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HIGH POINT. N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30, 1919.
FIVE CENTS.
Coal
siunnaplioe By All Planife
off M5ii
unto Effect
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GUARD MOBILIZED!
Stept Ar Taken Over the Coun
try to Deal With Threatened
Coal Strike.
COLORADO CALLS GUARD
Virginia Governor Aks "Spirit
ed Citizens to Form Law
and. Order Bodiei.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30. A di
rct attack upon Prchldent Wilson's
course in te coal strike situation
"as the climax of a long aeries of .11
tempted urvurpations o." executive
power" was made today by John L
Lewlt, acting president in the execu
tive board of the United Mine Work
ers of America.
The attack was In a long telegram
to Secretary of Labor , Wilson.
Mobilize National Uuitrd.
DENVER, Oct. 30. Mobilization
of the Colorado national guard for
the protection of miners who wish to
work; wa begun tday upon instructions-iron!
the governor's office.
The national guard, approximately!
1,200 strong, Is ordered to mobilize
at Golden and Trinidad by Friday
njght.
' Congreiw Tenders Support.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30 Unani
rnoos consent was given by the sen
Atrttoday for immediate considera
Iton of the resolution of Senator
Thomas, proposing a declaration of
support by congress to the adminta
tralion in Maintaining law and or
der during "the threatened coal
strike. '
Efforts of Representative Kitchln
of North Carolina to obtata- consent
for immediate action on a similar
resolution was defeated In the, house.
Organize Iiw Committees.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 30. Sheriffs
and mayors of all cities nnd munici
palities In West Virginia hid under
consideration today a recommenda
tion from Governor Cornwell that
they organize committers of "spir
ited citizens" to aid public officials
during the coal strike scheduled to
open at midnight tomorrow.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 30.-Thnt gov
ernment payrolls were padded and
army officers In the quarter-muster
construction corps were furnished
with liquor "white corn," and val
uable presents by contractors, way
the testimony today of B. O. Held. :
former payroll auditor and book
keeper for B. W. McGrath and Son.
Columbus contractors, before the
congressional sub-committe Invest!
gating graft charges in connection
with the -ccjpstructlon of Camp Sher
man. The Prize Fish Yarn.
NEW BLOOMPIELD, Pa., Oct. 30.
Hank Oryln, who lives near here,
is the author of the. prize fish story
of the season. He was seated along
Buffalo Creek watching his line, he
said, when there was a commotion Jn
the water.-. A threepound bass
jumped out.ot the crlek and Into his
basket on the bank. His theory Is
that the bass was pursuing a mtu
now. A minnow was found In the
bass' stomach when the fisherman
cut it open. -. :" ' '. .
JAIL BOASTS ROCKING
CHAIRS FOB PRISONERS
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Oct. M.
Hamilton county has' the only Jail
' in the . country boasting rocking
'chairs for the prisoners. '.,
The rocking chairs are a part of
the turnlRhlngg of the recreation
room In the women's department of
the new $5,000,000 'structure which
bouses 'the'eourthouse and Jail.
CK GRAFT BY
ARMY FOALS
WHERE THE MINERS GO ON
FT mtwac,7
StTUMINOUS fiLLOS 'Is"
p, UZNITL FtlLDS Yf f ) 1
The abave map shows all the coal fields of the rtyieo. States. Anthracite (hard coil) miners continue
at work, their contract not exDirins until next Anril. llituniinous f soft cnali fllds arii In Ppnnvliranin
Michigan. Ohio, Indiana. Iowa, Kanstis. Arkansas. Oklahoma. 'fYxa;-., Colorado We3t Virginia Kentucky. Mis-1
souri and in scattered districts of ether states. Lignite (softest of coal, as yet hardly touched) fields are not
included In the strike.
F
Twenty' Men Imprisoned in Gas
Filled Mine Believed to
Be Dead.
STEVHKNVILLK. Ohio, Oct. 30
After battling their way to within
150 feet of where 20 miners have
been Imprisoned since yesterday res
cue warkers were ordered out of the
Y. and O. mine Number 2 at Amster
dam at C a.m. today by mine officials
.and state mine inspectors who feir-
ed an explosion.
Rescue parties worked all night
in the gas filled mine. At 2 a. in.
they had reached a point 150 feet
distant from entry No. 5, west, in
which the miners were supposed to
be Jield.
Fire broke out behind the rescue'.
party and Its members had to fight
their way through flames and smoke,
many narrowly escaping suffocation.
Subsequent attempts to rescue the
entombed men failing, the officials at
daybreak ordered the men to leave j
the mine. I
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KXVIKD RROTHER'H I1IG j
APPETITE, KILLS HIM
MI'NICH. Oct. 30. JcAiann Jager.
a farmer, of Weissenbach. Bavaria, i
was envious of his brother Sebas -
tian, whose appetite was such that
he consumed more than twice as
much food as Johann did.
El AMY
MLS
TO RELEASE MINERS
When both the brother had gone I change Id brought about by the resig
to a forest to fell a tree for firewood, ! nation of Wm. C. Massey, us sec re-
Johann slew Sebastian with an axetuiy. Mr. Massey leaves tonight for
and flung his body over a priclpice (Tennessee, where he goes into pub -1
Into a stream. Johann then' proceeded
to the constabulary headquarters,
where he reported , his brother as
Issiiig and requested the author!-
m
ties to institute a search for him.
Sebastian' body was subsequent
ly fpund and Johann then confessed
his crime. He was. sentenced to fif
teen years' hard labor.
FANNED MONUMENT OF
8HIKELLIMY MUST QO
HARRISBURO, Oct. 30. Again
the Indian must mjike way for the
trend of 'civilization.' At one time
he was free to roam over all of this
country It was his but now even
his monument must go.
This Is the edict of the Attorney'
General's department here, and as .ft
result of the Fort Agusta Chapter,
Daughtart o( America, of, Runbury,
must move a monument erected to
the memory of Shlkelllmy, who ruled
the tribes of the Susquehana Val
ley.. - V ;.. , J., , . . I , .
The monument Is located within
the route of a new State Highway to
be erected by the highway depart -
ment.!
All Records Are
Broken in New
Orleans Cotton
' NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.
All price records for the pres
ent bull movoment in cotton
and -alt records JEotJutff a en-;
lury cr -more were Droken In
the New Orleans market when
the first ginning of the famous
Pantberhurn plantation, own
ed by John M. Parker, Void at
75 cetits a pound.
The sale was of 500 bales,
weighing 500 pounds tach,
which means (hat each bale
was worth $4 50 and that the
total transaction involved
$360,000.
The plantation is in Missis
sippi. The cotton was sold as
middling or better and experts
laid the lot would average good
middling.
MISS BURGESS WILL
DIRECT THE C. OF C.
MIf3 Cletus Burgess, for several
; months employed us stenogrupher in
the office of the chamber of com
! merce
osslsted by President J. J.
I Farrlss, will dlrect-the affairs of that
j organization, according to an
inouncement made here today. The
Hclty work.
Miss Burgess is in every way quftl -
ifled for the position. Since a88uni -
Ing her duties In the chamber of
commerce rooms she has gained eon -
iderable experience In commercial
work, and through her experience
ther probably understands what is
needed here better than any other
Individual.
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Much Having Practiced.
LONDON. Oct.v30. The controll-
er of postofflce savings banks has an -
I ' T .... ' a
noiincea mat saving was praouceu j iieien Brown, niiun vi buj, h.
fu(Grsat Britain during tlfe yar on a Geneveive Moore. Mrs. C. L. Gray
Scale never before approached. Thisjand Mrs. R. T. Amos.
has caused some surprise, as Bntisn
statesmen 1 ' have been o . urgently
pleading for public economy and the
newspapers have been lamenting the
Increase of reckless spending. ' -y .
. State trglon Meets .
RALEIGH. Oct. ' S0.The first
state convention of the North Curo
Una division of tho American legion
convened here today. Colonel Albert
. L. Cox and Governor Bickott were
ths principal speakers. ' : . '
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LASTliDTEPAID
TOW. P. PICKETT
lmpre4ve funeral Ceremony
W Held liert TW. .
The funeral of W. P. Pickett, who
died in a Baltimore hospital early
Monday morning, was held from ;he
Methodist Protestant church on
North Main street this afternoon at
8 o'clock, conducted by tho pa:;' r,
Rev. George R.' Brown. Interment
followed in the family plot in Oak
wood cemetery.
It was one of the largest -ittended
funerals ever held In High Point.
Hundreds of people were present to
pay tribute to the man who for 2
vears was at the head of the munlci-
I"" ""iciii auu whip uno aij
manifested a keen interest in tne
'welfare and progress of the city.
The floral offerings were many and
beautiful, attesting the high esteem
In which the deceased was held by
his friends throughout this section.
The following were the pallbear
ers: Active J. Klwood Cox. Charles
Hauser, Dr. S. S. Coe, C. C. Robbins,
.J. A. Tussey. Capt. A. M. Rankin,
V. J. Idol and S. L. Davis.
Honorary II. G. Barnes, J. C
Welch. Dr. Dred Peacock, H. A. Mof-
(itt rjr. McCain. A. E. Alexander. K
L Ragan, R. R. Ragan, A. M. Idol, i
S F. Wall, Geo. A. Matton. T. J.
Go j Norman Wills. J. M. M ill I-!
can, R. R. Ross. Bob Welch, J. I.
Hayworth, L. J. Ingram. J. H. Petty.
! j j Farrlss, Robert Brockett. Dr.
n A. Stunton. W. J. Armfleld, M. I.
iWrenn, H. A. MIUIs. J. E. Ferryman.
1 a. A. Holton, Arthur Lyon, K. A.
!gn0W h. A. Garrett. J. F. Hayden.
j j ,Ed. Ktrkman. A. G. Hough. W. C.
1 jones r h. Brooks. Julius Smith,
! j0n t. Hayworth, R. A. Wheeler.
U y. Frazer.
Ushers J. H. Prlchard. T). E.
, white, Vernon Idol, R. M. Shaw, Dr.
j. j. Hamlin and W. C. Hammonds.
Cholrj A Gray, C. L. Gray. J.
jD. Koontz. J. W. Hlnkle, 8. P. Mont-
gomery, Mrs. J. R. Reitzel, Mies Iol i
1 Perryman, Miss Verna Garrett, Miss
i . ill.. I m n n..,jl flaa
' NEW YORK COTTON
i t NEW (YORK, pet. JO. The cot
ton market ras extremely nervous
and lrrgular this morning. V The
opening was barely rteady at a de
cline 6 to-18 points and actltn
months '. sold 3l "to K i 8, ; points not
lowerlower rfght 'after the call ' with
- "' January touching t5.21j'' Trade in
terests were good buyers at this lev
el and a quick rally" followed on cov
ering with January up to 35.72, or 11
points net higher.
- f ARRESTS USE
" EXPECTED BECAUSE
IF NEW FOOD LAW
Deparmtent of Justice Plans to
Take Drastic Action Against
All Hoarders.
SWAT PROFITEERS ALSO
Palmer Aiks Fo;
Aliens and Anarchists and
Keep Them Away.
WASHINGTON. Qrt. 3fl. M;;nv 1
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arrests in a number of states for vio
lotion of tlv fond ;:nd fuel control .
laws are expected.
AtUtney (ienoial I'-ilnirr made it i
clear today the government's pre I
I occupation with the coal strike had:
not 8,0Wed up ,he (alnnaiK '
d,,lt' f living Since th
additional crim.iiiil aiiieadiiients tc .
n,p IO0,i ;UK) f(. conlro ),. ,n
department o'. justbe has ben pre
paring to prosecute caws on evi
dence previously obtained. An a re
c.,1. i. ... -a i. . . ,
KUit. It was stud, indictments niigh' I
be expected s:)on of poisons guilty !
flagrant hoardlne and m o'llte--I
(
g.
At the request of Attorney Conort
Palmer the Senate immigration com-
mlttec today ordered a favorable re
port on the house MI providing for
flepotation and exclusion of alien
anarrhists." .-i,.-ii-'
The 'house measure provides for
I deportation of aliens Interned during
j the war in udditiin to anarchists and
i also those guilty of violating the es
pionage, draft explosives and other
laws. Aliens making threats against
I the president would also be subject
I to the hill's provisions.
I Attorney General Palme'r advised
the committee that immediate enact
ment of the bill was necessary be
cause of conditions.
The hi
affects four women and
about 500 men now interned as dan
gerous aliens at Camp Oglethorpe.
Ga.. nnd Fort Douelas. Ptah. nccord-
jnR jfl p.jjjp,.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Mayqr Hy
lin today made another effort io ar
range a conference with shipping
authorities In the hope of settling the
longshoremen's strike. Tho attempt
wa(, made aft.or he had received word
from the jnf,ur(rent fectlons in the
longshoremen's union that they
would consider a compromise on the
wage eonttover.-y.
The insurgents who claim a mem
bership of 22.000 proposed a sched
ule calling for 8 5 cetits an hour;
$1.25 for overtime and an elghUJiour
day. The -iwatd of the national ad
Justment commission with which the
men took issue gave the longshore
men 70 cents an hour and $1.10 an
hour for overtime.
Abolish First CIunk Cnnt.
TOKIO. Oct. 30. The government
has'aholished first class cars on nil
railroads except for long distance
journeys. The railroad officials have
been shorn of their brilliant gold
braided uniforms and swords. All
this is a movement in the democrat
DYLAN MAKES TR A
AT ENDING STRIKE
Izing of I'fe and the abolishment ot. knows no fear if her child is in dan.,dustrles 60 per cent In' Order tint;
special privileges. iger wlon 8ne g-icrlflcod he rown life the coul on hand rnd that ayailaVo
According to the newspapers. Pre- jn front 0f a train near here recently ,trom unaffocledl non union mines
mler Hara requested a first class carjtQ gave ner two-year-old baby from might he pinlly-dlstrlhufed to
to gotbmeot Baron Maklnd who was death j 'sectlnl industries. , v -:
retnrnias; from Paris, bfit the rail
road board refused the request. :
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KTJa Wheeler WUcot IkMul
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 30. Mrs. El
la Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet
ess, died at her home In Brafnord
today. Mrs. Wilcox had been 11 lfor
several months, having a nervous collapse.
Dry Enforcement
Act Is Attacked in
New York
XKW YORK. );. ::n Constitu
tionality of die volslead prohibition
enforcement act as it applies t. war
time prohibition Is r.ttaeked in a
suit which counsel for New York
brewers and restaurant men wore
preparing today. The petition will
ask th.it Hgents of Hi,, government be
restrained from enforcir;; the ;ir!.
Siirfilar suits will be h vighl j:; va
rious states.
Decision to att;;ik the ccnsMtii
Law to Deport tlonality f ti,0 ir,-i-ure was reH, liorl
at a conference of !nowi'i; and rr:-.-'
' in.-ant men last nlghf.
BE HELD LATER
At Meeting Ycitcrday Decision
Was Reached to That
Effect.
' The executive committee of the
! Central Highway rsaoc'ation held an
i
I interesting businotr-B sew-ion in the
I
Greensboro chamber of commerce
roon' ! ''H, ' torilny at which time it
IV ' Postpone the proposed
j'eur of the highway until next "May.
lhe tour whs planned for November
1 ne1 8rin 11 18 Ta Py
'he committee, that people will have
had ample time to make arrange
ments for the tour und it will be
much .more etrceessful. ..it
It was a'so pointed out at the
meeting that a ntimbert of counties
are planning to build hard surfaced
roads during the fall and -winter aid
by doing so will stimulate interest in
completing the highway extending
from Morehead City to the Tennessee
line.
II. II. Vainer, if Lexington, who in
chairman of the executive commit
tee, stated that Davidson county hi'd
made application for funds t.i build
' ,K,r1 surfaced road all through the
county. It is also understood that
before spring Guilford will have com
pleted its part, which extends from
'his city to the Davidson county
line.
It was stated at the meeting yes-
terday that many counties in the sec
I
TOUR
tions through which the highway is restoring the maximum prices. On
supposed to extend have either begun j tnp ,,,king of that order the fuel ftd
work upon hard surfaced roads or ( miniftrator will take such action as
else they expect to begin it at once, j ,u.,0Ssarv to protect consurdafs, botlf
MM IA
ipo'vo-s are still vested in AailroadJ
CHARLOTTE, Oct. 30. -With onty administration. f t
seven out of possibly 50 witne-tsosj Members of the cabinet sald thaf
examined during an all day prellml-. jf nr. .Carfleld's suggestion waav
nary hearing yesterday the case of
Chief Orr and 30 policemen charged
with murder for killing 5 men in
the recent car barn riots was again
taken up today with the likelihood
of the case continuing several days.
The hearing was featured today by
the testimony of R. Q. Ilimea. a gro -
cor, who although n wilnr ss for the
prosec ution declared "that If I had
been in place of the ofllcers I would
V.uuA ntinniiil W ru nn t h ;i t rrfinfit unnn-
liar. .... .....v w..
er than they did."
MOTHER S.WUIKICEK 1IEK
LIFE FOR HER BAI1Y
LAKE CITY. .la.. Oct. 30 Mrs.,
Frank Stanfleld. thirty-five, gave an-
other demonstration that a mothorl
- j Mrs Stanfleld had only-'time to
snatch the baby form in front of tht war indtutrlos bmrd rtarlnut lh 'r'
odcomlng train and toss it to one will be taksn 'i the hisU f-r r
side, when the engine struck her. , juafrles to bo duppIIo.I anJ j Vi
' - -.. .. :, ,, 'gaged In mannfaeturlng i
COTTON PUTl'RKH iba cut off.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Cotton fu-, Thft nirrf(t fnrp,y fr , ,
turei opened -steady.'." December, u nmcU.ut t
SG.4S; January, 35.35; March, 34.75;,
May. 34.77; July. 33.45. j' (Cut: l
STEPS , ARE
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TAB
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FOR
HEED
Powers Fuel Administration Had
May Be Vested With Railroad
Administration.
SET A MAXIMUM PRICE
Sme Industries May Be Curtailed
to Insure Coal for Essential
Manufacturers."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Federal
v .
government agencies moved swiftly
today to meet the situation which
will result from the strike of coal
miners Saturday.
Develomients were:
Orders to railroads to confiscate
all coal In transit, it necessary, to
build up a reserve for operation of
roads. , -
Reestablishment of the priorities
list of the fuel administration' so
that the railroads, public utilities and
essential industries will have first
call on whatever coal U mined and On
that In storage. ,
Preparation of an executive order
establishing maximum prices 'for "
coal and completion of plans by the
department of Justice to punish thnae
guilty of hoarding or profiteering
Announcement that the ' govern
ment would not hesitate to curtail
use of coal in industry 50 per cepi.
so that essential ones may continue.
GenjUsslWc
i-y trie president s cabinet,' wuicn met
at the call of Secretary Lane.
Working out of plans by wfcfcB
miners who wish to continue Wdff
will be afforded protection, including
that of federal troops should that be-
come necessary.
At the conclusion of the special
cabinet meeting Attorney General
Palmer announced that the fuel ad
nin'strator would take control of'
the handling of coal and would use',
his authority under the Lever actfl
Attorney General Palmer authoris
ed to speak for the cabinet made this
statement:
"The president will be asked Ho
day to make an order cancelling tke
suspension of restrictions as to priclS
Lf rnal which will have the effect oh
as to price ana aisirmuiion oi iuei. -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Revival
of the fuel administration to deal
with conditions growing out of th
rnal strike is not necessary. Dr. Hen-
ry A. Garfield advised the president's,
cabinet today, holding that war-time
'adopted It would obviate the nece
sity f asking congress for money to
reorganize the fuel administration
and that the railroad administration,.
could allocate coal during the shortf ( A ..
. age.
While revival of the fuel admlnls-jif '
j (ration had been urged to pmet4tt ' ,
hoarding and profiteering the. iaptrtOw:','. .
ment of Justice announced , it -,Wlt'p.'if:.r
powers to haridle that situation. 'ii'i y
A.. v., t ( i, nnlfiii aaiAlln miv.i Iv'
n II t-A-tii ii y wi , vwiH9 'l.n .ift.,: ;y; r
Imum prices for coal will e issued
bv President Wrllson ..probably .Today."
rmlf- -hah A jv aav wnsi wn w t J? .
! mum had been determined Vpon.V;)
secretary L.ane announcea jnai jne
government wohld - hot- besIUtf , to, 1
curtail the consuTtoptiQ .of coatjn in-.
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