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kssjswi-1 'TTflJ.- ; -T T iii-Jii-jJ-. U'i;rWt1i-i'i.iii'iirf-;r WATCH LALZLV VOL CXI. NO. 163. - - SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. raleigh;n. CWEDX" SIXTJrtEN;PAGES TODAY. PWCEtTTVlTCErn'S - ' '- ' r - v ' -- , - -' . -' , .... : ! : -' -, : ---V.o ; . , .v: ,.,-,'- v- ; T - "',; i : E Federation Adopts Resolution; - - Committee Report Opposmj T Ami timh Atiiir vf-hr-.-:- mi J wuvu nviivu - '- . INTAKE NO CHANCES WITH THE BQLSHEVIKI CR0W1T ;-'-''-. ' n ' ,. ; Support To Joint Resolution for Amnesty of "Political Prison era" Pledged By Federation ; Bepeal of Espionage Act De ' sired; Postal Zone System Is - Vigorously Opposed Montreal, June 13. Movement to call . npon th United State to recognize the loriet government or lift block ad against Soviet Russia was blocked 1 la the annual convention of the Am - ericaa Federation of labor today af ter a heated' debate Jamei A. Duncan, of the Seattle Central Labor Council, .led ths fight in behalf of the8oviet, with the aid of repreaeatativee of the .-Ladies' Garment Workers, but the Con ventioa adopted by overwhelming vote the report of the resolutions commit ; fee opposing any action.- : -The committee report declared the federation would not b "justified in taking any action that might be eon 1 1 atrned a an assistance to, or approval of, the Soviet government, so long af it U based upon authority which-has not been vetted in It by a popular na - tlonal representative assembly of the Russian people:- or to -long as it' en deavora to create revolutions in well establ iahed eivili zed mat ions of the - - world or so. long as it advocates and . applies militarisation to labor . and ising and function-, ing of trades union - of free speech, free and maintenance press and free -JMlilie assembly. John Frey, chairman of the rcso- lutloni committee, said it had ascer tained on the "highest' authority that the Soviet government is an "auto eratie, militaristic government ...that doeanWVeravr ruling by an iron hand of dictator- ruling by an -.: Extracts from Lenin a ..speeches, which he read, showed, Mr. Frey de clared, that Lenlne believed in making """ "trades anions subservient to- the . . Soviet government and labor compul aory." Opposition to the report, he said, l-.ll.At. " (lis 41 ttnl.tiavikl LviiirfeUd the jrank 'Of organized W. labor in America with its propaganda. r MfvIHincan. said the committee had mad a "camouflage report," to deceive the workers of- the country as to the true situation In Russia. Conditions there were much better than reported in thia country, he-said, and added that President Wilson and Premier IJoy4--6erg-approved recognition: of the Soviet government, nut had not "the . courage of their ronvictiona to 'stand ind declare for it , James Duncan, of Washington, T. C, first vice president of the Federation, answered 'in defense of the committee report. , He read a telegram from Secretary of State Colby, which said Ihe existing government did not rep resent the wiiror consent of any con siderable jjoTtion of the Bussian peo iie." pavid Grange, a New York delegate, said the "greatest"" trouble in America waa the Bolshevist plotters wbo are trvina to disrupt organized labor. "I don't care what President Wilson -jirLloTir Ueoree" have approved," - he said, ' but I do know we have a gbodT enoueh form of government here in America for me, and I am norgoingtd take any chances with Trotzky - and Lenine's Bolsheviki crowd. They are ; not any' more the friend of labor than the Czar of Bussia." .Want Political Amnesty, The Federation also pledged its sup port to Senator France's joint resolu tion for amnesty of "political pris- oners" rand -repeal of the espionage law. - v The' convention instructed the execu tive council to continue its opposition to the bill now., in Congress providing for the toning system of mailing rates n second elass matter and requiring 11 trade union publication! to be printed in the English language. In opposing the rone system Presi dent Gompers " said it was a "pet scheme of someone" to mske a profit out of the postoffice depsrtment, re gardless of the "public good." "It Is not necessary f' h Pogt office department to be self-sustaining," he added. "The irmy, navy, and . many other departmenU are not. The - sooner we get away from' the Idea the postal department must be eelr-sustain- ing, the- better it ill be for all. Delegates ,of the poatal employes or- ganixatioa led a fight on the floor for the toning rate systewr declaring they were -"being . made victims of inade- anata nostase tates T gaooort Longshoremen The Federation today pledged support! to striking longshoremen on xue v lantie and Gulf coasts n -ineir ngm for recognition" ana their opposition to "the policy of the open shop." A. C. Anderson, of New Tork, representing the coastwise longshoremen, in asking support of the Federation, declared the atmhifi comnanies are "refusing :te arbitrate and compromise the israe and are "emnloying strike-break era." Texas Is a "corporation represents- - tive," declared the apeater, aescnoing nlleged condition at Galveston. He as serted that the martial law edict was unnecessary sad sn attempt to "break" -tho atrike. . . . vv Attack Each-Cammlns Act. The FederaUoa also adopted a resolu- - firm demanding repeal ...of- the compuls ... ory arbitration - sections, of the Ijich- Cnmmiaa Transportation Act of 1920. The executive council was instructed to take steps to bring about this action. Introduction of military training into ""CZT- ICentiaaed fa Tags Two.) ', ANGRY MOB STORMS JAIL .'TO GET NEGRO PRISONERS Dahrthr Mia4 jaao tt-A rw -atisaated at BBoro than 1AM pn aoas late tonight atersaea the Da- lath county jail In offert to Uhe r .-away- from the solice als ngrs arrested, early today la connection' with aa alleged attack oa a white : girl here Uat night. Efforts of nre- saesi to disperse the crowd failed anal aeveral gained entrance to the -7 Jail. - v:,v Foac line of - hoe - wero aakon . away from Sremea sy tko aMh and ' taraed on the police.' Btonea and 1 atlcpa were awed to break wlndowa and, members of the mob crawled : Into the jail. At 1:M p. of -!fortawcro- kolag aaada to- batter.: . down the ateol doora leading to the cell rooms and It appeared only a . asatter of sainntea before the crowd woald eaccoed. . .: , i j " The attack oa the girl la alleged to have eccarred laat night at the cf rcas grounds hero; The negro oa, . employed with ' th circaa, were rowaded an by the oolice after the N glrl'a story had boa told. For other negroes,. It la aaid, were ar reeted aeveral sallea from hero and wore being broaght to Dalath to. ight. -- COLLEGES HEED TO President Chase, of University, Sounds Educational Chal lenge To State By J. LENOIR CHAMBERS. Chapel Hill, June 15. The education al chatlege in North Carolina, so serious that ''Every college in the State ought DOUBLE CAPACITY dou" PtaB7 'Vfjthtr treaty and now they have proven Harry W. Chase outlined today to the alumni at the 123th commencement of the University of North Carolina, was" picked up by speaker after speaker froat the 10 returning classes and accepted as a duty, and responsibility. N-jpeafcing for the young men of North Carolina," said William T. Shore, of cnariottc, ot the class or 1905, 'we ac cept the challenge and this clasf will make it Its business to ring-the educo - tional demand throughout the Stat nntil we know that- every child who wanta a higher education can -find .it."" From Major W. A. Graham, speaking which, were back for their 80th reunion, " 11 . V IX H1ID u,l A 1VI WkU VUUWH. down the line to Luther Hodges. T LeakviUe, oriofdrtymeaoeran: hwhich are still in college, class after. elassfaced the-Ttroblem and accepted the -challenge. -They had heard . from fresident Xhaee the STatement'lhat the University: had carried during tho year an excess of 74 per cent over its normal honsing --capacity,--an excess of per cent over its normal feeding capacity, and aras facing next fall a greater de mand from those who wanted a higher education than it had ever known "Students have lived three and four in a room this year,' said President Chaae ; "for a time laat -faH soma classes had to meet on the ftunpne because every class , room was ia use. Studeigi have been refused admission to-courses they .wanted because the courses were already too full, ilore than 300 teachers have already been denied entrance to the summer School becaoie svery-room on j the campus and in town-hna-been taken. Hwaia hall has fed 250 more stu dents than it was designed to feed. so far as we know there is not now available a room anywhere on the campus or in town for next year. Yet till, HHUUCt III Ilia" WMUVI KEauulc,a lirr inrrrsnrd frnm 100 in 1'KIS tn 3 flffl in Ivm, and 5,UuO students are now in the public high schools of the state. We shall have i at)0UT 33 placer-vnewnt next fall and 750 students are applying far them. I ask you, gentlemen of the alumni, what shall we tell themt understand- "that- every college - n the State is virtually run now, it is a problem that tr at- tho heart of North Carolina, but spells in its solution the future of our State." At the business meeting of the alumai association this morning in Gerrard Hall, presided over. by B. D. W. Connor, president of the association, tho alumai passed without dissenting vote a reae- luton presented by Francis I). Winston, asking the Legislature to build at the University a dormitory for womea With equal speed they raised $5,000 ia gifts of Sloe, each for a whole-time alumni secretary, and' wiped off the books a debt of some 700 of the association.'- Other gifts reported during -he day were tSAOO, from the class or for the alumni loyalty fund and an other I60O from 1915 for the same pur pose. The old officers were re-elected: B. D. W. Connor, presidents K.B. Bahkinrof Chapef Hill, aecretaryv--AH the alumni bach on the hill, their wives and friends, filled Bwain Hall for the annual alumni luncheon, with Walter Murphy, "92, as foastmaster. The elaaa of I860, with Maior W. A, Gralnra. K. A. Bullock;- of Henderson. John B; Tillery, Thomas W. Davis, i-f Baleigh, and John H. Thorpe, of Rocky Meant. Among the 15 survivor of this war elass, whit-h with, one exception (a cripple;, served In the Confederate Army, occupied a plae of honor at the speaker's table.. Across from them sat tnre of tDe iix tnrTi,ing members of 187(5,' Dr.-SU!hsrd H.- Lewis," Dr.- J.- Long and James P. Beid. Qther return ing rlssses were grouped at tablea all over the hall and made the building ring with rheers for their slaases, for the University and for President Chas- : Jtespdnsce were made by Major Gra ham, for 1 860, who read a list, of the elasa siyl their eareVrs ; by Dr. . Lewis, for 1870; by Thomas 11. Battle, of Bocky Mount, for 1880; by Stephen C. Bra gaw -.for-1890-by Csrr, of Wil- mingtor for 1893iby Wt 8 Bernard, of Chapel Hill, for 1900; by W. T. Shore, of Charlotte, for 1905; by P. M. Teague, f fianfordior 4910i by BG. Fitzgerald, of Lillington, for 1913, and by Luther Hodges, of Leaksv-ille, for 1919.- Bain this afternoon broke an a base ball game, between 1 J910 and 1919,; buJJ aid not mterrere who tne perrormanre by the Carolina plsy makers of twe ef --Contlnaed ear ft Twe J OPPORTUNITY FOR DBS TOIL MR Senator Simmons Defines Hard ing As""Typical: Reactions - ary of His Party t CONGRESSMAN POU SAYS - ELECTION UNTHINKABLE Republicsjis ftof - Their In sincerity By Comins; Oat 'Ajainst Trestj, Stys 4th Dis trict Representative,; Homl- ' nation and Platform Puts Party Back Many Ysari, ''I? IE-.. : - 4 ': . . "'.. ' ' Ths News aad Observer Bnreaa, ' 603 District KaUoal Bank Bldi- B7K.1. rojv-itx. (By' Special Leased ,Wire.) . Washisgton, D, C- lTi Sen- ater Eardieg, the BepubHcaa nominee, is elected, wo woulWiave to go through aa entirely new treaty with Germany sitting around the tablo ia an entirely different poeitioa from the oae she'oe- copied, at Versallei, declared Edward W. Vou, Tar xieel memoer ,or tae uon grosaioaal campaign committee, this morning. "How any American can eon- template' such a prospect la more than I can naderataad. . "It is always to be remembered that tho constitution has, not beea repealed. I have never believed the Bepubliesns were sincere in their reservations to their insincerity by coming out against it. - .-U. '.. : The nominatioa of Harding his made all thinking, progressive' Bepub-' licans sick. There are a lot of them high minded aad Independent enough to -do hir il .ppriing aad 'thrf are openly aaying that the platform aad the candidate of their party ia just a return to the day .of tho bosses. rhi kicked ia tho scrap heap and they are confessing that they have nothing to appeal to tho iadependent vote. rr.i,:,. . ,ft , Opnortaalty for Demeerata. portunity at Saa Francisco, that is to jet the country know wo etand squarely behind the' President and that we place him along with Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. He had the courage to tackle things that others have been toe timid to approach. .--.--" "It ia lamentable he was St rieker. . I happe te ow that hhi -oli(!lcg -were by no -meana Snished and it is my earnest hope Hat we ua irominate at San Fraaciaed a man forward looking enough te enrry them on. . "Win thia timet If we can't win fighting that ataadpat platform a plat form that goes aa far back as it is pos sible to go, thea we can't win at all." The Bepublicsa platform adopted by mteago convention means the repu diation of the great reforms made in the last twenty years and the repudia tion of our great victory in the world war. according to the alaat of that Vaecilating documehrtakW bw-BenatoH 1 .- ilr lummons. - - The senior Senator, talking about the platform aad Mr. Harding today, called the Ohio Senator . and Republi can nominee "a typical reactionary." . 19 ia a man of good lbilityiadi I 1 . , , aa tne big parties plek ean didst err1-commented Senate Simmons. Personally, Senator Simmons ia . xerjufon-d .oX..H8rdings... . "He typifies the Republican feartyvas it was ruled by Mark Haaa an Aldrich. Ha fits in with the PenroeCj-Brandegee, Lodge and Smoot combination well. If he were elected, I think we would have the old regime' controlled by big business. : ; ; "Their plntform hasn't the, dear ring that might be expected from a great party certain of its position and will ing to declare it," the Senator aays not unmindful that the ti. O. P. ia un certain of its position and uawilling to declare anything. - "It ia- shrewdly drawn,'' he eontin aed, "ae aa to be capable' of double interpretation. That is demonstrated by the declaration on the .. treaty which waa admittedly written so as to be susceptihle . of a construction satisfac tory to tho reservation iat and the tr recooeilablca. The same double deal ing equivocation characterises tht plat form throughout but the fact remains that the platform and the candidate were dictated by the, reactionary ele ment of the party, It means - the re pudiation or the great reforms or tae last twenty yesrs and repudiation of our great victory in the world, war. , I don't think Johnson is going tn bolt," be added. bnt I think he was adroitly maaeouvered out of the nomi nation. The old guard killed him off with Wood " and Lowdea-and then slaughtered. Wood end Lowden for the man they wanted." Senator Simmons says he didn't look tnto-tho-prospectsj of suffrage .ratid cation while he was in the State: Hs returned here yesterday and will , re main in Washington a while to' look after soma departmental matters. Af terwards ho will go to the State for he recess. . .. :.. , -:-..:.:.,:...' COL. LEROY SPRINGS GIVES BIG SUM TO PRESBYTERIANS, Spartanburg, 8. C. June 15. An nouncement was made her today that Colonel Lerey Springs, of Lancaster, S. C4 has given 430,000 to the million dol lar fund being raised by the Presby variant of South Carolina for the en dowment of charrh schools- C E. Gra ham JBt Greenville, some" time Sao. pledged 1100,000 on condition that the remaining 9O0,QO0 be raised. Stsy of Esecatien Craated. ,1 New Terk, June 15. Paliia lunectnT Domitrickr Henry,- of the tesdeTlOln dix- tricti sentenced to -from -two to Sea,r hard labor' for perjury in eonn? tion with Now Tork' vice war, 1st today waa granted a stsy of exeeotiua nHl Monday, pending an appeal by hie Sttorneja, - - -7 - - J OCRATS HEELS THINK at' "l urn - - " . 1. a. . s. 1 mm mm m m mm m ' sra at mm m m m s ga 0 IMw TVtltlKV OT JMHJSWTriSJ Pgaaan I.. . f I III Ifffllllllll I mi 1 -i laUl 111 Si I II I M I v m .w . e " . Jr -frJtr CT a T-r-" '-;ir7C.04lC ( I Hon. Bainbrldge Colby. Secretary of ment address at the University of North Carolina thia morning at dl o'clock, will bo accompanied by Secretary of the Jjber of the board of trustees of the institution, w , IPPOSEMI Harding -Prefers Somewhat of a "Front Porch' Campaign; . Begin Work at Once Washington, Juna J15 Senator Hard ing, the Bepublicaa candidate for preti- dent,' Indicated ia a confereace today with newspaper men Jii'o,pi'(f ipa tt, a "bara storming" campaign, . His prefer ence, oa the other band would be for somewhat of front porch"- campaign from hia home in Marion, Ohio, -with a limited number of set speeches deliver ed on epeeifie occasions. ' The Bepublicaa nominee also made It clear that there would be no delay in opening the campaign, announcing that it. would not await the official notinca tion of his nomination. The notifies tion, he. aaid, would not take place be fore July 13 at the earliest. . Frienda of the Senator aupplemcnted his statements as to the kind of cam paign Tie'dcsiref'vrtrlrthat-assortion that he believed tho ofliee of chief x eeutive of the nation waa too high and too important to be sought through a continuous aeries of whirlwind cam- paign tours. . Senator Harding also announced to dsy that he would not resign bis seat in thV -Bcuate priot"io the termination of his term on next March 3. but would wilhdraw. at- c iis- ptitlon.AlfiU list week at Columbus entering the August primaries for re-election. The work of preparing hia, speech of acceptance ha, not been .started by the nominee and it is expected he will de fer it until after the conference with Chairman Hays and" other party leaders now tentatively fixed for Monday. "Great care must be token in prepar ing thia apeeeb," Senator Harding aaid today. It represents the candidate's interpretation of the platform and of the issues before the people." - . Mr. Harding received but few visitors today and he continued his efforts to clear away the vast amount of mail and telegrama congratulating him on his nomination, - Among the few callers he received was Leslie M. Shaw, former. Secretary of the Treasury, who at a conference lasting about an'; hour dis cussed the coming campaign. . ' G. 0. P. PLATFORM OFFERS NO REMEDY FOR FARMERS ;' Washington, Jub-"J5. BenjamhtJ-i Marsh, secretsry of :tho Farmers Na tional Council, who clashed with mem bers of the resolution committee of the Republican National ; Convention last week, when he attacked tha Transporta tion Act as "un-American," issued a statement - -here today declaring that "the section of the Republican platform oa agriculture does not Contain Single declaration to reassure the farmera of America." 1 " ' " " -" ' The " Rvpnbiiean platform, Ma rth said , 'recognises several existing evils ia farming condition but does not pledge action to justify them." LOUISIANA ASSEMBLY VOTES DOWN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Baton R jagc, Lsi, , Jane 15 The nineteenth amendment to the Con stitution of the United States will not bo rtfllSed y the Leaiaiana legia--latare, it was made , evident . today when the lower boose not only' voted down n resolution of ratification, bat Immediately afterward adopted a resolatiaa-oatttag that body on ret ard aa beiag against Federal sag rage. As waa the case la Mlaimslppl, ad Ma tea of 4h principle of states' rifhu were credited with defeat, of ratificatioa maasnra. The Vote against It-waar 7-to 44. Thesby-ol-votO; of a-to-la .the . house adopted a reso lution opposing Federal suffrage. Tha elates' rights : hill has been made 'a asocial order la tho Senate for Thvaday..'A:j,-'iL. ; : ... -. nr RAD QTRDM P. FYPflPTQ P ANPn av sbbbw as m m m aar sa bb m w a samsw v w -sr m m m sr m mm r w- -m ia mmr- t OMMENCEMElsm ADDRESS 1 tk tit Trnoim T--r A V viNiyrup J :iywni State, who win deliver tho commence Navy Josephua Daniels, who is a mem Government Departments Con sider Step As Means of Re lieving Fuel Shortage r Washington,-Juno 15. (By tho Asso ciated Press) An smbtrgo on coal ex port aa a means of relieving serious fuej shjrtajD tavajfiomj aeVtloM of th.4 country, notably in New Bngland, was taken up for consideration today by several departments of the government. Reports from New England received in the past few day by the interstate Comerco Commission have told of a coal shortage, so serious that jn some sec tion only two-days' supply is on hand. Other sections of the country nre said to bo faeiqg similar problems, although relief has been effected in some cases. - The railroad congestion, from which the country has not fully recovered, and the strike of marine worker in a minx ber -of Atlantic parts. are held to be the principal. .factonuta.lh8. .pxwatjutufe tion. - v --1-. Eradication of the harmful influence of these wto factors waa the subject of a conference today between .Attorney General Palmer an.d members of the In- of dealing with rail congestion and ma rine labor troubles were understood to havo wea agreed on, althouglT no state meat was issued sfter tha conference. "eilofafion" br'M conditions ry rail and, by water, how ever, officials conversant with the situa tion said, would not bring -relief from the coal shortsge and for Hhat reason the matter of ad embargo, similar to a-I-. aff jliisfiaasst a- af. It' i i M I . I ITH I sfll fcS ttUritJBT flUjt Ivn Cvul BtriSttr, is being considered. DEMPSEY NOT GUILTY OF EVADING DRAFT LAW Snn Francisco, Csl., June ' 13. Wil li ajn Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, was found not guilty en a selective draft ovasion in dictment by a jury in tha United States district Court here today. "- ' ' T The jury wss out ten minutes and took One ballot. j .L.-. IVmpsey aaid laters -----f v - "1 am mighty glad it was over. I am glad not only for the acquittal, but also for the fact that ' the trial gives me an absolutely clean sheet. ,A joint indictment charging conspir acy to .'evader the selective - draft re main against Dempsey and his man agefaffc K earns.- Their eonnse said they would ask'this indictment be dis missed.! ORDERS INVESTIGATION ' OF MEANS' ALLEGATIONS New Tork, ..Tune 15. DUtrict Attor ney Bw'aitn .today asked the' extraordin ary, grand Jury for an immediate inves tigation of the allegation of Gaiton BJ Mean thut he and his assistant, Jihn Pooling's, prosecution of Mean waa financed by the Northern Trust Com pany, 'of Chicago, " " Means, who was tried" and- acquitted for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King in Concord, N. C, yesterday entered suit for i 1.000.000 for malicious prose cution against Mr. Swsnn and Mr.-Ponlr Ing. ( . , .. ' MOTHER AND SON KILLED " r AS RESULT FAMILY FEUD Asheville, Jun 15 Mrs. Rachel pen- ley and "her bn, ,Aadrew,"were shot to death yesterday afternooii in their home at Fensaeota, Tancey county, by a man named' Biddler-who afterward gave himself up to tha authorities, the police.Jtate.l. MrSiHensley .vaa'rB0 through the braia; aad died instantly. The ion -was brought fifty roil m an automobile to - a local - hospitsl where he died otday following an operation. The snooting ia said to hsve beea the result f aa pljj Umfy tnfy--iz 1 uuiis iiuuu uiiniiuu bHAKIitd filAUtBT BUTLER AS UNTRUE Characterizes Butter Statement As a "Vicious and Malic-' " v iousjalsehood' SAYS ATTACK ON IS V J FRIENDS IS INFAMOUS President of Columbia- Unirer- sity, Who Was Also Candi date For O.O.P.; Komination, Charged Motley ; Oronp of Stock ' Gamblers aad Others Tried To Buy Nominations Chicago, Juno 13.Major General Wood, ia a aigaed ttement, tonight cbaracteized as a "vielou and malicious falaebood" declaration by Nicholas Murray Butler that a "motley group of stock gamblers, "oil and mining pro motera, munitions-maker ' and other like persons" backed the geaersl's e paign for the Bepoblican presidential nomination. , ' General Wood aaid he regretted to make the statement, but that it waa nec essary to "brand a fakir and to de nounce a lie." . Declaring that the men who managed his campaign war of "ex traordinary high tbaraotor," the General aaid that tha. attack npon them "ia in famous" and, that Mr. , Butler action was "aa attempt to Ingratiate himself with certain elementa which exercised a determining influence . at th conven tion? ; - ' "-: :-- , Ths statement follows: l"! have just read the statement issued ia New York by Nicholaa Murray Botler to the' effect that a motley group of stock gamblers and other tried to buy the presidential nominatioa for me and thasrOTWo-aro their Insolent attempt to buy the nomi nation represent all that ia worst ia American business and political Hfe. "The sTaTement is a vTcToua "and ml licioua falsehood. I would ignore it if it were directed at me alone, but I can not remain silent whea my loyal friend aad supporters are viilflc r "Colonel - William Cooper Proctor, who was enairman of my eampaiga com mittcs, is a man of ertraordlnary high character, ,.: known throughout the length and breadth of the land for hia absolute integrity and honesty. Hia aa aociatea are men of like character, most of -wheat responded to thoir country's can during tne war.' Tney typiry 1 group of progressive Americana. The at tack upon them ia infamous. Ths forces which brought me before the convention with preponderant force were hundreds of thousands of patriotic men and women in every walk ef life, who have endorsed me at nation-wide state conventions, nation-wide state pn maries, and in a nation-wide poll of un precedented aire. This action of Nicholas Murray But ler is an attempt to ingratiate himself with certain elements which exercised determining influence at the convention and possibly to explaiit his own politiewt nvaancas xtia m scii-sccxina; cowaruiy attack, made under the cloak of aa nl leged public aervice, which was never intended, or rendered "I regret to make a statement of this trinH, hnf it i. nflm.iry in ihi. in.f n.- to brand a fakir jnd to denounce a lie. eotrPBderesrALsaTAKEs SHOT AT NICHOLAS BUTLER Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15. Colonel William Cooper Proctor, manager of General Wood's unsuccessful campaign for tho Republican presidential nomina tion, on his arrival home from Chicago t n & m r t aa -k T o rr w at rn a 1 sat I f tUtaHr BrH t aa I fm IH rH gr,--aTrrnn11S Murray Butler, .president of" Columbia Lniversity, saying that his statement given out yesterday relative to General Wood's support was wholly' false and was given out with malicious disregsrd for the truth. '. ASK JOHNSON TO RUN AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE Petition of Portland, Oregon, Voters Urges Repudiation of O. O; P. Platform Portland, Ore., Juae 15. More than 5.000 sianaturcs were obtained to a tie tit ion circulated in Oregon today asking United Htatea Senator Hirani Johnson to repudiate -theplatfornt adopted by the Bcpublican National Convention in Chicago and to announce himself aa an independent candidate for the presi dency, according to a telegram- sent to day to Senator Johnson by W, P. Adams, Portland attorney. Mr. Adams said that he did not rcpre sent any Johnson organization that had heretofore existed, but that hia tele gram was aent in behalf of many sup porter of Senator Johnson in tr.j c- csnt urgcn primary election. . - "We heard that aimilar petitions were being circulated - in - New York," Mr. Adams said, "so we starred them here in Portland '"today. Bo -far thmwrtitions have been eirrnlptcd only in Portland, but ae plan to send them throughout the state." Adams said that he and the group with which ha is connected will continue to, circulate the petition's until Henatnr Johnsondeclares jmaitiveljr that he will not be a candidate for the presidency "on ah independent ticket.' - ROGERS HORNSBV KNOCKED ' VNCONSCIOl'8 BY BASEBALL. New oYrk, June 15. Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis National seeond baseman, for horn Branch Rickey annocuned he h I recently refused a $200,000 - offer,- was knocked nnconscious today by a .ball thrown by Shortstop Lavan of the Cardi nal ia the contest with New York. Tha ball hit him on the back of tne head. Hornsby was relieved by Janvria and it is believed he may be out of th gam for veral d,v, ISlTH UNDECLARED. VOIE BY ONLY 81. Gardner Manager . Holds . Up Declaration of vote To Ver ify Figures t ERROR FOUND IN RETURNS REDUCES MORRISON BY 100 Justice Hoke beclared Neminee With 4,000 Majority; Second Primary Between Stacy and -Loof For Supreme ' Court; Wade, Shipman, Graham and Lacy Declared Winners '.'- t''' "'T;:-:,'.:-if-r:n, - sTabulatioa of the vote east In the state-wide primary by tha Stat Board - of Elections yesterday give Cameron1 Morrieoa a lead of ,87 over O, XIaa Gardner ia a total vote of 12833. For . mal declaration of the vote waa do ' ferred until 11 o'clock thia morning td. give time to Judge J. Crawford Biggs, Gardner'- maaager, to verify return from counties wher offlclal teportg vary frosa Sgurea that were given hint a official. ; - Excoptioa taken by Judge Bigg while th vote waa being canvassed yeas 1 terday asoraing resulted in th reduce tion of the Morrison lead front 18H -through tho discovery aa' error isg . the entry of the vote in one precinct in Bichmond county. Judge Bigg waa) of tha opinion that aimilar errors r4 possible 'ia th returns xrosa dg4 combo and Ysneo oounties. The erroa in Bichmond waa verified by telegrapl aad correction waa catered oa tha tab . ulatiosu T'..'"":-":7 . 4 Tho- tabulation a it stood whea th board adjonrned at -o'clock thai - afternoon follows: Morrison, i 9,070l Gardner, 4883; Page. 3080. Judge? tion with Gsrdaer managers in Edgs Com be aad Yaneo' last night, bat had! tal.m.nt ta givf oiitaa te hi Jn formation. He will appearbeforo tha" board again thia morniag whea it M emblea at U o'clock. " J Heke Declared Nemiaeo. . 1 vaaacd and declared during th afters' noonL giving Justice H. A. Hoke, eaw didato for the nomination for a'sao eiwta justice of the Bopreme Court, a clear majority - and i tho- nominatioTu with Judge VY. P. Stacy and Judge I. hvnm to eater th second primary for! the aeeond place oa tha ticket. ; 6Ula Treasurer 3, B. Lacy, Commisaioaer of Agricalture W. A. Graham and Com mis sioaer of labor aad Priating M. Is) -Shlpmaa war - declared renomiaatedt Stacy "W. Wado eertiled as winaar over both opponents for Iasuraace Commis aioner. and W. B. Cooper nominated over F. C. Harding for Lieutenant Gov ernor. A aeeond primary waa declared necessary in tho contest for 8tat Audi tor, the choice falling between Baxter; Durham and Jame P. Cook, i indociaiTc result were declared fa" tha Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Congres sional districts, with the run-off in th mxthCTn H. I6odwia-an Homee- - Ii Irdti i between W. C. Hamer and Walter Brock in the Seventh, ahd be tween A. L. Bulwinkle and W. B. Couim . cil in the Ninth. Hallet 8. Ward waa declared the nominee in the First Dins i trict over Congressman - John H. BmsTT, and Congressman's. M. .Brinson waa , ' declared aomtaee ver Chsrls U ibere aethy ia the Third District, .- t : a.i. r.mAiA.t.: vi. '----. The vote for eaeh candidate was a follows: For President : Leonard Wood 3,603. H tram Johnson 13J73. -i' For United States Senator Lee 8, Overman WfHOfl, Aubry-Lr- Brooks 23- 89. " For Governor Cameron Morrieoa 49,m 070, O. Mas Gardner 4M3, Bobert N. Page 30.1). -..-.., For Lieutenant Governor W,- B. Cooper 6425, F. C Haring 51,fj05. . State Treasurer B. H. Lsey 831. B. F. Renfrew 30,rM6"; majority 53,28.. Commissioaer of Agriculture w. A f6T1itir73.1irH.BThompua 878.- majority 3747. ' , Commissioner of Ibor and rrinU. , ing M. L. Shipman 73,503, t J. DeU linger 35,2:7; majority 378- State' Auditors-Baxter Durhswi 3n,4oI. - Cook 27,280, McDonald 18.47B, Boyd 1, 427, Wood Icy 13,042; Durham's plurality ,ll. Insurance Commissioner Stacy W... Wade 7510, John I'nderwood 25.H74, C, T. McClenaghan 19,792 ; majority. 33,144. . Associate Justice 8uprem Court-iM - Hoke 89,749, Stacy S4,tti, Long 83r8434 dams 33,141, Oulley 26,708, Guion 14,188, Rouse 10,72; Hoke a majority 4,074. Total vote 11130. C V Conaress. t"irst District Hallet- H. Ward 7,m. John H. Small 5,311) Ward's majority T78. ' . . Congress Third Distriet 8. M Brin' son 5,701, C. L. Abernethy 3,089, R. h, Carr 22; Brinson's majority 2,612. Her. ring Kcp. 104, Rouse (Kep. 344. Herring's majority 960. . .. Congress, Sixth District H. I loa 5fi03, Uodrin 4J33, Shaw 2,328,. Second primary ybctween Lyon aad Godwia. : White (Rep.) 4fl, McDonald 626. " tt'hite'e msjorty 120. Congress, Seventh District Hammer 7,152, Vana 412, Brock 5,294.. Second . primary between Hammer and Brock.' Coneress. ma uiatriet Mniwinaio 4.782, Council 4,102, Quickel 3,428, Bitch l-A2r- Peterson-1,409. - ieeond- runarr - - between Bulwinkle and Council.-; Wrangle vOer Proredare. . Aa hour'a wrangle over the manner of eaavass wa precipitated immediat ely nftcrthe Board waa called to order yesterday when Judge Biggs interposed objections to announcing toe totals and declaring th vote until he had had op. .. portunity te examine and challenge the V entries made la -the county abstracts.- A nsotio war carried ty a 4-to l -voto- - to announce the total and then verify theS return,- Clarance Call,' Bepublicaa, member from North Wilkesboro viting r JCentlnned, aa Fafe Two.) S3