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Don't Forget Carolina Automotive Exposition, Raleigh, April 12-17 .TheMews-MO ids THE WEATHER WATCH LABEL a fMi $' (! dare Mm wtlmM aad rrM wis tin Mi et. . erver Ftlr Wednesday aad Thurs day, rialag temaeratar In Interter. . RALEIGH, ri. C, WEDNZSDAY VOL. CXU NO. 103. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. April u, 192a PRICfci FIVE CENTS TWENTY PAGES TODAY. - : : LL " .' " ' ' ' ' " I HESITATETO f.lAKE RULING IN REGARD RACE FOR OFFICE Commissioner of Internal Reve nue Undecided About Can didacy of Mr. Woodley MEANS FIXING POLICY FOR HIS DEPARTMENT CiVil Service Bules Already Pre Tent Any Political Activity ' By Governmental Employes; flnncnreaamaJi Brinson and Mr. Abernethy To Have Joint Defeat In Third District The New and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldf . T 1 By - E. POWELL, (By Speial Leased Wire) Washington. April .13. Internal Beveuue Commission William today hesitated to make a -ruling suggested by Collector. Josiah : William Bailey, of Balcigh, involving th tight of W. T. Woodley. deputy under Mr Bailey, to nuke the race for State auditor With nt first detaching himself from the i i ii U- HM.l--tl. 41t-Val. eitrh rnlln-tnr has presented a aovel ease in issue and that bis decisioa will affect, to a certain extent, the political warfare of some 48 states. ' la a conference wit Frank A. Hamp ton, nrlvat secretary to Senator Sim. mona, the Commissioner explained. that the rulina- established y lormer com missioner Bo per weald bar collectors front entering contest lor political or nee and should restrict their political activity. 'By the same method of rea soning, be explained could appiy w the deputies serving under the collec tor and in its reach include the esse of Mr. Woodley, for whom Mr. Bailey suggested a "leave of absence." - Means Fixing Policy. - The new commissioner, who succeed ' ed one of -the moat polished (politicians the National capital has harbored With -la a century, finds that Mr. Bailey has propounded a query that to answer means to fix. for his term of office the policy of the Internal Revenue Depart ment with regard to the "political ao , tivity" the official therein- . ...... ... By a Jong list of precedents Woodley would be allowed to make lis campaign for, the State office by -obtaining this ''leave of absence" from tie depart ment upon the approval of Collector Bailey, bis chief. The statement 'that the New Bern division office, of which Woodley is the head, properly belong ed tinder the jurisdiction of - Sheriff. Manly McDowell, Was ia error.- ' While only the officials of the Inter- sal Beveaue Department are involved In the question of which Mr. Bailey has asked the Commissioner, the cal culated effect of his decision in the event he . holds the same view ' Mr. Bailey is understood to hold will be to bring to the attention of , the jtber governmental departments' ia Washing ton the same question, that is, whether or not officials shall be permitted to enter political contests and hold office t the same time. Members of Congress Exempt. Members of Congress, of course, would be exempt from any such rule unless they, by statute, established one. The other heads of government depart ments might follow a lead set by the Commissioner end forbid officials and employes w engage in political con tests. .- , There are already ia effect rules made by the Civil Service Commission affecting the political activity of gov ernmental employes under the juris diction of the Civil Service Commit-' ion- ....- friend of Mr. Woodley here, inter ested in his caadidaey, look for ths Commissioner to say that Mr. Woodley may obtain a. "leave of absence'' from the department and make his campaign for the nomination -as State auditor ea the Demoeratie ticket. They do not un derstand why Collector Bailey should specifically ask for the ruling in this instance, but to all appearances, ' the activities of the power that be will be 'directed as Mr Woodley wishes. Abernethy -Accept Challenge. Abernethy and Brineon on May 8rd, of this year, will meet ia joint debate at Jacksoaville, the Onslow eountv can- itaL and what excitement and amuae-l ment In politic- is lacking up to that time will be amply fnrniahed on what promise to be an -epochal -first Mon day." . The challenge cam from Mr-.-Brinsoa, who said some time ago that un less Abernethy issued' a challenge, he would do so. The Third district issues must be discussed on the stump. Mr. Brinson. haa said, .and' Mr. Abernethy has accepted. Registering some objection t' the Banner, in which The New tad Ob server reported .the caaens of the Third district Democrats jast before the State convention last Thursday, Mr. Aber nethy said that his friends practically controlled the caucus. Abernethy men, according to the former solicitor, were ia the ascendancy and a review of the platforr)- committee, the district dele gate to th National convention and the elector for the district will so show it. . . : ' Thomas D. Warren, former acting District Attorney for the Kaatera die r jet,, ha been named by, the Depart ftient , -f Justice a a apeeial govern ment attorney to handle the vnriout Claims and ' condemnation proceedings growing1 ut 'of the acquisition of land at Camp Bragg. The appointment came unsought to Mr. Warren, who was sug gested fir the place .by Judgo Con nor, District Attorney Ay diet t and Senator Simmons. ' - Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley has re turned to Washington after visiting her on. vviiuam iienry i-sgier. in iort V.'orih, Trvn. LOWDEN LEADING WOOD IN ILLINOIS PRIMARY Women Accorded Privilege , of Voting1 Unofficially In- State Primary : Chicago, 111., April 13. Governor Frank O. Lowdeu was lesding General Leonard Wood by 11,550 in the Illinois Presidential primary with a little less than one-fifth of the entire State beard from tonight. This included the votes of both men aad women. Counting only men, Lowden's lead was 10,20 oa the same return. Women were accorded the privilege ofvottngnofaeiaHy- fte-H bee evident that the nineteenth amendment 1. . . . ' I. .1 . ! wonia not oe raunea ui ids to give them full suffrage. The women's ballots are to be counted separately merely to record their preference. If later retaraa-eoauane at tae earn ratio. Governor Lowden's plurality ia the Htste outside of Chicago would be about 109.000, while Wood's lead ia Chi cago and Cook county would be about 30,000. , . '"- Lowden s total, men and women, was 44.065 and Wood's 32,415. Beaator John sob, whose name wa written in on the balloU, bad 1243 oa the same returns. REBELLION IN S0N0RA CAUSES RUSH OF CATTLE Efforts Made To Place Live- tock On Oraring Ground In Arisona . . Donalas. Aric. Aisrll 13. Hundrods of cattle have been rushed to the bor der bv both American and Mexican own or of ranches in Northern Soaora aad manv of them already have erosse-d into the United Bute at this point. Efforts ill be made to place the live stock en grazing ground on this aids of ths International boundary until the situa tion in Bonora ia statlH-ed. Sonera custom men are turning back at the international boundary all Mex ican without paasport aad a careful watch is being kept along the border to prevent unfriendly person entering the State. . No confirmation wa received today of the rumor eurreat ia Agua Prieta y ester day that a large force . of Federal sol dier wa marching on the town irons Casus Grandes, Chihuahua.., , , Gen. J. M. Pino, ia command at Ague Prieta, doe not expect the defiance to the Carraata government to -pass without fighting. . '-, "We feel sure an effort will be made to wrest the town from our possession," he said tonight. "But we are confident of our Ability, to yratst a ajarcaasfuliy whatever force they may bring against EIGHT HUNDRED TROOPS ' " EN BOUTS TO SONORA. 1 Taso. Tex. AprU IX Eight hun dred Federal troops arrived at J Dares, ODDosite here tonight ea their-way to Sonora, wbere an Independent repunite has been eet up by. Governor V La Eoerta and other state officials. ' 7 CLERK DENIES THEFT " OF VALUABLE JEWELS " New Tori, April 13. James E. Foye, 'former clerk at the Biltmore Hotel, pleaded not guilty here today to tho theft of jewels valued at 4177,000, own ed by Mrs. Clarence Millhiser, of Rich mond, Va. The jewels were, deposited by Mrs. Millhiser with Foye, to be placed in a vault at the Biltmore last May, and when she called for them a month Inter, it was found they had dis appeared. Foye was arrested Friday, when, according to the poliee, he ac cented a check for (20,000 from a Time Square pawnbroker in payment for nins pearls, said to have been part of Mrs. Millhiser's collection Mrs. Millhiser identified a her ' 25 pearls and a tobacco-colored diamond, turned over to the poliee by Edward N. Hodges, a jeweler, which were said to have been deposited with him for safs keeping by Foye, aad another lot of 25 pearls. The poliee refused to tell how they, came t into possessloa of the second lot. FIVE TOBACCO CONCERNS FINED FOR COMBINING New York, April 13 Five tobacco corporations, through counsel, today en tered pleas of aolo contendere before Judge Mayer, in Federal court, to aa indietmeat charging monopolisation, combination and conspiracy la violation of the Sherman law in connection with trade in Sumatra leaf tobaeto. Each was fined $3,000. , The eorporationa were H. Duy and Company, American Cigar Company, General Cigar Company, Su matra Tobacco Impojaojfporatioa and the Sumatra Purchasing Corporation. Proceedings were dismissed against If individuals, officers, of .the companies, who were originally named as defend ant In the proceeding. It was charged that the companies monopolised more thaa 70 per cent of the-foreign trade aad interstate commerce in Sumatra , leaf tobacco. FIFTEEN THOUSAND IDLE ! IN PENNSYLVANIA MINES Scranton,' Pa., April 13. More than 15,000 mine workers hsve been idle the past three day a a result of "the strike on the Lackawanna' Bail road and this number will lie swelled considerably tomorrow. -'-- . With freight embargoes existing oa all other railroads entering the city aad the Lackawanna paralysed, the food sit uation here is very acute. There is not a pound, of fresh meat in the eity and sugar is selling at 30 cents a pound. Business of all kinds is paralyzed' and some industries bsve been forced to shut down for wont of fuel. . - Big Cat la rortifieatlen Bill. ; Washington, April 13. The annual fortification bill, carrying 18,833,422, a cut of approximately- -$100,000100 from Mtimatr auhmitteH. wan finiHA tniinT i , - v by the House and cent to tte fenate. ., HRONGS INSPECT GREAT ARRAY OF Second Day of Automotive Ex hibition Brings Increas ing Interest c, TWO BAND CONCERTS OF HIGH MERIT BY CONWAY H msinsiiiaiaiiiii am H . ' -V ,. All Exhibits In Place Yesterday Except Great Packard Track Which Goes In This Horning; Smallest Exhibit An Excel lent Model of Racer By Mas ter George Thompson ' The second day of the great Carolina Automotive Exposition brought throngs of visitors yesterday, both at the hours of the eoneerts by Conway's band and throughout the day. At all hours of the afternoon and evening there were hun dred of people in the great tent, look ing over the score of motor car on exhibition .gathering about the center of the tent when the programs began, and scattering again when it was ovsr. . The most sanguine hopes of ths pro moters and backer of the exposition have 'already been ' realised, both from the standpoint of excellence of exhibits and attractiveness of features, and the succeeding days of the reek are ex pected to eclipse even the notable re- salt achieved thus f sr. , The weather yesterday was ideal for the show, all exhibits, ssve the great Packard truck, have been placed, and the show 1 oa la full swing. The excellent impression made by the Conway organization was enhanced by the merit , of the urogram yesterday afternoon and night and the musicians were rewarded with . as enthusiastic measure of applause. . The concert Isst niaht wss particularly f leasing, indud ing as it did no number, of deservedly noDular number.' -' The solo work of Mr. Adkis. and Miss Joys was of a high Order. Mis Joyce wa ia better voiee last night thsn at any time sines the . beginning of "the show aad sang effectively. Mr. .Adklns delighted hi hearers with the well-known Toredor song from Carmen.'- Anjl both respond ed graciously with encores. - - mMCJ0Ssmi .Jtr.4iasfkf.v . Every provision-ba been wade or the comfort and pleasure of visitor at tb exposition. The Jtaleigb chapter of the Bed Cross is maintaining a first aid station, with prevision1 for injuria of any . nature, or sudden illness,' and an attractive little rest room for any who wish to stop for rest in their visit to the show. Mrs. Claude -A. Barbae has charge f the station.- The Womaa's Club maintains an attractive booth for dispensing light lunches and ebff ee. The management maintains aa office ia the teat, with Mia Louis Wynne, treasurer and assistant secretary of the - Baleigh Chamber of Commerce in. charge. Miss Wynne has done, yoemsn's service in the work of the exposition. - She is as slated by her sister. Miss Grace Wynne. Telephone' and telegraph connections are maintained, and the fire depart ment has apparatu ia ths tent for any mergency... Automotive Indigestion. ; One visitor, to . the show yesterday claimed to 'have ''automotive " indiges tion", from 'looking upon so many at tractive automobile at on time, and his ailment is perhaps shared by many other who have visited the exposition. The array of exhibit is bewildering, and wherever. one turn from admiring on attractive motor ear there 1 an other of equal or superior attractiveness.- The builder's art ha seemingly exhausted itself in the array and there is no choice to .be made.. Htill choice! are being msde, aad dealer report many sales. -From the standpoint of ilse aad vari ety - of models on' exhibit, the honors have to ba equally divided among the Studobaker, Overland udson Briscoe, Apperson, Jordan, and Nash. . Each of these - well-known makes has an equal number, of ears- on exhibit, aad their reepeetive exhibitor are kept exceed ingly busy explaining to hundred of questioner the point of their ear. All of these ear have registered sale sine th show opened, and the end of the exposition will vVrnaps find their en tire exhibits and ore sold., . Packard Exhibit. . The traditions of the Psekard auto mobile, one of the first American, make to win nation and world-wide recogni tion, naturally attract the attention of every visitor to the booth occupied (Contlaaed aa Page Two) - - TWIN CITY MAN FOUND -DEAD IN CHARLOTTE HOME Small Daughter of Dead Man In Boom With Him Can Give : No Information -" Charlotte,' April IS. Bob Cureon st riving home from WInstoa-Balera, Mon day night, was found with bullet, hole through hi heart at 9 o'clock . this morning at his home, 917 East Eighth street.' - ' '- : '- - . Cureten, according to poliee, was shot about S o'clock In his own room, - It Is sala that a small daughter of the dead maa wa.n the room.. She wa ques tioned, by the poliee, but said' she had not sees anybody eome into the room during the' night. One theory is that the child was asleep and knew nothing of the affair.! No revolver - was found about ths place, indicating that the peraoa who did the killing had made bis eseaps. Cureton hsd been In Winston-Salem for the Isst eighteen months, and has spent little time .in Charlotte during that period. Ilia wife and several chil dren liv et Pi7 f.-'t I V.h street. , I MR IB lii-rrrtrn-p . TnuiiK ? inrn iL. M U ... - SETTLE STRIKES Labor leaders See Ray of Hope . in Appointment ot Presr dent's Labor Board MANY-THOUSANDS IDLE ; BECAUSE OF WALKOUTS first Positive Act of Interven tion Beported Prom New Or. leans, Where Six Leaders Are Arrested;. Growing ' Alarm of Shortage of Pood But Shipments Continue New' York,' April 13. Interest in the sation-wid fetrikes ef rebellious tail road ' worker centered tonight In Washington, where union labor leaders saw a ray of hop ia the appointment of the President' labor board, provided to deal with' labor disputes. Meanwhile, officers ef the Department of Justice in Washington anaounesd that evideaec of activity f th T. W. W. toward in citing' and maintaining unauthorised strike continued - to . accumulate, aad that they saw siga of aa attempt to expand th rail strike into "ope phase of th world revolution,'' ' - While official estimate were lacking, th number of persons who have been made idle by the strike, directly or indirectly, run into th hundred of thousands. On hundred thousaad were reported out of work ia Ohio alone, aad thousands of other were - idle in Pennsylvania, with ' industrial plant continuing to suspend operations. Bailroad officials, whils admitting th gravity of th litoatioa, axprssssd hope that tomorrow would show aa improve ment in demoralised freight aad 'pa eager service la the east, which sow seems to be th mala battle ground, th trike ia th west apparently aaviag subsided to a large extent. The first positive net of Federal in tervention wa reported today- from New Orleans,' where. Department of Justice agoat raided a strikers' meet ing and arrested six leaders oa Federal warrants, ehariiu' them with ir,t lag- witlr h tBfetl Citalea Bii..''-- There was a -growing alarm f abort- age of perishable food and Coal .la the east. peeillyV lar and around New York, but, shipment continued to ar rive, though , with 'laenasing Irreg ularity. . , WAB DEPARTMENT MAKES ITS SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. Washington, April 13". Bunla suiv plies of frosen beef; canned roast beef and bacon which the Wrr Department has in storage ia a score of railroad center were mad available today for use ia relieving any serious food ahorU sge resulting from the railroad strike. Ths department advised state municipal authorities that tb supplies would be available at th warabous on applica tion. Included in th cities ia which larte supplies of meats ar stored are: New Fork, Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, Cincin nati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Newport News. New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Fran cisco, et. Ijouis aad Washington. IThe offer of the war department," the official announcement aaid,. "is not restricted to the communities ia which the supplies are located, but it ia made generally to tho American public Com munities adjacsnt to storage points are invited to take advantage of this offer ing." . An .officer of the - quartermaster corps wa specially detailed today to each storage center with full authority to book orders, mske sales aad effect de liveries. Distribution should b uader way ia forty-eight hoars, the statement Csnned roast beef is offered . at 15 cents per one-pound tin, bacon .at 23 cents per pound snd th frosen beef at 101-2 per pound.. Sales of th canned staff will be made in esse lot only aad in units of eight quarter la th case of frosea' meats. ' ' ' . . .; INDUSTRIAL SITUATION . .. APPROACH tNG A CRISIS. w Colnmbus, O., April 13. Thtndu trial situation in practically th entire State wss fast approaching a erisis to night, a result of the unauthorized rail road strike. More than 100,000 mca wer ant tf work aad industrial pln in prac tically every seetioa wer , continuing t suspend operatioas. -"-Oa. top of this labor - suspension 'Is the growing scarcity, ef food supplies ia many eities. -.,..' - ' Coal supplies ar running low aad som utllltle ar curtailing their ser vice. meticaiiy every eoai mine is sus pended owing to inability to obtain cars, and it is estimated that 60,000 miners are idle. -. ' Supplies of gasoline ar running iow in most cities aad plans ar being made to conserve th supply for truck ta: be operated In , transpoting- food ' aupi plies. -.''' CHARGED WITH INTERFERING . WITH UNITED STATES MAIL. New Orleans, La AprU 13 Forest C. Pendleton, Department of Justice agent, here, at the head of a squad of department operators, raided a ball in which a meeting of 200 mem bers of the local Yardmen' Associa tion was beinV held tonight snd ar rested sir of 'th leader on Federal warrant charging them with inter fering with tb United fate mail. 1 a s I in ii I. . W. ACTIVE IN PROMOTION OF OUTLAWED RAILROAD STRIKE FIELD AGENTS GATHERING DATA OPTIMISTIC OVER . JiMKOOTW a) ' n. Jim.. i. ..iUN Railroad' Officials Listen To Clamor of Volunteer Strike Breakers RANKS OF REBELLIOUS ONE'S FURTHER INCREASED Three Thousand' Shopmen of Pennsylvania Vote To Be main Loyal To Union; Re ports From Bail Centers In Central and Par Western States Indicate Improvement New York, April 13. Although ranks of the rebelliou railroad strikers were strengthened substantially by further walkouts here today, railroad officials, liatealag to ; a clamor of volunteer strikebreakers, professed optimism to night that a break in "the mob move ment was near. Th general managers' organization of the railroad interpreted the indigna tion meeting of commuters and ths of fer - of assistance to maa trains with civilians as "a spontaaeous movement to put a prompt end to this nation-wide illegal strike. The mayor of Eagle wood, i however, aanouneed that the "eltisans movement wa without fsvor- ism to either side. . There wer many secret and separate meetings of striker and "loyaP union men. tonight, and while railroad had arranged to move sixteen additional traina with c volunteer help tomorrow, the threat or aa extension of the strike was not allayed. Th aituatioa hare to night appeared to be aa follows: Sam food traii-a arrived, but there still was a possibility of a food short sge., Prices 'of som commodities hsd g-ina tin aad , Department of Justice ao it wer invetiptlng je'th, view io preventing prouieering. j Th. 'mevement of non-perishable freight was virtually at a staadstilL Brotherhood leader wer. working with railroad official to indue striken to return to work. , , The fear that mora than three thou aad , ahopmea . of the Pennsylvania wouia join the strike was partly dis pelled tonight Vhea - PnwlJent Jnhn ttennlng, of the mechanics' association, aaaouncea aiier a raeeung of the local toai in mea would . xmaia loyal, PENNSYLVANIA AGREES TO MEET STRIKING WORKMEN Philadelphia, Pa., April , 13 The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company to night agretd to a proposition made by the Bureau of Mediation aad Arbitra tion of the State Department ef Labor and Industry to have the railroads' general manager meet representatives oi me strikers, provided- that they ean speak for all th mea who are not wdrking, and that reoresentativaa f th brotherhoods shsll also be permitted to oe present. . ',, GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE WESTERN STATES ' Chicago, 111., April 1& Reports from ran centers in Central and tar Western Btates tonight indicated a general im proyement in strik conditions. Although leader , of th insurgent switchmen and yardmen strenuously de nied, that serious defections had ee- earred in their raaks, railroad heads and officers of ths brotherhoods who are fighting the unauthorised walkout, de clared " th-trik- in" Western territory gradually was dying but. Strikers in a half dozen eities and town returned to w " today, railroad men at other pointa voted not to joia the walkout and embargoes were lifted by several railroads. - Several railroads ia the Chicago lent iaal district reported operations were virtoslly normal. Livestock receipts to day were 230 ears, including 4,000 cat tle, 3,000 hog and 7,000 sheep, and 10, 000 packing house workers returned to duty. - At Ludingtou, Michigan, twenty-five witchmea ia th Par Marquette yards reported for duty today aa it wa ex- (Cantlnaed en Pag Two) , CARRANZA GENERAL HAS ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM CaSg On Bebelling State Sonora To Beturn To Na tional Government ,T of Nogales, Sonora, April 13: General Dieguez, northera military commander for Presideat Carraiisa, has itad aa ultiinalunir to '."Oov-erntfr Te "L - Hawia and General Calles, of the "Bepuhlic of Sonora," that military meuures will be taken unless th State quickly re turns to the National government, ac cording to- a report received here to- dayv- ... . . .,...; ,- i General Carlos Flan It, now nrst, as ststant to General Calles in command of force' Of -th1,.ew "''Kepnblie of Sonora." is taking steps to fortify Pul pito Pass, gatewsy from Chihuahua to Sonora, which It was said, a few hun dred mea eaa hold against a large army. ; Sonora aulborlties assert they hv reeeived definite nasurauee from Chi huahua that Stat military force will refus t attack Soaora. , STRIKING EMPLOYES AT . POTOMAC YARDS VOTE TO RETURN TO TBEIB PLACES Wasalagtoa, April ltjSUlklng employee in th Potoma freight yard aad at th passenger terminal here detUed tonighrio retirsT t work at midnight, leaviag their de mands te the Railway Labor Board for ad j oat meat.' The decisioa of the maa- baa reached at a mass meeting attended by reprcaeatstlvee ef the affected railroads eHlcera ef tb brother hoods, at which asssrances ware givea. by the railway repreaeatstlves that the atatae of mea who walked eat weald not be impaired. ; W. N. Doak,' viee-prealdeat of the Bratherhood ef Railway Trainmen, arged the mea to aubmlt their griev ances ta the newly created board, telling them ha had heaa assared at the White esse that prompt action looking to aa edjaatment would be Ukea. Althoagh the arreesaeat was to re tarn to wark at midnight, a amall farce waa aetaally working at 11 a'clork. getting cars filled with per ishable freight mad ap Into traina. There are 1,10 car new 'in the yards. IS ef them loaded with per. iehable goads billed far New York. With ., the snaoaaeemsnt that the strike bad ended, the expreea cam panic lifted their embsrga against food shipments from the Booth. New York Workers Oat. New York, April lt-eltrlklag railroad mea af Greater New York, meetlaai ia Jersey City tonight, aaaalasamaly refaaed te return ta rerk after hearing the report af their exeeatlve committee, which had conferred daring the day with Mayer flagae. af Jersey City, aad repre aatatlv at tb "Big Fear rail road brotherhood. THREE KILLED BY Terrifip Cyclone Sweeps Ovc County North of Monroe, , , Doing Great Damage Monro, April 13. Three person r known t have been killed and a aeore or mora injircd, tome of them serious ly, ia a cyclone whicU swept over the northera portiea of Union county Mon day night about 9 o'clock, according to report reaching here today.. School houses and churches were swept away and a half dozen farm house demol ished. Robert L. Polk, aged 30, Hilton " - & Williams, sge'd 6, and hi brother, Aubrey Williams, aged S, are deed and It'.. Sam Prestoa in seriously Injured and may die. ' The storm started about six mile north of Monroe, striking first the home of ' Mr.' Polk, demolishing his house, killing him and slightly injuring others la ths .family, then swept on la a northeasterly direction, passing a few miles north of Unionvill and grossing into Stanley county. V The Williams boys were lying In the ante bed asleep when the top of The house was blown off sn-l timbers foil across their bodies mashing their stom achs snd causing Instant death. It re quired six mea to rsmore the' timbers from their bodies. - Mr. and MrsJ. H. Griffin, an aged couple, living in Ooose creek township, hsd jast gotten out of bed when the chimney of their, home fell across the bed, splintering it. - Beports ef the dsmage are) conflicting, but the property- losses will amount to thousand of dol lar. . ' ''', Both tb church' aad- th school house at Ebevexer are said to 'have been com pletely destroyed, , and th Carriker school hour wa blown Into fragments. Tb usuaFnlimVe of freaks were "not missing. A country nor Building wss blown from it pillars snd moved sev eral yards, bui not a thing 1 the bulfd ing wet -breVea- er .misplaced. .. A small hlld waseitracted from a man of ipllntered timbers unhurt. Beports of several death across Rocky river In Stanly county could not be conflrmcd'liere this afteraooa, liuL it known .. that .conaiderahl . property damage resulted there. It was learned thif afternoon that Mrs. 'Preston was takes to a Charlotte hospital today and that she my recover. ( f This is Race Day at Pinrhnrst. Sun ning, Harness sad Steeple. 2:43 p. m Adr. .:-,-.' TO WO 111 UiliOIl 'II L Attorney General Palmer Will Present Mass of Evidence - On Railroad Walkout PRESIDENT SENDS IN . NAMES FOR LABOR BOARD Beports Indicate Continued In roads Into Banks of Shop men In Many Centers; "One Big Union" Idea Dominates Propaganda Sent Out By L W. W, Washington, April 13. Evidence of the activity of Industrial ; Worker of th World toward Inciting and main taining th unauthorised railroad strik continue to accumulate at the Depart ment of Justice and officials admitted tonight that they saw signs of aa 'at tempt to expand the rail -atrika Into "on phase of a wotld revolution." Beports from field agent of th do- , partment were not a yet complete enough to permit determination of tb , government' course in dealing with th situation. Attorney Oeneral Palmer said ao announcement . a to the govern ment's plans was to be expected befor tomorrow at the earliest. -' Cabinet Meeting Today. President Wilson Issued a call for, his Cabinet to meet tomorrow morning. It will be the first time he has met with: hi official advisers since hi. Western speaking, trip in th cours of which he was take ill, and the strik sit uation was understood to have prompted the call.- In soma quarters it wss thought sn announcement as to the gov ernments course would follow th , Cabinet biccUng. ' , . Tho President also sent to the Ben- " ate today the nominations of th Tiiue menv representing employers, employes and th public whom bt haa eeleeted to compose the labor board provided under (he transportation act to deal with rail way labor disputes. The mea selected , weret' , ; . f ' . . Representing the public George W. Hangar, Washington i Henry Hunt, Cin--cinaatir B. M. Barton, Tennessee. ' Bepresentlng the railroad corpora tions Horace Baker, J. H. Elliott and William L. Park. Bepresenting the employe Albert , Phillips, A. O. Wbartoa aad Jams J Forrester. ' ' ' Ths . nominations were Immediately referred to the Interstate Commerce, Committee, ' which is-expected to take, action on them tomorrow, committee , members having been given aa oppor- ,', tunity in the meanwhile to make such inquiries as to the. qualifications of the nominees as they saw fit, -, ., Palmer Haa Evidence. The board will be called by the Pre- . ident"without delay and is expected to ' meet in Washington, where existing ' government machinery for the handling of wage matter is at its disposal. Mr. PalmerY when he goes to the . Cabinet meeting tomorrow, will have available a very large number of re- , ports from his agents at atrike centers,, which are known to deal specifically with the relation of th I. W. W. to . the, strike movement. He will be blo to. show the President and the Cabinet , (4at, through the agency of the I. W. W- - relationship has beea established be-, tweea ths strikers' newly, formed or ganization, the Railway Workers' Union, -and ths "one big union," as tb Csaa din radical organization, including I. W. W. membership, is kbowa. He will also be able to disclose thraugh official re- ' port that John Grunsu, head of th Chicago Yardmen's Association, th ' members of which were the first in the , country to quit their posts, has been ' supplsnted by an active member ef the I. W. W. , Propaganda of I. W. W. Origin calling upon all railroad workers to join ia asserting their power and ' tempting V ; them with the statement that: "the got- - den opportunity for which you hav been looking has arrived, haa been found by Federal agentsT Official said they believed this nnseen power has been pushing the strikers forward and now threatened, to expand, th walkout ..,..,, months and. months of J. VV . nVeiav.. paigning' '-to that end having beea dia-, dosed. ,, , -- , Inroada la Bhopmea Ranks., Beports today told of inroad into th ranks of shopmen in many centers and of unrest in all. They also uncovered ': the nature of I. W.' W. propaganda in procesa of distribution some described as being "as dangerous as the common- T r 1st literature." -,. All of it advocated the, "one big union U and urged the strikers and "faint- hearted" to secede from affiliation with ' th four great railway brotherhoods. Th American Federation of Labor was characterized in these documents as having ''fifty-seven varieties of. union- ' ism and none of any good." On rgu. ment ..maue . against the lour Brother- hood wa that their '.'do not stand to gether and thereby brand themselves a scab by staying on the job when their follow quit." ' i ' Th department moved further todny In the direction of prosecution of strike , leaders by requesting th executive of the. Pennsylvania and New York Cen tral railroads to furninh it .with th names of all men on strike and to desiff- - (Continued a Page Two) WILSON CABIHET Wl MEET TODAY
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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