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' .. . r : Agrmnt to PrtMnrt On Anethtr TtrHtorial lntgrity Is Cut at -th Tap Roct f War.- C5t yean , Wjo. fleadlnr ax&in the propo4 aenit rMftrratloii to articls 3o of th lora coTtroanL President Wilsoa declared ta aa add rest hr tat troald anj acch rtaerratloa be 4optd ha would "Va ob!!rd aa chief axKulIra to regard tt as a rejection cf the treaty. Tne preaident added that rejection of it would mem ncrotlation oC a parata peace with Oermaay. and aa verted that aacu a negotiation could toot change slsgialtem of the peace aettlemenL Recall Lax Japan's promise to return to China all sorereign right in Shan tung. the president aaid the only thing retained !y the ToWo gorern taent would be economic rights sucb mm other nations hold. One by one, said he, the other ob jections to the coTenant had been dl posed of. To all "candid minds' he asserted, it now waa apparent that' the Monroe dostrine waa fully protected, that there waa no supergoTernment set np and that no danger was to be feared from the "speaking parts" gir en to the British dominions in the league assembly. The withdrawal ob jections, he added, waa another "buga boo" that had been dispelled. Thus, continued Mr. Wilson, the who!e discussion had settled down upon article 10 under which the mem .bor agree to presrTe one another's territorial integrity against external agxreasion. lie declared thin cut at the tap root of, war because nearly all war started from aggression against those unable to defend thetn-eelre. The board of govarnors of the Aero club of America have awarded the Union Leaders Charged Congress man with Fomenting devolution; Rank and File Appeai-l-o. waahlngtoa. Congress Intervened in the steel atrike by directing the gold .medal of the club to Rear Ad- ""-Ate .labor committee to institute an mlral Bradley A. Flake, U. 8. N. IS IflTRODUCED Br A WOfM Mrs. Cowlaa Telle the Audience That "Political Partisans' Are Out of ; Place In Thla Discussion. immediate investigation to ascertain 'if the altnation' can in any way be relieved by federal action." Action by .the senate was taken on a resolution proposing the inquiry of fered by .Senator Kenyon, chairman of the education and labor committee. The resolution was adopted without objection after brief discussion of the serious Industrial " situation involring the public's Interest While the senate was launching, the IS? " ' ' a.-,- J.-. Steel Corporation, Agalnat Which the) Opposition is Directed, la But Slightly Affected. Main fraction Company Purchases PoiMTC Plants, of v Five Towns on Atlantic'4 ;,' Senior Don Salvador Sol M., recent ly appointed minister of Salvador to Loe Angelea. President Wilson completed his week of speechmaking committee inquiry, the house loudly the United States, has studied closely the political lifeOf his country and at the same time has traveled extensive ly.. He has devoted particular atten 1 1 J J J 1- --1 - X on the Paciflo coast with a monster r tire Coooer. Touncrstown. Onio. a mass meeting here at which thous- L,. of one of the iro broth ands shrieked approval of his plea erhoods. assalline WilMam Z. Foster. ACTION TO REMEDY DEFECT8 IN AMERICAN BALED COTTON 2aw York, Jxlioaio remedy de-ttcts- ot tne American cotton bale win be considered at the world cotton con ference to be held tn New Orleans next month, acording to an announce taent by Frank Nasmith. secretary of the British delegation which Is on its wy to the convention. "The American bale la a disgrace when It rf aches the other side because of the way it is packed, its lack of uni formity and its ragged condition." said Mr. Nasmith. WIU. CARRY FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH TO SENATE Pittsburgh. The fight of the strik ing steel workers In the Pittsburgh, district for the right of free speech anT free assemblage will be carried to the United States senate. John FiUpatrick. of Chicago .chairman ol the national committee for organlzlni Iron and steel workers, announced here. Mr. FiUpatrick declared that tha situation was critical In this district because of brutal assanlta by the state police on striker. ITe charged that they had clubbed and run down wo men and children with their horses at Clairton. Homestead and McKeesport. for early ratification of the pSace treaty. Welcomed to the city by a crowd which densely packed the downtown section, the President was cheered tu multously everywhere be appeared during the day. Along the line of a 10-mile parade he rode in a din of ap- plause and later at a public dinner cheers greeted his declarations that the treaty should and wosW be ac cepted. When he entered the auditorium for his night speech he waa cheered for more than two minutes by a crowd estimated by the police at 6.000. The hall waa lammed and outside were thousands waiting since early morn ing for the doors to open. At the auditorium meetinr Mr. Wil son was Introduced by Mrs, Joslah Evans Cowles, national president ot the General Federation of Women'a cluba. who told the crowd that the league must and will become, the brtl- war of a war weary world for all time. The "political partisan," she as serted, bad no place in a discussion of tha peace treaty. secretary and treasurer of the com mittee organizing the steel workers, and other labor union leaders who, he charged, were fomenting revolution. The representative from the heart of the steel industry districts appealed to the rank and flleof labor organiza tions to disregard "radlcar' leadership. tion to the economic and political life of the United States and knows a great many people of consequence in LIMB WUIIU Jm ' . EFFICIENCY OF ARBITRATION WILSON SAYS RESERVATIONS CUT OUT hi E ART OF LEAGUE. GENERAL PALMER RECOMMENDS AN ARMISTICE OF SIX MO NTH 8. Free port. Pa. An absolute Indus trial armistice for six months was urged by Attorney General Palmer here to permit the solution of econom ic problems arising out of the changes wrought by war Such a period of freedom from un rest, he declared, would result soon in Increased production which would bring about an era of "easier living and better times" for ailT On tne other hand, the attorney general warned, selfish demands by any one class cannot stimulate the national prosperity or permanently benefit even those obtaining such demands by force. CONGRESS WOULD KNOW WHAT WILSON WAS GIVEN Washington. The state department was asked to furnish a' list of all pres- -4ta tendered President Wilson thru thaaT55?lLron king, prince or foreign states. slncTCProJfJ. 151 s under a resolution tatxodoced'o7x2L resectatlve Ramseuer. Republican, Iowa. LABOR AGITATOR IS SHOWN THE WAY OUT-OF SAVANNAH. GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG IS EVACUATED BY AMERICANS. Luxembourg. All American troops have been withdrawn from the grand duchy which had been occupied since last December by units of the third United 8lates army. Claims for damages against the United States government to the amount of 1.000.000 francs were paid recently by American army officers (a citizens of Luxembourg who were in convenieaced in one way or another 1 American. loldlera. . SALES BY PARCELS POST OF . SURPLUS FOOD HAVE STOPPED WaahJagton-rSalea of. surplus food staff .throcgti parcel post delivery and taxptIgh, tnnaidpal bcylng agen cies suspended September 24, in order that all; affortf .may be centered on the operailon of Ihe army retail stores opened ta-XoHbwing day. . The ; .de partment wHl 'continue to sell to mu BlcipaliUesUbfroxaa meat and poul try and evaporated fralU naw In re frigeration depots at the fixed, prices .announced. Savannah. J. C. Sullivan, former member of the Macon fire department was taken Into custody here by Po lice Chief Woods and will be placed on board a train for Macon. Chief Woods said that he apprehended the ex-flreman upon direct orders of Mayor Stewart. Sullivan, it was stated, had expect-to- call a meeting of firemen for the purpose of explaining the advantages of unionism. Mayor Stewart In a statement de clared that "there will be no unions in the Savaauah police or fire depart- mentJ7ad any man Joining a jinlon wilt lose ais j j TREATY SHOULD-BE RATIFIED AS IT READS WITHOUT DELAY. Salt Xakeity, Utah. Replying di rectly to senate proposals to write reservations into ratification of the peace treaty President WiDson declar ed in an address in the Mormon taber nacle here the proposal. wouM "tzux the heart" out of the league of na tions. The President spoke? ta & ; crowd which the polica estimated at IZ.OOO. Every seat was occupied and all the available standing roem taken while outside the tabernacle there was an other ereat throns: blocking tne en trance and the surrounding streets. President Heber. J." Grant, of the Mormon church, : opened the meeting with an invocation in which he- prayed for strength .for the nation" chief ex ecutive In his. responsibilities. Gov ernor Bamberger introduced the Pres ident "Would be Death Warrant of Children of Country" Said the President, Should the League Fail. GENUINE AMERICAN WELCOME IS GIVEN THE BELGIAN KING. On Board the U. S. S. George Wash ington. The liner George Washing ton. with King Albert, Queen Eliaar beth and Crown Prince Leopold of Bolgium oa board, left-her anchorage about four miles off -Calais and began her voyage for America. - It was a genuine American welcome that was given the royal party when it boarded the steamer. American sol diers on board joined heartily in the cheers for King Albert, who had ex pressed the desire that no soldier should be prevented from going home on his account, saying: "I am a soldier, myself." THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME FULL MEMBER OF THE LEGION. On Board President Wilson's Spe cial Train. The badge , of the Amer ican Legion has replaced on Prseident Wilson's coat lapel the miniature American flag which formed so prom inent a feature of the war time pic tures of the nation's chief executive. It was left to the Legion's chap ter at Glendive, Mont., to bring the commander-in-chief of the American army and navy into the organization. It voted him a veteran of the war and extended him a full membership when his special train halted at Glendive Lfor a few minutes. He accepted nnd secured aIegion button which he has worn since on an occasions. Watertown. N. Y. The - treaty should be ratified, without delay and without change," declared Secretary of State Robert Lansing here, in-the first public utterance made "by him since the statement of Wm. G. Bul litt before the senate ' foreign rela tions committee, in which It was al leged that the secretary of state on May 19, tn Paris,' said that if the merican people knew what waa la le treaty they would defeat it FRANCE PROPOSES TOHAVE PEACE ARMY OF 350,000. Paris. A peacer time army of S50.00 men and reduction of the term of military service. from three-. years' to one are recommonded to the mills. tary committee of the senate In. a re port by Paul Doumer. ' Under h!s-plai iOO.(H)Jmen would be called to the colors annually by conscription and" v 150,000 "'others' re cruited through voluntary enlistment. This system would make" the French army -on a war footing total 4,000,000. CHAMP CLARK EXPRESSES H8 IDEAS ON SHARING OF PROFIT. New Orleans. Increase of Ameri ca's foreign trade, "opening up of newl markets for; increased production; es tablishment ofr-the spirit of co-partnership between employes and employ ers with the, statement that he believ ed the profit-sharing plan was the. so lution' ot trouble between capital and labor featured the principal; address delivered, by ' Congressman Champ Clark, at the morning session of the Advertising Clubs of the JWorld. San Diego, Calit An extract from a magazine article writtenjn 1914 by Theodore Roosevelt was read by President Wifeon in an address here as an argument in favor of the league ot nanons. . jJ Speaking to a cheering crowd which filled - the- great San Diego stadium, the President also quoted from Sena tor Lodge, one of the most bitter op ponents of thfe treaty to its present form, and declared that in framing tha lea roe covenant, the Versailles conference and followed the advice of these and other republican statesmen. T am glad to align myself with such tternees.'sald Mr. Wilson, while the crowd cheered. "Here in concrete form is the fulfillment of the plan t&ey advocated." The address was interrupted naainy times by applause from the crowd, which local officials estimated at more than 50,000. At the end of the opening day of the economic r war between organized labor and the greater part of the Iron and steel Industry of the country,"-both sides rested, apparently, satisfied with reports received from the far-flung baf tie line, reaching 1 20 states and affect ing directly or" indirectly half a mil Hon workers. After the 'first test of Strength, industrial leaders and com- nsaftders of labor's legions were will- JFayetteriTie. The Cumberland way and Power company operated ia a a w a -as u w v us. p H 9ttev11Jevtr--The work of erecting ley lines had been concluded the day before and the clearing of the trucks f tho o& street " xaflway company. purchasedri&iont the city, finished The lines: of that company are being axtended over fhHaymannt fcv Camp Bragg, and? with: 'the' altihfjte Inten tion, It is MldUofCbxdMihg to Raeford ikg td idmft that they faced a struggle rhe troUey lines: wiB alsxr b extended CO me VJape jg ear river . oock ana u whicft might prove long and fitter, Grim evidence of preparations made for Che industrial -conflict . were ; seen In the armed guards surrounding all the mills, but the first day of thetrike ended wfth no signs of serious disor der, except fn New Castle, Pa., where seven persons Were shot in rioting following" an aUegecE attempt to pre vent workers" from entering a plant T7nt.il' ffirH- ffrsr stttciTc? nf TarfT roTla number off workers- who marcfted out Cantor of The Mornings Jourtial the mill villager soutlt off fia city. The fraction company; acting vn de tts' -franchise to -operate? power lines and ' plants, lias recently" pnTChasod the power plants1 of five .towns; aa tha main line of i the- Atlantto-Ooast- line and Ihie Goldsboro Brandr ox the 3otithern, these being ffensbm &or Oaks, Kenly, Micro aadl Princeton. NEW POLICY INAUGURATED FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION Washington. A new rate j making policy for the protection of water transportation was urged before the house interstate and foreign com merce committee by ex-Chairman John H. Small, North Carolina, of the rivers and harbors, committee Mr. Small asked that the Esch bill he amended so . that railroad lines com peting with water lines may not de stroy water traffic. This should be supplemented, hjs said, by legislation permitting cities and- towns along streams to erect terminals. in obedience to tfte etrikre order and the number who remaatei. at their posts 1st not obtainable. J Fromtstrilre headquarters iff Pitts burgh came, cfaims that Z$4,0J0 men had taken- their places iir the ranks of the strikers, But, afthorrgft mr state ment was- forthcomingr from the steel corporation's" headqirarters- fa New York, corowany officials7 to the zone of action -.-hastened1, to cualTenge the estimate of laoor leaders: The steer corporation, against which the main- offensive is- directed, was able to operas most, off ftsr jrlsaats in the Pittsburgh district. Publishing Company, who is . also gsai sral manager of tbat pnblfcatlon,. has been appointed chief deputy of the Winston-Salem district ot the- rjar Eanized revenue , service? im North Carolina. Taylorsvllle. Lieutenant Press;, a recruiting officer" at' Hickory, was here to present French .distinguished service crosses to Sergeant Herbert Maysand Private Wilson Brookshrie. members of Company- Q, 120th UJL S. Infantry, 30th divisiom AIUllES ARE: APPEALED TO TO DRIVE D'ANNUNZIO OUT. London-.:- Tlte -ItalTau gerernment has" appealed? ta the allied powers to send an allied force, exclttsfve of Ital ians, to drive d'AnmmzIo out of Flume according- to a report hrev ahich is considered renabfe. It is understood' the American na val authorities" Itere, who control the operation: to the Adriatic- have declin ed any- assistance whatsoever, pend ing the final decision' from Washing ton or the peace delegates fn Paris. Sanford. -The-opening. of the San- ford tobacco market?: was a success from the amountil off tobacco oa the market and prices received. There was over 200,000 pounds 6n the floors of the two warehonaes, which crowded them ta, their-' capaelty. The highest price reached- was? $1 per pound, a laamounfc bringing. 50 to gOKtenU. NEGRO CITtZEWS ENDORSE LYNCHING OF OBE COX RECOMMENDS DECREASE IN NATION'S WHEAT ACREAGE Washington? reduction in the acreage to be sown to winter wheat this fall of approximately 15 per cent from last year's acreage was recom mended by the department of agrf-; culture. This reduction which would mean a total of about 42,000.000 acres this year, was -recommended, it was said, on the basis -of prospective con dittions of world supply and demand as judged by' specialists of the depart ment who were sent abroad to report on the crop status of European countries. Athens, 6a. A number of negroes residing near Lexington, Ga., have met and adopted resolutions approv ing of the ' action of whites who re cently lynched Tbe Cox, a negro, a cused of assaulting and murdering the wife of a white, farmer, it became knewn here. ''r . The resolutions condemned in strong .terms the crime that aroused 1,000 men and set them to a 24 hours search of. swamps and woods which was concluded with the shooting of the negro and the burning of his body. At the time the crime as com mitted Cox was under indictment for an attack on a. negro woman. He Is said to have confessed before death Lto the crime. -, ' . STOCK OF RAW COTTON SMALL IN HANDS ENGLISH SPINNERS ORGANIZED LABOR LAUNCHES FIGHT AGAlNSTtCUMMINS BIlX. Washington. .Organized " labor launched its "fight .against the anti strike provisions, of the Cummins rail road reorganization i bill before the senata.. Interstate commercd .'ipbmmit tee. Glenni E. Plumb,;.genera3 counsel fori the raIlroad-bxttherhoodsL:and au-j thor of the. plan for tripartite. control of railroads, saldthe provisions were a guarantee ot "industrial revolution' ...-Washington Present stocks of raw cofton in the hands of. British spin ners re very small, probably no .mill haying a'supply for. more than- two or three weeks..ahead, according to a re- port from the. AmetiCan agricultural trade commissioner at London onrthe cotton situation In United : Kingdom. Labor conditions and thejoigh price of cotton; together wilh the uncertain ty of exchange, have made the spin ners cautious ' v .Pointr-Arrangementsi are practically compftste for the- enter tainment o the' state convention of the United! Daughters, of tha Confed eracy, whieb convenes in this- city in annual sessiott October 7 and! will run through October lOr Delegates are expected to attend, representtlng every section ot the state. Dayidson.-T-The first tesue of the "Davidsonian" for' the session of 19tt-26! is easily the largest and most ambitious ever attempted1 by the paper tn its history and is in itself a speak ing evidence of a greater Davidson. It carries 10 pages of large size filled with news items, covering many fields and With big advertisements that in dicate excellent business talent la the management. SENATOR OVERMAN STANDING pat for Treaty of peace. Washington.- Senator Overman re turned from Salisbury where be had been to see Mrs Overman, who was sick. He - brought back encouraging reports. .. , ' " "is ortn caroilna,"; said he, "is for the league of nations. - Here - and there you "find men opposed to It, but found no serious oppposittaT to it among the people I saw." . "r NO TRACE SO FAR FOUND OF THOSE LOST ONI VILBANERA, DRIVE IS ON -TO ORGANIZE ALL ; : EMPLOYES IN .NEW YO R K X ITY ; New York. A' drive" to organize all employes of New Yor City, including policemen, and firemen into one anion to be known as the central union, affiliated with the' "Awerin Federa Uon- of Labor, -was . weU. under; way. Work;; was ?betog d.'teet5d,toward bb (alnlTg ! a'i age-, increasa to-; meet l the increased cost; of -living . and to organ- TheQA nmriatAnr destrnv-the ri?ht jomed any anion. Increases of as of collective bargaining,' he said.. ' much. as..bd ntxarescussea. Key West,, Fla. Search for the 400 passengers. ana 8 .members of the- crew of the Spanish ; passenger steam er Valbahera, lost off Rebecca shoals light,. 40 miles from here, continued, without , results. . " ,. T" ; CubanCkm firected the work of the divers who identified "the. sunken hulk. Wired a'? complete report,-of his . investigations to offi cials" of the-Penellie line, which own ed-the steamer "y , - SOUTHERN CONSIDERING - THREATENED CLERK - BTftlKE. Chattanooga,- TeW. Tne board of adjastmefit of the : Southern railway system epenea-- a taree-uay confer ence' here, amemg. the important' mat ters ;to receive attentioiL-beine the proposed .. strike : of rthe rBrotherhood of-Raflrpad Clerks, strike ibal6t&' for; which " were Cdistribated . a few -aaVa em rwayclerkai?hTe; been, instructed t&rftrahi i titan bal-? loting nnil the Tpreseatt; conference has considered , the question, Wilmington.- The boards of com missioners of New Hanover and Brunswick counties finally, set aside the suggestion for the construction of an aerial ferry to handle passengera and vehicles -from- Wilmington -between the city and Brunswick county. and have let con tract f or the construc tion of a modern ferry boat. The con tract price is $41,225 and the boat la to be delivered by February" 15, next Raleigh. The state" fair manage ment is doubling the parking space for automobiles this season, expecting that, there will be a tremendous increase-in this mode -of travel to the fair this October. The work of set ting, the fair ground -straight-after the ase of the buildings and' groaads . fot the tanker' training camp. is progress lag well, says Secretary Joseph B. Pogae. V Marvin Rltch On Trial. Albemarle. Marvin L. Ritch, Char Hotte attorney, charged with inciting to riot in connection with the recent disturbances, at the Wiscassett Mills here, ; maiataiaed- aa. air of Jaunty in- differencejas the. testimony of approx imately" ardozn- stateV witaesaes waa heard byCpunty; Jadge lagram. .The oae loag poiat made by the state was that. Hitch , urged on local picketers a rotten egg barrage as a means of deal- ing with1 non-unlonista after moral luashuhad: ; ; Fair Price, Committee Busy. HIckoryr;Hickorya" fair price com , mlttee 'to vits-tweeWy prices. ir:- - f-V. "vv report. - s&Awa progress "to ; the redaction; -of - prici Not a : siaglecase of Toflteertag. Jiaa - been; chargedagatost local merchantav but the chairman: former 'Sheriff JJ W; " Blackwelder," and nthermembers hfcve - f neen : myesugating t.valnea. offered at". " the various iatbres- andi have reached the conclusion; that, by the exercise ;ol ' ' ' prbpet indiscretion csumarsiaaj ' nurchase; their Buapliei; at orfe 1
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