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'. . i . r leads ma WAY EVERT DAT".. T2.8 . - day, no clang In ten p : Showers tonight n4 a VOL. XIV. NO. 25. "Ml ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.MONDAY-AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1919- PRICE 5 CHI , PERSIAN MINISTER IS IN MEXieO EXPECTED SHE'S CHILEAN BELLE HANDS RADICALS ill BUDAPEST MM ma lEPARAiircDii :.:rr'v - Service Men Take Negroes Into Hand as Result of Attacks on Whites - n 4 1 v sm For two years Poraia has not had a minister in' Washington. Now Sadigh El Sullanos Iihh bccrr -nppointcd '"to-the POLICE POWERLESS, Series of Crimes Against White Women Arouse Soldiers and Sailors to Ac- ' tion Spread Terror in Negro Section-the Blacks Fight Back. Washington, July 21. The capital was quiet today after a, night of in termittant rioting and firing while ma rine!, soldiers and sailors yiaited ter ror upon negroes in retaliation for the series of uegro attacks on wTiite wo men and the long aeries of daylight holdups which have taken place in the While the police stood apparently powerless the uniformed men seized and beat -negroes at point-along IVnnsyb "vaniaenlie1)etweenTlio eapiToTand the iwhie--1"se-'nawh"ett'"-;thVy:-;hail Pt " t- arrived.. in. Washington, finished for the: night they let it be known that theyl intended to meet I TAD A CCf WAR If TP Q again tonight to "finish the job," The 1UDHLIU If UlVlVtlUJ trouble began to focus Saturday night - wheir-the-afxth-attack withiirour weeks on the streets within the city I was reported. The laat woman i to be Wiriston-Salem Employes fix aiiacaeu was inp wue ui a saiior. The assailant got away from the po lice and the service men determined Saturday night to take matters into their own hands. They marched through the southwest section, of the city driving the negroes in terror to their homes where they barricaded themselves. Those caught were beaten and a negro who had been questioned by the police concerning the attack on tho sailor 'a wife narrowly escaped a lynching. The situation quieted down about midnight when the police pa trols were doubled in that section and instructed to round up any loitering ne groes. - i The' negroes " 'promptly retaliated when one of theirTSumber ahot and Seriously, wounded, a policeman who questioned him; as he was loitering about the entrance of an alley,- The negro escaped from a second police man. Triumvirate Radical Lead ers, Declares a Vienna . " Newspaper A FLING AT THE ALLIES DECIDE TO STRIKE Thursday If Demands Are Not Met Nashville, Tenn., July 21. The nex to nn unofficial but reliable report, cu rent here tonight, Thursday, July 24 the date fixed by the Tobacco Workers Union to "lay down nrnis"-and strike. provided their demands' are not accept ed by the Reynolds- Toharco C'ompan The machinists employed by the com pany arc union nien B' least a major ity of them are but they have no con nection with the tobacco workers and is lcarnod that they will take, no part in the strike should it matirrfhnzc. . k' ... :' Mr. and Mrs. Stone Lose Four Months Old Child This fanned the flames and all" day yesterday the word was being pass ed to sailors, soldiers and marines to I assemble on Pennsylvania avenue Hun day night for the "clean up" conse quently the service men appeared in little bands and began beating negroes wherever about the oity they were found., . . From a trolley car one was dragged off and knocked insensible. Another' was laid out witnin a nuncireu yarns oi the .entrance of the white House. Ail nn srtii down the avenue there wer similar encounters from which the ne groes finally 4eJJn terror. . When the service men retireoSfor the night they declared they- would U V forth this evening ana invii.ea any wim wouhJto join them. Hilda May Htone, the four months ol died at the home of her parents, 21 Marigold afreet, vestordav afternoon about- 2 o'clock.', The funeral of the little child wa held this afternoon at 2 oVloek and interment followed in the family bury ing ground aLPortehcs. The sympa thy of numerous friends goes out to the- grief -stricken parents in their hour of intense sorrow. ' who MOVE TO STOP - ATTACK ON NEGROES SHARP DEBATE ON SHANTUNG MATTER Senators Lodge and Borah Declare it is a Surren der to Japan Washington, July 21. Senate debate Washington, July 21. The Feedral 0n the pcac. trcnty and the league of crnvernment intervened today to prevent I irations covenant, was renewed today a recurrence of the attacks made Bat-(with a sharp controversy between Sen urday and Sunday nights by tailors, tutors Williams, Democrat, of Mississip soldiers and marines on negroes in re-1 pif Lodge, Republican of Massachusetts taliation of attacks by negroes on white I and Borah of Tdaho, Senator Williams women in this city. After a conference I charged that the Republicans in. recent with Secretary Baker and the local gov-1 addresses had submitted erroneous sta erninir authorities the -army provo9t I tistics regarding Shantug' but both guard was restored to. duty. Tho police I senators denied this and Mr Lodge re- authorities announced that 25 soldiers I iteratedthat . while Japan maintained and marines would aid in patrolling the I only control over the Shantung ports streets tonight. Major General -Bar-the German railroad and German docks neite, commandant of marines assured I girve her control of the entire province, the authorities all possible help would) The Idaho senator' asserted that the be given by marines from Washington I practical effect of the Shantung pro- barrack. The police authorities an-1 vision was to surrender -political" and nounced that the streets which were practical sovereignty over the prov- the scenes of the rioting during the last I jnee to Japan. two days in which scores of negroes were beatea will be kept clear of small groups. No action curtailing the issu ances of pane or the granting of fur loughs for soldiers and marines sta tioned in and near Washington-is con templated by the military authorities Williams Asks An Immediate i Washington, 'July 21.- Probe John Skeltoi MAY WADE INTO -HOME POSSESSION Drys Make It Clear They Will Fight to .Prevent Storage in Homes Washington, July 21. An effort to William, controller of the currency de- have provision on the bill making it nied today before the Senate Banking unlawful ' for - person to possess liquor committee changes made, by Republi- j nhis own dwelling was expected to be can McFadden of Pennsylvania that atorra center of devate today in the he had' received a fee is connection house when consideration of prohibition with the aale of the Arlington Hotel enforcement legislation; wax resumed, site here to the government. Mr. Wil- Members who announeed they would lima demanded that theJPennsylvania attempt to have the bill amended with Congressman be aummoned before tbc this point in view declared the measure Senate committee which .is considering as framed allowed the doding by weal the coptroller's renoination. The ehair- thwy persons, thousands of whom have n an said Mr. McFadJea had" been ask- stored In their homes enough whiskey 1 1 0 f -. and wines to his: them a life time. Think the Allied Govern ments Are Either Too Weak or Are Unwilling to Intervene Forcefully. Vienna, July 21. It was a triumv rate of radical lenders thaf replace the head of the Ilinlnpc'st gjvernmcn according to dispatches to a Vienn newspaper. I lie three men composing the government are V'arga, former mia istcr- of socfirl preleftlun; 'ifnjnjj-AlpaPT- and Tiber Bza iiiuelv. The ni-w po ment, aeeordtng to the reports received here, ordered the comlnander of the city known as a "moderate" to turn over the citv to tho Volunteers for the "terror troops" have been called for by their loader who formerly wasBella Kims Jjodyguard. The government, triumpvirate: la con vinecd the allies are either too weak or nn willing to intervene forcefully. Bella Kim's army is said to be break ing up ami monev is depreciating rap idlv in value and conditions are said to be unbearable. Bcla Kun Deposed By Powerful Trio Vienna, July 21. Bcla Kun, the So viet minister of war and foreign af fairs, has been deposed by a triumvi rate composed of Tibor, Smiamhcly and Vago, according to the Vienna newspa pers Vago is the military commander at Budapest. DE J. B. TURNER HERE Dr. J. B. Turner, alumni representa tive, is here in the interest of the Alumni - Association of Wake Forest College. All alumni are requested to meet with Dr. Turner at tho Y. M. 0. A., at 8 o'clock tonight. A local organization will; be per fected and plans laid for some definite work on the part of ; n local alumni association. Wake Forest men, whether degree holder or not are urged- to be present. v Reply on Matter Attack on United btates Sailors is Expected Soon , FULL REPORT AWAITED President Appeals to Sena tor Approve Appoint , ment American The Demand By Washing ? ton Government is Ex pected to Bring Prompt Action .-From Mexican Federals it is Declared Washington, Jtilv 21. 1 rgent repre sentations made 1(? Mcxk-o l.itv bv the .State department in the result of th attack dn'i Auieriean s.".ilor In a small boa: from.the Monitor hevenue on Jiify 6th wa expe ted bv ofln-inls here gpromrit ai'tiorr bv the Mexi can '.government..- In the meanwhile further 'Statements were awaited bv the Navv and Mate d'-purtmcnts. I.arlv today no further word was received from the commander if the cruiser To- ppka atTampico who wa- instuuOd .""at Sec ret a rv-Bttmcbr-tn- mn kp a full- report-' 'j. 1 ' This report as expected to develop he - character ' of the bund which hrhl up an drolilXMl the sailors while ttiev were on official dutv. MOVE MUCH DEBATED President Says It Means So Much to Business Inter ests of the County That United States Should be Represented. : iMlungton. Julv 21. President Wil- on toilav asked the Wennte foreign re lations i-oiiiiiuttee to approve nMioiut- nt-ir of nn American member of the reji: :itioiiM oniiinsson4H oviiled for iinilrr the peace trca'v though provis ionally pending Senate action of the Versailles' document. .. .The. comniittetv debated the-reijiu-st for tmrre thnn an hour wituout action. 1 he President: -aid hr made the reipicst because he con sidrii-d it '-f niiH-h inipcr'apce to the liiisiues; interest of the-rountrv tti7.r-Trietiined'"T5nne Tm on the coniniiKHion. 1 II V . !"! V. Til : i - i . 1 ejHesi'iited AMERICANS AND JAPS TO ESTABLISH. JOINT BANE BOLSHEVIK! HOLD ' SWEDISH MISSION Stockholm Advices Indicate Representatives Other Nations Be Taken 2.75 BEER MUST GO -IN PHILADELPHIA Jail and $1,000 Fine Face Sa- Loon Men Who Persist in Selling It Philadelphia, July 2fl. Imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000 or both at the discretion of the court, faces each and every brewer and saloon-keeper who is now selling 2.73 per cent beer, in vio lation of the law. Ignornnto of the law is held to be no excuse for law givers, and the salodn men and browcrs who today opened their places, will, federal officials de clare, have their certain prosecution to reckon with. - Agents of the department of justice, working under the head of the bureau t investigation, Todd Daniel, aided by the detectives, lent tho government by the local police authorities, are circu lating today throughout the city get- ing evidence and samples of 2.75 per cent beer soltKn city saloons, :Already, since the investigation began on July 1, over 100 of these samples have been obtained,- together with the?, names of the purchasers, and the names df wit nesses to the sales.-1 . ' """" Stoekholin, July 21. The Bolsheviki Koveriimcnt at Petngraii refused to ro se five members of the Swedish le- ation at petrograd reiently arrested, was announced hei.today. An offi - iul of the Kwedish foreign office said was hi belief representatives of oth er nation sit JYtrograd probably would be arrested. ' - Tokio, .Tune 12 Preparations the establishment of a .mint stock bank bv American and Jnpanese capitalists have been favorably progressinng, ami the formal iiiiiiiiiini-ciuent of its orgain zaiioii win nc mode Iiefore long. nie- project wasr first .'suggested bankers of California wheu Baron Me gata visited the United States last year. The '.-movement is interesting bankers and -cnpitulirfls on both sides of tho Pacific ns ihe II st itt"mpt to wn. Is .i jo:-t stck 'mnk betneen Aineric in and Jnpa"CJC banaeri. . . : mm ttV'Vy t r.',' nf V, V.-: -V.- '; , OLCA . Knorita hschaiiTTe,- w it h Mini; Latin Anu riiaii very. -, -poptllnr in ' Washiiigton.' from Chile, 'and she's, to niarrv h. r Will i- been KIm: ( urlos Sickness Sends Him to V. Alter His Return Fron Hampton Roads REPUBLICANS TO VVA1 Grayson Says Sickness i -w)c serious Conference With Senators on Lear of Nations Postponed definitely. President Tak Bed. I ribe, brother-iu-luw from ( olllllibiu 1 reta of the minister WILD CATS SECURE LIVE SECRETARY REVEALS LETTER OF FORMER HUN KAISER Document Declares in 1914 That Serbia Met Austrian antes River Is Now . - c" Above Its Banks Richmond, Va., July : 2WWith the wharves around the water front here submerged and many-streets inundated, the James river at Richmond psssed the flood stage which is 10- feet at 2 a. m. today and wa's still rising rapidly when reading was taken at 8 a. m. A crest of 11 1-2 feet is expectodttis afternoon. Demahds Berlin, Jiily 'p-(Jfy A. PJ A let ter written by former Km:eror William Julv 2!1,1TI14, to Dr." von '. .Bethmann Ilollwi,. then imperial Oerman chan cellor, is published here. . .! i The letter ays that, after having read the Serbian reply to the Austrian ultimatum, it was the opinion of the emperor that all 'of Austria's wishes had been met. 'and Hint nil ground for war was removed, it adds, however, that as the Serbians 'are orientals and untrustworthy: 1lie Austrian Piould occupy Belgrade1 until tho Serbian promises are f ullille. ' "On this basis," says the emperor, "I would be re.iilv to arrange peace in Austria." Fifteen Officers and Men Have Joined Association - of the 81st Division I'olumbia, N. Itr.TTmr-unuTrr CTJiily 21. More than antTiiicii v!io TAR RIVER ALMOST AT FLOOD STAGE Incessant Rain Has Caused Water to Rise Over Nine Feet Recent continuous rains have, "caused the Tar river just 'outside, the city to rise quite" rapidly, the water having risen l feet 12 im-hes, or nor rpiit'r three leet below stipulated flood hta)Je with in-, the last few days. The wafer w.".- stilling '.coming down increasingly this iniirimijj -with: a. registered yxw f approximately, an lii-h n hour, is nl Washington, July 21,-President V. son returned to nVuhi. -i . -..vp.wu rari.y I from a wyek.end..exius ta. Ham- ton Honds and was immediatelr ed to bed by his perwnal phy.icia, Rcir Admiral Carey T. Grayaon, wh- nnounced that the President was .,, fering from dysentery. " lmiral said the President 'a con ition .was not serious but that he ori bly would be unable to see callers I,. fore Tie end of the .week, ; Engap. ments-which the;:Presidcnt-had wit: any repubhean senators to discuss th, ague of nations and th peace toven nt were cancelled. The President had he f teeling bad for several dar. .n, "hen he started down the '.Potomac Saturday night it was supposed he wa siifTeiing from a slight attack of indigestion. COTTON MAEKET New York,: July 21, Cotton futures opened steady. October, .15.85; D'eeein- ber, 25.02; January, 35.56; March, .'!5.- 00; Mav. .15.60. Successfully Chases Villa Forces With Airplanes El Paso, Tex July 2. (Byy A. P.) A request for an additional squadron of-airjilanes for use against Villa haj been made by General Manuel Dieguez, according to Mexican newspaper reach ing here. General Pdcguea has his head quarters in Chihuahua City and ?as s Squadron of airplanes said to number fourteen machine in his command. - According to the same paper these ane have been successful in bombard- j g not only 8aa Andreas, which Villa eld, 'as reported some days ago, but so Villa camps near Satevo aud San Kew York, July 21. The cotton 1ucrket had .a steady- tpeiiing in re sponse to further.- heavy rain in the South over Sunday and firm .(-Soles but scarcely" developed a sensational break hieh sent spot -jtrii'Cs from 7S to 111 under the highest opening levels and some 65i to 95 joints below the closing prices of Saturday. This violent break resulted from selling precipitated by a bearish statement of an English econo mist .reported to have been madesm the exchange Safiirday.' Later the market recovered, about 5 points but towards the endof the first hour was still very much unsettled with a large trade. served '.at one time or anntlirr. wHi the Kig'.ty-. first division ha ve, joined the Wild (.'at Vc tenuis1 Association. Xcw names are emolied each di'vand in a very short v. hile the list will show a total of at l'"ist 2.-.,imt. JI- idqua-fers of the asso i ation are iu Columbia because it was at tiiKp-Jaekson .hat the famjui 'Viiii U.i division 'ecei-.:i its initial tr.vi.i- t'nder the rules of the association governing membership, 'any. man or wo ) man who was ever a .member of tli Mat division, is eligible, provided he or ahfr-waa 'not. ..dishonorably' diseharge.T. W.iny who -aw service with the ,WoWt Cats and who were later 'transferred to other outfi s are seeking membership, jnd they are-as gladly received as those ... who served their entire army, career with the division. The WildCut Veterans' Association has a tirgh minsion, for in addition to keeping : the - members" in touch with each other, it Inteml being ct mn'erlnl halri-to those who need it. The associa tion will be a lasting mi niiinent Jo thwff WrM ('nts whp gave their life in il'pH reaily at high as it -has been in over a year. ... ''"'; : Whett- seen this iu'riiiiig, Mr. K. A. W4r..i'n , "in ,1111,01: 'ltTTrrTicTu5aTnT the uinidng stiitinn, slaterf that lie had received -.'iloii. warnings several davs HAMLET MAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Haililet,. July 21. On Friday the en tire town of Hamlet" shut up" and went to the. soldiers homecoming colo ration at RocklBghrnrr-Every business house in Hamlet, including dreg stores .mt restaurant took a day off and joined in with Jur sister eity in doinir honor to the county's returned aoldiers. An event that jast a gloom over the town was an automobile accident be tween Hamlet and Bockingbaa in the afternoon when a jitney car drive bv 3illy Williams was orerBtaedr One o, the occiijiants,. Horaco Phifer, an em ployee of the SeaTjoard at Hamlet, was hilled, and Frank McNair, son of D. MeNair of Hamlet, seriously injured. The other two ncenpinit. nd tlir tli iter was rivi'ii onfiuril ae nn was ,s,.ji.iu..iii. daily reports of thcrise to- stalii-Jicadquarters at Raleigh., No iliUHa;e, he-rttated, had as yet. been re--ported, ;li:.u 1 rom authoritative .sources lie hart -learned that the 'water .niuxu...higher, tarttier. down t than here. ' - .. .Althi'iigfi the stre.-mr is Rtiil. tl( its liaiili-i Up -around the iMiiiii.tiiinir station, it hapre;id over much of the low lend in Riverside Park-down below the fails .-mrt-t Irc-B och r M omir-itllX Early today the water was oiilFy'iboiit a .foot' for nit he too of the Paimitit stage in the park and in many instances was lapping the, drive along the river's edge. With the increasing j-ains if is cxpeueT that a -still .greater . rise will take .place wittiin the next few davs. j ami flood st:iye: soon be rea.ehoil.flt tlie' i-pi-ese.nt:-fspid ratc-ihc: water is rising?" wtero 110; seriously injured. Spectators of the -accident said that it wa caused by fast driving. The car. a Ford, had Jut jasseirT'liudson'bttt. when trying to get in the center of the road atrnck sonre: object and was overturned. The nig st at i(i H; slated: that I -. 'l!ou. warning several Hi .accoriT.-iiice with ins'rucficnsi deceased was a -Voune man of excellent , . ... ... ... 1 ..... : , , reputii'.ioifr-and leaes a young wife. Germany Attempts:. To Resume-Relations look after German interests in France. Appointment of Baron Ton Lersner aa diplomatic representative in France is the first step by Germany in. the re sumption of such relation with her former opponents.' Baron von Lersner formerly was a secretary of, the German emhaitsy in Washington. He has been attached to" the German peace delega tion since its arrival in Yervi 'U s. Versailles, July 19i-t(By A.' J.) Announcement was made here setai-of- ficiully that Baron Kurt von Lersner, the head of the German mission here, had been appointed charge d 'affaires toj jended tnb mi,l up f m.,. fom fense of right; it will keep alive memo ries and friendships knowjjL'.durijig the Bar."" Otic feature; will be a magazine to be issued: Jdirce imes a year... : 1. The secretary of the association, C. R. Klkins, whose office is in Columbin. has a heavy mail these days with .ap plications for membership and ques-. tions regarding eligibility to member ship. Any man or woman wh3 quali ties under the membership, regulations, n stated above, Can become a member by sending his or her name to Mr. El kinB. and enclosing one dollar. to pay the dues to Septeniber, 1920. The presi dent of the association isTW.-.J'. Mc Gcwan, of Columbia. Mr. McOowan wa formerly a major, comm,mding the ,117th Machine Gun battalion.-Mr. Elk ins was a first lieutenant, assigned to" duty at K-iilbn "headquarters. In ap-. plying for membership, the full name, rank; drgflniimMon,' and present address must be given. ' While the 8lst division was originally former Bandit is now - considered a trade r actor FRENCH ARMY HAD HUNDRED-MILE GUI1 Manufacturer Delayed by Red Taps, Says Chief . Engineer . .. .. . North Carolina, South Carolina, aud Tennessee, it held this Identity for a very short time, and soon had practical ly every State in the Cnion rcprs- seated.' There were hambera of men from each of the Southern Siote; large number fom Chicago and Xew York, and representative numbers frorri-drae tically everj- section of the United states, . ' Seattle,. July 1 Representatives' of coast oil handlers vvtlo have made tlnu -pliilippine.s' ti:ii Miis '-eason are com- iucutih;;im one. cluine iuiusiilar ccuuli tious that forecasts much for the coun 'rv. In 1 Kmilo - Agftinaldo first cajnc prominent as a rev.oluf ionr.ry lead er, and was so successful that the Span ish iovernnioiiCt compromised with' him two years later, it paid t0fl,00a in gold if he would leave the country. He got as far as Singapore when the war between Spain and the United Btates broke out, was recalled as an ally of the United States, helped defeat the Span ish, was la-tor" an enemy of this country and finally took the oath of allegiance in 1911, after capture by General Funs ton. : ;' " Today Aguinaldo is. not fifty years old, the ownjt.of.xaluable agricultural holdings in the islands and is vice pres ident of two of the big cocoanut oil handling concerns which have recently been organised the Philippine Refin ing -Company- and the Rizal Refining Company. With the Philippine Islands supplying a Jhird of the world's sup ply of cocoanut oil these, eoaeerns are real trade factors. - Oil men say this change in the half-, Spanish-half native leader from insat recto to constructive "business man means rtineh to th future busintwa of the islands, becruse of the great influ ence he hi3 w;:li his countrymen. P.'.ris, July 18. . While giving e l- ' deuce before, a comitttee of chamber of duputies investigating the Briery question today M..L Bourgeons, aid eh.ineer of thi nsvy department' said that at the time Paris was being bom bnraeil by (lerman lon; range sins, he had designed a cannon with a rai. uf i0il r ! waich could: be put in po sition in an h jur. ' . 7 M. Bourg.eous stated that he had n-g-! iip. Albert Thomi, thet under- . evtary of vate fer war. the imuit- .incc of bombardinng te Br'ery Iron works and had lucn asked to design long range cannon. His plans, however, wi re sent from one" comittee to another aiid the order to manufacture it vjt nof V'Tven mtil r'ebruary, 1918. The gun was ready for action at the time the armistice was signed, he said. BERTIE PLANS TOR BlOr CELEBRATION Windsor, .July 21. A large erowd, estimated at a thousand people attend ed Saturday an all day "Welcome Home'i meeting of the soldiers, sail ors and marines at Brown's graded school, ffteenmiles from here This i one of a dozen meetings that will be held in different parts of Bertie eounty. Judge Francis D. Winston reviewed the history of Bertie eounty in the world 's war and paid high. tribute to those who served from this eounty. STOCK MARKET New York, July SI. An abrupt d." cline of almost 8 point in Butte in Superior Mining due to the outcome 1 recent litigation was the only conspi, l ocs exception of the stock market : the opening of today's session. ping, oils tint steels led Atlantic ( Mexican Petroleum and, Midvalc J gaining 1 to 2 1 ! points. Mot.i -s improved on the new high re Stutz and nernl C :r"irs f. tobs-cos.
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