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N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1920.
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UNDERWOOD GETS
OUTVHENAUDITQR
MAKES HIS REPOR
Fayetteville Mayor and Also
Chief of Police Offer Their
Resignations
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
QUICK TO ACCEPT THEM
Alleged . Lack of System In
Keeping Becords Berealed
ByBeport of Special Audi
' tor. Who Writes at Some
Length; Citizens Nominate
Bankin For Major
rayettevnie, April 30. At s meeting
'-of th board of. aldermea this after
aooa, followiag report by aV special
auditor showing aa alleged remarkable
lack of system U the police department
aad mayor's eourt an I the receipt and
expenditure of money without keeping
a proper record, Mayor John Under
wood, candidate for State iniuranee
eommlnioaer, and Chief of Police Paul
H. Marker "offered their resignation,
which were accepted by the board.
The aldermea then elected City At
torney Heary E. Williams mayor ;to
811 the uaexpired tern of Mayor Un
derwood and City Detective W. W.
Hewett to th', ple Taeated By Chief
Merker. . : .'.
' At,a great mass meeting of Jcmo-
erats here tonight Charles Baakia, a
prominent business man, waa aonri
sated for mayor of Fayetteville ia
place of Mr. Underwood, who wna
nominated in the primary, but de
clined to run. Henry: E. Williams also
was toted for in the meeting whkh
nominated Rankin. Mr. Underwood aa
aouneed his withdrawal thia afternoon
The municipal election will be held
Monday. -
AadlUr Make j Report
The special auditor George B. Wil
son, retained by th ,ity board of audit
aad Suae, has beta ia Fayettvill
for awee k or mors et waged ia a check
p of the records of ft. a msyor's court
aad police department, aad his report
reveals aa astonishing condition, it is
claimed. . ' w. ' '. '
Ths audit covers the period from
'Jans 4, 1818, Msscav AtlOW. -Th
'Yewr Shows that ail money soIWta
by -Mayor R, J, lamb, who served a
chief ot police aatil August o last
year, was ,prmerry accounted - for."
with the exeeptioa of fo r dollars, this
eeing Que to clerical errors.
f Ia additioa to iaetaaeiag esses of
funds paid ia "for ftnes cost, forfei-
tares" aad privilege taxes with no
proper reeord.beiag made, th report
says: 'Other atonies have been col
lected from time to time by th uaror.
as has been admitted by him. of whkh
there is no record, also expenditures
have been mad by th chief of police
aad mayor, but just sow how much has
been collected and how much expended
w oar Doea unable to aseertaia.''.
Records Ar lacwmalst.
"W lad th records of the chief of
police and th mayor e or rt very in.
complete. W understand it ia the
custom to destroy warrant to eases
Without warrants, that eases ar tried
anywhere at any tim aad for that
reason th chief of police aays th
only eases whi bar docketed ar the
from which as reeeivd any money.
"We sail your attention to th great
number of warrants marked 'diamiased'
ad suggest that th police committee
i your . board of aldermea examine
suck eases a there ar quit a num
ber, showing changes aad sraaiires, be
cause ws bar beea nnabia te deter
mine whether any , of there amounts
liars beea collected or aot.
"We and the mayor ia ia th habit
Of reducing th pririlg tai whkh ia
ia Tiolatioa of city ordnance, Axing
th rat privilege' taxes. Ja oar opin
ion all matters pertaining to refund or
rod action of privilege taxes . come
ander the supervision of control of the
board of aldermen.
Unable to Prodac Record.
' Whea wo called upoa the chief of
poliee to produes his records, includ
ing the records of th desk sergeant,
he advised us that about six weeks ago
his desk of metal eonstitutioa had beea
broken opa aad th' records asked for
together with, some money were taken.
lie ace his Inability to . produe th
records asked -for. He stated to as,
towever, tbit, he reported th facts
to th mayor.
"Ws wish to call your attention to
th fact that -th mayors docket only
.shows tare esses docketed between
I Monday. October 27, and Thursday.
October SO, the days upoa which the
fair was being held. "Ws alio Wish to
call' your attention, to th very few
a umber of warrants dismissed during
Wat period.- ' -- 'v
Mayor Uaderwood. , declared this
afternoon that hs would msk a full
statement later aad would b able to
explain every seeming discrepancy af-
le.tisf limseir.
. ' - ;- t Chang Calf Rnlesv
Xew York, April 30 Delegate rep
tseating golf associations throughout
the country met her today to confer
with the United States Golf Associa
tion rules Committee regarding chsnges
in the rule of golf. The committee
will ssil for England late in May to
take up th matter with th Boyal
and Ancient Clubs of 8t Andrews, aad
th meeting today was to get the con
sensus of opinion regarding tb stand
ardizing of the ball, the stymie, and
the lost bail rule. About Aftea
e'stiona were represented.
Ta Bos 'May 11. . "
New Tork, April 30 George Papia
lightweight boxing ehampioa of Fraaee,
and Lew Teadler f Philadelphia, will
meet in, a U-round boat at Jersey City
' V 13,' it waa announced her to
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G0LDSB0R0 MAN HONORED
BY CARNEGIE COMMISSION
Lt. Darid M. Prince, Drowned
In Besetting Boy, Award
ed Medal
Pittabarg, Pa, April SO. Lieut Dsvld
1L Prince, of Goldsboro. N. C, who was
drswacd while trying; to rescu a boy
from a flooded road near his home July
8, 1910. is on of twelve heroes hon
ored by th Carnegi Hero Fund Com'
mission, according to aa announcement
mad her today. Walter Ross of West
Spencer, N. C, who stopped a runaway
horse aad ssved tho oeeupsnts ot I
bunrr. is also -awarded a broas medal.
On silver medal aad elevea broaxe
medals were swarded to hero. . today
by th Carsetis Hero Fund Commission,
ia reeogaitioa of noteworthy acts by
mea aad women who sought to help
others at their owa peril, l ive of them
died, while two were disabled. To these
last th commission mads, monetsry
grants. 12,000 and SSQ a month ia one
case aad $1,000 ia tho other. Th com
misaloa also awarded $5,000 for other
worthy causes.
Tho silver medsl went to Frank W.
Roberts, chief engineer of the Masonic
Horn at Elicabethtowa, Pa., who ssved
the live of three young girls who, while
wading, had got into deep water and
were drowning.
Romanes resulted from the efforts of
Miss Hilda M. Clark, of 1739 Marylaad
nine. Baltimore, to aavs tho life of
J. Fitch King, a studeat at Huron, On
September : 1016, King was seised with
a cramp while swimming ia Lak Erie
aad was rescued by Miss visra, wnose
name aow appears oa the records of the
commission ss Mrs. J. f.tc sung.
He Will Be Able. To Command
Prohibition Support If Nomi
nated By G. 0. P.
Westerville, O, April SO Oovernor
Frank O. Lowdea of Illiaois, ia th oaly
residential candidate ao far whom th
Aati-Salooa Leagu of America has ap
proved aa suitable to ' ths prohibition
ists. .-U '-'-J..
Ia a statement given out tonight,
Dr. P. A. Bakers, goaeral uperinten-
dent of tb LetfUe. aays, after a, brief
review of Governor . lewden'sL : reeetd
i . jwoluiiitkii . tbf . , pMibUioaials
eoasietently eaa tappo 'him If
oeaator Warren G. . Hardirara pro
hibition record is reviewed at consid
erabl length, but ao definite state
ment aa to his acceptability or noa
neceptability is made. "Senator, Bard'
ing of Ohio, usually rotes with th drys
but always talks for th wets," , th
statement rays.
Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor
nia, the statement says, ."is being sol
Miy supported by th liqnor interests
oi California, aot because of any par
ticular service hs has rendered them,
but because he seems to Command ths
support of ths discontented, and the
liquor people just at this tim aro very
much discontented aad also possibly
because a oaersmento, California pa
per has announced Mr. Hoover's dry
eonvtetioBS.
Th statement reiterates - th poal-
tioa of th league as retards GorVrnor
Jsmes M. Cox of Ohio, aad Governor
Edwards is aot really a eaadidatc, but
"simply running as a aid partner to
uoveraor Cox in tb a ope of aeeumu
is ting some wet strength that may be
turned over to Cox at sa opportune
lime. ; , ... '.. ,
SAY PLOTS EXIST ONLY
IN MIND OF MR. PALMER
Vational Socialiit Committee
Znters Viforons Denial To
Bomb Plots
Chicago. Hi. Aoril 30-The Kntional
Socialist committee la a statement mads
public today by Otto Branatettcr, see re
ts ry. charged that th May Day bomb
plot announced by Attorney. General
rainier was manufactured ia hia owa
miad." ( :
'Attorney General Palmer's wide-
sprsad Bed plot, uaeovered just before
Msy first, is another insolent attempt
of inefficient aad ambitious sffieials to
create violence aad disorder oa th day
that baa for over thirty years beea set
aiids by th Socialists as International
Labor day, th statement mid.
"Mr. Palmer doss aot offer a shred or
scintilla of evidence to back ap ths
widely heralded plot, bat th statement
that there la such a plot, msaufaetnred
ia hia owa miad. haa beea liven the
widest publicity and will result, unless
rigorous steps ar taken to prevent dis
orders, ia government created riots
everywhere. ' (-. -.
"it, will be remembered that ayear
age, a day or two before May Day,
i widespread Domo- pios was eoaveni-
atty discovered a plot that never ox
isted, the alleged perperators ot. which
war sera appreheaded by th most
costly secret servie ia foe world.
Th statement charged that whatever
disorder may cerar. tomorrow will aavc
beea eaased by th "insane aad crimi
nal discovery f Mr. Pslmer'a dims
novel prat," end advised Socialist to
carry oat their plans for meetings and
-Tb Socialist party," it Mid. "calls
upoa its comrades everywhere to refuse
to be stampeded by the anarahistio out
burst of Mr. Palmer to th violent out
break that he is trying to prorok In
bis desperata campaign .lor th Presi
deaey." ' .
caasrse a sex roe rresisekt. -
rmisdelpbia. Fa April SO. Senator
Philander . H. Knox, of Pennsylvania,
forsser 8eeretary of Bute, was en
dorsed today by Senator Boies Penrose,
also of. Pennsylvania, for the Kepobli-
DRY LEAGUE OKEHS
GOVERNOR LOVDD,
;caa nomination for President.
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Secretary Daniels Joins Home
ward Bound Vessels On Last
Leg of Trip
TWO-HOUR SPEED TEST
. DURING THE AFTERNOON
Beview of Vessels In New Tork
Harbor Today Alter Which
Secretary of Nary Will Talk
To Thousands of Peopl
Over Wireless Telephone
Some New Shooting; Becords
Oa Board th U. S. R Pennyslvania,
at Sea, April 30 (By Wireless vja Caps
May, N. i. Seeretsry of th 'avy
Daniels joined the homewsrd bound
Atlantis fleet today oa the lsst leg
of its journey for New Tork end from
th quarter deck of tie flagship Penn
svlvani aaw sewn speeding dread
nous-Ms surrounded by a screen of
destroyers with, seaplanes froai the
Norfolk Bass encircling th group.
Th secretary, who will review ths
fleet la New York tomorrow, and his
party boarded ths flagship inside the
Vireinla eapea. aad when ths super-
dreadnought 'resumed her place, a spe
cial two hour seed test under perfect
weather conditions was held, during
whieh a pae W knots was reached.
SECRETARY AND PARTY JOIN
FLEET OFF CAPES.
fhry of tho Navy Joaepbus Daaiels
sad a smsll party . of Norfolk aad
Portsmouth people left the Hampton
Boada naval base at 8:20 o'clock this
morning on th .destroyer Goldsborough
to review tho Atlsntie fleet off th
southern drill ground. Ths party
ill board th flagship Pennsylvania
la. Lynnhaven Boads from which craft
th secretary will Inspect ths fleet.
Most of tb first lin skips of tb
fleet reached ths southern drill ground
eariy wis morning, , uo aeeiroyers
flanking th larger craft oa th trip
ntf tb eosst. s . .- f . ,
WhUe it is imposslbl to get a def-
inito statement at thia tim wiroless
reports' -bars leaked out that1 severs!
records wer hung up by tk gunners of
tb flsnet daring msueurres st Uubb
tanams Bay. - .
Contrary to first reports, none of
the ships of ths fleet wer sent to
Mexican waters,' secording to sd vices
from ths naral base. .
' Th naval fleet will proceed to New
York today, the "secretary making th
trip up th coast oa th Pennsylvania.
Admiral Heary a. Wilson recently aa
nounced that 'New York would be th
fleet besdqjarters.. , He gave no res
sob, and it is assumed that, this step
waa taken as a result of th burning
of ths Chamberlia hotel at Old Point,
there aow being ao convenient place
oa the Boada for ths friends and rata'
tires of the officers of the fleet to stop,
Seeretsry Daniels will talk to thou
saads of peopl ia New York Saturday
morning over wireless telephone if aa
experiment to be msd proves suc
cessful. Ho stated last night that hs
is highly interested ia tho experiment
and that if successful it will mesa
long' stride - ia wireless telephony.
Secretary Daaiels said lsst night ia
a speech in Portsmouth that Hampton,
Boads is the . capital of ths United
States nsvy and that th government
will continue to improv it until it is
th greatest naval base ia tb world.
CHICAGO PREPARES FOR
; PREVENTING OUTBREAKS
Sixty Suspects Bounded Up By
Police In Effort To Pre-'
rent Violence . t
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Chicago, Ills., April SO. Stat and
city forces ar prepared to combat any
ovrt act that might grow out of th
various demonstrations planned for to
morrow ia celebration of May Day,
Sixty mora suspects -were rounded up
by th police today ia a coatinuatioa of
th drive that resulted ia ,th arrest
of more thaa 300 mea aad several wo
mea lsst Bight. Ons of the mea, who
gar his aam as Joha Jack, was ar
rested while distributing band bills aa
aonaeing a May Day meeting. Bom
f th bills urged revolt b.' "th rev
lutionary proletariat" th police aid.
Hugs quantities of teratur of a
radical nature wer distributed through
out th Westside today. Ons hand bill
sai. by th polic to be signed "Gen
eral Membership of the L W. WV
said t ' "Workers, lias up with revolu
tionary proletariat of countries. Hurrah
for international solidarity I lay dowa
your tools! Fold your arms oa May
Day; surge to ths big mass meeting."
A May Day Strike of elothlns work.
sirs waa said to have been called by ths
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, of
Amenea, the Internatirnal Tailors'
Union and th International Associa
tion of Maehialsts" in protest against
the imprisonment of Eugeas V. Debs,
aaio mcnaros u aars. Tom Mooner
aad other prisoners confined as a re
sult of, political aai other disturb
ances.., -, t ... -, i
ladlct Piwdae Dealers. ...
Chicago. Ills., April 30 -Four Chieaa-a
produe dealers wer iadicted today on
charges of violating th Lever act.
Orria K. Earl, of ths Arm of Earl
Brothers aad L. Starka aad Compaay,
wer charged with profiteering in po
tatoes. Byrne, Eagl A Co- aad Vn
and Company wer alleged to hav
eharged excessive price for surnr.
Profits sssde by th dealer ranged from
fifty to 125 pereeat, aceordia ate the
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WiriiRiG
FROM FLORIDA TO NEW TORK
IN SINGLK DA BT PAS-
. SCNGEB SEAPLANE
New V.rk, AprU SS. Aa air r.ght
from Miami, Fte4 ta New York with
a at, la if tee a hoar aad iS
mlaate Syiag tim. wsa made today
by the paa-wtager Maplan MiJM
MlawU," piloted by Barry Rogera
f th Amerlcaa Flylag Ciab. Th
long joaraey of acarly IJM mile
along ths coast lia was laterrapted
st Morehead City, N. C, where a
stop was msdo for faef.
Th pilot who made hi landing
In darkness la th Hadsoa river Bear
ICth stmt, was aideby Sidney
Schroeder aad Edward f. Bona, also
sf ths American Flylag Clab...tet.
terstw broaght from Mayor Wa.
P. Smith, f Miami, to Mayor Hylaa
f New York aad from the Preaideat
sf th Miami Cham? f Commerce
te ta New York body
PROPOSE REPEAL ;
at .
Republicans of Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Report
Out New Bill
Washingtoa, April 30A joint reso
lution proposing repeal, of resolutions
by Congress declaring a state of war
with Germany and Austria-Hungary was
reported out today by ths Senate For
eign Belations ;committe by a strict
psrty rote. I
Introduced by Senator Knox. Bepubll-
can, of Pennsylvania; as a substitute
for the Bepubliesa resolutioa recently
psssed by th House, the measure waa
formally preaented to. the Senate 1st
in tho day by Senator Lodge, th Re
publican leader, with ths aanouncemrnt
by Senator Knox that hs would opea
debate oa it Wednesday.
. Plenty of Dlmasstoa.
Leaders of both parties predicted scv
ersl weeks of discussion with little pros-
peet of action until tear the time set
for a recess for tb National eonven
tiona. ' l i .
In some quarters th optaloa was ex
pressed that Preaideat Wilsoa ia the
midst of the debate, might return the
treaty of Versailles to th Senate.
Virtually solid uemoeratie opposition
to tho substitute was predicted by lead
er of the party. Senator McCumber,
Republican member at ths Foreign Be
lations committee, wh did not. attend
the meeting, said he and probably ether
Sepublieans, woalila It,., r-S vif
v?b smsob tke' K noxf meneate fwaj
nine to six, an stepooucans pressnx xa
voriar it and Democrats apposing. Sen-
ator Shields, Demorrst, of Tenseseee
also was absent. Republicans - ssid it
was designed to mset objections raised
la th Honse that a resolutioa i.eelaring
the war ssded would be unconstitutional
snd beyond the power of Congress.
To Repeal War Keaolatlaa.
Straightout repeal of th war resolu
tiona ia th principal object of the Knox
substitute, which would request ths
President to establish friendly diplo
matic and commercial relations with
Oermnay snd with "ths governments
and people of Austria and Hungary."
Uk the House resolution it wouia re-
serve all American fights ander the
treaty of Versailles and provide tor re-
peats of war legislates aad war powers
of th President. It would hold Ger
man property until all Americaa war
claims wer satisnea,. out aoes not ib
elude th House provisioa for accept
ance of the resolution's terms by Qer-
msny within forty-fir days ander pen
alty of a commercial embargo.
A formal report only oa th reso
lution waa filed by Henator Lodge and
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, admin
istration leader in the treaty fight, de
cided to submit no minority report, but
to present the opposition's "arguments
during; the debate. '
SECRETARY POST BOTH
ATTACKED AND DEFENDED
Members of House Committee
Claim Government Efforts
Frustrated '
Washington, April 80 A Stetemsnt
by Louis F. Post, assistant secretary
of labor, of radical deportation eases,
was attacked and defeadd today b
for th House rules committee, whieh
larestisatinc Mr. Posts official
conduct. ' ."' '"'' '
Members of the immigratloa com
mittee, headed , by Chairman Johasoa,
declared they bed evideae that gov
erament efforts to break up "th most
damnable conspiracy ia th nation s
historV" were prsctleally nullified
through release by the Departmeat of
Labor, largely at the inatane f Mr.
Pest, of most of the 5,000 Communists
arrested in th nation-wid raids. , ,
Tha course of the Departmeat of
Labor, including that of th assistant
secretary, was defended oy jaexsoa u.
Bslstoa. counsel for M rest, wao de
clared that th only criticism thst could
b directed, against his administration
ws that hs had "exercised humaaity"
aad had proceeded ou tha theory that
only ia most exceptionable eases ahould
man be torn from hi family aad
seat from tb co-ntr.. Mr. Ralstoa
attacked th Department of Justice, as
serting its sgents had tried methods ia
dealing with alleged radicals that were
not countenanced even 'a Jtussia when
th Csarist regime was at tha height
of ita power.
Representative Siegel, of New York,
Bepubliesa member er tna . immigra
tion committer, declared that aeerecy
maintained by the Department of Labor
ia deportation proceedings vse with
out precedent and without authority.
CHARLOTTE'S STAR PLAYER CONE.
Charlotte April 30. 'Biff" Butts.
star of ths local South Atlantl Lea rue
baseball team, left ths team this after
noon; According to President Heymsn,
who said hs entrajned for hia horn ia
Philadelphia without giving any notice
GODWIN WILLING
FORONEPRIMARY
BUT LYON ISNT
Col. John G. Shaw, of Fayette
ville, Issued Challenge To
Let High Man Win
INTEREST CENTERS IN
Three-cornered fight
Whiterille Solicitor Sayi He's
Running; For Congress and
Not Playing To Galleries
Godwin Reviews His Becord
and Bests His Case With Peo
pie of Sixth District
Th New aad Obserrer Bares
003 District Natloaal Baak Bldg.
RY R. E. POWELL
(Sy Special Leased Wire)
Washington, D. C, April JO. Wash
Ingtoa'a political interest in North
Carolina today shifted to the Sixth dis
trict and Congressmaa Godwin's resdy
acceptance of "Highland Joha O.
Shaw'a challeng to himself and Homer
Lyon. Th Fayettcvllle contender for
the Sixth district member' seat aa
aouneed by wire that h is willing to
let ths first primary decide the fight
the high man to be declared toe nomi
nee. TbSsJls perfsctly sgreeabl t Mr.
Godwin but to solicitor uomer uyo it
1 not so agreeable. Indeed, the Colui
bus county nil area Intimates that
Colonel Shaw ia engaging ia aa interest
ing diversion instead of engaging In aa
honest to goodness race for Congress,
Solicitor Lyon ssys he is running sad
must let th people decide wh is to be
nominated.
"The method of nominating eandi
dates prescribed by the State primary
law is satisfactory to mo but u yoa
and Lyon sgree that the candidate re
ceiving the highest vote ia tb first pn
mary be declared the nominee I will
cheerfully sgree also. -
- - Codwia Issaes Statesaeat
Than, sdvarting to th charges, Shaw
mad against him la a speech ia Wil
mingtou, Mr'. Godwin said ia a prepared
stdtementt ' , v5iW'". '
XM tluok It Is VretW generslly and
stood why "windy Joha O.' issaed this
challenge, us hurled It out at tb eoav
elusloa of. his speech ia Wilmin-ron
Wedneeday Bight where it is under
stood he exploded a lot of windy gas
sitae king -my record In Congress.
wonder if ho told ths Wilmington peo
ple about hi record! - My record ia
Congrses is open snd I invito a com
farisoa of it. Will ho do the same! H
attacked me for sending out a pamphlet
reviewing my service in Congress ia
charged it was never delivered oa ths
floor of th House ss It is aa ejtten
sion of remarks' snd so states oa Hi
fnee, but permissloa was grantol by
ths House to print it in the Record.
This also appears at ths beginning of
th remsrks. ' Ths uoverament did not
pay one penny for th printing as th
bi ll was paid by me out of my own
funds. I am not surprised nt windy
John G." for being afraid of this rs-
etid.
He eharged thst I am holding, tllS
position snd believe. thst it is one that
I can pass down to my posterity. This
he knows is antra because it is we'.l
known in the Sixth district thst I Hira
recceived sll my nominations and ele-J
tiona at the band of the peopl them
selvrs. In every instance , I hav de
manded primaries under which the peo
ple aad a free and nntrammcled oppor
tuuity to express their ehoie free f tm
the bus and persuasion of designing po
liticians. In every campaign the peo
ple themselves hsve hsd th free stop
to let ire me but oa Seconal of the ssr
vics I have rendered them they have
seta fit aot to do so, acd I do aot be
lieve that they will be nvalead aow by
the idle raporings nf a maa who him
self failed when he was here. .
As soon as legislative matters la
th House are so I ess leave, I la.
tend to visit the district sad meet th
people face to face snd give aa account
oa th stump of my stewardship aad I
shall again demand that th peopl hav
saother free opportunity to ssy whether
they want a continuant of my ser
vice. :
Lyon Declines Chalkag
Here is Solicitor Lyoa's reply ta Co
lonel Shaw's challenge:
Tour telegram received. If I was
willing to gamble wi'h the interests
of thia district, I would accept yoar
proposition, as I am rare I would be
th high man in the firt primary, but
baring , filed . as a candidate for th
democratic nomination, thereby signi
fying any willingness to abide by a
deeiaioa of a majority of the voters.
aad believing firmly lu a majority rule.
most respectfully, decline to make
any agreement thst might def est th
wishes of th people. I am aot puving
to th gallery but running for con
gress and expect to win. Ax your tele,
gram was giva to th pftpers by yoa
or yoar press ageat before its disps'eh.
i am sending . my reply to them with
request that it be published.
AvnirvCirluiiy, ,
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TEXTILE MANUFACTURES REFUSE
' TO CONFER WIH WORKERS
New Bedford. Mass. April 30. Ths
New Bedford Cottoa Manufacturers
Association after a meeting tonight sent
a reply to th Teitil council refusing
to grant a conference whic htbs coun
cil had requested "of tho purpos f
averting a Strike," of 10,000 operatives
slready called for Beat Monday mora-
ina in 18 mllla. .. The manufaetnrm
announced their -intention of shutting
down the mills if a sufficient number
of operatives should fail to report for
TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
Third Member of Interstate
Commerce Commission Has
Also Been Selected
Washington, April 30. Two ew In
terstate Commerce eommi'nioner were
nominated by President Wilsoa. A third
haa been selected anfl hts nam will he
sent to the Scnat as soon as he con
sents to erve.
s Henry Jones Ford, professors of pol
itics st Princeton University, and
James Duncan, of Qulncy, Mnas, a Vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, wrre th commissioners nam
ed today.
Mr. Ford was nominated to succeed
Commissioner James S. Harlan and his
term would expir oa December 31,
19-5, Mr. Harlan' term having ended
en December 31, 1919. Mr, Duncan was
appointee' to one of th two ew posi
tions oa the eommissloa resulting from
its eslsrgement to nine members by
the trausportstloa set. His term would
end on December 81,1024, snd that of
ths member yet to be appointed would
expire on December SI, 1923.
The nomination automatically were
referred to the Sennt Interstate Com
merce committee, which probably will
consider them next week. There wss ao
disrussioa in the Senate whea th nom
inations were received, but opposition
to the appointees was expressed pri
vately by several Democratic and Re
publican members of ths tommitte as
well ss by other Seustors,
One of Largest Population Cerv
ters In Hands of The
Revolutionists
Agus Prists, April 30 Chihuahua
City is definitely in th hands of ths
Revolutionists, It was announced by
General Peliaa Calle tonight. Chihua
hua City la a of th largest cities In
Northern Mexico. It has a populatioa
of srproximately ilftOO.
General Ignaeio Eariqusx, candidate
for governor of Chihuahua, according
to General Coll, wa at Santa Ysabel
with 4,500 state militia marching toward
Chihuahua ta reinforce General Bugenlo
Marlines: aad Colo el Fransiseo DeI
Axon, former . federal commander - who
deserted with their troop. .
Telegrapble aommnnicatton was es
tablished between Chihuahua City, Sea
ts Ysabel, Hermoaillo, eapitsl of Sonora,
aad military headquarters her shortly
before 7 o clock-tonight. General Cal
ls aid h was in direct communication
with General Euriqueat
AMERICANS TO CONTINUE
TO TRADE IN MEXICO.
Washingtoa, Aril -30. Americans do
ing busiaess ia the Stat of Soaora and
other part of Mexico controlled by th
revolutionists bsvs been authorised to
pay tsxes and customs duties to th de
facto authorities. ,
This authorisation, it ras explained
today at ths State Department, is ia
accordancs with a recognised principle
of international law sad does aot
amoant to recognition of a de facte
government. Ths principle has beea
observed. 6a several occasions ia V v.
ico, aotably whea tha Csrraasa revolu
tioa started snd his forces obtained
control of ports. Inability of the rec
ognized government of Mexico to eol
lect duties and taxes ia territory hsld
by ths revolutionists, it wss said, can
aot be permitted to interfere with regu
lar commercial transactions.
Ths. State' Department received an
exhausive report today oa conditions
in Vera Crux from aa Americaa ia
that city. Ths report urged thst war
ships be kept ia readiness for dispstch
lo Vera Cms should ths need srise.
Although- Vera- Crux ' was said to
quiet, possibilities of troubls there were
described as grest.
Official advices today from vsrious
parte of Mexico indicate a stesdy
growth of th revolutionary movement
snd rapid co-ordinatioa with th Sonora
revolt of many of ' th rebel bands
whieh have beea operating independ
ently. Tb possibility of General, Obre'
goa taking the field ia person for aa
attack oa Mexico City wss forecast ia
these reports which said that the rebels
f Miehoscan, Guerrero aad Morolos hsd
declared themselves a unit of the
Sonora army.
ROCKY MOUNT NAMES
ALDERMANIC TICKET
' Rocky Mount, April 30 Ia the Dem
ocratic primary her today th follow
ing were nominated as th Democratic
ticket ia the city election to be held
Monday: First wsrd, J. U Horn, Jr.
second ward, R. C. Brake, third ward.
U D. Easoa, fourth ward, frank C. Gor
ham; fifth ward, U I Gravely sixth
ward, J. S. Wskefield. The other eaa
didatei were: First ward, J. W. Thurs
maa; second ward, L. D. Harpers1 fourth
ward, J. M. Donlsa; fifth ward, R. B.
Osy : sixth wsrd. J. K. Uoff. ' Mr. Easoa
was onspposed in the third ward as O.
T. Burnett hsd withdrawn from th
race. . Nomination in - the Democratic
primarie is equivalent to election.
Beside voting on' th amermsm
ticket Monday the eitisens of Rocky
Mount will rote on ths issuance of
160,000 ia gas improvement boads. Aa
BBuauslly heavy registration has takes
place for this election and much inter
REBELS CAPTURE
BIG MEXICAN CITY
est is felt T the outcome.
To Mov Salltstl Ststiaa
Washington, April 30. The army bal
listic station at Daytons, Fla, will be
removed to Camp Benning, Gs, about
Msy 10,' tho Wsr Department announced
today. The new station is expected to
V ready to resume operations by June
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VIOLENCE
0
MAY DAY EXPECTED
OFFICIALS STATE
After Checking Over Confiden
tial Reports, Confidence
. Is Restored -V
HOWEVER, RADICALS TO
BE WATCHED CLOSELY,
Gigantio Propaganda Demon
strations Planned In Many
Places j But Department .
Agents Won't Try To Pre
vent Talking; Frown On
Appeals For Strikes ' "
Washington, April SO. After check-
Ling over confidential report from all
parts of the country, government om
elels expressed confidence tonight that
threatened May. Day demonstrations by .
rsdicals would not result in any nation
wide sttempt at rielence.
While taking this riew of the situa
tion, tho Department of Justice renew
ed its warning to local authorities sv '
cry where thst if the radical elements
were to be kept under control every law
enforcing agency. State aad Federal,
must be swake and equal to tha dangers
real and fancied.
Assistant Attorney General Garran,
who directed raids on Communist snd
Communist Labor psrty organisations
ia January, declared as he went bom
for the Bight that 1st report indicated ,
what violence might occur would be spo
radic. '
Plaa Glgsatlc Demonstrations
Most of these reports showed that th .
radical wer preparing gigantis propa
ganda demonstrations, but meetings ar .
scheduled ia many places and it is st
these that trouble msy develop, accord
ing to Mr. Garvan. Tho departmeat,
hs said, would allow "those gathering '
to talk themselves blue" but govern
ment agents would observ th tenor of
agitation. Agents havs beea instructed
"sot to incite or excite trouble in any
such assemblages." t. . "
It waa disclosed by Mr. Osrvss thst ,;
several .membera of Congress, threo
Federal Judges and aa attorney r.v
eeatly active ia : investigating radical ,
disturbances had beea marked for as
sasslnation. With th early discovery'
of ths plots, howver, Mr. Csrvaa be
lieved the officials, sgalnst whoss live
th plots were directed, now ar amply, '
protected.' ''".''
Appeals of the Communist Labor
leaders for Msy Day strikes appear aot
to hav met with a kindly reception,
although there were threat of strike
ia some sections. Thoussnds of 'work- ,
ere msy lay down their tools tomorrow
but Mr. Garvan believed thia would b
more in the nature of a declaration or ,
a holiday thaa with a malicious intent
to cause a grest tie up. . .
Workers Msy Stsy Oat
Timber workers in Wisconsin and
Washington msy remain away from
work, secording to reports. Federal v
sgents advice I, however, that their la
test information disproved claims of di
rect collusion betweea those , worker
snd ths radical leaders. yJ""
. vj. vni.au csueu ancartuano u sp"
parent unlimited amount ot money -em.,
ployed by th communist labor party In
fomenting disorders, declaring thst, at i
ao time in history, hsd a radical move. '
ment been so plentifully financed. H '
traced the source of these funds to Am
sterdam and thenc to Russia.
The amount of radical literathre sir
eulated within ths last week was des- -eribed
by Mr. Gavan as "amaxing" aa "
hs polntod, to the scores of different per
iodicals, pamphlets snd circulars to
gether with special sdltlons of radical '
newspapers piled -ia his office, appeal
ing for a "May Day show of power". '
Exponents of direct action, h contin
ued, were taking advantage of an op
portunity while tb nation awaited de
velopment "to lay their ineendiarsm oa f
ths people's doorsteps'."
Distributes a Proclamation
Mr. Gavan declared that Tom Mllldtt-
ska, arrested on a deportation warrant,
which was later cancelled by Assistant
Secretary of Labor Post, hsd beea found '
in Chicago distributing ths May Dayv;
proclamation of tho Communist psrty. '
Miliousks, Mr, Garran said, was freed '
by Mr. Post because ' he 'said h did
not know "the Bator of th eommunist
creed. ', :' ? . ; .ft,
Meanwhile, department official mid '
they were expecting si decision tomor- '
row by Sesretary of Labor Wilson as ,
to whether membership ia th Com
rauniat Labor psrty wss sufficient ground '.
in itseir for deportation of aliens. '
Mr. T?arvan declared th evidence 1
sgalnst the Communist Labor party was
infinitely more damaging . thsa
sgalnst ths Communist party of Am
erica, which had beea held . to b aa '.
lawful. If th former orcanisatioa
should be declared legal, he said, ths
ruling would establish a "safe haven"
ia the country for the development of .
plots and plans to overturn tho govern
ment hy violence.
LAUNCH CONCRETE SHIP ;
AT NEW BERN YARD TODAY
New Bern, ' April 30 The , "Major
Archibald Butts." ths elzhth concrete
pSsslnger carrying - ship to be son- ,
strueted snd launched, hree, will tsk
to the water from ons of th pier at 1
th Newport Shipbuilding " Corpora- "
tioo's plant her' tomorrow morning at t
11 .o'clock, urigsdier General F. T.
Hines of the transportation division of
tha Wsr Department, will chriatea th
shir, h and his party arriving tomor
row morning. ....
. at a fast gam of baseball th New
Bera Highs this afternoon walloped the
Washingtoa nine to the tun of 17
to the management.
svork oa Monday. '- ' ' . 1