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_ _ J Weather ^ .• " * ># Fair Monday and ^ • Tuesday - "• FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXI.—No. 211. *- • «\ ‘ j»g. v * f , ‘ ■' y ' it. ,, Wilmington; n. c., Monday Morning, 6ctober i, 192(3. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. Two A re Arrested, Cha rged With Inciting Riot; Negro Assailant Is Pat In Prison fi. L. Breen and Peter Bicks Circulate Petitions to Oust Their Mayor DOCUMENT CLAIMS ELECTION IRREGULAR All Negroes Are Now Away From Trouble Zone With Exception of One Woman RALEIGH, Oct., 1.—(By Associated Tress.)—Adjutant general J. Vui* B. Melts ever long distance early this morning requested that Major Gordon Smith In charge of the adjutant gen eral’s department send an additional company of troops to Spruce Fine at once to augment the force of two com panies now there. Major Smith indicat ed that he would call out the first two companies whose commanders he was able to reach. SPRUCE PINE. Sept., 30.-=— (By Asso ciated Press.)— E. U Bfeen and Peter ■p.irUs Sunday were arrested on war rants sworn out by Chief of Police Wright, charging breach of the peacj and tending to incith the people by circulating a petition which alleged that Mayor Fuller was illegally hold ing office. They were given a hearing before the Mayor and bound over for trial before Justice of Peace Bennett and recognized on bond of *200 each. Th£ circulation of the petition and the arrest of Breen and Blcks grew ou‘ of the situation resulting from the attack on a white woman by a negro and the ordering of troops here by Gov Morrison to protect citisens of both races following the rounding up and Chasing out 8f Spruce Fine of ne 4 e The warrant also charged Breen and Bicks with further -inciting citisens and increasing the dangerofmobvo lenee. About 300 residents, of Spruce Pine and surrounding mountain towns a molded the hearing. The state troops natrolled the streets In front of their camp which is across the railroad track and which is known as C?.I»P They did not interfere with the gath ering of citisens and no untoward in stance took place.. '. Set Forth Their Charge The two defendants In their petition alleged that a *75,000 bond issue for Spr u cJ^dUttir1 additfoff W charges W was not properly elected to O^ce because he was not voted on by the people. The Mayor explained that he was elected to the office last May by the board of aldermen when Dr. Chas. Patterson, who had been chosen by a vote of the pedple, could not serve be cause he had been elected to the North Carolina house of representatives^and the constitution forbids any one from holding two offices. Negro Reported Jailed Word reached here that the negro convict charged with having attacked the white woman had been arrested And taken to the state penitentiary at Ral eigh for safe keeping. It was under stood here that the negro would be brought to Hickory, N. C.,»one day this week for identification. It was also understood that a special term of court would be required for Backersville the county seat of this (Mitchell) coun ty., for the ;purpose of trying1 the ne - gro. Thirty-five additional members of the national guard arrived from Asheville. The cavalrymen received here to 145 men. They comprised two companies, one of Engineers from Morganton, and the other, calvary .from Asheville. The calvarymen received their horses by special train. One negro woman remains in Spruce Pine, all other, negroes have left in the round up. All Ntgroes Are Gone There are no permanent negro resi dents of Spruce Pine. The ones who were driven out, were, at the time working on state ro^ad projects. Efforts are being made .to* have them con*© back. • * ' The woman who was attacked is 68 years cld, the mother of six children and the grandmother of 28. She said to day that the negro came to her house under the pretese of asking for food, and attacked her. Her sons learn ed of the affair within a few* hours and followed the trail of the negro for 75 miles through the heart . v of the mountains and over the trails that would be impassable to any except, one born and raised in the mountain. coun* try. They lost his trail at Valdez on the railroad near Morganton. They re turned home and it was said they went to bed this morning at Z o’clock for the first time since the outrage took place. They made the pursuit on foot and from information they obtained, they understood that at one time they were only'an hour and a half behind the negro, . Town Lies In. Mountain Spruce Pine is in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains about. 40 miles from the Tennessee line. The town has about 1,500 population and Is located in a valley. In the heart of the little city stands a monument to the moun tain men of Tennessee and North Caro lina who camped in 1780 en route to Kings Mountain where they met’the British tide of invasion and turned It back. Records and mountain tradition say that no troops since those have camped here until the present na tional guard forces arrived. • >EGRO IS LANDED IN STATE PRISON RALEIGH, Sept., 30.—John Goes ne gro convict charged with attacking a white woman near Spruce Pine, the result of the alleged crime being t3& wholesale deportation of negroes from Spruce Pine section by angry white citizens and the ordering of militia to the town by Governor Morrison to pro tect the rights of all citizens, 'was lodged in the state penitentiary here at. an early hour this morning. Goss was brought from Hickpry, N. C., where M was captured late yesterday after noon under heavy guard. He Vehement Jy denies that he committed the crime charged against him. — - Governor Morrison, when advised to night that press dispatches indicated j ^Continued on Page Two) . J i j ~ : . j-.S ,‘V, y Vi SPEED FIEND KILLS MARIE RIVENBARK, YOUNG BUR6AW GIRL Atitoist Drags Child Hundred Feet, and Speeds on With out Heeding (Special to the Star-) BURGAW, Sept. 30.—Struck 'alia dragged a hundred feet by a speeding auto whose driver is said to have merely "stepped on the gas” following the accident, Marie, six-year-old daughter of T. A. Rivenbark, received injuries which proved fata* shortly afterward, here Sunday night. The accident occurred about 7 o'clock,- in front of the Rivenbark home, two miles from here, and death resulted at 9:30, o’clock. Death was due to severe scalp and body wounds and internal injuries, according to at tending physicians. The little girl, with a younger sis ter and her father, were walking in front of their home when the automo bile, thought to have been a Dodge, sped by. The car swerved and the j child was caught under the side and j dragged nearly a hundred feet The driver, headed toward Raleigh, is said to have put on more speed after the accident, and there was no cbance for the startled, father to read the license number or get a good view of the oc cupants: According to reports, the automobile was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the accident, and traveling at an excessive rate of speed. Offi cers are investigating. Funeral services for the girl will be held Monday from the home, with in terment at 5:30 o’clock this afternoon in Rockfish' cemetery, near Wallace. hugeIrowdIistens TO CONVERTED EDITOR kjmmmmm Introduced by Dr. Purcell and Choir of 100 and Soloist . Sing The big Gypsy Smith tabernacle was more than threeTfourths flUed Sunday night when the Rev. Dr. J. E. Purcell, of the ministerial committee, intro duced Frederick L. Sullens, editor of the Jackson Daily News, one of the re vivalist’s most active converts. There had been singing by the big choir, led by W. G. Robertson. And there was a solo feature by Mrs.' Hamilton, con tralto of the Firsk Presbyterian church, who is a personal friend of the editor. Many of the ushers who are to serve during the Smith campaign got in prac tice in seating the throng. The Tide water Power company cars ran at short intervals, but hundreds of auto mobiles also brought their owners and their families. Two of them were | stolen, but were recovered by the po lice before midnight. Editor Sullens saw in the large at tendance an augury of the intense in terest felt in the coming meetings. But he said they could not be made a suc cess without the co-operation of the religious people of the town in every avenue of Christian endeavor. The preaching of Gypsy Smith alone would, not be sufficient to work a miracle of regeneration unless the prayers and support of all were given. The editor told how the great evan ! gelist had reached his heart and changed the trend of his thoughts and of his life and how he had changed the policy of his paper- to conform to his revised convictions. • He told that ^the meetings had in terested careless business men in church affairs and whereas ministers preached to empty pews before the evangelist visited Jackspn; the churches now are unable to hold alj Who would attend and $250,000 is be ing expended in new church edifices. And-.tho Christianity that Gypsy Smith taught is being shown in the daily lives of citizens and Jackson is becoming a town in which it is a pleas ure to live. The choir of 100 from the different clrtirches is to meet for rehearsals Tuesday and Friday night under di rection of Charles D. Allen, Gypsy Smith’s song leader! Serious Flood Runs Through Wypming CASPEft, Wyo., Sept. SO-Continued heavy rains in north central Wyoming, flooding the Big Horn river to the highest point in years, inundating sec tions- of Grey Bull as well as low-lying farm country along the course of the river from Thermopdlis to Grey Bull, arid completely tying up railroad traf fic between Casper and Billings, Mont., have advanced within the last 24 hours to the seriousness of a flood situation,* declared to be without precedent in the history of the state. Communica tions have been crippled and material damage caused in widely-separated sec tions of Wyoming by a series of floods extending over the past month and coming .to -a climax during .the last few days. , ' ZR-1 WILL SAIL, TODAY LAKEHURST, N. J., Sept. 80.—The ZR-1 will leave the naval air sta tion-here at- 5 o’clock Mbnday riiorning on her trip to St. Louis unless unex-1 pected weather conditions prevent, it was announced to night * i Hi* WEST IS CRITICISED FOR CHILD LABOR IN BEET SUGAR FIELDS * - * -• "• ' '• ' '■ i As Western Congressmen Once Scored Sooth, West is In Limelight LABOR CONDITIONS ! ARE HELD DEPLORABLE Democratic National Committee Representative Tells of True * Situation By H. E. C. BRYANT "WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—The talk of reviving- the campaign, backed by fed eral funds and a higher tariff for the sugar beet industry, has started up lots of comment. One way to help the wheat producers, President Coolidge has been told, is to encourage beet growing. The best way to boost beet production is to lay a'heavy import duty on sugar. ~ Recently beet sugar producers have been charged with working tiny chil dren in the fields long hours. This report has aroused the anti-child labor advocates who Used to camp much of their time in the south. Western con gressmen were among the first to abuse the south for workipg children., Now it is the west’ that is being scored. Commenting on, the situation, Rich ard Binthicum, director of publicity for the democratic national committee, said: ■ , "West Is Scored “Efforts to induce the next congress to enact vpJid legislation against child labor, it is predicted, will bring to public attention the very large num ber of children employed by the beet sugar industry, one of the interests heavily protected by the Fordney-Me Cumber tariff. It is said that theA> has been a big increase in the number of small boys and girls at work In the western beet fields this season. “The national child labor committee of New York and the children’s bureau of the United States department of la bor Recently investigated the employ ment of children, in the sugar beet Industry and reported serious condi tions. Thousands of children—fully a fourth of them under 10 years of age—• were found toiling in the fields from nine to 11 hours a day. Not only were these children • deprived of an oppor tunity to attend school in the spring and autumn, but they were in many instances contracting physical deformi Ihfp Speaking of the inquiry that was made in Utah, the American Child, a magazine published by , the national child labor committee, said: Schools Are Closed “We found that some rural schools were closed on account of' beet field needs.” ’ '■ Miss Alice K. McFarland, chief of the welfare division of the Kansas in dustrial court, made a survey of con ditions in the beet fields ot that state and called them “deplorable.” . "It is a common thing to* see little tots with long, sharp knives cutting tops from beets,” she said. "In many cases they work from 6 o’clock in the morning until nearly dark, with only a short stop for lunch.” , The study made by the United States children’s bureau in sections of two counties of Colorado covered 1,077 chil dren 16 years of age and less. About 70 of the families employed in these districts, says the children’s bureau, “were those of transient laborers re cruited by the sugar companies, often from distant parts of the country.” Describing the work of these children, the report of the children’s bureau says: How They Are Worked "Over one-fourth -of them were un der 10 years old, a small percentage under 8. Less than one-fifth were as much as 14 years old: Considerably over half were from 9 to 13 years of age. Physically, the most harmful feature of the work lies in the hours. From 69 to 85 per cent (according to the process in which the child was en gaged) worked nine or more hours a day. From more than one-seventh j to one-third (again varying with the, process) worked 11 hours or more.” This constant toll for .long hours told in bodily defects. Thp report con tinues: “Postual deformities and . malposi tions, apparently due to strain, were shown by 70 per cent of more than 1,000 of the beet-working children who were examined by a physician of the children’s bureau.” The children’s minds and souls as well as their bodies suffered. "Supple mentary surveys covering several thou sand school children resident in the beet sections (of Colorado and Michi gan) showed that the attendance of the beet-working children was from 20 to 30 per cent less than that of the non-working children.” The children of the migratory laborers lost even more time from school. j Live Under Bad Conditions . ! The workers in the beet fields, chil dren and adults, were compelled to live under trying conditions. The beet j laborers’ families "occupied any kind of shelter that was available,” includ ing “rough frame or tar paper shacks,” the children’s bureau reported. “Over crowding was extreme, yet most of the laborers lived in their ‘beet shacks’ five or six months in the year.” Babies that could not work suffered along with those who toiled, the report discloses. Venezuela Severs Mexico Relations ' MEXICO CXTT, Sept., 30.—The exe quatur of the Venezuelan minister was suspended Sunday by the Mexican gov ernment. The Mexican minister in Venezuela has been ordered to close all Mexican consular, offices in that coun try and return home, thus severing diplomatic relations between the two countries It’s semi-officially stated that the severance of relations is due to the Venezuelan authorities at La Guaira refusing to permit a Mexican theatrical company to^land there- v ■ . \ =sas=sss^SBss=ss=css RHINELAND . Joseph Smeets is one of the leaders of the Rhineland secession movement, and is endeavoring*; to wreck the Ger man state as now constituted. ; ■ probe of Society DEATH LOOMS; CASE IS NOW A MYSTERY Chemical Analysis is Made of Kidneys and Coroner Makes Statement - < -■ - - '**V WHITE PLAINS, N. T., Sept., 30.—A thorough investigation into the causes of death of Mrs. Charles Webb, wealthy New York and Philadelphia society; woman who died, last Tuesday night at the West Chesjer-Biltmofe “country club in Rye,' N. X*, wAs indicated by Coroner Fitzgerald, of West Chester county., .4. . •• In a . statement issued after'a tele phone conversation with Dr. A. b. Goetler, pathologist of Bellevue hosp ital, who is making * chemical analysis of the dead woman’s kidneys, the coro ner said “an investigation was prac tically certain.” The coroners attitude toward the case has changed; tsonsidenably, as at first .he declared Jimere was nothing to show that deaths had not occurred YAsrirtfcnrAB PART IN INSTALLATION OF BISHOP FREEMAN Many Notables Attend Cere . monies During New Bishop's Consecration WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—'Thirty-five thousand' persons including hundreds of the nation's notables both in re ligious and official iife, attended an open air meeting Sunday night on the grounds of the new national cathedral Incident to the consecreation of the Rev. James Edward Freeman as Episcopal bishop qf Washington. - A choir of 800 voices, accompanied by vested military bands , furnished music for the ceremonies. Bishop Freeman and Senator Pepper.of Penn sylvania delivered addresses. Presi dent Coolidge sent a message to Bishop Freeman, as did former Presi dent Wilson. ' -x The Cathedral, which is only partial ly complete, was' described by 'P#6si dent Cooiidge as “Both an adornment and an inspiration in thb national capital.” Bishops present Included. Bishops Gravatt, West Virginia; Horner, North Carolina and JthineJander, Pennsyl vania. 1 ' ; , ALLIED POWERS FACE NEXT MOVE IN DRAMA OF RUHR AND RHINE Stresentann Withholds Informa* tion Until Some Definite Word is Received , BERLIN,. Sept. 80.—(By Associated Press.—Fending receipt, of the French and Belgian, official .replies to . the German government's announcement ] of its abandonment of passive resist ance and withdrawal of. all ordinances opposing the occupying powers injthe Ruhr and Rhineland, the, government is withholding information on the na ture of its declaration to the reichstag Tuesday. , If no reply Is received from Paris or BrnSseli by that time Chancellor Streseman will inform the parliament; of the government’s position with re spect to the attitude assumed, by- the occupying powers and the Rhineland high commission as reflected in at tempts by the French authorities to Impress German railway workers into service. An official, communique states, that the situation in Bavaria, and* unoccu pied Germany continues tranquil. ' PASTOR FILES LIBEL 8<JIT DURHAM, Sept., 30.—The Rey. J. D. Davis, pastor of the Baptist church of Carrboro, a mill town one mile west of Chapel Hill, ,has> employed-counsel in Raleigh v to bring suit ; on charges of libel in the Orange .superior court against the Chapel . Hill Weekly, of which Louis Graves . is .edit*r, ^accord ing to a message Sunday night froth the Chapel JHU correspondent. GERMAN GATHERING RESULTS IN RIOT; SCORE ARE KILLED Shots- Take Serious Effect When I Fired at Separatist Demon stration OFFICIALS TAKE HAND TO QUELL TROUBLE Some 40,000 Participate in Cele bration Which Ends in Massacre DUESSELDORF, Sept. SO.—(By As sociated Press.)—The great separatist demonstration here Sunday terminated an a veritable massacre. A score of persons are known to ! have been killed and the wounded are believed to be numbered in the hun dreds. . Duesseldorf is still seething with excitement and more trouble is feared tonight.. The French occupation authorities hold the German green military police —the security police:—responsible for the outbreak, declaring they started the shooting, in which the communist groups later joined. The hospitals and police barracks are filled with wound ed and French military doctors are rendering all possible assistance. The French authorities sent out pa trols to round up all security police they could find in- the streets and placed under arrest all those Still held in reserve in headquarters. City in in Excitement The city awoke teeming with ex citement .thousands were .abroad in spite of an appeal addressed to the population , to remain indoors but street cars, automobiles and other ve hicles were absent from the streets and the hotels and stores had all lowered their iron and steel gratings. About 11 o’clock the first of the 25 trains bearing the manifestants to Duesseldorf arrived and was, received by a company of Rhineland public mil itary which had just sworn allegiance to the green, white and red flag. Demonstration Is Held Soon after the noon 1 hour all the manifestants from points in the “Rhineland public’’ had reached the city and a procession formed and marched behind innumerable green, white . and red republican emblems to Hindenburg strasse, thOroughfaro, 200 feet Vfride by one thousand feet long, adorned with heroic size statues [of William 1- Bismarck and Von Moltke. slve marching order to the number1 dr about 15,000 republicans but with cu riosity seekers added, the assembly, probably totalled 40,000 when the open air meeting place was reached. Standing directly under the statue of William I. the separatist leader, Joseph Matthes. began speaking. “The separatists.” he declared," are animated by hatred toward none, but only, desire peace, security and tran quility.” Shots Break With Suddenness Suddenly several shots were fired from behind a lowered steel curtain protecting the plate glass entrance to a store. In the panic that ensued, a small group made a concerted rush for the speaker. The security police fired a fusillade and the shooting became general, the police being especially active in smashing their way through the crowds and taking prisoners many of whom were transferred to head quarters. » French military forces were rushed to the scene and ordered the green po-.l lice to cease using their revolvers, but according to tlje French, the police re- j fused and continued to fire. The cav alry siezed many of the police and surrounded their . barracks, quelling the disturbance In a few minutes. Reports of Start Vary Various versions are given of how 1 the rioting started. According to one account, shots were tired either in the air or into a group of separatists when Herr Matthes was , speaking. Separ atists rushed forward to deal with the disturbers and tan into a group of security police. In the twinkling of an eye, the pojice opened fire into the crowds, and in less than five minutes several thousand separatists ‘ were driven from (he assembly grounds, pursued relentlessly to the railroad, leaving behind a trail of dead and wounded. Matthes managed to jump into art automobile , and escape unhurt One spectator, who was present when the firing began, asserted that the se curity police did not interfere until they saw a group of anti-separatists lined up in' a side street firing old army revolvers pqint blank , at the Rhinelanders, This spectator, an Anterican newspaper photographer, said he saw several separatists killed or wounded by the anti-separatists be fore the polic0vtook a hand. I - FRENCH Coolidge Sets Aside Nation’s Educational Week; Start Nov. 18 WASHINGTON, Sept., SO.—President Coplidge Issued a proclamation Sun day calling for observance of the week beginning November 18 as national edu cation week. “Every American citizen", the President said, “is entitled to * a liberal education. Without this there Is no guarantee for the permanence Of free institutions! m> hope of per petuating self-government. Depotism finds Its chief support in intelligence. Knowledge and freedom go hand in hand." Education week is held . each year under the joint auspices of the national Education Association, the United State? bureau of education and the American legion, co-operating with mope than a hundred other , national organizations, the purpose being to bring the people closer to Aheir schools. I.IGHTSHIP IS BACK IN PX.ACE NORS'OLK, Va., Sept., SO.—The Cape EiOpkout lightship reported adrift Sat urday has been, restored to: his .station, iccording to' wireless reports received tere Sunday.' J'; ’ '. , ' dfc'V} ,v.i • ' !-x ri * 4 iiim a . maa^egJk Walton Will Throw Entire Force Of Guardsmen Into Action To .Prevent Ballot HEAVY EARTH SHOCK IS REGISTERED BY 3 SCATTERED CITIES Definite. Location Cannot Be Placed But Indications Point to Europe LONDON, Oct. 1.—The West Brom wich seismograph at 1:25 o’clock Mon day morning recorded a severe earth quake. The ,record was difficult to read, but It is thought the disturbance probably was about 1,500 mills’ dis tant, either In the east or the west. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—A seVere earthquake disturbance was returned on the seismograph of Georgetown uni versity Sunday night, beginning at 8:37 and 'ending at! 9:53 p. m. The maxi mum tremors occurred between 8:37 and 8:44 p. m. Father Tonsorft, in charge of the observatory, estimated the lo cality of the shocks at 2,300 miles from Washington, . DENVER, Colo., Sept. 30.—An earth quake of severe intensity was recorded on the seismograph at Regis college here at 6:35 o’clock Sunday night, ac cording to a report made today by Father Forestall, of the college faculty. The record indicated a shock nearly as great as those recorded by the re cent earthquake in Japan, Father Fore stall said. Father Forestall said the quake prob ably occurred “a great distance from the United States. CALEXICO, Calif., Sept. iiO.—A light earthquake shock traversed the Im perial valley, both above and below the Mexican border Sunday afternoon. No damage was done. STATE POLICE TRY RAID TO TURN UP BENJAMIN PURNELL -.AS-** Head of House of David Cult is Not to Be, Located, How ever, They Say , --•— . BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept. 30.— (By Associated Press) State police aid ed by Berrien county deputies invaded The House of David Colony here early Sunday in a fruitless search for Benjamin Purneli, missing head of the cult, sought • on a warrant charging him with a statutory crime. The raiding party consisted of moye than 50 state police, deputy sheriffs and newspaper men. They reached the colony before day light, after throwing a cordon about j the place and posting guards on iill j .highways leading to it. T.hey trooped through the halls and corridors of Shiloh House, the temple home of Purnell. They poked into basement and attic, seeking subter ranean tunnels, sealed rooms and sec ret passages through which Purnell’s accusers charge he flttered when of ficers of law sought him. No trace of mysterious passages, or trap doors was discovered. There was little of the bizarre, luxury reputed to exist in Shiloh house and there was no sign of “King Benjamin.” Accompanying I the raiding party were Gladys Bam- I ford Rubel and Ruth Bamford Reed,' former members of the colony who have brought serious charges against the missing cult leader. The girls, familiar with: the interior of Shiloh house, guided the raiding party through its various rooms. . The raid had its dramatic moments, nevertheless. One was when Gladys Bamford Rubel and Ruth Bamford Reed, former Shiloh girls, were sud denly confronted by their mother, a colony woman. Facing Mrs. Reed, she raised her hand in. a threatening gesture and said: “Gladys and Ruth, you have brought all thi? trouble upon us. I w^lt noth ing more to do ivith you.” Mrs. Reed turned half away. "If that’s the way you feel, mother,” she answered. Other colony members then inter posed and led Mrs. Bamford away, ad vising her not to "have any words.” “Queen” Mary Purnell, wife of Ben jamin, appeared momentarily while the party was moving through Shiloh. She pronounced the affair as an “out rage’ and protested at “bringing a mob into the house.’t Then she as serted It was “all the work1 of out siders,’ and “Israel will sooner or later come into Its own.” The huge structure where Purnell made his headquarters is like a bee hive in construction. There are many rooms and the “king” had his quarters at the back of the front .section separ ated by a court from an adjoining structure. Two isrraall rooms connected by a hall, a bed in each room, a huge chest bound with brass, a desk ornamented with some unique fabric WorK, two clothes .closets full of clothing, and a vault containing an iron safe greeted the raiding party under the command of CoL Roy C. Vandereook. The fur niture. . was plain. The jsafe in the vault was not opened. There werq some robes, trimmed with Imitation jewels. No trap doors or secret pass ages were found, nor was there evi dence that there had been. The Bam ford girls claimed they had existed but had been sealed up. V TRO&UST KILLS THREE BALTIMORE, Sept 30.—Three ’ peo ple were hilled ind four others in jured early Sunday night when trolley' car hit an automobile on. the outskirts Of the city. > Governor Says He- Has Been Patient, But is Ready to Strike Now LEGISLATORS PROGRESS WITH ELECTION EFFORTS 75,000 Troops Are in Prospect on Tuesday Morning When Polls Open OKMIHQMA CITY, Sept. 30.—The entire force of arm? of the state will be thrown into the Held Tuesday to prevent the holding of a special state ; election at which a measure would be submitted paving the way for the legislature to mdet, to consider im peachment cha>ges against Governor Waiton... The governor said that mobilisa tion orders for the entire Oklahoma national guard o'f 50,0J0 men, had been. > issued Sunday and, that 75,000 volun teer militiamen will be calle'd to desig- . nated points in the state for an emer gency. He declined to reveal details of the. mobilization plans. In addition thq executive daid • that he had instructed his special corps of secret service operatives, which hei. said numbered 22,000, men to assist regular county authorities to keep the polls closed. Legislative Plans Progress Meanwhile, plans directed by W. D, HcBee, member bf the state house of representatives and other legislative opponents of the executive went for ward rapidly to insure an attempt'by '■ the public to vote. Following a pro- i clamatton early Sunday, by the gov ernor postponing the Elections, the '• leaders of the movement to override, established communication by tele graph and telephone with every county in the state, and Sunday night they announced that meetings were in prog ress in virtually all sections at which speakers were urging citizens to at tempt to vote in defiance of the gov ernor’s proclamation. ' Simultaneously the governor declared t that he was on the verge of proclaim ing more stringent- - - martial law throughout the state. Says-he Ha* Been Patient 1 It have beerj very patient,” he' said.* “But one more Crack and I am going to put this state under martial law aFill, )^ jmar.tlal, .lawr—i-gja, going - £ o-Mikp gp-ifo bed at ,4. o’cJLoek v." :■ and- 'there- -will he :.-ver.y-diw««,JMpsa^,iS Issued after that hour. ‘ ‘ “I have no doubt, there wili be many vacant houses in Oklahoma soon.” Governor Walton made no . effort to minimize the' seriousness of the sit uation. . "There may be bloodshed,” he as serted, “but there will be no election. “This is my election. I called it and I certainly have the right to postpone it.. Furthermore, it would be illegal to hold it now for the reason that the law has not been complied with through proper publication of the questions to s' be voted on.” Charge Officer With Trifling The executive declared that W. C, McAlister, secretary of the state elec tion board, at whose orders machinery election was put in motion was “play ing with that klan crowd.” Mr. McAlister, following announce ment of the governor’s proclamation, declared he was powerless to stop the work that had been started, and That If the election was to be prevented the burden would be on the governor alone. Sunday, ballots were being printed in every county in the state. • Governor Walton again bitterly as- 1 sailed the Oklahoma • press, declaring that the opposition of newspapers to his program in the state was alone re- ' sponsible for conditions in the state. “If the Muskogee Phoenix the Oklahoma , City Oklahomian and its echo, the Oklahoma News and the ■ Tulsa Tribune, hadbeen locked up and the keys to their doors thrown In the river six weeks ago we would not be having trouble In Oklahoma today,” he asserted. “If there Is Blood shed, you can lay It at their door and there may be bloodshed, although I dread to say It.”. Speak* After Muck Planning The governor’s . proclamation post poning the election was issued after the legal maneuvering had revolved back virtually to lte - starting point. Several barriers were erected to pre vent the election, all of which were subsequently removed, the final action coming late; last night when two op posing plegs in state district court were dismissed by agreement of coun sel. • One sought.a writ of mandamus to ' compel the state election board to put tfie. legislative.question on the ballot. The other prayed a restraining order to keep it oft. With the withdrawal of both, all legal obstacles’.were removed. The governor’s proclamation followed with in two hours. , ■ Mr. McAlister Could not be located for a statement today. Upon his earlier declaration that he was power less to stay the election, after having put the machinery in final motion several newspapers in the state print ed extra editions this evening advising citizens that the election would be held. HOUSE! OF DAVID AGAIN LANSING. Mich., Sept. 30.—The one-* man grand jury investigation of the* House of David colony will be resumed at. St. Joseph Tuesday,. October 2, it was announced Sunday by Assistant Attorney General Homer Quay. The proceedings at St. Jos.eph will be con ducted by Judge Dingemair and will be secret. FIVE LIVES IS TOLL OF CRASH , ELWOOD; Indv Slept. 30.—Five per sona were killed and two others seri ously injured when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a traction car at. a crossing near here Sunday. The. members of the automo bile party, all of, whom were local farmers, werd’en route to a neighbor’s hout's when the accident occurred. .. * i .. 1’ ...l, I.' !■_ i. t
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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