Newspapers / The News & Observer … / Nov. 2, 1919, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
.1. 5;:.:,: v-1 jx-xxxx -'xx x; -:-:'t:.-;v-v - ' Yl TV Yl " ' 4 WEATHER: . , Bala gamier r t onawed by flt Wt ' 'portion, cooler), Monday fair. . erne WATCH LABZIN Cars ( anlniM aa avesT- : a. stag at. , VOL CX. NO. 125. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. - RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 2191 GHT- PAGES TODAY- -jM- PRICEr FIVE' CENTS.' . - PALMER ASKS FORKEPORT OF -ANY CONCERTED ATTEMPT TO IEUTENANT MAYNARD FLIES : j TO RALEIGH TWO DAYS AHEAD 1 "FRYING LARSON" STS FOOT URON NATIVE HEAT! FOR FIRST TIME SINCE CROSS-CONTINENT JGHT LIMIT THE OUTPUT OF COAL OF HIS SCHEDULED ARRIVAL Th w. ana u 0 RTY-EJ 1 l - i -.. i Order To -District Attorneys - Understood To Be Aimed at; Preventing Radical x Leadership in Strike . UNION MINES CLOSED ' IN PRACTICALLY ALL ... OF COAL DISTRICTS V i J. I X, , . . v-' . Although Union Leaders Assert x.? There Was "One . Hundred r Per Cent Compliance With t Strike Ord?r, Official! Be T . Real Test ...Will Come t x Monday Aa Saturday. I A1 j ways Slack Day.at Mines ; Big Volume of Coal Mined Believed To Be Sufficient Tor Current Needs; Possibility of Mediation Considered Washington. Nov. ' l.-rlnstructipni Xrrmiil .Wfl'tAfiav AHaihv fotmtral TTafiuef "to airXnifed" State Attpfneyi ta keep closely ia "touch, with the coal situation iu their district, and report promptly any eoncerted action Mby ny two or more persons to limit facili -i :- tics for transporting, producing, up plying, storing or dealing in coal, or to F sxwtfxwssiveBTScSl ' "VjrfHyTTn"rrffii,,irt"fTTHanatiir "SrJer wa available, one purpose aimed nl it was understood to prevent radical asitators among th idl eoalr minefi: tram ohtTntn a ipmlerah wade, public tonight following th rer turn to Washington of C o. Ames, assistant to Mr. Palmer, who procured n govi striker coat issued yesterday- at "Indian- N . mrutiu hw JnHvA Anderson. Mr. Ames Xi will assist in the administration of the f ml and food control law, but would not diseu'se the government plans, r Instraetlon to. Attorney. Mr. Palmer' instrurtioaa to th di " tiict attorney follow: . y,terday at Indianapolis, Judge y - An.lerson, en the application of. the --r Voited 6tate,Tsaued a temporary e . etrnining -order, restraining ,a' large nnmbe'r-of the United Mine Worker .; from tailing any action or proceeding i ernyWHi whati(!?r1n'irrtheTairci . of- the bitumlnons eol trie wnicn nao ' erevlously Mlled. It i of th nt- i,' artnit imnortance ht' I - should he wromntlv advised of any eoneerted ae tio by any two or more rrsonJn your district io "tarry forward thi itrike. Pleme communicate with the marshal jnd. Uhes-JoeaL-iepi-faeniaf iyeioiJ;lie Suirau f Investigation ana aeep your ttif fully Informed of the ituation in vnur district. "If von discover any eoncerted action by any two or more , persons, eithe - employe, employes, or others, which amounts to n agreement or arrange- meat te limit tire faeiutje' for trans porting,, producing, upplying, storing i or dealing-In coal, or to-estriet tn , tupply or drstribution-of " or r .evact ekcessiv DrTce I or eoaL oFfeTaJd or abet in the doing of any such set, yon should advise me at one oy wire , giving me name of person and full ' particular . Federal. Fuel Admlniatra . tor W ieeaed order festering former ' prices fixed by Fuel .Administration - and ant profiteering in cool should be . promptly proceeded. gainst. . Ail from this action by Attorney Goneral Palmer, there wa a lull la th coal trike eituation here today. Each --aide wa waiting apparently for th . ther to move. , Union Ml Ooeed. - , , ' Boports from mining' acid, treteh Ins from Pennsylvania.-o-Wauingto , Ute, shewed that 4he trik order was pnemv i j non-union mine remained ia opera tion. I the central competitive Held tb union tronghold mine were closed. Although labor leader asserted there sra "one hunded per eent"" eom- ' lisnc with the trik order, oBciali sieved th real teet would eome Moa- aayT 8atOiaay,"lwayi; ilick Uf it th mine, enereor aaonga . aiu-sciioat. .It iu 'said. t drag many worker from " the mines ' regaraies -ei - in sinas prder. Bow long.th trik(LJighrrurUlhl vjossibUity of mediation, ana a rneca up ea the nation' available attpply of coal, with the winter demand for fuel increasing, wer th principal questions 4 n o-ir atteatioa af eabinel msm- htn. Some of th itock report. were . t . a !... feaore eneouraging, ana wua coniiouea Kperatlen of son-union mines, H wa claimed th inppl would meet current yecds. Y . A vast rolum of. coal, the last takea jfrom th mines before the mea quit ; work, w moving today, with th rail tread administration putting fort, every sort to diamome jj t,. inv-vnre nost needed", after loi aflr-iu (awn Immediate .equireni . . jW-tBHtbs OF. MINEM . X-'XX ) .OUT IK FEWMSilfVAPlIA the Central Pennsylvania field to eoal wperatoTa eadqBJteT"Be--eday'j4a-- dieated that ou- or oo.uwi mea m ployedt0,000, all feaioa miner, obafd the strike order, while 15,000 non union men tuck to the job. Telegram front Indiana, Illinois' nd Ohio, whil in some cases not com- plete, showed that almost without ex ception the mea (truck. All of the I states are unioa arronghold and a i . . ,i j "oar nunarea per era wuaoni waa expected by operators, they aid.- V In addition to th report front Poca bonUi fields, .West " Virginia advices rta ted-tfttt practically all miner la he Kanawha district war closed. ' Non inira mine In that stats were working .it fall capacity, it wa (aid. A church holiday, opening of th I ' (Continaed ea Page Nlaeteeaji SATURDAY, NIGHT FINDS SOFT COAL MINES IDLE Chicago, Not.. 1. Although to night found nearly all the ration' vast bitumlnou coal field idl at a result of the miners strike effect ive Friday bight, thousand of bob union .miners were at work and in acattered diatrieta where eontraeta I Were In affect, onion miner report- ed today a uiusl. tigure eom piled tonight and baaed chiefly upon union ' leaders' Claim, al though in many case eoneeded by the operator!, --allowed that 433,- 820 men were on strike. . In it physical aspects th strike apparently had largely - (topped -prodnetioa-of oft Coal, "but with -large- noH-union fleMn itt:: Penntyl- vanTaTenTucky and West Virginia still operating at somewhere near normal and with a number of small er fields also workingwttn unlon contract miners, the actual effect on. production could not .60 definitely1 stated. - .'"- 1 The first day of the strike wa . ATT Bain tj Jiay . and .also JSotuxday, a virtualhoUaijn-jy--inirigi it'iuuB uu tuft laii power 01 ma United Mine Worker of America,.: which ordered the strike can not .. be fully guaged until lionday, ope- - rators said. .Coal operators said thousand of non-union miners- were producing eoal in usual quantities, although conceding that in union- fields the -wtrrke- a effective, "Union- lead- the strike was virtually 1( per cent effective throughout the eonn try. . - Tonights figures n the number of mea out were aa follows r Alabama, 23,000; Arkansas, 4, 000 j Colorado, 5,000; Illinoi 90,000; Indiana,' 28,000; Iowa, 14,0004 Kansaa, 13,000 ; - Kentucky, 80,000 ; Maryland, 40,000; Michigan, 2,400; Missouri, 9,000; Montana, 4,000; New Mexico, 800; North Dakota, 120; Ohio, 40,000; Oklahoma, 10, 500; Pennsylvania, 87,000; Tennes see, ao,000; Texaa. 4,000; Utah, 1, 000; Washington, 8,000 West Vir- ..gi.nia, 42,000; Wyoming, 8,000. PRESIDENT-CONTINUES" TO -..IMPROVCGRAYSON SAYS QeneraliJondition. JSntirely Sat-4 ,iractor7 and ImproTement . Maintained (en condition jnaintaln steady im provement according to a bulletin issned lkte tttda7rearTTJmuaTlJryion th President's personal physician, after th weekly visit of Dr. F. X. Dereum, of J'hlladelphia. ,f" - The bulletin, which was signed by ur. uraysoa alons, follows: - "Ths . President , improvmnent ' as .noted previously has been wen -main tamed. His general condition continue! to be entirely satisfactory ,": JPr.. Grayson, explained. - that rumors that -the executive work done if the President recently had had aa ill effect oa the executive, led turn to deparafrom hi announced plaa of not issuing any additional bntlptin on th President's condition uless there waa a decided change.."-" . , e After the visit of Dr. Dereum, who rame to the White House to check up1 OR Mr.. Wilson's condition, Dr. Hugh Young, the Baltimore specialist, "called to determine as to the prostati eondi' tion which developed during th course of the President' illness. - SUPREME COUNCIL FfXEi DATE TO RATIFY TREATY Paris, Nov. 1. The Supreme Connell of the Peaea Conference held a long discussion today of the date for the formal ratification of - the Herman peace treaty. No positive decision wa reached, but it is said to be unlikely that the .date would . be earlier-than November SOi . There is no provision in the protocol aw--xloirthernhtr-mu"TttvaTup" me shall b dividedamong th al' ied and associated powers. Germany aa-beea aked to aeadva oouimissioa to Pwis;to sign th protocol and at toad th formal ratification of the treaty. , ,: r The Supreme. Coaaeil baa completed it reply to th Bulgarian request for changes la . the pease treaty and will probably submit it to th Bulgarian representatrvc tomorrow, granting tea day for th ignature. - X. . LEGAL ARGUMENTS TAKEi UP THE TIME OF HEARING Charlotte, Now 1-Only two witne- cc were "beard today in the trial of Chief of Police Orr and thirty police men charred with murder of five ea at thctreet r braAngut 26.- Two hours of th four hour session was con sumed ia argument by counsel, ia which all'ef the eight lawyer ia th eaa partietpiteaV-TDe triift ittnbirwrtrmed " Thursday. 1 tl ' . ; j CERHANT TO MAKB GOOD ' , 1 1U.1B ivr-j HIVB, :X." Pari. Not. 1-4B th AtaoeUtod Pro.) Demssd will be .mad of Ocrnlany that all violation of th armistice shall be aaad : good. Thi haa been decided npon by the 8u premc Council which. ha completed the protocol to the ' German treaty. The protocol provide that Germany hall surrender cruiser aad destroy era to? replace; tkos- sunk at Scapa Flow, and also surrender floating dry- docks, lighter, ersnea, tug aad other aaval equipment equal ia ylu to that of th first class battleship aeetroyt which 6ermany can aot 'replace , ', ' -t "ifcX' Trixie. the German police infiniahing Awt in the transcontinental reliabiHty-aira "Sky Pilot'.' to fret to North Carolina. Here she is all smiles Sergeant Kline, mechanician, who keeps the plane in shape, is was made just after they landed at the aviation field on the. yesterday afternoon. They are standing beside the de Haviland airplane in which, the Samp son cotraty-aTtator-made his famous cross-continent fltfhtT .. . l' x . ; ; 7x ' International - Labor- Meeting Makes-Effort To Throw Out - f-Somo-Vote& RAISING OF QUESTION BLOCKS ITS PROGRAM . :. V-.''i' Forced To Delay Action Be cause ' of . Desire of Labor Delegates To Await ArriTal o'f CkninaB - ajid Anstrian Delegates, It Is Stated, As They Will Back Workers ; 'Washington, Nov, 1. Diswtlsned witht he present basi Of represent tion in the international labor i con ference, the labor group delegate de cided today to make an; ettort to throw out the vote of all eoontne wnien have not sent worker delegates and ar represented alyi by. governmental p- Mora than tea Latin-American coun tries, as well as' China, Boumsnia and Biam, hare aot seat labor drlegstes, and are represented by a diplomatic officer stationed, in thi eountry4 The labor delegate contended that j these officials were aot acquainted intimately with condition in their horn country and aot qualified to represent them. . Th grievance goes oaca to ne pro visions of the Versailles) treaty, Iwhich fa the government w ocifmu, employer one aa labor .on. At. xne Amsterdam.meetiagotlhajirJtinai tional Federation of Trad Uhions which will hold iU second essiob oa the' arrival of the German and Aus- tri-jwpreHtamtnhe-dmTOtrw made that the goverameat delegtrtioa la each earn also be reduced to on.. Block Cifereae Profraps. v The raising of this issue blocked ;the program of the conference to takej ap Monday the question of an eight hour day and a forty-eight hour week. I The eommissioji selectiosi,-rnhkh, is the conference steering committee, as unahl trt mrrma oa inrneednra ta handle the ttroblem and I the entire matte propaoiy wui coma oercro tne comer- enee -nexx . weea. pome ueiegate ia vored refr rring ' th nnestlon ef rebre- entatioa to-, a committee, to prepare a plan for j jeorganiration t ef the eon ferenee. -L"" -!J-yi 1 ' Th in teraaonIv labor eonferene was forced to delay taktar au it tiro- gram because of1 tb desire of the labor delegates. It wss sid to prevent fur ther action untir the ' arrivlcf- the German and'Xust rua ielegate aa'.they arc -expected to b almost solidly -i tympathy witb tb worker. J 4 . By eliminating th vote of govern mental delegate from eon n trie with out 'labor1 representation, another through the support of th govern mental appointee of Germany, Austria aad other' countries believed to id with labor as against capital, th labor group leader hope, it waaaid to crest a block strong enough to pre vent the conference from taking any action 'unfavorable to it. A two-thirds vote i required oa all conclusion ef th conference.' ' J Th government delegate of Czecho slovakia n probably ef Holland ad Belgium would take the part of (Coaftnaed ea Pg Flv.) , ' ' -V' K dor. who shares honors with CALIFORNIA ITtH STATS' - ' f TO BATIFV AMENDMENT - .::. ' , roa mqual svrFRAGX ieramentoiitfofi'.f l"4&tidrtiy"afV ter th Uihforaia Stat eaatc bad adopted without disarating , vote a I reolutioa ratifying th Federal wo- -Stat Assembly -adopted -a -timilar resoiuuoa late today by a vote-of 73 to J. The Measure -now foe to the" "Governor fog sigaatureJ.Clir. brnia s the ' seventeenth ' Btate ,.t ratify the amendment , Proposes i Nucleus of Veterans As Reserve For Univer sal Service Aashingtion, i Nor. 1. A volunteer Vrc of officers and men -who eerved ia the great war, so organized as to pre erv ; warrlim designation cf unit wa proposed Co th military committee or coagres to ftp General Pershing th basi of a peVmanenfreserv to dc maiaiaineai ta . rutn.re by aniversal rvie.- . ,.. :" ".. '.' " X-'. -. . vu universal training go auaer f ... .. . 1 - way, h told the Committee, division aa smslier unit now tlisbanded could be brought back into exiatoaee oa paper. uouu joiuimrt from uicir former persoaneL to make ud the skel eton of ; continalng reserv. system. iter, lie continued, mea emerging from universal training eamtx could be assigned to these reserv nait la their homg localities. Be uggested that the mea thu assigned be assembled for drill -r msaenvers "once or twics dur- ing the'period thsy are held for pos sible scryke"ftcrtrainiflg. though they could not he actually called' into active service except la tim of wr. : T1- - rt ' . . . 1 I . m 1 rrmi wia ine prooiem 01 ui- tmg in thi plaa with any continuance of "the National Guard as such, wss a difficult Oae. He suggested' that the Governors of State might be -give au thority to call the reserves into serv ice in local emergencies, but preferred that their training and organitatioa be distinctly. Federal. 1- Oenetal Pershing also declared his prefercneevfor army - promotioss by selection rather than seniority, aad rec ommended a single list for promotion. IU that way, be said,, much "dead tim ber, eenld b elimiaated aad existing iaequalitie betweea staff and line re- moved. . ,. . '.t; ''' Th present promotion eystem.he thttr aeterixed as' "absurd." ' Th witness virtually completed hi statemeat be fore the eommittee today, but he asked time) t consider some, of the questions submitted by members and ..probably will Wpear, (gain next week. , ' v laic Police parrack. IfulHnrer. Ireland. Nov. 1. CBr tb Aaaoeiated Press.) Tk police barracks at Ballivor (about K mile aortbwest of Dublin) wr raided last sight by masked mea. Contabl Ogar, who wa doiag etry duty at the-time, was takea by aarprise aad (hot dead ia th course of the- struggle that "ensued. The raid era carried off 200 poundage ammuni tion and several rifle and revolver. Extra police have beea drafted to pa trol Hit district 4 t , "PHOTO T COBLE. Lieutenant Belvin WMaynard beside her master on the left. on the right. This photograph New Bern road near Raleigh i I I .U American Consular Agent Gives Personal Note To MexN can kidnappers . ? FIRST-PAYMENT, MADE ON RANSOM DEMANDED American- Embwsy . In Mexico Oity Makes ?nblio State, ment, Showing Jhat .TenV"' Vm Heia Br Rebels an Forced To Sir. 'ment . Td Pay 300,01)0 Pesos Waahingtoa, 'Nov. 1.-WiIIiam O. Jenkins,' American consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, gave bis personal note endorsed by five responsible citizen of Puebla and Mexico City to proeur bis release by bandit who kidnapped hlffl October 19. Th . full amount of th ransom Included also an agreement that tb , bandits keep (25,000 worth of property stolen from Jenkins' hacienda. The first payment on thVransoin eon. istcd of tiflOO pesos and two draft for $5,000 each in Americaa gold,.th balance being eovered by the note, These fact ar disclosed in a state Html which 'fh 'InarfMii atn 1.. ! 1. . - w Mttlew-tj-freea .uthoriaed -ttrt mak public and which follows! 'mTtolgtro6uTrgnr7enilni, wbd wa abducted from hi bouse in Puebla oa the evening of October 9 Tier It is abductor had "taken approxi mately 60,000 peso in gold from bis safes, was released SuadaK afternooa Illst heir thu tiainila- unnl lt . -. , ..'.Mi.it sou(!i of Puebla. and two lour Jater was placed under the ear of physlciahsi ia la LatinAmericaa hospital ia P'ueblo .;xi i, -i.. u Jenkin was abducted n? liU Kv U baadj of rebel ander the command ef Frederieo Cordoba, with-.whom negoti ations ror wen Kins' release were opened October StX The aes'Dtiatlnns (vniliitil partly in writing and partly it -err. sona eonreiencc with vordoba or with his agents, were terminated last Satur day aightand arrangements were then mf d!fXf or the release ot jmptive foU lowii- t4Vryr-,-T-r-::--, "Keteas waa effected by sgreemeni ef JSnkin to pay Cordoba SOOiHM) ceso iriiadrtrorto-iK w piaeteenth. - ..- . . . . 0 October 28th S first naymeat was mad "consisting .nf S4.000 nesos cash and two draft of 15,000 Americaa cur rency each total ot approximately fiOf 000 pesos. '. ) XX ,- '- j Th Embassy, is Informed that sub sequent payments r t be made as rapidly a Jenkins can secure th fund until th prescribed total it paid. Th fulfillment of this agreement wss to be guaranteed in writing and was so guar anteed by five responsible eitixemr pt Pueble aad Mexico City. I . ; i IWhea releaaed, Jenkin was suffer in from rheumatism, physical' abd aervou exhausHea smd other effect jet th deprivation and exposure to which h wa ubjected but h i. improving rspiaiy anaer pnysiciaa car.' X - FIRST COURT Of , JUDGEYATESWEBB Will enderResignationAs Congressman To Govern , or Tuesday CONGESTED DOCRET AT t i ASHEVILLEi AWAITS HIM rreight Sitnatlorx at High.Polnt Beehives Attention t Wnh . ington; A. L. Club House V i Wilmington; Additional Hets Off Coast at Beaufort Inlet! Matter of .oertainty:;;x; - Nw and Obaerver Bureau, ! ' " ' 603 District National Bank Bldj. - By R.- E. POWEbU . (Special Leaaed Wire.) : ;j'snlnglqn"ip Nov. .TJudge "XTecf Tates Webb will probably bold bu flrst court iu Asheville next week. If the present program of bis confirmation goes through without ; a hitch h -wUl4 Bickett a member of the House of Representative Tuesday and go at oneeto Asheville. ! ' 77. Upon the prospect of his eohfiimatioa on Tuesday, by the Senate, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer today promised Senator Overmen to have some Federal Jadge go' to Asheville Moaday and open a term of eourt there which has bsca urged,1 by' district Attorney Hammer and i others. The understanding today i was that iir. Palmer would get ioX touch with eome FeeViTalindge as uar -AaheviHr aa-po-- sible, who is not engaged for Jhe com ing week," and have bim begin the special term so that Judge Webb might ea into- work whea h resigns here. Incidtntally, Judge 'Webb will wada right into n congested , docket. Th lawyer at Ashsvill have been calling for a court for tometinie and District Attorney aammer hi ta urging th departmut of Juitlcc to mak Kia nroviaina fov aa avtra.'tm thani. With th confirmatioa of Jurtra Webb ex pectcd-TnesdayT MrV iiammer- wired eeaator , uverman toaay 10 asx air. Palmar te assign k'iudg to open the court on Monday.' J n ! . jl Htgh Point Frelght-SltMtlom;"Tf" I ttoxu tne rionn varouna senators today took up with th railroad admin istration th matter'of th freiirht sit us tion at High Point. Telegrams re ceived today Iron ' the commercial bodiee and several factories there, com plained at the. closing, cf th freight oepot ana in oraer i or tn railroad sdminlstrstion for all emery ear there to "be cent to Atlanta- The attentioa that unless ther ailroad granted this promptly, approximately one hundred factories will be foreied to -shut down and more hsu: 15,000 people thrown out ot employment. I : . Every effort is being made, he to get th matter adjusted and such in formation as could be obtained from the railroad administration today was tnat tne order was probably in error, The director of operation promised Senator Simmons to continue hi probe and order eome relief for the High Point folks just ss quickly ss possible. American LCgloa Club Hon, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Aioyie today gave hie consent to th use of the Armyud Jayy building, located on the port office square' in Wilmington, by the Wilmington Post of the ; Amprican Legion as a club house -and meeting 'place. Bequest for thi permission was made to Senator Simmon and Congressman Godwin by jamea a. uowan, secretary of the1 Wl . . f.1 v... -t r,- f.y iKlfo.nTyTTMretary of thcState Chapter of the Legion. The building w formerly used by th War Camp community service, i j' . Additions! Nets O Beaafort Inlet. XiBeaatnr, Blmmona-ia-jwndiiag--with Major ' Ueaeral William Black, Chief of Engineers, the complaint of X'the StarTTsh Co., t Morehesd City, re gaming tn tnstaliattnn ot two ddir tional pound acts j off the coast at Beaufort inlet. Thi department a few .day ago declined io I grant a permit unurr ensuing eonaiuonp, wnicn were aot enumerated. - 'X 'j The fish, concern Want to know why they can't be installed and wants a bearing before" tjie thief of enginoers oa the (ubject. j ;. -r-.- -: I .' State. Senator- Lshsford Learrv Boanok Bapid passed through ,Wahr ington last night ea route home after busiaes trip of several day to. New Jorx. KING FERDINAND SENDS . MESSAGE TO RED CROSS suy" KewTork, Nov. X-King Ferdinand of, Bumsnla.ln a message t the Bed Cross mad pablis tonight expressed tlm jrstitud of thi ttrickea popula tion of his country for th Americaa people's id in. it diitres. Unperiah- able will . remain th memory of the Americaa Bed Cross1 the King said. J "I would also ' offnr - my special thsnks," h continued, "to al Ith mem bers of the MisiiQn, who, under the lnt11iffentiildanM nt flnlnnel 1 AnitAvL son, did wonder amongst the poor. Al though the trar wss lover . they did not hurry back to their homea nor to their wa interests. Eaviag ascertained how Sreat era th misery occupation ha rought Upon us, ther remained oa far beyond th tim originally fixed o as not to abandon Jh wont they had be gun. - '.; Makes One Stop Flight Front Mineoia in , de . Haviland c Transcontinental Plane With History . 'II i sum ,a f- - -r - '" '1 ARRIVES IN RALEIGH AND MAKES PERFECT LANDING :2 A L3145JN-AFTERN00N aynard, Trixie' and Ser- geant . Eine Greeted - at -Landing J"ield By Commit tee of Chamber f-Oom - 6reewsJM0bsenrer .- - I Which i Extended bvitatioii i To Sampson County Flyer To Visit Baleigh;. Will Go To T Wake xForestr Monday and " Tuesday Morning H V ' - LIECTENANT MATWABD I 1 WILL PR8ACH TOPAT Lieutenant Mayaard wiU talk - the 81mm' Baraca Claa cf the Bap tlat Tabernacle tftU moralag at 1 k-ae-arent cart at the Sunday ctweel-boar will talk tc UieT Sanday achool.wf the First Baptist church. Tonight a wll ynack at the Baptist Taberaacl. ' Lieutenant Belvin Maynard, Tar Heel "flying parson" and winner of the trans. Bontipental air race, (wooped dowa oa Baloigh yesterday aftoraooa at S:45, two day ahead of schedule time, oa a- flightj from Minealto QintOB,toi gratify the wishes of hi Bampsoa County horn folk who hav planned Mintola at JhlS h took lunch ia Wash. L ington and arrived in Baleigh la good ! ... timf to" greet hia admirer before the ' , Chamber of Commerce, luneheoa la hi honor at the, Yerborough Hotel at C 'clock.. - . -j. -. v" j' w h-..-i...f-4;':" Lieutenant VavbmA will i Baleigh aatii 'fueaday tuorning when - , he wilj. proceed to Clintoa, oiag frota s there to several other rcitie ia the '' State 'which .hav extended avitatina- .. Wilaiiiigton;" Bocky Mount, Ooldsboro, fiockingham, Winston-Salem aad Fay etteville have bid for the world fsjnoj pUotj but yesterday afternoon fee would " makl ao statemenV or his plans. His T: order from the War Department imp!' direct bim to Clintoa.-!- "- -hX--- ; Flying th dtrHavilaar plaarlfb. il which bore' hinv across th continent hundreds of miWchead of his nearest competitor ia the recent race, Lieutea. ant Mayaard,XBeVgeant Kline, hi me chanician, and Trixie the mascot landed on the field, two mile east of Hal. Int. -L 1 ... . . l wr waiting ta greet bim. Arrange ment had been icade to receive the . flyer here Monday. He wa xpeeted the, until a telegram from him to The New and Observer yesterday moralag brought thnr announcement t "Am leaving this moraine. Hone ta b in Baleigh thi afteraooa. X a lew noura later a additional tela-i grant from the pilot ia !. Waahingtoa said: "Leaving Washington for Bal- . eigb1, one o'clock." - X ----- Expectee Shortly After Three Figuring hia approximate, (need, it wa estimated that without miahaa tb plane would reach Baleigh hortly after three o'clock.! Mo arrangementa could , be mad for a landing field, and it waa t . a matter of speculation aa to where the ' airman would drop dowa. Argument were la favor ol th field east of Baleigh'- now being used by . Lieutenant Bunrfer and once selected a aa official landing field for Baleigh. .A T." was - laid off oa th ground with White eloth. . ' ! Lieutenaat Ruaer' machine -was draaa. l - up to th side, and tb reeeptloa party including rspreeeaiAtive er Trie firw and Observer, Mr. John A Park, chair man -of the Chamber of Commerce wel- : ' ' come committee, and Mr. M. Bi Beaman , Sewtary Bf"tTigtainber- BT CSmmereeT sat down by the Buaser plaa at three - X. - 'clock, for- thc-Vait, -i - ! . S ' It wa. a short on, i At I:SS th : de Haviland shot interview, just a Bar ' - speck in the' North but the powerful voice of th motor aa it ,wept toward t Ba)eigb denominated it j no ordlnsry ! a machine. Sweeping ia a circle' West ; ward a it reached tb city, th plana ' - disappeared from the watchers as if it ' -might have made a landing Ft th Fair t grounds, ountry club or th Camp Polk 7 ' Thr"arT."iermbr for auto mobiles, but th ' d Haviland darted -back in sight, flow around Baleigh to the South and: beaded straight for th landing field elected. Make Beautiful Landing.' "lifeotenaht rBflttaerXTnountedX the K wing of bi ship and stretched a hand- J - JiMc.MtJn:,.Ahi..iitln.dwhna machine roared, overhead. Twice it eir ! eled! the field, loing altitude. Then; 4------ with a quick dive dowa ward from the j Wcsl, it took th ground aa lightly a .; a bird and swept past th spectators, to j a graceful toy. With, th aid of Lieu- " " " tei ant Buaser nd Lieutenant Turner. the jpewerful de-Haviland wa turned -about and parked under lta owa power j beside the ,Busr hlp. , " , K Lieutenant Waynard, ia th pilot'a I scat showed fin Jin 6f straight whit j teeth as" h grinned hi greeting ea ; th 1 urowd. . He swung himself from ! j the! machine" and JTrof. Hubert Jone. 1 ne! of hit instructor at Wak Forct , ' College, grasped hi band as a squad of . Wak Forest student greeted their (Continaed Pag Two) r V
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 2, 1919, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75