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TMe Nws and. WEATHER: Partly eloady itnr4ajr, sole tha oastj Baaday fair. WATCH LABEL. M fMR SM. ' hMtll I 4mn bsfsr .aihi uU anil lasuas slat r. VOL CX., NO. 110. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. is CLEVELAND AFTER AN EVENTFUL DAY Rousing Reception Planned For Tar Heel Aviator at Roosevelt Field Today '."FLYING PARSON" LEADS THEM ALL IN FLIGHT Gets Engine Installed In Rec ord Time and Was Off at Sunrise On Trip Across Con tinent; Bev. Billy. Sunday Greets Flier at Bock Island In Illinois Chicago, 111, Oct. 17. At the end of the tenth day in the 5,402 niilo merial ""derby tcico stross the continent Lieut. ', Bclvin V.'. Maynard, leader since the k , !art of the race, tonight was within striking distance of his ,goal. When , liaynard act tied down at Cleveland for the night at 6:30 he had but 503 miles to co to reach Mincola. N. T- where he started the. race, October 8. Capt. J. O. Donaldson, Maynard I closest competitor, was at Des Moines, till 630 miles behind the leader, who eovercd some 750 miles toddy after hii plane had been repaired at Wahoo, Neb. Tho leader among the westbound t fliers on the second lap tonight was Capt. Lowell Smith, who reached Chicago todar from Buffalo in the machine flow by-Major Carl Spatz, Maynard's closest competitor on elapsed time in tha first half of the race. Spats gave over hi plane to Smith at Buffalo when the latter's was accidentally burned. mith reached Chicago tonight, 810 miles from Mincola. Lieutenant Alex Fear son broke down today at North Platte, Nebraska, oa tho eastward return trip and Captain - Donaldson passed him. leaving him third in the race w ith Lieu tenant Karl Manrclman fourth, some COO miles west of Pearson. Lieut. E. C. V Kiel and H. E. Queens end B. 8. Worth ingtoa, left New York on the return trip tmlity, the first two reaching Bryan .. lille Wortliington righted at Bingham- toa. with the arrivals or i-aoui. ii. n eorge. T. Hynes and 3. 8. Wright and Lieut. Col. H. E. Hartncy at Ban Fran .Cisco tpday, 23 of the 62 starters have made the first crossing. Eleven men started tha second lap but Major 8patz, westbound, and Captain .Harry Smith, kastlmuud, have dropped out, the latter wrecking his plane yesterday in Nevada. Lest in the return flight is Lieut. H. W. Rheridan, who left San Francisco . lefe today and covered little of the 2,701 snile trip. The death list remains at seven. Lieut. J. T. Bichter, last of the cast - bound fliers on tho first tap was passed bet tree n Chicago and Cleveland today jby Maynard on the second lap. MAYNARD ANNOUNCES HE WILL MAKE ANOTHER TRIP. flowr-l-, n Cirt 17TJl,,f R1lMlt i V. Maynard. "The Flying Parson" has received orders from tho War Depart ment to make a one-stop flight from Mineola, N. V., to Ban Diego, Cal., upon completion of his present flight, he an- ttounced here tonight. The route will be by way of Dallas, Texas, which will be the only scheduled stop. A De Haviland four, equipped with a Liberty 'motor of the same type he is using on the present flight, will be used . by Lieutvnnnt Maynard. The flight will be made by himself, he said, the ob server's place having been removed to increase the capacity of gasoline to 300 gallons. - ft S " ARMY OFFICERS PLANNING BIG RECEPTION FOR FLIER Mincola, N. Y Oct. 17. Army offi cials at Roosevelt field were tonight planning to give a rousing reception to Lieut. B. VT. Maynard, who is le.id . ing oa the heme trip of the army's , trans-continental air race, and who is expected to reach hero shortly after noon tomorrow. Reports late today showed that Lieutenant Maynard was making rapid time eastward and had landed for "the night' at 8:30 p. m; In Cleveland. LieutJ. T. Richter, one of the trailers from the Ban Francisco "and, landed there three minutes later. ' Liclit. Robert 87 Worthington and E. C. Kiel, who left Roosevelt field h today on the return flight to the Pacific coast, rmsde fairly good time. . - The latest word fromjieutenant Worthlng- ton was that, ho had landed t the Binghamtoa control. .. Maj. Charles Spats, wire reached Buf falo this morning, with permission of tho Washington aviation authorities, - turned his machine over to Capt. Low i ell H. Smith, whose airplane was burned , there while being repaired. ' Captain , Smith immediately started westward and was reported to have reached Chi ' eago at 8:22 o'clock tonight. v Lieut. H. H. Queens, who got away from Roosevelt field oa the return flight at 11:52:54 a. nu was reported to have reached Cleveland at 4:51:22 p. . - fcaj. J. C Bartholf, tan only other Eaa Fraaciseo entrant to reach Mineola. - : will not start oa tho retnra trip antil . Monday, it was aaaotineed. Bock Island, 111., Oct. 17. lieutenant S B. W. Maynard was given an ovation by an enormous crowd on his arrival here at 11:15 p. m. from Des Moines, - having mads the 158 miles in 83 min ' ntes, breaking his record for tha same leg of the jonraey on his trip' west. Lieutenant Mavnard left , Rock Island 1 t 12:47 p. m. Be taxied only 100 yards J.efore leaving tae groono. xmnng bis (Ceatlaaed am Pag Two.) HO CONFIRMATION OF REPORTED ADVANCE INTO PETROGRAD BY SOLDIERS. ; London, Oct. It ll:2e a. .) Up to the present Boar tho British aatkorltlea have received con firmation of tha report of tho entry of General Yadealtch'a forces Into tha anbarbe of Petrograd Tharsday. Tho bsllef waa expressed that Gen oral Yadealtch'a men had not ad vanced so far as the former Bosnian capital London, Oct. 18. The Helstngfors correspondent of the Daily Mail re ceived at 2 o'clock Friday morning claims to have authentic Information that neither Petrograd, Gatchlaa aor Pskov has been taken. He gives details tending to show that the aatl Bolahevlkl troops have not yet crossed the railroad running between Gatchlaa and Pskov. SPECIALIST TELLS Hopkins Surgaon Finds Presi dent Mentally Alert and Con dition Good MUCH BETTER THAN HE HAD EXPECTED TO FIND Latest Development Definitely Improved and Brightness Shows That He Is Distinctly Better Than For Past Tew - Days, Declares Dr. Hugh H. Young, of Baltimore Baltimore, Md., Oct. 17. Dr. Hugh Hampton Young of John's Hopkins Uni versity, who was called to the White House today for consultation in refer ence to President Wilson's illness, on his return lata tonight when pressed for a statement of his opinion of the President s condition, said) I found the Presideut much better than I had expected from previous im pressions which I had gotten from the Dublin press. .He was Quite tranquil and comfortable and' his general oonditioa was excellent. The prostatia giana swelling which hat' been referred to in tho bulletins was very deOnltely im proved so that the treatment could bo simplified. His cheerfulness and bright ness showed that be was distiactly bet ter than for the past few days- As an evidence of his alertness, I may mention an amusing incident that occurred. Ad miral Grsyson remarked to him that he needed a barber. I temarked "why not have the doctor shave you as they did in olden times when the surgeons wore all barbers!" whereupon the President quickly remarked, "they are still bar- barious. Dr. Young would not give any indica tion as to whether an operation would be necessary. LATEST BULLETIN8 SAY CONDITION IS IMPROVED. Washington, Oct. 17. Tonight's bul letin was signed by Dr. Grayson, and by Dr. John Young, the John'a Hopkins hospital specialist, Dr. H. A. Fowler, Washington specialist, Dr. sterling Huffin, a Washington physician, and Rear Admiral Btitt, head of the Naval hospital here. It said: "The President s "prostatic gland swel ling referred to in previous bulletins is definitely improved and is causing little discomfort, so tharths treatment has been simplified. The kidneys are functioning normally and the heart ac tion is excellent. The temperature", pnlse and blood pressure remain nor mal.". Tho swelling of. the prostate gland, recurrence of which ' taday served to retard the President's recovery, was said to have been relieved so much that a simplified form of treatment could now be instituted. The general condi tion of the President, it was said re mains good. Although no operation was regarded necessary at this time by the physicians called in for consultation, Dr. Grayson requested Dr. Young and tha other phy sicians to-meet him -tomorrow- to con tinue the study of the ease. Dr. Young returned to tho White House early to night, observed the patient again, and had a long conversation with Admiral Grayson.' " ' An air of distinct relief was displayed at the White House after tha eoasulta- tion and it was officially stated that as a result of the treatment given today it now is believed that it will be possible to keep tha trouble arising from the local ailment in such abeyance as not to interfere with Mr. Wilson's recovery. DECLARE NO REASON FOR INCREASING COAL PRICES Indiaaapolis, 'Ind, Oct. 17 That there is no causa for a reported move ment to inereaae the price of bituminous coal is tho assertion made in a state ment issued from the international headquarters of the United Mine Work ers af America here, late today, Local coal dealers declare that sinee the strike-order waa issued, the price of eoal has been increased at tha mines from 22 to SO centa a ton .and aav it la likely will go even higher. One local operator aaid the price now waa no ob ject, nd that retail dealers and indus trial , concerns were , oneriag . pigner prices la order to get coal. . . ' . Call Off Car Strike. Richmond, Va, Oct, 17-The threat ened street car strike which menaced transportation in Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg aad Portsmouth sinee last Monday, was officially called off at OF SEEING WILSON o doefc tonighb - j PALMER TO ENLIST E E Will Start Epoch of Real Econ omy To Offset "Buy Now" Propaganda CHANGING OF STYLES WILL BE DISCOURAGED government Will Release More Surplus Materials, If Possi ble ; Secretary Daniels May Be Able To Provide Some Sugar From ment Navy Depart' Washington, Oct. 17. Attorney-General Palmer and his official associates in tho fight on the high cost of living determined today to enlist the aid of the women of America. By appealing to the comptrollers of household finances throughout ' the country it is hoped to inaugurate an epoch of real economy which will off set tho 'buy now"' propaganja of trades people. Furthermore an attempt will be made to discourage the frequent changes in styles dictated by the mak ers of women's apparel and thereby effect a saving in clothes. To Release Surplus. Another important decision taken at today's meeting was to release more surplus supplies held by the govern ment, if it can be done without em barrassment to tho departments in volved. Secretaries Baker and Dan iels and Chairman John Barton Payne of the (Shipping Board were invited to the conference for the first time for that purpose. Mr. Baker being unable to attend, the Attorney General and Mr. Daniels will confer with him next week. Mr. Daniels re ported that he had sugar enough to run the navy six months, but before he released any of it, he wanted to be as sured of ample replacements. Indicative of the broad scope which Mr. Palmer's efforts are taking was the request of Chairman Payne to release any- surplus "building material which he ne on hand, especially lumber needed for home building. The Ship ping Board, it was learned, probably will need, however, all of the supplies wtiica it has purchased. Want Housewives to Help. Co-operation of the housewives has been tha subject of extended confer ences between H. E. Figg, of the De partment of Justice, and Mrs, Edward t. Costigan, who offered tho govern ment the full resources of the Con sumer's League and tha League of women otera in the campaign to take the inflation out of prices. As a re sult, speakers will be put soon in every State to carry tha message that one way "to beat the profiteers is to ignore propaganda saying that prices ara cer tain to go higher and wait for the de cline which officials say ia inevitable. These speakers will be armed with facts and figures gathered by the Council of National Defense in its war work and showing production costs ' in virtually every industry in the country. In undertaking to stimulate a patriot ic refusal to be stampeded into buying new clothes simply because the de signers change the style from six to eight times a year, the speakers, it was said will point out that from eight io 35 per cent is charged for the style itself and that a proportionate amount will be saved by reducing the style changes to a reasonable number. Report oa Work Done. Mr. Palmer and Director Clarkson of of the Council of National Defense will confer soon on how best to reach wom- n by printed appeals similar to those used by the 'Food Administration. The council's affiliated . state organisations will assist. . Tha first complete official report of what haa been accomplished so far by the use of such laws as were avail able was given to othe conference-by Mr Palmer showing that there bare been eighty-six cases of actual seizures under the food control act, with twenty two eases still under investigation. Three eases have been held for' the grand jury and in two other cases jail sentences and fines have been imposed. The aeisares have taken place ia 18 different states, and resulted in placing on the market through normal channels of trade 99,047 pounds of cheese, 157, 953 pounds of poultry, mora than 200,. 000 pounds of fish, 52,058 rani of toma toes, 765,815 pounds of salt pork, 21, 053,880 eggs, 1,427,063 pounds of butter, 4,831,331 pounds of sugar, 2,830 sacks of potatoes add qantities-of beans, corn. baking powder, salmon, coffee, salt and other edibles. - HEAT WAVE EXCELS ALL RECORDS NOW AVAILABLE Wilmington Swelters In Hu midity of Summer Day With , ( ' Water Supply Limited Wilmington, Oct. 17. Kccords in the office of . the JrYilmingtoa weather, office show that today was the hottest day it haa been at this seasoa of tha year in tho history of the local buresn, which was established 40 years ago. The mer cury at 3 o'clock this afternoon climbed to 88 degrees and even the oldest in habitanta declare that never before was such a heat wave experienced here, The Cape Fear Biver, from which the ity's water supply is secure has reach ed such a low stage because of tha lack of rain that sea water ia forced ia, the result being that the city's water ia so salty that it ia unpxlstsble. Today's record matched one of two weeks ago when all former figures for October 4 were upset hexe. WOM NOFAHCA TO RED DC I NO AGREEMENT YET IN CONFERENCE ON RIGHT OF WORKERS Labor Demands Right of Col lective Bargaining, Which Employers Oppose ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY DECIDED UPON Committees Will Endeavor To Beach Common Ground of Settlement of Principle Dur ing Becess; Oompers Denies Organised Labor Is Unpa triotic Washington, Oct. 17. Without retch ing a decision on recognition of the right of workers to bargain 'collectively an issue which has- been the subject of two days of debate the National In dustrial Conference tonight closed the second week of its deliberations.' Ad journment waa taken until Monday when there ia every indication that the conference will make a new start, definite program for procedure, to that end being in process of formulation. Withdrawing their motion made yes terda'y to recommit the labor-public declaration on collective bargaining tlie employers took the initiative today by offering a substitute resolntioa vjiich would protect their right to deal or not to deal with mentor groups of men who are not his employes. The with draw! came as a surprise tu represen tatives of the public, who were prepared to support it, aad had expressed their willingness to agree to amending it. To Reconcile Declarations. The motion to adjourn until Monday offered by Thomaa L. Chadhournc, publie representative and chairmaa of the eonferei.ee Central committee of fifteen, carried with it recommendation o. both declarations as to collective bar gaining to the Central committee. This committee will meet tomorrow to recon cite the two declarations if possible and also to consider the new program which it was understood provides that the issue of collective bargaining remain in.-the background until agreement caa be reached on the leas disrmtcd questions. After several hours of debate, oaa- nei Oompers, president of tho Amer ican Federation of Labor, who returned to h'.s seat ia tha conference at the afternoon session after a three-days' illness, brought the discussion to climax with a heated aad eloquent reply to L f . Loree, president of the Dela ware and Hudson Railroad and a repre seatative of capital. ' Labor Made Pledge Good. Denying the assertion of Mr. Loree that labor had taken advantage of the war to force important concessions from the government. Mr. Gompers de clared labor had been actuated by the most intense patriotism during the war and that labor had made good ita pledge of cooperation tendered President Wil son even before the nation entered the world conflict. But. emphatically de' elared tha veteran - labor chieftain noticeably weakened by bia recent ill ness, "the masses of labor of the United States have at last found their ability to articulate through organization and the time haa come when in America labor is determined to gain a fair share of the rewards of ita toils." Shaking with emotion and his voice quivering Mr. Gompers bitterly assailed Mr. Loree in his address demanded were elements in American labor that planned overthrow of the government. Mr. ljoree in his addhess demanded that tha government be given the same access to ths records and correspond' enee of labor onions that it now has to those of corporations and that generally tne same regulations that now hnng around capital be extended to the la Dor anions. - . ORGANIZED LABOR BEGINS FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH Bill In Equity Asking For In junction To Bestrain Pitts burg Mayor ' Pittsburgh, Pi, Oct." 17. Organized labor today begun its legal battle in the courts for the right of free speech aad free assemblage which the steel strikers claim has been denied them by the pub lie officials of Pittsburgh and Allegheny county. A bill in equity, asking for aa Injunction restraining Mayor Babeock, 4 he director of the Department of Pub- lie Safety, the (Superintendent of Police and the Commissioner of Police from preventing labor meetings waa filed ia the county court and the hearing will be held next Thursday. It waa announced by counsel for tho Strikers that- additional suits will be Sled against authorities of several other municipalities aad against county offi cials and eertain corporations. - It was also given out that a large number of damage salts will bo filed against cor porations and publie officials .for al leged false arrests of strikers, assaults ind unlai "ul search of houses. : ....Picketing ta Stepped. i , Chicago, 111., Oct. 17-In the wake of ..I.Mlifii, kv T .n Xf Rnma. ttv n li 1am alliffd ifAn and -stel workers council, that, steel company otB. . . . . . t tT.li.J ciais were eaaeaTonng io buy uinra a.. -u .(tinna.l in Kalitb. Chi. cago, aa injunction was issued ia -cir cuit court todayagajns punning ia tba South Chicago atrika district. ' k Copper Still la City. Petersburg. Va, Oct. 17. County officers this afteraooa seized a 20-galloa eopper still set np vrhhia tbowt three miles of the city limits ia Prinee George county, nnd alto SO gallons of beer. Two arrests were mad - - - t NO SETTLEMENT IN T OF Secretary of Labor Wilson Calls Full Wage Committee To Washington COAL OPERATORS NAME TERMS FOR AGREEMENT Representative of Coal Miners Declares That Attitude of Employers Must Change; All Day Conference In Washing ton In Effort To Beach Some Basis of Negotiation Washington, Oct. 17 Failing after aa all day conference to avert a atrike of nearly- half a million bituminous eoal miners called for the very eve of win ter, Secretary of Labor Wilson tonight invited miners and operators to send their full scale committee to Washing ton' next Tuesday when another effort to bring about peace in the industry will be. made. , Both) aides accepted the invitation This did not offer any great hopes, however, for representatives of the operators atood firm ia their determina tion not to negotiate any demand for a six hour day, and not to deal with the unions unless the strike, set for November 1, is called off. Mast Chsage Attitade. John L. Lewis, acting president of the Lnited Mine Workers of America whose word probably would swing the unions one. way or the other, showed that he was laboring under a terrible straia when he left the three eornered meeting. Speaking to a group of re porters, he said he had told Secretary Wilson that the 32 members of his wage scale committee would be here Tuesday to meet an equal number from, tho oth er side, but that it would be useless to reconvene the joint interstate wage eoa ferenre "unless the operators changed their IStonewall attitude," and indicated a willingness to frame another agree meat. -Thomaa T. Brewster; chairman of the eoal operators of the Cadtral competi' tiva coal fields, which nabraeea the states of IUiaour, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, after sitting .through tho day at a table with Secre tary Wilson and Mr. Lewis, hurried away from the Secretary's office and refused to talk. An hour or two later he aent word to Mr. Wilson that bis scale committee would be pn hand for the joint conference. At the outset Secretary Wilson, sit ting between Lewis and Brewster, urged them to resume negotiations, and revenue the point wage conference, pointing out that he was making this effort by direction of President Wil son's cabinet. Lewis indicated the grounds on which the miners would negotiate, and after a recess Brewster returned with a written statement out' lining th conditions nnder which the operators would do the, ssme. They were: Brewster Names Condition. Indicationa of a willingness on the part of tHe miners to carry out the ex isting contract which former Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield "attests is still in effect." Rescinding of the strike order And continuation of work pending nogotia tions: aad. Understanding that the negotiations do not contemplate any reduction in the hours of labor below tho present standard of eight hours a day; six days a week. On the heels of this, Brewster a state' ment, addressed to Secretary Wilson, sharply attacked collective bargaining. "Our experience teaches us, he wrote, "that no set of employes should agree to a system of collective bargain ing which does not make both parties to the contract equally liable aad rca sponsible for the observance of the terms of aueh contract. CLEMS0N TIGERS BEATEN BY ALABAMA PLAINSMEN Aubnrn, Ala Oct. 17. In one of the hardest fought football games ever played here the Clem son College Tigers succumbed to tho Alabama Polytechnic Institute plainsmen 7 to 0 today. It was anybody's game until the last period when Sterling smashed through for a touchdown and Bonner kicked goal. The Clemsoa players were f ast and presented a bewildering series of plays as well aa a fighting spirit that made tbem worthy opponents despite their defeat. Their aerial attack sev eral times caught the plainsmen eleven off ita guard for substantial gains. In juries to Half Back Howard that pre vented him . from playing up to his a sua! standing hampered Auburn. ' . Ru.k.11 lf4l. CmIUA. Columbia, 8. C Oct. 17 The annual meeting of the directors of the South Atlantis Association of Baseball clubs will be held ia Columbia oa October S7. At this meeting Columbia will be awarded tha championship and aa enort made ta increase the six club circuit to a membership f eight clubs. Applica tions will bo received from Wilmington and Gaston ia in North Carolina aad pos sibly two South Carolina cities. ' - roar White Mea Jailed. Eastman. Ga- Oct, 17-Four of the leading lawyers of Dodge and Laurens county have been employed to defend C. G. Sogers, coroner of Dodge eounty, and C. C. Caldwell, John Quillian and Will Wataoa. of Laurens, who are to be given a commitment hearing before Jus tice of tha Peace Murrell tomorrow oa charges of murder growing out of the Umg of Eli Cooper aad te burning of nejro ehnrehes at Cadwell last Angna -. - SIGH IE CALLED BY MINERS DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT IN PRESIDENT'S CONDITION IS NOTED IN LAST BULLETIN. Washingtoa, Oct. 17. Definite Im provement la President Wilson's coaditloa was aoted la a balletla issaed tonlfht from tho White House by Resr Admiral Grayson aad the foar physicians called In for con sultation The prostatic condition waa said to be greatly Improved and no operation will be necessary. Recurrence of the prostatic trouble which earlier In the week served to aggravate ths nervous exhaastlon from which President Wilson la suf fering, led Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal physician, today to call in Dr. Hugh Young, of Johns Hop bine Hospital, Baltimore, for consul tation. Meeting with Dra. Young and Gray son a the consultation at the White House late In the day were Dr. H. A. Fowler, who, like Dr. Y,oang, Is a speclslist oa prastatle trooblea; Dr. 8terllng Rnffln, a Washington phy slclaa, aad Rear Admiral Stltt, head of the Naval Hospital here. The physicians spent more than three hoars at the White House, but after their departure no annoaneemeat waa made as what decisions they hsd reached. y. It waa aald by Dr. Grayson daring the "day that ths swelling of the proatste glsnd waa not serious In It self, bat because of Its - Irritatlig nature was not- conducive to the rapid recovery of the President from his attack of nervous exhaustion. CROWDER TOUCHED BY BOY'S RECITAL After Evading Military Serv ice, Brunswick County Lad Became Wanderer SEEKING FORGIVENESS HE VISITS WASHINGTON Head of Country's Draft Sys tern Puts Young " Solon Stocks Up As His Guest at - Hotel Md Prof 6sTMarshal General Will Appear With Him Before Oourt-Martial The News and Observer Bureau, 80S District National Bank, Bldg. Blf . E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, Oct. 17 A wand erer on the face of the earth since the day his local board called him for mil itary service, June 27, 1918, Ruthford Solon Stocks, who had never seen a rail road train until he left bis home in Brunswick county to evade military ser vice, is tonight stopping ia one of the Washington hotels s the guest of Ma jor ueneral Lnoch U. Crowder and to morrow he is going before a courtmar tial to pray for mercy. He went to see General Crowder this afternoon with lluliert Martin, secretary to Senator Overman and while Mar tin repeated to General Crowder the pa- thetic story the boy told the junior Senator, young Stocks, overcome by the cordial reception at the War Depart ment, broke down and cried amid the cotono of uniformed, aides who eager ly heard the Secretary narrate the boy's experience. Story Elicits Sympathy. It was a story to elicit sympathy and while the boy came to Martin like I thunderbolt from a clear sky, he he lieves that the courtmartial which tries him for desertion tomorrow is going to be lenient and exact but small pun ishment in order that the "Military" law of tho land may be satisfied. H. I.. C. Bryant, of the New York World, stumbled into young Stocks this morning while the latter was knocking at the office door of fiepresentative Godwin. Mr. Godwin is down in the district and sfter hearing a part of the youth's stofy, Bryant carried him to Senator Overman and there left bim to unfold the story to the junior Senator, Stocks, truly penitent, told Senator Overman he had tramped through many states since tie left the 'green swamps of his native county. He had worked at odd jobs here nnd there, saving from hia work to buy food where he couldn't beg it, he lias spent nights in the woods, nights in hay stacks, nights in eoal cars and nights everywhere almost except ia bed. " I,pitO-Of the- hard, rough and tumble life, be appears to be as hardy and healthy as any life in the open would make him. Stocks told Senator Overman he just couldn't bear the thought of having to be taken away from an Invalid father and sister, forty miles from a railroad. When his call to arms came, he said, he tore it into shreds and in despera tion started down Little river and after getting a taste of South Carolina, de cided to move "further on op ths read. His simple, rustle manner and hia fraak, honest face appealed to Sena tor Overman tnd the Senator aent young Storks down to see General Crowder. . Stocks haLtoJL.Jhe Senator he was tired of "bumming about" with the charge of desertion, "ef being a eoward" hanging over him. He wanted to "take the mcdieine," whatever it is and at least feel that he has a chance to be free again? -r . lOeneral Crowder waa moved by the boy's story and evinced a personnl in terest In him. While he will leave his fate ia the hands of a courtmattial, the tender hearing bespeaks for young Stocks a eomporatively light judgment. When Mr. Martin had finished, Ganeral Crowder called an aide and directed that the boy be carried to the National . - - (Contlaaed aa Page Twa.) MORE AM ENDMENTS DEFEATED BY VOTE IN SENATE FIGHT Without Roll Call Two Fall Pro posals Thrown Out In Short Order ONLY TWO AMENDMENTS NOW TO BE ACTED ON Sharp Debate Over Dispatch of . American Troops To Europe For Service In Connection With , Silesian Plebiscite; Move Made To Help Ireland In fight Washington, Oct. 17. After a brief debate and without the formality of a record vote,' the Bcnafo today threw out " two more of the amendments written into the peace treaty by the Foreign Relations committee. The two amendments had been Intro duced by Senator Fall, Eepubliean, New Mexico, and had aa their common pur- - pose1, curtailment of tha power of the -American representative en the repara tions commission, an international body set up by the treaty to fix, and collect Oermany'a reparation bill. The vote came sooner than had been expected, the leadera agreeing to it as purt uf a plan to complete the consider ation of amendments as soon as possible so that the Senate might get down to the real work of drafting a ratification resolution. Only two of the commit ter s forty-five amendments now re main to be considered, and it ia hoped to bring them to a vote early next week. They both relate to equalisation of vot ing strength in the League of Nations. Action on the two Fall amendments came near tho end of a session which had been enlivened by a sharp debate over the diapatch of American t roops to -Europe for service in connection with the Silesian plebiscite, and b a aew 'um uminisiraiion quarters to meet the objections of Irish-Americans ta the league covenant. During the day some progress arso wnsTJiaae ia Tthe i for-" mal reading of the treaty test and the Foreign Relations committee took tin- i,0,?dr.,aenH,,lt Bn off from Colonel t.. M. House to appear before it No Roll Call aa Vote. In anticipation of a roll call .both sides had mustered their forces in the Senate chamber as the time for action on the Fall amendments approached. As the question was put, however, Sen ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the ad ministratioa leader, asked Senator Fall "ther it was his purpose to request a roll call, and the New Mexico Senator replied that it would be useless since ho realised the measures would be beaten. Ia quick succession the two votes then were taken by acclamation, no one asking for a count. The only speeches mado oa the amendmcnta were by Senator Fall and by Senator Kellogg, Republican, Min nesota, "who argued that the purpose eould be served sufficiently by reserva tions, in the course of the day arloue Other features nt thm .... j .l. peace negotiations were dismisuut fl... ' Btors Brandegee, Republican, Connect 1 cutt, and Wadsworth, Republican, New York, attacking the dispatch of troops for Silesian duty and Benatoor Hitch Jock and Senator NcUon, Republican, Minnesota, defending the action. would Help Ireland. The move to further Ireland's cause in the league was made by Senator Walsh, Democrat. Montana, who ntn. duced a resolution expressing it as tho sense of the Senate that once the league is organized the United States should bring beforo it under article eleven tha right of the Jrish people to self-a-overn. ' ment. It was this article, which per- ' mits any member stats to call attention to any condition threatening tho of the world, which President Wilson ' .vp.u uij i(u,icu ,un us vvesiera trip as holding out hope for subject peo ples ana emooaying bis views oa tha Irish question. ' , Although no formal aetioa waa taksw by the Foreign Relations committee on the offer of Colonel House to tell it what he knows of the Versailles nea-o- tiations, as aoon as his health permit.. it was said there was a possibility that " na migni ie asked to appear, even though the committee had completed ita work on the treaty.' In their reading of the treaty text a formality required by Senate rules, the Senate clerks about completed -dr- . ing the day the first half of their task. Most of the time they were droning away with an audience of less than half a dozen Senators, and when they resumed in a filled chamber after the vote on tha Fall amendments their voices- were drowned ont so effectually that Senator obtnson, Democrat, Ar ¬ kansas, asked that they be "called to order so as not to interfere with the conversation on the floor." The reading will be resumed tomorrow and the leaders hope to complete it duriag tha ' day. , ; - , . SEVERAL HUNDRED WALK OUT OF GAST0NIA MILLS Gaatonia, Oct. 17. There were no in dications late tonight that several hun- . dred employes of the Ozark and Avoa Mills who quit work early this morning would return tomorrow. , Between 300 and 500 are estimated to have quietly left the mills at nine o'clock this morning. No demands were made and there was aot the slightest evidence of disorder. Unofficially, how-eve-, it ia reported that Teeognitioa of . the union and a higher wage scale ara sought by the operatives. Today's strike . leaves S Oaatoaia Milla idle, employes of the Myrtlo Mill having quit work yesterday.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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