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1 ASSEMBLY.
VOTES FOR -.Oil
ES
Promised Debate at Charlotte
; Over Subject Fails To
rr -Materialize"
SUDDENNESS OF ACTION
ALMOST STAMPEDES BODY
Opponents of Uniting Presby
teriaa JiBeniblieJLlLhsentl
,rrom JIall Planning Cam
paign. of Attack When' Beso-
lution Goes Through Without
a Dissenting Vote ,
Charlotte, May 24. Contrary to gen
eral expectation the, iouthera Presby
terian General Assembly meeting here.
feOFFOUiRAll
t r unwui unity auoptea we piaa
of nion With jrther Presbyterian, .and.
- ..J .V t..3! .J... .
....I J .t.-.. . . i i .... . ..
vAviHin uiua uuuiw uumiucu oy
the Joint eommitee Saturday. The vote
was byaeelamation and bat few noes"
were beard; For a moment the Aseem-
lily was taken off its feet as it were
the surprising suddenness of its own
action. ' i.
Moderate - Lingle had ealled for
discussion, without response. The
," question was celled, warning given that
the vote wu about to be taken, but
none offered objection. Expecting pro-
. longed debate on the question it was
aid tonight, members outside the
- meeting were planning the tactics to bt
. followed In opposition when' they learn
ed that the vote had bee a taken.
' " Northern. Assembly Acts.
Son after the Asembly had takes
action, ti received from the Northern
Jf resby teria a i, General A m at
- tkaarfeji--fte1r
Bouncing the action of that body ' la
approving the same piaa of union.
The plan at present involves four
church, bodies, the Northern Presby
teriaa chnreh, the tJnlted Presbyterian
church, the Befbrmed Presbyterian
church and the Sonthera Presbyterian
church.
. Moat of the ttornint and afternoon
sessions of the Assembly today were
devoted t routine bum opss.
il'.V t-ift."jr- -:V 't. tTr-V x' ;
it ft. , hut
noon Bev. l)r. John MeilL. l
- mingham, AJa delivered aa address aa
evangelism. ... ,
Tonight a popular meeting In the
interest- of home missions was held,
at which former 'Governor! W. H. Mann,
oi- v irgiata, ana others spoke.
The northern assembly haa not acted
ca the plan of union, proposed but will
take some action on it at the assembly
meetings in Philadelphia, now being
acid. T---
Friends -of oresnie union of the two
I ." bodies insiat thu t the pla a u nanimously
adopted by the assembly this morning
is decisively Victorious for them, while
those opposing organic union are equal-
ly insistent that the .plan , proposed
means no more than a mere federa
- t:on, that relations betweeit,, the two
. bodies will be closer, bat that the mer
gence of the- two bodies into a single
denomination will not ' have been
: brought about.
, i Plan Far Organisation.
I is proposed in the plsn that the
united assembly which shall be formed
from . those Presbyterian churches
coming intothe agreement . shall be
-' ki.own as the United Assembly of the
Presbyterian and. .Beferomed Churches
in the United States of America and
-halt--reprcsenyin-the;-ody---ali -the
. cburchs uniting in the union, this
' iiniteissembly to be the declarative,
" xeeutivet administrative - and judicial
; agency of the united churches. $
The United Asembly ahslL. jcinsiat
rt eight rep1fesehtatives' from, each of
the .constituent denominations rrom
MJSBm Bl!21hnJnnL 269000, pn.Mvl 2Ul less
UmU .JGM.-GlflM last Frtdayr- . P . .
jsiugia oenominanon emu mur. in.uj
sw,wq communicants then eigni rep
revenUtivee for each additional 20000
communicants or major fraction tberer
tit shall be add d, the representative
to be ministers of the gospel end rul
ing elders in eqmal numbers and shall
be chosen, together with their alter
nate t under the direction of their re
spective ehurche and in soch manner
as their respective churches shall de
termine."' ' ' ' -
Betala Owa Individuality.
The p!aadee1ares thstevery church
"entering into this union shall retain
its distinct individuality, its ..own creed
and lovernment snd worship . ss well
" aa everv Bdwerriurisdictioar and right
- By this clause opponents- of organic
I - . - union ia southern Sesembly ehuwhes j
riBJJKis3eC&om
, : roiing7thci
corporate identity.
It is understood and
so-stated in
r; the-articles of agreemei4 eontaiaed iaf
i the plan that the Southern free oy
teriaa, church as an organization, must
survive the proposed merger tht it
"will retain its own eonstitutUonal fane-
. Hons relating to-its. Qga-aynQd pret-
, byteries . And . eongregationa and that
ih. TTnitA Aemhlr shall bave super
vision of and control over the larger
matters appointing to ; their eommon
ork. The principle, for instance, of
denominational control in home mie-
" ewnwawat esent-aisteatahsll-Ja,,
continued and direct administration
bslbseoBfined; to individual
and constituent churches, only the
general control ..of home and foreign
missions coming within the power
. of the united chorchi , . t
"iEiVl,8ERVICB RBTIBEMESr '
- BILL SIGNED BT WILSOX.
Wflshinirton. Mar 21. The civil ser
-vire retirement -tiltr providing for -the
retirement of government employes at
part onlsry, was signed today ty presi
dent Wilson. It will" become ' effective
in ninety days.. . j , t
FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF
SUGAR SUPPLY PLANNED
Gorernment To Slake Sweeping
Investigation of Sugar Bro.
ken of Nation
"Ifew! Torsy May"3C Thf government
will seek to obtain fair distribution of
the country's .sugar supply ihroaga
sweeping investigatioa of sugar brokers,
who ignore, eondttiona of thier.: federal
licenses, A. W. Biley, special assistant
to Attorney General Palmer, announced
here tonight.
This announcement followed closely
upon, testimony before the jaiat legis
lative committee investigating profit
eering of Herbert Hoover, who charged
the government with -responsibility for
the present high price of sugar because
of its failure' to authorise the super
canalization beard to vurehaae the Cu-
ban crop last yeaf aaoTl'"fca'U!
eenta a. pound and upon toe announce
ment that the price ef Tefined sugar hid
been Increased to 224 eenta, an ad
vance of three eenta within a week.
The investigatioa healed by Mr. Biley
will begin tomorrow when he will pre
side st what he described ss a ''series of
informs! m ee tin gs:Tfith- three Tepresen
tatives of the sngsr men appointed by
their" colleagues last week la Washing
ton.- .
Secretary Denies- Senator's
Right: Dictate Form of
His Answers
Washington, May 4 Cross examin
ation of Secretary Daniels before the
Senate Naval Investigation Committee
today wound about in a tortuous way
from verbal wrangle to debate and back"
to wordy clashes between the Secret
ary and Chairman Hale. The latter at
one point requested Mr. Daniels to ans
wer a ouaatioB with MvesM or "no and
the-Jletoryheg4-f
.. x sun oeereiary ox us isavy ana
(hall answer you in accordance with
the duties of my office," the Secretary
retorted. "You have bo more right to
tell me how to answer a question than
I hare tq tell you how to ask it."
Mr. Daniels' testimony today dealt
largely with the Nary Department's war
plana in April, 1917., He furnished the
committee with s lengthy lis fcf war
ir-iuiA. Bex Admiral etmmr eWirea that
the department had ad plans.
During one interchange the Chairman
accused Mr. Daniels of delay jag the
searings by introducing -irrelevant mat
ters" and by giving evasive answers.
"At the present rate it looks like this
committee will be here all summer," the
Chairman added.
"All right," replied Mr. Daniels. "That
suits me."
"I can't understand why yon are in
troducing so much irrelevant matter
continued Senator Hale. ""These hear-
lags ara . being conducted st great si
Dense toi the government and I would
think, that you would be as anxious ss
say of us to expedite taenu'
"I am not introducing irrelevant mat
ter and I do wish to expedite the hear
ings, replied Mr. Daniels, "bat I in
tend to give full ana wers to yourcjue
tiona if it take alt summer." .
Miv-Dahiels told the committee that
the Navy Department had plans as
adequate as any in the history of any
navy ia , the world" for wsr "against
any possible enemy,
NATION'S FREIGHT JAM
IS SLOWLY YIELDING
Washington, May 2-4 The freight jam
was declared tonight to be slowly, yield
tag to ths efforts eoneeatrated on the
mass of ears which clog the country's
-railroad-
Bail road Association's ear service com-
n, . t.m h-ttla to reUeve the block-
ade by no means has been won, railroad
officials said the indications of improve
ment were strong enough to substantiate
the belief that the peak of the conges
tion had passed.
" Despite; the brighter prospects for
digging the railroads out of the freight
jam, efforts of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to speed the work were not
diminished ia any manner today. Local
organisations te be known as terminal
committees were formed today at 30 of
ths ..country's . leading railrosui - eeatsrs
and were instructed to kscp the com
mission informed of every phase of their
respective problems with a view to em
ploying emergency powers granted by
csrfylng but of the commission's or-
me transportation acu
der lor a great exchange ef equipment
coal ears eaat aad grain cars west, is to
begin tomorrow.
- - -
NORFOLK'S POPULATION
. INCREASE 71 PERCENT
WwOungtoa. May Norf olkVs,.
whose population fpt.J920 wss an
nounced today by the census bureau as
115.777. an increase of 8 325, or 71.8
per et, has paased,, Albany, N. Y. i
Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Velf Bpo
kaae, Wash;; Eansaa, City, Kansas;
1 bji,.. Mass.;.. . Tare ma,.. Wash.;.,, lir-,
beth, N. J.J UUea,".S-f.l Schenectady,
N. Y.; Evansvllle, Ind., and Manchester,
N. ir aU of which placet wera larger
in 1910.
Norfolk is eleventh city thus far in
the 1920 census which hss risen into
ths JfiOjEla.-.
Bat XEGAltZIXCMAKINC;
,171 PER CENT BEER . SIGNED,
Albany,- N.-Y.i'May-4.-The- Walker
bill, legalizing the. manufacture and
sale of bee containing not more than
2.75 per cent of alrfhvi wassigned by
Gor.'Bmlth today.-
Senator Harris, of Georgia
Brings Matter Before Inter-
- state Commission
CONGESTION' DUE TO USE :
QFJ PORTS INTHOORTHT
five Sovtheastern . States On
. Atlantic ICoacentrating .Jn
. fight To Secure. Business
"Tof Development ' of "Their
Reading Ports; No Jealousy
Between The Ports
The News and Observer feureau,
- 603 District National Bank Bldg,
' . By R. I. POWELL. . ,
(By Special Leased Wire.)
'Washiagtoa, D. C., - May , 24-The
freight "jam" throughout the country,
with particular severity ill the East
and North, shows no signs of slacken
Jng but the possibilities of ths use of
ths southeastern .pwtt, inelodhtr "Wil
mington, North Carolina, have been
demonstrated te the Interstate Com
merce Commission, ths railway execu
tives and shippers generally through
oat the eonntry. ,
' The Interstate; Commerce- Commis
sion was today formally requested' to
take under consideration the advisabil
ity of utilising the -southeastern ports
in diverting the .routes of freight which
"W "done" under the emergency' 'powers
granted to the commission in the re
cently enacted transportation act. Sen
ator William J. Harris,; of Georgia,
before the commia.
Work To Secnre Advantages.
The reeent establishment of the
southeastern division of the Shipping
Board has centralised the activities
of the five southeastern ports, and on
every hand can be found the direct evi
dences that the State of North Caro
lina, aided by South Carolina, Georgia
and Florid are in the fight to a finish
to hold to the advantage already gain-
aSV. and, m. ..atUUtlxm.. to .td..t...i
growth it the sorts. wiatf're
. Senator iiarris discussed ths general
situation in a statement when he said:
"The congestion at . northern ports
has more to do with the present
freight jam than any other aingle fac
tor. The war proved to the country
that the utilization of southern ports
meant greater movements of traffic
with the natural conclusion that the
business of ths country would profit.
There lire no ice-bound, southeastern
ports with a tie-up through the winter
tta6-meciny"6ripenaingtne
whole summer in. work cleaning up the
past winter jam. Another winter is
upon the northern ports before .they
find room for ordinary movements.
"The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion ia using some of the emergency
authority "granted to them" by the re
cent transportation act, and they" have
an excellent opportunity, by diverting
freight to Southern ports from New
York, to show that there jure other
ports, in the country with the capacity
to handle commerce,
Toe Many Use Northern Porta.
"The freight rata granted a few
months ago from' the Mid-West to
southeastern and Gulf porta have al
ready provoked antagonism from the
Morthera ports and the ini
are bsck of these" ports. ,Ths logical
step is for the Interstate Commerce
Commission to utilize, in this time of
railroad stress, ths advantages which
havs been proven to the- country
tirreuilraTomia !
"A vital cause of the present jam
is ths f set that too many exporters
-ship -their- good -to Eorepe aad-fiewth
America through northern" 'port; In
stance can be-shown where-freight -for
export in routed through the north
whea the natural outlet; the shortest
route, Is through the south:
"I Sin informed that there are many
miles ef empty freight ears banked
ap at northern ports. New York should
have as much freight as she can
handle, bnt no more. Too much traffic
at one port hurts the country as well
as the port itself.
No Jetloasy la South.
The-recognition of the.. Jbu.sia.ess. : of
the leutheastern ports has com e from
responsible . officials. ' The Shipping
Board has organized the new.southesst
ern division, with .,. Savannah,.. a Sth
headquarters. There is no' jealousy
W ilntinrtew; -Charrestoir. -- fiavarmaK
BrBBswick and Jacksonville," for"tbey
are fighting la a eommon cause.
. lThs fight hs just beguBr Our ports
bave won every victory in the after
war competition. There is much yet to
be done, and the fruits of a greet deal
I steere which belongs to Us throngh
natural and -economic advantages."
rA-K-s-Ta-A.--ar"V-'-BJT ' 1 ' '""
- i ae sum -i iJ.sut is tns amount al
lotted for use by the forces of Hiram
Johnson in North Carolina la aa ef
fort to secure second place in the es
teem of the Tar Heel delegation to the
ftioa
statement was made by Angus Me-
Pween, eastern campaign manager for
Senator Johnson, during his testimony
today before the special Senate investi
gating committee headed by Senator
Kenyott, and which - came into exis
tence through the efforts of Senator
Boratr- ; r' . 7"
It is said here .that Senator Johnson
will go to North Carolina the lattes
Tart of this week to give a breexr
rrmck'teriitsmJgnTFricrdsribe
Calitornia Senator say that he is not
UTitagnnlaing the avowed BepuhHrnn
support Jn North ' Carolina for Judea
Jeter C. rritchard. .
SAYSLIVIIIGCOST,:
NOT BE ADVANCED
BY HIGHER RATES
Spokesmen of Carriers Ex-j
press This Opinion In Open-
ing Freight Rate Hearmprr
SPEEDY TRANSPORTATION
DF GOODS WOULD RESULT
Daniel Willard, President of B.
..nd 0,s..Sys Beqtnested lni
creases In Bates Would
' "8erve To Bednce The Cost of
Living ; Advances Would Pro
vide Over Billion Dollars
Wsshington, May Belief that ad
vances ia freight rates to provide the
more than a, billion dollars additional
revenus ssked by the nation's railroads
lywnld 'riot 'increese the ot f Jiving,
was expressed by spokesmen for the
carriers in'opeaiag their ease today be
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. '
"Nothing- ttat I ifto ofsaM Banrel
Willard, president of the Baltimore and
Ohio Bailroad., "would reduce the cost
of living so mueh"as the prompt and
speedy transportation of goods He
added that he revenues asked as neces
sary to provide the 6 per eent return
guaranteed by the government Jn the
transportation act would enable the car
riers to purchase sufficient equipment
to move commodities now usable to
'Teaeli"V'arkei"''w "'w '""''-
, Frederick fitraoss, ef New York, also
appearing for the railroads, declared
that a 50 cr 00 per eent increase in
freight rates would have aa appreeiabie
T elnTbiftfieTpf escn't movenicnt'To "Bring
down living. coats. '
Questioning of Howard "Elliott, of the
general rat committee of, the Associa
tion of Bailwsy Executives, who pre
sented introductory testimony for the
carriers ae a whole, developed that the
additional billion dollars requested ia
rot regsrded by the railroads as cover
ing wage increases estimated at more
than a billion dollars annually Included
labor board.
Mr. Willard made the Initial presen
tation of . testimony for the Eastern
groups of railroads, who are -asking an
increase of 30.4 per eent in rates to
produce about $550,000,000 ' added
revenue. - . : '
Mr. Strauss contended for higher
rates arneeessary to bolster up the
weakened market for railway securities.
Unless the carriers can compete with
other industries as a profitable invest'
rnjenti bOseW
ship is the only aTternaUve loTtecBBeeaytngterim
going.
Opposition to any rate increases was
expressed by 8. H. Cowan, representing
the Texas Cattle Growers' Association.
Cattlemen are against snr raise in rates
fof iprontT, be declared, adding that if
the roads could not support themselvei
it was their own misf ortune,
Cross-examination of the earners;
witnesses was conducted at length by
retirosentatives of the shippers. Mr,
Willard, ia reply to questions ssid there
now were some 10,000 more men em-,;
nloved bv the Baltimore and Ohio Bail
road than before federal control, but
explained that this was mainly due to
the change irom a piece oasis won u
'SI
METHODIST CONFERENCE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Drrbarles- HBeck, of Pitta,
burg, Secretary-Treasurer
Memorial Service.
Greensboro." May Be. Charles H.
Beck, DJ) of Pituburg, secretary ef
iha veneral conference of the Meth
odist Protestant church sines 1008, was
elected secretary-treasurer of the -conference
on the first ballot st iU session
hem tndsv. - . ;
Bev. C. W. Bates, of Henderson, N. C,
was soDointed assistant secretary sad
Bev. Crates S. Johnson; of Columbus,
Ohio, wss nnanimously elected atatisti
al .eeretanr. Bev. Thomas H. Lewis,
foresee at its meeting isie oaturaay
afternoon presided over the meeting.
A memorial service was held for de
reisea members "of the-eonferenee..- - A
fereneeprotestmr againes toe course
pursued by the Japanese government In
Korea and extending the sympsthy of
the conference to the Korean was re
ferred to the committee oa frsternsl
relations by the conference.
-A report of the activities of the Fed
n,,ni.n nt the churches of Christ
tffTtm'L'fli'a' OH 'Whtfh taw MetaediH - rre -
UIHt JWMS'" w - . I
seated to the conference iy ev. ensr
les 8. McFsrland, DD, New Yerk see
reUry of the council. - Dr. McFarland
characterised the progress of co-opera-
enurcnes - repr;uicu au,,,
greater during the last three years thsn
in all the preceding years of the exist
ence f the eonneil. He recommended
that the Methodist Porteetant confer-
nthnrvaie the .conference to an-
point' a committee lo enter lntb eonfer-
eaei . wTtSiailtgnlWi-'Wi'lwUtee LWyirase- Iewie4j-svatatesaent tonight
the Inter-chureh world movement with
a view to recommending the wisest pro-
eedure in the Interest eft the movement.
VTSFiimd :aisreo::int 'ii-"ii'- w
sontlal that-provision be made- for the
conservation of all permanent results
sehieved by the inter-church world
movement, t '
MANDATE BY U. S.
OVER ARMENIAIS
ASKED BY VILSON
Request of President Brings No
Discussion In Either The
House or Senate
GOES TO COMMITTEE,
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
Senator . Harding, ' Bepnblican
Chairman , of Committee
Which Investigated Armenia,
Is Opposed To Taking a Han
date; Bepnblican Leader
Lodge Hakes No Comment
Washington,1 May;, 24. Authority to
seeepforae TWfc4"Stater
over Armenia was ssked of Congress to
day by President Wilson. The exeeu-
e-sidiJifl wa tbhacious"ilia iMSijftirti 0ring the wsr. The
nrging fa very critical choice," but that
he did so "Jn tb earnest belief that it
will be the Wish of the people ef the
United StMc-e that this should be done
The President's, message, ws read in
both -the House and Senate, but was die
tussed ia neither. 'Each house r;f erred
it to its Committee on Foreign Relations
aad them was no Indication whea either
committee would take it up. Some Be
publican leaders in the Senate predicted
privately that the message would iia-in
the Senate, committee indefinitely.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the
Republican leader and chairman of the
Senate committee, had no comment to
Etake on the executive's recommenda
tions. In the past, however.' he ha de
Ulre4 emphatically his opposition to a
mandate ' .....
'-OT''",Hsiilngt)ppei,tC'"'"
- Senator Harding, Bepubllcan, ef Ohio,
cliairman of the committee which tnvee-
tigated Armenian affairs, said he would
Armenia and added that he did not think
the' Senate would consent.
"The foreign rejajUons," be said, " was
almost unanimous against a mandate,
Democrats, as well es Bcpublieans, op
posing such a step.";
Senator Harding is the author of the
resolution recently adopted by the Sen
ate congratulating the Armenian people
on the recognition of their independence
snd asking the President- to send a
President WlTson referred to this reso
lution in his message today, but Sena
tors pointed out that this measure was
sdoptod arf a substitute for one by Ben
ator Williams, Democrat, Mississippi,
propsing that the United States become
the mandatory for Armenians.
The President in his message in
formed the Senate that he had accepted
the invitation of the allied supreme
MuTsfiTthat he undertake "to arbitrate
the verv difficult Questions of the bottn
dairljetwMn-Turkey'- ahd -Armenia.'
accept this difficult and delicate task.'
Provision For Mandates.
Provisions for mandates over former
subject peoples is made in the treaty of
Versailles snd it is set forth thst such
mandate shall be executed under the
Xieaorua of Nations, but aince the United
I'BtatesdT'g'InembeT-of the league,
administration officials said If Congress
decided that the United Stater should
act for Armenia the treaty provisions
would be waived ia this case. -The
cmestion o fa mandate over Ar
menia was discussed at length ia the
report of the American mission to Ar
menia, headed by Major-General Har
bord which recently was presented to
the Senate. General Harbord estimated
lhat acceptance of the mandate would
nttAt tha Dresenee oT5O,000 Amert-
can troops there. Other estimates, how
ever, have placed "it at less e - the
Tutkish army had been-demebiUaed in
accordance with the terms or tne lurs
ish treaty. -' ' '
BROOKE G.-EM PIE DIES
-IN WILMINGTON SATURDAY
Wilmington, May 24-Tuneral ser
vices over the remains of Brooke G.
Empie, for many years one of the lead
ers of the Wilimngton bar, were held
from t. James church yesterday after
noon, conducted r tiy Bev," Bobert B.
Gribben, rector of St. John's. Mr. Em
pie's death occurred icarly Saturday
morning, following a brief illness. He
was for years sctive in polities, serving
ss State Senator for two terms and as
judge of the New Hanover Recorder's
court. He is survived by his wife and
several step children. He was 64 years
old.,'- - -,--.
.-. ii, v . .
ARMY STARTS ITS HWlUlRvy -.-
... INTO BERGDOLL 8 ESCAPE.
nmderrAtr,rT-'My-?v.--eploTirtt
Thomas Q. Donaldson, of the Inspector
General's Department, Washington, and
Col, Alexander B. Coxe, nt the army
general staff corps, arrived here today
to take up the locar angles of the war
Department's Inquiry into responsibility
for ..the" "escape" .or Gftfwr v." Bngmt
HJ -
fvi
IfcrgdoU at the time ws u a rgtil
"treasuTerhTiBtttg' furlough.
No trace has been found of the fug)-
tlv by the Federal and Civil agents
sesrehing for him. '
SAYS. A.R.HY. WAS WABSSO , .
BERGDOLL PLANNED ESCAPE.
, '
Weshington, May 24. Both the army
Intelligence corps and the Department j
of Justice were forewarned that Grover
C. Bewdnlir draft evader, nlanned anieral Manninir. -0: T. T. Hicks. 2S0:
MMIM fmm pintnflv. Atlarrmit finnnfl
disclaiming responsibility oV the part
of, the Department of' JutieMs eir-U.
eumstaneel which 1ermlttelfierifdolLL'
lolSiTyl -InformatlotflBs't a -ploii
with an escape In view wa under jnayTeandidatcaTTor Btate Braatorp Judicial,
Mr. Palmer mid. waa first obtained bv ! Coai-rew.iohal and (state offices sre rc-
the srmy authorities 'Jad'-MS given to
them br his deoaitmant.
REPUBJJGANS SPEND
TREMENDOUS SUMS IN
NATIONAL GM1PAIGN
UGESIOUGH
VINDOVOFTRAIN
President of France Little The
; Worst For His Harrowing -
Experience
- ParlsT May U. '(By "'the''" Associated
Press.) President Desehanel returned
to the Elyse palace tonight after his
miraculous escape from death : near
Montargis last aight when be plunged
head first through a window of a spec-
he wss' traveling
to Montbrison to dedicate a monument
to Senator Bermond. a French aviator.
president looked not much the worse
Tor his experience. "-. -
M. Desehsnel who - was accompanied
on Jhefeip by automobile from Mont
argis by Mme. Desehsnel and Premier
Millerand, alighted from the vehicle
ia the Elyse yard without help. His
face was not bandaged, - but shotted
the marks of the accident.
Premier Millerand said to' the cor
respondent you may tell yonr people
in America that the President is sound
physically and mentally. Only a few
scratches remain of the terrible ex
perience he underwent. President Des
ehanel is feeling so good that he in
sists on presiding ever the ..council ; of
miniatera which is scheduled to be held
tomorrow.,,;;
It developed front M. Millerand's
talk that the escape of the President
from death was miraculous, as aecord-
meters an hour. It is fantastic,
tne premier Kept repeating.
Jules Bteeg minister of the Interior
who wss on the train with the Presi
dent reported to M. Millerand that M.
Desehsnel alighted en soft sand, head
first. .
: Throughout Paris snd even in official
circles the falling health of the Pres
ident is ascribed as contributing to the
curve when M. Desehanel opened the
window, the President himself told M.
L'Hermitte, his chief of cabinet this
morning, 'that he was suddenly over
come with dUainess snd -recollocted
nothing until he gained consciousness
lying along the roadway. The President
was much embarrassed by his personal
appearance' which was the first thought'
that flashed through his mind whea be
recovered consciousness;: M. Desehanel,
President of the republic, has been
noted" for" hisimmaenlste dress -and
JignityBlawaj. the LjastjLword in
fashionable apparel sad the picture of
the President walking along down the
railroad track in pajamas dishevelled
snd bare footed, has actually appealed
to .the boulevard Parisian sense of
honor.
.. The President had a hearty meal this
evening at Elysee-palaee and chatted
gaily with Mme Desehanel and the chil
dren. He seemed to enjoy immensely
the retort of the track-walker to whom
he said: "I am President Dewhanel,
to which the latter replied i "Might you
not be the late Cxar of Bnssiat
ONE CANDIDATE SWEARS
HE BOUGHT SOME CIGARS
Listed TheAmbngHia"Cam
: paign Expenses at $4.60;
""IT Others Hie
Among the scores and scores of citi
zens of the commonwealth who are
seeking ' preference in the-June -pri
mariea, there is at least on who holds
fast to the ancient faith ia the eftl
eacy.of tobacco ss a getter of votes.
He lists cigars among his legitimate
campaign expenses, filed; with the, Sec
retary of State yesterday In complian t
with the statutory mandates requiring
that they be filed at least ten days
before the primary. Ssid candidate 'is
Addison G. Kieaud, of Wilmington,
seeking the nomination for tha, judge
ship in the' Sixth judicial district.
But so far Air. Bieaud i alone in nie
allegiance fo the ancient faith. Thir
teen candidates hats filed expense ac
counts so far, but. none other has
bought say cigar that he wil admit of
in a sworn statement. Home few have
sought votes with gasoline aad oil)
sTra-T'riTriiine;rs'tDr-hii5say.
advertising and postage stamps prepon
derate in the items of the eost of be
ing nominated,-or near-nomtnatedr Mr.
Bicaud also sought favor ..with the ele
vator boy in the building where he has
his office, and paid hira f-2 for Staying
op bite whilst the candidate planned
late for thejdiscoJjiuoM
iie lw-pe.aefc y eui-
m it ted to the Secretary of State is that
of Judge W. it Council!, seeking the
Congressional nomination: m the finth
district. He has spent il.576.03. Ci T.
-i f ar : inirane tiom!
next with (521.11. Others are as fol-
'low; M. W. N'asht8.60 Justice W. A
'Hoke, t7; CongressmaS CM. Sted-
man, i Congresmu. E. W. Tou,
.; W'. D. Merritt, A50; Attorney Gen-
UtL - Vh - WiWame-ljlker--JafflPbelf.
1S i;'P. Tuekoft 131 J 8 Cangressmsa
R. I Doiighton, SjO; Secrptary of Stat
.Bryan Grimea, .fS&-Ti-2Us.--i,
The time limit for filing expense ft
counts expifrt' tAVtgU It rtdlg1:""AU I
qred to fileLefters bearing th ifite
')f May -5 will be accepted. .
Over . Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars In Expenses In Be-halLof-Governor
Low
den's Candidacy
OHIO CONTEST MAKES v
NEWBERRY'S CAMPAIGN
"LOOK LIKE A PIKER"
Prank Hitchcock, WhpAppears
, .Before Senate Investigating
Committee, Throws Little
Light On General Wood's Ex
penditures But Indicates
That Enormous Sams Ex
..pen4ed4jReprceiitativesof: ' Democratic Candidates For
Presidency Show Them at
Bottonr of Column In Cam
paign Expenses '. '
Washington, May J4v-(By the Asso-
tit4 rress.) EWee -theMOeV -
984.7S had beea spent in behalf of Gov
ernor Lowden, Bepublican, of Illinois,
and-a tharge that the "outlay" In the "
Ohio primary contest between Senator ;
Harding, Bepublican, of that State, and -Major
General Leonard Wood made
8enator Newberry's Michigan campaign
"loox like a piker' marked the opening
today of the Senate's investigation into "
pre-eonventiOn campaign ' expenditures.
Frank H. Hitchcock, former post
master general, . who appeared as the ,
represeiststivi Of General Wood, ; threw """
paign espensee and. Senator Harding's
msnagsr was not heard today. He will
be examined later, as will a number of ,
Wood managent, including Col. Wnu C.
Psee44i-4niumtif A..A. Spragu
of Chicago Uoraee C Stebblnsj, of
New York, and John H. Price, of Cleve- t
land. k . L
Prodacaa The Records.
L. It, Emerson, Secretary of State for.
Illinois, was the' spokesman. for Gove-"
aor Lowden. He was armed with
records and cancelled checks snd gave
figures, names, dates and localities. Of . .
the total spent for Governor Lowden. he "
1 saidiaaZSJa jwaasmtJdJmiaJbjw the-
auvvmur uiiuicu, g riwnu gave o-V
823, he testified, before collections were
stopped on orders from Mr. lowden. , .
Detailing expenditure. Mr. Emerson
testified that a total pf 156 was sent
into different States, the Michigan pri
mary campaign with 30,141 taking the
most. - The Lowden committee, he said, '
had sent 38,000 into Missouri. Senator
Heed, Democrat of that-State, ques- 1 '
tioned him at somelenlth to determine -the
method of its use. since there wss
no primary, electionfflettlng outibe ,
Lowden sentiment was the nurDose."
Mr. Emerson aaidTad41ag-taar-it--had-
been successful because the delegates
wouw euppors tne governor eandi
daey. "Cost about a thousand dollars
a delegate for Missouri's thirty-six," V
commented Senator Beed. . -
E. H. Moore, who testified to eontri- -butiom
of about 22K)0 to the earn
psign rof Tiovernor Cox, Democrat, of T
Ohio, made the charge . of heavy ex-
penditures in thfl, Bepublican primary
contest in Ohio and provoked a hot
partisan strife.
Lots of Honey for Wood.
Mr. Moore told the eommitt tk.f
Colonel Procter, of Cincinnati, was "the
angel 'of Gon. Wood's campaign in
Ohio. He testified to extensive news- ,
paper advertkinir in tha nrimar fluhf '
and at one point - was- iutiirrmitBir-TiC
Senator Spencer. BoDublicah., nt m;..
mmiU wbaaaid the witnes wa makrng- -
,i. naa aemanaea names.
"I know a chicken hawk rfftm -t
S!?i" .Mr. Moore. ratnrted...taiiLLln).i. .
U. price, who ran the Wood
aad he will tell you what the Harding
ir ,1",'"' J1"-Jwy iMttgherty-r..-
Hard!ng,:;jtiftnager.arid he will tell
you what the Wood men spent.
-can Jonu t. King, Who started In
as manager of General Wood's cam
paign, if you- want to know about tha
story of the underwriting of the Wood
campaign. I take it that this is a
real investigation and not a side show.
personally snow or one man who.
put up 50,000 for Wood. '
-"If King won't tell you I will give ,
you the name."
Tit, U r Tr 1ft . !
aj,ivrinK jr oenmor outnenana, ite-
uuouf..i we-i!umi ite4tt-at
some length with the ' Wood campaign
in that State, declaring that it had been ,
"like a circus, with its gross publicity."
Senator Sutherlaand, ha said,' had spent
about $3,500 in his campaign.
Senator .Poinderter, Bepublican, of
.J12...l......wL.l. MSJUUl I . .
to Governor Lowden in size of expen
ditures actually developed, and Sen
ator iohmim-,-BgpubHfaj,-Df tailfornla;
with SB8438, was third. 1 The largest
contributor to the Johnson fund was -
R. B, Strsussbnrger, of Norristown, Pa
who gave 127,000, according to Angus
Mcfiween. manager of -Senator John-
rlynn, of Pitmbargh, gave (700 to .
the Johnson campaign, Mr McSween
testified. " .
Senator Johnson's friends In Cali
fornia paid their own expenses in the
tfiT4ary.in.jUiatitatey,tM&..MilweeB----i
said, and also sent $8500 to eastern,
headquartess. Funds for the Michigan
campaign also were raised locally ae
cording to the witness. t !
H. M .Bice, secretary to" Senator
Poindexter, testified that J. F. Hache.
a Bker -of. JVew-York -Cityt had-far-'
aished-1,000 for the Poindexter cam
paign, while William H. Todd, . a
Brooklyn shipbuilder, bad given (20,000.
Mr. Hitchcoek,.-who was the first wit-
aess' or line uay, toia tne committee
thst It had;in"TmdowtoT)dfheirh e '
joined the Wood organization that he
"v- .' . ' -, "
Continued ea fsge Two.)