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.ie News smd Obs - weather: . " Fal r Taesday except showers ar th tout) Wsdasdsy - fair.- . WATCH LABEL. rnr Mlr. hf. tMwwat I 4-rs stra rUatt' sjmI sveld - alula (tat wr, erver VOL. CX. NO. 92. SIXTEEN PAGES TOD AYr: RALEIGH, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY? PRICE: F1V CENTS; it r m l -a tt KAUtraSAKt DUE TO OUTRAGES, SENATORDECURES John Sharp Williams Resents Suggestion That League of Nations Responsible SENATOR DRAWS LINE ; AT OUTRAGED WOMEN Mississippi Statesman" Says ; Borah Speaks of Established - Law in The Land But Is Un- willing To Stand For Estab lished Law in The World; - Wants An Enduring Peace Washington, Bout. 2fl.-F- clash?, .Senator Williams, Democrat, Missis sippi, declared in the -Senate today, were?aH duo to attempted outrage on white women by negroes. It wan -too far-fetched, ha said, in answerim SCna- ftor Borah,- Republican, Idahd, to at- www. I will ,N th the pathways of peace as far as any man I would be willing to arbitrate almost anything except out rages pn a white woman by black or ifhite. I would surrender him as a criminal beyond the pale to the first I "The conduct of the criminal at ji Omaha deprives me of all inclination and power to aay one word against the erowd that captured the criminal and punished the crime. Race is greater than law now and then, and protection of women transcends all law, human and divine.1' No Time For Court. 'This miserable beast in Omaha paid just debt for hit crime. When it :omes to violating innoeent women it is -to time to go to court. But here we live men pleading for law and order while helpless women are being treated ley beasts as they please, and yet these am men don't want any international law. "The Senator speaks of established law in the land and yet he is unwilling to stand for established law in the world, -''Washington and Jefferson sought a : fust and enduring peace. That is what I seek in advocating the League of Na jtions. The President cought if in Paris, I Rome aad the baited States. He has sent energy, intellect and almost U'c - fie has received curses and calumny." "The Senator from Idaho ha been preaching peace, peace, when it eomes lo 'niggers? when capital and labor is involved. And yet when be cornea to international affairs, he ia standing in the pathway of the very thing to which (he ban paid so high an oratorical tnb titr. - He. wants America to stand iso S lated. She could not do it forty-eight l hour even if she wanted to." Senator Borah Replies. Senator Borah made sharp reply to benator Williams, - discussing partieu larly what the latter said concerning lynching, if lynch ings were confined U the Idaho senator contended, to those 'jf incidents mentioned by the Seator from ,; Mississippi, the human race might be I. disposed to pass them by on that reason. l 'But the disease spreads and men !hr lynched for the most trivial causes," t added. "The record shows 218 ne groes lost their lives the first year of . the war, af a time when negro boys were giving their lives to the republic nd displaying great heroism, overseas. There was ao intimation that they had been guilty of the particular crime on which men seek to justify lynching. "I want to aay considering the ulti mate welfare of the human family, tnere can ue no justiftcation for the lynching of any persons, and the man who preaches it is sowing the wind that reaps the whirlwind, no matter bow blark the skin of the victim msr bo. If the republic does not protect the . lives oi its people the seeds are planted (hat ultimately will lead to its disinte- . g ration." . ' SENATORS DISCUSS TREATY FROM DAM TO BEERSBEBA Washington, Sept. 29 Kot one pass ing reference was- made in the long peace treaty debate la the Senate today to the thirty-odd Fall amendments which i ice-President Marshall had ruled would be the special and eontin slnjr order f business. The discussion cnibraccd almost every other point. It covered all the ground from Omaha, Neb., to Persia, and Vice President Marshall's prediction that the Beaate, ence it took op the amendments, would discuss everything else under the sub, was abundantly fulfilled. The dis cussion centered shout speeches by Sen ator Borah. Republican, of Idaho, and Senator Williams, Democrat, of Missis sippi, both of whom digressed to touch upna recent evidences of mob rule. There were no other speeches, but late In the day there was more or less of general debate, with half a dozen Sen ator frying to apeak at once ami per sisting ia their efforts to such extent that the Vice President, rapping sharply for order, declared the proceedings were degenerating into a chorus. The Fall amendments introduced by fhe Bepublicsn r Senator- from " New Mexico, and designed 1 relieve the United. States from representation, on commissions created ander the treaty of peace with Germany, must eome up for a vote sooner or later. There have Ten promises that a vote oa their adoption or rejection would be taken this week, but toaight Democratic and Republican leaders frankly confessed that they had topped making predictions. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, In charge of the administration's fight for ratification of the treaty with its League of Nations covenant without reservj- i Hon or amendment, notiied the White Hou.l daring the day that there vris no pressing matter to be put before the (Centime Page Twe.) WILSON BEGINS HIS VACATION r WHICH HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED AS CURE FOR NERVOUS ATTACK i After Troubled Night President Sleeps Until Noon And Takes Automobile Ride In Afternoon; Spends Day Quietly Se cluded In His Room; Slightly Better, Dr. Grayson Says Washington, Sept. 29. After a day of rest, President Wilson was described at "slightly better" in an official bulletin issued tonight by Dr. Cary E. Grayson, his personal physician. The bulletin which recorded the first change to be officially noted in Mr. Wilson's condi tion since he was taken ill last Friday, did not give details. It was issued at 10 o'clock tonight and was as follows: ''The President is slightly better. (Signed) "GRAYSON." Under an absolute prohibition against work or rworry, President Wilson be gan today the vacation which has been prescribed as the cure for his attack of nervous exhaustion. After another troubled night he slept from early morning until toward noon, and in the afternoon was taken for an hour's automobilo ride. The remainder of the day he spent quietly secluded in his room or talking with members of his family, his attention being kept scrupulously away from executive busi ness of any form. UJtswliWiflffffc.i.ioJ will sot be permitted, for the present to see any of the Senate leaders in charge of the fight for ratification . of the' peace treaty. White House officials believe it essential that - this subject, which has occupied such a large plnee in the President's mind, bo put entirely aside. Albert Postpones Visit. The visit of King' Albert and Queen E Two Men Seized From Officers In Alabama and Quickly 1 Disposed Of WERE BEING CARRIED TO THE STATE PRISON Charged With Criminal As 1 sattlt, The Defendants Had -T"" t- flt-ont-A P1imtnw.vw A VVU SMI sbs-i sjswn VMUMsa Hearing Tor ; Next Friday; Mob Quickly Organised Af ter Action By Judge Montgomery, Ala., Septa 29, Two ne grocs, Miles Phifer and Robert Crosky, the latter a returned soldier, were taken from Montgomery county officials about fire miles, from this city and lynehed this afternoon? The negroci ,5E J?ln carried to the State prison at .Wetumpke for aafo keeping when a masked mob of about 23 men held up the automo bile in which they were traveling, forced the officers to lay down their arms, and then led the negroes about 100 yards into the woods and opened fire on thein with shotguns and pistols. Both ne. groes were charged with criminal as sault oa a white woman. Earlier in the day the two neeroes had been granted a preliminary hearing behind dosed doors, and their trials had been set for next Friday. After the action of the trial judge had been known, it is sard that organ' ixation of tho mob was then undertaken and with a tip thnt the negroes would not be held in Montgomery but prob' ably be carried to some other jail near by. The leaders surmised that the We. tumpka prison would be the one ae lected. The party, numbering 23 men, en masked, made its war to a point oa the Wetumpka road about five miles east of the "city and there waited the arrival ef the sheriff's ear carrying the prisoners. When the" cararrylntBer7we)nc" groes, which was accompanied bv three deputy sheriffs, rotted up to the spot selected by the leaders of fhe mob, the latter blocked the road and demanded custory of their prisoners. Resistance was useless in the face of shotguns and pistols. Deputy Sheriff Frizzell, one of the guards, declared.1 They were dis armed, a guard left with them and the negroes rushed out of the ear about 100 pace off the road, where they were loosed and told to run. Thoroughly frightened and realizing the fata thr.t wa upon them, the negroes made little or ne effort to get away aad the men opened fire on them with pistols and shotguns.' Phifer was almost Instantly killed, being riddled from head to foot, while Croskey was likewise shot no bat survived for five hours. ,- ENGLISH STRIKE STILL .CONFINED TO RAILWAYS London, Sept. 28. The railway strike Is still confined to the railways,' sad to night's indications point to s greatly in creased railway service tomorrow - la which the volunteers who ' have been constantly offering their1 services will play a prominent part. Schedules pre pared by tbe various railway companies tonight show quite a respectable num ber of trains will be operating tomor row, especially ia Londos suburbs, which should greatly relieve the con gestion ia traffic while regular motor services are being organized between some of the big towns like Birmingham and Manchester. -4 .-, , ' ' Stoll Declared Nominee. ' Columbia, 8. C, Sept. 21). After the session of tea hours, the South Carolina Democratic executive committee de clared Philip H. Stoll, of Ringstree, the nominee of the party for t ongress from the Sixth district, the election to be held October 7. - 1 NEGROES LYNCHED BY MASK D CROWD Elizabeth, of Belgium, tu the AVhite House also will be postponed, it was an nounced definitely today, liecauso of Mr. Wilson's condition. Instead of be ing received by the President at the end of the present week, the King and Queen first will make their tour of the country. It was said at the White House that these precautions only were a part of Dr. (trayson s original program of quiet for the President and were not to be interpreted ns indicating any change in his eonidtion. The President's, physi cian has made no qualification of his ordinal bulletin of Friday, ia which he said the illness was not alarming, but that a considerable period of rest would be necessary for recovery. . Take No Chances. The feeling of White House officials is that the nervous reaction which has interfered, with the President's sleep and with .his digestion constitutes a conditio1!! oil which may require some days pal 1 ho exact extent of. its grip to revea risers wish to take no chances of per mitting his ailment to run into compli cations. . A brief bulletin by Dr. Grayson, given out at 10 o'clock this morning, con stituted the only official news during the day regarding the President's, con dition. It was as follows: "The Fresident passed a restless night, but is sleeping this morning." Strike of English Railway Workers Ties Up Cargoes in American Boats SAILINGS SUSPENDED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM Shipping Board Ordered Sail - tngs Stopped Following Brit . ish Order Prohibiting The ' Furnishing of Bunker Goal To Foreign Vessels; Alloca ted To Other Trade Washington, Sept. . Shipping 5n American ports, so far as it concerns Shipping Board vessels with cargoes consigned to ports of the United King dom, was at s standstill tonight be cause, of the strike of British Railway workers. , Suspension of tho sailings of all ves sels under its control to ports of Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales was announced today by the Shipping Board through the making publie of an order issued late Saturday night when the railroad strike became a cer tainty. The Shipping Board, it was explained, ordered sailings suspended following re ceipt of information from its repre sentatives in England as to conditions in the ports there and after the issu ance of ths British order prohibiting tho furnishing of bunker coal to any ships Other than outbound British vessels. While Bhipping Board vessels allo cated to the Unitcd.Kingdoin trade con stitute only about one-half of the American ' tonnage engaged in that trade, the congestion of ports resulting from tbe strike and the British bunker coal order are expected to stop eventu ally, should the strike continue, the sailing of all American craft to the British Isles. Shipping Board officials refused to comment, on the effect the suspensions would have on tho gradual accumula tion and resultant congestion of goods at Atlantic and Gulf ports and at the Railroad Administration it was said that aspect of the situation would be dealt with wbea it arose. Sailings of British vessels from America to norts of the United Kingdom have not been sus pended, but tbe Shipping Board's order indicate that such a step was being con templated even on the eve of tbe strike. Assistant Director of Operations Tav- lor of ths Shipping Board ia announc ing tbe suspension order, said that the ships being held in port will be allo cated to other trade as rapidly a pos sible. Those feont loaded or nearly loaded will b dispatched as soon as they are rcsdy te countries other than tbe United Kingdom. - - - , the Shipping Board on tbe basis of Saturday's report has fifty-five of its vessels engnged in the United Kingdom trade ia United States yorts, with a total tonnage of 350,004 . deadweight tons. At that time there were eighty four vessels with total of 429,000 deadweight tons on ths high seas bouad for such ports and eirhtv-seven skim. with 639,000 dead weight tons is British harbors. ' s Matty of the Shipping Board vessels sow en route and ia British harbors are oil burners aad are therefore in dependent of British bunkers, but ths others may be forced to lie ia the har- bors anless fuel cas be obtained for ths return trip." ' , '. ' Explosion oa Destroyer. Key West, Fla., Sept. 29. The de stroyer Green, which was disabled yes terday by a boiler explosion, wa towed lato port here tonight. James Joseph Quinn, of Philadelphia,' fireman, was instantly killed, two other men severely scalded and several others slightly ia-) jared. - - - ! STOP SHIPPING TO ALL BRITISH PORTS OMAHA PATROLLED BY TROOPS AFTER OF Officials Confident There Will Be No Further Outbreak of Race Rioting MAYOR SMITH SUFFERS FROM PAINFUL INJURIES Nebraska City Placed Under Military Authority By Troops From Forts Omaha and rj.A lr AaiiavbI T.Annovt Wood To Take Charge of Situation Today Omaha, Neb Sept. 29. With eight hundred troops from Forts Oinalin and Crook. Neb., and t'anip Dodge, Inwa, on riot duty and with 5oO more soldiers due to arrive Inte tonight, Omaha o1Ji cialswwere confident that there would be no further outbreak of the race rioting iclk. yesterday and last night re- nines to several score others, an a tempt to lynch Mayor E. P. Smith and partial destruction by fire of the county courthouse. The troops have machine guns ready to put into use if necessary. Head quarters were established at Central police station by Colonel J. K. Morris, Twentieth Infantry, commander of the military forces in the city. Members of the police department were put un der Colonel Morris' orders. General Tinnnrit .Wnnrl nftmmoni!i et Ilia f n tral department of the army, is expected to arrive ia the city tonight or to morrow to take charge of the situation. Developments of ths Dsy. Developments in the Situation during the day included: Announcement by County Attorney Shotwell that he would do everything in bia power to fix the responsibility for the rioting and to start prosecution. Isauance of a proclamation by Lieu tenant Colonel Jacob Wuest, command ing officer at Fort Omaha, promiaing protection to all and asking that fire arms be given over to the police or military authorities. The stntioning of Federal troops near the hospital where Mayor Smith lies suffering from injuries received when a mob attempted to lynch him. , Announcement by Mayor Smith's phy sician that his condition was ''very satis factory." , . Inauguration by local authorities sf preeaation to guard against a fresh outbreak of the trouble including the transportation of negro prisoners in jail here to the State Penitentiary at Lincoln. The city Was quiet throughout the day, soldiers patrolling the streets to prevent the congregation on street corners of groups of persons. ' Slight Fear For Mayor. Late today information from Ford hospital was to the effect that physi. riana attending Mayor Smith have slight fear of complications setting in. Mayor Smith was tho victim several years ago of an accideSt, which required a serious operatiou on the skull. He wear a silver plate where a small por tion of the skull was removed at that time. During the attqmpt to place his life in jeopardy 8unday the Mayor re ceived a severe blow on the head, from the effects of which the danger of com plications was feared. On account of his previous disability the Mayor had for a long time refrained from violent ex ercises of all kinds. Mob Seizes Mayor. Mayor Smith was seized by the 'mob on 17th street, near ths court house, about. 10 o'clock, aad was threatened with lynching. Me was hustled to Har ney street and atopped at the foot of a trolley pole, on the cross-arm of which was a coil of rope. "Give us tbe key to the jail!" ult we can't get the negro we'll Ivnrh yon!" ."He's no better than the negro!" ''He's a negro lover 1" were sbonts heard among tbe men. ''Get that ropcl" someone shouted. It was pulled down by a loose end, bnt was not long enough to reach. A man climbed the pole and with a knife eut the rope. It was brought down and placed around the neck of the Mayor. . "Throw it up over the pole and string the Mayor up," yelled a dozen voices. The Mayor was the center of a crush to great that it almost overthrew an automobile standing near. Officers Cat Rone.- The rope was placed around tbe May or's neck.. Appalled at the possibility (Centlaaad a Pag Three-) RALEICH FANS WILL GET REPORTS OF BIG . SERIES PLAT BY PLAY The News and Observer will for nlsa a detailed report of every gam ia the World's Series, beginning to morrow afternoon, - and fsas will have the apportsaity of receiving play by play daring Ik diamond battles between the Chicago Whit Sox aad Cincinnati Beds. . The detailed reports will b glvca at the News aad Observer's branch at the Tacker Ballding Pharmacy. Here, a large board with diamond and Uncaps .of each team will show 4a regress of the gam from the tins the empire calif fPiar. Ball!" aatll the last player la retired. In former years the same kind of report on the World's Series has boea famished aad large crouds bast witnessed the games oa ths boards' Anticipating aa anasaal crowd this year, the News aad Observer has ar ranged to keep the fan and fannies well informed of every play, includ ing balls aad strikes, daring each gasa. - .Jli..-. . - . Tber will b a charge aad Us ablic to Invited. , NIGHT TERROR STEEL COMPANIES GREAT OFFENSIVE T Results of Counter Offensive By Striking Workmen Like-, wise In Doubt BOTH SIDES WORK HARD TO SECURE ADVANTAGE Chief Struggle Waged For Con trol of Mills of Bethlehem Steel Company, Where Forty Thousand Men Are Em ployed; Confident State ments From Rival Sides (By Tho Associated Press.) Results of the great offensive and counter offensive scheduled to usher in the second week of the steel strike, by means of which both eapitnl nnd lnbor hoped to break the' deadlock devtwoped after the first few days, last niglft re mained in. dnulit.. the itiatfgie puiuts on tui front both sides made determined ef--forts to push forward, one with the hope of resuming full operation, the other of rrippliiig more plants. The chief struggle, however, was waged for control in the mills of the Bethlehem Steel Company, whoso foiTy thousand employes had hreiiVomninndcd lv un ion lenders to join the ranks of the strikers. Here are tho reports issued from rival headquarters dealing with the BethlehAn objective: 'The employes reported to work this morning in such numhars as to pro vide for practically a full operation of all plants,' E. ('. Grave, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Charles M. Schwab's big plant at Bethlehem completely crippled," Wil liam Z. Foster, secretary of thu Strik ers' National Committee. Elsewhere results of the day's eco- nouiie battle were eqnully obscured by. Conflicting claims. The independent plant of Jones and Laughlin Company in Pittsburg is "50 per cent out of ac tion," according to Foster, but according to company officials it is little affected. The Carnegie, Steel Compauy and other concerns in the crucial Pittsburg district claimed men were returning 'in good numbers," r while unionists heralded failure of 'the Cnileff State Stenl Cor porstion to "stampede" their forces. From Chicago came reports that tbe struggle for control in that center was being equally stubbornly contested without apparent material gains for either side. The Wcirton Steel Company sus pended operations at its plant in Clarks burg, W. Ya., posting notices that the skills would be closed indefinitely for repairs. This shut-down was charac terized by labor leaders as a lockout. : The threatened "invasion" of West Virginia by Ohio strikers to enforce a walkout in the Wcirton Mill did not develop. Ohio Guardsmen held mobi lized in Steubenville armories for pos sible disturbances were not called into action. SHOPMEN ON SAME BASIS WITH OTHER RAILMEN First National Agreement Cov ering Hours and Wages Signed By Hines Washington, Sept. S9. Changes in the wage scale, of railroad shopmen, under which they will be paid on the basis of an eight-hour day similar to members of the four brotherhoods, are embodied in the first national agreo ment covering their wages and work ing conditions, which it was learned to day has been signed by Director Gen eral Hines and representatives of the sis international shop crafts. The change mean an increase of four cents aa hour aad were ordered by Presi dent Wilson fav-pttMb shopmcw on anj equal rooting witn other employes in tbe matter of an eight-hour day, at the snmo time he refused any general wage Inrgense a requested. The agreement, effective October 20 until the government relinquishes con trol of the roads, is the "first uniform contract covering all railroad shop em ployes. Heretofore, each road has had it Individual agreement with the unions, varying in important particu lars. Union officials regard the uni form contract a one of the most im portant gains made by labor in recent years. ' - T Honor Matthew Maary. . Richmond, Vs., Sept. 29. To honor tbe memory and works of Commodore Maury, inventor .of tbe compass and many other' hydregraphic instruments, by means of a suitable memorial, meeting ha been called for Wednesday evening when member of the Matthew Fontaine Maary Association will lav plant for a campaign to obtain sufD- feieat fundi for the erection of a luir abl marker. WLKS OUT SECOND STORY DIES FROM HIS INJURIES " Salisbury, 8epl 23. William 8. Ben ton, aged 35, died at a hospital hei j this afternoon, following injuries sustained, Friday night by walking out a second story window at Jiis home hfrv while asleep. Hi condition was serious from the start. Ue wa a valued employe ef tbe Salisbury mill offk'J force -and a splendid,, citizen. . Surviving 1 a wife aad young children. ' ' Italian Parliament Dissolved. ', "(By The Associated Tress.) Rome, 8ept, 29. Parllmcnt was dis solved today. EleeYions will be held November nod Parliament will re- REMAINS IN UB assemble December 1st. - - - GENERAL TYSON DELIGHTS 30TH DIVISION REUNION IN FIERY WORDS OF TRUTH MAY BE NAVY CAN IF 7 Some Circumlocution in The Effort To Get Pershing To The State Fair DANIELS INVITED, BUT HE HOLDS IT IN ABEYANCE He Did The Same Thing Once in England and. Got Back Without a Garter On His Waistcoat; So Way Seems To Be Still Open For Pejr string To Turn Up in Raleigh News and Observer Bureau. fliKi District National Bank Bide. Washington, Sept. 2U. When Colonel Luke I,ea, Tennessee newspaper man and politician took an overland trans port of inferior oflieera nCter the armis tice and went into Holland ''personally" to get William of llohenzollern, it probably never orrured to him that his frantic dash for the Kaiser would sooner or later find a counterpart in the States with General Pershing as the objective. It has, though, and I)aniel W. Terry, of Raleigh, went almost as far to get to. see General Pershing and invito him to the State Fair on American Legion Day as Colonel Jx'a went to interview the Kaiser. What might otherwise have been a perfect simile, and yet the fiercest kind of international contrast was thwarted by the calm judgment of Senator Simmons. The State Fair has set apart Friday, October 24, as American legion "day, aud ou that date many of the ei sol diers of the State will gather is Kal eigh for the first State convention, Tho Fair Association had invited General Pershing to attend one day during tho week, but were not encouraged by hi response. So the American Legion, with Terry a its spokestrsnn, decided to put it over. . , N ReSfctlon. And right now it might just as well be savl that there ia nothing in the whole affair to reflect oa Terry or the Legion. It was simply a military faux pus, in the language of Hyron Ford, and suffers not at all for integrity of purpose. Terry wouldn't communicate his busi ness to Frank Hampton, private secre tary toSenator Simmons, after he had learned that General Pershing was in the count ry taking a rest. He wanted to deal directly and he mapped Cut a Simmons - to - Warren-to - I'crshing ap proach thnt had Colonel Lea bested a hundred times for directness of ap proach. Not Diplomatically Successful. .Terry saw Senator Simmons ia the Democratic cloak room and communi cated the idea. Senntor Simmons could take Senator Warren aside confi dentially and learn where Pershing was. The army leader's stuff wouldn't say beyond the statement that he was en iovino1 a short vacation. Senator Warren, being Pershing' fnther-in-law, Terry thought would reveal the Generals whereabout to Senator Simmons. Senator Simmons could poss it on to Terry and thnt would be enough. Terry hud the; ofli- eial invitation of tho legion and had been authorized by Colonel Pogub to see the General in behalf of the fair folks. And Terry intended to hunt tbe secluded spot, see tbe General, and get hm to accent, Senator Simmons would just as soon have endorsed Marion llutler fr Min ister to Belgium or sonio other dis tressed country. Ho didu't think tbe Terry -nlnn the right idea at all. In stead ho feared it would endanger the prospects of getting the General to honor North Carolina with his presence the October holidays. If General Pershins noes to North Carolina, forty seven other states and their annual jubilee have a claim on him. What a Conference Hatched Oat. Then a conference was suggested be tween Senators Simmons and Overman, Secretary Daniels and Representative Pou. It culminated in the committee leaving with the Secretary an invita tion to make the speech in Bnlcigh on Legion Day. Mr. Daniels didn't accept it. but promised to give it consiucra tion and in the meantime to do any thing he can to get a military man for the occasion, i - - -- . Terry,., however, should be crowned for his attempt. H was just a will ing to shatter all military . precedent and get . the General' promise a Colonel Lea was to bag the Kaiser. General Pershing mny yet accept un less the. Prince of Wales gets here in time to go himself. " MINERS WILL CONTINUE THEIR PRESENT CONTRACT " PhiladelphiaTPs Sept. 29. The ei isting contract between the anthracite mine worker and operators, including the supplemental agreement providing Jor the payment of bonuses entered into last November will continue ia effect until March 31. WX. U was so de cided at a conference here today be tween tbe presidents of the three an thracite district of ths United -Miae Worker of America sad the commit tee of Anthracite operators. Nothing Farther From Hurricane. , Washington, Sept. 29. The weather bureau bud no further information to night of the tropical disturbance which wa reported forming between Florida and the Bahama Islands and slightly north f the latter, ,. ? . ARMY DOESN Audience Arises and . Cheers Eloquent Commander of 59th Division at Greenville ASHEVILLE HAS CHANCE TO WIN NEXT REUNION Governors of The Twq Caro lina Among The Speakers On .First; Day of' Reunion. The First Anniversary of The Day On Which The 30th Division Broke The Ilindon burg Line and Broke It First"; Military Men De: nounce Bolshevists and Bol shevism in No Uncertain Tones r. . v,y . By I. C. LATIMER. ' '. ? -Greenville, 8. C, Sept. 29. Th glor ious record of the Thirtieth Itypsioti, written with flame, carved with - steel statesmen and soldiers who thrilled sev eral thousand by their prais of, the Tennesseans, North Carolinians sad South Carolinians, who, a year ago to day, won imperishable glory by break- ' jf -I lug iiiu BUj'jrvr.iruiJ' 1 Uiorrgj uu uiv burg line. t ' r Speeches by Governor Thomas W. Pickett, of North Carolina; Governor Robert A. Cooper, of South Carolina . .. Col. J. K. Horr, chief of Staff; Brig. Gen. lAwrence D. Tyson, of Knoxville and Mnj. Gen. K. M. Lewis, new of Camp Gordon, featured the opening session of a two-day reunion of the Old Hickory Association, which began here today with mors than flvs thou sand members registered rrresent. : All the speakers denounced Bolshe vism and said tbe returned soldiers would be the leaders to suppress such dangerous element and t"at they are to be relied upon to aid inrpeac and re construction. Ashevllle to Get Rennion. Indications tonight, based ea good authority, are that Ashevill will be selected as the place of th next re union, aad that Col. Hokte B. Spring who recently moved ts Greenville from Georgetown, win b elected president o the association. He commanded the supply trains ft the Thirtieth Division.' Frhak P. Boweu, of Kaoxville, will be elected secretary sod treasurer, if ths report of ths com mittee of nominations is adopted. Tbe moit thrilling address of ths day was delivered by General Tysoa, com- -mander of the 59th Infarttry Brigade of the Thirtieth Division. who brought ths vast cheering audience to its feet when . he declared that "ths Thirtieth Division broke the Ilindenburg line and broke it first." He asserted that the platoon commanders and" men deserved moro credit than any. , Thirtieth Smashed Line.' "Some source have tried to raise a question of which division really was the first to smash the Hindenburg line, but I want to aay hers now to all tho world that it wa tbe Thirtieth." tho speaker claimed. In' simple language, without retort to military terms, Gen eral Tyson carried the vision of his au dience to the very line. ' "At ten min utes until six o'clock one year ago, th . llDth Infantry and 120th Infantry stood on the tnpe and faced what was gener ally considered by nil high nnthoritie the strongest point in tie Hindenburg defense." "The speaker reviewed. At -this very hour (the clock was chiming eleven) tho 120th, the J 19th, the 118th, and 117th, were across ths Hindenburg. line, and drove an opening through which another division poured," he said, -He wouldn't discredit the 27th Division, that they did magnificent work. No di vision did any better work except ths Thirtieth, he added. He recalled that when they arrived in Franc there, was lark among some -of the allied officers of. surrender in case the Germans csptured Paris, and said 4ha-the-Tkirtieth'a-ly was. "Wa don't intend to surrender. . We will die and, leave enr bones ia Franco -before w' surrender." , , He declared that th State of Ten nessee, North, and South Carolina are inseparably bound together, aad that when anybody says that the men of these three States ars not the brs vest men that aver lived they' have him -to fight. , , - . ; ' General. Tyson spoke feelingly of the men who-made the supreme sacrifice and appealed to all Americans to carry out their ideal, determined that their life blood was not spent in vain. He roundly scored Bolshevistic principles snd sympathizer, aad said the soldiers will be expected to tske the lead 'in upholding th Constitution aad the laws of the country. ' ! , Governor Bickett'a Appealing Address. Governor Bickett delivered an ap pealing address, punctuated with hearty applause, after making th prohibition movement tho butt of sparkling jests, asserting that everybody is delimited to be here in this high and dry climate, the-Tar "Heel Oovernor took up the achievement'' ef '"In " Thirtieth and praised the heroes ia a soul-stirring message. - He declared thst Tennessee sad tii two Carolines ronvjtute a trin ity, of xirtue-and valor that a certain Hindenburg found it impossible to hinder. ' . " People of Three States Essentially One. "The people of these tnre States sr- essentially one," said ths? Governor. A besutiful tribute to tie. men wrenched victory from 'the foe h the darkest hour la the world war 1 east its shadow over the world. Tra the reverses suffered by the AIHes( t ernor Bickett thrilled hi audicm v he cried, "And tbea came the Th:. (Contused oa Pag T o )
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 30, 1919, edition 1
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