North Carolina Newspapers

.TI1E WEATHER; f Partly clondy Tuesday, local ,' ahowere woes oertioai Wedaa- dX partly cloady. iiSCSSl i .WATCH LAEEU eVa-i I 11 - v 11 -Sara M vvlrstisa auasin ubsm m tnH. , - ;jjs -V 4 crTUEpArMoruiNGrJUNEr1riB2a. YQU CXI. NO. 153. ' TWELVE PAGES TODAY. TWELVE PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CLOTS ' ' W - OA N . -V A rv nnrn nniTum nnitr rntoiutmwiLOUHS - DISCUSSES FRISCO Executive Holds Lengthy Con f erence aVWhite House With r Chairman Cummings . r tEAGUE OF NATIONS TO BE ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN P artxPlatf onoj Statut of Peace :,;;: Treaty , ana MtYegHgSMgg- . a a . I Into Pre-Convention Ilxpen ! ditures Discussed ; President "i Satisfied With Cummings' Keynote Speech : , " Ws.hln.rton. May Sl.Prosident Wil-! ton direct hand today .to the ' v ' . arrangement, for the Democratic Na tional Convention at Ban Franelsco, ' Bumnieairg Chairman Cummings, oi ' the Democrat! National committee, to the White House, the President dia reniefi MilTEim the Leaguj of Nations ai a campaign issue, -the status of -the peae treaty, JShJ.TSe,vato inrtion int pre-eon-- veution epiopaign financing .and Mr, ' Cummings' key-note speech. ; ' ;: -" M'. CunmingsrwhowiIt lehre tomoN tow for San Francisco to remain until f ter- the- eoitention 'nB',ld at-theT'"-.-- ! to&0tlwhH : Talka 'Freely' 4 Frankly. : The (hairntan mid the Preaident had lalkc44'jrery .peels, jn&Jrtnkk Lengttr"oif "Ku i tio-isj -he- e W( - tad ,Joen hargly,deflned. , ' j.-. 'I have never had any iduM"OhV verdict,' ha added, "if the. league issue Tiraotanntuet lie people eieareo; or tionn.' Platform " quentiona ; we8 not dia ctiaicd at length, Mr.. Cummin gi an nounced, became the . Prciident'a view OA the subject had been set forth in hie letter last week to Senator Olaai, of - Viiin4ttyrproring-r- theplatform ad opted by the Democratic conTention in that Stata to"weti ago,-It-w iudieaed that JJiaJSaUflMljgrtyJM ifoTnk..j0ul4ho patternelalong" the" genenul linea of 'that of the Virginia 1 convention.' .t "; i ' ' Mr. Cumnilngi declined to aay any thing about the peace treaty dieua ' aion further than to announce that both ' he and the President had "very defi nite ideas" on the "subject." He would not lay whether ihe' treaty would.be returned to the Senate anytime soon. Republicans Dispel All Doabt. The national chairman bad no com . ent 4o- nak on-hi talk with the. -President nbout the Benata investiga tion other than to say that the Pre i - dent was in "good humor" and that if there had been iny doubt that the next President -would be nominated at Ban Francisco, "the Republicans have dispelled it." : . . The Preaident was well satisfied, Mr. Cummings continued, with the key-note speech which the chairman has pre " pared for delivery at the Safi -Fraa-, aisco convention.. , - - - , President 'Wilson is expected to con fer with other party leaders before the convention and while the Ban Fran cisco meeting is in progress he will be todlrectjouch fromA RAM WAY t.l FRITS' QTRIkfP sriinsf in I VtktnillltW Willi ana I TIN SOUTHEAST CONTINUESfp Atlanta," May 91.The strike oil rail way clerks on half a d6sen roads in the Southeast continued hi effect today with movement of freight badly hampered at many points.. .. - .. : v- ' Beports from Montgomery aud Sa vannah showed that there had beh ad ditions -to the: ranks ef the strikers, bnt -from T)nthsn, Ala., and Albany lad Millen, Ga., earns reports that clerks there had rone back to work. Dispatches ""from Montgomery to the effert that E. ) H. Fitzgerald, president of tha clerks' I anion had sent a message from Cincin ' fcati calling off the sympathetie strike ; an thi Atlanli? rCoaaf lineruTdriiot W i? ronflrmed Tiere. . All road entering Atlanta except the Beaboard Air Line, are affected by the 4 strike.- which becaa 4Ti-ai weeks ago a the Central of Georgia. The latter, which has been filling, places of the ab sent clerks, reported today that more ew employes were on hand today in its nffiees here' thtn were' needed.- The Bea board, however, announced it could ra-J teive no freight today because ( accu mulation of jfreight on other Jines, but was expected: lderMCirro--80tWat tomorrow. Thousands of dollars worth ef freight ia held np hereby the strike, according to local business men. SENATE TO VOTE TODAY ' ( ON MANDATE RESOLUTION -Washington, P, C. My 31.-he iilJCier ilTJL'H ilutioLJlfifiiningtq suthorire a m.! MeConatek Tk4 vrty will 'leave date oTef Armenia: . will -be brouKht to a vote in the Jsenate tomorrow witn adoption by a substantiat majority apparently assured. -. Agreement to act not later than V:00 p. m.,vtomorrow and to eurtail der bat by limiting each Senator to forty five. minutes was reached today by.aa snimous consent. It alio was agreed t-to meet two hnnre carrier t ha a- nwal - . .ii , a though all - the indications were that few... Hcnntori desired to spesk. Most of the discussion promises to -center bout the amendment proposed ' by Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, sen ior Democrat on tb foreign relations j mission to w6rk out ah economic" re f habiliatiqn program for Armenia. On ? this proposal both sides eipect a close tote 4WILLSELLC0VERN?,?ENT- OWNED SHIPS TO ALIENS Sales Would Be Made at Discrr tion - of Shippiajr , Board; 1 J: Confereei at .Work, , Washington, T. C, Maf ofl government-owned merchant snip as sooa as practicable, with - proviaions onthorixlng tha Bhipprng 3 Board- - ta sell certain classes of ships to aliens if considered advisable, were tenta tively aereed on today by tha House and Senate- conferees ""on" merchant marine legislation. Pending sale ef snips, tha board would be permitted ta o dc rate tha Teasels4 itself or char' tcr them to private interests. - Chairmaa Jones, of tha Senate man- agers, announced that a final .agreement- apoa the i legislatioa tomorrow was -hoped -lor. Jgouo confer today- accept ed the Senate ni - Jet aiag .. general policy for the board. This provisioa specific that it ia necessary for the, national detent and for the proper growth, of it foreign and do mejitje eoTaet that, th .United State alia 11 bar a merchant marina of the I 1 . 1 J mm A mmnm mltaKl vm-mmM "l4 7. " Tv . "iTT I IU ICaVCW RtlUVIVHI now tEoasraw KSWV" c report ion of it eommerro and servs as a navai or military auxiliary in time of war ot national emergency nlti mnffly to be owne djadjperated jpri vately "by eitiaen ' of lh United States" and that it shall be ths -board's policy to develop and maintain such a merchant marine. INQUIRY TO GO ON League Will Be Questioned Today; Many Summoned - Washington, May 'SI, (By the Asso ciated Frees.) fisaats Investigation-of pre-conventioa financing of campaigns continued after the Bepublican eenven tion at Chieago and before the Pern' oeratifl' convention at' Baa Francisco, under, present plan of the committee of jnqniry. , V ' A score of witnesses 'have been sum moned for tomorrow's session and Chairman Konyea said tonight it was proposed ta drive through with-their examination aad to bring fha'raveatiga- niiht. so -that member ef the commit' tea- and other concerned, might go to Chicago for tha Bepublican gathering, if they desired. '.'""'. W. T. Neville, a financial officer of the Plumb Plan. League, will be asked to morrow, the chairman said, c whether that organization formed to bring about tri partita control of Ihe railroads had barked any candidate for the Presiden tial nomination. This is tha only new phsse of the investigation now planned. " TheTBeTTFrA. Baker, T of Weateivtillii Oh io, ae neral superintendent " ' of the Anti-Saloon League of. America, had been summoned for examination as to whether hia organisation had spent any money to behalf of any Presidential candidates, bnt sfter he had telegraphed that he eould not reach Washington, be fore Wednesday, Chairmaa Kenyon ad vised him he need not come. He will be notified Senator, Kenyon said, should the committee deeide to hear him later. Bobert ' F. Wolfe, publisher of the Columbus Ohio Dispatch aadaba Ohio State Journal, has been summoned for examination concerning. detaila of the ALI. 1 . . 1 1 W J Harding. Fred A. Alger, named a the hief financial backer of tha Wood cam- paiga ia Michigaa, also will be heard. wa. Loeb, of Aew York, who it has been testified, turned in 225,000 lo the Wood . campaign fund for a New Tork committee, will b called later. Chair nan Kenyon said. ' The eommitte also plan to revert o the 1 campaign expenditure - mad' by Gov. -Lowdea, in Missouri,- and has several witnesses snder subpoena in connection with it. . syry ngav wnica ji beenprblifie tof .allegatioaa coaeeraing tha- use of money, tili.-balkajarge in, the committee's future program, with representative of Herbert Hoover and 8enator Hiram Johnson summoned to testify, Mrs. Antoinette Funk, a Chtesio suf fragist, is to b questioned Tuesdsy or Wednesday as to her knowledge, if any, of a campaign forW. O. McAdoo, Democrat," of New TorlT MRS. DANIELS WILL VISIT 1 LIEUT. COMMANDER BAGLEY Pxrur, May iMrs. Oawie-ChapmaatadJM-e'mieTeel Q0-thg -nnuat Catt, president of th National Woman Harbor appropriation bill . Suff rag AswUtio: .of , the: States, and Mrs. Joseph us Daniels, wife of the American Secretary of tha Navy, with 28 other American delegate, alter nate and visitors, who will attend the congress of the Internationa), Women's AJUance at Geneva, Snttzt'rlavd,- on June 0-12, arrived ia Pari today. They were joined here by eight other American representatives, including Mrs. foiftOeneva tomorrow. Mrr.'loilcts1aij ga to -in Hguo-tout ner brother Lieutenant-Commander David W. Bar ley, naval attach to th American le gation there. , ., . . , "American women ar hoping very- much, ' Mrs. Catt said today, ."to hear before June 6 that th thirty-sixth Stat shall have ratified the suffrag amend ment, so that we will not have the hu miliation of representing the women of of 13 nations have reeeivd suffrage. aiae n taat congress im. ... President Deschaael to Take Seat Paris, May 21. President PcschaneU wno was injurea oy a rail rrom a train near Mon Argis a week sgo, wi'.l leave by automobile oi Thuinday for Chateau de la Montellerie, at Lisieux, in Nor- manrty, where he will rest for several weeks. ico;,if.ithbjFoii POSTAL EMPLOYES Proposed Advances Would Ap- proximate $33,000,000 For inetirsi lear RECOMMENDATION MADE IN COMMISSION REPORT Increases of From 1 $150' To $25 0 AntmaDy-Tor- Postal raerks and UfrUrt Included; Provision Made for Postmasters and Other Pos tal Workers "WMhfiigttn,MsyBX Increased sala ries for postal employe amounting to Toatery7t!BKtt,00e7or-th-first year,; effective ' July wet" reeom mended in a report to Congress today by a joint Congressional eommlSftton. Increases of from 130 to 250 annually for postal clerks and letter carriers, with 400 for supervisory officers, were recommended.- No increases for ?- first elnsa postmasters receiving above 5,000 year, wer. propoaedc however. Estimates by th commission place th increase of the postal pay roll at about tAiflOOfM lot the second year and OOOflOO for tha third and fourth year. For rural delivery carrier, th commis sion recommended 1,800 for a twenty- four mil rout and an. additional 30 for each mile to excess of that distance. Motor rout earriera covering 50 miles or more would receive not in excess of 2,600, Th pay of village delivery ear ner would ba from 1,900 to 1,200. r : DivIolegrw jBto3assv,-., Should the recommendations of the commission, based- on. hearings held in varsou pana ot tneeeontry, be adopted, clerks st flrrt and econd .jelasa. ppjfc. divided into five elasses, with those in tha first class receiving t,4O0 snnualTy ana iw added for each class. Substi tute and temporary clerk would re ceive 60 cent an hour, while special clerk would be paid from 10Q to 2,000 sanually. Watchmen, messengers srrades. the first reeeivina i 1.150 and tha seeoad l,t5k . . . - " Vould be divided into sU classra with tboatia th first elasa receiving 1MX); thoee ia sixth class 2J00 and . the other graduated between. " "" , Weald Have 8-Hoar Say Service for all Clerks, the commis sioners' report recommended, would be on nn average of eight hour per day, 308 days per year. Division superinten dents in th postal mail servic under th commission's recommendations would receive 4,200 annually, assistant super- ifttelHlentr rThtefieTks--aaOO0r and: assistant elerk 200. r? ". . . : r Pay of post omc nspectors woutd range from 200 to 4,200, with allow ane ef not more than flva dollar a day for expenses while traveling. Gierke at division headquarters of the poet office inspection service would re ceive from 1,600 to 2,000, Increaae for Postmasters -A. graduated - leraa - wa proposed by the commission for first class post masters receiving leu than 5,000 an nually, ranging from 200, to 400 for postmasters now receiving 3,000 - to 3,700 annually 400 to 500 for those now gettng between 3,700 to 3300, and 500 and 600 for those whose pay is now between 3,900 to 4,000. Second class postmasters whose pres ent salaries range from 2,300 to 3,000 would receive an increase from 100 to 200. Assistant postmasters would rc cev fifty dollars for each grade up to 2,150. Third class postmasters would b ineressed 300 from basis salaries each, the salaries "ranging from 1,000 to - 2,200. The commission- also ree om mended that f ou rt h class post mas ter b allowed 140. per cent on can epilations nf 7.1 nn, nnnrt.ii and' Imii ua pr jant from 75 to TITO or eanect- latiens per quarter, and in excess of 100 per- quarters, 100 percent -on --th first 100, 75 per cent on. th next 100 and sixty per cent on the remainder. DEADLOCK REACHED ON RIVER AND HARBOR SILL pisag-reemcnt On Bill Means No . Biver and Harbor ApproprTaT ' 'tions This Year Washington, IX "tr-"May3I.-finte reached a deadlock . today and . voted fo report thai" further rbfforfsvlb per fect ths measure ii conference, would bo futile. 4 i..v: ---j.:; Members of ths conference commit- I tew said that with a recess Impending, bo no river and harbor appropriations this year. -, . . .. As it passed the House the bill ear- i4.J30,..hlsJ.thetiiatoJn. creased -4-t4arl--to-jjB000 TOeeung-iooay -th tie offered to sgree to av total of 15,000,- ww, out the suggestion war turned down by theHouse representatives, fOUB OF CREW Or BRITISH- ' t ,jaiP.FiACED UNDER ARREST Baltimore, Hay SI In restions to rndiu calls yesterday r,ltiiuuie policsj her arrival here today and placed under arrest rour or the crew who had engaged in a fight among themselves as the steamer was passing the Virginia canes. Threat the men were tsken to . ths noepitai to t treated for tuts and bruises. '''-,'' ;".. According toi ihe police, Captain Rod den, of the Tregsntle, said members C 4ti mrmmr .(.I.. m - 1! X i - m. .wi.u muuv liquor svm gne Qruna,;a2!i ipllowipg, COiiGRESOIJOi ABANDON GAPJTAIS DURIuGTHEVEEK MaWoiflorth Carolina Delega- tion Will stick: to jobs "-rijntirAdlournmcni SMALL ONLY Or.'E WITH . CONTEST NOV REMAINING Congressmen Godwin and Brin-i son MaWng Canvasses Dur 4 tegWnt?K tWittJ at. Their Votes By ttail; Bepre? sentativs) Kitchin Hakes Visit To House Tb New and Observer Bureau, '603 District National Bank Bldg, (By Spoelal Leased: Wire.) Washington, "P. C., May : 51. Th North Carolina contingent Is getting Itself ready to hie away from- the Cap ital before this end ef the week and most of them are hoping ts be la the Btata .ta Tote ia th. pi imaries SatHr day. v ' . ,,.' y v a -r- That a great many will vet by mail, however, is indicated in, the large num ber of sbsente ballots .which have been reeeivedV her iot distribution and which ar being prepared for mail ing by maay voters todsy who see ao-j nop of getting, into l or .a earo- liiin.;:.':. ; . r.u. .... Both" "the Nrth""Ca wilf go to their respectiv home to east their ballots, Senator Simmons voting at New Bern and Senator Over man at Salisbury. Secretary Daniels psobaWyotn tlonal Committeeman- McLean expects to go. to Lumberton for the; jmrpoe of registering his pref erenc . in the arrtrai roniesis Smalt 8tlcks To1 Job. -- - With ths exception of Congressman Small, thosa member of the Hous with primary contests ar already ia th ' State.- 1 Congressman. . Brinson, after arranging his paitv on tha bonus bill" Friday, went to Carteret county to fill speaking engagements' : while night to remain in the district through Btate but the .otherr expect to remain her nnlesa-rTh recess is assured by Saturday-inerning, in 'which event the moat of hem will get to the State. Bepresestative Claude JJltchln, who cam to th House today, for tha first time since he was stricken with paraly sis, will probably vote by mall. As indicated in" a poll published last fall in the News and Observer, former Congressman Bobert N. Psge will get a majority of the vote of th del- "ga.lipnPObWn House he is certain to receive five and probably six. One ot the" Senators is going to vote for Cameron Morrison snd probably : another will do like wise. --The Simmons fore,, if ..th .Washing-, ton headquarters reflects the line up in the State, are going to back Sena tor, W. B. Cooper, of Wilmington, for" Lieutenant- Governor, the precept members of Congress from Third and Sixth district snd remsin - neutral in all other contests. -The Closest la Tear. -Page, Gardner and Morrison men at contest promises from this distance to be the closest waged, in .th Old North State in a long time. Few of the wiseacres would venture 'to eliminate either candidate from . the second mary, none conceding that either, of the three would bare a commanding lead in the first go round. - V Many of them think ...that the odds favor New Hanover's candidate - for Loeutenant Governor but that Senator Harding will show surprising strength all over the State. .Th guesses on the ouUuimofliaBraaks Overman.. con.-J test are. all one way. Only on office Pt tha twelve occupied byNorth, Caro linian iif Congress expect any Close returns from ths- Senatorial contest. - Colonel-Teifjr A. Lyon, brother-oi1 Homer .Lyon . Whiteville, ' who is op posing Congressman Godwin reaom (nation, left tonight for his adopted county of Cumberland to aid in the fight there for tb Columbus candidate;- H--xpets--t-eo Lyon- noml nated over Godwin j and Shaw. Th Godwin force claim that the Harnett man -will be a winner by good odd in th first primary, ...u!-.; . Demonstration For' KlUhla. ' - Congressman Kitchin' return to the House today after his absence at home lon-atuioimt-of he utt:ered several weeks ago, was th signal for a demonstration . on both the 'Republican snd Demoeratta sides of the chamber. No .on . had . been '.-'s w- ...-... 1. (Continaed en Pag TwaJ" Cday. Today' decisions will not be fac IENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO UJOi;&.V-tNC&ESil SAT LJiDAi-: tiRcpuhUcaav leader ef th Kettso and Senate to day agreed tentatively on a final ad. Joarament of Congress Satardar. ; Many members t both th Sen ate and House, however, have iadi. cated they prefer a recess for. th politics!' convention to a sine die ad journment and. this may as a (hinge 1 tS) plsa as tvataHvely- Sfreeta, ' " , r' - The agreement reached by leader today contemplate tha calling ap by Reprsscntatlv Mendell, of Wyemlng, Republican leader, la, the Hons to morrow, of his resolution proposing final adjournment at 4 p. aw Sstar. :.: i '.:- : a'inaT Jscliioa is aetweia a reces or an adjoarameat. It wa said might hang fir antil th last moment. CHEVROLET O TO VICTORY U ah America: Wins Great Indianapolis Wotor Race Before Record-Break' r tnU Crowd of 125,000 WAS MOST SPECTACULAR - FINISH EVER WITNESSED Ralph Palma's Machine Burst Into flames When Vio. tWia.te gift Oraigjl "Bene, Thomas Z M;Second; Cherrolet Averaged Over 88 Miles Hour Indianapolis, Hay SLIn th most speetacnlar finish ever witaessed on the Iadianapoli Bpeedway ," Oaston Chev rolet, driving a car of American design, tode 'to.: victory in tha' eighth -renewal of th 900 mil automobil rae todAy before a reoord-breakiag crowd of 125, 000 persons. Chevrolet's tlm was S:4:16.14, an average of 88J6 miles an hour,- tho aoeond bast tiraa in-th history f th event, f ' In addition to winnldg th1 20)0e first prise, Chevrolet also won approxi mately 5,500 more i lap prlte com petition and cash priaoa offered by-as-eessory fisms. Ben Thomas thundered aero th finish in second piaee, having covered th dUUnee in 0:43:0229. His average was 8745 vile an hour. Tommy Milton pulled up to third place and Jimmy Murphy, winner of the Santa ICtoniea road race, finished fourth. At lof th thrill earn in the last thirty miles of th face, when Ralph tea mile to hi Credit, eemed certain ofwinningc.JBut...withyictorywlthiB tarsp, Pei'alma's ear bunt into. flames on tU north1 turn of" th 'two and' a half mil course, and a few minutes later th ear driven by Jo Boyer, who "led during th first 250 miles, skidded, overturned and crashed into a brick retaining wall within m few feet of th spot where DePalma's car caught fire. Neither Boyer nor his mechanician were seriously Injured. The accident which snatched victory fiwsi Delltm. war Wsgie, The noted sheet of flame licked it way to hi gssolin tank. While bis mech-J aician heroically fought tha flames, D Palma, broken-hearted over his mis fortune, ran to the pit a mile away for a fresh supply of gasoline, staggering back nader the weight of the heavy can.- ': Undaunted, "DcFalmsT resumed' " Ths grind, but after going another mile his ear was wrapped in flame for th second time. With the aid of his TnMhnlriant--r guished them and managed to finish the rae" inflfth" place, lie wa gtveita tremendous ovation whea h thundered across the finish line. Misfortune trailed DePalma from the start of the race. He had th favored place at the pole, but the bomb of the starter eaugbt hira unawares, and " he was among the last to net away. Then on th very . fi rat. lap . Jia was driven into the pits with a flat tire. Joe Boyer jumped into the lead and held it for 250 mile, closely pursued by Jean Chassange, Gaston Chevrolet and Bene Thomas. When half ef th MtejriserJBpjermad at the pits snd DePalma shot into the lead, which he maintained until his csr caught fire. Half Dosea Aeclseata. j There were half a dosen accidents, but the driver and their aides miracu lously escaped death. .. While speeding (Contlnaed oa Fag Two.) SLOW PROGRESS S MADE , IN DECIDING CONTESTS Bepublican National Committee Decides Only Seven In Its First Day's Work Chicago, HU Msy 31. In open ses sion today the BcpuBlTcan,' Natiohar Committee began deciding contests from Various state delegstions to the convention, but made only alow prog- ress.- - ' . . . r: ' In what Chairman Hays character: ized as '"Judicial rather thaa political decisions, . the eommitte Mated regu larly reported delegate fron Arkansas ant-Alabama t- postponed- - the contest over; theDistrict of Colur, tomorrow and after giving aa extend-1 :4 sunrtof 'ta7.n 'thriittovjixaasfcx from Florida, adjourned overnight without making a decision . At today's rate of Progress Chai man Hays estimated thst the Contests I Would -not be ired un before Frl- tors in the strength ef any candidate in the convention and ranged prin cipally about . the Questions of regu- l1aiT;'ltblyn-rh wr"irKfrt' eueniiv we n iecea - - OhTv seven oTThe 137 wcrrTrdd in the first dsy's work. . Wood chieftains began assembling rTnaTacadqnarte' today with the arrival of. Major General Wood, ad eompanied by Senator Moses, his East ern manager, from Washington; Almost eoiaeldent with tb arrival of Oettersl.. Wood, the Johnson headquar fctaxa issued. SB aimounqemenXJ-tot stor Johnson would arrir next Thurs day at- noon and that a parade" had been arranged to follow "hia reception at th railroad station. - - . Seaator Harding ia expected here th latter part of th week, bnt the Hooter headquarters announced that it was problematical as ito--hther -' Mr. Hoover would com to Chicago during th convention. Governor Lowdea al- ITIT CAR f'tX. ii qTisrteri at -S'.Merej'fral, COLLECTIVE MARKETING BILL PASSED BY. H0UE Secretary of Acricultnio Civ-en "" Controninf Power In Bill; Goes To Senate - Washington, May 31-By vol Of 233 to 58, the Hone todsy passed aad sent to tl.e- Scant th bill permitting farmer, pliiiters, ranchmen, dairymen e fTnrt"gTweis to eombino-for the collective-marketing and aal of their wa ' product , notwithstanding .. antl trnst jaws. " ij,Lui-,i. : The measure was drafted by Chair man' Volstead of the Houso judiciary committee, a substitut for the Csp-per-Hersman bill and similar meaMrel to legalix collective bargaining by agneultursrl producers. Debet developed hrp division ef opinion, supporter of th bill declar ing it would glv -farmer and other ponent of th measu producer aa opportunity to negotiate weir prouueus. - up measure - asserted ' it would increase the cost ,o.f living aad that it was elas leglslstioa. Limitationa included iav th bill, said JjjJtitjprfeura., Jftb4jJ!giieo exclude from it bene its all but actual farmers, provide that th Combinations that may b organised mast not pay r than B per cent dividend aannally on capital stock and that every member must hav one vot irrespective of his lavested capital. Control of th eombiaatioas organised under th bill would b .placed to the Secretary of Agrkultnra who may after hearing," order the' ombiaation to atop- praetieea which ato held to re strain trad, or lessen competition. Th secretary also would- b mpowered to su in Federal court for enforcement of bis orders, should th combinations refuM U'tompty with them Davidson Men Alleged To Have ;ftfoinjgdJlle On Another Man - Lexington, May Sl Charle Brewer and Harvey Brewer ar held to David son county jail toaigbt under capias, William Brewer, their father,- la uuder 2,000 boad, and Creds Welch, ton, of s aeia-hbor of the Brewer, is being held nadet" 1W0 bond Dn fb eaargo-ot JTf' iip bwt fte mile orth Lsxinrtoa. , Hudson, th victim of tb alleged operation, is reported late today as be ing ia a rather serious condition, th wound being infected. H ic about 20 year old, th son of H. L. Hudson, - Th affair ia Teported to bav" occur red Sunday morning when the young mna was out walking, aad ia alleged to have been act npoa by four mea ia a story;- Hudson in nlleged -to- hav told th officers, h wa struck with aa in strument of soma kind aad then choked practically into insensibility, but not until, be says, he recognised three of th four men alleged to hav been in to assaulting party, .. He says he remained, partially un conscious for about seven hours, then dragged himself about 200 yards and beat with a rock: upon a plow Shan until he attracted his family.-about 00 yards yfrom that point. Tb Brewer boys were arrested lsst night ' and placed under 1100 bonds by a magis- Jadg T. A. McElroy, who is presiding over superior court here, ordered them and Welch to bo brought to Lexington' jnil William Brewer was i her, whea offl Mr-TeturedafteinTerviewTng young Hudson, and hi arrest followed. The Brewer family is widely connected in th county. Last week ia Superior court here, Charles Brewer aad Fred -Laasi-ter, of Winston-Balem,' were fined 150 each oa th charge of aaonntt with a deadly weapon aad threatening to kill the father of Hudson, whea they were aceosted -while hunting-on Hudson's place several months ago. They were also placed under peaeo boad. Frank Hudson is reported to hav been a wit ness in the case, but did not "testify. Quito a bit-of feeling ia reported, to Jiase. been aroused in upper Davidson over tb affair, which U considered oa of the most unusual and heinous in the history of the county. Th accused men deny sny connection with the sf fair,ahd assert "they can "prov alibis. "DEAD" WATCHMAN PROVES HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE eeBIB, hi watchman, 'reached hi horn to West mourning, the parlor cleared of furnl- tur for tb reception of jL hi corps ana invitation Doing sent out to nis runerau This unusual situation was caused by 'th fact that .a few hour previous his two nieces had -identified" th body ef a man who-dropped -dead on 'Amsterdam Avsaus aa their Uael Peter, and the identification., bad boon 'iAnfirmed' by ' hi brother, Thomts, wbo lKBd-1 - rvidpw The body Ws " taken 1 to an " under take to b prepared for burial Mean while; Thomas, who took charge of the funeral arrangement, atarted for Puter'a place of employment to notify hi employer,' a contractor, of Peter's death. On arriving there, ho opened the watchman' shnnty, which was dimly Ilitea. ana was greeted ity reter. . Is that you iVterT "or" -5 it ' your ghost ssked Thomas,,", accompanying bi query with n kick at the other's shins. Peter let out a howl that eould be heard tor three city block and made a pass at Thomas which convinced the latter that Peter was alive and in very good - hlt4i Thoma--then...x.-nlained th death of Peter' double' aad hurried hems .with him to call off thai FOUR ARRESTED Oil pdimimai mm UlUllllllnL UimilUL "" """- rlinf TIIIT lilllll eiiTEiiiE iii Force Would Be Used In Event Stable Government Is Not -Setup In Mexi LONG REPORT MADE BY SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE. Poll Becofpoition: of Strong Gov- rnment Beoommended Con- IltUo I i-..- tiagent Upon.'Oertain.Aasor.--. ancea-By Treaty; Sharp Ax-rji raignment of Mexican Pol- , icy; Sympathy Por Hexioana : Washington, D, C May 31-Armed intervention in Mexico, shoqldth ew;4 , force in control there show an In!- ity or unwillingness to set up a si, ' ; ' government mor' , friendly towii Americans," was recommended to th. Senate -today by - th foreign telation sub-committee, which has bsea invest. . gating Mexican affairs. "-,' Should a Stable government b es- tablished, th committee recommended , that full recognition . be accorded it and that financial assistance b offered by th United State. Th commute said, however, that-illTeognition-- should not be given' until a treaty had, bee entered into predicated upoa s: . suraaeea: i That provision of Art'iel 27 of th Constitution of 1917," cdmmonly re- garded by foreigner - as confiscatory, . shall not b -enforced; against Ameri cans! ... - That th constitutional Clause, 'pro-- vidlng thai;, none but a Meyleav ritixenr may ba a minister of any religious ..' .... creed ia Mexico aad that no periodical tion : or., publish any.' informaiioa r-'" garding the act of tb authorities or -of private individuals in so far aa ' they have to do with publia sffialrs, b inapplicable to Americans r Asm ranees To Be Resjairad. ' . That the provision that no minister r religious corporation may conduct ohoola-ot primary Instruction.- hll " not JePf inv ytajjiaaj.,osntl'-' That a article under which , node Ipablal fanlnara. uav ba ' exnelled ba so revised. to give Ameriesns th right to confer with th representative of their government. - . -, ; The recommendations also proposed! a provision in th agreement for th immediate appointment of a claim commission to adjudicate the claims of Americans. Should the Mexican officials fail to sgree to such a plan or to establish . ust protection to Amsyicsns-th '' jnittes suggested: : 1 J . . i "That ws will send " a police fore . consisting of the naval and military force of our government into th Re public of Mexico to open and maintain opea every line of eommunicatio . ' tweenr-tho-'Crrjr- of Mexico- aad seaport and every border port o ' ieo." ... , . latarven Tav Restor. ' . . , This force should be sent. in, the committee said, after notice had been given to the Mexican people that the United States wa not warring on them, and that it sole purpos was to restore neace. rirotect Americana and their no- sessions and to afford the Mexican peo ple themselves opportunity to constl- 1 tute "in whatsoever manner they de sire a Mexican government of serious, , men." . '.-. - '.- The report of the sub-committee, prepared by the chairman; '-Senator -- Fall, Republican, New Mexico, : was seacurrad ia by- th - other eommitte members, Senator Brandegee, Conn -Republican, and Senator Smith, Ari tona. Democrat, and ordered present- - ed to the Senate, which. without discus-; sion directed that" it be printed. It " probably will be called up later., A ay action by the Senate in approving the committee's recommendations, it wa ssid, would b in th form of reeom- , mendafionr S the-Frestdimt. - ;'.";;-' . ' Make' Shsrp ArissieBit"ri'"','.;T;'.'! i a- report -contains more man i,- 225,000 words aad if summary eoataino a shsrp arraignment of those who hsv ' directed Mexican affairs since thr over- thrpw of Da in 1911,' For th Mexi- . esn people, however it sounds a not of sympathy. "Their " condition" ha " been wars from day to day, month to - month and year to year, and for tea fc fears the United State of America, that great Christian civilised nation - ef 4h wrld, h -utood 'fiddling' while Met icq ourneu, is says. ----h . To every one exercising authority in. any part of Mexioo, tb warnlajr should be sent, the report declared, that this government would, hold them responsible for the sufferings" and" losses of Americans. ' -.Z r. ;rr The report was based on the testi- jBoay .obtaiaed' f Eomw&X witaesscs ac4 here, ia New York and on the .border. -and--aT.-mast : of -jioenme ntoff-THdonevr- mneh of it eommg from government archlves.-The report sets forth that sine the Madero revolution began there have been killed in Mexico aS n consequence of revolutionary eondi- . tions, 401 Americans and a large num ber of other foreigners.: The number of American killed on th American side of the border was placed at 126. Th sirgTeKale damage tat the commit--" TcstimateTTlbduiae'aldfof'Th" death of thoseAmerican ws given -ss U,fi75,0O0, while the total summary of losses incurred by Americans in Mexico was plaeed at 505,002,4.14. ' Arredondo . Letter Publiaked. Throughout th period,. W wss claim "' ed,. tn-Moxic4itt authorities hav dia-..l played a hostil attituda towards th. ,(Contlnuedn Pjgs Twe..),