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Don't Forget Carolina Automotiye Exposition Raleigh, April 12-17 TheN WATCH LABEL. 1. yaw niw. eV.-, sewswal Mi Steam -arvlrtMS aa esM " THE WEATHER Filt aad viratf Baadayi . Monday prsbably ekewtra, gratia variable wind. erver i a slag, i VOL. CXL NO. 102. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNOAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1920. PRICE! FIVE CENTS 1M J QS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE CAUSES OE RAILROAD STRIKE Orders Sent Out To District At torneys To Determine If There Has Been Unlawful Interference.. "JOINT ACTION" WOULD v BE UNLAWFUL PALMER ' DECLARES IN STATEMENT TJnauthoriied' Strike! of HaU way Trainmen Continues and Spreads To Other Parts of Country. Notably Middle West; Administration Offl rials Beliere Union Leaders Will Be Able To Control It Samuel . (tampers Goes To Confer With Heads of Bail roads Brotherhoods at Clere land Headquarters Washington, D. C, April 10. (By the Associated Press.) Ordera went out to day to United Statea district attorney to investigate the unauthorized rail road strikes in their districts to deter mine whether there his been any 'joint action" designed to interfere with the distribution of necessities of life or whether aueh interference was eo litem elated. Attorney General Palmer who is at Savannah, Ge, in making this aanoence- ment said that such joint action would be unlawful. He added that the Federal government fwould-take steps until a careful inquiry had been ' made to ascertain the exact facts. Mr. Palmer will be in the South for several days and instructed Assistant Attorney General Ames to aet on bia judgment; should the situation be found to war rant it. Ketasas To Cosaaaoat. Mr. Ames steadfastly refused to comment on development in the strike situation. . "I am not prepared to any anything - relative to reported governmental ne ftioa in th strike" Mr.' Arsea-said. Altheueit the-strike apparently was "priding rapidly,, preticularly in the Madie Vest, .administration officials believed the authorised leaden of the . railroad union would be- able to eon trol th situation without government ' Interference. Government machinery. however, we ready to snov should - this finally he decided - nrjcew What th first step won Id be was net indi cated. The tjenat Interstate Commerce Commltte completed plana today for ita Investigation ot the (trite. earn ings will begin Tuesday with John Gruneau, president of the Chicago yard men' association and leader ol the striking force in Chicago aa one of th first witnesses, Chairman Cummins an nounced. Other to be heard will in clude A. Whitney, vice president of th Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and ' officials of th Crieago Milwaukee and . Bt. Paul railroad.. t Tw Coarse Open. '' Officer of th railroad ahop drafts affiliated with th American Federation f Labor refused to discuss th strike. Samuel Gompera, president of the Fed eration, ha gone to Cleveland, head quarter of th trainmen's union, to discus th general situation with th Brotherhood ehiefs. While Mr. Ames refused to discuss th situation other official of th de partment pointed out that two courses of procedure were open if th govern, meat decided to take a hand in settling the strike. . Th government they said could seek criminal indictments under the Lever Act because of interference with Interstate food shipments or It could employ methods similar to the Injunction proceedings of the bitumin ous coal strike.- r V . ;. Although there has been no ttoppag of United States mails according to the -reports to th department, it is known that officials ar watching trik de velopments from that angle alee. AJl plan will b held in abeyance,' now ever,-nntiL the inquiry ordered by Mr. ' Palmer ssn be carried out. - ). , PINCH OF HUNGER NOT 1 ' , TIT FELT IN NEW TOBK ' New York, April 10.Mot of it ar- - ferie blocked by th railroad strike, New York passed through the third day of it local tie-up without feeling th plneh of hunger sad tonight began tak ing account of stock, - - With freight embargo - elsmped -down by all roads' serving this district - sad an express embargo in effect except to New England and most ' New York tat points, s survey wa started to es timate amount of food - stored her which could be drawn upon if th tie up ...prove protracted. J-fr-f:f-i i City Commissioner of Market's 0"MaI- - ley lata today sought to act at rest feax of aa immediate food famine. Warning against panic, he declared there were enough supplies - in New York ware ' house to meet the needs of the city for sis month. Meanwhile, with th New York Cen tral and New Haves line still able to bring la a few food - trains, railroad 'official set at work to bring is all' sup plies possible. CMher lines reported little sueees la effort' to bring perish able freight tore. . The Pennsylvania , announced that 200 carload were ma rooned in the wards at Wilmington Del aware 1 and that 22.000 carload of freight ot all kind booked for KevH York Were stalled all along ita lines. First actual effect of the strike were ' experienced today by the thousaads who " dally eowurat to ManKatten. Find- ing roeo passengers service nad'.y disor ganized on most of the Jersey railroads many struggled to the shore of the Hud son by Jitney and trolley, or,!y to find lei NO STKIKE OX RAILROADS SAMUEL COMPERS ASSERTS. Philadelphia, April lev-Thon b no strike of raUrssd awn, asserted Sasa ael Gompera, president of tko Amr lean Federation of Labor aero today, to reporters whilo he was waiting tar a delayed train for New York. H was compellod to go to Went Fall, dclphta sad catch a throes train from Washington. Aa a awaag aboard ha saldt .."Bemesaher, there la no strike. Coagreas baa prohibited e'rikea on the railroad, bat, of ssim, (hero Is law to preveat iadlvldaala front, eeltting their Jobs If Ihey choose to deoo." Mr. Gompera weald not reveal th a at a re of his snUsiea to Philadelphia. NEW YORK FIREMEN TO JOIN STRIKERS General Tie-Up of Lackawanna System Promised By Latest Walkouts New Tork, April JO. Firemen of the Lackawanna railroad late today noti fied operating officials in Hohokea they would strike at 11:45 o'clock tonight, halting all trains, passenger and freight on that system. . The firemenSaid the Buffalo express, a mail train; wen Id be allowed to leave New York at 1:15 o clock tomorrow morning. , , - "" . After a mass ' meeting of striking railroad workers in Jersey City late today, a statement wa iasaed by strikers press committee em body lag de maads the committee said - would be presented to railroad officials for con sideration. 1 The Statement said "We have de cided to be known hereafter ae the United Railroad Worker of America," and added "We do not want -ear name to be misunderstood aa representing the National organisation." -y The demands to be presented to rail road officials were announced by th committee as ' follower Conductor SL10 ss hour I brakemea 95 cent an boar) S hour er less to eenstitut a day's works Urn and n half for ever times time and a half for 8uadays and holidays; double time for overtime on Sunday and holidays; switch tenders to receive the same wages' and hours as brakemes ; general yardmastera 8325 s month; yard mas- tors esse; one day off is eaen seven with pay; twe weeks off a year with pay r or itremea bsjw ror xnrougn freight service; 7JW any zor yara firemen: 87.50 a day for passeager firemen; 88.20 a day for outside host lers; $7.20 a day for inside aostlers: $8.73 a day for hostlers helpers; $1 s day to be added to all freight rates. For engineer $1.30 an hour for yard service; $1.30 aa hour for road engin eer; $12 a day, 8 hours or lees, 80 miles or leas, constitute a day lor freia-ht engineer: 81 JO an .hour for passenger engineers er , $13 a dsy, 9 hour or less, 80 miles or leas on hert "turnabouts" t First edition of th New York after. noon newspapers were generally held to four page and carried announcements that the reduction wa duo to the em bargo on .freight. latter edition also were drastically reduced,' the majority being limited to twelve page aad car ried only a email percentage of the usual advertising matter. First interruption of passenger eer-'i vie on ths New York Central railroad came tonight when 140 switchmen em ployed t -th Grand' Centrat terminal and th Mott Have yard auit werk wlthoet notice to company officials. KESEBYK SUPPLIES OF FOOD ALREADY DEPLETED Washington, April id. Reserve sup plies of foodstuff at principal distribu- tioa ceatera already nave been depleted asa. result of the railroad atrikes, th Department of Agriculture - today 'an nounced. , Largo shipments of meats, livestock and produce wore in traaait today but "arrival will be more or lea affected by. local strikes at Junction points, an official summary by tb de partment said. . ' . -;.'" . . Th atrike attest ion wa resorted se rious at New York, th announcement continued. "Very little produce was lightered across from New Jersey, Fri- dy er 8atarday. v v. "At Chicago the supply of various commodities wa reduced about SO par cent, with the poasibl exoaptioa W po tatoes. . Most road were refusing ship ments, particularly in adjacent territory. "U K lsnriiit jsaer iae- m-- embargo was placed en practically all express and freight ia both inbeuad and ontbonad. ; . . ' . . "At Kansas City 79 per cent of the railroed. faeilitiee . were reported na avallable. Car lot dealers' Inability to distrlbnte many ears of perishable, pro duce in th railroad yards. Other are being unloaded Into truck nd content; placed ia warehoaees." K0aTHCAROUNArOWS!S SHOW BIG INCREASES Washington, April 10. Minneapolis, nan jab. sr mi in. Jnckaoa, klUs., 2.679, increase 1,418 or a. 7 per cent; Borne, Uaw IZ&iZ, increase 4 ii a K ... . r-.:-. r-- m ISO, increase 241 or 4.1 per coat: Lea lngton,- N. C, S54s inerea 1,091 , r J per cent; ThmnsrritW K. C, 6,676, increa 1,7S9 ar 4.4 per cent; Tskima, WsUu, 1839, inerease 4,437 or 1.T per rat; llianenpolis, inrrase T9,'TO or IiiJ! per eent; Kanm Citv. Kanus n- r?aj 13,7 17 or 2.9 per Cent. OUTLAW RAILROAD STRIKE SPREADS TO OTHER CENTERS Passenger Service Affected In New York and Several Other Places SMALL GROUPS RETURN TO WORK HERE AND THERE Large Areas of Country Still Remain Uninyaded By Walk ' out While Thousands of Workmen In Steel Mills Are forced Into Idleness By Stoppage of Transportation Chicago, April 10. Several more rail' road ceatera today were affected by tne iaenrgeat atrik of awitehmen aad pa enter service was affected in 'oorne places, notably New York City, while strikers returned in (mail group at several points. Large areas of the country had not yet beea invaded by the atrike, which anion officers declared was aa effort to overthrow the union and make way for a new organization. The switchmen in New England, in all the Southeaster State and in the upper-Mississippi and the Missouri val leys remained at work, those in Denver and 8L Paul aad Minneapolis formally voting to remain at work. On ths other hand, hundreda of men la Cleveland, the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, today broke away front official restraint and quit work. Bevorta of the number of ' strikers were confused by the variance between the numbers said to be out by the anion officers snd those declared .by the strik ers to have quit. Unofficial figures from the various railroad centers affected showed 40,000 mea en strike. Many Persons Affected. In addition thousaads of persons wr indirectly affected by th strike throngs the eloeinr of steel mills, packing phut aad other industries dependent on the railroads for eoal aad raw material. Th insurgent forces were strengtH- eaed by nearly 8,000 today when switch. mea in S3 additional cities nna towna struck, aad further walkouts occurred in laree railroad ceatera. . Against this gain about IjDOO striker returned to work la a nau dosen places. " More than Joined the strikers already out la Toledo, Detroit, Celum baa, IaUaapoUa - i ort' Worts, and ether itieW V e,- In the Chicago Mea, claims of railroad head and officers of the brotherhoods, who suited to break the aaaathorised walkout, that strikers war returning to work aad that freight waffle was grad ually approaching normal, were met with denials by officers of the Chiesgo zsrd- men Associalioa, the re vo Iters : aew aaion. who asserted that the tieup wa complete aad that the striker' rank were beiag augmented. . - , Covoraaaeat Issass Orders. , - Federal interveatien in the - strike wUh the posaible aUliaation ot the Illi- noia Natioaal Guard to protect property waa forecast today by the actioa of District Attorney Charles F. Clyae, who, after aa all night conference with bia staff aad members of the Department of Justice, summoned John G runs a, leader of the strikers, to his office. It wsa said that definite inatruetiona were received by Mr. Clyae from At torney General Palmer ia regard to the government s action In th strike, aitua; tion. ' Mr.' Clyae would not discus possible goverameat action. - 1 will aay, however," be stated, "that the United Btstea ia not entirely power less in a sitnatwa that affects ths food dad fuel supply ef the country and that drastic actio a will be inevitable sal ess condition are altered materially within the next 48 hours.'' It was learned that Mr. Clyn was in conference by telephone with the chief ef the Department ef Justice (Ceatlaaed en Page Two) MEXICAN REBELLION NOT SURPRISE TO WASHINGTON SUU of vSonon Horn of 0n-T- wTsi " Obrtf on, ' CaAdidstti 7 AfttiBMi pSTTSJIZm'.' ' Waahiagtoa," April 10v While no-e- ports had reached Waahiagtoa; tonight of ' the - rermdiatioa of . the Mexican eeatral govrnsaent by tne Sonora state eongress, factor which nadoabtedly ed to the Congress actioa are known to official hera. Th state of Sonora 1 the home of Geaeral Obregon, the candidate of the anti-Carrsnsiats for preajdeat, aad op position to the . Carraaaa administra tion ha grows eteedity since Geaeral ObTegoa began hi attacka oa the pres ident, rolitical managers taaaed the flames with charges teat .Governor .d fas Haerta. would be removed and that Federal troop would aceam control of the state.. . . ; - .... . With feeling rsaaing Ugh, the strike of employee en the. Bouthera Pacific de Mcsie railroad earns, aad a Car.- ata-appoiated odge waned . notice that nales the strikers returned to work- within, TS hoars, -the Federal. goTera- meat would, take over the read. The 1 8oaera antaoritich blocked an eh actioa by -taking aver th .railroad before, the Federal government could act... Be ports then were circulated that the Carraaaa administration' would nphold the Judge and sieze the railroads by the ass .of troop.,"' '-' . Goveraor Huerta reeeatly waa elected upreme chief of th Ya4ui ladiaaa; sine Ui laquia. bav proven troublo- som aa aaaay coeasioas to the Carran- gwerament, Meuee City authori ties looked ia aa even . nnfriendrv i:eer on tho Geverwer because ef hi uaect'o ;.h tbe IaJ'.aaa. ; Ill BETTER 15 '- - ' . Condition of Congressman So TavApahla That RpnthorJ 1 aiviawiv. mvuiifii Returns Home REQUIRE SEVERAL DAYS TO DETERMINE EFFECTS PhYsioian Declares That Mental - Condition Will Not Be tin. paired by Paraljtio Stroke; Tar- Heel Oonffreasmen Are Pleased With Platform of Tbe Democratic Oonrentioa The News and Observer Bureau, - 60S District National aBnk Bldg. By B. B. POWELU (By Special Leased Wire.) . Washington, April 10 The condition tonicht of Bepresentative Claude Kit- chin, who . suffered a paislytia ' etroke while delivering a speech on tbe floor ef tbe Bouse yesterday afteraooa against the Bepublieaa . peace resolution, i "auardedly favorable." Announcement of improvement ia hit condition during the day earn from Dr. Lewis Battle, formerly of Haitian, who ia Mr. Kltckin s phyaieiaa. The Tar Heel Congressman spent a comfortable night aad day, hi articulation is much better today, he appeared brighter dur ing th late afteraooa aad eveaiag aad, barring the physical hoes, seem aim elf, ' No Mental Impairment. Dr. Battle eaid that ia hi eplnloa Mr. Kltchin will not b impaired mea- tally by reasea of th paralyti stroks. Just bow serious he win be aseetea physically it will require soms tin to tell. His phyaieiaa axpaet to keep him la bed' for at least ten days, during which tims h i hopeful that th blood elot formed .nfter the stroke will hare s chance to aSoorb. . - The condition of Mr. Kitehia was regarded- so favorably by Dr. Thurmaa hUUhln. a brother, that he returned to his borne ia the State tonight. Vt. and Mr. Kitehia trrived bare thin mora ing with Mr. Claad Kitehia, who had been Tisilinaat Rcotlaad Neck. , ; i i :.. 4 Th lr 11 eel statesmaa was Krick ia his left ram. left aide and left leg snd in .the organs ef apeeeV The, im-i podiraent taat xouowoa-toe. .stroke aaa about dbippcaMd though hit face i drawn. , ., - . J v -. ' . - While ' Pr. Battle - and" tUr physt ciars who have attended. Mr. Kite bin are hopeful beetus at the imprave- ment poted la their patient eoadltioa today, they state that It i aot possible at thi time to aay just bow serious it may prove, , v "- ' " It ia a second stroke. He wa slightly paralysed JmDoeeutben but after a day ot two came back ia fighting form again,' A abort, while, later, be went to Balti more for an examinatioa aad ha beea treated- for hia-h blood nrearure since. Nona Carolinian by th. hundred bavo expressed . their sorrow at Mr, autchia' tllae. Telegame hoping for speedy restoration to health have been reaching -the Kitehin home by score today from every section of th country. All the North Carolina members in Congress have called at the Kitehin homo since their leader was stricken yesterday to learn his condition. rinsn wita uenveatien Bepreeeatativee -Godwin and Boey were immensely .pleased with the Ba- leigh coaveatioa. They' think it wa th finest gathering ef Democrat siace the memorable. Charlotte meet , that nominated - three candidates for . Gov. eraor. ; -. ' The other two member ef th House delegation ar fairly well aatisfied with the way thinga went. Mr. Doughtoa, who has . been debating with himself some time as to whether bo ould rua sgaia, has decided ia favor ef running. . (Ceatlaaed oa Pago Two) ' GERMANS PLANNED FOR BOBBING NEW YORK CITY War Department Makes Public Plans Made ! Tor Sending" . - Zeppelin ' Orerseas ; ,'. r ' . V.J .'v Washington, . April 10.Dtal1 of plaa of the German general staff for bombing. New York. City from the, air end a" minute description of th upcr Zeppelin . in which the invasion 'would bar beea attempted, ar contained' la sa nrtiels by Colonel William N. Bn icy; Jr, ef th 'Air Service, made public today by the War DepartmeaL '-Colonel Beaaley 'wa on of the American offi cer who' visited Germany after the ar Be ears the Germaa effort was sche duled to take place about Thanksgiving. 1918, and that th Mt, which he de scribed as the "largest airship la , the world." was expressly constructed for tbe raid- Measuring T73 feet from-tip to tip and equipped with, lis engines of 80 horse newer oath, the,. 172. the Colonel aid, WM-capable of carrying re toaa of Aigb exploairei aad lhcen diary cnsterisL . . :' 1 . ' ... r, V 'Action for every, hour and mhinte of the trip was foreeeen," Colonel Hens ley said, "every possible contingency ef weather, fuel ; axhsnstisn, damage to ship or machinery fsllure hid heea reekoaed. Weather chart of the At lantic were gathered, files of the Ger maa admiralty . were combed and , the records of the merchant marine search ed. Three hundred ;nd y sUty-seven time tk: veyege waa made ea jsper.T Tae eaaacea ox rear success wre .307 tel." .- - .-. - Plan to. attend the' Plaehurst-Race Wednesday, 8:44 -p. m. Good card. Mr.) - . . ; . , , . . WEA l'HER BUREAU CHIEF, K Here' the. weather maa. Professor Charles F. Marvin. He tell tbe farmer when hd can harvest safely, and the produce shopper what the temperature ia a thousand miles down the line, tbe captain of the ocean liner to set sail and the town maawBetner n snail carry aa umbrella aad wear rubber tomorrow. PRICES FOR COAL Government Commission De clares Charges For Bitumin ous Coal "Unreasonable" Washington, April 10,-Tb United State . bituminous . coal commission, which settled th dispute between soft eoa! miner aad operators, declared ia a' formal statement today that present price of bituminous eoal "were iaex euaable" a'nd oat of all relation to the Increase in the cost of produetien caused by higher wage granted by th commission." v v.- Declaring t that the' prevent - rise t ia price? eould- fot be attributed to the campaign " f ea early boy lag, .' the . cont-m-ssioa's kUtement said-there ' wer yarioue' cense fr the temporary bp ward tread." lnclodlag widespread feel- leg that there might be- a scarcity ef teal for tometti. ate, du to foreign demand, .' ' - i '- .- - ' here ee elaa to be a misappre kcasioa' in - reaard to productioa, the statemeat added. ."The weekly report of the geological eurvey show that in th first auarter of the present year our productioa wat decidedly in excess ot th productioa last year, and slightly In excess of th productioa under high pressure 4a 1918. There Is, therefore, no reason, based ea the vast few month for the sky-rocketing bf prices. fThe ' fear of immediste suffering from ear -short ige sreais .lso to figure ia th reasons for the Surry, There were uffcint car and motive power to distribute this unusual productioa of the , past 'few months, oa account of careful and. 'energetic ear distributioa These ears sad motive power aro prac tically all available and, while there Is definite need ot more of both in order to stabilize the Industry, there ia no immediate serious threatoniag of a ear shortage such as has aot existed duriag ths .winter unless .-..It. is necessary, be cause of emergencies, to divert eoal esrs for other purposes. The more open weather conditions snd the .efforts to improve allocation of cars by the ear service eommiaalon of . the American Bailway Associatien give promise of e greatly improved, ear sitsatioa in the seat futare. . . Frenxied bidding up ef price oa th part of ecal buyer seems therefore, at this time to - be entirely -unjustified. There is no reason to believe that there will be a limited supply of cost for the domestic market, or that there will be aa increased shortage of ears in the near future; ear aa it Sa a part of the general iransporiayon uuucoiuci u bv present ttm.-.--- - .-r,-.- BELGIANS TO OCCUPY FRANKFORT SECTOR . -fit. , 'it : " ' -. ; Brussels, April 10. (By Th Associa ted Press)--Belgian artillery and infan try for the FrsakTort sector win leave Brnneli on special Itrains- next.Tuee- day,- it- wss' snnouaeed todayu tjbt Belgiaa, ofneial point of .view at fc hewinnina. it was said here today WM 'tBe 'stme as that of the -British; Americans and ' IUlians, namely, that Intervention wa aot indispensable, Mt after -th .Freseh decision ,for. oeeupa tion, Belgium considered her place was with . rraace. . ' . . . t - The Belgian, troop will remain" In the- Bubr oa Ui -tb avaeuaUoniof that reeioa .br th reichswshr. The French ambassador here, has .expressed 4he. of ficial thanks of rraace lor Belgium attitude.-which be aid was eopaidered to be.probf of the solidarity of the th two eountrie. 1 - f fTKKL P' 4wT"HUT - v , DOWTf BECAUBn or BTKIBX. - Yoaagstown,..0 Aprjl 10-For th eoeond time ta less titan aeven moataa the eouatry'a second largest steel pro. dueine- recioa. ia virtually paralysed as the result of 'a"strik. The plant of the Youngntowa district with the excep tion of n-f ew small unit ir were closed down tonight .by the yardmen's strike s tightly ss they were last -September by th eteel striae. ,-J v j i Proeiala- Soviet BennbUei ' Tkffj-." 'Arrll-Hvs WThe-proc- iamation of soviet republic -In Bitter- feld aBd - Madgeburg (respeettyely 75 mile southwest ' and 80 mile west- southwest, of Berlin) la told of in-ru WITHOUT REASON mor circulating at - Aix-La-Chapclla. ... DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE ,s-' v.; , , i !, Jt .. "K ' - : Premier Millerand Declares Re quest To Send Troops1 Merely Pretext Paria, April 10. Premier Millerand, ia s atatemcat today to the Associated Pros declared that Germany 'a request for permiaakra to send troops into the Buhr region waa merely for the purpose of violating the term - ef the peaee treaty. He said Francs felt the danger of her poaition ia a way it could aot be felt ia Ameriea, aad pointed to the fact that Belgium had assumed a positioa identical with that of Fraace because Belgium! like France, felt the danger ef nef proximity to Uermaay, hi. Mil Wread said - " r . 1 - v - -. . "Frances position 1 absolutely sim pl," be ssid. , "Wa were in th pre. Case of a series f Oermaa Violation of the treaty, the last of which affect pre cisely those article ef th treaty which were' covered by '. the" French-British-American agreement ander which Eng. land aad Ameriea were to come to our assistaaee. "I eanmerated to the Freach chamber on March the German violations- failure to deliver coal aa- agreed under the treaty, refusal to surrender those guilty of atrocities, failure to comply with the term of the articles oa repar ations aad refusal to disarm. I said then that France could aot always ac cept paaaively violations of the treaty. "The Ucrmaa government naked per mission to aend troop into the Buhr. Whyt Because they kaew that the reading of troop inte that region waa forbidden by the treaty. Wo refused to give that permission, nevertheless, the Herman government ordered troops into the Buhr. The only thing poaaibl for sa to do waa immediately to -aeeuDv Frankfort and the other Uermaa cities. "We hsd given notiee to our allies iat we Intended to do so and they had ot objected, our information was ab solutely clear aad authoritative that the eendng ot troops into the Buhr wna aot aeeemary in the interest of publie order. They were being seat there simply as an infraction of the treaty. "France's positioa is quit different from-that ef Ameriea aad England. We are living next door to Germany, had we feel th; danger" of our positioa in n way. ia which America could aot feel it. j Why fhai Belgium taken aa identical positioa with France f Be cause the Belgian people are in the same - dangerous situation. They are living next door to Germany and are! obi iged tor-protect- them set vea, . r- CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO GET FAIR COTTON PRICES 1 Washington, April i0. Warning that the Bouthera farmer -orould aot consent longer to toil twelve months a year ia the cotton, fields unless he could get a fair price tor hH product was. given to day in the House by Bepresentative As well, of Louisiana. . ' , If he ia not permitted to grow it st a profit J ssid iMr.Asweli, referring ft'" the cotton grower,' ta world problem of the future will not be bow to get cheap cotton, but kow to get cotton, st say price. - Mr. Aswell said that th Souther Farmer.;f or fifty year bad received ft than one-half the actual 'coat of pro ducing cotton. And yet tho press of Hew . England, . and of Larope had charged that cotton laadowners were making excessive profit. FlAN'B-fSTnlnTTION 'BT MOTOR TBVCKS OF COCNTET. Washtaston, April 10. Plans for or ganisation of emergency, motor truck transportation -lints -afaowld tb strike of railroad employes interfere seriously with food transportation were consid ered today by the council of National Defense. r '.' '.-'.-i . Herbert F. Shrntoe, acting secretary of tbe council, declared that 40,000 gav eramrnt owned trucks kould be mM- lized for such service oa short notice. Thrnurh the motor Irnnioort eoaiiiit- Ue ot tho eouneil, Msv Cheat oah eeidi-et-wovild be posslbhre wiobitisp iar'addh tion to the goverameat tmeka, 7J00OJOO privately owned tracks. These, be said, would enable the country "to face with e detree of equssimitr almort any tempo- rary failure of the railway systems I ANOTHER GERMAN i RUSE, FRANCE SAYS GREAT AUTOMOTIVE EXPOSITION OPENS ATS MONDAY NIGHT Visitors .Already Arriving In City For Greatest Auto mobile Event CONWAY BAND CONCERT WILL OPEN GREAT SHOW Sixty Hakes of Passenger An- tomobiles, a Score of, Tracks, Tractors and Airplanes, Will Be On Exhibition; Committee Rushing: With Final Touches To Elaborate Program The Carolina Automotive Exposition, the greatest event of at kind ever stag-, ed in the Csrolinaa, will be formally. opened tomorrow night in the hnga teat on the Centennial school ground at the foot of Fayettevilla street. To greet the thousanda of visitors who are expected to attend the event will be . the largest and most varied number of motor vehicles ever assembled her in cluding more than 60 different make of passenger cam of various models, a score of different makes of trucks, tractors, accessories, and two sirplsnes. The Exposition Committee promises to have everything in readiness for the opening, Patrick Conway will be pre, ent with his well knowa band, aad pros ent indications are that there will be as many people present a can bo crowd ed into th great canvas tent, covering more than aa acre of ground. -The , tent has beea in the hands of deco rators for several days .aad visitors will lose all idea of being in a eas vas structure when they have catered. Altogether it will present on of the most -effective pieces of interior deeo- ration ever done in Baleigh. Beery Sort of Car An automobile to suit the fancy of every conceivable taste will be oa ex hibition. There will be iprightly fliv. vera for two all the way up to the groat 90 Borse powered, Mercer racer nd the mighty Packard aad Fierce Arrow tour ing cars. 'There win be truck from tho modest little half toa flow ap to the greet many-ton monarch 'of the road. There will be tractors of war-, ious aixee aad power) there will be a large exhibit of accessories that make motoring more aatiafactoryt and there will be two airplanee for those who are tired of th earth. A little, homnnauV on constructed by Csrr E. Booker and Curtis Oriole will be os exhibition. No pain have beea (pared by the-dl rectors ef th exposition to provide for . the interest and plessut ef the vial, tors. There Will be a information bu reau presided over by Mise Grace Wynne; a Bed Cross first aid Station, aad the Woman'e Club will maintain minatur cafeteria for aerving light lunches. Afternoon and evening eon cert will be given by th Conway band throughout the week. Number of eo-, eAl events bav 1eea planned, notably the dances at the Auditorium Thurs day and Friday night after th show, with tbe Myer-Devis orchestra and ths Conwsy bsnd to furnish tbe mask. ; 11. ' J. Lee i chairman of the dance eom-t m it tec. , (' Following is a list of the automo- ' biles, trucks,' tractors and aeessory dealers- who- have -reserved space- and- -prepared exhibitions for the show: '-' Chevrolet, Automotive Bale Co. Mercer, Batee-Coleman Co. Liberty, t'row-EIkbart, Airplane, Car E.Booker. Jonea, Capital Motor Co. Chandler, Cleveland, C. C. Motor Co Overland, Dail-Overland Co Pierce Arrow Cowling Motor Co.' - - Columbia, Davi-8mith Auto Cs. Velio, Dkki Motor Co. ; Dixie Flyer, Dixie Automotive Co. . . Pan Americsa, Beveria, Euro Motor , Co. " . Franklin, Franklin Bale Co. ! , , WestcoU, Holmes, Goodwin West eott '" - -' Gardner, B, V. Kaight, Qraaviile Motor Co. - ? Standard, Hackney-flroe. Briaco, J. H. Ham. - Hudson, Essex, Maibohm, Horton Motor Co. Packard. Thomas Hunt Co. t Kline, Kline 8alee Co. ' i Jordan, Marshall Motor Co. C ... Hupmobile, Marshall snd Bummercll Davis, 3dyatt Motor Co. - 'ah, Nah Motor Co. . ' .lEtcarSitlwU Elcar Co. OldsmobUe, Dodge, N. C. Sales Co. Marmon. Cole, J. K. Korria. -BtuU, North Carolina Motor Corp. Grant, Comet, Norwood Motor Co. , .Peerless, Btevons-Duryca, Penning ton Motor Co. - American, Fenny and Loug. Buick, Baieigh-Buick Sate Co. Chalmers, Maxwell, Boamer, Baleigh Motor Sale Co, 1 , , v King 8, M. A. Bushton. , ' i Apperson 8, Bouthesitenf Hep, JHst, Co. Monroe. Tar Iieel Motor Co. . - - . Anderson,- Premier, V. M. Townseni. Mireh4VTepbrTy WintoJt, Trioagl " " Motor Co. . " . ' v. , i ' Btudebaker, Woke Auto' Co. v : Jackson, Wayaiek Motor Co. . ! Moon, II. U WhiUker. - t ' Reo, White Auto Co. - - r Noma, W. W William . ' Track v"-":' KeembUe.' W' , - BeyJ, . ? 4 . v V ' Day-Eldef, W. O. Bullloek. ' -t rVldea Truck,. Davis Smith. t " :' .CoxbitW-DUlon .imiply- Go - -- Clydesdale Trucks, - Durham- Buggy . -Co. ,- '- -. .- -- . Gramm-Bernstein, Erskine Motor Co. V. S. Motors, Granville Motor Co, ' t ; ., (Contlaaed on Tsg Twef
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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