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WATCH LABEL. Tr a imc. Br mwwal I asrs Man vUua aatf aveM iasi a sin ra , , WEATHER: Fair Monday and probably Tassday ; mild temperatare, gentle, variable winds. VOLCX.NO. 119. HEAR REPLY FROM TO No Answer, However, To Pres ident's Blunt Command To Call Off Strike NEITHER MINERS NOR GOVERNMENT SPEAK Official Washington Takes View , That While There Is Hope of Compliance By The Half Million Workers There Is No Assurance That Wilson's Letter Will Bring Peace Bloomington, III., Oft. 2C.-John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers' of America, tonight declined to state specifically the at titude of the. United Mine Workers to ward" the statement of President Wil son yesterday regarding the proposed strike of the bituminous coal miners of the nation. In regard to this Mr. Lewis would o:ily say: "I om an American, free born, with all the pride of iity heritage. I love my country w.th its institutions and traditions. With Abraham Lincoln, I thank God that we have a country where men may strike. May the power of my government never be used to throttle and crush the efforts of the toilers to improve their ma terinl welfare and elevate the standard of their eitizensliip." No Message From Washington. Mr. Lewis said that he had not re ceived any message from Woshiugtou, that, he had been traveling all day. He left Washington at fi o'clock Satur day evening to return to liis homo at Niirimrficld which he left October 0. Ho added, that he had yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock called a meeting of the national executive board of United Mine Workers to convene nt Indian apolis at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. He explained that the meeting waj called before Pres'dcut Wilson's statement was made pflblic. The gath ering had been called primarily to formulate details of the strike. When nskod tri niako a statement on the right of the miuera to strike November 1, in the. face of the critical conditions, he artidi . .. The eon!" operators have not otTerei' a, single constructive suggestion de signed to avert tliis tatastrophc. AH throughout the negotiations nt Buffalo, later nt Philadelphia and still later nt Vathington the miners Waited in vain for any counterproposal to be submit ted by the operators. During the con ference with Secretary vYilson tt Washington, we snid rn my times that n were willing to re eu-'jr s;c.t!a-S. t.nna with coal operator. without res- ervation to eonclude the nribiug cf mi agreement, forthwith. Tim offer tint we made waa repented'y defined. The lesponsibility for iho stoppage of work in the bituminous oal ilisrrlet .must litcasarily lie with Um tVil operators." Baye War It Over. Mr. Lewis was askti w!iu. answer H had to make to tho vO!i!?n'Ui ft the operators that tho eoirtnct had not ex pired. '''. "Our tontract read that it was to continue in effect during the period until the war ended and Mot to exceed March 31, 132TJ," he replied. "The war ia over. Our soldiers have returned. All the government war agencies are disbanded. A German vessel of war is even now heading for New York upon a peace mission. In substance, form and renlity the war ia ended, and our contract has expired. . "Well, new we are willing Jo stand on the merit of our proposal. This 60 -per cent increase is subject te egotia- tions, as are all demands of tho United Coal Miners, but they will not oven negotiate. . Work Three Days a Week. "During the past twelve months the miners of the United States have av eraged only S73 a month, or 8U0 for th- entire period. "The men hava worked on an aver agj of less than threa days a week since the armistice was aigned. Men with families eannot Ht on this amount. Children in mining eamps are under nourished... This is a matter of life and death to the women and children of the miners' families as well as it is to th public. Charity begins at home. ' "Our aim ia to make a shorter work ing period and to distribute tha work over mora days during the year. Tho miners in England hava seven-hour day, from bank to bank, which means from the time they leave the surface of tha ground until they get back. Miners in the United Btatea have an eight hour day, but that does not count ' until they set to the' face of tha eoal. They are in reality orking nine and s half hours a day.. ' WHOLE COUNTRY WAITS """" ' EXPECTANTLY FOB ANSWER. - Washington, Oct. 26. The whole country waited expectantly today for tha miners' answer to President Wil son'a blunt command that the aoft eoal strike ordered v for Saturday be called off. ' -'.'. There waa Bot word, however, to show where the United Mine Workers of America stood, ot what the government would do ia the event that the Presi dent's solemn warning that the mines must be kept ia full and continuous ' spe ration waa ignored. - ' ' .v.,. Considering the temper of labor, oBB ' tial Washington took the view that while there was hope of compliance by the half-million miners whoy had been srdered out, there waa aoabaolute as uranee that the Presidents letter part . sppewl and part command would bring , peace to the coal - ffelds. But there seeased to be no doubt of the govern ment's determination to see that the (Ceatiaaed ea Page Tea.) COUNTRY WAITS 10 MINERS DEMAND The SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. CONSULAR AGENT , HELD FOR RANSOM 7 Viv; "::; V After being robbed of 1.10.000. Wil liam O. Jenkins, American eonsular agent at Puebla. Mexico, was kidnnpped and held for fljfl.WX) ransom by Mexi can bandits. Th" American State De partment has demanded that the Mexi- jean government secure his release. He j was seized at his place of business. Pre ! viously ho had been kidnapped from his 1 ranch near Puebla, his foreman killed, 1 some of his livestock stolen and held I until $25,000 ransom was paid. H Secretary Beaman and Com missioner Maxwell To Con fer and. Get Together RATE FIGHT CAN THEN BE CONTINUED AND WON Lack of Oo-operation By Both Parties For Freight - Scale Adjustment Effort Should Be Healed, As Situation Is at Present "Dangerously Complicated" The News and Observer Bureau, CKX: District National Bank LSldg. By . E. POWELL. (Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. '6. On the out come of a meeting in Baleigli tomor row morning between representatives of the North Carolina Traffic Associa tion and the State Corporation Com mission depends, in largo measure, the fate of North Carolina s fight for re lief from existing discriminatory freight rates. Secretary Beaman, of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary Barlow, of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, who are actively leacHng the fight for the commercial bodies' of the Stnto, left Wnshingtoa tonight for Bal eigh and tamorroiv morning will ask Commissioner Maxwell for n confer ence. Both of the Secretaries declared emphatically today before leaving that they would make every effort to get together with the Corporation Con-mission in an effort to continue the fight, which appear to have bee partially won, on common grounds. To Be Or Not To Be; That Tha Question. At the present, widely divergent opin ions on the effect of tMe rates proposed by the examiner who heard the North Carolina case are held by the Traffic Association representatives and Con missioner Maxwell. The Corporation Commission believes that the aeale of rates proposed by the examiner for ad justing vthe present Inequitable aeale will raise , the rates within ithe State 60 per cent. The Secretaries believe that the proposals of the examiner will not affect tho State rates to any ap preciable extent. But, irrespective of the correctness of either opinion, the detrimental thing about the .whole -business is 'the lack of co-operation between the traffie' rep resentatives and the Corporation Com mission, both parties to the suit before the Interstate Commerce ComiuHsion against the Bailrond Administration. With the commission determined to file a brief exception to the intra-state proposal' of the examiner and the traffic representatives declaring State rates not involved, both become easy prer for the attorneys for the railroads. ' The situation is dangerously compli cated and fraught with grave possibili ties. With such widely separated con structions of the examiner's recommen dations, Upon which the shippers and the Corporation Commission and the Railroad Administration are to bass their argument, ' the Interstate Com morce Commission, if it follows prece dent in determining the North Caro lina case, will decline to disturb the grossly unjust and discriminatory aeale now in effect.' v-: J -,:s,V.'.- : Effect of Barnalde'a Statement The decision of the traffie reprt, sentatives to return to Raleigh and make overtures for a truce followed the revocation of an earlier determina tion to isaue-sv aeeond siatcmeat chal lenging "the eorperatioi; eomiaissMK's interpretation of - Examiner lurar.de' report.- Thie latter purpose waa agreed upon between the two reeretariee and J. Howard rishhack, attorney .for lit North Carolina Chambers of Commerce, upon receipt of a letter from Exmu- (Ceatiaaed en Page Two.) I i ,r- ' r um I y UNITY OF STRENGTH NECESSARY TO News and RALEIGH, N. E L ANTI-STRIKE LAW Acting President of Railroad Brotherhood Serves Notice On Congress WOULD DEPRIVE THEM OF ECONOMIC RIGHT Timothy Shea Sees In Move An ' Attempt On Part of Rail roads Upon Return To Pri vate Ownership To Lower Wages; Predicts Law Would Precipitate Revolution Washington, Oct. Sti. Timothy Shea gave notice to Congress tonight that the Brotherhood of Ioeomotive Fire men and L'ugincmen, of which he is acting president, would not observe pending nnti-trike legislation if en acted into law. 8uch an attempt to single out rail road employes and deprive them- of what he termed the economic right of workers to atrike to prevent injustice, mut be accepted, he said, in connec tion with other information which the railroad brotherhoods have, as n fore gone conclusion that the rnilroads con template a general reduction in wages when the government surrenders con trol and desire such a measure to fore stall a strike. Would Precipitate Revolt. If these interests or the legislators iK-lieve railroad employes will unre sistingly submit to any such invosion of their rights as citizens," Mr. Shea continued, "they had better expel that thought from their minds, because I believe I speak for locomotive firemen anil hostlers at least when I any that any law which deprives them of the rights of American citirenship would not be observed, not because this class of American citizens nre law-breakers but because such a law would he un warranted, un-American and contrary to American institutions." . Mr. Shea said such a law was almost certain to precipitate revolt, revolution and was in fact just what extreme radi cals and revolutionary agitators de sire. "This would give them logical argu ment for direct action," he -asserted, fcwith the intention of displacing the liberal and mora conservative JeaArrs and thereby overthrowing the existing social, political and industrial institu tions of the country. "If an anti-strike law is enacted, the responsibility for any upheaval which might follow lies with Congresa." . Fight For Living Wage. Mr. Shea's statement, more than 2,500 words in length, was prompted by the publication of his recent testi mony before the railroad wage board in which he said the railroad employees were prepared to fight for a living wage1 and time and a half overtime as con ditions precedent to the return of the roads to private control. Ho said his remarks should be extended, to .use a favorite congressional term, "so that the public might understand tho posi tion of the railroad men." Railroad men are wating the outcome of the government's campaign against high prices, said Mr. Shea, adding that if the cost of living is not reduced, then they expect sufficient advance in wages to enable thera to maintain their standard of living. He declared fire men were running in debt from to $50 a month because their wage increas es have not kept pace with mounting prices. Time and a half for overtime work "was declared to be necesssry to . give the men a real eight-hour dny, which he declared they have never enjoyed despite the passage of the Adaniaou ' (Continued ea Page Two) PRESIDENT SPENDS DAY RESTING AT WHITE HOUSE Dr. Grayson Eeports That Mr. Wilson Continnes To Im prove Slowly Washington, Oct. 2. President Wil son obtained considerable rest today after several daya 'durjng which the qifficnlties of the national industrial eon 'crence and the - threatened coal strike had forced Rear Admiral Gray eon, ins physician, to rescind in part tho eru'ir against his active participation ia governmental affairs. Secretary Tumulty ipent Sunday out of he city and so far as could be learned no publie matters were laid before Mr. Wilson by Dr. Grayson. Mrs. Wilson spent practical the entire day with her husband, reading to him light verse and Action. While impending event held out lit tle prospect, White Honse officials to night were hopeful that this week, the fifth of the President's illness, would bring less interruption to the rest cure prescribed by Dr. Grayson. - In his mid-day, bulletin today Dr. Grayson said:- ''.''-,.- ' "The President continue to improve elowly ... . Dr. Grayson authorised tonight the following statement as to Mr. Wilson' condition: . i- "The President had a very good -day. The-prohlbition enforcement bill and Attorney General Palmer' opinion, "a to the measure's constitutionality. It waa acid tonight at the White House, had not been placed, before the Presi dent. The statement immediately led to renewed speculation as to whether Mr. Wilson would act on it or permit it to become a law Tuesday midnight with oat hi (igntture. i RAILWAY FIR MEN NOT OBSERVE C, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1919. HOPE-TO EXPEDITE PEACE TREATY IN SENATE THIS WEEK Both Houses, However, Have Decreasing Prospects of Earty Adjournment INDUSTRIAL CRISIS TO - GET MUCH ATTENTION Strike of Bituminous Coal Min- j ers Will Come Up For Early j Discussion In Senate ; Both : House and Senate Drop i Business Tuesday To Re- i ceive King Albert ! Washington, Oct. .2. Although Senate leaders hope to rxpedit" -. the Herman peace treaty this week by disp,.ni of amendments both houses will con ne tomorrow with decreasing prospects of adjourning the' special session by No vember 10, as leaders have hoped. In view of prospective uelay on ttie treaty, House leaders today discussed plans for u separate recess of the lower body without waiting for tho Senate. In addition to the treaty, the imlnstri al crisis, intensified by the threatened coal strike late this week, also promises to receive much attention in Congress this week. The strike of bituminous coal miners will come up for early dis cussion on the pending resolution of Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado proposing drastic action by the govern ment. Further consideration of the strike may come through the Senate in terstate commerce suh-cnniniittee'a in vestigation of the eoal situation. Also Into this week the Senate labor commit tee plans as a result of its inquiry into the Steel strike to present a report con taining constructive reeommendit ions both for immediate action and future legislation. Resumed Debating Today The treaty light in the Senate still hingcs on the Johnson Moses amonil - meuts to equalize voting power in the League of Nations. Debates on the amendments will be resumed tomorrow with a vote expected in a few days. The remainder of the week, it is expected, will bo given over to disposition of many individual amendments which have been propared, probably deferring actual con sideration of reservations until next week. Vnder the surface, however, tho controversy over the reservations is of engrossing importance, with the final result still decidedly in doubt. Both Senate and House Tuesday will drop temporarily all legislative affairs to receive King Albert of Belgium. Three bills probably will be sent to the President by Congress this week those extending passport restrictions against anarchists and other radicals, increasing pay of postal employees and containing the first deficiency appro priation. Progress on other legislation ia planned, the House being expected to pass thp Sonnto oil and coal land .'easing bill, and the measure providing for disposition of army automobiles while late in the week tha merchant marine's shipping bill, providing for sal. of the government's fleet, will be ready for debate. Railroad Legislation Cp Railroad legislation is to be advanced iins ween oy tne iioune interstate lom- neice committee, which will take up; the Each bill Tuesday with n view to a , tinu. report. House leaders hope to take np the railroad measure November .j and to pass it in a week. in considering permanent military it-KisiHiion me oenate ana House null- tary committees hope to arrange a joint session this week to hear General Pershing review operations of the v (Continued on Page Two.) BELGIAN KING AND QUEEN TO VISIT NORFOLK FRIDAY Will Be Quests at Fooding of Cry Dock; Thence to Hamp ton Roads and Enrope Washington, Oct. 26. North Caro linians who want to see King Albert, Queen .Elizabeth and Prince Leopold will have their best opportunity, from j ....... . , a ipo.n of dis anee, next Friday when i " 10 r,n tne guests i of the city of J.orfolk at the flooding; thsre of the Norfolk dry dock This will be a gala occasion in Vir ginia for after it is over the King, the Queen and the Prince will leave Hamp ton Roads for port somewhere on the other side.' They will conclude their visit to America with the reception at who become unruly if not permitted to Norfolk which will be attended by See- loot, it is charged, and are accustomed retary of the Navy Daniela and repre- living upoji he country they oc sentatives of the State Department. jcupy. The danger of hi situation would The flooding of the dry dock at Nor- entuated ahould the warlike in folk will be an event akin to the flood-1 jL"bilan!?, of ! V" in f ih Hi! it .w .hi.i Bolshevik! at Astrakhan, tho (nspian (wt. Daniel. wltn.'.d when li ! visited the Pacific fleet. The Belgian rulers nd their party, with Mr. Daniel and the State' Department dignitaris, will leave Washington next Thursdiy night on the President's yacht, May flower, for Norfolk, and will arrive theic about noon. The celebration in honor of the foreign visitor will consume the "fesfof the day, aevernljtyenta having been arranged by Norfolk in their honor. Edward K, DrittSn, private secretary to Mr. Daniels, will accompany the party from Washington. - Every preparation for the entertain ment of the royalty" when they reach here tomonow night 1 being made to day by committees in charge of the. pro gram. Immediately after the arrival, Vablie reception will be held in Capitol Square and on Tuesday they will be re ceived by the Senate and tha House of Representative in joint cession. - v... - Observer BLAZING AIR TRAIL OVER SNOW ! CAPPED PEAKS OF THE SIERRAS j MAYNARI) LANDS AT PRESIDIO If Engine Had Stopped While Tar Heel Aviator Would Have Been Sadly Out of Luck ; ' Rousing Welcomes Received Along Last Leg of Trans- Continental Flight; San Francisco Looks Big Enough From Ground But Maynard Finds it Hard to Locate in Air; Reaches Journey's End. I Today Lieutenant Maynard, Tar Heel aviator, tells of i,is flight from Sal.lfiro, I '.tail, to San Francisco, till., on bis fourth day out from .New York, and of h.s rousing reception at his journey's end. Tomorrow he will gie an c. cirtvnt of his return to Huttle Mountain on the return flight, which he mad" in spite of emphatic orders from .lr. Maynard not to undertake it.l BY I.IEl'T. BELVIN W. MAYNARD. M'ul'yricht, ISIS, in.l puWi.hfil lv irmtMi"!i at hr lliMtutt TriT.Orr , After a good night's rcM in Siililuro t lie City ft Salt, and a wholesome break fast we were ready for the tusks of a new day. The manager of -the salt plant asked nie to take two-bags of nalt to. a member of the concern in Han Francisco which we were r'uiI to do. Kxactly as the sun peeped over the hills we got off t lie ground. We were becoming accustomed t.n 'he mountains l.v this time and did not think much about them. To. break the monotony of a scctn- . inglv uiicniliiii; i linin of peaks we toinul n f,.K large pi-; is or flats which were marked on our maps as "alkali lakes," ! -"alkali flats," or other similar names. i Lakes With No Water I When 1 frrst noticed tlieie on the map 1 I begun looking all over the country for water which 1 never found. If these depressions were ever covered with water I had chosen thp wrong season of the year to find it. I le-.rned later that the snow on the mountain tops was melted in the spring time and furnished water for these tem porary lakes. After crossing many of these I spied a small cluster of green trees easily distinguished from the slorn anil unfruitful country which sur rounded it. In among the trees I found the proud little village of Battle Mountain. It is situated among many gold, silver, and copper mines and is noted, especially for its copper mines. Given Housing Welcome. On lauding there I received a rous- r ; welcome. I snon learned that Cant. j Amc Hmith whom I had met in North Flatte was a much loved and honored citizens of Battle Mountain. His friends Mid they could not wish that I would win, but did wish that I could take second place. Kvorvouo of them shook my hand, made pietHres of me, nhd wished me Godspeed. When later I had a few moments to reflect I could not help FALL OF PETROGRAD General Yudenitch Intends Af ter Capture of City To March To River Reval, Oct. 2(i. The fall of retro grad is inevitable, according to reliable advices. a (ieneral Yudenitch intends after the capture Vf'the city not to halt j Prtrogrnsl but to march forward to ' tho lire of the River Volkhov, which connects Ike 1 linen and 1-ikc Ladoga, nbout 7.1 miles to the east of 1'etro- grad. whero a convenient line of de . fense against an attack from the di I rec.tKin of Moscow, pr rtecWd on either ! flank bv the two biff lakes, is offered A . mobilization of tho nonu ni on in tho rear, of this line for the defense of Petrograd is contemplated. Many have nlready left, en routo for Petrograd but they will not be permit ted to enter the city, it is stated, be cause of the diacaso and shortago of food prevailing in Petrograd. NEW DISTURBANCES MAV THREATEN DENIK1NE ARMY Constantinople, Saturday, Oct. 1H. (By the Associated Press). Reports from Tifles indicate that new disturb ances hnve broken out in the Russian Caucasus , which may endanger the campaign of General Deaikine by cut ting off his supply of fuel oil from Itaku for railway and river transport j and may even result in setting up a n,,,vir"l,t ln rcar- Tho inhabitants of Dagestan, the mountainous prov- , of the Nor1heIlorn (Wasus. jinTe roeon,y started a revolt, owing ,,, nttcmoVi to draft them into Dcni- kineV army. It has long been realized that Deni kiuc's position is insecure owing to po litical difficulties and also to the ab sence of discipline among the soldiers in varions detachments of his army, (?nport at the mouth of the Volga which ease,1 General Denekine's fleet ia the Caspian Sea would be cut oft1. PLANS COMPLETED FOR PROVISIONING STRIKERS Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 25.-Plan for provisioning needy steel strikers and their famllie were completed here to day by representative of the national committee aad will be put Intp opera tion early this week. They provide that commissaries will be established at strike headquarters ia every community where the men arc out, ratioa'earda being issued to fam ilies of six or more persons, after ia-. Tcstigntion by the local committee. Strike headauarter nude no state ment regarding the strike situation audi the (tcel eompanie were equally, reti-j eat ' S N! NEV TABLE SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. Flying Over Mountain Rangen. but remember the unusual hospitality with which they received me. so 1 make special mention of it. in turn they wired me to stop over in Battle Moun tain on my return, if possible. We left here after the usual halt hour and headed for the much famous city of Iteno. The scenery was. quite as usual with a collide of snmil salt lakes adding a touch of beauty to the land- scope. Clouds Delay Landing. I arrived in the v icimty - ; where I thought M country c scarcely no should be and found tho ' covered with tog. I could see the ground through it. ! Kafcerly 1 searched in every direction for the field, losing twenty niin-ites be- t fore I could locate it. I It was Miiriresteit Inter bv a fri"nd of mine that perhaps the Lord spread a cloud over the city to keep a good preacher from landing there. However true this may be I was glad to find the field imd landed us quickly ns posnblc. I was warmly welcomed and, strange to say, the people of Reno seemed quite tho same as other folks. Heno has n one-way landing field, which is very good. It is located down between two high mountains which make it rather difficult to get out of. Over Sierra Nevada Range. Kline and I got away from Reno, fortunately, without the usual loss of wife. Out of Reno we found the most beautiful country of the entire trip. Five minutes after leaving the field we were going over the first of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These are all cap ped with snow and dotted with fir trees. Tho valleys are very narrow and look more like gorges. Horns fifteen minutes out of Heno we passed about two miles north of Ixike Tshoe. it is set seven thousand feet above sea level amid the tallest of the Sierras with their peaks of silver white, ns if some Divine hand might have placed it there with a thought of perfect beauty. Thousands of lover of nature find! (Cont!nae 6a Page Four.) F Officially Reported That Two Missing Aviators Met Death In Mexico San Diego, Cel., Oct. 26. It was offi cially announced here tonight that Lieuts. Cecil H. Connolly, of San Diego, and Frederick H. Wnterhouse, of Weiser, Idaho, army aviators, missf ing since August 21, were slain i - i i .. i. .. . .. i . : - i .,.., , v, ,,,, ,., .u ci uii n nsii- crm.cn. The announcement was made uiKir. the nrrival here of the dest rover Aaron Ward bringing the hvdies of the AVIATORS KILLED BYTWO HEN nio nuarors rrom natna, is Angeles j henzollrrns ruled autocratically, the on the (iulf of Lower California, to ; tceptre of dynasty has departed for which noint thev had flown .free lo.- i '"'' Peoples suddenly freed from in their wnv In hor,!. ,,n.rl fl;l, from Yuma, Ariz, to San Diego. The destroyer also brought a part of a story of the sufferings endured by the young aviators, inj the form of notes scrawled in part on the wings and fnsilnge of th; De Ilaviland aero plane in which Connelly and Water house made their last flight. Some of these messages, evidently written when the aviators had almvr lost hone of ' being found, were of such tragic, nature ; that Major Bratton Asked the news- 1 paper reporters to refrain from using j them out of consideration for the ofti- i cers families. Major Bratton said that the two avia tors had gone nineteen days without food, or at least withou much to sus tain them. The fate that drew them far from their air path remained with themintil the very last Major Theodore MaeAulev in one of ! i. : A .A . . , . . -.. ... . ; ins iiijiMs io ii ii ci mem, new witnin sixty miles of the spot where they stood guarding their plane. Later, on the afternoon of September , they were- landed from a canoe on the shores of Hahia Los Angeles by the same fishermen who are accused of having killed them five days Inter, and at that time were only 12 miles from Los l lorre silver mine wheie thev might have received protection and fond. One of their messages, scratched on the aeroplane fusilnge with a knife or nail, said the airmen remained in the mr four hour and five minutes, that tliey ran into a rainstorm and lost their sense, of direction. When' they sighted the Uulr et California, they thought hey were flying up tho eoast instead of Southward along the cast coast of the Gulf of California. Another message, traced on the wings nnd fusiluge, told how the air men attempted vainly for two daya to catch fish to appease their hunger. They then darted walking northward toward ' the border but returned to their airplane in 38 hours when their supply of water became exhausted. The airmen drank the water from the radiator of their plane." Thi proved sufficient to allay their thirst up to the time they were tsken to Bahia Los Angeles from Guadeloupe Bny where the plane was landed by the fishermen. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. OF TO Secretary Daniels Pleads For Practice of Teachings of Religion SPEAKS TO CONFERENCE OF METHODIST CHURCH Emphasizes American Partner ship In Creation of New Eu ropean States and Com mends Western N. C. Con ference For Its Endorsement, of League of Nations 'tireensboro, Oct. 2(1. -A plea for ap plication of the prinieiplcs of Chris tianity to ihe political and industrial problems now confronting the nation was made tonight by Secretary Daniels, is sn address to the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference, Kniphasiing American partnership in the creation of new Kuropean'. states from tlie rnius of overthrown autocracy, Mr. Daniels said it would dishonor the dead and disgrace the living for us to evade this self im posed responsibility, to make a better world." 'There still remain parochial people. the naval secretary continued, "who think only in terms of their own neigh borhood, forgetting that Christian men nre compelled by their leader to put no motes mid bounds upon their love ft mankind and their duty to help those who stand in need of their as sistance." Human Mandate Insufficient Mr. Daniels declared that the unrest j evidenced by strikes eannot be stayed by any humun mandate. "Tho only answer to Bolshevism,'' he said, "is Christian justice expressed ia the Golden Rule." Condemning both the capitalist wha shuws no interest in the welfare of hi emnloves and the laborer who idles ! on thn jOD or preaches the destruction of private property as equally selfish, Mr. laniels urged tho church to pro test against injustice and selfishness wherever found. Htudiis made by clergymen among 20,000 sailors at the Great Lakes train ing station revealed, Mr. Daniela said, llk.t Maair mAnnl vniin. Amrtifiil - . - ' indifferent to organixed' relig ion becauso they believe that most pro fessed Christians do not try to live like Jesus Christ. Trne to Traditioa. Secretary Daniels spoke to the con ference in part as follows "North Carolina Methodist last week established the fact that they are true to the spirit of early Methodism when by a unanimous vote they went on record as favoring the League of Na tions incorporated as part of the treaty of peace. Preaching mainly to men denied the advantage of education and travel, Mr. Wesley' slogan was: 'The. world is my parish.' He himself preached to the Indians In America and made plans alontf'Pauline lines so the gospel thould lie preached by Method ists to the ends of the earth. The vision of a parish bounded only by the horizon is the Itible command: 'Go ye into ajl the world.' Trie man who sup ports his own church and does not send the truth to peoples afar off has noth ing in rommon with Paul or Weslev. There never was a time when We- ; . .... t ley s sinbhoietn or worm duty was more J -ooipelling than today. The world war i 1,a wought mighty changes. We have a new map of Kurope. Where the llapsliurgs, the Romanoffs and the Ho- ! . ""'"" moving Tyrannical direction are moving or irrnninir into the liffhr. of Atf.nvM. j m,nt. It is a dim light but it i th i only luminary that leads to just govs eminent. The brave youth of America played a large part in removing the shackles that fettered them. Can we' dare we in conscience refuse, to lead and help in world readjustment! Ity arms and faith" the old order has been destroyed. We have helped to act up. Poland glorious Poland on its long scattered hearthstone. Are we to re treat and to scuttle while this people strive alone against odds to set np a, stable government! Tho day the first sailor gave his life to protect Americana on their rightful passage on the sen and tho day the first American soldier gave his life for freedom in French trenches, that day American became partners in destroying autocracy and building on its ruins new and better governments. It would dishonor the dead for us to evade this self-imposed i . : l : .. .. i . . , , M .'"""'imj' oiao wiicr worm It would disgrace the living it would twlie our promise to heed the call, 'Come over into Macedonia and help ns,' and Methodists would repudiate the spirit of Wesley' large conception of the limita of his perish and hi duty to his parishioner. Ia the face of the world revolution there still remain parochial people among us who think only in i term of thoir own neighbor hood, forgetting that Christian men are compelled by their leader' to put no mete and bounds upon their love of mankind and their duty to help tho who stand In need of their assistance. Te Fulfill Christ' Mission, i "Tho honr ha struck. For the first time in nineteen hundred year the nations of the earth, inspired by Amer ican example, have nnited to fulfill the, mission for which . Christ came npoa. -earth that peace should smile upon every portion of it. For thi Christian mea aad women have hoped and longed and prayed ainre the star (hone la Bethlehem and the angel sang 'peace on earth; good will toward men.' It is the tragedy of 'tragedies that men of learning have so long listened to the. jarring voter of war that they r deaf to the compelling voice of the Prince of Peace. But let ns rejoice that onr ears and the ear ef most cf th (Contlaved Page Three.) APPLICATION CHRISTIANITY PROBLEMS URGED jt
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