North Carolina Newspapers

PRESIDENT CALLS UPON GOVERNORS Asks 28 States to Give Pro tection to Men Willing To Work Coal Mines WASHINGTON, July 18.—In the name of the common welfare, and the paramount need of the American people for the production and trans portation of a fuel supply, President Harding tonight through telegrams called upon the governors of 28 coal states to f? rnish protection and safe guards to men and employers willing to resume work in the industry notwithstanding the mine workers’ strike. To the efforts of the states in this direction, he said, “the fed eral government pledges to give every assistance at its command.” Behind the telegrams there loomed the definite* indication of a govern ment decision to obtain the resump tion of transportation and mining both hampered today by labor walk outs which high government officials consider interconnected and as sociated. Replying to a question late today, Attorney General Daughtery said: “Naturally there’s a relationship between the railroad and coal situ ations, whether inspired or conspired I am not saying.” jonn l,. i^ewis, president oi tne United Mine Workers of America, declared the President’s message to the. governors “merely a gesture which will not produce coal,” and as serted that the mine workers’ strike would be continued. Earlier in the day before the telegrams had been dispatched, Samuel Gompers, presi Labor, predicted in a statement that President Harding’s invitation to the operators to resume operations would result in nc appreciable increase in production. He added that “when a half million men are aggrieved is a poor time irdeed for ihe roll of drums, the rattling of sabres and the pounding of the mailed fists.” President Maiding in his tele grams explained in cetail the nego tiations and conferences with union officers aid mine operators and the offer of existing wage scales to the striking miners, all of which had ended, he said, in failure to reach a voluntary adjustment, and left no re course but to invite the mine opera tors to return to their mines and re sume operations. For this last en deavor, he asked the assistance of the states. ine telegrams went to the gov ernors of the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illi nois, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kan sas, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Okla homa, North Carolina, North Dako ta, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tex as, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. The text follows: “The proposal of the federal gov ernment to the United Mine Workers and the various coal operators, whose mines are under suspension, to submit a.l questions in dispute a national coal commission for arbitra tion has been declined as a body. The majority of the bituminous operators pledged unqualified acceptance. “The anthracite operators filed un conditional acceptance. A minority of the bituminous operators accepted the principle of arbitration, but made specifications which could not be con sidered. I had proposed that the operators and mine workers in dis pute should immediately resume coal production under the wage scales and working conditions which prevailed at the time of the strike on last April 1; that every question in dispute should go to a national commission to be composed of three representa tives of the mine workers, three rep resentatives of the operators and five representatives of the American pub lic. It was proposed to make the com mission the final authority on all disputes until next March, and mean while the commission was to inau gurate a searching inquiry into every j phase of the coal industry, in order to recommend the way to maintained understanding between workmen and i employers, to promote steady em- * ployment and assure a contiuous ! and ample fuel supply. “The failure to secure the accept ance of this proposal for a volun DENBY IN AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT BUT ESCAPES Machine Was Flying 4000 Feet Over Great Wall When the Engine Stalled. PEKIN, July 19.—Secretary Ed win Denby of the American navy narrowly escaped death here today in an aeroplane accident He was fly ing at a height of 4000 feet over the Great Wall when the engine of the plane stalled. The machine was de molished in landing, but Mr. Denby was uninjured. The plane*belonged to the Chinese government and had seen service in the recent fighting between Gen erals Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin. Secretary Denby emphasized, how ever, that he made the fight at his own suggestion, and that he did not go as the guest of the Peking administration. The forced landing, made in the heart of" the hills traversed by the Great Wall, was a thrilling one, aft er a spectacular flight in which a high altitude was reached to avoid the mountain tops. The party took off from the capital at noon. In the plane, besides the head of the American navy, were Captain Robert Bruce and Command er George Simpson of the American navy, and Charles Dolan, of Boston, who piloted the machine. « Secretary Denby was the first man clear of the machine as it struck and he and his companions all escaped uninjured.—Associated Press. tary adjustment left me no other course but to invite the mine oper ators to return to their mines and re sume activities. “I trust you will find it consistent to second this invitation, if you have not already done so, with the invita tion to all miners and operators to resume their work. This invitation should be accompanied by such as surance of maintained order and the protection of lawful endeavor as will give assurance to everybody concerned. I want to convey to you in this message the assurance of the prompt and full support of the federal government, whenever and wherever you find your own agencies of law and order inadequate to meet the situation. “Your state government and the federal government are jointly re sponsible for maintained conditions under which free men, willing to work, may work in safety. We are responsible for the production and transportation of a fuel supply ample for the necessities of the American people, and the public utili ties which serve them, particularly the railways engaged in interstate commerce. We must have ample coal to maintain industrial activity, we must have the coal necessary to the health, security and the activity of the people. I recite you these details because it is important to have it understood how far the fed eral government has gone in seeking a voluntary adjustment. Thus far there has been no challenge of workers to decline employment or the right of the employers to hire as they elect. uur present uuty is to guarantee security in the exercise of these rights, security in all lawful opera tions, and afford a <§afe opportunity for that production and distribution demanded by the necessities of the American people. There has been no government assumption of a part in the dispute between organized workers and organized employers. I did offer the only available agency which I know to effect a settlement, and these good offices have not availed. “It becomes necessary, therefore, in the name of common welfare, to invite production in the fulfillment of that obligation which attaches to an American industry engaged in providing any public necessity and to afford security to all men alike who are ready and willing to work and serve the common need. No cause is so important as that of common welfare ar.d there must be the sup pression o 1 every unlawful hindrance to the service of that cause To the task of lawful protection and the maintenance of order the federal government pledges to you every as sistance at its command. “WARREN G. HARDING.” —Associated Press. GOVERNOR SENDS j NEGATIVE REPLY i Morrison Tells Harding His | Labor Policy Is Wrong; Will Keep Order “Your position is practically to use the power of the government against the strikers,” Governor Morrison yes terday wired President Harding when he declined to join with the President and the Governors of 27 other States in an invitation to striking coal miners to return to work. The full duty of both State and Federal Governments has been discharged when rigid order is en forced while employer and employe fight their economic battles to a finish, the governor said. Refusal of Covernor Morrison to join hands with the President was conveyed to Washington in a tele gram in response to the invitation of the President sent out on Tues day. At the same time the Gover nor informs the President that he has at his command adequate mili tary forces to maintain order ’n North Carolina without the assis tance of Federal troops. Let the parties to industrial dis putes fight their battles to the finish, with government exercising no func tion save that of police powers has been the attitude of the Governor from his first contact with labor disputes in Concord last fall. The invitation of the President was pre dicated upon the coal strike, and in replying the Governor takes the op portunity to reaffirm his position, which bears now entirely on the rail road strike. North Carolina s two coal mines are not involved in the strike of the miners, and the Governor says that it would be a vain thing for him to invite them to return to work. He would not do so even if they weiy out on strike, he tells the Presi dent. He elaborates his views at some length in the following tele gram dispatched to the White House yesterday afternoon: “His Excellency Warren G. Hard ing, President of the United States, Washington, D. C.: “lour wire of yesterday received last night. There is very little min ing in this State, and so far as I know there are no strike troubles in this industry. It would be a vain thing for me to invite coal miners to return to work in this State, but I would not do so anyway. I am truly sorry that a judgment long formed arid repeatedly expressed heretofore in my State prevents my agreeing with your position as set forth in your telegram. “I deem the whole policy of Na tional and State Governments try ing to adjust labor disputes unwise. It always forfeits the confidence of the side to such a controversy finally decided against by the Government and creates suspicious of the impar tiality of its exercise of police pow er. I believe the full duty of the Government and the part of wisdom is to uphold the law with fearless impartiality and permit parties in industrial disputes to fight the eco nomic battle to a finish. “Your position is practically to u*e the power of the Government against the strikers and in the en forcement of police regulations and the upholding of the law the strikers will naturally have little confidence in the impariality or fairness of sol diers or other agencies of force di rected by a Government which has taken a decided stand against them, however good the reasons for such a stand may be. I will elaborate my views in a letter mailed today, which, I earnestly hope you will do me the honor to read. “There will be no trouble in North Carolina in upholding the law in this or any other controversy. I am quite sure I will not need Federal forces to aid me in the position I have taken of non-interference with either side in such controversies except to uphold the law and keep the peace, and protect every would be worker, union or non-union, from menace, insult and violence. In this position I have the united sup | port of practically the entire citizen ship of th-' State. “I deeply sympathize with the great burden of responsibility upon your shoulders and truly regret that LAYING PLANS FOR COMMUNITY FAIR Mill Creek Community In Bentonville Will Hold Fair October 12 The people of the Mill Creek sec tion in Bentonsville township are laying their plans for the best com munity fair they have had yet. The date has been set for October l‘2th, andthe committees are already at work. Mr. N. B. Stevens, County Farm Agent, and Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, Home Demonstration Agent have been conferring with the com mittees and the premium list is about ready to place in the hands ofthe printers. Attractive prizes will be offered, and a general good time is expected on October 12. The officers of the Community Fair Association are as follows: President, Mr. S. W. Lassiter; vice-president, Mr. El wood Barfield; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Norman Langston; as sistant secretary, Mr. J. H. Marsh burn. The department officers in clude the following: Farm and Field Crops, Messrs A. M. Rose, L. T. Cox, and W. H. Upchurch; Horticultural products: Messrs M. C. Barfield, Jos eph Lee and N. T. Flowers; Live-stock Messrs J. T. Langston and Edgar H. Barfield; Home Economics, Mrs. Ethel Langston, chairman; Cannned Products, Miss Emma Flowers; Nee dlework, Miss Cora Flowers; Pantry supplies, Mrs. Allie Barfield; Flow ers Mis. E. H. Barfield; Junior de partment, Mrs. Lonnie Williams, chairman; Curios and Relics, Mr. H. C. Williams; Program, Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, chairman. A. C. L. EMPLOYE IS TARRED AND FEATHERED LAKELAND, Fla., July 19.—R. J. Sanders, employe of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad shops here, was taken from an auto mobile in front of his home to day by 12 men and given a coat ing of tar and feathers. He was warned not to return to work at the shops and said tonight he would comply with the warning. Mr. Troy Starling Dead. Mr. Troy Starling who was brought to the hospital here last Monday from his home near Pine Level, hav j ing fallen from a truck and hurt himself, died Tuesday morning at about 10:30 o’clock. Physicians found that his windpipe was fractured as he struck a nail in falling from the truck. The accident was most uniasu al and the sad consequences have cast a gloom over all that community. The deceased was buried Wednes day morning at 10:30 at the old Creech graveyard. Rev. W. G. Far rar. of Princeton conducted the serv ice. We are informed that later a memorial sermon will be preached at Tee’s Chapel. A big crowd was present to pay a last tribute of re spect to their friend and neighbor. Mr. Starling leaves a wife and seven children who have the sypmathy «f many friends in their bereavement. Revival at Johnson’s Chapel A revival meeting will begin at Johnson’s Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, five miles west of Four 0ak3, next Sunday, July 23, at 11 o’clock A. M., and will continue through the following week. The public is invit ed to attend. I cannot join you in an invitation to the miners to return to work which is practically taking sides in the controversy. I hope under no circumstances in this or any other controversy you will use military force in this Slate until after con ference with me. We will not need it as the forces at my command are adequate, and will be used, to pro tect the humblest laborer, union or non-union, in this State, in every legal right. If I should be mistaken in this, although I am sure I am not, I will instantly call upon you for aid. “With highest respect, and every .good wish. “CAMERON MORRISON, “Governor of N. C.” i —From the News and Observer, July 19th. RELATE STORY OF , BATTLE AT MINE Inquiry Into Clifton Mine Clash Ad journed Until Friday; Testimony. WELLSBURG, W. Va., July 18.— The inquest into the death of Sher iff H. H. Duval and three other men who were killed in the attack on the Clifton mine, near Cliftonvi'He yesterday, was adjourned late today until Friday when it became evident there was some confusion in the mind of a foreign witness who was testi fying through an interpreter. The witness, a Hungarian non union miner, while reciting his story of the fight, said he saw two men standing near the tent colony and firing at the deputy sheriffs. Ho later withdrew this statement, and it was explained that the interpreter was unable to determine just what the witness meant. Deputy sheriffs who took part in the fight were the other witnesses. George Caldwell, a prominent Wells burg business man, testified, testi fied that the “invaders” rushed down the hill firing and yelling as they ran, and drove the deputies to cover behind a freight car. Here they were subjected, he said, to a heavy fire fv .tn the tern colony. He de tailed the fight around the tipple, saying that the mob charged the deputies three times before they were finally driven off. High J. Rad cliffe, another deputy, startled the jury by declaring that he had seen six dead men during the fight. The official account of the dead so far is Sheriff Duval and three of the at tacking party. Another witness, J. C. Edwards, mine superintendent, said the wounded had been taken from the mine and given first aid at a farm nearby. The owner of the farm, who was said to have been a former union miner, was arrested and taken to Wheeling. W. S. Wilken, prosecuting attor ney of Brooke county, said tonight that as soon as the inquest is com pleted, the evidence would be laid before a special grand jury, and if indictments were found the accused would be brought to trial within a month. Eleven more prisoners were brought in late today by the state police. Some of them had been ar rested in the vicinity of Avella, Pa., where the Pennsylvania state police, were reported as active. One pris oner had a bullet wound in the shoulder and said he had been wan dering in the woods without medical attention since the fight.—Associated Press. Rose Bush 42 Years Old. Mr. Phillip Lee, who lives on Four Oaks* Route No. 3, was in town Tues day and gave this office a call. While here the conversation turned to roses, and flowers, and Mr. Lee told us of a rose bush at his home which is 42 years old. His wife planted it in 1880 and without any special care it has lasted for 42 years. It is not a climber, but is a good sized bush probably four or five feet high and blooms all summer long. In May and October the bush is a mass of lovely deep pink blooms. We doubt if there is an older rose bush in Johns ton County. A Little Boy Dead. The body of the little three year old son of Mr. J. C. Wallace, of Ral eigh, who died at his home Sunday afternoon of diphtheria, was buried Monday afternoon at the Wallace graveyard near Bethesda church. Funeral services were conducted in Raleigh by Dr. T. W. O’Kelley, pastor of the First Baptist church, at the home at two o’clock, the interment taking place at about four o’clock. The little boy was a nephew of our townsman, Mr. M. A. Wallace. CHINA HAS GONE BROKE Finance Minister at Pekin, Lacking Funds, Shuts His Office. PEKING, July 18.—Minister of Finance Tung Kang today closed the doors of the Department of Finance, with the announcement that they would remain closed until funds could be found for the empty treas ury. He predicts that President Li Yuan-Hung’s administration will be unable to weather the present crisis. ACTIVITIES U. N. C. SUMMER SCHOOL Graduate School Enrolls 200 —Credit for S. S. Work Discussed; Clinics CHAPEL HILL, July 20.—Approx imately 200 students are enrolled in the Graduate School, of the University Summer School, according to Dean Edwin Greenlaw. Practically all the Southern States and many other states are represented in this num ber, and there are many college pro fessors, high school principles and others working for M. A. and Ph. D. Degrees. “It is remarkable how great a number are usuig four consecutive summer sessions to get their M. A. degrees,” commented Dr. Greenlaw, in speaking of the work of the Graduate School. Many of the Grad uate students have been here several sessions before, and are specializing in various fields of advanced study. The Graduate School of the Uni versity has grown by leaps and bounds during the past several years, and now its scope reaches far out beyond the bounds of the state. In winter and summer, students take work in the Graduate School, com ing from nearly every state in the union. It is the one great depart ment of the University that has not its work confined principally to North Carolina. A plan for cooperation between the local high school " and the Sunday School, whereby credit may be secur ed for Sunday School work was the subject of study and organization here Wednesday. Superintendent E. D. Pussey of the Durham Public Schools was present, and suggested the plan employed in his city in this respect. Increasing interest in Sun day School work is being exhibited by the Summer School students. De votional exercises are being held by the young ladies, and the Presby terian Church conducts its Sunday School on the lawn. Vesper services are being held each Sunday night un derneath the Davie Poplar. Reports coming in to the Univer sity authorities from the twelve cen ters in the State where the project has been launched, of bringing to the doctors postgraduate medical instruc tion in subjects for which they were formerly forced to spend a month or more in one of the large cities, indi cate that great success will be the result of the undertaking. This program, the only one of its kind in the United States, was start ed by the University Extension Di vision and the Medical School at the request of the medical profession of the state. There are now two prom inent physician from without the state, selected for the purpose of mak ing daily lectures and clinics for the local practitioners. In these meet ings a more recent development in the study and treatment of diseases are being discussed and latest scien tific methods applied in the large medical centers of the country are be ing described by these two highly trained experts. There are two circuits organized this summer; the eastern circuit com posed of Durham, Selma, Goldsboro, Wilson, Rocky Mount and Tarboro, in charge of Dr. Frank A. Chapman, of Rush Medical College, Chicago Uni versity; the western circuit compos ed of Ashboro, Greensboro, High Point, Lexington, Salisbury, and Charlotte, in charge of Dr. Frank Dennette Adams, resident physician of the Boston City Hospital. The work will be enlarged next year to reach the principal towns of the state in four additional circuits this year not organized. Tent Meeting at Four Oaks. There will begin a series of evan gelistic meetings at Four Oaks Tues day, July 25 at 8:00 p. m. The ser ice will be held under a tent, and Rev. C. E. Clarke, of Carthage, will do the preaching. Rev. Neill Mclnnis, of Smithfield and Miss Roberta Bain will be direc tors' of music. Services will be held twice each day at four in the afternoon and at eight in the evening. A very cordial invitation to attend is extended to the public.