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READ THE V.V..V ADS ON PAGE 5 corrc;: 10 CZNTS (TODAY i tt ; r r I -v p. i CT TEX ASCCCIAT2D P2T23 XL, XLI. ICO. 79. " GASTOMIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL U 1920 SINGLE COPY S Ci:: TK!fiOTSa,Y 1 1. :lla U J 3A .lluliin EFFORT HADE , TO BRING AD OUT VOTE DELAWARE LEGISLATURE Was -Cleared For Vote Yesterday But Because Success Was Uncertain, It Was Deferred -A May Be Called Up In the Senate If House Does Jot Vote Today. .r . f ' ii'.r. (By The Associated Press.- . JDOVEH, IM.f April 1 Another ef fort u made today to bring the reeolu tion to ratify the woman suffrage consti tutional amendment to a vote In the low r house of Delaware legislature. . The way hail been cleared yesterday for a mote, but because success was uncertain friends of the measure decided on de lay and Representative Bart, democrat, sponsor of the house resolution, announced-he would not call it up. "Whether he .would do so today was problematical. , Under the house rules the ratification resolution "cannot be called op -without ha nnnnnt of its author unless bv a two thirds vote and the anti-suffragisto could evot muster ;tliat;number;:;77 vV Following Hart's refusal to call the resolution up, anbther ratification meas ue, Jdeutical with the 'original, was of fered by Representative Lloyd, repubri eaa, aatl-suffragist. This was referred to the committee on revised status j n t Lloyd expressed confidence it would be reported out today, ' Should this be done, Lloyd said t would be brought to a vote not later than Friday; ''; -:.f-. 'f " ' There was a possibility that should a vote -on the ratification measure be. not taken la the. house today it would be call- ATTENTION IS FOCUSSKD OM DELAWARE S0LONS. ; (By The Associated Press; . the Mississippi house of representatives in refuting to ratify ( the federal suffrage aBMuilmcnt focusscd the attention of of atrial Washington today upon the Dela ware legialature.j! where tho. same dues tioii is pending.' ' 1 '';"': '' , , o 'y one more'state Ss uewted to make the ; mendment, effective and leaders of botli republicans and democrats are wateb lug the situation dosriy beeause of its, aI.i.'.tted tZixt in the eompaigB this year, Wi.'hever party" is in .control ; o ..the k,, iture that puts the amendment into Che e Mistitution will elaim the support of tho -wonwn 's vote in November, v Chair ma a Frsa of tfie republican iiatlonaj eoa gjr 'oa.il committee, recently stated that am ; ?rere vote in Delaware, wheto the tr, ' 'ans are ia power, niight cost the ? the presidency and control of the flcna ani house. ' ;-'s FilL TO riTITY. - ; .., Ills.. ?ra 1 MlTt I ic r 5 fccrl t'- to'tatL'y C. I hu" ' " - 'cat, the illxil' 1,-' : i returned to rou , v '..a t - . ecta -of adjoura . C. 4 . : y, 'i ' 1 tot oa tis -3 amende ..t, v ,1th eame.late ye wa 3 f r. f against. : . The 1 1 i " 'r red ia favor f L. ti av; in c : . fry "He 1 Pres.) 1 1. Unfile i ct f :.-adrg Tl... -a, i ner of Jl J. tM tons, f td to rras . .o ' . r iviJow -of CIj tiildren, h.1 adr 12, 10,-7. aal 6, V ! Adt'.on". Mrs. TUliman'a only dmnd is U.at the' boys bare good home,- .The woman's biiand was kiHod a year' ago ; whfie Jinng a tree. Other ciniren'ia the faniDy have entered the hojnei of brothers and sinters who "are married.- . The mother proposes to support two of ler children, a year old. and l.prstlf- ; ',, A :'. : '" ' ' I. : .f ;iisATrr3 zztizzd cmcsss.- WASHINGTON, April 1. Wita th test'taony of oCcers who he! 1 high, com mand daring the war dipowi of ; with the execrtion of .Admirals -"Wilson and Tt?' tie senate committee investigat--. , T-ivy irarti.cnt'a ci-luet of the . - f' r ec.Hawl 1 ' Z r '!re.i of . I , r '-'-r-l ' " iT. TnZ:.-n, r , f ' t tf t ? r.iril aca 1 - r r. " '. " "n cf HOOVER'S fie.UF.XS : : muse co:.::.:bit By TlieHlore Tiller in The Greensboro , Iliiily- News. .. WAJ5IUN6TONr, Mah 31-"- BTub licsns of the senate showed little disoi ttou today to adopt Herbert Hoover as the favorite child of the G. O. P. Ia in terviews snappy and caustic a number of them turned their bacis on Hoover, ; ' , ' Chairman Fees, of the Bepublican con gressional campaign committee, was es pecially scrvere, saying in ' effect that Hoover had the nerve to ash Bepublican support after, he had knifed the party by asking for a Democratic Coagress in 1918. ;;: 7. v,".:" If.-t : The senate had aa ; amusing debate over Hoover, precipitated by ; Senator MeKellar who Said Hoover's "ecoaomie platform " ouflrned ia'Boaedn 'was4 abso lutely meaningless and he defied any stu dent of English to analyee it. Senator ThomaTtubserved that Hoover was form idable candidate In both parties If be had said something' that aobody could understand. - MeKellar assumed the A merican people still, loved to be humbug ged as alleged by Phineas T. Barnura. Eepresentative Kitehin," evidently hav ing in mind some ot, the Democrats of North- Carolina, grin nod and made this comment about Hoover's Republican can; diilacyt - ' - " " . " . 1 ,! MI, am profoundly"-, tmrry that . Mr:' Hooverrby aunvuuciitg as u 'jtiepunllcun CAudidate" has repudiated so muay fit his good Dcmocratie friends." ' f V-'ilere'; are typical interviews with B puhlitan senators about Hoover bid tot the XL O. V, jubmination: ' Brand)geei "I is to laugh.!', , W McNary : V 4,' Hoover ' smaotmrement looks' like a bonehcad play. IId would have been in a much , stronger position if he had kept 'silent six weeas longer. Hia entry into, the fight may cause some trouble- for Senator, Johnson Jtt i Cali fornia. h ; -iStmi'J! t repeat the fid Irish proverbi .'.Oomo "all ye, re are ai heartily ' wel come. !Aa "Will Haya aays f politics tt a matter of . assimilation - and elimina- tioni' '&s,tf--nf'; - u- f "Wadswortht i' We're watting to 'see what the New York World win do.". v tosesi ' Mr. Hoover anaovnea meat .-will. help. General Wood. - It trill force the 'favorite soa candidates to sap port Wood rather thaa face Ihe Hoover mena,.;. ,V I --'- -1 v-: Jappef: "I do aot think. Mr. Hoover wilt ta much of a factor thejBeputH licaa'' eoaveatioaiV.4? f "' " -"i:--' iWatsoaS . f .'I ain not 'dlachsslag any of" the candidates for the ; presidential nomination. ';. :r t -.. -:-'" Cummiaa:"4, ''OutV5?, We voters are. for Lurd-taM ? x V i I'emald; "Of. all the caadidates' I tl.ink W wiU'get the 'fewest otea.'M danV think' he haa a;ehaaee i in' : Hit world'. "; ':, J J; v r?4, ' Elkins: 'r'M vm not mixing . up la it at aXLVl&r i ' 'v'i"V--;'Vv" t- 1 McOumber:- VI; don't want to pass judgment. '. .r He haa 'a right to ran if be waat".to.'- ,; v: ; ' J:'' O't V Edges; Ijfo'oae" who baa -taken the poeiC&a I, aave aa a member of, the a nate -oa the treaty and other Barters can - criticize tha ereed.'aa erpressed b Mf. nver ia hia letter published, today. and'Xvdoal.'-'. .;': ..v Townaeadt ',I am aot . a: Hoover hater- i X am glad- ha is a Bepublican, I doqt .find any particular fault wrath, his pktfonB.t;,v,;,v:.fc;;. t ' V 1 i f" r ' i in wili 1 k, ' ' ' f TOwWlH HAKD3T ' . ; w Ct r ZZTSZnSTS V-"' 'I T1 Aasociatel .Press) THE. HAGUIV'April 1 Moat" of '.the towns ia the JEuhr district are ia the pow er of the extremelsts who are forcing the workers to leave their jobs and join the rl army, frnrd'-i to the Dutch pfsv 9 IMT-O. ijority r a -.J te 1 ac '..::t and ce-t. f 3" r- 1 tvi r f t2 CHICAGO FACES : ' OF FIRE FROTEGHOri 1,500 Striklnsr City Employe . Remain Out Deapite Blanket Increase of Ten Per Cent ; Firemen May Resign. - - r (By Associated rrass.1 ' ..CHIGAGO, AprU 1. Fifteen hun- klred striking city hall employes and other i l-.i J i. ... i x A 'jl .1 uiuiui'ipai w orkers roiuaineu out uniajr ues pite passage of. a iMidget provtdlug joy incieuses of Itt per cent, and the city faced a further hreat of withdrawal of fire protection through wholesale resigna tion of city ;f innen. '. ' .'' 1 A blanket resignation effective ' April 7, bearing 500 names, was in the hands of the firemen 's .. committee wnen other memliers of the force met today to con sider the increase of $192 voted by" the city council. Thp firemen have presented demands for a genera increase, of 9W0 a year and leaders declared that three fourths of ; their number would join in resigning unless the full demand was met. City officials announced that should the city be endangered by a depleted fire fighting force, state militiamen would be called to man fire apparatus. , ; Some hope -that the strike crisis might be ironed out sprang from the announce ments that Mayor Thompson woutd ap-J point aa arbitratioa committee today, composed of oepartmeut neads and al dermen,' . .. NEARLY 1,000 EMPLOYES OHT'OF WORK. (By The Associated Press J f - CHICAGO, April 1. Federal concil iators met with onion leaders agatn to day in an attempt to bring about a set tlement of a strike of 900 stockyard workers, which has resulted la a gradual dosing down of tho (Chicago packing in dustry. ,;v-'v,'::i,iH; Nearly 1,000 packing . house employes had been forced out of work early today and officials .forecast a general . shut down of the plants . within 'forty eight hours unless the strike is endV permit ting live stock shipments to flow into 'Chicago markets. . V No cattle shipments have been received at the stockyards since the Inception of the strike several day ago wnen aa em bargo was announced. v SAYS HE DID HOT S HAVE OCT I'M , (By The Associated Press.) ..- -.;-.'" WASHINGTON, April I. Commander- F.?D. Baldwin, witriew. for Admiral Si ins,- continued his testimony today be fore the e naval Crourt investigating the removal ' of Bear Admiral William B. Fletcher from command of the Brest con- voy iorcea oy Aomtrai fciras m uctcw, . 1917. ' Commander. Baldwin, jn. hts opening testimony, describee ia detail hia duties aa aid for material oa Admiral Fletcher's staff at Brest. These,, de declared,' were not sufficient to occapy hia time, ' Al though the admiral denied his request that additional duties be entrusted to. him. It waa. the '.'general impression" at Brest, th officer declared, that Admiral Fletch er had not so organized hia staff as to make fall !B8t'! of it. , Couasei for Admiral Sims had previously examined Admiral ."Fletcher as to , the organlaa tioa of hia staff". i , DISCOVERS NEW. PLANET. (By Tho Associated Press.) . CAMBRIDGE. MAS3.; March 31. r Tha'discQvery of k! planet by tat .astron omer Sola of Barcelona waa announced at the Harvard -College observatory to day.ia & eablegram from Professor Leeo iate of : TJcclea, 'Belgium, transmitted through Trofessor. Strombereys of Co peahagen. An observation taken at 11:55 Greenwich, mean time,. March 21, gave its position aa right ascension 12 h, 2S m, 12 s," declination pros 15 degrees. Itsdaily motion was right aaeenaion minus one minute; declination phis one minnta. ' -v7- v;""il v ':''J- J A subeequrat eablegram fromfProfcs or Leeointa. indicated today that, some dobut had beea felt at first as to whether the planet waa a ' new one to astrono mers or-whether- H was not in fact No, 99, one of the long list of small -planets previously mapped., Professor Lecoiato's message, although not entirely clear,' was taken here aa Intimating bis belief that the Sola discovery is new. ' .- . " . 1. 1 1 in ii ': -: HArSATS FC2 AIiNlA. . , TATtir. .Ja 1.' A mandate f r Ar- : a t Tc: c-1 tM lear f r.' !...' i ". " "e SuIIed com J '. it ".'ri's wd..!1 1 s- - . s ' " r v BEFQIC':! RES0LUT10:i .. ... OCCUPIES HOUSE'S ATTENTION vV. (By Tb4 Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON, 'April 1. The re publican effort to terminate the state of war with Germany, formally launched in the bousyeterday ; with ; the lntfoduc tion oTKi joint resolution to that effect, occupied tlie attcuuou of the foreign af fairs . committee today, although by a greement with democratic leaders,' it will not be brought up in the bouse until next Monday.; ChairmanPorter, of the com mittee, to whieh tho resolution was re ferred after he had thrown rt into the house, hopper; planned to hold brief hearings before reporting it bacz with the way paved for- rushing it through the house nnder a special rule,, . .' j Introduction of the resolution, which was drawn after sonferenee of republican leaders, was followed by a decision to force it through Friday with four hour debate, but democratic leaders requested and 'obtained a delay until , Monday, iu order 'to permit a careful study of the proposal which provides also for rescind ing the war powers f thi president. Toledo co:m:;uES to HAVE CAR SERVICE : (By The Associated Press.) TOLEDO, O., April 1 Toledo will continue to have street car service until tomorrow, midnight.'" And until that time, at least, ear patrons will continue to' ride for six cents straight fare or eight cents if oae requires a transfer. After that, if Council ratifies an agree ment reached between the Toledo rail ways and Light Company, the fare wiK be. seven and two and the men will re reive 54, 66, and 60 cents. The wage until '" the agreement expired last mid night, was 42, 44 and 4ft cents an hour , ' The carmen in secret session, early this morning voted to defer the strike until council has had time to go over the books of the company to determine whether the company is entitled to the fare increase. A,, special meeting of the city council is called for tomorrow night, at which time ratification of the agreement is ex'-t pec ted. t WORKMEN DECIDE TO : : ' CONTINUE GENERAL STRIKE. . : ' (By .The'Iissociaml Tressi) f : KSSKNY.Marek 3 1 .' t Decision to con tinue th general -strike herej hnn beea reactted by ' the workmen 's vomniittee in view- of the failure to reach a settlement with the government. , The workmen in sistml that bo additional ierms be inserted ia the Bielefeld agreement. The govern ment granted an extension of the armis tice for 48 hours to give workmen's dele- g to retura from Berlin to Ea- mnd .t the eeneral conference here. .'. ' , General Lcitner, commander-in-chief of workers' f oreea here, said last night te situation was clearing and there were ex cellent prospects for a satisfactory set tlement. The strain upon the workmen, he said, has beea relieved by news that General von Wstters, commander of "gov ernment troops at Wesel, had been order ed not to advanoe. ' ' Conferences between delegates of work men 's eonmiittees sad gyvernment repre sentatives at - Muenster ended late last sight without aa agreement, the government-delegates failing to make -concessions demanded by .the workmen. - - iT jT...liTI.I . ,r (By TheAssociatd Press.) ' : . - " - . '- . - NEW YORK, April 1. The new wage agreement of the bituminous mint workers disposed of, John L. Lewis, in ternational president of the United Mine Workers, today 'turned his attention to tho negotiation of a. new contract for the aothracite miners. He declared that steps would be taken to. bring about a satisfactory " adjustment in the hard coal industry without further delay. When the subcommittee of "anthracite. operators And miners appointed ' ta ne gotiate the new eon tract met, Mr, Lewis replaced . Philip Murray, international vico president, .The latter, however, re mained in the conference In an advisory capacity to Mr. Lewis.'. " : . Official copies of the bituminous .wage agreement signed hero by representatives of operators and, miners of the central competitive ! states,' were betrg . ee-t out to the various distrfcts today. More than 4 .7"C; mine woriers will jeceive t' e 27 ff-r cect'wst increase in ;t.e tc-w. eon t t v-:- 7 ges into ceft .tstay. an! c . i, r two ye"- ESTABLISHES UNIQUE IN LEGISLATIVE T HISTORY OF COUNTRY. , :' t ' ....... i. -1 ,f , ' , , Waldman, Claessens, Solomon, Dewitt and Orr, of New York" City Are Expelled From Uev York Legislature - Fight Is Marked By Mucli Oratory x Theodore Roosevelt Votes Against Expulsion. ' -.. . V- i : , ; - ' ' v" - (By Ths Associated Proas j Y., April 1 Five so. ALBANY, N. cialists Louis i. .Waldman, August CUeaVj I Solomon Samuel A. Be-' sons. Charles witt sod Samuel Orr all of New York city, the entire delegation of their par-j jolty , of on vot in favor .of enc ty in the New York assembly, 'were ex- pelling Waldman, Claessens and Solomon pelled front the legislature today. the democratic vote on these men being The majorities in favor of unseating IS for unseating and 17 for restoring the men, ausoended on the opening day them to their former legislative status. of the legislative session on charges of disloyalty, were substantial. The vote ia Dewitt 's cane was 104 to 40. . ' Home aaoemblymen who had voted to unseat Waldman, Claessens and Solomon east, theirs ballots Jb, favor,' of .reseating Dewitt on' the ground that the evidence had not incriminated Dewitt and Orr be yond establishing their adherence to the doctrines and platforms of the socialist party. Majority Leader Simon L; Ad-' ler aha red this opinioa. Voting began at the end of 22 hours of oratory, parliamentary; wrangles and filibustering. Owing to the fact that the men were expelled after midnight on March, 31, there can be no. special elections to fill their seats in the assembly unless an ex traordinary session of the legislatuw is to be convened . , . . . ' ,--s. . . ";' .- ' Theodore Roosevelt, republican, "voted against expulsion, having argued with the asKembly during the night that'll had no ritrht to exrlilda tha nfirtT. ' " 4 The debate lasted auoutr twenty hours and more thnu 40 members participated. The chamber., was crowded with specta-" tors from the time the asuerhbly coriveu-. ed at )i30 a'. w.yesteTday until, long after midnight , Many Of trie visitors re mained throughout the nlirht and ' heard the assembly record, its Verdict. ' " For the members ptf the lower house the weMion was xriost trying. - me boose was operating under' a close' ali, which meant that ao one was allowed to leave the outer portals of the , em)mter with out a pass aigned by the speaaer. Lun cheon ; and- supper were brought to the members by the pages and wers eaten at the desks. - " "" - - .-v ' -Waldman and Solomon remained at the capitol throughout tae ' dellberauona Both appeared to be highly amused at the : proceedings and smiled frequently. The other three men under .fire were not present .-.:j:f. :.i,J: At ths conclusion of the speech of, Assemblyman Martin G. McCue, a demo crat from New York, in arnica tae social ist members Were called by such epi thet ss " traitors ', ;feurs and whip, ped dogs'" Waldman" sent a note to Me Cue, reading as follows: v . , 1 Marty - bs a good sport sad move that X be given the floor u aaswer you. Will you do it!" y Aseenblymaa MeOue did not reply. ; In the. early morning hours, while the debate waa slowly dragging its weary way toward a roll calL Waldman and Solomon appeared ia the midway' as the main corridor between the assembly and ' the senate chambers is xnown. A little band of neTrapapermen and sens tors who had organized a midway choir''; greeted them with a song fami liar ia the sixties but wita the words adapted to modern conditions i "We shall meet, but we shall miss them, "There will be five vacant ehairm." " arl v hours of the- deliberations were marked by outburst of personal bit terness aad animosity which cropped out la bickerings aad wrangles over parlia mentary technicalities in the course of an attempt by the. democrats to postpone consideration of the case until today, whe& it would be too late for Governor Smith toTeall special elections to fill the vaeaneMS resulUng from tat . erp'-r-ct nnseating of tha five men. , -Minority Leader Charles D. Donohue aid his col leagues were said to feel that it would subject the executive ta 'vr.no aty c -baraesment either to c:'.l cr r to r the', special elections. . 'Durbjf tl's f tf '. tV '-;..; I t r PflECEDEN -t gatioa been ejected 'from any legislative I ' ' ' ' , " : ' The detBocratis posed to be pn rij uuro uiiuipprarea m ine voting minority which was sup- pretty well-united in favor' of reseating the socialists', polled a ma Twenty-one democrats voted to reseat De ' witt and Orr - while 14 favored their pulsion. ; Ths republicans, by a division of 98 to 11, voted to jonaeat 'Waldman, Clas sens and Solomon and on the Dewitt Orr yotes they'stood 89 to 9. When the assembly adjourned,, after the seats Of all five socialists had bees de clared vacant, it had been ia continuous session 23 hours and 40 minutes, v i Considerable interest was I manifested in the way in which the former service , men in the assembly voted. Twenty-one favored the expulsion of all five socialu ' v seven for reseating,' while four .-voted t .; oust Waldman,' Oaeseeas aad Solomon 1 and to reseat Dewitt and Orr. , ' . ' The women members of tho' house were ' evenly I divided, the " repuhiu-an ,mem-i -ber, Miss Margaret L.' Smith,, of New? lor, voting to expel the entire dvleJ gatioa while her democratic colleague v Miss Elizabeth Van .B. Gillette, . of -Schenectady, consistory lv favored tJif;'. retention. - ' 4.' ; J .r iiii mis ns i.a n s r nis , v- v , (By The Associated Presa.1" ' ALBANY. N. ' v., AprU 1 --Voting on! . the question of expelling the . socialist memDers or tae Aew York assembly wna . beftUtt 9:38 a. m. .today .,, Louis Wald ' i.f n yn, peueu. The vote was 119 to 28. : - . August Claessens also was expelled ; rhe.'v6teon Claesseu's was 116 to 23. lit was the socialist floor leader. Charles Solomon also waa expelled. ' ; FIEKY SMUGGLE) tt- (By The Associated ?reaa! ' " ' ; ALBANY, N. Y.I April UAfTvn It a continuous and hectic all day aad all night session, erammtd with fiery era-' ttry, the New York assembly this mora ing aeared a vote oa the Question sf ex pelling its Ave wocialist members mm" eaarges of disloyalty. 5 -ft' .-tv; -rj , . ' j The avt) Louis J. Waldman, Angus Claessens, Samuel iA. Dewitt, JSamurl Orr aad Charles Solomonhare beea ca de? suspension aiaet the charges were filed against them en ths opening day of the 1920 session, January 7, and the Judiciary committee i of the aaseml!y snea favored expulsion pf certain mem. oera or the quintet and reinstatement mf others. The first roll call was expected to be reached before nooa : . TD EXTLUaui-S . "... C L.i L.ii;, : . . 1 -' ; v . - . v i - -. . ...-.-V . - . - ' -: . ... - - , . , r - . i' :: ' --. -- . '. r, :-. -i : . -. ' ; (By The Associated Press ) BT, LOUIS, Aprjl '1. Ten ev puties were oa duty in juvTi ! e day at the resumption of the t " suia iirodenck, 18 v. wiUi- first degree r with the jJirxvtliirf j , father," Jo, h ;. 1:'- The e' forestall a r , Occurred tvie d.-f
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