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H y ; cdii" ji(Di: y yseiiw Local (hunter showers Mon day ( Tsesday fall Mat, shew, ra wart portion. ft,!. UHUtf ft SUIt Wi. EIGHT PAGES TODAY,. RALEIGH. N. G, MONDAY. MORNING, JULY. r';j?20 lEJGHr;PAGES'.;TOPAY; PRICE:" FIVE CENTS VOL CXII. NO. 13 ALLIES WILL HELP POLES 111 EVEIIT OF HAYSAMB L LABOR MAfl TELLS f BOOSTING HENRY FOR ;.. THIRD PARTY TICKET DEMOCRATS AT FRISCO THOUGHT . PRESIDENT : HAD "PUT- ONE OVER FAiEfATHEADOF WORKERS TO TAKE i OVERGOVEEEIIT uulS4 T vyyvf lv-SasetI - nr OULD HAVE AREA DISCUSS CAMPAIGN BOLSHEVIK ATTACK -Aid To Be Giv6n If Polish AT LATTER'S HOME AGRiGilLTUREDEPT. Forces Will Retire Within J " - Natural Frontiers ARMISTICE PROPOSAL! IS ! SENT TO SOVIET HEADS Communication of Allies, . Dis patched From Spa, 8ets ;"-Forth , Armistice Between Bolshevik! and Pole. Will Be !' Followed By Conference! of i An Countries Involved i Spa, Balaam, July Uv-(By th Asso : autoil ru.1 If the Pole consent to Jolund, the allies wiU giv them all possible, ssistaas in tba event their jbcing attacked oj wa xjoieneviai. u announcement wti sad her today. The allies have tent proposal to the Bussian Soviet government for an - .i.fi. !) Pniuiil a condition that the Poles retire within their natural Polish frontier it la set lorxa uu n : armistice will be followed by ' confer ence of representative of all the coun tries on th Bussian border and. that, if the Bolshevifci ettaea ns roiea tin thee frontier, the allies will come s ma mia wwk - -ti',-' 'niMivi avnvT their j - FLAN A3 TO SEPARATIONS. ! Spa, Belgium, July IL--After some heaitation, due to the coal questions. th German delegate vooay prouuwu ,t..i. -ii. ahAwinv how German? would deal with reparation, bnt they opacified that the decision raacnea s-cbumb coal would modify their proposals. Th. AlHjul avnarta had dar.la.red thfV a:a . tit mmi 4h 4ffllTflft U 14 J1UV UVDuo - v submitted uy IBS usrmsns www jw tify modification of th proctoeol ; Jniv 0th. hot admitted th aus- ties of th German eiperU' pleaa en "two point: firat, relieving Germany f th obligation ox reporting to u reparation eommistion regarding th distribution of coal within Germany, and, Mond, approving' th propoeal to inereass th output by improving th . walfara of the miner, and . uggeation that the German and Allied government discuss moans io saw mu. Th plenary aewion of th confer ence began at 8:30 thi evening, with Lord Cursoa representing Great Britain instead of Premier Lloyd-George, wh waa confined to hie room all day with a nM Th infnnpji immediately took up tba - coal question, th expert having failed t com xo an agreement. Chancellor Fehrenbach, Dr. . Simon, Eerr Btinn and other of th German delegation had pmkroely eonf erred lengtnuy on in auojecu Coal Qaeatloa Important. Dr. Simon, at the outset of th ca tion remarked that coal wa in cen tral point of th who) economic life of Germany. "Th solution given to -k. . MiMi.m;..hv:.fcik...AxnArta.", he mniA will vm unAn ma amerent niaai or reparaiuma jjicpuicv vj mo delegation,, which had understood that an agreement which would take into account th economic condition judged essential to Germany would b ar rived at. . "Th question of eoal 1 a question of life or. death to th Germane," aaid Dr. Simons, "and remain th basis for all other plana." . Premier MiUerand replied that there could be no question of modifying the treaty of Versailles n that subject, and that it must be eieeuted. Th BaparatUn Plan. Dr. Simons thereupon handed the reparation plan t th secretary of tthe conference, v Th plan contains three feature! ' First, fixed annuities; second, a fixed total; and, third, an arrangement whereby Germany' creditor would participate la improvement of Ger many' prosperity. 1 " "Under th treaty," asserted'- Dr. Simons, ''Germany must pay ia money or in kind. I belie that at first It (will be necessary to pay In kind. Ger many is quit prepared for th Allies' demand for real guarantees for th per formance of any 'arrangement mad that ia cnmnatihla with German aover- eignty." - j MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROCKINGHAM HERO DEAD ' Baidsville, July lbHonor waa done for Bockingham's soldier dead this afternoon in a great service held ia the largest, Aobaeco warehouse in th town, when GoVvT. W. Bickett and OoU 8. W. Minor, commanding officer of th 10th infantry of the thirtieth division, paid loquent tribute to th men who gave their all ta France. Fonir thousand people thronged the great warehouse for th eerviee. Gov raor Bickltt delivered the memorial certificates, given by the president of th French republic, to the. families of men who died in his country, 19 in num ber. Colonel Minor, ia who command moat of th Bockingham men aw erviee. told of the deeds of hia- men. Th ' exsreUes were held under the auspices of th local post of th Ameri can Igi0tt.r- ---- COMPOL80RT EDUCATION IK CHILE FORMALLY APPROVED. Santiago, Chile, July 11- Th cham ber of deputies has approved th pri mary instruction bill passed by th Sea t ia June. - This- provide for th compulsory sttendane at school of chil dren up to 14 years of age a ad carries aa annual appropriation of twenty mil. lion pesos for new schools and general increase in th salaries of teachers. Tw Children Baraed to Death. Troy, Ala, July 11. Tw small chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Botwell were burstd to death yesterday when the tome of their grandmother, Mrs. Harri. ana Whitehead, near here, was deatroyed by fir,., .. ' ' -.-' i i HL Friend of Henry Jord, father ef the "flivver, are booetwg hua for th mom' ination for President oa th third party ticket. Th Committee f Forry-Eighi Single Tax Party, Labor Party and a number of other organisation are bow olding convention at Chicago, with th purpose of coming together oa a united platform tor a new Tnira rarty. kod rt M. LaFollctt, Senator from Wis consin, is aaothsr much talked of pres- dential eaadidat o the new political machine. .. 1 SHOOTIflG AFFRAY ATLEK01R FATAL Nearo Dead and White Man Probably Fatally Wounded In Battle Over Still Lenoir, Jnly llzBrant Hendricks is probably fatally wounded and Wyll Harper, a negro, is dead ..j the reeult of a shootlag affray, which took place three mUe from here this afternoon between Hendricks and his father.-Doek Hendricks, on en aid and Wyll Har per and DaYid Harper, negro brothers, oa th other., David Harper is thought to hav been (hot, but mad a getoway and ha not been found. - Sock ilea dricka suffered a scalp wound when, he was struck with a stick, by on of the nerroea. Near the-seen of the enoot ing several ehUdren of Alec Powell were injured by th strT ahots. - The shooting followed a dispute be- twet ft Harper negroes and the two whit mea thi morning. - It is said that th negro.- wer scented by to U- d rick t of stealing a blockade distilling plant. , It seem "th whit men had stationed themselves at the plant , to await the negroes' return for the other part of th equipment. "When th ne groes arrived they wer enargea wna to then nd th dispute zouowea. Th two negroes left the sesne, but scon returned armed with shotguns. la th shooting Brant Hendricks had hi left arm shot completely off above the wrist, the discharge taking final effect ia th right (id just below the heart. It 1 not thought that be will recover. Wyli Harper, it is claimed, fired the shot and waa ia th act of reloading whea Dock Hendricks shot at him with a fftsfol, the bullet striking th negro in th right temple. The negro feli after he was also shot ia th brssrt with a ahotgua. It wa at thi point, th lder Hendricks says, he was struck over th head with stick by Dave Harper., Hendricks opened fire oa Dave Harper wix'i his pistol firing twice. He then secured the shotgu -. of th deed negro and fired agal- ia Dav was running away. Hendriek believe both ahota took effect. Th negro made a successful getaway and was aot foand by the officer whea '.hey reached th seen of th., battle a few moment afterwards.IV; . ' Th elder 'Hendricks was brought hers and placed in jail to await a hearing. Other arrests sre expected to follow. . ONE KILLED AND EIGHT INJURED IN AUTO MISHAP Roiert E. Boit. of Concord. Silled When Big Oar Over turns At Mint Hill r r- - -ryr-- 4 -y-, Coneord, July 11. Bobert H. Boat of thir place was instantly killed and aiaht other persons wer badly injured whea th automobile ia which they wer rid ing overturned when rounding a curve at Mint Hill, near here. In th acci dent Boat suffered a broken neck. The injured persons were brought to a local hospital for medical attention. The machine caught fir and waa destroyed. nr. Host,. H. Ij. Unker and six mem bers of hi family and Oscar Furr wer ia th machine at the tim of th acci dent. The party was going from Cos cord to Monro. , , Th funeral of Mr. Boat will be held her tomorrow. BRITT TO BE EDITOR OF ASHEVILLE TIMES Aaheville, July 11. Announcement la msde her that J. J. Britt, for two term. Republican Congressman from this d is. trlet, will become editor of the Ashe- villl Times, th Bepubliea afternooa sewjpaperr here. ' Jlr. Britilwilt berin hi new-duties oa Monday, July 12, but it i under stood he will not give ap hi law prao tie here, which he ha been pursuing since he served a term ia the Hones. Whil Congress held that he was entitled to his Seat aa a result of th 1813 lec tio here, he did not sit in Congress, Zebulon Weaver, th Democratic nomi nee, being Mated by th Stat Board of Elections. ., I Britt was declared th rightful owner! of the sest, but this deciaioa waa not reached until a few day before th ad ef th two year term. - . - Harry M. Daugherty, Pre-Con-vention Campaign Manager. . Also Visits Nominee .. . SENATOR AND HIS WIFE -ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE Bepnblican Kational Chairman , Leates Eardinf Home. For , 1' IfeworaTaXWhere He WiU Confer With Party Leaders; - Beception Accorded Nominee and Bays At Chnrch . 1 Marion, Ohio, July 11. Senator Hard ing, the Bepnblieaa choice for th presi dency, pent busy day today, attend ing church service ia th morning with Mr. Harding and later discussing cam paign plans nt length with Will H- Bays, chairman of th national committee, and Harry M. Daugherty of Columba, Ohio, manager of th Senator pre-eonvention campaign' Mr. Hays later left for New Trk, where h will spend ths week eoa ferringwith Bepublieaa leader. Thi was th first tim Mr. Hays has seta th Bepnblieaa nominee since th latter" return horn from Washington sad they took advantage of th oppor tunity to discuss general campaign mat tars.. Mr. Bays arrived in Marion arly be fore th Senator had arisen. Joined by Mr. - Hays, Senator and Mrs.' Harding attended wrviec at th Trinity Baptist church. . , Kaceptlon at Chare.. With th do of th services, a re ception lasting nearly thirty 'minutes, during which members of th eongrega tloa filed past th. pulpit and shook hand with Senator and Mrs. Harding ss walls Mr. Hays, followed. Bev. Mr. McAfee stood beside the Senator and introduced th membere of th congre gation. In many instances, particularly with , ths elder memnere, thi wa un necessary, how ver, s the Senator recognised then and7 ichanged some recollection of th past as h hook their hands." A - larg Crowd greeted him a he left th enareh to ntr his sutomobils. : . - CengratalatM Coeatry. . "It has been inevitable, of courss, that ws hav discussed torn phases cf th political situation during our visit," Mr. Hays said. "I can snly say. that every day mor and mor I congratulat th party and th country a Senator Harding's nomination." 1 . Asid from , eonf ereaes - scheduled for tomorrow. Senator Harding aaaoua- ed tonight that he would e U' er from. then until h had completed his speech of aeeeptaaee, adding that only on eonferene - instead - of two with newspaper correspondents would be held daily during that time. He said h hoped to finish his speech thi week. . ' ' . ' ' Asa red of Ngr Seaport. Assurances thst he would receive th suooort of th larg aegra popalatioa in Illinois wr today received by Sen- ator Harding in a Jotter from CslB. S. Abbott, of Chicago, publiaher of a newspaper for aegroes- A similar let ter was also received from John W. Thompson, ehairmsn of th executive committee of tb Htw- low Btste re publican eouneil, a aegro voters or csnisation. - s i Th proposed "front porch" campaign policy was on thing understood t hav been discussed at th conference today. Mr. Hay wa understood t hav told th Senator that many parson all over the country ar urging a modiacsnoa of th plan. KILLED IN FALL FROM THIRD-STORY WINDOW Frank 8. Kewcome, of Marsh tiUe, Victim of Unnsval Ac- cident At Charlotte Charlotte. July 11 Frank S. New- ome of Marshville, Union county, was killed when h fell out of a third story window of th T. M C. A. building here tonight.' He had gon to the building to visit his friends, A. B. and s. a. iisr rell. Just how the accident occurred ae on hat bee able to learn. A man coming into th hall saw a man's feet disappear out of ths window and raiaed the alarm. Una cz tn mrraii brother ran dowa to the pavement and picked up th man, wh wa fouad to be xvewiome, and rusnca aim to ins Presbyterisn Hospital, but he died as he wa taken from th suto. Newsom wns SO years old July 4, and th on ef Mr. sad Mrs. B. C Newsome, and had lived here a year. ' Ha wu a brother of A- B. Newsome, who holds ta highest record at th University of North Carolina sine th day's of Petti, grsw, ha having d th highest msrks poasibls oa all studies, sa unbroken string of ones. -:- J. F. FARMER, OF WILSON, IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Wilson, July IlAftr long eoafia meat at bis horn ia West Wiieoa Elder J. T. Farmsr died this sftemooa at 1:25 o'elotk U his sixty-fifth ysar. Be sides being afflicted with what "was thought to be pellagra- but never de termined at such by a physician, he had rheumatism In a sever form and t ene time he received a slight stroke of paralysis from which he sever folly recovered. H is survived by aa aged mother, Mrs. Fsthic Farmer, a son, Mr. Moses B. Farmsr, on daughter, Mrs. Nathan Anderson, Jr., and ons brother, Mr. W. XL Farmer, all of Wilson. , All of his life Mr. Termer was a believer in th primitive Baptist fsith sd for many; years an elder ia the church and on of Wilson's most re spected eiviseaa. X'."" Funeral services ui be conducted ficm his latd residence tomorrow afte- cotjB gt 4 'clock. ' ' - -1 Gov. Cox Says He Will Select 5. unci vi i lie own rui riauo ' If Elected RECEIVES DELEGATION -: OF FARMER NEIGHBORS Former Oonfressman Ansbeny, Back From Frisco, Confers . . With :TThe Depocrativ Nom inee; Says Fight At Frisco ', Was Not Between The Ad ministration and Got. Cox Daytoa, O., July 11-A real dirt farmer will be th next Secretary of Agriculture, If th Democrat! party i successful at th November election, ac cording to statement mad today by uovernor vox, ta unoeraua presiden tial nominee. His promise to appoint a real farmer a head of th nation's farming activities, providing hs is sleeted, were made to a delegation ef the governor's neighbor frmr who called at hi horn st Trail's End. Hs said: "If elected President I will let a dirt farmer as Secretary ef Agriculture, a man who has tilled the oil himself and msde a ' successful business of f armieg, ia ths doing ef which he ha demonstrated his efficiency a a business man." Aaaberry in Conference. Former Congrsssmsa T. T. Ansbsrry, of Washington, arrived this morning from Baa J ranciaeo snd gave th pre dtntial nomine first hand details of th aonveatioa ' activitie, which re sulted in hi selection to lead ths party, Mr. Ansberry told th governor that ths credit for his victory goes to X. H. Moore, of Toungstows, his pre-eonvea tion manager. : Mr. Ansberry told 'newspaper repre sentatives thst th contest at Ban Fraa Cisco was between McAdoo, Palmer snd Cox, and not between the administration snd Cox. No announcement as to dls cussioa of campaign plans wa mad. In th afternoon the governor and Una, cox., itf and Mrs, Ansberry motored to th aomlnee's boyhood hem nt Jscksonburg. .- ':- Goes t Colamhss Teday. The governor will go to Columbus tomorrow ta resume work at the execut ive office. A reception is plfbned for him at the capital. In th afteraoon Franklin D. Booaevelt, his running- mats, will stop over for a few hours oa his retura from Saa fraacise for a conference.- ' . : Empress Eugenie Passes Away At Madrid, Spain; To Accord Imperial Honors Madrid, July 11. Former Emprota Eugenic, of France, died her thi morning. Death occurred shortly befor 8 o'clock from scuts intestinsl inflamma tion. Bh passed away quietly ia the rssenes only of her Isdy in waiting. tier nephew, ta nuk of Alba, at whose residence shs died, was in Francs, aad ths other members of ths fsmily were osenw . lugeni Marie d Montijo, former Empreaa of France, waa bora in Gra nada, Andalusia, Spain, May 6, 1826. Shs wss ths second daughter of Count Manuel Fcrnandes ds Montijo, Duks of jrsaeranda, and Maria Manuela Eirk- patrkk, of Cioseburn, Dumfriesshire, fxoiisns. ner maternal gmndtnther wa William Kirkpatrick, United State consul at Malaga, who waa a astir of Scotland, but a naturalised Americaa. Th former Empress wss educated in France, Spain aad England, and travel ed extenaivsly with her mother on the European 'continent. She met her has band, Emperor , Napoleon III, first ia 1851, and married him ia Notre Dam Cathedral, Paris, January. 30, 1853. Prince Napoleon, her only son, who wss th Prince Imperial, wa bora March 18, 1858. Ths Empress had great in fluence-over her husband, and on sev eral occasions acted as regent during th sbsencs of ths Emperor when he was traveling or ws with hi army ia the field. This was, in 1850, 18S5 and 1870, th latter date during th Franco Prussisn war. At th outbreak of ths Franco- Prussian war there were many person who secusetf Eugenie of having been responsible for thetomaeaeement ef hostUiUes. Iter hlr enemies, and they wer asnroas,'asd tw say that shs wss th esuss of all th ealamitie which befell hr. Nevertheless, the oas-tim Empress from ths publi gen erally received respectful sympathy. aad evea after her beauty had faded aad old ago had, crept anon her ah wa reverently greeted by those wh saw her seated ia th park of Paris enjoying the warm sunthlns and talk ing with th children playing near-by. iadi, bnt aa . wait -cairaa, the former Empress often wss called "Europe's Queen of Borrow," Shs was quoted always as praying that death, might end her long term of sadness and again bring her to her husband and sos. X the Tuilerie Gsrdens ta Paris the . stcra-vissged ' gendarmes looked th other way whea Eugeni wa plucking flowers. Bom tim ago cugsnis lost tne sight ef ons ef her eyes and was fesrful of becoming totally blind. With th desire again to,, visit her native country, Seain. sh begged that shs might b takes thT befor ah became entirely blind. Her wish w granted, aad last Anril Eugale sgaia aaw ths beauties Of Spsla and apeial)y ef Andalusia, waeh sh wss born. Despite her M jesrs shs displayed aotsbl vitality.' FORMER EMPRESS OF FRANCE DEAD A ,. . ;j, Consternation reigned supreme at th Democratic convention at Saa Fran cisco during ons of its sessions, when delegstes thought they saw President Wil son calmly walking into the national party arena. A feeling snesksd over ths delegate thai ths President had put ons over on them, coming ta Frisco aad ap pearing at ths convention in person in a highly unexpected manner. However, it was afterwards learned thst Balph tks President's "double" and played aa LI Englishman Killed When Barrel In Which He Made Trip ' Dashes To Pieces Niagara Fall, July 11. Charjoa G. Stepheas, ef Bristol, Eng., wss killed todsy when he went over th Horseshoe Fells In a barrel. The cask ia which hs mad the trip, though built of (tout Bnssisn oak .staves snd bound " with steel hoops, was smashed like a egg shell on ths jagged rocks st th bate of the cataract. , .Pieces of th barrel wer picked up aesr ths bank1 oa the Canadian fide, but Stephens' body has not been recovered. Stephen was 58 years old and has a wife and. -elor.cn ehildrea in, Bristol, where h. wa a barber, H served - three years f In franco with th British army. He had planned to mak a lecture tour of Eng land if hi trip was successful. . Bobby Leach, who wast over the Horseshoe Falls in 1911, told Stephens before he started that his trip would bs a failure. Leach predicted that the barrel would aot withstand the drop ef 150 feet, but Stephens refused to-be dissusded from the venture. - Text knew that Kteph en was to mak e th trip - today- and ' When-- th--arm fras towed out-into the river onthe Canadian aids two miles above th falls, there were only a dosea oa hand to watch. It was 8:10 s. m, when Stephens was cast adrift. - Early sightseers on Goat llandraw the barrel bobbing up and down in ths tumbling reaches of th upper rapids, but none knew that it earned a man about to defy the cataract. , : Members of Stophens' party followed ths cask- downstream in automobiles. Ia on of th cars a moving picture operator filmed the progress of ths bsrrel. As th barrel drew bom the brink ef the falls, it seemed to stand on cad, hesitsts a seond or two, snd then slide gracefully over th slope, head foremost and at a slight angle. Its gleaming black and whits stripes could be sees until it bed fallea about half way dowa the fae of th cataract thea it was lost to view ia the misty spray- : A qunrtsf of aa hour psased, thea a half hour, and an hour. Field glasses trained on the boiling waters at the bsss ef ths cataract revealed no sign of th cask. When th hour had paased, the old river mea ia the little group of watcher began to shake their heada dubiously. Ths barrel designed by Stephens for the trip wss six feet three inches high. Stephen-wss-to third-to attempt the barrel trip over the falls. Mrs. Annie Edsoa Tsylor went ever ia October, 1901, in sn oak bsrrel, and Bobby Leach made the trip is July, 1911, ia a steel bsrrel. Both srs stui living. ; GEORGIA JUDGE IS SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED Alma, GA, July 11 Whil closing his place of ii-jslness here at 10 o'clock last night, Judy C. J. Medders was Shot in ths back snd instantly killed. Judge Medder wss fired upoa from aa automobile, a , shotgun being used. Nin buckshot sntered his head and aeek. - Bacon tountyr officers said that they traced th sutomobils to ths borne of Dr. John Iisdgs. , The sheriff has takes Fvoyd Dedge, a son of Dr. Dodge, into castody n connoclion with th shooting. A man named Sanford, who ia em ployed at th plantation of Dr. Dadge, was srrested by Sheriff J. W. Googe st 10:00 o'clock tonight in connection with the killing of Judge Medders.-' The sheriff said that he had a warrant for Dadge, but could not locate him; Judge Medders wss a justice of the peace of Baeoa county for many years. H was 2 years of sre. Judgs of ths Superior court J, I. Summers!! snd Solicitor General Harry B. Smith, will arrivs. hers in ths morn ing to conduct the inquest, , , Several years ago, it wss stated by eloss friends of Judge Medders, hs and Dr. Dedge wer said to hav attached horns to, a negro's besd and toured th country with the, "horned wonder." OSES HIS LIFE III 01 OVERFALLS f -. t Faulkner, an actor, dressed himself as effective little Joke oa th convention. AFTER ITS TURMOIL Picketing Strikers Apparently willing To Take The Gov- ernor's Word" By BEN DIXON MscNEILL. (Staff CorrMsoadtnt.) Lsndis. July 1L Sabbatical calm per vaded ths villas todsy after yesterday cramati whirlwind, culminating in an hour of abuot th plainest talking that haa ever been done by a Governor of North Carolina,' when h laid dowa th law about bothering peopl who wanted to work and .told th assembled multi tude thst picketing hsd V be stopped if it took every avaiiabl soldier in th Stats to.do it. - hThr eivJvewry took- th Governor! statemsnts horns with them snd ponder ed them deeply, and the overwhelming sentiment in th town is with him cgainst th tactic of tba comparatively few strikers who havs kept the village in a turmoil ever since the mills started back to work ten days ago aftsr four weeks idleness. Ths general sentiment is that there will be ao more picketing, and that the irreconcilable element emong th strikers will go away. Yesterday waa ths first tims thst Lsn die had ever looked upoa. a Governor ; in the flosh." The town haa been here a long time, .sitting calmly beside the main line of the Southern Bailway, watching its greet limited trains thunder luruuKu, uvuring mvme times inas suou snd such a train carried such and such s President, or soms other of ths far off t ribe f the great of the la ad. But none ei inee nave ever noucea uinai until tb Governor rolled UU town yes terday morning at S o clock Interest la Visit. All day long, while the Governor was closeted with representatives of the van out warring elements concerned in the dissension growing out of the strike. taking nt first hsnd what hs wsnted to know, little groups of ertixens stroll ed past th hotel where the conferences wer in progress, snd from tboir midst ons could hear such remarks as, liars you seen him yett" snd toWhat does he look like So snd-So said hs spoke to him when he got here. ' ' Anyhow the Governor owned th tow after b got here, but no man ever owned a town with ao little conscious ness of proprietorship. He had right serious business ia hand, .and set about it right seriously, whatever of self- consciousness sny of ths sundry' delega tions that earns to so him, awed as they were by th fset that they were speak ing with tb Chief Executive ef the State, he put away with a few pleasant wordrnd thea got dowa to what hs was" after; --. : Champion Pie later. Few dinner hav been spread in th Stat that surpassed ia magnitude the repast prepared for ths Governors party by Proprietor Goodnight of the Commercial Hotel. The liiue table, fair v trroaaed and squealed under it pran dial burden. Vegetables to the num ber of six in variety, a fish, specially eau eh t from, a neighboring ereck. a ten der portion of a faWod calf, abundant preserves and ether use oainucs, s gorgeous cake, and a big spple pis cut in ths old-fashioned number of sec tions. The Governor disposed of two sections, while Mr. Goodnight sst by ia Sdmiring wonderment snd, told tns uov ernor what he himself thought about th ttrik business." . , - t There is a saying that "he knocked 'em off ih limb.' Th Governor did about tlit, when he got around to bit a. sin point in his speech. The speak ing was held in the grove ef a church, th speaker standing oa a motor truck while ths multitude scrambled for van tage points nearby. Like the men is Ike scriptures half a hundred- of them Climbed -nte the lower limb of the trees. ... ...rv'v :.:"',.':, : . ; Lik Zsssheas ef Old. , Whea th speaker got to the stirring part of his speech, laying down ths law on picketing and quoting ths command menu sbout- vrirk. ; the ' crowd get warmed, one of the audience, none too securely anchored to a limb some 19 feet off the ground,-turned loose to clap his hands. He fell out, bumping into that section of th crowd thst was (Contlnaed on Page Tw.). LAND1S IS QUIET John Fitzpatrick, of Chicsp, Addresses Convention , of The Labor Party - 4 ; I ANOTHER STEP TOWARD - I -FORMING THIRD PARTY, President of Chicago Federa ' tion of Labor In Plea That , Day Win Come, When Work-' ers of U. 8. WiU Do Job As Workers of Bnssia Care Done J Amalgamation Plans Chicago, July ll-Amalagamatioa f th eommitte of 8 and labor, party of th TJaltod Stat witt a common platform and . common . presidential tiekefwill b reommndd to th two convention tomorrow, it was decided I tonight by their eoaferene committees. After several hours discussion th confer adopted three rewlutioa rec ommending , combining . of th ' two groups, aad thea took up discussion of a nam for the aew party. ' . 1 Joha Fitxpatriek, president of th Chicago Fsdsratioa of Labor, a keynote speaker, brought th aonveatioa to the highest enthusiasm with a plea "that th day would come whea the working people ef the Halted State would get together and de a job such th work Srs of Bussia hav dona." Th biggest demonstration of the day was accorded this reference, delegate stampeded aad whistled, sad whsn en called for "three cheer fer Soviet' Bussia," they were giva. . , - ! - Fitxpatriek declared thsrs wsa Both ing to prevent the "hand aad brain : worker taking th government out ef the hand ef not Ameriesns, but ia-f tarnations! financial pirate,", aad ad- ' vised all th minority groups to anit oa eae ticket. ! Agree Oa Labor Platfersa. ' , i Ia opening ths convention, . M f Haynea, chairman ef the Labor party'! national committee, declared that "every I political group aesembled ia thi eitv agtae ia substance to ths platform,", which ths Labor party had formulated! last November. This statement brought' forth prolonged applanss, ia which dele-' gates wearing - badge of th single taxers, forty eighters, and ether ele-1 ment stt ending th convention, joined.' xn wovembei Labor platform de clared for nationalisation ef all" eeses tlal induetrtes. abolition ef th United State Benat aad ef injunction power of judge ia labor disputes, declared for the Plumb plaa, high iacom taxes. worid-wids dissrmsment, a national budget and limitation of ths United state Hupreme Court' power to veto legialation. - . Committ Oa Amalgamation. ' T' Ths convention responded to th suggestion of Fitxpatriek aad ' Hay ee by naming a committee of twelve to! confer. with similar group from th' Committee of 48, in aa effort ta deiclopl a common ground on which. all could meet." Thi eoaferene wss intended) io iron out osnui mai naa proved stumbling blocks to amalgamation. Throukhout the dlseussioa ef com bining the strength of ths minority groups ther appeared a? trend ef op timism among the delegates. Speak ers argued that by aueh setion they were presenting a solid front "against a common snsmy." C. J. France, of Seattle, who pre sented the Forty-Elghter' Invitations to th labor group to join the new party movement, told th convention th question of platform wss "incidental" and that beneath it "are theseonomis principle for which all of you and u can fight." A a nam for th aew party. Tar mar-Labor", waa suaa-ested. Its eoasider- tioa, however, was postponed. Cheer Fltspetrlck Address. , The thnndcr of fnnt.atainina anJ cheering punetuated ths Fitzpstrirk address. His -speech lost all repression ia - it reference to- Bussia and Ira land and to th Bepublieaa snd Demo eratic psrties. . , i Tor years and years labor has fol-; lowed the old routine of snnsalina, to existing political parties. Fits pstrick said. "We have gone to them with our programs, making no dif- ference whether the Democratic or Be publiesn party was in powsr, snd hav com sway with our promises, only to see those premises broken snd shat tered. . i '8o now ws are through. We hsve : gotten our own people together. Ws hav tried to say, if words hav tnesn Ing, thst this program of our was big and broad enough for. every man and woman who does useful work wita hsnd or brain to stand upoa, though f big business ha prevented eur atate- meat ia an attempt to show it is wholly ' a proposition for organised labor. Thsrs ar other group here ia Chicago now, .. and I can tell you we are all agreed; j w have all got th ssme - program. ' Ther is not anything sufficient to pre vent the hand and brain workers of the United States from taking the ' government out of ths hsnds of not Americans, but International financial pirates and do it' nowt" , 1 . Fitxpatriek halted for the tumult to subside aa he msde hs point. -. ' , . . Sspa Beth Eartiss. "The Bepublieaa psrty met hers last month," he resumed. "Twey drew up' their platform . and nominated their standard-bearer. , Where can yon find a free man or a free woman ia this country who can stsad for those can- 1 didstes or that platform. It is a de nial of every right - thst free mea have stood for. - . Again his sudleaes broke sp the speech. ."Thea yoa o to eaa t rancisco, he continued, "and you se ths Democrat ia , party, waer l ther a free ma or wemaa who will stand for, accept th , .(Coatiaaed oa Peg Two.) - j
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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