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VOL CX. NO. 75.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1919.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
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SAYS SECRETARY
LANSING OPPOSED
LEAGUE COVENANT
Witness Quotes Alleged State
ment By Secretary of State
Against Treaty v
GIVES "INSIDE" FACTS V
. TQ.SENATE COMMITTEE
William C. BuUitt, Who Wu
Attached To Peace Mission
In Paris, Declares That Lan
sin; Said "If American Peo
ple Knew What Treatj Meant
It Would Be Defeated"
Washington, Sept. 12. Tha assertion
that Secretary lapsing oppoted rntiA-
cation of the peace treaty and League
of Natyjns eovonnnt, although he was
a mem bar of the American peace com'
-of Philadelphiar formerly employed by
the miatioa at Paria in a confidential
capacity. v
The testimony, purporting to Tjire
Mr. Lansing', private opinion express
ed in a conversation, with the witaesi
the day' the latter resigned from the
miasioa beeatise he was not in sympa
thy with the treaty or the league, pop
ped out suddenly and scnsntioiiiilly.
Bullitt had. just expressed reluctance
at the Idea of revealing any part of
a private conversation with the peace
commissioner, and members of the
committee quito agreed with this view,
J Quotes Secretary Lansing.
Near the close of a three-hour hear,
ing, however, Chairman Lodge asked
how tho treaty and its covenant was re
garded at Paris. Secretary Lansing,
Henry White nnd General Bliss, alt
member j of the American commission,
"expressed vigorous opinions," Bullitt
said, padding, in reply to an inqrairy
by tha Chairman that these opiraons
were not enthusiastic.
Then from a memorandum of the
conversation, dictated, ho said, wliile it
was fresh in his mind, Bullitt quoted
tlio Secretary an iiuany points, saying
that Mr, Ijiasintf opposed the award'
of Shantung to Japan; that he mm.
sidered tho league .thoroughly bad t that
tho largo nations would pay little at
tention to the small nations, and that
the world had been arranged accord
ing to the desires of the big nut ions
it the peace conference.
The most sensational statement at
tributed by the witness to the Secre
tary of State wa that "if the Senate
and tho American people knew what
tha treaty meant it would be defeated."
Senator Knox really would understand
the treaty, Mr. Lansing' said, according
to the witness, and "Mr. Lodge would,
but Mr. Lodge's position would become
purely political."
Lansing Declines To; Talk.
There was no Democratic Senator in
attendance when this testimony was
given, nor nt other times, during the
hearing, and nobody took up the cud
gels for tho American commissioner.
When news of Bullitt's testimony spread
about the Capitol it was extensively
discussed, and Senators said tbey wore
anxious ' to hear from Mr. Lansing.
When-some of them endeavored tj reach
him at the State Department they found
he was out of town, and an Ato-
rinted Ptcss dispatch later from Water-
anr statement, nn had gone fishing. -:
BuDltt,' 'formerly a newspaper eor.-o-
spondentr went to Pai with President
Wilson's party .and was attached to the
missionv lis wot summoned to testify
before) .tho treaty was reported out ty
the committee, but was in the Maine
wood on a camping trip and the no
tice did not reach hinf until a few days
ago. This wat explained by Chairman
Lodge to show why the hearing ap
parently had been re-opened.
- - Bolshevik! Wanted Peace.
A wealth of information, regarded as
more .or lest confidential, wis given
UyTne Tflineiriiunng nis inree-uourrovv"
statement. In February last, be said.
hs was sent by Secretary Lansing to
Petrograd to bring back from tha Soviet
leaders a stntement showing tha exact
terms on which they would agree to
peace. - Thi report, which told among
other thinn of "good order" established
by the Bolsheviki, Lenina's desira for
peace, his readiness to compromise at
many points in order to obtain it, nnd
his promise that all foreign debta of
the Soviet government would be paid,
never was, made public,-Bullitt said,
because the President would not agree.
Lloyd George wanted, it printed, he said,
yet later the Premier denied all ftnowi
edge of it when questioned jn Parlu-
ment. '
Bullitt descrilied kimself as a clear
ing house of in formation for the dele
gation and worked generally under vol
enel , M, House. lie showed the com
mittee the President's original league
proposal, written ea tha Prewdenl'e own
typewriter, and bearing an inscription
by Colonel House, attesting- th let
ter's high regard for the witness. Bullitt
quoted Colonel House freely, and when
ssked why ha had: resigned, produced
from great stack of papers a letter
he had written the President expressing
his lack of satisfaction with the way
the peace negotiations were proceeding
and particularly voicing distpproval of
the League of Nations. About tha only
part of the President's league proposal
incorporated in the covenant, he aaid,
wss the widely debated article tea,
whicb remained intact. Onee, ia Paris,
Bullitt had an v rgnagemeat Vita the
President, which he aaid, the President
eslled off because, of a headache. He
laid before the committee his letter tell
ing the President why he had quit the
EXTENDS FOOD CONTROL
MEASURE T.O INCLUDE
WEARING APPAREL ALSO
Senate Passes House Bill Which Penalizes Profiteering In
-Food And Clothing As Requested By President Wilson;
" Now Goes To Congress Conference Committee '
Wathingt on, Sept. 12. The House
Bill extending the food control act t3
penalize profiteering ai reqiieiteA by
President Wilton and Attorney Gen
eral Palmer, at a meant of reducing
tha cost of living, wo, patted by tha
Senate late today and tent to confer
ence. In addition to penalties, 5,000 fine
and two .years imprisonment (or profi
teering, hoarding, destroying or mo
nopolizing of food and other acces
saries or "making an unjust or nnrea-
-1 - - . i ' u . l, : 1 1 v-
son.ible rate or -charge, the bill 'ex
tends the law to include wearing ap
parel and containers of food, feeds and
fertilizers as well as food. fuel, ferti
lizers and agricultural machinery. The
life pf the proposed law would termin
ate upon the proclamation of peace,,
Although -many Senators) criticised
tha bill and, with general expressions
of rcluctancegrudingly , assented to Its
passage wirnoui a record vote, mere
was virtually no opposition to the
Scarr Morrison, Who Made No
table War Record, To March
. With First Division
News and Observer News Bureau,
003 District National Bank Building.
By S. R. WINTERS.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Sept. 12. Scarr Morri
son, of Ktatesvillc, is a Tar Heel soldier
who will psrtieipato ia the notable pa
rade of the First Division in Washing
ton on September 17. and by his record
merits nil the laurels bestowed. The
8tatcsville soldier volunteered for serv
ice in May, 1917, and in company with
Julian Morrison, a relative," wns as
signed as ambulance driver for the ma
chine donated by the StatesvUle Bed
Cross. They found Jife as ambulance
driven net quite thrilling caongh and
promptly joined the . French .army.
Wounded three timet, Scarr- Morrison
twice failed to report hi, wounds, leav
ing his injuries to the care of a fellow.
physician in the Fifth Field Artillery,
of which organization he wat a mem
ber. Tho third injury proved too all-
cmbruelng nt he was a victim of
mustard gas. Five weeks in a hospital
were required to restore him to normal
functioning. He vyill march with the
troops here Wednesday.
Applications Far Pass ports.
. I. Shain, a naturalized citizen of Wil
miagton, hat applied for a passport to
bring his mother to the United States
from Poland. The State Department
has advised that it will be necessary for
her passport to be approved by the
American Consul at Warsaw. -Zacharias
Thomas, r merchant' 01
Rocky Mount, haa applied for .passports
to visit his , former home ia Sparta,
Greece. He will be away from the tni
ted States for aboitVstt months.
Guests For Dinner.
Representative Claude Kitehia and
Leo Bobinsoni jF North .Carolina, were
among the guests of Felix Cordova
Davila, resident commissioner of Porto
Kico to' Congress, at a dinner in the
cabinet room of the ICfw Willard Hotel
last night in honor of President An
tonio K. Bareelo, Senator Frank Mar
tinez and Senator Jose Tout Soto, of tha
Porto Bicaa Senate.
Mrs. 8pencer T. Thome, of Rocky
Mount, today joined her husband in
Washington, where they will make their
future home. Mr. Thome ia privste
secretary to Representative Pou. ' They
will. occupy apartments at 1913 Second
Btreet. .
Briasoa te Speak at Clinton;
Representative S. M. Brinson hat ac
cepted tn invitation to deliver an ad
dress at Clinton oa September 24. The
home-coming of .Sampson county sol
diers. r ...
William Webb,' former private secre
tary to Representative Brinson. left
Washington tonight for bit home ia
Morebead City. - Ha hat been at the
National Capital for two weeks.
Shikery Salem, ' successful mer
chant of New Bern, through Represen
tative Brinson, today arranged means
for forwarding money to hia wife and
children in Beirut, Syria, for their
migration to America. Shikey fought
for American liberty overawes, played
a valiant part under the leadership
of Capt. W. B. R. Guion, of New Bern,
and returns to civil life with a longing
to make hia ties with America tatting
and complete. Hit wife and three chil
dren will soon join him around the
fireside in New- Bern to participate ia
the rewards of well directed effort, and
as a testimony of what a thrifty for
eigner can achieve ia America.
J. R, Collie, tuperintndent of the
State Prisons was in Washington today
on bit way to Philadelphia, ; M. R. Bea
man, secretary of the Raleigh Chamber
of Commerce, and H. E. Barlow, sec
retary of the Wilson Chamber of Com
merce, have arrived ia Washington as
advance agents for the Norths Carolina
freight rate hes rings that- will begin
before the interstate commerce com
mission oa Monday. , ; ' . .
To Fatally blared. ! '
Miami, Fla., Sept. 12-Joseph B.
Little, eon tractor, and Aam Clark, ne
gro la borer, suffered injuriet which will
probably prove fatal, whea at 1U0O
o'clock tonight aa explosion occurred
ia aa excavation ia the business district
in which they were at work. . Both were
too badly injured to tell how the acci
dent occurred, but it is thoueht they
pre; arjrir t S't p1 a charge of
STATESVIttE BOr BOSTON P0L1CPT0 "
TO BE IN PARADE RESUME POSITIONS
,'moasnre aad only about a do-en Sena
tors followed its course.
Only one amendment of substance
was made to tho bill as passed by the
House a rider proposing sn otBeiol
body to supervise property rentals in
the District of Columbia to prevent
profiteering. V
The Senate struck out a committee
amendment, championed by Senator
Smith, Democrat, of Georgia, authoriz
ing specifically the establishment by
the Department of Justice of "fair
price" committees and providing that
charges above the price schedules fixed
by -such committees should bs consid
ered to be profiteering. As passed,
however, the bill does not prohibit or
limit the department's plan to admin
ister the law through the agenciea of
voluntary "fair price" committees. All
of the House provisions designed to
extend the operations of and "put
teeth" in the law were adopted by the
bennte. After passing tho bill the Sen
ate adjourned until Monda
Police Commissioner Curtis Is
sues Orders Tha None Are
To Be Taken Back
Boston. Sept. 12. frank McCarthy,
New England organizer of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, announced
tonight that tho policemen s union bad
accepted the suggestion of Snmuer-Oom-pert
that they returnvto work and await
tho outcome of the labor conference at
the White House oa October 6,
When Police Commissioner Curtis
was informed of the action of the
union, he aaid. that he hod issued or
ders this afternoon that no striker ap
plying for reinstate; .cut should lie
taken back. Ho said that he could npt
change, this order before 'hearing from
tho Attorney General, The Commis
sioner rauscd to . amplify this state
ment, which was interpreted to mean
l-Uuit.tha Attorney reneral would be
asked to decide whether the patrolmen
were employes" who had a right to
strike or officera" of. the government
Who had no such rirfbt.
Mr. McCarthy read Mr. Compere'
telegram, sent to him and to Mayor
Peters, at a meeting of tha policemen's
union tonight. After the meeting he
issued the following statement:.
"Tlie members of the Boston police
men's union have accepted the sugges
tions of Samuel Gompers, president of
tho American Federaticn of Labor, and
instructed . their committee to act in
aeeordrfnee."
Whether, the strike eould be settled
In this manner was problematical to
'light. Mr- Gompers' suggestion wat
that the men return to their posts
"upon information that the enforce
ment of the order (forbidding them to
afUlinte with outside organization;) har
been postponed." In hit telegram to
tho mayor, of which he tent a di pli-
cjtc to Goverrnr Coolidga tonight, he
asked that enforcement of this order
be deferred until after tho White Iloirie
conference.
(Vswemnr CooUdpre Ima rt-H-ed for tha
night before Mr. McCarthy'! statement
had been made public, and his secret
tnry suid that he would not disturb him
to inform him of this development. The
tecrctary said that the tolegnm from
Mr. Gompers hsd not been received.
It it expeetcd that the mattgr wM.
l-e discussed tomorrow forenoon, when
the Governor has contented To Ideet Mr.
McCarthy and officer of the Boston
Central Labor Union. This conference
was arranged before the action of the
policemen's rnina' had been mnda
known... '. ''
sJorernor Coolidhre aaid todnvhatthe .
questioa whether the policemen were
actually oa strike or- hsd abandoned
their duties and whether any of them
would be reinstated under any circum
stances, was wholly for Police Comnvs
tioner Curtis to determine. ' For bis
ewa part, however, the Governor classed
th striken at "deserters and aaid
that he did not think of "any condi
tion under which they should bo re
instated.
There wat no disorder today. :
PRATT AND GRAVES
FIX DATES FOR MEET
. (By pecinl Leased Wire.)
Washington, Sept. 13. A conference
here today between Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, of the North Carolina Geological
Survey, and Forester Henry S. Graves,
of the United State Forest 8ervice, re
sulted in a decision to hold the annual
meeting of the Southern Forestry Asso
ciation torn time during the late fall.
Tho date and place have not been de
termined. v
"Every soldier who went to Franc
saw - th need ot xorettry, said vr.
Pntt to( th New and Observer re
porter." Th forests pt France- were
nearly depleted, and tho scarcity of
wood made it imperative that even the
twig and scraps ef timber be used as
firewood," said the North Carolina State
geologist, who rendered conspicuous ser
vice a military leader abroad. . . - ,
'
- Two Schooner Co Down. '.-.
Miami, Fla., Sept. 12. Two ehoonor
went , down at Cat Island, Bahama
Group, with all oa board, during th
hurricane sevsrsl day ago, according
to persons who arrived here from the
Bahams today. At Eleurtha Island
several buildings were destroyed, in the
Windward Islands two schooners were
Inst and at Wntlinir's Island several
!--s v re rt ,.-...-,
I ate adjourned until Monday. , I
WILSONDECLARES
DOMINATE LEAGUE
All Danger On That Score Re
moved As Decision Must '
Be Unanimous
America will have
plenty of veto power
President Invades Senator
Borah's State and Dlioussei
at Length Proposed Reser
vationi; Asks for Unquali
fied Acceptance; Appeals To
Republicans
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 12. Replying
here today that objection that Great
Britain would have a preponderance
ef voting' power in the League of Na
tions assembly, President Wilson said
"?--"-- a-swy I J .rsanj- - w Lw.
Tho speech here was the second th
President made during the day. He
spoke this morning at Coeur d'AIane,
Idaho, making an invasion of Jthe State
represented by United States Senator
Borah in the Senate. At Coeur d'A'ene,
the tent in which he spoke was not en
tirely filled. Here in the armory every
seat was tsken.
The Leairae of Nation assemhlr. tha
President deolared, wat "largely a de
gating body, ' and seldom woull act
on important questions and whea it
did the United States with its one vote
would have an "absolute veto" under
the rule requiring unanimous vote.
Decision Mast be t'aanlmoas.
There was only one case in which
the assembly could deeido on important
questions, lie said, and that was when
such a question was unanimously re
ferred to it by the council. Th assem
bly , also must act unanimously, he
added, so that in either councillor as
sembly the vote of th United States
would constitute a veto power,
Tho unnnimoue rule, added the Presi
dent, aeemed to him the only wesknest
of the league, but it was a weakness
in tho direction of throwing a safe
guard around national Sovereignty.
Mr., Wilson alee. duMturaed at length
proposed reservations to tho tuaty arid
asked for itt unqualified acceptance.
He atked th Republican present not
Ho think of 1920 when thinking of
the redemption of the world," adding
that he himself did not for a moment
do so. President Wilson departed for
Tacoma, where he will speak tomor
row morning. -
AMERICA'S ACCEPTANCE MIST
BE UNQUALIFIED, HE 8AYS
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 12. America's
acceptance of the peace treaty must be
unqualified, President Wilton declared
here today, if it is to end promptly the
spirit of unrest throughout, the world.
Any change whieh would make the rati
fication conditional, he said, would re
open the negotiations and prolong doubt
and uncertainty. -'
Mr. Wilson said he saw no moral ob
jections to interpretations which would
not change the meaning of the docu
ment, but ' added that such a step
would, be merely to say t ait tho Uai!
ted states understands the treaty to
mean what it aays.
The President spoke to a crowd which
filled the Spokan auditorium where
the 4 ,500 scats had bee distributed by
lottery and wa repeatedly cheered. Oa
his way to the armory he rode through
a riot of cheering and flag waving, the
crowd in the down-town section surg
ing far ont beyond the eurb.
In Washlagtoa Stat Today. "
It was Mr. Wilson's second address
during the day and the first of threo
oe will make in Washington, the home
(Continued on Pago Two.)
TENNESSEE WOMAN HELD
'FOR SHOOTING OF MAN
Hiss Maude Moore, Who Killed
LtRoy Harth, Required
V To Give Bond
Knoxville, Sept. 12. Maude' Moore.
charged with shooting LeRoy Harth to.
uer.tlt last Monday night, waa held to
the November term of criminal court,
under bond of 410,000 this afternoon,
after a preliminary hearing which had
lasted through th better part of 'two
days, Martin Hunter, arretted Wednes
day as an accessory to tho murder, was
bound to court under bond of $5,000. .
Mis Moore readily made the assessed
bond. Pointer had not mad bond to
a lata hour tonight, though friends any
that they hope to have eeeured his re
lease by Saturday. He is now held in th
county jail, while Mist Moore, secom
pa tied by her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Moore,' went to their home after tb
completion of the hearlngn. v
The defendant went ea the stand at
1 :40 -o'clock, a little mora than half
an hour fte th afternoon session of
th court hid begun. Th young woman
remained oa tho stand an hour, and
during that time her answers were
clear, well-worded and apparently an
swered after cool thinking. But aa the
arose from the witness ehair, immediate
ly after' General W. T. Kennsrly had
completed a vigorous erose-exnmiaation,
her strength teemed to giro away, her
face blanched aad she -fell headlong1
almost into th lap. of her mother, who
wis sitting near the desk of th de
fending attorney, H. H. Clements. Be
cause of the crowds which gathered
sreunil her, and the poor ventilation of
the court room, it was several minutes
before she regained consciousness, and
almost two hours before she had tuffi
. . r- ! ('- h. i
GENERAL PERSHING
COMES 10 CAPITAL;
WARMLY WELCOMED
Vice-President Marshall Heads
Reception Committee and
Greets Him
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN
LINED HIS PATHWAY
Military Band Drowned Out By
Shouts of Joy Upon General's
Arrival in Stately Union Sta
tion in Washington ; He Pays
Trihute To The Women of
America
Washington, Sept. 12. With the
plaudits of New York and Philadelphia
still ringing in his ears,-General John
J. Pershing arrived In Washington today
and received a foretaste of the more.
itv auuav.
.L fnrsnul e-i isi .-.JW cJtti-U s ...ina,.
Co npnniylVtrnu 'aven'uo' US' the' na
tion' victory parade.
As he stepped from his special train
at tho station, th man who led the
American army to victory in France
heard a shrill cry of greeting rise from
the hundreds of women and girls who
lined his pathway. Aa he stood later
with bared head before Vice President
Marshall ia the President's waiting
room to receivt the welcome of the
Presidrnt-aad of the nation, again it
was women and girls, armed with flags
and flowers who surrounded him. There
was little of the pomp of war about this
conqueror's return.
Reception Is la formal.
Th reception, with the exception of
these lines of school girls and women
of the governmont departments, and the
greeting extended in President ' Wil
son's name by Vice President Marshall,
was informal. Secretary Baker - and
Central March, chief of staff, greeted
General Pershing at the train nnd es
corted him to the room where the Vic
President awaited him.
The arched roof of the big building
where the wide approaches were built
with just such tetnet la Kind, roared
with th shouting of tho crowd jammed
pounded out itt ' formal greeting off
"Matt-to The I'bier almost unheard.
Th crash of saluting artillery, potted
far away by the Potomao beside tha na
tion's stoae built tribute to Washing
ton and Lincoln, went unnoticed.
Praises Women of America.
Possibly it was tho great preponder
ance of onion in tho crowd about him
that led General Pershing to pay high
ttibute to the women of America in his
haltingly delivered reply to the ' Vice.
President. In theungrudging confidence
tho President had reposed in him, he
said, ne had found constant strength for
thu tasks that had fallen to him, but
he' aaded that it waa the high eourage
of the women of America that had mule
possible victory, complete and final.,...
Preceded by a clattering cavalry es
eirr, General Pershing wat taken to his
hoi el by Mr. Marshall in the letter's
cutcmobiTc. A draped army ear, flying
tha General four-starred banner, was
in waiting, but the Vice-President would
have none of it, and personally con
ducted the man who has come home at
his country's honored guest to the hotel
that -i e be-- hi temporary homo In
Washington. All along the line of the
swift-moring procession, the street
crowds waved and cheered. At the hotel
the it recti were blocked with people,
and they remained for hours after he
lidii disappeared within.
When the ear drew up at the hotel,
the two groups of the Third Cavalry
that had escorted it were lined, up with
tabus at present; Beckoning to him, the
officer -in command, General- Pershing
signified his wish to inspect the men
before he .went to his rooms,, and
through the opened ranks he walked,
with eyes taking in each detail of
equipment. '
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN
KEY WEST BREAD LINE
Many Without Food Since Tues
day But People Are Show
. " ing Great Spirit
Miami, Fla., SeptTliL More than tix
hundred people ttoed in the breed line
at Key West this morning whoa one of
the bakeries opened th first time since
tha hurricsn swept over the Island
Tuesday, Some hsd not eaten since
Tuesday and some had eaten a fen
scraps gathered - her and there. This
tale waa brought to Miami by passen
gers on the first train between ;Minui
and Key West since Monday, One Mia
man said he bad eaten only three times
in thre days. - , - .- "
'' Passengers on th train said the
wrecks of four large vessels were visi
ble from the Overseas railway, two off
Long Key, one north of Long Key aad
one at Spanish Harbor.
. The people of Key -West are showing
a wonderful spjrit, it was said.' aad were
rapidly clearing a way the wreck of their
city and preparing to rebuild.
Mayor Allan B. Clear tnid he thought
It would not be necessary to ask for out
tide aid. - : .. .' '
Private telegrams to Miami relatives
of Key West citizens say it hat been
impossible to purchase food ia Key
West up to and including today, as
stork of grocery store were demolished
and sums stores still hav several feet
of water ia them. .
J. , T. Blackmoa, acting Mayor of
Miami, tonight received a telegram
from th Mayor of Key West laying
that "we art abls to tak car of the
situation." Bupplies of government
foodstuffs there, it is understood have
been placedat. the disposal of Mayor!
Clcare. . !
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON
HAND IN HIGH
WELCOME THE
Delaying . of Train Prevents Chief Executive's
Arrival In Time For Conferences Before This
Morning; He Will Meet Committee From
Labor Unions First and Then Confer
With Delegation of Furniture
Manufacturers
BAND PLAYS AND CROWD ENJOYS
. ITSELF WHILE WAITING FOR TRAIN
Employers Manifest Little Interest In Preparations For Re
ceiving State's Chief Executive But Finally Name Com
mittee; State Organizer J. F. Barrett Does Some Plain
Talking To Laboring Men With Result That They Take
Advice; Right To Work Without Being Discriminated
1 a -
I naina
J - IV . VW
. By FRANK. SMETHURST, , ,
Staff Reprosentatiya.
High Point, Sept. 12. Governor T. W. Bickett arrived in
thia city tonight at 10:30 o'clock and will take up the strike
situation tomorrow morning. He will first confer with a com
mittee representing Tabor and will then meet a delegation from
the manufacturers, after which "the jury will retire."
The Governor was due to hold conferences here tonight, but
a derailed freight car loaded with sand blocked the way for
his train near Durham. He missed connections in Greensboro
and came over in an automobile. Tonight he is a guest at a
local hotel. J . ' . ; .
The city is quiet tonight and no evidence of disorder is in
sight After planning to welcome the Governor in great style,
the thousands of laboring people living in the city returned to
their homes to wait .for tomorrow. Only the best of spirit was
in evidence.
With Bra Band Playing Thousands Wait for Governor.
With a brass band playing, United States flags flying promi
nently and more than three thousand people, surging about the
depot to greet him, High Point waited In vain for the arrival
of Governor Bickett, whose coming has been heralded, at least
i labor circles, as the beginning of the end of a lock-out which
is now running its seventh week in 21 manufacturing plants
"ere
Even after it became known that the Governor was de
layed near Durham by a derailment and would not reach High
Point until probably Saturday morning, the crowds still loitered
about in the hope that a later train would bring him.
Mayor Stanton was at the station prepared to meet the
Governor. It is safe to say that in addition the big crowd was
made up almost entirely of union men or union sympathizers,
while women in great numbers were interspersed among the
thousands. likewise the committee of labor men, selected to
confer with the Governor at his request, was handy, but from
best information the manufacturers viewed the proceedings
with scant but polite interest.
MANUFACTURERS NAME COMMITTEE TO 7
. ' REPRESENT THEM IN NEGOTIATIONS
From R. B. Terry, of the Daltoa Fur-stht they would take th matter of
aitur Company, cam, the information
that th manufacturer had not offi
cially been informed of the wishct of
th Governor, but that if th Governor,
upon hit arrival, desired to talk to other
committees such a committee would bear
what he had to say." The union com
mittee selected for the conference is
composed of J. . Jones, president of
tba Carpenter and Joiners; R. E. Hef
ner, secretary and R. 6. Hampton, treas
urer of ths same organisation.
At th Commercial Club, manufac
turers' headquarters, ia view of th ex
pected arrival of the governor oa a
later train, Fred N. Tat declared that
the manufacturer were prepared to
show him every courtesy and were at
9 o'clock tonight making plans for the
conference.
While" no conference committee was
announced, it 'is understood that th
guiding committee of the manufacturers
ia the present situation it composed of
8. 11. Thomison, Fred N. Tate, J. H.
Adams, O. ' K. Kearnt and Frank
Wineskie.
Barrett Make Plain Talk.
The union men first heard Of the de
risioa of Goveraor Bickett to come to
High Point at a mass meeting last night
whea J, F. Btrett read th riot net
against rotten eggs and violence. The
announcement of the Governor' com
ing waa received with unmietakeable
approval, but it wss s stern dressing
down that tb crowd received before
they- rot this promising bit of news.
The former orgtnixer of th State
Federstion of. Labor, who sacrificed a
free trip to too New. York aad Persh
ing lor tne purpose or lenaing nis am
to the settlement of the situation in
High PoinU talked plainly. H out
lined the principlea of the labor move
ment, thowed what it at ttake for the
workingman and the - working-woman,
and declared emphatically that rowdy
ism accompanying picketing must eesse
or the High Point union charter will
b revoked. There was oo picketing
this morning. .
Mr. Barrett advised earnestly against
bras br.nds, parades aad demonstra
tions. Th manufacturers, he pointed
out, are strengthened by evryaet of
violence, and 'it is playing into their
hands to muddle the situation with
disorder. ;.-.'-
H had not a word to say against the
manufacturers., . ,.'
- have Calked to torn of them to
dsy " he declared." Aad I must say
that I have acver been treated with
mora courtesy.!
Whea All Kite Failed.
Mr. Barrett called upon Governor
Bickett aa the last resort oTgcweyta.
1 . . T , , 1
menu marten svrv, - oi aoaierrcu yes
terday afteraooa with manufacturers,
seeking a conference with them. They
were willing, according to Mr. Barrett,
to talk as individuals, bat not as groups
with power to ct. He was informr!
POINT TO
GOVERNOR
conference under advisement and ia.
form him of th result. Ho received
no informstlos. It was then that h
went to Mayor D. A. Stanton, who de
clared be hsd exhausted hi resource
and could do nothing. The next step
wss an appeal to th Governor. As a
result, committees of , mftnufaeturer
and union men were being arranged
oarly this morning, and the belief that',
a settlement was in sight gained a foot
bold where a few hours before no nd
wat in tight. - -- --
How It Started.
The present difficulty, which ha bow
reached th proportions , of a general
lockout, atarted seven week ago whea
labor unionism raised its head itt High
Point after thirteen year of quiescent.
Its first appetrtnee then wat strangled,
and if the steps of the manufacturers
this time had been is effective it would
hav been smashed now. Th Tomlin
son -Chair Company discharged m ' -ployes
wjio-had joined a union, Other ---employers
followed suit, while employes
began joining organization! of ear
pentert and joiners, "finishers," gits
workers, upholsterers and textile work-1,
ers by "the hundreds. Some walked
out oa their own accord after' joiniag.-
Others were dismissed. -v
When -the movement had reached lis
maximum it is estimated that 4,000 men
and women were on the street and all
but seven of the local manufacturing
establishments were closed down. Then
esme the picketing of plant which, re
sumed operation. The union man ia.
list that picketing began when the
plants picketed tttrted work contrary
to their agreement. Along with-- th -picketing
there hat. occurred mora or
less frequent exhibitions of violence of
one sort or mother, but nothing of a
serious nature. , . .
put all . disorders, it is confidently
promised, , are over now; and Mr. Bar
rett, who minced no words in stressing
the necessity for easting no sham upon
the organized labor . movement, is
armed with authority to back up lis
demand for the peaceable settlement ef
th situation.4. , v ' '' '
Alsemarl I Next.
"One th wheel are' moving here,
said Mr. Barrett this morning, "I pro
pose to go to Albemarle and effect a
settlement there. It can bo don if th
sitastion- her can b adjusted. I am
counting on th Goveraor for thia and
ia itt train ht will hav th pleasure ot
teeing North Carolina once more State
without a labor dispute."
The onlv demand of th anion men
ia High Point Is th right to work with
out discrimination oa account of labor
t Onto affiliation.. They hav abandoned
request for wags increase' and asso
ciated concessions and art now firnvy
asking, not a closed shop, but a i t
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