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f WEATHER TODAY Partly cloudy tonight' and Fri day. ' LAKtiCST KVEJMINU CIKUUUA TION IN PROPORTION TO CUY'S POPULATION IN NORTH CAROLINA Vol. 19, No. 45. SALISBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS AIT YTIUI1TO IT HD ACE1EG0T. SATURDAY lGDU limn mm MB V- BOARD NOTIFIED TH AT 35 PER CENT OFTHECOUHTRY'S RAILROADS WANT PEACE OFFICIALS EXPECT IT Shop Leaders Get Word F rom Railroads Assuring Them of Their Willingness to Enter Peace x Negotiations. (By Associated Press) Washington, Sept 14. -Direct negotiations to end the, shopmen's strike on the Southern, tailroed on the basis of the agreement adopted by the shop crafts general policy committee, will be inaugurated at the conferences to be held here be ginning Saturday. Henry W. Miller, vice president of the Southern railroad, in marge of the operations, in making this announcement today expressed confidence that details of the pltn whereby shop employes of tl.e Southern System on strike would return to work would be worked out without further difficulties- at the conferences. He said conferences were ar ranged upon receipt of a telegram from the shop craft representa tives. ' Seaboard Conference Saturday Norfolk, Va., Sept. 14. The Seaboard Air Line Railway ia tak ing steps to arrange for the strik ing shopmen on that line to return to work. The management of the road will hold a conference here Saturday with representatives of the shop crafts at which a resump tion of work will be discussed on the basis of the terms of the Chi cago settlement Officials of the Seaboard here did not care today to say more than to announce the ' bare fact that they expected to confer with the shopmen Saturday. Consideration of Board Virginian Railway Not Included , Norfolk. Van Sept 14 The Vlr, , ginian Railway, one of the princi pal coal carriers serving the West Virginia fields, is not interested in the Chicago plan of settlement, W. D. Baker, assistant to the operat ing vice-president,, asserted here today. Chicago, Sept. 14. The settle ment of the shopmen's strike on certain railroads sustains the transportation act and should the question upon which the strike was predicted come back to the United States Railroad labor board "the fullest and fairest consideration" will be granted, Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the labor board, said in a statement today. - Road Are Willing. Washington, Sept 14. Advices to the labor board department to- day from . its representatives inf Chicago, said that railroads repre tenting approximately 35 per cent of the country's mileage had, sig nified their intentions of ending the shopmen's strike on the basis of the agreement accepted by the shop crafts general policy commit tee, and that the roads represent ing an additional SO per cent were ready to end the strike. The commission to decide upon and to adjudicate the differences between workers and rail heads as .provided under the agreement yes terday, labor department officials have been informed, will be com posed of six chopcraf ts representa tives and not officials of the rail road brotherhoods as originally provided. Section 4 of the agreement, the advices further explained, was in terpreted in Chicago by union workers to mean that the railroads signatory to the agreement - will meet the union representatives on the wage question and -all other mattera growing out of the strike and upon failure to agreement on the points at issue, the question under dispute will be referred to a commission provided for in sec tion i. v : Norfolk & -Western Remains Out Richmond, Va., Sept 14 A. C. Needles, vice president of the Nor folk & Western Railroad, today announced that the Norfolk & Western it not' included . m the group of railroads which settled the shopmen's strike with B. M. JewelL - Out of Question Says Loomis. " New York, Sept 14 President E. E. Loom is, of the Lehigh Val ley Railroad, today announced that "it was out of the question for us to accept" the plan proposed to end tne railroad strike. ile said his employes were now forming an ' association of their own. - Roads Want Negotiations. ' Chicago,1 Sept 14 Leaders of the federated, railroad shop crafts, who today began negotiating sep arate settlement ox the shopmen's 'strike in accordance- with the agreement adopted by the unions I general policy committee, announc ed that several railroads had tel egraphed union headquarters indi cating their willingness to go into . negotiations. ' .'. ' . These, the leaders said, were in addition to about 60 roads which had previously agreed to separate settlement , ... SO Roads to Sign. ' Instructions to various system federation officers to sign negotia tions and arrange agreements with their roads were sent out from union headquarters this morning by B. M. Jewell, chief atrike leader and head of the Railway Employes Department of the American Fed eration of Labor. Although the shop crafts' execu tive council remained here with Mr. Jewell to direct the, affairs of the railway chop crafts in a settle ment of the strips the policy com mittee members scattered to their respective districts soon after the settlement plan had been adopted. The railway systems counted on and those expected to sign the agreement immediately are said to number 50 of the 202 class 1 roads of the country. Some of the larg est systems are counted as among those willing to sign for Immediate peace. Under the terms of the peace plan the shopmen are to return to work under the wage scales pre scribed by the United States labor board effective July lfthe date the strike began in protest against the board's decision. The question of seniority, which arose after the strike began and proved to be the chief barrier to an early settle ment, was not specifically mention ed in the agreement, which pro vides that the shopmen shall . re turn to work "in position of the class" they occupied before the strike. The agreement made no mention either of working condi tions or the contract system for "farming out" shop work, which, with, the wage controversy, were the original Issues in the strike. The text of the instructions to officials of the system federations would remain a secret, Mr. f Jewell said. He said although union leaders would not make public at this time the list of roads parties to the agreement, but would re tain the list he said, because it probably would be augmented by new signers as a result of a con tinuous series of conferences with roads not already in agreement. If the list . is made': public, Mr. Jewell said, it will have to corns from the roads themselves. The Terms of Settlement The terms of settlement were as follows: , "1. In order to bring' to an end the existing strike of employes (Continued on Page Two) SPEECHES FEATURE SCOUT CONFERENCE (By Associated Press) Blue Ridge, N. C, Sept 14 Committee reports, problem study, and organized recreation discus sions were on the program today of the boy Scout executives from all parts of the : United States, France, Great Britain and Hawaii, with speeches by A. A. Schuck, chairman of the south finance com mittee,. H. H. Home, of the New York University, who was to speak 6n the "Conscience of Service. ' A conference is scheduled for tonight with another address by Professor Horne. . .. , . Dr. Wilmer, at Protestant Episcopal Conference, Protests Against .. Cer tain Organizations. (Uy Aasociated Press) Portland, Ore., Sept 14 An at tack upon mob violence was placed before the house of deputies of the general conference of the Protes tant Episcopal church in a resolu tion offered by W. C. Wilmer At lanta.' rrSy.' ;. iv; Though refusing to say that he had aimed the resolution at the Ku- Klux Klan, whose headquarters are in his city, Dr. Wilmer said in bringing it before the convention: "Any organization., based on the definition of Americanism which excludes certain races or religion must develop prejudices or antag onisms towards persons of those races or religions and must in evitably encourage taking of the law into one's own hands and ulti mate use of such an organization for the purpose of .private, re venge." ' . PASTOR AnACKS MOB VIOLENCE Singers In Discord, v ft Luella MeluU, soprano, baa an plied for an Injunction to block the proposed operatic concert tour of Ganna Walska, now the bride of Harold F. McCormlck. The action la based on an alleged violation of agreement by Julee Dalber, oper I atio tnanarr. STRIKE IS OVER E Telegram From Ellis States That Men Will Return to Work First of Next Week. ' A telegram from J. M. Ellis, one of the six general chair- . " men of the Souther and ami- iated Hnea, thia morning saidv , that he was on his way to ' Washington with his col leagues of the policy commit tee to meet officials of the Southern to work out details of the settlement. A telegram stated that he expected to get home Sunday and that the men will be re turned to work the first part . of the week. . The telegram was sent to ' Mrs. EHis from Chicago where Mr. Ellis has been attending the meeting of the general ; policy committee. The tele gram follows: v "Leave tonight for Wash ington where we meet officials to work out details of settle ment Men will be - returned to work first part of next week. Expect to get home Sunday" . i- - v-. -A--. Jewell Confirms Agreement R. B. Wright president of the Salisbury-Spencer labor union, re ceived' a telegram from B. M. Jewell, head of the affiliated chop crafts of the American Federation of Labor, confirming the agree ment in Chicajao yesterdays and notifying him that details of the agreement would follow. Officials at the shops had received nothing official up until 1 o'clock this after noon... '.'?-.(' : ' Rejoicing Last Night The news of the virtual settle ment of the strike of rail shopmen which was received in Salisbury late yesterday afternoon in an As sociated Press dispatch to iha Ev ening Post quoting Secretary of Labor Davis was received with de light by strikers, officials and the citizens of the community. . The Evening Post's telephones were ringing from 6:30 until ten, one was in almost constant use from six until seven o'clock and part of the time two. Two hun dred and forty telephone calls were answered during the even ing and hundreds of people visited the bulletin board in front of the office. : The first news of a settlement reached Salisbury about 5 o'clock in the announcement of Secretary "1 nwre ox Decrewry oi lmoot iavis mat ne naa aireci communication from Chicago that a settlement as afrecting from thirty-five to forty per cent of the roads, including the Southern, was assured. 'v . About eight Mr. Jewell's state ment that he had been authorized to enter into separate peace agree ments with roads willing to meet the terms agreed on by the policy committee. , There was virtually no doubt that the developments mean the end of the strike on the Southern within the next few days. .Many women called last night to learn the latest news from the strike. The crowd in front of the bulletin board was mostly men. Many be gan speculations as to when they would be back on the job and most (CONTINUED ON FAGB JJINK) Y EM JOB OUTLOOK IS DIAL PLANS NEW HOUSES SHOW WAR Government Report . Pre dicts Better Times if Coal Can Be Secured to Industry. (By H. B. Hunt) Washington, Sept 14 As com pared with one year ago, when more than 6,000,000 men faced the winter jobless, the present employ ment situation is declared most encouraging by the U. S. Employ ment service. True, decreased coal production and the handicap of impaired transportation due to the strike of railway shopmen are reflected in a downward curve in employment, in some localities, according to the latest figures gathered. But the government renort nre- diets that if only sufficient cosl can be delivered to keep factory wheels turning, and if the railroads are able to move this coal to the shops and to haul away the ship ments of finished products, pie de mand for workers in most indus tries will prevent any general re currence of unemployment during tne coming months. To date the percentage of unem ployment resulting from the coal ana railway strikes, other than of men directly involved in the strikes, is small, but it is recog nized "that these factors are the ones most seriously threatening the employment situation through the coming winter. That American business general ly was getting out of the dumps and was rapidly approaching a pe riod of sound prosperity at the time the coal and rail difficulties developed, is indicated by the in creased employment in many lines of industries which have surmount ed the situation. Although latest figures show a small total decrease in employment of 65 leading cities for which em ployment data is compiled, 39 show increases as against 26 reporting decreases during the month of August. The chemical industry scores the largest percentage' of increase in numbers of men employed, with leather and .leather products, stone, clay and glassware next in line. Declining employment was re flected in returns covering iron and steel, textiles, lumber, automobiles, psper and printing, metal products and beverages. . Local situations in the various states, summarized from detailed reports from both industrial and agricultural centers, are given be low: ' . t Maine ' General improvement Small shortage of workers in tex tile industry. Shoe industry shows decided improvement Practically all plants working full time. New Hampshire Many cotton mills reopen and large numbers of employes return to work. Surplus of workers in granite and railroad shops, due to labor controversies. Vermont Textile mills operat ing full time. Shortage of. workers in hosiery and knitting mills. Build ing trades active. - Massachusetts Textile industry fast 'approaching normal. Shoe factories running nearly full ca pacity. Granite plants approach ing normal. Decided improvement in machine industries. -Rhode Island Jwelery and sil verware show improvement. Nut and bolt plants operating overtime. ueneral improvement Connecticut Conditions excel lent. Typewriter factories operat ing nearly normal basis. Hat fac tories running night shifts. Brass and copper lines register shortage of workers. MORE North Carolina Both - textile and lumber industries show en couraging improvement - South Carolina Notwithstand ing fuel and railway difficulties, employment is increasing. Tex tiles show considerable increase. Farms providing employment for many hnds n .p.. .i n-tv i dustries showing recovery; slight increase in employment in ' stone, clay and glass products. Florida Plenty of work for all classes. Anticipating large influx of winter tourists ' earlier than usual, on account of coal shortage ivswiu ni- r ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN) TWO MINERS KILLED . BY SUDDEN FALL 07 SLATE IN W: VA. MINE ' (By Associated Press) Bluefield, W. Va.. Sept 14. Chaa. E. Hughes, of Pocohontas, Va., and J. S. Hancock, of Norman, N. C, were killed by a fall of elate in the Big Vein mines at Pocohon tas, yesterday, v LEM EMPIRE: FIRST MOVE New' Government Seen in Rout of Greeks; Powers Will Accede to Turkish Leaders Demands. (By Norrls W. Quinn.) New York, Sept 14 In the oc runmtinn of Smvrni and the' rout j of Greek troops along the wholeJ i coast of Asia Minor, mustapna : Kemal Pasha, hitherto obscure head of the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora, has accom plished more than a momentary military victory. Xemal lias made himself mili tary and political leader of Islam and: will now be looked upon as the head of the great Mohammedan fraternity comprising almost a third of the world's population with ramifications reaching even into our own Philippines. The Turkish leader now is plan- ning to use to the greatest possible ! advantage the prestige gained by I his victory over the Greeks'. I Playing- em the peculiar political .influence Mohammedans are able j to wield in the colonial possessions I of the great powers, Kemal today is preparing to take the first, step toward weldinir all Islam together into a politico-religious empire I tha Tvntnmr.inn nf thu o-Inrimia rI. lphate of old. Kernel's. Plans. This information comes from unofficial Kemalist aids in the Ori ental quarter of New York who for months have been in continual touch with Kemalist heads in An gora and Constantinople. Here are Kemal's plans, as un derstood by his friends and sup porters here: -y Onet To conclude a peace with Greece which will restore Turkey td the same territorial importance it enjoyed before the World JWar, except that he will allow Constan tinople to be internationalised. Two To establish the capital of this new' Turkish empire at An gora and to make the city a great center of Moslem learning and a vast bureau for the dissemination of Pan-Islamic propaganda. Three: To conclude official trea ties with the Ameer of Afghanis tan, the king of the Hedjas and the ruling Mohammedanelements of Persia, and unofficial treaties and understandings with the rebllious elements among the Mohammedans of Egypt, Smyrna, India and North Africa. All of these will recognize Kemal as their head and as the "defender of the faith." No Opposition. In taking the . firrt step the peace with Greece Kemal - will find no opposition from the great powers, his friends here say. The powers will accede to the Turkish leader's demands because they fear refusal would bring about rebellion among Mohammedan ele ments in their colonial possessions. This applies to Great Britain, France and Italy. i At the peace table Kemal will force the abrogation of the treaty of Sevres, signed after the World War, which chopped off much of Turkey's territory. .. ' j ' Kemal, however, will allow the internationalization of Constanti nople, only ' demanding that he be in. , i i ,1 . 1 1 permutea 10 act as guardian oi me holy Mohammedan places there or that he have power to name the guardian. . ' Under Way. The second step making An gora a world center of Moham medanism already- is under way. The city is being enlarged and beautified. Plana are being made for a great Moslem university there. . . - , ' , Conclusion of pacts with Mo hammedan leaders and rulers in other countries will be easy and Kemal will see to it that each com pact strengthens his position as head of the Islamic world. i The Ameer of Afghanistan, most powerful Independent Moslem rul er has been eager to ally himself j the form of an endowed scholar with i any movement looking to-j,hip to be known as the Belvin W, ward a restoration of Mohamme- j Maynard scholarship, to be award mi.powe5 . . , . , led to worthy young men handicap The detached Mohammedan ele-ped as he was, by poverty, who de ments in Syria and Arabia like-jgirs . C0ue(re education, wise are eager to attach them-; Both of these movements, origi 't","""? central power thatinaUng among friends and admirers wui am mem in u eir ijjfnk against European aceression. And Persia is tired of being de spoiled by Europe. Already ; Kemal's influence among revolutionary elements in North Africa, Egypt and India has been seen and feared by Great Britain and France. France con cluded an alliance with Kemal to offset his influence in Algeria. DIRIGIBLE AT AKRON Akron, hio, Sept 14. The army dirigible arrived at Wingf ood aeri al station near here at 11:25 a. m. The big airship moored at the han gar there and the crew, landed for luncheon.. It will leave late today for Daytoj. . Bears Bid to ; Mlas Mary Harrington, of Reno, Ker., was picked as a representative of Western womanhood to travel 3000 miles to Washington and Invite iPresldent Harding to the Reno Round-Up. En presented the executive iwjt..10-ga41on cowbfty.bat. - - , fflO CONVICTED Robert and Lizzie Rose- bro, Negroes ., Found Guilty ; Jury Recom mends Mercy for Robt .-. - -.. . 1 The jury in the case of Robert and Lizzie Rosebro, negroes, oh trial for the killing of Columbus Nicholson another negro, at Cleve land, this county, May 22 last, returned a verdict early Jast night finding both defendants guilty of manslaughter and with the verdict was a recommendation for mercy as to Robert The jury found that Lizzie was the chief perpetrator of the crime. The dead negro was literally cut to pieces with a razor. The state in this case did not ask for a verdict of first degree murder but for either , second degree or manslaughter. Sentence had ' not been pronounced at noon. The penalty for manslaughter is from four months to 20 years imprison ment. This was tne only capital case on the docket and practically all of the court's time was taken up yesterday in hearing this case. Other criminal cases were taken up this morning and as this docket is being fast, cleared there is a probability that the work of the court, so far as criminal cases is concerned, will be completed by the close of business this afternoon, after which the civil docket will 'be takm up. v,:-... -,';.'" WAKE FOREST WILL ERECT TWO MEMORIALS T0 "FLYINO PARSON" Wake Forest, Sept. 14. Wake Forest college, the" Alma Mater of Belvin W. Maynard, famous "Fly ing Parson," whb was killed re cently at Rutland, Vt, will fittingly commemorate his life as a student at Wake Forest by two memorials, one a bronze tablet in the college 0f the brilliant young aviator- preacher, have received the official endorsement of the Wake Forest college faculty and a committee from that body, consisting of Prof. Hubert A. Jones, Dr. J; W. Howell, and Dr. Chas. P. Weaver, has been appointed to receive funds for this purpose. - ' Contributions may be sent to Prof. Hubert Jones, chairman of the Maynard Memorial Fund com mittee, Wake Forest N. C All contributions, however small, will be welcomed and Promotly ac knowledged bv Prof. Jones. Mem-1 bers of the faculty have given the , fund a substantial beginning and students and other friends of Mr. Maynard have expressed their de sire to contribute to the memorial. OF MANSLAUGHTER OY TRAIN NO. 31 President WE MAN KILLED Will' Zachery, of High ' Point Meets Death While Walking on Track. A white man apparently about 46 years old whose identity is established as Will : Zachery, of High Point, was instantly killed early this morning- when he was struck by ' southbound passenger train No.. 31 at Lake, a flag sta tion lust north of Lexington. The. remains were brought to Salisbury on No. 81 and turned over to a local undertaker to be prepared for bur ial. It is said the man was walk ing along the track when struck by the locomotive. His head . was crushed, a leg broken and he was otherwise bruised and mangled. The identification was made by means of letters and other papers found on his person. He is said to have been from the tiuillord county home but as to why he was walk ing along the railroad track has not been explained. He was evi dently leaving the home for some noint.as he carried a dilapidated cheap black suit case in which was an old hat several collars and one or two pieces of underwear. No money was found on his person. A brother and daughter of the dead man were expected to arrive this lifyxfaooft f rom Greensboro and in the meantime the remains were being held at Wright's mor gue, awaiting instructions for final disposition. ' Was a Furniture Worker.. A telephone message from High Point 'this afternoon stated that Will Zachery, who was killed by a train near Lexington this morn inir. is designated in the High Point city director as a furniture worker and his sge is given at 64 years Whether he had been at work late-J lv could fiot be learned. It was: said a brother, C. I. Zachery, lives . in High Point and that relatives ' were now on their way cere to take charge of the remains which would be taken to High Point on No. 12 tonight ; There was no in formation as to why he was walk ing along the railroad tracks with the hand grip. CONFESSES ATTEMPT TO WRECK R, R. TRESTLE ' (By Associated Press) Jacksonville, Fla., Sept 14. In signed statement at the county jail this morning Oris Norton, Seaboard Air Line striker, con fessed that he and four others plotted to . dynamite the trestle over the six mile creek on- the At lantic Coast Line near here Thurs day night according: to announce ment by Deputy Sheriff H. L. snackieford. f OFF TO MESOPOTAMIA (By Associated Press) , London, Sept 14 One thousand officers and men of the Royal air force embarked today at South- ampton for service in Mesopota- j mi. $ 1 10 NEGROES Will! DIET0M0RR0WF0R CRIMINAL ASSAULT mi&ua uxuiyuj ana JOS-j eph Thomas, Who Jtf tacked Tourists Near Southern Pines, to Pay. (By Associated Press) Raleigh, Sept 14. More than 1,000 persons have annlied to War den Sam Busby for tickets to wit ness tne electrocution tomorrow of Angus Murphy and Joseph Thomas, negroes, convicted of charges growing out of an attack on Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ketchen. of Miamia. Fli.. near Southern Pines about six weeks ago. ' Warden Busby savs he will issue 60 tickets. Baptismal rites have been A. ministered to Murphy and Thomas by local negro ministers. Both negroes were in good spirits today and declared they were ready for death. Thomas continues to protest his innocence of the attack on Mr. . and Mrs. Ketchen but admits he was with Murphy and John Lee, another negro, when the assault oc curred, i l: , Lee submitted to a secret assault and is serving a 12 years sentence in the state penitentiary. The execution , tomorrow will make the fourth double execution since the electric chair has been used in this state. EUROPE HAS FEARS TOR OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER BIO WAR (By Associated Press) . London, Sept 14. The eastern situation is causing considerable anxietv here. Thia ia rofiitrf the editorial columns of the morn ing newspapers some of which have adopted a , distinctively alarmist tone. - -.:-;' v "A grave crisis, confronts th allies, says one, while others de clare "the situation is 'drifting to v the dagger point," and that "all the elements are present for an other flareup of wir," and thai the "powers must act at once and in agreement; if they fail to agree, nothing but a miracle can avert s disaster." .:. - AMUNDSEN DEFERS Y FLIGHT ACROSS , THE NORTH POLE (By. Associated Press) , Nome, Alaska, Sept' 14 Infor mation from a reliable source has been received here to the effect that Capt Roald Amundsen would not attempt this yesr his proposed slight across the North. Pole to Greenland as reported recently from Copenhagen. Capt Amundsen, who was last reported at Wainwrteht 100 miles southwest of Point Barrow, Alaska, plans to spend the winter there, ac cording to this information. DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST WM. S. HART ACTOR (By Associated Preso) Los Angeles, Cal., Sept 14. Suit for divorce on the ground of "extreme cruelty" will be institut ed at once against William S. Hart, film actor, by Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart, according to an nouncement today by Mrs. Hart's attorney, n 1 5 Keports that Hart had agreed to a 200,000 cash settlement with his wife were verified by Mrs. Hart's attorney, w He added, how- ever, that a complete settlement had not been affm-W nH t.ht h; client would ask for a much larg.: er sum. 100 CASES LIQUOR AND . $56,000 ARE TAKER New York, Sept 14. The two masted schooner, H. M. Gardner was brought into port today by the ' dry boat Tavlor and 100 cases of -liquor and $56,000 in gold . was taken to the customs house. The Gardner was seized last night off Scotland Light , CIVITAN CLiUHV HOLDS WEEKLY LUNCHEON :'U";:v-;i i ,.- .;.v'v x : -, ;.. Salisbury Civitans held , their regular weekly luncheon . today . noon. . Several new members were received at this time and a number of short talks made. Quite a bulk of routine business was transacted. Civitan now has a membership of 26. Approximately 20 attended the luncheon. -,: "Washington, Sept 14 Radical curtailment of White House en tertaining during the remainder cf the Harding administration is r - tain, whatever the oavor.is ci Harding's present iU'i