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When tbfl Prince of Wales drove up to the white house to pay his offl
clal call opaa the president; of the United States, he was greeted by Mrs
Wilson and Mls Margaret Wilson.
his honor.
Among other affairs the prince was entertained at three formal dinners;
one with the Vice-President and Mrs. Marshall as hosts,' and another given
by the Secretary of State and Mrs.
At the palatial home of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh the Tice-president, rep
resenting the president, was to give the
ILLS STILL IDLE
E
No Effort Yet Made to Resume
: Operations at Pickett
Mills.
ii hit
. , JtVFMtaUd'hero today that vir
tuallyi no 'agreement had been ad-
ram
justed betweea. the management and
- ...' ,w.;. ...m
employes of, tft Pickett cotton mill
In this' city anjd no effort inado to ro
sunle operations in that plant.
Work' came' -tq a complete stand
still In ye mill last Thursday at noon
when . pracUcally every employe ot
the several departments went out on
strike after th management had ro
fused to comply with the demands
made by the union. -
The rtrouble,': resulting in the
strike, is Wd to have, originated in
the eavlng room. The overseer of
this department discharged- an em-
' ploye, he claims. i'bocause of the la't
ter'a unsatisfactory service. The em
ployes of. thai department demanded
that th management' discharge the
. present oversee JT. W Oiiiey. and at
the tame time re-Instate the man pre-
vlously" discharged , with the under
' atanding 'ihat ihi be given another
; trial. r;'V:: ;
r ' The management, et the mill ,con
'' sldered such demands unreasonable,
. It said, and Refused to comply lth
the request made by , the operatives
v ot the w'eavtng'room. The employes
ot that depar(ment togethor with the
operatives- of the several other de
partments ot the mill quit their Jobs.
- 'Officials of tha corporation stated
today that for the present they could
give out no statement regarding the
situation and Intimated that they
did not tnow hon work would be
resumed. Tin abortion hns been
I-mi.-V 1 y !' i I .t.iho bent of feeling
j r x - r i ! 'i lolH cai'Hal ami
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Mtrama in
the Prince
Mrs. Wilson gave an fn formal tea in
Lansing.
state dinner in honor of the prince
Urominent Ministers of Metho
dism Are in Attendance; Seats
for the White People.
The riegro conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church which is now
(in session in Morris Chapel M. B.
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rihurch in this city is being presided
over by Bishop Frank M. Bristol, a
prominent white minister, who was
at one time pastor of William McKIn
ley, during tho time he was presi
dent of the United States .
The opening address last night was
made by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, pastor
of Wesley Memorial M. E. church,
who welcomed the negro preachers
to High Point on bohalf of Mayor D.
A. Stanton, who is now absent from
thecltyA
Featuring tonight's session will bo
an address by Dr. Clarence True Wil
son, a distinguished white man In the
Methodist Episcopal church, with
headquarters In Washington. He
holds th office of general secretary
hf temperance prohibition and pub-
lie morals of that, church.
.- Rev; Lambeth says those who went
to the 'Columbus centenary in July
arid' heard Dr.- Wilson speak tonight
for his addres.then was an unusual
treat.
SENATOR 1RI IS
CHARLOTTES. Va., Nov. ,12.-
Senator Thomas f?.' Martin, of Vir-
NEGRO CONFERENCE
IS UNDERWAY HERE
rfiilit, the Democratic leader In tho.New York hotel association. ABser-
, t;in:it died here today after an ill- flons that December 20 had been de-iH-;
i (if months. Ho was 72 years elded on as the date for such a strike
ill. , .
HIGH POINT, N. C, WEDNESDAY - AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 12, 1919.
earcffi:
jMINERS ARE jlEAOY
TO TALK NEW WAGE
WOMK!
Will Meet in Wuhington Friday
to Discuss New Wage Scale
Agreement.
iiGifir
LEWIS JMAKES
STATEMENT
Committee o Operators' Scale
Board Will Also Accept
IrtYiUtion.
WASHINGTON Nov. 12.
Thomas Brewster, chairman ot the
coal operators scale committee, an
nounced today that mine owners had
accepted Secretary Wilson's invitu
tlon to meet miners here Friday to
negotiate a new wage iigrecment.
"We will be there," said he.
John L. Lewis had already notified
Secretary Wilson of the acceptance.
meanwhile declining an offer from i
Hrewster to meet the latter's com
mittee Monday to negotiate a con
tract to be In force on tennlnalon of
that now In effect.
Spokesmen for the miners' said
this proposition could hot be consid
ered for a moment and that the only
way to bring peace to the coal fields
was through adoption of a snle to
take effect immediately.
IN IT HAS
LT FEATURES
French Cry "Long Live Lenine
and "Down With the Army
and Bourgeoise."
PAHIS, Nov. 12. An election riot
with revolutionary features occurred
today in the small Industrial town
of Dortan, department of Aisno,
where extremists are numerous.
The republican candidates were re
ceived with shouts of "fong live Le
nine and revolution" and "long live
the boches," "Down with the army
and the bourgeoise." '
The republicans were threatened
with death and besieged In the town
hall by the turbulent elemedts.
Red flags were carried and the rev
olution was acclaimed.
A committee, appointed by the
mercantile group of the chamber ot
commerce and composed of E, C.
Dowd, E. C. Shields and Dave Har
riss, left this morning for Raleigh
to represent High Point at a meet
In got the merchants of the state In
session In the capital city today.
It is understood that the. meeting
is being held for the purpose of dis
cussing means of securing a fair price
on all merchandise through the
proper agencies and fixing tho prices
so that, the retail merchant may be
enabled to make a responsible profit.
NEW YORK, Nov. Danger of
a general strike of hotel employes
with. the ultimate object of "taking
over'' hotel properties was discussed
today at the annual .convention of the
w:i iKtaa by Frank Cowling:. '
E1EC
REVO
RALEIGH MEETING
m
EMPLOYES
A
Man Killdd, Wife Is
By a
Bandit.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 12 Dr.
Leopold CordoTa, former consul here
for Hunduras, iras shot and killed
and hi wife danjerously wounded I
by a bandit late last night.
The bandit left both for dead In a 1
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uucii on me ouuKirta ot the city.
Dr. Cordova and hi wife were ca
tives of Honduras. He was consul'
here for about 6'years. retiring laitj
month when administration changes
resulted in the tending of another
repregenttive.
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Excellent Sermon Is Preached
Former Service Men by
Dr. WeUt.
to
uejue me -intiemency of the;
weather the auditorium of the First)
Reformed churchl; Was comfortably 1
filled lust night wfth people Interest-:
SERVICE IN
Nl ED M
ed in the Armlsticsjday service which I oach speaker lo one hour be placed,
was conducted infhat ohurclt nn'er In operation. j
.ho direction of T$ Weiat, the evar. When the petition wMI h0 present-j
gellBt from Penasjrlvaula who Is on- ed Was not determined by tho loaders ;
ducting a series of meetings tiiere who said it was in conformance with'
this woelf, . t 1 the recent democratic conference nu-
A largo numbc of ex-service men thorizing Senator Hitchcock tj make
donned ihdr unifrps' scd went, oulel1 move. j
th'chnfch"iailv'nTght ani- tli.-y V 'Adoption of cloture requires a two- (
apparently ,caJoyed the service iod. tblrdu vote. While all the signers
Following a brief patriotic ml-, wer democrats Senator Underwood, I
dress by the pastor, Rev. Roy l.e:n- wno circulated the petition, said they'
bach. Dr. Welst preached a shone were assured of republican support.
1 sermon on God's Judgment.
After commenting on the tt-nden-1
cies of njen to avoid and csc-ipe Judg-1
ment the evangelist anahned the)
qualities of a true Judge, declaring 1
that God( by his authority, wisdom
and holiness, the only unerring and J
first Judge in the universe. ;
TA.I . V, .h,,..!, IK, nnnn W I
v.r said tnat men must pass mrougn i
tlia nut nt nature h nut of history '
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the nut of conscience and the nut of
public opinion. The real nut remains
ks the last one. he said, and that is.
the nut of God. It is impossible to,
appeal from the Judgment of this j
nut he said
God's Judgment the evangelist de-
r nf hnt'h temneral ..., ;
r !
Hernal character, the former being
..linn.a.1 Vi,r fll.afiaQa tha nlomontfl
of nature and wars. I
Dr. Weist stated that the war with
Germany was a Judgment of God be-j
cause Germany had virtually for
saken Him.
"What Think Ye of Christ?" Is the
announced subject of Dr. Welst for
tonight. The Jr. O. U. A. M. will at
tend the service in a body tonight.
DORP AT, Nov.t. 12. Lettish
troops' In tho region near Riga at
tacked the German-Russian forces
of Colonel Bermondt yesterday and
Dushed them back several mlleii
along the entire line, the Lettish con
ferreos at the Baltic. "states confer-)
ence here were advised today.
The attack resulted In Riga being
entirely ; treod f r.om menace by
Colonel Bermondt's forces.
The Letts It is added captured a
battery ' of heavy guns and machine
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GREENSBORO, Nov. 12. The an-tl-extonlonlsts
won yeKterday's fic
tion by a majority of approximately
350. The Troxlmlly precinct was the
deriding factor In defeat of the
I'na to extend tho 'fy limits.
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LLI IU IIIMI1I.U UIUI1V
AGAINST RUSSIANS
Country
1 1. W.
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ADOPT CLOTURE
END DEBAT
PEACE MMyndied; Others Scattered
That Is Latest
Move of Demo
cratic Leaders to Get Ac
tion em the Treaty.
REPUBUCANS SLTfORf IT
Will Require Twctfarc!s Vote
Before It Can Go Into Effect;
Names Are Secured.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. - A move
ment to limit senate debate on t'io
peace treaty by Invoking the cloture
rule w;is inaugurated today by demo
cratic leaders. A petition for cloture
requiring about 16 signatures for j
submission was circulated by adinin-i
Iteration leaders and soon had don-!
! hie that number.
The petition suld in the opinion of
the signers there was an erfnt to ob
struct the treatv hv undue driii.i ,.n,i
asked that the cloture nii. I'miiine i
Tl A 1 ri T tl
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IV,to.rmm flo Nirfk I
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Carolina.
miDrnn t.. in mL- r .1.. '
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175.000.000 campaign swept all oth-j
er busine8B out of tne wav at tne sec- j
ond dav'9 8e88,on of tne 8,ate Baptist I
invention here. The program of the .
morning session was devoted to a con-
' i i. , i 1 1. , m m.
imi'iiue uuuuuuicu uy vjiiiicil i. oie-1
p lien son, member of the campaign
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I committee, which business men told
I ivhv thpv were inferpfitful
A resolution introduced at the
j morning session adoption of which
I wan deferred for a revision of ai
clause, pledges support of the Bap
;tlsts in an effort to lift the stigma
I of illiteracy from the state and free.
the Rtate from "blockade whiskey.
A victory1 pageant will end the
convention tonight given by Mered
Hh college students.
The pageant will bo preceded by
the closing exercises of the conven
tion. SALE OF BEER IS
Injunction to Prevent Enforcement
of Dry Law Is Giver)
By Judge.
PROYirJEkCE, R. Novy
Judge Arthur. L, Brown, Irrlhe fed
eral district court today, issued a
temporary Injunction against Harvey
A. Baker, United States attorney, and
Ceorge P. Bhauefsy, collector of In
ternal revenue, restraining ' them
from enforcing the provisions ot the
war time prohibition act. . The action
was Issued on petition ' of the Nar -
ragansett Brewing company. " '
The sale of four per cent beer was
Immediately resumed. 1 . .
Mrs. T, W. Simmons and children
left today for Newton where they will
mako their homo In tho f '
TATE BOOZE
RESUMED TODAY
W. Leaders
MLW.W.'s Arrested After
E M&Shootine on
A A
ngry American Legion
Tragedy Raid Headquarters of Comrhunijt
Party and Wreck It:
lit' f
and Radicals from Washington Lumber Belt.
CENTRALIA, WASH.
Nov.
are in jail here today.
I The men were rounded up yesterday and last night after the
I firing on the Armistice day parade which results in the death of A
i . f tU. A j I k: t i tv t
K IV
STILL GO 1 AHEAD
House to House Canvass Was Un
derway in the City
Early Today.
lied Cross llfiures compiled by W.
L. Huruotl, a local worker today dis
closed that 1,000 additional mem
bers have been secured in High Point
since the third roll call began on No
vember 2.
The house to house eanvrw) be
gan at 10 o'clock this morning audi
latest reports from the women In
charge of this work a.e to the effect
that they are having abundant sue-
cess and hope by the end of the week
to have secured approximately 000 1
members by canvassing in that way.
j Mr. Hargett stated today that re-,
ports show that the Crown hosiery .
I mill, Welch Furniture company,
Rowe Parlor Furniture compuny, the
silk mill and the senior class of the
local
high school, at which places
citizens were assigned to wage the
campaign, went 100 per cent, in tha
work. Hargett further states that i
. .
there are a large numoer or iacior.es
yet t0 roport to him and believes
that the number secured by those not
yet neard from wm total another j
ln0URand. He expects High Point to
go over the top before the end of the j
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. John S.
Kramer an attorney of Mansfiold,
Ohio, has been appointed federal pro
hibition commissioner in charge of
enforcement.
Mr. Kramer, who formerly was a
member of the Ohio legislature, tel
egraphed Senator Pomerene today ac
cepting the appointment and an
nouncing ho would begin his duties
next week.
The work will be under the bu
reau of internal revenue and the
commissioner will have charge of the
field force.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov, 12.
Deputy sheriffs acting on an exec
utive warr(tnt issued', by Governor
Cornwell today , seized a quantity of
afrrrsrand ammunition In the express j
tjfflce ot Dawes, a mining village.
J The arms were ' consigned to a,
I minor In Dawes and were received I
yesterday. Nine rifles and t.000
( rounds of ammunition made up the
ihipment. . .
J. L. Cbornault ban returnej from!
a bu.slnens trip to northern f' !"' '-
COMMISSIONER FOR
PROHIBITION NAMED
SEIZE ARIAS SENT
FIVE CENTS, k
ABoil
Parade: One
m . r. ' V
men, Atter Uentraaa
Will Drive All LI
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12. Nineteen alleged I. W. W.'s
Company F, third
regiment, na
tional guard, which arrived here to
day from Tacoma, was not patrolling
1 the streets.
The reason for, the attack, which
came at the head of the parade swung :
i past I. W. W. headquarters, had not
been developed fully but Herman AK
len, an attorney and member Of a'.'-
committee pf former service men and .
others co-operating with the authorl
ties in an Investigation, said evidence r'
had been obtained that It was ,pre-'
meditatod. ' t ' "-' - ? J A '
Cltliens today, planned to drive ail . . , ' i '
radicals from Centralis,- where they : 0s
have been increasing tor some time.
Centralia -was headquarter tot.pw-:$b;&: :
is county radasWIatlWerawyXo'Der "
ing from here in the logging camps,
American legion members expressed ;
determination that every I. W. W.
must leave the city.
Without warning bursts ot rifle
"re BW.ePl l" rau" voiy"
rans as tney paraaea past l. w. w.
headquarters. From that building
and the roof of a building across the
street bullets came. Persons in the
crowd that lined the streets also drew
weapons and began firing.
Britt Smith, an I. W. W., who wa :
lynched, was tossed from a river
bridge after a rope was tied about his
neck, and a volley of bullets sent
into his body. The lynching party
worked silently and In darkness.
Two undertakers refused to han-
de f,g body nd whflt d,8pogaj of ,t
wouid be made was unknown,
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HFADOUARTERS OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY RAIDED
OAKLAND. Nov. 12. A crowd of
citizens entered the headquarters of
the Communist labor party In lor Ing
hr.U early today and wrecked the in
terior of the place. Large amounts of
literature and red flags and furniture
were burned in the streets by the
mob.
The mob was said to have consist
ed of 4 00 former service and num-.-hers
of American legion men.
The office of the World, a social or
pui. situated In the building, also
was wrecked.
The Communist labor party Is said
to he a new radical organization
, here,
JOHNSON SAYS COUNTRY
MUST DESTROY RADICALS,
WASHINGTON, Nov" 12; The t i
shooting of four ea-Bervice .nen 1 fy
an armistice day parade In Centralla, v
Washington, wm described 1 tn thei";' 4t
house today by Representative John i v
son. Republican, - of ? Washington, i:
chairman of the immigration commit-, , ,
tee as "an attempt at revolutloo with "
bullets and rifles which the, country '
has long feared."' (;'5.k1;;
He sent a telegram to Mayor Rog :.
.era, of Centralla; saying, the country
must be purged of the revolutionists " . 1
and scditlonlsts to the last one "and v
tf this means war the quicker It Is de
clared the better." , j '' V ,
v MwhnaU Dlwnwf IVoflla. '
RALEIGH, Nov. 12. More than
208 clothlna. .' shoe and .. drv rood
dealers are In conference here wish
food control director Henry Par f
the purpose of dlacuwlng what 1
reasonable profit to bo r " 1
. tho goods they geil.
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