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pyre (Hint a nn ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. DECEMBER 3,1 1919 VOL. XLII. NO. 18 F AM I ' : : i ' IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER ,MP0R TANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN BE HEWS OF THE SOUTH What is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs foreign Representatives of France, Eng land. Italy. Belgium, Switzerland, Hol land, svoden. Uorway, Portugal, Po lar.! Greece, China and Japan will meet in Brussels on December 1 to ' discuss the adoption of the measures and suggestions for the establish-, meat and functioning of the leagw i of nations. ... ' Xotwithstanding opposition by til? mein'oeis of the German National pu- . . : ..... 1 .-. .. 1. 1 1 ' tv. tue iiauuuiu usociuuij uaa passei the property levy bill through its third reading. French occupational troops have entered Marash, Aintab and Curfa, the principal centers of the Aleppo dis trict, in Turkey. Lady Astor, American born wife of Viscount Astor, was elected to par liament from the Sutton division of Plymouth. England, in the balloting of November 15. Gen. Felipe Angeles, Mexican revo lutionary leader and famed throughout the world as a military genius, was executed by a Carranza firing squad here, following his conviction with two companions on charges of rebel lion against the Mexican government. King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, will come to the United States next sum mer, and also will visit South Amer ica, especially the republics of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru, unless the political situation prevents tin from carrying out his desire. Teelgrams received my the Serbi an bureau at Berne from Belgrade, Zara and Spalato, convey the impres sion that only prompt interference by the allies can prevent war over the Adriatic situation, as the Jugo-Slavs ; are said to have lost patience and ' to be ready to fight the Italians. Dispatches confirming reports from Geneva that the situation along the eastern shore of the Adriatic is criti cal, are issued by the Jugo-Slav bu reau in Paris. A semi-oficial communication receiv ed in Belgrade, says that a signifi cant movement has been noted among the Italians in the northern occupied zone. An Italian legion has been formed at Sebenico. It is composed of newly arived troops equipped with ammunition and other supplies by the Italian army. The British government expects the trial of former Emperor William of Germany to begin in London early in the new year, and is completing all the necessary arrangements, says the London Daily Mail. The withdrawal of the American troops from Coblenz. Germany, is not considered in American peace confer ence circles as necessary. It is con tended that the United States is still one of the alied and associated pow ers, and that the postponement of the final action on the treaty does not change its relation to either the asso ciated powers or to Germany. The 65,000 American dead in France must be left in the graves they now occupy until the French are ready to exhume their own dead, which, it is hoped, will be before January 1, 1922. The foreign office had promised to consider the last request of the Unit ed States government for the return of its fallen soldiers, but later decided that the alies who fell together for the same cause should remain together in death until circumstances permit of the returning of the bodies to the families for whom they sacrificed themselves. ers by Commissioner Roper of the in ternal revenue bureau that those who have falsified or made incorrect re turns may expect to "be called upon any day for an accounting." Another American murdered in Mex ico, close on the imprisonment of Consular Agent Jenkins, coupled with reports of revolution in Mexico City, with Carranza in flight to Queretaro, though these reports were denied, are adding complexities that seem to force the already tense Mexican situation toward the long expected breaking point The state department has giv.en out this statemnet anent the murder of JameS-Wallace: "The department has leen "informed as a result of an in vestigation that a mule on which Wal lace was riding to the place of his employment shied at- a machine gun, overturning the gun. The soldier im mediately shot Wallace, the bullet striking him in the neck and killing him instantly." The international labor conference provided for equal representation by the European countries and the new countries on a commission to consider regulations for workers migrating frou one state to another and the pro tection of interests of wage-earners re siding outside of their native state. - A wage increase of 14 per cent for limine workers, maintenance of gov en"Mnt control over coal prices, and increase in prices at this time were J16 conclusions of Fuel Administrator Mfelil, announced to the operators tainers wage scale committees. n the (leDartm.intnl renorts that are ing to the president apropos of hi; a mesfa.ge to the regular session of Uib SixT-sixtb. congress, there is nitiro .;....:::.. V,o- rt not one ,1.,... , ' 111 t Lliau v. thV Z the remarkable that shrd the com,rtroller o the currency r,vintUmt'rary of General Pershing's inspection tour 0f cantonments and posts issued at Wa3tington, snows the trip wdi cover CQm man. ufacturing and traini machinery erected dcrmg the months of war In support of the Aajericaa eXpeditionary Thanksgiving Day was observed generally in Washington with govern ment departments closed and many officials absent. Secretary Lane, at a Thanksgiving Day service here, spoke for a pledge to Americanism and counseled taking "the American way at each turn of the road." Five conventions brought before the international labor conference by the drafting committee have been adopted and will be submitted to the various governments represented. Indications that large numbers of Liberty bond-holders are trading their government securities for stock in fraudulent ventures prompted Secre tary Glass to renew his recent warn ing to bond-holders against being per suaded into such exchanges. Domestic Persistent rumors of the hatching of a plot by Villa elements in the State of Chihuahua, following the execution of Gen. Felipe Angeles, noted rebel leader at Chihuahua City, reached the border. Dr. Aaron E. Ballard, president and ne of the founders of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting association, died at Asbury Park, N. J., after a long ill ness. He was 98 years old. Thanksgiving in New Orleans, La., was decidedly "wet," with many of the former saloons selling the strong drinks of anti-prohibition days, follow ing the granting of an injunction by Rufus E. Foster, judge of the United States district court, restraining fed eral officials from preventing the sale of liquors on the ground that the re cent prohibition act of congress was unconstitutional, because the war had ended. Revised estimates of the loss caused by the fire which wrecked three of the .group of buildings in the center of Baltimore formerly occupied by Johns Houkins university and damag ed about a score of residences and stores in the vicinity placed the amount at approximately seven hun dred thousand dollars. The loss to the university alone may reach five hun dred thousand dollars. The Charleston, S. C, city Demo cratic executive committee declared Hon. John P. Grace the party's nom inee for mayor of Charleston over Tristram T. Hyde, incumbent, by a partisan vote, the 12 Hyde supporters on the committee not voting. In sub stance the committee confirmed its action in declaring that Grace was the nominee when the results were canvassed August 22. Interest payments on American loans to the allies may be deferred "until the war reaction passes," it is said at the treasury. Negotiations to this end are now being conducted at the request of the allies, but officials explain that the latest advices from the treasury's representatives at Paris did not indicate an early conclusion. Officials in Washington say that the United States government is not seek ing the new arrangement. Enforcement of constitutional prohi bition will be placed squarely up to the state and municipal authorities and the federal machinery wil not in tervene unless obvious inefficiency on the part of local officials makes such action necessary. Reports received at the Republican South Dakota headquarters from the county proposal convention held in South Dakota, November 18, show that Gen. Leonard Wood will receive the endrosement of the state proposal con vention at Pierre, December 2, for the Republican nomination for president, and that Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Il linois will be given the dissenting or minority endorsement. Soft coal mine owners made "shock ing and indefensible" profits in 1917 and there is "grave doubt" that they are entitled to increased prices be cause of the proposed 31 per cent in crease in miners' wages. William G. McAdoo, former secre ary of the treas ury says that mine owners' profits, is shown by their income tax returns ex amined by him when he was secretary of the treasury, warrant the increates askad by the miners, and they "are just and reasonable." Chicago is infested with murderer?, robbers, safeblowers and automobile thieves, and the police force is direct ing its attention to their apprehension. Medical reports indicate that the zone where men are found most heal thy runs through the center of the country from north to south. The unprecedented increase in the number of major and minor crimes in Chicago over the week-end was caus ed by curtailment of street lighting due to the efforts of the municipal lighting plant to conserve on coal, ac cording to the opinion of the Chicago chief of police. A new wage and working agreement has been signed between the railroad administration and officials of the Bro therhood of Maintenance of Way Em ployees and Railway Shop Laborers. The demands of the union were not fully met, but the eight-hour baaic day is established for track laborers and others of that classification and time and a half pay after that hour is pro vided. Most of the other employees will receive tim and a half overtime pay after ten hours. Readjustment of export freight rates affecting the thousands of ship pers, and said to be of prime import ance to Southern ports and the Mis sissippi valley, has been announced at the general offices the Southern rail road at Louisville, Ky. The new tar iffs, which, in effect, will grant the same rates to Southern ports as those enjoyed by New York from territory north of the Ohio river from the Ohio Pennsylvania state line to the Missis sippi river, go into effect to south Atlantic ports December 1 and to gulf ports December 31. A final stuay of the selective draft records made public fixes the "mili-1 tary strength of the united biaies ai 19 000 in potential military man power. Registrations for the draft, between the ages of 18 and 45, totaled 23,908, 576, almost 80 per cent of whom were listed as "physically fit for military service." An explosion aboard a gasoline loaded launch at Tampico caused a fire that destroyed the wharves and terminal station of the Huasteca com pany on the Panuco river, entailing a $200,000 loss, ad rice from , Laredo, Texas, say. We AMERICAN KILLED III MEXICO ;lose on heels of jenkins affair comes report of murder of oil employe. JO OFFIGiAL PRONOUNCEMENT lames Wallace, Riding a Mule Which Shied at Machine Gun, is Shot and Killed by Mexican Soldier. Washington, r Another American nurdered in Mexico, close on the mprisonment of Consular" Agent Jen tins, coupled with reports of revolu tion in Mexico City, with Carranza in light to Queretaro, added complexl :ies which seemed to force the already .ense Mexican situation toward the ocg expected breaking point There were no official pronounce nents for the guidance of public opln on as to what action if any the Amer 3an government might be contemplat ng, but administration officials, by ndication, were willing to show that he government Is taking a firm posi lon, considering the eventualities, and s prepared to deal with them, once i course is chosen. Another of "the last straws," as ne officer put it, was laid on with the official report of the murder of fames Wallace, an American oil man, ty a Carranza soldier near Tampico. Hie state department summarized its id vices in this formal statement: "According to the department's ad vices, the officer in charge of troops 'amped in the vicinity olaimed that Wallace had provoked the murder, rhe department has been informed a i result of an investigation, that mule on which Wallace was riding the place of his employment shied it a machine gun which it was pass ing, overturning the gun. The sol dier immediately shot Wallace, the bullet striking him in the neck and billing him instantly. The Wallace referred to is believed here to be W. M. Wallace, an em ploye of the Gulf Refining Company. GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT MINERS WILLING TO WORK Washington. The government s err ed blunt notice on soft coal miners and operators that interference with coal production would not be tolerated. Warning that legal prosecution would be employed to thwart conspi racies by either side and troops sent wherever necessary to protect miners willing to work, came from the depart ment of justice after members of the cabinet had considered every phase nt the fuel situation, admittedly criti cal. In view of the abrupt breaking off of negotiations. LADY ASTOR WINS SEAT IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT Piymouth, England. Lady Astor, American-born wife of Viscount Astor, was elected to parliament from the Sutton division of Plymouth. The campaign attracted wide atten tion, due in large measure to Lady Astor's nationality, but unconvention al electioneering methods and her barbed and witty replies to question ers. Lady Astor, who was formerly Miss Nannie Langhorne, of Virginia, is the mother of six children, a fact which she boasted of on one occasion dur ing her canvass. OBREGON AND CARRANZA FEUD BREAKS OUT IN MEXICO CITY San Antonio, Texas. Reports were received here from the border to the effect that flgntlng had broken out In Mexico City between the Obregon and Carranza factions. President Carranza Is reported to have fled to Queretaro. General Pablo Gonzales is reported to be leading the Carranza troops . IDENTITY OF INVENTOR WHO CONCEIVED THE DEPTH BOMB. Washington. The navy department after maintaining the secret all dur ing the war, recently announced the name of the American inventor who conceived the depth bomb w'Aich wa3 the moat effective weapon against the German submarines. The man is Chester T. MInkler of Newport, R. I. He is only thirty-six now. He also Is responsible, for the type of mine plant ed In the North Sea to hem in the German fleet. THERE WILL BE NO LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO. Washington.1 Although further in vestigation of facts will be made, the American government has no . Inten tion of receding from its position In the Jenkins case, administration offi cials declared. The government; they said, is prepared for "the next step" which may take the form of an ultima tum to the Mexican government. Administration officials indicated that the negotiations with Mexico would not be prolonged. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE HAS $1,000,000 LOSS BY FIRE. Baltimore. The group of buildings formerly occupied by Johns Hopkm? University and about a score of other structures in the square bounded by Howard, Rose, Monument and Eutaw streets were either destroyed or wrecked by Are. entailing a loss roughly estimated at $1,000,000. Among the buildings wrecked or damaged were Levering Hall, the gym nasium, the biological laboratories and the Baltimore City f'tUvgt bo. ATTEMPTS FAIL TO END COAL STRIKE MINERS REJECT EVERY PLAN FOR CONCILIATION WHICH TENDED TOWARDS PEACE LEWIS SCORES GOVERNMENT Operators Intimate Governmental Re fusal to Allow Increase in Price Would Bear Reconsideration. Washington. An abrupt end came to all' attempts to settle the nation wide coal strike by peaceful agree-J ment. , Miners and operators spent a bleak Thanksgiving afternoon in embitter ed debate over the government pro posal for a 14 per cent wage increase, made by Fuel Administrator Garfield. The miners rejected it anad every other proposal that wa3 forthcoming, and the conference dissolved, sine die. The proposal was definitely accepted by the operators. Participants went home and where the break left coal strike conditions, no one of them, miners or operators, would say. Likewise, in official quar ters, there was sience. Acting President John I Lewis, of the mine workers though refusing to say one word as to the strike itself, which theoretically was called off in obedience to federal court injunction holding it a violation of the Lever act for war time food and fuel control, scored the government roundly at the conclusion of the conference. So did William Green, secretary of the mine workers. Operators,, though accepting thu government proposal definitely, in a letter of explanation to Dr. Garfield which ' they made public, intimated that the governmental refusal to al low price increases would bear re consideration. ITALY WILL ABIDE BY DALMATIAN DECISION Basle. A dispatch from Belgrade has been received by the Laibach (Austrian) correspondence bureau, stating that the Italian government has informed the government of Jugo slavia that Italy would observe the decision reached by the Paris peace conference with regard to the Dalma tian question and would itsef prevent any attempt in the direction of Sap Jato by Gabriele d'Annunzio. NEW SITE SECURED FOR CUBAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE Atlanta, Ga. tAs a preliminary to the expansion and development of the Cuban-American college maintain ed by the Baptist home mission board at Havana, Cuba, a beautiful new site has just been purchased, according to announcement just made by the board. The site is located about two miles from the center of the city in the Jesus del Monte section, one of the most desirable residential dis tricts of the Cuban capital. GROWTH OF WORLD-WIDE FIGHT UPGN HOOKWORM New York. Growth of the world wide fight against the hook-worm was announced in the annual report of the international health board of the Rockefeller foundation made pub lic here. Brazil, Central America, the West Indies, the far east and 12 states in the United States, the report says, were enlisted in the cooperative work in the campaign last year. PEOPLE MUST NOT MAKE PRESENTS TO PRESIDENT. Washington. Republican congress men plan to revive the resolution sub mitting an amendment to the consti tution prohibiting the President from accepting gifts from foreign rulers. They believe all that Is necessary to make thn proposition effective is the action St enotrgh states to ratify It. PROFITEERS BEING SEVERELY PUNISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN. London. Great Britain's stupendous effort to grapple with profiteering is just disclosed by the work of 1.600 tribunals which have prosecuted 7,350 offenders and secured 1,320 convic tions, with fines aggregating $35,000. Besides setting up these local trib unals have been established in speci fied areas of England, Scotland and Wales. In addition central .commit tees also have been formed to inves tigate supposed trusts or monopolies. DENVER JURY DECIDES THAT ANYBODY MAY STEAL LIGUOR. Denver, Col. Declining to accept the Judge's ruling that whiskey has property rights and can be stolen, a jury in the West SMe criminal court freed two prisoners charged with stealing a quantity of booze. The attorney for the defendants de-" clared that, with prohibition effective throughout the nation, whiskey had no property rights In the statutes of the country and, therefore, could not . be "stolen." QUEER REASON ASSIGNED FOR ANNULLING A MARRIAGE BOND Paris. Because he had neither cap tured nor purchased his bride accord ing to the traditional custom of Mon golia, a young French diplomat as signed to a post in the far east, had his marriage with an American ac tress annulled by thus French court. In Mongolia thero are only two modes of marriage capture and pur chase. The cost of a wife varies from five camels lor a young girl, to 30 or 40 camalt tor an 4d w Idow. DRASTIC CUT IN THE USE OF COAL COMMITTEE AT ATLANTA TAKES DESPERATE STEP8 TO AVERT DISASTER. tVAR TIME RESTRICTIONS ON Manufacturing PJants and Factorlet Put on a Forty-eight .Hour Basij By. Order of the Committee. Atlanta, Ga. Orders drnstiVallTr re stricting the uae of coal bv th m,th were issued by the regional coal com mittee to take effect at once. War time restrictions were virtually rin. augurated by the new order. The order was necessarv. th mm. mittee pointed out. to conservA , now rapidly diminishing fuel supply. Stores, manufacturing plants and warehouses are restricted in the tut!) of heat and light to hours between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Manufacturing plants and factor! are put on a 48-hour a week basis by tne committee s orders. The committee allowed sevnral err. ceptions. Drug stores, for the sale of drugs only, and restaurants are allow ed to maintain ,their present' sched ule, but must curtail their lights 50 per cent. Barber shops are allowed to remain open between the hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. General office lights may remain on after 4 p. m. where the operation of vital industries is involved. Railroad stations, teTepnone. and tel. egraph and newspaper offices are ex empted Trom the light restrictions. On Saturday the time of closing is extended to 9 p. m. for stores selling food and wearing apparel. SESSION MAY LAST FOR NEARLY ALL NEXT YEAR. Washington. Congress returns to work with the prospect of being kept on the job until the presidential cam paign next fall. No formal working program had been mapped out by members of the house and senate, returning here after a 10 day recess, but the general view was that the railroad bill and the res olution declaring the war at an end would come before the senate for im mediate consideration. The house will get the usual assortment of ap propriation bills, and a flood of gen eral bills and resolutions. The Mex ican situation is expected to come to the front at the opening. LODGE PROFESSES HOPE FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT Washingotn. Senator . Lodge, Re publican leader of the senate, declar ed in a statement he hoped to see prompt action taken on the treaty, but that if President Wilson still re fused to accept reservations those de termined to "Americaniie" it stood ready to meet him on that issue be fore the people. "If the president desires to have prompt ratification of the treaty with Germany he has only to accept the reservations as they stand. We de sire final action, as I have said, but action must be based on the accept ance of the reservations as they are." AUTHORITY TO CALL OUT TROOPS PROMPTLY GRANTED Chicago Authority to call out state troops whenever necessary In con nection with the strike of trainmen and yardmen in Kansas City was con ferred upon Adjutant General Clark of Missouri by Governor Frederick D. Gardner, of that state. THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING SATISFACTORY PROGRESS Wlashlngton. President Wilson is progressing satisfactorily. It was an nounced at the white hotfse following the weekly visit of Dr. F. X. Dercum. MINERS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO WORK UNDER PROTECTION Washington. Developments in the goTeromenifs efforts to insure an adequate fuel supply for the country awaited the outcome of attempts of soft coal operators to induce miners to rturn to work tor a ware adnce of 14 per cent and assurances of fed eral protection. Notices of this wage advance suggested by Fuel Adminis trator Garfield were posted at the mines Immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday. LABOR CONFERENCE HAS COME TO AN END AT WASHINGTON Washington. The first internation al labor conference held under the provisions of the treaty of Versailles, was concluded here and adjourned subjeot tothe call of the governing body. It is understood generally that the next meeting would be late in 1920 at the seat of the league of nations. Delegates from 41 countries have at tended the conefrence sessions. Movable Fence for Pastures. Thirty-six-inch wire -hog-fencing, fastened down with strong stakes, will make a good movable fence for divid ing pastures. Real "Handy Man." ' The man who has everything at hand for work to be done about the farm is the real "handy man-" Needs of Young Trees. Young fruit trees require less mois ture than old ones, but more cultiva tion : A i . ANNUAL BUDGET OF $5,0001010 sixty-sixth congress meets ' promptly on the hour in first regular Session. PRESIDENT IS: NOT NOTIFIED Probable That Peace Treaty Question ' WHI be Carried Forward Into 1920, Campaign as one Vital Issu-s. Washington. The record billion Jollar congresses of ordinary peace times faded. Into the past when Sec retary Glass, presenting the . annual estimates, proposed appropriations of practically five billion dollars for con ducting the peace time activities of the government during the fiscal year 1921.: According to these figures, it will cost more than five times as much to conduct the peace-time affairs of gov ernment as it did In the year immed iately preceding the world war. The -greatest individual estimates for expenditures, of course, go to the army and the navy. The yearlj in terest on the war debt, however, is $1,017,500,000, which " sum alone is greater than all the appropriations for all purposes whatsoever of any peace time congress. All in all, the estimates justify the predictions made on thex floor of con gress during consideration of the war tax bill, that the present generation would not see the government con ducted at an expense of less than four billion a year. The estimated appropriations for the principal government departments were presented as follows: Legislative (congress) $9,025,297.26; executive (white house and govern ment departments) $149,111,463.77; judicial $1,634,190; army" $989,578,657. 20; navy $542,031,804.80; pensions $215,030,000; public works $283,921, 810.17; miscellaneous $833,717,637.96; foreign intercourse $11,243,250.91. The total of all estimates is $4,865, 410,031.62, the greatest sum ever ask ed of any congress when the country was not actually at war. PALMER OPPOSES FURTHER COAL STRIKE CONFERENCES. Washington. Attorney General Pal mer called upon the American people to "refuse, tb be stampeded by threats of lack of coal into concessions which will insure unreasonably high prices n all commodities for at least three vears to come." A statement of the government's attitude was made by the attorney general in a telegram to the Chamber of Commerce at Moberly, Mo., from which had come a request that an other conference of operators and miners be called. 30,000 TONS OF BEET SUGAR MOVING THIS WAY New York. Thirty thousand tons of American beet sugar from the cen tral states now is moving into, the Atlantic coast states to relieve in part the acute sugar famine In the eastern zone. This supply, the sugar equal ization board announced, will serve to mitigate the shortage this month, but adequate relief must wait until Cuban sugar, the natural sources of supply for the Atlantic seaboard, commences to move in volume, which may be expected in January. The American 'beet sugar crop is being marketed in the central west in quan tities to justify the "loan" of the 30, 000 tons to the east, it was said. FORD-NEWBERRY CONTEST UP SOON IN THE SENATE Washington. Simultaneous with the legal proceedings at Grand Rap ids an effort will be made in the sen ate to hasten action on the resolution of Senator Pomerene democrat, Ohio, for a senatorial investigation of the Ford-Newberry contest in Michigan. QUICK END COMES TO STRIKE OF KANSAS CITY SWITCHMEN Kansas City, Mo. As suddenly and unexpectedly as it began, the strike of 1,500 railroad switchmen in the lo cal yards, was called off. The action was taken at a secret meeting when it was understood a proposition sipon sored by more con servative members to end the walk out, was put to a vote and ca-ried. Dissatisfaction with the present wage scale was responsible for the strike it is said. NEW INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE HOLDS ITS FIRST SESSION Washington. .Seventeen men, wide ly known In business and public life, representing no particular group as such, but acting for the people as a whole, assembled here to confer on the country's industrial situation. The conference, the appointment of which Nwas announced from the white house 'November 20, was designed to accom plish what the recent national indus trial conference failed on. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD REPORTS GOOD BUSINESS Washington. Unabated business ictivity in November due, to persist ent demands for goods at all stages of production was reported in' the fed eral reserve board's review of busi ness conditions. The eagerness and sustained buying capacity of the ulti mate consumer was the beard's ex nlanation of a continued expansion ol wholesale anfl retail tra(i .whicS marked era those ' districts most af 4 y tke nd at! rMkes, NATION IS FACING A SERIOUS PERIOD less than forty per cent " normal output of coal is being produced. INDUSTRIES ARE FMG OFf Tie-up of Transportation Is Feared as .One Result Before Normal Pro duction Can be Restored. Washington. With less than 40 per c nt of the normal output of bitumin ous coal being produced, the nation is facing its most serious period since the strikcof.. soft coal miners was ordered, according to reports received by the railroad administration. In scores of cities, the number of indus tries in operation is rapidly falling while the nation's coal bin continues to diminish. Officials held out only a ray of hope for increased production. While last week's production showed an increase over the previous week and indica tions were for a production of about 50 per cent of normal this week, offi cials said they could not expect suffi cient production to check, the drain Meanwhile temperatures in tha northern half of the nation have dropped and the cry for coal for household purposes grows louder. So far, the supplies have been dealt "out rather liberally to meet this demand. it was said, but further releases of coal must be limited if the nation is aot to face a serious tie-up of indus try as well as transportation before normal production is aeain reached. Ranks of the soft coal miners, while showing some losses in men returning work, still hold firm, reports show- In some districts, it was said. men have gone back to their Jobs in large numbers but in many mining areas the union ties have continued to keep the mines closed. HUNGER STRIKE COUPLED WITH A SILENCE STRIKE. New York. A hunger strike was coupled with a "silence" strike by 73 radicals at Ellis island in an effort to have, removed an iron barrier sep arating them from visiting relatives. The barrier was erected after dis covery that several reds planned to es cape by 'changing clothes with friends. and after some visitors had passed revolvers to the radicals. GENERAL FELIPE ANGELES IS SENTENCED TO BE SHOT. Jaurez. Mex. General Lelipe Ange les and his two companions, Major Nester Enciso de Arce and Soldier Antonia Txillo, captured near. Parral, Chihuahua, November 15 by Major Gabino Sandoval, were found guilty by a court martial at Chihuahua City and sentenced to be shot according to information received by Judge Gon zales Medina, The sentence was not carried out, it was said, because the attorneys for Angeles appealed to the federal court at Jaurez and the supreme court of Mexico at Mexico City for ja stay of execution by applying for a writ of habeas corpus. SIX COMPANIES TROOPS STILL HELD AT ROANOKE Roanoke, Va. Without word from Governor Davis officers in command cf the six companies of national guard, awaiting orders here, hold the belie! that the governor has decided not to call them to the St. Charles district, and will order them home. WANT INVESTIGATION OF TAX RETURNS COAL MINE OWNERS Washington. Investigation of tha current tax returns of both rhe coal mine owners and "miners was advo cated in an open telegram from oper ators to former. Secretary McAdoo, reolvine to his recent message say ing the operators' income tax returns for 1917 indicated excessive profits. MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS ARE RETICENT AND CAUTIOUS Mexico City. The case surrounding the arrest of the American consular agent Jenkins, which has been treat ed apathetically on the part of most of the newspapers, furnished the ba sis for an extra edition ror m uni versal. nn nnwoTKi-ner auoted special dis patches from Washington and New York saying in effect that the next session of the American congress might concern itself lmmeomin,. CITIES ASK FOR PROTECTION FROM LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE Baton Rouge. La.-3overnor Pleas ants is expected to issue an appeal during the day to the war department, through the southeastern department at Charleston for troops to protect life and property at Bogalusa where three men were killed and several in jured in an industrial riot. The request for troops came from a delegation of five cities who saw Gov ernor Pleasants and urged him to send troops there for their protection. COMPENSATION LAW IS HELD. TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL Nashville, Tenn. Judge A. G. Ruth erford, in the first circuit court, held the workmen's compensation law,, by the last legislature, unconstitutional. Among the objections urged by the court against the statute were that it was class legislation, not equally ap plicable to all members of the same class, that it did not give the em ploye adequate remedy, deprived the parties of the' right to trial by Jury d wm cewpHlfwrr an I not aUcilra, i j , , ' CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE SHOTT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. ,Fayetteville. Col. Charles W. Broadfoot, dean of the Fayetteville ' bar, one of the foremost lawyers of ' the Cape Fear section, and a leading . citizen of this city, died at hia homa on Haymount, Lexington. One woman is dead, a young man is at the point of death,' And another woman is seriously in jured as a result of burns received I within a period of less than 24 hours. ! Wak Forest. -The eabord Shoofiv crashed into a string of freight cars on the side ; track at. Waxe . Forest smashing un the engine and bodly jar ring the, trainmen and passengers. No one was injured. Greensboro. Plans were perfc ted here last week at headquarters of the state campaign for the world wide pro hibition and law enforcemert move ment for holding a big centra, all-day and night meeting. Salisbury. The body of Mrs. Bella Giles, formerly Miss HocV.s. of this citr. was broueht here from KocK Hill for interment. Mrs. Giles hus band, D. M. Giles, is being held charg ed with having shot and killed her. Charlotte. Although but one case of smallpox has appeared in Charlotte during the past year, more than 1 S00 school children will be vaccinated dur ing the next 80 days, it was announc ed from the office of Dr. C. C. Hud- on, city health officer. Wilmington. State dapartment heads, including Dr. E. C. Brooks, su perintendent of public instruction, Frank Page, state highway commis sioner, and Dr. W. S. Rankin, secre tary of the state board of health d president of the American Public Heath Association, will speak at a mass meeting to be held at Whiteville, Columbus county, December 4th. Hieh Point. F. F. Cauble. local Jew eler, was fined $50 and the costs in municipal court charged with tamper ing with an electric meter. The city, which supplies the light- in current here, alleged that Cauble bored a small hole in the meter, plac ed a niece of a hack-saw blade against the small disc, thus retarding the me ter. Salisbury. Daniel A. ft fford. an old Confederate soldier and well known farmer of the Salem neighborhood ia Rowan county died, dcati being caus d by paralysis. Winston-Salem. Loss of the left hand and perhaps the sight of one eye is the result of an accident which be fell James Kapp, superintendent of malls in the local postoffice.' Chanel -Hill. In order to promote better fellowship, the students attend ing the University of North Carolina from Mecklenburg county, have or ganized a county club. Concord. The school and municipal Improvement bonds, Toted on and carried in the election of November 4, were sold to the American Trust com pany of Charlotte. Ttn th er f ordton. A young man Jaraei from Caroleen was drowned in a mill pond between Hollis and casar. lie was in a car with a friend. It is re ported that the car ran into a deep pond. One occupant escaped. Rnencer. Stepping out of the way of southbound limited No. 37, WL1 WanVptt was struck by the engine ox a northbound work train nar his home two miles east of Spencer ana was seriously injured. t .kw Fire of unknown orl- rln destroyed 70 bales of cotton stored n the cotton yards here. Prompt action Dy ie nre aepv ment prevented it from spreading and damaging $1,000,000 worm ci cvw belonging to different buyers and stored here. Concord J. L. Boger, chief of tha Kannapolls police, assisted by several revenue men, made a whiskey raH In Kannapolis, and the result of the raid was 40 gallons of whiskey and brandy and a quantity of mash destroyed. Fayetteville. Fayetterille has paid tribute to the Cumberland county men who gave their lives in the great war. The day was given over as a me morial to the 31 men who went from Fayetteville and Cumberland county to the fields of Flanders and did not return. Kinston. Veterans of several dW visions, including many ex-noncoms, and many with wound scars, pledged to enlist In the new national guard at a meeting for the tentative organisa tion of an infantry company. Asheville, Selecting Charlotte af the meeting place for the February 1920 gathering, the annual convention of the Southern Furniture Manufac turers' association, which has been In session here, adjourned. About 60 delegates were present from six south ern states. Spring Hope. The Baptist psople here feel pleased at the acceptance of Rev. Mr. Carroll, and his splendid wife, to serve the church here. They come to take up active work, highly recommended. Wilmington...- Spence Boaeman, Babe Bozeman, Tasker Bozeman, Brunswick county fugitives, charged with -violating the liquor laws, were tried and convicted in United State court and sentenced to serve four year in federal prison at Atlanta and HLRefc fY Ant 9t 100. 1
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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