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Wake Forest, Nov. 11.-AI-
most oil tho anniversary of tho
day lie was saved in Hie Argonno
forest by a unknown soldier who
' had risked his life to carry liirn
from a .shell hole in No Man's
' Land to a place of safety a Wake
Forest college student, former
member of the American expedi
tionary forcer, was given the c.p
portunity of thanking his res
cuer, whom he found to he one
of his classmates on the campus.
On November 10, the day he
fore the nrmist ieo was signed,
his regiment of infantry had at
ta ked the Gel man trein lies in
the Argonno forest in a great
eight kilometer drive. The
fighting had been exceptionally
fierce. Since long he fore d iy
Ineak the allied batteries had
looii layinjr down a barrage mi
heavy that not a foot of ground
existed near the Pocho lines hut
that had heen torn an I retorn
hy the shells. Nor had the bal
teries of the Hun Uen silent,
each one belching and thundcr-
ing forth its tn severs to the "re
marks" of the American puns.
1- Pchind this barrage had crept
this regiment of infantry. They
had gotten aliout a mile and a
half from their own lines and
were Hearing the German lilies,
when a machine gun hullet hit
this soldier in the thigh, striking
a compass in his pocket and rip-f-
ping his upper leg to tatters. He
was helped hy comrades to a
shell hole and there left with two
1f others to pray amid their gnu-ps
of pain that one of those shells
which were falling all around
w ould not .strike their poor shel
ter. Meanwhile, back in the Amer
ican trenches where was left the
regiment cf engineers which had
gone into the trenches with this
regiment of infantry, word had
Un-n received of the plight of the
three wounded dotighloys. Vol
unteers were called for to take
them to safety. Four nu n re
sponded to the call. It was a
welcome sight to the wounded
Americans in the shell hole vhcn
the four engineer stretcher U-ar-
crs leaped into the hole beside
them. They were placed on the
stretchers and prepared for the
trip back to the trenches out of
w hich they had sprung a shot ',
time I K' fore. Tdio trip was long
and tiring 'for the vohmtaiy
"" s- stretcher lioarers. w ith shells
bursting and machine gun bul
lets whizzing aUive them to
make haste. This particular
4V soldier was especially heavy,
weighing over -'m pounds and
the men carrying him were
groaning anil grunting long lie
fore they readied their lines.
The wounded men weie taken
to a b;ise hospital ami nevei
learned the names of their res
cuers, nor did the four cngincer--evcr
learn whom they had rescu
ed. A few day.s ago in the Wake
Forest gymnasium. F. L llipps
noticed that I'. S. Fllintt lini-d
badly, as though from a wound,
V and he asked him if he had been
to France. Elliott replied that
he had.
"What division?" llipps ask
ed. "Eighty-first," nnswcicd El
liott. "So was I," said llipps. 'What
regiment?"
"Thoad infantry."
"Whv, that was the regiment
we were with in tho Argcmm
forest !" exttlaimed llipps. "I
was in the "OtUh engineers."
They fell to talking of their
experiences.
"How wcic you wounded?"
llipps asked Elliott.
Elliott told him the story re
lated aliove, stating that he had
alwavs wanted to thank th
men who had rescued him, parti
cularly the one who had carried
the head of his stretcher.
Hut before he h'ad finished his
tide, limns Interrupted him
with: "Why, 1 was that man!'
And he told his side of the story
"Well, FU be swiggcrod." eja
culated llipps, after he and El
liott had completed the emhrac
ins? fittinc the occasion, "Ain't
it queer?"
LITTLE II OFF NOW FFI.T
FOR GREAT LAKES SIIII
Cleveland, Nov. 1G. Owners
of the steamer John Owen, sev
oral days overdue at Sauk Ste
S.iii Franci.'eo Nov. 1
,n Indn tiLI Worker:;
World aial other r.idie;
the
t. r-
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.a' ions Ik'miii as the r til
the killing of four former
vi.'e men at Ci i.trali.:, ,'a h.
Ylie.dav. continued dill ii:g
night iij) and down the Pacific
coast and a ; a re. nil so res of
additional prisoners were in ens-;
tody today.
Some of them be e charge of
i rii.iin t! ;' ii.taali m, : onie of in
citing to riot, and others of va
grancy. Three pi 1,-00 ;, alleged
iitemlx 1 ,i of the radical 01 iler,
ti.- tain. J iiijin ies in one raid
which iii'Cc.-dtaled their remov
al to a hospital.
Al a: Angeles a llllmh.-e c'
foi mer serviic men, .'.aid to he
mainly members of tin' Ameri
can 1gion, broke into I. W. W.
headijuarters, cut and bruised!
with did is three men and wreck-1
cd the place before the police
could respond to a riot call. In
San Francisco the IVople's Insti
tute and I. W. W. headquarters
were raided by the police and
nine men held in default of
$1.01)0 ImiikIs 011 charges of va
grai'.y. The raidi following receipt of
information, the police said, that
school children were visiting the
People's Jnsitute and obtaining
radical literature which they
carried home. Police Captain
0'Meara, who conducted the
raids, said all I. W. W.s must
leave San Francisco or go to jail.
At Eureka, Cal., local head
quarters of the Industrial Work
ers was rai led by the o!ice and
a large quantity of radical liter
ature seized. John II. (iolden.
secretary, was arrested and
charged with criminal syndica
lism and saUitage. lie was held
in the county jail with the
Charles Lessee- and Henry (Ilirk
. id n. ai rested 011 a syndicalism:
charge.
At Seattle, Henry White, com
mi' ioner of immigration, made
formal announcement that Alii 11
ndii' trial Workers of the W01 Id
funded up at (Yntralia. Wash.,
1 ; a result of the hooting of for
mer servire nun on .rmi-uce
lay, would U' drpnited if they
were not held on niunhr charges
y the county authorities. Fifty-
three niemleis of the I. W. W.
were taken into custody by Sea
tie police in .several laid and at
layinond, Wash., eleven others
were aliened iv a citizens
omiuittee.
Near ( nti..!ia banur scrvire
men acting for county offici.d-.
ithi ied up alxnit fifty alleged
Indu ti ial 01 kers, m tiniv in
"gging camps. The e im hitl- d a
man giving his n.tme as (aorge
L' ter. and hi-; w iTe. Katherin.
Tho police said he gave murh
valuable information.
S"kain Kasli., officials
reathed easier today after a
lii'ht spent in a state of prepar-
. a 1 1 I
eime s ajramsi a 1 iirc,ueinii in
vasion" by I. W. W. from Mon
tana. Idaho and other parts of
the N01 thwest.
Four AiiTtcd in West Virginia.
Chai lestoii, W. Va., Nov. !..
Four foreigners, alleged mem
bers of the (iranttown local of
the I. W. W are in jail at Fair
mount totlay charged by federal
authorities with radical activi
ties in Marion county. The
. 1 1 . 11
men were arre-ieii iaie i.isi
iiiKht by ihp.;rt:ramt of jitti''"
agents who were ru bed into
that region several days ago, fol
low ing annruneement by state
officials that radical agitators
were busy in northern West Vir
ginia coal fields. Importation pro
ceedings against the prisoners
will be started as soon as possi
hie, according to government
representative
Marie, Mich., from l.uluth, with
a crev of 122. now hold but littl
hope for the missing steamel
caught in a terrific storm on
Lake Superior last week.
wireless message from the cap
tain of the steamer Westmount
today said he passed through
wreckage this "morning 20 miles
southwest of Caribou island in
Lake Superior, including part of
a ship's cabin, but could no
identify the w reckage, as that of
the Owen. Two tugs left Satilt
Sle. Marie today to search thi
vicinity for trace of the Owen
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v li ?ri tin' iIlKplnjr of Aiui iliuli work of nrl w us ln-lil. I ri) i ix-ri t Aim-rlriiii iirtNIi' worl;s wcro liuiiurt'd, iilnl n jb'uI
In, '"l'lio lloiiiftKe of lint i'lu to Ilit l'l'iipli- of l'iuiici." wim im-KWitt'il to lh pifhliliiit.
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PRFMFDIATFI) AFFAIR.
Cent t ali, i. Wash., Nov. 1".
(Fy Associated Press.) Indus
trial Woikers of the World ilan
ned the Centralia shooting three
weeks before Armistice day, ac
cording to an alleged confession
made by L. Kobers, confessed I.
W. W., who surrendered himself
to ofliccis following Tuesdays
hooting, in which bullets from
the guns of the radicals killed
four former American soldiers
marching in the holiday parade.
The confession said the I. W.
W. expected their hall would le
tttacked on Armistice day and
that all the radicals who took
art in the shooting expected to
'0 killed. According to Poheits'
statement, We. ley Evere tt.-, the
ynchod I. W. W., . ppaicntly di
rected the movements of the la
bials, as he sent Kol-t-rl.i and
two others to Seminary Hiil near
the scene of the 'limiting with
old, is In "; hoot when they shoot
or when we heard shooting."
Koheits in his alleged (enics
ioii implicated sev rial alleged I.
W. W . w ho are in jail hei e and in
a-ail-v cities. After making the
coiiics-ion. Roberts is said to
lave stated that he feaied Ven
geance at the hands d hi fellow
radicals Iterance of his admis
sion.
Fo'ielt',' who, it i said, is
known among the r.ulical eie-
rient as "viand ir.ouut m.ido
the ( onfessii.fi, according to of-
ticiaf , while ill j.iit lieie FlidaV.
Roberts wa one of tin 10 pi i-
oners ch iigeil here jesteid.iy
with nan dor in the first di-gree.
It is ,s.id tonight that County
Attoinev Herman Allen and C.
D. Cunninvhahi his peei.d a-sis-
taut, have t'Uain.-l a more de
tailed confession fiom RoU-its
since Fi id v.
Seminary hill, mentioned in
the alleged confession, lies not
far from Tower avenue and Sec
ond avenue, the street collier,
near whidi Tue day's shooting
occurred. After the attack, a
small iwy lepoi ted he saw three
men on the hid during the par-
ule, Tley were shin-ting to
ward town, he told the police.
Later the boy found Use suit
case mentioned in the state
ment.
Comparative Quiet lit The
1. W. W. Noithwo-t Sector.
Seattle. W.,sh., NoV. l.. (Pj
Associated Press.) Compara
tive quiet prevailed today thru-
out the northwest in the Indus
trial Workers of the World situ
ation although a mmdcr of ad
ditional arre ts were made.
Members of the American Le
gion awaited confirmation of a
report Pert P.land. alleged slayer
of Warren Ctiin.m in the Centra
lia Armistice day outbreak, had
I u'en apprehended.
Robert C. Saunders, I'nited
States attorney for the western
district of Washington, announc
ed all Industrial Woikers of the
World arrested in Seattle, Taco
ma, Centralia and Chehalis must
stand triTd on charges of "con
spiring to overthrow the gov
ernment." Reports of a threate ned inva
sion of Spokane by I. W. W. fail
ed to materialize. Police officials
there who met all incoming
trains said that more woodsmen
.and other laborers were leaving
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New Yoik. Nov. Id. Denial
that Mexico is connected in any
way with radical groups in this
country was mail' tonight in a
statement i s ued by R;:mon P. de
Negri, consul general of Mexico
in this city. Attention of the
state department rm-ntly was
called to a letter from Consul de
Negri o Flavia P.oique::, a Mexi
can M'uator, indorsing the prin
ciple of nationalization.
"I am surprised" the, state
said in part, 'That my letter has
been abushed, tending to pre
sent me and the "authorities of
the lepublic of Mexico in a false
light and in which may be avail
ed of by the enemies of my coun
try and the visions agitators
and interests now. engaged in a
conspiracy againJL. Mexico, to
-Now U4 111 league or collusion
with the radical movement hos
tile to the constituted authoii
ties and baas principles upon
whidi the""govern:iient and the
political i tnatuie of thi; coun
try are founded. Nothing can
b.' fuilher from the tuith and
our aims.
"So far as my correspondence
is concerned the federal gents
did li"t'leveal any 'lindci gi oiind"
work, as the letter refcrnd to
was read in a public .sev; ion of
th" Mexican senate, and Was
publi hed tu all .Mexii o City
newspapers oil N'oVembtV ti.
"AiivImhIv who peru-ie;; my
ih tter Imn i fide, mid honestly in-
eiprets it woid and 'pint, will
1 to ray that tlmre h nothing
iti it tending to prove that I am
in anv wav interested in radical
movements in this country, al
though 1 am deeply conei llied
v illi the Mexican social leVolu
tion, and. as an official of the
(on-titutionalit goVel liinelit, 1
;.ai in duty Im'UH'1 to follow its
accomplishments and develop
ments. "1't me say once for all that
Mexico is not conducting any
piopagand.7 in tin I'nited States
nor Ills any Mint whatsoever
IhNii appropriated for such a
pnrpo e and is not in any way
cm ne' t, d with the J. W. W., M
dievi'tsor any other radical
group of this or any other coun
try of t lie world.
"I am 'i sincere friend of the
people and the government of
the I'nited Slates. I have given
the best years of my life to bring
alxuit a better understanding,
doser 1 elation.;, commercial in
tercom o and loyal and everlast
ing a.nity U-tveen our two
co'intries."
than were arriving.
John Grady, alleged by the po
lice to be a former chairman of
the Spokane I. W. W. defense,
fund, w:ii .arrested in Spokane
today and charged with criminal
syndicalism. Seventeen other al-
I jil to be I. W. W. were arrest-
in n Spokane dining the day.
.dvires from Taeoina said 10
members of the American Le
gion of Olvmpia had left that
city for Paid Hills, 10 miles dis
taut, in search of three I. W. W
alleged to have participated in
the Centralia shooting.
Thirty-five alleged I. W. W
members also were jailed at
South Pond; Wuah.
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EMMA (iOLD.MAN IIOMF
Washington, Nov. lfi. Reply
ing to the senate inquiry as to
what had been done toward de
ft porting Emma Goldman' and
Alexander Peikman, Attorney
General Palmer declared tonight
that the woman's claim to
American citizenship was "falla
cious" and that Peikman, by his
own admission was an anarchist.
The Goldman case is undei
consideration by immigration of
ficers at New York 'and the at
torney general's statement was
taken to mean that the govern
ment would soon attempt to
send her back to Russia, where
she was I torn.
Discussing Goldman's claims
to citizenship, Mr. Palmer said
she was 21 years old when her
father was naturalized, and that
In r age barred her from inherit
ing naturalization rights from
him. The fact that her husband
obtained his citizenship through
fraud Mr. Palmer added, can
celled any claim she might have
ivstab'i lied through that source.
The ramifications to which the
plots and plans of the group of
anarchists headed by Emma
Goldman hav e extended were re
viewed by the attorney general.
Dedai ing that lolh Mathew
Schmidt and David C.plan, whe,
are serv ing pii.-on sentences foi
complicity in the destruction ol
the Iis Angeles Times building,
weie members of the Goldman
clan, he showed abo that she
advocated violence! and had in
rittd rio'.s e.'.ily as 'X, when
she was vcntenced to serve one
year on PlackweH's island aftei
indictment on thee charges.
Mr. Palmer included in the state
ment a tran script of the confes
sion of Czolgosz, who shot Presi
dent Mi Kinley, in which lie told
of the infliienee Emma Goldmans
teachings had exercised on his
life. I uilher investigation by
government agents proved that
he had not only heard her speak,
but frequently had consulted
vv it'll her as to methods to Ik. em
ployed in effecting the destine
'.ion of the government.
The connection of Mh P.erk-
nian and" Emma Goldman w ith
the liol.ln vik movement also
was emphasized by Mr. Palmer.
The activities of the union of
Russian workers, said to In one
of the most dangerous organiza
tions in America, and against
which the government has di
lee ted a vigorous campaign, has
lioon traced directly to th
Goldman-Pcikman propaganda
headquarters, he said.
Radical Newspaper Again
Seized at Seattle, Wash.
Seattle, Nov. II. Federal of
(icers today again seized and
closed the office and plant of the
Seattle t'nion Record, a daily
new spapei .
Irish Flag Removed From
Car of Eaitionn Dcvalera
Portland. Ore.. Nov. 14. A
(lag of the Irish republic was re
moved from the automobile of
P.amonn DeValera, leader of the
Irish independence party, here
today, by request of a party of
former service men, headed by
Ensign A. T. Kurtz.
lfi. Lnd'.vi;:
. MIT-styled
V.. A. K. Marlnr,
ambassador of thn
. ian ! o-
id gavcijimccl to tlnj I'niU'd'
'.a e ,' ha i o l't'iv I to provid'.:
ran -port. dion from the I'liiied
States to Russia for all Ru '.sian
citizens who desire to leave
Aineiica, or whose presence in
the I'nited dates is und 's.irahle
o Ih" 'e!eral government.
Thi.; oiler was mad' in a let-
br wriit"ii by Mai tens to See-
ivlary of Slate Lansing and
lade prliiie heie tonight.
In hi.; I"tter Martens protest"
in t the "unwarranted and
1 ti: I treatment" to which many
lussi; a v i! ih in Hi'1 Ended
States are subjected by "federal
and stale officer.'; as well as by
eobs acting v ithout authority."
lie proposes that the soviet gov
ernment be permitted to return
these citizens to soviet Russia
and declares that he has received
thousand of applications from
such citizens w ho are anxious to
return to their homes.
M;u tens was arrested for con
tempt Saturday and released on
$1,000 bail after he had refused
to appear and bring certain doc
uments before the Lusk legisla
tive committee, investigating ra
dical activities in New York. He
based his refusal on the ground
that all communications passing
between himself and his govern
ment were . privileged. When
brought before the committee in
the custody of deputy sheriffs
Saturday afternoon, Martens
promised to appear Iteforc the
committee Monday and to bring
his papers with him.
Calling attention to press re
ports that it is proposed to de
port certain Russians under con
trol of the enemies of the soviet
government, Martens, in his let
ter to Secretary Lansing, pro
tests that such deportation
would mean certain death for
the persons deported and would
constitute "a flagiant breach of
all principles of international
law."
"It is ciiiito unnecessary." he
said, "for the government of the
I'nited States to take the trouble
of deporting citizens of the Rus-
ian socialist soviet republic.
They are only too anxious to
leave. I therefore, respectfully
suggest that the I'nited States
governmnit could easily Ik? re
lieved of the presence of unwel
come Russian citizens, if those
citizens of Russia whose lives
ire lieeommg unbearable in the
I'nited States were permitted to
leave. I desire to assure you
that tho government that I have
the honor to represent is ready
,d willing to provide means of
transportation from the I'nited
States to soviet Russia for every
Russian citizen in this country.
PRt SSI AN D1FT HAS
VERY F.ITTFR DFIJATE
P.erlin. Saturday, Nov. F.
(Pv Associated Press.) A bit
ter six-hour verbal duel was
waged in the Prussian diet today
bet ween government members
and representatives of the con
servatives at the same hour
when Dr. Karl Helferi ich, the
formei German vice chancellor,
was staging his reactionary re
bellion against the stiln'omniiitee
of the national assembly investi
gating war responsibilities.
Paul llircsh, the Prussian pre
mier, and Dr. K. W. W. Heine,
minister of the interior, led tho
attack for the government.
while Heir von Graefe, under
secretary of national warfare de
fended the conservatives and
Ernest Hilmann answered for
the majority socialists.
Hei r Hirsch scarged the roac
tionarie.. were using schooi
youths in their propaganda were
inciting mobs to anti-semctic
outbreaks And employing pre
sence of General von I l inden
burg to provoke chauvinistic
outbreaks. Ho warned tho con
servatives that their activities
might easily cause a counter
demonstration by the extreme
left.
Hei r Hirsch was equally se
vere in his denunciation of tho
irdependents and their 'com
munist appendage." lie declar
ed the Prussian government " j.s
united in its determination to
throttle any attempt to provoke
a political general strike.
Now- Yorl', Nov.
Spokane, Nov. 11. Members
of the American legion here
were being sworn in as special
policemen this evening to meet
what w ;rs declared to be an inva
sion of 1,000 to 2,000 members
of the Industrial Workers of the
.v'oi'ld, due to arrive here to
night from Montana and other
p '.i ts of the northwest.
Ariangements were being
made with officers at Fort
tli orge lu re for arms and am
munition for the American le
ion deputy sheriffs, who were
to be held in readiness for im
'iiediate action. Maj. Thomas G.
A. hton, commander of the third
battalion of the national guard,
announced he had telegraphed,
Adjutant General Moss recom
mending that the two local com
panies of guardsmen be mobiliz
ed. All I. W. W. suspects are to be
arrested, according to an agree
ment reached at a conference
here late today between Com
missioner Tilsley, of the depart
ment of public safety; Chief of
Police Weir, Sheriir Reid and
others officers, and representa
tives of the American legion.
After jails have been filled, pris
oners will be "held elsewhere un
der guard.
Eight Spokane Soldiers
Are Threatened by Mail.
Spokane, Nov. 14. Eight lo
cal members of the American le
gion were threatened with he
fate of former' soldiers killed nt
Centralia Tuesday in a letter re
ceived at local American legion
headquarters today through the
mail.
With 58 alleged memlcrs of
the Industrial Workers of the
World in the loc;d jail charged
with criminal syndicalism; po
lice officers today seized a quan
tity of radical literature said to
amount to i.ai ly u ton.
It included u new liooklet by
James Rowan, former national
secretary of the I. W. W. Tim
ber Workers' union, who is at
liberty on lond following his
conviction in Chicago I. W. W.
cases.
What the police Ix'lieve was
the beginning of n German so
viet was discovered, they de
clared, in the arrest of C. K.
Quasi. Quast is leing held for
further investigation.
Orders forbidding "workers'
meetings" called for Saturday
and Sunday evenings at TuT
hall were sent directors of the
German turnvcrein today hy
Commissioner J. II. Tilsley, of
the department of public safety,
who warned them criminal ac
tions would Ik; brought unless
meetings of I. W. W. and kin
dred organizations were barred
from the hall.
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT
OF COAL CONTROVERSY
Washington, Nov. 16. Nego
tiation of a new wage scale in
the soft coal industry stood in
much the same situation tonight
as when miners and operators
met at PulTalo in Soptemlier to
frame a contract to replace the
Washington wage agreement
This time, however, there was
no threat of a strike, and loth
sides were ready to resume their
conference tomorrow in the hope
of reaching a quick settlement.
Some of the operators protest
ed that union miners had faihnl
to return to work, as ordered by
Federal Judge Anderson at In
dianapolis, and in fnce of with
drawal of the strike order by of
ficers of tho United Mine Work
ers of America. It was intimat
ed that this would be brought up
at the joint conference.
John L. IiCwis, acting presi
dent of the miners organization
still holding the miners demands
just took issue today -with the
statement of Secretary Wilson
that n wage increase of CO per
cent would make them a favored
class of workers.
The demands submitted to the
operators yesterday reaffirmed
the six-hour day, but omitted re
ference to "from bank to bank,"
Iicwis Explained. The miners
are now asking a maximum of
six hours' working time in tho
mines Tho time required to go
down into the mines and to re
turn to the surface would add
an average of about half an hour
of the day, Lewis said.