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5Sbe made to the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington.Commissioner Whalen, who went abroad in July with his wife for a vacation and to study the docks and port facilities abroad, said on his return yesterday that New York harbor was better than any in Europe, so far as he had seen.The piers in this port are superior because the liners go alongside them andthis does away with the necessity of having a big landing stage like they nave1at European ports, where the vessels have to go before they go to their inclosed docks, which are tidal. The warehouses in London are better than they are here, because the freight trains runKNOXVILLE QUIETAFTER RACE RIOTSTen White Men Are Arrested forFreeing Prisoners in Attack on the Jail.cused of murdering .Mrs. Bertie Lindsey early Saturday, wl^lch crime inspiredthe storming of the county jail Saturday night and the subsequent race riots. Mayes is in jail at Chattanooga, whither ne was taken Saturday noon, before the trouble started here.In addition to th£ casualty list, the rioting, it was estimated today, caused property loss of more than $50,000 in damage to the ail and store buildings and loot obtained by the mob. Railroad men report that many negroes lave left the city.right alongside them and the goods can be handled quicker.”Commissioner Whalen said he would make a full report of his trip to Mayor Hylan later. Very few of the wartimeTO AID SOUTHERN SCHOOLS3D BATTALION SENT HOMEGeneral Education Board Appropriates $188,440 to Expand Work.passport regulations had been lifted, he added, and he was almost expelled fromBelgium because his passport was not correctly stamped.KILLED ON EVE OF TRIAL.Two Races Hold Separate LaborDay Programs—Soldiers StillPatrol the Town3%tr)i[)sCharles Burgo, Accused of RobberyIs Slain in Cherry Street.1 t 'i4I !I * ■ I. § i j .Charles Burgo, 25 years old, of 643 Water Street, who, according to the police, was to have been brought up for trill this morning in General Sessions on% I F % I 4a robbery charge, was -murdered at about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon in Cherry Street. The assailant fired four shots at Bjirgo, all of which took effect, killing him instantly.The murderer escaped In the confusion which followed the shooting, but thet Ftolice. In their search, found an Italian n a room at 150 Cherry Street who replied evasively to their questions. He was arrested and held as a witness. The prisoner said he was Salvatore Lava to, 42 years old, of 150 Cherry Street. TneRmurdered man was to have answeredrnthe charge of robbing Salvatore Chlr-mont at 209 East Fortieth Street on AUg. 4.1PRESIDENT COMING HEREAccepts Invitation of Society ofIArts and Sciences.WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-PresidentWilson accepted today an invitation toattend a dinner to be given in his honornext month by the Society of Arts andSciences of New *ork. me date will be fixed later.The irtvitation was extended by Dr. John S. Tucker of New York, a member of the Board of Governors of the society.KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1.—Under heavy patrol by National Guardsmen and special officers, following the race riots of Saturday night and Sunday morning, In which two men were killed and sixteen sent to hospitals with wounds, Knoxville today passed a quiet holiday. Two of those wounded in the main battle Saturday midnight are notexpected to live.Sheriff Cate tonight caused the arrest of ten white men on charges of assisting prisoners to escape when the jail was attacked Saturday night. Other arrests on this charge and that of rioting arepromised.The situation has improved to such extent that Adjt. Gen. E. B. Sweeney tonight sent home the 3d Battalion of the 4th Tennessee Infantry, from the western osunties of the State, and expects to release all other outside companies tomorrow. leaving here the machine-gun company and one rifle company, which have headquarters in Knoxville.Labor Day celeDratlons were held separately today by the whites and negroes, as originally planned, the only changebeing that a scheduled parade was abandoned. No disorder of any kind was reported today.The following announcement was made yesterday by the General Education Board, which was fjounded by John D. Rockefeller:” The General Education Board has decided to extend in; the South its field of co-operative work in secondary and rural education, making its appropriation this year sufficient to Include work in Texas and to extend its work in Tennessee and South Carolina. For some time the board has been co-operating with educational agencies in this field in the following States: White schools — Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, j Louisiana. Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma. South Cariolina. Tjennessee, Virginia,1and West Virginia. Maryland.“ The appropriatioschools—this year will permit the employment !in Texas of a field agent in the negro rural schools and the appropriation for South Carolina will enable the State to put a second rural school inspector in the field.“ The total appropriation amounts to $188,440.”—rWOMAN THROWN FROM AUTOlMrs. Herman Found Slightly In-Troops still were patrolling the business district and tne negro sections.Photograph Graves of 143 Airmen.WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— Of the 150pAmerican aviators who lost their liveswith machine guns in position in the heart of the black belt, but search of citizens for weapons has been discontinued, and the barred zones in the negro districts have been abandoned. Two hundred and fifty citizens, swornin France, the graves of 143 have been photographed by the American Red Cross for their families, it was an-nounced here today. Every effort isin as special deputies or policemen, areII ---assisting the military authorities. Squads are patrolling all suburban sections in automobiles, with reserves held at the court house to answer calls from nervous citizens. The special officers are under command of Colonel James A. Gleason, late of the 114th Field Artillery, and other demobilized army offi-Lieutenant Sauterj on duty at the West 177th Street Pdlice Station shortly after midnight last! night, heard the screams of a woman. He hurried out tw’o policemen and they ran down to Haven avenue, which borders the river near the station house.They found a young woman lying on the ground, with a child standing over her. The woman, who seemed to be injured, w*as taken to I the station house,where she said she was Mrs. Margaret Herman, 27 years old-, of 814 Tenth Avenue, and that the child was her daughter, Florence, 8 years! old. Mrs. Herman said that she had bein thrown out of a touring car. which stopped soon afterward and let the child out. She admitted knowing the hames of her companions in the car, but refused to disclose them to the police. She was suf-!fering from slight bruises.t.being made to find the last resting I cers are acting as lieutenants, places of the other seven. The graves j A special session of the Grand Jury photographed were located after hun- has been called for Wednesday to in-dreds of miles of the battle area had been covered.vestigate the riots and to consider the case of Maurice F. Mayes, the negro ac-J___PERSHING SETS SAILSPEEDED BY FOCHContinued from Pa*e 1* Column 1.one regret—that the people who have formerly known us only as guests and visitors are without knowledge of the home life of the Americans. None of us will ever forget thatperiod of the war when the American forces were assembled and trained for battle under the protection of the armies of France and England, holding the enemy at bay. Nor will we ever forget that moment of the struggle when we found our opportunity to join with the world in the second battle of the Marne.“All this Is now past, but it is upon the past that the foundation of our j future relations must rest. In saying goodbve to France—w’hich we have cometo love so well—I feel assured that astime goes * on we shall regard those da vs of comradeship and struggle more and more as an everlasting bond between our peoples.vision, it was formally announced today, by Major Gen. James W. Mc-Andrew, former Chief of Staff of the American Expeditionary Forces, who has been detailed by Secretary Baker and General March, Chief of Staff, toarrange all. military matters in connection with the welcome to be accorded the American overseas commander.General Pershing, who sailed todayfrom Brest on fhe transport Leviathan.is expected to reach New York on the morning of Sept. 8, General McAndrew said, and will stay in that city three or four days before coming to Washington to report formally to the M ar Department. After the 1st Division parade here, it is expected that General Pershing will visit his old home in Missouri, after which he will return to Washington to present his views as to the permanent military policy of the nation before Congressional committees.General McAndrew*. w*ho now Is headof the General Staff College here, will go to New York within a few* days to complete the military arrangements for the welcome there.fill' 1®?'i'ERSHING TO HEAD PARADES.WillTo Plan Pershing Welcome Today.At a meeting this morning betweenofficers of the advance party of the 1st Division and members of the Mayor's Committee' of Welcome to Homecoming Troops plans are to be made for the seating and general handling of theWashingtoncrowds which are expected to view the parade of • that division and the city'siLVASHINGTON. Sept. 1. — General !*rshing will head the parades in New j rk and Washington of the 1st Di- \simultaneous welcome to General Pershing.I^wt jknd Found Advertisements on i Page 9.WholesaFor InstanRibbons tcfancv ofYou will agrmost wonderfof ribbonsiunder one rooi19 East :
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