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OLD SERIES-VOL. LXXXIII-NO. 4,642. fayettsville, n. & .Wednesday, august 27, 1919. NEW SERIESVOL. XXXVI-NO, 2,466 WEMENKII1ED; Clash Between Police and Strikers in Charlotte Re sults in 3 Men Slain, 13 In jured Troops on Duty TrouUe in Pittsburg. f (By Tb0 Associated Press) b Charlotte, Aug. 26. State troops and deputies patrolled the principal streets of this city today In an effort to prevent a renewal of rioting In con ' nectlon with the street car strike here which resulted last night In the death of four men and the injury of thirteen others. Additional troops have been ordered to Charlotte and should arrive during the day. Strong guards have been thrown around the car tarns of the Southern Public' Utilities Company, where the rioting last night took plafce. ,.; The City Hall also was yarded by sol diers. No effort was made to operate' street cars today. ' The service has been abandoned for two weeks, and last night's rioting fqlldwed efforts to op erate ears on some of the more Import-, ant routes. t Raleigh, Aug. 26 Pour companies of State troops were ordered early to day by Adjutant General Royster to proceed to Charlptte immediately for duty in connection with the strike there of street railway employees. The troops were ordered to the scene af ter a request for assistance had been received by Governor Bickett from tbeMayor of Charlotte. The units which go on duty are the "companies stationed at . Winston-Salem, States villa, Islington and lincolnton, a to tal 0t 11 offlcefaatia'' 86tT tnetuW.; Pittsburg, Pa.f Aug. 26. A call for 1,000 emergency policemen to aid the police in handling the trolley, situation here was issued this morning by May or Babcock. This action followed a conference between city officials after the receivers of the Pittsburgh Street Railway Company attempted to break the strike of 3,000 motormen and con ductors, which has tied up trolley transportation 12 days. More than a score of persons were injured yesterday in riots when an at tempt was made to run the cars through the downtown district. Charlotte, Aug. 26. Reports coming 'to police headquarter early today that a large force of outsiders, com prising numbers of railway workers bent upon atoning for the death of Engineer Caldwell Houston In last night's rioting, was on its way to Charlotte, stirred speedy action this morning to combat further attempts of organized violence. Two Compa nieg of. state troops had arrived be fore 10 o'clock aud were on the Streets, and the hundred!, of citizens deputized this morning by the mayor were given shotguns for patrol duty. The thirty regular police officers, who had been continuously on duty since Monday morning, were being relieved by citizen policemen. Other troops have been asked for. . The results of last night's rioting at the car barn, where strike breakers and police exchanged shots with a mob numbering more than 2.000 men, stood this morning as follows: Dead. Pat HlnBon. . Walter P. Pope, formerly of Con cord. Caldwell Houston Southern Rail way Engineer. Wounded, ;. V. A. Klncald, palnfuf injuries i face and arm. Will Hammond, shot through throat, , spinal cord cut, paralysed; expected tq die. Tom Mead, of Hunterjsyille, two shots in chest; expeoted to die. - Kldrich. five buckshot wounds in abdomen; serious. , A. T. Baker, Elizabeth Mills, ?hot in chest; serious. Clem Wilson, slight, face wounds. Henry N. Seaman, shot in abdomen; serious. Everitt Raymond, shot WW t,meB in arm and leg. ' George Smith, shot - In back with buckshot. - 1 .Louis Wilson,' weaver, of North Charlotte, shoMn back jjlthjmckshot D. M. Mine, shot through tnign. .Walter Yandle, shot (q both legs. , Roble Stuart, shot in thigh. None of' the police officers or those guarding the barns, were injured. The car company did not start acars early this morning, but It was an nounced that they would be operated during the day under a strong guard. Charlotte, Aug. 26. if was announc ed at 11 o'clock at the City Hall that, no Investigation into last night's trou ble would be instituted until order had been restored. The street car officials also said that no attempt Would be made to run cars until com plete order had been restored. A company of militia from Winston-Salem, arived at 12:30 P. M. adding strength to the three companies here from Statesville, Lincolnton and Lex ington. Excitement subsided during the day but general business was at a stand still, and demands were coming from citizens that the trouble be settled im mediately. NATIONALIZATION COAL MINES. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 26.- Nationaliza tion of the coal mines is' sought by many mine workers, and a bill to that end has been prepared, H; -N. Taylor, president of the National Coal, Asso ciation, testified today before the Sen ate Committee investigating the eoal situation. The plan is for the Government to buy the mines and turn them over to the men for operation, Mr. Taylor stated. Already many of the miners are demanding a six-hour day and a five-day week. TO INSPECT CAMP BRAGG. A 8ub-Commlttee of Congress to Visit FayettevUle In tne Near Future. As the result of a conference held Thursday between Messrs. J. G. Shew, A. L. McCaskill and F.'T, Hale; of Pay ettevill nd a subpmmjttteeof the wprubrfatlomft- earuHitttee- 'rthe House oi Representatives oi congress, in regard to the Camp Bragg matter, Congressional committee will visit FayettevUle in about ten days and in snect the camp. The members of that committee are as follows: Representatives Daniel R. Anthony, of Kansas, ranking Republican; Greene, of Vermont; Hull, of Iowa; Laguardia, of New York, and Miller, of Washington. Republicans, and Fields, of Kentucky; Qulnn, of Missis slppl; Harrison, of Virginia, and Fish er, of Tennessee, Democrats. ITEMS OF INTEREST. (By The Associated Press) London, Aug. 26. The war office announced this afternoon that on the western front of General Denikine the anti-Bolshevik leader In southern Russia, the advanjee is continuing with great rapidity along the entire line. Paris, Aug. 26. The peace treaty with Germany and other covenants simultaneously signed at Versailles were presented for ratification to the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon by Premier Clemenceau. Washington, Aug. 26 Allen prop erty custodian, Garvan, today asked President Wilson to issue an execu live order permitting him to send an agent to Paris to purchase from the Reparations Committee a six months' supply of German vat dyes to tide over American manufacturers until German secret formulae for dye stuffs, now held by the alien property cus todlan, can be utilized for commer cial purposes. Washington, Aug. 26. Charges that Secretary Baker, Major General Crow- der, Judge advocate general, and Col, John S. Wigmore "established a prop aganda ' bureau t odiscredit critics of the existing military Justice system and to protect the system' were mafle by Samuel T. AnSell, formerly acting ludtre advocate general, before the Senate Military Committee today. RALEIGH WOMAN DIE8 AT, PARK- TON. (Special to The Observer.), Parkton, N. C. Aug. 26. Mrs, Geo; W. Wright of Raleigh died suddenly here this afternoon. She was strick e.JiU-Q'cJPCllLDOiet.BtJ---. Mrs.- Wright was visiting her sister- SHOPMEN MUST WAIT resident Wilson Thinks Rail road Workers Should Co operate to Bring Restora tion of Normal Economic Conditions. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 26. Director Gen eral Hlnes today requested tMe Board of Railway , Wages and Working Con ditions to take up promptly any claims that have been made or may be made by railroad employees for readjust ments that "ought to be made In or der to make sure that equal treatment is done on the basis of the general principle of wage adjustments which the Railroad Administration has al ready established." The decision announced yestorday by which shopmen will receive an in crease of 4 cents an hour, was said to have been one step in carrying out this policy, although it has been deem ed contrary to the public interest to make general increases In wage lev els to meet present circumstances which are supposed to be temporary. Mr. Hlnes explained that the advance to shopmen was to give them the full benefit of the principle of 1Q hours pay for 8 hours work, on which the wages of other railroad employees are com puted. ' Washington, Aug. 26 President Wilson, having laid down in his de cision yesterday on the demand of the railroad shopmen for increased wages the policy that settlement of such demand must await restoration of normal economic conditions, interest centered tooay on what response the men woulft; make to the. President's appeal WtC tnetf co-aperai -in main taining a "truce" in all wage matters The- first .indication of what : course the men would pursue were expected today in an announcement- from their representative here, who continued in conference on the question with Act ing President Jewell of the Railway Employees' Department of the Amer lean Federation of Labor. ATTORNEY MAKES COMPLAINT, Mr. Editor Will you please give the following letter some prominent space in your paper: TO THE PUBLIC On la3t night I was employed to confer with and counsel a young man whom our policemen had locked up in headquarters, and very much to my astonishment, when I went there about 10 o'clock, I was informed by our chief of poflce, Mr. Merker, that I could not see this young man under any iircuhistances, stating that he intended that I should not advise ac cused as to his legal rights until he and a federal officer had first exam inert and cross-examined him. This young man was denied his constitu tional right to confer with his coun sel even this morning as late as o'clock. I explained to Mr. Merker and the federal officer that this man had a right to counsel and that he had a right to be advised as to his rights, and they both stated to me that they did not Intend for this boy to be advised as to his If gal. rights until they had first examined him and extracted all the Information they could get out of him. Upon application from 'me the city attorney, Mr. V. C. Bullard, advised Mr. Merker that the accused had the right to the benefit of counsel, but in the face of this advice, which every body knows Is right, I was still re fused the ppportunity to see him. Article 1, Section 11, of the Consti tution of this State, provides , that every person imprisoned pn any charge has fthe right to confer, with and have counsel for his defense, and that such person shall In no way be compelled to give evidence against himself. If Mr. Merker is above the Constitution of North Carolina and the United States,- then Indeed have we a chief of police sure enough. I must eay that I have never heard of such a high-handed assumption of authority on the part of a police off! rr v i L - This August 23, 1919. JOHN H. COOK. 0HN. X STRANGE DEAD. DIED A8 RESULT OF lNJURIES'RE- ,. VV4v -It" i--':,: .--- " CEIVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCI DENT. ' ' ". , This community; was shocked and suddened Thursday at the news of the death of Mr- John K, Strange, who died at' his homjf on Rowan Street that morning it Cb'clock, as the re sult of an automobile accident, which occurred Wednesday afternoon, in which Mr. Strang was prdtty badly bruised up,,but iMt considered ser iously injured. Ha was taken to the base hospital at Ofirop "Bragg directly after the accident, where it was thought he was wffll enough to be tak en home. The tragic accidjsnt happened Wed nesday afternoon Cat the Manchester bridge, twelve milfes west of Fayette vUle. Mr. Strang was being convey ed In a hired car to some work on a concrete bridge thlt he was supervis ing at Manchester; The. car was not being driven Jrapjdiy, but seems to have skidded, through some .unknown cause, whil on te bridge. rWhen it did so the driver, lost control arid the oar plunged; downward ...impugn tne rails on the sldefifihe bridge, a dis tance of twenty-jhree feet, striking the water belong -The driver was only slightly injured apd Mr. Strange, the only other passenger, was at no time until the last, considered in a serious condition. . At thjj- base hospital at camp he was examined, by several physicians who, pronounced no bones broken, and wh did not, seem to think him badly hurt. Internal in Juries of some nature apparently caused his death.- John Kirkland I Strange, whb was the youngest son fcf the late James W. and Mary HymSn Strange, was' a member of one Or tho most prominent families of the. State, a family which ha8 held hlghstOaltlon in public af fairs,'" -j$t was argm'ee r,' and as such-had achieved success. For a number of years he waa- city engineer for FayettevUle. He was popular and well liked, being of a genial dispo sition and bright mind, and his sud den death has brought sorrow to many. He was 53 years of age and unmarried. He was a communicant of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Strange is survived by two brothers, Robert and Samuel H. Strange.and two sisters, Misses Mag-; : p 1 ct,oor oil f Povolto. 610 a cuiiia """"SO. " "J -"-- . f i,o loto mm tv,t. w Tniip ,! Mr, .Tun villi;. 11c Ivan uiuuict ui me wi n xtiii n fl-of Di nf nichnn lj. auu a mat ... un.in. v i. " " " " 1' . . . .... ... Kobort Strange. He leaves Desmes a ... .. . . targe number or relatives tnrougnout the StatP FUNERAL OF J. K. STRANGE, j The funeral of Mr: John K. Slrange, who died early Thursday morning, was held from St: John's Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock Friday, conduct ed by Rev. Mr. Bethea, rector of the .Wilson church, in tho aosence of Rev. Archer Boogher, rector of St. Johns. The congregation assembled to pay the last sad rites to an esteemed friend and relative was large, and the j floral offerings were profuse and beau tiful. Following were the pallbearers: Active Lieut. Geo. Williamson, Os car Breece, Gather Scott, R. U Hol land, Jr., Rpflin Home, Walter Jes sup, Tom Shaw. " Honorary J. M. Rogers, A. n. Mc Millan, W. W. Home, Geo. William son, Joe McPhail, JO. O. Souders, Sam Davis, Charles Elliot, Leighton Huske, Dr. John McKethan, E. R? McKethan, J. M. Hodges, T. S. Tolar, Thomas Brlles, W. B. Led better, H. S. Averitt, R. B. Evans, Dr. J. D. Highsmith, Robert (Vanstroy, R. L. Holland, Sr. It seems that there is not a city or town of any size in North Carolina that Is not short on dwelling houses, Where have the extra people been living all this time? If the majority of them are new comers, where did they come from? , Satejrt First! Provide for sudden attaclt of Summer sickness by buying a bottle of Dr. SETH ARNOLD'S BALSAM. Warranted by Perry's Drug Store. .: . . . ,. ' EYES EXAMINED GLASSES -.GROUND. B-JMSjHAFFER- 2',6 HAY STREET . ., FayettevUle, N. C SOVIET PROPAGANDA Indications That Russian In terests Are Supplying Funds (or Propaganda to Stir up Race Antagonism in United States. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 26. Russian So viet Interests apparently are supply ing funds for propaganda to stir up race antagonism in the United States, according to information now in the hands of the . Department of Justice. Officials of the Department of Jus tice state today that charges of an organized propaganda, made in the House yesterday by Representative Byrnes, Democrat of South Carolina, seemed to be well founded. News papers, they said, were springing up over the country to spread propa ganda and sow discord among the negroes. Agents of the Department of Justice are investigating. Facts thus far developed led officials to be lieve that I. W. W. and Soviet influ ences wero at the bottom of the re pent race riots In Washington and Chicago. Active Preparations Are Making to Reduce the H.C.L. -7 xj (By Tho Associated Press.) Washington Aub. 26. Retail stores for the nale of household com modities included in the surplus of stocks of the War Department will bo established September 25, it was announced today. The stores will be located In depot centers and In other Iftrgoitioa, and they will acftJaWA fill mall orders. Continued purchase by the depart ment of certain necessities in order that thPSfi stores may be continued indefinitely, as a part of the govern mont's ramDaicn aKainst the high cost of living, is understood to b under consideration. I&PILEPTIC BROUGHT TO COUNTY JAIL. 1 Wl II 1 n rv a on was , Alex VVUliaiHO, , . .. . i7ij, 1 Dlaced in tne couniy ju:i 1 , ! morning till further action - , can taken, regarding his removal. Ho was . t i.., in frnm tie country uuuui i - .iir orifi it oopmq he had been i u UUL,V I troubled very mucn wun nis uin It is reported that he has been sent to Raleigh several times to the asylum there. CHAPPEL-TALBOT Happy was the merry crowd of both old and young which gathered at tne ouaint old country home of Mr. J. H tiw nn tho East skle of Cape Fear, to witness the wedding of Miss Irma Ooople Talbot to Mr. William I Chanel. The sun did its best on that beautiful August afternoon in delibly stamping the date of the 20th never to be forgotten The bridal party was formed in i, ennthpr-n room and marched HIO uwufv " through the spacious hall to the vine clad veranda where stood the Rev, ti.,. a rinv. who performed the X1U11J -l ceremony. The bride-elect entered on the arm nf her father. Mr. J. H. Talbot, who- gave her away. The groom-elect en tered on the arm of Mr. Oscar Breece best man. The' following couples ...,. : ottonHanffi. and entered in WCIO 1" u' ' , the order named: Mr. Ed Talbot and Miss Hubbard, Mr. WoddelJ and Miss rn Taihnt Mr. Holmes and Miss iiuoa x Ada Godwin, Miss Maggie Talbot ar Mr.-, t h Talbot, mother of the j bri(je.eiect and Masters Alexander, ill. I wt - ' William Howard Taft, Johnnie, and 1)ttle Esle Tavbot, I The Rev Harry A. Day very im- pressively performed the ceremony l closing with a fit complson of the , we(jding ring to the lives of the newly- weds. Immediately following the ceremony photogn.phs of the bridal party were taken after which all re paired to the dinlng oom where a bountiful wedding feast was served. The-bride was beautifully attired in a weding gown of sky, blue georgette crepe with veil to match. The groom wore a dress suit of black. Mrr-amt- Mrs.--Chappel-will - be'at a" after Sentember 1st. at Nor ft folk, Virginia. " THE DOCKS The Question of Building Wharves on River Front in FayettevUle Referred to the People Election to Be Called Shortly. The Board of Aldermen met in call ed session Monday night. Mayor Un derwood presidod and the following members were .present i M. E. At kinson, H. L. Hodgpeth, A. L. Hub bard, T. S. Tolar, J. A. Barnes, J. B. Buckingham, R. G. Jones, H. C. Whit lock. - Mayor Underwood stated that the meeting was held to consider the question of whether the board should vote to build the docks or refer tho matter to the people. A full discussion was had, after which a motion by Alderman Whit lock prevailed that the question should be submitted to the people, and the board would call an election tor this purpose at an early date. Mr. J. H. Cook, attorney, was be fore the board with request that part of the privilege taxes paid by J. H. Roberts on the news stand in the Drake building be refunded, as ho wa3 compelled to give up the busi ness and that the new owner had also paid taxes on the same business This matter was referred to the Fi nance Committee for report. Tho city clerk was Instructed to take up a returned check at LaFay ette Trust Co. for $16.45 which had been charged to the account of Maj. R. J, Lamb given in payment of fine and cost In the Mayor's Court, and tho same to be turned over to the chief of police for collection. L Alderman Hedjgpfsth moved, and 1) was carried unanimously, mat unier of Police P. H. Merker be given rising vote of thanks for his diligent work In connection with the police work of the city. Mr. G. F. Talbot was before th meptintr with a reauest that before the paving is placed on Person street the proper sanitary newer be laid on said street and that all property be required to connect the same; that tho pepole living on this street were anxious for the privilege of haying sewer connections. This matter was refprreH to the Sanitary Committee and city enginoer for immediate re port. The chief of police made request that the city hnll be equipped with the proper furniture and a safe; that rpniiired to connect the same; that no place had been provided to safe keep any records or collections. Th City Property and Purchasing Com mitteo was requested to take up thif matter with power to act. Alderman Whitlock moved that the Street Committee and city engineer be directed to have surveyed Claren don street and the proper street lines defined. VIOLATION PROHIBITION ORDI NANCE INCREASING DAILY. Too Much Booze, and Chief Merker Is Right Behind It. It appears that violation of the pro hibition ordinances is increasing flatly, and it doesn't look good to Chief Merker. "The Prohibition laws are going to be enforced to a "fare ye well" the chief stated in an interview this morning. Too much "booze" has been evident In the city, and the po lice force Is getting down behind it. For instance: One man was stopped night before last for not having his lights burning, and while in confer ence with the police he offered a drink of Whiskey to a friend. At Mayor's Court yesterday afternoon the offender paid $9.45 for his bravado. Three were up for being drunk, one disorderly and the otheT two down. The disorderly one forfeited a bond for $15.25. One of the others paid $10 and costs, and the other was released on payment of costs. For speeding one defendant paid $10 and costs, and another up for like offense was fined $14 and costs. One man guilty of driving without lights was released. . In Saturday's session of court a huge docket was disposed of. The case consisted chiefly of driving aufos wlthontllghtsrTlding blcyclet inrBlde walk, open muffler on car, and solicit ing passengers at the A. C. L. station. BIG ROBBERY , Postoffice at Rowland Looted . of $1,500 m Cash, Stamps and Bonds Robbers Es cape in Stolen Auto, Which They Abandon Here. The safe of the post office in Row ; land was blown open Tuesday about 2:30 A. M. and . a new Cadillac touring car was stolen from the gar age at the home of H. Leinward, a , prominent citizen of Rowland'.. Money. stamps, . and bonds, amounting to about $1,500 were taken from the post office. The car was found in Fay etteville early Tuesday by E. J. Mona-', ghan, near the Norfolk and Southern freight depot, where it is supposed that the thieves who drove it from Rowland here abandoned it. It is believed that the men took train No. north, or train No. 83, south, out of FayettevUle. When the car was found that morn ing by Mr. Monaghan he Immediately investigated and discovered In the car a medicine bottle and a letter that indicated the car to be from Rowland. Communication was had with authori ties there and it was mde known that the post office had been robbed, and that said Cadillac car was missing. Accordingly Chief J. H. Carper.o f Row land and H. Leinwad, owner of the car, arrived on train No. 80, to recover the machine and trace the robbers further. According to their statements the; post office was entered from the year, and the safe then dynamited. The automobile was taTsen from Mr. Lein ward's home, which is about block and a half from the post office. . As the men were leaving town thy fired several shots,' and the few tmople ni ite and shots adjudged t' i be about five men in the machw, v.I:en it left the city. Canadian Ace Makes First Half of Airplane Flight (By The Associated Press.) Mineola, N. Y., Aug. 26. Col. Wil liam C. Barker, the Canadian ace, arrived here from Albany at 9:20 this morning, completing the first half oi: the air race from Toronto to New York and return. His machine, a captured German Fokker model, car ried a bag of Canadian mail, which was immediately transferred to an other airplane and started for Wash ington. Five airplanes, which were unable to start from the local field yester day, got away just before Col. Barker arrived. Colonel Served During War And Died on Returning Home (By The Associated Press.) Alliance, O., Aug. 26. Col. Chas. P. Weybrecht, who returned only three weeks ago from France, whore he commanded the 146th Infantry, .lied early this morning as the result, physicians believe, of eating cold stor age turkey at a dinner last Saturday night at the Country Club in Canton. One other person is dead and two others are paralyzed, and their recov iry is said to be doubtful. Weybrecht served two terms as adjutant general of Ohio. ONLY TWO MEN OF. A. E. F. NOW UNACCOUNTED FOR. (By The Associated Press) Washington, Aug, 26.--Only two men of the American Expeditionary Force, who went into battle' against the Germans remain unaccounted for, according to a casualty list issued to day by tho War Department. A pre vious list showed more than 100 men missing in action. Total casualties now are placed at 291,732, with 77, 422 deaths from all causes. So fai",a'; we can learn, the health of Fayettevill" is good at this section. It is to be noted that the health of Favettevllle (barring epidemics like InfiuenzaTis never bad, hut at mm posed that .is not so good as during the other soasons. ' , : ' in-law, Mrs. Dan Marsh. ' .V - ,
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