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VOL CX. NO. 107.
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RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1919.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
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BITTER FEELING
CLOSE TO BOIUNG
POINT IN SENATE
Oratorical Projectiles Sizzed
About Chamber For Five
' Hours, 3 Palpable Kit J
M'CUMBER FIRES ONE
HOT ONE AT SENATOR AEE&
Missouri Opponent of Treaty
Covenant Visibly StricKen
- Hot time in The Tempera
mental Mercury Occurred
While ' Republican Senator
Was Replying To Lodge " .
Washingtdn; Oct. 14. (By This Amo-
, tutted Press.) Bitter feeling feagea-
i dcred by the peace .treatya Shantung
provision got eloaa to the boiling point
' again today ia tha Senate. '
Repeatedly daring five-hour debate
oa tha subject the gavel sounded to
- bruig order out of a eoafnting erost
. ., - 8 reof oratorical projectile, and once
it wa ruled that hnguigV ueTio
luted the Senate "let by imputing
. to Senators conduct unworthy and an'
becoming.
The declaration to which formal ob
jection waa taken wa mads by Senator
McCumber, Republican, of North Da
kota, ia the course of a heated exchange
with Senator Seed, Democrat, of
Missouri, and had to do with charge
that Japaa wai acting ia bad faith ia
' the promise of her tatemen to return
t ' Shantung province to China.
Why The 'Hit Dor Howled.
"Japaa waa our associate ia ' the
' war," aaid the North Dakota Senator,
"but I know that now that the war
practically-has ended, many Senators
, prefer to consider her as oar enemy,
"Ui'ra seems to be more aa ebjeet
, of solicitude thaa our friends -who
helped us defeat Germany.
"If the Senator means that," shouted
Kenator Heed. Twant himMir name thc4
' Senator to whom he refer.. '
Senator McCumber retorted that he
, would let' recent utterances in -the Beu-
. ' ate chamber speak for themsolves, and
when he declined to. yield to fort her
. . questioning by Senator Reed, tha lattor
r ' appealed to the eha-r, declaring- loudly
while Senator McCumkcr cm tinned hi
speech that tha language used had been
unparliamentary. , v , r
Nothing To Retract. Said Mac.
Whet he had quieted tha disputants,
Seaato Ben," Republican, ' Delaware
' temporarily presiding, thumbed through
. a Senate rsle book while a half dbsea
,' other- members tried all at esee t get
ia word of advice. : Senator Bead then
withdrew ht objection, .whereupon Sen
; ator Alcuumuer deeiarea n bad no .n
tention of taking back what ha had aaid
and insisted that the clerk read the pas
sage of his speech which had been ques
tioned. That brought a, renewal of the
Missouri Senator'a protest, and Senator
Bell ruled the .language out of order
aad Senator McCumber resumed with
tha remark that ho had met ia the least
changed his miad about tha truth of
what ha had aaid. j
'- McCamher in Reply T lodge.
Senator McCumber,.- a Republican
member of tha Foreign Halations Com
. mittee, waa speaking ia reply -torChair
maa Lodge of tha committee who had
just concluded prepared address sun-
porting tha Shantung amendment and
declaring Japaa waa building in China
. an empire menacing the United States.
Japaa relentlessly, had broken .her
pledges and would ton liana to do so in
. furtherance of her scheme for' China's
exploitation, Mr. Lodge asserted.' '
Tn replying Senator MoComber argaed
. that the proposed amendment wnl i
t of no avail because Shintnag- already
waa ia Japan's possession and altering
tha treaty would not change that poasea
sioa, Oa tha othew hand, ha aaid, the
Laagno or IS at ions would put "the civ
ilised world with a grip upon Japan'
throat." to compel her to nuke good her
promise to restore the 'province to
China. . ; ' " - v
Seed Agaiwat Leagmc.' . .
later Senator Bead anada aa aitanded
argument against tha league,, asserting
, that if it had tha power to force Japaa
to give bach Shantung it eertainry would
. have tha power, tax .compel tha United
Statea to do whatever it desired. : He
argued that tha league council aad as
sembly would not bo judicial bodies, be
eansa every member would be aa tatar
tsted party la any big world, qoestien, 4
HMchcech ChaJWagoa Him. ; t f
' Senator Bead also aaaaged in a sc.
rise of heated eiehaages with Senator
Hitchcock, of , Nebraska, the admin is-
: tratioa leader, wno- ehllei(rfa a aum
ber of hit atatemeata about the prac
tical operation of tha league. The col
loquy 'reached a climax whem the hlia
. aouri Senator made) a passing refereaee
to the arms embargo bilL which he said
- Senator Hitchcock had istrnduced after
'the sinking of the jasitaaia, "well
knowing that if t passed tho Germans
- sooa would be pounding at tha gates of
pari. , ?.' -!.,
, ! The adminlstratioa . leader declared
--.-j y (Contin d on Paa Twe-X
RECALL SUITJOBE
1 ; HEAROJIN DECEMBER
: Wilmington, Oct. 11. The suit against
the 'mayor aad tha councilman of the
city of Wilmington instituted in the
Bam of W. a. Biddle, by which' it is
sought to recall, tho airy, officials aad
hold aaotber election will come oa for a
hearing before a New Hanover county
jury ia civil court at tha December
term. This aetioa waa determined upon
today whea the matter waa argued be
fore Superior Court Judge Oliver II.
AUea. - - -'
poindeXtee SOUNDS WARNING
OF REAL DANGER UNLESS U. S.
DISCARDS SUPINE INACTION
Republican Senator For Washington State, Referring To
Propaganda At Gary, Ind., Urging Steel Worker! To Re
" volt, Declares In The U. S. Senate That "There Is Ample
Proof of The Revolutionary Movement There And
lnroughout 1 he Country
Washington, Oct. 14. (By tha Asio
eiated Press.) Warning that there is
"real danger that the government will
fall" if it continues it attitude of
"supine inaction" toward the radical
element over the country was given to
day - in the Senate by Senator -Poin
dexter, Bepubliean, of Washington.
Referring to propaganda circulated
at Gary, Ind., urging steel workers to
revolt and establish a dictatorship, Sen
ator Poindexter said there waa "ampl
proof, of the revolutionary movement,,
not oaly at Gary, but throughout the
eouatry.'
r Many of the strike now in effect, he
added, were called "in pursuance of the
revolutionists' plaa to atrike down all
government." The Washington Senator
offered a resolution asking why the De
partment of labor had not proceeded
against the circulators of revolutionary
propaganda. Senator Tbomaa, Demo
crat, of Colorado, questioned tha need
for tha resolution. He isaid the steel
striker in hi State had no grievance
that they were lighting for nationaliza
tion of the-steol industry.
PRESIDENT HAD RESTLESS
DAT, BUT WAS IMPROVED
LAST NIGHT, DR. STATES;
NOTHING VERT SERIOUS.
esnssssBMsmm
Washington, Oct. 14. Dne to aa
aimaortaat hat Irritating aew com
plication. President Wilson apeat a
rest leas aad aeomfortaale day, bat
his condition tonight waa described
by his personal physician, Renr Ad
miral Grayson, aa Improved.
Ia the regular night bulletin on
tha President' condition, Issned
from the White House at It o'clock.
Dr. Grayson aaid:
The President has had a restless
aad aacosnfertablc day, bat he I bet-
la connection with, the isaaaace of
tha bulletin, Dr. Graysea aaaoanced
thst Drv-HJ AFawker a Washing
ton specialist had been sailed In for
.Masaltattoa aad through hia effert
H had beea able to. reduce tha swell
tag of tha prostata gland, which It
waa stated today had Interfered with
h rest or the Preside! last Wight.
The general toadltloa ( Mr. Wil
Bop 'again today ' was described us
favorable. Rear Admiral Grayson aad
Dra, Stilt and RnBn,' the consulting
phvslelaas, noting In the dally bat
Irtla that his temperature, pales, re
spiration, heart action and blood
pressors were normaU y "
- While ' announcement that, the
Presideat'a rest. ' waa beliag . Inter
farad with by a . swollen prostate
glaad. It waa emphasised by. Dr.
.Oraxaea that sack, waa aat nncsm
nten : and was of little Importance
aava aa It censed discomfort. :
Pronourtcerhent By " Chairman
Foreign Anairs committee ;
f r in iiediy opeeGu 7
1 '
$AYS MIKADO'S PEOPLE i
Massaerinsetts "Senator Urges
Senate -To ' Adopt Amend
' meats' To Treaty Tr anif err
ing 10 unina ne JKignts in
I jShanturig ".GiVen ,To Japan
W ine reace Treaty t
Whin'gton,.Oct. 14. Japan is build
iiig Vyr Eastern 'Empire, which will
OeeonvF; V peni to ,AmMt",' -iM
tJiicaVea Abf safety., of tha .vrorld, Bc-ii.
Mor J.fc, of; Hassaehusett, tha ' Re
publican leader, declared 'today ill te
Senate ia urging adoption of his'tmeaS
ujents to tha peaea treaty tinder which
German rights in Shantung would be
rrtumed to - China , instead ' of being
warded to Japaa.- . . . '
Steadily aad relentlessly, Japaa , is
gaining control or unina, oenator Lodge
said, and ha predicted that aha would
ana China's vast man power to endang
er: the safety ; of both America and
BttTOpCr-"1 'T $:-.'. r.....L.l.l..A ' Jl'
tTft impessiDM to see, saia oen-
B,le? ,Lodge,,.',how5 any eonscienrUlM
.merican can Consent to' any tct or
trcfity thai will extend . tha power of
such a natioa as Japan over a country
like China, especially when the Unit
ed Statea deliberately, drew China Into
tha war with at least aa implied if not
an eiresa promise io give assiitiuce
and protection at tha peaea conference.
' "The principal argument made by
those . who suits' ned . the , delivery ' of
control of Bhaatung to Japan . . .
it that Japaa ha promised at different
times to' return it to Chin. .Whatever
promises. she . ha , made ... were
all. marked by one vital -omission. . In
ao instance do -I fladHhat Japaa ever
Ixed'a time whea aha would actually
return- the province to Ks rightful own
ers.'- To determine what Japaa ia like-
.pf .Uwd on Page Twa.) :'J I i
JAP EMPIRE TO BE ,
' PERIL TO AMERICA
Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio,
remarked that hi information as that
the strike leader were holding out the
inducement that the plant soon would
be in the employes' hand as a mean
of getting the; men to remain ia tb
unions.
Restrictions Agslast Radicals Extended
While the Senate fa discussing radi
ealism, the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee favorably reported a resolution
extending for one year war time pass
port 'restrictions so as to exclude radi
eal and undesirable aliens, thousand
of whom are waiting to come to this
country according to consular report
from abroad.
Demand That Aliens Register At Once,
Before tha House Immigration Com
mittee. Representative Welty, Demo,
erat, of Ohio, urged thatall alien now
in the country be required to register
immediately and that undesirable be
deported without delay. Ho declared
that recent event at Gary and Pitt'
burgh indicated that the government
should know the character aad where
about of all alien in tha United States'.
Man Arrested Who Made Infer
nal Machine Which Blew Up
Attorney General's Homp
NOW SEARCHING FOR
HIS ACCOMPLICES
AlxanderlTanoff, Gary Stee!
- Worker, Said To Have
Made, With Gorsky, The 36
; fipmbs Sent To Prominent
2. Men in Forged Wrappings;
Plots"Against Govt. Property
Chltsfo, J".., Ort. 14.-Mililary
authorities today continued their their
investigation . . into. alleged ; radical
activities in'connection with the atrike
of. it eel worker, at Gary, Ind.',' and
questioned several man, including Anton
Goraki, wha is. laid to be under surveil
lance ia connection with tha exploalon
of ft bomb la tho Chicago postofflce in
September, ISIS.-Reports of discovery
of a widespread -plot against military
cantonment wer denied tonight by Col,
W. 8., Kb pel, commanding the federal
troops, at Gary. Reports that troops
were being sent from the Gary- district
to protect government property in va
rious parts, of the country, were also
denied by Col. Ma pel.
Major Genera! Leonard Wood; com
manding the' ventral Department of the
United Statu Anny, wa la co lforence
with Colonel W. S. hiapes, commander
of the troop at Gary, today. , Drastic
measure to combat the "Red" plot
are aaid .to have beea arranged by the
military leaders.
- Col Mape announced tonight that no
confession- had -been obtained from
Goraki in' regard to the Chicago bomb
plot, but it was intimated that Gorslu
would be a Federal witness. The Fed
era! officers are ' bow searching for
LAlexander Ivanoff, Gary . ateel worker
and electrician, who is said ' to hare
been Implicated by Goraki aa ft maker
of tho thirty-! fcpmb which were tent
to prominent mem throughout the eoun
try ia forged wrappings- of ' Gimbel
Brothers Store in New York. -. r
.Intelligence - officers continued thoir
1 raids at Gary today in search of Vadi
eal literature.. They reported flading :a
quantity of radical propaganda printed
ia German' and a lorge iGerman flag
maaa or ant. ' 4
A platoon of Federal troop wa sta
tioned near the ateel mill ia Gary to
day-after report had been' made that
bracks and horse shoes had. been thrown
through tha windows of the ateel plant
by strikers. ' The strike abulletin. issued
by the 'steel worker today disavowed
the proclamation issaed. yesterday by
the "Communist party of 'America."
calling on the -worklngmea to establish
"dictatorships and wrest control of
uary from the f ederal troops. - ,
Tha peculiar, style, of i manufacture
with, the ingenious contrivance of the
explosive, has linked them ' unmistak
ably with a basement . radical factory
raided at Gary by the federal troops.
it m aaid. , . ..... "
Since the 1,600 soldiers of the Fourth
and ' Stxfh divisions ' took ' control -of
Gary investigations have beea throuded
In secrecy. There have beea many ar-
rest made' and a strong stockade was
built to keep the prisoners in. .
How many men besides tha' alleged
bomb. maker arc held ia connection with
the nation-wide plots' ha not beea re
vealed by tha Federal authorities, civil
or military. v v -J
. ; Put 'Started t Garr. V "
A radical leader named Ivanoff. now
known, it i aidk a the agent who car
ried tha Uimbel bomb from Garr to
New York for transmisaioa through the
(Continued oa Paga Eight.) .
"""-aw-w-aw .
POINCAIRE SIGNS FRENCH
DEMOBIUXATION DECREE.
Paris. Oct H (Br The AasneUt
Praaa.) President Poineaire todsv
signed a decree of general demobilisa
tion effective, upon th ceesatioB of
hostilitic," . ' ' . - , ' v...
BOMB MYSTERY IS
PROBED BY S
MEN
L
OF
I
Financing and Transportation
Featured Proceedings On
Second Day
WAREHOUSE RECEIPT FOR
A STAPLE COMMODITY
When It Represents Stored
Cotton National Banks May
Lend On It Without Limit To
One Borrower, and It's The
- Only Document That Can
Do That; As To Bates
. New Orleans, La., Oct. 14.(By the
Associated Press.) Financing . nnd
transporting of cotton featured the sec
ond day of the World Cotton Conference
here today. J. Howard Ardrey, vice
president of the National ' Bank of
Commerce, -of New York, asserting that
the best type of warehouse receipt ob
tainable is that issued by (he-Great
Public Cotton warehouse, at ew Ur
leans.
The nearer the approach of other
warehouses to those of New Orleans, in
responsibility integrity and the proper
care of commodities, in that degree will
thefr" recelptr be accepted -in-tha-opea
money markets of the world," said the
speaker. wTbe cotton warehouse re
eeipts of New Orleans are obligation
or tne mate 01 Louisiana.
"The best Instrumentality for draw
ing to cotton (tared in the Houth ii
minimum rate of open market'' credit
in banker acceptance secured by ware
house receipts securing and conveying
title of the cotton as provided for in
the federal reserve-act. , .
Warehouse Receipts la Flnsnclng.
A warehouse receipt for s staple
commodity in storage is the only docu
ment except government bonds on which
a national bank may lend without limit
to any one borrower. All, other forms
of credit are limited by law to ten per
cent of the bank's capital and surplus
to any one borrower. An acceptable
warehouse receipt should come from a
responsible warehouse assuring cotton
(Ceatlaaed an Page Two.)
LIZE
AOSTRIKE
Decided On By Senate , l.-C
' committee, only One
Voting Against ' ..
wasamgton. Uct. .14. Inclusion in
the permanent railroad legislation of a
provision to penalise strikes of railroad
employe was decided upon late today
by toe Senate interstate commerce com
mittee by a vote of 14 to 1.
The -committee did aet enter into the
detail of the anti-strike legislation at
it meeting today, the. vote being mere
ly on tha question of adopting the
principle of Venalixing , railroad c
ploy for striking. Sonstor Stanley
Democrat of Kentucky east the only op
posing vote declaring he did not be
lieve anti-strike provisions could be en
forced. ?
The committee vote wa regarded a
mkking certain inclusion in the final
railroad bill of an anti-itrike elauae
omewhat similar to the clause of the
Cummin bill proposing fine and im
prisonment far. concerted action of em-
. i j a . ..- !il : i ....
pioes inicrienngT wun mwrniiM com
merce. The phraseology of the anu
strike clause i expected io be agreed on
lot thi week.
Other Stops Taken.
Other step toward reporting out the
railroad bill probnbjy thi week, were
taken today by in committee in uo-
termining distribution of excess rail
road earnings. In accordance with'
recent yote in favor of a provision di
recting mo, ipiersime commerce com
mission to fig rates sufficient to insure
railroad a return of five and one-half
ner cent unon the value of their prop
erty, a determined by. the "commbwioa,
Dlua one half of one per cent lor main
tenance. the committee. today voted on
disposition of earnings exceeding this
six per cent return.
Bv a vote of 10 to o, the committee
decided that of earnings of railroads
between nix ' and seven per " cent, one
half of one ' per' cent may be retained
bv individual earner toward mainte
nance of individual improvement funds
with the other one half of on per cent
to be transferred by tti railroad' to
the federal transportation poara to com
pose general national contingent
fund. This general fund would be dis
tributed by tne ' board for tft .main
tenanee or improvement, through loan
or otherwise, of other railroad deemed
worthy of aasistanee. . .
Of excess earnings of railroad over
seven per cent oa net -value, tha com
mittee decided that on fourth shall be
retained by the earning .carrier for
their own improvement funds and three
fourths given to the board' , general
fund. ''
Disposition of execs earning was
regarded a one of the most important
and difficult task in tne framing of
the bill and ha beea opposed aa uaeoa
(titutional on the ground that it was
beyond the power of Congress to pre
scribe. ' ' .k1.'-j t.u .....
The committee also approved a pre
vision that the individual carrier, from
excess earnings aver six per cent,' may
accumulate reserve fund op to a maxi
mum of five per cent of their property
value. When thi Bv per cent limit M
reached and maintained! ana third of
further excess earning may be retained
by individual carrier and twa third
must be transferred to the federal con
tingent fua4.-''r-:--'''r' ) -;"',
WOR
D CONFERENCE
COTTON INTERES
"RAILRO
STEEL COMPANIES REPORT GAINS
IN 'MEN AND GREATER PRODUCTION
IN THE PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
Several Independent Plants Affected By Strike Now In Its
FourthoWeek Start Up Additional Departments; Carnegie
Company And Other Workmen Report For Work After
Being Out Since September 22, Steel Company OfHcia!
Announce
Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 14. (By the A
oeiated Press.) More gains ia men
and greater production were reported
tqday by ateel companies ia the Pitts
burg district. Several independents af
fected by the strike of steel worker
bow in it fourth week started up addi
tional department and in other plants,
especially -those of the. Carnegie Com
pany workmen who had been on strike
since Sept. 22, . reported for work, ac
cording to company officials.
Tha gain claimed by the employers
were slightly offset by a atrike of brick
TO AVERT STRIKE
OF COAL
Federal Government To Take
immediate Steps at Meet
Ing Thursday
BITUMINOUS SITUATION
THREATENS COUNTRY
Lewis and Brewster Invited To
Confer With Washington
Authorities; Possible Affect
of Threatened Strike On
Bailroads Is Uppermost
Thought To Be Taken Up
Washington, Oct. 14. Immcdjale
steps to avert the threatened nation
wide atrike of Bituminous coal mine
worker are to be taken by the Fed
eral governmenF.T AffcrTreeidentWitii
son' cabinet had discussed1 the situa
tion at length today, Secretary Wilsoa,
of tho Pepnrtmeat of Labor, announced
that ha would invito' iohn Jj. Lewis,
president ef tha United hUaa Workers
of America, and John L. Brewster, rep
resenting the operators, to confer with
him her, probably Thursday. - :
wane enort of the milter and
operators to reach aa agreement ou the
demands of the workers, which include
increased pay and shorter hours, have
failed. Secretary Wilson is hopeful that
soma amicable adjustment of the con
troversy can be made. It i under.
stood that be will imprest upon both
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Brewster, the im
porta nee of uninterrupted operation of
tne mines upon th life of the nation
Paralysis of TrsnsaortoUoa Threatened,
The possible effect of such a strike on
the railroads is understood to be upper
most in- the mind of government otll
eials. A shutdown of the mine would
result in a paralysis of the trannports
tioa system within a short time with
Consequent Buffering over the country
beeause of the shutting off of populous
center from food supplies. Industry
also would 'be brought to a standstill
with punlie utilities stopped and shm
ping tied up. - '
President Lewis, Of the miners' union,
who has been in this city conferring
witb other union officials, went to In
dianapolis today to prepare the call for
the- atrike on November 1. - Official
hope the issuing of the call will be de
ferred -until after thi conference here,
If , Conference Falls.
Should the conference be barren of
result further action by the govern
ment ia expected; ao one ia authority
would venture to suggest what form
mat action would take., while the Cabi
net today decided to leave the settle
ment of the strik with the Department
of labor, it was regarded aa more, than
likely that it the conference failed the
entire Cabinet would consider the' next
eourse.
Beside the threatened atrike 6f eoal
miner the Cabinet discussed the gen
eral industrial situation, today and it
waa aaaouneed that - Secretary Baker
would make a statement oa this sub
ject tomorrow before the Federation of
Women s Club at Cleveland. Ohio.
UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
TAKE UP : BETTERMENT"
OF STREET R. R. SYSTEMS
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct.' 14. General
discussion, as to what could be done for
the. bctteHnent of the tt reel railway
systems all over the 'United State and
at the' same time keep down, the fare
rata occupied the National Association
Railways and Utilities Commission.
era ob the first day of it session here,
Street4 railway bad been gives au
thority to iacresse their fare ia. nearly
every large eity ia th country, it will
pointed out., but atill" condition were
aeit snaftcjarw.v.
Public service commission! wire
urged not to accent street railway eom
panics' figures, Jut to make thorough
investigations with their own engineers
and accountants and ia that manner
reach a conclusion as to- what fare
srould be- charged. Paul Havnes. aa In
diana public service commissioner, said.
ROBESON'S FIFTH FAIR
1:. LARGELY ATTENDED
Lumbcrton, Oct 14. The fifth Boh
son Canty. Fair and Peace Jubilee ia oa
in full blast. Tha exhibits of farm pro-
duet, poultry, war relict, home econom
ic and live atocK are attracting many
viaitor. ', The quality ef the exhibits
the beat In the history of the Fair
Association. Th fair opened Tuesday
and will last through Friday,
MINERS
layer In some of the steel workf along
the Monongahels river.
Me I'nion Statement.
National headquarter of the union
had bo formal statement to make today
regarding the situation. It was stated,
however, that the strik remains un
changed so far as the .union has infor
mation from the various districts. Re
ports of sny considerable number of
men returning to work are denied by
union leaders who maintain that the
strikers are not showing, my unrest
and are standing together. Union lead
ers assert strike breakers brought here
sre joining the union.
AIRPLANE NO. It WITH
"SKY PILOT MAYNARD ON
RETURN FLIGHT TO N. V.
San Francisco, . Oct. 14. Airplane
No. 31 with Lieut; B. W. Maynard
as pilot and Sergt. W. E. Kline, ob
server, left the Presidio hers at 1:22
o'clock today on the retarn Sight
to New York. This wss the first
plane la start the ratara journey In
the trass-continental air rate.
Lieutenant Maynard arrived at
Mather Field, Sacramento, his first
stop, at 2:11:12 p. m. A crowd was
en the field to see Lieutenant May
nard and Sergeant Kline Hop off en
their return trip. They climbed Into
the machine at 111 a 'clock and had
considerable trouble la getting
Kline'a dog Trlxle, which made the
trans-continental flight with - them.
Into the plane. The dog hong back
aad had to he lifted Into the ship,
voicing protest. The plane taxied
for several minutes aad thea - wss
off.
Lieut. Col. T. S. Bowea, aeveath
entreat In tha race to arrive ia Baa
Francisco; slighted here at 11:11
o'clock today In alrplaae No. 2.
came from Battle) Mswatsla, and waa
tha first filer to arrive today.
Bona, Nev, Oct. 14v Lien. B. W.
Maynsrd departed from tha Kane
field at 4:1 a. ax. aad planned to
rewiala at Buttle Moaatala tonight.
B atada th trtp aver "tha- Sierra
Nevada xaoaatain,-whlch ha eoasld
erad tha moat dangerous leg at tha
loaraev, la ( minutes. ' :
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Attorney General Manning To
Represent State at Char-; -lotte
Inquest
(Special to The New and Observer.)
Charlotte, Oct. 14. Attorney-General
Jame 8. Manning arrived tonight to
represent the State of North Carolina
at the Coroner' inquest to investigate
the death of five men resulting from
th shooting at the ear barns of the
Southern Public Utilities Company, on
August 0. This hearing win begin be
fore Coroner Irvin in the Mecklenburg
eourthouse tomorrow morning at 1U
o'clock.
Judge Manning come to Charlotte at
Ibo request of Oovernor Bickett, who
spent Sunday in this" city, having come
here to address a meeting of negroes
by invitation. It is understood while
here the Oovernor , looked into the
situation to a limited degree before
Jenvisg (or New Orleans to attend tha
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viorias vonon omerenec, sou ne uc-
cided it wss of - sufficient importance
to have the Attorney-General here. The
hearing is tn be public and n upwards
of a hundred witnesses have been sum
mened, it promises to take up con
siderable time. .
One of the main reason . for delay
in tb Inquest was the sickness nnd sub
sequent death of the coroner. However,
Solicitor Wilson has been under fire
by member of the Charlotte labor exe
cutive board because of alleged dila
tory tactics. Thi board ha retained
three attorney who are under contract
to conduct their ide of the investiga
tion without fear or favor.
A' spirited recall campaign it now on
in tho city and an election it to be
hold October 21, but this, has no con
neetion with the investigation which
is to start tomorrow morning snd mem,
bers bf the labor executive board which
ia pushing the investigation disclaim
any connection with it and declare that
they have not contributed one cent to.
it. .
Today atatemeata were rmblished in
the Iocs paper from Chief of Police
Orr and other officers, declaring" that
the Bait shot was nred at the riot from
th crowd, and that the ehief then fired
shot into the air. These ttatcment
were printed ' ia connection with the
recall campaign. - . - , ,
MENTALLY UNBALANCED,
BLOWS 0UT,HIS BRAINS
Lumbertcn, Oct. 14.--ncnry Mercor,
aged 25 years, ended his wu life late
Monday afternoon whea - he blew his
brains out with a shot gun,' Mercer vaa
in his room at his home near Lout
bertou whea he fired the fatal shot and
member of hi family were attracted
to his room by-the report of the gun.
He died instantly. - He had been men
tally unbalanced for um time, it is
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CAR BARN TRAGEDY
Ti
CATLING,
Raleigh and High Point Men
at Washington On "
v Errand
U. S. WILL PROBABLY
LEASE KENILWORTH INN
Puhlio Health Service Likely
To Secure Option To Buy, As
Besult of Contention Over
Property Heard Yesterday
Before Secretary tf Treas
nry Glass at Washington
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New and Observer Bureau,
6U3 District National Bank Building,
By B, E. POWELL.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Oct 14.-ThresLNorth.
Carolina postmasters, Bnrt M. Gatllng,
Kaleigh, J. J. Farris, of High Point, and
W. I). LaRoque, of Klnston, are here
appearing before the Senate Postal com- y
mittee which ia hearing the argument '
of the National Postmaster for a raU
in salaries'.
Representatives tre here-from- every
State in the Union, The hearing lotted
a good while, thi morning aad wound
up with the assurance that the claims,
of the postmasters would be carefully
looked into. Mr. Gat ling believes the
committee will recommend increased
salaries, for the postmasters a it did
for the postal employe a few day ago,
Negro R. O. T. C. Unit Retained..'
Adjutant General Harris today aotU
fled Senator Simmon that the B. O.
T. C. unit at the negro A. add E. school
in Greensboro would be retained. Sen
ator Simmon handled tha requeat for
retention of military training at tha
school at the instance of President
Jame B. Dudley, one of th best knows
egre men ia tha Bute. ,-
Representative Pnu ia making aa ef
fort to get larger office quarters for tha
West Raleigh postofflce ad more rent
for the Pittsboro poatoffie. Tha West
Raleigh postmistress , write that tha
mail there ha about doubled since th
office waa established and tha Pittsboro
office ought to pay mor yanVtM owner
Of ttt building say. ' . . "
. Lta Cast Visit New Bera Fair. " '
4 Kecretary of the Interior Lane today
.Inclined as lnvltaioa to attend th New
Hera fair next week and make aa ad'
dres. Ha expressed a dealr to visit
tha state again but told Mr. Brinsoa ha
could not leave Washington oa account
of the industrial conference over which,
he ia presiding. Mr. Brinson will leave
here tomorrow night for Vanceboro
here he spesk at th fair there oa, -Friday.
He will remain in Craven eour
tv through tha New Bern fair next
week, rhic h will formally open.
Representattv Kitchla has reeom.
mended the appointment of Joshua T
VTinstiead as Postmaster at Macclesfield..
Macclesfield i a fourth class offie and
Mr. Wiustead a democrat. 1 i
' : Mayor p. M, Hill, of Wilson, who ha
been kpending several days hare oa ...
professional business, left for hia home
tonight. '
Mrs. Will. Wynne, of Salelgh, and
two daughters. Misses Louise . anil
Grace Wynne left Washington thla ,
morning for Kaleigh after stopping ov
er for a day enrouta home from New
York.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Moor, of
Statesville, who have beea spending
their honeymoon- here, left for homo
tonight. Mrs. Moore waa Mia Phila
Maulttby of Whiteville. 1
Keallwarth Ina Affair.
Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, will prob
ably be ' leased to the United Statea
Health Service with an option to hay
a the result of a hearing this after-1
noon before the Secretary of tha Treas
ury when argument for and against tt
sale were made by delegations from tha
mountain eity. ' " ; ;
The hearing wa rather warm and St
time the parrying between ex -Gov- "
ernor Locke Craig and Mayor Gallatia
Robert had mora convention flavor thaa
it smacked of a dignified presentation
of claims before Secretary Glass, Gov
ernor Craig challenged, the patriotism
of the opposition and Mr. Roberts in- -.
lilted that Asheville wa trying to lot
her reputation at a tuberculosis camp ' r
Oa that point the whoV argument -swing.
Mayor, Robert and Jim Bar-
rett, labor leader, insist that -if Ashe
ville ia to get away from tb reputation
it enjoy a a place Where tuberculosis
can be cured, it must protest against tha '
establishment of tubercular hospitals or .
general, hospitals with tubercular Ward. , '
Gov. Craig insisted before the Secretary '
that the opposition to the sale of Kenil
worth waa unpatriotic, to say th least,
, Club Wtmea Favor Sale. , ' -.
In the midst of the hearing this after
noon. Governor Craig read a telegram .
from Mrs. Charles A. Webb, , of Ashe
ville. Mating that tha elub women of the '
eity favored ihc rale of Kenilworth to -
thg government to be used a a hospital
for theoidicr. ""W.Bobrtr imlled
when the -message wa read.
'I am not surprised to hear that
message, Air. .Roberts said, to tne sec
retary. Mr. Webb husband ia a
business partner of George Stephens
and he own a large interest in Kenil
worth.", . IV. s '
And so en it went through the hear
ing. Tha Keniiworta inn belong to -the
8. A. Lynch Corporation and wa
surrendered to the government during
the war after it bad- beea built lor a '
resort hotel.-Now that it cannot bo
easily ' te-coaverted fo a ' hotel, Mr.
Lynch and hi associate want to sell
it to the Public Health Service. The
Public Health Service, after exhaustive
investigatioswants to buy th prop-
POSTIVIASTERS WAN
NCREASED SALARY
(Ceatiaaed oa Page Two.).