Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXI.—No. 205.
100 per Cent American
WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1923.
STRICKEN NEW YORK
DAILIES WILL GO
TO SIXTEEN PAGES
With Out-of Town Pressmen Ar
riving, Combined Papers
See Some Hope
ADVERTISING may * ;
BE INCREASED SOME
Outlawed Union Head Fires
Charges Against Interna
tional Chief
XEW YORK Sept. 24—Publishers as
sociation officials arranged Monday
nisht to increase the six of New York’s
combined newspapers to 16 pages to
morrow, ase the striking pressmen re
mained adament, and George L. Berry
president of the International union
asserted union pressment from other
cities were arriving and on the way
here-in a “hearty response” to his ap
peal for men to fill the vacancies. ,
It was expected that increased de
partment store advertising would ap
pear Tuesday after a limited amount
of display space re-appeared in the
combined papers of this morning and
atfernoon. A publisher’s committee
was appointed to see that sufficient
news print paper got to the various
plants tonight for the. biggest edition
since the strike began a week ago.
Conflicting Statement*
Conflicting statements came through
out >b.e day from officials of the in
ternation and the headquarters of . the
local union, which was declared dis
solved afte rthe international held the
strike illegal. Spokesmen for the strik
ers insisted no union men from other
cities had gone to work on affected
papers, asserting any men who had
been aded to the depleted press room
forces were neither piachinistw nor
members of a pressmen’s unop. They
said their own ranks remained as solid
as they were Friday when the publish
ers asserted a ’’few” strikfers had re
turned to wort. •• ...
Simmons' junrtir'Omgrt. £
David Simmons, head of the outlaw
ed local, sought to answer the charges
of Mr. Berry yesterday that the ad
ministration of the local had failed to
turn in to the international *888
monthlv in dues for 444 members. He
asserted he had used the dues of new
members to pay those of older mem
bers who were sick or out of wook.
He aded the charge that Mr. Berry
was facing an accusation of missa
proriation of *165,000 in union funds
in the federal courts. He also asserted
he had sent three men from a detec
tive agency disguised as common la
borers and that they had been issued
working cards as pressmen in the m
ternation unon.
Minor disorders were reported in
Jersey City and Bayonne, N. J: by
newspaper delivery wagon drivers
from New York who told the police
thev had been forced to throw large
numbers of papers into the water, bix
men’who were working in an after
noon paper’s mailing room Saturday
when George Davis, an employe, was
fatally hurt, were questioned at police
headquarters. ^-v
Underwood’s Visit
To Charlotte Meet
Causes Much Comment
By H. E. C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-.—The prom
ised visit of Senator Underwoo/I to
Charlotte tomorrow, and the banque
for him, is causing keen interest among
politicians here. Robert W. Lassiter,
of Oxford, former private secretary oi
the late Col. W. H. Osborn, of Greens
boro, while he was commissioner or
internal revenue, says that there is
a very determined faction in. the state
for the Alabama senator for the demo*
cratic nomination. He is boosting him
wherever he goes. It is plain from re
ports received here that Mr. Under
wood’s friends will demand a portion
of the North Carolina delegation to
the national convention. ' • :/
Japan's Ambassador Lauds i
Spirit of Red Cross Aid,
In Addressing Convention
Hanihara Says Japanese Will no
More Dwell on “American
Aggressiveness”
COOLIDGE FORMALLY
DELIVERS FIRST SPEECH
Organization Officers Tell Gath
ering of Earthquake Relief
Fund’s Success
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—America’s
open handed sympathy in Japan’s sor
est need Will forever drive from the
Japanese mind all thoughts of “Ameri
can aggressiveness in the Far East”
Ambassador Hanihara said here to
night in an address before the opening
session of the American Red Cross an
naul convention. He spoke from the
same platform where President Cooli
dge, head fthe society a few hours
before had extolled the work of the or
ganization as one of practical ideal
ism “helpful, reassuring," and “re
vealing the fundamental strength of
civilization."
^*‘It will henceforth be difficult in
deed" said the Japanese ambassador
“for professi nal jingoes to terrorize
an ignorant public opinion to the point
where it will contenance policies of
military aggranrizement, on the group
of i ireparedness against fancied Ame
rican threats. The natural reaction of
a Japanese to mention of America will
be a thrill of gratutude and warm
friendliness.
Ia Stirred by Memory.
“I find,” he said, "that I can not
neter this great room without pro
found emotion stirred by memory. For
as you all know, it was here that the
Washington conference had its dra
matic beginning nearly two years ago
and right here, a few months later,
that conference bore its precious fruit
in the signing of the Washington
treaties, by the representatives of the
great nations which marked, in my
opinion the? greatest practical advance
toward world peace that had ever been
made.
• "And now I find myself here again,
in different circumstances, it lsp.bso
lutely Jmposible -for me to expres&i'Jjo'
you so that you will'fully understand
the depth of my feetlnsc,-ttr-faaing yqwi
the active represntatives of the Red
Cross. For events have transpired that
may well prove to be more far-reach
ing in their importance than ever the
Washington treaties.
America Did Net Fail.
"The metropolitan area of Japan was
torn to shreds by the forces of nature.
The first flash of. that dreadful news
aroused in your country a universal
manifest!tatlon of genuine human sy
mpathy. In the very moment of our
sorest need you did not fail us;
“Of course Japan will be grateful.
Never—for we, have long memories in
my country—never shall we forget
your sympathy in this hour of our
national distress. What seemed at first
to he bn unmitigated and horrible
catastrophe will leave—i nsp ite of
the awful tole of deathl and bereave
ment for Japan at least one bright spot
The earthquake is in a sense a supply
ment to the Washington conference.
The conference and its oonsequences
showed Japan’s sincereity to American,
the earthquake revealed to Japan the,
unstrained quality of the mercy in
i America’s heart.”
Other* Adress Session
John Barton Payne, chairman of the
society; Dr. W. F. Lorenz, director of
the Wisconcin psychiatric institute;
Director Hrnes of the veteran’s bureau
and Joe Sparks of the rehabilitation
committee of the American Legion also
addressed the meeting.
Mr. Payne spoke particularly of the
succes of the organization’s relief
work in Japan, but the other speakers
devoted a large part of their time to
a discussion of the welfare of world
war veterans.
Declaring there were 30,000 veterans
confined in penal institutions, Mr.
Sparks said the legion believed their
crimes were committed under the
handica pof mental incompetency re
sulting from the war.
L>r Lorenz detailing the result of a
survey, he had made, asserted the gov
ernment was wasting $6,000,000 annou
ally in paying $80 a month to mentally
incompetent veterans, many of whom
had no close relatives. He advocated
a reduction.
Tobacco Growers Affirm Policy
Of Holding Landlord 's to Account
For Crops Grown by Their Tenants
(Special to Tie Star)
RALEIGH, Sept., 24.—The directors |
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
association at their monthly meeting
Monday reaffirmed the policy of the
association in stating that they wilt
hold all member landlords liable for
the delivery of all tobacco grown Up
on their land, according to M- O, Wil
son, secretary of the board.
The tobafcco association’s directors
decided today to make no further de
ductions from landlord members bpV
cause of deliveries by non member ten
ants of tobacco grown upon their larid
to parties other than the association
until the supreme court of orth Caro-;
'ina passes upon this question. 'PeJ
ductions will be made against all
members who have failed to deliver
their entire crop to the association if'
and when the supreme court sustains
the opinion of the association director*
in their interpretation of the coopera
tive contract which calls for all the
tobacco produced by a member .directly
or indirectly as producer or landlord, ’
This decision of the elected directors
°f the Tobacco Growers -Cooperative
"" jty ,;L iittra
association was taken because of the
desire to treat all
and uniform manner following the.re
cent rulings by three circuit judges
preventing the association from de
ducting damages from landlords for de
liveries outside of the association by
their tenants in the cases of about a
dozen members, according to an
nouncement of the board. _
The policy of the association to re
quire delivery 'of all tobacco from the 1
lands of members as set for then the
contract Was - reiterated last year ina
statement sent to all members of the
tobacco association in its . m0?v“y
publication for December 19®2 and has,
since been repeatedly
members in- the Carolina and Virginia
at meetings of the local and county
units of the tohacco cooperative ac
cording to Secretary Wilson of the
association. ' . . .
An immediate appeal will, he taken
to the supreme court of North Carolina
bj* the tobacco association in these
cases a'ccordlna to tedayB statement
of Secretary Wilson of the board of
directors, j > f*''r
LEADS TROOPERS
Col. 'William S. Kay, national guard ,
officer is in command of state troops
which guard Oklahoma City Sector
while state is under martial law.
CLINCHFIELD LEASE
GOMES UP BEFORE
COMMERCE HEARING;
Henry Walters Appears in Be
of Atlantic CoastJAne
’ ■;'* Befote L G. G. , - -
■ By H. E.VxH®tXSrt,r-i'*••..• ~
WASHINGTON, 0. C. Sept., 24
Henry Walters chairman of the board
of the Atlantic Coast Line, which has
applied jointly with the Louisville and
Nashville to lease the C. C. & O., the
"Cllnchfield,” told the Interstate com
merce today, “The development of
North and South Carolina has been
phenominal in the last fifteen years,
and it is going to go on.’’
With reference to the spread of this
growth over the south he stated that
Georgia, among other states of the
section is embarking on an era of great j
development, diversifying her crops
as she is doing. Mr. Walters said that
the opening of a new through route
from the west would afford a supply
fo coal competing with that already
coming in for all sections of the south
and for export through its ports and
would also open the way for greater
grain shipments through Spartanburg,
a new southern gateway. He inlsted
that Coast Line intends to treat all
ports fairly and has no plans ror pre
ferential treatment of Wilmington,
Charleston or Savannah.
He hoped coal for instance, would
be sent wherever there is a market
in the south or southwest. The hear
ing was not concluded today. Tomor
row opponents of the plan, lead by
John Skeleton Williams, former head
of the Seaboard Air Line and comp
troller of the currency during the
Wilson administration, will appear.
.They revealed1 today a new plan of
contest which has not appeared in the
hearings conducted in the Carolinas
and other’ Slates concerned. It is that
the Seaboard would like to be permit
ted to join in the application for leas
ing the “Clinchfield.”
MAN IS BLOWN TO PIECES
JOHNSON" CITY, Tenn., Sept. 24—
Brown Bowers, 40, was blown entirely
to pieces late Monday afternoon by the
accidental discharge of dynamite in
a rock quarry being used for supplying
road material, 14 miles south of John
son City. Bits of his body were picked
up about the quarry, but darkness in
terfered with the search before his
head or any Of It" could be located.
PEANUT SUIT DIES;
AGREEMENT COMES
OUTSIDE OF COURT
Three Million Dollar Action Set
tled for $30,000, is
Confirmed
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NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 24—The *3,625,
000 damage suit of the Peanut grow
ers' association against 15 cleaning
and shelling concerns was dismissed
by Judge Groner in the United States
district court here Monday under agree
ment by counsel for both sides. The
agreement,' reached , through a series
o conferences held since the adjounr
ment of .court Friday, carried with It,
It is understood the payment of *30,000
to the plaintiff..
No mention of any amount Involved
the 'compromise; was mentioned
in the court order, and counsel for
both sides declined to state the amount
Clients oft both sides, however, confirm
e<i the amount of settlement as *30,000.
GERMANY ABANDONS
PASSIVE RESISTANCE
INJotR
Stressmann Urges
mption of Jpl Ac
tivities.®,''
1ER&- ARE ASKED
TO BEGIN OPERATION
Government Announces no
Policy ' Regarding Next;
Moves in Situation
BERLIN, Sept. 24.—.(By Associated
Press).—Chancellor Streseraann an
nounced Monday night that the gov
ernment had decided to.ahandon passive
resistance immediately- and Uncondi
tionally. f v’f. ’ -'
In his statement the chancellor anT
nounced that the government 'had de
eded to abandon the' policy of passive
resistance in the Ruhr- and Rhineland
and ordered resumptionof activities
in all lines at once. The government’s
decision is not made- conditional on
the previous return of ■ departees or
the release "of imprisoned nationals,
these and other disputed; points, being
left to subsequent negotiations with
the occupying powers, -s ''
The chancellor urged the employers
to resume operations at-, their plants
ind mines imrrtediatelysjlha advocated
uniformity in this ao to avoid in
lependent action which Blight be detri
mental to the restoration of economic
normalcy in the Ruhr And Rhineland.
Policy Not Outlined
No announcement was .forthcoming
regarding the method which the Strese-'
mann government will employ to ap
prise the occupation posters of its de
cision to call oft the passive resist-1
mce without having obtained the con
cession which was designated as' in
iispensable conditions in previous ut
terances. The chancellor may confine
himself to a brief declaration. in the
Reichstag, which would also be con
sidered as notification tpi- the outside
tvorld that the government had, reached
its decision,' despote failure to secure
n advance aiiy conclusion from France
>r Belgium, thereby Virtually making
m unconditional surrender.
Rtunor of Third Power
There; was a rurabf jd diplomatic
lirtdes* tod*rr«**t*=* thM pou«rr had
Sfteiftd the gOvernmeidMRs guod of
ace» in the-direcUonog'lOuchsaflng.
It a formal adJustmeSS^bf. Jhft^puJy^
conflict which would not impose hu
nlliatlng cbndrticna,.ln. the nature of a
signed capitulation or formal admis
sion of responsibility for its policy
>f passive resistance.
Whether the chancellor definitely in
iormed the partielpante in today’s con
Jerence that the government.would un
conditionally call off paesive resist-;1
mce could not be established and the
Irst indication of its resolve came late
this evening when the Berlin news
papers were given a cautiously worked
communique in which the * significant
iecision was hurried in a cursory re
port of today’s decisions with the, rep
resentatives, of the Ruhr and Rhine
Weeks May Address
Durham Memorial Meet
By H. E. C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Secretary
Weeks will see a committee from Pur
ham Friday morning to receive an le
vitation to attend the ceremonies of
the unveiling of Bennett place me
morial. Mr. Weeks has dates prior to
October 12, but hopes he can get to
North Carolina. R- O. Everett has
written Frank A. Hampton to make
the arrangements.
FIVE LIVES LOST
IS TOLL OF RACE
FOR BALLOON GUP
Two, Americans Are in List of i
Casualties Reported in 111
Fated Contest
BRUSSELS, Sept. 24.—By Associated
Press)—The international balloon race
for the Gordon Bennett cup has de
veloped into an international disaster.
Already five men have lost their lives,
one' is -believed to be fatally injured
and no fewer than six balloons were
destroyed or badly damaged.
Lieutenants Olmsted and Shoptaw
of the United States army 3-6, are
among those who ■ perished, . but the
United States navy A-6699 made a
safe landing at Putten-, Holland.
Some of the contestants have not
been heard from, they may l>ave es
caped fury of tlie storm or-met'the
same fate as the British, balloon Mar
garet, the latest to be reported, which
fell into the sea off Penmark. , Her
crew was saved.
A general protest against the offi
cials in charge of the*-James -Gordon
Bennett cup race for not postponing
the start of th6 balloon* Sunday in
the face of the adverse weather con
ditions was raised by the evening
newspapers Monday.
The president and vice president of
the Belgian Aero olub declared the
rules cf the race are positive and once
the day'and hour are agreed upon the
start must be made at that time. The
president said, he oould hardly under
stood why some of the pilots had
made complaints “as they were uhder
full liberty to cancel their engagement
If they considered the weather condi
tions-too dangerous.*' -■* •
Weeks Sells Gorgas Plant,
'ord’s Pet, tor $3,500,000
ToAlabama Power Company
BATTLES KLAN
Governor J. C. Walton who has pro
claimed war on Ku Klux Klan, In
Oklahoma. He has been a storm cen
ter since he took office.
GOVERNMENT CHARGES
CONSPIRACY IN CASE
OF DYE PATENT SALE
Charges Are Made Against Wil
son Administration by
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''r!W^SHteiaTON, Sept.,- 24.—Tho Bale
of enemy-owned patent?'fevtjwrfc®***
cal Foundation, Inc., by the alien pro
perty custodian wa? accomplished
through a "combination, scheme and
conspiracy", the government charges
in a brief filed Monday in the federal
district court at Wilmington, Del., in
its suit to set aside the sale.
Former Attorney General, A. Mitchell
Palmer, Francis P. Garvan, former
alien propery custodian and now presi
dent of the foundation, and others are
assailed in the brief, which is signed
by Attorney General Daugherty, Henry
W. Anderson, of Richmond, Va., special
assistant to the attorney general and
other government cousel.
The evidence- adduced at trial of the
case before the same court at Wil
mington some months ago is reviewed
and authorities quoted at length to
support the major contentions of the
government which are:
“That-President Wilson could not
delegate Assistant • Secretary of State
Polk to order a private sale of seized
enemy property.
“That President Wilson of February
13, 1920, did not attempt to ratify the
orders of Mr. Polk authorizing private
sale of the property.
“That the sales were invalid be
cause of the combination of substanti
ally all of prospective purchases into
one organization.
“That the sales were invalid because
“purposely made in' such manner as
to destroy in whole or in part the val
ue' of the property.
“That the sale was illegal and void
’•on account of the relations of the
parties conducting the same to each
other and to the subject matter.
“That the-sales were illegal and
void, for the reason that the price
paid was arbitrary arrived at and
grossly inadequate.
“That the transactions of alleged
sale and assignment were unlawful and
void since in effect they constituted
an effort on the part of alien property
custodian to confiscate the alien prol
perty and to give or donate the same
as a bounty, in .the aid of certain pri
vate authorities.”
FIRE OF REVOLT
FLARES OVER ALL
BULGARIA, IN WAR
Ring Boris Offers to Quit His
Post But Resignation Not
Accepted'
XiONDd’KT, ‘Sept. ’ ii.—The revofutlon in
Bulgaria .has. burst. Into. full flame and
the whole country Is In the hands of
rebels, according to a despatch to The
Morning Post from Belgrade, dated
Monday.
The . dispatch adds that Sofia is
blockaded.' King Boris has offered to
resign but his* offer has not been ac
cepted.
; The insurgents are said to have
destroyed all meats of communication
and the government has lost connec
tion with - the' provinces. • The situar
tlon in the . capital is critical. It is
blocked both it), a military and eeono
mical sense, lsjshort of provision* and
Is threatened with attack.
This Part of Muscle Shoals Prop
erty is Bone of Con
tention
FORD MAY REVISE BID
FOR OTHER PROPERTY
He Once Stated, However, He
. Would Have to. Use Gorgas ■
f Plant With Remainder
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—(By Asso
ciated Press).—Henry Ford’s much
controverted offer to buy Muscle shoals
was wholly upset Monday when the
government sold to the Alabama Power
company the Gorgas Steam plant, a part
of the property, at a price of approxi
mately $3,500,000.
The development forecast a revised
offer from Mr. Ford)if he wishes to
bid for the remainder of the project.
He previously had informed congress
that unless the Gorgas plant was in
cluded in the sale, his bid did not hold.
Political observers who have professed
to see some connection between Mr.
Ford’s offer for Muscle shoals and the
presidential boom which bears the
manufacturer’s name, predicted today
that the next development would be
reverberations in the coming of con
gress which possibly'might develop into
something bearing a relation to the
coming pre-convention campaign.
Ford Was Notified
Some time ago the war department
notified Mr. Ford that the department
of Justice and the judge advocate gen
eral of the ramy had held valid its
contract with the power company
which requested the government to
either move the plant from the power
companies’ land or sell it to the com
pany. Monday was the last day,! under
several extensions of time, in which
the government could make a decision.
! Ford’s engineers in Detroit wired the
war department a request for another
extension, which • the power company
declined to grant and Secretary Weeks
came to the decision that under the
circumstances it was mode advantage
ous to the government to sell than
to move.
The actual"price was $3,472,487.25,
um afgreedTupoii^ by.'HfeJ^ariittitSh^NJ
vision of the war department. The
war-time construction chit was $4,750,
000.’ Secretary’ WeeksjSound that If
1W *{Sv*?ntBei4ir,-;W»re ,’*to remove the
plant it would reatlae .only the jun,k
value, and that, in the meanwhile there
would be economic loss and injury to
industries using power in Alabama and
other southern states, whereas a sale
to the company meant the government
would recover almost the original cosh
Weeks Invited Revlsd Bill
When Mr. Ford was summoned to
Washington some time ago and in
formed of the contract with the power
company, Secretary Weeks left the way
open for a revised bid to exclude the
Gorgas plant, and Mr. Ford was given
to understand that the war depart
ment would credit him with the pur
chase of the sale and thus reduce his
initial payment of $5,000,000 to ap
proximately $1,500,000. Some doubt was
Some doubt, was expressed as to what
view congress might take at the pro
posal to sell the remainder of Muscle
| shoals property for that sum inasmuch
as the junk value of the whole project
had been estimated by army engineers
to be $18,000,000. ' ;
The power company ’ deposited its
payment in cash with the finance of
ficers of the war department, in New
York, this morning, 1 and Secretary
Weeks signed the deed this afternoon,
waiting until the last minute for a
revised offer from Mr. Ford. Mr.
Weeks issued the following statement:
“The secretary of war announced to
day that the United States had sold
to the Alabama Power company the
Warrior extension - and appurtenances
at Gorgas and power transmission line
from the plant tq Sheffield, Ala., for
$3,472,487.25 cash, and the deed had
been delivered.
Government’s Use Was Temporary
“Under the contract of the Alabama
Power company the government ac
quired the right to use temporarily the
land of that company upon which the
government erected an addition to one
of the company’s steam plants and a
transmission line from "that plant to
Sheffield at a total war-time cost of
(Continued on Page Two. ,
“SHOOT TO KILL,”
IS ORDER ISSUED
TO HALT LAWMAKERS
Oklahoma’s Governor Plays Hia
Cards oh Legislative
• Meet
• - —
DENIES HE WILL LOOK
TO FEDERAL COURTS
State is Able to Fight Klah
Alone, Walton Tells News
papers
OKLAHOHA CITT, Sept. 24.—(By A«
soclated Press) Adj. Gen. B. H. Mark- V
ham Monday night was ordered by
Governor Walton to use "all force of
arms necessary” to prevent the ses
sion of the lower house of the Okla
homa legislature called for noon
Wednesday.,
With Issuance of the military order
all doubt was removed as to the execu
tive’s determination to prevent the
house session, which hae been called
by his legislative opponents to con
sider »his impeachment.
The adjustant general was ordered
to use all military forces of the state
if necessary to disperse the assembly.
I Governor Walton reiterated hi*
| charge that the proposed meeting '
wpuld be an unlawful assembly* ■
["dominated and controlled by the so-* ;
1 called invisible empire commonly
(known as the K. K. K.”
| Meeting Is Unlawful
I He declared* that since the Ku Klurt
'Klan was proclaimed an enemy of, th*>
’state of Oklahoma under his mart fa*
I law proclamation of September 15th
| the session therefore would bo int
deflence of laws of the state and art
attempt to break the peace.
"The troops were ordered to shoot
to kill If that Is necessary to prevent -
the aeeembly,” Governor Walton told
newspapers. “I hope however, thaw '
no such extreme measures will bit V
necessary.” ~ ' . ■' %
Will Not Go to TJ. 8. Court
The governor denied ho Intended
taking action In. the federal court to
determine the legal status of tho pro
posed meeting. .
He likewise denied that he had
sought federal aid in hie war on the .
Ku Klux Klan. ■ , : .
“Whenever the government steps Ijfc’v
thd- iSsne is t«birs,»-tltiroxtcpOvie •**- ~ 4
serted. "I would like for them to take
over this light, because it Is a bear .
on my hands, but until they do, tho
.«f#te Of pklajioma is fully capable of j
looking ftfter’tt. -' - , -
. I>e*i»V*tors Await Guns ,
A majority ot..the. members of, ^
lower house of tfie legislature were • -
gathered In Oklahoma City awajting
the hour of Wednesday noon whin they i;:.
expecSj to face guns and bayonets In!
their attempt to convene and consider '
the Impeachment of Governor Walton,
That guns and bayonets In the hand* : .
of national guardsmen posted before
the doors of the house chamber at the ' [
Capitol .will be waiting the legislator*
' That house members will go peace
ably to the state house and attempt!
to assemble, offering no /eslstence In'
case their way is blocked, was the de- V,
elaratlon of Representative W. B. Mc
Bee.who Is In charge of the session
plans. ’ '
Markham is Silent
‘ Three or more persons constitute*
a mob within the meaning of Oklahoma
statutes and the executive Indicated r
that all groups of three or more per
sons gathering around the entrance to
the house chamber wpuld be dispersed.
Whether arrests wlll be made was hot
revealed, the matter being in th*
hands of Adj. Gen. B. H- Markham,
who is maintajng silence a* to hi*
plan of action.
' indicating his determination of pur*
pose, Governor Walton gave the news*
paper correspondents a friendly'Warn*'
ing not'to congregate'in groups whei^
they go to the capltol.
The house members do not plan ,to
go.to the captol in a body and in thla
was seen tonight the possibility that,
there would be no wholesale dispersion'
by the military. If the legislators wilk
.singly or by twos, to the house, cham
ber and, finding their way barred, de
part, It is not expected that the mili
tary will Interfere.
Pla* for Conrt Action
This. procedure, It is suggested,
would establish, without a ‘ collision
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Fall Food And Fashion Show
Becomes Reality Tonight When
Curtain Raises On Spectacle
Wilmington’s third annual food and
fashion show will become a matter of
the present instead of the future at
7:30 o’clock tonight, when 'the doors
to the city audltoroium will be thrown
open. The curtain will rise at 8:S0
o’clock for the initial parade of fashion
models, and Wilmington's greatest
style festival will be underway.
Eleventh hour surveys by the vari
ous committees in charge last night
showed that nothing has been left un-.
done that will tend to insure the suc
cess of the event. -
The big city auditorium where the
show is to be held has donned a some
what oriental garb for the Occasion
and is wearing the most beautiful ai>4
complete decorations in its history.
The stage settings and accessories are
really things of beaut# and the flnal.
touch of living. models will make-it
a veritable fairyland.
■, Legion Band Will Play ,
The American legion bind will give
a concert at the opening of the *how
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anil will furnish music at intervals
throughout thd- performance. in ad
dition thcro-^wlll he an; orchestra to.
render music. during the fashion
promenade and style review, which,
will, be the big feature of the enter
tainment. . '- • •> »>■.-vV;
' The festival this year will,be en
tirely different from jmything in thl*
line ev^r before attempted in Wilming
ton, and-a .different performance will
be staged every night. Mrs. Hattie
Taylor Schiller, whose, onhse of tho
artistic is air eadywejl, known to Wtl
mingtonians, haa .excelled herself la
the selection, and’ arrangement of the
models and-their costuming.
Mqyehants Flay Important Fart
' practically every merchant In Wil
mington will have tt hand In the show*
The attendance Is expected to run well
into the thousands with hundreds of
out-of-town people here for the event.
Perhaps 300 people visited the audi
torium last night, to lnpect the decora
tions of tlie. building, which were ar
ranged . under the direction of Will
Rehder add CL W. Pol vogt
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