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VOL. CVIIL No. 39.
ORDERS GO
work mmw
MILLION AND HALF TO
FOLLOW, ALL TO BE OM
STRIKE BY NOVEMBER 2
Country Divided into Four
Groups Which Will Walk Out
Progressively
HAVE NO VIOLENCE
It Will Not Be Tolerated and
Strikers Must Keep from
Rail; Property
CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (By the
Associated Press). More than
half a million American railroad
men were today ordered to ini
tiate a strike October s6 while
other unions whose member
ship brings the total to about
two million, announced unoffi
cially that they were tonight
preparing to- follow suit and
make the walkout, general on
the same date. ' - ;-.
Under this program tljie'tie up
would be complete ccbrding
to union predictiohisiove-
The hour wasikedf
m
, October 3U, except tor , one
Texas line, whose trainmen were
authorized to go out October
09 . ..
The railroads listed .in- the
first group on which the strike
is to become effective, touch 42
of the 48 states with a trackage
of 73,000 miles out of the total
United States trackage of ap
proximately 200,000.
The Now England states comprise
'"p gronD that is virtually untouched
'lie first walkout.
The strike orders wehj issued to the
&E brotherhoods, oldest . and
'""n powerful of the -railway unions,
anrJ. tiipy specifically 1 included mall
,rains in the walk but. Their provis
ions instructed strikers to keep away
rnni railroad property with a warning
jhar ' vir,once 0f any nature will not
10 toleratP,j by the organizations."
T!'e strike was announced following
an overwhelming vote , said to be up
wards of so pr cent, favoring a strike
frecaupe of a 12 1-2 per cent wage re
c"rt oi, authorized by the United States
railroad labor board of July 1. and af
'er if waP declared by the Association
"f Railway Executives in' session here
:terday that a further reduction
wotiii he sought by the-railroads." It
n'a fHii that the strike decision was
made hPfore th armouncement of this
f,;r'",r intended cut. Printed instruc
';'"n as to the conduct of the strike,
'5?neri in chicaeo. wer dated yester-
iay.
0,Mober 14. , .
1 ar u will be one of the most
Bnoils strikes in American transpor
tation hictorv " eo 11 TUT ri T jmm -sail.
1
It ii f the ra ilrna tralnmtn tin Hur.
'1 rpr
ftit weeks ha went circulars
111
nnen warnin thutn nf th rrltl.
r,i nature of the step they contem
T;" country was divided into four
tro,'D. in H'llifti Vi mn nrcro H.n-
r,?cri to walk out progressively, .one
up rVr-rv ! hours. Th names of
Err,
erou.,r, n-ere not maae poblic, but
Jnoffinai'v the identity of roads in" the
r.t gro.,n fr, 0 wa learnefJf subject
,r 'Ndnttc n4ii,v. iinlnn nffinlala no i rl
"'l!rj h,
P Orr.c
Sttrr,-.
- 1 ti uitxwAft vamw ra .
few. This first group, includ
r,r the country's greatest" rl I
from tenant in mt anil'frnm
"an;
tt.e Guif. These were: s :
St,.)
- Kansas City Southern,
tlrT' Great Northern; .'South-
Ut.lu-r
ti way. Louisyill and' NasA
' "uis Southwestern (whether
1 CS
rafn. R - -.
r t '
Tland and Pacific; Seabefcrd
' - - - ' ' ' 111 C 1 II AIftl,. -
Krie, Chicago, Great' West-
'";s issuing the strike call t-
Brp,lllr,Prh'',od of Railroad' Trainmen,
an '-.-."'''i of Locomotive. Firemen
r"nri,IVr"";men' Order et Hallway
t vp r rR Brotherhood of TJocomo-
Th
'"'"a. ;. . ' ; ,
ifen
other organisations,,
Mnn hsr wno nave, been in.f.es--
t!i.v ' ;,an!l who said unofficially that
bat
C- i
""'in the stHfc. r.- : -
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a;iar,,.
ilaiV,;--' .
!riternationnl lAna tlnn V nf
- ,
its d asuUuuj
V'omi Qiheo6d'':
(V v, "rotherhodd ' 'of , JRailwa
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FORTH tQ OVBR mLF
m
rding
Avert
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. The publU
rpup of the railroad labor board and
he.C full membership of the Interstate
Commerce commission, by personal' dl.
rection; of President IlardinR, jotned
forces- today In an effort tb avert th
threatened, serious railroad labor com
plications. w -t
Summoned to Washington by. the
President, .the three member repre
senting to; the public on the railroad
lahor boara. were escbrted WMrHard-Ing-lms.elf
-to a conference with the
members of th,i interstate Qomraerce
commission rhich "was unfinished at
the end of he day and left open, to re
sumption Wdrtday: ; u y
Silence. -was maintained by all parties
to : thei conference, even in the face; of
theVstrilt call issued late in the. day at
Chicagro;, bat ihe purposa bf ihaVmeei
ns1 was said In a white house announce-'
went to,, be consideration -."of . the possi
bility of . jin early adjustment' of . rail
road rates atird" t?aj;ea"
'Thew President has been impressed
that a somewhat anomalous sitnation
surrounding ' the relations of the Tn-
! terstate Commerce commit sion and the
..21 ; . ... . .
toiiwtij iauor Doara,' - tne statement
added- .."The commission, has - very
large powers through Its control; 'of
FALSE FIGURES GIVEN
BY ROADS, HE .GUAflGES
' r-
Brotherhood RepresenlaUvAr-
igufssThaf Rallrl35obks"V)
r;:.
WASHINGTON, Oct. . .-Presentation
of labor's 'case, in the senate inter
state1 commerce committee's . Investiga
tion of general -railroad conditions was1
begun toay by Frank J. Warns, statls
tica'n for - the railroad brotherhoods.. :
, Charges' were-made by Mr.f Warpe
that misleading - and incorrect figures
regarding railroad operatknT receipts
and net income had been "presented -to
th committee during recent months b.y
the railway executives. The executives,
he said, had submitted 'statistical fal-
lacles:"
r.A mass of information and detailed
charts designed to ..prove Inaccuracies
in the . executive's figures .were present
ed by the witness, 'who denied that the
railroads had suffered heavy losses
from government control and said their
revenues during the war were the, larg
est in history.
. Mr. .Warne derlared that to secof e
'rate increases from, the interstate com
mene commission, the railroads had
spent 'excessive amounts lfor malnte
nance without" necessity and that .the
'land grant" railroads profited doubly
during" the- war control period by -receiving
rates without any reduction for
their land grants from the government.
Jn recent years, Mr. .Warns, stated
railroads had made large expenditures
for permanent improvement, paying -for
them out of operating revenues and
charging them as expenses "of opera
tion. ' He also charged that roads h'ad
manipulated maintenance' accounts so
as to Affect favorably or adversely -their
net operating .revenue and income re
sults. These were depressed arbttra
ilytne said, during periods, when the
carriers were seeking rate' increases
before -the - Interstate Commerce "com
mission.7 : ' :-.'(
'Mr. Warns will continue his testi
mony next week.
If Q DEVELOPMENTS IPT THE
: CASE OF THE TRUl,rCK$
(ipecial to Tke Mar) . ;
-.FlibHENC.E , S. C Oct. -1 Thr e
were no developments today In . the' af-rest-ofthe
three Truluek .boawho
yesterday; confessed; to stealing aft lrbn
saf,e froniC the ihome of Sara W,;, Yoiirig
hear plant, ontalniBg between. SO.and
90 j thousand rdollars .-in I4berty bonds,
war savinfes stamps- and other securi
ties.; ':" " . :
Twenty-six; thousand i dollars' worth
of jbonds and war savings stamps have
been recovered and- of fleers know where
they" can- find the ' balance of them.
Mortgages and -other papers, including
one registered bond for 11,000, .. were
burnedDr the Trulucks. Sotae of the
at61eniot was found hidden urtder a
church at Olanta. ; J . -
Hugh Truluek, assistant'-' cashier of
the First National Bank of Olanta, who
is said to have-had a. large part in
the robbery and . engineered the sale of
the- bonds, and v Lonnie Tniluck, a
cousin, are In jail here- .There'Jias been
no effort so far to , obtain bond for
them tfhey are: members of prominent
f amliiisf - of : Florence; county. M. A.
Truluckt a 'brother of ' Ixnnle Truluek,
haseen released. While he knew all
Detectives ; who worked vup th case
have-returned; tq; AtUnta. v
OR8HAU FOCM CAXV COilE.
simoon received," thla-Ulegtam from,
KKt Hi Altoona'Fa.,' chair-
rv - A? -Vu. - mri ft&n legion reeeption
rKP;"o. i..iUoW.
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- . v tm i,a 11 - H ncn r iLa
nNAhvllle InvltatKin-v rSaysw"
iS.i.iJr.Maiihvlllelnvitatron. ; rcsaxofc
WILMINGTON,
s a oten to
reatened Strike
rates, to determine what the revenues
of Hhe. roads should bs while the rail
way labor board through its authority
in the. matter of wage determination,
has a.very large power in determining
the largest item of , railway . expendi
tures. The President was, therefore im
pressed with the desirability of getting
these two highly potential bodies . tor
gether and reaching something like a
definite understanding., between them."
The statement further explained that
Chairman Barton of the. labor board, G.
Wallace Whanger, and Ben W; Hooper,
the two otler public members, .were
called .in because the labor, and railroad
members were "Jn the nature of things
partisan."
Chaiirman' JlcChord rnd the full In
terstate qpmmerce com nission received
President Harding with ; the board
members, and participated in a morn
ing session after the President had de
parted. The chairman jind Commission
ers Esch, Parker, Lewis and "Eastman
resumed the conference with the "board
group in the afternoon, 'and will meet
wfth them 'again Monday. " '
'At the conclusion of today's confer
ence Mt Hooper .remarked tb at "welve
been hearings that railroad strike talk
now for a ;year ,and a 'lialf and nobody
has seen. the1 striked? - - -i
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PAID RESERVE
4.
:jGEnsii:ot5oo;oio
jit -
Gpvraor,r;ttarding or Reserve
WASHINGTON. Oct. ISi The federal
reserve, board -does not .regard "the eal
af4sx. -palthe " governor- of the New
Yorlc.'federal 1 reserve kaiik;aTtd the fed
eral reserve .agent- s. being" excessive,"
a6ver'nor;Har4ingof "the board said in
a-letter .to;-, Chairman . Anderson" of he
congressional -agricultural commission
made public tonight.'" " - A
!No . one;familiarr with the- qualifica
tions of these :gehtlemeri.. their -lbne ex
perience in ' banking their estahlished
Position in the backing; community be
rtf me reaerai, reserve bank was organized,-
the' magnitude of their respon
sibilities and. the opportunities con
stantly, afforded -. them r to. make, other
and more profitable engagements," the
letter added, "would assert for a' mo
ment, that they, "are being 3paid more
than they are worth.''
Governor Harding explained that the
letter was not. a reply to the recent
resolution requesting data on the sal
aries paid New York federal reserve
bank officials, but was' intended to deal
more specifically with criticism of John
Skelton Williams, former comptroller
of the currency. The board's answer to
the request of the senate, he added,
would be forwarded next week. He re
quested, however., that the , lett sr . be
made, a part of the commission's rec
ords and that the commission make
public Its findings with respect to the
Charges made by Mr. Williams in the
controversy which began some monthi
ago.-. -
Included in the letter was an analy
sis of the salaries paid the Now York
bank officials and a comparison or the
salaries with those of bank bffcials
carrying similar responsibilities. The
letter-also embodies the minutes of a
meeting1 of, the reserve board, of which
Mr. Williams as" cbm-jtrolltr. wa a
Hnember, which showed) that Mr. Wil
liams voie& ior increasing the salary
of Governor Strong of the New York
bank from $30,000 to $ro,ooo.
It will be noted," the letter added,
"that th minutes 'show thnt Mr. Wil
liams voted affirmatively on 80 per
e'ept of the salary Increases, including
those which he now criticli:es, and that
he aid not .'yote Against any of . them
but was absent' from meetings at which
the other 20 per cent were considered."
Fdrmer ' Secretary McAdoo, who as
head of the treasury was chairman of
the reserve "board,- also . was - on record
as : favoring' the salary increases, and
in a statement, to the board said, ac
cording to the minutes, .that such saf
aries should ;-be made sufficiently af?
tractive to induce capable and efEi .
cienf men to take; up the work.
MARIOWND FLOBNCE tiril,!,
.; 'BRIDGE THE PEE DEE ALONE
V , Speclal to The Star.) ... '
FLORENCE, S. C $ Oct. 15. Florence
and Marion counties through -their, leg
islative ' representatives :'today - decided
definitely to withdraw -from .the state
highway commission with respect to
the .building of a bridge over the.. Pee
Dee river-an will ..build the bridge, and
Its; approaches..' it la . stated. ' lndepen-.
dent of 'federal aid.; The -deciston Vfi
reached at a meeting of the bridge, com
mission today to the office' of the sup-erviaor-at,
liich there were; present
representatives of r .the f. two counties
members of . thestata. highway commis
sion 'And state: highway department en
gineered Seyeifai olns : and sites were
UggeBted by.the'hlghway comroisslom
bnfnoiie of them;:were acceptable to the
Marion-Florence '1 delegations and the
the, building of 1 a ? bridge-at the Maw
. w 0 . v v viuvccu.niLn
nwoouaoxas,.or. pnage. ai joe Maw
aKne, 1
OFF
N. C, SUNDAt MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 121.
THINKS RAILROADS CAN
CQNliOE ft OPEliiE
IN SPITE OikOUT
President of Chicago Great
Western Believes Companies .
Can Run Trains
NOT UNION OPINION
Labor Organizations Contem
plate Absolute . Cessation of
Train Service ! ..
CHICAGO. Oct-' 15- (By Associated
'Press)-. The' raitroads will be able to
ce-ntinue- operation despite the nation
wide strike-called by 16 railroad labor
orgaivflatlons, in. the opinion ;cf SJamuel
M.' ;. Ijh, president of the Chicago
creaJVetet5 on ' of i.the!.. principal
roaar included ' lnthe first grottp on
wMwt -the rail employes wmwalk out
Oiitober SO. .
ABSOLVTE CESSATION OF" ALL
' TRAI3V SERVICE IS PLAN IV EO
CHICA(K, Oct. '16.' (By Associated
Fress). Absolute ' cessation , of train
service, with -a; minimum force only
sufficient to i" guard against' , fire and
damage; to railroad property on duty in
shops and depots, was indicated by the
drastic -regulations issued by the rail
road 'brotherhoods ' in ' connection with
their .strike calK today.
: The" brotherhoods' Instructions to
members did Hot specify what skeleton
service; If tahyv wasy'lo remain' -in op
e ration 'after the last man. walks out
November; t; tTndr- the list if-,iduties
f roAjabTPJo;. 2 says: Afl "men on
itrlke'-willikepaway froraTUie com-
eredeirtiuwr TcSftain dBtUrtb' !he
tporJaebfcathott ye Iprgaiil-
; The' extent to w$ieh' the shop eraftt
unions - and others . of V the remaining
ofganlzatlcm which will walk out, has
not-yet been- deoided. - According to
B. M. Jewell, president of the railway
employes' department of the American
Federation of. Laibor. that is one of the
questions to- be. determined at the Shop
crafts' meeting? to complete their plans
tomorrow. , vi: - , ' ' ' v
I do not understand that -the train
service instructions' allow for the op
eration of a single train," Mrl' Jewell
said, in pointing but the Jjrotherhopd
clause sayihg that employes had
'Identically' the same right to. refuse
to perform service : on - a mail train as
on a freight train."
"The public had better-ge.t Its walk
ing shoes on. It looks like an abso
lutely tie-up of all trains," he added.
The force permitted to remain on
duty in past strikes to-protect prop
erty, depended on. the circumstances of
the strike, Mr. Jewell -said. ' Usually a
small force .was left on' duty around
chops to , prevent --deterioration of
equipment,-he said, and a small force
was, kept at union, stations and. depots
to guard against' any actual suffering
on the pat of "Btranded travelers. ,'
'The men allowed to remain at work
in our organizations," Mr. Jewell said,
."will bdfc decided on when "we meet to
complete the strike ; call plans. . We
can't 'tell yet how many that will be,
by not many." .
; While only four of the big brother
hoods and the switchmen's union have
actually mailed the strike call, the
employes' department, American Fed
eration of Labor, known as the Fed
erated Shop Grafts, is acting in concert
with them. The shop --crafts, '435,000 of
whose half million members were the
first to vote to quit work, embraces
six organisations,- the machinists,
boilermakers. blacksmiths, sheet metal
workers, electricians and carmen.
WANT LAN DIS TO ARBITRATE
THE BOO LINES DIFFICULTIES
CHICAGO Oct. ' 15. A .telegram to
Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis
from the Soo Lines asking hini to act
as arbiter in the wage and working
conditions differences between the- road
and its employes - was received at the
judge's office today. Judge .Landis is
in NAw York.
JUDGE LANDIS W..1NT TO BE
ADVISED OF THE SITUATION
NEW YORK, Octl 15. Federal Judge
Kenesaw M. LandiB said tonight that
he had sent a telegram to the Soo Lines'
officials asking them , the nature of
the wage arid working differences the
railroad has- with its employes. .., His
message was in response to one from
the Sod Lines asking him ; to . act as
arbiter in the dispute. ; Judge Landis
said he 'was not familiar with the" dis
pute and that he would not consent 'to
act as arbiter until, he learned the con
ditions. - He declared also that he
might have fixed opinions-.on' some of
the questions -. involved ' f nd ' in that
event he' would be disqualified to ' act.
UWIOlf & UV KttBOK ABO UT ...
... MAILS, SAYS' D AtTGHERTT
, WASHINGTON, Oct., lft-UpBi te
return of Attorney Jenerl Dangk-i
- erty tonls;kt f rom .Valley rFrge-iwkere-"
ke rteded.ae.'?. fBa.em;)-ot
Senator Knox - :.le evldened i Interest
, fta a section lot lie rnilrpa strike
eall wklek elared,tke-e jrk : n$
.dltference between a maij-. and" u.
"xreight trptn so. fair as the jrlgktit
re'fnse.;ierribWa'; eoncerned : . :-
t r WkeM "the. nestioa i atDdted.
jSir. Dangkertr' aald, tkey5;wm: llndl
.Verions ' dpnt " about v their , . psl-.
..tlon-' Beyend VthlaV'Te- - wenld . not;
I commenf en the Altuatlb.' I
1 r11' r v jj
&fitfis Has No
to Make oh
Revenue Commissioner Merely ' Says That the State's Answer
Will Be -Filed by December 10. Time - Jly by.,;
. .Court--Case May Come Up Again in January Fed
eral Court Governor Announces Pardon Action.
By BROCK BARKLET
RALEIGH, Oct. 15. Answer will be
filed in the suits of the railroads,
against Jhe state's taxing powers
within the time fixed by court, and
until then no announcement, will be
forthcoming as to the state's position
in the case, Revenue .. ..Commissioner
Watts said . this afternoon. (
When the answer is filed, however,
it ? will give the state's position fully.
The statement from . the tax commis
sioner came, he said, because of num
erous - inquiries as to the - position the
state would take with reference to the
Several suits of the raiiroads.
' Until the answer is filed, however,
he does not care to make any state-
jtme'nt whatsoever.- The state state nas
until December: 10. to file its answer
and Attorney General ' Manning thinks
I the case , will, come up again, proba
ta , ll" 'J ' ' - ' n4i. - .
piy- in January. ine raiiroaa com
panies applied, to. the commissioner
for a review- and reduction of the.
valp.es. of. their, properties in the state
made by the tax commission of 1920
but the reductions -were declined.
Pardon, .week closed this, afternoon
and of the big batch. of prisoners who
through their representatives ' sought
release from the state's prison and
convict camps during the week,- only
a "comparative few' were successful. In
eadh' case where a pardon was granted
the Governor had the recommendation
of the ju'dgev' who sentenced -.the pris
oner. If the judge ; or , solicitor,, ,nai
nothing to say, , the executive' declined
to t Interfere. The governor believes
that his ' ofrice' ehorild" "Hot be , a higher
filGRMAN'S AXEf
GIV-MEi
Rawlins, Who Killed Jackson-J
' ville Theatre Mn, Found
. Guilty of - Murder
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., OcU 15 Frank
Rawlins was found gfuilty of murder
In the first degree with -a recommenda
tion for . mercy by a jury In 'circuit
cpiirt here early, tonight. Rawjins'
trial grew out of the killing here Sep
tember -4 of George H. Hickman, man
ager of the Palace theater, when RaAv
lins robbed the-playhouse of 5800.
- Tne jury deliberated more than two
hours. The-- verdict automatically
carries a sentence of life imprisonment,
the same sentence giyen John H. Pope,
local attorney, upon conviction last
week of having planned the robbery
and being "constructively" present.
' Rawlins' . . fate . , centered largely
around the testimony given by himself
and that of E. S. Harrison, treasurer
of the theater, who was in the office,
with Hickman, when he was killed and
who was struck over, the head with a
revolver. The defense sought to show
that Hickman would not have, been
killed had he and Harrison not grap
pled with RawlinB, and Hickman
brought h'is'plstol" Into play. Rawlins
claimed his reyolver was discharged
accidentally during the struggle.
When Harrison took the stand today
and was asked to describe the details
of the killing, Rawlins partly arose
from his seat and said:
"And tell exactly what happened
and nothing more."
Hearing is expected to begin Mon
day on Pope's appellation for a new
trial. -
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
IS CELEBRATED TODAY
Special Exercises in All Episco
pal Parishes
.Services n celebration of sthe 50th
anniversary of the woman's , auxiliary
of the board of missions of the Epis
copal church, will be held In all par
ishes and missions in t;he city today,
but on account of some churches
being without a rector the programs
will not ne as elaborate' as would have
otherwise been the case.
At St. James a corporate commun--ion
will be held at 11 o'clock.
Episcopalians feel that they have
just cause for celebration In obser
vance of this event as the growth
of the auxiliary and the ?ood it has
accomplished has been phenomenal.
Fifty years ago it-was started on a
very -modest scale but the reports at
the last general convention, held in
191S, showed that enormous gains had
been made. The next general con
vention will be held in Portland Ore
gon, in October of next year, when
it Js expected that even better reports
will be made.
, The white offering of this of this
auxiliary takes care of . all the ; ex
penses : of women workers in mission
fields of the church.
CHARLOTTE GOVERNMENT COST
- WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 15. It
Was announced r by the census bureau
today that the costs -of Chariots gov
ernment for the last fiscal year were
$1(193,163 .or ?2512 per capita. This is
ah" Increase - over" previous; years. In
lilJ the costs were f 18.19 per capital,
and -$20.37. . '-, ' ' T
5Pr capita . costs for -the last year
were distributed as follows: , General
departments' $1-5.83; -expensee; of .public
service -enterprise -niieresi-pay-
ments $3.30, and outlays. $3.56. - :
sevice -enterprise s.i; interest - pay
:WV.S--'
pcriTCrinctiriiiintii in
OLDEST
Statement
the Tax
court for reviewing- thacses .-.to . see
if the regular -ourta ; were right' or
wrong, except :ih cases where e'rr6r'can
be proved. He " paroled three today and
declined to. interfere.-in; the ..pases of
SiX. ' '.''."''- ... ? ,; ., . . ;
Charley Penfleld, of Asheville, ; who
had about three months and' 10 'days
more of two ''sentences, ". .totaling eight
months before hlm was paroled upon
recommendation.", of City Judge, . Wells
and Solicitor Bennett.- - -
W. H. Goodrich, of Vance, wll be
liberated when "he" has served half - of
a two-year sentence for.imple assault.
The solicitor at. first protested the pe
tition for this .pardonj ;but later ..he
withdrew his opposition and the judge,
who sentenced Goodrich, ' 'recommended
parole. He "has a" 'month- or,. two t
serve ; yet beforerhe wilV.be released. '
Will Carter, of " Cumberland county,
sentenced in November,;. 1918, to flye
years fpr . manslaughter,- was . granted
a full pardon, Judge C. -C Lyon writ
ing that he believed the prisoner had
been sufficiently .punished.
The prisoners whose pardon requests
were declined were: t Itoe Shepperd,. of
Wilkes, serving two. years for man
slaughter; Zeb Battles, Cherokee, serv
ing three years for an - assault witlx
intent to kill; Alexander Philips, For
syth, on. the roads for, 14 months for
receiving stolen, property; Toni M.
Swain, Wilkes", . serving three years for
assault. with deadly, weapon, and Ar
thur Jackson, of Forsyth';.' On., the roads
for, seven months for violating tne.li-
qtror law.
GENERAL METIS
T1 ty
Commander North Carolina
Confederate Veterans in Auto
Street CarCrash
Gew. c-James. L . Metts, of, Wilmington,
commander: of the North 'Carolina divi
sion of United"Confederate Veterans,
and father -of -Adj. -Gen-J.,"VanB. Metts.f
of -the Notth .Carolina guard, Raleigh,
was probably .Vitally hurt fast night
at 6:30 o'clock, when a street car col
lided with an automobile in which he
was riding'. alone at Eighth and Red
Cross streets.
Juet how, critical General Metts' con
dition is could;' not 'be determined last
night, Dr. J. JT. Robertson, the attend
ing physician, stated, adding, however,
that in view-of the general's age, which
is close to 80 years, he considered his
condition fulte critical.
General Metts had very bad lacera
tions about the face and heacl while
there were "severe contusions over' the
left hip and to broken ribs. Dr.
Robertson was hopeful last night that
there had been no fracture as the re
sult of the blows on .the head, but he
said he could anake, no positive state
ment as to this -under 24 hours.
vThese injuries, together with the se
vere shock were cauise for uneasiness,
Dr. Robertson stated. Although Gen
eral Metts talked' somewhat as though
he was rational. Dr. Robertson said
last night that at no time had he been
fully conscious since he first saw him.
Hypodermics were administered to ease
the intense pain he.was suffering: and
these caused him to lapse into a stupor
but the physician stated that he was
hopeful that he would be conscious af
ter he came from under the influence of
these.
The collision was with street car No.
104 in charge of Motprmain' P. C. 'Mc
Cracken said last night that both he
and General Metts were going west on
Red Cross street. ' At the crossin- of
Eighth he said 'that as far as he could
see General Metts was not anticipating
a turn and when the . sieneral did start
to turn south into- Eighth," the motor
man was unable 16: stop his car bef ore
striking the .aktomob'ile.. He said, how
ever,' that hev was ' ringing - his bell and
was under the impression that the driv
er of the automobile knew that a car
Was approaching from the rear. The
street car struck the front end of the
automobile, demolishing the windshield
and -otherwise damaging the auto.
- McCracken immediately stopped his
car- and went to the - assistance of
the general, finding him under the au
tomobile." With . the ... assistance of
Will Rehder. who heard .the crash and
ran to the scene, he. removed. General
Metts from beneath the car and tooK
him in Mr. Render's car- to the hospital,
two blocks away. - . .
ATJTO PL.TJNGES OVER BANK,
KIliIilNG ONE, .INJURING' FOUR
MILrjEDGEVILLiE, Ga.. .Oct. 15. A.
B. Berry was" almost instantly killed,
MissRuby Hoover was. so. seriously. In
jured physicians hold little ' hope for
her recovery and. three other persons
were injured when : ait .automobile in
which they . were .riding plunged over
an einbankment near ' here late today.
Berry, who was 4 driving-, the '-car filled
Wlth,nurses from the'state sanltorium,
sustained a broken neck. Miss Ger
trude Ham, Miss Mabel . McDonald and
I P. Grant suffered Iniuries. thought
1 to not pe serious, ana 1
auxu&k eacanad with minor :
to ;not be serious, and three other
nur4 ascanad with minor hurts.
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OBER
Suit
BADLY
ACCIDENT
DAILY IN, THE STATE.
WORLD PEACE ARDENT?
DESIRE OF JAPANESE
NATIONOKIOlMltf
Wants No', s Armament Other
Than Needed for Proper
Defense; of Empire ; i
IS FOR LIMITATION
Desires All Possible Seeds of
War Rooted Out of the Paci-,
fic Situation
TOKIO, Oct. lS.-LfMy. Associated
Press.) (DelayedO-Japaij's,, disarma
ment policy, formulate during repeated
conferences of the cabinet. council and
submitted for approval to Vthe advisory
council, will srve :.ai instructions for
the Japanese delegates , to. th6 Wash-
ington conference, - according to the
newspaper Ashahl Shlmbun today. The
main points o.: this .policy,' says that
newspaper are substantially, as follows:
The maintenance., of.. world peac s
the ardent, deplrei of the Japanese , na
tion; so much so that the Imperial gov
ernment approved: ahead' of the other
powers the idea of holding , the Wash
ington conference. r .,. . , ..
The delegation'shali strive to raako'
clear that the principle of. the empire
is to main tain th;e hitlnl mum strength
necessary for ;asuring -the - defence of
the country. ' . lv ,
The Japanese-pel oy has not bean
framed wjth. : Uie.armamsnUof othr
countries as an objective, but only with
the idea' of . necesearyr defense, taking
the geographical position' of Japan into
consideration:.; The !Srerlyl increase in
armament expenditure ,-hMi seen due to
the fact that intfernatlonal-reiatlonshin
has not allowed. the powers. to slacken-
- t .-i-l i 1 ' L . . 'lr M .- . -.. . T. -
dat: and perfect-' assurance of national
J defence4, established. Japan Will w-;
"fs - .31 . . w ... luuiyauuu alula.
ments with the other powers..'
The delegaon -sliall . endeavor to.
make clear that the' government is"
sincere In Its 'desire to lessen 'the bur-
dfe'h of national' armament expenditure.
The strength of the array also is based",
upon the idea of" minimum -necessaryC
defense, of the empire .and the safety of
lives and property , of her subjects
abroad. If Japan's " relatione with
neighboring countries' are placed .upon
a better basis, Japan will not hesitate
to adopt a policy "of limitation in pr:n
ciples but any. concrete plan having a
bearing upon the protection of nationaf
wealth, the conditions ot neighboring
countries, the size of ' population and
the geographical location of the em
pire must be subject to further In
structions from the government.
Regarding the limitation of the use
of airplanes, poisonous gases and other
I unusual weapons, the , delegation shall
consult tne aeies-ation or otner powers
in order to obtain their views regard-,
ing such limitation. ' ....
The government desires an agreement.-for
the withdrawal of offensive
armaments from the islands of the Fas
cine and also,; for the prohibition ; ofr
further extension, of ' such armaments
Japan's present armaments-in the Pa-
cific islands do : not constituto- a threat .
to other powers, nor. has Japan any in
tention of resorting : to . threatening
measuring in the future.;
FINANCE BOARD SENDS
MONEY TO STATE BANKS
Puts Out $750,000 for Export
ing Tobacco
((Special to The Star.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. - 16. Senator
Simmons today Jnyited. Theodore Roose
velt, assistant secretary r0f the navy,
to Wilson for the fair on the 25tn. Mr,'
Roosevelt has;the matter under consid
eration. ..;."'', .. . ..;
The war finance corporation today
provided for a loan or $750,000 for
North Carolina; banks for crops moving
purposes. . Most of this goes to tobacr
co exporters who vJeh to make ship?:
mentb to China. ' N
The North. Carolina eociety of Wash
ington will nieet November 4.
R. B. Hood will demonstrate for tne
government atr"the. Columbus .county
fair how. to fight the -boll weevlL -
John A. Clark1 ha been named post
master at HawbranCh, a new office in
Moore county.
TIDEWATER- COMPANY FAVORS
FISHERMEN GOING TO' INLET
'.. "r , ' -.i-
Secretary . J.rW; Buck of the New
Hanover Fishing' club Is very expres
sive of appreciation,' ini behalf of the
Izaak WaltohS-of the-city, of the serv
ice the traction, company- Is giving
anglers who:, go to the beach .and on
to Masonboroinletj The company,, will
run Its cars to the end of. the line on
the beach, whenever' there. are fisher
men aboard. who wllt, to jvislt.th6 inlet
and try thelrrluek.V. Alii'other' fisher
men, It. Is declared 'will echo the ap
preciative word of Secretary' Buck. -r.
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, GULF TARIFF A.E REDUCED. I
MOBILE, AIa Opt, ',15., Tralffs con
taining reduced' rates ' via "the steairier
Tarpon between Mobile; Pensacola, St
Andrews, bay points' and . other points
served by the' Coast; Steamship llhe,t
have just be!n; published j and? as re;
duced charges' wlji go 'into' effect Octo-'
her 20. jDopies ;of Hhe tariff were re--celved
here 4dday.Vi' The tariff covers
a large number of 'commodities shipped.
between the -points ;. ; -
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their - reSpeptive ': airnSaipeiif priimxvw. M-lSl
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