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TWENTY PACES TODAY: ' . RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY KOlUiNG, AUGUST 27, 1919. 'TWENTY PACES TODAY.
FRICEi FIVE CENTS.
V
REPUBLICANS NOW PROPOSE
ANOTHER SWEEPING CHANGE
IN PROVISIONS OF TREATY
Senate Committee Votes To Re
move American Representa
tion From Commissions
SENATE SESSION HAS '
WHIRLWIND OF DEBATE
Senator McCumber, Bepubli
; tan, Severely Condemns For
elf n" Relations Committee
for Shantung Amendment,
Declaring It Was Meant To
Drive a "PoUoned Blade"
Through League of Nations;
' Maintains That Its Adoption
Would Be Blow To China As
It Could Accomplish No Be-
' suit Except To Drive Japan
, Out of League .
BELGIAN SENATE RATIFIES.
Brussels, Aag. 2fc (By the Asso
ciated Preee-I The Belglaa Beast
today aaanimeasly approved the
mm treaty with Germany. Tba
Chamber af DepatiM ratified ih
twaty August 8.
FRENCH SENATE DEBATES IT.
PnrU, Aag, 2(By (ha Associated
Preea.)--The malt af Ua Scat day'
debate ea the raUflcaUaa af tba
aaara treaty ky tka French Chamber
of DepatUa caaaa4 optimistic fore
casta af prompt ratlflntioa to vanish.
Wuhit(toa, Aug. 28. Proviaioa for
Amerieaa representatloa oa a aeora of
international commissions to carry out
. details of ths peace settlement would be
stricken out of the peace treaty under
a sweeping amendment adopted today
by the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
. Later in the Senate itself the torn tu it
tco's previous decision to amend the
debate, with Senator McCumbor, of
North Dakota, bitterly - attacking tka
-ommirteV course aed Senator Borah,
rir a fin n i iairniii nav it. bhavb a. ran hji
fmitJItfoa MmtKjara ttt ft It at aVAmtnlHsM.
' At XU e.4 of t!i day 8eaUi flits
1 -W , - ij. 1 , .L.j - - - -
' Ivaef, talked, em the TKmsibllitlet of
, the aituntio MitU Tresldont Wilson at
, ths White Uouie and predicted ftr-
wards that air intendments woum no
defeated evouluslly aadjbat the treafy
would h ratified durlag September.
. I strict Party Vote. j
In Its doeisloa regarding Amerieaa
parllelpatioa In the reconstruction
commission, the committee divided on
. pnrtyJiuei, the sine Bepublleans pres
ent standing as a unit for the amend
ment and the eevea Demoeratis votes
all being recorded la the aegatlTa. Sen-!
ator McCumber, who voted with the
Democrats against the 8haa$ung amend
. saeat, was absent.
Although the ommittee'a action would
change the laaguage of the treaty in
more than fifty places, scattered through
many sections, aa eaceptioa was made
f the reparatioas commission which is
to have charge af the collection of tier-
: maay's indemnities bill. Senator Fall,
, Republican, New Mexico, who preseated
, the amendment. Mid ba bad not pro
posed taking the Amerieaa reprcaeatd-
tires from the commiaaion because ke
felt Amerieaa interests might be di
rectly involved in its work.
Interest Considered Iadirect.
Ia the commissions which are affected
by the amendment, Mr. Fall said, Amcri
' caa interest would be m lndireti as not
ta aompennte for the dangers of becom
ing hopelessly involved in Europcaa af
faire. Among these eommiMione are the
bodies sof ap td rectif r the boundary
botweea Belgium and tiermany, to ea
tabliah tba free t'ir ft Danzig, to an-
pervise numerous plebiscites and to take
cars af various other details under the
, tresty, V;:
The amendment also omits roferenes
ta ths commissions that are to be ap
pointed by tka League of Nations, com
wlttca members saving tkat was a osV
Ject ta ba dealt with after action bad
besa takea tegarding tba league cove
nant Itself.
AttacksShaataag AmeadmeaC
Ia kls speech ia tba Jnt.ate Mc
Cumber declared ths eoe:t:?s major
ity really iattaded tte Wiaatatig amend
. meat to drive a "pseaed blude" iae
. the treaty wltk ths yurpose of killing
' tka Leagpa of Sa'.ions. He aaserted
that the change, which would . give to
. China iaatcad of to Jnpaa the old Ger
: maa rights In Bhantung province, was
aetually a blow at China beeauee it
could accomplish so reeult but to drive
Japaa aut of the league and leave her
free to pursue a coarse of spoliation
Sgsinit Ch'nese territory.
Senator Borak replied that China had
aothina to hone for under the lea rue,
becaoM the ume powers wnicn wm
- control its decisions already bad do-
.!,., 1 1. 4- - t,.,B lid
.reviewed the history of Japsaese diplo
f maey ia tka East and Mid all the facts
armed anlait Jnnaa - keeoinc her
promise to return Shaatong to Clilna.
President Well Plessed.
' Ia the general debate which developed
several other BCpablieaas attacked the
poaitioa takea by Seaator McCumber
aad Senator Fall announced that bo
would reply to the North Dakota Sea
ator at greater length tomorrow. Re
publican leaders declare tbo amend
ment Is assured of Senate acceptance,
but after kls Whtta Hoom conference
todar Senator Hitrbeeck declared it
would bo keatea decisively aad that
tkere would bo dosea BejnibUeaa iotas
agaiast it. . - 1 --:..
The Presidsnt, Senator Hitchcock
aald. seemed well pleased with tba
as MJIA Si.
D3Dtit uoauos no w cvbuuvb m
(Ceatiaatd aaTage TaaJ
. . .
. 1 . i
UNCLE SAM PLANS
STARTING STORES
Government To Provide Means
of Marketing Surplus House
hold Commodities
WILL SELL CLOTHING
ALSO IN THIS MANNER
Meantime Congressional Com.
mittees Continue Consider
tion of Legislation To Beduee
High Cost of Living; Hear,
ings On Measure To Regulate
Cold Storage of Foodstuffs
Washington, Au(. 26V Farther tep
to brine down (oaring priees were takea
today by tba government, tba War De
pa rtmtnt announcing plana for opening
retail torea in a number of cities
through which aarplaa household Mm
moditiea and clothing will be made
valtable-O-wnstimcTa-tbronghoot thejeoet of growing cot tea ond eora and by
country.
Meantime eongreaaionai committees
continued consideration of legislation
designed to reduce the high cost of liv
ing. Thia included amendments to tka
food control act to punish profiteering
and hoarding bills ta regulate cold
storage and appropriations for ths Fed
eral Trade Commiaaion to investigate
stocks and give the information to the
public ,
- Through the retail stores to be opened
by the War Department, the army's
large surplus stocks of socks, underwear,
shirts, raincoats, blankets, gloves, to
bacco, sonp and other household com
modities will be sold.
By Parcel Peat Alae.
Consumers ia the urge cities where
the to res will be operated will be able
to purchase over the counter but tbo
stoeks also will be made avstlsblo to
persons in other communities through
the parcel post.
Price lists are being prepared aad
these will be t nrnished to all postoAeM
for the convenience of the ,' pabbe.
While ao announcement kas yet been
made, k ia expected tka tho -prieea, like
those la the foodstuffs now being dis
posed of, will be considerably below tho
prevailing market -. - - v". .v.v.'.
Preseat plan ire to open stores la
the fonrteea aones supply centers aad
U Is expected that ia those sec lions
of the. country ia which large areas are
embraced ia bob boundaries sfldltional
cities will bo selected as mIo renters.
. Amendments to tho wsr time food
control bill recommended by Attorney
General Palmer were ordered favorably
reported to the Senate by ths agricul
ture MmmittM tonight. Two aew
ameadmeata were accepted by tho com
mittee, one offered by Seaator Smith,
Democrat, of Georgia, legalising the or
ganisation of fair prieo committees, and
another by Senator Harrison, Democrat,
Mississippi,:: providing for reasonable
regulation of rests ia tho District of
Columbia. ? ' ' '
Ia coasidering legislatioa far regulat
ing cold storage the House sgrieultare
committee hesrd several witnesaea. Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, formerly ehief of
the Bureau of Chemistrr, told the com
mittee the storage of products eheuldJ
not bo uniform, but should depend ea
the food atored. Fiah and eggs, ks
said, eoald not be atored witkont ma
terial deterioration, while meats aad
other fooda were improved by storage.
K. h. rrench, representing the Intar
ant!nnal Apple Shippers Association,
while not opposed to the suggested limit
of twelve months for storage of food
stuffs, said produetioa would be stifled
If fruits aad vegetables eoald aot be
returned to storsg, if they became a
drug oa tho market.
Testimony regarding pronteering aad
hoarding ia many of the basie indus
tries wns given to tho llouas sppropria
tioBS committee, which was considering
appropriations for the Federal trade
eommiaeioa. CommiMloners William
& Colver aad Victor Murdock were
whnctaes.
Mr. Colver told of numerous rewles Of
the 1919 vegoteble pack -which ia aot
yet completed aad said many of these
were made for speculative purposes.
0 suggested that this condition bo cor
rected by enactment of appropriate
legislatioa. .
WILL NOT RESUME CAR
SERVICE IN WINSTON NOW
Winston-Sslem, Ang. 2t Although
no official aanouneemeat ksa bee a
made, it is geasrally understood that
permiMioa will aot bo given for the
operation of the street Mrs ia this city
at least for several days, or until ths
present trouble ia Charlotte is adjusted.
Public sentiment ia Winston-Salem
seems to be sgsiast ths oprrstioa of
tho street rei!wayr if such seeaee as
acre witnessed ia Charlotte last might
are to bo reproduced, r
Darksm Company Leaves, i ; r
Durham, Aug, 26-iAting upon or
ders froas tho Stste Adjutant General's
office, Durham company of tka Nortk
Caroliaa reserve militia, 64 stroag, ia
eommaad af Captata B. L. Bishop, oa
trained tonight for Cbarlotts to aid la
preserving order ia connection with the
striks of the street car mea la that
lty.,:,v r.y ::, , ,
Two Army Avtatora Killed.'
Belleville, HI., Aug. 26V-Beeosd Liea
tensnt Floyd Meiseahelmer, af Detroit,
sad' Chsuffeur Harold Ice, of St.
Mary's, Ohio, were killed at Scott Field,
near here late today whea their air
plane fell from a altitude af tOO feet
sad caught Ire after ensiling to the
ground. T -
GURES FARMER
LSItlGiie
Johnston County Man Submits
Calculations in Letter To
Senator.Simmonf
COST OF PRODUCTION
GREATER THAN RECEIPTS
Think Cotton Mills Beap Tre-
mendous Profits And Gives
Some More Figures; Edward
B. Britton Tells Senate Sub
f Committee About High Cost
of Living In Washington "
.The News aad Observer Bureau,
03 District National Bank Building.
By S. R. WINTERS.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 26. Cost pro
duction figures may be a bugaboo to ths
TJaited States Department of Agricul
ture resulting in aa irreeoneiliablo dis
pute between Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston and Dr. W. J. Spill
man, bat the problem ia not too intri
cate for C. A. Bolt, of Smithfie.d, John
ston county, to tackle. He baa com'
puted kia owa cost produetioa figures
aad however cxeesaivo the itema may
epeear. hie calculations are at least in
tcresting. He confines bis figures to tns
his reasoning a tenant farmer is a luck'
leaa individual.
la a letter to Senator 8imjions he
takea the uait of a tenant, who with
fifteen aerea of land plants ten to cot
ton and five aerea to eora aa 'be baaia
for his reasoning. He takes for granted
that the farmer docs all the work except
hoeing, and picking of the cotton, allow
ing the tenant a wage rate of $5 a day
for kia owm and hie horse's labor. The
farmer ia supposed to furnish wagon,
cart, plows, cultivators and other fix
tures essential to cultivating- aad ha-
vesting tho crop. Here is the compute'
tion: Wages for one year or 313 days
st S per day, 1,065; hoeing the crop
for oae year, 150: picking 7.500 pounds
cotton at M per hundred, sl-Wt ginning
aad wrapping five bales at $5 per bale,
$25; guano, two and ooe-bajf tons at
$70 per ton, $173; nitrate soda, 500
pounds at $5 per hundred, 25; seed for
planting cotton and corn, 425; total ex
pense for crop. 92,015, less one-third
laadlord'a part of fertilizer, 168.66; ten
ant a aetanl expense.
-. - Farmers Lose Meaey.
Figuring that the average produetioa
of Uat fettoa-in IBIS was JtiS- pounds
and calculating that this truant mad
50 pounda of lint pc raere at JtOeenU
a pound bia revenue would be 9750, Fig
uring 150 bushels of seed at fl.uu
busheL 9130: five acres of eora without
fertiliMr avenging twelve aad one-half
bushels to tho acre or a total of 611-1
twhels t 91.75 a "bushel, 9103JI7. The
total weipts of the entire crop would
be 91,003.37 aad the total proceed do
ducted from tho total expense leave the
tenant la debt $1571.40.
While Mr. Holt is apparently aome
what extravagant in his statemcats, hi
(Ceattaned aa Page Two.)
IRISHHDS
CdUHTRY'S CAUSE
Virginia State Assembly In Si
lence Hears Eamon De Va
lera Tell His Story
Richmond, Va., Aug. 26. Eamon D
Valera addressed three thousand people
here tonight presenting tho aims and
desire of the Irish republic Do Valors
wss introduced by Governor Westmore
land Davis as a visitor who would
'speak to the people oa a subject near
est to hi heart''
Do Valera arrived in the city early
today aad was greeted with a hearty
welcome by a committee. Later
luBcheoa was served st a prominent
hotel. Seaator Bobert F, Leedy pre
sented the distinguished Irishman to
tho. party aad Mayor George Ainslis
greeted him ss tbo guest of tho friends
of Irish freedom and aot a tho presi
dent of Ireland.
The vifltor told of the 750 years a'
unhappy i life of Irish people under
British rale, deploring ths depopulstioa
of the Island from 8,000,000 to 4,000,000
of people, due bo Mid, to tho British
policy ia relation to his eoaatry. De
Valera aaserted that a Democratic gov
ernment has been set up there based
upoa that of tho United Ststcs.
. Eamoa Do Valera pleaded hi mum
before tho oldest representative lsw
asking body ia ths new world, the
Bute Assembly.
,. Just a few yards in front of the
angular son of Erin stood tbo exact
image of George Washington, father
of the country, before which Ireland
lays her elnlms aad the grestest leader
of bia -day ia the fight for self -determination.
- The building ia which tbo Irish enter
spoke, . wu planned by Thomas Jef
ferson, whoM declaration of iadepead
eneeVae the underlying thought apon
which Do Valera built his ddm to the
Virginia General Assembly.
As he csme ia tho hall, tho figure of
Patrick Beery, whose fiery eloquence la
a little church a mile to tho caat of tho
capitol called the colonist to arm for
freedom, looked down oa him from a
pedestal act below tho equestrian statu
of Washington.
Ia sileaee tho assembly listened while
tho represeatative of Irelaad told it
that ale country was asking for ths
same thlag for which Washiagtoa
fought, Jsffersoa wrote aad eatry mads
hi impassloaed pleas. Neither by word
or tokea did any one of it members
Svo aaseat to hia argument. Ho told
a story, it was heard tad ho went
OSJV" " '" '
BEGIN VOtiflG or
WAGE PROPOSALS
On Outcomot Balloting Hinges
industnal Peace On Gov
ernment Roads
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T
BOTHER ABOUT OUTCOME
Director General Hines Shows
Evidence of Good Faith To
Deal Fairly With AH Classes
of Employes By Instructing
Wage Board To Act Prompt
ly On Any Demands Made
Washington, Aug. 6. Railroad shop
men throughout tho United States will
begin voting immediately oa whether
they will accept the wsgeptopoMbi
msue yesterday oy rresiaeni wusna
and Director General Hines or go out
oa strike to enforce their demands for
a general advaaeo ia pay.
Oa the outcome of the balloting hinges
industrisl peace oa the government con'
trolled railroads. If the 500,000 shop
men decide to aeeede to President Wil
son's decision that tiers ehall be no
geaeMLwieadyanceipatiLtht gov
eminent shows what caa be done to
control the rising cost of living, sulii
eient time to effect some change in the
price level probably will elapseJbefor
other ualons press their "demands for
more money.
Acta la Good Faith.
What actioa the government may be
expected to take in the event of
vote bv the shopmen to etrlxe for aa
Immediate Increase ia wages, which
President Wilson has Mid would have
a disastrous effect on efforts to bring
down prices, nns not oeen disclosed ir,
indeed, it has been considered.
Indicative of the determination of
Director Genernl Hines and the Rail
road Administration to deal fairly with
all classes of employes, the Director
General today instructed the Board of
Railway Wagea to consider promptly
any demands that might be made and
to report recommendation for correct'
ing any inequalitie found to exist
though gesersl ad rentes for any' class
will not be' made antil it has beea
proved that tho present level of prices
is permansnt. In that xm, boUtn
President and tit,' Hine lists glvea
aasuraacM that railmd workers weald
receive early mdjustueat . of their
age. "... ----.r .. t
The taking of a strike vote ordin.
srily requires about tlirs weeks. Ia
t!.e preseat instance, however, it is be
lieved the vote- may be eomploted
earlier, as instructions were glvoa by
the international officer to the anion
to fummon meeting if necessary and
to telegraph tha result of tho ballot
ing. ..
Announcing that they had refused tho
proposal of tha director genernl tho
committee of 100 representing the shop
men, made public a letter sent to tba
varioas loeal calling for a strike vote.
Tho eommittoe wss ia session seversl
hours todsy becoming bitter at timea
it was Mid, the more radical of tho
member demanding a striks to compel
or money. Ia tho letter, however,
was seea a suggestioa that some of the
committee were inclined' to give the
government a chance to make good ia
the campslga against high prices.
Asking "very serious consideration'
of the question the committee told the
unions thst aay additioaal geaeral la
crease ia the wages of rsilrosd em
ploycs, virtually all of whom have
made or will make demands for more
money, . would iaeluda the shopmen,
nd they were told not to forget that
a ctnke now meant that the shopmen
were striking alone to force nn incresso
for the entire 2,000,000 railroad cm
ployea. Strike benefits, it wss Mid
would not be paid beyond the limit of
funds now available.
MEXICAN CAVALRY FINDS
LOST ARMY AVIATORS
El Centre, Cal., Aug. 26. Mexican
ravalry, under the command of Captaia
Trujillo, late today were reported to
be escorting to the international boun
dary Lieutenaats Frederick Water
house aad C. B. Connelly, Amerieaa
aviators, missing from Rockwell Field
sine last We(nesdsy. ,
Captain Trujillo reported by courier
to Colonel Hipollte Baranea, ehief of
the military forces of Lower California,
who has directed the search for tho
mea for the past five dsys, that he bad
found them alive ia Lower California,
about two hundred miles south of San
Diego. The eountry where the men were
found is mountainous aad iaaeeessible.
It is expected the men will be brought
to Ensensda, the capital of Lower Cal
ifornia, or to Mcxleall, whenee they will
bo taken to the United States.
Colonel Baranea despatched a courier
with a request for details to the cavalry
baad that found the oflleers. '
TWO AVIATORS COMPUTB -AERIAL
DERBY BETWEEX
MINEOLA AND TORONTO.
Mlaeela, X. Y Aag. 2tV-Lieat. M.
J. Plamb landed at Roosevelt Field
at Ii5 1-4 o'clock this afternoon,
tho first aviator to complete tho
soaad trip coarse la tho laternationsl
aerial derby ketweea Mlneola and
Toroato. Lieateaaat Plamb toft
Toroato shortly before I o'clock.
REACHES TORONTO.
- Toroato, Aag. 2tv Ms. R. W.
Rchrosder laaded her at 1:11 a. at.
tho first aviator to reach Toroato
after covering tko roaad trip cenrse
la the latoraatloaal aerial darby.
Hw Urn wm 17! minute.
AGIO
F
Weld Declares That Reports of
Trade Commission Are "Ab
solutely Useless"
BIG FIVE OWNS ONLY -
FEW WHOLESALE STORES
Several Other Opponents of
Begulation Legislation Testi
fy Before Committee; Trade
Commission Makes Publk
Beport Urging Government
Monopoly Befrigerator Cars
Washiagtoa, Aug. 24. Reports af the
Federal Trade Commission oa the five
large packer aad their alleged control
of the industry are "absolutely uselcu
aa a basis for passing legislatioa,' U
D. H.,Weld, represeatative of Swift A
Co., aasured the Senate Agriculture
Committee today. Summing up hia two
day arguments against Federal regula
tloa of the Industry, as proposed ia the
Konyon snd Kendrlek bill, he challenged
the truth of tho commission's findings
in a half dosea particular aad ended
by assailing tba commission itself.
"Doa t you reseat having this sort
of evidence put before yoaf ke asked
the committco members. "Do yon think
you ought to allow a government bureau
to make this unjustified assault on a
useful and necessary industry!'
Saya Fscta Twisted.
Mr. Weld Mid he had demonstrated
before the committee that the five pack-
i, far from controlling 25 per cent
of the wholesale grocery business, did
less than 3 per cent of It; that they
did not control prices either for live
stock or meets; thst their profit were
as moderate, if not lower, thaa the
profits of any other industry, aad that
In numberless details, ss to capital in
vestment, operations in England, "live
stock pools," the commission nnd espe
cially Commissioner W. B. Colver, who
opened the hearings, had "dealt la mis
statement, misrepresentation, Insinua
tion and lBaecuraeies."
"Whst possible motive MB a publie
bodv have for doing tbo aort of thing
you say tba commission has done f" Sen
ator Harrison, Demoerst, Mississippi,
aiked. ' f ' . I
"I prefer aot to go into personalities,"
Mr. Weld replied, "but thsoriw of
member ef tho eommlaaloa oa oeonomU
snbjceta-ara aot what I call Muad.
Ther 1 aof ' huslnes asaa oa ths
toaimissloa. Principally, they raws
paper en.' -
Other WltaeasM testify. .
Several other opponents of the rogn
latioa legislatioa were hMrd during th
day and the Federal trad eommlMiea
made publie a report recommending
that operation ,f refrigerator ears aad
of ear need ia meat transportation
be declared a government monopoly.
Everett C. Brown, president of the
National Livestock Exchange, whish is
composed of cattle brokers. Mid that
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E
E
Senate Committee Enters Upon
Investigation of Increased
Prfc3s of Coal
Washington, Aug. 26. Entering on an
investigstioa, of the increased price of
coal, a Senate iaterstate commerce sub
committee today brought forth testi
mony that a shortage of cars aad labor
difficulties were hindering oal pro
duction, thst certain elements in th
miners' anion were intent on nntional
iMtlon of the coal mines with adoptioa
of a six hour day and a five day week
plus a wage increase and that a r less
problems of produetioa were solved the.
eountry would be 'brought race to faeo
with a coal famlao la tho coming win
ter. Bo emphatic were th witnesses that
the railroads were at tho bottom of the
present low produetioa that Senator
Frclinghuysea, ehairmaa of the commit
tee, indicated the committee's inten
tion of bringing Director Goneral of
Railroads Hines into the hearing.
After detailing the effect of labor
difficulties and alleged ear shortage oa
coal production, Harry N. Taylor, pres
ident of the National Coal Association,
an organisation of operator, declared
a bill had been prepared for aubm'iwioa
to Congress providing lor the nation
alisation of th mines. He added that
vthst th miner wsntcd wss not only
thst the government snould own the
property but. that the mines should
be turned over to them for operation.
He insisted that the more radical of
the miners appeared to bo gaining con
trol in eertaln district aad that there
was a serious dsager that these ele
ment! would make aa earnest effort
for th institution of something
I preaching "soviet methods" in conduct
ing th properties.
Fear wns expressed by Mr. Taylor that
at the miners' convention September 9
in Cleveland and at th joint eonferenc
of miner aad operators ia B tab), Sep
tember S3, aetioa might bo taken to
further esdanocr production. He told
the committee that the strike ia Illinois,
Kansas, aad Missouri were id violation
of the Washington agreement, which
provided for the continuous, operation
of the mine ttatll poses delaitely Is
established. Tkt conduct of tho otriket
la th Middle West, ho Mid, were ia
msny eses iaflneaced by radiml ele
ment. He Mid it wa known geaerally
ia the industry tUt aa attempt would
bo made at th Cleveland meeting to
put tbrongk ft aatioaaliMtioa program
PACKERS
nEISIBS
SHORTAGE OF CARS
PROV
IDRAfl
- (Cootlaaod ea Fag 1
SIX HUNDRED ARMED MEN IN
CHARLOTTE PATROL STREETS
TO PREVENT MORE DISORDER
ROYSTER ORDERS
6 COMPANIES GUT
Adjutant General Answers
Charlotte Mayor's Appeal
With Reserve Militia .
statevillEcompany
- entrains in hurry
State Troops From Statesvffle,
Linoolnton, Lexington, Win
ston-Salem, Durham and
Hickory Called Out To Quell
Queen City Disturbance;
Catling Gun Also Sent
Six companies of North Carolina Re
serve Militia were yesterday ordered to
Charlotte te luppress th rioting grow
ing out of th street car striks in that
city. Adjutant General B. 8. Royster
ordered the Stateaville, Lincolntoa, W)a-stoa-Salcm
and Lexington companies
out at 4 o'clock yesterday morning nnd
at 3 yesterday afternoon, in reiponse
to a further appeal from Mayor Me-
Niaeh, ordered the Durham and Hickory
companies to proceed there.
Official cognisance of the seriousness
of tho Charlotte, aa well as the Hick
ory, aituatioa aevral days ago found
the Adjutant Gn:rsl's department pre
pared to move promptly yesterdsy upon
receipt of the first appeal for troops.
Governor Birkett, in leaving for L'lah
oa August 14, left an executive order
with General Royster directing the Ad
jutant Geaeral to order troops to aay
part of the State if asked for to
preserve the peace.
Geaeral Royster wss notified by Col.
Santford Martin, private secretary to
tho governor, of the call from Charlotte
about 3:30 Tuesday morning nnd im
mediately notified the commanding offi
eera of the four rompauies to proceed
to Charlotta with troop armed for ac
tion. .. , .. v
Lexlagtea Res sends First.
s Tho tttateavillo company, commanded
by Captain B. M. Ausley, was th first
of tao (our companies ordered out early
yesterday Meraiag to entrain for th
seen Of tko disorder. Called from bed
it 4- o'clock, Captaia Aaaley mobilized
bi company of 64 mea aad two officers,
beiidM himself, equipped them with
Springfield rifles aad ammuaitioa, aad
entrained for Charlotte at 7 o'clock.
Th Lexingtoa company wns first to ar
rive ia the Mecklenburg city.
Tho Stateaville aad Liaeolnton com
panies, commanded by Lieut Julia W.
Bariafcau aad Lieut. W. L. Crnnford,
respectively followed.. In short order.
The WiaitonDfelem company, under
Captain Julian A. Stith, waa next to
reach Charlotte carrying with it the
State' priM piece of artillery, the long
gntling gun that was sent to Winston
Salem shortly before the rioting there
but year.
Fes red Farther Trouble.
After the four companies, numbering
237 men and officers, hsd nrrived in
Charlotte, Mayor McNinch feared fur
ther trouble, and at 3 o'clock asked
General Royater for two additional com
patieo. The Durham and Hickory com
panies, ander command of Captains R.
U Bishop aad LeRoy F. Abernatliy, re
spectively, were ordered out shortly
after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, aad
at 6:30 bad reported their eatraia
ment for Charlotte, with approximately
fifty mea nnd officers each. Genernl
Royster estimated thst the six com
panies hsd a total complement of 350
men and officers.
The Htstesville company, first on the
scene, wss the only company equipped
with Hpringfields and these were re
placed last alght by a shipment of fifty
Russian rifles with ammuaitioa to fit,
seat from tba State arsenal here. These
went oa tha hbi train that carried
the troops from Darhsm.
Iaeluded ia tho second appeal from
the Charlotte mayor to Geaeral Royater
pas a petition for "riot guns aad "riot''
ammunition. The only thing of this
eharaeter the State has on hand la th
getting gun, with th Winston-Salem
company, and th Adjutant General aa
aumed that Captaia Stith carried thia
with his eommaad yesterday morning.
Orders to the Troops.
The troops ordered to Charlotte upon
the request of Mayor Freak R. Mc
Ninch are ordered there "to execute the
law, to preserve the peace, to suppress
riots aad to protect life aad property,"
according to the official text of the or
der made by the Adjutant Geaeral. This
was communicated to Mayor McNinch
by General Royster in response to a
query from the Charlotte 'mayor aa to
whether the troop might b ased to
start th operation of the street Mrs.
"The question of runaiag the care
must bs determined by you," General
Royster adviaed. The troops are nnder
orders to suppress the rioting when
advised by the Mayor that it has passed
beyond the control of the civil author
ities, but ia carrying out thin order,
must follow tho regulstions prescribed
for the conduct of the militia aad se
lect their owl method ef preserving
the peace instead of following directions
of the eiv;l authorities.
Test of Order te Troops.
The following Is a copy of the order
sent by Geaeral Royster to tho Dur
ham company of reserve militia, (iss
uer order having been sent to tho
other fivs companies bow la Charlotte:
Th Commanding Officer of the 4th
Company, North Caroliaa Beserrs Mil
itla, of Durham, North Carolina, ia
hereby ordered to assemble hi company
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iCeaUaaed Psg Ilcvea
Clash Between Police and Mob
Costs Four Lives And Thir-;
teen Others Wounded
FOUR COMPANIES MILITIA .
PLACED ON GUARD DUTY
President Taylor, of Southern
Public Utilities Company,
Adamant In, His Determina
tion Hot To Becognise Amal
gamated Association; Opera
tion of Cars In Queen City On
Limited Scale Planned To
day; Conflicting Stories As
TO How Shooting Started
Monday Night ; Carmen Op
posed To Violence; Trainmen
Angered
DEATH CLAIMS ANOTHER
(By Th Associated PreosJ
Charlotte, Aag. 2-Tbe desth of
J. L. Aldred, of Charlotte, toaigkt
breagnt tho ton of Uvea loot la last
alght' snooting at tko car barns of
th Ssathera Public Utilities Caw
any to foar. He wm takea to a
hospital mortally waaadod aoea after
snore thaa a aoxea seen had beea
hot la aa caches of fir ketweea
gaarda aad a mob. It wm aathorU
tatively aaaoaaced to alght that oper
atise of street mi weald be re
named tomorrow morning, having
beea easaewded for a day follawlag
th oalbraak last Bight. . h.
By FRANK SMETHl'BST
Special Staff ReproMalatlve.
Charlotte, Aug. 26-To prevent a re
eurrence of disorders between striking
carmen or their sympathisers and strike
breskers which early this morning piled
np n casualty list of three desd and
14 weuaded, 600 mea are aader arma
ia Charlotte tonight. Included ia tho
number patrolling the street through
out Charlotte are members of four com
paaies of Stat militia hastily ordered
here asd 200 deputised eltiaea who walk .
tho streets with rifle or automatics.
No difficulty aa expected toaigbt.
This ntkipatioa of peace was co-,
earred ia by striking carmen, city o Ol
eic la and the police department, and
while Z. V. Taylor, president f tho
Soother Public t'tllitie Company, J
adamaut ia his determination aot to
reeogniM the Amalgamated Assoeiatioa
f Utrmmk hmA !lii Kalliaaa (!nlli .
th carmen aad th electrical worker,
united ia their demands, ar just tf
determined not to give ia. ' ,
Tke desd ia tko riot thus far are)
Claud H. Hinaon, grocery clerk Waiter
P. Pope, formerly of Concord; Caldwell
RmifttfiB finnthitre. fiellwe ,Ihm,.
The wounded arei Will Hammond,
Spring street; Tom Hesd, Huntsrsvilloi
J. D. Aldrieh, T. A. Baker, V. A. Kia
raid, Clem Wilson. H. N. Freeman, Ever
ett Wrenn, Geo. Smith, Lewi Wilson,"
D. il. Miller, Wetter Yaadls, RoUo
8tunrt ...'
Start Car Today. r
Ia the three weeks of strike th Mrs
were operated only about three koura
Moaday, wkea disorders were tuck a
to aveessitata tkeir discontinuance. Fol
lowing the ahooting thia morning, aad
the arrival of the militia companies,
President Tnylor insisted upoa opera
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the eity commissioners, however, ho
thhcld. informing the Rotary Club
which passed resolution for immediate
resumption of service, thst ia hia
ojioa "any further delay wm hut an
encouragement to tho force or riot Bad
disorder." Tho Charlotte. Automotive
Assoeiatioa likewise joined la tho, do
msnd for enr service. I
This afternoon late, permission was
gives by the city and it was SBnouneed
that the operation of tha street Mr oa
a limited schedule would be started to
morrow morning. Feeling ha beea In
tense in Charlotte today. Tho police
aad the strikers, or the strike cympa'
thixers, have beea swapping back aad
forth th charge that each started tho
difficulty at the car barn whea oae ahot
brought forth a murderous fir frpm
th garrison of heavy armed guard add
strikebreakers. ...
Policeman Hit Wlleea.
From beet iaforoistioa trouble atart
ed smcng the thousand or mor mea at
the barn when Ctem Wilson, 'a North
Charlotte boy, accused of pressing tow
closely upoa th polieemea guarding;
the barn, waa smaihrd across th head
with the butt of a riot gun. Wilsoa'a
appeared shortly afterward sad demand
ed to know what policeman had clubbed
his brother. With the thousand mea
jeering aad shouting and cursing, with
feeling keyed to the highest pitch oa
both sides, a shot was , fired. The '
came the enrh of rifi fire that made
the casualty list.
Ths police assert that they know who
fired tho shot and Insist that it wns
the first ma killed. Oa the other hand
U. h. (ioble, representing th Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work
era, and aow representing the rnrmen
alto, deelnres that he has evidence to
prove, that Chief of Police Walter Orr
fired the shot. It is peculiar that ia
the flash cf firing which hardly mated
more thaa a minute, aot one of tke ear
barn garrison was Injured j, th total
casualties were received by the crowd,
oa the outside.
Trninsnea Intensely Angered.
In addition, a aaity si: uatioa has beea
developed by reasoa of tho fact that
oae of tbo mea killed at tho Urn,
Caldwell Houston, wns a Bouthera Rail
way engineer aad tha Brotherhood mea
here ar Intensely angered. Actioa will
t once bo takea by tho foar brother
hoods, of engineers, conductors, train
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