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GET HIM, LYNCH HIM
CROWD CRIED AFTER
JT HAD TAKEN VOTE
o Testified Deputy Sheriff Fesperman Today for the
Defense Another Long Legal Wrangle Follows Carr
ier's Question on Direct Examination.
h, defense hi the police murder trial before Magistrate F. B. Alexander
, tlx- federal court room, chafing under ten days' delay and holding their
vttnoses in leash while their one weapon was the lash of the cross-examina-limi.
tiU up the offensive Saturday morning with a snap and. a rebound to
th - fr;i. and began digging into the mountain of evidence piled up by the
lrw ntioti.
I lie first serious inroads into the state's case were made when Deputy V.
I r. j' rman took the stand, immediately after Policeman John Under and
,r.-.uiit W. II. Pitts, and testified that after the Clem Wilson incident, he
viw :i crowd draw away, and take some kind of a vote, when, many hands
,ure raised. Then followed cries of "Get him, lynch him; get Paxton; here's
, ri-pe." and when a big man told the crowd that the man they wanted was
,t in the power house, there were cries "We'll get the tonight."
T:.- morning session was interrupt-
TRUE TO HIS COLORS
A MOT ION; PICTURE COMEDY IN FOUR REELS.
; 1 . another long' legal wrangle, when
; T. Cansler, on direct examination.
,:. 1 Kcsrerman if he knew whether
. strike breakers were armed or not.
ti t promised to be a repetition o'.
.: vi Saturday last when nearly v.. "
ORDER DISSOLUTION
OF RED COMMITTEE!
Eerlin, Friday, Nov. 7. (By the As-
j sociated Press.) Gustav Noske, secre-
v-.o of the morning session was con- . . . . .
i'l local debate lolJf LV1 uuuuu aiiaus, mxa uiucicu
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j ai't r was admitted into the evi-i-.
th affidavit of T. F. Powell,
u:k is ill. in which witness .says that
o was at the city hall on the night
Atisust 25 and heard, John Wilson
I'olioemen about his brother, and
i'.n that he knew the
.'.( hid done it and that he would get
the dissolution of the "red committee"
which attempted to engineer a general
strike. Three members of the commit
tee have been arrested. The police are
actively suppressing incipient demonstra
tions of Sparticists in connection with
the celebration of . the anniversary of
the revolution in Germany.
P-. .--tate said it would admit that
.n.i! would testify this if he could be
-v-vt-.r but entered denial that Wilson
this.
Tohn I.inder. policeman, was the first
u'lKs railed by the defendant coun
. , r-iiresentlng 31 policemen. Wit-v.-
John Wilson in tlwcity and
v. i .m Clem Wilson had been taken
;t hospital. Witness said Wilson told
;rn if ( 'lorn bad been at home like he
a. th thing would not have hap-;m.-1.
The state asked no questions
i rroc? poxminatlon.
S'Tsant W. II. Pitts was the second
-:Vr.dint's witness. lie corroborated
Poiii-t man Linder's statement.
Lvputy Sheriff V. P. Fesperman said
wax at the car barn August 25.
.v.v John Wilson arrive in a buggy.
v-Kf'l witness where the chief was.
Witness told Wilson Clem was in a
-! ;' i! and that the report was made
"in the hospital that Clem Wilson
' "iM he all riRht when he was sober;
: i. wan not hurt.
I it time witness saw John Wilson
''r was going towards barn with
i'l.!- thrust into his pockets. Crowd
"' o-.v.-i him, lietwcen 150 and 200 of
' rn Chief was coming out of barn.
.V!,i:- witness was talking he heard a
' i' i'. then a rifle and then he said:
Ar d then everything went off burr
irr-j'i.-t like that," and witness
i:-ed his tlneers. Pistol shot was
f to rear of witness, eight or ten
off perhaps. Was almost in
:it !y after pistol ttred when rifle
rr.,1.
I':''ity Tesporman said he whirled
trr.t his gun out and seeing the
r- pitched on his face till it was over.
u 1 it looked as if police were firing
t an angle. Witness held his hand
' aiiKlo of atout 45 degrees. Fesper
' i.Ti s.'tiil he tried to crawl away, swim
' ory land. Firing lasted 15 or 20
-""lids. Then Chief Orr- exclaimed,
"lv 'lod. Vick's killed!"
"No. I'm not," replied witness.
V. ;tii ss next entered barn and heard
fo'f tell Policeman Paxton to put his
;ti out or he would get shot. Said
'Mon was searching car for a bullet
At end of volley all police were
'ui'lhiE; in same place right at en
' oiri. ,.f i.arn. lienutv Fesnerman
went over the ground helping
''K'T up wounded and directing part I
), work.
!i'Uy testified he heard a lot of
!;r"i'i and people saying they were
f'l'. to take them wops out. Heard
"i eontlnuously up to time Wilson
v"s liit; said they were going to take
f 'rn Wops out if it took dynamite.
Witnessed described rush of police to
'! of barn vhen shots wre heard
Returning the police drove
''r''d out of IJland street and crowd
Picked around front of barn.
Vio'it. then Clem Wilson was hit; was
"M Mrritt hit him. Then cry was
'i'': to come over to the light and
'" what the sheriff had to say.
"bTiiT then returned. Crowd was fol
'"'viog. Sheriff said the crowd want--Merritt
taken out.
"Vou are older than I. do you think
would be safe?'; witness said he
'"'.rd chief say to Sheriff Wallace and
-''i iti answered. "I don't know.
Witness said crowd drew off and took
' otf of some kind; saw hands held
1' heard cries of. "Bring him out;
' 1 ''axton lvnch him: here's a rope.
A itr,pss nf.anj a fcjg man at dodr call
" erowd. "No need to come in here;
's not here." Crowd called. "Get the
b. We'll get him tonight." Then
"oie one called, "Who will go with
n''." and crowd moved after him, but
;'Hwn weapons stopped the move-
Witness continued: "I saw sheriff
some empty coca-cola bottles out
' Hammond's pockets, three or four
''"l". 1 asked Charlie Warren to
(,P quiet crowd, and during this
John Wilson drove up.
Mr. Newell cross-examined 'Deputy
1 sperinun, who said every description
' teople were In the crowd at 10:30
m. ,
Were there any prominent people
li i t any lawver7" asked Mr. New-
PROPOSE AMNESTY ACT.
Vienna, Friday, Nov. 7. An amnes
ty act, which would: cover minor civil
offenses, political crimes and certain
branches of military discipline but
which would exclude from its operation
profiteers and food hoarders, ' rts been
proposed by the government."
INDIAN WHO SIGNED
BILLIONS IN BONDS
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November 11 Was Chosen as Date Owing to the Absence
of Several Defendants from Indianapolis -Is a Con
spiracy,. Judge Anderson Rules.
Indianapolis, Ind., xNov. 8. he United Mine Workers , of
America were today ordered to withdraw the strike order under
which 400,000 men quit work November 1. The mandate was
issued by Judge A. B. Anderson, of the United States district
court, after' a hearing in which the union attorneys fought
vainly for a chance to present arguments on the right to strike.
. The union was given until November 11 at 6 p. m. to issue
the 'cancellation. " This date was selected because so many de
fendants wrere absent.. The union attorneys explained the absen
tees must be summoned by telegraph from many parts of the
country; to issue the cancellation order.
The attorneys announced that President Lewis and Secretary
Green of the union intend obeying the court order, but that they
could not speak for their fellow officials.
STARS AND STRIPES
BONUS MEASURE
iz UP JN CONGRESS
FOOTBALL AT
4 P.M. TODAY
Davidson and North Caro
lina State Will Meet in
Football Classic; 5 j
700 0G0 TONS IN
ONE DAY'S WORK
Houston B. Teehe
The football representatives of Da
vidson and the North Carolina State
College will meet at 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Wearn field in the only
inter-collegiate game scheduled for
Charlotte this season. The adherents
of the two colleges began to arrive here
Friday night and were arriving Satur
day morning.
From Davidson, in addition to the
football team and many students, not
to mention townspeople, there will be
four companies of the Rt. O. T. C. and
the new college band there.
Alumni of the State College, of which
there are many here, will ' be present
from all parts of the state and there
will be many .visitors from nearby
(towns and the countryside. .
The State College, has won a total of
1 291 points this eason in the various
Compares With 2,000,000
Tons Daily Average for
Coal Production.
COTTON GINNED
TO NOVEMBER 1
Washington, Nov. 8. Production of
bituminous coal last Saturday, the first
day of the coal strike, was estimated
today by the. Geological Survey at
slightly less than 700,000 tons. This
compares with an average normal daily
output of nearly 2.000,000 tons.
For, the five days preceding the
strike the output was 12,142,000 tons,
an ' average per working day of more
than 2,000,000 tons. This was far
above the average and was exceeded
during only one other week this year.
LABOR ORGANIZERS
ORDERED TO LEAVE
Houston B. Teehee. Cherokee In
dian. for the past four and one-hall gabes it has participated in and has
years register of the U. S. treasury,
has decided to transfer his signature
from government currency to oil
dividend checks. . He has resigned to
become treasurer of a big Oklahoma
oil company. Teehee's signature ap
pears on all the Liberty bonds.
come out victorious in four of the six
games they have played, the Navy and
the University of North Carolina being
the winners over them. Davidson has
not won so ' many ' of. her contests as
the StatfeJvt-has usually, lost by only
a narrow margin and her team is rec
ognized as, a very strong one. ' y
INVES TIG AT ION
SENATE COMMITTEE
PRESENTS A REPORT
ON
Washington, Nov. 8. Characterizing
all strikes . as "industrial barbarism"
and declaring that "there is no place
in this "country either for industrial
despotism or labor despotism," the sen
ate committee authorized to investigate
the steel strike today presented a re
port covering its hearings, both in
Washington and in Pittsburgh, and
crit'eising both the workers and th
employers in the controversy which re-
suited in ai itjj.oi. to.ii.if. "'"
the steel industry. .
The committee's plain conclusion,
concurred, in by all members, wa v ex
pressed in the statement that "the pub
lic has a right to determine that capital
shall not arrogate to " self .the-right to
determine in its owi y those indus
trial questions, and is the same as
to labor, and the duty is upon congress
to provide some way of adjusting these
difficulties." , . .,
As a permanent preventive of, strikes,
-..rvh the committee concedes "are
apparently the only. way for Tabor to
secuVe even its just demands if employ
ers refuse to grant them," it Id recom
mended that congress auuwrwj mo
o5tablishment of some such mediation
atrencv with well-defined powers as th
- Johnstown! Pa., Nov. 8. Determin
ed to- run 'organizers out of town, it is
saidy . a committee . of business men of
the city has- given two labor organizers
until 5 o'clock this afternoon to leave
Johnstown. Meanwhile, the city is quiet
but the . committee is on the alert and
"ready , to take further action" unless
the organizers comply with the request,
it is stated. .
The organizers are T. J. Conboy, of
the steel workers' unior, and. Dominick
Gelotte, of - the United Mine Workers.
Both were requested least night by the
committee to leave the city, immediate
ly after William Z. Foster, secretary
of -the. national steel strike committee,
(was forced to leave Johnstown, where
FIRST RESERVATION
BEFORE THE SENATE
Census Bureau Announces
G innings N. C. Figures
Are 498,817.
Washington,, Noy. r 8. Cotton ginned
prior to November 1 amounted to 6,-
273,866 running bales,' including 70,594
round bales, 14,081 bales of American
Egyptian, and 3,396 bales of sea island,
the census bureau announced today.
Ginnings last year prior to Novem
ber 1 were 7,777,i59 running bales, in
cluding 120,181 round bales, 4,599 bales
of American-Egyptian and 16,032 'bales
of sea island. -
This year's ginnings by states were:
Alabama 4 89 ,65 8 r Arizona 21,674; Arkan
sas 358,409; California 19,119; Florida
13,263; Georgia 1,314,743; Louisiana 187,-
382;' Mississippi 532,98a; Missouri 19,
880; North Carolina 498.817: Oklahoma
363,897; South Carolina 1,053,774; Ten
nessee 113,074; Texas' 1,276,089; Virginia
9,835; all other states' 1,260.
Sea island ginnings by states were:
Florida 1919;. Georgia 478; South Caro
lina 999. ' - '
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Rep. T. S. Williams.
recently dissolved war labor board.
"This board would; have the power
of ' compulsory,' investigation," the re
port adds on this subject, but "not to
the extent of compulsory arbitration.
A just decision pf the board1 would
be endorsed by the public. . There is .
good sense enough in the; -American
people to bring about an adjustment
of these difficulties.'1 ' ' '
The report was' signed by Senator
Kcnyon, of IoWa, chairman; Senators
Sterling, South Dakota, and Phipps,
Colorado, republican and ..McKellar,
Tennessee, and, Walsh, , Massachusetts,
democrats. :' ' ' " , .
Treating on the cause of, the strike,
the committee expressed the opinion
that the .walkout was precipitated by
the . determination of v the American
Federation - of Labor to organize, the
steel industry. Wages are not a fae
tor in the strike, the committee held,
being high enough to give no reason for
dissatisfaction, f Hours of the workers,
however,. , the , senators, believed, are
too long. -' . . - . . . ; v
Further behind the; strike, the, com
mittee found, was massed "a considera-
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SETTLE MIXERS STRIKE.
Huelva, Spain, Friday, Nov. 7. The
strike of the miners here, which occas
sioned serious rioting, has been settled.
The Stars and Stripes, the inde
pendent newspaper for returned sol
diers, has presented to congress a
composite bonus plan, with selective
fompensation features.- The resolu
tion was introduced by .Representa
tive T. S. Williams, after consulta
tion with Representative Morgan of
Oklahoma, author of the Morgan
bonus bill, as an effort to combine
best features of all proposed to help
the service men and the nation.
SUBPOENAS ISSUED.
, Chicago, Nov. 8. auopoenas for sixty
manufacturers of men's clotking alleg
ed to have been victimized by mem
bers of the Amalzamated Clothing
Workers of America today were in the
hands of. deputies from the state's at
torney's office.. Because of alleged
threats a' number of" the manufacturers
have refused to talk. .
ANTICIPATE REJECTION.
IiiQianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8. Anticipa
ting - rejection by the United States
district court here today of their mt
tion for dismissal of the restrainir.'-;
order . L.s'ued . againtjflkj.ls. nL . tlie
United Mine Workers of America Oc
tober 3i, attorneys for the miners -today
were prepared to make a f'ojht to.'
release of the strike fund now 'tied u;
by ' the government's injunction pro
ceedings. Hearing of the petition to make the
restraining-- order a- temporary injune-
! tion was set for 10 o'clock. ' Govern -j
ment plans included an effort to have
; the temporary injunction "made per-
iiictiieiii eiL.il iicaii'i idiei 111:
month and,'- if possible, to ' secure' Im
mediately, an order to compel miners
chiefs to cill off the strike.
The program for the hearing today
provided that the miners' motion for '
dismissal of the government's" caje
shotild be argued first: The. miners
based" their motion on -charges that the
government, is without authority to in
terfere in disputes between,, employers
and employes growing out of wage
controyersies and in this connection the
Clayton act of 1914 is cited as -.authority.
The miners also declare that
the Lever law, under which the- gov
ernment'' suit was brought, was ef
fective only during the war and 'that
the war has "ceased progressively,
thus making the law ineffective. An
other section of the miners' contention
attacks the authority of President Wil
son to re-establish the fuel adminis
tration without the consent of congress,
the claim being set up that when dis
solved by. his proclamation, the pres
ident could . not again bring the fuel
administration .machinery into forea
unless the "exigencies" of war de-.
mandel it. The right to deprive tfcj
miners of possession of ' their strike
fund without -"just cause or compen
sation" also is attacked. ' '"''
The government's action against th i
strikers' leaders is based on the pro
visions of the Lever law making it .
crime to conspire to limit the produc
tion of food or fuel. Under this law.
the action against the union hea ls
might have . been made criminal.
Washington,' Nov. .8. The first of. the
foreign relations committee reserva
tions to the peace treaty ; was before
the senate today and a vote without pro
longed i discussion was expected.
The text of;the reservation follows:
"The United States so understands
and construes article one that ip case
of- notice of withdrawal from , the
league i.of -nations, as provided in said
article, the. United States" shall , be the
sole judge as to whether all its interna
tional obligations and all its obligations
under the said covenant have . been
fulfilled and- notice of withdrawal by
the United States may be given by aeon
current resolution of the congres sof the
UnitedStates." i- : V
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Cloudv tonierht and Sunday with
probably local rains. Gentle north-
MORE THAN 350 ARE
ARREST IN 1 8
AS RESULT
UNDER
CITIES
Washington, Nov. 8. Deportation of
all aliens engaged in red activities, has
been determined - upon by the depart
ment of justice, Attorney General Pal
mer announced today. ,
Details of the widespread clean-up of
radicals " last night and today show
that more than 350 were arrested in
18 -cities. Mr. Palmer has asked the
department of labor to deport all of
them. , . ... - .
Agents of the department of justice
and the bureau of immigration have
been collecting evidence in these par
ticular cases for two months, Mr. Pal
mer said. Practically all' of those ar
rested are Russians.
Included, among the material and lit
erature seized by! government agents
in the raids, ' were quantities of ar
ticles .used : in making bombs, complete
Russian Workers is ' conducting an ac
tive propaganda' for. a '.'socialist rev
olution." The aliens; arrested were all
leaders in this ;union, which was de
scribed ; as . the ' worst ' aoarchist organ
ization, in., this country. Its member
ship numbers more tha.n 7,000.
Many - locals, estimated by officials
to - run , well above -100, are " scattered
throughout the . nation. -Last night's
raids, however, r included only the lead
ers of the 'organization in the following
cities: ' . . t -
r New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, Phil
adelphia, Cleveland. Detroit. Buffalo,
Akron, Youngstown; O., ' Baltimore,
Newark and: Elizabeth, N. J.; and
Hartford, Waterbury. Ahsonia, Bridge
port, NewHaven, and Seymour, Conn.
Of the activities .' of members of the
Union of. Russian, Workers Mr. Palmer's
LEWIS REFUSED.
Washington. Nov. 8. Injunction pro
ceedings against officials jf the Unite!
Mine Workers of. .America will b-
pressed at Indianapolis todiy, Attorney
(General Palmer announced. John L.
Lewis, acting president, of th rn!n
ers' union, refused to accede t- th gov
element's demands that the sir iki or
der be recalled pending mediation vf
tvie controverry. . ' ,
counterfeiting, plants, a large supply . of statement said
counterfeit bank notes, thousands of
pieces, of. .literature, described as of
thes most inflammatory nature and
scores of red ' flags,, rifles and . revolv
ers' In the : course ,of their investigations
of - red - activities government agents,
according .to Ic. Palmer's announce
ment, have '"found that " the Union of
"The. .Union of Russian Workers Li
even more radical' than . the bolshevik.
It was organizedin New. York in 1907
by a groups of 11 men, led by William
Szatowp. at;-present the chief of police
of Petrograd.' The purpose of the socie
ty was to amalgamate all of the Russian
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; VIEWED WITH ALARI.
. Chicago, Nov. 8. The eighth" con
secutive day of virtual . nor.-produc-Lion
in the .-oal fields, with miners and
ejK-rators -sadlocked, already th
s.-'.'rce of ocnia 8'i'T"j"ln anS diarr;inv.
ine t of rotitlne, was " looked tn hre
nth, considerable alarm.
Little change in the general conii
t'ts surroundnij, . the strike were ap
pient today, the.vpu!lic evidently hcld
in:f in .abjencv-further opptals for
cr.al pending hearing ot the feileral in
junction pro"e-dir!t'c. No co.iKidj.T."e
betterment in the amount of coal
brought to the surface was reported
although Alabama and West Virginia
production was said ' to be improved
slightly. "
In addition to ordering -stopped the
bunkering at American ports of ves
sels flying foreign .flags and the can
celling of sixty-six trains In the middle
west, governmental agencies had taken
no drastic steps in an effort to relieve
the threatened coal shortage.
" ' VOTE TO RETURN.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. " 8. Miners ai
the Wisconsin Steel Company's coaJ
operations at Benham, Ky..- are report
ed to have voted 463 to 27 favorable to
returning to work Mondij' morning.
These men are not affiliated with the
Uidted Mine- Workers . of America, al
though they walked out with union
men on November. 1. This ia the first
beak in the strike in ' the ; Teanesse
Kentucky ' coal field. . -
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