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North Caroliast Fair weather .
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aad Sladay.
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. GOVERNOR BICKEn
Calls Attention To Critical Im
". a a? . a a
ponance 01 Acuon 01 iiaie
GOVERNOR WILL ASK '
FOR RATIFICATION
Declare. Ha Has Hothinr. Par-
tber To " Add To Statemtat
.t if. jA T u
BeesnUy Bade IB Letter DC
flaiar His Position On 8af-
,
iraffe; Bajt TelegTam Call
For No Answer ' '
- The "critical importance1 of aetiaa
by' tna Korta Carolina General Aaara-
v ,v. ... , 4
h a Z".
called to tka atteatioa of Gorernor
Biekett yeeterday ia a taletram .from
Preaideat Woodrow WUoa. Tka tela-
tram Waa aa follows t " ., ;'
"I am aara I need not point oat to
yon the-aritical importance of tka ae
t;on of yoar freat Stata ia tka matter
Of the "tnffraao' amendment
"I sara aothiDf Joadd to wkat I
i 1st already aaid oa tbo onbject aad
. PRESID
( Oil SUFFRAGE ISSUE
.t;.-:!.-.' :fi,-: -
r I do aot think that the President' Ula-
gTm-dmaa-BTepryi-th j6orraor
said yesterday afternoon. - "Somo time!
ago I stated that I would ask tka apo-
-: -tial sessioa of the General Aaawmbly
a ratify the ameadmeat, and' I atU
. intend to do-ao if the amoadmeat ku ,
aot bee a accepted by 39 Eutea before
the liegislataro meets."
1 Hopes to Xseaaw Isaaoi - '
I " Th GoTornor is hopeful that aom
other Stat unit pas the amendment be.
fore th North Carolina Legislature get I
to it ia July, and relieve the body of I
I any rnpoanibility ia thd 'matter. Be!
m u at, aen ui aaaiia icuci a aaaa uuuw u
feel that the General Assembly will Karew, of 8avsnnah, were killed, ae
' " lu " hit take aal the ifZ i
:, aiatter of revaluation, aad weald aot " . , , . ,
like eitker auffrag or th tai reform mw Pi Iiand Maria
to suffer from- being crowded into the. barrack tonight. ,
' brief 10 day to wkkk the special see- Tka machine waa about four hundred
ion will be Kanited. '- - - 'et ia the oir when it was observed to
Th President has also asked the Gov- be ia trouble. While descending and
- craor of Tenaeeaee to call a special aea- withia a kuadred feet of th ground
ioa of the' Legilatur of that Stat to tko airplane burst int flame aad
; ratify th amendment, aad the hop laieraanea to th earth. . Captaia Karow
- general amojag party leaders in North 1
Carolina that Tennessee will ratify. The
partial iajectioa of th rnffrag isso
' into the gubernatorial eampaiga ha
j rsised serious quettioa a to tbo ptob-
ability of ita passage at th special ea-
sion, aad has certainly accent mated the
bitterness with which the iasu would b
contested oa th floor of both house.
Will JUk UMctaav.4
y larlier ia th year Governor Biekett
announced that he, ahil still Boraoaally
eppoeed' to suffrage, roeogaized tka
1 oventoal ratification- of the anteadment
a inevitable, aad would ask th Legm
; la tore, aa a matter of political exaedi
i aey, to ratify. Other party leedera ia
th BUte, including Senator T. M. Sim.
atona, have committed themselves to
ratification, aad until th iajectioa of
th question into th eampaiga, -it had
been generally conceded that th Stat
would ratify at th first opportunity. ,
W--, Vigorous measure have been adopted
by the anria la th Bute, partieaiarly
?ta.rtr.prH.
ine
Carolina would be th. But. t.
Pas upon th oneatioa bofor. th .lee,
tioa in November. Anti auff rage lend
er from other State bar em to
North Carolina to aogmeat local oppo
aition, aad their headquarter her are
continuously active.
NEGRO BOY IMPUCATED ?
IN KILLINGS RELEASED
...tt..ii. t...-. v.. R.kwTatd inth robbery of the Indniii.t
: 35 yssr-old aegre boy, who waa arrested
a th morning following the killing
! ef DepuUe H. C. Butler aad W. G.
? Moore near hero last month, waa thia
afternoon relc4.ed ... oa habea cc
1 a nominal boad. A aamber of witnesses
were examined, bat Boa of tko evi
dence, ia tbo opinion of tko Judge, was
-iifHcl.nt ta eonneet tba bar with tka
m death of lha two officer. . i
Th habea corpus proceeding wet
brought by H. I Cook, eon set for th
dtf ense. Tbo prosecution waa represent
ed by Adolph Stringfield. " Th boy was
' alightly wounded during th fighting
which resulted ia th death of th dep
atie. . ' "
BANDITS BOB EMPLOTESN Of
ST. PAUL BANKS CASHIIR 8BOT I
fit. Panl'aTiaa. Juna K.fiv. ...
n , v.u c...- u 'v v i
. today, probably fatally, jrouadiag Cash-
ier Victor Bedman. aad escaped ia aa
automobll with tSJW im cash, $500
i. i.ik.rf- i a. ..a . .
non-nirotiU..MDM. ' -i
'- r ' ' -tsetKflinMl.. l.nt ,1 an ri ... .
E8TES BNEDECOS ELECTED '
. HEAD OP ROTAET CLUBSI
Atlantic "Citv. N. J- June 5.-Estc
Baedecor, Portland, Oregon, waa elected
. president or th international Assoc ta-
tioa of Botary Clubs at it eloaiog es
ioa her today. Ho defeated John
Dyer, Vineennea, Ind, oa the third
ballot, 83 vote to SSO. :
. " , i
Mrs. Daniels Bisected Today.
Wanhington, June 3. Mrs. Joseph
m,m.mw, - - .untuwu. i
apoa th aeaaioa of th International
. Buff rag Centres at Geaeva, ia expe-t
' Od to reach New' York Saturday night
v r Sunday morning, according to private
advices received here tonight. Her con,
J Worth aniell, left Washington todsy to
' meet her. . .v v . ,,-
Actor I Aeddeatally Bkot I
- . I D
i -" r-
of ' Milwaakeo, a vandevUI actor ap-
, pearing at a Chicago theatre, waa ae
1 eidantally shot lata today by Mia Kitty
i Gordon, aciroa. " -
I Tk shooting oeearref wkil Hack
I aaa MaV 44 m amaWim tan Branca.
Sentiment For
M ? A Inn 1 fZnivi c Mnmmi fiirV
---
-From Other States and Find Univertal Desire for For
Secretary as the Man to Lead the Democrats to Vicf
oeauurui ocenery in trie
By JOHN X UTtNGSTONK
(Eunti t 8am Francisco)
Oa Board North Carolina Convention
Special, Sacramento, CaL, June 5.
Sentiment for th aominatioa ef Will-
am G. McAdoo continue to fain
momeatum aa delegntioas from to var
ious State ar picked up earoute to
tka Frisco aoaveatioa. t ,
m. W TT 1 e - 1 A II
L ciniSi
"ow oaaiats of a deiet Pullmaaa and
ta dininff tart and it dua t reach
Sam rraaeuea lata thla afteraooa.
Dalecates from Colorado Moataaa,
Wyoaic," Indiana, IllinoU, "Iowa and
tar Korthweatara Btatea ar aboard
I'" rywhera tncra is foand . d-
ura tow alaauov, in nr nitu aara
trareled tna lona traia from and to and
to aonad oak feeling oa the lubjeet and
ara Irmer taaa arar ia their deter-
miaatioa to pat UcAdoo acroaa
, Taat .f ftraarta Cornl., ' -
-i.dientioaa today ara taat tkera will
bo a teat of atraagik between tbo Cos
aad Palmw foreea. after "whlck ? th
oBTeatioa will awina; to MeAdoo aa
tka man who eaa lead the Demoerata
to Tietory.
Tka Tar Heel deviation" reached the
California capital at noon today after
aa orcBtfuI trip aver the Sierra Nerada
moantaina. Tai morniaf the Jelegatellat lha Palaoa- HoUl,
THREE DEAD AS RESULT
. OF AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
Maehina Crashes To Ground .at
r!, Harris Zslkad from Heifht
of 400 Feet
.Savaaaah, Ga.. Jun is.ia a air-
plan crash at Parris Island thia after-
aooa Lieut, Frederick Maltkea. Lieut-
a -
B- E-'Bt. George and Capt. GusUve
wa a native of Savaanah
CR0WELL RESIGNS JOB AS
ASST. SECRETARY OF WAR
Washington, June 25, Benedict Crow-
ell. Amutaat Seerotaty of War. ha r.
signed., effective July L He plans to
prirato kuinr - . ''
Th reaienation kaa baea aceenkad be
nws if amoaw ' i jZsse&.:xmn , v
Mr. Crowellwhoao home 1 in Clev
mad, entered th army a major of ard
ante early ia th war aad wa aaaigaed
to duty ia connection wilk the creation
or facilitie for th ' manufacture of
arms. Later, as Assistant Secretary of
var, aa woo given practically complete
charge of tho'muaitions program. Bine
ia armmieo k baa directed industrial
aemoDiuzauoa and u per vised cttle-
meai or war claims and contract.
la hi Tetter of resignation tn pr..I
tthTLn -iltEhrtZ?
J2Si ? ,rom 70U
both ia ay owa efAea and
SeereUry f War when I have bee
NEGRO RUSHED HERE AS
MEASURE OF SAFETY
New Bera, Jon 25.-John W.l
colored, who confessed U Mk. mii.
8'"uhat Comparv s safe Uit night
ff"' , Wilfiam P. Bu, kad
"J ,,rB ".' hoa with a piece
? "f0"' H ' ftornoo uked to
bod- We,,ey rg eoa-
fed to th trim Bad imDlieatad an
other negro, 'but later repudiated the
confession. Mayor Dill eoniidered that
it would aot bo wis to keep Wesley ia
New Bera er vieinitv and mAA him
TI
rol"s'oa. .May
cat f th city i nan automobile to
suuoa aome miles up the road. - Tba
efficers wbo had th man ia charge left
th car and continued their journey via
rait Bue, whose akull was fractured
ia two place, ia getting along very well
aaoer tn circumstances.
I TYU McN UUNVIUILU OF
MIIRnCR nc II DC? airacnu
"""""'I " "tOUI
New Orleans. La- Jnaa 25. Telia JL
i-rtukST
V , flUi , t" i'
v"8 ZIeaka, - aged lSi.jhia
friend and accomplice. late today were
foaad guiltyia . erlminiL dintrlcteourt
i - - , apu ., vi jure, oerina
rteason.
According to confessions . int radioed
as evidence by the But, th two yona
ma induced Mrs. Nesson. . whoa hns-
"ad wa oa duty oa a Naval transport,
accompany rnem oa a rid to a lone-
ly POt oa th "Tartlo Back," road Bear
th OrleSn Canal, wher they shot and
killed ker aad after1 stripping valuable
diamoad ornament from ker, throw kr
oooy ta a pool of rater.
Th verdict of th jury, "guilty as
ehsTged" carries with it th death pen-
an. Bauer a uw or ixiBisiaBa. .
7 -
ENTIRE POLICE FORCE
HAND IN RESIGNATIONS
Mount Airy, Jun 25. Last aitrht th.
satire polie fore, including chief of
do lire J. H. Mnls-ia. h.aif.t la k.i.
reaicnatioaa to the Mavar. wh.. v.
, .' .
dwot i io.i vommisuoner anally
refused aa iaercaa ia wage as d-
maaded two months sgo. . Today this
city ia absolutely without polio protee-
tioa and so relief is ia ight,' aa th
member of th fore art seeking other
1
Nominating
- . - - 0-7 . ,
oierras ana acramemo '.vi. .,
trareling over tka Soutliera Pacific
from Maw Orleaoa ia a special tar, are
dna to arrira ia the coaptation city
lata ton tgkt and tka Ndrtk Xroilniana
will get together; for i moeting some
time tomorrow. y".- , r"-
... , tart Dajr ' Most Pleaaaat i
Tha last day of the journey across
the continent hen been the most plena
ant of all and the members of the
party are u fine spirits. Beaching the
crest 'of the Sierra at sunrise this
morning, all were Bp early to see the
moantaina, which ia tba clear bright
snnshino showed' ap to splendid ad
ran tare.' - - -
- The weather today is perfect and the I
Saerameato : valley dotted with peach
and plum orchards and wheat fields,!
with the Sierras la the distant back I
ground, present a- beautiful picture.
- sar aosio new ai rnaeo
Baa Traaeiseo. June 5. The North
Carolina Conreation Special arrived at
San Pranciaeo at S o'clock this after-
aooa with all delegate well and in
na spirits- The long trans - continen -
tai trip waa greatly enjoyed, the Tar I latest atteraneo ae "the limit" to th ia
Heels hariag been ridinr the Iroa I timatioa from Jooeoh T. Tamaltr. nrfc
Trair inee noon 8uday. Most of tka
delegate will -bunk" at ' the Grand
Hotel, wbila other kara reservation
Takes Charge of His Campaign
and Begins Duties As Mem
ber of Committee
Raa FMniivn Jim. M.lHnn
took personal ch.rg. of bi. eampairafs
General Palmar arrived bar today aad
ior in -rsiaency aad at th same
time plunged into his dutie aa a mem-
b.r;of tko D.mo.r National oom-
mitt, - , .
Th latter task, h said, k recardd
it a aufBcieatjowaifor fciLpren
in in convention eity.s u added that
h co aside red aacatioB of ' platform
and policy far mors important thaa
th problem ef who should b fa aom-
in aad aasaetad hmt th. mmrt, ,
stand for "tha IdesU of historic AmorJ.
caaHamraf onatitutioaar' democracy
jt. of Jtapartial; .noriMrt,at Jar -J
Accompanied by tw traihload Of
Psansylvaaian,. including th 78 p.
syWanra delegate pledge to bis up-
port, tho Attoray General wa met at
th Union ferry by a crowd aad, a brass
band which serenaded him as he erect
ed hi old-time Democratic friend aad
milsd lata th camera. He went to a
dowatowa hotel and Immediately began
conference, with U.rf.r. t-Z -,?-
Br.ii. j ; ,
"I am atteadiaf th .'cobtobUo aot
.. much for th. purpos, of dancing
mv own eanoioae'r. To rtha anminiiin.
.. tn .v. r.. ,l. m. .Cl
partr la' eSnsiderln, th. wla, ,i
r," . I
party ahould pursue this Tear. Who
hall be nominated is a relatively an-
important matter. . It is; how.v.7. A-
Important that th. ideal of historic
Americanism, of constitutional demoe-
racy and of Impartial enforcement of
Uw b apheld to th. uppermost.
n un.ii.uM tw t I
Hriking contrMt th. BepuVlica-
SSta
curageou. le.der.hip i. the world,
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ARRIVES AT FRISCO
wnich.h Hilled during th. wsr iwI Uum r.i.i .! i u T
whlcS-.ha m.t an LJ:---?tl:L la North
pac. time, of th."fuW. ifu
aehiev.d I propose to do what I e!aa
to so that our party platform shall I
rnaka ao .urre.der to Bay Interest or
elas or cliqu or group, but shall ex
pre th common conviction of th
great mas of every-day Americans."
Mbaasador Morris imusd a stat.maat
advoeaUng Mr. Palmer's eandidaey aad
p railing too attorney Generals 'Vift
-. , . . ... - . " .
v irauersnip, nu progressive views, his I
courag. and hi. devotion, to America,
laeait. ( '
HARVARD OARSMEN WIN
OVER YALE IN REGATTA
Nsw Loadon. Con. .. Jun. M-J-.A.
In from h. i.ii.i - .I "
25.J. J?- P ?' th"
Harvard' vanity crew defeated Yale
ia a spectacular four mil. rae lat
..u. -ii. .... ill- .I
lo-
aay by nearlv six lenetha. thu.
pietely wiping out the itirma at
the
doubl ' victory : of their Eli - rival, ja
th two preliminary race held early in
.Bowinff in miarnificnt form from the
ry start of the long upstream battle,
In oarimen, coached by Bill. Haines,
early demonstrated their suoerioritv
"via j. Diaa wore and. stamina and
swept aero between tbo finish flaa-s
23 minute and 11 seconds after receiv-
lag the atarting aignal, wbila their an-
elent Talo rival trailed ia 35 seconds
later ia a atat of -physical wxhaustioa
whieh waa little abort of pitiful,
HITCHCOCK BATS HE Wil t.
; , NOT ACCEPT: NOMINATION
, ,. I
Washington. June 5. fi.n.inr Tra.K. I
totk Nebraska, announced today
that' ko 'would not aeeane ih. nam a. I
cratie vie presidential aominatioa.
oenmor Hitchcock annonnetment
mr-.,g telegram to Arthur r. I gusoa of Wayneaville, who la aow at
Mullen,, member of th. rUmunlla aW.IJnhna Hankina ITn.nl 1.1 R.ltlA..
tional committe from Nebraska, aa-
swering a letter la which Mr. Mullen
had aaid th Senator was being promi-
nently mentioned for th .vie prei-
demy.
1 tn aot m candidate fn nre.l.
dent and woald aot accept th aomina
tioa for aeeond Dlara." tha talanam
said.
SBfiHTFII-lCommigg.AS To Ur-e I VH SflNTS FRIFf JH.S
..rA a
ri n Jim at
r- - " am
iMtmu
.3. . .
.ll ill' ?! L UVl
Aftt Mil HUH NHul
1&4 Sue White Says.Bickett's
v Latest suffrage utterance
l$ThelJinit:'
MAY HALT OPPOSITION '
.0F FEDERAL OFFICERS
I Tennessee legislature May Wot
Meet until Late In Auyast,
Thus Oirint; K, 0. Assembly
rirsVChance; Opposition of
Officeholders To KeeerreOffl
: eial Attention
. ' News' and Obserrer Barean, -
SOS Diatriet Kat. Bank Bldsr. '
i Bj K. E. roWELL.
, (Br Special Leased Wlre.l-
Waahington, June 25. Suffrage da
Telopmentl in Washington todsy ranged
from Mia 8b Wbite'sblnnt decleratioa
1 that -she regarded Ooreraor Biekett1
rate oreretary to th Preaideat, . that
"we'll ae what eaa be done" about tka
reported activ opposition of Federal
officeholder f awitblo aclfoi - ia
North Carolina. ;
It w anaouaeed today from th
Whit . Hons, that ' th President had
called npoa 'Senators Simmon aad
Overman and Ooveraor Biekett to Oa
their laflaene iaj lhf of tatieatioa
by North Carolina. t wa known yes
tcrday that th) President had com
municated with, the senior Senator, aad
it waa ttiought that the Whit Hons
was relying ia mack messur upon th
activ upporf of Senator 8immoaa
Mrr Tumulty indicated today that othe
friends of the President ia th Stat
will bo asked to get busy ia view of
the mors er lee embarrassing eitua
tioa in which eenator - Simmon ads
I himielt .
Kil
on th amendment ret barghtaaed agaia
waay irw tbeir tall of yesterday
"lta tha anaouneemeat from Mffrage
SWWDl
Mj does aot waat i call any special
temioa of ki leglslatnro until after
will
l""7 , - 1
"mw w cnairmaa oi ins n
raticattoai league, aad to her is
PB tM erea Abtina conatV
tutiohal oplnian which will jb ak it DO
fib, or fW"" n l"f-
1 soge . o, wss . xso.nuv in
JWrifkia, otfefi1 Tt-aMh.t
1 oonr"ng with aufi rage leadesa aad
. o said, when h read
2!T" Bfckott stetsmattt " arrid.
I A.?,lIited Ttn2. . 1
Bichette StatomraC "Tk Llatli."
Sometime kgo th governor seemed to
think that thia "medlcla' tasted very
na to tho Democratic party, and I think
J'tMt.?t""eBtb th """i"
Whti said to tbo News aad Obocrrer
I correspondent.
Th deTell,eB iB Taaa.
"T"' "?L
r . Jnuv v
for a apecial aeasioa until after Au
ft.TT1" ueft0" ttai
ths date for convenin mar be a rood
!,.!.,ter' .. ,e . rdonbW erTort.
, 7 l'"Iul,n,u.
Z1USTM
" ""J ? t T"
" ft! li Jt1 "d t
, h" TtnVti-irv. -a .
iA Jh -i,h PMde.
. . Proalljr with some adminu.tr-
- 7. A gS TlZZZu'
HoaV. W
aaTtk: .aT .m, " J " . "
-
the attention f fk.i.. . 7." uJ .Ia
r ..: . x..i
5.-..' To ".hii Jut
cated today that he would communicate
at oac with th proper department
ne&aa.
The President will take ap with Col
W. H. Osbora of Greensboro and other
. ! IU. .
f nena in th Btate "tho critical im.
nnrtanr." f tf.. .:-.!- x.
Hh. D.mocr.ti if tt."SKf
i iiAhM a.-,-. j.h,
svywaw va. -aa.vsa. ym. VJ J QfJJJTVr IO COO
suffragiats th thirty sixth and final
Stat necessary for enfraaehicing th
women.
8sy Plaa of Aatia Pallv.
L.:,V.,?!?!l "Dl,n! tH,M "
Th report fro mth Stats that the
" " ueissi nay action oa
th amendment by a resolution barring
.... v....)-.... X. .... j.Tl "I"rr!r
"- uou, wun iaa
reralnatioa act was characterized few
Democratic reader vf North Carolina to.
dav aa fYillv.
Such aa issoo canaot be disnosed of
hy pt'otidigiteriaaAtectiea--Mida
UartiMt to nrevant the wnman r
"I hi Kaantlh lissmwa nsiw im A . al a
inr U th fall elections because of th
League of Nations isso. Th President
is earnestly lendin hie influence to th.
end that Use snav vote.
"Th neces of a Democratic, ticket
this fall is certain, if th Democratic
P"ty i abli to accomplish rstifieatioa
of th suffrsge amendment. It is to b
lopd that a party eoatoat of chiefly
loci aignifieane will aot bo paramount
to tho motional interest ef a greta party
upon a questioa tnat au long since bees
settled
Woman suffrsge ia aa aeeora.
plished faet aad it is lik wepiag U
w.a Wk in ' v,.. u
struck it" '.,'....,.
. -t JiJn r.,u. hmi '
Frineds in the Stat will b interacted
to know thst ex-Judge Garland B. Ter-
covering from aa operation, i rapidly
improving. Garland S. Fergusoa, Jr,
returned hsr today from Baltimor
with th hew that bis fathsr ia doing
fine and will probably b abl to roturn
horn, within thro or four weeks. - '
Gebrg B. King,' Jr, former Tar Heel,
,4CaU.a aa tM Zw)
A Special Session In Tenn
Suggestion of Calrawji" Cummin
to Tennessee Gowernor Urging Special Session to Ratify
.Suffrage Amendment is Unanimously Adopted; Reed Cort'
test lVfay Be Placed in Handa of a Submniittee-U-
Asditorium, Baa riaaelae, Jaa tl
Tk Doroeeratie Natieaal Com miueo. to
day ananimoosly agreed to oead a tcle
gramL.ta Jha .roTra of . Tranease
urging a special aeaaioa of th Legisl
tar to- ratify tk Federal aaffng
giadmat.- -
Tho committoo met hit today to make
up th temporary roll of delegate, to
eoaidr contests aad ta dipoo of ether
busiaess preliminary to tko opcaiag of
tk convention next Monday. - Homer
8. Cumming, chairman of th commit
tee, presided. :
Probably tho . largest aamber of
aomea that ever attended a meeting of
tka committee- wa present. Amos
tk oarly arrival waa Senator James
A. Bead, wh claimed a seat in tho eoa
tea tioa as a delegate from th Fifth
Missouri - district.- Btpiiaeatativo of
tk two group of delegates eoatawting
for Georgia's SS Mat were also oa kaad.
Thoro eras vigorous applaus when
Ckairsnaa Cummisgs suggested " the
sending of a telegram to Owe. Roberts,
od Teaaosaee, . . argisg kirn to call a
special session of tk Lrgialatar to
rstify tk Pederal suffrage ameadmeat.
Tk ;- Bggetia srs aaaaimomily
adopted..,
Tlgms Ta Cev. Kshsrta.
rollowiag i th telegram ent t lk
Coveraor og Teaaeosee! - - - t
Th Pemotati National Committee
ita mwtiag held today by waaaimoa
vet directed ma a caairasaa ef th
committe to aead yoa tka ioBowiag
mea(t .. -
'Wa most oa sweetly ephia -tho
extreme importaae aad argeawy of aa
Immodiat meetiag ef yoa Statei Leeis-
turo for th parpoao of ratifying the
propoasd alaeteoata ameadmeat to tho
Pederal Coaatitatioa. Tho eye af mil
lions of womea tkroaghout tka eoantry
VI
II
r."JaDEiCEXTr:.o:m
Announcemeot To This Effee
By Chairman Barton; Ends
Strike Danger, -
Caiaago, Jaa S6V-A deeisioa oa tka
densaad of railroad ompteya for wag
iaereaao will b mad oa o bedesr July
ap by tho' BaUway labor Board, Judg
fc M- Bartow, eaatrmaa, aaid ia a tat-
meatat today- Tk Cwaxd srjl ba ret-
loactlra t. Maw X th stetomaat asi
Aaeordiag ta If. O. Leo, president of
tk Brotherhood af Bailway Trainm
ad ' poksmaa 'for anion 'eder who
gathered her today, tko board dlara
rstaoa would osd all daagor of a g'
era! railroad gtrika.
Mr. Lee said ta plaa had boea mad
by a duaffected aaasa clement ta spread
th atrik through th eauatry. bocaaa
of tba coatiaaod dehsy ia aaaoaaerag
the wag ruling.
"Tk mea woald bar qust at midaigbt
tomorrow night, air. xo said. It
impossible to hold them longer. Ma af
my orgaa iaa tioa bars baaa waiting pa-
ueatiy xor a eariy a year.- :
Th . railway board's statement de
clared that aa agreement aa a method
ef work iag oat tho wage problem had
Been arrived at aad that no time woald
bo lost ia reaching a coaeJaanoa.
- La aad other rrpreaeatntivee of th
organized railroad brotherhoods, who
met her today to discos tbo railroad
ago attaatioa. aaid there waa a doubt
tba men woald be catiafied with ta
p retain ( a deciaioB ta relieve their
impatience. : v
"Waa th deeiaioa th. result of wr
-Pt or a probable atnka broua-bt bv vou
and ywor associate to tko board t Lee
was asked..
om can draw roar owa eaaelantak
M to that," he aaowarod.
HAILSTONES AS LARGE AS
APPLES WRECK BUILDINGS
CheyeaBe. Wye- Jsss 1. Hailstoses
largo a apple crashed tkrouark roofs
ai xuiiaaaie, twelve mile from here,
tasi aigat, aaa reduced tw farm build
ing near tkera to kindling wood, ae
corning a teiepaoa reports early today.
No easaaltie war reported bat search
ing portie war seat eet from Hills
dale to the storm-swept area.
Soma of th hailstones were said to
have bees IS inches ia cireamferenee.
Motoriata caught ia tko atona crawled
beneath their asachiae. tha loo afford.
lag ao protection, th re porta aaid.
Aa airplaae, piloted by Capt. C. A.
alcKoaxi of .Teyaa, Iat was report:
eiTar Pine Bluffs; aear the storm dia
triet.;. ; ..; . ,
NEC BO DINING CAB COOK
SENTENCED FOB BOBBBKT.
Bichmoad, Ta.. Jaa tj Joha Brow.
oegra diaine- car eook oa ta AtuaUc
Coast Lin railroad, who'waa placed aa
trial ia the Hustings cewrt yesterday
ea tba charge of robbing Pullman pa-
eagera while they slept, ha jast beea
seateneed to oerv eight yearn la th
petiitentisrv. ,
Mia Tkeodora W. Woods, member ef
prominent family of Darlington. & C,
one of hi victims, testified aa to how
sh waa robbed of a bag af Jewel.
TUBKS BtrUSE TO BICX PACT '
TAKING A WAT SXTKNA DISTBICT
Coaataatiaaple. Jna M (Bv th As
sociated Preas.) Th Tarkish peace
delegatioa ia Pari, kaa beea instructed
from CoBstaatiaopJe that the Tarkiak
governmsat ,will Baeompromisiagry re
fu to sign aay peace treaty wbick de
prive Turkey of th Smiraa district.
Adriaaopl or eastern Thrace. Ja tk
main, it m' indicated tka government
groeo with ! ather territorial limi-mta-aa
filed by th. aaSeate. !
AGEAVAROTOBE
aro turned toward Tennesie a th one
Htate that eaa aad will nfrnebisa thau
prior to lha Msvember election by bo
comlag tha thkty-iath Btate to ratify
th suff rag ameadmeat. -
"W trust thst for th present all
ether legislstive matters may if acces
sary, bo hold ia abeyance aa dthat yon
will call oa itr aeaaioa ef th legis
lature f your State for such brief dur
atioa as may b required to act favor
ably oa tba ameadmeat. - Tannosse
occupies 'a position of pecullsr and piv
otal importaae aad on that suable
her to render a servics of iaealculable
value to the-womea of America. We
confidently cipsct therefor under your
leadership aad through th actioa of
th legislator of yoar State tb women
of th aation may bo givea th priv.
ilrg of' voting la tka. earning prw idea
tial sleet iaa.' '. ' v
"HOUEB S. CTJMMIKGSj
Chalrmaa National Commit.' ..
. CamsaJags Tsmswrary Chalrmaa.
Th. committe approved the eiecu
Uvo oommitte report -W temporary of
ficer of th convention, which lacom-maadtd-
that Homer BZ Cumming b
th temporary chairman of tho aonvea
tioa. There was a burs . through th
committee" room whea Praacl M.-WiU
oara4tdBtOHsirict-attorneyi
for th letra District of Missouri,
presented th certified actioa of th
"democracy a delegate to th conven
tion.. Ha akd an opportunity to. pr
aest th fact to th committee and
waa informed that k would b heard
at th proper time. ' It ia understood
th ssstiag of Senator Bead would
bo considered by a aub eommitte.
Tk . committee tonight derided to
tab ap tk Georgia' delecjaMoB otntat
tomorrow aad the eomintrtee adjourned
aatil 10:0O a. au
SAYS RATE INCREASES
- ASKED ARE TOO LARGE
Clifford Thorna States BiDioa
DoBar Raisa Would Otvs
Over 6 Per Cent
Wsshimgton,. Jaa K. Th billioa
dollar freight iaorooa sked for by th
railroad of tk country approxrmate-
ly mmflOOJBOO mora thaa will b bocm
ary t giro fh ix pee cent taadad
return guar a teed by th transportation
act, Clifford Thorne, repreeentiag ship
per estimated today at th general rat
hearing before tk Interstate Commerc
CaasMraataa..: .r -4
PressaUng ragumanr to uppert hi
otrtftiaoa, Ali-.irhorne US4 ths ''book
vataaT at S.0,u0r0u0rW0 aa by th
road ia computing the return wa x
easiv try sersrsi billioa dollars.
"Ja otbor words, h said, "w are
asked to ooasider the value of Amri
eaa railroad ta bo three thousand mil
lion dollar greater thaa th total par
value f all thsir stock aad bonds eat'
Standing la th hands ef th public1
Mrr. Thorn .aid that in computing
th. book wains, th railroad, manager
had aot mad any allowance for de
preciation aad that ss oh a method of
appraisal bad been specifically repu
aated by th United State tnpram
court.
Mr. Thorn estimated that an increase
ia freight revenue of IS par ovat in
stead of 27.85 psr coat askad by th car-
rim woald rira th road auffieieat in
com to meet tbo alx ytr cent standard
return.
SAMPSON PEOPLE HEAR
CAMERON MORRISON
Candidate Hakes Usual Speech
Urging Derotioa ' To The
Democratic Partj
Cliatoa, Jan 85. Cameron Morrison
was heard ia th Ham peon County court'
boas hero this afternoon by a crowd
which taxed th court room to it ea
paeity aad which earn frem throughout
thia eauatry and surrounding coun
tie. Mr- Morrison made bis regular
-peech appealing ts Samp'
oa county eDmoerate to redeem their
eoaaty aad to the people- ef North
Carolina aa dth United State to keep
the Btate aad nntion Democratic.
Mr. Morrison spoke ia Baeford laat
aight before an audience which over
flowed tho spacious auditorium of th
kaadsoma school building. ' Th crowd
waa declared to have beea oa of th
largest aver to attend a politiieal meet
ing tier despite a downpour of rata
at tk hoar of assembling and the de
lay of half a hour ia arrival on th
part of Mr. Morrison, th trio from
Joacsboro r b look, ' yesterday
afternoon, to Baeford, having beea made
by atuo. :.:,. .,
Befor leaving Aberdeen . yesterdoy
morning for Jonesboro Mr. Morrison
wa mack gratified by th aaturane of
wsrm support by J. B. Pg, president
ef th Page Trust Company and a
brother of Bobert N. Page, who was
eliminated as a gubernatorial candidate
ia th first primary. Mr. Morrison drove
from Baeford to Payettevilla following
th meeting at th former plac last
aight aad drov ker this morning; H.
left following bio-, address for Burgaw
speak tonight.
AMERICAN PLATERS AGAIN
WIN IN TENNIS MATCHES
Wimbledon. June Id American "ten-
aia player, with th exception of tho.
wh participated in' th mixed double.
wo all their matches ia today's play
for' th British lawn tennis champion-
ships. Tk American Davi Cup play
er. Warn. M. Johon, of California,
Who is out of the running for th
singles, aad Win. T. Tilden, of Phila
delphia,' who yeeterday woa from th
British expert, J. C. Parke, combined
their skill ia th double today and in
a brilliant math defeated Andre Go-
brt aad wm. i. laurentt, of the
Preach Davis Cup team. Tn Score
Was 6-, OJ), 4-8, .rlfinnriserSB . jn. f UfMyj TJ"-
ASSUME CHARGE CF
-FRISCO MACHIilEfi i
Administration forces In Con
trol As Preliminaries of Con
v vention Begin
ANTI-ADMINISTRATION
CROWD FARIN MINORITY
Asoendancy of Wilson Support"
' era Shown In Program of Na
v tional . Committee To ; Keep
C Out Ee'ed and Hardwick, and
7'Alsoln -Collapse -of - Piglit
Against Senator Carter Glass
Baa Francisco, Jun 85 Bo far'
suffrage indication wsr concerned, at
least, th. friends of President Wilson
ad his administration appeared ia com
plet control of th political machinery,
of th Democratic party today th
actual preliminaries of th national con
vention began. " Their domination waa
not without its complement of grum
bling and complaints among scattering
insurgent elements, but ther wa
very evidence that oa a Ihow-dowa the
anti-administration forces not onlv wer.
far la thia minority, but wsr lacking
ia organise tioa and lsadsrship.
. Tk seendancy of th Wilson sup
porter showed itself ia atriking fashion
In th program for the national com
mittee, meetiag to deeid betweea eon
testing dele gs tea. Ths committe met
with the stag 4 1 for "a rating calculated
to keep out of th convention Senator
Bead of Missouri, aad former Banatof
Hardwick of Georgia,' Jwo of th bit
terest critic, of tba Wilson policies. ''
light Against Glaa Stop.
Another development pointing tn th
samo direetioa wa th apparent eol
lapsa of a fight agaiatt Ssnator Glass of
Virgiaia ia hi eandidaey for chairman
of tha reaolntioa ewmitt, a post for
whieh he is commonly reported to hava
beea sslseted by th President himself.
In addition; ther waa aceuatulating rvi
dne that Wat. J. Bryaa would find tn
card against him ia hi attempt to put
into tke platform a League ef Nation
plank ia disagreement with tha Presi
dent views., and a prohibition enforc.
ment plank framed without tba aequioa.
cone of th administration. 4 '
Uncertain a t Dry Plant. - 'f;
With regard to prohibiitea. howsvsri
rtb "" sit uatisa tamained in a atata'-of -
coaaidarabl ancertaUity wHh th tread
apparently toward exclusioa from tba
nlatfnrm .ntir.lv . Thiu .h. n. .
liberalixatiea plank eontinaed aa activ
eampaiga aad ' torn member of tho
New York . dclrealina dechtred ihe
iaaaid carry thait-figbi tor th floor f
I the convention itself, but a feeling gain
cu aeauway uiav in me ena doib air.
Bryan' bona dry declaration and that
of the anti-boa dry would b voted
down. - r .: .' ?
WIIoa' Stand Not Claar. J '
Just whera President Wilson stands
oa that subject has not beea mad clear,
but increasing algnifieaae wa attached
in th day' conference to th. absence
of any reference to prohibition ia tha
Virginia Democratic: platform, unquali
fiedly indorsed by the Whit House.
Neither ha tha administration tipped
it hand ia regard to presidential candi
date and tonight th relative steading
of aspirants remained apparently an-
changed. Attorney General Palmar ar
rived today to taka personal charge of
his campaign aad by tomorrow th gun
ning of candidate and their manager
among th aaiaatrueted delegate, ia xw
pected to be at it height.
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- Shaw-BIgg. -'
Aaheville, Jun 20. A dm pi. hui
pretty Wedding took plac a few day
ago at Grove Park Inn, whea Mia.
Vivian Izbna Biggs, of Moriah, and
Mr. Honry O. Shaw, of Miami, 1 la-
quietly -married. " Tbo ceremory
took place ia on of th drawing room
at the Inn and wss performed by Bev.
Dr. William F. Powell, pastor of tba
First Baptist church, ia tha company
of a few friends. Tha room wa most
artistically decorated for th occasion
with quantities of pink Killarney rosea
and. fern..; Miss Mattie Biggs, (later
of th brldeL was ths maid ef honor and
only attendant. She wore a navy bin
taffeta frock embroidered ia Preach
blu and carried Killarney roses. Th
bride wa gowned la a handsome dm
of blu georgette crepe over blu sstin
snd a larg pietur hst of bin with -French
blu. plumes. Her bouquet wsa
an exquisite affair of bride's rose aad
aweet pes. Immediately after th cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw left by mo-1
they will go to the Kocky Mountain. .
They will make their future kome at
Miami, Fla. , , '
Local Offle, Vnltsd Stete Watkt
Braa. ' ?
FORECAST - .
Raliegh. Nf C Jua J5.
North 'Carolina: Fair weather and
mild - temperatur Saturday . and Sun
day. -
TEMPEBATUBB
Highest temperatur ......
80 -
60
70
Lowest temperatur t.
Meaa temperatur ...
Deficiency for the day ........
,- 7
1JI
Average dally deficiency since
Jan. 1st
-PRECIPITATION (in inch)
Amount for th 24 hour ending '
at S p. an. .03
TotaX.ior he month to date- ,Tr,. 4.8.1 ,
Excess for th month '..-......... 0.93
Deficiency since' Jaa. 1st .. 1.94
- . HUMIDITY
'.. ' S.m. - 12m. p.m
Dry baIb'.'1-.-.-rrrr- 74- T4
Wet bulb ....... 63 ,65 fl
Bel. Humidity .... 88 8P 65
-.- PBESsUBB ' '
(Keduesd t sea !?!) j
a. m. 30:14 It n ". S0:H'
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