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Observ WEATHER: : Fair MendJy Tsesday "fair slightly UtMI nudes-ate northeast te ut wlaus. ; WATCH LABEL. a raw mir. mnil t ra Mac esnimlM aas uveas taslas sir. ssse. VOL CX. NO. 126. 1 TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N.G, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1919. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICEt FIVE CENTS. The News andl 1? INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO DEAL WITH COAL SITUATION ASKED FOR BY BROTHERHOOD ' Officials of Locomotive Engi neers Suggest Assembling of Body To Deal Broadly With Conditions INJUNCTION CONDEMNED AS MEANS OF ENDING , . . COAL MINERS' STRIKE - I ; , , ' - 'Attorney General Palmer and " 'Associates Cheered By conn " dential Beports Which Were Said To Show Tendency In Some District! To Disregard " , Strike 6rder; ; Government , Determines To Prosecute . Coal Dealers Who Profiteer .or Engage In Hoarding Dur--' inf TtttenTZmTgtTBiCjilXo Other Developments -1 Washington, Not. a.-flmmcdiats itept ssbHnt dustrial commission to deal broadly suggested today by the advieeryeard of the Brotherhood of Loeomotivs r-s- gineers. , ' - .,. - -''" Deploring "attempt at government by - injunction,'- aa a means of settling tha eoal itrike, tha , board, speaking for 85,000 member, declared, injunction proceedings would only make ' condi tions worse, "and defer, if not defeat, peaceful settlement.". y - The board stood out for an indus trial commission that would "recognize tha riglits of all eitlsens and not ba pledged to oppose collective - bargain ing.". Its statement, the only formal one bearing on tha strike issued here during the day, waa considered a di rect outgrowth of tha miners' walkout, . , and was prepared after 'full and eare j ful consideration t all questions lead I ing up ta the break between operators , cud mine workers. , , i T Cheered By Reports. . I The government's- next move in the ' effort ' to , keep the country supplied with fuel will depend upon what hap. lyens in the eoal fields tomorrow. . Attorney-General . Palmer t and his associates were cheered today, by eon- - - ndunlias sesioita which.-assro-. aaid to "i show tendency in some districts to rail or? the stria. Borne locale were ' asserted to b making efforts t this 'tad. s In ether ; places, however, the 'wlners were reported apparently de termined to stay out until their de- iinsnds were granted. "'"' ' In a general way ths confidential re ports were along the same lines as press dispatches showing that the unioa min ers, almost .to a man, had quit, while in the Bon-union mines work went en without apparent interruption. Attorney-General - Palmer's instruc tions to district attorneys to watch L sharply, lot- the first evidence of coa - spiracy to -restrict the output of. coal or profiteering, was taken to mean that the Department of Justice was prepar ing to open war on agitators, who might invade the mine fields and" at tempt to keep oat miners willing to return to their 'old Jobs. " With all strike benefits cut ' off by the court, officials believe th -miners, ' or a large number of them, will go, back to work, provided they are not urged to stay oat and are not swayed by agita tors. .- I ' Will Preeeeete Dealers. ' The Department of Justice is just as determined to arrest and; prosecute to the limit eoal dealers who take advan tage of critical times to profiteer as it is to deal with representative! of the radical element who try to stir np trouble smonar the miners.- This detcr- iiltiMUJKJWr.4 ace marts put) lie vociay iq w men-attorney General Palmer administered a sharp rebuke to W. A. Marshall, presi dent f the wholesale eoal trade of New York, who protested against any, inter- - fereum-by-the - government wrth-- -eoal ' prices or supplies. Mr. Palmes' declared the government waa acting solely for the benefit of tha public and that the rosl dealers ought to be willing to erf- - operate in such national emergency 'even to the si tent - of . sacrificing . profits." - " ;." ' Wsrren 8. tfitone, grand -chief -of the ' Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which suggested the assembling ef aa " industrial commission, headed a dele gation which saw Attorney General Palmer a few hoars after the. injunction ' was issued kt Indianapolis. f- Members of the delegation said at that time that they merely wanted to offer their good offieoj to the government aad Mr. Btoae lierionalry declined to discuss the strike, saying the brotherhood's attitude would . be made known later. ,'" v '.'-. Today's statement was the first formal One to come from any member of the railroad delegation rises the eon fere see. Brotherhood lasaea Statement. ' The full text of the brotherhood state- - ment follower ' ,- v'" ' ,-, - l view of tli eondlttoni facing out '. country, at this time, which via, our judgment is far, more serious than dur lng fha late war. Inasmuch ss it affects all classes of the people, and in con sideration of the situation ths advisory board ef ths Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers assembled at Washington ' aad formulated the following declara tion of -principles " ' - The advisory board ef locomotive engineers, the undoubted Americanism of whose membership v should ' assure , them recognition not only by the gov ernment, but every factor contributing to ths welfare of all the people,' believe ' that . ' ' v " 'The industrial conditions 'mow eon- ' fronting the nation, with capital and labor occupying a militant attitude to ward each other, while the whole eeua try is suffering from the Alga cost of (Continued oa Page Two) PAUYIER PROMISES NO PROFITEERING Attorney General Writes New York Coal Dealer Plain Let ter On Subject r 7 OBJECTION MADETO FIXING COAL PRICES Oovernment Acts Solely la General Pnblic Interest, Pal mer Declares And He Will Not Permit Injunction To Be Used In Any Way For Bene- fit of Employers ' Washington, Nov. 8. Suggestion from tha 'wholesale .coal, trado "aij'ftcU' tioa of New York that the government should, jot.. (Is a mstimiim price., fori"!8 eoat or lntertere witn the , normal course of supply and demanfl during the strike brought from Attorney Gcn- eral Palmer today vigorous assertion tbst he would take ths same action against persona - enhancing - prices i was take against the union officers. . "The action of - the government was taken solely in the general public in terest," Mr. Palmer declared, ,. "and I shall not permit it to ie used directly or indirectly for the benefit of the em ployers side of the controversy. W. A. Marshall,' president oX the ss soeiatloa -wrote Mr. Maimer, recom mending that mirfers who want to work be given protection and that coal con sumers be allowed to obtain fuel through the usual, normal channels, lie asserted that with dequatff protec tion much eoal eould be produced to meet tne emergency, that fixing -a maximum price would curtail the ope rators' ability to meet abnormal pro duction costs caused ry the strike and discourage their i efforts to continue work, that priority lists would over stock certain consumers and allow otta ere to go without," and that the fuel eontrol set "eould be used f e provent attempts at profiteering. ; - " 1 i"l am In receipt of yen letter and am amased by . its ' eontcntsV the At torney General replied. , "While, of course proper protection will be given to -all miners who are willing to continue at work, it masf be perfectly plain to you that e.ven under such conditions the supply o eoal must be far from normal. Tour proposition amounts, in effect, to a declaration' that eoal dealers should be permitted to take advantage of the abnormal conditions and have their prices based entirely up on -the law of - supply and demand, which ia only another way of saving that they aheuld be permitted to charge the public whatever they please. ' The demand for fuel will be constantly in creasing and with the supply decreas ing, unless .there is government regu lation,' prices ehsrged to the public will be' outrageous and the profits accruing to dealers nnronserionable, you ought to be quite as willing as other citiaens te co-operate In the general public wel fare in this emergency, even to the ex tent of sacrificing profits. 4 ' "The action of the government In re straining the officers of the mine work ers union - from furthering tbo strike order already issued was taken solely in the general public interest and I shall not permit it to be used directly or indirectly for the benefit of the em ployers' aide of the controversy. If oayAvwwtaga ahaik4ytokaj.pf,jreasl ent conditions by nny arrangement or agreement of two or more persons to restrict either production or distribu tion in order to enhance tho pries ef fuel, I shsll without hesitation, tats precisely " theMm"gctiSSigatrit"iUh persons as has been taken against the officers of the mine workers union." NO BREAD IN PEtROGRAD THOUSANDS DIE DAILY Population of tEuniaa- Capital . Greatly Decreased - and ; , Schools Closed . Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. S.Petro- grad ban been without bread for the .hurt two weeks, thousands of persons dying daily, according to information brought to Helsingfors yesterday by I inn, who escaped from- a prison camp mi Moscow en October IS. The population ef Petrogrsd has fallen below 400,000, he said.: The schools were closed owing to lark of fuel, he also reported, while the prices of foodstuffs-now available were so high as to be entirely out of reach - of the '-poor. - Herrings wers bringing 200 rubles esch and potatoes 110 rubles the pound. Milk was 80 rubles the pint aad meat was unobtainable. Conditions ia Moscow, the returning Finn reported, were not much better. Stockholm, Nov. 2. A dispatch to tha Tidendeu from Helsingfors say ths fsmins In Petrogrsd is assuming ter rible proportions. Forty thousand per sons have died from starvation withla a month, it is declared.'" : i NC4 Leaves Miami Today. Mismi. Flai Nov. I. NC- and moth er ship Isabel got uader way here this morning shortly after seven o'clock to resume their voyage around toe pen iasula and upper gulf coasts and thence op the Mississippi river ea a recruiting expedition. Officers sad crew have bees entertained every moment during their stay in Miami, where Lieut. Com mander Albert C Read was formeyy commander of ths aval air station. MOMENT UM OE COAL CHECKED BY ORDER Deprived of Directing Hands of Its Leaders union Pre pares for Fight - t --- OPERATORS NOT YET PREPARED AS TO PLANS Railroad Authorities .Begin To Selxe .Coal In Transit, Se ' ports Show; Considerable "TnlereirAi To Exact Manner Injunction Order Will Be ; Considered By Union Chicago, TIL. Nov. 2. Information, obtained; from , the bituminous eoal fields of the United States in which United Mine Workors of America have Jeea ordered out on Strike, tonight in dicated that there would be nothing which could cheek the 'momentum of tW walkout 'despite the temporary' re straining order which was issued Fri day in the United States district court at Indianapolis. Deprived of the di recting hands, of its leaders, as a result of the injunction, the membership-of the union was prepared to enter the first full working day since the strike order became effective in aa effort to demonstrate its ability te halt the pro duction of soft eoal throughout the notion. . The operators, so far aa available re ports show, have not yet made plans to combat- the strike, notwithstanding, the fact that troops, both Federal and State, have been sent ia many in stances' to localities from which they might best guard the coal properties ia the contingency of, violent efforts to prevent non-union men from taking the places of the strikers. On ths other hand 'there has been no reported pick eting - activity . by members of ths unions. Both operators and strikers apparently hsd decided to await devel opments before either of them, takes a further deflaite'step ja the controversy. ,.' Seise Coal In Bestraint. ' Bepors from various railresd centers showed that seizure of eoal In -transit as ordered iqr tho Ffdetal fovenimsnt. had begun. Hundreds of ecal laden ears in transit were taken over by regional 'directors of the fuel adminis tration aad were sidetracked to await possible distribution uader tha admin istrstioa's priority schedule. Much interest was expressed" by oper ators' representatives aa to ths exact manner ia which .the restss,nipg order would tie considered oy anion leaders snd their followers tomorrow. Intima tion waa made that anything but strict obedience te the terms of the writ would be offered by the hesds of the union. Bather was (he conjecture "based upon what orders if any, that might eaneel strike arrangements would be given aad whether the men themselves would obey such orders ia event of their issuance. ' (Ceatlaued oa Page Twe) ROME PAPERS DISCUSS ASPIRATIONS OF FIUME Quote With Approval Becent - Interview of Italian Minis ter To America Borne, iWurday, Nov. 1. Alt the Rome newspapers reproduce today the interview given the. Associsted Press by Baron Romano Avessano, the New Am- .taasador. ttUa.itefe8ta4aailus. prior to bis departure from this city. Commenting -on the interview in which the Ambassador ' expressed the hope that the questions of Fiume and the Eastern frontier of. Italy would soon" be n'ttlcdr according to ' national aspirations and declared his policy will be to promote an intimate knowledge ef each ether by ,the two . peoples, the Tempo today says: Baron Jcomano rightly emphasised ths moral, political snd- cultural reas ons which. desDite tha sadness of this hear, cause tii- American and Italian peoples to appreciate esch other. The Ambassador's statement is perfectly In keeping with the gravity of the present moment. Bis words mean plainly that tho Adriatic problems cannot be solved without regsrd to the rights and senti-J mluiii f Hal. 1 The Tempo declares President Wil son's attitude is endangering - Italo- ) American relations, which should not be jeopardised, but points out that his occupation- of the. presidency is only for a definite term which will expire in due course. f -- ';..' President Wilson's rejection Of tha project of Foreign Minister Tittonl for the solution of the Fiume and Dalma tian questions Is n cause for thankful ness, the- Oiernale 4'iteliai declaree : as it "saved us from the painful renunci ation ot, two centres of undoubted Italianity President Wilson, the newspaper asserts "outraged nature and good snss when he proposed to -separate tho Island- of Cherso from that of Lussin, assigning the' former to the state of Fiume and the latter to Italy. FIERCE GALE BLOWS IN NEW YORK DURING SUNDAY New York,' Nov. J,' A Seres north west gale early today tore twenty light- era and . scows - rrom their dorks ia Brooklyn sad blew them down the has bor. Before they had been picked up by tugs several hours later, merchandise valued st 160,000 hsd been blown from their decks, including coffee, sugar and telegraph and wireless equipment in tended for American forces in Siberia. PUSHES FIGHT TO STOP COAL STRIKE f"K ,- y' ' -eji 4 f , J r "' - x if' ' i I I I " ' -K ,. -.' . J i i V panin .nin ,Hm aiis Kutsm iu Attorney General A, Mitchell Palmer, wB o' Tr"dUectTng"ego "frfument"'pfo-; CMdings sgainsttkenieklspfjtht United Mine Wprkers. The first move was the securing of - aa ' in junction, against them, and Mr.- Palmer has di rected district attorneys to report any further attempt'by two or more persons to limit eoal productiou.V v v L Little Beneficial legislation Enacted By Congress. Dur ing Present Session . COUNTRY DEMANDED : IMPORTANT MEASURES REPUBLICANS FA1 MAKING CAPITAL -.j.jiM..t ..t..-. rmAmi iSoantasg clause. A few other ameaeV TavestigatiOBS Into CondUCtlrr w.-i- b, presfated bat the Seaate fWoX'TKa"To;'':BT'atAay Damagin&r Evidence or T: Show Pacts - If ot Already Known and Admitted By The Democrats , . The News and .Observer Bureau, ' 00S District .National Bank1 Building. By R. E. POWELL. ' ' Jfiy Special Lcneed. Wire.) Washington, Nor. 2. Bepublleaa leaders in Congress have failed as sig nally to make political capital for their party and that was one of their pur posesas they have , to enact beneficial legislation for the country. A good legislative record would have .been at once useful to the people and advanta geous to the Bepublicaa party. . A cata logue of their opportunities ' hsppens also to be a list of their failures. When the Special session of Congress was convened last May the country ex pected and demanded a whole body of measures that would assist re-construction. There was, for instance, the prob lem of fixing the definite statue of the railroads, which were neither the prop erty of the government nor yet the ab solute possession of their-stockholders. For want of any decisive action of Congress- the roads still remain in the same which went to swell" the cost of living without' at ths same time representing large revenues to the government were on the books and they aro still oper stive, Provisio-o--4 he-sol lers"wikS generally desired and certainly was jus tified, but sven on the first anniversary of the armistice it , is stilt larking. Most important of all, there was need for the prompt restoration of pence at n pre-requiaite to the resumption of do mestic industry and foreign commerce, but jt stiH -watts on-hrBensterr- . Cause AU to 8sffer. As units in ths population, Bepubli-. cans aa well aa Democrats, Hoeialists aad Independents, suffer from this Be publicaa failure. As eitizena, workers, business men and consumers, and pecially as taxpayers, they would have welcomed and applauded a quick, effl eient, resultful solution of these prob lems, which touch so intimately the wel fare of every class, , But after ' Ive months of patient expectancy they are disappointed. It is inevitable that the recollection of these Republicans dcliu qeneies will be carried to the polls next year , by thousands of voters. . v Republican "investigations" into the conduct of TBenwr navpr6gWssed fw enough te aflmit of an assessment of their value either ss, correctives or de terrents. They have covered a good deal of ground and filled many thousands of pages with testimo'ny and documen tary materials. They have furnished texts for news and comment. They have served some part ban uses. Ths in quiries have been mads largely by Re publicans snd with a nepuDueaa ma jority to give what authority and monies were needed by the inquisitors to journey. here,, there aad yonder ia quest of evidence. ', No Damaging Evidence. , What has been adduced ia the way of facts to convince fliry aingls important official of the arnrernmeat of dishon esty or dereliction f Any person or fair mind, whatever bis political ereed, (Ceatlaeed(en Fags Twol. FUG DATE FOR VOTING ON TREATY If Senate Takes It Up Today But Little Prospect For Making v .Any Agreement WANT ADJOURNMENT BEFORE NEXT SESSION Repnblif ans Want Pinal Vote On November 12th While Democrats Want To 'Limit I Debate f Eeiume Debate To- day in Beg-ular Order, Taking , Up Labor Section Washington, Nov, 3. The question of filing a date for a final vote on the German peace treaty a question which involves - incidentally an approximate time or adjournment of the present session of Congress will come up for action tomorrow in the Senste. psslbili swer to the' dominaat question is not viewed., with ; optimism either by Re "publuian"br The latter, declare there is virtual ly no proa. pect of adoption of Bepublicaa Leader Lodge a proposal to vote finally oa the treaty November 12, while Republicans are strongly opposed to. that of Admin istration Leader Hitchcock to limit Sen ators talking time to 13 minutes be ginning tomorrow. Predictions were general tonight that no agreement of any kind -would be reached and that the treaty's consideration would proceed as usual. Senate leaders generally de sire an adjournment of Congress about November 13, so as togivs members a two weeks' rest before the December session snd. also, travel allowances for ths new session. t in the regular routine consideration of the treaty, the Senate will resume debate tomorrow oa the motion of Sen ator LeFollette, Republican, of Wis consin, to strike out the entire labor section. Other amendments to ba acted on is that (f Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, providing popular refer sndums an war declarations, and that of Senator Ledge te strike sut the hopes to, begin work in earnest this week oa reservations. In tho House, attention will be centered on tho rail road legislation, which is to be reported from tommittee late this week if pos sible with a view to passage before ad' journment. Late in the week tie House slso hopes to taks up ths merchant ma. rlns bill snd afterwards pass the resold. tioa requiring immediste sale of the army's surplus automobiles.; Import ant aneasares in conference between the two Houses this work are the oil aad coal laad leasing bill, the Cum mins bill restoring the Interstate Com' merce. Commission's rate making pow ers and ths Edge bill authorising for sign export finance corporations. - . Two new sad important measures to be lauaehed tomorrow ia the Senate are the sugar eontrol bill of Senator Me- Nary, Republican, of Oregon, and ahip ping bills by Chairman Jones, of ths Senate Commerce Committee. j - Although. Senators and Representa tives are greatly disturbed by the eoal aad steel, strikes and other industrial disturbances, ths general feeling st the Capitol seems to be that at present there is little Congress esa do. The miners'' walkout undoubtedly wift pro voke further debate tomorrow, , The Senate labor Committee hopes to sub mit this week i'. i report with legislative recommendations en the steel striks in- 'VtsswJsntaVlsSsaffi Study by the Senate and House Mill' tery Committees of permanent army re organisation is almost concluded. Gen eral Pershing is ta appear again before the., committees but legislative action-is sot looked for until the December ses sion. : V . ' : UNION LEADERS PLAN TO . CUT DOWN WORK TODAY Mass Keetiaft ofLGoal Miners ' In Alabama District Follow Qniet Day 7. - Birmingham, ' Ala, , Nov. 3. Mass meetings of Union miners were held st various points of the Alabama mineral district todsy and ' elaima were made tonight that there would be fower mines at work in Alabama tomorrow than on Saturday. Th day has been very quiet. One company oft Alabama national guard went into camp at the tttate Fair grounds and a company from Mont gomery is sn route to Birmingham by motor truck. These troops will be held in resdinesS and wilt be used only in case : disturbances arise ,'...-1'-'.....,-.. ! -Alabama eoal operators profess 'to be satisfied with ths aituation but claim it wilt be Tuesday before they tro nble to estimate the real, strength of tho strike mosement. Their figures on yes terday's work showed the day's, cost production to ba two-thirds' of normal. They claim this will be increased atond ily in the next few days. The Birmingham local of the litter aatioaal Typographical Union today ex pressed their sympathy' with, tiis strik ing miners aad offered their monil and financial support. - " 1 ' Trotsky Reads Message. . London, Nor. 1. A wireless message sent from Moscow snd signed by M.; Trotsky, BolsHVvik minister of war, do-, elares that ths anti-Bolshevik forces hsvs bees driven from the environs of Petrogrsd snd that ths city is free from any danger q capture. ' MOOTED QUESTIO PREVENTED FROM LEADING STRIKE - If ty ' " John U Lewis, ' acting president of. United Mine Worker's, is prevented by an injunction the United Htstes court from taking an acWe psH lh the strike of soft coal miners, which wss called by hlra after theccent eonven tioi 761 eoal miners. OFTHEDELEGATES International Labor Conference Claims Thev Were Mnt ' 'if.' Properly Named PROPER CREDENTIALS GIVEN TO COMMITTEE However, It Is Claimed They Do Not Represent Labor Ma jority of His Country; Japan, France, South Africa and Argentina . Are , ; Countries "Tna Are Concerned -. . Washington, Nov. S Seating of la bor delegates to the International Labor Conference from Japan, Fraaee, South Africa and Argentina will be contested at a meeting tomorrow of the confer ence's committee oa credentials. Protests against the seating of the labor delegates from each of the four countries have been laid before the cre dentials committee claiming that the delegate In question was not chosen fairly and doea not represent the labor majority of his country. , : All four of the protested delegates bear proper credentials from their gov- srnment. and it is expected that tlJ commutes at its meeting which win fol low the general session of the confer ence tomorrow will vote to admit tbem to the gathering,-The peace .treaty providea -that the several governments are the appointing powers, but that the government must accept the ''advice of leading industrial and labor organi sations. Labor leaders are so strougly dissatis fied with" the present basis of represen tation in the conference that the issue threatens to overahadow for some time the subject matter for which the con ference was called, although the ques- ,,tixuijeresejitatu.jJujnoim brought to s test vote before the ar rival of the Oermans and Austrlans, on which ths labor delegates count for Sup port. As ths conference now steads la bor-- ha one delegstfr to-each two for the government and one for capital. Tho appointment of n commission to take up ths question of unemployment is on the program for tomorrow aad may bring forth discussion ss to whnt policy the conference should adopt in handling this and the other four items ef its srenda. --A portion of the eon- ferenee membership desires to hare all questions debated in full aad open ses sions, but others contend that agree ment among all three groups govorn ment,- employers and labor can be reached more readily by a commission. ANGRY SAILORS STORM PRISONJN PENSACOLA Pensacola, Flaw' Nov. S.Effortsof shout 100 bluejackets from a warship saehored in the bay to storm the county jail here early today and -rescue oae of their number who had been arrested wers ' blocked by j the appesrsncs , of Sheriff Van ' Pelt and n number - of deputies. .-'-'-- .;s.i-.-T.....i... .. ..... Tho sheriff and his men T held the sngry sailors at bay until nnval officers could be ' summoned. ; The trouble started after the arrest of bluejacket by two deputies, who ' said provost guards sent ashore to preserve order were among the offenders. ' The sailor called oa. other snoa in uniform to res cue- him, they said, snd they were forced te draw their pistols and threaten to shoot before they eould clear n way to take the man' to jail. Tho trouble at the jail lasted only a short time,. Allies Answer Today. Paris. Nov. 2 the answer , of the Allies to Bulgaria's representstions re garding the peace treaty with that nation will probably be presented to morrow. The supreme eounell is ex pected to grant the Bulgarians tea days within which Jo submit their, final answer, -'",- v" - ' , CONTEST SEATING MAYNARD PREACHES TO CITY'S BIGGEST CHURCH GATHERING Will Fly To Wake Forest This Afternoon For Welcome ' x Events SPECIAL TRAIN WILL" CARRY RALEIGH FOLKS Sunday Is NonrFli-rht Day But lieutenant Haynard Is Pressed Into Service . For Talks at Snnday Schools In. Moniing and Church at Night ; - Lieutensnt Belvisj Msynsrd, pilot and hpreseher, will fly to Wske Forest College" ' today with Sergeant Kline, his meeha. nieiani and rtxi m volfcelfog ma- " eot, to participate In welcome monies planned b the faculty and stu . dents of Wake Forest. In honor of the vo.matrif.oViten..ni Jh..anmgm. 'J fhis fail ind then jumped into world prominence as first to fioish In tha trsuseontinentst tr fsce. A snecisl trsinJesviiigRjUeighat one e'cloeh will carry Meredith College students snd hundreds of others from Raleigh who. wish to attend the exercises in'"' which Governor Bickett and Col. Albert Cox will figure. Bundav wss a non-flisht tn, r.j... . tenant Maynard. but he worVed over. time in the churches. Three talks and a sermon plus n trip to Wske Forest to select a landing field, and dinner b inrnns, composed the principal . events in the dav'a irtirtilx kt ..- Bmaf Q-Baptist Tab. hrnac e, and st tne First BaptUt Sunday school yesterdar morninv ha r,U t,i. experiences ia tho air, whils he deUvered a straight sermon at tha T.-.-.i- . st nlsht snd wound np with n story of he flight to tho same congregation foU lowing the sermon. t , uahernacU', Biggest Crowd. Ci biegest-eongregstion that ever packed a Raleigh church heard Lieuten. ant Maynsrd Sunday night. More than twenty-dve hundred people, it was esti, fAn L,,T;",,,eilJ!' Ma tooJ "ry availablelfoot of floor space, while the pulpit platform was fringed "Wifh ,' bank of esger listeners. Before the tast reVMIetii,tnUriI(r away, ut those who got a foot-hold remained hrough the service and unanimously at the end. naked, by, show of hands, that the aviator talk seme mors. Dr. Weston Bruner, psstor of ths -ehurch presented the ministerial -student, as a preacher who did his part is built ths fouudstions for the fame he snd intrepidity In ths sir service. Lieutensnt Maynard read a part of J",!1, ".'PUt of Matthew and started his discourse with aa expres sion, of sppreeistion for the congrega tion snd sn explanation that he was "peaking without preparation. - -Come ta Fivi Nat - d v n came down here to do exhibition flying at a eounty f.irT not to Zaeh a sermon," he explained frankl? .-5 A,.- .. Z' "r. ana " . " poeaei a telegram, re jT'.Wy. bek of which hehadjotteu downfall ths notes he "Let your light so shine before men ttst they may see your good works and glorofy ..your: father wtich -is in -tieaven, were ths words of the text, taken fr-m Matthew 8:16. -With tha. , f.i P"""6 for little, mors than th,rty minute, on the obligations aad responslbilty ef wieldng persona influence in the right way. It doesn't matter of how little ira J?m '""t PiUo 1 UU is," ho whf'u't l to !lww """iy lM S.n-ar''"''- ' inflHenced by your example. - IiJrT. ""7 ot jon ars having you, ligh., dimmed and your influence baf- ,.tv ' W you ' won gvo- npP ho west on. "Bow many of you would be wielding si greater influence over your neighbor, hood but for sows precious little habit you are not willing to surreader." - - The Saddcwt Misfortune. Love, the speaker pointed out, Is one of the hghts that is often hidden nn" ' wi-fH'" I" ,r'u"i 'w treater JorrlH the home, between husband andv 1ri2't between parent and child. "The saddest misfortune that -n befall our nation is to hsve eur homo . ttes broken up," he said', threatening to call for a show of heads for ths husbands who didn't love their wives enough aad the husbands who loved some other man's wife. The flying parson,, didn't mines mat ters when he cane to the liquor ques tion. Voicing his gratitude that tho Uaited States is a 5ry n.tion, as re" l peated the Itory that he had heard in. New York that North Carolina is tho Stats in which to get a drink. V Urges Law Enforcement. That doesnt do credit to North Carolina and it wouldn't do credit to any... istatc. , be . continned wsrmly. "There is no uso for us to hsve laws if those laws are not going to bs en forced by the officers-snd bbeyed by the people." s .. , v Gossiping, gambling, swearing receiv ed the hearty attack asthe,.preacher.;, called upon parents to guard over the . influence they aro wielding ever their children. As a personal experience, ho told of aa Incident that occurred while he waa teaching school In South Caro lina soms years ago. He kept a ten year old student in school oae after-. aeon for some misdemeanor or other. After n while, he told the boy he might golf he. would promise not to -repeat the act. The boy waa stubborn, and kung his head. After a while when all ' efforts failedHthe boy looked up. ' "Why should I promise you that I ' wont do something that my father does .... , (Continued on Page Two.)