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- - p.vr--:.; WITCfl LABtL. :ry a "h nnwtl I art Mm esrlrsMsa a rM stisssst otaa i The News and WEATHER: fair Sudsy; Mood? Portly ' ' mea aago ta tsmperatsr."" erver Mi VOL CX. NO. Ul. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1919. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 4- ORGANIZED LABOR MEETS MONDAY TO DRAFT OBJECTIONS Union Leaders Declared That Nothing Drastic Need Be Expected From Them AFFILIATED TRADES TO STAND BY MACHINISTS Possibility of Presidential Veto To Railroad Bill, If Passed With Anti- Strike Provision, Interests Members of Con gress; Conferees Take Up Bills This Week Washington, Dee. 27. The attitude of organised railway employes toward the anti-strike provision of the Cum mins Kail r oid Bill will be formally tated in a declaration of principles to lie drafted by the heads of all the brotherhoods at a conference here Mon day with. President Gompers, of the .American Federation of Labor. Lei Kir leaders declared today that "nothing drastie was to be expected," but the general view among organized workers was that the affiliated trades would stand by the railway machinists union which Toted to quit work If Con gress enacted the anti-strike provision. Senators and Representatives now in Washington expressed the opinion; how ever, that the House never wonld accept the bill as it en mo from the Senate and that even if it should pass, President Wilson would veto it. This possibility of a Presidential ve to hiis been given serious consideration by members of Congress, who realize the necessity of enacting proper legis lation before the roads are handed back to their owners on March 1. Labor leaders discussing this eventuality, also calli'd attention today to'thi statement by the President in his message to Con gress four Heels' ago: AttiUd of President "The right of individuals to strike Ss inviolate and ought npt to be inter fered with by any process of govern ment, but there is a predominant right of the Government to protect all af its people and to assert its power and ma jesty against , the challenge of any class." '"; This oa aeatenea a' variously in terpreted by brotherhood officers aa a virtual announcement by tho President flhat he wonld not sign bill denying tha right to atrike and by Senator Cummins and others aa notice by th President that even if the right to strike was Inviolate, the rights of the public Itoood over and above it. Bcgurdioss Of what action might be taken by the brotherhoods, the belief prevailed iu Congressional circles that when -Senate and House conferees got through with the Cummins and Esch bills, no vestiaga of the anti-strike sec tion wonld remain. The conference will begin work next week after Senator Cummins and Senator Kellogg, Repub lican, Minnesota, return here from North Carolina. All of the Senata conferees voted for the labor clause and are expected to make a hard tight in conference for its retention. On the straight Senate test aa amendment to eliminate the section was defeated, 39 to Zt. Borne idea of the attitude of the House, however, was given today by members, who said that the anti-atrike clause could not command fifty voto la that body. The heads of the four big brother hoods and the ten affiliated trades will he here Moadsy for the conference with President Gowpers, which was called for tha .rpecifle purpose of considering pending railroad legislation. Commit tees represeating the six shop trades t have aa appointment- that day with Director-General Hinea for. discussion of wage demands, but it was said this might be deferred antil Tnesday. It was emphasised at Federation head quarters that the two conferences had nothing in common, although it waa ad mitted that the situation respecting wan demands waa somewhat changed in view of President Wilson's definite de cision, to turn baek tha roads in two months. In view of tha short period of Government control there was a feeling ia some quarters that the director-general might refuse to saddlo a waga in crease oa the roads on the eve of their return to private operation. Most of tha leaders insisted, however, that tha demand would aqt be rejected since President Wilsoa had promised to as his influence to get mora wage for rail way men if the Government failed to reduce the cost of living. Although every effort will be mad to expedite railroad legislation, aome doubt waa expressed today whether tha Ksch and Cummins bill could be cut to pieces and put together again by th time et for the end of Federal control of th roads. Meanwhile great pressure At being brought to bear oa member of th Senate and Bono to speed p work, bat ther i little hop of getting th bill out of conference bforatth end of January. . ADMIRAL K0LCHAK RETIRES FROM COMMAND OF FORCES "Vladivostok, Wednesday. Dee. 14. (By the Associated Press.) Admiral Kolehak, ' commanding th all-Bussian governmental forces, opposing th Bol sheviki ia Siberia, has retired from c tiv command because of in health and ha appointed General Semenoff to suc ceed a commander-in-chief, according to a message received hero today by General Semenoff' representative. Th messsge, quoting Admiral Kol ehak' order, said: y V "In order to unit all armed force lighting to aiakeCeeur our political organisation, I name General Semenoff cemmander-ia-ehiaf with headqnartera In the Irktnsk and Trans-Baikal Russia a military districts. All military eora- mandera will be subordinate to him. Gave Away $2,000,000 In Christmas Presents 1 o James Couzens, Mayor of Detroit, gave away two of th millions he has mad ia the automobile : business as Christmas presents. Th money, which went chiefly to institutions in his horn city for th care of erippled ehildrea and orphans, was distributed as follows: Annex for Michigan Hospital's School for Crippled Children, $450,000; endow ment fund for school, $650,000; Nurses' Home, Harper Hospital, $650,000; Chil dren's Free Hospital, $125,000 ; St. Vin cents Orphan Asylum, $75,000. RECORD TIME MADE Winston-Salem's Name Sake Slips From Ways of Ship yard In Wilmington USE ROCK SPRING WATER AS AN OMEN OF GOOD LUCK Miss DeWitt Chatham, Daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chatham, of Twin City, Breaks Ceremonial Bottle On Bow of Ship; An Haho. rate Luncheon By BEN DIXON MacNEILL (Staff Correspondent.) Wilmington, Dec 27. Permanent rec ognition of the achievement of North ) Carolina's Twin City in buying more i Liberty bonds than any other city in the State was awarded Forsyth capital today whea a great steel freighter slid down from the way of tha Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation into the waters cf the Cap Fear river here with th words, "Winston-Salem," deeply graven oa her bow and stern. A delegation of half a hundred men and women from the Twin City wntched the great steel hull as she rode down into the river and one of the city's most charming young women, Miss De witt Chatham, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chatham, broke the cere monial bottle on the bow of the ship when she made th first move toward th waiting tide. Later, the visiting dele gat ion and a number of men and women prominent in Wilmington . social and business circle were guests of the offi ciate of th shipbuilding corporation at an elaborate luncheon served in th mess hall of the plant. Third to Be Lsaneaed. The ship was the third of he twelve great freighters that are being built ,?r.t under contract for th Emergency Fleet Corporation, th first having been put ovrrltoard on -Labor Day and tho second November 15. The first two are practically complete , and th blasts of their sirens ledthe road of welcoming chora as th third ship gracefully took th water. Th launching was in every way th most successful of th three. Only 43 seconds elapsed from the time sh began to move antil she had cleared th five hundred foot length of th launching way.. There waa no ceremony in th event save the breaking of th bottle when the hip began to mov. Three thousand workmen busy on neighboring hulls an 4 ia th vast shops scarcely raised their heads aa th ship moved dowa toward th river. Champagne aa a christening element has been dispensed with and In it stead water from the famous Rock Spring near Wilmington was substi tuted. 'Tradition ha it that anyone drinking of th water from th spring or ny ship christened with th erystsl element will return maay times to call Wilmington home. ' .'..' Th official party, composed of th Winston -8 lent contingent, th officials of tho corporation her, and a few peo ple from Wilmington, gathered in th sponsor' (tend at 1 o'clock. Mis Chat ham waa presented oa behalf of th cor poration with a magnificent bouquet of American Beanty rose and after the ship had left h ways was given tit sponsor's gift, a - magnificent bar pia platinum, set with diamond and sap phire. Sh wis gowned in a smartly tailored suit of bluo and wore grey fox fur. . T r" ' s Gaeats at Luncheon. After a aumptuoua luncheon served ia a most aniquw setting in' th mess hall, A. B. . Skelking, assistant, to the president of the corporation, asked Hon. J. O. Carr to say a word of welcome to the visitors. Mr. Carr insisted that they didn't need any welcome expressed sine Wilmington belonged to them as much as it did to anybody ther.' II emplia- (Continued oa Pag Two.) IN SHIP LAUNCHING CONGRESS EXPECTS TO Joint Committee Will Take Up Question When Session Re convenes Soon WILL CALL SECRETARY TO TESTIFY AT HEARING Objections. Made By Officers Will Be Considered By Knight Board When It Re views Decorations, Secre tary Daniels States; Letters From Officers Made Publio - Washington, Ber. 27.-Full investi gatioa of the controversy over awards of decorations for war service to naval officers, brought to a head by Bear Admiral William 6. Sims' recent protest against the tentative list issued by the Navy Department, will be msde by both Congress and th department. On th heels of Secretary Daniels' announcement' that the Naval Board, headed by Bear Admiral Knight, had been ordered reconvened to review its findings on recommendations for medals or other decorations, Representative Lufkin, Republican, Massachusetts, of the House naval committee, conferred with members of the Senate committee and stated that a joint committee would take up the whole question when Con gress reconvened. Bepresentative Lufkin said Secretary Daniels, Admiral Knight, Admiral Sims and other officers would b called beforo th Joint committee, which does not need special authorization for its inquiry. Changes msde by Mr. Daniels in the board list of awards as well aa the action of the board in each ease will be ex amined, he said. Will Consider Objections. Secretary Daniels said today that in reviewing th list of decorations and in passing on new recommendations for awards the Knight board would be in structed to follow in general th policy he adopted in revising tire original lists, giving due consideration to the objec tion voiced by officers who have criti cised some of the awards. The nam of Admiral Henry B. Wil soa, who commanded American naval fore in French water during fh war, and of Bear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, wh waa i command of th Atlantic float during the period of hostilities, war added to the list of officers wh have written the Secretary regarding the awards. . ' Other officers who have made protests include Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones, commander of Squadron Two of the Atlantic fleet; Roar Admiral Decker, commanding the Seventh Naval District, Key West, and Captain Raymond D. Hasbrouek, commander of the battle ship Minnesota. Admiral Jones and Captain Hasbrouek refused to accept the Navy Cross, for which they had been recommended, supporting tha position taken by Admiral Sims. Th objections voiced by these offi cers will b placed before th Knight Board, and Secretary Daniels said to day he hoped the revised awards made by the board would be accepted with out change. He indicated that he wonld send, them to the President for his per sonal approval. . Letters Mad Psblic. J Th department made public tonight , copies of letters ss to the awards re-, eeived by Mr. Daniels from Admir.ils j Jones, Mayo snd Decker and Captain j Hasbrouek. That from Admiral Jones i goes at some length into the servie he rendered during the war, beginning as commander of a oqnadron cf th patrol (Continued on Pag Two.) RULES GUARDING AGAINST IMPORTATION OF LIQUORS! Stringent Regulations Issued J By Treasury Department To j Prevent Shipments - Washington, Dee. 87. Stringent reg ulations war issued today by the Treasury to prevent intoxicanta from entering th country1 from ship arriv ing from foreign ports. Liquor property listed as sea stores must be placed nndcr seal by tha board ing officer of th customs service anij. kept sealed during th entire time of th vessel's stay in port. No part of such stores may be removed from un der seal for any purpose while th ship is in United States waters,' the regula tion state, which denies to. foreign crews th ration of win, served with meal oa soma ships nnder other flats. ' Excessive liquor store, no longer be ing dutiable, are subject to seizure. i Liquors properly earrledSnsy b re turned to $ foreign port on th vessel's changing from th foreign,to th coast ing trade, or may .b transferred un der supervision of th custom officers from a vessel in foreign trade, 'delayed in port for any cause, to another vessel of tho asm lino or owner. - -Customs officials are not greatly con cerned over tho possibility of smug gling large stores of liquors into the country and the new orders ar be lieved to elos th last-hole through which intoxicant aiight reach domestic consumers.. With all liquid refersh ment under seal, , It was said, ther wonld be small opportunity for "boot legging'' to be carried oa around the whsrve. 8peeial New Tear's race at Finehurst Thursday. Steeplechase, flat and har ness Adv, . CONDUCT PROBE INTO NAVY AWARDS SCORES REPORTED DEAD BECAUSE OF L Death List In Massachusetts and Conceticut Over 70 ' Mark Early In Night DOZEN OR MORE BARRELS OF STUFF DISTRIBUTED New York Detectives Seeking To Locate Maker of "Whis key" Manufactured From Wood Alcohol and Predict Arrests Will Be Made Soon; Pour Die In Chicago Nw York,t)ec. CT.--Seventy-eight per sons have died during the past forty eight hours and scores of others are suffering from paralysis and blindness, due to drinking wood alcohol "whiskey," according to reports received tonight from seven eastern cities and Chicago. The toll of poisonous liquor is the highest in New England, where sixty deaths snd six reported in New York Ohieopee, Falls, Mass., and one at Springfield, Mass. ,ara included in this list. In connection with the New England deaths snd five reported in New York City, police, Internal revenue officers and agent of the Department of Jus tice, are seeking Adolph Paraneli, im porter aud commission merchant of this city, who, they assert, sold 12 barrels of poisonous liquor. The police charge that the "whiskey" was concoctel in Paraneli's stor in Blcecker street. In. Chicopee, Mass., thirty-four men and two women died, in Springfield, throe men and on woman; Holyokc, six men and in Greenfield, Mass., on man. In Hartford, Conn, 13 persons died of tha poison. Chicago reported four deaths from the drinking of poisonous beverages, and Pittsburg two deaths. Two deaths were announced at New ark, N. J., by th police. Three deaths in Cleveland, Ohio, this week brought the total there to 34 for the month. SALOON KEEPER CONFESSES TO BUYING CONCOCTION. Chicopee, Mass., Dee. 27. District At torney Ely, of Westfield, who ha boon investigating the deaths of more than 43 persona ia tho Connecticut Valley aa the result of drinking wood aleohol contained in whiskey, announced to night that Alex Perry, proprietor ef the American House ia Ohieopee Falls, had confessed to buying fifty gallon of th eonewtron in Hartford .all except five OX which were old. Th district at torney also stated that five other gal lons of the liquor had been traced to tha Polski Hotel in Holyokc. According to the district attorney, who had refused to grant bail of 10,nO0 to Perry earlier ia th day on the charge of manslaughter, Perry stated ho bought tha liquor through Sam Darl ing ,of Hartford, an express man, who is under arrest ia that eity in connec tion with the deaths. Perry told the district attorney he had no idea the liquor was poisonous. Following the confession the district attorney allowed Perry to be released on bail. The list of dead was increased to 46 in the Connecticut valley tonight with (Continued on Page Two) EFFECTS OF DRINKING WOOD ALCOHOL EXPLAINED New York, Dec. 27. Dr. S. Dunne Ha board, acting director of th Health Department' Bnreaa of Ia dnstrlsl Hygiene, today described th as tor and effects of wood alco hol as follows; Wood aleohol la a colorleaa liquid and In a highly refined atat hss but s slight odor and no taste. The less purified form poss easts nauseating odor. While It I taste leas, It does, however, produce f" barnlng sensation. Its legitimate a see ar aa a feel, a a solvent In varnishes and as a denatursnt, that la as aa agent In making grain aleohol anBt for drink- -lag purpose. It 1 slas properly sod ia the preparation of hair dye and tonics, toilet water, and flavor 'ing extract well as medicinal products for some anserapalous druggists. The symptoms produced oa tak ing wood alcohol arc tha following: nsosea, vomiting, violent headache, vesligo coma and amblypio (blind ness) of varying degree. Th (chemical formula for wood alcohol I Ca S OH, It la chemically . knows as wtethyla aleohol, some- . . times ss wood alcohol. Technically ft Is known a colamblaa spirits, tardard wood aplrlts, colonial ' spirits, anion spirit, eagle spirits, i . basting spirit and acetone alcohol. , Tk mod of elimination I by th Inngs, kidney and skin. Th small- t eat dos known to have had disss s- trous result I on consisting f two teaspoon fulls, this res It being r total blindness. Another Inataac la that of flv men, each of the two died within 14 hoars. On lost th vision of n eye and wss -wartislly blinded la th other and two recovered, dno possibly to th . eHmlnstloa of th poison by vomit ing. . .Of 72 caao recorded at Backer rills, 45 died aad ft becsm totally . blind. In 85 case Vision was Im paired, six to tea becoming blind tempnrsrlly and SI recovered. No results were statistically given I , IM esses. Th mortality la terms of psreeatsgs la tan about It per centi total blind II par cent, Impslrment of vlaloa IS per cent, aad recovery 4 per cent. DRINKING A O E TO Strike of Two Months' Duration j Ends In Satisfactory Settlement OPERATIONS WILL BE - RESUMED TOMORROW Pull Details of Terms Under Which Union Employes Who Had Been Holding Out Por Becognition Return To I Their Jobs Could Not Be ; Learned Last Night " All the available ttperativce of -Pil4 Cotton Mills, who went out on a striks more than two months ago seeking rec ognition of their union, will return to work Monday morning, it became known last night, following conferences with Mr. A. Y. Kelly, manager, and the union committee. While no definite statement of the terms could be obtained last night, it waa understood that the union men, who have been holding out strongly for recognition, go back to work highly satisfied with the understanding reached. More than two hundred employes were involved in the strike. Half of this number, it is understood, have since se cured positions in other mill here or in other lines of emnlovment. - These. fit is believed, will return to the mill under the terms of the agreement reach ed between the management and the employes' committtee. Yesterday, according to information available, the Consolidated Textile Cor poration, owning the Pilot cotton mill, with principal office in New York, left the settlement of the matter entirely in the hands of Mr. Kelly, manager of the local plant. Negotiations with the employes following resulted in an agree ment satisfactory to both employes snd the mill management. TRAIN CRASHES INTO AUTO KILLING A CHILD Wadesboro, Dee. 27. A terrible acci dent occurred at Polkton, eight milea from here, on th Seaboard today when a ear driven by Cleveland Smith was run into aad demolished by a train, killing on of - his ehildrea Instantly and injuring another on. This child is in th hospital her ia a critical con dition. Mr. Smith, his wif and his brother were also injured and are in th hospital her. TOO BAD NOW THEY LOSE TWO WEEKS ON DICTIONARY Paris, Dec. 27. Christmas and New Year's day will set the Freneb Academy back tw weeks in their work of revis ing tha French dictionary which, ac cording to the best estimates, will be completed in 3020, or 2025. - Th two holidays this year happea to fall on Thursday, the only day of the week on which th forty immortal as semble. Academy members began the present revision in 1878, forty-one years ago, and have reached the letter F. Coining of many new words during the wsr, it is suggested, will impose new tasks on the revisionists. DEPORTED REDS Mt'ST PAY INCOME TAX. IT IS RULED Detroit, Mich., Dee; 27. Internal Revenue Collector Grogan waa instruct ed by Commissioner Boner today to collect income taxes due by any of th 37 alleged radicals held here for de portation. He waa instructed to secure payment through the seizure of personal property if necessary, but not to delay deportation. THINK JEALOUSY CAUSE OF. SLAYING OFJ. S. BROWN Authorities In Michigan Begin Search Por Two Men and One Woman Mount Clemens, Mich., Dec. 27. Convinced that jealousy wss the mo tive behind tha slaying last Tuesday night of J. Stanley Brown, son of a former Detroit manufacturer, authori ties today instituted a search in Ohio and Southern Michigan for two men and a woman, the latter Mrs. Lena Bennett, being detained at. Bauduaky, Ohm. Further investigation her brought a statement from Lloyd Prevost, who wajt held as a material witness, but later released, implicating the three. On of th men, . it was said, was a soldier sta tioned at Camp Custer. Th other, a civilian, was presumed to be in some Ohio or Southern Michagaa eity. Both of them, Prevost told Shariff William Caldwell, wero infatuated -with Mrs. Bennett to whom, he stated. Brown had paid court. before his death. This, ac cording to the statement; led to threats of violence against Brown. Sheriff Caldwell stated tonight that Mrs. Bennett would be brought here for examination, and that he had her promise to aid in clearing up the death of Brovea, who was found Wednesday morning shot to death at the wheel of his automobile on the road between Detroit and Mount Clemens.. . A fheriff's deputy left Into today far Battle Creek for the -purpose of taking, the soldier Into custody. ' The Sheriff announced tonight that Prevost and Mrs. Ruth Prevent Brown, young widow of the slain man. had been definitely eliminated, from tho in vestigation. Both f tiiem had- been held as material witaesses and .wore re leased today shortly after write af habeas eorpus wers granted at Detroit ; v Six o'clock dinner Sunday at th Georg Washington, 130 Fsyettevill street. Adv. " ' ; ' ' ' , , mm FO RETURNS II MONDAY HI WITHIN HOUR AFTER NEGRO : KILLS FRANKLINTON WHITE MAN, MOB LYNCHES SLAYER RECORD MADE BY REPUBLICANS Leaders In Congress Worrying Over Need of Some Cam paign Material Now UNDERWOOD TELLS THEM SOMETHING ABOUT RECORD No Important Kemeaiai Legis lation Passed By Congress and They Must Take Credit Por Defeating Peace Treaty and Por Inattention TV Sol diers and Sailors The News and "Observer Bureau, 60.1 District National Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, Dee. 27. Republi can leaders in Congress are said to be worrying over he poor record made by their party so far in the 66th Congress. That there will be renewed activity early in January, when the pressure for the manufacture of campaign material becomes heavier with the reassembling of Congress, seems certain. Not only is the Democratic national committee keeping tab on the disap pointing legislative record of the Repub lican Senate and House, but O. O. P. party chiefs throughout the country may be depended upon to demand that Con gress do something. Defeat of the peace treaty, long delay in the passage of the railroad bill, in attention to legislation for the relief of soldiers and sailors, failure to consider changes in the revenue laws and to adopt some policy as to a merchant marineall these sins of omission are destined to plngue the Republicans as th 1920 campaign near. Can't Fool th Public. Senator Underwood, of Alabama, on ot th ablest Democrats of th upper chamber, recently served notice oa th Republican tbnt it wss useless to at tempt to fool th publi regarding responsibility for th present state of affair. A .deliberate Republican all' buster ia th closing session of th 66th Congress, ha said, killed several appro priation bills aad this caused wast of time until tho extra session wss con vened in May. "I assert not aa an argument nor lecture, but as a fact, said Senator Underwood, "that the Republican party in this Congress nas not passed any im portant remedial legislation. The bill which took over the telegraph and tele phone lines and placed them under Fed' eral control also provided they should be returned aa soon as thj war was over. There waa no contest about their return. This statement was mado in reply to (Senator Lenroot, who claimed Repub lican credit for return of the wire to their private owners. "If there had been sny contest ovir their retHrn," added Senator Underwood, "the bill for their return in this Con gress probably would he still pending. The amendment to the food eontrol act was ia like category." Referring to time wasted bv the Sea at from May to July, before the treaty debate began its wesry drag in the benate. Senator Underwood declared that "there was certainly time in the Senate from May to July when nothing srooa in toe way or considering con struetive legislation." Answering Senator Lea root as to the peace treaty. Senator Underwood, who is now irying to bring about action and a compromise on. the treat. ! "The Senator from Wisconsin is try ing to put the blame n the Democratic side of the chamber for tha failure of tne treaty. Ho cannot do that and will never bo able to do that; tha country win never recognise that argument. If you want to get rid of th responsibility for failure to ratify th treaty of peace, which is lying on the Vice-President's table still, you hsv th majority and the majority can take it up. If you want to pass it, take it up and keep on trying until you get th two-third necessary to ratify. "If the treaty ia dead, a claimed by some, the tfonat can notify the Presi dent to that effect. But the Senator a . inim massacnusetts cannot mt a ma jority to reach the conclusion that it is dead. If the treaty is rejected by the Senate, it is up to the msjority to tell th President of that fact. -The Presi dent ha not been notified. ' This has not been done because I think the Senator front Massachusetts doubts his ability to command a majority of this body to giv that notification to the President It would be idlo for th President to withdraw the treaty and send it baek her when the Scant has indicated it doe not propose to act on it," Secretary Daniels oa Vlslti . Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan iel left Washington tonight for North Carolina. Ho will spend Sunday with his mother in Onldsboro and will spend Monday in Raleigh, returning to Wash ington Monday night. - The pension office announces the granting ef pensions of $2fi monthly to Martha Lloyd of Wake Forest, Julia A. MjTckilis 'of Harbinger' ami Kmma I Oilrenth- of Hendersonvillo. Pensions of monthly are granted to Melviaa Salter of Hea Level and Alice C. Bowers of Morganton. rir At cam pik. -:! ' i' Little Bock, Ark, lec. 27. Fir started lato this . sfterpoon at - Camp Pike, destroyed two mess halls and two barrack building and partially destroy ed two additional barrack buildings. All were nsoeeupied. Th origin of th Ar is ankaowa. Angry Crowd Pursues Officers After They Place Colored Man Under Arrest Follow ing The Homicide ATTEMPTED TO RUSH MAN TO RALEIGH FOR SAFE KEEPING BUT FAILED Dragged Por Two Miles Behind Automobile, Negro Finally Hanged By Neck To Tree ; Many Shots Tired By Armed Men; Deceased White Man Highly Esteemed In Prank linton, Where He Conducted Moving Picture Show; Patal Shooting Started When He Asked Negro Not To Strike Matches In His Theatre; Second Lynching Withi'i Year i ' . (Special to the News and Qbserver.) Frankiintvn, Dee. 27. Less than an hour after he hnd shot and instantly killed R. M. Broun, proprietor of motion picture thcutre here, n negro named Green was lynched by meb that overtook officers who were rushing " the negro to Raleigh for safe-keeping. After being taken from the officers, the negro escaped from the mob but, after being re-taken, it is stated was dragged for about two miles and then strung up by the neck to tree. The killing of the theater proprietor oe-. eurred tonight at 0 o'clock across" the street in front of the show house as a result of words when Mr. Browa warned the negro against striking matches ia the theater. Starts in Show. During the show the negro, it is said, ' started to strike a match. Mr. Browa quietly asked him not to strike th match as it waa dangerous. Th negro became excited, began cursing and th two eame dowa out of th building to gether. They crossed th street, Brown iu front and th negro following. Just as Mr, Brown stepped upoa th sidewalk, th negro whipped cut hi gua and shot, hi victim falling to the- ground dead. Crowd tiaiekly Fona. Polieem were oa th seen aad im mediately rushed th negro to the lock- ' up. A crowd immediately formed about th jail and beg a to threaten th negro. Dr. Ford, mayor, and Chief of Polic Winston begged that th law be allowed -to take its sours but th crowd was ia a bad humor aid clamored for th murderer. It was decided to try to rush him off to Raleigh for safe kepiag. An automobile, with on of th fastest drivers in town st the wheel was secured and the start was mad but machine loaded with a crowd boat oa wreaking vengeance followed. When just opposite Mr. C. 8. WU-,' barns' residence about on mil from hero th ear with th officer aad pris oner was overtaken and th orlsoner captured. Th officers, who wer badly oruisea in in ngnt with th mob, re turned to town not knowing what han pensd, but believed th negro wss shot to death, as fifty ,or more shots wer fired. Mr. Browa was highly esteemed aad waa quiet and inoffensive. For a num ber of years he bad been manafer of Oreen Hill farm, owned by Mr. S. C. vann. He was a Mason of hia-a stand ing nnd prominently connected In the eounty. . ' After th return ef th officers it waa learned that after tlie mob took th negro away from the officers, ho broks loose from them and ran but waa over-' -taken. A rope was fastened around his neck and tied to a car. He was drafted . about two milea by tha neck before h waa hanged, it was stated. Will Investigate. Solicitor H. E. Norri waa notified bv T The News and Observer lat night of il. 1 Li , a . V tne lyncoing -ana preparca at one to investigate tho shooting of th theater , proprietor and subsequent lynching . . after receiving official notice from the coroner. Thi notice, he ctatcd, is ex pected early today, , - , . Th lynching of th aegro named Glenn last aight near Frankiintou makes th second on ia Franklin eounty within th put five months. Ths previous lynehing occurred on tha night ' of August 20th when.. Walter Tyler, a negro, was shot by a mob near Louis burg and then carried to a church yard where his body was strung up to. a tree. ' Th lynching of Walter Tyler occur red after he attacked a white woman one aight while her husband wa ear ing tobacco nearby th horn. . MAETERLINCK SEES OPERA- PRESENTED IN NEW YORK - m ' ,,. ; ; v ... J: New York, Doe. 27. Ia th presence of Maurice Maeterlinck author ot the book oa which it it, based, aad a dis tinguished array cf diplomatic officisls . and society folk th opera "Bluo Bird' . was given for th first tim tonight (t a (peels! gala performance ia th Me troplitaa Opera House. 'Th proceed re to be divided by tha Queen of th Belgians fond, th Millerund fund for, French ehildrea aad the Three Big Sister Organiaatlo. . a, . Th opra, sung ia French, ,i in four' act and eight scene and closely fol-' low th plot of th book ia which Tyltyl and Mytyl go oa a long March for th "Blu Bird of Happiness," only to return and And it la their own home. Th east includes Raymonds d Lsn Ti er aad Mary Ellis as Tylty aad Mytyl, rospeeuveiy, x tonne fcaston, Leon Kotneir ana Cecial Arden. Albert Wolff, th composer, directed U -atnu ..... , . ' ' ' ' I