WW . IS OUT WITH : t Eelieve Preference :i Shown by Repub- I can Committee ' COOPER RUNNING STRONG AND WELL IN NEW HANOVER First Time in Thirty Years That This County Hivs Sought State Office . , For a Native Son ' V Ksociated PBresg) 'J A GO, June S. Charges Kitor Moses, of New ' Ire, that the republican 1 committee has used! i roller" methods in de : contests, were denied by 1 committeemen at to i committee sessions. c: A G 0, J une 5. Disagree I tween General Wood's man-c-v f r whether the republican A committee has been "steam--;" U3 delegates hag furnished : I r.t which was needed to i p the republican pre-conven-ooliminaries with a -three-ring :h Senator Moses, one .of I s managers, has denounc : cisions of the committee i seated the Lowden dele r Wood contestants as a 'Asr" procedure, . General -At has followed it up with I fement expressing con ; 3 fairness of Chairman -1:; claimed any belief that teemen . are permitting ference as to candidates 5 the decisions which . o:e the -character of the ler talk has not appeared om inaries since the cele-:t-Roosevelt contest of ; it add3 to the noise and ; i i which the uninstructed i to speak is having some locating the band wagonl "3 several elements which ; the support of predic ' . i : . ing to be a regu- - convention.. ' pro on pre-convention jag; .looked pretty . 3 -vans Hughes -was oo-inated,, although it ... a. y known, and the 3 Wei 3 . placid. Today a v.ozen little whirling ed , loaded with possibilityof ia. cyclonic proportions. . Harris, of the Lowden fac from the eight Geor t ia the absence of formal a negro contestant pledged WILMINGTON June 5. Thomas F, Cooper, campaign manager for Senator W, B. Cooper, candidate for lieutenant governor, this after noon issued a statement in which he predicted the nomination of Senator Cooper by seventeen thousand ma pority. It Is the first time in ..over thirty years that New 1 Hanover county ha3 requested represen tatives on the . state - democratic ticket, and in Senator Cooper the county believes It is offering an ideal candidate for lieutenant governor. Gardner, Morrison and Page are running neck and neck for governor, while Ricaud is leading here for dis trict judge.; ' jo, . ,, . The race for 1 congress between Godwin, Shaw and Lyon is interest ing, with Shaw claiming forty per cent of the votes, but with indica tions that it will be badly split be tween the three candidates. PEI!liFlQJ!OT ATTEilOEIMI; COllOllIlSErK Several Physicians in Attend ance and an Operation May Be Necessary WILSOH DECLARES COB PLAYING afternoon. From the fact that two urgeora, Doctor John B. Deaver and Doctor Edward Martin, ' ere added to the group ',: heretofore in atten dance on the senator, it is gatbereo that an operation is contemplated. " The patient is said to be suffering greaUpain from an attack 'of hemo rids. ' To relieve his suffering nar cotics have been administered the past few days. , o -I ' ' : ! IBS TO Mill n'i cum Ull ou DAY J It ; :rtant; Blatters Are to .ctcd Upon at That Time ' OVERFUL RADIO ST 10V BEING CONSTRUCTED Government is Building This At Camp Glenn Public Be Allowed To Visit Place , ' of tl Fion f v. . ,er re."," i irtant meetinz of members lot al post of the American le ; ta be held 'at the Moose hall y afternoon at 3 o'clock and ne:r.ber of the organization is tr:l to h nresent at tnat ume 'i : l.-iral nost la ranidlV growing in f'--r:'h nnd much interest Is he ir. 3 own in ' the work which is he ir r r rp Thn nfflcBM have various T ; under consideration which t'oy desire to place before the mem I o-s an-l the meeting, Sunday after rnnn tn iu n a nf more than usual interest. '. ' ' '. EILL 13 AMENDED TO MEET OBJECTIONS WASHINGTON, June B.Arter-H had been amended to meet res Wilsoa's objections, the bill estaD lishir - a national , budget system Tniw i - a tnAav by tne vi; x r txo l cpuaDCU houga asi sent, to- the senat. HIGH HONOR BESTOWED UPON NEW BERN PASTOR -inrelnla theo Ztitution at wuuitu, . ueia m mis rfc rov it. i.7 oir. the Jie iwAuim, ya., mis " A r. Tlarinf noT.in.i rt tj-. o T D.. neuor . - , - was eieci. iu 'u nonorary meiu"c society of alumni. OOLDSBORO GBOWl'G WASHINGTON, ! June "Til in latlon statistics announced 10"QC, i:.. ---. eluded: Gdldsoboro, N. increase 5,189, or 85 per cent. ELECTION RETURNS jgjF SUN-JOURNAL O" PETTY POUTICS No Reason to Hope Its Continu ation in Session Would ' ., Result in Good REPORT sTO EFFECT WILSON IS WORSE DENIED BY DOCTOR Philadelphia I'hysiciaus Has Discon- tinned His Regular Visit to The , White House (By Associated Press) -.PHILADELPHIA, Jiine'5. Sena tor Bois Penrose will not go to Chi cago to attend the national republi can convention This announcement was made byhis physician today fol lowing a conference. . s jj.'. ' Five chvsicians were in consulta- tioa' at- the Penrose residv-nce thisM' ' . s ". (By Associated Press) r WASHINGTON, June 5. President Wilson in a telegram . today to officials of the railroad brotherhoods criticised congress for failing to take action with regard to the high cost of living, the conclusion of peace and im portant domestic legislation. The telegram was in reply to . a message asking the president to prevent the adjournment of congress today. The executive . said that in the light of the pres- , ,. ent eventsi VI have no , reason " -. whatever to hope its continue ' ; ance in session would 1 result in ' constructive measures for the v relief of economic conditions to which you call attention." !'. :- "It must be evident to all," , r the lresident said, "that the outstanding motive which is ac- ' ; tuating this congress is politi-: , cal expediency rather than lofty , purpose to serve the public wel- . fare." . - The president declared he had ;0 accepted some of the legislation enacted by this congress be- . ; cause he despaired of anything 's better. v . j - NEW PRESIDENT OF " , . - , . C, IS HEARD HERE UNIVERSITY OFN Dr. . HJl W.". Chase Addresses Grad- Pnblic Schools 4 (By Associated Press) . PHILADELPHIA, June 5. Re ports that President Wilson's condi tion has taken, a turn for the worse were denied today by Doctor Francis X. Dercum in this city.- Doctor Der cum, who has frequently been called into consultation, said: J- v , "They are silly rumors. When 1 last saw the President he was in mch good condition I did not think It necessary to Return to see him. I have discontinued my regular visits to theiPpresident", - , ' U?I IPPTHFaIB, WAT it MEAWWEAILOWKI 0: ;'- SO--,.---- .. . 0 . ' ... . - ' i. mR A"' 7 UBkUA,, mm n ADMIRAL WINTERH ALTER DEAD (By Associated Press) -o WASHINGTON, June 5. Rear Admiral Albert Winterhalter. a member of ther general board and former o commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, died suddenly at the naval hospital here today. .. i HOUSE Alio SENATE READY TO ADJOURN . FOR MIVEilTION Mandate Oyer Armenia and the President's Veto of Budget System Still Pending ; ; Down, at Camp Glenn, a 'few miles distant from Morehead ityt; is be ing erected one of the most powerful government wireless stations, except that at 'Arlington, that the govern ment will have' along the Atlantic coast, a station, with a receiving ra dius of several hundred miles and one from which radiograms can be sent far out to sea or to points oa land hundreds of miles away. ' The government has lor years owned a - station on : Plver'a island, near Beaufort. Recently a part of this was destroyed by fire and it was decided to remove the plant to Camp Glenn, where the ., government has stationed a large numoer or men and which is being used as a naval air training station and also as en campment grounds ; for the state troops. '-.A---?-: oo -o 0:-, ov The new station will work in con nection with other stations along the coast, doing relay work when neces sary and handling the usual daily run of business V No private radio grams will be sent through the sta tion at any time unless in case of un usual occurrences where communica tion by other routes are impossible. Summer visitors to Morehead City will be permitted to go to Camp Glenn and visit this plant and hnn dreds will probably take f advantage of the opportunity. , ; ' Every peat and. al! the 'standing room in Griffin auditorium was tak en Friday night with ao tremendous gathering of interested parents and friends who came to witness the grad uating exercises of the class of 1920. Promptly at 8 :15 o'clock the mar shals led the way for ' the "Beventfe grade, seventy , eight strong. These were followed by. the speaker, the chairman of the board, and other of ficials. Then came the senior class, twenty four In number, and present ing a . beautiful and inspiring pic ture.' '.: Dr. Chase's Address. , v The address by Dr. H: W. Chase of the university, was a scholarly , and timely discussion. He traced the aims of the European autocrats and com pared them with the progress ana destinv of democracy. He declared that demovracy is a Deautirui tneory but a hard thing to make work; much harder than an autocracy. He then liisoiiRsed some of our national dis itrivnntaeea in the operation of a democratic scheme. Dr. Chase declared that the oppor tunity for great service to the na tion'rests with the south more than elBewhere; that civilization, as well as democratic Institutions, are on trial ; that ' the future leaaers in Europe went aown in me gien that world leadership and world re sponsibility 18, at ine uoor ui uo south as never before. H nmnhasized the neea oi train ing and preparation. "Our position in the educational ransing oi iue Lines u nnt an enviable one," he said and added that "our percentage of illit- ar.ro anrJ Inefficiency ia great, ine speaker urged better school support, and better interest m eoucauuu. v A Vino lmnressian. The new president of the universi ty made a fine impression In order to acquaint the peo ple of NEW BERN '""'both . latest election return9.1 e t local and from the ilvAL large, THE SUN-JOT will this evening h lic pi ete, bulletins and the W . is invited to; call arouwi ' secuie thexe'as they1 'cp COMMERCE BODY SECRETARY .LEAVES TODAY FOR RALEIGH H, E. . Barlow, secretary of the ;hantber of commerce, leaves this evening for ; Raleigh to attend meeting of the executives of the North' Carolina traffic association During the coming week a most important meeting of the association is to be held and this will be large ly attended, at least, three well known business men from NEW BERN, C D. Bradham, A. T. Ger- rans and H. W. Armstrong attend ing. (By Associated Press) " WASHINGTON,, June 5. With sine die adjournment set for 4 p. m., both houses of congress faced busy sessions today.."1. . 1 i : ' Many of the'more important bills were cleared away in the night ses sion, which lasted until early today,, but crowded calendars still confront ed both ' te'Jti - se ancf the senate."1 ". ' the house4iad Tbeen' nelifled' by Chairman Porlerjvof the foreign af fairs committee,, that it would be called on to act during' the day en the senate , resolution . declining oto grant President Wilson authority to assume .on behalf -v of the . United States a" nandate over Armenia. , On the ..second : important matter confronting the house, a veto by the President of ' the. bill j to establish a national budget system, leaders were undecided. ; v.-; SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL? LEAVE CITY FOR VACATION Those Residing Elsewhere Prepare To Return Home Several Will o Teach During Summer- With the local public' schools clos ed for the 1919-20 term many of the teachers have already began . to Tnake preparations to leave the city for the vacation period. Several members of the faculty . are) from points outside the city . and these plan to return honie for a short visit. A number will teach classes during the summer months.- ok ' ' w U A number of the teachers who re side in the city, are to spend a part of the vacation period in western North Carolina. AIM DAMPENS EMIMUSl-aOi..' v s N CRAVEN core BALLOTS F OR THEIR CHOIC E Voting Began Early in The Day And Has Been BriskMuch Interest Shown' . All Candidates Ate Claiming Victory ', On Early Indications With Long Ballot and Heavy Vote Chances Are That Result Will Not Be Known Until Late CloseRace is Predicted. ' : SECOND PRIMARY WILL BE NECESSARY1 NORWEGIAN STEAMER IS REPORTED ON FIRE o 'There is no doubt but that' Congressman Brlnson will carry , the district; his nomination is v assured" was the statement made to THE SUN-JOURNAL , today by R. A. Nunn, Congress man S. M. Brinson's campaign manager in Craven County whileCharles li. Abernethy stat ed that "I'm going to be noiaU nated". o-..-,.o . Both candidates c for con- ' gress feel assured that they are going to be the winners of to- "' day's race for the congressional honor and the friends of both -are today. In NEW BERN V at '; least, leaving no stone unturn ed to secure support for . their o favorites. ' : , . .-t-.V ' ' .. . iO ,0. 00': 00s, ' Craven county voters started ear-! ly in theday to cast ballots for their i choice for1 state and county , offices and . before noon hundreds of votes j had been cast. ,v Interest locally cen ters ..in i,he congressional';, fight ; and Managers : for Messrs.. Brinson and Abernethy are' both '- claiming that their candidate will dead, while In the race for 'governor it is apparent that Morrison and Gardner are the favorites, while Mr. Page stands bflt a small chance of carrying off mote than a few hundred of the votes in this county. , o-. ;; ' " ' Coming down to strictly- local po litics the race for the sheriff's office seems to lead in interest. In this there are three candidates . R. B. Lane, Joseph D.- Williams and T W. Holton. Mr. Lane says , that he is positive of being re-elected, Mr. Wil liams asserts his confidences in the result of the vote casting, while Mr. Holton declares that he will surprise everyone. ' 1 . ".. . There is a long list of candidates for county7 commissioner, three as pirants for the office of register of deeds and two for election to" the house of representatives. f There has been much delay a the polls on account of the method of voting. Tne voting placed : cannot be approached by any except the per son who is actually marking his ticket at the time, and as there are four separate ticket to be marked the time consumed is. at least five minutes, and, not more than a dozen persons per ' hour have been able to vote unless the balot caster exercis ed speed. . ' v'' o , : ; However, the actual casting of bal lots is being handled . in. the most able and expedient manner and when the polling places ' are closed this evening no time will he lost In count ing the ballots cast. '" Interest Extends All Down The Line to The Can didates Running for Minor Of fices--Both Brin son and Abernethy Claim Victory in Conces sional Race in This District. v f r (By Associated Press) . . .. RALEIGH, June 5. On acocuht of rain which was rr ci G less o-eneral throughout the state early today, there was a 1; vote east this morning. in the state-wide primary, accordir : to im ports reaching Raleigh at noon. The weather has cleared in a number, of sections, and it was expected the bulk of t b Hots would be cast this afternoon. . ' . o V The polls, were opened this morning at 4:57 o'clock r . o at 7J27 this afternoon. It was expected it would be aii tonight when the returns would begin trickling in.: ' '.: v The voting will determine the selection of nominee;. ernor, two associate justices of the supreme court and. a ; of state officers, as well as a United States senator, ar. . . i congressional districts to nominate members of the house oi i resentatives. Republican ' participation in today s primary v, o confined to expression of presidential preference between Ser a- tor Hiram Johnson' and Major General Wood, the only candidates who filed in the state. v 1 o' 'Returns Home Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the University of North Carolina, and who, delivered the commencement address at the NEW BERN', public school graduating exercises Friday evening, has returned to Chanel Hill. and his address was highly complimented ty those who heard it. . . The address was louowea oy a humorous, but well written propne sy by Thomas Carra way. He fore- todld the destiny or eacn ui u mates. The ciass poem uj Louise Shriner was a good one. The last will an dtestament, by Miss Ruby Bryan, was interesting ana iuruisueu considerable mirth to the. audience. 1 The diplomas were presenieu oy Miss Sarah Leslie, of the high school faonuv in accordance with an ex of the class. Miss Les- ly has taught the class f or f oui years in some of their subjects The medals were awarded, by R. a Nunn, a member of the school board. The winners were as tonows. Medals Awarded. High school English, third year mathematics, and the . general scholarship medals all to Elizabeth Duffy; first year Latin, Bertha Thal '.. Princnn reciter's medal, Susie J ' ..... .... ninV' Eaton: Winston meaai, db"." "' inson; Finmx mean, Newport declaimers medal, Carrawav: Bryan medal, McDanijl. , , . ... The program was concluded with hv Sunt. H. B. Smith .rc.iriro T.iatit! for next year. He i Imnrowpd uron his hearers the faci that the people's schools should have the interest and support of the peo ple; that education is a concern of everyone,' and that popular support of schools ia an absolute necessity. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 5, The Nor wegian steamer Bergernfjord, which was reported afire one hundred and fifty miles east of Fire Island early this morning, reported later that the fire was under control and that the vessel was proceeding on her way. First Church William A. Ayers pastor. Preaching by the pastor 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Morning subject; "Salvation and Rewards". Evening subject; "A Question of Supreme In terest". Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Dr. Z. V; Parker, superintendent. Men's league and study class Monday night at 8 o'clock. Mid-week prayer service Thursday night - 8 o'clock. Ay res; Thos Mildred! IMPORTANT - NOTICE TO SUN-JOURNAL READERS WOOD DELEGATES WIN IN CONTEST FROM GEORGIA ' (By Associated Press) ' CHICAGO, June 5. In disposing of the remaining district contests to day the republican national commit tee unanimously voted to seat Geor ge Cole, of Marietta, Ga., a Wood delegate from the seventh - district, and dismissed the contestant, who was said to favor Governor Lowden. PRESIDENT WILSON SIGNS CONGRESSIONAL BILLS n. :-: f A' 'A ' V ed. '. ; v . ' -. In the third' congressional d! -'ri. t there-- hasc been : a f 7 -' 1 '- ' f the" nomination betweeu t Trr -man-Samuel M. Briason. and . ;r!- 1 Li Abernethy the', two car.Jidate3 having met in joint debate rn one occasion tp discuss the issues cf tha campaign.;; 0 - 0 0 - 0 ! " Opposition to Hoey 'Six candidates are seeking tl ru mination to . succeed Con. CI? is R.. Hoey", who declined to stand for . re-election In the ninth district. They are W. B. Council, A., Lee Bulwinkle, ;A. Lo Patterson, J. M. .Patter son, f IA. L. julckel, and Maryin L.. Ritch.t Mr, Ritch gained state-wide atten- ' tion a. year: or so ago as organizer pf textile workers in thisBtate.' ' Only local interest has been mani fested in the other congressional d: tricts ia which - there are , cont- In the first district, Hallet S. V. . is running against Congress John H. Small, 'while in "the sixio district Congressman H, L. Godwin is being opposed by Homer L. Lye and John G- Shaw. - " v" " o-w ' 'More than ordinary interesf-ha been displayed in the 'fight .'tor Jib 9. nomination ; for the ; United &.Utes :,. Senate, Aubrey L. Brooks, of Greens-r boro, who is a strong ' advocate -of , woman suffrage; opposing Senator Lee Slater Overman. ,' Mr. Brooks has made a personal campaign while Mr. Overman has . made - onljrone- speech in North Carolina durinC tne ramnaieno this belnn: a memorial ad dress at Smlthfleld. , - rr V Supreme Court Fight ! Seven candidates are In the ..race. -for..the nominatioh to fill two places 11.. -- - n . . -9kflt ' on iuo supreme wui t ucuvu, "UX- little interest haa been, displayed 'in the campaign, for these omces. otn candidates are . W.o A. - Hoke.; Need- ham Y. Gulley, O. H. Guion, -Noah James Rouse. B. F . Long. WT, Adams and .W. P. Stacey. - uniT uxhbiuk iuiei um.jjoch 0 Local Sun-Journal subscribers who fail to secure their paper by a reasonable hour in the af ternoon are requested to tele phone to the circulation depart ment of this paper and a copy will Immediately be sent out to them. The Sun-Journal office is open, .until 8 o'clock each evening except Sunday and subscribers who fail to get their copy of the paper before that hour are requested to let the circulation department know of this. Service is one of the slogans of The, SunJournal and every effort is being made to please the subscriber. ' : ,- - (By Associated Press) - ' j WASHINGTON, June 5. Presi dent Wilson devoted practically his entire time today to signing bills passed in the closing days of the present session. Measures approved included the annual naval, sundry civil, diplomatic and consular and District of Columbia appropriation bills, the industrial vocational and rehabilitation measure and a bill permitting government owned radio stations to handle private and press messages, and the army organization bill. SILVER MINERS' STRIKE REDUCES MONEY OUTPUT Gubernatorial. Nominees .. . Rep ublican r- nominees for gover nor, senator and. state offices were se lected recently at -the . republican state convention which also 'selected North ; Carolina's four , delegates-at- Iarge to the republican national con vention and instructed . them too vote for Judge - Jeter . C, i Pritchard, . of Asheyille, ' for the presidential nomi nation, at Chicago, as did a number of district cohv-entlons in selecting their delegates. o 0 ; ' Senator F. M. Simmons having been the only candidate entered in the primary for the democratic pres idential nomination, his name has been certified by the state board of elections and he will receive the vote bf North Carolina's twenty-four delegates in the democratic national convention. .--' ; . ' ' 0 Co Much Interest Displayed 0 -v Much interest has been displayed throughout the . state in the demo cratic gubernatorial nomination and the contest . for - other state offices and a large vote is expected to be cast during the day. " Owing to the length of the ballot the returns pror bably will be late. The poll3 opened at sun-rise and close at sunset. Both Senator Johnson and Major General Wood personally made speeches in the state in their campaign for the republican presidential ' nomination. Chief interest of the democratic vot ers, centured in the three-cornred gu bernatorial - contest, although Sena tor Lee S. Overman and members of the house of representatives from the 1st, 3rd,: 6th and 9th congress ional districts are; oposed for. reno mination. ... :- "A:- - . 0 The fight for the nomination for governor has been one of the most hotly contested , in many years. The three candidates are ' Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gardner,; of Shel by, a lawyer: Robert N. Page, of Bis- coe, a business man and former con- paid to the campaign or -catuncratew gressman from the seventh district, seeking nominations for other1; state; a lawyer, who has been a state lead-t and W. B. - Cooper, , of Wilmington. er in the democratic party for years, are the o candidates for nomination 0 Fight Against Gardner , 'for lieutenant governor. T . A The principal fight in the guber- There are fire candidates fh .the natorial campaign has been made a- race for the nomination for state au gainst Mr. Gardner by the' organized : ditor.," They are Baxter , DurhamrtJf" to answer a questionaire submitted - hage; D. L. Boyd, of Waynesvllle, by the State Federation of Labor James P. Cooper Concord and Wil- aliu. r a iiiex o u muu. .All ucv.iiuiug ita'Ji a., v,, . . uu&vx. t . . . . . . . m n n t . 1 1 , , " v to reply to tne questionaire, ., mr.j Treasurer . n.. uaujr i, uemg yp Gardner declared he woudd not ' posed by B. 1 F. Renfrew, of.' Bertie make any1 pre-election pledges ex- county, for the nomination lor state cept those contained in the platform treasurer. ; , ; , ' ,v v- adopted by the democratic state con-' J. Bryan Grimes is unopposed ror antrn . nnrini, hlo omnalirn t.ha th -nomination - for Rfir.rfitarv oi , UUL.Ull. -J L . . U " . ' " ' T( .. . ; , Lieutenant Governor strongly advo- state'. - , '; bated better aducational facilities Two candidates, the present Cora and favored the ratification of the missioner, Major. W. A. Graham, an i Athnnv onffrafp nmAtirlmfint. diviner H. 15. ThomDon nre'seeklnz the no - the-women the right to vote, o I tninalion for commissioner of ag- Mr. Page a brother of the 'late riculture. .00 .o- '- ' 00 TTnlted States ambassor to England David. P. DelUnger of Gastonia ls rtr Ua. ITi'nna Pa a -In tila na m ra cn nnnnaiftflr Kf T. Rll i Titfl ATI .- TWPHP.T1 1. I Tl N emphasizeu tne neea 01 applying cum oem ior iae Bumtuanuu lOMvum bhsiness principles to state. affair3 missioner of labor and printing; and advocated improvement of ru- Stacey W. Wade, C. T". McClehg ral conditions, particularly in res ham and . John Underwood are the pect to schools and roads. candidates for- insurance commis- Mr. Morrison in his appeal to the sioner to succeed " J- R., Young, yrh voters urged a return to what ne aecunea 10 ii reuuuimauuuv, (By Associated Press) SYDNEY, Australia, June 5. The president of the Australian miners association, estimates that over 5, 000,000 pounds worth of silver has been lost as a result of the twelve months' strike at the Broken Hills mines. - . - - discribed as 'old fashioned demo- As it will require several days o the vote the election board gers of class legislation. Although may not be able to certify the can rocognized as one of the leading op- did ate who receives the largest j)um ponents to women suffrage by feder- ber of votes for the republican pres al amendment, Mr.. Morrison did hot jldential, nomination in time for the make women suffrage an- issue in' republican convention, which begins his 0 campaign, -declaring he owoud at Chicago next Tuesday. -; ;;,- . i- . , . : ' A-.A-. '-'"..-.' . 0; ..- '.-