North Carolina Newspapers

V . y ' ff . ..." i 1 si :,'' fr'.H Life - rV'i'CTH PAGES''' ki ' : J. P .-",-Wn' ' ' i(V!iiwifS kV - . weather !:: TobAY, Huaday tt- aortlieatt, '- ' V -... - I I I I I 1 IH 1 1 HI II -VOli26-NO290. HIGH POINT, N. C.V SATURDDAY AFTERNO 00N, NOVEMBER 1,1919. FIVE CENTS. r i U ' I I II IV .11 IliJlliBiiiE -1(6!.'-Iqdp Coal ilIQ V m V - 14 J ' .''' ; '-. "Mi" ft ir'", ' i ... ' .ii . i ' . . - ' ". " 1 .7 f ,' ; 1 1 "' ' 1 - 1 " 1 ' ,,' . 1 - T ," iii in unni MEA , I Jbl I ' III7H , . . ii They' Have Qolsherut Ideas and 'Will AHow 6 Per Cent on ! Their InrestmenL . WANT ONLY $240 A WEEK Are Now .ReceSymg From $4d to it Week -Demands K M 'i Are Excessive. JJEW YORK. Nor. 1. Demand j that provision wagon drivers rhould ; receWe from $102 to $240.50 a week were among those made by 500 in- Ide butchers in what was denounced by Adolph Qobel aa the first step in tmlBherist" morement to take over bis plant in Brooklyn. Mr. Cibel announced lust nt?ht that he had closed his doors tem porarily after the butchers had gono on strike and said he was Informed by an insider that the unionists planned after accomplishing th.Mr purpose a" orles ot strikes to allow him per cent. m his Investment and divide all 'profjts dver that. The strike was'Mld by Mr. Gjbel to be an effort to' force drivers and outside helpers to iojn the union. The drivers, he sk,, recognised the demand made for them 'as excessive and refused to Join the strikers. Thoy i now rocoive.$49 to J 80 a week. T ON STRIKE NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Hopes that the end of the longshoremen's strike was in sight was dashed out today tor the Becond time wnen Vne prom ise to return to work failed to ma terialize. With the exception of men work ing on two ships the Chelsea poers district of New York's waterfront was Idle. At a meeting yosterd?y of ope faction it was voted to return this mojhing while the other votod to continue the strike. Officials of the shipping board aid.; the men loading the two vessels were from the. strikers. In1 other parts jbt the harbor other reports Indlcatod the number of men weikihg was about the same as yes terday . CHARLOTTE, Nov 1. The nom- STRIKE HP ARES STILL OU c' Sfl v tnatioh ot Congressman Webb for as - aoclaie United States Judge will Im- ? '''vt,H ;Twalate!vdeyelop- the, eanaioaciea J ,S ot W: Dojir'tT and John A. McRae, H..;.' 'fCMa'-citir'!ior totkressmen.5 Clyde R.i Boeyi of y Shelby, Congressman Webb's home town is also a candi date as Also arVf brmer JudgaW.. fi. Counclll bt filckory;and p..S.;Masbn, of baston county. Format announce- ' ! menu of thercandidacles of these as C plrants: await the conflrmatlon , of t. .Webb's' appointmeni;' 'ii':'t3,-h. o:ice,w A NEWARK, Nov.; 1. The. Liauor Bealors Protective association toda voted to ask Drewers to discontinue the manufacture of near beer de claring It an outrage to ask decent I .-r ; Id to drink It". , The city's 000 liquor dealers nh') : ' 1 to :lo:.'. tlielr Dlaces lit 1- MFTIIF1ITII Ul llllk. 1IIU ilium Former Governor '" l,"2ii - 1"'$' (g S ii. n mil MlliTTr - A1 i -' Malcolm R. Pattprson, a former governor of Tennessee, will deliver an address i nthe Friends' church in this cit ySunday morning. Novem-, ber If at U o'clock..-He wUl. speak ! on the subject of ''The 'New "Era-- What Shall the Harvest Be," and his after by ' temperance organizations a4dlrmttlvt;ls 'oanett With pand hnitatfQuas-;everywheTe. It la one 'of tho hundreds of national-' saiff that he has the mind of a world prohibition rallies to be con- j . . . . , . . . n l . auciea oy me Anu-Daioon ieHgue Of America, with tho co operation of state leagues. Mr. Patterson is recoRnized as one of the most brilliant orutors on the platform today. He has become a supremely valuable asset to the ! prohibition cause in the nation and : FREIGHT IPM Thirty Cars Were Furnished Here Last Night Misunderstanding . Was Responsible. Wlth the arrival ot approximately 1 30 empty box cars in High Point last night the embargo which was yes-, terday placed on all shipments from this city was lifted today and the lpcal freight station of the Southern railway Is now receiving consign-1 ments from local manufacturers and shippers. It is Mid that the rather, serious ; EMBTiRbO LIFTED ON situation which . people here faced plcded outside the foreign office to yesterday, brought about by ordors day- No fatalities resulted in the issued 'by railroad officials calling f or 'all . empty 'box. ' cara in Atlanta, lwae ccfhsldered equally as aerions :n jbther cities, and towns In. this jterri- tory. Shippers throughout the ter ritory, kept the telegraph wires busy all day yesterday, making enquiries as fe Just what caused such anforder to M Issued .and appealing for Jm- mediate relief i, '; ' , " , William' Cowhig, , superintendent of ( trinsportation, of the; Southern Railway company wireo J. x. uyan, ot t)ie Southern Furniture Manufa? turers 1, association ; that evidently some misunderstanding had occurred for there were no Instructions to take all !ea'rs tram'. High Point. The fol lowing 1 the telegram: ;' -; ; 'J No instructlontldns to iitako"; all cars ! from"- High 'Points; ; Evidently some misunderstanding .and have in structed that cars be furnished to- morrow. The telegram was received hy Mr. Ryan last night, together with tele grams from SenatorJL.ee S. Ovorman and B. L. Wlnchell, regional director, with headquarters in Atlanta. Senator Overman conferred with tho car di.itributor ot tho railroad ixlii.-' ,l;.t rat lo and Hie latter prom- Speaks Here for five years has been constantly one of the strongest aud most elo. quent exponents of national prohi bition. He has been heard by im mense audiences in nearly every state in the union and is sought statesman, the eloquence of a Demos'- ( .1 . .1 ...... .. t .. rt.nnin.flnM ! iiieueis, in uiamiri v .ii'w;iireiu and the tender heart of a won'-in. Ho says that he Is opposed to whiskey and determined to convince his audiences that he has a Just cause to be. Mr. Patterson will doubtless bo greeted by an immense throng when he speaks in High Point. "Onward; Trotzky Tells Bolshevik Leaders LONDON, Nov. 1. A bolshe vik wireless received hore con tains the text of the latest mes sage of 5i)on Trotzky to the red force-t. It s.iys: ''!Army men, commanders and commissaries: "TafcRSOviet go vein men. e pecrsffjwn'you the greatest con- ceniralloff of your force. "Onward; Do not giv; the en emy Ue $6 rest. Boat him, strangle 'him. The hour of rest will come." Ilomb Is Exploited. TOKIO, Nov. 1. A bomb was ex- explosion. Htate Wltnessei Heard. CILlRLOTTE, Nov. 1. The state continued to" Itttroduce witnesses to day ngainst Charlotte policemen on trial ofi'a charge of murder. j ;-' Senator No Hotter. : CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. Nov. l.k I A1tsMitrh flonntnr Martin nnont ft restful night there was little change for. the better in his general condi tion. Cotton Clone. . JNEW XtORK, Not. J. Cotton closed strong, Pec.,8880, Jan. 3129, Marptt; 357S, Hay 1535, July 3480, t&ss Charlotte ' Todd" is sp?ni!ng tUjlfsek-end with her parents In Preen8boro.l-:.;;:i:;':.vv;';v; i Into' the High Point situation, and see toVlt at oncS that 'this clty.re- celves Its proper proportion of box cars for distribution. ' . , v It is now believed that local con ditions are entirely satisfactory ani that Bhlppers here will not soon be confronted with such a unique sit uation as the one they faced yester- 1 S U G A R BOARD TO THOUSANDS THE COB yI ONI CHIEFS Bill Does Noi Contain Provisions Licensing Dealers, However. v. . - r v. - Senators Point Out. IS REPORTED FAVORABLY iC One Thinks It Would Be Inimical to Best Interest of Lomiana Sugar Growers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Hy vote of 9 to 2 the Senate agriculture j l committee -today ordered a favorable report of the McAhaly bill to con tinue the sugar equalization board r . - . during 1920. !. j The bill oontaintio provisions lov 'licensing the sugai trade as request led by the board and also does not require specifically that Cuban sugar I shall be purchased; I Senator Ransdefl, Louisiana, and Gre. Oklahoma, - votod j against the measure the former - on tending that It mllt be inimiral to iLouls'iana's sugar interests. Senator Gore opposed extending grvernment control. Chairman McAnaly port the bill Monday. plans to ro- j m m niDMiTiiDC on ES O .VI Tlie purcljane of the Almn Furniture conany by the Bnrnes Manufacturing conim ny Was announced lat this af. trnoon. The consideration was wild to be approximately $50, 0M). Ofllrlals of the Barnes Man ufacturing company said tiwy had not completed plans yet, but the AJma company would proba bly enter the manufacture of (lining room furniture exclusive ly. Time Test Helpers Are Arriving Hereiriudea representative of Dr. Garfield. iThe cities are New York, Boston. Members of the buying and office j forces of the Time Test Furniture j company, which is shortly to open i for business, have begun" to arrive in the city. Coming today were Joh V. Shlel, of Pittsburgh, Pa., a for ber resident of High Point, known as "Yank," who will be a member of the clerical force, and J. P. Williams, of Greenwood. 8. C. who is a mem ber of the buying corps. Mi. Wil liams is one of the most experienced fiirnlliiru mon In I ho ooftlnn nnH h bee na buyer for the past 22 years. Mr. Shiel Is an experienced office man and General Manager Clark, of the Time Test company) feels fortunate j at being able to secure the services of the two men. COTTOX MARKET. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Nervous ness over the coal strike and restrict, ed buying, on unfavorable weather map led to irregular fluctuation! In cotton today. The Opening was - a decline 6t 10 poinds with Jannary selling at 3598 arid?M'treb. at 3532, right after the call or about 47 points higher. There waa realising at this' leyel vhich caused 'reactions 6t about 20 points. ' . '-J ' ' ' . ..'" Recover f Bodies. . . , 'AMSTERDAM, Nov. l.-Wltta the recotery of ' seven.' bodies from the burning No. 2 mine of the t. and 'O. coal company 'late fast .nlghtfftclals today held out small hope of the re maining 13 miners bnlitg alive after baring been Imprisoned 72 hours: v. Potash For )tton.' BERLIN, Nov.'i l.-f-Germany will j arranged and special music will be offer to other countries potash in ex- j rendered. ' The service , Monday af change for cotton, says Dr. Paul ternoon will be In charge of the Wo Knenig, a trade expert In the Deutch 'man's Missionary society. All women I Ailcjjeime Zeltung. Ml T ON ORDER WMarchine on I Estimated That Over 300,000' Coal Miners Failed to Re- i : turn to Work Today. ' 1 IERS EXPECTED ,Tp .QUIT1 VO Dutributmg committees Are 1 Set Up Over Country to Handle Needs. " CHICAGO, Nov. -Upward of i 394,000 bituminous coal miners out Jof a total of 615.000 men employed In that industry today were on strike In response - f tin- general strike ill effertive r t midnight last nignl. ;ic-! ; cording to reports, in some instances f . estimated, received by union leaders, j ' Despite the federal injunction is i 'sued at Inuiunapolls against the Istrlk the leader asserted th;U .he i strike today would be extendod tot I more' than EOO.OOO miners. Minus reports from some of the ! states on, the numbor of miners flffoet-1 ltd by the strike order, principally; j Alabama and Virginia, follow'ng is; a table ny states or tno number oi j men out today: Arkansas, 4,000; Colorado. 5,000; Illinois, SO, 000; Indiana, 25.000; 1 Iowa, 4.000; Kansas, 12,000; Ken-1 cky, 10,000; Maryland. 10,000; Vlrhtnon 1.400: Missouri yfeir''00.! texico, 4,000; I oma, 7.000; I Montana, 4.000; New Mexico 'Ohio. 40.000; Oklah 2,000; Texas, 2,500; Utah. 1,000; ! Pennsylvania, 100,000; Tennessee i Washington, 0,000; West Virginia ' 40,000; Wyoming. 8,000. Set l'p Fuel Hoards. .WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Enforce ment of the coal diversion order is sued yesterday by fuel administrator flarfield will be in the hand of re gional coal committees to be set up j in eight cities. These committees i will work under a central board here. ! Director General Hines announced today that in deciding coal for com mercial purprss the committee would be given consideration to con sumers without a reserve suppply. ttnofr, wtrTtrri nmintttPA will in- Philadelphia. Cleveland. Pittsburg, St. Louis, Chicago and Atlanta. KNOXVILLK. Nov. 1. With the ' Tennessee team probably as strong I. . " ",,3,, l"'t' "car"" " " -N-oith Carolina fresh from two vie- l . it. .. ... i.,ul in. I . 1. . I 4 I. !.-. r.AHIlATl VL' It ll tones t lie ipains ul ,i,u,M t :nn will moei loaay. i Coach Bender sent his husKtes 'through their final work preceding the contest Friday afternoon and the !men showed up well. Game ft Roanoke. ROANOKE, Va.. Nov. 1. Foot ball elevens of North Carolina State A. and E. and Virginia Military in- t,,'gtitute clash here this afternoon. Both teams are reported In the best jof condition. One .tt Atlanta. ATLANTA, Nov. 1. Davidson college and Georgia Tech were match ed for a football game here today. LOCAL CHURCH TO .HAVE v . WEEK OF. PRAYER SERVICES v Beginning .Monday and continuing through the week the missionary so ciety of, Wesley ; Memorial Methodist church fp observe a week of praVer In the senior Phllatbea room of the churc heach afternoo nat 3 o'clock. " An appropriate program has been Ill 0 TrAMOPIACU ! Ni. irum.M.i u.aii M. Ui i L-iimu uu iwii i in nnininnu nninn ! IN liKIUlKUN ;are invited lo attend. Huge Band of JV Disorder - Union Leaders Claim Practically Entire Member-? 7 ship of Organization Hat Gone Out on Strike ; Operators Are Making Mate lrocp3 ceing Mobilized. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Nov. 1. A party of 30tt ...:4dtJV ;' striking miners left the Cabin Creek country early today to .march 't'V,,! v.narirston aespite me rain anu uie ding torbiddinR the march, accor i w i here. I There was no information as and the purpose of the march was Sccu es Berth in League That Was Formed at Durham Yes- j terday Class D. j H!gh Point will have professional baseball next summer. At a meeting ot moguls represent ing North Carolina and Virginia titles hold at'frbAnttftfflat ternoon Arthur Lyou.. R. B. Terry j .... . , and W. C. Shipman, representing this city made a successful flight for a 1 place on the new circuit. I The Piedmont league. :oinposod 'of Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Sa-I lem, Raleigh, High Point and Dun 1 vlllo was formed. It will be i class D organization. W. G. Bramham, who headed the old Carolina league, was elected president and secretary-treasurer at a salary of $1,200. Arthur Lyon, High Pointer, was chosen vice-pres ident and auditor. i A committee to arrange a schedule I was announced by President Dram- j bam. It consists of Arthur Lyon, of j this city; Dr. R. O. Apple, of Wins- ton-Salem, and Dr. J. T. Taylor, nf I Danville. The formation of tho league fol lowed an energetif fight by W. A. French, of Wilmington, and K. 11. Anderson, of Wilson, for berths for their cities. The Wilmington repre- Isentallve appeared with t $ 10.000 guarantee and an unqualified api.licn Ition for entrnnee. That e'trs entry was : pposed by the baseball men on j the grounds that the mileage to .iihI from the senmrt town would too I great. Great regret was expressed by Mr. ' French at f iilure to obtain a berth. I He assured th" meeting, however, that Wilmington was a good loser. It is believed that Wilmington nnd mn .ii v n. .... .- ... - ,i I.,.- r." (a,.a1;iIA .iiiiM.- ti-ill trir-i niy.e u ,i riiiMrin vnnui.it. n-..p,...-. j President Bramham declared to-, ward the close of the. meeting that ...... . t.i . r... i : v. .. i. ...,.-. the new league will be the most com- mwf in this KPftion of t!l' OUtltrV. j k" v - ' only 140 miles to soparcle the 'wo tttmrnu Indintanre. Hp Kavs that .1 i (majority of the cities are less than ho miles apart. ' It was voted to make the admis - sion price the gate 50 cents next summer with an adOitloDai -lamission price of 25 cents for the grandstand. The clubs are to pay the war tis. The baseball men also went on) record as favoring no division of i gate receipts.' except on (holidays, when the money .will be pooled and divided,- ,. : . ., .-, 'v; ; A- Little Boy Dies." . TneW ORLEANS, Not.; l.--Champ Clark Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs.1 James M. Thompson and grandson . of Rer-resont-Uivo Clark died here to- day following an oporation for ear Infection. The child was nearly 3 years old. . ' Mrs. Thompson U a daughter of the former speaker. . HIGH POINT IS TO HAVE LEAGUE BALL Miners Are Charleston is Reported No Claims; Alabama oiucn ui uicii uwmvi hk.i.ip , gk ( to official information reaching to whether the men were armed1; not made clear. ;i? -ii State Troops Ready. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. L Stats troops will be mobilized here tomorir row to quell any disorder arising ,; from the mining strike, . Lucien ! ; Brown, of Alabama national guard,. announced today. Equipment tor about 600 men is here, including llgu and heavy machine guns. ?. , . ..y 400,000 Are Out.-' ,'-r(Wl CHICAGO, Nov. 1. The naUoa-lv wide strike of coal miners entered' ;.. -its first day with more than 400.0iT V-; miners Idle .according to estimate :'jk by United Mine Workers of Ameriea officials. Coal operators were not la- cUned, tor the most, tulispute this estimate .and giving tun allowance The total of striking miners faUs i " ..... . ha 4U iu.it short of 400.000. Front no dlsv - . . . . trict was violence or trouble report-; ed. . . The number of men claimed ; by;;: the unions to be on strike coincided , almost exactly with tit paid-up menv?' ' berships on file at Indlanapolisat: J;V the end of August, namely, 401.486. ; :v ran DDE III m RALEIGH TODAY WASHINGTON, Nov. !. Ileuten:f ant Beivm W. Maynara landed ac Boiling field here at 11:30 a. m3 After taking lunch with officers h agalu t:mk the air despite a dowafl 5 pour of ruin enroute to Raleigh. '. Ie:ive.H MIerolu. v 5 M IN KOLA. Nov. :. -LieulenanV Belvin W. M:vnard left hero..'day for tlie south whore he will do ct- hlbitin flying. After a stop at ; Washington he will go to Raleigh, N' week Clinton Washington. Nov. 1. EHmlna-l? j flf .,doad tl,nber.- ampng' airf' .';'m ' -:rtZ-LLLl i Aincorc it'fict nMtrifai Pi or. UHnniAi' I Perahinc before the senate snd house I . . . : . ' a 1 . LT-.'i i. ' "i ; military connnmeeaioaex.er-wu t. .M ria.hU for bbsc time N. C, his home country., ft ; . PERSHING 'military establishment ystem.''i.VVt 1 .a .. ...':rfi,taf hflvfa- i"; vored promotion by seloctlon 1 but i ... .. tnnnA dlffleult.to " dTjM R fa!r selection system I ; - , i ' " -''.x' ; PITTSBURO,4 V Oct, : 31. -Within' eight hours aftef he had a premonl- tlon that the end of his life was near ; and that he would meet , a violent ( death. Mlcharl Mlshian. twenty five, was killed when he ws hurled fro j the; seat of a Wftgon that be driving. I ':-'',. New l'sM r In P. il I RALEIGH. 0 t. 31. T! American, n afterr- i i j made Us Initial r; ' j I edited sn 1 f j WomMe. n v '! t this cly. ..: 'if:.:: i.:. VM. -mm lt; I !.;.( ! !;:rt n IllVf-HlI it ion i il, I