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The News and - WEATHER: ' Rain and colder Tharadar, mack wider at night, with a moderate cold wave. WATCH LABIt. erver am rer 9pt, I'M S.rS Mar .rtlritl. mnil I missus a stasis wt. VOL. CX. NO. 150. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1919. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. VAGE ADVANCE OF 14 PER CENT OFFERED TO MINERS; THEY VILL NOT ACCEPT Fuel Administrator Would Maintain Government Con' trol Over Coal Prices NO INCREASE NOW TO CONSUMER EXPECTED Speaking For Government, Dr Oarfleld Announces Conclu siont To Operators and ' Miners' Wage Scale Com mittees; Eeriewi History of Tiling of Prices By Govern meat During War; Declares . Miners Without Proposed In crease Better Off Than Any Other Classes of Employ men Now Washington, Not. 26. A government plan for settling th toft coal strike which embodied a fourteen per eent wage Increase for miners and the stip '' ulation that there should be no increase la the price paid by the public, was laid before miners and operators tonight by Fuel Administrator Garfield. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Wine Workers of America, announced that the miners would not accept. After a three-hour conference at which representatives - of the miners onenlv declared the new scale was "in sulting and sharply questioned Dr, Garfleld, the sub-scale committee com posed of miners and operators met to consider the settlement plan and quick ly adjourned. Another meeting win M held tomorrow. ( The miners refusal to aecept, while not announced to Dr. Garfield, was - txken bv the oDerators to be definite, Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the Coal Operators Association, declared the Garfield 14 per eent. statement formally v. eliminated Seerstary Wilson's proposal for a 81 per eeat increase.' -. "The operators are ready to negotiate new wage agreement" Brewster said, "despite Dr. Garfield's statement that the government will not permit an aa vsnee la the twice of coal." There waa sharp note of protest from the miners over the amount or increase, which was much lower that they had expected. Frank Farringtoa, t president of the Illinois district of miners, was cheered when he declared that union mena his State would not accept it Answering Farringtoa, who wanted to know if miners refusing to work would be classed as outlaws. Dr. Garfield said - the aovernmint could not compel any' - body to work, but that it would provide very protection for those willing to go into the mines and give the country , the eoal ft needs. - While the -sub-scale committee will give consideration to the proposition, the full committee, representing both sides, will remain here to receive any plan of aettlemeat that might be agreed - npon. ...','.. ' Operators here will meet tomorrow to decide whether to grant the increase in view of Dr. Garfield s positive an rounccment that no increase in the price of eoal wonld be allowed. Many of them shared the view expressed by Phil H. Peana. of Terre Haute, Ind., that some of the largest companies would . .be foreed to shut down if that much increase was given. Boca End of Negotiations. William Green, sec rotary of the United Mine Workers, declared tomor row would see the end of all negotia tions aa "the operators are opposed to granting any increase , and the miners cannot proceed oa the figures given by Dr. Garfield. Many of the miners said thev awreed with Alexander Howat. president of the Kansss miners, who announced that H we are nnaoie to reeeive a wage here that will guarantee ns a decent living 965 days in the year, - ' we will go home and fight for a while. Ia exDlaiaing his statement at the joiat conference, Dr. Garfield said that ia computing the wage advance no sad accepted Secretary Wilsoa's estimate Of ... 79 per eeat increase ia the eost of liv ing sine 1913, which waa the highest estimate made by any body. Dr. Garfield declared that miners to day wars receiving higher wages with out the 14 per eent increase than any other class of workers ia the country. At the opening of the meeting Dr. i Garfield read his statement carefully, while both sides gave him the closest attention, j He declared that it was not a proposal, but a statement of facts. John. U Lewis, jumping to his feet, at the conclusion of the Fuel Admin istratora statement, wasted to know what had become of the propossl by Secretary Wilson. v Cabinet Behind Proposal. "The miners came to Washington," Lewie said, "at the request of Secretary Wilson, who is authorised under the law to arbitrate disputes. We under stood that he represented the Cabinet and Indirectly the President himself. Acting in his official capacity Secretary Wilsoa offered the miners aa advance of thirty-one and six-tenths per eent. "Does the government intend to re pudiate the act of its authorised agent, . or abide by itt" "There is so gentleman ia the Cabinet I respect more thaa Secretary Wilsoa," Dr. Garfield replied. "His powers are clearly defined. Among other .things his duties are to effect conciliation. But under the labor aet the President was empowered to control prices nad that kduty was conferred upon the Fuel Ad- ,,' (Continued en Page Two.) SECRETARY GLASS BACKS UP MO Bituminous Coal Mines East of Mississippi Made "Fabulous Profits" In 1917 OPERATORS MAKE LESS MQNmMLAIEBJfAR$ Secretary of. Treasury Gives Beview of Profits of Cgal Operators . Based On Data furnished By Experts of In ternal Revenue Bureau; Act ually Lost Money in 1914-15 Washington, Nov. 26. Bituminous coal mines east of the Mississippi river in 1917 made "what might be termed TaKuloua profits," the general-average being from 100 to ISO per eent on in vested capital, according to a statement issued tonight by Heeretary Glass, bssed oa data furnished' by experts of the Internal Bcvenuo Bureau. "Oonl operators generally in the United States in the years 1914 and 1815 lost money when normal depletion and depreciation are taken into con sideration," the statement said. "What is meant by this ia that proper items in fixing eost is depreciation of plant and depletion of the cost or value of the eoal ia the ground. "In the latter part of 1916 all eoal companies in the United States, save those in the extreme West, began mak ing money with the result that the op erations for the year 1918 generally show a profit of from 10 to 35 per eent. on capital invested. .. ' "In 1917 sll bituminous eoal mines east of the Mississippi river made what might be termed fabulous profits, -the general average being from 100 to 150 per eent. on invested capital, the range being from 13 to 800 per cent. "In 1918 conditions were' not so good fa' the Appalachian and Central com petitive districts profits generally be ing reduced 25 to 30 per cent less than for the proceeding year, the range being from IS to S0O per eent on invested capital. In the. West conditions in 1918 were better than ia 1917, the profits in the Bocky Mountain districts ranging as high as 400 per cent on invested capi tal. ' ... i "Unofficial figures for 1919, ineoin plete of course, indicate that profits of the operators are less thaa for 1918, some of the operators claiming to have actually lost money." OPERATORS PUT UP SMOKE SCREEN, McADOO CHARGES. New York, Nov. 0. Bituminous coal operators were accused of obscuring the issue and again challenged -to produce their income tax returns by William U MeAdoo, former Secretary of the Treae nry, in a formal answer today to their telegram criticising his earlier state ment that they made "shocking and in defensible profits in 1917," and should not be allowed to increase tfrices of eoal "Whatever the margin per toa was." Mr. MeAdoo added, "if it resulted in ex cessive profits oa the capital employed. then -clearly the publio should not be made to pay higher prices for coal and the mine owners should absorb the wage increase to the men.. There need be no controversy about ths matter because the ineome tax returns speak for them selves. . ' i - "The statement la. your telegram." said his reply, addressed to th opera tors' committee at Washington and made du Due here, "that the, -average margin per toa of all coal mined in 1918 waa 45 cents has ao bearing upon this issue. ,' Those overages are fre quently used as convenient smoke seresns to obscure the facts. The ques tion is what were ths profits oa the capital employed by the mine owners regardless of the avenue oroflt that mav havr'be"6Bv-raed on each ton of eoal." "Jon state that -the bituminous eoal operators will welcome the publication of just aa full current tax returns for the bituminous coal industry as are pub lished for any other industry. Ths pub lication of return far any other indus try has nothing to do with this case. Coal ia vital t the life of the American people and basic to every industry in this country. ... ,- "Before the coal operators are nor. mitted to increase the price of coal which would mean taking toll from every factory, every industry, svery business and from every domestic fire side in America, it should be clearly demonstrated that the increase is Jus tified. Under the law the Secretary of the Treasury may publish the returns with the President's permission and I hope, for the sake of the American pub lie, that aueh publication will be made. I am convinced that the increase wages proposed by Secretary Wilson for the mine workers are just and reasonable because they equalize the miners' wages with the present increased cost of living a shown by Secretary Wilson'e figures." ' ' Evaded Draft Regulations. Atlanta. Oa Nm MF.I. Of Blairavtlle. Cm was imA i. p. era! district court here today of evading the army draft by falsely claiming to be more thaa forty-five years of age. Hs was acquitted recently of murder when several of bis relatives were con victed in connection with tha Villln. a federal deputy. NO ACTION TOWARD RAILROAD STRIKE BY BROTHERHOODS No Vote On Director General's Offer of Time and Half For Freight Service MAY TURN DOWN OFFER ' ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS Whole Question of Relation of . Railroaders'. Wages To Cost , of Living Taken Up at Con . ference: Want Government To Make Adjustment Before Giving Up Roads f -leveind j Ohio? Nov.. 2& action,. looking toward a railroad strike by the four Railroad Brotherhoods was taken today by the 500 general chairmen meet ing here to art on Director General of Railroad Hinea' offer of time and one- half for slow freight service and no vote was taken on the proposition, although a motion to vote on it was adopted. The conference adjourned late this af ternoon and will meet again tomorrow morning. Discussion of the proposition and the request of the firemen aad trainmen for a general wago increase oc cupied this afternoon's session. The morning session adjourned at noon for luncheon and one of the Brotherhood chiefs announced that vote ou the overtime pi.osition had been taken, but it later developed that this was an error and that only a mo tion to vote on it was adopted. Msy Tarn Dowa Proposition. When the conference reassembled this afternoon the Director General's offer was again taken up. Many amendments were offered by the delegates and fur thcr requests were sent to Washington for explanation of its -workings in eon nection with the elimination of arbi trages and allowances as stipulated by the Director General. It was learned from an authorita tivs source tonight, that the delegates are opposed to accepting the proposi tion if all the arbitaries' and allow ances existing in many schedules at present are eliminated, figuring that the loss of these arbitrages and allow. anees i nearly ' equal to the amount gained by ths overtime offer.- -. ' Many delegates claim the members of ths four Railroad Brotherhood have been discriminated against, it was said, ia the recent granting of increased wages to other railroad employes. The general ehaumea and chief executives of the firemen, conductors and train men were in session tonight working on figures "to show how the time and one-half for overtime in slow freight service with the elimination of arbi trages and special allowances will at feet their members. Dlaeass Wage la General. The conference was called to discuss ths overtime offer of the Director Gen oral, but it was learned tonight the whole question of the relation of rail- t the wafers of other railway workers has been thoroughly debated during the two days' meetings . Many of the dele gates take the stand thst the government ought to adjust the pay of all railroad employes ao that the same differentials will be preserved which were ia effect at the thus the railroads were taken ever by the government.. Thousands of railroad, workers who were getting lower wages thaa certain classes of . employes ia the operating service at the beginning of the war are now getting more, it ia claimed, and speakers in the meetings are said to be insisting that the old differentials be restored before the railroads are re turned to private, ownership. The . demand for a general wage in. crease by the Brotherhoods of Firemen' aad Trainmen which it is understood is approved by the eoaduetora organli tions were under discussion today. The firemen are asking aa' increase of ap proximately fifty per cent and the train men forty per cent. The engineers have not made any request for an in crease. ' . . : BULGARIA SIGNS TREATY AT PARIS THIS MORNING Paris, Nov. ifl. Contrary to expecta tion!, the . plenipotentiaries of Jugo slavia did not sign fW Austrian peace treaty this ; afternoon. The reason gives by them waa that they found they did not have the requisite powers to sign ths different annexes. The plenipotentiaries have sight days within which to procure the necessary powers, and it ia believed here that this au thorisation will be received within that period. -x ' Ths annexes provide for the protec tion of racial minorities, reparations concerning Italy and a financial ar rangement regarding sharing of ex penses in the liberation of the former Austria-Hungarian monarchy. The time for the signing of the Bulgarian peace treaty has been definitely fixed for 10:30 a. m. tomorrow. It will take place ia the Neuilly tow hall. : One Killed; Foar Injared. . Ailiburn, (ia Nov.- 28. An automo bile that skidded oa the rosdway and turned over twelve miles north of here lata today, brought death to one man and injury to four others. Henry Boberts, of Canton, was killed. The injured: J. G, Lewis, Kennesaw, crush ed ribs, believed to be fatally Injured; G. F. Lewis, Keanesawi i. 8.' Ellison, Montezuma, and a man named Black well, of Atlanta. North Carolina Firm Bays Station. N Vnrk. Ka. 2rt Th P.lh.m R. Naval training station was sold today for 1158,000 to a North Carolina wreck ing eompany. . MEXICO DECLINES DEMAND OF THE UNITED STATES FOR RELEASE OF JENKINS Mexico City, Nov. 6. Declaring there is "no legal foundation nor principle of international law" upon which the United States bases its de mand for the immediate release of Wm. O. Jenkins, United States Con sular agent at Puebla, the Mexican government through Hilario Medina, under secretary of Foreiga Belations, tonight stated it was impossible to accede to the request of the Ameri can State Department. It ia asserted that the executive department cannot under Mexican law intervene at this moment ia an affair which ia strictly in the hands of state courts. It is declared the imprisonment of Mr. Jenkins was neither unjustified nor arbitrary and that Mr. Jenkins ia preventing his own freedom by refusing to give bail, for which reason, it is said,; "he cannot be considered a "victim of molestation.' El Paso, Tex, Nov. 28. The text of the reply of the Mexican govern ment to tho note of the United States asking the immediate release of Wm. O, Jenkins, Amerirae, eon, sular agent at' Puebla, Mexico, waa received tonight by Andres G.'Gar eia, consul general at El Paso. HOWE FRIENDLY TO RADICAL ELEMENT ON ELLIS ISLAND Former Immigration Cbmmis sioner Writes Letters Show , ing Sympathy For Them CONGRESSIONAL PROBE BY COMMITTEE STARTED Men Held For Deportation Con tinue Hunger and Silence ' , Strike; Present Gonunis . sioner Testifies Former Ad ministration Tended to Hake a "Forum of Bolshevism" v$ew York, Nov. 2. Letters showing i sympathetic attitude on the part of Frwdwriek O.'Hoiwe, formerly- omrats sionsr of Immigration at Ellis Island toward radicals who had been ordered deported were read today at an inquiry by the House immigration committee. They were produced after testimony by Byron H. Uhl, now acting commission er at the Island, that conditions tinder Howe s regime tended to make the Island a "forum of Bolshevism, a bawdy bouse and a gambling house." - J. The correspondence, taken by the committee from the files at the Island, include letters writtea by Howe to George Andreytchine, a radical whose deportation order was cancelled i Eliaa. both Gurley Flynn and Louis F. Post, assistant Secretary of Labor. One re eeived by him from Emma Goldman, and one from Dante Barton, vice chair man of the Committee en Industrial re lations to Miss Helen Marot, ia ears of "The Masses," a radical New Yerk pub lication. . . , . Radicals Write Utters. Miss Goldman urged Howe not to send "to sure death'' in France, Joseph Uold berg, a white slaver and a friend of i defendants in Los Angeles dynamiting cases, umeial records read oy tns com. mittee showed Goldberg had been allow ed to go to Spain at his own expense after being ordered deported. Andreytchine. an I w, w. rioter wrote npon cancellation of an order of deportation! ' .. A . UBT KVIUI w ll ;vi v your appreciation and support. Yours as ever, for the emancipation of man kind." ' -:... ' In reply Howe wrote t- was im mensely gratified to receive your letter advising - me that Aeting Secretary Densmore had cancelled your order lor deportatioa," Elizabeth tGurley Flynn wrote Howe jn' regard to Andreytchine t I count you among the first to see that this young rebel is not sent to certain death." . ' I Howe replied with a formal review of the ease and added the postscript: "This is a very official letter, I kaow." Howe wrote to Louis r. Post, assist ant secretary of labor, in regard to the Andreytchine easel The young man is a clean, whole some, nice looking fellow and Mrs. J. 8. Cram has telephoned me several times about him." A latter from Dsnta Barton to Helen Marot, in regard to Andreytchine, said! .! I think we can feel pretty sure that Fred Howe will continue his parole. . That will give ns a longer time to make stir with the help of the whole; radical beach. Dens. more's opinion ' that ' he must be de ported ia a rotten legalistic rat-eyed reincarnation of attoraeyism. " Possibly we can scare Secretary Wil son", ..- , , - :. ', .. Mr. Uhl testified that in departmental matters Howe had gone over the head of bis1 superior, Antlii sj Csmlnetti, commissioner general immigration, and dealt with officials of the Depart ment of Labor. Uhl bow deals with Caminetti, be testified. Mr. Camlaetti was at the Island today, but did not attend the hearings. ' While the committee waa conducting its inquiry into the former administra tion a hunger strike and a silenee strike by more thaa three score radicals at the Island continued. The committee an nounced that some of the. radicals would be brought before it for exami nation Friday, before if necessary. Three radicals were so hungry today (Ontlnstd on Page TnlrteenJ.. E BY FEDERAL JUDGE Court Issues Injunction Against Enforcement of War-Time Prohibition HOLDS CONGRESS ENDS WAR IN TREATY VOTE Judge Foster Argues Farther That President Wilson By Vetoing Volstead Act De mobilised Army and Navy; Saloon .Keepers Must Now Guard Against Profiteering four per eent beer, wines, cordials, in short complete barroom assortments of liquors were purchased freely ia New Orleans tonight, following the granting of an injunction today by Federal Judge Foster, which in effect held the war-time prohibition acts unconstitutional. Less thaa aa hour after Judge Fos ter had enjoined Federal authorities from interfering with the sale of bond ed whiskies la compliance with the pe tition of the Herman1 Leiser Liquor Company, barrooms were serving liquor in steadily varied assortments. Mix -id drinks were unobtainable during the day because of the rush for "straight liquor.' later, however, it wss pos- sible to obtain practically all of the widely known mixed drinks, for many yeara peculiar to New Orleans. Freneh restaurants served claret with dinners. Judge Foster ia his decision to grant the injunction ruled that the world war cams to an official end when Con gress adjourned recently Without lectins: the peace treaty with Germany, He maintained that' whea President Wilsoa vetoed the Volstesd war-time prohibition enforcement bill Oetboer SS. 1919, the President declared the army and navy forces demobilixed. Officers Are Enjoined Through the injunction, Frank M. Miller. United States Marshal, aad his deputies, Superintendent Forrest Pea derton, of the Department of Justice aad his aides, Bufus Fontenot, internal revenue collector and be) assistants and Henry Mooney, United States district attorney, are barred from "intarferring vita-.the : Heraaa-Leise Laae-.ta panylor any other liquor dealer in the sale of intoxicating liquors in nw Orleans.1 - . - , Judge Foster formally held thst 2.75 per eent beer was non-intoxicatlug. Above the enthusiasm of liquor deal era, however, loomed the warning of the United States district attorney ana the internal revenue collector that a strict record waa being kept of liquor selline. snd that should the Supreme Court of ths United States declare the war-time prohibition seta constitutional prosecutions would-be instituted. , Warns Against rroB(eerlng. District "Attorney Mooney, npon learning of report that saloon keepers bad aa-Teed to make a flat enarge or. ou cents per drink for whiskey, announced that should they combine to charge high prices for drinks, they would be prosecuted for profiteering. Whiskey sold in most places at zo cents far a drink, about half the sue formerly sold. Higher grade whiskies served in old-style glasses sold from 35 to SO cents. Bottled whiskies, bonded, were to be had at an average of S6.00 a quart, some places, how ever, being without other ' than the cheaper grades. Wines were procur able at aa average of about 26 per cent over former prices. At all of the downtown .saloons crowds remained until closing time. Taxieab companies reported an old- time rush of customers to tho road houses and cafea at the Lake resorts. Stocks sufficient to last until January 16, ahould the Supreme -Court rule that war-time prohibitioa was unconstitu tional, were, reported by wholesalers. Practically aone of the liquor ia ware houses here wss exported. Brewers had not decided tonight whether their stocks of beer contain ing a higher percentage of alcohol than one-half of one- per cent could be in creased by resumption of the manufac ture of former content. Sarwrise Attsek Planned. Borne. Nov. . The Socislist erna Avanti today warns the government that Gabriels d'Annunzio is preparing a surprise descent on Trieste. 'The newspapers says thst d'Annuntio aban doned his original intention of effect ing a landing at Aneons, but recently eent emissaries to sound local officers at Trieste, giving ground for the be lief that the poet is aiming at the es. tablishmcnt there of a militarist' gov ernment. . ... . ' ..-. " No Word From Governor. Boanoka, Va., Nov. 26. No word was received today from Gov. Davis by offi cer in command of the sis companies of National Guard which have beea hers since Sunday awaiting orders' thst will either send them to the St. Chsrlss, Lee county coal fields, , er ' back ' to their homes. w .... f. Coarirted of Defrauding. Keaae, of Washington, D. C, connected with T. T. Keane Company, was found guilty todsy ia the federal court en the charge of conspiracy to defraud, bribery aad corruption of petty officers. In the purchase of. .supplies. Judge Edmund Waddill delayed sentence until later in the term p f the eourt. . Killed By Train. Wilson. Nov. 2M Joshua Farmer, a prominent farmer of the Elm City sec tion, was struck and almost instantly killsd by a Coast Une train late Mon day afternoon at Kim City His fu neral was held at 11:30 yesterday by Elder W. M. Monsecs, of this city, " : NEW ORLEANS WID OPEN AFTER ORDER VILLA'S LIEUTENANT FACES FIRING SQUAD I I , . - . 1 1 Gen. Felipe Angeles, Villa's chief lieutenant, who was captured by Fed eral troops near Parral after a pursuit lasting seven days, wss executed by a firing squsd at Chihuahua City yester day following his conviction by a eourt martial of rebellion against bis govern ment. ANGELES KILLED Former Villa Lieutenant Exe euted at Chihuahua City After Court-Martial MEXICAN GENERAL HAD "AN EVENTFUL CAREER Gained World Tame As Artiller ist and Credited By . Both Friends and Enemies As Be ing Unselfish Patriot; Wash irijrton Officials Hava No Comment To Hake EI Paso, Texaa, Nov, 36. (By the As sociated' Press.) General Felipe Ange les,' Mexican revolutionary leader and enemy of the Carransa government de clared a patriot by his friends, waa ex ecuted as a traitor to the Mexican gov ernment by a firing squad at Chihuahua City, Mexico, at 6:35 a m. today. He had never recognized the present gov ernment . as rightfully representing Mexico., . The specific charges against Angeles was rebellion. He was. found gailty by four Carranta generals sitting as court martial at Chihuahua City at 10:43 o'clock last night, after a session that had lasted almost continually for ap proximately 39 hours. - Angeles throughout the world was known aa a military genius. Ha was the reouted friend of Americans and during his trial lauded this country and its cit izens. He waa the man who brought about the 73 millimetre gun to the per fection that gave it fame as the world's most efficleat piece of artillery. For his work for France he waa mada a Chevalier of the French legion of honor. Anselea came out of Mexico in lvlO snd bought a dairy farm near El laso. Later he went to work for tha French government inspecting munitions. Five -lays after the world war ended with the signing of the armistice, Aa geles returned to Mexieo ss the intel lectual leader or tns vuia movement. It was said ' Villa promised outrages sgainst foreignes aad natives would be stopped if Angeles would join him. Villa proclaimed Angeles provisional President of Mexico. Angeles had been quoted as saying be believed a day of accounting between the United States and Mexico had been rtponed by the great war and : that wished to save his people from this by ""calling the people to repentance," sad welding them into a single mass for ths uplift of all. When he went across the line to Join Villa he said : 1 am going back to lift my country out of the depths of outlawlessnese to which she has fallen, or else to die zor her." - - - V. " sswaWsswsBwswSM-amw Store Kobbers Csaght. Salisbury. Nov. 28 While loading $300 worth of goods into an automobile from the store of Linn A Co. at Landis, into which they, had broken last night, four robbers were detected by the own ers whea they attempUd t? escape and were chased ten miles across country by Mr. Linn, and his son. One of the robbers escaped and three were cap tured when foreed to stop to take in their machines. They .were lodged ln I ST ., hvrJ aWsawnanmnannaBB RRlflG SQUAD jail ia Salisbury. ; V'': - i STATE TEACHERS ASSEMBLING FOR 26TH SESSION Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner Educa tion, Speaks HMsnawswanwa PLAN OF REORGANIZATION UNDER CONSIDERATION Teachers Will Meet In lnwafanvial f fA fl W Va Tsf elaVI SH - sion of Problems; Thanks-' giving Serrice at 11:30 In City Auditorium and Another Session Same Place Tonight .; f ROGftAK TODAT- 11:JS a. m. Thanksgiving Service 1 1. Music (Special Program, IS minutes) Meredith College, t. Prsrsr. S. Hjrma. 4. Bible Leesoa. I. Mask. C. Sermon Rev. W. A. Lambeth, pastor of the Wesley Memorial M. E. Church, High Point. N. C 8:o p. m. General Sessions X. Music (Special Prog ram, II minute.) Raleigh High ScheoL . President's Address Mr. N. W. Walker, Chapel Hill. 5. Maaie (Soeg by audience). 4. Address t "Reslltles la Educa tional Values" Dr. Aleasadsr lag. lis, Division of Education, Harvard University. j : The North Carolina Teachers' Assem bly started oh its twenty-sixth annual session yesterday afternoon with a busi ness meeting in the city auditorium and followed it up last night with a general meeting in the same place when addresses were delivered by Miss Grace A. Day, of Teachers' College, Co lumbia University, and by Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education. , This morning at 11:30 iathe audito rium the teachers will join in Thanks giving service with special music by Meredith College students and a ser mon by Rev. W. A. Lsmbctlvpsttov of Wesley MemorisX!!. E. Church, HIkU Point. Preceding this meeting the va rious orgsnisations which go to make up the Teachers' Assembly will meet ia the places assigned. Tonight, ia the auditorium, beginning at 8 o'clock, Mr. N. W. Wsjker, of Chapsl Hill, president of the assembly, will deliver the presi dent's address and Dr. Alexander Inglis, Division of Education. Harvard University, will discuss "Realties ia Educational Values." Teachers poured into Baleigh on all traina yesterday, and more- thaa seven hundred were present for the meeting last night. Today, it is believed, tho number will be swelled to the fifteen hundred mark. At the opening business meeting President Walker named the resolutions committee composed of Dr. J. L roust. Greensboro, president; Superintendent H. P. Harding. Charlotte: Mrs. C. P. Blaloek, Raleigh Superintendent H.J. McLean, Beaufort: and Miss Eunice An derson, Johnston county. Plsn For Reorganisation. At the opening session the committee oa reorganisation appointed at tho 1917 meeting of the Assembly in Charlotte to devise means of making the Assembly more business-like and more represen tative of all the teachers ia the State made its report, to be diseussed at the closing session Friday. The report of the committee pnroposes to change Ar ticle III of the ' constitution to read as follows: ' "Membership in the North Carolina teachers assembly shall be limited to white persons actively engaged in any branch of educational work ia the State. The assembly shall consist of local branches organised ia the various counties in the State. A local branch may be organised by twenty-five er more teachers. Each local shall be en titled to one delegate to the business meetings of the assembly aad to one additions! for each tea members be longing to the local branch. Tho an nual dues of local units shall not bo over $1.00; fifty cents of this to bo paid to the secretary of the assembly by the secretary of the local unit for each member, Any member of a local branch msy be elected to bold office im the assembly or take" part ia tho dis cussions of the (business meetings, bet only duly elected delegates who. are present msy vote. Ths executive com mittee shall.be the .credential commit tee." ..... ' ,.. Article IH of the constitution reads ss follows: v --The members of this sssembly shall be those teachers and frieads of education who shall pay aa annual membership fee of not exceed ing $2, the definite amount to be de termined by the. executive committee after considering ths .financial condi tion of the assembly, the definite amount to be, published in the proceed ings of the assembly. Only active mem bers shall hsve the right to take part in the discussions aad to vote aad to hold office. A list of all members and their postoffiee , adaresses shall be printed in the annual proceedings and sseh member shall be furnished a copy of said proceedings." The reorganisation committee is com posed of K. B. Curtis; chairman, of Goldaboro; Miss Mary O. Graham, Ral eigh; Dr. E. W. Knight, Chapel Hill: Mr. EL D. Posey, Durham; Dr. L. A, Williams, Chapel Hill. - x Night Session. 1 The first night aesslon of ths Assam- bly started off nearly an hour after (Coatlnaed on Page Eight.).
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