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THE ASHEVLLLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER WATCH LAHEL ' a ' WseeV. .ut . WAtHINQTON. NeV. rmml J fee Nerth Carllnl ratr and kf t Mnday and Yiis'y "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Mrfpttoei flv day hM elrJi. ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, 1922. PRICE nVC CENTS r kCONGRESS' SPECIAL SESSION TO OPEN TOD A -SENA TOR NE WBERR Y TENDERS RESIGNA TION, r U - Republican Defeat i . a Given As Cause Of Newberry's Quitting IHIGAN MAN b; s. may. take ACTIVE PART I W E MEET AUSNN 1NFIGUR F RQLONGED I 0 Senator Newberry J.1! Whose Resignath N Much Speculation Wheth er Peace or War Will Result From Sessions. Governor Morrison Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation Setting Aside November 30 "No Great Calamity Has Befallen Us," "We Have Held Fast to the Faith" and Consequently Have Enjoyed Abiding Prosperity. GUT buld Have Resignation Take Effect Immedi- ; ately, He Declares. LNDER CONVICTION I OF A CONSPIRACY 1 Governor Has Resicma- won, out iteiuses to 3Make Any Comment. iVASHINGTO N, Nov. 19.-Sen- I fr Truman H. Newberry, v of Vichlgan. whore right (to a place tn the" aen&to iias been a subject of Ion and bitter controversy, has submitted his resignation with a request that . it become effective immediately. In a letter to Governor Groes- , beck, made publlo here tonight, Mr. Newberry said he had been impelled to retire voluntarily be cause of the defeat of his Repub 1 can colleague, Senator Townsend, i if the election November 7. The i irn of events, he said, would t iaJte it "futile" for him to at-, i Dipt to continue his public serv i since he'continually would be tampered by partisan' political Reviewing the dominant fca t res of the controversy which j- w out of his erection four years . D over Henry Ford, his Demo. ratio opponent, he declared his ight to a seat in the Senate had been "fully confirmed." He added t if in the future, there seemed public hesitate te art en J if ght which already has made .ileal history which it appeared uld be resumed early in the ssion of Congress which begins morrow. Convicted in Michigan d a conspiracy to violate election Ws, Senator, Newberry appealed 4 the Supreme Court which de. Ired unconetitutlonivl the statute tder which ha Was) accused The mate Itself after a long Invent! itlon finally conftrraed his title la seat by a margin of five votes. I the campaign Just closed the tee was an issue in many states". tA copy of the letter of resigns On sent to Governor Groesbeok as delivered today to Vlce-Presi ent Coolldge by Walter K. Dor- ty, Mr. Newberry secretary. Mr. fcwberry himself is at his home f Detroit. The letter to the Gov enor. dated November 18, was as jllowe: f"I tender herewith "my reaigna on as United (States Senator from tichlgan to take immediate ef I t. I am Impelled to take this ftion because at the recent elee on, notwithstanding his long and jithfu) public service and, his ilet adherence to the basic" prln tples of -constructive Republican mi which I hold in common with dm. Senator Townsend was de eated. While this failure to re ject him may have been brought out. in part, by over four years 4 continuous propaganda of mts- SOME TTTmir PWAf!sl gnatwn i would be a truce Has Been Tendered Greeks Are Already Seek ing .Loan to Make up for Recent Losses. Kv-V ! u .--'i-.-yj HUGHES POSITION JI1ANAFFA B t AMERICAN RANK B. BACDN I0TE0 TORJS DEAD became Famous to Amer ica Through Role He .Played in "LightninV" t CHICAGO. Nov. 1 .I'rank B. "aeon, one of the meat . widely -nown acOors on the American cage, as the result of success In Se part of "Bill Jones'Mn "Ught $n'" which he helped to write, ied at his hotel her today. -. After four and one-half years it the role, Bacon v,is compelled y illness to retire from the cast f "the play a week ago.' He hai een suffering from' arterial sole xils for sometime, but he declar d he was "Just tired" and would wimt his work; in two weeks. Accompanie.1 by his wife -and aughter, Mrs. Matthew Allen, he as taken to an t utiying hotel, in te hope ha would rally sufftcichMy ; be nvved to his home. In the ast. "W,th the cheerful optimism hich characterised the part of Ughtnin' Bill Jones" which: he "eated in the play, Bacon insisted vat he would soon be out, al tough he be 3am e steadily weaker. faturd47 ha suiTid a heart at lic .nii fell into a coma from K. i a ha never rallied. He Is sur d by bis widow, daughter and son, Loyd, of If" Angeles, Calif. e funeral services will be held Chtcatro Wednesday. Tne pody iB be removed later to bis boy- ,,-od home In California. Mr. Bacon was born in Marys llle. Califs St years ago. He left rhool when he was fourteen years id, becoming successively a sheep Ciiihwil m e Tm I. BEIIlu SUSTAINE Government's Move Seems to Strengthen Hold on Mexican Congress. MKXICO CITY. Nov. ID. flJV ino Associated ll-ess.) The state- ment authorized by Secretary of Stale Hughes, given out by the State Department in Washington Kaiurday, to the effect , that the Secretary had been given to un derstand that ,tuo State Depart ment's comments on the proposed Mexican, petroleum . legislation would not be unwelcomed, sub stantiates reports here that high Mexican officials several times have lAttnrated. to Mr. Summerlin, the American charge d'affaires, that suggestions by the United States government relative to the regu lation of Article 27 of the Consti tution would aid in the framing of a measure acceptable to all con cerned,. ; - :.- ..' - '" The text of -the first note sent to Alberto J. i'ani, the Foreign Sec retary ty Mr. Summerlin, indicat ed that it was a personal commun ication. In it Mr. Summerlin sahl: "'Confirming ' our conversation of last night, I have pleasure in send ing you a copy ot the draft of the organio law, which I understand is the latest to be drawn up." From an authoritative source it has been learned that "last night's conversation" took place at a re ception attended by Sen or Pani and Mr. Summerlin during which casual reference was made to the j proposed legislation. Mr. Sum- merlin is said to have told Senor Fani, that he had a copy of the latest draft which he would glad ly furnish the Mexican foreign of- l)ce, which had not yet received it. Informal notes of October li led to further, unofficial exchanges be tween the Secretary -nd the Charge which have now been In tercepted by the Mexican Govern ment as "meddlesome," . although there is reason t believe that the interchanges were due to an tun derstandlng that such suggestions would, be appreciated. The infor mal nature of the communications Is indicated by the fact that one of Mr. Summerlin's memoranda was delivered to Senor Pant by I. Lanier Wlnslow, first Secretary m im American r. mease y at a re ception held at the Brazil Em bassy. , . '. . -'TV,. ' ' In official . circles it is believed tne Mexican government has ma. tenauy strengtnened ' its hold on Congress by the publication of the communications. Factions which have held varying views, on oil legislation with relation to Arti cle 27, apparently have abandoned their desires in an effort to pre sent a united front against what Is described as undue and unwar ranted interference by the United States in the .international affairs ot Mexico. The belief was ex pressed today that the administra tion wilt be able to secure the adoption of whatever legislation it deems necessary and that It bill regulating Article 1.7 will be ap proved without difficulty. . Several days ago President Ob regon railed certain of the lead ers in the Chamber of Deputies to his office and requested them to discard oil measures they had drawn up and Instead take up the regulation of Article 27 as a whole. Later events indicated that the - - . tCwllwrd M ri TwJ I LA USANCE, Nov. 19. (By The Associated Press.) The indications tonight that the representatives of the United States Government will take an active part In the Near Eastern Conference, which will open tomorrow with a - plenary session at the Lausanne and Ca sino, have suddently given the conference great international Im portance. . America will not only obsorve she will speak, and spesk vigorously when she thinks the oc casion demaeds It and In a general way will insist on every right of participation enjoyed by other countries in all things except act uai voting. oucn ine Associated Press un demands is the American nn.l. tlon, and It is founded on the fact mat the United States, like th European powers possesses definite and important rights in Turkey and upon the American conviction that the United States cannot sit idly by and allow other world na. tlons to dispose of the futurs of the Turkish state without taking into consideration the views of the United States. The American ambassador to Italy, Richard Washburn Child and the American minister to Switzerland. Joseph C. Grew, plan to attend all the sessions of the conference, with Rear? Admiral Bristol Joining them later. The United States never declared war on Turkey and is not represented at Lausanne to take part in the revision of the Turkish capltula tlons and the freedom of the Straks. Too Karly to Define American Position pi Problems Although it is too early to de fine- the . petition of the United iKabw of the various problems to ds uiscuaseo. ac uie conference. there seemed every prospect, to night that the American represen tallves, who lose their characteri zation oi - ooservers, ana Become full fledged delegates with the ervatlon above noted, will oppos any project to abandon the exact territorial privilege which permits foreigners to be tried in rcetn courts In Turkey. The Amercan theory Is said to be that the Turkish law is en tially based on religious tenenta to which foreigners, including Americans, do not subscribe, and that when the lives and property of Americans are involved it is onlv natural that thvy desire to retain these juridiclsl exemptions already authorised either By tra dition or treaty. HALEiCrH. Nov. II. "I if spectfully ask that the people of North Carolina at their Thankash -ing services, invoke divine guid ance for all In civil authority, that they may have a deep aen ot their obligations to God as well as to the people they serve." sml Governor Cameron Morrison, in but without bitterness or blood-. hail, because we are a united people, and the spirit of brotherly lot has prevailed. No great ca lamity has befallen us. Uw and older have been respected. We have held fast to the fa it If Of our futhers and. consequently, we have enjoyed that real, abiding pros PROCLAMATION 0FWr, p n nn rinn iiippii IFJ m J tUULA J IUN WttH MADE BY HARDING EXPECT ANY PEACE TO BK IlEFFOr A TRUCJS PARIS, Nov. 19. (By The As sociated Press.) 'While the Laus anne Conference has assembled to urinv in a final settlement the last series ot wars tnat were pim. " parcel of the great European con , met, tner is uu iu oKv.... tipn as to whether peace or war will be the outcome ot mat tfiat if peace is signed It will be ference. In many quarters it Is felt in effect a mere truce. h i. Innwn hat the Greeks are always seeking loans whereby they may- bo aoio- to equip and mke up lortne '"1V FBIPBi RCFS G1NGARL.GUR his annual Thanksgiving Procl.i- prrity which comes only to a God fearing people. Our accomplish inenta have been manv and the future holds great possibilities for advancement along all lines. I,et us render thsnks for thsse and for sll other blessings, and In us publicly acknowledge our dependence upon God for all things worth while. I respectfully ask that Ins peo ple of North Carolina, at their Thanksgiving services, invoke m- roatlon. made public today. The Proclamation follows:' In keeping with that beautiful and time-honored custom whlcji has found a permanent plara among the traditions of our na tional life, and has been handVd down from one generation to an other by the Presidents ot the lir publio and the Governors of the several States, I, Cameron nurniun, wvmii"i , of North Carolina, do hereby pro- vine guidance for all in civil claim and set apart Thursday. November SO, 1122, as a day of Thanksgiving, and call upon ths people to observe it reverently by suspending all business, except that Incident to the actual needs ot humanity, and assembling at their respective places of worship, In order thst we may publicly re turn thsnks to Almighty God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us during ths year now drawing to a close, renew our si leclance to Him and seek; guld ance for the future. We have passed through crlsj thority. ahat they may have a deep aenae of their obligations to God as well as to the people they serve. Done In our City of Raleigh, on this, the eighteenth dsy of Novem ber, In the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two. and in the one) hundred and forty-seventh yesr of our American Independence. CAMERON MORRISON. Governor. PSjJhe Governor: a t, II. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary. MRS. STEVENS IS DEAD IN HEM YEAR. IN THIS CITY Funeral Service at 4 P. M. Today Interment at Riverside. Mrs- Susan Janet Broun Btevens died at the- resldence.-iJ5 Beardsn Street, at f :10 o'clock Sunday morning, of bronchitis. Mrs. Stevens was one of the old est residents of this State, having passed her 7th birthday only-a short time before her death. which followed an illness of two weeks. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, with friends and relatives attending. Rev. Dr, Willis G. Clark, pastor of ttft) Trinity Episcopal Church of which the, deceased .was a member, will have charge. ' Interment wilt be in Riverside. The following will act as pall bearers: Dr. C. B. Jordan, Dr. P. R. Moale, William Redwood, Har mon Miller, Hubbard Shawhan, and Wythe M.- Peytofn. Mrs. Stevens was born in Mid- dleburg, Va.. October 12, 1825. On both side's her family was one of the most distinguished In the Old Dominion, Its members' . having been famous In statesmanship and educational work, and on the bat tlefield. . , Twenty-three years- ago Mrs. Stevens, with her two daughters; the Misses Lizzie and Nannie Ste vens, came to Ashevllle, and slfe often said that the Ashevllle cli mate prolonged her life IB years. In spite ot- her advanced years, her vitality and activity of both body and mind were amszlnv . tin o within a few weeks of her death. She conducted her household jif- ICmtlmmrt M f, Itwt WR EATHL SEVELT GRAV BY GLEMENGEAU French Statesman Pays Visit to Sagamore Hill 1 and Mrs. Roosevelt. NEW YORK. Nov. 1 (By The Associated Press.) Georges- Clesa eaceau, war premies of France, motored to Oyster Bay today, and laid a wreath on the grave ot Theodore Roosevelt. The grey old , Tiger, himself en apostle of preparedness, spoke no word as he stood before the grave of America's Wlelder of the big stick, but he was visibly Shoved. Hla keen eyes took In every detail of the flttla fenced in inclosure that has bec.ime a shrine for many Americana. Then ha stood for .a moment more with a far away look, deeply Immersed in thought- Finally he turned away and trudged slowly down the winding path of Youngs Memorial Ceme tery and motored to Roosevelt's home. While others of the party rang: the door bell and waited tor the door to' be opened. Clemen ceatl turned abruptly and walked off down the veranda where Roose velt used to sit to watch the -sailboats on Oyster Bay. He walked all the way to the rear of the house closely inspecting the long. low structure, stately, but simple on the orest of Sagamore Hill. . Archie Roosevelt, who was a sol dier in France, hurried to the ve randa to greet him and conducted him Into the house where Mrs. Roosevelt greeted him. He spent sometime in Roosevelt's . famous trophy room. Then he .motored back to the Manhattan residence of Charles Dana Gibson, which he Is making his Home during his five-day stay hereV Clemencead was accompanied on his visit to jOyster Ray by Cnlo- Appropriate Authorities Asked to Observe Week of December 3 to 9. ONE OF OLDEST OF U. S. TRADITIONS Strength WilY Always Rest in Intelligent Body of the People WASHINGTON. Nov. l Pres Ident Harding in a proclamation made public today at the White House set aside the week of De rember 3 to 8 as American adu cation week. HA recommends to the appropriate national, state and local authorities thst they give their cordial support and co-op eratlon and also calls upon pa. rents to enlist themselves In be half of closer understanding be tween the school and the home: The text of the proclamation In part Is as follows: 'The Ideals of democratic government and democratic education-were planted simul taneously in our country, The fathers rightly believed that only a people trained to vision of public needs end duties could develop and malntalu ths Institutions ot popular government. The system of universal education, establish ed In the beginning, has de veloped with tbe country and become one ot the character istic features of our life. In it we have laid the foundation of that system of American culture which has enabled us to absorb and assimilate mil lion who have rome to us from many countries, bring ing tbe traditions of widely varying Institutions. "In order thst we may keep In mind the need constantly, to improve our educational ays tent, it Is proposed that the week of December I-t, Inclu sive, be set aside for special observance as Amerloen edu- , callon week. It la recom mended to tbe governors of the state that they oe-oper- if fit mM9th edufslnna. nn'j a,ivm auinontits or cnetr cem' monwealtha to make the week ' a period for revival of Interest In the broad work of national - education. "It la gratifying to know -that In a time when public burdens have lain very heavy upon the people there has been everywhere a determined pur- ,? pose to maintain education un- '' impaired) In lorder that the coming generation may be equipped, regardless of sacri fices in the present, ' for the; inc r e a s 1 n g responsibilities which It must bear. e e "The strength and security of the nation will always rest in the Intelligent body of Its . people. Our education ahould implant conceptions of public duty and private obligations broad enough to envisage the problem of a greatly dis traught world. More than anything else, man ai.d wo men need the capacity to see with clear eyes and to con template with open, unpreju diced mind, the issuances of these times. Only through a properly motivated and gen erously Inspired process of ' education can this be accom publlshed. .' "In view, then, of these and many other considerations I hereby proclaim the week of December t-t . as Amerloan Education Week, recommend ing to the appropriate nation al, state and local authorities that they give tHeir cordial (PmftaMS m Pin T Felton Endeavor To Seat For r Jritf Will ri . r- v.lxivt , flT" ilrn.v '.nlut IS HM'l 'E CHME1M OF ERTY WILL DAUG DE FOUGHT FOR Keller and Woodruff Will Vigorously Push Proceed things Against Him. DECLARE VOTING SUSTAINS PROGRAM Daugherty'a Fitness for Office Said to Be One Election Issue. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. An neunoement that they Intended to "vigorously push lmnsachmant proceedings against ths attnrnev- ganerai. was mads in a Joint statement today by Representative nailer, Republican, Minnesota, wno presented the original im peachment charges to ths Houss and Representative Woodruff. Re publican, Michigan. . "We will not be d-trred from our insistence that the JudJIciary committee act upon the resolution to enable the Impeachment of Mr. Daugherty to proceed to trial be fore the Senate." said the state ment. "We demand that the Judi ciary committee hear the evidonce against Daugherty or state openly that It refuses to let the country know hnw he has oonduoted him self In office." said th stait ment, "that the eonle -are determined that grift and corruption shall be elim inated from the Federal-Government. The fitness ot Mr. 'Daugh erty to hold office was ons of ths main issues of th campaign in One Dam ILLINOIS WOMSl 'ill I 1 n 0 THE HOD ID 51 . No Formal Business Be-. fore Congress, Until Mes- sage on Tuesday. , ) WILL ADJOURN IN RESPECT. TO DEAD Harding's Message Tues day Will Be Mainly Upon Ship Subsidy. WASHINGTON, Nov. !. Con- ' grass will meet at noon tomorrow in special session, called by Pres ident Harding primarily to con- idsr th administration ship sub- , sidy bill. With only two weeks " remaining until tne Beginning or the regular December aesslon, it Is expected to sit' continuously until sin dl adjournment March I. ' in-orta or aaas. w. . Felton. or ' Georgia, first - woman 8sntor, to obtain a teat in the Senate for a day, promised unusual Interest In, the customary out And dried open ing routine. Whether she will be . seated still, remains a problem : awaiting development on th Ben- ate floor. Th tT year old "grand, old lady of Georgia" was appoint-' ed by Governor Hardwlck to sue- ' ceed th late Senator Watson. , V WaMer F. Ueorsro beertnar "his I credentials and commission undsr , , At the time the Keller Charges Ian. i.otfon November 1 arrive. a .a, n'n w m A mim A KJ . t, 4 1 . fl t nA ap. f - - , . . committee prior to the present re cess, it was decided to postpone th formal hearing demanded by Mr. Keller until early In th reg ular elojkexVWont2i. . strata,' r said ths stait ment, "ttil here today and accompanied by Senator Harris, Democrat, Geor gia. H said he would not present himself In th Benat until after Mr. Felton had had an opportun- ' Sty to claim th seat, He plans tn. iv.iuiu. t,i rv'kK. roc-" pending A Uwksiud ' ' he', tus and not to claim hla seat unui , Tuesday. - ' - ? i Vice-President Coolldge - and , Senate leader were disposed to-.' day to at Mrs. Fslton by unani mous consent but a single objec- many states. This issue waa (nirlloi. lt.tw said, probably Would BY ON at "Wcf Three Dinner tTerritet Called "Black Shirt Diplomacy." fT-w r r tt ttt Hwitcerlanfi. Nov. a D- nr Via Aaiirmla.tftd Press) w -tii lt.tv1. fAxcifltl remier, Whi. .ffernoon flatly refused tne request of Premier i-oincro Lord Curson, which has reached him here by telephone, -to . proceed to Lausanne and confer jhere with th French and bb"" suns-... and perforce, M: Poincare and Lota Curzon, who had alighted tr-nm their sneclal train at Laus anne, got aboard again and cam to Terrltet. . . Tk ait,a with Mussolini, at the Grand Hotel Des Alps and later over their coffee discussed me en tente's program for tne wear cmi conference. i,r.n.,m'nii had been made to serve this Entente dinner in Lord Curzon's hotel near Lausanne- where -the American delegates are lodged. When the special xrain bearing M. Polnoare and Lord Curzon from Pari arrived at Lausanne th ministers started for their quarters while their secre taries telephoned to Terrltet urg ing the Italian premier to come to Ouchy by automobile hut Mus solini declined, replying that this is impossible. This wae Mussolini's first dem onstration of Italian independence and the French and British leaders bowed to it. The story also went around that Mussolini has dislike LCum if m ns rinj GOING TO BE A TOUGH JOB BILLY BORNE phasised by speeches in the plat forms of successful candidates lor both house of Congress and wher ever Daughertylsm was an issue. those candidates were elected re gardless of their party affiliation. Rv their votes the beople have de manded that the office of attorney general ot the United States be filled by a man of unquestioned In tegrity." . Action on ths . Impeachment charges against him "should he disposed ot ss promptly as -possible, both in justice to the govern ment end to me a attorney-gen eral," Mr. Daugherty declared In a letter to Representative Volstead, chairman of the House Judlciiry Committee, made public tonight. Th attorney-general asked tliut he be sent a copy of the charges and declared he would "be - glad to furnish the committee all data and Information which it may re quest." 'y. Mr. Daugherty ssid he learned through the press ot the introduc tion of the resolution seeking his Impeachment while ha was per sonally sngaged .In the trial and arguuient of an important gov ernment ess In th Federal Court' - '"-(Clti. 4 tn Fiat Tm bar her. 'Leaders of both parties were, said to agree that since Sen' ator-Klect George' eleotion she ha no legal right to be seated and could not rccaiv mileage allow-: ana or pay. but all appear reluo-' tant to prevent her from taking . th path ot offlc. ,, , , There v wer resorts. - however. ' that Mr. CooJUdg waa being urg ed, Jn order to avoid making a, precedent, to rul against Mrs. Felton should she present herself. -Neither the Senate nor House will ' plunge Into work tomorrow. After' roll calls and swearing in of new members, the Senate plaps to, ad journ out of respect to the late-' Senator Watson, of Georgia, and . the House out of respect to 11 em- sentative Nolan, Republican, Cali fornia, Chairman of the Labor Committee, who died yesterday. i-resiaint warding is expected to address Congress in Joint ses-' slon Tuesday. Ths President's d - dress, It is said, will be brief and will deal mainly with th ship ping measure. . : With th Senate In a quandry over Mrs. Felton's status,- Mrs. Winifrsd Huck will be sworn in ' ' tomorrow as a member ot the ' House. 6h wae elected as Rep. EV Sal 0 THE IIGEINDUA !R GOES TO URY Special Prosecutor Says He Is Confident To Call 50 Witnesses. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. 1. Flna) preparations wer com pleted for presenting to th Som erset County Grand Jury tomor row th evidence gathered in the nine weeks that havs passed since the murder of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Special Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott, who has remained silent as te the number and names of the witnesses who wilt bs called in the presentation of the case, today issued a brief statement denying he is confident of obtaining Indict ments. "I was never more confident." the prosecutor said. "The evl- dence, however, is ready and the cass is now up to tbe Grand Jury." "There are three women on the Grand Jury which will hear the story -of. the case -as if has been bdllt up by the prosecution. The number or w.tnesses who will ap pear is estimated authoritatively as 60. inoee to appear at th opening session tomorrow are Ray mond Schneider, wno round th bodies of ths minister and th choir singer, and who is now In ths local Jail awalUng trial on a chars of perjury in connection with an alleged confession; Pearl Bahmer, who wa with Schneider when th bodies war found; Mr. Edward Btryker, from whose home Schneider telephoned the police to tell of tbe discovery and Edward Gsurrlgaa and Jam Curran, PEONAGE CHARGES AGA NST CATTS E UP TODAY G Trial Under Serious Alle gations Not to Be Fur ther Postponed. . PENSACOLA. Fla., Nov. 1 ,. (By The Associated' Presj.) Nn, further delay was expected tonight' in the case of former Governor Sidney J. Catts, whose trial on-two indictments charging peonage is set for-Federal Court here tomoi -' row. , 1 Mr. Catts, former m!n!tr, gov ernor of Florida l17-i:o, Irclu - ' slve, and story petrel of Florida politics formulate 1915 until hii retirement from th state hoos. is charged with having forced t-vo .. negroes, pardoned from Che state priron, to work' against their will on his plantation in Walton Coun ty during ISJO. A former resident of Alabama he had been a cltlie.i of Florida . only a few dayt, more than tn time necessary to nuAlify as a n- - -didate tor-ir?Knifr when, hi en- : tered ehe Democratic primary in 1114 era began his rejnpalgn on an anti-Catholic platform. He was . the vlctot in a fii-e-cornered battls and was) given the Democratic . 1 certificate' of nomination. A eon. , .. test by W. V. Knott, ens ef tli defeated candidates, resulted In a , recount of the vote tn several - counties and tbe controversy Anal ly reached the mate Supreme Court which awarded th nomi nation to Kn-)t;. In th meantim . Mr. Catts hail been noralnauxt governor by the prohibition parrv . which automatically placed Ma ' CM.sst m fast W I
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