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', !,. ... - , News Observer THE )VEATHER Fair Sunday; Monday showers, et much change in tempera. tara. . , ; WATCH LABEL. e fm seaes, .,: mml dare kefes trMrelieel sa4 eveeo siaem etas mm, : RALEIGH, R C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1920. VOL CXL NO. 116. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ALL ENGIflEERS ON LACKAWANI1A DUE TO STRIKE MONDAY Vote To Walkout Reported To , Have Been Taken at Meet ing In New York - DOUBLE CROSSED BY : COMMITTEE IS CLAIM Illinois Manufacturers' Asiocia tlon Enter Protest Becanse of Failnrf To More Cars; De troit Switchmen Decline Of , f er of Federal Conciliator To . Settle Differences . '.New Tors, April 84-An engineers employed by the Laekswsnun Railroad will trn bi strike Monday morning, cu A. McHufrh. chairman of the ex eeutive committee of striking railrosd employe! la the New Tork District, an- BAiifiA.il fnnivht. . Mr. McHugh said the deeieloa ef the engineer! was reached at meeting! hat Bight and that the walkout will be i a-mnathv with strikers to whom the railroads have issued an ultimatum that thejr cannot return to work except a new men, forfeiting senionjy nguw. Engineers on eome of the Other rail roadi now-are balloting on the ques tion of stiikisg in sympsthy wKh the Lackawanna men who hare appealed to tl idirV uniKirt. Mr. MeUUga an- ' He also declared it probable that shopmen on the Erie Railroad would vote in favor of a sympatneuo irj. . At tha. Lackawanna offices in Her token an official, speakipg In the ab- enee of General Manager nine, earn be had no iniorniauon i etrike meeting ..Jast night. - He made light of chances of a walkout and aaid nn.ninn nn the' Lackawanna were r hunt nnmRl. f nsffiaa'Sr" that ttetraewmmit . of 10O had been "double crossed by the brotherhood e!M.tn order to get them out of Washington, Mr. Me rtwlnrml in a statement tonight ' that the men had withdrawn their offef .ta return to wars it proseeiesi m ww nioitv. and would, ttl the strike only, en terms satisfactory to the men. , - "Take tse etaaa, ' earn m iiairaK.i, that wet will not deal through the brotherhood chiefs. We withdraw oar proposition to return to work under the conditions mentioned In our ignored letter of yesterday If any aetUemen li rcacbed. it must eems through tno . tnna and be aatUfaetory to them. The railroad situation In the metro., politan district," continued Mcllugh, -it , no nearer settlement. It baa eome to tle point where the breaes. naa wiaen . ed." MeHttgh denied that sendee on the various roade ia fart becoming nor mal. -. - - Two hundred , of the striking em ployee ef the Hudson tube went thie fiitrnnoa to return to their Jobs, but when they found that Irving a. Hunt, presiaouc o u -- two Other Strias-aaere wan taken Asck, all refused to go to work ...t Unturned to the headquarters of the strikers. . ' M I rvma MANUFACTURERS '' . , MAKJ V1GOBJU8 PROTEST Cfcicago, April 24-While the Rail road General Managers' Association to mi4m1 "decided b -aks la the ranki ef e': IkLtg switchmen," th Illh aoia Manafaetorers Aatoeiatlon, la a t.Uovm ts Benator Mei"HVleCormick declared that manufacturing plaats in Illinois wool I be compelled to cIom and untold diatrei would follow "unlets . ..linn mk switch our ears." "Our situation , is eiy serious and ' we need the kelp of the strong am of nvurnment. Is it afraid to act," the v telegram said. Mr. McCormick ' was ssksd to renew hit effort to get the Railroad Labor Board "f way f h Washington at nio!phere.M s ' 1 Tha eeneral msnat ere announced - tUat aM men rrturaed to work today,. bringing the total since the beginning ef the strike to 1,038. heee were . aided, the statement sail, by 773 new switchmen recently employed or brought to Chieago from other points. The eases or a inn leaaera. reiUd last" week ehareed with eon- soirier to violate the licrer act, today were continue, until (ay 8. Among these amlrn.ed today before" United titatee Coamieaieaer Mason wore John " Grunak, pre Sdent of the outlaw Chi cago Yardmen's Associativa, ana uar old Reading, heed o' ' United En , glnreen't Association) ... ''The - gorernment has not arrested ' you men to force you to go back to or..,'' Commis .loner Uason said to the defendant, "bat because yon are . charged Wltlv breaking a law, A man has a right to quit his work any time he feels like iw That ii his constitu tional right, andf ft Is not the fntenUoa of the. government to wmpel yon to returc to duty." .--v..-.-.-.v --s-.j'-v Dibtrirt Attorney CI; no warned the . strike leaders that if they persisted in stri' v .agiUitica ths goverameat 4 woold a''opt more drastic measure' ia V dealing with them. , ' " . ; v "'We will iu.. I any more meet. : fngfi," Grunsu said. "The men hare shown that they have no intention of 1 returning to work until their demands . ars Treated," DETROIT SWITCH "FAIL TO RETURN TO WORK Detroit, Mich., Apri. 24. Striking switchmen her today declined the offer of F, C Ha ley, a del conciliation I eemmissioner, of his eervlees ia an at : tempt to compose the differences be tweea the strikers and the railroads, ccorlin to a stst "en. by Mr. Haw- T tOllii-ilt. ) ttied.stor said be had an agree- :' In r Te.) ITALY ACCEPTS WILSON'S ADRIATIC SETTLEMENT San Remo, April It (By The Associated Preset PreaUee Ktttt, . of : Iuly, and Aaten . Tramblteh, the Jat-81a foreign minister, hare accented Presldeat WUsoa's settlement of the Adriatle problem, making Flame a bater state with a contiguity of territory fcetweea riasne and lUly. A oUblscito wUl decide whether the island of Ufceta shall oolong to Italy or Jugo-Slavla, and whether tho islaad of Craerse shall belong to the new Mate of Finns, to Iuly, or to Jsgo-Slavla. Tho Islands ars rateable only for , strategic navsl . aaraisia, bat agreemeat to give them to Italy weald .mean naval control of tho Adriatic. Tho terms of thevoettleatoat were aent forward to Belgrade sons days ago by courier, bat as he snot , with a railway striae and other diffl. cahJca. la his Joaraey tho terms have keea telegraphed. It ia hoped a reply will he received before tha eoaaeil adjourns from a new Jago Slav cablaet approving tho terasa. It is believed that whatsvor cabi. act Is organised. It will ratify tho a free eseat ef Signer Jiltti aad M. TrnsablUk. 1LLI0N IN DEAL Controversy Over Dealings In Automobile Stock On Ex change Settled New Tork, April 84. Allan A. Byes, son of Thorn aa Fortune Ryan, is esti mated to have sdded t,650,0O0 to bis wealth today when 68 other brokers agreed to pay hint $3S0 a share for stock of the Stats Motor Car Company, which they hnd sold short at prices ranging from 100 to 391. . He aad a protective committee rep resenting the short interests signed an agreement ending a controversy which hai.f&raisied. th.cffmtealje,nsationjB recent years on the 'ew ITork Btoek Eiahaage. v.- . v . t ,. ; Tho 'toatrovemr begStt March 31, when the exchange suspended trading t Btutx after the price had been jump ing rapidly under shorts etlorts to cover, There followed enargest ana of being short in the stock sad in. which other members of tho exchange seeus- ed kin ef ksving su Illegal corner k.in an llWl anraer ffiaf enW '.Migation ot . broksrto ha has sold- t ' which would Ing the usual deliver stock ho bss sold. Ryan denied having a corner, and said that, as chairman of the Stats di rept orate, be had acted to protect stock holders against raiders. He took Stuts ff the exchange to tho curb, where it old as high ss 730, and ha ' resigned from tho exchange. The exchange has sot acted on Ryan s resignatioa nor bis request that his seat be sold.- Street opinion wes that no tction would be taken and that Ryan would continue to be a member. No expectation is entertained, however, that Ryan will eek- to hsvs Stuts restored to trading oa the exchange, Ia a statement Issued tonight Bysa slid: "I am more gratified because the set tlement recognises ths validity of the stock oxehsnge contracts than I am by reason of the settlement of the figures. The inviolability of these contracts I retard as ths cornerstone of our whole commercial and iaaaeial structure. Tho Stuts incident hss served to point out "certain flaws in the stock exchange system," said Mr. Ryan. 'Never again,", he added, 'should governor bo permitted to participate in any deliberation, decision or judgment npon a matter in which he or his arm has'or represents aa interest, directly or maireetiy. this is a reform wntcn the exehenn for itself, its members and for the thousands of people who deal with it, should promptly inaugu rate' and strictly enforce. "Also the events of , ths past few Creeks emphasises ths advisability of placing this gigantic financial institu tion nnder the same sort ef responsi ble . legal supervision as thev govern meat now exercises over banks, trust companies and insurance companies. There la no proper -power which the exchange enjoys today that it cannot ust as well enjoy Hit bo Incorporated.'' GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ALLOW MEXICANS TO ENTER Hobby Wires Secretary of Stats' .... of His Unalterable . Opposition " ' Austin, Texas, April it-Reqnest of the Mexicaa government, through -tie Stste Department at Washington, for per mission for Genera le Juan Jose Bios and Msnuel Gsmbe end their staffs to erets Texas soil on their way from Sonera to Mexico City, was refused by Governor Hobby, of Texas, tonight. The party was to trsvel unarmed as civilians aad ths State Department saw no objection to granting ths permission, and reeraest- ed tho aequieseeseo of Texas to tha re quest. Governor Hobby replying to a tele gram from Secretary of State Colby, said ho was "unalterably opposed to the transportation of Mexican troops or toy military officials thereof across Texss soil." Such transportation, ha said, "would likely provoke trouble, and put American eitisena on tho border at ths mercy of bandits. ' loa 810000 WIM Match. , New York. April 4. Joe Stacker, world's heavyweight ehsmpioa wrestler, threw I Tea linow, of Pumia, ia aa hour and 25 minutes ia a eaten, as esteh eaa bout here tonight. The winning fail was eMained by a boir scissors nd a fcatf-Xiiisoa. - ' , - . ALLAN RYAN MAKES CAPPER JUMPS Oil PROFITEERING Senator From Kansas Severely Condemns Earnings of Many Corporations ; THOMAS SAYS CONDITIONS AND NOT CAUSES NAMED Excessive --Mareins of Front Proye Proflteerinf, Sayi Sen ator Capper, Who Presents Long List of Alleged Earn lugs By Large Corporations Attacks Dept. of Justice Washington, D. C, April 84v-ProJ- teers were denouneea me Donate io a. ftxnator CaoDcr. Republican Kansas, who presented sUtisUes which he uii showed that ' the earnings of muT American eorDorations represent' ed proiteerinr "open, scandalous and shameless. i,';-'-" '""'J- ' Senator Capper attacked tho Depart ment of" Justice's cheaper meat cam naisn and said increased prices for sug ar were "the most brssea challenge wo h.va had in this saturnalia of greed, fUaatar LearooL Rermblicen.-Wiscon sin, agreeing with the Kansas Senator's declaration that prouteermg naa oe eoms a Kstional menace, eaid Attorney General Palmer wu setting a few mnusa trans around the country when he ought to bo setting bear trap to catch the big or millionaire profiteers. The administration was held respon sible by Senstor Lea root for inereas ing sugar prices. . ' Conditions Instead of Congress. Disagreement with the contentions if Senator Capper and Senator Lenroot was expressed by Senstor , Thomas, Democrat. Colorado, who said the Sena tors were "complaining about condi tions instead of causes like a child who stumbles 'over"-' ehaiF"ini 'tEeiQ&ris nrousa ana Kies . -t i .;... Senator Canner said smoiS laws exist ed to- check profiteering and that "if hose charged with enforcement of these laws will see that profit nogs are sent to jaiV prices wUl soon tumble. He added that Jflsw enloreement offlcers ths statutes they should reefgn aad let men wfio eould take thei place. JWteclVO margins 01 J 'at OS tiering, b.t t 4.pe , JM-Jf ."K Whw proflU srere pfc, st f fcieoitsive margins or i"a are preoi said, ia rpoitlons. t from so to SW per cent. The. Tut: of suck Cor o rations Included textile menu fact ur- mg concerns Hteeis fjos, shoe maaO' ing eeneerns, ehoe and" leather manu facturers and makers of nearly all the stspla commodities, farmer, were ac quitted of blame by the Senator, Wall Street's Melon Patcheev ' "Wall street's melon patches" he de clared, "continue to be warmed by the sun of privilege, fertilised by the per spiration of labor, aad watered by tho tears of poverty, and this year- will raise a record breaking crop free from the blight of income taxes, while the people art being urged to buy their coal early and be robbed for. less, to abstain from steak one day a week. and to purchase war savings stamps thst the United States msy Uvs in nine bil lion stylo on a six-billion income. At this moment .. tho most brssea challenge we have bad ia this, saturnalia of greed tomes from tho gamblers in sugar, A corner had evidently been formed right under the eyes ef the De partment of Justice. Tho coming season raid is oa. ' For years the sugar inter ests have annually and openly and sliamoiesely robbed American house wives during tho canning season After reviewing the activities ef flour, sugar and cotton mills, ths recent su preme court decision holding stock div idends-untaxable, sad the Department or Justice s campaign urging use of ttt cheaper cuts of meatwhich he eon demned Senator Capper - presetted a ust of corporations wbose earnings, he said, wars proof of profiteering ' open, uB!niU- lVnUji!PUB. Big Earning Percentasws. This list with the veremt'tsn of earn ings as given by Senstor Copper in eludesi ... " Continental OH. 200 tier cent: United Fuel Gas, 200 per cent: Ohio Fuel Sup ply. 100 per eent; Noasmlt Spinning iuu per. cent; AmoeXeag Cotton Manufacturing Co, 100 per cent i Stuts 1'otors, 100 per cent Nashua Manuf as suring Co 100 per cent; American To bacco Securities Co 75 per eent ; Man omet Mills, 66 2-3 per eent ; Hood Rub- (Continued on Psgo. Fifteen.) " :' ARMENIA RECOGNIZED AS INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC - . 1 United States Formally Sends Note To Beprtsentatire ; ; ; In Washington ; Washington, D. C April 14. Armenia was formally recognised today as an Independent republic by tho tJnited States.. . . v . Military action hss been decided upon by tho allied conference at San Remol The American recognition was ia th form of s aoto addressed by Secretary Colby to Mr. Paadermadjlan, Washing ton representative of tho Armenian re public, t '.x-.: -'.-. Notice of tho reeognitioa also was communicated formally to the diplo matic corps snd to ths allied conference in Italy., ? - - , This recognition mskes no sttempt to establish boundaries . for the new re-' public. This is left to bs determined later by international action. Secretary Colby today said thst no decision bad been made regarding s diplomntis repreaHttce fo'bo eent to Armeu.a 'it i fail 1 ALL ITS BRANCHES COIIIISTPARIY FURNISHES PLENTY OF LIVELY DEBATE Secretary of Labor Wilson To Decide Whether Membership. Means Deportation all-daVarguments AS TO WHAT COMMUNISM IS l swaveemMMSS Fifty Per Cent of Influence Be - hind Recent Strikes Due To Communist Organisation, De clares Representative of De partment of Justice; Denies Government Backs It Washington, 'April 2.-Seeretary of labor Wilson, after aa all-day argu ment, took tinder advisement tonight the " .itio -Whether me ibership . in the Communist labor party in itself constituted gr uds for deportation of aliens! , During tho hearing there was a flare up over statements attributed to Fed eral Judge Anderson; of Boston, thst the government "operates eome pert of ths Communist party la this coun try," Swinburn Hale, of New Tork, up holding it, and J. E. Hoover, of the Department of Justice, declaring it "unjustifiable misconception of the facts." Armed with voluminous' Communist literature, Hoover attempted to show, by quotatiot of lengthy excerpts the relationship between the , Communist labor party sad ths Thud Interna tionale. Asserting .that. John Reed, last re ported detained in Abo, Finland, for affiliation with ths Bolsheviki, was the founder Of the Communist labor party, Hoover declared it was like all other communist organizations, "a 'gang .of enthtnroal ; aliens, who havs " corns to this country to, overthrew tho govern ment by force.") r . r,, -- Fifty per eeDjd oi ths laflnenea- be hind the recent strikes, Hoover said, was directly .traceable to tha Com munist organization. -;- , ' In , endeavtorfate; ' to distinguish be Wcth C.mi.t.rty-d Lommnnutt iafr part A uaje meisrea hi. I'l'UEe.iiuB uiiana sia wm weamuuw labor -party maoe tho applicant bound to b "guided m" tbejrineiples of ths parir- . An applicant for membership ia Jhv-i-Wmunist party,' on ths other hand, he said, liledged sunv-ort at "an activo worker," ' Tho plstfom f ths Communist party 's!e asserted, wss nothing mors thsn a.e-e'-jialism of Ksrl Max. and argument 'lor "action of 'masses'1 was subject to a political interpretation. Palmer Denies Charges. Attorney General Palmer tonlirht de nied tha statement by Halo at today's hearing that Louis C. Fraina, described ss secretary of tho Communist party of America, was an agent of tho Depart ment of Justice. Fraina, he said, hsd never rendered any service to tbt De partment. Discussing tho Department's activities in connection with raids and deporta tion proceedings, ths Attorney -General said i Certain -statements bsvo recently appeared in the publie press to the ef fect that the Department of Justice has had its sgents sctively identified la the rormation of the Communist party and ths Communist Labor party, and Wss to a large extent responsible for tha sgl tation And unrest caused by these two organisations through their propaganda. Thsro is no foundation whatever for this sharre. Of course, tho Densrt. melt of Justics has used Confidential informants svsr since its bureau 'of in vestigation was eeUblisbed, but they ars under strict' instructions nek to en gage actively, m, any organisation nn or tho Invostgntwn.. There is rt iBstdncetltt tbsTtil ula. titration of e , 'DepartmentAf J tice where any confidential informant has ever activity engaged in the councils of tno uommuaist party or the u(mmunist Labor party. , One of ths specific in stances ehsrged to the eonsdential in formanta of the Department of Justice is to tho effect thst they were instru mental in tho holding of ueetings of the Communist party 'on Januarys, 1020. That wss the regular meeU jr night ef the Communist party throus. out the eountry, which held its meetings on the first Friday of each month, ; - "Certain references have been made to tho holding of individuals without warranto n these deportation proceed ings. Ja the large number of simul taneous arrests made throughout the eountry, there were naturally a few isolated eases in which t individuals were held for whom no warrant wss in hand. Sometimes this resulted from mistaken identification and sometimes beesuse of other eiTunis,tefleee not eas ily foreseen. They were negligible in number and wsrrsnts were promptly requested for such persons when taken Into eustody by the Depsrtmsnt of Justics". . JUDGE GUION NOT RUNNING 7- y AGAINST JUSTICE HOKE New Bern. April ft- Judfe Onion au thorises ths following statement! "That owing- to tno wicnarswat oi justice Brown from the primary and upon the announcement thstrfie would not again be a esndidsto he -ieeki only the somi nation to the position occupied by Jus tice. Brown end net that of Justice Hoke Who is a candidate to succeed himself snd thst hs will eheerfnKy join sll can. didates for sssoeiate justice ia request ing the board of election to certify Juatiee Soke's asms as without opposi tion." , , BaaaM(ii1(iaweeevssssieesiisaeaweie X - Leit Racs Day of the Season. T'g C U rinchurst, Wednea,-j--(AJv.) j !IN PLANS ONE SPEECH Accepts Invitation To Make Me mortal Address at Smithfield On May 10 . WILL BE IN WASHINGTON REMAINDER OF TIME Junior 'Senator Belies Upon Rec ord Made In 17 Years of Ser vice In Upper Chamber; Sen ator Simmons Non Commit tal As To His Attitude; Snf frage PoU of Legislature Ths News, sad Observer Bureau, 803 District National Baak Bldg By R. B. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D, C, April 24. the one snd only speech -rSenator Lee Slater Overman wil make in North Carolina, during the progress of his campaign for renominatioa will be delivered at Smith field on May 10th. The remainder of the time the junior Senator expects to remain ia Washing ton and stand by his guns in the Sen ate where the Rivers and Harbors ap propriation bill is vp and where, in few days, consideration wil bo given to that mueh agitated piece of relief legis lations a bonus for ths soldiers. While the Senstor is to stay ia Wash ington, his Stats manager, aad county managers will bo aetivs ia getting be fore the people of North Carolina his record of eeventeen years service in the Senate. Pamphlets enumerating tho legislative achievements of two decades, particularly of the Wilson administra tion, in the accomplishment of which the junior Senstor has been helpful, ars going to tho thousands : of voters lav every eeetloit in the State. -Simmons Non-CsmmlttaL Considerable discussion hss been aroused among the North .Carolina poll ticiaai. .in Washington, regarding the News and Observer Story printed last Wednesday in which it war indicated that tho friends of Senator Simmons would observe strict asutrality in the 'ifLW.!I 'JSKZ& whiok also it was soggesrsd that tbt dex (est of Senator Overman would cause so tears to trickle down - tho cheeks of the purs la heart followers of tho senior. Senator, . Senator Simmons was besieged le re pudiate the story. Us didn't hesitate to say that ho never authorised any state ment but, in referring to the story to day, he said this: "I think it perfectly legitimate for a newspaper man t speculate.. Specula tion sometimes leads to conclusions and conclusions i Sometimes, are ' sub-eon. seiously accepted as facts. Thst is all t hsvs to say about it. Ths invitation to Ssnstor Overman to epeak at Smithfield same through Representative Eward, W. Pou, ef tho Fourth district. Ths occasion is Mem orial day. Tho junior Senator will be tecempsnied to Johnston by Messrs. Armlstead Jones and J. Wilbur Burnt, Of Raleigh, with whom ho eras in eta, ferenee n while todsy. ' Majority For Ssffrsge. Preliminary results of a poll of tho North Carolina Legislature by the lobby dopartmeat of the National Womsa's rartv were made nubile todav. Tbt poll bears out ths prediction that the Suffrage amendment will be rati fled by the North Carolina Legislature ut its special session ia July. Out of the total of 30 legslators to ant wer the questionnaire submitted by tho women's party, 38 pledged themselves to vote for ratification ana only 11 were definitely opposed. - Kon-committnl replies came from eleven. One repre sentative, A. C. Ray, offered to servo without compensation should ths Gov ernor call an sarler session of the Legis lature for the express purpose of acting on the amendment. Nearly all of tho non-committal re plies show a decided pro-suffragist ten dency. ''If i can see my way clear to de so will vote for it says ons man. , Among the members of tho assembly quick to pledge their endorsement tav the. Federal smendment wore Benstor W. P..Uorton, Representatives W, N. Everett, D. N. Jones, R. 8. McColn, h. a. Young, and A. C. Ray, Representative Everett said, "I had charge of the bill for municipal suffrage in the House st the last session and Shall probably have charge of ratifi cation at the special session. Repre sentative MeCoia adde tohls pledge to vote for ratification the statement that "I will bo glad to use my influence to put the smendment over. ' ATTORNEY GENERAL NOT . IN NORTH CAROLINA RACE Refuses To Enter As Opponent of Senator Simmons, Cam paign Manager Says The News and Observer Bureau, ' 603 District National Bank Bldg. 4 Washington. April Sw Attorney Gen- ersl A. Mitchell Palmer, who rsn better in Georgia for President than did tho Cracker Urate's aenior Senator,4 Hoke Smith, will not' contest with Senstor Simmons for honors in North Carolina. ' 0. C. Carlin, manager for Mr. Palmer, so informed Benstor Simaont, in a eon versation today. The senior Senator, how ever, told Mr. Carlin to "come on in, the water is fine.?-,- . ' '; Mr. Carlin then exiilsined to Senator Simmons that It ' wssn't neeessory for ons Admlnistrstion Democrat to. fight another ia a State where the vote would be complimentary to the "favorite eon" rather than for ta aetivs candidate. lie alee expressed the wish thst SeB ator FUmmont were running as an Setirs SENATOR OVEF DURING CAi PA EN wna.jsTe rat&ct loan as a passive poo, AN "OVERALLS WEDDING" TAKES PLACE IN NEW Y01K AT WALDORF-ASTORIA BOTEL. - New York, Ar-rll H-Am "overalls wedding" took place la tho Waldarr Aatoria aolel here today when Mies Gcrtmde Keluherdt, of Brooklyn, bo. eame the ile of W. Ramsay Fred crick, ef ritisberg. -The Rev W. D. Tecker. of the Aa drewe Methodist Lpiscopai cksreb, llrekly, performed tho eervmesy In bine Jeans. The groom and best man were similarly outStted. Tho bride g wore a 14 bine chambary drew) aad the maid ef honor a checked gingham. Aa "everalla reception followed the marriage : with virtually til meats garbed la blue dealm, gingham snd "made ever" garments, NATIONAL ARMY OF OVERALL WEARERS New York Promoters of Parade Want To Extend Movement ; Into National Body New Vrtrk. Anr,i ejA,i.Wm.tiekU"d before surprise occasioned by his of the oversll clubs of theveountrv into a national organization to force down prices will be attempted by the promo ters of New York's Ol" Clo parade to day, it was declared by Walter J, Kings ley, of the Cheese club, one of the spon sors of the movement. Following the .roeession up Broad way of advocates of ol clothes, blue denims and gingham, which was cheered by thousands along tbs line of march, Kingsley stated that the next step in the campaign will be the formation of a National army to wage effective war on high clothing prices by refusing to buy until quotations drop withis "reas onable limits." "Tbo Cheese Clnb," he eaid, "is will ing to undertake the amalgamation of the Overalls clubs of tho eountry into n Kstional organisation to agree on what should be . the msximom Price to pay for-hats, shoes, shirts, underwesr, seeks, stockings and Such necessities and to pledge ita membership to refusal to buy- until wearing spparel ran be bought within that maximum price. 1'Old clothes must be worn until those maximum prices arrive. Bay no new hat uatil yon can gc a goeu one for so lot example Generally -promote thrift and Agkt against tho common tendency of extravagance. . e. "Already the eluS has roetWd somt4 thing like lOflOfJ letters t nam iadlvidual j endorsing Its stand, for old ciotnes ana overalls until prooteering eonees, wits a nationnl organisation flgbuag on thrift aad economy basis, the campaign against high prices should develop bat terinf-ram force. Coincident with the overalls parade hero today enmo an announcement by the National nnrmest Rotailcrs' 'Asso ciation that I '.OO0 questionnaires had been dispatched to stores throughout t ho United States to learn merchants opin Ions oa Just what constitute "necessity aad "luxury apparel within the mean ing of the Lever a uti profiteering law. Men's, women's and children's clothing in all materials and nt all prices were the oubiect of tho iaaulrv. It was tided. Joha H. Hahn. exeeutiv secretary ror the association, declared that one result of tho inquiry will bo to "clear up tho whole situation" and bring prompt mu tual nnderrtandint- between the govern' meat and clothing manufacturers and g.erchsnti. ' ,V''5.J- y y- TWO PREMIERS FRIENDLY AFTER EATING TOGETHER Agreement Between Mfflerand and Lloyd George Beported at San Bemo " Han Remo. April 24. (By the Asac- eisted Prees.) Premier Lloyd George, of Groat Britain, and remier uier- d. at France, have eome to a full nnderatandins- concerning Germany, They are drawing up a joiat declara tion setting forth tho several points of their agreement, which, as Premier Lloyd George ; says, -covers every thine-" v, " ' Tho agreement was arnveo as ounng - eoaversstien laetiag - nearly four hours in Mr. Uoyd George's hotel rooms and ot tha balcony adjoining them. Ths premiers a', times saunt ered outside on tho first story bsleony and walked up and down vbareheaded in the sunshiny talking earnestly ana m-eticulatine. Mr. Lloyd George's rather long white hair waa shaking ia the breese sal M. Uiilern.-C's massive features were ehsnging their expression freanentlv. Sdmetimes they were al most sour lr. their resolution, at others lighting up with pleasure. At the" slost of tho conference M, MHlersnd came out looking perfectly contented. - r Mr. Lloyd Oeorge saia beamingly l "Everv thing is most sstisfactory, A full agreement wss reached ia sub stance, later ho added t "Monsieur Miliorand and I are drawing up a joint declaration covering everything." : Tim. foundations. ..for . lb agreement were laid during an after dinner talk Thursday, which was continued durug intervals in the council s .work yester day and was nmpletwi witU preiisjan and detail tods) h "terme of the understanding doubtlesi will be made publie after too council nas tatea a- tio . - The Italian Prin.c Minister, Big- nor Nitti, ,ie relied upon - to spprove Mr. LIyd Oeorg:'i and M. Millcrand't conclusions. , ' , v NEW YORK SENATE FOR! NEAR BEER LICENSE BILL Albany, N. T "April Sty The New York Senate today psssed a bill to legalize 8.75 per eent beer by a vote ef 27" to 23. The bill wss sent to ths As sembly for concurrence. The tntl- Salooa League s enforcement 0111, n measure patterned after the .Volstead Federal prohibition enforcement act, failed jot passage, SI to Z4. A bill to legalize 4 per eent and 13 per cent wine failed of passage, 3 to 26. W GEN.VOOD ENTERS STATE'S PRIMARY ATELEVEMTHHOUR Mails May Bring Other Be lated Presidential Aspirants, Including Johnson NOMINATrONSACCEPTABLE " WITH APRIL 24 POST MARK General Scramble r By Candi dates Yesterday To Get In Before Time Limit Expired; : Pritchard Failed To Show Up and Republicans May Default To Wood; Candidates Presidential ' aspirations ef General Leonard Wood upset all calculations of Republicans in ths State yesterday when he entered his name la the primary, f ""Ion - is -dissipated,, another ia esv pected to submit a bid for Bepubli- eaa preference. Nothing has been hesrd definitely from another candidate, but the State Board of Elections has been informed that one such Republican esn didats h-9 mailed his. notice snd thst it msy be expected today or toinor-. row. . ; , . -, : The last day of -the time limit failed to develop any aensatioa savs that Of General Wiuwl enmln. 4a KAtk r, . ' olin in search of delegates. There was aa energetic scram bis oa the part of senatorial candidates to get their names on the roll before the last hour struck, aad a .few aeattoring entries were made for Stats snd Congressional offices. Although the list of candidates is one of. the longest over filed with the board, and the total receipts for entrance feea totals $3,940. Fridays indications that Judge J. C. Pritchard would flip his : hat into the ring didn't develop yesterday, bat friends expressed the belief lest night thst his notice had been mailed from Ashevillt aad would reach Raleigh to day. Neither did A. J&tckell Palnser, vemocratio aspirant, eome up to uo es. peetstions ot eome ot his friends and,, submit his name. , , Is Jokasea Cowing, - - ltiiwm Johaaou it tho only Bepirttlt- .. .11 as. tav . m - ol .. . .' - ... .a as Inclined to tslrr the North. Csro liaa primary, tats in February he queried tho State Department as to tho regulation! . governing primsries, it is believed that ho has finally determined to cater against Weed here. , If his no tice bears tbo postmark ef yesterday, it will bo entirely acceptable to . the Board, and his nans - will' receive the mmmm sonaiueraiiun ss i( ns aaa uiea in March. , Tardy aspirants of both parties, did' not hesitate to use tbo telegraph yes terday in rushing their names, and their money, to the Bute Board. Some , ..... , . . . . . i mt m few cams ia person to enter, thst there might be no mistake about it. During the afternoon there wer half a dosen to eome in by telegraph and they were still coming last night. It will prob-: ably be several days before the satire ' list of candidates is complete. ' The disinterest of several weeks ago has disappeared, snd ia every state of fice, except three, and ia every Congres sional dietrict savs ths Second, Fourth, ' fifth. Eighth aad Tenth there is aetive, not to osy acrimonious, oompetitioa for nominative honors thst will bs appor tioned six weeks from yesterday. Sec retary of State Grimes, Attorney Gen eral Manning and Commissioner Max- -well are the only State officers without opposition for the party nomination. . Kenabilcaas Are Bee-annlne. ' i Here and there over .tho State tho Re publicans have shewn a disposition not. to abide by their party conventions, and there are contests for nominations thst will bs fought out en tho9 day ot tho . primary. Particularly iatUis sd in hs- Third Congressional diatriet and la a", number of senatorial and judicial die- triets. In the Eighteenth Judicial die. trict there le a hot wrap over the nom-:. inatioa between Michael Bchenek and O. V. Brady. ' Up until last night SO Banublican aad ' lied notice ot candidacy to the United Statci Senate, although tho State? Con vention in ureeusboro named Miks Whitener, of Hickory, for that honor., If this notice fails to arriva la due nana. on with sn April 24 post mark on it, . ho will be required to supply his own ballots in tho November election and distribute them to ths several thousand precincts, throughout tho Btate. Six Caadldstes In Ninth. t Ths oustanding fights in ths Demo- erntie ranks are those over the nomina tion for Congress in tho Ninth district, . ths Stats Auditorshlp, and ths Associate ' Tr..t . .1,, . . . . ninth district last tight there wer six bidden for tbo nomination. Five men,. aa xiiea zor ui nomination xor Aud itor nnd seven for the Supreme court. There ere two svnllsble places on the Hupreme court and the actual eoant stands tt about three snd a half candi dates per vacaacy. , ' Tbs entire Ust of candidates for na tional. State, ssnatorial and judicial nominations, complete ur until mid night last night is given below. Ia a. number of eena'-orioj districts there le no contest being staged, ngreement hsv. ing been reached locally over nomina tions. The list follows i For Presldsnt. Furnifold M. Simmons. (D) : Leonard ' Wood, (B). United States Senator. Lee S. Overman, (D)g Aubrey D. Brooks, (D. . " ' Governor. Robert N. Page, (D)i Cameron Mor rison. (D) : O. Max Gardner. tD) l John J. Parker, B. ' Lleatoaant Governor. W. B. Cooper, (O); F. C. Harding, (D L P. Tucker, (B). .(CenUaned on Page Flf tees.).