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. j i 1 i THE WEATHER: Generally fair Monday, except showers la extreme west aor-i tin; slightly warmer. vATar LAtru r.Tf . ''' -- 7 Qri rnfo ;: r tl' TV t1 ' o-Si J T -IV- VOLCXl.NO. 138. TEN PAGES TODAY. r i RALEIG, N. C .af $ 4 MORNING, MAY 17, 1920.' j I - . r- 11 '" - - - fr FORMER GOVERNOR IN GLENN FOL v - - IflCAIIlCIIY r BECAME FAMOUS AS - FIGHTER OF BOOE TEN PAGES TODAY. Died In Bed In Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg Early Last Wight i STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF PROHIBITION PASSES Member of International Bonn- A&tj Commission For Last Seyen Tears ; Native of Rock . Ingham Connty, ' He Had Lived In Winston Salem Tor I Many Years "v .. S ( Winnipeg, May 16,r-Bobert B. Glenn, Robert Brodnax Glenn, ' who was found dead in a hotel In Winnipeg, GOVERfiiMEHT WILL WmSl dflCIPLES OF UNDERTAKE TO AID ' If i BREAKING JAM Sweeping Orders From Inter state Commerce Commission " Expected Soon FOODSTUFFS WILL HAVE PRIORITY OF SHIPMENT Decidedly Menacing Condition ; Said To Confront Commer cial World Throufh Lack of financial Be sources ; Many Plants Ta To fact With Shot-Downs ''' "" ","1" "'Canada, last night, had ton in failing J" . J former governor of North Caroling nd healtn tot ptttnl year but raentlyf-ktl- Jonight that th a member of th Intorrmtlonal Great appeared to to Improved. It 1 expected -Wterwy Commission, was found dead) that the funeral will be held In Win in bed at the, Royal Alexandra hotel :. here tonight. ( ,'' ' ; ,.-r; Washington, May 18. There were in- government KI.,IITY f . a- .ft. . t , -m ,. ;.;.. .. , , . .j.,,, . . ;., FromSeiate Steps Baptist Divine Pleads For League : PRICE: FIVE CENTS Dr. George W. Truett. of Dallas. Texas, Endorses and Pre dicts. That It Will As Inexorably Come As That God Is , On Throne; Volley of Cheers From Assembled Throngs. 6EIIERALO6REGO1I APPEARS TO HAVE Financial Experts of England and France Win Recom- . mend Lump Sum . , PAY INTER-ALLIED DEBTS ALONG WITH INDEMNITY Arrangement Sabstitnts Tor Premier MiHerand's Proposal For Immediate Payment of , Largo Sum To Prance; To Present Plans To Germans At the Spa Conference , ston-Balem, which had been hi home for many yeara. -. Prohibition had few itainehor ham ' piont than Sobert B. Glenn who, aa governor of North Carolina, instituted ' atnta wide prohibition in that State. Bine leaving the governor a ebair in 19U3 he earned the fight lor dry ' aation into almoat every "wet" Bute making hand rede of speeches on behalf of the Anti-Saloon League. JUe was ip hnintftil & tnimhF if -th. tntirnattoniil . T - la I . Joint Commiraion by Preaident Wilaon MCaU 01 reueraUOn 01 UlDOr GOMPERS SAYS TOO MUCH MONEYSPEN T Condemns Excessive Polh tical Expenditures in 1913 land served in that capacity for several yetwa. This eommlasion was formed to deal with all issues arising between the United (Hates and Canada. Rnuliuf Olenn was bom in Sorktnluim nuntv. North Carolina.! Washington, May IS. President Gom 'Aoaust 11, 1854, tho aon of Chalmers U fH-rs, of the-American Federation of kad Annie Dodge Glenn. His mother Labtfr, discussing -problems concerning was o great niece 01 wasuingiosL trr-ii"" muuimi .wure, wum ing. lie was educated at Davidson eol-1 ered by tho executive council declared lege, tna'f University of. Virginia and that money was bein$ "expended in in' Person's lawi school in North Caro lina, At the University of Virginia lie was a coucee mate of Woourow Wilson.' ' Mr. Glenn practiced law in North Carolina for many years, and was tent to the legislature 1st 1880. Later as moved to Winto-8alom aad entered a law firm there: . After holding officas as a State solicitor, United Btntes district 'lie was excusable quantities by those who seek political office U the. interests of the enemies of labor. - In preparation for the Federation cost' vention at Montreal Juno 7, Mr, Gom pers said the council bad given psrtie- tar consideration te marten . of is' pbrtanee in connection with the National Kon-Partisaa Political League. Beports received from; all parts of the country indicated, ho 'said, "a most satisfactory -. attorney and State. ' senator. -elected govornor in IBM. ami dnringl progress in ths campaign to defeat the lii. tnum vmi tn.wi liMufaa nnttine into I uiu. . A .1., ,k. .Umila '"" - - - w-r " I curvK. mwu mw .w. miv ' effect state-wide probiliitiea, settled the J 0f labor."' . : ' v ' j .. mum fctate dobt, improved its charitable In-j Eeferrin,- to alleged txpenditaree. ettvvwne ana maae.s, repuinuon w ajr. .Gompera . declared "we only '-strict eaforeet&eat of the laws. He asj snoot , dollars with determination, ehie a member of the Democratic party: j,,,.. with character aad falsehood with -. jsuring ue prnueniuii nu-.mu troth, which we shall do,", . J904 he toured lhountryri then-l - ,Mr Qompcn r . tercst of, the eandiaacy or Juage Alton We flBd a gfowinf determination to B. Parker. - He crossed the continent Ha lhe Mtlo o ineh policies ss have ' in the last presidential -campaign in a eB8a(d the attention of the present epeech-making tour for the Jion Congreitp0Heiei ealenlated to repress ' w.i Prwlde!,t end coerce. We find a growing resent- Wilson.-i - - , ment sgainat governmental impotence ' After the end of hie term as t', , dc,,ing with the Bgh e0,tjof living i. w g..cu ,o ."uv '"Iproblem, a problem which is para- great demand aa prohibition spoaker. S hoae u th, Uni w. Me waa tireless in n.s enons m pen. - tomprenenlllr, ,,, foa ot tnas cause ana.iew orators, ot 1 ...,; " -. Mn thim structive ; program great issue. - The executive eouneil has given con sidcratioa to the efforts generally, of employers and the enemies of labor to break down the standards of living and it will lay. before the convention its recommendations. The attitude of labor 4a and will be one of resistance to the ntmost te all enorts -to ores oown standards, either through economic er political activity on the part of the enemies of labor. ..".-: ' "la -a nnmbcr of congressional dis tricts it has - been found advia day had greater endurance, - Governor Glenn befriended many per sons ia whoa he had no personal in ' tercet. t . V1"' la 1879 he married ina Deaderick, of Knoxvllle, Tenn. .. They had two children, Chalmers" I Glenn; of Win- eton-8a)em. and Mrs. JMaiel . Bos- man, of Mount Airy. ; - NOTIFY GOVERNMENT OF NEW COMMUNISTIC PLOT n.la. V ItL Aecnrdlne to a news rnrv tha mmMiit nis Deen in-iauie oecsuse oi mo tm wv formed ef the existence of widely (candidates who have put -themselves ramified Communist ie plot for eabotage forward, to nominate truatea amen men during the elections for the Beichstag for the office and for these the prospect by organized attaeka on the polling of victory is bright. ; booths .and the destruction of ballot "We call attention to the fact that boxes end ballots. . ' I even where tho primaries have been held RfcmiM tha nlans mlscarnr. with the! it may be rieeesssry because ef the Uf result of the elections favor the-bour- terly unfit character of the candidates geoisic,- the agency aaya a riaing has I nominated, to auii oring xorwara union been planned by the plotters te Dreaa men to eoniesx iot omce in oruer ui out, not in Berlin, but lav tne eenirat line people may- av into repnaeiiw- ivravineM with ths view of establishing tion. ' : - - - " ovlets thronshont Germknr. The gov- -"It la the determination of the. labor era ment, according te the agency, while movement to use every possible eon tnking no repressive actioa ia keeping structive effort to def sat those destnte close which for any developments. The rive and autocratic method that menace Morgev Post says that a warrant lori tne well scing oi our repuune sna mow ths arrest of Gen. Ton Loettwitx. leader I whose inability to anderstaad the prob- nf the militsrv arm of the Kapp reve- lenvs and the needs of our time, enaaa lutionary dictatorship, en a enarge oi gers tne nneny eaa tne progress or our hieh treason has been issued. . I oeopie The execnuve council anas tne ' ' : outioox on gut. CYDCfT I CfllCl ATI IPC Trt wrtui uLumum win. iw i antiv s naio-rriai eorune pt nu cncCDAfiC cnnM WIUM noiti ortisuo ml vie wi I iinvi. www" I cinniTII niv I at DDIonil ' OnDDn i n umi in rnivwis New Tork, May T 16Wulca . W. Nicky" Arnstelni who Surrendered yesterday in connection ."with , New Yorke bond thefts, agregaung mil 1.-. Baton Range, La.;" May 16.Th Louaiana legislature according to the view expressed today by Itomoeratie leaders, will not act finally this week on tho miration of ratifying the suf frage amendment After the inaugu. lions, spent Sunday in Ludlow street rstion tomorrow of John M. Parker jail, pertnking of prison fare ' end rATeranr. committees will be sn- exercising with ' hi fellow prisoners pointed, and en the make-up ef these in the jail yard. Hie actress wife, will depend whether the suffrage and Fnnnie Briee, visited with him for an states righU bills will be reported out hour and talf. HU attorney had without public hearing. Adoption of not succeeded this evening in obtain- the State' . rights measure, providing ing the additional 125,000 ball Federal foe auffrare by constitutional amend- Judge Knox set as the -.price of hi ment, members said, would ia effect I serve a a rejection of the federal I amendment. Governor Parker, an ardent advocate I of suffrage ' announced ' tonight he would not address the legislature ia support of ratification. would act within 48 hour to break the aation-wide freight jam, for. which nearly month has Keen s!o clinching it grip est th throat ef in dustry. . - . ; Sweeping order' by the Interstate Commerce Commission granting prior ity ef shipment for food aad perishables were - confidently - awaited by railroad peflWiaba, who yesterday appealed to the. Commission to use all ef the emergency power vested W it by the transporta tion aet. They expected the Commis sion also to bar temporarily the trans portation of "all dead" freight sethat necessaries of life eeuld be rushed te communities where shortages soon will exist a 'j - f The CommUaioa was understood te be prepared to lay aside its routine busr inese that its whole effort snurht be directed at ending the traffic congestion Its experts have beea inlt ratted to work in conjunction with the American Bail road Association ear service committee ia assembling all available data ea the ear situation with view t apportion ing th eopply where it should do the most good. Appeals of ths) railroads for help have brought to light aew dan ger ia the situation. Development ia the last 4 hoars showed that a' decidedly menacing eon dition confronted the commercial world through 'the lack of financial resources of business honses. Delhy ia wove mont ef products was declared to have brought many plaata face) to face with imminent shot-down because ef , the failure te finance farther production itheut heavy borrowing! to replace Hie' money temporarily" tied a p.- Interest rates at this time, are ae high aa to SWITZERLAND VOTES TO 1 ACCEPT LEAGUE COVENANT Berne, SwHa. May lCv(By the AsescJate4 rreas.)--lwltsrUad to day ia a MferesMlase the ejase- tia . f - accepting . er rejecting saaaabcrahie ia theLeagae ef Urn- tJeas, vaiad la favet ef the prapa aittoa. .. . The veto waa harraw eae, UK of tlrCeaateaal eetsa belag la favor aaetiH against. The paoalar vote la favor of the League wse approx isaatsly 4Ht, aad agaiast It Washington, May. 16. Speaking from the steps of ths Capitol to thousand attending the Southern Baptist Conven tion, Dr. George W. Truett, ef Delia, Texas, today endorsed the League of Nation and predicted that It "it does aot .come today it will ss inexorably eome tomorrow a that God ia ea HI throae." .. . A volley of cheers from men and women, gathered here from seventeen 8outhera states, greeted the statement "Standing under the shadow of .the United State Senate," ' Dr. Truett de clared, "I dare lay. a a cltiita and a Christian aad moral teacher that the moral fores ef the United States ef America without any regard to polities! party, will never rest until r have a league of Aation. s "l dare te ssy else that the usques tioned majorities of both great politlesl parties ia tbU eoaatry regard the de Iny ia the rstleatioa ef th treaty aad the League ef Nation a s Nationni aad World wide tragedy. I eaa certify the men ef all political parties that the moral lore ( this country will aot o Uent aatil there is pat jforth a great League Nstiosa that ahall strive with all iu might to put aa end te th diabolism aad the horror ef .war, "I thank God that the atriekea man la the White House pleaded aad pleads yet that the aatioa will take it part wita the tethers ta bringing la a aew era wherein shall dwell righteousness aad peace." - . . t freedom, after bail of . (75,000 pre viously named, had beea . obtained. ' An ordor requiring Arasteia to show cause tomorrow why he failed, to ans wer questions before " Federal- Com missioner Gilchrist on Saturdays was issued today by federal Judge Knox. Riaiing Rcaewee&tIa Londonderry. ' Belfast, May lfl. Rioting was 'renew ed in Londonderry. Sunday evening, the. rival factions exchanging fire f reauently El Peso, Texaai May 16. AH of tlie i in various parts' of the city. The police members of Carranza a cabinet have patrols were withdrawn from 10:30 un- been captured and sent to Mexico City, I til after midnight and unionist ex-sot- diors wearing masks, took possession of Carlisle road, .driving pedestrians off the street. . A. former soldier.-. turned PMiorty wet shot and killed, ' . 1 ALL CARRANZA CABINET' CAPTUHED BY THE REBELS f '.-. .- 7 make that course out of the Question for most of th xoaaufaeturing con cerns, according to . Treasury officials. It was aaid the congestion .was coat ing the aatioa "millions a day through under production. ' , Wholeaaler aad retailer alike -are suffering through inability . to obtaia delivery of good due for a month or mere, railroad mea aaid thi ha caused a. shortage ia some lines which threat ens to'beeom serious unless th gov ernment eaa . effectively - break ...the blockade.- : .- V - ";- .. Bailroad officiale reiterated their dee laratioa tot go "all the way" with the Commission on any program. They were franklj willing to unify to the limit exchange equipment, er make other ar rangements to meet the temporary re quirements. What they want, they as serted, la a (lifting of the burdea until they can get ea their feet. ' The volume of freight of all kinds offered for transportation was said to be larger than we road ever aad been called -upon to handle. Bailroad seen said that unless there waa ejuick re lief the jam' would grow aad th move ment of any freight made more difficult within n few week because of the in creasing number of ears tied up. . CANONIZE JOAN OF ARC AT IMPRESSIVE FUNCTION Pope Benedict Presides Notable Ceremony In Historic ' ' Basilica Borne,' May IS (By Th Associated Press. The canonization ef Joaa ef Are waa celebrated by Pope Benedict this morning ia St.- Peters. It waa the greateet aad most impressive fuaetioa performed ia the historic Basilica, aot oaly by the present Pontiff, but for several xenturiee past: The Interior ef Bt. Peter was lighted by thousand of bnlbe aad wax candle and the enormous pillars ef the Bas ilica were decorated with priceless enmsoa damnak.. .. . ." The papal throne was erected behind the high altar, having a small tribune for the papal family. Another tribune that -attracted ' much - attention, con tained 140 descendants ef the family of Joaa -of Are, - these belonging to nil ranks of life aad coming front all part ef France, had for the most part never met each other before. Three times as many applied for seats as relatives of Joan of Are' family, but their claim were not admitted. ,. ' " Further along therd . waa a tribune for the Bo man aristocracy, th Knight of Malta, headed by Count Lamber tenghi, the diplomatic body accredited to the Holy Sea, and a special mission headed by - Gabriel Eanotaux, neat by the French republic. ' . ' The Pontiff was received at the en trance to the Basilica by Cardinal HMerry Del Val, arch priest ' of Ht Peters, with the Vatican chapter. The choir sang Tu ,Ee Petrus" while' the faithful sank' to their knees, but ' did not allow any details 'of- the 'msgni fieent procession, to pass unobserved. . Bythe, England, May 15. (By the Associated Press.) The . Anglo-French combination which has succeeded the big four-in the ntanageaeat . of the allien - dealing . with Germs ay ' de termined nt Sunday' tension In th Bas soon Villa her a pen the principle for the settlement ef both the Germaa in deaanity aad inter-allied debt. "' . . The principle ars that th financial expert ef the two government ehall recommend a lamp sua for th indent nity and that the payments of the inter allied debt shall proceed parallel with n .- ... Germany' paymeats. This arranarement.i a substitute for Premier' Milir rand's proposal . under which most stress was laid upon th immediate payment of a large cum t France.., is , ; ,.'V :, ',.r':i Th present purpose ef the "nig.two . is to present the exjert'l r ft to-.the Germans at Bp. Aeeording-to"tseitl f gftiettta. - aero the questions of the . amount of tune aad the method of payment are yet to be considered. - . i -i The debt to the United States Is aot embraced in the new plan aad the gov ernment' spokesman - intimated thi would not be possible without the) par tKipatioa by the Uaited Btate la th eoafereaeea. Beeognition of Belgium's priority claim . nrloa Germany still stands. .'- ' ; ."..'' Th proportional . atlotmeat of the German indemnity, made eight month ago, by which France get 65 per cent and Ureat Britain . 25 per cent stands. according to- today' agreement. The creditor of th nllie are distinct gniner by th new plan, .because it virtually make -' German payment toward the indemnity guarantee for the later-allied debt. Th French con sider themselves gainer, on the one hand, because it bow becomes doubly to - Great Britaia interest -ton pre Germany for reparations, while Great Britain en the other band, secures defi nite assurances for repayment of her loans to France. - -Another item of gain for Franc ob tained from the conference is the bar gain by which Great Britain ullota to , France 45 per cent of all coal ex ported. . according to a messntre said to hsre been received toilny by revolutionary acuta here from Gen. Alvsro Obrcgou, )it f"t ia ia JVxifo City, . . Benreacatativas Froaa Nlaa State.'. Columbia, 8. C, May 16. With repre sentativee of nine states enrolled the first National Guard training camp to be held eince the war npenoKat Camp Jackson today and wja. eontinna antil May 23. ". COUNCIL OF LEAGUE OF . NATIONS HOLDS SESSION. Borne, May 16-The Council of the League of Nation held a private titting at 4 o'clock thi afternoon aad a public sitting at six o'clock at which a number ef report were read aad decisions an hoaaeed. . : : -r The eouneil received a letter from the supreme council ef the League of Na- tiona approving the former's opinion that the .proteetioa of the future of Armenia should be the duty of one state aloa aad that if the Uaited State re futed an Armenian mandate n fresh con ference of the council and of the an- press eouneil would be necessary. . The Japaneee delegate read a. report on Germany' request for intervention by the League ef Nation to insure free dom ef decision, in th plebiscites to b held in Eupen and Malmedy.. He stated that the limitation ef the frontier be tween Germany .and Belgium hid been entrusted' to n commission of seven, five to be appointed by the principal allies one by Germany aad one by Belgium. The BraxUiaa representative submit ted a . report oa the white slave, traffic, urging that a special department for its further study be attached to th secre tariat general of the League. It was aaneuneed that the League wa not in position te take direct measures to prevent the spread of infection die eases in central Europe which are threat ening the continent, pending receipt ef n " report from the international Bed Cross.-. ' The Secretary General reported on the formation of n committee or legal ex perts who will be charged with th draft ing of a plan for establishment of a permanent. international court of jus tice. Luxembourg' request for admit sion to the League was received. . DR. HURT REVIEWS CONVENTION WQR Wilmington : Baptist Minister Says Both Disappointment and a Delight . ' : 'Vnassjsnjsssj ,jj .' ; The New and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank BIdg, -1 By R. E. POWELL. ' (By Speelal Leased Wire.) Washington. D. C May IS. Survey ing the Southern Baptist convention. Jn its tlosing hours, Dr. Joan Jeter Hurt, ef the First Bsptist church ef Wilming ton, aaid tonight i ' "This convention has beea both a dis appointment nnd n delight; a disso- pointmeat because thousands of seered itvi delegates have beea unable to gain admission to the inadequate auditorium, had a delight that the thousands hsve eome. The convention Wilt- be ia ses sion two day longer, but already mors thaa eight thousand delegate hav beea carolled. Thi ia twice a many a w havft ever had before. "The eight thousand men aad women already here ar thoroughly united in all the fundamentals cf the convention and they are united in plan for n largement. More thsn that, they reprs sent, their threo-UniUion satin4eo,Jafl "We voted a year age fnot to eo- operate with the- IatoKChurch move- meat. Then we set for ourselves ths task of raisiag seventy-five million dol lars for mission and other benevolent work. We raised ninety million aad more. Our Norther Baptist brethren entered the movement aad undertook te raise on hundred million dollar. Their' campaign ended last week wjth leas thsn sixty million raised. Our suc cess and their failure both strengthen our eonvistlon that we should avoid entangling alliances now aad hereafter, But we will continue our most fraternal regard for all Christians of every name. "We hav not increased our denomi national machinery at thi meeting, but we hav brought some ef it into better working order. .We have also appointed two of our strongest lenders, Dr. E. r. Mullins and 3. B. Gambrill, to visit Europe and , resort oa new avenues of service there. "Our people will start back to their homes Monday ia high spirit, and with new purposes bora ef great enthusiasm ovsr th achievement or. lb past ye.", . . . ; NORTH CAROLINA LEADS IN AUTOMOBILE BUYING Has Greatest Percentage . Of Gain In Beg-istrations With 51 Percent - Waat Earepeaa City Named '. 7 Koine, ' May " 16. A requWif of President Wilson, who is to issue th formal call for the next meeting of the League of Nations, designate as the paee of the meeting com European city rather thsn Washington ss waa originally planned, will bs forwarded to him soon by delegate ef the League, tucording to report prevalent here. New York, May 19. Greatest gain ia registration of automobile were shown id th Southern State, the ' National Automobile Chamber of Commerce re ports in a review of the Automobile industry for last year. , Ia annouaeing tho re were 7,558,848 motor vehicle reg istered ia the United State, th cnam ber renorted that one-third of the auto mobile owner are farmer and that th greatest percentage ef increase ia regis tration hsd been found in th cottoa trowine- sections of the South. Thi exceptional gain ,it states, ia due to the fact that there have been heavy -demand for cotton during th wnr aad since which have put the Booth in a stronn financial position ana as a- abled thousand, of cotton grower to us motor power for transportation whereas in the ore-war day the greater part of Dixie wa too poor to afford efficient farm equipment. ' - ' North Carolina led all State In the percentage of gain la registrations with 51 per eent.,r8onth- Carolina showed th second largest State gsia with 43 per cent New York hsd the largest State registration and th largest gross gsia while California leads for the number of automobile ia ratio te population. WINSTON-SALEM PASTOR : -SUFFERS SLIGHT STROKE Winston-Salem, May lfl Dr. Henry A. Brown, , .pastor of WIn'ston-Salem Baptist church, suffered a flight stroke of paralysis just after he hid . an nounced his text in the pulpit in the First Baptist church at 11 !30 today. He .was atteaded by a doctor and re moved te hi home. - Tonight it was an nounced Dr. Browa had recovered the use of hi left aid which wa th oaly part of hi body affected. Hi mind and speech ar perfectly clear and normal and it will be cheering to the friends of. this wijel known and be loved man that hi recovery is xpeeted te ba rajld, - " LOWER HOUSE VILL BET RESOLUTION Conferees From Both Branches . Of Congress To Iron Out Differences Washington, D. C, May . 16V Near ing th end ef it long legislative jour ney, the Republican' pete; resolntlon will be formally cent to th House to morrow without any prs-arraagtd pro gram for ruarlag it through confer ence. Its enrbr . dispatch to- th Presi dent however, is certain. , - Chairman Porter ef the ' House for eign affair, committee ' I prepared to ask that the -resolutioa as adopted late yesterday, by the Senate, be tent te conference ss soon as it ia formally brought into the House. There ia no Indication that his request will en counter any opposition . aad Speaker Gillett is ready tec name Mr. Porter, Bepresentative Sogers, of Massachu setts another- Bepubliean ' nnd Bepre sentative Flood, Democrat, Virginia, a House conferee. Before thi action,- however. . the Senate must formally name. its eoa- ferees. -Senator Lodge and Senstov CLEARFIELD AHEAD Capture Carranza's Son-in-Law ' and General Gonzales Re-. ! -v tires From Race FORMER PRlsiFENTIN' . : FLIGHT TO MOUNTAINS Carrania's Pailora To Bemain .Military factor In Mexico - Causes American' Business Hen and Officials To Center Attention On the De Facto Government - to Senator- lodge among th Bepablt can on th forelna relation commit tee, is Senator MeCumber, 'of North Dakota, wke opposed th resolution nd leader said there wa doubt as to whether he would be designated. But at soon as tho resolution eet into conference, which will be early ia the week, leader la tho Coacreoe de aot expect a ay trouble ia ironing out the differences between the two branches. While : th Seaate resolutioa differ entirely from the House meas ure, the aim of the two is th same and the trouble ie -largely one of phrase ology. , There ere, however, som es tential differences, as follows? ' Benate omission of the House nrovis ion, making th resolution inoperative aa to ttermaay nnlees that ' country rormaiiy gits to th united State all 'Im ana priTiiens mss Tallin l nav accrued to this country had it accepted toe peace treaty. ' ' . , The Seaate ended the War with both Germany aad Aaatria, while th Hons acted toward oermany alone. Different method for brine-ins? oeaee omciaiiy, the senate repealing the de cision oz war and the House dcclar ing th state ef war at an end. Tbess' differences, however, ire x pec tea to be easily overcome. - ORMER VICE-PRESIDENT LEVI P.MORTON IS DEAD Celebrated 96th Birthday Sat nrday When School Chil- ; dren Have Field Day FORMED VICE-PBE8IDENT N N N Ponghkeepsie, N. Y May 16. Levi P. Morton, former vice-president ef the United States, aad former governor of New York state, - died : at hi hm, Ellerslle,- Bhinebeek-oa-the-Hudson, at 30 o clock tonight, oa th Sflth- aanl- veranry of his birthday. ; . ' Mr. Morton wa taken ill with a slight cold three or four 'day ago, but hi condition did not become ee riou until thi morning, when bron ehlal pneumonia developed; He lapsed into unconsciousness soon ' aftel1, aad the end came peacefully at 8:30 o slock. With him tt hi bedside when he died were hi daughter, Mr. Helen Morton, who had mads her home with him at EUerslie, his eountry estate, tine th death of Mrs. Morton in August, 1918 1 his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. aad Mrs. Wm. C. Euatia, of Washington, D. C, aad his nephew, Morton Minot. Another daughter. Miss Mary, Morton. of uermantown, Pa, will arrive tomor row morning, having beea unable to reach Bhinebeck tonight. r Mr. Morten's Mth birthday was for mally celebrated yesterdsy, whea the children of the Bhinebeek school held field' day at his eountry estate. He had returned to EUerslie from Wash ington, where b made bis residence. oa May 8, and had been in apparently good health until, the middle of last week. Arrangement for the funeral, which will be held at EUerslie, hsve not beea completed. Interment will be in the family plot in hlUnebcck. , Beataera Dixie Flier Derailed. Atlanta. Ga-.Mny 10, The engine and four ears of the eouthbouad Dixie flier were derailed, on th Western sad Atlantic tracks near ,Vining, Oa, late today, but the only 1 injuries that re sulted wer4ight ones to the engineer and fireman. The cause ef the derail- gteat had pot been determined, tonight. Mexico City, Msy. li-(Via Laredo Junction, May 16, By The Associated Press.) Gen. Candida Aguilar, son-in-law of freaideat Carrania, ha been captured nt Jalapllla, Stat of , Vera Cm, it was aaaeaaeed offlciatry Sat urday sight. ' Gen. Pablo Gonial aaaouaced form ally aad definitely hi retirement front th Mexican Presidential race ia a mani festo issued this (Saturday) eveaiag. Gea. Alvare Obregoa ia the only re maining Presidential candidate unless Ygnaeie Boailla should return to Mex ico, which is considered imnrababh. Goaaal' actioa is accepted a mean ing th elimination ef any chance ef friction between himself aad Obregoa, th two chief military leader of th Liberal Bevolutionery party. GAIIANZA BaTORTa-tV-ftf FLEEING TO MOUNTAINS. Mexieo Oity. May 15. (Via Laredo. Tex, May IS.) Carranza la fieeiag lata the mountain ef Vera Cm by way of rerrote aad the revolutionist hav can tured 2,000 prisoner with Si trains and a great quaatity ef gold and silver bare, aad war munitions, according to n re port from Gea. Guadalupe Senehex, give out at Obregoa headquarters. righting- began at 10 a. nu Friday ia the vicinity of Bincpnada. After three hour of heavy engagement Carranu and the leading member of hi party abandoned their trains aad fled in auto mobiles, escorted by 600 cavalry. He carried from the trains all minted HitahWk: Ua,i,. t-ta-eh. enrtwd I from th Uait, , fight, will be named, hut rnnkWt xtlnt' VZiM. . I ItavMM ,T . ii Uarrsn ta . Unconfirmed report Friday night said Carranxa had beea captured. General Sane hex promised- eeafirautioa or denial of the reoort later. AMERICAN BU8INESS MEN ' LOOK TO DE FACTO HEADS Waahingtoa, May 16. Carraaaa'a fallurs to remain a military factor ia Mexican affair ha caused - American business mea aad officials to eeater their atteation oa the de facto govern ment's program of political aad eco nomic reorganization. .' Confirmation of earlier report thjt th deposed president had beea driven. from the field where, with a little army of loyal troop, he had been nuk ing a stand for nearly a week, wa contained la aa account of the Revolu tionary victory scat by Alvaro Obregoa . to de la Huerta, provisional president. and by him forwarded to hie ageats here. Obregoa asserted the old man had aought a hiding place in the moun tains west of Jala pa, with oaly a small calvary escort aad a few personal ad hereats. The Stats Department, how ever, waa Without official advices. No mention wa mad by Obregoa of the Britiah eoaaul nt Vara Crua aad 'the two American who accompanied Car ranxa in hi flight from the capital aad who were caught la the fighting, nor had the State Department received word concerning them. The only infor mation regarding Mexico received by the State Department, it was an- -aounced, wa . that concerning condi tions la Monterey aad a delayed re port of tho adhesion of the Federal forces ia- Guadalajara to the Revolu tionary movement, May 12. In Monte rey all public office were said te be force, , were respecting the" right of foreigner and natioaal alike. . Food stuffs were reported to hav increased in prices . and th local chamber of commerce aaoptea reuei measure ta behalf of tho poor. The repair of the line of sommuni- eatioa 1 had aot yet progi eased far enough to ennblc even the government to obtaia it report,- except la Irng-. mentary form, although wires .out of Monterey were being restored. , i Anticipating the demaads that the new government in Mexico is expected . to mass on iu money marncui ox u world for loam, it is known banking representative hav unofficially dis cussed th financial situation with th 8tat .Department. Although represca- . taLres of th d facto government in the lilted State hav asserted ae eN forbpibuld be made to obtaia a loan anul a provisional government was set up, represeatativee of a group ef New York banks are said to have decided that until the force that.nrove Car rasas from power had givea them aad the American government satisfactory assurance that foreign interests would , be safeguarded ia , Mexico no money would be advanced. Thla determination was reported to have received the sup port of - Pari and London ; banking house. ' - ' OXFORD MAN SUDDENLY V DIES AT HOr.TT OF SON Oxford. May 16. J. T. Britt, who as been serving as a clerk for th Jnlted State Senat ia Waahiagtou, died suddenly hers this morning at th home of hie aon. Be had beea here for the last eeveral days but wni un derstood to be in good health. Ha waa about 70 year eld, .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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