PRICE; -FIVtXENTS
SEIIAIORHARDIIIG'-N
IIL BE NOTIFIED
AT HOME ULY 22
Formal Notification Ceremonies
r Will Occur at Residence at
Marion, Ohio .
NOTIFY COOLIDGE AT '
v NORTHAMPTON JULY 27
- PatM Decided Upon at Lengthy
f Conference of Leader and
Nominee ; Ajree On Exeeu-
tive Committee fTo Hare
- Charge of Campaipj; Marion
: BnUerandPritchardlsHoti
Washington, jW 21. r-ft'-T Herd
lag will be formally . notified ef hi
nomination an the Republican presiden
tial candidate July 22, at. hia kom in
1 Marion, vrnio, - - . .-. f . w
Governor Collidge, of Massachusetts,
will be notified of his nominntion- by
the BepublienB party for vies president
JuIyJ27 at hit Northsmpton koine.
The dates for -the two notification
ceremonies wert decided on today at a
conference In -which Senator Harding,
National Cbairnaa Eaya and a sub-
eommittea of the Republican National
Committee participated1 The confer-
- aBea-aSFIia -eeMidnhlefcnted-all
day aad into the early night, alio
agreed oa aa ' eiecntiva committee to
- hare general charge f the eampaiga,
publin until tomorrow, la order to per-
, nit Chairman .Hays to communicate
with .proposed- members" aad ascertain
whether they will-be willing to eerie
JC was understood, however, toat among
the member appointed wa Harry XL
Dangherty, of Columbn, Ohio, pre
convention campaign manager for Sen
ator Harding. . T s
, ., Hjre Makea Statement.
Chairman Haj-f, la a formal ttate
" went aald:
"Senatb Harding poeaeaie Juit thoa
'vital Cjualitiee of mind aad heart aeeeo-
eery - today- ia the - time jnat - ahead.
Hi poiae of mind, bit toundne of
judgment, hi bold ' on fundamantali,
' , hi appreciation of the need of today
. and ef tomorrow, hi love of the people
from whom he came and of whom he 1
one, and hi faith ia them: hi magnifi
' cent grasp of large affair,' hi great
. 4 native abjllty hil training ijr atatea.
.... miMhip; hie regard -f-hp-piaji
' ;'of atUeri. wtia exDcrieaca aad luniu
thchaHynBr pf jib hie proper ap
4d jflicioo'"T his -country' poaitioa at
. a renponaioit raetor - an tne worm
'-foturer bnt-wlthrthe- fullert -reaUiation
, .fit, the absolute importance of onr
own supreme nationalism: his sterling
Americaattm, his righteous character
; and manhood," and withal his thorough
' hunianeneu, all qualify him in the most
creep tionul degree for ths tremendous
riponmbllitfes whieh will soon be his.
, He will make a splendid candidate and
a great President. The country , will
lore him, honor him, trust him aad fol
low kim, just as all who know him
'love and trust him,' and fhe world
will honor him.
''Too, in Governor Coolidge we' have
- candidate or , vice president that
- meatuses up-to-every requiremeat-of
n presidential candidate. Fortunate in
' deed is the country."
Approves Campaign Idea.
Mr. . Hays said he approved of the'
'ront porch camptigig" idea for
Presidential candidates,
Prior to his eonferencevith the Na
tional committee members, Mr. Harding
held eonferencea with Senator Kellogg
of Minn,, FormerSenator Albert J.
Beveridge, of , Indiana, a former Pro
, gretsive leader, former Senator Marioa
; ttntlrr, of North Carolina, and Judge
L Jeter C. Pritrhard, who received the
- rote of the North Carolina delegation
la the - Chicago convention for the
n..:.i !..t j a . 1. .
rrBmrniim iinniiMUQB. All .ptcagea
heir-support -tar ths rnmpalgn. Senator
fn.oftf jMiit the nominee a farewell
.-'Hit- r btfore" leaving ' for his home ia
: rta. ., . :- . .-
M'ADOO SAYS WILSON'S1
v INTERVIEW NO FACTOR
Xleniei Hia Announcement Aa
To Nomination Had Any Re
n lation 'With It
... . New York, June 21-William 0. Me-
Adofv in a statement here' tonieht. de
ltjsre(l kijrecent announcement thai hs
; would not permit his asms to be pre
sented to (be- Ban Franeieee- convention
aa a eanaiaaie ior tne iemoeratte pres-
- idential nomiaatioa, Jiad ao relation to
the polltllcal interview with Preaident
Wilson published the day . before. Hs
declared he knew nothing of the inter
ne w until he saw it in print, and that
- ths Preaidenrtnew nothing of his with
: Srnwnl until after notice of it had ap-
pesred in the newspapers.
, Mr. McAdoo's statement follows) ' .
' "la order to set at rest absurd ru
. mora aad speculations whiehe have been
published to the effect that my letter of
' withdrawal had some 'relation to the
' 1 president's Werld' interview, or carried
a coneealsi'. purpose, I wish to say first,
that Z knew nothing whatever of th
Preaideat's interview until I saw it in
ths pspsr and, second, that the Presi
dent k;ew nothing whatever of myjet
" Ur of withdrawal until he saw It ia the
pnblio print." ' .
SKIPPER' WHO PILOTED THE
' tUSITANIA FIRST IS DEAD
New Tork, June 21. Captaia James
B. Watt, a former commodore of the
Cunsrd fleet aad master ef the Lusi
tenia oa her maiden trip to this port,
(tied Jobs at I Palmes, Canary Je-i
land, according to advices received hers
todsy.' ' - -.. .
He wst 7S yesrs old and had been in
CTCuuard fcrvice aearliiity-yHrs
National Committe t Frieco Plana to Dispose of Prospective
f Contest Over Seating of Senator Reed and Georgia Con
T test Before Convention U Called To Order; Senator Walsh
Being Talked Of As Permanent Qiairman.
Saa Francisco, June 21. A e ight es
ioB may follow the first aeaaioa ef the
Democratie National Convention, which
epeaa hire next Mondry, Homer 8-Cum-mings,
chairman- of ths Nstioaal com-
mlttee aaaoaaeed today. '." '" '
Before that time, the Tfattoaai com
mittee, which meets June 25, will hare
Cipoeed of the prospective contest over
the seating of United Btated Beaater
James A. Bead, ef the fifth (Kaans
City) district of Missouri, aad the cen
tals snar the seating of the 2S delegates
Iron. Georgia-, The committee will act
upon theae IB teaaeetioa with its wora
making MP temporary roll aad coateata
may b eaujad to the credential com
mittee ad veva to the Jloor of , the
House.- ' ' ,
Walah Far Chelrssaaahln.
j Amoig the delegatee here Uaited
States Senator Thomaa J. Walsh, of Mon
tana, wai being meatioacd for perma-
tVtuent chairman of the convention, a poai-
tier. ) connection with whieh the name
ef Bninbrklge Colby, Secretary, of State,
haa beow 1 rcquently heard. -
"No ' doeumenta hate been aled Ta
bahaJf of Senator Bead," aaid Mr. Cws,
mings, "but a large number of telegrami
of protest rseeived from Missouri aa
nre a eontert, ia eaae credential- are
Sled -for kirn." v ,. ...
Tt Bead Content Learn Uev
Party leaden aaaumed - that Senator
Beed'e eaae wilt reatr npon the eontcn
tioa that the Miaeoari State eoaTeatioa'a
SUFFRAGISTS ARE
III FINE SPIRITS
Meeting of Raleigh Branch
Hears Reports On Pro
gress of Campaign
A meeting of the Baleigh breach of
the Equal Buffrags League wss held yes
terday afteraooa at 6 o'clock in' the We-
maa'a Club, Miss. Elsie Biddieh presid
ing. Encouraging reports in regard to
the progress of the eampaiga for raua
cation aa eondaeted in tkia immediate vi
einity were heard from proeiact lead
ers, Mrs. Arthur Holding, Mrs. Ken
neth Gant. aad Mrs, Clarence Shore.
Mrs. Clarence Shore also, rend per
mc dealing witih the oriain ef the two
grant itJaW J1'
tracing tnsm xrom taur origin in ine
strugggle attending ratification of the
Conatitutioa in 1787 down through their
vsrioua chantr"! and . vicissitudes wntu
the present tlayi Thia paper by Mr.
Shore waa a part of the courts la VM-
xenahip which the Lieague ia eoadnctinf,
and whieh ia continuing without inter
rnptioa even during; these heated aad
stirring dsys. , ' s
The Leagae voted unanimously to pre
sent to Mrs. T. Palmer Jermsa, now ea
route to Saa Francisco as associate
member of the Democrat! Kational Ex
f eutivo Committee in place of Miss Mary
Uraham, a round trip ticket to end from
the convention as aa evidence of their
appreciation, of the. fin, work which
Mr. Jermsa has accomplished in pro
moting the suffrage1 campaign in North
Osrolina nd -eoafldeaes in hsc able
leadership as Chairman, of the' Btate
Batificatioa Committee.
The tone of the meeting was enthus
iastic and cheerful, not to ssy joyful.
The suffragists appeared to be in excel
lent spirits ana eminently seusnea. win
the wsy ths campaign ia going through
cut the State, and vartisalsrly in Ba
leiah aad its environs. If there snouia
prove to be rocks ahead for those who
look for ratification -of -the Anthony
amendment bv the July legislsture, the
suffragists apparently are not worrying
about them nt nresent.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS'
T0 MEET AT ASHEVILLt
One of Most Important Matters
To Be Discussed is snort
age of Fuel
Aahevllle, N. C. June 21. Among the
most important questions whieh' win i
euppy-the- time and attention ef the
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers
Auocation whtrh meets st the Battery
Park hotel Friday aad Saturday, will
be the coal shortage, prospect of whirs
gkvs texile maBufaturert throughout
the fttate 'cause for .apprehension.
: Maay of the milla, in order to keep
running, : bars sent iadividuaf buyert
to the mines,.They nr unable to seeur
contracts from the operatorand many
milla are running on coal picked up nt
the mines by individual buyers. All ef
the nrills are faced with the fact that
they cannot make contracts for next
fait aad winter,- aad 'they are much dis
turbed ever this condition. . j
To make -matters store complicated,
the mill men. do not, know where, to
turn- for releif. They are uncertain
whether to aak tbe government's help,
dsal with the pperators direct, or try
some new plan. .These three queatioat
are being revolved in ths minds of far-sighted-
manufacturers, -while their seal
stocks dwindle, and the outlook for a
supply this coming' fall and winter
grows more foggy. ,
The mill men asksd E. 8. Parker, of
Burlington, who has done much legal
work for the mills,, to lay ths subject
before the convention here this week.
Mr. Parker is expected to tell of con
dition! ns they exist, end also to offer
some helpful suggestions on bow '.ho
situstion may' ba leeched. '
SIX
KILLED IN APARTMENT
BOUSE FIRE AT VANCOUVER.
- Veneeu B. C- Juaa 1. Cix per
sons were killed and several Injured
in A fire that destroyed the Balmoral
apartments in n fashionable part sf
the jity, pt midnight lMt-Aifht!grry
action in referring the sslertioa of Mr.
Seed aa n delegate back to the Fifth
district coaveDtioa makea the re-naming
ef Seed by the diatriet Convention Man
datory. The Senator'a .opponents will
hold, i m said, that the State toavea
tion 'a rejection of Beed by a deeialve
vote ahould govera aad that the alter
nate named by the district aad ratified
by the State body ahould be.eeated.
' ' May Abn4ea Ma)tty Bale.
There wss a possibility of. abaadoaing
the retirement for a two-thirds 'major
ity -in the convention to nominate a
eaadidate aad of the - nait rule, by
which a SUte'e ballott are voted ea
bloc Mr. dimming aaid the two
tkiMia majority . was aa. "aacieat -party
custom" that could be overturned only
by apoeifie affirmative vote. The nait
rale depends apoa the instructions given
saeh State delegaUoa.
"The national committee's meetings
wil be open, to begin with, at leaat,"
Mr. Cnmmings aaid, "although the body
may-vote to (o late exectttivs, session
at aay time. , : .
crcocniiaia ana a aemasd for re
cognition of two delegates to the Dem
ecratM astionaj - eon vent iob were re
ceived here front the Canal tone. This,
it ia said, will pretest a new problem,
in that the status of the xoae. differ
from that of the S'atev and nf each
territories aa . Hawaii, Porto Bico and
others which are fife repreaeatation
in the convention.
lilllE ARRESTS AS
RESULT OF CLASH
Investigating Negro Order Said
To Ba Responsible For -
Riot at Chicago
Chicago, Jane 21. "With B. D. Jonas,
aaid by the police to be the white lead
er of an ergaaUatioa advocating the re
turn of aegToea to Abyssiaia, Edward
Bedding, aad woven aegroes ader ar
rest in connection with riot last might
ia the Chicagsi -Black Belt that result-
sd ia the hilling- of two white men and
the weonding of several negro, polies
a4 Tedcral offia begj je jjsXMUca?,
lion ef ths "Star Order ef Ethiopia,1'
whoss) membern were reported to have
participated in the, affair.
The police were stUl searching for
JosSPcraoB, who is aaid to call him
self the "Great Abyssiaias," nad his
sob. According to reports, they, gafued
in faataatic -raiment, alao were leaders
of the parade. ... '
Joaaa said that he had warned Feder
al office re last week of the proponed pa
rade of the ea.lt, aad that they ekould
be oa the watch for trouble, but declar
ed that ae' atteatioa had been paid to
his statement. - -
Packages of pamphlet explaining
"Egyptian secrets were tsken from
Bedding He-fcad-eoaecaJedthenBder4gh But in
his clothing. They were held as evi
denee ef his alleged sctivities among n
groea ia spreading the eult. -'
The inquest into the denths of Chnrles
Hoyt, a cigar atore clerk, aad Bobert L.
Boae, a sailor, virtime ef ths riot, wss
postponed until Juno 2d nt the request
of. police Captaua Caughlia, of the Cot-
tag Grove Police Biatioa, who declared
that ke had three of the mea believed t
be implicated in the ahooting nnder ar
rest .aad wanted more time to search
for a foarth, said to be a negro former
soldier.
While the police were quilting the si
legod leaders of the Abytsininn cult,
Edward J. Brennaa, chief investigntor
for the Department of Justice, started
aa inquiry en behalf of the government. 1
He eaud a searching iavestiaation would
be mnde to determine" just how far the
Abyaaiaiaa movement haa apread and
what iadiriduaia are behind it. Beeolu
tioaa desouacing Jonaa as a white lead
er respoasibl for creating nnreet among
the negro population werj passed today
by aeveral, negro organizations They
said that the riot wss aot caused by
racial feeling, but waa the result of rad
ical propaganda and that reputable ae
groe had no part ia the movement.
Jonas waa aaid to have beea the chief
speaker . st n, meeting to urge mayor
Wa, H. Thorn Daon to become a undi.
date for pretidcat oa a third party tick
et narked by ths "solid Irish and pegro
vote." . . ' '" '
Thonsaada of pieces ef literature
relating to the AbrssinUn movement
were confiscated by the police in a raid
on a gartge on the fiouthsids. Accord
ing to ths police, one leaflet boa ted that
steading army of four million waa in
readiness in Ethiopia. Applications for
aa miction to the order were among the
papers. Thew were captioned Btar Or
der ef Ethiopia," aad bore Bible quota
tions. ' Joaaa ia said ho have claimed to
be from Norfolk, Va.
EARTH SHOCK AT LOS-
ANGELES DOES DAMAGE
Loa Angeles. Cal. Juaa 21. Aa nrth-
Several noildings were reported to
have been alightly- damaged. Brkki
falling front a buildina- at Rixth Mreet
aad Grand aveaae injured a pedestrian.
Office buildings were shsken so se
verely thst many of their oeeupaati fled
rrom larm. The shock wss felt ia Long
Beach, Saa Pedro, font un.ir. Bd
Redoado Beach, aeeordinr ta renorta to
the Pacifie Telephone and Telearaoh
Comapny. Whitticr, Cevina-Bd. othct-f
tateraatioau and port points reported
they had not noticed the qunke. A
slight earth tremor wal felt here Fri-
aay morBiiijv
s v. CN
o e
vi. o a
-
Says Mr; Wilson Has No Right
-To Call Himself .Leader Of
The Democrats . '
IS AGAINST LEAGUE AS
- ; -BROUGHT FROM PARIS
former Chairman of The Demo,
cratlo Kational Committee
Says League Issue Is Kot One
rori" Political Campaijrn;
Predicts Ketnrn To True De
mocracy at Frisco""" ":"
; .Chicago, June tlWm M, CcCombsr
ehairmaa of the Democratie National
eommltte from 1913 to Idle, And man
ager- of President Wilson's 1912 cam
paign, issued a ststemcst here tonight
before leaving for San Francisco attack
ing what bs characterised as the Preai
dent's aatocratie assumptioa of author
ity. ' ,. .
Presideat Wilson, he said, has no mors
right to call himself lesder ef the Dem
ocratic party, conception heretofore
never entertained by any American,
thaa hat Chief Justice White, Former
Speaker Champ Clark, or Vice Presidsnt
Thomss R. Martha 1 1. -
; Mr. MeCombs announced that arrauks-menta-had
been: made to obtain for
him n seat in the New York delegation
if he decides to take the floor at San
Frnnciseo. The New York delegation he
predicted, will throw itsr : support,' to
Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, stter
casting a complimentary vote for Gov
ernor Smith. He ndded that he bcfived
a westerner, possibly from the Parifie
slope, will b nominated for vice-BTMi-
dent
Statement ef McCembe.
His atatemeat in part follow i
IThey tell me that America f has
pledged its word ta Europe and that this
word mast be redeemed la the process
a national csmpaign. la m;
America haa pledged itself to nothing.
Ons individual, speaking as such, per
mitted Europe to believe that he epoke
for a nation, for in the Jatt analysis he
naa nothing more than a self-sppointed
emitaary. Nevertheless, V America is
asked to validate thie signature affixed
abroad, a signatnre whieh apparently waa
accepted ia good faith by all the the
Europeaa peoples as absolute, i ;
The Presideat negotiate a "treaty,
but the Bensta snayor mar not,
ar. tlOra wtaioTity, la th
par
ticular Instance there has - beea no
eoaearreace. : - -v-.'
Deaa( Want Lesgaa. -
"Other nations may want a League
of Nations aad it may b that we do.
But we do .not waat to commit ourselves
to the Lesgue of Nstions aa it was
brought back from Psris. It is sn in
ternational issue, but it is I highly de
batable question ns to what importance
it should have in a national campaign
Ultimately it is a question" for the.
President end the Senate to settle."
The (tatemsnt thsn declares for re
construction at home, rehabilitation of
railway nad internal waterway trans
portation and for solution of ths high
eos--ofHvinav-hoIlyApart IroBx.anjr
international affiliation,"- The tate-
ment continue:'
1914, naturaully America wa. more or
less dared, and waa willing to accept
sny kind of leadership which might
draw it through a possible difficulty.
Ia this moment the chief executive again
repented thst he wss ths leader of his
party, a conception heretofore never
entertained by aa American. At well
might the chief justice of the United
States, Mr. White, a Democrat, hsve
msde the same proclamation. So might
the spesker of the House of Bepresenta
tives, Champ Clark. So might the Vlee
President, Mr. Marshall, constitutional
president of Tflie Behaler-BusT America
wss concerned with great . issues, nn.d
psid no sttcntion to what appeared to
-tsr-nf detaHrjVg7J 'iisrr
Autocracy Into Being.
Tt was ia such msnner that for the
first time in ths history of this country
autocracy came into being. It waa an
autocracy which was1 questioned, but
whieh was accepted by virtue of neces
sity.
But this unhappy hour has patted,
aad at San Francisco wa again return
to true Democracy regardless of place
holders .and. pot hunters, Wa hav fin
ithed With the fine phrases. This coun
try is determined to act in necordance
with its unfailing sent of justice. The
indignities of autocracy will never again
be accepted - by- thinstion. This is
fundamental and no eonf uaion will "be
brought about by diplomatic or financial
mschinstione. -
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
UNDER LOAD OF TAN BARK
Boone, N. C. June 21. John Keller,
whose home is six miles of this plsee
was killed todsy When hs wss caught
under a wagon loaded with tsn bark.
Keller was pinioned nnder the vehicle
in some msnner whsn it overturned.
Hs had beea dead several hours before
the body wss found. .
A serious accident occurred today in
the-western part of the conuti r; when
a Mrs. Trivett -was eidentally-hot
while attempinc to take a piatol from
a boy. The bullet took effect in ths ab
domen. At .last reports the lady, was
syttiag -aa-wejkn
pee ted.
FORMER EMPRESS OP THE
GERMANS SERIOUSLY. ILL.
Ths Hague, June 21. -The Former
German Empress is reported to be in n
very serious condition snd the former
Crown Prince, Frederick William, hss
DDranniT
I ULOIULMI
TelegraphTbeen calls dto his mother' bedside. He
lert wieringen this morning lor Doom.
PrineS Josechin, the youngest son, is al
ready there. The former empress is said
to havs taken n turn fsr.ihe. worse ret-
terday, ..... - - ,
1TEQFJIBE AMERICAN CONSUL1
DECORATES
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'Sw'Var.U
Above piMtegrapk shews Mrs. MeAndrewa,
i " "if lk .i"
- Hp '''' t ""TS"
-...n Borsl wrcatk In the Qoeenatewp cemetery aa a tribate to the -
American victims ol the Lnsltsnis dmastsr. .
LYNCH NEGRO AT I COLBY LEAVES FOR
-SCENE OF CRIME v BIG CONVENTION
Slayer-of Young Lady l&Geor
gia Caught After a
Week's Chase . .:
Savannah,. On June 21. Chsaed by
infuriated eitisens aad officers of three
eousties and trsek hounds for' the last
Week, Phillip, Oathcn, the negro slaver
of Visa ,Anza Judontvjnr .iocoaiit
Efllngham county, fen day t ago, was cap
tured this morning near Stilaon, In Bul
loch county,' returned to the seene of
hit crime near Bincon, nnd lynched
Jl Wheni the capture wa effected nnd Jt
became known that the mob would take
ths prisoner to. Bincon to put him to
desth, the new spread ovsr sdjoining
cc unties nnd hundreds of people reached
the scene to witness the-esecution--
The near o it Said to " have-acknowl
edged his guilt as he was being carried
through the country in an untomobila.
Arriving at the point where the body t'f
bis victim wss found, he wss chained
to a sapling, gasoline poured over him
end a match applied. As the flumes en
veloped his body he mads a powerful
iungebtiintj!.wnj;Jrc!n Jhetree. At
that moment hundreds -of
bofs
sent into his body.
OshH-Jwewt-4hehoniiHHf-frth
Stevens, a negro, -living near Stiloon,
.this morning nnd naked for lomctliing
to cat. Ho was given food and Htcvcnt
notified the authorities. Qathert waa
taken as ho was making for tko wood.
The crime ebarired to Gnthers was the
brutal murder of Mist AnzA Jmnlon, 17
years of age, who had been in Savannah
with her titter and wss returning home
for the week-end. Finding no o:n- at
the ttstion to meet her, she started to
walk the two miles to her father a liuuw
Her father telephoned to Savannah
Monday -to learn why she hsd not come.
Hs wss told she hsd taken the train
for home 1'ridny, and a search wss in
stitutod. t The body was found in the
woods peer the road within five hundred
yards of the- home. . The tliro.it and
arms were.lijruisc4aniLt he skull
crushed. Tracks-in - the sand oa the
rondiule Indicated a Struggle;'
Gathers Was missing from' hit" horn.
He had not been seen since Friday. Cir
cumttances pointed to his guilt. For a
week ho evaded . posses, officers and
hounds, dodging out of swamp) to pro
cure food and disappearing again. .The
brutality of the crime and the long con-
tlnoushnseliaiV so frenxlcd the people
tl.at there was but scant hope that
Gathers would eVcr reach a jail.
The crowd that witnessed and partle
irsted in the lynching dispersed inmie
distely aftM h cro was killed, many
persons carrying with them souvenirs.
Lets. cwur gathered-abeut' the-plaee
and discussed the erime chase snd
lynching, but there wss no disorder.
One mnn, If. J. Hetricks, a contractor
of Oliver, Ga , was accldcntnW thot'ln
the leg by a atray bullet. - -
SMITHFIELD CITIZEN
' KILLED BY LIVE WIRE
Was; Attemptino; To Remove
Wire From Street Blown
' Down During Storm
3i
iSmithfield, Juna21. Mr.; A. K. Lee,
of thi place, wa insfantly killed yes
terday, when he eamein contact with
a live wire blown down during a heavy
Jamea
Lewis, n local cafe man, who attempted
to release Mr. Le?, was knocked several
feet, but .not seriously injured.
Mr.i Lee attempted to remove a tele
phone wire which barring traffic.
The telephone wire had fallen across sn
electric power line charged with 2,000
volts, and when Mr. Leo touched it he
was instantly electrocuted, the fingers
of hia hand being burned off.
The deceased wss a son of Mr. Julius
A. Lee, of Ingram's township, nitiT hart
msde his residence In ftmithliel't for a
number of years. The funeral;-Will
probably be held hers tomorrow, n-
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Thinks Some Allusion Will Be
Made To League of Nations;
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Kews aad Observer Bureau,
. ' W District National Bank Bids;. :
. ; By B. B. POWELL. -4
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.WJynfto,' Jana; tlfftecretatr. J
Btate Bainbridgs. Colby-was )ii8tioncd
at ths sfteraoeh teaaion with the news
paper correspondents at f list State De
partment today at to when hs waa leav
ing for San Francisco.
He said:
"I sm leaving st midnight, taking the
TweUctlL-Ci;ntury5iimite(L.frsmSw
York tomorrow1 and intend to travel to
tan Franeireo without stop."
Ho was. saked if there waa anything
he would say as to what wa to take
jilare in Ban Francisco and replied;
The convention is going to meet ta
a serious and amiable temper to dis
cus matters of the highest moment.'
'What matters r Mr. Colby wa saked
ratcihw-mrficwr-
sion will be made to the Veranillet
treaty saJ-he-4i
I may aay to you that I am in favdr
of the Laigue of Nations sad the rati
fication of the Veraaillcs treaty."
"With or without reservstionaf'' said
one of the correspondents.
"Without any reservstions, certninlv,
that are' nullifying,'" said Mr. Colby,
"and I don't believe that the document
requires any interpretative reserva
tions. Tho document, in other words,
i so clear thnt Interpretstlvs reserva
However, - if reservations or pan
pliraset will clarify, there is no objec
tion, to tbsm, but reservationa which
stultify llio main purpose of the leasm
tnd negative the aubatance of the cove
nant, are thing which no man, tolirit-
ous-iibour'Ameriea's bonorffl can "take
iiito his reckoning. ', ' '.
EXPECT RECORD CROWD
- FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Chairel Hill, June 21. Director N. W.
Walker, of the rniversity of North
Carolina summer aeltuoV-is -expecting
for tho session which starts June SS
lift) l.'irgMt crbwd of students which- has
eve-r been in Chapel Hill in the summer
time. Kvery available room off" the
campus snd in town hss been taken
and approximately 400 teachers hsve
been rt'lutcd' admission . solely because
there was no room for them.
"Hegistral ion. will "begin June' ZT" and
will continue through June 23. The
first classes will begin Thursday, June
Si.,; Friday .night, June 25, the formal
Opening exerciae will be held, with
President Chase making the principsl
address. : The- following night the first
general reception for sumsier school
students will bo held in Bynnm gym
nasium, 'r'.7.'
BIG TEXTILE DEAL IS
CLOSED AT SALISBURY
BalisliuryJune. Sl A . big - textile
deal wis consummated here today when
the Tadkin Finishing Company was sold
to B. I Mahalcy, of Halisbury, who ah
ready ws interested tn the property.
ThemtH-i-bTmt-sr-h tfTHitHorr-iiorrsr
plant snd is located about sft ' miles
north of Salisbury nnd is the only con
cern of Its kind in this section of the
countrytiJ.; !
GREENVILLE, N, C, CKN8CS .J!
V FIGURES GIVEN AS t.Vi
Washinclon, June .21. Greenville.
North Carolina, showed an increase la
population during the last decade ef
40.T-Tipr-rnr,-nteoTdin; to figures given-f
out by tne Census Bureau today. Green
villi's eensns fiirurea ere 5.772. nn in. I
crease in number of persons of 1,671. '
NBVPiCTURESOF -PRESIDEMT
START
THIRD TERM TALK
Photographs Do More To Con-
- found Critics Than Anything ,
Since Last Fall ' , :
SHOW EXECUTIVE TO BE '
iFAR FROM ."A-SICK MAN"
Sweeping1 Reaction To Wave of
Abnse and Villifieation Be
tran Lagt September Mar
- Hare Started; Talk of Presi
i 'dent'g Nomination at San
Francisco Comei Back
- Kews sad Cdwerver Bureau,
903 District National Bank -Aullding. .
By B. B. FOWEtX -'
(Special Leased V.lre.)
Washington, D. C, June' 21. The sp-
pearnnce in Washington today f n se
ries of photographs of I' resident Wilson,
msde Saturday haa done mort once -again
confound Mr. Wilson's critics, nnd
incidentally to revive third term talk,
than nnySingte thr thsthae-haa t
pened since ths President came back last
fall from, his League of Nations speak
ing toar "a very sirk man." , .
Cynics aad the ' doubting ' Thomases'
have apeat much, time- looking at, the
new pictures, some of whieh ador-vaV
rious club room in the eityr It ia most,
interesting to observe the variety ef apr
proaeh and the enbeequent scrutiny of
those who may be ftaaaitUfdTS-political
friends and political rnemie ef the
President.
. The Wilsonlans. en the. whole, take,
one good look at the series snd tarn to
sayr-A-rvi.,,.,: .;;s nr.M.i'r,.. '
"Gee, fise pictures, aren't theyj ITl
tar the old boy looks good." - -
Then an anti-Wilson" eresture give
the photafftph TIiW"dnuWe-Orirat-hsnd
on each separate photograph se a .
to hid all the face but the eyes and,
vrith visible affectionsT-remarke In -
semi whisper f ; - . ' - rr-.
"I don't like the looks of those eyes,
io youf - '
if n ttCDuitiieaa. Quite naiurairr n
doesnVnnilhjo perron Inquired of nsu-:
ally nnswsrs neeording to hit B sym-
psthics ia the natter..: 1
Haw Made Weaderfnl Itnnrevesnent.
But the' general verdict is that the
Presideat hah made wonderful improve
ment nnd, in kin own words, is "coming
around in good snaps and could do a lot
more things if Doctor Grayson nnd Mrs.
Wilson would look the ether wsy one
in i whJhk? --r-'K-i r;
Th pictures shown today-were msde
by a trading rommercical photographer "
of Washington and, with ons or two ex
ceptions, were made with the Preaident
unmindful of his pose'. Compared with ;
picietares made before 1 waa forced to
abandon hia western trip, ths pictures
shown here todny differ but little, nnd ,
when the manifest eonaequeaces ef long ,
confinement ,.re .taken into account, his
features appear amaningly normaL '
That the likeaesses sppearing today fur
nish a complete aad final refutation of
the many slsnders that havs beea circu
lated about hia being "paralyzed eoni-;
pjetely," his face terribly drawn" aa
'his loft srm useless," some of his .
erittra admit. Oae pietnre shows him
signing his mail with his right hsnd -
still.
-all,PaJk ila-Eesctlon .
Comina- within a few days of the Bel-t
bold interview in the New York World,
they hare started what may develop in- '
to the most sweeping resetion to a wave
of abuse and vilification begun last
September ever known in history. The
here possibility now that he may ba -nominated
st Ssn Francisco justifies .
the -rniggestion. The -more Intimsts -friends
of the Wilson sdministration
who have consistently scoffed nt the
scandalmongers' talk nre getting ehesty , ;
snd sppesr a much "set-up" ss a track
fiend who had bet on a nine iut
stumbled in the last heat and then cross
ed the bsrrieir a, few Becks shead. '
Another political omen not without -
significance is the -reception that Wash-r"
ingtnn .mode and vaudeville patrons are
acording the recent news films of" the i
Republican convention and the advance i'
film of the Ban rraneisco f gather-Ins-.
- Four months ago any picture of T.
a t6 by four critic of the sdminlstrs- "
tion elicited, st many Congressman
Insert in their proof vending of their i
own speeeKes. "prolongatl spplause.'.
In- t of the. leading movie houses of
Wnahingtnn, pictures of &nstor Hard-, ,
ing and tlovcrnor Coolidgs shown in
the last few days hsvs gotten only
catering applause. ,
Camming Pietnre Laadly Applsnded.
AtCBJheatl lasts night a Jictnrg
ot.llomcCi'nmmings, Chairman of ths
IV'mocratie National Committeer dre
about three times sa much applause SS
Hitt Mil ilR ihited a few minutes before .
of Senator HardiKg "leaving tbe Ben-?
ate with a group of advisers," said ad ;
risers being membera . of the oennt
group. " " .' -f - -
Washingtonmna, of course, don t Tot
at least the majority of them don't
but Ja season snd out of sesson they .
talk politics and act politics. It is,
therefore, of more thin pssstng note
thnt here in the nationsi ejijis.l, where .
ia the closing monnbs ' of till Den
emtio administration the inherent de
sire, ,f local folk to ace "the othef '
crowd11 take- w-hand 4av -things the aen-
timent baa changed from violent " "
tagoniam to a massed state of corns with
sll ryes snzionsly turned to Ban Frsn- (
cisco. .. .. --, . i :
The third term talk of the last few
days has grown from he might be a
candidate' to ""he can mop up with that
gang if they'll nominate him." It may -
be premature, but on the lurtac son ;
it appears thalJffsngtonis but re, '
fleeting; a nation wide pride in rooting, ,
for the man who looks like h caa .
come nses.
' Pritcksrd Calls On Harding. 1
Judoe Jeter C. Tritchard. ef Ajhe .
v-tllr-ws hsr. today and. Was niimberel
among those ...who called at "Senates
S .(Ceatlnned en fag Two.)',-J.
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