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Maxldo City. Dec
1 (By Asalcl
troops guard
td PresOr-Federi
ed, badly battered
unlclpal build-
nt-today; wblla tb city "counted the
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I " .,,-4 late !i n,u, .
ENffiGED
.. ( shrul .
l ting . " ' ' ,
i MAHYp UeF BUT
tlOTBtftLEARNED
Mob Was Ttljing To Enter
Municipal ButJlding To Pro-"
. 'test Against yVater Famine
i mos firediFe building
! Kvldence of Anger Mob Presented
1 - Today In Broken X" aA Ttm
ft I ber And Stone. Al Ow Publte
If il Squares DemonsVwt'on Had
" MS Tntrndcri Peaceful'
'A 1 Vovlcn Citv. Dec. I
; , r ' . 1
I caaualtlea o t Bits" bule .fT
wenn the oolSce and a mob, whlah
h hnMrllnr lact,l
f awemptea i - r nt
nigm. me i
the fUhling tooa at 17 early today; j
while 18 persona ara known to hav
been aerlousiy njured and thrfe
.lightly hurt.'. It was . thVught f a ,
.heck .might reveal runner caayu.
.lies. ,.
The city, after a .night of wild tX
atement, found its " main plaza be
.tore the municipal "building a ham-
tiles ot broken glass, timberl ana
r.ones--evidence ot the anger of the j
'mob which forced its way Into th-,
building half an hour after the PP-
;jce rifles had taken their toll.
,U The trouble, which lasted for more
:han six-hours, started when .crowd
uarchea to me ens --v:M
Ugainat the aldermen, .who are held
.r .iki- fr th water famine.
fhe demonstration was intended, by
4r ' ;th labor unions that organized i
a peacetui provem i
hundied persons paraded the don
town Streets before proceeding to
::he:hall to voice their senumen
!V'hen the municipal buiUlir.
eached the crowd numbered more
:han J.ooo. ,
T.m.. inttva nsrainst tne at
Jermen, the mob gave emrhntis to
"t words by hurling stones TThd otn
" ,.n iartr suagested
that the hall be entered and the
s.mnnstrators made a concerteu
THIRTEEN)
TfeNNESSEE SHERIFF IS
t CUSTODY OF U.S. OFFICER
Camden, .Tenn.. Deo, l-k. G
!3. Flowers, sheriff of Benton county,
h was taken Into custody by John
;). Roberta, a jtputy United States
marshal, last night on a charge ot
i 'obstructing,1 opposing and assau lt
' ng a deputy United State marshal,
wlU be taken to Huntingdon,' Tenn.,
oday for a preliminary hearing b
,'or a United States commissioner
. Flowers, who. was arrested in hie
.jpkrtments In' the jail building, is
-harged, according to a report made
n JU(Ufl J. W. xvuaa, ui
tates' district court, with interfer
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r ft wain tne rtniuvai " ' ,
- ... , v, n famnon ia.ii
restoring Deputy unneu
rsh'nl Jack Davis, oi jhuh
with. a pietol in ar enort
tha removal of the pris-
y Jkvent
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13 CHRISTMAS
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FIRED POINT
A MOB OF
MEXICANS
Hoover Says G.O.P, v
Candidate in 1924
Be W. G. Harding
, Vain Alio, Calif.. IX'o. 1 The
Republkmn pntiMontlal camH
date ill 1D34, oliTlouwIy will be
Warren G. Harding, Secretary of
Commcree Herbert C. HcMiver
said in an Interview here today.
"Moreover, by that time
(1824)," Mr. Hoover said, "the
public will be highly apprecia
tive dT the sanity and progressive
ehnracter of the wllcles that
will have brouKiit this country
thru the reconstruction period."
DiDcuNsinK natimal rehabilita
tion niul reconstruction of the
activities affected by the world
war, Mr.. Hoover said:
. "The nation la catching up on
ltd building program. ' The InW
provement of credits Is nnu cause
and the action of the department
of commerce In behalf of the
builders in getting out a building
undo is another. In most cow
pinnules the . building code la
gotten out for the benefit of the
.building dealers. Tile department
of commerce code la being gen-
orally adopted.
U A great deal of work is being
ilonc in
the standardization of
lumber.
"I'.nglneerlng pronoclfT are go
ing ahead fast in all Uik-s except
tiio railroads."
E
eeler Declares . "Scientific
mmission" Proposal a Blow
At 18th Amendment
VIGOROUSLY FOUGHT
No Commission Can Determine
uratcly Wliat Is "Intoxicating
mor" To Group of 100,000,000
ople; Anti-Saloon League
Is Ready For The Fray
shlngton,; Dee. . I The Anti-
Sal
League is opposed to the pi o-
P'
Ithat congress, with a view to
pos
ke amending of the Volstead
act,'
ipoint a "scientific commls-
slo
determine what is In toxica t-
ing ior. . i, .
Wlu B. Wheeler, head of the
orgnlnion, declared today that rep
reseaives of the league and prohi
bitlol workers .from" forty-eight
state,d District of Columbia had
votedlianlmoualy at a meeting to
fight lh an amendment, declaring
the ng of such a xiommiiwion
woulrve no helpful purpose In
doterlug and enforcing .the
eight, amendment -
"Wflieve this movement for a
Bo-callscientiflc commission orig
inated wet interasts many months'
-
ago ar n0f designed to work out
a solul of the law enforcement
proble
continued Mr. . Wheeler,
"but o
e other nana to contuse
the iss
reak down 'law enforce-
ment,
ultimately to secure the
repeal
"No
eighteenth amendment.
tine commission can de-
termine
ing llqu
rately what is intoxicat-
a group of 100.00(1.000
people,
pie dl
holic liquors affect peo;
ly according to age.
tempera
tolerance, to use ana
nditlsns. Consequently
conclusion could be
reference to this ques-
many oil
no accu
reached
Uon."
Mr. Wl
said that "the test in
determln
hat is appropriate and
effecUve
ition is not what liquor
intoxicate, but wbat
will acti
standard
definition of Intoxi-
eating ll
Is best to eniorce me
KB
T
law enec
OTassrraiEEi
AT3 O'CLOCK 1 50
HOMES
SnillG FAST
. ,
Path Half Mile Wide Has Been
Swept Clean; Big Plants
Are Threatened
ROPER LUMBER CO. GONE
While F:remcn Engaged In Lumber
Mill Fire, Flames Broke Out In
Negro Sections And Fanned By
High Wind la Threatening the
Whole City; Aid Rushed In
New Bern. Dec. three
o'clock this afternoon flames
had swept a path varying from
jone to four blocks from the
wetern limits to the union sta
tion, a distance of half a mile
! or more. The fire is threaten
ing not only the destruction of
I the Union station, the Norfolk
i Southern shops and a dozen
more industrial pianis,. oui
scores of additional residences. 1
Most of New Bern's fire
fighting apparatus was forced
to remain at Roper Mill, which
was virtually destroyed this
morning, as the "flames there
were still dangerous. Engines
from , Kinston, : Greenville,
Washington and other nearby
towns are now rushing hereto
aid the local department.
The fire started in the negro
section, but on its Bweep to the
river, destroyed homes belong
ing to both white persons and
negroes. It is estimated that
approximately 200 negroes have
been rendered homeless thus
far and from 20 to 70 white per- j
sons. At least 150 homes have
been destroyed with no indica
tion of checking the flames.
Roaring its .way thru block
after block, the fire swerved to
the north as it was checked in
its path by the cemetery on
George street. Fanned by a
high wind of almost gale force,
fire fighters were absolutely
helpless in their efforts to check
its sweep.
Frantic citizens rushed from
house to house aiding one an
other in removing valuables to
places of safety, but little was
saved from the flames. "
Firemen resorted to dynamite
in an effort to check the fire,
but with little effect.
It was impossible at 'three
o'clock to ascertain an estimate
of the monetary loss caused L
the fire. .. , ..
New Bern, Dec. 1 Fanned by high
winds of almost gale force, Are today
destroyed more than a score of
nouses In the negro section of West
New Bern. At 1 o'clock the fire was
still raging, five or six blocks being
completely devastated by the flames.
Dynamite is being used In an effort
to check its rapid spread. ,
The entire fire department of New
oern-, wnicn naa been engaged in
fighting the fire in the Koper Lumber
company saw mill here, on the oppo
site ld of. town from the negro sec
tion, was rushed to the scene of tha
burning dwellings, but the Are had
gained considerable headway before
they could reach the scene. ,
Eighty negroes thus far are home,
less as a result of the fire. Tha ma
jority of the homeless ware unable
to save any of their personal posses
sions. Three persons were overcome
by smoke in an effort to remove their
belongings from the burning build
ings.
- - . . . u in uir niLuucii in
the house occupied by H. C. David,
negro, and within fifteen minutes six
adjoining houses were in flames.. The
Are spread in an easterly direction,
destroying everything in its path.
New Bern, Dec. 1 The Roper
Lumber Mll, operated by the Row
land Lumber Company, was almost
completely destroyed by fire, here
this morning, causing a los esti
mated at $300,000, said to be covered
by Insurance. - '
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3.D0D ORPHANS
FROM UKSEDOIIIl'JO
SAFE AT ATHENS
Were Brought There By Amer
ican Relief on Ship Which
Docked Thursday
REAL THANKSGIVING DAY
Youngsters Will Be Housed In Fam
ous Achillean Palace And In An
cient Royal Palace; Committee
Of Prominent Greeks Welcom
- ed The Children on Arrival .
Athens, Nov. SO (By Asso
dated press) Fifty represen
tatives of the American Red
Cross In the Near Kast spent a
busy Thanksgiving In assisting
three thousand orphan children
from Asia Minor' to disembark
from the steamships Belgravlan
and Carmoro. Two thousand of
the youngstersiwcre immediately
Bent to Corfu, where they wUI
occupy the famous Achillean
Palace. The other thousand wUI
be housed In the ancient royal
palace In tlie center of Athens. A
committee of prominent reeks
welcomed the refugee children
at Piraeus. - The committee was
under the chairmanship of tien.
erln Tslporua, whose wife - was
formerly Miss Mary While, of
New Orleans, the neico of the
laie Chief Justice White.
.-. The presence of the relief
workers at the Thanksgiving
gathering of the American col
ony at the American embassy
made the attendance at this
function largest In many years.
Winston - Salem Sketches
Pen Etchings of Men of Affairs of Twln-Clty by Harry Palmer,
. Known New York World Artist, from Photos by Matthews
' 4 it
Mr. Ni bla Clay, manager of the
Wlnston-h'alem Gas' Company, has.
been a re Ident f this city but th
iree
short years, but during that time he
has won'"br himself a place In the
life of tin community at large. Dur
ing that t ine the Gaa Company has
nearly, doubled its capacity and ef
ficiency, j; '.. ; ,--, - "i , '
Mr. Clay has won a name for him
self partliMlarly In hi interest in
all .forms of aport that make for a
better mai hood in the city, and is
himself an ardent enthusiast In all
kinds of sport, centering; most of his
HEAVY FIIIES ARE
GERMAN CITIES
Allies Governments Demand
500,000 Gold Marks From
Ing-Oldstat and Paasau
MUST BE PaIdBY DEC. 1ST
Allied Commissioners Visiting Tlie
Two Towns Were Attacked And
Bavarian Government Refused
To Make Satisfactory Apolo
gies; others Fare same Way
Paris, Dec. 1 -The allied govern
ments have sent a note to Berlin no
tifying the German government of
the imposition of fines of 600,000
gold marks each against the cities of
Ing-oldstat and I'assau, Bavarin In
consequence of the attacks upon the
allied missions which visited those
places in search of concealed arms.
The German government was In
formed that if these fines ara nqt
paid by December 19 the amounts
will be withheld from the Rhine
lands remittances to the Bavarian
government. This action Is lit pur
suance of the recent doclslon of the
allied ambassadors council which al
so demanded apologies ' from tht
Bavarian government, its responses
having been unsatisfactory. The al
lied note demands full and satisfac
tory compliance.
Well-
I ter months on basketball. During tne
last few years he has orgaulzed and
turned out one of tno nest nasaetDan
teams In the state.
air, viaj was uui n iuu icnreu in
Norfolk', Virginia, receiving his earl
ier education in the school of that
city, being a graduate uf the Maury
High Hchool. Leaving High School
he entered the employ of .Ue Vir
ginia Railway and Po'weif Com
pany. While with this cotpany he
graduated as a mechanical engineer
from Ihe American SchoIl of Cor
respondence. Later hey graduated
' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
MIZEPl
Boston Horse Has
Qualified as Long
Distance Swimmer
Boston, Pee. I A Bunion
home, whoso usual task Is to
draw a delivery wagon, qualified
a a long distance swimmer when
It whs rcocucd from the Chnrh'a
river lust night after spending 8
lamirs In the water. The horse
was still swimming when found,
but later went to an auiinal lit
pital to recover from a bad chill.
The horse had run away early
Wednesday morning und dived
lliru a draw bridge over the
t'harlra river, leaving wagon and
cargn Jammed between the mils.
For hours the . luirhor police
searched for (lie Niiimal In vain.
Finally a watchman saw (he
horse swim out from under a pier
and make for the open sea. A
stern chase In a dory followed
and llie swimmer was stopiivd
and towed to shore.
L
ELECT OFFICERS
Tonight Dr. Henry Van Dyke,
of Princeton, To Bring Meet
ing to Close With Speech
MUCH BUSINESS TODAY
Miss Ellabetli Kelly, Vliw President
Is Slated To Bo Fleeted President
Without Opposition, While It
looks As If Warren Will Be
RcKlcctcd The Secretary
Raleigh, Dec. 1 The climax of the
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly
annual conferencn will ba resetted
late this afternoon with election of
officers and tnnlght when Dr. Henry 1 if
Van Dyke of Princeton, N. .1., will de
liver an address on "Poetry and
Nature.'
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, vies presi
dent of the assembly, la slated
fa ;
elected president without opposition,
while Juls B. Warren, secretary
treasurer, seems assured of re-election,
according to Indications,
The morning and early afternoon
sessions were devoted to depaat
mental meetings, Dr, K. C. Brooks,
commissioner of public Instruction,
heM further conferences with county
superintendents to discuss proposed
revisions In the state's school laws.
Dr, Van Dyke will be the guest of
Josephus Daniels, former secretary
of the navy, at a dinner this evening
previous to his address before the
asxembly
Tonights program will mark
the
end of the conference.
CAPTAIN AND SIX
Canadian Steamer Lost in
Storm; Nine Others of Crew
Were Rescued
Calumet. Mich., Dec. 1 Captain
Nazon Bernard and six member of
the crew of the Canadian steamr
Maplehurst lost their lives early to
day when the uhlp broke up a mile
west of Portage I-ake csnal during
a heavy gale. Nine others of the
crew were rescued, one at a time
iumuina from the bridge Into a life
boat. ,
U...1- Cnnfaln R.PnBI-,1 the'
D.mutn. m .... j i -
dead Included Engineer Dunn, of
Kingston, Ont and First Mater
frank Smith, of Itrewer Mills, Ont.
According to the coast guard
service. Captain Bernard and the
six others lost their lives because
they doclined to Jump from the
bridge. -
The rescue was effected in .the
teeth of a gale of hurricane propor
tions. A life bost ran alongside
thf ship time end time again only
lo be washed back. The men were
taken off one at a time Jumping
from the bridge into the life boat.';
The Maplehurst. 200 feet long
with an Iron hull, wa bound from
Lorraine. Ohio, to Port Arthur with
1.800 tons of coal. She sank in li
feet of water and this forenoon ouiy
hr top was visible above th surface.
TEACHERS
WIL
AM
OF CREW DROWNED
GREME
GO M M U H 1 STSILA FOLLETTE IS
A?B
Third Internationale at Moscow
Recognizes Th Race As So
cial Equals of Whites
PLANS TO ORGANIZE THEM
This Applies Not Only To I'nlted
Wales Bui -To All The World i
Amcrlitui Negro Taking 'Lending
Part In Affair of Internation
ale; In'Mcmber Committees
Moscow, I)o, f The third Ititer
nationals lw adopted a resolution
declaring the United States Is des
tined in play an Important part In
the at niggle of the African race for
liberty and that inasmuch as Amer
ica today Is the center nf negro cul
ture of the world. It is In that coun
try thut the communists campnlgn to
bring freedom to the negroes of all
countries should tie enheentrated.
The resolution was drawn up by a
special commission of the Interna
tionale, appokuted to consider the
negro question.!, One invmbur of tin
commission was an Amerluatt negro,
who has been Very active In uham
planing Ins- enue of his -rarer lie
has been aided by several whites In
tUa United .State.
The resolution, which was adopted
without a dissenting vote, declared
that the negro question h.ui become
a live issue and that the communist
Internationale recognising It as such,
calls attention to It oa a problem
which must be dealt with.
The resolution pledges tha' mem
licis of th internationals to strive
for tha equality of the negroes and
whites and for the full political and
social freedom1 of Ihe African nice.
"The communists will use all their
power and Influence," it continues,
o admit negroes as members and
necessary the International)! will
I undertake a special campaign lo
achieve this aim. If these efforts fall
the internationals will prganlss spe
cial negro unions to further the
cause."
ins reaumuon luriuer as mat
me negro population oi japan, i.nnm,
India, Morocco and other countries
are also struggling against oppres
sion, having the sums aims) as those
in the United States and elsewhere.
The resolution says that If such a
step Is necessary the international
will organise art all-negro ' confer
ence for the purpoee of considering
the betterment of the black race In
all parte of the world.
Detailing the history of negroes In
the United States, the resolution as
sert that the civil war was merely
a struggle between the capitalists of
the North and South for domination.
NEW BERN AND SANFORD
PLAY AT RALEIGH TODAY
Raleigh, Dec 1 New Bern high
school and Hunford high meet hero
this afternoon In a football conical
to decide tho high school champion
ship of Kuatern North Carolina. Both
teams will enter their full strength
in the game, which Is expected to be
largely attended.
The winner will play the vlc'ors in
the Ashevllle-Monroe game for the
slate chomplonshin. The weut'ler Is
fulr und cold. '
F
N A HOTEL FIRE
The Ben Hur, at Portland, Ore.
Went Up In Flames at Early
Hour Today,
Portland. Ore.. Dec. 1 Four men
lost their Uvea in a fire early today
In the Ben Hur hotel, ' formerly
known as the Oak Hotel, in the bus
iness district her. None of the dead
had been identified several hours
after tno tire.
All the other guests were report
ed to have escaped, most of them
In their night clothing.
The building was destroyed.
The number of injured had not
been determined at daybreak. The
fire broke out in the hotel furnace
room. Taxlcab driver and ' police
worked heroically to arouse . the
guest until an explosion on th third
floor compelled them to leave the
building.
The fire was controlled before it
reached other buildings. Tho cause
of th fire has nut bee'n determined.
The loss is estimated at $0,0V,
OUR LIS LOS
Thirteen Senators And 28 Rep
resentatives Said To Be
Among Those Attending
THE SESSIONS ARE SECRET
Meeting Today Was Preliminary T
Two-Hay Conference. Called By
LaFflllcttt, Republican. And
; Huddlctoti, Democrat, To Out.
Una Program For Attton
Washington. ' Dec. f-The mm. ,
ht'.nt to organise a
bloo" In congress took definite form
today at a conference behind closed
door attended by more than a score
of senators and representatives of the v
present and next oungress. Thslr
iiieettlng was preliminary to a con
ference tomorrow ot national pro
grtrwlve leaders. . -
The meeting today, ' opening the
two days conference, waa called by
Senator Liiieiiilette, Republican, of
Wisconsin, ami Itcpresvntuilv Uud
dleton, Democrat, of Georgia.
Senator l-uFollettn disclaimed suv
Intention of breaking up present
Pitrty lines, It was said, In the call-,
mg or inn ciinr.ttsnoe. Tnasa idch
tilled have been identified with the
farm and labor groups in th recent
senatorial campaigns,
Th conference -w expected U '
adopt resolutions adopting an outline
of the intended progressiva bind.
Might Republicans, four Democrats
and on H'armer-Labnrlte were n
the Hat of senators for today's con
ference, while nineteen Republicans
Bnd seven Democrats made up th
list of representatives, i
Senator Norrls, Hepubllcan, Ne
lirsskH, w elected chairman of to
day's meeting at which there were
speeches by Senators L Toilette,
Norrls anil Borah, Republican, .
Idaho. Hun a tor ' LaFollett die.
oluimed spefillcally that tiler was'
any Intention of forming; a third
party, declaring the whole purposes
was for the formation of a by-partisan
progressive group to work In co
operation for progressive legislation.
"If this meeting Is for the pur
pos of making a practical' and ef
fective action to promote progressive
legislation, then I am in thorn sym
psthv with It,"- Senator Itorsh told '
th conference. "But It Is political
gathering to dual with political sub
ject ami presidential posnlbllltle
then I do Hot believe thl Is the place -'
to do It."
All of the speakers, It Wa mid,
declared that the movement wa leg. -Isiatlve
and not political and resolu
tion were presented declaring that,
th purpose was to form a bloo to
drive "special privilege from power"
In legislation and to promote leglalu-
Hon In behalf of the masses of tha
people. ,
It was also proposed ttf abolish
the electoral college ta.,T(v)cle for
.earlier meetings of new 'congresses
ami Initiate a national cairipalgn for ,
direct primary election of atat and
federal ollicers. .
The resolution presented by Rop-
resentative Huddleston, Democrat, .
of Georgia, and adopted unani
mously aald: i
"That the prngresslvs-mlndcd sen-.
ators and representatives ot all par-,
tics agree to meet from time to Urn
and to co-operate whole-heartedly
in order to -accomplish th. funda
mental purpose upon which we are :
all united, namely to drive special '
privilege out of control of govern
ment and restore it to the people. ,
"To thl end w will oppose un
ceasingly special Interest legislation
and in order to prepare scientifically
to meet the peculiar situation which -
confronts the nation, we propose to .
create special committees composed
of member of the Senate and the
House, co-operating with members
ot affairs, and experts to procure and
submit to this group for considera
tion from time to time during this
and the next Congress practical and
constrnctlv plan for dealing with
the following great subjects: ' Agri
culture, railroads, labor, shipping,
natural resources, credits, taxation,
and a special committee to consider
amendments to tho constitution look-
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Talk Number 3S
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when Uh: VVInt-lem Imlae
an Important star, m lrt of Miry.
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I'nlted Ntstr In that rmnwl frm
th standpoint of rantaiw. rn-ipt,
liow by g&rnment rtmrlt.
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