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RALEIGH, N.C, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1920.
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OFFICIAL DETAILS
GETTING HIS OARSMEN
DEAJHCHAIR-OI
HtEE READY: FORREG ATTA
REPUBLICAIJS WILL
HELP CI CAMPAIGI
ASJOPLAIIS
DEFEALATJIWS
LABOR FEOERATIO;
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Nominee Announces His Decis
l ion Against "One-ManPres-
; T -;r Idential Campaign
JO SOUCIT ADVICE 0F
- - ALL LEADERS OF, PARTY
'Senator Harding To FixKotifl-
', catioa Date As Early. At Pol.
- " sible, and Decida 0a Place !
! Where He Will Take HisVa.
r cation: r Holds Conference
, With Beyera! Senators.: '
Washington, Jane ' 17. Is accord I
. with bit announced deciaioa against a I
ditu" Mmntln: Senator Hnrdinav
the Bepubliean presidential nominee,!
: tnrfa - conferred with - various . narty I
leaders, and tomorrow -will discus hit
pinna with Harry 1L Daugherty, of Co-
iambus, Ohio, hif pre-eoavention cam-
.palga manager. At tomorrow! confer
ence a data for holding - th -1 ormal
aotifieatioa "'ecretnonie at the - aomi-
nee'e bom at Marion. Ohio, ii expected
-to ba fixed. ', . -.,'
, Seaator Harding announced bia aver
sion to a on-man" campaign at-his
daily conference with , -newspapermen
today. He declare that all Bepubli
rana looted alike to. him and that he
would eolielt advice" frdnT 1eadr-nf
.a faeuoa. u.th. oadct of hu .
r - - . .
CiefweiMWIta LMp.
Tiia oeaawr loaay acta a iwo-noor
.f.,.n with Ranatora liulm. R.
- maMtMB Imh in . thm fi.nat. and
Braadeaee, f Connecticut, aad also
toaf erred at Jesi lensrth with Senators
Mosea, of WewHempeUiiei FaHf f MewJ
Mexico, and Franc, pt Marylaad, all
Z. BepuDtieana;FAithwrWBferaea
- Uiaod, it was understood, to eaarpaifa
--plana.- i , j , i.
J" Tha conference with- Mr- Daugherty
Is iooked upon i)y Mr. Hardinj'a. rjeads
aa inportaat, ee it wUl ba first between
. th Senator and his eaarpaira tnanawr
iaea the former' retara to Washinr -
tea, aad aits because it to expeotodTto
determine detail-eeaneeted with the
immediate eoaduet of the eampaira.
The Senator also is expected to decide
tomorrow tha place where he wfli go
tot hie Ycatio and for the snmerous
eonfereneea, with party leaders. - : '
Fiz MatmeaUast Date. '
8aaaor Harding waa said to ba dee-
rroaa of fxing without delay tha date
- -for the -oonftratioa 4aT order 4oat. at
taagements for the ceremonies aaa beit'.' ' ... -
started st anea." Tha nominee's borne
Howsl it was explained, i U not onit
adequately prepared at Dreseat for the!0' approaching train.. I tried -to
handling of sueb eTeats and ja fixing
a date, tufflclent time rauat ba allowed
for the iastallation of additional tele-
graph facilities as well as for the mak-
ing of other arrangement necessary
- tw tha hJndltng of erowds.-? rfepanr-
tions of the speech of acceptance alio
is expected to be a subject of discus-
-sioa at the conference with Mr.
Daucherty. .. '
Ia addition to bis conference with
hit Senatorial colleagues, Senstor Hard-
ing today received a large number of
-eallarar-among-whom were Ueut-Gen..
Nelaoa A. Miles. Benrcaantati Win.,
low, Republican, of Massaehusetti :
James K. Mercer of Columbus, Ohio,
Ohio legi.l.tir. hi.torUn, ind B. B. I
Htrasabnrger, of Norristown, Fa., one
of the msnagor for Senator Johnson,
of California, in h'is contest for the
Bepublicsa preiidential nomination.
PUBLISHERS ORGANIZE
' TO BUY PAPER SUPPLY
New Tork, June 17 One hundred
- daily newspapers of the Country "with
out print i rper supply and largely de
pendent on open market purchases'1
baa arranged to organise the Publish
er Purchasing Corporation, under the
.... i oKmvm wwnarc, or me
.nin . ,v-vy,i..... w.jik v . Jil l I
paper and paper mills, it was aanounced
- her today. Officer of the new eorpora-
TT6n ineIudTIrwWBterbury
Kepnblican, president; W. W, Weaver,
Duraaat, N. C, Bun,- eice-presideat;
,?1wb'; ITT
nrer, tad Oeorge W. Marble, Fort Scott,
KasM Tribune-Monitor, secretary.
An exeeutlTe committee to carry oa
tha work, with Jason Roger aeehair
' maa, waa elected. : " : . t
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
FOR YEAIr206ILLlONS
. Waablaatea, Jan t7Grm
sneatal cxpendltarae frem Jaly 1,
.tin, t May tl. amoaatcd t ,
M,TJ, aceardiagta a etatt
aaeat tonight af tha Treaaary.
Kxpeadltare were kesviest dariag
eptsmber when 4,7S,7,7. was
aaeat, and llghteat -la November,
wbea WUel.TM left the treaaary.
Kxclaalva af 1 tUU.M7.TSt ex.
Maded by the treaaary, Mljtt,.
7t charged ta Federal control of
railroad aad tha Traaspertatloa
-Act irm wanrtne-ti
item af departmental expendltare.
The Navy Departaaeat a toad third :
ia dlabaraemente far the awriod
with a total, ef t72I.717Jlt aad lb
Deaertment ef Labor last with tv
UMt. White Boaao exaeaaea was
listed aa ,72.t aad coagree.
atonal at tl7.Ml,lM. Payments aa
. the pablle debt amoaated to tlMtr.,
CSU7I. . "
SOUThl CAROLINA COTTQ.V
SEED CRUSHERS MEETING
Aaheville, Jnne 17-The fifth annual
tonventioa of th Cottea Beed Crush-
J are' Aieoeiatiea of South - .Carolie
opened here today for a three day sea-
sioa. Approximately .l.W delegate are
la attendance.
Among the speakers today were : C.
-Fitainimons, of Cnlnmbis, 8. E, W.
. Thompson, of New Orleans, aad Dr.
B. W. Bikea, president of Coker Col
" ChltfUf t Cottrtneyr CorBelTi pand
old xaan, who to lining up hia oarsmen
for the eomiag regatta at Lake Cayuga.
TIED TO RAILROAD
5
Man. Who Lost Hand and Leg
l . a n..la i OA. .
... AS ncoiiil UIVcS olUry vl
:Uic-Fvnorinra
ni5 tApeneTOB
txeeTtior triags, Mo, June 17.-Gee.
I M. Underwood, who loot a band aad
try Urt ajhUhea aadita tied him to
a railroad track. Bra aiTanTea aefon I
aia axperueea ana aeatea ina tae aiea
had any motire that ha knew of except
rnhhf ry. yadgrwood ia expected to re-
eoewr.
A boar -rM after dark," he aaid,
"aa I was walking to the atatioa to
1 catch a train foe Cnrrplltoa, ilo my
1 aomo, io aea wita a toariag
foeeed sae Jata tha car aad took
watch aad $70. They droTe south, aad
J wiuraetbetathei V will
ti aim. to ,iaa, rauroaa ,traea
vve etoppea oaea at a pia at barbed
aad one of .the -aiea got aereral
long atraad of it. ."We stopped agaia
nd I was forced -ta get dowi oa the
A-few mlautes Uter' while I whs
straggling to aseaper I beard tha nimble
I ecream, but raga ia nay mouth throttled
my voice. Aa the engine came within
ew rode of sae, I threw all my
strength into another attempt to
eap. My right bead was free at last
th ga f torn m. mouth,
aereaming. Then I loosened my right
ct and swnag partly free from the
track, but my left foot and hand were
toe tightly bound to be releaaed.
"Something seemed to sting my an'
tir body. I suppose I fainted for a
naameat, but soon I waa aereaming
MtnJSj A farmer cam from somewhere
aad helped nntie the barbed wire which
w, Prtly strung around my body."
npoeuiim in naiani r- t-a
PERSHING IS UNABLE TO
ADDRESS NEW BERN BAR
General .Writes Senator Sim
lions Letter Zxpreiain;
Hia Segret , . , ,
'The News and Obeerrer Bureau,
60.1 District National Baak Bldf,
By K. E. POWELL, i
(By Special Leased Wire.) "
General John J. Pershiog, ia a letter
to. Senator Simmone today, declined the
invitatioa to go ta New Bera aad ad'
dreM the foflr eouaty fair ia that city
QS 111.
ladctlnita plana for the late summer,
the General explained to Seaator Rim -
monar pterented ttta- weeptirnca of b
inrltation which he said be, greatly
appreciated. It came, ; throogh the
Y. ft?oVd'
the New Bera post" of 1b Americas
Legioa. -
Sou survey maps of Tyrrell eouaty
are being made by pressing into use
one of the seaplanes of the navy de
partment, according to announcemeat
from the Agricultural Department to:
NayrTWar.w.mp. i. TyrrelVaaa
or tne uepartmeat experts stated, that
eannot be surveyed aa foot so photo
graphs from the air are being made in
stead. . .-v. --
SUFFRAGISTS PJN HOPES-
IN TAR HEEL ASSEMBLY
Will Endearor To Hare Frisco
Conreation To Urc Tar
- , Heels-To-Xatil:
cMirgtf-i " fane 17, Aciit ititt of
the. National Woman's party at tha Dem-
v-.: i - . i ,
ream i,.uodii uk rai m h. vuiuaru
ia a statement frem the party's head
quarters tonight, do not iaclude picket
ing of the convention hall as conducted
during the Brpublieaa "National Coavea-
tioa at Chicago.
The eampaiga at Saa Franriseo," the
-atatemeat aaid. "will iociude the. inter
viewing f every delecate before the
eoaventloa open by the State branches
of the party aad Interviewing af each
State delegation during the eonventioa.
The party hopea to obtain from Dema
cratie national leaders a promise to ex
ert preeeuee oa-the- Newh 4vo4iaa Leg
islature ta ratify the amendment at the
sjiecial sessioa ia July."'. '
. Tha party s aetivitn? tt Saa Fran
cisco, the statement ad led. will be di
rected by.Mr. A 8, gjker, of.JfashingJ
ion: airs. n. ti. rsrowa. meat Virvinia:
Mia Edith Callahan,' ef lui.ville, and
Mis Betty Gram, ef Portland, Oregon.
RACK BY BANDIT
Tiirl-lch NatinnalisK 6,
shevikl Plot Against bu..
. in Near.tast
. - . ..i- . ,,
CONFERENCES HELD AT
. . MUNICH AND MOSCOW
Traininr School Was .. Estab-
; lished In Moscow. For Train
inf Toung Turks' In Spread
ing Propafanda . Among
Tribesmen, In. The Moham
medan World
Waahiagton, June 17. (By th Asso
ciated Press.) Details of the mack her
alded, uprisings ia the Mohammedan
world agaiaet British rule and In favor
of tha Turkish Nationalists aad Bolshe
vik! were received here today in official
advice.
be report confirm advice as to Mos
cow aad Munich conferences received
some time age by the State Department.
Eaver Paaha, Djemal Pasha andJTalai
Pasha. Turkish Nationalist leaden,
were reported to bare conferred with
Spartaeist aad Bolsheviki at Bunicb
while represeata tires from India, Egypt.
Afglwniatanv. Persia. '. India, Axerbijan
and Georgia met Turkish Nationalists
and Leaine, the Bolsheviki leader at
Moscow. . Plans for uprisings lav the
Mohammedan world coincident with
Bolsheviki tartnt on Persia and. India
sre laid ta have been laid at thee meet
ing. Afore' of ISOflOO troops com
mnnded by Gen. Kuropatkin, waa prom'
ised the Mohammedan world by lenlne
w Moscow, H lusjeea xeriTtM. --
- Ta Trala Natloaalleta.
Following tha two T eonfereneea
training acbool waa established at Mos
cow for representatives of .the Turkish
Nationalists, according to the official
received today. From this
school after a rigorous course of in
straetioa in the plans nad objects of
tha conspiracy, groups of from ten to
twenty and fifty af the "young Turks.
it is said, war sent to -propaganda head
quarters ia Persia, Afghanistan, India
Egypt, Georgia, Axerbijan and Bulgaria
ta promote the intrigue aad make redy
tor tne march southeastward ' of the
Bolsheviki army throuora ; Persia' ta
India and southeastward toward Egypt.
- Eavcr Pasha chtof ;pt tha Turkish
Kiiii'iuiuk conapiraiors, ie was re
ported today, arrived in Berlin for
second visit last week, aeting as the
chief liaaon officer between the Bolehe-
viki, German revolutionises and "Young
Turks." .Djemal Pasha was reported ia
press dispatches yesterday to ba in
Moscow and Talat Pasha for the preaent
ia making 8witxerlaad hia headquarters.
rropagaada In Egypt.
According . to tnt . Official report
propaganda has been particularly ef
feetive among the fanatical Egyptian
tribesmen, the Benussi, in the Libyan
desert. Tha aituatioa there is reported
to ba critical. .
Official reports, as received bera for
several months have told ef unrest in
India and the effectiveness of ' the
Young Turks'' proDairanda thers. Com
plete cessation of business a a protest
agaiaet British policy toward tha Kali-
phate waa observed recently by Hindus,
Parte e and Moslems alike, resulting
la wnat was described as aa unpre
eedentea loss or commerce.
Pinna af Bolsheviki.
Generally, the plans of the Bolshe
viki are said to include the diversion
of British attention from Mesoptomis
to Egypt by the uprising of th Cenussi
aad their aweep eastward at the mo-
eat wnen tne uoisneviu were pre
pared to push into Persia. Occupation
of Thrace by Greek troops would be I
tskea advantage of by incitement of
the Bnlga.- and local diati!hances in
Syria rTad -Paleftinrbava -been -mr
jected to supplement the major out
breaks in India and Egypt.
Orgaaixations of Georgia and Axer-
baijaa is said to, have bee a completed
by-the BoUheviki. Mustapha Kernel, ial
reported ta be pledged to give any mili
tary aupport accessary in Turkey to
oa eomplicatiour to- the already for
midabla Bolsheriki-Turkieh Nationalist
German plot aarainet the Mohammedan
dommiona of the British Empire.
LEAGUE IS WELCOME
ISSUE, SAYS WILSON
- New York; Jaae 17. Prealdent
WOaoa, ia a special interview to the
Now York World, ta ba published
tasaorrow moralag, aald he waa "ax.
treacly confideat , that, the Demo
cratic caareatloa at Saa Fraaclaca
will welcome the aeceptaaca by the
Keaablicaa party to make the
Leagaeof NaUana the lesae la this
eampaiga. -
"I am area more eoafldent, the.
Preeideat aald. "that aacb refsren-
asm will confirm my faith that tha
merlcaa people desire
anything else that a political part
now may jpravlslerind thstthrr "alll
eaadema. th Repablicaa policy of
deaylag them th consummation af
their hopes. Km oae will recommead
a refereadaas oa that ieeae more
tbaa I.-
! aappos I shoald feel flatUr.
ed," bo aald, "aver being made the
eesao af the Presidential eampaiga
by tha Repablicaa party., Bat vae
tha effort of the platform makers at
Chicago to coa for the dlerJactloa
af being net only a kerning, but a
living iasae by cameafiaglag aad
abacariag the real tasaea will not
deceive .Aha aeoala.... ..'
. "The precessee by which tha Chi.
cago platferm waa accomplished
aremed to me to have been caeca,
ttally aad acieaUficallr Praaalan In
Inspiration and method, . Instead tl:
'""I "ainfin aaa Lincoln,
f be Repablicaa platform shaald have
aUd Bismarck sad Jtoa&afd.
State Good Roads Association
a. . " aam m 1 nan ' -. - - -r
votes to ask tw tommis
' siori To Study Problem
M'GIRTRE-ELECTEO AS .1
tt PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR
Convention' Goes On Jtecord In
t : Tare ,Bf erendomi On
'State Highway Sjstem; Dele-
... . gitcfTo Meeting Dirided Oh
. Question But Charlotte Law
yer Brings Them Around -
: Asheville, Juno 17-Following a .hot
fight staged at tha eoaventloa this after
noon, William A. MeGlrt( ef Wilming-toa,-waa
r-leed president ef -the
North Carolina Good Boada Association
ia sessioa here.- Tbe fight was feet a
much on Mr. McGirt a it wa on th
principle for which . his admioistra
tiOn stood. The convention will not
adjourn" until Friday afternoon
After lengthy discussion, entered
into " by delegnte from every section
of the tSnte, tha North Carolina Good
Boads Aaaoeiation meeting la final e
eion af the annnab convention here to
day passed resolutions calling apon the
-leguiatara in anecml aesslon ia Julv
1920, to appoint a commission to draft
m compreneni
to the legislntnre in 1921 to provide
way ana means lor the construction
and maintenance ef a modern state
system of highways."
- Want Referenda m la November.
The convention also passed a resolu
tioa requeeting the legislature to pass
an net 'submitting to. the voter of
the State at the November election, the
ouesMOB ot wnstaer-Jsr-aot-tiifly favo
th construction and maintenance by
the Stat of a modern iritem of SUta
highways connecting all county seats
ana principal-towns.
This action wee net tokea until . th
convention had decided to split aver
the question of whether the ' oppor
tune time bad new arrived -t to press
npoJUhe . legislature such a m ensure
The delegatee were , divided ea the
question, but ., finally P. C. Wbitlock,
of Charlotte, brought . the convention
to its feet . with a speech demanding
that "Now ia the accepted time." He
stated that North Carolina could . no
longer delay upon this question and be
ventured th opinion , that thi good
roads aeetin rtspuld -Avert utwid mil
others' in the November eieetien were
the question up for referendum among
tne voters.
John. Sprnat Hill, ef . Durham, who
had a short time before been elected
first vice president of the association,
made soother, strong appeal for action
now, nnd when iHie question was put
to a vote only a few Mattering aoe
were beard., ia1-
Nesr Fisrkt oa Flooc
What es me nearer drawing a fight on'
the convention floor waa over the alee-
tlon of officers. Certain misrepresenta
tions bad been made concerning . the
activities of Mr. McGirt, of Wilmington,
preeident, in connection with the Wil
mington-Charlotte-Asbeville highway,
and among some delegates there was a
disposition-ter lokoaskaaee -at eleoting
one wbo was though; to be using his in
fluenco for one road only.
After the delegates had brought up
issue relevant and irrelevant and had
thoroughly discussed the matter pro and
con, and Mr, McGirt s friend had de
fended him from the charges, the eon
vention re-elected Mr. McGirt to bead
the convention nnother year.
Miss H. M. Berry, of Chapel Hill, was
elected secretary and Joseph G. Brown,
of Raleigh, treasursr.
The convention adjourned tomeht
sftor morning, afternoon and evening
sessions-TheonlythintuoBJhOro-
(Continued aa Pag Two.).
Hammer Certified As Nominee
In Seventh and Bulwin
: Jde In Ninth :
Walter Brock, runner up in the eon'
gressionaT primary In '4v.aaveatlr:jdli-
trict, and Judge W. B. Council, second
aisn on the congressional ticket ia the
ninth,, both formally notified the State
Board of Elections yesterday that they
did not want a second primary, and the
board immediately certified W. C. Ham.
mer aa the nominee in the seventh and
Major Bulwihkle in the ninth district.
The retirement of Mr. Brock and
Judge Council leave a fight only in the
Bloody Sixth where Congressman H. L.
Godwin was forced to ask for a aee-
COUNCIL AND BROCK
DONTVANT SECOND
I""" "" : : :
aDovetond primary when he ran second by
500 rotes to II. L. Lyon of White ville.
tniia.snl fur s Muni inimirt s t
before the vote was canvassed, eoneed
ing his opponent a lead ef several hun
dred rotes.
Yesterday development simplified
somewhat the" task of getting out - the
ballota for the second primary. The
State tieket will curry only three eon-
tests, Governor, State Auditor and At
soeiate Justice of the Supreme Court
The ticket wa placed ia the handa of
the printer late m the afternoon, and
will be ready to-forward to the eouaty
board by the end of the week, - --- -
Judge B. F. Long, second man ta
Jjdge., J?altet P. Stacy oMVilmington,
sent in notice of his Intention to run
the rat over arain yesterday, and hi
name was enteral on the ballot. Judge
Stacy was in the city en rout borne
rom the -.ommencement at the Unl-
versTfy'and expressed" n"imseIf"a's"15ighTy
pleased with the prospect of bui.aoml
nation July 3, , ,
vt - ,
An Interior view of the heme of Jesepb B. Elweil ia New York, whet myste
rious death ia still baffling. investigators.
King" died ia shown, with the hole ia
man ia tha photograph is Wilbur C.
Elwell's, who waa questioned by the District Attorney.
DEATHOFELWEO
STILL A MYSTERY
Investigating ' Early Morning
Visit of Man and Woman To
" The Elweil Home t
'Nw. York, June 17. A 5 a. m. yiit
hyTnW aTrft-rTrffmsae ths horns of J
Jos. B. Elweil, wealthy sportsmaa aad
whist eipert, .last Friday, the morning
of his murder, war under investigation
by the police tooSyctllig"ta nnrsrrel
the tnfstery which so far bad baffled all
iaquiry. . ; ':. '. - V
Police and members of thaJDistrjet
Attorney's office were uawilling to admit
they attached great significance to the
report of this early morning visit bo
cause of it vague origin., Ths story
wa vouched for by Joseph Wsgataff, a
taxi driver, who claimed it bad been told
him by 'another .and unnamed chauffeur,
who i aileired to have said he drove th
couple to lwell's horn at that boar.
According to Wagsteff's version ef the
story, he said was told aim, tha second
taxi driver waited ontside the dwell
bouse, whieb he said the couple entered,
until a moment later tha scream ef
woman Inside the house frightened him,
and he drove away without waiting to
collect his fare.
' May Implicate Others.
The police also are trying to tract a
man and " woman laid Wr" bare - been
driven by Wagstaff himself long before
dawa on the morning of Monday, June
The records of the taxieab eofpany
employing Wags ta it showed mat a atr.
"Alwell" of Joseph B. Elweil' west 70th
Street address, telephoned for a eab at
2:3Q o'clock that morning to go to
Mad ison A venue house,-Wsgstat is
said to hare responded and driven i
man and woman from there to the eor
ner of 70th Street nnd Park Avenue
where they paid him, alighted and dis
appeared. ' ,-, ..
Mrs. Marie Linen, tlwell s house-
keeper, under vlgorout cross-examina.
tion, told Assistant District Attorney
Dooling that a young woman bad gone to
the Elweil house shortly after the whist
expert was discovered dying from the
bullet wound in his head. Mrs. Larsen
said this woman bad viaited Elweil sev
eral times .before and was the reputed
owner of the pink silk lingerie found ia
Elweil bed room.
District Attorney Swan a admitted his
belief that the, youngwoman waa bent
upon getting possession of ths garments
and other evidence of female occupancy
of the sportsmsn's. apartments. He
stated, however, that he bed not yessoa
to believer she wss mora intimately eon
ected with the ahootingr
- Tldica I'p Hia Boom.
Mrs. Larsen also told of how ahe
"tidied up" ElweitT Tdrpom-Bfter -the
dying man had been removed to a bos
pital, Her silence oa this -subject dur
ins the early days of the Investigation
eauiefl detectives to work a ader -the-be
lief that Klwell bed had not been
occupied the mgh.t befar th? shoot
inc.
Fot7aeeniiours today v jctor on
Schlegr 11, . divorced husband of Miss
Viola Kraus, was questioaea inr tne dis
trict Attorney's . office . regarding his
movement on the night of -the murder
and the dart preceding--. According . to
Assistant District Attorney Dooling,
Von Sehlegell admitted baring an army
revolver in his apartment, which he
aid to bad never used, did not know
whetheTirwas hnddoudould not tell
it calibre. He had no license to pos
sess the weapon, Mr. Dooling said.
Voa Sehlegell was examined in toe
presence of Littleton Fox, attorney for
lira, Walter T,e isnhad,rsister, I
Miss Kraus. .who dined
ith fclwell atfT
the Rita Carlton Hotel several hours
before his death. Von Sehlegell laid h
also dined at the Bits the same night
wtih a woman companion he. revealed to
the District Attorney, but which has not
been msd public
RUM6RED THAT BELGIAN
ASSAULTED EX-KAISER
Dxertt-, 'Holland, -June 16. There sre
persistent rumors ia the village that
the former German emperor ha beea
assaulted by -r Belgian wro, showing a
forged pasv gained admittaace to
Doom Castle, tl ia asserted that the
former Emperor was wounded in the
aw tnd that the Belgian waa arrested:
IT
haebecaim poisiBIe t h usiar to I'
sscertaia
whether - these rumors are
true.
The chair In which' the 'Bridge Whiat
tha wall where th ballet entered. The
Whitehead, a bridge expert, and friend of
Democratic National Conven
tion To Be Asked To Put
T' "Them In Platform
- New York, Jun 17 Fifteen plank
which the Democratic national eonvca
tina will bo naked ta inciuda la lta nlst -
form were sent today to delegatee to the
eonvoatioa, by tb"Wmena Bareaa ef
moeralio - national committee.
Tha planks were prep ced bythe labor
eommitie ef th bureau, of which Mrs.'
Robert Brnere of New York ta chair-
flf conference wib- varioas
bodies ef workera.
.The planka advocate tha right of col-
lee tir bargalaiag - between employer
and employe throngs - representatives
of their cwb eltboaiag; government con
trol af basia taduatrie nffeetiag tb
aaeeseihea of lifrs aanonaUutioa
tho railroad aad their admiaiatratios
by a eorporatioa or commission
which the pablio, th maaagement aad
labor shall be represented; creation of
Federal fuel aad steel eommiasons aad
development of the present system of
collective bargaining into national la
duetrial eoaaeila of the industries.
The committee also urges abolition of
tabor of children under 14, general
adoptloa of aa eight-hour bw aad min
imam wage which will insure to nil
wage earner a proper standard
ef
health, comfort and efficiency.
Other punka reemended indue:
Development, of a national, system of
employment office under Joint control
of Federal and State. boards aad or
ganisation of labor corps with transpor
tation subsidies lor hsrvesting; en
siea sad development ef the bureau of
women in industry ia the Department ef
Labor and appoiatment of women on all
government board a dealing with labor
enactment of Federal and State legis-
tattoa to foster oxgsnlxatoina . of pro
ducer, and consumers co-operative or
ganisations snd credit societies; insur
a nee for all workers sgalnst accidents.
disesse, disability, unemployment and
old age.
The recommendations condemn the
nse of mandatory and prohibitory in
junction ia labor disputes and also the
treatment o' labor aa a commodity.
Development ef the bureau ef labor
statistics to mak public facta concern
ingg investment, capitalization, earnings
sad wagese also is urged.
SUFFRAGE FORCES KEEP
FIGHTING IN LOUISIANA
Following- Defeat- of - State
Bights Suffrage Bill New
- Plana" Are Ann0nnced
Baton Booge, La. Jan 17. Deffat
in the Senate today of the House state
right! woman suffrage bill at followed
by notice from leader favoring ratifi
cation of -th - r ederel suwraire enead
meat that they ' might re-lntroduc I
ratincation rceolutjon.
The state rights measure, so-called be.
cause it wa supported by those who P
posed- ratification of the Susan B. An
thony amendment, failed to receive the
necessary two-third vote 1 Ire eJwet
The Senate membership is 44.- '
'Another bill already has beea: Intro
duccd ia the Senate, however, which
would provide for woman suffrage by
State constitutional amendment.
SINN FEINERS ATTACK
' IPJCU DQI WC DspRs r
WOMEN TO SUBMIT
IPLAIIKSOIIIAP
paung
Cookstowa, Ireland, June 17. A
bundred Sinn Feiners today attacked
the police barracks here aad drove the
police to ih uppexpartnt ihe build
ing. incr eapmred two police con
stables snd withdrew after two hour
fighting. " .- 7 ,
Cookstowa is a strong Tyrone Union
ist eenter. Lister volunteers were
aroused by the gunfire aad mobilized
but were not asked to assist. They
watched the eiege of the barracks. One
constable, was severely wonnded by
fusillades . by., the .raidcri ..fromJhel
gronad floor into th police atrong-
hlod above, . '
Dunaaanoa aolico. later iatercented a
motor lorry ia which tier wss a maa
suffr'Hftg' ' TfOBi fiingniiusc iiuiLalini
wounds. - It wss- asccrtaiaed that he
.cTccivcd tbem during th day, . :;
Endorsement f Government
- Ownership of Railroads Bit '
; . terly Opposed By Him 1 ; 1
SAYS NOT SURE HE WILL:
TRT FOR RE-ELECTION
President of Federation Fonght'
7 Hard Against Action Taken.
: But Was Orerpowered; Zxcc-
. .. ntive . Council of -. Body Is
- Placed In An Emharrassing
Position As 4 Kesult - .
. Montreal, June 17. The 7 American
Federa'ioa ef Labor's endorsement to
day' of , government ownership ef the
railroads at its annual eoaventloa here
wae declared by labor leaders tonight ' '
to have been the first genuine defeat
Samuel Qompers, its president,-baa saf
fered in year. The final. vote was
29,059 for government ownership and
84S against. . - r -
The decisive vote, tt i reported,
prompted th labor chief to state be
fore the eonventioa lata today that fie
"was not quite sore", bo would be a
eaadidate for re -else tioa. . . '
Mi. Oompers fought bard against tha ;
convention a actios, declaring . it was
a atep toward "the enslavement ef the
workers government employes,' wbo,
he said, had "been denied many poltti-
eal and economic rights under th past
administrations. , Ba received , only . a , ,
mild ovatioa. 1. .
The United Mine Worker and the
powerful -railroad' worker' organixa
tioas combined to bring about Presi
dent Gomper's defeat. They also bad
tha support of the, Meehsnists Union
and the Metal Trades organisation, all '
powrf"l totinaiacjort
. i wl r . . . T T
a lie wrxivnivas tBiva
aad
"the-
Building Trades oraranisatioa . stood
loyaUy by. Gompen,but wr over-
whelmed. ' -, I r
Merrisoa Aaaiaat Gampere. , , '
When Frank Morrison, secreUry of -tha
Federation, took the floor aad an
nounced that ba would aupport govern- -meat
owaewhlti of tho railruads, there -waa
demonstration by tho rail work
era aad their anpporter. - v
Secretary Morrison declared that he
waa aaly supporting th FederatioaV
reconstructioa program' aad tho execu
tiw oouaril 'a report to th last eonvca- - '
Uon. . -7.""" .'';- -..--,,.--
We hear a lot of oel determination . .
bo added. "This thought is being sunk .
lata ths boads-of mea, woman aad "
children of all - countries." Wa have
here a proposition from all rail work
er asking assistance is seen ring gov
era went ownership af railroad because
they believe their-trials and tribula- .
tions under government ownership ".
will be far less than ther have been in
th past or will be in the future under
private ownership." .' . ,
c-nane r. McGowen, of the boiler-
makers, declared w would be traitors
to onr trust if we did not nrge govern-
ment ownership, Wo ore under in.'
etructions of our great membership,"
oenerai rire or Uratory.
John P. Frey, who spoke against aov.
era ment ownership, told the delegate
that ia hia-addeeeo- yesterday hsh -ad ' i
been -misunderstood and bad not in- -
tded to put the etigma of "Made in ,
Germany" on government ownership.
The raliroad workers know-what ia ;
good for them." laid William Green..
aeeretary of the United Mine Workers,
iv uub sjuing (O ICS ;JUr. J.
Frey or anyone else tall them what t "
do." Green declared that
"could not be worse under government
control' He declared thst the werkara- ' :-
would be persecuted under private or
government ownership ia "a national
emergency" a long as the "worker
themselves are : not sulfieientlv on4' -----
seiou of their political atrength." " -"j
vuen ureen announced that the
t'nitcd Mine Workers of America WAIlM
vote for government ownership, there
ws snomer outburst or spplsuse.
"In doing so." he said. "wa .r. !
following the teachings of tha Ameri
can Federation of Labor favoring gov-'
rn ITlffl nuns vali In '"" ' " -
Gompers Ia Opposition.
Mr, Gompers demanded of tha sign-rs-of
the report for government-own Jl .
ership if it wa sn endorsement ef the"
Plumb plan. They declared it did ant
endorse "any particular nlan."
When there was another demoaatva.' -
tioa, lio-ipcrs announced: "Dalamia
Gompers is new recognized -4o address---7;
the convention."
He deflared he had not endorsed ti,
report of the executive council for mr.
ernment ownership. '
ihe accepting of the eoverama.i
ownership, Oompers declsred would not
J-oaljsnIaie . the railroads under nn
ment ownership and control, but wnntf '
also "by necessity" ba cxiendeit i.'lA
the tiibntarie to the railway service,
making all of the workers government
employes.
He warned the convention of tha a.
Tivities of the government in th past
in presenting Icderal
employes from
exercising their rights-snd partiei.
jiolitii-til actiritics.
Council la Embarraaed.
After the Federation's action, the ex
ecutive council, whose member tup
ported Mr. Gompers, ire laid to be
placed in an embarxasting position.
They must now take steps to bring
bout government ownership, which
they hiive opposed, or resign, it was
stated. -.'..
Supporters of Mr. Gompers declared
tonight they would urge him to retsin .
leadershia of the Federation --and seek
re-election for the thirty-ninth time. .
Despite the protest and desires of Mr.
Grtmpert the convention increased his
salary al"Preidcnt'7r'oiu'gl(,000,'tO",
$12,000 a year. -
In making an appeal to the delegate
not to give him a raise, Mr. Gompers
dethmd "that elO.noo le ell eufileiea
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