The Greensboro patriot [November 17, 1919]

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. jvernment at confiscation
Oi and oil wells, with an an-nount
. view to their nationaliza-tion,
are being closely examined in
comparison with Germany's need for
those products.
Washington, Nov. 13.—Large or-
. re for arms and ammunition.
„laced by Mexico in Belgium and
Lain, in preparation for the possi-biMty"
of American intervention,
?,me to light to-day when the state
department let it become known
hat th* government had taken steps
[0 prevent their shipment.
The charge d'affaires of the United
States embassy in Brussels has pro-fited,
under instructions, that ship-ment
m the munitions would be in
viola i "i of the international arms
wnvr ion. As Spain is not party
w ii: agreement which was design-
,<(•,. iid in keeping the peace of the
OTri.| during the after-the-war
-iii-ition period, no such direct ac-ijon
is probable at Madrid.
The order in Belgium was placed
ritb the Fabrique Nationale Arms
K Liege, probably under the direc-tion
of Candido Aguilar. Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, and
President Carranza's son-in-law,
who went to Europe recently after
-topping here and placing a wreath
on George Washington's tomb
Mount Vernon.
Spanish Order.* Extensive.
PALMER INSISTS THAT
PROHIBITION LAW IS VAL1
AMERICAN LEGION MEN
ARMING FOR INVASION
EIGHT SPOKANE SOLDIERS ARE
THREATENED WITH DEATH
BY I. W. W. "REDS."
WILSON PRESENTS THREE
PLANS FOR SETTLEMENT
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Spokane, Nov. 14.—Members of
Washington, Nov. 13.—Attorney tne American legion here were be-
General Palmer's position with re-!ine 8Worn in as sPecial Piemen
spect to enforcement of war.tlnie this evening to meet what was de-clared
to be an invasion of 1,000 to
2,000 members of the Industrial
prohibition has in no way been al-tered
by court decision in Rhode Is-land
and Kentucky, it was officially .Workers of the World, due to arrive
stated tonight at the department of nere toni6ht from Montana and
justice. I
The government's contention that |
the war-time law is valid, it was
added, will be vigorously defended ,
until final decision has been handed ,
down by the United States Supreme .
court.
While enforcement of the law is
other parts of the northwest.
Arrangements were being made
with officers at Fort George Wright
here for arms and ammunition for
the American legion deputy sheriffs
who were to be held in readiness for
immediate action. MaJ. Thomas G.
MINERS
FAR
AND OPERATORS YET
APART ON ISSUES
INVOLVED.
Ashton. commander of the third bat-at
States district attorneys, acting on
prior instructions, will proceed with
prosecutions of violators in other
communities, officials declared. i
Department officials differed us to
the results of the injunctions. Some
held that, during the life of the re-straining
order, there was nothing to
prevent open sale of all intoxicants
covered by the order. Others did not
agree with this belief. ■
With regard to the effect on the
constitutional amendment by the
Ohio referendum overturning the
The orders in Spain, which includ- ! legislature's action the attorney gen-ed
rifles, millions of rounds of am- jeral's view was said to be that ae-munition
and a large number of ma-jtion by the Ohio electorate would
chine guns, were negotiated through . not change the date on which the
she Mexican minister there, Eleseo .prohibition amendment to the con-
Yrredondo. former ambassador tojstitution goes into effect. Until the
the rutted States and President j number of states ratifying the
fnrnuiza's nephew. amendment falls below 36. the de-
The rutted States has been deny- j partment will not concern itself with
iitg shipments of arms and ammuni- jthe changes in theh identity, accord-tion
into Mexico for many months; ing to the opinion expressed by she
for the reason that they generally j officials of Mr. Palmer's stuff.
tell into the hands of bandits and i Reports of a new attack to be
uften were used against Americans.! made by anti-prohibitionists in an ef-
Sooa after the end of the war. the ' fort to stave off constitutional pro-
A.'cxican government asked for the hibition. have reached the depart-
:• lease of munitions bought in this ! ment of justice from several sources.
•ountry in 1917. but It Was refused. |This assault is expected to be based
Such information as has now come'on the reversal in onio's stand, it
into the hands of the government was said. Officials, /howeter, said
-Hows that Mexico a:reaey was turn-,they felt snre of their ground. None
ins to European manufacturers for . believed that more than a reissuance
her supply and has since placed of the proclamation of ratification
enormous orders. j could be forced while a majority
It appears from the government's held firmly to the suggestion that
information, that while the peace so long as 36 states remained in
talion of the national guard, an-
.nounced he had tele rraphed. Ad-jutant
General Moss recommending
that the two local companies of
guardsmen be mobilized.
All I. W. W. suspects are to be ar-
Washington. Nov. 14.—Demands
of coal miners for a a 0-hour week
and a 60 per cent increase in wages,
and an unyielding position by the
operators, alike wt,re declared "im-possible"
by Secretary Wilson in
opening to-day the conference call-ed
to bring peace to the bituminous
fields of the nation. To obtain this
peace the secretary proposed three
plans of procedure.
Declaring that t*e Washington
wage agreement still is legally in
conference in absolute silence, was
delivered slowly and apparently
with deep feeling and conviction.
The only applause of the session
greeted Mr. Lewis when he entered
the hall about 15 minutes late.
UNDERTAKERS REFUSE TO
BURY BODY OF "RED."
Centralia. Wash., Nov. 14.—Po-lice
and former soldiers to-day con-tinued
to seek alleged members of
the Industrial Workers of the World
who were involved in the fatal
shooting Tuesday of four former
soldiers during an armistice day pa?
rade.
Britt Smith, an alleged member
of the organization, it was announc-ed,
identified four of the men held
C. H.
DIRECTOR FOR THIS STATE
WILL MANAGE THE STATE CAM-PAIGN
FOR WORLD ENFORCE-MENT
OF PROHIBITION.
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Raleigh. Nov. 15.—North Caro-line
took a start in world prohibi-tion
enforcemen to-day when Editor
Charles H. Mebane, of the Greens-boro
Patriot, was made state direc-tor
of the North Carolina campaign
and Senator W. B. Cooper, of Wil-mington,
treasurer. Greensboro will
be state headquarters.
The organization in this country
is to raise $25,000,000 for enforce-ment.
North Carolina is the first of
the southern states to organize an*
tI
. in jail here as men who were in the ...
force. Mr. Wilson told the operator, jradlca,., headquarters when the pa- \tHHH^T "!.nd.W_™"?!'. !*
rade passed. The shooting was fol-lowed
by the lynching of Ernest
Everetts, whose body was in the Jail
to-day as no undertaker would bury
and miners that the people of the I
United States were not "shylocks"
and do not want to exact "the tech-nical
provisions of a bond when the
conditions under which the bond I.it.
Mebane. is to have a meeting of the-men
connected with the state and
national campaign.
It is Mr. Mebane's purpose to di-
Everetts at first was wrongly vide tne 8tate int0 14 districts and
was made have changed." He a<la-! identified as "Brick" Smith to cond»ict his campaign similar to
ed that "if any great change is made Tne four former service men will the Red Cross methods. The pur-in
the contracts the people of the be bur,ed tomorrow at a public fu. Pose is to get into the field and have
rested, according ro an agreement United States are the ones who will | nera, wnich win be attended by a thorou5b organization when Jan-reached
at a conference here late to-1 have to pay," and throughout his tnejr former comrades in arms. |"ary 16 the nation becomes dry bV
day between Commissioner Tilsley. ] remarks emphasized the public in- Members of the American legion const>tutional enactment. Congress
of the department of public safety; terest in the coal settlement. have been guarding the jail since ;havlng ratifled the dry amendment
Chief of Police Weir. Sheriff Reid I The three proposals expected to:
tne snootjng. |and made it effective over the veto
and other officers, and representa-; aid the two factions in arranging i Eariy to-day George Paxton. a !of the President,
tives of the American legion. Af- \ the new wage agreement were set former soldier, was fired upon as he I II iB a special purpose of the or-ter
jails have been filled, prisoners forth by the labor secretary as fo!-|was patroiiing tne road betwecn ganization to carry the light to all
will be held elsewhere under guard, lows: I Centralia and Chehalis to which jcountries wnere the banished liqnor
Three Plans Offered. !town four „f the prisoners had been traffic takes up a new abode. Here
Eight Spokane Soldiers Threatened. First, negotiation through joiut removed The person who fired the tne enforcement league will lay
Spokane. Nov. 14.—Eight local,wage scale committees representing snot has not been apprehended. down tracts and books and keep the
members of the American legion all districts: second, negotiation j prosecuting Attorney Herman Al- peopIe informed- In North Carolina
wore threatened with the fate of for- through concurrent sessions of com-\en nag been jnstrUcted by the fed-j'or instance, it will make war on
mer soldiers killed at Centralia mittees from the various district!. !era, distrjct attorney of western !pu0,lc officials who ponder to liqnor
Tuesday in a letter received at local and. third, negotiation, first, of an | Washington to place murder charges jsentiment 8nch things as have been
American legion headquarters to-day agreement in the central competi- jagainst an prisoners against whom
through the mail. jtive fields and then of agreements | A,,en hag pvldnnce. Conspiracy
The letter, purported to be signed for other fields with that of the cen- . charges wilI be gM ,.lgainst the
by an official of the I. W. W.. was tral district as a basis. ! others, it was announced.
typewritten and the letterhead was; After hearing Secretary Wilson j Smith in hta ilUeRd confession
torn off. It was mailed here yester- the conference adjourned until 10|to-day said all of the men in the In-day,
[o'clock tomorrow to permit the min-1dU8trla, Workerg headquarters on
With 58 alleged members of the ers .and-Operators to discuss sepa-1 armiat(ce dav were armed and he is
Industrial Workers of the World in rately the plan which would be id fc have declared he -guessed"
the local jail charged with criminal most acceptable to each. |they fired shots at the parade,
syndicalism, police officers to-dav j Indication of a conflict on the^g,,,^ said Qe di(j no[ sboot
seized a quantity of radical litera-' scope of the agreement to be nego-ture
said to amount to nearly a ton. tiated involving the question of rec-
It included a new booklet bv ognition of non-union workers de-
James Rowan, former national sec- veloped at the outset of the conter-retary
of the I. W. W. Timber Work- ence and became more apparent in
ers' Union, who is at liberty on bond the two group meetings which fol-following
his conviction in Chicago lowed.
I. W. W. cases. ' Discussion in the miners' caucus
What the police believe was the which followed the conference ses-taking
place in Catawba. Never was
the liquor temptation so great, never
have profits been half so big. Ten
gallons of monkey rum will sell for
$400 and no questions asked.
North Carolina's part is $700,000,
32 cents per capita. Every state in
the union will take part in this con-test
and carry the fight to the utter-most
part of the world.
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Harvey Holleman, one of the pro-
ROUNDING UP THE "REDS" motera of the world prohibition
BY INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN: movement, associated with State- Di-i
rector Mebane, of Greensboro, ar-
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 14.—Federal rived last night. With Mr. Mebane-officers
to-day raided the office of. he ia planning to open state head
the Seattle Union Record, seized quarters in this city in the Immedi-the
entire plant and arrested sev- ate future,
eral employees, E. B. Ault, the edi-tor,
among them.
United States District Attorney
conference was in session in Paris the dry column the government need beginning of a German goviet was sion hinged on the question of
•md General Mondragon, a promi- | take no heed of the names of the digcovered tney deciard. in the ar- whether operators representing both
Bent Mexican, was there advising states. ! fest of c K QUagt QUast is being union and non-union'fields would be
his government of its probable1 'held for further investigation. [included in the conference, and theJRobert -C. Saunders said the office
course toward Mexican affairs and CARTER GLASS NAMED Orders forbidding "workers' meet-1 effect any agreement reached by the
particularly the attitude of • the j AS VIRGINIA SENATOR. ^ga„ called ror Saturday and Snn- conference might have in those
' uitert States, the Spanish munitions ' day evenjngg at Turner hall were fields where the miners do not have
sent directors of the German £11 rn- contracts with the operators. Al-verein
to-day by Commissioner J. H. though officers of the United Mine
Tilsley. of the department of public Workers refused to make any state-safety,
who warned them criminal ment following their meeting, it was
actions would be brought unless learned that the plan for a nation-makers.
with whom large orders al- | Richmond. Va.. Nov. 15—Appoint-nmdy
had been placed, were being ment of Secretary Glass to the
urged to speed up the delivery of
JUDGE ORDERS COW
DIVIDEND AMONG LITIGANTS.
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Kinston. Nov. 14.—-Solomon's
powder and cartridges and particu-larly
of the machine guns, which
"■■■re reported to he of a new type
dmrribed as perfect and unirapror-
I.nok to South America.
General Mondragon. it appears, re-ported
from his conferences in Paris
that Mexico need not fear interven-tion
by the United States, but Infor-mation
received at the same time
^disclosed" that the orders for muni-
"ons steadily were going 'forward.
Tim information in the government's
hands also discloses that the Mexi-can
officials managing the affair
»•*!••■ attempting to estimate the at-
Utude of Peru, Chile, Argentina and
"'''•-I- South American countries if
">e I'n ited States should decide on
"1'ervention.
The orders and shipments of mu-i't:
«.iis are the subjects commanding
Mention at present and it is known
United States senate to succeed the
late Thomas S. Martin, and the ac-was
raided on instructions from
Washington, D. C.
The Record, editorially, yesterday jee-urse in the famous baby case waa
said the rioting at Centralia was pursued by Magistrate Ken F. FOB-
"the result" of a long series of ille- f «ue at the city hall here .in decid-gal"
acts by the dead former sol-jln* "Shade Herring vs. Samuel Car-diers
themselves. lisle." involving ownership of a cow.
Federal officials also seized the! The evidence was interesting. It
•JV»
ceptance of Mr. Glass, were announc-ed
tonicht by LeRoy Hodges, aide ^^"^Tv^W.'nnd WttldfWl or-' wide "conference^ was" favored."'but! P'ant of the Equity Printing Com- j developed that a late Mrs Herring
to Governor Davis". pany and arrested Walker C. Smith. I™ S'»«n or loaned a calf *>* her
Senator Martin had just been re-elected
and his term does not expire
until 1925. The election of senators
by popular vote, however, leaves the
governor full power to fill the va-cancy
until the electorate can do so.
Mr. Glass lives in Lynchburg. in
the western part of t:ie state; not far
from Mr--Martin's home in Char-lotteWrlle.
He was a member of
Congress before taking the treasury
portfolio, ami as chairman of the
house banking committee took, a
leading part in framing and passing
the federal reserve law. His busi-ness
is that of a newspaper publish-er.
ganizations were barred from the before any proposal is agreed to
hall. j Secretary Wilson will be asked to
[make clear to the conference that
editor of the International Weekly.,*™ and daughter-in-law. Shade Her-which
is printed at the Equity shop, i rine and wiIe- « was- the testi-
Pdliemnn Beaten by N>K«H-S. I the rights of organized labor are to Smith was charged with violating jW "bowed, a miserable little in-
New Bern. Nov. 13.—Richlands, be protected in those districts where jthe espionage ace. Iln ' IV "" " L,t" ,:s ' rrl-
Onslow county, had a near-riot Wed- the mining unions are not recog-nesday
night, according to word nixed by the coal companies.
Gets 30 Yenrt* For Mnvder.
Wilmington. Nov. 14.—A jury In
'taslatea'rjuiyt7srswere"bei'ng Superior court for New Hanover
"Wde in Mexico and the munitions eo^ tn,B ******** 4
a\ ?£!
•ere reported as giving perfect re- o'clock returned a verdict of guilt>
reaching here last night. The chief
of police of the village had gone to
the outskirts of the town to- arrest
two negroes who were drunk and
disorderly. He succeeded in placing
the men under arrest, but while en
route to the lock-up they overpow-ered
him, taking his pistol away
from him and beating him into un-consciousness.
The negroes escap-ed
and when the enraged citizens
began to comb the negro section of
Operators Not Agreeable.
The operators, however, did not
look with favor on an agreement
covering all fields. The Washing-ton
wage agreement, for the first
Governor L. F. Hart, of Washing- wa» told by a neighbor, who was an
ton. announced he would start a expert on such things, that she
state-wide campaign to wipe out In- could rear it only by careful treat-dustrial
Workers of the World, bol- "tent. Mrs. Herring made a b.g
sheviki and other radicals and call- success of the undertaking, and the
ed upon all state officials to co-op- ™lf became a beauty to grace any
erate in the work with federal and meadow. Carlisle. Mrs. Herring's
county officials. The governor re- son-in-law. and Ma wife lived with
time, the operators asserted, fixed ^ megsages a8king him to coll. Mrs. Herring. Mrs. Carlisle died and
the same date for the expiration of
contracts between miners and opera-tors
in all parts of the country.
Fear of the power this arrangement
gives the workers to bring about a
nation-wide strike was expressed by
vene the legislature to pass string-ent
anti-Industrial Workers of the
World laws.
the town for them they were threat- ,he operators. who indicated a desire |
Talking Come* High.
sults. and the Spanish manufactur- of second degree murder in the case
ned by the population. With the
aid of armed home guards quiet was aU wage gca,e contract8 oll
restored at -a. late hour. The negroes j
have not been apprehended.
the elder Mrs. Herring died. Car-lisle
was left with hi= children and
the cow. now four years old and
herself the mother of two likely b»-
vines. With things at this paan
Shade Herring and wife claimed the
cow. asserting they tad only loaned
to return to the old plan of basing
the
■" wore, urged to ffi orders to the of Thomas Mitchell. V»«ro. charged
"»« of their capacity. At one time. "»* shooting- and killing Henry
it
Washington, Nov. 14.—War time
operation of the telephone and tele- » to the late Mrs. Herring. Magis-graph
systems of the country cost trate Foscue beard the evidence
agreement reached in the central ~ federal government $14,418,237, through. Then he turned to the-competitive
fields. .'according to a report oi Postmaster 'our lawyers waiting to speak. "Gen-
Owners of mines outside oi ~lhe General Burleson transmitted to tlemen," he said, "you may argue,
central competitive fields conferred ; congress to-day by President Wil- this, bnt it will make no difference
Charlotte, Nov. 15.—Johnson D.j before the opening of the conterente son Tnig sum represents the differ- "O •» •« I »"» concerned." He «r-
John D. McCalt, Chosen.
ence between the net earnings of tho «>red the cow to be "divided, all
companies taken over and the com- Interested to take their eharea."
te 7,1 .. feX1C*n B°Te,!Bme., minrton October IS. Immediately McCall. a member or the Charlotte and opposition was expressed to par-
-ttempting to make "• iU^j "£ftta ,7^8 verdict had been ren- bar and a leader in the Democratic! tlelBatk)n in the negotiations.
. . - ,„„lMn '.nrnJOi dered Judge Oliver H. Allen impos- ranks in this section for years wasj 0w,ng tfce „Mlhood. ot pro- pensation guaranteed by the postof-bpa.
n by prosecuting inquir- «^ £££* of U years in the chosen as Mecklenburg's candidate ^discuMlon of the W€Ufe ot tB<s! flce departm<snt. I
in the congressional primary fight|conference ^^^ eTen the demands!
against Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby, tar j o( ,he miners are brought jnt0 ,s.l |
ws through the-Spanish war oBce.
Watching German Mission.
,n that connection, recent Mexican
K'ities in Spain are receiving at-and
considerable matter
l"ntic
chs
Ua
Pr.
*raeteriZed as Mexican propagan-state
prison.
The Same Old Story.
Spencer. Nov. 14.—By pouring oil
on live coals to kindle a fire. A. J.
being observed in the Spanish j Mowery. ot East Spencer, on Monday
The important part taken by
the precinct committeemen of this i
county this afternoon.
Wants Popular Vote Amendment.
Washington, Nov. 14.—A resolu-
"cans in the Spanish celebration
"■•■ discovery Of American last
"'"""i also has been reported.
Meanwhile, the activities of a'.stone. By quick work the home was
lv h" ■"' ",isslon in Mexico are b"'«R observed. Attempts by the ' severe but not fatal burns.
tion proposing an amendment to the ed tonight that Secretary
sue. many on both sides of the con-1
troversy predicted to-day that the J
Greeaflboto-Wlnstoa Highway.
Winston-Salem. Nov. 14.—Chair-Miners
to Return to Work. man E. T. Mickey, of the Forsyth
Cheyenne, Wyd., Nov. 14—Several highway commission, announced te-sustained
severe burns about his
hands and legs and set fire to his
home when the oil can/exploded- He constitution requiring ratification of address would have a po
did not know-there was flre'iii the constitutional- amendment., by pojr
sessions might continue for several thousand coal miners in Wyoming day that a meeting of all interested;. ..-
weeks. I are to return to work at once follow- parties would be called at an early
Both miners and operators n*sert- ing a satisfactory settlement of the date to discuss and act upon the
Wilson's controversy between union leaders proposition of constructing a hard
ular vote was introduced to-day by
«lose- 'saved *nd Mr. Mowery escaped-with Senator Frelinghuysen.
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Republics
I New Jersey.
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werful ef- and the operators here late to-day. surface system of inter-ebnnty Mjrn
feet a bringing closer together the j The terms of settlement provide ways, the most important one to he
extremes of both sides. The secre-' the men are to re-.trn to work, on considered at thin conference being
tary"s address, which was heard by,the wage scale adopted later for use the road between Winslan-Sate^n
approximately 250 members of the in the central competitive field. and, J* ^-| ( and,, Greensboro.
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