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VOL. XV1U NO. 243
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, TIII KSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1918
Jootmai adttjikmihti L , rICB FITS CZT,I3
Pimu W r ,y u li 1 . .
CONGRESSMEN FROM
N.C. BITTERLY OPPOSE
THE CHILD LABOR BILL
MRS. MOHR'S CHILDREN MAY TESTIFY FOR MOTHER
POLITICAL SIDE OF THE
WAR AGAIN ASSUL1ES
CHIEF MEREST ROLE
a - .
4
BEHIrlu THE BILL
Heated Discussion in Con-
gress Lasts for Six
Hours
AIMED AGAINST
SOUTH, SAYS VyEBB
VOTE TAKEN TO ADJOURN TILL
WEDNESDAY SHOWS STRENGTH
IN HOUSE IN FAVOR OF THE
BILL SURE TO PASS HOUSE
AGAIN FATE IN SENATE
IS PROBLEMATICAL
(By Geo. H. Manning.)
Washington, Jim. 2D. iA discussion
of, child labor in -mill ami itorics
throughout the .South, ! especially in
North Carolina, brought on by a de
bate over the passage of the Keating
bill to exclude from shipments In In
i toi-state traffic of the products of mills,
mines or factories employing children
under 14 years of ago, or children,
under 1ft years of age employed more
than eight hours a day, took up the
whole time of the House of Represen
tative today.
Tar Heels Speak Against BUI
" The discussion watt by far the most
Jipntprf of anv at this session of Con-
gross. Congressmen Webb, Page and
flritt of) North Carolina, spoke against
ttie bill and defended the State against
tha attacks of Mr. Keating author of
the- bill, and a rtuiimhcr of other West
ern anil Xew ' England " Congressmen,
"who drew tragic pictures of ruined
and penniless children working in
ditse-)Uled, di)ty, . and ill-lighted
factories and milts, under cruel task
masters, for 14 and 10 hours a day.
All three North Carolinians took the
position tliat the Keating bill w un
ontituUniiV a nsurpaion , of . State
right and a most dangerous depar
turn. .- 1 "" '
The bill in its eltcct, they declared,
liarmful enough '.but it is the prin
ciple it would establish, that of turn
ing over to the Federal government the
right to regulae Whoring condiions in
the, iStatea that, is the most serious.
"It is fair to conclude that this bill
is aimed against the Kofciitli." said Mr.
Webb. "It is generally lielieved and
freely balked anions; mill men and
Legislator of the South, that much of
tho'agiation against the Southern cot
ton manufacturer is carried on at the
instance of, and with the support of,
the New England States. Why all
this demand for a uniform law regu
lating labor unless it is simply the
pretext hy which they hope to foster
upon the "mills of the South the same
labor laws and troubles they aTC ex
... iteriencinff in New (England, and there
by lessen competition with thorn t "
"In the infancy of our industry, the
mills were, not 'so well equipped, the
homes for the employees were not so
comfortable and the care taken of the
(Continued on page three)
10 Fill
Yesterday Featured by Elec
tion of Officers and
Resolutions
New Bern, Jan. 20-The&sixth en
" until convention 0 fthe, North Carolina
lorestrv Association, which has been
in session heTC since yesterday morn
ing, .came to a close today with a trip
.through the loblolly pine forests of this
section, given the members of the-association
by the John L. Roper LumUr
Cr nipnny. Practically every one of tne
delegate, participated in this trip.
w Officers Elected
The last business session was feat ur
rd 'by th. election of officers and the
,niminf raonlntinns. C. C. SlllOot
of N01 thwilkeboro waa elected presi
dent, .while J. R. Itobnes of Chapel Jlill
was re elected as secretary and treas
urer. . .... . .. 1 . T
Resolutions Passed '
Resolutions were passed endorsing the
State-wide stock law, urging the pas
sage of a bill for the continuance of the
purchase of lands under the Weeks law,
mgmg the continuance of the policy of
Hie Federal government in assisting in
flr protection methods, endorsing the
movement for protecting bird life and
especially in the national forests. In ad
dition to this the association recun
rrrnded that Congress appropriate a sum
necessary for combatting the white pine
blister rust. " " '
Another matter of importance trans
acted was that in regared to mem-ir-'ii'ig
the next North Carolina Lecis
lit me to make a sufficient appropria
tion to carry out the purposes of the
fore-t tire law, which was passed Ij
the List Legislature. '
HIBHTI
SENATEWILL VOTE
oncoiiiii
T
Effort Will Also be Made
to Get the Nicaraguan
Treaty to Vote
ITS RECEPTION IN
senate; doubtful
'" i , i
WOULD PAY COLUMBIA 25,ooo,ooo
FOR SEPARATION OF PANAMA
AND GIVE NICARAGUA $3,000,000
FOR OPTION ON CANAL ROUTE
' AND NAVAL BASE AT TON
SECA BAY
Washington, Jan. 26 The ndunnbstra
tion's determination to force action as
a part of its Pan-American policy, on
the treaties with Colombia and Nica
ragua,, spurred the Democratic mom
bers of the Senate foreign relations com
mittee to fix next, Wednesday aa the
date for a vote on the Colombian trea
ty, regardless of the result. An effort
also will be made to get the Nicaraguan
tieaty to a vote.
Kmn fM-natora tndav oredicted that
hnth treaties will be recommended for
ratification, but both Democrats anil
Kepublicana bave iloiint regttTOing us
rcceptlon'trr the Senate.
Millions to toiomoia
The Colom'binn treaty woud pay Col
ombia ,$23,000,00(1 for the separation of
Panama and express regret that any
thing should havti happened to mar the
relation between it ltd United States
and ' oloniDia.
$3,000,000 to Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan treaty would pay
Xlearairiie, $:!.): 0.000 for an option on
the Nicaraguan canal route and a naval
base at Fonscra Bay.,
MID lIImiLii
S-flULEflll TO 0.$.
New York, .Ian. 2d The ltiil.sn
steamer America, with two guns mount
ed ('ii the stern ami carrying as pus
merger Porter Charleton the Ameriea'j,
,h(,v sentence for killing his wife at
Lake Como has expired, arrived here
today.
Chivlctoh declined to discuss his case,
and, it is said will soon join his parents
in I'oito Itieo.
PRESIDENT BEGINS
HIS CAMPAIGN
Vashineton, Jan. 26 President
Wilson left tonight to open his
Dioparedness campaign by a
- speech Thursday night , in New
YTk.
" PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
Ka'eigh, Jan. 2(1 A voluntary peti
tion in bankruptcy was filed today for
Iluil C. Pimenn, general merchant, of
(lavt')n. The liabilities are stated be
!S,01.t and the assets 4.200. The ins.)
has I en referred to district Judge
Henry C. Connor who will make an or
der of reference.
MANY CARNATIONS ON DISPLAY
St. Louis, Jan. 28. Wore than 150,.
OOft carnations were on display at a
downtown hotel here today in connec
tion with the meeting of the American
Carnation Society which began a
two days' session with carnation -grow
ers t-oni all parts of the-country at
tending. " "
A RALEIGH LAD!
Loses Control of Bicycle
and Dashes Into Pass
ing Auto ;
Balciuh. Jan. 2. Miss Clara Mae
Wishart of Charlotte, - met a tragic
this cftemoon by an automobile in Olcn
ww.d suburb. '
f (She was learning to ride a bicycle
and lost , eonrol and 'dashed into the
avenue from a steep incline, just as the
automobile was passing. Driver Joe
I'pxhurek turned his machine into a pit
in a vain effort to Miss the girl whoe
skull was crushed.
In the machine with him was Lennox
Jel'H'ou,. son of Mayor James I. John
son. ;
The coroner decided no iliiiiet was
nete-swry, as the. act ident was, unavoid
able. The remains will be taken to (Irenn-hijj-o
(Friday, here father being interred
tl ers. ,
REATY NEXT WEEK
TRAGIC DEATH OF
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Mm." Elizabeth, F. Mohr, who is on
trial a an accessory to the murder of
her husband, Ir. C- . rVankliu Mohr,
photographed In. her ine . in JTori-,
dence, R. I., reading bed-time stories
to her eliildrcnj diaries and Virginia. I
LEAGUE BASEBALL
CITHHIS YEAR
Total of 1,702 Books Report
ed Sold at Final Meeting
Held Last Night
SPLENDID WORK BY
THE ROTARY CLUB
AVith tli f 1,702 season base
ball bH)ks sold yesterday, and proa- 1
pects of selling many more today,
baseball is assured for Winston-Salem
for the coming " season and - those
interested in the national sport and
wlio will havo charge of the manage
riWnt ol the team will at once begin
work' linking to securing a pennant
winning aggregation for this 'uity.
While the goal of aclling 2,W Isioks
was not quite readied '-..last night,
promises of the sale of many more
books today will run the sales up to
the desired ntUjinlter which will bring
enough money Into the treasury to
finance the team properly.
Work Of Horary vlub
The whirlwind finish to toe cam
paign waa made possible largely
through the magnificent work of tlie
luonibers of the Jtotary Club, that
organization entering into the work of
aiding in giving this city the popular
summer sport of baseball with much
enthusiasm. Committees never work
ed more effoetively and more enthusiaa
tiaclly than the corps of men on the
Rotary (Club's committee yesterday
afternoon. - - .
jWhile the committees from the or
ganization did not begin work until
atiout 3 oVlock yestentay afternoon,
they. worked continuously and ener.
getieally, and they reported the' sale
of 174 books yesterday. They have
pledged themselves to sell 200 books in
alL and with the promises they hav
In hand and other prospects, they will
, (Continued on page three)
' ' TOO LARGE FOR MARINES
Pittsburgh, Ta., Jan. 21. Miohtel
T'tholski, a steel mill piiddler from Cfeve
lend, O., a$ted 22 yearn, was today re
jetted at the United State Marine CVs
recruiting station 111 this city, as "to
big and husky' for the Marine Corps.
'f t'iiolski measured six feet and ftVo
inches in his stocking feet and weighed
257 Kiunds without clothing. The 'it".i
ica' examiner pronounced him a (.er
fect physical speiinien, but the nwx
illium heights for .Marines is 73 inches
and 11 .1 giants or pygmies r wantel in
the Marines Corps, according to Ser-g-ant
Michael IV Hoo. who is in chsrg
of tliii Joeal recruit ing station for a-iiddier-.
? "
Th" giant recruit, who iays he is no
v-hite bone and has no desire to nvet
Jess Wills rd or Frank Moran. will le
gume puddling in the aiills, he told T'o
Boc when the latter rejected him.
NOW ASSURED FOR
Providence, R. I., Jnn. 2(1 The
question of .whether her two children,
Cliarlea and Virginia, should be allow-
led to take tlte stand as witnesses for
jfir,..'jniwbrtii - Mohr, w trial as an
accessory to , the murder; of Dr. C.
Franklin Mohr, 'her' hiislmnd, lias not
PROSPECTS FOR PASSAGE OF -GOVERNMENT
SHIP PURCHASE
B1W CONSIDERED BRIGH
Washuigtou, Jan- 20. I'ropects for
the passage of the government ship
purchase bill aye. 'believed bright by
the Administration leaders, : who saw
in President Wilson's coiiferencea to
day with the Democrats who opposed
tho Ibill hist year, ; indications tfiat
Iresident Wilson will win tlieir united
now proposed, the bill would pro
vide government operation of ships
only in the i -use of being unable to
make aatisfnetory leases to private
corporations. 1 ;
CHIEF JUSTICE
IKESJS REPLY
Astounded That the Gov
ernor Should Misconstrue
Letter
Raleigh Jan. 2dChicf Justice Walter
Clark issued a reply this afternoon to
Governor Craig's criticism of tho letter
of the Chief Justice to Jobn'l). Lang
ston of JokMoro, blaming the courts
and other departments of government
for lynching in North Carolina. Ho
declares "it is astounding to him that
tlie (i'lvernor should intimate that in
bis Langston letter h excused the mob
who hanged the negro illichurd,." lie
say a he began the letter with a de
nunciation of lynching and staled that
it waa anarchy and that there is not a
line af apology in the letter for those
vim cormnitteed tha offense.
The reply of the Cidcf Justice makca
seven typewritten pages. He says no
one acquitted of ft guilty murderer or
any don, nor the lack -of eonrtdeiica
caused by any one judge, nor tho ex
cessive use of tha pardoning power by
any one Governor has brought these
conditions, lint that the trouble i of
long standing, else the people would
not have been goaded on any occasion
to take the law into their own hands, j
He reiteratca his position that the ex
cessive number of homicide in North
Carolina and the consequent lyncbings
that occur are not the fault of the
people who, he says, are as a mass law
abiding. The chief fault, he says, is
the system by which our jurors have
lwen drawn and the excessive1 number
of challenges given tlie prisoners.
The Chief Justice insists that the
cause must be removed by an efficient
administration of justice ia the courts
that will give good men reasonable as-turam-e
of protection for their live a
well as their property,
I0RD PARTY NOW STOCKHOLM
Loudon, Jan. 2i.--Renfer ftoekfinlifl
corresixindent 'say, that the worLing
ccniqiitti-e of tbe Ford peai'C expediUob
ha arrived there and wilt remain un
til tic; peace negotiations are" officially
Lectin.
been definitely decided. It la .said
that the children ' wish to appear for
tlieir mother and that she is willing
to have thorn take the witiesi stand,
but that, tier attorney ak'p . hesitating
011 the point of "good taste."
President Urges Legislation
President .MUlson today urged tha
following h'gishition lx pushed ahead
of everything else: National defense
mead'.iresi Creation of a nieiranttlo
marine; revenue legislation, including
revision of the income ' tax law and
creation of a non-partisan tncifT board;
Philippine self goveniment bill, which
will include a provision granting inde
pendeticft within two to four years,
provided satisfactory atcpa were po
sible to e4ablish a staple Independent
government j and tho conservation
measures.
Mr. Whitehead's Assailant
Caught Yesterday in
Northern Forsyth:
Sam Ttrooka tbe negro who shut and
seriously injured Patrolman H, C
Whlteheart Sunday afternoon, and who
has been in hiding since the shooting,
was arrested yesterday morning about
II :30 o'clock at the homo of Dicia Cofar,
about a mile from Providence church,
some 11 miles north of thia city.
Chief Thomas Captain Early, Patrol
man Dalton, and Deputy Sheriff Holder
had traced him into the neighborhood in
which he was caught Tuesday night,
but had to leave tha trait. They took
it up again yesterday morning and
brought the negro into the city about
12:30 yesterday afternoon, placing him
in the. 'county jail to await the trial
when Mr. Whlteheart ' condition will
permit it. : r ' ' "
Asleep Whea Caught
When the officers went to tbe house,
Mr. Early and Mr. Dalton remained on
tbe outside to see that he did not es
cape, while Chief Thomas and iMr. Hol
der went inside to make a search. Chief
Thomas asked Dicia if there wera any
one besides the family tlmre. Me re
plied in the affirmative,' and in reply
to his question of wheret she tola him
in the garret. .
. Chief Thomas went tin the ladder-like
dcps and found nothing In the first
section of tlie linnet, lie entered the
next seetiw), whwh was in total dark.
ness and soon struck the negro'a foot
with his foot. He felt it to find the
direction of his bly and then fell on
him, holding him until tha other offic
ers arrived when he waa handcuffed.
The negro w fast asleep when Chief
Thomas fell on him and said that he
was dreaming. ' "
Admitt tha Shooting
It is said be admitted to the officers
tha he shot Mr." Whftetieart,- hut said
that it was an accident. He explained
it by saying that be bad his hand on
bis gun In his pocket when Mr. Wbits-
(Continued on page three)(
Si
BROOKS
A
BEE
ARRESTED
BRITISH LABOR
PARTY GHAHGES
ITS Jl POLICY
Downs Antl War Resolu.
tion by Overwhelming
Majority
DROP BOMB ON
MINE DEPOSIT
THIRTY-NINE PERSONS W1RI
KILLED WHEN A GERMAN AERO
PLANE DROPPED A BOMB ON
A DEPOSIT OP MINES AT D0
VER, ENG. BRITISH TRANS
PORT BUNK IN HARBOR
Hrlstol, Jan. 2A-Th British labor
eonference, by a great majority ' today
reversed its former attitude toward the
war by adopting a resolution pledging
the conference to aait th governrnent
a far as poasihto in tha successful pro
terution of 'tha war.
.... It could b aeen immediately thai tl
conference hegan that a large body of
opinion favored aupportlng the Bovertt-
meut, and when the fepresentativea of
tii ixi,(r-o miners unanimouaiy voted
against an anti-war resolution tha sue.
ceaa of tha pstriotio mMaJinit WM
certain.
(A resolution entirely approving the
action of the parliamentary labor, par
ty In co-operating with other political
pc.rtie In the national recruiting cam.
paign, waa passed by IJ47 i(KK) to 2f;.
000 votes.: 1 ' '
Drop Bomb on Minta
Berlin, Jan, 2iV-lly wireleaa to Ray
villoTh Hamburger Fremdenblatt re
ports that on? of tha Ixmiba tha pe
man air wtmdron droiwad Monday on
Dover, England,' fell on a deposit of
mines which estDloiled' and dittmjd or
mcua yb-vttio in tli neiahtxwlKtod.
hrrtv 11 in oarsons. including one or
fleer and 14 ioldirst.Wfrt Willed) tht
newspaper aay. - ...,
Amiriliu to thl iaceount. tha ax
plosion didn't occur until 1.1 minutes af
ter the ofllB ''"
British Unprepared
Ilailroad cars filled with jwovisinni
anH several cottagea are reported uo
frxvrj a fransnort in tha harbor waa
sunk, the British aernplaiu not being
ready in tint lor ueiense.
Later Report
.ln. 2fl. The Iloiiae of Com-
mens by taking nut and dropping the
bill for ' a blockade, tonight indicated
tt.. n,u rtritnin will not declare a
mhi.t (.frimiiiv. but will H.V !
on the present outers Hi council.
li
Bodies of Two American
Cowboys Found In
Mexico
Tl P .Tan. 26 Tha bodies of Bc8
i.itiin Niwll and Frank Woods, Ameri
can cowboya, were found near Cusihuria
chic, ftfexic, according to an unconfirm
ed report tonight.
Tha American National Livestock At
sociatlon convention today adopted t
solutions urging tDe l.nitea r-iaiaa w
patrol northern Mlco tr protect
American Uvea and property.
SIX LIVES LOST 111 FIRS r
fWtth. Washinirton. Jan. 28 Sil
persona lost their Uvea here today In
a fire which destroyed the Interior of
tha five-story Talbot Walker building
at Jackson ttreet and First avenue,
south,
OHSOIERIITRIP
Will Speak in North Caro-
lina Cities if the Trip
Materializes
(By Get. H. Manning.)
Washington, Jan. 2M. Congreasman
Stcdman called at the White House to
dcy, and invited President Wilson to
make addreea at Oreeuslxiro and Dur
ham, when be makes hi speech mak
ing tour into the South on prepared
nexa next month. President Wilson
said he hat not yet definitely desidei
o the Southern trip, but that if he
does make it, he will give Urseiuoori
and Durham consideration as speech-
making points.
Burlington Plant! Apprortd
Mr.. Medman waa advised ty ha
Ireasurf Department officiala to-lay
that all plan for the Jiurlingtoit pait
oflice have been approve4 and art "a I
aork on it will commence in aljout four
juontlu. ,
XIGAIISfil
URDER
MODE
HE
BIGAIIS
HOT
UNDECIDED
BRITAIII A0S11S
E!
French Vtaships Will Aid
in Blockading Black Sea
and Channel
MONTENEGRINS
ARE DISARMING
HOUSE OP LORDS PASS THIRD
READING OP MILITARY SERVICE
BiLL-PRENOV ENGAGE GER
MANS IN HAND TO RAND i
FIGHTING NEAR VIWVILLE
FRENCH SUCCESSES
'
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
EX-PREMIER VtNIZELOS
Perlit, Jaa. By wtrelaaa ta
Cayvllla-Tha Sofia Ntwapapfr
Utrojurtro priati aa Ahtwa 4U
patch today aaytng that tht Grtea
crown proaeeutor, opoa gmr
mcnt c-rdtra, ha commtneed pia
cecdinp against formar Pramlar
Yenlieloa, and if VaalMlo doaas't
appear for examination bt will h
hmitea.
ljiiidim, Jn. 20. Hostilities 011 all
froi'ts having momentarily dwindled ta
rather ttnimpnrtant proportion. th
political aid of the war again baa as
aiimd the chief interest- - , ; -
Tha British paralianient ia anlmalHy
discussing atepa to make mora . rigid
tne govern wnt't plan to keeping foodn
float being aspotUd 'i. Imported by
fli rman, Britiaa hbor nverahelmingly
decided to support, the prmwcntiuo of
war. ,: .., :,, C':
, Anawtrt V, S' Protest
. tinwi jwHam snwientaiiveiy answw
ed tha United States' jmifest agamt
delaying ins i la ind It la announced th.it
hereafter Fianeh warstiipa will aid the
Brit li b in bliHScading theiigllsh. b w
nel end tbe North tea, and Franca will
take part ill the examination of ma -Is,
as well aa cargoes, also la any neg-ttl
tern shout them.
Bill Passes Third Rsadtng
. The llou of tjirila haa passed the
third reading of tha military serr
bin. - "..:.,,.... '...,;. , ;
, Montenagrina Disarming
A Vienna dispatch via Berlin decUret
representative of the "$nteneftn
gi" eminent have signed articlet re(rfrt
1 113 the disarmament of tha Montene
grin army and the Montenegrins every
hcr rre laying down arms.
Hand-To-Haad Fighting
iland to-hand fighting took place near
Niuvllle, when th French tried to re
taka trenches the Oermaua had captnr
el Inrlia reports all attarka failed.
Praiich Succeues --r..
The French declare they have retaken
all tha mine crater the Ormans
ci(ped 1 aevtral daya ago, : and in tho
(Continued on page three!
HOT
it
Italian Steamet America,
With Guns on Stern .
Arrives at N.Y. .
Washington, Jaa- 2n. Tha arriraJ
at New York of tht Italian tteaatef
America with gone ow th atara may,
hasten tht United Statea decision ta
the qnestloti whathar there will be
rhange in the policy regarding clearanca
from United Bute porta of merchant
veaaela armed for defense.
Baron ZWink, AnstroHumrariaji
charge, aokad tht State Department
what the United hUtc Intended to do
In he case of he Verona, which arnvid
similarly, armed recently and ia ttill
ia port. ,....:4 ,s. , f .
It ia siaderstood Austria-Hungary
will Uk tht posltlvV ant armed air
rhantman can fee torpeioed without
Reeentlf the Ouleeppt Vrdi wt at
lowed to dear when Italy promised tht
gun awould be used ' in drfeat only.
Officiate indicated the aama procedar
a with tht Verona.'
Whether the arrival of tht Amerlct
wilt change the plan is not known.
E30THEB 110 DiUGHTEB .
tiUEOEBtB IHfflTQ
Xew York, Jan. 18. Mr, Reheec
Pullman, aged AO, and her daughter,
Mil. Certmde Brll, aged 24, wsra
f-rtin.l dead with aktille fVacturad, in a
fotrnished room heretonight) witl,
bloi'd taiidd axe nearby. '
Tlie police are searching for Kathafl
Puiunn, husband of the cider woniio
T
DELAYING
MAILS
ER
ARMED
STEAMER ARRIVES