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TALKOFMQBIS
iBROUGHl OUT IN
m
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CASE
Davis Objects to Activities of
. Theo. Hunn and Consumes
Three More Challenges
No Other Juror Secured.
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Hajph. Davit, counsel for Allen J- Jc
Namara, took" tfie center at the stage
and practically all of the play In the
McNamara case Wednesday morning.
"noil no assailed veniremen with iome
tjilnr'roore than his usual vigor, aU
taolted the methods of the office of th
attorney-general, and - exhausted three
more peremptory Challenges. In hla ex.
animation, of veniremen,. He also de
veloped the first nard and fast state
rrtent that a mob. , to deal, summary
Justice to McVamara. actually had been
talked of in Shelby county. It was the
first time Mr. Davis had been able to
develop.- this fact since the start of
the trial, although he previously had
man numerous efforts to do so, .
v Mr. Davis' attack on the office of
nie state's attorney was directed at
Theodore Hunn, county detective, who
sat behind W. T. MeLain, assistant
state, a attorney, and coached him re
garding veniremen, their strong points
and their shortcomings. Davis ob
jected . to "Mr. Hunn running In and
na courtroom.
'ff know his connection wkh the at-torney-ireherars
office." Mr. Davis da.
'dared, "if h. hat uis d it
,.houlil be done outside of the court
room, mi is not the attorney-general
trying- these- cases. It-is one of
Ms assistants.! I don't know what Mr,
Hunn Is doing, hut I have my own
jdea on the subject However, I
'fen't give expression, to them, be
cause I have' no foundation on which
to paae them. Just the same, I ask
that ybur honor -keep Mr, Hunn from
running In and out of the courtroom
during the progress of these exainlna-
. Mr.' MeLain arose,' wrathy.' "The at
torney for the defense Is hinting at
some sinister motive In the office of
the atterney-gencral," he said. "Mr.
Hutfn is employed by us, and we have
the ; unquestioned right to confer with
htm,-, Id like. to know Just, what Mr.
Davis means by his utterances." i '
But Mr,. Davis evidently' didn't mean
anything, for he said, asltf?. "When I
make a direct charge,. I usually have
the goods," ir. words tp that effect.
However. Judge i. Ed Richards, put a
stop fey tha contention, whsji he -uliaJ
that Theodora-wipht romp about the
ctrtroom as he willed. .',
!. R. Gregory",-Bartlet t, " wa fti) t e-
citient of 0 the , eleventh peremptory
cnanenge by .nr. uavia. it was abso
lutely impossible to disqualify him, so
cording to Mr. DavlK' idea, and he got
rid of the venireman by the last resort,
B. C. Blankinship . drew the twelfth
Challenge. s ,
..Gregory Is la clerk 'for T). Appling &
Co.. at Burtlett. Arid it has a general
store at Rosemark, operated by J. I..
Horn. That save Mr. Davis the first
out and out testimony that he had
heard a mob talked of. It was in tha
Horns store at Rosemark that the mob
talk was heard by the venireman. All
tat this went Into the record, as Mr.
Davla wanted it to. It generally is
understood that the main hope of tha
defense is a reversal by the supreme
court on some feature of the case.
Robert Baltey, who for a- long, time
has sold newspapers in front of the
Porter building, was the cause of the
staft exercising its second peremptory
challenge, when he stated that although
he sold newspapers, he never had read
anvthinr of the assault on the three
ypimg girls which , is responsible for
bringing Allen McNamara to trial for
ma me
I fof hthe
W. N.-
tit tlte. -
he thirteenth peremptory cnanenge
the d-eiense was exerciHen against
Allen, truck driver and farmer.
Rnrfiett when the court tnok a hand
at stopping the peppery examination of
Mr. Davis of the venireman. Mr. Davis
Mhnwari all thrnuah the morning full of
pep, and hts raucous-volcert queries to
veniremen were, soiienea oy vne sntteri
tone he used to trap tnem into aamu
iln what constituted a disqualification.
although the majority of the veniremen
could not detect -this until It wea too
laf 4 to save themselves tor jury serv
lue.i. ; '
c . R 'Rrlns. M. J. Klein. Oeorg'
Sohaefer, C. K. Davis. J. M. Morris an
George K. Weeks oisquanueo wnen
they stated that they didn't believe in
,.oxltnl minlnhment. Mr. Home dis
qualified because of an opinion he had
formed. So ,0U O. u. jonnson ana a,
, juggle. ,,
Garibaldi Says .
Ii Italy Upholds
1" Fiume's Seizure
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f'ARTS. Sent. J4. "As a nsttrm we
consider the Mume matter settled, be
auna we have actus oossession. saia
Jen. .Giuseone (Pennino) Garibadll to
ins Associated Tress representative here
his morning fien. uarinami nan jusi
eached Par a from Rome, coming on
t hat was Bald to be an important mis-
tlow -which he would go to meet Ga-
iriem a Annuniio; tne insurgent Italian
. i
"Hail d'Annunzio not rone in." con
ilftied Garibaldi, "wa should hava don
t within 16 days.
Vlf President Wilson were moved bv
he right tipirK," he added, "he would
ermit the whole question to be decided
y France, England and Italy. In that
as w are satisfied that our rights
lould be recognised as they already are
cognled by jibe majority of Amerl-
ajrs, in wnom Italians nave uusoiuiu
iflflence."
FOUR ITALIAN WARSHIPS
4. IN D'ANNUNZIO NAVY
TOLA. Sent. 24. (Bv the Associated
'ress.) Four-Italian warships, the bat-
lesmp Dante Aiigiitert.anq the destroy
rs M rnbe o, .Nil Ho and Abba, are
fumed s units of the Fluman navy in
.: prodamatlort written by Capt. ua
rlole d'Annunzio and Qistrlbuted in
his cltv. - , "
m Tha proclamation praises the men of
iee ships for .ineir loyalty to the
lUmnn cause. 11 i stated nere it
as because of the desertions of -these
our vessels from the regular Italian
avy 'that;, nllled commander were
weed to withdraw from tha harbor of
iurae, which considered unsafe
hilt the Dante Alighieri was anchored
lere .-and was loyal to tha d'Annunaiu
Dispatches from Flame soon after
ant. Gabrlele A'Annunzlo'a coun stated
S lie Danla Alighieri was unablw -to leave
wvjwanw ne, -jlint.li'11 .
niwwi .oy we crew, out moirfi reyenn
it naa Deen renortea im ua u.
rted. hftvtna- on hoard Admiral fasa
va, whe.waa placed under ,. Virtual
i-ef-fcln FfiuMe-When he landed and at-
mJUil toltffere wilh Capt. d"An?
Ijnsio'a cofttrol nf the town. There- -is
I, wmtj tn mm f V.. K I a Hula nf h thf.w-
stroyers laipied fn the foregoing dlST
Uoh, and It 1s probable they are ves-
! -is wnicn nftve-' iteen ouui since mo
Webster's Wife Is .
f Without Means And
Mney Needed
If there aver was ease worthy
f eonsldsratlon. then tha welfare of
'tha wlfi and two babies of former
Deputy United States Marshal 0. R.
Webster is that an.
, His' sudden decth ha left them
absolutely destitute. This sad tact
la a striking tribute to hit honesty
and mtagrlty.
Ha was en af the most anargetlc
and eansclantleus man that ever
worked tram this aff lea, and I hope'
tha people of this aammunlty will
; refpend ganersualy aa they can for
the widow and two small beys.
8. H.-TREZEVANT,
United States Marshal. -
Several persons who know the finan
cial condition of the wife and two small
children of O. R. Webster, deputy Unit
ed Ktate marshal, who was killed In a
pistol fight with ' Will Smidily, have
askad The 'News Scimitar to receive
subscriptions for them.
It has develoned that Webster left
no -Insurance, He had no money, tie
was-an honest officer who could not be
bribed or bought. He cleaned up sev
eral wards as a city policeman when
It might have been to bis -financial
advantage to -have overlooked lawvlo
latlons. Several of the raids he made
were without the knowledge pf the de
partment and he was generously hated
by the law-defying element. - ;
A a oeputy maranai ne pursues me
sani policy. The men who feared him
In Ufa paid tribute to his honesty in
death. Mre.. Webster is without mean
and Is unon her own resources. Anyone
who- wishes to make a contribution may
send it to The News Scimitar and it will
be acknoweldged and turned over.- to
her.
WHILE ON TRIP
President Given an Account of
Fiume Seizure, But Thus
far Has Refused to Men
, tion Incident, Specifically.
'ItV tAVIIt f.AWREXnC
f (Special Correspondent of Tha Newt
BOARD PRPISIDKNT 4lI.SOVR
TRAIN. Sept. M.-r-President Wllsop has
Been epi constantly snvisco wnne
traveling of events In Europe, and haa,
of course, been given an' accurate ac
count 'of- th' seiaure. of Flume by an
Italian " force under . D'Annuralo. .Mr.
Wilson has made no specific mention
of tho Incident in his speeches, but he
has in a general way warned hla hear,
era against the disruption of affairs In
Southeastern Kuroue unless the league
of nations were quickly brought into
oemg. ne mis expresaed the hope that
a tragic confirmation of his prediction
would not result from the delay.
Yet, Inasmuch as peace has not been
formally declared, the suureme-' w,ir
council still functions, and the landing
ui American marines in ine riumtt re
gion would be compatible with previous
A tnerlcan participation In Balkan op
erations, , , '
American destroyers co-operated with
the Italian navy in the Adriatic' a'nri
American troops once stood guard at
Fiume along with the troops of other
countries. The other powers alone
would hava felt ( embarrassed by any
aioorpess on tne part or tne united
States had we stood off while D Annum
xio kept possession of the port of Fiunv
so the addition of a small contingent
Amfrican marines to tne rorce which
is demanding D'Annunxlo's withdrawal
can be construed as largely for moral
effect. It Is not expected that any
fighting will be necessary to. compe
u Aiinungio s evacuation oi riume, an
the forces of the associated powers art-
sufficient to maintain blockade that
can easily starve the recalcitrant 1U1
inn Into submission.
How It Would Aid. -
If tne league oP nations had been in
actual operation today, the government
of Italy would have been responsible
and It It disavowed, connection with the
D'Annunxio ' movement, then its aid.
along with the naval forces of the other
members of the league would have been
Invoked to establish, an economic boy
cott of the town. - v
Similarly Jugo-Plavla would have been
given - such-assistance through other
ports as were necessary for her to main
tain a constant now oi supplies.-
An economic pressure, not war, is ex
peeled to be the chief weapon In com
pelling D'Annunxio to reconsider his In
discretion and thus would other out.
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(Continued on Tage 12, Column 4.)
COMMltf EES NAMED FQR
LIEUT. WARE MEHORIAL
Two committees from the local bar
were chosen Wednesday bv Col. Wf I.
Terry to further plans for the memorial
to Lieut. Baxter Ware, local attorney,
killed Jn the firhtinar in the Arsohne.
The -following committee will consider
Planr for the bust or memorial and
decide where in the courthouse- or
grounds It ' shall " be plinsed; Duncan
Msrtin. Dert Minor, J. Ed McCadden,
J. W. Canada and Robert K. King. The
committee to present resolutions to the
courts on the death of Lieut. Ware is
composed of H. 8. Buchanan, for the
circuit courts.- Robert Beattfe. for the
chancers' courts,' and Harry Hoi man for
the criminal courts.
TITLEMEN MEET.
. NASHVILLE: Tenn.. Rept..:4.-Th(
American Association of Titlemen met
here today In Its thirteenth annual se.s
slon. to continue three days, with del
egates present from all parts of the
coyntry..
Tennessee Fair.
: Mississippi Generally fair.'
ArkansasFair, warmer in north and
centraJ portions.
Alabama-Generally fair.
' Kentucky Fair. ,
Louisiana Generally fair,, warmer. In
north. .
':, Oklahoma Fair,. rislnY ' temperature,
East T.exaa Generally fair, warmer
In northwest.
West Texas Generally fair except
probable showers in southwest.
North and South Carolina Fair.
Georgia Fair, slightly cooler in east
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Florid Generally fair except prob
able local showers In extreme south.'
Kansas Fair, warmer In - extreme,
southeast. ,
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Grand Champion Holstein Bull
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phis. No. 2, Homewood May Hengerveld.
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Drumright Quiet;
t Troops To Return;
Riots Exaggerated
DRITMRIOHT, Okla.. Sept. 24. with'
the situation hers entirely quiet since
late yesterday sffemoon, Adjt.-Gen
Barrett announced early today that the
Oklahoma t'ity guard units, Bent here
upon the request of Mayor Nlcodemus
and Histrlc.t Judge Wilcox, would prob
ably begin the return trip to Oklahoma
City early this evening. v
It has been impossible to substantiate
many of the" highly coolored reports of
Monday night's rioting and many Drum
right cltiseiis expreasod surprise today
upon reading of the disorders.
A handful of. alleged I. W. W. agi
tators, more generally characterised in
Drumright as the "rowdy element" of
oil field worker, held a meetlug Mon
day In front of a motion picture house
and a speaker denounced Mayor Nlco
demus and the city administration. Aft
er he finished speaking someone tn the
crowd fired two shots, policemen com
ing to investigate the shooting were
disarmed.. Mayor Nlcodemus believing
his presence might cause trouble be
cause of his stand against the radical
element of the oil fields, left town Irt
an automobile.-
ThlB summarises, the extent of the
disorders, according to local authorities,
to whom the arrival of state troopa last
night came- as a surprise.
The state guardsmen patrolling the
streets' totlay. assisted by deputy sher
iffs from surrounding towns, give the
only evidence that there has- Been any
disturbance In Drumright.
Chief of Police Ary wa among those
disarmed by the gathering In front of
the motion picture nouse.
It Ih the consensus of local opinion
that the strike of 49 girl operators of
the Southwestern Bell Telephone com
pany had little to do with the alleged
rioting. ,
In a statement to the press last bight
Mayor Nlcodemus announced that "Bol
shevik sources" attempted to start a
disturbance, using the telephone stt lko
as a pretexi for ao dning.
Drumrigln wa entirely quiet today
without the slightest showing of disorder.-
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GENERAL RAINS BREAK
TENNESSEE DRY SPELL
NASHVILLfe. Tenn.. Sept. 24. Sum
mary of weather and crop condition
In Tennessee for the week ended Sept.
23. Very warm, dry weather continued
until 21st and 22d, when rain occurred
pretty generally, with exceexlve
amounts in the northwestern, counties.
but only light amount In the south
east. Over most of the state the rain
fall waa sufficient to enable farmer
to proceed with plowing, preparatory to
sowing fall and winter crops, but In
the southeast the rainfall was Insuffi
cient. Late corn suffered considerably
from the drought. The general average
condition of corn seem fair to good.
Much or the early corn Is being har
vested, but a large percentage of the
crop Is late and will require two to
four weeks longer to ripen. Cotton
stood the drought very well. There Is
some complaint on. runt. The bolls open
ed rapidly and condition were favor
able for picking. Much tobacco waa
housed in good condition. The crop
generally la good.- It wa too dry for
late peas and beans, for hay, and for
late potatoes, ' tomatoes, gardens, and
pastures, but sweet potatoes did fairly
well. The haying season is about over,
but a fairly good crop ha been put a
fairly good crop haa bceu put away In
food condition. . .......
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Miefcicsippl 1'iay, '. .y-.V ' -V-' .'.'- " ' ' ''
Fraternal Day.' 1 , . JJi ' ' , '
a.ih.-Oata open.'. - '' '!'.''. -' , ','
10 a.ni.-Judglng of Aberdeen Angus, Iteij Polls and Ayrshlres, cattle arena.
HI a.m. JudKinti of Hampshire siul Hoflwltlre, swipe arena,
11 a.m. ---Midway show open. t -
i p.m. Harnea races and Woonter's tlmrouirlihredii. with women jockeys.
It p.m. Band concert and vaudeville In from of grand Htand.
3 p.m. Hawaiian Bexlet in Women's building. ', ,
fi p.m. Hand ooncert and vaudeville In 'front .of grand stand.-
8 p.m. MreworkH In front of grand aland. . ,
Aumiaion bU cents. No war tax. liraiid stand, HO cents.
Bray Girl Asks Freedom;
Half of Jury Is Chosen
Hazel Bray, 14 and pretty, sobbed aloud In probuto court Wednes
day morning when Judfte Guthrie agreed to a continuance of t,he habea
corpus hearing which might give her her liberty until the afternoon and
again turned her over to Mrs. Saxby, of the Juvenile court, to be taken
oacg ana piacea In the detention
home
J. B. Webb, rebresentln Hazel Hrav
and her mother, Mrs. Bettie Roeves,
Wednesday morning sued out a writ of
habeas corpus seeking freedom fur his
client, He alleged In the petition that
the1 girl was being restrained Illegally
because the state was afraid he would
be kidnaped and spirited away and the
state would thereby lone the principal
witness In the case ngainst Walter Pal
ton, alias Paddy Mack, -and "Hleepj"
John Rogers,- who are now on trial
charged with having attempted to com
mit criminal assault upon the child
and with assault to murder on a charge
of having ruthlessly thrown her from a
speeding automobile- almost killing her.
Hearing of the habeas corpus case
wa set for 11 a. m. but 8. O. Bates,
state's attorney, appearing for the state,
and Joe Hanover,' assistant city at
torney, representing the Juvenile court,
asked for a continuance until a p. m.
on the ground that they wanted to pre
sent witnesses. . .
Says Restraint Illegal.
Mr. Webb In his petition alleged that
his client was being restrained illegally
of her liberty' because there was no
committment against her and because
slie had committed no offense. He said
she had been held behind bar for more
than seven weeka and saw no reason
why she should be held further.
In the event the habeas corpus writ
Is granted and MIfs Bray 1 released
from the juvenile court's custody, it Is
(possible for the stste's attorney to have
her detained in tne county jail as tne
Tennessee law provide that such action
may be taken if there In any danger of
the witness not testifying. There waa
no indication Wednesday . afternoon
what the action of the state would be
in case the writ is issued by Judge
Guthrie.
With the qualification of two more
Jurymen Wednesday morning the Jury
box In fiecond criminal court was half
filled in the trial of "Sleepy" John
Roger and Walter Patton, alia Paddy
Mack, accused of the attempted assault
and attack on the Bray girl.
The first, one to qualify was H. A.
Hlldebrtfnd. of Binghamton, 71 yeai
old. The second was Ji D- Qoldsby,
wagonette driver, of Lucy, an elderly
man.
Uses More Challenges.
The four other Jurors Who qualified
Tuesday are all old men but ope.
Hugh idagevney, attorney ror tne ae-
feudal la, peremptorily . challenged two
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F. Perrv. of Hernando road, nesr Mem
owned by C M. Bottema. of Indian
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more veniremen Wednesday, making
tolal of six chiillenges lie has mad so
rsr. ' iue stale has cmwicnged eremp
torlly one no fur.
N. H. Ferguson, fi.", farmer, Mllllng
tnn. testified that he had never heard
or read about either the Bray or the
McNamara cs-e and hever even hearn
that u .meeting nf protest aguinst
asxaults was held at Mllllngtnn. lie
was challenged peremptorily by the do
fense. J. A. Brundign. of Colllervllle. 1.
medicine salesman, also was challenged
by tne aerense. beverai other venire
men had opinions which they did not
believe they could change even upon
proof and they were dismissed for
cause. One man was excused when
he told the judge he had two broken
ribs that were paining him severely.
The penalty for the crime charged
against the defendant Is an Indetermi
nate sentence of 10 to 21 years In the
state penitentiary while in the. Cooper
case againui rauuy muck it was death
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Grocers' Complaint
Against Packers To
Be Held In Memphis
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -The Inter
state commerce commission has re
assigned the complaint of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' aaar.ciatlon egalnst
the Southern Hallway company, the ril-
cector-generei and other parties for
Oct. 15 at Memphis, Tenn. Complain
ant testimony only will be takeu at
that time. Defemlanta and Interveners
will be heard at t hlcago on Oct. 22.
This hearing Involves the complaint
of the wholesale grocer that the rail
roads have granted the packers special
privileges tn the shipment of groceries
that have been denied to the wholesale
dealers,
It Is alleged that by placing a small
amount of fresh meat in a car and com
pleting the load with groceries, the
packers have been obtaining privileges
of carload aellverle on less than car
load shipments, greatly discriminating
aealnst wholesale grocers, The com
plaint, is not made in regard to rates
but in regarn to special privileges.
In view of thai congressional InvesH
gation of the packing' Industry, the
hearing at Memphis m,
y nauona oi ti
Auon-wwe interest.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
SITUATION SHOWN;
RIOTS CONTINUING
ItepiN'ts from all atrl reiilprs totliiy recorded lttt! tlinnxf !
lignmpnt. of th oiposing forces of lite labor union and the Moel
romiMoilfft.
In I lie Mahoning valley at Ohio the atrlker' iu-oe U complpt.
The industry, which I th Itnrkhone of Youn)rs(ovn and a core of
nrithbrlnir villiiffm, U imralyxcd and all It 4,KI0 waffe eiamcra Indlc
In the I'ittshurgh dlMrict the Carnegie Hleel coinpanjl announced
today that the situation "looks rood,'' and claimed nien were return
liit to work In ron-tldcrahle numtterN, Tliene rlalm-i ter atontly de
nied by William X. Foster, chief of alaff for the union, who reiterated
thut the strike ua preillnn, tlulnied two additional lurne plant had
been t loed and that HomMead wouH he Idle by the end of the week.
The striker placed picket for the rirxt time.
The FituatloM around ( 'hit-ago I more definite.' A majority of the
mill are filmed and those operating are doing o with retlucett forces.
The threatened aymptliotie atrlke of the lake seamen teemed nearer
at tho reNiilt of tha refusal of thn ereu-u nf II tne feeln.hlcst. tt iltvck
Iheir vevjiels. . .
Important derisions Afferting the spread of the atrlke to allied
Industrie are expected n be the outcome of the meeting totlay In
llttNhurgh of the national ateel workers' committee.
In the meantime, the I'niU-d 8tate senate eommiltee, which will
Investigate Mie strike, 1 preparing for It first meeting tomorrow,
when John Kltzputrirk, commander-in-chief of the striker, will be
mo principal witness,
Itioting and disorder still mark the progress of the Mrumtle, but
M far only sporadically, Tlie latent outbreak occurred today at Oete
land, where four men were slabbed In a battle between striker and
nonstriker. two probably fatally. At Farrell, where the jrravest iIIn.
turhance to dale have been reported, the town executive, Iturge
Moody, Is under pelal guard a the result of numerous threat
against his life, and the street are patrolled by large forve of tte
troop and deputy sheriff.
vi.avBi.AND, sept. 24. Four mn
war stabbed, twa probably fatally, and
two Diners oagiy osaten near tn en
trance of the American Steel and Wire
eompany, Newburg plant, this mernlno.
In the first sarlaui local disorder of th
steel strike. The trouble broke cut
when a street oar stopped near the
plant to let off man beund for work at
tha mills. )
Among these whs got off tha car wen
three negroes. Strike sympathizers
sought to stop them, according to tha
police, and two negroes drew knives. A
general fight entued, Whan police
reached tha seen they found faur men
stabbed, two probably fatally.
The negroes returned to tha street car
for shelter. Tua ear was pursued by
hundreds of strike sympathisers and
bombarded with bricks and stonsa, and
tht three men aelrsd and beaten. Police
rescued. two of them end the third
eicaped, '
FARPIBLL, a., Sept, M. Although
all wee aula her today fallowing last
night's, eutbreak In wata ene men. was
killed and several persons were wound
ed, the situation wss tense, State pe
nce and deputy sheriffs were patrolling
the riot sone. Among the deputy eher.
iffs en the street were about to negroes.
Their presence has aroused the foreign
element and race rioting la feared.
Two men were aerssted today at the
home of Burgess Moody. One had a
pistol; the police eald. The police be.
lit v they were planning to make n
attempt on Moody's life.
BUFFALO, A. Y.,8ept. 24. One min
was killed and four persons, one of
them a 3-yeer-old boy, were wounded
when plant guarde fired with shotguns
en a crowd of 3,000 strikers and strike
sympathizers who had esngregetid near
one of the gates of the Lackawiinn
Steel oompany's plant list night. City
policemen restored order after the
snooting.
PITTsiURGh. Seot. 24. The first
outbreak An this city since the strike be
gan occurred last night, when one men
was prooaoiy ratany injures, a epsciai
policeman lerloualy hurt and several
other Injurnd In a riot In the Law
rencevllle mill district,
The rioting started when s workman
was attacked by a dozen men while on
hie way to the plant of the Amerlce.i
steel and wire company, special pe
llceman Samuel Carter, a negro, went
to Kostmskl's reecue. They were lur.
rounded by a mob of several hundred.
The two men eouoht shelter In s butch.
er ehop. The crowd attempted to enter
tne building and Tired s number oi
ehots. Joseph Hungsrtz, SI. said to be
a etrlker, fall with a bullet wound In
the abdomen. Mounted police and spe.
del officer dispersed the crowd.
inieresi in inei pmKu i:-.ni-rvu
today In the mi-ctln here of
the national TOinmlttpo fnr nriimixln
Iron and stuel workers. Thoan In i-losa
touoli with 'the strike am uf the opin
ion that the hi-hhIdi., relit d by William
SC. Koster, rc-crntary-tmmurer of the
rommltti-H. will bring mil important
farts rSliillriK to the walkout.
Mr. Kosler declures the committee
will nut consider "pesos plans," but
will illscuHS advlsahlllly of extending,
thd strike to liu-liido semneii on limit
I.ako carrier vessels und union train
.men: Thn question of financing the
strike will come up, and Mr. J-'nster
bh he will bring to the attention of
the committee the "unprovoked as
smilts" by state trooper on striker.
AcconiliiK lo t lie secretary, the union
is preparing; for a long tru;, and
hn declares the workers will "fight to
the hitter end."
The strike situation In the Pittsburgh
district remains practically unchanged
with employers and union leaders Is
suing conflicting Bitttermints as to thu
number of men Involved in tho walk-
(Continued
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Hept. 24. Mem
bers of the blacksmiths' and machin
ists' unions In the Birmingham district
were called out on strike today by B.
W. King, business aKdit for the ina
thlnluts' union, upon receipt of a tele
gram from W. 11. Johnston, Interna
tional organlner of the union, now at
Washington.
TOUNOSTOWN. ()., Hept. 24. An
aerial patrol of the Youngstown strike
district waa established today by the
Youngstown police department.
CAMBRIDGE, O., Wept. 24.-J3trikers
here are slowly returning to the place
they vacated Mdnday morning. It was
reported five of the 10 mills at the
Guernsey plant of the American Sheet
and Plate company are In operation
and a sixth mill will soon bv In op
eration. Monday only three mill were
In operation. .
YOUNGSTOWnT .. Sept. St. Five
strikers were arrested last night at the
plant of the Sharon Steel Hoop com
pany. According to the police two of
the men had atones tied In handker
chiefs. . s
INDIANA HARBOR, Ind Sept. 24
Offlclals of the Inland Steal company
sent an ultimatum to their striking
employes today that unless they re
turned to work within two days the
company will shut down , the plant for
ix month.
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BRIEF NEWS FROM
NATIONAL STRIKE
SOLONS TO PROB
E
CHARGES FOSTER
IS RADICAL CHIEF
Steel Strike- Leader To Be
Summoned to' Testify Fol-
, lowing Appearance of Fitz
Patrick Thursday. :
WASTtlNUTON.Sept. , Charge
made In the house by llepresuutatlve
Cooper, Republican, OlUn. that Wtlltom
Z. Foster, secretnj-yiViai'ttrcr of the
steel strikers' organisation numntttlen,
represent radical union leadership ami
hCs been active In i. W. W. propa
ganda, will he Investigated by the sen
Hie labor committee during Its Inquiry
Into the steol strike.
Chairman Kenyan nald todiiy ilisl
Foster would he summoned beinrn the.
committee after John J. FlWpatrlck,
chairman of the Htiikei-H' committee,
bus been heard. Flupatrlrk teh-graplied
today that he would be on luiini to
morrnw at the opening of the Inquiry.
II. H. Hiibln, rounavl tor the sinker's,
also inny he lieuril.
No chunito ban been made -In the
committee's plan to hem- I'hiilrniim
Mary of the It. H. Steel corpiiriillcin
next Wednesday. Chairman Ketiyon
today was irnnigliig tor ii Inrgn rniini
for iho ciimmll tee's ItcMrlnifH hm a large
altciHlHiica uf senators, repiesenlHtivtis
and others Interested In expected, lie
hoped In obtain the line of either the
room where ine pence li-eaty, hearing
were held by Urn Inreign ri-laiinii roin
mlttee or that In which the selective
aunt drawing were held during Ihe
war.
i 'nngresH I i Inclined In view the steel
strike ss "the I irnt skirmish In IimIiim
IriHl wiu-fnre"-piiKsllil- un'ly Ihc pre
Wide tu the long-tiilkcd of "show -dnwii '
between capital und labor which innn.v
have predicted would nunc In Ihc re
adjustment from wur Id pence.
The open sUUemcnl of Home of the
strike leaders that Ihc strike Is, tin
start of u movement in Hocliillse the
basic Industrie nf the country, nnupli-d
with the fact that the rnllWHy workers
already have proposed In me so-called
IMumb pian to socialise Iho transporta
tion highways Is regarded Jn congress
u.s vei signinrant.
The peiitlli-g rcsiiliill.in by Senator
Keliymi, Republican, mw, tn have the
senate lalini- committee. InvcHtlKatc thn
causes nf the strike, hearing both
Chairman Uaiy, of the steel corpora
tion, on behalf of capital, und John .1
Fltupslrlck, chairman of the organi
sation committee or the steel workers,
In behalf of labor, is planned to open
up the whole situation if iMeniliie "In
behail nf Ihe tsrcttt third party the
public as the senator from lima him
self explains It.
NEW PLAN TO REFORM
ARMY UNDER SCRUTINY
WASHINGTON, Sepi. 24 A. new
plan fur reorganliallnn of the rrgu ar
army on the basis of a skeleton army
corps In each military department with
tho department cninbianiler also acting
as commander of the corps, has hem'
laid before Secretary Baker and Gen,
March, chief of stalf. This is now be
ing mamliit-.d by a Hptclul committee of
officers on nuly hrre
Officers who evolved the plan say It
would provide a means 'for rapid mo
bilisation nf sis army corps, or of ten
if tlie Insular department i were Includ
ed. In the event of war, reserve drawn
from tlie universal training system
would he called out to fill up the units
to fighting strength All troops within
a department would be placed under
the department commander to be organ
Ued Into such provisional divisions or
biigailes as their numbers warranted.
The project Is nn alternative for the
present war department proposal to
hold enouich divisions intact to form
a field army, but to organise tlie coi-ps
only when nn emergency aros.
BUGBEFiiND EDWARDS
NEW JERSEY WINNERS
- TIIE.VTON, N. J,, Sept. 24. Incom
plete returns from yesterday's state
primaries Indicated today that Newton
A. K. Bugbee, of Trenton, had won the
Kepuhlicun nomination tor governor,
and Kdward I. Kd wards, of Jersey City,
the Democratic nomination
R. R. WORKERS STRIKE.
DKNISONV 'lex., Sept. 24. Fifty
blacksmiths and helpers employed by
the MIhkouI'I, Kunsas & Texas railroad
here walked out this morning, claiming
wage awards for certain work were un
satisfactory. It is said that unles.4 a
settlement is reached soon the strike
may spread over the entire, system.
LONG WINS PRIMARY.
BOSTON, Sept. 24. Complete returns
from the tate primary yesterday
showed the nomination of -Kit-hard H.
Long for governor by the Democrats.
Gov.- Coollrlge was renominated by the
Utpubllcana.without opposition.
LIVE STOCK HOLD
CHIEF INTEREST
Autumnal, Tang in Air Brings
Out Greater Crowd for Tri
State Fair Than on Any
. Previous Day.
MIDWAY SHOWS AND ALL
EXHIBITS IN FULL SWING
Finest Herds of Shorthorn
Cattle in America Contend
for Honors Great Duroc
Show Ends.
WEDNEgDAY'l fHOQWAM,'
Arkansas Day,
Suffrage day.
Merchants' day.
AJiieric.au Legion day. ' ,
8 a.m.Oatrs open.
a.m. Judging of Polltd Dur.
ham In tattle arena
m.-judglng of Polund China
In swma arena. -
10 9.m.Judglng of Jersey In
cattle arena.
10 a.m. Big sheep shows at sheep
unrn. t,
11 am Judging of Shorthorn In
cattle arena.
II a.m. Midway show open.
1:30 ji.ni. Harness races and
Wooster s thoroughbred and wom
en Jockeys.
3 p.m. Band concert and vaude
ville In front of grand stund,
it pm .-Hawaiian extt In Wom
an building,
4 p.m. I'ai-ad of Memphis Post
Ameilcnn Legion.
5 p. m, Band concert and vaude
ville In front of grand stand.
! p.m.-Firework in .front of
gland stand, ,
Admission BO cents, no war tax
Grand stand 26 cents.
Tin sun glllters down upon the
largest aggregate of Til-State folk who
have visited the fair during this !3th
anuual season. Arkansas day 'may
surpass Tennessee dy, which wa
a stupendous classic, 20,fklt person
passing ' through' the gates morning,
afternoon and evening.
' Vne "harP- energUIng tang of autumn
th the air haa Infused remarkable lp
and lest into the crowd and they are
enjoying tlie' live stock shows, the
Johnny ,F. Jones shows and the educa
tional exhibits all Immensely.
The merchant and KUffraglsts are,
sharing the Wednesday henors with th
ArkansHiis,
Tills Is another great live stock day.
The Innoc Jersey swine show, the out
slnndlng live slock clnsald of the fair,
was concluded during the morning x
hours, making way tor the concentra
tion of the i-lflef Inlerest nn the Short
horn allow, which is Hie feature of tho
Wednesday lle stock pageant. There is
also mi Important Jersey show In prog-
IVSH.
Hut In adrlftlnn lo these shows, tha
Culled I "in ham show, w hich opened In
Ihe cattle arena ! d a. in., Is demnnd
ttig no little attention. Then tha
l'nlan-Chliiii swine show, second In
shows porky to thn Huroc claHMlc only,
hegsii HI 11 u, nu. In a tenl near the
swlne ham, attracting hundred pf
larniei-H, hog fanciers and the general
Interested pulillo,
Tlie Chester White swine will also
show Wednesday, going into the swine
ireim al I o'clock, provided the Colano
Chlna Judging is concluded In time.
Six sFh-ep shows of undoubted note
are being held, tho Judging picking the
oest of the Oxford. 'Hampshire, Chev
iois, Cotnivolils, Merino and Angm
gnats.
Thousands who had dined on the
grounds or else returned In tho eve
ning, witnessed ihe belated "UlnHsani
Ing of the Century Plant," Tuesday
night. Though the Memphis historical
pageant was greatly reduced from II
original form, those who witness -d It
fell that they were fully repaid for
the long wait from last May when the
Inclement weather which prevailed dur
ing the centenary celebration forced
Ihe postponement of Its presentation.
Five of the best bred and best con
ditioned herds In the entire United
Sinl-s are contending for honors In 20
classes In tlie Short horn show. These
are the Lespedexa farms. Hickory Val
ley, Tenn.; Frank H. Kdward, Tiffin,
n,; W. I.. Smith. Memphis, and b. b.
bit tie, Fayattevllie, Tenn., lmrrts.
The sharpest kind of competition I
expected between Hie individuals of all
these herds. They all contain - many
nulstandiiitf"iiniinals and The Pride of
Oskvlll". the undefeated champion bull,
l a member of the F.dwards herd.
The bespi-deaa, thn Kdward and the
Carpenter A Ross herd have been
wrestling together" at tlie various fair
throughout the 11119 season, with honor
about even, and this show will be the
final grand match. .
Seven herds are fighting for rlbbnns
In Hie Jersey show. These are as fol
lows: Norman Jeffries, Jeffries. Mts .;
George tebv, Monroe, l.a.: In-, r'ort,
Nashville. Tenn,; Mis. C. C. Folck &
Son. Springfield, O.; lUynolds ft Co.,
I lay ton, O. ; bee Cummin, Kcrrvllle,
Tenn., and Calmer Farnaworth, Mem
phis. A large number of breeder have en
tered herds In the Poland-China show.
They are:
K. M. Norman. Houlka, Miss.: E. W,
Krelsrhor, Robins, la.; B. F. Ballard.
Verona. Mlas. : W. W. Fortner Vuonla,
Ark.: A. S. Pyle, Jonesborn, Ark.; G.
K. Jackson. Tupelo. Mis.; Walnwrlght
l,ea. Brooksvllle. Ky. ; W. T. Anderson,
Tupelo, Mits.; Mark & lavla, Buutyn,
Tenn.; William Collins, Myers, Ky.; W.
(i. Camfleld & Son, Neosho, Mo.; Jeff
P. Hunt, Jnckaou, Tenn.; It. T. Hus
ton, Greenville. Miss.; Harry Carr, Bo
no, Ark.; Hartwell Greeson. Preacott,
Ark., and White Bros., Norwood. Tenn.
Kntrles in the Chester White show
Include the following: Albert Newman,
Marlette. Mich.; Harry T.- Crandell,
Cass Cltv. Mich., and H. A. Murphy,
Hardin, III.
An additional feature of the Arkansas
day program will be a parade of th
Memphis post of the American Legion.
This will take place in front ot tn
Tand stand at 4 p. in.
MUST FUifCOTTON
CLAIMS BY JANUARY
i
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. Tho Brit,
lsh embassy, In a statement today, gave
notice that all outstanding claims re
sulting from cotton cargoes taken over
hby the BrltWi authorities during April
ARKANSAS
DAY
and May. lla. wmie en route trom
Culled Statea ports to neutral Euro
pean countries must be filed before next
Jan. b The claims are to be presented
to the British board of trade, purchase
department. ,C
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