VENMG--T RAM "BOCKT MOTOT LBADI THB' WAT BVBBTVAT'! flu VTeathor Generally fair tonight ai. - Wednesday - VOL XIV. NO. 54. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., WEDNESD A YAFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1919. PRICE 5 CEN'.. T7 TT TT EEEG ITUS1 CHARLOTTE AFTER FIERCE RIOT Nb Troops with Machine Gun in Keadiness to Guard tar Barns DEATH LIST SWELLS TO TOTAL 5 PERSONS One other Man is Expected to Die Cars are Run on Limited Schedule City Authorities - Have Situa tion in Hand. OTiarlotte, Au. 27. Reports at tho , city hall early today indicated a quiet night lirolighout the city with six com panies of state guards and 2(H) armed citizens patrolling all section at a re sult of disorders growing out of the strike of street' railway employes. The street -car ham which was the scene of the early morning riot of Tues day in which 3 men were killed and 13 wounded, was' under a heavy guard -Tuesday uight. A machiue gun was mounted and in rcadine's to repel 1 any attack upon the guards. The. death list went to 5 today when J. B. Aldred and Willie Hammond, who were among the more severely wounded of the rioters, expired between mid night and dawn. One other man is in a critical condition. Street cars were be ing run out on a limited schedule at 8:30 this morning. City officials assured the Public (Utilities that they had the situntion hand and prepared to handle promptly and disturbances. Guards and police pa trot sections where cars are heing-op erated. Many Y. M. C. A. Workers With Italians Honored Paris, August 10. (By Mail) Eighty three Y. M. C. A., workers with the Italian army on the-Austrian' front re ceived the war cross,' ten received the erosa of Chevalier of the rown, and one was given the eross of the Com mander of the Crown of Italy. The Italian army is not being de mobilised to any considerable extent, and with the continued service of inac tive nature the necessity for " Y ". work grows. At the urgent request of tli Ttalian war oflice, the Y, M.'CV A. Hf Paris has sent thirty more Secretaries tr help in tho work with the army. They carry on general hut activities and a large athletic program. -ACTONONTCEATY-: IS AGAIN DELAYED Senate Foreign Relations Comm. will Hear Wit nesses for 2 Weeks Washington, Aug. 27. Extending the scope of Its public inquiry regarding the peace treaty, the Senate foreign relations committee ' announced last nighf a si'heeTureTof hearings thaTTprom ise to occupy most of its time for the next two weeks and to lead into- the intracacies of political and territorial - problems in several parts of the world. The deputed questions to lie touched I upon in the eight-day schedule include the disposition of Kiunie, of the Is lands and of the German colonics in Africa and the claim of Ireland for in dependence. On the list of witnesses, are representatives of tho Italians, Jugo slavs, Hungarian-American?, Greeks, Irish j Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Esthon ' iane, Letts and American negroes. Under the arrangement the time to be devoted to work on amendments to the treaty this week will be reduced from three days to two, Thursday hav ing beea set aside to hear the negro delegation on the question of the Af rican colonies. ..'."" WANTWARIRQEHY EXHIBIT AT FAIR Corporal Johnson Secures Two Recruits in' the - -Nearby Towns - After a trip to nearby towns in which he secured two recruits Corporal Da vid II. Johnson, of the llnlcigh recruit ing oflice, returned to the city yestcr-j day and will nuiko his headquarters at the local postollice for the next three days. The two recruits whom Corporal Johnson secured are: Clifton Pulley, of Hoanoko Itupids who signed for one year in the (j. M. C, an7l ciuon I'egram, of Efihcld, who cnli-tecl for u like per iod. ' Both these men have been sent to Ri'dcigh tor examination and will be routed to Kort Thomas, Ky., provided -they pass the physical tests. Although Corporal -Johnson hug secured no . re cruits in this city, several men are con sidering entering the service, and he expects to sign up at least two or three before leaving the citv. According to telegram received from recruiting her.dqiiaiters yesterday enlistments' in the infant rv and signal corps for Eu ropean duty have been- opened again. This announcement, it is thought, will have much influence on securing re emits. .Corporal Johnson is receiving applications from ' discharge! : servj men for Victory buttons and request all who wish these . emblem-. to call upon him during his stay at the post office, lie has alreadv fent off applica ions for tifteen - of the but tons an expects their arrival any time. The matter of exhibiting several ear loads of German war tro phies at the loca lfair has also been taken up by the corporal, who has put the fair officials in touch with Colonel Anderson, the officer in charge of th exhibitSt of Greensboro. WANTS U. S. TRUCKS TO LOWER H. C. L. rwA ' - '-Mfr 'iic . --- t? tv.ri7- ,r-y ATTEND THE VJSickv Mount Busine 'T3i' New Term September! W AWHIMiTON. Congressman Clydi lor uirei'i uiHirniunon or ruriu prooticts !o rnmj liyiVOir which, ojienaiug between here and 1.kiiin'iltv llWlxt l.i,(Miupoiiiuls of parcel post mjiil a 111011th. i ftition Tliiiii l-'lour of the. First Nn For inforiiiMlinii wi'ito to liocky M . O. Jtox fi;l1, liockv Mount; N. C. NEW MOTOR FIRM WILL OPEN HERE Hal. K. Hayes will Manage Carolina Indiana Truck Company The (:arolina Indiana Truct Conrjiaay, organized in this City as distributors of Indiana worm driye trucks for ash. Edgecombe, Warren, Halifax Northampton. Marjin, and Pitt coun ties, expect to ojien up their new quar ters dirRose street at an early date. In addition to: currying a -complete line of trucks and parts, they will maiii tain a fully equipped service station uiider the supervjsicn of Indiana- service men. The now firm will specialize on Ho? sale jind service of Jndjana trucks and all kinds of repairs on motor tr-ucks. Mr. Hal K. Hayes, formerly with the Carolina Motor Company, of StatesViWc', and late rwith the Indiaua-Irutk Jiir poration, of Marion, Ind., is general manager of the new agency. Mr. Hayes is well known in automobile circles in western Carolina and has had wide ex perielice with trucks nnd general trans portation for fhe past several years. BRITISHER LAUDS -RICH AMERICANS SayS they are no More Bois terous than Monocled Englishman LOCATE 26 WSECK8 Havre,. France, July 30. Twenty six wrecks have been located a the bot tom of the sea off Havre, six of wnich were de to torpedoes, eleven destroyed by mines, and nine the result of ordi nary disasters of the sea. Two Freaen vessels'" are locating wre.-ks all a1on 1 the eoat. . . Brings M Cents Pound Savannah, Ga.,' Aug. 27. The first bale cf vi island cotton for the Tl Hnl f.if -( IMtlts t-T London,' July 25. "To typical Amer ican is no more a boisterous multi-millionaire with coarse -manners and only money ideals than the typical English man is ""the glacial, monocled, high so ciety specimen who calls everything 'rippin' and ultimately marries a chor us girl." This was eoemment of II. Y Brad don, recently Trado Commissioner for Austrlia at Washington, tt a luncheon given him in London by AustralianHHhl- other officials. . . "Their home life in the States if charming,'' said Mr. Braddon,' "and their conversation is directed to sub jects of interest to the stranger in the cost courteously considerate way. They have 110 special admiration for wealth as such, but only for- .wealth as wi-ely and generously used." . STOCK New York, Aug. 27. Moderate sell ing attributed to the rejectionr-by the railroad shopmen of President Wilson 's offer imparted a heavy tone to the stock market today. Losses of 1 to al most 3 points were jnade by leading rails, steels, .equipments, copers, mo tors, snd their specialties and oils. Los ses were largely recovered before the PLANES EFFECTIVE IN BANDIT FIGHTS 'Evil Birds" And Their "Eggs" Scare San Do , mingo and Haiti Washington, Aug. 27. If the "evil birds" that lay "explosive eggs" doii 't stop flying over fianto Domingo and Haiti, the graves in every cemetery of both countries will be absolutely' bar ren of the bones of ancestors. Ancestor broth is" alioiirth"eonl,v tlurig'tliat will protect tho natives from the harm of !he "evil birds." As for the Haitian and Dominican bandits, however, noth ing will protect tlieiu, for the evil birds". lay eggs with such rapidity that outlaw" bands are greatly redueed as a consequence. AH of.whTeh is contained in' an official report to marine corps headquarters here from ("apt. Waits B. HeCanghtrv First Division, Squa ron D, marine aviation force, Hantl Domingo; f jici;aughtrv is , in comntanti or six airplanes, whose pilots have already de monstrated the ability of planes to pur sue bandits, hv iimrine aviutors, . wa- received yesterdnv. The natives, though are thoroughly alarmed by the birdiuoli. They refuse to go near the machines, and as a result thev do not believe men fly them. , They cull the. irianes.- "evil birds" and the bonbs which they drop are- eggs l:- 1 11 several se't ion of - the couutry natives, gazing 111 fenr at a passing airplano, Irivy Imrnadlv huul to. the nearest cemeterv, dug .(tp'the "bones oF their ancestors, "boned' them and drank the broth as a eTrtmrragainst the "evil birds." ('apt. MrNaugRtry's report giving li r h r lntormat 1011 of -an encounter bctweiMi.te nisWnc-j imd ban dits, which occurred several weeks ago, follows: Capt. Pimnions, commanding officer of the Forty-fourth company, called the marine aviation headquarters by phone f rpmj Chicnron, informing - us that his company had engnired hanclits in a in- Dr. ONEY TO "1 n w city and farm property. 1 years time. Apply T. L Siffll Fiscal AgentatSouthern Life Office with Simmons and BIG CAR SHORTAGE PREDICTION GIVEN Administration Asks Co-op eration of shipping Fub- -lie in Exigency ruitniliiionf of f rciirht trausnoYtation f;n ilitii's n foretold in an announrr incut of 'r aliortatjc and a- aubHiMiunnt rqiicsr for ro opcrntinn on tlifl part of the liippif puhlic proimiljfated by the Kailni:-.! Administration and retraced tlirnith the looaf Atlantic Coast Linp ofliiT T h in moriiiiig. Although the an nmiih't'iiii'tit is grurral in it n nature, it iit-vcrtliflo-g lias its local phases and Hif;iiiticaii-i'. Th? rar Hliortagr, an pro (lirtt'l hy the Adiiiniistration, 14 as fol lows: . Another Nhortujre of f roifjh't cara is (lie prosju'i't for the coming fall and winter ".instead of the surpjiii of cfjuip- iiimt (( lm found on ncurly all, rail roads during tho dull days before and latter tlu war lnismos revival fet in. Kvprv ji'mk-c of oH 1 jitti rnt. now in in use 11 nuuiv 1 1 tics and onlv the most car? fu Iinndliiitf hv the milroadH with con sistent ami whd( licarti'il co operation f linn tfu' sliij'piiijf 10 ll ir can proven t .StTHnis i nterft'rrn-rt with huaines. Ki-dcral nuinai; have nren called upon hy thi Railroad AilminiHtrathm to utilize t'iiijiiiiciit to tlie fulle-t possi ble rxtcnt nnd particularly' to see that ears arf set in motion promptly upon cincr will he a. Rrilliant, hri"K l"aI,''l 01 "i- I r.lJL' ; t I i 1 t - 1 a both hv reducing' detention of cars to minimum and bv earcful aud .heavv luadinj;, so that thi greatest fwssibl sorvin mnv ho had from each car. Krom a purelv st'lfi'ih standiinint, of course it in to the interest of the individual lripl'f and receiver of freight to do his part, toward minimizing the effects f n car shortage from which lie -will suffer along with the public gencral- M ... , ...... ... ATY? U. S. WILL NOT i; FAVOR SE JD OF se: Will Accept No-' Membc : of Old Regime Under ' Von Bernstorff GERMANY HAS NOT AS YET MADE AN INQUIUl No Person who was Mixe' Up in Pre-War Plots anc' Troubles WiU Be Tolerat ed by Government Ex ample Offered. lii-4jiiraKt t lie usp ol oi rav ti'iw.ks I " niirl ln'iile a rural motor truck jiu.itiifTirr .last yc-ar'aiid carricTT RANSTOHAVE IMMY AND POLKA eature of the Atlanta Reunion niiuiite piti'hptt ha'tle in tli virinity of Ouayho Dulce. Immcdtatcly upon rx-eit of tliis information Lieut Noble and i took to th air. We located ap proximately 39 taii(lits, all oh foot, niarehing towanl the mountains.' ii ini mediately put the automatic in aetion and flred stoadily until 1 reaehed an al titude of about 10 feet. In the ilivo 1 fired 2(i0 roumls ofamniunition. Lieut. Noble fired three burst of five rounds each from his machine gun directly in to the scattering bandits. We. rpurnfeil six bodies that had fallen by,fur ma chine gun fire." Later tUis count wascrified by per sonal investigation. -Not long agrt the marines ran short of bombs in Banto Domingo, so accordingly they comman deered all old boilers and ga pipes, Which were filled with black jiowedr and dynamite, and were used success fully. - ' witz, former und'T se-eretarv of stato, for anibafaatlorpliip to China. Fritz ' Anils' I'liiul: former ttcrninn eouni'illur, n'ji''Nt;4itntive in tlupaii lias lein .srlrctcd fui- nliibrissaflor to Tokif. TIichc a jjoi ul nn-nts . for auiliaHHadors, it is stated, depeTi'l ujiori the. nttitlide of (he powers in ((ui'stiou. Tlieru ih tin mention at -'jirFs.ent '.'of the selection of a X lernian. ainliijuiiailiiJ; ta-Franetv- - AMERICATACT10N STIRS FRENCH IRE Interference of the U. S. in Turkish Situation fe Resented fViris, Aiifi. -'-'fiielaly ar ariiuseil over a warning to Turkey that massa cres of A rliir-ji ian 'rt must revise" vhi.L;ll the United "Mutes alleged to "lia v acted alonp in sndin(f'. to the Turk isli government.,' - The '-.subject lias-been under the dis cussion in the supreme, council in wliicli it is reported ; that there, wjis shai'i etitieism iif Auiericnn .Interference, in Turkey thniiipli missions' nirrl otherwise despite tliii-flu t tliat the t'nited State i baa shown "no --di-posifion to accept n mauiate for the adiniuistnitnm of nu.v Turkish territmy. itii, a'.y Aug.. -7. The old-fash polka and the modern "'shimmy'' onipi'K' in .the popular fiivor in jita ii the month of October, when twentieth reunion of the . t'nited Icr.i'.te Vetoruiis' is held here. -" h '-dunces liuve fiecn given a -place o pliigrum for the two bif balls will he brilliat features of-the on, which is exjiected t0 aasemble thnrr !Wi,tHUt people from all parts e south. . "ahimmy" and "ian," after djseiiBs.on, were-iiirluded iii the numbers because of the faet that yuuiou will be attcudcil by thou f Voiliiir people" Sons of t'onfed 'teraiiji, .mauls, sKiuitjr.s, and w w will accoiiijinnv iheir daddies ..mi ineir grantUd.'iddics to Atlantat As for the jHilka, it was placed on the program at", the demand' of the' yct cruns tliciuselvcs together with the ma uika, the. minuet and other dniui'a vlttBl were favorite! with theae: ..old ineu when, the chivalry and youth if the southj they went forth to. ba'tle with Lee aud ,!ackon iiiore thah'tnty yenrs 'ago. . There was some a while of giving ff honn't on M GARAGE MEN AGREE - TO CLOSE SUNDAY New Schedule of Hours Will Go Into Effect Tfter September 1 talk" iii "AtlahTa Tor tlie' veteran1) ' 'f.cn't: According to announcement made to day, lmirtecn garages of the city will close tlieir places of tiusiuessi on Huu daVH flam ten in-the niornnig to nne at niylit. AJthoiigh the. iiew schedule of hours vtHI jo' into effect September 1,-Jts ulrotioy will nM he felt ilntjl tbo following Hnniliiy, --September 7.-'.'.; The garagn proprietors have taken this step in order that thev, s.s well at their employes, may attend church on thr Wahhatfi and HPCUir-iTered-Tesf-!m4-r ecrcation from their steady work. Au- ln.,il,;i. oivin.rq in,- ni-crl fo t.'lkp nO- WusL.ngton, Aug. 27. No Inquiry ban been made of the United States as tu whether llauiel Von, Knnhausen, for f i r councillor of the imperial German embassy here, will be accepted at am bassador but there M every- indication that this government will' not receive Von Hanhauscn or any one else former ly under the embassy under the regime of Count -.-Von Bernstorff. Really every one connected with the (lernian - euibaKsy in Washington in a responsible poaition In the daya preced ing Ameriea'a entrance into the war is regarded . by this governmeat a more or less involved into the intrigues and plots which stirred the country. Wleu it was proposed to send Count Von Bern storff to Paris at the head of .the Ger man peace commission,' the -American delegation let it become known prompt ly that while perhaps they had no legal right to dictate the personnel of tho German coinmisjjon, they would have uo eonimunicafjon, witty Von Bernstorff and his npnoirftnreiit wonld certainly not aid the Oermans in securing the best peace terms,. Hanhauscn 's connection in tho ca pacity ft secretary was scarcely less welcome but was tolerated by the Am erican mmisioer for the reason that his familiarity with tlx- iacuaa-.might make him useful. ." " . - -" " VANNO FREED ON FORGERY CHARGE Evidence Showed that Pre- judicial Reports Were Untrue -t COTTON New York, Aug. 27. CottoVfutures Opened atcady. October, 31.63; Decem ber, 32.00; January, 31.95; MaTeh, 32.05; Mav, 32.03. - New York, Aug. 2". The cotton mar-, ket was quiet early today.-Ncrvousness over the labor situation and easy ca ble led to scattered selling -and the opening was 9 to 16 points. The, heavy opening of the stock market was - also depressing factor, but after selling ff to .VAM for October and :tl.f2 for' IN POLICE COTOT he following; cases wen disposed of the regular session ofl uuimcipa court t his nioruing: - In the ra'f of Luther Sharp, charged with the temporary larceny of an auto mobile, the probable cause wa,s' found and the defendant bound over to su perior court. i .. William Morris in answer to a charge f o assaulting his wife was subjected a line of ten dollars. . J. L. Swain for parking big car ou tho wrong side of the street was taxed three -dollars L. C Harris was arrayed on a charge of bigamy but the case against him was nol pros'ed. " ':----- ' ,, - , llaga. Boswcll was charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, but the court found the defendant not guilty. i Jean Thoinpton was fined tes dollars for speeding. '.. ' -' :. l?aac Rutier was subjected to a fine of ten doHurs ua an as:uilt charyp. reunion was held. Hut this was rj lickh siiucleheil, "Not on vour lite,' said Itopern! . ft, Forrest-,- hou of tho famo"ui Con tcderalei eavaliv leader and rounion gejieral ei-retary.. -who has liecn at tending these events for "tbo oast iiftcei years. 'You won't be alUe to hold these. old bovs on the platform -when the band -begins to ' play. They '11. he right there on the l'looe,aud some of these young chaps bail bettor look out, loo, for fhiv can't 'cut a s'ep' along th'the best." .: "- The balls will be but" two of several brilliant function', planned for the re union. The people of Atlanta hiivo sub siuibei)ljiim;e than ' .f(i",0f)i) to finaitiie the. reunion, and", much of ;his sum will liiA'Xpentled for the social affair that. will, be such attractive features of the four days. ' ' -7 .Tllauta- Ys" preparing to entertain ;'ie veterans and other guests in rival fash inn. ' The fact that the railroads sre giviug a rate of one cent a mile t-j the reunion from any part of the L'nited States, insures a record-breakinff : t- tendanee, -and Atlanta's people are leav iue nn stone unturned to receive all visitors hospitably and take good care of them while they are in the city. tice of this announcement and to .make anv nccespnrv purchases Saturdav or during flip early Sunday morning hours' before flic" garages close. Tliose propnetiT.s who signed thc.cl'tt ing nareemeilt and will consequently be jfoveriied by it are as follows: Howard L. Base. R..T. Kdwnrds, F. P. Dunn, M. 1. J. Williams, V. M. Brown, (Jcorge T. Burnet to, V. O. Pieree, L. D. Bulliirkt C'bnndlcr Sales Co., lixon and Weslon. Edm'comJjo Motor Co., W. B. Williams Motor Co., F. i.X'roueliattd Stewait Oarage. SARANAC IS FIRST AS FLY-LESS TOWN Cost the. City $1,000 To Get Kid of the t ly Muisance ' This Summer COUNCIL HAS MEETING Paris,' Aug. 27. -The supreme council of the peace conference met this morn ing for the consideration of the treaty v. it h Austria. During this week the council will hold morniiig sessions only. Port Work Halted Paris, Aug. 27. Work in the port of Marseilles has been almost completely suspended because' of "The strike of the dock workers, according to advices rL--HA8TEN8 DEMOBILIZATION ceived from that- city. - if,- Paris, Coal Shortaga Worn z. Mondav, Aug. 2-". The coal Samnac Li'.ke, New York, Aug. 27. Health authorities of Saranac Lake de clarer that 4kis probably is the first "flyless town" in the world. Health officer Treniblev reports that, despite unusually hot weather in June and July iScretary thcro are hardly ony more rues Sere lhan molt placed have in January and that next year here will be taone at ait.- ;;.''; It cost the town about 1,003 to erad icate the fly nuisance whjch was ac complished by requiring that manure be screeaed and frequently removed. Dr. Trcnibley regards Mswat the fly" campaigng a useless and sayj the only way to eliminate flies is to put a ban on an tlieir breeding piacea ana Be adds, that this can be doi.e. Hie third dav of superior court opon- f ed at Nashville this morning with one f ot the two murder cases in which. the ; grand piry found true bills Monday I slated to eonid up for honring. The solo ! njrv of "interest trj fiocky -Mount peopla j that received attention yesterday was t tl ii,iiiT.ilm,i nf JaeL VgQqn on g for- f goiv charge. ' - " In the end the rase was thrrTwrl'"out ' and the defendant dismissed by the J court. Kvi.lenee subirutted tended to prove the ilaintig, L. A. Parker suffer- ? ed a, lapse of memory for some reason when the forgery occurred with the result that he was unable to w'ear whether Yanno signed the- check and com'mi.tted the felonv with which he was' charged .or whether he himself ' signed it. Prejudicial informatioa had carffiLeircnrnttnBtiigt the alleged for- f gory was for several hundred dollars, ! but 'estiiiiimy showed that such reports.. wrjc...tatal!v.u.ii.waTranted as tho 'check in question was for the small aura of six dollar-, .--' . :."-' After hearing fhe facts in the casei Judge Davis instructed the jury to fliid the defendant not guilty and imme diately delivered Yanno from the eu tuiv of officers. " COMPLETION CAMP -BRAGG IS ASKED Baker Includes Fayetteville Camp in Hi3 Kecommenqations Washington, Aug- 27. The present rate of demobilization Brakes it certain the army will be reduced to S05,0tK) by September 30, the wr.T dejisrtment an- -, t.. '.''. Washington. Aug. 27. Legislation under which the war department eonl I exjiend $4,000,000 from the funds al readv appropriated for. the purchase of camp sites and the completion of eon- tru?tion underway at tha camps wn-. recommended today to 'cougrcss by s" retary Baker. Expenditure of 1,173,000 for tl, completion of Camp Bragg at Fayet r villiT. C, to be used as a Field A , tillery school Waa among recoiumeu tions of the aseretary. - Motor Trip . Petersbui g Wrs. Oeorg C ZeiIer retc dar fro m Te'-T t-r- '