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t THE WEATHER ... . Showers ad thunderstorms . Wednesday; Thursday 'partly clody. ; - 1 WATCH LADEL. ; a rear esr '"'' tmtwal imn wafer nplntloa m4 oveia susstae a sins . . erver VOL. CXL NO. 112. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, Ny 'ONESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICEt FIVE CENTS o. I! liilMU li QUEEN CITY THIS WEEK FOR LlEETIifG Annual Convention of . N. C. Medical Society Opens , - . In Charlotte PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 7 FEATURES FIRST DAY Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, of Ashe- i ville. v Urges Extension of ' Public Health Work By State To Conserve ZU Beit and Biggest Asset ; Great Wel come To Visiting Physicians Charlotte, -April S0.Foor hundred heading North Carolina phyaiciana aa- enibled here today for the annual eoa- ventioa of the North Csrolina Medical Society. -. . '. ' 'I This moraine, after being welcomed by Mayor MeNiaeh'and Cameroa Mor rison, they beard the annual report of President Carl V. Beynolds, of Asbe ville. Thin afternoon they held aev- erel Informal group and divisional meeting, and tonight they were guests at a reception which followed "a brief general aaeeting, at which obituaries of deeeaeed member Were read. ' i The nominating - r emmittee waa at work, tonjght and will report nt the meeting tomorrow morning. Seven member of the Stat Board of Exam ine also' will be elected tomorrow. 1 The physicians . did not get dowa to actual work today, but they ara primed and keea to fall lata it tomor- row. : . - ., i y, - . " PrestdeaVa Annual Add ; 1 The aioralng aeasioa wa featured by the address of President Carl V. Rey nolds, of Asheville,1 who declared that "in my opinion health ia the baait ele ment of human, efficiency, and apoa it stands or falli the power of perfeet- neaa of the Bute or nation. The State b constantly' and without, objection 'looking after and controlling her in ferior assets "Why, then, U it not to her great advantage-tp seek to raise the ataadard of, and to aid fn protect ing her greatest asset 'the" human familyf ',. " v.U t v.-r i "There is not' a voice raised against the State a tfferta towards tho preren tlan of. disease, but thera baa not been '' a sufl.eit-nt effort 'Oa tho part of puyni- eisns of the, Htate.ia the prevention- of disease, nor ia their effort", to aid-tho rniinini nnrn rum. nt ," 9iate' in, securing funds to ad ranee tho .. work, nor any adceuato aalariea to tho . doetora for services .tendered. - When, through the activities of the State Board of Health there are found to bo curable secured, operatives aaoperated on, defeeta unremedied, foeal infections (till infecting, it i high time for some agency to act ia motion to eorreet this pxisting block in her progress." MORRISON WELCOMES DOCTORS.' -Ik welcoming the 500 physicians for the ; county, Cameroa Morrisoa,' of Charlotte candidate for governor ia the ' Demoeratie primary paid a high tritute to the place the phyaiciana occupy ia " the- life of the State.'." ;, ,W-. Declaring that the medical knowledge "end science possessed' by North Carolina. phyaiciana were among the first ss sets possessed by the. Bute, Mr. Morri son (aid if he were elected Governor as he waa euro he would be he proposed by every means at his command to - promote. State-wide t system of good health, measures .and to ge down in hia ".'tpryas the "health governor." f; Mayor MeXinch' delivered th ad dress of welcome ia behalf of the city of Charlotte; Dr. , J. F. Witherspoon, . of Charlotte called the meeting to order - and presided at the opening aeaslom RESOLUTIONS, URGE THAT v RATES BE EQUALIZED St. Louts, Mo., April SO. Besolutions urging that the United States Shipping Board equalise rates a all import and txporte were adopted here tonight at , the convention of the Mississippi Valley ..Association. -,.'.,.-" -'. ' The resolutions asked that the flitter-"1 mtial oa shihppiag through North At lantic ports be lifted. They stated that 'inder present rates some shipments are allowed to pass through these ports 13 rents a , hundred pounds cheaper than , through the Gulf gateways. The differ, sntial, it waa sajd, diverts many sliip- f meats to the Atlantie ports that, nnder equal.. rates, would pass through the wi 2' 1 "PROHIBITION WHISKEY" :t . i ARRESTED VM STATES ' New Orleansj'T'Qp.r9..'rHie1!x John Birbiglis, 21 years old business college student, and Charles 1. Zeelenko, Jr, aged 22, will be arraigned ia' Sec ond city criminal court tomorrow charg ed with the murder Monday night of Mrs. Bertha Neason, their companion in au automobile ride. Bobert Burns, aged 17, son of a police corporal who . drove the ear in which the murder, was eommitteed and who caused the arrest of the pair, waa being held tonight as' a material witness. BirViglla, calm and almost defiant during the day, was nervous and excited in his cell at the Parish prison tonight. "It is the 'prohi tion whiskey' that did it," he said. Zeel nka agreed ith him. V. Governor Wltharaws Prote"'" ' Phoenix, Ariz, April SO. Following n request from tseeretary of Bute Colby, Governor Campbell today tele craphed the State Department Arizona lied no objection to the passage from Nognlrs. Arisona, to El Paso, Terns, (f tlie Mexienn generals, Juan Jose Eio v T(;luel C.imbo.t, iili their s'riTs , ' sl.ont ."" persons en, route from j to V . n ( URGES EXTENSION rc? HEALTH WORK .Dr. Carl V. Beyaolda, of Asheville, president of the North Carolina Medi. eal Society, emphaaized public health work ia his annual address before the oeiety yesterday. - - " DELAWARE G O. P. E State Convention Adopts Reso ; lution Asking For Ratifica- ' ' tion of Amendment ; Dover, pet, 'April 2l.T;The PeUware Bepublicaa , State convention today adopted a resolution favoring the ratifi cation of, tha woman suffrage Federal amendment recently' defeated in the Delaware Hook of BepresenUtives. Gov. John CXowusend, Jr., failed of election today aa a delegate to the NsS tional convention. Tho delegates ae- leeted were Ueneral T.Coleman Dnpont U. 8. Senator Heisler .Ball, James' A. Hirons. Aldea S. Benson. S. '8. Penne. will.-fonner Governor, and Bobert B Lliott, - .. . ,. NOT TARING CHANCES OK ' ' , DELApVARK S RATIFTl.NG i' (By Special Leased Wire.)' Washington, April . 20. The women supporters of women suffrage through the ratifleatioa or. the Rusnn B. An theay'.lbiandmentaasre S!tsllhrauiv ehaneea wtih Delaware, nor waiting for North Carolina eprejnl eaaeww f the General Assembly. 'They want favor able action in Ixuisiana, and their cam paign has begun. ;f : , j Katineatioa in PeUware ' win mean the 36th state provided . the Supreme Court holds Ohio's : ratification , legal. Should Ohio be counted out then, Lou ieiana ia needed to make the 36th aUte. and north Carolina s favorable eonsid eratioa will be for good measure. A sUtement from the headquarters of the National Woman's party bore suras up ineir aertvtties as follows i The' National Woman a party today sent to New Orleans Mrs. Anne' Cal vert Neeryi Natioaal organizer, to eo operate ia 'the campaign for suffrage ratincatiea Dy ixuisiana.- . irrespective ; of the outcome of the contest ia Delaware, suffragists are ore- paring for their nex battle in Louisiana, wnere tne legmiaMre meets ia regular session in May. .. . . , ... . . Mrs. rteely goes to New Orleans to work with the Louisiana ratiflcatioa committee in which are united for the first time all the pro-auffrare, factions of the Bute, except the "SUles rights" group.' us we committee are included three representatives of the Natioaal woman's party, headed bv , Mra. S. a. Graham, State chairman for the party, mree representatives ox tne Ixtuiauna Equal Suffrage Association, two from local suffrage feoups and one member at large." ; - ..... . LABOR BOARD REFUSES TO HEAR STRIKING WORKERS Representatives of Strikers Say They Will Be On Hand . , Atrain Today V . . , Washington, April 20. ApDlkationa Of unauthorised strikers for hearings on their demands for a "living wage" were denied today by the 3ailroad labor Board after Chairman Barton had ruled that any one might file a complaint, but that it was for the Joard to, determine whether the dispute wss one which, the lew empowered H to adjust. ' Ia its reply to Edward MeHugh, of New York, who Sled a brief as a eiti xen, asking a hearing oa the ground of the "existing emergency' as well as a format complaint, the board said it de clined 16 authorize the application to be filed and docketed as a ease, because it did apt comply with the law and with order' number one. , ' - Caairnaa Barton announced that the aame ruling applied to the applications of the St. Louia and Chicago Yardmen's associations, or any other body which had not complied with the rules adopted by the board. Order No. 1 provides that ao complaint will be entertained from any- parties Who are aot using every effort to avoid any interruption to the operation of the railroad. ' Bepreaentatives of , the. strikers de els red that they would be oa hand when the board resumes iU bearing at the general wage controversy tomorrow, New Bern Policeman Dlea." .' New Bern, April 20. Mr. B. P. Mou" (ague, for' more than 23 years connected with-tthe New Born police department, died here this afternoon, following an extended illness. The deceased was. 69 yeara of age and is survived by Jiis wife end one son, Mr. William Mon t.iir'ie, who is in the government serTiee sn.l who Wt fc-aturJ.ny for a station in FAVOR SUFFRAG v. 3.T? v Sk THE CON-s-T- A Head of Democratic Executive Committee To Preside , . at San Francisco -; - . EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -MAKES ARRANGEMENTS Chairman Cumminjrs In Speech at Luncheon Declares Bepnb ' lican Party Has Lost Charac Iter; Committeo r Discusses Plans Tor Hewly Infran- chised Women To Work i Chicago, 111., April " aOv-Homer 8. Cummingn, chairman of the Demoeratie national committee, today was selected to act as , temporary eairmsa of the party's national convention at San Fran cisco next June. The' selection was made by the executive' committee of the Demoeratie national committee. Colonel Joha L Martin, of St. Louis, for the past 25 years sergeant at-armi of the Demoeratie national committee, was chosen aergcant-at-arms ' of the convention. . J, - ' , The convention slate was formed it a luncheon at the Iroquois Club, where the Demoeratie ehiefUine later listeaed with particular interest to a speeeh ia which Chairman . Cummingt sounded what they said probably would be the maia point ' his "keynote address." v BepabUeaaa Lose Character. 'The Bepublicaa party has lost its moral character, he declared, in launch ing .a vigo roan attack oa the actios of the majority ia Congress ia defeat ing the "peace treaty and League of Nations ana particularly ins zueiaous y which control of the foreign, rela tione was Leld by the Benublicans. 1. fcThe whole fight on the League' of Nations dates back to a corrupt election ia Michigan." he said, "and a coavictea criminal is the thing apoa which Bepub licaa supremacy rests." . . He was convinced that the people oi the United States wanted the League of Nations. The Bepublicaa Congress hsd debated the peace trenty for eight months and had failed "to pass one coif straetive piece of legislation. '. - . Turning to th war. ho declared that Wt ctsnte but irifius,"'won it and for this leadership be maintained: the Demoeratie party wal entitled to credit. "It matters not What they may eay of President Wilson," he added. "His fame ia immortal and future generations will render tri'sutes of praise and obli gation to this great Democrat.., . " - a ' Program For Wosaea. Belatioa of Demoeratie women to the party and their part In the direction of its affaire would be decided by the Ban Faattciaco convention; the National executive committee decided today. Meeting with membera of the womnTs1 advisory board, the committee appointed Mr. Cumminga chairman of a sub-committee to draft the program under which the enfranchised women, . Will work. Their findings will be presented to the convention for adoption. Today's. session wss said ,te be the first In which women have had repre eentation on the. National executive committee. - 1 Plana for the convention were vir tually completed today,' with the seles tioa of the temporary officers. Besides Mr. Cumminga and Mr. Martin, these oflieers are: E. G. Hoffman, national committeeman from Indiana, eeereeary; W. B. Hollister, of Miesouri, assistant secreUryj J. J. Hughes, of Oklahoma, assistant seargraat-at-arms. Colonel Martin, who has been 'Ser geant at arms of the national commit tee for the- past twenty-five years, hag officiated at four previous conventions. . -Objections Reaovea. s.t Objc-tions to the San Francisco con- ventioa committee's arrangemeats, and particularly to the size, of the hall, were removed following the appearance before the committee oa arrangements of Postmaster Charles Fay, ehairmaa of the San Francisco committee, and Isa dora B. Doekweiler, national commit teeman from California, who explained the plana being made to handle the guesU and the convention. Suggestions that the eonventioa might be moved across the bay to Oakland, or to an other eity, were dropped. General William B. Ualdemaa. of Louisville,' announced his resignation as national committeeman ?rom Kentucky because of ill health. The executive committee and the eommittee on ar rangements wi ' meet at Saa Francisco early ia June, it was decided. MORRISON AND PAGE " BREAK BREAD, TOGETHER Two Candidates Enjoy Appetis ing Meal at Clarkton Hotel , IXonday Night Charlotte, April . JW The feet ef Cameron ' Morrison,- of Charlotte, and Robert N. Page, ef Biseoe, candidates for Governor in the Demoeratie pri mary ia June touched beneath the table when the two dined together in a hotel at Clarkton Monday night, ' according to reporta brought here, v The two aspirants called each other "Cam" and "Bob" as the fried ham and country butter was' passed back and forth across the table. Once, however, Mr. Page slipped and addreaaed the man oa the other side of the table aa Mr. Morriaon." He was immediately accused by the Char- lortean or trying to appear unduly formal. ' ' . . The two partod wishing each otlLCJ "good luck and a few votes." . . . ITace Thiy at rinehnrst. Fnecinl 0jO P?ce. Eunnir? l'-;-es. 2:43 p. m. SELECTCUMMII . T.v. J1SIAXA DEMOCRATIC BT USUAL LARGE MAJORITIES New Orleans, Lav, April SS-The Demoeratie ticket, headed by Joha M. Parker, for Governor," waa car ried lato office ia the general etoetioa delivered today throagltMrt tao SUts. The Re rb Ilea a candidates for Gov. eraor and lieutenant governor polled the asaal 'Republican vote. - BRYAN LOST IN OMAHA. Omaha,' Nee, April flBetaras from 'the Srst twwsity.flvo procincta 4welvo la Donglae coanty (Omaha) sad thlrteea eutid ( Poaglai eoantyat of ls4s, show William J, Bryan raaaiag laas among tha eight ceadldatee for delegata-at-large ea tho Democratic ballot. These ret Bros nhhow the fonr Hitchcock delegate! loading with two ef tho Bryan dele gates only twenty votes eehlaa. . : The Srst twoaiy-ono precincts Is Nebraska, twelvo' ia Doaglaa coaaty (Omaha) and. alae outside of Doag laa coanty, to report In today'a pri. aaary, givet Johnson, 8U; Wood, Ut Psrshing, 820, and Ross, It. ; Orphanage Superintendents Be lieve It's Best To Provide i -' Own Shows h Pictures showa la, moving picture places in towns adjacent to denomina tional and ' fraternal , orphanages ia North . Carolina, South Carolina5 sad Georgia are not St fftf the ehildrea of these institution to see, declared the Tri State Orphanage Conference ia ses sion here last bight -The 15 Orphanage auperintendenU present it the confer ence declared in favor ef private pie. tare shows for their vrardi. , Decision against allowing the children to attend moving picture abowa was reached after the question had been discussed at (onside table length. The trend of the modern moving picture toward sea exploitation and appeal was disapproved, and it was the unanimous conclusion of more than 25 orphanage superintendents that the anqueationed usefulness of the moving, picture could be better applied through showa gives under the direction of the.iasUtutieas themselves., .' -t ' :- .' i. -. ' The eomferenee-wh'tb -rvwmfi three statesmen et at the Mai(iist10rpbautiga last night and will aoatinoe iaj aestlor until tomorrow unsrooon, ' in ma au senee ef President P. C. ScoKgia, of Atlanta, the aanuai address was de livered by the vice-president, Bev. J. A. Smith, of Macon, Ga. The address of welcome was made by Superintend ent A. S. Barnes, ,of the Methodist Orphanage here, with response-by Rev, F. C. Odell, superintendent of the Ep worth Orphanage, of Columbia, 8. C. Following the president's address, Mrs. Clarence Johnson, of Baleigh, made an interesting talk oa child welfare work and the results that are being aeeomJ pushed ia North Carolina along these lines. She bid stress upon the recrea tional features of the work, and it ems her observations on ; moving' pictures that Jea to tne discussion tad deter. minatioa to declare .: against allowing ehildrea of institutions to visit moving pictures, , . . "' ." : s , , , v PROPOSED BONUS RELIEF STARTS LIVELY DEBATE Conflict Between Democrats and Republicans "la. Lower, : ' Branch of Congress 1 . . , . Washington, April 20. Coaflict be tween : Republicans and DemoeraU ea soldier relief legislation broke out in the House, today after Chairman Good, of the appropriationa committee, had warned members that to put through a cash bonus plan would "bring dowa the wrath of 106,000,000 men, women and children. ! "The greatest badge the American soldier will wear," BepresenUtive Good declared, "will be the badge of sacrifice and sot the badge of a bonus." " The open ' fight over the legislation started when Representative Aiondell, of Wyoming, leader ia opposing "any wild enterprises costing many millions," charged that the Democrats were at tempting to foist aa extravagant plan on the Bepublicaa House. - The sUtement of .the Republican leaders brought a quick reply from Representative' Garner, ef Texas, the Demoeratie whip, who attacked the Be publicaa sales Ux plaa for raising the needed revenues, declaring the Bepubli cans were planning "to plaee a tax ea the backs and bellies of the people in stead of UkingJJ from the pockets "(ft those best able to pay.. Another development in eonnectioa with the bonus legislatioa was tbe railing by BepreaeaUtive Towner, Iowa, seere Ury of the Bepublicaa caucus commit tee of a party conference Thursday aight to eonaider bonus legislation. His action was ia response to a demand from two score Bepublicsa members, who were said to be dissatisfied with the work of the House ways aad means com mittee ia framing the legislation. Rebel Mexican Troops Trapped. Nogalea, Ariz, April 20. General Angel Flores and his invading com mand of Sonora sUte troops are trap ped ia Culia Caa Capital of Sianaloa by Federal forces, according to aa un confirmed report givca out by Carrsnzs adherents here today.. j . ' Mother Of'BIU Nye Dies. " Mooreliead, Mine-j - April 20. Mrs. Eliza I Nye, mother of Kdjrar Bill) Nye, the humorist, and of J-'rank.M. Nye, of Minneapolis, former ConKrc-s-ronn, died in Moorchead todnr at Die as of ninety-three. , FORBID ORPHANS TSF SPEECH AND PRESS BUT HOT LICENSE Vice President Marshall Deliv ers An Address at Associa ted Press luncheon : FOREIGNERS HAVE NO RIGHT TO-URGE CHANGE Natiye-Born Citixens Do Hare Bifht To Advocate Alteration of Arnerican Government By r Constitutional Means, Mr. Marshall Holds; Newspapers ' Haye'Duty ;:,v', S Stw York, April fOViee-Preaident Marshall was f' appointed by mem bers of ' the Associated Press st their annual meeting today when he advocated freedom of speeeh and press aa guaranteed by the Constitution, but favored "snaking it to the. fellow who causes trouble in the American republic by what e says." , He drew a distinction as to rights of free speeeh between those who were born in tbe country aad others. Native born, he said, had the right to advocate alteration of - tbf government by Con stitutions! meaaa to socialism or a moa archy, but 'those who sought a havea ia this country had ao right to propose a change ia the system of goverameat. - The Viee President waa the chief speaker at the luncheon of the, mem bers in connection with the annual meeting, at which the retiring five directors were re-elected by acclama tion and advisory, boards aad auditing aad aomlaatiaf committees were chosen. After deprecating the great amonnt of fmblirity given to Crime and sug gesting that newspapers poor oil oa the troubled waters of unrest by speaking f the fine things ia Americaa life, Mr. Marshall ' told the meeting - what he thought would be 'real newa, namely "a clarion call from every newspaper ia America for mea to aUnd for justice, for freedom, for right,' for the mainte nance of the old Constitution and the old principles apoa which the republic waa founded.? '.'!:'' . . f There are a greet many people,'' he continued, 'whs thiak we.are going back to where we were, before Auiruat 1. l,Ww areinot geiafbaek tnete gentlemen,.! would to God zt were pos sible teg back to 1014, bat we live ia tae year of grace, vm, ana we are aot going back. And you know aad I know. whether we close our eyes to it or not. that tea millloa mea did aot agonize aad coffer aad die upoa the far Aung Bnee of Flanders and France that the world might be what the world was. 'The problem for the Associated Press is as to whether it is to act as a mere machine or whether with the opportune ties and- the. privileges tle Associated Press hss, it'will assume the responsi bilities for bringing peace aad quietude, and good order at least to America If aot the world. The Viee President counseled against 'being discouraged at high prices. He recalled the days after the Civil War when he said floor sold for $20 a bar rel, quinine for i'-IO aa ounce and calico for 80 cents a yardv , "Let's get dowa from tho theory." he said, "that we muai cither make all the money we can today, for tomorrow we may, or we must speed all the money we have today for fear there will be none tomorrow. Let us undersUnd that American prosperity cannot continue if the farms snd factories of this country are to produce less and people are to increase and consume more. Aad what ie the use of talking about Congress, or courts, or any other human instrumen tality setting aside the plain laws ef na ture t" - ?."'-' s. The Luncheon opened with a toast to the fully restored health of President Wilson, proposed Dy rrnna it. royes. president . of tha Associated Press. Briefly reviewing tbe work of the As sociated Press, Mr. Noyea said it had become "a hali mark of accuracy wheth er the event recorded is the election ef president, the aigning of aa armistice, a decision of the Supreme Court or the death of a pope." He introduced Vice Preeident Marshall as one whom the people were appreciating more and mors because of his delightful personality, hia resolute cheerfulness aad sturdy good sense. .. y BRUNSWICK VOTES ON . V y MOVING COURT HOUSE Wilraiaetoa. April 20, Indications from incomplete returns received to night are that a second primary will be necessary to determine .whether or not Southoort will retain the court house, of Brunswick; eountyr Bouthpott is in the lead, with 418 votes, Bolivia second with 381 and Supply third with 315. - The bill under which the election wss held nrovides thst ia the event tbe court house is moved ' from Soutbport, a $.30,000 bond issue will be automati cally authorized for building a new ome for ' the county government. Southport is at the mouth of the river, and oa the extreme northeaster corner of the county. , Bolivia and Supply are villages ia the laterior of the eouniy. The entire county eovere-more' than 800 square miles. . -: . ' Still Searching for Jiegre. ' New Bora. April 20. Despite a dili gent search made by local and county officials, aided by plaia ; elotheamen, Harvey Gaskina, colored driver of the big Cadillae touring car which ran dowa and killed Mr. Paul Taylor and, Mr. Samuel Wilkerson on Pembroke . road, sear this city Sunday afternoon, has thus far evaded capture. The police in every nearby town and hamlet hnve been given a description of the fugitive snd his arrest is expected at any time.i IN REEDOM EARLY FIGURES GIVE PALMER LEAD IN GEORGIA Tom Watson Leads In Atlanta and Tulton County and Sec ond In State Atlanta, Ga, April 20. Incomplete and unofficial returns from the Demo eratie presidential 'preference primary ia Georgia today indicated A. Mitchell Palmer, United States Attorney Gen eral, held a slight lead over Senator Smith and Thomas E. Watson, the other candidates ia the three eornered race. . Beturna received - at Felmer head quarters from 118 of the 113 eounties of the State "at :00"i'clock gave Pal: ner 112 eonventioa votes i Watson, 88; and Smith 70. The total number of votes in the eonventioa was given as 384. ' . . .-; Figures compiled at Senator Smith's headquarters also gave Palmer a slight lead, but indicated that the Georgia Senator waa holding a comfortable lead over Wataon, former Populist presi dential candidate, and well known Geor gia editor. . vv.y Early reporta sUted that Pslmer car ried several of the leading counties of the BUta including Chatham (Savan nah) Bibb County (Macon) end Biea- mond (Augusta.) " y ith nine precincte out, Watson held lead ia Atlanta and Fulton county of 209 votes over Palmer-with eena tor Smith third. Atlanta. Ga- April 20. Returns from today'a primary compiled by The Con stitntion at 10 o'clock tonight, showed Pslmer had carried 44 eeuntiee with 130 convention votea; Wataon, 44r coun ties with 102 rotes, and Smith, 83 coun ties with 78 votes, Jt a AtlanU aad Ful ton county, with four"'precineta out, Palmer was 83 vote ahead of 'Wateoa and Smith third. - Friends of Senator Simmons -Said To Be Kindly Disposed - . . . . Towards Him . The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank: Bldg, ' (By 8petial Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, April 20, Orer shadowing practically every bit of po litical gossip circulating in Washing, ton whlch bears oa the North Carolina contests tn June is a report ,tbut tbe friends' sf "Senator FUrnlfold McLea doa Siormons wil be la he wie heart broken should Aubrey , L. Brooks of Greensboro, defeat Senator Ie Slater Overman for the Democratic nomina tion to succeed himself. . Tbe first and foremost reason for this potential state of mind in tbe political family' headed by the senior Senator is that enough candidates t for State office are already swinging to the Sen ator's coat tail snd hoping- that hia prestige will surmount all other ob stacle and tide them en to victory.. , Slsamens-Kltehla Fight. , ' A second reaaoa, and to most obser vers the most interesting one, is that the shades of the memorable 61mlejis Kitchin fight of 1912 have lately been dancing to and fro la the handsomely appointed offices ef Senator Simmons. Within the rooms need by Senator Boies Penrose during years , ef Democratic control aad assigned to the North Car olina Senator when . the Bepublicans are ia the saddle, tbe Senatorial suite ia which the political affairs of Penn sylvania aad North Carolina have been largely shaped for two decades or more, the spirit of the rule which oftimes takes the place of the-goldca rule hai been tangoing early aad lste with the senior senator. One thing sUnds out Preeminently! The "do unto others as, they hsve done ento you" msxim of things political, right aow promises to be the moot sen sational .chapter ia the 1920 book ea Tar Heel Senatorial contests. In 1912, one of tbe high spots of the Simmons- Kitehia fight was the appeal by friends ef Senator Simmons to Senator Over man urging the junior Senator to ac claim hia senior colleague aa a real leader. The 1930 version tew promisee to be writ in history- with one brief paragraph I waa sick and ye visited Bie not!" :; y") y" It ia a well known fact that Senator Overman could not reconcile himself to the propriety of interfering ' ia the Simmbne aad Kitehia contest of 191. snd -because he then declined to min ister onto his. brother Senator, - his brother Senator now dees not feel that it would be fitting to heap coals of fire apoa tha besd of Jiis junior colleague. Tbe war horses of that tattle which surged through North y Carolina and echoed throughout - the , length ' and breadth of the Union are Uking retro spective views of that struggle and giv ing thaaks to their political gods that ther are free for a season, at least, from the -turbulent- eeenes- that marked the 6iminmi-Kitcn4aermpsiga.-.- Recsll Shelby. Speech.' Looking back now, . they remember the Shelby speech of Congressman Claude Kitehin, brother of I he then governor and recall to mind the dra matic challenge of tbe Scotland Keen leader aa he defiantly pulled a watch from hie pocket sad thundered to gasp ing audience:" It ia now fifteen minutes paat twelve. If any man ia this audience will pert tusde : Senator y Ovwrmaa t to any, r that Simmons has ever been a leader ia the United States, is a leader there aow or hss the slightest prospect of ever be soming a leader, I give you my solemn promise that Will KitCDin lull withdraw from the race! It was the most powerful blew struck , by the Kitehin forces and for days the Simmons mea staggered under -Its effect. Friends of the Senator at Wash ington and in the State frantically, al most pleaded with Senator Overman to utter the magic word that would put their idol on. safe, ground but the junior (Coallaitd ea Page Two.) lULDNIlflDIF BR00KSD0ESW1N TORNADO 'SPREADS DEATH ALONG ITS More Than 140 Persons Known To Be Dead In Three . Southern States' fr: PROPERTY LOSS MOUNTS . INTO MANY MILLIONS Striking First at Lauderdale " County In Mississippi It - Sweeps Narrow Path "Across Stats To Tennessee Line; ' Alabama Counties Also Xe- port Heavy Losses ' , ' ' CASUALTIES REPORTED i FROM TORNADO IN SOUTH. . Reports from tho series of tome does that swept Alabama, Mississippi aad Teaaeaaes today, show the fol lowing casaaltUat Misalasippli Bay 8 pri ara, jasper coanty, ft Aberdeen, Moarse coanty, 8; Rose Bill, Jasper coanty, St Meri dian, Lauderdale coanty, 11 Rnnnala Bridge, Lauderdale coaaty, 1 1 Dee sner Lumber Camp, assr Philadel phia, eaboba county, II; Egypt, Chlckassw county,- 8; Glen, Alcorn coanty. It; lagoaaar, Union county, ; Kaowanville, Union county, 2; Baker, Union coaaty, I, sad Stark, wills section, Oktibhoha coaaty, ssv. ersl. ... . '. ... ..: Alabama! Nehama sectloa, Colbert coaatv, 4; Garley, Madlsoa coaaty, 8; Little Cove, Is- Waco, Pranklla coaaty, U and Marion coanty, it. , Teaaissssi WUllamsen coanty, f, aad Maary coaaty, near Barwood, 2. ittrrmngnam, Aia., April zu A death list which tonight stood at more than 140, and property loss of many millions of dollars, was the toll exacted by a series of tornadoes which today swept a Bcore of towns, villages and isolated farms in eastern Mississippi, northwest ern, Alabama and the. southern' counties o Tennessee v . ,. . t t Communication wUb -many ' of the stricken districts . was difficult, but fragmentary re ports ;, agreed that the torna does swept down with deadly Ka a a he "a... a a suddenness, obliterating every thing that lay. in their paths. In at least one case, that of, Rose HilU Miss., ' practically the entire town is believed to have been destroyed, and in several , instances alt members of a family were reported, to have been caught in the debris of its' home.'-;' -1 . y . - .Sweeps Over State. Striking Srat apparently in Lauder-, dale eounty. Miss, about 10 o'clock this morning tlie storm swept a narrow path across remainder of the State, carrying destruction to a dosea or more commu nities. About the eame time effects of the same or a similar disturbance were reported from counties in the. north-, western eoraer of Alabama, the extreme force of the wind being expended before the Tennessee line wae reached, in Wil liamson and Maury counties. ; Merridiaa, Miss the heart ef a rich farming district suffered heaviest, ac- . cording to late reports, with a known death list .of 21. The village of Glen, . Alcora county, numbered its tload at 10; Aberdeea 10; Jngomar 6; Egypt 5 aad 'Bay Springs 7. A lumber corap near Diiladclphia, Neshoba county, lost 12 workers k lled and 30 were injured, several o fwbom may die. . In Alabama, the rural districts around Sheffield, Ourley, Little Cove aad Waco, sustained the full force of the storm, aa with some sections still cut off, 'a score of bodies have been recovered. , Aeross the Tennessee line, 1H0 miles from Blasten Meridian, a tornado upset residences aad farm buildings aad cut a swsth through forest aad orchard. Only three deaths are known to have ; occurred in Tennessee, however, . rraeticaiiy an reports ox louay s storm describe the local deatraetloa aa having been confined to a path measur- -Ing from one hundred to ova hundred yarde wide within- which the wind left nothing but tne most eona structures standing, y'v : , . -. ; DEATH LIST IN MISSISSIPPI STANDS AT OVER BUNDRED , m Jackson, Miss, April 0. Nearly 100 naMAns V i 1 1 a1 'saswl rtfirvjerr V (4 am fair as Atari. ;" mated at l,O00,000 were caused by a tor- .., nador today which swept- Wi etato f roao- Bay Bpnngs, ia ooum muniaaippi 10 Glen, near the Tennessee line, hitting points fh a path wider thaa that usually takea by such storms. ' MANY RESORTED DEAD . IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA Hamilton, Ala- April S Sixteen are Known iv uw ai?u,-curcw iujm,vu bu - l a 1 . i : . . i . 1 property loss estimated at hundreds of thonsands of .dollars, as the result ef a ' tornado which, swept ever the north western part of Marion county early today. The dead aad injured were brought into Hamilton during' the" aft ernoon, ana toe eourtnouse nere one bees converted into a temporary hos pital. - , i- ' . , 1 New Bera Organises Clnb. New Bern, April 80 New ' Bern's first adult overall club was organized tonight. More than twe hundred mem bers have been enrolled and they are all to wear overalls on all occasion. A campaign for members is to be wiicd ith the ptirposo of securing a thou sand memliCM. DESTRUCTIVE PATH
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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