4 & WEATHEK V slly fair, eoattnaed warm iH Tuesday fecl than- WATCH LALEL o roar paper. gnd -renewal nvs day 4for expiration la orde to avoid missing a single copy. iiiiei erver . iiriMM. mi war imtraim VOL CXI V. NO. 67. TEN PAGES TODAY W .' RALEIGH. N. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1921. TtN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS is siiews riEV CONGRESSMAN GIVES WASHINGTON PERSONAL THRILLS Representative Her rick's . "Beauty Or Love" Contest j ,' Causes Excitement ' SAYS HE WAS ENGAGED IN SECURING. EVIDENCE Congressman Wii Chased Out Of Office By Irate Father and , Husband; Bent Gougfaff In Wasbinsrton To Forefront 1- . urn..- TTm 9nnA Again , VJOHU'V y Helping: War Veterani Bond Signs Sweeping Order Enjoining Raleigh Printers Case Will Go To Supreme Court On Exceptions of Defense For Argument At Early Date; Meanwhile,. Effort Will Be Made To Get Issues Before Jury At September Term 'of Wake Court 7 News and Observer Bureau, MS District National Bank Bldg. ; Br EDWARD at BRIXTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) . , ' Washington, Sept. i-With tht eb nee from Washington of the Houee and Scnsts membership, and with the Whits Hernia largely occupied in talk ing about conferences that sre to eome.j and with giving out statements about tha West Virginia miners' strik sltua tion, Washington folks hart had to look around very closely tha paat week lit order to get any Hhrille at all. And the thrills thst have eome have been of an evanescent kiml that quickly paaa away. , Congrcs!ii:;!i Manuel Harriek, of Okln boms, has given aomo wholly personal thrills in the way of the eonduct of a personal Deauiy or iov cumrsv. pressman Herrick is one of the 'acci dents" ef the House of Bepresettativcs. Ho is the successor to Congressman Dick Thompson, Bepublican, who waa enndidate for renomination by tha Okla homa Republicans. In the way of a lark, so it is said, some folks in the Eighth Oklahoma district induced Man tu?l Herrick to enter the primary. Under the Oklahoma law entries close at a fixed date and thereafter no en tries can be made. Congressman Mor gan died after the time limit had been passed, and so without opposition Har riek cantered into the nomination, and aa the district is a Republican strong hold, h was easily elected, Merrick's "Beanty Contest.'' During that session Congressman Her rick, known aa aa eccentric. Introduced a bill prohibiting newspapers from having contests for the prettiest girls in a community. Boon after it was dis covered thst Mr. Herrick was conducting his own brand ofc beauty contest,' send in letters to mcttir girls la Washington to start tip correspondence, describing himself in gorgeous eoijrrs as w position a wealth. A large number el girls rspondd,n(J there were-softe persenaj interviews. Bom of tie young women ay thst Herrick proposed " marring, others that he limply talked of love af fairs Without committing himself, while one sayt ht proposed elopement." At any rate, irate fathers, mothers and on hus band went after the Oklahoma Congress man, a father and a hubby threatening to "beat him up, and chasing bun from his erne ia the House oftce .building, The woman's bureau of the police de partment investigated the matter, but found that Congressman Herrick had nrniwrlr hehaveil. that he was lust a biff boy with queer ideas, and the. affair ia ceasing a big laugh. Incidentally, the pictures of a dozen at so young women all good lookers, have appeared ia the H.fVB. M UH Wl, KIWI " list. Mr. Herrick says he waa only engaged in securing evidence to submit to the House committee to show the value f his bill against newspaper beauty contests. i Kent Gearing 5 The administration itself is now finding that it has been no fairy tale that has been told by government em. ' tovM f tha runt ffntiffinv Waahlnsv - ton landlords, and indeed that the half lias aot been told ef the exorbitant increase, of rente ia the District, In crease so large at times that only the war created distriet rent law saved people from the rapacity of landlords. Kentals of housee and apartments lump ed towards the sky, but despite this it took a herd fight in- Congress to get ' the rent law extended from October of this year to May 1922. One thing that put the bill-through was that there waa fear that there would be suck nigh rentals put on delegates from Europe to the disarmament conference that it j "would ttrove an international scandal. The Seed for the law has been empha sised by the fact that foreign embas sies have found huge sums being asked for available residences for delegations frost the vinous sou a tries. , Outrage Instance Ia one ease a place oa the market at 3,000 was offered for rent, but the price charged waa $3,000 a month. . A the conference is expected to keep .... tbe people here for about five months, that meant (hat the owner ef the boose in question would receive in five - months the entire value of the house. in rental charged. "Hotels here have in . some instances informed their, pa tress that beginning with October, rates will be doubled for rooms and suites. There ie to be big pickings for the rapacious landlords ef - Washington during the 1 disarmament conference, and the- ad ministration has aot yet found a way to stop it 00 the'easnai visitor Washington-may expect to "get it the seek" vla bls poeketbook, wbea he comes ttWasningtoa during the eon ferenee. - 4 '. The ' disarmament conference hold Ks sessions in the Pan-American Building en Seventeenth Btrcet at "B1 while the committee rooms and confer ence rooms ,will be just serosa the street la the aew Navy building: Tbe section of thst building next the Pan American Building ie now being remod eled aad generally evernsuled ' ee aa to make it a fitting place for the for eign notables. These notables ea spe cial occasions. are, to attire themselves la the full dress or tne countries they represent, end for the, months they re here Washington win be gay aad Judge W. M.'Bond yesterday signed the formal order continuing to the hear ing the temporary restraining order prohibiting members of 'the three Ral eigh printing trades onions, their sgoats, associates or! abettors, from molesting non union printers employed in four non-union printing establishments ia Raleigh to break the . strike of anion printer which began ea May 1. , At 1 o'clock yesterday morning, after twelve hours of hearing, Judge Bond announced that he. would continue the injunction issued by Judge E. H. Crea mer in Smithfleld on August IS and would sign the order later. The de fendants, the three printing trades anions, and approximately $0 individ uals, through their , attorneys, gave notice of an appeal The ease, it ia be lieved, will go to the Supreme Court directly to be heard with other cases from the Seventh distriet or before, if possible to get it advsneed oa the cal endar. Want Early Trial. Counsel for the defense sought to im press upon Judge Boad the importance ef an early trial on the issues and asked that the ease be set for trial at the beginning of the September term ia Wake county. Counsel for the plaintiffs objected, holding that the case sheuld take its place on the calendar ia regular order. Judge Bond, however, suggested that the defense wait until term time to make this motion. The injunction as continued though modified as to verbisge, is every bit as sweeping in its nature as the temporary order issued by Judge, Creamer, it xol' lowst This cause coming on to be heard at Rakigh, N. C, on September 3rd, 1921, oa motion of plaintiffs to continue restraining order to the hearing, both sides having filed affidavits and being represented by counsel, defendants moved to dismiss the action aa to the defendants, Labor Unions, . upon the ground that they are not corporations, which motion tbe court overruled and defendants excepted; and certain of the defendanta moved to dismiss the actios ss to tbem for that they were minors which motion the court overruled and said minors excepted, snd the demurrer in the record being filed and overruled by the court and exception noted, after hearing the evidence and arguraent.iit is adjudged, ordered and decreed as to each snd all defendants pre-perry before! to constitute ease on appeal for 8a . JU. . I Cnmt ' ill Scope of Order. Said defendants, their agents, asm eiates and abettors are forbidden and restrained from: "1. Assemblinc in large numbers be for or nesr tbe places of business of the complainants or any of them and ena-atinc in any eonduct or nsing sny words or gestures calculated to annoy, disturb, or intimidate any of the com plainanta herein, whether employers or emDloveee. and to vrevent them irom going about their work with a quiet mind. "2. From "shadowing, pursuing or followinc after ths complaining em ployees or any of ths officers of the complaining printing companies as they mov from place to place in the city ef Raleich. from- dogging the steps, tur rounding the complainants or any ef them. J. From calling the. torn plaining cm ployees rats, scabs, runts, Bowery bums, or any other insulting names, or from intimidating, disturbing or annoying ths comnlainaata in any way. 4. From following after tbe com plaining employees cr ar.y other em ployees of the printing companies for the tiurpote uf worrying, arii.rg or disturbing them or for the purpose of talking to them on the subject of their employment if said employees shall notify the defendants thst they do not want to be talked to on this subject. "5. From nsing sny threats, gestures, or engaging in any conduct of any kind calculated to disturb, annoy or put ii fear any of the complainants herein, . ' From ' following after the com plaining employees or say other em ployees of the complaining printing eompaaita for the purpose of inducing them to break their contracts to wors for ths printing companies after they have been informed by such esnployees that they hive made contracts with ttw printing companies and do not desire to break them. "ThsU1h. restraining' order issued in this ease, as modified herein, is eon tinaod to the hearing. W. M. BOND,. Judge Holding th Courts of the Seventh Judicial District "To this judgment dtfiailants except at the time of its rendition and appeal to the Supreme Court; aotiee In open court, further notice waived, appeal bond fixed at $100. The pleadings, rs- I straining order, affidavits snd judgment IBUTING CEASES IHVEST VIRGINIA BETTER BUSIHESS Federal Troops Now Have En tire Control Of Situation; Disarming Men - f Madison, W Va!, Sept. . (By The Associated Press.) Fighting between armed banda and Logan county au thorities along the Boon Logan county line has ceased, said Col. C. A. Martin, commander of Federal troops in ths little coal river valley, after a tour of inspection today. when he returned to Madison,, the Colonel made the following statement All fighting has stopped and there are few minere left in the region. Colonel Martin added thst soldiers ef ths 19th Infantry hsd displaced all harmed men -on ths Boons county side sad ia the narrow strip of Logan county on the east side of Spruce Fork ridge, while troops moving forward from Logan had replaced State poliee, county deputiea and volunteers on the summit and western slope of the ridge. Contact between the occupying forces on either eide had been established, he said. Nasnber Of Casualties During his tour today Colonel Mar' tin said he was told by soms of the men that there were a number 01 bodies aad eome wounded in the hills. Hs announced that a searching party of soldiers would be sent to investi gate tomorrow. , Shortly after ths Colonel's return from last week's troubled area a special train carrying four hundred men arrived' here from the Spruce" Fork Bidge region. They were searched whan they arrived in Madison and 181 rifles, SO pistols aad a large quantity ef ammuaitioa were taken irosn taem, emeers wno eonauci- . it.. . : J ea ins searca mu. As a number of the men were on mJ whjin th SMftmhled for the .A. journey here, soldiers tomorrow will je sent into th hills to look for nnes aad ammunition which - the military an thoritles believe may have been cached. One military pnsoser was brought in on. ths train. 'Officers said he hsd a quantity of radical literature da the pockets of his clothing. Soldiers In Control Soldiers today were in control of the entire valley from Madison to Blair. Renlan are located between these two towns and the villages of Clothier, Jeffrey and Sharpies. . . Several hundred men, supposed to be ander arms, were reported tonight eon gregated at Sharpies . ia readiness . to leave the region and army officers were making an effort to provide them with means to get out of the village aad oa their wsy home, Aa equsV number were said to be either in Jeff cry or Clothier, bnt It was not known whether they would snore out stance as tyans- Dortation facilities are lacking. , - Magistrate Mitchell, a Logan county deputy sheriff and four otter Legal deputies, who were captured by armed men early last week aad had sine beta held ia the bills, were surrenderSd to the millUry authorities at Blair to day. - The deputies were brought to Madison aad tonight were being eared for st the earns here. , - ' This afternoon Lieutenant Brine, an RISH REPUBLICANS REJECT' PREMIER'S PEACE PROPOSITION De Valera Declares Proposals Not Based On Dominion - Status For Irish REPLY MADE PUBLIC - BY PRIME MINISTER w 1 I Communication, However, Leaves Way Open For Fur ther Negotiations By Offer in; To Negotiate On Basis Of Principle Of Government By Consent Of The Governed Mayor Would Abandon Present Wafer Supply As Last Resort WW Subscribe To "On To Ncuse" Slogan If All Other Plans To Increase And Safeguard the City's Water Supply Fail; Unwilling To Spend Great Sum of Money If It Can Be Avoided; . Artesian .Wells' Not Feasible; Situation Un changed , Hastening back to Baleigh in the midst of a ten days' summer vscation Mayor T. B. Eldridge yesterdsy found the water situation .here considerably improved with last week's rain. He also found reports from a Baleigh correspondent for aa out of-town news paper of a frenzied populace, a 'dead locked city government, and general denunciation of the mayor wildly ex aggerated. Ths Mayor cams horns prepared for an immediate conference with the othr two commissioners, even though bo wss puxaled st the -news writer's allegations that the 'commissioners wers waiting for the mayor's return to take sction while the public was criticising the msyor fot his absence. Alt of it he found to be wild imegin- inga..., For Tberengh Investigation. But tkaf iant aaying the Mayor is now ready to take a hand in the water situation. Hs favors steps for the re lief of the situstion here snd for thoypermanent betterment of Kaloigli's water supply but he is not impreseca now, with the immediate necessity of scrapping th waterworks system, stalled st immense cost, snd the es tablishment of a new plant at ricuse Biver. If I am shown that there is no other alteraative, 1 sm resdy to aay 'On to Neuse.'" declared Mnyor Eldridge ts tfidav. 'But I mairitnin that the ful lest investigation should be made to determine that the present systoni can not be suDBlemented' by sdditional 1 n- pounding reservoirs or by increasing the capacity of lake Kolelga oeiore we con Mavor Eldridge ia firmly convinesa that Baleigh ahould have gone to Nwse riir for its wster when the city n- iWtimk to DDerata its own plant. Hut that is a mistsk of the past and neither he nor his associates on the nreunt commission can be charged with it Now that ths plant has been established with great expense, he hold, it should not lightly be absnMnca Csme Polk Plans Army engincera, the mayor pointed nnt Yesterday, whon Cumu Polk was ea tablished here, mad investigation and OUTLOOK 1U SOUTH mproved Conditions Reported In North Carolina; Employ ment Increases 1 Washington. Sept. 4. 8om improve ment in industrial conditions in the South is shown in the monthly survey of the Employment Service of the De nartment of Labor for August. Th brightest spot in the rMutn ap pears to be in Florida, which reports practically no unemployment and state-wide ahortage of labor. Of t'ao sis: cities for which reports based sctnsl count were submitted four shjT increases in employment for August over July while .two report aeereasei. They are Chattanooga, increase 4 per eent ; Birmingham, increase 6 J per cent; Memphis inerean 5 per eent; Richmond, increase IJt per cent; At lanta, decrease 857 per et-nt, aad Mew Orleans, deereaso 1.6 per cent. employ meat Increase. . Ia the South Atlantic district, tnelod ing Virrinln, .North Carolina, So'ith Carolina, Georgia and Florida, gratify ing increase in railroad occupations and textiles have taken place. Fifteen tailroad companies report a total em' ployment of 225,912, an increase of 20,- 268, and 810 textile mills report total employment of 99,005, aa increase of 2371. Lumber prod arts plants, nam be ring 103, report employing 8,191, small increase, although operators seem to think the outlook is not en couraging. Twenty-two operators gen e rally are diaeonraged ss to tbe oat look, while some express confidence that condition will improve ia the tear future. Unemployment continues in Iron and steel, and smong unskilled labor, ths outlook for the latter class being extremely discouraging; . rarm labor is abundant. Building is aettre la spots. Bltaatlon Summarised. The situatioa in individual states as adieated by the survey shows: ' irgiala iwenty-ive textile nulls re porting employment of 10,110 show aa iaeresso for the moots of 392. -lool mining shows reductions in employ ment. General unemployment exists in steel and iron products, including molders. machinists, and sheet metal workers. Unskilled labor shows in creased unemployment with opportuni ties fof" that class of tabor steadily de creasing. ' North Carouaa iaa. . North' Carolina Beports indieat inv proved conditions generally throughout the state. -Ninety-nine textilo mills re ported 29,938 on tbe payroll August 15. aa Increase of 112 cemMred July 13. Textile operators, while aot cptimistte, expect to be able to eontlnte on fall tiase there. Thirty -six lumber products mills report employment of 277 on th pay-rolls August IV de crease .in the number employed c S3 aeeomnanied with th previous month. Lnsaber men geaeraUy are pessimistic as to ths outlook. South' Carolina Seventy-seven textile mills report employment ef 80,0Q1 oa Aurnrt 13. an ineroas .ef 1,390. Mill anaraUra senerallv report tall tint operations, bat differ ia their opinions as to the ontlook. A majority report satisfactory iaeroae in erdera and ap , (Continued Oa Psge Tare)' . ' London, Sept 4. (By the Associated Press.) The reply of the Irish Bepub lican Parliament to Prime Minister Lloyd George's latest communication re jects the British government's proposals for the settlement of the Irish question on the ground that they are not based on a dominion status for Ireland. It leaves the way open for further nego tlations, however, by offering at once to appoint plenipotentiaries on the basis of tho principle or government tiy con sent of ths governed. The reply, which is addressed to Mr. Lloyd George and signed by Kamond De Valera, was given out at th Prime Minister's official residence tonight. The text of th communication follows: Text of Beply "We, too, are convinced it is essen tial. that some 'definite and immediate progress should be : isde toward a basis upon which further negotiations can usefully proceed," and recognise the futility of 'a mere exchange' of argu mentative not. I shsll, therefore, re frain from commenting on the falla eioua historical references in your last communication. Th preaent ia the re ality with which we have to deal. "The conditions of today are the re sult of the past. Accurately summing up and giving in simplest form the essential data of the problem, these data are: Acknowledge No Union '"First: The people of Ireland, ac knowledging no voluntary union with Ii threat Britain and claiming a their fundamental and natural right to choose freely for themselves the path they shall take to realize their national drstinv. have by an .overwhelming ma jority, declared for independence and to set up a republic, and more than nee havj confirmed their choice. "Second: Great Britain, on the other 1. .a thnnh Inland war boaal ts ber y ontract of anion than for- j.j. , Ci. KfttrV CasketT Id. maratloa. r ---r- ; Th- JreMtUnee of the supposed I . . , U. . . I lavvy w nvvni rtyv EXAMINED REMAINS TO , BE SURE IT WAS HIS BOY County Authorities Not Dis posed To Compel Burial; Statement Of Father came to th conclusion that by raising the dam at Lake Ralegh sufficient water might be collected there snd held in reserve against sny emergency, for both tile city of Raleigh and the camp. This waa the plan adopted and it would have been carried out had not th abandon ment of the ramp halted all operations. The proposed dam would have extend ed the limits of the lake, running the margin of it up to th Avent Jerry Road. 'There seems to be no question about the sufficiency of the rainfall oa the Lake.RaleiKh water shed." Mayor Eld ridge said." The problem is bow to cstch this water, and hold it in reserve against the needs of th city. As a matter of fact, in certain soasons of the year immense amounts of water sTe wssted st Lake Raleigh because it flows over the dam." Other Alternative Mayor Eldridge ia not satisfied that the artesian wall souecs for th city water supply has been proved unsatia- factory or inadequate for an additional supply for Raleigh. Hs points out that three miles or less .beyond Lak K.v lish is Yate s Pond and a splendid site for an impounding reservlor large enough to accomodate a city of greater proportions than Raleigh. Moreover, ha pointa out additional dams oh Lake Ra leigh, at spota which bare already been suggested as admirable for the purpose, there is ia available recourse. ''Before w go to Neus River, put ting upon th pcoplo an immense bond issue, and a maintenance expens which must be met out of taxes, w ahsuld exhaust every possible way of making the present system meet th needs of tbe present and the next few years." he declared. Raleigh continued to eonicrv water yoaterday, aad the lake receded only the normal distance that has been main tained sines conservation measures wore put into effect. The weather was some what abated yesterday, and st times it appeared that a downpour of rain was imminent, but another day passed without relief from the drought. Trospects for rain today sre regard ed ss somewhat more favorable. It is a holiday. T DECISION AFFECTS i MORE TIN 4,1 ' TEXTILEWORKERS Understood That Kannapolis Workers Will Also Return .To Work Tuesday WORKERS MUST APPLY ' FOR JOBS INDIVIDUALLY Some Of Employes Not To Be Taken Back Under Any Con ditions, According" To Union Leaders; Decision To Betnrn To Work Reached Saturday; Metts In State'ment Father Refuses To Bury Body Of His Soldier Son contract re notorious. Yet, en tht, theory e it validity, tbe BritUe ov rnment and oa rllament claimed to rule sni legislate for Ireland, evea to the point of partitioning Irish territory against tbe win or ma irisn psopie ana killing or casting into prison S7ery Irish citizen who refuses allegiance, Tbe pro posals your government submitted in the draft ef July 20 aro based funda mentally on the latter premises. We rejected these proposals ana our re Wtion is irrevocable. They are net an invitation to Ireland to enter into a fre and willing parnersbip witn tne fre nations of ths ' British common wealth. They sre an invitation to Ire land to enter In the guise of, snd under conditions which determine a status def initely inferior to thst of these ire states. "Canada. Australia. South Africa and Kew Zealand all are guaranteed against domination ef the major state, not only by acknowledged eonatitutional rights which give them equality of status with Great Britsin snd absolute freedom from th control of th British psrlui ment, but sjiy the thousands of miles which sepsrste them from Grest Bri tain. Irelehd would have guarantee neither of distance nor of right. Th conditions sought to bs imposed would divid her into two artificial states, each destructive of ths other's influence in nay eounell and both subject to mili tary naval snd economic control by the Eritish government. Historical Facts "The main historical and geographi eat fact are aot in dispute, but your overnment insists on viewing them from your standpoint and we must be allowed to view them from ours. The history you interpret as dictating union w read as dictating separstlon. Our interpretation of the fact of geographi eal propinquity' ia no leas diametrically opposed. .We sre convinced that ours is the true snd just interpretation and as proof are willing that a neutral aad impartial arbitrator should bs the judge. Yon refuse aad threaten-to give effect to your view by fore. Our reply must be that if yon adopt that course we can only resist as generations be fore ns have resisted. -Fores will not solve the problem and it will never seente the ultimate Victory over reason snd right Resist By Force -If you sgsin resort to force, and if victory te aot en the eide of justice, the problem that confronts ns will con front our successors. The fact thst for 750 year th problem has resisted solu tion by force is evidence and wsrnlng sufficient. It is tnie wisdom, therefore, Lead true statesmanship, not any false idealism, that prompts me and my col leagues. Threat of fore most be set aside. They must be set asid from th beginning as well as during . setusl conduct or tne negotiationa.- ,.-, Leaves Way Ope , The respective plenipotentiaries must meet nntrsmmeled by any condi tions anr ths fact . themselves, snd most b prepared to reconcile subse quent differences, not by appeals te force, covert or epea but by reference to aomo guiding principle of govern ment by-common egreemen. W bars proposed tli prinelpl of government by consent ef the governed, and do not men It as a mere phrase. It is a simple exprassioa of th test to which i. (Continued en Peg Three.y ' By W. M. MOO KB Statesville, Sept. 4. The keeping of dead body in a home ia a very un usual and exeeptionsl occurrence. John P. Speaks, of Union Grove township, re fuses to burr the body of his son. Thomas B. Speaks, who waa killed in France, in October, 1918. The reamains of ths desd hero were shipped rrom Franc to th United States, arriving st th home in Iredell county on the 13th of AuEuat. Tha rerjort beinc circulated that Mr. Speaks wss keeping the remains of his son in the home snd would not consider bnrviM it esused an investigation on the part of county welfare officer, W. W. Holland. 1 ester day morning Mr. Holland, accompanied by the county Dhreieiaa. Dr. Roas McElwee, and Sher Iff. M. P. Alexander, drove to the Breaks home. 20 miles north of States ville. The box in which tne eaazei was shipped was seen lyng under a shed near th house; the casket draped in a United States ring, was resting on chairs inside the home, where it was Disced by th undertaker on its arrival tare weeks sgo. There was noiuing offensive shout the casket and the mother and ' other - members of the household were moving around looking after the duties of the home ss though the essket were a piece of ehoice fur nitur in the best room in tbe bouse. Killed Ia Action The deceased, Thomas B. Speaks, was born-March 3. 1901. Before he was six teen,, he volunteered for army service, becoming a member of the Iredell Blues. Ha was later attaehod to the reffular arutr and was sent to France, where be wss killed in action, on ,Oc to bev 4. 191. His body wss buried in a French cemetery, and st tha request of the -father, was transferred try tna gov rnment last month. Immediately following th arrival of the body at the home, the father, Jons P. Speaks, who has the reputation of belna a maa of very peculiar ana un eomriromiseinn ideas and convictions first decided that he wanted to satisfy himself thst the casket contained the remains of hla own boy. He therefore had the casket opened and found little more tha n mere skeleton. The shspe of the teeth and ths dental work with which he was familiar, the length and size of ths bones of the body all gsv Mr. Speak good hops that the remains were those of his son. neiinen an. nonneed his dutdoso to keep the body in tho house and not bury it. -During Vko past few days .however, he statod that a meant to Duiia a special room in or near ths house ia "which to keep th body sad he is. now arranging to have timber cut for tnsi purpose, . Father Clve Reason .-Mr. Spesks treated the visitors with special courtesy aad consideration.. He manifested no stubborn or rebellious disposition in regard to the request ef tha officers and friends to hsve his II SOli PART OF TROOPSBACKHOM E General Bandholtz Reports All Quiet In West Virginia; Fighting Stops Washington, Sept. 4. Reporting "all quiet" in the West Virginia mine fields Brigadier General II. H. Bandholtz, com. mnndlng th Federal troops, tonight informed the 'War Department that if tha situation remained the same tomor row he would recommend the immedi ate return at least of the 26th Infantry to its home station, Camp Dix, N. J. West Virginia miners continued to day to surrender to Federal troop snd turn in their arms, General Bandholtz reported to tbe War Department. He was perfecting arrangements, he said, with officials of the United Mine Work ers to transport their union members from the invaded area as fast as they surrender. ''Everything indicates that the invad ers will eesse their activities," the Gen eral reported, "as oon as they learn that Federal forces are in their front." While War Department officials re fused to make public reports giving the specific disposition of troops through out the troubled districts, they said all troops had arrived and probably would take their stations today. After a careful- reading ef reports, secretary Weeks aaid he would be sur prised if occasion for firing a single shot was found by the soldiers, and expressed belief that theira would be a purely peaceful occupation. Ha reit erated that publication of the procla mation of martial law depended en tirely upon conditions as tbey prevail in the five counties where the troops were sent. Geaersl Bandholts took occasion to day to officially deny reports that army aeroplanes hsd dropped bombs in West Virginis. "The planes hays been used exclusively for reconnaissance," he said. "tbey have dropped no bombs and fired no shots. SEARCHING BILL COUNTRY FOR FIVE ARMY AIRMEN Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 4.-Scareh-ing parties afoot and in the air to day climbed or scanned from above the, hills in efforts to locate two offi cers snd 'three enlisted men who late yesterdsy fell In an army bombing plans somewhere in the ragged coun try south ef Poe, West Virginia. Ud to noon no word ss to their fate bad eome out of th southern Dart ' of the Stste where . Poo is situated. Tha machine rjilotad bv Lieut, Harry L. Peck, and tarrying Lieut. FizpatJ rick and three . enlisted men, said to have been Sergeant Arthur . Brown, of Kentucky. Corporal Alexander Has leton, Wilmington, Del- and Private Howard, of Son Francisco, was travel ing with. two other, bombing planes front Charleston to Langley Field, Vs., when, it felL The three big planes were flying in formation, the ill-fated bomber biy'a body buried, stating that ke would ,eM1 ? , etnors "as ! &!$ftf rSired by' taw to do .0. Lf'! Concord, Sept. 4. Approximately 4, 500 mill operatives in this county were aneeiea ity- tne derision reached by textile union members Saturday to re turn to work Tuesday under conditions existing when the strik was called on .Tune 1. These figures sre based on the number of operatives who were st work on the last of May, with th number of operative who had already returned to work deducted from the grand total. Mill owners stated on Juno I that approximately 0,1 73 operative wer affected by the strike order of thst ' day. Sinee that tims about 2,000 of tho strikers have returned to work,, These figures include the mills ia Con-, cord and Kannapolis. ' Kannapolis Included Local uniea oflleial Saturday nighty declared that the netion taken by th, union members her covered only the mills in Concord, but reports received from Kssnapoli today atated that th same action had been taken by union member there. Sinee tha Cannon and Cabarrus mills opened .in Kannapolis several weeks ago, however, about 1,900 of the 1,400 operatives who walked out dn June 1 have returned to work. and the two mills in Kannapolis wer affected by the strike less than any other mills in tbe county; and the percentage of operatives returning to work in those mills Tuesday will be leas than in any of the mills in this city. Mill Affected Ths mills affected by ths union mem bars' decision of Saturday sre: Can non, Cabarrus, Gibson, Locke, Bran cord, Hartsell, Franklin, Norcott and Brown, of this city, and the Cannon and Cabarrus, ef Kannapolis. Of the Bills in this city th Locke, Braneord and Hartsell had th Urgent number of operatives at work already, th Hart StlV and Braneord mills having had as many operatives at wora last- wtsa s they Bad when the strike wss called.' The Locke has had enough operatives' at work during the past two weeks to,' run all equipment in the mill, tho only, one the management has tried to oper ste sinee the strike was called in tho'to mills last February. j All of th former operatives who re turn to work Tuesday will spply in dividually for their old jobs. The mill' owners have required this action from all persons now at work ia tho mill, and it was on this one point that the, strike has been carried on for the past' several weeks. The mill owners hava declared that there are certain former employes they" will not work again an. 1 1 V. - .4 uer soj ruuuiuuus, ami mv uciiau.ia of the union members to ask for work individually means that they have de cided to grunt this demand of the raw! owners, snd that they will go back to, work, even if eertain of their fellovs; members are denied their old joe. 1 The decision to- return to work by th Cabarrus strikers followed several conferences held in Charlotte last week' between union officials and Robert Met Wade, conciliator of ths Department ol Labor at Washington. MeWade, he told newspaper men, advised the anion members that they wars waging a "los ing fight," snd ho urged them to re turn to work. Union representative! msde the report from the eonerenee in Charlotte to members of th union here, and after severs! conferences here Saturday, tho decision to return, to work Tuesday was reached. Two Aro Outlawed. L. M. Barnliardt, member of the In ternational executive committee, United Textile Workers of Americs, declared Saturday night that he and F. M. Sloop, preaident of th Local Union, had done nothing to hinder the textile member from reaching their decision. "Ws aiked the management of the Brown Mill if we could be given our old jobs b.iek snd were told that we would b taken back under no eon sideration," Barnhardt stated. "Wo made this report back to the union eon fecrnce, but at the same time told the members that wa would just stand aside, that we would not let the dei clsion of the mill owners not to employ us again -stand in the way of aayoao els returning to work. After we re ported 'back to th union members a majority of them voted to return to work." There will bs several former em ployes who will not' be taken back for work, Mr. Barnhardt believes, bnt this fact will no longer, keep other union members from seeking employment, 8sys Statement Pass. . - , , j Adjutant General J. VauB. l-'-Uv, who commanded the troops seat to Concord two weeks ago and who waa sent here last Thursday by Governor Morrison to keep in touch with the situation here, issued the following statement this afternoon: c-ln tbe article oa tho Concord strike situation in ths Baleigh ews and Ob server of September thir. ia the foU lowing: 1 endurance contest 'ia, whiek Che mill owners had all the ad vantage the troop were placed at their beck aad call, to answer their wishea an ddematls.' Being on th ground sad directing, the troope ordered her, I wish to ssy that this eta' -ient a printed is witho-t foundation and '. false as well as an unjust aad uncalled, for reflection east uon the officers in command and : tho member ( the) National Guard, who performed a die agreeable duty with honor to themselves (Continued on Page Three.) j (Continued on Psge Three.) and to u Btate or. in era carouaa.; . anwaassnsnssssams - I miih TV Mavan, '"I'"!! " v T ' " (CoBtiaued on Psge Three.) mit. ;.

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