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THE EEMMG. TELEGR AM The Weather Fair tonight and tuu... row, Gentle Weet Winds "ROOKY MOUNT LEADS TBB WAT XVESY DAT'! VOL. XIV. NO. 32. ROCKY MOUNT;" N. C.f TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, 1919. PRICE 5 CENT, SCORE KILLED IN FURIOUS -KACE WOTS IN CHICAGO TIE-UP IS Hundreds Injured Three Ad .... ditionaLDeath Under. . In vestigation by Police FOURTEEN WHITES ' : ARE ON DEATH LIST Disorder Spreads to City's Residential Section Sev eral Battalions of State Troops Await Call Arms -. Entire Police Force used . in Attempts to Stop the Rioting. . Chicago, July 29 Race" ribtin;; spread outside the gouihside negro dis triet today. There was furious fighting and shooting in the Loop early in th -forenoon. The exclusive northside resi dentin! district received a touch of dis bwr.nnug -roniiiiHeohr auer break, bringing the number of dead iu police reports up to 22 by pi id, fore noon and hundreds wer? injured,' . Th. police had under investigation three oth er reported killings. 'The list of 2:' included fourteen whites and eigh negroes. :: ..-' The street car strike seemed to aid the spread of race rioting which surg ed up from the aouthside into the loop on the heels of thousands walking to work who ordinary rode. Streets ordi narily almoat deserted early in the day wert ,lmsf jyjtjt pedestrians mostly men' and boy'1wnosi numbers afforded rie.V opportunities' for raeial quarrels. Several tiatalliont of State troops wee under arms in nmories or parks await ing porttiblel ealla of the ty -1 Mean while'ithaenttre' tootiea' force was deal- the riots h r CHICAGO. Kraft is aeronautical engineer of the Ooodvear Rubber Company and therefore an Important witness in any tction that may grow out of the burning of the Qoodyear dir igible, Wing; foot Expressfin Chicago, resulting in-13 deaths. HOUSE COMMITTEE ADVISES BEPEAXi OP SOPT DEDTK toAX Washington,' July 28. Measures, for the proteetion ofeveral of the Indus tries which grew out of war necessity and for the repel of the ten per cent tax on soft drinks and the Canadian reciprocity agreement were recommend ed j the house ways and. means com mittee. .A tax of tw0 eents a gallon on apple!, grape and loganerry uices in lieu of the present gross tax of 10 per cent oa sales also was recommended. Action on thelll for the protec.tiot. of the dye industry was deferred pend ing drafting of the measure by its' patron, .Representative Longworth, re publican, Ohio, his measure levies a tax on imports .and authorizes creation of a board to pontrol imports through a licensing aysTem. Mr. Longworth has rewritten the bill and expects ac tion next week.. '- . " TOTS PRESIDENT CHOSEN -J Helsiugfors, July 2S. Tke Finnish diet elected Prof " fc. J. Stahlberg, preifJent of the "re pub lie. Professor Stahlberg received 142 votes, while n.-neral JmH 'Manuerheim, who ban G SPREAD OF LAWLESNESS in wh : i. n i .. " 1 . 1 ' r VbLIMP-IiOSS-WITNESS J Vi.r ."1', I t yCiCKA-'Jj COURT TO DECIDE OWNERSHIP OF AIR Missouri Farmer Seeks Keep Airplanes From Using Space-Over Farm ; Kansas City, Mo., July 29. Whether a property owner is also owner of th (ilr above his land is to be determined through a court action tmraght by Fre. eri'ck llociicmanu, a farmer. He, seeks to restrain a company owning airplanes from using the air above his farm, Hoenemann contends that sight of the. machines and the noise of their engines disturb the livestock. There is sail to be no direct preced eat to guide the court, and the case is causing wide discussion in legal ciicles. iLegal experts of England nave dis cussed the matter from the standpoint of national ownership of the air, it is said. . ':.. ' , . '' Some lawyers contend that freedom of the seas and freedom of the air arc the same, while other assert the courts have held that ownership carries with it -light and air above the property as well as the earth beneath It is pointed out that when the gtoam engine came there wife many law suits, the plaintiffs contenfling that the noiae as well as the danger jeopardized their stock. The Massachusetts supreme court, however, rendered the opinion that th locomotive was lawful and in keeoinz with nroirrcss.' Attorney say a similar condition arose when motor cars came into use, but the highest court of Indiana ruled i their favor on the grounds tha,t the law must keeii pace with progress SENATE WILL GET FRENCH PACT TODAY President Hay Not Leave on Western Tour Until the Middle of August Washiniiton, July 29. TheHraiiCOr American treaty will be sent to the toil ii y hy President Wilson. Sec retai v Tumulty ainto-uwieil . that the President would not submit the treaty in person He will send It. and the accompanying me-sage by mesesngers. The President may not leave Wash ington on his tour of the country until August 13, owing - to the excessive heaf. He will eouf'ef with Secretary Daniels probably today concerning -the advisability of having the Pacific, fleet await his arrival before entering San Francisco harbor. Red Cross Helping Men. Get Back in the (Jam;; Ailnnta, July 28. One tnlng the Red Cross Department of Civilian Relief is doing these days is to see that every crippled soldier or sailor" gets ba lpto the game" just as close to his or iginal self, as scieace canimake him that it the idea of the government.; The f iverhment providas for .the (ltting,'-replaeing,.and keeping in repair of every artificial limb ot .appliance re ijuired" by its crippled fighters, and the Red Cross is helping to see that all who need these things apply to Unclt Sam" for them. , TThe excellence of these artificial adjuncts to tne human body is remark able. Miss Mary Ann Abel of the Southern Division headquarters attend ed a baseball game in Washington re cently in which, every member of botl teams had lost either a leg or an arm--and it was a good, close, hard fought game of ball, too. ' Appearance of Bootblacks One Result War in Berlin Berlin, July 1. (Correspondence ot The Associated Press.) One more o.' the practical "fruits of the revolution' has been the appearance of bootblack; in the downtown streets of Berlin They are especially welcomed by tbi hotel guests who sin-e "the dawn "ot new freedom" and. the Shortage ot footgear are steadily discahrding thi once proper night custom of placinj their boots in front of the door of th. apartment where they awaited th porter'a early morning round. Oreater Berlin has just licensed 16 pubfio bootblack Jtands. Operator! will wear a number an'd a Prussia! eagle band on their caps. . - . COTTON New York, July 29. Cotton future: j.. ni-,1 " steady, O.'tobef" 34.45,- Per ; j.-., ; ?' .: s rt ft, r3. WILL INVESTIGATE CLAIM OF FARMER Geographic Society Deter mine if Kentuckian is Really 130 Louisville, July 29.-The National Geographic society has been asked to investigate the claim of John Shell, a niou u f a fueer of Leslie CdU ut y ," KyJ' that he la 130 years old, " Shell 's neighlmra. corroborate the statement concerning his age.-Shell has nine children. He says the oldest is ninety years old. He ia said toJiave 200 descendants in his home section, several being great-great grand children. The mountaineer, who claim excel lent eyesight, steady nerve, and gener al good health, attributes his long life to outdoor living and temperate habits. EXPRESS CHARGES EQUAL TOTAL VALUE OF GOODS New York, July 29. Investigations which have recently heeii made by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, of tlnseity, to determine the fairness of advertisements - published by no-called Huik ordir rocery jhoiiscsj have .developed some interesting facts witlr relation to the "saving" whiyii the buyer is supposed to enjoy. A Los Angeles nian answered such an advertisement in a local newspaper and ordered $1.99 worth of goods. Express rhnrgt-B were tl.85, and' wlien he sub mitted the merchandise to a Ls An- geles grocer, the latter offered to dupli cate the order out of regular stock for 1.8.V These mail order houses, say officers of the advertising association, should not be confused with legitimate mail order houses which operate upon the principle of winning friends and build ing permanent trade. - Indications are ay association nflVials, thnt ."once over 'is as much as these houses can expect. Certainly, a man would be a foot to pay $3.48 (the cost ini'lViding the expense of sending the order) for at he C"'-! g"t flrojmd the corner for 1.85. '; - - - -'.; ---'' Such offers are usually: made in con nnctinn with prices that are cut on a few standard articles. To obtain tlieHe, the purchaser must take an assortment of other articles which are not stand ard. " - ' KAISER HAS NEVER ABDICATED CLAIM Pan-German Press Says An, nouncement by Maximil . lian on no Authority Berlin, July 28. tThis morning's pan Oerman newspapers of Berlin make a feture of a five-column expose of occur rences in connection with the outbreak of the German revolution" last Novem ber, iqrldding a struggle faking'plaee at German great headquarters at Spa on November 9) lasting nearly 24 hours, to induce Emperor William to abdicate. Material - is adduced to show that Prince Maximilian of Baden, then im perial chancellor,; finally -took' the .initiative-and gave to the Wolff Bureau an pfficlal statement that the emperor had abdicated as emperor and king of Prussia, although it is averred he had done neither and has never renounced the. throne of Prussia. Prince Maximilian,, it is declared, took this Btep out of misguided pstrio tisin in an attempt to subdue the revo lutionary movement which was rapidly getting out of haad and by it forced the emperor's advisers to hurry him away to Holland - The panGermans now charge the former - chancellor "with treachery. . All doubts as to William Hohenzol lern's abdication as German emperor and king of Prussia were considered to have been settled when Berlin advices an November 30 last told of the issu ;nee by the. new German government of 'he former emperor's act of renuncia tion, described as having been executed ind ligned by' William Hohenzollcrn At Amerongen,. Holland, on November IS. - The text of the abdication as given a a Berlin dispatch began:- "By the present document I renonnee forever my rights to the erown of Prussia and the rights to the German imperial erown.' When men speak of a reign of terror, " v r ii tv -t it is a terror fcr th: . HAIG DECORATES U. S. HERO .J 0 - " if ; L aJ I 1 LONDON. Majnr (Iciierul ollicor of tlie Ainorii-aii armv, Sir Doiifilns IlaipT. " llv rt'ceivnl tliiv K. '. M. (I. Knight ( 'oin iMoiuler of St. JJicliacl inul St. (Jeorjuy. ' General Squire was for--uierly American military attachee to (ircat liritain. IS INVESTIGATING " POTATO WART HERE Government Ex)crt Making Survey of State to Dis cover Infections Mr. K. C Wirtreefi hl:nil : diacaHf i'xjrt of tlu BurpflU of iut . ImluN' try, Wa.shingUiiW-L'. i apouiliug st'veral dayn iu t lu'tfity viu iuntt tMav with Ins work o" fiii:ikiiiif u siirvov of North aritiiua to (lis. o vr u.irt on o t and ihua-uui th! lnrrtt----,ln '-"in but Hguin-'t t ho K.t.;ln (h.ii'Uie wlmh is iJiMVin wo lies', r.u.i tivp in certain rt'jfionis. . Mr, Wii tn-e k 'WuTi'avDrhty to l()t?!it anv po.ssihli1 exanipli's of (lip liifet'tuni nnd .Hiiuulirini'oiislv fin-tlicr the i'liforJiiation to. the pottrto users in order that tlicy m:iv sJ 04iiirJJte with the goveruiiieii'! j-.uth-jrities in-the ultimate destruction uf the disease. the potato iiiitu-trv (if this i'omiirv is endangered, ao onlmg to Mr. o h-1 tree, by tins new ml eetioil called, wart of potato (Jrislti which - was- discovered i in Pennsvlvanta in and is lielieved i to have spread to other sections of tlielfo a venr and a half on the roads country It was ,oiiltless brought - in When captured bv local officers ves from Eiirope, said tin' government ex- teidiiy, he a.lniitted that he had broken pe,rt, and in 1!H2 a strict embargo was jj.,n a second time at Keiiansville aft put. on all importations of jiotatoes in'er having served only four and a half an effort to keep it Jut. m0llti,s of his senteiieeV " After paying .,.; H, is known, however, "that 'a ship- for his iliost recent offonse in tlua.coun nient, on perhaps several shipments of )e wit U(,ai H, turned ofer to the foreign grown' potatoes ciime directly . K. iiiiusville Authorities for the coiiiulo- into 'Wilmington from abroad before the embargo went into effect, and it is for this reason that a careful survey ia be ing made iu thi"ate. Any dis coveries of the disease will necessitate a rigid "quariritinenT the Infested-areas for an iudetiuite p,riod of time, as a preventative measure against further infection.'.' Asked for evliiriices of the infe,' tion, Mr. W'icjree - replied that it is readily recognized.; by. rough, spongy outgrowths, varying -from- thtT of a pea to thjTTrize of the .tuber itself. which 'are prodio-ed on th kibes at s.VljMiese the eyes or at injured places, outgrowths are li(;hi brown at first, but with age become black. The mas readily decay anil thus causes soil in fection by the liberation of the spores. This soil infection, aflirmed the gov;ern- mcnt mau, lasted for years. "ali" u,-H-"a was his final caution, "for the disejw- does nSt affect the tops, report rronipt ly Hll susiieimis rnsm, buu-pciiu 3rvi- mens to the following: County agent or any of his co workers; State Experi ment Station at Raleigh, or Plant Dis ease Survey, Bureau of Plant Industry,! Washington, l t'." "" Find Carload Cattle That Was Forgotten and Starved Rprlin " Julv 1. (CorrespondeiH-e of The Associated Pres.)-The govern- uol,s ruut"!, 8:'" tne ivin ot ment troops guarding the Lichten'bvrg ""' irete last U'KM 11 Norfolk tnin station in the east nd-of Berlin, have"" seut armlnd via Benton, N. C, and discovered wveral earloada of livestock which were sidetracked to the freight yards aad apparently forgotten.' Most of the animals were dead from starva tion. ' . iJeBnwhile the Uurt.iK'e of niei. in (Jforgfl has ln-en Squires, co-orated bv tlie limn of NEGRO WHO ROBBED STORE IS CAPTURED John Wilson, also Wanted for Breaking Jail-Arrested Here John Wilson, -colorel, who broke Into the store of Mr. M. (!. Hrnswell at Bat tleborii seveynl uinhts "ago an(l gut .away ith approxiiftety fmrr hundred dollars worth f fncreliiiiidi.'C', was" tak en into custody here vMterdv bv J K ptjht and is iMiiv-t.wiiti -held bv p llce olriciahi pending 1ns turning over to the county aiithnritii's at Mashvllle. : A portion of tiie property which Wil son stole has hern 'recovered from an other negro who resides nenr the scene of the rohherv, hot a Inre amount yet retnai-tis undiscovered. . -- Wilson,' it will he. renumbered,' was arresteil here ..ii.bout tr ttttt . .ntrrr and turned oxer to authorities nt Kenans ville where he h:nl escaped from impris- onniont niid -nt the Hiiiue time aided of eleven other pris- f' the liberal i oners I-or this oense he was senteiicel tion of 1j ia. term there. LOCOMOTIVE GOES THROUGH TRESTLE Washout Causes" an A C L, Bridge on IJorfolk Line to GiveVay ' An migine ami tender crashed thr-iugh the A. C. L. trestle across Tar river on the main line to Norfolk yes-- terday afte.oon aliuiy six o'clock. Fortiftiarely no onewas in the locomo tive, and no fatalities resulted. j The engine" it seems had been left standing on - the north side of the trestle to act as ballast and at the same time test the strength of the structure. tt-ith the continual strain of he giant lm.onuitWf u n i ,he butfre8!M,, of gave ,wav under lhe wasll. ing of the waters with the result that the engine was sent crashing down into the stream. '. . The accident further handicapped the oflice facilities oftherailroad. "which have already been terribly crippled becau-e of numerous washouts by the excessive rains and swollen streams of recnt dsys. V . - I All- trains are running on much de '"" u "vpr c.rcu..- aeecaaan.y muca ueiayea. tH POLICE COT7BT Only one case eaine ap for disposal in municipal court today. ;This wa a cse aainst. I.au('e Dirkens who was -1 en of fi T PACT TO SENATE Special Messenger Takes Franco-American Treaty ) TrT PQanitnl WILL ASSIST FRANCE Provides that America Will Aid That Country in Case of Unprovoked Attack by Germany. Treaty r Separ ate From Covenant. Washiiiglon, July L'9. President Wil- f(m toilav transmitted to the Senate the special treaty with Trance bj which the L'liTtetl Btates pleuUges "self to come -immediately- to the aid o fthat republic in the event of an unprovoked attack by (Jerniauv and nl(s for its eaily ratitica4ioa along with the treaty with uermanv. -Submission of the treaty came up with sharp criticism by Kepublicaus who for several days had openly charged ou the Senate floor that in failing to present the draft of the pact along with the 'Versailles, the President hair violated one of the ar ticles of the document. The President did not follow the usual custom of pre Renting the treaty in person. lie sent it to the capitol by special iiM'sseiiger along with a n1e.-4sr.ge pluming is purpose. The President told the Senate the purpose of the treaty was to provide assistance for Prance n t-ase ot unprovoked aggression by Ger many without waiting for the ndvicT of the Council of the le:'.gue of nations j that such action should be taken and exp.aiueil that it was to he an "nr rangement not - independent of the league of nations, f liu: under it.". STAMPS OF SMALL NATIONS CURIOUS Those.i)f NevNation Creat ed by Recent War AttrAcU V - Much Attention -- Iahu lt Julv 4. ( irrcpinilt,nt'e of Tlit Asetocintt.1! I'rt'SH. ) N't a nip ooHt'C tors, of .yjiii-h Lonlou lias its full nharn are enthusiastic ovr tlio curunu post ao ftt:inipK wintli art hcyiiining to rt'St-n thi'in irum ttu -smaller Juropoau state!.. : One ex.-impleV from Lithuania . is of the first permanent issue ot that coun rv. Tt lias been lithographed on heavy Silurian gray paper, formerly used for the printing of bread tickets. : ' y - Lettluud, Lithuania's neighbor, print ed its lir.-t stamps on the backs of (lemian ordnance maps but these prove, a little unweiblv and now its stamps, are printed on i lie llimsiest ol cigarette papers. . : -. Czeeho .Slovakia stamps 'recently re ceived here are simply the united arms of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia with the'. inscription-. "C'e.sko-.Slovenska JStat- ii i V ..printed on the Magyar stamps. They were" issued when the Czecho slovak troops invaded Hungary.1. " The disputed port of Fiume has been provided with a striking series -of pic torial stamps, apparently in anticipa tion of an Italian mandate for they all bear the words "Fiume proclaims l'an nesione all 'Italia' and the date 3U-10-lBlSThe four designs include the statue of Romulus and Remus fed by the she wplf, the plaza of St. Mark and incierit Yeiu'tian galleon and the por trait of Dr. Crossich. i ' ERZBEEOEB SATS ENTBNTE MA6H0VEKTOBESFOB-PE. Berlin, July . 28. (By Associated Press.) Mathias Er.berger, vice pre mier 'and miniser of finance, declared in the German" national assembly that Great Britain and France iflr.Se peace overtures to Gerinany through the Vat ican in; August, 1917, and that Germany reeeted them. . " Documents to support the statement werementioned by Herr Erzberger. Tese included the jext of a note from Monsignor Pachelli. osoal nuncio at Munich, inclosing what, was said to be a telegrain from the British minister at the Vatican, -to which France as sented. victobs nr iktebaxlied . GAMES TO SAIL JULY. 30 New Tork, July 29. The victorious aoldierathdlete track team which won the recent interallied games in the Per shing Stadium near Paris, will sail from France tomorrow. " Colonel Walt John son, who ia in eharge of the team, eah led the sailing date to Amateur Ath letic nnioa officials ia this eity. On the arrival of tha athletes there will be a special reception and celebration, fol lowed by a track meet i which both t'. track an.l fi-M men wil compete in PRESIDE!.1 SENDS STREETCi STflliiD ISIlfiHCHICfiCi Fifteen Thousand fimployea a in Windy City DISAVOW AGREEMENT Strike Took Effect at Four o'clock This Morning Agreement Between Com pany " and Employes, is Repudiated Chicago, July 29. Fifteen taonsand street railway employes went n a strike for higher wages at 4 o'clock this morning, completely tieiqg up the surface and.1 lerated systems of the city. The colspanus made;Bo attempt tov run. cart and, workers depended oa btnaui. raj way-v'-aulumobilBa, and. other vehicles to reaeh theltS'plac. of busi ness. ,y J.,. v ij . Earls' as" jlfght keada of "thi union and oflloUls titte street .rail way eora paLden teached'.Kn 'agrfwrnen! ta the wages ft the men at njj't '.uately 6) cents Hilt hour aid grantej an eight hour day with tune aod"'a half for overtime. It was thought this action would avert a walkout but at a mass meeting, shortly before midmght the ineu repudiated the agreement and em ployees voted to strike at 4 a. m. to day. The employees demanded 85 cents an hour an increase of 77 per cent over present wages, ah eight hour day and time and a half for overtime. PLAN TO BAISS Bid JTUND i.: ;i - FOB ASHINQTON AND LEE Lynchliurg, Va, July 23 The board of .frustees of kliiiigtoH "and Lee uni versity in session in JLyaehburg -today perfected plans for a nation-wida cam-', paign for a mitlion - dollar endowment fund.'- ':;. -.. ; :,r ..-:'?!; i:'::i,.r Tbe nioney is intended to be. sued for the immediate heeds of the univer- si'y, including an. ncrease:ui be sala ries of the professors and for fntur behefils:" The future headquarters ei the campaign wijl be at itir.hoiond. - : r-. .C'f- - WILMINGTON TO BUILD SCHOOL BUILDINO COSTING S20f,000 - Wilmington, Julv . The school au thorities have given contract for the erection of a high school building here that will eostf-rto.UtW tne nouseTb be completed early nexUJannary . It la said to be the last work architectural Iv and iu the seientiflc arrangement of class rooms and other equipment There will be quarters for a " gym," baths, a complete workshup, domestic BCience, .'ind' there will be taught all those use-, ful things which are considered equally important with text book knowledge - HE'S BOY alUSSESEB NEW YOEBL Edwarcl O'Brien was a 17 year old messenger boy tn New York. But he confesses that he beat his employer to death with a hammer and robbed his cash bos. O'Briea had an accomplice, Edward, Paige, another errand boy. They did not intend to kill Gardiner C. Hull but mnrder is too often the unexpected outcome of robbery. - v STOCKS ' New York, July 29. Following it uncertain-eeurae ot the previous session trading on th stock exchange today begaa with a number f price changes in which gains exceeded the declines. Dealings had little , of '.their recent .reailth or vigor, however and suggested increased caution by professional in terest. Bteelt, ' equipment, ..ahlppii ., and tobacco represented the stron issues with a eontinuance of yes' - day Vadvanee ia obscure specialties. A minoritv is f!wiv bls.heoMi!! ic.w-.. ' f I u -r- ' .-- mmx: 'v. aT'"'' I
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