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FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. RALEItlH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31; 1919. ,f6rTY.DGHT PAGES TODAY. PRICEt FIVE CENTS. ,
VOL CX. NO. 62.
BACK FROM FRANCE
General McGlachin, Jr., Com
mander of Division And
, His Staff Arrive
1,800 OFFICERS AND MEN
COME IN ON THE ORISABA
Other Units of the Division Are
Pas To Arrive Within Next
: Ten Days, and One of the
Transports Will Tote Gen.
- Pershing, ; Commander of
American Forces Overseas
(by Th Associated Press.)
Ifaw YorkuiTearlyIOO
officers and men of the First Division,
th first members of that outfit to re
tun home after more than two -year
overseas, arrived today1 from France.
Major Geaeral Edward F. McGlachin,
Jr., eommaader of ihe division, his staff
lad detachments of the 28th' infantry
and trst engineers were on the trans
port Orizaba, while 19 officers and 30
enlisted men comprising the advene
aeetioa which is to make arrangement
for the division's reception, returned
on the transport Pastor.
4 . Detachment of 'the 28th infantry to
return comprised the field and staff
" headquarters, machine gun battalion,
medical detachment and first battalion
complete, a total of 40 officers and 1,292
men. The engineering units were the
first battalion headquarters, medical,
veterinary and ordnance' detachments
and companies B and C, a total of
13 officers and 380 men.
Fanning and Staff Coating.
Other 'units of the dirision are due
to arrive within the next ten daya on
the transports Suwaaee, liberator. Free
dom, Amphion, Callao, Santa Teresa and
Leviathan, which is expected to carry
General Pershing and bis staff.
i - Members of the division wiU be aont
to camp around New York, pending
?th return of the last unit was they
will bo tho guest of th city for two
three day. J; ;.;.-- ...
Tentative arrangement! hat boon
made for a parade of the division oa
Fifth A venae September 10. It Is i
peeted that General Pershing will rid
at th head of the pro ess ion. i
Eight l transports,: Carrying S,783
f troop, arrived today front Brest. In
addition to tho 0"h and th Pas
tores, they were th Graf-Walderaec,
i. lowan, Fee r lest, casta Leonora, Henry
B. Mallory and Santa Malta, which
brought casuals ani amall detachment
from th service of supply.
' History of tho Division,
Washington, Aug. 30-Tbe First Di
vision, first unit of which returned
bom today from Germany, 1 justly
prood of it claim a being "th first
v division In Franre; first in a fighting
sector; first to fire a shot at tho Uer--
mans i first to attack i first to conduct
a mid; first to be raided; first to cap
ture prisoners; first to iniliet casual
' ties; first to suffer casualties; first to
to cited singly in general order; first
ia th cumber of division, corps and
army commanders and general staff offi
- cors produced from it personnel."
The official history of the division
' Show it waa organised in France, th
bat waits to arrive reaching that coun
try July 2, 1917. It was composed of
. . troops of she regular army, the Six
teenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-aixth aad
Tweaoighth Infantry regiments; the
Fifth, Sixth and 6eveath Artillery regi
ments; tho First Engineer regiment nnd
Irsia; th-8ocond Field Signal Battalion
and th Third, Fourth and Fifth Am
bulane Compaaie and Field HoepitaL
, . I' Groat UlllUry Record.
It occupied tteeessively th Sommer
ill sector, BearKaney: th Aasaavill
aeetor,- near Toul; th Cantigny aeetor,
near Moatdidier; participated in the
Soissons 'operation southwest of Sois
tons, occupied th 8nixraie sector; par
ticipated la'th St liihiel operation;
th Meuse-Argonn operntion in the
Bheppy aeetor, west of Vroneo; rh
operation against Mouson, and th op
( ratioa south and southwest of Sedan,
: attacking th heights on the morning
of November 7, 1918.
March Through Lorraine
- - tfl. KmokImi 17 it beoaa the memorn-
lie march through Lorraine and Luxem-
. bourg, reaching mo cooiena orratr-
head oa -the, Bhin December 14, 191S,
which position it beld until relieved
recently by. other Amerirsa troop. -.
- Brplaeemeat in th division op to the
lima nt h armistice totaled S0.2QS. 4i
th losses in killed and died of wound
were 4,411; wounded and gassed. 17,
tOI, and prisoner lost, 152. It cap-
inJ a Ml G.rmanat 119 Dicce of artil
lery, 62 trench mortar and 413 mo-
ehia gun. The total of Distinguisbed
Service Crosses awarded the men of
th division wac 356.
- It Scrvic Comnuadera, v
Ma J. Gen. WillUm 'Ik Sibert com-
m.m.aA fk. tvl.ina from Jifna 8. 1917.
to December 12, 1917;' Ma j. Geni Kobert
VL Bultard from December 13, 1917, un
til h became eorp eommaaaer; aiaj.
Gsa. Charlea P. Sumsaerall from July
. . JO, 1918, t October 11. 1918; Brig. Gen.
Fraak E Bamford from OetoUr 12,
.1918, to October 24, 1918; Brig. Gea.
FranV Parker look eommaad O October
25, 1918, aad from May 81. 1919, MaJ.
Gea. E. F. McGlaehUa, Jr, was la com
mand of th division. ' ' , f
.;:'. ':Tho "Crlmaoa On.' I1;' r
tv Aiv!.ln.1 ilninlt la a trinwi
1" oa a khaki baekcrouad. ehoeem be-
mdu . tho- numeral "l" reirrosenta th
number of th division aad many of it
nts; ! o5nitioo. '
GOMPERS JALKS OF
A60R SITUATION
Says Ry. Brotherhood Plan For
Tri-Partite Control Not
Yet Acted On
NO MOVE BY WILSON YET;
GARY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED
Cif armakers and Actors' Strike
Endorsed; To Hear Special
Committee on Plumb Plan;
Amsterdam 0 o n f e r n o e
Voted Against Bolshevik
Tendencies
(By tho Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 30. Efforts to or
ganise the worker in the steel industry
still arc being mad with tho hop
that an amicable adjustment of. their
demand "may be reached before any
outbreak or cessation of work shall be
inaugurated," Samuel Gompera, presi
dent of - the American Federation of
Labor, aaid today ia a statement sum
marising the work of th federation'
executive council.
Tho council has been in session three
days considering tho general labor situa
tion over th country, but Mr. Gom
pers did not deal with the situation as
a whole. Nor did he indicate upon
what waa based the hope that tho eon
troveny betweca the steel men and
tho United States 8teel Corporation
would bo adjusted without resort to a
strike.
WUaoa May Have Declined.
President Wilson waa asked yesterday
to intervene ia tho controversy but aa
ho has aa yet made no move, some be
lieve he had declined to tak a hand.
Meantime, th time limit, set for Chair
man Gary, of tho steel corporation, to
answer tho men's request for a con
ference, haa expired without an answer
being received.
Endorsement of two strikes those of
th eigarmaken and actors by th fed
eration' executive council, was an
nounced. Th cigarmaker arer pledged
the full "moral aad financial support"
f the federation, which promised also
to appeal to all labor aad friends of
labor to come to tho financial aad moral
assistance of those, engaged ia th
strike.
Th Plamb Plan.
As to tho railroad brotherhood' plan
for tri-partit control of th railroads,
geae rally hn.c a th Plumb plan, Mr.
Gompers said tit oouaeil had considered
Uit of loch Important to labor, th
people and- th try that n actios
would be taken. antiL a special com
mitte had gathered and pre seated all
the factar . . -: ;. ;.'
Begmrdiag th AmstrUs oaferaec
of international trad uaioaa, which h
attended ts an American delegat. Mr.
Gompers aaid it had voted overwhelm
injly against any Bolshevik principle
or tendeacles. T.o report of th AmerU
eaa delegates, ho said, showed that th
wav of Bolshevism had receded.
No reference was mad by Mr. Gomp
ers to th President's decialoa aot to
grant general wag increase to rail
road employes at this time. '
Text of Statement.
' Mr. Gompera' statement follow:
Tho executive council of th Amer
ica Federation of Labor era called
into extra session to consider a aumber
. (CoaUnaod am Pag Four)
OlflrWlfl
E
Says Massachusetts Peacock
ts Blinded By Distrust and
Partisanship
Washington, Aug. W. Replying in
th Scant today to argument pre
sented by Chairmaa Lodge of th For
eign Belation Committee, against un
reserved ratification, of the peace
-treaty, 8eaator Owes, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, declared Mr. Lodge had bee
blinded by partisanship and by a dis
trust of popular Institutions.
Referring to the committee chair
man'a paralell betweea th League of
Nation aad th ill-tamed Holy Alli
ance, Mr. Owen said th argumeat had
overlooked tho intrigue and autocratic
selfishness which surrounded th alli
ance. "Th fact that war followed th
treaty of th Holy Alliance" -h con
tinued, "was because this treaty ass
betweca military dyaaatiee, made by
monarchical autocracies, each controlled
by intrigue, i Th Senator from Mas
sachusetts believe that th promise
of these royal scoundrel may be justly
compared with the promise and aspir
ations of th honest organised democ
racies of thin whol world. .
"Tho trouble with th Senator from
Massachusetts i that a really believe
ia th rule of th few over th many.
He doe aot believ the people ought
t bar th right to initial law they
want or rot law they 4 aot want.
He look upon them -with led confi
dence than h did upon th military
autocracies, for th Senator favored a
league ia 1915, when th autocracies
wera.ia full towr. .,.
. Th gslleriee always applaud when
a Benator Mrike arotorieal pose
aad thuader forth hi sturdy Amtri
caaiam, But th Senator's American
ism did aot prevent him from making
ah argument nt Union College la 1913
la favor of a Lean of Nation. Am
I going too far if I appeal from 'Philip
draw to Philip sober r ' v
."He i aot, as k think, waging a
war againat Woodrow Wilson. Ho i
waging a wa agaiast th desire and
th hope of all mankind. - Let him
beware of throwing himself ' and hi
blinded partisans aero th path of
th righteoua juitgment.st mankind."
SENATOR LODG
CARMACK'SSLAYER
VICTIM OF MURDER
Tennessee Lawyer Who Killed
U. S. Senator Found With ,
, Skull Crushed
PROBABLY DONE TO DEATH
FOR MONEY HE CARRIED
Body of Robin J. Cooper Taken
Prom Creek Near Where His
' Blood-Stained Car Stood
Containing Empty Pocket
Book; Evidence of Straggle;
$500 Reward Offered
(By Th Associated Preaa.)
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 30 Bobin J.
Cooper, a Nashville attorney, whose
trial for the killing of former United
States Senator Edward W. Carmack dur
ing the celebrated -piMel duet be.ween
hi father, Colonel D. B. Cooper and
Carmack, in 1908, attracted country
wide attention, ha been murdered her
under mysterious eircumttanees.
Cooper's body jarae taken from Rich
land creek today soon after hia blood
stained automobile, had been found on
a bridge, near hia home in tho fashion
able Belle Meade Park section. The
skull had been erushed, but there were
vldence that a violent (truggl had
taken place before the fatal blow was
struek.
A coroner' 'inquest lot today de
veloped ao eluea to the, murder or mur
derers, but the police tonight were pro
ceeding oa the theory that Cooper met
hia death at th hands of a whiskey
seller. ' While no arrests hav been
made', th authorities are known to bt
earching for an unidentified man, be
lieved to have been a Nashville whiskey
merchant, who it is thought, enticed
Cooper from hia homo at a late hour
Thursday night with tho promiao to de
liver to him a stock of liquor.
"Cobper, the police said tonight, wss
overheard to remark that, he was ex
pecting some liquor the latter part of
th week, but did not mention, from
whom the purchase was to be made.
The police alio aaid that it bad been
learned that Cooper borrowed some
whisk ty recently from a friend with
a promise to return the amount Thurs
day or Friday. From thi th police.
deduce that Cooper must fckvo eca ex
pecting to purchase som liquor about
th tim he met his death. . Cooper
is known to hav had about . 82fl0 on
his persoa when he visited Bell Mead
Park sad after meeting th .supposed
whiskey, seller. It is believed by th
authorities thai, the attorney wai mur
dered for hi money, .
"A man who nam I being withheld
by the police and said to b a whiskey
dealer, could not be found tonight, but
at police headquarters it was sold that
with the arrest of thia maa, it-was ex
pected that th mystery would be cleared
up.
The authoritlea assunte that th young
lawyer waa lured from hia home to the
seeluded bridge over th creek a nd
there done to death. The condition of
his clothing indicated that ha had been
dragged some distance before he wa
thrown into th water. Physicians who
examined the body . aaid th (malt
amount of water found in the lungs was
evidence that Cooper was dead whoa
dropped in th creek.
frs. Cooper, who is a daughter of
Mlftoa H. Smith, president of th Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad, has been
visiting relatlvea in Louiavllla, Ky4 and
her absence accounts for the fact that
the disappeoruaee of her huabaaf. did
not become kaowa until today. -
There waa no cvidanc that tho
Cooper horn had been robbed after
th, murder aad com doubt has been
expressed that th murderer eould hav
expected that the lawyer would have
anygreat sum oh his person. His empty
poeketbook, however, wa found In the
bottom of tba automobile. -
Governor Roberts haa offered re
ward of 1500 for th arrest and eon-
vlctioa of fh murderer of th lawyer.
Thia later wa aupplemented by offer of
a similar amount by th family. Th
police admit that they have nothing oa
which to work in solving th mystery.
Th Carmack Tragedy.
Th Carmack tragedy, the most nota
ble ia the history of Tennessee, grew
out of the Carmack-Pattersoa rsee for
governor ia 190S, la which Col, D. B.
Cooper, fattier ef Robin J. Cooper, wa
on of Patterson closest advisers. Ia
th fatal encounter which occurred on
a sptows atreet of Nashville, Novem
ber 9, 1908, th son fired th shot which
snded Csrmaek'a life, aad ia th shoot
ins was himself wounded. Father and
soa were eoavleted of murder ia the
second decre in th lower court, but
oa ippeal of the ease to the Supreme
Court, the verdict was reversed to
the son, th judge i standing 9 to 1 Th
verdict to Col Cooper waa sustained
3t( I, but before leaving the eapitol
th father wa pardoned by Governor
Pattersoa. Th ease againat Robin I.
Cooper, when it Mm up la th David
soa eeuaty criminal eour.t, was dropped.
A preliminary examination indicated
that Mr. Cooper had beta shot through
the head, the bullet coming out at th
left n. There was also a bruise oa
the forehead. As the body waa taken
from the water the teftear bled pro
fusely. His ccet wss almosV tors from
th body and th trouaers war torn
and bore other evidence that th body
baa beta dragged over th rocks.
PERSHING SAILS FOB
, ' V. S. MONDAY, SEPT. L
Paris,' Aug. SO. Geaeral Pershing
will leav Pari for Brest Sunday eve
ning, wiling a th Levlathaa oa Sep
tember 1. .. ' t.
The Panama peae delegation, la be
half of the President of Panama, ha
presented Geaeral Pershing with a gold
medal la appreciation of hi efforts la'
th allied cause. s ,
KITCHIfi HASTHEM
BEAT ON FIGURING
j:'- .--. ,.
Some Think They Can Make
Better Tariff Talk But No
body Outfigures Hint -
STORY OF STEM WINDER
WHICH CONGRESSMAN HAS
Senator Simmons Buys Another
; Farm, This Time In Mary
land; Hearing On Confirma
tion of Postmaster S. T.
Wade Postponed; Baleigh
Boy Discharged Prom Navy
The New and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Baak Bldg.
By 8. B. WINTERS.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 50 "A lot
of folks think they can mak a better
tariff than Claud Kitehia who used to
bo Democratic leader ef the House but
no one ever trie to out flgur him,"
comments tho Washington Btar in a
story describing tho fondness aad apti
tude of th Tar Heel Cougresamaa
for figures. Tho Washington news
paper doubtlea thinka that Representa
tive Kitchin would compare favorably
to the proverbial calculator who eaa
figure a fellow out of a well on paper
Hia Washington friends who jocularly
refer to hia Infatauatioa for mathe
matics a aa explanation why ho got
many of hi tariff 1. ills 'through. He
figured so rapidly that hia colleague.
threw up their band ana said, KLt 'or
go as Kitchin says."
Not content with observing his mathe
matical turn of mn.d as svideneo oa
Capitol Hill, his eolleaguea go back to
hi 'boyhood diy. whea the father of
Representative Kitchin encouraged hia
rapid fire calculations by giving him
trophies for hia excellency ia ndding
columns of figure. Here ia the atory
going the rounda and aa given credence
through publicity in Washington
How Ho Earned Watch.
"As proof of A is ability to figure
speedily, Kitchia wear aa old fashioned
key wind watch that ia almost as large
aa a can of corn. He got it for figuring
fait.
"One tim whea Kitchin wa a boy
be read !a a aowapaper that a certain
maa had multiplied four sets of figures
in his head without so mack as batting
aa rye That put Kltehin an his metal
Ian ha hurried to his father aad saidt
"'I believ X eould multiply roar 8ta
of figures; in say he4 Jut like that
fellow th do per describee' "
WII. aAn'- Kitchin. Mr- aaid. 'IX
you eaa do that, I'll give yoa this in
wsteb, which I brought from California,
and if I do asv it myself it is a fin
a wntch a a ay maa ia Bcollafid Neck
owns.'
"Whereupon th figure began to buss
around in young Kitchin head, and
ia n tim st all h had multiplied th
four sets of figure. Several hour later,
after figuriag out the correct anawer
Kitchin, Sr., presented th boy with th
wteh,' ,
Kltehin' father was a Congressman
himself. They called him "Fog Horn'
and he was a buster with hia voice.
Seaator Slmmoa Bay Farm.
Most United States Seaatora invest
(Continued oat Pag Three.)
E
Tennessee Stock Raisers Ap
pear Against Bills To Reg
- uiate the Industry
Washington, Aug. JO. Delegations of
Southerners, intreddced; by Senator
Bhield snd Representativs Hull, of
Tennessee, attacked proposal la Che
Kenyoa and Kendrick bill to regutat
the packing induatry, during hearing
today before th Senate Agriculture
Committee. Taking th potitioa that
th Bouthera States sr jus; beginning
development of livestock, they asked
the committee to refraia from disturb
ing the packing industry.
"W'v just gotten into stock produc
ing la Central Tennessee," aaid B, E.
Powora, vice-president of th Nashville
Stock Yard committee. -"That territory
h just now turning ut about $20fi00
000 annually in stock. W'r had won
derful help from Swift, Armour, and the
rest. Wo could aot hav cleared the re
ceipt if they had aot been there, to
tak th Muff out ef our hand. Getting
away from cotton, our producers would
b totally devoid of a place to find a
market for their stock, If it were aot
for the bigger concern. ,
"They've put ia packing house in
Georgia and 'la Florida, too. rW our
selves ar engaged in organising s tit!
independent packing concern, but w
ar aow getting close. to Chicago prices
from th packer.. . V
"(f you ar going to license th pack
ing bnaine, w think you ought to li
cense most other line too,"
Henry Id. Hood, of Mr. Sterling, voic
ed similar objections. '
"W r satisfied with marketing con
ditions," he said.. "The peckers com
to our farm and buy bur eattl If
ther is a combination, mak it a peek
teatlary offense, aad prosecute, but
doa't weigh, them, dewa with licensee.
During tbawar it was all right, but bow
let the country aloae aad let it get back
t' earth.- Th packers ar a great bless
lag. Yoa cannot find a maa for 110,000
a year fa this country whs know enough
to (it down her ss a commissioner aad
central all thia iualaeaa.".
After hearing a number of Wester
stockmen, the committee adjourned until
Tuesday. v..
P
RS MARSHAL
SOME NEW FORCES
MODEL IN FAMOUS WAR POSTER
"AMERICANS ALL" AND ARTIST
f 1 ; CHRISTY, RECENTLY MARRIED
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Howard Chandler Christy,
iward
rded Mrs. Nancy M. Palmer, his
Mr. Christy's famous war poster,
ins; the license for his marriage
gave his age as 47 and that of
Cause the Arrest of Declared
- Leader of Strike Breakers ; '
.. vjn Charlotte
MURDER AtliGED IN '
CHARGE AGAINST HIM
Attorney Jake Bewail Bequests
Names of Employes At Oar
" Barns, During Biot Ia Order
To 8 tart Ad Testificandum
Proceedings; Adjutant; Gen
eral Boyster Leaves -
By FRANK SXETBUEST . .
(SpecUl 8taC Bepretcntativ.)
Charlotte, Aug. 30. T. J. Fitagibboa,
alleged leader of trike-brekr em
ployed by the Southern Public Utilities
Compaay amash th tie-np ia it
street car sfirvics here, waa jailed to
aight oa a warrant charging murder,
aworn out by F. H. Bobbins, a anion
carpenter. Th charge grew out of dis
order at th ear barn early Tuesday
mtrnlnr whea five members of a crowd
g.rhered "in front of the place were
killed by shots from the rlirc aad
employe doing - garrisoa : duty. The
warrant" waa wrns out before Justice
of th Faea E. B. Aletsader and it
service wa effected by a deputy sheriff
whils th sua was at th car barn.
I tU eustody of the' sheriff, Fita
gibboaa decliaed to talk or evca to
M her he earn from, while the
official of the 8outhera Utilities Com
puny immediately began movement to
secure hi rclcasr. ,
Fitzgibbons went to jail while Norma
A. Cocke, nttjraey for the Bouthera
Publie Utilitjea ' Company, started the
machinery working for habeas corpus
proceedings before Judge Shaw. Ac
tion Is aot expected to result before to
morrow. To Isaac Other Warraata.
Other warren's, it is understood, wilt
be swera out by anion men in CharWttc
a a result of the shooting at the ear
barn. Efforts In secure the name of
the employe of the company, ma'e
by the attoraey of the Charlotte Labor
ORGANIZED LABOR
KES FIRST MOVE
IxeciitiTC committee in n demand upon
President Taylor has, hus .far, borne
ao fruit, " r f
Adjutant Genera) B. 8. Boyster, (alie
ned after Conference with the anavor
aad other officials of Charlotte that
the daager of organised violear in the
street oar strike ass virtually disap
peared, "left this afternoon, .aad the
situation resolves itself into on of aus
penae, for, the first move toward the
adjturtmeni of the primary differences
between- tie Southern Pablie-Utilities
Company and its striking employe.
- - Company Stand Fin.
It wa understood that whea Adjutaat
Geaeral Boyster left thia afternoon, he
would stop off ia High Point, where
there ha brej a general eeaaatioa ia
work among thr ftraitur factories for
the last several weeks! . .
The compkny, Of crating ears oa a re
duced schedule, will th a flm
ported atriks breaker, insist it ertll
hav aothlk; to do with th Amalga
mated Association of Street Bailwsy
Employes aor will it now renew offers
ef contra, ta with its former employes
ss aa organised body. But while this
(tarn xist tad while the carman aad
electrical worker tt that the, eaa
reraaia out indefinitely, the latest move
iadieatca that argaaiaed labor -will tak
(Coatlnned on Psg Throo.)
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Eg.??.'''y'la.'TW,''i-v , k. s
(C) Underwood k Underwood.
artist and illustrator, has mar
model. She was the model in
"Americans All." In obtain
to Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Christy
his bride 28.
REVIVE OLD TIME
Scotchman Cameron Morrison
Talks To Scottish Clans
; At Red Springs .
POUTICIANSmElilT
AND LOTS OF PEOPLE
' '-J"-..' i ' ' ' "
Qrani Daddy Celebrities Pea.
tared By Welcome Home To
Veterans of World War; Big
Dinner, Brass Band and Gen.
tie Breeses Complete a Per
fect Day
By B. K. POWELL.
Bed Springs, Aug. 30. Upper Bob
soa' grsnd daddy picnic, aa annual
meeting of th Scotch elans which wa
succeeded nearly thirty year ago by
th Bed Springs Fsir, was revived here
today ia all its ancient glory. Sewteh
man Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte,
camo hero to deliver the big speech to
the elans aad to alt soldiers who were
bring formally welcomed back into the
folds.
Hero also were the politicians of the
district, and with Horace Stacy and
L. B. Yarser, of Lumberton, both of
whom arc being mentioned frequently
as contestants for Congressman God
win's sect, earn W. K. Bethuae
Godwin'a alter ego. The Sixth District
member ia at his home la Dunn rest
jfeg from a recent illness. It was a
great day for everybody, th connpie
uoas feature of which -was th third
generation folks. Tbey, out-numbered
the soldiers of all tho wars and were
as ready to try the hlghlaad fling again
tonight aa they would bar been thirty
yeara ago.
Somewhat of aa Iaatitatloa.
No eclebratioa of like character la
the State aurpnaaed the one today, in
the air of its picnic spread. The vaat
grove that flanks the Bed Spring hotel
aad draws a breex eeual to ' the
aepbyra that faa tb aeftsides waa filled
with long tables loaded with th
choicest eatables ia th land.
A grand daddy picnic Is something
of an institution. They data bark to
th tim whea the Seois first settled in
Rohecon Sad not en of the da a re
gretted miseiag this ens mora than
did A. W. XlcLeea, chairman of the
wnr finance board, who ia busy in New
York. The abolition of the custom
about thirty yeara ago brought the aa
aanl fair and for a . long time that
served to bring the Scots together. The
fair gave away to the elder nd dea
con' institutes and a preponderance of
th apiritual. Then the Baptist Chau
tauqua waa an annual meeting day un
til the war broke out.
rtcnlc Again Revived.
Whea the upper Bobeson folks be
gan to plaa for a celebration to honor
their youngest warriors, slong with
those of other daya, they decided to
revive the graad daddy picnic and to
day thry eame from every part of
Bobesoa, Hoke aad rVotlaad.- From
Fairmoat, Lumberton ( Baeford, Max
tea aad Lsurinburg enme descendants
ef those who established the custom
and whea Mr. Morrison was Tesdy t
speak, there were eeveral thousand of
the "Ood Blessed Mar' her to Co
pland him. He i cs" of the number
aad whea he called Woodrow Wilsoa
aa Instrument of Cod Almighty and
rapped en clam eoBtciousaesc good and
hard, th Scot sounded om fervent
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ROBESON PICNIC
IN DRAMATIC APPEAL1
CHEEREDATHEARHiG
Impassioned Protests Against,
League of Nations Cove
" nant Presented , .
SAY IT WOUlFfASTEN YOKE
UPON ASPIRATIONS OF IRISH
Speakers Bepreiented 20,000, :
000 People of Irish Origin in :
the United States; Thrillinp;
Appeal of a Virginia Irish
man Who Spoke "As a Prot '
eitant and a Mason" .'
Washington, Aug. 10. Impassioned
protests against the League of Nations
were presented oa behalf of American '
Irishmen today at a hearing before the
Senate Bo reign Belatioaa Committee.
In a series of dramatis appeals which
repeatedly drew cheers from the crowd '
jamming ' the committee, the spokes
men declared th covenant sought t
pronounce a death ceuteaee oa the 1
aspirstions of th Irish people aad to '
fasten forever npea Ireland what they
characterised a yoke of British oppres
sion, X" '' '
Among the speaker who saltt they
voiced tho sentiment of mete- than
20,000,000 Americana of Irish erigla,
were Frsnk P. Walsh, of Kansas Cityt
Miihal J. Kvaa. at Pfciladalnhla. anil
Edward F. Dunne, former governor of
Illinois, mem Deri or too American com -missloa
which sought to get a hsarlng'
for Ireland at Versailles. Aa opening
statemeat was made by Dsn lei F. Co
halaa, justice pt.the New York Supreme
Court, and 'the legal aspects of the -covenant
ns they effect Ireland were
summed ap by Bourke Cockraa, alao
oi ew xora. 1
Representatives of various Greek so-'
eleties also appeared before the com--
mlttee during the day and made a
atatement of the elaims of the Greek
people regarding th peace settlement.
Aaked Outright Rejaetloa. -Outright
rejeetloa of the peaee treaty
was asked by the Irish speskers, who
ensrgea inst uaaer in covenant urons
Britain would reeeiv a gusrsnte that
no outalda aatioa ever would help Ire-'
laad gain her independence. The domi
nation ef thq British fleet ever the
seas, they alio declared, would be mad
te complete by th tresty ss to be a
direct menace to the United States
Ni Wlhmnls Idw, '
- Ia th Vemllle negotiation, Walsh,
Ryaa aad Dunn declared President
Wilson's ideals all had been brushed
aside by the other powers." At th open
session when the league soveaaBt was
approved, they said, delegate ia all
part of the hall tried to nuke protest
but were silenced by the "steam-roller
methods' 'of the tootroUiaf figures ef
the conference. ' ' ;
Of condition la Ireland where the
commission spent sons tim, th three
speakrre painted , a v gloomy picture.
uivu taw oaa dccb luspeaaca, taey
dared, and local officiate were being ar
rested aad their home search id without
warraat, whil wmea aad ebildrca were
ground beneath, a "despotic' 'military
rule whose excesses, they said, the eea
sorship had concealed from the Uaited
Statee. - : -ki,.M
OKamM British Btsteeawa.
Th three commissioners said they
had been referred to E. M. Houa when
they tried to get a hearing with Presi
dent Wilson ia Paria, and later that
Secretary Lansing had written them
thst it would bs usole to press their,
roauests further slue their attersnees
while in Ireland had offended British
wn. n sr.. n-. .
Salt Watar." v
Great Brltala, th spsakerl said, oaf
drawn th United Statee into tb loagu
to help guaraute tueh "eutra,g a
she wa committing in Ireland. At th
same xune, tney ssseriea, cngiaaa nao,
been careful to prcscrv a sea power
which gavJer "a grip on vry quart
of salt water ia th world," aad which
under preseat circumstances eonld be
intended -for nse - only against - the
United States. - v
Although - the committee orSginsJly
had allotted only two hour te the hear
Ing, when preseatatioB of the ' Irish
cause had beea fairly launched It wae
rated to extend tho time for as long as
th speahers desired. hry took most
of tho day. - " ":-"'
Oppoaltloa Brief Fit,
A brief oDooslnc tha vlewa aanresaed
by tb witnesses wa filed with th com
mlttee by Albert E. Kelly and fiv
others. The brief protested againat th
u . . . . m .... . . .
tion In Ireland," kaowa as the "Shin
Fein party, or of kindred organisations
favoring their movement ia the United
Ktatee," to bring the Irish question into
dlscussio of the peace treaty '.;,,'
Waahingtoa, Aug. 30. Besumlng tie
Irish hearing the committee wse today
addreased ' briefly by Lkutenant-Gov
trnor W. W, McDowell, of Montana,
who aaid aenthneot ' in hi stat wu
"vary strongly ia favor", ef Irish ln
aepenuenee.
told the committee thst "a a Vlrginiaa,
aa a protestant, a a Mason, and as s
Democrat," he believed ratification of
the treaty would only "make the world
safe for hypocrisy. He presented a
resolution adopted oa August tt it i
maaa mmttinir of 4.000 Oeonl in Birh.
mond expressing opposltlo - "t aay
propoeod leayoe of nation which doc
aot protect all Americas ' right and
ldeala. and which bind a to guarantee
ths territorial Integrity of th Britain
sjl Japan Empire" ,
! AaTecU Pom of the World.
i Mr.. Cockraa la his argument closing
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