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RTXIES SEVETI CENTS
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LG,
foOne. Looks- Fcr-Anything
Like Panic Declares Raleigh
. Banker After Conference
NEED NOW IS INCREASED
- PRODUCTION OF STAPLES
Bankers All Oxer Country, Sajs
Mr. Brown, Eavt . Greatest
Confidence In Federal
serve System1 and 'Art In
tlrely OptimistioAs To Ee-
. suit -
: Th great menace- confronting th
country today i. sot that of money,
but of bread and meat," said Mr. Joseph
Gt Brown, president of the Citizen Na
"fional Baii,Tuid inembeOf IiaFederfll t
Advisory council, which ha "just bad a
- Joint meeting with'-ths Federal Besew
. Board, to consider the prevailing string
geney in the money market.
"No on looks for anything like a
panic," aaya Mr. Brown, and tha state-
" ment from en of the sanest bsaksrsiln
tha South carries weight. " Wa mist
' produce mora or wa will pay the pen
alty - of short upplie. - Tha bankers
tkafc e-Mfery- th pHtst
adeaeoTla- -tha- Federal Beaerv tyitcmY
.nd;whll they recognise tha necessity
for the utmost ooafidene, they are en-
1 tirely optimistic as te the final result.
"They know that the country la rich and
- powerful and With the splendid banking
syJtem. which ia ia operation, they" ate
. eon (I dent that every emergency ea be
-r-Tho ferJe which Mrv Brewa t-
tended was called by the Governor ef
v- the Federal Beaerve Bank and hfTed-
eral'Brserve Board met with the eoun
J cjl ia two cessions. Tuesday a confer
. rnre was held with Class A directors of
-the twelve Federal Beserve Banks in
Federal Advisory Council and Federal
Beserve Board, including the Secretary
" of the' Treasury and the Comptroller of
.: Currency. .' ' ' ' , :
.' Every body Beirewlag '
Liseussing the situation, Mr. Brown
explained that credit has bea expanded
' largely and that the real purpose the
J conference was to find some way by
which deflation might be secured with-
merelal and Industrial Interest of the
country. There wss jan? jueatlon of
l-nie or of the ability" brie" country
to take care of the situation, although
It - Was recognised M one requiring
special care and demanding co-ope rs-
tion, not only vn he part ef the banks,
but of all basinea interest.' Everybody
' has been borrowing the bank have not
hesitated, to lend to their umia. xne
necessity was teeogniced and it eems to
. be a general purpose in loan hereafter,
to dierimina,te between essential and
.'. non-essential demands. The banks are
iirgcd not te permit their funds to be
, tie np in speculative loann, either ia
.- stocks and bonds, or of eommdities, and
not te lend for purpose of luxuries or
. thing used for mere pleasure..
- :- Commodities Held High
- "From the reports coming from the
.-. different lections," Mr Bsowa" aaldVit
ppear that ecesssry- emodltiw
j re being held for high' price. The dis-
position is, to call loan which are mad
r for carrying such commodities, so that
those thins which are necessary may
" ire on the market and the debt incurred
for them be liquidated. Jn the larger
eitie the teak jmjlyjpmvM
. this course. ' .. -'
-,There scm "t6 be two way of eu
tailing inflation; one, to refuse loan
outright and thi will be applied 1o
non'-essentials; the other, i to increase
. i , . T , 1 . Mil. 1 . . 1 ... J
4, Tnv rai or Oiseopni. iui nmm mrau
I been put in edet by the Federal B
I serve Bank, all of which are charging
r c per cent on abort time - eommerci!
, taper and more than thi on certain
3sla?-lieme;ief; ihidintriet,:-the
progreotlve rat recently permitted by
Congress,' hss been applied and with
good effect. Under this new-Jaw a basic
raU may be made oa-the line fixed for
each member bank, and ia the dis
cretion of ' the Federal Beserve Bank
- thi rate may be increased whea the
memler pihr,Rea-tht-wdline.
Borne ef the district increase the rate
1 per ent with each 25 per cent ia ex
cess of the established line. ' Thi is in
. the nature of a penalty, imposed os
excessive borrower, and it ie expected
' to epeedjly produce a eubeUntial eur
. tailment of losn. It has already beea
-r""efrectlve where applied. ''rzi SS.-.
. Work Bardahlp la State
"A to the effect of thi progressive
te CawUaa Bk bsCTOwsrs,
Mr. Browa explained that ia a country
-d-watt9Tlikr-ttrfr mlr-diitrtet -d
to be treated Uke.N ' ' "
"A rate of 6 per cent or wore wlu
"" neieessirily work a liardsuip ' on Wohii
Carolina banks,", he said. "They can
not legally charge more than S per cent
' The banks of the Stat re already bor
" rowing, and In order to take care of
thm nmml demanda of their 'customers
'during- tSe'''summWW'ed4'5her4
rnw much more.-: mi w rewnr
iieviBerere71hs7w1(t ttetnWlWt'
! fixed at 6 per cent they,mat iffer loss
whea they hav to pay per cent plus
-v for lo&na and chSTge o more than e"
per eent. Borne of the larger Wrowr
appreciate this itntion and are, Tolun-
tarily offering to pay a higher rate,
bat or ; banks are required te live
7;iwttnla the law and msny of them are
v tl.i. In anite of the aetual loss
- It entails.1 In met'ef-'Hi6teteer eeme
M W
lroviion is msd by which rates, under
1 certain conditions, way oe eavancea.
" lndotbtcdiy, in -North Cerclina 4ar
-: '. t -
(Cdntlnaed. Ptg Fear.) ..
THREE PAWN TICKETS
TELL A TRAGIC STORY
Taken From Clothes of Head
less Corpse Picked Up at
FayetteTille -. "n r
LFayetteUIe, May 22. Tragedy ef
tuwarted ambition and blasted -hop
might be pieced together ' with three
paw-trticketr found on the clothes ef
v tsadlsaj corpse pKkednp beside the
railroad track here early today. . The
tint ticket was for a watch, A few
daya later the name dealer ia pawn
advanced the name man a few dolls ra
oa a.violia bow. A few daya later still,
e went agaia te the broker a4 iat
hie violin. From there : the record
ia bunk.
Ia the pocketa of the elothea was a
ey ring, with the name TTt Bkieeo
New York. The ciothsa ware shabbr.
The head Was entirely gone, apparently
crushed wader th wheela-of a trsia
The coroner deemed an inquest snnee
eeaary and the body waa barled ia the
Putter' field. There war othtng about
the body to give a clue to the maa a
age, nor where he came from nor
whither he was headed whea death
overtook him., ' i
SENATE COMMITTEE WILL
PJwBfclOT-E
Managers of Various Presiden
tial Candidates Aree '
; . V To Testifj .
Washington, D. C, May 22. A dozen
men actively -engaged in pre-eoaven-
tion ' campaign - ef Bepnblieaa and
D am oe ratio presidential aspirant had
direetloaa today from the Senate inves
tigating committee te be here Monday
itlaia eaeeaditaree d frees wkaes
th meaey was obtained. Som already
have responded. . '
, Frank H. Hiteheoeky former post
master gaaeral. an active leeder ia the
campaign -te -neiniBnt" Major -OcncraJ
Leonard Wood aad Bernard SsVBarneh,
former chairman of the war industries
board,' called a a repreeentative of
William MeAdeo, were- inetaded ia
the number,
While their answers were not among
-thee which reached -Chairataa Keayoa,
fj.' h. Emerson, Tviresenting Governor
Lowdea of Illinois, Angus Me8weea,
foT Semrtor Johnsonj E.- H.- Moore,
fer-Oovernor Cex.- ef OtnorH at.-
PasehrttT:.. fQtftanstox. BaidiEg ad.L
Howard M. Ktee, for Henator Comdex-
ter, agreed to appear. ,
John F. LueeT. summoned a a rep-
esenUtiv of Herbert. Hoover, C C
Carlin, for Attorney General Palmer,
and Budolph J. Horsey, -. for Senator
Sutherland, had not replied whea fien
ator Kmyws Joft Vf office toniglit. i
. Ia"didtioa to the mea Mated, all
of whoa wr eoasidcrcd a . manager
toe, th. tm Wft,JWJ$llJS
direct te 8eiiielijWmTffi
and Senator Fran. Mary Ua4, - Bt;,L
publican candidate, notifying them X
the inquiry. : ' , , , v ;
: Chairman Kenroa eaid the committee
wa .prepared te conclude the investi
gation before the June eaTeanea
DEVELOP NEW PLAN FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS
Plan Would Girt Becess Trom
. Jnne 4 To About AngTist S ;
' Push Le4rislation y
Washington, May 82. A mew-phus
for a recce, .of . Conrres from June
4 or S to about August J, with further
recess ever the November elections in
the background, developed today from
Senate negotiations Da the eummer pr-
gr"w,
The aew proposal was said by leader
on both aides to have gaiaea aeaaway,
subject te future legislative develop
ments. , and also . possible action by
President Wilson, but agitation for a
sine di adjournment remained.
Settlement today of the Kepublicaa
factional row over the meat - packer
control bill wa said to have paved the
way for recess. , Its advocate agreed
to -assist ia expediting appropriation
bin and conference report on legis
lation already .passed by both house,
but with aotsee that any remaining time,
would :be " demanded, forrth packer
measure. ; With this aadentanding the
ad vwatea ef the packer meaaarw abai)- !
doned their effort -te put it ahead ef
the Army Appropriation bill.
A conference Of SepubUeaa eeaaton
today voted nnsnimously to pre the
appropriation bill and conference re
ports, but without arranging any ether
lecialativ program. The Beaat Demo-
erate sure said, to be ready to co-operate
ia pushing . throngh - the argent meas
ures. .
METHODIST CHURCH TO
MAKE CHANGE-IN RITUAL
Dei Moine, low,' May 22. A change
war mde-tday ia 'the rifuar of the
Methodist Episcopal church by the tea-
era! conference whea it adopted the m.
Jar it'feport -Dtthr eommitteerwa-- jw
dlclry Which hfld niiiistitnttasl th
question in the ritual of the church for
the reception of member which readsi
TTTVb rfT i "''t "'trinf of,
the Holy Scripture a act forth in the
article ef religion of the Methodist
Episcopal church f " . Aad the aeeeuary
answeri ''I do." The report wa adopt
ed, after long debate, by aa aye and no
vote, for and .369 gainst;
S-'fUrde'f "Employe' Te Ketara. J
HoanokerTa- May SS-8triking em
ploye of the Virginian railway hav
been warned by the company general
manager lhar if they de not Report for
duty by or before Tuesday morning,
May ,23, at 7:30 e'elock, their peeitions
will be declared vacant.
Former Cnwuf Priace Oa TUit.
The Hsgue, Maf 22 The former Ger-
mrowa"Priae'left Wieringea e-j-
day for a short visit with hi mother
at the new residence ef the former Ger
man emperor and empress at Doarn.
Trederick William wa ecompaaied hy
. M lmtM.U.1 Ti.,-h Affii.l.
JNTRODUaNa
AND
h
"Doe the State rive so much for triolet ask Mrs. I. W. Smith, mother of
the three Juvenile Tar Heel in the
Whieh give rise te the question ef what three sueh boy might i worth. Colonel
Beeeevelt used te end handsome gift to the mother of twin and triplet; and
many States bow provide for them in Mother's Pensions, hut not North Carolina.
The three Uai'wwe twrn en April 10, 192 "at the home of the mother father,
Mr. J. W. Outea, at Wlngate, Union county. From left to right they rf Graham
Smith, weight,' 8 12 pounds; Miller 6mith, weight,- 8 1-8 pounds, aad Steven
Smith, weht, 8 3 pounds. And abov
ter ia charge, - -
,V-
J3yctteyil!ejsuccumbs;.
To Wounds
Fyttvilli May K-82. Search, for
George Hobbs, leader 'of the gang, of
negroes that shot aad instantly killed
H. C. Butler aad - mortally wounded
Deputy Sheriff W. J. Moore, continued
throughout the day and is still In prog-
reee late , tonight, v Hia son, wife and
daughter were takes today, but h is
till at large ia a wamp south ef th
city. The place ia urrounded and hi
capture ia expected momentarily. Deputy
Moore died late today.
. Ope threat of mob violence against
Hobbs are heard oa every hand, and it
la feared, that he will be lynched. His
on and wife were carried, to RaefordJ
eounty-aeat ef Hoke-eountyr today for
Safekeeping. Troop are being held in
readiness at Gamp Bragg, iva miles nut
of town for any emergency.) Formali
ze of placing them at the disposal of
local authorities' were, completed, early
thi morning. " (
Hobbs slept In a daaeing pavilion on
Victory lake, a few hundred yard from
the scene of the battle last night. About
8 o'eloek this morning; he went to a
aegtw honse and aaked for coat, ssy
Ing that he was cold. He i a negro
ef about SO year an4 was school com
mitteemen in hi school district.
No trouble of any sort developed be
tween white and blacks 1 here during
toe day. Outwardly the situation was
calm, ' although ' hundreds of citizens
made o cret ef their intent to ema.
marily execute Hobbe as soon a he is
caught Members of tB Americaq Le
gion hare been ttrom in' at special dep-
otiee aad are s matins' in tha search for
him. -. i .
Four hundred picked mea from' the
3th -artillery- brigade - at Camp ' Bragg
armd withriflss-were.iait Sight load
ed ea trueka te be ruahed to the eeene
la case anything like riot developed.
oa order, of Col., W. 8. McNair, camp
eommander, at the request of city offi
cial. But the trouble never grew to
proportions sufficient to warrant sueh
action. Whea the ruin of Hbbba' home
were searched today a half dosen 38 cal
ibre pistol were fouad. A large amount
ef ammunition exploded while thi house
HAKDWICK AaiNOUXCESU -
CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR.
Atlanta, Ga Mny 22. Thomas W.
4mi:k, Strati Vgitta Stitt S
iter from Georgia, today announced Bis
candidacy for governor, ilr. Hardwiok
played a prominent part among tbe ma
jority force la the recent -ritate Drm-
oersti convention. John 'N. . Holder.
epeakef of the Georgia Honse of Bep-
mil J3UtAllQrner. jGeneJrJLniiad.v
hav announced. The, Democratic ; pri
mary wiUi2fceldlnJBejntcmber,;
' Peetpeae Fistic Enconte. ''
London, Eng., Mny 22. Announce
ment is made that because tf an , in
jury to the hfnd of Joe Beckett, the
English heavyweight boxer, the match
betweca him and Frank Moran, the
American heavyweight. set for June
4h-'ew--dSnily pestpoiicdgA
msteh between Pete Herman, of the
tfnited State aad Jummy. WUde, the
English ilyweight, ' ha beea- arrenged
to take place la' London in Scptcm-,
- , w . .. '
SEARCH FOR T1EGR0
a - - i - . it
MOTHERl
E; BABY BOYS'
victors, in a letter to Governor Biktt-
i the mother, whe haa the three young
r f
Rormfjn -,r Firrnitnpo . el
Brought Only $7,877.50
New York, May itr-Americans today
evinced as great deters inatioa to be
come possessors ef ; article one be
longing to ex-Kalser Wilhelm
Ia th horn of the former Arloa
Club, on of th foremost .Germs so
eletie ia America before the' war,' and
next door to the old Deutscher Iiedcr
kraaz, seven lot of gold embroidered
velvet, hanging from the throne room
of the imperial palace at Berlin were
knocked down under the auctioneer!
hammer. for only $303,
The. gorgeous . hangings, embroidered
with imperial , Prassiaa eagles, brought
a mere S3S to"73 epiece, or about. 1209
tor each royal bird. p
It took a ecant hour and half to di.
pose of 05 lot of furniture aad, fur
aiahiugs recently brought to thi eoua
try from palaces and castle of th for
mer Kaiser and Kaiserin ia Berlin and
Munich, and th entire collection, which
had been valued at approximately 50p
wu, went for no more thaa 1777.50.
Dealer and professional buyer bid ia
most of th articles,
Only one article cold for mor thaa
1,000. That was a large, 10th century
French mahogany commode ot Louia
XVI style from tbe living room of tbe
former German Kaiserin in Bellevu
eaatle, Berlin. - It brought' $100 rom,
a xsew xora dealer. -..w-- .
- Spirited bidding, howerer. met the of
fer of one of th Kaiser's big carved
ivory beer mugs . from the Bavarian
efcateea Munich It waa bought by
Fanl Block,-, a prominent advertising
man, for a private purchaser. Be paid
200 for it, and after the sal anaoun.
ed that h had beea instructed "not to
let it get away under tZfiOO."
Tha higheei prieee4a eearidcratioa of
the size of articles, were paid for two
Swiaa-made ailrer gilt - mutie boxes.
equipped with small mechanical birds ef
realistic plumage which popped into
view for an Instant and whistled little
tune and then dropped-back-ont of
Isrht. They broarht $330 and $210,
: A pair ' ef yellow damask eurtalns,
heavily lined and witn a aamasg a-
sold for $25. and fsur lota or elaborate.
4d yow'lW vlwt. window diapf
rie 'were knocked down to on bnyer
at a total of only 125; ; y
7 inches by 10 feet and 10 inches, over
wh loh the once" royal , family need to
tread in, their Munich' palace,,' brought
420. A French 19th century empir styi
mahogany couch, in which the kaiser waa
flia lidval pake, at Muttich,went to a
dder .far-only f II?--j ,earvedaad
gilded aof with lUk Upestry upholstery,
made for Queen Elizabeth of .Prussia,
and aeat,. went for fPR.
THREE QUARTERS MILLION
PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE
Washington, May 22, The Census Bn-
of the following cities: Baltimore, lid,
73328. : increase 171, 'or 31.4 per
cf r Portland, Oregon, 85888, inercsse
51,074, or S4.S per cent; Oakland, CalH
16,361, mere Pt Pr eent.1
TREASURES OF EX-
iinrnhf.nnrih
nillAra lill I.l.r i.H
CARRANZA
Oll0eE&rSEes0B(SEAl
HIS FLIGHT FROM MEXICO CITY
KILLED EARLY !?i
:.f.l!IIUGF
Carranza Leaders With Former
President Say He Was Made
-Prisoner First
KILLED IN "COWARDLY"
MANNER REPORT STATES
General Obrejon Scathingly
Arraiims Men Tor Allowing;
ffis Assassination la Mes
safe From Mexico City; De
olares They-Ran -Away-at
. Critical Moment
El Pao, Tcxaa, May 82. (By the
Associated Frees,) Vesuitisno . Carraa
aa, President of Mexieo aad head ef
the 72nd government that country ha
had siaee 1821, Waa assassinated at one
m. Friday -by Coloael Bodolfe Her
rere and hia soldier at Tlaxealtenango,
Pnebla, accordingtojneita(re received
here from General Alraro Obregoa,
dated at Mexico City. . ; .
Carraaaa chief zollowers, who were
with him whea he died, addressed
message , te General - Pablo Goaaalee,
protesting tha assassination ef , , 'their
chief. This message ' was transmitted
here by Obregoa with hi anawer.
.Th Carransa , leader said Carranxa
aaa sees -maae a prisoner ana asses
si nated israv "coward ryHnawfw'sra
The undersigned of tkfe Jftessare."
id the communication from Carransa'
men, "protest with all their energy,
honor and loyalty to)' the. entire world
this new-talB-wh1eh" ha been throw
upon ear country."
Mm Bcethlar Arratgiimsnt, ' '
Obregoa, ia - hi answer to- thi
message, aeathlngly arraigned Carraa
aa' follower for allowing him to be
assassinated; .
"It 4 very strange,- he ald, that
group ef effleera who are vouching
theia inyaity: aad heae lih yeaweltee
and who were, ecittmpanying President
Carrtaia with thav-smfalterinr duty of
protecting him, should bava allowed him
1C
Obregoa' message to, Carransa'
lower ended with thi paragraph t
rtirrrttrthrwwivp
ran away at the critical moment with
out having even mad at ef your arm,
aa Hon of yon war wounded. If you
had died defeading the life of yoor
chief and friend, who had showered ao
many favor upon you, yon would hav
beea honored by public 6piaioaTtad
would be at rest with . our eoateience
an ", would hav escaped th shame of
your cowardliness.' ' j :
, A message received TSre thi after
nooa by Lui Monte de Oca, commer
cial agent for th new do facto govern
ment, from the department of propa
ganda aad information at Nogales, told
him to give the information of Car
ransa to - the pre "laying particular
tress on th fact that -the happening
pceurredf r warf rom thi4eld;f
operation, of our arnuea
. Obregoa Bead Message.
- Gsnsrsl Obregoa' mg-' from
Mexico City to Roberto Pesqueir f nan
cil agent of the de fecto government
here said: '
"I in transmitting ' th following
message received yesterday from Saxas
- "Early thi morning at th town of
Tlaxcaltenango.the President of th Be-
public, Vennstutno Carranxa wa made a
prisoner and cowardly assassinated at
the er. of "Viva Obregd" by Colonel
Kodolfo Herrero and hi mea, violating
the hospitality that bad been offered
him hy Herriro. v
"The undersigned or thi message
protest r with tl their energy, honor
aad loyalty to the entire world thi
new stain which ha ,-besa throwa. upon
-our eonntry. After having complied
with. 0Mf fluty,, which our. hon.or as sol-
dieca end iried of Carraaza imposed
oa ui, we are at your service and we
only ask permission to allow u to take
th body of our Wdrthy chief to it
las dwelling place at th capital city,
requesting you to order a special train
-for thir purpose to Besisfia." i.
Th communication,- according to
General Obregon' measegc, wai ligned
by General Juan . Barragan, f d p
Marlel, federieo Monte and Mardaao
Qnnxales, - by Ignacio " Bonilla, - Liea
tenant Colo.. cl D. M. Fernande,- CoL
F. Lima and othher officers; : .
It carried th notation that th
signer were lending it i; General Gon-
Ceneral Makee Reply.
t he - anawn
m sagj a follows : General Obregoa'
communication continued;
v j r T-ri r"rinf
sale.' It 1 very jtrange that a group
of officers who are vouching their loyal
ty and honor like yonrsehes and were
accompanying Pmaklent Carranxa with
th unfaltering duty of protecting him
houJ4 hv . allowed, him,, to. be-4t
mated without complying with . your
duty as it Will be viewed by the. people
of the republle IndTth-pe6pleoT""lnT
world, that you should hav shared his
fate, r More so when th whole nation
ia ""aware that you miiiKi"'piftiii'
responsible for. tha" unfortunate hap
pening of th lakt few weeks, and
which found him abandoned by hi clos
est friend, who at the critical moment
failed ia their duty to protect him.
On repeated occasions, - President
tflnawagotrfteiartfaat' every giur" f
an tee would be given him if he would
be willing to leave the danger gone, but
he refused to accept this offer because
R1DAY
jCoatlaael en Page FoarJ
IS ASSASSINATED BY
BODY OF CARR ANZATO
BE BURIED At CAPITAL
Hsxle aty. May Jlv The tedy .7
( Carraasa la da ; to arrive .Ju
vMmIc City earn tlm tkia eve.
; Inc. The six ether victim af the
atuck la Us early Saeralag of May
- SS, have heea charted it Ik srtss
or battl. "
Parmlasi haa keen graatad rel
Ktlveg ttJk 11 pra14at far tha'.
privet latsnneat " of hi hdy.
These tachd hia daaghtere,' JU.
: d Virglnl. ;. wife lf. General .
Candid AgnJUr. ,
There Is still aaeertalafy regard.
lag th asms of Carraa ..
paaleaa Wh wer hilUd. It I be
lieved, . however, that they wer
. Geaeral Prtaciaeo . Margnia. Cea
r Praacisc Vrqalse, Uadr4e
rttary f War aad. Maria; .'Lai
Cabrera, governor of Paebla; 'Men.
I Again Berlaaga, crUry ef
- 4h; laterlwr ad - Carl - Pilar.,
- Baaahea. 1 : . -rsr-
BE NO COAL STRIKE
Issues -Warning To Anthracite
Operatortiind MlncrrTo-rr
. . - Submit Disputes
Washington, May ' 22.-Anthraeit
operator and minora were warned to
day by Presldeat Wilson that there
nt h a .trik : in saw aathracit eoal
field during thi critical period la the
readjustment af the; - eWBtryv3"35'
Writing to the- member of tha joint
cle :eommittee, which ha been eon-
ducting negotiation for two . months,
th president said that if they should
be unable to reach an agreement," he
would insist that the questions in dis
pute br MlbflllfMI -trtaV f eterhllharioa
ot a commission to be appointed by him
and .that work be - continued in the
mine pending th decision of the com
mission. Be added that the award to
be made would be retroactive to April
1. the date of th expiration of. the old
agreement betveea-the operator 4
- Th President
LI Vat i J -T
imsvix an tmhiirvh rv wi'iwiA m wib
one which' I-recently appolated ia eon-
lection with the bitorainoo mining in
dustry a soon 'I leirn that both
idee ' have ignifljed i thlr willingness
to continue t work and abid by- it
decisions.
Ia making public the President s let
ter, 8ec rotary Wilson, who ha been ia
conference ' with the wage eeale com
mittee at the Department of labor for
the past three week, aaid h wa can
Ident that whea th committee recon
vened Thursday it wifl either reach a
mutual agreement, or the question in
dispute will be submitted to a eommi-
sina aa auggested by th President.
'There will be no atrik ia th an
thracite eoal Held," h said.
The secretary added that representa
tive of the miner would present th
President's ; letter "to their convention
at-Wilkebrr(- P-- Mondsy.
Th rrosidentt ,JetUr follows
"I have watched with more thaa
psriing - interest your effort te---
gotiate a new wag scale for the aa
thracite coal fields. Th arrangement
to continue work at tbe miner after
April . 1, pending th adoption of a aew
agreement, which yon entered into when
the previous wage scale wa about-to
expire, was 'highly- commendable, and
filled n all with hop that a new con
tract would' be mutually worked out
and the aupply of anthracite coal een
tinned without intermptioj. I iaeere
ly trust tht the hope will be fully
realized. ; "
H hve, however, been dviaed that
there ie a possibility yoa may not come
to an agreement.' I am ttf.e I need not
remlnd you that -w have net yet re-
eovered from the eeonomle losses inet
dnt to the wsrl We need the fullest
productivity -of- eu-r people- t rcstor
and maintain their owa economic stand-
irds and to assist in th rehabilitation
of Tlurop, A strike at any time ia a
great baaie industry like anthracite coal
would be a very disturbing factor la
our Bveiand Industrie; Tor hav eae
take plae aow while wo are actively
engaged ia the problem of reconstruc
tion wouia oe a serious disaster.
"Anthracite eoal is used prineinalfar
lif domestic consumption. Any shortage
in the- supply would affect a multitude of
hsmes that have been-specially equip
ped for the use of thi kind ef fuel. It
would hav to b euppleacated by the
us-of-nbstiwts such a bitamiaoni
cosl er oil, diverting these commodities
fiwnnwtttipo
Industrie which they now supply, nslng
more Cars because ef the longer, hanl
srtrt WeWby reaucmg""ii.e' ,tniciency"'oi
our transportation systems that ire al
ready burdened beyond their capacity.
Such a eonditien must not occur if there
Is sny wv of avoiding it. - .
"I a mnot familiar with the technical
jirBbtcltf f "'ffcfTrir the' wUHrr jrmlT-
wag scale. - Too are. Tett should.
fewefore, b-able...to.. effwt an agtrc
nient. If for any reason yon are unable
to do so, I shall Insist thst th matter in
dl)iTrate"1)'',ubtcrtttl' to the dcteftBln-
atuin . of a commission to be ppointed
by me, the award of the eomaussioa to
be retroactive to, the first om April, in
accordance wit hthe igreemeut y have
ilready cdtered into, and' that work be
continued at the mine 'pending the de-
eistoa-el th soamisjiua. .,1 shall hold
myself in rVdiness to appoint a om
mission similarly constituted to the ont
Which I recently appointed in" connection
(Contiaaed en Pg Tw.), r
IS
JOINS LOflGHliEt'l
Actual Ending of J Carranza's
7 Life Still Shrouded In Frag-
-.mentary Dispatches :
CONFLICTING STORIES
- OF HOW IT OCCURRED
Ltn'h of Former President of
" Mexjoa SecaDs . Prophecy
Said To Hare Been'Made By '
Nun j Expected ToHave Iffi- "
lJp6rlaM'Bearlng.dttJ:h.DiiU
ted States ' -
Washington, D. C, May 22 By the'
Associated Prctjs.) Venuatiano Car- '
ranxa ha Joined th long line of latin'
Aateriea dictator who r hav ended
their tormy eareers .in flight .and
death. :. - v ..ysv-:,,.
, A fug4tivs,iatl., Uln-o
Pnebla. th eld man wh keptih TJnit4r
ed State and Mexico la a broil for the"
1ft wa a . m a.t
by some of the troops which bad pros
teeted him as a loyal body guard In hi
flight- from th Mexican capital. -
Whether he fell lighting, or a victim:
el th celebrated ,,ley .fuega", which,
mad dead mea of Madero and Buarer,
or act nally w a tnnrdcred tn-a z onp
d'etat, ia obscured la such .fragmentary '
information, sij li com .out of tho. I
tropical fastneea. of Tlaxealtenango,.
where he died- presumably surrounded'
py rw- toyar xrtendr.
Early dupatche today from Mexico
City aald the former president had
been hilled ia an attack led by General
Herrara, Who. had. gone with Car ran ra '
ia flight but later deserted to the
revolutlonitc': Th annonncement.
made at the headquarter ef General
Obregon.heaa pf the Bcvolutionary -movement,
gave the , Impression that
Carransa had died 1 battle.
- But later adviee received in El Pnso
ncnifged' tMt1pir"nadt'Tienr mide
a priaoner aad aaeassinated In
a cow-
rdJyannLjMid sJdLaom8.ol,JiiJ.
friend who wer with him at the time'
had ent a protest to General Pablo
Oonsalea. , . . .'
Th full story my not be immed
iately know and even then . may be
the subject of dispute. In any event
it add on more) drop to the river
ef blood which haa flowed over Mexico .
line Porfirio Dial signed hi ab
dication ia tear . and died , a heart
broken rain in. Spain.
Bring Prophecy Te Mind.
But it docs briny; to mind a propheev "
aid to hav been made by a nun which -la
now being talked about all over Mex
ico. ' '...':.
Tha nu prophesied, according to
report-that after - Mexico , had seen
threwFrandseo - in publie life. - he
would have for president an old man
with a bard who would meet a violent i,
death and that.be would be succeeded,
by a president who- mounted his hore--
f rom th wrong; aide. The prophecy
also added that ' thereafter Mexico
would lose it independence.
There hav been three Francisco In
Mexico public life since the phopheey .
wss made. They were Francisco de la
Barra, now an exile: Francisco L Mav
dero, the murdered preiident of 1913,
and Francisco Villa, the bandit leader.
Csrramta was well known -for bis
whiskers, Obregon who led the revolt
sgninst him and i expected by many
to " succeed to tho head of the gov
ernment, lost in - arm ia th battlo of
Celaya, with Till and mount hi hone .
from the "wrong aide."
"-:.Crrnss's Death 8tgBlflent.''"M ''
Carranxa' death -and tb manner -of
itj probably will-have , some important t
bearifig on th action of the United .
State whea th time come to consider
recognition ef tho government which
succeeds him. When President Wilson
wa refneing to recognize Huerta, he
based hi action on th untimely death
ofMaaero lHdSniirennd-nnoned-
broad ceneral policy to the effect .
thst no government would be reeognis- -ed
which did not rest en constitutional
eleetionr and whtah was based oa force ,
of arhia alone.. Aa it generally is ree
ognined that no grvernnicilt in Mexico' '
eopld hop, to stand without recognition "
bv the United Htntos.- the death or
Cwrrawxa-'aaa'' wTjrt'"tpeiialplHty--ith;-'k-'1
DresenrrevolutiBniatl hiar-shhf in" TT,
ie-egrdd hy offlciali and-dUtlomal
here certain to Deeome a large eie- "
ment in thi government's action, ;
'11 rmnirr ynr t ,.
of the atate ot Coaliutis, who united ,
th Mexican under the banner of con
stitutionalists -in 1913 and fought
Huerta who Mixod. the power aith the
wholesale " execution . which aceom-x
dero. .Headed Jy, tbe. nujitary genma
of th dashing Villa, his army won
miinif veptorlps
Qasrrcls With Villa. ,
But' he oo iiurreled with 'Ynia
Ind ao bonerTwa 'h In "MexicoX.ity'l
ind"eeogniiEed-T5y-thTtitea State
thaa he had a revolution oa hi hand
with Villa as it leader. ,
Although aided ia every way by the
United Btates government. Currant- .
pursued a' decidedly anti-American -
ceuisej" ami 'dnrrn; tfro Worid--Wef-
a decidedly snti-allied ' course wuica,
wss topped off by the celebrated Zim
merman pot la .which Germany asked
.(Contlnasdwa t1"-