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—r v GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY^ fEpm|ARY 16, 1920 VOL. 99. NO. 14
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Ai WILSON'S /
,iPFAT SAYS THAT SEC-TOWER
I KXKCITIVB.
■Ju.rr.iiw vstui'En
...'-I'-
ll t'.U-
•i statement explaining the reasons
jr'the conference. He said: )
"The cabinet was called to consid-er
questions in which more than one
department -was concerned and also
to discuss the industrial conference."
He referred to the Orst coherence
called »y the President *wlth the
hope of allaying the industrial un-rest.
, In his statement, Mr. Tumulty
said that Bear Admiral Grayson,
SHERIFF SLAM AS HE M#*M«8 GET.
ATTEMPTS MAKE ARREST j j* WJfW SEHTEH8ES
THREE SUSPKCTSHTJRRIED TO THIS|^re^TtygJglT CON-
„. nnor VKItS WTTH irTHflBIiTlfC
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. 0.;. Fi'b. 13.--Uo-sit
,,|.,:«d his career as secre-
■ -c.-day after Prc-sUlcr.
, 'A accused' him of usurj- Mr. Wilson's physician, was present
. T, -a—. «„ ».n and "suggested that only urgent
»vr of President in call- . .
'traced to a term of six years,
is commuted to
WINSTON JAIL—BAPTIST
PREACHER PRESENT.
FEES WITH AUTHORITIES
«AT WW8TON-SAIJEM.
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— •'• « ot the cabinet flu:'tog
matters be brought to" the Presi-de:
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Yadkinville, Feb. 14.—Sheriff J. Raltt*. Eeb*> ^.^Modifications
E Zachary of Yadkin county, was of the^nentencea M dtteen men con-shot
through the heart and killed victedlo^rtirtlife *■ Wlnston-Satem
about. 11 o'clock last night' at a in thejettempt to lynch > prisoner
blockade distillery, eight miles from connnffcrhi the; Wlneton-Salem jail
Yadkinville, the county seat. In 19 ir*ere announced by Governor
- Three men were at the plant and Bloke* yesterday,
all of theft were arrested, early this Theft*iOn*f the governor foltow-morning
and brought to the Forsyth ed* a **racmal-Wait « Wlnston^Salem
Jail this afternoon for safe keeping, and a»*pnfeMece with the mayor,
the Yadkin Jail not being considered »beriff#>t -Fortyth county, the solicl-sufflciently
secure. tor °1g**!***S and the chief of
Rev A. A. Caudle, a Baptist min- police WtWInttoE-Salem.
later-of Yadkin county, accompanied "The effieacy of the law depends
.the sheriff to the moonshine plant more on the certainty than on the
'and declares that Robab Baity, aged severity©! the punishment." said the
Thi*
term 6t three
years.
"•00.) J. E. Savage was sen-tenced
to-14 months. This is com-muted
to ten months. *
'-"ill.) . Ira W. WhKaker was sen-tenced
to six years. This is. com-muted
t« three."' ! ,
( "(1$.) A- R- Casstevens was sen-tenced
to six years. .This is commut-ed
to four.
"(13.) Chris Chappell was sea-,
lenced to six years. It appears that
dent's attention. >
w-;;.. n's illness. I - Headless Cabinet Se&knm.
Lansing (Tenied that he had Thereafter until this week the
ht or intended to usurp the cabinet met -more or less regularly.
""Visual authority. He added During the coal strike it met twice
..-. he believed then and a week in an effort to avert the
..,> that the cabinet con- walkout of the miners and several
„,..v "for the best inter- weeks ago it was decided to have
. :!lt. republic;" that they meetings every Tuesday aifd Friday. ^
prc,per and necessary" be- During the coal wage controversy ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ dM ^ gh()ot. governor 1n a statement of reasons
„• |,(. President's condition the President was said at the White ■ The ^^ ^ p, ,n at the plant for the commutations in which he
. ,. h<. would have been derelict House to have been acvlsed of the ^ Spencer McNeill and- James maintained that a modification of
, .. if he had falted to.act as meetings and to have been kept m- According to th» statement tbe sentences would M "in the in-formed
as to the progress his advis- ^^ ^ ^^^ by ^ BapUst lerest Ot public justice.",
,,„,-,:s stands. Mr. Lansing ers were making toward a settle- Ba ^ standing c,08e t0 Gevemwr's Statement,
He J*? Sheriff* Zachary when the former fir- The'ROVernor's statement follows:
3 ca,b'net » ed the fatal shot, the powder burn "El^eB defendants were convict
settlement ; _„__,_ , „„,,
POSSJBIUTY OF STRIKE •
APPEARS MORE REMOTE V
PRESIDENT PROPOSES A TRnUT-NAIi
TO CONSUMER WA(JK BS-
■ MANDS OF RAILROAD.
Detroit. Feb. 14.—The strike of
300,000 members of the Brother-hood
of Maintenance of Way -Em-ployes
and Railway Shop Laborers, _
set tor next Tueaday. was tontfht
lencea IO years, u iiiui . . . _ —
this man Is more tooli* than Ylc. iad^nnitely bortpen^ by A. E. B«*-
A* <ptn*natinnal nMBlflOIlT AT Ihft
toe
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rosisnation and Mr. inent of the controversy,
epted. The resignation took the matter out of the cabinet's
r.d, however, only after the»hands and suggested a
under date ,of February which the miners accepted.
,: written asking if it were true
I M. Lansing had called cabinet Polk Secretary Ad Interim.
...-,.., :md stati-g that if such Washington, MS. 13-~ff*nkUjj-uie .i,.nn wai™ u, ™ «»., .
;,.., tbf case he felt It necessary to Polk, under secretary of state, win notifying them to consider afterwards developed that the pns-
••under our constitutional be nrade secretary ad interim tomoi^i . ..._i . . ..... i-. oner van entirely innocent. The
ions. The evidence showed that he
was first on one side and then on the
other. On account of his unstable
mind, general opinion being that he
is a rather harmless character, his'
sentence is commuted to two years.
He has been in Forstyh^ county Jail
for one year on account ot failure
to give bond," and the time that he
has been in jail will be subtracted
from the two years.
"(14.) J. L. Mabe was sentenced
to three years. He has been on the
roads for .about twelve months, and
has made a model prisoner. His
sentence is commuted to 18 months.
"(15.) Carl Fields was sentenced
to four years. His sentence is Com-muted
to two years."
•r,' international president of the
union, in accordance with the re-quest
of President Wilson that ac-tion
be delayed until after the gen-eral
conference of railway union
committeemen on February 23.
The telegramt to the membership
postponing the strike was sent out
tonight to the approximately 6.000
local secretaries of the brotherhood.
eel tne iaiai sum, in jjunuc. „-... . .
igniting the officer's overcoat and -d at .tte. Fehruary term 0f Surry
the blaze was extinguished by Rev. county Superior court of an attempt
the sheriff walked up to Baity and a prison*^ eoufined hi-the 1.11. 1
,1 bo a<i inir-nm ."•""—,heniselves under arrest.- Baity im- fM innocent- , and practice, as developed hith- row to act until President Wilson tel drew h,g istol aBd nre(], judge mW# the cases, sentenced
• • *- T»-.v~-^ T ««_ „M —f tlta.iiaraniliintf in WAV! Atl the
that
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WILL BE PRESSED.
„ one but the President has appoints a successor to Robert Lan
v right to summon the heads of sing, this is expected to be in tlw
it execiKive departments into con- very near future.
I Several names were suggested to-
, . .... , .„, night in administration circles, buV
Thought a Wise to Act.
Mr. Lansing answered two days
;,,., '.:-; Monday—saymche had
ailed ill- cabinet conferences be-ami
others of the rrert-
... .:!•,! .1 family "felt that, in
•fa.t that we were denied -^ n()l accept the appointment
.' ■ :n ,:ion with you. it was wiso _ , , .— .. „* .%.« „t^i
nf««r informally together
- • matters :is to which
. d not be postponed until
mclicj] advtsprs permitted you
-. upon them.'
Tin1 socri tary concluded by say-
. ihal ii ihe President believed be
Bd failed in his "loyalty" to him
oil ii Mr. Wilson no longer had con-
Urow ::. him he was ready* to "re-
'■w yon of any embarrassment by
"iMins my reslgaatlon in your
nods."
Th.- I'l-esidviit replied lust Wed-
Mduj that lie was "much disap-by
Mr. Lansing's letter re-anlinc
"the so-called cabinet meet-
"»." H- said he found nothing in
• i-n-iary's letter "which jURti-
■- >ii«r assumption of presidential
'>: :i such a mutter,'' and
• he "must trausiy take
1.1 your Kind BUggestion
• say," cont'.nupd the Pres-
.- would relieve me "of
-■•lent. Mr. Secretary, the
nt i-ni of feeling'your rehic-
: diverg«>nce of judgment, if
•ii iv, : KiVl. up your present of-ilord
me an opportunity to
■ ■in (UK- else whose mind
- willingly go along with
Win <'aiiinel llidn't Mnl.-
officials frankly admitted mat they
had no definite information as to
who the President had i" mind for
the place.
Chief among those suggelsed was
Mr. Polk, but his friends say that he
if
offered him because of the stale of
his health. In fact, he has long had
It In mind to resign from the state
department and take, a long rest, a
course which"his physicians have ur-gently
advised.
THIRD TO QUIT CABINET
RECAl'SK OF DIFFERKXt KS.
the sheriff falling in his tracks. *" •« «« defendants to work on the
The community in which • the roads of Forsyth county for 4erms
crime was committed is said by offi- ran**- from 14 months to six
t .. J c . »Mn[vini«j years. The trial and conviction of ... -; ,--- ,,;rs, nue
0f tL SLMTHUS **** iS^—a n°t8b,e tri-bad been Tep°™ttBt iMre wert nearly all of the people in that sec r_ ,.*-—— between France and
London, Feb. ,12.^-The allied su-preme
council has d«e:een to press
its demands for the ■tiirender ot
Germans accused of war crimes, do-spite
the protests ot the government
at Berlin, it was stated tonight. It his organization.
Washington, Feb. 14.—President
Wilson late to-day telegraphed Pres-ident
A. E. Barker, of the Brother-hood
of Maintenance of Way Em-ployes,
asking him to take "at once
the necessary steps to withdraw the
strike order and to make sure that
no interruption whatever to trans-portation
occurs on that account in
this critical period."
Following delivery of the reply of
the brotherhood chiefs to President
Wilson, the labor conference tele-graphed
immediately to A. E. Bar-ker,
president of the maintenance ot
way employes and shopment, and
advised him to call off the strike ot
It is understood that Barker was
differences between France and. Informed the proposed strike would
Great Britain as to whether the de- gravely embarrass the position et
mands should he modified. .. Uhej-JSthW nrWroad organisations.
It is probable that the position of
i tnat sec- —'— r'
tion. being m sympathy with the umph ^tbe.cause of law and orden
making of whiskey. Preachers who I •» **»««* *at the able judge
dare to touch on prohibition in their «*•J* tta cases was abundantly
.. • * m.,Ao ta .„..„.„ just fled* in imposing the punish-sermons
are soon made to «■«■■ J * prescribed in. each'the allies will be set forth soon in a
that such doctrine is not appreciated. "«nts |at* P de-[sUtemeut. - This may take the for* ! Washington. Feb. 1 I. -lh* r.,V
Before the arrest of these parties case wvere punisnmeuc , «B«iher.conununleh«ion:-to Ger-, '"«"<» "■«« controversy w m referred-this
morning, a reward of if.000 mande^; pnbUc .aentlmen, at ^Q^I^X*^^*** - a ^n^' *»^~ f
was-offered for their capture and tflBe. as be ascertained, how- union coinmitteemen called to
coroner W. B. Uutledge said that it Practically all ot nothinE definite has been de- »>eet here February 23. for final de-would
he paid if the part,, put in ^ ^^J^S^S^S* re^g W^JSer^S. to etalo- a. to whether the.deuiand for
a claim for it.
There was talk of mob
In Yadkin this morning
Washington. Feb. 13.- -Secretary
Lansing is the'third cabinet officer
appointed by President Wilson to
quit after differences with the exec-utive.
William. Jennings Bryan was the
first. He resigned on June 9, 1915.
because of a disagreement with tbe
President over the handling of diplo-matic
correspondence, with Germany
growing out of submarine warfare.
The second was Limlley M. Garri-son,
secretary of war. who gave up
hU post on February 10. 1916. be-cause
of differences with Mr. Wilson
over I he mention of independence
for the Philippines.
Mr. Lansing; was appointed Secre-tary
of state 'ad interim after the
resignation of Mr. Bryan and served
until June 23 of the same year, when
he was made secretary. He has not
announced hie plans for the future,
hut it is expected he will return to
the practice of international law as
did his father-in-law, John W. Fos-ter,
when he completed his. term as
, •„„,.„ Surrv county, and it is simply Im-be taken toward Holland.
, HO ic possible for the governor to go1 The couuciLin dealing with other
V, Yadkin this morning and this is J«JWj * ^ . ,-erttoM. decided that financial ex-one
reason hat induced the officer. «™ * of of pert8 of the aUled g0Ternments,
to transfer the prisoners to Forsjth. on tuc B"' _
The dead sheriff was 55 years old tbe convicted parties. The efore in
and is survived by his wife and one our disposition to pass upon the
son. John, a student in Bingham *»ilt and innocense of the pe ition of
school, Asheville. *f tot*****. I am assuming that
The deceased was serving the sec- he^was properly convicted
many of whom are here, should meet
soon to discuss the problem of inter
national exchange in an effort to de
increased pay will be pressed on the
government, or passed on to the rail-road
corporations, soon to resume
control of their properties.
Representatives of the 14 unions,
who have been conferring with Di-rector
General Hines since February
vise a plan for its stabilization. It 3. and whose spokesmen laid their
was not settled when the first meet- claims before President Wilson yes-ond
term and was popular with the
law ab..i.d.ing peopl,e ,in h. i.s co^u„n.t„y, iinntteeulliiggeennt and advised I went to the
_ . . . . ~„„ ha city of Winston-Salein and held a
Ever since he has been in office he «-"» «" „,•„„„„ _„,,„
.. .. . „ conference with the solicitor, mayor
has been quite active against moon- lonlu™; ™ , ilw, n, „tm^vth
shiners.
The funeral services for Sheriff
Zachary will be held in Yadkinville
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. ;
convicted. 7- " 7 ^i- *- hrtH terday. have tentatively accepted
In order to have my conscience ing of these experts should be held enla.
of the city, the sheriff of Forsyth
county, and the chief of police. As
a result of this conference. I am of
opinion that it would be in the in-terest
of public justice to modify the
punishment imposed. The efficacy of
the law depends more on the cer-tainty
than the severity of the pun-ishment.
For these reasons and as
a result ot a long conference, will,
the officials above named. I make
the following modification:
(l and 2.) Grover'and Walter,
The council decided finally that the White House proposal for a trib-its
headquarters should remain in unal. created either by law or on the
Paris. For the convenience of the President's motion, to consider its
British governmental authorities, demands Final word mustjm*.
however, it will continue to sit here however, from higher un on author-for
the present, probably through **. the conference of union heads,
the coming-fortnight. It is expect-
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HITCHCOCK SVBMrTS TWO
DRAFTS TO KKPVBLICANK.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Two modi-fied
drafts of the article ten reserva-tion
to the peace treaty were laid
before Republican senators to-day
by Senators Hitchcock, the Demo-cratic
leader, with a promise that .....--
about 40 Democrats would support 12. months. Giving them cre.I. o.
whlcli ever of the proposals the Re- the time gained by their good u.
publicans found preferable, havior they had only about two
Both of the propositions, however, weeks left to serve, and they were |
had been rejected by Republican given a full pardon some weeks ago
leaders in the course of the disrupt- "(">>• John B™n"°n hart aboul'
e.l bipartisan compromise negotia- served out his term ... , u. >
ed that Premiers Lloyd George and
Nittl will *be in constant attendance.
Premier Millerand probably will be
called home before long, in which
case France will be represented by-
Philippe Berthclot. political director
of the foreign office and Pa.ul Cam-boii.
ambassador to Great Britain.
PLA.NNLNG THE RETURN OF
DEAD SOLDIERS IX FRANCE.
Riser sentenced to 14 months, a"ajGKBMAXS HELPED IN
served, with good behavior, about' ATTACK OX AA!MERICANS.
El Paso, Tex.. Feb. 13.—At leaf!
two Germans were -fighting in th«;
Washington. Feb. 12.—Steps look-ing
toward the return of America'*
soldier dead from France were taken
when Secretary Baker appointed Col.
Henry Retherg, head of the graves
registration service iti Kurope. and
Col. Bentley Mott. military attache
in Paris, as American member of the
Franco-American commission, which
will have charge of the work.
The appointments were made In
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spondence discloses why
i did not meet. On the-lor
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"•issued
*i Mr
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'H (,.h,
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ha; he received this letter
"resident. Mr. Lansing an-
■ a he had written other
■••rs that he would iiot
".ore cabinet conferences
••nt. but no explanation
Inquiry at the White
^ht only the statement
Wilson himself probably
■md preside at the next
official advisers,
.fferences between the
long pre-dated tne
Mexican army on Auuust 27. 191S. acc0rdance with an agreement wiTh
,t Nogales. according to the testl- lhe French government ronc.uded iti^
mony of Captain Frederick T. Her- August. 1918, providing for the em-man
of the eighth cavalry, before tion" of the commission immediately
American
having" represented the *ovem- J£"'; ;™ ^muJ'hope'llu.t eithor oiatrd sonic Tveeks ago. jing the Mexican situation to-day troops in France. **«*9**~*
..(1). piess Cline served l'"11
He saifl their bodies were found authorized the commission to exam-months
out of 14. aud on aceouni •,'L)BOTM{ the Mexicans killed. me measures to be taken to Insure
Captain Herman, a lieutenant col- i„ conformity with French laws and
his letter was written, the
In- regular cabinet meet- steeeernet..a.,r,v. of state.
.,.,,, j j Mr. Lansing ernei™ "■- eil Bipartisan ».-... - — ; man. </i ...^ ~-c -
l.us«lay--had passed and ,„ 1914 as.counsellor, af- , .„„, h ilu,icated tonight months, and his sentence was com- senate SUD.COmmittee investigat- aiter repatriation of all
1 . i i-~ «^« I. . .. • ..;.,.■»: inn to-dav. i,nAi» In France. The
ment on a number of diplomatic mis-sions'and
arbitration commissions.
would be accepted now.
In approaching the Republicans
to-day. Senator Hitchcock put his Kood behavior was parolled for bal-. 111
nature of
appended.
98 Democratic senators
Those who signed includ-
Glri Has "Sle^iDK Slckne**."
Raleigh. Feb. 13.—Physicians to-day
were unable to notice any ma-terial
change in the condition ot
Miss Oma Aks. 16 year old student
at State School tor the Blind, who rcsenteu evcrj. ciemem ai
has been sleeping, constantly since tf0atv-a Democratic friends.
Fchruarj' 2 as tbe result ot a dls-
, ease pronounced "sleeping sickness."
« ! The young girl has not spoken to
"rst ..— .i.». morn
lo-ua*. -— »—"- *-- "'° ,„ce of his term. !onei. commanding * XogaTcs at the police regulations regarding b*
proposition in writing with the sig- -"J^ Arthuf m^g ^g transfer-)^ J fight, denied the official Kk!ne." the return to America of
tr-to the state prison on account of
ed, he said, virtually all who were >t * . . . ..^ . t. ii,.
.,,,,'. - his developing tuberculosis. we
the capitol during the day and rep- n,s K > „,..„i.
, ..„ served one year and was then paioi
resented every element among the ,r ,__ ,_■ nn n„ou
"(5) Artnur .vianiy »as n»»«'- »time of the ngni. npnim ",c «—-■»• KKUC. UP« .«»-.- —
red from the roads of Forsyth coun-i statement of the Mexican comman- American dead. The French mem-
. nt ^ that the Mexican force was com- ber of the commission, the war de-posed
of civilians. partment has'.heen <n»0. »1" »•
The investigation of the action chosen aoon.
od for balance of term on account
Wednesday morning
ot his physical condition.
"(6.) George Douthltt was sen-
Will Veen For Hoov>r. fenced to 14 months on the r©ad.s o'
Portland. Ore.. Feb. M*_l£ <*^ ?»_*? ^!f!!*Lt^ been planned and was directed
a anyone since WOTJUIW —»i roruana, ure.. reo. 12-.—IM "" , , _•__. _--•
by Mr. Lans.ng. which J° 8yBteta-M are unable .to rouse name of Herhert'Hoorer will be sun- ed *** »»^** " m'D" *"" »ecn p.—- -- "
«t October 6. seven day. a™ *V . mitted for the approval of Oregon the "■»»'• »"d hIs f^*™ 'S C°m" their commanding officer -rtMi~
voters as tbe next President of the ■** l° *•» monlhS- - I**** Th^ AmenCaD °' ""'
United States. Oswarld West. Demo- "' ; '
and incidents preceding it. he said. Ralph Hayes, assiatant necrelary
indicated clearly that most ot the of war. wl» sail for France soon to
Mexicans^snga«ed were soldiers, al- arrange tor the return of bodies tn-though
a majority - wore civilian terred In the war aiean.
clothes, and that the lighting had
by -
Lifted the Roof Orf. / i
i!:-;
Wilson returned- from his
They began at the peace ^ l°™~ _a _^h 12—Several crat. former gc^ernov. announced te- to 14 months. The evidence shows
in Paris, as Mr. Lansing ^^-^"J^ by a t0rna- day. Petitions will be. circulated that he actively -pnrtMftMid In the
his final letter to the houses -were..demouenee^y <• ? . ^^ ^ - , • riot_ bnt on account of his excellent
under date ot yesterday, do nearer* to-day and on P ^ (^^ . & ^|^B t„ ^ character, and hie'hitherto blameless
ntinued since that time » 10'year^ tmed! whllejaevcraV Hoover has-not- announced whether ^cord'. his sentence is commuted to
ib.. chief difference^ being.30 have .*•»*»«" ,a„ny-Were'" injur- he will be-a Democrat or a Repujrfi- elicht months.- -.
governmant'a attitude to- members 01 n ^ ^ »„. can. West declared. ..!-* "(8). Frank Hester ^as sentenced
Vf
Macon. Ga.. Feb. 12. -The storm
W L. Carter was sentenced were flve killed and 31 wounded, that has been sweeping the so«h-
Three civilians also were killed and e«st during the last 24 hours assnm-
Bve wounded. The Mexican losses ed tornado proportions !«<"■ Irwlh
were not learned, but the United oonatf te-day. euttln* weweth-200
States army Intelligence reports sub- yarda wide and » mlbjlonr. C. J.
mitted to show the Mexicans burled Henderson, a farmer- near Ocllla.
t least 115 . »** hta wtte *tt4 ««>»'«»4Wr*0 "^
Moch of to-day's testimony was pMeaten dliiner when th* tornado
taken in executive session. It had lltte* the roof from their home.
to do with the toreed evueuation ot B»erj; bjUWiiw on their ptnntatton
the Mormon eolooUa in Chlhuahna. Wae-<
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