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[HE PEACE TREATYJIS
SUDDENLY_LAID ASIDE,
T|iK LODGE RATIFICATION RES-OLUTION
IS REJECTED BY
SENATE YESTERDAY.
IS. GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1919. VOL. 98. NO. 93
ANTS FACING
,£D SHUT DOWN
-Failing af-
DRASTIC COAL ORDERS WILIi
DENY THEM FUEL ON AC
COUNT SHORTAGE.
COUNTRY'S BEST HOPE
IS WITH THE FARMERS
A SETBACK IS GIVEN
THE UQOOR BUSINESS
Atlanta, Ga., NOT. 17.—Orders
HE IS THE ONLY MAN WHO HAS JUDGE CARPENTER HOLDS THAT
HIS FEET REALLY ON THE
GROUND.
Washington, Nov. 19. Memphis, Nov. 18.—The farmers
,..,. three attempts to ratify the limiting deliveries of coal in the of the country must find the influ-
,..,,.,. treaty, the senate late tonight southern region of the railroad ad-] ence that is needed to bring order
Hid it aside, ended the special ses-1 ministration to the first five classes out of the disjointed times, declared
-ion and went honie- AU comPr°- on tne fuel priority list, which does I Charles S. Barrett, of the National
mjse .(tons to bring ratification fail- not include manufacturers, were is-. Farmers' Union, addressing here to-ri,
the three resolutions of ratifica- ; sued late to-day at headquarters day the annual convention of that
, all going down by overwhelm- here,
"ig majorities. The Republican lead- The action on its face means the
« apparently despairing ot bring-1 closing down of cotton mills and
ins t
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put in
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WAR-TIMH PROHIBITION IS
CONSmUTIONAL.
body.
"Capital," he said, "is perturbed,
even scared; labor is irritated al-wo-
thirds of the senate togeth- manufacturing plants of almost all most to the boiling point. Between
ny sort of ratification, then descriptions as soon as their present! the contending elements the public
run to declare the war at supplies are used up. The supplies' is reduced to that condition of un-generally
of the three ratification scanty. | tion where it is going to get its
,-re taken on the resolution Curtailment of coal consumption j coal, its food, its clothing. Confront-by
the Republican majority, • was made necessary, the statement' ed with these tremendous problems
antaii ing reservations which Pres- said, because "coal production is and amidst the ocean of pent-up hu,-
jvnt Wilson had told Democratic still below the absolute require-: man passions now raglni. the far-
»aawrs in a letter earlier in the day ments of the first five classes of con- mer is the only man who lias his feet
gonld mean nullification of the sumers." These classes, who are still really on the ground."
irttfT. On each of the votes most to get coal, are railroads, inland and j Speaking of his experience as a
of the Democratic supporters-'of the coastwise vessels, army and navy and , delegate to the recent national in-iiwty
voted against ratification. [government departments, j dustrial conference. Mr. Barrett de-
Chicago, Nov. 17.—The liquor in-terests
were given another setback
to-day when Judge George A. Car-penter
handed down a decision in
the United States District court
which held that the wartime prohi-bition
act and the Volstead enforce-ment
act were constitutional. Judge
Carpenter announced that Louis
Fitzhenry. of Peoria, 111., had con-curred
in the decision.
Under the fifth amendment to the
MUST HURRY UP THE
COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT
WORD IS PASSED THAT THE
TIME HAS ARRIVED TO RE-SUME
COAL DIGGING.
Washington, Nov. 18.—The gov-ernment
stepped to the front to-day
«o force l.i.oeio ?. rd operc'.-is i»
negotiate a new wage ajree^ient
ai.d resume work in the bituminous
fields bei\.ie the country is in lita
grip of a coal famine.
Clothed with all of his war-time
powers as fuel administrator and
acting by direct authority of the
President's cabinet. Dr. Harry A.
Garfield called a joint meeting ot
constitution, which provides that scale committees at which he was ex-are
understood to be' certainty which causes it to ques- legislation restricting personal liber-1 pected to give formal notice that the
ties of individuals may be passed if
the community as a whole is bene-fited,
Judge Carpenter held 'that
Congress was empowered to pass the
two acts involved in the case.
He held the acts constitutional be-time
had come to resume mining op-erations
on a normal scale.
While the joint conference was
set for this afternoon. Dr. Garfield
found that a full attendance could
not be obtained, so it went over un-cause
"demobilization of industries til tomorrow. Meanwhile word was
mobilized by the war was not yet
complete, and that the country was
certain still in a state of war, regardless of
The tirst vote on this resolution state, municipal and county institu- , clared capital entered the conference ! General Pershing's statement that
Mood 39 tor to 58 against. On the tions, public utilities, including . hoping for something of permanent j army demobilization was complete
ond vote, taken after
hours ot parliamentary
.n which the Democrats made vain
efforts to win over some of the Re-publican
group of mild reservation-is
«. 41 senators vote.: in the affirm-ative
and 51 in the negative.
The third vole was on a straight-several
newspapers, and retailers to supply
wrangling, domestic consumers.
Conditions Generally Same.
No announcement was made here
as to whether the sharp curtailment
ot coal consumption would be na-tion-
wide, but it has been under
1 stood that about the same conditions
value to itself in the shape of an j and despite the President's veto of
understanding with labor, but left
disappointed. Labor also was dis-appointed,
he declared, but added
that agriculture obtained something
<>' value in that it created in the
nrnds of the other delegates a bet-the
Volstead act indicating that the
war was over."
Referring to the national prohibi-tion
act. Judge Carpenter, in his de-cision,
said:
"If the state of Kansas, under its
„ ratification without reservations, j prcvai, ,n Qtner aections of the coun.
*liich got only 3S votes to 53 oppos- j ,ry Reports Renera,]v have 3hown
jng it.
tor
«ri-h which the farmer must con-tend"*.
Only one Republican Sena- j many miners not"re^ni;~' l^m* j ••There is a
McCumber. of North Dakota, „espite cance,,ation of the strike call ton." Mr. Barrett said, "that some-thing
is wrong somewhere, that
somebody or something has failed,
and in thinking circles there is a
growing conviction that agriculture
must be the interc--sar between the
warring factions; that the farmer
must stabilize conditions and make
voted with the Democrats in its sup- I on order of {ne federal couft ^ Ij§_
P"rt- j dianapolis.
final Derision, Says Ledge. The statement announcing tha
Republican Leader Lodge declar- coal consumption curtailment fol-
•1 to-day's voting constituted a fin- lows:
al decision on the peace treaty un- j "Under orders issued to-day at the
less President Wilson circumvented I direction of the United States fuel
tie senate rules by withdrawing It • administration, deliveries of coal by j his Kreat influence felt at this time,
and th-ii submitting it again to the the railroads for the present will be : "*n this crisis the farmer must
senate. In other quarters there was limited to the first five classes ot the I remain firmly at his post and while
«nme difference of opinion, but the fuel administration's preference [ refusing to surrender any rights
eeneral sentiment seemed to be that j list. This action has become im- j vvhich are his. he should by example
there was only a slender chance . peratively necessary because of the , an<1 precept exerchfe such an influ-
'hat the treaty would come up at the failure of miners in the country's j ftnco as wi" tcnn" to bring calmness
beginning of the next session of: great producing fields to return to t0 labor and assurance to capital.
Congress, beginning next month. | work, although in obedience to the ; at tne same time making it clear to
One effect of the senate's failuie ' federal court's mandate, the union ' eacn tnat nothing which makes for
io ratify the treaty will be the con- , officials cancelled the strike order \ industrial progress and commercial
inuation of various war-time laws j which became effective on Novem- solidarity can be accomplished with-
:ind regulations at least until the ber 1. lout the aid of agriculture.
new session opens. Among these is
the war-time prohibition act.
The
Production Very Low.
"Coal production still is below the
resolution presented tonight absolute requirements of the first'' conferencfi to accomplish any con-to
declare a state of peace will come flye c,asses of
un at the beginning of the new scs-
•o!i and is expected to start another
mbborn fight. The administration I
b> understood to be opposed to such '
. method of legally ending the
»ar, aad in the background is a con-|
-riiat.ional question as to whether i
I'oKzrvKM can do so by a resolution
no: requiring the President's Blgna-li
was suggested tonight among,
Democratic leaders that President'
Wilson might be asked during the
i"C"ss to feel out the other powers j
"; to their attitude on reservations
with the idea of bringing the treaty
•■> some sort of a ratification after '
t'-oosress reassembles.
ft was on a viva voce vote that
'lie reuly after beais before the
•'•'"•'• for many weeks then was
■l! i-i'L:. On Senator Lodge's mo-
>ion t" take up legislative business,
re!! call was requested and the
consumers, and the
policy of supplying urgent needs of
all preferred classes had been de-pleting
with dangerous rapidity the
sto. ck. s held subject to the fuel ad-*
mmistrator s order. Thus, the situ-ation
was becoming critical and it-was
determined to withhold deliver-ies
temporarily from manufacturers,'
even though tliey bu in the class rec-ognized
as essential. >
te- understanding of the problems' police power had the right to pro-hibit
the manufacture and sale of ar-dent
spirits, so had each one of the
leelm, in \V.,,Vns- 0ther 47 Stat6S in the uni0n" If a»
states had the right, granting that
the federal government, under the
constitution, while prosecuting war,
was entitled to exercise police power
necssary, and proper for the efficient
carrying on of the war, there is no
reason why the central government
could not provide against the man-ufacture
and seje of intoxicating li-quors
in all of the states, and that
without compensation to the owners
and dealers."
The judge further said:
"Congress had the power before
the 18th amendment was passed to
make police regulations in the aid
of war. This amendment certainly
did not destroy that right. If that
amendment had been passed in Jan-uary.
1917, with the one year ot
grace for the liquor interests to re-adjust
themselves and their busi-nesses,
could anyone in reason con-tend
that Congress had not the pow-er
in April 1917. to prohibit the
manufacture, sale or even use of
arden spirits?
I|
"Nobody regrets more profoundly
! than I the failure of the industrial
crete thing. Organized labor asked
that the right of collective bargain-ing
he recognized. I supported this
view and was upheld by the two
other farmer representatives as well
as by a large majority of all the del-egates,
because I believe the very
life of agriculture depends upon in-intelligent
and wisely directed co-operative
efforts.
"The employes" group with a pre-
"The tirst five classes, whose im- i conceived class viewpoint, failed to
mediate needs will be continued to sce in the demand ot labor a meth-passed
that the strike situation had
reached that point where action was
regarded by federal authorities as
absolutely imperative.
There was no evidence, as pre-sented
to the cabinet, that the scale
committees, called here last week to
negotiate a new wage agreement,
had made the least headway. Re-ports
from the central competitive
fields, embracing the states of Illi-nois,
Ohio and western Pennsylvania
strongholds of the United Mine
Workers of America, showed all
mines shut down, and not enough
coal coming from non-union plants
in other states to meet the normal
demands by several million tons.
Other reports, from widely sepa-rated
sections brongbt the same
story of a rapidly vanishing coal
supply, with indications that hun-dreds
of industrial plants would be
forced to close shortly unless coal
production was put hack at normal.
In the view of many officials the sit-uation
was critical enough to de-mand
drastic action.
Although he would not discuss the
nature of the statement he was pre-pared
to lay before the operators
and miners, it was said on high au-thority
that Dr. Garfield was prepar-ed
to present the situation forcibly
to the chief representatives of the
mine owners and mine workers.
There was no intimation as to what
direction governmental aetion would
take in case the deadlock continued.
Steps taken by Kansas to operate
the mines under government author-ity
and fear by both sides that other
states would do likewise, were urg-
HAD NO RIGHT TO RAISE
THEIR OWN SALARIES
THE SUPREME COURT PASSES
ON A NUMBER OF GUILFORO
CASES.
no
'•">• president declared it adopted by
•"'''•^nation.
"Treaty Is Dead."
Senator Lodge, after adjournment
'oniKht, declared "the treaty is dead
"' far as this senate is concerned."
Republican leaders said the sen-ile
need i,0t advise the President of
be supplied, are:
"Class A—Railroads, inland and
coastwise vessels.
I "Class P.—Army and navy, togeth-er
with other departments of the
I federal government. This includes
bituminous coal consumed by manu-facturers
or producers of supplies
for departments of the federal gov-ernment
when such department offi-cially
approves the request.
"Class C—State, municipal ' and
. county departments and institutions.
"Class D—Public utilities. This
includes the manufacture of news
print paper for daily newspaper use
and the printing and publishing of
j same.
"Class E—Retailers (supplies fof
domestic consumers.;
Will Watch Evasions.
"In dealing with applications for
| od. which if universally applied, j pie of the country, the damage to
would solve the problems of distririthe general welfare has been done
| bution and make possible a better . and never can be undone. It the ac-j
understanding all around." J tion of Congress was wise, and so we
In addition to hearing the annual must assume it to be. believing the
"I cannot agree with the decision ed as a strong reason for quick set-of
Judge Brown in Rhode Island that | tlement of all wage disputes,
the ISth amendment necessitates the | The operators' scale committee,
declaring of war and national prohi- i sent word to the miners that it was
bition acts unconstitutional. I not ready to meet them in joint ses-
"What Congress has done is in! sion. Commenting upon a state-the
interest of public welfare and j ment issued tonight by their execu-public
morals. If plaintiff, not en-! tiye committee denying that the con-titled
to compensation, the prohibi- I ference "is being held up because of
tion laws being valid, may sell and differences and indecisions on the
distribute their produce among peo-! Part of the operators" spokesmen
for the operators declared their en-address
of Mr. Barrett, the conven-tion
to-day adopted a resolution pro-testing
against the action of the fed-eral
fuel administration in not list-ing
cotton seed oil mills among the
Industries to have priority rating in
the distribution of fuel, it was an-nounced.
The sessions were exec-utive.
Another resolution adopted
provided that no speaker not
prohibition acts to be lawful, even
were the question here involved
doubtful, we would have to resolve
the doubt in favor ot the govern-ment."
tire policy has been under consid-eration
in their secret session.
The probable attitude of the ad-ministration
and the fact that the
miners have not returned to work
were said to he the principal sub-jects
which have occupied their
time. The failure of the ("nited
Mine Workers of America to tell thn '
men to return to their jobs was said ,
to have left the negotiations in vir-
| tnally the same state as when the '
i threat of a strike caused the break
Raleigh. Nov. 19.—Greensboro
commissioners voting themselves
salary increases of $600 were revers-ed
this afternoon by the Snpreae
court, which finds no fraudulent Or
improper motive, but holds the ac-tion
without authority of law and
against public policy.
Justice Allen writes the court's
opinion and Chief Justice Clark con-curs.
In the action below the com-missioners
won, to-day's decision re-versing
the Superior court.
Holding that the additional com-pensation
is necessary. Judge Allen
says the plaintiffs and citizens who
protest action do question the pow-ers
of defendants in making the in-crease.
The court construes the
statute reading: "The governing
body of any city may by ordinance
fix the salary of the mayor of such
city or heads of the departments ox
other officers." against the defend.-'
ants' interpretation entirely, declar-ing
that the defense meets the let-ter
but not the splricof the law.
Judge Allen asks if the broad lan-guage
of this statute is to mean that
the general assembly changes its
policy for Greensboro or any other
city.
Chief Justice Clark concurs and
cites the odium attaching to legisla-tive
efforts to fix salaries in which
the legislators share. The "back
salary grab" of Congress is referred" ,
to and the court concludes that a
judge may sit on his own case with
as much propriety as an officer on
his own salary increase.
Delayed Telegram <'suit-.
Ouilford furnishes « delayed tele-gram
case in which the eourt holds
that telegraph companies which
route messages arising in North Car-olina
through other states to North
Carolina destinations are making in*
terstate of intrastate messages and
must be held accountable- on action
for mental anguish.
This point has been twice raised
this tall. The «Mrt accepts the
jury's finding in the Watson case
from Guilford wherein R. A. Wat-son
wired from Red Springs to J.
T. Watson, of Greensboro, the death
of their mother. The telegraph
company transmitted the message
by way of Bennettsville. S. C. It is
delayed in delivery and the jury
finds it an intrastate message sent
circuitously to avoid liability.
Mrs. Ida B. Gordon wins her case
tor personal injury against the Silks
Corporation on the point of negli-gence
and Sterne's baker loses
against the milling company in an
effort to recover the difference be-tween
contract price and delayed de-livery
price on 630 barrels of flour.
The following cases are decided:
Kendall vs. Stafford et al., Guil-ford.
reversed.
Gordon vs. Silks Corporation,
Guilford, no error.
Watson vs. Telegraph Company,
Guilford, no error.
Sterne vs. Milling Company. Guil-ford.
reversed.
Dies iit Hands of Mexicans.
Washington. Nov. 18.—-Investiga-ajtion
of the death of Eugen Lack In' up of the Buffalo meeting.
member c>! the organization should;131 Centro. Cal., from a wound said I
be given the floor, a two-thirds vote jt0 have be*"" inflicted by a Mexican ■ l>k>s in Training School.
being necessary to override this! Police officer in Mexicali, Mexico.
rule.
Reynolds Left Over IT Millions.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 18—The late
"» action nor return the treaty to
hi,n *iia formal notice.
"Tlie President may withdraw itj
""'n the senate reconvenes," Sena- eoal from retailers this committee is R. J- Reynolds, the famous "tobacco
tor Uaga 3aid ..antf of cour9e, he- under instructions to see to it that king." who died July 29. 1918, left
**» tb»n resubmit it in the next ses- deliveries are made solely to care an estate valued at $17,119,429.31,
for the pressing needs of domestic j according to the inventory report
consumers; in other words, no deal- ' filed to-day with the clerk of the
er can be permitted to obtain sup- • Forsyth Superior court by Mrs.
plies presumably for doerastic con- Katherine S. Reynolds, widow of the
«Ofl.
""" the. treaty is dead in this
and they killed it as I told
,hem they would if they voted
:t.
'■■ Hitchcock said that the
'tis not dead and that he
•'■ the President would re-
'l on December 1, although
'■" definite word from the
'"■*" U) that effect. He said he
the Republicans had work-
•'ives "into a very awkward
" and split themselves in the
":'-"' ;<nd the country.
"ttbmtt
l"'Ml
last Friday, has been ordered by the ' J^T' w^V^T^v^r °!
state department. i Elv,ra C,a>brook Kirkpatrick. 15. at
tLa«c»tk- w»,a«s. at.t.achiedJ t.o t*h._e of.f,ice of..t.he.C.as.well Train■i•ng•Sch.oo.l h, ere, re-
t»hhe« schhear.iiffff o-«f ITm_periiatl coun»ty, Cma,l.i- ;su.i.te.d„fro.m a minute infection on
ffnorrnn;l^a, a..n„da „a dJIispat.ch,. .to .t.h.e d1epart-! t.he girls face, it was announced to-ment
said the shooting was unwar-'
ranted.
Strike of Miners May be Called.
Pueblo. Colo.. Nov. 17.—A strike
of coal miners in Colorado effective-
Friday morning was called by
George C. Johnson, president of the
United Miners Workers district No.
15. to-day unless the operators rein-stated
all striking union men. The
strike order affects all mines now
operating under a union contract,
according to Mr. Johnson.
Barns 915,000,000 in Bonds.
Raleigh, Nov. 18.—North Caro-
Una officials to-day made a
fire of $15,000,000 of bonds which
She picked a sore with a pin. and!either h»Te be«n P»ld •« «r baeked
Both the embassy at Mexico City
erysipelas ensued. The girl was de-,
sumption, but actually to be turned deceased, and administratrix of the
over to a manufacturer or other user
of steam coal not included in the
first five classes.
"With the hope that in the near
future the situation will improve
sufficiently to warrant resumption of
deliveries to classes F and G, the
local railroad represntatives will
continue to receive and forward ap-plications
for immediate require-
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great estate. It has been figured out
that the state of North Carolina will
receive an inheritance tax of approx-imately
$328,575.
up with refunding bonds.
, „, .. , , „ . i clared at the school to have been I Tne oW mo*eT equivalents made
and the consulate at Mexicali have,..^ unu9UalIy attractlTe and affec-> •»»« ™* **•■ ^ council ot state
tlonate child." The body was sent j met u w*nt to the crematory where.
to Greensboro for burial, accompan- th'8 Paner *»* was Ignited. It
ied by Mrs. Joseph r*. opencer, of.
this city, a relative.
been instructed to urge punishment
of his assailant.
quite a ceremony.
South Carolina Bank Robbed.
Orangeburg. S. C. Nov. 17.—Rob-
Both Houses to Adjourn.
Washington, Nov. 18—The senate
tonight adopted a resolution author-our
Silver SI is Xow Worth 91.05.
New York, Nov. 18.—Silver is now
worth nearly five cents an ounce
more'as metal than as coin. Silver
for San Franelseo delivery was quot- bers blew open the safe of the Bank Izing the house to adjourn at any
ments on file, the committee will holed to-day at SI.34 an ounce as com- of Neeses at that place early to-day time between now and December I.
in a position to act promptly and pared with $1.29 an ounce, which and escaped with about $3,000 cash, The house will adjourn, sine die.
quick deliveries will be assured is the basis on which silver coin is and some $4,000 in bonds. They tomorrow, but before doing so will
when the restrictions now imposed valued. Silver for local delivery was missed $7,000 in bonds. The robbers pass a resolution authorizing the
are lifted." Jquoted at $1.32 1-2 an ounce. j used an automobile. [senate to quit when it sees fit.
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