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The News and Olbse THE WEATHER Tuesday except rail la extreme west portion. - WATCH LABEL. m mi pass'. a rami t Sr Mat urlniw tmt sM Wi tkiN mh, - VOL. CXI. NO. 41. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. VY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS rver EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT AFRESH WIN 3.616 NEW GASES Guilford, Cabarrus and Bun-; combe Counties Report Big Numbers NOWHERE HAS DISEASE CLAIMED MANY VICTIMS Believed That It Is Prevalent In Every County In State But Less Than Half Report Daily; Beaufort Reports Epidemic yOvcr and Schools Reopened Yesterday; Nurses Needed Tho epidemic cf influenza tightened its grip over the state ycsteritny with a total of ,1,610 row oases developed over the week-end in 38 counties that report ed to the State Umaii of Health. Ashe ville, Concord and (iroensboro occupied the first three lines of the report, ar- ranged according to the number of Dew cases, but from none of these were there any deaths reported.,and the disease is declared to tie very mild iu form. Practically the entire State is in the grip of tho epidemic, according to a map that is being kept by Dr. F. M. Itcgistcr, Htate Kpideuiiologigt, showing grapuicujiy ine liuuincr oi tunes iu ev cry community reporting. The vast majority of tho cases are from west of the central part of the Stato, but in the east there are more or less cases in every county. Western counties miss ed the full force of the 191S-19 epidemic end are feeling the brunt of the present scourge. Communities Want Help. Calls for help are being received daily from many sections of the State, among Hi em calls from communities that in bo fur as the records of the department io not developed a single case Of influenza. Dr. Register again pointed ouc tue fact that the department could not send nurses to places where there is no record of an outbreak. More calls are received than there arc nurses and doctors available, and those plaees where need is evident from official reports . are served first. Btatesville repeated - its call for- help yesterday, bnt -nothing is known as to the extent of the out break there. Encouraging- tidings were sent from Beaufort yesterday,' 'oiit of "the first places to be stricken with the epidemic. Church services, held Sunday for the first tima m throw weeks, schools open eft yesterday morning and moving picture shows opened their doors again and life began to move along as usual again. Other counties that have been reporting as high as 100 cases a day, reported their totals to be a lone esse. Report By Counties. , The report yesterday, -was as -fol- Bladen, 40; Cabsm, 324; Caldwell, 4$; Chatham, L'i9; Cherokee, 2S; Cleve land, 35; Cumberland, 32; Dare, 11; Davidson, 10; Durham, 145; Forsytbe, $6; Franklin, 7; Gaston, 1; Guilford, y5; Halifax, IS; Hertford, 25; Johnson vtC3; Lee, 47; Lenoir, 15; Martin, 39; Mecklenburg, 80; NMitehcll, 20; North ampton, 2;. Perqpimans, 5; Pitt, 93; Randolph, 1; Rockingham, 1; Stanley, 77; Stokos, 4; Snrrey, 37; Swain, 5; Washington, 39; "Wilkes, 75; Yancey, 55. Cities reported as follows: Asheville, 382; Greensboro, 130; High Foint, 58; Charlotte, 71; Wilmington, 15; Raleigh, 142; Goldsboro, 1!. Franklin County Escapes. Frauklinton, Feb?9. So far this place lias been luoky enough to escape the outbreak of influenza. In the Franklin ton Christian College, an institution for colored people, there have been several biases of a mild form, but In the town proper only-en case-lias been discov ered, and this one came here from ano ther county. Every precaution Is being taken to prevent the spread of the dis ease in this place. Lid Of At Beaufort. ! Beaufort, Feb. 9. The crest of the in fluenza wave bas passed . here. Schools are running and the ehurehe were open ed yesterday. The "flu" patients are most all well and there ai few, if any, new eases. Beuatiful weather has help ed considerably. 5 The disease took a heavy toll last week lni the family of J. M. Whitley, a far mer who lived about eight miles from here. He died and yesterday his wife snd son followed him. Four other child ren had the disease and one of these lias pneumonia, 171 Cases At Wilson. Wilson. Feb.. 9 The correct number of inf luenw eases reported today at ... k..ik,i4rrtmnt is 129. Dneumonia ,1 eases six, bringing the total up W 671 . Influenza, pneumonia, l. seems w be 1 on the decrease in miw " Dr. Smith superintendent of health is confined with second attack. The ; third death from the malady occurred in a local, hoepital Sunday night. ex Mayor Ben Joyner, ' of f anrrville. His His funeral occurred at Farmville this afternoon. -,.;'. . L ' . Fayetwvlll Closes Also. FavettevUle, Feb. 9-The eounty board of health Issued an order today which elosed all plaees of amusement snd imposed restrictions on other gath erings. Schools and churches are not Included in tho order, which will go Into effect at mldnight-toight. though tha present session of Superior Court was requested' to elose in compHsnco with 41. ta MfllMllt. Judge 01iverP. Allen this afternoon adjournedlTie court offer half a day a sitting, until next Monday. All Jurors wero dismissed Jind matters ireouiring (Continued en Tags Two.) -1 Railway Employees Directe To Strike Tuesday Mor Three Hundred Thousand Maintenance Of Way L. And Shop Laborers Ordered Off Duty; Administru ,n Officials Say Strike Is Violation Of Union Agreement In Matter Of Notice ; Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9. Orders direct ing 300,000 members of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of War Employes and Railway Shop Laborer to suspend work at 7 a. m. Tuesday, February 17, were going out tonight to the various locals of the organization. Decision to order the men out was an nounced by Allen E. Barker, grand president of the organization, following a meeting today of the general chair men of the brotherhood. The atrike can be averted only, if the Federal Rail road Administration before Saturday grants wage increases demanded last summer, Mr. Barker said tonight. ''The orders have gone out," he de clared, "and we would require two or three days to eanrel them." Demand Is For Uniform Rate. . The strike in addition to wage in- ,,.. t.H i.t i. . irtire uniform rate from coast to coast, i It would affect store house employe, tionary firemen, stationary engineers. and oilers as well as other members of the brotherhood. In explaining the decision to call strike, Mr. Barker said tonight: The public should know that this j ,rj4 t4j is not something that has OLD FEUD TAKES E One Man Dead and Possibly TvVo Fatally Injured In Battle Morganton, Feb. 9. Stirred to pity by the terrible wounds that had been inflict ed upon Andrew LeFevers in the out break of an old reud hetween tne l Fevers and Mull familiea four miles from Mo rear ton Sunday Bight, and. pro teeting against farther violence against him. Alf Moll ahet his brother Lenoir Mull when the latter turned upon him with a knife, and as himself, perhaps, fatally wounded when other members of the Mull elan attacked him with an axe nj rn0I gnB Lenoir Mull is dead, Andrew LeFevers is literally eut to pieces with an axe and is expected to die, and three others are terribly Injured as a result of the battle hetween the Mull and LeFevers families. Three of them are In a hospital too dan aerously hurt to be carried to jail. 8ol ieitor R. L. Huffman is investigating the matter and will begin an inquest to morrow morning. Troablc Over Boundary. Ancient grievance over boundary lines between the Mull and LeFevers property had engendered bitterness for long years, it is understood here. "Mat ters were aggravated! by intermarriage of younger generations of the two fam ilies. Sunday afternoon the home of Mike Branch happened to be the meet Ins- Dlace of the two factions, and trou ble started. It is said that the Mulls were drinking. The ficht first began when young An drew LeFevers was attacked by Alf Mull, Lenoir Mull and Tom Mull. One of the j Mulls brought an axe into play against tvount LeFevers and he was terribly beaten. Mack LeFevers attempted to go to the assistance of his son, and he in turn was attacked by Alf Mull. When there was a lull in the fighting, the elder LeFevers attempted to take his son away. Attack la Renewed. When they had gone some 300 yards from the Branch house, the younger Le Fevers became exhausted from the loss of blood and had to atop by tha road- I side to rest. As they waited for tha re- turn of strength to the young man, the Malls appeared in force, armed with pistol, an axe, knives and a ebot gun. Young LeFevers was suffering terrible pain. . Lenoir Mull was about to renew the at tack upon the helpless LeFevers when Alf Mull ordered him to desist, Lenoir, angered by the display of pity, turned upon bis brother with a knife, and was shot through the' head with a pistol, dying instantly. Enraged at the death of their son and brother. Tom and Tool MuU attacked Alf, breaking tha butt of the shot gun across his head, cutting him with the axe, almost killing him. The Mulls and LeFevers live between Morganton and tho South Mountains. Stories reaching Morganton are some what confusing. Tho community ia which the battle took place is somewhat inaccessible and tho eitisens ar reti cent about discussing the tragedy. Le noir Mull waa burled this afternoon Mack and Avw LeFevera wero em ployed at th fe Hospital for th In sane, th latter aj a truck driver. BRITT DECLINES TO BE GOAT IN TENTH AGAIN Asheville, Feb. 9,-Jamea J. Britt, who has been endorsed by the Republican congressional eoaventioa at Henderson ville, Saturday, a Candidate for Gov ernor, announced definitely today that he would aot be a candidate giving as hi reason that it ia necessary for him to devote his entire attention to hi law practice. :, Several eounty conventions had endorsed Mr. Britt. . ' - Commlesloaer Smith Dead. Columbia, 8. C, Feb. 9. W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg, State, warehouse com missioner, died this morning of pneu monia, according to advice received her today. TOLL N BURK been decided upon precipitately, but dates back to last July. Wage demands were presented to the Railroad Admirtis tration at that time and brotherhood membership authorized a strike to en force them. We held a strike in abey ance, however, upon President Wilson's request that he be permitted sn oppor tunity to bring, about a reduction in living costs, lie asked for a 'reasonable time,' which he fixed at sixty or ninety days. We have waited six months and there has been no reduction in the cost of living.'' The wage demfid of the men aver age 40 per cent, Mr. Barker said, adding "there are more than 100,000 of our members who receive less than $3 a day. More than 100,000 mechanics, consisting of carpenters, masons and painters, are receiving am average of 55 cents an hour, which is ajbont one-half the wasre received by the same class of labor in the building trades." Claim Violation of Agreement. Washington, Feb. 9. Action of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop labor ers io calling a strike of its members was declared by Railroad Administration officials to be a violation of the anion's wage agreement. This agreement was said to provide that no strike cslls shall be issued without giving the Rail road Administration thirty days notice. TS Representative Blanton De clares Gompers Wants To Elect His Own Tools Washington, Feb. 9. The -first reac tion in Congress to plans of organized labor for intervention in the coming political campaign cam today in the Houses Attacking the labor" announce meat at "apronuneianiento against Co agrees." Representative Blanton, Democrat, Texas, said it was "the greatest menace ever sounded in this country. Representative Nolan, Republican, uaiixornia, defended jaoor s program. and charged that Blanton, in a previous extension of remarks in the Congres sional Record, had "stolen in as a thief in the night." Mr. Blanton eut the defense short by objecting to Mr. Nolan's remarks. The Teias member tdeelare4 "the showing of Samuel Gompers' hand is going to wake up th people of this country." Declaring that Mr. Gompers wanted to elect a Congress "pledged to carry out his orders," Mr. Blanton said' It behooved ''all Americans who love their country to find out the names of the candidates Gompers is trying to elect, and elect the other man, in behalf of all the people." In a statement today, Samuel Gompers president of 'the American Fede ration of Labor hotly denied that labor, waa a menace to the country and charged that Congress has "utterly failed" to protect the people from trust and profiteers. "Mr. Gillette said that the Congress mavMrg tight upon the trnsts" Mr. Gompers' statement said. "That kind of a fight seems to the people of the umiea states to be more of a bur lesque. Ask any citizen of our coun try j ask any house wife what they feel as the result of tho 'fight on the trusts' and the answer will be readily forth coming. 'Congress has utterly failed in anv kind of a fight to protect th people of the United States from the trusts and the profiteers. At for the charge that labor is a menace to the business of the country it 1 absolutely unfounded and an un warranted attack upon the workers of our republic who ar trying to secure a reasonable wage that will afford them and their dependents the opportunity to subsist despite th piracy of the trust and the profiteers. LINER PRINCESS ANNE IS SLOWLY SINKING New fork, Feb. 9. Cracked and storm battered from stem to stern, al most broken in two amidships, the Old Dominion liner Princes Anne, Aband oned except by her two first officers. was slowly submerged by the sea to" Bight as she lay stranded on the sand shoals off Boekaway. Unless favorable weather prevails, shipping officials de clare there i little. hope of saving any part of her cargo, of which a small amount 1 still abov water. The 32 passengers and 28 members of the crew had been taken off the previous day by th Police boat Patrol. - Th steamship and her eargo is valued at $1,000,000. ' Csptared By Bolsheviks. : Washington, Feb. 9. A consular re port from Harbin today gave th fol lowing list of Americans as recently captured by th Bolsheviki at KUuehlns- kaya, Siberia, but contained no details or -initials. '. , '- ' - Bed Cross: Medille, Ford and Char a He, Engineer, Blunt, Cuchanaa Geise, MeUinty, thavannes, Boskuisoa ' and Meredith. . . 1 laflneass la Badapeat. ' Budapest, Feb. 9. Eight hundred new cases or - infiuenxa ar reportea daily and statistics would indicate that the malady ia fatal to 10 per cent of those Jstrkkea. CONGRESS REAC TO LABOR ATTACK rfOPEFUL UNLESS -9 Wr.V L IP Senator Simmons, Democratic Treaty Conferee, Says Ratifi ' cation Is In Sight DEMOCRATS WILL WORK ON LODGE RESERVATION it Is Agreed That Flood" Gate! of Oratory Will Be Opened When Treaty Oets To Floor Again; Probable That Long Fight Is Ahead Before Agree, meat On Treaty Is Reached The News and Observer Bureau. 603 District National Bsnk Bldg. Br R. E. POWELL. (By Hpecial Leased Wire.' Washington, Feb. 9. There is a dis tinct fecljng among Democratic Pen niors 'how that the treaty of peace with Germany will be ratified in a wav that will mect the approval of the President, unless (Senator Lodge uses the party whip on the Republican mild rercrva tionists. Senator Simmons, who with Senator Underwood and Senator McKellar. has i been tiart of a 2'oud within the group I of Democratio conferees during the proceedings o? th bi-partisan confer ence, said this afternoon that its his opinion ratification is in sight. In the Senate sparring today to get the treaty back before the Senate the mild-reser-vationists voted solidly with the Demo crats. Kot all the "bitter sndws" were on hand to vote against a recommitting the treaty to the Foreign Relations Com mittee. . The President, in his"- letter written to Senator Hitchcock on January -6, has said what reservations he will accept. He did not say flatly that he would "pocket" the treaty with the Lodge reservation to Article Ten, but said the "choice of language is unfortunate." With tltis view of the President's in mind, the Democrats will work toward a transposition of the Lodge reservation, which the latter has said along with others was "hastily written." Will Offer Ssm Reservations. What -tho Xkearata propose to do when the' treaty is before th Senate again, and it will probably be there tomorrow, a the committee on foreign relations is to meet, is to offer to the Republican set of reservations identi cal with the reservation which wore .,, , th. 4,1-oartisan confer ence. Reservations two and five, deal- ing respectively with Article Ten and the Monro Doctrine, will be re-drafted in an effort to avoid what the President described as an unfortnnate ehoine of words. The Simmons-McKellar reservation to Article Ten, on which the conference split January 21, will be re-drafted with a slight ehang of phraseology preserv ing t the United State the moral obli gation to guarantee the territorial in tegrity of other member countries. The President ha indicated to Democratic Senator that he will agree to snch a modification of this reservation inas much as the Constitution provides that the armed - forces of this Nation are not to be used save with the consent of Congress. The reservation which President Wil son will accept affecting the Monroe Doctrine, according to his letter to Sen ator Hitchcock, is: "That the national policy of the United States, known as the Monroe Doctrine, as announced and interpreted by the United Btates, is not in any way impaired or affected by the cove nant of the League of Nations and is not subject to any decision, report or inquiry by, the council or assembly.'' One o,f the effects of Lord Grey's letter to the London Times, pointing out Brit ish approval of reservations by this country, has been to develop the posi tion now taken by th President, that other member nations may' avail them selves of th same rights which -he United State seeks in putting reserva tions on the resolution of ratification. Article Tea Only Rtambliag Block. , It ia regarded improbable that there will be any Senate contest over any res ervations excepting those affecting Ar ticle Ten and the Monroe Doctrine. The entire set of reservations, however, come up practically de novo, under the motion mad by Senator Lodge today and th subject to debate and tnodiflca tion. If the reservations which were practically agreed on in tb bi-partisan conferences receive a two-thirds rot th extended debate on th treaty will be restricted to the two reservations oa which there has been no agreement. - negotiation will proceed outside the Senate as well as in the chamber look ing to agreement on Article Ten and the Monro Doctrine It it, however, virtu ally agreed that there is no course open by which to circumvent letting down the flood gates of oratory. Amang th Dem ocrat there is a division respecting the-i acceptance of th Lodge reservation oa Article Tea and the Monroe Doctrine because of th faet that President Wil son ha indicated his preference to let th treaty go ia the election rather than have it ratified with these two reserva tions. . Administration - Democrat are not apt to go that far In seeking a com promise and, due to this, it is not im probable that there is a long fight ahead. Labor Comaltte Arrive. J. F. MacMahon, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the state Federa tion of Labor and Charles C. Carnes, member from Bocky Mount, composing a delegation selected by th conference of Farmer and Federation official held in JCaleigh last Thursday, arnvea nere anient and tomorrow will hold eon- j .- ' i i . , T(Ctlaaed en Pag Two.) Don't miss th Pinehurst Jockey 'club races, tomorrow. 2:15. -(Adv.) ODE USES! In Caucus Democrats Oppose Universal Military Training i j Reject Advice Of President Be Withheld To Allow Stand; Vote Of House System I Washington, Feb. 9. Rejecting Frcii j dent Wilson's advice, house Democrats i in caucus tonight went on record as opposed to universal military training by a vote of 106 to 17. The President, in letters to Democratic leaders earlier iu the day. asked that action be with- ,0 the ,)arty. gtand nii)lht be icft to its national convention. The rejec tion of the President's appeal was double in its scope, for before declaring against military training the caucus re jected, 88 to 37, a proposal that action ou the question be deferred "at this time." This vote, cast on the motion of Representative Dorcmus, of Michigan, i camo after a three hours discussion i behind closed doors, and immediately afterwards on the straight-out question, universal training advocates, dwindled to seventeen. Caucos Resolution. "It is the sense of this caucus," de clared the resolution adopted by the Democrats, "that no measure should be pased by this congress providing for universal military service or training." Though not binding on the Democratic membership of the House, the caucus decision wan interpreted by Represeuta- lve sldwell, of rsew iork, who led ' J1!"' against tue caucus action, as precluding the possibility of universal training being incorporated in the army reorganization bill that will soon be Exchange Situation Promises Serious Reduction According To Statistics Wsshington, Feb. 9. Indications that England's inability to purchase Ameri can cotton because of the exchange sit uation may mean virtual cutting in half of ,th United States export trad in cotton ar shown in statistics issued to day by the Department of Commerce. More than fifty per cent of the cotton exportel by the United States during the five months ending with December, went to England, according to the de partment's latest foreign trade reports. For the five months the total exports of cotton amounted to 2,Nfl!),370 bales of 1,4722270 pounds valued at s543,7;S4, 660 of whleh England, took 1,473,900 hales of 760,887,730 pounds valued at 28M77.660. For the month of Decem ber, England imported 442,210 bales of 231,23.1,100 pounds of eotton valued at 942U65, while the total exported from the United States for the month was 879,840 bales of 450,9.10,100 pounds valued at 1$0,648,270. Caa Divert Little Surplus. France stands second to England as a market for American cotton and Japan third, but Department of Commerce ex perts assert that little of tho surplus whleh will follow the closing of Eng land's ports to American cotton can be diverted to either of tho other coun tries. France is faeint.the same situa tion with regard ,to the exchange, it is pointed out while Japan's consumption of the raw material is limited by its restricted market for the finished prod uct which is confined mainly to China. Little hope of an immediate fall in the price of clothing due to the reduc tion of America e eott-on export i held out by commerce officials. The effect of aa over supply of row material in this eountry will not be felt for some time by the manufacturer and retailer as the clothing industry it is ext.lain- ed, is generally from six months to a year ahead of the retail market and most of next year a commitments ar readv have been eomuleted. I FORCED LANDING STOPS LIEUT. MAYNARD'S FLIGHT New York, Feb. 9. Defective 4notor imition controlled Lieut. Belvin W, Maynard, the "Flying Tarson," to make a forced landing one mile from Mitchell Field. Mineola, today after he had "hopped off" on a 8,000 mile flight in the interest of army enlistments. Ho landed at Ilazelsurst Field, Long Island, but will start again tomorrow, it was announced tonight. Sergeant Joseph P Saxe. an army photographer, will ac company Lieutenant Maynard. They will drop army literature from the He ilavi land four plane, in which they will fly. Washington, D. C, will be the first stop la th itinerary, which will take the aviator into nearly every , Southern state. , - - -w , Where He Will Fly. Washington; Feb. 9. The War De partment announced today tha Southern eities at which Lieutenant Maynard will give flying demonstrations and lecture oa airplane construction and ' main tenance aa 'follows: Norfolk, Fayetteville, Columbia, Jack sonville, Havannah, Birmingham, Jack son, Nsw Orleans, Little . Bock, Nash ville, Louisville, Knoxville, Greensboro, Balelgh and Bichmond. BENNY LEONARD WINS . FROM JOHNNY DUNDEE Jersey Cityj N. J., Feb, 9. Benny Leonard, world's lightweight boxing champion, outfought Johnny Dundee, of New Tork, ia vey round of an eight round bout her tonight. Dundee put up a stiff battle, but th champion out nunehsd him . throughout. Leonard weighed 13tf? pound! sad Dundee 131HI MAY CUT COnON EXPORTS IN HALF Wilson Who Asks That Action j Party In Convention To Take Democrats 106 to 17 Against j hinught K-fore 'oi:gro. In a etste-; ment after the conference, he said: I 'I'nless there is considerable change; in sentiment on the Democratic, side i of tho House it is cjuite apparent there are not enough Republicans who favor; universal training to include it in the, reorganization bill." House and Senate Will Vote. 1 Nevertheless, it is anticipated i tLa ' both House and Scnatonill have to! vote on the universal training pro-1 posnl, for it is included in the Senate ! bill, and' Representative Kolin, Hepiih-; liran, of California, chairman of the ; House Military Committee which is; framing the llonso till reiterated to- night his intention of presifig adoption ' of the plan. 1'rattident Wilson in his letter, which ' was presented at the rauruit, declared any action thitt would mske the pro posal a party isnie would be ''unfortu uate." -- Debate in the caucus by those favor ing universal training, reflected the President's stand. Representative Kit chin, of North Carolina: Flood, of Vir ginia, and Dent, of Alabama, were among lite npeuiers opposing the ac ceptance of his argument. Though urjr - ing rejection of the President's atmirl- these and other IVmocrats offered no personal criticism of either the Presi - dent or Secretary of War Maker, who recently announced his support of uni- versa I training. FOR STRONG FLEET j Without League, U. S. Navy Should Be Incomparably Greater Than Any Other Washington, Kcb. .The future of the American merchant marine engaged the attention here today of both men who own and operate commercial craft and men who build them. While the Senate commerce commit tee continued its hearings in formula tion of a shipping policy bill, with ship owners testifying a conference of reps resentatives of labor unions concerned in ship construction with a combined membership of 500,000. met to frame recommendations for the "Perpetuation of the American flag in the commerce of nations." (secretary Daniels was the principal speaker at the conference. He assured his hearers thtit some way would le found to operate merchant tonnago produced during, or aa a resnlt of the war and to restore the .' merican com mercial fleets to the place they held sixty years ago. National prosperity, he said, was dependent upon csrrvinr American goods iu American bottoms. Mr. Daniels also reiterated his posi tion as to the strength of the battle! fleet and said that work on the naval building program would not be stomied. As to American naval power, lie said: -o man in a stronger advocate of I the league than I, but. in tho present ! perturbed conditions of the world, the uKe o.usv nave a ponce mree on the was buu nam ine united Mates to have a force in thnt police force large as any othor' nation. Without the league, he added, the American navy should be 'incomparably greater" than any other. PERSIAN PRINrE ARRIVES . ' WITH RESCUED SAILORS New York, Feb. 9. The British steamer Persian Prince, 2d days out from Liverpool, arrived here-tod.iy with the sir members of the crew of the three masted schooner Monchy, rescued Janu ary 28 from their sinking'craft in mid ocean where she was abandoned. It was the Monchy 's maiden voyage. The Persian Prince found the Monety flying signals of distress in a heavy sea". The schooner, which registered only 109 Ions, was bound from ft. Johns, N. F., to Gibraltar, with fish when she sprang a leak, and soon becamo waterlogged. Her crew had given up hope, when the Persian Prince hove into sight. Bryan Not Oa "Dry" Pay Roll. New York, Feb. 9. Reports that Wil liam Jennings Bryan was on the payroll of the Anti-Kaloon League were denied yesterday by Wayne Wheeler, general counsel for the league, who said that his organization had paid Mr. Ilrvan for making a few speeches, but for nothing else. "He never received any -pay for bis services lor prohibition while the turn paign was on to sdopt it," Mr. Wheeler anl. "I know of no man in pubhe life who has done more for the cause with- Mr. Wheler said that th "drys' out. compensation." would baek Mr. Bryan or any other man who espoused prohibition in the event that any party allied itself with the liquor interests in the coming na tional election. U. S. DRT WORKER DELIVERS ADDRESS l.V COPENHAGEN Copenhagen, Feb. 9. The .Jfcvj. . Dr. David Oestluad, a prohibition worker from America, held the second publie meeting of his prohibition campaign at the Copenhagen V. M. C. A. last r.ight A large erowl attended the meeting. When it was announced that no dis cussion would be permitted there wa considerable "booing" aud a large ma jority of the audieuce ileft the halt The remainder listened with few inter ruptions. . Th Bev. Dr. Oesthmd- lectured ' an "The Blessings of Prohibition in Atner" " DANIELSDECLARES MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED AFTER LE i Mob Bent On Lynching Negro ! Fired Upon By Guardsmen ! and Four Are Killed CONTINGENT OF FAMOUS FIRST DIVISION ON DUTY Attempt To Lynch Follows Con fession of William Lockett to Murder of 10-Year -Old Girl and Oomes As Jury Pro nounces Verdict; Soldiers Fire Foint Blank Lexington, Kr., Feb. 9. Martial law prevails here tonight. 8tx hnndred Fed eral snd State troops are patrolling tlie streets to prevent further rioting, which during the day exacted a toll of four dead and fifteen wounded. The city waa quiet early tonight, but. authorities fear a recurrence of violence, r'ive hundred additional Pnited States ; troops are en route from Camp Taylor.. h,y. i Lexington and all of Payette county jwas placed under martial law at :; i o'clock by Brigadier General F. C. Mar- shall upon his arrival from Camp Taylo with 300 troops of the famous Firal Division, which helped repulse the Ger mans at Chateau Thierry. Kioting began this morning when a mob, bent upon lynching William j Lockett, a negro, who confessed to .tit ; murder last week of ten-year-old Geneva j Hardman, was fired upon with rifles and machine guns by State militiamen as tho mob was storming the Fayette; county court house to get th negro ' cjuring nis xnai. I AttcMt FolUsm Confeaaiaii. The attempt to lynch Lockett was mafo just after ho had confessed to the murder and as the jury found hin guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to dl in the eleetriu chair March 11. Th shooting temporarily dispersed the mob, and gave th authorities time in which to rush Lockett to a secret plao of aafety. Th mob reformed, how ever, and looted pawn shop and hard war store to get fir arms. Fearing 'an attack upon the handful of National Guardsmen on duty, the authorities appealed to Governor Mor row for assistance. As a result, 300 troops, members of th Sfith- and 28tJi Infantry, arrived at 4 e clock oa a special train from-Camp- Taylor.. The Federal troops immediately be gan the work of patrolling the streets to keep crowds from congregating. Lockett, arrested last Tuesday night snd held in the Stat penitentiary at Frankfort for safe keeping, was indicted late last week and was brought here on a special train this morning for trial TIm havitv ha.mIjm Hundreds of farmer from th sur rounding country arrived early to at-v tend the t-iat and sullenly watched the prisoner as he was marched from the train to the court house between lines of State troopers. When the trial openeu, tne court room waa crowded to capacity. Every one was searched for firearms before being admitted to 'the court house. Hundreds were unable to gain admittance to the court room, and congregated in the street in front of j tho court hnn.e the court house. "Let 'a Get Rim," Starts Mob. Tho try, "Let's get him!" from a brawny farmer on the outskirts of the town, turned the crowd into a mob which began surging toward the en trance, to the building. Soldiers and police dropped back into close forma tion and trained their guns on the mob, which never hesitated. . Adutant General Dowses, in com mand of the militiamen, shouted a final warning to the crowd and then fired a revolver into the air. It was the sig nal for the troops to fire. Soldiers snd police fired pointblank into the crowd and a nearby -machine gun t'tled. From the windows of the court room above another hail of bullet sputtered down en the asphalt street. Four men fell at the first volley. The mob, which had surge ' half way up the steps, pressed back and broke. Quick action on the part of the authori ties, got the negro out of the building. Casualty List. Those killed in th clash were B. F. Carrier and L. M. King, both of Lexington, and John Thomas and Wil liam Ellington, both of Versailles. Among those wounded wer J. W. Stanaell, W. J. Rees, Otis Sharp, Emmet Doxier, Irwin Gwynn, Emmett Dan xittfLPred Sowders, H. .C. Weathers, Mrs. E. T. Cross, James Massevgall and J. W. Rogers. Foiled in its first attempt to get the prisoner; the Mob broke up Into small crowds which paid hurried visits to all of the Dawn shona and hard rsr stoma in the rity"in a quest of firearms. There were ominous- muttering on all sides. Iu some stores as many a fifty or sixty revolvers and guns wer Mixed. .Group of men congregated on tie streets, and sought to learn the where about of Lockett. The word that regu lar army, troops wer coming spresd rapidly and no further violence was at tempted,,.... " New Record For Cesrt gaoad. Lockett arrest, indictment, trial and sentence sets a ,new record for rapidity; in Kentucky. He wa arrested Isst'. Tueedaw niirhL indicted Friday and was,' tried, found guilty and sentenced in a, few minute today.' Under his sentence he will die in the electric chair March 11. ..''.'' ' Th little Hardmsa girl's body wss found mutilated in a cornfield last Tues-' dar morn ine soon after aha had left her horn for school. Ber head bad beca '(Coatiaaed Psg Tw4 XINGTON RIOTS
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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