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at kansas city
Kan-san City, Mo., Sept. .
The FiK-t i,J train hearing Pro: t
dt ht Wil.-on and his party ativ
od here from St. Louis at t) o'
clock thin morning.
The train was hold :u the out
skirts of the city for an hour he
lore coming info Union station.
Ijong bo'sro the president and
his party were mot hy the re
ception committee a large crowd
'.iih gathering on the I'nion sta
tion plaza where the ui ade thru
downtown streets was to start.
Ia' by the Seventh Regiment
banc!, three companies of troops
and the machine gun Initiation,
the party left the I'nion station
in automobiles .shortly after the
arrival of the special train.
President and Mrs. Wilson,
with Ciov, Frederick I), Gaidner
and Mayor James Cowagill, ed
Kansas City, were in the first
car.
The route of the parade was
lined with people and as the
president approached there wore
frequent outbursts of cheering.
The parade parsed up (I rand
avenue and thru the central part
of the business section of Con
vention hall, where it was said
this morning arrangements had
been made for sealing 20,oon
people. Two immense flags had
been arranged into a false ceil
ing and balconies vere draped
with bunting and flags. Fifteen
thousand small flags were distri
buted as the crowd poured into
the hall.
The doors of the hall were
opened at t) o'clock, but for sev
eral hours a crowd had been
waiting for entrance. Half an
hour after the doors wore open
ed every scat was lilted and the
crowd was ftill pouring in Mak
ing available standing room.
GRANT JOHNSON KILLED
m ( Aii in hk;ii POINT
High Point. Sept. ?. Grant
Johnson, white, was almost in
stantly killed here this afternoon
at G:"0 o'clock when ho was
struck by an automobile driven
by Oscar Mitchell, white. The
accident ccrtnied on Fa t Wash
ington stioet when Johnson
stepped from U'hind his wagon,
containing his wife and children,
directly in the path of the ma
chine which wa5 returning to tl"
city from the ba;eha!l paik. As
a result of the happening Mitch
ell is being hold without bail in
the city jail with the possibility
of faring a charg of murder, ac
cording to statements made by
C!t3 officials !irty ft-r the
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The dead nun w,v a . on t !
Mis. I-ii.iln.tli Jhnsn. f Ad
ams sUtet, thi.s city. Ho rc l i
ed on Peep river, near Fre-nu-n'
mill, and hd lecn in the city
this afternoon doint some buy
ing. He was on his way home
when he topped his wagon, pre
sumably to converge with an ac
quaintance. The scene of th? ac
cident is a!otit three blocks from
the busircss center of the city.
The 1hIv ;a immediately
brought to an undertaking es
tablishment to bo prepared for
burial. It was intimated by
police that the city physician
might hm form an aiupsy ar.d
investigate the contents of th
dead man's stomach to ascertain
whether there really were th
mitigating circumstances alleg
id in .street versions of the ao
rti'iit. Joan .on is suivicai oj
n w idow
io
1 thi
et jm.dl chile
rcn.
MitC lell is h!OUt
are and is man h-5.
. i year:;
of
of the affair is that it was tin
avoidable; that Johnson did not
step away from between to
wheels of hh wagon until th"
automobile was within a few
feet of him. It was exactly f,.i
foot from the point whore the
machine struck the man to
where it was bi ought to a com
plete stop, are.a!...g to police
measurements. The condition
of the breaks of the machine
will serve to indicate the speed
at which it w as driven, tho, e
making an investigation assort.
Several persons witnessed the
accident, in addition to the mem
bers of tho deceased's family,
among them being the three or-
cup.i
nu ot tne ,Mnnif;i car,
Harvey 1'aker, Man.'
end Vestal Pi oetiir.
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I KOU I.i: IlillPATENLD
IN WEST MUCIN I A
(T.arl-'-ton, W. Va., Sept..
Despite pleas of Gov. J no. ,f,
Cornwell who last night .spoke to
four or five thousand minors at
Oak (hove, in an effort to have
them return to their homes, T.OO
of the nu n said to be armed, loft
there this morning to march ac
ross the mountains to Coal River
where it is said they plan to
force unionization.
The coal operators of the
Guyau field yesterday unloaded
a carload of machine guns at
different places in Logan rour.ty
as a mean ; of preparation to
moot the minors from the Kana-
w ha coal river fields.
Reports this morning indicat
ed that the 0,000 minors, most
of whom are armed, gathered at
Winifredo Junction, Kanawha
county, would not march to the
Guyan coal fields, Iigan county,
to enforce unionization there.
following the appeal made to
them la.-t night by Governor
John J. Cornwell.
The governor without escort
wont to the miners' camp and
pleaded with them to desist in
their intention and to await re
sults, which they promised they
would do.
On top of a truck used to hau'
provisions, suiyounded by hund-
rends of miners, the moonlight
glinting on the rifle barrels of
the men, Governor Cornwell ask
ed the miners as American citi
zen to be American citizens and
preserve order. He did not ask
them to disband and return to
their homes, but informed them
that he would do all in his power
to aid them,' and that he had
called a meeting of oneiator.s
and mine officials to discuss a
charge that the miners were re
fused permission to organize at
Guyan.
The governor told them fur
ther that he had proof that the
piop.-iK aaia intended to Incite
them had boon spread among
Cabin Crook miners and that
theie was no verification of a re
Iort that miners had Iwn shot
down by the guards at the Guy-
an mines ami that women and
children were lioing killed.
Humors and rcioi U of which
Gov. Cornwell .spoke spread thru
'.he Kanawha district yesterday
uid many of the mines were
lo cd.
During the course of his ap
peal, Governor Cornwell was in
terrupted frequently with cheers
and at the conclusion of the ad
dress he departed amid volleys
of rifle shots, hied by the men in
his honor.
. Chut lesion, W. Va., Sept. f.
Five hundred miners who left
Oak Grove this mroninsr to
much across the mountains to
Co.d Uivor wlu ie they k.u.1 they
intended to force unionization in
mu.cs weie joined at Hariri?, on
the Little Coal Uivor, by three
thousand more men according
to word received by Gov. John J.
Cornweii shortly befoie noon.
All of th men are said to Ik
alined.
The march went forward to
day despite the efforts of the
mine woikers' officials who or
deied the nun back to work.
srmtv parson autskd
OF LEAVING NARROW WAY
Hal 'igh, Sept. fi. Rev. "Pall"
Gregory, late of Surry county,
win tho cause of a requisition
on the govcir.or of Virginia is
sued at the governor's office
Thursday morning. The Rev.
Gregory is now in Amelia county
Va.. but. u the people of hi.
home countv have anything to
sav about tt he will mmoi 1h low k
in North Carolina.
The man wanted in Surry
eoumy has a wile ami several
chil.'.ron. the oldest approaching
the age of forty, according to an
affidavit attached to the requi
sition. It seorni that Gregory
h.xs been a par: on in good stand
ing for several years, but re
cently he debited his family of
six or seven child. en and h
wife and was away to the Old
Dominion with Voxie Pates. S
P. po 1, , who wrote a letter
with Gregory as tlie subject
states that the community is
greatly outraged at the conduct
of the fickle pi caches- and wants
t. see him brought back am1
tried for nr.rr.cr :i:t:..
hrnpiiioo p.
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i'lnnl r?vluw of Aiiit-riiioi -xp-'dtt li.ry turn In I'limi i' ut irit enm'j, find
Vultu" wntc-hltiK tlm tronm niuifh runt.
STKEET CAH STRIKE IN
- (TIAUHOTTE SETTLED
The street car strike in Char
lotte has been settled and the
operation of cars in that city
will be resumed this afternoon.
This morning's Observer, in its
report of the settlement, nays:
President Z. Y, Taylor, acting
for the Southron Public Utilities
company, and a committee of 5
men, acting for the street car
employes, will meet at Taylor's
office this morning at 10 o clock,
and will sign the contract that
puts the strikers back to work
on the cars this afternoon. The
contract is practically the same
as that .signed by the Greenville
.strikers last Tuesday.
After an all-day session Wed
nesday and practically an all-
d.i.v.ii.i3U yesterday, with com-:
nittre going back and forth be-!11 permission to ioreign-rs
tween union headquarters and:l,lloa region where it may not
President, Tavlor's office, the
street car men, late yesterd.iy,
agleed to the final draft of the
agreement offered by President
Taylor and directed their repre
sentatives to sign it.
Following this action by the
stmt car nun. D. I Goble, or
ganizer for the International
Hrotheihood of Electrical Work
ers, announced lat night that
the action has no effect on the
electrical workers, who he de
clared, will remain out at Char
lotte, Greenville and Winston
Salem until their union is recog
nized. Fin.J draft of the agreement
with the carmen showed conces
sion bv lioth sides. President
Talor, i.t the withdrew his
stipulation that 12 men named'
y him should not U taken back.
lie d.d this, he explained, rather
than to prolong the stuke fur
ther and punish the other men
who Were standing by their ccm-
ades. At the same time he
made it conditional with the
committee that these men
should retiact statements made
against the company and its of
ficials ami should apologize for
these remaiks and threats.
The street car men waived re
cognition of the Amalgamated
association, and conceded a
slight i eduction in the maximum
wage asked. At no place in the
agreement does the word 'Amal
gamated'' appear.
Nino hoots, u ill Otii,t.;tiitc a
day's work and an 'Mitnmai
time will be paid for at the rate
of one and one-half time. The
i of wagon for motorm.'n and
conductors will be as follows:
First six months, ."SU cents an
hour; second six months, ,
cents an hour; second year, 40
1 2 cents an hour; third year. II
i cents an hour; fourth year
12' ti nts; fifth year, 4:1 cents.
The operator of a one-man car
is to Ih- paid SO' U cents an hour.
The right of collective bargain
ing Is granted. .
Under the ngi cement which
will be signed this morning, the
company agrees to reinstate all
men now out on strike, with no
di -crimina! inn as to their senior
ity rights, and the men agree to
resume work on the new basis
immediately. There is a di-tinrt
speci
Hon
ation that no discriinia-
hall 1
e made against
,nv
man for joining or rot j lining
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E. F. IN FRANCE
i
MEXICO SHIELDS
AMERICANS NOW
Washington, Sept, (. Appar
ently convinced thet the United
States is in earnest in demand
ing proper treatment of Ameri
cans in Mexico, the Carranza
government has adopted a novel
expedient in an attempt to re
lievo itself of responsibility.
Americans going to the Tam
pion legion, hereafter, will be
compelled to ign a formal re
lease of the Mexican govern
ment's responsibility for what
may happen to them.' If they re
fuse, Mexican ofikiaU will re
fuse to vise their passports.
The condition race a peculiar
.situation, for Uii.! international
law a govcrnnnaf ..may refuse
be prrpaied to guarantee their
safety.
Americans going to the Tam
pico oil legion are being asked
to make oath to such an affida
vit as follows:
"The undersigned, under oath,
deposes and says that he has
Itecn warned that the Tampico
oil region is a dangerous district
on account of the activities of
bandits cqterating in said region;
that deponent, by icuon of his
business as employe is on his
way to that region, and travels
at his own risk. That in case
some accident might happen to
him. hereby he formally re
nounces, the right tli.t he or liii
hcir.s might have, to present a
claim to the .ioien kvoih
ment, either (iin-ctly or through
any other channel.'
Thh affidavit is m-t enly re
tj'.iired of workmen who are A-
merican citizens, but also of
American citizens in the United
States holding passports from
the stale dep.wtment authoriz
ing them to visit the Tampico
region.
any organization, this article
leaving the men fue to Iielong
to the Amalgamated association
if they so desiie.
The distinct feature alxiut the
concessions of the men is the
elimination of A. P.. Jones ct id
fiom their deliberation when
the fm.d time fo.' sottlonu-nt
c..:r.e, Jones had no part in the
I laming, or onosioei tii.u of too
final agreement, it was said.
Prcr-ident Taylor lat night, in
explanation of his rction in re
ceding from his declaration that
he would not take back into the
service the men who had made
threats against the officials of
the company, or the property of
the company, said that he final
ly jielded this 5oint, when it
was the only one remaining to
prevent a settlement, on condi
tion that the men in question
should make denial, retraxit or
apology, and that failing to do
so, their names should bo tunvd
over to the carmen's committee
who would recommend their dis
charge from service. He yield
ed hi ;.'iiil In'CiiiKii hr itivmnn
it his duty not to prolong the
pinko iini puis puiiisii more
than a hundred men and the
public for the o!fene!s of a lew
'men
FOR LAST TIME
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OLDEST AMERICAN HAS
HIS 13 1ST lilllTI I DAY
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Lexington, Ky., Sept. 6. John
Shell, said to le the oldest liv
ing man in the United States,
Wednesday celebrated his PJlst
anniversary of his birth here.
The aged mountaineer cele
brated his birthday by taking
his first automobile rid;-. He
told friends that this is his first
birthday on which he did not
vork, and said he was anxious
to get back to his fann, on which
he said there is a mortgage.
Shell told newspaper men that
he does not expect to live to see
another birthday.
"I am getting old now," was
his explanation. He Came from
Ishe county to attend a fair.
Shell is exhibiting himself at
a fair here, and wiil use the
money derived in paying oir the
mortgage on his farm, he said.
He was first married at the age
of 19 and lived with his first
wife for more than PO years.
He lived 7" years in one house.
He is the father of 23 children
the oldest now living beiiiR more
than tul years of age.
Six years rgo he married at
the age 12.". JJy his second w ifi
he has one chil l, a !y ae I "
years. He was at the advaicod
age of 71 during ire civil war.
He was I huh near Knoxville,
Tenn., 12 years after the battle
of Hunker Hill, and w.u full
grown w hen the w ar of HI2
g:m. He h's soon thf United
States develop fiom a small na
tion to a world power.
He boars his age w.I. His
mind is clear and his oyeil.t is
far iettcr than that of numy
men still in their youth.
ROARING RIVER SCENE
OF AFFRAY SATURDAY
Perhaps recalling to memory
some of the daring acts of Josh1
James and his band of outlaws.
Frank Johnson, son of F.li John
son, of Antioch township, ami
Asa Combs, son of Major Combs,
and who makes his home at the
Johnson's, decided to create a
great disturbance in the quiet
little village of Roaring River
late Saturday afternoon. There
fore, opon vnterii.p the vilh.ci
shot thiir pistol, rcvcr.d time-.,
it is said. When the machine in
which they were riding reached
the store they ordered several
people sitting on lbs store porch
to go inside, threatening thorn
with their gun-. Some of tho
Ikvs did not heed their demands
and then a free-for-all f gat Ik1
gan, in which pistols, knives, axe
handles, etc., were the weapons
used. It is also said that Combs
was very badly Uvitcn and that
he j .it'ered several severe injur
ies as a result of being hit with
mi axe handle. Johnson hke
wise was injured in several
places. Commodore Duncan, a
bystander was stabbed by .Tuhn
Ron in the l.'ft shoulder, the cut
being several inches long. The
di unki ijiie-.s of C :,.! ; and
J. 'm f.n is nss'gnod as the rause
of the affi ay. Wilkes Jounrd,
Oth.
S. TROOPS OCCUPY
T'll'HU PIG FORTRESSES
Cnl.len, Sept. 1. (Hy the As
sociated Press). .-Willi the (h -jiaituee
of the First Divis'on of
i he United Stales expeditionary
loiee-, on August " the no thorn
ij.uf of the bridgehead zoi e on
ihe oa.;t bank of the Rhine was
turned over to the French v. hi
are now preparing to withdraw
as scon as the F.ighth American
division is ready to relieve them.
On the west bank of the Uhitn
the American area has been ex
tended about forty kilometers,
taking in the larger towns of
Choehem on the Moselle, May
tenn and Dardejiich which have
also been occupied by the
Krciieh rime the departure ol
the Third Division a month ago
On the oast bank of th:; Uhim
the Americans will continue tc
occupy the fortress of lihreii
breit.steiii, Nauvied, and Monta
baur. The headquarters of tin
American force,, will remain at
Coblenz.
The only French troops in the
American area w ill be a company
of infantry garrisoned at Cob
lenz after the interallied Rhine
land high commission becomes
the governing body with the rat
ification of the treaty.
JUDGE ORDERS SHERIFF
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
McRae, Ga., Sept. fi. Orders for
the solicitor general of this sup
erior court circuit to take action
for removal from office cf
Sheriff Williams as a result of
the lynching near here last May
of Harny Washington, an aged
negro, have been issued by
Judge E. D. Graham, it became
known today. A deputy sheriff
since deceased, was termed a
"ring leader of the mob" in the
grand jury report. Te removal
proceedings were started on re
commendation of Telfair county
special grand jury which investi
gated the lynching and rpni ted
the deplorable fact that the evi
dence' we have Iwfore Us is vm
sufficient to pa-ss on the ques
tion of guilt of the parties re
sponsible for this crim
Sheiilf Williams was away at
the time the negro was taken
from the jail and addition to say
ing "We feel the sheriff was
guilty cf gross negligence of
duty" the grand jury declares
that in the sheriffs absence the
jail was left in charge of a de
puty (how riecoae!) who not
only was familiar with the in
tention of the mob but who also
from what he stated to one of
the witnesses, predicted what
occults! later on and in such h
way that there can U no doubt
that he was nt only a sympa
thizer but a ringleader of aid
mob.
I i i iifc.t.ust . ..i . ...
Wiiiianis ue set for the thud
week in October.
WINSTON SALEM AGAIN
HAS ITS CAR SERVICE
Winston-Salem. Sept. ti.
After four weeks' suspension of
street car service in this city,
due to the strike of platform
men. the cars began running this
afternoon at '. o'chak. An
agreement was reached letween
Piesideiit Taylor and reprvsen
tatives of the strikers jester
day afternoon, and this morning
President Cope, of the carmen's
union, presented tho agreement
to the cnion for a;qioal. The
sti ikei s voted unanimously to
atcept the proposition, which is
the same as that ent"t do
and Gieenviiie. S. C. M
Pfoh! was immediately informed
that the men were ready to re
turn to wank, and an orekr was
i - as d to begin rervioe rgain at
3 o'clink,
Mayor Goirell this afternoon
op:e .. ed appreciation of tho
splendid conduct of the mm
while they were off the service,
and also commended the people
of the community for their pa
tience.
Miss Fmma John on of Mount
Airv, N. C, arrived la t Satui
day evening to conduct a music
department this year. Mis"-
John-on has just leturned from
New Vol k wheie sl.e receives
the vtv latest methyls in voice
m,l I i.ir i1' I', I
Wit I
her studio v. ei k she wih bo di
rectress of the I'splM churcl
clioir. Wilkc? Journal.
I1HS INHERITANCE
TAN IS ENORMOUS
Washington, Sept. (. Nearly
'..(Kiii.ooo, or approximately
one-fifth of the $"0,000,000 for
tune left by the late Andrew
Carnegie, will go into the gov
ernment coffers in the form of
inheritance taxes, officials here
fstiniatc today.
The exact sum to he paid by
the estate of the stool magnate
who tried to "d io nooi-" will
bo
determined until exemptions
a i
e made for the sum l(.ft
. " v vy
charitable and educational in-
litutions.
On 20 of the Carnoo-io mi Minna
the government inheritance tax
Mil total 2. percent.
The tax must be paid before
my of the estate is divided be
.weeii Mrs. Carnegie, her daugh
ters and the other beneficiaries
n ho include many servant In
America and at Skibo Castle,
Scotland.
The executors of the estate
lave 18 months in which to
make the payments kdoro in.
tcrest logins to accrue under the
inheritance tax law. After rtu.t
all delay in meetinc the tax will
net the government approxi
mately ?.!wjpuw a year in inter-
St.
The tax must Ik? naid in th
internal revenue district of
Inch Carnegie was a leiral resi
dent. Officials here do not yet
Know-which district th s is al
though it is assumed to be New
oik.
Under the law. the first $:0.-
0i0 of the estate is exempt from
all inheiitance taxation after ex
emptions have been allowed. On
the next $.ji),0UO, the estate will
ave to pay one per cent or $500
The next $100,000 or second one
will pay 1 per cent or $2,000. the
third ?10O,00q must pay 3 per
cent or :i,0(0 while on the
fourth and fifth items of ilOO..
000 the payments tytal $8,000.
tni.s accounts for the first $500.-
000. The tax on the second $500,-
OOO is approximately $:,,X,0O0.
The tax payment on tho sec
ond $1,000,01)0 will be $110,000.
lax pa) menu for the other mil
lions, as required by law, are:
Kurd -million $110,000: fourth
million $1CO,000; fifth million
SlSO.OOii; sixth, seventh and
eighth millions $200,000 each;
and ninth and tenth millions.
The tax is one auartcr or 25
per cent of the remaining inheri
tance (n the eleventh million and
all additional millions so the gov
ernment will colhx-t $5.0"M),(Xh)
on the Carnegie lenue'st for all
millions after the tenth after ex-
omplion.' are fixed.
Figurt d on the basis of no ex-
enntiotis th wholo fax on the
Calla ge estate of upploximat
ly $:J0,(hh),m) the total announc
ed when the will was probated.
wou.d U' aptoxin.ate'y $G,('81,.
oiHl. However, ofhviais sav f t-
mplioiu arc certain to be filed
by the cxeCUtoU,
GERMAN SOLDIERS KILL
AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
Coblenz, Saturday, Sept 6.
Private Reasa Madscn, of Sacra
mento, Cal., whs hhot and in
stantly killed today by Gomian
soldiers in the neutral zone alwut
a mile from the loundarv of thn
Cobleiu bridgfhea I.
Madson and Private Pert Hal
siuger, of the eighth infantry,
who had been on outpost duty,
vie o-ei hunting when they on
countered a German patroi of id
soldiers. According to Balsing
er, the Germans bejan f.ring
without n,Ekinjf an explnnatmn
as to why the two Americans
were in the iteutial aoii.
Pa'singer told the American
authorities that when he nd
Madson cnenuatsted the Ger
mans he was several yara.t
ahead of Madscn. Halsinger
said he dropped his rifle as soon
as he saw the Germans who a
second afterward- began to
shoot at Maden. The Germans
coafvud t!;at Mad. cn hru 1 at
them. PaL-inger decl.ircd that
the Germans (mod first and that
if Ma.i -on bed fired he d.d not
see him sh or h"ar the shet
IU
ger was taken prisoner
by tlie Gcimans and later turned
over to the
,., 1 I M,
Ameiican i t
r,
rge CfckKil,
and bi ought to Ciblcnz.