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i V i' r 4 ' flllt f Itfetprli; WEATHER: fv Showers UmlghtjMd ,Wd neUyi temprt'ature aamey .', tflCH POINT. N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON , OCTOBER 20, 1919. VOL. 26.-NO. 280. FIVE CENTS. 'I " WW. him in.,!.. eaa i WANT ADS. Page Four Sfce he in n n IN HJK CITY Strike Breakers Are Put to Work Loading and Unloading Ocean Ship. ie Writes Letter to Secretary Lane to Be Ued in Event Conference Comes to a Break; He Is Also Permitted to Have Letter from Senator. HYLAN ASKS CONFERENCE I WASHINGTON. Oct. 31 IV'si- public group; Thomas L. Chadbouru. dent Wilsn-i l.--r,'l.. his illness Mok chairman of I he o mn m it t of 4 : , and u personal hanl In th national In- Socretary Tumulty. The president immediately dictated the letter and a.. "!- I- c... ' dust rial conference In an effort to my uiiKWii y tH " . ... .... ...... u .... (t with 1,,-ul nenrll liven a nr.uH which is uii oiiieoeu ii IS MB President Takes Hand nCOWINI IS 1 two g0 t0 see the wimiB ARE - miNational Industrial Parleymm FOR THE: sugar shortage BEGUN There Is No Rtal Shortage of Sugar, C. W. Spreckles Tells the Senate Committee. WILL NOT LOWER PRICE Be Used Only at Army Docks Gash Not Feared. u result of th Inability of the capital and lahor groups to roach an agree inent on the collective bargaining is sue. In a fiilO-word le'ter to Secretary Lane .dictated on his nick bed. the president outlined his views as to the conference situation. The letter was ' Immediately pent to Mr. Lane, who, it was explained, was to use It as his I discretion dictatetd. The conference was not In session wheu Mr. I .a no rceived the oummhnl cation, having met at 10:15 a. m. and adjourned at the request of the labor Rroup after two resolutions had i been presented. It was said the let- tor might not bo presented Immedi j ately. but held in reserve to be used j only when danger of the conference breaking up became acute. ! 'The rorious situation in th" conf-r ed out of a conference of eounellla-j enr wns rfiporU.(1 ,0 tn ,,,,e,ide , tors at city hall because they object- nn!ly t0()ay af,(,r a ronr,.rpn0(, w;th ed to one of the conciliators were in- ; gofI(,ta,.v j anR Secretary Wilson, vlted to attend a mass meeting Igemard M. Baruch. .halrman of the Tammany hall late today by Mayor Hylan, a member of the committee appointed by Secretary of Labor Wil son. Many members of the strike committee said they would not attend" NEW YORK, Oct. 21. A ctIhIs in the strike of 40,000 New York longshoremen Wag reached today. The International Mercantile marine, which has 40 ships tied up here, put strike breakers to work moving car goes and 500 United States .roops oe- gan warn in uungareesj hi uniy jnein where transports to and from Ku- , rope have boon held up. Army officials made it plain that troops brought here from Newport News would be solely used as work men at army piers and would not ap pear at .private docks or shipping docks. Heavy police guards, how ever, are on duty at piers. The strikers who yesterday walk- Hear Admiral Grayson also per mitted the pretiidentt to have a lottter yesterday from Senator Hitchcock administration leader in the treaty tight, outlining prospects for nitiflcn tion of the treaty. President Wilson is being kept in formed as to the threatened strike of bituminous coal miners the treaty situation In the senate and the na tlonal industrial conference. It wa: announced today at the White Hous that improvements in bis condition had made it possible for him to re ceive written reports on these prob lems. The president's physicians an nounced today that while he did not sleep so well last night he i bowed no signs of fatigue today and the prostate conditions were unchanged The bulletin follows: "The provident remains as here tofore. Chemical examination of .he blood shows the kidneys functioning normal." Would Favor Government XJon trol If It Wat Practicable, He Declares. WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. Federal control of the sugar crop was opp s ed today before the senate 'igrie.il- ' tare committee by C. W. Sprerk I, a New York refiner who blamed gov- ; eminent Interference for the sit ing ;ugar situation. There Is no shortage he said al though the supply is dislocated. One minion tons of the 919 crop will be 1 available before January 1, he added, j Mr. Spreckel said he would not i object to government control if it would reduce the price. Instead he insisted it has brought , an Increase in price. If the matter was left to the supply of demand he said It would soon come io a proper basis. j II III SIEEL m RANTS State Police Are Rushed to Brad dock to Control Armed Mob of Strikers. iONE TROOPER IS INJURED One Thousand Strikers Gathered in Front of Mills, But Were Dispersed. HOHOKKN. Oct. -1. Five thousand anny n.'K"-ar .in "over' They're too late for the flf-hting. hut they'll ;ri in o:i th on the Rhine." and this detail seems happy over it. riTTSIU'RG. Oct. 21 Rioting ' broke out in the steel mill district : at Uraddock ioday. According to reports received by , the police here a mob of 1.000 per sons gathered In the vicinity of the plants and fighting resulted in which ! a number of rioters were Injured, j One state trooper was seriously ! hurt and brought here. A troop of state police were rushed to the scene on their way i from Rankin, nearby, after telephone Watch advices said they were driving back SHERIFF WR GURNET ELWOOD HOTEL BE Orel Captured By Bolsheviki; I Red Flag Flies Over Kronstadt mrnm l get im mist suffered Guilford Dcpu'y Determines to Services at First PtC3byterian the crowds, i fELlPHOW jSALISBURY HOTEL', s a i Ann in i REPORT THIS MOhTH Catch All Delinquent Tax-Payers. Church Will Close Tonight. GREATLY ENLARGED LONDON, Oct. 21 Orel has been retaken by the bolsheviki who nave Idefeated 19 regiment:-! of Genr;.l 'Namontoff's army outside of Voro Ineili, according to a wireless dis- I patch sent by the soviet g ivernnietit. v , . j The fortress of Kronstadt was still Messrs. T. F. Wrenn and George , , ., , ,. ' . . .... 'in the hands of the :)olsheciki Sun- T. Penny, owners of the Elwood ho . ' . ,j dav, according to a dispat 'h to li e tel In this city, announced today. - , . . , a tnr Daily Mail from a t.o nt in Fin'and that they had made plans for re- .... i h haH.from which place the red flag was moueiing me nuuvc iiuu-i j purchased the Fields property ad-jthen v!s,hle at th, niastliea,. of , joining the present site for the pur-! battleship which is reported to have pose of erecting 100 new rooms, j" ra.seu Miice m..- ,o. ,.r ...-. Each room will be equipped with j by the British In August aa.l is lying bath and every modern conveni-i In the Kronstadt harbor. t The dispatch states .hat batteries ence. I In making public the above state-j at Kronstadt were working Sunday ment today. Mr. Penny stated that j and that seaplanes were fired en. the management of the Elwood had The reported raising of the white vliief Rolslievik leaves. AMSTERDAM . Oct. 21 -Commissary Zinovieff, the chief bolshevik representative) in Betiograd. lias withdrawn taking with him .'II .li able to beat lirnis. according to ie ports to the German Press. Yudeiiitcli Hits Sna;. HELSINGFORS, Oct. 21. General Yudenitch has encountered : trong ; partment Bolshehvik resistance beyond Pul hovo, about 7 miles south of Petro- grad. He has therefore hailed h:s advance to concentrate his forces while awaiting reinforcements. New Review of Crops in South Is Now Being Made Up. the Deputy Sheriff I t-xliiv thi.t it is hi oik e compile is hi ; ''it.-:',! , on i list of tUnxpi lid The 'payers of High Point l w:'s:p ..::! .to save some men consider:. Die .:n- harriiSHment. The aherift advises !)r 11 i: Gurnoy, of Monroe, who who is cond'i.iing a series of moet ir.tfr ;i; tli i'ii.-l Presbyterian church in i 'lis oily this week, last night drew a picture far his audience ihat tluy will not soon forget. The :nin- , taxes to come to his office and pay up of i uch been considering the mutter of en larglng their hotel for some time. Mr. Penny also expressed great sat isfaction over the fact that another hotel will, in all probability, be erected in this city and stated fur ther that he could assure the com mittee having the matter in hand that he was ready to give them his enthusiastic co-operation. flag at Kronstadt Friday is unex plained. Bolshevik licattervd. HELSINGFORS. Oct. 21. Bolshe vik forces at Dvoof. on Lake Pipus. which constituted a serious threat to the rear of General Y'udenltch. have been dispersed. CALLS STRIKERS PLAIN BOLSHEVIKS WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 Coal strike, unionism under Its present leadership was attacked In the nenate today by Senator Frolinghuysen. re publican, New Jersey, bh a "new au tocracy" tending toward bolshovlsm. MISS MAUD CBAIG CARSON . BOON TO BE A MISSIONARY Recall Election Being Held In Charlotte; Will Be a Failure CHARLOTTE, N. C, Oct. 21. in the hands of Frank Price, editor Voters of Charlotte were giving the of a now ,ao0'' PPer here, present city commissioners 2 to 1 ; CHARLOTTE, Oct. 21. The re majorlty up to the noon hour against , call election, the aftermath of recent three candidates on a recall ticket strikes here and particularly the re claiming to represent organized la- ftu,t of lhe rIot at llfi Car barns of ........... . the Southern Public Utillties.com bor. It Is predicted that the largest . . . , , . panv, August 25, in which five men vote ever recorded will be brought j ww'e kmed and more tMan a d07Pn out, between 6,000 and 7,000 being injured, is being held today, expected to cast their ballots. j Voting Is exceedingly neavy find The recall petition was started on ! the belief is expressed that it will the night of August 25, immediately j be the heaviest ever tabulated. after five members of a mob that at- The recall candidates are heading CHARLOTTE. Oct. 21. Miss Maud Craig Carson, daughter oif Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carson, and niece of A. W. McAHster, will go as a mis sionary to Japan or China In the course of a year. She Is now teach ing In the Winston-Salem high school. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with high honors. 8he Is a great-granddaughter of Gov ernor Worth tacked the car barns were killed and a score Injured. Several trade or- In five of the eleven wards, all of which lie on the outskirts of the SODH CLERKS ASK The sheriff said today i lint he In tends taking each individual name and making an in vent ig.i Hon to deter mine where the man in employed. Ho will then go to lhe oilleiais f the corpoiaiion by which .he said inan is deployed and colic t lhe l.nes from them. If the man is not at work and at the same time vli; 'u t pay his taxes the sheriff will culled came fram a sale of the muin P'lso nal properly. I Sheriff Wagner J: very modest, II-.' !il(.p not like to collect taxe.: n this way, but he performs his duly is he i in ?:i a ;i lo what WASHINGTON. 'VI, 21 new cotton crop report will be issued I A.,.nl.. ) 1 hv Ika n irfirllH lll':il .AC ,,.!Mh.nt'eletarv Hnrrl-': tn0M! wll0 -h"' not yPt ald tbeir ! later spoke of the sufferings of Jesus son today informed representatives from southern states. I'nder the legislatio nthe de- was directed to issue the leport not l iter than Sund y. November 1. Because November 1 is a holiday on the New Orleans ex change members had asked the de partment not to issue the report n that date. Instructions for tiling a new cot ton crop report were sent crop re porter in the south today. Christ and his semion was great tore,-, writ every pels church listened attentively the preacher aaid. Dr. Giirney cor.' r.de.l . ha! wheni ChrstXaw another ilhi. Ic.l 'he S:v- ior suffered gtcatcr iii.d hovi his tioint hanie b ' il'us: a' 1 1 1 h' '.v aj At important real estate trans action in which High Point busi ness men were participants took place in Salisbury when the Empire hotel was purchased by Messrs. T. K. Wrenn and George T. Penny, High Pointers. Included in the purchase are nine store buildings and considerable property in the rear. It Is consider ed one of the most valuable pieces of property in the entire city of Sal isbury. It is the intention .of, the purc).-; ers to make considerable .nprov-' ments, after which they will offer It for sale, it Jbeing understood that the purchase was made primarily as a speculation. Mr. Penny says that it will be sold either as a whole or in part. Mr Pennyt who has been In Sal isbury, appears greatly enthused r over the splendid progress being mother sufiered (lui'i;e: tiie i'lnes her child. The fui.dahieiit.il . !i :ng ma(l3 in tiat city. He Btates that for which Chi isl suf. ;e l. I: pi r-. h ' f.()in $60,000 to $75,000 worth ot er pointed out, was t.. bring men j building permits are issued there Cod. lie further stat"d ,hat a nan 1 ,,Vrry month. In sin has no hope with Cod un'ilj he has been saved through Christ. FOR FORTY DOLLARS F Gurney staled that there 's io sees it legardlesK of the oonsequence'-! veiso thl' wlll"h K1Vl-,s a mid savs that the last measure will '. slight hint that men can he saved by bo resorted to if the taxes cannot possibly bo collected by an NEW YORK, Oct. 21j Soda clerks of the first grade in New York drug stores have presented a demand for $40 n week. Their demands made public today are Included in :. method. The sheriff says that he has on h hooks quite a number of urines "f persons and corporations whose ;ax i. total only very small amounts vvbici: could bo easily paid if the par'ie, con d.iing something and was strong in ithei j his belief that men are saved only 'by what Christ has done for men in the past. The minister stated l.'s' night .hat MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING CONVERTED A large number of people are be- schedule drawn up by unueo unit j(.prm,(1 wmld Kiv(. tl. matter the at- cl,irks- tentlon it is due. Licensed pharmiclsts want a sal- sherifr Wagner roiterati-t! the ary of $50 a week. Junior pharma ,..,...,,, (hat intends making cists seek a salary of $35. CLERICAL EMPLOYES OF . , MILK CONCERN ON STRIKE ganizatlons Instantly started recall, city. The administration forces ron proceedlngs and a campaign of in-1 tend that they will carry the election tense bitterness has developed. The by a majority of 2,000 out of a pos union labor ticket has been chiefly Bible 6.600 ' I ' ' ' II PREVENT GERMAN L Historian ."lave ,iob. PARIS, Oct. 81-Va. Aulard. one of the loading authorities on the rev olutldn, says he fears the. future his torians of the peace conference will have great difficulty in glTlng an ac curate account 'of the deliberaUons of the Supreme council, or the. "big five," which framed the term of peace with Germany." He concludes from ' statement made by Premier Clemenceau that no complete records 'were made of the deliberations of the council. Notes were taken, p.c cording to one version," but by dif ferent persons, and In Bcveral dlffer i t 3 .i. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Decision whether the city government has the right, to suppress opera In German in Now York until ratification ot the peace treaty rested today with Cor poration Counsel Burr .after rioting last night when former service men tried to prevent the presentation of a German opera at the Lexington theater. Mounted police and patrolmen with night sticks battled last night with more than S00 men wearing army and navy uniforms when they attempted to gain access to the theater. STATE FAIR IS HI T .'.RXLEIGH, Oct. 21. With lhe city thronged with, visitors the North Carolina state fair and peace jubilee opened here today and will continue througaTrlday.;'.' V Governor Thomas W. Bickett de- llvered an address at the fair grounds this afternoon formally- opening the exposition. , NEW YORK. Oct. 21. About 5, 000 bookkeepers, stenographers and other clerical employes of the Ror- den Condensed Milk company went on strike today in New York city and suburbs, having recently formed the bookkeepers', stenographers' and ac countants' union 1,248, American Federation of Labor. According to union officials, some of the strikers have been paid as low as $13 a week. A wage increase of 40 per cent, and shorter hours are sought. this investigation . at once and if taxes are not all paid vithin the nex' few days some men a-e going to h placed in a sad predicament. much eniphris's should he placed n j jnK converted at the revival In pro gress in Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church this week. The cervices are being held In the new auditorium recently completed, and an immense crowd attends each and every service. IUv. W. F. Kennett. of Greens ! boro. who is assisting the pastor In Point one week ago when he said that ( conducting the services, announced i men may lv honest and respectable I today that he would preach tonight e'ti.ens,and yet bo unsaved He the personal pronou:::: of the bible. He s.iid that salvation is personal and contended that men :nd women lire never saved collectively, hir :n- i I'ividually. : Dr. Gutney n :era!e:l the star -l it mai'e k: h' previous -i" i;.ons i delivered since he came ; H'gh III HON titnated that they are iin-.aved be cause they lack faith. In .he opin ion of the preacher, without faith one cannot even please Cod. If one is really Hived ho will ha good in the sight of God, Dr. Gurney uid. He said that God is the savior now but later lie will b" the Judge. . NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21. Con-I Yesterday afternoon Dr. Gurney I tract prices were put to the highest j spoke of the departure of Christ ?nd levels ever quoted In the New Orleans j this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock he .s cotton market today when October j speaking on the second coming of BIGGEST Off on "The Final Persecution of the Saints." The public is cordially Invited to attend the services, which will In nil probability continue through this week. . COTTON FUTURES. .NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Cotton fu tures opened firm, Oct. 3480, Dec. J476, Jan. S438, March 8416, May 338S. New York Cotton. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Cotton showed renewed firmness at the open ing today owing to the unfavorable weather map, relative firm cables and reports of a continued spot de mand following the lull of late last week. First prices were steady at an advance of 10 to l points and active montns soia anoui iu to iu points net' higher during the early trading.' 'r;. ' . -v.; went to 36 cents a pound, following an early session of excited buying for which damaging rains in the western belt were responsible. J 'REACH SERMONS IN PLAIN ENGLISH, ADVISES PASTOR t Mrs Mauscy Return - '. Friends of Mrs. Wm.' C. Iassey, who has boon a patient In a Balti more hospital for some . time putt, will be glad to learn that she re turned horn this morning greatly improved. Mrs, Massey wa ntceni paniod home by Capt. Muro, who CLARKSBURG, W, Va., Oct., 20. Preach your sermon in plainer Anglo-Saxon and ouUlde of the church moot the man on the street in his own terms. This was the advico given to Methodist Episcopal cl?rgy men here by Ret Dr. Appleton Bash, of Pittsburgh. t ! vi , .' V "Avoid church phrases when ad dressing person 6utsldo the church," he said. '."Talk in terms that will be understood.' Don't expect to interest Jesus. The services are expected to clos.e tonight. Dr. Gurney has delivered r. nne wonderful sermons since his arrival in the furniture city last Tiiesdny. The minister has demonstrated hi" ability to quote the scriptures :tnd the iplendid manner in which ho has presented the diffaront tloc.trlnes of tho bible lias afforded great pleasure to those who have heard him. It is evident tha groat good has been ac complished for many have professed religion since the meeting begun. TOO A1TOS STOLEN IN FIVE MONTHS IS FRISCO RECORD SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 21 Five m'lP.m dollars In stolen auto mobiles is the record of this city for lhe first five months of the present year. These are figures compiled by the automobile organizations. Seven hundred cars were taken. But 113 wore not recovered. These s latter represent 175.000. Proles-. sional thieves took 15 pet cent, of , the stolen cars, while the majority b, were taken for Joy1 fides or for their tires and accessories, .f . ''C, , "Vi;.;:'' Vrcr Men to.Wovk. ' ; . . PTRL'N, Oci,i i:ii'inliU General Albrocht, formerly :ommsn der of the border defense troops in Youth Strangled Illnmelf, . ', the cortheast advised the odcers of FLUSIHNd'N. Y., Oct. 21.-Johnbls command on the oecislon of their W. Lerapke, tha youth whose body, demobilisation, to go to work In t?i dressed in women's clothes, was mines or on the farm. found In a motor boat yesterday, "Everything in i.em ir the man outside by using such ! strangled himself,, the medical ex- clarcd, "Is wultln;; fr f went to Baltlmoro Saturday to meet phrases as 'being born again' or ammer announcou loaay auor an au her. i ' " ': ' ; J'washei la tho blood of" Josus,' " , topsy. ' .'. ' , great man who c.'i I wait for 1 ' v , T
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