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it -ft r. i IT Ml WEATHER: Pair tonight and Saturday.' Moderate "".aad. northeast winds on the coast. UOMiilWEA ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON lb AIL Y tALL THE NEWS IN A AxJTSHELL v La TUT VOLUME VIII NO. 42. ruujs, O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. O, FRE 51 EEL STRIKERS SECRETARY TELEGRAPH SERVICE 1Y BE CAUGH T il TOIL! Kalm Told Attorney General Foster Murder In His Book "Syndicalism" Preached MEN RETURN TO THEIR WORK Washington, Sept. 26. The! Department of Justice has the! whole matter of the steel strike i under investigation, Representa tive Kahn, of California, was in formed when he called upon Attorney-General Palmer with the reqquest that William Z. Foster, secretary of the steel strikers committee, be arrested on the charge of "teaching and preach ing murder aiid the overthrow of the government" "I told the attorney general," said Kahn, JJ that it could. easily be shown that Foster, in his book called ' Syndicalism V had preach ed murder. Murders have been committed, and if it is proved that they were committed as a re sult of these preachings, Foster bould be conviet4 as an acces sory before the crime." BRITISH fl. R. STRIKE MAY BE CALLEDJJFF , SAY UNION LEADERS Conference With Cabinet Palliates Men STRIKE ORDER READY Pittsburg, Sept. 25.- Governor William C. Sproul - refused to curb the activities of : the state constabulary in the steel strike, as requested by the national committee for the 'organizing Iron and Steel Workers. In a telegram to William, Z. Foster, secretary-treasurer of the (com mittee, the governor sustained the action of the constabulary in dispersing a mass meeting at Clairton. , . v London, Sept. 26. National Unipn Railway Men's leaders ex pressed confidence this morning that the order for a general strike would be unnecessary as a result of today rs conference with Pre mier Lloyd George and other members of the cabinet. The leaders said that no ar- 1 ra ngem en ts - f or , the strike bad been altered and if; action was necessary the men would be called out in a body at midnight tonight NEW HO Hi TEL COMPANY LLY ORGANIZED price two cehtq A; McDowell, President: G. Hoffman, Vice- President.- - R. C. JOSEY JR, SECTY VILLA GIVEN CONTROL BY REBEL LEADERS Placed With Him Men, p Money And Munitions . (HOUSE PUSSES CUMMINS BILL AGAINST CARRANZA Yes.ttrday afternoon at a well attended meeting of the subscrib ers to the Scotland Neck Hotel Corporation in the Mayor's of fice the company was finally or ganized with directors and offi cers elected. v Mr. A McDowell was unanim ously selected ior the "first presi dent of the company with Mr. G. Hoffman as vice-president. Mr. Robert Josey was elected as secretary and treasurer. The directors elected arex ele ven m numoer and comprise Messrs A McDowell, F. P. Shields! A. W. Dunn, G. Hoffman, J ;H. Alexander Jr. S. A. Dunn, T. B. Wheeler, Hugh Johnson, Lewis B. Suiter, H. T. Clark and O. J. Moore. A committee ,was appointed to draw up by-laws, secure the seal and. stock book and to .report at the adjourned meeting on Thurs day afternoon, October 9th. An option 'committee was also appointed, composed of Messrs. T GIVING I . C. C. FULL PH EH President May Initiate Rates But Commission May Suspend And Review Changes Washington, Sept. 26. Infor mation that all re. vol leaaers in Mexico, except Felix Diaz, have accepted Francisco Villa as their chief and placed at. his clispo&ar their men, munitions andf money has. reached Washing- j ton through Villa sources which ieftfDurango about two weeks ! ago. APPROVE INTERSTATE RATES RUSSIAN GIRLS WEAR SES OF LEAVES ORES WON'T PERMIT ITALY TO RETAIN FIUM E Others Might Occupy Territory Also t ' Lewis B. Suiter toobtain signed Pari JW 9fi Pi VJIViIV IliViD , jj ... j. cujjxc if- umc of the villages of southern Russia j are wearing dresses made of ! Rome' Sept 26- Foreign Min- leaves or grass sown together with jlster Alttoni declared , during a meeting oi tne urown Council yes terday that the peaee conference wolld not permit Italy to annex bamboo fibre, owing to the diffi eulty in obtaining' cloth, says ;I J- vy v OVj VV UU J.a Xll ' charge of the Red Cross activities ! Fiume because such action would along the shores o the Black Sea. ' autnorize the Czecho-Slovaks to T 4o x P. ,1 ! occuDvXTesehen. a Jno-n-Slav TYirivo appointed, composed of Messrs. T aii 1UBii cusiuuie ior me . ' " : m'3'JtL f11 wW,southern.RussiaJia i!to -Klatenuor' Greeks to claim J.o vt . a temnerature lik tW nf 1 rhrace and' Rumanians to -annex JL v - W J V tllV Pittsbbrg, Sept. 26. The steel strike situation in the Pittsburg district showed little change to day Avith quiet reigning. WILL EXTRADITE HUNS GUILTY OF VIOLATIONS Brussels, Sept. 26. The time of reckoning for German, criminals is approaching. The Belgian Depart ment of Justice is hasten&g work on the list ofj enemy subjects ac cused of violations of the laws of war and of international war. The flv." Employers continued to report I Tvpav rcQ ' t.i - j --.w kj x. r lijunica give IU JOCl- that men are returning to work , gium the right to demand the ex. wily while union leaders declare tradition of these persons but it the walk-out is becoming more mus h(1 wittn An nru nective with additional men J0in- lafter ratification mg- the striker every day. Washington, Sept. 26. The rijrht oi employes to have some "voice in determining conditions under which they work is the par amount issue in the steel strike, rtanmei Gompers, president if the Federation of Labor, told the Senate Investigating Committee today when appearing as witness for labor. " Gompers was first" asked to de toe the issues in the controversy1 III RESIO HTEBTIFFWr !ED IIEBERT Weimar, Sept. 26. Minister "aumann-, for nearlv a vear head of -tlie German press, has resigso:! a('i a misunderstanding- witli l lfi(lent Ebert over an inter-Vl-pw whicli the President granted l evr York newspaper coiro sPond(nt. He has been succeeded ''v l'irii Rauscher. The change arouses little en- ,Uliasm -among the foreign oor ponclents who see in it smal 'l that Germany .can obtain fa rahle publicity in the press of nations. NEW GERMAN SCHEME TO ENLARGE THE ARMY With the American Forces in Germany, Sept. 26. An entirely new scheme for establishing a re serve army in Germany in antici pation of some future opportunity to ' establish German military power is seen by some German newspapers in a plan they have just discovered and exploded. The Lightschlag corps in West phalia, now the Sixty-second Reichswehr (National Army) reg iment of the Thirty-First Reichs wehr brigade, has sent out circu lars to all men who have served I in this volunteer unit sinee the ar- Imistice, urging them to sign a j pledge to answer to a call to the j' olors in the event of general dis I order or a new revolution. Th Freiheit, the Independent Social jist organ in Berlin, suggests that the men responsibl e for the scheme really have in mind some thing more than suppression of disorders, the paper then quoting from the -circular as follows : "Soon the time will come when the Fatherland will have need of every resolute and proven ari." ... 0 d r 1 f -n t 1 1 .... options on property suitable for OI aen said Major o . 1 , -. lOWSe. hilt. T shivpr wIiati T uuici aiiu report ax me act- - io. , journed meeting. By vote it was also decided that the secretary draw upon subscriT ber for his weekly assessment in accordance with the plan under which each subscribed for stock through the building and loan association. The meeting then .adjourned to 'Banat. rv- OWashinsrton. Sprf oa rru " XlltJ House passed the Cummins Bill, taking from the president the ab solute power to fix railroad rates during federal control. The bill already has passed the Senate and now goes to confer ence. - In debate Chairman Esch, of the Interstate Commerce Committee, said that a further advance of from fifteen to twenty-eight per cent, in freight rates is virtually certain, if the steel strike -con- ' tinues for any length'of time as it will eause a decrease of carriers' tonnage that the director general will be compelled to raise rates to prevent an enormous deficit. The Cummins bill still leaves with the president the power to" initiate rates, but restored to the Interstate Commerce Commission its pre-war right to suspend and review proposed changes until an. investigation.' - .'. Any changes in intrastate rates must have the approval of the i of what will happen to .those little Paris, . Sept. 26. Premier Nitti state regulating bodies girls when the snow begins 'to!and Foreign Minister Tittoni will' make declarations of their policy Mr. Henry Moore left today j Chicago to enter the university. meet again at same hour and place on Thursday, October 9th. tomorrow in the Chamber of Dep for !uties and ask for a vote of confi- jdence in the government, accord- .m ing to- a Rome dispat-ch to Le Temps. ; ; i Admiral Grayson Asserts He Is Suffering Upon a Breakdown And Must Return To Washington COULD NOT SPEAK IN WICHITA Wichita, Kan., Sept. 26. Presi- j to welcome the President; al dent Wilson today cancelled the though he wanted t0 ;at least greet remainder of his tour under or-1 the people here. Grayson, howev ders from Admiral Grayson, thejer, would not permit him to leave President 's physician, and will re-j his private car. turn to Washington direct from WILL DSE AIRPLANE TOSODTRPOL EINJONE London, Sept. 1. (Correspond ence oi The Associated Press.) John L. Cope, leader of the expe dition to the South Pole to star? next June, says his airplane flight to the Pole will he about 750 miles. "We shall be compelled to take a sledge with us and extra pro-' visions to enable up to return in case the airplane breaks down," said Mr. Cone. "Rpmiko f h;0 annual convention 0 the Inter- j additional weight it will be neces. CANADIANS DISCUSS LABOR COMPENSATION Toronto, Sept. 26. American and Canadian officials dealing with workmen's compensation and industrial accident prob- I x lems met here today in the Sixth said Mr. Cope Wichita. Grayson gave illness and Washington, Sept, 26. The physical exhaustion as the reason, j news that Admiral Grayson has Although it was said there was j cancelled the remainder of Presi nothing critical about the Presi-) dent Wilson's speaking tour ere ' national Association of Indus trial Accident Boards and Com missions. George A. Kingston, commissioner of the Ontario com pensation board, presided as chairman and a score of Ameri can officials were among the speakers for the day. Discussing the "desirability of uniformity of compensation acts. !i Royal Meeker, United States Commissioner of Labor Statistics in an address, declared it would be an easy matter to draft an act to cover all states and the Cana- dent's condition Grayson declared ated great interest here. Demo-idia;ri Provinces in a better way that a nervous breakdown had af-icratic and .Rermbliefm lpapr in 'fected his digestive organs and the Senate said that the immedi- made a suspension of hjs trip im perative. Preident Wilson was ill most of the night and the decision to re turn to Washington immediately was reached just before the train arrived .at Wichita. The President wanted to con tinue his speaking tour but Gray son would "not permit , him to do so. The President's, address, which was to have been delivered here this morning, was cancelled The presidential train did not pull into the station at Wichita, where a large crowd was waiting ate return of the President would not change the program of consid ering the peace treaty. The news that he had started home annflr-PTitKnnrisp Httlo enr-J taken account than is accomplished by any ex isting state act. Differences in wages, hours, working conditions in various industries offer no ob stacle to uniformity, he said, provided the economic effects of. In the prise" at the capital as many Sen-( L'lllted otates, he added, only the a tors felt that, snr.npr nr law iho I California ' compensation acts long speaking and travelling make such provision. Mr. Mee strain would affect the President 's!ker outlined in detail the pro- strnngth and force diim to seek visions ne believed any ideal rest. - :. ' compensation act should contain. The conference for an attempted ad justment of differences on the vrages question resulted in failure and a strike on all rilroads has been ordered ef-! festive at midnight tonight,. Wichita, Sept. 26. President ! Wilson ,and his suite left on his special train at 11 :30 this morning for Washington. sary to cut down our fuel to the minimum for taking off will be very difficult and it will be impos sible to life the machine for cross ing the mountain ranges. "We propose to set off with as much petrol as we can and then, half, way on the outward journey just before we get to a range of mountains that we have to cross, to dump half of it and to pick it up on the way back." CAPTAIN HANS BERG WAS DEPORTED TODAY - - - i , J;"-. i-J . V, CI I ) I CI 111 Hans Bevtr. comma nrler tho fa. mous raider Mowe,, was among more than fifteen hundred enemv aliens, mostly Germans, interned in this country during the war who sailed for Rotterdam tody aboard the transport Pocahontas., COTTON MARKET. October 32.35 Decembr 32.69 January 3-2.89 March 32.97 May 36.02
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