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RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919. 7 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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HIGH POINT INDUSTRIAL
CONTROVERSY SETTLED BY
GOVERNOR T. W. BICKETT
Two Thousand Workingmen
Hear Glad News That They
May Return To Jobs
ORGANIZED LABOR GETS
RIGHT TO LIVE THERE
Manufacturer Concede Right
of Employes To Organize Af
ter Lock Out of Six Weeks
in furniture Town; Score of
Plants Will Resume Opera
tions Wednesday Morning;
States Chief Executive
Brings' Back Signed Agree
ment Which Provides Pdr
Arbitration For Differences
Not Covered By The Docu
ment '
By FRANK 8METRCRST
A... Bickett.. walked out of the final con-
this afternoon and announced to two
thousand or more workingmen who had
waited an hour to hear him speak th.it
those manufacturers had conceded the
right of employes to organize and had
pledged themselves to offer bo discrimi
nation, direct or indirect, against any
employe on account of his union sffllia-
tion. - Governor Bickett had in Ins
' Docket then the aereemcnt aiened by
li the representatives of the mcnufac-
turers and employes ending me iocs
Out maintained in a wore or more of
I," manufacturing plants in nigh Point for
more man six weens, as a rrnun, me
il factory whistle will blow and the
f wheels will turu again after long idlo
' Bess Wednesday morning.
The employers gave their approval
to the final draft of the agreement at
8:30 o'clock. A few. minutes later the
union representatives had signed it, and
when Governor Bickett was presented
to his big audience by J. F. Barrett, of
Ashevillc, he had accomplished la a dry
and a half of grilling conferences a set
tlement in line with the essential prin
ciples of bis own Industrial program.
Manufacturers Concede.
the manufacturers roneedo the right Of
i their employes to join npy labor union
they choose without being discriminated
I ; Against on account of their member
I . ulirWf the workingmen concede the right
of employe to refuse to become a mem
ber of any labor union witnout neing
discriminated against because of his
non-affiliation; all parties agree that
a premium should be placed on Indus
try and efficiency and that the piece
work' system should not be interfered
with; all parties bind themselves to
compulsory arbitration of any difficulty
not specifically covered by the agree
ment, one member of the board of ar
bitration to be named by the employ
ers, one by the employes ind one by
the Governor of the Btate, in the event
the first two cannot agree among them
selves on the issues involved or in the
selection of the third nan; the manu
facturers pledge themselves to treat
with their employes through their duly
appointed representatives on any ques
tion in which such employes may be
concerned; the employes agree not to
go on a strike in sympathy with any
outside organization or take orders from
a outsiders; and the manufacturers agree
to adopt the schedule of 60 hours pay
Ifor 55 hours work.
Essentially, the provisions of the
agreement had been settled upon tiut
urday night. At the last' minute, a
hitch arose in mepTocecdtng-n4 the
manufacturers proposed to- insert at
the end of the section pledging them
ta recognize union labor's fight to work
in High Point without discrimination,
clause reading!
This is not in any sense to be eon.
strued as a recognition of any labor
unkn."
Union Labor Agrees.
Governor Bickett declined to apeak
for the workinghen on this point and
brought the instrument from the con
ference room to the onion headquarters
' where the men expressed themselves.
. From their standpoint, this was a
4, gratuitous insult, not only to anion la
bor in High Point and North Carolina
but in tha nation as well. The manu
facturers, they argued, had virtually
recognized union labor, and had agreed
to treat with the representatives of the
workingmen. But, even with this to
show their good faith, they agreed to
accept the contract with this clause in
it, put their signature to the paper, and
' Governor Bickctt carried it back at
8:30 this morning with a message con
veying organised labor's attitude on
the matt err
It was then n effort on the part of
Governor Bickett, speaking, for the
pubic good, to secure the withdrawal
of that elause Tbe-employera- present
at the morning conference, appsrently
were willing to strike it out, but those
who were then absent showed opposition
strength at a further conference be
ginning at 1:15. While the elanse ob
jeeted to was withdrawn another, just
a bit more satisfactory was tubstituted
It reed: '
- "Ie being herein and hereby distinctly
understood and agreed that this agree
ment shall not bo understood as any
: sort or kind of collective bargaining
with either agents, committees, or repre
sentatives of union) labor." v ; . ' '
r-r - i -Not Dispose! U Bicker. ...
Union men were not disposed ; to
bicker .over "this. While- the agreement
was signed byJ; E, Heffner and Gv C.
Workman, union officials, on tho'.r part.
aad Fred N. Tate, for the manotaetur
era, anion workers made no prctensef
of signing in the name of their orgnui-astious.-Moreover,
since the manufac
turers had agreed to treat with their
duly selected representatives, they of
fered no protest tothe assertioa that
'Continued Psgs Two.)
HIGH POINT AGREEMENT
THAT SETTLED LOCKOUT
The agreement signed by em
ployers and employee of High Point
putting an end to about seven weeks'
of Industrial demoralization follows:
la order to briag abont a settle
meat of certain differences between
the snea who work with their brain
and hands and the men who work
with their brain and money In the
manufacturing business in the ilty
of High Point and In order to Insure
the future friendly business rela
tions between all' parties engaged' in
such manafactnring business and to
place the same on a basis of endur
ing peace and prosperity, the mnno-
facto rers and employes of High Point
each acting through the committee
who sign this paper hereby con
tract and agree as followSi
1. The manufacturers frankly' and
In goad faith concede that the em
ployes have a right to Join aiy labor
nnlon they see fit and the manufac
turers pledge that they will not la
JBWiW,SMl,,,Ws:,r..iTr IT. TV.
his employment or In his treatment
anion. v """ v-" '':" to . ..
I. Each manufacturer agrees at an
times to receive and give careful and
considerate hearing to any duly ap
pointed representative of his em
ployes on any question in which such
employes may be concerned.
3. The employes frankly and In
good faith concede that every em
ploye has the right to decline to loin
anv labor anion and all employee
hereby pledge that they wlH In, no
way maltreat, offend or be dlacrtir
teous to any employe because he iocs
not belong to a labor union; that
the purpose of this article and of
article one Is to seenre for the manu
facturers of the city of High Point
the permanent application of the
principle of the open shop and this
principle must be applied alike to
nnlon and non-union men.
4. All parties to this contract be
lieve that In order to build np any
business and to develop the charac
ter of the men engaged In it a pre
minm ahonld be placed oa Industry
and efficiency and to this and It is
mutually contracted and agreed that
paying for piece work and otherwise
rewarding the Industrious and effi
cient employe shall In way bo
interfered -with, ;,J;.-r ;rtiv
(. It is believed by all parties ta
this contract that walkouts and lock
oats results In friction and waste
that impair the ability of the bs-4-ness
to properly reward those who
are engaged ia It. and that both
walkouts and lockouts should bo
avoided wherever possible. To this
end It. is agreed by all parties here
to that should any differences arise
between any manufacturer and his
employes not speelBcally covered by
the foregoing articles, then a serious
and conscientious effort must be
made by the management and the
employes to adjnst such differences,
and If this should -prove to be Im
posible then such differences shall be
sebmitted to a board of arbitration
composed of one man named by the
employes, and one man named by
the mannfaeturers, both of whom
shsll have been a resident of the
city of High Point for a period of
two years at the time of hie appoint
ment, and If these two cannot agree
thev shall select a third disinterested
party who at tha time f his selec
tion shall have been a resiaent or
the city of High Point for a period
of two years, and in the event the
first two cannot agree on a third
party, then the Governor of the
State of North Carolina shall appoint
th third tparty enbjert to the same
residential and disinterested limita
tions. That .the employes of the
manataetnrers of the city of High
Point ahall not go an strike In sym
pathy with any outside organization
or ho subject to orders from parties
who have not lived and maintained
a residence In the city of High Point
for a period of two years.
C That under the above conditions
the manufacturers agree that the
factories shall be re -opened on the
17th or September, ISIS. All em
ployes agree to return to work on
a basin of fifty-live (55). hours con
stituting a week's work aad that
honrly wages ahall bo paid on this
basis. '
7. It being herein and hereby dis
tinctly understood and agreed that
thia agreement shall not b under
stood sa.any sort or kind of collec
tive bargaining with either agents,
committees or representatives of
anion labor.
' FRED N. TATE.
: For the Mannfaeturers.
R. E. HEFFNER,
V G. C. -WORKMAN.
For the Employes.
T. W. BICKETT, Witness.
Thla the 14th dsy of Sept., !!.-
THREE PERSONS KILLED
WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER
" Norfolk, Va, Sept. 14. Three per
son were killed and three others in
jured when an automobile ia which they
were riding on the Virginia Beach
road, . near here(i turned turtle" about
3:13 o'clock thia afternoon. The dead
are Clyde E. Chapman, 44 years old,
aa insurance afent resident in Norfolk
for a number of year and native
of Smithfield, Va.; hi 5-year-old daugh
ter, Constanea Skinner Chapman, and
C. C. Bailer, owner of . the car.
30
years old, of Norfolk. The injured are
Mrs. Clyde E. Chapman, suffering from
shock: her six-year-old son, Thomas
Stanley Chapman, who sustained minor
injuries shout the head and face, and
J, K. Phelton, former member of the
Norfolk police 'force, luffcring from
shock. i
GALVESTON MEETS
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Sixty-Five Mile Wind Floods
Business Section With
Three Feet of Water
NO MATERIAL DAMAGE
SUFFERED FROM WINDS
Huge Waves Break Harmlessly
Over Sea Wall When Hurri
cane Comes; All Kail Com
. munication Cut Off; Resi
dents Regard Approach of
Storm With Equanimity
Galveston. Tex., Sept. 1. With a 63
mile wind, high tides snd heavy seas,
the tropicifl storm struck Galveston this
morning, tidewater from the Bay (lood-
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It any M1G uusiiitrw muvi Ul mo i" uu
the north side of ths Island with three
leaaiy on tne aea wan ana mere .n
Shipping ..in this vicinity wcatuerea
the storm. Tho wagon bridge ncros
the bay was not damaged and tuiiight
was open to traffic.
Two thousand feet of track on the
l causeway nnil railroad bridge connect
ing Galveston with the mainland was
washed out, destroying rail communi
cation with the outside world, tint-officials
of t lie (iulf Colorado and Banta
Fe Railroad aaid this would be repair
ed within twenty-four hours.
Water Fills Street.
Water early tonight still stood to the
curb in the streets for five block from
-the Bay, aud residents went about
I neees&ury business in boats, top hoots
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and bathing suits, accepting the titua
turn good naturedly.
Galveston residents apparently re
garded the approach of the storm with
equanimity and took it as a matter of
course when it, struck. At midnight
there was a light wind and no rain,'
hot the streets were practically de
serted. Ismail crowds gathered on the boule
vard which skirts the sea wall, but "they
on disponed. Litter, when, the water
tacked' in' mnrtlr Irayr-refdiwa-1
fin struggling through the streets,
carrying bundles and babies, some of
them In light raiment.
Visitors Desert City.
A number of refugees found shelter
in office buildings. Others were hou
in the court house, the public library
and the city schools. A few sight
seers in top boots staggered about the
wind and spray. The majority of visi
tors had left the city yesterday on ad
vice of beach front hotel proprietors, a
number of whom emptied their houses.
A small number of Galveston residents
went with them.
Water was standing in Market street
center of the business section, when
some stores were thrown open and em
trgeney workers began carrying mer
chandise to too floors. The work was
finished before the water entered the
buildings. Wheat and other grain
stored in elevators awaiting export had
been moving to the mainland for two
days and it war said there was little
left to be damaged. More than one hun
dred train loads of wheat wat hauled
out yesterday. v
People Have Holiday.
When day broke the rain, which for
a while had ceased, began to fall again
Pieces of driftage floated on the waters
I in the streets. A buggy and an ice
watKMV appeared- and here and there a
man waded hip deep in water. Saonrm
gasoline launch came up Twenty
Bcrond street and hungry refugees
waved greetings from " w'indows and
called out eagerly, but the launch
Chugged on.
Before noon the streets were a carni
val. Motorhoats, sail boats( skiffs,
wagons end bnggies passed back anil
forth and a number of negroes astride
large timbers, poled their unwieldy
eraft longv Boys pretended at fishing,
ducked each other, peddle their pap
or turned aomersaults in the streeta.
Mon and women in bathing suits, some
with raincoats flying in the wind
straight bark from their shoulders,
promenaded arm in arm. Women fas
tidiously, dressed swhhed abont in water
to their waists. The rain fell in tor
rents. WIBK COMMUNICATION WITH
TEXAS CITIES CUT OFr.
Palla. Tex., Sept. 14. Wire com
munication waa severed this afternoon
with Brownsville, Corpus Christl and
other points in the Gulf Coast region
south of Victoria, Texas. , . .
There was no communication with
Brownsville during the day but. before
the wires "f ' Corpus Christi failed the
storm in the latter city waa reported
as -"orions aad tonight apparently re
liable information was received that
there were aix feet of water ia tho
streets there. .. .
- Tha - weather bureau admitted the
situation was "serious.- The barometer
at noon registered 29.09 and was falling
rapidly. . r
' At 1 p. m. ton nd was blowing sixty
five miles an hour. Wire communica
tion with Bock port and Arkansas Pass
was broken ahortly after noon.
71-MILE WIND STRIKE! '
BROWNSVILLE LATE IN DAT.
Ran Antonio, Tel., Sept. 14.-Browis-vllle
and Point Isabel were being swept
by a 73-mile aa hoar wind late today,
according ta wireless message from
Brownsville to the radio station at Fort
Sam Houston here. Communication was
lost almost immediately with Browns
ville but tha Point Isabel wireless still
was working esrly. tonight.
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WARRING FACTIONS
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GOVERNOR T. W. BICKETT.
HOUSE REFUSES TO
emciao
Will Have Nothing To Say On
Bullitt's Remarks Before
Senate Committee
PARIS NEWSPAPERS
MUCH INTERESTED
The Figaro Sees In "Statements
of Mr. Bullitt an Attempt To
Undernine Wilaon'a'Position
By Stirring Up Trouble Be
' tween President and Secre
tary of State Lansing
Paris, Sept. 14. (By the Associated
rress.) Col.t Fdward it. House, whi
arrived ia r'arithis evening, refused
to discuss the italrment made by Wil
liam C. Bullitt before the Foreign Re
lations Committee of the T'nited States
Senate. Colonel House said he would
bo in Paris fof only a short time for
a conference with the American dele
gation. "He trill mot ait with, the. .au
fceme couaciU '
- ThaiaesaernMae rnr- Mlitrv for
time attached to the American peace
commission, before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee in Washington, are
attracting considerable notice in the
Paris newspapers, which, however,
mnitlv refrain frnm editorial comment.
The French News Agency's explant-
tory.note, dealing with the statements,
attributes Mr. Bullitt's revelations to
"spite over the President's refusal to
permit his Russian report . to become
public." Incidentally, Mr. Bullitt is
credited with anti-French fceling'lm
being asserted that he is blamed in
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France for the failure of the projected
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rwilicirucrj at i. iiuuiru wrtnr- a nuicu
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The Figaro says it sees in the state
ments of Mr. Bullitt nn attempt to un
dermine President Wilson's position by
stirring up trouble between the Presi
dent and Secretary of State loosing.
The Petit Parisian asserts that the
statements are "viewed with indiffer
ence by the leading American poli
ticians" and that the French people
should attach no importance to them.
The newspaper says that one of its
representatives naked Frank U' Polk,
head of the American peace delegation,
for bis opinion on Mr. Bullitt's state
ments and that Mr. Polk replied that
"officially aad publicly'' ha had nothing
to aay - ' - .
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CALL OFF STRIKE
Decision Reached In Macon At
Mass Meetincr After Month -Of
Idleness
Macon, Ga., Sept. 14. Textile work
ers of thia city voted at a mass meeting
here late today, to call off the strike
that ia entering upon its fourth -week.
Attending tha mass meeting were
Boas Copcland, of Augusta, president
of tho Georgia Federation of Labor; J.
A. MeCann, of Savannah.
J. A. McCann, of Savannah, secre
tary of the Georgia Federation; John
L. Anderson, president of the Macon
Federation of Trades, and Sheriff J B.
nicks, i ' '
Eack of those named addressed the
meeting, urging tha workers to return
to their: plhecs." Tw tfrtr ago ilmli.
lar resolution waa voted dowa. bines
then there has been rioting and the
unorgnniisd people of the mill district
have been terrorized. Twelve organiz
ers aad strike leaders'ore ia jail.
Protection Ie Premised.
Sherifi Hicks informed the workers
that tha mills would reopen Tuesday
morning, "for all of. those who care to
work.". . .
"I , have guaranteed : tba mills that
those who want to work will ba protect
ed ha aaid.
Tha Sheriff said that there mutt be
ao mora disorder.1 ? " '
Tba following resolution -ttea was
presented by John Lv Anderson,' presi
dent of the Macon Federation of Trades
nd adopted unanimously by the textile
workers: ' ' ' -. .' " -
"That 8heriff Ulcas be authorized to
advise the mill owaers. that we call off
tha strike and will return to work at
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EXTILE WOK
"PRESIDENT MEETS
D LABOR LEADERS IN
REGARD TO MOONEY f
Delegation Lay Labor Griev
ances of Pacific Northwest
Before Wilson
POLITICAL PRISONERS
. CAUSES LABOR UNREST
Difficult, If Not Impossible, To
Prevent Nation-Wide Strike,
They State, In Sympathy
For Thomas J. Mooney ;
President Goes To Church
And Spends Day Resting
Seattle, Wash Sept. H. Representa
tives of the Washington Htnte Federa
tion of Ixibor here today laid before
President Wilson labor grievances of
the Pacific Northwest nnd pictured to
him existing labor unrest which they
strike October 8 in sympathy for
Thomas J. Xloouty,
atiuienceu 10 me
imprisonment for Kan Francisco bomb
outrages in I'.HII.
Specifically, the delegation asked for
an appointment to ae the President to
present the eases of "political prison
ers," notably those of Unlet M. Wells.
Krm Sadler and Morris und Joe Pass,
the-latter two being brothers, all serv
ing terms of too years for seditious
conspiracy.
President Wants Remedy.
The delegation was composed of K
W. Iiurk, act i president of the Mate.
Federation; C. K, Cottrell, Secretary of
the Triple Alliance, composed of rail
nay men, labor and farmers, and James
A. Duncau, Secretary of the Central
tabor Council of Seattle. Mr. Dun
can, according to officials of the United
I states District Attorney's ofrtee. v.as
:oue 0f Hie leaders in a general strike
hero last February which former Mayor
Ole Hanson chnraeterir.ed as a "revo
lution." For more than an hour the President
discussed th labor situation with tha
delegation and suggested to them that
organized labor should bury its differ
ences with capital and do ita utmost to
prercnt 'strikes until after ttt labor
conference which he has called to meet
in Washington October 6,
Mr. Buck who acted as spokesman in
pleading the caso of the 'political
j prisoners" charged the government was
Prosecuting these while it failed to
prosecute profiteers. The President
! t'd the delegation it was nil right for
h grievances, but that he
! "anted to know what- remedy they had
' ,0 suggest.
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Sliinuirui. cuui.riuiuK
t.,i. ..m h- fh. -li,..
I Sectary Tumulty m..I
gatnon left tho Preside
ident's hotel. The
isrtary
epitomized, however, what
went on.
Members of the delegation likewise
declined to talk. .Mr. Buck said they
wanted to give the President an oppor
tunity to disclose what took place, but
that if he did not do so, the labor men
would issue a statement.
local police today said that group
of men last night stood outside the
arena while the President was speaking
iniile, pounded on the doors and rriod
"We want justice" nlong with the cries
of "We want in," 'We want Wilson." -
During President Wilson s visit to
Seattle local radicals walked the streets
wearing badges reading: ''Release Po
litical Prisoners.
President Goes to Church.
"President and Mrs. Wilson today at'
tended services st the First Fresbytcr
iau church, of which an old Princeton
classmate of the President, Dr. M. A.
Matthews, is paator. The President
was cheered for a full minute by the
congregation when he entered the
ehurch.
Admiral Hodman, staff officers and
ship commanders of the Pacific fleet
called on the President tips afternoon
to pay their respects. The President
wThwhTeh'har
day. ' '
The greater part of the day the
President spent quietly at the hotel,
whore he slept last night after conclud
ing perhaps the most strenuous week of
his entire speaking trip. He was some
what fatigued by the ten-day journey
across the continent 1ut his physician,
Dr. Cary Grayson, aaid Mr. Wilson was
in excellent health considering the many
addresses made since he left Washing
ton. . .
Week en PaclBe Coast.
Although he hss traveled only a little
more than 4,000 miles of his 10,000
mile itinerary and had been on the road
only about one-third of the total time
to be consumed by the trip Yhe Presi
dent lias made T eighteen of the thirty
three set speeches on his schedule. From
this point on there will be only a few
days on which his plant call for more
thin, one speech.
' One speech a day will be the rule
during all nf the coming week with the
exception of Tuesday, when there is no
address on the schedule. He wlil spend
the entire week on the Pacific coast and
from Tuesday morning until Sunday
night will be in California, tbe home
State of Senator , Johnson, a leader
among the treaty opponents, s: -
Leaving Seattle late tonight the Presi
dent wilt apeak tomorrow night in Port
land, Oregon. Tuesday will be spent
on the train ea route to San Francisco,
where he will speak Wednesday night.
Thursday night he will be in Oakland,
Friday night in Ban Diego aad Saturday
aight in Lot Angeles. Because of tbe
lightening of hit " schedule of - set
speeches it is considered possible he
will break hia rule agntnn tailing irom
the rear platform of his train more
frequently.. ,:..r
SENATORS IN READINESS .
FOR OPENING LAST-STAGE-OF
PEACE TREATY FIGHT
PROPOSED STRIKE OF STEEL
WORKERS POSTPONED UNTIL
AFTER LABOR CONFERENCE.
New York. Sept. 14. The strike
of I'nitrd Stain Steel Corporation
employes set for September 22 will
be deferred nntll after the indus
trial conference In Washington,
railed for October ( by President
Wilson, it was lesrned from a re
liable source tonight.
Atlanta Grower and Banker
Presents Reasons For Mak
ing Statement
CONDITIONS THAT ARE
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Act of Importance To Hand
lers of Cotton; The Story of
a Brunswick County Milk
Weed's Experience and Its
Silken Aspirations
The Ne(s und Observer Bureau.
tn;t Dintrict National Hank Hlilg.
By 8. R. WINTERS.
(Bl Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Sept. 14. "Cotton pro
ducers are ready to mako another
crop, and, true to history, the price
declines as the time draws nearer for
the cotton to-be sold," remarked Win.
H. Clegg, a farmer and banker of At
lanta, Ga.,in an interview in Washing
ton. "The radical decline for the last
few days seems to forebode another
cotton panic similar to those of 1914
and 191M. The present crisis in the
cotton niarket is caused by several un
favorable conditions which demand at
tention. The principal trouble it that
the European market is practically
closed because of the almost prohibi
tive rates of foreign exrhange. '"To
illustrate, it takes nearly fl.20 of Eng
lish money, 1.68 of French money, t'.
of Italian money and nearly $4 of Ger
man money to buy tl worth of Ameri
can otton. These conditions are
alarming the cotton producers in the
South, becsuse they export a large part
of their cotton.
"The depressed financial conditions
in Kurope can be handled by the led
eral government without loss, and by
orompt action tho cotton producer
may be saved 300,000,0(0 on tho 1919
crop. There can be tio relief save
through the government. tat the
I'nited States take charge of the pres
ent cotton at a fair price, carry it to
nar-xtricken rountries of Kurope,
freight added; sell it to thoso conn
tries on time, issuing bonds aghisst
it, nnd relieve the situation.
''This is not asking the government
for money, but for government credit
and guarantees. If the cotton proriuc
ers sell their cotton on a credit to those
Kuropean countries, those contracts
must be made negotiable and converted
into a liquid asset that may be handled
in regular rommercial channels. An
acceptance issued against American cot
ton secured by those Kuropean gov
ernnients would make the transaction
safe. But as individuals here cm n not
deal with foreign governments direct,
(Continued on Page Three.
Three Mpmhers nf Crew Sav
On Board Vessel
Wilmington, 8epf.- 14. Charles L.
Lacey, negro mute of the schooner Wil
liam H. Sumner, which ran aground' in
Topsail Inlet a week ngo, was impli
cated as the murderer of Bobie E. Cork
rum, f vessel's skipper, this afternoon
when three members of the negro crew
broke down under the interrogation of
tn agejit of the Department of Justice,
who ii handling tha esse in collabora
tion with Assistant District Attorney
Whitehnrst, of New Bern.
According to their story, the skipper
was hot to death -at -ft4 oVteeav-on- last
Monday morning, the fatal shot being
fired with Cork rum's revolver, which
lacey had secured during the night.
Failure to tell all they kner about the
affair during tbe examinations in the
past two days, they said, wis because
of fear, of Lacey, whom they stated, was.
a. dangerous man. They asserted that
Jealousy over Corkrum f promotion to
captain of the ship was one of the chief
motives for the killing.
The desd skipper and the negro mate
were members of the crew of tho Wil
liam H. Sumner, for aeveral years as
first and second mate, respectively.
Kigid examination of Lacey after the
three negroes had told their story failed
to shake his version that the' skip ier
eame to hit death at his own hands, pre
sumably because of despondency, over
the fact that his vessel met disaster en
his Initial voyage as its captain.
The next development in - the case
Will be the hearing, which haa been aet
for Monday, September 82, before a
t'aited States -commissioner here.
ANOTHER COMON
PANIC IS FEARED
IMPLICATE NEGRO
MATE AS MURDERER
Litres Drawn By Opposing Fac
tions For Beginning De- 1
,...., bate 0a DQCumcnL-
COMES BEF0RESENATE
FOR "FIRST READING" -
Document Will Be Taken Up
Article By Article, According
To Present Plans, Which
Will Probably Bring; Early
Trial of Strength; Senator
McCumber, Republican, To
Submit Individual Report On
Treaty Today; Discussion
Will Be Interrupted By Joint
Session Wednesday To Hon
or Pershing .
Washington, Sept. 14. Lines hid
been drawn by tho opposing factions,
absent Senators for the most part had
returned to Washington and all v. as in
eadine
tnnielit for the nneninff tn.
ate peace treaty and league of Na
The treaty with its league covenant,
tentative plans provide, will be called
up abouf 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
by Chairman Iodge of the Foreign Ref
lations Committee, and will , be kept
continuously before the Senate in
"open executive" session until the final
vote on ratification is taken several
weeks hence. j
Coincident with the bringing up of
the treaty, Senator MuCumber, Repub
lican, of North Dakota, who refused to
join his Republican colleagues in the
Foreign Belationt Committee and who
declined to approve tbe majority's res
ervation to Article Ten of the leigua
covenant, will file an individual report.
No "First Beading."
Because of the enormous length of
the document, the formal "first read
ing" will be dispensed with and treaty
taken up article by article. Thii plan
probably will bring an early trial of
strength possibly tomorrow with the
reaching of article three of the league
covenant, is defined the voting newer
of the various powers in the league
council and assembly. The Foreign Re
lations Douimittce majority hat recom
mended an amendment to tha article ia
the form nf a proviso stipulating that
the t'nited Htotes shall hare a vote in
the' assembly equal to tba aggregate
vote of any nation having self govern
ing colonies and dominions, also mem
bers of the league.
Th's amendment, fostered by Sen
ator Johnson, Republican, California,
is aimed to make the voting of the
I'nited States equal to that of Great
Britain and her dominions. By tome
the dospisition of the amendment
will be looked on at indicating the fate
of the more than two score other amend
ments. Should the voting amendment
be defeated, its supporters have indi
cated they would offer a reservation
covering about the same ground. '
Continue Negotiations. .
Negotiations are to be continued dar
ing the week between the "mild and
''drastic' reservations. As the question
of reservations will not be taken up un
til the treaty is considered article bv
article, the reservation controversy will
not soon be hrought to a head.
Reading of the 1rehtyty articles"
estimated- by Henry Rose, Senate read
ing clerk, as requiring in itself about
27 hours, or six days time and the
consideration of the various articlel
will be interspersed by debate, both ex
temporaneous and prepared. The mhk-
ng of prepared addresses will be started
tomorrow, by Senator, Jones,. 'Democrat,
.New Mexico, senator Bliermsn, Benub-
liran, Illinois, plans to epesk Tuesday.
Consideration, of the treaty will be
interrupted Wednesday and Thursday to
permit Sentors to honor the loader of
the forces which did much to make
peace treaty possible General Persh
ing. Congress will adjourn Wednesday
when General Pershing will lead the
First Division in the nation' victory
parade and tbe two houses will hold a
joint session Thursday to pay tribute
to the expeditionary comma
raps
REPLY TO GOMPERS
Coolidge Expresses Determina
tion To Defend State's
Sovereignty . , ,
Roston, Sept. 14. Determination "to
defend the sovereignty of Massachu
setts' a-.expxaaed..by Oovernor
Coolidge in a telegram sent tonight to
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. The
telegram was in reply to one received
from the labor leader last night , ia
which Mf. Gompers asked him to "dike
a broad view" of tbe situation brought
about by ' 'thV''pncem'eB'ii,tfr'illf."'",':'"':""'
The Governor told Mr. uompers that
the suggestion of President Wilson,
that orders forbidding tbe policemen
of tbe city of Washington to affiliate
with the American Federation- of La
bor be held ia abeyance pcndii.tf the
labor conference to be held at the '
White House oa October- V did not ap
ply to Boston, at the- Washington po
lice had remained n duty. - Reciting
the fact that nineteen members of the
Boston policemen' union had been
tried for violation of the order against
affiliation and had been removed, and
that the placet of the other strikers
had been declared raeant, he added:
'1 can suggest no authority outside
the courts to take further action."
GOVERN