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FAYETTE VI LLE, N. C TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1916.
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TO THE COURTS
Negotiations are Being Opened for the Making of
a Contract Which Will Bind Both Interests for
a Term of Years. Brotherhood Offices Close
'
and the Small Army of Secretaries Leave for
Their Home Offices.
(By International News Service )
SOU'S LABOR DAY
BIGGEST EVER SEEN
Washington, Sept. 4. From a sour
ce close to the "big four" brotherhood
it was learned 'today that Imth the
railroad ami the brotherhood are
considering a mean of adjusting
their differences without recourse to
the courta.
It tf-a stated that neither side dcr
f aired to renew the national crisis
verted by legislative action and that
negotiations are being opened for the
making of a contract, called a clie-j
duted agreement, which will bind both j
interests for a term of yeara. j
Jne Mwlfterhood realized, It was : ray u lieing more generally relebrat
aaid. that if the railroad, contested ed throughout the South than at any
the act of Congres. establishing the time since the day became a national
eight-hour work day for them which ,,., ..y. Labor organization, today
increases their wages, they may low j j in nunrU.r rMt p,radesl m
the wage benefit and the fight over j Atlanta, Birmingham, ChaUnnoog,.
compensation would have to be made! Mobile. New frln. j.,kBviii.
I.ittU" Rock, Dallas and other com
mercial, industrial centers. Where
parsons and demonstrations were not
Parade in Memphis Must Spec
tacular in History of
. . the City. ,
(My International Newa Service)
Memphis. Term., Sept. 4 I.abor
THE FRENCH EFFECT
MOTHER CRUSHING
DEFEAT ON GERMANS
Score Marked Gains on Both
Sides the Somme on Fifteen-Mile
Front.
FRENCH HOLD Gl'ILLEMONT
Repulsing all Efforts by the Ger
mans to Regain the Position.
British Hold all Ground
e Gained During Previous Day.
aver again.
The railroads, on the other hand,
it was stated, apreciates that if they
. resist the law they will lose the pros
pective increase of , freight rates
promised them by President Wilson.
' In addition they would have to face
a new fight with the brotherhood,
ft. K. Would Profit.
j held the laboring people joined in at
tending picnics and celebrations.
Work at industrial plants has been
practically suspended throughout
the South.
The parade in Memphis was the
In the opinion of competent stud-',0,t tptvtaru in tne history of the
ents of the question the railroads Slret.t car ,rafr,e wa. ,tf,pped
would get the liest of the "bargain" f, while the parade nassed. Ther. .r.
an increase of freight rates were
; innumerable floats representing the
granted them in consideration of their j ,iirT,,r(,n, uji,,,,.,. At East i:,i p,rk
putting into effect the eight hour day this afternoon celebration was held
An increase of ftv. ,pjr cent in rate. anJ ,ho evwll .,- f!os. Uuiiuht wiu
it was said would amount to consid- J a fireWorks dUnlnv
(By International Newa Service.)
London. Sept. 4 The French to
day inflicted another crushing defeat
upon the Germans north and south
of the Somme. In an all-day battle
they pushed their lines. a considerable
distance forward on l.Vmile front
from the outskirts of Combles, north
of the river, to the village of Chilly
south Of it.
The British held all the ground
gained yesterday northeast of Com
blea and made further progress north
of Moquette farm near Dinchy.
The latter village is still partly held
by defenders but all efforts today to
regain Guillemont or part of it
proven fruitless. 1
CCGRESS LEADERS
FLAMADJQUHNMENT
BY THURSDAY NIGHT
Plan to Incorporate Webb Bill
Into Revenue Bill as an
- Amendment.
HOUSE AWAITS THE WORD
Ail that Remains on the Admin
istrative Executive Program
is the Webb Jll and the Reve
nue Bill.
Secretaries of State
Too Busy to Convent
erable more than the increased cost
of operating under the eight-hour day
law.
All the brotherhood offices were
Strikes have been numerous in cit
ies of the South this summer aqd they
have for. the moat part terminated
favorably to the organized workers
closed today, the small army of se-jThj, s par,it.ularly true of the street
eretaries and assistants leaving f
their home offices.
The brotherhood chiefs, like the
railroad executives advisory .'commis
sion expect to begin at an early date,
rwhen the new situation created by (he
action of Congress in, passing the
eight-hour day bill will be considered
German Hanks Among
War Ixan Subscribers
Berlin, Sept. 4 . ( Ry wirelest. io
Sayville) Subscriptions for the new
German loan the fifth war Joan, al
ready are cominjjjn. The Afrricultu
ral Central ltan Hank has si.bcriled
6Q,WUXffl marks, and the Elberfield
Savings Bank lO.OOP.OtMt marks.
The date for the official opening of
subscription lists is September A. It
in undertod that the loan which like
the previous tueft, will pay f per
ctit., is to be-iasued at 18.
car strikes in Memphis and I'hatta
nonua. In Birmingham the streH
car employes were triven conci-ssions
btfare a fitriku was ealleU.
htheral advances in wtifres have
l-en made in the Alabama coal and
iron district and employes of cutton
mills anl lumber camps have bene
fittefi. I.ahor throujrrumt the South
is.fu.Jjy- empioyej and working condi
tions are bt-ttcr for both whites and
neurots than they have ever been
:,unh of the Ohio river.
(By International News Strrire.)
lopt-ka, Kan., evt. . The
rretariea of State are Vto busy cam-
pairninsr this fan to hol.l a convention
in Topeka. J. T. Kitkin, chairman of
the execuihe committee of the na
tttnal aM!atjon" today announce I
that the national eonventiun schedul
ed for September 18 to 21 had i.cn
postponed until after election.
Streets of Athens
Patrolled By Allies
(By International Newa Service.)
Geneva, Sept.' 4. Revolutionary
disturbances have broken out in Ath
ens, it is reported in a dispatch re
ceived here today. French and Brit
ish troops are reported to be patrol
ling the city. Piraeus is under the
Fur Seal Herds On
Pribilofs (Jrowins
C.f?y International Newa Service.)
Washington, Sept. 4. --Growth it
the size of the fur-seal herds of tha
IVibilof Islands is shown by a census
now being taken by Dallas Ilanna, of
the Bureau of Fisheries. Mr. iianna's
inspections on St. George's Island, of
the IVibilof group, revealed 552 ha
rema and 3f4 idle bulls, almost double
the number last year. On St. Paul's
Island there are 2, 948 harems and
2,278 idle bulls, an increase of about
30 per cent, over last year.
RIOT BREAKS OUT AT
WELSH-WHITE FIGHT
Cushion Throwing, Bottle Hurl
ing and Gun l'lav is Par
ticipated In.
German Submarine
Is Reported Sunk
(By International Newa Service.)
Copenhagen, , Sept. 4. A German
submarine is reported to have been
rant of an allied fleet that arrived ( sunk off Sonderburg with the lost pf
on Thursday. several members of her crew. t.
(R 'nternatianal Newa Service.)
Colorado .piingwj Colo., ;ept. 4
Slidst soenc's of en. r.vmeiit that in
clu'letT a disaster hat has sh.cked
and saddened t.l.irado Springs, a
riot involved cut-hton throwing and
bottle heaping and a bit of gun play.
Fredde Welsh made a successful de
fense of his world's lightweight cham
pionship against the hard hitting
Charlie Wsiite, of Chicago, this after
noon. Welh received a typical Kn-
glish referees decision from Billy
Koche, of New York.
(By International Newa Seriir )
Washington, Sept 4 Adj-jurn-
mant of this session of Conirre n
Thursday September 7, is the plan tif
the i -aders. A resolution to that ef
fect wii be introduced in the House
tomorrow and adopted. It will be
held up in the Senate until the reve
nue Jnll i out of Congress and the
report on the deficiency appropriation
bill is accepted. Then the adjourn
ment resolution will be rushed
through and the annual Congressional
hegir.i will begin.
AB that remains on the administra-
GREECE SURRENDERS TO ULTIMATUM:
0E ALLIEO GOVERNMENTS; SEIZURE OF
POWER BY FORMER PREMIER MS
French and British Officials Take Over Control of
the Postal and TelegTaph systems. Streets of
Athens Thronged With Armed Detachments of
Foreign Soldiers While Unprecedented Scenes
Take Place.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF
LIU GIVEN U.S.
Wilson Accepts the Lincoln
Birthplace for the Nation.
Meaning of the Gift.
By International News Serricc)
Hodgensville, Ky Sept. 4. A lit
tle Kentucky farm, of rock-ribbed
soil and "crawfish land," became a
nation's shrine today when President
Wilson accepted on behalf of the peo
ple of the United States the memorial
park into which the birth place of
tive s-xecutive program in the Senate' Abra,uun Lincoln has been transfor-
s the revenue bill and the Webb bill,mtd-
to permit American exporters to es
tablish combination selling agencies
i-. Senate leaders plajufejlMMC-
porate the Webb bill into the revenue
bill as an amendment in order to as
sure quick action on it. Senator Sim
mons chairman of the Finunce Corn-
conferred today with some of,
Standing or. a platform under the
folds of th flag which flies daily
from the stai? in front of the heu.L
f jl Memorial building, built to aheJ
ter the rude pioneer cabin in which
the future President was born, the
address of President Wilson was de
livered to an audience of several
his colleagues resrardinkr the plan. It thousand who had assembled from ail
of the Cnitcd States, to take
(By International News Service
London, Sept. 4. The entrance ol
Greece into the war is only a natu-r.
of days. Her neutrality is a tnii'i'
of the past. A new dictator has r;
No longer her king, or Veniaef:'.
her dominant politicians have any
word to say. Alexander Zaire :. who
holds the portfolio of Premi-r hv
seized the reins of power.
Greece has surrendered utter'y to-
the ultimatum of France Great
Britain that her mails and u-Iegraph--be
handed over to allied- supervision
and that all Germans an-J A-jstrian
agents be expelled from he- eountrr '
Alreay French and Bntu-'n oti'-ciai
are, taking over control of the poslu!
and wire systems.
Unprecedented scenes are taking
place in the streets pf Athena. CiO -tens
of nations with which Creece i
at peace are being hunted down by
armed detachments of foreign sol
diers and locked in the brigs of al
lied warships.
The serzure' 6r power by ' Z&imia 5s "
one of the greatest political coups at
complished in years. .
s his opinion that the revenue mens- Part3
ure.-will be ready fur conference by
Tue-day night at the latest.
The lb, use is practically done .,-li
ciything except the revenue confer
ence report and can adjourn wheu-
leaders give the word.
Jap Company Starts
New Pacific Line
BAND VILLA SCOUTS
SEEN NEARfVALLE
part in the ceremonies marking the
transfer to the government 'tif 'a spot
whith will lie held in patriotic rever
ent-'- with Mr, Vernon.
President's Address.
I-resident ilaon drew a wonderful . to Vladivostok have been so great
riTJu of the Great Emancipator in ! that the company has derided o enter
licrt, carefully prepared speech. ! the freight business, and will ij'ao-
jgurate a line of steamships t o ply
here today, not to'nvmrhlv between Julian. Australia
utter a eulogy on Lincoln; he stands and India. Australia was formerly
in need of none, but to endeavor to a large customer of Germany and
interpret the meaning of this, gift to . Japan lias alr-'ady secured the lioiiV
share ef that trudt.
his
lie concluded:
"I have come
(By International News Service.)
Tokyo, Sept,, 4 Before the Europ'
, ean war thv Jar-nese traiport lOs
own products: The profits maiii by
i transporting muniting from SeattU.-
Pershing Confident the Yillistas
Will Not Attempt to Molest
His Camps.
y International News Service.)
the nation of the place of his birth
and origin. Is n-it this an aitar upon
which we may forever keep alive the
vestal tire of democracy as upon a
shrine at which some of the deepest
and misT sacred hom s of mankind
may ft .jot aire Jo ace be rekindled?
For tlleshopes must constantly l:e
rekindled, and only th.se who !ie c:in
re! indie them. The ..n!v stiff that
- Villa can retain the life giving heat is the
Nami- stuff of bv-ni; hearts. And the
h-ipes of mankind caiin..t f, kept
alive by words merely, ly constit i
tions and doctrines d riirlit and co,les ,
(f libeily. ;
"The object of democracy is ' to
the bandit army numbering be- transmute these into the life and ac-,
n BOW and TOO men is lielieved li;li,m of smiety, the self-denial and'
mlvanrit! r n Viimimoou uhr. i ' ...it i. :.. . ...1 i
i'l Carranza garrison is statiomnt. men willing to make their iivs u '
Force German Women
To Work in Fields
f fly lntcrnr.ii-inl News Service
flrnc. Sept. 4 - A .U: ree piumui -.'iit-.'d
in she pi iiicipa'ity tf Lipjfc
'ihrcaiciis all wumfii who refill-' t
!'i
Texa
ts hae b.-t-n .s
juif :i, forty mils
Uvt exMditioh at
tA base at Kl 'all
rmation recci cd
njn tary authoritie?
of
tw.
, Sept. 4
V'lircif nenr
souili t.f tlu puni
I'ershmr's ad itn
i. iiccordintf to in
today by JuaVfj1
The main body;
rk in the
puiuhnicnt.
soi.iici s of t
paratmn
lie',!.-
THom
J'!
of them
uve?sit'!e t
ihis kind ..the
imprisoned.
cree ha been
Puchy ot' Ait
the
:iny
A n
"vesfers A,t(
as wives of
rtraw iHif 6e"
Le 'U priv.i
if lt'inj4" in
al forfeit of
Kt-rs will b
identical ile
ei in tht-
Williams Gives Brown
a Sound Thrashing
(By International Newa Service.)
Baltimore, Sept. 4 Kid Williams
who still claims the1 bantamweight
championship of the world gave Fred
die Brown, of New York, a sound
thrashing in their tan rounds, no de
cision, fight at Oriole baseball park
here this afternoon.
Laredo.
American
day. They
t
1 had been
General iVishing is expected to rt-j embodiment of right and service and
tern to bis headquarters tomot-ow. 'enlightened - purpose. The commands
He is conbden: the Villistas will n-i-'of democracy are as imperative as
attempt to riolest any part of ii'sjits privileges and opportunities are
"P- wide and generous. Its compulsion
General Tershing also is confident jjs upon us. It will be great and lift
the -reported Villista band will not at-;a great light for the guidance of the
tempt to interfere with any American nations only if we are great and carry its about tw
truk trains, and that their sole ob-that light high for the guidance of
ject is the Carransa garrison at Nam- j our own feet.
iquina. However proper precautions -We are not worthy to stand here
will be taken. unless we ourselves be in deed and in
j truth real democrats and servants of
WEIATIIEIt. mankind, ready to give our very lives
for the freedom and justice and apiri-
P-ohahly fair Tuesday and Wednes- tual exhaltation of the great nation
day. Moderate easterdly winds. ' which shelters and nurtures us."
American Property
Ruined by Mexicans
Texas. Sept. 4. Thret
( f ocees arrived here to
sad that their property
les:r,-ved by
n-H-r.lhs ii
Mexican banJ-
V. S. Clerk Invents
Mast For Submarine
(By International Newa Service y
Washington. Sept. 4. Orin I'-1-ively,
a Government clerk here, ba
invented a collapsible mast for
on submarines.
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