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TEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1919.
TEN PAGES TODAY.,
PRICE: FIVE CENTC.
MS
FEDERAL: AGENTS WILL
HELP STATE OFFICIALS
Close Co-Operation To Enforce
Food Control Law Be
ing Established
CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
WILL BE INSTITUTED
TTOhlo Concern Eeported Moving
Its Meat Products and De
stroying Its Secords; Judge
Ames Says "We Are Going
To Force These Hoarders and
Profiteers To Disgorge" ; De
velopments Friday in the
4 - Work Going On ; Buying Gov
ernment Food
(By the Associated Press.)
t. Washington, Aug. IS. Clote coopera
tion between State authorities, who pos-
. aeas detailed information of food and
price conditions, and the attorney gen-
'oral and his staff of auiitanta empow-
- ered to enforce the food control law,
u i being eitablishcd a part of the gov
. crament's light to reduce the cost of
, living.
, Instructions went out today from At
torney General Palmer to the two dis
trict attorneya in Ohio to proceed im
mediately to assist Governor Cox in the
' aeiaure of large quantities of meat, but
ter and eggs alleged to have been held
in storage in that State for more than
six to ten months the legal limits.
Criminal prosecutions will be Insti
tuted, it was said, if it can be shown
that the foods were held from the mar
ket for the purpose of boosting prices.
Officials hero were inclined to think
that the long period of storage indicated
some other reason than effort to spread
the abundant supplies of -a producing
season over the Wan part of the year.
Acting on a telegram late today from
Governor Cox saying; that a Cleveland
concern in order to escapo . possible
prosecution for boarding was moving its
m":it products to warehouses in Chicago
and destroying its records, the depart
meut of justice ordered the district at
torney at Cleveland to look into the
mi.l.r immediately. All attempts to
eP'ect transfer of goods in storage, oiB
cir'a eald, would be summarily dealt
with. ...
; ; Seisates Continue. t -'
- " Seizure of large stocks of foodstuffs
5 lv etoragc eoatlnued today with re
ports received of libett Bled la Cleve
land and Detroit, and preparations for
such actio in many cities. The (Is
rrtmt was informed tonight that
the district attorney at Detroit bad
filed libels in three eases and seized
approximately 10,460,000 eggs and 300,
XKI pounds of butter, all of which had
been held in storage for some time.
Statistics announced bjk the Bureau of
. Markets, showing a great increase in
the amount of food held in storage,
were said by-Judge, Ames, assistant to
t the Attorney-General in charge of en
forcing the food control law, to bear
out the department's contention that a
prime reason for enhanced prices was
the holding of supplies from the msr
ket. We are going to force these hoard
er and profiteers to disgorge," Judge
Ami; declared, "wherever they are
found to hold greater amounts than
. are necessary for the conduct of their
buainess and tho safeguarding of the
' . food situation during the winter."
On grw Working an Palmer BUI.
The agriculture committees of both
Senate and House, continued work to
day on lrgislution asked by Attorney -
General Palmer; extending the provi
sions of the food control act and giving
criminal penalty for violation of it.
Opposition by several Senators balk
. ed an Immediate report by the Senate
committee which now plans to act
, Tuesday. Judge Ames appeared before
the House committee, explaining why
the Department of Justice thought the
legislation necessary.
Swift's Argument.
' Another witness before the House
committee was John D. Miller, of tho
National Board of Farm Organizations,
who nrged that farm associations should
be exempt from any regulation as to
the price and distribution of rood proa
nets. UD.E. Weld, of Swift Co.,
testifying before the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, which is eon'
tidering cold atorage legislation, de
elared that te fore stored food on the
market now would create a serious sit
uation aext wlnto. Through the put
. tinf on sale today of 2,000,000 surplus
srsir blankets the War Department
mad another attack on high living
costs.
Baying Cwvernasent Fa.
Telegrams reaching the department
late today indicated a remarkable re
poos to government offer. Long
line of would-b purchasers gathered
earl In the day at each of the ixteon
distributing points and Urge quantities
were quickly disposed of at prices
V ranc-ina from S6.00 to 11.50 a blanket.
Official here were anxious that the
distributioa should be widened so thst
persons remote from the supply centers
anight be able to take advantage of the
aale. but they could see ao way in wnicn
; this could be effected. Inquiry was
telegraphed, however, to thos eia charge
f tho sale to report the number of
blaaket remaining oa hand, with
view to making the sale subject to msil
order when accompaaied by the full
purchase price.
New Tobacco Warehonae for Ape.
Apex, Aug. 13 A new tobacco ware-
, house Is ander construction in Apex.
It will b completed in a couple of
weeks, when-it i rwopoeed to permit
. the neool to assemble and give it an
. ""old time" house wsrmlag '.celebration.
Thia. with the several otW tobaeeo
warehouse, will put A pel la better cob
ditien to car for its rapidly growing
popularity as a tobaeeo aurtol -
WARFiELR RY. PLAN
E
All Day Session of l.-C. Com
mittee Considered It
Yesterday
Washington, Aug. IS. Advocate of
the Warfield plan for reorganization of
the railroads on a basis that would pay
holders of stock a flat minimum return
of six per cent, closed their ess today
before the House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
Forney Johnston, of advisory counsel
of the National Association of Owners
of Kailroad Securities, spopsr; of the
plan, and Samuel H. Beach, president
of the Savings Banks Association of
New York, discussed its provision at
an all day session of the eonmittee.
Both declared the plan could be made
effective with the return of the roads
to private management without disturb
ing busineu conditions. Mr. Johnston
said a steadying hand must be extended
to the railroads aftet the period of gov.
ernment control, if a foundation for
American prosperity w:i to be built.
In denying the more or less popular
belief that railroad securities were own
ed largely by wealthy people, Mr. Beach
asserted that half of the people of this
country were concerned directly in tho
welfare of the roads and demanded a
law that would afford reasonable com
pensation on invested capital.
The committee has not yet reached the
top of tho bill In its big task of hearing
proponents of all plans and of reporting
out a bill. Beginning next week rep
resentatives of tho railway executives
advisory committee will be beard, along
with other witnesses who want to see
the roads turned back at the end of the
year, on the same basis as heretofore
except with added regulations ns pro
vided in the bill by Chairman Each.
DEVELflSfS IN
THEIR CASE
Exportation at War-Morottonsr M,,io" fcti
:: WilfBe Cut Off Pending fj? ZT fi-S S
CarranZa S Reply ' I State road construction and msin
, , ! tenance. In addition to the license feet
W.ahinirtnn An. 1.1-fH TH. Aha.
Washington, Aug. 15.-(By The Asso-,
of th Mexican government to the 8tate,
Department's warning that failure to .
protect Americans might result in a
radical change of policy will be made.
Officials explained today that the United
Statea would wait until President Car-
ran z displayed either unwillingness or
inability to afford Americana the pro
tection they had a right to expect, be
fore taking further action.
On of the worst possibilities of ac-1
tion, should the government be forced .
io ii, wou a oe to witnuraw a.piomatie ;
rrrirrrcpiiir. or ntn io wunurnw re-
eognltioa of the Carranza government.
Aetivo iaterventlon I considered in
most quarters a remote measuru at this
stage.
The Carranaa government by apeciat
provision has been receiving arms and
ammunition fro mthe United States bat
it waa indicated today that the decree
forbidding exportation of war munitions
to Mexico would be applied to the gov
ernment as well as to individuate until
further proof had been given that for
eigner would receive adequate protce-
tion.
FORMER RALEIGH BOY
BACK FROM FRANCE
Mr. Thomas B. Wilkinson, formerly
of Raleigh, passed through the city this
week on his way to hia home in Dur
ham following his discharge from -the
marines. He was a member of the
famous Second Division, andwas on
of 25' who survived the Hun strafing
that took away the majority of the 2j0
members of the company. While in
Baleigh he visited Mr. and Mr. T. B.
Moseley. He wear th Croix de Guerro,
conferred upon him by tho French gov
ernment. C. I. Matlock Die at Morgantoa.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 15.-C. S. Mat
lock, la former years a well known to
baeeo auctioneer here, died yesterday
at a sanitarium in Morgantoit. He had
been there under treatment for sev
eral year. Th body was brought here
for interment this afternoon.
VIRGINIA'S SOOTH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.
Richmond, Va., 'Aug. IS. Claim i.f
Plymouth Rock that the represents the
otdeat Anglo-Saxon ' civilization In
America were tern to shreds this after
noon when the General Assembly eel-
lra ted the 300th anniversary of con
tinuous existence a a law-making
body. .
CHARLOTTE STREET CARS
. TO RESUME TODAY.
Charlotte, Aag. 13. Following an la
formal conference of representative
citizens, official of th Southern Pub
lic Wtlitics Company and representa
tive of the striking street railway aae
and electrical worker lata today, It was
announced that such material progress
wrs tmade toward adjustment of ex
isting difference that thor was ground
foil, expectation that th street car,
which have been idle since Sunday
morning, would bo la epeiatioa again
Saturday afteraooa. . ,
II
STATRV1DE ROADS
State Association Announces
. Definite Policy in Resolu-
tions Adopted
NATIONAL SYSTEM IS
ALSO COMMENDED
Townsend Bill Now Before Con
gress Receives Okeh; State
Council To Work With Na
tional Council Established;
Old Officers Xe-Elected; Ad
dress by Dr. Biddick
8peeial to the News and Observer.)
Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 15 A State
wide system of hard-surfaced roads
through the adoption by the 8tate of a
definite policy to this end is an out,
standing feature of the new year's pro
gram of the North Carolina Good Boads
Assoeiatioa , which adopted resolutions
calling for both a State and a national
system of highways in addition to the
county systems at its concluding ses
sion of the annua convention here to
day. Adoption of a program towards se
curing a State highway system of hard
surfaced roads is no taken to mean that
In every ease the initial work may not
be merely the laying of a foundation
for the hard-surfaced road later. The
Efote Highway - Commission cwnfewes
its inability at the present time to de
cide upon a definite policy and still
haa an "open mind," believing that
the type of road must be determined
by the communities through which they
pass. '
The convention put itself on record
as favoring the Townsend bill now be
fore Congress, which provides for a
national system of roads to be con
structed and maintained by the Fed
eral government in sddition to aiding
the States oa State systems and a State
couneil to work for a national sys
tem in co-operation with the- Federal
highway eonncil, composed of a mem
ber from each county in the .State, wis
authorized today. Mr. W. C. Borea, of
Greairsboroi was named rhairnian of
thq council and will name tho members,
-.W. -.lv .k. AAMtwA .ammIHm
r "lOWr TCniCICS.
conTeBtioB M inviutioB, f'
for motor vehicles,
tBj these were referred to the
executive committee. The association
of county commissioners will meet in
Asheville.
Old Officer Its-Elected.
President W. A. McGirt, SeereUry
Joseph Hyde Pratt and Miss H. M.
Berry, assistant secretary, were re
elected. Charlea 8. Wallace, of More
head City, and S. K. Davenport, of
in Hn iv m'jswas as iATati witmnptiinfnia. '
A field secretary will be employed later.
District vice-presidents were named as
iouowl: .rsi o.s.r.c, i--
n.uinBiui ftuuu, . . ... -.... ,
Kinston; third, George E. Butler, Clin-)
CONVENTION URGES
OF HARD SURFACE
ton; fourth, Jos. O. Brown , iuiif; of fof wit hitnmin.
s.xth, W. D. MacMillan, Jr., '"!- m,IBl 1 ,,, Kentucky, Virginia,
to.;-.ev.nth W. N. FjerrtJ. . Rocking- 'y and .Pcaasyl-
ham; eighth, J. C. 8moot, North Wilkes-j T1BjJ ,B(j ,, ia dUtricti
boroi ninth, A. M.Mcpon.W,tTiarlotte!ldufi ,he hier dpi of foj A
tenth, a A. Pattoai Asheville. ; gtrih. - - . k coastwise
ZC r!.
are: President, W. A. MeOlrt, Wilming
ton; secretary, Joseph Hyde Pratt,
Chapel Hill; W. C. Boren, Greensboro;
II. D. Williams, Kenansville; IV C.
Whitlock. Charlotte; T. L. Gwyn.I
1 Snrinadalei Hugh MacBae. W.ilmington.
liio associauo nuuuicu rrwiuuun, m
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highest terms his military aerrice.whicai
ti State.
Mlse Berry First Honorary Member-
Miss H. M. Berry, of Chapel Hill, for
several year assistant secretary of the
association, who served as secretary
during Colonel' Pratt' absenee while in
tl army, was elected as the assoeia-;
tion't first honorary member and tin-:
work.
Submitting the report of th resolu
tive committee, Mr. W. D. MacMillan,
Jr., of Wilmington, took occasion to
pay his respects to a letter from Mr.
Leonard Tufts, of Pineburst, which was
read be fori the convention by Chair
man Frank Page, of the Highway Com
mission, on the previous day. which ad
vocated the building of sand-clay roads
and likewise eharged that manufacturer,
of high-priced road materials as waging
publicity campaigns with a view -to mar
keting their products rather than the
best interest of the State.
Submitting figures showing that thel0f fh. u,,..-. Pvuion. was f.t.ll. In-
number of automobiles in the nation
had Increased from three thousand in
nineteen nuuarcu io ..... ...
year and la expected to feaeh thirty -
i, win j- i .i. i.i. i.
MacMillan predicted that with a hun
dred thousaad machines ia th State
aow, the number would Increase to on
hundred fifty thousaad ia tha next tw
year.
With such a heavy traffia over tho
mala arteries of travel, Mr. MacMillan
declared that ao eaad clay road would
tand up loager thaa two month aad
while dirt road might bo all r'.ght for
tb particular community la which they
are located, yet aa a chain ia ao stronger
thaa It weakest link, so k a Btato
highway, ao bettor thaa It weakest por
tion. - .
It Is more economical to build roads
tho right way thaa to build them the
wrong way and then have to build them
(Coatlaao4 aa Pan Two-) -
Executive Officer ; I
National Rifle Matches
Lieut. Col. William 8. Harllee, D. 8.
M. executive officer of tho National
Rifle Matrhea at the large navy range
at Caldwell. Tho National rifle matches
sre being contested by marksmen of
the army, navy marine corps, State
militia organization and members of
gunnery associations and are conducted
under War Department Auspices.'
(C) Underwood A Underwood.
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Nothing In Prospect To Justify
Oppressive Prices
For Coal
Washington, Aug. 15. Replying to a
Senate resolution. Director General of
K.vlrnails Hiors informed the Senate
today that while there had been some
car shortage in the bituminous coal
district, h did not "anticipate any
shortages ia transportation, which will
be in any sense exceptional or abaor
mal, or which will justify oppressive
price for coal." '
Th groat danger that confronts tb
public ia thia Matter," the director
general .assorted "is. that any shortage
cither in 'production by th mine or
ia transportation auy ba exaggerated
ao aa to serve a a pretext for heavy
increase ia tho coal prices, which, in
aiy opinion, are already high, gen
erally speaking. It is worthy of serious
-v..-.
consideration whether congressional ae
tion can be taken te proteet the pub
lie under these eircumstaneea from ex
cessive coal pricea."
The Senate resolution, to which Mr.
Hines replied, was introduced by Sen
ator Pomerene, of Ohio, and asked
specifically for information aa to the
number of coal ears available and
whether the coal car situatioa could be
held responsible for any possible
1 shortage of cual.
Director Statement.
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)oa(jnj jjr jiiBe uid in reply.
btnM .bout July 15, WW. coincident
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i !!. ! Ptl.f diffl-
cutties bave contributed to these short-
ages. Contemporaneously, however,
there still exist slight ciirplusoi of
open top car ia some sections, princi
pally in the wet." t
Regarding the ear supply, Mr. Hines
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rktck war nra f Harallv irwsraf a1 Mil.
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these awaited repairs. He estimstel
that about 773,000 ears were suitable
fortoal loading. Forty-five thousand
new ears, he said, have been or will le
placed ia the service as rapidly as prac
ticable. J. R. COLLIE, I, IS
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ON CAR SHORTAGE
KILLED IN NORFOLK
n..- u ai.i'.C.J .1 r.i.i rarmviue ana tne r.asi Carolina rau
ParentS Here Notified Of Fatal . ro.d ha never been opened as an al-
Injury In Automobile
Accident
J. R. Collie, Jr., the seventeen-year-old
son of Runpri.trnilpnt J. R. Cnllia
iure tt Norfolk sesterdav. according'1 fo u, tn" n0,t economical route
,0 , ,c(grgm mr-lro4 ,y p!lrents of
,h, roung mM here last night. Mr. and
)Mrfc Coje eft Uf Norfolk rtortly
after receiving th message.
No details Jjeyoad the fact that the
young man was in aa auto accident
could be learned. Ho had been working
in Norfolk for some time.
MAN AND MULE ARE ,
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Winstoa-Satem, Aug.' 13. During aa
electric storm at Walaut Cove yesterday
afteraooa, a whit man, who aam
waa not learned, waa killed by lightning.
A valuable male belonging to Mr. Alex
Pole, a farmer residing two mile from
Cermantown, was also killed. "The ani
mal waa tied to a peach tree near a to
bacco barn whet struck by a bolt of
Itgklalng. Four mea In tho tobacco
bars were as vert ly shocked. .
nil FEDERAL
DIRECTOR OF LABOR
Will Serve State of N. C. For
One Dollar a Year; Wins
Over Beasley
INTERSTATE LIQUOR
THROUGH WASHINGTON
Point Baited Is Shipment of 34
Quart r-By-Charlotte-Manr
Bates On Export and Bunker
Coal; Movements of North
Carolinians -at the National
Capital '
By 8. R. WINTERS.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. As fore
casted In this corespondeneo some days
ago, M. L, Shipman, Commissioner of
Labor and Printing of North Carolina,
was today appointed Federal Director of
Labor for the Tar Heel State. John
Denauiore, Federal Director of Labor,
today notified Senator Simmona of the
appointment.
Mr. Nhipman will serve as a dollar a
year man, the $3,000 salary originally
going to the State Director of Labor will
revert to the United States Treasury.
Mr. Shipman hopes to coordinate Fed
eral and State agencies in the direction
of the labor forces of North Carolina.
W. L. Beasley, acting director of the
labor employment office in Baleigh, was
in Washington today in conference with
Mr. Densmore. He was also a candidate
for the job, but will not conteat the ap
pointment of the Commissioner of Labor
and Printing.
Stateaville "Vagrant" Rele-ed.
Talea of hidden pirate treasures per
hap rivaling the inventive genius of
Robert L. Stevenson fascinated the
Washington police force when eighty-two-year-old
Chas. M. Bower, alias
Steele, of Statesville, N. C, appeared
to answer an indictment for vagrancy.
Bower states he had been skipper of the
ship "Mary Die" ia 1874 when the re
ael was captured by pirate off the coast
of the Island of Co Cos cut throats he
said, concealed her cargo of diamonds
and gold in devious eaves along the
island eoast but, sharing the eommoa
fate of plunderers of those days, failed
to return and collect their treasures.
The aged sea captain, who claims Statea
ville aa his home, offered to load a band
of treasure aeekers in aeareb fo hidden
wealth. Bower was released by th
Washington polic justice, who declined,
however, to accept ht invitation to visit
tU Co Co Island. '
V ' Interstate Ueaor hlpatonta. ' '
Reinforcing the strength of former
test case by repitition, tho Washing
ton polic fore again today ruled that
liquor destined from one point ia the
country to another, routed through
Washington, ia free from molestation by
the police here. The owner cannot be
adjudged guilty of violation of the bone
dry law. The particular test case found
eonerete evidence in the example of
Lewis O. Wilson, of Charlotte, N. C.
The 50-year-old citizen bad shipped
from Baltimore to Washington, two
trunks containing thirty-four quarts of
whiskey. The fluid waa aeixed here and
when Wilson was arrested he was in
the art of ro-checking his possessions
to Charlotte.
Proposed Competing Lino In Disfavor.
The United States railroad adminis
tration looks with disfavor upon the
idea of Thomas Jacobs, chairman of
(he Tarboro Merchants' Association,
for the establishment of a competing
railway between Tarboro and Norfolk
by the East Carolina and the Norfolk
Soujhern railroad. Robert Rantoul, act-,
ing assistant ' to the director general,
in a letter to Senator Simmona sug
gesting that it is the policy ef the
railroad administration to concentrate
upon n single rcute rather than srster
its forces.
"You appreciate, of course," says
Mr. Rnntonl, "the necessity under ex
isting conditions of exercising eco
nomics where possible and where such
action is not inimical to public in
terests and ss there does not seem to
be good and sufficient grounds ad
vanced for the neeesaity of this al
ternative route, I hardly feel that the
request warrants favorable action un
der the circumstances."
The railroad administration arrives
at this conclusion by the fallowing
line of reasoning: "The direct liue
between Tarboro and Norfolk is via
the Atlantic Coast Lino or a diMinee
of 102 miles, while that t lint by the
combined use of East Carolina and
Norfolk Southern is 100 miles, the
practical doubling of haul and ue of
two roads, entailing interchange, could
only result in a material cost of hand
ling freight without accomplishing any
improvement! in the service. The route
Itetween Tarboro and Norfolk via
tentative route, enippera are noi ue
Ing deprived of any rights which they
hsd prior to Federal control by the
failure to establish service and apply
eompctive rates at the present time.
"It has been the declared tolicy of
the administration during Federal eon
where two routes oxist between points
provided traffic can be adequately cared
for as one of the large savings of uni
fied control, and it does not seem jus
tifiable, therefore, to incur the Increas
ed expense or tn adopt the uneconomi
cal feature dividing the traffle between"
two routca instead of concentrating on
one. the Atlantic Const Line being
) amply able to adequately provide for
Rates oa Banker oaL
The United States Kailroad Adminis
tration partly answer a request of
prominent citizens of Wilmington rela
tive to the establishment of rate on
export and bunker coal with this In
quiry: "What facilities haa Wilming
ton for handling export coal, aad also
the dally eapaeity of such facilities
a she may possess f" Tb railroad ad
ministration also would Ilk to know
(Coatiaaed oa Pago Three.)
PLANS FOR WHITE HOUSE
CONFERENCE GOt-IPLEIE
E
E
DeptoretrBrSenatofThomasT:
And His Remarkable
Suggestion
Washington, Aug. 13. Deploring the
"contagion of strike disease" which he
said had apparently apread throughout
the world, Senator Thomas, Democrat,
of Colorado, in the Senate late today
suggested that the "diaeasa" be brought
Into Congress, Its members organize a
Union , and refuse to legislats uatil
conditions have been changed or at
least until the members have been aa
sured of re-election in 1920.
Senator Tbomaa said present condi
tions were a "melancholy commentary
when It is considered that there la more
money now ia circulation than ever be
fore' and asserted that if labor condi
tions continue as they are suffering due
to reduced production would be acute
this winter.
8uch conditions he added, however
eannot .continue and ho said he would
trust-to tha common sense of the peo
ple of this country to see that the laws
were obeyed.
While not contending that all labor
difficulties now in progress throughout
the country were actuated by Bolshe
vlstie doctrines he expressed the belief
that some were. Mr. Thomaa called
the attention to the face that police'
men in Washington and other cities
were forming organizations which he
said might at some time prevent them
from acting in cases of strikes, and he
said he believed the police of the eou
try should be prevented from entering
into any obligations that might handi
eap them in fulfilling their duty.
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Raleigh Visitors Express Keen
est Appreciation of the
Outing '
Camp Carroll continues to be a
happy spot for the sixty-odd Boy Scouts
and Y. M. C. A. boys who are there
on a tea-day encampment. A number
of Raleigh people have been to the
camp and have returned eipressing
highest approval' of tho way the camp
is conducted and gratification that the
youngsters are having auch a fine time.
One of the boys writing back, says
of one dsy's experience:
"We opened our day with tha usual
morning dip, which was without inci
dent. Breakfast followed, with ham and
gravy, grits, French-fried potatoes and
cocoa. The boys were filled by the first
helping, but 'Skinny' McNeil palled for
five helpings. Inspection, held at 9:30,
revealed a spotless camp and a bunch
of boys ready for a day's outing.
"W took a plungo at U:'M and a few
took advantugo of boating. Dinner fol
lowed at 1 :30 p. m., with Brunswick
stew, cooked by the famous sportsmen,
Mr. Tom Powell and Dr. Green.
"Between 1 and 1 :30 o'clock the time
was spent in cither reading Bibles or
in writing. This time is usually kept
ury quiet for the boys, ss many of
them are accustomed io spend that time
in reading and studying tho Scriptures.
''After ditmer the fellows went fish
ing, quite a few of them going to a
neai-by ohl. Fiah were caught during
tho day. Among them a beautiful bass,
caught by Mr. li. O. Lutmau and a huge
Jack by Mr, Tom Powell. Tho fish were
eaten ravenously by the campers.
"Supper was served at 7:00 p. m., and
the menu included pineapple, fritters
snd syrup. After supper the fellows
hsd a big time in the metropolis of
Lakeview. At 9 o'clock the camp fires
were lighted and a eoncert given by
Louis Unchurch, was greatly enjoyed.
GENERAL S. L FAISON
TO ADDRESS BANKERS
Winston-Salem, Aug. 13. President
James A. Gray, of the North Carolina
Bankers' Association, received tele
gram today from Washington stnting
that Oen. H. U Faison, who command
ed the 30th division In France during
the European war and won fame by
breaking the famoue Hinderburg line,
will address the State bankers at their
aaaual meeting in thia city next week.
He will speak oa Thursday. Recent
press reports said that General Fat
son had been transferred to the Texas
border, but the. message coming to
President Gray conveyed the" Informa
tion' that he was still tn Washington,
and might be expected in Winston
Salem the coming week.
THOUSANDS ATTEND
MOCKSVILLE PICNIC
Winston-Salem, Aug. 13. Ten thou
sand or more people attended the
forty-first annual picnic held in Cle
meu. Grove at Mocksville yesterday.
Th receipts, which will go to the Ox
ford Orphanage, totaled about Il.b00.
To Imaort Coverasxeat Feedstata.
Winston-Salem. Aug. 13. Mayor Gor-
rell is esmpleting plana for th Impor-
tatioa of ono or more carloads at food'
stuff being told front government
J warehouses, at aetual cost to the public
CONTAGION 0
STRIKE DISEAS
CAMPERS STILL
HAVING BIG TIW1
New Draft of Treaty Reserva
tions Submitted By Sen-.
ator Lodge
COVERS 4 POINTS AGREED '
ON BY 7 SENATOr.S
Point Belattaf" To Monro
Doctrine, Withdrawal from
Membership, Jurisdiction
Over Purely Domestio Ques
tions And Eight of Confresal
To Declare War Under ArtU
de X All Included; 20 EtpubY
Means for Early Committee?
Action
(By The Associated Press.) . .
Washington, Aug. IS. -Negotiations
between Democratic and Republican
senators looting to ratification or ta
peace treaty with reservations, reached
a more definite stsge today while Preel-
dent Wilsoa and tha foreign relatioaa
committee were getting together oa aa
precedented measure to giro tho pah-.
He all tbe details of their discussion
of the treaty aext Tuesday at tb Whit
House. i
Democratic leaders feeling out acatU
ment oa the Republican aide, wero tolj
that the treaty never could bo ratified
without qualification, but that . asor
than twenty Bepublicans wanted to ae
it accepted in the near future with
reservations along tho lino of thoso
agreed on by seven Senators of that
party some days ago. ; - ,
.This lnformatioa earn from member
of the group of seven after eompi-
tion of a poll begun Wednesday on
receipt of tho first Democratic over
turn. The tweaty needed by th Dent
oerats to make th necessary ratifica
tion majority of 64, had not accepted
the proposed reservatioa program ia
exact form It waa asserted, bat had
given their assent to ita general pro
visions. fc i
Hitchcock at Whit Hoaao. ,
Afterward Senator Hitchcock, tha
Democratic leader, wont to tho White
House aad Is understood to hart laid
the whole Beast situatioa before th
President. He mad a formal aa
n'uncement afttr th conference, but
Indicated: thai the administration stand
for unreserved ratifleatioa remained
unchanged. Soma of the sevea reeer-
vat Ion Republicans, however, Insist thai
they bav ; had iaformatloa aasnrlag
Democratic esse at to their program.
A new draft of reservstioas aa
showa to several Sepublieaa dariag
the day by Senator Lodge, th Bepnblt-
eaa leader, it is unaersxooa io cover
tbe four points embraced la tb pro
gram agreed on by th sevea Benatora
and to include also a provision that ap
pointment of the Amerieaa rcpreeeata-
tivs on the league council must have
Senate approval. The other foar pre
visions relate to tbe Monroe Peetrtno,
withdrawal from membership, Jariadle-
lion over pur cry aomrsne qnrnnwa,
the right of Congress to declare war
under article ten of th League Cove
nant.
Conference Plan Completo. . 5 v
Plans for tbe White House conference
Tuesday were virtually completed dur
ing tha dav with an aareement that
both white house aad eommltte ata
aocraphera should be present aad that
a transcript of the discussioBa would ba
isnucd to she press.. Chairman Lodge
also gave hia assent to the presene of
nenspaper men at the meeting, but aaid
that r.a . niioitinn frfr the President to
decide. ""
J he proposal that atenograpaera do
present came from the President la re
ply to a request that the committee
mimtwr. khnuld not le restrained to
secrecy about the discussions. Mr. Wil
son aid he would provide a atenogra
nher and su nested that tb committee
also bring one. Chairman Lodge aaid
it would be done.
Although H began discussion of pro
posed amendments to the treaty bodr
the committee decided to vote oa aono '
of them until it hod talked with th
President. There will be no meetalg to
morrow and most of next week probably
will be devoted to hearing tho five addi
tional witneaaes aummoned yesterday.
Staya In Committee for rreosnU
Tne question or now soon in commit
tee would report to tho Senate, waa ono
of the subjects most earnestly diacneeed
In the many conferences held among
Senatora during the day. While tho
Democratic leader said they believed
twentv Republicans would exert their in
fluence fo early committee action, it
waa made clear by tha reservatioa Bc-publicna-)
that they had aot promised
anv Republlcaa votea for a motion to
ftMk th- AH r til. Mn ihm
lu.u tw . . V .h w " v .
hands. ......
After his White House conference
Senator Hitchcock aald tho committee
might report within ten dsya or two
neeks. He made it clear that getting
th treaty into tho Senate a aooa) o
p.actieable was the present eeacera of
the administration. , ' ;
Lodge For Early Action.
Chairman Lodge ia understood to bo
in sympathy with the mov for aa early
action by the eommltte aad it ia
thought examination of witnesses aext
week mav be hastened and a asor
called. Some member of th commit
tee waat Col. House aad ether sum
moned however, and another committee
fight may result.
Much interest waa Manifest la th
set of reservation showa to Bcvntora
by Mr. Ledge. It waa aaid ha did not
aggressively advocate their adoption
bat merely asked tho oplaioa of several
Senator regarding then,. It ia under
stood they differ ia phraseatogy from
those drafted by th aevea senators an
der tho lead Of Seaator McNary, Repub
llcaa, Oretoa, but that ooma of tie
' :! (Coatiaaed aa Pag Two-)