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'.. ' State Library Comp - Volume XLIV Jft j Sft iKbtnld I4 Co-.oUa.ted APrU l, 1919 LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919 Price, Five Cents the Copy No. 43 SE R OUS RAG A Number Have Been Killed, Others Are Dying and Scores Injured in Disorders Growing Out of Negro Violence Race hatred in the national capital, engendered by attacks on white worn- j en by negroes and fanned by three height early Tuesday reports of an successive nights of rioting, found j other attack upon a white woman expression again Tuesday nignt in came, rngntenea away once, ner as clashes between whites and blacks, sailant hid and seized her as she left A home defense guard was shot and 1 her house. She escaped only when killed, a second guard fatally wound-! ed and another white man slashed se- j verely by a razor wielded by a ne gro. All of the negro assailantss escaped. The outbreaks, however, were sporadic Tuesday night and con fined to a single vicinity near Eighth and M streets, the center of the black district of the northwest section. This was due in the opinion of the author ities to the extraordinary precautions taken to prevent formation of mobs and to a rain which began early in the evening. Tuesday night's casualties brought the number resulting from the riot ing, which began Saturday night, to seven persons dead, eleven believed to be fatally wounded, and scores in jured more or less seriously. The only fatal outbreak occus hau The only fatal outbreak occurring Tuesday night resulte dfrom the .stopping of a negro by Isaac Halb tinger, a home defense guard. Halb finger attempted to search the black, who drew a gun from his pocket anil shot the guard through the heart. Another home guard, like Halbfinger armed only with a riot stick, ran to his companion's assistance and also was shot. He died later. The negro escaped. Two negroes with a razor set upon a white man in the northwest section of the city as he was leaving his home and before he could escape slashed him with a razor. Negroes in several parts of the city were reported to have fired on passing whites, but in no other in stance was any one killed or injured. Scores of negroes were arrested charged with carrying firearms, with which they had been stocking up for several days. Troops from Camp Meade, com manded by Maj.-Gen. Haan, arrived about 8 o'clock and were stationed in various parts of the city. The troops, all of them belonging to the regular army, comprised a skeleton ized regiment of infantry of more than a thousand men, a battery of machine guns and four or five truck loads of ammunition. Police headquarters in the munici pal building resembled an armory early in the evening as the distribu tion of army revolvers and ammuni tion to the service men was started. Officers in charge said thev had on hand 1,000 revolvers and 20,000 rounds of ammunition. The police reported that a number of posters signed by negro ministers urging members of their race to stay within their homes and to preserve order had appeared about the city. There were no disorders during the day, but at nightfall police and troops, supplemented by additional detachments of regulars from Camp Meade and marines from Quantico, Va., took up their stations in grim preparation for what the hours of darkness might bring. A statement issued by the govern ment authorities denied that the sit uation had been out of hand at any time since Monday night, when riot calls were sounded from half a dozen places at a time. The authorities also decided not to ask that martial law be declared, although resolutions in troduced in the House during the day urged that the President be requested to take that action. Cavalry played a part in the police work, holding lines about the con gested negro sections to prevent mob attacks by either blacks or whites. The scattered nature of the attacks through the three nights of growing disorder Washington has experienced made the situation difficult. While rioting was at its worst downtown panic-stricken negroes fired indis criminately from the barricaded doors or windows of their homes. Others whirled through more outly ing streets in automobiles, firing wild ly at any whites they saw. The resolutions introduced Tues day ranged from that by Represent ative Clark, Democrat, of Florida, charging that the district government had "utterly failed" to put a stop to the crime fave that has swept the ity for a month and calling for con gressional investigation, to those of Representative Emseron, Republican, of Ohio, and Vaile, Republican, of Colorado, demanding that martial law be declared, Representative Em erson's resolution declared the situa tion was "a national scandal," end called fo rprotection of citizens, "ir respective of color," while Represent ative Vaile declared the "dignity and honor" of the United States required a martial law enforcement of order. nepresentauve nni, ttepuoiican, oi New York, introduced a bill to regu- late the sale of firearms in the dis-1 x t.- -i - v 1 uriei. in uie autteuce ux niiv bukii jaw ( m ne positions they formerly OCCU- ntca 13 ;U111K w uu wiui tins uoiiutu , beucnur una naa a iiosl, oi irierius. the district commissioners Tuesday pjed - 4 stock, is' vet a matter of speculation. I Mr. Sherrill is a son of Mr. and induced hardware dealers and others ine North Carolinian, whose name ' Perhaps the way out will be through Mrs. J. P. Sherrill and is a successful to Stop the. sale of weapons. At least cannot be divulged for obvious rea- permission for the owners to ship it 1 young farmer. He has recently re 500 revolvers were said to have been j to countries In which it is not out- turned from France, being a member isold in a single day during the dis- (Continued on page eight) I lawed. of Battery E, 30th division ITS INT turbance. Even while the rioting was at its all bu tstripped of her clothing. A long series of daylight holdups and robbo'ies in Washington city, to- gether with five attacks on white women Dy negroes, nave wound up smoKe anu names mat enveloped tnejtoo young to know what it was all with citizens taking affairs in their ( balloon, followed by three parachutes ( about, leaned over the railing and own hands to the extent of forming , which dropped from the baloon. Two waved a tiny flag. It was not a sig a vigilance committee, and private; of the parachutes opened and the j nal for that, but the House broke into subscriptions have raised a reward , third dropped to the street applause, the galleries, only half fund to the total of more than $2,000. The dirigible exploded and drop-j filled, looking on in silence. Aroused by repeated attacks on ped onto the roof of the bank build-I A broad smile spread over the white women by negroes in the naming and the gas tank and parts of ( faces of the prohibition leaders, for tional capital, soldiers, sailors and the steel frame of the dirigible crash- their work in the House was ended marines on liberty in the city last ed through the skylight into the bank I and the measure was ready for the Saturday night invaded a negro sec-'room, where the tank exploded. The Senate, where many of its restric tion and severely beat one negro and fire which followed the explosion was tions may be modified or stricken out. fired several shots before the police extinguished, revealing seven bodies The cloakroom rumor persisted that and provost guard intervened. Sev-i belieevd to be those of employes of all of this legislative effort might end eral other negroes, one a woman, ,the bank. 'on a shoal of a presidential veto, al- were caught by the crowd, but es-j The airship was an experimental though the general view was that it caped with only minor injuries. Shots were fired at them. The uniformed men participating in the attack gath ered in the downtown district, after individual fights had taken place, and were more inflamed, it was said, by reports that another white woman, the wife of a sailor, had been attack ed by a negro. The rioting broke out anew Sun day night and at midnight Monday night the known casualties in the race war totaled ten, including two deaths, and two men probably dying, while unconfirmed police reports placed the number at a much greater figure. Of the dead one was a city detective, shot through the breast by a negro woman, who was firing indis criminately from the upper story of her house. The negress, a girl of about 17 years, also was shot, but not fatally. In another part of the city a black, firing from a garage door, kept a provost guard of soldiers, sail ors and marines at bay for several minutes but finally was' shot down. Many clashes occurred between whites and blacks on street cars. One negro, attacked on the back end of a car, fired into a crowd following the car and wounded four persons, but finally was stopped by a city detect ive, who was reported to have sent seven bullets into the negro's body. Although service men had taken part in the early clashes, the most serious were those in which the mobs were made up of civilians. A dispatch from Baltimore says that Police Marshal Carter, acting on a suggestion from Washington police officials, Tuesday issued a request to all dealers in firearms in that city not to sell revolvers or other weapons until the situation in the national capital had cleared. The police asked particularly that no firearms be sold to persons living in Washington. Sev- eral pawnshops reported that negroes had attempted to redeem revolvers, but had been refused because of the request of Marshal Carter. Serious race riots broke out in the negro section of Norfolk Monday violated any of the sacred laws. The night. Four persons, including a de- majority of the dances given in Le tective, were shot, but no one was noir have been private and a strictly killed. All police reserves and a de- social nature, and at no time has the tachment of armed sailors from the modern dance been introduced, naval base were called out to quell ' Furthermore, each and every dance the disturbance. Monday night has had chaperons from the best fnm marked the opening of a week of fes- ilies in the town, and at no time have tivities to celebrate the homecoming they had cause to interfere, or even of colored troops. , to make the remark that the dances Streets of the national capital were were not conducted in the most gen patrolled again Wednesday night by tlmeanly and lady-like manner, a force of cavalry, infantry and ma- We invite the good people of Le rines numbering more than 2,000 noir to investigate and not to take men, no precaution being overlooked the worst of all sins GOSSIP as by the authorities against a renewed evidence by which we are condemned. outbreak of the race riots which hae occurred on four successive nights, Officials were hopeful that the comparative quiet which prevailed Tuesday night, marred by only one clash resulting in the killing of one white man and the fatal wounding of another by a negro, meant that the sudden blaze of race hatred had been extinguished. The Appointment of Negroes to Fed ' eral Jobs Cause of the Riots The Greensboro News says that the race riots in Washington, which have already taken a score or more of .lives wounded more than 100, some seriously, are attributed solely to one cause by a North Carolinian, who has spent several years in Washington and is familiar with conditions exist ing in the national capital. That is the wholesale appointments of ne groes in government positions and an evident effort to lift them to the ped estal of social equality with the whites. In substantiation of his belief, he pointed out the fact that at least two members of Congress have negro secretaries Congressman Rpdenburg lWnile white men have been discharg. ed rjght and left during the ia9t few ,nnftia onH anrminooo ninnA . "e' "rr w? r n tint! (ins tei Three of the Dead Were Passengers, Seven Were Employes in a Bank I Into Which Airship Falls Through Skylight After cruising back and forth across Chicago's loop district for hours, a dirigible baloon bearing five ' persons exploded late Monday alter- , noon, the blazing wreckage crashing through the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank in the center ; of the financial district. The police fixed the list of dead as the result of I the accident a tten, and more than a score were injured. Three of the dead were passengers on board the dirigible. The others were employes of the bank. j Thousands of people saw the ; device, modeled after army planes, and it had been planned to make a daily trip between an amusement home -too, I up ag.un-t all attacks, park and Grant park. On the final count only three votes Two deaths have occurred since Were recorded in favor of an amend the accident, the twelfth victim being ment to make home possession of in Milton ('.. Morton, a photographer for toxicants unlawful. a morning newspaper, who died lues day. His parachute 'gnited as he leaped from the machine's gondola and he fell in the street. Only theories as to the cause of the explosion and destruction by fire of the dirigible machine were elicited in the first session ot the coroner s . stock marke on a high sales day. Ev inquiry. The cause of the disaster 1 erybody wanted to speak or offer an seemed as far from disclosure as at amendment, fully a score clamoring the moment when flames spurted ; for recognition at once. This section along the gas bag as it soared above Chicago's skyscrapers. Assistant tSate's Attorney Lowry asked the chief of police to take into custody two officials of the local offices of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company aimed at the man who might turn for questioning. Seventeen persons, his dwelling into a saloon, most of them mechanics of the com- The time for reporting possession pany's forces, were questioned and of intoxicants was fixed at Jan. 10, summoned for the inquest. I 1920, the time specified by the state The first session of the coroner's department as to the effective date inquest on which State and Federal of constitutional prohibition, officials are waiting before taking ac- The section giving state officers the tion looking toward prosecution was power to issue search warrants in marked by the refusal of Pilot Boett- liquor cases was finally amended to net and his chief, Mr. Young, to tes- read: "No search warrant shall is tify. Their refusal was on the ad-; sue to search any private dwelling vice of counsel representing the com- occupied as such unless it is being pany. iused for the unlawful sale of intoxi- The corporation counsel of Chi- eating liquors, oi unless it is in part cago has drafted an ordinance regu- used for some business purpose such lating flying over the city in order to as a store, shop, saloon, restaurant, aid in preventing death and injury to hotel or boarding house." innocent bystanders in case of an ac-1 The North Carolina lineup on the cident in the air. prohibition enforcement bill today A FEW WORDS IN REPLY TO THE PASTORS We, the young people of Lenoir, are sorry that such a slur has be en cast upon the mothers of the town of ! Lenoir on account of their boys and 'girls taking part in a few dances that have been given during the va- :cation season. I We feel that we have in no way THOSE WHO DANCE. BREWERS' BEER CONTEST HAS REACHED SUPREME COURT The question of the right of brew ers to manufacture beer containing 2 per cent alcohol reached the su-; argument that the treaty was not preme court Tuesday through appeals consistent with the spirit of the filed by the government from Fed- league of nations failed to find any eral court decrees in Baltimore, substantial echo. quashing indictments brought against ! The German treaty passed through the Standard Brewing Company un- all its stages without amendment. der the food control act of 1917. I Because of the importance of the SHERRILL-HUNTLEY question in connection with the en- Miss Lelia Huntley and Mr. Knox forcement of the war-time prohibi- F. Sherrill were married at the coun tion act, court officials expect the try home of the bride's parents, Mr. government to ask that the case be and Mrs. T. G. Huntley, Saturday expedited. Unless this were done a evening, July 19, at 6:30 o'clock, in decision probably would not be hand - ed down until after prohibition by constitutional amendment became ef fective. ALL THAT IS LEFT IN COUNTRY (Charlotte Observer) I her wedding gown of blue crepe de The National Distillers' Associa-! chine, beaded and embroidered, tion has informed the House judi-1 Wood fern and Queen Anne's lace ciary committee that 60,000,000 gal- formed the tasteful house decora Ions of distilled liquors now held in i tions. The wedding march was bond "is all that is left in the coun- j played by Miss Lillie Hoover, an try." Of course this is not counting : aunt of the bride, that safely stored in cellars and other Mrs. Sherrill is a graduate of Bre-fi places of hiding against the coming vard Institute and since her gradua of the dry reign. Just what Con- tion has been a very successful , a... . : , - , ... , j. S! FUSSES )U ID ENFORCE TIE II III The Measure, with the Most Drastic Provisions and Penalties, Is Adopted by the Vote of 287 TO 100 By a vote of nearly three to one, the House, weary of talk on prohibi-' tion, Tuesday passed a bill for its t enforcement, witn provisions and penalties so drastic as to bring from the men who framed it the prediction that it would forever suppress the liquor traffic on American soil, Exactly 100 ."2 Democrats and -IS Republicans refused to support; lit. Against this even hundred the i prohibitionists, putting up a solid front to the very last, polled 287 votes, and just as the result was an- nounced a little girl in the gallery, , would ho signed as pa ; A man's right to store liquor in his When the House reached section 35 of the bill, dealing with enforce ment of constitutional prohibition anil which contained th eprovision that it was not unlawful to store liq uor at home for personal us, the scene was not unlike that on the was amended, however, so as to pro vide that such liquors must be for personal consumption by the owner of the dwelling for his family or bona fide guests. This restriction was was: ror it, Kepresentatives hitehin, Brinson, Stedman, Robinson, Webb, and Weaver; and against it, Repre sentatives Small and I'ou. Repre sentatives Dough ton and Godwin were absent. Mr. Doughton was eager to vote for the bill but he re ceived an emergency call to go to the bedside of his little daughter, who is seriously ill. BRITISH HOUSE RATIFIES THE PEACE TREATY At what was virtually an all-night session the house of commons com pleted its consideration of both the German peace treaty and the Anglo French convention Tuesday. The bill carrying approval of the German treaty was considered in committee of the whole, exciting lengthy debate in which Premier i Lloyd George took a leading part. The bill was then put before the house and passed its third reading, and then a motion by John Devlin to reject it as a protest against the pre- mier's attitude towards reland was ' defeated, Kill to 4. At 3 a.m. the Anglo-French pact I was taken up and the bill aproving it was unanimously adopted after a short but sharp debate in which the . the presence of a few relatives. The bride and groom entered the parlor unattended, and under an im provised arch Rev. J. M. Price, pas tor" of the bride, performed the cere- mony. The bride was charming in t , . , . , TAFT SEEKS TO UNITE REPUB LICANS AND DEMOCRATS A plan for "interpretations" in Senate acceptance of the league of nations has been suggested by for mer President Taft in the hope of uniting on a middle ground enough Democratic and Republican Senators to defeat any radical amendment of the covenant and in the end obtain its ratification. The suggestion has been received with earnest consideration by the group of Republicans who favor the league idea and who already are at work on a definite program of inter pretative reservations which they de clare they have reason to believe will be accepted by the administration. The administration leaders, however, unwilling to concede that any reser vations will be necessary, still insist they will have the votes when the time comes to ratify the covenant as it is. 50 confident are the league Repub licans of the success of their plan that some of them believe President Wilson will publicly accept it to smooth the way to acceptance of the league. Some Republican Senators who have seen the President in the last few days have come away from the White House with the impression that Mr. Wilson, while not encourag ing reservations if they can be avoid ed, might not be adverse to such in terpretations as would leave the league fabric unimpaired. They say, however, that this impression is not based on any direct statement of the President. Mr. Taft's suggestion, which cre ated a sensation in the Senate be cause of his well known advocacy of unreserved ratification, was embod ied in two letters to Will H. Hays, the Republican national chairman, copies of which reached some Repub lican Senators Wednesday. They touched upon many features of the treaty controversy and emphasized the former President's belief that only by acceptance of some reserva tions could the treaty be ratified. 51 xspeeifie interpretation propos als are outlined which Mr. Taft says he is convinced will meet the objec tions of a large group of Republicans who favor a league. He counts 45 Democratic Senators as supporting the President in the treaty fight and says that should three Republicans be committed to vote against mate rial amendments no such proposals could receive a Senate majority. The former President also suggest ed to Mr. Hays that his name be with held for the present from connection with the interpretation plan, since it might antagonize some Senators of his party. Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee is named in that connection, but he declined to make any comment on the Taft letter. BIBLE CLASS CONFERENCE AT LAKE JUNALUSKA The first annual session of the Western North Carolina Conference Bible Class Federation will convene at Lake Juunaluska at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Aug. 7, anil will continue through three days, closing Saturday, Aug. !, with an address by Hon. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navv. Twenty-five or more lead ing speakers of Southern Methodism ; will appear from time to time on the program and a general good time of profit and recreation is promised all j who attend. ! Among the speakers from North Carolina the following are noted: I Dr. K. L. Bain of Greensboro, Rev. W. A. Lambeth of High Point, Dr. W. P. Few of Durham, Dr. S. B. Tur rentine, of Greensboro, Mr. D. E. Henderson of Charlotte, Mr. George L. Hackney of Lexington, Mr. J. B. 'Ivey of Charlotte, Rev. W. H. Willis of Asheville, Rev. W. O. Goode of ! Hickory, Rev. J. O. Erwin of Ashe ville. Other prominent speakers from outside the State will also fea ture the program. It is stated that every one from everywhere is welcome to attend this 'great Bible clas meeting, but it is es pecially for the Wesley Bible class movement of the Southern Methodist i Church. There are some 12,000 of ! these classes in Southern Methodism and every one of them will be rep resented at the Junaluska federation. Special effort will be directed toward emphasizing class organization and management. Each day will be fea tured with short reports from live 'classes, showing important things ac ! complished. The afternoon will be given over to recreational programs. Baseball, tennis, boating, swimming, mountain climbing and other forms of outdoor exercises will be encouraged. Spe cial railroad rates will be available from all points and ample hotel ac commodations at reasonable rates will be available. Mr. O. V. Woosley of Greensboro, Sunday school field secretary of the Western North Caro lina conference, will have charge of the meeting. NO SUBSTITUTE (New York Post) The proposal sent by Prince Eitel to King George, in behalf of himself and his brothers, seems to imply that the aliles are actuated solely by a desire to take vengeance on the Ho henzollerns, and that any member of the family will do. But this is to misconceive the entire reason for de manding the surrender of the former emperor. It was because he is be lieved to be the head of the state re sponsibl for bringing on the war. If he was, and the allies can prove it to the satisfaction of a tribunal of fair minded jurists, then it is plainly he that is "wanted," not a substitute. AUSTRIAN PEACE TREATY Submission of the Final Sections Is Without Ceremony and the Austrian Are Given IS Days to Make Reply The full peace conditions of the al lied and associated powers are now in the hands of the Austrians. The first section of the terms was presented to the Austrian delegates at St. Ger main on June 2, and the final sections were delivered to them at the s'ime place Sunday without ceremony by M. Dutasta, secretary-general of the peaee conference. The terms com prise the whole treaty which Austria is asked to sign, including the repara tion, financial, military and certain other minor clauses which were not ready for presentation when the offi cial ceremony took place. v In n accompanying memjrardjT the Austrians are given fifteen days in which to make thei rfinal observa tions, although they have already submitted a large number of notes on the terms previously submitted to them. In addition to the published sum mar yof the terms of June 2, the new clauses provide for reparation ar rangements very similar to those in the treaty with Germany, including the establishment of an Austrian sub-section of the reparations com mission, the payment of a reasonable sum in cash, the issuing of bonds and the delivery of livestock and certain historical and art documents. The financial terms provide that the Austrian pre-war debt shall be apportioned among the various for mer parts of Austria and that the Austrian coinage and war bonds cir culating in the separated territory shall be taken up by the new govern ments and redeemed as they see fit. Under the military terms the Aus trian army is henceforth reduced to 30,000 men on a purely voluntary basis. Paragraph five, relating to the mil itary, says that the Austrian army shall not exceed 30,000 men, includ ing officers and depot troops. Within three months the Austrian military forces shall be reduced to this num ber, universal military service abol ished and voluntary enlistment sub stituted as part of the plan "to ren der possible the initiation of a gen eral limtiation of armament of all na tions." The army shall be used exclusively for the maintenance of internal or der and control of frontiers. All of ficers must be regulars, those of the present army to be retained being under the obligation to serve until 40 years old; those newly appointed agreeing to at least twenty consecu- j tive years of active service. Non j commissioned officers and privates must enlist for not less than twelve I consecutive years, including at least ! six years with the colors. I Within three months the arma 'ment of the Austrian army must be I reduced according to detailed sched ules, and all supplies surrendered. The manufacture of all war material ; shall be confined to one single fac tory under the control of the state, 'and other such establishments shall be closed down or converted. Impor j tation and exportation of arms, mu I nitions and war materials of all kinds is forbidden. I Paragraph 8 Reparation: The 'allied and associated governments af firm, and Austria accepts, the respon sibility of Austria and her allies for causing loss and damage to which the tallied and associated governments I and their nationals have been sub jected as a consequence of the war ! imposed upon them by the aggression .of Austria and her allies. While recognizing that Austria's j resources will not be adequate to make complete reparation, the allied and associated governments request, I and Austria undertakes that she will make compensation for damage done to civilians and their property, in ac cordance with categories of damages similar to those provided in the treaty with Germany. The amount of damage is to be de termined by the reparations commis sion provided for in the treaty with Germany, which is to have a special section to handle the Austrian situa tion. The commission will notify Austria before May 1, 1921, of the extent of her liabilities, and of the schedule of payments for the dia- ; charge thereof during a period of ; thirty years. It will bear in mind the Idiminuation of Austria's resources jand capacity of payment resulting j from the treaty. I As immediate reparation Austria shall pay during 1919, 1920 and the first four months of 1921, in such a (manner as provided by the repara tions commission, "a reasonable sura which shall be determined by the commission." Three bond issues shall be made,, the first before May 1, 1921, without interest, the second at 2 per cent (interest between 1921 and 1926, and ; thereafter a t5 per, ent, with an ad dition of 1 per cent for amortization, i beginning in 1926, and a third at 5 'per cent when the, commission is sat 1 isfied that Austria can meet the in terest and sinking i fund obligations. The amount shall be divided by tha allied and associated governments in proportions determined upon in ad Ivance on a basis of , general equity, j The Austrian section of the repa rations commission .shall Include rep resentatives of .the United States, I (Continued oft' page three) : i : .
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