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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,
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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
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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.
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