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rrn E CHARLOTTE NEWS 20 PAGES TODAY AND EVENING CHRONICLE V.--"ti GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" 1 .. rfl 4RLOTT53 NEWS Established. Dally. 188St SnnHa mm BB BTBW0 CHRONICLE Established 10O3. ' Snnda 101- CHARLOTTE, N. O, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1921. THE CHARLOTTE 'EWS THE E VEXING CHRONICLE r Consolidated IDDirP PP.MTS. 1 May S. 1814. 1UVXJ X X T A-J VUillW Charlotte Textile keirs Went nit Ml laimy Persons edl amid EinijiLiFed im Oklalnoma Race Miots 9 Railroads9 Bill ffoir laboir Gnat 400 Million Dollars NIGHT EDITION On Stake ITocJay; o By MTIONALGUARD CALLED TO PUT DOWN DISORDER Tulsa Negroes g xa Jail to Release Black Held for an Attack. ,500 MENARE FIGHTING Thousand Armed Negroes Opposed to 500 Whites; Stores Are Koobed. Tulsa, Okla., June 1. Nine white men are known to . have been killed in the race clash hat broke OUt here last night j n rrpri until nnnn Innnv I noon U1IU ..WW.. y estimating' the negro dead as 63. In addition, scores of whites and negroes have been wounded and virtually the entire negro quarter is a mass of rums, the result Of fire. The loSS is ex- nooinA in hp laro-P. ai ii ai.i t -f UKianuma vuy, utua., june i. Martial law in Tulsa was or dered today by Governor Rob ertson at 11:15 a. m. today and Adjutant General Barrett was placed in command of the city. The order was given over the Ion? distance telephone. lhe martial law order was) extended to include all of Tulsa county. The order placed the adjutant general ' in command oE the city and county. section Of Tulsa, where an arm-1 ed conflict has been in Drosress 1 Deiween wnite men ana negroes since parlv last nio-ht rpliltinET I suite eariy ldbi nignv, resuiung in a reported death list of at least six whites and fifty ne groes and a rapidly increasing of wounded, were m flames today. The fire wnc rpnnrfpd I spreading and threatening: to wipe out a white residence sec tion in the Standpipe and Sun set Hill additions. Detachments of guardsmen were scattered throughout the city pre pared to meet all emergencies with machine guns ready for action. Guards surrounded the armory while others assisted in "rounding P negroes and segregating them n the jail. Convention Hall, base afl park and other places which had been turned into prison camps. State troops, under the command of Adjutant General C. F. Barrett, arrived at 9 'clock to take charge i the situation, augmenting - lo cal units of guardsmen who were railed out last night. At this time, there were reoorts of sDoradic shooting and the situation seemed to be easing. Adjutant O pnprnl Raprett nnnn lined nat Colonel B. H. Markham, of Ok .a nOir.a CitV. n-riiiM l-io in enmmanil f f?ld Orppratinns nf tho o-nflrdampn. yai Karrett, who is working uo the direction of the sheriff, mayor 'i cnier of police, said he would eon- l'nue to do so until he deemed it ne tsRary to invoke martial law. ine negroes assembled as refugees ana prisoners were being cared for by t'WC organizations and private citizens volunteered for the work. Throughout the morning, long linen pf negroes, barefooted and in nifiht '-'OlneS. Streamer! nrcotwanl olnno' lnA l"fs ieaaing to Convention Ht'l. ' . -. --is 'kit ashen faces bespoke gripping BUNDLES CARUIED. hn i j,n' Women and children carried pondlea of clothing on their heads an-1 ar-'KS. Thft a rt inca tViov tavpH W(rfl )aried and in n-mnv rasoa wnnlrl have teen ludif".rrvo v... 4- v, 1 ph C CL11 VIVA tt JX 'veiled hair carried a woolly whiro -Hi'uuea an old .. viv mail. uiauwvu mi Tnn nrfonnorl 1 rl s arul blankets and apparently ill- Pn weu w a "ospitai. ., Hall were nnt. nnn-comhatants. Grim V "ere nt non-comoaiarus. .."facfid and heavilv armed men I'hirii 1U neavuy armea men Qlr al .. . .. . . . .. .. I frnm :u uy lo ine Dig hall direct 'y them, -..i I rip scene of fiehtiner. With r-lncilt. negro e fraj captured. with uns during continued to rage all morning the r, eSTO sertinn hut at nnnn it. was ever! ti lh. .A,, "hioh wnne residential quaricia cn were imperilled would escape. m SaPulpa, died this morning fol- Th v "gnt at a railroad station. idemfflbody of a white man was later "Utied as Walter Raees. 27. Tulsa. V "Sons not deputized as special of- "8 Worn 3 j l Jroolo uiueieu iu uiaill ill xii sawn broke. fiO or 70 motor rs fiiied with white men formed Circle . ... EPn v" - wmpieieiy around ine nq- 5iV.idIn. Half a dozen airplanes Shout; WQ OVfrllPQl Vhama. urn a tnilVl nui. T f TVT I tu fon emmro hlnk ih npfrrn the state was claimed to be invalid and I ey,' and can get the needed funds srheul little- foppbsitioir. tt; e-r" --- icn square uiucivs uaiuc itcgiu i uniustl . discriminatory bv the Bethle-1 thov an nsp'them a. short time after I Leaflura - nt fn,T. ,i mZ .and shooting. 6A. row of uses along the railroad tracks "red, but lack of wind pre- (Coatinued on Ta.go Two) Japan is Urged To Continue Alliance With Great Britain ToklO. June 1 fltv thp Asnri. atfa Press.) Great Britain, The iicni iNicni declares today, has sug gested that Japan permit the Anglo Japanese alliance to continue anoth er year. The two nations art- 1p- nitely neeotiarhur for a rpvisinn nf w "" " j 01 SECTION REVENUE ACT HELD NOT VALID Gppf:nn Tviprl 3nofnal TW . on Auto Manufacturers Selling in the State. IMPOSED TAX OF $500 Manufacturers Claim Equal A H rroiecuon oi tne JLaw Was Denied Them. Washington, June 1. The Su preme Court today in effect declar ed invalid section 72 of North Caro lina revenue act of 1917 levying a special tax upon manufacturers of automobiles engaged in selling their product in the state. The Bethlehem Motors Company and the National Motor Car and Vehicle Company brought suit on the ground they had been denied "equal protection of the law" as giuu-anteea . uy . 4iie coubuiuuim. The North Carolina license tax for o ii-rrn-m io- i-..iGiT.aa Tir.-tv.in guaranteed by .the constitution. hem Motors Company in an appeal I p,rou?nt w-tne umtea btates bupreme The State statute imposes a license tax 'of $500 on automovile manufactur- Jn!l.;CII nn KnlM when three-fourths of the assets of such companies are not invested in I the State, and $100 if three-fourths of such assets . are invested in the State. I When the Sheriff of Forsyth County I endeavored to enforce this statute! panyit resisted payment of the license, I claiming the invalidity of the law be- cause Ul ius unjust. uiat:iiiuiiia.biuii., State courts sustained . the law and the motors company appealed to the United States Supreme Court. ELON GETS FUNDS m. nlTT tmw l A riTTTlTr( 1KJ X i. X X ii.VrijvO Elon College, June 1. Word has just reached the president's office here that the General Education Board or New York city, after an investigation of the college on April 30 by its field secretary, Dr. E. C. Sage, has mciud'id Elon Colleee in the list of its institu tions to receive assistance in the award- j ing of funds for the increase of teach- ers' salaries, a grant oi o,uuu a year for the next two years has been voted Elon for the purpose of meeting" its in crease in professors' salaries. At the recent meeting of the Aiumm Association of the college at the close of commencement, Mrs. u. A. craw-1 ford, Mebane, was chosen to give tne alumni oration at tne next commence- ment. Mrs. J. D. troctor, juumoer- ton. was chosen as her alternate. At this meeting also Dr. G. O. Lankford, Burlington, was elected as president of the association for the following ear. ' -r- xkt r wioker ravA the literal" address at the Eureka High School at the commencement exercises on Friday of last week. Dr W. A. Harper spoKe twice at the new Christian cnurcn at v ranKim- ton on Sunday. On next Friday he will give the literary address at tne Fremont high school commencement, nn on the 12th .he will speak beforo the State Christian Endeavor wnren- .w w - tinn in WilminetOn. rtTivT A "DTP A T7T7TT?"TC NAVAL BILL ACTION Washington, ounex.v - - . i T - ' 1 T3. o vfttn fT tl 1 Bthea nappVopriatVon 1. ... . i A tl AAA -mavi in Yd. nflW SI wtinirin incr r.ii imir 1 1 ir:ii in j - enlirted personnel instead of .100,000 men as voted Dy tne nouse. Proposals by Senator rtoh tn ansnpnd construction of six battleships ano live uj. ie "- battle cruisers were aeieateu wuuuui OlA ua-...-! , . A a record vote. " Without a record vote, me .. restored the provision to continue ap propriations for a new dry dock at the I Charleston. S. C. Yard, and for dredg ing a channel. SCOTT C. BONE NAMED GOVERNOR OF ALASKA Washington, June 1. Scott C. Bone, a former Seattle publisher and who was publicity manager for the repub lican national committee hv the 18-40 (n.n lira nominated today by President' Harding to be Governor of Alaska- - - - KELLY'S NINTH HOMER. New York, June 1. George Kelly, of the New York Nationals ay"iu run oi wib ; -v". ing with ;l. or tne rnudum- VHtionals. who knocked out ins nmtn circuit clout yesterday. OF IS SFi E BANKERS DiaIRE TO LEND FUND FOR ROADS From Five to Ten Million Dollars Can Be Procured MORE THAN IS NEEDEE Council of State nnd Gov ernor Do Not Wan- So t c By JULE B. WARREN, Staff Correspondent of The Item. Raleigh, June 1. Bankers from vari ous sections of the State have been in th.e city for the PurPose of conferring wan me council or state aoout letting letting the State have from five to ten million dollars at six per cent for use in mak ing initial payments on the new build ing program for roads and institutions during the next ninety days. The coun cil of state, however, is not anxious 1 to make a loan of this size, and is aug- estlng a smaller amount of money. " the stae banks can make the loan Pf a smaller amount the' council will be interested in the proposal, but the initial suggestion of the bankers has been that the loan be five or ten mil lion dollars. MONEY NOT NEEDED. The council of state and the Gov ernor do not want to borrow such a large amount of moiney for the very " 1 simple reason that they do not need so much during the next few months, and they do not want to pile up money m the banks which they cannot use and on which they will have to pay in terest. The council is sticking to its original resolution about these short term loans. That is that they prefer to make the loans in small amounts every few months rather than get all the money that .will be spent during i the year. It will save interest charges for under the policy adopted by the council the state will not have to pay i. 4. . i mnn. I the loan is made GET rr in new. York. If the North Carolina bankers are unable or unwilling to make the loans tho uri sne-sested hv the cuncil of state, the members of the council have assurance that the money in amounts ranging from a million dol- lars up or down can be secured from I New York at six per cent interest and with no conditions tied to the loan J - . . -rxrl for anv stipulated length of time. Witn everything equal, the council, of course ipreieia iu uunmcoo mi" v. ..v.v folks, but it is ffoing out or tne btate to get the money if interest charges can be saved or the conditions are mure wvu.auic ... " , , Beverai meetings oi tne wuuui u state hnvA bfiftn field dUnnST tne past " . . .. , " iew aays, auu tne - the dav wes held on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of sun rurtner aiscuss- ing the various propositions that have been made to lend the btate money, The council and Governor are antici- patine the needs of the highway com- mission, pending tne receipt ot me automobile license money ounug mo next three months; the work at tne various state institutions which will be under contract during the next few months, and the permanent Duuaing programs for the university and coi Tht conference of bankers and finan ha not shown that a five per petit hnnd can be SOld. DUt It naS aem- onstrated that the policy adopted Dy the state several months ago iouow- ing the visit of Treasurer iacy anu me Governor to New xorK was rignt. i money market Is improving genemuy I ana there is more money available now than there was wnen tne uuvemor tutrned from New York. The bankers are looking for a steaoy improvement 1 in nnditions and believe that in the not distant future it will be possible to market a rive per cem. FINALS AT STATE COLLEGE. i xne closing bi -. " c mencement ul nW7, in the college auditorium Monday morning men wa rison deiiverea aipiomwi w """J graduates. The diplomas were award- I i jsn-i r - irQTnriPJl I f "1 1 1 1 1 m io - among memweo v w MRS. MALLORY BEATS FRENCH TENNIS STAR t -1 T it. I ST. IJIOUUw rittliUC, j unw 'j A-tPd Press.-Mrs. Molla Bjur- wedt Mallory, American women's sin- today defeated i -- frtca I f!! flirs LUaillWvii Madame Baussard, of France, b-z, 6-5 in the women's singles of the world's hard court tennis championship tour nament in progress here. William T. Tilden, of Philadelphia, the world's grass court champion, de feated Rodzianka, of Russia, in straight sets, 6-3; 6-0, 6-1. Tilden thus advanc ed to the semi-finals. Arnold Jones, of Providence, and Edith Sigourney, of Boston, beat M. Madame Lebesnerai, of France .in the mixed doubles, 6-4; 2-6, es. i . - : , VARIOUS LAWS WERE ANNULLED BY ALJT Washington, June 1. Passage of the prohibition amendment served to annul various internal revenue laws covering tho Hnnnr traffic, the Supreme Court held today held today. Congress did not intend to preserve the old penalties, the court said. miwiHTTKR TO REPORT BILL. Washington, June 1. The House ju- -VSnttee airwed today to re rr..t the Volstead bill which would - ---- - . njivsicians' nre ia. TVVO - T HIRDS I , r. WAGE ICR TO BE DEDUC Maintenance - of -Way Em ployes' Wages Are Reduced 2,000,000 MEN AFFECTED Generai Average Decrease 10 t jriaceu ill. iA iw v-eu vs. 21 Per Cent Raise. Chicago, June 1. Approximate ly two-thirds of the wage increase granted railroad employes last July by the Rialroad Labor Board was ordered deducted beginning July 1 in tfie board's decision announced today. From the increase last year of $600,000,000 a year in salaries of railroad labor, nearly $400,000,000 will.be cut, it. is estimated, by the reductions directed by the board. In the case of the general class of maintenance-of-way laborers, the entire increase of 8J4 cents an hour was withdrawn, while in oth ers of the class having the larger number of employes, the cuts ranged from 13 to 8 and from 10 to 6 cents per hour, as compared with the award of last July. Although the wage cuts are to apply only on the 104 roads which had filed petitions for the decreases, the board's n . A a. 4- It.. 1 - . -1 announcement said that application of other roads would cause the same reductions to he placed in effect on those lines. r"",,e decreases, it is esti mated, event, .ly will affect 2,000,000 men. The general average decrease is placed at 12 per cent, as compared with an average of 21 per cent in crease granted last Julv. Union leaders withheld comment on the board's decision, but it had been freely stated at sessions of the railway employes' leaders here during the board's hearings on the decreases that .m ft i ; i j. brotherhoods : hare called a meetinsr nere ior July l, . when the wage de crease are effective, to discuss the award. riTrr v-nT, crTWTrixxyuni clTT 0T SUFFICIENT H. E. Byrum, president of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and S. M. eiton, president of the Chicago Great Western, declared that the reductions granted were, ' not sufficient to meet the demands -of the situation." l.. m ' , board points out that, during govern- ment control, the wages of railway em. jiujco vv cic 1111:1 eaaeu uuin an average o irom an average December, 1917 to of S78 a month m uecemoer. i to $116 in January, 1920, and to $141 by tne increase of last July. About 10 vf : r r, "L me xanwciy emiJiuyes, cmeny tnose unsKineo, tne Doard said, I nafl thus rfiOPlVPtl lncrpaspa annrnTi. I . ... 1 increase over the nay nrior to Federal ...auuK iuu per rem, wmie tne average control was 81 per cent. The board estimates the present cut i would mean an ' average monthly sal- ary of about $125 for all employes, but j such an average means, of course,, thai i wnne some workers would earn a sum consiueraDiy m excess or this, many thousanls would fall far short of that figure." REDUCTIONS ORDERED. Following are the reductions ordered for some of the principal classes of rail employes, as compared with last i year's, showing the classification, the incronso nf lWnv 1. 1920 nn tho fit. crease which IS effective July 1, 1921. Clerks; 18 cents per hour: 6 cents per hour. Maintenance of way laborers; 8 1-2 cents per hour: 8 1-2 cents per hour Track foremen; 15 cents per hour; 10 cents per hour Signal department; 13 cents per hour; 8 cents per hour. Shop crafts; . 13 cents per hour; 8 cents per hour Telegraphers; 10 cents per hour; 6 cents per hour. Passenger engineers and firemen; cents per day; 6 cents an hour. Freight engineers and firemen; $1.04 per day; 8 cents an hour, Yard engineers and firemen; : 18 cent an hour; 8 cents an hour. Passenger conductors and brakemen; $30 a month; 7 1-2 cent an hour. Freight conductors and brakemen; $1 a day; 8 cents an hour. Yard conductors and brakemen; 18 cents an hour; 8 cents an hour. Stationary engineers and firemen and oilers; 13 cents an hour; 8 cents an hour. Hostlers, outside; $1.44 a day; 8 cents an hour. Hostlers, inside; $1.44 a day; 8 cents an hour. The increase granted to take - i May 1, 1920, were estimated as folio s, according to the proportions granted the chief classes benefitted by the in crease: Clerks and. freight handlers $123,000,- 000 a year. Maintenance Of way employes $160, 000,000 a year. Train service employes $157,000,000 a year. Shopmen $139,000,000 a year. . EXECUTIVES DISAPPOINTED. Chicago, June 1. Railway executives today expressed disappointment at what they declared to be the inadequate wage decreases announced by the Unit ed States Railroad Labor Board. B. M. Jewell, president of the rail road department of the American Fed eration of Labor, refused to make any comment but declared the decision would, be taken up at a meeting" of the executive committee probably in Chi cago within the next few days. "The reduction in wages granted is not, in my opinion, sufficient to meet the demands of the situation," said H. Continued on Far Three.) ASE j a. 7 j- u x. jLfiA lamuau Railway Problem Discussed By President And I. C. G. Members ENTIRE SUBJECT RAILWAY RATES WAS GOI OVER Downward Revision Undei Discussion by Harding and I. C. C. Members. MUCH PROGRESS MADE . , iTftnPrSe VVOrif nT rnninf Out Inequalities Has Pro gressed Rapidly. Washington. June 1. Downward re vision of railrad rates, particularly f those on necessities, was discussed by President TTaHim tndnv -nrith mDmhcra f. -r . , . I of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion at; an informal conference at the commission's headquarters. The Presi dent was understood to have been as sured that the whole subject now was under review by the commission. Mr. Harding injuired particularly about the prospect for modification of ImAi - vh j-. -w - t 4. fill. M . Jl 1 cials are t.derstood to have told him that thov wr-i no;.,w I progress on a plan for obtaining: volun- tarv reductions in somn rates throuc-h concerted action by the carriers It was said that this movement and the general work of ironing out inequalities had gone much further than information hitherto given to the public had indicated. Deatils as to this, however, were not made K" ' - . , ,v thoP:hi. ereuWfs no twardi" I cation that the chief executive and the public cation tnat tne chief executive and the comTisiOTrs : discussed the -probosal TuL to provide for the funding - of $750,000,000 owed the government for permanent improvements made . while the roads tarere under Federal control, that subject is known to be under ac tive consideration by administration officials and the assumption was that it had been, touched upon during the conference. CONSIDERABLE FAVOR, A recommendation that the govern ment take that step was made before the Senate interstate commerce conv tuiLLCc jcoiciuay 1.7 y j. icamcub i-n:a, uj the Pennsylvania lines and is under stoor! to have trained considerable fa mittee yesterdav by President Rea, of vor among some members of the com- mittee ? i rviittoo At the conference today, both President and members of the commis sion expressed a hope for closer co- operation among all public officials h j jT.l j. j.t. I lUWaiU a reaulUBLIlient OI Lli3 CIlllIC railroad situation. It was indicated that hereafter the White House would be kept informed about detailed fteps contemplated by the rate fixing boay. The President made inquiries con cerning the general progreas or tne commission in revismer tne particular horizontal rates which thi administra- tion believes has put mo- burden on certain commoditiones than they can bear. He expressed much gratification to learn that the commission already was at worn on a revision ul sucn ra and was said to have be3'i particularly pleased at the suggestion of a voum- tary agreement among carriers make the . desired reduction HARDING SATISFIED. Aa no lorr mo onmmisrann a onice mi. ..... . re r r .t.;v,. naiuiug eAyieoscQ e11- "''" meetine the commissioners, told -them he wanted to be helpful whenever it iwas possible, and voiced a desire to keen in close touch with trie comnus- sion's work. He was assured that he would be kept advised. Mr. Rea, of the Pennsylvania, . was again betore tne uummins comuu.,ee i. J J J .rrmimt nrftm. ises to maintain the lines in as good COILUILIUII ao -.' w j:.: lobfin nirof Dhnillrl J...,n, 4 Ta onirit Wo ti. mated under-maintenance claims or tne mavis, wno as uucmw b-"" -onrriprs against the . government to ag- roads, handles all the affairs hanging t?nn nnn nnn - 'rrfv, roiTTviQfia rvt ipvp ' ivirs. xvea iUO c.. - -- , said "that it can be shown tnat tne same amount of pnysicai reparation was not produced by the dollars ex- pended in the Federal control period as in ine teat pwiuu, - pledge of the President and Congress has not been kept. It might take more than three years to review all claims; Mr. Rea said, and, if appeal to the Supreme Court for final interpretation of the control act and the contracts under it were neces sary "many of the roads will be forced to accept mucn less tnan iuej me titled to and accept the burden." HUGHES LATEST NOTE IS CAUSING CONCERN The Hague June 1. The new - note from the United States government re garding the Netherlands oil policy in the Dutch East Indies has evidently caused concern in the foreign office, where it arrived today. It is generally believed that the Dutch government will answer the note, again putting forward the government's stand point and expressing regret of the Am erican view of Holland's policy. READ THE ANT PAGE 8 i Harding, in Effect, Asked the Commission to Reduce the Freight Rates. By DAVID LAWRENCE, Staff Correspondent of The News. ; Copyright 1921, Dy Kews Publishing Co. Washington. June 1. President Hardinsr has taken his first import ant step toward solving the railway prouiem. xie xias in meui. &n.ou una Tntoretofo PATmorpfl PrtmmiSfiln trt rft- duce freight rates. He didn't do so fe"r tactf ullv and diplomatically. For a President isn't supposed to ask 4he In terstate Commerce Commission, which is a auasi-judicial body, to render any decisions. Woodrow Wilson had some informal conferences once with mem- !f?l.i J"!!! SSSS fry tririiitr tn In f 1 lion re tVi MmmiSSlOn o to revise rates. more airect course ana even ooiuer course, which unauestionaDiy win es tablish a precedent ana orusn asiae for all times the technical criticism j that a President can't communicate with the I. C. C. Mr. Harding walked to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion buildine and told the members nf th commission that he recognized that tno rnmmisainn is the rate-making aerent of Conerress and that, inasmuch as he had the official right to com municate to Congress any message ne pleased, he therefore felt free to om- municate directly witn tne agex uj. Congress. , DELICATE QUESTION Wltn tnat aeucate quesuuii off his mind. Mr. Maraing enierea a general discussion wim ie sion on the subject or rates. making delicate inquiry as to the progress the commission was making on the sub ject and expressing him own solicitude over certain classes of rates. He men tioned particularly the rate . on rruit carrying, which is a subject of com- -niaint in the west; He was much pleased to learn that the commission wm endeavoring to bring about a re- vision of rates and that tha? commis - 1 vision 01 . 'a,u" "r '"ir,,r;".- lQ the railroads would voluntarily reduce their - scale on certain commooauies, where obviously the rate was mure than the traffic could bear. Mr. Hard- ing left the commission witn a parting wom that carried a great deal .of sig- nificance. He spoKe oi oa ueaue j be helpful and to remain in .ciosesi, touch with the work the commission is doing. -. .t irmtro XNow the visit of Mr. Harding was no rnsun.1 affair. accidentally Drougui ahnnt. It was deliberately througnt out as a means of convincing- the country tnat xresiaent naiumg J J""" ,rriers wouLi see tnat he h,P.td e ca?fi ,?J1 i3n- Kla In other ion and achieving economies in ouiei directions. The whole suDject was ui - cussed at the cabinet meeting on lues- '.Y.?JnJ?wC?JSJ tne i-resiuenL uum . hp visit to .ona tlio vorir npxt dav tl-ii nnmmissinn Was olanned by Mr. Harding, not only after consultation with the cabinet but after it became known here also that the railroad la norri would hand down a decision . . V,Q -vi,,0 nf rprtain classes oi "VI v- J . . r"" Onlinatino. an estimated cost nn nnft nftft v. in Was:es. " Twaa i- tht iudement of Mr. Hard- . awnnloffical time to act. With down the public has been - - freiht rates to go down- Mr. ??Pe,c"ng Q"5t a chance to emphasize . t teng being taken I . , . if ni.r.1fMn TinT lilt' 1 as Close togetuer us i- tn hnstpn to normalcy DUt to con tho laborine classes, who will be I .. J.,Jv -wH Vt tho i ontino' wreb reuucuuiw v..v .v i ji j n;n ho Knowieuge luo-t hnd to reduce freight rates too. Some Tabor Teaders have insisted that the men Would not object to wage creases if .onroanied by a reduction in irtjigm rates which in turn would be reflected in a revision downward of the cost of living r.vTiTTT tvt r.TT1f!VTTVS tU.lOUJi Mr. Harding consulted Senator Cum I milH PnUlt TT1HII Ul lire -Ciiai. vv "-' . , I tpp nn intp.rstate commerce, ana od,uies i nvpr rrom tne oeriuu wncn I 1 . i mpnr. nan uuiiirui ui ii.wm.. will soon De taKen to pay 1! i sums or money uweu urau eminent and to make it easier ior mem to pay some of their deDts The railroads aren't eager to reduce freight rates. They claim it wouia ttin further decrease their already small earnings. But the president takes the vif.w that the present rates are more than the traffic can bear and that if the rates are revised there will be more business for the railroads in the aggre eate than is possible . now. Chairman Clarke, of the interstate commerce com minion wrote several letters a few months ago insisting that rates could not be reduced. Senator Cummins has seemed to think rates could not go down. Nevertheless. Mr. Harding be lieves the railroads will be better off if rates are lowered. The cabinet shares that opinion, and Mr. Harding has gone ahead blazing the trail almost alone as ia usually the case with an executive who is trying to steer the ship of state in an economic problem, wmcn requires rpadhistments in revenue whether it be wages or gross income. Charlotte and Vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday; little change in temper ature. Moderate northeast winds. North and South Carolina: General North and South Carolina ly fair tonight and Thursday. jjjjjljnnnniinnn IMPAIR'' VIRTUALLY ALL COTTON ILLS 1 -. DISTRICT CL0S1 Between 2,000 and 3,000 Em- ployes Are Understood to Be Affected. Al .TTfllV TJllVU SflTTl-iHT Wafife - ReductionS of AD" proximately 40 Per Cent in Last Year Cause. Charlotte, Concord and Kannap lis are the centers - of the textile strike movement originated Wed- nesday morning at 10 o'clock when it is estimated that more than 10, 000 mill operatives in these three centers left their looms and spin-' dies and instituted the strike which for week has been Impending In Charlotte, the mills notably af fected are those owned by the Chadwick-Hoskins Company, a string of five establishments, four . here and one in Pineville; the John ston Manufacturing and the High land Park Manufacturing Company, the mills owned largely by C. W. Johnston and associates; the Can non mills in Concord and Kannap oiis under the ownership and man agement of J. W. Cannon. Three or four thousand opera tives are idle in Charlotte and im mediate vicinity. Concord reports that the strike in that town and in Kannapolis involves more than 6,000 employes. Gaston county mills, nearly 100 ; of them, are unaffected, so are those in Cleveland, Lincoln and Union counties.' The reason that the strike fell so heavily - upon Charlotte. Concord ana Kannapolis and so lightly upon otner mill centers in the State la explained because of the strength of the United Textile Workers of America in th; three first-named communities. The'. UniSo is. not nall fours "in,GastonC , T - .-.3 i.-t.,tj vo; ' IZ. -.m nt' ifUmTfl: hriva I become seriously serried by conditions nnr in tho tovtilo influstrv dur- i prevailing in tne textile mausiry uui- i mg tne. past tweive mon ins. The same is the situation with trie Cleveland mins. union sirengin m those establishments is so outweighed py non-union iui ucb umi -uo could not De put on mere, ahu u it is throughout the State. In tho?: centers where the local unions i-f tho IIJniTfKl Textile WOrKers Ul Aintuid represent a maximum strength of tho working forces in the textile mills, th9 sttHiro was instituted: m tnose otner i ,,-- r.r.r..nnfnn strpneth nr. & h strike was not ordered for I obvious reasons. ver rortn yaroiina as a wnoie , t-. estimate of Vice-President McMahon. ?? the united xuie v or , i . f th operatiVes who havs - employe(J are identified with tho union A greater percentage of union strength; as compared with non-union Prevaila in Charlotte, uoncorn ana x-wan- napona. The strike of textile workers in the Charlotte district which has been threatened for several weeks in connection with the nation-wide protest, against wage reductions be gan ' Wednesday mroning at 10 o' clock. Employes of the Chadwick Hoskins system and the Highland Park system were the first to walk out. Word of the walk-out was confirmed at the office of the Central Labor Tem ple, on west Fourth street, where Thomas F. McMahon, vice president of the United Textile Workers of Ameri- 1 Cd, has had his headquarters in North ,. uaroiina ior some monms. mr. avxu lATnhnn air1 hp had little Information Mahon said ne nad "ttie iniormaiion 1U rr the Tst sentative of The News was the nr3t he had about a local walk-out. The employes at the five Chadwick Hoskins mills in Charlotte two at Chad wick-Hoskinns and the Louise and Cal vine and the Pineville mills are known to be out. Whether the employes of (Continued on Far Two) We're meddlin' in European affairs. th' price o' utilities is goin' up, th' in come tax burden is t' be lifted from th' i shoulders o' th' rich an' spread around, th' mail is late ever other day, th ', saw- - 1 mill has closed down, .. sody - water is j still 15 cents an we're gittin' back tv - 1 normal fast we don't think. A strayed k Ford ia belnheld byTfl!ord Mogf - -I H hi.,:! lv lis 'f s i it-