alhbmm Emning Pmt
THE WEATHER:
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
"SaEiWy'i the Place;
Taa Posf i ti Paper."
VOL. 9, NO. 150. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SKPTKMHER 9. 1912. ' , ' $4 A YEAR.
A FINAL CONFERENCE IS
TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY.
12,000 MAY
ORDER TO TRAINMEN TO STRIKE
DEPENDS ON CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY.
ISE
The Wage Scale of all Southern
Trainmen is Still Unsettled The
Committees Remain in Washing
ton for the Final Conference With
the Railway Officials Wednesday
500 Officers of the Two Train
men's Organizations Summoned to
Washington by Telegram Salisbury-Spencer
Men Will be in the
Delegation.
When the conference between the 1
general committee representing the
'trainmen and conductors of the 4
southern railroads and the general j
managers of those roads is resumed ;
in Washington next Wednesday the
committee will be reinforced by ful
ly 500 officers of the various locals j
of the two union organizations.
The general committee has sent
out telegrams calling these officers
to Washington at once. A delega
tion of officials of the trainmen or
ganization will go from Salisbury
Spencer to attend the final confer
ence. The significance of this move is
not known here. It is thought, how
ever, that a situation has developed
that it makes it necessary to sub
mit the problem to the various Joc
als before' the committee can pass
upon it.
ThJ strike of conductors and train
'men on nearly every railroad south
of Washington, affecting 12,000 men,
is to be called if a last conference
between representatives of the em
ployes and the managers of the rail
ways does not consummate an ad
justment of the workers' demands for
increased wages.
With both parties apparently fixed
in their determination not to yield,
the situation offers little ground for
hone that an amicable settlement
would be reached.
On the one side, A. B. Garrettson,
president of the International Order
of Railway Conductors and Val. ritz
Patrick, vice-president of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, stand
firm on practically these instructions
from their constituencies to call
strike unless the demands for increas
ed pay are complied with.
Officials of the railways, on the
other side, seemed equally obstinate
in their position of not agreeing to
the wishes of the conductors and
trainmen. The railway officials, it is
said, have offered, to arbitrate, but
have declined to agree to the requests
of the employes as now presented.
Will Not Arbitrate.
Arbitration, it is believed, will not
be a court last resort. While both
Mr. Garrettson and Mr. Fitzpatrick,
flT railways representatives, are
2&ciit, it is stated that they will
not submit their case to arbitration.
The members of the conductors' and
Trainmen's organizations have voted
to strike unless they get increased
wages. The attitude of the railway
workers is that they have everything
to lose, and nothing to gain by arbi
tration. ,We shall go into the conference
with a wish to settle our differences
amicably," Mr. Fitzpatrick is report
ed as saying. cannot arbitrate.
If the final conference does not ac
complish a settlement, we shall re
gret it, of course."
Employes Demand Increase.
The employes claim that they are
entitled to increase. Some of them
they declare, do not receive living
wages. Some of the brakemen and
' flagmen, they assert, receive only 94
cents a day.
. The Jncrease asked for the latter
v are from 15 to 25 per cent. The con
ductors, flagmen and brakemen are
paid-on mileage instead of a per
. cent of a per diem basis, the rate
. for conductors being approximately
' 8.75 cents, and for flagmen and
brakemen 2.50 cents a mile, it is said.
' Calculations are generally made on. a
basis of ten miles to the hour, with
the "runs" or tours between division :
terminals ranpintf from 100 to 150 ;
i miles.
i A run of 100 mile3, thus calculat
; ed, would mean ten hours' work for !
$3.75 for conductors and $2.50 for ;
I brakemen. Larger per diem earnings
are made by longer runs and longer
hours.
i May Offer to Arbitrate.
j The railway officials' offer to arbi
1 trate is said to have been made early
' in the present conference, which be- ,
1 gan September 1. it is understood
that their offer did not carry a condi
tion that the increases should be
1 granted, pending arbitration. j
j That the good offices of public of-
ficials or influential civic workers .
' may be offered as a medium of agree- '
! ment is possible. Labor Commission- '
1 er Neill has been spoken of as a pos
sible mediator. What could be accoin
I plished by these good offices is a mat- I
i ter of speculation and conjecture ;
only. '
The railways interested which run j
into Washington are the Southern, ;
Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic j
Coast Line. I
Final Conference Wednesday. I
The final conference was to have
been held Saturday afternoon, but
further consideration of the demands
o. vne me.. w u ' j
Wednesday. It was hoped that before I
the question of a strike was taken
up seriously by the men some agree
ment might be reached and the post
ponement of the further conferences
was made to permit of another can
vass of the situation.
YOUNG
MAN IS
INSTANTLY
KILLED.
Charlotte, Sept. 9. Mr. Charlie
Graham, of Providence township was
caught under a falling tree and al
most instantly killed this morning
shortly after 7 o'clock while assist
ing in clearing up ahead of the dredge
which is deepening ' .Little Sugar
Creek. The accident occurred in the
creek between bottom on the plan
tations of Mr. Parks Kirkpatrick
about seven miles from the city in
Sharon township.. Mr. Graham was
little more than 20 years of age and
was a son of Mr. Bob Graham, of
Providenec township.
News Ads. Today.
Saleeby, first shipment California
fruits.
Rowan Hardware and Machinery
Co., demonstration from 9th to 14th.
Belk-Harry Co., the delineator for
15c.
Grubb Theatre, high class vaude
ville, talking and singing acts.
D. M. Miller and Sort groceries.
Salisbury Cleaning and Dye Works,
in large quarters.
AFTER CLUB REGULATION
Alderman Quinn Has an Ordiance
That Aims to Regulate the Clubs
in the Handling of Whiskey
Would Require a $2,000 Bond From
All Clubs Keeping Whiskey Bond
to Have Three Sureties..
An ordinance is under considera
tion by the Board of Aldermen of this
city for the better regulation of those
social clubs which are allowed to keep
intoxicating liquors. The author and
hearty advocate of the proposed or
dinance is Alderman M. C. Quinn of
the West Ward. Mr. Quinn believes
that the measure he advocates will go
a long way towards eliminating thj
unlawful traffic in liquor about which
there is so much complaint in Sali3'
bury. The following is the text of the
ordinance proposed by Mr. umn.
"That every organization, charier
ed or otherwise, of men organized as
a social club whose members are al
lowed to keep intoxicating liquors in
said club for their individual con
sumption shall file with the city clerk
of the city of Salisbury, a bond in the
sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000..
00), conditional that if any member
or employe of the club violate any
state of city law In reference to' the
sale, of intoxicating; liquors in said
club, then said bond shall be in full
force and effect and binding; other-,
wise to be ' null and void, the said
bond to have three sureties who can
justify said bond' to be approved by
said clerk."
1HEMN
People of the Pine Tree State Are To
day Voting on Stale Officers, United
Stales Senator and Four Congress
men No Progressive Candidates
The Outcome Uncertain Heavy
Vote Being Poled.
Portland, Me., .Sept. 9. Maine,
which, with the exception of Ver
mont, is the earliest commonwealth
in the Union to hold State elections
during the Presidential campaign, Is
voting today for a governor, a United
States Senator, four Congressmen,
members of the State Legislature and '
county officials. For the past two
weeks both parties have been stump- j
ing the State and some of the biggest
speakers in the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties have appealed to the
voters of Maine in behalf of their re
spective ticket.
Forecasts by party leaders of the
result of the elction differ greatly.
Governor Frederick W. Plaisted, i
Democrat, is opposed for re-election
by William T. Haines, of Waterville,
Republican . The Progressives have
not entered a separate ticket, is being
generally agreed among the leaders
to unite with the Republicans.
The contest for United States Sen
ator is between Edwin C. Burleigh,
who represented the Third Maine Dis
trict in Congress for many years, and
the present Democratic Senator, Oba
diah Gardner, who was named last
spring to succeed Wiliam P. Frye
JT M r . w
For many years Mr. tiardner was
master of the State Grange. There
is no man in Maine that is so well
known throughout the rural section
of the State as Senator Garcner, and
the feeling is that he has made good
during the brief time he has been in
Washington.
Not even the seventh son of the
seventh son can predict what the out
come of today's voting will be. The
Congressional candidates have been
making their fight on the tariff; the
gubernatorial candidates have made
their fight on State finances and good
roads, while local isue3 have been on
the questions of temperance, ewwerr-
ation of resources, control of public
service corporations and the employ
er's liability act.
Until two years ago Maine was con
sidered solidly Republican, and the
change in sentiment was noted by the
increase or decrease of the size of her
majorities. Two years ago, the Dem
ocrats carried, the State, electing the
Governor, two Congressmen, both
branches of the Legislature and a
large majority of the county officers.
The Democrats are in power, and
have the machinery of government at
their command. They realize that
should they be turned down by the
voters it would likely be years before
they could return to power. This Is
not all they are fighting for, however,
for in November comes the national
election, and the Democratic party in
Maine feels certain that the winning
of the State in September will, with
out doubt, mean that they will land
the six electoral votes of Maine for
Wilson in November.
On the other hand the Republicans
chagrined at their loss of power, are
anxious to once more occupy posi
tions in the seats of the mighty.
GIRLS FATHER ARRESTED
Charged With Firing the First Shot
at the Neero Johnson Who Was
Lynched Released o'n a Ten Thous
and Dollar Bond Five Hundred
Sympathizers Attend Hearing and
Cheer Prisoner. J
Blefield, W. Va., Sept. 9. Gordon
White, father of Nita White, ,the
girl who was assaulted here Thurs
day and for which Robert Johnson,
a negro wag lynched at Princeton,
W. Va., has been arrested, charged
with murder. He is alleged to have
fired the first shot at Johnson, who
is now believed to have been inno
cent. Other arrests will follow, it ia
said.
Pluefleld, Sept. 9. Gordon White,
the father of Nita, who was arrested
on A charge of first degree murder
jn connection with the lynching of
an. alleged innocent negro was re
leased on $10,000 bail today. Five
hundred sympathisers were present
at the hearing And cheered his re
lease.' Feeling is intense. Investiga
tion of the lynching was, .began by a
special grand jury. Fifty or seventy
five arrests are expected.
OSCAR S. STRAUS.
Chairman of Commission Arbi
trating Engineers' Demand.
Photo hr. American Praaa Aitoclatloa.
New York, Sept. 9. Despite
' his announced intention of re
' signing since his nomination
' for Governor of New York on
the Bull Moose ticket, OscAr
. Strauss will remain chairman
' of the board of arbitration to
settle the wage dispute bc
' tween the engineers and rail-
roads in the Eastern Trunk
territory. This announce
ment followed a meeting of
the arbitration committee to
day. s
E
Congressman From the Eighth Dis
trict Issues a Challenge to the
Nominee of the Republican Party
for a Joint Discussion The Letter
Written to Mr. Reynolds by the
Doughton.
Mr. R, L. Doughton, the represen
tative in congress for this district
is known as a vigorous campaigner
and active worker. Once he gets in
to the canvass Farmer Bob is a hust
ler and his opponent always hears
from him. The Post gave the action
of the Republican convention at
Statesville the other day, a conven
tion that nominated Mr. Reynolds of
Albemarle to make the race for con
gress and today we give the letter
written from the representative from
the district, who is again the nominee
of his party:
Laurel Springs, N. C, Sept. 5, 1912.
Hon. C. D. B. Reynolds,
Albemarle, N. C.
My Dear Sir:
I see in the papers that you have
received the republican nomination
for Congress in this the Eighth North
Carolina district. I, therefore, invite
you to a joint discussion of the issues
of the campaign, to the end that the
voters of the district may be better
able to decide for whom they should
cast their ballot in the coming elect
ion to represent them in the tv'rd
congress.
If such campaign meets with your
appropal, I will be glad to meet you
one day next week in Winston-Salem
or some other point as convenient as
practicable to us both, to arraugo de
tails of the campaign.
Awaiting your early reply, I am,
Yours truly,
R. Ig DOUGHTON.
W SERIOUS IF TRUE
ReDorted Trouble Among Russian
Subjects Report Hss it That One
Hundred Are Killed and Two Hun
dred Injured in Clash Between Mu
tinous Engineers and Infrantry
Government is Suppressing Facts.
Berlin Sept. 9. One hundred were
killed and two hundred injured in a
battle between a mutinous batallioi
of Russian engineers and a regiment
of the Czar's infantry According to
information from St Petersburg to
day. -1 The government is suppressing
the facts as it is believed in army
and navy circles that the situation U
serious. '
. (
IMLM DEAD
Wife of the Newspaper Publisher
Died Early This Morning at Bar 1
Harbor, Maine Noted Doctor Did;
.Not Kearh Her Bedside Before!
Her Death. The Special Train
Passed Through Salisbury Yester- .
day.
I
liar Harbor, Me., Sept. 9. Mrs.
John R. McLean (lied at :.riO thin '
morning. Her husband the well
known niillionare newspaper publish
or her sister, Madam HakhmetcfT,
wife 'f the Russian ambassador and
her son Kdwurd were by her bed side
when the end came. Dr. L. F. Baker,
the noted John's Hopkirn physician
who was rushed from the mountains
of North Carolina to her bedside, did
not reach Bar Harbor before the
death of his patient. Mrs. Mi-Lear,
was at the summer home of the Mc
Leans and several days ago an effort
was made to get Dr. Baker to Bar
Harbor to attend her. He was in the)
mountains of Western North Caroli- ,
n u and race he made to get to Bar
Harbor to atend the wealthy publish
ers wife attracted wide attention.
Mr. McLean owns several of the larg
est papers of the United States.
The special train which brought
Dr. Baker from North Carolina cov
ered the distance from Ashevillo fo
Mount Desert Ferry at an average
speed of 72 miles an hour, according
to the railroad men. The run across
the bay in a power boat owned by
Edgar Scott of Philadelphia, a dis
tance of eight milea, was covered in
20 minutes.
The McLeans leased a special tele
graph wire between Bar Harbor and
Washington which was manned tiny
and night.
The special bearing the noted doc
tor passed through Salisbury early,
yesterday morning and had right of
way over everything. The trip fiom
Ashevillo here was one of the quickest
ever made over this riad. No tims
was lost in changing engines at Spen
cer and the special sped on in north
ern journey swiftly.
VVOrVh'MURPH V" OPERATED ON
Popular Young Saliskurian Takes the
Knife at Salt Lake City for Ap
pendicitis. The many friends of Mr. Worth
W. Murphy will be interested in a
wire received by his mother, Mrs.
Thos. Murphy, this morning stating
that he successfully underwent an
operation for appendicitis at Salt
Lake City, Utah, yesterday. Mr.
Murphy has spent the past several
years wi,th the Utah , Construction
Co., of that city. His friends here
will wish for him a speedy recovery.
AFTER BISHOP DENNY.
Stewards of First Methodist Church
Invite Noted Divine to Salisbury.
The stewards of the First Metho
dist church decided yesterday to in
vite Bishop Denny to come to Salis
bury and preach on the Sunday pre
ceding the meeting of the Western
North Carolina Conference in No
vember. The conference meets in
High Point.
IS OUT FOR GOV. WILSON
Providenc Jorunal One of the Large
Independent Papers of New Eng
land Give its Support to the Demo
cratic Ticket.
New York, Sept. 9. The Provid
ence Journal, one of the most influ
ential papers in New England, has
come out for Governor Wilson.
The Journal is an independent pap
er and has held off supporting any of
the. candidates until today when in
corumn leading editorial, tne paper
states in part:
"As an independent newspaper,
bound to no party and desiroc only
of serving the public good, the Journ
al believes, that the election of Wocd-
row Wilson at President of the 1 ni
ted States is demanded by every r
sideration of the national welfare.
"To -whom -then, at such a junc
ture can intelligent and patriotic men!
turn if not to Governor Wilson? .Mow,
as the Journal asked on the occasion
of his speech of aceptance, -an such
men fail to respond to so inspiring A
call? The question ia no longer one
of mere partisanship. It is at bottom
a question of morals. Governor W
son does not include in the cant of
effecting to be greater than his par
TAFI AND DEPARTMENTS : .
EXCHANGE MANY MESSAGES.
ty; but he does appeal to men out
Ride of the party to join with him in
discovering and applying remedy
for admitted evils. He is no blind re-
actionary, no wild eyes radical He,
does not believe, like Mr. Taft, that
a tariff guaranteeing profits to, spec- ;
ial interests is the golden source of
all our properity or, like Mr. Roose- j
velt, that Utopia is to bj established 1
by a domincring bureaucracy with I
an infallible head. "We need no rev
olution," he says; "we need no excit
ed change; we need only a new point
of view and a new method of spirit of
counsel." The nation will be a for
tunate if its next President deals with
vital issues in such a fashion. It will
be fortunate if the lofty ideals of
Woodrow Wilson inspire the new ad
ministration. The Journal Is glad to
give its earnest support to such a
man.
.
KANSAS CITY HOTELS .v
FINE PLACE FOR TIPS.
Kansas City, Sept. 9. Since Jan
uary 1, employes of Kansas City
hotels have received more than $450,
000 in tips.
This is more than Kansas City's
share, but the cmployea say it is an
excellent tip territory, the best in the
country for its size, and it ranks third
in the United States, New York and
San Francisco, being first and sec
ond. The tipping, conservatively esti
mated is as follows:
' Hotel Baltimore, 200 employes, at
$2 daily, each $400; eight other ho
tels, 800 employes, at $2 daily, each
$1,600; one day's tips $2,000.
Multiply this by 270 daya or nine
months, and you have $540,000.
The tips never average less than
$2 a day for an employe, it is said,
and if all the hotels are included the
total would be raised, to mora, thin
$750,000. This makes the annual1 In-;
take in tips $720,00 for the eight lead-
in? hotels, and more than tiX6d0OOTDiliaKlncTiailf tovnaC A band of 100
. ..... .... ' I
comes from the east And is spent
here.
If the calculation were extended
to the entire state it would prove
that Missouri is second in the anion
in the amount of tips taken. There
are 2,266 hotels in the state. Of these
168 are four stories or mbre high
and 2,098 three stories 6t less. This
is the report of Harry M. Duncan,
state hotel inspector for 1911. r The
state gets almost $2,000,000 annual
ly in hotel tips. This is said to be
the chief reason why no anti-tipping
law was passed.
Yesterday's Band Concert. 4
The Salisbury Band delighted -another
large crowd at Fulton Heights
yesterday afternoon with one of its
sacred concerts. A . splendid program
was rendered.
Preacher Makes Disparaging Re
marks Concerning Woman of
Commings, Ga Almost Beaten to
Death. Two Negroes Had Been
Arrested Charged With Asaaultlag
White Woman.
Cumming, Ga., Cept. 9. Race trou
ble was precipitated here Saturday
afternoon following the arrest of
two negroes charged with assaulting
a white woman, when Grant Smith,
a negro preacher, made disparaging
remarks about the women of Cum
ming. The preacher was Almost bea
ten to death by a mob of white men
before officers rescued him and locked
him in the vaults of the court house
The negroes have become aroused
and have threatened to dynamite the
town if any of their race is lynched.
Jo effort has been made to molest
the negroes locked in the county jail
charged with assault.
Infantry Sent to 8cene.
Atlanta, Sept. 9. One company of
infantry was dispatched from Gaines
ville. Ga.. to Cummings by Gov.
Brown upon the receipt of infornia
tion that a clash between the races
was imminent. The troops departed,
in automobiles for Cummings,abotit
22 miles away. ' ' V
M. Clayton Brown came in today
from Georgia to visit, relatives "Mrs!
Brown is spending the time in hit
absence with her parents At Griffin,
Ga. - ..',
NEGRO STARTS RACE. RIOT
MEXICAN
E
PRESIDENT MAY CALL AN EX
TRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
VERY SOON. ,
WAR DEPARTMENT READY
Voluminous Interchange of Import
ant Telegrams Between the Presi dent
at Biddefordpool Maine and :
the State and War Department Of
ficials at Wasahington Four Men
to be Executed at Daybreak Tomer-.
row for Conspiring to Loot City of
Mexico Yaqui Indians Go on the -
Warpath and Give Trouple,
Washington, Sept 9. There has
been a voluminous interchange, of.
telegrams between President Taft,
at Biddeforpool, Maine, and officials
of the State and War department lit
ia regard to the Mexican situation to- '
day. If the president decides to cajl
a special session of Congress he la n-
pected to announce the dedsiori"Verjr j
soon The War department il -pre- "
pared for any emergency. , f
Conspired to Loot City. '
Mexico City, Mex., Sept 9. Hav
ing confessed to being involved In a
conspiracy to loot this city next Sun- ,
day, Antonio Zerba and three lieuten
ants will be executed At daybreak to
morrow. .''
Indians on War Path. , ;
Tuson, Arts., Sept 9. Ai new
source of danger threatens Ameri
cans and other foreigners in Senora,
Xatjuijndians are on the yw path,'
. . 7 1 T I..' ',: 'l
killed two man. one wotnan and
A child And they captured a Reatito
official. Tbe Consilidatad Gold And
Copper Company's plant on the Yada
river was raided. The citlieni And
federala engaged the Indians ; in a
fight And five were killed And many
wounded. . V; .;-v '
BREAKING UP MASHING.
Called Her "Chicken" and Was Fined
as a Corner Masher.
. Baltimore, Sept. 9. "He called me
'Chicken,' said Mrs. Webster; Ep
stein, a dashing brunette, in court
today, accusing Ferninand Nusbaum. '
"And I am a married woman, Judge.
But those mashers don't worry me.
If they had I would have picked up -a
brick and hit them in the head."
In addition, Mrs. Goldie Schuman
charged young Nusbaum with disre
spectfuly addressing her two daugh- ;
ters. .Offceri who made the arrest '
told the magistrate they were trying
to break up a crod of mashers that
hangs around the corner of Madison
and North avenues. Nusbaum paid
a fine and the other youngsters got
a lecture. "'."
At "Hello, Honey, Mrs. Baker Beats
Masher With Umbrella. ,
Springfield, Mass.', Sept 9. Mrs.
Julia Baker was walking in ;Mainf
street with another woman when
Thedy Gaffney approached.' Gaffney"
smiled confidently, but the overtuno
was ignored. Gaffney was not easily
squelched. Looking into Mrs. Bak-'
air's face he said sweetly, "Hello,
Honey." Mrs. Baker grabbed an um
brella from her companion And began
to belabor Gaffney, whose cries of
pain attracted the police. In police1
court Gaffney was fined $10. fi :
"LINCOLN" PARTT.
Taft Republicans ef . Pennsylania -Adopt
the Above Name, v
Philadelphia, Sept .-The", name,
"Lincoln party," was Adopted by
Taft Republicans of Pennsylvania,
for A complete state ticket and prel-'
idential electors. This action follows
the Roosevelt electors' refusal on the -regular
Republican ticket to with-,
draw their names. '
ran
. Teddy Talks to Women. . .
Spokane, Wash., Sept , 9-CoL,
Roosevelt addressed a woman audi
ence in the opening the tampaign In
WAshingtoin. ' He declared "equal
suffrage essential if A square deal bo
secured." ' . "
u" " s