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WEATHERF WATCH LABEL. a nv mm. -. mini I iiraei Local showers Tharsdsy aaa probtbly Frldsy. 4-f4k Wfat nutiil i 4 ists - wufi tin. V7 VOLCX. WO. 115. TWENTY-FOtfR PHAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, r.C THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1919. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. wiio server- JOHNSTON COUNTY'S ' DAY AT STATE FAIR IS RECORD BREAKER ESTABLISHES NEW PACE FOR CROWDS ' Big Parade Starts Off Celebra - tion In Honor of Presi-, dent Home ' TODAY FOR FAMILY ' ' AND FRIEND REUNION TJsual Program of Free Attrac tions Will Be Carried 'Out While. Midway Win Be Tun Swing; Meeting of North Carolina Agricultural So ciety Tonight ' ' ' Johnton County set a new pace for "Wednesdays tt the Great State Fair v vestcrdsr when it rallied about Presi- dent Charlie Home, of Clayton, and brought to Raleigh the biggest assem blase c( Johnston county folk ever Rath' d outside the-horder of the neighbor ing county, and the biggest gathering of North Carolinians from all conn tie that ever jammed the Fair grounds on the second day of the ran. What would -ha re happened had a ' heavy rain of early Wednesday not threatened worse downpours is a mat ter of conjecture. It is a matter of record, however, that 'save for a ono day delar in the raring program, and piling up of work for the boot 1 lacks the rain had little eneet on uioso wnij did attend. Today is North Carolina day or Family and Friend Reunion Day and will be featured at the around by the parade of winning livestock about the . race track, and an saunas ny mi. m. 1L Earns. Chairman of SnldierY En tertainment Committee of Fort Dodge, Dee Moines, Iowa, under the auspices f Modern Woodmen of America. Tonight in the Hall of the House of Representatives, the annual meeting of ' the North Carolina Agricultural. 8oeiety ' !!! Mid. '' The Meeting opens at I -- o'clock and the business of the society f will be transacted, v The question of the ' eile ef the fair greunds, has come up ', before la such meetings. I is ander stood that the Issue will be renewed at this tin-.. ' "; v; -.. -..'. The free attractions yesterday were seen by as many people as could1 get within teeing distance, while tne mio way shows of the Krause' Carnival Com pany, declared by Col. Pogue to be the cleanest bunch of shows he has ever seen on a midway, entertained thou- sands. . , Ranter Late' Appearing. Aftfcr the daring fall of Lieutenant v Harry Bunser Tuesday the crowds vatched . long for the appearance of the aviator over the grounds, . It was nearly 3 o'clock before the plane tailed across. Then followed more' circling about, mere disappearances and reap, pcaranccs before the feature ttunt falling a mile in flames was staged. The f viator 'is still carrying passeng ers. For the first time during the Fair, a young lady flew with him yesterday., fihe was Miss Elizabeth Hughes. Today - two more young ladies will be passen gers. Johnston -County Here. Beginning with the parade yesterday morning with Mr. X. E. Edgerton as chief marshal, running through every minute of the day until the gates closed oa ' the last visitor homeward bound, it was Johnston County Day. There, was no mistaking it, Johnston county automobiles were parked in very conceivable parking space about the Fair grounds and in the city proper. . Johnston , eonnty people were arguing with hotel clerks about reservation for the night and Johnston county people " who did not patronise the lunch stands at the Fair grounds were forming the bread line in front of Baleigh cafes waiting for the diners within. to be sat- sfled and make room for a few more. Chief ef Police C, B. Barbour, ho Is a Johnston county product, taw to it that .Johastonian .peace prevailed. , His Special corps of o (Peers, plainclothes ' men and traffio'eopt were on the job and ezeept for a few isolated rases, the work of . the light-fiingered tribe was kept to a minimum. . . ' ' - Absence of Rough Stun. Bough Stuff, of the tort that hat at former times, made thirt-waisted ladies dodge and duek-during the day and ap ply cold cream and soothing -lotions to wounded backs and arms at night was missing yesterday. It-wss a good-na-. tured crowd at .-the Fair and on the streets. It was not a boisterous crowd ; it was not a cruel crowd, and it was not crowd that found joy, in whaling and being whaled over the head and body with rubber balls, sticks, and buggy whips. ' -" ' ------ ' The afreets were lined early for the l parade scheduled to move at 10 o'clock. Something went wrong with the weather between Johnston county and Baleigh and it was sometime later before the approaching band and decorated floats moving up Fayettevllle street from the Intersection of South, drew the . enrb hangers to the middle of the street. - Edgerton Heads Parade. --Mr. Edgerton, Johnston County Pay Marshal, headed the parade -with the (jueen, four Kings and an Ace follow ing. Little Mist Evelyn Duncan, Mas ters Strong Duncan, Zander Duncan, Hugo -Page, Jr., Duke Dunes a Whit Jey, were the. queen and four lings, respectively. Doe, the-little act. be- decked li-ej-writTif whitewith hig4 hat eat la toe little decorated cart and drove the pony. Marshals, President ; (Continued en Peg Twf)j A TODAY'S PROCAK. - T o'clock Gates and ' bailding open. This la Family aad Friend Reanlen Day, aad arrival in town night r morning train are nrged to go direct to grosses, where aewnalnt ancea can be renewed. lliM a. m. Para on raea track f winning prise animal la live stock exhibit. 11: a. wu-rFree attraction be gin In the following order, perform ing twice fatly 1 Madam Glynn and her high school hone. -r Charlotte Brand, cornet aololst. Fred Caalngham, high wire artist. The Great Dordoaa, high easting act. Lieut. Harry J. Ranaer In tant la the air aad "Falling a Mil In Flames', (one daily). - Charles Gaylor, hand-balaaeiag act. Charle Gaylor. frogman con tortionist. Helllott'a Danflng Bear. Weber Sisters, acrobrata and gym nasts. ' . Band concerts. 12; J Modern Weedmeniof Amer ica. Addreo by F. R. Koraa. chair man of Soldier' Entertainment Com mittee of Fort Dodge, Dea Moines Iowa. S:M p. nu Race' called. 1:11 pace; 1: 23. trot Concert throaghont the day by Capital City Band. Creands aad balldlag eloo at o'clock. . 1:0 p. as Kraase Greater Shown will have their carnival In fall blaet, from S to 11 at the Fair Granada. 81M p. nu Anneal meeting of the N. C. Agrlcaltaral Society. U the Hoas of Repreeentatlve for th election of officers and general l- STEi North Carolina Congressman 'Denounces Republican Tac tics In Congress ; QUESTION CAME UP ON MAKING APPROPRIATION Greensboro ; Statesman Pays Eloquent Tribute To Presi dent and Declares His Influ ence Win Endure; O. O; P. Take Petty Step To Hamper Wilson In Official Act News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank. Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. , (Special Leased Wire.) -Waihinoton. Oct. fe2. "The mention of the name of Woodrew Wilson e4r carries terror aad affright to many Re publicans, declared Major Charle M. Rtcdman. of North eTarolina, in a debate in the House of. Bepreaentatives this afternoon on tn amendment to a bill to authorize the President to arrange aud participate in an international con ference to consider questions relating to international communication. The Foreign Affair committee of the House, of which Major Stedmaa ia a member reported th bill, carrying a $75,000 appropriation for the confer ence, favorably with aa amendment pro viding that the delegate lb President names shall be confirmed by th Senat at tre appointments of Ambassadors and other officials. ' Reason For Rnet. The Major construed th amendment as alap at the President motivated only by the bitterest kind of partisan ship. ; -, rTbe appointments,"' laid Major 8ted mtin, fare 'clearly not, of 'the dignity of those made for the' purpoee of nego tiating treaties and it is natively mani fest thnt the ' consent of the Senat is not required. v , Bceretary of Btate Robert Lansing had advised the chairman of the com mittee, Bepreseatatir Johh Jacob Sog ers, that continuation by th Benat oa such, apppintmenti it ''hardly eusto mlry.' ,- '.. - ' ,: Th general question of International communication waa raised at a meeting ef the Supreme War Council in Paris early ia March last, in connection with the German submarine eables which had' heels taken aver by Greet Britain and France. In the course of this discus lion the suggestion, of aa international conference was mad and in order to obtain the necessary sanction, President Wilson and Secretary Lansing asked for the passage of th bill carrying appro priation to cover expenses of delegates and tuck matter. A strict party vote brought the amendment before the House with favorable report aad Major 8tedmaa assailed the committee action. "Chateaubriand said one that if the cocked hat ' and aartont of Napoleon were placed on a suck on th shore of Brest, it would cause Europe to run to arms from on end to th other thcMajor declared. Republican Are Beared. It may he laid with equal truth that ; the mention of the name of, Wood row Wilson Jirer carries terror nnd affright to, many Bepublieans. Some swesr. some curse, om run dnd com do all t ICeatinaed a fag Seven.) IT INFERE AFTEft ITS DEFEAT Final Effort Made To Obtain Adoption of Collective Bar- gaining Agreement NEXT MOVE EXPECTED TO COME FROM WILSON Secretary Lane Will Make Per 1 tonal Report of Situation To President But Leaders Will Make No Prediction As To Probable Result; (tampers Makes Dramatic Exit Washington, Oct. 22. Labor with drew from the National Industrial Con ference tonight after it Saat effort to obtain adoption of a collective bargain ing resolution had been-defeated by the vote of s majority of the capital group. - " v, Although the representative of both the public aad capital announced their intention of remaining in the confer ence, the next move in the effort to restore industrial peace to th country evidently retted with President Wilson. Mr. Lane will make a personal re port of th situation to the President but neither leaden in the conference nor official generally would venture a prediction ns to whnt course Mr. Wil son would take. Meantime the eonferenee will be called together tomorrow a usual. Labor Groan Withdraw. , Withdrawal of the labor group was announced by Bantuel Gompera, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, after a dramatic Deeeh, It came in en effort to prevent what many from almost th first had regarded as the inevitable," had read a letter in which President 'Wilson, dictating from hi lick, bed, appealed for harmony in the conference aad for the final work ing out of a program tt industrial neaee. . Representative' of labor did not join in the applause which greeted the let ter and Mr. Gompera characterized at "most nnfortunate" a motion by John Spargo, of th public group, that eaeh group pledge the President it would mak orery effort to accomplish the work for which the conference was called. The notion was withdrawn and th conference recessed o th labor group could meet to determine, its future course. Reeolation Is Retected ' When th conference convened ia the afternoon, th labor group pro posed a resolution recognizing the right of -collective bargaining. Under suspension of the rules, the resolution immediately was brought to discussion and vote, the labor and public group uniting in it rapport on the roll call. Th majority against th resolution in th capital group was one vote, but under the conference) role this majority was sufficient to defeat the resolution. V With the announcement of the re sult, Mr. Gompera told the conference the resolution, had been rejected "with' out riaht or reason, rejected on grounds so flimsy that Jh men sitting in the employer' group will have dif ficulty in explaining their action to then xeilow in the worm. - Gompera Sing Swan Song. - "Ton have defeated the labor group in its declaration,'!' declare 1 tfco . vet eran Inbor leader, 'but u r.-ill meet you again in conference nnd ivhrn ' do meet you there you will be glad to talk collective bargaiaing "I have sung my swan tons; in this conference. You hnvo by yjur fiction legislated us out of th gathering. We hav nothing further to say, ana u is V (Continued on Page Two.) GERMAN SOLDIERS ATTACK THE LETTS, PREMIER SAYS Head of Lettish Republic As serts That Regulars ", Take . - plrtDaHostflities v" f London Oet g2-Premier TJllman of the Lettish republic,, in a .report tele graphed from Biga Sunday assert that German troop in regular regimental organization . ar being permitted to cross th German frontier and partid- patein hostilities against th Lettish -t ... ... . army. Me sayr lartaermors inai major Bisehoff, the German officer who re futed to return with General Von Der . 1 ..J l. . . 1. 1 h. a a .tm . 4, m 1 ! mm CE "J 'r"rcst bnek to work. was ordered by the German authorities is commanding the operation against Biga.'. Th "report f ollowit ' 1 j "Th German attacked Dunamunde (at the mouth of th Dana), Saturday but were repulsed with losses. The nemy attacked Friedrlehstadt (oa.tb southsid of th Duaa, fifty, miles from Biga),- several times but were repulsed. Oa th Bolshevik -front north ef Lak Luban (100 mUea east ef Bin), we wkh theJUthonians captured Chernovs! Niemetskaya. . . . --, t "An examination of th prisoner showed that several German companies crossed th German frontier near Tilsit into Letvia without the slightest oppo sition from .the. . German authorities. Five dsys ago the first mounted riilei regiment foreed itt war across th frontier and arrived at Mitau (24 miles southwest of 'Biga). Major Bisehoff di rected the operations against Bitnu'Th Seeoad guards regiment (Germs), hat disarmed our military ttatioat it Ze tern, Schrunilcn, Prekuln and Nitz (in Eastern Letvia).'' . , RAILROAD MEN TO DEMAND INCREASED WAGES, SHEA SAYS Time and Half Over Time-and Improved Working Condi tions Also" Asked For WANT ACTION BEFORE OWNERS GET CONTROL Representative of R. R. Tire- jnea; Speaks Before Board tf Railway Wages Commit tee, But It Is Understood That Other Brotherhoods Would Ask Similar Action Washington, Oct. 22. Railroad em ploye ar prepared for a finish fight with th Railroad Administration for increased wages, time and a half over time and improved working conditions before, the government surrenders the road to private control. Unmistakable aotic to this effect ha been served by Timothy She, of the firemen, appearing before the board of railway. wage tnd working conditions. ' Demands ef Labor. "If our demands for a living wags should not be met when the time ap proaches for turning back the railroads to their private owners,'' Mr. Bhea said a testimony which became public to night, "we shall demand as a condition precedent to the ehange the realization of the fundamental rights of labor, the living wage, the eight hour day onall Federal controlled roads, time and one half for overtime, and other principles to which the government pledged itself during the war, which have now been made a part of the treaty of peace and which to far the railroad administration has never fulfilled." While Mr. Shea was appearing on be half of the firemen only, it has been recognized generally that wage in r I eases for Iny on class of railroad employee meant tn advance for all to maintain quality between the workers. Furthermore, Mr. Shea said, ho antici pated that the failure of the : govern-n-euVs effort to reduc th cost of living which he frankly expected, would miiktt aeeeasary sdvnnce in pay for all l women and predicted that by Aovsm ber 1, the wage bonrd would be forced tt consider "further requests! for gen eral increases," from railroad employe: , Another Labor Crtata. Thus it is the view that th govern ment, operator f th rail transpor tation system will be face to face in a rew werka with virtually the same labor crisis which arsoe during th summer, At that. time, President Wilson denied the request of th shopmen for a gen. era! increase in pay oa the ground (bat tho "vicious circle'' of .rising wages aad mounting price had t com to aa end and that the country should be giVea a fair chance at reconstruction after the war period. .- How Director Genera Hines and hi assistants propose to meet th aituation bis aot been divulged. It it consider ed certain, however, that if any wage advances are given. President Wilson first will be consulted. Railroad ad' ministration official! declare the re la tions with the Union men have never beea to good as at present and in point. ing to the last report of the Labor department, showing a decrease of 15 per eent-ia living costs in August in timate that the impending crisis -will be solved ia part by natural economic force plus Attorney General Palmer's efforts to take the inflation outnf prices. Indication of Show Down. - Thero were indication today of aa approaching "showdown" between the Bailrond Administration nnd the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen and En- ginemen, who naked increased wsges last summer. , The report of tho wage board on the demands has been sent to the Director General, who will meet 'President W. G. Lee and hit committee next Wednesday. The committee com posed of the 16 general chairmen of district and six officer of the grand lodge, will hold a preliminary meeting here Tuesday, ...pi j. .... . i.... meeting," President Lee said ' today, "and it does not necessarily Involve a strike, though the committee hat been given full power to take ' any steps necessary or desirable." . ' . .- Th shopmen, like th trainmen, have given their committee full power, to call a atrike whenever it appeared ad visable. ' , ' . Mr. Hinei quashed oa unauthorized strike today, after exhausting every means of peaceful negotiation, by giv ing tho. idle express workers in New .7 t 1 1 . . . I . . . . . i . . ' . York until, Friday, night to return to m.b - r.A .k.:. nl.... an.4 Tl... . - Incren In Bate. ' I addition to th labor troubles be. (Ftting it, th Bailrond Administration also is being called pa by the railroad offjfiula to provide an increase in rate te lak care of the operating deficit caused 'by the higher prieet of labor and materials.- Definite the announced policy that ao incresse would be -made by. the Director General in th short period remaining of r ederal control. a committee front the association of railway executives, headedby President TBewitt Cuyler, will eonfer with him tomorrow on the situation which will confront the roads when they, ar tarned bark to ' private ownership. Mr. 8hcl t testimony before the wag board revealed that th union men con sider President Wilson' restriction on any general wage advances ss. only temporary inasmuch as existing rates of "pay were declared to be entirely in adequate. "There ia an Increase due ia firemen and hostlers nnd they have got to have it,"-MivJBhefttold thobosrd. "Ifl cannot get it out of this eohferencelt mavb s eccs wiry to one other meant bat X am (oing to get it . JEN RESERVATIONS TO PEACE TREATY Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Adopts Program of Majority Leaders THREE OF RESERVATIONS -GO OVER UNTIL LATER Democrats Showing for Pirst Time Willingness To Include Interpretations Fight Bit terly Proposal To . Have at . Least Three Other Nations Agree To Reservations . Washington, Oct. 22. Beopeniiig its consideration of the pesre treaty, the Senate Roreign Relations Committee to day adopted tea -revised reservations, including a provision that the Senate qualification! mutt be accepted by three of the other great powers before the treaty ratification becomes effective. Among them was a new proposal which Administration Senators, declared would break down the economic boycott feature of the League of Nations cove nant, and a reservation oa article ten differing only in the transposition of one phraae from that which President Wilson has sanounced he 'would treat as a rejection of the treaty. ' Democrats Oppose Them. . The' ten reservations were part ofi list presented by Chairman Lodge and declared by the Republican leaden to represent a compromise behind which a majority of the Senate ia pledged to stand. The administration members of the committee, headed by Democratic Leader Hitchcock, tried in vain to se cure modification of the majority pro posals and then voted solidly against ail of them. . j , Showing for tho first time, however, a willingness to include reservations of an interpretative character in the rati fication resolution Senator Hitchcock and his colleague offered substitute! for several of the reservations pre sented, but not a tingle -substitution or change was mads at their sugges tion. The ten subjects eovered by the-reservations were: . Withdrawal from League member ship i Article Tin; the right of Congress to authorize mandates; National in. bremacy over domestic questions ( th Monroe doctrine; Shantung; limitatiens on therepa rations ' commission; h power of Congress to determine eon tributions to th league expenses; the right to increase armsffitnt ia certain Circumstances, and the right to con tinue trade with a Covenant breaking state. In the vote on every one of these reservations, Senator McCumber, Re publican, North Dakota, who. had stood with the "mild rcservatioaiatt" against all previous committee proposals, voted with the majority. Ia every ease, too, Senator Shields, Democrat, of Tennea see, ' voted with the Bepublieans, the count on all important roll ealls re lauing to the reservations standing eleven to six. Democrats Fight Move, On the provision requiring the issent ef other powers, however, which wis contained ia a preamble to the reserve tion group, Senator McCumber joined the six Democrats In opposition. It was laid that part of the program, togqt)l"H with tome additional reservations to be taken up later, had failed to secure the support of all of the "mild ' Benubli. cans. The leaden, however, asserted they had the votes pledged to carry all of their proposal through the Senate. This feature of th majority plan aroused particular opposition among the Democrats who have stood determinedly agsinst any qualification that would re quire re-opening of negotiations. The administration force also objected (Coatlanod n Pag Sevea.) ISSUE WARRANTS TODAY FOR CHARLOTTE POLICEMEN Attorney Jake Newell Will In. - stitute Proceedings To Probe Killing Charlotte, Oct. 22 In warrant to bs issued tomorrow Chief of Police Walter B. Orr, thirty or more police men and about 'fifteen strike-breakers will b charged with' murder in con nection with th riot at th street ear barn last August 26. when five men' wer shot and killed, according to announce ment made - tonight by 1. F. Newell, counsel for Chsrlott 'Labor Executive Boardr1' who said thst he himself would swear out th warrant. Indictment of the police officer was decided upon at a conference a week age between Attorney General Manning, who was here from Baleigh, aad counsel representing the city 'and county and local labor unions, but Mr.v Newell an nounced then that he would not hare the warrant issued until after the re call election, which was held yesterdsy, because it might complicate the issues in the. campaign. v , The "Labor Ezeeutlve Board'' is a body representative of all the local la bor anient organized tome time ago for th announced purpose of prosecut ing those guilty of th alleged unlaw ful killing of the five men who' were fatally shot at the car barns. Mr, Newell said th warrants would be made returnable next Monday when hearings before a local justie of th peace was expected to begin. Chief Orr and others Involved have declared they ' welcomed investigation on th charge of murder of th five man, -who ar declared to have been member! of the mob, which is alleged to have beea threatening, to lyueh a timber of the police few . andJoJiavel li been menacing the guards at th ear j X barn when th ahootiug occurred LIEUTENANT MAYNARD ' WILL VISIT RALEIGH Lieut. Belvla Mayaard, Sampson ceanty sky pilot, who has swept into international fame after fighting aces have rctarned to civilian life, will visit Raleigh on hie Sight to Clinton November I. Assurance that th winner of the transcontinental air race would ac- -cept aa Invitation extended him by the Ntwa aad Observer wss received by the New aad Observer last night in this telegram: "Thank yon for your Invitation to stop In Raleigh. Will Use ad. vantage of the opportunity. Best wishes. (Signed) "MAYNARD." It waa apon the announcement ef Lleateaant Mayaard'a intention te viait'Uaton in a plaae aad give an exhibition flight, for his heme folks that the News' and Observer extended the Wsh Forest College student and air man, aa Invitation to atop In Raleigh. His acceptance, opene the way for preparation for a welcome here on the part of Wahe Forest College etndents who will not miss the op portunity ' to honor . their fellow stadent. ALLOW PRESIDENT After One of Best Nights He Has Had Since Illness, He Takes Up Business CONDITION NORMAL IN MANY RESPECTS NOW Wilson Turns Attention Again To National Industrial Con ference In Effort To Bring About Harmony; Signs Food Control Act Making It Law;7 Oives Prisoners, Freedom Washington. Oct. 22. -President Wil son was permitted again today to trans act some public business. After what his physicians described as ous of tic best nigbtir'n has had lince hit illness began, he tigned tho amendments to th food control art providing penaltiej lot hoarding and profiteering in food aud clothing and three other measure, of mora or lest importance. ;S Tomorrow the prohibition enforce ment bill will be returned to th White Hout by th Department of Justice with aa opinion at to its constitution. ality and it it expected that if the Pres ident shows no ill effectsxrom his work yesterday and today he will be allowed to study the opinion and pass upon the hill. Ha has until midnight of October 28 to act before the measure becomes a law without his signature. Condition Is Normal. The President's physicians announced today that his temperature, vpy lie and respiration continued normliid that his digestion waa more Satisfactory, Dr. Hugh Young, the Baltimore spe cialist, who was called in last week in connection with the prostatic complica tion, again came to th White House late today, his visit having' been ar ranged at the time of his last call.' He was accompanied by Dr.' ft. A. Fowler, w"nintcn specialist on such nil meats; fDeeter Young nd Fowler, it was aid tonight at the White: House were well satisfied with the prostatic condi tion of the President. . Dr. Grayson supplemented hit night bulletin with the information that the patient's condition, was as good as could be expected. The Increased activity of the President "'Was not indicative of iny decided improvement in his condi tion Dr. Grayson said, adding that it was thought that permitting the Presi dent to sign bills would perhaps be better for him than to withhold the bills and allow the consequent anxiety to take action on such matters. Had Bisy Day. Immediately after breakfast this momma, the .President turned his at tention to the Nnlional Industrial con ference to which .he addressed a letter yesterday. Mrs. Wilson telephoned Sec retary Tumulty, that the President de sired to know the situation ia the con ference and a report was given him. Later ia the day some executive bunt-, heas was laid before the President. Be tides timing the four bills, Mr. Wil son remitted the sentences of two mili tary prisoners and signed extradition papers for Augustino Spinozzi who is held in France nt the requestor reoersi officers at Pittsburg to answer charges of the theft of $30,000 worth of whiskey and of failing to pay revenue of $12, 000 on it. Th bulletin issued by Dr. Grayson from the White House tonight said: "The President has had a comfort able day." NEW ORLEANS COTTON GOES !. UP ONE CENT A POUND New York. Oct. 22. Report of a continued active demand for spot cot ton in the South and apprehension that the wet weather would lead to a great scarcity of high gradet were responsi ble for on ndvanre or approximately cent a pound in th cotton market here today. December contract sold up to 30.12, or 97 points sbove the closing prices of last nikht nnd within 10 or 12 points of the high record es tablished on the bull movement of last July. "V' SAVANNAH BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Savannah. Oa.. -Oct. 22Highest prices ever quoted oa the Savannah Cot ton Exchange - were posted today, when good middling reached 87 5-lfie. " This wss the average for the day, th basis at th close being 371-8 cents. Very Inrge sales were made at the-advance. the prc'vi6ut"Wrawirf-8fi l-ec-rcached September 3.- JPlsV TO SIGN MEASURES W MEN KILLED - "si ' Ifl FIGHT AT GARY Walter King, Special Deputy, Seriously Wounded Now In Hospital : y MEN WHO WERE KILLED WORE ARMY UNIFORMS Trouble Started In Fight Among Party of Four Stran gers Near Gary; Uniformed Ken Open Fire Oa Officers When They Attempted To Make Arrest :i Two unidentified men wearing army uniform were killed and Walter King, a special deputy sheriff, waa seriously wounded late yeste rdsy afternoon near Cary, eight, mile west of Baleigh, ia a pitched battle between th strangers and two officers. As a result ef a quarrel, it is thought, before th fight a third man waa shot through th hand and thigh while a fourth on in volved in the trouble ia nader arrest pending an investigation. The two men wearing uniform war shot at an old saw-mill ait about two miles west of Cary when they fired upon Officer Joe Lowe and Special Deputy King. King was rushed to Bex hospital in this city aad late last Bight underwent an operation. He waa shot through the stomach near his belt line nd also in th left elbow. An lam ination of bit stomach wound revealed thnt his intestines had beea punctured. Qaarrel Starts Tronbl According to information received at , Cary lost night, a qaarrel between two young Jews and th two uniformed . men started all the trouble. This took pise near the town limits of Cary,' The quarrel ended when on of th Js was shot in ths hsnd aad thigh. He jwaa found, after tho ahooting be sidel the eoad by a passing auto drivsr who took him to Csry. At Cary the wounded boy stated h had beea shot accidentally, but also told officers that hs' had been left by th roadside by three other companions. He was unable to tell where th com panions hid fled. Working on th theory that th Jew waa not shot accidentally. Policeman Low started id pursuit of th ether threw at rangers, ii deputised Waller -King to sssist him. Men Open Fir. The . officer! overtook th two nil formed men nt.the old sawmill sit. Polieemaa Low grabbed oa man, Mr. King then atarted to arrest th other, who opened fire, two. of hi bullet taking effect in Mr. King's body. After shooting Mr. King, th deputy' assail ant began firing at Polieemaa Low and his prisoner. Th prisoner fell to th grourid and. the policeman;' theft re turned the fire, shooting the remaining man. With both uniformed men shot, th policeman, turned hi attention to, his wounded friend and carried - him t Cary, Officer Low reported the shooting to Sheriff Sear and requested aid ia-the search for a fourth man who was at large. This man, however, was caught at Apex where he had goa after the first tbooting at Cary. Coroner Called Oat. Coroner Arch J. Wood went to th . Leeene of the double killing to hold aa inquest but nt an early hour this morn ing he had not returned to Baleigh. Bam Nichols and his bloodhounds went to the scene for the purpose of trailing the fourth man. The stranger who was first shot tinted after being placed ia jail that he and his three companions wet making their way from New York to Jacksonville, ria. .- NO SETTLEMENT YET OF ' LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE New York. Oct. 22. Th ad of th longshoremen's strike which is tying , up this port, seemed far distant tonight when representative of twenty of th fifty-three New York local meeting -with the commute on conciliation - of which Mayor Hylan ia head, repudiated th award of th-. national adjustment -commission, and submitted demaadl for $1 aa hour and 3 an hour for over time. . , Resam Cotton Oil Trad. New York, Oct. 22. The board of. managers of the. New York Produe Ex change today voted to resume trading in cottonseed Oil for October delivery. Certain restrictions will be observed, owing' to the conditions resulting from th Longshoremen' atrike. Shell Strike Belief Station. ' -Copenhagen, Oct. 22. The Lettish press bureau ssys that the shell which struck the office of the American Be lief Administration at Biga wounded th chief of the organization, Orbiton. . Announces Commiaslon Personnel Bichmond, Va, Oct. 22. Governor Wcstmorelnnd Davis tonight announced 4 tbo names of the members ef th Stat ' highway commission which will hare, charge of the 110,000,000 worth . of highway improvement: " . - , - " Trade Coafereneo Meets.' - Atlsntie City, N. Oct. 22. Maia tcuanee of stable government and sup pression of enemies of social order', thess were the notes sounded here to night st' the first public session of the International Trade eoafsreaee. Upon these factors depends the prosperity of the world, speaker told 1,500 delegate who. represent the largest business or ganizations had posses th sympathetic interest of the government of their re-. spec live countries. TUMnnmnroo F.mnvuumuLno
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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