North Carolina Newspapers

TliE-WEATHERi Local thunder showers TrU tier BDtr:8twi; TWENTY PAGES TODAY. VOL. CXL NO. 156. ijtWENTY PAGES TODAYS PRICEj FIVE CETfTS 1 hie I 3 I POBLICAIISSAY RACE BARRIER NOT ERATED District Conventions Must Be T,ttefHir-PlawsWhefe-N groes Not Excluded NATIONAL COMMITTEE -. PASSES RESOLUTION :1 CommUtee Hetties North Caro-? Una Contest By Seating Dele 'gation of Jons Motley More, head; Florida Contest Ends By Each Delegation Getting a Half Vote Each -., -- Chicago, June 3. Besidq, aettling th delegation contests from Florida by splitting th 1 detision, 'the Repubtieaa National Committee today took what many .members construed to be one of - the most important actions of years- rf apecting the party's vote is Southern Htates. Aroused by the number of dele gate contests In which evidence was brought that district eoaventioaa had been held in places wLere negroes were excluded by custom or practice, iht com utitter by unanimous resolution,, gave notice that' 'conventions toe the selection of delegates ia I92i must be held in places where race waa no barrier to . participation, . : cnr. " TTT . A resolution to that effect offered by Charles B. Warren, National Commit teeman from .Michigan, aroused lively discussion and some hot retorts from .the ..Southern committee members, b cause in its language it originally re ferred to the Southern States specifi cally. When amended to refer to all States alike, however, it found no oppo- " ' siUuii nd -the- Houthera eommittremen voted for it. Florida Centert Settled. Th iWiiion ia Out Fknida ease wai ! n vTotjfl " if tui"t m the aense that ifer keeps sit votes for the general on the roll, when his candidacy was threatened with the Ion of all votea from the State. Out' of a mesa of legal technicalities the committee came to the conclusion that in s strict legal sense neither the dele gates at large of the -so-called Gerew faction, headed by National Committee man Bean, , which, arc . counted in -the Wood column, nor the delegate at large tille, 'which are counted for Senator . Johnson, ought to be seated.' It was conrronicu, aowevrr, who praciiraiiy ebolinliing the, Republican party in Flor ida if it declined to eeat eomebody. '' National Committeeman Street, of Alabama, led the light for seating the whole Gerow faction and Committeeman' Work, of Colorado, fathered a move to seat neither; Mr. Warren-, f Michigan, oweverrpiwntedlhffmproBrtia-by which both sets of delegates at large of the Gerow and Anderson factiona were ordered seated with a half vote each. The contest aeainut the four Gerow dls-l triet delegates collapsed at the last mo. ment and they were srdered seated. The result gave National Committeeman Bean six votes out of eight in the State delegation and seemed to forecast his -re-eketien t the NationaljCommittee Morehead Delegation Seated. . The North Carolina -.contest, which was a "straight out and out "black and white ' imue, resuiua in ne scaling 01 . Tiie wmie ociegsuon .r vj C1" " j juoreneaa. oi vnariour,- v : Committeeman. In the contest from the Sixth district of Tennessee, one delegate counted in the Wood- column waa seated. In the Second Oklahoma district, two regularly L reported delegates, uninstrueted, were sealed ana ine conirs " . uuiuwii The contest in the Fifth Oklahoma die- K trict involved the organisation of Na- nonai vomnmivvaiaii mwi... delegates prevailed and our wars seated with a half vote each. A siniilsr eon i test from the Fourth Oklahoma district ... . .J. 4 i: . . , was reierrea io s luB-torammCT. The day's work disposed of thirty votes and still jeft 75 in contest. Ia all. 9 sixty-two convention soats out of 137 contested had been demdea, ous ins re m.i.lnrf innfi.flti nrnmise 'to consume L less time and may be finished -up by r o. .... J ITL. r.; . n a. .till .11 RaturiUv. Th Georgia case Stul WSS i awaiting decisipn when the committee t lilt adjourned untit wmorrow. i third Missouri Congressional district, of delegates in the various eolumss wn-ck UorM ht4 insisted thst Cola con stood this wsy st. ths close of oi7 s ' aBet. , works ': ' '.- - " - ; " Y '" - As to liSO, which the witness said he w "m M",U?,f r.. from Hsrry M.Dougherty, Wood. 117; Johnson, 11; 7?"' j msnsger of Senator Harding, Col de- S"-'" S?S f 'IXIJ !eUna was give, him to use in trying 76; Southerland, 1; PriUhard, 22; re- . "g...to, ,,.5., mainin la contest. 75 1 uninstrueted, tt-4fi 4atH-Wia.- nrT? 7 rrirtinimirt After the dsy'i M.ion an tha oH'i teemen were sliests at the Snnual din. ' n oiunn tl th.i. Iionor hv Fred W, cpnam, inv kwhhh BRIDE AND GROOM TO USE I AIRPLANE ON HONEYMOON Boston, Mau., June !. Misa Mar- uerite Maxon, daughter of Edward 8. Maxon, formerly of Maiden, Mass., was married today to Roy H. Norria, sob ocTTrlTT-irr ;HDrin'NortrChroKfi;-- at "the first Baptist-. cinrcJiJom.mpnwealtn awnue. I Kev, A. K. jDcbiois . omeiatco. mm Maxon is a graduate of the Maiden Hgh School ..in-lMt. : Mt hss beea secretary ta Chester ABaker, ehemlit i of Boston, for five yesrs. Mr. Norris, is a graduate ef wane forest college, t North Carolina, and later attended Harvard University. During the war he i; wa's7cin'n'eeid',wtth- I fare 8erviee in Washington. He ia 1 head of the chemical department of the Dennis Manufacturing Company," of a Framingbara. j The couple will spend thsir honey 3 moon sKHolly Springs, North Caro- vliri.. whura thsv will, iournev Via an aeroplane, piloted by a former army V aviator friend of the groom. -According 1 to their present plane they will make 4 Holly Bpringe their winter, horn each fyear, - . - - - RESOLUTION HOLDS : Senator Pomerene's Proposal The November Elections WILL COME UP TODAY FOR ACTION BY SENATE fceiolutfoa Would Brinf Con freuional As Well As Presi dential Campaigms Within In veAigating' Committee'! Jn- risdiction; Witnesses Heard On Wdod, Lowden, Hardinf Washington, June !.(By the Assocl- ated Pre.' Senate committee investi gation sf pre-eonveation presidential campaign aetivitiea bad , approached a new r phase, IfTaw vlrruat-eonelueioa, - night, fsture developments' being la doubt pending action ia the Senate on Senator Pymerene's proposal to change radically the scope and purpose ef the inquiry and carry it beyond the Novem ber elections. Action on the resolution, which would bring Congressional aa well as Presiden tial campaigns within ,.tbe eommiftee's jurisdiction was delayed at the reoueat of Senator Iodge, ef Maaaachusetta, Be publican leader. It will come ap tomor row and the committee, pending any at tcratioa of its charter powers, begaa winding up the'Tiearlng or wilBeasoa al ready summoned. ' . thFdlyraessro interrupted ' by . Senate ..votes . on ad journment, which drew members to the Three witnesses wsre aearu.aow- tver, two of them throwing additional light, on the ftnaaeing ef Major General Wood's campaign for the Be publics a nomination, while the third brought ad ditional information aa to activities of Senator Harding and Governor Lowden In Missouri. k Tslls at Weed "a Financing From C.'H. Duell, of New York, form, erly 'connected, with tfie Wood nanneinl LatatameatJthaf Ganeral Wood was pres ent at duNasmn at the home ef Am brose ?. Monell, in New- York last fall where wye and meana of flnaaeing his campaign were talked over. A" formal meeting attended by Duell, MeneU and Robert Casaatt, of Philadelphia, had been called, the witness said, and at this -meeting. Moaell proposed that a cerUin luuibCT f-ntea-be asked "underwrite" the Wood campaign ex penses to the extent of $500,000. Cas satt finally declined to enter into the hrranrannt. Duell said, and kit recol- lection was that General Wood came In If ter, after the meeting. Discussion ef the financial side of the campaign had continued, he addedr but he could not recall : anything that General Wood might have, said in thai connection, i- Questions by Senator Beed, Demo crat, of Missouri, drew from the wit ness a statement that in -view-ef tha -pnm nature of the conversation. 6eneraK Wood could not have failed ta know its purport and the amounts be ing diseumed aa necessary ta raise. Miasearl Case Up Again When W. I. Cole, Republican 8Ute chairman in Missouri, and delegate at large from thst State, appearing at his own request, took the staad, the scene shifted to thst state. He presented a brief explanation of previous testimony, which showed that he had received funds from both the Harding and Lowdea in terests for work ia Missouri. He entered a flat denial that ha had known that ths cheek for $500 given him by E. I Morse, manager of the Lowden campaign outside ef St. Louis,, waa from Lowden funds or thst it was given him with any understanding it waa to be used in the Illinois Governor's behalf. He had re garded ths money as a personal eeatrt- K.,i in f.nm Uona. hm uiit. ta aid lit tha Rppubliean fight to fill a vacaaey in thaf the Missouri delegation and after he had'toH Dsttgherty that ' J," url !,w.d -a-' fo. ' he-Detievcw for Lowden. . DUNCAN PLANS TO i. , - ivrriin onaitfruTtnu mi'hmu,. iHe and Hit i Party Win Leare Baltimore Saturday For . Chicago . - ' i '...' ' 1 . - - - - - - .... 4,n ta-aUend-tbe G,0, P. fonvention which opens in Chicago Tuesday, June I, and to which he Is a delegate at large. When seen today at Dr. Kelly sanitarium here, where he has beea a patient for some time, Mr. Duncan stated thst his health has beea greatly benefitted during his stay ia Baltimore nt ikat ha wow- feels etreec eaeuab City gathering. Mr. Duncan refused te comment en the political situation. He said, howsver, that the entire North Carolina delegation waa pledged to sup port Judge J. C. Prttenard of Ashe ville. United States Circuit Court ef Appeals. Accompanying Mr. Duncan is Issas M. Meekins ef Elizabeth City, his personal and political friend, Mrs. Dunces and eos w.. B. Duaese. The; party will leave' fltturday on the 12:20 ) Baltimore and. Oluq txaiA t?t Chief gOj House 6 - Resolution Paaae OvInwhelmihgK Laws Except Levep Food the Enemy Act; Senate, Exprvtrii iAfi ;Bf ment; .Wilwn'a Approval T'i ".U r ' WssMngton, Jun All War laws, and the Trading With the TJnemy TCt, would be repealed by a resolution adopt ed today by ths Hon' S lev The only negative votes were east by Rep resentatives Garrett nnd Sims of Ten nessee sad Welling ef Utah, all Demo crats. .:-.-'.;;; ' Approximately1 sixty laws, most of them conferring broad discretionary authority on the President as long as the technical -stats- af war continues, would be removed - from - the statute books by ths resolution. - v ' With ths House's action the repeal resolution was sent ta the Senate, where action on it ia CTDeeted before the ad journment of Congriia 1feludsT: wisTCT WOKItH . - Wilson would aiUMove. - tha- measure. BeareeentaUre Connally of Texas, as tcTting that ths President was. first to Adjournment Resolution Passes "After Assurances of No Ex tra Summer Session Washington D. C, Juan S. The resolution to sad ths . present session ofCoBgres Saturday, already approv ed by the House, 'was adopted ia the V Demncratm Bent- tors had gives assurances that Presi dent Wilson had net -present intention of calling an extra session during the summerT Republican and Demoetatie leaders joined forces In bringing ths resolution ta passage, bnt a score, of Senators, thirteen ef them Republican and seven at them Democrats, made a vigorous fight to attack an smendment by which Congress ' would re-assemble after the national political convention. . On -the final roll call the' vote wss 44 to 4, twenty-four Democrats and f Annonneement af ths President's po sitios, waica saa Deen xne cause ai much disquietude during the framing -af adjournment plana, was made .from ths Senate floor by Senator Underwood, of Alabama, the administration leader. He said he had been authorised by Secretary Tumulty to say that Mr. Wilsoa would not call Congress back into session unices a grave emergency arises." Republicans Have Doubts. The announcement was contrary to ths erpectations of many of the Repub lkaa Senators and some of the lead ers on that side still believed tonight that Senator Underwood's , statement left enough leeway for a special ses sion call ahould the President decide it te.lidvlsable. after the conventions. There was no debate on the Door, bow ever, .regarding he President s atU tude. " Z '.: . , . . Pleading with their party leaders for a recess instead of an adjournment, tha twenty insurgent Republicans and Democrats declared Congress had no moral right to 'desert its post for ths faseiaations of summer resorts er the lure of polities. The curbing of profi teers, the enactment of relief measures for postal employes, . legislation' for a merchant marine, repeal of war time legislation, levy of new ' tax schedules knd sppropriatioa of funds to carry on river and harbor improvements were among the unfinished tasks for which special pleas were made. Amendments Voted' Dows. - Aa amendment by Senator Kenyon, Republican, ef Iowa, providing that Congress should re-assemble oa Jury 12, waa voted down, 47 to 20, and one by Senstor Trammel, Democrat, .-of Florida, to .reconvene en August 2. was lost by the same count, t , Tha leadera said at. least soma of the measures mads the basis' of complaints today would be passed before Saturday aad aaaeuaeed that sessions of the Senate would be held tonight and to morrow night. - The only appropriation bill likely to fail, they said, was the River aad Harbor budget en which the coafcreea are deadlocked. . . : ...1;'- Pfar pae-Piece.. Suits. "Asneville, June 3. One-piece Tithing suits, white bathing suits snd silk bath ing suits ars barred from the municipal twimttrnr 'PooI,','v?nic1i "wlll'rmailyl , opfb wuuo 1. at Aston- para.- inis ce- eieioa haa been reached by the city com missioners, whe have adopted rule for regulation. ef the ewimmisg pool. With a little work which is bow being 'done Jen the pool, H is believed thst it will be ia readiness for the formally open ing as new scheduled for June 13. . CONGRESS TO END SESSION SATURDAY RETURNS TOOMTTIErPRIMARr Returns from ths State-wide . . . . , es a screes ia front of the News aad Observer building Saturday night. The News and Observer ha made arrangements to secure information ' ... as to ths results of the primary ia all parts of the Stat and its friends -are tomiaiiy lavneg to com and .'By means of ths New and Observer's leased wirs te Wsshingtoa' ' Tar Heels ia that city will be givea tfi news of the primary. They ar invited te call at ths Naws and Observer bureau, 603 District Na-., tioaal Bank Building, er telephone Franklin J131- . . r ,:, ' Owing te tha aocessity for all possible quiet and order la the handling of the great number of telegrama which will eome to the paper Saturday night tha omce will be closed to tha public, sad those , desiring to get the returns are respectfully requested to wait for them to be thrown on the screea. ' . ' 1 r JRejal v ; 'M Con auggesv nets. Th, of. the war er added that a veto, neea. -j". . , Tries Cat la 4 Uveir. Act. Tas-retention l ths Lever act was explained by Sepreseatatlvs Walsh, Be publican of Massachusetts, in charge of the repeal legislation, a aeeessary to give the goverameat aa effective law for curbing profiteering In ecesttie, including food and rul. H added that the Trading With the Enemy let ahould be continued to regulate trade with Germany. Representative Igoe, Democrat of Missouri, however ques tioned the Republicans' decision to con tinue ths Lever act, asserting that "cer tain interests! desired to keep the law tivs anti-strikr legislation. - He vainly) ought- to- have- the- act included among those repealed. but was jdef eated through parliamentary tsctks. RECOMMEND FINAL ACTION ON TREATY Senate . Sub-Committee Says Amendment- To Colombian -Treaty Not Necessary ' aaMassnvaMVaaaa - - ' Washington, June 3 (By The Asso ciated Press.) Recommendations that the long pending treaty with Colombia, growing out of the partitioning of Pan tor final action waa made to the For eign Relations Committee today by the subcommittee, sppointcd ta draft an amendment designed to protect Amert can oil and mining; interests from the operation ef a presidential' decree, re garded by some Senators as confisca tory. ".:- " -,t," vs.....' The sub-committee, ef which Senator Fall, Republican ofy New .Mexico, ia chairman,. said an. as eaffment was sn- necessary, because "the Supreme' Court Of Colombia had deelartA-rnvallrt' Sot i Mil leins- lation along similar lines' which had been presented in the Colombian Con gress, f'.- .': , I.."-," )';' The treaty was be fore th Senate for ratification last summer when the presidential deeree waa Issued and it was recommitted for amendment. 4 The original draft had- been signed- sf Bo-1 got .by the Colahhlsn . government in 1914, bnt- lu bieqnently had beea ehanged by the State Department to meet objections of Senators, who op posed especially the clause by which the United States would have expressed regret over the partitioning of Panama. ' The document provides for the pay ment of 25,000,000 to Colombia by the United States and when it was taken up in the Senate last summer it wss understood thai Colombia bt agreed to the cahnges. The sub-committee in its report today said, however, that the records of the State Department did not show that Colombia had given its approval. The committee added that the Colom bian minister at Washington had under taken to obtain from era government assurances that the treaty a now draft ed would be acceptable. PROMISES C0-0PERATI2N - TO RELIEVE FREIGHTJAM Washington, D. C, June's. Full co operation waa promised the Interstate Commerce Commission in relieving the freight jam by Daniel Willard, chairman of tha Association of Railway Ex ecutives' car service committee, in re plying today to 'the commission's tele gram of yesterday declaring that its orders, were , not being carried out by the carriers, Mr,- Willard telegraphed ' the com. mission from. iew i;ork,..ihat,,h. had called the commissions orders design ed to relieve the -freight congestion to ths sttention of nil railroad executives. He added that he felt sure it would be unnecessary for the ejmmission to carry out its threat of invoking' the penal provisions of the Interstate Com? merce Act. , ' . "i; - Training For Camp Fire Gsardisas. ""AsheWUe.'Jin The-firtrtrsiiiiBSr course for Camp i lie tHiararans for camp fire girls ever held in the South WHI Open rTSVswmp"'uaeanaft!!na' Cave, 24 miles east 01 Asneville near Chimney Rock next Monday morning, with Mr. Edith Kempthirne.Nof the na tional headquarters of Camp Fir Girls movement in New York City; Mrs. Belle Abbott Roxby, camp mother of Minnehaha Camp, and Miss Alma Lupo, of .Whitraire, 8. C. , Democratic primary wilt be) thrown . . - . see IBS bulletin t flispiayed. - iWREPORI SANCTIONS FIXI..G Action of Atty.-General palmer In Connection With Louis --lana CrpfrOef ended. BLAMES CONGRESS FOR HIGH PRICES OF SUGAR Minority Member- of Bngnt In veitigatinf Oommitte of , Opinion -1920 Sncar Crop Shdnld Hate Bees Pnrchaied , To Control Prioei; Publicity Affects Sugar MarkeV Washington, June SAction of Attor ney General Palmefia aaactlonlng a "f air price JfprIxUnaaugar was defended today in a report of minority members of the Hon sugar investigat ing" committee.- 7 ,. ', ". Representatives Whaley, ef South Carol iaa, and Sumner, of Texas, who signed the report, took issue with ths contentioa of the majority committee members that Mr Palmer hsd? used his power as chief prosecuting officer of the government "for the purpose, ef fix ing maximum price of angar ia Louis iana, and in e& doing acted wholly with out authority aad in violation of his own construction of hi official duty 7 The minority report charged that Con gress, after Investigations bad disclosed aa acute world shortage of sugar, had failed to pass any remedial or eonstrue tivs legislation and. that such lack of action, coupled with ; publicity given through ""many speeches in Congress" on the situation, "had t rery pronounced effect on the . sugar market aad the continuous rise in sugar prices.' . AesempUshsd Coed ResaKs ; In defense, of the Attorney General and District Attorney Henry Mooney, of Louisiana, whe co-operated with him, the minority held that their action in determining a fair price to guide them aecompllshsd ia no ether way and that tha ssns grower who was exempt from the provisions of tha Lever Food Control- Act,? waa brought within the . pro visioas by arrsngment mads by the At torney General. I The minority contended that were not able to learn of any producer in Louisiana realizing sxoessive profits at the prioe named by the Attoraey General." - ' ' , Congress Fsiled to Act Ths minority members ef the sub committee were of the opinion that the most effective way to have handled the sugar situation and controlled the prices would have beea for ths Sugar Equalisa tion Board to have purchased ths Cuban crop for 1020 and "handled the Louis iana erop-nnder- a- similar-arrangement to that existing for the 1918-1910 crop, which would have been possible only it Congress had passed the legislation continuing the powers formerly need by the Sugar Equalisation Board under the Lever Act, when it was so requested to do by the President in his address of August 8, 1919." . Rep. Tlnkham Criticised ' The minority criticised Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, author of the resolution directing the Inquiry; Mr. Tinkham, it was stated, "by repeated statements sailed the at tention of House members and the pub lie in general" to the scarcity of sugar. ''Ever since that time there has beea a continuous rise in the price' of sugar," ths report reads, "and it ia believed that the acts of Mr. Tinkham and the public ity given .the sugar situation by him have had a great effect upon the desirs of ths consuming public, to dbtain an ample supply of sugar and to protect themselves against the shortage "and have beea a very ..potent, factor in the riae in 'ths yri.-s of sugar.' REDUCTION OF MEXICAN " ARMY HAS BEEN STARTED J .-;" f,i,atiftv. r,f rnrcaTciPAUoa -a r ' Outlying' Areas Bernn; Villa .Still Tactot, Washington. June 3 tli..ltftiM...rni.liu bum started at the sus-aestion ot Gen. Obregon, aecord-, ; PRICES OF SUGAR ing to. advices received in Washington 'matron of honor, sponsors and maids of today from the de facto government.1 honor. - - - - - -' ' : - General Obregon is quoted as saying, u?aTrc CDCAhfC IM " that ths army wUl bs re organized and JUDGE M ATEE SPEAKS IN reduce to, half 'iu present .is, j a mM ai.. . a i : 4. - - ettj eonntry alhas-gnn, these sdviees ' -i..---. iiv ZZZlSZZZZLZZZE:Zi C"a the. new.rurales. but Villa is rePoried v i Th report received today at the Statepleares, W1tmtnTtoJohr-R. Hffff- Department that Gen. Ignaeio Enriques, a or this city preaiaea over sua moci military, commander of the Chihuahua Ing. The speaker came to this eity ia district, was In aetive pursuit ef Villa' the' interest. oMhe esadidacy of Hiram following a battle yesterday at parral.i W. Johnson. He denvered a atraight- is believed by rcpresentstives of the , de facto government here to be a mi taksi Tbey-said th miUtsry more- msst against. Villa, had been held up pending negotiations t bring about his peaceable retirement. Villa,, the egents said, baa notified the d facto government that he desire ho position for himself, -but wisbe to retire to private life. He is holding out, however, for full guarantee for ; his subordinates and for the promise of enactment of certain' legislation to I mpciu.v 1110 im, rauicai parts ex sue i.Quwtaro constitujips, , ( SAYS RECOMMENDATIONS - I ta'Aiif w a a t"ar ii iiian ' KiUUUU lALU run A WAtl Oomperi Severely Critioizea Re port of Bub-Committee As , To Mexican Policy ; ' j Wash iagt oa, June - S-Ssmust Goat I pers, prsddeat af ths American Fed eration of Labor, declared In a formal statement tonight that war between the United States and Mexieer would reewHj from the carrying out ef the recom mendations of the Senate committee whteariavestigated Meaisaa saffj "The report' of the sub-eoanmittea in vestigating tenditions ia Mexico fender the chairmanship of Senator Albert B. Fall," Mr. Gompera said, 'amounta to a declaration that anlcsa. ths govern ment of Mexico re-writes it constitu tion ia accord with the ideas of Amer ica a ail and mining interests, ths gov ernment, of the United 8tate will inter vene ia Mexico. - "The report of Senator Fall" com mittee demands a number of specified changea ia the Mcxicaa constitution. These change! will be the eonsummatioa of what, has been long the hopes of the great o!' and mining interests, as well as ths lead and timber Interests, which have fomeated the bitterness e tweea the people of the United States and Meice.--'--'F'"j.-------- - It Ja. difficult to believe "that- the Senate will give serio- consideration to s report so out of harmony with the best thought of our time, snd so full of ths possibilities ef dire conse quence to our people na our Nstion, aa weu aa to a neighbor -republic with which Wa are at pence. "The report calls for American aid te Mexico providing Mexico agree to ths terms of the report. 'This is not an Americas proposition. It ia a Prus sian proposition. Iu must be set aside by ths popular, opinion -aad fair .judg ment 01 our people. - v - J1DLE0RIIERANS After JDay of Genuine Pleasure, Annuaf Reunion af Fay- etteville Ends ' r rsyetteville. June 3-After a dav of unalloyed pleasure spent st Camp Bragg, ttm K.na v'ruuaa onieuersie vev eraaa ended "their annual reunion late today and tonight ,te aid eoldiera are leaving for their homea with nastiated praise for the treatmeak they have ro- cttiveu aeia, At a regularly convened session held at the officers' club at the camp this evening the veteran passed resolutions expressing their- thanks for -the coed time givea them by Col. W. 8. MeNair, the camp commander aad hia ataff. Nothing has beea too good for the old veteran to say nothing of their welcome of Fsyettsviils and.no terms to strong for the . expression ef the appreeiatwa and it is the universal opinion among inem that this haa been the best renaipa they have ever held. It haa certainly been the largest at tended within ten years. Upwarda of sevea hundred men were fed at the armory when the atteadsnes waa at its height. Ths selection ef the city for the next reunion will be left to. a com mittee as were a number ef other busi ness matters and no business ried -to Camp-Bragg this morning by special train, which ran in taw sections to seeommodate the numbers. The soldiers of the Confederacy were moat cordially received by the officers' club ef the Fifth Field artillery brigade, r 1 1 . . -1. 1 1 dj voiongi ancnair, who houw nanus with each ef them. The baad played ''Dixie," and enthusiasm snd good feel ing ran high. At 11:80 the soldiers who followed lire and Jackson in North Caro lina and Virginia messed with the men," who followed Black Jack Pershing ia France. At 1:30 mounted, and otor - CAMPUGG TURNS ixed nnuerre. or americsa sev.,y.nT. n m fi im fc fc j and big 155 millimeter howitxer. vre Wd pnni, "carries manuvsred, flrrt and thea parksd for, appropriation to continue the the interested inrportion of the fi.eold m , .. woxk lh, d t. fellows who had faced cannon of former . u, 'w f-T(H, ,Mt ?' j . u are hoping end have been somewhat Aa athletic program wa pnt on byi" .r . . " the soldier 4he.ftftk,brigadafor. th;tillnw t0 WpeT,to , preiMlt entertainment of the vmitere, eeasist-j r(ord f th. North Carolina g of obstacle raees. tug of war track (, ratifying to the and fidd event, a between Camp Bragg snd Ssnford which h, eonntr7 in repUcement work. " wss won by ths camp team. Aeroplane,- w,,. followed' 15.orjrj soldiers sinea I stunt flights and a ma by the eamp!.. fl,, com , concert st the "rtr theatre ", t 'ted the program. The concert wss . given oj m qasuiwiw wa mlEtm ( Pine Lead school and Salem bo rg. The several servic. ciuoe house-were avewn pn,x ua.-suuua,f , iwnne i-ei. anu jur. c.-ar -Reduction ofjat the camp commanders honor of the former president ef the Daughters ""'of :'!'''th'''"CnIedeTeyrf'tr j. BURLINGTON FOR JOHNSQN Bur ingtob, June S.-A f5" - Metabled - - the ety hsU-iatd lsst niffht to hear the address of fiudge Syl 'J - A.Px7711? McAtee was mtrodueea oy ireaeu i- rard speech, depicting xne principles the Republican party, aad spoke at l"1tD of the past record of Senstor Johnson, relating th incidents of his cmry " i"-" 01 VMllIOrHIB. m rwimr. vuw ,u" - son was just the -right msa for the Presidency of these great United States. His address wa characterized by re peated attacks oa tha Lrsgu of Na tions snd the sdministratios of Presi dent Wilson. Only occasional applause accompanied the address, which was heard by a' large portion of the Repub lican of this, city, . - ... " AoMllSlIHf TO SEND TRAFFIC Senators Simmons, and; Pans- .dellTo Call On Commissioner REGARD PRESENT AS AN ' -.OPPORTUN E Tl M E TO ACT American Lejon at Kew Bern Inritea General Perthinc; To Speak at Tonr Connty Fair - - Next -Tall ; - Commissioner -'-v Shipman T Co Operate In .i-CrsUinf - CentTas Data ". - - - The News and Observer' Rurena. rfiOft-Di'strtct-Nationnl" Brink Buildin r-BrnVkVPOWELL. TBylieeSr LeascdTWIre Wsshingtoa. June 3. The Interstst : Commerce Commission tomorrow will .' be asked by Southern Sonators to issue s order compelling railroad lines Oper ating la the territory .to divert certain central aad mid-west export traffic from ' ew York to the porta of the South Atlantic, Including Wilmington. Senator Simmons, North Carolina, and Senator Ransdell, Florida, will head the delegation which will call on Commis sioner A itch lion f the Interstate Com- ' merce Commission at 10:30 tomorrow.. They regard tha present aa aa oppor tune time to prese en the commission some of the claims of the South At lantic porta in vie of the recent "boosters" trip made wy , business mem of the port cities to Western States. .' - Such aa order, 8enator Simmons pointed, out today, will serve two im portant purposes. It would aid the de velepment -of- the South Atlantic-porta and tend to more equitallla and economic distribution of the country's trsde and it would also relieve the hurt both aa ths railroads aad in the ports of New York and other Northeastern -' port towns,' ' .. -- ' Want PeraaJag to Speak. ', Another branch of the American Legion ia North Carolina has sent out " ths 8. O. S. call for grneral' "Black Jaek".Joha Pershing, late commander, of tha American forces ia France. New .. Bern wants kina ta deliver aa address) -at the four soaaty fair to be held on ptembcrjftreirleof extended the Invitation. Arrangements were today. " it ";.s by M. L Shipmaa,' Commia 1 Labor and Printinr for Not : Sins', and Director Sana L. Bera ef the Census Bureau, for co-operative work between the field agents of the census department aad the commission. er'a offif -iB--cvollacting . UtU.ks. snd other data concerning tha manufac turing industry in North .Carolina. The object of this - collaboration scheme, Mr. Shipmaa explained, ia to obtain accurate reports on the actual piodactive Industries in the State for the retards of his department and for distribution abroad. The field agent of the field department will furnish a duplicate of their report to the State Commissioner,. thereby acquainting his " nffif first hsnc withtheetatua of manufacturing in .North Carolina. Mr. HhipmauV department - has- authority for obtaining this information but the Legislature has never seea lit to-, pro vide the facilities. Making Splendid Record. The North Carolina Commissioner was here today on his wsy home from Balti more where he hss been to inspect the Maryland office of the Labor Depart ment' employment service, he hsving recently been designated as clearance 1 office for the rone comprising the Caro jkryUiid. lines, Virgin is, ths District ef Colum-, v.,- inll-j ...1.. ,or tblia mn ef this number." v U Wht Fields . The last two weeks a number of men ,e)t from Norlh Carolina to the wheat fields of Okmhoms, ths Com tifafii , 4,-.. thiit quite a number will be sent this month. There is, however, a shortage JabW ,4,,. Baltimore, Virginia and ..una . H ruuiiB, fi.riicaii stci villi, in the fifth xone reporting a shortage of hvaltahte applicants. - -, : . "The. Wilmington and Aaheville office . have beea fa net ion ing satisfactorily," explained Mr, Shipman. K "Ths work of the Charlotte office has dwindled - to practically nothing in view'ef the fart that the city af Charlotte and Mecklen burg county hare discontinued their sup- as. i " mOSING EXERCISESv . KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOME Kinstoa, June 3. Tha Closing exer elsee of the school st the Kennedy Memoriiil Home, the Baptists' eastern orphanagei will be held tomorrow. Children will present a program of songs, drills, etc., at 30 o'clock. At II ArchihaldJohnson, editor of Charity and Children, will deliver the address. At boob s picnic dinner will bs serv ed, on the orphanage grounds, which contain a fine grove that was originally the ' pride of Odsr Dell plantation, home of Captain- W.- Ls-Kennedy one -. of. the founders , of the institution. .'' Ia the sfiernnon baeball teams repre senting th Kennedy bora and Dover ' will play, and at night a plsy will be given If the girls of the orphaqage, ' r