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Vc.-lhsri. -t: Closing The Day, ' i i""y cloudy and cooler1 Fri I day Probably 'A showers; .ori ,t.fiA a Your day's ditties, are not; fin ished until 'you shave 'carefully read. your: favorite' evening' paper the SUN-JOURNAL. oast;, Saturdky'fiiri.-r;! .: , I , ' .' I I I I ' .. ,i 11 J I . V - t I -III' Volume 25; Number 145. 'ISOillAII VIGOR IS NOT IMP1IM v inn IIUL.V ILLNESS Expects Democrats at San Fran . Cisco-to Ratify Challenge ;V.;' Foir Referendum LEAGUE OF NATIONS .-"' IS DOMINANT ISSUE Republican Convention Control! ed by Interests Prussian in' f Inspirations (Br Aiweutei Vrfmmt NEW YORK, June 18. President Wiison s - nine months of illness nave neither rl j vi. I-, . - """u uia spirit, nor 1 "7 irr . ue sngntest degree his splendid intellect," according to the New York World, which today pub J; .e( a copyrighted interview by V oau"ieton correspondent with tie president. Within the last two months, the luiiMuuuuoui says, tne president has f lined more than twenty . pounds, and - his ultimate complete recovery Three Hoar Interview. " . Daring the three hour interview Et tie White house, sava thn rnrre. f-cndent, the long discussion of cur- r- i topics ana Issues showed that tne president "expressed himself v.n characteristic Wilsonian vigor." ' The president told the correspond ent, iu uiscuBsing tne political jam paisn, that the league of nations was the dominant issue and he expects the democrats at San Francisco to xat.fy his challenge for a referendum cf the league. V The issue is "too deep for political sculdegery," the president is quoted ss saying. ; u. . ... -.- Th president, was particularly Yirorous in attacking the republican i. or m, according to the corre- ident., ':';-: . . - , The republican national conven ," said the president, "waa con 11 by interests essentially Prua- It t.-i ia tne inspiration and method." II 3 said he did not see how pro-rr- , os could support the-republi-c a f : -tform. Vulks With Slight Limp Tr : Jent Wilson told the corre nt he had not aided any can- s for the nomination at San mussing the president's physi iltion the correspondent said I U not distorted in the (' sree, as some unfriendly of his illness have asserted. ' i "a face is much the same as J - . a"g;ht it "bears the "impres-i ri i.aca physical suffering: ; ; I r ' i lent walked with a slight -'! used a cane, according to tci respondent. '. j - i: t ', c1'' i - L" Jj : FETING CALLED c GJIHUItX LEAGUE OWNERS 1 (By AsHoctated Press) . N'-r ?::IPHIS, June 18. John ' B. T-'ari n, president ol the Southern as f -ci. .:;n, tdday called a special meet ing cf the league directors to be held in -Memphis next Monday to consid er the situation brought about by the refusal cf five of the eight clubs in the league to play the Little Rock club with "Casey" Smith in the line Bp. . : . " : rnOFITEER IS SENTENCED - TO PAY A HUGE FINE , (By Associated Wess) PITTSBURG, Pa., June 18. J. J. Gilchrist, an official of the Standard Sugar Company, was today sentenced to cay a fine of $10,000.00 by judge Thompson in United States district court here for alleged profiteering in "mi GATES OF RATIHICATION HIT UNO Women Not Discouraged Over Defeat of Brooks-rPeople Do Not Love Suffrage Less, But Overman More Greatest Op position In The Coastal Sec- tion - " ' V , - (By MAX D. ABERNETHY) , RALEIGH, June . , 18. Advocate, of the ratification o fthe tusan Anthnnv . by tne wor Carolina General Assembly in- sp rial wmIimi ila Bummer, do.-not fll flisrriiirap-omonf in tVifi fact that Al( brey L. Brooks, , out and out cham pion .or the cause of women. was overwhelminelv deieaitiu Senator Lee S. Overman, . whost last act of av political nature in worin Carolina h0frt nrimary was a reiteration of his antagonism tQ rat- iflcatloa. - The advocates 01 ine cu declare that the defeat 01 nn. has no political . significance other than showing that the Peopi! w Btate do not- love suffrage less, dui Overman more. - . Voters are ImDortaned V Following this theory tne newiyition resolution, ana tne eastern sec nominated candidates and other po- tion piles up a bigger democratic litical leaders in and about Raleigh vote in proportion to its population axe being lmoortuned by the-women than does the west. The negro wo to sign the netition'' which will be J man voter is the spectre that causes Vesented to the legislature in July, alarm in the jnind of the eastern The ladles wniild have a petition man. Some believe the legislature signed by democrats of such promi-jwill ratify and some do not believe nence and in an rh large numbers tbaUh 1-gisiatur will be pressed ... l - ;:-.t , EIGHT PAGES TODAY Twelve Distinguished Jurists Named to Plan i . ' - '. . - . ' Ah International Court THE HAGUE, June 18. The twelve distinguished international jurists, among them Elihu Root, of the United States, invited by the ex ecutive council of the league of na tions to plan the organization of the new permanent court of intarna tional justice, constitute an impress ing array of the world's most com petent authorities on Questions of in ternational legislation. Those "who accepted the invitation gathered here In mid June to undertake the task. Those invited were: , t : Baron Descamps, Belgian minister of 6tate, professor of international law at Louvain University; member of the permanent court of arbitration of the Hague; and secretary-general formerly president, of the institute of international law) and writer on international questions. , v v -i.u-y. i ': M.: Drago, formerly foreign min ister of the ' Argentine ' Republic; While holding that office he sent to the Argentine minister in Washing ton instructions known as the Drago Doctrine (1920). He was formerly Judge in Argentine; one of the ar bitrators nominated by agreement between Great Britain and the United States in the North Atlantic fisheries arbitration. The Hague (1910); ,ona of the Argentine delegates to, s the second peace conference " at The Hague and member of the permanent court of arbitration of The Hague. ESS FAILED Department of Justice Will Be Unable to Prosecute Liquor Cases After June , WASHINGTON, June 18. Be cause of the failure of congress "to provide the necessary funds the de partment of justice will not be able to employ special attorneys to handle the prosecution of cases growing out of violations of the .prohibition en forcement law after June 30, it was said today at the department. ' i District attorneys have notified the department that they cannot en force- the Volstead act without as sistance,, and officials declare that the, department faces fhe alternative ot drafting men from other branches of work or leaving the 'district at torneys without aid in handling the mass of cases, rapidly accumulating in various places. . -.v ALAND ISLANDS WANT v ANNEXATION TO SWEDEN (By Associated .Press) ' ' v NEW YORK, June It. The na- tives of the Aland Islands, which lie between Sweden and Finland, at the mouth- of the Gulf of Bothnia, are engaed in a lively agitation for re union with Sweden, according to the advices received, by representatives of the Swedish government in this country. . ; The population of the is lands - is about , 12,000. Formerly they were held by Sweden, but) they were Ataken over by Russia 120 years ago. i After the world war a delega tion from the Aland Islands present ed, to the peace conference a claim for annexation to Finland. A com mission was appointed by the confer ence which recommended that " the arcnipeiago De , neutrauzea under a guarantee of the legaue of nations. T C0N6R FOR ENFORCEMENT VOTERS on A NEW LEGISLATIVE PETITION with the popularity of the cause. They realize that despite the endorse ment of the cause by the democratic platform it will not be passed with out a contest. At least such is the indication at the present writing, and the ladies would fortify their chances of getting the woman suf frage ratification resolution through the legislature by presenting the, pe tition early m tne session ' ;The- presence of the petition and the ladies is causing some of the can didates a little worry. Even those who believe suffrage . is inevitable, and favor 1it from the standpoint of political expediency and also from the standpoint of their own personal views of the matter, hesitate to sign the petition with the evident senti- 'Jment of the state so much opposed to tne . measure, ai. least, some or the men who have been asked to sign do not believe the state as a whole would vote for the suffrage bill if. it were' submitted as a constitutional amendment in the November elec lions. .- . , '. Opposition in The East The eastern part of North Carolina especially; opponents of the measure point out, is opposed to the ratifica- J North. Carolina will fan in line. No cne Snpwa. w,-,f r vt- ; - - - 1-:; .rv ." . - . -. '.Professor Fadda, professor of Roman law at Naples University, member of the permanent court of arbitration of The Hague, and to the second Hague peace conference. " M. Grfam, formerly a judge on the mixed tribunals in Egypt; former member of the supreme court of Nor way; minister of state at Stockholm before the severance of the union be tween Norway and Sweden; member of the permanent court of arbitration at the Hague and member of the in stitute of international law. : Doctor Loder, member of the cour de Cassation of the Netherlands. ljora Fnniimore, English privy councillor; a Lord Justice of Appeals (1913-1916); president of the inter national law association (1905-1908) author of publications on ecclesiasti cal and international law and "three centuries . of " treaties of peace and their teaching" (1917); president of committee of inquiry appointed by the British government on the sub- ject of the league of nations. i Elihu , Root, former secretary of state, United States,' president of the American society of international law; member of the permanent court of arbitration of the Hague, senior counsel for the United States in the north Atlantic fisheries arbitration at the Hague (1910); member of the Alasgan boundary trubunal and head of special United States mission to Russia , (1917). Took Reprisals Against Republi can Party, But are Not Mad1 With Democrats WASHINGTON, June 18. , The national., woman's party - will not picket the democratic convention at San Francisco, according to informa tion at the Washington headquarters today, , A group "of the .Chicago pick ets, headed by Miss Alice Paul, pres ident, of the national woman's party, will go to San Francisco j however, for the convention- and try "the arts of persuasion . on the delegates and secure-their' assistance, especially in the southern states. ; ; ' V ,i . A' Spokesman for i the 'woman's party last night outlined the reasons why the democratic convention will not be picketed.; . She said that the democrats are powerless to help ob tain the one necessary state that wili put the suffrage amendment over the top because the democratic legisla tures where the amendment is pend ing are all unfriendly to suffrage and that on the other hand Vermont has a legislature friendly to suffrage "and the republican t governor will not make it possible to bring the, issue before it. . i . ' V The- republican convention was picketed not because of its suffrage record in the past, but because the republicans could have helped, in Vermont, but did not. , '.' . 330 ITALIAN PRISONERS. KILLED BY ALBANIANS (By Associated Press) GENEVA, June 18. Three hun dred and thirty Italian prisoners have been killed by indignant Alban ians at Tirana, according to a tele gram from Belgrade quoting reports reaching that city. . It is said the Albanians "were maddened by the news of the assassination of Essad Pasha, former provisional president of Albania in Paris this week and attributed his death to Italian in trigue. - SINN PEINERS SEEK TO CONTROL LAND MOVEMENT .- (By ; Associated ' Press) . -. 7 ' ' DUBLIN, June 18.r In several , of the western counties of Ireland, dis- turbances are now more agarian than political. The Sinn Fein seeks to control the land-movement and pre vent it' getting out' of hand. It has been decided that nobody shall be attacked or his cattle driven to make him sell part of his land unless he possesses more than 500 acres. This is a very exceptional amount for any tenant to hold, so that the ' agitation in future will be directed solely against landlords and ranchers. CONVERT CROSBY HALL 1 ; INTO STUDENT'S H0ME CBy Associated Press) LONDON, June 18. Students from .the United States, and overseas dominions of the British empire, studying in the Uhiversity or Lon don, are. ' likely to have a home in Crosby. Hall, the ancient home of Richard III, on th Chelsea Embank ment. Plans to utilize the building for that purpose are now being de veloped by the World Association for Adult Education. DIVORCEES ARE WARNED TO WEAR MORE CLOTHES SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, June 18. Judffe Frank W. Geiger, of common Pleas court, today issued a warning that women who apply for divorces in h'3 couit must be careful of their dress. The judge told attorneys that "I don't care if it is as hot as , these women have got to wear more clothes when they come. into court. This WOMEN WILL NOT AT SAN FRANCISCO thing.: lm?re 1 of peekaboo waists and see- skirts has got' to stop.". ,l"''. . NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL, FRIDAY, BAKE COLBY Elected Delegate From District of Columbia Over Opposition Of Bryan CARTER GLASS NAMED TO WRITE RESOLUTIONS League of Nations Plank Will Follow Closely That in Vir ginia Platform , i (By Associated ' Press) WASHINGTON, June 18. Bain bridge Colby, secretary of state, is regarded by some democratic lead ers in Washington as the most likely choice for permanent chairman of the democratic national convention at San Francisco. . j , , Mr. Colby was elected a delegate to the convention from the District of Columbia last week, heading an ad ministration ticket in opposition to that put in the .field by the Bryan Democratic Club. - Senator Joseph T. Robinson, . of Arkansas, and Chairman Cummins, of the democratic , national committee, who is to be temporary chairman of the convention, also have been men tioned in connection with the perma nent chairman ship. Mr; Cummins' friends say, however,, that he does not desires the place. , 1 ' Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, who drew the, platform up for the Virginia democratic convention, and since endorse my President Wilson, has been definitely decided upon as chairman of the committee on reso lutions. : " . "'' - ':. ' The league of. nations plank of the platform to be adopted at San Fran cisco : is expected to follow closely that in the Virginia platform. ' WILLIAM STILL TRYING ' TO SELL HIS BELONGINGS (By. Associated Press) . THE HAGUE, ' June 18. The horses, carriages and other belong ings pf the former German Emperor William, which' were recently offered for- sale by - advertisement in v the Handelsblad, are still at Berlin, but the seller, who will probably be Wil liam himself,': .guarantees tneir prompt delivery in Holland. The prices quoted vis free on rail and boat from Berltn. , , ' ' MILITARY TJOtlRNAMEN'T V-r i, IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (By Associated 'Press) .,,. WASHINGTON June 18. Au thority has been given by the1 war department for the holding of a mili tary boxing tournament in the Phil ippine department July 1 to 5. The soldier-pugilists . will be divided 'into seven classes by weight, one enlisted man being selected from each mili tary post- in every class, r Elimina tion contests will begin' soon at the posts 0 determine the best -availa ble candidate. ? DETROIT RANKS AS FOURTH CITY IN THE NATION St. Louis, . Boston, Cleveland, Balti more and Pittsburgh Displaced in Last Ten Years" (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 18. Detroit, with a numerical increase in rate of growth larger than Chicago's and sec ond only to New York's during the last ten years, is now fourth largest city in the country," displacing St. Louis and outranking Boston, Cleye land, Baltimore and Pittsburg, all of which were larger than the Michigan city ten years ago. Detroit's 1920 population, announced today by the census bureau is 993,739, an increase of 527,973, of 113.4 per cent. NAVAL RESERVES WILL CRUISE DURING JULY CHARLESTON, S. C, June 18. Announcement was made today at the headquarters that the sailing date for the first cruise of the naval reserves of the sixth naval district had been definitely set for July 10. The officers and men will be required to report at district headquarters here on July 8 in order that they may be outfitted and assigned to the ships. CRIMINAL ASSAILANT'S SENTENCE IS SHORTENED RALEIGH, June 18.: Sentence of B. H. Lanier, of Forsyth county, con victed of criminal assault in Sep tember, 1919, and sentenced to fif teen years in the state's prison, has been commuted by Governor Bickett to fifteen months. Eleven of the jurors who tried the case wrote the governor, as did the county officers and judge, asking that the clemency be granted. The assault was alleged to have been made on Emma Brown. GODWIN OPENS HEADQUARTERS FOR PRIMARY IN WILMINGTON WILMINGTON, June 18. Con gressman Hannibal L. Godwin today opened headquarters in Wilmington in his campaign for congress. He is being opposed in the second race by Solicitor Homer L. Lyon, of Colum bus county. - Congressman Godwin has appointed E. P. Bond, prominent young man of hits city, as his local manager and is now organizing his forces here for the fight in July. WILL BE CHAIRMAN AT SAN FRANCISCO JUNE 18, 1920. ONE NOBLE ROOSTER "PARTY EMBLEM" OF DEMOCRATS Ignoble Donkey Was' Wished on The Party After Civil , War, Because of ' Reconstruction Stand CHICAGO, June 18. The demo crats are not "mulish only firm" according to Mrs. Frederick Pahl, chairman of the finance committee of the Illinois : democratic women's committee, today in announcing that thousands of little silver roosters will be taken to the national convention at San 7 Francisco in an effort to familiarize the delegates ' with the "real party emblem." "I haveigoneinto this question," 3aid Mrs. Pahl, "and I find that the donkey was wished on the demo cratic party just after the civil war when the democrats refused the reconstruction program of the oppo site party." '..- "The democrats are not mulish only firm. The rooster, is a pretty bird and is something to crow about." Possible That He Will Not Be Candidate for Re-Election , By Labor . "o. MONTREAL, June 1 8. Samuel Gompers, "president of the American Federation of Labor, faced a second critical' issue threatening' his power today .... when that , organization, - in convention here, came to the consid eration, of its position .regarding the league of nations. '' He was - over whelmingly defeated ' in yesterday's session,' when i the federation voted for government"; ownership of the railroads. ; . ; The committee on international re lations! was scheduled to make its re port today, which will call on the convention to demand of the United States senate to ratify the league of nations without reservations. , The Irish sympathizers, supported by other . elements, however, are de termined to stand by their assertion that it cannot be approved by organ ized labor as long as it denies the Irish people the right of self-determination. . ." Whether -Mr; -Gompers will, ba a candidate for re-election for the thir ty ninth time will be known when the election of officers Is started this afternoon. , His supporters declare he will be re-elected. ' SOUTHERN STATES WILL V FIGHT FREIGHT RATES ' , (By Associated Press) GREENVILLE, S. C, June 18. North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are to unite for mutual protecton against alleged discrimina tory freight rates, and steps leading t odemands to be presented in Wash ington will be taken " at a meeting which Matthew Hale, president of the South Atlantic States Association, to day called to be held here next Tues day. ROCKY MOUNT MERCHANT CHARGED EMBEZZLEMENT ROCKY MOUNT, N.. C, June .18-- A. W; Gill, of this city, was arrested late yesterday in Asheville upon a charge . of embezzlement on a war rant sworn out by a Richmond, Vir ginia Milling company, which al leges a shortage of $20,000.00, ac cording to information received here today by the police. - Gill was the actiye head of the wholesale grocery firm of A. W. Gill and company, of Rocky Mount, And is said to have been selling agent for the Virginia firm. He disappeared from Rocky Mount a month ago He will be brought back for trial, the police say. , OF WHIST EXPERT m" Chauffeur and Housekeeper Will Be Held As Material 5 Witnesses (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 18. The first legal detention in the mysterious case in connection with the murder of Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy sports man and whist expert, who was shot to death in his home here last Fri day, was forecast today by the dis trict attorney's announcement of the intention to have Mrs. Marie Larsen, housekeeper, and Edward Rhodes, chauffeur of the dead -man, held by the court as material witnesses. Assistant District Attorney Joyce, in charge of the murder Investiga tion at Elwell's home, issued the fol lowing statement. ' Edward Rhodes ( chauffeur for Mr. Elwell, and Marie Larsen, house keeper, will be taken to the court of general sessions, . where we will ask that they be detained formally as material witnesses. - SAMUEL GOMPERS TO FACE ANOTHER CRITICAL ISSUE LEGAL DETENTION MYSTERIOUS DEATH SECTION TODAY SOLDIER MAKES STRAIGHT TALK TO BRITISH PEOPLE Went Into War to Save British Skin, Not to Prevent Another Great :, . War, He Says' . , ;:- -... (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 18. What ' was called a "straight talk" was given at the annual meeting of the Union Jack Club by Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, who described hjmself as "an old soldier who knows what he is talking about." "We have been, told," he said, "that we went into the war to end war. We did not. We went into it to save our skins. , We were told that after the war 'we would have peace, but we have not got it. There are at present between twenty and thirty wars, big and little, going on. . We were told that the. war should end war, but it did not and could not. - "We are living in ticklish and dan gerous times," and our command on sea, on land, and in the air is be'ing challenged in various parts of th world." Rich and Fertile Countries Have ..- Been Added to National Dominions (By Associated Press) ; , . BUCHAREST, June 18. If - ever Rumania felt she was poorlyr com pensated for her part in the war, the feeling must now be removed,? Not in many years has the country been so prosperous. One must go' back to the days of old King Carol and Car men Sylva to find a parallel to the present conditions of material wel fare among the people. : i : ' j : The scenes of eayety. . animation Knd prosperity in Bucharest can find; their counterpart, only along - the boulevards of Paris. The habitues of the gay metropolis the artists,1 sculptors, students and savants that, gave it so much of its Bohemian at mosphere Jin days gone . by have come back. With them have come, strange faces,, from the newly-acquired provinces and from Austria ' and Germany. , :. Restaurants are Crowded. -( - The streets , of Bucharest are crowded with flashily-dressed men and sumptuously attired , women. fust as in pre-war 'days The stores display great stocks of pastries, con fections, cosmetics, perfumes. Bilk stockings, ; expensive lingerie, fich jewels and other luxuries. The fash ionable restaurants and cafes are al ways full. The theatres are taxed to capacity. - i The old ra of wine and song, of laughter and lecity, of powder; and paint, is coming back. Bucharest is trying not only to live up to its for mer reputation, but to justify Its claim to be called ! "the Paris of. the Balkans." . -:' ; - I ' , - ; The sacrifices the little Latin coun try made during the war have been forgotten in the acquisition of the rich territories of Transylvania, Bes sarabia and Bukovina. .These fertile areas have brought' tremendous wealth to the country. 'In crops, cat tle, forests and mineral products they will easily treble Rumania's nation' al wealth. : Marvellously Productive. - , In -normal times these marvellous ly productive countries have yielded enough to feed the whole of Europe. The wheat fields of Transylvania and Bessarabia are among the,: greatest in tHe world. The eountry' contains also great herds of cattle and sheep. Of. Rumania's 10,000,000 hectares of cultivable land, more than 83 per cent is given over to the growing cf cereals, the largest percent of any country in the world except Russia, Serbia and the South African union.' Wheat is the largest crop. More than half the annual yield is exported. When it is understood that 85 per cent of Rumania's population is sup ported by agriculture and that the present crops promise to be the great est ; in history, the reason ' for the country's prosperity and well-being will become apparent. Was Not Generally Known That lliM Condition Was Even Critical (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 18. George W. Perkins, financier, died this morning at Stamford Hall Sanitar ium, Stamford, Conn. It became known June 11 that Mr. Perkins had suffered a nervous breakdown, bit members of his family did not Inti mate at that- time that his life was in danger. Mr. Perkins was taken to Stamford about ten days ago, when his son, George. W. Perkins, Jr., announced the change was made to afford his father complete rest and seclusion from his friends, wh$ sought his counsel during the political cam paigns preceding the Chicago con vention. The affection to which Mr. Perkins succumbed is believed to have been the result of influenza and pneumo nia contracted while serving with the Young Men's Christian Association in France during the war. ' ' RUMANIA EMERGES FROM WAR'S MUCK ,VERY PROSPEROUS GEORGEW. PERKINS, FINANCIER, IS DEAD AT STAMFORD HALL Single Copy: Fire Cents HOOVER CALLS 0 0 to "rally wear v- : '( n Declares that "Greatest Part'' of Chicago Platform Is;;- , Progressive "IRREVOCABLE SPLrr IN PARTY IS POSSIBLE Harding Promises ; That !-; Both Conservatives and -Prbsf es , ' ' . ' ' ' .... .!! . ' sives Will be Represented r ! (By Associated Press) ", . WASHINGTON-; June,, 18. -En dorsing in the main the action of the republican national - convention at Chicago, Herbert (Hoover; in a letter to friends, made psblid today; after he bad conferred with Senator Hard- ng, republican presidential nomi nee, called upon all elements of the party to support ; the party at the polls. r- - ' , Platform is Progressive, , Mr. Hoover declared -''that ? th greater, part of the Chicago ;pltform s progressive .'and that "nothing prevents the compromised planks on labor, the league; etc.; from being given a forward looking interprets tion." He added,fc however, that "some; things . needed," include the recognition that our election expen ditures in primaries ' ' are ,not a3e quately dealt with.'.' ' ' v Nothing could be -mora- disas trous," he continued, ' "than the de velopment of several party organiza tions representing every group in the country. yrif we should come to this position ' we shall; be entirely ruled by log-rolling . . minorities . or ; sterile political coalitions.'. ''' '.. ' The former food administrator de clared' that it was the duty - of t 3 republicans who held "more -dr views" to bring that realisation wi..h in the party organization itself as the issues on which they bear .arise." , , ; '. Possibility of Split v "If the republican party is. not to be irrevocably Bplit!f .declared Mr. Hoover, "I cannot conceive, that Sen ator: Harding . will for one moment submit the administration side pf the government to the domination of an; group or coterieV . , a ; 1 vl ' Mr.' Hoover in this connection said the senator had stated to rhim , vthat the views , of both,, te conservative and progressive ,wlngs of the rarty would be fully, represented in the s i ministration"' and that, ''be T( r e e- sented norpartjlcttlagrotip.' - FIVE INCENDIARY FIRES , STARTED' IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 18 Five fires which ocurred here within a ' half mile area early today have Btarted de-' tectives searching nor a , fire, bug whose morning's activities, are re sponsible for driving more than sev en hundred scantily dressed tenement dwellers into the streets. ; In each case the blaze started in a wood or coal bin and the supposed incendiary barely allowed time far one Ire to b brought under control ' before V I j. touched off the next. ' WOULD-BE ASSAILANT "V PLACED UNDER ARREST v .-' - ' ' i . ;- - - - -i. 'it'f.1 - v - (By Associated Press) T KEY WEST, Fla., June 18. Joha-k. -nie Cox. neero. charged with attempt- ed assault on two white! women fk?Jt ly this week, was arrested by theBQ-' lice last night, and after a large , crowd had gathered ; about the jail . the prisoner was sent to the naval sta-" ; . . . . . J X . r tion nere ana piacea on a BUB-cuaser for safety. According to the police the negro was identified by both 'his intended victims. - . - NEW TARIFFS ORDERED . FOR EASTERN CAROLDMA (By ' Associated Press) . , , WASHINGTON, , June 18. Caro Una east lumber tariff No. 1 was" Or dered cancelled today by the, inter state commerce commission because of its "unsatisfactory and indefensi ble condition,. due to the utter" dis regard of such provisions of the com-, mission's tariff circular covering, construction and filing - o f . . tariffs, ". New tariffs were ordered issued. T)-" fore August by the Atlantic Coast Line; Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio;' Norfolk and Western; Norfolk South--era; Seaboard Air Line; , Southern;' 1 U , M "I SEN. HARDING ACCEPTS CHALLENGE OF WILSON. .v. ALL REPU Li (By Associated Press) ,l ' WASHINGTON, June 18. PresW -dent Wilson's, challenge . to submit - ' the peace treay to a: referendum -of the American, people "was accepted.-' today by Senator Harding, the; rs. publican presidential candidate, "I am sure," said Senator Harding, v "the republican ' party will gladly welcome a referendum on the 'ques- tion of foreign relationship , of tWs .... republic, and the republican attitude of preserved nationality will be over-' j. whelmingly endorsed." - , ' ,i COMMODITIES DECLINE - ; ON MARKET IN PARIS PARIS, June" lS.rPrlces of Var ious commodities in every day use continue to decline in this city,V(and newspapers state that coffee costs less in Paris than In HafVe and less : in v Harve j than In -: Brazil., Cotton J which for several days was firm has again undergone an important ' 'fle cllne in Harve. ; -i J1'
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