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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." The Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS j VOL.23. No. 56. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917. $1.50 PER YEAR CaH. PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS LOOTED A DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, CAFE. . "Fnmi.dnxl Soldiers" Take Every. v thing in Sight, While Police Stood Powerless. Danville, Va., Aug. 19. riv? hun dred Pennsylvania troops ha a 30 minute lay over in Danville last night on their way to southern camps swept down upon two restaurants operated on Craghead street near the railway station like the Asyrians of okl and gutted both places of food within 15 minutes. They failed to pay for any thing that was taken and the only policeman on the beat was powerless to. prevent the soldiers who appeared to be ravenous and very thirsty. The soldiers were lusty miners 'from Pennsylvania, the companies be ing from Scranton and Pottsville. As soon as the train halted to take on water and to be examined, a cloud of khaki clad men ran from the station and turned in to the Dairy Lunch room operated by Mitry Matney. In a few seconds the place was filled. The soldiers walked over the tables and stood on the counters while a score piled on behind the marble slab and helped themselves to whatever they could find. The negro cook, seeking to remonstrate was sent staggering buck into the kitchen un der a blow. Matney expostulated in broken English but his words were lost in the chaos which reigned. The Boldiers drank five gallons of milk, carried off a bunch of bananas, took all the soda water on ice in the cooler and then foraged the place for pies and cake. Tomatoes and watermel ons were taken oft and In a few mln utes the entire restaurant was denud ed of eatables. While this was go ing on, Michael Angelo was contend ing with similar treatment up the street. Ills "Capitol Lunch Koom" was - also invaded and denuded of food. Police Officer Lewis who could do little to stop the invasion telephoned to the cheif of police for instructions. Mr. Bell ordered him to hasten back to the train to discover the Identity of the troops. He got there Just as the train was pulling out and found out that the men were from the two places named and constituted com panies A. D and C. He failed to learn the number of the regiment. The police will make formal com plaint and the restaurant proprietors will file a claim for compensation Chief of Police Bell expects little dif ficulty In fully identifying the 500 soldiers who went through. These raids were more or less f re- nuent when.the trooDt. ware return ing north after tne spamsn-Aiuencan war and the government invariably honored the claims put In, deducting the funds from the pay of companies Involved. The men said they were famished, having bad nothing substantial since breakfast. Kural Communities Are In Line. For the past eight weeks I have been almost constantly attending community gatherings in the rural districts in different sections of the State. While there are many farm ers who either cannot read or do not read, I have been agreeably surpris ed at the comparatively large num ber of farmers who have acquired Intelligent conceptions of the funda mental international issues involved that must be settled rightly before this world war can end. Not only are farmers well Informed, but I have heard farm women in their homes discuss the Issues involved in tnts national crisis with an Intelligent un derstanding that would make a non reading society woman in a city ashamed of herself. I don't think it is possible for auy people anywhere, to meet the grave and perilous war conditions any more patriotically and with better grace than North Carolina farmers are meeting them. In every crisis that has called for sacrifice of hu man life North Carolina farmers have made notable records that have made our State deservedly famous, there is no indication that our his tory will be reversed now. Incidentally, it will be Interesting for me to Bay that at all of our pic nic gatherings I have not been able to detect any differences this sum mer in the congenial spirit manifest ed than In former years, which indi cates that our farmers are meeting the demands with as patriotic and brave spirit as it is possible to meet them. With all this, I am not saying that It would be Impossible for men of In fluence to arouse a spirit of rebel lion by unwise remarks that appeal ta the resentful passions ' and feel ings of men who have not yet real ized that, the only way to obtain peace (possibly permanent peace) is to fight for it. If we could have pos sibly gotten peace in any other way w wouldn't have been In this war. J. Z. Green. la Washington a crowd of about 1,000 men and women bombarded the woman's party headquarters with eggs and destroyed several banners addressed to "Kaiser Wilson," after similar banners had been taken away from women who attempted to parade them In front of the White House. v The first contingent of American troops in France were reviewed last week by Major General William L. Sibcrt, the American commander. This was the first time that the troops In France had been all toge'thcr. The review was a splendid military dis play and Gen. Sibcrt cald he was im mensely proud of the men. French officers present were very much Im-precsed. Chamber of Commerce New. There was an Important confer ence held yesterday afternoon in re gard to improvements around the passenger depot, there being present the Mayor, the directors of the Cham ber of Commerce, the Secretary of tne unaniDer-ana rrepiaent mrranan and Superintendent Walton of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company. Mr. Harrahan was only in the city a short while but Mr. Walton was here several hours and went over the ground thoroughly. Mayor Sikes stated in plain language that the citizens of Monroe were disgusted with the present conditions around the depot and told Mr. Walton what the people of Monroe wanted and ex pected the Seaboard to do to better conditions. No definite plan of action was decided upon, but the Seaboard will again send their engineers here in a few days and go into the matter again and try to reach some agree ment in regard to the work. The people of Monroe are spend Ing hundreds of thousands of dollars to beautify the city and they have reached the point where they are go ing to take some drastic action unless the railroad comes across and does what they acknowledge should be done, they are getting tired of prom ises. Monroe is the largest non-com petitive point of the Seaboard and there Is no reason on earth why they should be treated so shabbily, es pecially as the railroads are making more money now than ever In their history. They are not in a position now to plead poverty. As already stated, no definite action was decided upon but something will be done in the course of a few days. Superior Court Proceedings. Superior court, for the trial of civil cases, convened here yesterday morning wkh Judge B. F. Long pre siding. No case of any. consequence has been disposed of as yet. The case of Funderburk; vs. Funderburk Is being heard today, in which Mr. R. C. Funderburk is suing his wife for an absolute divorce. The following are the jurors for this week: Messrs. N. W. Braswell, I. M. Phlfer, P. T. Hornback, H. T. Long, H. W. Hasty, V. A. Ashcraft, Ellis Goodwin, G. W. Montgomery, R. F. Krimminger, A. M. Price, J. Marshall Simpson H. M. Harkey, J. Atlas Rushing, J. W. Mangum, W. S. Walkup, and J. Coon McCorkle. The following cases have been con tinued for various reasons: Elbert Cary vs. Daniel Staines, L. A. Thompson vs.-Daniel Starnes, James Howard vs. Lula Howard, D. B. Baker vs. Margaret Baker, Pied mont Mt. Airy Guano Co. vs. J. S. Edwards, W. W. Pusser vs. Western Union, T.. M. Williams vs. Western Union, Ella Davis vs. P. A. Davis, Lessle Horton vs. Seaboard Air Line Railway, Hallle Vickery vs. J. W. VIckery, A. A. Elwanger vs. Seaboard Air Line Railway. The cases In which the Seaboard is Involved were continued on account of the absence of their attorney, Mr. E. T. Cansler. He Is a member of the District Exemption board, and his ab sence would interfere with the work. Mr. J. W. McCain was awarded a verdict of $678.69 against the Hep to8ophs. The defendants appealed. The Hoys in the Ilirkett Are Fine Iooklng lt. (From the Wadesboro Ansonian.) . The boys of Company D, Field Ar tillery, look about 100 per cent bet ter in their brand new uniforms and if the quality of these uniforms are an index to the kind of treatment they will get in the quarters furnish ed later on, they are going to be bet ter satisfied. Feeding such a large number' without ample preparations is no easy job and to change cooks every day is not a good practice. The old motto that "too many cooks spoil the broth," or words to that effect, is responsible, for Rome of the bad meals the boys complained of recent ly. But they are bearing' up under their treatment remarkably well and their drilling Is getting better every day. There are some fine fellows in that bunch of men, some fine man hood and we are just as proud of them all as we know how to be. The Ansonlan does not wish to single out anyone of them for comment but must relate a remark made a few days ago by a gentleman on the streets while Lieutenant Wriston Shepherd of Monroe had a squad In charge. It was this: "A few million like that man would pull Berlin p by the roots and the Germans would not know what had happened to them." Wadesboro la becoming at tached to this company of men and will follow with tender regards their future careers. I. VV. AV. Strike Delayed. San Francisco, Aug. 20. No. evi dence of a general strike of construc tion workers and harvest hands has been visible in the states of Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana tonight and so far as could be ascer tained no attempt was made by any Industrial Workers of the World leaders to carry out the strike order Issued recently by James Rowan, dis trict Industrial Worker of' the World secretary at Spokane. The swift and unexpected action last night of military authorities at Spokane in arresting Rowan and twenty-six other alleged Industrial Workers of the World is believed to have had a powerful influence In de terring the radical members of the organization from precipitating a strike which, It Is admitted, might have had serious results. Mr. A. A. Secrest Is having a modern bungalow, erected on his lot on Morris Avenue. MONSTER OFFENSIVE BEGUN BY THK FRENCH AXD ITALIAN Dig Cain on It Mile Front, While Italian' Bombardment Is Of Ap lutlling Intensity. With the British troops busily en gaged in the successful parrying of German counter thrusts against the newiy-won ground in Flanders, the French and Italians have started monster offensives the French against the Germans near Verdun and the Italians against the Austrian from the region of Plava to near the head waters of the Adriatic sea. Sharp, decisive blows have gained for the French positions held by the Germans on a front of more than eleven miles extending from the Avo court wood eastward across the riv er Meuse and into the Bois ce Chaume, while the Italians, after a bombardment of an intensity never before experienced in that theater have leveled Austrian defenses, cross ed the ruins and also the Isonzo riv er and now are at deadly grips with the enemy along a front of about 37 miles. Nearly 12,000 prisoners already have been counted by the French and Italians, and doubtless this number will be materially augmented when full details of the fighting are at hand. In addition the Germans and Austrlans lost heavily in men killed or wounded and in guns and machine guns captured. The new territory taken by the French embraces positions that have literally weltered In French and Ger man blood In battles that have been waged to aid fro since the German crown prince started his most costly enterprise, the attempt to take Ver dun,, which resulted in utter failure as a military, maneuver and cost the lives of tens of thousands of his men. Notable among the captured posi tions are the Avocourt wood, two summits of Le Mort Homme, the Corbeaux wood and Champneuvllle, all of which were held notwithstand ing vicious counter-attacks ,by the Germans which were broken up by the French fire with heavy casualties to the enemy. French airmen ma terially aided the Infantry In the press forward, swooping forces and emptying their machine guns Into the ranks, and in fights In the air with German protecting machines, eleven of which were sent hurtling to the ground. Likewise the Italian fliers are giv ing their Infantry valuable support, more than 100 of them being engag ed In attacking with bombs and ma chine gun fire Austrian troop forma tions behind the lines. At last ac counts, the Italian guns were ener getically proceeding with the work of destroying the new positions taken up by the Austrlans, endeavoring to blast a road through the defenses in order to make more easy the march of the Italian troops toward Trieste, Austria's principal seaport, lying at the head of the Adriatic sea. The situation in Flanders and northern France is virtually calm, as compared with last week, but both the British and French continue to make sallies at various points and to strengthen the positions won In the recent fighting. The Canadians around Lens are dally biting further into the German line and now have the coal center virtually surrounded, except on the east. Even on this sec tor the Canadian guns have the range and are making almost impossible any movements of the enemy from or into the town. The eptente allied airmen still are carrying out raids on German positions in Belgium, many tons of bombs having been dropped by them. In Rumania tne Austro-uermans have forced back the Rumanians on both sides of the Oituz and Trotus valleys, according to the Berlin offi cial communication. In the former sector more than 1 500 Rumanians and 30 machine guns fell Into the hands of the Invaders, while the fight ing on the Sereth river 2,000 addi tional prisoners were taken. Good Men Should Not Be Misled. We greatly regret that a few ex cellent men among our Southern farmers have allowed themselves to be misled concerning the constitu tionality of the selective draft. It is time for everybody to know that such opposition Is absurd, dan gerous, treasonable and probably punishable by both fine and impris onment. Many of America's ablest lawyers were among the Representa tives and Senators opposing the se lective draft for other reasons, but the argument against its constitu tionality was simply laughed out of court. Even among professional pa cificists the idea has no serious fol lowing. There is not one chance among ten million that the Supreme Court would hold the selective draft uncon stitutional, and even if It did. the de termination of this government would ot be checked for the remot est fraction of a second. The legisla tures of every State in the Union would be instantly summoned In ex tra session and the consitution would be amended with a speed that would make the Kaiser tremble. This nation has put its band to the plow and there will be no looking backward until victory Is won and the world made safe for democracy and safe against ever being again made a slaughter-house of war by German militarism. To seek to de lay or hinder our national govern ment in its determined course Is only to give treasonable aid and comfort to the enemy, resulting in the pro longation of th' strug-le and thus In needless sacrifice of American lives. Clarence Poe. MOVEMENTS WILL BEGIN SEITEMBER STH Railway Association Perfecting S heme Fur Most Important Troop Movement in the Nation's History To Move MMMMt Men Will lie. ouiiv 11.2119 tars Made Up or 8(i( Trains. New York, Aug. 19. Plans for the most important troop movement ever attempted In this country, involving the transportation of 687.000 men, are being perfectel by the American Railway Association at the request of the Federal government, according to an announcement made here to night by Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroad's war board. "The movement of troops from the various states to the army canton ment will start September 5." said Mr. Harrison, "and between that date and September 9, the railroads will complete the entrapment of 200,000 aien, approximately thirty per cent of the total number to be moved. "It is expected that a second move ment of 200,000 men will begin Sep tember 18, continuing for four days and a third jnoveraent of the same size on October 3. "Some conception of the task which confronts the association may be gleaned from the fact that 6.229 cars made up in 366 trains, with as many locomotives and train crews, are requird to' move one field army of 80,000. i "The railroads also hav been ask ed to supply transportation for 350, 000 soldiers of the National Guard to their training campsp. This has already been started and will con tinue in Increasing volume until all have been moved. WANTS TO DISPOSE OF ; HALF MILLION CATTLE. For Luck of Fee1 Holland is in a Unique Position Dutch .Markets . are Glutted, Germany Wants the Beef, the Allies Would Have to " Get Half But are Not Disposed to Take It. The Hague, Netherlands. July 15 (Correspondence). Holland Is In the unique position, in war-stricken Eu rope, of having 500,000 more cattle than she wants. The farmers want to get that number off their hards at all costs. What to do with these herds Is the knotty problem facia; the Netherlands government and In It Is bound up the knottier and weigh fcr problem ot the country's grain supply front America, her economic welfare and perhaps in directly her neutrality and Independence. With a bad grass and hay crop, with a great shortage of fodder Im ports, and at the moment, a suspen sion of grain shipments from the United States, the farmers are at their wits' end to find feed for their overgrown herds. But the home market Is naturally overstocked, prices have fallen even below pre-war rates, and they are therefore begging and praying the government to open the frontiers for export as the only way out of the difficulty. In any case the blockaded Centr.il Powers cannot get more than half any such export. The standing agree ment provides that Britain, Franco and the Belgium Relief Commission shall have 50 per cent of all cettlc going across the frontier. But Amer ica, on whom the Netherlands Is so absolutely dependent for her grain supply, It Is understood here, wants to stop all export of cattle and other produce to Germany, and presumably Holland also hesitates somewhat on this account. The strange feature of this side of the question, as the correspondent ot the Associated Press learns on good authority, is that blockade! Germany at preeent by no means evinces any anxiety to buy Dutch cattle. German farmers would doubtless jump at the chance; the German peopla would thankfully enlarge their bill of rare. . . uui me auinormes now iook twice at every mark going across the front iers In payments for Imports. Germany is no doubt ready to buy at her own price; she certainly would not refuse the cattle If offered hr; but no application for cattle expoit has been made from the German side. the Associated Press correspondent is reliably Informed: Another possible way of disposing of a considerable portion of the sur plus cattle Is by substituting boef for pork in the government'? cheap food supply scheme. This might take an extra 50,000 or 60,000 Aead of cattle a month and account for 250.000 of Oh sumlua cattle stocks and the olart is under consideration in high quar ters. Th nw. fmm AmpHrn on the ex- port question Is causing considerable, onviPtv he, if th I'mtP't stntes TROOP presses the demand for a complete .who have been accepted for 'service stoppage of exports f.f Duch agrlcult-isince the United States entered the nrU nrodnrts to r.ermanv asthenrleeiwar. or there have been additions to of continuing to supply her grain Hol land will be in a quandary indeed. It is true she is, under present ciicum stances, entirely dependent on her overseas grain supplies, soelng that her own crop Is only sufficient to meet the needs of man and beask for three months. On the other hand, apart from iier own small coal output, she is practi cally entirely dependent on Germany for the fuel whereon ('e,eiids the maintenance of lighting, heating, tall - - r? r . - ways, shipping, fisheries anl all her Industries. For her own mines yield only about a quarter of her coal con sumption, and Import from Great Bri tain virtually has ceased, partly as a result of the enormou t conditions made by the British authorities and partly on account of the ruthl?ss sub - marine war. Holland likewise draws such Indispensable proiuct as . ment. iron, potash, lime, dyes and drugs front Germany. Hollanders say It would be shak ing the security and independence of their country, for the preset and the future, to depart from their polity of absolute neutrality and to differen tiate in favor of the allies. Figures based on the latest for eign trade returns show that, in the first quarter of the current jear, ex ports to the united kingdom amount ed in value to S21.000.000 and to Germany 119.000,600. Imports from Great Britain totalled $14,760,000 and from Germany to $10,000,000. GERMANS FACING CANADIAN LINES NEAR EXHAUSTION Fiercest Engagement On That Por tion of the Western Front Coming to Conclusion Germans Disregard Lives. Canadian Headquarters in France, August 19. (By the Canadian Press, Limited). The fiercest engagement on the Canadian front since the be ginning of the war is gradually com ing to a triumphant end by the ex haustion of the enemy. Since the capture of Hill 70 and St. Laurenton Wednesday morning the Canadians defending their newly-won positions have been compelled to stand by al most without cessation to meet the counter attacks. The leaders of the German troops are utterly regard less of the lives of their men and as soon as one division has spent itself in a frantic and futile effort to re cover the lost ground, another is sent forward to the sacrifice. The Fourth Guards were cut to pieces in yesterday's counter attacks and during the night a new division, the Two Hundred and Twentieth was brought up. Passing through their own lines without stopping, these fresh troops attacked at 4:30 o'clock Satur day morning on the Bols Hugo sec tor, north of Hill 70. The attack was accompanied by a projection of enemy liquid fire and gas. Our ar tillery turned an effective barrage up on the Germans, which caused heavy losses but they continued to advance with the utmost determination. At a close distance of only seventy yards from our line the machine guns were turned upon the attacking groups, and they broke and ran for cover. South of St. Lauiient the enemy penetrated our first line trench, but were driven out again as the result of a counter attack. In these desperate struggles there hts been much use of the jrlfle, -bayonet and, bomb. .The prisoners now numoer mure man eleven thousand. One of the most heroic deeds put on record in the Canadian corps since the war began Is that of a runner of Colonel Ormonder's Alberta battal ion. The compapny to which he was attached was hotly engaged near the chalk pits, and he was given a mes sage to take back to the battallion headquarters, over ground on which shells were falling continuously. He had not gone far when he was seen to fall, and another runner was at once sent out with a duplicate of the message. The second messenger was killed midway on his journey, but two hours afterward the first one arrived at the battallion headquarters with his left arm blown off near the shoulder. His terrible wound had been rough ly dressed In the field, and the mes senger, far spent from the loss of blood, had then staggered on to do his duty. He was removed In a dy ing condition, but he carried his mes sage to its destination. Volunteers Already Number Nearly a Million. Charlotte Observer. It Is quite a cheerful message The Washington Star sends the Kaiser, Hindenburg, et al. Briefly, It is to the effect that "the 'contempible ,anny' of the United States of Ameri- ,ea contains ioaay exacuy vu.iti man nil vnlnninifa ' 1 a Inclusion men, all volunteers." This Includes Army, Navy and Marine Corps ev ery man a volunteer with the draft Army yet to come. The further statement Is made by the Committee on Public Information, from which The Star quotes, that since the en trance of this country Into the world war, approximately 1,300.000 men have offered themselves for servlco in the Nation's fighting forces. It fur ther appears that during the time this country has been a belligerent, 121, 514 men have volunteered for service in the Navy and Marine Corps and ihave been accepted. In the Regular Army the Increase since April 1 by .voluntary enusimeni nas oeen isu,. 347, and In the National Guard 136,- 998, a total of 327,345 enlistments in the Army branches, and a grand total of 448.859 In both Army and Navy. Even this figure does not include Ml the various reserve corps, but these figures are not all available. The largest single Item Is that of the 27 -341 men recently commissioned from the officers' training camps. Costs 15rt.:t0 To Equip an Infantry, man For Service. Washington, Aug. 19. It costs the United States just $156.30 to equip an infantryman for service in France. Figures made public tonight show that of this total clothing .niiwn mni v i una I'.'U'I viuiuiu represents $101.21; fighting equip- ment $47.46 and eating utensils $7.73. The soldier's gas mask costs $2. His steel helmet $3 and his rifle $19.50. The first 600,000 to 800,000 of America's fighting men will be eouia 'ped with the present Springfield army rifle, but those to follow will carry ce-jthe Enfield, used by English troops. --i.i.ii .Li nv.ir.. nr.i.i" IX K.IIDS ON GERMANS. Airmen Dropted 28.0O0 Pounds of IIoiiiIm mill flngaged in Niuiilter or Aerial Fights One Man Missing. Paris. Aug. 19. The Larayette squadron, composed or American avi ators, played its part in the French, air raids reported in the official com munication on Saturday when it was announced that 28,000 pounds of bombs and explosives had been drop ped on German military establish ments, railroad stations and encamp ments. Corporal Harlod Willis Bos ton, a member of the squadron, ha not returned from the raid which re sulted in a number or aerial fights with the Germans. Two groups of chasers were chosen from the ranks of the Lafavette squadron, commanded respectively by Lieutenant Roul Lufbery, of Walling ford. Conn., and Adjutant Didier Ma son, of San Francisco, which travelled protectingly to the right and left or a bombing machine as it entered enemy territory. Another croun from an other squadron followed in the rear. The group, however, saw fewer Ger man machines. The Lufbery com mand obtained most of the action and Aviator Dudley Hill, of Peekskill, N. Y., had a narrow escane when tvn Germans attacked him with incendi ary bulletts. He escaped, however, with one bullet hole through a lower plane. He is believed to have brought down one German. Adjutant Mason's command wa attacked by a patrol of three plpanes wnicn was easily repulsed. Corporal Willis was missing when his group returned to its base after the bomb ing raid, but it Is hoped he will turn up. W. A. Courtenav Camnbell. Jr.. of Kenllworth, 111., who two months ago lost one whole wing of his machine in mid-air and vet manased to return to his own lines safely, wus again a victim of a peculiar accident. Just at the bombing party reached home the bombing machine balked and landed tquarely on top of his light chasing machine. He saw the danger ii i..uc ana set ambled ouc ta yafery,, Ilia plane was cut squareiy ,a two. Draft Law Held Constitutional. Mount Airy, Ga., August. 20. Federal District Judge Speer held the selective draft law constitutional in a decision made public here today. The decision was rendered on appli cations for writs of habeas corpus ror Albert Jones and John Story, held In the' Richmond county; Georgia jail, charged with violating the law and was represented by Thomas E. Watson. Watson contended that the law is In contravention of the invol untary servitude amendment. Judge Speer left for Fairfield, N. C, where It Is expected he will de cide whether or not the Jeffersoniao a magazine published by Watson, shall be allowed in the malls. It has been denied admission by the post master at Thomson, Ga., the place ot publication, because It contained what had been charged seditious utter ances. Judge Speer In denying the writs, declared that to agree to the conten tion that the selective draft law con travenes the thirteenth amendment would be to conclude that the soldier Is a slave. "Nothing could be more abhorrent to the truth," said Judge Speer, "nothing more degrading to that in dispensable and gallant body of citi zens trained in arms to whose man hood, skill and courage Is, and must be, committed the task of maintain ing the very existence of the nation and all that its people hold dear." Lendem of Industrial Workers of Uio World Arrested. Spokane, Wash., Aug 19. James Rowan, district secretary of the In dustrial Workers of the World, and 125 other alleged members of the or 'ganlzation were arrested at local I. W. W. headquarters here this after noon by a company of Idaho National Guardsmen and placed in the county Jail as military prisoners. Rowan had ordered the general strike of L W. W. labor in the Northwest to be gin tomorrow. Strike orders advising farm work ers "to let the fruit rot on the ground" and calling on construction workers to lay down their tools have been signed by Rowan. "Lumber workers in the four states already are on strike," Rowan said while he was awaiting his turn to be searched and booked. "I think the strike will spread rurther now, and probably will affect industries in which no strike has been called. Even though all the officers or employes of the organization are put In jail and all the halls closed arrangements have been made to handle the move ment." Only a vote of the members of tho organization can halt the strike, Row an said, as there is no one with au thority to take such action unless L W. W. members alleged by leaders of the organization to be illegally held in jail are released by that time. Rowan and William Moran, secre tary of the-local I. W. W. organiza tion, were arrested at the local I. W. W. hall by Mayor Clement WUkfnii, In command of a battalion of guards men on patrol duty here. Wihle May or Wilkins. accompanied by Rowan, went to executive headquarters three blocks distant to unlock the door, 40 members of the company under the command of Captain F. A. Jeter, rounded up 22 other men who were In the hall and took them with Moran to the county jail. The Cospel of Germany the goev Del Of Mahomet: "Tho Ktfn ham nn j conscience; the State can do no (wrong."
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