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Timbers of U. S. Labor Board
Hold Last Session With the
, Union Officials Today '
NEW SETTLEMENT IS ' '.'
TO BE SUGGESTED
Mere .Than 200 iUnion Men
Assembled for Final Dis
cussion on the Strike
ptttp a no Oct. 27. At 9 :45
c-Iotk Ben w. Hooper, mui.u,
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'East- proposal Made Today. By U. S. ' Labor Board
S Railroad Labor Board, left nisneveryr uay.m Lnv anu iiumuers
oV,?e for the Mascnio Temple where
presidents, ' general . chairmen and ex
eoutivev committees of the five : big
u n Kins were in session. f
Mr. Hooper was expected to make
a final appeal on behalf of the coy
trnment for calling . off the threaten
ed striken ., : . - :: ;
Tlie board's proposal, it: was re
- r'lted, i3 a guarantee that neither
wage -cuts nor rule changes, will be-co-nMidered
until all pending , cases
nrp .disposed .of.. : . ,.:. y .
Mr, " Hooper . was accompanied by
A. F. ."Whitney, vice-president of the
TJtotherhood jt Hallway, Trainmen.
Whitnev's preseiicei led .to reptorta
tl .It '.' tl" president of thfe
tialmint'n, was backing the .peace
move. '. . . . .-, , "
Mr. Hooper said before, going -into
thu mei-tlnR room, that he was mak
ing the call unotricially and that, he
had a "big possibility. for.r-settlement
in mind, which he. Would, outline - to
the union men. . .. ' . . -
"It is very vague,; thought he add-;
eel. ' . ; . " . . . v . Vr "
, Miore than 200 union, men -were as
etmbled whe he arrived. The meet-in-s
; was arranged tby 'W'alter. L." Me
, Ifennimin, Labor member:, of , the
. board; and a , former official of the
trainmen's ', organization. - McMen
.nimin' however, did not accompny
Hooper and Whitney to the hall. ;
: There has-been much discussion in
union and railroad circles as to the
: possibility of the , Railroad Labor
Board putting out an order that the
strike is illegal and ordering it called
off. , - . '
t5oard' members would not ' discuss
the reports this forenoon, except to
sy that no'such brderhad yet been
lrepared. . 11 -
Alfred .'T;- Thorn, ' counsel for the
Association of. Railroad Executives,
: appeared i at ? the a. 'Railroad Labor
Board ' offices in response . to a call
trom Mr,'-Hooper tor . a conference,
.ut he said he. would'.pall latei? when
lie'. round mat, Mr. :iiooper .naa gone
to the" union' fxecutives's meeting. .
t. Mr.-. Hooper left the: conference of
; ie Big : Five - union executives- early
,'is afternoon,' ' ' " ',
' "Did, you Bettla the strike-' Hoop
a was asked. " ' t t '
"Well, you could ; hardly jexpect
. them . to - do 4. that-: with, me in
thereJC he replied. ; "I wai not sept
- hy the Board., but went on my own
'volition. - I still believe that the only
i basis of settlement is the- resolution
recently adopted by the Board.? v
y- ' Mr. Hooper referred to the board's j
request that the men. refrain from
stciking &nd give the Board a chance
, to act on' questions of further wage
; reductions and rule changes that the
railroads may. bring before it. Mr.
Hooper stated afteu iRe meeting that
tii- wanted it understood that he had
: hiade . no - promises for the Board or
, for himself. - -.
- ; The . union meeting lnroko - up stcn
afterMr.. Hooper .'.-left witU an ar-i
i nouncement that, the . .v? owianiza- !
- !f ions Would; .hMd -rsej ji-ata. mVein
-aboutf 1 p.m. and a. l-yut. meeting, at
. m.
Liouon CASES
UP IN CftiT
. " .
; Several Cases Were Disposed
of in Federal Court, Others
to Follow, Tomorrow.
Violation of the-federal prohibition
r
statutes, took .upmost of the time in
federal, court today Quite a number
off eases were brought tip. - ' j
.The case' against Leon Dawson was
ordered continued. - '-'''..
j Gaston Grady ,was ; also tried this
moraine. The court ordered a verdict
of hot guilty.'
''-Herbert -Morris was-, tried shortly
"before, noon- He was-found guilty "and
fined '$25 and costs. -
' At 3 o'clock this afternoon the case
TO
Plenty Of
Plenty
And Thousands of Dollars InlWoiiderful Prizes
; Drive Not Yet Officially Started ,
, ' Now Is Time To Enter.
WHICH ONE
1 1921 Moder Studebaker,
Model Chevrolets It's Up To YouThe
Early Bird Catches the Worm.
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Each day brings the official 'jita'rt
At j
districts, aro entering the race to-enlarge these newspapers' family of
readers and tc gain the valuable prizes offered.-, , r-'
The manager is' anxious to givesall a mance to enter who wish to
do o. .;The prizes are well worth the' effort Vnd scores, of industrious
workers- will soon be uctively engaged ? in a friendly rivalry for the
Other, splendid prizes offered. . . 1 , '
' - ' , - IT'S REALLY EASYt.'- ' . . ,
i' Tlifc start is usually the hardest start of any undertaking. Once
the start is 'madej the rest . follows. ;
rthis drive. A Send in. your name on
of paper, send it in by telephone, or stop, in I the New !Bernian and Sun
Jpurnal office and talk it fover.- Only make the start Vitbout, delay. That
is the.' important thing, ' The earlier the belter." - ,' ' T '
, The receipt books are ready- for you and your, friends are .only
waiting for you tof ask them to subscribe to tne' ,New Bernian? r? Sun
Journal aifd help-i you -win the prize youymost desire. ! . r;u.--
Don't delay another, minute. '
There is no limit to the number:
is a large .field., of . workers the . prizes are usually won with less 'degree
of ; individual effort than . in cases where", only a few enter.. In other
words in this drive the old adage -of - "The more ytne merrier" will, be
found to apply,literally, .
, ;v In. order to', enter the campaign alK that is, necessary . is ambition
The thing to do is to get an.. early start , and organize an. indlviduaIIurP. vice-president of the tTnited
canvass in a manner calculated to produce );he best results. The man-,iine Workers, was met by a decla
ager of the drive ' Will , be glad to co-operate and to suggest plans of Ration from the operators that "we
. . ... . - , . . , '.1 , - ,. fwill have no dealings with the Linit-
operation, either in person or by letter or on' ijhe , telephone. With, a jJine workers " r'
little helpful suggestion from him you will be surprised at how easy and L Walsh, at the opening of to
pleasant you will find the work of '-securing subscriptions. y 4 ;Jay's session called the committee's
1 , SALIEXT FACTS ' . ' attention 'to the settlement plan sub-
. " . "., . !."; ' , . . t . i mitted Monday by Mr. Murray, in
The following salient facts should be kept in mind: -, volving U8e. of the committee's med-
Tle papers' territory has been divided into districts so that all the'j.ltory , offices. Mr. Walsh suggested
prizes -nay not be won in any one community. i :; ' IthatJall attorneys -in the case remain
No membeT" is limited in his work Jo his ewti district. The members ;herJ after the present hearings end
' , ... . , . . .. Jand attempt to put an end to the
may work anywhere they choose. . . - . v , - lroutoies in AVest Virginia by -a con-
Any member in any district may win the Studebaker as it will go inference on the. Murray plan under the
to - the member receiving the highest numner of -votes in the Entire
field. The district prizes, onthe other han$, go to the club" members
winning the highest vnumber of votes in his or ther district after those
winning .capital prize have been eliminated. . '
. Members,, active or prospective
office and to ask the drive manager
f6r explanation of .any" featured they
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: ; ' This coupon is good - for tho number of votes
shown above. when properly filled out and mailed or
, 'brought- to Campaign Headquarters. I
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Void After November 1st, 1921.
HADLEY IS SENT TO
t- DEAJH CELL IN JAIL
- (By Associated Press)
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 27. Dr. W.
A. Hadley,. convicted yesterday after
noon of murdering his wife, has been
removed to the death cell in the Hen
rio county jail -and will remain there
until he is sentenced'' to die in the
electric chair. ,
Arguments for tjfe motion of a
new - trial will be made by Hadley's
counsel ; before . .Judge Scott pro
nounces2 the sentence and- fixes the
date for the execution. Judge Scott
was expected to pass on the motion
today. Hadley was removed froin his
cell on the second floor of the - Jail.
The cell he now occupies was accu
pied 'by Henry " Clay . Beatty, : who
several years ago : was executed for
the murder of his wife.
William "Wadsworth" is' in Coltfnv
NEWBERN, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT.
Room
IS FOR YOU?
or s One of 1 the 1921
Jvtui'er.-Members are enrolling
, , .
01 amuiuuus peuyie ju euuu 01 me
Well, jit's easy to make the start in 1
,the riomination blank or on a piece
- ' . . , lf '" ...
who inay enter the race." If' there
are urged to keep in touch with the
any question that occurs to '. them or
do not fully understand.
MINE IN RANSAS
BEEN DYNAMITED
(By Associated Press)
PITTSBURG, Kan., Oct. 27. The
Gray Wolf Mine near Gross, Kansas,
was wrecked by two charges of dyna
mite shortly before midn'ght hu-t
night.
Discuss Irish Question
(By Associated "Press).
LONDON, Oct. 27; Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George today proposed to
the House of Commons that it set
aside next Monday for a discussion
of the motion of Unionist members
of Parliament condemning the pre
sent negotiations with representatives
of Sinn Fein Ireland. He said he
hoped there would be a vote bn the
question.
M. D. .iJray.Vof Greenville," was in
the 1 city this morning on - a r business
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CANN6T GET BEER
IN THIS STATE NOW,
Beer reRulatlons prorulgated by
the treasury clepartiiK'nt, govern
ing, the tyle of Iwer for miedicinal
purposes, will ntit eft eel. North
.(-Carolina, nor olier anyloopboie
yar tlijp sale of beer in this state
in ary qunnrity,- Noi her will it
open my lopho!e for :jjpiodical
f hipmVnts byV'1'1''- ;
Ollice of the attornpy 5;e:)cral
for the state lnYreply to a,rc.iuest
by telephone this moi-ninffi: ifor a
ruling on tiie siiuation, . declared
no hope exiatrf fur JJorth Carolina
people 'who1 .might feol.- inclined to
falten up on. regular beer.
It was pointed out by the attor
ney enoral'a-ofRco that -the federal
rosrulations provide for the sale ofH
beer as "on . a prescription from a
physician. Under - the North Caro
lina law druggwts ' arc expressly
prohjbited , frpm handling liquor
for, any purpose. Since the federal
law cannot' supercede the state
law, beer' cannot be, handled in this
state,- x
hfliNE OWNERS
WILLNOT DEAL
ITHH
Operator Flatly;- Refuse To
-Have .Any th'ipgo Do' With
United r. Mine Workers ;
' ' . By -Associated Press) '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. aPeace
proposals , of ' the union miners in
West- Virginia -were cast aside, today
by counsel fer the coal operators at
the hearing before the Senate inves
tigatingi committee Proposals of a
settlement pift forth by Frank P.
icom mittee's"' directions.
ST
1EETJN1EHT
Primmittee Meetine To Be
' Held Afterwards To Ar-
for Conferenge
range
. A number of interesting matters
are to be, brought "up at the Rotary
Club meeting tonight and ; it is ur
gently requested that every member
be in attendance.
Following the 'regular session, a
meeting of the committee which has
in charge arrangement of details for
the district conference, to take place
in this citv next month, will be held.
wrivi rfrpivffl from Kinston, Green
ville, Washington, Goldsboro and oth
er towns in - this district indicates
that each club will endeavor, to have
a 100 per cent attendance at the con
ference. Buck Perrin and Jp.e turner
will be among the prominent visitors
here. Jim Cowan, of Wilmington, has
stated that he did not deem it prob
able he would be able to get here,
but that be would make a determin
ed effort to do so.
The B. Y. P. U.. of the Tabernacle
Baptist church will have its regular
Thursday night meeting tonight at 8
o'clock. Group three (3) . will lead.
Entire membership urged to be pre
sent. -mllssilM
SENATOR CRITICISES
HARDING'S ADDRESS
(By Associated Press).
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Presi
dent Harding's address in Bir
mingham on the race question was
criticised in a statement issued to
day by Senator Harrison, demo
crat. Mississippi.
"The President's speech was un
fortunate,", said. Senator Harrison,
''but to. have made it in the heart
of the South, .where in some states
the negro population predominates
was unfortunate in the extreme."
DNS
ROT N
27, 1921
Railroad Executives Who Are Making
' Plans to Avert or, Fight Great Strike
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Daniel Willard -7
Thes8.'tw6 men are taking leading par.ts i the arrangements being
made by the railroads to avert a general strike, if possible, or , to meet
the emergency;. .if ' conciliation- fails.'. Daniel Willard has been in" the
railway' service since 187D nd has-been president of the Baltimore and
Qhjo since Jan. 15, 19io." VThomas De WTitt Cuyler i3 chairman of , the
Associatio:i "of Rail v.'ay . Executives.
; SNOW HILL, :N.G., Oct 27. Guilty "of murder --in, the
first degree was the verdict of the jury in the case of Wright
Rouse,-negro, .charged jointly with Mrs. Srah Whitley, of
Waltstonburg, and Thomas Hays, with murder : in connection
with the killing of. the woman's husband several months ago.
Judge Daniels has not yet pronounced sentenced '-,
Immediately after the Rouse case went to the jury, 'the
trial of Mrs. Whitley was ;begun and five jurors from a special
venire of 100 Wayne county citizens had been selected when
court recessed at 1:30 for lunch. . , '
Whitley was. shot to death while asleep at his" tobacco
barn nearjiis hT)me., The state charges ,the negro did the
3hdoting, while Mrs. Whitley and Hays, a former tenant on
the Whitley farm, instigated it,
Are Having Big Time At Joy
ous Meeting Now Being
Held In Greensboro
GREENSBORO. Oct. 27. Kiwan-
ians of the Carolinaa,
strong, representatives of
scattered from the Virginia to tne
Georgia line, poured into Greensboro
recently for the district convention
and drove through a varied program
from earlly'' morning to late in the
evening with all 'the burning enthus
iasm and dead'-y earnestness of the
men whose motto is, "We Build."
An open session in the morning
with addresses by many Kiwianians, a
typical Kiwanis- luncheon a series of
afternoon conferences for represen
tatives of different phases of Kiwanis
work, patriotic-exercises at the Guil
ford battleground and a reception one
night were the high lights in a day
that was chock full of work and fun
for the Visiting Kiwanians.
For the visiting ladies too of whom
scores were in the city, there was a
program that included participation
in part of the convention work and
special features of other kinds
f Play and Work
Into all the work, from the
first
crash of the gavel of President Chas.
W. Gold, in convening the sessions to
the last strain of the orchestra that
nicht. the Kiwanians drove hard into
Hieir nvnWcms. Fun thev'hnd in nlen-
ty, as witness the Ku Klux Klan
hold-up and the stunts at the lun -
cheon: music they had all through
everything they did: and serious
work and serious thought they had
too in the appeal of R: A. Mansfield
Hobbs.' chairman of the Kiwanis in
ternational governors, for Kiwanis
strength to be thrown into the com
ing international conference oh the
limitation of armaments in Washing
ton, and in the address of pr,,E. C,
Broolys, state superintendent of pub
lic instruction . and representative " of
Governor Morri'on.
KiWANiANS Jl ; GQOD PROGRESS'
IN GOiEltTIGf I FItER i.
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-Thomas De .Witt Cuyler - ' -
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Almost A . Mile of Road To
Pamlico County Line Has
Now Been Constructed
The engineering company is raak-
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hundreds j ing excellent progress in , the hard
33 clubs surfacing of the Fowler Road, from
Bridgeton to the Papilico county
line, a distance of 2.6 miles. i A large
force of men is engaged in the work
anil the job is, progressing satisfac
torily froru every' point of view.
Engineers stated this morning that
3400 feet of the road . had been
concreted and that the big mixer was
now working full time and that even
more rapid headway , was exiwscted
from now on than had been the case
in the past
.New Ford Appliance
new "strut rod" for Ford
A
cars,
lor which Rhodes & Keboe have se
cured the agency in his section of
the state, is attracting consider:! 'in
attention on the part of Fjrd owners
Land will i:rmi)eti,vnnl-,lY- r..-rvo nm -
; ular with ey(? car own(n. .vh ' t,
.ihn,.0 avarni.-, ;f ,
cfal advertisement in-'oday's issue,
the agents are describing the m.'uinei
ijn which this appliance vorks.
Moved Inlo New Quart eis
The New Bern Motor Company, of
i-'which W
R. Trammel and W. C. Ha
proprietors, has has moyed
('good are
'into its
new quarters at 43 Middle
This company has secured
I street.
;ie local Ford Agency and they now
have on display a number of touring
, pars, roadsters, coupes, etc.
"Four hundred of New York's fat
test will reduce,", says a news itevn.
As a slogan we suggest, "Reduce or
bust." . . , --,-:
"Chinamen . do not
wives,", wails .a. r'
do we when sot
choose their
item, .Neither
fV is present
should sign up in ' the Co- ',
operativef Marketing cam v
paicrn for cotton and to-
bacco. It means better :
nces.
Single Copy a Five Cent
3J MILtS-
THIS SECTIOf!
Bids of Contractors Are Being
Opened , in State Highway
Commissioner's Otncer- 'v
NOT YET KNOWjN WHO
-WILL SECURE ,WORK
May Be Late Tomorrow Be,
forex Names . of Successful
Bidders Be Announced
Residents of Craven, Pamllcd and ' .
Jones county are eagerly, awaiting v
news from Raleigh relative-to the.let
ting of contracts for about 37 miles
of haM-surfaced roads in this sectiom
Bids for this . work ,were opened 5
this morning- in the office of the State
Highway Commissioner at Raleigh v
and it is reported that a large-number
of bids were received. All of the firms
that submitted bids had representa
itves here during the past two, or three ,;
weeks, Mooking over local conditions.
The Sun-Journal got, in touch, with
the Highway - Commissioners office.."
this afternoon and was informed that
the bids were beings opened" but thfc,t-r
it,- was , too . early to state- which-cbn-cem
had entered vthe. lowest bid.' It. ,
may be, -until .late., tomorrow ...before
the tiamesi. of the ' successfjilt'bjdders
are annotmced. ' r
.V. pontracts will be let , for' ihe ..foj. ,.;
l6wing pieces- of xoa&i - - '-. . -..-'".'. , ',
b; From . -thev- Craven couhtyvilin- to
Bayboro.':'ln -Pamlico county,.' a (dis
tance of approximately - It miles. - ''. 1
- From- James City in1 tha -dlrectton -v
of Croatan, Craven county, a dis
tance of about 10 miles. " V," v
Prom , Trenton, in - Jones county, "to
the Craven county, line, a distance r of
15.8 miles. , . " . (
It is understood that there .- are a'. -number
of other road projects else
where In the state Vn 'which bids are
to be openedtoday and contracts will
be let. ' -' , . ,
BLANTDN GETS
Expulsion Is Urged At Once.
Remarks Described "Vile, . :
Foul and Filthy", -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27,--The
olution for: expulsion from, the jiouse
I CONTRACT
IN 'HOTWATER
of Thomas L. Blanton, .of Texas, ;waa
called up toQay bj. Representative' '
Mondell, the republican leader;. '
Adoption of the resolution was ask- 1
ed by tlie Republican leader who -: "
clared that while it was proper to' In-
form, the public of the reasons.for
what the House rwai called uponi' to
do, "the publication which is .th .
basis of the - charge Is of iiftuch a .
character that It cannot be presented
ofi the flooi1." - - - - , - - .j
Mr. Mondell characterized the- oT)-
jectionable words in the affidavit .-,-.
serted In the Congressional Record by .
Blanton as "unspeakably vlle foul, . ,
profane, blasphemous and obscene.', : h
"I khow members of th House
will agree it was the vilest thing they
ever saw in print," ha added., "If
were to recite, here even a very por-
tion of these words, I, myself, would ' .
be subjeetvto expulsion." ,7
Mr. Mondell said ho knew of no in -
stance whef-e a' member, exercising-- . .
the right of leave to prints published : '"j'
profane or obscene, matter in, ' the 1 "
Congressional Record. ', The ? Jtlanton- ;";'y-
remarlcs. he .told : the .House, i; wfd , i v
sent to the print office -'Saturday night! '
for it publication that ' night. . Tho'. i , I
printing office, he aaded had no right "f. &
Jticie. r s. -,.,'.- i I
"And on;thedawn Of the Sabbath,"
he shouted "thia; vile, foul, thing was"
on its way to homes and schpols. The
language used would subject one now
mailing it to jail for five years." . .
Mr. Blantort i entered the chamber
a moment before the chaplain's pray
er and took his accustomed seat on
the 'second row and during Mr. Mon
dell's. speech, sat with Ttis hands : to
his lips, looking in the opposite di
rection. '."' ' -
Nearly every member of the House
was present and a - dozen S.enators
came over to see what would-happen.
. ',- ' ':)
In concluding, Mr. Mondell declar
ed: 1 '.''-
"Men do something In anj;er ' for
which we forgive them. Men commit,
crime under, sudden . uncontrollable
impulse for which we must bo len
ient. Mr. Speaker, 'this Is a crime tha
House, its, dignity, its honor it ' la -a
crime decency, against every, la-wr . and
usage of c-ivilized man, done deliber
ately with ut. regard to law-or for the
honor of this House.
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