li N 31 - THE WEATHER: ; Generally fair" Moadsy sue Taeaeay. 1 - WATCH LABEL. a w MM - mmi a ear Ww azttnttoe u4 tnU alMta a ilaiM fTTTl ws :Si3id 01bsei vr VOL CXI. NO: 145. ES ITS EXPECTEDCALLTO ' Samuel Gompers Signs State : ment Demanding An Over, turn In Cpngressii IMMEDIATE ADJUSTMENT 0F WAGES IS ASKED FOR Program - Of siJeep - Cutting -- Measure'- Outlined By Head Of Americas Federation CaQi For Action To. Prevent Con ilinneAJbcreaseulrilCaa Washington, .May !3, (By; th Asso- elated Press.) Th American . FcdCra tlon of Labor has issued its expected call to the electorates for' "an overturn Under the. signature of President - Samuel Gompers, the current Issue of the American Federationiat, ta offl - eial organ, carries indictment of Con cress and the execativo departments for incompetence on the cost of liv ing lssne and , outlining a program of deep cutting measures, declaresi Tjiere must be an overturn in X'oh- ... ' kasau mites f to friends' most be elected. Presenting en itemrzed list, of cor porotion profits, similar to that re cently introduced in a. speech by Sen' stor Capper, of Kansas, Mr. Gompers eclarod that while-ll -enumerated porations lent year received . profits averaging 435 per cent above normal, the average -cost' of living increased -96 per cent-and the BveragaJunioa wage C5 per cent. The deep cutting measures .whirli Mr.. Gompers writes .;HiU be .necessanr!!lo guaid-ihjehttioa'iiif tributing machinery against assaults ,txoui., tha pirates of -1 rad- aad com merce follow; - Demand Wage Adjustment. Immediate adjustments of wages. birth " In 'private employment andm- LABOR ISSU "t ''"'gSvtfnnreBt-se'rvlce, tu-'at least- meet 77 y "the tiitoif costi;ths,t lave roMstrtrjipea incomes by reason. or-tni era of frc& xied profiteering and gambling, r ' "Immediate effective action to pre - vent continued increases in the cost of living. . "An end to the kind of legislation typified by the Esch-Commins railroad law.ani tlis Kansas Court of industrial relation raw.--hre imtt4i w end and circulation. Not only must there be sn and to the enactment of legisla tion of this character, but there must bo' a repeal of legislation already enacted. ... "TblCongre-will do well to give immediate and effective consideration to the propbsalTof the American labor movement that control of eredit eapital t be taken from private financiers and placed in the hands of a public trust to be administered upon principles nluntnrv and eo-onerative ia charac ter. This will strike a vital blow-, to ward eliminating the abuses of profit eering and exploitation. "Contrress should provide immedi ately for full publicity for income tax returns. .. ...... - . ,.. ; Using Mandatory Terms. "Thorn mil lit. ba immediate steps to ward equalisation of wages and cost of living and effective steps to prevent a new margin from replacing the one to be dissolved. This means that there must be a permanent remedy for tha hiirh font of livinff. rher-workmg-Teotte--oi -we- ' l . ... I . - States are speaking Jn manaatory terms. If those in control of the legis lative destinies of the country do. not understand the needs of the workers, at least the workers tbemselvea un derstand. They know" the limit to the ir:endursnceTheirdenisnd to be heard is a demand which comprehends the welfare of th eouatry." . President Wilson proposed measures -for wligft-Mr. Gompers writes, ."hut Congress gave no heed." and since the aisninv of the armistice "the American k., I ts laid A-eensse ef plunder, JMtriction snd coercion." Mr. QinpeiTotM f"'t?fltBr" lnr and cjmblina.' - - railed to Follow WUsoa. - ' "It Congress had seen lit to respond to the wishes of the President," writes Mr. Gompers, "and enact some of the " legislation suggested by- it would have been possible to curb, at least, to aome extent this unlicensed plundering in the necessities of life. For Congresi "16" deny that tcllef1rpdible for Con gress to confess the incompetency of -whiter the-CTMiegea- convict. , Attorney "General -Palmer doea not ar.auiartA If J " S aerVVh AtteBey GeVCoPef t wrHe.-has onnt s poaswe iaa. bTnerTifJteH nd -small hehesdaahars ' for offenses which are of to moment it xll in comrafiw to the whole situation. He hat found it possible to advise the people to eat the poorer cuts of meat He has found it possible to do a num ber of ineffective things, dm seems w have found It beyond JiU capacity, to Ja CBCtUlLiDWg.1i. dictment Mr, Gompers draws for Con- ' (CoaUwoed on Paga four.) LinMNSON STILL SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF WOOD IN OREGON Portland, 'Oregon, May : i!3.-8enator llirus Johnson had ILlead of 1,939 votes ovkr Gen. Leonard Wood for the Oregon Republican Presidential preference, ac cording to flgnree compiled tonight by the Portland Oregoaian from 407 com plete and six incomplete) precincts in Mulloaamah county - (Portland). , and eomfcleta retnrna from twelve and in - complete returns from 14 of th other counties fif Jhd gUte - . :. TENT PAGESTODAYr- FAYETTEVILLE NEGRO , REPORTED'SURROUNDED George Hotfti Said To Bare "j Entered Store Saturday " Might To Get Pood Fsvetteville. - Msy I3heriff - Me Geaehy and a posse have George Hobbs, h?ader-fr-tanf-f aegt4ha ahot and killed two white. jBtn. Jhertt Friday cisht surrounded in a swamp near Cum berland Mills, eeven miles Bonth of this city, and hi surrender is expected soon, The negro is reported to bare entered store at the. Cumberland MilU last night to buy something to oat, With gun JnJiaiid -after making his lurchase he backed out of the store and was seen going toward ths swamp. . A posse tu soon on mi nu South- Atlantic Party Spends Profitable and Happy Day v Des Moines Dee Mokes. la. May 23. The South Atlantis party sptnt 8unday in. the capital of Iowa, and found the citizens of Des-Mdine eager-and glad -to-wetH come them. It was a restful, interesting and profitable day. The South Atlantic special 'pulled into vu Aloines at v IVeloek tbi morning, and most of the party : jiysiled Jhernslves of the oppor tunity to attend church, acorea goiiii ta the Tarieua erviee held la tae sity. The afternoon was spent ia alghtsee- lng, the business men of De lfoln.es carrying 4h party out ia automobiles. rt!lTV ZZ while viewing thent the Wilmington delegation told their hosts of the won derful agricultural developments - In Nortk-CaTolina d -impressed npoa them that the old North State is do ing big things in corn gfo'wtBf "ni -well as Iowa, The climax of the stay in pee Moines Vame toniaat- whea the Chamber of Commerce gave the visitors a dinner in tha eieiant hotel Tort Dea Moines, and amone- tha soeske f . was Major Joseph Texed n. gem.of su adilreM, placing The message of the South Atlantta aouarely before the Dos Maine business men. Hon.. Harvey Ingram, editor of the Dea Moines Bessiter and Tribune, gave a welcome to the visitors, and also tola of the mid-west's interest in the prop esition presented. '; "'' ronng, dirf - I)eatotooiCji itaL,anil , Hyersojiyuon, counsel of Pes Moinev also gave the visitors a rousing wsleome. Tomorrow comet Kansas City tad a big day ia ahead. OPEN INQUIRY TODAY INTO CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES Heads! Of Varioua Presidential Campaign Organisations Asked To Testify Washington, D. C May 23. Campaign expenditures and pledges made in be half of candidates tor the .Republi can and Democratic presidential nonv illations will be placed under the searchlight of a Senate ' committee in auirr beginning tomorrow. - Heads of the various campaign or ganizations summoned by Chairman Kenyen, of the special investigating committee, over the week-end have an swered in sufficient number to guar antee a large Quota of witneases for the-firrt-zJay!t,-xaminaUon H. Hitchcock, former postmaster gen- eral, and one' of the managers of the campaign for Major General- Wood was among those who responded to day to the telegraphed .messages. As its first step, the committee plans to inquire into the amount of money expended in each campaign, taking tha statement of. the managers, or leaa ina- Dromo'ter as a preliminary. The telea-rama refluesting attendance' also i v .(.i i. v : -nv v:- asxea uiai rics uimu ihihi -m i records as to an tunas . eoairinuiea, er soarc from wbicV4t earner and the Dlaces snd hicTnoal in wulcn 11 wai spent.-' Ia addition, the committee ask d for all eorreipondenc relating Jo the soliciution and contribntioa ot funds, Chairman Kenyon has indicated that the course of the inquiry would ba de termined very largely upon the facts and statements brought out by the pre. linilnryjjxamination.... - . . CARPENTIEK AND LEVINSKY AGREE TO FIGHT IN JULY New rork." May . 23-Georges Cor- pentier snd Rattling-Ivinaky,-oi-Saw lotl. American light-weight title! hold er, have agreed to meet ia- a 13 or. 13 round eonteat at 175 pound ringside uly. 28it. was announce! tier's American representative-The time and place of the bout will bt de- ided liter. . It is thought probably that New Tork city would be the seen of the contest if Governor Smith signs the Walker bill which provides for IS round bout REWARD OF $l.$oe FOR ESCAPED DRAFT EVADER. Washington, Msy 23 Attorney for (Orover C HergdoU, convicted draft evadefiwbo escaped in Philadelphia Jriday offered a reward f $200 to night for his apprehension and delivery to any military post or station. : Senator Pearea Worse. Philadelphia, Pa, May 23, United States Senator. Boies Penrose, who has been ill at his horn here ' sine last fall, hsd a relapse yesterday and was reorted tonight to be ia a eerioaa con dition. .His physicians said that al though the Senator ia very ilL fee ia ia go immediat jUngtr, ' in mtifi nihiTJii t of in ii i v i ft i.iiKi i ui f r.'jv -. ' ."V-Un vni lint RALEIGH, ' . s.Vto ni n mis nn Tnirn r---..-rv UL.U UU1 II laV, I II1UU FOR GRAND ;nr nniinnrnt iil lirii-ui.v V uroui.uiuo Much lmportant.,UgislaUon.hto Pending With Wilson Pro gram Still waiting - - jyWNYTOPOSEDLAWS ARE STILL IN SOAK Deinoerats Hold Edge On Xe pnbBcans As They Have Been Newberry" Absence Leaves Senate - G. 0. P. .Without Majority How Tha News and Observer Bnread, ' 603 District National Bank Bldg., By R. B. POWELL. (By Special leased . Wire.) mschine by no means running smooth ly. 'the G. 0. P. leaders ar attempting to draw ia the stray liaea on the finish run for the next two weeks towards th 'tentative'- dat' for adjournment or recess of Congress on June 6th. There is much legislation pending, and not a single act haa becom a lav Which -Presiaenf-Wilson recommended JIPM, hU Jfrt PPrBCt befwe gress In a battle against the high cost of living. The nearest approach to the ... , I . I . 1 1 Al rviison program roacneu oy me re publican Congrea has been the pas sage of a, cold storage bill, bow in conference. The so called packer bill, introduced by Senator Kenyon, Republican, aad Senator Kead rick, Democrat,- liaa loomed oa .the horizon. A threatened filibuster of the progressive -wing of th Bfpnblieana ia the Senat was. made by Senator " Kenyon, but he hxs given' way to the consideration of ap propriatioa hilie ad ieffielatiea pend ing .in conference. The - remauihig time will be consumed in discussing the - "packer" legislation, and with campaign year -wndee-fBH -eteam -there sumptioa that stand pat Bepublieans will not agree to measnrea which are anti-big-bniineaa at thia stage of the game, Btasy Vnnaiahed Bills. The McNarybill hss little chance for consideration. It would eanee the coat price to- be stamped a all shoes in in terstate -commerce, . ,.,11-... Enemies 'Of the THarns . resolution, compile the fastaKon income tag and exceaa profits tax by corporations dur ing the years 1918 aad 1919, have brought np time end coat as an ob stacle. Senator Harris, of Georgia, the 1 author has brought th matter, to a head on the floor of the Senate ia lore lag eonalderation by the Senate finance committee. The army re-organisation bill eeca- pies n dangerou position. o far a being finally enacted. The conferees remain obdurate witn tne House tn sisting that th . National guard should be - organized tinder the militia clause of th eonstitution, while the Senate passed the bill providing for the ex iatenee of the National - guard under the - army clause of the cornerstone Instrument. - F Democrat Have Edge. There, is nVdubt but that the Dem ocratic speakers in the National cant' paiga will have the edge on argument. if the . Republicans even carry out their program for the next two-weeks. Borne of th Democratic leaders insist that , the. present Congresa has-deae notning and u it naa not Deen neces sary to have supply bill ,. to, run the government that even these could not have passed. Th Democratic slogan may be rammed up do. something, even If you are- wrong occasionally, A number of nominations ar now pending; before the Senate, with little possibility of spusiderotion before th recess. Nene ' of the Wilson major appointee have been . rejected , sine I.L - u'.. r l. l un nepuuimn oenii. canto iuw hj on the ahoe-string vote of Senator New- berry, o Miehigaa, bow absent and :er tony ictlon in the-elf etion' sea dat of that SUte. There is a breach of snsplcioa wafted at.. virtually everyl ULpOABtmttBjLjDi recently, but -it can be noted with more than ordinary significance that none re rejected, and - after a; remarkable delay they either go to sleep or are confirmed.' Some, of th -political commentators with necessary partisan leaning among ths Democratic cohorts have insisted th Bepublieans have fooled themselves so strongly into . believing - that they will win this year thai they are hold- p-4hat a President with the G. O. F. stamp Can nil the places after March 4th." " , ualma Palnser Hiaaitnatien. - . The jominstkitt . of Attorney General C C. Carlia, of Virginia, chairman of the Palmer primary campaign-commit-4 tee, in a statement issued tonight which atampt 479Va convention vote with av-- Palmer . .complexion. Judge Carlia' statement, ia part, says: Wit a th Pennsylvania returns It is now posiibl to compute with some acii?aeyihe . Ata.a.l..the.JUtMaey General as to delegates ia the conven tion, on th basis of primary elections and conventions already held.' Accord- ins to my calculations, air. 1'almer will hav the vote of 7',i candidate on th basis of selections made to date. give 875 delegate to other candi date, and vould Classify 337 Vk vote a doObKul. , TKla eaUttoUmint consideratiea the so called, 'favorite son' candidate who will, be given, a complimentary vote by , their . ewa states, but whose delcgatea will leave them after th first or second ballot. i. i In many initaaee delegate listed as doubtful are friendly. to Palmvr and wilL ultimately . be fnuad auDDortisc Ah Attorney General.' Y- fe--NDAY MORNING, A n rtnrnnp OB fflllRO I Court House, D C- To Quiet Disturbance: BLACK -IS ACCUSED OF- MURDER OF WHITE MAN Troopers Stationed About Jail After Scattering Hob and tJrdeirf-Eestored t Negro .Held fo; Killing Goyernment Employe and Attempted At tack On His Fiancee Washington, May 23. Cavalry from Fort My was called out late tonight to diapers a snob of more than a thou land ppnoii..Tftitlv surnoMnded foe M at Alexandria Courthouse, 12 miles from the limita ef the-District of Co lumbia, attempting to obtain possession of William Turner, t negro. Arrival of the ; cavalry, which hsd been requested by the sheriff of Arling ton county .scattered the mob, which had formed during -th afternoon threatening to lynch the negro. - The ielto. tntlon about the jail d late ioniglit the village was reported, quiet. ' Turner. is aceuscd of having shot to death T.fMorgan Moore, an employe of the naval torpedo plant at Alex anuTToTYa., and of having attempted to attack MIsm Pearl Clark, of Wash ington, Moore'a fisaeee, and secretary to Bcpresaitative Brittehj- of Illinois. The nesrro waa arrested early today about two hours after Moore wa XUledJ Tumot later confessed, according to the authoUievC-:- T"' Moor and Mis Clark, according to the -report made to Virginia and Wash ington autnorrae; ey-1 ne. ier, - were seated in an automobile sear the Vir giaia end of the Potomae river bridge eonnectina -WasWBfttnd--ViriBi, vVaen the juagra nppffff,hei JJlgatloi.5t; ing a . roio.l.ver at Moore, Miss Clark said, the negro demanded money."When Moore refused. Miss T Clark said she be came frightened and jumped from the machine and the negro etartea. alter her. Then Moore, according to Miss Clark, seised a revolver from, a door poeket ef the automobile and fired .at Moore waa shot through the heart and According to Mis Clark, he continued l to pursue her until she had given him some Jewelry. ' Turner, who Sa said to. answer Vie description given by Mia C(ark of the assailant-.. was. captured in. th vicinity of Arlington National Cemetery. Pottce say that Turner bore two wounds, ons in the hand and the other 4fl th leg, when arrested. Moor and Mia Clark, whose home is in Chicago, were to be married soon, FIRETRUCK COLLIDES - WITH MOTOR; TWO HURT Mr. and Mrs. Herman Price Sustain Minor Injuries At -Midnight Returning from a midnight alarm last night, the fire truck from Station No. 2 crashed into a Liberty touring ear at East Martin and Blount streets, wrecking the automobile and more or 'he painfully injuring Mr.-and Mrs. Herman Price, who were riding ia the ear. The injured were slurried to the Rex Hospital where their hurts were given attention. The truck was going south on Blount street and the automobile east on Mar tin when tha accident occurred. George W Higgins, who was driving the track, la attempting to miss hitting th car turned east into Martin,, but had to the truck swung sround and caught the car amidship, dashing ti against th eurb on the snulh inie of tha street. The"rear wKceTs of lhe ear were de molished, the body smashed and th Wind Shield broken. The truck v was damsgedT 1o some r extent and had lo be" towed to the station. Despite the late- aes of the hour a crowd gathered about the scene. A passing automobile ear ried the injured to the hospital EDITOR RATHOM WILL BE .RECALLED BY COMMITTEE 5ashnig1ont .May53-Th-i.fiaval board investigating the method' em- I ployed in an attempt" to suppress vice at the Newport training station will re call Joha R. Rathnm, editor of the Provi dene '''Jo'nrnal.&:TBn1'tton,'t'tat(in' at thnuet of Ati1rttit Secretary Of th ground that "I am not satisfied that th testimony of Bathom-hitherte igiven i sufficient to prove that h did not hav personal knowledge but waa pot abl to prove the charge mad to th Benat committee. The chsra-es referred to were made becov the eiewaU nasal .eemailM .by Mr.' "Rsrthmn sveelaMit. gwAa4 aoaneement was made of Mr. Roosevelt's reanest vt sterday when It wa- er roneously stated he asked the recall ef Mr' Rathom "on the ground that ia his jprevlou evioVneo- h ld not been abl to prove tne aiiegaupos maue io me Senate committee." 1 Rumor I Not Confirmed. I'res Assocla- tionV Doublin eorrespondent'-ssys" that inquiries regarding the rumor that par le ant being opened between the srov- .. . .. . . i .it. .. , eramest and the Sinn Fein have failed to obtain the slightest confirmation in official -.r. politieul circles, . Th chief secretary or Ireland replying to a direct question said ha fknsw nothing about MAY 24, 1920. BLAMES OPERATING RAILROAD HEADS FOR CONGESTION Head of Securities Association Says They Failed To Meet Situation MAY-FORCE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER ROADS Prominent " Bailroad ' Execntive Approves Proposal Of Inter state Cojnmeroe Commission For National Equipment Cor- poratlon ; ynt Congress To Create It Washington, Msy 23. Blame for the nation-wide -' freight congestion was placed on the railroad operating offi inl. tnnight y S. . Davies Warfleld. president of Che Associatloa of Owners of Railroad Securities. In an analysis of the traniportfttion' crisis-Mr Warfield said,-throadftc tle National execuUv committee operating officials had failed to meet the situation nnd that government ownership would be "forced upon an unwllltna; e!mntryi!1-trnre-th carriers lhemsey.8Q od. Mr. 'Warfield ' approved th Inter state Commerce Commission's proposal for a National equipment corporation but said such an agency should be created by Congress rather than by the.. reads, who h asserted, hsd failed to arrive at a common basis of Onder itandLug even, in tie distribution of th $300100,000 revolving fund pro vided by the traniportatioa act. - . Mr, Warfleld said h? planned to sug gett , to . tha-rininiiuinn Jhja ..week: that trustee of the proposed equip ment "corporation " be 'composed of "practical railroad ' operating officials, financial men and reprerbntative of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 4kei,e"lM feeea 1 'kwalteneafwaeB" lhi lrt" ' - -- . -. .- M I niff-uuiiiuuNiu. imi.w wimv up 11 awr1 1 matioa. of the. corporation.., Tn -xs local, .committees recently designated by the commission, meet in their respective cities tomorrow and, H is expected will be able to survey their individual problems within 48 hour. , Th information they gather will be forwarded immediately to th Csmwlaeiri te- be' used ' in" deciding en a policy relating to priorities, and em Th great exchange of equipment, scheduled by the commUsioas order to commerce Tuesdny, waa counted n to ease the strain, on fh rosds mater ially, once the movement of ears east snd west gets under way, but tho rail beads believed weeks of co-operation between the commission, th road and the shipping publie must follow if the blockade is opened successfully. SHARP DIVISION WILL- DEVELOP OVER UNION Southern Presbyterian General Assembly To Take Up Ques tion Today Charlotte, May 23. Indications to night were that sharp division would develop in the Southern Presbyterian General" Assembly here tomorrow, when debate on he new plan of closer' rela tions between this body' and the North- ern Prexb,y teTian Aisem bljr submitted by a joint committee of the two bod- hoi will be resumed. This plan waa presented Saturday, and one brief ad drcs in opposition was heard. No session of the Aembly wss held today and visiting ministers attending occpuied more than 40 pulpits of the city, most of them of other denomina tion than Presbyterisn, though Hof I this faith were included. te Question of the Southern Presby terian churehs participation in tn Mntcrwdrld Church Movement probably ill prove to be the iue of paramount intwmtlim acted upon hr the assem--1 bly. This -question- -is-expected to be taken up early, in the week preached this morning in the First Pres byterian church, hot to the assembly snd Dr. Walter W. Moore", president of Union Theological Seminary, was heard in the same church tonight. MERCHANTS PREPARE FOR" . BIG ANNUAL MEETING BfffcavnierMay "Sy; thdica- l?ie-!f n of the North the 18th annual conventio Carolina- MerehU..AoiatioB, to be hld iakUaar from mm bar of - tho sssoeiatioa State office here by Secretary Paul Leonard tell bi! plans of , delegations, some of -which-- will .form automobile parties, while others will have speeial Pullman ear to mske the trip. -Two Pullman have already been engaged to take the delegations from Wilson, .BackyQimtTatftaiiiJUUiito.u f to. other Eastern towns and cities. Htutes- vills will probably, send a big automo bile party. The local association meets tomorrow night to elect it delegates. BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE FLEET IN WHITE SEA London. JUtt.--23.--BhoikL iforcoa captured the entire White fleet 'in the Rnnninn Sea of aix Cruisers and. seven trWsnbrfarTlsvilnir-thbir nHDflthm4of of Enxdi last week, seC'ording to a Bolsbevikl communication from Mos- sow. - A large - quantity - of war ma terial which hid belonged to General Denikine, is also reported to hav been jakea by th Bolshevikl. . . JTEN PAGES TODAY. WILMINGTON AVIATOR JV3 -MISSING IN" BOLSHEVIKI .LINRS IN TBI UKRAINE. Warsaw, May IS. UeaL Bsnsea C. Rorisoa, ef : Wilmlagtoa, N. C, a pilot In the ' Koecluske AeHal Sqnadrea, haa been mlaslng for sev eral ears, slace he began a light t ebtala a report eoaeerniag the Bol shevik! line aeatk.ra front In the 1'kratne. Rerleon has not -been reported, and the - Polish wriliUiy eatberltlee ara ef the opinion that he cither waa shot down by the enemy ar forced to land Inside the Belahevikl llaea. Wlreleas effort have keen msde to aaeertaia- the rate-ef he avtaterr - Palmer Delegation" To Frisco Certified and Georgia Si uation Explained Atlanta, 6a., May 23, Hiram L. Gsrd- ner, secretary of the Georgia Democratic executive committee, forwarded- today headquarters at Washington the official certificate of the Stat committee is suing the credentials of the committee to the fult -Parmer delegation from eo, ln f "ZL fion, Tne record wasendoFsed ty W the 67 members of the committee.- The certificate contain th regulations for the presidential primary a issued on February 10, in which it waa pro vided that all of the Bute delegates to the National convention hall be chosen from among ' the friends and supporters ef that - candidate for presi dent receiving the highest county unit vote. "I showed that Palmer received L 143 vote, Watson 132, and Smith 104. -In-ferwardmg -he-iett'OfWFe& retary . of the National committee,. Sec retary Gardner stated:' Tress report hav misrepresented th situation in .Georgia. No 'bolting' convention was heldjnorwas thereany necessity" for ueh. The rule ofTthe ... - ' . . . I., . i tu pf lQj.fi.ry BuOptcu Smith, -Watsoa- or Palmer were candi dates, provliied that the candidate who should receive th highest number of county unit rote should have th whole delegation. "Not until after Palmci had won nn- der the rales of the primary wa there th -suggastloa of dissatiaf actio about the regulation. "When the State convention met the mWanoTWaWouYo strong enough ' te - disregard the rules under which the primary had been run which they did oa the theory that the convention was supreme and had the right to ro as it wished, "It was the Palmer delegation to San Francisco that met and organized im mediately after the convention ad journed and the press erroneously re ported to be a meeting of the Palmer delegates to the Htate convention.' - Delegates elected - by the tate -ebn ventioa and rrpaeaientintf the Smith and Watson faction, will meet, here next Wednesday to organize and make plans for attending the San Franeiaco conven tion. Former Senator Thomas W, Hard wick is expected to head the delegation. FREIGHT RATE HEARINGS WILL BE STARTED TODAY Will Be On Question Of Revision Of Rates To Meet Six Per : Cent Guarantee .Washington, May 23. Hearings look ing toward reviaion of ihe freight-rate structure of the entire country ta meet the government guarantee of 6 per cent return on the rail properties of the nation will be started tomorrow by the Interstate Commerce CommissioA Bopresentativea of practically every interest connected with the nation s transportation systems, including the public, will have an opportunity to pre sent -their esses. Three State public utilities com miloners will sit wita-tna iuifnmi9tjpijbilei what rate? increases are to be granledis threshed out. w. moderatorJJRecommendutona as to rata Increases, which have been made to the commis sion by the carriers and which form the liasis for the hearing, set forth that in order to make an Income- of 6 per cent the earnings of all the roads mtist b InereaM'd by 1,017,000,000. To provide this additional sum the roads have recommended that rates in the Eastern gronups be advanced 30.4 per cent to make a 21.1 per cent additional incomo; ,ih the South 30.9 per cent for :ffffftV:: per, cent To yield an advance of,17 P cent in revenue. - CUTS THROATS 0F-FOUR- HILDREN AND HEP,SELF Cuthbertr Ga May 23-Mrs. WrH. Ward, of Cuthbert, slashed the throats of Herself snd four of her five children with a razor early today,' according to the police, while her husband lay asleep insn diningroom.Mental deranga oienT TromTon g illness was"TKfXT5heT ta m n'-trre ' tun WWKiimM:-lT?r One of the children, a girl, of five, died from the injuries, two others were said to be in a serious condition, but the fourth child and the mother are ex pected to recover. : - -i..: ANTWERP STADIUM KEADV ' . r FOR THK .OMMfiCjliAMJ Antwerp, .May 23. The 15Iympie stadium, completed three ruonths ahead time, wss offieiwlly Inaugimtlftd-this Birernoon wivu m sIV111 w"w hibition by six hundred men snd girls, mostly Belgian. . The structure ia reaily fof the games, even th cinder tracks for- ttie ..lUDiiing ven. pciug . cpm fleted, PRICE: FIVE CETfTS ILLED Y FORCES OF GEN. TI UndateTttTspatch SaysTMex r lean Pre$ident Was Victim -2: Of Treasonable Attack !kjn FlREtf INTO HUTWHERE; CARRANZA WAS SLEEPING Herf eroi: Mea: Said To iBave ; Abused Confidence Placed In Them After Their -leader; 'Had Professed Loyalty; Car- ransa Followers Offered Stiff Resistance To Attackers Mexico CityLMay M. (By the Asso eiated Press.) A dispatch received from Juaa Barragan, chief of staff of Pres ident Carranza, says Carraasa met hi death at th hand ef General Bodotfo Herrero's forces at Tlaxealantoago. Th ' -dispatch did not give t he exact .dat e. : . The dispatch follows: . "VUla Juarei, State of Pueblo, May 12." "To General Alvaro Obregon : "Referring to your telegram of this dat6rHeWroT joined "tha - Citlnmn at Pntlai rofeMinxJfiyaltjr, Arriving '.t TUxaliBtongo,e7.o olerwi fcApW tality to Carranza, placing sentinel who knew the terrain. At 4 o'clock ia the morning his men, abusing the confidence imposed in them aurrnnaded th hltr CARRANZAf R0D01 JHERRERO - ' u v. b i . u u. mmm in vjiiu,, ui lu, their rifles furiously into the hat. Every Cne offered resistance although with the natural demoralization caused by th unexpected attack. "General Francisco Murguia fought valiantly ia tha obscurity semi-dark. aahCFpu)MSFeh -Craitef, -erae -swr prised the defender wheu they were - leaving their '.shelter to '"attack." the T' tnemy ' " ;f-- - "The unexpeetednesa ef th attack, enables us to clear our military honor. Tha drfenjer was generat to snch an ex- take 60 prisoners, amonr them Marie Mendez, Pauline Fontes, Gilgariai, Gea- " era! H. Uerex, Colonel Gomez, General VllMa and Carranza's military aid. fOur conscience is clear. Onr griet . for the death of the President ia incon solable. We are aatisfied that we did " not abandpa kisBj o ea moment, . "The few mea wounded aad dead ia. explained by the fact that the attackers r.' Xkzir tinm. kanauia'-jthaLJiiaca where the President, who had placed hi confidence in Uerrero, waa sleeping. The loyalty and courage of the President1 followers . were useless against the treason of those criminals." The message wa signed by Barragan and Marcisno Gonzales, Federieo Moa tes, Francisco Do Hi Maria and others. The flags on the American Embassy and all the other embassies and ega tions were placed at half mast when the " new ef th assassination of President Carranza nrrrvd...:r-.r.- ' " POLITICAL DRVELOPMESTS CHIEF FEATtJ RETI NTEREST Washingtoa, May 23. Prospective political development in Mexico this . week began today to overshadow th killing of Carrnx'"''?'r:y-i The Mexican Congress meet ia spee ial session tomorrow to choose a Pre--, ident ad interim. Adolfo de la Huerta, chosen by the Sonora group a month ago as the Provisional president and General Pablo Gonzales, appear ae-tbc outstanding candidates but the chief concern of the American official aad business men having Mexicaa inter ests "Israel so much in th identity of "I the aueccssful -candidate as in the'' strength of the co-operative spirit to be manifested. - While doubt of the. ability of any one chosen to restore the eountry to a . state of tranquillity enough to warrant . the holding of the regular election was expressed by both business men and,' officials, it was agreed that the re moval of Carranza ought to make his task-far- more-simple. Although 1 ilUnHoMheugjtive President must be satisfactorily explained, if was said. before foreign governments wiir giv serious, thoiigpt to any szespt a de fsf to recognition of the new government; the "government has been materially strengthened from a. military and po litical point ot view, . Official reporrv today added little toihe information received in newa diapatches yesterday telling of the aged ruler's failure to set up his gov ernment in the mountains of Pueblo, but there waa an .. evident -tendency in official quarters to accept the vert sronf-hirTtRrtlr it factoaderv of compKcity. The eaittion given by representative r-: of 'varioiii1 iiidusTr'iit groups 'ia Mei- "' leo"'to Swrrtary Colby- sgainst too - ment in Mezico has been supplemented' byether business eonevrns and there is reason to believe the situation will be studied carefully for some tim T-. ter the selection, of a President ad in terini before any course of procedure is determined. ' - CAftRAZA AXI J40iiA"A. , . WERE ONLY PERSONS KILLED. Mexico City, May 23. (By The 'Asso ciuted Press. President Carranza and Gea.. jraTcrTT'Moltny'WVTe- the only 3 persons killed at Tlaxcalanlongo, ae oording to newspaper dispatch re- C Civcd-here. tdayt- Gea. Bodolfo Her- ; reroi quoted by the dispatches a say ing that he only .desired 4 kill Car ranza ancfTifnTW'io- lVuuUa; Uen. Mor- TlJy-MoHha iai(I to hav beea snis- tnken' for Bonillas. . - The dispatches add thst the generals jjjld two niembejrj of the Carranza cabi net, who at first were reported to have been killed, have disappeared Md prok ably are ia biding. i