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i,! MM -ml wS&itQ? n WEEKLY EDITION OLD SERIES-VOL.1 LXXXIII-NQ. 4,647. FAYETTEVILLE, N'C,, WEDNESDAY, OCT. . 1,' 191& New series-vol. xxxvno, 2,472 f (V Via ' i !T MONMBOR IS HOT I lAFTEli(lNSBlLL NO STRIKES; KO RIGHTS , Officials of Railroad Broth- erhoods Attack Clause in ; j Bill Forbidding Strikes as , , a ' Return t to .Slavery in , , Industry Makes Serfs Out of Men. i ' 7 -M " t. . ' . . 4". ; '(ByfThi Associated Press) ,, , Washington, Sept. 24. Sections of the' Cummins railroad reorganization l.yhlch' would forbid strikes by I railway employes, continued to draw . fire today before the Senate Interstate Committee. .,; . , .' Officials' ',of 'the railroad brother hoods attacked the proposals as a re turn to slavery in industry. . : ; ''These -proposals take away rights of citizenship from railroad men," P. J, McNamara, vice-president of the Brotherhood. of Firemen and Engine men, said. , "It makes serfs out of men." - ' ' . . , W; 1 N. ,Daak, vice-president 'of the Trainmen's Brotherhood, classed this ' section !'as the most bold attempt at bondage 'since the Civil War."- "They strike down the last vestige of civil rights we possess;"; he said. "They destroy all policies and prin ciple which labor, has Secured from jthe government in ' the past. ;The . railroad organizations might as well i , go out bf business." ' '." , 1 ; : Machinery provldep In the bill for adjusting wages', he said, constituted the meanest form of, compulsory ar bitration."- ' ' ATTORNEY;CENREAU ON . ' 1 (By The Aasbclated Pres) Washington, Sept.' 3p.Although he War Department declared In a state ment' today that the "exigencies of tuai and the process of demobilization a,re at an' end,'"', Wartime Prohibition Cannot be lifted until after the ratifi cation of the Peace Treaty, " In the opinion of Attorney General Palmer. The ' Prohibition -law provides that it shall remain in, force until after the termination of 'the war, and the de mobilization of the army.. Mr. Pal mer has. held that the state of war does not end until the Peace Treaty' -has been ratified: 1 President '"Wilson took" a similar position' lh asking Con gress early in the year lo repeal the wartime Prohibition law1 insofar as it affected lleht wines' and' beer! : The; War Departafenf's stateme!ht''ia tb'ttfe end. of demobilization was made in wtfhectton'lth in flftnbncemerit that, officers of the regular army wer6 to be returned to their normal peace time rank, and that the ten thousand emer gency officers still' in the service must be discharged in order to reduce the commissioned personnel to the 18,000 authorized by a recent act of Con gress.. , American Marines Keeping J OrferinSpalatDa ,: Rome, Sept, $Ds- American marinas and bluejackets are maintaining order in haCity. where Rear', Admiral . Phillip Andrew is stationed with his flagship, the Pittsburg, according, to, reports reach' ing this city It is indicated in reports, that feeling is running high in Spalato and , that the Americans , have teen . forced to intervene between the' Ital ians and Jugo-Slavs. ' . ' . - ParlSj Sept. 30. Landing of Amer ! lean 'forces at Trau by Rear Admiral - Andrews was ,not dlrectde by th Supreme Council here, according to i the American ? Peace delegation.- It was explained . that when the party of Italians occupied Trau and it was i feared that '& clash might vcur ,be : tween the Italians and Serbians, the Italian AdmTraT on the scene appealed I to the American admiral to intervene v for , the maintenance' of peace. This " It was Added, Rear Admiral Andrews dld' as, part of his 'regular duties' of -policing tke-Adrifttlc-and withouftny instructions from Paris."' . PROHIBITION KN0XV1LLE SCENE :! .ANOTHll OUTRAGE ' BRUTE INVADES A HOME Mrs. Dacies Ward, White Woman, I Victim of , At : tempted Assault by a Ne- '; gro She Is, . Shot, Per haps fatally., ; ' ; , (By The Associated" Press) Knoxvilie, Tenn., Sept. 25. Mrs. Dacie Ward, a white woman, was the victim of an attempted assault by a negro who invaded, her home about 3 o'clock this morning. She offered resistance and the negro shot her, per haps fatally. He made his escape. . Mrs. Ward's husband was not at home, being, at work on a night shift She was sleeping with her 1-year-old child, wfco escaped injury. Her sis ter-ln-law, In another room, was aroused by the shooting and saw the negro as he fled. Mrs. Ward states that the negro attempted to assault her and warned her that if she screamed he would shoot her as he did a boy a week ago. On the night of August 29 Mrs. Bertie Lindsey, a white woman re siding in another section of the city, was similarly attacked by a negro and was shot and killed. Maurice Mayes, a well known negro, was ar rested and charged wltti the murder, and Is now in jail at Chattanooga. Before 4he attack of Mrs., Ward be came Known tnis morning, &nerm Cates.and ,two deputies-left in an au tomobile .foj- Chattanooga .Intending to bring Mayes to Knoxvilie tomor row to await his trial, which is set for next Monday.. " ... , . , ..May'es. hasf, protested .his Innocence mob,, attacked? Iha iKnox County jail on the night of August 30 in, a pro posed attempt to "get" Mayes. . , STILL FIGHTING MR. , WILSON AND TREATY (By The Associated Press) ' Washington, Sept 27. With Sena tor Johnson, , Republican, of Califor nia, en route to the Pacific coast to continue his speeches against thf League of Nations Covenant, Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, left today for a week's campaign in the Middle West in criticism of the League. Senator 'Smithi -Democrat of Geor gia, Bald today that he plans next Monday to present to the Senate a set of reservations to the treaty he will advocate.- They are said to be similar to those of the "mild" Republican res ervatioriistsf It is ''understood that the reservation. Senates Smith will propose ' to article X of ; the ' Treaty would prevido that American forces cannot be used in furtherance of a territorial guarantee without senction of Congress. The Republicans Criticize Action in Regard to Fiume (By. The ABSociated Press) ,' Washington,. Sept. , 30. After furth er sharp criticism by, Republicans of the Senate and House today of the landing of American, sailors at Trau after Italian forces had taken posses sion of the port, the Senate adopted a resolution by Senator New, Republi- can.ibf Indiana, requesting Presiaent Wilson to transmit a report of the In cident to the Senate. Although; not Oppoed by Democrats, the resolution 'cajised a lively row in which Senator Mltchcock, Democrat oi , weorasna, charged the Republicans with 'heck- ling" the President, and also with de liberately filibustering to delayt action oh 'the Peace. Treaty. ' nepuDiican leader Lodge denied that i there had :befcn 'any. 'filibustering on the treaty, and Bald tnere woum.oe uuu,, k ' CHICKEN LIVERS. ! ' ' An'' old hen lias a mucn larger liver than yon in proportion to weight or food eaten. Then it follows that they get ' bilious JuBt like you do.' They are grouchy,, cross, unhappy.!.; start she will lay eggs all -winter. Come and get a package of B., A. Thomas toultry Powder. Feed it occasional' Jyv' Bee your hen.fle upr-Jiear. them sing look for eggs. - Your mont y back If it faUs. A. 8, Huske. Advt PROFITS OF; PACKERS UNREASONABLY HIGH PRESIDENT Federal Trade Commission t Says thai Maximum Prof -, its of f' Fiy e Lar gest Packk ers During the War 'Far Exceeded Those in Pre War Years. (By The Associated Press) Washington, ' Sept. 24. Maximum profits of the. five largest packers un der limitations prescribed by the Food Administrator during the war "were unreasonably high," and fronTtwo and one-fourth to three times as great as those in pre-war years, according to a report made to President Wil son by the Federal Trade Commission on June 28, 1918, but withheld from the public at the request of Food Ad ministrator Hoover. A copy of the report, together with letters sent by Mr. Hoover and the commission to the President, were transmitted to the Senate today by the Commission in response to a res olution by Senator Norris, Republican of Nebraska. Recommendations made by. the commission Include: "That net worth (actual' invested capital ; represented by stock issued and surplus) as of November 1st, 1917, be the basis upon which the allowed rate of ! profits be computed for all packers) large and small. .' ' - That the normal rate for the $ve chief packers be seven per cent on net worth, with one-half per cent In creased allowance for every ten per cent . Increase in' weight slaughtered, and one half tec Cent,; decrease in rate for ery , tea pe ; cent AeceAte via weight slaughtered, tbV maximum profit allowed not., to go above nine percent. . ,:. , , "That the maximum, -profits allowed the smaller packers be nine, per cent, Increasing on, sliding scale W eleven per cent, hut without a decreasing scale. . "That profits jn excess of the pre scribed rates be' applied against fur ther Government purchases." , . The 30th Division FaYors Ratification of Peace Treaty (By The Associated Press) Greenville, S. C, Sept 30 The 30th Division Association, having a iflem bership of 18,090, mostly from Tennes see and the Carolinas, today at the closing session of its first,' annual re union adopted a ' resolution favoring the immediate ratification of th treaty of peace with Germany in Its presenta form without amendment or reservation. Virginia Law on Automobile Numbers Is Put into Effect .(By. ThBj Apciated Press) . i Richmond, ya.t SeDt. 30. A, first step toward i(u(ii)g ,int',' effect the new Virginia' lw - requiring registra Uon of factory numbers qt ali auto mobiles, and, making , i; , a crime to chang ! or efface a Rumbeiy was taken today when six pars 'and their 'drivers were captured by detectives here. The cars were believed ;o be on their way to North Carolina.' ' ' REMNANTS FOR SALE We handle all . kinds of overdll. goods,: remnants, and pound goods. You will be' interested in our- line; !-. '. tfx;i'i-.''M'.'-.:"i--s ft.;: Write -for price lists. , PROXIMITY' MERCANTILE i Greensboro, N. C. HONORED WITH DECORATIONS BY ROYALTY Iwihg Albert of Belgium To day ' 1 Decorated ; Three ( Rarikiii-'Anierican ; Naval Officers 'on the Steamship George Washington. (By The Associated Press) On Board tl:- S. S. George Wash ington, Wednesday. September 24 (By Wlreiess to the Associated Press.) King Albert 6t Belgium, whose voy age to the United States is proceeding uneventfully, bestowed decorations to day iipoi thrfto ujiV naval offlcefs cf the ship which is bringfng him across thP At'antte. Hear Admiral Andrew T. Long, who Is acting as escort to the royal party, wiw made a giand officer of the Order of Leopold. ' 41 V Captain E. McCauley, Jr., command er of the George! Washington, was made an officer of Order of Leopold, commander P. M. Perkins, executive mander Fred' M.- 'Perkins, executive officer of the George Washington,, an officer of the Order of the Crown. The ceVetnony took place on the deck in the presence of Queen Eliza beth and Crown- Prince Leopold, to gether with -all! the officers of the King's suite The Clemenceln Goyernment Received Vote Confidence (By The; Associated Press) Paris,' SeptJ' 3QJ-The Clemenceau Government wai 'svstained -on ques tion "of . :confldei)eirii. rthe , Cbaroerot Deputies today.' ' Tie'Premler'a de mand for postponement of discussion of a .motion of a deputy , instructing the iGovertment to Seek the adding of a rider to the Versailles treaty for a further disarmament of Germai"?-- .was agreed to by a vote of) 262 to 188. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ASKED. Pictures of Cumberland County. Men ' 1n. ,Wferld War Are . Souaht. The state collector bf war records, who is compiling a history of North Carolina in the world war, wishes photographs of all Cumberland Coun ty men who were in service. Send them as soon as possible to Mrs. John H. Anderson, Fayettevllle, who will forward them to Raleigh. Please state the command, date of enlist ment atid time (if service and any special mention. Paton's Studio will give a photograph to any Cumberland man , who received , the Distinguished Service Cross. Relatives of men who died or were killed in service or re ceived citations are asked to send two photographs so that Jone may be plac ed in the Cumberland County World War Museum. THREE TEXAS SOtDIERS CEED. SUC- Dlsabled ijoldfers Trained Under Vo cational Board Get Good Jobs. (Special to The-Observer? Washington, Seit.i SO.r-After .spend ing eight weeks in the tractor and gas engine training-school.' following tt by placement (rainlhg with a trac tor company, a young Texan who lost his left arm in service has been of rered ?5 a day and his board to oper ate a tractor on a farm. ' Another, farmer boy lost his . leg Jtronv'wounds received in, service. While taking a course.' in bookkeeping ana accounting he v'spent his spare time in a: bank in a Texas city4 work-i ing without pay. The hank has of fared him' a posidon; as soon as his course is completed; U-l. Losing an eye inv the service, an ojthef Texas, boy studied gas engines and tractors, and then entered hisi supplementary placement training. Hswork was so satisfactory that the i tnahager of ' the plant 'at -which he; Was placed commended him, and gave Hm $40- bonus checi for the month, I j These three Texas boys prove . the efficiency ot the training given them and other disabled service men by the eoVernment .nnder thejdlrectioo of the Fejierall Board for Vocational Educa Hon. i ' . i i . CROSSFIRE WORDS;; BETWEEN 2 STATES ABOUT ' AUTO North, Carolina and Virginia f Are Having a Tilt Over ' Charges of ; Wrong7doing Tar, Heel utq Drivers ' Within. Virginia Lines . The Matter Grows Inter esting. 1 . . j i "(By The Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 26. Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes was today awaiting the next step on the part of Virginia- authorities In connection with the threat contained in a letter from 0. B. James, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to prohi bit the use of North Carolina licenses over roads in Virginia If Jhe alleged practice of effacing and changing fac tory numbers of cars passing through that state by North Carolinians is not discontinued. In replying to Mr. Jamrfs yesterday, Secretary Grimes expressed surprise at the nature of the Virginian's let ter and addod: ' "I hope the officers of the law in your State will be a little more vigi lant and . you will not find it necessary to punish thousands of law-abiding North Carolinians in the place of a few of your culprits." i.' Richmond, Va., Sept. 26 Both Gov ernor Davis and Attorney, General Saunders were out of the city today, and no statement could be obtained from them concerning the controversy between Virginia and North Carolina in regard ,to barring trora the high Ways of thhv state the use -of North CafofinV automobile'-licenses Toh cars oh which the factbry' numbers havg been effaced. ' ' It s pointed out by legal experts, however, that Virginia cannot keep such automobiles from passing through the" State, but could seize them if they '-failed to continue on their way to North Carolina or another state. . .PRESIDENT SHOWS FURTHER IMPROVEMENT. (By The Associated Press) Washington.. Sept; 30. Presi dent Wilson arose early this morning and appeared to be re freshed by a night of rest, Sec retary Tumulty announced today. Washington, Sept. 30 Presi- dent Wilson, after two days of quiet and rest at the White House, showed further improve- ment today. Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson, his personal physi- clan, issued the following bulle- tin at 11 this morning: "The President had a good night's rest and is improving." Although the president's condi- tion precludes his taking any ac- tive parti) Wvirecting.tW peace treaty right in the Senate, he has Bhpwn inifih ,in'tierBst, and ;xeceiv- ed a report on the situation from Secretary Tumulty late last night. Senator's directing the adniinis- tration fight for ratification of the treaty,' without aniehdment or res- ervation, ' advised the President through Mr. Tumulty 1 that the treaty would not be amended, and that no reservations which would require its resubmission would be adopted. '' REVIVAL AT BEAVER OAM (Special to The Observer) Roseboro, ' Sept. , 30.-On ' Monday. September 29, the revival meeting be gan at Beaver Dam. The services are being conducted by the Rev. Roland Hedgepeth of Lumberton,' assisted by the past&r, Rev. A. H. Porter of ReU nert. Everybody Is cordially Invited to attend. t V v;, . - EYES EXAMINED DR. JUIJDS SHAFFER 216 HAY STREET . X V S Fayettevllle, N. C MARVIN RITCH MAY RUN F0RC0NGRESS IF TOB IS MADE JUDGE Charlotte ttorney Now Under Bond to Appear at Stanley Court on Charges I of Inciting to Riot Aspires to Congressional Honors. (By The Associated Press) Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 25 An nouncoment is being made today that Marvin Ritch, now under bond to an swer in the Stanley County Superior Court on charges of Inciting to riot, and who has been prominently active in the organization of textile labor In North Carolina for the past ten weeks, will be a candidate for Congress to succeed Congressman Yates Webb from the Ninth North Carolina Dis trict in the event Wabb is appointed federal judge. CLEMENCEAU STRONG FOR PEACE TREATY (By The Associated Press) Paris, Sept. 26 Premier Clemen-1 ceau s remarkaoie aaaress in me Chamber of Deputies yesterday,, in which he asked for ratification of the Peace Treaty with Germany, was made on his 78th birthday. If there was an impression that his words on the previous day during his colloquy with M. Barthour were a- slight on America, the way he spoke of tUe "admirable impetuosity" with which America flung men into the battlefield,, showed that no slight was intended. ' Applause rang through the Cham ber when the Premier said:1 "Would you know my complete thoughts Should there be no written treaty 1 would count on America- all the same. I can say we are firmly on the adop tion oif the treaty over fire.' ' "i have seen young Americans at the front,";, he 1 continued, "and not one of them, whetlier his origin waa German, Italian or Pole, wavered in the right." When asked why they were there, they replied: "For Liberty." The Premier recalled how at one crisis the Allies had to deciae wheth er to defend Calais or Paris. "A few days later," he continued, "Premier Lloyd George of Gccat Britain asked me what I had decided. I replied 'France made Paris. Paris made France. I would burn Paris to save France.' " Storm Warnings Displayed Along the Atlantic Coasl (By The! Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 30 Northeasi storm warnings were ordered display ed today on the Atlantic coast froiv Norfolk; to Savannah. Report3 to. the Weather Bureau indicated a disturb ance of unknown ihtenifty, , with ar apparent northward movement, abou. 200 miles off the Georgia coast. Re ports from vessels indicated stronf winds in the vicinity of the storm. r APPRAISERS HERE TO CONSIDER CAMP CLAIMS. (Raleigh News and Observer) People having claims against tht government growing out of the loca- iton of Camp Polk at Raleigh, wil be given a hearing Friday ot ihu week by, the Bolard of' Appraisors. Major Lewis W. Colfelt, chairman of the board, will be in charge of the hearing. It will start at 9 o'clock Fri day in the assembly room of the Chantber of Commerce. There are many claims held by dif ferent property owners and business men of the city, and the hearing wa? arranged through tlie Chamber of Commerce. The Board of Appraisors has been expected in thje city for somet time) but it was only, a fev days ago- that the date of , the "hear ing ; was , announced from Washington. The Chamber of Commerce y ester-d..xeniaiutlettara-.tculha..iUfferent claimants informing them of the hear ing Bhd tiie time. ' ' ' THE 30TH DIVISION T GREENVILLE, S. C, FIRST ANNUAL REpNION ; Final , Arrangements , Com? pleted for a Grand Get- i together of the ; "Old. Hickory" Division Asso- i i . . ciation in the Hospitable , South Carolina City ft Plans to Accommodate S 10,000 Soldier-Delegates. (By The Associated Press) . ' Greenville, S. C, Sept. 27. F'nal plans were completed today, the re- ' vised programme announced, and oth-f er important details attended to for the first annual reunion of the "014 Hickory" (30th) Division Association, which will be opened here Monday morning, with former soldiers in at-' tendance from all sections of Tennes see, North andSoutn Carolina. Preparations have been made by the i city and the Association Committee to accommodate 10,000 members at this convention. Soldiers will be en tertained in private homes, halls and all the city school buildings, where army cots and equipment secured from Camp Sevier have been placed. The people from the country-side con tributed food stuffs valued at $10,000, . and the city puretiased an equal amount to furnish free meals. The convention wll formally open. Monday morning, and will continue through Tuesday. (Maior General E. M. Lewis,' who commanded the 30th over- seas,, and' Major General iJohn ; F. . O'Ryan, commander of the 27th New York Division, will speak. ! ,; Other addresses will he delivered by Governor iCopJerjbf Soutfc-Crp. , llni,. JSickett. otNorth Carolina,,-.,, erts ot TejiHesseey icbl. John K. Herr, TJ. S. Army, Brigadier General S. L. Falson, U. S. Army, Col. Albert L. Cox of Raleigh and Sergeant Robert L. Fulton of South Carolina. Greenville, S. C, Sept. 29.-Com-memorating the first anniversary of the beginning of the drive against the famous German Hludet' Tg Line, the 30th (Old Hic'-ory) D slon of the United States Army, which, bri gaded with the 27th New York Di vision, was the first to pierce, the vaunted German bulwark, began a two-day annual reunion here today, with many of the division's veterans in attendance. The men are from practically all parts of the country, but the majority are from Tennessee, North and South Carolina. Hawaiian Volcano in State of Ernption Last Night (By The Associated Press) Honolulu, Sept. 30 Mount Mauna Loa, on Hilo Island, burst into new eruption late last night and a wide stream of lava began pouring dowit the Kona side, destroying many homes. Residents on the Kona side are reported fleeing to the sea. which is thirty miles distant.; NOTHING TO THE CLAIM, (Correspondence Associated Press) Honolulu. T. H., Sept. 4. Charges .hat Porto Rican laborers on Hawai ian plantations were oppressed and lenied equal justice, made' In a com--nunication signed by a number, ot Porto Ricans and placed before the Porto Rican Legislature on March 5, 1919, are declared by R. D. Mead, sec retary of the Hawaiian Sugar Plantf rs' Association, to be without the slightest foundation. Mr. Mead said there Is no discrim ination against Porto, Ricans, that 'heir living conditions on the planta tion are not as described in the pro test and that, in his opinion, "the whole thing was gotten up by. aglta- . tors -in Honolulu headed by ft dls ?runtied ex-plan'tatlon laborer." The Porfo Rican Legislature de manded an Investigation,, and. It has Veenmade under the direction of At torney General Harry Irwin of Ha-' ' wall, , with , the assistance' of the-tefy rjitorlal health board." A report "will oon- be-made-to-Go vernivr- (V J.-Mn- Carthy - for communication to Porto Rico. . f , ,,, . , . .. . ' i . . vi - '. t 1 ',' hi. . 1
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