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THE '10 CUT H0TO1 LEADi THB WAT SVtaT DAT'l 2 AM .frnir Tuesday Wednesday rtI-jtUindjr, probably sower. - Vol xiv. no. 64. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1919. PERSHING BACK HOME AGAIN MINE STME ON PEOPLE 0 H TROOPS GUI! MliESOTA ABOUTTHREATENE IM PEMHSTLVJUIIJI EXTEND PfiESIDEfIT agloriousovatio:j JUL KI1VILLE Fifty Men Held There in Connection With Kecent Race Riots ANONYMOUS LEETER RECEIVED BY OFFICERS Threats Have Been Made Against the Knox. County Sheriff and Judge Say Men in Custody Must be Released. Knnxville, Tenn., Sept. 9. A machine gun company of militiamen and an arm cd force of deputy sheriffs guarded the Knot; county jail last night. Some will Continue on duty until further orders, - This was a a precaution against a possible attack upon the .nil in an ef fort to relcuso the fiftv men now in cus tody on charges growing nut of the at' tack on the . jail and the consequent rioting on Saturday night, August 30, when unsuccessful efforts were made to lynch a aegro who it is alleged kill'd a white v.'omnn. An anonymous letter has been recelv ml I? Knox toiintv officials in wtnrh threats were made against Judge Net son nnd Sheriff (late. The letter a.v anted that the alleged rioters are to be released from -the mil. - SENATE TAKES UP THE CUMMINGS BILL Hear Representatives of the :- Railroad Brotherhoods Next Week Washington, Sept- 9. Coiwderatlor of Jn Cummiafs bill for private opera.' tins of railroads under government con trol witk strikes. aad lockouts penal i7ed Was begun today by tke Senate Tn terstate Commerce committee which de railroad brotherhoods on the labor pro visions, probably next week. The hearings, ti was said, would be limited in order to expedite formal, ae reported by a sub committee headed by Chairman Cummings. ! T w . r- - 1 " " I Vf. e sa-v , ; fS. Fourteen Thousand Miners go on Strike in Lacka wanna County SUPPORT OTHER MEN Say Company Discharged men wno Kef used to do Emergency Work Re quest of the Board is Un - heeded. Ni ranton, firj.t. 9. Fowteon thousand employes of the Delaware Lackawan ns an Western Coal Company in its mines within Lackawanna countv today obeyed the strike ord-r of their griev jure eeninttPe. - Thi-v nt on strike in sunroit of tlie eoinpnny miners at Arotbald who -rt r.iteVni)! ai'ainst the diichargr of nio.c ulii. ri-;i.d to do emergency work " !' age. The ie h-:ve fur tlicr cricvanir Tl, :i:..: .. i. . . .... iuiimii uoaru s anion re- 'liiestniK the men to return to work at once- had uo effeet. Presidential Party Welcom ed by Governor and Twin City Mayors GUARDSMEN FORCED KEEP BACK THE CROWD President Arrived at Min neapolis Capital at Nine o'clock Makes a. Speech .to Joint Session of State Legislature. ON RATE QUESTION Local Shippers Join Others oi Mate in Raleigh Session Munh .interest is beme manifest lo cally in the conference of state ship pers anil manufacturers in Raleigh to Pulling into the dock on the proat. liner Ijt'viiitluin,' Ueiiernl IVrsliiiiff .-ret uriw ! he gwctinps of lliv ehullengiiifr Ihini-uiml (leneral Persh- Jay h,, a definite and concerted ings figure is easily distinguished anions the otlirers present on Ihe lir nlfj H . AUSTRIAN DELEGATE TO SIGN TREATY WEDNESDAY MORNINO Paris, Sept. 8.-The-Aatrisn delega tion at St. Germain has informed the French peace mission that it has re eeived notice that Austria has accepted the peace and that Ir. Karl Renner, head of the Austrian delegation, has been charged with sienini; the docu ment.:' ;.: Dr. Renner is now on. his way tsi. Paris. His signature, will be affixed to the treaty at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. . ' Soldier. Organizations ' May All be Amalgamated Columbus, Sept, 9a Plans for com bining into patriotic organization all soldier societies and organizations and auxiliaries arc under way, according to Commander-in-chief ' Adams . of the Grand Army of the Republic meeting . hera.Tenta.tieplanrhe said, called fo the mergine of the O. A. R. . the Confederate veterans, Spanish War Vet cram, Spanish war veterans and veter ns of the world war... . IN POLICE COURT Six eases came up before Recorder K. D, Battle for disposal at the regular session of municipal court this morning. The docket. was aa follows:. 'Elizabeth Love was araryed on a charge of disorderly conduct and sub jected to tine , of 15. f i "j Claude Baker' was arrayed on a simi lar charge and. sentenced to $25 fine. Bond in his ease was fixed at (73. - " Clyde Sullivan was charged with ho boing and sentenced to a twenty-five dcy,term on tha roads. -' Van Harvey, brought into court on a charge of assault, was forced to donate $10 to the municipal coffers, . On a second charge of being drank and disorderly, Harvey was made to augment hi contribution by an addi tional $10. George and Harry Brown were brought Into eourt on a charge of hav ing pilfered eow. The probable eausej was found in their case, and the two ttrfen-iinta w r.xbeil over to Tarboro SHIPPERS MEET - TO FIGHT BATES North Carolina Traffic Asso ciation is Organized at Raleigh Today OFFICERS ELECTED Charles H. Ireland, Greens boro, Chosen President Rocky Mount Man is on " Board of Directors-Board WIiI Elect Secretary. Raleigh,: Sept. 9. As the first step in the fight which (North Carolina chain bers of commerce, shippers,, and bus! ness men generally intend . to .'wage against the proposed 15 per cent rate iimrenoe from I In iiiiililli1, ui'M In ilit southwest effecting North Carolina, the North Carolina Traffic association was formed hern today at a meeting of aev era! hundred North Carolina busiucss men held at the chamber of commerce, Charles II. Ireland, of Greensboro, waa elected prcsidenfof the association; D. H. Dixon, of Goldsboro, first vice president; G. C, Lovell, of Mount-Airy, second Vice-president and Howard ,White of Raleigh, treasurer; " The following were elected member. of the board of directors: C. O. Mor ris, Washington! (Jcorge K. i'Mwnrds, Rocky MorvitrEr R.-Overman Malis buryf E. B. Wvatt, Durham; and W M. Harrell, of Wilson; R. Kv Norrow Monroe, and I). U. handerlin, of Fay etteville. - ' ' The secretary of the association will be elected by the board of directors. Officials Try To Avert - Detroit Strike Decision Detroit, Mich., Sept. 9. Government nd labor organization officials are ex pected to reach Detroit tonight and to morrow to confer with officers and tin organization committe in aa effort tr reach an understanding that will avert the tie up of rail transportation threat ened in this country and Canada by the brotherhood of maintenace of way em ploye's and railway shop laborers in con vention here. - ; - . Cotton Producers From Big Buying Corporation New Orleans, La., Sept. 9. Cotton producers from ten southern 'states at meeting here today decided to or ganize a buying corporation in even county and parish' in the belt with the oljM't of buying every b:ile offcrt'-l. COURT IN SESSION. AT TARBORO TODAY Case Against Noel S. Avin ger Slated for Hearing This Afternoon With .hhlne W. A. Kevin, of Oxford, prosnlini; the fall term ni Snperiui-i-ourt uf I'.dici-oiitlii' ctnuitv for. the trial of cTinitnal I'UHt'A convcih'il in lai'li)i-o 3-csterilay inoniiiig. Following the si! lection of u jurv, a luot-llble i-lniri ns to tin- laws- lit- the tate -was deliver ed ,y Juile Iicvius. . "lie docket which lact'M the court is only a medium one. Several cases of significance to Rocky Mount people are slated to come up for disposal, the most- important of which is 1he ca-e agaiiis: Noel .8.. Avinger, who is 'charged with shooting It 8. (lorliam in this city. re.-, ccntly. This case is receiving the at tention of the court at the afternoon session :toliiy, and hiis attracted 'mini- erous Rockv Mount citizens, ioim of MANY TOWNS WANT LOGIL FAIREIER Fflatiwo-of Lieutenant Run sev'S' Flights Here to be Promptness whom went in the capacity of witness es, to the Edgecombe capital. : Besides the visitors as such, members of the loeal bar are attending the term at representatives of various parties concerned iu some of the cases that will come Up or. have already been consid ered, , : - : - ' . , . STRIKE OF POLICE THREATENS BOSTON v-A Alt I.MMltt'l)IlfIl:H--fV 'I. Fatliii ;i Mift1 111 1' limit's 1 HTflv Imtc on .t'tt. Oft. nrn vi'vv lunch -in tli-aianJ 'III COlHUUtllH'at ( ut I lit'. ) Viulfr i.-r a S.iiilluTii to.ir rl he H(r h RlillNiT. of flillll' who 1H 1, find -I, aticopdjn to :i t rnin K. K. i wlinHC dirctinii is btfing arrauiM, Met it alouij. is trk'jmuaiblti itir tin' Hiu't'caa of this' art uni ahvatly lit' i achnowttl to t Hie froilut'ir-uf Hie eJeain'st eyt act in !uniii;nitii'f( Prtmijit IipWm ix a RnustT ..at-h'vonl and if -it is n.l vertised tlmt l.hnt. Rnnm-r will ""fall" at a fiTf:iiii hour, .'one han lul t-u '-onsalt his 'tt-h find thifti "s'an tlu1 sky, and the whip with ita .In ring jiiiot E KiXVILLE ill IS MURDERED LcM'oy Harth, President Im- periiU Motor Co., Mys teriously Shot; POLICK WORK ON CLUE Make Search for Woman Who is Relieved Guilty marthVA.utomobile Found Near by Death Occurred on I'orch. State anray-XDfficialsTer feet rlans for Use in - -J Case of Break Boston .Sept. P Conciliatory efforts were in progress with state and city ofliciau and private interest completed plans for the protection of life and property in the vent the policeman s strike planned here for tonight could not be averted. The policemen voted for the strikP after the suspension of 19 officers by Commissioner Curtis, who foiind thorn gnilty of violating rules in joining the union. Union officers announced that more than 1,1'0 of the 1,600 patrolniea in the cit- wr.ni r'tbeu of the vuion EOUMANIA WTLL NOT SIGN Paris, Sept. 9. The Roumanian dele. gfttion to the peace conference announc ed today that it would not sign the Austrian peace treaty, the .signing of which by Austria and various other powers is set to take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. 1 AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR ARRIVES Paris, Sept. 9T I)r. Karl Renner, the Austrian chancellor and head of the AiiKtrinn pence .delegation, who is to is llicre waiting lor tlic pi-riloiis ilcscent in llaiiii'S. The darink flyer 1ms .just completed what was the most anisiitional exhibi tion -rer staged at a Labor l)v cele bration in any town and the local jpec retury Mr7 P. I! Christian has receive,! a wire from the mayor of Delphoii, Ohio stating the criticism on . his flying i- beyond rerS-oach and they have booked him already for a return engagement with a new act which lie has in prepara tion for the coming year which promises to excel the. one he is to stage here ir such a thine Is onsiblc. . Perh aps a gnat deal of the ,f Iemeut of. surprise in tliis actr accordiiig X" thosui who ore up on the subject, conns from the fuct thai the machine never acts the same v- twice, when the pilot puts it absolutely '-tout of control" be fore starting his fall nnd nft even Run scr himself knows just what is going to happen in Ihe fall in question, air conditions alone being responsible an! they are never tha same from day to day Flights suck as these are seldom attempted by any but the most ac complished of pilots and it is even thi n very seldom that a man deliberately puts his. machine out of control al though we frequently read of accidents coming as a direct result of losing control.:- ' . -Lieut. Rnnser has been given up for a "lost bird ' iioiens or times to nw Ihe hiliince Tit several overseas flyers that ha ve witnessed the antics of thii intrepid aviator, and these fellows are the ones that have become hardened to seeing their companions fall every day along the battle lines. The Interest here ia acute and big crowd" wfHr no doubt be attracted daily for the exhibitions of the young man who lives on thrills And aerial acro- b.ci.-. Knoxvillc, ; Tenn., . Hi'ptT"" 9. Leroy ILirlli, president of the Imperial Mo- tor l.'o., anil a wealthy young business man of thin; .liityV was mysteriously shot 1,-ist night iind.if ied on the porch of a t'itrill house ill wliil-ll lie tnnlr .pfi)gQL plan of action will be adopted to com bat the proposed fifteen per rent in erease of freight rates from official clhst situation territory to points in North Carolina and othrSouthern state and to .work towards a general adjustment of nil rates on a basis of those eniojuid fly the Virginia cities. ' Fully three- hundred representative urn from nil sections of the state are xpected to al tend the meeting which in been called bv President A- 1 Maker, (,f the Raleiirh Chnniber of Con, re. Anionif tins number, Rockv Mount vmII be well represented, several urmn- nt .lubbers jind shippers of this citv, notably -Messrs. R. K. Hales. W .! tVeeks, A. W; (iill, M. I). Munn and probably others, being i n - attendance. Mr. L. If. Duncan, secretary of the In- al chamber of commerce, who has been ane of the leading factors in bringing about the fight, is likewise present. The various chambers of commerce of eastern Carolina have already launched the fight against the proposed increase nd are holding the conference, today to arouse the support and earnest eo- ineration of their constituencies and the shippers affected. A conimittci. fmm Today jhe police are searching foi a young wonisn whose, name it is said, Ifnrth uttered as having been his as niilnnt, Harth 's automobile was found near the si'enc of his death and the po lice theory is that he and the woman left the car. and that the shooting foli loweil- and that Harth ran to the farm 'oiisp fur help. . Harth . was the son of H. A. Harth, i. wealthy business mnn of this city . nil formerly of Columbia, 8. C. CONGRESS SETTLES -PROHIBITION BILL these industrial organizations, consist ing of Secretary Duncan, of the local 'iiiihcr, Secrrait' Be,mian, of the Raleigh chamber, and Secretary Kine. if the FnyetteviIIe chamber, has inst eturned from Washington where it col lected data on the situation, secured T. K. Fishback. a prominent rate einert. uphold the csnse of the Cnrol'Tip Una .1 1L - f - . II-- 'mm iii-ip'r i,niiciii'(iiirr iui'i "f'i t i . v 1 ' ' !.fr.i true a nrav tn hrinrr at- rlcfm t f the Interstate Commerce Commis.i-n; ;..,,; ... . .hr , September 15. . ' Al, . ',-.., . imi -in inis soiuiioa me unira oiaiui following tne metingMO(iayiiJicniu-(il no shippers, of the state will be lined up behind the tnaustriul and commer- sial OTgankatlons, this committee, aug- St, auIf.Muui, Sept. 9. President Wilson special train arrived at St. Paul jtt, p- o'clock. The President waa 'flicially welcomed to Minnesota by Gov. J. A. Buraauist and to th Turf. Cities by Ulayora of St. Paul and Min neapolis. , President and. Mrs. Wilson received an ovarjon when they stepped from the station few minutes later. The streets around the stafiou were patrolled by Minnesota national guardsmen. Tke President's party waa immediately driven o the state capitol where Mr.-' Wilson will address a joint session of the stute legislature at 10 a. m. The cost of living, President Wilson told the Minnesota legislature today, is largely due to "a world situation growing out o fthe sacrifices and wast of the war." - - Back of that added the President lay the fact that the world had not yet learned what the peace status would be. "The world is not going to settle down," sid he, "until it learns what part the United States is to play in the peace." r He. continued that tins -iras tn only nation that would hava enough free capitnl in the near future to rehabilt fate the world economically The leg!' l:i tore which began 'yesterday an x- traordinnrV seaIon to consider the high cost of living and other subjects gave the President an ovation upon hia ar- - rival. . - i ... t He was introduced by Governor Burn- . ipnst who said Miune. otu hoped there would be some arrangement to prevent liituie wars. 'I he President congratula ted the legislature on its ratification, yesterday of the Federal wonmn s ruf fmgc anieudinent Firast of all Mr. Viilson said it ii the nation's duty to st the. 'Commerce of the wor!J filing j the establishment of n-a.'o. After 1 that he continued, there We a Uaestie niijutments that must-.ie aile n.en: ti ii ed among uther things .hi', railroad ilities in this country T3.-e ! the demand. . ' Having establiihed ivodd tottle nieiit economically! Mr. V,'ni d-cla.id it w..: i.ujluuuli h .that th?r-v i.u ar raitment that "nlii-ty monkey wlh lie ) icess set up." Turning to the re-' a ic . cf labor aad capital yvi. -frej-uL nt said. tha. laboriuj trrm twtv en vcre dissaf's ! with their reiav t:03. t their Bmployir. That wa- true , ii n li. i or mcai tr abroad than in lie T'nitcd States. -Bjf -rri.ij to the ' -' n v provision for an in'-ema'.ionaJ , Vi! it ,-id mented by Secretary Barlow, of the ,abor d ittl must h, . 1 ...:it i r 1 n.siiimon.l, Ilid.,- Pciit.'9.- is were ki'K-i nnl 1" V. Five sttik- un 1. 1 in ; Wilson ehamber.'will again hurry off to Webb and Overman On Com- Washington, where the hearing is slat- ;d to take place, and exert all possible pleasure to bring the seat of the fight to Raleigh, having Commissioner Mc- Cord come there and hear the case. Un doubtedly, if the fight is waged in home territory, the Carolina cities, including Rocky Mount, ..will have a much better chance of winning out and securing a readjustment of the present discrimin ating rates in favor of-the Virginia points. m it tees to Settle all the i Disputes Washington, Sept. 9. Representative Volstead of Minnesota, and Morgan, of Oklahoma', Republicans, and Represen tative Webb, Democrat, of North Caro- linarwcr today appointed managers for the house in the organization which will settle disputed provisions of the prrrh'binn rnfnrrc.nignt hill, ' - The fienothe i srepreaenteij by Sena tor 8tern of South Dakota, and Nelson of Minnesota, Republicans, and Sena tor Overman of North-Carolina, Demo crat. ' COTTON MARKET (New York, Sept. 9. The tropical storm threat caused some further cov ering at the opening of th,e cotton mar ket today, but first prices were 1Q to 2? Points net lower in response to dia- ant Conference Set - appointing cables, and aclim months Before Next Tuesday I300 so'(1 40 0 59 p0'"'' rciow ust Washrnvtnn. Kent S.Tfc. nrident n,8"' s closing.. mere waa runner wa, asked in . telegram sent him to- Southern selling on the decline to 28.65 day by Samuel Gompera the president ,or p.emoer, ana uverpooi was aiso of the American Federation of Labor oere' and the committee of steel men to say whether a conference would tie arrang-1 ; COTTON1. . tri 1 ' V. - .. at.. T I ' " ' " 1 . - , " X 1 1 I, If. 1,1, f . . LV'.l plcnts or the J4 international unions! , . . . ., . , opened steodv. Dctober, .'"!.!ii; uecem cjipectedTiy JSe woc 1 to act the standards aud lay doTii llie principles. . As a basis for the solution, the Prea- dent suggested that the interest of recognized as identical and the two ought to be vea?onahleeneugh to get together. When it was realized that labor was rot a commodity and co-operation had been established, proluetion Toufd in crease by " leaps and bounds' and that w-mld 1 e ono clement in reducing the cost of living. "... ' " - STOCK MASKET New York, Sept. 9. Aside from nor mal recessions in United States Steel and several of the popular oils, leading stocks moved ,to substantially higher levels at the opening of today 's market. Shippings and equipments made initial gains of 1 to 1 points, but these wera eclipsed by a 10 point jump in Crneibla Steel and brisk rallies in Mexican and Pan American petroleums. Motors and their specialties also contributed to the strong! undertone. ' Before the end of the first half hour Crucible extended its lead to-17 points, Baldwin .Locomotive meanwhile advancing T points with a. sharp febonnd in United States Steel and affiliated shares. London, Bept. 9. Occupation of T rotnvlask on th Inshim rivr r 175 miles Wf ft ' '.- "
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