gmd Observer
THE WEATHER
Fair Thursday; Friday reb
able local thsader storms. T
YOU CXL NO. 113. .
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
;i. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL fc, 1920.
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lUiiLISIOF
DEAD REPORTED IN
SOUTH
ERN STATES
State, Federal and Red Cross
Officials Provide Relief
For Destitute !
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFERS
TO FURNISH ARMY TENTS
Property Lois From Tornado In
Tour Statei of Mississippi,
Alabama, Tennessee and
Georgia Amounts To Millions
of Dollars; Numerous Ooun
ties Stricken
Jacksoa, Mis., April 21. Bepert e
tcived today at , th office of th G-
" ernor, put Mississippi' known dead in
- Tuesday's tornado' at 143, with, details
'" lackinf front isolated sections of th
storm-swept area. '' .'
State, Federal and Bed Croat official
ire ee-operating; in furnishing relief to
the sufferers, and tenta. luppliei,
nurses and irelict workers hate been
sent from towns in Mississippi and
Louisiana to help In the ear of the
infnred and homeless.
Meridiaa today reported a total of 15
known dead, 90 in hospitals suffering
' from injuries, but only two seriously
hurt. Property .damage there will be
in excess of SHOOW.-uora inaa .-u,uuu
waa subscribed by eitizeas of Meridian
for relief purposes at a mass meeting
. 1st today.' :. " -
Senator Harrison telegraphed acting
Governor Casteel today that the Adju
tant Genera! Department was ready to
offer army tents and supplies U -the
i needy. - ' ' ' - - -
BepreseatatiTCS of. -the Salvation
Army left here for Keshoba county,
'where 12 were killed and more than 100
injured in one community. . .
Aberdeen asked for 200 tents to, ears
for. the homeless outside of the town;
Meridian asked for 100 tents; Boone
ville and Philadelphia for a like num.
ber.
The list of known dead, according to
official lists , here by counties, is as
follewsi (" 7--i;.--nr. ' v- :
- Lauderdale County Meridian, 14
Bu ancle Bridie. S. Total. 17.' -
eahba.A4ntyI((meTXiu1iber
Cam pt near Philadelphia, JO. .
k Monroe. County. jAberdee - ?1
Amory, t. Total, 24. . . J,
; Alcorn County Glea," 10
Jasper County Bay Springs, 7; Boss
zuii, o, . Total, jo. . ,w
Union .County Ingomar, 0; Baker, 6;
Keowaville, I. Total, 14.
Chickasaw County Egypt, B.l f', ,v
Winston County Clayton, 0. V '
- Oktibbeha County Near Starkville,
CJay County Country districts. 10,
Estimated in outlying districts from
reliable sources, ZD. --
Total known dead. 145.
The situation was partially relieved
this afternoon, when , Harry Hopkins,
manager of the Gulf division of the
Bed Cross at New Orleans, wired the
Governor ho had shipped 90 tents to
r-niiadeipbia, 28 to Aberdeen, 20 to
Booneville and 100 to Meridian. He
also atated .11,000 had been -scoro
printed to Booneville, 15 doctors and
; nurses sent to Bay Snrinis. Meridian.
Philadelphiai and others were en route-
: to ADerdeen ana vicinity.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
'V FROM TORNADO IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga- April 81. Three eersona
"Were killed four probably fatally ia
. jurra ana property aamago estimated
at ecverai hundred thousand dnllan
& nu,(l1 Tueiday night by a tornado that
wruuga vub BonneaneTn portion
Georgia, according to word received
w here tonight. '
The storm was felt in and
Gainesville,. Lawrence, Maysville, Bre
men, xirazietoa ana Jiomer. The three
: deaths reported occurred between Mays
' viUe nad Homer where the residence of
: inomas Hardy was wrecked. Mrs. Gib-
. n 8. Chandler of Atlanta, sister of
inomas ttaray, and two of his chil
dren were killed. Mr. Hardy has wife
' sad a son were not expected to survive
their injuries. -v ........ , .
, TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
:i W REPORTED IN ALABAMA
; Birmtngham, Ala, April 21- With the
organization of . relief expeditions in
several Southern elties and offers of aid
from, local and National charitable as
aociatioas the work of aaaisting suffer,
era . from yesterday's tornado which
rauaed the loss of 155 lives was well un
der way tonight. Destruction of lines
of ' communication and the . complete
blocking of roads traversing tne dnu.
" -tarod sections off er the greoreet obstacle
to operations of the relief parties. -
, . The property damage directly duo to
the storm is conservatively placed at $2,-
- vw,uuu, ana many Hundreds were injur
ed. Crops and fata . equipment and
., livestock suffered seriously. , , -
Temporary hospitals will bo construct--.
id to care for the injured and , sick,
than in charge of the relief said to
, sight, and plans already are under way
to provide shelter for the numerous
.. families .. whoso homes were literally
. Mown away by the wind. t
FATALITIES IN TENNE88EE ;
SOt PLACED AT THREE
-Kashville, Tean, April 2L Tennes
, lee's death list from th tornado which
iwept Williamson, Lewis and . Maury
. wan ties yesterday now include three
fatalities, la additioa to Captain Tom
Uullott, 78, who was reported dead yes
' terday pear Hurwood, to negroes were
killed at thir home on the Murfreesboro
f four miles from Franklin, it was
NO COMPARISON BETWEEN
ERIN AND CONFEDERACY
Commander of Som of Confed
erate Veterans Takes
Premier To Task
Atlanta, Ca, April SL la a statement
issued ber today N. B. Forrest, com
mander in chief of the Sons of Confede
rate Veterans, criticise ' recent utter
ances of Premier Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, in connection with the Irish
Question ia which Lloyd George son-
Dared the Irish republic to the Bouthera
Sonf ederacy and Eamonn do Valera, now
tourlnr the Botttk to Jsnerson liavia.
Besolntions eondemung the remarks
of Lloyd George were adopted at a I
meeimg ox me executive nonn vi m
Sons of Confederate Veterans in Wash
ington last week, according to Mr. For
rest, who said?
"In comparing the Irian republic to
the Southern Confederacy, and Ha va
lera to Jefferson Davis, Lloyd George
has offered, nneonseiously perhaps, a
grattukoua insult to the Southern States
in tho American nnion tad to the splen
did sons of tho Southern Confederacy
who fought and distinguished themselves
An 4h .4aM. ttt PranM in the WnrM
War. It is remarkable that a statesman
holding th high office of Premier of
Great Britain should b so ignorant of
the political history of America.
(Ireland hal Hot the status of- an fai-
dependent state as wss the ease with
the American colonies. Ireland has not
oeen m seir-ueienniiuna" repuuiic m
seir-ueierminrar repuDuc un
Vaier. ,wtthout diiting hi. status,
is not tho elected President of a eon-
ferson Davhv to the high office. There
is noparallelinwhiehthortatusofthe
!!iT!!--i'rai S
nnfh.4. .Mf. JF it.
executive." - .
SUPREME COUNCIL TO
TAKE UP GERMAN DEMANDS:
Tension Between Trench . and
British Delegations Has
Been Considerable V
tiaa nemo, aptu bi. ijt ue aaw -
eiated Press.l Discussion of what shall
be asked of Germany aad how what is
Uked shall bo esaeted, will b be'gun
Of tne (supreme Lonneu tomorrow. Zaeateeaa aad the Governor of Michoa
Timaion between the French and Brit- aa xhis was the firnt confirmation
iah delegations on this snbject has been here that tho Zaeateeaa gover-
considerable. ... it tha nivolutioniata aad
ir.1. -m L J , . A II
oeepiy uat vmbj nave oeea ine btvw
eat sufferers from Germany's omisaioa
ia falflUing bet treaty obligations, that
Germany s ,,rtntioa of star., material
obliges j raaeo to remain- araaa- and
that the reductioa ,1a Ooal dclivefics
keep an- important fraction of the
French industrie idle.' -v s--f-;t. ,
Ther say that Germany. during the
last nine months, hsd indicated elearlv
to tho French mind that she intends
to do nothing she cannot be compelled
to do, aad that aniens th Allies sharply
warn her and prepare to follow up tho
warning ty forcible measures, tier-
von suain uj ,, VI V1WIO IHgMHtVsH W
many will default upon the essential
clauses of the treaty, conntinr unoa
escaping any further penalties or apes I
revisioa of tho treaty) greatly dis
advantageous to tho French.
RELEASE OUTLAW STRIKE
LEADER FROM COUNTY JAIL
John Orunan Expected To CaU
w U...1 wm. m I
jnaas meeting 10 juna waia
out of Switchmen
ChJcacro. Ills- April 21---Joha Grunau. I
leader of the outlaw Chicago yardmen a
association, who was released from Jail
at Joliet, Ills today after friends had J
uotwaiHiu twv uuuu. wa. nn:vra w der (jeB jtngel lloreo, Jiad Men sur
eall a new meeting of striking switch-1 rounded sad trapped by Federal forces
men to end tho walkout following thel... rlia Paa. r.ntt.1 f
tumnltsous torminstion of n maas meet- Sinnloa. A message from Governor do
ing today, called by a committee of Hnert at HermosUla denied tho ro
stnko leader to yoU on wtuniingj 0 port adding that Culia Can waa ap-
"' , 7 . - tared after a lew tmau aairmisnea.
out! and hooting down attempts of ca. J. M. Pina, commander of this
strike leaders to appeal to them to end iimtxietl today said a aeouting party of
Shw1AoaV ni1 n0UM?d "We Canaan troopohad been scesTnt an
bolted the mass meeting when it was ,i. ki. .
anaonaced Grunan. who was to kav
""' - . '
,Th gathering brok.np in a uproar.
J"-"1 M1"d Mid! d BUid
hal for a half kour.nt there wm no
jivavaaw taut, av 1 vnawsn wai w Basuvx
REDELL BAR OFFERS
NAME OF JUDGE LONG
Statesyille. April 21. --The Iredell
Bar Association today nnaaimoosly re
solved to present Judge B. F. Long to I
ine.TOier as ue prinutrr- oa uno mn,
for. nomination . to th upremo Court
In endorsing Judge Long,- the Iredell
bar referred to th fact that he ia a
graduate of Trinity College law School
and th Law School of too University It
ot Virginia, ana in eaanion 10 0 is roe- prasniaeat member of the local bar. to
ord as aa i.blo aau(, auoeeaeful lawyer iAy announced his candidacy, for tha
they recall that he oerved tho State pine oa tho Supremo Court beach, to
as solicitor of his district for , eight be' made vacant by tha atepping down
year: that he has served the State as of Aaaoeiat Ui OMm h )
1.. .- . j .1. - o r -a 1
w' ivr i
yrara wua BU01117 mua, anuniai sunuyj
uiac no aa neia ue court in all I
tha 100 eouatiea ,. aad in the laravt
eountie many time and without fail-1
are jn s aing-ie insuince w aoia COUTI
on aeeoaax ox oicxness or personal ais-l
abiUty; that the people at Urge aad I
tho bar of tho Bute generally know I
him and he knows them on account of
flit. 1... .Mil AirflnMif.li.jl f .. I
- w..uhv... . m.ac,i,ws oupvriur v.ars jaage aavina nn.
wui. civua.u,. .uu miniffii uia i
House- aad the bar of th State rea-l
erally nrged bhr arpointmert - to tha I
supreme bench of tho United B tales.'
DOFfER BOT ELECTROCUTED '
AT HICKORY COTTON MILL
"Hickory, April Jl.Lester Pruett, H
year old doffer boy, employed at the
bhu ford mill at Hiahland. waa electro
cuted when ho took hold of a wire fence
enclosing the transformer "plant at th
mill. The fence was charged. The boy
was n son of Mrs. Ambros Pruett and
is a native of CJct. land eonnty. The
remn'n will be enrrJ to that tu'ia'y
forf.strrow for. bur;:-'.. ' -.
awe, "S -4nV
IdELLiON
tKJDlG SIZE
Two More' New States Report
ed As Joining Sonora In Se
ceding From Mexico -
EMBASSY DECLARES IT
TO BE LOCAL MOVEMENi
Scattering But Strong Addi
tions To BeTolutionists Be
ported; Commission Zn
Boute From Mexico City To
Sonora To Attempt To Ad
just Differences
Washington. April Zl. Reports from
Mexico,' official aad unofficial, todsy
emphasized the growing strength of the
MTollltloltrr mmm Ul hr th
" .
otata M wwr.
Advices from private sources said two
MW itates, Hidalgo and Tlaxaeala, sup-
. . v ,v.,. ..A fu.t.
f Lui'Tta -
movement. Other diapatche .told of
T7-'V uSti2A.S
rerolutn,t. fed by f""'
..mtrornn
Gomes was said to have occupied Tax
pan with 3,000 mea aad was threaten
inar Tampieo. 1 th Tital center of
Mexico' oil region.
Tho Mexican embassy issued n for
mal statement oa the aitnatioa, declar
ing tho 'revolution to bo only a. local
movement. The statement aaaea, now-
ever, that if the seceeaioa movement
should spread, it would result ia "the
stoppsgo of business), curtailment of
wealth and international commerce aad
tha Indefinite soatDOnetnent Of the Tor-
,jra aeht.
I- Th. embassy said tho only state aw
I ernors sympathizing with the rebellion
J wrra Governor Enrique Estrada, of
- .
poTUnt owing; to the important posi
tion .pf hi tate..:";;v : '
Another Itatemeat from th embassy
said . -Ooa. BoniaaMn -H ill, - oamtieaga
managixof-Geaenil bTefen,--! is
a eamlulsia f ok the presideaey and is
siding , openly with tho revolutionists,
had been .wounded u ft Katu nt fjoa-
treaa in vrhieh tha rebel forces wer
-defeted.-i-4-f:::ic-i:;rr::i'""
The Senate committee - iavestigatiag
Jp" ea '"m10"
Gosw Salvador Alvarado. who wa gov
ernor of Yneataa for Carransa during
I , B .
Heaequia eontroyersy asd who is
" """'"S""! mVV v..
COMMISSION EN ROUTE
. TO ADJUST DIFFERENCES.
Aim a Prieta, April S1-A Mmmisaion
named by tho Mexican congress is en
route to Sonora to attempt to adjust dif-
fewoees betweea Ue revolutionary stat
"'-
t nnofficUl advices snade public here
today by Fraaeiaeo Eliaa, a leader of
I tha Koanra wiavameBt aninit President
narranaa. It wan aaid tha eenuniaaion
... Hn .t tvmIa. Tiaa.od..
At nilitarv hradauartera. official de-
f.;.l w. mad. tadav af tha renert from
Nogalea, Arix., that Sonora troops, an-
Sonora, This pass would take lavad-ag
troops within a few teet of the Ameri-
tan bordcr pua,. General
Pina said he has-diapatchea a force
u thU M p., it,
further south, where tho Carraaxa
forces art expected to naak their hard
est light to enter Sonora. ' " -
Humors of clashes betweea Sonora
troops aad Carraaxa force' near tha
Chihuahua boundary have bean denied
Dy military autnoriue. They saia ca
ral troop war eoatinning their eoa-
eentratioa about Caaaa Orandea.,
MR. ROUSE ASKS PLACE i
ON THE SUPREME BENCH
Kinston. AnrU fl.--NU,r ? Bonaa.
m . . . ... , j; .
iqj, nasningipa. Attorney noose is seek
ing. BUte omee for Ue Srst time,
thouah he haa taken a Laadiav nart 1.
loolitieal aetivitiaa for m n.H n.
delivered th keynote speech at Stat
LMmaeratia eonvantina aaiaa waara
He was, mayor of thia city eereral
terms. The Kin.toa xaaa a.aaa th.
third in the southeastern part of th
State to aspire to Justice Brown'a scat.
. O : . tl . r m
Bomican nnena OX ai
"
EDUCATIONAL T-CClf-
ATTRACTS LARGE AUDIENCES
Kinstoa, April 1 1 -Tha Tanas- Man'.
Christian Asaociatioa'a "edu.atioaal
service track." tha t a t. t:.n 1.
the United Bute, haa been reaping bigi
eommnnity aear here.; Th ,
three Y men sad local ex, r .'
been greeted by larco audie k
the lectures given. TheW.V 1
publi quickly Va'T. frt "-
the mOTement, wliirlj the . .
Iec!S to ts'"l to every t
r c
' j.
MEMBERS OF
EXAr.HuING BOARD
Dr. t. C. Anderson, of States
ville, Slated To Head State
: ; . Medical' Society '
DOCTORS STRONG FOR
- IMPROVED HIGHWAYS
,- An-x-nansjs-aBn-n ' -
Enthusiastically Undone Col T.
L. Xirkpatrick's Good Boads
Besolutlotos; Address By Dr
, W. 8. Bankin, of State Board
of Health, reatures IYight
Session In Charlotte
Charlotte, April 21. Indications lajo
tonight pointed ktrongly to the election
of Dr. T. Cv Anderson, of States ville,
aa the Beat president of the North
Carolina Medical Society, ia annual
session hera.-...'.--- ...
The 'nominating committee, which
ha been working on the new officers
ine lat Tuesday afternoon, will be
called upon for its report soon after
th morning session convenes tomorrow,
It was learned from supposedly author.
itatlv source hare tonight that Or,
Aaderson i tho xaan slated for th
presidential honor.
Tho 4.1)00 physicians attending th
meeting, put in a busy night. Ia addi
tion to hearing a splendid sddress by
Dr. W. 8. Bankin, of Raleigh, secre
tary of tho State Board of Health, oa
"Stat Vcdicine,'' aad aa Illustrated lec
ture oa eaaeer by Dr. William I Clark,
of Philadelphia, they - enthoaistteally
adopted Cou T. I. Kirk Patrick's good
roads resolutioa aad voted to have a
copy seat to Governor Biekett,
Umbers of 8Ut Boara.
The afteraooa eeaaioa wa featured
by the election of tho State Board of
Medical Examiner. . This was ono of
th most important pieces of business
to com before the meeting. Tho x-
amiaere, who are elected for s term of
in year each, collectively pas npoa
all candidate for licenses to practice
medicine la Aorta Carolina. 1 -
These were nnmed: Dr. I A. Crowell,
TAaeeltoat Dr. L. H. Gleaa, Gastoaia)
Dr, 1, Q. Murphy, Wilmington f Dr.
C A. 'Shore, Raleigh r Dr. William
Joaea, GrtenabBawrlr.i'Wi'Y--Holt,
Dtthe-D;K. P. B iVaae Asvrehaad
City. , -t ;',,.7f7-w.w, t -;;
10 the event (lie I E Shore's position
a bead Mt. the Statb Department of
Hygine prevent him from serving. Dr.
B. JWitherspoon, of Charlotte, . will
bo armed in his plae. -.
RaaUa Safe salts Renort.' : : .
At a Joint meeting of the society aad
the State health society, th annual re
port of tho Stat heal'.k department was
submitted: by Dr. W. S. Kaaklo, of Bal
lgb. - It was a actable report, showing
greater activity in tho department thaa
in any previous year.-' f ' .
Vr, Rankin gave a full report of th
work of each bureau eoanected with th
Btat board. Soma of tho Heme wer
laboratory tests were over 9,000 analy
sea of various specimens; 9,000 W an ser
ai aa tests) vaccination points distribut
ed sumdeat to complete anti-typhoid
vaccination of 100,000 people. Tho lab
oratory expeaded 947,000 and caved to
tho people of the State nearly 1250,000.
The tuberenloaia work haa boon sat-
lafaetory, including 830 discharged pa
tients from the State tuberealooia ana-
torinm. Dr. Bankin estimated that 100
live wer saved by th ducatioaal work
of th bureau aion.
Medical inspection of schools bursas
was also reported on. Work donoby
the bureau was estimated by Dr. Baakia
at several hundred thousand douatJ.
Coanty Boalth Work.
Under county health bureau. Dr. Ban.
haa said six conntiea had added whole
time health 0 (Beers during th year and
f oar more are ready to come In, giving
total of 20 eonatie for the Stat.
Daring tho year nearly 8,000 sanitary
closets hsv bee installed. Tho county
health department gav S,0Ott typhoid
vaccination. Over ju,uw cases of eoa
tagious and epiderai atsessa . war
treated during th year. This work by
estimation saved ,109 live and many
eases 01 uiaess. ,
The bureau of engineering and inspec
tion has examined plans for SS proposed
water snooty systems, . Dr. Bankin after
reviewing tha work of th bureau eonv
eluded with a general resums and sug.
gestioa for th year to come. . ' , .
' Sectional MooUag Held. ,
Several ot th various sections con
tinned "their meeting today, including
Public Health, Dr. C. C. Hudson, of
Richmond. Vs., ehairmaaj Surgery, Dr.
E. B. Glean, of uaatoaia, chairman ; Oy
aecholosy and Obetetries, Dr. J, M. Man
aing, chairmaa; Pediatrics, Dr. J. Bursn
Sidbury. chairman J r ractiee of Medi-
cine, Dr. Hubert Haywood, Jrl chain
man. u " ..' . .
- Thursday is the date for tho sections
est ahemiatry aad ,aBatria .snndiea. J)t.i
Charles S. Mansum, chairman: Anat
omy, Pathology aad Bacteriology, Dr.
U. r. Barrett, chairman.
JAPAKXSB EXCHANGES CL08K '
! ; AS KtODLT ur BTAItrS.
Tokio. April 16v (By The AasoeUted
Presal)-rTho silk, cotton and rice ex
changes closed today as a result ot a
tea-day alump ia price. With tha close
of , th stock exchange th losses to
speculators wer estimated at J,0O0.0O0r
000 yea, ' ' . ' '.. V'. "
i Teoacc Aesaclatioa to Meet. "
Wilson. April The United State
Ttftwoeo Association and tbo -Eastern
O-vlina Warehonso Association will
' l a meeting of its directors in Wib
it th chamber of commerce Friday
'Z0. AU farmers, marehanta, to
c t lists aad beakers are ured to at-
T. If. Carrington, presi -nt of the
States tobacco associulion, will
i : aa address on the prpient out
t . the tnbacco sitM'.'oa t coart
"! It o'clock. .
HUE
FOR PHYSiCIA
f,
MY RESULTS
COilFIDEIIGE
111 WILSOil POLICY
Supporters of Administration
Generally Pleased With Ne-.
braska and Georgia '$
' ssaaanwasBsawawaasa- ' ' . r
JOHNSON S LEAD BRINGS
SURPRISE TO OLD GUARD
Bebuke of Hoke Smith In Oeor
'gi Beliered To foreshadow
Defeat As Senator; Bepudia
tion of General : Pershinf
Taken To Mean ' Peopl
idjalnsfr Military Candidates
The News and Observer Bureau,
. 60S District National Bank Bldg.
. By SU C POWELL.' -'
(Special Leased Wire.) 5 s
Waahimrtoa. April v fU-Democmt
from President Wilson a down th lin
ar well pleased with the result of th
primaries held In Nebraska and Georgia
yesterday. A . .
Fishtins? not on us onensive out on
tho defensive administration backers
appear' to have won victories in both
state, and la tae iseo 01 aoeai sobuk
tions that are, perhaps,' nnparallelled,
ia th country. ...-..-.
In Nebraehe. tha contest waa the age
old oa between Senator Hitchcock and
William Jtaninia Bryan over tho li
ouor Question. In Georgia, Hoh Smith
and Tom Wataon war both asking for
a repudiation of th Wilson peace poli
cies aad th administration candidate.
Attorney - Geaerai Palmer, received
enough votes to give . kirn . plurality
strength la the Georgia convention.
Jsaaaon a Mad aranaiag.
little ia surprising ia th incomplete
returns received her from the two
states unless it is th fact that Senator
Hiram Johnson appears to bo leading
in Nebraska for the Republican nom
ination. Not only doe th Johnson lead
bolster up his force sere, but it has
brought dismay to th backers ot Oca,
Leonard Wood. Th Johnson victory.
combined with the blow which Gea
oral Pershing' candidacy, received.
liberally construed as aa indication
that, tha country i not the least , in
terested la a milltntiat eandldate for
tha ptfaIdoacywt- r J.
Th rebuke to Senator Hok Smith
Ha qeonria i gcaemlljf beliered to
fofesbaduw kid ' defeat t a Candida
t luseeed hint self in tha United States
8nat. It is eoaceded both, by the ad
ministration forces and th frieads of
Senator Smith that th personal nnpop.
ularity. of Mr. Palmer aanaed A defeo-
tlon ia th rank of th Wiisoa sup
porters' divided between Watson aad
Senator Smith. Likewise It ia admitted
by well informed politician that to
Wstsoa. went som votes ' which were
east primarily against Senator . Smith
rather than for either t of , the other
eaadidstes. '
Watoen Sasna IT Sltaatleou '
Senator Smith asked only for a om
Slimeatary vote. It wa kaowa that he
1 ao wise was seeking th nomination
for President at Saa Francisco, but, ia
order to justify his frequent assault
oa th administration during tha prog
ress 01 tns treaty -nght, ho wont before
the peopl-on- a platform opposed to
tho treaty without the Lodaw reserve.
tions, but oa that accredited the Wii
soa administration with some ''great
achievements."
Wstsoa, trenehaat aataaonlst of the
Roman Catholics, wss oDoosed to th
League of Nation in aay form. Attor
ney Genera Palmer waa rnanina on the
record of the administration aad la.
favor of aay plan th National con
vention may adopt with respect to tho
treaty, watson, oa th v of th pri
mary election in th Cracker Bute.
summed up the aitnatioa with this ap
peal 10 ins voters t - ' k .
"It von are ia favor nf th. Umi
of Nations, Vote for Palmer 1 if you are
opposed se ue Magus 01 KUoni, vote
for me j if yea don't know what yoa
want nor'where you are going, vote for
Hoh Smith." . . .-. .
Th result ia peculiarly intarmtlna ta
North Carolina where Senator rnmifnM
hf. Simmons, endorsed anaabnoasly by
th recent Bute Democrat! eoaventlon.
V . (Ceatlaaod oa Page Two.)
NEGOTIATIONS ON TO
OPEN TRADE WITH RUSSIA
Washington.' "April tl-Nea-otiatlona
Between in ntat ueoartment end tha
British Foreign Office concerning tho
proposed reopening of trade relation
with) Soviet Russia ar progressing cor
dially, Sir Aucklsnd Geddes, th aew
British ambassador, said today. Tha
sjuestion of leeognitioa of tho present
government 01 xtutsi 1 entirely apart
from these conferences,. it Waa aaid. -
It is th Duroose of America and Ene-
)nnd to erriv. at aa agreement as' te
mean of expanding th trad already
beiag carried on with Rasa la through
Scandinavian countries aad by way of
Finland nd Lotvia. It i fully nn-
aerstooa in Loadon aad washingtoa
that, ia' furtherance of it determina
tion to force polities! recognition at th
hands ef Western Furop aad America,
th Soviet government" will do every,
thing possible to hsmper such trad de
velopment along independent linos, i .
t: Beriea Delay Ia Ptenttag. .
Kinston. April IWHi Ting xpri-
enaed asaay weeks' daisy, farmer in
this section are planting - eotton tnd
other crop and hoping that tha disagree
able sprin will be followed by a fa
vorable growing season ; ia May and
June. The planters started th year'
work about Nw Year's aad hav since
given the land th most thorough, prep
aration ever kaowa. With bumper crop
s rat ion ever, kaowa. .With favorabl
conditions daring th aurumer it is prob
aMe bumper crop will b produced ia
si a' of th lat starts'" ' ,
FOURTEEN BELIEVED TO- - V :
BE I. W. W. PICKETS IX
HOSPITAL FROM 11XJVRIES
Batte, Moat. April Its-rears
aaen, believed t be laduatrial Work,
or ef u World atrik pickets, and
eae aoiieensaa, are la hospluls aaf.
ferlag freaa gaaahot woaada sas
taiaed la a clack oa Anaconda read
aea the Neversweat mine lat to
day. Jhyslclaa believe two ef the
alleged L W. W. will die. .
: pellee were erchlag foe three
ether mea aaid to have been weaaded
aerieaaly, , . Strlhlag aslaera . were
aaasnlag In Flalaadet kali and the
street ia freat ef the building.
reiiee reserves were calls, j - .
Tenth Annual Convention As
sembles In Chamber of
Commerce
Offering tha old constitutional land
marki, "tht great principles given to
us by God through ear fathers," aa
protection against Bolshevism, Social
ist, Sovictism, aad all those who would
overthrow American liberty, Cameroa
Morrison, Democratic gubernatorial ean
didate, warned agalast tho dreamful
theories of-governmsnt and called for
a great spirit of eo-operatioa and) broth.
rbood among all classes ia delivering
the principal address st a baaquet ia
the Ysrborough Hotel last night, the
chief event of yesterday'a session
tho tenth annual convention of tho Mas
ter Plumbers Associstion oft North Car'
olina. .
Mr. Morriaoa was Introduced as th
"next governor" by Toastmaster W. R
Dosher, of Wilmington, aad a strong
outburst of applsuss greeted tha state
ment in a speech, a few minutes, pre
viously, by Dwr. Iiurktn, of. the Na
tional Plumbers Association, that the
plumbers of North Carolina endorsed
the candidacy of Mr. Morrison. .
The eoaventlon of tho plumbers met
at ti90 o'clock yesterdsy morning in
tho convention room of tha chamber d;
eommerce with over lw master plum
bers from every section of tha State ia
attendance. Yesterday morning's ses
sion wss devoted to an address of Wel
come by Motor T. B. Ildridge. follow
ing invocation, by JXm.T- -a - O'Kallfy.
Th report OITresidsat U. V. Hunter,
of Charlotte, and Seeraiary-Treasuror
hi Ia -Hacknejvof Chaxlotter-wore read
yesterday afternoon ia addition -to ad-
reeses by V. f. Durkln and .J. Breea,
the latter of Charlotte.- .-...' ,
Among those having remsrks to. make
at th baaquet ia addition to Ur. Mor
riaoa were I I Hackney, M. I Gannt,
Edward Harding, Col. J oh a Laagston,
Mr. Lumpkins, T. : C Teomey, Job
Randall, Fred Clark, Mr. Cooper, Mr.
6nodgrsst.'John Alpln, Hally Boberts,
D. F. Durkln aad Mr. Hewett.
Mr. Morrison deplored the fact that
beads of man ar roaming tho eouutry
advocating foolish, absurd doctrines
which would wreck the country oa th
rocks, of socialism. Ho declared him'
self to be in favor Of standing by tha
old constitutional principles of govern.
ment, desiring as soon as possible th
docentrilisatlon of tho government at
Washington, th taking back of war
powers, the docentrilisatlon of things
at Raleigh and the restoration of eom
petitlve living.
Ho declared that he respect every
basic right ef tho laboring man, desir.
ng that he Should hsv hi rights. Mr,
Morrisoa expressed himself as believing
that he knew thee rights, and declared
that ho was not afraid to express them.
Beferring to . th demand of soma
that law be passed against collective
bargaining, Mr. Morrison declared that
labor is not commerce but human lib
erty, and ther is no power ia th
United State to control labor as eon
mere. ; . ., " n
Hearty applause greeted th assertion
that he is "for good schools in North
Carolina with lists clinched aad ready
to light aay. old fogies that get in' th
way and that h ia "for good road
with teeth eetT remiadiag that they ar
Scotch teeth. . 1
H xpreescd himself as loving the
wealth of thia Stats, but advised that
it would be better to burn au th
wealth rather ' thaa forget tha . great
principle by which it wa created. -
Discussing taxation, air. Morrison
said ha thought it should be reasonable,
bat ho advised that "as God . baa so
BrosTjered ns w should a-lv to help the
government better th living eoaditioa
of all. Ho aaid he favors letting peo
ple keep moot ef their money for ex
tension and investment, and reasonably
impress it for progressive government.
Mr. Morrison devoted a portion of
his address to a review of tho progress
mad by this But withla tho last 20
year, from the time when a bar-room
could b found at every cross-roads un
til the present day whea North Caro
tin stsndr fourth ia agricultural value r
aear th top la' educatioa, baring mors
ehildrea in school, in proportion to pop
ulation, than any other Stat in th
anion and having th highst birth
rat in tho world."' : . . ,
Mr. Morrison- pledged himself for
progressive government and th auste
nance of the old constitutional Demo
cratic principle a a sura, remedy for
Bolshevism, socialism, fiorietiara. end
all the other isms, concluding hi fre
quently applauded speech with the 'dec
laration that 's I understand them . I
hail uphold, th .old baaner of consti
tutional Democracy." f TV-i-v--;'
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t; ' Car Far S Cents In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ge, April Zl. Permission to
eharg eight "Cent fares on street car
lines ia Atlanta and suburbs except De-
catur aad College Park aad advance of
approximately . 20 per cent in lighting
and 'power rate was asked la a petition
filed today with the stat railroad com-
ission . by the, Georgia Baiiway and
ower company, '.. . 1
MORRISON SPEAKS
TO PLUMBERS HERE
BRYANNALlEDOraE
OF DELEGATES TO
IIVElill
Hiram Johnson Continues To
Lead In Race For. Presi- .
'. ; .dency In Nebraska
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
LEADING IN GEORGIA
Thomas E. Watson Bans See ,
ond svnd Hokw Smith Third
In Preferential Primaries)
Hitchcock Leads Opponent
Por Presidential Zndorie-
. ment Zn Nebraska ; 1
Omaha, .. Neb4 April Sf. Sent lor
Hiram W. Johnson continued in tho
lead for the "Republican Presidential
preference vote of the Tuesday pri- :
mary wer slowly received today by
newspapers tabulating , th returns.
William J. Bryan had. gained enough .
votea ia th day's eon at to place him
among the first four candidates for
delegate at large to th Saa Francisco
convention.
With less thaa one-half of tha 1A43
precincts in the State reporting Sena
tor Johasoa bad a lead of ,61S vote
ever Major General Leonard Wood his
aearest competitor with Gea. Joha 3.
Pershing third. - "'
Ia the Bryan-Hitchcock race for dele
gates at urge Bryan net only mans ged
to get within .the coveted four oa the
vote counted,, but found eae of hi
running enatee there with him.
Demoeratie leaders tonight aaid the
uncompleted retains indicated that for
mer Governor. Morehead was a winner
ia the gubernatorial race by probably
the largest plurality of any candidate
on th ballot. Republican also pre.
dieted th nomination of Governor Me
Selvtc . 2 ''
The incomplete figure showed that
Senator Hitchcock Making the Presi- -dntial
Indorsement.- was leading hie
opponent, Robert Boss, by almost thrse
vote to on. , - ., -
A contest has developed between
Arthur Mullen aad W. H. Thompson
for Demoeratie national committeemen,
the figure being too incomplete t in
dicate who wa chosen. -
Th Republican vot for President
front ISO precinct gave, Johnsea 84.- .
41ft, Wood U,773, Perehing 18,675, Boss
In ' ih. Democratic Presidential race
SIS. precincts gave- Hitchcock 17J 15,
Boas 84L
V.
From 843 precinct th vote for Dcm-
GO TO CO
eeratia delegate at urge showed: . C :
NevUl (Hitchcock) 22,774 1 ghaTIed
berger (Hitchcock) 12(704; Stephen
(Bryan) I9,830i Hryan (Bryan) 18,8J 1
Berg (Bryan) )K.614f Thomaa (Bryan)
17.570I Neble TRiWheeck) 18,7961 Ale-
Neny (Bitcheoek) NMGSU . , l'
PALMES SAFKI.Y LBAD3
- -. CANOIBATES IN GEORGIA
'Atlanta, Ga- April 21-Complete un
official returns from all tho 1S3 counties
la Georgia that held primariea yester
dsy, aa received her tonight by The
Constitution, govt Attorney General
Palmer 140 votes in th State Democrat- -
ia convention ; Thomaa E. Watsoa 133 '
votes, and Senator Hoke Smith 110 '
Vot. '.."- .' t j- -' ' '
aad ineir total ox rear votes, it was stat-
ed will go to th candidate getting the
mrgest uait vots.1 Jt was pointed eat
that official returns might chaago tho -result
shown by the complete Unoffi
cial returna as contest ia anmber ef
conntiea wer close. Ther ar 389 v
vote ia the convention, . '.
MEDICAL INSPECTION
WORK IS ENDORSED
Work ' of the tonsil ' aad adenoid
clinics, dome voder the supervision of -
th medical inspection earned-oa in
Ue schools of the State, under Ue
leadership, of Dr. G. M. Cooper, wa
nanimously endorsed by the division
of eye, ear, boss and throat "special
ists of tho North Carolina Medical So
ciety in Charlotte yesterdsy. . Many
eoar.tie In the State, including Wakcr .
county, are co-operating with tbe
health ' department in ' haviag every
L , .t.;i. . . , . . . . .
wniw : .mill luwiK. vvj .cau.vii
pucm. uu pmviuioa- xree eunirs lllf V
the removal ef defects. Thousands of
school children ia- the State hav been
examined, ' and where . defective are
found, steps takes to correct defects, v,
OTATCCtll I C Hill UHOT
oinikgiikbi, 11 ii nun 1
: BY GASOLINE EXPLOSION ;
StetesvjUe, April tLW. J. Johnson.
proprietor of. the llome Bteam bakery.
waa seriously injured oy aa explosion
this evening about f o'clock. The aeci
dent occurred at a garage." Mr. Johnson ' -
am iwva aim w kiuioh gnsoun mas
thr to have it welded and he and Ver-
bob fiauadara were at work oa it when - ,
in some way a terrible explosion took '
place. Both Mr. Johasoa' leg war
brpkea aad be wa otherwise bruised,
flounders waa blown backward about II
feet but waa not injured.
NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN "
: 111 nrrmrn 111 rv a r
nn vr nwtn 111 u. n. tu;,
Washington, April EL Mrs. Georg
Mayaard Minor,; of 1 WaterAtrd, Conn,
waa nominated without opposition y
president genera of the Datifrhtr of th
American Revolution tonight at th 29th
Continental Con frees, in session here.
Twelve women, including Mrs.,, James
8. Wood, of Savannah, G., were-ouii-nated
for seven vioe-presidcnts-feii'rBl,
and these with, nominees for oher
Offlees'will be deetcit tomorrow. Nomi
nee forSother national offices ineluJo!
Historian. Miss Jcna'WinsloW Coltrar ,
of North Carolina,-