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L.. a w a Generally fair - Friday sad ' Saturday. a ktf.r ntiK'ail e4 S,4 VOL. CXII. NO. 10 SIXTEEN PACS TODAYS ili RALEIGH, N. C FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9 192a , SIXTEEN PAGESTODAY. PRICE? FIVE CENTS DIM GOES - TO ST. LOUIS FOR AMERICA'S MOVIE QUEEN GREETS -FRENCH WOMAN TENNIS CHAMPION BURBANK RECOVERING 4 FROM RECENT ILLNESS EXPECTED BEFORE SERIOUSTROUBLE KfaiS hisboyhoodhome WILSOIIMAYSEIIDIJ MESSAGES TO TAR ' STRIKE IS ENDED FURTHER INQUIRY - Deep Bitterness Between-The workers ana ncKeiers ai ': ... .Landis Mills - .-., - THREE PICKETERS FINED i . BY RECORDER YESTERDAY All Parties In Labor Disturb k ance In Bowan Mill Village . irrei " That J, Bloodshed : Very' likely Before ' Matter Is Settled; Special OiBcer Sworn v ; ; t By BEX DIXON MaeNEILL, - . (Staff Gorrsspondent.) Land!, July 8- Th BUI cotton mill .. village at th eoutneru cage ei aown ' tounty west through another day of it grst industrial r disturb without greater xeltement than rather voeifer u picketing of the two eotton mills "this morainr. and late seeing everal ' member of the rtrlker convicted of . minor offense before the county re- ; sorter in Salisbury.. Bitterness ia rampant on both aidea, the striksr . resentful -of the charged V desertion on the part of the operative! " wbe kav gone back to work, and the ' worker reientful of the continued Bar- raaament whea they enter the milla in the morning and lear them .at night The aitnatioa haa potentialities of ser loua trouble, and the and may be writ ::' ten ia Vlooi.':v '-VTl''C'iT'' : Upwarde of 75 strikers wers gathered at the entrance of one of : the two Lisa Mills this, morning to harangue the operative when they arrived for -work. 'Women outnumbered the men r In th picket line, and exceeded them vastly in their ability to deride the worker. The picketer lined up three deep in the middle of the itreet op- . posit the entrance, the women occupy. ing the first and eeeond line, and ai the workers "appeared yelled "cab" at them, aang at them, picked them oat . . personally to heap opprobrium .. upon them. - Picketing Vodferou. .. .. Office re of the corporation that owns the milla itatioaed themselves at the gate and cautioned the worker against . any show et resentment of the utter ., aaeee of the strikers, and themeelve i withetood calmly terrific verbal assaults. the demonstration lasted perhaps aa - hour, witk no offer of anything more . violent than words.. The current was turned on within th mills, and wheol ; tanked, and the worker left the wis- dowc where they bad watched the dem , onstratloa and went about their work, i The picketer melted away, aad two , . near later tamed up, a eourt roomful . strong, la Salisbury to hear the trial if roar of their number. The aitnatioa here la pecoliar, and without parallel ia other industrial dis turbances ia the State. There are about 100 mill worker ia the town, most of . whom belong to the anion. The anion . kad never asked for recognition, and ao recognition had been extended. Pres- ident C. J, Deal, head of the -owning corporation, a native of the villlage who has built ap the industry, kaa known most of ale people all of their live. SUaatloa Unusual. Five weeks, ago, a1 committee repre senting the operatives, asked the' man. agemeat of "the mill to discharge Nora Wineooff, aa operative, In the ground that ker piece work account waa being padded. The company investigated, and discharged both the woman and the . section boss thought to be responsible for the alleged padding. Angered by thia move, the entire working fore of -. all three mill walked . out, and the mill were dosed. A At the end of four weeks, Mr. Deal says, a majority of the operative asked for the mill to resume work, and it was done. About two-third of them went back to work, aad the remainder to picketing. The president says that most of tk picketera are new employes, and undeslrabl. He wants to get rid of them, and witk thia end in view, k . has .started ejeetment proceeding against former operative who still oe- . copy houses owned by the corporation. ' - . , Get Hid of Picketera. - There 1 but on point of agreement -N among the jarring elemente-j-that being the inevitablenes of trouble, and prob able blood shed.. 'The people at work lay. they are aot going to stand the treatment ef the picketera, aad the pick- stars retaliate with charge t of eimllar deriaoa from the people at workr elaim- ' ' lag that they are humiliated and be littled constantly by the jibing from within the' mills. f The owner are thor oughly cognisant at the seriousness of ' r-' -tk iltuation, but Mr. Deal declare that ths mill will stand idle tea year before ' ke will take back any that have been hindering the operation of his plant. He want them to be gone, and to. leave him alone. v.': The viait of t Adjutant General J. ' VanB. Matt, and of the organizer for the Textile Worker Union ia North --'--"CmrotittK "ywterday failed to clarify -or Improve a aitnatioa ' that kaa grown steadily won tine the milla resumed ' operation week . ago. ' The manage aunt ef the milla refuses to treat with the picketera oa any matter sava the Immediate evacaatioa . : ef company I houses, and the strikers eaanot take the tdvice of their leader to go back to work, because they will aot be takea :': back. , ; " Farmer Iatereatkd 1 ' ' The urronnding country u thickly settled with prosperou farmer, who - ividently ajmpathise Witk the men aad women at work. Every morning line the picketing etarted, these farm an have drivea into town, in aumbera .exceeding the number of ptcketers, aad lund by and watch the going oa. The striker charge the mill owner with Importing these farmer for purposes of intimidation, and the owners deny ( the charge.. Ill feeling pile ap, but it ia aot believed that any outbreak will "" Continued ea Page Two.). "" ' L " It was a great day for Mr. and Mr. Douglas Tairbaak npon their arrival en Englisk soil. The phot above show Mr. Fairbanks, ne Mary Piekford, greet ing Mile. Buiaa LngieB, tue jrreaea tenm sur, who reoenuy won tne enampioa ihip for the eecond time. v.i.':' .rA .- '..',-'.,. COX STRONGEST CANDIDATE DEMOCRATS Claude Kitchin Believes Ohioan .Will Bring Warring Fac -tions Together v-iniiin it r-iartrn a -rr urn I' ; V CARRY HOUSE THIS TIME Former dovernor W. W. Kitchin Says Cox Will Get Repub lican Wet Votes ; By R.' E. POWILL (By Spectel Leased Wire.) ' Washingtoa.' July 8. "Governor Cos ia a million, vote stronger than any candidate the ' Democrat iu at Baa Francisco," Representative. Claade Kit chin told the.Newe and Observer aot- msnondent today. ".. -' . ? -..Mr. KitcUa believe the Ohloem wUl make a fine race and bring all the so-called warring faction ia the party back into Una, Th former majority leader- is aa admirer of the Cox way of doing things, hating aerved in Co aresa with him. - v" . " 1 believ th Democrat are going to carry th house by aJ good majority, thia time,' Mr. Kitchin said, "and it will be ia harmony with the Cox pro gram. Having aerved ia Congress him aelf, ke knowa something of legislative procedure and I look for great team, work" ' : '; '"'. ' 7 Get Rcoahllcaa Tote Former Governor W. W. Kitchin; who ia here today oa hie way to Now York atate with hie brother, expect to e Governor Cox get a great many wet Bepublicaa votes. '"And he won't lose many of th dry Democrats because he stands for law enforcement," the cx -Governor ' aaid. Neither of the Kitchin expect Cox to initiate any legislation favorable to the weta. He is satisfactory to Us damp group chiefly becauee they are confident, he will veto any meaanr modifying the, preeent lawn . Governor Kitchin will epend mm time with Bepreseatativ Kitchin aad Mrs. Kitchin at th summer home of Paul Garrett, oa Lake Cayuga. They left waahiagtoa tonight aad will be gone two month er longer. t SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS CLOSE ANNUAL MEETING John H. Gather, of Buncombe, Elected President; To Eeo- , . ommend Legislation Aeheville. July 8V With the election of John H. Cathay,' of Buncombe county. aa rjreaident. the third annual session of the North Carolina superior uoort Clerks' Association at Hendereonville adjourned today, to meet next July at Wrightsvillo Beach. W. 8. Stephens, clerk of th John ston county Superior eourt, was elected vice president, and A. McDonald, of Harnett county, waa re-elected secretary-treasurer. It was decided that at th next regu lar session of ths Btats general assem bly the association legislative com mittee will urge the establishment of a colored reformatory and of a half way house for delinquent white boy and girls. Th committee, of whieh the president-elect ia a member, will also eeek legislation, authorizing group of eountiee to establish reforra schools for these delinquent coming under - the authority of the - different juvenile courts. It la stated that these two in stitutions are very badly needed ia thia Stat ia order that the juvenile court law whieh ia conceded to be the beet passed in North Carolina ia many year may be properly enforced aad the ebjeet'for whieh the law was made attained. ;....,''.,.." ifisLa PLAGUE SITUATION AT PENSACOLA IMPROVING . Montgomery, Ala,' July 8. Th Bu bonic plague aitnatioa at Penaaeola, Fla., is improving, Dr. S. W. Welsh. Alabama State health officer was advised today by Surgeon General Hugh Cam ming ef th United States Public Health Service. The aurgeoa general requested th health officer to tay any actio toward quarantining the eitj. " .. " " HAD AT FRISCO MEANS' ACTIVITIES BEFORE WAR AIRED Alleged Connection With Ger man Spy System Brought Out In Will Case Trial Chicago July I. Gaatoa B. Mean alleged activities as a German secret agent "under Captain Boy-Ed were aired again, ia eoart today, la Means' testi mony ia th suit brought by him aad Mrc Mary C. Melvla to probata th ai leged aecond will fof Jams C Xing, lata millUnairabunbrman,-V Meana' alleged eoaaectioa witk. th German spy (ystem prior to this coaav try' tntraneo is ths war frit earn te light two year ago la the previous action to prov tW'fcHra wiB3pN ao tesiuiea uax os msi uoy-ta -ana his friends at th German club in New Fork City. A tomb ia eld Trinity church yard was another meeting place, aad large um of money which pasaed between him and. isoy-td were placed behind the tombstone to be called for by Means. The court today overruled a motion by Means' attorney asking tkat the Northern Tract Company, trustee of the King estate, be required, to produce all correspondence with Assistant District Attorney James Dooling, of New Fork, and a former government agent named Ambrose. In his testimony today in relation to his transactions with Captain Bey-Ed, making arrangements with the caotaia ne began work to learn what the United Statea shipped to England, adding that this was don before America entered the war. 1 was receiving 1100 a day for mv service,' Tie testified, "and sometimes I wouia get SLOW a week. While I was doing thia work for Captain Boy-Ed I did not work for th Burn Detective Agency. Thi agency could have made money, but th company waa decidedly pro-jinglisn. I remember that Mrs. Kin invested 23,000 ia rubber to be shinned to Ger many. i mads ths deal at the market." GOVERNOR OF VERMONT UNDECIDED ON SUFFRAGE Rutland.-Yt Jnlv 8. Gnvuranv fUn. ent, returning to his horn her today for th first lima tinea lila a An f.M.M ia Washington with Senator Harding regaraing a special session oi the Ver mont legislature to make possible rati fication of thm VABIIB CIlffMM lm... meat, said h was still andsclded aa to a special cession. 'That Waaklnvtna WIMa mmmm altogether too mack publicity," he add ed. - PALMETTO DEMOCRAT AT FRISCO SLIGHTLY HURT San Francisco. July 8. Aa X-rsv ex amination today of Col. J. G. Padgett, viee-chalrmaa of the 8outh " Carolina delegation to the Democratic National CoavenBonI0"Wafh1t by s-etreet broken collar boas and a broken bone la th nose. First report were that he had concussion of ths brain and pos sible fractur. of the skull. Col. Pad gett said he expected to return to hi horns at Waterboro ia a week: . BITTER METHODS OP PACKING - EGGS BT MEECHANT3 UKGED New Fork,' July 8. Losses estimated at $25,000 week through breakage in the handling of eggs ia the New Fork market aloae, resulted today ia con ferences kero betweea officials of the 8tate and Federal bureau of markets, railway aad express .eonpaaies and produce merchants in effort to devise better method of handling eggs. ' Ths egg breaking "epidemic" is aid to have beea ia progress for ths' last six weeks, and officiate said if more careful handling is not enforced aa SZ famine, may eniu. ' : Democratic Nominee For Pres idency Throws Aside All Official Worries 3 REPORTERS SHARE HIS 1 CAMP FIRE LUNCHEON Governor Intimates He May Oo ,. To , Washington Soon . For . , Conference With ' President Wilson; To Hold Civio Dem ; onstration In His Honor July 18 At Dayton , Dayton, Ohio, July 8. Putting aside are of being a presidential eandidats Governor James M. Cox, the Democratic nominee Jtor 1 President, spent this afteraooa oa a farm, his boyhood home, 30 miles from Dayton. : Newspaper men who trailed th gov ernor, found him with his coat , off. routing potato - aad broiling lamb ckopa over a camp-fir ia a small raviu com distance from th old homestead. His farm maiuser waa'with him. . Taking the Intrusion of th nswi writer good-naturedly, he invited them to char th luncheon h was preparin; but finding it would take more potatoes, chop aad sandwiches than h had, hs disnatehad one . of hia men to Middle- towa f or more. Luneheoa finally was served late ia the afteraooa . While ths potatoes were roasting and th chops ! burning, the governor . aa swsred many quesiions fof the curious MkMtKintM uBMrains hia earlv boyhood; whieh h had spent oa the farm. JUS also aiseuisea many,paasos of farming. wi.il .itilni. ! h shade nf a larae willow tree, one of hia thoroughbred eow cam wanaering op to nave iuj at th Democratic candidate, t Th governor says the is milked three time a day and givea tw gallons at each milking. Vmmmm Ttaai Ornnlaad. At the governor' . suggestion, th "t.... m,iK" u formed, havina for It a&mber the Democratic candidate aad the eor OI aw-wners ana camera men. Mia Majori Wilson, of m .i.-ji wnman renorter H "Zithe- emnwany.. was unanimously elected M .-H vvntnid in nomina- Lrcajuc. . : liu. uj " - . , Z'.. aia mnt Mnmnanr the aov- eraer aa th trip, whkh WM ,ade by auUmobDc . . .' ' Sice he aequlrea we oia wis stead two year ago, Govwaor Cox is ..fAmf, k into n moaei una. Governor Cox intimated thia evening .v.. v . nika an aariv reniv vo th telegram of Bichmond P- Hobaon, ihllU'aJmiVvm requesting that he make a definite state a ai uk inna s aona inntir u a. nwirninai ment aoon or narpsiuws n .1,. vAra drr amendment uirut v. - - - ..a .....u.l..,l action to modify the Volstead act aa to acholic content of liquors. v. i.m intimatmt hv tha vovernor A. " - - J - ti.t i m.v m tn Washington aooa for . .--Mna with President Wilson. Telephone conversations between rjeore- m - w - - - Ury Tumulty ana tne governor nave beea held during the past few days it wss said. 1 ''" Th civic demonstration in honor of tha Democratic nominee will be held Ti in T.t.,Ht now ia turnina' to the approaching conference of the Demo-. eratie candidate wita tne suo-commiv tea of the National committee and FranVlia T). RnnHvalt. the vice tiresi. antlal candidate, whieh orobablv will be held Saturday or as soon thereafter as the party can arrive irom nan Francisco. . Th governor will make ao speaking engagement until he has con ferred with the committee. Hundreds of invitation to make addresses have beea received. PatAUI niMaavaa of congratulation! and felicitations continue to arrive by the Hundreds. SAYS PROGRESSIVES ' WILL SUPPORT TICKET Ohio Progressive Leader As sures Hardintr of Aid In Coming: Campaign Marion. Ohio, July 8. Assurances that th national Bepublicaa ticket would have the united support of Pro gressive leader prominent ia the 1912 campaign were given to Beaator Hard ing. the Bepublicaa presidential nomi nee, today by . Walter F. Brown, of Toledo, prominent Ohio Progressive. In a -conference of nearly aa hour tho Senator aad Mr. Brown discussed plans for the campaign and 5 especially the part the Progressives would tak in, it. ..'Without exception the old Boose- va-..lM4ara-..'...aM .....niiDDortina' ' fUnatnv rHarding and Governor Coolidge," said Mr. ' Brown to the newspaper . corre spondents. ... "I might Interject tn remark that that J what Mr. Brown came to tell me about," said Senator Harding. r Mr. Brown aaid he told the Senator of a private dinner given in New York last Thursday aad attended by promi nent Progressives during which a reso lution was adopted endorsing the Harding-Coolidge ticket. Senator Harding for the most part spent another quiet . though - busy day devoting moat of hia tim to th prep aration of hi speech- of acceptance. Will H. Haya, chairman of the na tional Republican committee, will reach Marion Saturday. v Senator Harding was today advised that two additional, baby bora had be come namesakes of his. One is th oa of F, A. Lsberman, a newspaper man ef Harrisburg, 111- and the other a son ef P. F, .Callahua, of Marion, r VJ ... - i Campaign Expenditures of At" i torney-Gencral Palmer Will , Come Up Today NEGRO COMMITTEEMAN : FROM GEORGIA TALKS Henry Lincoln.' Johnson Says Many NegToet In Georgia Voting the Eepublican Ticket t Have "Disappeared' Entire " ly ; Testifies As To Wood and Lowden Campaigns : Chicago, HI., July, 8. The Senate eommitte investigating pre-eonventioa campaign expenditure , of candidate left tonight for St. Louis, where it will resume its hearings tomorrow. Expea ditures in behalf of Attorney General A.' Mitchell Palmer, who was a candi date for th Democratic aominatioa for President, ars scheduled for inves tigation at tomorrow' session and nearly a score of witnesses, including E. F. Goltra, Democratic National commit teeman, aad Joseph T. Davis, oth of St. Louis hav been subpoenaed. Be porta that Goltra paid 3,000 to delegates for expenses to the State eon vention, which was responsible for ths ousting of Senator Beed from hia na tional convention seat, were said by committee members to be en subject which will be investigated. Press despatches from San Fraaciseo today showed that Goltra and Davis are still there, but Senator Kenyon said the committee would begin its inquiry into Mr.: Palmer's campaign regardless of. whether Goltra and, Davis ars pres ent. The committee ' today finished Its hearings in Chicago with ths testimony of Henry Lincoln Johnson, . Georgia negro, alleged to have received t9,0O0 Lowdea money,' who deelsred suupptor ter ef Major General Leonard Wood spent more money than Governor Lew dsn in Georgia and that Democrats spent mora than both of these Repub lican. ' Negroes Hav Disappeared. Negroe who have voted the Bepubli caa ticket in Georgia have "disappear ed" and sever have beea heard of again, Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro. Bepublicaa-' national eoatmltte man told tho committee. . . Th committee waa questioning John- ion about lyachings ia ths South - "They- dent lynch men for belong. ing to the BorAihlican party, do they t aaked Senator Kenyon. : "Oh, yes they do" Johnson replied. "Many si negro voting the Bepublicaa ticket" has disappeared and no tidings have ever beea heard of him. The committee strayed frofi the field of campaign expenditures while ques tioning Johnson, and discussed sub ject ranging from th percentage of negroes allowed to vote iff Southern states to lynching and their cause. Johnson told' the committee that 85 per cent of the negroes were prevented from voting "by brutal force and sup pression. He said ' tha situation was summed -an la the following words, whieh he attributed to a speech by 8enator Hoke Smiltht "In Georgia no negro is fortunate en. ough to vote, while no white man ia too unfortunate to vote. Wild tea of Money Ia Dublin. Ga- during th pre-eon- vention campaign, ther was "wild as of money, the witness asserted. spent only 150 there," he explained, "but the other fellows spent mors than 2.000. . . ' Th other fellow," be aaid, "were the representatives of Major General Wood, while I was working for my National Committeeman.'" Aaked if Wood supporters "bought delegates," Johnson said hi didn't know, but ''they passed out plenty of jack to ths boys." Johnson declared that baekera er General "Wood spent "arpund 160,000 la Georgia while the Lowden supporters spent only tZOjOOO." Clark h. Grier, former -postmaster at Augusta. Ga.. was "tli pay-off man for the Wood people, he said, adding that Grier worked under direct orders from . Frank Hitcheoek, former post master general in the Boosevelt cabinet. Democrats Spent Moat Democrats paid from $5 to $5,000 for votes in Georgia this year and "gen erelly spent more money thsn the Be- publieans," Johnson told ths com mittee. Not one cent given to me was given t any delegate to th BepubUeia na tional convention, the witness de. elarcd. He ssid he received WfiOQ from Illinois, "but not from Governor Lowdea himself. He spent, s,000 or 8,000 of his money, he added, and 4,000 war raised from other" sources." When the witness charged- the demo crats had spent more money than he did and had. bought votei ia local elec tions, Senator Beed, Democrat, inter, runted to ask; 1 "Yon don t cere when you get, 19pm, do yojt" "Not a bit," the witness replied, "but would need about 30,000 to .confbst soma Democratic candidate there. - Mentlone Palmer Campaign Senator Kenyon suddenly turned to th Palmer campaign in Georgia; ask ing Johnson if official of ths Depart ment of Justice took part in th At torney General's campaign there.- Hooper L. -Alexander, or Atlanta, waa the leader," Johnson aaid. . Other Questions concerning activities of the Department of Justice in Georgia brought no definite information. The steam roller , la tne JicrubUeaa national convention was sn "institution of benevolence" compered witk the Democratic steam roller ia Georgia, Johnson aaid, adding that conditions JContlnscd a Pag Tw4. .. , .X :-. I. : i - NX Lather BarVaak ; Photo of California "Plant Wizard" who has beea dangerously ill ia a sani tarium at San Francisco. Bs cam to the Golden Oat City for treatment while the Democratic host wer gath ering for their grent convention. EFFORTS OP SUFFBAGIST8 IN LOUISIANA AGAIN FAIL Batoa Roane, La, July Sj In spite of the appeal from Governor Cox, the Hons of Representative f th Louisiana General Assembly today, la Its hut day' aesslou, re fused te suspend th rale to allow th latrodnctloa of a resolution pro. vldlng for tho ratlflcatlea of the. Federal aaffraga amendment. The1 motion to aaapead th rale waa voted down, lllsll ORDER THREATENS Business Men Protest Against T Priority order or interstate . Commission Y .Wasulhgteni D, (X, Juy 8. Declaring their , business to be threatened with dlatruotioa, repTeaentatlve ' f aesrly a doaea industries today aaked th In terstate Comemere Commission to re voke or modify its order requiring rail roads to accord preference to coal mines east of the "Mississippi river in tne assignment or open top ears. Spesker after apeaker at the com- mission's open'1 hearing on the order de clared hia business wquld bs forced to elosa down nd his employes thrown out of work unless the order wss res- einaea or moainea. There were no indications, however, thst the com mis sion would msko any change ia the order, which was issued two weeks ago for ths purpose of relieving eoal shor tages throughout the eastern states. Industrie protesting sgainst ths or der included those manufacturing and dealing ia crushed stone, cement, sand gravel and lime and also general build, ing contractors. Preceding testimony of their repre- resentatives, " tne commission heard Daniel Willard,-ehairmaa of the Ad viaory Committee of the Association of Bail way Executives, who declared that priority of service favoring th mora essential commodities was nec essary to relievo the present freight congestion. No' suggestion for the modification of the order wss made by Air. Willard, who on the contrary urged co-operation between shippers and lo cal ear service committees for ship ment of freight oa the return movement of tho enrs'to th mines. Mr. Willnrd, told the commission that he did not "believe it would be necessary to "wholly curtail the move ment of any particular kind of bus. iness." He suggested that shippers seek to eliminate delays in ear movement, that they load th ear to th maximum capacity and that they forego the re- consignment of ears. The problem in general, he said, was to make avail able insufficient equipment more ef fective. ROOSEVELT WILL TALK WITH GOV. COX FIRST To Formulate Campaign Plans After Conference With Pres. v .- jjjjjtjjj Nominee " On Board Western Pacific Scenic Limited, Wendover, Vtah, : July 8. (By the Associated fress) Franklin D, Roosevelt, Assistant Sectary of the Navy and Democratic nominee for vie president,' who is en route East from San - Francisco, said - today h would complete hie campaign plana after eon. suiting Governor Jamea M. Cox, presi dential nominee and members of the Democratic National committee. Hi personal preference is to hav th official notification of nomination take place at his home at Hyde Park, N. Y. Be will, however, he aaid. bow to the will of the. national committee. Mr. Boosevelt will atop at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, tomorrow for a 24 hour stny with Congressman Lathrop Brown, of New Tort, and will arrive in Chicago Monday morning. ' At. Chicago be will arrange an appointment with Governor Cox either at Dayton or Co lumbus, after which h plana to go di rect to Hyde Tark for a day visit yith hi finily, - . J ' . . MANY INDUSTRIES HEEL LEGISLATORS Reported That President Will r. Make Appeal; For Passing . - Suffrage Amendment -y.'i THIRTY-SEVEN STATES " . MAY BE NECESSARY NOV Tennessee Assembly Meets la. Special Session One Day Be fore North Carolina -" Law. makers Gather; The Suffrage Leaders Pinning Hopes In Both States; Conferences 'r ; i New and Observer BureaB, 1 - 80S Ditriet National Bank BldgV By B. E. POWELL. . . 4 (By Special Leased Wir.) 'It ! 1 Waahingtoa, July 8-Govraor. Blck. ' etfs call to th North Carolina aolona to meet th day after th Teaneoee legislators are to assemble haant ehang- ) ed th hope of auffrag leader with ' respect to action by North Carolina aad , it la "full steam ahead" all th time - ' For th past twenty-four hour ther hav tiMtn milt. - ttnmk and Informal conference ia which th North Carolina aituatioa waa th chief topic of. conversation. - Over at tho White House Is a list of th members af th Tar Heel general assembly, accom panied by the political aad suffrag classification of each member. t 10 these according to Infnrmaflna ' furnished thia correspondent tonight, a ' message is going from President Woodrow Wilson. The President may oummumcai n oio or a may add r esc aa appeal to each legialator. Cabinet member hav a list very much lik th on a th Whit Hons and it i not violating any secret to say that oa i being prepared for Governor "Jimmy" Cox, th standard bearer of Democ racy' ling la th coming elections. ' Suit Against RaUSeatlosw . Ths suit brought la the District ef Colombia yesterday agaaiat th Beers tary of But and Attorney General Pal-: H IB MAlhln MAM A, UM , h . M ..nth.. attempt to delay th proc)amat)oa of ratification. It is not anlik th suit against th bone dry amendment aad a it will eventually wind up ia th United . r ---- will predeatined. " ", IU anoas Immediate . effeet, eay tho . suffragists, is that it will maks it tec cssary for them to hav two mora states at least, it will bs th practical thing to eeur rntifieatioa by two more, making thirty-sevsa in ail.- It i thia ituatioa that still give to North Caro- 1 ! 1 . I. - U - . . - . ,La iin jffna BaiK oa iuv cwmx v& um on as xar aa inmrnrmnj s auuieacv u I concerned. : Beporte - persistently t? about tho capital that th Governor of Vermont, having mad a compact wilh tk Bepubliean nomine for th presi dency, is to "dock out of kls own do-' main and leave th affair of stats in, th hand of tha lieutenant-governor.; The minute thia happens, Bepubliean i say, th acting governor will call the liwialaturo tomthnr and tha thine will b don. Cement . Am Opposed. ' ' ' Governor Clement is. Ilk Governor Bicistt, opposed to woman suffrsge and -it is modern history that ho haa takea ' a solemn oath aot to convene his law maker together for the purpose of giv- , ing women th Danot. Tn - national aituation, however, haa appealed to hint and the well advertised "coup" seem to bo aimed at squaring hia privat oath with his public duty. ' 1 i Rumblings ia the Tennessee circle of Washington emit ominous things about th aituation there aad it look a if th Tennessee governor is eon.' sidersbly more perplexed than Governor Birkett, cine .th Tar Heel governor, in hia executive discretion, gav him twenty-four hours start and never aaid -a word about beating him to th Bniah. mmj BpriAaj airsrus ' Governor Bickett is in th luffraca mm . m , m . . cauiogu a aa executive who hit th bull's ey when he (hoot snd does not go off half-cocked often. Looking hint up -in the books, the suffragists hav decided that maybe after all he ia going to surprise them and the rest of th State by putting the suffrsge question up to the law-makers tn such a manner they won't dure tarn it down. They are pretty will assured thst if he ring clear ia hia message it will go a long ways toward purlin the resolution, through. Therefore, they are not aa mad with the North Carolina governor ss they tlioujht they were. McLean Beturaa Monday. ' ' The return hero from San Fraaciseo of National Committeemaa Wilton Me- Iean Sunday or Monday will see tha final shaping of plana regarding North Carolina. Th fact that ths Tar Heel Democrat at the convention etuck Mnnil tm ( A A rn It,..., liV. . Grant, hung,, around, Richmond . i an . 4 added reason why the Democracy of North Carolina should do something to "get in good with the party chief. Thomas E-Cooper, Wilmington banker. and Representative Zeb Weaver are had in North -Carolina who mad any 1 nnrtlenlap tamm at,v film. TVim fnm.. pieaa wicn Aicijean to try una turn -the delegation before the thing wag ' ever. ' . The eohgresslonal campaign commit tee of the party i prepared to be active in the North Carolina situation. Con-' greswnan Pou, North Carolina mem ber, haa not any suffrage record to boast about, but he appreciates th fact that with the vote of the women the Dem ocrat eaa win the seats in the Senat now occupied by Brandegee. of Con necticut, and wadsworth, of New Tork. 10,900 Qssrta Conlscatcd. .' Detroit, Mich., July 8 Prohibition enforcement officer who las night eon-, flscsted 10,000 quarts, of whiskey In a raid, said .today that it was found to contain a large percentage ' of wood alcohol., . k ......