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THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. Jun . Forecast . . ninrth snd Soutn varouni: iocai .hunderthoweri jB!y Tuesday. Monday and prob 1DITICU nCCIH'.COJirTWGEJVrOF 3H. '"-, ",L" " AMERICANSWILL mMi ft InTantry, CavalryArtil- jery ana lanjss iase part in Advance. PTPTJBLICAN LOSS IS FAIRLY HEAVY Republican Staff: jnci rjommanaer iaKen -Sinn Feiners Held.. londosv Jimp 'Rv th As vrif'fi Pr) Infantry, cavalry. tillfry anl whippet tanks took jn th" first offensivp action of h British troops on thp timer rderlsnd early this afternoon.. ulipn Petlist'p- wnirn strannies the :f thnugn a inidi- rait hi m ;ffn is in free state territory, u, stormed and retaaen irnm troops nf lh Irish republican army, who ..d on Miy rluru (nm Belfast describe . jfrder countryside as swarming H khaki, while the British cen i directs the operations frorii isilnuarters on a hill outside t ho rn. Mien it herame evident that the SrltWi were moving in force minst Pettigoe. the republicans mi tn wtlhdraw: consequently rf was little resistance to par- tt of soldiers in motors and on "lot who dashed through the town ili.rtlv after noon. It In scmi.-orruialiy announced t the republicans suffered fairly ijjvy losses, nut tne snic casuai- on the northern side was the iririr nf a motor ear. VjrBfsides the republioan eotninand- mt anil man. wno were taKPn pris ner when the troops entered thp ntrii. it i reported that a la rep umber nf Finn feiners were rap urfd in a later clean-up of I'et ip.e. Three columns of troops jst evening began alvanring into hf section of Fermanagh county led bv the southerner?, two nmm. ns operated toward Pcttigue i Poitu aire together lie other in the direction of ek. which the republicans h.ul list) occupied. QIAXTITY ()!' MVXITIONS IS .MjSU t AI'l I ll.l BELFAST. June 4. (Bv the As "mated Press.) Military forces Hay captured reuixoa and cap- nrfd reuihlican prisotiers as well it a larsre quantity ot arms and immunition. On account says that after a avy bombardment, the British 'roops stormed Pettijrne in the af wnon. A hot machine Run fire poured on the attacking "frets, hut the only casualty "was ! iinulomobile drlvtr. who was shot irait. . The commander of the Irish re- iiiibllcan armv and his staff are ported to have been captured. A semi-official version of- the IshtinE !s quoted by the corre- tinndpnt of the Belfast Telegraph. ho nays: "The military entered I'fttigue shortly after 1 o'clock in tin afternoon and were fired on by he republicansi. The artillery came o action and the republicans are helieverl to have suffered fairly heavy losses. The military have onuolidated the position." It is said that the commandpr at P'ttiRop was a Mayo doctor. Driver Dohson was sitting with mrades after the capture of the ace. when the republicans opened :re with a machine Kim from a JrV?-!ed position, riddling him. iSONGIIES IP TO PO LID LE Relates Storv of Bank Hold up Wants to See Wife Who Is 111. XKW (IRUJAXS, June . A "an who stated that he was il fom Kercuson nf Pandleman. N" r- walked into police headqtiart "stoniirht and told the police that ndibed the Peonl"S Bank of that place of I47 on May IS. last. t'eisuson, the police said, told tot how he had planned the rob and held Up the cashier of the at the point of a pistol in 'Oad daylight and escaped with o packages of money. He said ;t was a nrohrietor of a small rPMaurnnt at Itandlenytn hut was forced to sell Ills business last Pe mber When his wife became 111 declared he stole' th money to y hospitals, he told the police, "Vly wife is sirk. I. want to see her., and am ready-to 'ha tnu S1!'" he said, after relating his """ to the nnlloa. ''ergnsiin uas charpred with he- V"K a fugitive from Justice. Xoti n''ation ,,f his arrest was, sent to 'thf K.m.llemun oi.thni'lties " RNK OK R.M)LKLX KOBHKD IN' DAYLIGHT i;I;KKsBORO, N. C, June- .4. 7h" Hank of Kandleman. N. C. "par here was robbed 'n daylight "n the morning of May 24 by a "tn named Grady Ferguson, who d lived in Bandleman all his 'fe. E-'crDiiuAti holrl on nvo em- n'o.es of the hank with a pistol jn-r se.ured Bhout 5rt in t'ur" iY''- The cashier of the hank was '11 in the Institution at the time. ciinn told the bank employes ..V "Tat Pita his wife was sick in a hos- High Point, and he needed 'I'P tnonov .i nav har- bnsnitsl bill It was learned that his wife has 7IS in the High Point . hospital s'ire last January, but that her """nital hills had been . raid Pt'oinptly every week. " ISHOP KUxiO TAKER Tl RN VOK THE WORSK St'DDKXIA I J'KMPHIS. Tenn., June 4. Th" """'Htion of Bishop John C. Kilgn. Jif the' Methodist Episcopal church. ft""h. who is 111 at a hospital here, '"ok a turn fcr the worse today snl his physician gays he Is much faker toniKht after passing a rest . day. His wife andons re- '"1d to lfieiomearCTariBttr C Friday, after the bishop had "own marked improvement. NEIAI Oil ESTABLISHED 1868 STAY ON RHINE Eighth Infantry, Less One Battalion, Will lie Re tained ConiKV,, ,lu,io 4 (15, The .s4Hiatiil Pros.) Noil Heal ion that l.llim or not more Ilia n I .SOU officers mill men of Hie mcrican forces in l.cv. many will renin in bore hiileti iilti'lv. Is officially made in a (aide menace to Major Gen eral Henry T. Allen from (lie :! ih pni uncut This meaia (lie retool Ion or ihe Eighth In famry, less one lialtalion. now ill the I lilted Males. The new order will eauw a complete change In exi-ilng plans, and ilie staff officers will send recommendations u Washington that (in officers and tllll men he returned to the ( iilteil Mates. The present strength of ihe mericaii forces Is ..M!2 mni and !." officers. Herrick Present Only Award of Its Kind Made by U. S. Congress. VKUDl'N. France. June 4 illy The- Associated Press! In the name nf tile American congress and tile Amp.rican people. Myron ' T. Merrick, the American ambas j sailor, today presented tn the city ; of Verdun the first and only medal ever given bv the government to ar.y the world. The ambassador l'nitd States .-immunity jn ind Premier visited the ground where are buned many thousands ef p'rericb whose valor the medal i oinmemorates, and both spoke under the emotion aroused l-y the thought of the dead and tile SiEht of tlo "red .one" so devastated that it mav never be j fit for human habitation. I Mr. Herriek assured the deep (rb-ndsliip of VERDUN IS GIVEN; AMERICAN MEDAL iHONORl VALQRi France ofiMinev Oocnitinns thp I'nited1 States which, though it might not prevent disagreements and misun derstandings, would dissipate and .survlse ihem. "Verdun and valor are forever one and inseparable" said tile am bassador. "Here blazed the spirit I of France. And so this medal. which 1 gite id this itlust-'ous city, hallowed by the sacrifices and courage of all France, is a tribute from the whole I'nited Slates to all of France." - I M. Poincaire recalled the thrill at the coming of the Americans, the joy of their victories, the sor row over their dead, and expressed in glowing terms the gratitude of France to America. Iloth the French premier and the American ..ambassador were greeted with enthusiasm when they arrived at the Verdun station at noon. Thousands from Ihe city of Verdun and other towns and villages, from all corners of the Meuse department, the Argonne and Nancy, lined the principal thoroughfares as the premier and ambassador crossed the city to the city hall to attend the luncheon given by the municipality in their honor. Mayor Robin who was too ill to meet M. Poincaire at the depot, was carried at the banquet hall to preside over the. luncheon, with M. Poincaire at his right and Mr. Herrick at his left. Military Fliniros Arc I Prominent I The war minister, Andre. Magi I not. tame from Nancy and Joined the' party. Mr. Herrick was ac enmpanied by Col. T. Bentley Mott ; military attache; Secretary Law rence Norton; i arnieiy npuitn, son of the ambassador; Colonel Francis K. Drake, of the Ameri can chamber of commerce in Paris Major Kipling of the American Legion, ami Majors Ruel Welton and Robert S. Cain of the Veterans of foreign wars. Crowds filled rlty hall square vbile the luncheon was In progress and cheered for America with sui h wramth and insistence that the ambassador was forced on the bal cony and salute the spectators. Premier Poincaire accepted the medal In behalf ot the French government, making an impassion ed speech in which he spoke of what had been done by the Ameri can soldiers to help (rain the vie mid defended France's posi tion on the reparations and armyj mi- .. . . ....... ...... I . "The tribute or niiimimo.o .no. bring from one hundred million human beings is paid to the tin flinrhlng bravery of France as a whole. It was the whole of France that defended Verdun. Our divi sions took turns in the lines of this fortified zone and there are none of our provinces or muni cipalities that have not offered some of the noblest of their sons on the bloodstained hills. Hoiinr. Indicative of Causes Nobility "Well we know, moreover, that the I'nited States would never have bestowed such striking proof of their regard and gratitude upon France had our countrymen's courage and self devotion been displaced in a selfish and ignoble quarrel. If America haa seen fit to honor Verdun it is because the u-fito prid victory at Verdun were a battle and victory of tnuHnm. The deeds right and of valor around ibis inviolate citadel were Inspired neither by thought of ag gression nor lust for conquest: we fought for our Independence, our threatened homes , . "It was to defend the same ideal that the American legions crossed the Atlantic and shed their blood on our devastated -fields. Many time I have stood at salute by the graves of these brave boys of the 1'nited States who are sleeping their' last sleep in (the Koniange cemeterv,, close by,, and I need hardly tell you. how anxiously I watched their arduous advance in 1918 with what Joy I saw them con. to which for four year had clung o ftubbornly.'' they HIE A SHE "DEDICATED TO THE BAKHMETEFF NO! TO RETAIN HIS Will Not Be Recognized as Ambassador for Rus sia After June 30. TAKES INITIATIVE IN PROPOSITION Late Work Was That of Liquidating Property Claims Following War. WAS-HIXGTOX. June 4 Boris Balikineteff. whose status as Rus sian ambassador here has been a subject of controversy since the Kerensky government, which ap pointed him, collapsed five years ago. has been notified by the state ilepartment that his credentials no longer will be recognized by the t niled States after June 30. The department acted after Mr Rahkmeteff himself, taking no'e of a senate criticism of his continued presence here, had offered to re tire should the Washington gov ernment desne it. The work of liquidating property claims grow ing o,ut of the war. the ambassador said, had been his chief function in recent . months and now was about completpit I In making public the correspond- ence Innight, tne department ani j ooum-ed also that termination of i Mr. Bahkmeteffs duties as ambas- sailor "has no bearing whatsoever i upon the question of the recogni tion of the soviet regime in Russia, which is an entirely separate mat ter." I At the samA time department of hcials nde public an exchange of letters between Secretary Hughe? and Sei-i-MiHiy Mellon, of the treas r ury department, in which cngni , zam-e is taken of the charges nf misuse of Russian embassy funds. pioiiuced in the senate several weeks ago by Senator Borah, re publican, Idaho. A detailed state ment of, the embassy's expenditures is given by Mr. Mellon, whose let ter de-dared that the $tS7.000.nnO advanced by the I'nited States as "used solely for the purchase of obligation of ihe Russian govern ment in ar-cordance with the Lib erty loan acts." Millcment Is Made On Of the $1 87,000,000 total, thai . treasurer said. im.OOn.OiiO was I tansfcrred bv Ihe Htnbassador lo the account of the Russian finance ministry leaving J 61', 000. 001) "fori exoendifore in Ibia nminipi.1' . ihe time of Ihe fall of . the Kerensky government In XovembT, 1917, the letter added, the embassy had $5. OftO.ooo on deposit in this country, of which $10,000,006 wa said to he "the balance remaining from this government's loans to Russia" the remainder repesentinit moneys derived from British and other sources. The $.".. 000. 000. Mr. Mellon add ed, together with other sums added through liquidation proceedings, all ! in was spent under the supervision of state and treasury officials. The amount of liquidations effected was given at approximately $102,000, 000, negotiations regarding which were said to have been virtually completed. Cpon Mr. Bahkme teffs retirement, these negotiations are to he carried forward by Serge 1'ghet, financial attache of the em bassy, who is to continue to enjoy a diplomatic status. The correspondence between Mr. Bahkmeteff and Secretary Huprhcs ) is dated late in April, after Sen ator Borah had challenged the am bassador's status and had made an unsuccessful attempt to hale him before a senate committee. It. was not until early in May, however, that senate discussion of the sub ject had rearhed its climax In a list of Interrogatories propounded by Mr. Borah on the senate floor, but never officially taken notice of by either the state department or the embassy. KIXANCK MEMORIAL TO GENERAL R. K. LEE RICHMOXD. Va June 4. E ec.ion of a suitable memorial to General Robert K. Lee, in Wash ington. IX C, has been provide! for. ftnmrially. in the will of Em erson McMillan, millionaire bank er and union veteran of the war betweer. the states, who died at his euntr.-. ci-tate near Xew York city, W eon es lay. YOU JUST AMBASSADORSHIP UP-BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY publican Dream Of White MypyJlBlafiBelt rades ritn J. L. Phillips, Republican Committeeman From Georgia, Charged With War Contract Fraud, Arrest Ordered by Department. WASHIStiTON lirKSOl TH A"HSVIt.l K . OITII.ICN i si ii r. t ai or i WASHIXCTOX. June 4 The rcpuhllcni dream of a white man's paity" in the black belt :f the south came to a "had end" to day, whin it hpcanie known that .1.1,. p;,illips. pie distributor for Georgia had been charged with fraud i.painst tne got eminent l: v ar i-o itucts. and his arrest or-ri-i-d by the department or jus tee. A warrant has been issued for Phillips;, and he is being sought bv Fede.il officers. The peopl o the south are keenly interest ed in 1 n'lliiis and his connection v. n il the Harding administration. When the republicans resumed com id nejc, after two democratic administrations, it as informally announced that the G. ( P. lead et.s were going after white "pro- licuoniMs" of the southern slates. The negro politician was to i.f ;i cssed lo the . background, and v. hi I thy business men with repub lican tendencies coaxed to th--front. A denlte program was lormulaied. Georgia was selected I'. r the lirst try out. Three re piiblieu outside leaders forme l;i preg. nl itive Clarence B, Miller. Old Guard Ilepubliran, of Minne scla, then secretary of the repuh-li-an nitional conimiitee; Joe Koai.ng. ri publican national com mitteeman from Indiana, and Hilly Mctlintiss. of Ohio, went to At I una and "organized" a Lily white part v . Miller presided. Keaiic; made the mot ions., and M'eGlnni.w was di or keeper. Phillips, a friend of President Harding, and Ml. Mi"e" was named to head the ( 'ganiz l lion. He has. since dis triouted the republican pie for Georgia. He has been busy making Miotic;, and rO'-ommPndatinns for - Job.i. Now, tho fittorney general is hot on his fail, on a charge of de- Magnificence Of Prizes Elicits Admiration And Creates Great Interest $14,390 PX1Z6 LlSt QUICK -n 1 f tt J ' enS JrUlSeS 01 Wide Aural-a Pdorlovt! "WariC MCdUCl D PICK OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY IN LINEUP Much Enthusiasm Is Dis played Over The Citi zen's Big Offer. The Circulation Drive Is already Ihe limelight of success, and the idea struck a popular chord at once. The announcement that The Asheville Citizen will give away . tl 4, 300 in automobiW and other big and appropriate cash prizes to those who engage active ly in the work of increasing the circulation of this newspaper, met with instantaneous response and favorable comment on all sides. Folks just had time enough to be gin reading the paper in which this magnificent prize list was an nounced before they were enthus iastic over the prospects of enroll-1 ing their names. Instant Rosponsp it is quite evident from the num erous telephone calls received both locally and over the long distance that today's mail will bring quite a number of nomination coupons and requests for Information and details. Hardly had the announce ment, of the big project been de livered tn the readers before re quests began arriving. ..This only goes to prove that the folks in the territory covered by The Asheville Citizen are wide awake to a gilt edge business proposition and the wide-spread Interest taken in it Is gratifying in the extreme. In a general way the announce ment of thir stupendous undertak Irg is tin. main topic of conversa tion in many quarters and the fea ture that sppmed tn create the -('imtlima n Pag TVaI CANT PLEASE EVERYBODY! By BILLY BORNE ... j j ) Ii ' I ai-v' : li'.iii . ' t' i i ' . .... . 11 VILLE CITIZEN OF WESTERN NORTH MORNING, JUNE 5, 1922. rraua marges fl audio; liundrci oil com R'nibei gnvernment out ot thousands tf dollars to dispose of surplus lolniseii Happiest Man III 4 apilal Now The b.upiest man in Washing Ton tonight is Henry Lincoln John bon, dei--r-d negro leader of Ge gia, who Has sinned aside -'or tho new i on y. Tne aetmn of the diai rment of justii e fol'ewed quickly the laying nf the 'Vdcnce of special . investi gators b. oie the assistant tn Ihe a'lurnei giooiil tn charge of i rio.ini.! i im's For govern i on p.c; minis! r al weeks the Federal ha hCMi checking up vho hat caused the ail in urn etnba rra&nient . s- hMve lipn nationwide d t,i st-vera! different d ' ti- opportunities fnv sions of money. In ai- ' charge nf grafting In :v, made ujion the flnor administration 'eader . have been bombarded s fi-r iuipiirics into rhil-i'-n with the ilhiot liquor eiiiKia ami I'lorlda. It I today that the depat't Mice would be furuis.hed iex: few days wilh affi His a.-: .in i and e-'-: fieldi aff i making 'a:- rt i t ii.ii In t war coio.i ai Of the b-il and i.fficla with roqut-.s lips' coiini'cl traffic In I was" axsrrie men! of Ju within Ihe davits aM'-gim; a conspiracy in (leor gla to permit bootlegging on n large scale for !me (u-nfits. Phillips will be named as cue of those playing into the hands of the liquor dealers. The rl.atgfH -asainii Phillips ate wnrryhie Pi cs. deiff Hardinz and oih er leadi.-t republicans, who rea i i 7.--that in 'io- il-ovnra'il of Phillips their hopes of a "While Man'-; ropuhll' .in ( Parl.v" ;- tne soutil go loo III til" lace ot protista irom wtiito and co ..red jepubluaiiH nf Georgia. Phillitis wrt nut at the head of lie' repiibh-a-i otcanizatinn there. It I now c cumo-i ia!U hi r.eorgia ilia! Pili Iili ha ii-. 1 hip position for f:n- I on'ciu'if ".I I'i'l' I'W't Dramatic Scene Is Staged as Bankers Are Given Freedom A nit field Collapses; 'ii Is Called to His As sistance Lft.N I V iTOX. X. '.. June 4 -Jesse A' infield, president, and Zed Giiffith cashier, of the Bank of Tiiomasc lie. which failed in All trust. Ri'.'l. who have been on trial h i.- for i week charged with all Mraelion and misapplication of the fun.;., of the bank were I !ii aft ernoon -found not guilty. The. Jury w.in given Ihe case late last night. Following the rendering of a verdict a drama lie scene was en acted In 'be Ixinglon courthouse. Women i datives of Armfleld be came hvsterl.tfl and had to be re mined om the courtroom while biotners of Armfleld and his l-torn-ys ''ere visibly affected. Arm field appeared dazed by the ver- diet Witb arms outstretched and hrnd hanging backward, a death like pallor on his face, Ihe serv ices of a physician were neei, sany to q.iilet and to care for him. He was led Into an ante-ehn mbc-, ,-cid I here broke down nnd cried bitterly. "Where shall I go?" he exclnlm f 1 to h.h relatives, "they will get me." O M. . Griff it'll, iris father: In-law. succeeded In quieting h" erstwhile wealthy citizen and proa porous bunker and after a. time Mr. Armfleld was taken to Ihe )i.me of Ms father. Following the failure of the Bank o, Thoinasville in August. I:i2l. A'mfield left thp state. II was la.tr Indicted along with Griffith, the cashier. Several weeks ago ArnUteld was appre I. ended in Mexico and brougn! lack to Xorth Carolina. Since that (lire he had been confined in the county Jail at Lexinglou. be ing una I le to give bond. CAROLINA" PRESIDENT LAUDS! Lee's Majority Now MEN Mmmi:Abouflsf000On Face Appears Unexpectedly , Of Unofficial Returns When Men in Gray Re-1 - - 0'clPRIMAR! RESULT EARLY FORECAST NOW IN ARLINGTON Applause Following His Address Almost Amounts To an Ovation. VV ASH I N'GTOX. June 4. Th Preidcnt of the I'nited State, .him self lb- son of a I'nion eteran lo.ned villi icrav-clad. ".rev-h.ure I eteians of the Confederacy whoj stood uii It. bowed heads n; the graves ol the comrades "-in tbl Lost Cn..se" today m Arlingloil ccmetetv to pay their annual nil.-i U'e of boo and remeiobran.-e toi tuo.'-e v.lio had gone en tile last. b.im in.. I'll. Standing beneath the drooping folds of ihe Stats and liars. Pres ident H: rding uttered n prayer of rfi n t it ii.l for a reunited natiot: whose Inundations, he said. had beet c-C'iiPnted by the blood of I ' nifedei nie and Federal alike. Mr. Hafding spoke extempora neously end bis appearance on th" rostrum of the open all- nmphl theatre was n surprise to the c mu d, To the. sons and daughters of v -lerans, Mr. Harding added a v ol d of 1 1 i bute. ".spcakinc; as Ihe son of one who fought In the I'nion cause." -ie sii;d. "1 want to say 1 have only (rralttude commendation and Ihe sun-ires' t.i Unite as a man to utt'r for ll eir sons and daughters who I'sno lived in the great afierma h id ably ossisti'd jn turning dM ii lion into union, turning discord olio eniirortl and reclaiming - for oosterity a . those things so sseti tl. ii lo He welfare of this ,-epph- i.c. iin te i nines lo my mind Mich names as dear old Joe Wlioobn-. whom I saw go to the front to de-f-nd his i niintry. and Fil.liiig.i l,ee who heeded ihe first troops ill it e itereil Havana in ib( Spni'sh . iiiericn war. And in that i-itt-f let let no say that we of A n.'riei "ere broccht into complete ac ; ird " President Harding did not hesi tate tn land the courage ,.f Ihe men w-lio fought for the Confederacy, de- rantig. although he cautioned.' that while, he did not mean to say that I Ihe Confederacy was right. "I Bin itlnd lo tviy to you that I believe vol thought It was right," Applause that was Utile less tharmn ovation greeted the President, at the I conclusion of his address. Ihe address of .ludge Kdgar Scurry of W'lchlu Falls. Tense, commander- In-cmer of the Sons of the Confed erate ' Veteran, held a renewal of the. pledge of fealty to the union of the vetetans and the sons of Ihe Con federacy. Addreailng the President, he declared: "1 bring you a message from the sons of the Confederacy, to ynu a the son of a brave I'nion eo'dler. Hint Ihe time has passed for bitterness and the time has come when every Americans' great deed. should be come the heritage of other American"., no matter in what cause they per formed " Speaking directly tn the little group of veterans. - Mr. Harding declared he viewed them nr. men who had fought brave y and to the uttermost for a I era tic primary Saturday night, hut cauee they held righteous, in a war j postponed the full count until to na 10 'ought. !,,., Nellher candidate had any ln- I he President dwelt on the com-, formation of an accurate source , Hnitn me scars nnil tne bitterness of the conflict hai twen erased from Ihe minds and eon duet of Individuals who look part In the great struggle. He innlanned the pleasure that had come to him, In the dedication of (he -Lincoln me morial last Tuesday' to , have before nun in the great audienre the rcspTtiatlves of the armies on sides, gathered alike to honor fc.k I ami I dignify the -occasion.' II was fit ting,, the President concluded, thai one standing In the portals nf the great memorial building could see on one side the grey and the blue, massed alike In understanding tribute ann loyal netennlnatlon lo a joint national herttaee. preserve As he flniahed, hia audience throng ed forward to the ampltheatre itaga and the President shook hands with scores of the aged veterans and mem bers of their famlHee. Brief ceremonies were conducted In the amphitheatre under auspices of the Washington camp of the I'ni ted Confederate Veterans, A memorial In the forn of a crow" to he known a the "Southern Cross" was set up at Ihe Confederate mon ument In the National cemeterv and the graves of the dead In the plot were decorated. A wreath was like. le placed In due form upon th grave of the Cnknown Soldier whoee Interment In Arlington has t vplf e,1 ihe service nf the men who died in ihe war against (Jermahy. HRVAV SfX)RES EVOLI'TION IX CHAHLOTTE ADDRESS f.'er. Imttipenimu, -Tht iikmuit (.in, i CHARLOTTK, June 4, WiUiuiu Jennings Bryan spent Saturday night in the city and Stindav at Davidson, his business at the latter point being to arrange for the en trance of his son there in the fall. He went unheralded, but was made tn speak this morning In the Presbyterian church. Penole from Mooreavllle and other towns heard him. telephone messages having been sent advising of his presence at the college. His subject was "Alt." and his remarks were based on Ihe first commandment; em phasising the three alls 'All thv heart." "All thy soul," "All thv mind." Part of his talk was a strong Incentive against evolution. He wa dinner guest of President and Mrs. Martin. Br. Harding of the faculty, accompanied him lo Charlotte. He went to Jacksonville from here. THREE ARE KILLED BY GIVDRGIA DERAILMENT WARM SPBIXG8, Ga June 4. Three persons were killed and two passenger coaches derailed lale today when Atlanta, Birming ham and Atlantic train No. 37 struck an automobile at a cross ing near here, The dead are: Dan Martin, 25, of Manchester, Ga., hi wife and two year old girl. The train was backing into Warm Springs to re turn a picnic crowd to Manchester when the accident occurred. Sev- Jured when the two roaches were derailed. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IIS NOT CHANGED NOT CHANGED BI BY FLAT CREEK i (Reynolds' Lead Over ! 1 Ebbs Is Found to Be 77, i And Not 1 Vote. ( JOHNSON" POLLS VERY LARGE VOTE; Beachboard States no Ef fort Made to Get Re publican Returns. The results of Saturday's pri mary to decide clemocrallc nomi nees, for county, offices remained unchanged yesterday on the re ceipt of the return, from Flat Creek, the only precinct which failed lo report Saturday night. Tile vole in Flat Creek was as fol lows: Averv 64. Lee 28: F.rwin ill?. Hughes 1, Jones . and Swain 3; I Ebbs 10. Mrs. Piatt 0 and Rev- nobis tifi: "Craig -. Xeliles 20: j Sullivan 14. Taylor 74: Lerly 4a, Revls 5,1: ligges fifi. Mrs Xash n. Young S: Collins 71. Hulcliin-' son 22: Ihickelt 10. Hiiiite;- 8,1 Reagan H8 and Slnkely 1" Hvder! HO; Reeves F.S : Crowell 22, Lyda 7K: Brown 57. Frady 1. Glance ,12 i and Penland 10: Cowan 2. Flick 3. Johnson 54. Shuford .1.1 audi Walker 0; Bernard 11, Krklos 2 1 and Roberts 83. . An error in addition of the vote as reported Sunday morning caused Reynolds' lead over Ebbs to appear as one vole, when his lead was 77 on the face of semi official return from every precinct except one Adding his plurality ofpo.;ts 47 received In Mat i recK, ltey nolds leads Kbhs In Ihe senatorial rate by a plurality of 124. Ac cording to a compilation nf Ihe semi-official returns from every precinct In the courity Reynolds received. .1,521 and Kbhs 3, .'1117. W. T. Lee, for member corpora.-' I Urn commission received a ma jority of 1.070, in the county. LyeHy and Otiiora nr Priniury'a Choice I The nomination o the following. lrROgni7.ed an one f the moat pop result t from Saturday's primary: UBP mS Jn efiatrlct, lost to a John A. Lyerly, aherllf; George A. , young lawyer, Clawaon Williams. Dlgges. Jr., registrar; Harry Net- l)f Jee by 2 600 votes. Solicitor ties and hiugene Taylor, represen-) N(lstl cf the Richmond county dla tatlves; X. A. Collins, tax collector; I lllt.ti appointed bv Uovernor Mor II. Solon Hyder, treasurer; K. M.,.H0 to succeed judge Brock, has Lyda. chairman county board of ' .t. defeated bv Donald Imillips, commissioners and C. C. Rrown,!oP n,s homo county. P. I McLen- , lommissloner of public Inatltu- (j()ni 0f iiurham, a world war vet tions. I ei-an, likely has won over Solicitor The vote received 'n the sollcl-'ss, ,m. (jattis, of illllsboro, an office tor race in Buncoi.be. follows: I holder with year of experience in Swain. 2 . 9 3 S ; Jones. 1,78 1 ; i organisation work and vote getting. Erwln 1.763; Hughex, 1.472 t looks as If W, F, F.vani has -Election- officials In . Madison j beaten the Wake county political county were reported to have , Inai hine and invaded Franklin started the count In the demo- last night. In the race for auditor tho fol-1 lowing is Ihe complete vole: Duckett 2.920: Hunter 1,221: Reagan 1,940: Htukeiy 1.70 4. The complete vote, semi-official, In the contest for nomination as 'commissioner of highways, fnl- Iowa: Cowan 1.210: Frlcks 432: Johnson 3,910: Shuford 67fi: I Walker 1651. Johnson only need ed 9 more vote lo have pollen a malorlty over the Meld. For memher nf the board ofj education, two to be nominated. the complete vole, semi-official, ' follow- Bernard 4.946: Fekles 2,-1 966: Roberts 4.0331. Warrcr.'s I-cail Over Collins til Down W. W. Warren led Ben Collins by itiouni: 150. instead of 400 as was reioi'.ed .Saturday night, the ininpleli. count showing Warren's le id no as much as had been p. edil te .. Tne Buncombe tounty canvass Ing 'board will convene at th cour house this morning for the r irpos . i f canvassing the vote and. i.Ticlally ,-nnounclng Ihe nominn: ions. Accord. ng to returns filed with Ihe county board of elections, onlv Ml vot.s were cast in Buncornb' o'i the republican ticket for Mm nomination of a standard-bean r to oppo. e Representative AVeavc the gineral elertlon. ll is bo neved however that several hun dred vole were cast, but the i:i t uns not. died with the board of f ;ec I i O h S- ----- - - Wayne Benchboard, chairman ol the cop n;y republican executive -..mniltlee stated Saturday, bight liiat no effort was made by repuh 1 1 1 ii n hecilqiiarters lo obtain th ' rctiir ,s P Is understood that t-hh V..-1" nt r-'one on account of tne unnll ii.terest In the race through--1 j I Ihe county. Ralph Fisher, of Rrevard. re i l ived k'l i.f Ihe vol es reported arl !r. R. W. Pegram. of Canton. r-i-ived I!' They were divided In the various precincts as follows; A-'hevillt No. 1. Fisher one. IV gran 0 Asheville No. 4, Fisher trrei. Pegram four: Asheville No 9, Fishi r five. Pegram three; Ashev'illi Xo. 13. Fisher three. IV gram one- Asheville Xo. It, FisVi Hire., regram three; Bluk Mounta n No. 1, Fisher three, Pe g.ar.i one: Ivy Xo. 1, Fisher on. Pegram i" 0. and Sandy Mush Xo. 1 Fisher one and Pegram live. Pleaa.Mit Frady. though, he vi'h diew from the rnrp for demoern io n.in-.ina-ion as commissioner of pubic tn-.tltutlnns, received Is'h votes. H.r withdrawal, however, erne a'ter the ballots had bo mi l.i luted ''-., - 1,EK Cfl'S PRAfTICAI.LV A?,1i OF A'ANCEV X)rNTY fSpeit r9rrMpiM.rffBiie, Tht Atknill t Hiim ) BURXi'VILIiES, Juno 4 W. T. Le practically carried the entire Tanrey county vote over A. C. Avery for corporation commission member nnd his majority has been estimated as heavy, with approxi irmi'ir new t'liiss mmi. 1 Election of J. T. Voung s hr- cusOiifd m Taffi 7Vil 14 PAGES TODAY LATER RETURNS Three Solicitors Lose Out in Their Races for Renomination. GRADY DEFEATS JUDGE CRANMER .Congressman Pou's Ma rjoity Over Person May Be Record Maker. f citiziv stwn ertsifl !TiiHen.ir.jM hot:, ( S,'01 h KAIlKl.rt 1 I; Al.KIGH. June 4. A majority ! of tlfteen thousand for Corporation '.Commissioner W. T. Lee was ap I parent this afternoon on the fare 'of incomplete and unofficial return t from 51 of the UK) counties. In (these 53, Mr. J.ee.had a majority 'of. 4 000. and estimates as to the vote in the remaining counties in 'ereusrd the lead by 10,000 To day's slow inpouring of returns to Ihe capital failed to change tin J terlnllv the startling surprsises that ! l ist night's early ligurea forecast. . heavy turn aver In the voting I plainly- has dumped several office, 1 holders of long standing and rec ognized wide Influence in their lo calities, commissioner Lee's nar row tight is just one of the contest pointing to the "political revolu tion" that Xorth Carolina demo crats staged Saturday. Mr. Lee escaped llio fale that befell a su perior court Judge, three aollcitbra and numerous other candidates for renomination .to lean afgnlflcant Judge K. H. Cranmer, appointed by Governor Blckelt. lojjt by a heavy vote to K. G. Grady, of Xew Hanover. Judge Walter K. Brock, of Wadcsboro, escaped defeat by a hnli'swldth, If more complete re turns will not give the victory to his opponent, A.M. Stack. This afternoon' figures, hoi-ever, point to Ihe nomination of Ilrock. Walter V). Slier, ot Plttaboro, who has been aojleitor the fourth I tiiitieini iiintrt.-t foe' 10 veari and county with sufficient success to lead In the Wake-Franklin solic llorshli) contest over John Hins dale, of the county's "upper fac tion. " with Ben Hidden, ot Frank lin, probably running third. Congressman Pou may have re- I ceived one of the largest propor i tlonnl majorities on record over Col. VVilio M. Person, recognized a thej fnlBmo-si "anti-tax" and antl-pro-I gresslve In the stale. ' Colonel Person attacked the j slate'a highway construction- pro Igrani, the Morrison administration j and all he progrealve programs of the atale, and the people drowned him. Nothing in today's returns changed last night forecast ol a second primary In the third con gresaional distrl' t between Charles) Laban Abernelhy, of New Abernetny, or ,ew nera, and Major Matt H. Allen, of Golds boro. 'i'he next few weeks are ex pected to witness one of the hottest fights that district of many battle scars and fire blisters has experi enced, with the chances now appar ently favoring Alien. In other contest. Judge George, W. Connor, of Wilson, defeated his ftillow townsman, J. E. Woodard, for the judgeship in tho second dis trict by a heavy- majority. X. A. Sinclair, of Fayettevllle, likewiss has beaten a fellow townsman, Henry I,, Cook. In the race to suc ceed Judge i'. C. lAon in the ninth district. Kaleigh returns gava first place In. the sixth Judicial district to Guy L. Moore, with second placs in douht between 11. L. Stevens and Henry A. Grady, The delay in 'getting returns even resembling; compteieness has made, impossible thus far eatimulpd fls tircs ns tn majorities - beyond "tha ' Je-Avery contest. Today'-' returns give additional light on the activity of yio women in the primary. They uppear tn have hei-n effective in spots, soma counties reporting a heavy poll of the women vote with much activity on l heir part, hut generally they cast an unexpectedly light vote anil played a very Insignificant part .in the contest The total vote Is es timated at from 130.000 to 160.000, ot which they cast probably 25 pe;- cent. Miss Iaottie Lewis, who appeared as a low runner In,, the Wake county treasureship contest last night, is leading the ticket, returns containing more compute figures from the city indicate. Tim county voted heavily against hpr. and the returns from these pre cincts came in first. The city pre cincts went strongly for her. Tie women worked hard for her in the city, but she hud no support among; them In the county. The line-up nf 56 counties, ac cording to unofficial returns this afternoon, was as follows in the Lee-Avery contest. Iye carrying 30, Avery 19with two still in doubt: Lee Iredell, Mecklenburg, Bun combe, ; Hayivopd, Moore. Rich mond, Alexander. Forsyth, Cumber land, Orange, Randolph, New Han over, Ouilfori, Robeson, Lee, Cleve land, Rowan, Unooln. Rutherford. MclJowell, Granville, Northampton, Harnett. Stanley, Cartaret, John ston. Duplin. Sampson. Scotland, Hoke, Davidson. Brur.swirk, Wash Tgfo, t'nafninrjoo.CTW5 Avery Anson. Gaston, Burk. iraain(4 w . rtcJ - s n t i If f I- i II II ii 1 1 s f f : n tot c I h an I i ii t . tlon iSClt! . iln . N and B Ir- p; llh sreii -tha I tht ltlv I El oadK a lonst Ik n b pt i tecif ,turr dir H "i thi r o: lhai i w .iatel toi ingltli -' stucnt jiilway U Just f t t th tn t at thi Vags T flod and twa: t it L'nltn J of havii n and ptsd sy lllway ss. It ed Con? 'irtatioa i an-' oultt l supp' Uct the Is ti i Bilw Vivt 1 vtrf ' f tor - rr 1 . I to f svsr : tassfu' dr tn wit ' i r in ler , tl" V n. . I nun -Ju;
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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