.) Militry setioa la th' Buhr
Baaia, ia about to com to an ead.
.Chancellor Mueller,. in t e eours of a
decUrstioa before the National Assent.
bly, said today, "All troop aot iadls-
penmbl will be withdrawa. Kegotia-'
tloas ar going oa with th aUies for a
three months extension" f th conven
tion of August,' 1919." th occupation of
th mala sities win a hortly." :
iss eaaaesiior s ossiaratisas ,was a
bitter attack oa th French premier'
"militarism- - It justified th German
action in- th Buhr by argument al
ready advanced . In the German note,
ard maintained that a demoerati Oer
maay.ws possible only If th Franco
German 43 teased aad. economic eW
mboratioa was nndertsksn sexioualy, is-
steaa oz merely announeea. - , .
' BerlinApril 12- By Th' 'Associated
Press.) The Natioaal Assembly v.
opened ' today ' with Lord. Kilmarnock,
the British charge, asa outer aiplomatic
representative present. - Th proceed
ings began with a strong pr Most, from
President Fehrenbaeh againat the allied
commission . in; preventing 'the Upper
Silesisn deputies from attending th as
sembly. - . y
.Premier Mueller spoke ' strongly
trainst th action of the .Preach in the
thine region, saying "Senegale are quar
tered in Frankfort and are aaarding
Goethe.; House."' ; " ' . .
Thres running, two r,srnci ri,
s'eplhase, " Piaeharst t - $
it SI
MEMORIAL TO MARTYRED NURSE
f i, niilTtssai r r
Amid beautiful and Impressive ceremonies this monument was anveiled ia
London ia honor of Miss Edith Csvell,
Uennana.
Junior Senator Amplifies His
Convention Remarks on
' Suffrage Somewhat
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2 -Th New M4.0WitxureBn, .
I ' eOf lMstclctKatUaal Bank Bldg.
By . POWELL.' ' '"
'. . ' (By Special Leased Wiro.) '
' Washington,' April 12. Senator Le
Bitter Overman, npoa his return from
th Stat this morning, clarified some
what th statement he read at the Bal
eigh convention oa hi position with re
spect to ths ratification of the suffrage
amendment by th North Carolina Leg
islature. . -i 5 -
Th atatement had been construed
tw way and a great many people, in
cluding some of the Tar Heel political
observers in Washington, were at a loss
to understand whether or not th junior
Sens tor still remsined of the opinion
thst suffrage should be conferred by
the State. ": ' '
He does. The confusing part of the
statement he1 read, th striking feature
of which was the incorporation of an
extract from a letter the Senator re
ceived from a well known North Caro
lina woman, wss the expression of the
hope that if the women of North -Carolina
are to get th vote -they 'receive
it at the hands f th men of North
Carolina." -- - '
Ovormaa, Want Kaferendass.
By the employment of the' masculin
gender, the Senator .-did aot and does
not now think that th North Carolina
woman . whess view he adopted desires
to see suffrage, conferred by the Oen
eral Assembly." Preferably ahe, as well
as Senator Overman, would like it come
from the male voters of tb State and
this lesds to th majority vis w that
Senator Overman prof era to see th
(Coatlaaed oa Pag Two)
THIRTEEN STATES SAID TO
HAVE JOINED REBELLION
General of Seceding- State of
.Sonora Declares Informs
' tion Authoritative
; Agui Prlets, Bonora, Mexico, April 13.
General J. M Pins, ommsnuing th
Srst division srmy of th "republic of
Sonora," with headquarters in this city,
stated, today thai he had received semi
official advices, f rom L Hermoslllo, the
state capital, to the effect that thirteen
state of the Mexican anioa had followed
th state of Sonora in severing relations
with, th Carran aa government, . . While
the report-is lacking in detail i to the
names of th seceding states, General
Pioa decUrtd bt. vouchedfor its au
thority. . . . -.
Th . messare Jtsmei I a GLf orm. of a
telegram and fat signed by a member of
Gen Call' staff and dated at Oeaeral
Militar; Headquarters, Pina ssid.
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION7 "
MEETING AT HOT SPRINGS
'Hot Springs,' Arh April 12-The an
nual convention. or ue unitea etates
Good Boads -and Bankhesd Highway
Assoctatioa opened here tonight with
addresses by Governor. Brough, of Ar
ksnsss. wha is -president of the Baak
head Assoeistion, and Governor Butscll,
of Mississippi. . ... ,
Governor- Brough ttrged .th strictest
economy on tbo part of person at th
head of the varieu building movements
thst public, confidence; might always be
kept in ths work. " ;
. The Albert. Pika Highwsy Associs
Hon.. with 'Hot Borings and Colorado
Springs as It terminate, will hsvs a full
day , on the, program. More then two
tf ounand delegate hav. registered. .
0 VERM AN VAMTS TO
HAVE REFERENDUM
tb:
who was shot during th wsr by the
TRAINING STILL
Senate Refuses To Strike Out
Provision For "Voluntary
-Universal Training,
;iWahingtoav AprU llwTi Seaat rO-
fused today ta atrike oul-of (ho army
reorganisation bill the'' prevision or
voluntary universal training recently
substituted for the military committee's
plan for obligatory training. Th mo
tion of Senator McKsliar. Democrat,, of
Tennessee, to strike out, was aeieatea,
thirty-seven to nine. '.
t The-action of the Senate was expected
to result in carrying the voluntary
training proposal into conference for
adjustment by Senate and House nun
agers.
Only youths between 18 and SI years
of ag would bo accepted lor ths volun.
tary training under an amendment sug
gested today by Chairman Wadaworth
and written into ths bill. The previous
age limits were from 18 to 28 yrs,
and because of the redueed limits, Ben
ato- Lenroot, Bopub'.lctn, of Wisconsin,
withdrew his proposal to restrict vol
untary training enlistments to 100,000
men annually. ' '.
. Twenty-five -Bepublienn ... were . joined
by twelve Democrats in holding the vol
notary training plan in the bill.
Two Republican. Borah, of Idaho
and flronna, of North Dakota, voted
with.he. following Democrats to elim
inate lbetrnining sections; Dial, of
South Carolina; Hsrrison, of Miasis-
sippr; Kirby, of Arkansas; McKellar.
m iiiii : i.
oi lenneaiee; neeu, ui miKsouri; ownn
son, of Virginia, ' and Trammel, of
Florida. - - .
. The Senate also defeated an amend
ment by Senator McKellar, to require
three hours' daily education of all sol
diers of the regular srmy. . i
la the He use, th military committee
completed and will report tomorrow,
the regular a rmy spprepriation bill.
carrying t337fi46fiil, a - decrease of
6O3,5M.076 from the War Department'
estimates. Rigii. economy is ncceiwary
til face of a deflcitof scvoral billloa
dullsrs, Chairmaa Kabn said, in tU
majority report on ths bill, adding the
sums provided would meet the needs of
the military establishment during the
next fiscal year. ' - -Committee
figure are bawd on an
army of i73,ouo enlisted men and 16,000
officers, tas against a totaL strength of
570,000 proposed ty the depsrtment.. -
BIRMINGHAM PAPERS TO
v CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN
Befnse To Accede To Bequest
pf Retail .Clothiers. To Snp-..prBi.The-Hwws-'
Birmingham,' Ala., April 12. Birm
ingham ' newspaper : publishers , have
flatly denied the request of a. commit
tee of retail clothiers that news of the
"overalls' "-novement throughout 1 the
South be suppressed oa th ground that
it wa injuring the retail clothing busi
ness. ' - ". ' " " ''
i'.ThMiUiaw-Il
clothiers' 'committee' .that;'; their' paper
will continue to report - the overall
movement, which they consider legiti
mate news. ' ', . ' ' j - ', ' -' .
, The ''Tampa" idea ' of wearing over
alls as a means of fighting lhe: high
eost of .ciothingjwhich. originated ,in
the cityt bearing' its name, has -spread"
lo many cities throughout th South
where business "and professiohat TBrrt,'
.as well ss other - workers, srs' going
about in blue denim.' It was reported
kere Saturday thst whea the demand
for overalls began, some rstsilers had
raised the prices, from, two dollar to
six dolls rs a pair. .- .
' Mass- meeting nd public demnnstrn
tiona.srs being held in connection wtb
the movement ia mapy pUiecs through
out thffftmth. - I- . ,
ALLOW VOLUNTARY
wwww
TO BE CANDIDATE
Might Force Lot of Resigna
tions By Federal Officers
In North Carolina
LOT OF THEM ACTIVE '
IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Collector of Internal Revenue -
Wants To" Secwe ;Leaiv-e of '
Absence or W. T. Woodley -To
Run Tor State Auditor;
Chief Might Take Month Off. .
To Discuss Revaluation '
The News 'and Observer Bureau, ,,'
003 District National Bank Bldg,
By R. E.. POWELL. -'
i (By Speciul Leased Wire.)
Waahlngton, D. C, April 12. Coll.
tor Josiah Wllliawi Bailey, perhaps the
most pacific onlooker at ' the' delibera
tions of North Carolina Democrat lsst
Thursday, Is a twit to-throw a monkey,
wrench in the political machinery of the .
State, tiring about a few resignations
and otherwise remove from the minds
of State Democrats any impression that
he is not belligerent when belliger
ency amounts to anything.
Specifically, Mr. Bailey ' has asked
the Commissioner of Interns! Revenue.
to whom he is directly accountable ia
the administration of his office in. Bal
eigh, whether, t?ie Department will
grant a leave of absence to W. T. Wood-
ley, of New Bern, in order that Mr.
Woodley may take thirty day "off"
and run against Major Baxter Durham,
for the State auditor'a job or whether'
the Department will permit Mr. Wood-
ley to run without resigning. , .
Mr. Woodley is deputy collector in
charge of th New Bern district of th .
income tax division- of Mr.: Bailey' '
office. It has been pointed out, by Mr.
Bailey, thst acting revenue agent Mc
Dowell is In eharge of this deparement
but th question is put squarely before
the Commissioner by Collector Bailey t
himself, " ,
' No Bullng Tst Mads. '
No ruling could bs obtained from th
that soma decision will be reached there
tomorrow. If the department holds a
Mr. Bailey I understood to bold that
Woodley can't remain ia charge) of th
Now Bern office and run for State audi-
tor, too Woodley is going to resign but
not without calling attention to a num
ber of past and present Federal, offle
holder who hav been bidding for
ballots in Stat primaries and remain
ing on ths federal psy roll at the sams
time. ;
He might begin with Attorney Oea
eral Palmer who, between th doing
of th Bolshevikl and the nativ reds,
ia running for President-agaiast ..Sena
tor' F. M. Simmons and others, i Drop
ping down a little in the dignity of the
office, he might cite the .esse of United
, States Attorney Hsmmer, in the West
ern District, who is running against So
licitor Walter Brock for Congressman
Robinson's job. , Of cases whero so
. reproof has been, administered,- fsmil-,
lar to all North Carolinians, ha might
call attention to Representative .Clyde
Hoey's fight against Mecklenburg and
all comers for ths nomination not so
long ago. Bnnning up or down into the
archives of history, Mr. Woodley might
cite a -case with which Mr. Bailey him-,
self is very familiar the campaign
which "Bud" Stcll made, after Sheriff
of Wake county while he was and re
mained, attached to Mr. Bailey's office.
, 1 Woodley' Frlsads Peeved. '
Friends of Woodley, formerly Unit
ed States Marahal for a brief period,'
are certainly a little bit peeved at what
they construe to be an invitation from
Mr. Bailey to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to "drop" Mr. Woodley
while the bitter enters the campaign.
I Thev areJiot jertain that ' Mr. Bailer
is antagonistic to w sod ley or that be
personally intend to take any hand in
th campaign, Tbey recall. Unit he was
by no means fflendlynto Woodley whs a
the latter wanted to be appointed Unit
ed States Marshal and when, ia .passing
it might be said, that it required the
powerful Influences of Simmons "lead
ers" in North Carolina to keep th Sen
ator from recommending 'Woodley for
the job. ' - -' - - . :
A V -,"VHJ JflVUICIH iu V r tt
Bailey has put before the Commissioner -holds
'perliap -more interest to North
f'.vnlll, inn. , li . ,., it 1,.. i!nl. ... .
v . I... . j vwi N.,ra ,
tipn being agitntcd beside - whether
the State shall "let them pass' at tha
special session. It involves - practically
the whole fah'riA itt nalitical atrueiuM
in the State which ia yet to be some-
what- remodelled- by- the- womew. -''
wanld' Bar-- Bsiiey.'"'"-"
Politicians on Capitol Hill today, and
office holders, were interested a great
deal in the matter - By the same pro--resa
of reasoning as Mr. Bailey pats be
fore the Commisoioncr, Mr. Bailey him-"
self is . barred from political activity
in the State, the county,, and tha city
Woodley 's fate is with the voter any. -how
and he could only be penalised for
his jwliticnl ambition'by the Iocs of on
month s-saiary. iv M . ., ..
.' The fate of other's is entirely a differ
ent story. Mr.. Bailey, himself, could
not". go further , with his , campaign
against the revaluation law which Mr.
Maxwell platformed - to the queen's -taste
end the party's pleasure, should;
Mr. "William's " say. Mr. , Weodley must''
resign. Mr. Willisms is s new comer,
not the politician his predccmmoT was
and still is, and he may hand out an
interesting decision tomorrow. .
New Ceaerst Takes Charge.
Tucson, Arii., April 12. General P.
Elias Calles has taken complete com
mend of the government of Sonora ia
piece of Governor Adolfo de la lluert
who is gone to the hospital fr aa Cftr
ation for appendiciils. j
BAILEY
INQUIRES