VOL. 26. No. 204.
HIGH POINT N. C; THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1919.
MbcS 5main- in State LooIss;;P5ngIite!heXape' Fear and' Tgl.
Riverb Still. Msing " Rapidly, But .; Other'-; Streams; Are. Going Doyi?.
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RAGE: R101IE3G
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Cleveland Murder
Stranite Mvsteirv
Only Irtlated Outbreak by . the
r Negroes Mrk Night bf Com
- partive Quiet t CipiUl.
ADDITION ;TO CASUALS
Marine, Shot Down ; by Negro
Monday Night, Die; Treaary
Watchman Held in Slaying.;
WASHINGTON.: July 24.
Although "there were reports of
isolated outbreaks by. negroes., in
cluding the firing into a street can
last 'night passed without a seri
ous renewal t of the race rioting
which has' terrorized ' the capital
nCB Sunday,-.-. , . , (-r
. presence 01 z,uu armeu
and co-opration generally- by the
public with ; the request of, the city
'authorities, that street traffic' be held
to "a miniraura, resulted In quieting
altnatinn ttnl. hnth th militarT
v and city officials expressed ; the be
lief that there' will be no "more se-
: rlous trouble. . . ' k".
. NO -onev was hit' by threei-Bhots
fired into street car nor wss any
one hurt when early' this niornlng la
''.v4 RhnrHv. Jinfnrn mldnlcbt last nicni
riot ealfcamr"rrom''th4f80ulhea8f
section where a white woman, ana
her brother reported that" while
going fcbms'trQtn' a theater they
were set upon by a mob of negroes
tiuT stint Al .BAVeraK times.' No ar-
rests were made.
be death list ws brought to, six
with the death of Lewis Havelich, a
marine, who was shot Monday night
in front of the treasury as heatood
nn a -nlaform waittns: to board a car.
' , , A negro empjtyred as a 'watchmaA
t thA trcaaunt Is charged with KUI
. inr t.ti mar&iei i h"Ur - ;"
taiLOOBII!
H. C, BELIEF
Rircrs, Which Have Poured Out
of Their Banks, Damaging Low
land Crops, Are Receding. :
TRAINS TRAVEL BETTER
Washout at BaJUy Causing the
Most Inconvenience to tlie f ;
State's Railroads. ; ' f
24.-Al-
RALEIGH. luly
though ; the waters of the Cape
Fear and. Tar stivers continued to
5300,C
i.jra.
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BAYONNE, K July 24, Eighty theusand'gallons of t.asdl
line contained ui' eight cars exploded. on the switching' track, or the"
IrxasOil company here today, causing a fire which resulted in the
serious injury of four persons with many others suffering minor burns.
Buildings ten miles away were wrecked.. The flames spread to two
. storehouses and for a time it appeared the entire plant was doomed.
; r WASHING'VdN, July 2 4. Secretary Lansing, who returned to
Washington today, had a long conference with the President at the
White House during the forenoon, dscussing the situation at the
peace conference and other matters. (- .f. , u
' ' WASHINGTON, July 24, -An army bombing plane carrying'"
a crew of five men, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Hartz. left
.the ground at 10 a. m. on the first leg of a flight of nearly
f wvttl ASt nftiiij4 rki vIM Af (Ua . AiinfrW "TVav vm Sif fkiV BXKsw1ii1sS) left
tiiiiv utvuuu aii iuu vi uiu vuuiuij i aav as vwivmuivh w
Augusta, Me. 5 60 miles from Washington. x
PARIS, July 24. The Baltic commission of the peace confer
ence presented a report today recommending that the Aland island, " ,
between Sweden and Finland, at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia. ; "
be utilized under the guarantee of the league of nations. . . ,
rise today, other streams in east- t . y . GiU ? mrUM, MltH., July SUnurniug guMolino from two tank i
ern North Car plina:,. which have tarn him-Wd fhW givat mnokei.Olibioii f td w Vork Central engines'
V,n rtnl banlcit 'doinff SPlHlcl naas" ut the fireboic 'fit on of them, xTbe atoragU warehouse of ,
been out pt their... bank 0oing . Bt--daid Oir comnanv m on fii. TW f flr. ir
much damage i to ; crops in
Taf t Tackles Lead!:
.the
lowland? are 'receding, and the
flood situation . is considerabry
improved. -V '
"The rains which have fallen al
most continuously, for more than a
week stopped ;late yesterday
throughout most of the (territory
affected. : ' i1
The Cape Fear at , j Fayetteyille
showed f rise-of f feet 4 Inches dnr-
bie, the lAst "24 'hours at 10:80
o'clo . todays attalainsr's;'' height of
51 feet 8 inches ana was suit ris
ing. ",,The flood stage it Fayetteyille
is 65 feet. Damage to the town Is
feared 'from the rising waters.'
The river rose one foot last night,
which is 'two feet over, the high
watermark. The waterworks and
Frank dtaptynsure was expressed by Insurance Commissioner J. It.
Young this mortiinj; foliowlns a tour of inspection made to various part
water mark. " The waterworks and; . , - - 1 i.. w,.; . -1 , , i ; .,-, , ,
, i i i, ui : i . v o'Aii- of the City.V Further, if conditions are not vastly and Immediately Inv
electric light plant at Rocky Mount; , , , . y ... .... . . - -
. . '. i . . 1 nMA.u.1 I..MMHI. Wtn. m,.c litMUfiA 1A runt. iKo fiintj. jminmlaulfuimt niT
are threatened, lutn in tins vicin "vt" """"'"vv r ...v --.
ty continues unabated. insurance stated to Fire Chief Horney and a representative ot The Enter-
JIPfM Y0I1IG,
HOTEL CO
on
Old Jarrell Building in Has-Been
t; . Class jfrom Tomorrow on
. i Young's Decree. ',
; ,The ippeal 'of John Dyer and Wil
lard Dyer from condemnation by
Fire Chief Horney, of the local fire
'department, of the old Jarrell hotel
building, was today dismissed by in
"snrance Commissioner J.. B Young,
who -approved '.the .condemnation .as
nroner 1 and necessary, . v -
ThA rhlef of the local Are depart
ment condemned; the old landmark
several months ago, hut as one of
the owners 'was in military service
- at the time, Commissioner j Young
considered their appeal until condi
i tions returned to" some state nearer
. normal- It's Just that how, accord
in tn-tha decision of the tommis-
aioner, who made a trip to the city to-
day from Raleigh for the purpose of
personally going- over -the property
and the conditions it causes. ;
The building is condemned from
tomotrow on, .according to the in
terpretation of the state laws made
n rPnppRntative of The Enter-
nrise bv the. commissioner. Strictly
. r- i.
enforced. It would mean
CLEVELAND. July 24. Dan; Ka-
ber.' wealthy .Cleveland publisher
helplessly 111, was stabbing to death
fn his bed with a dagger made from
a file, 24 wounds Inflicted In, p.is ab
domeo. Tills dagger, a rasor bear-
tag a Syrian name, and a pair of
blood-stained, canvas gloves " were
the only clues left by the murderer.
Below th picture of Kaber Is ,that of
his wife, who was absent from home
the night of .th murder,, and her
daughter, by." a former.' marriage,
Mint Marian. McArOUv. who, was
sleeping lri the Kaber hoiue. . ,.
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CRDS5L OCEAN
AT RECORD SPEED CO
y!i-:i.j:X,;i.ii .1 ii.,.-a'yr..t;'?: i.jyc 1 yv.
tlitf tantkrd (Mf: company was set oh fire. Tw of. fiv4, tank fsHrs oa Mie Ja-Cl HUvl UlJ :AJLA J-A J6-V (si
- iiin nno, nirvn.q inii m iiih k. iik- . nr 111 Hie piciurc. lite V" 1
company loses suu.uqw.
Higher Insurance -Rates
Threatened by Youn g
4 :t
Fii-e end Jnjuirance Commissioner , 4Warns High
.Point tb Improve Condition Here or He'll Hoist
n : Kate ienuoits. rrankiy iiispieased With Con
' diticro in Cityi-'V;
Ratify Peace Treaty
SuggesU to Hitchcock and Other Administration
Men Reservations be Made in Present Terms to
Speed Acceptance by Senate; Democrats Are Ta
Cling to Former Plan. However.
The Norfolk and .Southern Rail-i
way ' Is today carrying passenger
trains over the Southern railway and
Atlantic Coast Line tracks to and
from Raleigh and eastern. North Car
olina on account of a; washout near
Bailey, 20 miles east ot here. ' -;- .
The Southern Is maintaining nor
mal schedules on Its ,. lines after a
number of its trains had' been held
up for several hours last night by a
washout near. Wilson Mills. v
prise. tJ;:X'i?:w- j"-. .i-y kXI-?v&.
' ' " . , , i ii' i not made public but it .was jimler
ous parts of theeityndyoumay ,ythe.nr:.lss th-Seam(, genera
Witn vnst no nas seen uutihb; win impauuHi "w "i ,!.,,,
"Thn Inspection law must be carried out as written and promises
mast be cleaned up and kept In better condition. If this is not done it will
work an increase of 10 cents on all property In the city ana tne toss to tno
flromoA of tlte firemen's relief fund. Furthermore, the law provides for
the indictment of thUnspector who fails to enforce the law. The penalty,
1 may add, is tjaoo."... . , 4 , . . , .
Rains Help Forest
Fire Situation In
Western States
SPOKANE, July 24.--Heavy rains
Inst 'night in western Montana, and
northern Idaho;, were believed by
district' forest - service headquarters
to have greatly improved the forest
Are situation ijhich had been regard
ed us extremonly critical.
Largest Ships in World Are to Be
; ; Ea2tb"y This Country' In t
Near Future.'' ' . ,
PETPOlT.'Jaiy 24. Forest flfts
in northern -Michigan have 'assumed
kerlous proportions, reports today
iFMKEIS '
". ' ".yJ"y 'i. i" i"'''' V,?i J'
UP 10 ClIISIBEi!
7 1 WASHINLGTON, July. 24. former President Taft, Who has
written several republican senators and leaders suggesting reservation
to the peace treaty which might prove acceptable to both sides, has,
opened correspondence on tne suDjeci wiui pronmiMi uuuviUv
senators. -i i
- Senator Hitchcock, of; Nebraska,
one of the leading spokesmen for the ,
administration la the senate . fight,
received' one ot the letters from the
former President; ' ' .
The former president's "communi
cation to the, Nebraska senator was
Chief Homey re-affirmed his de-tltat the United States has by tar the
. . , y i.u.",.'i.fl i flm rfnnrlmAntR in thn WOrld
termination to have Inspection laws
enforced and sundry regulations pro
mulgated 1 by "Commissioner young s
department work 'overtime, v
The commissioner took occasion
to give a little lecture on municipal
stinginess. "While cyttles pay thou
sands otjdollars oft equipment and
maintenance of ' their fire depart
best fire departments in.tho.worio
mid yet inspection And building laws
In Europe give that country a loss
ratio ot practically one-tenth ot that
Ot the United States, '
"It is Just as much the duty of
citizens to keep their promises clean
and in proper condition as it. (s to
put them in condition when notified
BAUER mm ;
; AfiftlNQTADFUniT
nuniiiui n iiliuli.
SPELLS DIS?
Would Only Be Counter Revolt, '
and That Could Never Suc
ceed, Says Premier.
nients,' which Is absolutely necessary,ny the authorities. For that reason
yet they seem to feel that no money . the inspector has the, authority - to
should bo expended for or in in- ti'ke out warrants when he finds
T,h i ntlilnir less than DrcmiBofl in bnd condition, ilt is tt
.! mn 1 work. Prevention will. i bad habit to clean, up when notified
I'lBYCUUUU ""' K'" 'I - V
' ... A ' Mn.M ( .1 nvlnff ptAto nnrtnnn ft urine OD'
monev than the very .best fire de- servance and then permit tlM old tatiflcation resolution with qualify
partment. This is shown by the fact j conditions to return.V.
stood to be of . the same general
tenor as those Bent to- the. republi
cans suggestions for i agreement
upon treaty reservations as interpre
tations to enable ratification.
Senator Hitchcock and other ad
ministration senators declared today,
however,' that for the present at least
they would continue their efforts for
ratification without reservations. wEimar, July 24i In address
Expressing confidence that there' jn? the asBemb,nere;0uil.
was no question but that the treaty tne
would be rat fled they said he
fight now centered in the resolution Mt, revolu-
accompanying uucauun o ,4 M, be ,
would be embodied any reservations reyoiution Jn -b
or interpretations. - - ...
Concluding that senate" rules re- ( ! ' . . tof ,hl
y, . a t, ;''' The premier admitted :; that ths
qu red a vote for each article ot the ...lnti'-w
. . , , ,, . , . great masses n of the people naa
treaty. thO administration leaders BrBUl '! '".(w.i.;uii.,.
, . a ax. t -iu ground for discontent and said it wss
sa d they believed they hnd the vofi . 6 " lt t
'j j ; thS governments task to remove any
Conceding that strength . might
devalon to comnel acceptance of a
WASHINGTON, July ,24.--Two gi
gantic ocean liners, larger than any
shins now afloat, and designed to
cross the Atlantic in four days are to
be built by the shipping board.
f They will be 1,000 feet long and
of 3(f knots speed and will be equip
ped tor use as commerce destroyers
that the in the event of war.' , -
owners would'be liablo to a fine of ' Announcement was made today. oy
from ,J10 to S50 for each and every i the . board that the plans tor' tne
day -the building stands 'after Fri-'shlps are near"; completion and that
day, ut the -commissioner's . do- work on them would be started in
clsion ''-carried a proviso that ' the, the near future. '.A, ...
owners could go before the city It is proposed to provide a special
council Tuesday evening when time terminal for them and it ntay.be
cov.'l. Le sit f.r tl.e r. ,vr.l cf tLo'n t to f'.ni'.ar liners will be con-
rvouRMiDDnvQ jmoii iWTii Wv
LAullnliir UUId . ii uiiu unui. iu, i iu:i:
' 1 1 MIRF Mi IIIRY RY NFXT VIFFId;
. t . a i 'j m m m m mm sal mm . mm awmiavs -
ing clauses, .the administTatinn sen
ators said they had not been advised
would be disposU to accept any Interpretations.-
y it was said, however,
the administration would oppose to
it the last' any qualifying clauses which
(Continued en Page Eight). ,
, Washington, July ; 24. The
managing director ot the American
Wholesale Coal association told the
house fuel committee today that the
consumer would be to blame for a
coal shortage if one exists in the
United States next winter.". " '"
"There IS plenty of "coal In the
ground." be said, 'and plenty , of
miners to dig itout, but unless the
nonsumers of the country buy the
coal. It will not be mined.1'. "
James Hiver SubsidliiR.'
RICHMOND; July 2 4 . With" ces
sation of rains today over ihe James
river watershed all danger of serious
damage from floods has pusRed and
the river is gradually fal'.:::3. '
TOPEKA; July 2 -J'eas Willanl,
a former heavyweight champion, who
received $100,000 for his participa
tion fn the boxing match with) Jack
pempsey o(t Toledo, July '4,' has pur-
near his borne at Lawrence.
Willard . took possession today,
having bald down $100,000 in cash.
The total purchase, price, was unde'-
stood to.be $175,000. , . -
' Troops Sent' to Vorkshire Area. '
LONDON, July Z 4. -Troops were
moved rinto the Yorkshire area af
fected by the eoal strike, " Sir Erie
Geddes, the government's-representative,'
explained That' the-move-'-was
for the protection of the navy men
engnsed in keeping the mine pumps
ia c:'r,ra'.'. n.
MOUNT CLEMONS, Mich., July
24.---In all probability the long hear
ing of Henry Rord'a million dollar
libel suit against the Chicago Daily
Trthune win go to the Jury next
week ' It began on May, 12. JVttor-
jney Weymouth . Kimanu, Deiore
court opened today, told Attorney Al
fred Lucking that the Tribune's case
would be concludedy today and Mr.
Lucking said that the Ford rebuttal
would require only a few days.
Bulgar Garrison
Is Disarmed After
Attack on French
GENEVA, July 24. As' the re
sult ot an attack on French soldiers
by Bulgarians, , a . French regiment
has arrived at Sofiia, to disarm the
local garrison, according to the Bul
garian bureau at Berne. " '
AtA-nta Ynlw 9.1 A PrAnrh rncl-
. a. . I wm. - - T - J
Anient wss attacked by Bulgarians as
' Pit. . . 1 i. t.l.,i. i. t T.ilonVl
llie regiuieu who lauuiug av . a,,ci nu.
on the Danube, 22 miles -southeast
of Vidln a tew days ago, according to
. - - f . . i m.. ... a
s dispatch- from Meigraae toasyr-
'-. School Largely Attended.
CHARLOTTE, July 24.'The
Young" Men's Christian- association
nmnin.wllMl " Rl-Ridrft- WaS
the most largely attended ' and ' had lively fusllade ensued, lasting three
the most' successful session in' 1U hours. Three French soldiors were
li!i,tory. 'killed.
Just reason for; tbiav,., i j ,
The remedy, he added,- was a law
regulating workers'- - councils and
economic councils which the govern- ,
ntent would draft. ' , - :
There would also , be a bill, the
premier added,' to . nationalise the
lesser powers and Bocialiie the pts-
session of Lignite. .
Miners' Envoys llzzl
George and Avlzz in
British Mine Dicputa
' LONDON, July 24. -The executive
committee of the mlnersV federation
met Premier Lloyd-George and other
member of the government this
morning In an effort to settle tne
dispute in the Yorkshire coal fields.
Before entering the conference one
of the representatives ot the miners
said:1 V ', - '
3 "Of course we are ready fvr a s t
tlemcnt, but not on the govern r.t's
own terms.
Coal Exportoilon
-LONDON. -July 24.
tion Of Cardi!t coni I ; :
ly a govcn.n'"t
day,