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ni VVEATHERsr North Careltaai Local ehew. WATCH LAEIL. m m , ' twwwat r Mm wslarM. m4 . areid auMlaa a4agw mm era probably Friday aad SaJ- ardaj. , . .., .f r OLOtlNCL J -RAIJEIGH. N. TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS NTONDERRYIRELANDWr SOLID Oil PLAN TO E 1 WW ,T-nr, i '4 ui mmmv rm 'H"'m-..i-'- Tennessee Governor Informed a- Delegates En Route. To Frisco J I Elements of , Uncertainty In Democratic Line-up Appear. As Leaders Arrive Accidental Meeting In Jones- Believe Nomination Will Be 7 "Tendered To Him observer i 7 ; i. ..- .. - , i -.-r-M.-aa.-j-ii i i i'iim aaiiaifflfii iln -TAR HEELS STAf IDaCHMICES J3FSTATE PLATFORM HOLDING CANDIDATES CANCEL nrpncwinoiiirDEBMe CONVENTION TOPiG MUTUAL AGREEMEMT ; PASSING SUFFRAG BiATEMlO FIRSTNOTSOGOOD Way Is Clear For Calling - Special Session , MAY ACT BEFORE N.C. boro Forestalls Their . Managers PARTY ENTERS ON LAST - LEG OFLONG JOURNE 1 mil a i -t Forth Carolina T Convention Special Leaves Ogden, Utah Delegates Think Democratic r- Chancer-Tor Success Were ' Never Better; Party Meets "BryanT1BpecIaT at Utah' OTty Br JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. (En Bout t Baa Francisco.) Oa Board North Carolina ConTentioa peeial, Ogden, Utah, June 84. Tha Tar .Heel delegation entered upon tha last , thousand mile leg of U journey to Frieee at Ogden today, till firm in Ita tletrrmination to teeure the nomination ( MeAdoo. Tha attitude of the former Secretary, while itji appreciated, is not regarded as final, and it ia beliefedThan tha nomination will be tendered him at JUa Francisco in such a way that he cauaot refuaa it. . Attorney General Palmer and the Pennsylvania delegation, traveling fou hour ahead of the Tar Heel special to dsy es the Southern Paei6e, did not help to remove tha feeling of disappoint meat that Mr. . MeAdoo has taken the position ha has. . The Tar Heels wonld turn sooner to Cox ar Mr. Bryan than Palmer.1" wwrta4aaot heUavje the latter can' win. Attached to the Tar Heel traia today is a part of the Color a"0 delegation, which roes to the eon vention uninstructed. And the North Carolinian have become interested in finding that many of them are for Me- Adco. They find encouragement also in the promisejnf support for their candi date from Missouri, Oklahoma and Texan. Sentiment for Cox if found in many quarters in the West, bnt little enthusiasm for the Republican nominee exists, v ' T, : : Democratic Prospects Goad. Prospects for a Democratic victory mere never brighter, the Tar Hoels be lieve, than this fall, if the party will put up tha right man. This is their birg?st ;esBon .for supporting MeAdoo, if th.y have a chanee, and they have usuraBjf Uday that his name will be , presented. -, . "- - . leaving ueuver late weaneeaay nigni, the Tar Heels spent tha night traveling " across the Rockies aver the . L nion Pacific at aa altituda of from 8,000 to ,000 feet. Today they Traveftd mcroaa-f l.tah and tonight ar- apeeding across Njtada over the Southern Pacioe tO' ward California. The special is travel ing oa schedule time and ia due to reach Ei Francisco Friday afternoon. flimmoB On First Ballot. The ""North krolinn delegation- will east as a unit en the first ballot for Senator Simmons and will continue to vala for him if it should appear he has mv nrosneeti of beta nominated. It i honed that votes for him may bo se cured from other states. The North t'lrcl'na delegation is inclined to sup port him. and Ham Lewi, of Illinois, for the Viee-Presideney. It is known "that his nam will be presented to the convention for the honor and as ha has alwaya been, very friendly towards the South, being a native of that section end to North Carolina in particular, the Tar Heels want to reciprocate, Aa ta Third Term Talk. The attitude of the President towards a third-term atill remains an unknown factor, but is believed that it has had an important, bearing upoa Mr. MeAdoo's refusal to allow his name to Da pre- mA --to-ther-eonventton. -r 1 - The North Carolina delegation will meet in Frisco soma time Saturday to elect ita members of the platform credentials and other committees. Most of tha delegation will atop at the Grand Hotel. National Committeeman Wilton McLean, with other members of the - committee, will be at the False Hotel Am Ealovabl Trip. . Th nartv has enioved its trip through the Borkies, Tha young women have ; devised a MeAdoo yell which they give at the atopa. The delegation spent an hour in Denver and a short time today ' ia Ogden, leaving the latter place at noon for tha last leg of the journey to San Francisco. , f , Th delegation met William Jennings I Brya Ogden and gave him a great i - reeeptien.- a- Is followingeurapecial j en aaother train'to lieo. Mr. Bryan i mat auf nersonal friends in the party. . -.- : . -. v . 1 1. BODY OF LIEUT. MANNING NOW ON WAY FROM BREST (By Special Leaaed Wire.)- Waahington, June 24. Tha graves registration service of tha War Depart ment today informed Senator Simmon that th body af lieutenant Frederick Maanin. son of Attorney General Jama R. Manninc. was on board a ship that sailed from Brest on June 21r It ia expected to arrive at Hobokea around July 15 or W. Lieutenant Manning was attached to tha fourth trench mortar battery when ho died. Ha was stricken with pneu r.onia woa after reaching France. ALLEN A. RYAN EXPELLED : FROM STOCK EXCHANGE i New TorkJuaa t Expelled today "2: from tha New York Stock "Exchange-, I Allan A. Byaa, principal figure in the alleged Stuta Motor corner last March, tonight announced ba would carry hia rasa to tha courts and "stand or fall aa tha caaa a th publi had 1L" The statement wa interpreted pis confirming report ia Wall Street that Mr. Byan, who ass denounced th exchange in vestigation a a "star chamber proceed ing," would bring $10,000,000 suits s rain st th exchange and som of its e$er. - -.- - -!. - ASSEMBLY IS CONVENED Seriator Simmom Informed . Poll, of Members of Tennei v iee Legislature Shows Sent! . ment Farorable for Satiflea tion; Action First Would Be Pleasing TaHV C Leaden News and " Observer Bureau, - 03 District National Bank Bid (By B. K. POWELL. ' (By Special Leaaed Wire.) Washington, June M. Th prospect that th nffraga isen fa t b passed upoa for th nation by North Carolina glimmered today as the Assistant At toraey General of th United State in fomed th Governor of. Tennesae that he might call a special aession i in Tennessea legislature to pass npon th Anthony amendment without conflict with tha Tennessea state eonstitutioa Senator Furnifold M. Siasasons ex beets to e Tennesses take action be fore tae legislature of North Carolina is convened,, he said this morning, iie has been informed that A poll of the members of .th Tennesae assembly shows it to be favorable to ratification oi thft Anthony amendment, Th atate hss presidentisl suffrage now. Co On tfee Kepnaiicaas. Thr - general observation around Wsshingtoa is that the Democrats have nulled a neat coup oa th Bepubiieans, who st heart don t want u woman to vote in th November elections. The Issue that the Bepublican party has chosen to stand or fall pn ia n issue upon which the women ar not greatly divided. They ar nearer the Whit House view of the League of Nations than they are the repudiation that cam from the Chicago convention. Should action in Tennessee come be fore it doe in North Carolina, th Dem ocratic party of the nation and that wing of it in North Carolina will both be pleased. Leading Tat Heel, Demo crats in .Washington, who-' have , been interesting themselves in -the matter. have concluded that ratification by th general assembly , of North Carolina would not come without a bitter fight At no time has it looked like a walk ovjet for the suffragists. But all along the party chieftains have been gather ing data and, planning to do their best by the party. President Write Simmons. The President, ia a letter to Senator Simmons a few days ago, nrged the Senior Senator to look into the sttua tion in: North Carolina and use his in fluence toward ratification, ' William Gibbs MeAdoo, all along and even now formidable candidate for the Dem ocratie nomination, has been interested in the North Carolian situation and has conferred with Senator Simmons about it. Should the Governor, of Tennessee fall to coll his session together before the egislatura of North -Carolina meets. the fight will be made in North Caro lina, any suffragist. They eum the situation np by saying that the Dem, ocratie party has three ehanees to "put it across," and the Itepublieans three, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida, Democratic, and Connecticut, Vermont and Delaware, Bepublican. Big Vot at Stake. All they want ia the thirty-aixth State so that the Secretary of State can pro claim the amendment ratified. But the party that delivers that thirty-sixth State well, it is just lik any other (Continued an Pag Two.) ND1CT ALLEGED OIL PROMOTERS FOR FRAUD Agents Say Nation-wide Bound- Up of "Wild-Cat" Promo - ten Has Started New Tork, June 24. With ,the break ing of seals today on indictments charging 14 eoneerns and 60 individuals with fraud, government agent let it become known-they had begun a nation wide round-up of alleged ''wild-eat oil company promoters, who ars said to have swindled the publie out of mil lions within -tha last few months. The defendants oil companies, brok-i erag concern an4 their officer and salesmen, are cnargea witn having used the mailzto defraud. They ar alleged to nave made gross mure presentations and in eases to have paid impressive dividends out of receipts oa stock sales. In on ess th indictment' charged salesmen2 disposing of stock of th Crown Oil Company, falsely represented thst son of former President Boose velt was an officer of th company, which it .was claimed would oon rival th Standard Oil Company ia volume of bus iness. Shares of this company, aeeord log to en of tha Indictments, were sold to investors Jn Chicago at $2.23 a share and to "evade the western blue sky law" later wa disposed of here 'tat 13, after costing th brokers only 7 1-z cents a share. Whil Federal officers were seeking Louis C. Van Biper at Atlantic City and Boetoa for alleged connection with th sal af Banger Oil stock, th pro moter and his counsel appeared at the Federal court to answer th indictment. Bail wa fixed at -20000 after th pros- execution had sought to hare th amount fixed at KOflOO. Van Biper s counsel, Martin Wi-LHtle-4 ton, pleaded tha latter sum was exces sive and would be tantamount to pun ishment, contending that a bond of $5,000 was th usual bail, la mail, fraud eases. ' Th situatio at Londonderry as a atltlei taTO Tieoa heavyrlf sttH-regarded aa grave. Sporadi fighting has been going oa for mure than a weekrirrwhich men, women and children hare beea eombataat. The miliury apparently ha been powerless, aad at present tha trouble aaa not aaa by any means, . Annual Masonic Exercises At tended By Uncommonly Large Crowd i-XlxfordV-Jaa J4rThnlvarary af St. John th Baptist was celebrated at th Oxford Orphanage today, vary larg crowd waa la attendance, 10,000 being a moderate estimate. Beg' alar and special ' trains brought fewer people, perhaps, tha have ever com by rail oa former occasions, but automobile traffic wa the greatest en record. , Visitor began Ur put. ia at- tandanc early in the, day aad, by- noon polleg strast, n which the srphaaags ground front, wa jammed from aev eral hundred yards outside th aor- porata limit to th heart of town, and from"Velowthgr6undi to" th grade school, a matter of a quarter of a mil. They were parked two deep n ithr aid of th street, th overflow driving many into cross streets Starting off low and threatening, th clouds lifted during the afternoon, th un appearing shortly . thereafter in genial warmth, and th day developed into an ideal one. Addressee Among Briefest Barring the unavoidable absence of several grand officers slated to take prominent parts in the ceremony, the program was earned out according to schedule and oa time practieially to the minute. Th addresses -were among tha briefest and yet decidedly among th best within the recollection of regular attendants of St. John s Celebration Deputy Grand Master J. Bailey Owea, of Henderson, presided, Grand Master J. C. Braswell being in Portland Oregon, at the Imperial Bhrin meet ing. The grand lodg was convened in ample form promptly at 11 a. ra. in the grand lodge hall, th officer regular and pro tern being as follows J. JBsiley Owen. Henderson, as Grand Master; C. D. Malone, as Deputy Grand Master; F. M. Pinnix, Oxford, as Sea ior Grand Warden; H. M. Potest, wake Forest, Junior Grand Wardea: W. W. Willson, Baleigh, Grand Secre tary; B. U. , Bullock, as Grand Treas urer ;'Bv, Joha 8. Wood, Speneer, Urand Uhaplain; B. K. Lassiter, Ox ford, as Grand Lecturer: J. Legraad Everett, Rockingham, Senior Grand Deacon; T.-C McClenaghan, Raleigh, as Junior Urand Deacon; J. E. Cam eron, Einston, Grand Marshal; J. H. Anderson, FayetUville, Grand Sword Bearer; B. L. Stokes, Henderson. B. F. D., as Grand Pursuivant: P. M. Bragg. stem, as urand Bteward; Q. . Cheat ham, Oxford, a Grand Steward; W D- Terry, Baleigh, Grand Tiler. Officer Install Grand Secretary Willson read -the list of Grand Lodge officers appointed by Grand Master Braswell and the were duly installed. Gen. B 8. BoystsrJ" P. G. M., performing-the ceremony of installation in person or by proxy, .ney were: Bev. John 8. Wood. Soenee'r. Grand Chaplain: B. F. Edwards. Crumnler. uraaa Jierurr; uon usb, Winston Salem, Junior Grand Deacon; Joha E. Cameron. Kinston. Grand Marshal: John H. Anderson, FayeUeville. Grand oworo nearer; it. o. Dunn,, Enfield, uraaa rorsuivant; J. r. Bhem, Ksw Bara, Grand Steward; B. M. Oates, Henderson, Grand Steward; W. D. Terry, Baleigh. Grand) Tiler. Announcement waa made of th an- pointmeat of Past Grind Master John W. Cotten. Tarboro. i oa the Board f General Purposes; ' to' succeed himself ana or the re-appointment of S. N. Boyee, Gaitonia, oa tha Board of Cus todians. . At 12 n. m. tha Grand lodire : wu formed in procession under direction of Grand Marshal J." ET" Cameron and marched to th grove, where the xer- eises of ths day began, the large, audi ence gatnering close to th grandstands, upon which war seated Masons aad the children of th orphanage. . - Prayer by Grand -Chaplain John' S. W5d wit foll6wedT)2rthe Hf mn Te" Divine." The addrea of welcom by Bev, B. C. Craven, paetor of the Ox ford Methodist Church, begun w a 0JB0ATOXFORD . FOR ST JOHN S DAY I , , (Contlnse an Pag Fear.) TV I m """" . result of clash between forces af Unionists aad Nationalist, in which tha eaa i..-i.,..:-.,-.--. - .. Despite Announcement He Will Not Be Candidate, Name Recurs Frequently SUPPORTERS OFFORMErt SECRETARY ARE HOPEFUL MeAdoo Advocates Say Bus! ness of Convention Is - To Nominate Man Who, Can Be "Elected, and Republican Plat , form and ;Hominee "Dictate JBoa As The Man kr ' ' : Baa Franeiato, CaL. Jnn 24. Deapit W. G. MeAdoo announcement that he would not be a candidate for th Den peratie presidential - nomination, Ms nam recura very frequently la gos sip in national convention circle. The MeAdoo boom, for th root and th war cheats f which th Senate cam' paign investigating committee (ought in vain, appear to thriv even against th frosty attitude f Mr. MeAdoo himself. It chief characteristic eon tinues to ha the same intangible qua! ltr that daunted ths senatorial boom investigators. On the eurfae MeAdoo supporters hav accepted the dictum and publicly transferred their allegiance to other candidates. There ia something about their- alacrity, however, that makes other . Democrats here wonder whether they will "stay out" in their new affili- iations. Supporter Still Hapefal. Privately, soma of the former Mc Adoo supporters admit they have not lost hope that he will b the nominee. They state their caaa bluntly. The bnsinesa of th convention ia to nomi nate a ma a who can be elected, they ear. They ' regard the . Beirubliean ticket and platform aseBeouaging', from a Democratic point of view and believe that th bras tacks of politics will debate MeAdoo nomination a th a who could be elected. They are shaping their present course, they admitted, in anticipation of a dead loek between Attorney General Pal mer, uovernor tox ana in oiner prominent ' aspirant aad a general swine to MeAdoo at that point which would' result in his selection. Par Sea a Deadlock. - Mesnwhile. representatives of other (Caatlaaed aa Pag Twa.) FOUR MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE BY HAIL STORM -Ktastew,- dasaaa frasa yeaterdayw hail atoms soared la today froaa many Lenoir coaaty . farma. Investigators here l tadleation wera tfcat the aaauga la wayaa aaa rut coaa tie aad a sasall aectlon af Gracae waald. probably eiaat that la Le noir, aad waald auk a total far tha fear eaaatlea af not lea than fear sallUoa dellarav It waa tha saeat daageroa atana this part af tha Stat has aver seen. Creea Bearing maturity aa thoaaaad af acre ia th nseat pra grcasiva aacttaa af tha faar eaaa tlea were cleared af every atalk. Oa a alagla plaatatiaa saara tha a Tt acre af wellrdevelanwd tebacca, cettaa aad , cam . ware obliterated. Maay af the loser war th ten ant. . Three af tha tawMBis la La. aair,wra devastated by tha, kail, which fell fraat fiftaaa mlaalea In seas place t thirty snlnates la, others, and drava every living crea tare ta abelter to aava his Ufa, aa large -war tha sSaaee. r. The wtad waa terriS aad tha, rain a delagok It will ba aaaay kaara befera all tha farma can ba canvassed far, In drvidaal luen. bat aearsa have beea listed today aa having lost their cross aa fraea (H to , TS 'tCrcS'A rift la thVTlefni eaaaed a few plasrtatiaas ta be sideswlped, while tbasa adjeiaiag them ware caavactod lata . a - wilderaaaa. K re part a have baan received telling af say leas af Ufa. nocuoF conlisip J" r m f.sisi, S)anawa1its1 JtL. JmmmWmm4 - .. IL VAGE AWARD SOON President Assured New Wage - Schedules Will Be Forthcom- ing at Early Date - . i " Washiagton, 1 Jun St. Assurances that th Bailroad Labor Board would expedite it award ia th railroad wag eontrorersy , war received today by President Wilson. ' The board' meaeag to th President was i reply to an inquiry by the executive as to possibility of hastening the award or qf announcing a .tentative or partial settlement. Th reply of th board had suit been mad publie1 at th Whit Hoas tonight, but it waa under stood to sot forth, that som delay must occur ia a matter ia which ther ar se many conflicting claims,"eo many elssses of workers; to be considered and so muck evidence, -both oral and written to be -reviewed!' - " - While hopeful that th text of the board's reply would be mada publie eventually, representatives hero of the railroad unions said that th mere assurances that an early award could be expected would exercise a beneficial effect at least in preventing tha spread of incipient strikes. The President's Message. The President, in his messng to the board in Chiesgo, said: "Eeports placed before m show transportation situation hourly growing more difficult, and I am wondering whether it would not be possibl for yonr board to announe a decision with reference to the pending wag matter. At least would it not b possible for your board, if it has reached no -final conclusions relative to these vital matters, tentatively to agree upon settlement or even a partial settlement'' The Interstate Commerce Commission, it became known today, is watching the strikes 14- Eastern-railroad centers. notably Philadelphia and Baltimore, and ia particularly concerned with the effect of the walkouts on its efforts to relieve freight congestion and to move eosl to New England and other eastern points, where a coal shortage exists. The walkout today of yardmen at the Potomae- yards, across the Potomse Biver from Washington, resulted in the placing of temporary embargoes on all freight passing through tha yards, which handle most of the freight be tween the South aad the Eastern portion of ths country. It was announced to nieht. however, that the full night erew reported for work. "Yard official esti mated that there were 3,000 carloads of freight in the yards, 99 per cent of which ia billed for cities other than Washington. ' BOARD MAY HAND DOWN ITS DECISION NEXT WEEK The Bailwai-Labor Jurdmavbni down ita decision fixing new wage sched ules for all elasses of railroad workers next week. No date can be set definitely, however, according to- Judge B- M. Ba r ton. chairman of th board, a recon aideratioa of the assembled decisions may delay the final award for .a, week or more. . ' Judge Barton denied reporta that tha board faced a deadlock because of tho widely divergent opinions of th mem bers representing ths roads and the men. - Publication today in Washington of the text of President Wilton' message asking th board to expedite it award cleared up the mystery which bsd sur rounded the telegrsm, receipt of which hsd beea denied by the members of the board.' . . ' ' - '.v Judgs Barton declined to mak publ' his snswer, but said he would be glad t have th President do so. The request embodied in th Presi dent's meaaage that, if a complete award eeuld not b made at this - time, a "partial settlement," - he annoanccd sou Id -aet-ba- Beted Jini Judged -Barton said, aa the hundred or more sep arate schedules ar all related and it may b accessary to rovis ? awards tntively decided on whea all the figures are compiled. ' -v . Tmo moves looking toward 'settlement of, the series of sporaHio Vailwar strikes will be tsken her tomorrow. Heads of Bit the re-orgaaited railway anions will meet her for conference,- at which HOD (Caatlaaed aa fare Two.) M'ADOO BOOM APPEARS TO BE FAR FROM DEAD Booateri For Presidential Aspi ranti Open Headquarters and 'Become Increasingly Actire; Bone-Dry Plank To Furnish Bifgest .Fight;. Ho Orders From The White House 6aa Francisco, Juno 14. Mor and more elements of uncertainty appeared la ths lin-up of th Democratic Na tional convention as tha leader of trst magnitude arrived in increasing bub. here and put their heads together over question of policies and men. lor tha tun being tha platform held. its plac a th big topie of cogitation and negotiation, with the problem of bon dry prohibition tha chief material for eon trove psy. Talk of , candidates, la a moribund stag for a week, was rsvlved appreci ably a the convention crowds gathered. Booster for Palmer, Cox aad a half doses other aspirant becsm increas ingly sctiv among uninstructed dele gates and a whole bevy of favorite son and "dark horses" blossomed out with headquarters of 'their- en. r McAdoa Baasa Btlll Allva. Meantime th phantom MeAdoo boom talked eerenely through hotel corri dor and conference rooms, leaving be hind a trail of uncertainty and specs 1- tion. Thoogh publiely executed at th hand f Mr. McAdoa himself, th movement did not down. Indeed, it perambulation wer auggestiv of the pink of vigor and it tu rned np uninvited a the ghost at th eouncil table of mor than one candidate's meager. . On several questions oonvntion organization, too, tha arty chiefs wer in a quandary. Ther were som romb- lings of a tight against Senator Glass. tho administration ehoie for chairman of the platform committee, and th problem of choosing a permanent con vention chairman got into a mess, which threatened to upset aeriously th plant ol com SdmlBisrrstioa supporters. . Wslsh Ta Be Starm Canter. Senstor Walsh, of Montana, who voted in the Sonata last March for ratification of ths peSco treaty with the Bepublican reservations, promised to bee one th torn center of th organization fight. ia som quarters he wa nrged a a can didata. against Senator Glass -fox iead of th platform committee, though other thought he should hav th per manent chairmanship instead. He had th backing of W. J. Bryan and wa aid to ba favored also by other pow erful force more or less out of aeeord with som administration policies. Ths administration people have sug gested Secretary Colby, of th Stat Department, or Chairman Cummlngs, of th National committee, a permanent chairman, but it wa said today that no decision had boen reached and that Senator Walsh might be accepted as satisfactory. The general trend tonight seeemd to be to put bim forward for th eonventioniJehairmanship rather than for th head of the platform com muiee. N Dictating By Wilson. Chairman Curnmings snd other na tional committee officials discounted talk of an open anti-administration fight and protested rigorously against lobby gossip that President Wilson waa attempting to dictate either In regard to the candidate or the platform. "I am aware, said Mr. Cumminm. -or no intention by the President to communicate to the convention in any way, shape or form. I anticipate no voluntary suggestion from him. He added, of course, that there could be nn restraint on ths President's friends ia any communication ths v might eare to establish with the White House, though he said the whole atti tude of the chief executive had been to let the convention work out its own destiny. Senator Class, who arrived lat nirht from Washington aa th eonimonly reputed spokesman of the White House, (Continued aa Page Twa.) COMMISSION GIVES COAL PRODUCTION-STATISTICS Increase In Profit Per Ton Dur ing March; Also Increase In Production WMh'inglbnV"June'':S4.'iCoal--ptodue tion statistics compiled by tha Federal Trads Commission from reports submit ted by 1,091 operators for thi month of March indicate an increase in the profit per too of 13 cents, or 49 per cent.. The margin of profit per ton in March, the-commission declared-today, was 42 cents against 29 ia February. Average cost per ton ws reda-ed 4 per cent in the intervening month and th output per working day increased 5 per eent. Ibe average number of day worked by each . miner during March was gives 19, against 17 in February. Production in March by the operator reporting to the commission, aggregated 16,097842 tone, as compared with 13, 77M56 ton in th preceding month, and monthly average of i4,i7,ow ton ia r Th commission's detailed aaalsis of the month' report! thawed an ayernjed cost per ton, f.o.b. the mine, of $2.33, ad sa average sales price of $2.74, ap proximately. Under the head of ex penses labor led with Sl.TJ per ton, sup plies cost 27 cents and generaTeipensef t h 34 cents per ton. In 1018 ths labor item wss 1.49, supplies S3 cents and general expenses 9 cents, giving- total cost per ton at the mine of 12.04 la that ear whea th sales pric waa 12.83, AGREEMENT FORMALIZED IN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE Governor Gives Out Statement, Including His Letter To Both managers, " Appealing To " Democrats To Accept Agree-, ment "Without Prejudice"; Xot.SurprisingL Forestalling their managers by a few hours, Democrat! - gubernatorial can- didates O. Max Gardner and Cameron , Morrison, meeting by accident ia th . littl town af Jonesboro, in Lea county yesterday afternoon, agreed between ' thamaelres to cancel the joint debate . scheduled for Baleigh next Monday , -night. Their agreement was ratified last Bight at S:3Q whoa their campaign ... directors met in conference: with Gov- . ernor T. W. Biekett and formally agreed, ia the interest of party har mony, ta halt the procedure ""withou! prejudice to either candidate. Almost - unbroken pressure waa brought to bear upon' th candidate - -themselves, upon their manager, aad upon th Governor to intervene ia be half ef party iarmoBy to call off the discussion. Th headquarter of both candidates , here war cluttered with telegrams protesting against tha de bate, eoming front, men of high desre and low, with her and there a request - lor reserved aeaU if th thing ahould actually ba allowed to happen. Gover nor Biekett found hia desk littered with lik messages when h returned ta th eity yesterday. ' Governor Tha Engineer. Managers i. Crawford Biggs aad Heriot Clarksoa met in the Governor'! offie at 10:00 o'clock yesterday morning to arrange a truce, in response to th chief executive's letter of th evening before appealing them to call a hall in the program. Th Governor waa not in th city, aad th managers retired, after making arrangements to return at 8:00 o'clock in the evening for further eoafereacea. Whea they arrived ther waa .nothing to say, mor thaa to repeat what their prlacipal had ) 1 tady, laid., .. The Govornor gar out a statement following a brief conference, iacludiag th letter which b had addressed joint, ly to tha two manager Wedaesday, the elnt-talftm-fre'iiser.--Sard- ner and Mornson to their manager informing them of their agreement, and commending them both for "plac ing the welfare- of the Democratic party high and above their own persona feelings." Neither Mr. Clarksoa not Judge Bigg had aay stitemest ? make. '- , , . , Som Diaappoiataseat Those who were anticipating verbal combat at elose range gave np hope at an, evening of divertieement when they , read yesterday morning that Uovernor . Biekett had added the weight of hit influence to the growing volume of pro test against ths debate. It was almost a foregone conclusion that tbrteit step -would b the announcement of a can cellation, although few expected tha two candidates to get together them selves dowa ia the sandhills aad ar range a truce without the assisting of fices of their managers, who signed th forensie agreement here Tuesday night. somewhat or th dramatie attache: to the story that comes from Sanford of the chance meeting of the two men wBe-ocupy-Tmueh-of: the public tention just now. It is related that Mr. Gardner drove into Joneaboro whil Mr. Mormon, was engaged in a roeeea in the only available building ia th town. He drove on through to a near by village and mad a speech himself and returned. They met ia ths middle -of the principal street oil tha town There was hearty hand shaking, and most apparent good will between them. The eitixenry of th town turned ut en masse to witness the momentous do ings, snd cheered lustily, whenrlt waa annonnced that neither had any desira to carry on with the arrangement. There was more handshaking, mutual as surance that the one would heartily support the other, after th'e second pri mary declares the nominee, aad ther ' again went .their ways apart. Their per- swtiarvjr? s jffflTsTsolmre-orrt ruel snd eollaborsted in their sccount of tha happening. The Conference Here. Neither Mr. Clnrkson nor Judce Bi carried with them any air of anxiety when iney entered the . uovernor's office last night,., but rather, indicated relief that it wns all over. Mr. Clarksoa cam first and hastened away - alone after- - wards. Judge Biggs arrived later aad stayed longer, seemingly well pleased with the turnings and trendino nf events. Goveernor Biekett followed them rrom his office snd dictated the follow. , ing statement i r "On vesterdnv I addressed f Tt. t Crawford Biggs, manager for Hon O. Max Gardner and Hon. Heriot ClarksoB, manager for Hob. Cameron Morrison, ' the following letter: Tha Cevernar a Letter. r "My dear 8jr: I am srreatlv die. tressed to see that it ia proposed to hav a joint debate between tha twa man dates for the Democratic nomination for Governor. I havelooked at thia ques tion from every anrle and fail to see haw-ar singlo-atein- vf good mm -rem -ta- the Democrat ie psrty fromch a meet- ng. Un the othef hand it i a rdaia day that a maximum amount of harm must result. Both of these gentlemen have her.- - tofore been reeoinizedisaffle and onorable workers in the ranks of tha Democratic party, and 'all- good me a must deplore any attempt to besmirch it her of them because he now aspires Caatlaaed aa Pag Twa.)' -.1 t