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ESTABLISHED 1821. *"^ GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919. VOL. 98. NO. 87
THE PRESIDENT VETOES
PROHIBITION MEASURE
■i.iTH HOUSES PASS IT OVER
rKT0 BV A SUBSTANTIAL
VOTE.
JUDGE JAMES E. BOYD
ASKS TO BE RETIRED.
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Washington, Oct. 27.—President
Wilson unexpectedly vetoed the pro- |
hjbition enforcement bill to-day and
*ithiu three honrs the house had j
Tepasse<l it over his veto by a vote
0[ 176 to 55. The total vote was j
harelv more than a majority of the
■' entire membership.
Dry leaders in the senate immedi-ately
began laying plans to repass
[W bill there. They expect to ask '
unanimous consent for its considera-
,ion ic ruorrow. claiming enough!
rtle5 •.. put it through. They ex-pect
;. ict on it by Wednesday at
'resident refused to sign the
cause it included the enforce-seal
of war-time prohibition.
Tbe objects of war-time prohibi-tion,
the President said in his veto,
ltd been satisfied, and "sound pub-lic
policy makes clear the reason and
necessity for its repeal."
It would not be difficult, the Pres-ent
held, for Congress to deal sep-'
arately with the two issues. |
House is Surprised.
The veto hit Congress unexpected-'
The house, getting on its feet
wain, deserted its leaders, who |
wanted to defer consideration until
Thursday so as to round up all the
dry members. But the drys swept
into the chamber and showed there
MS overwhelming sentiment among
[hem to give the government ample
weapons for dealing with the liquor
in flic.
Nobody had really professed to
Snow the President would veto the '
bill. Republicans and Democrats |
alike and the countless multitude
mat had sorrowfully watched the
passing of ;h<> bars, thought it would
become a law withmout his signa-tare.
Attorney General Palmer, it was
iairt. had declared it constitutional.
However, the President propped
o ■ bed. dictated and signed a veto
amuse-end sirnt it to Congress
*i'."nout worrying, apparently what
Congress might do.
V.i Big Wet Spell.
With repassage of the law by the
Souse and the prospect of the same!
loin: happening in the senate, hope
rtthe big "wet" spell that would run
GOT the Christmas season vanished.
Prohibition leaders predicted re-
SMal of the house to accept the
President's veto meant that the sale
"' liquor would not be permitted
•Win in this and many other gene-ration^.
After serving almost two decades
as presiding officer of the United
States court for the western district
of North Carolina and following 40
years spent in public life. Judge
James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, has
decided to retire to less active life.
His request for an additional judge
under the Carlin law went forwrd
yesterday to President Wilson at
Washington.
His physical condition renders him
"unable to do all the necessary court
work in the district," Judge Boyd
advises the President, and suggests
that "the appointment of an addi-tional
judge be made- without de-lay."
It is regarded as certain that the
additional judgeship will go to Con-gressman
E. Yates Webb, of Shelby,
and that the appointment will be
made in the immediate future. Un-der
the provisions of the Carlin bill
the additional judge will perform
the major portion of the court dutiee.
Judge Boyd virtually retiring. The
Greensboro jurist will continue to
receive an annual salary of $7,500.
Judge Boyd's letter to President
Wilson follows:
"To the President:
"I feel that I should request the
appointment of an additional judge
in this district under the provisions
of the Carlin act.
"I am passed 70 years of age and
have been on the bench as United
States district judge in "this (the
western district of North Carolina)
ft* nearly 20 years. As long as I
was capable of perform in•-•. the duties
cf the office efficiently I did no*,
think it proper that an additional
iiidi-:- should be provided but now
that I am in a condition physically
which renders me unafc'.- to do a'l
the necessary court work in the dis-trict
and I. therefore, suggest that,
the appointment of an additional
judge be made without delay.
"I have the honor to be. with very-great
respect.
"Your obedient servant
"JAS. E. BOYD.
"United States District Judge."
FOURTEEN ARE KILLED
iWHEN STEAMER SINKS
HURRICANE LIFTS BOAT AND
HURLS IT CRASHING TO
PIECES ON PIERS.
JOHNSON AMENDMENT TO
THE TREATY IS BEATEN.
I'iisst'N the Senate
v< »hin:;ton, Oct. 28.—The senate |
P—V the prohibition enforcement1
i" ov ■:• the President's veto to-day j
'■ made immediately effective ina-1
ii'-ry for preventing sale of bev-j
•rages containing more than one-half i
o! on.' per cent alcohol.
The vino was 65 to 20. or ' eight j
a°r» than the necessary two-thirds'
■ajority, While there was a wran-!
'over taking up the measure in;
* of ihe peaCe treaty, which had i
-■'■ of way. there never was;
- to how the senate stood.
overwhelmingly "dry" like'
;i-" Which repassed the bill
hree hours after the Presi-1
■' vetoed it.
"'I'jlir
Mignr i i,resumption.
■' •<" available in the markets of
:;"d States for the year 1918
'' is estimated by the depart-
11 commerce at 9.855,000.000
'I he net amount retained
i[./"IIM""ption in the United States
IPO-7 •''"'' "ctins exports and re-ex-
L *" !"11 at 8.790.000.000 pounds
1 * '-Port. This gives an aver-capita
consumption of 82
la;« Per
iPouasj G, ia. m9> sa>:s the report' as
o: |9!.M "°«nds in the fiscal year
Hj,n »« »:t Injured by Ante
"stoo. Oct. 28.—William Tay-
0 has watched with interest
!" w-tangled" things which
run around in nowadays," is
'''''» injuries sustained
■ i'utomobile backed into him
."' '"I Blount streets here.
11 or is ft?, aluj resj,jeg in a
"'" l.eooir county. One
! '-'s hips and his dignity
""• The physical injury Is
* not serious.
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Washington. Oct. 27.—The John-son
amendment to the peace treaty,
designed to equalize American and
British voting strength in the
league of nations, was rejected in
the senate to-day by a vote of 38 to
40.
On the roll call, which came unex-pectedly
during a lull in the debate,
two Democrats joined the Republi-cans
supporting the amendment and
nine Republicans voted with the
Democrats against it. Of 18 sen-ators
absent or paired, four Repub-licans
and two Democrats were re-corded
as favoring it and 12 Demo-crats
as opposing it.
The senate then took up the Moses
amendment on the same subject, the
last survivor of 48 recommended by
the foreign relations committee.
Over the opposition of the adminis-tration
leaders, action on this
measure was postponed, the senate
adopting. 43 to 36. Republican
Leader Lodge's motion for a recess
until tomorrow.
When the senate met, the leaders
had not hoped for a vote before to-morrow,
but after a rambling debate
of an hour and a half, during which
nearly every current subject ex-cept
the league had been discussed,
it was decided not to wait on the
senators who Announced they would
speak on the amendment this week.
When Democratic Leader Hitchcock
asked that a time be set for a roll
call during the afternoon, Mr. Lodge
replied that he saw no reason why
the vote should not be taken at
once.
The suddenness with which the
roll roll began apparently took the
administration forces by surprise
and although they had counted on a
majority of six or eight, so many
senators were absent that a sigh of
relief went up from the Democratic
side when the result was announc-ed.
It was by far the narrowest
margin by which any of the commit-tee
amendments had been beaten.
Muskegon. Mich., Oct. 28.—With
14 known dead and six more miss-ing,
only time can bring an accurate
count of the toll of the great seas
which early this morning bodily
lifted the Crosby passenger steamer
Muskegon, formerly the City of Hol-land,
and smashed her to pieces on
the piers at the entrance to Muske-gon
harbor. The list of dead is add-ed
to almost hourly.
The steamer, a wide-wHeeler,
bound from Milwaukee, after out-riding
a night of gale, made for the
harbor in the early morning dark-ness
but it is said by Captain Edwin
Miller to have struck the bar at the
entrance. The wheel paddles jam-med
in the sand, checking headway,
and the great combers threw the
ship about and hurled her on the
pier. There she hung, momentarily,
pounding into wreckage, and then
slipped off into the deep channel, go-ing
down in 50 feet of/water. The
vessel lies a storm-torn tangle of
steel and splintered wood, effectual-ly
blocking the harbor entrance.
Fifty of the 72 passengers and
crew, guided to safety by a single
flashlight in the hands of a coast
guard, were tonight known to have
I been saved from the vessel. It was
• feared several were caught between
decks. Survivors, most of whom es-caped
only in their night clothing,
were being cared for by the Red
Cross, while in the city morgues lie
the bodies of the recovered.
Graphic stories of terror, suffering
and heroism were told by survivors
and the bravery of Captain Edwin
Miller and his officers and crew, who
remained at their posts to the last
was recounted. Captain Miller, sens-ing
disaster as the vessel was driven
toward the pier, ordered all to leap
for their lives and the time-hallow-ed
sea rule, "women first" was fol-lowed.
Only four women, one of
whom was employed on the boat,
were tonight known to have been
lost.
The women, fearing to venture
over the rail, were bravely led by
Mrs. Fred L. Beerman, who leaped
from the ship. Others jumped or
were handed down ropes by men
passengers and crew.
Captain Miller, hard stricken by
the disaster, and loss of ljves. de-clared
the undertow swung his ship
after she struck the ear. "I told the
cabin boys to waken the passengers
and crew and ordered all over the
rail." he said. "Those who moved
quickly were saved. The ones who
held back lost their lives."
To R. J. Kahnborsky, a coast
guard, many of those saved owe their
lives, according to survivors. Ap-proaching
as closely as possible to
the suspended steamer, Kahnborsky,
while others of the coast guard
struggled to free men and women
from the tangle of wreckage, held a
flashlight, directing the way to safe-ty.
WILL THE COAL MINERS
QUIT WORK SATDRDAY ?
GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO
MEET EMERGENCY WITH
TROOPS IP NECESSARY.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 29.—That
"a strike of bituminous miners can-not
be avoided." was the outstanding
conclusion of a statement issued late
to-day by the conference of United
Mine Workers' officials. Blame for
the situation was laid at the feet of
the operators because "they had re-fused
to negotiate a wage agreement,
notwithstanding the fact the mine
workers' representatives had urged
and beseeched them to do so."
The miners, the statement claims,
will be exercising constitutional
rights in striking, ifhe statement
also set forth that the union officials
gave profound consideration to the
statement of President Wilson as it
appeared in the newspapers and
added that no communication on that
subject had been received from tfie
federal administration.
MINERS GET 98 TO $12 A
DAY, SAYS BREWSTER.
Will Meet Strike Situation.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The gov-ernment
moved swiftly tonight ~to
meet the nationwide coal strike or-der
for Saturday.
Refusal of the miners' organiza-tion
at Indianapolis to withdraw the
order calling out hiir a million men.
brought instant announcement, that
drastic action would be taken to
keep the mines in operation.
As to those miners who go on
strike and thereby curtail produc-tion,
the food and fuel control law,
with its recently added criminal
penalties of fine and imprisonment,
will be enforced without regard to
persons.
Every resource of the government
in the words of Attorney General
Palmer, will be used to prevent the
"national disaster" certain to follow
the stoppage, of work.
Adequate police protection, with
troops as a last resort if necessary,
will be given those men desiring to
remain at work. Reports from gov-ernment
agents show that a big
part of the miners ordered to quit
work want to stay on the job.
SEAPLANE SERVICE FROM
NEW YORK TO HAVANA.
New York. Oct. 28.—The inaugu-ration
of an aerial freight service be-tween
New York and Cuba took place
to-day when a seaplane, carrying
$100,000 worth of fountain pens,
left Bath Beach. Brooklyn/ for Ha-vana.
Stops will be made en route
at Atlantic City. Norfolk, Wilming-ton.
Charleston. Savannah, Jackson-ville.
Miami and Key West.
At each of these cities ar gold
fountain pen will "ae presented to
the mayor and a silver one to the
president of the local Rotary Club.
The seaplane was piloted by James
Farnham and Robert Hewitt, former
military aviators, and carried three
passengers.
Tfie publisher of the Universal,
of Mexico City, informs us that
nearly all advertising sent into Mex-ico
from this country is for patent
medicine. Now we understand what
is the matter with Mexico.—Toledo
News-Bee.
i St. Louis. Oct, 27.—Thomas F
Brewster. chairman of the mine op-erators'
scale committee, in a state- •
ment tonight declared the operators '
would do anything "within reason";
to avert the threatened strike of'
coal miners Saturday, and declared
the statemnt of John L. Lewis, act-:
ing president of the United Mine
Workers of America, that the min-ers
averaged only $75 a month dur- ]
ing the last year was misleading. |
I No attempt will be made by the '
owners to ^operate the mines if the
strike materializes, he said.
Mr. Brewster's statement follows:
"Mr. Lewis' statements as to the
earning powers of the miners and
the present wage scale are mislead-j
ing and made with intent to mislead
the public. The present scale is the
highest ever received by the miners'
union, and the demand for coal dur- j
ing the ensuing six months will give
■ the men the highest earning power
they have ever had.
"The operators believe that the
present wage scale is fully compen-satory,
affording to the miners of
the central competitive coal field
from SS to $12 a day. counled with
which we have for day labor naid a
' minimum scale of $5 a day."
Will Get 1,000,000 Pounds Sugar.
Winston-Salem. Oct. 29.—The Gil-mer
Bros. Company, which owns a
chain of stores in North Carolina and j
Virginia, has been advised that it j
will secure more than 1.000,000 .
pounds of white sugar, purchased .
through an agency in Cuba. Permis- j
sion has been secured from the gov-'
ernment for the shipment, which is j
expected to be made within the next ■
few days. It will be distributed |
through a local wholesale firm to the j
various stores owned and conducted
by the Gilmer Bros. Company. If it;
is found necessary to rush the ship-ment,
John L. Gilmer. president of
the company, will make a* personal
visit to Cuba. I
YOUNG ARMY ON GUARD
AT KNOXVILLE STRIKE.
Knoxville, Oct. 28.^Whether
Knoxville is to have a general strike
of all labor unions in connection
with the striking street car employ-es
will not be known until Friday
night. Voting of individual unions
procedeed to-day as ordered by the
central labor union last night, and
at a mass meeting tonight this ac-tion
was indorsed formally and all
locals were directed to complete
their vote by Friday night.
No time has been set for the sym-pathetic
strike should one be called,
but it is understood that if sufficient
unions favor the wa:sout it will be
called to start Saturday. There are
nearly 8,000 union workers in file
city. The resolution calling for the
vote on the sympathetic strike de-clared
that it shall continue "until
the troops are withdrawn."
Eight hundred national guardsmen
who have been held in the armory
here 48 hours awaiting possible duty,
were augmented this afternoon by
the arrival of 600 regulars from
Camp Gordon, Ga. These troops are
two companies of the 11th infantry
and one company of the 13th ma-chine
gun battalion. The regular
army troops are in command of Col.
Preck, of the 11th infantry. Maj.
Gen. E. M. Lewis, commanding
Camp Gordon, accompanied the reg-ulars
and the state military forces
were placed at his disposal by Ad-jutant
General Sweeney. General
Lewis will be in command if any
troops are placed on duty here. The
regulars went into camp on the
court house lawn in the heart of the
eltyi
An effort will be made by Gover-nor
Roberts tomorrow to bring the
officials of the Knoxville Railway
and Light Company, and officials of
the carmen's union into conference
looking toward a settlement of the
strike which has continued since
October 17 and left Knoxville wlth-bnt
street car service for eight -days.
Street car service with non-union
crews continued during the daylight
hours to-day without any serious
disturbances being reported. No ef-fort
will be made to move cars at
night in the near future.
A state guardsman to-day caused
the arrest of a man whom he
charged told him it would be advis-able
for him to leave the city with-in
24 hours.
Governor Roberts to-day address-ed
largely attended meetings of the
East Tennessee Law and Orde:
League at which local leagues werf
formed tor 32 counties of this sec-tion
of the state. The governor
pledged himself to maintain law an<!
order with all the resources of the
state. The most serious question
considered! was the threatened strike
of coal miners, of whom there are
several thousand in this immediate
vicinity. It is understood that troops
will be held here indefinitely not
only to watch the local situation,
but to be ready for use if necessary
should disorder in the mine districts
develop.
At the labor mass meeting to-night.
John P. O'Connor, president
of the Tennessee Federation of La-bor,
charged that the refusal of the
local street railway company to meet
with the striking employes is part of
a general plot on the part of capital
"to break the backbone of trades
unionism" and that organized labor
must fight to the last ditch to pre-serve
its existence.
"MAY BE WON EVEN
THOUGH IT IS LOST."
K. K. K. Monumrnr Proposed.
Fort Worth .Tex.. Oct. 27.—Head-ed
by the Robert £. Lee camp,
whose membership includes Gen. K.
M. Van Zandt. commander-in-chiet ■
of the United Confederate Veterans. |
a movement has been launched by
local veterans for the erection of a
monument to the Ku Klux Klan.
which flourished in the South in re-construction
days.
NATIONAL FARMERS IN
ARRAY AGAINST "REDS"
THE ONLY WAY TO HANDLE
THEM IS TO "SHOOT 'EM OR
SHIP 'EM."
Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 28.—Activ-ities
of political ag?:ators and labor
leaders of the "unscrupulous" sort
were denounced as a menace to the
political and economic security of
the nation by speakers at the open-ing
session here to-day of the 39th
annual meeting of the farmers' na-tional
congress.
The need of an effective assertion'
of "100 per cent" Americanism by
the farmers of the country in com-batting
the attempt of radical ele-ments
to undermine the political in-stitutions
of the country was im-pressed
upon more than 1,500 farm-er
delegates, representing all sec-tions
of the country, who attended
the opening session of the congress.
Responding to the sentiment of its
speakers, the congress, by unani-mous
resolution, pledged its "stead-fast"
support of the government in
the strict enforcement of law and
order in combatting "certain radical
elements that would vitiate the fun-damental
principles of our govern-ment
and tear down its institutions."
To prevent the spread of anarchistic
and radical theories, the resolution
asserted, "the conservatism of the
American farmer must be eternally
on guard."
Welcoming the delegates on behalf
of the state of Maryland, Governor
Harrington declared the farmer mnst
accept his full responsibility in di-recting
the course of the nation and
"make himself heard in all councils
which seek a settlement of industrial
conflicts." In a plea for "unadulter-ated
Americanism" among all class-es,
the governor decrared "both cap-ital
and labor must be taught that
they cannot jeopardize the sover-eignty
of the nation." Anarchists
arid other agitators who have "as-sumed
our citizenship without sym-pathy
for our form or government"
must be put down, he asserted and
"the farmer must take an emphatic
hand in meeting the emergency."
J. H. Kimble. president of the con-gress,
told the, delegates that the
farmer must "exert a greater influ-ence
if we are to win the battles of
peace." His strength, both political-ly
and economically, the speaker
said, lies in more thorough organi-zation
and co-operation.
Declaring that the only way to
treat "preachers of anarchy" and the
"irresponsible" among labor leaders,
was to "shoot 'em or ship 'em," A.
P. Sandles. of Sandusky, Ohio, elici-tated
vociferous cheers from the as-sembly.
CHARLOTTE'S ENTIRE POLICE
FORCE is ON TRIAL.
After all. a statesman has a oar*
lot. It is easy enough to pick the
right side, but so very difficult to
pick the side that will hold the !
most votes.—Toledo News-Bee.
Chicago. Oct. 28.—Following a
statement to the effect that the steel
workers had lost the strike, made to
military leaders in Gary by L. E. Tit-us,
a member of the steel workers'
council here, John Fltzpatrick, chair-man
of the national committee di-recting
the strike, said:
"The strike is won. no matter
what the outcome may be."
"There is no use pretending."
Titus had said to Col. W. S. Mapes.
commanding the regular troops.
"The men are going back to work.
The strike is lost and the army is
responsible."
In explaining his statement. Mr.
Fitzpatrick said:
"The strike may be won even
though it is lost. This struggle is
only laying the ground work for fu- \
ture battles." j
Charlotte. Oct. 29.—The state had
not concluded the introduction ot
witnesses when adjournment for the
day was called at 7 o'clock this even-ing
of the preliminary hearing of
Chief Walter B. Orr and 30 mem-bers
of the Charlotte police depart-ment
on charges of murder, growing
out of the shooting at the street car
barns here on the night of last Aug-ust
25. during the"str~Ke of the car-men,
when five persons were killed
and a dozen wounded. The hearing
was convened this morning at 10
o'clock.
The defense scored the chief point
of to-day's session when just before-the
adjournment a woman witness
for the state testified that the crowd
at the car barns said that the only
way trouble there mat night could
be averted would be for the strike-breakers,
who were in the car
barns, to be taken from the city. She
testified that she telephoned Mayor
Frank McNlnch to come to the sceas-and
take the strikebreakers away so
that trouble might be averted.
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The laborer feels worthy of his
higher.-T-Boston Herald.
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Mate to Gee Road Machinery.
Washington, Oct. 28.—It begins to
look as if the state would get a lot of
the war department road building-machinery
after all. Representatives
of the various highway associations
of the country thir.r: that under the
laws the original plan to donate to
the state motor machines suitable for
construction work can be carried
out.
This would mean a great deal to
North Carolina road builders. The
j secretary of war and the attorney
general may get together on the
| proposition.