If VOL. IV. NO. 276 M 'I a1 HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, TUESDAY, SEPT, 2, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW RAILROAD INTRODUp IN SENATE A.' Cummings Bill ProV es For Private Operation Under Governir At Control With Govern ment and Employes Represented on Board of Directors V.y the Associated Press. v Washington, Sept. 2. Private own ership and operation of railroads in a number of regional systems under stvict government control with strikes ami lockouts prohibited is the plan for permanent railroad legislation sub niitted by the interstate commerce committee today. A tentative bill embodying the sub committee's recommendations that will bear no resemblance to the Plumb plan has been introduced by Chair man Cummings and referred to the interstate commerce committee. Salient provisions of the Cum mings bill include: Termination of government con Uol and return of the railroads to pr.vate ownership at the expiration of the present law. Establishing the interstate com merce commission with greatly in creased powers as the supreme body over railroad affairs. Supervision and control of vir tually all railroad affairs, including t.ttes, wages and financing by the government. Creation of a new railway trans portation board of five members ap pointed by the president subject to final action by the interstate com merce commission. Creation of a new committee on wages and working conditions com posed equally of wage earners and imployers with wide authority in setting labor questions subject to de cision by the transportation board and interstate commerce commission. Prevention of strikes and lockouts , under severe penalties. Denning a new policy for con centration in ownership and opera tion of railroads, with federal in corporation into not less than 20 and not more than 35 regional systems. No guarantee by the government of income, but limitation made upon revenue to "bear" dividends based j on value of properties fixed by thai interstate commerce commission. The bill also provides th&t existing t railroad payment contracts with the! induce exporters to pack their mer Kovernment shall be continued not chandise securely for shipment is longer than four months and thai present arrangements shall continue until changed by the interstate com merce commission looking towards immediate action. Another provision of the bill pro vides that railroad corporations must nave on their directors two represen-: j 11UUI J. aia. il waa otuncu away tatives of their classified employes among barrels of kerosene and tur and two representatives appointed by i pontine, being used to pack the bar ti. .,--,. J rels snugly. The flour was useless the government. . J when it wag received and had to be Another provision provides for an thrown away, employes advisory council composed! A shipment of 1,000 barrels of ce of representatives of each raflroad em- j "-Jtom York ployes to use one-half of excess earn-'coast steamer, addressed to a mer ings of the company above "their 'chant in Lima, Peru, via Callao. Cal- fair demands" for the benefit of em- la is ?n he other :de of the conti , - i nent farther away from Para by sea lijyvs us iouows: Research to lessen hazards. of em ployment, extension of hospital relief, insurance and pensions, technical ed-lfromthe 'United States without suffi uoation of employes and to establish cient stamps. The minimum postage profit sharing among employes. fr South American countries is five ti ,n, t cents. When letters are mailed with The other half of the excess earn- deficient postafre it means the paying ings would be used by the transpor- 0f double postage at this end and a tation board to buy equipment for delay of two or more days in delivery. lease to the companies or for equip mont loans. The bill also provides for regula- lion of railroad . stocks and bonds is- . ' c I Juarez, Mexico, August 10. Sen sued by the interstate commerce com- pra Carmen Alanis, arrested in Chi- mission. Government approval of huahua City with her husband and rharcpd with havinor been imnlicat- new lines and extensions would be required EXCITEMENT IS CAUSED BY AVIATOR AT AMERONGEN Amerongen. Holland, Sept. 1 m.t 1VXUL.I1 exciitemcnt was occasioned at Ameri canongen at 11:30 o'clock today when! an aviator, passing above the Von. p , , , , Bentineck castle, suddenly looped the loon and dived lowl directlv over the. garden' where the former German emperor was engaged in his daily task of sawing wood. Many of the villagers believed that the one-time emperor was in danger, hut the aviator merely descended to about 50 feet above the garden lean- nl over the side of his plane and i waved a greeting to William Hohen zollern and then proceeded on . his journey. The aviator fa nr(nimfl d to have I.,. ir a. t. tt.ii j an,- , 6 v emperor ia nam w nve greatly pleased over the airman s greeting, A large crowd is expected to at tend the Shuford reunion Tluiriday. PLAN IS TEXAS GOVERNOR By the Associated Press. Fort Worth, Sept. 2. Governor Hobby of Texas speaking before the convention of Kiawanis clubs here again declared himself in favor of intervent'h by the United States n Mexico. "The American army was used on the other side of the Atlantic to force Germany to honor the American flag," Governor Hobby said, "and it is equally imperative to use it for that purpose on this side of the Atlantic." While not mentioning his name, Governor Hobby touched on the recent attack on John Shillady of New York, secretary of the national asso 1 4 - 1 A . j 1 ciation ior me advancement oi mei negro race. "I believe in Texas for Texans on ly and just as strongly do I believe mat lexans snouid mina tneir own , business, and I believe in sending any narrow-brained, double-chinned re- ? former who comes here with the end in view of stirring up racial discon tent back to the north where he came from, with a broken jaw if nec essary." GOODS BETTER NOW Para, Brazil. Aug. 6. Correspond ence of the Associated Press) The t.flVH-a nf tVi hnrpfjii of forpifrp anA domestic commerce at Washington to X'ckv nipt, wu icouit3 iiicLtiiauuio j now arriving in South America in bet ter condition than formerly, it is said, when poor packing resulted not only on loss of goods but in injury to the I market for American products. Importers are making complaints against the manner of loading car goes on steamers. A striking in- t?f nnia waa tVio ftnea rf a roDHf Int of x r T a n,.,n lnaT1 para s from New York. Another small matter which irri tates local merchants and business MEXICAN JOAN OF ARC WAS REGULAR LEADER jn the mutiny there, became fam- ous here in the winter of 1912 when she galloped into the plaza one night after Orozco had abandoned the town, took possession of the military lioaflmimrtprs nrrl rp'.rrnoc siinrenip until next day when she rode away to ioin her husband after several persons had been shot and killed. . . T,r i one was Known locaiiy as me iue.- : ican "Joan of Arc." Details of the attempted coup de main by which Villa was to obtain control of the Chihuahua garrison flnd dty continue to ,be revealed. TVio tW a nnVinallv formed, was to have the federal artillery officers and enlisted men revolt, man the euns on Sierra Santa Rosa bom bard the town and be joined by the infantry and cavalry included in the mutiny. All the plans had been carefully made for this to take place at dawn on August7. All of the gates of 'the city were closed and a hunt was started through the city under the pretense or-o enrm nrrpst.pd and manv SPEAKS WITH PUNCH i AMERICANS PACK valuable papers captured. Addition-1 aktr until the latter part of Septem al arrests followed, all trains were ber when he will enter the Univer cancelled and the mails held up. The mutiny plot was said to- have . , ramifications m the states of Coahuila. Tamaulipas, Neuvo, Leon and Durango, as shown by the cap tnrpd files of the conspirators. No other revolt plots were discovered in the garrisons of these states, it was Announced. 'KNUXVULLE BACK 10 TODAY By the Associated Press. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 2. Rioting in Knoxville has been quelled and national guardsmen are returning to their homes over Tennessee. No more trouble is anticipated, by Adju tant General Sween. Thirteen men have been arrested in connection with the wrecking of the county jail Sat urday night who sought Maurice Mayes, a negro, who was charged with the murder of a white woman. None of the escaped prisoners hav-a been apprehended. 10 A new building covering the front of the Russell lot on the' corner of Fourteenth street and Eleventh avenue will be erected by Messrs. E. T. Tich cnor, formerly of Greensboro, and Geo. S. Watson, manager of the Hick ory Garage Company, and the place will be used as a filling station and automobile supplies department. The Carolina Supply Company will be the name of the new firm. The owners will begin work tomor row on the building and it promises to be one of the prettiest in the city. It will occupy 22 feet on Fourteenth - ;28 feet occupying the remainder of .ill . f i Tl 1 , t t t me space irontmg roui'teentn street, The new concern will be in good hands and is sure to succeed. SMALL CROP IS By the Associated Press. ' " Washington, Sept. 2. A cotton crop of 11,230,000 bales was estimat ed today by the department of agri culture, which based its estimate of the crop on August 25, which' was 61.4 of a normal. The condition of the crop by states on August 25 was: .' Virginia, 67; North Carolina,- 70; South Carolina, 67; Georgia, 55, Flor ida, 38; Alabama, 55; Mississippi, 61; Louisiana, 47; Texas, 51; Arkansas, 55; Tennessee, 69; Missouri, 75; Okla- jhoma, 71; California, 98; Arizona, 90. Last month the crop was forecast at 11,016,000 bales, with the condition 67.1 per cent of normal. - The average condition on August 25 during the last ten years was 67.8. OF By the Associated Press Copenhagen, Sept. 2. The United States has granted a loan of $50,000,- 000 to Esthonia to be used chiefly to pay for American goods sent to that country, according to the Esthonian press bureau. CONCORD YOUTH IS By the Associated Press.- Washington, Sept. 2.Private Joseph II. Laughlin of Concord, N. C, has been awarded the distinguished ser vice cross by General Pershing, ac cording to an announcement by the war department. Mr. J. Arthur Webb has been awarded the job to paper all rooms in the Hurffy Hotel, refinish all wood work and decorate the lobby, halls and dining room and when completed will be one of the nicest finished hotels in the south. ; ' The regular business and f social meeting of the Philathea class of the Tresbyterian church will be held to night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. A. Wezen. Mr. J. Mark Longaker returned yes terday from Detroit and! will vis;t his parents, Dr. and Mrs. il1. Long sity oi -renmsyivama at x 'miauBniu, Misa Dink Vardell who has been the fruest of Miss Millie Kate McCombs has returned to her home in Blowing Rock. ' ' I :" " .. . - . ' Mrs. L. Flagler and Miss Aiice Fla& -la? to-?t Corry FpHnfrs. NORMAL NEW SUPPLY HOUSE COMES HICKORY FORECAST IN SOUTH ESTHONIA GRANTED LOAN S50.000.000 GIVEN 1 CROSS PRETTY SERViCElWILSON MEETS HELD SUNDAY One of the most impressive church services ever held in the city was that last Sunday morning at Holy Trinity Lutheran church, consecrating Miss Annie Powlas to the mission work of Japan. The church was filled with members of the congregation, many visiting ministers, and friends from far and near. The opening service was conducted by Rev. C. R. W. Kegley, pastor of Holy Trinity, and Rev; J. C. Peery, pastor of St. Andrew's, Lenoir Col lege. Dr. C. L. Brown, secretary of the board of Foreign Missions o the United Lutheran church of America, preached a most forceful sermon, em phasizing the urgency of the work and the need of workers and money in the mission fields of the world in the present crisis. , After the sermon Dr. Brown escort ed Miss Powlas to the altar for the service of consecration. ' This beau tiful and touching service was con ducted by Dr. M. M. Kinard of Sal isbury. At the close of the service the congregation passing out grasp ed hands With Miss Powlas, wishing: her a safe voyage to Japan, to which she is to sail in about' ten days, and a great harvest of souls in her work for the Master. This was a red-letter day for Ho ly Trinity, as there are only twenty Lutheran churches in America this year to have the honor of holding mission consecration sercvices. It is felt that the members of this congregation, together with the mem bers of many other congregations present on this -inspiring occasion, are now filled with the : steadfast pur pose to do more for missions than ever before. TO OVER PEACE TERMS By the Associated Press Paris, Sept. 2. The supreme coun cil of the peace conference decided to day to send a note in forceful terms to the German government . pointing out the contradiction with the Versail les treaty of the provision in. the new German constitution providing lor the representation of Austria in the vreichsrath. The council demands the suppres sion of the article within a fortnight, declaring that otherwise will be com pelled to undertake a further occu pation of the left bank of the Rhine. IS HIT BY MEXICAN By the Associated Press. Laredo, Texas, Sept. 2. Two Amer ican yaviation officers on border pa trol duty were fired upon today by a grouplof Mexicans while flying up the Rio Grande. One of the aviators was hit .on the head. The officers were flying low about 16 miles up the Rio Grande river, when suddenly about 25 Mexicans rose up and poured volley after vol ley into the Americans. Capt. Davis C. McNabb was the officer wounded and his companion Lieutenant Johnson, brooght the ma chine to land safely on the American side. McNabb was carried to a farm house and medical aid sent by air plane. Miss Frances Lentz returned yester day from Frederick, Md., where she spent three weeks as the guest of Miss Mazie Schmidt. NEW UK COTTi Rv the Associated Press. New ork, Sept. 2. An improve-! orK, &ePL. 2.-ah improve- labor conditions and the gov- ment in ernment report of a poor crop led to i i a a stefdy opening of the cotton mar ket today. Open October 31.67 December 31.95 January 31.90 March 32.20 May. . 32.15 Close 30.90 31.17 31.11 31.25 31.26 For North Carolina: Fair in the west portion tonight. Wednesday fair, cent'e to mcd;rr.tf n-rfrerst r"r,ds, MORNING PROD GERMANY AMEU CABINET FOR LAST TIME By the Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 2. President Wilson met his cabinet today for the last time before going on his 10,000 mile speech making tour in behalf of the league of nations. Labor problems, the administration plans for the coming conference be tween capital and labor and other do mestic questions likely to arise, dur ing, the president's action were up for discussion. FEUSTON RELEASED By the Associated Press. Nashville, Sept. 2. J. F. Feuston, arrested last night on the charge of violating the prohibition law and who was questioned by the police regard ing the murder of Robin J. Cooper, was on the train en route from Nash ville to Louisville at the time of the murder, it became known today. Feusten and Miss Casey Jordan were arrested last night here at his home shortly after they are alleged to have reached the city from a poin in Kentucky with 150 quarts of liq uor. ' MAKE RUMANIA HEED ALLIED By the Associated Press. - -V . : Paris, Sept. 2. The, supreme council today discussed the failure cV Rumania to make written responses to the council's notes. It is likely the council will send an admiral with an emphatic note demanding an imme diate response to the allies' notes. BAND PRACTICE TONIGHT The band will practice tonight, and all the members are requested to as semble early in order to get more time to practice. NEW YORK STOCKS By the Associated Press. New ork, Sept. 2. rResumption of trading on the stock exchange after the triple holiday was attended by an other buoyant advance of prices, at tributed to the improved labor con ditions. Steels, rails and various other issues whose interests were in volved in the labor situation recorded gains of from one to five points. AUSTRIAN TREATY IS HANDED TO DELEGATES By the Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 2. The revised text of the peace terms framed for Austria was handed to the Austrian plenipo tentiaries this afternoon. TRIAL IS STARTED OF Rv the Associated Press Manassas. Va.. Sent. 2. The mur- r - Prohibit-on Inspect - er trial of State Pron Inspect ! rvr w I nail, nil uutKiuwui f" ... : , killing of Lawrence Hudson anu a. kj. Shackleford,near Winchester, lastj spring, was opened here today. Three other state, officers also are under m- , -. i dictment for murder, out win nave separate trials. The jury box was nned in less xnau an hour, despite the fact that some veniremen evidenced some feeling in , .. j the case as they were questioned. : Mr. and Mrs. Will sprunt of Wil - mineton are guests of her sister, Mrs. h C Tlixon on uiaremonx neiKius. Mr. Frank F. Allen arrived home last night from Harvard, where he is takine a course in tne law scnooi All who were in 10th grade last year come to high school at 10 a. m. Wednesday without fail. Mr. Bagley Hight is home from Detroit, Mich., recuperating from a serious operation for appendicitis. Mr. Hight will return to Detroit wnen ne regains his strentgh. Mrs. J. J. Willard and daughters re turned today from a visit to Balti- t ' MURDER CHARGE NOTES DRY INSPECTOR LENOIR COLLEGE BEGINS BEST YEAR IN HISTORY Large Registration at Noon Today Expected to Grow For Week or More Exercises in Audi torium of Interest Chaplain Huffman Speakson Ideals SPECOLATION IS CAUSE, SAYS HOOVER By the Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 2.- A distressing era of speculation in foodstuffs through out the world's primary food markers is largely responsible for high food costs, in the opinion of Herbert Hoov er, chairman. of the interallied relief organization, who is preparing to leave for the United States. "Stores and warehouses in north ern European ports are overflowing with meats and dairy products sent by merchants from all over the world," Mr. Hoover said. SAFE IN CALFORNIA Mrs. C. L. Whitener has. arrived safely in Segundo, Cal., according; to tea letter from her today to her hus band, Mr. C. L. Whitener. She states that she and the children stood the trip well, and that sho thoroughly enjoyed the trip. She will be gone about three months in the state of California, where she hopes to improve her health. UP PAINTED STREAM By the Associated Press. Cordova, Alaska, August 10. Completion of a projected automo bile road of 18 miles up the beds of 'painted streams" is expected to open to tourists from all parts of the world the Valley of Ten Thous and Smokes, in the Mount Katmai region of Alaska, about 80 miles north of Kodiak Island. Enterprising motion picture pro ducers, following scientific expedit ions into the strange valley, hstve returned here with films of the myr iad "smokes" and with reports ot a shorter and easier route into district. 1 When th Katmai volcano erupted in 1912 and covered thousands of square miles with, ash and pumice, killing all vegetation and game and wiping out more than one settle ment, it was regarded as a great calamity. But the eruption uncov ered a strange formation which is declared to be one of the wonders of the world. The "smokes," literally thousand8 of them, are clouds or jets of steam under various pressures, emitted from holes and remarkab1 colored the solidified" volcanic caverns m day. The ent're valley, which is shaped somewhat like a clover leaf, fems to be eraduallv solidifying. The Indian who recently guided a motion picture party said many souare miles, covered with semi liquid hot mud a ear ago, are now ''rossd with difrcu'tv. In one of the three arms of the vallev is a "live" glacier, at the foot of which is a beaut;ful cobnlt blue lake of hnt water. In another arm '"s the Falling Mountain, down whose fece roll continually huge boulders broken off near the snowcapped peaks by variations of temperature. Besides the scenic poss'bilities the vallev is said to possess vast depos its of virtually pure sulphur, arsenic fnd other chemicals. Black sand vas found in manv streams indicat ing possibilit:es of gold. The atmosphere resnltinsr from the unioue associat'on of steam, hot mnd and the eternal snows ';lvch ' the vallev is bracinfF. Th( reported remrV- ere is no wood in linn vHney oui visitors nave pwiv ii. i, i i cqq beans, meats, and even hakv1 bvPad by lowering cooking vessels into the steam holes. Mr. and Mrs. "Elbert TeMrdson and baby of Washington, D. C. wore "iiasf-.s vesterdav of Mr. apd Mrs. l. Mosteller. L. C - Fnrjman retu-e J Pundav from Charlotte where Sat- jlirdav he attended the baseball eame. ' Miss TTptt.io Hos1wr?t.rne' to Pui--,' T m vosterday after being the guest oi relatives Mrs. D. B. Main of AiPxnh,ia.. v.. ,'c- visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. L. i Martin. Rev. and Mrs. W. R. "Rradsha-v frovn returned from a vacation spent st KoTnp Rock, Ridgecrest and Con nelly Springs, TWr.- an'' Mrs. Beverlv PulVva.n of Wvpatop-ffnler" ae spppd'n0" a. ? the citv. They are stopping with Mrs. A. L. Whitenr. Tho Needlwrpft. Club wll ah: tImwo'-jv nfWnoon at 3:30 withi l--- f V r.., AUTOMOBILE ROAD Back to old times with Lenoir Col lege. The formal opening this morning was the best in several years and led faculty and friends to believe that the present year would be the best in the history of the institution. Registra tion at noon had run to something like 150 and students were still en tering and will continue to enter for a week or niore. .The execises this morning were brief and informal. President Fritz presided and gave the students a i cordial welcome. Prayer was offer ed by Rev. John C. Peery al ad dress was made by Rev. Arthur Huff man, chaplain in the American over seas army. Mr. Human related incidents of the war, told of American ideals and jissured the young men and women that the United States was a great land in which to live. WAYNE COUNTY LAD WINNER OF DERBY By the Associated Press. Raleigh, Sept. 2. Lieut. C. W.' Maynard of Mount Olive, N. C, win ner of the Toronto-New York interna tional aerial derby last week, was in Raleigh today on his way home. He flew more than two miles a minute from New York and return and was entitled to $10,000, but could not ac cept it, as he was in the military uni form. He was a theological student at Wfake Forest at the outbreak of the var, but enlisted as a,n aviator. COST OF SHELL PLANT FAR ABOVE ESTIMATE WasHington, Sept. 2. The house .subcommittee investigating ordnance ex pCtttKt'jrro -during the war, last night made public testimony taken in its hearing showing that the government shell loading plant at Fort Dela ware, uncompleted when the armis tice was signed, has cost the govern ment to date $14,000,000 although the estimated cost when the contract was let on the cost plus basis was placed at from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. . The difference between the estimat ed cost and the total thus far paid '.out by the government for the build ing of the plant is shown in testi- i mony grven Dy Liieut. l,oi. ti. ti. tiaw- r " y i tt tt kms, oi th ordance department, and a report made last October by Maj. Clair Foster, of the construction di vision of the army, and inserted by the committee in the records. The contract for the plant was let to the Marlin Rockwell corporation, which organized a subsidiary concern known as the Marlin Rockwell Load insr companv, which in turn contracted 'with the Fred T. Ley company for construction of the big plant and ad joining town to house 20,000 persons. Major Foster's report cites some of the salaries paid by the loading com- vany ?nd the Ley company, with ad- vances in pay made after a few months service. The manager of the former company, the report asserts, hnd his salary raised from $10,000 to $15,000; the assistant manager, "a 'ivver and former bond salesman," from $12,000 to 15.000; the chief en g'neer from $7,500 a year with $180 a month for livmsr expenses, to $10, 000 a vepr and the treasurer from $4,800 to $6,0Q0. Of the treasurer, the report said: "Government officers questioned as to the treasurer's duties said they had never been able to see that he did anyth'ng except endorse the govern ment's checks and sign those of the loading company." "Please bear in mind," said. Ma jor Foster's report, "that all these salaries do not come out of the load- ling company's fee. The government V ir i ii . - . pavs tnem ana rnen pays iu per cent on top of them." ONE DEAD, ANOTHER DYING - IN RAID ON MOONSHINERS Augusta, Ga., Sept. 2. County Officer Dick Morgan is dead, a man named Jones is dying and County officer C. O. Williams is wounded as the result of a raid on moonshiners ten miles from Augusta yesterday. .Ocers, Morgan and Williams dur ing the early afternoon located a stlil near the farms of Jones and Fate Anderson. The officers on returning to Augusta, ran across Jones and Andehson at a barbecue. It was stat ed that they accused Jones of being the owner of the still, which Jonea denied. When they attempted to ar- i rest hoim, he pulled his pistol and be- gan to fire. Morgan was shot twice and Wil liams once. The former died a few minutes after arriving at a local hos pital while the latter only suffered a flesh wound. Jones is now at a hos- pital with seven bullet wounds and death is expected hourly. He is a u"' Hi H M t i it ! V, lit i It L , J x i i Ml m 'IBs. 1 i r I l; A I i I' I 1 If i E