North Carolina Newspapers

IMPORTANT HEWS THEVIjMDiER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIO AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN " THE NEWS j)FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In Tht South- land Will Be Found In - Brief Paragraphs Foreign Lieut R. M. Douglas of the Austra lian flying corps, and' Lieut. J. S. L. Active preparations have been be gun to accommodate delegates to the national convention of the labir party which has been called to meet in Chi caeo. November 22. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for presi dent of the United States. A new organization of agriculturists entering the economic field of the United States with the preliminary or ganization of the American Farm Bu reau federation has been formed witn headquarters in Chicago. JabaLnesV commission of "railway and civil engineers has arrived in Mexico, according to advices received at El Paso, Texas. The commission is making a study of - the topography of ' the ' isthmus 'of ; Tehaimtepec, and this has created the report that Jap anese interests will build a railroad across the isthmus. Information received at Laredo, Tex- as. from Vera Cruz is mat naiaei Ross, his navigator, who started from rjiatn haa ant fnr Rrnrland via an Houhslow for a flight to Australia, American port. ' He bears letters" to were Killed shortly ' alter tney Degau tne Britlsh' government for solution their journey." Theit airplane crashed of the dipi0matic troubles between near Surbiton, in Surrey, Engiana. Great Britain and Mexico.' and ' also Bulgaria has aeciaea 10 accept ui ifni(1atft the Mexican financial allies' peace terms witnout auerauou. 0ffice. m London. uuigana nas uemanueu me wuau.-, . ,i fiffn thmi. vr i j: A r. I uciwccu inc'c uon oi lormer ----- - sand dollars was stolen from the Llb- tiia on the charge of forcing Bulga- County Bank (California) by an ria into the war. . - - vnnu aA ueiegaies oi uie empiujwo aouia Q Qn Tin? th workers nave signea , uenmt a64CO- . Q ,QOfHoT. Har tVlo hnnrHL ment cauing on uie iockuuw wun ua - . pa?Z to be 60 years old, mounted a Au Hu.t?a horse :and rqde away and pOSSes &X7Id marching for himhavS not yet ap- 'unity luuuouiu : uiuuito , ottamnt n toL-Q PetrnPTflfi withlD. the iiPTt fpw wPftks. . Wnshmf ton A dftlRate to the Baltic states' con- Railroad workers scored a complete ference at Helsingfors intimates that victory in the house through incor- such great pressure had been sudden- poration ot tneir plan ior voluntary ly brought upon the conference that it conciliation of labor disputes in the would be impossible to attempt to ne- Esch railroad bill. The house reject- gotiate a peace with the Russian Bol- ed a plan of compulrory arbitration. Bheviki No direct vote on the anti-stride prop- Former Emperor William went to osition was taken. Hollan da year ago. Since that tune The design for the "Victory Medal there has been no demand, officially to be given every America! who took or -unofficially, for his extradition or part in the world war, has been ap- delivery up to the allies, nor has Hoi- proved by Secretary Baker. On one land at all changed its viewpoint to- side will be a figure of Victory," ward him. The Associated Press with the inscription "The Great War learned this from unquestionaoie au- for Civilization, and on the reverse thority. side the names of the allied and as- Forces of the Italian government eociated powers. - - - ' - . . . m m 'V A I have Clashed Witn liaDrieie a Annua- A resolution -irnnnsinir an mnd xio's troops and casualties are report- mentto tne constitution requiring rat ed ty hotn sides, nepons xrom r i- ification of constitutional amendments ume say that there is much dissaUs- by normlar vote wfts introduced in thA facUon among d'Annunzio's soldiers, united States senate bv Senator Fr- linghuysen of New "Jersey. UOrneSllC I War-tim oneration of the telehnnna Public ownership of timber land, and teleeraDh systems of the counrtv national or state is advocated Dy tne cost federal government $14,418,- Iaper and uip association s commit- 237. This sum reDresents the differ- tee on forest conservauon in a report ence between the net earnings of the suomitted Dy tne association comer- companies taken over and the compen- ence at New" York. - nation sruaranteed hv th nnstnffiro Ha. With a simplicity in keeping with partment ideals or democracy, Edward, prince ir Urging immediate pay increases as of Wales, was welcomed to wasnm: the loeical solution of the most Aif. ton, and Decame tne. guest ot tne na-1 ficult nroblem now facine the naw- uon. mowing partly to tne mness ox tw of retaining nresent officers and the president, which prevented his pr-men and obtaining new ones the sec- aonai parucipauon, me recapuoa cer- retary of the navy recommends to the monies on tne arrival or tne prmce nouse naval committee temnorarv in were very-imormai. creaj?es arecatine- SR3 ftAft nnft o voa im.. m : l-lll - J o t J inree iormer soiaiere were itmeu for all 0fficera -nd men. and a number injured by snipers, said to have been Industrial Workers of The war department has received 1 tnrtr Yi the World, who fired on an Armk.ic- "r- h C1"' Day parade marching through the Kur ur" ot me DOUie8 OI en streets of Centralia, Washington. The shots poured from the roofs of the buildings as the , parade neared Tow er avenue, Centralia's main street. and Second avenue. Arthur E. McAl Piloted by Lieut. Com. Read, the na val seaplane NC-4, recently established a new non-stop record for that type of craft, carrying twelve passengers. Iresh fell dead and Warren ,0. Grimm, It flew from Pensacola to Memphis, attorney and former University of a distance of 535 nautical miles, it is Washington football star, and Beu Casasgrande, Teal estate man, suffer ed wounds of which they died lat The three were residents of Centra lia. Four others sustained wounds. .. When a street car o- the River e announced by the secretary of the navy. The plan of the national guard as sociation of the United States for the reorganization of the state militia of the country, embodying a proposal mear Atlanta, crashed into the rear for a system of voluntary military of a "tripper" at the corner of and physical training, functioning Simpson and Davis streas, twelve I through the schools and colleges, has people were seriously injured and been submitted to the senate. The sent to Atlanta hospitals for treat- measure provides for an armed force ment. While a complete recheck ol the of ficial county returns may ake very slight changes in the final resu., ..r ther the wet nor the dry leaders ex- of approximately 348,000 officers and men, augmented by a reserve force of former service men. Large orders for arms and ammuni tion placed by Mexico in Belgium and pect the final majority to vary very Spain, in preparation f o rthe possibil much from the 641 liven the wets ity of American intervention, came to against the federal prohibition amend- light recently when the state depart ment as indicated by the official re- ment let it , become known that the turns reported by counties. government had taken steps to ure- As darkness fell over the national vent their shipment. V liol "fcT 1 4 A At 1 ... I V-yiuti, uvemuer xu, tnree nuge inu- The United Statea has been denying minated crosses shone out frcm the shipments of arms and ammunition in- high walls Of the war risk insurance to Meiir.o for manv mnntha for thfl . bureau building, across LaFayette reason that they generally fall into BHuaic iruxu m wuue nouse, ana me the hands of bandits and often are ceieDration ot Armistice Day, the first used against Americans. ties. in the world war, began. -The itSq7 iinS the issue with Pres- -giant symbols were formed by light - nri 'u, m": pouring from selected windows in the TTnTt.H Z7Z aXY. v .1 ,a- 'hl-----'L .ai.- -a the United States under Article X of caues oi me great league of nations covenant. Structure and one of them InnVeri Al. wv .uoutuu rectlv down on the sonare. where .of. relieving mat Mr. wuson intends -ficial Washington joined, ' November to end war prohibition as soon as the 11. in celebratine the new anniveraa. Peace treaty is rauiied, tne aggres sive - dry , element in 1 tne house, led by Representative Randall of . Califor nia, have laid all thoir plans to check mate r him, it is stated. It is their in . Mexico will pay no ransome for for eigners kidnaped, by Mexican bandits. This" position 61 the Carranza govern ment has1 been ? announced in a- note tention to seek an - extension of w the fom HilarioMedtna. sub-secretarv nf war me prpnipmon ior Six months, etuto fnr fnreie-n nffnira tn tho Amaw. I which extension will be added to the lean chaige- at Mexico City. . . ! food and fuel control act. High winds accompanied by anoW . Holding that the action of the gov- . in some Darts of Nebruka interfered ernment . injunction ' f proceedings with transcontinental wire commtil- agalast striking bituminous coal min catJbn: The tenulting dro pir, temner- ers to be 'so autocratic as to stagger "'tiire f bund lhimy ' communlMss facing the human mind' the , executive coun fjrl thortaRCs, according to the state cil ot . the American Federation of railway commission. : Labor declared in a statement issued victor L. Berger, Milwaukee, Social- after a four hour meeting, that the 1st: was denied his seat, in the house miners' walkout was justified, prom by . an- overwhelming . vote, the , house Ised Jor the strike the entire support holding he was, ineligible for- mem.- of Organized Labor and asked aid and ' bersiiic because of his open , opposi- endorsement : for it from the general tion to war. " ' ; ' pudiic , , A health conference oi governors of congress is preparing to adjourn ten Southern states is to be held in without enacting any big reconstroo Chattanooga at November zs. tion measures. i mm if .1 5 iffi . t .ys?.-mr-:.:- i . it 0 'S&KSQ r .mm rnniili'ltiyiftMiwrrfffffflffffi' - -".iw.innnnmnn n. - " 1; . 'United States regulars arriving in the bituminous coal, region of West Virginia. 2. Russian officers being trained in England for service in General Yudenitch's antibolshevik army. 3. Headquarters of the Amer ican Federation of Lal)or In Washing ton the center of important activities. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Aline Leaders Call Off Strike and Meet With Operators for Negotiations. MEN SLOW TO RESUME WORK A. F. of L. Planning Fight on Govern ment's Methods Crisis Near in Railroad Labor and Legislation Court Decisions Favor Wets Convention of American Legion. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Yielding to the authority and power of the government, the leaders of the Mine Workers union complied with the mandatory order of Judge Ander son and called off the strike. Their action was hailed with delight by the authorities and by the country gen erally, but Its expected good effect was not apparent Immediately, t In deed, in most of the bituminous dis tricts the men showed a disposition to remain Idle until their wage demands had been adjusted. This, however, was doubtless due to their incomplete un derstanding of the situation and to unavoidable delay in distributing the cancelling order. The government lost no time In tak ing steps to bring about an. amicable agreement between the operators and the men. The cabinet Instructed Sec retary of Labor Wilson to summon all parties to a conference In Washington, and at this writing the representatives of both sides aretrylng to formulate a new working pact. The cabinet members were all of the opinion that the miners' officials were4 entitled, by their action, to the fullest considera tion of their list of grievances, and' that the operators should be held to their promise to submit to negotiation, and, if that falls, to arbitration. Compliance with the court order by the miners officials came as something of a surprise to the executive com mittee of the American Federation of Labor, which ha'd advocated resistance and promised unlimited support to the strikers. The federation leaders rec ognized a tremendous threat in the Injunction method adopted by the gov ernment, and, not retreating from their, announced position, have started on a campaign to defend the fundamental principles of organized labor. In the first place, they advised the mine work ers to carry to the Supreme court an appeal from Judge Anderson's restrain ing order. This Mr. Lewis declined to do, at least before the Washington con ference, for they apparently have ac cepted the government's assurance that the suit was not to prevent, strikes generally, but to prevent violation of the law. The federation also has de cided, it was reported, to oppose in congress the extension of the Lever food and , fuel act asked for by the attorney general, for the purpose of dealing with strikes and other restric tions of necessary productions It will also oppose the anti-strike provisions of the Cummins railroad , bill. On the other hand, Senator Cummins planned to introduce an amendment to his bill, prohibiting strikes In all basic Industries . and providing for compul sory arbitration. These industries are fuel, foodstuffs, clothing, iron and steel and building materials. .. No doubt the fate of .this .amendment ..will depend largely., on developments before it Is considered by the senate, for many senators who are against injunctions as a general policy , are determined to see that the. American people are not oppressed by. the tyranny of, a, rela tively small class. ; ' V... - A crisis is approaching in both rail road labor and railroad legislation. The railroad brotherhoods are sflll ne gotiating with Director General HInes for an adjustment of wages, and it is predicted in Washington that the In creases they are trying to get before the return of the roads to private own ership will not be granted. In that case it Is likely they wijl call a strike by December 1. Unless by. that time peace has been officially procfaimed, such a strike could be attacked by the injunction method under the Lever act, in the opinion of government offi cials, since it would absolutely tie up the distribution of necessities of life. The Insistent need of legislation for the return of the railroads to their former owners before the president gives them up has led to talk of letting that take precedence In the senate over the peace treaty. This, however, Is not likely to occur. But something must be done very soon Representa tive Esch's railroad bill has been made public, and some features of it have aroused loud protests, in congress and out of It. The measure contains no antl-strlke and lockout provisions, and a fight to introduce such clauses will be made in the house. Other changes that will be proposed will be, to pre vent the railroads from perpetuating and enlarging their ownership of wa ter lines. Thetus Sims of Tennessee hopes to present a substitute bill for government ownership of rights of way and other physical properties of the roads, with private operation under lease. At any rate, he will offer an amendment limiting railroad execu tives salaries to $20,000 a! year. The prohibition situation Is get ting decidedly complicated, the de velopments of the week being In fa vor of the wets. When the Ohio vote had been officially counted it was found the people had defeated rati fication of the federal constitutional amendment, two and three-fourths per cent beer, repeal of the state prohibi tion and the Crabbe enforcement act. If enough more of the states whose constitutions contain the referendum provision follow the example of Ohio, the federal amendment might be killed. In Louisville, Ky., Federal Judge Ev ans, In effect, held war-time prohibi tion unconstitutional' and enjoined the Internal revenue collector and district attorney from Interfering with the sale by two distilleries of their tax-paid whisky. Federal Judge Brown at Prov idence, R. I., Issued an Injunction re straining the government officers from enforcing the war-time prohibition act, and declared his belief that the Vol stead enforcement act Is unconstitu tional, being repugnant to the prohibi tion amendment, v "In ; Providence the sale of 4 per cent beer was resumed immediately. . Judges Carpenter and Fitzhenry in Chicago heard arguments in a similar case and the" wets were confident that their decision would be the same as that of Judge Brown. Meanwhile Internal Revenue Com missioner Roper is going calmly ahead preparing the machinery for the en forcement of both war-time and con stitutional i prohibition. This machin ery will be put in motion on Novem ber 17, and' Its chief engineer will be John F. Kramer of Mansfield, O., who has been appointed national prohibi tion commissioner. The country has been divided Into nine districts, each of which will have supervising agents ; there will be a director for each state, and a large mobile force under -the orders of Mr. Kramer. Wherever the state and municipal officers fail to en force the prohibition laws, the fed-, eral agents will act. . Secretary of State Lansing, after be ing told of the Ohio vote; said the repudiation of the constitutional amendment has no effect on the de partment's proclamation of last Janu ary putting the country under prohibi tion next January 16.1 'We received formal legal notice of the ratification by the Ohio legisla ture," , he. said, "through the proper channels and from the proper officials lp Ohio. We4 cannot' go behind This, nor can we question the legality of the notification we received." ;J ' : The war which the government, with the approval and backing of all good citizens, is waging on the redlcals wlio infest the country "continues, and might : be said to be having excellent results,; if there were not such unac countable delay in the deportation of the anarchists who have been caught. Several incidents of the week may well serve to speed up the proceed ings. The most serious was at Cen tralia, Wash., where members of the I. W. W. fired a volley Into an Arm istice day parade, killing four4 mem bers of the American Legion and wounding others. A number of the culprits were arrested and one of them was lynched, the others being saved from the enraged people by the men of the American Legion, whose be havior throughout was worthy of the highest praise. In addition to murder, the prisoners will be charged with conspiracy to overthrow the govern ment. A large number of radicals locked up in Detroit, plotted a jail de livery, but a trusty betrayed the plan to the sheriff, and it was frustrated. Senator Poindexter of Washington blames the administration for leniency towards the radicals, but government officials say the onus rests on con gress, pointing out that there are 52 bills pending In congress which were drafted for the purpose of giving the government all the authority needed to deal with the bolshevik, anarchistic, and other anti-American organizations now operating in this country. Moving slowly and fitfully onward toward a final vote on the peace treaty, the senate on Thursday "cut the heart out of the League of Nations," if Pres ident Wilson's vjew is to be accepted. By a vote of 46 to S3 it adopted the Lodge reservation to article X of the league covenant, this being its text: "The United States assumes no obli gation to preserve the territorial in tegrity ;or political Independence of any other country or to Interfere In controversies between nations wheth er members of the league or not un der the provisions of article 10, or to employ ihe military or naval forces of the United States under any article of the treaty for any purpose, unless in any particular cage" the congress, which, under the constitution has the sole power to declare war or authorize the employment of the military or na val forces of the United States, shall by act or joint resolution so provide." Every Republican In the senate and four Democrats voted for this reser vation, which Is especially distasteful to the president. ; The first national convention of the American Legion was held at Minne apolis, and was a huge success. The next meeting wlH be held in Cleve land, opening September 27, 1920. Franklin D'Olier of Philadelphia, a former lieutenant colonel, holding the distinguished service medal 'and the Legion of Honor, was elected nation al commander. The most Important action taken by the convention was the warm Indorse ment of universal military" training, with a small standing army and no compulsory .military service in time of peace. It was recommended that the national citizen army be under lo cal control, subject to national regula tions. A resolution which was adopt ed with cheers called for the disfran chisement and deportation of Victor Berger of Wisconsin, who was unseat ed by the house of representatives for his disloyal utterances during the war, Another resolution adopted expressed the feeling that financial losses sus tained by every soldier and sailor should be alleviated promptly by the government, but left it to congress to determine the form the compensation should take. On motion of California and Hawaii delegates, the convention demanded that congress forever ex clude the Japanese from American shores, that foreign-born Japanese shall be tarred from American citi zenship and that congress submit ti constitutional amendment that no child born In the United States of foreign parentage shall be eligible to American citizenship unless Its parents were so eligible when the child was born. " Translations of foreign lan guage newspapers were demanded. ; -! The fighting' In Russia and the Bal tic states did hot have decisive results last week, but peace between1 the bol shevik! and some of the Baltic nations seemed a little nearer. Indeed, peace negotiations between the soviet gov ernment and the Esthohlans began Sat urday. The others seemed to be hold ing" off, though r It was believed" the Letts and Lithuanians might come in later, and even the Poles; Finns,' White Russians and Ukrainians, if they were assured that the entente allies would not offer forcible, objections. The bol shevikl hope these i negotiations will lead to peace with the allies, ' and In any case, that their western forces will be released to re-enforce ' those that are fighting Kolchak and Denikine, THE SOVERNMENT AMPLE REVENUE FB MONTHS OPEhyiq HOUSE VOTED 203 TO 151 Representative Kitchio. Atta , Labor Section as Le,v, S ment of Di&putes tQ Un'ons, Washington. Thn ...... Tiding for private n eration P11;ate ownership Z 0f rai1 carriers -J" federal supervision,. under Passed i as the house, 203 to i'.v goes to the senata k.' . ue . "v. uu It taken up there until tv,a T n. own m uecember 1 'A majority of. the democrat bers opposed the bill, after 1 "1U1UCUI suaraniee of revenue carriers for the first six Jk newea private operation 1 Representative Simm ranking democratic member house interstate fnmm... 1 tee that framn u C0!&mi!. wu lue measure uh.i fight on the guaranty aL "subsidy,' A motion to f""tai uivision. The house re-affirmed, 253 to its stand nn tho lahr. . .i.JU1 occuons, Dm-piiL ing only for the voluntary tion of labor disputes. Representative Kitchen. North Car- oima, iormer democratic leader w-ci-eu me iaDor section as hn. ocummcui ui aisputes witn me railway unions. He deck ed "the brotherhoods could nullify tk, provision 10 days after passage olfo bill by refusing to appoint remm tatives" to the boards created to tie controversies. Preceding the final "show-down" V separate roll calls,, the house spet; the day in considering numerous a tensions-of the powers of the inter state commerce commission. Its last Important act was to place the co mission in control of all capital sues of the roads. CHICAGO JURIST DECLARES .-.LIQUOR LAW CONSTITUTIONAL Chicago. The liquor interest! were given another setback wleu Judge George A. Carpenter handed down a decision in the United States district court which held that the wartime prohibition act and the Vol stead enforcement act were constitu tional. Judge Carpenter annonncei that Louis Fitzhenry, of Peora, DL, had eoncurred in the decision. STATE OF KANSAS TAKES OVER COAL PROPERTIES Topeka, Kas: The large coal ing properties of Crawford and Chero kee counties passed into the control of the state of Kansaa when the statf sunreme court issued orders and naa ed receivers for the properties. Tin action followine the filing of quo W ranto proceedings by Attorney G eral Rfchard Hopkins to bring the receivership. MANUFACTURING PLANTS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE DOWN Atlanfa-Orders limiting delirenB of coal in the southern region o r o railroad admnistration to the flrsi Classes on the fuel pnorrcy i -does not include manufacturers, issued4 at headquarters here. TM tion on its face means the ci down of cotton mills and manutoc ing plants of almost all as soon as tneir presru. r. nvl n These supplies few are understood to be scanty. -Curmiamient of coal con was made necessary, the said, becauee "coal Poc! o below the absolute requiremetf the first five classes of consumers SENATE "aCToTISCUSSE0 ,k, rnwFERENCE CIK 11 wv,- . ..twll! tint aow11- Fans me nnaie of 101 the United States : fn the Germ" , was received with grg peace nrerB- mv apparenuy - tf. iby reservations treaty in . point t7 it apparenuj . gs lates in genera i , whother the .senate " nit for .tt!r7he others approve w rnmen:, , The Frenca ' aj red to give v Miner" m Wne. -r- $m mining on fte ecu- coal neiu. tt,.- itt ally meats. prepared ALL dhkJag- union Uon of bituminous where been m West fldent tack In a of ft i more ma" .'te w on ,Wke 1 vi-nla were " -d b t- rnOH at work during e other fl1QS.t ,ttrtner hn to avrait inrtoi conference l th ditpositl .1 .