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f. . ... rlf; : . . . .If ' ' JUL ' ' uuiaoms busk cxkajuxoi s A Br Um fTnir af fi urn. Wee e4 April II . ...M UI II lTctoM m I.TU.M4 4I M April 14, ltM.. ,. T A 1 A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. i FOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE. N. G, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL (5, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY. i TODAY, 24 PAGES Ill KS 1 ABROGATED Bf LABOR BOARD Order Affecting Railroads Ef fects July 1. RAILWAYS WIN CONTEST Decision Affecte All Rail Env ployee Except Thee Working Under Separate AgrmwiU. CHICAGO. April 14. (By Ik As- BOW AMERICA WENT INTO WAR . , TOLD BY-SECRETARY DANIELS Repressed Emotion Marks M embers of Cabinet as They As 'sembls for Momentous Pre-War Meetings All Minds , Dominated by On Thought: "Parley Is No Longer Ppssi , . bid" President Reads German Note Aloud Decision Unanimous. Press. ) NtUSMi agn man d0,alaj working condition for ploys ea all American rll reeda for marly Mad.r tha federal railroad administration wr today eruered abrogated, ffeollv July 1. I til. by tha (Jailed fiiau railroad labor board. .Tba board ceiled apoa tt ameer ad ayelero orgaolaailona at am pler M of aub railroad I aalaot rap rmatativae to confer and to de lda" aa much of Iba rulee centro rarer aa poaalbla. "Buck confer ancoa ehsll begin at tha earliest poa albla data." tba dacUloa aald. Wblla Iba decision did not speclfl call say ma. member of Iba board aald thai all dlapaiaa aa to rulee and worklnc oonditlona automatically were referred back to Individual conference between each Individual road and Ha employ, Thla method of procedure had bean eought by tha railroad, wberaaa tha labor aide had favored a naltonai conference , between repreaanlatlvea of all roada and all union Tha decision affected all railroad employe except thoaa In Ira I a ear vice who are under separate agree ments between tha Individual rail road and the four bl( brotherhood. In connection with the conference negotiation the board laid down a aet of aUtaen principle to eerve aa a foundation for any rule which may be agreed to In tha conference. The preeent general rulee hearing before the labor board, which haa beea In progress alnca January 1. will con tlnue until both aides have com pleted their testimony, following which tha board "will promulgate such roles aa It determines Just and reasonable aa soon erter July 1. Itll. aa la reasonably poaalbla and will make them effective a of July 1. 111." Tha sixteen principle outlined by (he board wara drawn up by Henry T. Hunt f tha publle group an J unhald tha right of the employer ta organ la far lawful . purpose, tha right ta negotiate through, represen tative of their choosing, tha right at seniority and tha principle of tha eight-hour day. It was opacified that "eight hour work must be giv en for eight hour pay." The Mitrra Prlnrlplee. The sixteen principles outline a are a fojjowa: "1. An obligation reU upon man agement, upon each Organisation of employes and upon each employer to render honest, efficient and eco nomical service. , "2. The spirit of co-operation be tween management and employe being essential to efficient operation, both turtle will so conduct them selves as to promote thla aplrlt "I. Management having the re sponsibility for. safe, efficient and economical operation .the rule will not be subversive of necessary dl- clpllne. j "4. The . right or railway am ployea to organise for lawful object ahall not be denied. Interfered with or obstructed. "6. Tha right of uch lawful or ganization to act toward lawful ob jects through representatives of It own choice, whether employe of a particular carrier or otherwise, ahall b agreed to by management "i . Non-dlacriminatlon shall be practiced . by management as be tween member and non-member of organisation or a between mem bers of different organisation, nor ahall member of organisations dis criminate against non-member or use other methods than, lawful per BY JOCErnVf PAKIXX4 era-etary af la Navy. Ooryrtght IIII. by Job F. DM. Copyright by Kattoaal Xrwasp arvtoa. Copyright la Ores BrllaU, Caaad aa throagwo4 Ear. AH right yaaaeiiat, lariadlag traaatsUoa keta foreign laagmagea, laKSadaag Um aoaadlaarlaa. I'aaaUwrtard rewrtaUag for aay aorpoaa fee-saddest. I A . - a T... TD ... ...... 1 . , firguiiwm in ruwer tUot rum GIIUW AT AUTO SOCIETCIIHT Proved Unusually Interesting Part of Events of Week. Makes Assault on the Presentation of the Case by His Op ponents; T. C. Guthrie Closes Case (or the Cotton Mills. Supplemental Briefs to B t Filed. ARTICLE 1. "I was to do right, whether tt la popmlar er not." Tba awrds fell eolranaty aad arJIbvMaly frosa tha tips of fTerndrel WU soai aa bia rye eruteed tba eon la of tba grave-feord ear gathered aaoat tba aaataaa labia. Already tba riasnor aad ooeiatrr-ciaaaor waa rtsiaa; rroaa Tba ayaapaUitr aaaj wrviadloBa of Sara srero tadiasj oerws bniag atirrad to aueraaoa. Tba acfaa of tba taaaalt oold aot be asdaaVd wholly fraaa tba ra bines, rem Eacb of ma frtt lbs vttwatloa of popalar arallmral aad dewaaad; rwrb of aa sjaxaXI iba aaaadytaa; words of ear great leader. I glva tbeaa tba piaca of pmsalnnane la ibis artldo, wblr ki to taO Iba atory af two saosaastoaal pea-war cabiae. aaratlnga, Wcaaaa I kulsrva thy n press, better tbaa aaythias; I could aay, tba spirit and attttada of Wood row WUaoa rroaa tba ftrat days of Aanrrlna'a crMa to iba boar ba ressgaed tba rarea of asaoe GOOD MUSICAL NUMBERS' "aawadbjasaawaa a Exhibrtort Crow Mors Cnthu. lastio Ratuft of Stlot and Protpact Thty Aro Utting. The musical program follow; far today It la my conviction, aa a raeutt af close association with hint la tlmaa of supreme stress, that la every great question tha principle embod ied la his simple but profound at teranee controlled tba course ba ul timately decided to take. When ha made up hi mind that a thing was right, that It should ba dona, ba did It. regard Iras af Ha effect on hi party or hla personal fortuaea. "Maa for tha Job." HI critic aay that ha made mis takes. Hs may have mad soma; yet I doubt If any other maa af aar generation In hla position . woujd have made aa few. When ha stepped from tha white house a few week ago ana af hla blttereet newspaper critic, referring to hla leadership during the war years, said of him, "lis was tha man for tha war." Evan hi, blttereet enemies can not question his motives or hla pu- I nir Ol purpvw. J - ii wmj wtuivm reservation inau qunng in. enure eight year af hla administration, I bar never known of a elngle In stance In which ha did not aet In accordance with- hla convictions. It haa alway been hi custom not ta ask. "Ia this popular?" but "I It right?" Aa I Intimated la my first article, tha nary waa. ready lor mobilisa tion within ft hour after Bern storff had delivered hla U-boat ul Umatam In effect It waa that to tha stats department. Tha word bad gone ta every ship and station aa Thursday, February 1. A cabinet meeting waa csllad for the afternoon of Friday, February I. A w aasembled not one of u failed to realise the significance of tha occasion. The hour had coma for a treroendoua decision. The time for negotiation aad parley was at an and. Thl conviction. I believe, waa In tha soul of every man who roaa to greet tha President when ha entered the room. The solemnity of the moment had Intensified the austerity which thoaa who do not know him wall mis takenly suppose to be hi prevail ing humor. A I ahall ahow later. Woodrow Wilson la a man or gem alltr and humor. But thla waa. a day when oniy serious thought could bold place In any mind. The destiny of 1M0. 0 people Ity fn the hand af th Preeldent of the United Btatee per haps tha destiny of the world. So man there had railed to read ea rage raarteea.) DEBATERS TAiCOCiAN AEAIN THE UNIVERSITY COMES TO BAT High Schools Send 200 Repre sentatives to Final Contests. Eaolonaxe by carriers on the Jeglti- rnats activities of labor organisations or by labor organisations on the legitimate activities of carriers should not ba practiced. Tha right of employes to be ' consulted prior to a decision of management adversely affecting their wages or working condition shall ba '.agreed to by management Thla right of participation shall be deemed adeauately compiled with, Jf and when, the representative of a majority of the employe of each of ihe several classes directly affected hall have conferred with the man agement. ' , No employe should be dlaclp- Track Athletet and Tennis Con testants Alto on Hand; Univer ity Crowding; tha Campus. rectal a The Observer. CHAPEL HILL, April 14. -In ev ery available hall at the University of North Carolina, high school de baters, 200 of them, representing an even B0 school, from oaa end of the state to the other, are tonight fight ing through the first elimination round that leada to the state high school debating championship. The unprecedented press of num bers haa forced a grouping of the debater together in a long drawn contest tonight that will probably euaslon to secure their membership, fnot end beforeHhe small hours of ' -w ,k i.i.T. (the morning. By o'clock tomor- I:; (Ceatlnaed ea Page Tea.) JO JO SAYS Shower today' and Saturday; not much change lntetjaperature; ' The trouble with, the people who think the, world owe them a living is that ihey-try to . beat the world OUt Of 'it-- -,7 --i!'-:.x"-r- row, however, th4 young orator will be at it again. By tomorrow night all hue two team, one affirmative and one negative, will have been eliminated and the stage will be set for the state championship. All the debating center around the ques tion of collective bargaining through labor unions in American industry. Chapel Hill has never known auch a crowd of high school students, de baters, athletes and teachers as swarms the village tonight. Otner years have seen . slightly more de baters, but the track meet tomor row afternoon and the tennis tour nament today and tomorrow have broken all. records for entries. Near ly 160 entries have been made for the track meet alone. Through the campus and on the streets the young students, strolling In groups, have changed the uni versity from Its usual academic at mosphere and have dded new life. Never , was such an outpouring In thl community. . ; Virtually every home has Its quota of visitors, many of the professor have been drafted from their classes to Judae the de bates, and the whole anlversltv hn turned Itself loose ' to handle the crowd. Oak Ridge and Wilmington tennis teams snowed up wen today in tne doubles and will meet tomorrow for the championship. - A start has been made in the singles and with hick 'Me final match will be played lit that, too, tomorrow. CRADDOCK-TERRY CO. v., ENJOYING PROSPERITY Predicts "Long Lines in Front of Soup Houses." LYNCHBURG, VA.. April 14. Directors of .the Craddoek-Terry company, operating four shoe fac tories In Lynchburg and two in. 8t. Louis, Mo., today declared a 25 per cent common atock dividend, paying out of the present surplus to stock holder of record April , IS. This waa in addition to the t per cent cash dividend declared quarterly. ' A meeting of the stockholders haa been called for April 28 to consider Increasing tha capital stock Tram; $5,000,000 to 110,000,000 to expand presept facilities. . -,- Argues Against Young Emer gency Tartff--Several Changes in Line-Up Shewn. WASHINGTON April 14. Several changes in, the line-up In the house on emergency tariff, since the Ford ney measure was passed In the last session only to be vetoed by the President, were revealed today dur ing general debate on the Young emergency bill which includes anti dumping and foreign exchange pro vision. The debate will be contin ued tomorrow but a vote I expected by supporter before adjournment at night For five and a half hours the de bate proceeded today and waa mark ed by a dramatic contribution on the part of Bourke Cockran, demo crat, New York, a veteran of other years who Is again in Congress. As- eertlng that danfrer lies ahead In a policy of attempting to cure all the country's Ills 1 by legislation, Mr. Cockran predicted "long lines of famishing men and women In front of soup houses ere present condi tion pass." i "I apprehend," Mr. Cockran said, 'that when those lines do form. as tney surely win, tney win not stand in silent submission as they have dona before. I apprehend something ' more menacing, mora dangerous to civilization, to our gov. ernment and to us. "Mr. Fordney, the chairman of the wave and mean committee, complains that too much Is com lng In from the products of other lands. ' I'd praise God if there were more. . . "I doubt even if the fall of the Roman empire was more disastrous to the world at large than the con ditions we now face threaten to be." Mr. Cockran's speech followed on the heels of pleas of Chairman Ford ney, Representative Young, of North Dakota, and other republicans for a unified atand by their party in sup port of the measure. ' " During the debate. Representative Treadway, republican, Massachu setts, who opposed . the biU in the last Congreas, announced his sup port of the proposition thla time, explaining that there were "several reasons why a man who voted against it before could vote for ft now. chief among them being the guiding advice of our great leader, the President ' The Texaa delegation" showed a split again. - notwithstanding the binding resolution of the democratic r-aucus yesterday. Representative Garner, although he voted!.: for the bill last session, was In charge of ihe opposition today as the floor msnager, while Representative Hudspetly spoke at length in support of the bill, criticising It only to the extent that hide were not Included i 'in the protected list.. . i' Fry or aad his band, aad aflaa Bar bara M aural, meaao-eopraaa. Band Co seen Mololsta: Margaret T raver. -prano: Joaeab Haasaae. sylophoae; Leon Haadsllk, cornet; alorria Haas llton, cornet; Harold luaabauga. cornet. t PART I . 1. Overture "Raymond" .. Thomas 2. Ton Poem "la a Oypay Camp" La Thiar I. Trio for Cornet "Tba Three Friendly Rival" Pack Maasra. Haadsllk, Hamilton aad Stambaugh. 4. Excerpta "Pagllaocl" Laoacavafla I. Xylophone Solo "Th Butter fly" Beadl Joaaph etaaaano I. "Coronation March" . Mryarbaar PART II. T. Scenee from "Apple Bloaaoma" Kreialer I. (a) "Tba Old Church Organ" . . . v Chamber (b)'-Onward Christian Soldier , Sulllvaa . Soprano Solo "Neath tha Aa- tuma Moon" Vaaderpool Maraaret T raver. 10. Tone Pom 'The North and the South" Bendlx Mia Barbara Maura!, , Meaao-SoDraaa. . . 1. Mon Coour Ouvr a ta Volx Salnt-aaan (From "Samson and Oatnah.-) . 2. Molile Bawa Old Irish Think Lov af M '....;.. Orey Thr Cavalier Arranged by Kart BcblndUr. . - t. Habanera Blast ( Front Carman.") Mammy T)er Gray By tha Water of tha Minna-, taaka Ueurance - Frederick , Bristol at th piano. Friday Evening. f (Devoted ta Grand Ope a.)- - Fyo aad bia Band. Sololata: Margaret Travers, ao prano: Arthur Pryor. trombone Leon Haadsllk, cornet; Pryor and hla sextet. PART 1. 1. Overture "Oberon" .... Weber . urana scenes naioma . Herbert t. (a)' "Pilgrim' Chora and Evening Star Tannheueer" Wagner (b) "Th Anvil Chorus" .. Verdi 4. Excerpta "Meflrtofele" .. Bolto I. Sextette "Lucia" .... Dordsettl Pryor and hla Sextet (. "Reminiscence of Meyerbeer." PART II. 7. "Scanea from Grand Opera" . . Safranck (a) "Intermezzo Cavellerla CaafleU. Oamr sWM T.rsrwuh M.l.l rt il r. rowtix. RALE 1 OH, April 14. Th fight of tne Southern rower company ror a fair return upon Us Investment In North Carolina, bitterly roateeted la the legislature aad all Ike court af th elate, weal to the corporation remmlaaloa for a verdict at T o'clock tonight after opposing lawyers had piled rllmax upon climax In I he , three-day battle over power rates. The end came In a medley of dra- malice and with a rhapsody of worda Irani Uta lip of ab V.-Taylor, gen eral manager of tha company. matched oaly by tha natural elo quence of tha streams tha power magnates have harnessed In their de velopment of th state. Mr. Taylor worked In amaalng concord with hla theme. The heavy aaaault on hla company for three aay produced aa argument a parkllng aa the light generated by in nearly Water of tha Catawba and the attack of Editor Joaephue Danlela but aharpened tha aworda ha fought with. Whea he came to bat at 4: JO this afternoon hs had the almost uncanny attention of the commission and the onlookers and for two hours and 10 minutes ha held It ae If hla auditor were In a vise. Hla was really th big Bertha of the battle. W. 8. O B. Roblnaon and Norman Cocke had spoken ahead of him for the company, the one as tounding with hla masterly presenta tion of a complex 'and Intricate ap peal for relief and the other fiddling with flrure th wail built by the opposition. It remained for Mr. Tay lor to aay tha thlnga they left unsaid aad ha aald them with a candor aa bald aa hla tongue waa sharp. T. C Guthrie, of Charlotte, preced ed him In concluding the raaa for the responding cotton mills opposing th rat Increase the power company la applying for. Ahead of Mr. Outhrle apoka C. A. Jones, of Oaatonia. and ahead of him Just a few minute. Waa R. R. King, of Oraenaboro. Judge BIgga opened the argument thla morning with the finale of hla epeeoh and Solicitor Oeorg V. Wilson, of (Jaatunia. fullowed hint. Mr. (luthrt brought to th caas a bit of life later, multiplied by Mr. Taylor. Both ln)ertd Into the apeerh-maklng a brand of humor keen enough to dlaaipat lha aridity of mathematical conversation. The aaa had a fund of etort to up port hla contentions and tha other waa equally well fortified It ra never necoaaary for the two to rtaab to keep folka awake. The two were a entertaining aa their respective role of "clean-up speakers" were commanding. Stripped of the diversion of Mr. Taylor, Including hla atrtklng word picture of Jama Buchanan Duke and hla rauetle rhatlang to the "virile and eometlmee vitriolic pen" f Editor Danlela, the argument to day hinged mainly on th conetltu tlonallty of the atatuta creating the corporation rommlaton. plu the right of Ihe regulating authority ta take Into conalderaUoa "going con cern value" In fixation af ratea auf Solent to provide -a fair return on capital Invested. In support of their motion that tha petition for Increased ratea be dismissed, attorneys for the mills joined In th case contended that th act creating the corporation com mission contemplated only a euper vislon of public utilities within the st a l. Before them, the lawyer argued, la a corporation doing an la terstate business Mr. Taylor, re plying, would. welcome the jurladie tion of tha Interstate commerce commission were It poaalbla to get there. Reviewing of the evidence adduc ed at tha early hearing of the peti tion bringing out the valuation of the Southern Power company" prop erty, the total of which la eetlmatad by all expert to II between II and Tt million dollar, .the book value of tha property In North Carolina. Mr. Taylor pointed out la II million dollar a and with thla he contrasted the valuation of II million dollar Axed by the atat tax commission. Reading from tha report of tha tax commission ha called attention to a (C Hawed ea Fage TeaJ NEW HOPES OF RESUMPTION OF SETTLEMENT OE COAL SUE HAVE ARISEN NEGOT T S FOR WIDEN SCOPE ORROTARIANS ARE About a Score of Negroes Kill ed on Williams Farm? NEGRO IN OFFICER'S HANOS LYNCHED BY MOB M7CRJDIA. Misa, April 14 Oorga Marshall. , was ta bs Irons Coastabli Kail at lava laid! this ateraooa by a aaaall grown of aara aad bia body rtd tlrd wttb ballets. Marshall, tt Is rtotaW. rsaasTw threw I a ta km a wbiia cctaat of LaaoVrdla The ww planed auadww arm aaitaod la Jail by J astir M array ta defaait of a bond. Ooastabls Nail started for hteridiaa with the argro to carry at tha order of tba wart, aad waa see by tba snob a few saika at af taadardal. The paaatabl declared be waa Um lafaaid by tba snob aad order ad to tara bark, aad, a ba coaa ailed, tba ararra was shot ta death, after which tha snob dls- FRANCE T NOTE Determined Efforts to Re-Open" Conferences Art Made. TRYING TO GET MINERS V AND OWNERS TOGETHER J : Commons Deputation From Visits Uoyd George. - . HODGES HEARD BY HOUSE British Mlna Owner Dcld to Invita Miner-' Latdtrt to Continue Discussion. Principle Laid Down Is Given Virtual Recognition. Briand Sayt Full Response Must Await Understanding With Other Powers. Indicated by Information Oath ered by Federal Agents In vestigating Records. ATLANTA. Oa., April 14. An nouncement that Indications pointed to II or 20 negroes In all having been killed on the John B. William farm In Jasper county through a period terldlng as far bacic aa itlt and of their intention to widen Rustlrana" Maecagnl . the bcod' of their inveatlgationa Into (b) "Mlaerera "II Trovatore" i alleged peonage In Jasper and other verai , Oeorsrla counties was made nere to- 10 Meeara Pryor and Handxllk. Soprano Solo 'The Klsa" . Ardltl Margaret Travera "The 8 tar Spangled Banner" Key-Arnold Miss Barbara Maurel, Mezzo-Soprano. 1. Mon Coeur a'Ouvre a ta Volx Salnt-Saens (From "SameAn and Delilah.") I. Mollis Bawn Old Irish Think Love of Me Orey Three Cavaliers Arranged by Kurt Schlndler. , 3. Habanera Bizet (From "Carmen.") Mammy Dear Orey By the Waters of Mlnnetonka . . Lieu ranee Frederick Bristol at the piaio. Will Reap Bmeflta. Interviews with automobile, truck and accessories men yesterday, to ascertain their hard business op tions of the success of the Carolina automobile show, were enlightening. day by agents pf the department of justice. Names of three more negroee al leged to have been killed were made public. Jasper county Is In the southern federal court district of Georgia and f simultaneously with the announce ment by department or justice agents. Hooper Alexander, federal attorney for the northern district, said it waa probable he would turn all evidence hi office haa gathered over to John "W. Bennett, federal at torney for the southern district. Mr. Bennett said tonight over long dis tance telephone that as soon aa he received an official report from fed eral aaents he would arrange to place the evidence before the grand Jury, which meets In Macon May 2. Indictment in the northern district would be for "kidnaping Into slavery." It being charged negroes were forcibly taken from Atlanta to work in peonage, while those In the southern district would charge Last of Visitors Left Norfolk . Last. Night. A Thousand of Them Spend Day on Waters of Hampton Roads . W. Davis Talks. without excentlon fheae mn. , trained in Judging effort by the busl- actual peonage and also ba for the ness stimulus It will bring, declared that' the automobile show has been a success, and a success of such a kind that the good results will con tinue to be felt long after the show ' kidnaping" charge - where negroes were taken from towns In that dis trict. The federal grand jury here meets April 25, and Mr. Alexander i Indicated "kidnaping" charges would has closed and has been almost for- ! be placed before It. gotten by the thousands of visitors wha have thronged tt. The exhibiting automobile men say that tha show has brought the automobile closer to the people - of this section tha a ever before. Men and women who knew little about car have gotten a close speaking acquaintance with scores of makes and will be able to talk cars after the show with genuine relish. All this means business, for the dealers, the automobile men say. Sales Being Made. ' The exhibitors yesterday were pleased too 'with the sales that tney have been able to make during the show and even while the band was playing. The distributors, dealers ad their best trained salesmen, were in the exhibit spaces, and the sale of cars waa being carried on from the minute tha doors opened' until closing time at night Besides, dealer have, gotten long lists or "prospects" which they count as business, for they know that to manv of these they will be able to sell car later on, and that the good work will not end with tha snow oy any means. i Thursday waa tne time nxea ror changing and altering exhibits, but most of the automobile men were so well satisfied with the interest displayed in the models that they showed the first three day of the week, that they decided to let their exhibits remain unaltered, though some removed model that hava been on exhibition ror tnree aays, ana A (Ceatlased ea raceTea) " Since the conviction of William and hi sentence to life imprison ment In the state court at Coving ton on a charge of murder of ona of the negroes alleged to have been taken from his farm Into Newton county and drdwned,. and Indict ments against his sons and Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, negroes who formerly worked on th farm are more communicative, according to Vincent Hughe. In charge of. the department of justice bureau of in vestigation here. Newspaper men were allowed to listen to stories told by several negroes with the proviso that they would not reveal names. Three wit nesses declared they knew that Aleck Dyer, Nick and Mamie Walker, all negroes, were killed on the Williams farm In 1110 and 1911. "Dyer wa killed because he ran away twice,' one of the negroes de clared, v "It waa said, though, that Nick and his wife, Mamie, were knocked oil because they were too old to do any more work." Another negro declared about 40 farm hands were worked on the Williams farm back in It 10 and that they were kept locked up at night and had balls and chains fastened to their legs In the day. One negro said he waa kept on the farm, for six years and. was well fed and clothed but given only one dollar. He also charged that negroes were I whipped when they lagged at their work, t . . rectal to Tha Oheerve. NORFOLK. Va., April 14. Th seventh dlatrict Rotary convention cam to a cloaa at t p. m. today, when 1.000 of the convention dele gate and visitor returned from a day on the water In Hampton Road, during which they visited all the point of interest in thl locality. the guest of the Rotary club of Portsmouth and Newport New. The North Carolina delegation were among tha first to entrain for their respective homes, while Rota- rians from all part of Vlraxnla left by evening train -up to t p. m whan the last or the visitors lert th city, When th International conven tion 1 held In Edinburgh, Scotland, this summer the boy' club of Nor folk will be cited by Roger W. Da via, past district governor and now chairman of the international boys' work committee, aa an example of what Rotary Is doing to give the .boys of America a chance. Mr. Davis stated yesterday that tha work of Rotary, the rounder of the Norfolk boy work, la an ever, lasting tribute to thla great move ment being carried on throughout tha United States by this organisa tion of picked business men. Although this Rotary convention, attended by 1,600 visitors, waa the largest meeting of ita kind ever held here, the three days the pro gram went through -without delay or interruption In any of Its phase and promptly at I o'clock today "Buck" Perrln, district goveror, waved goodbye to the crowds and declared the convention at an end. A special steamer was chartered today to 'carry the visitors on a tour of the harbor. They visited the navy yard, th city of Portsmouth, For tress Monroe, Hampton, Newprt New shipyard and other points of Interest. . Bnanras Saw kins End. The business session of the con ference ended last night after two days mingled hilarity and un precedented business achievement The convention went on record unanimously approving a motion to recommend to every, club In inter national Rotary that every member pledge himself to devote SO minutes, at least, each month to a heart to heart talk with some boy In order thta he my want to be a better man. This will be the climax of the Rotary boys work phase of the con vention, and when the motion was put every Rotarian voted by rising to hla feet with a shout of aye. Wilmington, Greenville and Char lotte were voted the first, second and third prizes, respectively, for attend ance on the convention. A close decision lay between Wilmington and Greenville, and for several hour tha committee was unable to decide be tween them. Speaker Unable to Smile. Ona of the strongest addresses of the convention was delivered last night by G. Raymond Mahon, of Greenville, S. C, former major In the thirtieth division, who spoke on the Interpretation of Rotary as -applied to personal life. He brought his au dience to ita feet, men and women (Cearlaaed ea race Tea.) , WASHINGTON. April 14. Th French reply 'to Secretary Hughe not regarding mandate, tha only oaa tnu far raoairsa iron mnj tha Tour great power addrasaed, wa made public aimuUaaeottsly today la Washington and Parfa, It la to th form af a latter froat Premier Brian! to Arrfbaaaadlor Wallace and la of a preliminary nature, M. Briand stating that a full response could not be mad "until an understanding haa been reached between tha govern. menu of tha four interested power at the next meeting of tne supreme council of th alllea" Tha ranlr waa Issue a by tne rai denartmant without comment, but administration officer said It very agreeable t the United State and while not an aosoiuw wmoiH- m.nL waa eoucnea in aipiomauv language that waa tantamount to a recognition of ine principle isau dun bv Mr. Hughe. Th French premier deal airecuy with the Japanese mandate over the Pacific Island of Tap, but doea not advert sDeclflcally to tha American claim to equal right witn tne oiner Drinclnal allied and aeoaclated pow er In the disposition of th former German oversea possession. As to Tap. With regard to Tap, Mr. Briand aay that "whan thla question cornea before the supreme council the rep resentatives of France will broacn examination thereof with the great est desire to find a solution which will give every satisfaction to the United States." ' M. Briand reminds Ambassador Wallace that th French republic "haa already done all In It power to lend Ita aid to the American gov ernment in thla matter." and refer to a previous expreasion by the French government of the hope that the controverar mar be satisfactorily settled -by conversations between the American . and Japanese govern ments. Reference also is mad to an un published French note to the United Rta'M resrardinff Tap in wmcn France confirms that at meetings of tha supreme council before that of Mar 7. 1919. when a mandate for tha northern Pacific Islands waa awarded to Japan, reservation re garding the island of Yap were made by President Wilson and by Secretary Lansing In addition. This note also says that the reservations were made In the presence of the representative of Japan, Baron Mak Ino, who had not objected that the question raised should be placed In discussion and that consequently the Japanese government was cognizant of the American reservations. Previous French Note. The previous French note from which M. Briand quotes was in re ply to Secretary Colby's communica tion laat February to the council of the league of nations regarding Tap. The council replied to the American government with the statement that Mr. Colby's communication had been referred to the allied supreme council since that body awarded the mandate for the former German Is lands in the Pacific north of tha equator. There the matter rested until Secretary Hughea restated tha po sition of the American . government April 4 In similar notes addressed to Great Britain, Japan, Italy and France. The assumption here both- in of ficial and diplomatic circles haa been that exchange were In progress be tween the forfr power regarding Mr. Hughea' communicationa. Mr. Briand now indicatea that the four power will aeek to reach an accord when the supreme council that a the council of allied premiers ha It next meeting. ' Whether th American government will be Invited to send a representative So that meeting haa not been disclosed. . LONDON, April II (By th As sociated Press. Detaraalaed effort are being mad ta reepea the nego tiation between the miner aad mine owner for a settlement af the . coal strike. A deputation from tha hens af. Common visited Premier Uoyd George about midnight after Fraaki Hodge, secretary of the miners' union, had addressed member of ' th house and explained the miners' 1 point. Th mm owners have also de cided to Invite the miners' leaders to continue the dieouaeion. Evan Will la ma, preatdea af th mining association, announoed at a late hour that the mine owners, would extend another Invltatioa to tha representatives of the miner to deliberate both nationally aad ta the varloua districts with the object af ascertaining vrhat waa feasible te Improve the lot of th lower- paid miner. The owner then again visited Downing street la response to a summons from th prime min uter. New Hope Arte. ' New hope of a resumption af th negotlaUona, therefore, hava arlaen through thl offer of th mine wa r to meat the miner leaders around a new eonf are nee 'table aad also th offer made by Mr. Hoda-ea In hla speech to a meeting mt th members of parliament Ia thla th secretary of th min ers' anion said among thr thing: W are prepared to eaneJder the Question of wages provided they are not regardeble aa permanently aa a district basis, but, -oniy of a tamp- -rary character." ' . f Mr. Hedge had a friendly recep tion, according ta the area mm elation. Tha large committee room of th house waa filled with Union ists, coalitionists and laborltaa. The conservative member, John A. R. Marrlot presided, i Mr. Hodge ex haustively 'reviewed th situation, and on some point gained th sym pathy of hla audience. -.... . Regarding Tola offer, th praaa ee oclatlon aya that It la aot without promise of a peaceful agreement . and will be conveyed te the premier by Mr. Marrlot . Labor aoudlfymc. . ' The whole labor movement la ' . aligning Itself solidly with th miner against tha government The woikera seem to believe that the hour haa struck for a final struggle . against what they, rightly r wrongly, suspect to be aa organised plan on the part of the employers to force down wagea, Tha prime minister In a two-hour conference in the morning with rep resentatives of the triple alliance declared the government would fight on It refusal to grant a na tional pool of profits. There la still some mystery about th actual offer th government made to the miners. No detaila of the financial aaalstanoe contemplated have been given of ficially, and, according to some Intl- . metiona from the miners' side, th government haa only promised as sistance for the period of a month or six weeks, which the miner con- alder totally Inadequate. Thla may . possibly explain the miners accusa tions, which the general publlo only dimly comprehends, that the govern- ment 1 acting solely In th Interests of the mine owners, j : Soma Mope ernaina After the failure of the morning . conference, - some bop remain ea. -that mediation might bo the out- , come of the parliamentary confer- . a Trage Tea.) "What, the Newi?" boaaa inae- Senatora sharply debate th Co lombian treaty provision for pay meat of S5,000,000 to th Coloa. State. France' reply to Hnghe note rccardlng mandate la public In Washington atari Frail. Several changee in the ho up pa the emergency tariff i since the Fordney bill wa are revealed. :' . , ' Indications point to 18 or rae groea in all having beea kfllasl aa the John William farm tn ' are announoed by federal vestlgating. The railroad labor board abrogation of the menta, effective July 1 Dettawruned effort era 1 to reopen the ne the sTilaera and the mta mmmen ta Britain for aetrOemtM af Ihe eoal strike. "e'v - Tw bandrd Horta Oaroliaa lrfgH gather a Ctarapat BIU aad fight throago tha round that lead to th hlC are coaKfraded ba f I Power mt th aoathera : before th & T. TJrqrWnr ; V
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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