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VOL XIV. NO. 22.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOO N; JULY 17, 19'9-
PRICE 5 CENT.
i
CAMPAIGN FOR
MORE HOUSES
IS LAUNCHED
Telegram Joins Chamber of
Commerce and Others
in Efforts
PEOPLE KEPT FROM
CITY SCARCITY HOUSES
Plan Advocated for Organi
- zation on Club , to Build
Houses Wilkinson, Bul
luck Co , Volunteers to Be
come First Member Club
of Ten if Organized.
A campaign for the erection of audi
tional nouses for rental purposes to
met the growing needs of the town.
is about to be launched, by The Tele
gram in conjunction with several of thp
leading business men and firms of the
The lan, which comes as. the out
growth of much discussion between rep
recitatives' of The Telegram and other
citisens, provided-for the organization
- at a lul of business men each one of
whom will bind himself by the promise
of erecting three houses which will be
rented to white persons, the promise of
each man being dependent? upon the
carrying out of the promises of the
various ether members. Already tan
gible form, has been given to the pro
ject by the promiseof Wilkinson Bul
lock Co., to build three such houses un
der the stipulated condition that like
; promises be secured from at least nine
other Individuals or firms.
The undertaking of such work is pri
marily In the interest of municipal de
velopment. The bousing situation ha
been acifle 'in Rocky Mount for some I
time, and la such at present that some
steps must 1e taken 10 rectify , it
Specific instances of wjiere the curtail
ment of the industrial growth of the
city has been caused simbly because of
the failure to supply would-be residents
with homes are too numerous to men
tltoa. ', : ' ,". -
Aa engineer for one of the leading
Industrial Arms ol pie city says mat
unless he can' find . a home very soon
he shall be forced to leave for some
' 0
other place. The Atlantic Const Lin'
has lost innumerable employes, .killed
mechanics and laborers, a ..splendid
type of citizenship, simply on ai-count
of the, poor; fcouamg..faeilitiea . Inned Mniyr,: July -34.00, hid 34At.
community.
Only recently Postmaster Jo. - A.
A. Snipes wired the Oovepilncnt for
five additional clerks granted when the
local posteffiee became' a fir t-elass of-,
lice. Rooms wefefaund Tor two, hut
as the otherxfhree were married end
no placeaeould-be secured for their
families It Was utterly impossible to
bring them to work here,.
Letters are received daily from per
sona desirous or - coming - to Moray
Mount, savs Mr., L. II. Duncan,' secre-
tary of the local chamber of Commerce,
but he is unable t0 offer them- any en
couragement whatever owing to the
fact that there ire six or seven appli
canta for each of the several available
houes in the city adequately substan
tiates Mr. Duncan's statements. '. .
The plan of The Telegram ia to boom
a projee long with the ehnmber of
commerce and others in hope that will
alleviate this shortage and - materially
further the development of the city.
In brief the plan simply provides that
at least ten" "men or firms promise To"
build tbiee houses apiece, or a total of
thirty houses, the cost and 'size to bs
'determined in a long measure by the
club members themaelves. The stipula-.
" tion being they are for rental to white
families ,in pocky Mount. ' ;
HARVESTER CO IN
THROES OF STRIKE
. Manager Close Plant, Say It
Will Remain Closed
Indefinitely
Chicago, July 17. Employes of har
vester plant here of the International
Harvester Company are locked out to
day as a result of the closing of the
plant for aa indefinite period, due to a
s'rike which began last Tuesday. . The
moa elaim they have not presented
' their demands but want aa hour
pay, a 44-honr week, and a cloaed ahop.
"If the men want a closed shop, they
have it now," said Balph Brooks, sup
erintendent of theMeCormick Works.
"They will have all the closed shop
they jwant, for the plant is closid, and
is going to remain closed, until the men
nn-.e t.i v -k mi !t the eon Wb-m they
BOSTON STREET
LINES TIED
Eight Thousand Men Wal
Walk Out in Protect of
Board's Delay
WANT WAGE INCREASE
Men Are Asking Eight Hour
Day and the War Labor
Bonrd s Tardiness in Ke
plying Causes a Walkout,
Boston, July 17. Car service on the
street subway and levated liues here
nnd in twelve adjacent .cities and towns
was tied up today by a strike of 8,000
union employes of the Boston Elevated
Railway system. -Tho strike was cnlei
as a protest against alleged delay on th
part of the war labor board announcing
an award in the wage dispute between
the company, and the car men. Th
strikers demand an eight hour dnv nnu
a wage of 73 1 2 cents an hour. Those
demands which were rejected hv the
public trustees of the railwav were pro
sented to the war labor board nnd on
June 23 and argued two days-later be
fote the board examiner.
WAR MOTHERS WILL
MEET IN WASHINGTON
National Session of Mothers
of Soldiers Slated for
Sept. 29-31. -
Indianapolis, July 18. (Corespondence
of the Associate Press.) Mris Alice
M. French, national president of the
American War Motohrs has announced
that the national convention of that or
ganization will be held in Washington,
I). (!., Sept. 29 to 31 inclusive. The
plans arc for the national board of di
rectors of which Mrs, Beubcn R. Hutch
craft, Paris, Ky., is ehnirman, to meet
on the afternoon of Sept. "!). The con
vention will open formally that evening
Mrs. French Is to preside, assistel by
Mrs. Eraile Hendricks, of fialcm, Ore.
A
and Mrs. C. L. F. Robinson, Hnrtft'I,
Connr, first and-second vice prexrfents,
respectively.
The American War Mothers is an or
ganizatio nof niothejir'of soldiers, other
women relativesrot being admitted to
membership
COTTO NMABKET
few York: .Tnlv 17 Cotton future
offered; October, 34.12; December 34.02;
January, 3.1.95; March, 3.1.75.
The cotton market was feverish and,
unsettled during today's earbytiading.
First prices were 2 points higher on
May; but generally 5 to 25 points lower
and active months sold 25 to 35- point s
under last night 's. closing figures short
ly after the call.
MECHANICS CORBETT
PLANT ON STRIKE
Twenty-six Men Leave Work
in Henderson lruck
T" Plant Today 7
" Henderson, July 17. Mechanics em
ployed by the Corbctt motor truck com
pany who went on strike here this morn
ing demanding an 8-hour day and in
creased pay. According to R. J. rCor-
bett, head of the concern only 16 men
responded to the. strike enbV The men
at tho plant are on a ten-hour day basis.
Trying to Establish -
Trade With Russia
London, July 17. Tho German gov
ernment is believed to b? trying to es
tablish trade relations with Poviet Rus
sia and, the German mission has visited
Russia or is about to do so, -Cecil B.
Harmsworth "niJiTer secretary, of state
told the house of commons today.
More of the A. E. F.
Land in New --York
NCW York. July lT.-Ftirly-scvi'ji t'U"-
ual companies were among the 1,293
troops arriving here today from Ver
sailles on the steamship Pesaro.
They were organized from men living
ia Tennessee, South Carolina and North
Carolina and scattered states.
More Funds for the
. Disabled Fighters
Washington July 17. Amended to
provide fourteen million dollars insteal
ef six million dollars for the rehabili
tation of woundeB soldiers sailors aad
marines, the sundry civil expropriation
bill which was vetoed by tV' Presidc.it
Ynt r.'.-",l t.M.'.v t,v the house and
Poor of Spain Fedfy Q
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L
. HE'D TIE PRESIDENT
PHILIP
o
CAMPBELL
Representative t ampbell would put a
leash on the President of the I uiteil
States. He has introduced il lull to
make it unlawful for the chief execu
tive to leave .the 'country..- ftoiupbell
savs when the President ffoeg abroad it
invites trouble"
VIOLATE FEDERAL
PROHIBITION LAWS
Defepdants Bound Over to
Court by Commissioner
S. T. Thorne
Several runes having to do with tho
violation of the . liquor laws wen'
brought bkfore United States toinmix-
sioner 8. T. Thome vesteriliiy with tne
result tha ttlie defendants in every in
stance were bound over under varyins
bonds -for appearance at the October
-term of federal court at Wilson.
W. T. Turner was hauled before the
commissioner by PeputyMnrshall.Rain
sey to answer a charge of illicit distill
ing. The marshnll, it' seems, had dis
covered a still in mi outhouse at Tur
ner's home in South Rooky Mount. The
defendant was plaee.1 under 100 bouc'
for his appearance at the next term of
federal court. ' '--.-
Albert Griffin was arrayed on die
charge Of selling whiskey without the
bond required by federal law, and was
likewise bound 1 over, under $2Sfl- bond,
for his appearance at Uncle Sam's court
at Wilson.
John W, Moseley was held for the
same eourt under $100 bond on account
of bis having violated tHe federal law
by having in his possession more than
wrinegallon, or 231- euliie nches,of
home-made beer. t
. 1
" IN POLICE COURT CIRCLES
The following light docket was disl
posed of in the municipal court this
morning: .-' .-.-'.
Alex Bain, the defendant in a larceny
esse, was fined ten dollars.
Howard Alston and James Clark were
arrayed on a charge of disorderly eon
duct and found guilty by the court. The
former- got off with a Vn dollar fine,
while the latter Wak forced to plank
down twenty dollars. .
Effective yesterday, the morning ses
sion of tks eourt is now held at eight in
stead of nine o'cloek as formerly. This
change of hour will continue for ap
proximately three weeks and is neces
sitated by the absence of IWorder Bnt
tle, who is sway from the city. on hi?
Vsc.nflen. Vice Recorder T. II. Lancns-
( '?-
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(IIIM'll
a rtn
1. N)tllll lltlSi)li'll('(l
ot .iiii(ii iii. i no jnctun
hliowsthe
Qiiocii at the cxtwm
n(rht jitandniK Kv the table.
SEC. POLK ON
-4
Leaves Washington for New
York to Meejt Secretary
Lansing
SAILS FOR. ""FRANCE
The Under SecretarysWill
Go" to Franctfto Take Sec
retary Lansing's Place at
the Peace 1 able.
Washinirtim. I. Jnlv 17. Sivi
tarv I'olk, of the Ntntr Department, an
uouuccil today tSat lie would leave to
morrow for New York, where he will
confer with Seerei.'iry Lansing before
sailing' for Pari to take lit. Lansing 'a
place as liend of. t lie American peace
de.Iegiit!oii..Jlivl.iiuK:l:.eiei2' to
arrive in New- York Si-tunla.v.
WORLD'S SUNDAY SCHOOLS
" TO CONVENE AT TOKIO
Tokio, Jul v 1 7. K x t e ns i v e -rprc pa in -tions
are ulieailv muler wav In Jap.Tn
for the I-nterit-itiiOKil 'Suntlny ; School
onvcntioii which will be held in Tokio
iii'xt year, inifl whkli .will brhig to .fnpn:i
!(in0 foreign visitors, 20U0 of tli'eui Am
ericans. Itie cont.erence will proliitJily
open October. .1.1, l!i-0. and last about
ten da vs. .
-As foreign style, hotels are ..always
erowde withregtilnr tourists, the dele
ijates will prohuhlv be asked to lodge
on the steamers wlm-h will coiivev tliern
to Japan.
( ommentniK on thc coming convention
the Jiji says tlri convention ris not '-j
mere religious event, but should be. re
yarded as a very important intemation
al -affair, having a bearing 'upon the
diplomatic interesTTof this country.
BORAH PASSES A:
NAGGING PLEA
Wants Government Furnish
Senate Copy Protest on
Shantung Matter - -
Washington, X'., July 17. Wit h
nuta record vote or debate the Sen
ate today adopted the, resolution by
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, ask
ing the PjCiulont to send to the Sen
ate, but not incompatible with the pub
lie interest, a copy of a protest said
to have been made by some members
of the American peace commission
against the Vjiiintiing provision in Hi?
peace treaty;-
PEESHINQ BAK IN AUGUST
Washington, July 17. General
Pershing will return to tha United
States in August, Representative
Caldwel, democrat of New Tork
told tha house rules committee to-.
day urging early action on hi reso
lution setting aside a day for a
' Joint congressional session to wel
come home tha American command
er. "There ia no politics in this,"
declared Mr. Caldwell. "Congresss
is snxious to honor General Per
shing as the French, T;u;U-li and
II TO
fIT T"- MARTIAL LAW NOW
(Af ALLPOMERANIA
ueen
:rJi
-. f J r
poor
soiviup il tho first iiienl, villi the
THIRTY THOUSAND
HUNS AS" PRISONERS
Many Held in Turkestan Are
Said to Have Joined the
Bolshevki
' Washington,- July 17.-Approximately
li.WW: Austrunis and ,1,110(1 veritiaus
were, pri.iOiiors of, war in Turkestan dur
ing May, 'according; to 'advices today
frolu the AnicTrcau consular general
Stockholm. Crf -this number about 11,
I)1K) most of tlrcm HtinitHrinns entered
the Hol.sneviki nrmv, most of them he
in; coiiij elled to do so bv streets ani
bouts. .The Ilriti.h government js san!
to have aked the 'lurkish jrovernnient
ni' Tiir'nctim in Jiiiniiirv to re -lease th
prisoner!: offer-uijr to pass 'tbein through
the Itritisli line" to their homes. The
prisoners without any commtmieatlon
roi'n Kiiri jie lin've naturally, become dis
quieteil, ai'.mg that there was not
medbral supplies in the HolsheviUi ter
r it or v.'-'- -.- 1 r---.-;
PLAYGROUND OPENING TONIGHT
Ml plans are in reinlmess for the in
stitution ot the ila'v)riniiiils at the West
ichool this evening from ti to D o'clock.
'I he details of all the gullies and various
contests have: been perfected and efli
cient and CTtpable directors placed in
chiiTyoTit nil. t 1m1' f onus, of entertain
inent. Tlie siuall sum of ten cents will
admit aii.v one to the grounds inid at tin'
sauic" time provide-the privilege of par
ticipation in any or nlj iif the . sundry
contests. Kef reshnlents " will ulso be
solil, and the. proceeds of flic whole ev
enmg turned over" to the parish houst
fund of the Church of the (mod Micp
herd..
Shmid. ilamp weatlier interfere with
tli.. pining tonight, the institntifin wi"
necessarily be7ostoneir until sonic fu
tore date, said Mrs. W, V, Wahnran.
who is actinjf in charge of the p!;iv
(rrouird cn.tertaiiiiiients, to a rcpresenta
five of 'the Telegram- to'dav. Definite
announi,ciiiciit..as t pt.lip date-if neces
sary, wTTl be made biter.
THE BEER MAKERS
ARE OVERRULED
Philadelphia Judge says case
One for Jury Declines to
Pass on Matter
Philadelphia, July 17. Judge O. B.
Dickinson in the United States District
court here today overruled the demurer
of the Bergner and. Engle Brewing Co.,
to the test case against them for the
nt O n.4 jvei-'ennf b""r
v The udge held the court could not
pass in advance on a question that
should be brought before a ury.
The brewers contended tho informa
tion brought against them by United
States District Attorney Kane was de
fective in that if it failed to specify
that beer is intoxicating
Rep. Lever On The
Farm Loan Board
Washington, I). C, July 17. BepreA
sontative Lever, Democrat, of South
Carolina, was nominated todaf by
President'-" Wilson to be a member of
a reslHurunt lor 1lic
!': -u L-aii r-,-.:d.
IJ.-
Order Forbidding Striking
Dy workmen (Jauses
Trouble
UTILITIES ARE IDLE
The Gas, Water and Eiectrlc
Light Plants at Stettin
Are All Idle. Fear Some
Disorders.
Ilerlin,. Jul- 1 7.- A Pomerania
I nriui.sfil over tin- j.roi luination of- mar
h.il law tlirrr anl the order prohibiting
wurkmctt iroiu striking. The workmen
iiutMt that iiiarshall law be abolished
that prisoners irri'sti'il.i.hiriug the pros
ut st.riko be' released, nnd that rectignr
linn lie extern-led. to the workmen Coun
i ll. 1 ho K.-u, electric anil water plants
I it Stettin the capital of I'oiuernnia and
erv street car in the eitv has been
Mtnppcd. Later reports snv the strike is
liaiiiung force and tlie nffleials hojie to
kiep-ftmd slirms open with troops. Th
is sni'l to be the most important as bar
lor trniric has censed. Workers are said
I to have ceased their labors on farms
hut are quiet. .
WILL HELP COUNTY
IN ROAD BUILDING
Promise of Immediate Aid
Secured From State
Officials
Wit lithe assurance of Federal aid
at
C.
1,10 enrii.st possible date Mr. p.
"horo, cliairiiian of the Kockv Mount
ronif romnnasiuiu and. Mr. W..S.. 1 ilkin-
nn, cliairmnn of the Nash Count v high-
vVny coniuiission, returned from Raleigh
vesterdny afternoon, well satisfied with
(lie results of their trip in the interest
!' bitter roads for Nash.
Die two local highwav commissioners
oiiferred with Mr allis, state high-
wayMiomcor,, 4lieA Hpiiabeitvtmil in
ounection with the conditional prov-mo
last Satunlav's bond election Mi.it
outsiile federal aid must be secured a-?
an addition to the Mini voted bv- the
ouiitc. and obt.-iiued from him the
promise ot iuiuiieial ns wiTI
:is uinrer::ii
help at tlie earliest possible date.
liuiiicJiutL'.Iy :upuu cuinpj'etioii of-neces-
ary arrunuenre'iits by the -stafo' authori
ties aii'l tlie working. out (if ac'coinjjiny-
ing detiiils by the local .high way-.officials,
tnte I'liaineeis.- will iirrive', in- Rocky
Mount iiinl bein -actnai surveying and
preliminary work on the Battlcboro
rV'liitiikcra-l'focky Mount highway and
the roiul fnin this city to Nashville,
The officials in Raleigh nlso voku
teered the rentul of three Llbcrtv
:rucks, nt trom two to live tons e.u-
acitv e;icl, for use in. the road work
.it the iiiiiisuiill v low rate of a dollar j.
lav fo reiieh truck. However tlie
-ptarn-t- of this order depeiiils iipon t
fiction ot the focal authorities m their
development ,of plans for the constru
tion work. ; - - v,----:-;
STOCK MARKET
New N oi k, , Julv 17. Rails, . oil
(juipui.eiits and shippings were the most
conspicuous issues in the active open
ing of todnv V stock market. 'StT Paul
common-and "preferred, ' titfsbtfi-gan(T
West Virginia. Mexican Petroleum, ( ru
cibie Kteel and Marine common regis;
tered enrlv gatns of 1 to -I points. op
pcrs also -t renthened with kinderil
metals. Trade broadened before the end
of the first half hour embracing numer
ous minor rails ami specialties.
O : O
THE IRISH SMILE
O-
-o
This is Eammonn De Valera, the pres
ident of the Irish republic, with the
smile he wean most of the time on his
tour of the United 8tnts. For every
where De Valera goes he finds crowds
to welcome him and cheer his efforts for
d joote--. Jr
! 1.
G. 0. P. LEADERS
ALL TO BE CALLED
President to Take Five Each
Day for Conference on
. Peace Matter ' ".
WILL DELAY HIS TRIP.
Senators Borah and Johnson
to be jVmong Those Invit
ed Though They May Not
Accept. Page Talksoh
Italian Matter.
Washington, July 17. President Wil
son today began conferences with rq
publican senators for discussion of the
pence treaty and the league Of nations
covenant.. His first roller was Senator
McCuniber, of North Dakota, a aupport-
er of the treaty and the eovenakt.
Three other senators, Jones of Wash
ington, Colt of Rhode Island and Nel
son of Minnesota had been invited to
'FSTIaf the wrJTre house during the dav
hut Senator Jones was-out of the eity.
The President expected to see Senators
nit and Nelson this afternoon. '
Aside from tbe senators only one oth
er jiarne appeared on the President's
list of appointments for the day. This
was the name-of Thomas Kelson Paire.
whp jias resigned aa ambassador to Italy,
It i understood he would discuss Ital
ian questions with the President.
Invitations to several . more republi
can scntrs all at the white bouse
tomorrow have been sent by the Presi
dent. Their names were not announced
but it is understood there were live on
the list. It was intimated that the
President planned to invite all of the
republican wnarorr to the white house
devoting 4 to 5 hours each day in eon-
ference with them. Senators Borah of
Idaho and Johnson of California, .two
of the bitterest opponents of the league
of nations were expected to be on the
list but. there apparentlf was some doubt
in administration circles whether they
would accept. -CJ j ;-'...'
I'nder present plans of the Preaidenf
t was" not ' bellevetf that he would, be
ble to able to start on his trip to the
'acinc. coast much before the end of the
month: Kvcn with such a delay naval
fticials hoped that he would be able
,i r, :i, l coSBt in time tn rvinf the
new Pacific fleet at San Francisco Aug-
t 1". .-
M 'CUMBER DOES V
NOT LIKE TO TALK .'..-."
eiciiafor McC'uwbflr was closeted with
the
President -for more than an' hour.
lie-declineil to discuss the' details of
conference, saying he considered
them confidential. "Our conversation
overed a wide ranire," said Me-
umber, '-and if the President wants
o say what we talked about that is
:i!ni;li:, but as fur as I am concerned
I consoler that our conversation was
iintifleiitial and I do hot feel at liberty
o disclose what happened.-" Senator
Mc umber added that his position in
regard to the" league of nations has
ueen made as clear as the English
iinuiiiDie could -make -it, aud that his
position, now. was the same as it always
had been. . 'Z- ''."- ' ' ; :: '"T,
Soiiiitor - Met umber would not
ulicther the ."hantniig situation
say
was
under dis.cussion.f -Senators
invited to the White House
loanirion- ti; (Uscuss thetrcatv include,!
jn-Narv, of Oreoflr. whoTls nndersrood
to t.-twir the league of nations, and
enator Kebog, of , Minnesota' and
i apper, of Iowa, who have not an
nounced any definite - stand on the
league proposal... The President's iuvi
tation to Henator McNary asked that
ho come to the White House to dis
cuss "the treaty and all its environs."
SENATOR SHERMAN
SPEAKS IN SENATE
Washington, July 17. Vrfing tike
ppnatc to refuse aeeeitauee ofjhfe...
.shantung provision and in the. peace
treaty Senator Sherman, republican, of
Illinois, declared today that the section
giving Japan Shantung peninsular "so
taints and poisons the professed altru
ism with which the league of nations
was heralded as to crown it the in per! -
tive. teacher in tha hisfory of modern
times." - - , '.'.. . ;
The provision assarted the speaker
would aid dapau in Becoming the salun
rattled of the world and strengthen b.cr
for the day whea she might ery like
Germany for world empire. In such an"
eventiii-.ity he contiaaed and with a
British and Japanese interest in "the
orient identical tile United - Rtatei
might well look to the' safety of the
Philippines. ,
Exports of Cotton. ,
Is Announced To !
Washington, D. C, July 17 Ep
of eotrea and linters for Jane w
6n:W!i bales, the Department of C
mercp announced r. 1 - -