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. Weather partly Cloudy and Scat •; ered Thunderstorms. . r 100 PER CENT AMERICAN 8 Pages * A Pull Day and. Night Service v y of tfre Associated Preea. : $ ^ FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXI.—No. 125 WIL1 SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1923. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. lieut. Roth of Navy Lost in National Balloon Race With Lieutenant T. B. Hall tothinz Has Been Heard From ' jVien Since Big 'Gasbag V Sailed Away . ct LOUIS PILOT IN THRILLING 'ESCAPE )Va? at Mercy of Storm and Landed Within 150 Feet of Lake Erie ®'aval training: station at Lake Hurst, v' j for the contest. ' 'The miSSing balloonists, as is usual. other pilots who have reported bring-, ine their craft to the ground. Lieut. Olmstead descended at Marllla, N. Y., the distance between Indianapolis and Manila on a air line is approximate ly 5 Ml miles. All Other Bags Reported According to the check, H. K. Honey well. St Louis, piloting' the “St. Louis” traveled the next farthest distance— about 450 miles. He brought his lalldon to the ground at Brocton, N. Y., Honeywell was the last pilot to report. Three other bags, piloted by Lieut. J. B. Lawrence Washington naval o(Pcers, C. E. McCullough, Baltimore and Lieut. L. T. Miller, army men located at gcott Field. Belleville, Ills., came to ground about 400 miles from Indiana polis, it was said. ' <* Honeywell and his aide, P. J. Mc Cullough. had a harrowing <exfc«Fl®?,ce while they were in the air, according to a telegram received from them by the Associated Press. 'At. the mercy of storms, the craft was driven into Canada, then back into the • United States and again toward Lake Erie. Short of ballast, Honewell determined'! to land and brought the ship down on a cliff. 150 feet high and close the edge of the water. The landing was affected in darkness. The time being 9:15 o'clock last night, dccording to the telegram. I 11 “ 1111 ^ ,, - veil supplied with cardboard : 11. 1 v. r*4v>iieti o t a H t* fill KLANSMEN ARRESTED ; AFTER FUNERAL RITE Sixty Prominent Business Men of Springfield Escorted to Jail SPRINGFIELD, O., July 6.—W. H. Conner, kleagle of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and sixty-nine other member? of the local klan, many of them prominent business men, were ar rested by a squad of police late today as they left Forncliff cemetery, follow- j ing; funeral services at the grave of a ! brother klansman. i Arrests were ordered by Sergeant Thomas Norton, acting chief of police. They were made under the recent rul itig of Police Judge Golden C. Davis 'hat three or more persons appearlhg f|n the streets masked would const!- ] lute disorderly conduct. A crowd of 500 assembled In front of 'he jail within a few minutes after ^he robed klansmen marched through the ®ain entrance. Attorney W. H. An erson. oounsei for thie klan, obtained heir release by depositing cash ball .of , fnr f ach man. All are to be’’ar-'j ra gneri n j.nijce court tomorrow. - • • "uEvrHER forecast by states JHssissiroi. Virginia, Alabama, North nd tnu-b Carolina, Florida, extreme orthwes* Florida and Georgia: Partly ,,ou“y Saturday and Sunday with local j a “ndf-r lowers; no change In temper- ; SOUTHERN NEORO TO HELP IN ABOLISHING GARY’S 12-HOUR DAY ■ * 1 Head of Steel Trust Says Influx of Labor Makes Change ■. Possible NEW Y0RK,4 July 6.—Influx Into northern Industrial centers or negroes from the south and laborers from Mex ico, the Philippines, Canada and a few European countries, soon will make* possible the abolishment of the 12-hour day in the steel Industry, Elbert H. ' Gary, chairman of the board of the | United States Steel corporation, an nounced today. Mr. Gary declared he could not say when his corporation or any other com pany would get rid of the 12-hour day entirely, but he asserted he could pub licly state that they would commence to act in that direction very soon and would be very diligent In their efforts. His announcement followed action by President Harding in making public yesterday, before sailing from Tacoma for Alaska, of correspondence be tween himself and directors of Ameri can Iron and Steel Institute, in which they pledged themselves to abolish the long day when a sufficient labor sup , ply was assured. He intimated that the change would require 60,000 additional laborers and would increase the cost of finished steel products by 15 percent. /Mr. Gary predicted that good prog ress towards abolishment of the 12 hour day would soon result and suc cess would be reached in a compara tively short time, provided that the in crease in the number of available workmen which is now apparent, con tinued to be present. The decision of the leaders of the in dustry to do away with the long day, Mr. Gary said, was made in recogni tion of the growing public sentiment in favor of such a step and in fecognition of the president's attitude. . He pointed out, however, that he also had always been opposed to the 12-hour day and that its retention had been dictated by circumstances. ' NORTH CAROLINIANS HIT BY LIGHTNING IN MOUNTAIN CABIN Miss Ell&t Eason, and E. Harris of Wefet Asheville, Both . Seriously Burned ASHEVILLE, July stripped two*-persons 6. — Lightning to the waist burning the underclothing Irons one of them, when three, standing In a door of the Rangers cabin, near the top of Mount' Mitchell, were injured by a bolt- this afternoon about 2 o'clock the three were among thirteen slghteere who,had sought shelter In the cabin wheir It began to rain. ♦The Injured persons, are, Miss Ellen Eason and E. V. Harris of West Ashe ville, and J. D. Coates of Benson, N. C. Miss Eason and Mr. Harrls^were both seriously burned when their clothing caught on Are. All were brought to a local hospital. They will recover. The cabin Is used by rangers of the United States forest service. fight for orphanage site DURHAM, July "The city or town that lands the North Carolina branch ot the J’u'nioa Order orphanage must win It on Its own merits,” declared W. A. Cooper, national representative of the J. O. If A. M. and a .citizen of Ral eigh, in an ad&ress delivered before a large number-of members of that order her* tonight* Goldsboro, Hickory, Morganton, Ral eigh, Greensboro, Burlington and Dur ham are fighting for the home. Federal Officers Arrested For Wounding Miss Baker In Hunting Riim Runners - ' .f—_.___Hi---- ■■ 1 * - wired on 0f Malone Chamber °f Commerce Appeal to Wads- ' 'vorth for Protection FATHER OF GIRL TO 1 ORCE PROSECUTION M^loxe. n. t., July «.—Residents t'c / ovf-r th ‘ ana-dlan border are aroused lift Ti '.7' ^'ng of Miss Belle Baker arresu T/3V ni&ht and the'subsequent 'wjtj, . 'hree federal officers charged' 11 is alleged that the. runn»rS T'n, *’ere watching for rum Uinjr ;r -d at the automobile con: the I.',,1" Baker and her father when' Th ^ r 1 Rf,lsed to stop.' °f com lr,“ctors of the Malone chamber have adopted a resolution requesting- Senator -Wadsworth and Congressman Snell to use their Influ ence for Investigation of the "Indis criminate use of firearms In stopping suspected pars along the border/* The resolution also suggested that all gov ernment agents be uniformed in order that - they ' may not be ' mistaken for holdup men., Mr. Baker said he thought the offi cers were robbers and that when they ordered him to stop he stepped on the accelerator and was fired upon by them, one bullet striking' his daughter in the side," but notr wounding her seriously. Soon after- he reached Malone the fed eral officers arrived; Mr. Baker de clared he recognised them as the per sons who fired at hie car. They were arrested and held In bonds for a hear ing' They prohlbition Enforce ment Agents Robert D. Engell and Mer chant phelpk and-Customs Officer Ru '% ■ ■ f,-- S'T. MINERS’ MEETIN AT ATLANTIC OPENS Demand For 20 Percent Increase Will be Pressed Lewis •**.. Says OPERATORS DEMAND . TIME TO consider Expected to . Refuse Demands and Ask for Appointment ' of Committee ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 6.—/The demands of the anthracite mine work ers for Increased wages adopted In con vention at-Scranton, Pa.) last week to form the basis of a new wage to re place the present agreement which ex pires August 31, were formally pre sented to the coal operators at a joint meeting today in a beach front hotel. After the operators had lisented for three hours to the mine workers’ rep resentatives the mine owners asked for a recess until tomorrow morning. The, operators tonight would not dis close whftt reply they would make to the" 155,000 hard coal miners of Penn sylvania, but the general opinion among those watching the negotiations was that the employers will refuse the de mands and ask for the appointment of a sub-committee to reaoh an agree ment. John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, read the demands and then, In a long speech ex plained them. The demands provide principally for a 20 per cent Increase In the wage contract, an increase of $2 pet day for men paid by the day or month, an eight-hour day, recognition of the union and a two-year contract.. . President Lewis said, there could be no material compromise of any. of the cardinal points, such ,as wages, hours of employment and recognition of the union. He said the demand for the 20 per cent increase was warranted under present industrial conditions and that the men in anthracite fields were not receiving wages commensurate with the work they performed nor were the present wage rates commensurate with the haxards of mining and thj hours of work, " ’ •,•••' ,- Many of the workers -were laboring 12 hours and more a day, and seven days a week, he said. Such long hour, he asserted were not justified^ He called attention to President Harding’s statement In Tacoma yesterday that the-end of thel2-hour day In the steel Industry wap, near. GOVERNMENT BARS FIGHT PICTURES MINNEAPOI4S, July Marc Hurd, of th$ Minneapolis Aero club, hopped off today for New York City with pic tures of the Dempsey-Gibhons fight He was to stop long enough In Chicago to leave fome of, the pictures. WASHINGTON; July 6—Moving pic tures of the Dempsey-Gibbone prize fight will not be shown outside of Montana, if the department of Justice can prevent it. Assistant Attorney General Crlro said today. ATLANTA MAN SAYS GOLDEN ROLE PAYS BIG MANUFACTURER . •- • Marvin W. Davis Applies^ Chris tian Principles in Clothing Industry Successful^ CONFERENCE SPEAKER OPPOSED TO UNIONS » ——— Says Christian Principles Are Possible Only Through Open Shop Methods LAKE JTTNALUEKA, July 6.—Speak ing om the theme of Christian prin ciples In Industry , before the social service conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. soiith, in session here, Marvin W. Davies, manufacturer of Atlanta, and Earl D. Howard, con* nected with the labor department of a big clothing company, brought out situations in industry as carried oij under the open shop, and labor union, systems. Mr. Davies contended that labor and unions are not synonomous terms, that ohly a sqiall percentage of workers in America belong to unions; that the attitude of unionism toward capital is wrong; that labor unions are destruc tive and hot constructive agencies. Mr. Davies asserted that the average em ployer of labor is trying to live ac cording to the golden rule and deal Justly with his workers, and declared that progress in industry was due to the Introduction of Christian principles. (Continued on Page Two.) ,, NEGRO GUESTS AT HARDING LUNCHEON NOT COLOR FIGMENT Winston-Salem Editorial Ac cuses Star Correspondent of Darkening Delaware Party NEW YORK TIMES HAD SAME STORY AS STAR Newspaper Men From Washing ton Told of Negroes Being Present at Festal Board (By H. E. C. BRYANT) > WASHINGTON, July 6.—Somebody mailed to your correspondent a copy oX the Union Republican of Winston Salem, carrying an editorial oh “Try ing to ring in Mr. Nigger, in which he 'is roasted.” Among other things the writer referring to a statement he made . to the effect that negroes participated in a luncheon given to the president at Wilmington, Del., June 9 said: "This must have been a creature of Red Buck Bryant’S Imagination for no other paper re ported the presence of negroes at Mr. Harding’s sandwich party.’’ To keep the record, straight this much should be said: The New York Tlrnes considered reliable and trust worthy in its news columns said: "At the luncheon given by the Young Men's Republican Club, the president was received with hearty cheers. At the table with the president were Mayor LeRoy Harver, United States Senators Ball, and Bayard, and Col. H. A. Du (Contlnued on Page Two.) INTRODUCED BY MUSSOLINI Mrs David Calhoun, of St. Louis. Mo., and Palm Beach, Fla., recently arrived in New York from Italy. _ Mu solini, Italian premier, introduced her to 20,000 people as “Miss • America.” French Premier Says France Will Admit No Interference In Its Policies By The Pope PARIS, July «.—(Associated Press.) The French government never will admit Interference by the pope in either Its domestic or foreign policies, the premier said In answer to critics who demanded discontinuance of the appropriation to maintain the French embassy at the Vatican. The critics asserted that the . embassy proved its uselessness when ' It failed in Its duty In not preventing publication of the gope’s recent letter oft reparations, or at least advising the French govern ment in advance of its being made PUThe pope. Premier Folncare asserted, has no authority in' temporal matters. “Nd doubt,’ he continued, “the pope s views bear certain resemblance to those of certain of our allies. We do not see that they are any more offen sive coming from the pope than from our allies/* V - . , , . - The pope’s letter, to. which French critics took exception, should^ have no political effect, the premier added, and left French Catholics, however fervent,, full liberty in forming their opinions. Consequently M. Poincare could see no reason for suppressing the embassy at the vatiCan, ' . . "We dont suppress our embassies to the governments of your allies or those of neturals when they ask that Ger many’s capacity-to pay be examined by a so-called impartial commission, he said "The maintenance of an embassy Is no*'a reward to a country which agrees,, to what we want. If so, we might economise by suppressing them all and the foreign,-office, as. well. ”The pope," concluded the ^premier, while the chamber applauded, “has no power in the world to depHve France of Its rights under the treaty of Ver he went. on, “France ap pears to certain principals who did not have part of their territory devastated in the war and who did not advance a hundred billion in behalf of Germany, a« a hindrance to flhanciers who were j in a i hurry to form trusts- -t FARM LABORATORY WILL RECONVENE TO DECIDE FATE Not Willing to Endorse Radical Platform of Federated jGroup Advocating Violence CHICAGO, July 6.—(By Associated Press) Amy weapon may be used m obtaining political control of govern men by the new federated farmer labor party created here last night, it is Indicated in the tabling of V reso lution by the convention which would have excluded any group from its plat form which advocated force or violence or which in any . way was affiiliated with an organisation -that' sought' political satisfaction except through the ballot. ■ This radical action twice was sup ported,.-first by tabling the substitute platform of the farmer-labor , caucus, Which included such a sectlonf and jater by tabling a resolution recom menced by the minority of the reso lution committee. Sentiment of the conference on eich' occasion was -ex pressed in unfailing \\ice. ! The farmer-labor pabty" will -recon vene its convention to decide its fate as a party. -It refused to join In the platform ag adopted' by the federated group but reserved final decision un til the platform was' officially brought before its convention, 'National offi cer of the farmer-labor party last night were, of the .^pinion-' that the party would not subscribe to the federated organization. ' , , -v > ■ ; , . ■ ’ ‘ — ' - • • " T SICKNESS OF JUROR MAY CAUSE RETRIAL OF WHIPPING BOSS Physicians Say Operation for Appendicitis,Seems to Be .Indicated LAKE CITY, Fla., July 6.—The trial j of Thomas WalterVHigginbotham to-^ night hangs In the balance. Court was abruptly recessed today by the. Illness of L M. Chambers, a member of the jury who Is in a seriors condi tion, according to physicians and prob ably will 'have to be removed to a hospital. The juror is threatened with appendicitis. Court was recessed until 9 o ciock tomorrow morning ,by Judge Mc Mullen at this time- attending phy sicians will report on the condition of the juror. In the event Chambers who is 82 years old and a farmer is not able to enter the box again. Judge IktcMullen hg.s announced a mistrial would be declared and the case con tinued to the next term oi' 20urt. In the event the Juror is able to retiirn'to duty, tl e defense tendered a suggestion to the court that If agree able with the state It would' close its case and limit the arguments to three hours fop each side with two attorneys speaking for each side. Tlie state to morrow will" announce whether the defense suggestion -prill “be acceptable. KLAJi SUED FOR *200,ODO CHARLESTON, S. C„ July 6.—T. E. Thrower, of Columbia, S. C„ today filed suit In United States district court here against the Ku Klux k'lan, Inc., for damages, of $200,000, of which $100,000 is for punitive .damages. The plaintiff alleges injury In this sum to his repu tation and occupation -due to an alleged “communication” or "decree of banish ment” Issued against him by -the head lot .‘the. order while he was serving as -exalted cyclops at Columbia. V Flames Sweep Gold Field Destroying Big Buildings Causing Loss of $500,000 ii LEGAL OPPRESSION IN MORSE TRIAL IS CHARGED BY LAWYER Says Officers of Emergency Fleet Should Be on Trial Instead of His Clients WASHINGTON, July 6.—The Morse trial will go dqwn in history as the '‘greatest case Of legal oppression,” attorney Nash Eockwood, of defense counsel, declared today in closing the argument of motions, filed yesterday for directed verdicts of acquittal for the eight defendants charged with con spiracy to defraud the government. Of ficers of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion, he asserted, should be on trial instead of Charles W. Morse, his three sons, and the four other indicted with him. ' * Validity of the indictments was de fended by government counsel who de clared that the evidence introduced by the proseoution, which rested its case yesterday, warranted submission of the case to the jury. On the other hand, the defense contended that be fore October 23, 1918, it was not a crime by specific statute to defraud tl!e Emergency Fleet corporation. The indictments, the defense contended charge that the conspiracy plot was hatched early in 1917 but do not aver that the conspiracy is alleged to have continued until February 1922, when the grand jury returned the indict ment?. There will be no session of court tomorrow. Justice Stafford indicated he would rule on the motions early next week. In the event he overrules the motions the defense will begin submission of tesctimonies with the prospect that the case may go to the jury some time in August. TENNESSEE PARTY INSPECTS ROADS IN NORTH CAROLINA Governor Austin Peay Says Progress of This State is Southern Example ASHEVItiL^:, July 6.—North Carolina is- tonight host to a party of Tennes see good roads enthusiasts, headed by Gov. Austin Peay, on a trip that will probably be the forerunner of a 75 million dollar bond issue for roads in the state -Of Tennessee. >' Governor Peay said tonight that the progress of North Carolina is heralded as a southern example and he is eager to learn, not only of road building, but the systems of taxation and other state financing. The trip is under the auspices of the Tennessee Good Roads association and P M. Estest, of Nashville, presi dent, is one of the most active mem bers of the party and asserts that the association is solidly behind a bond igsue for roaids, Tennessee has 4,030 miles of high ways, he stgtes, with between 800 and 1,000 miles o^ hard-surfaced or under construction, but this work is on a “pay as you go” plan and is very ex pensive. The pabty will spend, four or five days in North Carolina being piloted over the state by Frank Page, chair man of the state highway commis sion, and will return to Tennessee by wSiy of this city. NO BOOZE LIMIT NOW . HELENA, Mont., July 6.—Congress, having conferred upon physicians the discretidnary right of prescribing li quor, cannot regulate the amount a physician may prescribe, the United States federal district judge for Mon tana held in substance today in a de cision. With .reference to the maximum amount of liquor which the prohibi tion enforcement laws says may be prescribed to any patient. United States Federal District Judge Boruqin declared portions of the law unconsti tutional, for the reason that patients are not alike and disease are dissimilar the dosage cannot be fixed arbitrarily. Dynamite Used to Stay Progress* of Fir? Lasting Half a Day NINE blocks swept IN BUSINESS SECTION! Elks Building, Bib Hotel, News, Mining Building Among Those Partly Saved , ! v RENO, July 6.—Goldfield, “boom” gold mining camp, established In 1904, was swept by fire today, reports front* Tonopha, 30 miles from the burned town- were at 8 o’clock this afternoon the flames, after doing 'damage esti mated at 9500,000, were burning them*/ selves out. # ^ Nine city blocks in the center of the town were burned by flames, fanned', by a forty mile wind. Telephone and telegraph wires were severed soon af ter the fire started this morning, and all word since then has been received by courier. ’ ■ The fire, It was reported, started in the old Tenderloin district, caused! it was thought, by the explosion of an illicit still. The water’supply was not sufficient to extinguish the flames and dynamite •only scattered the frame structure and kindling to the blaze. The first big structure burned was the Brown-Parker garage containing 30 automobiles. Then the Nevada hotel and the Woods-Sullivan Hardware store were destroyed. The area cov ered by the fire was nine blocks rlorth from the garage where the flames first gained headway. Houses around the shops of the Tonopah and Goldfield railroad' burned. The Goldfield hotel, News building, Elks' building, and all other buildings on the east side of Columbia street were saved, It was reported. In addl- ‘ tion to these buildings It was said, the only other substantial buildings saved were the John S. Cook bank and thee Deep Mines Company. Incendlarylsm Asserted t TONOPAH, Nev.. July 6.—-The town of Goldfield with the exception of sjx ■, buildings, was burned to the ground today. One man Is dead from causes/ attributed to the fire, a woman is missing and Is believed to have perish ed and several persons were treated fpr burns as the result of conflagra tion. A ; Fire Chief Galliac, of Goldfield, de clared he believed an enemy of a well known bootlegger started the blase' In a building in the rear of the Brown Parker garage. Van D. McArthur, after carrying furniture from his burning home, died' of heart failure, according to, Dr, ' Charles Blake. John Salisbury, and Ben Gill were cut about the face and hands by flying glass resulting from the dynamiting of buildings. . l ast of Boom Town Goldfield which was swept by fire today, is one of the last of the gold boom towns of the west and has ! a history as stirring as that of any o< its predecessors. Situated In the lower Nevada desert in the sink of the , Malapai. credited with being the crater, of an extinct volcano, it has seen its population swell over night to more than 20,000 and then fall away to a '■ few dwindling hundreds as the boom / died flown. ' Labor troubles came. There Is a story of one capitalist, now credited with being one of the richest men in the state, holding a gang of angry miners at bay at the point of a pistol ’ when they attempted to storm the Gold field hotel. A prize fight, the Gans Nelson lightweight championship con test in 1006 revived the boom some. - what, but by this time the town had/ been shaken down'to a business basis/ WORLD COURT FAVORED WINONA LAKE, Ind„ July 6.—(Aaso-i elated Press.)—American support the world court of International Justice, ^but favoring a "world organization which shall have a right to deal with all matters international in character likely to lead to war,” was approved ■ in a resolution adopted by the world Christian citizenship conference hero today. '''*' I 60*000 STRIKE IX BERLIfT BERLIN, July 6.—More than 60.000^' of ' Berlin’s 250,000 metal worker* struck at noon today following a ballot) last night by which the union rejected; for the second time the agreement reached between between representa tives of the government and the am- . ployers. . • > ' 5 ; ' ; GEORGIA ASSEMBL Y ROASTS STATE HIGHWAY MANAGERS Resolution is Introduced Calling For immediate Report of Its Activtiies ' ATLANTA, Ga„ July 6-—The state highway department .came in tor an other shot In the house of the Georgia general assembly today, when a reso-. lution was introduced calling for an immediate report of the activities, and expenditures of that department. It was brought out by Representatives McMachael of Marion^ and Back of Car roll, and under the rules must lie on the table for one day. - The resolution declared that such a report was required by law but has not been made to the present legislature. Bills to substitute the electric chair for the gallows in Georgia* to reduce the legal rate of interest to five am* r—;---——— six percent and to impose a special li cense of $500 on all Individuals, firms ; | and corporations using- trucks for sale ' 0<*-4_elivery of soft drinks also featured-, the day in the house. Two Georgia women also received. ,Si honors at the hands of the house today, .. the first being Mrs. Viola Ross Napier,, " member from Bibb county, who had th<t distinction of being the first woman to preside over the house when She served ' as chairman of the committee of tha whole house during consideration, of Sj resolution to employ & stenographed for, the appropriation committee. Mrtk ' Alice Louise Lyttle, editor of the Co4 luiphia Sentinel, was given the prlvi-* lege of the floor, escorted to thef speakers stand and intrbdnoed to th^ members. Senator Kennedy in the senate off, fared a bill requiring that men undergo a physical examination before taking out a marriage lioense. . ^
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